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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27
NEVER AGAIN FOR BUGS RAYMOND WHO SIGNS AFTER
 TAKING THE KELLEY LAB
fspecial from United Press.,

New York Jan Horizontally dried out and with the taste for Demon Rum .eradicated from his system-as he says-.Brgs" Raymond has sent his signed contract to Mana ger Mc- Graw of the Giants. Fresh from his sofourn at the Keeley Institute at Dwight. H.. Raymond now says that even the sight of the accursed cup is a distfncr shock to him. With all the solemnity of deathbed confession, the cratic twirler confides to McGraw that his face is toward the rising sun and away from the swinging latticed doors McGraw is confident that Plugs really has cut it out. but the New York fans. oft regaled with sim liar yarns. will have to be shown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27

CT of recognized ability. but has a1s' tained fame through hiS tntotpkut2~ tion Of Shakespeg1an charActar4 HoA will give four recttals: Marc A1AenysO1 Grafton from Julius Chesaxs. Eolilo.a Richard III.. and . aDEetch 1uDM Antony and CIeopRxtas
 Other important nambeH1 oa the UHUs. gram for the evening ineludo D1lUoe tioals by the Kimba1 AAn6oaiA 4eubL private. the B. IT. 8. Man1doltn Canh>s and many soloist1 of notA
 The advance sale of tfe11ott aFYu1ul we'll for a, large attendAnce 0oa1D. for the evening will not be reSskxed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27
w. l.. DOUGIAS S l15ss5ssgi 5s9ss s3.5o E. s4.oo SHOES sas sE2s
 na% GUARD AGAINST SURSTy7UTES.Ra

Ev17 L. DOUGLAS SHOES HAVE HIS NAME AND kvW THE RETAIL PRICE STAMPED ON THE kkN BOTTOM, WHICH IS sAFEGUARD AGAINST e@As SUBSTITUTES, THE TRUE VALUES or WHICH ABE UNKNOWN. REFUSE ALL THESE BEST. INSIST UPON HAVING THE GENUINE w. l.. DOUGLAS SHOES.
 W. L. Douglas shoes cost make than ordinary shoes because higher grade feathers used and se lected with greater every detail in the making watched by the most skilled organization of expert shoemakers in this country These the why w. L. Douglas shoes to hold their shape look and fit better and longer than any other $50 or $4.00 shoes you can buy.
 W. L. Douglas shoes are sold through his stores in the principal cities and by retail shoe dealers No matter where you live they within your reach. in town write for catalog showing how to order by mail Shoes sent direct from factory to wearer all charges prepaid. ". T. DOUGLAS, Brockton. Mass w. L. DOUGLAS SHOE Co., 1068 N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27
BASKETBALL TOMORROW.

On the Y. M, c. A. gym tomorrow the B. H. s. team will make an at tempt. to get back at the P. A. I. alumni five. The Park Avenue grads by a close score won from the High Schools in the latter's first tryout of the season. some few weeks back. There will be a preliminary contest between the B. H. s. seconds and the St. Paul Jrs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27
Last Nights Results.

Al Taunton-Hartford. II; Taun. fon. s.
 At Pawtucket-Pawtuc 4; Prov 1dence. TO-
 At Fall River-Fan River, 2; Wor- ~@atcr, ..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27

FACTORY LEAGUE. Grown Corset Co.,, P Smith Silver Co.,,
 Crown Corset Co. Held, ss go sa 2s1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27
ROLLER POLO
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Standing,

Games Tonight Worcester at New Haven. Fall River at Hartford. Taunton at Worcester.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27

FfA OUT O60 IZi S. N. F.. Tel. Go. (Forfeited.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27

INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE. Loco Co.,, 8; s. N. E. Tel. Co.,, o.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27

Game Tonight. Sokols vs. Wonders.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27

Brass Co.,, 8; H. & III. Co.,, o.
 Handy and Harmau
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-27
BOW LING.
STATE DUCKPIN LEAGUE,
Team Standing.
CITY LEAGUE.

East Sides, 2; Mechanics, 1
 EaSr CiIoc
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
LAST OF TWEED RING.
Peter Sweeney, the brains of the
Famous Grnftrr>. Dead.

FIIn the Brrt0n TrauS"TIJl
Probably 10 tn" majority of uIid,II.-sls,.,
Americans the name Of Peter u. Sweeney
"a ri"s Il" suggestions Of rutoriety Ye:
. Peter Il. Sweeney. who has lust died al
Lake Mah"pac 4, the aG.. Of ,i-Lty-six.
was as well known to the Americans Of
forty years ago as any man In public life
at that time. He was popularity known
a. 'th" brains Of the Tweed ring
Tweed was big. good -naturrd." hail
fellow-W"ll-mrt kuav-. a graduate Of the
worst school Of the old volunteer fire de-
partmcnt. Connolly was simply a
smooth 'poH.ician," but Swceny was
w"ll-trainrd lawyer. who furnished the
legal aspect required to conceal illegal
acts from immediate detection Many
New York politicians who were too
cautious to join tu,. ring were eager to
benefit from its friendship. among them
y. Oakley Hall, who '.co-operarcd" with
Tweed.
Compared witt these great masters Of
tn" art Of grating. Tn. GraftcrS OF to-day
are but childish amateurs. retail opera
tors. cOntentcd with clear > per cent
The Tweed ring period WAS the haIcyun
era of corruption. Vet the methods 10y
which th" boss" and his associates
plund"r"d a great city were extremely
simple. They successfully organized their
political control of th, city. and 10y
fraud and violence, when fraud and vi0-
l"nce We're necessary, sent enough Of
their hirelinGs to tn" New York lrgis-
lature I" enact the laws they wanted.
Whether the ring stole from $4lUN0p
to &ID.hW6", as Andrew H. Green PSti-
mated, or $Gr."".cs", as the city iuvesti-
eating committee thought. or $7:,.NT.uD.
AZ O'Rourkc. the county hnokk+cpcr as
serted. they We're the master thieves of
American politics. They made money Oh
everything from chairs TO coatraCts. the
city buying wooden chairs at the price Of
armchairs. and armchairs at the cost of
a whole house. while its streets We're dug
up as often as u new Improvement
could he thought of.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
Raising the Maine.

The protest against the expenditure of
money for the raising of the Maine
which appears in the current issue of
the Engineering News is not convincing.
1t alleges that the funds already spent
might have been put to more profitable
use, and that the appropriation was an
unwise yielding to public sentiment. 1t
hastens to assure the public that neither
the engineering profession nor the army
engineers in charge OF, the wreck have
any responsibility for the original un
dertaking of the work.
There is no need for the army en-
gineers TO seek an apologist. They
simply obeyed orders, and they have per-
formed their task we'll As for the
work itself, it need only be said that
the hulk of the Maine was not alone a
menace to navigation in the harbor of
Havana, but it was constant and grew
some reminder of the war with Spain.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
Tariff Board and Census Bureau.

1t is rather interesting 70 note the
serious discrepancy between the figures
of the tariff board and the Census Bu-
rcau in the matter of the cotton crop
for 1910 According to the tariff board,
which submitted a report to the Ways
and Means Committee. the crop ag-
gregated Io,3SO,ooo bales, while the cen
sus statistics show II.483oOo bales.
Here is a difference OF more than 1000
600 bales.
1t would seem as il the Census Blu
rcau figures ought to be accurate. but
we must not forget that the tariff board
i, the organization upon which Presi-
dent TAFT relies for his facts and figures
in accomplishing 4 reduction of the
tariff. Ii it should be shown that the
board cannot come within 100000 bales
in reporting the cotton crop production,
how much crcdence is to be placed in
report, which il may make upon manu-
faCturc> and raw materials?
An explanation from the tariff board
is now III order
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
FOR A BIG SNEEZE.
Hay Fever Sufferers Organize M
tiOnaI Society.

From tie Baltimore Evening News.
The hay fever sufferers. bound together
by common sympathy and suffering,
have organized the United States Hay
Fever Association. Its thirty-eighth an
nual meeting will he held in bethlehem.
y. H., on the last two days of August.
Its purpose is half-hopeful exchange
Of experiences, mingled with a little
melancholy humOr 20 relieve the tedium
Of life until frost. The love feast con-
sists largely of an interchange of lost
illusiOns-of new resorts entered upon the
blacklist From the literature distributed
gratis at this season of the year We
We learn that London. Paris, Corpus
Christi and GulfpOrt are among the
points of the compass where the ex-
pAtancy is greatest. The brochure on
medical treatment Cheerfully sets forth
that the patient should fast entirely
and give up tobacco and alcoholics. -
Strawberries are deadly and cream is
taboo; to eat cakes is to hy in the face
of Providence. With these few excep-
tiOns the patient is allowed to make
himself as riotously happy as he can.
In short, there seems to be no eff
feCtual remedy except a cheerful DISPOSE
ton and a killing frost.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
HURLS BOMB WITH TAIL.
German ProiectiIc's Purpose Is to
Relieve Infantry In Siege.

Fran The New York World.
Some interesting experiments have re-
Gently been carried out bv the German
military authorities at DoG-ritz with a
rev typ" Of siege gun constructed by
krupps.
According To- present siege tech
nIque. tn" artillery Of an attacking
army las to cease hombarding the
en"my's entertainments as soon as the
stormiuE infantry gets to,cIose quarters.
otherwise tn" stormers are likely TO he
shot down 10y their own guns from the
rear. TIL" new gun has been devised to
Overcome this difficulty
II has an extremely narrow, unrified
bore, and is Of very light construction.
easily capable Of being carried by two
men. and is intended to he carried in the
front lines Of the advancing infantry.
Its most remarkable feature Is its pro
'cctil". which consists Of a round bomb
Of great diameter loaded with a very
powerful eXplosiv" mixture.
The bomb is of far greater diameter
than tn" bore Of the gun which throws
it. and IS provided with a long stick
like tail which is loaded into the barrel
VI NV KUN, itS l'N'I tllur NIlitU Is en-
larEod to a wad or piston-likc form. rest
ing on the gun-charge ut the bottom of
the barrel. The bomb itself merely lies
on the gunmuzzlo, quite outside the bore
itself
On being fired the trailing stick-like
tail serves to keep the bomb in its prop
er direction of flight, and only detaches
itself and falls to earth after a certain
distance has been covered, leaving the
bomb to pursue its course alone
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
TWENTY YEARS WITH INDIANS.
Hnppiest Time of His Life, Says an
Oklahoma Man.

From the Kansas City City Star.
In story books whom one is captured by
Indians one usually tries desperately to
escape and has many hair-raising adj
ventures in doing 50 But that was not
the case with Philip Block, Of Oklahoma
City.
Block. now seventy-two years old.
came over from Germany when he was
fifteen and went West a short time after
his arrival on one OF his hunting ex-
petitions he got lost on the plains and
was picked up by a tribe Of Indians.
And for more than twenty years he livpI
with them and ACCOMPANIED them on all
their hunting expeditions. He learned
their language and their customs and
had no great desire TO leave them.
Il had Il better time when was with
the Indians than ! have had since"
Block said at the union depot yesterday.
We hunted then and lived out in the
open. We killed buffalo and other game
and were not bothered by any one
When the Indians began to be placed
on reservations. Block became a scout
for the United States government.
We hunted the rereCades then" 10
said. "All the raids on horses and cattle
were blamed on the Indians. when in
reality they were committed by the rene
gades. l have six bullets in ne now
that l got from the revOIvers of thOss
renegades.'
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
FOR GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.
Statesmcn Believe Time for Road
Action Is Ripe.
FTnm do ~ York snn.

From the New York sun.
From all over the country accumu-
lates positive evidence Of the pro-
nOunced belief that the national govern
ment should give attention to better in
terstate communication by road. and
men prominent in affairs Of state are
declaring themselves as being in accord
with this progressive policy. One Of
these is Speaker Champ Clark. who. in
a communication to President Robert p
Hooper. Of the American Automobile
Association. expresses this opinion:
II believe the time has come for the
general government to actively and pow
"rfullv cooperate with the States in
building great system Of highways. 7
believe the building of the Lincoln high
way would he the entering wedG-a for
the creation Of a splendid system Of
roads that would bring its benefits To
every citizen in the country"
Congressman B"rland. OF Missouri,
who is putting forward the Lincoln
highway bill in the House of Represent
atives. summarizes the matter briefly
He says:
What We need is n monument that
viii he OF some use I" the people now
living on earth II We could have the
views on the subject Of the great com
moner. Abraham Lincoln himself. am
satisfied he would h,. in favor Of such n
tribute. Thcr" is no monument so en-
during as a highway.
In commenting upon the proposed
route George c. DiehI chairman OF the
national good roads board. says:
a good highway. connecting CI@ttys-
burg with tn" Capital, will he Travelled
by thousands. where now the route is
followed only by hundreds owing to it's
serving as a road in name only. Motor
driven vehicles are Interstate as woIl as
intrastate. and that which they accom-
plish in "blterating State lines will
prove more effective than any other
means in C"menting this nation into a
SOlidIticd WHOLE
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
BAKE BREAD WITHOUT FLOUR.
wheat TrnnsfOrmrd Into Dough by
Machine In France.

Fran the Philadelphia Record
In France bread has been made with
out Hour in a machine that transforms
the wheat directly into dough. This ma
chine shows & large screw turning loose
~ i'm case. on the inner surface OF
which is a scr-wthread running in an
opposite" direction. Between the main
threads on the cylinder are smaller
threads. and the depth Of the GroOvF he
comes progressively smaller from one end
10 the other. 50 that II will hold the en-
tire wheat grain as il enters the ma
chinc, at the sam" time accommodating
only the pulverzrd wheat at the exit
TIL" wheat is prepared by thorough
wishing. after which operation about 4
I'int Of tcpid water to pound of grain
is added. tn" whole mixture being al
lowed to stand some six hours. Then the
grains Of wheat have swollen to twice
their ordinary size. The mixture is then
treated with Yeast and salt. and Is
poured into the machine. 1t falls be
tween the threads Of the moving screw
and Of the fixed contrary screw. which
simultaneously crush the envelope and
r"dy of the grain. making of them "A
homogeneous miXtarc that forms a
smooth paste.
Bread made 10y this process contains a
succession OF holes, whose size increases
as they approach the crust, which is
thin The odor given of is said to be
most aErycahlr
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
HUNT COYOTES WITH AUTOS.
Farmers Find Plenty of Them to
Give Delight to the Chase.

Frur the Hutchinson News
\ Western Kansas man who was in
Topeka the other day tells of running
down coyotes with motor cars in his
section OF the State. The dogs rout
out coyote and the motor car heads
for him. He lodges and gains on the
car. but if he stays in smooth country
and the other kind is hard to find in
Western EansaS-tLe motor car finally
runs him down. The man who told the
story said the coyote finally came to
bay and wanted to fight the motor car,
but although the man is an eminent
Jurist, not much CredenCe is placed in
that statement. The COYOTE has flour
ished in Kansas this year as never be
fore. He is bOlder than ever before,
and the indication is that when the
time of year comes for wolf hunts there
will be no lack Of wolves. The fact
that the counties offer bOunties for
wolf scalps does not appear to have
held down the number this year. Coun-
try newspapers are flled with stories
of ravages of henrosts and pigpens.
The boldness shown by the hruteS
this year IS attributed to the long dry
stretch of weather. The rabbits and
other small fry were driven to the river
and creek bottoms and the lOwIands
where they could find something to eat.
The coyotes have been driven in off OF
the big pastures and have followed the
rabbits to the timber and low lands.
The COyOt" is naturally a coward He
avoids habitati"ns and runs from n
human being. but they are not all doing
that this year. Stories are told of coy
otes following children. Stories are
told in the Kansas new wspapers of coy
Otcs coming into baTnyards and fight
ing with dogs. The favorite haunt of
the coyote is the big pasture section in
the Flint Hills. They are always thick
in that locality
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
Writer Advocates Placing 1t Be-
tween Capitol and station.
ditcf The Washington Herald

Editcf The Washington Herald:
! claim to he the first in expression in
public print. and possibly the father of
The idea, to place the Lincoln Memorial
in the SraC" between the Capitol and
Union Station. At the same time
suggested governmental ownership of aH
the land between the Capitol and Union
Station. which. believe. was its first
public expression and probably prompted
the Mccall bill to that end
My reason for placing the Lincoln
Memorial at Union Station was that all
might See-alI visiting the Capital City.
At that time I had in mind a Lincoln
Way To Gettysburg. but set it aside as
a stupendOus undertaking for future set
Element. I had in view Mrs Hender-
sons idea Of location on Meridian Hill.
about Sixteenth street | thought then.
rs row, it would be a place of command
ing prominence and artistic effect in
city Identification. also had in mind
the location in the Mall. near the Poto-
mac.
The eyes Of Lincoln were to the South.
and there his thoughts lay in the fratri-
cidaI strife grand memorial bridge
spanning the Potomac that separated the
torn sections. would he emhlematiC of
the suffering man and a reunited people.
In the matter of sentiment its claim Is
clear.
The question is. whether a memorial
bridge across the Potomac would be
within the act Of Congress requiring it
TO be erected in the District of Column
bia. The Washington Herald has edi-
torially said it would not be. and such
seems 10 be the consensus of public
opinion and eSpTessiOn. | take a view
to the contrary
The charter of Calvert carried Mary
land Colony to high tide of the west
shore of the Potomac. The United States
took the same rights in Maryland's ces-
sion of her part for the District of Co.
lumbia: hence the Memorial Bridge
would be in the District of Columbia to
high tide mark on the south shore OF
the Potomac. and Virginia would gladly
give the nation any additional neces-
snry land to complete ii, for Senator
Martin has voiced it and Senator Swan
son and the rest of Virginias delegation
in Congress no doubt would favor it. And
If they do not the right of eminent do
main would obtain.
A Lincoln Memorial Bridge across the
Potomac would be a local memorial,
grandly magnificent and beautiful, con-
Meeting the Capital City with Washing
ton Way TO the national shrine at Mount
Vernon, where rests the Father of His
Country, and Lincoln Way, leading to
Gettysburg battlefield, where the savior
of the country, in Il speech as nobly pa
triotic as Patrick Henry's for liberty,
sounded the keynote of Anglo-SaxOn
freedom and union of the States for
ever. ANDREW JORDAN GREEN.
ScItcmber T. 1911 ~ 1904 VI IT. NV.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
The Commission Reduces Rates.

When. not long ago. the Pullman
Company raised the rates for seats in
il chair cars between Trenton and the
seaside resorts the fact was at once rr-
ported t. the New Jersey public utility
commission. which instituted an invcSti-
CATION, A. a result Of this inquiry the
company WAS cited 70 show cause why
the rates should not be restored to the
old figures Before the case could come
to 4 hearing. however. the company an
,nouncrd that it would make reduction
to Il prn, even below the original rates
If New Jersey had not had a public
utility Commission. the people who dc
, sired the accommodations which the
Pullman company offer, might have
continued to pay the excess fare. indcf-
n'tc'y A> j; Is. the company. when con-
ir"ntcd by an authority that had power
t" regulate the rate, realized the futiI-
lily Of further imposition
Il was a victory for the public. and
demonstrated again the wisdom Of the
existence Of the commission.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
Where Thnckerny Wrote Story.

From the LAndnn ChrniClr
The most Interesting of all Thack,ray
shrines in London is l6 (formerlv n,
Young street, Kensington. for there. in
a room on the second story. overlooking
an Oren space Of orchards and gardens
he wrote Vanity Fair" "Pendennis -
and Henry Esmond." 1t was there that
he gave the famous party to Charlotte
Bronte, at which the CarIyles and many
other notable folk We're present but
which for some reason or other proved
such a dismal failure that after Char
lOttes departure Thackeray quietly
slipped away and took refuge at his
club, leaving the other guests TO amuse
themselves as best they could.
The house is now marked by a me-
mortal tablet, and Thackeray himself
seems to have anticipated that il would
have interest to future generations. ].
T. Fields in Yesterdays with Au-
thors," tells how on one occasion as the
two walked down Young street together
Thackeray paused before l3 and with
mock gravity exclaimed: Down on your
knees, you rogue, for here Vanity Fair
was penned! And l will go down with
you, for ! have a high opinion of that
little production myself
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
Keeping Out of Mexico.

The State Department has acted
wisely IN putting a prompt quictuS upon
the story that this government has sug-
gested the po~tpoucmcnc of the election
in Mc>Ico. in order to insure the in
duotion Of de Ia Barra INTO the PreSi-
dental o:icc 1t j. ficiaIly announced
that the United States has no concern
with the domestic affairs uf Mexico. and
demands only the protection Of Ameri-
can citizens, their property and their
rights.
Absolutely right We have enough
10 do with managing our own affairs
without meddling with AIcxico's.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-14
A BOSS Among VuItures.

From the Rosary Magazine.
The most beautifully cOlOred of all
vultures belongs to the New World fam
fly; it Is the true king vuiture of South
American forests Its plamage is IF a
delicate cream, with black quilts, and
the bare head is brilliantly cOlored with
red and orange.
This handsome bird exercises regal au-
thority over black vultUres and turkey
buzzards in the same way as the Pom
dicherty vulture does over grigons, &c.
so that IL any dissatisfied Indian vulture
succeeded in reaching South America he
would find some new bosses awaiting his
arrival
The American boss, however, Is not as
large and strong as his Indian relative
named Pondicherry. Both OF these
bosses, Il should be mentioned, are much
more strikingly colored than the subjects
over which they exercise authority.