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MIR. BRYAN'S REFERENCE TO HOME
RULE.

Washington, March Is.
The Secretary of State, ut the St. PatrIck's
Day banquet in Chicago, repeated the re-
marks about Home Rule and aristocracies
which,a reported in my message of SUNDAY,
he made here on Saturday. It is hardly
necessary to say that Mr.. Bryan's course is
roughly criticized by his political enemies
and is regretted by many of his friends, 1t
is felt to be the only tf"aIc pas that has SO
far marked the extremely suspicious pre-
liminary canter of the Wilson Administra-
ton. The apprehension to which it has
given rise is mitigated, however, by the
announcement that Professor John Bassett
Moore has accepted the post of Counsellor
to the State Department. Professor Moore
is q man of ripe experience. No better
appointment could have been made, especial
" as there is reason to believe that Profess
sor Moore will be allowed an unusually free
hand.
Mr. McAdoo, Secretary to the Treasury,
is rather generally considered as, next to
Nh. Bryan, the strongest member of the
administration His reputation as q lawyer
and t~inancier has materially reassured peo-
pie as to the attitude Of the Administration
in regard to currency reform and other
financial questions.-Ib{d.
, 1913-04-30
CHINA AND MONGOLIA.
Strained Relations.

st. Petersburg, March IS.
Yuan Shih-kui has intimated to the Khu-
tukhta through the Secretary to the Presi-
dency that, in view of the consistent mis-
construction of Chinese intentions, the Re-
public has decided to break off correspond
ence with the Monaghan Government. The
intimntion may mean little or much, accord
ing to events.
A message from Kwongtchengtsze states
Liaoyuanchu, Fakumen, and Kaitun to psit-
sihar. The troops include $500 men Of the
Goth Division and are locally believed to be
destined to form part of an expeditionary
corps for Mongolia. 1t is assumed here that
China is aware of the circumstances in which
the Russo-AIongolian Treaty becomes oper-
ative.-IbjG.
, 1913-04-30
GRAND OPERA BULLFINCHES.

That many singing birds in captivity can
be taught to pipe bars of popular songs is
we'll known, but such performances are fee
bic beside the claim made by Mr.. Thomas
J.. Dawson, a dealer. of Lower Sloane-street,
London, for some bulIfnches in his posses
sion. These, he states, have been so trained
that they can sing with accuracy and I'M
common sweetness the Toreador song from
Carmen" the Soldiers Chorus from Faust"
and the hymn, Nov the day is over"
Trained in Germany by cobbleis who pipe
to them, the bullhnches begin their singing
lessons just after they are born, and not un-
til they have had ten months ct the task do
they show any real copucity.-Ibjd.
, 1913-04-30
EXPLOSION PUMP.
Mr.. Humphreys Triumph of Engineering.


We English are q modest people. If the
great pumps at the Chingford Reservoir had
been invented BY Il foreigner we should have
made a hero of him. Mr.. H. a. Humphreys
name is already, however, on the roll of the
famous engineers of the world. His pumps
are being ordered for Egypt, for India, for
Germany, for Italy, for the United States.
1t has taken him seven years to reach even
the stage OF recognition at which he has ar
rived to-day. He patented tie principle of
this woodworking pump in 1906. 1t WAS
the outcome of his interest III the various
uses to which gas engines could be put. He
said to himself: 'sHere is q piston removing
water indirectly ty the force of gas explo-
sions. Why should not the gas explosions
directly remove the water?"
How The Pump Works.
In q sentence that is the method of these
new pumps. All YOU can see in the Ching
ford Pump House are large round engines,
of which the valves pop up and down with
impudent regularity. But you can see how
they set the water, which has flowed into
the pits below them from the River Lea,
swirling and heaving. AS soon as they are
set going by one Of the quiet young men
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of the menaging director of the mine, also
remembered the bore hole, and ut his sug-
g .stion messages were shouted down the
pipe. Cairns and Ward responded instantly.
After that the imprisoned men waited quite
patiently for over five days for the mine to
be pumped clear.
They hal plenty of food and light, plenty
Of room for exercise, aud carefully censored
newspapers helped to pass the hours. Every
day they chatted with their friends and rela-
tives. All the local news was shouted down
q narrow pipe 2275 Ft. deep, the one means of
communication with them. But for this pipe
u bore hole-they must have persisted. A
special fan WAS erected in order to keep the
air fresh.
At first the men complained of cold, bat
afterwards they managed to light q fire, on
which they boiled the water for their tea and
cocoa. Their food was lowered to them in
glass tubes an inch III diameter. Hardboil-
Ell eggs, sausages. me,t, beef extract. tea,
cocoa, sugar, bread, milk, butter, candles,
and matches were all seut to theM in this
way.
Both men are Irish, aud Father Clayton
sent each u sprig of shamrock on Monday to
celebrate St. Fatrick'S Day.
cit was cold and dull, and o niue amt
lnuCl good rs q bedroom, but there was no
work to do aud it wasn't SO bad altogether
This was John CairnS's brief description of
his Imprisonment after he had been rescued.
"Wo We're not nervous, at any rate after
Thursday night. The air was bad then. We
could hardly keep our candles alight, and
we We're afraid of being left in the dark.
When they got the cages going and rugged
up a fan for us it was much better. We
made torches of buncnes Of candies and illu-
minated the place properly.
eve knew the people on top were doing
all they could for rs and we didn't worry,
SO bad. We had a watch and could keep
count of the time. We used to go add
watch the water going down, aud we walked
about the galleries. When we got cold we
ran about to get warm. We couldn't sleep
much. We used to doze off every now and
then, but it WASN'T like turning into a good
bed. We just had a piece Of board to lie On.
We were very glad when we saw the light
again. It-was II fair treat to feel the old
cage coming up the shaft again"
Ward admitted that he was 81 bit anxious
at times, "but" he added, 'nobody could be
afraid with Darkey Cairns.'-Daly Nal,
Warch 229d.
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who watch over them-scarcely more than
boys they would seem, if it were not for
their grave, competent faces the commotion
begins, aud no wonder. For the horse-pow-
er employed is between two and three hun
died to each pump, and every minute 100000
gallons of water are forced up into the water
tower, whence they foam down q slope into
the nOrmous reservoir.
They are forced up by the actual explosion
by an electrical spark, of q mixture Of coal
gas and air. Instead of driving Il piston aud
doing the work by means of connecting,rod,
crankshaft, and fywheel, as in a moto.-car
engine, the explosion acts directly on the
water. All the parts named are done away
with. Economy and efficiency are both IN
creased.
Like A Motor. Engine.
To understand the working, imagine o long
pipe with it's two ends Turned upwards. At
the left end is a chamber in which the ex-
plosions take place; at the top of the right
end is a water-tower open at the top, aud con-
nected with the reservoir in which the water
is stored.
III the pipe is a column of water swinging
to and fro like q pendulum. Above the
surface Of the water in the chamber to the
left the explosions take place. The move
l11CuU y Uu0 W&l6I is SLttil6O Nv the ulSC 6X-
plosion above it's surface; then it goes on
steadily, backwards and forwards, like the
piston Of o motor-car engine. The move
ment of the water sucks in fresh supplies of
gas and air, which are in their turn exploded,
aud so the movement OF the water becomes
continuous. AT each explosion twelve tons
Of water are forced into the tower at the
right and thence to the reservoir, amt
more water enters the explosion chamber
from the river.
No other pump could shift as much water.
That is why the Metropolitan Water Board
We're 50 glad to hear of MIR. Humphreys in
Ventlon. They wanted to take water from
the river into their reservoir at the rate of
lSO,OOO,OO gallons every twenty-four hours.
They could not get - pamp to DO it. MIR
Humphrey read a paper on his new princi-
pie to the Institution OF Mechanical Engi-
neers. The Board approached him with an
inquiry as to whether he could build his
pump on II iargu sCaie. He nuu UEly so.ru4
made one of 35-h.p, but he promised at once
pumps OF from 20O-h.p. to 300-h p.
The Board was extremely cautious. They
would only give Mr.. Humphrey an order on
his agreeing to forfeit 100000 il the expe-
rilnent was not successful. He agreed at
once. He felt sure of the result.
Never was the success of the pumps
doubtful. They did exactly what Mr.. Hum
phrey had promised Now from all over the
world inquiries are being made. Punps for
heavy work have been revolutlonised by this
young Englishman of forty.
1t is not only a personal triumph for him,
but it is also q triumph for British techni-
cal education, and in particular for the Fins
bury Technical College, where he was edu-
cated.-Lbj2.
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IN A MINE.
Miners Rescued After Five Days.
Conversation Down A 227ft. Hole.

After having been entombed in the heart
of a flooded mine for five full days and ten
hours, two miners named John Cairns and
James Ward were rescued on Tuesday as a re-
suit of ceaseless efforts on the part of rescuers.
Cairns, Ward, and a man named Bewlay were
cut off from the pit shaft by a sudden in
rush of water in the Townhead Ironstone
Mine at Egremont, Cumberland, on Thurs
day morning last week. Cairns could hive
escaped with the rest of the shift but turned
back to lock for his friends. He found Ward
and piloted him to the higher workings, out
of the reach of the water. BeWlay could
not be found and was drowned.
Fortunately for the other two Cairns knew
every inch of the mine-a now one-and he
guided Ward 10 the bore-hole from which
help alone could come. Mr.. Casson, a son
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ProkIatna.

"A LIE og enhver, som matte have noget
$50 ut fordre i Boet efter afgangne Frokelr
ALICETHEODORA VIRGINIA HAGEN
SEN, indkaldes herved med 3 Maaneders
Varsel til at anmelde og bevisliggore deres
Krav for un~dertegnede Sklfteret, der be-
handler Boet.
Skifteretlen, st. Thomas, den 49, April,
1913.
WELLEJUS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20
TenderIoin Shooting Due To Fight Over
 Cocaine Prescription
Idlers Along the Waterfront Tell of Quarrel Over Precious Order-The Passing of the
 Baby DolI''

"The Passing of the Baby Doll'' is the theme of conversation today in that district about Water street where beneath the hickering night lights. forms stea1thily shift from doorway to doorway and saunter idly about with hands in pockets. And though
 Baby is tall and strong, was once a dead shot, and has notches on his gun, his downfall was accomplished last night through Little Black Joe'' and the 'tBaby's' loyalty to the trust imposed upon him by an absent bene- factor.
 The Baby Do1l.''' otherwise known as William Thomas, j is co1ored and likewise is Joseph Edmonds, known in underworld circles as Little Black Joe In the city court this morn ing only part of the shooting story was told. Thomas was held for the superior court under bonds of g, GOO charged with attempting to kill while Little Joe" was sentenced to six fine for assault and breach of the peace.
 But beyond, in the section of lights the legal record-a tale of romance, deprivation, outlawry and devotion. A typical tale of the waterfront, where the white, the black, the Neapolitan and the descendant of Aristotle meet on equal plane. And the police cor roborate the statements.
 The ssBaby DolI'' walking on the 1evees of New Orleans where he was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20
LOCKOUT AFFECTS 35,OOO MEN IN THE
 BUILDING TRADES

Chlcagos June 20--A deadlock exist ea' tooay, between the 500 members or the bundlng construction employ CTS assocla1lon and the 10000 mem pers or seventeen building trade unions who were locked out. yester- day. The contractors discharged the men after 150 marble workers employ ed by firm furnishing ornamental stone for large bank building struck for higher wages. They have been out six weeks and the employers as- 6ert that the lockout will continue until these few return to work
 More than 25,O00 1aborers whose work dovetails in with that of the locked out men automatically lost their jobs, making a total of 35, GOO men thrown out of work. The lockout affects more men than any similar action in the history of the labor unions in Chi cago, suspending work on similar inn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20

supreme aspired to laureIs in New York city. He entered HeIIs Kitchen and was on the ladder to fame when an unfortunate affray in 39th street near Tenth avenue, sent him scurry- ing by the unvarntshed car route to Bridgeport Here he soon dominated and cleaning out the saloons and markets by day, held sway in the street He was found worthy and trusted, but his propensity for gam bling often found him broke in spirit and finances. At this time he be- sought aid from one Morano. He was never refused and came to look upon his foreign friend protector and guide.
 Morano has a wife, Lizzie, who long addicted to the habit of snufing the finely ground powder felt gay and happy, but lost that bloom of the cheek and Iustre of the eye which so appealed to her husband. It was de- cided that Lizzie should no longer Init the ing,'-she should no longer on hot su1try nights inha1e the mar cotic which gave her that pleasant sensation of slipping lightly over the ground or go etsleigh-riding" as the cocaine absorbtion is called in the par lance of it's users.
 Yesterday Morano was called away and to Cora Davis in the adjoining room he instructed his wife to be kept away from the Wiles or the -craIty dope distributor. Last night in Billy Hills club there was a dearth of
 money. A happy thought struck one of the 1oungers. He owned a pre- scrfption and that was money, for it can be exchanged for actual coin, usually two dollars. The nearest vic tim was Lizzie, shut up in her room and pining for the drug which in strict obedience to the @edict was de- nied her. Several attempts to com rn1nicate with Lizzie failed and Cora getting worried and Knowing the edict of Morano was law sought the ffBa,by Doll" to enforce the commands. He apparently did as Billy Ha1Iocy, "One- eyed BiI1,'' heard the argurn ent with the Baby Do1I'' over frustrated at tempt to get to Lizzie and g. few min utes later Little Joe'' is alleged by the officers to have put a star up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20
New Haven Parents
 Seek Lost Girl Here

Sixteen-year-old Mary Carson, daughter of James Carson, 79 Eamil- ton street, New Haven, is believed to be in this city. Her parents are dis tracted with grief and The Farmer has been asked to locate her if possi- ble.
 Mary left her home to go to Es1sfE in the Obnork factory, early yesr1s- day morning. She did not report a7a information has been received by the parents that she was last seen in the company of a young man of her ac- quafntance headed for Bridgeport. It is believed that an e1opement tvas in- tended.
 The girl is tall and thin, with black hair and eyes. She wore on leaving the house a black skirt and white sIfrt-waist Information as to her whereab bouts is solicited.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20
on his forehead.

on his forehead.
 The court testimony follows fast. The Baby DoII' walked over to Coras room, took her revolver from a drawer and descending the stairs of Lizzie's apartment opened fire on Little Joe" as he stood in the door way of the Nutmeg Hotel. As the Baby said to Officer Benedettf who immediately disarmed him he lost his hand and cannot kill as quickly as he once did. He fired three shots at his adversary, who fled within the Nut meg, and he nearly winged the pro- prietor, Lucca Marcantonfo At the risk of their lives, Officers Benedettt. Mccarthy, Bray and Kane apprehend- ed the participants and witnesses, making one of the quickest catches ever recorded in police annals here and accomplished the passing of the Baby Do1,'' gunman and protector of his benefactor's wife.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20
LIGHTNING BURNS INN.

BrookfieId, Conn. June 2O.-Light- ming struck one of the barns at Sun set Inn, near, Ha,wIeyvi1le, early this morning and the building was de- gtroyed. Guests at the inning and members of. passing automobile part ies assisted William Laneph, proprte- tor, in saving adjoining buildings. The loss is about S15OO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20
200 TAXI STRIKERS

Buffalo, June 2O.-Two hundred 'taxicab drivers went on strike, at mid night for increases in wages, uni form hours and two days off each month. After the strike order was issued not a, tazicab or baggage truck turned a wheel. The men recently were organized into a union and tried to reach an agreement with the en- ployers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20
SEEK INSTRUCTION FOR
 HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS

Chicago. June 2o.-Instruction in matters of sex for high school pupils was authorized yesterday, by the board of education and Ella FTagg Young, superintendent of schools, and a number of physicians well versed in the problems of hygiene and physio- 1ogy will be secured for lecture course
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20

walking the track. Steve Loskoeki, aged 35, received a broken back, a fractured skull and two broken ribs and died two hours later.
 C.hfcka had both legs anputated and it was believed he would live. He took a sudden turn for the worse this morning, and died at 10:s0 o'clock. An drew Werbue, the third man in the party. disappeared soon after the ae- cident. Chiclxa and LoskosAi were not married.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20
TWO MEN RUN T0 DEATH
 BY NEW BRITAIN TRAIN

New Britain, June 2O-Andrew Chic ka. aged 24 who died at the hospital.
 ktis morning. made the second victim Df an accident near the railroad sta- vtion. last night when a Berlin bound %ratn ran down three men who were
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-20

provements aggregating $35, ,OOO, ,0OO in cIudiug office buildings, the county hospital and 500 apartment houses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-06

2S12 and 2S1O0 acres of land, same. be
ing lot No. 40, a part of Subdivision r..
13. An undivided 1-3 interest in and
70 4IO4 and 80 acres of land, same being
lot No. 40. a part of Subdivision G..
All of the above lots and subdivisions
being particularly described by field
notes III the Judgment hereinabOve re
referred to, and by plats duly recorded
in connection with said judgment and
appearing of record in the Deed Records
of Cameron County, Texas. in Book IL,
Of said Deed Records, on pages 81 to
100 of said Records. to which reference
is hereby made for a more particular de-
scriptiOn of said land.
And on the first day of July AID,
1913. being the first Tuesday Of said
month. between the hours of LII O'Clock
a. m. and 4 o'clock p. M. on the said
day. at the Court House door in said
county. / will offer for sale and sell at
public auction. for cash. all of the right,
title and interest of the said John III.
Brooks in and to said property.
Dated at Brownsville. Texas, this md
day of June. AID, 1913.
G.. T. RYAN,
Sheriff Of Cameron County. Tex.
June 6-1320-27.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-06
NC TROOPS

1t is impossible to get any cOnfirma-
ton Of any boats or men down below
MatamorOs. The soldiers of Troop NJ
patrol this side of the river continually
and they report back to headquarters
every night. The patrol coming in last
night stated that so far as he could see
hear or learn there is no evidence of
any gun boat or other sea-gOing war
vessels or of any men having landed or
being in that vicinity or direction. 1t is
evident that if there was any cOnsirer-
able body of men in that direction from
MatamOrOs these scOuts would be able
to pick up some information regarding
their movements.
The Blanco officers deride the idea that
there could be any number of federals
in that section. They say, Where can
the come FROM" They are simply not
there.
General BlancO is not worried over.
the report and has taken Attic precau-
ton to scout through that territory as
be is assured that he has no enemy to
fear from that part. of the country.
He is maintaining a small scouting
movement back up the river, but has de
tailed very few of his men to this duty.
He has a hundred at Reynosa, but the
rest of the men are with him.
The U. S. has a detachment at Santa
Maria and one at a point near there.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-06
UNDER EXECUTION.

Execution Sale.
The State of Texas,
County Of Cameron.
G., +. Slade, Plaintiff,
John III. Brooks, defendant.
In the District Court Of Jefferson
County, Texas.
Whereas, by virtue of an alias cXecu-
ton issued out of the District Court Of
Jefferson County, Texas. on a judgment
rendered in said court on the fifth day
Of. June, A. ID. 1911. in favor of the
said G.. E. Slade and against the said
John III. Brooks, No. G76 On the Dock
ct of said court. / did, on the second
day Of June, A. d., 1913. at B o'clock
10. M. levy upon the following described
tracts and parcels of land situated III the
k,0unfy of Cameron, State of Texas, and
HTlOnging to the said John II. Brooks.
An of those certain lots. tracts, pieces,
or parcels of land. lying and being stu
ated in the County of Cameron, State of
Texas, and belonging to the said John
III. Brooks.
4 All Of those certain lots. tracts, pieces
mr. parcels of land, lying and being stu
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-06
TO ATTEND FAMILY REUNION.

DR.. and Mrs. George :. Stell. and Mr..
and Mrs. Il. l.. Stell left this morning
for Paris. Texas. their old home. where
they will attend a reunion Of the Stell
family. and to celebrate the SOth birth
day of their father. w w. Stell. There
will be between twenty to thirty men,
bers of the family at the reunion. in
Guiding some who will come from a dis
tance as far away as California.