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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
Stage Scribblings & Such.
Continued from page one.

last night (Sat.) on account OF not
enough people coming to see 1t to
pay for letting the water into the
tank
We NAV be old fashioned & all
that but Pinafore is one of the great
est musical shows that was ever
written. is our answering conten-
ton. There isn't any piece on the
boards to-day that can come any
where's near it for delightful tunes
& subtle humor which is one of the
main reasons why it don't go in this
town, people who like moving pct
ures & such having to be gchanged
in the face 7Vih a joke before they
can sec 1t. We have seen Pinafore
more times than enough, but we
have never witnessed performance
that we enjoyed hearing more than
we did the one at The Hippodrome,
with real ship in real water & the
sailors in the rigging & everything,
though we don't know yet who the
singers were, the programme for
which we paid dime merely say
ing members Of the Company with
out telling which was which in the
show.
We can't see for the life Of us
why people don't go to those kind
OF shows instead of 70 these sex per-
formances that you don't learn any
thing from YOU oughtn't to know
already or these modern musical
shows that haven't enough raiment
or reason in them, either one. Some
times we get real pessimistic about
this town, our only hope being that
it won't set down to the level OF
Paris, Ky. or Fr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
New Haven NOthingS

Frank Rice, our well-known
& popular Mayor, had an en-
larged photo of himself in a pho,
tographer's window this wk., and
looked finely in it, too, thought
we.
Pres. Hadley of Yale Univ. q
spouse are at present soJournlng
i'm Albion's white-rimmed Isle
(Eng.), but hope to return TO
these shores in plenty of time Tor
COm'ncem'nt.
B-ball, rowing & track attn
let'cs running, Jumping, etc.,
are much in vogue at present
among the college boys, football
and hockey being apparently
considered quite out of date dur
ing the vernal (Spring) mos.
On. b. We are rather fond
of this item, ourself, and hope 1t
may get in this WIKI
Town AND Gown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

How sharper than the serpents
tooth is the bite OF an ungrateful
child, as you have often 50 nobly
quoted, Mr.. Editor! We. warned
YOU against clasping that viper Cliff
to your BOSOM & now he has come
out in your own paper & put you in
the same class with the people who
laughed at steamboats,. We thought
a long time about why yotl put that
scurrilous letter OF his in the paper
last week until we realized that it
was only to show him up to the pub
lie for the unlettered migrate that he
IS. Far be it from us to descend to
personalities in the space devoted to
the noble & uplifting art OF the
drama & therefore we will ignore
him & his specious arguments en-
tirely, Our parting advice, Mr.
Adams & everybody, being Beware
.of CHI.
sgd Mccall, Eddie's nephew, who
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
MERRILL WHITE
 COLLEGE CATCHER
 SIGNED BY TANKS

Merrill B. White, a young catcher, signed a contract yesterday with the New York Yankees, and will be given e <norough tryout at the Houston training camp. White attended Wor- ceszer University Of Ohio, and grad isaEed last year zasssa& chemist. He csszzg ha, Eorstiiss vslrsIfr three years. aad never missed game. He was the 1naiustay of the Worcester team and the chief factor in his team winning tEto Stats cham npionships, He cap tafned his team last year.
 = In 1a1I White batteds. 305; he jump eE to $40 in 1919, and last year slno ote t<aa pin for the worthy average of .4zs- White is 22 years old. 5 feet l l inches tall, and weighs 175 pounds As Chance started his career as Q. college caAchGr he is likely to give White a Ee6d deal Of consideration. especiaIly rly-. 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
TO-DAY IN PuG1L1s11o ANNALS

1s4s Bendigo (W. Thompson) an nounced his retirement from the ring, the undefeated champion, after hav- ing held the title for nearly ten years. Bendigo afterward adopted the >pro- fession of evangelist. With black coat and white n1inisterial tie. and with his hair plastered down and a pious ex- pression on his face, Rendigo was 9 star at revival meetings. He often backslided, but his return to the fold Wias always more impressive because Of his reformation.' r Bendigo nearly always prefaced his sermons with the statement, q used to fight men, but now I fight Satan, and behold the Scripture says that victory shall be mines Bendigo was as popular in the England of his day as Billy Sun day in America. sss4 Ss 1909 Sam McVey defeated Joe Jeanette in 20 rounds at Paris.
 1g09-Jack Dillon Knocked out Charley Humphreys in End round at indianapolis.
 1e11-Joe Mandot knocked out Steve Kennedy in 1st round at Mem phis-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
JERSEY CITY TEAM z TO PLAY B. H s.


 Tomorrow afternoon on the surface of the I'M. c. A. the Dickinson High school basketball team Of Jersey City. IN. I..spgdu endeayor to Wrest a victory from tl1es cohorts of the red and black oa this city, The Jersey team has been going great guns this seaison registerfng wins over all the fast high and prep school teams Of New Jersey and New York Among the teams to succumb to their attack have been the Bayonne, N. J., team and the Port chester, N. Y., five. both of whom have tasted defeat at the hands of the local boys this season.
 The hill boys have been quite chesty since they put the slzids under the Bayonne team and then Journeytng to New Haven and treating the Film City boys the same way. But they realize that they will have a hard proposi- ton before them to solve tomorrow and so have been putting in extra time perfecting themseIves for the fray. The Jerseyites will present their strongest battle array and a good time is looked for. Preliminary between B. H. S. seconds and K O.. K. As starts at 2:15, big game following di- rectly after.
 B. H. s. will present the following lineup Right forward, Banks; left forward, Cosgrove; center. Murphy; right guard. Chapman; left guard, Luippo1d.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
NATIONAL IHAGUEs
 FIRST RIVAL BOUNDED A
 Sz YEARS AGO TODAY

The attempt Of the Federal league to start a new major circuit recalls the fact that to-day ds the thirty seventh anniversary Of the launchinx eue. The latter efrcuit was found Cd in February, 1878, and on Feo 20, 1877, a bunch of promoters niet in Rlttsburgh with a view to star ting a new circuit Some of the would be xnagnateH favored the p1aclng of clubs in few Of the cities where National Leagus clubs already exist there was plenty of room for a new nzsociatfon that would not poach on she preserves Of the National.
 Hhs new league was chrfstened the 1nternationaA Association. and it was 6fMk in fact as well as in name, for tFre Canadian clubs were included H4seban had already gained a strong Eo1d on Cauaddans. The meraber- szap of the International Association w4s made up of the AIleghanya of Fzttsburgh; Rochester. N. T.. Man. chester Nz H. Guelph. Ont, and the Taeunsefls of London. Ont. The ffTwK international Association pen mat was noaked in Canadian breazes. tzze London club annexing the cham
 The following year Guelph, Co1urn- Eis and Lynn retired from the leasue. Hflk sufficient new clubs were added eb make a tweIve-club circuit Hart &1fd. Springfield. Lowell. Buffalo, #uruellsvflles Binghamton. Utlca and
 Bacuse were the additions to this MmebAsI family, ana Bufea1o carried
 Z the t87a Eiennant. This was the 14I year of the International Asso- Ssstion- In 1879 the name waa #zaneed to the National Association, %4Zh a circuit composed of Washing
 sS1, worcester Albany, Utica, Spring M@An. HoIyolkes New Bedford and Man
 nseer. Tn the same year a third 1sMEue was formed in the West, called the Northwestern. and including Ona- ha, Rockford, Ill., Rockville, Ia-, and Dlfbuques the latter city taking the leadership. Washington won the National Association pennant in 1880. Inc next year the Eastern Assocfa~ Mfan was started with eIubs in New
 Ark Ehnadelphia, Brooklyn and Washington. and in 1882 this organ Akatfon became the American Asso- csation, a real rival of tho National, with a circuit composed of Phizadel- Rhxa- aa1timore. st. Louis, and Gin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
By Ja.des WESLEY O HoWARD Nsw Yok supre.ae

! TANNING ITSELF FOR FIVE YEARS ON. THE FARM ALLOTTED TO TT SHOULD BE GIVEN A TITLE DEED TO THE FARM.
 The great men of colossal wealth, with bent of mind toward philan-
 thropy, should assist in this experi- ment. If those gentlemen of bur
 densome fortunes who love hurnani- | ty and who are making a scientific study of white slavery would BUY A FARM FOR THE FAMILY OF EVERY LITTLE SLAVE just
 budding into womanhood, shiver-
 ing in winter in the shadow of smokestacks and factories, hesitat- ling between want and shame WHITE SLAVERY WOU ID CEASE, and the pursuit of theo- ries would be unnecessary. THE GREAT MILLIoNAIREs DO
 MUCH, IT IS SAID, FOR THE couN- TRY, AND THIS IS TRUE. BUT THEY DO LITTLE COMPARATIVE LY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE TABLE IN THE HOMES or THE PoPuLAcE. THEY IMPORT
 MASTERPIECES, BUILD sUMPTu- EoUs PALACES, ERECT GREAT Ll- BRARiES. THESE MASTERPIECES AND PALACES AND LIBRARIES BY THEIR MAGNIFIcENcE DAZZLE THE MIND OF MAN, BUT THEY EcoNTRisuTE LITTLE TO HUMAN
 HAPPINESS.
 The paramount issue today in the
 United States is the high cost of living.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
URING this decade TWO
 MILLION PERSONS

MURINE ttlS decade IW WO
 LION PERSONS
 HAVE COME INTO THE CITIES OF NEW YORK STATE to live and be fed, and yet there are fifty thousand fewer farmers here to. feed them. The cost of living has leaped up in consequence of this and other causes until the s COMMON CITIZEN IS DIS- PRESSED AND THE EsCGJNTRY ALARMED. Yet during these ten years the politicians in New York state have made no effort whatever to cure this evil, but have spent most of their time Investigating each other and wrangling over di- rect primaries.
 IT IS THE DUTY OF THE STATE TO ACT, VIGOROUSLY, AT ONCE. AND TURN THE TIDE or PoPuLA- HON BACK TO THE LAND. THE DESERTED FARMS SHOULD BE BOUGHT BY THE STATE AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE POOR. THESE FARMS SHOULD BE STOCKED AND EQUIPPED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE AND THEN POPULATED BY THE IN- DECENT SURPLUS OF THE CITIES. TWENTY-FIvEM MILLION DOLLARS, A QUARTER WHAT " COST TO BUILD THE BARGE CANAL. WOULD SCATTER TEN THOUSAND FAMILIES OVER THE STATE AND HOUSE THEM IN coMFoRTABLE HOMES. EACH FAMILY MAiM-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

MOTHER 4 woNpERFUL HoaaE
 l HAVE THOUGHT HER DUTY DONE WHEN PROVIDED mATEHIAL NEEDS OF HER WHEN SHE COOKED THE MEALs IN AN APPETzNe BUTTONS sEWED ON TODAY sftE DOES NOT DUTIES. HOT HAS FOUND STt FRS FOR NO LONGER THE MERE sEHvAtTf T4E HOUSEHOLD apRUDGE MENTAL coMPANioli or THE QUEEN OF THE HchsE sAlo
 SHE DISCUSSES BUSINESS POLITICS and khe great of letting him do m h herself outward and nwar do FULL COAIRADE COgFIDANTE OF HER CHILDREN HeE will it. greater than when she seemed SOS aged much out of touch with her times
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

cinnatL Thirty years ago. in 1884. the first big outlaw league the Union Association. was inaugurated, with clubs in Baltimore, Boston, Altoona,
 Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago Cincinnati and St. Louis. Only five
 clubs finished the season, and the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

Mario zamboni, eighteen years old, testified he had been shot in the leg nine times by machine guns in the hands Of mine guards in#the Forbes battle Others testified they were brought to the mines from eastern cities under the pretense they were to be given thousands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
ON

he would withdraw his opposition, but stand until after her habeas corpus. hearing in Denver is held The tete~s gram was followed by a letter Sew eral miners testified that they had
 been arrested and taken to the mines,
 where they were compelled to work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
BOXING NOTES

skartin Costello. better known uo ring followers of the game a quarter of a century ago as .'Bufra1o' Coste1- To- died recently in New York City. WzniIe Costello was never considered a eI4mpion, still he was somewhat in 1zs same class as Joe Choynski, be- ing a 1itt7e foo light to get into the neavywedght class, especially with the sta<z One of the greatest fights that Costello ever had was against Bs11y Woods when they fought in the old Columbian Athletic club run by Do7nin9cH O'Mal1y near Robey, Ind, about 1ss2-
 It was during the time that racing was so popular in Chicago and CT Mall 1y had big crowds to witness the houts at his arena. Costello and woods baftled from nine o'ctock in khe evening until after midnIshts when it was finally decided to call e1ed sixty-flve rounds and it was af- forwards learned that CosteMo broke his hand in the early part of the fight and went through the latter half with only one good hand to defend hin- se1- It was a case where the fighter showed real ga1nenesss and he was also able to fool Woods by using his broken hand in making wild swings at times, but always careful not to con meet with it. Costello was built Somewhat on the lines of Jim Corbett and he had splendid left hand He Journeyed to Australia at one time and met all tf1e best heavyweights over there- He also fought a sixty-five Fonnd battle with Alex CreEgiaas in San Fxancisco and some of the old Timers VIII recall that Creggians was eonsidered a star in those days. Cos fel1o depended mostly on his clever ness to carry him through against men much heavier than himself He was q finely built fellow and strong. However. he never made much out Of she x7E1g, there being very few of the big purses those days for the av- erage lighter. He was content to la Dor fn New York for living on a
 Porkx E4asz, whom Tom osRourke thinks ls brs Of the best white Hopes in khs G6a4MkHS, scored a. real knock out whAu he put George RodeI the South African c1lanap1oa1. to sleep in ing along at fair clip for the past three years ana 1t is only lately that he has begun to show real form. Flynn has the build for a fast and. clever heavEWeisht, scaling near 195 10 and standing close to six feet. He han a cfewer manager In OsRoualxe
 a man who knows the game from A to 2 and back asadn, and if there is any thing like champdonship timber in Porky il Is a good bet that Ton will get zt o11< It mis1t be a good idea to uzxc11 Flynn with Battling Levfns- ky. bof che 1ahter has certainly been n1aklne a Wnnderful showing the past few znuntklp His 1ateeH victory was over Xant NEcNEaaaou. the Ts1ttziba1rg hezs5 5zfs 1Eho isscensddered pret- tx good En1te hope himself. Le-
 4fsky IS an4kos7s to meet Gaunboat snnizn Tor t1zs M1lzte title but it might he good fqea fer him to first tackle fine Boston boy with tha pork and beans nazne #1ad let the winner go af- ter the naval champion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

A seismograph invented by q Rus sian scientist measures the vertical displacement of the earth by earth quakes, regarded as more important than the horizontal though never be- fore measured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

Johnny, the teacher asked. "can you tell me anything about Christo- pher Columbus ?,
 ssHe discovered America.'' v
 ttYes. What else did he do ?'s
 tI s.pose he went home and 1eetur- ed about Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

Automatic delivery of rural mail is provided by a North Dakota mans in yention of a car to run on an aerial track. from which 1t takes electric power, automatically stopping at each house on a route and ringing a bell to announce it's arrival.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

During 1912 about 157. .600. .oOO peo- pie rode in the omnibus lines of Ber- lin. about one-third of this number in the power buses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20


 Philadelphia, Feb. 1s-Jofn Mitchell former president of the United Mine Workers Of America, has arrived here and immediately went into confersnce at the Be1Ievue-Strafford with the rep resentatfves of the soft coaIs miners of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, In diana and Illinois. He was called Into the conference with the subcommittee in an effort to break the deadlock between the miners and operators. The mine run basfs,s has caused the deadlock. MT. Mitchell, who is looked upon as having the confidence Of both the min CTS and the operators, is expected to inject a spirit of conci1iation into the proceedings. a1though some Of the op- orators do not hesitate to declare that even if an agreement Is reached on the mine run basfs's there is almost certain to come another deadlock over discussion Of the sscheck or sys- tenn. The mine run is fhe basis of paying the miner so much a ton before the eoaf Is screened. The pres ent working contract expires April l.
 19Nnvens Essh Governor A nrnona has yielded in his fight to prevenE Mother Jones from testifying in the strike inquiry at Trinidad. The gov- eTurr felegrapfed fleg coT71711itfees that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
American Wife Mental Companion of Husband: Queen of Home Salon

B B. ELMER E BROWN. cbsarsHaI ! 1sv YaE UHvsay
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
Il34 MAIN STREET. Near Riker's sx. OPEN MONDAY AND sATURDAx EVENINGS

A young lawyer excused himself from a luncheon party the other day, saying: .1 must go to my office. /.
 Said the hostess, laughingly, We didn't know you had an of1ce-"
 Mot have an offices'' he replied. why, if didn't what would have to stay away from ?''-Christian Reg ister.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
"I desplse 5 hypocrate. .

'.So do I.''zs..|*
 Now, take Jackson, for example; he's the biggest hypocrita on earth, 2, ssBut you appear to be his best friend.''
 -sOh, yes. try to appear friendly toward him. It pays better in the end ', Boston Advertiser
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-03

Something has happened to her wires
tempered with, possibly"
$50 long as we know they are at sea
we can remedy the evil They will not
be able to land at a single port. have
sent ten cables. They can't get away
from the wire. If could only get hold
of the names of those damnable doc
tors who signed that document! Twen-
ty years."
Jones bent his head in his hands,
and Norton tramped the floor till the
sound of his footsteps threatened to
drive the moaning Susan into hys-
terics.
1T is only a matter of few days"
But can the child stand the ter
rors?" questioned Jones' who knows
that they may not really drive her in
sane?"
On board the George Washington
every one felt extremely sorry for this
beautiful girl. 1t was a frightful mis-
fortune to be so stricken at her age. =,
She is certainly insane" said one
Hargrcave slightly through some bank
ing business. "Hargreave wasn't mar
ried He lived alone"
After the second day out Florence
was permitted to wander about the
ship as she pleased.
A good many of the passengers were
nightly worried when they learned
that the wireless had in some mysteri-
GUS way been tempered with after the
boat had made the open sea. 1t was
to put about. The appara-
tus must be fixed at sea.
And when finally Norton's wireless
caught the wires of the George Wash
!ngton he was gravely informed that
The young lady referred to had leaped
the rail oft the Banks -. night and had
been drowned. She had not been
missed till the following morning.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-03

- ENTITY recovered he returned to the
,l.a,e and sought t. . railway station
where the Western Union had its OF
ice.
II want to send a code message to
my firm. Do you think you can fol-
low it,"
II can try" said the operator.
The code was really Slav; and when
the long message was signed 1t was
signed hx the name Vroon.
The day after the news came that
Florence had jumped overheard on
the banks, yrcon with a dozen other
men had started out to comb all the
fishing villages along the New Eng
land coast Somewhere along the way
he felt confident that he would learn
whether the girl was dead or alive.
If she was dead then the game was q
draw, but if she was alive there was
still fighting chance for the Black
Hundred. He had had some idea OF re-
naming in the village and accomplish
ing the work himself; but after DELHI
GRAFTON he concluded that 1t was i'm
portant enough for Braine himself to
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-03
CHAPTER X.
The Past a Blank.


It was perfectly true that Florence
had cast herself into the sea. 1t had
not been an act of despair, however.
On the contrary. hope and courage had
prompted her to leap. The night was
clear, with only a moderate sea rum
oiLg. At the time the great ship was
passing the banks, and almost within
hail she saw fishing schooner riding
gracefully at anchor. She quite read.
lily believed that il she remained on
board the George Washington she was
lost. She naturally forgot the marvel
of wireless telegraphy. No longer may
man hide at sea.
So, with that quick thought which
was part Of her inheritance, she
seized the life buoy. climbed the rail
and leaped far out. As the great, dark,
tossing sea swooped up to meet her
she noted a block of wood bobbing up
and down. She tried to avoid it. but
could not. and struck it head on. De-
spite the blow and the shoc', OF the
chill water she instinctively chung To-
the buoy, The wash from the mighty
propellers tossed her about. hither
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-03
Copyright. 1914. BY Harold AacGra.h)

and they've kidnapped her right under
your nose! What was the number OF
that carr"
Cut out that line of talk, young fell
lah ! know my business. They had
the proper documents"
But you hadn't brains enough to in
Quire whether they were genuine or
not! You watt" shrilled the chauf-
feur. I'll have you broken for this
work" He wheeled and ran back to
his car to find Susan and the countess
in great state of agitation. They
got her. they got her! And I swore
on the book that they never should, so
long as drove the car"
Susan wept and the countess tried
in vain to console her.
And when Jones was informed he
frightened even the countess with the
snarl of rage which burned across his
lips. He tore into the hall, seized his
hat, and was gone. Not word of re-
proach did he offer to the chauffeur.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-03
Harvey Strain died August 2, 1914,

Harvey Strain died August 2, 1914,
at Charleston, Ohio, of heart trouble,
aged 70 years, 10 months and 8 days.
Uncle Harvey. lived in Adrian for
many years and visited friends here a
year ago. The body was buried on
Soldiers Mound" Fern Ciiffe ceme-
terry, Springfield, Ohio.
Dallas Nichols arrived Friday night
from his home in Wenatchee, WASH,
to visit his parents. He b looking
well and reports the Adrian colony
out there doing well The colony
cousists Of C. K. Crow and imily. ].
II. Evans and fhnily, fhe Hardman
hguthoss and TIE 1ennnin9 fhmly.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-03

"The Poor Young Thing" Murmured
Mrs. Barnes.
back O. her head! She's struck one
O. them fioatssall right. Where's tn
arnica?"
Barnes turned to his locker and rum
mayed about, finally producing an an
cient bottle and some passably clean
cloth used frequently for bandages.
Sometimes man grew careless with
his knife or got in the way Of pulley
block. With laundering kindness the
two men bound up the girls head. and
then went about their duties.
For three days Florence evinced not
the slightest inclination to leave the
bunk. She lay on her back either
asleep or with her eyes staring at the
beams above her head. She ate Just
enough to keep her alive; and the
strong black coffee did nothing more
than to make her wakeful. No one
knew what the matter was. There was
the bump. now diminished: but that
1t should leave her in this comatose
state vastly pussled the men. The
truth 10 she had suffered ; slight con
cussion Of the brain. and this. atop Of
al tAs worry ahe ~ had for The last
lev vsskss vaa Sa0eleif q cause It's
h1anhnsse & he mln1
To - - ~ eleess1 ~