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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1916
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR shows a political ballot listing Woodrow Wilson as President and Homer S. Cummings as U S Senator with Jeremiah Donovan as Fourth District Congressman and Morris Beardsley for Governor, dated Saturday Oct 38 2016, likely OCR error.
The Oct 85 address to New Haven stockholders reveals Elliott’s defense of management amid criticism. He notes salaries, proxies, and public funding, while blaming stockholders for past decisions and debt. The speech shows a wary, human view of a railroad facing government pressure and reputational strain.
A critique argues stockholders trusted too much, unable to read reports or believe leaders like Brandeis LaFollette and The Farmer. Elliott’s speech is called a transformative moment, not a consolation, signaling a warning against passive investment and a call to action for informed ownership.
The Democrats of New Milford nominated Charles C. Hall for representative in the General Assembly. Hall served in the House in 1913 and 1941 and aided the Workmen's Compensation law. He is known in Bridgeport for representing the State Board of Education.
Stratford, Oct. 28. Battling Williams also known as Lawrence Williams, a Stratford prizefighter, was held on $700 bail after being arraigned in Stratford town court on a charge of jilting Grace Tearne, 19, daughter of Mrs. Anna Tearne. Deputy Sheriff James Kiernan produced the bond. Williams denies the allegations.
All Democrats in the Ninth district and voters favoring Woodrow Wilson are urged to visit the Ninth District Democratic club rooms tomorrow from 9 to 10 in the morning and again from 7 to 10 at night at East Main and Shelton streets. District committee members will greet visitors and inform them of advantages to be gained by stopping by. The article also notes the Sub Treasury transferred 1,000,000 dollars to San Francisco.
Henry B Morgenthau former United States ambassador to Turkey and Democratic National Committee treasurer will address an open meeting at Odd Fellows hall 1087 Broad Street tomorrow at 8 pm. Hugh J Lavery chairs the Democratic town committee reception committee includes 15 members. Max Cohen is secretary. An informal dinner at The Stratfield hotel precedes the speech.
France’s long gift to America spans soldiers explorers and thinkers and now the Liberty statue in New York is celebrated on its thirtieth birthday. The 1870s drive to present a memorial to the U S recalls Bartholdi Pulitzer and the fundraising surge that built the pedestal and united a nation through a shared tribute to Franco American friendship.
The article lauds Wilsons administration as largely constructive highlighting the tariff reform and Federal Reserve System as pivotal achievements. It argues the war era brought rapprochement between producers and consumers, reducing harm from prior antagonism across major interests.
Abraham lodge No 89 B n a i B r i t h announces its February fiftieth anniversary celebration with a three day religious memorial banquet and social events. The program includes a Park Avenue Temple sermon by Rev David Levy a banquet at Stratfield with distinguished speakers and a grand ball.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker refutes misquotations of his Jersey City speech sparked by patriotic protests. In a Rock Island letter dated Oct 24, he can reproduce the substance of his remarks, detailing Mexico under Diaz, the Madero revolution, Huerta, the U S response, and questions on potential intervention.
The speaker reflects on the American Revolution and Latin American struggles, arguing revolutions are grave but necessary and that Washington and his soldiers embodies steadfast bravery. He urges sympathy for Mexico and compares their aims to our founders, stressing nonjudgmental respect for all who seek liberty.
Witnesses testified at a coroner hearing that Max Reichs car, moving about 35 miles an hour, struck Henry W Stebbins as he stepped from the curb near a Fairfield avenue crossing. Reich, of 477 Colorado avenue, said he sounded the horn and swerved onto the track but could not avoid the collision. Stebbins lies seriously ill in Bridgeport hospital.
New York Evening Post reports a Pennsylvania canvass shows a clear Wilson drift alarming Republicans. Philadelphia bosses admit Hughes has a fighting chance while some wards formerly loyal to the party grow uneasy as party papers shift toward Wilson.
W D Headrick of the Progressive electors for Indiana spoke at Irvington proclaiming continued support for President Wilson as a ally of the masses against Wall Street. He faulted the invisible government for opposing Wilson and praised his defense of peace while criticizing Hughes for appealing to Progressives to overlook past differences.
President Wilson commuted the dismissal from the army imposed by a Hawaii court martial on Captain John B. H. Waring medical corps. Resulting punishment is a loss of 25 numbers from his rank and honor. The action preserves his Army officer status while reducing the original penalty.
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