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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

sig111fyfng ball. came the word 4l1l IonauL one who plays bsA H1r a Av ing.
 Another form of bali game v play ed by the Indian tribes of the EtHdulel1 River region in the wilds uG Era A carefulIy IeveIed field lies 1n rput ll the naalokas or large cCrnrnlflal houses, and daily, at o'clock tne men returning from the days dahils or hunting indulge in the spurt7t a complicated game like that ol the early Mezicans, but one calline for q high degree of skill as two ballg are used by the players. who drtFs ttam with the hands toward their opr1n- ents Yellow tail feathers of fhe E poo bird are af1xed to the rdb-ar bclll for accuracy.
 The 4Araucanian Indians o0 fsullth1ll Chile play an ancient game with W1qa- en balls driven by wooden clubz- lu "a clearing. 300 by 75 yards iaclcsed ry cut branches of trees thsss Luolala Ia crosse or field hocEey- me Ula is played from childhood and tho play CTS acquire great slZi11 and the lnstc1ca draw large crowds The game calls for great endurance Aud while gener4 ally played in two or three hour per iods, several days have been known to pass before as decision was reached During the play it is not uaulual to hear player cry. s.Am not a real oak tree?' or eIs he not a hon'E ls after d brilliant stroke. Such la AEau- icanian slang.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

fngton. D. c. That the ball game is an ancient institution in the Americas
 may be gathered from the following
 4The ball game is indigenous to the Americas. Perhaps the first SdKnian inhabitants found true sport in catch ing the cocoanuts tossed from the tall palrns-certafn it is that several thous- and years ago the ball game had reached a high state of development in the 70 cities scattered throughout Y-ucatan On clearing away the mat ted forests enveloping these marvellous ruins ball courts were disclosed near the most sacred temples, and, from the elaborate hieroglyPhics and p1cto- graphs ornamenting the walls, much was learned of the complicated char the passing of these ancient Mayans, came the first spanish explorers who found that a younger race in contig- uous territory, the Aztecs, had revived the old pastime into a, national game with a stone God of Sport beaminS on every court.
 ''The peculiarity of these early games was that the ball, when in play, was not thrown with the hand but struck by the hip, around which the player wore a protecting pad of leather. At each end of the court was great stone disk with a hole in the center, and through this orif1ce the ball was driven before point was scored. Very naturally a lively ball was used, since rubber trees dominated the for ests.
 sfOld chroniclers marvel at the skill and endurance of the players, for a game was seldom won under four hours of constant play. Such ex- hausting contests, with a dozen par ticipants in almost constant action, were not for amateurs but profession- als. Thus. from the Aztec uEord o91i,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14
PADS AND FASHIONS
Ihifron psttlooata are wern

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 Chiffon petttccats are wpEn-
 Soutache trimnatngs arc EetrTnirlE
 The newest skirts have ed
 organdg and ruffleu haye
 The new gray blue tanetA q be- coming
 me white wash alsirts are holdind their own.
 AS yet the blossom at me Relt is fashionable.
 Each blouse seems. sheer.r than the last.
 The return of the large garlen hat is hera1ded
 FIared cuAb are made to we with the haring cellars
 The flower trimmed hat eute44 Lt1 the warm weather
 The lace mantle is the latest fancy Of the Parisienne.
 Feather fanctes are rising isher and higher on the hats
 Very popular is the comhtua.ton nL oyster color with black
 White tameta. Is a populaE material for afternoon gowns
 with the white suit is W0El Che dark blue hat of velvet or slIE-
 The simple. white corduroy unit ig most suitable for beach WeaE
 Lingerie gowns are fashioned with long basques and ruffled skfrt The new corosets arc very large in the waist ana very LOW tll me 4--1- Black and white gowns Cor FVeu- ing wear are in great Favor as pres
 In leaps and bounds the Hnaa OF the silhouette are haring toward the foot.
 The white bucEslzin botts ara aI- most as popuIar az the HmTt low
 ChaFnine is the coml4naHen oe twtned colored embroidered tulle with black.
 The gay angora sweatsI is sunarr garment for cool day oL the beech F7ounces having taken he place of the puffs. bid flair to rout uns tuuics
 Black satin will come f1rth. into q. shortly.
 Many of the newer cozttnles show a straight line from the Eloulder tp the knees
 For motoring the bright leorduroy coat gtyea the proper warmth and touch of color.
 Large, flat hats of silk satin or taffeta are interesting the fashionable milliners
 The tunic heightened to slsrt pro- portions is corded at the botttua into hoop-1ike fu1lness.
 The uncorseted effect is to ccnfula whether the waist line be at the a0r- nal. below or not at all
 There is a. smart, hat-heeled, El1- ber-soled canvas pump that is very fine for trotting on the beach
 Parisiennes are wearing evenlns capes of satin They can be worn oE- CT frocIs of any descriptior-
 You may find the bustle in any ur- expected place. They arc af a front the side, low down below tna waist line, or up 1n the center ae back.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14
WESTERN ENGINE
 GRE MS' u! TINA TUNl

the wage dispute between 55.e00 en- ployers was to be presented today to the managers of the roads A gigan- tie strike which will tie up 14s, 900 miles of road is imminent unless an agreement is reached according to the union officers The roads may appeal to the federal depaHtrnent Of labor for arbitration.
 Virtually all lines west of Chicago. the Illinois Central and lines in Can ada west of Fort Williams except the Canadian Grand Trunk Pacific are af- fected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14
PLATING BALL IN
 ANCIENT AMERICA

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 stPla-a-a-a-y -aw-aw-l!l'' is not as new an expression of popular inn patience to have some one "start something as some people may think Neither is playing ball for a living a strictly modern invention In fact thousands of years ago, way down in Yucatan, impatient crowds sat around in ball parks, yelled themselves hoarse, beat one another in the back, and threw their feather head-gear in to the arena in the enthusiasm of the moment. just as we are doing today whose skill in 'sbatting and fielding was such that they could afford to hold up the management occasionally for a few more hundred Jaguar skins a year by threats to quit professional ball and go sto farming.
 or course the game was not exactly baseball But the point is that it was ball game, that there were regular ball parks-or courts-and that there game for what there was 'in it'' to them. Mayhap the medium of ex- change took the form of jaguar skins, pounds of cacao, fancy feathers, or what not, but it was money all the same, and they could buy with it at the club, or in the market place as the case might be. They had their pecu- in some parts of the Americas, which, translated into English means about as much to us as ours would to them; all of which is brought out by Mir. Franklin Adams in his story Indi- genous Games in Latin America in the July number of the Monthly Bulle- tin of the Pan American Union, Wlasn-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14
hochs for Der Kaissr4

LnEGe hCchS LOT Der k7A66r1
 The Emperor Of Gerrnany has some aoHnd ideas about sport ana exercise which the people on this side of the Atfanae would do ypsll to oonafder.
 The object Of Bpozt,'' sag thesyZar Lord who has never had a war, -Ehouzd be the pRrystca1 development to qBtnblish new records-
 That is the true, correct. gsnsibIe and democratic conception of the ideals of sport and athletics.
 Tt is the shame of danocra&ic America that 1t sets up and encour- which has for it's chief end and aim the brea1dng Of records, ra41zer than the buf1ding of sound and stroug bod 1as-for tho m1ltttndes
 AuaaE1cau schools and colleges fos- sfaEsstilss Ideal with the result that the nro11ycoddAsss wt45e the few, on whom T1st amounts of money are expended are haaled as heroes.
 The .resu1f is dabby muscles for the many and sSeelled heads ana chests for Ene lew superraens' who are the pFcduct of ss2oollsh systean-
 xsten to the Kaiser again:
 desire to direct attendon to a matter as to which believe our fia- tEon tss on the right track This is an endea~or to con1er the chdef benefits c6 sport upon the whole people. to f1zfng faae masses up to a high plane of pa1Tg4Ca1 development, and not to sort cut 4xz1KgA7uaa drBf-claas perfor- x1Ances from the dead Isvel, which remains generally IoweE''
 The Emperor saad a mtoutEfs1l wznmm he deRaEered that utterance. And That course which he urges Ger rnmns tc avoid is exactly that course vplaach has been adopted and follow ed and brought to a h1gn stEste of i'm pGwGsctkon i'm Che United States, and to. a somewhat lesser extent in Cana da- The Kaiser may have been thinking of the athletic situation in the United States, as a, horrible ex- ample when he made that statement although he is too great a diplomat held in Berlin, the Americans may and probably win show superiority to the German athletes, and this will be accepted by shallow thinkers as proof Of the greater stamina, strength and endurzuce Of Amertcaus It will be nothing of the kind
 Go to New York, or, if you deny that. thes zaetropolfs is a. representa- tive American city, to Chicago, or San Francisco Minneapolis or Louisville stand at a street corner and pick out the first hundred men who pass Do the same thing in Berlin, or any oth- CT German city. Pit sthese men against each other in almost any form of exercise requiring strength, stam- ina and bodily agility and see who win win am an American, and I FTouId root for ths Americans-bu I wouldn't put any money on themi
 Tho reason Is not far to seek As the Kaiser says. # is the German idea 70 confer the chief benefits of sport nppn the whole people, to bring the nzaNBes up to a high plane. On this
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

AM IN FUEL ACCORD WITH THE GROWING SENTIMENT THAI THERE SHOULD BE NO AIMS. HOUSES OR PooRHo oUsE s THERE SHOULD BE coMFoRTA. BILE HOMES TO WHICH THE WORTHY, AGED AND INFiRM MAY BE ESCORTED WITH HONOR. LET THE sENTIMENT PREVAIL THAT OLD AGE. IN NECESSITY IS 4 CHERISHED GUEST OF THE sTATE-A GUEST OF coNsE- ouENcE ENTITLED TO LOVING kINDNEss AND TENDER CARE. THERE SHOULD BE NO SENSE oF SHAME IN DEPENDENT POSITION, NO SACRIFICE TO PRIDE, NO FEELING SAVE THAT OF COMING TO THEIR OWN, TO A HOME AS ITO A HAVEN OF REST AND sE- cURITY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

Newport. R [, July 1sThe Duchess of Marlborough formerly Miss Con suelo, Vanderbilt and daughter of Mrs
 O.. IT. P. Belmont who is visiting. her mother here for the first time in sew eral years has materially aided the cause of woman's suffrage by her ad- dress at meeting tof suffragists at Marble House, her mothers handsome
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

are studying, developing and perfecting new
 types of con structisn de- signed to meet the revolution in m e t h o d 8 remedial, cura- tive and correc- l. tiy e. Enbel- lishnnent is of
 secondary con- sideration in in4 stitutional con- struction, t h e main idea be-
 inr that of 11tiili
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

home. The fair duchess told of her
 work for poor working girls of Eng
 land. She is not militant Mrs Bel
 mont is one of, Americas ardent suf-
 fragists. The meeting was held out side the new Japanese tea house which
 Mrs Belmont has just completed and which is the only thing of it's kind in America.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14
Make Old Age Cherished Guest
 of State
.-.e--~.---sS By State Architect LEWIS F. FLICKER of lew York

THE ideal state institution, in 5
 far as its architectural treat
 mert of buildings and sur Foundings is concerned, is arriving Abroad as well as in this countr leading members of the profession
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

George IF. Moore or St Louis, was appointed collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Missouri
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14
(BE 1Iac Levy Of BaI3y1on.1
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--' 1fac1s5y. tl1e farl5ts fgong Island health farsngr.s has been engaged for eighteen years in the training of athletes and the building up of run down people, and is a recognized agl- thority, on all subjects connected with athEericss physical culture. and scien- t1fc exercdse.3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

women she simpered, stare the flowers of creation, don't you think ?''
 Sure thing, answered the horrid man. 'sand some of them are century plants. Baltimore American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14
CINCINNATI VOTES ON
 NEW CHARTER TODAY

Cincinnati, O.. July 14-The question. of the adoption of a charter is being voted upon here today. The charter was framed by a commission of IS men and provides for non-partisan ballot, twe candidates for mayor with the elimination of party emblems. small council, civil service and gives the mayor the appointment of all exc cutives. The initiative and referen- dunn is provided for-but the recall will be submitted on a separate ballot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

ptlotograpI1er while stray bullets still vvhfzzed in the air, but after the reb-
 els had won. One of them shows
 dead soldiers and horses in one of the streets Most of the city was thus strewn with dead, and the gutters ran
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14
RTTER DEPT.

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 New Mild Cheese Ib 16c Fresh Gathered Eggs dog 24c Best Pure Lard 2 lbs 25c Best Print Butter Ib .32c C0ttOlene, can 3Oc, 55c1 Grisco can 23c, 4s3c5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

One case of buboninc plague issre- ported at San Angelo. Texas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

Representative c. B. slemp was re- nominated for Congress at the Repub- lican Convention in Bristol. Va
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14
FRESH CIR OUND HaIllbIIlrq
 Steak ID Il

Soda Biscuit dozen Sc
 Assorted Cup Cakes dz Tc Home Made Cru11ers dz Sc Layer Cake Three Layers I2c
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-14

Native Beets 3 bun 10c Native Carrots :. 2 bun 5c Native Wax Beans 3 qts 10cl Fancy PIuIns, 2 dog 15c Fancy Peaches qt 1Oc Cuct1nlbers dog 12c Bananas dOz 1Oc Lettuce 2bIln 5c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-21
TIFFANY ESTATE
NOTE TAX VALID
State Wins Appeal to Supreme
Court on Fixing Of
Transfer Levy.

William Law Stout OF counsel for the
State Comptroller, was advised from
Washington yesterday OF victory won
by the State Of New York through
decision by the United States Supreme
Court on an appeal taken by the execu-
tors OF the estate OF Charles G. Tiffany.
The decision upholds tho Surrogates
Court and tho higher courts OF this state
I'm fixing the amount OF transfer tax 20
be paid by the Tiffany estate.
The point at issue was tax levied on
three promlssOrv notes. The makers and
amounts Of the notes were: George g.
Pottinser. S5147; Southern Railway Com
pany $1,000. and Edwin b. Sheldon. $40
SIS The first was secured by Chicago
real estate. the second was unsecured and
the security for the third note was real
property in Chicago, held IN trust.
IL was contended by the executors that
the notes were not property within the
state Of New York. that each note consti-
tuted only evidence Of indebtedness 10 the
estate. and that u was beyond the power
of the Legislature TO give promissory
notes the quality and attributes Of tangi-
bic personal property. The executors
argued that an order imposing a tax on
their transfer was In violation Of the
state and federal constitutions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-21

Medical men have assorted for years
that worry caused thiuness Of the oodF'
Now along comes Mrs. Percy thorn
whose husband is president Of the Manu-
facturers' coal and Utilities CoinpaHS'
and upsets this old theory by ackho"i
edging to $50 avoirdupos. as compared 10
1874 pounds when she married Thorn VINO
she saws. has caused her no end OF worrS'
Mrs Thorn is suing her husband TOT
separation. She said that Thorn mao
been a changed man since he mace INC
acquaintance Of Mrs. Lillian n Fos''
whose husband, Frank X. Poss' pfesiue"'
az The Poss Motor Company ana VIZ
president Of tho Detroit American p"'
ball club. IS suing her for divorce no
ing Thorn. Poss IS also suing IHo'n ,o
go. 900 for alternating the ehecuo"S y.
wife. Mrs. Thorn said in her sun ~. :,
separstion that Thorn spent loo M
time in the company OF Mrs. ros7 ".'u
NEGLECTED her. She told about q wilma.
calling her husband on the telepno"' NV
night. Mrs. Thorn answered. u'7
nhors Tho voice at the other enc oil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-21
,aterson police during tho silk strike

Paterson police during tho silk strike
and set the indictment aside. During
tho heat Of the long labor trouble, when
the police OF Paterson were accused
from sidewalk and platform OF further
ing the ends Of tho manufacturers py
clubbing the strikers without reason.
Scott publisher of Tho Weekly ISSUE.
took the cause of the mill workers for
his own.
In the issue Of February q 1913, No
wrote that Chief OF Police John Birnson
and his men were guilty of brutal treat
ment OF strikers and their inactive rela-
tives Of all ages. that the policemen
acted like drunken Cossacks" and that
meetings were ruthlessly broken up.
Scott was brought to trial on Juno
and convicted the following day Three
days after his conviction Scott was sem
fenced by Judge Abram Klenert to from
one 10 fifteen years and TO pay $3.50 fine.
Scott appealed. claiming that his Amer
lean citizenship invested him with tho
right of free speech and that he had
not violated this right.
In his decision to-day Justice Kalisch
saws that the indictment was faulty In
that il charged Scott with hostility and
opposition 10 any and all government.
Scott. the court finds, was liable for
damages IN a civil suit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-21
|BRIDCIE' WEBER
ASSURES WHITMAN
Ready to Repeat His Testl-
mony at Second Trial
of Becker.

District Attorney Whitman visited
'Bndre" Weber yesterday afternoon NJ
his homo on Henry street, Passalo- ano
had q long talk with him about the oeo-
ond trial OF Charles Becker. The District
Attorney would not discuss his VISIT Duh
II can be said that any fear ne may have
had that Weber was weakening and
might run away before Becker was called
TO trial again has been dissipated.
Since the attack that was made upon
him early last winter Weber has not Wis
tied New York City. He has stuck close
10 Passalc, where ne thinks he is safer
from the gangrnen. Mr.. Whitman does
not know whether Webbers fear is 1usti-
fed. but he promised him every possible
protection during his stay in New YORK.
or the four principa states Witnesses
Rose. Weber, WALTON and Schepps-Web-
Der has been the weakest figure since the
trial. Upon his return from Havana
year ago he gave out somewhat am
biguous statement which might be con
strued 10 mean that he had not told
the truth on the witness stand. When
this construction was put upon II the
District Attorney promptly called Web
Der before him. and the gambler made an
affidavit affirming his previous testimony
and denying that he had ever repudiated
Il.
According 10 the testimony, it was TO
Weber who collected for Rose. Becker's
collector, that Becker appealed when he
thought Rose was too slow IN putting
ROsenthal out OF the way.
Weber testified 10 meeting Becker with
Rose and Vallon at 12ith ST. and Seventh
ave. about the end of June, and TO hear
ing Becker complain of the slowness OF
the gunner. saying that II Rosenthal got
TO Whitman Il would be all off.
Weber said Becker met him in Union
Square on July 10 and demanded that
Rosenthal be "croaked." on July u
Rose. Weber and WALTON met the gun
men at the Lafayette Baths 1t was testi-
fed. and planned TO shoot Rosenthal that
night at the Garden Restaurant. on July
10, when the gunner gathered for the
murder Of Rosenthal. it was at Bridge
Webbers that they met.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-21
MRS. THORN GROWS FAT AND
GETS ALIMONY ON WORRY
Admits She Gained Forty-six Pounds While festefeo
by Husbands Attentions to MIS-.
lillian K. Poss.

the wire. she said. was that o. Mrs. Poss'
who asked for Thorn. When Mrs. Thorn
asked the caller what she wanted Of her
husband the voice suggested TO the IN
oulsitive wife not 20 get too fresh
Mrs. Poss told In her suit about the
mental distress and bodily anguish she
had suffered through the alleged conduct
Of her husband. The matter was In the
Supreme Court yesterday on motion TOT
alimony. Thorn answered that com
paratlve table OF the weight OF Mrs.
Thorn when she married him, which was
1874 pounds and her present weight when
Thorn put at 20 pounds. did not oeuay
much distress and anguish unless 1t was
indeed. that Mrs. Thorn grew heavier on
worry Mrs Thorn did not deny the I"f
pounds when she married, but she scaIeu
down the estimate OF her husband as 10
her present weight by placing the figure
at $50.
Apparently Justice Weeks did not tfhnh
much OF the argument Of Thorn Tor ne
awarded Mrs. Thorn 500 month all
mony and $3.50 counsel fees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-21
MAHONEY INDICTED;
MAYOR TRIES PISTOL
Assailant Charged with Attempt
ed Murder in First Degree
Under Recent Law.

For Sing the shot that burned Mayor
AftcheTs ear and struck Corporation
Counsel Polk in the jaw Michael p Ma
honey was indicted yesterday for an at
tempted murder in the first degree. Al
the time the Mayor was perfectns his
Workmanship on an inspecting TIP over
m. system that will bring water TO New
York city from the Catskills.
MAYOR Mitchell was IN the Ashokan Val
ley yesterday. and found time to put In
about an hour in revolver practice. Ten
members OF the aqueduct police have
been assigned as a oodyguard for the
Mayor while he is in the aqueduct region.
The Indictment charging an attempt TO
commit first degree murder IS the first
ever found in this county because Of an
attack on n public official. The statutes
vera changed after the attack on Presl-
dent Mckinley in Buffalo. Mahoney, II
sane faces a sentence Of twenty-five
years IN prison. The longest term that
could have been given Czolgosz II Presi-
dent McKinle,. had recovered would have
been ten years
The witnesses before tho grand jury
we're Police Commissioner Woods and
his deputy, Mr. Rubin. Mshoney will be
arraigned before Judge Mulqueen In Cen
eraI Sessions to-day. The District Attor-
new Will ask that a commission OF two
olianists he appointed TO examine the
prisoner. DR. Carlos F. Macdonald and
DR.. William A Mabon Will probably be
named on the commission.
Mr.. Polk Is coming along so well at
New York Hospital that he will probably
be able 10 90 home tomorrow or next
day His physician, DR.. Hartwell, called
early last night and went away, saying
that he did not expect 70 return again
last night