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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
U. s. CURRENCY
 FREEFROM GERMS
 DR. FUCKER STATES

Washington, May 14-Those who have hesitated to anass wealth be- cause of the warning to Beware the billions of bacteria that turk in every bill'', need hesitate no longer, accord ing to pr. W. c. Fucker, assistant surgeon general of the Public Health service. He declared today that tests and examination of currency, both washed and unwashed bills, showed them to be singularIy free from germs. He attributed this to the ink used in printing the bills which, he said, had proved to be almost a perfect germt- eide.
 '''The Public Health service was call ed upon to examine the soiled money returned to the treasury said Dr. Rucker, after it had traVeled around the country and passed through the hands of thousands of persons. To our surprise it was found to be sim glllarly free from bacteria and the ink used in the bills is given the credit"
 The ingredients used in the govern ment's ink are not made public, the recipe for the rnaysature of the ink for the bureau of engraving and print ing being jealously guarded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

London, May PA sensation is promised when the suit for divorce brought by the Duke of Westminster comes to trial. Following the filing of the papers in the case, which nam ed the Duke of Alba as correspondent
 society looked for the filing of a, coun- ter suit by the Duchess. The marital split had long been expected. The domestic troubles of Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, second Duke of Westminster, and his Duchess have for some time been public property, and divorce proceedings have been freely predicted. Their marriage took place in 1901 and they have two chill dren, Lady Ursula Grosvenor, aged eleven, and Lady Mary, aged three. The Duchess, daughter of Colonel Cornwallis West is a sister of the Princess of PIess, and her only broth CT is George Cornwallis West, the sec or1d husband of the former Lady Ran
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

dolph Churchill The Duke of West minister, who was born in 1879, is one of the richest men in England owning 30,000 acres in Cheshire and Flintshire and 600 acres in London. He is chiefly known as a sportsman, especially as a keen poloist. The Duke is paying the expenses of the British polo team that recently left for the United States to compete with the American team for the internationa1 championship. Last March the couple formally sep arated. Photographs published last winter in the papers showing the Duchess hand in hand on the ice and waltzing and tobogganing with pro- fessiona1 skater in Switzerland are be leved to have been a, partial cause of the separation The Duchess is de- scribed as very handsome, dashing and stylish, with splendid figure. dark brown hair, blue gray eyes and dark eyebrows
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
SPECIAL COPS REFUSE TO DO
 STRIKE DUTY

Buffalo. N r., May 1AThirty spe- rial policemen sworn in for duty in connection with the express wagon nrivers' strike refused to take out their badges and clubs today. Seventy of @kenn quit yesterday. The reasons Given by the men for giving up their aobs were numerous. One man who Eid just one trick of duty came to headquarters with discoIored eye. His wife and her brothers, he said, were Socialists and she hit him on kae eye when he told her he had gone 10 work as a. policeman He quit.
 Another young fellow said he had been expelled from a social club and hone of the girls would dance with him if he did not throw up his job. hast night a score of tramps, led by n typical hobo, went to police head r.1rarfers and wanted to be sworn in. When their applications were refused R row started
 It was claimed that they had given &heir spokesman five cents each with 4he understanding that he was to land so5s for them He could not be found.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

Thomas P. Forman, Waterbury, Necktie case.
 David L. Summey, Waterbury, Meth cd of and machine for extruding metal.
 John Scott and N. B. McGrath. Southington g7irit level. William s. Thomson, Huntsville, Wrench
 Julius G. Pege1, Thompsonville, Car pet or rug, (design.)
 William E. Savers, Thompsonvil1e, Carpet or rug, (design.)
 Samuel Stohrer, Meriden, Spoon, fork or similar article, (design.) Joseph F. BaIkus, Glastonbury, So1- dering iron.
 John H. Osgood, Putnam, Reamer
 Trade Marks The Bennett -Merwin Silver O., New Milford, Certain flat, hollow and ta- ble ware.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
PATENT RIGHTS ISSUED TO
 CONNECTICUT INVENTORS

The following were issued May 13. 1913. List furnished from office of A. M. Wooster, Solicitor of Patents, Brid geport, Conn.
 Edgar w. Bassick, Bridgeport, Lock. Alfred Johnes, Bridgeport, Calipers. Charles c. Tyler, Bridgeport, Maga- zine firearm.
 Francis c. Charwicz, Hartford, Cart ridge adapter for firearms.
 Albert E. Church, New Britain, Drill chuck
 Joseph F. Lamb, New Britain, Lunch box
 Emerich J. Market, New Haven, Controlling mechanism.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
Weather Indications.

New Haven, May 1-Forecast for New Haven and vicinity: Fair and slightly cooler tonight; Thursday, cloudy with showers.
 F,cr- Connecticut: Rain late tonight and on Thursday; somewhat cooler to- night; moderate nartherly winds.
 Weather conditions: Freezing tenn lperatures were reported from the northern portions of the upper Miss issippi Valley, Lake region, and New England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
LADIES SOCIETY TO MEET.

The monthly meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the German Reformed church which was postponed from last week on account of the Chassis ses- sions will take place tomorrow after noon in the church parlors, Chapel street entrance. The hostesEes will be the Mesdames Frederick Anton, Christian Neubauer, John Heller and Louis Schepp. Friends as well as members are invited to attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
82I TUBERCULOSIS
 PATIENTS TREATED
 AT GAYLORD FARM

At the annual meeting of the New Haven County Anti-Tuberculosis asso- citation held yesterday al the Gaylord Farm sanatorium in Wallingford the following officers were elected for the coming year:
 President, Charles F. Brooker, An
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
CAROLINE J. ROTHE
 vs. Order of Notice. JOHN H. ROTHE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ss.,
 


 STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY. ss. SUPERIOR COURT.
 Bridgeport May 9th, A. D., 1913.
 Upon the complaint of the said Car -oline J. Rothe praying for reasons therein set forth, for a Ia divorce, and 2-the custody of the two minor children now pending \before this Court, having been returned thereto on the first Tuesday of January, 1913.
 It appearing to and being found by this Court that John H. Rothe the said defendant is absent from this State and gone to parts unknown but formerly resided in the City of Bridgeport, in said Fairfield County and that notice of the pendency of the complaint was given as required by order of notice heretofore issued, and now the plaintiff asks for a fur 1her order of notice in the premises.
 Therefore Ordered, that notice of Q the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer, a news paper printed in said Bridgeport once each week, for three weeks successive 1y. commencing on or before the 17th day of May, A D.. 1913.
 By the Court,
 W. T. HAVILAND pClerk of the Superior Court for Fair
 field County. R IA s* 8 8 8
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
THE SMITH-MURRAY GO.
Drapery Dept.

O uIsHP DOOR PANELS and 45c COUGH HANEIOCKS, IMPROVED CHAINS each A RAJ OF to $5.5Oe each.
  LOT 1-VALUE c Sc
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
BRITISH CLAIM AGAINST lJ. s.
 CENTURY OLD

Washington. May 14-Theron Rudd, when he absconded with $5,o00, less S1S3, awarded to a British ship owner for the seizure of his vessel on the great lakes two weeks before the out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

break of the war of 1872, not only inn poverished the United States district court of New York, of which he WaH clerk, but also started; a controversy that had existed since. The, case now has come up before the Internat tionaf Tribunal for the settlement of prenu-. iarty claims, which is in, session here
 Henry James BethIne of Canada fs the claimant He is the heir Of the ship owner and he has pressed his claim under many administrations and before many Congresses. Its legality never was seriously questiuoed, but for some reason or other the legfsla- ton necessary to meet it always has failed. The $5,00O, minus $1s3. plus six per cent. compound interest since 1872, more than 8 century, reaches a handsome amount
 Just how much is it?'' a British member of the tribunal was asked to- day.
 My word" he ejaculated, leading up bit of scrap paper on which he had jotted small army of figures. don't ask me. But 1t makes bally good bit
 A verdict, and a check, it is expect ed will be won by MT. Bethune.
 The Alumni Drama Club will hold eV1fr
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

Wants, To Rent. For Sale, Ec.. I cent a word in Farmer Want Column.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14

The Alumni Drama Club will hold it's first informal dance this evening at the Court Esx cha nge, and some nov elites are planned to be introduced during the dancing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
One of Mary o'Neilps Hunters.

haps your reason, and therefore il would be a
good act to help them to send you home"
TITS not true. it's not true" said.
And then in a low voice, as If afraid of being
overheard she told me how she came to be
there-that the woman who had travelled with
me in the train from Liverpool, seeing my
fathers offer Of a reward, had written to him
to say that she knew where / was and only
needed somebody to establish my identity; that
my father wished to come to London for this
purpose, but had been forbidden by his doctor:
that our parish priest, Father Donovan, had
volunteered to come instead but had been pro-
hibited by his bishop. and finally that my
father had written to his lawyers in London
and Father Dan, to her, knowing that she and
I had been together at the Sacred Heart in
Rome and that it was her work now to look
after lost ones and send them safely back to
their people.
And now the lawyer and the doctors are
downstairs" she said in a whisper, "and they
are only waiting for me to say who you are
that they may apply for an order to send you
home"
This terrified me so much that I made
fervent appeal to Mildred to save me.
oh Mildred. save me, save mel" cried.
But how can /? How can -" she asked.
/ saw what she meant and thinking to touch
her still more deeply l told her the rest of
my story.
/ told her that II had fed from my hus-
bands house il was not merely because he
had been cruel and brutal to me. but because
], too, loved somebody else-sOmebody who
was far away but was coming back and there
nothing ] could not bear for him in the
meantime, no pain or suffering or loneliness
and when he returned he would protect me
from every danger, and we should love each
other eternally.
If had not been so wildly agftated should
have known that this was the wrong way with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

Mildred" / said. "if ran away from my
husband it was not merely because / loved
somebody else, but because"
| could not say II. DO what would could
not But holy women like Mildred, who spend
their lives among the lost Ones have a way Of
reading a womans heart when 1t is In trouble,
and Mildred read mine.
DO you mean that that there are
consequences going TO beF she Whis-
pered.
Yes"
Does your husband known"
"Yes"
"And your fatherT'
mo"
Mildred drew her hand away from me and
crossed herself and said beneath her breath
ooh, Mother OF GOd!".
felt more humbled than I had ever been
before, but after a while ! said, Now you
see why l. can never go back. And you Will
save me, will you nOtP
There was silence for some moments. MIL
dred had drawn back In her chair as If an
evil spirit had passed between us. But at
length she said 1T is not for me to judge
YOU. Mary But the gentlemen will come up
soon to know II you are the Mary 0'Neill whom
I knew at the Sacred Heart and what am
to say TO themY
SAY no." | cried. why shouldn't your
They'll never know anything to the contrary.
Nobody will know"
Nobody"
knew what Mildred meant
Mildred had closed her eyes Her face was
becoming very white.
But God knows best what our hearts are
made for" / said. "He knows that mine was
made for love And though you may not think
H. l know God knows that he who is away is
nv real husband-not the one they married me
to You will not separate us, will you? All
our happiness-his and mine-ls In your hands.
You will save us, will you not?"
Some time passed before Mildred spoke. 10
NAV have been only a few moments, but II
seemed 10 me like an eternity. did not know
tben that Mildred was reluctant TO extinguish
the last spark Of hope in me. At length she said,
MARY, you don't know what you are asking
me TO do When | took my VOWS I promised
10 speak the truth under all circumstances, no
matter what the consequences, as surely as /
should answer to God at the great Day Of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

she, too, said nothing, 1 saw that, while the
old colonel and the old clergyman were dis
putting on the hearth-rug about some disap-
pearance which occurred thousands Of years
ago, she was looking ixedly at the fingers with
which. I'm nv nervousness, / was rutfling up
the discolordef chintz of my chair.
Then In moment don't know why-it
flashed upon me that my travelling companion
was in correspondence with my father.
Next morning my landlady came up to say
that If, as she assumed from my name. was
Irish and a Catholic, ! might like to receive
a visit from a Sister of Mercy who called at
the house at intervals to attend to the sick
thought l saw in a moment that this was
a subterfuge but feeling that my identity was
suspected dare not give cause for turther sus-
picion, so / compelled myself to agree.
A few minutes later, having got up and
dressed, ] was standing with my back TO the
window, feeling like one who would soon have
to face an attack, when soft footstep came
up my corridor, and a gentle hand Knocked at
my door.
Come in" I cried, trembling like the last
leaf at the end of a swinging bOugh.
And then an astonishing thing happened.
A young woman stepped quietly into the
room and closed the door behind her. She
was wearing the blue and white habit Of the
Little Sisters of the Poor, but knew her long,
pale thin-featured face in an instant
A food of shame, and at the same time
food of JOY swept over me at the sight of her.
II was Mildred Bankes.
Mary" said Mildred, speak low and tell
me everything"
She sat in my chair knelt by her side took
one OF her hands In both Of mine, and told her.
While was speaking l felt Mildred's hand
twitching between mine, and when l had fin
ished she said: But, my dear child, they told
me your friends we're broken-hearted about
you; that you had lost your memory and per
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
Bv Dr.WILLIAM T. HORNADAY

Director of the New York Geological Park
Chairman National Committee on Wild Life
Protection.
IN the wholesale slaughter Of invaluable in
sectivorous birds the American people must
4 awake to a realizing sense Of certain facts
that seriously affect the cost Of living. The five
million ignorant heartless men and boys who
are butchering our harmless but Indispensable
birds are levying tribute on every American
pocketbook Do you wish TO get down to one
of the prime fundamental factors mat make
for the ever-increasing high cost OF nVlngE
Do Won wish to know something about the
total that the men behind the shotgun are
annually draining from the pOcketbooks OF the
people Of this country?
Immense numbers Of birds OF great economic
value are being slaughtered every year. Many
Of our best bird species are on the way toward
determination. Now the destruction of these
birds means these three alarming results:
vast increase in the armies Of destructive In
sects. a vast decrease in all our agricultural
products, and a monumental loss to consumers
as well as to farmers
The insect pests are preying upon every
thing Of the vegetable kingdom that man Is
producing. and upon many domestic animals as
we'll As their bird enemies decrease, the IN
sect hordes increase To cite typical IN
stance, when 2,577, 600 acres Of wheat are de-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

sport are Of immense value TO agriculture
How many men are there out OF every thou
sand who know that at least thirty species OF
shore birds feed upon nOXiOus insects, and are
immensely valuable to our agricultural INDUS
tries? The gunuers who shoot legally are
destroying 1874 species of birds that Legally are
elassed as game birds. even in the North
How many Americans out OF every thousand
know of the manifold worth OF our songblrds'
swallows woodpeckers, blackbirds' qualL
doves and nighthawks In destroying countess
billions Of noxiOus insects?
In view OF the decrease already accomplished
in the general volume OF the bird life OF
America In view Of the enormous losses an
nually inflicted upon the people Of this country
by the ravages OF insects, and In view OF the
destruction Of wild life that now Is furiousy
proceeding in the United States from coast
to coast the enforcement Of the Mclean Dill,
passed in M congress, TO provide FED
eral protectft Tor all migratory birds, be-
comes the most important duty that ever came
before the national government in any form
But while we are concerning ourselves
chiefly with the bird question, II must not be
forgotten that there are other living creatures
that are IN reality the farmers best friends,
but which are also being cleaned out merely
for the sake Of killing them. Il Is relic OF
barbarism 70 kill harmless snakes. The rat
tier and the copperhead are. Of course, men
aces to human life and should be killed at
every opportunity. But there Is absolutely no
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

the greater loss of s12.OO0,OOO year in shrink
age Of value in the apple crop. The chinch
bug wheat pest cost us S20,000,000 year. and
the bottom boll-weevil costs the cotton planters
the same amount. But the treeinsect pests
are still more to be feared for they cost the
nation over S1O0O00OOO a year. And yet men
and boys kill the wOOdpeckersi
The grasshOppers, cut-worms, army-worms,
wire-wOrms, leafhoppers and other destroy
ing insects cost the nation, annually, more
millions than can be counted separately, but
the total cost for all insect blighters is, as
given above, over S4200O000O. Has not this
price been paid about long enOugh?" The value
Of the birds destroyed as game" and for food
is not equal to a thousandth part Of the value
they would contribute 10 this cOuntry's wealth.
if permitted to live. Regarding the slaughter
Of our birds. the insect pests, and the losses
these pests infict upon us. the great mass OF
American people are sound asleep. The stu
alton is illogical, absurd and intOlerable.
Thousands OF the hunters themselves would
curb their shooting OF valuable birds IF only
they could have the peruicious effect Of such
slaughter forcefully brought home to them
And the only right way to impress upon the
minds Of the people the height Of this folly
is to stop the abuse, stop the disgrace and
avoid a great part Of the loss by national leg
islaton.
Our people do not realize that scores Of
species of the birds that sportsmen and pot
hunters are regularly allowed to shoot for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

excuse for killing any other kind Of snake in
this country. The chief food Of snakes is de-
rived from insects and small crop-destrOying
animals Even the farmers themselves are
very slow to realize this fact Moles and
shrews are invaluable weed-destroyers. Yet
they are mercilessly killed whenever the
chance affords Ireland prides herself on her
freedom from snakes, but the crops Of the
nation would undoubtedly be worth far more
If certain varieties Of the insectivorous snakes
were introduced on the farms.
A typical result Of bird-slaughter In Central
America is now seen in the total extinction Of
the national bird of Guatemala the resplen-
dent trogon. Nowhere in the world can lIv-
ing specimen Of this species now be found.
Would It not deeply hurt the national pride OF
the United States II the American eagle were
TO be exterminated? still. there is no general
law prohibiting the shooting Of the eagle. And
with the everincreasing slaughter Of game
birds the time has come when the hunters are
deriving a great part Of their sport by killing
many varieties Of the winged kingdom that
were formerly left unframed.
Not the least factor which has made for
the decrease in our national bird population
is the destructive work Of the immigrants In
a way they are not 70 blame, for they do not
realize conditions here. Throughout Southern
Europe there is no such thing as a game law.
No restrictions are put upon the hunting OF
any wild creatures. In Northern Italy the ma
tives shoot and catch in nets hundreds Of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
High Cost of Living Mainly Due the Slaughter of Useful Bird

thousands of song birds every year. and they
are all either sold TO the millinery trade or
used for food. Consequently the illlterate i'm
migrants arriving IN this country have no con-
ception OF the value OF our birds. Particularly
in our Southern States are the Italians respon.
sible for large percentage OF the bird
slaughter.
Unseruplous millinery trades in feathers
constitute one of the most pernicious evils.
The general Outcry by well-meaning people
against the use of bird piumage on hats and
for headdress is on the grounds Of humanity
but even very few OF these good people realize
that OF far greater moment is the loss due t
the sacrifice Of invaluable Observation-Disclosures.
Ostrich plumes are becoming too plebeian."
and fashionable women are clamOring for
something rarer and more expensive. AS re-
suit, the beautiful aigrettes (herons) have TO
suffer This species is fast becoming extinct
in this country. The parent birds are killed,
and their young are thus left to starYe in
their nests. All Partisan milliners have actu-
ally refused TO use ostrich plumes on their
creations henceforth.
What we must have Is law in every State
20 prohibit the wearing Of aigrettes, paradise
feathers and the plumage Of all insectivorOus
birds. Such law would. Of course, be a sequel
to the law forbidding the shooting Of these
birds. In the last twenty years such decline
has been suffered in the ethics OF hunting in
the United States that at the present rate we
shah soon have a birdless country.