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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
10 COUNT MAIL
 AT LOCAL P. D. DURING OCTOBER
Orders From Washington Have Been Received
 Here

Tn order to find out how the present surepean war has affected mail han led by the post office department of he country, an order has been received rom washington, requiring the count, ng of all parcels post matter, first lass mail and mail going to rural iarriers through the local department The taking the count will take the
 reater part of next month, and must ie pushed to completion before the end # october.
 A count of all parcels post matter, dther received or delivered will be aken- It is thought that the present nonth has seen a great increase in 10th s-the number of parcels handled md the total weight, throughout the country. Locally parcels post has been n great demand. and local employees Ieclare that it has greatly increas- d during the present month
 First class mail matter handled through the local department is also io be counted. While there has been noticeable falling of in foreign mail, It Is thought that the falling off will not make a material difference as mail destined for points within the country has greatly increased. It is thought carriers for delivery will also have increased
 The counting of this man will place a great deal Of additional work on the hands of the department. The count will be then compared with a count ago. which VIII show the difference in the amount of mall handled since the breaking out of host1Iities
 The order is to be national in scope, and every ofiice in the country will be required to furntsh the required data,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

The New York Shipbu1lding Go has received an. order from the Gulf Oil Go. for the construction of a tank pacity will be 2.25o,6oo gallons
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

President Wilson, on the recommend ation of Secretary Lane, has restored to a modified form of homestead en- tries about 185,O00 acres of land in Yel- Iowstone county, oAfnt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
UNIONS ARRANGE
 TO AVERT STRIKES

New York, Sept s0.-It was an- nounced here last night that delegates of six international unions in the building trades have completed the forming of an alliance by which strikes over disputes involving the work one union should do will be averted.
 The six unions are the bricklayers' and masons' international union. the Journeymen stoneeutters' international union, the international union of en- gineers, the united brotherhood of car penters and joiner, the plain and or namenta1 operative p1asterers' society and the international hod carriers and building laborers' society of America
 They represent more than 5ooooo throughout the United States and Canada.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
ELLIOTT REED AND MAMIE STOWE ARE
 SEEKING DTvoRCEs

Rapexs were Hled in the superior eouzk Tuesday in divorce proceedings brought by Elliot Reed Of Stratford against Grace B. Reed of this city. Desert1on on August IS, 1911 Is the chaAge. lfrA Reeds maiden name was Grace Baker. She married the plain tiff Deceu1ber 22, 1909. Ther are two minor children of whom Reed wants the custody.
 Mamie Stowe of Fairfield seeks q divorce from Walter ". Stowe of Fair field. Desertion on August 27, 1911 is the ground. The couple were mar ried April 15, 1909. Mrs. Stoves maiden name was Mamie Beckwfth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
HPwoRrH aRoUF RAIhY.

The. fan rally of the Bridgeport Group of Epworth Leagues will be held at Nichols. Thursday evening. Oct 8, at o'clock. Rev Willard L. Robinson, executive secretary of the New York society of the Methodist Episcopal church will be the speaker. His subject will be Living Episties. 2 Rev. A. E Beebe of Nichols will con- duet the praise service and Rev. O. W. B. Cook Of Grace NJ F. church will have charge Of fhe devotiona1 service
 The Nichols bus will meet the troll ley at BeardsIeyl park at T.30 and 7.5O A spirited contest for the ban ner awarded to the society having the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

John B. Hendrickson of, Brooklyn k cut off with one cent by the will of his wife. The estate is divided among hel four children.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
CAMP AIGN
 WILL BE UNUSUAL

New York. Sept. 3o.-James w. Gerard. the Democratic nominee for United States Senator, proposes to conduct a campaign for his election which will be unique in American pol itics. He proposes to not say word.
 MT. Gerard feels that ne has no right to forsake his present duties as Ambassador to Germany in order to further his ambitions at home. Ac- cordingly he notified his friends when they put him in the field by circu- lating designating petitions that he would not forsake his present post to come home and go on the stump.
 It was with this undarstanding that
 Mir. Gerard's packers went ahead and nominated him. They felt that he had so endeared himself to Americans by what he had done toward getting American refugees. out of Germany when the war comm enced that he would not need to appeal personally to the voters of New York state.
 Mr. Gerard's position at Berlin is a peculiarly delicate one. He has to take extreme care to maintain the strict neutrality of the United States, as represented by him. and yet he has to look out for the Interests of citizens of all of the Powers at war with Germany who may appeal to him for assistance
 MT. Gerard has no intention Of Ieav- ing his present post before next Feb ruary, at the earliest. If hosti1ities still continue then his friends say that he may not come home to take his seat in the Senate If he is elected, but will stick to his job until he is through with 1t. This has raised the question of whether MT. Gerard would not have to be here next March. There seems to be no precedenS for such a case.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
STOPS HEADACHE,
 PAIN, NEURAL CHA
Don't suffer! Get dime pack of. Dr. James Headache
 Powders.

You can clear your head and re- Iieve dull, splitting or violent throb- ping headache in a moment with 8 Dr. James Headache Powder. This oId-ttme headache relief acts almost magically. Send some one to the drug store now for a dime package and a few moments after you. take 8 powder you will wonder what became of the headache, neuralgia and pain. Stop suffering-it's needless. Be sure you get what you ask for.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

J. Albert Caldwell, senior member of the firm Of J. F. Caldwell & Go, of Philadelphia, died in Rournemouth, England. He was 68 years old
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

Buy Now French & Dutch Bulbs
 JOHN RICK X SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
COTTON ASSOCIATION
 MEN IN CONVENTION

Lenox, Mass Sept. 30.-The reading of many papers, largely technical, was the progam for today's session of the Associatio of Cotton Manufacturers.
 'tProvistons for the Health of Elm p1oyes,'' was the title of paper by pr. William Hall Coon OF Haxerhill. Another matter to come before the meeting was the report of the secre- tary, c. J. H. Woodbury of Boston, on proposed restrictions upon the inn portation Of Bgyptton cotton on ac- count of the pink boil worm.
 The first snow of the season fell at Washington. The mercury registered s2 degrees.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
MnRaER 1s PRoJHOrEp.

yincennes. Ind. Sept 3O-when the joint convention of the Association of Com ercia1 Secretaries and the Cen traI Association of Commercial Secre- tarfes met today, the plans for a mer- ger of the two bodies were discussed. No action was taken although the sentiment was almost unanimous in favor of such action.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
WASHINGTON PLANS
 BIG PEACE SERVICE

Washington. Sept. So-A great open air service at which prayers will be said that peace may come to the war ring European countries in accordance with President Wilson's peace pro- cIamation will be held at Mount St. Albans Episcopal Cathedral grounds next Sunday. Arrangeme ments for the services were nearing completion to- day. More than 5000 persons are ex- pected to attend.
 The services are to be held around the Peace Cross in celebration of what is being called in Episcopal churches here ''The day of interces- sion for peace and pardon
 The program calls for the reading of the Presidents proclamation, the offering of special prayer for the President and all those in authority, special prayers for peace and for the sick and wounded on the battlefield and in European hospitals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
DEMOCRATIC TICKET

U. S. Senator, SIMEON B. BALDWIN, of New Haven.
 Governor, LYMAN T. TINGIER, of Rockville.
 Lieut.. Governor, GEORGE M. LANDERS, of New Britain. Secretary of State, ALBERT PHILLIPS,
 of Stamford.
 Treasurer, EDWARD S. ROBERTS, of North Canaan.
 Comptroller, DANIEL P. DUNN,
 of Willimantic. Attorney General, JOHN F. M'DONOUGH,
 of Naugatuck. Sheriff, Fairfield County WILLIAM VOLLMER,
 of Norwalk.
 For Congress list Dist--Augustine Lonergan 2nd Dist.-Bryan F. Mahan. 3rd Dist.-Thomas l.. Reilly. 4th Dist.-Jeremiah Donovan. 5th Dist.-William Kennedy. Judge of Probate, EDWARD F.. FALLEN.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30

Amos veritzan and Ro1of Petersen, policemen of Rockville Centre, L. l., who pleaded guilty to indictments charging burglary. were sentenced to the state prison. Verttzan received nine years and Petersen from five to seven years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
FRENCH SOLDIER HAS
 CHANGED UNIFORM

Havre, December 1s.-(Correspondenc of The Associated Press)-A new style of French soldier has just appeared in Havre wearing the regulation English uniform of olive drab, with putees and a cap of the traditional French arms shape. but of khaki color.
 These soldiers, who created much in- terest at first by reason of their novel uniform, are detached from the French army to serve in the English as off clal interpreters. They are mounted and attached to the various headquarters.
 English officers with more than a knowledge of restaurant French are not common. while the enlisted men who have been able to pick up Hindustanee and various jargons in the British colo nies find themselves lost as far as French is concerned. Neither the French nor the English can pronounce the others language in an understandable way when they do pick up words On account of spies among the civilians who have often been used as interpreters on the front. 1t was felt necessary to have a corps vouched for by the French government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
Peace Programme Unchanged

War will not interfere with the reace programme of Andrew Carnegie's re- gently organized Church Peace union. Just ending it's first years work the union voted to spend in 1915 the sum of $S0,O00 in peace education in the churches of America. Europe and Ja- pan. The unions work is limited 10 the churches, Protestant, Jew and Cath ollie. It's field is the world.
 Out of the s100,000 a year income from the endowment fund of s2.QO0, 0Oo. the sum of S20.000 was appropriated for work among the churches of Flu rope, regardless of the war. peace congress is planned to be held in Lon 6on next August. The sum of Si0,00o was voted for the use of special committee, to arouse the American people to regard the present time as most opportune for work by them for peace in Europe, and knowledge by them of the dangers and futility of militarism. It was stated that able leaders are to be called upon to pre- pare literature. and that churches will be asked everywhere to take advan- tage of this moment to impress Amer ican ideals of peace and good will upon all the world.
 A very important step was taken at the annual meeting to end the agita- tion against the Japanese and the pos sibility of war with that nation. The sum of s10,000 was appropriated for this work, which will be carried on by the federal council. The Rev. Dr.. Smaller Matthews of Chicago will be sent to Japan by the Church Peace union as the bearer of messages Of good will from the churches of Amer lea to the churches and the people of Japan. A careful study of conditions in California as affected by the Japan ese was ordered to be made an1 the Rev. pr. S. L. Gulick will be continued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
BRITISH TRADE UNIONS WATCHING
 WAR CONTRACTS

London. December lS( Correspondence of the Associated Press )-Though the British 1aboring man has, generally speaking, rallied to the support of the government in tho present crisis, the trade unions are keeping a close watch on the many reports of abuses under war contracts. Through the workers national committee there has been ap- pointed a subcommittee representing va rious sections of the labor party whose duty 1t shall be to investigate and sum marize charges, presenting those that seem well founded to the government departments responsible for contracts.
 The inquiry will cover the quality of food. cloth and other articles supplied to the army and navy; prices and profit; labor conditions in factories, especially in factories where subcontracting is done.
 The labor party is greatly concerned just now with the evils attending sub contracting. IL is alleged that some war contracts are handed down from subcontractor to subcontractor until the actual makers are five or six times re- moved from the original receiver of tho order. By this method. it Is charged. four or five middlemen 8 profits are paid by the nation; the worker is cheated and the nation robbed byinferior ma terial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
Christmas Dinners Given Away

The Salvation Army gave away on Christmas day S70.OO0 Christmas din- ners in over 100 cities, where it main tains centers of work. Each dinner was complete and included chicken, vegetables, soup and bread for a family of five. Poor children were also re- membered and in a large number of cities Christmas trees with exercises were held. The army says that 1oo,000 toys and garments is a conservative estimate. Last year the army dis tributed 100000 dinners
 The figures for the various cities show that in New Y ork 35,000 dinners were given away; Boston, 12,00o. Chi cago, 10000; Pittsburg, 5000; New Or leans, 2500. and so on down long list of which the above includes d few of the largest. Commander Miss Eva Booth in speaking of the work this Christmas says that response has been generous to appeals for money, but that poverty is greatest in the large cities just now than it nas been in years. In many cities soup and bread kitchens have been opened.
 The army has just shipped its sec end consignment of Red Cross supplies for the wounded soldiers in Europe. To date volunteer workers have made up a total of S5.0eO bandages, com presses and sponges. The last ship ment for the Belgians also included II cases of second hand clothing. The next shipment will be sent to the Ger mans and is expected to reach 1o,0O0 bandages. The army makes a nation wide appeal for old linen and money with which to carry on this work. Two hundred army cadets and volunteer church workers are busy making over the old linen into bandages and use 90 sewing machines and three steriliZa : ton machines on an average of h hours a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
HAD TERRIBLE TIME
 BETWEEN TRENCHES
Wounded Frenchman Re- joins Comrades After 15
 Days of Wandering

Havre, December 1s.-tcorrespondence of the Associated Press.)-An account of how a wounded French soldier, who had wandered for 15 days between the two battle lines with no food except raw vegetables, at last stumbled upon his own troops in the dark, where he was rescued by comrade, is told by a French infan- tryman at the front in a letter to his parents at Havre
 T was one of a handful of men guard ing canal" he said, with orders to shoot anyone appearing oh the other side. In the night. just about dawn, l heard a sharp cry of halt It came from one of the sentres who noticed creeping fig- ure just across the canal. A voice came back; France! Don't shoot. I'm wounded"
 This kind of adventure had cost us dearly on many occasions. so we called our captain. While we kept the silhouette under the cover of our rifles, the captain put a number of questions. In reply. the man told us he was wounded 15 days previously. Since then he had been wan dering about, living on the food grow ing in the fields, fearing both to run into the German lines and at the same time dreadfng to be shot by mistake in trying to find his way into the French lines. His wounds were such he said, that he was unable to cross the ditch and he begged one of us to come over after him.
 Was this a trap. we wondered? But the captain believed the man and asked for a volunteer for the rescue. To cross the canal meant exposure to the fire of the German outposts, for the sky was now clearing. We had in our compaAy q postman from Normandy named Guyot Without moments hesitation. Guyot ran to the canal, crossed, took the man on his back and returned"
 The wounded man suffered from five bullet holes, including a badly infected one in the leg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
THE HEAVENS IN JANUARY
By PROFESSOR DooLITrLE Of the University of PennsyIysnia

Throughout the last year one or more of the bright planets could always be seen shining in our tevening sky. but the year 1915 will be far less favored in this respect. The very beginning of the new year is marked by the with drawal of Jupiter, leaving Us with only the beautiful and interesting saturn. and this planet will move steadily west ward, finally entirely withdrawing from the evening heavens in June. Then for nearly three months no bright plan ct can be seen in the evening. but by the end of the year all will have re- appeared; Venus and Jupiter will then shine low Tn the west. while Mars and saturn will be seen in the east in interesting contrast to the empty months of midsummer.
 In the new year there will also oc- cur the very least number of eclpses that is ever possible. On February 13 rass across the face of the sun. but al both of these times our satellite will be so distant from us that it will ap- pear too small to completely hide the sun. Even at the middle of the eclipses the bright edge of the latter will be seen, apparently encircling the black ball of the moon and thus forming what is known as an annular, or ring, eclipse, Even these eelipses, which will be wholly invisible in Ameriea they will only be seen from regions of the earth southeast of China and northwest of Australia.
 But the ever-changing face of the sky. as season follows season and the constellations appear successivelS in the east. is filled with its tens of thousands of objects of interest. and these might well absorb the ime of a student of the heavens. even if the occasional phenomena occurred more frequently than they will during the coming year.
 Mercury passes to the east of the sun and becomes an evening star on January the sun on February 6, and toward that time may be detected low in the south west soon after sunset It will reach a similar position in the evening sky twice more during 1915, once on May 31 and once on September 27. The elongation of May is by far the most favorable of the three for at this time the planet will be fai north of the equator and will set an un- usually long time after sunset.
 Throughout January Venus rises about three hours before sunrise and may be seen at this time shining very brightly ir the southeaster sky. It attains its greatest brilliance of the year on January ? and it's greatest distance from the sur on February G. After this latter date il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
Churches Seriously Affected

It is generally admitted in church circles of all bodies that the war in Europe and general business conditions have seriously affected both incomes of churches as individual organizations and national home and foreign mission boards. Hardly a mission board either home or foreign has closed the year without a debt.
 Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and Presbyterian all fell far behinS last year. the Presbyterian boards. home. foreign and publication fell behind to the extent of $4S0,000. The Episcopai board of missions finds itself in debt to the extent of s254,000, of which $oo'- 900 piled up within the past year. The Baptist boards have cut down their de- ficits to $42,0O0. The Methodist for eign board faired better than most others and ended the year only s30,O00 behind.
 Presbyterians have through their moderator. the Rev. Maitland Alexan- der of Pittsburg. sent out letters tl each church asking them to observe denial" in which to raise the necessary $4o0,000 to pay their debt. The letter asks Presbyterians to deny themselves of one luxury for the week. It sug- gests that men accustomed to paving Is and 25 cents for cigar get along with a 10-cent cigra, that an accus- with a 10-cent cigar that an accus- or to the opera be postponed and such expenditure be turned over to the boards to pay debts with.
 Large churches in all parts of Amer Hica are reporting decreases in offer ings and contributions to regular church work, on the other hand all appeals for relief and suffering are met with generous response,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
Episconal Church Growth

Episcopal church growth for the year 1914 is shown to be far above the average in years. according to the Liv- ing Church Annual and Churchrnan's S Almanac for 1914, just published. The number of the communicants is now past the 100000 mark, or 1,O15,000, an increase of OPS per cent during the past year. Contributions for all work amounted to s19, S,000, of which S1 250.000 went of the board of missions of this sum the parishes give S666, 800 The gross increase for the year was $49,000.
 It is interesting to note that the dio- cese of New York gave $2,961. .000 for all work; Massachusetts, SLED, 900, Pennsylvania, $1,49S000 and Long Is- land gave nearly $1,00O,000 or SS0i600 The financial statement of the 5000 900 commission of the general clergy relief shows that during the past year as1o0,000 was paid out to aged and dis abled clergy and to widows and or phans in amounts up to $500, and in- cluded the payment of pension inter : est checks to 72S men over GA years of age; s75.000 was left to the fund in wills and $150,000 was received fro,l other sources. The net gain in num- Der of clergy was 93 far above the average in recent years. The total number is 5546.
 Dioceses showing largest growth in number of communicants for the year were: New York, Washington, western Massachusetts, southern Ohio, Los An geles. Newark. Connecticut, Michigan City and western New York. Figures showing numbers in Sunday schools give the total 455, 251. d gain over the report by the general convention of 1913. The general convention of 1912 reported the Sunday schools in the church to be the one weak point with only 446,000 pupils The gain during the past two years since the general conventions report is per cent, con sidered by officials to be good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

days later it was nearest the earth and from this time it's apparent mo- ton westward became very rapi1 so that it reached D by November |, and was soon afterward lost in the rays of the sun
 The path followed by this little comet is smaller than any other known comets orbit. It is so flattened that when the comet Is at A, Fig. 2. it Is but 5000, 900 miles from the sun and when it is at B it Is 3S0, 0,000,0 ,000 miIes distant-three- fourths of the distance of Jupiter. On October 2T, when the comet was near. est the earth 1t was at C. and was then but 27.000,000 miles away. It reached the point A nearest the sun on Decem- Der 5. The comet completes the circuit of it's orbit in three and one third years
 When photographed in September the comet was found to be fainter than the fourteenth magniture, and hence only visible in the very largest telescopes. Even when nearest us In October it ap- peared merely as a round, faint. nebu-