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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-18

will defend my court. appoint you counsel for the defence Mir Wirt, you must be prosecutor. The men we must do the best we Fritz and Dodd depu- tze you to arrest him
 t*I never knew a judge that impressed me half so much did the captain when they had brought him in.
 He came 1i1p1ooking, an it made the cold shiYers go to hear the captain say
 You going to be tried for your life; you can
 For minute the only thing to be heard was that greedy hissng the ledges, and yeh might have thought we were all dead men
 The rest of you stand forward in row, said the captain. Hold up your right hands, while give yen the oath We did it, and we repeated his oath after him. swearn' to be fair and just and to act in all con science, so help us God! I willing that anybody else the judge i'll this case the captain, finally; but agreed that it in his line of duty, and so there the matter rested
 EThe captain then asked Beche-de-Mer whether or not he guilty of plotting against our lives, and to what he had to say; but he didn't say anything he just sat in of his fsEy stares, an we couldn't him from it. Wirt then presented the charges He put the thing Mary had said in the first rank and tried to show that when people got in our situation if Larzen's death and the strange actions ot the about the camp he took and then the peculiar foolish he admitted but affected state of life and must be considered
 "'When it rested with defeat all this I knew that could only help the fellow by r1dcung W1rts and their evidence, for which felt no keen effort. Mary's plea the strongest count left that till the last. tried show that most ot this could prove that Larzen had died from what he had eaten, and that could say that this man had changed the stock of food that night. But when came to make argument against what Mary had said, l felt 1t And then it was that he gave look-ugh! He knew that I was malln stiff fight for him. felt that anything might say was; wasted the jury presented to, though also believed that of them felt anxious to kill man. even such man dead serious It gray day. an the rolled in moaning and hungrylke an on the reef felt just
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-18
EEK7 BECHE-DE-MER EYNM
 By LEO CRANE m &Ro

shallows low de an sometimes he'd dive into deep water for the bigger There black ones, an red sort too, soft pasty things, and some that are called the prcky fish, green color. Now we had bucket from the wreck copper bottoned tin thing, an would boil beche-de-rnef in it. We didn't ask tons bout the green ones, an then, sudden we were all sick, dog-sick every of and Larzen died that night. Yes Larzen died-from what? Why, it must have from the green beehe-de-ner but the began whisper, saying that he died from the Beche-de-Mer,' meanin' him.
 ''We now ten people the reef-not countin' him, yeh know. There was, the captain an Mary; Wirt, the second mate; old Fritz Steenerson, Dodd McCauley, Precious Martin, an myself You can guess what scare Larzens going of gave us all; an while the men couldn't say they believed he had something to do with it. Old Fritz with the tale; he wanted to know if weren't takin' big chances.
 Better stand watch nights, sir, he said. Ever notice how he looks at us, sir? He's got the evil eyep
 q had paid little attention the castaway but I found that he did take steathy sort of interest in affairs, though all the time he kept off to himself When the captain heard of the mems ideas, he only laughed, for he feared nothing He said the fellow poor creature, unfortunate like ourselves, an that loneliness had made him queer; and he added me- speaking grim we're all like to resemble him, Mr. Iohannesen, unless ship is sightedl
 'But you imagine what I felt when Mary to with the same such idea, too Women, lad, feel these things keener than do roughs men She said this fellow like our shadow, that she had got
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-18

ONE. of us live in cities, and some of us go down to the sea in ships. Of these last had been Johannesen. But when first met him his sailing days were over, and rnucf1-cIuttered place smelling of rust and
 oiLdown on the waterfront. At twi- light one could see him stumping oustide, his wooden leg so1idly prodding the cob blestone pavement, putting up his shutters. and Johannesen kept his shop like fort;
 1t has been a warehouse since Beche-de- Mer can1e but l will give VOL Iohan-
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
Gypsies Pay Fine and Leave.
Ho1phnC M,,p+oc opd III,

<10OlPliQo AI Qilleto cllQ HID
band of twenty gypsies, were
before Esquire Nuckolls Monday
and against six of the men in
the party was assessed a fine of
1921 for petty larceny.
According to the testimony,
the bunch held up farmers on
the roadway and practically RI
fled their pockets of change af-
ter telling their fortunes. They
broke into cornfelds and turnip
patches and filled up their wa
CONS.
As the gypsies could not pay
the fine assessed, the same was
reduced about one-fourth, which
they paid and upon promise to
leave the county, were allowed
to continue southwark.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11

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Mississippi has a poWerfQi
backheld, that is faster than any
appearing on an Arkansas grid,
iron this year. The left tackle
on the team is q sure ground
gamer against any team, but he
was not called on Friday until il
was too late. The MISSISSIPPI
plans have a lot Of trick plays
which were uncorked in the last
half of the Hendrix game, it be
ing plain that desperate means
must be resorted to to win.
These takers bothered the Meth
odists more than anything else.
Coach Driver of the MISSISSIPPI
ri eleven witnessed the game
between Arkansas and louisiana
Saturday.
Inc de1eat suffered oS ARK
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11

Fondring and the two PulImans
when Bert Pullman and Fond
ring decided to return for hay.
jim Pullman and Fosko were
riding the horses and continued
on, but Jim soon said he wasn't
going any further and asked the
Italian to wait, but witness re-
fused to stay and Pullman laid
down in the public road.
J. A. King saw Jim Pullman
threaten a man answering the
description of George Fondring
at the Paris livery stable that af-
ternoon and says that the man
threatened left upon a horse
while Bert Pullman drove away
in a wagon. The other Witness
es of the affair at the wagon
yard however said the trouble
occurred between jim Pullman
and an old one-eyed man of
square shoulders wearing a gray
overcoat, who .1ter proved to be
Link Osborne, living on the old
John Sink farm in Village Town
ship who was taken home that
afternoon by his son-in-law.
Determining positively the
identity of the man, who had
trouble with Pullman at the wa
gon yard and proof that he had
been taken home that afternoon,
removed an element of doubt
and suspicion in the minds of the
inquest jury, that had been
largely responsible for the leng-
thy investigation into the facts
Of the case, for the tall man
whom Bert Pullman had charged
was the murderer of Fondring
was of similar size, dress and
description with the then I'M
known man, whom the horse
traders had trouble with at the
livery barn during the after
noon.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
December 10 Children's Day.

Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 11.-Pursu-
ant to request made by Attor-
ney Earl U. Hardin, former ]uV-
emile officer of Fort Smith, Gov.
Hays has designated December
10 as Children's Day for the
state. 1t will be the first time
any state has taken such a step
for the conservation and I'M
provement of child life. A pre-
liminary meeting is to be held at
the Hotel Marion November 10,
of all educators and others inter
ested, to make arrangements tor
the organization of the state.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
Unusual Pardons Granted.

Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 1.-Two
somewhat unusual pardons were
granted by Governor Hays Mon
day. Allen Splawn ofHermitage
was restored to citizenship in
order that he might qualify as
marshal of Hermitage. He was
convicted July "a, 1909, in the
Mayors court there on a charge
of petit larceny, and paid a small
fine. He also restored the citi-
zenship Of Louis Yancey of Lee
county, in order that he may be
ordained as a minister of the
gospel. He was convicted in
1908 Of grand larceny and serv-
ed two years in the penitentiary.
The governor pardoned Joe
Tharp and Frank Alexander,
Benton countyans, who are ser
wing terms of one year for the
theft of some wire. The par
dons are on consideration that
they never again violate the law.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
Dairymen Raise Prices.

Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. 11.-Wheth-
err it is the price of grass or wat
er that has gone up, is not stat
ed in the raise the dalrymen
supplying Little Rock have de-
of their customers. Two
years ago a nickel was good Tor
a pint of fresh milk, upon winch
thick cream would rise if it was
permitted to stand. Then the
separator came along to rid the
milk of it's cream, and still the
same price was demanded. Now
the milk men have increased
the price to 18 pints for 81. 1t
is stated the increase followed a
meeting attended by all DAIRY
men.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
B0Tfi TEAMS
ON METAL
Game Between afndnsas And
Mississippi Promise, To BE
Big Event OF Foot Ball
Season.
special to Independent.

Special to Independent
Little Rock, Nov. ia real
game of football is to be The
clash between the University Of
Arkansas and University of Mis-
sissippi here Saturday, for both
teams will go on the field with a
reputation to regain. Arkansas
IS slnarting under the defeat by
Louisiana last Saturday, and
Mississippi will endeavor to cast
aside the stigma occasioned by
the defeat at the hands Of Hen
dirk.
The defeat of both teams is
due to their failure to play the
kind of football to win those
particular games. Arkansas
and Mississippi are admittedly
stronger than are Louisiana and
Hendrix, but without taking any
of the glory from those elevens
in their victory, a little change
of tactics would have won for
the vanquished elevens. Had
the teams played the football in
the earlier part of the game
they did in the last quarter, the
result would have been different.
So far Arkansas has shown a
better sporting disposition than
Mississippi, for the officials have
not been blamed for their defeat.
The mississippi claim was pre-
posterous. This game was wit
messed by the Little Rock cor
respondent of the Independent,
who after the game remarked
that the game was surprisingly
free from penalties. No such
claim was made by the Missis-
sippi coach en- route to Little
Rock after the game. MISSISSIPPI
pi was not penalized 145, as the
Mississippi coach claimed in an
interview and 40 yards would be
a big estimate in the distance
lost through penalties. Missis-
sippi, simply failed to play foot
ball until the last quarter, then
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
Bazaar a Success.

The young people composing
the Epworth League OF the
Methodist church are very much
nleased at the results OF their
bazaar, given Friday and Satur-
'day of last week when they
cleared s160.55, which makes
the final payment on the electric
fans placed in the church : the
mast summer, also on the sun
day school piano.
The young people are very ap-
preciative of assistance render I7
ed them by the ladies Of the
church, also to Mayor Paul 1of
the use Of his Office for the oa-
zaar.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
Services At Methodist Church.

A splendid congregation was
present at the service Monday
evening. and heard a strong ser
mon by Rev. Abner Sage, Jr.,
who filled the pulpit for Mr.. Will
ford, the latter being quite sick.
Mr.. Sage is as good a preacher as
he is singer and the attentive
audience enjoyed his sermon on
"The Main Product Of Christian
ity."
Services will begin promptly
each evening at 1870. A large
chorus choir is also a very at
tractive feature of the service.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
Penitentiary's Financial Cond;-
ton,

Little Rock. Nov. IL From
April 1 to November l, there
have been 53 convicts released
from the the state penitentiary,
and each has been paid 50 by
the state, to begin a new life
with.
There is now a balance of 3d.
600 in the state penitentiary
fund. The Commission has sold
$50 bales Of cotton and when the
proceeds Of this sale are turned
into the treasury there will be
about $4,000 available with
which all outstanding accounts
will be paid, All salaries for o.
tober and part Of the running
expenses have been paid. The
penitentiary has not been in a
better condition financially, for
some time.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
Contest For State HOnOrS.
Special to Independent.

Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Nov. II. The
contest for the state champion
ship in the high school class, is
now between Pine Bluff and
Fort Smith, but Fort Smith has
vet to meet Little Rock, in this
city on Thanksgiving day, before
a game can be arranged to play
off for the championship.
Fort Smith is not a real con-
tender yet, for Texarkana will
protest the game played in the
Border City last Saturday unless
given a chance to play it over.
Should Fort Smith continue with
its undefeated record until the
close of the season, a play OH
with Pine Bluff will probably be
arranged in Little Rock. Little
Rock will be the contender if it
beats Fort Smith, but this will
bring on a pretty tangle for Tex
arkana has beaten Little Rock,
and Fort Smith has defeated
TeXarkana.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
MANY CANDIDATES
FOR PRIZE RANGE
Have Been Nominated BY Their
Friends And Contest Wakes
Warm.

Eight candidates from Jack
son County and nearby towns
have been nominated by their
friends in the Majestic Range
contest and the affair has begun
to wax warm. The big $65
range to be awarded the winner
by the Valley Commission Com
pany is q prize worth working
for and all candidates names
should be sent in now so as to
appear in the next published
count of the ballots.
A MTG, or ,ArT1r>rC,
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
Notice.

Dear Ladies': I wish to cor
respond with you in view of
marriage if suited. | would like
to hear from ladies Is to 35.
For further information adj
dress P. A. Mays, Swifton, Ark.
Give description in first letter.
91W1t dit.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-11-11
Jury ...-,
bBBfS MURDER
Lndring, Examining
Etuesses In Two
IS Session

Investigating the
ondring, which oc-
1880 pm. Saturday
] Jseksonport road,
ession two days ana
large number of wit
effort to determine
Irtiss. At 8 o'clock
ernoon, the evidence
! completed
Pullman brothers
brought before the
| body Tuesday and
bny has been contra
teral ways by a num-
esses.
Eor night Waterman
trsyton plant and R.
Fatchman at the We
who were the first to
dead body of Fond
wagon, testified that
Bert Pullman near
plant lying on the
complained that he
frozen and when car
e office told a story
bling Of Fondring
mes Of that when he
IS before the in
Watson was eXamln-
nature of the wound
Fondring died. He
oh a wound would
~ flow of blood
1T and that it would
,ssible for Fondring
he'd into the wagon
stabbed, but the
rs all go 10 snow
g was stabbed while
!. Mathis. living on
testified that on her
about s o'clock
hit, she passed a
6 this way about Is
] the veneer plant,
tell who or how
n it. Just beyond,
70 men, one tall and
ray Overcoat, while
S small and carried
der his arm. These
y the two men Bert
RS We're cursing and
dring when he got
agon and was stab
i them. Meeting
en- upon his return
might of course
ed the parties upon
ion might be di-
fo, an Italian pearl
at the Confederate
! that he was re-
that night with
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-25

she had been feeding her six-months-
old baby on bread and water for three
days and how "she was so troubled
she did not know which way to turn
This last fact is carefully noted in
the records of the United Charities.
That is part of the scientific" meth
cd. The reader of the United Chair
ties report gathers the impression
that it was suspected that Mrs.
Ustrich's mind was giving way under
her troubles.
So the United Charities had ply
stefan examine Mrs. Ustich. He re-
ported her run down and aenemic
from lack of nourishment and worry;
mind not yet affected"
Apparently, the physician had little
doubt but that Mrs. Ustrich's mind
SOON would be affected unless she
obtained nourishment and was re-
lieved of worry.
The United Charities set to work
to relieve the mothers mind from
worry. They took three of her chill
dren from her and put them in the
Home for the Friendless.
Shortly after this, a woman told
the United Charities how she had
seen Mrs. Ustich sitting on the steps
of her home crying, her baby in her
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-25

arms, and how Mrs. Ustfch had told
her she had had no money, nor food
for three or four days.
The next day the United Charities
got around to investigating" this,
and found Mrs. Ustich complaining
Of dizziness, and her baby fretful and
sick.
Shortly after, the United Charities
gave Mrs. Ustich werk-in their own
institution, the Mary Crane nursery
at 81 day. When it was found she
could not get along on this she was
given a United Charities pension-of
$1.50 a week, Sc month.
Then pitiful scene occurred. Mrs.
Ustich called at the United Charities
Office, and said she was not getting
along on the money she was getting.
In the words of the United Charities
report she became defiant" =;
, She was then reminded of what
the United Charities had done for
her" and broke down and cried, ex-
planning that she was soon to be
mother and that some days she would
become SO faint she could hardly do
her work"
This was the first time the United
Charities knew that Mrs. Ustich was
to be mother, despite the "scien-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-25

REMARKABLE SCIENTIFIC MANNER IN WHICH UNITED
HANDLED usTicH CASE AND rscENTIFlcn RESULT
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-25

Charitable organizations called in the 16
Courts called In the
n OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Physicians called IN the case IL
Nurses called in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Pumotors
Letters written and received.
Visits phone conversations and interviews
Visits to office by her behalf.
Committee meeting considering se.............
Cash paid by United Charities. 27600
Estimated cost Of time and labor
ions corporations and individuals called in
the United Charities 10000
easily be how scientific" handling
Ustich.
children killed. take
three still alive if someone pays her rent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
WILL SAIL FOR NEW ORLEANS
Lighthouse Service Steamer Sun
flower Being Overhauled.

The lighthouse service steamer Sun.
flower, which has been doing duty on
Chesapeake bay for several months, is al
Baltimore. being fitted out for trip to
New Orleans, where she will relieve the
lighthouse service steamer Magnolia
which is to be overhauled. The Sun
flower is under the command of Capt.
Ludlam and First Officer Ernest Tull has
been transferred from the tender Orchid
to the Sunflower to make the trip as his
chief of staff. The Sunflower will sail
from the Chesapeake this week.
The lighthouse service steamers Maple
spection work on Chesapeake bay and in
the changing of aids to navigation from
summer to winter marks. The Orchid is
at Portsmouth, Va, preparatory to a
supply cruise to the stations on the Vir-
ginia coast north of Cape Charles.
A notice regarding buoy changes has
been issued by the lighthoue authorities
as follows:
Chesapeake bay (Virginia): Main chan
mel to Baltimore-Tail of the Horseshoe
shoa gas and whistling buoy No. 1T, re-
ported broken adrift in storm of January
), was replaced January II.
Chesapeake bay (Maryland): Main chan
mel to Baltimore-Herbert d. Maxwell
wreck gas buoy, HIS, found out of posi-
ton January H. was replaced same date.
Brewerton channel-Buoy No. 90 a
spar, reported missing January IL, will
be replaced as soon as practicable.
Fort McHenry channel-Buoy No. 50. a
spar. found missing January IL, was re-
placed same date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
MOLASSES TRAPS RATS.
Dozen Hungry Rodents Unable tt
Climb Out of SlinnerY Jug.

a glass molasses jug, with a little OF
the sweet stuff still in the bottom of it,
proved a good rat trap aboard the
schooner Lewis Worrell. according to the
story told by Capt. Lewis Worrell on the
arrival of the vessel here Tuesday
Last month Capt. Worrell carried his
schooner down the river and, tying her
securely to a tree in the upper end OF
Mattox creek. went to his home to spend
a few weeks until after the new year.
There was nothing to eat left on the
vessel on which the rats aboard her
could feed. The hungry rodents pulled
the cork out of the molasses jug and
crawled in it, Once in the jug they could
not get out. as the molasses gummed
them up and the smooth sides of the
jug prevented them from climbing out.
A few days ago, when Capt. Worrell
determined to bring his vessel to this
city. he went aboard to get his molasses
jug to have it filled and found dozen
or more dead rats in it He had to get
another receptacle for his molasses. The
original jug and its contents of rats
lies in the bottom of MattoX creek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
Changes Made in Buoyage.

Changes recently made in buoyage in
the mouth of the Potomac by the tender
Maple are announced by the lighthouse
service authorities in charge of the fifth
district as follows:
Potomac river, Mary land-Spar buoys
established January for the winter in
place of following buoys:
Point Lookout shoal buoy No. >, sec
ond-clasS nun.
Lynch point shoal buoy No 8, a sec
ond-cl2SS can.
Patuxent river, Maryland-Hog Island
! shoa buoy No. 1, spar established 70 the
winter in place of second-class can Jan
uary 10.
The tender Maple, Capt Miles is en-
ployed in placing wooden spar buoys
alongside the can buoys that are likely
to be moved by the ice, should any make
this winter The spar buoys resist the
drag of ice fields better than the metal
buoys. and hence are more serviceable
| in winter. They have the same marks
and colors as the buoys alongside of
which they have been placed The Maple
| is working between the mouth of the
| Patuxent and Holland point.
The tender Jessamine returned to Bal
timore from buoy work on the bay, but
will sail at once for work in parts of
| the bay not recently visited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been re-
ported to the health department in the
last twenty-four hours:
Bernard Money, 81 years. Garfield Hos
pital.
Cornelia F.. Jacobson, GO years, Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane.
Henry Morgan, 20 years, 46 street
northwest.
Sarah E. Little, IS years, 912 9th street
northwest.
ROME N. Stevens. 46 years, 33 Cedar
street. Takoma Park.
Julia Kruger. 35 years, tuberculosis
Hospital.
Sarah ]. Stewart, "a years, 6S3 Mary
land avenue southwest
Edythe NJ. Richardson. 20 years, 4O4
10th street southeast.
Margaret A. Febrey, IA years, 3547 18th
street northwest.
Evelyn Scroggins, months, 1908 33d
street northwest.
Annie Brent hours, 1913 18th street
southeast.
Simon Pollard, 81 years. H and Sd
streets northeast.
James E. Janey, 40 years, Government
Hospital for the Insane.
Emma E. Denhan, ID years, 1883 Penn
sylvania avenue northwestl alley in rear.
Eliza r. Taylor IS years, 1878 32d street
northwest.
Jane Briscoe. IS years. Freedmen's Hos
pital.