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The Dermott news., 1914-02-12
To Aid Widows and Orphans.

senator Norris insisted that tor}hPl
investigation Al Ieast might turhlSh
hasIs 'or proceedings by the present
management oil IN" New HaHeh TO re
cover something Tor the WIDOWS or
ofphahS VINO nave been splundered
senator Norris read newspaper
charges emphasizing particularly that
attorneys Tor Morgan Co. received
Si7o'ooo Ter drawing the incorporation
papers OF >i9oo subsidiary corpora
tlon OF the New Haven.
II half the information made public
true eight or 10 persons oagh. 10 be
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29
RepieW of the Past Week
In NeW York TheaterS

the Andreas DippeI Opera Comique Com
pany, which will give fourteen weeks Of
some of the old Offenbach favorites.
Cream of the New York Theaters.
/ That we are getting along towards
the close OF the season is shown by the
deartn of announcements Of important
new productions. The managers have
such a hard tussle OF 1t during the clos
ing year that they are evidently ia
tigued, and are not straining themselves
! TO provide competitors for the moving
pictures and seaside resorts during the
hot weather.
| acting, is in its closing weeks, but is still
filling walIack's at every performance.
As yet there Is no announcement OF any
! idea Of taking off the apparently peren-
nial Peg o. My Heart" Kitty Mac
Kay" the delightful Scotch comedy, also
seems II be enjoying a perpetual lease of
the comedy. That jovial Jewish firm,
: Potash and Perlmutter," show no signs
OF making an assignment Col. Brady
has really forced The Things That
Count into a run. which he could not
have done, II the piece had not deserved
to succeed through its clean sentiment
and humor. The girl-and-music pieces,
which description includes The Queen of
! the Movies High Jinks,'' THE Mid
night Girl, and the big Winter Garden
show. Tho Whirl of the World" all seem
to be thriving on the patronage of the
tired business man. Maude Adams, in
addition 10 her regular performances in
Barrie's The Legend OF Leonora,'' is to
put on a series OF Peter Pan" matines.
The Yellow Ticket" still sets forth
melodramatically one phase of the Jewish
persecution in Russia. Omar, the, Tent
maker" has moved his Oriental poetry
and fantasy back to the Lyric Julian
Eltinge, in his attractive makeup as
CrinoliRe Girl seems to have
caught the fancy OF Broadway. BY way
OF farce, we still have Seven Keys to
Baldpate.' The Rule OF Three" The
misleading Lady, and the highly original
Too Many Cooks" Help Wanted" con-
tinues as an amusing warning to innocent
stenographers. There are two or three
new ones in immediate prospect, but they
are not yet to be vouched for.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29
HOW SPEAIGHT REHEARsEs.

HayIing Island is little dot on the
map just of the Southern coast of Eng
land. On it is an old wood. in which is
all that is Ieft of a once famous Roman
encampment. Near this encampment is
a tiny house belonging to Mr.. Frank
Speaight the English actor-imperson-
ator. now touring America. For three
months OF the year-June. July, August
Mr.. Speaight occupies the house. the
shore, the woods and the encampment-
they are all useful to him in his scheme
OF working out new problems and new
designs for the more graphic presenta-
ton of the Dickens dramas which is his
life work. BY o'clock in the morning he
is up and out in the surf. at he is re-
hearsing aloud in the woods. And here
he remains until eleven, when he knocks
on for a couple OF hours of golf. An
other swim brings him up to the lunch
con hour and at 2:3D o'clock he is out
again with the birds and brooks, telling
them all about old Scrooge. David Cop
perfield. Fanny Squeers and Sergeant
BuzfuZ.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29

own opportunities. Within twenty years,
by his own unaided genius, he has COM
PEELED the French people, VINO but recent
ly had forsworn all allegiance to royalty,
to acknowledge him their Emperor.
Henceforth he forces the naughty rulers
o. Europe to quake their waverlng knees
to the principals OF democracy as ex-
pressed by the French revolution. he
was a man of many virtues and of many
and serious faults as we'll But in France
there has never been a time when his
name could be reviled with impunity.
At $50 tonight Mr.. Baumgardt will
take us on a trip to the starry heavens.
This lecture, to the speaker himself. Is
perhaps the most interesting OF his series
of six subjects. This lecture was given
in Witherspoon Hall in Philadelphia last
week, and so great was the demand for
seats that chairs had to be place on the
stage. and upwards OF 500 people were
turned away unable to gain admittance.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29
Concerts and Lectures.
Nine. johanna Gadski In Recital.

A Lenten recital by Mime. Johanna
Gadski will be given at the New National
Theater next Tuesday afternoon, March
u. at $3.50 O'Clock. under the manage
ment Of w. L. Radcliffe. Of this city.
Nine Johanna Gadski was born in
Stettin, Germany. and there when ten
years old, began the study of music un-
der Nine. Schroeder-Chapulka Her pro-
fessional debut was made in the title
role of Lortzing's opera "Cndine." So
pronounced was her success that she
was promptly re-engaged for three sea-
sons. during which she sang leading
parts, appearing with such artists as
Nine. Sembrich and Mime. Lilli Lehman.
In 1894, following a concert tour through
Germany and Holland. she was heard by
Mr.. Walter Damrosch, who Immediately
made her an offer to appear in opera in
the United States.
From the moment Of her American
debut, Mime. Gadskfs fame was assured.
She made her first appearance as Elsa
in 'Iohengrin," and her triumph was little
short of sensational For two seasons
she remained a member Of the Damrosch-
Ellis Company, constantly increasing her
repertory. Her essay of the great wag-
merriam parts was the step that placed
her promptly on the limited role of the
elect. -
In 1898 Mime. Gadslki became a member
Of the Grau Opera House. accepting on
Mr.. Grau's retirement, a fiattering Of
fer from Mr.. Heinrich Conried. En-
gagements at Covent Garden, London,
and Bayreuth. alternated with her en-
gagements at the Metropolitan Opera
House, her Eva in Die Meistersinger,
and her Brunnhildes bringing her special
commendation. In Munich her appear
ance in three Ring performances led
to her being decorated by Prince Regent
Luitpold with King Ludwigs Order for
Art and Science-a rare distinction.
In her dual capacity Of operatic prima
donna and concert singer she has won a
lasting place in the hearts Of American
music lovers.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29
WHICH IS YOUR CHoICE7

The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Com
pany with De Wolfe Hopper at its head
comes to the Belasco Tneater Easter
week. beginning Monday. April 10. and
the management would like to hear from
the patrons. by card or letter, as to choice
Of operas to be presented. The list in
rludes The Mikado." "Pinafore," Pa
tience." The Pirates of Penzance," and
'Iolanthe.''
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29
Baumsardt Lectures.

Mr.. B. r. Raumgardt will make his
fourth appearance in Washington today.
giving his lecture on Napoleon Bona
parte this afternoon at o'clock. This
lecture will be illustrated with 16 won
derfully beautiful views in color.
Never has a genius appeared upon this
earth so well equipped for work as was
Napoleon. His career reads like a fairy
story. Leaving a humble Corsican home
at the age of nine, with all his belong
ings in a knapsack, we see him later in
Paris, living in an attic, a half-starved,
five foot three scare-crow of a man,
watching the revolution and abiding his
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29
EImendorf TraveIogue To-day.

The final travel talk in Dwight Elmen-
DORIS interesting series will be given al
the National Theater this evening at S:l5.
The subject will be THE Nile Journey"
Starting with glimpses of Cairo, the real
Oriental Cairo, the pictures will reveal
with magic realism the tombs of the
Mamelukes. praying Arabs, the great
pyramids of Gizeh and Sakkara, the in
comprehensive Sphinx, the arrival al
Luxor, and Rameses, always Rameses-
no lecture on Egypt would be complete
without the great egotist. Mr.. Elmen-
dorf has him in both stone and mummI-
fled form. Continuing. the tour will lead
through the fertile delta Of the Nile, past
innumerable tombs and temples-centuries
old when Cleopatra was Queen of Egypt
to Wadi Halfa. and thence across the
great Nubian Desert to the scene of Gen.
Gordon's last stand at Khartoum.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29
Dickens Recitals.

Next Thursday afternoon at 40 Mr..
Frank Speaisht. said to be England s
greatest interpreter OF Dickens, will make
his initial appearance before a Washing
ton audience at the Belasco Theater.
Mr.. Speaisht's first recital will be on
''Pickwick'' and will take place at 4:30
The recitals TO follow will be David
Copperfield." Thursday afternoon. April
9. and on Thursday, April Is. the last of
the series will be given when "A Tale OF
Two Cities will be the subject.
Mr.. Speaight's recitals are really
dramatizations, as he has left out all
the written story that cannot be acted.
With practically no stage accessories he
calls up one after another Of the in
imitable characters and makes them live
before ones eyes. It is like witnessing
a play in which each part is taken by a
star actor. the absence of scenery be-
ing supplied by the descriptions which
abound in the works of Dickens. Mr..
Speaight uses no book or manuscript.
nor does he employ any makeup.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29
PROGRAM FOR DIR. WILEY.

Henry T. Smith, musical director OF
Polls Theater. has arranged the follow
ing program for the pleasure of Or.
Wiley. the pure food scientist: march.
Too Much Mustard; two-step. flashed
Brown: trot Sphagetti Rag; march,
Scrambled Eggs: two-step, Dill Pickles
rag. Heavy on the Catsup: tango, Red
Onion Rag: march, Peaches and Cream
Other Theatrical News on Page
Ten.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-29

II. r. Keith Concerts.
Today at 3 and p. m. concerts will
be given at B. F. Keith's Theater with
CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
PRESENT SERViAIl
 ILIN REAL MARR OR

King Peter of Servia is the grahd- son Of .Karageorge,s Turl1ish fer Black Gebrges' Gin Servian "Tsrni Dyordye.9. the leader under whom seryia first achieved irdependenee f5'=Sa Turkish rule. Karageorga was born In 1766, the son of a poor Ser vian peasant Petroniye PetFpvich.
 " hen quite young,' sas the Ency- clopaedia Britannica, he entered the service Of renowned Turkish brig and, Fazii-Bey by name, and accom- panied his master on his adventurous expeditions. When twenty he mar T1ed and started a small farm.
 Having killed Turk, he left Ser via, afterwards saw service in the Austrian army against Turkey then deserted his regiment and returned to Servia, living sometimes as q peace ful farmer and sometimes again aa the leader of small band of ..hay- duks.s men who attacked and robbed and in most cases killed the travelling Turk in revenge for the oppression Of their country.
 Soon after the servIans had risen against their oppressors. early in 1894, KaxaEeorge was elected as the suprezae leader Cvrhovnt Vozd1 of the nation Under his command the Scr y1ans speedily cleared their country not only Of the janissardes disloyaI to the Sultan. but of all other Turks who wI1hdTew from the open country to the fortified places. As a result, the EeruIans for a short lime until the autumn Of 1813, governed them selves as an independent nation, after- wards again falling under the domi- nance of Turkey.
 sKafaeeorge vas one Of the most remarkabIe Servians of the 18th cen Eury No other man could have led the bands or undds ciplined and badly- armed Sexvfan peasants to such de- eisive vlctories against the Turks AL prince he practically WAS the first chief and master (goBpodar) of the people Of sServta. He succeeded, how ever, not because he was liked but be- cause he was feared His gloomy si- fence. 1las easily aroused anger. his habit Of punishine without hesitation the slightest kransgressions by death. spread terror among the people. He is believed to have killed his own fas- ther sn a 1t of anger when the old man reused to follow him i'm his flight to Hungary at the beginning Of his career
 Ss.Tn azaother fit Of rage at tlze report that ht brother N1erinlxo had asaallt- ed a xIrI he ordered his men tu seize his brother and to hang hinn there and then 1u his Dresenee, and he for bada his mother to go into mourning for hlzns uvan by his admirers he is adnaitfed 4o have killed by his own hand no fewer than 125 men who rTo- xoked his anger. Rut in battIes he IS ackno7 1edsed to have been always adrnirahse. displaying marvellous e1a- ergy and vaaoux. and giving pruofs of real military genius. The Eersians consider him ona of their geeateat men In grateful renembrance of his servdcea 10 the national cause they elected his younger nons Alexander. in 1ex2 10 be the reIGn1nR p1d nee o1 Servia. and again in 1908, they choee his grandson. Peter Karageors seyich 6son Of AIexandez1 to be the king Of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
SINGLE COMP A
 HOLDS RE

Hayre, Dec .tCorrespondence or The Associated Press. 1-How a single cosnDanv of French infantry, told off 10 cover a retreat, withstood 3. large force Of Germans for several hours during a battle at night and then es- caped through the ruse is related by a wounded officer 5
 The entire division had been order ed to wfthdraw during a sharp eoun ter attack of Charleroi. One eompany was selected to check the German advance. This lot fell to the company Of which the officer now in 2. ioca4 hospital, had command.
 It was eight o'clock in the evening when the company was ordered out. The men ran through heavy r1f1e ana machine gun fire to Farmhouse. 1T, which they baPricaded themselves, sst1ifeing the " alle Every time the enemy tried to approach, they were stopped by velley firing. This lasted nearly three hours.
 Twenty times the enemys bugles twenty times the rush was repulseo. But the defenders began to run short of anaTnnnition.
 The vigor of the German attacks was now broken. This the French comrnander quickly took advantage of He ordered a bugder to sound the French charge. The Germans stopped firing and braced themselves to meet it. During the pause. so as not to break the still of the night with sus- pfctous sounds, the French stole out of the house, man by man, and ran Tor the rear When the Germans, ttr- ing Of the strain of awaiting for the a4tack. took the house by a rush, they found in 1t nothing but empty shells.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
ORPHANS, COLONY
 IN GREAT DISTRESS

Havre, Dec. s.-tCorrespondence of The Associated Press. 1-Acute dis fress is reported at 8tretat in the col e,.v of notherless children whose fa- liners have been called to the army. Thfs colony. whose numbers are still growing. now contains 300 children of ages ranging from four to ten years of age. The sudden change from a pleasant autumn to the first of the winters storms, with cold, sharp weather, has caused much suffering arnong the little ones, owing to lack of sufficient wearing apparel and bed clothes,
 The town of Etretat, about twelve miles from Havre, lies on the expos ed coast and is swept by winds and sea fogs during the winter. Between the Belgian refugees and the depend ent families of soldiers, public char ity in France is already heavily tax ed, but nevertheless the coIony's ap- peal for help has met with some sue- cess in Havre.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
GE ANS RESPECT
 ENE ABILITY

ECorresp ondence of Associated Press
 Berlin. Dec s-Esvidences of the reaction of German officers and sol diers lighting at the front against the tendency to belittIe the fighting qualities Of the enemy continue to accumulate,
 K Soldiers letters and returning soI- diers speak in terms of high appreci- ation of the military preWess and sol-9 dierly qualities of their opponents and among several hundred wounded with whom the corresp ondent of the Aaso- cIated Press has talked in his visits to hospitals the last fortnight no one was found who refused to credit the enemy in general, Russian, French and Belgian and English with bravery and military skill.
 Distinctions are drawn, it is true, the British being generally reckoned as the toughest opponents on the west front
 The Germans, had a high opinion of the fighting qualities of the French soldier before this war began The fighting which occurred on the march from the Belgian frontier to the Marne and Paris tended to lessen their respect for foug hness of French moral fibre, but the last two months have changed that again and soldiers letters reflect increased respect for them The recent fighting of the remnant of the Belgian army in Flanders also has greatly raised the German estimation Of the Belgian sol. dier who, in the general army opin- ion, had not greatly distinguishes himself at Liege, Nanur and Antwerp and the intervening field engage ments
 As to the British, field post letters continue to bear out the staternens from a German expert as to their TO bust fighting qualities. One Of the latest of these letters. printed in ths Cologne Gazette. contains the following striking passage:
 People at home appear to have qualities of the enemy. The EnglisK are the toughest and brayest foe we have to meet. Every individual man keeps on shooting cooly so long he not taken prisoner and these trained veterans shoot we'll When we storn position the French will run whes we close in with our shouts of shur- raal,' but the English stick tenacio41sly to their entertainments to the last
 Daner's 8 Arneezeitung, the leading military publication of Austria, pays high tribute to the Servian. Bell gian and Russian troops. The Ser vians are called brave, but declara.- tion is made that they are without food and ammunition. Credit is given the BelgIaRs for standing with Eng land and France when they must have realized that their own cause was irredeemably lost The press is criticised for it's attacks on the Rus sians. saying they are brave and capable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
FOURTEEN SERGEANTS
 GIVEN PROMOTIONS

BerIin, Dec. 2. 9.--( (Corresponde of The Asociated Press.) 1.-The latest number Of the ofaciaI Military Week 1v aranounces the promotion of four teen sergeants of the Life Guard Cav airy Regiment to ensiEns. the young est in aeaiority being Count von Bis marck -schoenh The newly made ofIicer is the grandson Of Bis n1arck being the only son of the late Count Wilhelm Bismarck, known fa- FfailtarIy and in his fathers writings as sBIu Count Nicholas von Bts- n1arck Is eighteen years old and own CT vbf ths ancestral estate of Narzin, which his father inherited from Prince Bismarck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
MONTE CARLO HAS
 SHORTER SEASON

ecoTre espondence of Associated Press
 London, Dec. Because of the war. Monte Carlo is to have 4 limit ed season this year opening some time in December Formerly ik was tn 6 custom ho begin the gambling sea son on November IS. and long before then the frivolous world of sport and fashion had gathered here, and by December gayety was at it's height. Out of Efle 800 employees of the Casino 300 are now serving Trance with the co1ors The rest have been retained in the service of tie com I,any at temporarily rednced rates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09

to appear over the trenches south of Rheims, drop just one 15oInl. .s4.4va never failed to scatter death and de- struction, and then disappear. Ger made futile attempts to brfe the dangerous visitor. It was evi- dent that the machine carried a mur- 1erous machine gun and that it's oc- cupants were no mean marksmen.
 Every aviator who pursued the fBauernschreck' sought eagerly the honor of bringing it down, and as a result of the bravery shown in pur- suit one non-comn issioned officer won an iron cross but lost his life After
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
BELGIAN MINISTER HAS
 FOUR SONS AT FRONT

F1avrs. Dec. s-fCorrespondenc of The Associated Press) The members of the Belgian cabinet have not spar ed their own families in the present crisis SThe Baron de Fayetteville, president Of the cabinet and minister Of war, has hie four sons in the ranks.
 Both hF. Berryer, minister of the iu- terior, and M. PouIlet, minister Of science and arts, have in the artillery their eldest sons. who took part in the steges of Isiege and Antwerp.
 The two sons of the minister of colonies M. Renkiu, won promotion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09

sing shot through the hips by a gun
 n the French machine, he continued to pilot German aeroplane for nine miles.
 Finally reserve artillery captain evolved a new base for a howitGer. so constructed as to permit great ele- vation and rapid change of objective and the second shot from it finished the sBauernschFeck.'s Both occupants were charred and mutilated beyond recognition. It could only be told that one was an officer and the other a civilian.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
RED CROSS
 TO WORK IN FRANCE

Tukfo Dec. 8-ccorresponde1 of The Associated Press. 1.-The Japanese Red Cross Corps. which is going to France leave Yol1ohanaa by the steamer Esushimi 'Maru December 16
 TYae corps consists of Dr. shioda. pro fessor Of the Imperial University who fs the chief of the medical stan; DE- nfogi and pr. Oki, about fifteen n1rs- at MarseIiles. the party will go to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
CHRISTMAS DISPLAY AT
 NOTHNAGLIs sro9sT

Nothnagle's Christmas display of home furnishings of every descrip- tion is now ready for your inspection You have no idea what an interest ing exhibit is awaiting your visit 70 this popular store. Don't miss r. This busy firm have just secured a EQF of handsome Christmas souvenirs which will be given free as Ions as they last, with certain purchases as advertised in the new Nothnas1e as vertisement on last page.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
EDITOR AT FRONT
 WITH GEN. J0E FIRE

(Correspondence of Associated Press.
 General Joffress Headqusrters. Dec. 9.Andre Tardieu. the foreign edite-
 of the Tempe ta attached as heuten- ant to General JoHfwe's staff. HIS duties require him to visit every part Of the front and he has ther efore ex- traoxdlnary opportunities for seeing tl1e actual cperatious of the war. lE. Tardieu.ss1t IS und erstpod. is axEeanl1- ling material for a history of the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
PEASANTS TERROR,
 WAR AEROPLANE, IS
 FINALLY DESTROYED

tCofTespondence of the Associateu : Press)
 Berlin. Dec. srras'7 E7-sr7e72 aeroplane- the Bauernschrech. es h1ch translated means terror" is no more and great is the rejoicing thereat among one wing of the German army which it had dis turked much.
 For long period every evening at about five o'clock, the machine used
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09

The Long Ilsand Lighting Co.,, of Long Island, has increased it's capital from $500. .o00 to $1.O0o.o00.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-09
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