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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
HOSPITAL ARMY IN FIELD CONF IDENT
 OF GREAT DRY
Two Score Automobiles Whirl Collectors Through All
 Parts of Bridgeport
Rig Clock, Registering More Than Quarter of Task Ac- con1plished, Attracts
 Much Attention.

FYushed with the success of last. 'nisaFts sget-together ba1aau et--at which voluntary contributi ons total ling $26, 500 were announcedAfhe $50 workers in the St Vincent's Hospital Fund Raising Campaign started early today on their eleven days task of pushing the subscriptions above tho s100. .o00 mark.
 Everywhere there was an air of confidence that this aim would be ac- captains said that the $1OO,O00 would be subscribed within a week. Frank A. Converse, in charge of campaign Headquarters, basing his estimates on the fine nucleus subscribed last night said that the 910O,00 mark should be exceeded by November 28 when the campaign closes.
 forty automobiles. carrying about 150 workers, started from headquarters to make flying trips to prospective givers in the city and surrounding towns. Just before the workers left head quarters, it was announced that an- other handsome contribution had been sent to the Finance committee. It was for $500 and the donor is M. H. Ford.
 At Main and Congress streets the big clock which will keep public tabs on the subscription lists was erected today. A big red hand points to $26,- 600=the amount the committee had on hand this morning in pledges or contributions, Tomorrow morning tho hand will be pushed forward to in clude the total of todayss subscrip- .tions.
 The workers will meet tonight at 30 o'clock in the big hall on the top floor of the Po1i building, where a hot supper will be served Thirty five young ladies from the various parishes Of the city will assist in the serving of the suppers which will con- tinue nightly until the end of the
 campaign
 Immediately after the supper each night, the committee will call on the team captains for reports of the day. l total of his teams collection, the sum
 will be cha1ked up on a huge score board that covers the entire wall al the south end of the hall.
 Already friendly rivalry has devel- oped among team captains as to which will have the banner team for 1 the campaign. The scoreboard in the hall will show each teams work from day to day and will also record the grand total daily.
 The nightly checking up of reports win not require more than an hour and the workers business will be con cI,1ded by o'clock at the latest. The Of1ceS OF lAlS S1Aee5 eeA so SoAAt1AAi lecc " day were moved to the top floor of the building in order to facilitate the nightly checking up of reports. l Frank A. Converse, in an interview today. said: s-It looks now as if the campaign will be even a greater sue Icess than we anticipated. The finance cornmittee's happy report of last night gives us handsome sum-$26. .0o0- with which to begin work
 saI,lha enthusiasm at the banquet last night cannot do other than spell sue | cess, if .t is manifest to the end oi the campaign. We have got zealous committees and workers to aid us ant | the only answer to this combination can be .s1O0000 or more 7
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
ORDERS COFFIN,
 THEN TURNS ON
 GAS AND HANGS
Funeral Director Asfonished on Arrival at Home, to Find Man Who Dealt
 With Him.
TOTD IJNDEBTAKER HIS
 MAN WOULD SURELY DIE
Dissuaded From Suicide By Paris Green, Fortnight Ago, He Finally
 Succeeds.

John Jacob Meyers, aged 60, of 03o Hancock avenue. called at the under taking parIors of Funeral Director Louis E. Richards. in Elm street. yes terday.S
 T want to arrange for g. friend who 1s very i'll. HeaI surely die in a. few hours, said Meyers to Richards.
 richards took his order for coffin, shrol1d. and other details of the fu- neral arrangements
 This morning Richards got a call to s1030 Hancock avenue. He discovered that the man who was dead was none other than the visitor of yesterday Z Meyers who had made doFbly sure Of death by first turning on the gas in tightly shut-tn kitchen, then hanged himself from the gas fixtures on 8 brand new rope.
 reached the sceen sof deasths he found in the pocket of the suicide the naern I orandum Of casket selected, shroud sand other details.
 Dependency over being out of work and grief over his war swept German fatherland are responsible. About two weeks ago Meyers brought home "a package Of Paris green and despond- enf1y said that 1t was the best cure for his t1publes. He was persuaded not to use 1t and the poison W as 5got- ten away from him.
 His body. swinging rom the gaS- pipe in the center of the kitchen ceil- Ing by rope newly purchased was discovered about zO:3o o'clock by one of sais sons It is believed that he was alive then as the body wae warm and life hardly extinct when pr Weldon. emergency hospital ambulance sur geon. arrived on the rush call and cut it down. pr. M. Garlick, medical examiner, was notified and investigat- ed reporting 1t a ease of suicide.
 Near his dangling feet was round a' chair n W 11ich l1e apparently stood to adjust the rope before 5lnping into eternity Tightly closed Windows and an opened gas Jet attested his de- ninati0z eAo end all. rrI xa of ton that the man who had picked our ahe caskeE and arranged the funeral for "a friendss was the one intending to have the casket as his own couch during the last long sleep
 For some time, according to<the fam fly Meyers had been searching for work and brooded over his inability to obtain 1t. He was still in bed when his son left che house about 6:s0 o'clock and when his wife went out about half an hour later. They understood that he had been partially successful In securing work temporarily on a nearby farm and that he intended fo begin work today.
 Meyers was born in Germany but had lived in Bridgeport for many years, having been employed as a i7aborer and was well thought Of. He Is survived by his wife and two sons, who are prostrated over the tragedy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
STEEPLEGHAS SEE FOLKS
 IN LITIGATION OVER
 MERRY-GO-ROUND RENT


 The Open Drawbridge or Why the Merry Round was not Moved 2 is not the title of five film moving pie ture. It is merely one episode in the suit brought by the Bridgeport Stee- p1echase Co. against B. A Murphy, who formerly held a, concession at the island.
 Before Judge Scott and a jury in the common pleas court this afternoon, Attorney shannon told why his client B. A. Murphy, had been unable to sell his merry-go-round. He had an of fer of g. GOO from a New York man but when he attempted to move the flying horses, the drawbridge was opened and the painted steeds had to remain in lonesome majesty.
 George c. Tilyou. the Coney Island amusement promoter who is president of the Bridgeport Steeplechase Co, was a witness for the company. He said Murphy had agreed to pay $1, GOO a year rent for the merry -go-round concession and still owed $599. .99 Til you testified that he has amusement concessions at Atlantic City, St. Louis and San Francisco. The suit is for $1, 900.
 ; yHurphy admits signing the lease but says an agreement was afterward by reason of the open drawbridge he lost a chance to sell the merry-go- round and therefore files a counter claim for g, 900 damages. In his cross-exanination of MT. Til you, Attorney Shannon said that the attendance at the island kept growing smaller so that the concession was worthless. The trial had not been fin ished at press hour.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
FRENCH

Paris, Nov. 17-There was given out in Paris this afternoon the following g official communication:
 From Nieuport to Dixmude and in the region of Ypres, the seannonading has been resumed with greater vio- lenee than in the preceding days. On the canal to the south of Dixmude the action of our artillery checked the work that the Germans were en- deavoring to carry out to keep down the inundations. The enemy was compelled to evacuate a portion of his trenches. which had been filled by the waters.
 1.-TWO attacks of German infantry, one to the south of Bixschoote and the other to the south of Yprea. re- suited in failure. On our side we have made progress between Blk schoote and the canal. Between Ar mentieres and La Bassee there has been an artillery duel conducted with great spirit
 ssOn our positions on the right bank of the Aisne up stream from Vailly, there has been violent cannonading. This continues also to the Rheims region and several shells have fallen in the city of Rheims.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
OVER 5000 CASES
 FOR COM ENSATlON COM FIR Il ERE
This Total Is for 10 Months Up to November 1
 Law Works Well

According to- the statistics complied fin the ot11ce Of Conpensatfon Comnis- sioner B. T. Buckingham, there have ibeen SJ230 persons In Fairfield county Injured while at their daily occupations fin the ten months from January 1 Hf1is year until November l. All these 7. persons were tncapacitated from fol- flowing their usual occupations for hday or more
 This total does not include all who snet with misfort tune which prevented tnen from following the usual occu- lpation. Early in the year the work ling of the law was not as well un- Ederstood as it is at present and there- Efere many of the accidents which oc- eurred in the first months of the year t,were not reported to the Conpensa- ffion Commissioner by either the per- eon inujred or the employer.
 During January and February, 475 persons were hurt while at their usual bemployment- In March 280 persons were injured. During April May and June s72 persons were so injured that they were tncapacItAted from follow t1nE the usual vacations for day each ore more. In the month of August 47O such cases were reported and for Sep fennber and October together s57 cases.
 Compensation Comn1issioner Buck angham is endeayoring to impress on kalI employees theHnecessity for report Ling at once to their employers any accident of any nature which befall them in the course Of their employ znent Up to date the commissioner has had no occasion to find fault with any employer for failure to promptly report accidents. pen- atty Of 8I0O is provided for the em- spIoyer who fails to report to the. com ipensation commissioner within one week after the timeit occurs. any ac- e17ent which ineapacitates any en- ploye from performing his daily work for at least one day.
 The cofnnissioner has noted that there have been a number of cases ot where employees we're Injured while
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
LONGEST NEW HAVEN
 TRAIN LEAVES HERE

The longest train ever drawn over the tracks of the New Haven road and that is believed to be the second largest ever made up i'm the world, was sent from Bridge port to the Harlem river yards at New York last night. The train contained 2O1 cars, 30 of which were loaded. It was drawn by three electric Locomotives.
 The three locomotives brought to this city last night, a train with a gross tonnage of 45,OOO tons, the heaviest train ever brought here. The big train taken on the return trip to New York was made up in the record time of eight minutes.
 Railroaders here say the largest train in railroad history had 250 cars and was sent an equal dist, ance over the Erie railroad.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
TURKISH

London, Nov. TIA despatch from Consantinople via. Amsterdam to Reu- ter's Telegram Company, gives an ofd- cial communication issued by the Turkish war office. It says: near Tao con the coast of the province of Bazra, in the Persian gulf) they lost about g thousand in dead.
 stThe revolutionary leader, Aibdur Resak, crossed the frontier withe 300 men to assist the Russians, but was dispersed by our troops and many of his followers were killed.
 A Russian standerd has been cap tured.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
ARMIES NEAR FLANDERS
 BATTLE AGAINST BLIZZARD
ENGLAND TAKES DRASTIC STEPS
 TO SAVE NAVY

LONDON, NOV IT. PREMIER AsQUITH STATED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TODAY THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD DECID- ED TO DECLARE THE WHOLE OF THE NORTH SEA TO BE IN THE MILITARY AREA
 ALL SUBJECTS OF THE ENEMY FOUND ON NEUTRAL VESSELS, THE PREMIER ALSO SAID, WOULD BE LIABLE TO DETENTION AS PRISON FRS OF WAR.
 MIR. ASQUITH ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT OIL AND COPPER WOULD BE DECLARED CONTRA BAND OF WAR,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
GERMAN

Berlin. Nov. 17-By wireless to Lon don-Gernan army headquarters gave out an official report this afternoon as follows:
 esGeneraHy speaking, yesterday pass ed quietly in the western arena of the war. To the south of Verdurn and to the northeast of Grey the French made several attacks which, however, were unsuccessful.
 operations in the eastern arena made further favorable progress but detailed reports are not yet at hand
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
OFFICIAL REPORTS ON THE WAR

estimated, for the Russian losses, al- though severe, do not mean that the Russian movement has collapsed. Conside ering the enormous numbers of available soldiers. it does not even mean the diseontinuance of the Rus sian offensive.
 News reaching here from Vienna is to the effect that all along the Cali ciah border the military activity leads German observers to suppose that the Austrians also have taken the often sive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
AUSTRIAN

Berlin. Nov. IA general review of the situation in the eastern arena, based on official Information from Vienna, indicates that the latest Ger man and Austrian victories are such that the advance of the Russians has been rendered more difficult This success, however must not be aver
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
PAPERS RETURNED TO
 COURT IN SUIT OF KING
 AGAINST LIGHT AND BEARD

Papers in the $50, ,o0o libel suit which John T. King brought against Judge John H. Light and B. N Beard were filed this morning in the su- perior court The papers show that ei ight parcels of land in Norwallx own ed by Judge Light and the same num- ber owned by Beard in Shelton were attached by Deputy Sheriff Elwood
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17

alderman in sth district
 Democrats: John B. Callahan. de- feated for alderman, 3rd district; ;; Joseph c. Yirga, defeated for select man; Frank J. Clancy, elected alder man; and Daniel E. Brennan, J. M Mccarthy and Stephen Siksay. justices of the peace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
ALDERMAN. WALKER
 ABLE TO BE OUT

Alderman Daniel E. Walker, who more than a week ago suffered a oon- pound fractare of his right arm in 3 fall, came down town in his autonao- bile and paid a short visit to city hall The alderman is still weak from tho shook and loss Of blood.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
ST. VINCENTS FUND GETS FINE START;
 S26,6OO PLEDGED

Announcement was made at the big s'get together" ban quet last night that S26 900 had been subscribed to the St. Vincent's hospital fund This is more than one-quar- ter of the $iOO, ,Ooo sum to be sought in the campaign which formally opened to- day. The total of each days collections will be printed daily in The Farmer. The contributions announced last { night are
 A Friend $f0,OOO ! Knights of Columbus 5000 Anonymous 5000 Miss Anna Jennings 1000 Warner Bros. Go. 1 ,OOO Bpt. Hydraulic Go. 1000 ) Bpt. Gas Light Go. 800 D. M. Read Go. 500 ! Rowland Dry Goods Co. 800 William E. Allen 500 { John T. King 500 ] William P. Kirk 800 : William Farrell 200 Smith-Murray Co. ... 100 ] Other donations now
 in bank 300
 Total S26, 500
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
COLUMBUS SCHOOL WORK
 IS FORMALLY ACCEPT

At o'clock this afternoon, Com rnissioners Ryan, Osborn. Schwerdtle and Hurley accepted on behalf of the board of education the Columbus school addition from the architect, c. T. Beardsley.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-17
THE WEATHER.

Fair and colder tonight; ]; Wednesday fair and cold.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-13
Sauce for Chone

Pound fine an ounce of black pep.
per and half an ounce OF allspiCe. with
an ounce of salt, and n half ounce of
sCraped horseradish and the same OF
shalcts peeled and quartered: put
thes" ingredients into pint of mush-
room ketChup or walnut pickle; let
them steep for n fortnight and then
strain II. A teaspoonful or two OF
this IL generally an acceptable add.
ton, mixed with the gravy usually
sent up for chops and steaks; or add
ed 10 thick melted butter.
Another delightful sauce for chops
IS made by taking two wincglasscs Of
port and two Of walnut pickle. four OF
mushroom kotChup; half dozen an.
chovies pounded. and like number
OF shalots sliced and pounded; a table
spoonful Of soy and half drachm OF
Cayenne pepper, let them simmer
gently for ten minutes: then strain.
and when cold put into bottles, well
COrkcd and sealed over. 1t will keep
for a considerable time.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-13
SALT PORK WITH MILK GRAVY
Nothing Better in Line Of Dinner
Dishes During the Cold Days
Of the Winter.

This Is the best time of the year to
eat pork Warm weather is the worst
time. Then, In fact, pork ought to
have no place on the menu. But the
colder the weather the better ls pork.
1t is too heavy. too fat and takes too
long for digestion to be good hot
weather dish.
Here is an old-fashioned recipe for
salt pork with milk gravy--a dish
that our ancestors liked and dish
that will be found delicious: Cut
salt pork into thin slices, and, II 1t
is too salty, soak It in cold water for
ten minutes. Then drain 1t and cash
the rind In three or four places in
each slice. Fry the slices brown. In
the meantime heat two tablespoon
fuls OF fat with two of -four and stir
in a cupful of milk to make smooth.
creamy sauce. Serve the pork with
the milk gravy.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-13
PLUM PUDDING ICE CREAM
Change From the Usual Method Of
Serving viii Be Appreciated by
All the Family.

A novel change from the usual plum
pudding is this delightful dessert,
which is quite easily made:
Scald pint of milk, add to 1t four
eggs beaten with one cupful and a
half of sugar. Stir constantly over
hot water until it forms rich Gus.
tard; strain and set aside to cool.
Dissolve two tablespoonfuls OF cocoa
In one-half cupful of boiling water and
boil for a moment Chill this and add
to the cold custard with one table.
spoonful of vanilla and one pint of
cream Shred sufficient citron to
measure one-half cupful; steam one.
half cupful of seeded raisins and
onequarter cupful of sultanas until
plump and tender. BlanCh and cut
fine two dozen almonds; mix these,
add just enough sherry to mosten.
and let stand for an hour Pour the
mixed cream into the freezer and
freeze until like thick mush Open,
and work in tn" fruit. then finish
freezing. In serving. garnish with
whipped cream
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-13
PROPERLY FITTED
HORSE COLLARS
Sore Shoulders and NeCkS NeceS-
sarily Follow Where Animal
Is in Poor Condition.

With horses going into heavy labor
in very thin condition many Of them
will not MI the collar as snug as In
former years. This will necessarily
create more sore shoulders and necks
than commonly. The collar should IT
up tight, 80 there will be no extra
room between the collar and the neck.
II collar has been used it can FIRE.
quently be buckled up notch tighter
10 remove the slack. Keep the collar
smooth by rubbing with the hand. DO
not use a knife nor curry comb, an
they leave the surface rough. and IT.
ritates and causes sores. This should
be done when the collar is removed
before the accumulation drys.
Wash the shoulders or neck al
night with cold water. and remove all
surplus hair or dirt 80 as to leave the
surface smooth; then apply lime sui
phur and tannin in three equal parts
This is q powder. Rub It thoroughly
as 1t heals and toughens the surface
There Is little use to have sores II
care Is taken. With a late spring and
weak horses II behooves every one
using horses to be as careful with
them as possible.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-13

was not new one by any means. IL II
proved to be gid" the sheep had sim.
ply picked up. more apt to on wet, low
grounds, the eggs of tapeworm com.
mon to dogs, foxes and some other
wild animals. Usually. unless the
worm Matching from these eggs reach
es the brain, the body will rid itself OF
1t, and none or but little harm be done
to the sheep. But should IL reach the
brain, where it becomes encysted, gid.
diness first follows, and next paralysis,
and the inability to walk ensues before
death claims II.
The disease will not spread unless
the head, after death. is left where il
can be eaten by dogs, and the trouble
thus be spread where other sheep may
take up the eggs on grass or other
food.
If the cysts form in central part of
the brain, the sheep will become total.
ly paralyZed on both sides, if on the
left OF the brain, the right limbs viii!
lose notion and II the cysts form on
the right side OF brain, it is the left
limbs that will lose their power.
sheep thus attacked may continue
to eat until death and to keep in good
flesh. The disease runs it's course in
from six to eight months.
There is no cure for the trouble.
1t is serious disease to finu among
your sheep as it is disease that can
be communicated to those who work
about the premises. AS it Is rare dis
ease even in sheep, one need not fear
keeping sheep on account of it. The
symptoms given will lead YOU to carly
suspect the disease and destroy its
further spread through that case.
In man, as sheep. the worms that
reach the brain are those that do hurt
to the body. If the cyst can be located
in the brain of man and taken out re-
covery is sure, though the weakness
resulting from the paralysis usually
remains through life.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-13
Fish Cropuettes,

Stir over the fire in a saucepan one
tablespoonful of butter the same
amount Of -four and twO-thirds of n
cupful of milk or water. Boil up
once and add one small half teaspoon.
ful Of salt, a dash or two of pepper,
then remove from the fire and stir In
the yolks OF two eggs. Rub a deep
plate with salad OIL pour in the mix
ture and stir In gently one cupfuI OF
fakes OF cold cooked fish Allow to
cool thoroughly. Make out into
corked shaped rolls, Wet the hands
60 prevent sticking. Roll in sifted
bread crumbs, then in beaten eggs;
roll again in bread crumbs, lay In q
wire basket, hang In boiling fat and
fry a delicate brown. Lift out with
a skinner, place on brown paper a
moment to absorb supcrfluous grease
The finer the bread crumbs the more
certainty of success.
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-13
SAUSAGE AS A DELlCACY
Method Of Preparation Has Much TO
Do With It's Appreciation When
Put on the Table.

Sausage, considered by some as q
plebeian edible. ranking with Irish
stew and corn beef and cabbage, and
not possible on the ultraretlned board
may really be made the basis of many
delicious and even dainty luncheon
dishes.
Sausage sliced and delicately fried
in its own grease, drained and then
Drowned Crisply. and served with tiny
little buckwheat cakes four inches
across. will make delightful luncheon
on a cold winter day.
Sausage smothCred in potato is an.
other luncheon dainty. which even the
most cultured need not disdain.
Parboil some very small link sau.
sage five minutes Bake a number OF
medium sized potatoes. and when
done cut in half and remove the
mealy pulp. MASKING it well and add
ing butter and a little cream or milk
as we'll as some sail and pepper. Fill
the potato skins with this mixture,
leaving depression In the center Of
each. Lay in the parboiled sausages
and brown well in the oven for few
minutes
The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-02-13
Oatmeal Cookies-

Cream scant half cup butter, one cup
OF sugar. yolk Of an egg, one table
spoonful of milk. one tablespoonful va
nilla extract, pinch of salt. Add beaten
white OF egg. then two cups rolled
oats, with two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, one-half cup -four. Drop on
lightly Toured tin sheets good tea
spoonful or one-halr teaspoonful, &c,
cording to size preferred. Cake eight
or ten minutes In moderate oven, lift
from tin sheet with a knife. They will
be soft when they come from oven,
but soon harden.