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center of population of the district is according to the streets where the diff ferent Washington school children live. about Where the present build ing now stands. Members of the Tax payers Improvement club, however, were of the opinion that the new school should be built at the corner of Nichols and North avenue, rapidly growing district.
 There was. a good deal of discus sion oyer the matter so that it waa finally decided to appoint a commit tee to look over the ground and se- E1ect a suitable site for a building. The committee appointed were the Board of EducationS and five other citizens of the town, E. W. Peck, Richard Stanton,s Richard Van DeBo- gart, E. s. lHoyt and John c. Wilcox son.. They will report at a meeting to be held inz the town hall on Friday evening. January 2 3. <
 Everett Sniffin of South Main street spoke in regard to- having a sort of trade school connected with the pulp lie school system, but no action was taken on the matter.
 z The library Lecture
 A large number of Stratford people were present at the library last even ing to hear the lecture given by MT.
 
 The lecture, the subject of which was "A Legendary Tourney Through Southwestern New England,'' 9 was de- hvered in a most enjoyable manner and was especially interesting. to the audience an account of it's being based on the history of towns right neax here. s.s'- z
 Little known incidents of we'll known people, legends and traditions of the Colonial days in Connecticut comprised the greater part of the talk Co1ored stereoptieon views were shown with the lecture and the first town visited was Greenwich. Mir. Sherwood told the well known story of Putnam s ride. showing scenes Of the incident, also some old houses and gardens in that vicinity. One story told by MT. Sherwood was es- pecially amusing and was indeed, as the subject of the lecture stated, more or less 1egandary. He to1d how one moonlight evening he visited an old fashioned house at Stamford and walked through the old fashioned flowers until he came to a seat where he sat down and soon fell asleep. When he awoke he rubbed his eyes as he saw coming down the path a very old fashioned lady in hoop skirts and powdered hair. She stopped iiA front of a large rose bush, picked a rose and went through the motions of putting it in someone's button hole The rose dropped and the lady sud- denly disappeared. Upon inquiring, Mr. Sherwood learned that durng the Revolution this lady had lived in the old fashioned house and had bid her lover good bye and placed a rose in his coat when he rode off to war. He never returned and her ghost. MT SherwOod saw returned to the garden each year to place the rose in her lovers coat.
 From Stamford. he went on to New Canaan, which he called the town nearest heaven, then to South port showing the old stone monument
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marking the place where the PeQuot Indians were beaten by the white men, and Fairfield. the town of an- eestors, where John Hancock and Dorothy, Quincy were married A picture was shown of the well known house of 50. closets of which there were only 40 according to MT. Sher- wood. He said. however, that 40 were sufi1lent and that he could m agine the sensation of n1isplacing one's spring bonnet and finding it when looking for a pair of shoes for the winter.
 The. next town shown was the peace fulazvillage called Stratford with it's beautiful e1ms and wide streets. Sew eraI views of the town were shown, including. the Episcopal church, Fred- erick Beach's house, the spot where Goody Bassett was hung and several other well known places in town. Milford was the next mentioned town, then New Haven. Rtdgef1eld, Danbury, New Milford, Lftch1e1d and the towns in that vicinity. The lecture was aboup an hour and a. half long and all who heard it were delighted with it and said that it was one of the most interesting lectures heard here in some time.
 Board of Trade Meeting
 At the. meeting of the, Stratford Board of Trade Thursday evening, plans were discussed for improving the appearance of the town as much as possible by making little parks wherever it could be done, grading lawns, planting trees. etc.. The land just below Beardsley lane /hear Turtle pond was suggested as being fine place for @ town park and arrange ments for making 1t one are being talked of The matter Of the 275th a anniversary of the town was discussed and all seemed to be in favor of such a celebration and observing the ann1- versary in much the same way that the 25th anniversary was observed 725 years ago.
 Dance Last Evening
 A large crowd was present at. the fifth social dance given by Shaw and Warehouse in the Aud1rorfunn last seVe- ming. Next week the young men ETviIt hold fa prize tango in the same pLace and a large number should attend George Fryer will give the winner of the tango prize worth trying for.
 At the Churches -1s 7 Rev. E. N. Packard will preach Sum- day morning at the Congregat ational church, taking for his subject, "How the Holy Spirit Reaches Others Through Us.'' In the evening he will draw some lessons from the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus. The reorgan- ized Christian Endeavor society which is gaining in numbers and interest will. meet in the evening. ,-e 7,
 aOn Wednesday night of next week all departm of the church will re- port last years work.
 At the annual meeting of the Eccle- siasticaI society last Monday night the receipts and expenses were re- ported as balancing. and all bills paid About ST 900 has been raised or pledged for new parish house which 1t Is hoped may be built this year. Charles s. Smith was elected treasurer. in place of E.. H. Judson, who resigned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-10
CLOAK WORKERS AGREE
 TO ARBITRATION PLAN

New York, , an. 1o- Owing to press
 ure brought to bear by disinterested parties in thes interest of peace in
 the cioarkmakers' industry. the Inter- national Garment Workers Union and the Manufacturers, Association itself both decfded yesterday to submit to the Joint aTbifration board-the court of last resort under the protocol-the. present controversy in the industry. q That controversy centers around the demand made by both the interna- tional union and the manufac cturers that Dr. Isaac A Hourwich, the chief clerk elected by the C1oaknaa kers' union. be dismissed from office
 Louis D.. Brandeis, of Boston, isl chairman of the joint arbitration
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s Battle Greek, Mich. Jan 9-The results of the national conference on race betterment held here and ending Jan. 12 are expected to be of distinct value, and a. notable list of thinkers accepted invitations to be present and
 take part in the deliberations. Among
 them were Senator Charles B. Town
 send of Michigan, Dr. D. A Sargent, the well known Harvard instructor; .Dr. N. Dwight Hillis. pastor of Ply
 mouth church, Brooklyn; Judge Ben.
 B. Lindsey of Denver. head Of the
 kids. court; the Rev. Dr.. Walter
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Taylor Sumner of Chicago, Drfv. c. Vaughan and Mrs. Ella F'Iagg Young. The conf ference report will advance ideas by which efficiency can be in- creased, health improved and human life conserved. pr. Stephen Smith.
 president of the conference is a man hale and active at the age Of ninety two. He is vice president of the New York state board of charities and prominent in social welfare work Two hundred scientists, educators and Isu b1icists gathered to attend the netting, constituting the most conpet-
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ent group of scientific experts ever assembled in the United States for the consideration of the subject of race
 deterioration.y The conference is an
 outgrowth of the sR oosevelt conmis5 ision on the conservationo Of national
 resource and more directly of the .committee on the conservation of na-. tional vitality, of which Professor Irving Fisher was the chairman.4 The
 conference will perpetuate itself Judgements have been made for an- nua1 meetings. gss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-10
THREE DRUG sFoREs
 ENTERED LAST NIGEL

:. Drug stores were the speeialty or Bridgeport's gang of burglarss ia night, three being visited One l71r a kev job a jimmy being ugsd ir the other cases. The doOr Of e. E-
 Piclxard & Co.'S store at 678 8tat1 street was found unlocked early thll morning by Policeman Sin1rnOEdI and reported to the proprietor and poll1e headouarters. The side door cf RockweH's pharmacy at gro State o. was jirnmied and S7 in. cash and ecl- small articles taken "A Jimmy UrU used on a side door of Robert phar- macy, 2s35 Fairfield Avenue The vl-- itors got nothing.
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CRUISER WILL TAKE 3ss
 MEN TO MEXICO

; Vallejo, Cal, Jan 1e-The United States cruiser New Orleans, enrouze to Mare Island Navy Yard from Rre- merton, Puget Sound, will take large drafts of men from California to Mex. ican waters when she sails early next week, according to informa ton re- ceived today.
 The men are to ~De distributed among the United States vessels in. the south on which there is not4the full quota of crews
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News Items From Adjacent Towns

a meeting ofethe Temple lodge, F. and AM, was held After short bust nuess meeting social hour was held.
 The Rev. Henry Blacklock of the Christ church is distributing chut oh calendars for. the year.
 Miss. Ella. Johnson of Thomas, Pa-, is spending few days with friends in town.
 Mir and Mrs. James Smith of Bethel are being entertained at the home of friends on King street.
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BOYS BRIGADE TO lcELEBRArE.

The tenth anniversary of co. D, United Boys Brigade of America, con- nected with Trinity M. B. church, will be celebrated on January 15 with banquet. The principal speakers will be Mayor Wilson and Rev. William Swanson of the East Enc Baptist church. -xs-~s4s !.
 Reports show that about 5000 of 111,0O0. Texas children examined in 1913 had hookworm
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FOX REPORTS ON
 POLICE SCANDAL

The report of Detective Ssrnsaut George B. Fox fin his investiwatfon cF the alleged unseemIy conduct Of fDur- policemen among the saloons of rlc South End was turned over to Cap tain of Detectives George a. Aruoll today and by him to SuVeFiutsud dere Eugene Birmingham It will be co1- sidered by the commissioners ct tlr meeting, Jan. 15.
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Coroner In Greenwieh

Coroner John J- PheIan fs sn-GEsel- wich looking into the recent death ul Patrick Earrings. killed ~thers on Ono railroad several days ago
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ADvERTIsE N TEE FAH1IEl
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can only alleviate. The world has .al- ways had physicians and physical cul- ture Instructors, and, as long as peo- pie are born who insist upon disre- garding the rules of health, it4wi1l al- ways have both.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-10-23
''TIZ' FOR TIRED
SORE, ACHING FEET

fh what relief SO more tired icot.
us unl. burnse f,ot swollen bad smell
u. ..ft iDof so more pain IN corns
...... Hr hunI0n8 NJ matter what
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Ju.. ass rrmaae. boy O." bonn.
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Entered - second .,ss matter a. 'h- poe
oll,rc At Amarillo leta, under tbs 81. Nar.
s. 1919.
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TELrHOEf5.
Business Oil'ce-.4II Eduoua. Room, ~.
Entered - second ..s. matter a. ih- pos
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s. 1919.
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dspti,hcI
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
The Dolly News wIl. Hc delivered .g .f"-
anywhere 20 Amarillo, CO.. ay .t. ,I'''r oi 'He
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lu-. 90 q reminder. Ha. .u aan.
The home industry pauo. .0. boom. a"
builder What arr yna.
Tho destroying a. destroyer. ... q. pm.
coed with due rus'o ard a..'rm
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30
MEXICAN WARsHlPs FEEBLE.

The formidabeness OF the American
feet of American naval vessels com.
pared With those of Mexico now In
Mexican waters IL strikingly brought
out In statistics made public by the
navy department
There are at present twenty-five
ships Of the United States navy scat.
tsred along the Mexican coasts. a
majority OF which are OF the latest
fghting type. Opposed to these are
eleven Mexican naval vessels. four OF
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30
TO COMMAND SHIPS IN PANAMA CANAL

Capt Hugh Rodman. U, s. ~, will be
the real boss of the big sluiceway when
it Is open for commercial shipping next
July, and Will have entire charge OF
all the details Of putting ships through.
Each vessel entering the canal will
be assigned a canal pilot, who win
take the ship to an anchorage. from
which she may not move without per-
mission of Captain Rodman or one OF
the port captains, conveyed through
the pilot,
As soon as n ship moves toward the
canal It's wireless and all signal ar
rangements will be under he immedI-
ate control OF the canal authorities.
Tho engines of ship will be locked
by the canal officials by means OF a
steel chain and sealing device. This
lock win be under the constant watch
OF canal guard and an engineer OF
the ship, until after leaving the locks.
when It's removal viii be ordered by
the canal pilot aboard.
The pilots have been selected by
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30

which are characterized as OF mo
fighting value"
Eighteen OF the American naval yes
sells are on the Atlantic coast ana
seven on the Pacific. They include
nine battleships, five cruisers. three
gunboats, three fuel ships, two trans
ports, one supply ship, one hospital
ship, and one mine depot ship,
Mexico has five vessels on the At
lantie cosst and six on the Pacific.
or those on the Atlantic two are gun
boats, one a transport. one training
ship, and the other Is characterized
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30

Monte Carlo.-Gen. Porfirio Diaz, ex-
president OF Mexico, when asked II,
In view of the rapid developments OF
the Mexican situation, he would not
reconsider his determination to say
nothing, again refused absolutely to
make any statement on Mexican af.
fairs or his own intentions. He ex-
cused himself from speaking on the
ground that he had definitely given
up active politics.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30
Missionaries Cause Alarm.

New York, April 24.-At the several
church mission headquarters in New
York word from so American mission
aries, en- route from Mexico City to
Vera Cruz. was anxiously awaited.
The Methodist Episcopal board Of for
eign missions received cablegram
stating that all its missionaries In
the cities Of Pachuca, Puebla and
Guanajuato were safe.
News Of the safety of the ten Epis-
copal missionaries In Mexico under
Bishop Henry d. AYES was also re-
ceived.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30
SENATOR SHIELDS NERVOUS GOATS"

Senator John X Shields Of Tennes-
see possesses some specimens OF a
breed Of goats that are the most
unique in the animal world Shields
has "a 3,o00-acre ranch IN Granger
county, a beautiful home on It and he
devotes the place largely to Shetland
ponies and Angora goats
The Angoras ne raises for their hair.
and this proves a profitable invest
ment. as they car live on wild land on
which horse would starye. The meat
too, is fine, very much Ike lamb But
the thing on which he prides himself
most is that he owns several Of what
ia known as nervous goats"
This ~ breed said by the agricul-
tural department to be peculiar to
Tennessee and unknown IN any other
Mace. These goats arc remarkable
for the fact that II any one should get
near them and fire off a pistol or even
crack a whip sharply the goats In
stantIy fall to the ground lie on their
backs and remain there stitiy with
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30
HAS NO TIME FOR HOBBIES

81 fear ! must be very trite," re-
marked Mrs. Dunno, wife OF the gov
ernor OF Illinois. during her recent
visit TO Washington, and say home,
my husband and children are all my
fads and accomplishments, and GER
tainly the whole of my mission in life.
believe even the most indefatigable
Of modern women would find scant
leisure for hobbies In the care of such
household as Is mine. Thirteen chill
dren have come to bless our home and
OF these all lived to be old enough for
us to possess q keen sense Of loss In
! their passing away. There are ten
now with US, although the oldest boy
Is married and has set his own roof.
tree. He Is Edward F., Jr.. and there
Is chubby little son, Edward F. III,
who Is, as may be imagined. quite the
idol OF the family. do not wish to
repeat truisms and obvious facts, but
/ number myself among those who flad
the crown Of womanhood in rearing
large families and governing a home
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the satisfaction all
living vocation
found lacking
family benumbing
believe have had soul
Take family
look at the diverse interests brought circle table
Of where all
the
church
the outer world
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30
POLICE CHIEF DEFENDS FLAG
Orders Arrest of Anyone Making At
tack on stars and Stripes.

New Observation-Disclosures OF
Police Reynolds has ordered the ar
rest Of any person making "disparag-
ing remarks about the army and navy
and the American flag on the streets
of this city" The order was issued
when the superintendent was advised
that four soldiers in uniform had fore
IDLY dispersed quintet Of street ora
tors, who were haranguing a crowd
and charging that the army and navy
are subsidized
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30
BROTHER TELLS
ABOUT FLETCHER
Career of the Rear Admiral Who
Took Vera Cruz.
YEARNED FOR SEA WHEN BOY
Forced to Remain at an Executive
Desk During the Spanish War, He
Became an Expert on
Ordnance.

Chicago Admiral Fletcher.
Who captured the city OF Vera Cruz
Tues day, has never resided In Chi.
Fago. he has been a frequent visitor
here at the home OF his brother, Thorn
as ]. Fletcher. 5237 Cornell avenue.
The latter Is treasurer Of the Coop
erative League Of Chicago. J. Fetch
er, a son Of the Chicago Fletcher, is a
lieutenant on Admiral Fletcher's flag
ship.
I'VE Fletchers do not come Of sea.
faring breed" said the civilian Fetch
err at his home. "On the contrary, we
are Iowa men and we should by all
rights have lived and died landlub-
bers. My brother is an admiral now
because our representative In con-
gress In Marshalltown, Iowa, decided
he would fill a vacancy at Annapolis
by holding a competitive examination
Tom said my brother when he
saw the notice of the examination,
Tn going to be a sailor That's the
life for me. | never thought of It be-
fore, but see now that was meant
to be a hero of the deep"
Leads In Examination.
He entered the examination, just as
he said he would, and took first place
over % other boys That was in 1870
and he has been in the navy service
since
According TO the Chicago Fletcher,
It was one Of the bitterest disappoint.
ments of the admiral's career when
! he was compelled to remain at an exec
utive desk in Washington during the
Spanish war. But the admiral, as the
result Of that experience, became an
expert on ordnance.
Secretary Long promised him that
| II he would remain as assistant chief
! of the ordnance department until he
could get things In order, he could
! have anything he wished. But be-
fore his work was done there the war
was over. You see, the country was
totally unprepared for war and the
ordnance department was placed un-
| der terrific strain"
lnvents RecoIl Apparatus.
Admiral Fletcher had been in the
service but short time when he In
vented a recoil apparatus for quick
| tlrcrs, which has been in use ever
breech mechanism thereby insuring
the success Of the system, Whereas
! to open the breech Of the big guns II
! had been necessary before TO depend
upon power from the engineroom,
the admiral's Improvement made 1t
possible TO move the huge blocks
with one hand As commander
OF the torpedo boat Gushing the ad
1 mlrll then Lieutenant Commander
/ Fletcher, conducted an investigation
OF the behavior Of torpedoes and dis
covered many errors in range and In
4 almost every instance the correctness
Of his deductions was proved, lie IS
regarded as one Of the first ordnance
experts Of the navy,
Born in Oskaloosa.
Admiral Fletcher" said his kins
man in Chicago, was born In Oska
loosa, Nov %, 1855. He was only
fifteen years old when he took the
examination and entered Annapolis.
My brother was graduated In June
1875, one OF the honor men Of his
class. He served az n midshIpman fol
one year and then was promoted tC
the rank of an ensign On April |
1882, he became junior lieutenant
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30
.0T1OFC@DINARY
w PEOPLE v
WILL PROBE SOCIAL UNREST

The only woman representative on
the federal industrial relations com
mission, which is soon to begin the
most complete and thorough probe
ever undertaken into existing social
unrest. with the view of making recon-
mendations. for constructive legisla-
ton is Mrs. J. Borden Hartman OF
New York. who has for years been
engaged in many public and useiui
activities in the metropolis.
Congress has appropriated $lOO'ooo
for the first years work OF the inquiry
recommending at the same time that
the commission should lay out pro
gram on three years basis and
could count on fund for expenses OF
100000. The chairman OF the com
mission is Frank p. Walsh OF Kansas
one of the best equipped men In the
country for such work. There are
seven other male members OF the COM
mission, representing both labor and
capital.
Mrs. Hartman has been engaged In
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30
Accidents VIII happen.

VISITOR want to see the automo-
bile editor.
Office Boy--Hes tired
visitor-What's he been doing ex-
ira?
ONCE Boyle ran over a galley
and the managing editors been crank
him up.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30

Members Of his party expressed tho
opinion that General Diaz would not
return to Mexico. He will probably
leave Monte Carlo at an early date
for Vichy to take the cure.
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what
influence being 10
member the
Tor
had converted
Ilace the benefit mlonalres
welfare work or
National civic federation ha
respect
the noun cotton manu-
White House
of the Erdman act and 10 the
of the of the trainmen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-04-30

as a hulk OF no fighting value"
Those on the Pacific coast consist OF
two gunboats, a transport and three
"hulks OF no fighting value"
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he has insrulng and
them
teat
man ed ships n NEARLY the world
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their for time on this
goats"
orce talking
MIN to with performance
Shields
the could
q
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Seek to Stop Swearing.

Cleveland, O.-The police have en-
listed In the don't swear movement,
and have been instructed to detain Of.
tenders and give them a scolding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-12-15

Miss Minnie Smith entertained
twenty-four friends on Wednesday
afternoon in compliment to Mrs.
George Sexmith of Hobson, Mont
Six tables of auction were played, the
highest score being won by Mrs. A.
w. Treyitt. Mrs. Sexmith received a
guest prize.