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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-10
Bridgeport, Conn.
 Monday, Aug. 10, 1914.
Autumn Suits

New suits are here, of distinctly new design and marvelously becom- ing. Paris designers have been very liberal, this year, in the wider scope they have allowed us blotE in cut and in eff feet of trimmings
 The long coat is perhaps favored. There is the Redlngote ex tending b el 0 " the knee. A sharp cut-a way is combined with a long panel back to pro duce a novel effect. And side by side with these are shorter coats in equally stylish designs.
 The long tunic skirt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-10

WANTED for new tive family house. Hawley avenue Price right Cash equity only $650, payU - 20 per cent on investment. Call OF
 me if looking for home or invest
 nent. Edwin W. Frauenberger. 20a
 Newheld building. T. 10 sep
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-10

is in great favor, but there plain plain with pleats at side Buttons much used trimmings also pile fabrics velvet broadtal either the contrasting colors.
 Serges, poplins, gaberdnes, and broadcleth suits, black navy, seal brown, green and other shades Prices range from $15O to $40.O0
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-10
MEDAL FOR KING ALBERT

Parss. Aug. 1o.-France has con ferred a military medal upon King AL bert, of Belgiu1n
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-10

Main floor. rear.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
THE A[LlES ASSAULTS IN THE WEST ARE MET by
THE DESPERATE COUNTER-ATTACKS OF
THE GERMAN TROOPS
TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS

Today official
both possible
exception Of significant change
alignment the opposing forces Z
The statement tells fight
France which
ally Abandoned So
veed by artillery No important
there mentions many points
apparent the allies been permitted solely
into their hands, Such they
be held without hard fighting
The fighting
the line Warsaw
The Berlin office states
checked
der been defeated.
French cruiser
Italy,
slight and that injured.
Although vary military
fighting
ward from sOchaszew the the
which principal
forts AusGeman operating the attempt
ing push nohwad effort however
ing with determined resistance the
semoffca Petrograd says
sOe by garrison
the Russians said have resulted dsasrcuy for the Aus
rians.
Now that the French Paris,
attempted that without the
aeroplane
point miles the city of
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
HILL PROMISES TO QUIT
cARRANzA COMMANDER AT NAco
SAYS HE WILL SHOOT
ACROSS NO MORE
MAYTORENA WILL DO SAME
OR, AT LEAST, AMERICAN ARMY
MAN WILL TRY TO GET
HIM TO DO so

Naco. Ariz., Dec. Brigadler Gen
eral Hugh Scott chrsf of staff of the
United States army, reft the American
camp this morning to meet Governor
Maytorena, the Villa besieger Of Naco,
Sonora, on the border four miles east
of here. Two previous appointments
had not been kept by Maytorena. On
Monday the ground was impossible
and yesterday there was misunder-
standing.
General Hill. commanding the Car
rama garrison in Naco. gave orders
today in the presence OF General
Scott's messenger not to fire toward
the east. where the conference will
be held. The meeting with General
Hill, the Carranza garrison command
er of the besieged town, gave General
Scott hope Of settling the long stand
ing Mexican border trouble. If he
can reach as satisfactory an under
standing with Maytorena as he has
with Hill, General Scott says that an
other meeting with Hill may result
in the coveted solution of the problem
created by continued Mexican fire
across the border
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
EXAMINED THE BALES

New York, Dec 24-Officials of the
British army examined with the X-ray
today 10000 bales of cotton consigned
to Bremen, Germany, to determine
whether any of them contained con-
traband Of war. The cotton was be-
ing loaded aboSrd the steamer City
Of Savannah, which sails tomorrow.
The x-ray machines. according to the
English officials, had been especially
designed for the purpose and enabled
them to inspect the interior of the
bulky cotton bales which could easily
conceal arms, ammunition or other
contraband. They had decided to use
this method, they said, after it was
found that, owing to the varying
weight Of the bales, the scales could
give no certain guarantee that each
bale was honest
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
Bomb HIts Dover

London, Dec. 24.-A hostile aero
plane dropped a bomb over Dover this
morning and then disappeared, ac-
cording to statement made this af-
ternoon by the official bureau Nc
damage was done.
This German raid from the air on
the city of Dover is the first news OF
an authentic character of any hostile
air craft visiting Great Britain. The
machine today came from the direc
tion of Deal and was flying high. It
was not sighted from Dover until it
suddenly emerged from the clouds.
Apparently Dover castle was the OBJ
jective of the raid, for the bomb
thrown from the aeroplane fell in the
garden in the rear of st. James rec.
tory, which is located in front of the
castle The windows in the rectory
and some in the houses Immediately
surrounding the rectory were broken.
Fog made easy the escape of the
hostile airshiplR Immediately after he
had droped his bomb, the pilot start
straight across the channel. Two
British aeroplanes went up in an en-
deavor to catch the raider, but the hos
tile ship had too much start and could
not be overtaken.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
SITUATION STILL
UNCHANGED in
EAST

London, Dec. 24.-Christmas Eve
finds little change in the underground
warfare now being conducted in the
western theater of war, where Gen
raj Joffre, the commander in chief
of the French armies, still appears
to be cautiously feeling for an opening
in the strongly entrenched German
lines across France and Belgium.
In the east a supreme German eff
fort continues to be made before War
saw, the capital of russian Poland,
where the forces of the German cen
ter and of the Russians seeking to
check them, sway back and forth
along the banks of the rivers barring
the way to the Polish capital The
Russians claim successes in the latest
encounters, but during the last ten
days the Germans have advanced ap-
preciably and it is said they now are
bringing up their AZ centimetre guns
preparatory to siege operations.
In Galicia the Austro-German forces
seem to have made no further prog
ress, and the Russians are reported
to have pushed the invaders back into
east Prussia.
Petrograd has never conceded that
the occupation Of Lodz BY the Ger
mans had any strategic Importance,
but the German view has now found
expression from Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg, who remarked to the rep
resentatiye of the Associated Press
on the eastern front that he consid-
cred it the turning point Of the cam
paign"
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
FITZSIMMONS' WIFE
SAYS He is A BRUTE
SHE GETS A DIVORCE, ALLEGING
FORMER CHAMPION KICKED ,
HER

Chicago, Dec. "a. Various episodes
Of their marital life, in which she fig
ured as an abused person, were re
lated today by Mrs. Julia Fitzsimmons,
wife Of Robert Fitzsimmons,o former
worlds champion heavyweight pugil-
list, in testifying in her divorce suit
against the former king of the ring
HE used to go away said Mrs.
Fitzsimmons, "and would be brought
back intoxicated by some of his
friends"
The day before their final separa-
. ton, July 10, the wife said her hus-
band kicked her as she was passing
"a hall door.
/ I'VE had quarrel earlier she ex.
planned, about his drinking and I had
not been speaking to him because
refused to quit, so when / passed b
the door he kicked me-"
Threats to shoot her were related
by the witness, who said that at va
rious times her husband pulled her
hair or grabbed her throat. and some
times threw bottles at her.
T don't want any alimony." she
told the court. Il always worked be
fore we were married and have ha
to since. can do It still"
Mrs Fitzsimmons asked permission
to resume her maiden name, Julia
Clifford. No defense was offered and
default was entered. The court cr
ldered the testimony written up. Be.
fore becoming Mrs. Fitzsimmons in
1903 the complainant was profession-
lal singer
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
FUN FOR FELoNs

Santa Fe, Dec 24.-santa Claus will
fill 800 stockings for the convicts at
the state prison tonsght with candy,
nuts. cigars. cigarettes, small sacks
OF tobacco and other 1ixuries. The
stockings, which we're made especially
at the prison for the purpose, will be
hung up and filled without the lmowl-
edge Of the prisoners. A moving pic
ture show and a big Christmas dinner
will be features Of the day
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
GREAT DAMAGE Done
BY ARIZONA DELUGE
LOSS OF LIFE, so FAR AS RE
PORTS INDICATE, is coNFIN-
ED TO TWO

Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 23.-The Santa
Cruz river, heretofore called river
by courtesy of the map makers, is on
it's worst rampage of a generation. Or
dinarily the bed of the Santa Cruz is
dry The San Pedro river west OF
Bisbee is a stream nearly a mile wide
Other streams are swollen in proper
tion, railroad tracks have been wash
ed out, buildings flooded or carried
away, and property damaged to thf
extent Of thousands Of dollars as the
result Of seven days Of rain through
out southern Arizona.
National guardsmen returning tC
Tucson early today confirmed reports
that two Mexicans had been dorwned
in the Santa Cruz river at Sahuarita
The militiamen said it had been re
ported that other lives had been lost
in the flooded districts.
Reports early To-Day from Bisbee
stated that further rain during the
night threatened to increase property
damage. A Southern Pacific train
marooned S6 hours at Otero, between
Tucson and Nogales, was reported to
day to have returned to Nogales af
ter temporary track repairs had been
made
For "a hours passengers on thi!
train were without food. They finally
made their way to ranch houses
where they we're given food and shell
ter. A relief train with supplies wa
able to 60 only as far as Amado
where it encountered flooded tracks
Morales was still isolated today from
communication with nearby towns
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
FRENCH CRUISER
1ORPEDOED BY
AUSIRIANS

Paris, Dec. 24-An official commun-
ication issued today by the French
minister of marine says:
An Austrian submarine fired two
torpedoes at a French armored cruiser
in the Strait of Otranto, one of them
exploding forward. The damage done
to the vessel was not serious. None
of the cruisers crew was injured.
An official statement given out in
Paris today says that an Austrian
submarine torpedoed a French armor
ed cruiser in the Gulf Of Otranto. The
warship was damaged only slightly.
No one was injured. :.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
The Germ statement

- 4
Berlin, Dec, 2S (by Wireless to Lon
don Dec. "a. 4.)-The official communi-
cation issued by the German headquar-
ers staff says:
"The enemy did not renew his at
tacks in the neighborhood of Nieuport
AT Bixschoote we took 230 prisoners
on December %.
"The enemy was again active yes
terday in the neighborhood of Cha
Icons. Infantry attacks followed q
fierce artillery attack made by the en-
emy in the region OF Souain and Per
thes. These were repulsed. A trench
kept under continuous fire by the en-
emy was lost by us, but was recap
tnred in the evening. The position
was abandoned after this successful
counter attack, because parts Of the
trenches had been almost leYeiled by
the enemy's fire. More than a hundred
prisoners were left in our hands.
sTo the east we have assumed the
offensive and are advancing from Mel
denburg and soldau lin east Prussia)
We have repulsed the Russians aftel
several days fighting at Mlawa
(northern Poland) and the enemy'i
positions at Mlawa again are in oul
hands. More than 1000 prisoners were
taken in these battles.
AT the confluence of the Bzura ant
Rawka rivers, fierce bayonet attacks
took place at many places. The arti'
lery could do little, on account of th'
misty weather.
"The Russians suffere heavy losses
on the right bank Of the Pfiica river
in the district to the southeast o
Tomaszow. The Russians attacked
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
Scott is Hopeful

Washington, Dec "a. -Brigadier
General Hugh L. scott's mission to
the Mexican border is progressing sat
isfactorily, according to his message to
the war department. He expected to
confer today with Governor Mayto-
rena, General Gales and Mr.. Pesque'
ra, and already had talked over th+
situation at Naco, Sonora, with Gen
eral Benjamin Hill, Carranza chief
tain, the message said.
Gutierrez not Prisoner
Provisional President Gutierrez and
General Villa had long conference
last night in Mexico City, according
to advices today from state depart
ment agents there. As no mention was
made Of any street fighting or fric-
tion between the followers Of the two
leaders, state department officials re
garded these dispatches as evidence
against reports that Gutierrez had
been made a prisoner and that his
forces had been engaged with villa
troops.
The dispatch, dated late last nigh
referred in optimistic terms TO =
progress being made in rehabilitatinf
the central government. Apparently
confirming the state department view
the minister of foreign affairs in Gu
tierrez's cabinet telegraphed the Wash
Iington representative Of Gutierrez to
day that there was absolutely moth
ing new in the situation in Mexico
City.
Carranza has not intention Of leav-
ing Mexico, according to telegram
dated yesterday, received at the Car
rama agency here. from Apizaco, q
small town northeast Of Puebla. Tr
addition to requesting his represen
tatives to deny all such reports the
message says:
Il am still IN the town Of Apizacc
visiting the camps Of our troops. ant
find them in high spirits and cage
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
CHILDREN WILL BE- HAPPY
ENTERTAINMENTS WILL OCCUR
TONIGHT BY VARIOUS SUM-
DAY SCHOOLS
USUAL MIDNIGHT MASSES
THE CATHOLICS WILL WELCOME
FEAST OF NATIVITY WITH
SOLEMN SERVICES

Tomorrow is Christmas, perhaps
the holiday most universally recog-
nized in all civilized countries. Las
Vegas will not be behind other cities
in observing this day Of joyfulness and
cheer. The churches will recognize
the religious aspect Of the day by
special services, the business men wiz
observe it as holiday by closing their
stores and Offices, and everybody vii
celebrate II as festival by the givin9
loi gifts and the partaling OF specint
holiday dinners
The kids. especially. viii have q good
time tomorrow in looking at the pres
ents that santa has brought them, and
in finding their internal turkey capa-
city For it is day Of feasting as
well as Of giving prayer In fact.
the midday dinner is the principal
event of the day for many people.
Tonight the final preparations win
be made for the great day. Bright
and early in the morning little kids
and bigger kids will repair to the fire
place to see what the good ST. Mich
olas has put in their stockings. Then
throughout the entire day, the holi-
day spirit win reign.
After all, Christmas comes but once
year, so why not enjoy it to the linn;
it?
Dolugs Of Christmas Eve
Not less important than the day IT,
self, is Christmas Eve, when Santa
Claus is reputed to make his nocturnal
rounds bestowing Just the presents
they wanted on divers youngsters.
This year the eve OF the holiday VIII
be more Of a celebration than ever
A new idea will be tried here under
the auspices of the Music and Art s.
ciety of Las Vegas, when the children
of the Sunday schools Of the First
Presbyterian. the First Christian, the
Episcopal the First Methodist and the
First Baptist church will parade the
streets and sing the good old-fashion-
ed Christmas carols to everybody
who places a lighted candle in the
window of his residence. After the
singing the children viii give those
who are serenaded a chance to make
their Christmas present to charity IN
the form Of a contribution to the fund
for a maternity ward at the Las vs4
gas hospital
Stores VIII Keep Open Late
All the stores win be open until q
late hour tonight to give belated
Christmas shoppers chance to make
their final purchases. The barber
shops win remain open until 10 o.
clock so that all men may be sh
and put in holiday guise The post
office win remain open until o'clock
for the final batch Of holiday gifts
During The evening a large number
will gather around the family Christ
mas trees and enjoy an evening of
holiday carnival Several Of the
churches viii celebrate the occasion
BY joyous entertainments and run.
The Presbyterian Church
At the First Presbyterian church
commencing at 7 o'clock promptly this
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24
FRENCH GOVERNMENT ASSISTS
PROVIDES CHAMPAGNE FOR THE
BRAVE BOYS UNDER THE
TRIcoLoR
THE GERMANS NOT FORGOTTEN
PRISONERS OF WAR ALLOWED
BY ALLIES TO RECEIVE
PRESENTS

Paris, Dec. 24--Christmas at the
front will be as cheerful and comfort
able as the love and self denial Of
wellnight every family in France can
make it. The spirit Of those at home
is not to give presents to one another
but to unite and give all to the son,
father, or brother serving with the
flag.
Many a family in France probably
will dine meagerly tonight and to
morrow because OF the packages Of
soft wooIen things and boxes OF deli
cacies which have gone to the kins-
men at the front. Then there are field
glasses, wrist watches, sleeping bags
an an amazing variety of camp CON
yeniences.
The military administration has
been most considerate in providing
transportation, and all this month nu-
merous vans loaded with holiday pack
ages were among the long supply
trains back of the army
Many lone soldier without family
has received various packages of
things to eat, wear, smoke or drink
from distant relatives and the gov
ernment. The ministry of war, among
other things, is sending bottle of
champagne for every four soldiers at
the front
Belelans are oVerfed
All the plum puddings in the shops
of Paris have been taken by the
French military to send to the Brit
ish soldiers. The Belgian refugees,
especially the children, are being SO
overfed that the committee in charge
Of them have postponed by agreement
various dinners and entertainments SO
as to extend them over the next ten
days.
Cigars for Soldiers
King Albert Of Belgium has cent a
box of 25 cigars to each of the Belgian
soldiers All the hospitals have ar
ranged concerts, recitations, and stere-
opticon shows for convalescing sol
diers.
The American hospital is bright
with holly and mistletoe. Madame
Foincare, wife Of the president Of
France. has sent 5000 packages Of
toys. candy and clothing to 1900 All
sace-Lorraine children who live in the
land reconquered BY France.
Presents for Germans
The French government is deliver
ing great quantities Of packages from
Germany to prisoners OF war. For the
most part they are useful things like
blankets, underwear and wooden socks.
Similar deliveries. 1t is understood
win be made by the German authori
ties to French prisoners.
JolIIty on the Line
While the men in the trenches will
have to maintain the same strained
'alertness that they observe every day,
and while there doubtless will
be fierce fighting at certain points on
the front, yet from 1900 to 1000 yards
back Of the infantry firing line ar
rangements have been made for pIen
" Of iollity which will include a chick
en dinner and champagne to drink
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24

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JolIIty on the Line

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Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24

SOME usually modest
hosiery will be brazen.
" displayed to Santa
Claus tonight.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-12-24

SNOW tonight and
Friday is the predic-
tion. but everybody
likes snow on Christ
mas.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-08-26
For SURROGATE.

am candidate tor the Democratic
nomination for Surrogate of Hunterdon
county. / have never before asked for,
or held, a public office of any kind. If
elected Surrogate, | pledge myself to
give it my personal daily attention.
Also that | shall never be a candidate
for that or any other public office again.
After twenty years work, helping to
elect every man who has been nomin-
ated by my party, that has been its
candidate for any office, l now, for the
first time, ask the votes of every Demo-
crat in Hunterdon, with the highest
sense of appreciation of the honor l
seek.
ANTHONY KILLGORE,
June II, 1914. Pennington, n. J.
This advertisement is ordered and
paid for by Anthony Killgore.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-08-26

To the Democratic voters of the County
of Hunterdon:
In announcing my candidacy for the
office of Surrogate to be nominated at
the next September Primaries, 1 want
to assure the voters of Hunterdon
County that l will appreciate very
highly their support.
1t is my intention to visit every Sec
ton of the county and so far as possible
meet my fellow citizens face to face.
Very respectfully yours,
OSCAR RITTENHOUSE.
Clinton, n. j., June IS, 1914.
This advertisement is ordered and
paid for by Oscar Rittenhouse.
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For Freebooter.

l announce myself as candidate for
the Democratic nomination for member
of the Board of Chosen Freeholders
of Hunterdon County.
l will appreciate your support, and
if l am elected will devote my best
efforts to the important duties of the
Office.
WILLIAM Y. HOLT,
Raritan Township.
This advertisement is paid for by
William Y. Holt.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-08-26
RINGOES VICINITY
And Along the Neshanic Brook

RINGOES VICINITY
And Along the Neshanic Brook
S. A. Titus, was a Thursday
visitor here.
John Howard, of Washington, D.
c., has been visiting at the home of
Samuel Dilts.
Walter Daley, of PlainfeId, is
visiting at the home of his uncle,
George Strimple.
Miss Katie Salter has returned to
her home here after visiting friends
in Jersey City and New York.
Annie Fisher, of Headquarters,
and little Dorothy Higgins, of Sandy
Ridge, spent Thursday with Miss
Martha Fisher.
Albert Titus has returned to the
home of his parents, in Trenton,
after spending some time with
Charles Bond and family.
Miss Olive Hockenbury, of Lam
bertville, is spending her vacation
with her cousin, Miss Anna M.
Higgins, of the Neshanic Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Leedman
have returned to their home in Tren-
ton after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. P.
c.. Philhower, of the Neshanic
Valley.
Miss Blanche Y. Wilson, of the
Neshanic Valley, and little Elizabeth
Stout, of Lambertville, spent Thurs
day with her cousin, Miss Alice M.
Young.
Elizabeth Kitchin, of the Neshanic
Valley, and cousin, Dorothy Snyder,
of Lambertville, spent Saturday
with Miss Dora Hoppock, at Ser
geantsville.
| Mrs. Lavinia Goodwin and grand
daughter, Belle Goodwin, of Plain
spent the last of the week with the
families of S. L. Kitchin and J. B.
Higgins, in the Neshanic Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel L. Kitchin,
of the Neshanic Valley, are enter
tanning their daughter, Mrs. Peter
Snyder, of Lambertville, together
with her children, for a couple of
weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Sanders
and Miss Elizabeth Sanders, of
Plainfield, were Thursday visitors
there, and Messrs. Jonathan Kitchin
and Clarence Hammill, of Trenton,
were Sunday visitors.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-08-26
Notice to Voters.

The subscriber respectfully announces
that he will be a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the Office
of Chosen Freebooter in the County of
Hunterdon, at the Primary Election
next September.
HIRAM O. CAsTNER,
Glen Gardner, n. J., R. D.
This advt. is paid for by Hiram o.
Cashier.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-08-26
For Assembly,.

| hereby announce myself as can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for member of the General Assembly
at the coming primary election. Your
vote and support highly appreciated.
HARRY j. IOBST.
Cokesbury, n. ].
Ordered and paid for by Harry J.
IObst.
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For Sheriff.

| desire to announce myself as can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for Sheriff at the coming Primary
Election.
CHARLES HoPPOCK,
West Portal, Bethlehem Township.
This advt. is paid for by Charles
Hoppock.