The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-11
OUR FOREIGN LETTER

| Berlin, Feb. 11-statistics Of "aoei-
dents in the air for 1912 show that
one aviator in 90 was killed during
the year. The United States heads
| the list with 43 deaths deaths out OF
| 800 avfators, Germany "a deaths
| among 1, 500 pilots and France "a
tai number of aviators is given as
$500.
Moscow, Feb. 11-CommerciaI cir
cles are sending protests to st. Pc
tersburg against the ukase decreasing
| the number of Jews that may live in
Kieff. It is asserted that goods to
the amount of $12o0o,0O0 were placed
ago by Jewish merchants now exi1ed
and their enforced departure will ere
ate a serious commercial crisis in
| Moscow, LodZ, and Kieff. Nearly all
of the exiled persons have deposited
| their money in Rournania and Aus
tria, making it impossible to collect
from them.
st. Petersburg. Feb 11-More than
10000 Russians have recently applied
for foreign passports according to in
Commerce and Trade. The greater
portion of the requests come from
Russia-Po1and where extensive mobi-
lization has created fear of war.
Vienna, Feb. 11-That napkins in
restaur ants and hotels and even in
private MONIES are round to be dan
gerous medium for the spread of dis
ease, is the discovery announced by
Doctors uanglois and Sartory. In the
microscopic examinations by the two
psychologists they found among 9TH
er disease germs. numerous napkins
from hotels and restaurants with
pneumonia baci1li on them.
Berlin, Feb. 1.-THE general Euro
pean war scare has already cost the
people of Germany $50, 900, 900, accord
ing to statements made by Socialist
members of the Reichstag- On ac-
count Nof the military preparations, it
is charged that there has been a gen.
eral Reorganization of commerce.
deered for the transportation of
troops and supplies. Shortage of cars
is reported from many parts Of the
Empire. and thousands of tons of
merchandise is said to be lying at
various depots.
cy of, the High Court of Saratov in
sentencing to only three months i'm
prisonment Police Sergeant Tserkov-
ny and six rural constables, convicted
suspected of murder, has evoked loud
protests from the Liberal press One
of the victims died as the result of
the tbrutal1ties inflicted upon him. An
other made this statement at the
trial:
Both my father and I, after being
whips, Jcat-of-n1ne tails, sabres and
the butt-ends of rifles. All the other
prisoners, who were similarly treated,
were dragged in a bleeding condition
to a table, wherein lay a. confession
which they were ordered to sign. On
refusing, we were beaten again. When
we asked to be allowed to look
through the paper, or at least to have
it's contents read out to US, the beat
ing was resumed Several times I
tainted, wnereupon they brought me
back to consciousness by pouring cold
water over me, and demanded that
I should sign the paper. I do not re-
member that I complied with that or
der, as i tainted again, and only re-
covered consciousness when a priest
administered Holy Communion to me.
after which I was transferred to the
hospital. The beating went on ev-
cry day for week. The Police Com
1nissary would not. however, allow our
heads or faces to be struc1S. explain
ing that this would leave marks
The evidence of the other witnesses
was of like character.