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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-27
COTTON.

New York Cotton. Close.
New York Nov. 27.-Spot cotton, quiet;
middilng uplands, 7.75; no sales.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-27

LEVIN FIGHT DRAW.
New York, Nov. 27.-Tom McCarty, Of
Lewiston, Mont, fought a hard and fast
10 round draw with Battling Leyinsky,
local heavyweight, in Brooklyn
Thursday. McCarty weighed $50 pounds
and Levinsky scaled five pounds less.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-27

Athey cIoth-Iined weather strip keeps
out the cold. Rathbun-MiX CO.-Ady.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-27

FRENCH STOCK EXCHANGE
IS TO OPEN DECEMBER
Paris. France. Nov. 27.-The minister
of finance and a syndicate Of French
brokers have agreed upon Dec as the
date for the reOpening of the French
stock exchange for cash transactions.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-27
sONC ROOKs ARE HERE.

Another supply OF "SOngs That Never
Grow Ola Those who called too late
to get their copies in October may now
be supplied. This will be the last lot
available. Readers who have secured
the book are enthusiastic, and many
copies are being reserved for Christmas
gifts advertisement
Why NOts
Mexican Handmade Drawnwork for
Xmas presents, at
Reach's Art Shop,
4OS Sal, Francisco St-AdveTtisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-27
SHARP DECLINES
FEATURE WHEAT
Corn Also Falls; Oats Fol
low Trend, but Are Not
Heavily Unloaded.

NOTE - Quotations reflect closing price
Friday, November %.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-27
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) Sal, Francisco st.-Advertisement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
THE FUTURE OF DECORATION DAY

THE SPIRIT of Decoration day exercises.
 held May 80 throughout the Northern states in honor of the heroic dead, has vastly changed of recent years. Once there was the glamor of crowds, a sta1wart parade of former soldiers, and enthusiastic gatherings of citizen ship.
 The depletion of the ranks of the veterans by death gives each recurring Decoration day a deeper note Of sadness. The spirit of sec tional triumph and bitterness has gone, for which all are thankful But in the place of the sturdy marchers of 20 years ago, there is but a fragment left, who usually proceed to the ceme- teries in carriages and automobiles.
 The surviving soldiers urgently entreat their townspeople to give these scoTnmemhora- tive exercises the support of dignified assem- blaze But too often the veterans seem to have passed from the center of the stage. The younger generation know of their deeds only through dull history books. Ball games and outdoor life draw the crowds while these patri- otic services are commonly not well attended. Similarly the observance of the various Me- moriaI days of the southern states takes on a deeper note of pathos each year.
 All who admire the heroism shown in the Civil war will wish to see the exercises in hon or of the Blue and the Gray continued after the there will be few or none who feel directly re- sponsible for carrying on this work.
 E Many Of those few will be affiliated with the Sons of Veterans, and they may be expected to devotedly seek the perpetuation of the va1or and services of their ancestors.I
 Tn some towns, various churches and so- oieties have already organized to observe this occasion, in place of the veterans who have gone Graves of federal and confederate dead alike are decorated. Honor is done to all who made these sacrifices of the past and a similar spirit of self devotion in future is urged Ger tainIy Decoration day should not be suffered to lapse as the two armies depart on their long journey, and there need to be some observ- ances other than those at the ball park
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
RELUCTANT MIR. ROCKEFELLER.
KyILLIAM ROCKEFELLER wants to be WV left alone. He thinks it is time

XKT ILLLAM ROCKEFELLER wants to be WV left alone. He thinks it is time prosecutions of business men came to end. ' He doesn't propose to testify before the Inter state Commerce Commission unless he has to. He thinks boolxkeepers and auditors and those who know something about how the road was run should be called instead of himself.
 There you have the attitude of a man who has been greatly enriched by the privilege of living in the United States, and under the pro- lection of it's government. He flouts the laws of the land, regards himself as 8 person too su= perior to answer to the whole of society and takes the attitude of 8 spoiled child
 What he says carries lesson. Mir. Rocke- sfeller probably does know very little of how the New Haven company was run, though he was a direcdor He got his, and that maybe is all he knows
 The argument for national ownership of railroads is strengthened. Itsis not the costly directors, some dummies and some thieves, who run the railroads of America II is a large number of able, honest Conscientious men who work for moderate pay, and who would do bet ter work under an honest government than they do under the direction of thieving finan- ciers and the representatives of such financiefs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
THE GREAT CHARTER.

srF-IIE FRS STEP toward English constitu-
 -k tional freedom was the Magma Gharta, which the beginning and the basis of those liberties now enjoyed by Englishmen and Eng lish-speaking peoples throughout the globe. King John who granted the "great. charter much against his will, was crowned king of England on May 27, in 1i99, at the age of thirty three. Among both nobles and commoners he soon became the object of almost universal con- tempt and hatred and the barons determined to limit his powers. Though eensured and condemned by the Pope, the barons assembled in arms at Oxford in 1915, and imm ediately pro- ceeded to warlike operations. King John, in tiInidated and Frightened, consented to what ever terms the rebellious barons chose to s1ic-s tate. The seventh centenary of that historic meeting between John and the barons at RunnY- mede when the Magma Gharta was presented and accepted by the monarch, will be celebrated next year. The fundamental parts of the great charter were derived from earlier Saxon char ters. The document not only protected the no- bIes against the crown, but secured important privileges for every class of freemen John raised an army of nercenaries to make war on the nobles and overthrow the charter but be- fore the conflict was decided he died in Newark in 1916.
 This charter is the basis of the constitution of the United States, and furnishes the funda- mental rights guaranteed by the charters of the several states 1t provided the liberty of France, and has influenced the laws of all free nations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL.

D RIDGEPORT IS investing more than 8 mil ID lion dollars in high school, half for bricks and mortar, and half for interest on bor- rowed money. Under these conditions Bridge port is entitled to the best, and should get the best regardless of the feelings and pocketbooks of contractors.
 The Board of Education should hold the architect to strict accountability for the quality of the work, and he in turn must see that the public will keep a watchfuI eye on the job, and will pass it's Judgment when the work is done.
 The work up to this time has not progress ed in a satisfying manner. It is to be hoped the future may show better results.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
FESTIVAL OF VENERABLE BEDE,
 THE FIRST ENGLISH HISTORIAN
I N THE CALENDARS Of both the Roman

1 N THE CALENDARS of both the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches today, the twenty-seventh of May, is the festival of the Venerable Bede, the first English historian. the greatest figure in ancient English literature, was a native of Monkwearmouth, Durham, and was born about the year 673- At six he was left orphan, and was intrusted to the care of St Benedict Biscop, and educated in the Bene-s dictine Abbey of his native village Later he entered the monastery at Jarrow, where he trained hundreds of scholars, and began those. literary labors which were to win for him a permanent place in the world of letters.
 Bede was student of every branch of science and literature then known, and familiar with Latin, Hebrew and Greek. His industry was enormous and, in the intervals of performing lis duties as a priest, he wrote biographs Of saints, pious homilies, epgrams, hymns, and works on history, grammar and chronology.
 The great work which made him the Her pdofus of England was his Ecclesiastical His tory of England in five volumes, gleaned from native chronicles and oral tradition. This work. was translated from the original Latin into An elp-Saxon by King Alfred. The first printed editions were issued from Strasburg in the if teenth century.
 Tn the treatise which he compiled for his students and which is still extant, Bede brought together a veritable encyclopedia of inforna- ton and religious and secular knowledge, com prising about everything the world then knew of history, chronology, physics music, philos- prIy, theology, poetry, mathematics and medi-. cine. His commentaries the scriptures are still in use by the Catholic church, although about twelve centuries have passed since they were written
 Tn his latter years the Saint suffered much from illness and lack of appreciation of his ef- forts When he died, in 735, he was engaged ln fransIafine the gospel of St. John from the Greek By sheer will power he held himself to the task, and on Ascension Day he saw 1t completed Tn the evening one of his boy stu dents said, Bede laid down his pen, Master there is yet one sentence unwritten." Write ff quickly, then' said the Saint, and the youth wrote ssConsummatum est' "Goodl thou hast said the truth remarked the father of English history, and then reclined upon the cold, bare floor of his cell and died.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
EDITORIAL NOTES

June 14 is flag day. It is generally felt that everybody else should hang out flag.
 After a summer hotel man gets his dance hall built he can then see to providing dining room.
 It is frequently less expensiveSto get next, to the man who has automobile, than it is to buy one of your own
 Is there any connection between the con tinued hot spell and the testimony Of Charles Sanger Mellen at Washington? Undoubtedly MT. Me1lens revelations causing than one ma1efactor tossweat around the collar.
 At least Mr. Morgan didn't burn the books through with them. Our own Billiard and Oakley" Thorne are the champion little ineen- diaries in this line.
 What kind of an ailment is it that this man Rockefeller is subject to that manages to inter fere with his pleasures only when Uncle Sam feels that his presence is necessary for the pur- pose of shedding illumination upon very in teresting question affecting the morals of some of our very best citizens.
 According to one of our oldest and most re- spected Irish settlers yesterdays blow that dug out great arms from trunks of giant trees and hurled chimneys from roofs in some places was no more to be compared to the Big Windss in Ireland than the first breath of new born babe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Great Lakes Navigation.

The first steamboat on Lake Erie, the ssWalkg- fn-the Water was launched at Black Rock, a short dis tance below Buffalo, ninaty-six years ago to-day, May 2s. 1913. She made her maiden voyage, from Buffalo to Detroit, in the following August. The first steam craft on the Great Lakes was the Frontenac, which was launch ed in 1916 on Lake Ontario. The Frontenac, built by Canadians at a cost of: $75,000,s was for many years the most magnificent and pa1atial of Great Lake steamboats. Steam nav igatdon on American rivers had com menced some years earlier. In 1907 Robert F'ulton's steamboat the C1er- mont, made a. trip Aons the Hudson from New York to Albany. In 1911 the first steam vessel onzthe Ohio and the Mississippi made its maiden voy- age from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. The same year John Mo1son built the first steamboat on the St. Lawrence, which piled between Montreal and Quebec. The year which witnessed the beginning of steam navigation on Lake Erie also saw the passage of the Atlantic by the Rising Sun, a steamer built by Lord Cochrane. and in 1919 an American-but1t steamship, the Savannah, of 3so tons. sailed from New York to Savannah. and thence to Liverpool. and St. Petersburg.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28

June 14 is flag day. It is generally felt that else should hang out flag
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28

income than the earnings of their muse usually wear a, s1ean and hun gry look,'' but Thomas Augustine Da- ly, although he has practiced the pro- fession of poesy for many years, does not have the appearance of one who is suffering from under-nutrition. ''T. A." was born in Philadelphia forty three years ago to-day. His father and mother were Irish and he is Irish too, and also a Catholic and Dimmy- crat MT. Daily ranks among the most prosperous of modern Ameri- can bards, and it Is unlikely that he would swap incomes with any of them. although Walt Mason might give him a run for his money. MT. Daily also adds to his income by giv- ing humorous lectures and readings from his books. He has made nu- merous tours all over America, and always plays to large and apprecia- tive audiences. His recitations of his verses always bring down the house."
 MT. Daly was educated in the pub lie schools of his native city, and at ViIlanova College, and Fordham University. He remained at the lat his sophomore year, but Fordham la ter conferred the honorary M. A. de- gree upon her distinguished son.
 When the future bard left college at eighteen to face the cruel, heart less world, he got a. job as a clerk, saic tasks incident to this situation that he began to cultivate an ac- Quafntance with the muse. At twen- ty he became a reporter on a Phila- delphia newspaper. and during jour- naIistic service of seven years rose to the rank of editorial writer. In 1898 he was made general manager of the Catholic Standard and Times, and 1t was in the columns of that pnbIica.- ton that he published the first of those dialect verses which were to make him famous throughout the world. Newspapers throughout the English speaking world copied his poems and the name of Daly became
 ito put it in an original way--a household word. z
 first volume of verse, entitled Can zoni.,' and in the same year his col leagues Of the press elevated him pres ident of the American Press Humor- ists. It WAS at about this time. too, that the poet discovered that golden titles were to be accumulated by in cursions on the lecture platform.
 Another volume of verse, ~Car- nina was published in 1909, and this was followed by ssATadrigal'' and Little Pollys Pomes.' Tn the fol- lowing verse MT. Daly gives the Ital- ian peddler,s conception of govern ment:
 ssDa gover mant eet walk eets beat
 Fen uniforma. blue.
 For keep an eye upon da street
 An watcha. wat you do.
 An eef eet think you mak' so xnooch
 You soon weel own da town. Eet talk fanan peanut an. sooch sf
 For keep da profit down.
 MT. Daily is among the most gifted of Americas modern Parnassians, and 1t is tribute to the good taste and appreciationo Of his countrymen that he is not compelled to waste any of his time and talents by worry over ways and means to keep the deshpots filled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
Cf)e Dm! Read e
 EseG6kiskad4 A3Y *w
The Store will De open Friday Evening
 until nine o'clock.
 Closed Saturday, Memorial Day.

Friday will be day for special discounts Porch Furniture Deliveries will be made of late purehases. Friday day for the special Cottage China Sets and the clearance of Dinnerware. Friday will be the last day for the Special Sale of Crepe Meteor at the Silk Section.
 A Friday of Good Luat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
59 cts, $1.O0 and $1.25. it at the Cotton Dress C
Washable Chevrette Gloves

An Imported White Chevrette Glove of high slalify When one fasdious meets another woman a. friend and says, aOh, what lovely Gloves and the friend replies indifferently My dea their secopd son and they have been washed many times" then is time to enquire the make of Gloves.
 These White Chevfettes are 12buttoh, the regulation length, and snowy white suede which washes perfectly and each time like new, because the Glove made of fine chevrette and perfectly shaped
 They are $500 pait. Hss
 That is rue little expensive than the otdnary. washable kid glove, but it paysl word the woman. Ask about them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
A Union Suit for Hot NNeatf1er

Low necked and sleeveless with plain neat cuff at the knee, lace trimmed if prefers One re- liable manufacturers took superior quality flight yarn and had thin and sheer garments up the sizes unusually full Both regular and extra sizes
 so cts, sizes to g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28

Representative Edwin Y Webb, Democrat, of North Carolina, was lchosen chairman of the House judi ciary committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-28
Embroidered Cotton Crepes, For Waists and Fashionable Tuni

White grounds in this lovely weave which have been lightly sprinked with embroidered figures small forets pink and green charming material for collars tuncs and rufes plain white crepe for separate waists The designs may be had in black white who desire it, and is altogether fetching conlbina- ton
 59 cts, $1.O0 and $1.25.
 Ask to see it at the Cotton Dress Goods seett9n main floor.
Middletown transcript., 1914-06-27
REVIVE HOPE
FOR SUCCESS
The Mediation Conference to
Continue.
VILLA REVOLT AS AN AID
DR.. Naon Predicts Negotiations Will
Be Continued Two Weeks-The
Friction Between carranza
and Villa.

Niagara Falls, Ont.-Instead Of ad-
journing abruptly Saturday as had
been expected. the mediation proceed
ings will be prolonged for another
week.
The change was brought about as
a result of the visit of Minister Naon,
Of Argentina, to Washington, where he
conferred with President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan. DR.. Naon brought
back a spirit Of optimism and some
new ideas which he impaired to Am
bassador da Cana of Brazil and Minis
ter Suarez Of Chile.
The determination which seems to
have been reached is to keep the
mediation board from formal adjourn
ment, though there may be recess in
another week or SO, while the search
is continued for persons eligible for
provisional president, according to the
ideas set forth in the conferences.
Although no definite plan has been
framed by the mediators and the
American and Huerta delegates we're
unaware of the program except in a
general way, all parties expressed
wish to prolong the negotiations and
make renewed efforts to effect COM
promise.
The Rebel Friction.
There is every reason to believe
that the friction between Carranza
and Villa and the report that General
Huerta intended to retire in favor of
Pedro Lascurain before the proceed
ings reached a conclusion affected the
mediators in their decision. The pos
sibility of developments on Mexican
soil in the immediate future, which
might change the entire aspect Of the
problem here, has been taken into con-
sideration by the three South Ameri-
can diplomats.
The suggestion that the mediators
waive for the time being the question
of personnel and make an effort to
agree on all the other parts of the
peace program is much in favor. After
it is complete the discussion would
revert to the names for the provisional
presidency. If no agreement were
reached all members of the mediation
colony would delight in a short recess
while the search for names was con-
tinued by the American and Mexican
delegates and the mediators attended
to their private business.
Middletown transcript., 1914-06-27
MAN DEVOURED
BY FIVE LIONS
Body Torn to Shreds by the
SnarIing Beasts.
HAD GONE IN TO FEED THEM
E. D. Dietrich, Aged 26, Of Brooklyn,
N. Y, the Victlm-Tragedy
Happens In the Heart
OF Chicago.

Chicago. D. Dietrich, aged
26, graduate of Cornell University,
whose home was at 8442 Bay Park,
Brooklyn, was torn to shreds and prac-
tically eaten alive by five or six lions,
whose cage he had entered for the pur-
pose Of feeding them.
There were 10 lions in the freight
car, located on a sidetrack at Sixteenth
street and Indiana avenue, in the heart
Of the city, During the excitement
thousands of people returning from a
days outing were thrown into q con-
dition of panic by information that
some of the lions had escaped and
were being pursued by rife squads
from all the nearby police stations and
the Union Stock Yards.
Notwithstanding the peril, immense
crowds surrounded the scene Of the
tragedy until driven to safety by the
police, who had been hastily sum-
moned from every direction.
While Dietrich was making his brief
and losing fight for life in the teeth
and claws of the ferocious beasts, five
lion cubs, each about the size Of a
young bear or wolf hound, leaped from
the car and tried to slip away. George
McCord, keeper of the animals, realiz-
ing the peril to the crowds on every
side, devoted all his energy to rounding
them up and returning them to the car,
which was accomplished without any
tragedy.
The ten lions are the property Of
Nine. Adzie Castillo, who is to open an
engagement in a local theater in July.
Dietrich, who has been living at the
Morrison Hotel and who was connect
ed with the show, went to the car in
which the animals had been brought to
Chicago to feed them. This was short
ly before 5 o'clock. Keeper McCord,
who witnessed the tragedy, said:
Story OF Keeper.
Dietrich went into the den where
the six big lions are kept and I fol-
lowed him. Teddy the leader in the
attack upon Dietrich, started to play
with him and he ordered the beast to
lie down. Four of the lions were
facing him at the time, including
Teddy. Almost Immediately Teddy
skunk around behind Dietrich and in a
second was on his back, tearing and
clawing him frightfully. The others,
Brutus, Nellie, JEFF and Mutt then
joined in and what followed was awful,
awful,
1t REQUIRED an hours time and con-
slant battling with the lions to re-
cover the remnants of Dietrich's body.
Great quantities of formaldehyde were
shot into the cage, and the lions were
gradually forced into a corner. A
leather belt was the only article Of
clothing left upon the remains. Even
the shoes were torn of.