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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
Watson J. Newton Dead.

Watson ]. Newton, a lawyer and busi-
ness man of this city for more than
thirty years, died at his home, 1905
Delafield place, this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16

Notifications Bill Provides
New Defense for Washing
ton and Baltimore.

Recommendations to expend $5.21S. 80
are contained in the Notifications ap-
preparation bill, which was reported to
the House today by the appropriations
committee. The bill was drafted by a
suocommittee of which Representative
Sherley of Kentucky Is chairman
One OF the features Of the bill is the
project to erect a mammoth fort at Cape
Henry. Va. which will sweep the mouth
OF the Chesapeake bay with the heaviest
known armament, and act as the chief
obstacle to an enemy bent on the destruc-
ton of Washington or Baltimore. The
fort will be mounted with four sixteen
inch guns and eight mortars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
Fort Will Cost SO, 500, 900.

The subcommittee. which has been
studying the Cape Henry proposition.
made favorable report upon it last
night The present bill carries a 100000
appropriation for the purchase of site
at Cape Henry.
The new fort will cost about So, SOC, COO
The range of the big guns will reach
across the mouth of the bay to Cape
Charles, according to statements made to
the committee by Gen. Weaver. A six
teen-inch gun. the committee was told.
has a range Of 1000 yards, and at that
distance will pierce more than twelve
inches of krupp armOr, the heaviest now
carried by a battleship.
The sixteen-inch guns render 1t unnec-
sary to erect sister fort at Cape
Charles, according to army men who tes-
titled to the committee.
Most Important Project.
Gen. Leonard Wood. in a statement be-
fore the Notifications committee, declared
the building of fort at Cape Henry
would be the most important of its kind
EVER done on the Atlantic coast. The
construction of the new fort will mean
the dismantling of the time-honored de-
lenses at Fort Monroe and the removal
Of the garrison to the Virginia cape. 1t
is believed that other forts farther up
the bay and river will also .be disma :
tied, and the entire protection of Wash
ingtOn and Baltimore will be left to the
new fort at Cape Henry.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
CLEARED AWAY
Proper Food Put the Troubles Away

Our own troubles always seem morn
severe than any others. But when
man is unable to eat even a light
distress, he has trouble enough.
It is small wonder he likes to tell Of
food which cleared away the troubles.
II am glad Of the opportunity to,
tell OF the good Grape-Nuts has done
for me-" writes N. H. man. For
many years was unable to eat even
light breakfast without great suffer
ing.
After eating I would suddenly BE-
seized with an attack Of collie and
vomiting. This would be followed BY
headache and misery that would some.
times last week or more, leaving me
SO weak l could hardly sit up or walk.
"Since began to eat Grape-Nuts !
have been free from the old troubles.
usually eat Grape-Nuts one or more,
times day, taking 1t at the beginning
Of the meal. Now l can eat almost
anything want without trouble.
When I began to use Grape-Nuts
was way under my usual weight, now
weigh 80 pounds more than / ever
weighed in my life. and am glad to
speak of the food that has worked the
change" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich. Read the little
booklet. "The Road to Wellville," In.
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Iettert A nsw
ors :eeSsiss tr"e ."s e ti%s nsy
snteress.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
WHERE HER THOUGHTS WERE
Most Married Men Have Had Sim
liar Experience, II They VIII
Admit the Truth.

The husband was reading a news
paper account to his wife. Now and
then he paused and asked question.
The nature of her replies made him
doubt that she was listening closely.
He accused her of having thoughts
elsewhere. and she Indignantly retort-
ed that she had heard every word.
He continued reading for few
minutes and then glanced at her.
From the far-away look In her eyes
he knew her thoughts were not upon
the item he was reading. So, turn
ing the sheet as an excuse for .
pause, he continued as follows: ap
parently reading:
Last night, about o'clock in the
afternoon, just few minutes before
breakfast, hungry boy about sixty
years old bought an orange for nine
pins and threw 1t through a concrete
wall twenty feet thick. With a cry
Of despair he jumped into dry mill
pond, broke his arm at the knee
joint, and was drowned. 1t was only
ten years later, on the same day and
at the same hour. that goat gave
birth to six elephants. A high wind
then came up and killed three dead
horses and a wooden cigar Indian
What do you think of that. dear?" he
questioned. suddenly.
She gave a little start. smiled. and
said:
Il think that's a splendid bargain,
Henry. You had better get half Q
dozen, for your stock of shirts 10
low"
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
sleep Talk Barred a. Court Evidence.

Denver--The Supreme Court Of
Colorado reversed the conviction OF
Jose Martinez, found guilty in the Dis.
trict Court Of Archeluta county Of
numbering a woman named Fortune
Campbell. A jail guard testified that
Martinez talked in his sleep, saying
repeatedly II killed her." It was large.
ly on the strength Of this testimony
that Martinez was convicted. The Su.
preme Court holds that the confession
in his sleep was not voluntary and
was therefore barred.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
Ammons Names Water Commissioner

Denver.-Governor Ammons has ap
pointed nine water commissioners as
follows: Harry r. Thompson, Pueblo,
District IA: Lorenzo Walters, Paradox,
Montezuma county. District 61;
George Taughenbaugh, Rifle, District
45; D. L. Brown, Wray. District 65:
Samuel Ent, Hesperus, La Plata coun.
ty, District 33; Alexander Russell,
saguache. District 26; Alonzo Wright,
Pine Grove, Jefferson county, District
90; John X. Samples, Brush, Morgan
county, District 1; Clarence Boston,
Walden, Jackson county, District Al.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
Insure Selves for University.

Madison, Wis.-As a memorial oi
their class of 1913, GOO seniors in thu
University Of Wisconsin will take
life insurance policy of 800 each.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
Rloht Course.

The late Edward Dowden was be-
ing discussed in Philadelphia.
"Dowden's style was ponderous and
somber." said a sonneteer. but often
met him in Dublin. and his talk, unlike
his writing, sparkled with true Irish
wit
II once told him Of my many vain
efforts to swear of. and Of my re-
solve. none the less, to make another
trial.
Right said Professor Dowden.
Right! Turn over a new leaf. You
needn't mention to any one the num-
Der of the page"
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
Begin With II.

why are people SO much disgusted
with any one who informs upon an
other?'
why shouldn't they be?"
Didn't every mothers son of US
begin life as squalers?"
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15

The man who is called upon to
carve the turkey never gets his prop
er share Of sympathy.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15

Work might be more to our liking
II we didn't have to do 1t.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
Queer Trouble

Queer Trouble.
I'VE are having a hard time with
that smoke"
"A hard time? That's odd. It's
from soft coal"
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15

HE greatest anti-fy crusade that
the world has known is now get
ting under way in multitude of
American cities and smaller COM
munities, reaching from Seattle
and San Francisco to Boston.
During recent years physicians,
psychologists, sanitary engineers,
and others concerned with ques-
tions of public health, have made
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04
THE ATTACK ON SULZER

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04
MRS. PANKHURST'S SENTENCE

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04
AND
 THE COUNTRY SCHOOL.

Not immigration, but the lack of ed- ucational opportunities in rural dis tricts, is chiefly responsible for the relatively high rate of i1literacy in the United States, according to a bui- letin by A. c. Monahan of the Blu raI illiteracy is twice the urban rate despite the fat that Approximately three-fourths of the immigrants are in the cities. Still more significant is a comparison between children born in this country of foreign parents with those born of native parents. The il1iteraoy among native-born children of native parentage is more than three times great as among native children of foreign parentage," says MT. Monahan, largely on ac- count of the lack of opportunities for education in rural America
 The bulletin is of special value at this time because it is a brief, clear, non-sensationa1 statement of the ru- ra1-schooI problem. It does not at tempt to gloss over unpleasant facts It gives full recognition to the posi- tive advance that has been made in many rural districts, and to improve ments. now under way, but in general finds conditions far from satisfactory.
 Among other things, MT. Monahan finds 226,OO0 one-teacher schoo1houses in the United States, of which 5000 are log buildings still in active use. Although more than 60 per cent. of the children in the United States are enrolled in country schools, the rural aggregate attendance is only 51 per cent. The school buildings and grounds in most country districts are in a condition that is only approached by "homes of the most shiftless res idents of the districts" and the aver age teaching in these 5one-teacher schools is of very low grade.
 The bulletin is illustrated with pho tographs of good and bad rural schools, from the log school house to the consolidated school. right and wrong heating in a country school; a canning factory and school garden connected with a Louisiana school; and a map showing the system of To- cal school supervision as it prevails in the several States. The purpose of the map is to show how real the need is for the kind of business-ltke supervision of the country schools that has led to such efficient results in the city.
 With the help of recent appropria- tions made by Congress the Bureau of Education has undertaken to make a careful study of the needs of the ru- ral schools and the bulletin just is- sued is one of the first definite results of the work. t'It is in no way eith-- CT complete or exhaustive, says Com missioner Claxton, "but it is the best possible under the circumstances and with the facilities now at our dispo- sal. Incomplete as it is, this bulle- tin makes a very valuable contribu ton to clear understanding of the rural schools as they actually are" The publication will be sent free upon application to the Commissioner of Education.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04
LITTLE BEAUTY CHATS
 
What Happens When the Eyes Are Tired

Perhaps you will take care not to overtax your eyes when you know that your lack of consideration is apt to bestow upon you not one but many beauty ills.
 What would you say to red, swoll- en eyelids? Do they appeal to you as desirable, or like the majority of wo- men, do you detest lids that lack in beauty? I imagine my last guess is correct, as I can hardly conceive of any normal woman admiring inf1am- ed eyelids. Since you dislike them, it is essential not to overwork the eyes. If you have already fallen heir to red lids, then try this simple treatme ent. Placing a bowlfuI of hot water, to which you have added a little rose water, near at hand, and dipping into this sweet scented liquid a fold led handkerchief, saturate 1t we'll and place over the eyes. When the cloth cools, dampen 1t anew and again lay over the eyes. Go on in this man ner for half an hour, when I think you will find your lids not only feel better, but look better.
 Those of you who think long, wavy lashes a great beauty should never by any chance allow the eyes to grow weary, as this is one of the indirect causes of falling lashes. You can see that you must take heed to your ways if you wish to be the owner of a bewfldering fringe. If you see no req son why the 1ashes should fall out because the eyes are tired, then let me say that weariness causes irrita- tion and irritation produces infamma- tion, and when the eyeltds are swol- len and sore, the roots of the 1ashes gradually weaken until finally the lit tie hairs fall out.
 Are you tired of hearing of the con sequences which befel1 the dame or damsel who overworks her eyes? If you are still listening with patience,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04
The D. M. Read Go.
CALIFORNIA WON'T HAVE WORLDS FAIR
 BUILDING IN 1915

Hiram W. Johnson has notified rep resentatives of the Panama-Pacific Exposition that there will be no Cal ifornia building at the worlds fair in 1915 An empty treasury, he said, precluded it.
 Early in the present session of the Legisla ture, a bill appropriating ST. 100000 for the State building was in troduced, a site for the structure se- lected and tentative plans for it's con- struction made by the exposition com pany. Yesterday, the governor de- cIared emphaticaIly that the state could not afford to spend one dollar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04
ONE SIDE.

We see the joys of other folks,
 And envy them, perhaps, And think that we have all the work
 While they have all the snaps. We watch their pleasures with a sigh And sometimes think if Were only as well off as they
 How happy we would be! But we can only see one side
 Of other peoples lives, The other side they cover up,
 The nabobs and their wives. The rich man has his worries too,
 For all his naughty airs, The limousine, for instance, costs
 Like b1azes for repairs! And no ones life is wholly joy,
 From care and trouble free, It may be those we envy are
 No better off than we, We see their pleasures, not their pains And frequently it's true, We wouldn't envy them if we
 Could see their troubles tool
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04
RADFORD B.SMITF &@==--= ~~ sasr~%scg22~~.s... s@~gaex2~s. 1o72 Main St. DEPARTAEENT STORE, ss Fairfield Ave
 "rHE
 THE
Great Sale Tomorrow Saturday.

At 1Oc-very large assortment of best quality yard wide percales. Same goods formerly sold for 1215c.
 At 8c-Large brass curtain rods with big silver ball ends.
 At 14c-6 oz. duck for awnings, sails. etc. Best make.
 At 8c-Upright or inverted gas mantles.
 At 15c-Khaki. cloth for chiIdren's clothes.
 At Sc-Very fine hemstitched hand kerchiefs for men or women.
 At 12 2zc-Handsome striped mer- cerized socks for men.
 At Sc-Shoe brushes and daubers. At 1Oc-Very large can stove pipe enamel.
 At sc-Mendets for stopping leaks in enamelware.
 At 5sc-Large feather pilIows-ex- tra good tick.
 At 8c-Bicycle bells.
 At 5Oc-Best overalls and coats to be had at price.
 At sc-Rubber printing presses and sets type.
 At s1.20-New lot of first quality bicycle tires.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04
GOOD RESULTS
 FROM RURAL
 SCHOOL DISTRICT

Washington, April following pre- Hminary reports on the inquiry be- ing made into the rural school dis trict of Denmark were received, to- day, by the United States bureau of education from it's investigators. Prof Harold w. Foght, of the bureau, ac- companied by W. H. Smith, of Mis- sissippi and l.. I. Frind, of West Vir- ginia, is engaged in touring Denmark. He declares the remarka ble develop ment of the country along agricultur- al lines is due to the education of not only the children but the adults as well.
 Denmarhs folk high schooI' sys- tenn is given chief credit for the de- ve1opment- In these schools men and women are given opportunity to take up vocational studies for eleven days in each month throughout the year. Other schools are maintained for the education of small farm owners, the principal studies being horticulture and kindred branches of agriculture suitable to intensive work.
 In it's statement, today, the bureau
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04

The first bankrupt law of the Unit ed States was passed by Congress Il 3 years ago to-day. It was repealed in 1903, and second act adopted in 1841, which was repealed two years later. A third act was passed in 1867, but, discredited and unpopular, was sent to the legislative scrap heap in 1878. The present bankruptcy law of the United States was passed in 1898, and amended in 1910. The first bankruptcy law in history was probably that of Draco, the Athenian legislator of the seventh century B. C., who made business failure punisha ble by death. Solon amended this strin- gent law, and abolished enslaVement for debt, although a bankrupt and his heirs forfeited the rights of citi- zenship. In ancient Rome the un- fortunate debtor was either executed or sold into slavery. In Caesar 8 time the insolvent debtor was not ev- en deprived of civil rights, unless dis honesty was proven against him, and a century later pagan Rome first for rnuIated the idea that the honest
 debtor was entitled to a discharge. The middle ages reverted to the fe- rocious laws of Draco and early Rome, and the mercifu1 measures of pagans were by Christians overthrown. Eng land began 1egislating on bankruptcy in 1543, and since then has passed some forty statutes on the subject.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04

O1C1Ons
 And what is this wonderful thing that is to come to pass to-day? Moth ing short of the sailing of a trans Atlantic liner on a Friday! Never be- fore, say shipping men, has an ocean liner dared to put forth on a Friday. To do so even now is an exhibition of daring that staggers the intellect. Perhaps, at the last moment, there will be a mutiny Of the sailors, per haps the heart of the iconclast will fail him and he will order a postpone ment If not-if the ship sails ac- cording to program-kho knows what terrible fate Neptune has prepared for her? But, then, they say Neptune is myth, that he does not exist, that he never existed, that he is only a Santa CIaus-they say that, the icono- cIasts. What is the world coming to !?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04

At so-Best basebalIs for price any where.
 At 5c-Roll wax paper. At Sc-Big laced init for ball play CTS.
 At Sec-Rouer skates with iron wheels.
 At Sc-Men's, women's and chil- drens ten cent stockings.
 At 25c-CeIebrated E 2 waists. At Sc-Oval embroidery hoops. At 36c-Package Gem safety razor blades.
 At Sc-Box of gold paint-Iiquid and powder separate. At 1Oc-Leather soles for shoes.
 SPECIAL SALE BETWEEN AND 10 A. M. ONLY. Lots of new prints, cheesecloth, etc. At 3 3Ac-Yard wide cheesecloth. At 3Ac-Best Merrimac light prints. At 4Ac-Best dark prints-shep- herds plaid, green, indigo, mourning. etc.
 At 4Ac-Handsoue chalhes. At 6Ac-New cretonnes. At 7Ac-More of the good cotton At 9Nc-Enslish long o1oth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04

A skeptical person recently took oc- casion to cast aspersions on the claims of alleged centenarians, asserting that in most if not all cases the proofs of such longevity were not forthcoming. The Boston Post, righteously 1ndig- nant pointed with pride to Mrs. Sa- rah R obie Wilson, of Corinth, Vt., who celebrated her centenary a year ago today having been born on April 4, 1872, the Post was prepared to prve. Also the Post found seven other New England centenarians whose claims were well attested- The skeptic was very properly discomfit- ed, as he deserved to be- Nor has New England any monopoly on folk who have passed the century mark. The woods are full of them. An On tario woman recently passed her 1O7th birthday. A Kansas man, with 114 descendants, got space in the newspa- pers on his hundredth birthday, not long ago. Dr. Josephine Zurich, un- til recently a resident of Chihuahua, Mexico, can prove 112 years, and says she intends to live to 200. At Bed ford, England, a married couple, both past the century mark, recently ob- served their eightieth or ruby" we'd ding. Samuel Keefer, of Penn Yan, N. Y, was 103 last month. A Penn syIvanian, Samuel Neuin, died last month, aged 1O8 and the records show that he was denied enlistment ''too old.'' Thirty-seven centenar- ians died in New York in 1912, ac- cording to recent report. Dr. Jacques Bertilion, of Paris, declared not long ago that old age practically never causes death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04

By all the calendars that hang up- on our walls, to-day is Friday. There is nothing remarkable in that, since Fridays have habit of coming every week, along toward the latter part, and have been doing so for quite some time, until we have come to ex- pect them and accept them as a mat
 ter of course. Yet mark this date well-Friday, April 4, 1913,-for it will mark the esta bHshment of a
 precedent, the sma shing of an old tradition, the breaking down of an ancient faith. After what will take place to-day, who can point to any sa- cred institution and say that it is safe from the hammer of the iconocIast. Truly, we live in a heretical age, a
 period of crumbling creeds and dam aged dOgmas. 1nhdelity haunts it's head in the most unlikely places, ag- nosticism is preached from the pulpit, even atheism has it's able defenders
 In the councils of a great steam ship company, there is an infideI and iconoclast, by name unknown who has convinced his fellow officials of the desirability of esta blishing a precedent that shatters a doctrine as ancient, and, to the saiIormen, as holy, as any creed of Christendom
 This heretic, whose identity is ''shrouded in mystery" must needs have brought to the task of convinc- ing his colleagues the e1oquence of an IngersolI. the bulldog determina- tion of a Bradlaugh, the scathing sa- tire of a Vo1taire, the memorable logic of Huxley, the rough-shod reason ing of a Paine, the scholarly attrfb- uteS of a Renan,-must cOmbin in his person all the attributes of the great heretics of history-to bring about so grave a departure from tra-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04

Curtis Hidden Page, poet and pro- lessor is a native of Missouri, and was born in the little town of Green wood forty-three years ago to-day. Be sides teaching literature and Ian guages at Western Reserve, Cohlm bia, Harvard and Northwestern uniVersi- ties he has found time to translate many volumes of verse and essays, to edit a poetry magazine, write many verses all his own and grow a most aggressive hirsute appendage. An admirer has said of Prof. Page that The looks like Apollo and sparkIes like Apollinaris-'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04
S1.65 each.
Refriqerators for this Season

A line of samples, more than fifty of them, ready for inspection, assortment averaging in size small ice chests to the largest household Refgerators With their handsome eteriors and their convenient interior arrangements, they will look good the housekeeper who to investigate the latest i'm proved methods for preserving food. Such ap- pear
 "White Mountain" Eddy Mckee" and Success in al1-rneta1, oak ash, pine cases.
 Moderate prices for the best makes
 In the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-04

The Earl of Derby, who will pass his forty-eighth milestone to-day, is the holder of the oldest earldom in the peerage, with the exception of that of Shrewsbury The first Earl of Derby was created in 14S5, royal recognition of his vaIor in the battle of Bosworth, fought in that year The first Earl of Shrewsbury received his title in 1442. The Duke of Norfolk, whose title was created in 14s3. is the only other English title of nobility above the rank of baron that antedates that of the Earl of Derby. There are a number of ba- rons dating from the fourteenth cen fury-
 The present Earl of Derby is the seventeenth of his line, and succeeded to the title five years ago. He mar ried a daughter of the Duke of Man chester in 1889, and spent the next three years in Canada as aide de camp to the Governor-G General. During the South African war he was first chief press censor and afterwards private secretary to Field Marshall Lord Rob arts. The Earl owns an estate of