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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
PARLIAMENT IS
 OPENED IN ITALY BY
 THE KING AND QUEEN

Rome, Nov. 28.-Accompanied by the Queen, the Duke of Aosta,I the Count of Turin, the Duke of Genoa and Prince Undine, King Victor opened yesterday the first Parliament elected by universal suffrage in Italy.
 Unusual precautions were taken to protect the lives of the royalties. Troops four deep lined the streets from the Quirina1 to the Senate.A
 In his speech from the throne the King said the church never would be allowed to interfere in state affairs He announced, also, that the wealthy class will pay the new taxes. This was received with cheers.
 When the King entered the Parlia- mentary building the 400 deputies and 300 senators rose 70 their feet and cheered him.
 I4eonida Bisso1ati-Be -Bergamaschi, lead CT of the Reform Socialists; Professor Enrico Ferri, Independent Socialist, and Carlo Dell-Acqua, Republican, took the oath in the presence of the King, a, proceeding unprecedented in the Italian Parliament, where Social ists and Republicans hitherto had al- ways stayed away from the opening.
 The King announced thai many re- forms were to be introduced in Italy and alluded to the intention of the gov ernment to give Italian women their rightfuI place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
A. A. Adee, n, Is
 Official Giver of Thanks

Officially Alvey Augustus Adee is
 second assistant secretary of state of the United States of America and the tried and true wheel horse of the de- partment now presided over by Hon. William Jennings Bryan. He was
 born at Astoria, N. Y., Nov 27, 1s42.
 He began his diplomatic career as
 secretary of the United States lega- ton in Madrid in 1870. Eight years later he was made chief of the dipIo- mattc bureau, and in 1882 he be- came third assistant secretary of the State. He was promoted to second assistant in 1886, and has held the job ever since. Presidents and secretaries of state have come and gone since then, but Adee, like the babbIing brook, goes on forever. The similar ity between Adee and the babbIing the second assistant secretary of state has never been given to undue To- quacity.
 'tAdee, acting.'' has long been a familiar phrase. Whenever the sec retary of state has an engagement, he follows precedent and leaves ''Adee, act1ng,' sitting on the state department lid. He knows every cog in the machinery of his department, and is about as near to being indis- pensabIe as any man may hope to be. Bicycling is his principal recreation. He always rides a bike to his office, and every year he runs over to Flu rope and spends several weeks wheel ing about the country. MT. Adee was the real secretary of state for a few days in 1898, but he was considered too good a man to keep in that job. and was sent back to second assist ing.
 For more than quarter of a cen tury MT. .Adee has been the official thanks giver of the United States gov ernment. He is an optinist and can always think of plenty of things to be thankful for, so nearly all of the presidents since the early sos have delegated to Him the task of prepar- ing Thanksgiving proclamation. Oc- casionaIly some chief executive thinks of something, to give thanks for that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28

Miss Genevieve Clark, the gifted daughter of Hon. Champ Clark, the celebrated statesman from Pike Coun- ty, Missouri, is '"Thanksgivfns girl 9 having been born on Thanksgiving day nineteen years ago. In 1894 the of the month, so Miss Clark will not be nineteen until Sunday, but she aL- ways celebrates on the last Thurs- day of the month. Miss Clark is an acknowledged leader of the younger set in the society of Washington,and is interested in many charitable and so- cial welfare movements She has written much for the newspapers, and her "copy'' is so good that even the most jealous ''copy butchers find. Mt- tie to criticise. Miss Clark came very near to having the White House as her abode, but the defeat of her fath- nomination, although naturally a keen was accepted phi1oso- phicalfy, and Miss Clark was among the first to congratulate the daugh- ters of the victor The Hon. Champ was a member of Congress when his daughter was born, having just com menced the long career in the House that was to lead to the Speakers chair, and almost to the Presidency of the United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
FROM WATER BOY
 TO HEAD OFFICIAL

winoia. Minn., Nov. 2s--Twenty- five years ago Martin J. Boyle. a. boy of Is years took a position with the Northwestern road as water boy with a crew Of track 1aborers at a quarry near Ablemans, Wis, his home. Now he is the superintendent of the Minne- sota division of that road as a result of his latest promotion, which was an- nounced here recently.
 MT. Boyle is probably the best known operating official of a railroad in the southern part of Minnesota. For 19 years he has been on this division. From water boy at Ablemans, whera he learned the work of a railroad tel egrapter, he became night operator He held positions at several stations on the Madison division before going to Owatonna as the night operator.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
DIAMOND IMPORTS
 INTO U. s. TOTAL
 ABOUT $7,OOO,OOO
Investments In JeWelry Have Jumped Eleven Millions
 In Twenty Years.

Diamond importations into the
 United States made their highest rec
 ord in the calendar year 1913. The
 value of diamonds and other preci-
 ous stones imported during the cur
 rent year will approximate 57 mil
 lion dollars, this being the first oc
 casion on which the total has crossed
 the 50 million dollar line. Twenty
 years ago, according to the official
 figures of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department
 of Commerce, the total imports of
 diamonds and other precious stones
 were but Il million dollars; in 1903,
 2S million, and in 1913, approximate
 ly 57 million dollars, this estimate be- ing based upon the known figures for the nine months ended with Septen-
 Der, which are 80 per cent in excess of the highest record heretofore
 made. These totals necessarily in- clude limitations of precious stones. which now form about 2 per cent of the total, but were not separately shown prior to 1912.
 The latest official figures show for nine months ended with September importations of Il 9 million dollars worth of uncut diamonds, against -1-4 million in the corresponding
 months of last year; of diamonds cut but not set, 23 1-2 million dollars, against 18 million in the correspond ing period of last year; of all precious stones, 43 Ia million dollars, against 32 IA million in the corresponding months of last year. These figures justify the estimate of approximately 57 million dollars as the value of the importations of this class of articles in the year which ends with next month, against AZ 1-2 million in 1912 and A IA million in the former high record year, 1906, and making it per fectly apparent that the record of 1913 will far exceed that of any ear Her year.
 Diamond importations show great CT fluctuations than those of many other classes of merchandise entering the markets of the United States. The total imports of diamonds and oth- CT precious stones in 1896 amounted l to 5 million dollars; in 1897, 1-2 1 increasing to practically 10 million in 1898; 16 1-2 million in | 1899; 24 million in 1901; 37 million 1 in 1905; and A million in 1906. In | 1907, however, the total dropped to | less than 33 million dollars, and in | 1908 to A million, increasing again to 4S 1-2 million in 1909, since which | time there has been no material l until in the current year. | when the total increases from 42 1-2 l million dollars in 1912 to approxi- rnately 57 million in 1913. much ! larger increase than in any prior year i in the history of the trade.
 This large gain in recent years oc- CUTS chiefly in cut diamonds; the un- cut diamonds, which form a little 1 over one-fourth of the total imports, i slight gains over earlier l years of the past decade. The value | of uncut diamonds imported in 1903 1 ten years ago, was 0 1-4 million dol | lars and in 1918 will approximate 16 | million, while that of cut diamonds was, in 1903, 8 million dollars, and | In the current year will approximate 30 million.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
TWELVE REGIONAL RESERVE BANKS
 ARE DEMANDED
provfso In Currency Bill May Be Changed Tn U. s.
 Senate.

Washington, Nov 2S-A fe6Iins among Democratic Senators that. cer- tain sections of the country may be neglected if only eight regional re- serve banks, as now provided in the Administration Currency bill, prevail may result in the number being 1n- creased.
 When the caucus adjourned at b o'clock last evening without the scheo- 1led night session it was generally be- Iieved that the number might be put up to twelve, certainly to ten The House bill provides for mot less than tWelve.'
 Southern Senators particularly were insistent that their region be given one of these banks, and the group from the ,intermountafn states of the west likewise were clamortng Tor reserve bank.
 Practically one-third of the meas ure was completed yesterday. In all the so-called '-fundamentals," the owen bill, reported by the Democrats, was agreed to-
 Public ownership and control of the reserve banks was voted down, al. though many Democrats advocated this provision of the Hitchcock sub- .stitute because the banks would not enter the new system unless they con- trolIed the mana cement of the reserve banks wherein they are required to deposit a portion or thelr regular funds and their reserves.
 Some details not pertaining to vital portions of the measure were referred to the committee to be rewritten.
 The insurance plan of the Republi-. can substitute, under which deposit tors in insolvent banks would be in demniaed, was discussed at length This provision found much favor and was not finally disposed of when the caucus adjourned
 The general tone of the discussion, however, indicated that with the Pres- fdent back of the Owen bill it would be approved, and, with the possible execution of one or two members Of the party, the Democrats would sup rorf if MoIfdIv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28

New York, Nov. 2s-James K Me- Guire. ex-mayor of Syracuse. N. F., and confidential agent of the Barber Asphalt company, is under indictment in connection with the famous Dag man. disclosures. It is charged that he solicited campaign contribution from the Union Oil company, an of fense punishable by a year of inn prisonment and a fine of $1.00O. Mo- Gu1re's brother had testified that he was on his way to South America on busin ess. The contractors who testi- fled against ,McG uire were called for the purpose of piling up evidence similar. to that upon which Everett Fowler was indicted. The witnesses testified that they had no interest in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
PAN-AMERICAN MASS
 ATTENDED BY PRESIDENT

Washington, Nov. 2s.-The fourth annual Pan-American Thanksgiving celebration with attendant mass, a service of thankful unity between the United States and the 21 Latin-Ameri- can Republics was held in St. Pat rick's church yesterday.
 President Wilson, Secretary Bryan and other cabinet officers, all the dip 1omats from Latin-America, Supreme e Court Justices and Congressman, at tended.
 Cardinal Gibbons was present
 The Right-Rev. Charles w Currier, bishop of Mantanzas, Cuba, preached on peace and war
 At the rectory luncheon, President Wilson, Secretary Bryan, Ambassador Da Gama, of Brazil, and others were toasted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
DECOLLETTE CALFIS
 NEW PARTSIAFNs FAD

Paris, Nov. 2s-The. deconeets ear has just been 4tntroduoed by several ultra-fashionahle women. They have appeared at the theatres this vgses- wearing gowns dar4ng4y s1asaed. which reveal thatst11e accugtoEnec1- g1f7r stockings are lacking
 Even at this season this might be accepted as a. return to the fashion of Eve before, the fall. But sanas of these ladies have had dadnfy ara besques painted on thefr5neeher limbs and one wore string of diamonds caught below her knee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
srArn Anp NoR RoAps.
Towns VIII Get Less Than Half
 Amount Wanted


 Under the s-state aid'' law, by which towns are assisted in bearing the ex-, psnse of highway work by the state highway department. 149 of the 16S towns in Connecticut have voted to ask for money from the state aggre- Eating g. s19,014.42. The 1913 Legis1a- 4ure appropriated but S1, ,ooo,OoO for the Improvement of state roads during the two years ending Septembe 30, a91s, and 1t was found necessary to reduce all of the appropria tfons.
 State aid of $20.OoO. the maximum amount that can be allotted to any one town during the two-year term, was asked by 13e towns. One asked flor 8 coo; six for $10 600; one for $s,- GOO; two for 5000; one for $5,Oo0; one Ror g GOO and one for $2,000. In re- ducing the amounts allowed, one eighth towns, that is, towns which pay ore-eighth of the cost tn emse1ves, were allotted $462, ,514.42, and one uuarter towns were allotted $720, GOO. This includes the refund payable by Hhe towns when payments on the con- hracts in force equal the amounts a1- dotted, thus making the states share BOA. .T0O1Z-
 The towns with a grand list of less than S1, ,25o 600 are required under the law to pay one-eighth of the cost of roads built with state aid, and towns with grand lists of $1, ,25O, 600 or over have to pay one-Quarter.
 The alIotments to the various one- eighth towns includes:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
OLDEST THEATRICAL
 MANAGER IS DEAD

New Orleans, Nov. 2s-Henrv GreenwalI. eighty-one, for years the oldest active theatrical manager ia the United States, d1ed here yeater- day.
 The career of GreenWaI1 was es spectacular and strenuous as that Of any great American producer. Forty five years as manager and producer won him a. name familiar in RiaIt1 circles the country over. He oucd controlled a score of theatres in the South and three in New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
COL. GAnLARD's DEATH
 QUESTION OF HOURS

Baltimore, Nov. 28.-Physiciane of the Phipps' Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital announced yesterday afternoon that all hope has been aban- doned for the recovery of lieutenant Colonel David D1 Bose Gail1ard, the army engineer who dug the Culebra cut in the Panama Canal against all most insurm ountabIe obstacles.
 Colonel GauIard's condition, it was said. was such that death might be a matter of either a, few hours or a few days. as Is the usual result in brain diseases
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
EFFICIENT AIRSHTP
 GUN DEMONSTRATED

London, Nov. 2s-The yvonderfuI new machine gun invented by IAsut-- Colonel Isaac N. Lewis, of the Coaar Artillery, U. s. A, was denaoustuafed at the Bisley rifle range in the pres ence of members of the British Army Council and representative of vari- ous foreign States
 The gun was shown tos be efficient when fired at or from areopfaues- ft fires 500 shots a minute from a1nuost any position and with or without 60 tripod.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
WANTS s5OO,OOO TO
 "CUT KINGLY FIGURE"

Paris, Nov 2s-A half million dollars 9s the minimum salary demanded by Hhe Prince Of Weld as King of AL banfa The Prince already has ac- cepfed the throne, and the Austrian other powers to accept him.
 He insists upon a reasonable allow nree to keep up his court. His pres @rt income is $sO. 900, and he thinks G2iat even a poor country like AIban- 1s can afford to pay s600.eo0 a year 10 enable him to cut a kingly dgpre
 Italy and Austria are disposed to pBree with him
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
CURE OF CANCER BY
 RADIUM PREDICTED

London, Nov. aS-sir Alfred Pierce Gould, the eminent surgeon. speaking on the use of radium at Middlecex hospital, said:
 stWe have sufficient to warrant us in saying the treatment of cancer by radium and emanation is attended by brighter, truer and more confident hope than ever attended any remedy, except an operation, up to the pres ent time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28

the success of the Democratic cam paign and that they paid solely be- cause they were either told or made to feel that it would be for their in- terest to do so. The multiplying stor les of his activities as ''bagman'' may induce Fowler to make terms for a confession with District Attorney Whitman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
FINDS FALSE TEETH IN
 TIME TO EAT TURKEY

New York, Nov. 2S,-Mrs Frances Stearns. Inwood-on-t -the-Hpdson, laugh ed so much during a performance in a theatre, in West One Hundred and Eighty first etneet, that her false teeth fell out.
 In spite of a determined search, they could not be found by the ushers Yes terday Mrs, Stearns telegraphed to the manager, Edward Ornstein, beggfng g him to find the teeth before dinner time. The teeth were found by g. clean CT and dispatched by messenger to Mrs. Stearns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
WOMEN WIN RIGHT
 TO BECOME PASTORS

be able to enter the ministry. in churches in the Canton of Neuchatel. as a result of vote of the synod of the Protestant Church admitting women to the theological faculty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
D. A R. aEEErEEo.

The governing board of the nrarF Sil1fman chapter. D. A. R., IuI meet at the home of Grs. E. C. Bassfsll, a1TL F'airfeld avenue, pexts1 Monday ea66or- noon at 2:30
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28

To prevent glassware from being easily broken, put in a. kettle of cold water; heat gradually until water has reached the boiling point When cool. take out glass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28

Paint spatter marks can easily be removed from window. panes by melt ing soda in very hot water and wash ing the glass with 1t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28

MT. Adee has overlooked, and includes the item in the document before ap- pending his official signature, but that is of rare occurrence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-28
"GET THE HABIT''

Read the Want Ads. in The
 Farmer classified columns- there's some good opportunities in 'For Sales" and ITO Rents.s
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-21
Plant Grapefruit Seeds
and Watch Them Grow

A single grapefruit seed, planted In
rich soil and watered diligently, will
develop into a graceful little tree,
with glossy, dark-green leaves-just
the thing to stand on the porch step
in summer and on hall table in
winter.
Three of the seeds, planted i'm a
large pot last spring, have grown into
three of these little, tapering trees,
one much taller than the other two,
and the group is most effective on
the window ledge of sunny dining
room.
Wandering Jew is cheerful winter
plant, for its pale-green leaves seem
to catch and hold the sunshine.
Wandering Jew may be rooted in a
bowl of water and kept on a bracket
all winter by window, little water
being added from time to time.
Planted in earth, this plant grows
very rapidly and takes on a darker,
richer green.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-21
ECONOMY CONSISTS OF MAKING A LITTLE
MONEY co A LONG WAY

Economy does not mean the spend
ing of just a little money, but the
making of any sum of money, large or
small, go q long way. This demands
thought, and so, determined to make
every purchase for Christmas dc
double duty. if possible, I began plan
ming early in the summer
pine-needle basket bought from a
little orphan in an asylum delighted
another child in a State where pines
do not grow. Raff1a mats and baskets
purchased from a little charity patient
in the hospital were useful gifts fol
several friends, and added that much
to the happy Jingle in the tin bank
under the sufferers pillow, says a
writer in the Woman's Home Com
panion.
My membership ticket in the Y. w
C. A, giving dollar to most worthy
institution, was turned over to a fac
tory workers credit, admitting her To
the privileges of the swimming pool,
gymnasium and free classes-useless
to me at present.
Then a roll of red crepe paper with
wire and paste costing twenty cents In
alb and one days work gave me sew
eral dozen beautiful poinsettias to fas-
ten to branches of laurel Tor ever
green hedge with which to decorate
my home, our Sunday school primary
rooms, the eneighbors homes and a
hospital ward.
] had been saving baby ribbons,
pretty boxes and tissue paper all
year long, so there was only the
candy to make, and / had acceptable
gifts for the milkman, the newsboy
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-21
THINGS THE THIN GIRL
OUGHT TO REMEMBER

If her thinness comes from i'll health
she ought to do her best to fatten up
at once for this kind of thinness is an
alarming symptom.
If she is steadily losing flesh she
should consult doctor, who will take
her in hand and treat her properly.
But If she is merely slim by nature
she must make the best of 1t herself.
Soft, willowy slimness is charming,
and much to be preferred to angular
ity, says a writer in the Camden Daily
Courier.
Eat and sleep all you can.
Try to cultivate the habit of lying in
bed fiat on the back with your arms
straight beside you, for this position is
wonderfully useful in developing the
chest and curving the figure nicely.
II ii worries you to lie like this at
night, and you cannot sleep comfort
ably when you do It, then adopt this
position By day when you lie down for
rest.
To girls of all figures | say most
strongly:
Learn to lie fiat on your back on the
bare floor when you want a rest
If you curl up among cushions you
will get soft and fioppy and formless.
But half an hour daily spent on your
back on the floor wiz preserve your
good, clean, springy lines, SO that you
will still have a girls figure even after
you reach middle age.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-21
MAYOR HAS FIFTH KEY

Billy Magee, a successful author,
wishing to retire into seclusion to
think out novel, is given key in
midwinter to a summer hotel in one
of the lonesomest towns in the eoun-
try. AS lie arrives at Upper Asque-
wan Falls, N. Y, he finds a young
woman with her companion weeping
in the depot. She refuses assistance.
He goes to Baldpate Inn. to which he
has key. To his surprise. that night
another person enters the hostelry.
He Is discovered in the office and tells
Magee that his name is Joseph Bland
He throws n package into the safe
and slams the door, then tells story
of how "Arabella" has lifted him and
he came there for solitude. A college
professor then appears, and takes up
his home in the hotel. He explains
that he is trying to escape the news
papers. The Hermit of Upper Aspe-
auewan Falls. who has theory that
woman is at the bottom of all
troubles. is secured as cook for the
trio. Next Miss Norton, the young
woman whom Magee saw at the
depot, appears at Baldpate. Meeting
Magee on the stairs she astonishes
him by asking him If he is on her
side and tells him that that the
Mayor of Renton has the fifth key.
Greater Mystery Than Ever