The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-30
OUR FOREIGN LETTER


 London, July s0.-Nearly s2, 900 has been subscribed S6ward the fund or ganized by the mayor of Godalming to- provide a suitable memorial in his home town to Jack Phillips, the wire less operator who went down. with the Titanic. The memorial is to take the form of a. drinking fountain to b plac- ed in a prominent position on the main road in full view of travellers between London and Brighton, and to be sur rounded by small park A number of contributions have come from Phil- lips admirers in America.
 Sofia, July 30-Three. infantry regi- ments have been called out to combat an invasion of grasshoppers which is devastating immense tracts of farming land along the Danube. With the as- sistance of the peasantry the soldiers are building huge bonfires, and thus they have succeeded in clearing sev- eral districts from the pest.
 London, July 30-The Chinese 9Lega-. tion here is at last queueless. Di- rectly after the establishment of the new republic. the Minister, his secre- taries, and all the attaches of the Le- gation with the exception of Chung Ling, the major-domo, discarded their pigtails Chung was agreeable to the new regime, but felt he should first obtain his fathers consent. Accord ingly, he wrote to the old man, at Pe- kin, but the parental response was a positive refusal After months time he wrote again, earnestly pleading for the desired permission and stating that he had become practically ostracised by his fellow CeIestials, but with no better success.
 The other day, however, Chung was surprised and overjoyed to receive a cablegram from his father containing merely the two words "can cut" The Chung pigtail is now en route to Pe- kin as a souvenor for his wife, and the major-domo is still wondering what brought about the old gentleman's con- version.
 Brisbane, Australia, July 3O.-In the hope of mastering the strike problem, a sweeping measure has been intro duced by the government of Queens land. Among other things it provides that labor organizations must take secret ballot of their entire member ship on any strike proposition, and must give two weeks notice to em- ployers before quitting work.
 London, July 30.-Although his wa ges were never more than $10 a week, William Scholefeld, manager of the labor department of the Lancashire ffOIQe TOT the blluQ, l0ILi d lcSdcy O1 $5,000 to the institution and an addi- tionaI sum of money to be divided among the blind workmen there.
 Vienna, July S0.-The man who shot himself at Doeberitz, left the photo graph of three pretty girls in a let ter, saying that his inability to decide which he loved best was the cause of his suicide.
 Cape Town. July 30.-William Ken dall, a. 23-year old South African mu- sician, now holds the worlds Mara thon piano-playing record, having played the instrument at a Potchef- stroom moving picture theatre for "A hours without stopping. A crowded house witnessed the performance which he concluded with e'God Save ttha King The best. previous record is said to have been that a young Ken tuckian-36 hours and 36 minutes. Calcutta, July 30.-A curious case of primitive justice is reported from a village near Simla- Unable to make up his mind concerning the merits of their contentious, the native judge had plaintiff and defendant each produce goat in court. Poison was then ad miniStered to the two animals, each dose having been carefully weighed and made exactly equal. The suit was QeclQed III faVOr or the owner or | the goat which expired last, the un- successful litigant losing both goat and case.
 London. July 30-The latest whole sale price for love letters is 421s cents apiece. In the Sheriff's Court at Bir- mingham, Miss Annie Bradley, who was. the possessor of 1000 amorous missives penned by Sergeant Arthur 1 l.. Taylor, of the Army Law Office, 1 whom she sued for a breach of prom l ise, was awarded judgment of $425. Vienna, July a0-A women's society has been formed here, under the pres 1 idency of Baroness de Rosenwerth, a l Polish woman of note, with the object Iof bringing the title madame" into universal use for women of all stations in life, married and unmarried. By thus placing all women on an equal footing, So far as title is concerned. the League of Madame" as the uni que organization styles itself, hopes to democratize womanhood generally and infuse into the sex a new spirit of comraderio. Also, with the abolR1on of the title "mademoiselIe," <" or its na- tional equivalent, it is argued that