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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-10
HEROINE OF DARING
 RESCUES IN PERIL
Especial from United Press ]

Newport, Feb. 10.-Ida Lewis. the Grace Darling of America, the heroine of at least IS daring rescues of late, is entirely surrounded by huge cakes of floating ice at the Lime Rock Lighthouse where she has lighted the beacon light ever since she was a young girl. This is floating ice ex- tending from the steamer Puritan at the Fall River Line dock on the north to the famed lighthouse on the south. All it wants is a little more congealing to make the heroine a prisoner in her own home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-10
F K E E P | L E C U K E
Sent to Demonstrate the Merits of Pyramid Pile
 Cure
what It Has Done For Others, It Can
 Do For You.

We have testimonials by the hum dreds showing all stages, kinds and degrees If piles which have been cured by Pyramid Pile Cure.
 If you could read these unsolicited letters you would no doubt go to the nearest drug store and buy box of Pyramid Pile Cure at once. price fifty cents
 We do not ask you to do this. Send us your name and address and we will send you a trial package by mail free
 We know what the trial package will do. In many cases it has cured piles without further treatment. If it proves its value to you order more from your druggist. at soc a box. This is fair. is it not? Simply fill out free coupon below and mail today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-10
FIFTY HARVARD STUDENTS VOLUNTEER TO SERVE
 IN THE COAST DEFENSE.
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 Boston, Feb. 10.-Fifty Harvard students today answered the call for ,olunteers for the naval brigade, is- sued by Lieutenant L. F. Gates, U ,. N. These men are to serve in the coast defense and will also be on duty in the July cruise of the North At lantic battleship squadron.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-10
KING GUSTAV RECOVERS
 RAPIDLY FROM OPERATION
Special from United PressI

Special from United PressD
 Stocholm, Feb. 10.-King Gusatv is recovering so rapidly from the opera tion for appendicitis that the doctors are now making but one visit day to his bedside. He required no med lcal attention last night and was much stronger today. This being the third day since the operation, usually considered the most critical. the phy- sicians were apprehensive but Gus tav's continued improvement has re- lieved their fears
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-10
EC. HH. ED M NM.@DN az @c&P.
SOCIAL
 AND PERSONAL

The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies' of Charity of St. Vincent de rul, w,ll be held at Hospital, Sunday, Feh Is. at $50 r. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-10

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-10

Extraordinary Price Reductions in reliable fur scarfs, fur muffs, and fur sets at F. H. Dillon & Co.,, 110b Main street.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
DUNSCOPE is MIRROR
PLACED OVER TRANSOM
Reflection Shows Who Is Stand
ing Outside Door

LONDON, Nov. 12-The little mirror
that is occasionally placed inside a
room over the transom so as to show
who is standing before the door has
become the subject Of dispute in the
London press. 1t has been discovered
that several Englishmen in the, eight
eenth century, well known in political
and social life, made use of the little
mirror, notably Charles James Fox. and
Horace Walpole. What the mirror was
called however, has not yet been stated
in print The London Globe enlightens
the public on this point and gives the
origin of the mirror:
"A correspondent asked US about the
fdunscope' the other day, and two of
our readers have supplied valuable in
formation. M. P. H. states that a
"dunscope" is in constant use at OK
ford for observing the approach of a
dun and adds that 1T is a small kind
of telescope attached to the door of sun-
dergraduates' rooms
Authentic however. says briefly
that the "dunscope" was an ingenious
machine invented by Duns Scotus for
the purpose OF evading his creditors
Though these experts differ in detail,
one gets the main idea. clearly enough"
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
DICK TURPIN'S HIDING
PLACE FOUND AT INN
Repairs in Old House Recall
Mysterious Chamber

LONDON. Nov. 12.-Most Americans
touring England know the old house
in Newbury which is now used as a
sort of old curiosity shop for the eA-
hibition and sale of antique English
furniture. They know it also as a
place which was once an inn in the
coaching days. where tradition has it,
Dick Turpin. the notorious highway
man, took refuge when hotly pursued
by Bow street runners.
There has also been a tradition thai
there was a secret chamber in the
house where Dick hid himself, and
where other knights of the road were
wont to seek refuge, but that it had
been built UP after crime had
been committed there. on account of
the ghost which stalked into the
room periodically.
The room was considered a myth.
for no one could locate any part of the
house where it possibly be. Now it
has been undergoing alterations, dur
ing which a brick partition was en-
co1ntered. Breaking through that was
found the secret chamber which has
been unused for at least $50 years.
Ghost or no ghost. it is not to be
bricked up again.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
BRITISH STATESMAN IN
DILEMMA ON A TRAIN
Cabinet Member Loses Trousers
While Shaking Off Ants.

LONDON, Nov IA good story
about an English cabinet minister is
going the rounds. 1t must be stated
that the name fitted to the story varies
as 1t is told in different quarters.
+ The hero of the story had been stay
ing in the country, and on the morning
of his departure he arrived at the rail-
way station a quarter of an hour be-
fore the train was due out The sun
Fhone brightly, and the minister, at
tracted by the warmth. walked to the
end of the platform and took a seat on
the grasses of the embankment. Here
he remained until the arrival Of his
train. When he was comfortably sea ted
in his reserved first class compartment
he discovered, to his horror, that he
was swarming with ants from nest on
which he had all unconsciously been
sitting.
Taking off his coat, he shook 1t out
of the window, only to find that his
lower garments also were alive with
ants He was by himself, with no risk
of any one intruding. so he took off his
trousers and shook them ais out of the
window. At this moment an express
rushed by, the trousers were caught
and before he knew what had happened
they were torn from his grasp. London
was only an hours journey distant and
he was trouserless.
The train stopped at station. with
the blinds of the compartment closely
pulled. The minister put his head out
of the window and signaled the station
master. to whom he appealed for pair
or trousers There was no garment of
the kind at hand, but the station master
telegraphed to the London terminus.
where porter. when the train arrived.
presented the blushing minister with a
pair of stout corduroys, and in these
garments he made his way home.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
( RANCE OFFERS PRIZE
FOR MILITARY AIRSHIPS
Scheme Forecasts Abandonment
of DirigibIe Balloons

PARIS, Nov 12-The ministry Of
W.r has issued regulations for the prize
.'ompetition of military aeroplanes. in
Nl:ch 1900 600 francs, approximately
s-3 .9o0. VIII be awarded. The scheme
Boa asts the abandonment Of dirigible
balloons. Competing machines must be
con tructed entirely in France The
entries viii close January 1. The tests
VIII begin next October
Zach apparatus must carry $50 pounds
additional TO the petrol, oil, water. etc.
recessary 10 flights. They must be
three seated, for pilot. mechanic and
observer. Their speed must be 36 miles
au hour. and they must be able to land
on plowed ground and start from the
Same. They must be easy TO transport
They must be able TO rise 500 meters
20 - minutes. One test win be IS5
mile trip.
The constructor ciassed as first will
receive 100000 francs for the winning
1r1ochine ana an order for 10 similar
machines at 10000 francs each. with a
bonus Of 100000 francs for each ma
chine for every kilometer il is able TO
make over so TO so an hour. The second
viii receive an order for six machines
with bonus, making a possible prize
Of 400.O francs. The third will receive
2 order for four machines. with q nos
sihle prize Of 100000 francs. II one
constructor only satisfies the conditions
he viii receive the entire 1900. 600
francs
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
CAPTAIN BLAMES BOTTLES
FOR OVERLOADED SHIP
Declares Water Shipped in Gale
Was Retained Aboard

LONDON. Nov. I2.-One of the most
peculiar defenses ever recorded in the
history Of the British board of trade
was that set up ia the recent case of
the prosecution OF John Rudolf Berndts-
son. master Of the Swedish steamship
Faunus, for entering the port of Lon
don with his vessel in an overloaded
condition.
II was shown by the government Off
cisls that the Faunus entered the East
India docks after a voyage from Goth
enburg with its load line one and three
quarter inches below the water level.
which indicated TO the governments
experts that it had left port with some
20 tons more cargo than a British yes
sci can legally carry
Captain Berndtsson contended. when
he outlined his defense, that part of the
cargo consisted of 10000 glass bottles
in crates. which Were carried on deck.
During the voyage heavy weather was
encountered, and the seas, breaking on
I'd. fIled the bottles with water
with the result that they more than
frebled their original weight and
caused the vessels loading to drop ac-
cordingly-
That's the most ingenious excuse I
ever heard ruled the GrimS6y magis-
trste who sat in judgment. hut. unlike
the bottles: ii won't hold water" and a
heavy fine was forthwith imposed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
French HPRETENDER
TO MARRY PRINCESS
Prince Victor Bonaparte's State
ment in Interview Widely
Repeated in Paris
Especial Gable 10 The Call


PARIS. Nov. 12.-Paris is manifest
ing great interest in the wedding Mon
day of Prince Victor Bonaparte. the
imperiaHst pretender to the French
throne, and Princess Clementine of
Belgium at Moncalieri, Italy, near
Turin.
In an interview with Jean dOrsay, a
widely known French political writer.
Prince Victor barred politics as a. topic
of conversation and there was no talk
about his ambitions, but at the close
of the interview he made use of a
phrase which has been widely repeated
here:
Belgium was invented" said Prince
Victor, speaking of his home in Brus-
sells. TO teach France not to be too
much afraid of her exiles
Just at the time when the marriage
of a Bonaparte is attracting attention
1t is proposed in France to make over
lures to Austria for the purpose of
removing the body of the little duke
of Reichstadt, who was Napoleon II
of France, for burial here. One of the
leaders in the movement to bring
Il LAfglon" back to the land of his
famous sire is NJ. Quentin Bauchant,
member of the municipal council of
Paris. He has enlisted the sympathy
Of Rostand. In an open letter to Quen-
tin Bauchant, the author of ''L'Aiglon"
says 1t would be a noble thing for
France TO have the body of "the poor
child" but he doubts If Austria which
has no claim to it. would relinquish
possession.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
GAUDY WAISTCOATS
PREFERRED TO WIVES
Young Men Spend All Their
Money on Finery

LONDON, Nov. 12.-That the desire
OF young men to decorate themselves
IN sartorial finery is the prime cause
why many fail to place their necks
under the yoke of matrimony is the
assertion of the Rev. Samuel Hemn-
nil, a distinguished Irish clergyman.
1t seems that the young men oil
today said Rev. Mr.. HemphilI, pre-
Ter patent leather shoes, spats, gaudy
walstcoats and a fortnight's swelling
ABOUT watering place, or a game of
billiards at club every night, to the
delights of family life.
lneir wages in most cases, will not
permit Doth the sartorial adornment
and some sort of a club and wife.
so tney go In for f7ashy clothes and
let lot of sweet girls pine out their
lives in maidenhoodr
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
How to Get Rid
of Catarrh
A Simple, Safe. Reliable Way,
and 1t Costs Nothing to Try

Those who suffer from eatarrh
know it's uniseries- There Is no need
of this suffering. You can get rid Of
ii by a simple. safe. inexpensive, home
treatment discovered by Dr. Blosser.
who, for over Sc years has been treat
ing catarrh successfully
HIS treatment is unlike any other.
1t is not a spray. douche. salve. cream.
or inhaler, but is a more direct and
thorough treatment than any OF these.
1t cleans out the head. nose, throat
and lungs so that you can again
breathe freely and sleep without that
stopped up feeling that all catarrh
sufferers have. 1t heals the diseased
mucous membranes and arrests the
foul discharge. so that you will not
be constantly blowing your nose ami
splitting. and at the same time It does
not poison the system and ruin the
stomach. as internal medicines dos
II you want to test this treatment
without cost. send your address to Dr..
J. W. BIosser. 125 Walton Street
Atlanta, Ga. and he will send YOU BY
return mail enough of the medicine
to satisfy you that IL is all he claims
for 1t as a remedy for catarrh. ca
tarrhal headaches. catarrhal deafness.
asthma, bronchitis, colds and all ca
tarrhaI complications. He win also
send you free an illustrated booklet
Write him Immediately.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
MRS. ARTSIMOVITCH
WILL GO To COURT
Car HOnOrs Former Consul al
San Francisco With Cab
met Appointment
Wife Who Divorced Webster
Jones and Their Daughter
Receive Compliments
[Seeeiql Gable to The CALI

lOpCNtOt NNBtc ~ ~ ~N-Nl
BERLIN. Nov 12.-Mrs. Vladimir
Artsimovitch. an American. Is BENG
cordially congratulated on the unusual
distinction Just conferred upon her nus
band. the Russian consul general mere
by his sovereign
When tho car was a guest or Ehi-
peror William at Potsdam Friday the
consul general was invited to dine at
the palace. After dinner the czaI
turned to Artsimovitch and tnforn1s~<,
him that he had been appointed court
chamberlain and under secretary IN
the cars personal department OF for
eisn affairs
That the consul stands high IN tne
esteem of the German emperor also -
attested by the decoration he wears oY-
the Order of the Red Eagle
Mrs. Artsimovitch. daughter OF the
late Captain Hiram H Hobbs and one
of San FranciscO's most beautiful
women, frst married Webster Jones OF
California. She obtained a divorce and
10 years ago she was married TO her
present husband in the Russian church
in Second avenue. New York, betnS
given away by her uncle. Pay inspector
/ Goodwin Hobbs of the United States
navy. Artsimovttch had just been
transferred from the post OF Russian
consul general at San Francisco to
similar one in Berlin,
Miss Webster Jones. Mrs. Artsimo-
vitch's daughter. is one Of the prettiest
girls in Berlin society.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13

metropolis. 1t will not do; we can not
face another general election on that
basis
In the liberal circles, on the other
hand, the confidence is so high that it
is possible the general election may be
forced Immediately.
The liberals usually object to an
election so late in the year as Decem-
Der, as many voters. OF the working
classes move away from their usual
residence and are difficult to trace,
Whiie In January after the new regis
tratlon the voters among the working &
class are at a maximum. But so con-
noent are the liberals of a coming big
victory that many are ready to face
TINS risk and a December election Is a
possibility.
PROSPECT FOR HOME RULE
In the meantime, home rule occupies
a curious position. SO long as the con-
ference had a chance of success the
leading tory journalists advocated the
national settlement of home rule. find
ing refuge in the proposal of home rule
all round
II the conference had succeeded this
solution was probable prospect. Such
a concordant, however. brought into
activity the violent Orange tail of the
tory party and the members of thfs
pranch began a bitter attack on all
such compromises.
This outburst possibly had some
thing to do with the breakdown Of
the conference Balfour, frightened
from his own convictions, is supposed
to have demanded from the liberals a
guarantee that home rule could not be
passed without a referendum to the
people.
WRECK OF CONFERENCE
Asquith. of course could not accept
any such proviso against home rule,
and on this rock the conference had a
split.
These facts and various other events
push home rule to the front as one of
the main issues in the coming election
Redmond will arrive today or tomorrow
ana the magnitude of the part he plays
IN Ihe present crisis is acknowledged
by all parties. The tories and liberals
both realize the enormous success of
his recent mission in America and the
tories In particular will dwell on this
as part of the campaign against the
liberals in the coming election.
FIGHT BENEFITS NATIONALISTS
Redmond is described as dictator
and the usual polite reference to Amer
lean dollars is coupled with appeals to
true born Englishmen to resist the at
tempts to break up the British empire
by alien money. Underneath such an
insulting appeal real apprehension
shows its head.
All know, first, that a general cleo
tion will mean a big liberal majority:
second. that such renewed condenna-
Ion of the house of lords must mean
their reduction to impotence. and, third.
that such verdict against the house
or lords means a verdict for home rule
The removal of the only obstacle left
and the early settlement of the long
struggle is best summarized in the Lon
don Times. which declares that the next
general election will send to the house
of commons a more united, a more con-
fdent and better financed nationalist
party than Redmond has led for many
years.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
only Wife Can
Save DR.. CRIPPEN
Petition for Reprieve Freely
Signed, but 1t Is So Much
Waste Paper
Doomed Man Starts Up in the
Night and Peers Around
His Cell
Especial Gable 10 The Call

LONDON, Nov. 12.-The petition for
reprieve for Doctor Crippen, convict
ed of wife murder, is being freely
signed, but it is so much waste paper.
Unless Belle Elmore appears in the
flesh he surely will hang November %.
He maintains a quiet. stoical front
during the day, but does not sleep
well at night, starting UP repeatedly.
After such a. start he peers around his
cell. as If he had dreamed he was not
in prison, then throws himself back
on his pillow with a groan.
He is fond of smoking. but has de-
olined TO avail himself of the privilege
of doing so
Crippen tells his jailers, two of whom
are in his cell constantly day and
night, that he believes he will be re-
prieved. They note however, that he
has never asked If Belle Elmore has
been found, though that Is his only
hope of escape from the gallows, which
is all ready and waiting for him with
in 20 PAGES of his cell. He has been
called upon every day by a Catholic
priest and apparently listens atten
lively to religious advice and ministra
tions.
Miss Leneve has seen him four times,
but 1t is understood that the home Of
fee has refused to allow her to make
any more visits to the prison, a s it
is believed she has been doing SO for
newspaper story. There is a rumor
that she sailed from Liverpool Thurs
day for Montreal
Crippen is writing long statement,
but whether it is a confession nobody
knows
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Is Woman Belle EImore?

ALIX, Alberta, Nov 12.-Great ex-
element has been caused here by the
report that a woman who arrived in
town Wednesday is Belle Elmore Grip
pen. for whose supposed death Crippen
is under sentence to be hanged in Lon
don November %.
After the woman alighted from the
train she went directly to livery barn
and ordered team of horses hitched
to wagon. She left a deposit with
the liveryman for the return of the
team saying she would send them back
next day by a friend. The horses were
returned by a farmer
While the woman was waiting at the
barn the Crippen case was being dis
cussed by group of men standing
near her, and one of them remarked,
Il guess they viii make old Doc Grip
pen squawk over in London
On hearing the statement the woman
tainted. but soon recovered. While in
a store the woman was scanning d
number OF newspapers. and again
tainted on reading something concern
ing the Crippen sentence.
These occurrences, together with
several OF a similar nature, led to much
excited speculation, especially when it
was noticed that her appearance tailed
with the description printed of Belle
Elmore. The police have the woman
under surveillance.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
YOUNG ASTOR TO
RUN CHEAP PAPER
Will Spend Large Sum to Put
Pail Mall Gazette on a
Paying Basis
Especial Gable TO The Call

lSpectdi Gable TO he Call
LONDON Nov. 5l2.--William Waldorf
Astor Jr., who now controls the Pail
Mall Gazette intends to spend a large
sum in establishing it on paving
basis, and has appointed as. manager
Dallas Ross, formerly mana ger of the
St. James Gazette The Pail Mall
Gazette has been improved greatly as
a newspaper under Editor Iigginbot-
tom and young Astor, who has political
ambitions. and looks forward to be-
coming Lord CIiveden one of these
days, now intends to make his evening
rivals here sit up. He is considering
reducing the price of the Pail Mall
Gazette TO a halfpenny while issuing a
better newspaper.
The new halfpenny Evening Times
has entered the field within the last
fortnight with a capital of half mill
lion dollars, and doing SO well that
Harmsworth's Evening News has per-
manently increased its size to 12 pages.
The Evening Times, like all other Lon
don evening papers, except the Star, is
tory in politics.
Nothing strikes Americans here more
than the poorness in news and general
interest Of London's evening papers.
Reduction in the price of the Evening
Times to a halfpenny will be followed
by other reductions until it is believed
all of the evening papers will sell for
that price.
Henry Labouchere, already feeble in.
health owing to his advanced age, re-
ceived staggering blow in the sudden
death Of his brilliant and popular wife.
He has arranged transfer Of proprie-
torship Of his one time famous weekly,
Truth, to a private company with $780,
600 capital, privately subscribed. Since
IAabbys" withdrawal from parliament
and his retirement to Florence the in
6uence of Truth, deprived of the in
spiration of his fascinating personality.
his original outlook and his unique
social and political knowledge and ex-
perience, has declined.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
KAISER PLANS FINEST
OPERA HOUSE IN WORLD
Dream Not Shattered by Coun-
ciPs Refusal to Supply Cash

BERLIN, Nov. 12.-Emperor Will
liam's dream of building in this city
the finest opera house in the world has
been shattered by the refusal OF the
Berlin city council to supply the neces
sary cash by purchasing the old opera
house site at an enormous price. He
is seeking the money elsewhere.
Every luxury ina ginable for the en-
peror and his guests and for the actors
behind the scenes had been planned
for the house under the shadow of the
Thiergafte trees The cost admittedly
was to be staggering, but the precise
estimate was withheld from the pub
lie. That secrecy was fatal. for it
gave rise to extravagant stories. one
of which was that the paving public
was to be cared for in shabby style.
Eight of Germany's most famous
architects have been at work for
months on plans to be submitted jan
uary /. They were to work out the
technical features chiefly, for the gen
eral plan was the emperors, who wants
the structure when built to stand as
a monument to his genius rather than
to theirs. Each architect was prom
ised a fee of $2.500 for his work
If the emperor has his way there
will be an auditorium capable of seat
ing 1880 persons and providing stand
ing room for ESQ more. Eighty or
chestra stalls will be at the emperor's
disposal.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
Murder Proved, Says Miller

CHICAGO, Nov 12.-Bruce Miller
who was witness at the trial of
Crippen. and who is the only man in
this country, it is said, who could
identify Belle Elmore, placed no ere
dence in the report from Alberta that
the woman had appeared at the town
of Alix, or anywhere else, for that
matter.
Belle Elmore had no friends or reIa-
tives in that section of the country so
far as 1 know" said Miller.
AS / have said before, there is no
doubt that she is dead-murdered as
was proved in court"