The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-22
l. THE HUMAN PROCESSION


 Major Baden F. s. Baden-Powell, 1 author, student Of aeronautics, and proprietor Of several scientific jour
 TaIs, will celebrate his fifty-tfir birthday today He Is a younger brother of the hero of Mafeking and Boy Scout leader. Mai. Baden-PowelI is an authority on military aviation and aerial bombss and he believes that the latter will eventually make war impossible by rendering it too terribly destructive to be contemplated by any civilized people.
 Sir Aston Webb, the great English architect, will pass his sixty-fo91rth milestone today Jacob Gould Schur- man, president Of Cornell and pocket edition of Rooseve1t,'' was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, fifty nine years ago today, and spent E1is youth in collecting degrees from most of the universities of England, Scot land, Germany, Italy and France. All the lads at Cornell swear by Proxy, and they'll probably "slip,' him some thing nice today. Prof Nathaniel Schmidt, also of Cornell. who is fifty one today teaches Semitic languages, knocks Socialism whenever possible, any one of forty-ffve different Ian guages. He was born in Sweden!
 Mime Ala Nazimova, the great Rus sian actress who has won such a tre- menidous snccess in both Europe and America, was born in a. little Crimean village the shores Of the Black Seal thirty7-four years ago today. Her fa- ther, a chemist, sent her to SWitzer- l land to be educated. At twelve she l returned to Russia. and entered the l conservatory at Odessa, her ambition 1 then being to become a, vio1inist. Tn Odessa, she lived with a family of 1 stage people, and their influence changed her ambition. Despite the protests of her parents, she persisted, l and at twenty was a ful1-hedged act ress in a Russian stock company. Ten years ago she left Ra1ssia to win the plaudits of Berlin, Paris, London and New York
 The first English haronet was cre- ated by James I. 3o2y years ago today, when the honor was conferred on Sir Nicholas Bacon, who became Baronet of Redgrave and MildenhaH. The present premier Baronet is the twelfth of his line. English baronets are the first in rank among the gentry, and hold the only order of knighthood that Is hereditary. The rebellion in Ulsterf gave rise to this order, recipients of this honor having been required. on their creation, to pay into the sex-I thirty soldiers three years at eight pence a. day in the province of Ulster n Ireland'' It was further required that baronet should be a gentle nan born,' and have a clear estate If 1 900 pounds per annuIn. The bar onets Of Ireland were created in 161S, he first being Sir Francis Blundel1. 3aronets of Nova Scotia were created n 1925, and Sir Robert Gordon was he first. To win the latter honor a contribution to the Nova Scotia, colonization fund and the es- a1bIishment Of actual settlements were 'equired, in return for which each member of the order was given an sstate of eighteen square miles. Since he Irish Union in 1901 all baronets treated are of the United Kingdom.
 By conducting his own case and us- ng Sherlock Holmes methods in ross examining witnesses, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recently emerged tri- lmphant from a damage suit in which ris pet collie dog was accused of kill- ngS sheep After utterly discreditingl he testimony of the prosecution, Sir Arthur proved to the satisfaction of he court that his dog, a valuable anil { lad a. faulty jaw bcz1e that rendered E t incapable of killing a sheep;
 Sir ArthuF. who won worldwide anne as the creator of Sherlock Iolnes,' will pass his ftfty-fourth milestone today, having been born in Edinburgh on May 9, 1859. His fa- her, Charles Doyle, was an artist and s is uncle, Richard Doyle, and his { randfather, John Doyle, celebrated | Q Sir Arthur was edu- ated for the medical profession and racticed many years besides serving s ships doctor on vessel running s Q the West African coast, and on an ( xpedition to the Arctic regions. His t rst important novel, "A Study in | carlet,'' was published twenty-six | ears aep and favaf since E1xa has 91eer l a numbered among the most popular [