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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29
POLI'S.

The stage of today and this is meant to include the legitimate and musical comedy end of it as well as vaude- vile, presents no more fascinating comedienne than Ethel Green, the lady dainty of vaudeville who will ap- pear at the head of the big bill of vaudeville at Polls next week. It is a cherished ambition of most actress es to be .headlined in the larger vaudeville houses but this little lady has bounded to the top rung of the vaudeville ladder about the quickest of any woman who ever played vaude- vile. Less than four years ago she was playing minor role in ''The Wizard of Oz.'' two years ago she was the leading principal in 'tThe Rose of Algeria" last year she scored a phenomenal success in 'tDick Whit tington'' and this season she is the mostsought4 after woman in the. Yaude- vile ranks. ' @
 Her vaudeville act consists merely in singing character songs but it is her magnetism, her beauty, her very witchery and her keen perception of what is known as show business'' that has made her a furore wherever she has appeared. The big managers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29

splendid comedienne but the finish of the act is what caused managers to practically fight over booking them Cooper and Robinson the admitted successors of Williams and Walker and the best two men co1ored team in vaudeville will offer their scream ingly funny comedy and singing act "A Friend of Mine' and the Four konerz Brothers will show some won derful manipulations of hoops, boom erangs and diabolos while Adonis and Dog will open the bill with a great novelty acrobatic act with the dog doing the same stunts in the acrcbatic line as the man. An act sure to make hit here is that of the Hennesseys, father and son, and former residents of New sHaven with hosts of friends locally. They have a classy singing act and the boy is a replica of Lad die Cliff in the dancing line Of course the electrogfaph will show some interesting views and taken in it's entirety when one looks over the bill there is a veritab1e feast of plea- sure in store for Po1i patrons next week. Tonight terminates Japanese Week and affords the last chance to see the Geisha Girls, The Satsuda Japs and the other feature acts of this weeks bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29

AT THE EMPIRE.

The delightful and well rounded bill will be seen for the last time this afternoon and tonight If you want
 to laugh don't fail to see Fox and Foxies' circus. It is the biggest scream ever. A reception will be held on the stage this afternoon for the
 children. The McAIeavey marvels over a great all-round jumping act. Ed and May Shaw offer an amusing little satire. Tine Messenger Boy and the Ssoubrette." Lots of good comedy and dancing is presented by these two. Ella Ray and company of four present an absorbing reproduction of life among the lost ones of a great city. This sketch is full of pathos, and also contains some comedy sit nations that are really funny Dan Harrington the ventriloquist. is also very good. MT. Harrington has been seen in this city before and needs no introduction as to his work He has an up-to-date act. entirely different from the usual stereotyped exhibition
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29
ELECTORS, ATTENTION

For information concern ing approaching election, Democratic Headquarters, Lincoln Building, Cannon street, will remain open from ' to 9 o'clock each evening. Thomas F. White in charge. Voters whose names are not on the list will please report it. Telephone call 3989.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29
ELECTORS, ATTENTION

For information concern ing approaching election, Democratic Headquarters, Lincoln Building, Cannon street,win remain open from ' to 9 o'clock each evening. Thomas F. White in charge. Voters whose names are not on the list will please report it. Telephone call 3989.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29

touring machine. There are many sound reasons why it should, and the trend of demand is entirely in that di- rection. This type with a twelve to twenty-five horsepower motor is as speedy as any one can deslre-fnuch legal requirements, in many countries It will climb any hill that the big cars can negotiate. What more can an owner aSk2''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29

tions which characterized his tour last season. The company supporting Mr. O'Hara is headed by Miss Marie quinn and includes Lisle Bloodgood Phyllis RaIston, J. P. Sullivan, Wm T. Shee- han, Dan M. Sullivan, Chas P. Rice c. H. Boyle, Jas. Miller, Fred Larger and others.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29

Fiske O,Hara the popular Irish singing comedian, who will play a special return engagement at Jack sons theater Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. S-9 in his latest success, 'The Wearing of the Green.'' He is meet ing with the same enthusiastic recep-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29
FOR MORE THAN

FOR MORE THAN
 THREE DECADES Foley's Honey and Tar nas been household favorite for coughs, colds, and aiIn ents of the throat, chest ana lungs. Contains no opiates. F. E. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy }
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29
CITY BRIEFS

The directors meeting of the Wo- mans Auxiliary of the Y. M. c. A. will be held Tuesday, November 1, at 2:20 D. m. at the usual place in the Association Building.
 The Sunday school of Park Street Congregational church will hold a Harvest Festival service at 4:30 to- morrow afternoon in the church audi torium.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22
WICKED, LIBELOUS,"
SAYS COLONEL ASTOR

(By United Press Leased Wlre)
NEWPORT, r. l., July "a
wicked and lihelous" Is Colo
mel John Jacob Astor's charac-
terization of the report that he
Is engaged to Mrs. AdoIph La
denburg. Gossipers In New.
port today are businIy discuss
ing the report, but Colonel
Aston, who has just arrived
here with his son Vincent, an
swers all inquiries with, "Tut,
tut. Nothing in it,"
The report is also current
that the coloneI's former wife,
Mrs. Alva Aston, may marry
the Earl Of Dunraven, son of
the unsuccessful contestant for
the Americas cup in 1895. Mrs.
Astor declines to discuss the
rumor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22

SHOW does happen you are five minute. late A.
school this mornino7" the teacher asked severely
\ sels" ~ eo my
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22
C0TTERILl, DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE FOR SENATOR,
PRAISES POINDExTER

George F. Cotterill, democratic
candidate for the United States SEN
ate. has issued manifesto ito the
democratic voters of Washington, I"
in which he lays down several basic
facts which express his beliefs and
his platform. Cotterill's active cam
paign has already begun on the
west side, and headquarters will be
opened in short time in the Inland
Empire. In his statement issued,
Cotterill says in part:
we ought to have direct popular
election of United States senators,
but the commercialized republican
oligarchy has denied that right.
Only in Oregon and one or two
other states is there anything re-
sembling it. In our own state we
have no voting opportunity to ascer-
tain the popular choice for senator.
despite the constant and misleading
use of that expression. Our primary
law does not afford that opportun-
ity and was not intended to. 1t was
specifically denied by the repub-
lican majority in our state legisla-
ture, when others and l sought to
give our people that direct oppor-
tunity for popular choice for sena-
tor. as they have in Oregon.
mo republican can vote for my
nomination without thus declaring
and placing himself on public rec
ord as democrat. No democrat
can vote for Mr.. Poindexter or any
of his fellow republican candidates
without similarly placing himself on
the public records as a republican.
These are harsh, arbitrary. I'M
American provisions injected into
our primary law by the republican
machine politicians to destroy in
dependent voting, and maintain the
domination of corporate greed by
ring rule l have earnestly fought
against the enactment of these pro-
isions through two legislatures.
with overwhelming republican ma
jorities.
II yield to no man in grateful
commentator for the efforts of
men like La Toilette and his in
surgent' or progressive republican
associates in senate and house. in
Guiding particularly Mr.. Poindexter,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22

asthma, at hissroom in the Kapp's
hotel last night.
Louise Ripple, Terre Haute, Ind,
arrived in Spokane yesterday to
carry out wedding agreement
made with Albert Giebel when he
left the banks of the classic
Wabash three years ago to seek his
fortune. The knot was tied by the
Rev. Groschupf.
Mrs. Francis ZoeIIer in a suit
for divorce filed against her hus-
ba dnin the superior court, says
that he threatened to take her life
and one time asked her to bid
goodbye to her children forever.
A meeting Of the board Of man.
ayers Of the retail grocers' associa-
ton will be held this afternoon to
determine as to how to carry on
the campaign for making dead
beat public officials pay their just
debts.
The court has ordered the con-
tractor at the Lincoln Heights res
ervoir to place spark arrester
over his engine in order to de-
crease the danger of fire. The
Land company
filed the petition.
III health secured mercy for r.
F. Keenan,, charged with profiting
from the illicit earnings of a 16-
year-old girl. In place of the pen
itentiary, keenan, was given fine
of $500 in the police court.
Mabel Smith was given a degree
of divorce from Charles Smith be-
cause he had given her but S. in
three years. Smith was a bad
actor, in so many different ways,
that Judge Sullivan did not hest
tate in granting the decree.
The Milwaukee Lumber company
of which Asa Bradrick of Spokane
is one of the moving figures, has
for 100,000,000 feet of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22

OF our own state, who are earnestly
and sincerely striving to rid the re-
publican party of it's generations
growth of monopoly and special
privilege domination; who truly be-
lieve that they can scourge the
money changers from the old repub-
lican temple and restore undefiled
the fundamentally democratic.
American ideals with which Abra-
ham Lincoln endowed it.
Let the progressive republicans
secure Judge Poindexter's repub-
lican nomination with republican
votes. as personally I hope and be-
lieve that they can. If in a five COR
nered. factional fight, opposed by
four men who render full allegiance
to regular, stand pat, Aldrich-Can-
non republicanism, and therefore
none of them entitled to receive the
support of republicans who follow
the leadership of La Toilette and
Cummins, Beveridge and Dolliver
and their associates, If under such
circumstances Judge Poindexter
cannot receive the 25 to 35 per cent
vote which will be ample for a plur-
ality nomination, then Judge Poin-
dexter has no right to expect a re-
publican nomination. believe there
is fully that percentage of progress
sives in the republican ranks, ample
to secure his nomination, and any
attempt at democratic invasion of
republican primaries in September
would discount his nomination and
defeat his election by a republican
legislature.
Democracy can win in Novem-
Der. whatever may happen in Sep
TENDER. Corporation juggling with
the supreme court judiciary nom
nations condemns republican NOM
nations to deserved defeat. Ex-
travagance run riot in state, county
and municipal affairs, unfaithful-
ness to public tru st.corruption in
high places, the reign of special
privilege and the rule of monopoly
all along the republican line from
Washington city to Washington
state. tariff robberies and trust
plumbers, high prices for living and
high taxes for the privilege of sur
vival to pay increasing prices and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22
WHAT THE WEATHER
MAN SAYS TODAY

Thunderstorms in the extreme
northwest yesterday afternoon
passed over eastern Washington
and northern Idaho.
Accompanied by high winds, rain
fell in Washington and Idaho. Rain
was also scattered about the north
erly part of the Rockies and fell in
Iowa, southern Texas, the south At
lantic coast and Maine.
From the Pacific to the Rockies
the lower temperatures of the last
"a hours have generally been mod
crate. Eastwardly from the Missis-
sippi valley they have been op-
pressive.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22

The Milwaukee Lumber company
of which Asa Bradrick of Spokane
is one of the moving figures, has
contracted for 1OO,OOO,OOO feet of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22

standing timber on the Occur
d'Alene Indian reservation. A
mill will be erected near st. Maries
to cost $250,000.
Game Warden J. A. UhIig 10 now
investigating the dynamiting of
fish along the Spokane river near
Peaceful valley.
T. D. Hamor, farmer living
east of Spokane, when returning
to his farm yesterday afternoon,
fell from his wagon seat and sus-
tanned a broken shoulder. He was
taken to the Sacred Heart hospital.
The Society Of Social and Moral
Hygiene has discontinued it's pub
lie meetings until fall.
Thomas Gsrmo, cashier Of the
Valley State bank at Post Falls,
Idaho, has been invited by the
Spokane chamber of commerce to
speak at a luncheon Tuesday, Aug
ust q.
Frank Adams, arrested by o.
ficer Hunt with goods In his pos
session alleged to have been stolen
from a room in the st. Paul lodg-
ing house on Main avenue Wednes-
day morning, admitted his guilt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22

taxes from the cradle to the grave
surely the citizens of Washington
are ready to help throw off the vol
untary burdens they bear and go
forward on the path Of justice to
true prosperity and real human hap
piness."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22
Liberty Lake Dances

in the pier pavilion are especially
enjoyable these warm summer
evenings. BY taking the 5:15, 500
or 1882 D. m. trains, special round
trip of so cents Is obtained (Mon-
day excepted). Music by Reemer's
orchestra.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22
Miss Fay MorviIliu, will sino at

Miss Fay MorviIIius will sing at
the equal suffrage meeting at the
schoolhouse in Mead tonight. Miss
Mabel e. Price will give Miriam
dy's Views of Suffrage" by Doro-
thy Dix, and other humorous read
ings, and Mrs. M. J. Reynolds will
speak on Some Experiences of a
Woman Voter" Mrs. w. G. Cush.
ing will preside.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22
CITY new g
~ IN BRIEF "


= Ex-Governor st. John Of q
= Kansas, visiting in Spokane. =
. says that If the people of his =
. state had to decide the Wash. =
. ington senatorial fight Miles =
. Poindexter would win with a Z
= big majority. The people of =
= Kansas, he says, have kept .
= tab on Poindexter and regard .
= him as one of the squarest =
. and hardest fighters in the =
. ranks Of the insurgents. He .
= says that the millions of the .
. special interests will be used .
. to defeat Poindexter. .
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Reports from over the Inland
Empire say that the downpour that
visited Spokane was general and
that it has donem UGH toward end
ing the disastrous forest fires that
have ragged north and northeast for
the past 10 days.
Mrs. J. Stanley Webster, wife Of
the superior court Judge, Is re-
ported to have passed the critical
stage of her illness with smallpox,
and Judge Webster conversed with
her yesterday over the fence. If
there are no further complications
Judge Webster expects to resume
his duties on the bench at the end
of a week.
Ellen Peterman was yesterday
given a divorce from R. d. Peter
man, being the second husband
from whom she has been divorced
in her lifetime.
Captain J. N. Durham, 60, vet
eran real estate salesman, was
found dead, presumably from
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-22
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car line.
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with
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-26
AGED WOMAN FOUND
 DEAD IN HER BED

New Orleans. December 25-Born in New Orleans 100 years ago, December 23 Mrs. Victoire Girod-Percy, active, and with clear mind, spent Christmas eve telling A number of her 60 grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great-grandchiI dren stories of the olden-time Christmas times in New Orleans. Shep retired late and this morning was found dead bv her daughter, Mrs. Aline Lobit. with whom she resided
 The end apparently came peacefully on Christmas morning, the body being still warm when found. Mrs. Percy's husband. Felix Percy, was well-known lawyer here before the Civil war. One of her sons gained fame by valor on the bat tlefield at Shiloh during the Civil war in saving the flag of the Orleans Guards from the Union soldiers under a hail of bullets.
 Mrs. Percy remembered distinctly LID to the time of her death the marching of the soldiers to the battle of New Orleans January s. 1915, the visit of I,afayette to this country and knew Gen. Zachary Taylor personally, She wore mourning for Lafayette and was one of the women to bid Taylor good bye when he passed through New Orleans in 1S47 Mrs. Percy studied her catechsm under Father An toine, the first priest to come to the St. Louis cathedral here. She was French woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-26
LONE BANDIT ROBS
 100 PASSENGERS

Kansas City, December 25.-A bandit celebrated Christmas tonight by going through Missouri Pacific train No. 112, due here at 1035 and holding up more than 100 passengers, from whom he took only money and watches.
 The man boarded the train, which was from St. Joseph bound for St. Louis, at Leavenworth Junction, in the outskirts of Leavenworth, and left it at Northwestern Junction in Kansas City, Kas., after se- curing a large amount of money and valuables and shooting one man who at tempted to resist him.
 As the train pulled out of Leavenworth Junction the robber opened the rear door of the Pullman car and confronted the astonished crew with a revolver, after which he robbed them. Cautioning the conductor and porter to keep still, he went through the car taking up a col lection of watches and wallets. Finishing with the Pullman he continued through the chair cars and the smoker until he had held up every passenger.
 The train left Leavenworth Junction shortly before 10 o'clock and by the time the man had finished his work it had reached Kansas City Junction. Here he dropped from the steps of the smoker and disappeared. The road officials say the man who was shot was not seriously injured. It is not known how much money the man secured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-26
FATAL EXPLOSION SPOILS
 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

Greenburg, Pa, December 25.-Three persons are dead, eight probably will die as the result of their injuries, and 10 more are in the Westmoreland hospital with painful burns, as penalty either for somebody's carelessness or some body's vengeance while miners were hold ing a Christmas celebration at Key stone shaft, near here, late last night
 The accident occurred at the home of Michael wilding while he was entertain ing party of about 5 men and women, some of whom had come from Youngs- town, O.. to seek work in the mines here. It Is believed that one of the men in the party while a dance was in progress threw a cigarette butt carelessly under the stairway of the house. Twenty-Five pounds of black mining powder was said to have been stored there in an open can.
 Rumors were current that striking min CTS had thrown a bomb under the stair way, but there was no confirmation of the report Flames from the powder shot through the room and the acrid smoke blinded the dancers as they broke away for escape.
 The clothing of nearly all the dancers took fire from the explosion and although the room was burned and blackened, the house was not seriously damaged Men in adjoining houses rushed in with blankets and wrapped them about the burning women, saving many from death. Superintendent H. F. Bovard of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-26
VESSELS OF NAVY BECOME
 OBSOLETE IN A FEW YEARS

the Minneapolis be turned into mother ships" He points out the vulnerability of the vessels which are too small for the work intended.
 The vessels are equipped with dynamos for charging submarines and have ample room for their supplies. each vessel being able to mother eight marines" The cost of the changes would be about s153ooo for each ship Although only in commission a few years the battleships Virginia and Georgia need overhauling and modern izing in many respects. The changes re- late to the batteries, magazines, ammuni- tion hoists, turret turning gear. fire con trol stations and magazine cooling sys- tems. These changes will cost $4oo,ooo in each case. Extensive changes also must be made in the Dubuque, Marietta, Pa ducah, Arethusa, Justin, Saturn and Iro- ouois. and altogether the bill for repairs and changes on thees ships during the next year or two will aggregate $l,4sS, ,00o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-26
RAILROAD CUTOFF
 SINKS WITH ENGINE

New Orleans, December 25.-The sinking of the newly laid tracks in Atchafalya swamps will, according to reports received here tonight prevent the opening to traffic, January l, next. of the Lafayette cutoff of the South ern Pacific railroad. designed to relieve the strain on the New Orleans terminals and to avoid delays. The cutoff be- tween Lafayette and Baton Rouge Is said to be one of the costliest pieces of railroad building in the country.
 Engineers have been for months piling trees and logs in the form ot rip-rap into the swamps and thought they had solid bed when the tracks went down under the weight of an en- zine. It is not known when the. cut off will be opened, say the engineers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-26
HOXSEY'S FLIGHT
 BEATS THE EAGLE

Lost Angeles, December 25-Arch Hox- sey out of the Wright camp again outdld the eagle and other natural denizens of the air today at the Christmas matinee of the aviation meeting. More than a mile high he sailed out over the Pacific. Then, climbing higher, he pointed his prov landward and vanished from view. When he landed his paragraph showed he had reached a height of 72ss feet.
 The judges announced that they had made an error in calculating Hoxsey $ height yesterday as s95o. It should have been 92ss. 1211 feet under the worlds rec ord.
 Parmelee of the Wright team soon after went aloft in the same type biplane as that used by Hoxsey. reaching an esti- mated height of 450O feet.
 Glenn Curtiss in a biplane won the speed prize today, defeating James Radley, English aviator, who was trying to lower his own worlds record of 77 miles an hour Radley raced in the face of a To- mile breeze. and made his best lap at the rate of 54 miles an hour. Curtiss made 50 Latham won the prize for duration, flying ? hours and 43 minutes.