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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
1'25 EARLY IEN0UGH TO WE'D. !,
Grandmother, Thirty two, Says It's a
Sin to Let childrsn Marry.

Grandmother, Thirty two, Says It's 4
Sin to Let childrsn Marry.
Boston.-Mrs. John g Russell OF
Maiden, Mass, who hae just passed
her thirty second birthday and is prob
ably the youngest grandmother in this
state, criticises the early marriage law
which allows persons under twenty
five years Of age to wedN
ut is sin" says Mrs. Russell, ito
allow children to enter into the bonds
Of marriage when they are distinctly
incompetent to raise children. About
twenty-five years Is theSright age for
young people to think of marriage
Then the young man has secured the
foothold in his profession or business
and is able to support a wife .
Mrs. Russell became d grandmother
fourteen months ago. when her SON.
John Clifford Russell, seventeen years
old, became father. The son, was
married when fifteen years old and
Mrs. Russell was married at sixteen. S
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
NORRIS Al ACKS
Great FORTUNES
| Senator AssdIIs Ast0T and Gar:
negie IN Speech.
TARIFF RIDER DEFEATED.
Proposed to Levy Is Per Cent Tax on
All lnheritances Of 900 or
Mors-outIines His Reasons For Be-
lieying Amendment Was A Good
one-Defeated by Decisive Vote.

Washing THE names of Vincent
Astor, Andrew Carnegie and other men
Of great wealth figured in discussion
In the senate on the subject of swollen
fortunes. Several very unkind things
We're said about the laird of Skibo and
the means which he had adopted to
distribute his fortune.
The discussion came up on an amend
ment to the tariff bill offered by Sena-
tor Norris of Nebraska. It provided
for q graduated inheritance tax. The
tax starts at 1 per cent on inheritances
OF SOC, 900 and is graduated rapidly up
ward to proposed levy of Is per cent
on 1nheritances of more than $5O,OOO,-
] 0OO
The Norris amendment was defeated
by an overwhelming vote.
Senator Norris said in speaking Of
his amendment:
To illustrate the working out of this
amendment I wish to take the estate
Of John Jacob Astor. Let me say right
here that have nothing against any
s Of the Astors or any of their predeces-
sors or any of those who live now. AS
far as know none of them has ever
done a dishonorable act in the acquisi-
4 ton Of property.
As far as know the present young
! Mr.. Astor is perfectly honorable, per-
fectly honest and has not done any
thing to secure his fortune that is ille-
gal, disreputable, unfair or dishonest.
When his father. John Jacob Astor,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
PRAYER FOR AGED
BY MRS. MORGAN
Asks That Fear Of Death Be
Taken Away.
PEACE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE

New York Church Adopts Prayer, and
It ls Published In Annual Calendar.
Notable Woman 10 Much Impressed
With Beauties of Old Ase-Asks That
Undue Love of Life Be Taken Away.
New York.-Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan,
widow Of the financier, is so impressed
with the beauty of old age and the
need of showing special favor to those
Of advanced years that she has sent
to the Rev. Karl Reiland, rector of st.
Georges Episcopal church, a special
prayer for those who have passed,
reached or nearly reached the allotted
span of life. 1t is prayer of the Epis-
copal communion, although not In the
Book Of Common Prayer.
Mr.. Reiland was so impressed with
Mrs. Morgan's letter and the prayer
itself that he printed it in st. Georges
Calendar. with this note:
Through the kindness of Mrs. j.
Pierpont Morgan copy of the follow
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
BITTEN BY BUG, BEGs BALM
Passenger Asks $4,000 For Incident In
~ rzg'$gt %E.+fs cjAon:n~ N.~ 49, FL.

Passenger Asks $4,000 For Incident In
Sleeping Car.
Milwaukee, Wis. Samuel Cohn of
Milwaukee, who arrived from the west
recently, has sued for $4,000 because
he was bitten by an insect in rail-
road sleeper. The defendant in the
suit is the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul road, and the case will be tried
In Montana, where the "offense'' is al
legged to have been committed.
W hen Coin arrived In MilWaukeeeh e
carried one arm in a sling, and he
claimed in making his complaint to the
company that he had been made SO ill
that his business was interfered with
and that the mental and physical an.
guish resultant was worth $4,000.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03

MISS RUTH LAW ToP), FAMOUS AMERICAN
AVIATOR, AND MISS MATHnDE MOI
SAINT OF FRANCE AND AMERICA.
band during his earlier experiments,
and the latter at Rheims in 1909 made
her initial aeroplane trip.
1T is," says Miss Bacon, "a glorious
buoyant sensation without a parallel
and therefore indescribable. but it is
delicious beyond words
Prominent among British lady avi-
ators is Mrs. Maurice Hewlett, wife Of
the popular novelist
Mrs. Hewlett holds the record of be-
ing the only mother in the world who
has taught her own son to fly. He is
Lieutenant r. 3. T. Hewlett, R. ~,
who gained his brevet last year. Mrs
Hewlett holds the view that in a few
years women will be starting of in
their aeroplanes just as unconcernedly
as they do now in their motors.
The first time went on an aero
plane, Mrs Hewlett says. Il quite
imagined it was stationary. The SEN
sation was greater than any | have
ever experienced. At first | was d
little bit afraid. but the performance
actually had the effect of strengthens
Ing my nerves. >
To the mere man on the street such
4 view might at first appear quixotic.
but Miss Trehawke Davis. who has
crossed the channel In an aeroplane
more often than any other lady. pays
aviation a similar compliment
Unique in its way is the entrance of
Miss Mathilde Moisant into aviation.
According to all traditions. this charm
ing American should dread the very
thought of aerial navigation. as her
brother was dashed to death in her
presence while flying in December,
1910.
Though small In stature, Miss Moi
SAINT is big in spirit Some time ago
the police were informed that she had
been flying on a Sunday and set out
to apprehend her for contra vening
state bylaw. But they reckoned with
out their host. Just as the representa-.
tiyes Of the law hove in sight Miss
Moisant started her engine and cleared
off into the air out of their Jurisdiction.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
WOMEN SRlL..IL.F|'iUjIi|
AS AIR PILOTS
Many Successful AYidtors Of.
Today Are Females.
TELL OF THEIR SENSATIONS
First Lady to Fly In an AeropIane Was
Client Norman Who Accompanied
Farman - Since That Time Many
Others Have Gained Fame by Feats

q Ghsnt Woman Who Accompanied
Farman - Since That Time Many
Others Have Gained Fame by Feats
In Air.
London.-The issuing Of mani
festo by the Women's Aerial league,
Initiating national crusade for the
provision Of aerial weapons, recalls the
fact that the first woman who ever
ascended IN an aeroplane is believed to
be a Client lady, who accompanied
Henry Farman on fight outside her
own city in 1908.
The first certifcated woman pilot in
the world was the Baroness de la
Roche, who, after breaking her shoul-
der BY running into a clump; Of poplar
trees during practice, obtained her bre-
vet at Heliopolis, going thence to st.
Petersburg, where the car personally
congratulated her upon her skill. In
July. 1911, while shezwas8 leading In a
big race in France, her machine sud
denly dropped to the earth like stone.
Her life was despaired of, but after
long convalescence she began flying
again in February, 1912.
Exactly who was the first English
woman to fly in an aeroplane is I'M
certain, but the honor lies between
Mrs. S. F. Cody, wife of the pioneer
aeroplanist, and Miss Bacon, daughter
of the well known balloonist. The for
mer made several fights with her hus-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
.FAvORS FEDERAL
CONTROL OF WIRES
Representative Lewis Argues
For His New Bin.
MANY SUPPORT The PLAN.
Terms Of Contracts With Government
Would Make Purchase q Simple Mat
ter and Companies Could Easily Be
Forced to selI-Sueeess Of Parcel
Post Considered Factor.

Washington.-Advoeacy Of govern
ment, ownership of all telegraph and
telephone lines; the introduction of a
bill providing for such purchases by
Uncle Sam; the action of the Bell Tel
ephone system and Western Union Tel
egraph companies in voluntarily dis
solving what the attorney general of
the United States termed trust, and
the tremendous success of the parcel
post system during the first year Of
its history have directed more atten-
ton toward the purchase of the wires
than anything else in the history Of
the country.
The measure has both supporters and
opponents. President Wilson'S decla-
ration that he has never said one way
or the other whether he favored the
bill or not was interesting. For years
the question has been agitated of and
on. here and there, but no concrete ac-
ton has ever before been taken.
The purchase Of the wires by the
government would be simple matter,
provided. Of course, the many millions
necessary to buy the stock could be
obtained. There is an old provision
in the original franchises granted by
the government that If the congress
wishes at any time to buy the compa-
MES the directors will be forced to SELL
These are the terms Of the contracts
with the government under which the
companies are now operating. The
price to be paid shall be determined
by board consisting of three men.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
INDIAN ORDAINED A PRIEST.

Second of Race to Enter Ranks Of
American Clergy.
Superior. Wis.-Philip B. Gordon, an
Indian. has been ordained to the Cath
Ole priesthood by Bishop Kondelka. He
Is the second of his race to be ordain-
ed in the United States. Rev. Albright
Neganquet was ordained several years
ago for the diocese of Oklahoma.
GOrdon's grandfather was Anton
Gordon. one of the first settlers in this
country. The town of Gordon was
named in his honor. He was infuen-
tial with Chief e-In-the- Day, and
his counsel prevented an uprising OF
the Chippewas in 1862.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
LURE OF CITY KILLS FOX.

DazzIed Reynard Fails to Look Out For
the Cars.
South Norwalk. Conn. "A fine speci-
men Of red fox. usually the "foxiest"
Of foxes. blinded by the headlight Of a
trolley car. was struck and cut In two
here The conductor. Harry Bouton.
has claimed the bounty on the pelt.
The spot where the slaughter took
place is but short distance from the
center of the city
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
MARKET FOR C0cKLEBURs.
Farmer Makes a Shipment to Indian
Doctor In Spokane.

Doctor In Spokane.
Russellville, Ark.-An express ship
ment Of peck of cockleburs consign-
ed to Spokane, Wash, was the unusual
product given the express company
here by J. j. DIETRICH, Pope county
farmer. The selling of cockleburs,
which the shipper says are used by an
Indian physician in Spokane in COM
pounding salve, is uncommon, the
product being generally considered a
nuisance.
0. Henry, author of "Cabbages and
Kings" once used the burs to good adj
vantage in his fiction, a consignment Of
the burs being scattered over the
streets of small town in the torrid
zone to compel the natives to buy
shoes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
Takes Army ..kids,p Candy.

Washington. Chocolate rations.. long
the mainstay of the army as an emer-
gency diet. have been ordered with
drawn by Secretary of War Garrison
While its nutritive value is pronounc-
ed good Dr.. G. r. Longworthy Of the
agricultural department has reported
that It is defective as to sdigestibility
and therefore deletero,,s fl tho health
Of its consumers
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
LAMP SHEDS PINK GLOW.

Neon Gas Appliance ls Suitable For
Milady's Dainty Boudoir.
London. Much discussion is going
on concerning the new neon lamp,
which gives out a beautiful rose pink
color peculiarly suitable for boudoirs
and tea rooms B
Neon, which is an atmospheric gas.
was discovered by the English scien-
list, Sir William Ramsay. It is said to
possess the property Of allowing an
electric current to traverse 1t under
certain conditions OF pressure and tenn
perature and OF turning large proper
ton of It into the rose pink light.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-01-03
Tooth 4 Foot Lonu.


Seattle. The skeleton OF a mann
moth was uncovered by workmen
sluicing the excavation for the munic-
ipal stadium at West Seattle The
bones were found $50 feet below the
top Of the hill Embedded In clay bank.
One tooth measured twelve inches
long, eight inches wide at the base.
six inches wide at the top and three
inches thick.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
NEW YORK EXPERT
 REVIEWS SITUATION IN FINANCIAL WORLD

CThe Barron Financial News Service.9
 New York, Nov. 13-During the past few days local sugar redners have sold more than 100000 barrels of sugar. to French buyers, representing about S6,- 00O.0e0 worth Of sugar. The heavy buying for consumpt tion in France has developed as result Of the war, a great many of the fiercest battles hav-t ing been fought in the sugar districts, with the consequent destruction of the maturing beet crops. Owing to this great foreign demand, the Federal Su- gar Refining company will resume. ok- erations at its plant in Yonkers on No vember IS, instead of December as previously announced. The refinery closed about three weeks ago..
 Some noteworthy developments of a decidedly encouraging character have occurred within the last few days. The more important of these may be enumerated as follows: 1. The re- opening of the market for unlisted sS- curities (the curb market) with all re- of the New York Cotton Exchange
 board of managers to reopen that irl- stitution within the next week. 8. The very material improvement in the l foreign exchange situation. which will l have a most important ebaring on the
 question of an early reopening of the
 Stock Exchange. In addition to these factors there have been other hopeful i happenings not the least important lsof which is the recovery in the price of Cotton Exchange seats A few
 weeks ago a membership was trans ferred at $7, 900, establishing the low l est mark in years. Since then a seat has changed hands. at $7 ,500 and now there is a bid of $S,Do0 with nobody
 showing any particular anxiety to sell
 The local money market is fast ap- I preaching normal conditions Bor- Il rowers Of the best standing and pre- \ senting good collateral can now se- cure dxed-6at accommodations al \ 5 1-2 per cent. Loans of a less satis- factory character are still bringing
 per cent. Strict call money is lend ing at 5 1-2 per cent Renewals arc 6 per cent. as a rule.
 Loss of more than 10 per cent. ir
 the October gross earnings of tho l Great Northern, compared with a frac- ton over 8 per cent. for the road 1T l September is one of the indications
 that the depression in railroad earn i ings which has been marked for sew l eral months east of the Mississippi riv. CT is spreading westward. Other west. ern roads will make poor October statements within a few days and ont I or two southwestern railroads which heretofore have been making favora.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
TRo1,rER HAS BEEN IN JAIL

Boston. Mass, Nov. 13--William Monroe Trotter, the Boston negro to whose language, as spokesman of a colored delegation, President Wilson yesterday objected, has for several years published the Guardian. a week ly newspaper for. the coIored race.
 For many years he has been prom inent in negro activities. Tn 1908 he was sentenced to serve thirty days in Jail for disturbing a meeting in a ne- gro church while Booker T. Washing ton was speaking. Trotter objected to statements made by Washington and al row followed in which a negro was stabbed
 Trotter has been a frequent visitor to the legislature in behalf of negro legislation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13

Twelve hundred indictments have been returned in Pike county, Ky. on charges of election frauds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
ARMORED TRAIN
 ROUTS COSSACKS

Berlin. Nov. 13-Ry wireless to Say vile. L. 1.-The only news reaching Berlin of the Russian Operations comes from Vienna whence lt is report ed that the Austrian operations in shs northeast are deveaopang without hin- drance from the enemy. The Russjans have advanced t1afoHgh the region of Central Ga1icia, voluntarily evacuated by the Austrians. and have crossed the lower V1stula, occupying RzeszOW and the Lisco district. The fortress of PrzenysI again is invested by tho Russians but Russian forces in the S$ry Valley were forced to retreat with heav1 losses by a surprise a.ttAck from an Austrian arsnored train ana Austrian cavalry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
CHAMPION LAYING HENS TO BE SHOWN
 AT POULTRY SHOW

The champion laying hens. of thls state will be among the exhibits of the seventh annual poultry show which the Consolidated Poultry Association of Bridgeport, Inc. will hold in Eagles' hall, Madison avenue, Tuesday. We'd nesday and Thursday, December 1, 2 and 8. Not only will the Champion birds be on exhibition but tie meth ods by which chickens can be made to lay when the price of eggs is the high est will be fully explained. The co11l~
 nfttee in charge of this years show is selecting the Judges and they will be announced within a few days. A Pomerianan dog owned by a Bridge port woman for which S, 600 was re- fused will be one of the exhibits. All sorts of pet stock, chickens, ducks, turkeys, dogs, pigeons, rats and mice will be exhibited. Each year of the show the number of entries has in- creased until this year the committee secured Eagles hall and promises a show bigger and better than before.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
''THE MAN BEHIND THE
 MASK TO LECTURE HERE

The man behind the mask will de- liver a. free lecture at Keeney's Elm ptre theatre, Sunday evening, Novem- Der 15, at 8:15 o'clock, taking for his theme the story of Fantine, that un- fortunate heroine in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, drawing parallels be- tween the many incidents and trage- dies of her life and those difficulties which surround modern woman.
 The lecturer, whose identity is un- known, believes that the present po- htical and social activity Of woman Is but the expression of rebellion against conditions which, civilization so called, has imposed upon her, a heri- tage from the past as barbarous as the b1ackest page in history. Reme- dies will be suggested.
 It is the opinion of those interested in this movement that his object may be more readily attained by eliminat- ing all personality therefrom, even his own, and that the work he proposes to accomplish, Of which these lectures are but part, may be served best. by keeping his identity a blank.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
DELANEY BELIEVES FURNlT TURE HOUSE
 GAN PAY IN FULL
RECEIVER OF GRAND RAPIDS C@ CONFIDENT AFTER CON-
 TERENCE OF CREDITORS.

Prosecuting Attorney Alexander De- Laney, who has been appointed receiv- Her of the Grand Rapids Furniture & Supply Go, which until recently did a, large furniture club business on Fair field avenue, last night said that he expected that every clerk who had worked in the store as well as the
 many members of the club would eventually secure their just dues.
 Though the company had recently been forced into the bankruptcy court by d voluntary petition filed by the officers of the company as their New York creditors pressed them for pay asserted that if the proceedings are xnitted to continue. the very nature of the scheme would permit of every person enrolled in the club getting value for the money paid in.
 A meeting of those representing the concern, the creditors, and the court 8 apopintees was held in the Stratfeld Wednesday night, with the result that it may be possible for the business to be wound up satisfactorily. Should !the bankruptcy proceedings be contin- ued, Attorney Delaney was of the fopinfon the customers would not fare so we'll This will probably be de- termined on Saturday when another meeting is scheduled.
 In speaking of the former clerks Of the company, Mr. Delaney said that though their claims were preferred and would undoubtedly be paid event. uaIly, it-~rntght be some time before they could actually see the money.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
ST. JOHNS SCHOOL TO
 HAVE SUNDAY CONCERT

Under the auspices and for the ben eft of St. Johns Nepomuck school house, a grand sacred concert. is be- ing planned for Sunday. November 15, in the rooms at the corner of Penn broke and Jane streets The concert,
 which will begin at 7:30, is to have the Wheeler & wilson band as a fea- ture, as well as special so1oists from the choir of the church. Leader L. F. Chernak, of the band, is already en- gagged in preparing a program of c1as-
 sIcal music which the full band will execute in a most artistic manner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
MRS. GRANvIIAR E DUNNuNe.

After an illness of several months, Mrs. Granville E. Cunning died yes terday morning yat her home in--Long HilI The deceased was born in Long Hill in 1885, the daughter Of A1onzo and Elmira Curtis Sherman Mrs. Dunning removed to Bridgeport about ago. During the time she lived in she returned to Bridgeport 20 years ago. During the time ste, lived in Bridgeport, she was an active member of the First Episcopal church. In Long HiH she was a devout attendant of the Long Hill Methodist church till failing health confined her to her home. She is survived by a husband and one son. Fzsley Walker Dunnfng.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13

H. G. Perkins Of Baltimore. while suffering from temporary insanity, shot and killed F. w. Hinman of the Jacksonville -{FSla.) Times Union, and wounded c. L, Wright, of Utica, N. Y, and Captain Ingram, captain of the Clyde liner Mohawk, on which the shooting occurred. while at sea.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
GETS CLOTHING
 IN SMALL INSTRUMENTS

It was on Wednesday that someone visited M. Friednans tailoring shop at 1482 Main street and appropriated an overcoat. Yesterday someone, be- 1ieved to be the same caller, as on the day before, walked off with a pair of trousers that were being pressed. Mir Friedman has appealed to the police and says that he is going to put his stock of undercoats and vests in the safe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
OBITUARY
MRS. KATHERINE EssrFIEsR RBoK

NNFiS-g KLAIaEiEfoIlNt1 HSSfIE1EFEt K
 Death claimed Mrs. Katherine Es- ther Beck, widow of Gottlob Reck, last evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Jackson, n Marion street. She was "A years of age and is sur vived by three daughters, Mrs. Louis Weber; Hanna, wife of Nathan Baylies ana Henrietta, wife of Charles Jack son; tF~a sons, Julius and Paul, and eighteen sz<nacnIdren Mrs. Beck was born in NurnbSEs, Germany She has lived in Bridgeport but a. very short time