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The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
Tim" WOODRUFF IS
PRONOUNCED BETTER
Former Lieutenant Governor of New
York Beginning to Rally
from Stroke.

New York. Sept. 3O-The condition of
former Lieut.. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff,
stricken while he was making a speech
last night, was reported as being slightly
better tonight. However, Mr. Woodruff
is practically helpless. as his left side is
slightly paralyzed, and he is extremely
weak
The Governor is feeling all right"
said Mr.. Woodruff's son, 'and he is talk
ing a blue streak now. He is mad be-
cause this breakdown has come on him
just at this time, but he will get over that
in a few days. He is ravenously hungry,
and wants real meal. but the doctors
won't let him stuff himself for a bit. I
think a rest of month or six weeks will
fix him up all right"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
AMERICAN HELD FOR
RANSOM BY CHINESE
Missionaries Are Seized by Bandits
Troops Advancing on
Tsaoyanq.

SPECIAL Cable 10 The Washington Herald.
HankOw, China, Sept. Sa.-The five
American missionaries who were cap
tured' Friday by the Chinese bandits at
Tsaoyang are tonight reported TO be Mr..
and Mrs Holmes and child and Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Fauske.
Four Norwegian missionaries were
captured at the same time The Rev.
c. StOkstad. heSd of the Norwegian
mission. cabled that Mr.. Fauske was
held in Tsaoyang for ransom. but had
been separated from his wife and the
other prisoners, who were in another
part of the city. The Chinese troops
have been ordered to advance toward
the stricken city.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
CITY PROFITS ON GARBAGE.
Cleveland Burns Ii from n Former
Source of Expense.

Source of Expense.
From the St Louis Post Dispatch
Under the contract with the Indiana
Reduction Company, it will cost ST
Louis 81 cents a ton to get rid of its
garbage. The amount averages $4,000
tons a year, so that st. Louis will have
to pay this company. in the event the
contract is carried out. an average OF
$4S.5OO a year to rid the city Of gar
bage
Cleveland. Ohio, has a municipal re-
duction plant which, last year. showed
a profit of S1.24 a ton, according to
the Engineering Record. The plant
during the year handled sixty tons Of
refuse a day. The grease extracted
brought the city $42.559. while it re-
ceived from other salable products
sS.169. making a total of s51,72S. 1t
cost S3Sr503 TO run the plant for one
year. leaving a net profit of $I3.225 for
the municipality.
This looks a good deal better than
an outlay of S4S.5O0 a year, with moth
ing to show for IL. That there must be
profit, even to contractors. in garbage
scientifically handled, is shown by the
fact that New York City has made a
ive-year contract. under which it will
receive $6e.50O the first year and an in
creasing amount each year, bringing
the total up to S4S7,500 for the five
years. Because the company which
formerly reduced St. Louis garbage, at
Stallings, Ill, went bankrupt, an i'm
preston has grown that the garbage
problem was insoluble and that the city
must take what il can get in the shape
of A one-sided contract. That this Is
not fact the figures cited show.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER /. 1918.
Railroads and Their Anthracite Hold
ings.

Though the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has declined to furnish an!
explanation as to why it has disposed
of its anthracite coal holdings, it Il
plain that the clause OF the Hepburn
law prohibiting a railroad from trans
por;ing-in interstate commercially
article manufactured or mined by IT
had something. il not all, to do witt
this action. Within the past thirty
FIVE years the Pennsy acquired some
thing like 1900 acres of hard Goa
property according to the Philadelphia
Record with a mining output of 10 pei
cent of the average total annual trade
Federal antitrust suits now are pend
ing against other anthracite roads
More suits are to be brought. but SO
Gar as Known no such proceeding had
qbeen attempted, up to now, against the
gPennsy. Under these conditions it is
Ecommendable to see the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company rid itself of these
trouble breeders But it also show
gthat the great corporation has become
convinced that there would be no use
IN fighting the Sherman act, which is
4 lesson that ought to be well ponderei
over by those who cry for amendments
tc that law
Nine-tenths of the evils OF the an
thracite situation have resulted from
the control OF producing properties by
the common carriers. OF course it is
nothing but proper that common car
riers should be nothing more than this.
Anything needed to facilitate the opera
tion Of a road quite naturally should
be excepted But il is altogether an
other matter if railroad goes into a
different business. To own coal mines
and to ship the produce over its lines
10 terminals which are also controlled
by the road gives the common car
riers" a power to which they are not
entitled. as well as a sort of a monop-
oily. Such power, has been exercised
bv the great anthracite roads for dec
AIDES 1t is right and proper that it
should at last be eliminated by the
Federal government.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
SURVEY OF NEwBURGH.
Civic and Living Conditions De
scrIbed in Publication.

Civic ana Living Condltlons De-
scrIbcd in Publication.
THE Newburgh Survey is the title of
an interesting publication received by the
Public Library yesterday. The review
is a survey of civic and living condi-
tons and is representative OF the new
movement for civic betterment which is
finding a foothoId in so many American
cities.
Citizens of NewburGh, n. Y, an his
torical city of 5000 people, situated on
the Hudson River. desiring to promote
civic improvement. called in specialists
from the department of surveys and ex-
hibits, Russell Sage Foundation, New
York City, to make social survey"
The publication contains the Survey
reports, which cover schools, public
health, housing, the hrndling of law
breakers, public library, recreation op-
portunities, charities, industrial condi-
tons, and municipal administration. City
officials and all persons interested in
civic and social betterment will find 1t
valuable.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
$3,000,000 DAMAGE
FROM FLOODS IN SOUTH
Conditions in Texas Growing Worse,
Streams Showing Record
Breaking Heights.

Austin. Tex. Sept. ,SO.-Immense dam
age has been caused by unprecedented
floods in Southeastern Texas, according
TO reports received today from various
points along the Gulf coast from the
Sabine River on the east to the Rio
Grande on the south. distance Of more
than 200 miles. Rain is still falling to-
night, and rivers and small streams are
higher than ever before.
A number OF towns have been wholly
or partially inundated and vast stretches
of farm lands are under water. The rice
crop and unpicked cotton is being ruined.
Estimates tonight declared that the cot
tn crop loss from rains during the last
ten days is more than 5000 bales at
5000, 600.
Many homes, particularly of the poorer
class, have been demolished.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

duction and distribution means only in
times of panic, when the machinery
suddenly stops. A general conscious
ness that the machinery is working and
knowledge of some of the principles
on which it works would greatly help
to keep it in smooth running orderf
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
FIFTEEN DIE IN STORM.
France Swept by Terrific Electrical
Disturbance.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, Sept. 30.-An electrical storm
OF twelve hours duration caused fifteen
deaths at Cerebere today.
Three of these were killed by an
acetyline gas explosion that wrecked
four buildings and buried five families
in the ruins. The explosion resulted
when water dissolved a cask of cal
cium carbide that was stored near
large quantities of gasoline and alco-
hol.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
She Didn't Understand.

See here" said his wife: 81 hear you
| acted scandalous on that trip with those
Knights of Sparta"
Me? How's that"
''Mr. Wombat says you posed as the
Izaak Walton of the party. What do you
mean by going around under an assumed
name?'
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
omcinI. See President.

President Wilson yesterday received
a number of United States Commission
ers, who will visit Latin-American ma
tions on behalf of the Panama Pacific
Exposition. to be held in San Francisco
in 1915. Among those who called upon
him were Oscar II. Fernbach, James +,
Statesman, and Daniel OConnell Lively.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
WRONG CHEESE.

Bread and cheese and kisses;
They go together, hey?
I have met with some misses
Who didn't think that way.
One day / ate limburEer cheese,
Then called upon a miss.
want to say that was one day
l didn't get a kiss.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
w. =. Brodt, sr., Touring Europe.

William S. Brodt, sr., the Washington
halter, is making an extended tour Of
Europe. He left Washington about ten
days ago and intends visiting London,
Paris, Berlin. Brussels, and other points
of interest on the Continent. He will be
gone about three months.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
Habits of ROOmers.

NO~ give a highbrow party,
Have fine folks at your house,
And that's the night your roomer picks
To come home with a souse.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
7 E A R S
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of ''At Good Old Siwash.o

who is not afraid Of water in any form
except when it is in a glass, has been
washed entirely OF of his feet by two
tears, one on each side of a perfect nose.
Some women have to earn money by
soaking their hands in water in a wash
tub. But more women have been able
to earn handsome allowance, and to
have the same increased regularly by
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

According to a German engineer, de-
fects in aluminium YIELDS can be detected
by immersing the joints in water. bub-
bIes of hydrogen appearing after forty
eight hours if the YIELDS be defective.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
Cheap Filler.

How do these poets make living.
anyhow
''Oh. there is always a market for
poetry 1t is cheaper than drawings tn
fl. in with"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
The Henrtsick Rride.

MY home life is unhappy"
What's the matter, dear? Won't your
husband eat your cooking?"
He will. But my poodle won't"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
Senator Lodge Improved.

Nahant, Mass, Sept. Ex-senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, who underwent an opera
ton for the removal of a gastric ulcer,
was reported as resting comfortably to-
day al his home here.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

1t is not infrequently the case that
when a man brags that he doesn't stay
out late at night he is simply henpecked
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

In France experiments with freezing
fish in blocks of ice for transportation
are being tried. the claim being made
that they can be revived by slow thaw-
ing and sold alive.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

Harry Tha~ has gone to reading law.
Maybe he is trying to find out why the
law has been bleeding him so severely.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

The strangest thing about it all is
why Gamboa or anybody else should
want to be President of Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

Three months from now we will all
be wondering why we spent so much
money during Christmas.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

A good many New Workers must have
thought sulzer a bird, judging by the
way they threw money at him.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

Another beauty about the fall season is
that people quit asking "Is it hot enough
for you?'
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
Home Strategy.

That's what l call Judas kiss"
What's that
'One from my wife to see if have
been drinking"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01
OF COnrse.

Il see one of our agricultural universi-
ties is going to have school on oyster
culture"
raw, raw
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

Chicago reports 12.72O persons with in
comes exceeding 5000 a year But why
do rich people live in Chicago?
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

1t is bad policy to vote for one man
simply to beat another: but sometimes
il is necessary.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

Minnesota has a great plan TO make
rich dairying country out of the lands,
now denuded. on which great forests
once grew.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

Sometimes a man gets credit for hav-
ing good judgment when. he is simply
lucky guesser.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

Would it not be a good idea to induce
Mrs. Pankhurst to undertake the task
of pacifying Mexico?
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

Somebody ought to tell those people in
the Balkans that the war is over
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

Oysters are now having their fall
opening.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

But. then. Tennessee always is having
trouble with her Legislature.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

The Senate used to run things. but nov
it is being run.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-01

baby can cry as easily as II can rain in Portland
merely dampening their cheeks with
tear or two occasionally. Tears have wor-
ried monarchs, rocked nations. and have
reduced captains Of industry to subiec-
ton. And now that the bonnet ballot is
becoming general tears may yet win
more votes than cigars, duIlar bills or Jobs
with the city administration
Tears are mighty and should be rexu-
lated by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission
(Uopynshtsd b. Geurvs MEttasv Ad.-a)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
PRESIDENT TAKES TRIP ON
 YACHT SYLPH

Washington, April 26.-President Wilson left the White House, early to- day and boarded the government yacht SyIph for a trip down the Poto- mac to the Virginia Capes and back He expected to be away until some time tomorrow. Dr. Carey Grayson, naval aide at the White House, was aboard with instructions to see that the President did absolutely no work
 The President has been working under pressure. lately, the Japanese question in California, the tariff prob lem and the Mexican situation having occupied his mind as well as trouble some questions of appointments.
 Mrs Wilson had some engagements for the day and the President was ac-. ccmpanied only by his youngest daughter, Miss Eleanor. No corre- spondents accompanied him but the yacht was to keep in touch with the navy yard by wireless. In accordance with the Presidents decision for a quiet and unostenta- tious departure, the customary salute was not fired. As the Sy1ph anchored, the American flag on the White House was lowered for the first time since March 4. It was said the yacht might make a few stops enroute so that the President might take walk along the shore but no plans had been znadC up to the time of sailing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
TEDDY BACKS GOV. SULzER FOR
 DIRECT PRIMARY

< Albany, April 26--In his, endeavor to bring about the enactment of a State wide direct primary law. Gov. Sulzer today was in conference with several Democratic county chairmen. The Governor reiterated his declaration that Democrats who were against his bill were against the party platform.
 Theodore Roosevelt sent the Cover nor this telegram: Your letter ana telegram just received. Believe me, 1t is with most sincere regret that find myself unab ble to come and speak for the direct primary bill whichh, as understand it, contains the essential features of the bill drawn by eX-Sen- ator Davenport. It is the duty of all good citizens in this State to sustain and aid you in any possible way to secure the enactment of this primary law at the present session of the Leg isla ture
 Only by direct primary legislation can we make the people really mas ters of their own party organization and unless they can thus master their own party organizatio they have no real control over the government. and it is as great an offense against the people to swindle them out of their right to control their own parties as to swindIe them out of their choice ex- pressed at the polls I trust all good citizens will rally behind you in the effort to secure direct, primary 1egis- latiOn."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
Nice fabrics for dresses.
Center aisle, rear.

Whether for onepece dress or for sut handsome and good gathering is to be chosen from It presents all shades that natural for the weights that will be found fitting
 Serges of pure wool fine and firm of weave 50 5A inches wide, rich colors and black and white,$1 yd
 Iridessa fabric of silk nterwoven with wool, black and nice shades of blue,-$15O yd. s Slk-and-woo popln, fine of weave, beautiful of fet, and much in demand dresses Rich coors 42 inch width-$1.25 yd.
 Diagonals, much liked for suits, effective and full of durability, 54 inches wide and in good coors-$150 yd
 Bedford cord and tasteful whpcord, firm of texture nice of surface especially liked for suits black and good range of colors( 54 inches wde$15 15o and $2
 Eponge possibly mostked of all the fabrics of the season Woven of wool of fine quality, 54 inches wide in rich blue and brown and gray,-$1.5O yd.
 Mateasse of wool and silk interwoven handsome as yell novel and especially effective for summer wraps Coors too those that will prove very effective when used,-$35O yard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
REAL BEAR HUNT
 IN MERIDEN HILLS

Merfden; April 26;-There is a bear hunt on in the Hanging Hills. Tt is not a plot of the ss'in ovies.'' The at tendants and patients at Undercliff, the tuberculosis manitarium, are the most concerned. For several days, they havs known that small bear has heen roaming around the hills and last night it was close to a shack occupied by some female patients They were bit frightened and today some of the male patients and others went out tracking the animal. Dr. J. B. Dinnan, the superintendent thinks the bear is a tame one and is one of three cubs which recently es- capped at New Britain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
Feeble Old Woman With Long Record Arrested
 Again As Pickpoeket

New York, April 26-An aged woman wrfnkled of face, stoop-shou1dered and thin, was brought into the detective bureau at police headquarters today and arraigned before Lieutenant Burns
 You must be nearly 80 now re- marked the lieutenant.
 'tSeventy-five,'' was the reply in a voice very weak. They put tempta- ton in my way she said.
 The woman was Ellen Mantell with a prison record of 15 years and six months, the sum of various arrests for picking pockets. She finished her last term in 1901. This time she, was ar rested for picking the pocket of wo- man detective in a Sixth avenue de- partment store.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
TEACHERS ELECT OFFICERS.

The 37th annual meeting of the Fairfield County Teacners' association closed yesterday afternoon with an address by Rev. E. J. Craft. Just pre- ceding the address by Rev. MT. Craft annual business meeting and election of officers was held, the election, of officers resulting as follows: Presi- dent, Edwin c. Andrews, of Green wich. vice president, John R. Perkins, of Danbury; secretary M. Louise Col Iins, of Stamford; treasurer, Schuyler P. Williams, of Bridgeport; executive committee, chairman, George E. Thompson, East Norwalk; Frank w. Gregory, of Norwalk, and Frank A. Berry of Bethel; ex-officfo members, Charles W. Deane, of Bridgeport, Samuel J. Slawson, of Stamford, and Frederick J. Brownscombe. of Dan bury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
PERSISTENT CHICKEN THIEVES.

Many thefts of chickens about the city are reported to the police but the most persistent depredations which have recently come to notice is that reported today by Mrs. Isabel Ennis, 21 Hamilton street, who within the past fortnight has lost eight hens. AL though the coops were visited by thieves on April IS when, but two were taken, and again on April IS, when getting bolder three were, bag ged, the cu1minating inroad was made last night when three more were lifted from the roost. Fearing that. the rapacious visitors would eventually take all she had, she made report to the police.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
HELLO GIRLS DANCE.

The Bridgeport Telephone Club of the Southern New England Telephone Co. will give an informal dance on Monday evening of next week, which will be. one of the most important events of the season. The Colonial ball room will be attra ctive1y deco rated for the occasion and Speidels s orchestra will render the music, which is always very pleasing. This is the third annual dance given by the club and the committee in charge have arranged everything for a good social time. Tickets can be obtained from any of the members of the club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
Handsome silks Fashion approves.

Fashion is peculiar thing: It takes two things of practically the same beauty and puts pinnacle while the other is entirely overlooked
 The silks that at the pinnacle this the rich and ustrous crepes. And the store has good sup ply of them at this very minuteeven though they generally accounted scarce.
 Here are three splendid examples:-
 Crepe de chine of beautiful appearance and fine quail it, 40 inches wide, in shades for street and for evening wear,-$15O
 Crepe and brocade charmeuse wonderfully pretty and marked by distinction, in rich colors that range from those for evening dress to correct shades for street tire, 40 inches wide,-$2 yd.
 Crepe meteor, aluring because of the 1uster which marks it and especially fitted to the fashions of the because it drapes gracefully and egectivey range of shades that includes all from light to dark from deep to the very delicate hues,-$2 yd.
 Center aisle rear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
JOHN S. WOOSTER
 ASKS FORECLOSURE

John. S. Wooster of this city has brought suit against Julia Grandfteld and Francis Ck1eywicz of this city to forecIose a piece of property on Pali- saGe avenue. It is alleged that Woes ter sued Julia Grandfield in the Jus tice- court and received verdict of $10o and costs from Justice Merritt. He then got a judgment lien on the Palisade avenue property. In addl- tion to the foreclosure, Wooster wants S1OO damages. Okleywicz claims to rave a.l attachment on the premises.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
 COMMISSIONS PLANS FOR
 R.R. PHYSICAL VALUATION

Washington, April 26-The interstate commerce commission preparing for the work of making a physical va1ua- ton of railroads in accordance with the provisions of a recent act of Con gress, is about to announce the per sonnel of an advisory board of five engineers This board will have di- rect charge of the valuation work in various parts of the country.
 Approximately 10000 applications for positions in the physical valuation service of the commission have been received. It is expected that eventu-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
MEANEY'S - POSITION DEFINED

Alderman stephen Meaney wishes to make his position in the matter. of Stratford- avenue and. State street Lridge propositions clear to his con- stituenrs. Alderman Meaney stated this afternoon that he was not in fav- or of calling for a 20 per cent. refer endunn vote on the matter but was in favor of having only the 10 per cent referendum and seconded Alderman Frederick Cederholn's motion to that effect at the recent council meeting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26

ally several hundred persons will be engaged in the service.
 The advisory board will convene here shortly after May 1, and, in co-Opera- tion with the commission work of the engineering details of the proposed valuation. It is regarded as scarcely likely that the work of valuing, phy- sica1ly, the railroads of the United States can be completed under five years How much it will cost is mostly conjectura1 but the lowest es- tinate made by those who have an in telligent idea of it is $1,S00,000 a year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
PEACE DELEGATES SAIL.

Liverpool. April 26.--Lord Wear dale and the other delegates from the British committee for the celebration of the Anglo-American peace centen- ary sailed, today for New York on board the Caronia.
 Lord Weardale said before his de- pa-ture: "I hope the outcome of our conference with the committees iu the United States and Canada will lead to world wide peace"