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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
SOUTH AMERICA NEEDS OIL
Argentina, Brazil and Chile
 the Greatest Consumers.

Eight South American countries
 from which statistics are available
 bought .S62s s295, 900 worth of coal in
 one year. Of this amount the United States sad only s4,22s,11s worth, while the sales of Great Britain, in cluding Australia, amounted to $53,- 226, ,502. While all of the South American countries buy more or less coal -@gentina, Brazil and Chile are by far the greatest consumers. The
 Pan American Union. of Washington, D. C., is in receipt of inquiries from some of these countries to infor- nation relative to coal dealers in the United States while on the other hand letters are coming in daily from the latter seeking information -anent the opportunities in South America for the Salesef their product.
 It is a foregone conclusion that ey- en if the great European war does not entirely cut off the usual sources of coal supply for South America, the trade of the countries engaged in the ped. In the interest of the United States dealers the following statistics are given
 Taking the year 1912 as fair av-
 craze the statistics. show that Argen- 1 tina's coal imports were valued at
 came from the United Kingdom;
 $81Is307 from the United States; $395,15O from Germany; SIS. BOT from Austria-Hungary; $33, SIS from Belgium. and the rest from the Meth
 erlands and other countri es.
 During the same year Brazils inn
 port of coal amounted to s2O.679, ,052, of which S17,5S9,384 worth came from the United Kingdom; $2,7S8, 6O1, worth from the United States; and $56, ,702 from Belgium. Chile's inn portation was valued at $11,163. .5S3, \ e11-- | nished $7,146,S5 worth; Australia l $2,981. .349: United States, $502,7s7s | Germany s27s, 356; France. $97. 937 i; Belgium, $7O,O65; the Netherlands, 1 Norwa1 and other countries the re- mainder.
 i tries having less demand for. coal may | be mentioned Uruguay whose imports amounted to >$2,647,179, no accurate statistics as to source being available. Peru imported $1,09s.509 worth, | IS786214 of which came from the
 many; S8S.69O from Australia and | $55,058 from the United States. Venezuela, the closest neighbor to the Gulf states aAd their immense coal rniness imported $112,51T worth, $81,- | 1O3 of which came from the United
 Kingdom, $11,742 from Germany. and 1 $1I365 from the United States. The only obstacle to supplying the 1 demands of Argentina, Brazil, Nene- zuela, and Columbia is lack of trans I portatfon facilities. Hitherto the l length of the journey around the South American continent has prac- ticaIlyz prevented competition on tne | part of the United States producers in Ithe markets of Chile. Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. With the Panama Ca l nal opened to the commerce of the 1 world this obstacle has been removed and it is now up to the coal interests of the United States ito supply the i increasing demand of the whole o1 I South America.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
CONNOLLY TO
 INVESTIGATE
Alleged IlI-Treatment of Girls on Tobacco Farms Taken Up by Labor Bureau.
REVOKE LICENSES OF
 EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
Other Abuses Along the Same Line will Be Given Close Scrutiny.
Hartfard Times. )

when Labor Commissioners F. H. Connolly called at his office in the capitol, 4to-day. he was shown. by George A Parsons, clerk in the de- oartment.a.copy of The Times of Au- gust IS. which contained a story of the treatrnsent of girls, of foreign birth at tobacco plantations as reported by sfhe Travellers, Aid Society. The com missioner read the story and at once decided to have it investigated In the story reference was made to eIfl- 15Iovn1ent agencies in this city and the tsIIonse of Mystery in Pennington. The reference connects the agencies with the employment of the girls at the plantations and it is this eonnec- ton which gives Labor Com missioner Connolly the right to interfere and to have an investigation made. He has instructe ed MT. Parsons to ind out the names of the employment agents re- ferred in the story IT, after an m vesfdEation, the commissioner hnds that the agents were in any way con nected with practices which were un- 5 Ierrvfs1i or criminal, he will revoke their licenses. The commissioner doeasnot want to say anything at this time ato create 8 suspicion or any agency licensed by the state and 1vfaateEer action he may take after a thorough investigation will be predi- 
 Conlnissioner Connolly did not hes a4ate toN say that if the condition de- scribed in the story existed at the present. times it was serious. Frlvate eupIoyment agents are protected in their uslness by the state on the pay unent Of a fee of s25s and 1t is his du- ty to See 4that this protection is not abused
 Connrlassaoner Connolly said to-day chat he would be obliged to take dras- tic actaon in the case of two employ Inent agencies in this city against which complaints have been made to him Tfae complaints alleged that the owners Of the agencies did notsre- ! fund to the applicants for employ nent the fee which they paid when positions were not procured for them. It is not at all unlikely that one or both of the agencies will be closed this week following the revocation of the HcenseGS
 The connnnissioner is of the opinion that the law governing employment agencies should provide that the fee for obtaining employment should not be paid until employment was secur- ed It is his intention to ask the general assembly at the next session to amend the statutes in accordance with this opinion. The cases of per sons finding it difficult to secure the return Of their money after the ex- piration Of the period of thirty days which is the time given the agency to obtain employment for the appll- cant before it returns the fee-are altogether too frequent, in the opin- ion of the labor commissioner. He said that almost every week persons appear at his office in the capitol fol assistance to recover money given te employment agents for employment not obtained.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
BULL DING NOTES
 DE LOCAL INTEREST

These building permits the aggre- gate cost of the work to be s6.0s5 were issued by the building commissioners at their meeting Tuesday night.
 D. B. Whitney, one half cement block garage south side of Grown street
 L. Rogers, one-haIf cement block garage, south side Of Crown street H. J. and A. E. Waters, frame addiA ton to garage, 1164 Fairfield avenue.
 Henry J. Neal two family frame dwelling, south side Of Capital ave nue.
 s. slaven, frame. open shed, south side Of Mckinley avenue.
 Joshua Meltzer, brick rent house, Chapel and Congress streets.
 Henry Cliff, frame garage north side 102 Cottage street.
 Hicks Griffin, frame garage, east side 524 Huntington road.
 John Campo, one story frame shop rear Al Lexington avenue
 CarmelIo MutoIo. frame dwelling. soutR side of Norman street. Aggregate value, $6so85.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27

i foliage which competed with cactus for the limited moisture of air and. lsofl
 1 The ..ignoramuses'' hadn't written ahead to ascertain about board place to stay, or the number of sew I ing-wonlen in the community. They were going to Healthdorn. That was enough. Hadn't the doetorr said lthat?
 So they got off the train and smiled just as hard as their new doctor did and the smiles looked almost exactly the same-as hopeful as hopeful couI be.
 The new doctor examined Little Man and found moderately advanced. but not necessarily hopeless, tuberculosis. The young mechanic had fighting chance providing he could rest, live 1 in cozy quarters<and have good food
 To understand possibilities, the new doctor had to have a private talk with 1 Little Woman. With this doctor of l the southwest private talks had be- come almost as mechanical as the prescriptions of his eastern confrere- thank God not quite
 k The new doctor sent Little Man with Ia letter to the foreman of railway ma chine shops in the next town,-tf1e e only mechanical industry in the vicin- Iity.
 While Little Man was gone. the new l doctor gently explained to Little sWo- Fl than a dollar a week there by sewing or other labor. There were many other women in the locality adding to pin-money. or killing time or wait ling for death to carry away a loved tone-an just so many factors contrib futfng to use up money and decrease chances for remuneration.
 About the time Little Woman was crying her eyes out. all by herself, at i the terrible prospect she was facing. ' Hr- Ik- .-T.. because he hadn't been able to find work and didn't wish to bother wifey with a trife synonymous with Des- | pair. But he didn't smile when he went to see the southwest doctor and lhave a private talk of his own. l The new doctor -probed. Little Man had brother in Manitoba. Prairie lcountry, thati fresh air! out-of-doors! New doctor felt hope all through him. So he asked falteringly if the brother IcouId help take care of Little Man for Ia; time
 Hurrahi Brother was not only fully able to support Little Man, but would fairly love to do so. Then why
 why in-in Heaven-hadn't the eastern doctor sent Little Man out to .Mani- needless waste of travel expense to the southwest?
 Little Man didn't know
 ..Yousve got Just enough money to sSeC you DOln 70 ManftoDa, pointed Iout the southwest doctor. 'sHdke, while times are good. In three weeks if you stay here you'r be on the coun-
 try-and how would you like that for medicine? You chance is in Mani ltoba, not in the southwest
 So Little Man mustered up quite a genuine smile, after all, at leaving the southwest instead of at living there!
 In Manitoba he got we'll But it
 was a, marrow squeak.
 *FTnd out first find out ffrst,'' ad-
 jures Little Woman; ''and be sure to make eastern, or western, or north
 eFn, or southern doctors translate fo l you and explain all about any pre- fscrfptfon beginning: Take first train to another climate ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27

Miss Bertha Banks has returned home from visit with Mrs. Bradley Jennings in Greenfield.
 MT. and Mrs. William l.. Loper and nie and Ruth Smith spent Sunday at Fairfield beach.
 Miss Blanche Wade has returned to her home in Greenfield from a visit of few days with her friend Miss Clara Sanford.
 The house of William T. Slater was struck by lightning few days ago. No serious damage was done to it.
 Leroy F. Wheeler has accepted a position in New London.
 Stephen Raremoir has been spend ing a few days with his mother, Mrs. Theodore Wfcks of Black Rock.
 Mrs Ernest Ferry and Mrs. George Quick of Huntington spent Tuesday with their mother. Mrs Daniel Davis. r The regular meeting of Easton grange was held Tuesday evening. It was Sisters Night The commit tee in charge were Mrs. Clarence B. Andrews, Mrs Arthur B. Wheeler, and Mrs. John H. Candee. The pro- gram was as follows: song, ssHurrah For Old New England ' by all; short biography of Women Who Received Their Early Education in the Eittle Mitchell Emma Willard, Francis J. Willard, Helen H. Jackson; piano solo. I'll Trovatore'', Miss. Hazel B. sher- word; paper, Farm and Hollsehold'' Mrs. John z. MelIen; instrum ental duet, Annie and Adele Run1an; violin solo, Miss Clara Sanford. The women served ice cream and cake after the program. Miss Adele Keller had 1 charge of the ..punch'' which was sold for the benefit of the new grange hall. The men are to meet in Clar- ence Andrews woods on Thursday I morning to finish cutting timber for the new grange hall.
 Miss Hflda McCauIey has returned from visit of a few days as guest of her friend. Mrs. John Downs ir 1 Stevenson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
STEPNEY

Elam Corning of Bridgeport has teen the guest of relatives in this
 Miss Gertrude Graft has been the guest Of Miss Frances Mallett in Tashua-
 Mrs. Bdyia crandall. who has been in Danbury for several weeks past, will make an extended stay as the guest of her daughter, Mrs Eugene Northrop.
 Mrs. Mary Collins of Danbury, who has been engaged as teacher for the local school. will board at the homo of Miss Carolyn Garlick
 Rev. William MeDerInott, who was former pastor in the village, now located at Astoria, T.. l., will be heard at the morning service in the Meth odist church
 MT and Mrs. Robert Bevans and MT. and Mrs. Henry Petit and daugh- fer enjoyed a days outing at Putnam Park, Bedding, on Sunday
 MT and Mrs Charles Nichols of Danbury are spending their vacation as the guests of Mr- and Mrs. Stephen B. Hayes
 Peach slaortcake and other goodies will be served at the lawn fete at Oak lea. the Garlick home, tonight from till o'clock A program consisting Of music. tableaux, etc will be pre- Hented.
 ie A sRGpu D4lct3n CduG1S " III a9C Ai1Ae- ~ the town hall on Aug. 31 at p. m for the purpose Of eleeting delegates to the Republican state convention 1n New Haven on Sept 9th and 10th.
 Miss Ives Of waterbury is a guest at the home of Miss Mary E. seeley-
 On Wednesday all the guests of the East Side Settlement House were iu- vited to a picnic at Pond Lily Farm and royalty entertained by Mir Hertz pmad e9az1II ssss x xz5<
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
NELLIE m BAs AsNEY.

After a lingering illness, Mrs. Nellie Nerwin Basney, the wife of Albert D. Basney, died at the summer residence, Silver Sands, Milford. yesterday. She was 49 years of age. She was well known in this section, having resided here for many years. She is survived by a husband, two brothers, John B. Steele of this cit5s and s. Waldo Steele of Derby, and by three sisters, Mrs Lila M Stoddard Of Newington, Mrs. May L. Starr of New York, and Mrs Daisy O. Driggs of this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
OBITUARY
MARnn wEzNTzERaRN.

The funeral Of Mrs. Marie Wen terien. wife of George A. Wenterien, was held from the family residence on York street yesterday afternoon. Sim pie and impressive funeral services were conducted by Rev. Herman G. Wiener. pastor of the German Re- formed church. 4 large number o4 friends gathered about the bier to pay last respects to the dead. Interment took place at Lakeview cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
sARAH M. HouNs11EA.

The funersaI of Mrs Sarah M Houns- lea was held from the family residence on Ellsworth street at 2:30 o'clock yes terday afternoon. Rev. Henry c. woodruff, pastor of the Black Rock Congrega tionaI church. off1ciated at both the house and Mountain Grove cemetery, where burial took place. Pail bearens were Joseph. Charles, Jesse, and Frank Reed and Sidney Curry and c. Gordon Hounslea~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27

Henry $. G. sLindman of New York, piano manufacturer, filed a petition in bankruptcy. Lia bilities are estimated at s1o0, GOO and assets $50. 1000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27

Charles H. sherrill, former Amer ican minister to Argentina, was among those arrested in Germany in the wholesale campaign against spies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27

While driving an automobile at Ba. tavia. N r.. Mrs. Frank Bullock S, Brooklyn ran down and killed Pat rick Welch. wealthy civil war vet eran.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
Towering Begonias 25c each
 JOHN RICK & SON
IF IN THE RING

you have thrown your hat as candi- date for wed1ock let us suggest that you come in and look over our dandy line of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27

The International Ladies Garment Workers union Of Philadelphia voted to strike unless their demands for a wage increase and shorter hours were granted by October 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-27
DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RINGS

We are all prepared for you no matter how much you care to pay. Our rings are all good and they are exactly as represented and. you want the best you can afford in the ring line. We are doing you a service when we ask you to inspect our line before buying.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
A Scene Not In a Play.

An extraordinary scene took place In
the Princess theater, London. on the
night of the first production Of Charles
Reades great play, Never Too Late to
Mend" Oct 4. 1867. During the prison
scene large quantity OF water was
thrown over Miss Moore. who took the
part Of Josephs. the character doae to
death by the warders. One OF the
critics. Mr.. Tomlin OF the Morning Ad-
vertiser. rose from his seat and public
ly protested against the unnecessary
cruelty. This aroused almost riot
among the audience. and the action OF
the play was stopped for some consid-
cradle time. Fuel was added to the
fire by George Vining the lessee OF the
theater. who was playing the part Of
Tom Robinson and who made a most
imprudent speech, in which he prac-
tically insulted every critic present.
with the result that the theater was
left severely alone by the press 70
many months. The play. however.
turned out to be popular success and
had. for those days. the phenomenal
run OF 40 performances.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
Popular Peanuts.

Popcorn or peanuts-whlch Is the ia
vorite gastronomic consolation or re
source Of young America In Its hours
Of sadness or gladness1 Peanuts, II
seems. have large majority Of the
votes, for 20.O00.OO0 bushels OF peanuts
are produced annually as against only
100000 bushels of popcorn. But to-
gether these delectable delicacies are
headliners at the 1000 amusement
parks and 1900 county fairs Of the
United States.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
A Human Foot Warmer.

II is interesting to learn that julius
Caesar found our Celtic ancestors just
suffocating themselves with smoke.
Giraldus. the early Welsh historian
describes u family as sitting around
their smoky central fire by day and
lying around 1t by night But they
could have had little comfort from IL.
for the same historian tells us that one
Of their princes eked out his tire with
human foot warmer. This officers
duty was to keep his masters feet
warm by cherishing them in his bosom
during meals. For this purpose he
squatted under the table. and no doubt
It did him proud" 30 to nurse the
royal mOccasins. - 7. P.'s London
Weekly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
Trapned nv lta Portrait.

II an old English writer be true In
his observations the pheasant must be
a very simple bird. for he declares that
II puts Its head in the ground and
thinks that all its body is then hidden
The same author says that II was also
captured by another curious plan. A
picture Of the bird was painted on
cloth and then placed In spot wher,
IL was sure OF being seen. By and by
n silly pheasant coming along catches
sight OF the portrait and goes up TO
have a close view OF the new neighbor
While engaged in inspecting the can.
vas the fowler draws near from behind
anu throws his net over the unwary
art student
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
Bad News.

Small Peter. disguised as a district
messenger, was delivering play tele-
grams to his sisters. who were impro-
visins dispatches OF a more or less
startling nature. When II came Lilli-
ans turn she read aloud from her bit
OF yellow paper, amid 6nely simulated
walls OF woe:
Railroad wreck. was Instantly
killed Your loving husband. New
FORK Post
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
Worlds Greatest
Short Stories
No. VIII.
THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT
By BRET HARTE

Twenty-four famous authors were
asked recently to name the best
short story in the English language.
Richard Harding Davis and Wal
lace Irwin named The Outcasts of
Poker Flat" by Bret Harte, whose
complete works are published by
the Houshton-M ifflin Company.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
PART l..

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New Britain herald., 1914-04-24
ard J1ost AccMnte Sporting News of he Day.

ditional release by Owner Scinski. Luby and the club owner could not come to terms and the player de- clined to work. He was placed on the suspended list. A few days ago he wired Owner Scinski to learn if his services would be required. AS the New Britain team is we'll equipped at present, Scinski wired him his re- lease and informed him he was at liberty to play any place he could catch on. Although Scinski was not pleased with the treatment given him by Luby,s he did not want to prevent him from earning a living and de- clared him free agent
New Britain herald., 1914-04-24
GIANTS SURPRISE
 PA kN|CKfRBOCKER
Cut Up Something SCanda|sus
 When PhiLicS Come to Town.

New York, April 24.-The first at home of the Giants was held at the Polo Grounds yesterday and was strewn with flowers, music, speeches, presentations, a song here and there and lots of hits and runs. The lots of hits and runs fell to the Giants, who, whatever may have been their re- n,issness at openings in provincial towns, began their home season with a hurrah and a one-sideds victory. They beat the Phillies 12 to 4. They played a strong game and the Phillies played a weak one. The Phfllies had been going along well, shot to pieces though they were by Federal inroads, but they were shaky team in this game. The Giants shot them to pieces and they helped in the shooting with ragged fielding. The score:
 r. h. e. Philadelphia 1OOOO1020-- 4 z 5 New York :. 7. 20112600"-12 II 2 Batteries--Mayer, Jacobs and Killi- fer; Tesreau, Schupp and Mclean.
 Braves Beat Brooklyn.
 Boston, April 24.-The Braves trounced the Dodgers g to in the
New Britain herald., 1914-04-24
TELL II TO SWEENEY,
 HE WON'T BELIEVE IT
Chances Catcher Doesn't lhnt
 Athletics arc Real Champs.

Philadelphia, April 24-The open- ing game of the American league championship season at Shibe park yesterday, which was won by Chances New Yorks. 5 to 3. was saved from being a tiresome exhibition by bat ting rally on the part of the visitors in the eighth inning. In that session they changed the score of to ] against them to 5 to in their favor They accomplished the feat on base on balls and four hits, notable among which was three base swipe by Sweeney that drove in three of the four runs scored.
 H The score: s Philadelphia 20oo o-3 g Q New York ..OO10 0 o 4 O-5 6 2
 Batteries-Bush and Schang; Cole, Schulz and Sweeney.
 Cleveland 4, Chicago 1.
 Cleveland, O.. April 24.-Cleveland,
New Britain herald., 1914-04-24

flee fly in the third inning scoring Kavanaugh, whose double had scored Bush, gave Detroit enough runs to beat St. Louis, but the visitors added one more run in this inning and made the score 3 to 1 in their favor. St. Louis was unable to get run after the second inning, when Williams drove a double to center and went to third on Crawford's tumble, count ing on c. Walkers sacrifice fly to Veach. Bush, at short for the De- troit's. was the fielding sensation of the day.
 The score:
 r. h. .. Detroit ..003 900 0oo-s 5 1 St. Louis 70 0 o 0 0 o O-1 1 Batteries-Main and Stanage; Veil man, Taylor and Crossin.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-24
ANNEX vs.. LARKsPURs.

The annex team of this city will leave on the 1:22 tomorrow to meet the fast Larkspurs in Hartford. Coo gan and Holleran will be on tho flr- ing line for the locals. Blanchard and Cabelus will also make the trip to be present in case of emergency. Francis McCann has been elected captain and Fred Anderson has been elected manager of the Annex for the season of 1914.