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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21
RAN FOR THEIR LIVES.
Party of Young Men on a Grape Hunting Expedition Badly Scared
 By Revolver Shots.

A badly scared lot of young men flew into town late last night at top speed. They were overheard making plans to raid the grape arbors on Nichols avenue by Frank Evitts who eoncocted a little scheme to surprise them. He secured revolver and an electric flash light and appeared on the scene as soon as the marauders light and a shot from the revolver set the whole crowd on the run. Con- tinued firing accelerated their speed until they reached the centre when they compared notes, counted heads and found that none had been left be- hind as the result of the shooting
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21

early as the 14th century, is observ- ed on the afternoon of New Years day. The worshippers congresate near running stream when the 18th, 18th and goth verses of the seventh chapter of Michah are intoned, end- ing with the phrase which, no doubt suggested the ceremony: Thou wfle cast all sins into the depths of the sea-" After the solemn services on the eve of Friday and the morning of Saturday, the Hebrew greeting IS heard on all sides, signifying good year, or mayest tnou De lnscrlpeo m the Book of Life, for good year.
 Tn later years a custom of sending friends New Years greeting cards of various designs, colors and inscrfp- tions, has appeared. All these cus- toms have been followed by the Gen tiles from time to time, more or less.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21
STAMFORD BRIEFS.

Two men, one old and one young have been selling water filterers de- signed to be placed on the faucets of the water. company in the residences of the town. The younger man rep resented himself as thee successor of w. H. Jennings the former inspector of the company in this section and on the strength of his assertion sold many filters. The older man when he found the tactics of his companion suddenly left the town turning over his stock to the younger man. The Hydraulic company has only one agent in the town who is E. N. Lewis.
 An automobile was laid up on the Ferry road yesterday with a broken axle. The driver attributes the ac- cident to rut a foot deep in the road and swears vengeance upon the town. Another machine ran into a trolley pole at Paradise Green and was badly damaged. Both machines
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21

were taken away today for repairs.
 F. s. Webb & Son are building a new horse barn at their homestead at Peck's Mill.
 Eugene Lewis was injured at Min or's hotel yesterday when his hand and arm were caught in the. fnachin' cry of the pumping engine which sup- plies the hotel with water
 The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Welles took place yesterday afternoon from her late residence in Putney.. Rev Arthur Shirley officiated and the in terment took place in the family plot at the Putney cemetery. Deceased was the widow of the late Samuel Welles and was we'll and favorably known in all parts of the town.
 Ice has been raised to so cents per 100 by all the dealers in town. The raise was made necessary by the in- creased cost to the dealers, the local supply having been exhausted 1olg ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21

The above picture of the Kroege store on Broad street. It has excite the most interesting piano exhibits e
 Christopher B. Garrison, president of the Kroeger Piano Co.,, has suc- ceeded after considerable trouble in obtaining one of the Piano Harps made in the year 1865 by Bernard Kroeger, the Veteran piano maker. This instrument of which we print an illustration on this page, is an excel lent example of the character of MT. Kroeger's work, for although it is nearly 60 years old and has been sub- fected to the hardest kind of usage, it still possesses rnelodious tone and its various parts show by their pres- ent condition what perfect workman. ship and minute attention to detail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21

piano on exhibition in the Kroeger
 much interest and is in itself one of CT seen here.
 can accomplish in the defying of old father time.
 This instrument is now on exhibition in the Kroeger Piano Co.'S window. 993 Broad street. Bernard Kroeser made two of these instruments, one of which is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York There style G Kroger, the latest design made by the Kroeger Co. Anyone wishing to hear or have these pianos explain ed can do so by calling at the Kroeger Warerooms, 993 Broad street. ". s. Banta manager.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21
THE %PRETTTEsT FACE

and the most beautiful hands arc of. ten dfsdgured by an unsightIy wart It can easily be remov ed in a few days without pain by using Cyrus' Wart Remover. for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy, a53 Fairfield avenue and 186 Cannon St
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21
VASSAR GIRLS TRUNKS
 DESTROYED BY FIRE
fspecial from United Press

Poughkee sic, Sept. 21-Hundreds o1 trunks and other baggage belonging to vassar girls were destroyed by fre with the Albany Day Lines pier sta- ton and half dozen othersbuildings, early today The replica of Robert Fulton's Clermont, conspicuous in the Hudson Fulton celebration, was towed into the river and saved. The steam boat company's loss totals s50,000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21
CLiEANEASX. THE BEST HAN1
 SOAP.

Guaranteed not to injure the skin. Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust, Grease, Ink. Paint. and Dirt For the hand or clothing. Large can 10 cents Manufactured by Wm. R. winn. sA4 Stratfcrd Ave.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21
millinery

Chicago-"Pat" Grove, kiGnapper, preacher, etc., descended from the wa ter cart, early today, and spent a few hours in cell for remarking, Hello, kfd,'' to a woman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21

Cleveland.--The American Federation of Labor will take charge of the strike of garment workers here, which has been on for four months.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21

Sonoma, Cal.-After the water SUD- ply had failed this town was saved from destruction by fire by the use of wine from the great tanks In ths vineyard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21
OLD LANDMARK TORN DOWN.

state will be welcomed by the wiiol town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31

Expedition Will Be Sent to Search
for Mikkelsen and Iwerseu.

COPENHAGEN, March 31-Grave fears
are entertained for Capt Elmer Mikkel-
sen and Engineer Iwersen. who, after
having been rescued on the coast of east
Greenland last year. left their party to
search for traces of the lost explorer
tsrichsen- An expedition will be sent ia
Shannon Island. where provisions were
deposited, in the hope OF finding them
there.
Five members OF the Mikkelsen expe.
dition. which was wrecked In the win
ter OF 1903 on the coast Of east Green
land. were brought back to Norway last
August. This expedition left Cepenhagen
on the Danish Arctic ship Alabama to
search for the bodies of the members OF
the Myths Erichssn Greenland expedi-
ton. who persisted in November, 1907,
while trying TO return from the north
coast OF Greenland by way of the inland
Zee. After the rescue Of the Mikkelsen
party Capt. Mfkkelsen and engineer de-
cided to renew the search for the bodies
OF Erichsen and his companions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
0'GORMAN'S ELECTION
TO SENATE PREDICTED
Success Depends on Assent of
the Insurgent Democrats
at Albany.

ALBANY. n. Y, March 31.-Supreme
Court Justice James A. O'Gorman Of
New York probably will be tn enext SEN
ator from New York IL the insurgent
democrats in the legislature will accept
him.
Justice OGOrman was announced as the
organization candidate this morning upon
the unexpected arrival from New York
of Charles F. Murphy. leader of Tam
many Hall. The insurgents resented the
sudden injection Of a candidate whose
name had not appeared on any of the
eligible lists they had submitted to the
regulars. but not so strongly as to cause
a withdrawal Of O'Gormans candidacy.
On the ground that they were not suffi-
ciently familiar with OGorman's record
to act intelligently. the insurgents brought
about a postponement of final caucus
vote until o'clock this afternoon. BY
that time they promise to be ready to
give their decision, and the organization
leaders declare that Justice OGorman
will be elected.
The vote at noon today resulted in no
choice, a quorum not being present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
GIFT
Clerks Salary Campaign Fund
Now Totals $1,000.
IL. F. BROOKS co. DONOR
Chairman Chase Said Today He
May Announce More Contribu.
tions Tomorrow.
E. F. BROOKS co. DONOR

Another gift of s1,ooo-was today added
of Washington business and professional
men to aid government clerks in their
campaign for higher pay.
The latest donor is the E. F. Brooks
Company of 531 18th street northwest,
dealers in gas and electric fixtures.
In announcing the subscription. Correl
E. Brooks said: Our firm has been
heartily in favor of this movement since
it was first launched several weeks ago.
The business interests Of the National
Capital Should take the initiative in CIV
ing impetus to a campaign which has for
its object the betterment of conditions for
the 1s5.OOO government employees. who are
now underpaid. 1t is our intention to
give this project our moral and financial
support
Other Substantial Gifts.
P. B. Chase, chairman Of the central
committee of Washington citizens in
charge Of the movement, today said he
expected to be able to announce several
more substantial contributions tomorrow.
The fund now totals 5000. Those who
have contributed 81. 600 each are p. B.
Chase. William Corby, S. Kann, Sons &
Co., Christian Heurich and the E. F..
Brooks Company.
were evolved at a meetin& of the COM
mittee of twenty-one, now at work on
the P. B.. Chase plan, at the Chamber of
Commerce last night. A list of a score Of
Washington most prominent financial
men and the heads Of large commercial
enterprises was made up, and each
member of the committee assigned to
see one of these and lay before him
the project to aid the clerks.
Fund Well Under Way.
p 3. Chase presided at the meeting
and announced that $1,000 had already
been subscribed to the $4,000 fund need
ed to maintain the bureau, which will
carry on the work of interesting men,
bers of Congress and their constituents
in giving the clerks better pay.
He said that another $1,000 would be
raised in few days and that as soon
as $20OUO was pledged the active work
Of organizing the bureau would be taken
up. The last one-thOuSand-dOllar dona-
ton came since the meeting.
The selection of director for the bu-
reau was discussed, and it was decided
that a man of wide experience in such
work should be chosen. A subcommittee.
consisting OF John w. Yerkes. j. Louis
Willige and Wilton j. Lambert, was ap-
pointed to take up the matter and report
at a special meeting of the committee
next Tuesday afternoon at the Chamber
of Commerce.
w S. Corby and A. NJ. McLachlen were
appointed to aid in arranging the cam
paign of public subscription The form
of the pledges of subscriptions will be
prepared by Wilton ]. Lambert and Will
liam Knowles Cooper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
CENSUS FORCE REDUCED.
Two Hundred Clerks to Be Dropped
From Rolls April 4,

Notices were sent to about 200 clerks
at the census office today that their
services would not be required after
April 4. While the majority of these
clerks were appointed from the District
Of Columbia. the quotas from Maryland
and Virginia were cut into heavily. and
a few apr ointees from Delaware, Massa-
chusetts, West Virginia. New Hampshire.
Vermont. North Carolina and Maine were
dropped from the rolls.
The reductions in the force Of the CEN
sus office are being made as fast as the
work of the thirteenth census is COM
pleted. Those states which received ap-
pointments in excess of the number al
lowed them under the apportionment plan
provided by law will be the first to lose
places in the bureau.
1t was announced today that those
clerks scheduled to go April 4, who had
leave. coming to them, would be paid for
the number Of days Of leave due them
after April 4.
In the last few months the force at
the census bureau has been reduced from
$500 to 3.125. including the number an
nounced today. Further reductions will
be made from now on az necessity de-
ynands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
SOLE REPRESENTATIVE
OF INDIANA REPUBLICANS
Judge Crumpacker Will Have
a Lonely Time Surrounded
by Democrats.

When Congress convenes next Tues
day the republicans Of the sovereign
state Of Indiana will have as their sole
plenipotentiary Representative Crum-
packer Of the tenth district. Demo-
Gratis to the right Of him, democrats to
the left of him and apparently nothing
but democrats behind him-at home
he will stand as the last sycamore OF
the Wabash" lightning-scarred and
alone.
In the Fifty-fourth Congress the In
diana delegation in the House was all
republican, and soon thereafter the
state was represented in the Senate by
republicans. Then there were cave
ms on the banks Of the Wabash as
the democratic floods began to rise
and one by one the republican congress
sional districts crumbled.
The elections of last fall completed
the overturn all but in the Crumpacker
district--and came pretty near doing
it there. The republicans Of Indiana
lost all their state Offices. their sena-
tors. and all but one of their repre-
sentatives in the House. 1t appears to
lican in Indiana these days; there's
"nothin' in it,"
If one notes Mr.. Crumpacker ION the
job in his capacity of sole republican
plenlpotent1ary one does not feel moved
to envy him that distinction. Apparently
write to Crumpacker' is the slogan of
such few republicans as are extant in the
state. They have had the dignified Judge
Crumpacker on the jump all during the
recess attending to their departmental
wants.
His position is described by a con-
stituent as "a cinch. but no sinecure."
However, there are no indications Of any
intention upon the part of the judge to
relinquish it, His friends think that he
will make himself SO useful to his people
that If the tide ever turns again in In
diana and the republicans. come back he
will be in line for the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
SEEK LOST BROTHERS.
Postmaster General Hitchcock Also
Gets Letter Asking for Money.

Inquiries from two sisters for missing
brothers and a touch for "a little
money" were features in the miscel-
laneous correspondence received by Post
master General Hitchcock today.
Mrs. Kate Laverty Of Binghamton. N.
Y. wants to find her brother, Charles
Kuhn. who when last heard from was at
Chicago Heights.
Mrs. Lula Turner Of Rockdale. Tex. is
also searching for her only brother, Joe
Raspberry. who went from New Orleans to
Guatemala fifteen years ago as an engt-
neer on short line railroad there and
has not been heard Of since.
citizen of Rockbridge, Mo-, wants to
borrow a little money and writes to
the Postmaster General to ascertain ION
what terms and length of time and what
Offices handles it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
Delay the Meeting With Father.
M0URNED AS DEAD; RETURNS.
Mrs. Mueller, Thought to Have Been
Buried, Appears to Relatives.

NEW YORK, March 3.-Mrs Mary
Mueller. mourned as dead. appeared in
the flesh last night to relatives and
friends who had attended her supposed
funeral two weeks ago. One Of her first
acts was to instruct an attorney to have
her will. to have been offered for pro-
bate today, stricken from the surrogates
calendar
Investigation at the Kings County
Hospital. where Mrs. Mueller had been
patient, showed that Mrs. Margaret
Mueller, another patient. had died there
March IA. A mistake in recording her
first name led to the error Of notifying
Mrs. Mary Mueller's friends of her sup
posed death.
A woman friend named as executrix
viewed the remains, commented on Mrs.
orders for the funeral, which were car
ried out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
GETS NEWS BY WIRE
AuuuStuS PIummer Notified of
Daughters Marriage.
KNOT TIED AT ROCKVILLE
Parents of Seventeen. Year.Old Girl
Kept in Ignorance Of Her
Matrimonial Purpose.
KNOT TIED AT ROCKVILLE

A telephone message received this
morning by Augustus Plummer Of Mount
Rainier was the first intimation he had
that his daughter Marjorie, seventeen
years old, had been married at Rockville
yesterday. Robert Howard Payne, paper
hanger and former constable at Brent
wood, is the young man whose last name
Miss Plummer adopted when she stood
before the Rev. S. r. White, a retired
Baptist minister, at Rockville yesterday
and said II WILL
Mr.. Plummer. who is connected with
a local shoe store. hurried home as
soon as he heard he had a son-in-law,
informed his wife Of what he had
heard and returned to the city in an
effort to locate the couple. His daughter
came to the city early this morning.
Mother Not Informed.
IF Marjorie was married yesterday"
Mrs. Plummer said to a Star reporter.
Il know nothing Of it. The first I
heard of her marriage was when my
husband came out and told me about
it,"
But" she added, Marjorie is only a
child"
Miss Plummer left home yesterday
morning to attend mass at st -Patrick's
Church. in this city. her mother said.
and to spend the day with her grand
mother. She attended mass every morn
ing. the mother explained, and fire.
quently went afterward to see her
grandmother. who is an invalid.
1t was about o'clock in the afternoon
when the young lady reached her home.
according to her mother - =
She said nothing about a trip to Rock
ville," her mother remarked. but If she
really did get married l suppose she will
tell all about it when she returns home
this afternoon"
Payne a Frequent Caller.
Mrs. Plummer said that Howard Payne
had been caller at her home for years,
having known her daughter since he was
boy. He had never said anything
about wanting to marry Miss Plummer,
however, and she had never mentioned
the subject.
Bride and groom met this morning near
the corner Of 10th and G Streets north
west, and were the recipients of congrat-
ulations from friends.
what is all this about?' asked the
groom, with some embarrassment.
The young couple became excited when
told that the father Of the bride had been
told of the marriage. Mrs. Payne, it Is
stated, is only seventeen years old, al
though her age was recorded at Rockville
as nineteen years.
Delay the Meeting With Father.
Friends Of the young couple suggested
this afternoon that the couple had prob
ably gone to Upper Marlboro, or some
other section of Prince Georges county,
to enjoy their honeymoon, probably want
ing to delay the time when they must face
the parents Of the bride and ask forgive
ness.
l 1t was said that Payne told the secret
to his mother when he returned to his
home at Brentwood last night. Payne is
tWenty-SeVen years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
GIRL FOUND MURDERED.
Farmer Who Had Asked Her to Take
a Ride Arrested.

NEWARK, Ohio. March 3l.-The village
OF Pataskala IL greatly excited over the
murder Of Elsie Henthorne, fifteen years
old, whose body was found at the foot
Of q hill some distance from the village
yesterday. There was a bullet hole in
the girls head.
Dawn Moreland. farmer, was brought
to the county Jail last night under heavy
guard, to be held pending an investiga-
ton. Pupils Of the school that Miss
Henthorne attended say that Moreland
drove up to the school building yesterday
afternoon and asked the girl to take
a ride with him. She accompanied him.
Two hours later Samuel Fraval found
her body by the roadside.
Moreisnd was found later in hay
NOV. He was apparently in a stupor. and
refused to make any statement regarding
the murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
MARRYING GIRL GONE:
NO WARRANT ISSUED
Law Awaits Action by Hus-
band, Who Is a Military
Prisoner.

Mrs. Marie Ida Eye Mccormick Higgins,
who. according to a statement made by
her mother yesterday. is guilty of bigamy,
is missing from the home of her parents,
1881 Duncan street northeast
The young woman, who married Fred
j. Higgins. a cavalryman, at Rockville
Nd. March Il last, while her husband
Harry r. Mccormick was confined in the
guardhouse at the Washington barracks
left home yesterday morning and has not
returned since.
Doesn't Know Whereabouts.
Mrs. Frederick Eye. mother of the
bride, said today that she has no idea
where her daughter is. and that she
could not account for her absence.
Bailiff Hewitt of Rockville, who was
first informed by Trooper Mccormick that
Mrs. Mccormick had recently gone
through a marriage ceremony with
Private Fred J. Higgins of the 18th
Cavalry. communicated with Justice
Reading of the Maryland town sew
eral days ago.
The latter informed Judge Peter of
Rockville Of the alleged bigamous act of
the young woman.
Judge Peter decided that no action
could be taken in the case luntil Private
Mccormick appeared in person at Rock
Vile and obtained a warrant McCor-
mick is serving term al the Washington
barracks guardhOuse and it will be many
weeks before he is able to appear against
his wife.
Says Daughter Is Child.
Mrs. Eye declared yesterday that her
daughter. although now nearly twenty
one years of age. is but mere child
She certainly did not realize what she
was doing when she married Higgins"
declared THE mother. "She met Higgins
at the Washington barracks on one oe-
casion when she went to the guard
house to see her husband. She. did not
tell Higgins that she was married, and
further, did not let me know that she
was going to marry him.
When she married Higgins she was
residing with her sister-in-law. at 1906
New Jersey avenue" said Mrs. Eye,
and she was employed in a confec-
tionary store on Florida avenue
The mother said today that at the
present time she did not know what
her daughter was going to do about
her marriage to Mccormick and Hig-
gins She said she would first have to
find her daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
TO BE EXCHANGE PROFESSOR.
Theobald Smith of Harvard to Spend
Year at Berlin University.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March 31.-Of-
fetal announcement has been made OF
the appointment OF Prof. Theobald Smith
as Harvard exchange professor at the
University OF Berlin during the academic
year of 1911-12.
DIR. Smith is professor Of comparative
pathology in the medical school. He re-
ceived his degree in medicine from AL
bany Medical College in 1883. and has
since won distinction in his chosen field
of pathology. In 1901 he was. made .
director in the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research In New York