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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

did1y arranged, affording ample room
for the Dixon children to entertain
their friends, and there are eight
counting the bride-and Mrs. Dixon
has always encouraged her children
to entertain their friends in their
own home.
The DiXOns have not occupied this
home for several years until this
Fall having leased it for that length
Of time during which they occupied
Cliffehurst, another handsome home
at Roland Park, one Of the most
fashionable suburbs near the city.
It Is a lovely old place, with shady
walks, rustic bridges and babbling
streams that delighted the young
bride because she was fond Of out-of-
doors and spent much of her time in
the open. It was here that the twin
sisters, Mary White and Elizabeth
Allen Dixon made their debut last
season. They were pretty young
girls and very popular, entertaining
frequently at Cliffehurst, one Of the
most notable affairs being a garden
party in the beautifully kept grounds.
It was here also that the bride enter
tanned Helen Prick. The engagement
had not been announced at that time
and both girls Stunned publicity, en-
tertaining quietly their own circle of
friends.
Bloomfield, the other Dixon home.
was the scene of many of the brides
childhood romps, for here it is that
she and her sisters went bare-footed
and enjoyed being little country
girls" From Fall to Spring they
looked forward to going back tc
Bloomfield, which is one Of three
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

should be done as well.
She was patient and tender with
her little sisters, hence her name Of
little mother" She read to them,
played with them, tellins them
stories and teaching them their let
tiers and early lessons. The twins
Elizabeth White and Mary Allen
we're near her own age, and they had
great times playing with their dolls
and games, dear to the child's heart.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

could be heard above the others in
the kindergarten songs. The little
girl with big brown eyes and long
dark curls won friends quickly. She
was always simply but beautifully
dressed in dainty white frocks with
dark velvet coat and bonnet to match
She was vivacious and full of life
and learned quickly.
The Calvert School was very ex-
elusive, and the pupils were the chill
dren Of the -four hundred" Mrs.
Dixon organized an exclusive dancing
class in connection with the school,
which she chaperoned until the time
Of Mr.. Dixon's death and in which
her daughter took a great interest
from the time she learned her first
steps. She went through the Calvert
School from kindergarten to the
highest grade. A strange coincidence
is the fact that she was one Of the
first pupils and is the first to be mar
RED since the school was founded,
sixteen years ago.
Then she attended Bryn Mawr for
several years. having for school
mates several Of the young girls who
acted as her bridesmaids. But there
were other things for her than books
in those days, for her mother
had old-fashioned ideas about the
woman's place in the home. The lit
tie girl was taught to cook, to dust
and to keep house. Many we're the
times she rebeIled, wanting to play
outside, but her mother persevered,
and to-day one of the richest of
Baltimore brides can pride herself,
not only on knowing what should be
done in her new home, but how it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16
LUiH Mr. Ericks s., 10000 Check Turn the Simple,
Natural Domestic Young LL1fe of His Son
Into q Frivolous and LL10rLdLy
W0mdr1 of Fashion?

Then there is Katherine, who will
be one of this seasons debutantes,
and will, no doubt, visit her sister
5n her Bryn Mawr home. Then there
is attractive little Dorothy, who will
not make her debut for several years,
and little Deborah, with long auburn
curls, and Gertrude, with long, light
hair, the only light-haired members
Of the Dixon family. These little
girls were flower girls for their sister.
The baby is dear little boy Of six
years, who is a great favorite with
his big sister, and who was one Of the
most interested spectators at the
wedding. The oldest child is Mr..
William T. Dixon, Jr. She also at
tended Miss Masters school at Dobb's
Ferry, n. Y, where she graduated.
Mrs. Frick was to have her debut
the year her father died, so she never
made a formal debut, not caring for
the social whirl. Her name was in
Guided in the list of debutantes the
following season. She did not attend
the germans of the Bachelor Cotillon
Club, nor did she have a big tea to
mark her formal coming out. She
entertained in the same quiet man
ner that had characterized her as a
girl, not forgetting her old friends,
and adding new ones to the list. Her
cousin, Miss Virginia Bartlett, made
her debut the same year, and many
entertainments we're given jointly
for them.
It was the following Winter that
she went abroad with Mr.. and Mrs.
Prick on board their yacht, but that
was not the first time she had met
ChiIds Frick. She had played dolls
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

with Helen Prick, and she had often
been leased by the frail, Hght-haired
brother. That trip was the beginning
Of a pretty romance which cul-
minated in the wedding on Octo-
Der II.
If young Mrs. Frick is tempted to
become a frivolous, extTavagant
society matron, no young woman
finds herself better intrenched in
material way. That personal for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

K TOVEMBER functions under the benefc
Jupiter, with Sagittarius rising at the
/ lnation, and the luminaries applying
to a good aspect Of this regent.
This indicates peaceful period, and by
the same token triumphs may be expected
for the interests of reform and good govern
ment. The bosses, who have been fattening
upon privilege and who are counting upon
continuance of graft, should be prepared for
serious reverses. The conjunctive point of
the luminaries in good aspect with Jupiter
as ruler of the masses in this figure, presig-
nifes a spirit of justice abroad in the land,
and gives an amicable trend to public policies.
Venus in the zenith is Of benefit to execu-
tives and betokens the ascendancy Of the
social element. Hymen will prove most dill
gent, and some notable marriages will take
place. This position Of Venus is a most happy
augury for the aristocratic brides Of this
month, but those in the lower walks Of life
should postpone their weddings until Decem-
Der, for Saturn's position in the seventh angle
foreshadows early widowhOOd for them If
they marry during the present month.
This latter likewise obstructs diplomatic
procedures, throws a cloud over foreign Tela-
Copyright 1913. BY the St
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

sible to secure a whole block Of
frontage on Fifth avenue for private
residence purposes. Indeed, the new
Prick mansion is likely to be the
last on Manhattan Island to cover
anything like so spacious an area.
Mr.. Frick has lived up to his unique
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

tune Of 100000
is hardly more
than a little of
what her hus-
band already pos
sesses, while he
is heir to other
millions untold.
One day, too
she is certain to
be mistress of the
So, OOO,O tlItn
avenue New
York; mansion,
which her father
in-law is just now
completing. 1t
has an average
frontage of an en-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

opportunity by erecting an archi-
tecturaI MASTERPIECES in the Italian
Renaissance style, with interior ar
rangement and decoration in keep
ing, and by apportioning ample
space to his collection Of books and
art objects.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

Henry c. Frick, Who Handed Two oF
His Many Millions to His Sons Bride.
Perhaps It's vast art gallery and
library will influence its future mis-
tress to occupy it worthily. But If
she chooses the other careS~that
Of a fashionable butterfy-in sueS
setting no rival could hope to sur
pass her.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

tire block from Seventeen to
Seventy-irst street-which is now
the choicest residence section Of the
metropolis. Next to Senator Clark's
home, one block further up Fifth
avenue, it will be the most valuable
private dwelling in New York.
With princeIy disregard for the
value of Fifth avenue real estate, Mr..
Frick sets the front OF his mansion
seventy-fve feet back from the ave-
nue., from which it is still further
separated by a great sunken pool
like a castle rooat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

like a castle moat
of feudal times.
Men who are
wise in New
York real estate
matters express
the opinion
that never again
will it be pos
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

< TOVEMBER functions under the benefc
n Jupiter with Sagittarius rising at the
Iunation, and the luminaries applying
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02
Five Suits Brought
 Against Conn. Co.

Five suits against the Connecticut Go. were filed this morning in the Common Pleas Court. Christian Rist, local liquor dealer, wants $2.0 900 dam ages for injuries received when he was thrown from a car at State street and Fairfield avenue The car started sud denly when he was alighting. He says he suffered from concussion of the brain and an Injury to the base of the spine.
 Mrs. Eli Fountaine Of this city seeks $2, 1000 as the result of stepping into an excavation as she alighted from a car on Fairfield avenue, July 6 last. She claims there was a hole beside the track. Several bones in her ankle were fractured and she received other in juries.
 Three actions have been George E., Stanley and Kate Ta1madge of Nor walk. Their automobile was struck by a trolley car August IA, 1912 and the three passengers injured. George wants $1,ooo, Kate 1.5oo and Stanley $500.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02
MEEKER BOYS
 LEAVE HOME
 TO SEE WORLD
Youths Take Their Savings and Decamp In Absence of
 Parents
Had Pleasant Home and Expect to Return In Year With
 Fortune
Special to the Farmer)

Newtown, Sept. 2-Saturday after noon Clarence, aged Is years and Don aid, aged 10 years, sons of MT. and Mrs. Charles G. Meeker of Cemetery avenue, Sandy Hook, packed all their personal belongings, took their savings bank contents, some s3 or $4! during the temporary absence of their par ents, and decamped from home. Bid ding goodbye to their sister Dorothy, they started forth, saying they would be back in about a, year, and bring home a fortune. Thinking her broth CTS were up to some lark, and were going into the woods for a picnic and would be back by nightfa1l, the sister, who is about 13 years of age, laugh ingly bade them goodbye. After their departure she discovered the. broken banks and then gave the alarm. The telephone soon brought the informa- ton that the youths had arrived at the station, bought one full and one half fare ticket for Bridgeport and took the 3:58 p. n. train. This news prostrated the mother, and she has been hysterical ever since. The fath- CT and Dr. Kiernan autoed to Bridge port that evening, notified police headquarters and search instituted at depot and docks, but without avail The searching party then took night train for New York and got the au- thorftieS there to send out a. general
 
 Newtown boys had been rounded up in the metropolis up to Sunday. night So the father came home and tried Bridgeport over again but without avail. Monday, in morning mail, the mother received a letter from CIar- ence, mailed on Barnum avenue, Bridgeport, at 11:30 D. m., Sunday night. Tn this he expressed his love for his mother, and begged her not to worry, as the boys were well and Tuesday expected to start out on their expedition into the world to get fortune and then come home and make everybody happy. Today Bridgeport will be fnecombed to find the youth full Argonauts, and restore them to the afflicted mother. The home life of the children was pleasant enough, but the boys were given greatly to the reading of the Rover Boys litera- ture, to the extent of the consequent failures in school work and the c1an- ing of their classmates, coupled with their unduly aroused imaginations by this class of literature, are believed to be the chief factors in this domestic episode. The villagers, how ever, all believe the boys will return as soon as their money gives out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02

locomotive tore it's way through three of the sleepers. The last car was the Chancellor, the next the Tourney and the third counting from the rear was the Chisholm.
 The impact of the locomotive against the last two cars had much the effect of an explosion. Except for the side of the cars which were tossed into the adjoining fields at either side of the tracks, there was hardly a. board left They were demolished to the finest kind1ing.
 Blowing out from the sides of the car with the wreckage were carried the bodies of the sleepers. Crushed almost beyond recognition, with frac- tured skull and broken limbs, the bodies settled in the fields, one of them nearly 100 yards from the scene of the crash, but most of them in or der as they lay in their berthS
 It is believed that not a soul in eth CT the Chancellor or the Tourney was saved
 The telegraph wires were strewn with the bed clothing, leaving the inn mediate vicinity of the wreck like a back yard on washday.
 So powerful was the giant 1oconao- tive that though the wooden cars were terribly demolished, the locomotive, though battered, was apparently not badly damaged. Neither the fireman nor the engineer, both of whom re- mained tt their posts, suffered serious injury The engineer is Augustus B. Miller and the fireman is E1bert A. Robertson, the latter of Sprin gfeId, Mass
 Only one person in the second train is known to have been seriously i'll jured. Tbe wooden cars acted as a massive shock absorber, and as they crumpied under the impact of the 1o- co!1otive, the second train came to a gradual stop. So gently did this oc- cur tI:1t tke passengers of the seem peneGs ard<it was several minutes be- terrible disaster had befaI1en the train ahead.
 The two conductors ran, one of them to North Haven, the other cross lots to a sub-station of the trolley com aster to New Haven.
 Doctors were rushed from New Ha- ven and Meriden on trolley cars and trains. Ambulances were dispatched from Mercy and New Haven hospi- tals and the Army hospital, in the New Haven armory.
 But the doctors found small mum Der of seriously injured The force of the collision had centered itself on the last three cars of the Bar Harbor Express and most of those affected at all were in the. very cen ter and were killed. The occupants of the Chisholmn, however, swelled the list of the injured.
 A trolley car was improvised as an 2 s---t-1ance ~~1 fiIled with ir-i---e.a it
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02
Br our staff Corres.l

North Haven, Sept. 2@Dead esti- mated at from Is to 23, and upwards of two score njured-thiS is the awful death toll of the wreck of the second section of the. Bar Harbor express and the White Mountain express at Tal- cott's crossing this morning.
 The White Mountain express, an hour late, running about 40 to 50 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the second section of the Bar liar bor express
 The collision was about one and one half miles north of North Haven and miles from New Haven, on track No. 1, the west or south bound pas senger track.
 Train No. 95. the Bar Harbor Ex- press, was travelling about 40 to 50 miles per hour when there Ioomed up what is known as a banjo signal set at red This Is one of the antiquated signals which are being replaced by more modern semaphOOres. The Bar Harbor Express just passed the signal before it came to a stop and this is believed by railroad men at the wreck to have released the block leaving an apparently safe passage for train No. s91, the White Mountain Express which was following closely
 The White Mountain Express came laundering along at about 50 miles an hour. Two flagmen, sent out from &he Bar Harbor Express, had appar- ently little opportunity to go far back because Pullman conductors and DOT sters in the last cars of the Bar liar bOr Express said they could plainly hear the f1agmen shout For Gods Sake. jump"
 The conductors and porters Jumped, to a man, and all were saved. Prac- Aically all their charges in the last two cars were killed outright while in the third car two are known to have been szilled, and there may be more bodies an the wreckage.
 A low lying fog enveIoped the coI1n- fry where. the wreck occurred, and through the mist it was not poSsi bIe ito get very clear view of the tracks.
 Engine 1887 drew the White Noun tain Express. This is the same type of engine-Pacific- the monster 1ocom that wrought the Stamford disaster The Stamford wreck engine was 133S-
 The Bar Harbor Express contained II Pullman sleepers. All the day coaches had gone on the first section. U-he White Mountain Express carried anine Pullman sleepers. There was not m single steel car in either train. All 1he rolling stock is owned by the Pu11- snan company
 Almost every passenger was in bed. A few were arising to leave the trains sat New Haven
 Like in the wreck of the Springfield Express in Stamford where the Sky lark was torn apart by the giant loco u@osiva. 1888. the White Nn'Is4tain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02
Bndgep0rter In
 Wreck Tells Story

Henry F. Parrott, receiving teller at the First Bridgeport National bank was a passenger in the sixth coach from the end on the Bar Harbor e71- press. He relates a most vivid DOT traya1 of the scenes following the kar rowing wreck. MT. Parrott was re- turning from Poland lakes getting on the express at Danville station.
 we had been having trouble with the brakes ever since our start. says MT. Parrott. There would be an men would leave the car and test the air after which the car would proceed again. believe we were from one to one and one half hours late. I was up at tns time dressing myself re paratory to getting off at this city. It was daylight, but there was a heavy mist or fog outside. r
 ''The last time the express stopped heard our engine giving the signal 3S by whistle to the rear f1agnan to come back to the train. The signal was given twice. Then heard two track torpedoes go off. The next I heard was the w11irring of an ap- preaching engine following by the great shock as the giant engine blow ed through out sleeping coaches. It was a grinding, smashing, ripping, tearing sound, as the ponderous ma chine cut it's way along. The shock in our coach was not great, due I presume to the fact that the brakes were set not allowing the coaches to be driven ahead
 tContinued on Page 2)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02
PORTELL CLAIMS
 TIRE ffBL0W OUT"
 CAUSED SMASH UP
Driver For J. w. Moves Strikes Team At Yellow 1Giil Bridge, Pitching Two Men Into
 Roadway

Joseph PortelI, chauffeur for Julius w. Moves of New York and Trumbu charged with reckless driving had his case continued until next Saturday in the city court this morning. PorteIPs car struck the brick wagon of Frank Hungerford, a driver for s. D. Demme, Of 39 Evitts Lane. at the Yellow Mill bridge last evening. Hungerford and companion, Harry Clark were pitch ed from the cart, Clark almost into the creek. Both men were severely cut up and were taken to the hospital in Por- tells car.
 Before the court this morning, Por- tell stated that he had a ''blow out' which ssIewed the car about striking the cart. Both vehicles were going in the same direction. The police claim that PortelI is one of the most reckless drivers in the city and that they have been on the lookout for him some time.
 J. Harvey Russell, who has a garage in Fairfield avenue was arrested at State street and Howard avenue yes terday for violation of the traffic laws. In the city court he was fined B and costs. Russell has been in trouble be- fore. He had been accused in aiding in the escape of a youth who stole clothes from the Blumberg home in Myrtle avenue.
 |, Jerry Driscoll, John J. Mack and James Mcbride for trespassing on railroad property were each given ten days in jail.
 Louis Demitz and Abraham Nata- mia are held for the embezzlement of $1OO from Philip Horwitzz. They col Iected for the latter and it is alleged that they neglected to turn in their collections. They are out under ball of $500.
 William MaIady and Timothy Trof- ty were arrested yesterday, being ac- cused of the theft of a watch from the trousers of a MT. Bigelow at the public bath house last week. Malady has been arrested before for burglary and is now otu on probation Their cases were continued till September 23
 Frank Seigit, arrested yesterday while Intoxicated. had on his person a slug shot. Today he was fined &2O and costs for the offense. Also for carrying concealed weapons. Cfusta.ve Papp was fined $25 and costs PaDD carried a, five inch knife.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02
ALMOST PARALLELED TRAIN WRECK IN ENGLAND TODAY
 WITH FIRE HORROR ADDED
I5 Killed And 30 Injured in Collision Of
 Sections Of London Scotland Express

Kirkby-Stephen, County of West moreland, Eng, Sept 2-Fifteen per sons are believed to have been killed and 30 injured in a collision, early to- day, of two sections of the famous London-Scotlan Express. Official re- ports accounted for nine known dead while correspondents on the spot re- ported that the fatalities numbered 15. The wreck occurred on the Mid land Railway near ~Hawes Junction, the two sections being northbound
 The second section dashed into the rear of the first, teIescoping- several coaches which burst into flames. Many persons were trapped and if not killed outright they were burned to death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02
JILTED BY LOVER
 GIRL SUES FOR
 SIO,OO0 DAMAGES

Claiming she has been betrayed by the man who promised to marry her. Sophie Greenberg of this city, has brought breach of promise proceed city. She wants $1O, 900 damages.
 Sophie alleges that on January 6, 1913. she was asked by Morris to be- come his bride. She consented and has since been ready to march down the aisle to the wedding march. Mor- ris has refused to wed her, however, thereby causing her great humiliation and suffering. The action is .returna- ble to the September term of the su- perior court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02

At least 30 passengers were taken from the wreokage suffering from injuries or burns. As many as 10 of these may die.
 The two trains had left Carlisle for London shortly after each other and the collision occurred 50 miles south of Carlisle on a high and lonely moor.
 The first section of the train had stopped to get up steam for a sharp grade and the second section dashed into the rear, billing up the sleeping cars which were crowded with pass engers. Almost imIn nediate1y several of the cars caught fire and many were unable to escape. Rescuers from farrns in the vicinity soon came to the scene but could do little.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02
JUDGE WALSH IS ON COMMON PLEAS
 BENCH FOR IST TIME

Judge John J. Walsh, of NorwaIk, who was appointed by Governor Bald win to- succeed Judge James F. Walsh of Greenwich, in the Criminal Common Pleas Court, made his first appearance on the bench today. He presided over the opening of the September term and disposed of eight cases this morning. William Brooks of this city who was arrested for driving an automobile recklessly at Seaside park was fined $3O. A jury has been summoned for tomorrow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-02
Injunction To PreVent
 License Transfer

Henry O'Rourke, proprietor of the Fremont hotel at Il Middle street, has obtained an injunction against the county commissioners and Christopher Lacroix, restraining them from trans fctring the hotel liquor license to 115 State street Lacroix attached the license to satisfy a debt of S1,50O due on a note O'Rourke says he has an agreement with Lacroix whereby the latter promised not to transfer the H. cense. The writ is returnaole to the superior court, September term.