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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04


about il that he took me with him one
night just before Aunt Octayia moved
here, and he and found the rooms
and the stair and the secret spring by
which. IL you know Just where TO poke
the wall in the fourth floor hall you
can disappear as mysteriousiy as you
REease-"
But how on earth did you darken
the .hails 80 easiIy2 You nearly gave
me heart disease doing that1s'
ooh. that was a mere matter of a
young lady in hastel When l. found
how easily could pass you on the
stair il became fascinating game, and
1t was no end OF fun to see just how
long It would take you to catch me-"
* wish, Hezekiah, that you would
stay caughG
~Be very. very careful, sir We're
talking business now. There's another
ordeal for you, before you dare become
sert1mentaI''
Then hasten. Let rs be after it,
Things are In a serious predicament,
can tell you I was nightened when
looked into that nofab0SiA didn't
like to do that, but I had to assist
Providence little. Five men have al
ready got their Quietus.''
Then why don't they clear out and
stop their nonsense?"
~Oh. IT'S their pride, I suppose, and
every maR probably thinks that when
Cecilia has seen q little more of him In
particular. In contrast with the others,
he w1aF win her favor. They're afraid
Of one another. those men. That's the
reason they've been harding together
so close since the first day you came.
1fr. Virgins was taking it for granted
that he was the whole tIing-just like
the n&Ang-and those others forced him
TO join IN some arrangement by which
they were to hang together. These
calls in bunch came from that, as
though any one of them wouldn't take
advantage Of the others IL he saw
chanceI Some of this got from Wig
CIV himself, the rest just guessed
But you may not know that they
ment Il delegation after me into town
10 warn me OF the grass
THAT was Mr.. Dick He never saw
me when Cecilia was around, and he
was terribly snippy sometimes and
EupercIlious, but I'm going to get even
with him I've about underlined him
for number six" she concluded with
the manner of a queen who, about to
give her chief executioner his orders
for the day. glances calmly over the list
pf wfr%fFm@HH ssksSzIaF@kss
That's good idea. Dick is insult
serable- hope you haven't counted
wrong"
-As we were saying, about the note
book she resumed, 1.-The fifth man has
already been respectfully declined.
The dates OF the proposals are written
In the notebook, so / learned from the
book that Mr.. Ormsby, Mr.. Arbuthnot
and Mr. Gorse had proposed on the
steamer. Professor Hume, you know,
tried his luck at HopefieId, and Lord
Arrowood must have stopped Cecilia as
she was riding to the station on my
bicycle yesterday morning. His goose
Is cooked
He stopped to tell papa goodby and
spoke very highly of you Papa and
Tou are the only gentlemen he met in
AmeTfca- But now we come to Mr..
virgins
we dol and why in the name of all
fhat L. beautiful ard good hasn't he
tried 1ais tuck 90 =
Because. knowing CeciIia's admira-
aAes4 for him. replied Hezektah de
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
CHAPTER XXI.
Under the Old Flooring.

Under the Old FfooPins.
N STABLE BOZ held Miss Octa-
N Was horse at the inn door.
"A Her face, her figure. her voice
expressed outraged dignity as
she tested the saddle girth.
You need never tell me what had
happened TO provoke your wrath, for
that Is none OF my affair, but wish to
say that your conduct and bearing won
my highest approval. They had un-
doubtedly hidden the jack of clubs to
avoid the drubbing you would have
administered to the unfortunate man
who would have drawn that card if it
had been in the pack
az was not in the slightest danger at
any time, Miss HOLSTER protested.
"By one OF these tricks Of fate to
which you and are becoming so ac-
customed the card had fallen to the
floor unnotdeed. If you had not arrived
SO opportunelV the lost jack would have
been discovered, the cards Resulted,
and very likely MT. Ormshy would have
been busting the Ann floor with me at
this very minute"
"I refuse TO balieve any such thing"
declared Miss Ocfav1a, who had mount
ed and continued speaking from the
saddle. 'rYour perfect confidence was
admirable, and / shudder to think Of
the terrible punishment you would
have given Them
If Miss Octavia wished to view my
performances in this nattering light 1t
seemed unnecessary to object.
'tIt was only a pleasant incident of
the days work, Miss HOLSTER. I'm 60
ing to engage a squire and take to the
open road as soon as all this is over"
Gas soon as all what is over?'' she de-
manded, eying me keenly.
"Oh, the work I've undertaken to do
here. datter. myself that have made
some progress. but within twenty-faslr
hours dare say that we shall have
seen the end
"Your words are not wholly 1umi-
nous, Arnold"
eft is much better that it should be
So You have trusted me so far, and
I have no intention of failing you now.
If say that the crisis is near at hand
In a certain matter that interests you
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p ATENTS-

A. nj. WOOSTER, Attorney-at-Law
Late Examiner U. s.. Patent Office
His MAIN ST.. SECURITY BLDG
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
Send Postal for Booklet ON Patents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
BOARD OF RELIEF.

Board of Relief of the City of Bridge
port will meet at the Assessors. office
City Hall, for the purpose Of hearing
appeals made from the findings OF the
Board of Assessors. Hearings will be
held on the following dates in Feb
ruary: Saturday Feb. 1sti Monday,
Feb. 3rd; Wednesday,, Feb. 5th; FRI
day, Feb. 7th, from 8 a. m. to 4 p.
M. and on the evenings of Monday,
Feb. 3rd and Friday Feb. 7th from
TO D. m.
Dated at Bridgeport this 18th day
of January. 1918.
WILLIAM A. LEWIS,
THOMAS F.. WHITE,
CHARLES J. BYRNE,
CHARLES H. POLAND,
A 2Ot% Board of Relief.
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Ocntiuusd.,

xs5S but it didn't save the umbrella
man He died anyhow-or maybe his
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04

The world generally gives ito admit
ration not to the man who does what
nobody else can do, but to the man
who does BEST what others do WELL
-McCauley.
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CTo Be Continued.)
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Hattie Cui1inan of Aver. Mass,
is visiting at the Rome of Mrs. John
Birmingham, 772 Myrtle. avenue.
Master William McNiff, son of Mrs.
Sarah McNiff of 479 Howard avenue.
who was operated on at the Galen
hospital last Thursday is getting
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-04
sLEIGHING m WINsrED.
Snow in Northwest Section of State
3 Nine Inches Deep.

Winsted. Feb. with snow through
out this section ranging from seven to
nine inches deep, the residents of
towns in the northwestern section of
the State are enjoying the first real
s1eighing Of the season
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27

There vas one disappointment for
those who attended the wedding, for
the gifts were not put on display. 1t
Is known that these included many
beautiful and valuable articles sent
by relatives and personal friends of
the bride and groom and Of their fam
lilies and by admirers of President
Wilson. Handsome presents were
sent by both the senate and the house,
that Of the latter being a diamond Ia
valliere which Miss Genevieve Clark,
daughter Of the speaker, bought for
the representatives in New York.
Guests Limited to 400.
Those who were invited to witness
the wedding were mostly personal
friends and the number was kept down
close to four hundred. The list was
pared and revised several times, and
as has been said, the operation result
ed in many heartburnings. From the
house Of representatives circle, for
instance, the only guests were Speaker
Champ Clark, Mrs. Clark and Miss
Genevieve Clark, Marjory Leader I'm
derwood and Mrs. Underwood, and
Minority Leader Mann and Mrs. Mann.
AS might be expected, the streets
outside the White House were as
crowded as the police would permit
with curious persons eager to watch
the arrival and departure of the guests
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
SAILORS ACTION
PUBLICATION ACCUSES AMERI-
CAN OF "sLAcSeuARDIsM.P
Sensational Letter of Italian Publicist
Greatly Exaggerated, Ambassador
at Rome Declares.

Rome, Nov. 21.-An open letter of
a sensational character addressed to
the American ambassador by the pub
licist Rente La Vale on the conduct
Of the American sailors in Naples,
was published in Giornale d'Itale. This
letter, after detailing the incidents
of the sailors of the Scorpion at Con-
stantinople last year, says the Italians
are not Turks and declares the
"blackguardism" of the American
sailors passed all bounds.
The writer declares he could fill
columns with the details of drunken
orgies. He begs the ambassador to
advise Rear Admiral Badger either
to keep his men aboard or turn the
ships head homeward.
A correspondent took the Journal
to the American ambassador and Mr..
Page handed back a written state
ment saying:
"The writer of this newspaper let
ter doubtless exaggerated the sailors
behavior. l myself, when in Naples,
questioned the police, who, not
knowing me, said that some of the
me were drunk to some extent, but
otherwise they had conducted them
selves well. | greatly regret that a
few men should be accepted as char
acteristic of the whole, who l be-
lieve to be as fine a body as could
be found the world over"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
UPH0LDS WILSON
STAND UP FOR HIM IN MEXICAN
CRISIS, ADVICE.
Former Ambassador Tells New York
Chamber of Commerce Presi-
dent Is Right.

New York; appeal to the
Seart and the head of every gen.
tleman present in this chamber in
this trying Mexican situation. There
is but one duty for all of us, and that
is to 'staHd by the president of the
United States"
This sentiment was uttered by Js.
seph H. Choate, former ambassador
to Great Britain, Republican. at the
l45th anniversary of the New York
chamber of commerce here.
you may call it diplomatic bust
ness, you may call it executive bust
ness, but it is fair to assume that the
president is in possession of informa-
ton vastly superior to that which
even all the members of the chamber
OF commerce possess" Mr.. Choate
said. He knows what he is about.
He knows what he is aiming at.
"ORe thing we are sure of-that he
is for preserving peace at all hazards,
and that by no act of his shall this
nation be plunged into a destructive
and dreadful war. We must stand
by our president through thick and
thin, and we shall come out right in
the end"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
MEASURE FOR U. S. ROAD AID
Bill Proposed by ShackIeford and
Hoke Smith Asks Annual Appro-
priation of $25, 900, 600,

Washington, Nov. 21.-Representa.
tive Shackleford of Missouri, chair
man of the committee on roads, and
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, chair
man of the committee on education
and labor, simultaneously introduced
in the house and senate a bill appro-
priating an aggregate of $25, 000,0 00
annually for federal aid to public high
way Improvement. The bill is drafted
on substantially the same lines as the
good roads measure which was passed
by the house during the Sixty-second
congress, its primary aim being to ex-
tend aid in the maintenance of roads
over which rural carriers travel when
delivering and collecting the mails.
Provision is made for the expenditure
of $5,OOO,000 of the total on state
roads not used as post routes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27

This is the diamond lavalliere which
Was'the wedding present of the house Of
representatives to Jessie Woodrow VIII
son.
and trying to obtain through the win
dows a glimpse of the doings within.
The police arrangements were admir-
able and nothing happened, in the
White House or outside, to mar the
happy occasion.
Immense Wedding Cake.
Jessie Wilson's wedding cake was a
triumph Of the pastry cooks art. 1t
was two and a half feet tall, counting
the white orchids that we're placed on
top of 1t, and weighed 1876 pounds.
The first layer was four inches thick
and 20 inches across. The cake con
tanned 10 ingredients and it's cost was
about $500. Over the body Of the
cake was nodded q thick white icing
scroll work, on its top was a design
for the initials Of the bride and groom,
done in silver, and around the sides
we're lilies Of the valley in white
sugar. This delicious ~confection was
distributed in 1000 dainty white boxes
tied with satin ribbon and each of the
proper size to go under the pillow Of
the recipient to bring dreams.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
AMERICAN PEOPLE
HUERTA MAKES DISTINCTION AT
A RECEPTION.
Mr.. and Mrs. o'shaushnessy Greeted
by Oietator-Foreien Colonies
Prepare Defense.

City of Mexico.-The American
charge attended a reception to
the diplomats by Gen. Huerta at Cha
pultepec Castle. 1t was an elaborate
affair and was held there because of
the restricted facilities Of the presi-
dents town and suburban homes.
Gentlemen, | ask you to drink with
me the health of the American peo-
ple."
In this pointed manner Gen. Huerta
made q distinction between the Amer
lean government and the Americans.
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Shaughnessy were
greeted effusively by the president,
Gen. Huerta embracing the charge.
After a moments conversation, he
raised his glass ard called upon the
other guests to join him in the toast.
The foreign colonies in the Mexican
capital are preparing to defend them.
selves in the event of disturbances,
particularly should the final settle
ment be left to Athe Mexicans. Both
Sir Lionel Garden and Gen. Won
Pintze, the British and German minis
tiers, have suggested the advisability
of p%erfecting some sort of a defense
organization.
No such advice has been given to
the Americans, but committees are
quietly working cut a plan of defense,
and it is possible there will be s3rmed
a general organization, embracing the
American, British, German and Aus
trian residents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
404 GET CARNEGIE PENSIONS
$61e,oo0 Paid to Professors or Widows
During the Last Fiscal Year,
.r Trustees Announce.

New York.-Four hundred and
four professors or widows of pro-
~fessors received $61S,OO0 in pensions
the last fiscal year of the Carnegie
foundation for the advancement of
teaching, it was announced al the an
nual meeting of the foundation trus-
tees. Thirty-three persons were added
to the list.
Andrew Carnegie during the year
gave $~1,250,000 for special endowment
Of educational studies, The endow-
ment fund totals SIS, 8 900, with an
annual income OF 1894, 900.
Provost E. F. Smith of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania was elected
a member of the board to succeed Ira
Remsen, recently retired.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
EXPLOSION REVEALS SUICIDE
Officers Hunting for Cause of Prema-
ture Dynamite Blast in Stone
Quarry Find Body of Man.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Nov. 21.-One
mN1 is dead, one dying and three 9th.
ers are in a hospital in a serious con-
dition, the result of a premature dynA.
mite explosion in the J. J.. Sousser,
Jr., quarries, south of here. The ex-
plosion revealed a mysterious suicide
or murder. 44
More than 400 pounds of dynamite
went off with a roar just as the men
went to work. There was a rush of
police and curious persons to the
scene, and four injured wefs found.
While officers were hunting for evil
dence as to the cause of the explosion
the dead body of Jan Pacopic was
found lear by with two bullet wounds
in the chest. A revolser lay near by.
Police think there may be a connec.
ton between the explosion and the
apparent suicide.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
EvADES LAW BY PARCEL POST
Department Has no Alternative But
Accept Shipments of Game,
Says Burleson.

Washington, D. C.-Evasion of
the game laws through the agency Of
the parcel post now is possible, for
Postmaster General Burleson replied
to the Interrogation of indignant Of
ficials of several states that congress
had placed no restrictions on the de-
partment as to accepting game. This
condition, the state game wardens
fear, will nullify in great measure the
state laws framed for the protection
of wild life.
Postmaster General Burleson point
ed out that under the law the post
office department could not discrim.
mate in the acceptance of packages
that conformed with the departments
regulations. Postmasters, therefore,
were compelled, he said, to accept
game for shipment when the regula-
tons were observed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
EUROPEANS IN MEXICO CITY
ORGANIZING FOR DEFENSE

Mexico City, Mexico.-From the
Austrian legation there was sent out
to all Austrians a circular urging them
to cooperate with other European
colonies In organizing for defense. In
this circular it is stated that the troops
In the city are so few and uprisings
against foreign residents so possible
the legation deemed it wise to adopt
defense measures.
Another circular issued by the Ger.
mans detailed the plan of organiza-
ton. Men who served in the German
army will direct affairs. The Germans
have a fair supply of rifles and am
munition and two machine guns.
The Americans have made no sys.
tematlc attempt to protect themselves.
the disposition of the majority an.
pearing to be to trust to Gen. Huerta
and his forces or to luck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
FEDERALs ROUTED
AFTER BRIEF FIGHT
ADVANCE ON JuAREz REPu SEQ
BY coNsTITUTIoNALIsTs AAo
HUCaTA's MEN FLEE.
GEN. VILLA TO FoRCE BATTLE
Europeans in Capital Organizing to De-
fend Themselves-Germans Have
Two Machine Guns, Supply of
Rifles and Ammunition.

Ell Paso, Tex.-A message from
Juarez says Gen. Villa, commander of
the constitutionalist forces, returned
to Juarez from the south with so men
and reported that the federals. after
a brief battle, fed from the consti.
tutfonalists below Terra Blanca.
Terra Blanca is % miles south of
Juarez.
Villa said a federal troop train
came up in the night, but that the
rederals, when driven back, boarded
their train again and departed for the
south. HlR
Gen. Villa departed from Juarez on
a special train to join his troops be-
low Terra Blanca, and on arrival will
give the order for the march against
the federals under Gems. Salazar, Cara
Veo, HoJas and Landa, at S~amalayuca,
six miles south of the rebel position.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
SAYS US. FLAG is UP TOSTAY
Gov. Wager, in Taking New Office,
Discharges Porto Rico Inde-
pendence Talk.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Nov. 21.-Dr.
Arthur wager of Georgetown, KY, was
inaugurated governor of Porto Rico.
Gov. Wager delivered a brief adj
dress, in which he expressed the be-
lief the national administration would
grant the natives of Porto Rico a
larger share Of self-goyernment than
heretofore. He discouraged the cause
of independence and said: THE Amer
lean flag will never be lowered here
in Forto Rico. Here is has been raised
and here II will continue to wave in
definitely" 1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
QUEEN OF SPAIN STRICKEN
VI OF Influenza With Temperature of
More Than 100 Degrees, In a
Paris Hotel.

Paris, France.-Queen Victoria of
Spain was stricken with a serious
attack OF Influenza and now lies in the
state suite of Hotel Meurice, tossing
restlessly in bed, with a temperature
of more than 100 degrees.
Prof. Rodin, the leading Paris ply.
stefan, is attending her.
Her condition, while not positively
dangerous, is sufficiently serious to
cause the p~ostponement of a visit
which King Alfonso and his consort
intended to pay to Emperor Francis
Joseph in Vienna.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
WASHINGTON MILITANT FINED
Member Of Suffrasist Congressional
Committee Pays 81 and Costs
for Marking Sidewalks.

Washington, D. C.-Miss Lucy
Burns, member of the congressional
committee of the suffragist headquar-
tiers here, paid a fine of 81 for her
little excursion into the reals of near
m~ilitancy.
Would you have marked the side
walk had you known it was in viola
ton of the LAVE asked Judge Null
loney.
That's a hypothetical question:
can't answer it," retorted the suffra-
gette tartly. She promised, though,
NOT to repeat the offense.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
Cavalry to subdue Indians.

Albuquerque, N. M.-Traveling In
two special trains, four troops of the
Twelfth United States cavalry, &C.
companied by a detachment of the
hispital corps and a commissary
wagon train, detrained at Gallup and
marched to Ship Rock Aagency on the
Navajo reservation, to quell an in
cipient rising among the Indians
there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-27
POPE HOLDS TANGO IMMORAL
Vatican Replies to Bishops Dance
Must Be Forbidden Catholics
slit Skirts Barred,

Rome, Italy, Nov. 21.-The Vati-
can, replying to several bishops who
sought advice regarding the tango and
other modern dances, declares the tan
go must be considered immoral. 1t
is, therefore, forbidden to Catholics. +,
The bishops had asked If confessors
should give a~bsolution to those who
danced the tango.
Women wearing slit skirts have
been forbidden by several bishops to
attend services in church.