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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-07
FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN
 CONVENE IN WASHINGTON
CBy Our Staff Correspondent)

Washington, June 6.-The twenty sixth annual convention of the Broth erhood of Locomotive F.1rernen ana Enginemen began 8 three weeks ses- sion in this city on Tuesday.
 Among the 1,200 delegates present there are four from Connecticut James P. Farrell, representing Lodge No. 2S5, of Hartford; Andrew P. Kel- ley, representing Lodge No. 2s4, of New Haven; M- F. Kane, represent ing Lodge Ao. 493, of Danbdry, and A. H. Fink, representing Lodge No. sos, of New London.
 The convention is sitting behind closed doors and is considering the report of a special comm n4ttee on sA working agreement between the Fire mems organization and the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers It is said the report of the committee is in favor of such an agreem ent and that it will be ratified by the convention beore the session closes.
 The delegates called at the White House yesterday and were greeted bS President Wilson.
 Funeral services were held this aft ernoon over the body of Henry c. Bradley, a veteran of the Civil war and for many years clerk in the Pension office in this city. MT. Brad ley was s1 years old and was born as Madison, Conn. When a young man he went West and his war service was in a Minnesota. regiment. 1nterment was at Arlington National cern etery. Va.
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About 100 players took part in the whist held by the Marina baseball club of the Foresters of America last evep- ing.
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DO oYoU

want a furnished room, or a flat, read The Farmer Clas- sified Ads. You I'll find what you want.
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THE WEATHER

Showers tonight; fair, cooler
 tomorrow
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I1lSalduu SHIllCl 10 IL SudpO5 uub -SA4V
Russell-Keating combination is a
strong probability.
Connie Mack is lucky guy. With
a crippled pitching staff, rain saved
him from a battle with the Sox yes
terday, and both Washington and
Cleveland lost.
Al BridWeII, whose aged and lnfirm
legs were considered too weak to
carry him with the New York Giants,
is about the only Cub who is play
ing real baseball. Bird is fielding at
fast clip, and his hitting has been
Unexpectedly heavy. He soaked two
of the six hits the Cubs got yester-
day, and one was a double that scor-
ed half the Cub runs, said half being
one count. BridweH, at the start of
the season, was not considered one
of our noted elouters. Nay, and1again,
neigh, giving the horse laugh. Such
gents as Schultz, CIymer, Tim, Arch
er and Bresnahan were to clout the
celebrated pill to the far corners of
the wel-nown earth. They have
failed to back up the advance stuff.
Punk work between press agent and
performers.
Mike Mitchell is the only outfielder
who is sticking. Lately the ex-Red
has been coming strong, and he is
pulling his batting mark up to re-
spectacle figure after a mediocre
start
The pitching was bad at home, but
two or three we1-pitched games in
the East gave up budding hope that
there might be a real finger conceal
ed in the deadwood. Cheney is the
only dependable guy. The others
flash now and then, and Toney and
Lavender may be able to do their
share in time. But when you have
to back up poor pitching with cIout-
ing to win, and can't get the clouting,
there's only one answer, and it
doesn't take the usual three guesses.
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season he has been putting up list
less game. His hitting has been off
color, and though he has gotten
striking out far too often. He hits
at bad balls. The climax came in
Brooklyn when he apparently desert
ed the team for no reason except
peeve. Evers has got to take this
German in hand and make him be-
have.
With the team slipping badly, it
was further handicapped when Evers
got the gate for three days because
of his run-in with Umpire Orth at
the Polo Grounds. This means the
manager viii not be back until the
second game against the Phillies.
Dooin's men are going to be a hard
club to beat, even with the Cubs at
their full strength, and after them
comes Boston, where. George Stall
Hngs is doing wonders. The outlook
for success during the remainder of
the eastern trip is not rosy from a
Cub standpoint.
Without Birmingham and Lajoie,
Lie 4Nap0 O4dNA anu N144duCC
Yanks pulled down big lead.
Blanding and Ford were hit hard, but
the Nap pitchers passes caused his
downfall. Hal Chase and Joe Jack
son each dubbed three hits. Wolter
and Cree continued their smuggling for
the Yanks.
Boy, page Mr.. Noah! Nick Ait
rock pitched one inning against St.
Louis yesterday and was not scored
on. Nick was the last Of a quartet
of pitchers used by the Nationals.
Cashion gave three passes and a
triple in the first and was excused.
Hamilton was wild but managed to
hold Washington after one disastrous
inning.
Boston chased George MuIIin from
the box in three innings, winning an
other from the Tigers. Yerkes,
- Z. - - y
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THE BAROMETER or THE POST
OFFICE, THE READING OF
WHICH SHOWS WESTERN
CANADA'S GROWTH.

Several of Western Canada news
papers coming to hand during the
last part of the year 1912 contained
items of news such as the following,
speaking of the Christmas work in
the postoffice:
Other years have been heavy and
the employees have had plenty of op-
portunity of learning what it was to
work overtime, but the past has had
nothing equal to the present. Forty
extra men have been employed Tin
Winnipeg), and mail trains have been
run special. The increase in the mail
this year has been due to the enor-
minus influx of people into Western
Canada during the season, and also
the general prosperity which the
prairie provinces have enjoyed. To
the latter cause has been due the
heavy increase in the number of par
cells which have been shipped to the
old country and Eastern Canada
The above extract taken from a
Winnipeg paper gives a fair idea of
the great work that the Canadian
postofices have had all through the
western prairies. During the past
year hundreds Of new postoffices were
established, many of them at remote
points from the railway, but all forced
upon the country on account of the
new settlements chat have taken
place during the year. 1t is said Of
the Canadian government that in it's
immigration and settlement policy
there is nothing left undone to take
care of the people and their welfare,
whether it be in the new town along
a new line of railway or IN the re-
hottest hamlet. This solicitude and
care are not confined to the postof-
flee, but with every branch that has
to do with organizing new districts.
Bridges have been built, roads con-
structed, the district policed, and a
dozen other things have to be done
and are done. Is 1t any wonder that
with the splendid land, the high
yielding land, the land that is free to
the homesteader or open to purchase
at reasonable prices from the railway
and land companies, that the Cana
dian immigration records for 1917
will show arrivals of upwards of
100000, one-half of this being from the
United States. The new literature
being sent out by the immigration
branch at Ottawa, and it's agencies
throughout the United States deals
with many of the new and interesting
features that will mark the work Of
that branch for the year 1913.-Ad-
vertisement.
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Was Above Suspicion of Playing
FaVorites.

Granville Redmond has arrived in
the foremost ranks of CALIFORNIA; ar
lists. Being recognized himself, after
years Of striving, he feels competent
to pass upon the merits OF his contem-
porary artists.
Recently he left picture on exhibit
ton at a San Francisco gallery. In
the course of the week he went to the
place to see how the sale was pro-
crossing.
In company with Morcom, the pic
ture dealer, and a few art students,
he fell to discussing the pictures.
Every artist therein represented fell
under the stroke of his hammer
Keith. Hill, Yard. Judson. Burgdorff.
Short. Best, Peters. Latimer, Hansen
all came in for their share OF cutting
criticism. A word or two at most suf-
feed to finish them. Redmond made
his comments the more substantial by
writing them on the margin OF the cat
aloRue.
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CHAPTER xIil.-lcontInued.l

AS If in confederation of my words.
the three of them, Crandall, Davis and
the constable, returned just at this
moment.
Come. Miss Parrish" said Crandall,
IT think it time / was starting home
with you, if you feel able to travel. l
have run the car up just outside the
cottage. | think we can safely leave
the completion Of our mission to the
Inspector and Mr.. Kent"
Il wish Mr. Kent was coming back
with U.S. said Louise in a sweetly
plaintive tone that made me long to
crafty her wish.
81 need him here said the in
spectdr almost roughly.
And that comes first for all of us"
she said bravely.
] watched the automobile out Of
sight and then turned back into the
cottage, where l found the constable
stretched on the floor, already fast
asleep. Davis, sitting on the floor be-
fore some smoldering logs that had
been placed in a rudely- constructed
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open fireplace, seemed wrapped in
thought and did not even look up when
/ entered.
Nevertheless, seated myself on the
floor beside him and, placing my hand
on his shoulder, ] said once more: :
And now | want to know all about
it,
Shut up he said, savagely shaking
off my hand. Cant you see | want to
think?"
Rebuffed and amazed by his rude
ness, / sprang to my feet, only to get
a new surprise as, in tones as courte-
Gus as his others had been rude, he
said: IF were you, Harding, I'd fol-
low the constable's example and try to
get some sleep. You and / have a
hard day ahead of us tomorrow"
Seeing that he was in no mood to be
questioned, smothered back the many
things | wanted to ask him and
stretched myself on the floor, not to
sleep, but to ponder AS / reviewed
the amazing events Of today, of yester-
day, Of the day before, it, seemed as
if ages and ages-grim, mystifving,
terrifying ages-had passed since that
hour when | left my Office light-,reart-
ed to call on Louise Parrish.
And the morning-the inspector had
said-was to bring hard day for both
Of us.
What new terror could tomorrow
hold?
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rooms, the Ardway address In his note
book, coupled with the fact that Gen
eral Parrish had forbidden him the
house. do not see how you could
help suspecting him."
"I'll admit that on the surface these
things all did look damaging, but
against this was the one important
fact that he was too well-balanced-
too sane, if / might put 1t that way
| quickly learned that he was a repu-
table business man, that he was one
of the governors in two clubs, and you
yourself informed me that Katharine
Parrish had thought highly of him.
No well-balanced man commits crimes
of this sort"
do you mean to tell me- | cried
angrily, that all criminals are in
sane?"
YES" said Davis thoughtfully, "1
mean exactly that. The time will
come when our courts will not be punt
tive but curative Men are criminals
because they can not help it. The
great well-balanced majority of people
see that in the observance of the laws
the community has made for itself
lies the only hope of a happy, regular
life. The unbalanced few, the I'M
healthy product of unfit parents, in
their poor misshapen brains are un-
able to comprehend this. They be-
come the rebels against authority, the
slaves of alcohol and narcotics, like
that poor devil in there. They can
not help themselves It's the fault of
their parents, it's the shape OF their
heads, it's the diseased condition of
their nerves. It's our fault for not TAX
ing the same care in breeding the HUI
man race that we would in breeding
horses or dogs"
"Oh, bosh," said l. Il ask you how
you account for the hypodermic sy-
ringe in Crandall'sa rooms and ! get
a sermon"
Lawyer though you are. retorted
Davis. I'm afraid that you are weak
in logic Having decided that Gran
dali had no criminal connection with
the case, what then? set up the
theory that his connection was exact
ly the same as your own. You were
in love with Louise and were deter
mined to trace the hidden danger that
was threatening her father. He was
in love with Katharine and was try
ing to do the same thing. In fact he
had several weeks the start of you.
Every one of his actions which you
regarded as so suspicious and damna,
tory was perfectly applicable on this
theory"
YES" | grudgingly admitted as
hastily reviewed them in my mind, 81
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Touching the Cardinal.

At the Democratic convention in
Baltimore last summer two of the SER
geants-at-arms were Ohioans. Col John
Bolan of Toledo and Capt. Joseph
Bowling of Dayton. Bolan is the wit
who laid down the maxim that amy
man who parts his hair in the middle
is no Dimmycrat."
When Cardinal Gibbons had finish
ed the opening prayer, be descended
from the rostrum and made his way
toward the door AS he neared the
exit where the two Ohioans were on
guard, Bolan whispered:
Joe, touch him whin he passes
ye."
"All right, colonel" replied Bowling,
with an inocent air. What pocket
aas he got it in?"-Popular Maya
line
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SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house In
great excitement over the attempted SUI
eide of her sister Katharine. Kent starts
ar investigation and finds that hugh
Crandall, sutton for Katharine VINO nao
been forbidden the house by General Far
IRISH. had talked with Katharine over tne
telephone just before she shot hersei.
A torn piece of yellow paper is found,
at sight of which General Parrish IS
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crandall has left town hurriediy
Andrew Elser, an aged banker, commits
suicide about the same time as katnarine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is
found in Elsers room. Post Oince III, In,
SpectOr Davis, KentS friend, taxes up
the. case. Kent is convinced that cram
dali is at the bottom of the mystery.
katharine's strange cutlery p GzZhtesC cave tine
dalps room and find an address: Lock
Box II, Ardway, N. J. Kent goes to Ard
way to investigate and becomes suspi-
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel. A
yellow letter also figures in this case
Kent calls Louise ON the long distance
telephone and finds that she had just been
called by Crandall from the same booth
Cook" disappears. The Ardway post
master is missing. Inspector Davis ar
LEGATION. He discovers that TIE dead
woman is Sarah Sacket of Bridgeport
Louise telephones Kent imploring him to
drop drop the Investigation Kent t returns fro to
Louise. He finds the body Of a woman In
Central Park and more yellow letters.
He sees Crandall whom he recognizes as
Cook" enter the Parrish home. Louise
again implores Kent to drop the 1nvestl-
cation and refuses to give any explana-
ton. Later Kent sees Crandall and Louise
in an automobile. Kent returns to Ard
way. Davis announces that he has
planned to arrest the missing postmaster
and also the master criminal. While seek
ing the criminals Kent comes across
Louise and Crandall. Pursued by Davis
the postmaster jumps off a precipice and
is killed Aleck Young, the master Grim
;na1, is found in a hut in a morphine
stupor Louise tells Kent that she and
Crandali had come to get papers from
Young which gave him strange hold
over General Parrish
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A Plausible Story.

Lady--Why are you wandering
around the country, should like TO
know. instead of staying at home and
taking care of your family?
Tramp-YOu see. mum, my wife had
very good servant girl-a regular
jewel, mum.
That doesn't seem possible.
There never was but one perfect
girl, and my wife had her, num-
Mercy! What a lucky woman!"
Yes. mum, so my wife often said.
But, you see, num- the girl diln't
like me-"
she didn't?"
mo, mum. She said my wife would
have to discharge her or me, SO she
discharged me-"
"Oh, see. Here's some money
New York Weekly.
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LET GOOD CHANCE GO BY
Buffers Had Perfect Right to BE Mad.
Considering the Extremely I'm
fortunate Circumstances.

Buffers bounced into the club,
damned his hat down on table with
a fierce, resounding bang, and flung
himself into an easy chair.
What's wrong today, Buffers?
You look bad"
I'll never forgive myself. kicked
man out of my house last night"
"Humph! I've kicked out many
one. Young fellow, I suppose"
mo; past middle age"
Well, these old dodgers have no
business to be coming round counting
young girls. / would have kicked him
out myself
Yves, but I have found out since
that this man wasn't counting my
daughter He was after my mother
in-law."
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suppose they could all be explained
in that way"
"The question then came to me-"
continued Davis, "how could CraDdall
have known of the hidden danger
that threatened General Parrish? 1t
was highly improbable that the gen
eral would confide thing of this sort,
either to his daughter or to her fan
&c. He must have come on it in some
other way | judged that when he
revealed his knowledge to the general,
the latter, in fear that his daughter
might learn what he had been trying
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to keep from her, in rage ordere;
Crandall from the house.
"The only logical way for Crandali
to be restored to favor was for him
to clear up the mystery that was men
acing the general. AS he had been at
work on It for some time, / felt sure
that in his rooms we would find a clue
to the address of the persons we were
seeking | was confident, too, that at
fairs were approaching crisis. Gram
dali apparently had taken Katharine
into his confidence. 1t looked as il
some plan they might have made had
failed and that this failure had driven
Katharine to despair. With the lock
box in Ardway az a clue, with the LETT
handed stamp as evidence and with
Crandall's movements to watch. felt
certain that we could quickly solve
the whole mystery"
But how about the morphine sy'
ringe?" | asked again.
81 hardly gave 1t a second thought.
For all | knew, it may have come there
by accident, yet Crandall quickly ex-
planned it's presence In the talk that
| have just had with him. He Kept
this chap, Young, there i'll his rooms
for Two weeks, trying to worm out OF
him the secret with which Young had
been trying to blackmail the old gen
eral. When Young disappeared he
left the syringe behind him"
so" | exclaimed in excitement,
"the mystery OF the yellow letter wac
a Matchmaking: plot against General
Parrish"
mo" said Davis, 81 don't think the
Parrish case had anything to do With
the other chain OF suicides, unless Ii
was that both devilish plots originated
in the drug-fevered, malevOlent brain
of the poor fellow in yonder. II is
true that General Parrish got yellow
letters. Once week for months and
months he has found one in his mail,
each more threatening, more menacing
than its predecessors He has for
long. long time been living in daily
dread that the anonymous writer or
these letters might at any moment
carry out his threats and expose him
to public shame, and disgrace him in
the eyes of his beloved daughters"
But how did you learn all this?" |
asked.
Young boosted TO Crandall about
the weekly letters. So sure did he
feel that General Parrish would not
dare openly to prosecute him that with
fiendish malignity he took delight IN
retailing to Crandall the dread-inspir-
ing phrases he had employed and in
dilating on the terror they undoubted-
" were causing the general. 1t is
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small wonder that the sight of you
and Louise examining the. scrap of one
of the yellow letters, coming as it did
right on top of Katharine's desperate
act, brought on stroke of paralysis. .
Poor old man." | said, how he
must have suffered
Far more than we can imagine, y
said Davis. Il do not think any one
but 4 half-crazed drug tiend, either,
could have conceived such refinement
of torture as of always using the same
peculiar yellow stationery
(TO BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Inspector Explains

Thump, thump, thump!
/ had not thought slumber possible
for me, and yet must have slept. My
bewildered senses, dazed by sudden
recall to activity, took subconscious
cognizance of a regular. persistent
pounding and eventually succeeded in
stirring me to attention. | suddenly
sat UP and looked about me. | found
myself in the deserted cottage, the
drug slave still motionless on his couch
and the logs still smoldering in the
tir@Glace.
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Severe On His Own Work

And this" said Morcom. pointing
mond, what do you think of this?'
Redmond was game.
He seized his paper and. quick as
q fash, wrote down his criticism:
Damned rotten
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Swat Indirect

Mandy--What fob 20 ben goin' to
de postofflce SO regular? Are yo' cor
respondin' wifi some other female?"
Rastus-"Nope; but since ah been a.
readin' in de papers bout desc con-
science funds ah kind of thought all
might possibly git lettah from dat
ministah what married us."-Life.
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Solved.

Twelve persons for dinner. Aren't
you crazy?"
I'VE might invite thirteenth; that
would perhaps take away their ape
tie
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Usual Results.

Did the girls get hint of our se
Kret?"
"YsS-with telling effect"
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Partial Success.

do you believe in those faith
tures?"
"Oh. have known some that cured
faith in them"
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rr. Pgerce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and
ingigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar
coated, tiny granules, easy TO take. Do nos
grippe. Adv.
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its Popularity.

What public board is most in IA
vor in a municipality
81 rather think it is the festive
board?"
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamrna'
tion, alays pain, cures wind collie CSC botte.A ADV
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Certainly.

Miss Gusher-Tell. me Mr.. Boerd,
do you believe in big weddings or lit
tie ones?
Mr. -Well-er-er-as for that,
my dear lady, should say that the
former were quite essential to the lat
ter.-Dartmouth Jack O. Lanterns
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BUSINESS MEN MEET
FRIDAY TO PLAN FUND
FOR INAUGURAL TRIP

To plan the details of a whirlwind
campaign to raise the $4,000 necessary
TO send the Fifth regiment to the in
augural committee of % business
men will meet in the Chamber of Com
ineFce quarters Friday morning.
The members of the committee
chosen to handle the fund raising cam
paign are Colonel w. L. Peel, Colonel
L. j. Daniel, Wilmer l. Moore, General
Clifford /. Anderson. Forrest Adair, J.
w. Morris, Sr., Albert S Adams, Peter
F. Clarke, r. S. Vessels, Captain Rolf
Sims Major John S. Cohen, Edward T
Brown, Colonel Asa G. Gambler. Cap
tain George NJ. Hope, General A. ]
West, Colonel John S. Gambler, Colone
j. r. Burke, p. S. Albright, Colone
Walter p. Andrews. Colonel Edgar T
Pomeroy Major ]. T. Catron, Captain
Oscar Palmeur, Captain f. NJ. Cochran
Captain Charles A. Stokes, Capital.
Harrison Jones and David Marlborough