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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30

other theatres and productions. From a dollar and a quarter the price of good seats at high class attractlons was raised to dollar-fifty and two dollars, and even the latter tariff is far from being the maximum when the tickets fall into the hands of spec ulators-as tickets. sometimes do.
 MT. Crane, in celebrating his theat- rica1 golden jubilee last year attrib- nted his youthful spirits and good health to his annual trip to Carlsbad and his habit of walking ten miles when the weather is favorable. Bil- ,,ards is his favorite indoor pastime. and he is an expert at the game
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
The Human Procession

:. nen not engaged Tn revolution the country was long usually involved I. war with it's neighbors. In 1895 Nicaragua joined with Honduras and Salvador in a treaty providing for a union of the three republics under the name of the "Greater Republic 5f Central America" but this movement toward confederation of the states was not of long duration Each of the states was to appoint two repre- sentatives to a, Diet empowered to set tie all questions which might arise touching the interests of the three ra- tions. A dozen years later, however, Nicaragua was merri1y at war with her former allies. Honduras and Sal vador, over boundary and other dis putes, and achieved notable victories. Under the Nicaraguan constitution the legislative power is vested in a ons;- chamber National Assembly, and the executive authority is vested in a President. elected for six years, as- sisted by a cabinet of i've members. Every citizen years or over is oblig- ed by law to vote. and failure to cast a ballot without good reason for ab- sence from the polls is punishable by line or Imprisonment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
HOW THE NEW HAVEN
 SYSTEM WAS LOOTED
-T1HE. TEsTIMoNY af .oaIsleieh Th

gT~EEs TESTIMONY of Oakleigh Thorne E.
 1 L. Field and H. V. Whipple, relative to the proceedings of the Billiard Company. throw interesting sidelight upon the ruin of the New Haven Company, and upon politics and government in Connecticut. Thorne is Of the wolf stripe Of financier. Whipple and Field are number kind Oakleigh handled some $f2,0OO,O00 of cash, furnished by the stockholders of the New Haven company got ten per cent for doing it. and nobody knows how much more.
 His testimony failed to account for the money. The books had been burned, and he could remember nothing The burning Of the books amounts to confession. There is no other reasonable view of the situation.
 Thorne' $ testinony involves many others. Fourteenth street, Me1len, and the directors of the New Haven, whom Mellen consulted before he entered into the Westchester transactions. There are letters from Melleh to Thorne, and from Thorne to Mellen, which said that Four Iteenth street must be ssseen. 7. U assr s-sss ssks
 These letters are of the same Import and Icarry the same conviction as the testimony of Ed Robbins, before the Interstate Commerce Commission, when it sat, by committee, in Bos- ton Robbins had $IOO,O0O of the stockholders money, which he used so successfully in Con- tnecticut, that the General Assembly voted un- animously for what he wanted. MT. Whipple was a dummy. Sam Warehouse, as we'll known las Robbins, and for the same sort Of thing, ask led Nhipple to be treasurer of the Billiard Com pany. Whipple never knew anything about the company, and does not know anything about it now. He was dummy.
 = Field consented to serve as president of the company because Morehouse asked him, and he was a dummy.
 But none of these gentlemen were quite so .sdumb" the stockholders of the New Haven Company who placidly supported horde of wicked and impudent financiers, lobbyists, and lcorrupt politicians and paid them well to steal lfronl-wIlo2 From who but the stockholders l of the New Haven. The 1fs0O0 women stockholders who suf- lfered by these transactions and the children were innocent parties to these things. But among the men who owned stock in this com l lpany there must have been some able to tell a thief from an honest man. Since these made no oufefy,t must be presumed they believed the stealing not done from them, but for them.
 It is time somebody went to jail, not to |avenge New Haven stockholders, but b ' way sof a salute Of reparation to the flag of an out lraged commonwealth,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
COOPERATION BETWEEN
 CITY AND COUNTRY
CORRESPONDENTS writes Io ask a if there

A CORRESPONDENTS writes to ask if there "A ought not to be closer co-operation between the city and the country. He speaks particularly Of the constant tendency among people living in cities and towns to ridicule the dwelIers in the rural outskirts as ssReubens.''8
 One of the asurest ways to raise laugh at "a theatre is to work off a joke on some outlyi village. This is symptomatie of a contempt of country life felt by many people living in the larger towns
 The townsman pays his price for this sen- timent. He is having to-day to pay high prices for his meat and his eggs and his corn partly because there are not enough people engaged in farming. One reason why so few people are farming that the calling has been discredited Country people have been held up as a laughing stock in every comic newspaper. The farmers boys and girls dislike to follow an occupation that is commonly treated as rustic and absurd Hence many vacant acres where there should Ibe growing grain and gardens to feed the peo- pie.
 There ought to be the closest cooperation between every large town and the outlying country. The centers of population should con- tribute willingly for good schools and good roads for the country People will not live on the farms willingly unless they have these and oth- , I CT essentials of modern civilization. On the other hand the farm people make a mistake to be jealous of orshostile toward their urban neighbors The nearby town is the sure and profitable market for their products. When they send money away to distant mail order houses they strike blow at the town that buys their own products The distant mail order never uses any offtheir bacon or grain or vege- tables.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
EDITORIAL NOTES

On wornan,s Independence day, if celebrated as pro- posed May 2 some valuable preliminary practice on minding baby.
 
 ordinary assault and battery they going to attract interest to 9 real battle and it is be few threads at visible here nd there. Es3s @a=5 Although Fall street f. nervous over the trouble with of the brokers has yet taken lombard me insurance
 Big rush to recruiting Fifteen dollars a month s but ar attractive hunters license w thrown n <s s% s$ * 5ss
 The editors who thirsting Ndexicos blood preparing for deeds of valor new typewriter ribbons
 circles when people join the eean.tp IneiRhborhood.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
MEXICAN DIGNITY.
TRAVELLERS say that an i'm poverished de-

 l scendant of wealthy Mexican family is always glad to earn meager pittance3 as a clerk in a dry goods store. His shabby. frock coat and silk hat enable him to keep up an air of decadent grandeur, and he need not soil his cuffs He can still maintain an acquaint- arlce with the senoritas of the upper classes to. whom he sells silks.
 Never could he do anything so unconven- tional as to go out in the rough clothes of the farmer, winning comfortable living from the rich soil.
 Dignity is the skey-1ute of upper class life It has much to dowith the break with our peo- pie The high class Mexican is 8 modern Don Ouizote. He revels in high sounding phrases, abstrl1se conversation, and grandiloquent fig ures of speech Business dealings are carried on with many antecedent fiourishes and prelin- mary formalities.
 The sharp demand of the American admiral that the United States flag be saluted at cer- tain day and hour shocked all this elaborate stage play Very likely they would have been willing to give salute, could they have had several months to lay out scenario of forms and ceremonies
 To the Mexican, the Hgringos'' are rough and coarse boors from the Northland. The pro- ceedines at Tampico and Vera Cruz shatter all their fabric of conventionality.
 8 Every other well dressed, educated man you meet on street in Mexico City is called Doctor of science, philosophy, or letters. The alter nate ones are largely generals.
 All this seems Iike sarce-comedy to the bus fness-lilze simple -mannered ras-er aDrupt American. He has little use for mere time -klll- ing motions. He prefers action to ceremony. Tn any reconstruction of the Mexican life that the United States may attempt, it must deal tact- fully with these national tendencies They can not be eradicated.
 Let's hope the United States at v1kazacos City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
ENICARAGIJA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Nicaragua, largest or the six states of Central America, will celebrate to- day the seventy sixth anniversary of it's declaration of independence from its neighbors and it's withdrawal from the Central American Federation This action on the part of Nicaragua was the beginning of the end of the first union between the little coun- tries which occupy the southern part of the North American continent. In 1s42 Nicaragua Joined with Guatema- Ia, Honduras and Salvador in another union. but this lasted only about three years, and since then the yellow belly repubiics.'s as they are irreverentIy aIld unjustly called by some of the sYanki'' residents, have shifted for themselves. On the principle that in union there is sfrength and stabil- .ity-the United States government has often diplomaticaliS hinted at the for nation of a new confederation, but such schemes have aroused little en thusiasrn among the Central Aner1- ! cans. The people of the various coun- tries are intensely jealous of each oth- CT, and so long as they maintain this attitude there is little hope of a per-
 nanent confederation. There is only one day of the year when the Central Americans are united in spirit. and that is the fifteenth of September. the anniversary of the throwing off of the kspanish yoke in 1921.
 Nicaragua was discovered by Co., Iunbus on his fourth and last voyage in 1902. Tn exploring the coast Of Central America he was driven by a
 storm to take shelter where the coast line turns abruptly from west to
 south. This haven of refuge from
 the fury of the sea Columbus called Cape Graeias Dfos meaning Thanks to God..' and it has retained the name ever since Later Columbus landed
 at the mouth Of the Rama and claim ed Nicaragua fer the Spanish King. A few years later an adventurer named
 Gonzalez explored the interior and discovered the picturesque Lake Nica-
 ragua- Hernandez de Cordoba was dispatched as governor in 1524 and after several battles with the Indians brought the country and its people under spanish subjection. In 1870
 Nicaragua, became a part of the cap- ain-generalcy. afterward called the Kingdom, of Guatemala. The Span iards were not left in undisputed pos session of the country, which suffered numerous invasions, including those of Henry Morgan and Sir Francis Drake. Tn 174o the British took for maI possession of that part of Mica ragua well-named the Mosquito Coast, and held it for nearly half a century. when 1t was exchanged for British Honduras.
 In 1921 Nicaragua, with the other states of the kingdom of Guatemala, declared it's independence from Spain.
 The Federation de Centro- America
 was formed. but was soon taken over
 by Mexico and became part of Itur- bide,s Mexican empire. With the fall of Iturbide in 1923 the confedera- ton was restored, but on April 30. l1sss, Nicaragua declared it's indepen-
 dence of the other states, and the con-
 federation was dissolved
 Nicaragua, like it's sister, repub-
 lies, has had turbulent history.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
Dispute Ownership of
 Darien Town Poun

A plot of land known as the uarsa town pound" is the basis of E s-. brought by Martha J. seliec< agails William H. Fairbanks of Darl41 which started today before Judr Scott in the common pleas court. Tr pound is in the center Of the Dlol cop to Fairbanks, but it is alleged tlrI was not included in the deed ~ banks claimed the parcel, Sml . was brought to settle the disgute- -- trial had not been finished at rf- hour
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
Cbe Dm Read e
 Esea62iEba3 A&U
For the Distinctive White Gown

 There is 8 wonderful line of fine White Cot tons this spring, some very unique and dainty Weaves that look like fairies weaving or witch work of some sort There is an enormous as- sortment that pillows over the counter, and from it one may select dainty fabrics for afternoon dresses, dancing frocks and separate blouses Embroidered Crepes,
 forty inches wide 75 95 cts and S1OO French Crepe,
 forty inches wide 90 cts and s1O0 Crepe de Chine,
 thirty-si1 incheswide, 5Octs. rCrowbar Crepe,
 thirty-four inches, g cts. Mousseline Transparent,
 forty-five inches 75 cts. Flash Voile
 forty inches, 75 cts. Plain VoiIe,
 forty inches 59 cts.
 forty-five inches 75 cts Rice Cloth, forty inches, 1o cts. Organdie, sixty-three inches, 80 cts. and S1 25 Ratine, forty-two inches 90 cts
 ffty-four inches, S1OO
 In the Placement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
oilet,L uxtlrjes

The Madame Nordca line of TofletsDanties is meet ing with great favor. be founda oef Department in the city. sThe Little Blue FIovver Tuief Water is deIicately sweet, an ideal perfume for refined woman. &1sO bottle.
 Ffoubigants novelty sQue1ques Fleurs Extract,
 $szs
 Eau-desTnEEste $500
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
FARLY alAIL WaNIED-

Business men of the z7ie1olsr-l section of Black Rock are cirruAel.l a petition among the reaidar.a - tr town for an earlier man frHvar ll first delivery is made ar Ll cr
 m They desire a dcEvsrD 1l rrl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30

MOVING PICTURE sTAsrre
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
runks and Bags

An immense line of travelling parapllerna for the convenience of men and women has been assembled our Trunk Rooms. is display of smart luggage teresting 10 anyone with globe otng tendenc to take to the road.
 Special Trunks for special Take Endesructo Wardrobe for instance. You live in it at hotel any tenn porary abiding place in great comfort and security You do not have to unpack for side of the trunk is closet with hangers for garments and the other is chfonier
 Special Dress Trunks, Hat Trunxs Steamer TrI1nirs and light weight affairs for foreign travel
 Black EnarneIed Handtrunks and Dressing Case, for motor travel
 Suit Cases of leather and mating
 Travelling Bsgs Professional Bags,
 Special! Indestructo Cow1ide Bags, Black Russef sizes I6 17, and IS inches, regular price $500
 $3.95 special
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30

Murray Roberts Ballou, chairman of tha Boston Stock Exchange for 30 years. died in that city. He was 7s years old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30

hope is not waiting at Vera merely the Mexicans time to fortdfy xEEexzco City.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-11
PRICE |S NAMED
 F0R SENATOR
Cordova Man Is Selected By Demo. crats-Tom Holland for Rep.
 resenta+ive.

CORDOVA, Sept. 1.-The Demo cratic divisional convention held here last night has selected Thomas c. Price of this city to be the party nominee for the senate and Thomas Holland, of Chitina, for representa- tive. The three remaining positions for representatives were not filled, as the party expect to allow the in- dependents and Republicans to name several candidates.
 6unneII Endorsed.
 The convention endorsed the nom- ination of c. E. Bunnell, of Valdez, who is the regular Democratic nom inee for congress.
 Praise for President Wilson.
 The convention also passed resolu- tions praising the, work of the Dem ocratic administration, especially the administration work in opening the northland.
 Home Rule for Alaska.
 The resolutions also placed the party on record as favoring a full territorial government for Alaska with Home Rule in it's fullest sense
 Repeal of Road Tax.
 The convention also went on rec ord as opposing the $400 road tax passed by the territorial legislature
 For Australian Ballot.
 The party is pledged to work for the passage of a territorial act estab- fishing the Australian ballot in all elections held in the territory. For Workingmen's Compensation Act.
 Tho nnnuoptinn o1cn ond0rcod tho plank favoring a workingmen's con- pensation act to provide for men in- jured in the mines and other indus tries of Alaska.
 Repeal Placer Act.
 The Roden bill and W'ickersham acts, governing the location of plac- CT claims in Alaska, were disapprov- ed and the party went on record as favoring the repeal of the placer acts.
 For Eight Hour Day.
 Workingmen were remembered in the platform and the convention fa- vored an eight-hour day for all work men in Alaska, especially the min CTS.
 Would Tax Fisheries.
 The fisheries are to pay share of the taxes of the territory if the Dem ocrats are successful and the party is pledged to tax the output of the can neries.
 A full divisional committee was named for the Third division as fol lows: c. P. Mickelson, E. F. Med ley, of Cordova; J. D. Dwyer o1 Strelna; T, J. Dimond, Robert Fer guson, of Valdez; Judge Thompson of Katalla. and George Phelps, oi Seward.
 Judge Dimond, of Valdez, was elect ed chairman and George Phelps, oi Seward, secretary of the divisional committee.
 The delegates will start an active campaign to elect Charles E: Bunnell of Valdez, as delegate and also to elect the Democratic nominees for the legislature.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-11

Moose Shirtwaist Dance Saturday.
 The regular Saturday night dance given by the Moose will be shirt waist affair and will be given at the Moose hall. Fine music and excel lent lunch served at midnight.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-11

w. A. Dickey, the Landlock bay operator, left this morning for his home.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-09-11
GOLD BRICK FROM
 MINERAL CREEK
Williams s-GentzIer Property Leased By Johnson and Erickson Makes
 Good Showing.

Johnson and Erickson, who have been working the Williams-Gentzlel property on Mineral creek, came tc town this morning with brick weighing ten pounds and valued at two thousand dollars.
 AS the property is under lease by them, they did not want to go to the expense of erecting stamp mill, un til they were assured of the values so they rigged up an arrastra and made a cleanup yesterday. About twenty-five tons of ore was put through averaging $SO.00 per ton.
 The lessees are well satisfied with the results and will return tomorrow and continue the work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-06-12
GET AFTER SUMMER PESTS
This Is the Time to Wage War Against
the Deadly Fly and the An
noying Mosquito.

Let US bear in mind that one Of
the prime objects of a spring cleanup
is to eliminate the fly and the mos
quito. When we are exercising our
muscles and our ingenuity Kidding
our dwellings and neighborhoods OF
dust and filth, il will be worth our
while to give these twin winged pests
serious attention.
The first spring fly, of course, came
some time ago, though she is still
pleasantly modest and retiring. 1t is
not reassuring, however, to reflect
that the little insect is keeping care
fully out of our sight and the reach
of our swatters while she lays a few
myriads of eggs, which presently will
hatch out into whole flying regiment
of nuisances and disease-carriers.
The shy and unobtrusive mosquito
is making the best use of her time
for the same purpose. When the open
season on human beings arrives she
hopes to have whole army corps Of
her progeny to lead to the attack.
Now is the time to get busy if we
want to preserve ourselves from the
pests a few months hence. The swat
ter and the kerosene can are fully as
important household implements at
this season as the broom and the
scrubbing brush.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-06-12
AVOID SPREADING OF DISEASE
Precautions That Should Be Observed
by Those Afflicted With
tuberculosis.

All persons who are intimately as
ISOLATED with cases OF active pulmo-
nary tuberculosis cannot be too eau
tious about the proper disposition or
tubercular sputum. Such sputum
should always be received in cups
containing five per cent solution OF
lysol or carbolic acid, or. in the abb
sence OF these, milk of lime. Paper
cups, made especially for this purpose.
may be used and subsequently burned.
Soiled handkerchiefs and cloths
should be immersed for one hour in
lysol or carbolic acid five per cent?
and then boiled before they are ham
died The patient should be provided
with a set OF dishes for his exclusive
use, and these should be kept by
themselves and boiled thoroughly aft
er each meal Remember that tuber-
culosis is a preventabie disease. but
that it's control can be accomplished
only by the strictest observance OF
sanitary precautions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-06-12
Oldest Neishman.

The Oldest Welsh'nan in the world
IS Mr.. Thomas Morris, who lives at
Westernville, Neb. Although he is
now an American citizen, he was born
a subject of George III, at the little
village Of Berriew, Montgomeryshire,
on January Is, 1894. He is therefore
one hundred and twenty years old
His father was an agricultural la
borer and died when the boy was three
years old. Morris was apprenticed to
a cobbler and followed his trade in
this country until 1871, when, at the
age of seventy-nine. he emigrated to
America.
The old man is very proud of the
fact that he has lived in three GEN.
turtles. He remembers the union of
Great Britain and Ireland, the assassi-
nation OF President Lincoln and the
laying of the first Atlantic cable.
Morris can still walk with the aid
Of a stick and see with the aid Of
spectacles, which he first purchased
after passing his hundredth birthday.
His hearing is good, and he enjoys a
cup Of tea or coffee with each neal
Daily Cypress.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-06-12

The typical farm home in Indiana is
Ear from being as attractive as it
should be and as it may easily he
made t. be. The farmer of all persons
has the best opportunity TO make the
surroundings OF his home beautiful IN
not one place in hundred is that op-
-portunity being sully realized. 1t is
neither difficult nor expensive TO
adorn the home grounds with suitable
paintings OF trees and hardy shrubs
which will require little or no care
and which will increase in beauty and
attractiveness from year TO year.
For the time and money spent in de-
veloping an informal plan of landscape
treatment. nothing will add more to
the cash value OF the property.
For those who have the gardeners
instinct and love 10 have an abundance
OF beautiful flowers throughout the
season the growing of hardy peren-
malls offers a most attractive field for
study and effort with a certainty OF
great reward There are also a large
number OF SNOWY ANIMALS which are
easy TO grow and which should find a
place in every farm yard or flower
garden. Neither these nor the old
fashioned hardy perennials are well
enough known or are widely enough
grown.
There are a few principles OF good
taste IN landscape gardening design
which are universal In their applica-
ton to the conditions OF the usual
farm home and the usual town lot
For the sake OF brevity and clearness
these are stated as rules
l. Arrange the planting SO that there
are large open spaces in the center of
the yard.
2. Plant In masses. rather than using
Individual shrubs or flowers.
3. Avoid straight lines In planting
4. Mass the shrubbery planting about
the borders and foundations.