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The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
COST OF LIVING
 NOT CONSIDERED
 IN SAVING MONEY

WASHINGTON. April l3. The problem of washing and ironing dirty paper money appears to be solved by somf new machines which have been perfected ill the government $ bureau of engraving and printing One cf these machines will take dirty, germ-laden piece of currency and turn it out slick, clean and crisp in two minutes and the other will do the same job in three.
 These machines are expected to save about s1,0O0,00 a year for the government. as 50 per cent of the paper money now sent to the treas ury for redemption can be circulated again by washing it. Director Ralph. who has worked with the scientific experts on the creation of the ma chimes, figures it will cost 20 cents 10 wash and iron thousand notes.
 Foreign governments are watching the tests. The Reischbank, the ma tional bank of Germany. recently sent 4l,O00 marks to the bureau and the bills were laundered perfectly
 The chemical laboratories of the public health service will examine the washed notes to make sure they are germ free. The general princi- pie of the money washing machines IS to pass or whirl the dirty notes through sOapy water to which a chemical solution has been added and then deliver them to heated cylinders which iron and turn them they were made.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
JACK H'AUllFFE IS ONE
 CHAMP WHO HAD SENSE.

Jack McAHlife Is q firm believer in the word "sufhciency."
 The las; time fought real battle was sixteen years ago in Sc attle, with some fellow named Jack Green. IL was six-rouad affair fer which l was handed many reams of greenbaCks. For five rounds that guy Green slammed me around and l never stopped seeing two referees In the sixth left one desperate left swing go right on Greens jaw and he went down. After he was count. ed out l did my Adelina Patti fare we'll and it went That's the reason l am the only retired champion Cf the world in the h'Story of the ring"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
UNSINKABLE DECKS
 ARE NOW FLANNEL

LONDON, April 17-"Naval archi- tects are already busying themselves with the problem of designing a deck which can be slipped from a sinking liner" John Harvard Biles. vice president of the Institution of Naval Architecture. said today. He continued
 The problem is chiefly that of the expense of the apparatus. which might be used only cnce in fifty years.
 An unsuitable ship is a fiction of transatlantic sailors.
 All things considered. even in case of a collision with an iceberg. vessel of the size of the Titantic ought to be safer than a smaller liner.
 "A head-on collision would leave mcre compartments undamaged. and a 'sideswipe could be better re- sisted.
 Possible to Save All.
 Tt is possible to have sufficient boats to save every soul on board a liner.
 "1 cannot account for the fail ure of the wireless apparatus on the Titantic almost two hours before it's laundering, as supplementary dy- namo was carried fifteen feet above the water line"
 Figures from the highest official source, supplied by one of the most prominent British naval designers, show that 960 lives was the great est number that possibly could be saved with the apparatus carried on the Titantic.
 Just Within the Law.
 That vessels facilities were just within the beard of trade regula- tions, which specified that a ship
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
lANSFORD WINS FROM
 M'VAE IN AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY, N. s. w, April B. Sam Langford the American heavy weight, today defeated Sam McVea, of California on points ill a twenty round fight
 Langford and McVea fought in the Stadium before 15.0O0 spectators and after a hard contest in which honors were fairly even until the last few rounds Langford succeeded in re Versing his defeat at McVea's hands on December 26 last.
 The betting was 10 to on Me Yea. The fight opened al a fast pace. In the second round Lang ford landed three heavy rights on the body in a clinch. at which Me Yea protested and the police inter- fered, barring kidney punches in
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
FRISCO FAIR NOW HAS FLAG

SAN FRANCISCO. April t9. The Panama-Pacific Intemati nal ENposi. ton adopted yesterday it's official flag bearing the words. Exposition -l9l5-San Francisco" Assurances have been received from many steamship companies that they will fly the flag in all waters of the world. \ bursee, bearing rhe same words, differently spaced. also Was approved for Ire use of yacht Clubs II the Pacific Coast.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
OFFICIALS DIB UP WHEN WOMEN MAKE
 MONKEYS OF THEM

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., April l3-- Mrs. Ellen Quinn practically tied up the machinery Cf the Portsmouth city government by having attach ments put on the city hall and all movable property of the city depart ments to cover $3,o00 damage claim.
 Under instructions from Mrs. Quinn's counsel, two sheriffs sealed the desks of the city officials. They attached the horses and wagons on the street. watering and ash and gar bage collecting departments. and even tied up the police patrol wagon
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27

SO hat no arrests could he made
 After two hours of this The ali taehments were raised by Mayor Badger filing his personal bond for the s&,ooo. Then the city govern ment wheels were permitted to move again
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27

must be equipped with wooden or metal boats sufficient to carry 55o passengers from 1o,ooo-ton ves- sel
 Gollapsible boats. rafts and other apparatus not carried on dayits must he supplied to aecomodate three f#arhs as many, making 962 the to.al it would be possible to save under the board of trade rules.
 The plans show that the Titantic carried lifeboars to accomodate geo persons,
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
Great On Reconnoiterlnq.

Mrs. Howard-And so two of your sons ale boy scouts Where do they do most of their reconnoitering?
 Mrs. Coward-ln our refrigerator. Life.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
1 latest Outside Sporting Dope

tte 1tucae~. LaHeford had some v.a, t.e better oG The first fea rounds and rhe betting yeered to ate o t.ar la his aa,or Bo,n meu pu. a. a s..t-y .tgar and he rcicrt, ...su Z. aas engaged in Scparat ing them.
 B. clever sparriug Mcvea man. aged 10 keep his stronger adversary a| Hnul aacr t.o seventeenth round t.aa tae furious pace began To rell .u .a.. O.aHetord Na~ iu lAe het. . ..u.=..n !. Inc end. although -u. -ood ,n uga 10 land Knockout
 e spectators cheered the ref aroes decision and obviously werc se5-a.st d what they considered a .a.d ar fairly ;oash battle
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27

Dolly She marmed a very old man, didn't she? understood he had one foot in the grave.
 Polly That's what she tn ught. too; but he still continues to buy his shoes by the pair.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27

man to work the corners of the plate. and il he umpire is missing strikes. be is forced 10 lay the ball over and lEen The baIters vhaug it ul Johns one hai an of! day in Chicago this last season when Brown was working. and couldn't see strike unless the bal cut the plate
 Whats r.e use of me irving to pitch. Jim" said Brown. throwing down his glove and walking 10 the bench aisgusrcd. If you don't know strike when you see ene?"
 Sometimes the umpire who has been good will go inso long slump wheu be cant call things righ-. and ha knows it. Men like tba, gel as discouraged as a pitcher who goes bad. There used 10 be one iH he Ea;ional league who was a pretty fair umpire when he started and seemed be getting along fine unril He hit one of those slumps lie Has calling everything wrong. anl he knew it. Al last he quit. ani The neNr lime | saw him was in Philadelphia in the last worlds series. lie was a policeman.
 Hello, Ma'ty." he shou ed al me aS we were going into Shihe Park for the firsr game there. T can call you by your first name now" and he waved his hand real friendly. lie last conversation had with hat fell W unless my recollection fails me entirely, wa anything but friendly Funny can't think of his name
 CmpireS haze told me that some times they see play one way md call i ano.her. and as soon as the decision is announced they real izc that trey have called it wrong. TIis maiady has put n+ore than or- umpire cut A man on the Ma icna1 league staff has informed me since that ae nee called a hit fair that was palpably two feet foul in one of he most importan, games ever played in baseball when he sav The ball strike on foul ground.
 T couldn't heIp saving, Fair ball. '" declared this man, and he is one of the best in he National league. "Luckily." he added the team aeainsr which the decision went aon the game"
 Many players assert that umpires hold q pers nal grndge against cer- ta;n men who nave put ap too stren- nous kicks, and for that reason the wise ones are careful how they ,alk 10 umpjres of this sort Fred TeE- ney has said for a long time that 3ir. N!em. gives him shade the oors. of il n all close ones because he had run in Wi,h that umpire one day when al the bat. and Fred says that if he is up with a three and two count on him. Klem is like iy to call he next one a strike if 1T is close, not because he is dis honest, but because he has a certain personal feeling which he cannot overcome, And the funny part about i, is that Temy q es not hold this up against klem.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
AN ACUTE ATTACk

Weren't you shy when rhs judge asked you your age in court"
 Yes, Was abou, ten years shy. my dear"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
!. A.AtDOT WINS N HARD
 FIGHT FROM OWMORAN

NEapHiS. rem. AfHl l. Joe NaaIa. aae sou-aau aspirau, 10 a. lightweight ,,tie. fought like a #ee, 70 resain s ground caused rs Ho kdowu in the second aa.na . carried rhe fight to the .. and va- awarded .ne decision over owen Moran. rha British box CT. ar The end of ,heir efght-rouud contest before the National Athletic club night.
 For .e tIrs. ime in his local ..r.a HaUGot suffered not only a ano.adoaa har hled profusely from .a. mouth Moran hooked two sting a- lens |. ne m.uh in fhe sec out round and The Sourherner took -.e f5I count Aando. came up -laug in The taird round and fore. d ac neh from then on to the finish. H~ landed repeatedly with oa .-tetu. and starred tae hl cd flowing Hom Norau's mouth in The seventh
 The fight was a vicious one from first to lasc Maudot se, the pace in zHe opening round by splitting Mo@ns lips with rapid lefts Moran rarely fought back. and seldom re- -ara4 Ia anything more than lief
 aok a#ug he eish rounds
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
D}5ERoH LOWERS RECORDS.

AN JOSE Cal. April 15.-Louis ii brow driving inc simplex, Zire. n Ht" ra.e me.t here established sc-.eraa. new worlds record ioI fifteen. .aeus} and twenty-five miles on a .#r.ular cauh gaca. The moe- Wa sanctioned ny the Amer naa Aaf mobile association
 Barn o|dfie!d previously held all aHrea cs he records. having made rem ar Milwaukee. September 27. Iof" bts0roU made fifteen miles in i&."a. twenty miles in l7:57 2-5 and twenty-five miles in 22:2G B.. OIdGelds time ia the same events were l&.f1, f>.la and 22:47.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27
A Decision That Made Me Sick

Humorous incidents are always oc- curing ill connection with umpires. We were playns m Boston one day nree years ago. and the score was , to against the Giants ih the ninth inning Becker knocked a home run with two men cn the bases and one out in the last half If the ninth, a Boston batter tapped ole 10 Merkle which l thought he tapped, but Johnstone. the umpire. said he caught it on the fly. and it was simplicity itself to -uble the runner up off first base who also thought Merkle had tapped the ball and started for second. That retir- d the side. and we won the game n the twelfth inning. whereas Bos- ton would nave taken it in the ninth if Joanstone had said the ball was tapped instead of caught on the fly.
 It was very hot day. and those extra three innings in the box knock ed me out. was sick for a week afterwards wi,h stomach trouble and couldn't pitch in Chicago, where We made our next stop. That was a case of where decisiCn in my favor made me sick"
 Tim Hurst, the old American league umpire, was one of the most picturesque judges that ever spun an indicator. He was a sort who would take player al lis word and fight him blow for blow Tim" was um- piring in Baltimore in the cid days when there was a runner on first base
 he man star ed to steal" says Tim" He was telling the story only the other day in McGraw's pool room in New York, and it is better every time he does it. As he left the pdS -4t Sp4htu lut lllSl DdSelildn all | that player attempted to trip him. The second baseman blccked the runner and Hugh Jennings, who was playing shortstop and covering. while Jennings sat on him to knock the wind out. The batter hit Rob- lnson. who was catching. on the hands with his bat SC that he could not throw and Robbie trod on my toes with his spikes and showed his glove into my face so that couldn'' see to make the decision. It was cne of the hardest that l have eve- been called upon 10 make"
 What did you do?" I asked him.
 T punched Robbie in the ribs and called it foul and sent the runner back" replied Tim"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-27

i .aI 10 lauga to myself. and not boisIerausIy. las year when Ar. lynca app mrei Jack" Doyle. form erlz rrsr baseman and hot head ed player an umpire and schedul. ! Jim ID work with Emslie 1e- memtered rhe time several years ago ~4en Doyle to.k offcuse a, one of "Bob's" decisions and wrestled hiu! all over The mHcll er}ing 10 get his wig off and SHOW Jim gg before The crowd. And then I1msno nl he worked together like Dam and Pythias and Klaw and Erlaager and tae Siamese twins. The business makes strange bed fellows.
 :msIe was umpiring in New York o"e day in the season of 1909, and t.c Giants We're playing Sr. Louis. \ wild pitch hit Emslie over the heart and he wilted down, uncon- sCious. The players gathered around sim. and Bresnahan. who was catch ing for s Louis at the time. start ed 10 help "B h." Suddenly the old umpire came To and started to fight off his first aid 10 the injured corps. No one could understand lis attitude as he struggled to his feet and srrolled away hy himself staggering a little and apparently dizzy. Al las ae came back and gamely finished the business of the day. l never knew why he fought "ih r@e Een who were trying t. help him until several weeks latel when We were playing in Pittsburg. As l came out from under the stand, Emslie happened 10 be making his entrance.
 Say, Matty," he asked me. chat time in New York? Did Bresnahan ake my wig off?"
 No, Bob" replied. "le was only irving to help you"
 Il thought maybe he took ii off while I was d-wn and out and showed me tip before the crowd" he apologized.
 Listen, Bob" I said. T don't be Iieve there is a player in either league who would do that. and. if any youngster tried it now. he would probably be licked"
 I'm glad to hear you say that, Matty," answered the old man. as l he picked up his wind pad and pre- l pared to go to work. And he call 1 ed more bad ones on me that day 1 than he ever had in his life before. 1 but l never men toned that wig. Unapires Have Their Off Days.
 Most umpires declare that they have off days, just like players. when they know that they are making mis- ,akes and cannot help it. If a ! pitcher Cf Mordecai Browns kind who depends largely on his control for his effectiveness happens to run up against an umpire with bad day. he might just as well go back to the bench. Brown is great
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-20
LOCAL MANUFACTURERS INTERESTED IN TARIFF
 NOW AT WASH. .NGT0N

Among the Connecticut n1anufactur- CTS at Washington arranging to ap- hearings relative to the tariff, are Augustus H. Builard, secretary and treasurer of the Buuard Machine Tool Co.,, and President F. E. Kip of the Salts Textile Co. MT. Bullard does not want the duty on machine tools reduced materially, and it is under stood that he will appear before the committee personally sometime next concerning the machine tool industry whereby he hopes. Congress will be able to adjust the tariff so that the Bridgeport concern will have no fear of foreign competition in this coun- try. At the last session of Congress after steps had been taken to put machine tools on the free list, MT. Bullard was able to have final decis- ion in the matter put over to this year.
 MT. Kip has been able to have Jan. 13 set as the date when he will be given a hearing by the Ways and Means committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-20
Why Dreams Come True.

There is a scientific explanation of the fact that illness, at least, can be foretold in dreams. The theory is that when a man is dreaming his mind is more sensitive than in his waking hours, for the simple reason that his actual surroundings are not engaging any of the minds attention. Thus it happens that when some disease has set in the man awake does not feel 1t in its earliest stages, although the ac- tive mind in a sleeping body does feel it. The sleeper dreams, let US say, that he is suffering some complaint of the leg, and two or three days later, the disease having developed, he finds that he really has got bad attack of rheu- matism. Harvey, who discovered the circulation of the blood, records having had dream in which bee stung him in his left thigh, on a place where a couple of days later appeared an ugly ulcer. The ulcer must have been de- veloping, of course, at the time of the dream, but what the man in full con- sciousness could not perceive the man with only an active mind-i. e., dream ing-easily notices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-20
nNot One Cent For Tribute"

The copper piece with the legend, Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute,'' is not a coin at all, but a medal commemorating our troubles with France during the Napoleonic wars. Resenting our Jay treaty with Great Britain, made while George Washington was president, and angry because we would not take sides in those wars, France in 1797 began to attack our merchant ships, and we came very near becoming involved 1n war with her. We sent commission over to try to arrange the trouble, and the French prime minister, Talleyrand, gave them to understand we could ar range it only by paying a br1be ol making a loan to the French govern ment. To this it was said that Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Caro lima, a member of our commission, re piled in the words quoted on the meo al. This he denied, however, his re ply being simply, "No, no, no; not on' sixpenceH'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-20
The Worm That Turned.

The power of discipline and prece- dent in the army cannot be appreciated by civilians. At two company post in the west some years ego a captain of infantry was in command, as his commission was of older date than that of the captain of cavalry also there. The two captains hate each other, but, of course, preserved the usual amenities in official intercourse. One day the senior captain ordered the junior to take a file of men to the for est and cut the firewood needed for winter This duty ordinarily would have been given to sergeant, but the junior captain had no recourse and was obliged to obey. Just as he got outside the post the mail, which came only at intervals of a week or more, arrived, and the cavalry captain stopped for letters One of these brought him his commission as major. He at once is- sued an order taking command of the post and another assigning the wood chopping duty to the late commandant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-20
FAIRFIELD

The gymnasium class of the Fair field Girls club will meet this evening at their rooms in the Saum block, where they will be instructed by Miss Edith L. Chatterton of Westport.
 Mrs. John Hull and son. Martin, for merly of Greenfield Hill. but now of New York, are to take up their resi- dence at the Castle Taylor place in home of Mrs. Hull MT. Hull is ex- pecting to start into the chicken bus iness and will raise R. c. White Leg horns
 Mrs. Royal Banks spent Wednesday visiting friends in Bridgeport.
 Mrs. Jesse Wheeler of Easton has her mother, Mrs. Charles Jennings, on Hoydne's HiIl-
 The funeral of Miss Martha Hull was held vest erday afternoon from her home in Huli's Farms at 2 o'clock, with Rev E. H OImstead officiating. Interment was in the Oak1awn ceme- tery.
 Mrs Susan Fable has gone to Brooklyn, N. Y. where she will spend a few days visiting relatives
 The Fairfield football team will play the Fairmont A. c. of Bridgeport on Sunday afternoon at McGarry's field weather permitting.
 A large number attended the supper which was served at 6 o'clock last evening in the Congregational church parlors by the members of the Ladies' Home Missionary society.
 Joseph CoSka, Jr., has left the em- pIoy of Daniel Morgan and has gone west where he will spend the winter months.
 The sewer in front of the library has been repaired
 Christian Peterson has opened a shoe repairing shop on Spring street next to the McGarry butcher market.
 Superintendent G. c. Bowman visit ed the Sherman school Wednesday and requested the teachers there to report all pupils afflicted with poor eyesight, mouth breathing, defected hearing, etc.
 Miss Viola Mcdonald has returned from 9 three weeks visit with friends in Middlebury, Waterbury, Shelton, Seymour and Naugatuck.
 The following children took part in the entertainment given by the grange in their hall, Tuesday even ing: Miss Helen Pease, Miss Marjorie en Banks, Clayton Banks, Kenneth Banks, Miss Elsie Nichols Miss Clara Hull and Raymond Banks.
 The annual concert was given. by the church last evening and was immense 1y enjoyed by a large gathering. The class which includes all local talent rendered in a most pleasing manner a number of Christmas carols A silver collection was taken up during the evening, the proceeds of which will go toward the buying of Christmas gifts for the Faith chapel Sunday school.
 A number of the members of the Greenfield Congrega tional church met Wednesday evening and assisted the committee in decorating the church for the Christmas entertainment which will be held on Thursday evening, De- cember 26-
 Members of the Greenfield Country club have been requested to hand ir q list of the names of the guests fol the New Years reception which will be held at the club house on New Years eve The list must be given SC