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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
PLEASES
 TEuTONIC ENvOYS
Surprised That United States Had Not Taken
 Steps Weeks Ago

Washington, Dec. 31-No action of the United States Government could have pleased the German and Aus trian representatives more than the protest to Great Britain. It was pointed out today that while neither of those countries has protested to the United States against Great Bri- taifl's attitude with regard to ship ping, they were surprised that this Government did not take this step weeks ago
 If the American protest is success fu1, it is generally believed that the Teutonic allies cannot be directly benefited, but indirectly 1t may en- able them to obtain copper, food sup plies and petroleum.
 It was pointed out in diplomatic circles that Germany and Austria un- doubtedly have business friends in the neutral countries of Europe from whom they could make purchases if the cargoes reach those neutrals. Thus it was said that if the United States could ship to the neutrals without England's interference the goods might find their way into Ger- many or Austria
 Diplomatic representatives of the allies here, while refusing to be quot eds expressed great surprise at this Governments action. At the Brit ish embassy it was stated that the nOLo naQ not been received, but had gone direct to the British foreign of flee. ts
 That this Government should bring up the maritime questions by dipIo- matic exchanges while they are now in British prize courts was the cause of surprise to the foreign envoys.
 Although the President today de- clared that the United States is stgo- ing it alone in the protest to Great Britain, there was good authority for a report that Norway, Sweden and Denmark are sympathetically, if not actually, behind the American pro- test. It would not surprise officials here if they took similar action.
 Information here is that the three Scandinavian counties, commercially isolated both because of England, IS sea espionage system and the strew- ing of the North and Baltic seas with mines. have urged that this or some other power protest to Great Britain.
 The President declared emphati- calIy, however, that the United States protest was not in response to sug- gestions from any foreign sources
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
FRElGHTT RAES TO
 EUROPE INFLATED
McAdoo and Redfield Tell Senate Shippers Are
 Reaping Vast Profits

washington. Dec. 31@Tremendous imitation in ocean freight rates since the beginning of the war was shown in a report to the Senate this after- noon by Secretary orf the Treasury MeAdoo and Secretary of Commerce Redheld.
 The rate per hundred pounds on cot ton from New York to Liverpool on July Il was 20 cents, on September IF was 40 cents, and on December 10. 75 cents. To Bremen, the rate on. cot ton was 20 cents on July Ii, and was s8 on December 23.t On sack four the the rate to Liverpool before the war was 12 and 1S cents per hundred pounds. while now it ranges from 26 to 25 cents. Similarly the rate of 20 to 69 cents.
 ttTt is estimated in shipping circles, " said the report, that 50 per cent, of the total tonnage available for our trade has been eliminated by the tying up of the German and Austrian marine and the communicating of a large part Of the British marine by the admiral ty. The result has been a steady increase in steamship rates, where the ship owner, the ship broker, and the skipper each has opportunity for ex- tremely large profits. A large part of these are of al speculative nature;
 Naturally, it was pointed out, ad- vantage has been taken of these op- portunities A New York commission expert estimated that 14 per cent of the worlds commerce is out of com mission The department believes that this figure is underestiInated.
 .sThis condition coincides,'' said the department, 'sin time with the great est crop in cotton and grain in our history We have the most to sell and customers abroad eager to buy. The fact that our ocean-carrying fa- cilities are in the hands of others, sub- Ject to war risks and controlled by in- terests not our own, stares us in the | face. We are forced to take the chances of war and to ship in bellig- erent bottoms.''
 The report is intended for use as the I basic argument for passage of the Ad- I iministration ship purchase bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
PAVING SCHOOL TEACHERS.

KK HETHER OR NOT teachers high school " V asq question which Board Education determine for itself There teachers should have less payf for esanne work me
 teachers will teachers single and is not ordinarily state of person employed.
 Some teachers married, and some widows
 
 additionally compensated any those
 Neither of better pay better ap- pcabe large scale the members of force Q teachers
 the nunbers.of employees the them grades, and to pay q wage in each grade
 condition of employment is that srade minimum efficiency fo entifle her to rate of To personal the basis Of efficiency individual teacher 10 complications number give of favois prejudice and hatred would be displaced by such plan as is employed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

Duncan C. Hooker. F'aruninEtoIl, ter. 1ninaI clip for fuse blocks.
 Walter H. Juan Greenwich. lcense plate holder.
 John N Reynolds, Greenwich, 1nuI- tfpie brush selector.
 Simon Lake. Milford, two patents. dredging bucket; fuel injector for i'm ternaI combustion engines
 Peter N. Landines Milford, wind shield mounting
 Amherst G. Lamb. Tor4dngton. uni versal Joint.
 stephen c. Geriaeh, Bantam, bur giari alarm.
 wallialn s. Thomson, Flantsvalls, pipe wrench Trade RIaFks
 American Pin Go. vaterbuz9y. toilet pins.
 The Seymour Metal Goods co. sey- mour. safety pins.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
NEW YORK EXPERT REVIEWS SITUATION
 IN FINANCIAL WORLD

(Barron Financial News Service;) z New York, Dee. a1-A committee has been organized by about 85 per cent of the holders of the Sic. 600, 900 Western Maryland notes. maturing January |. 1915, for the purpose of CO., operating with the company dn its eff forts to complete a plan for reorganl- zatfon. The proposed plan is for the separation of the properties of the system, namely, the railroad llnes. the terminal properties and the coal prop critics, and the establishment of ap- propr1ate capital resources for future needs and developments. The com mittee is composed of Fredericks T. Gates, chairman, Ivy r. Lee, Alvin W. aKreck, Edgar L. Marstons Edward D. Adams, and Hunter S.. Marston, secretary Holders of the notes not represented by the committee are asked to deposit with the Bankers Trust Company. Notes must bear coupons maturing on and after Jan uary l. 1915.
 Christmas trade of 1914 was better than that of the preceding year ac- cording to the business done by the F. " WooIworth stores Sales of merchandise on the day before Christ
 mas alone were in excess of $1, COG, ,00O while for the seven preceding days purchases amounted to more than 
 ported to show an Improvement over the holiday trade in 1913.
 Bond prices nave ceased to advance and since the middle of December have not held their own. Previous to that day they advanced more or less steadily to the extent of four or i've points, on the average, from the low est prices touched in outside tracing while the New York Stock Exchange was closed. Tn the last two weeks of December the average declined a fifth of d point Since the middle of No vember, when the average price Of 25 Representative railroad bonds was published for the first time after the closing of the exchange, the move ment of the average has been as 1ol- lows. November 19,s 76.65: November go IT .s25: December 15, 78-3S; DeceHn- ber 2s. 7S.205. The lowe st level touched by the average during open trading is estimated to have been around 72, compared with 79 in the panic of 1907
 Total dividend and interest d1sourse- nents for January are estimated at s264 300, 600 which compares with S266,- 00o. 900 for the same month of last year Up to the present time d1vt- dends declared by the New York City banks and trust companies and the vario14s corporations of the United States payable in January aggfegace $ss, ,224, ,345 based on a total Scapitall lza- ton of $4, 95s. 521. 900. Interest payable in January in railroad, municipal ana miscellaneous bonds totals 16S,ll6, lSl. The total of bonds of every class out standing on which this interest is pay able in January is e7, ,98s. 8S5, 900.
 The Hood Rubber Company VIII m crease common stock from g. 600 ,OOO to $2,O ,OOo1 out of surplus; $16o,oo0 ad- ditional preferred stock will also be issued to enlarge working capital This stock will be sold at a price net ting the company above par
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

The worked with the American export it's provisions frequently evaded and the inter act substituted which forbade the ports of the United States British vessels ton of goods from those countries.
 There to believe however that the present would be terribly effective of coercion for Europe needs materials and factured goods it seldom needed them before.
 If embargo resored to it would be protect But protect by this method would cost thousands times than the evils of which complain (
 Commerce therefore by being greedy and by dsobeyng the admonitions of public has the to destroy itself for sometime to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
THE DUM DuM INvEsTIGATIoN

DJJNI BULLETS made in this country, usually to
 1 kill game. They greater stopping power than the ambassador, upon samples Of such bullets which had the suggestion that the I M company Bridgeport them for the Allies The has completed into the The made public but it is understood that of the samples in the possession of Mr. Bernsforff the rifles used by the Allies
 item of accompanied by the statement found that E3elgians soldiers
 sugpest being fought cruelty aside from that usual to may be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
oUeHT To sroP Ir.
lNew Haven ITnion.

(New Haven union
 Long have the editors rackea tlreir brains, said unprintaible things and torn their hair over the perplexing question of what to do with conGicu- tions <Arom persons alleging to have submitted poetry constant Read er,'' s'Faithful Contributor sub scriber.9 and scores of others not only send to every newspaper hundreds of befuddled attempts at verse but they follow them up like 1eeches to ascer- tain why they are not hera1ded a5rca.d as the works of new found genius.
 It has remained for 3. small nsEvspa- per in a small town, the Penny Press of MiddIetown, to solve the problem. They inserted last week a marvellous connection of words, signing the all- thor,s'' name and appending the sig sniicant abbreviation G-adv.)
 Farmer want Ads. One Cent ss VVol1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
POINTS OF INTEREST.

Tonight will end the old year. Don't give up; keep up cheer and go to, the Sons of Erins' dance tomorrow night in Eagles hall, and dance to the strains of Maloney's orchestra, with John J, O'NeiH as prompter. The handsomest program of the year will be given to each lady in attendance
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Miss Nina Irwin to
 Wed Poughkeepsie Man

At gathering of girl friends at her home, 83 Yale street, on Monday evening, Miss Nina Irwin, daughter of MT. and Mrs F. R. Irwin announce ed her engagement to Francis Burnes of PoughkeepsieJ N. Y. Miss Irwin is exceedingly popular among a large circle of friends in this city, who will be pleased to learn of her engage ment. No date has been set for the wedding
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. John L. Hickey of 3O9 Olive street entertained at dinner Tuesday evening Lewis B, Madden, the accom- p1ished musician of the vaudeville company of Madden & Fitzpatrick who appeared at Polls during the first of the week. MT. Madden and Mrs Hickey are cousins. Last evening Mr
 Madden was entertained at the home of the Misses Foley, 1So Lenox avenue. Thew also, are cousins.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
COASTING MISHAP
 IS FATAL TO BOY

Torrington. Conn, Dec. s1-Alva McClelland, the year old boy who yesterday received a fractured skull when he collided, while coasting. with an automobile driven by Thomas P. Temple, of Waterbury, died today. !
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
THE WOMAN THAT WORKS FOR BELL

MT R. BELL T have women working for me
 1W1 except m wife, and she does what tell her
 report of conversation the Board of Eduea- tion.s .s-s | #.#s
 If Mr working for him, he wouldn t feel so certain about being boss lady always did what member of the Board of disagreeable time of 1t. Education only authority what not to do
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
HARDwARE

Our Hardware Stock has outgrown it's present guar ters and expect to give it more room I the meantime have great variety of articles n everyday per cent.
 TRY US FOR THE NEXT ARTICLES IN THIS LINE
 THAT YOUWANT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

A seat on the Chicago Board of Trade sold for $4.425. an advance of $125 over the last previous sale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Cbe Dm Read co
 Eska6kISked 185z
Store Closed New Years Day

If New Years Eve night-wind blow south, It betokeneth warmth and growth; If west, much milk fish in the sea; If north much cold and storms there will be; If east, the trees will bear much fruit; If northeast, flee it, and brute"
 Old Scotch prophecy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
January Clearance of Merchandise All Departments Represented


   oractua value
  cial reductions which
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Boston Braves, In the outneld. com
pare WIN the Champion Athletics 20
as 20 cause one to- starr
with surprise when the final figures
are counted.
I started TO dope the two outnelds
with the sutpconscions Idea that the
Athletics would be found so much the
stronger that II would be joke and
to my astonishment learn that the
difference between them IL amazingly
small: so slight In fact that a little
luck in the play would make the Bos-
ton outneld TO all intents and pur-
poses its equal.
Further discover that the Braves
are doubly fortified; that they have
much more reserve strength In out
f,eiders. and that Stallings has at his
command more ouffleld strength than
Mack can muster.
This statement will create r howl.
II needs proving. I hardly can believe
N myself--butia study Of conditions
VIII prove ~.
IN we take the Boston Red sox ont
fieId-speaker. Hooper and Lewis. as
basis OF figuring, and calculate the
strength OF Murphy. oldring and
sfrunk against them you have a sim
DIE proposition. II ] say that Deyore.
Whifted and Moran are az good as
Murphy. Oldring and Strnnk IN all de-
partmonts then you laugh. That r.
uhaf leads on 20 say, ofrband that the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01
BEEF And SPEED in
FRESH BACKFIELD

ANN ARBoR. Oct. Coach Doug.
las Is very optimistic over his fresh
men backfeld candidates. For big
men they are Displaying wonderful
speed, and this fact is bringing smiles
TO the former varsity stars face.
George Brown. star fullback OF last
seasons championship team at De-
troit, has reported for practice on the
freshmen squad, creating very favor
able impression. But he will have his
work cut out for him to land y Tregu-
lar job, for there is a wealth OF back.
field material, and Douglas tentative
first-string consists of the Schultz
brothers ut halves, Pat Smith at full,
and Dunn at quarter. ..., : -
The Schultz brothers played at Alma
last year, and Douglas says that they
are better than ever. Smith was pick
ed by many critics as the best full
beck in the state last year, when he
played on Bay City high. and with his
1856 pounds OF beef and world Of speed.
he looks good. Dunn starred on Chel-
sea high and local Independent teams.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01
BARRY GIVEN
DOUBLE-CROSS
BY CONNOLLY
BY HAL SHERIDAN

/, NEW YORK, Oct. Lila their ap.
pearance here against the Giants. yes
terday. the habit OF winning stuck out
all over stallings' men. Mathewson
and Tesreau were chased from the
mound and q collection OF IA runs ana
% hits may not be considered bad
afternoons work. even though II was
directed against a team In fnli retre "a :
Barry,sof the Athletics. was IN the
yrandstand looking over the Brave at
tack IL he was making any mental
notes OF what they hit and didn't hit,
he witt have to spend an
other afternoon inspecting Connollys
methods. Seven. out Of his nine trips
20 the plate theSoniy things Connolly
didn't hit we're those clear out Oh
reach. and his swats included 2 home
run. triple. double and four singles.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01
u. of D. to Meet Findley
With Formidable Line

invaluable asset In these days OF has.
ket-ball tactics. Center viii be well
taken care OF by Roskopp, q veteran
OF two seasons. nm accurate passer.
and strong on defense. Peek, 2l0-
pound youngster. will be held a. re-
serve first man.
( The question OF guards Is the one
that IL causing Lawton many sleep
less nights. Four candidates present
themselves, Yohey. Sloan, WEIGH and
Catalan. Yohey II the highest one OF
the quartet, but seems, to have the
call for one OF the positions. Just who
win get the, other Ii In great doubt.
Sloan and welch are two vets from
last year. while, Catalan, who IL the
heavy man Of the four. weighing 225,
comes to the squad with the honor OF
being picked for the All-Kansas State
team. when playing with ST. Mary's
college.
Even with guard undecided, II Is evil
dent that the line Of the Red and
White 10 . powerful combination and
should cause lots of trouble for the
visitors from Findlay ON Saturday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01
TIGERS DRIVE TWO ST. LOUIS HURLERS
FROM MOUND AND TAKE GAME, g TO {

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1.-The gloom of
night IL all that saved the Tigers the
privilege yesterday afternoon OF
knocking three st. Louis twirlers on
the mound. However, they got to
Leverenx and Mitchell for eight runs
and to Baumgardner,. In the eighth,
for another, the nine-run lead being
sufhcient TO give Detroit the game
despite four-run rally In the eighth
and pair Of tallies garnered by the
Browns I'm the second
Bush was the merry sticker Of the
crowd. clouting out four safe ones
one double. veach had . perfect
day with three singles TO his credit.
In the eighth. Dubuc suffered dose
OF the same medicine the Tfees were
handing the Browns. being pounded
on the mound with rally that would
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01
T,DO Grand Veterans May
Clash When Champs Meet

OF discouraging the Boston Braves
but n Pl6hk n In his best condition
during the series, 40 II now seems he
viii be, there are several Of the Boa
ton stars who would almost 40 well
hide their bats. ~ - n
Hess II. one OF the marvels Of the
pitching world. He was turned down
by Cleveland twice and by several
other major league clubs. He was
filled with promise, but year after
year he came up. failed and was sent
back TO the minors. Il looked ~ II
his final stand In good company was
New Orleans. Perhaps II was the
heat down there but anyhow three
years ago the scouts brought up the
amazing word that Hess WAS the best
pitcher IN the Southern association.
No manager had the nerve to try him
out again, but Boston was In desper-
ate need Of pitchers and In worse
need OF men who could be had cheap.
They rot Hess and old Otto immsdt
ately started winding the bail around
the plate with slow and sinuous mo-
lions and winning game after game
from teams that could not understand
how he did H.
This season Hess was ON the fore
front Of the firing line during the
early part Of the season before the
Brave pitchers were ready. After
James, Rudolph and Tyler started
their record-breaking march old Otto
dropped back into the role of rescuer,
his skill and cunning In bowling slow
twisters proving extremely effective
when an opposing team had been hit.
ting speed right-handed pitching.
Plank almost certainly Will be
Mack's chief reliance in this series.
What pert Hess will take depends
upon Developments.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01
eY WILLIAM 3. o'REcAN.

When the University OF Detroit
trots forth on Mack park. next Satur-
day afternoon. to do battle with the
grtdders from Findlay college. the
hopess for victory will rest not on the
ability OF one individual star. but on
the strength and experience OF the
seven husky young men comprising
the line.
Coach Lawton has had wealth. OF
material from which he has selected
his forwards. who are now pretty we'll
chosen, with the exception Of guards.
Duncan and Mullane are certain Of
holding down the tanks and II they
continue to play up TO the form shown
IN HE sefimmasssy the pair ahnnld
rank among the best In the state.
With two such capable receivers. the
forward pass should play . big part
in the offensive tactics Of the Jeffer-
son-ave. school.
The tackle positions will probably
be held by the two veterans, Deckard
and Rumler. They are both cool, e.
perienced, heavy and six feet tall. an
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01

GATORS Note--Hugh 8. FuiIsrton
has evolved o system OF doping base
marvelous success Each year he has
brought the system nearer accuracy
And he claims that he can decide any
series of games between two games IN
ADVANCE in 10 out OF 20 cases. The one
element that cannot be calculated upon
10 luck He studies each player an an
individually figuring his value an bat.
ter. a base runner. fielder. thrower snd
.Inside worker He calculates the re-
lathe value OF base running. batting.
afeiv and reduces the strength OF the
Individual 90 his Offensive and defen-
sive strength. The Offensive .trength
an AVERAGE strength obtained. The de.
fensiye strength OF each man 10 figured.
and from II team strength II obtain-
ed with various other factors ne nas
AZ the start OF the series M closely 40
may be hguredJ
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01

AWO vi Auc BIau0cot NCtcEouo Va
the @. A. r. OF baseball may hook
up In duel during the coming
worlds series.
Eddie Plank, who Is declared 10
have repulsed Pickett's charge at
Gettysburg. and Otto Hess, who. &C
cording to report. rode with Joe Stew.
arts cavalry, may be the opposing
pitchers In some game.
Plank, II IN claimed. In the senior
OF Hess by several months. Accord
ing to the most credible vital stats
tics obtainAble, he was born near
Gettysburg. Pa. just 40 years ago.
Hess confesses TO IS and Is charged
with reducing II 10 per cent for cash.
Al any rate these two old pitchers
are likely to step out to the slab and
prove to these youngsters that 40 Is
just beginning 10 be the prime OF life.
Plank. who was declared all In and
worn out annually for the last 10
years, has served In major league
company more than dozen years
and has been pitching baseball about
Is years, although he wss unusually
late In breaking into the game AZ q
professional Last fall when he was
counted out as Q wreck he pitched
with more speed than he had shown
during the entire year. 1t was an
nounced seriously that he was going
to retire at the end of the series
In fact he said so himself. But he
pitched so well that he looked good
to himself and signed for one more
year.
Several Of the Athletics say seri-
ously that Plank looks better now
than he has In ave years. and seems
to have more strength and endur-
ance. This IL not told with an idea
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-01
MACKLIN PICKS MEN
FOR GAME WITH OLIvET

EAST LANSING, Mich, Oct. L.
Coach Macklin Is expected TO send
observation-disclosures.
Saturday. In the first game Of the
season
Vaughn. center: Straight and Van
Derwoort, guards: Smith and Hutton.
tackles; and Chaddock and Blake
Miller, quarter; Jerry De Prato and
BlacRfock halves una caro Julian,
fullback.
A large number OF subs will also
be sent in later In the game. Yes-
-terday afternoon. both the second and
third teams were sent against the
varsity In scrimmage. and both were
woefully battered. chaddocl, being
the particular star OF the day. Z