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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
DOING ITS UTMOST
FOR j. S. REFUGEES
Treasury Is. Working Hard to
Relieve All Needy Ameri-
cans Abroad.

Assurance is given by Treasurer
Burke, under whose direction deposits
for relief of Americans abroad are being
received by government agents all over
the United States, that everything pos
sible will be done to locate the bene-
ficiaries of such deposits and deliver
to them the money intended to aid
them in their difficulties of getting
home.
The office of the treasurer of the Unit
ed States Is taxed beyond its clerical
capacity in just handling that part of
the business which Is concerned with
getting aid to Americans marooned in the
European war zone. response to inquiries
regarding results Of their efforts, re-
quests for information about payments
of funds abroad and general or specific
inquiries regarding conditions must for
! the present be subjected to the more i'm
perative need of unfortunate Americans
until the office of the treasurer has
/ leisure as it has desire to solve all gen.
eral problems
+ Italian Consuls Must Sign.
I T. Fronani. acting Italian consul here,
! has issued a notice to the effect that
! passports of all Americans desiring
to enter Italy must he countersigned by
I
! The official bulletin reads:
i by order of the royal Italian govern
ment effective September l, 1914. pass
ports of foreigners desiring to enter
! Italy must be countersigned by the
royal Italian consular authorities"
Attention of the State Department has
been called to the fact that five Ameri-
/ can newspaper correspondents are under
detention by the German authorities at
I Aix-la-chapelle. one of the German mill
: Iary bases in the north. They are Harry
| Hansen Of the Chicago News James
ODonnell Bennett of the Chicago Tri-
bune Irwin Cobb Of the Phiiade'p hia
public Ledger. Roger Lewis of the Asso-
c.ated Press and John I. McCutcheon
! The men are we'll treated. They have
not been allowed to send cut any news
since they were taken under detention
August &C.
Mysteries of the British censorship. or
transatlantic cable messages are FUR
inishirg officials Of the State Department
many Il puzzle in irving to satisfy tn
! thousands of inquiries being made daily
about Americans abroad.
Censors Hold Up Messages.
Twice the department has received mes
saees from American consuls abroad say
ling, for instance. "Mr and Mrs. Johr
Smith are safe and well in a certain
place." when the individuals referred t.
had already sailed and reached thei
homes in this country. Dates on thu
message are frequently ON tied so tina
officials sometimes cannot tell where thu
delay is occas:oned.
kilograms from American enbassie.
and legations come through the cable!
promptly, hit messages from consuls II
various bellgerent countries are oftei
delayed.
1t is believed by officials here that tn
British censors fear innocent-loOkini
messages from Germany or Austria con
corning the welfare of individuals maj
contain a hidden meaning.
1t was considered possible that II man!
instances OF delay recur formal repre-
sentations on the subject may be made t
IGreat Britain by the American govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
WEATHER..
Fair Tonight and Thursday; Con
tinued Cool Temperature.

For the District of Columbia. fair to-
night and Thursday; continued cool
moderate north winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09

CRIMINAL COURT-Just,ce c.u,a
United States agt. Henry Barber:
robbery: recognizance $500 taken with
W. W. Stewart surety.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
HISTORIANS ELEBRATIsi
 TO-DAY CENTENARY OF J. l.. MOTLEY.

Historical societies of AmericaI England and Holland will celebrate
 today the centenary of John Lathrop Motley, who was born in Dorchester,
 Mass, IA April 15. 1914, and died in Dor
 chester, England, in 1877. Dutchmen will honor the memory of the Ameri-
 can historian and diplomat because the great and monumenta work of his life deals with the history of Ho1-a land and the long and ultimately suc- cessful struggle of it's people to main
 tain national independence. The lit- tie country now ruled by Queen Will
 helmfna owes a debt of gratitude to Motley, for he clothed the bare bones of it's glorious history with flesh and
 blood and helped to keep alive the old Dutch ideals of democracy and
 nationality Motley's work is more than a mere record of events-it is history of the kind that itself makes history. It is stirring appeal to the liberty loving spirit of saII man kind. On the little stage of Holland there was acted drama centuries long that by MotIeys genius has been
 made to serve as a lesson and an in spiration to all the nations of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
THE UNFORTUNATE TERMINATION
 OF THE CASE AGAINST MEI4LEN.

rWNHE SPECIAL counsel in the Mellen case I'M are able lawyers and men of high standing in their profession. There can be no reasonable doubt that their action in recon mending a nolle proceeded from their deliberate view that conviction could not be secured.
 But the coroner for Fairfield county is an excellent lawyer, also of unblemished reputa- tior1 He made an exhaustive inquiry into tn deaths caused by the Westport wreck and de- cided that the New Haven Company had been guilty of criminal negligence.
 States Attorney Stiles Judson. then in the bloom of health, and at the apex of his great powers, agreed with the coroner that there had beeen criminal negligence and fixed upon MT. Mellen as the responsible officer of the conn papy-
 # Under these conditions it seems unfortlIn- ais thai the case did not go to agjury A vindi- eation at the hands of twelve of his peers would surely be more pleasing to Mr. Mellen, and would certainly be more satisfying to public opinion.
 Every such occurrence as this does, unfor- tulaately VI contribute to the too common belief that justice moves efficiently only against the xVaak The sincerity of the judges who grant, ed a new trial to Becker, will not in the least abate reflection upon the fate of the four gun men who were mere instr tTu1leflts the staying of RosBnthal, nor abort inevitable comparisons vxffh the good fortune of Becker.
 And the recent conviction of a brakeman for negligence in the w Wallingford wreck, is sure to be compared with the nolIe in the Mellen case
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
The Human Procession

eaf,n. 4 GlIfIlIng story ol < small country that triunphed oyer great and powerful enemies at home and sent forth daring mariners to roam the seven seas and found on the distant shores of the New World it's future metropolis.
 Motley. whose genius transmitted the dross of dull Dutch records into ucated at Harvard and the University of Gottingen, Germany. He adopted the legal profession and entered poli- tics as 8 member of the Massachu- sets House Of Representatives Tir- ing of law and politics, he found his true vocation in the writing of his tory. From his student days he had been a student of Dutch history, and he decided to specialize in that com paratively neglected field. After a labor Of ten years. in which he ran
 Europe and America, he published his
 immortal History of the Rise of the Dutch Repub1ic.'' This volume lap-
 peared in 1856, and it's author was
 Immediately esta blished among the
 literary elect. He developed and elab- orated his first work in his History Of the United Netherlands" and also wrote, sThe Life and Death of Holm Borneveld.'' Motley was of the
 school of Lord Macaulay, and the equal of that great historian in keen scutiny of material. literary style. and the vividness Of his narration. n ts- sA . Motley minister to Austria, and in 1869 President Grant made the his torian his minister to Great Britain It is curious coincidence that Mot l ley was born in Dorchester, Mass, and I passed away in the old English city I of the same name.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
IS CONNECTICUT FREE ENOUGH TO PROBE TO THE VERY BOTTOM
 THE SCANDAL OF NEW HAVEN
STOGkHOLDER need tremI

IN Elliott1s picture of $ reeeivership for the New Haven property No receiver could do. the damage to that property it's regularly orr dained managers did, at least, without going to jail
 After the management Of the Frisco lines had completed their work of footing the sys- tenn, It went into the hands of a receiver, whose first act was to institute suits against the guilty persons to recover funds that had been footed. Having no receiver, but merely "a change of manageIne ent, no suits have been brought in the name of the New Haven, for the restitution of the millions of funds 1naccounted for.
 Under these crclims tances it is little likely thatYsuits for restitution will be brought and it is probable indeed that concerns like the Billiard Company will fl ghtlto delay an igation in to the ethods by which they assisted in bring ing the New Haven to it's present condition.
 IT the altitude Of the witnesses connected With this company before the Inter State Com merce commi ssion is not criminal, 1t ought to be Prosecutor Folk will be sustained by pulp lie opinion if he resorts to the criminal features of the law to punish the defiance of public au- thority of which these men have been guilty fs It is too true, howev CT, that the New Haven is Connecticut corporation Herein Gonnec- lieut., there must sooner or later be an in- Iquiry by Connecticut authority, before the facts Eof this most disgraceful episode in American finance can3be thoroughly understood. If the disgraced New Haven management | can go uninvestigated and llnpllnished in Con- neeticut Connecticut will stand shamed before I the whole country. Most Of those shameful transactions were made possible by Connecticut law or by Connecticut neglect.
 Nor did Connecticut people, except as to some few who might have been insiders, share in the loot Gonpecticut's place was not that of Iconfederate, but Of s'come-on', summoned to sWindle itself of is own wealth
 DIVIDENDS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED TO ECONNECTIGgT STOCKHOLDERS THE SAME AS TO STOCKHOLDERS IN MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, AND NEW YORK
 NO SPECIAL CASE HAS BEEN MADE OF lCONNEGTICET WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. THEY SUFFER WITH THE REST
 What sort of 8 state is Come ctIeut After lthe bitter lesson it has had still dominated | by crook ed railroad managers2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
BLISS CHAPMAN, SWEETEST LYRIST OF ALL AMERICA" IS 52 TODAY.

Canada has produced many great poets, and not the least Of them were the authors, often unknown and un- honored, of the chansons of the Erench-C Canadian peasantry and the wild and roI1iclxing boat songs and drinking choruses of the St. Lawrence voyageurs Of the later Canadian poets. whose work has been bound in books, the French school includes such notable names as Frecheftes Gre magic, Chauveau and Suite, while the. English school has been represented by such inspired bards as Charles Sa1gster. Alexander McLachlan. the Canadian Burns'.; Charles Mair, the 1 Poet of the Northw est'' E. Pauline 1 Jahnson, the Indian poetess; Arc1li-
 bald Lampman, Charles G. D. Rob erts, Arthur J. Lockhart, John Hun
 ter-Duvar and Bliss Carman.
 Mr. Carman, who was born in Fredericton. N. B.. 1fty-three years l ago today, several years before the
 birth of the Doninion, has been call l ed .sthe sweetest lyrist of all Amer ica,'s and he has 8 host of admirers who consider him the foremost poet
 
 l the University of New Brunswick. the
 University of Edinburgh and Har-
 ward, read law for two years, and I also studied civil engineering. Neither the legal nor engineering professions appealed to him. however and in I 1890 he entered the Journalistic field
 as office editor of the New York In I dependent Later he edited the Chap Book of Boston and the Boston Lit j erary World. It was at this period that he began writing verse; much of (which was published in the newspa-
 pers and periodicals of New Y ork and
 Boston. and in 1893 he published his : first volume. Low Tide on Grand
 Pre- z His Songs from vagabondia written in collaboration with Richard
 Hovey established his reputation. and
 his many subsequent volumes have
 had wide and appreeiative reading. I MT. Carfnan was christened William Bliss, the first being his fathers name Il and the latter the maiden name of his 1 mother, but for literary purposes he
 dropped his first name.
 I On his birthday a year ago several l Of NTr Earnlanss Canadian aSlnirers 4 issued a little brochure of apprecia- I fien. and MT, Newton MaeTavfsh efs- 1 iitsr of The Cana dian, expressed the l opinion of many of MT. carsman's ad- ! rsirers when he wrote i But per
 Ia Ps one light assunaes he role of
 so:slse& and sa that long after the
 pleterf things that we now prate taI,eut have nassed away. long after 70 :.
 ns ge on the great ltSkes have been
 recorded saithfuIIy in fergptten times
 the wealth ef this poets imag gerry the
 measure q his rythm. the ssipHssfos.
 cadences Of his song will shine and
 beat and reeound in the hearts a Eld l minds of the people
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
SAMUEL JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY.

This is an important date in the history Of the English language, for it was on April 15, 1755. that Samuel Johnson's dictionary was published
 The first English dictionary, conn piled three centuries ago, Contained but 5,0s0 words, while Johnson s work included 5o,0oO words, and was considered a very monument of cru ditions Yet Noah Webster's Anieri- can dictiona rys first published in 1928 defined s1so,o0o words, or over three times as many as Johnson's words, nearly all of them undoubtedly Eng fish either by origin or adoption It is estimated that the English lan- guage, which is spoken by more pee- pie than any other European tongue, is now growing at the rate of 5000 words a year The first of the worlds dictionaries was-kof course .a Chi snese compilation. and was perfected about l 100 B. c. by Pa-out-she.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
THE STAGE WHEN MEN ONLY ACTED.

rT~HE THEATRE is thousands of years old, A but the drama didn' t amount to much for centuries, and never had its due weight, until women were admitted to participation The early stage was masculine When they needed woman, they put womanas clothing on man, and he did his part in falsetto. The Chinese do that to-day. The Chinese think the feminine voice the more beautiful but they have men initiate the voice of woman, and the result is not beautiful at all.
 The history of women and the. stage is the history of woman, and many other things There are many who believe that an all masculine state is as defective as 6 drama acted by men only
 Bridgeport people arc fortunate in living in a time when the talents of both sexes are contributed to the stage Think of movies WiITl- zlsshexofnes-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
THE LESSON OF ABOLITION.

~HE FIRST aboli itiolis or ant slavery soz | ciety in America was organized in Philadelp phia 139 years ago to-day, the men1 Ibership being composed principally of Quakers Thomas Paine author of The Age of Reason. s.The Rights of Man Common Sense and lother revolutionary works was one Of the ear- IIiest leaders Of the a1lti-slavery propaganda. After the revolution the campaign against sla- livery was resumed. but it did not reach an acute stage until after the second war with Great Britain. Tn the meantime the United States, Following the example set by England, had abol- Iished the slave trade. A national anti-slavery society was founded in Philadelphia in 1833s fSeven years later the abolitionists divided on the ton of the formation of political par tys and the two wings remained active on sep Earate lines until the civil war between North I and South settled the question at tremendous cost Of life and treasure. Before the final tri- umph, however, abolition had it's martyrs in Elijah LoveJoy and John Brown while many of its leaders were mobbed and subjected to va rious indignities.
 The chief lesson to be drawn from such facts the above, is the application to the pres l ent and the future. Man is chiefly distinguish l cd from the beasts by his godlike ability to remember his past and predict in some degree his future Of all qualities Of mind, that which sees the future is rarest and most valuabIes
 Ittook 139 years Of agitation to destroy the system of chattel slavry in the Uniied States. The re form was accelerated as the period ended and ItsGame to Us SWl1t cOnc1uSlon on Wings or war:
 It is easy enough now, in the light Of his- E tory to understand the slavery movement, and Ito see how inevitable 1t was that slavery should l be destroyed2 But there is little utility in the lesson unless it helps Inc student of history to see new truths clanor at the door, and what old evils want to be destroyed.
 A little understanding Of the slavery move ment, and little conscious cooperation with the logic .of events would have saved us the blood spilled in the civil war.
 little conscious cooperation now with the new righteousness striving to be born, will save much trouble later
 If is of utility to know about yesterday unless we are thereby enabled to know more about to-day, and more about tomorrow
 English judges dodging missiles thrown by the suragetes If they sit perfectly still there probably l not much danger of getting hit.
 There is agreement among the officers Ithat drinking water is a dangerous habit. ts 1 :. {
 ] The sufferings of who live s7,50o doubt but srnehow it never ma kes taking Issue at election.
 1 The srnpfed Spelling Board say they have changed the spelling 5000 words Probably they will the list words which they lber how to spell.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

Customers holding Fair Week Souvenir Checls may have them redeemed on Thursday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
TREE PLANTING.

W1 11AFiSsAfsO it used to be quite customary
 for young men to celebrate public holidayssand other festivals by planting trees about Ehe public streets and parks or sicom- monH-s Tire present generation enjoys the shade Fhe<woFnen brewed lemonade and root bsernrmore emphatic connections for these oc- casfons, which were made socially pleasant.
 Nowadays it is considered the business Of pork commissioners and highway superinten- dsnfgsto provide such shade trees as are need ed Bufsf appropriation for tree planting is nBuaiRy meager. City councils and township governments like to spend money where bet ter showing can be made for their own term of office. The tree lover must wait for number. of yearsbefore seeing even partial fruitage of his effort That is too distant to help elect of dciaIs when their terms next expires.
 There is too much tendency in comnunity life to give up voluntary effort, and load public Improvements city cials, who are har- rassed on every side by the demand for costly improvements city officials, who are har- many states have appointed an Arbor Law Governors issue procamations. They call on the citizens to suspend their daily tasks and sally forth with spade and watering pot One suspects that but few places pay much atten- ton.
 In some places the schools are organizing the children in tree planting movements. A boy who is old enough to play on a ball team is old enough to plant at least one tree every year Instead of taking the youngsters out on more ar less saimless nature walks, why not Iocalize and concentrate their interest in the practical task of setting out tree? A few les sons should make any boy of 10 competent to plant tree and watch over if through the first critical months.
 soms people aia not taIn out to church Easter as
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
Cbe D D! Read co
 EssG6Giehad 43SY
Scrirn Curtains White and Ecru, Neat Designs at $1.1e

This line of inexpensive Curtains will be found suitable for bedrooms and cottage ivngroons where t s desired use fabric thick scn Several designs the lot with plain wide fet lace edges, oters with both insertion and edge and group in plain white cream and Arabian, just plainly and sesbly henStcheo
 S119 a pair special
 For Thursday and Friday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

For Thursday and Friday.
 
 New Gingl1afns for Summer Frocks Scotch Gingharns, zeplyrs of fine, cool smooth qua- y, in Plaid Checks and Stripes, 32 inches, 25 cts Scotch ACIan Plaids,'' Mcleod, Malcolm MacKenzie, Stuart Gordon, Victoria, etc.. B inches 25 cts. Zephyr Gnehsms in plain coors, rose, pink, tan, blue, gray and lavender, in stripes also 52 inches Z5 Bates Ginghams cheeks and plaids 2 inches. 12ia cts g9 Mems NVearabless Special This Week Commencing Thursday, these offerings will be ready for customers: Sosette Shirts, white ground with the neaest row stripes black an brown lavender and navy blue, made with French cuffs
 ets.
 Sizes from "A to d7 inclusive. Regular value $f.oO Suspenders of heavy weight all elastic exceptional val lue, 19 cts, 3 pairs for so cts.
 For Boys. School Blouses, medium and dark colorss lcolafs attached garments that have been sold at So cts g cts for 75 cts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

Some people not turn out to church Easter. as tha~ had
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15
The Sunshine Department

This tempting section full of goodies continues to attract Customers will find varieties here not found elsewhere Dainty things the school luncheon box the motorists lunch hamper and the afternoon tea table
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

very large line of coors including all tango shades pur pies. and blues
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-15

Shadow Lace Fiouncings large assortment in widths varying from inches, ir pure white, and black. Dainty patterns for tunics and drapingS, 50 to $500 a yard
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-04

The overwhelming defeat of Wildcat" Ferns ut the hand, of Mike Gibbons in New Orleans iAe other night puts Ferns in the has. been class. Ferns was Knocked olt in the second round of what was 70 have been tcn-round bon. the WAS hoored three times for the count cf nine in the first round and brcame wobbly and groggy To tha second round he went down three tapes boS fore Gibbons left hooks 10 thc j-w and the bout was oyof.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-04
BASEBALL CHATTER

The Yale varsi,y nine. for tho first time in years, will not open the home season of the New York Giants next spring.
 President Britton. of the Cardinals. has decided to abolish the free score card system which was established at the St. Louis park last season.
 Joe Birmingham. the Maps man ager. is speeding over the roads nowadays in brand new automo bile, gift from President Somers of the Cleveland club.
 Manager Griffith, of the Washing ton Senators. has completed ar rangements to care for 6ity-lye bal players at the training camp iT Charlottesville. Va.
 Joe Tinker is interested in nickel plating concern in Chicago whic produces a nice income. Hence tn preference of Joseph for the Wind City fannels rather than a Brooi lyn uniform.
 It is rumored in Tri-State Ieagu circles that the champion Wilminl ton club is for sale IL is eviden that a pennant-winning outfit is no' always a paying proposition.
 Patsy Flanerty. the former bi league pitcher and now manager C the Lynn team in the New Englan league, will coach the University , Georgia baseball candidates neS spring
 Chief Bender of the Athletics not only a wonderful baseball pitcl CT, but corklng good golfer. a pr. fcient billiard player and orac trap and live bird shooter as well.
 The new sl,10O fagpole for th worlds cl ampion Athletics at Shit I Park will have e stone foundation On this will rest a steel structul thirty-hve feet high, in which Il pole will be placed.
 That McGraw school for manage is some institution. Managers w bert Robinson Of Brooklyn, Charl, iIerzog of Cincinnati. Harry McCc mick of Chattanooga and Arthur De lin of Oakland arc all former Giant