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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-27
MOVING PASSENGER TRAINS
 PUT UNDER CLOSE WATCH

EUT ON DElft O1fOSG "A1OIAs
 The Lehigh Valley Railroad has a,1aced in service 8 travelling pas Senger efficiency inspector" To in crease the. comfort of passengers was ifhe objectl of his appointment, and to that end he is clothed with authority flo give instructions to conductors and tfrainm en on all passenger trains. This combined teacher and inspec- tor Is continually on the road. He boards passenger trains at unexpect- ed times and places, and goes through the cars with an eye out for anything wrong. If he finds it then he sets things right and gives Q little timely advice aimed to prevent repetition of the fault.
 For instance, he may go into a car in which a thin-blooded conductor is Keeping the temperafure at so de. foo oswarm,; and perhaps he puts the pasSenger who doesn't agree with ffn, down for a crank" The inspec- for lvas the ventilators opened, tells the conductor what is considered the projDSr and healthfu1 temperature for | car, and drops of at the next sta fion to catch another train.
 There he may find that one of the ears is not as clean as it should be. if so. he makes note of 1t and re- ports to the proper official. The re- Sult is that the man who had the job If cleaning that car before it started fhe days run hears of his sins of omission and is told to be more thorough henceforth.
 So 1t goes. The new official is on The road day and night, on the main line and branches. He is eyes, ears md nose for, the General Manager Ind the General Passenger Agent. He represents, SO to speak, the finishing -touch to the passenger service in- ppecticn system. The inspection of equipment at terminals and the reg ular instruction to employees are con- k tinued as before, but this traveiine inspector makes them thoroughly ef- fectiye.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-27

mem, by Moliere; 'The Coffee House. by Goldoni; "The Stronger, by Gia- cosa: and Maternal Instinct. by Robert Herrick and Harrison Rhodes. The players include Mir. Robertson himself. Hedwig Reicher, Fife Shan non. Herbert Kelcey. Edward Emery, Charlotte Granville, Fred Eric. Shell don Lewis, Mrs. Tugenie Woodward, Rene Kelley, Hylton Allen and James Cooley.
 At the matinee they will spresent Pinero's "The Thunderbolt" while fin the evening Moliere's ''The Learned Ladies" will be the bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-27
THE PARK
THE SEVEN SISTERS

The Charles Cherry company seem to have a veritable mascot for long runs in John B. Hollis, who plays the part of Prof. Tony Teleky so cloverly in ''The Seven Sisters" He played the part of the tutor in '"The College Widow" nearly a thousand times. be- ginning with the original production at the Garden Theatre, New York. He was with the original company that played Polly of the Circus' in New York, and which afterward appeared in this city. Going back a few years 1t Is recalled that he was in the orig inal cast of "All the Comforts of Home" which included Maude Adams and Henry Miller. He was also in '"The Masqueraders" which ran for twenty-five weeks at the Empire Thea Ire, New York. 'FThe Seven Sisters will be seen at the Park Theatre to- night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-27
MARGARET ELLINGTON.

Margaret Ellington in new play by Charles Kenyon will be the attraction at the Park Theatre. Wednesday night. 'K1ndling'' is the unique title cle. In it the author has selected a theme that strikes with truth at some of our fondest social delusions. It Is revolutionary in that 1t deals with the fundamental facts of nature with a frankness that shows up the absurd ity and uncleanliness of the mock modesty that is current through the most vital emotion in the world is the desire for motherhood. This desire in
 its true proportions Is just as legiti- mate, just as imperative, just as wor-
 thy of satisfaction as the desire for
 food and drink. Maggie Schultz ie
 the wife of Heinrich Schultz. a lower
 East Side New York stevedore of pro-
 gressive mind but low income. Both
 the husband and wife desire children.
 but they have come to the conclusion
 that children born in their circum-
 stances-they are tenement dwellers-
 would be sad victims of their parents folly. Maggie becomes cognizant oi the fact that a little stranger will be due In their household in. the proper course of time. She fears to tell heI husband, but she does confide in a friendly neighbor woman who tells hel of the great free plains of Wyoming where children grow strong and rosy checked, and where land may be had from the government for the asking Maggie resolves to raise $100 to SC | there, so her baby may have a chance; but strike is declared, and Heinrich
 knowing nothing of his prospect of ia therhood, comes home to enforced idle. ness. Driven to desperation, Maggie steals a diamond brooch; then she cfaoIc hahv rfhhONS and trinkots -apf Is found out
 The company which Edward J Bowes has selected to support Miss Ellington in the presentation of this play, includes Byron Beasley, 'seh4. Probert, Frank Camp. John Jex, Alber Kenyon, Annie Ber1ein, Helen Tracy and Ann Meredith.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-27
THE DRAMA PLAYERS.

The coming of the Drama Players to the Park Theatre Saturday matinee and night, is a matter of the utmost artistic importance, not only because of the brilliant personnel of the Play CTS, and the superlatively fine quality of plays they offer, but because they are pioneers in movement so impor- tant to the dramatic world that it has been sponsored by the Messrs Shubert, and the Theatre Societies of every large American city.
 Donald Robertson, the founder of the organization, and at present the director and one of it's leading players, began the movement for the preserva- tfon, in some practical way, of the dramatic standards obtaining in older countries, several years ago The repertoire of the :, Players includes Ibsen's 4"The Lady from the Sea; ''The Thunderbolt", by Arthur Wing Pinero; ''The Voysey Inheritance, by Granville Barker; ''The Learned Wo-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-27
ST. PETERS PARISH
 WHIST TONIGHT

Don't forget the monster whist and dance to be given by St. Peters par ish, tonight, at Colonial hall Every thing is now ready for the big crowc which is sure to be present. A grand array of whist prizes are on hand fo7 the players and n" hert of music has been procurIG for neing. Refresh ments of all kinds to be served and ( grand time promised to all Whist and dance to begin at s:30
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Brakes Didn't Work and Au-
toists Have a Scare.

Yesterday afternoon an automobile
belonging to G. w. Newbern met with
an accident short distance from
town. The mishap took place about
one mile this side of Whitewater as
the mahcine was ascending a hill.
The auto had just come down a steep
feline and crossed a bridge, when,
as it started to climb the next hill,
the brakes became uncomfortable, and
the machine slid off the road and
turned over. The auto suffered quite
"a little damage from the fall, as an
examination showed that one of the
front wheels was badly broken, and
the top was also smashed. Further
injury to the automobile itself was
the demolishing of the wind shield.
The members of the party in the
auto were lucky in escaping with only
slight hurts. Daniel Kiser, North
Tenth street, however, pushed his
arm through the windshield as the
machine was going over. and received
several cuts on his hand and forearm
The others G. w. Newbern. his wife
and daughter. and Mrs. kiser, came
off without any injuries.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
Earlham College Executive
Says Church Has Played
No Part in the Worlds
Peace Movement.
LEAVES THIS WORK
FOR OTHER PEOPLE
Strong Sermon Delivered by
the Well Known Educator
at Reid Memorial Church,
Sunday Morning.

Criticizing the church very severe
ly for not laboring in behalf of peace,
Robert l.. Kelly, president Of Earl
ham college, delivered an unusually
interesting sermon at the Reid Memoir
ial church yesterday morning. He
declared that the church has never
become aroused on the subject of
peace and that the bitterest wars of
all history have been church wars.
President Kelly reviewed the ev-
ents of the past week-the signing of
arbitration treaties by the United
States with England and France, the
organization of the world peace bur-
eau at Berne, Switzerland, founded by
Andrew Carnegie. He stated that the
nizing that the gospel of Christ is a
gospel of peace.
Aside from the Hague court, which
has become permenantly established
the frequent peace conferences at
Washington, the annual conference at
Lake Mohonk, the interparlimentary
union, the peace congress at Boston
and Chicago. President Kelly said
that the secret, labor and civic organi
cations were doing much to promote
peace throughout the world. He nam
ed the chambers of commerce, com
mercial clubs. labor organizations
bar associations, secret orders, boards
of trade, educational institutions
Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, inter
changing of university professors. es
peciaIly between the United States
and Germany, and many other things
which aid in international peace.
"A minister asked me where litera
ture on the peace question could be
obtained" said President Kelly, land
told him to look up the laws on jus
tice and reason, but the most con
vincing literature on the peace ques
tion is to be found between the leave:
of the Holy Scripture. However, the
church has not been conspicuous il
advocating peace.
| Hundreds of controversies have
been settled in the past few years b!
arbitration. Scores of nations hav,
participated in them. But not unit
last Thursday was an agreemen
made to submit all questions which
may arise between three great nations
to peaceable means of settlement.
"Only occasionally does a Chautau
qua lecturer, yellow newspaper or ;
promoter of some get-rich-quicl
| Schomo mako an off0rt to orouso RI,
peoples passions"
He also spoke on reciprocity and o
the good results which will be obtain
ed from it. He spoke of the event
which occurred in 1S9S-the Spanish
American war, the death of Primo
Bismark, who was said to be tn
champion of war, and of the issuanc
of the rescript by the Car whicl
brought about the Hague conference
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
EXPECT VETO ON
THE FREE LIST BILL
Wool Conferees Deadlocked,
So Free List Emissaries
Will Proceed.


WASHINGTON, Aug with the
conference on the wool bill deadlocked
it was predicted on all sides today
that efforts to reach an agreement
would fail and that the conference
would proceed with the free list bill,
agree on that and sent it to the Presi-
dent, then when the veto message is
read they will press for an adjourn
ment. Should this program 60 through,
however, it would require several
more days to fx up the differences be.
tween the opposing factions.
Representative Underwood for the
house and Senator La Toilette for the
Senate, are in charge of both meas
ures. La Toilette represents that fac
ton OF the senate which by standing
out for higher duties forced the Demo
Gratis of that body to accept the COM
promise much higher than the bill
passed by the house. Mr.. Underwood
in the house prevented wool from go.
ing on the free list Since then it has
been openly declared that a confer
ence report going above 20 per cent
fixed in the original house will on raw
wool would never be accepted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
OFF ON A JOURNEY
Airman Atwood Leaves Mil
waukee for New York.
(National News Association

(National News ASSoc1atlon)
NEW YORK, Aug. 7-Harry n At
wood, the young Boston aviator, who
will attempt to break all standing
cross country records in 1852 mile
flight from Milwaukee to New York,
for $4,000 prize, will leave for Chi.
cago this afternoon on the goth CEN
tury limited, enroute for Milwaukee.
Everything is ready at this end"
said MIR. Atwood at the Manhattan
hotel today. Il shall arrive in Chi
cago tomorrow and in Milwaukee on
Wednesday when l shall complete the
preparations there. My machine was
shipped yesterday and l hope 70 com
plete the trip without a change of aer.
oplanes. If the weather is favorable
1 shall leave Milwaukee on Saturday.
The $4,000 prize was offered by
Victor ]. Evans Washington patent
attorney, who is also an aeroplane
enthusiast The route is over the fol
lowing cities and towns:
Racine, Chicago, Elkhart, Ind, Bry'
an, Ohio: Toledo. Cleveland, Erie
Pa: Buffalo. Rochester, Syracuse
Utica, Albany, Sonkers, with the ter
minus at Coney Island.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
GENE OEBS TO COME
Great Socialist to Speak Here
Next Month.

Eugene v. Debs, the famous social.
,lst. who was selected at the last ma
'tional convention to head his party as
candidate for President, will appear
in this city in about month to help
the cause OF his party with political
speech in the Coliseum. September
IA, is the date arranged for his appear
ance here.
The coming of this great party lead
er was brought about by the Social
lists Of Richmond. The committee In
charge Of the affair is confident that
Mr.. Debs can not fail to stir things
up" here and they hope to have a
large. enthusiastic crowd out for the
speech. The subject of Mr.. Debs' ad
dress, not yet determined. will be an
nounced in the near future.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
FOGBOUNO CRAFTS
ARRIVE IN BOSTON
Three Thousand, Lost Dur.
ing Night, Frightened
by Their Experiences
(National News Association

BOSTON, Aug. 7.-More than 5000
men, women and children, lost dur
ing the night in the worst fog of the
season, reached Boston today, sleep
less and hungry while anxious friends
and relatives awaited news of the SAT-
ETY. of scores of others who had not
been able to reach the steamboat
piers or yacht club floats from which
they set sail, in some cases, "a hours
previously. .a
Boston farbor was full of fogbound
craft of all descriptions. It was long
after dawn when the dense vapors
lifted.
Relatives and friends of 1,4OO pas
sengers on Dorothy Bradford, in from
Provincetown, and 1000 passengers
aboard the Betty Alden from Plym
outh, were yeassured by wireleses
messages that both were safe though
fogbound in Boston harbor. Scores
of yachts and sailboat parties, how
ever, were still at anchor off shore
waiting for the sun to pierce the cloud
of mist
The Eastern steamship company
boats Bay State. with 800 passen
gers from Portland. Me-, and City
of Rockland, with $50 from Bangor
Me-, docked several hours late.
The passengers got little sleep be
cause of the frequent blowing of the
| foghorns.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
HAD A CLOSE CALL
Miss Sedgwick Picks Up
Wire which Kills Horse.

Fifteen minutes before horse,
owned by the J. NJ. Eggemeyer Gro
cery Co., stepped on live wire, in
the yard of Richard Sedgwick on West
Fifth street on Saturday afternoon
and was instantly electrocuted. Miss
Margaret Sedgwick picked up the tel
ephone wire and threw it few feet
to one side. She was uninjured and
did not realize her danger until few
minutes afterwards when the horse
was instantly killed
The wire was blown down during
the storm of Saturday noon 1t is
thought that when she picked it up
the contact with a live wire of one
Of the local power companies had not
was formed when she threw it to one
side. Telephone linemen who were
working near by, saw Miss Sedgwick
pick up the wire and yelled warning
to her. They were made faint by her
close call as they knew the danger
which she was exposed to.
Officials of the wire companies de-
clare that people should be most care
full in either picking UP or stepping
on wires which are blown down Ev.
en- the telephone wire, which ordinari.
ly does not carry enough current to be
felt, can become the conductor of an
enormous voltage when a contact with
high powered tension wire is formed
The. officials advise that all wires
which are down be treated with the
utmost respect, and Immediately mott
fy the trouble men OF the wire com.
panies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
OPIUM.CHLOROFORM
GIVEN TO A BABY

Severe intestinal trouble which de-
veloped as a sequence to dietetic er-
rors, Coroner r. ]. Pierce declares
was the cause of the somewhat mys-
terious death of the FIVE months old
child Of Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Mes
ker. 733 South Fifth street, on Friday
morning. The verdict of the coroner
was filed on Monday with the county
clerk
The child had been i'll for some time
and in prescribing for it, the attending
physician had recommended a solu-
ton of opium and choloform and a
mixture of chalk. Within twenty four
hours before the child's death, it had
been given four drops of the opium
chloroform medicine and four one-half
dram doses of the chalk mixture. The
coroner however, does not believe that
poisons were in any way contributory
to the child's sudden death.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
BRANDS uNHOLY THE
WEDDING OF ASTOR
Episcopal Clergymen De-
nounce Society Event as
a Divorce Breeder.
(National News Association)


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 7.-Epis-
copal clergymen today expressed sur
prise at the bitter attack made upon
Col. John Jacob Astor and New York
society by Rev. George Chalmers Rich.
mond, pastor of st. Johns Episcopal
church in this city.
!, Rev. Richmond's sermon was enti-
tied THE Coming Astor wedding and
what the Episcopal church thinks
about it, He declared that John Jacob
Astor would and one Episcopal cler-
gyman in America or England who
would perform mis- wedding ceremony
"The Episcopal church is opposed to
divorce" said the pastor. I'VE scorn
unholy alliances. both among the poor
of our slums and the rich society dwell
lers of New port, Bar Harbor or other
sinners summer retreats.
I'VE abhor this Astor alliance. It is
unholy in it's origin and it's end will
be defiance Of Gods laws and of our
holy religion. We need a national d.
vorce law which will put an end to
this overriding of court DEGREES by
such as John Jacob Astor and the So
cial set with whom he associates.
so today denounce from my pull
pit this coming Astor wedding. It is an
outrage on common decency. 1t arous.
|es all our moral anger. The Episcopal
church is opposed to this alliance. II
is contrary to our canons and Mr.. As.
best people the moment he contracts
the bargain already made.
ut is a marriage of convenience
Astor wants another beauty. The poor
weak girl of eighteen or twenty wants
a rich society fellow. whose automo
biles, pachts and opera boxes will af
ford her chance for social exploita
ton. Our girls and women are money
mad. Lucre rules among the avenues
of the smart set
New York's "40O' today means
"Sodom." To rule the Smart Set,
means to manage gambling parties, to
run dances and to figure in divorce
".
Money Doesn't Rule Church.
Thank God, money no longer rule.
our church. It did once. We are fol
lowing Christ, not Wall street We art
giving our honors to men and womer
who toll to establish a kingdom o.
| justice, not to those who rule in mis-
conduct and seek the praise of Sodom
4 "Jane Adams and Dr. Grenfell VIZ
| honor. Astor and his gang We des
pise No chancel is open to him, NJ
choir will sing for him, no sextor
stands ready to open door for him"
| Miss Force and John Jacob Astol
are not the only ones of the social el
ite' who have come under the scyth'
of Rev. Richmond. At the time of tn,
Gould-Drexel marriage, the ministe
predicted that it would end in a di
vorce court
! Likewise have many others been at
tackled by Rev. Richmond. While b,
was pastor of st. Johns Episcopa
church in Stamford. Conn, he regular
ly attacked the rich members of tn,
parish. He predicted that James Ha
zen Hyde, one time president of tn,
Equitable Life insurance society
would roast for eternity in Hades- o.
another occasion he attacked Col
| Roosevelt and said that he quit tn
Episcopal church for lack of prope
training.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
Have Deteriorated in Past
Ten Years and Tax Levy
on Free Gravel Roads Is to
Be Doubled Now.
NEW BRIDGES WILL
ALSO BE PROVIDED
advent of the Automobile
Has Increased the Wear
and Tear on Roads and
They Are in Bad Shape.

Roads in Wayne county, which in
the past ten years, since the automo-
bile has come into general usage, have
been allowed to deteriorate and con-
sequently are not in very good condi-
tion now, but they will be rebuilt be-
ginning next spning. In order to do
this the board of county commission
ers have practically decided to in
crease the tax levy on free gravel
roads from 3 to cents on the hun
dred dollars assessed valuation.
In round figures this increase will
mean that a hundred dollars will be
spent per mile on the turnpikes where
fifty dollars has been the amount here
tofore spent. The increased expendi-
ture will give the county opportunity
to gravel, grade and drain the roads,
whereas an appropriation Of approx.
mately fifty dollars mile was hard.
ly more than enough to pay for the
labor in scraping the roads.
Autos Injure Roads.
Wayne county at one time took
much pride in its roads and still does
for that matter. Before the appear
ance of the gasoline propelled vehi-
cles the roads were among the best
in the state. The automobile has in
creased the wear and tear greatly,
but the present poor condition of the
roads can not be placed at the door
of the autoist entirely. since it is ad-
mitted not enough money was spent
to keep the highways In good repair.
The increase In the road levy does
not necessarily mean that the taxes
in bulk will be raised. for the COM
missioners hope to in some matter
trim other tax levies. For instance
the county will only have small debt
after q $4,000 issue .of court house
bonds is paid In 1912, and the revenue
derived from a tax on bonds may be
reduced, thus cutting down the levy
on this expenditure.
In the commissioners trip about the
county last week they found there
were many bridges as well as the
roads which were In poor shape. The
commissioners will recommend an ap
preparation of about $4,000 for new
bridges and bridge repairs. This
amount has been spent each year In
the last several years. but the need
lof new bridges and the repairs on the
old will not permit reduction or
bridge expenses. The commissioner
ARE not yet certain what new bridges
will be built. There are about twen
,ty which might be built in various
parts Of the county.
Much pressure has been brought or
the board for both improvements tt
bridges and roads by residents in thu
different parts Of the county.
The other appropriations which thu
board will make at the September ses
sion Of the county council are not Al
yet known. 1t seems more than prob
able that the tax rate as whole vii
not be increased though some specia
levies will be, but the increases II
these instancese will be eQualized b!
reductions In other levies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
LIQUOR LICENSES

Liquor licenses were granted to Will
lin Green, Hugh Taylor and Henry
Lennard, all of this city on Monday
The three were questioned particular
ly in regard to violations OF the liquor
law but convinced the board members
they were conducting very orderly
places OF business. --
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
SUICIDE VERDICT
MADE BY CORONER

Coroner r. ]. Pierce, in his verdict
as to the case of the death of r. NJ.
McBayless. aged 81. former county
infirmary inmate, who threw himself
under a train at Dublin on July %,
declares death was due to suiside. He
learned the man had threatened sew
eral times to kill himself.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
TRUSTEES REPORT

Township trustees and treasurers Of
school corporations in the county filed
financial report as to school expendi-
lures and revenue, with county super
inteadent C. o. Williams and the coun-
II comm1satoneEs On Monday,