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The Washington times., 1915-01-06
ANACOSTIA,

Anacostia Council, Junior Order of
United American Mechanics. last night
installed its officers for the ensuing
year. Those installed were Sewell B.
Fort. councillor; l.. d. Donaldson, vice
councillor; Richard a. Estep, recording
cording secretary; James e. Frye. fnan-
cial secretary: E. A. Parker. treasurer;
L. b. Field. conductor; r. III. Norton.
warden; J. L. Jones. inside sentinel: j.
w. Smithson, outside sentinel; S. A.
. Bopkins. chaplain; Ladue 'R McGill.
past councillor.
Policeman Vernon Eskridge yesterday
apprehended Daniel Callahan. twenty
pital for the Insane. who had escaped
from that institution.
resigned as secretary OF the Ladies'
Benevolent Society of St. Teresa s
Church, has been presented with a
handsome gold brooch by her Fellow
y members.
The union service held last night in
the parish hall of Emmanuel Church,
IN V street, under the auspices OF the
ISOLATION. was we'll attended. The Rev.
Heights Methodist Episcopal Church,
was the speaker. Music was furnished
Ine cnOlT, unUer TIE leduerSnlp OF
William Scantlebury. Tonight the serv-
ice is to be held in the Garden Me-
mortal Presbyterian Church.
Misses Verde Brown and Marie Beau
mont entertained a company of young
people at the home of the latter J2l7
" street. Those present were Viola
Chase, Mary Clark, Ethel Stainer,
Monte Breen, Alice Quad, Nellie Green,
Marguerite Comfy. Marie Beaumont,
Verde Brown. Mary Brown. Mrs. Beau-
mont, Mrs. c. II. Brown, Milton Brill
ieorge Dugan. Joseph Bartley. James
Norris. Robert Dexter, Julian +. Ward,
John DeNere, Carl Kidweii, Charles
Brown, and James Butte.
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ROCKVILLE.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Aug
usta Hutton, widow Of William Rich
Hutton, who died Monday afternoon at
her home. the Woodlands. near Clop-
per- will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning at st. Roses Catholic Church,
at Chopper. Mrs. Hutton was eighty
nine years old, and had been a life
long resident of this county. She was
a daughter of the late Francis c. Clop-
per. Surviving her are q son, Francis
e. Hutton, and four daughters. Miss
Rose and Miss Mary A. Hutton, and
Mrs. William 8. Caulfieid. OF this
county, and Miss Annie Hutton, OF
Rochester, n. Y.
Preston E. Ray, clerk of the circuit
court. has appointed Adrian l.. Brun-
ett, of Rockville, to a clerkship in his
late John L. Brunett, for long time
clerk of the circuit court. He will
enter the office upon his graduation
from college in the spring.
A cantata. THE Shepherd King"
was presented in the Southern Metho-
dist Church. here, under direction OF
William F. Prettyman, and was parti-
cipated in by Mrs. o. NJ. Linthicum
Mrs. william Waters, Mrs. Nicholas
er. and Helen Gassaway: Mrs. Grubb.
Misses Mamie Hogg. Isabel kingdom,
and Eliza Choate. and Charles W.
Prettyman. William r. Prettyman. Ed
ward L. Greene. Robert c. Warfield,
and Edmund Monday.
Joseph Stabler. one OF the oldest and
best known farmers of Olney district
is dead at his late home near Sandy
Spring. aged eighty-four years. He
was unmarried, and Is survived by a
sister and brother-Miss Eleanor
Stabler and Arthur Stabler. He was a
member of the Society Of Friends.
Under the quarterly distribution Of
public school funds by Comptroller
Harrington. Montgomery county gets
the following: For general school pur-
poses. T.790.17: for free book fund,
81. .o51.2o for approved high schools,
sl.625.
Jesse Lancaster, colored, fifty years
old, who was arrested November 2s on
8 charge Of rifing a number OF mail
United states court at Baltimore and
|'Ohio trains here, pleaded guilty in the
United States Court at Baltimore and
was sentenced by Judge Rose to twelve
Ga. He confessed to robbing the store
of Porter Ward. at Hunting Hill. and
the residence Of Thomas o. Hardy, al
Wheaton. Ten years ago he was re-
leased from prison after having served
fourteen years for burglary.
william II. Burdette. q resident OF
Clarksburg district, is dead as q result
of burns received when his home wai
destroyed by fire last week He WAS
seventY-eight years old and Is survived
J by q daughter.
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Deaths.

Samuel Briscoc "a years. Washington Asy-
Jane Campbell S. years. and Third streets
northeast.
AleAcina T. Mcdonald. 40 years. 1903 o street
northwest.
wiilism BAKE Baker s. sesrs United States SOL
George e. Rowlings. 81 years. 1oo6 First
Henry J. Ginter. rs years. 14o1 Third street
Charles W. Chancellor. SO years. 17le street
Bessie s. weisel. % years. 1910 w street
Curtis c. Ellsworth. Is years. l24s Girard
Margaret +. Hall. years. Children's Hes
Rachael l.. shaffcr SO years. 4ss Maryland
Amos j. Chapman, 50 years. George wash
ington University Hospital.
Romne P. Scott, rs Year,. III Park place
Joan Casey. II years, 17ci Adams street
Richard Kcatins. q yesru. Government Hos
William T. Tew. IS years. 1875 Good Hspe
Catherine Burke. ST years. 81 street north
Cornelius A. Regan. 81 years. sl2 Ninth
street northeast.
ton University Hospital
Infant OF Margaret and BENJAMIN Redmond,
u hour. Providence Hospital
Florence Jones. q years. III Baiis court
Robert c. Barnes. 20 wears. 1852 Thirteenth
william Ross, c. & o. canal. foot Of Twen-
ty-eighth street northwest.
Robert r. Colbert. 50 years. 1879 o street
Priscilla Pendleton. 7s years. National
sersR E. Proctor. g years. s1s r street
May E. Russell. IS years. 41 Washington
street northwest.
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Handsome Man Must
Face Angry Widows

PASSAIC. n. T., Jan. e.-Stephen
Varsa. now awaiting extra dition from
Binghamton TO Passaic. will have an
angry throns OF widows to face when
he returns. He IL described as hand
some and his looks seem to have passed
for legal tender among widows.
From Mrs. Sabo. It is charged. he
got $l,l00 after he had promised to
marry her; from Mrs. JuHa I.a1or
$500. and went so far as to take out a
marriage license. Other women are
expected to make complaints
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EXCHANGE VOTES TO
RESUME MONDAY
Price Minimums Fixed Slight.
" Below Figures Of Last
July.

The Washington Stock Exchange to-
day confirmed the recommendation Of
the governing committee that trading
in the stocks listed upon the board be
resumed at noon next Monday. and fixed
the minimum price at which each stock
may be dealt in.
These minimum prices are, in the MA
jority Of instances, as was to be ex-
pected, slightly lower than the bid
prices of July 80, the day that stotk
tre.ding was suspended, but the recess
sions are for but a few points In q
number of insta noes the minimum de-
termined upon is the same figure as
the bid price of July 80.
While these minimums were estab-
lished to prevent undue disturbance of
loans placed by the banks on collater-
al composed of the stocks in question,
the members Of the exchange generally
predict that with the opening Of the
trading q demand for the stocks will
be found at price levels we'll above the
minimum figures.
The only sales recorded on the cx-
change today were in Potomac Electric
Power consolidated S per cent bonds,
5000 worth of which were disposed Of
at 1914, one-eighth Of q point above
the price Of yesterday. Quotations on
other bonds remained practically at the
levels established yesterday,
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Woman's Fear of Law
Halts White Slave Case

CHICAGO. Jan. 6.-The new policy of
the Government In prosecuting the
woman. as well as the man, in Mann
act cases, blocked Federal officials from
getting evidence against Frank NJ.
Casse. charged with bringing Mrs.
Esther DeI gen from Iowa City to Chi
cago, in violation of the law.
"On the ground that my reply might
incriminate me, I decline to answer,
is Mrs Deagens position.
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SUBWAY FIRE PUTS
DAMPER ON MARKET
Stocks Slump on Exchange as
Brokers Scramble for De.
taiIs-Prices Low.

NEW YORK. Jan. s.-Having open
ed rather dull, the stock market came
TO practically q complete standstill
when news Of the subway fire reached
Wall Street. Trading was complete.
ly overshadowed as brokers. learning
that q number OF persons had been
killed. scrambled for details, while
the slight gains that had been re-
corded during the opening business
fell off. and number of the stocks
sank to price levels below the closing
When the IRE was extinsuished and
IL became definitely known that the
casualties were not as numerous as
had at nrst been reported, the market
resumed activity and by noon the
more active issues had recovered from
their slump.
American stocks were off from
small fractions to more than q point
on the London market.
Missouri Pacific was the weakest
stock IN the list. dropping from SM IN
up to ~. st Paul was also a point
below yesterdays close at 81.
Sir William Van Horn. chairman OF
the board OF directors OF the Canadian
Pacific railway. finds one rift in. the
clouds overhanging the business hori.
NOH' ~ " b dttVuuc tOWdTu
big business. In discussing the business
situation he said
However, there IL one cheerful ttins
TO say. 1t is apparent that In Wash
inston the view is gaining ground that
Dig business may not be wholly bad
after an
An optimistic turn has been given the
steel trade by the announcement of the
Pennsylvania Railroad COMPANY that
its steel rail requirements for the year
for lines east and west Of Pittsburgh
has been fixed At 10000 tons. Bids have
been requested from the mills for
next few months. Last year the Penn.
sylvania's Total rail purchase amounted
to only 132,432 tons.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
Powder Mill Explosion
Rocks Wide Territory

WILMINGTON. Del. Jan. 6.--One OF
the large dry mills OF the Du Pont
Powder Company, at the Rockland
yards, a few miles north Of this city,
exploded about 8 o'clock this morning.
The mill contained several tons OF black
powder. John Meredith. watchman,
was badly injured. and property IN the
immediate vicinity was damaged
The conclusion was felt in portions OF
Pennsylvania. while the northern Sec
ton Of this state was rocked as IL by
an earthquake.
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Drug Victim Leaps
Out Window to Death

NEW YORK. Jan. 8.-Henry Corby.
fifty- eight. confidential clerk in a large
Wall street Arm, jumped to death from
the fourth story of a sanitarium.
Corby had been victim Of the
morphine habit for thirty-five years.
and was taking treatment. He had
just been visited by his wife and daugh-
ter. He was q native Of London, Eng
land,
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Medill Mccormick Back
In the Republican Fold

SPRINGFIELD. H.. Jan. e.-At the
Republican caucus OF the house or
representatives, before the opening or
the Illinois legislature. Medill McCor-
mick member Of the Progressive ma
tional committee, and member Of the
house, and II. 8. Hicks, Of Rockford,
the only other Progressive in the lower
house. announced their intention Of
voting with the Republicans during
the session.
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Vital Records
Births.

Births.
vivian and Virginia Sullivan. girl
w. n. and Catherine Ross, boy.
Thomas and Emile Reynolds, girl
Edward q. and Effie Painter, girl
Arthur and Goldie Moore. girl.
Martin w. and Persis l.. McHugh. boy.
Edward r. and Catherine KaienbAch, gtri.
Emerson and Luvena Fletcher, boy twins.
Milton and Jennie Fine. girl.
Arthur W. and Sylvia Chaffce girl.
Speros and Helen Colevas. girl.
Eugene e. and Norma NJ. Crittenden, boy.
EErederick A: and Jessie Beach. girl.
Emory r. and Maud v. Beail, girl.
robert HI. and Emma c. Anderson. boy.
James and Faith Ridgely. girl.
hsery say ,Mir. M and Sadie L. Newman girl and
Louis and Josephine Lundy. boy.
Willie and Mamie johnson, girl.
Andrew and JAMIE Hawkins, GIRL
Norman and Sarah Ffeeland, girl.
Richard N. and Mary w. Carter, girl.
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Postal Savings Deposits
Show 80 Per Cent Gain

Postal savings deposits nave in
creased s13.75c.00c since the end Of
June. or % pc rcent, and the number
of depOsitors has increased 9s.489. or
25' per cent. according to a statement
by the Postoffice Department. The
total deposits are placed at S.. 0.000.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06
HYATTSVILLE.

Dr.. Guy W. Latimer. chairman Of
the health committee of the common
council. called the attention of that
body to the bill passed at the last
session of the legislature appropriating
5000 yearly for the care Of INDECENT
sick Of Prince George county. to be
used either in Washington or Balti-
more hospitals. He stated that about
5000 of this money has already been
contracted to be spent. and that he has
been unable to get the county commits
sioners to take the action which the
bill directed be taken by them before
the appropriation was available. He in
timated that. unless the commissioners
acted pretty promptly, he would ask
the court for mandamus compelling
them to act.
The basketball team representing
Company F. last night scored another
victory by defeating the quint from the
Bliss Electric School. Washington, SO
to IS. The feature of the game was the
goal tossing Of Robinson for the VIC
tors.
The regular drill Of Company f will
be resumed tonight Major Riley, COM
manding the battalion, will inspect the
company tonight.
w. Gait keyworth. who spent the
holiday season with his parents on
Maryland avenue, returned to his stud
les at Washington College. Chesterton.
tOday
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Mrs. Rebecca Lynch.

Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca
Lynch are to be conducted at her late
residence. 70 Eighth street northeast, to-
day at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Lynch. who was
the wife Of J. william Lynch, died at
George Washington University Hospital
last Monday at the age Of fifty-nine.
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Marriage Licenses.

Hugh N. Gray. of Arlington, Va, and D.
Pearle Lewis
Thomas w. Dyott and Harriet e. Yarnall.
both Of Baltimore
Edward F. Creekmsn. Of Fort Smith, Ark.
and Elisabeth Holland, Of Suffolk, Va.
John 4; Waesche OF Bellsviile, Nd. and
Daniel J. Sillers and Jessie s. King
william J. Ball and Bessie Workman. both
Of Leesburg. Va.
John A. Dorian and Lizxie Frey.
Lewis Butler and Edith Jefferson.
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Won't Hear T. r,

The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee decided today that Theodore
Roosevelt is not, for the present at
least. to be invited to tell the COM
mittee what he knows about the revo-
luton In Panama before this Govern
iusnt acquired the Canal Zone.
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Funerals
Miss Lily A, Ross.

Services for Miss Lily y. Ross are 10
be conducted at the Church of the New
Jerusalem. Sixteenth and Corcoran
streets northwest, tomorrow at o:30
o'clock. Interment will be private. Miss
Ross died yesterday at the residence Of
her sister. Mrs. Walter I. Swanton, 1854
Belmont street northwest.
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DEATHS

CHIPMAN-on Sunday. January 8. 1916, at
the George Washington University Hos
pltal. AMOS ]. CHAPMAN. in the eighty
second year of his age
Funeral from the chapel Of 7. william
Lee. as2 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. on
"wednesday. January g. at 9 o'clock y. m
Interment at Newark. N. J. Relatives and
friends invited to attend.
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For Customs Service.

civil service examinations will be held
in Washington and other cities on
March to MI vacancies in clerical po-
01i0As In the customs service.
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IN MEMORlAM

Notices for this column are accepted at so
cents nat, either prose or poetry, IN case no.
tice does not exceed ten lines. Add 10 cents
1or each line In excess of tcn.)
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LOCAL. AND N. Y. FINANCIAL NEWS
New York Stocks.

Quotations furnished by W. b. Hiobs
q Co.. members Of New York stock Dx-
change. Hihbs Building.
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Mrs. Alextina T. Mcdonald.

The funeral Of Mrs. Alextinn T.. Nc
Donald was held with a mass at the
Immaculate Conception Church. Eighth
and N streets northwest, today at 9:16
o'clock. Interment was made at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
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CHANCE TO HELP NEEDY AND
IG MY Friends and Past Patrons:
Having purchased 5000 rolls Of fine wall
curing the month Of January. isi5. TO paper
orms sornn; At ne actual cost Of hanging and
LY FREE. Oatmeals Heavy Inerains. I'm
ReHed Tapestries. silks and Imported
SSnpes, costing up to $3.50 per roll. will
y, ,n nrst-class workmanship manner Sor 90 or
90 20 GEMS, price Of scraping and pointing g. =
the city. ~ 'N' "
WIN be pleased to cali a. your convenienc.
Yours respectfully,
ARTHUR J. HoUGHToN.
Fh0ne M 1853. 1147 Conn ave N W
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Local Sales.

Potomac Elec. Power con. SIS. 81, ,ooO@
lQlL
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The grand jury of the United States
court for the eastern district of Vir-
ginia brought in the following true
bills: Charles Solomon, violation of the
Mann white slave act; Charles Solo
mon. for attempting to interfere and
obstruct the administration Of justice:
Ethel Bryant. George Ward. and Al
Gordon, violation of the Mann white
slave act: w. r. Dickson. pretending to
he an officer of the United States;
Arthur Gray, stealing from mail mat
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FOR SALE-HOuSES

132O MD. AVE. n. E.-S rooms tiled bath
hot-water heat. hardwood trim, electric
and gas light: open on two streets; lighted
at night On easy terms. See owner, JAS
:6l5 Warder st. N. w. Will sell my inter
est in. same at less than cost; lot 50x200 IT,
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LEGAL NOTICES

Of the American Union Mining Comp1nv
for the purpose Of changing the company
tonic. Texas. Jan, II. 1915 at 10 a. IN. q
". VOTERS. l.. B. WALKER. A. NJ
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Delegates to the National Congress
Of the Daughters OF the American Rev
oIutton will be elected at q meeting oi
at the residence Of the regent, Mrs
= william J. Morton, on January s, al
$50 O'Clock.
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FOR SALE-LOTS

FOR SALE-To the highest bidder. three
choice lots on Legation street, Chew
Chase. d. G. Right reserved to reject ~
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HORSES AND VEHICLES

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-One pair OF
fine big matched mares: weight 2, 500; sX-
cellent farm team @@i Sth st. " W.
SEVEN HORSES, big mares with fnal
goat wagon and harness. Rear a.. Pa
sYs. n. W.
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Policeman Vernon Eskridge yesterday
apprehended Daniel Callahan, twenty
six, an inmate of the Government Hos
pital fog the Insane. who had escaped
from that institution
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William II. Burdette. q resident OF
Clarksburg district. is dead as a result
of burns received when his home was
destroyed by fire last week He was
seventY-eight years old and Is survived
by q daughter
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HELP WANTED-MALE

WANTED-Men to learn barber trade: new
method wages after first month; steady
MOLER's BARBER COLLEGE. Dept. N-2G7
Bowery. New York city.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON for clerical SER
vice. Apply III 18th st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1915-01-06

Mt. Vernon Chapter. Royal Arch
Masons. has accepted an invitation to
be the guest of Lafayette Chapter of
Wa ashington on January 10.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

" oh"S "~"6 S A"SoSSA
On monthly rental basis; preferably non-
paying proposition requiring expert reform.
gents replies not considered. Answer BOX
l60 Times office.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24
FRENCH

Paris, Sept.24.-The French war of fee this afternoon gave out a state ment regarding hostilities reading as follows:
 ''An artillery, battle progressed dur ing the night in the region Of Arras. Our batteries seriously damaged the enemy's organization at several points
 "A strong German patrol which seized one of our underground listen ing positions in the sector of Breter1- court was dispersed by our fire. There was vigorous bombardTnent on both sides in the region of Rove anu in that >of Quenneveires
 ,''In the Champagne, the enemy di- rected fire of asphyxiating shells upon our positions to the north of St. HiIafre, Sousine and Beausejour Our artillery responded by an ener- getic and efficacious bombardment of the German trenches, field forts and barracks.
 'tIn the Argonne we cannonaded the enemy's line at a great number of points and dispersed the workmen who were attempting to repair the breaches caused by our fire
 There was a bomb and hand gre made conflict at Vauquois. In LOT raine two enemy attacks were at tempted, one upon our listening posts to the west of Manhoue, the other upon our trenches to the north of Bures."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24
New Britain's Army
 of Strikers Grows.
 ' From Day to Day

New Britain, Sept 24-Dai1y the army of strikers in this> >city is recefv- ing small endorsements. Today 25 helpers employed in the brass foun- dry of P. & F. Corbin walked out when demands for increased wa gess were re- fused.H Nearly 100 automatic screw, machine tenders at the Corbin screw division have presented demands for higher wages and an eight hour day A big strikeNat that factory is threat ened unless favorable answer to the demands is received by tomorrow noon
 A striking moulder who formerly worked in the foundry of the North & Judd Manufacturing Co, was sen fenced to serve sixty days in jail this morning for attempting to intimidate a workman who refused to strike last night. It was claimed in court that the accused threatened to murder the complainant if the latter returned to work today.
 Officials of the New Britain Ma chine Co. and the Union Manufactur- ing Co. claim that small forces of strikers are returning to work Pick eting has been adopted by the strik- CTS at some of the factories
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24
Summary
 OF THE War News


 As an answer to the Bulgarian mobilization, Greece has called to T the co1ors/ /theclass of 1892 to 1911. Athens despatches through : Paris quote semi official state-' ments that Greece intends to de- fend her own rights and support, Serbia. It is expected that the Greek parliament vii! be sum moned tom orrow.
 Advices from Sofia by way of Paris deny that the Bulgarian mo- Iization has been postponed and report, the ordering out of the Bulgarian army classes of 1890 to 1912.
 It is reported in Athens te1e- grams that Bulgaria's Black Sea ports through which she would be open to Russian attack by water, are being hurriedly forti- fled.
 London has unofficial reports that in their successful offensive on Volhynia the Russians have recaptured the fortress of Lutsk. The latest Russian official state ment reports Russian. troops ad- vancing northwest of Dubno, whichis in the direction of Lutsk.
 The British steamer Chance1- Tor of 4,5s6 tons, has been sunk. part of her crew is missing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24
Drop Motion For Special Bail Tn
 pr. Martin Case

\ A hearing on a motion for special bail in the ~uit brought by Ida CoIIeft of Fairfield against Dr. Robert D. Martin was assigned for this morn ing before Judge Scott in the common pleas court but the motion went off the calendar. Miss CblIett alleges Dr. Martin is the father of her child and she is suing for the infants sup port. Attorney R. G. DeForest, re- presenting Dr. Martin, declared the veterinary was already under bonds as he had been bound over from a jus tice court in Fairfield. The lawyer said he had never heard of a motion for special bail in an action of this kind. Attorney Mears & StoweII, re- presenting Miss Collett, agreed that the motion should go off. The suit may be tried next month