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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
BLACK HAWK.

Wednesday" Diamond from the
Sky" No. Is; 1T Was To Be-" The
Cub and the Daisy Chain
Thursday-"P Panama. Pacific EXPOSE
ton"
Friday - The Slavery Student,
with Viola Dana, Train Order No.
IS" Hazards of Helen"
Saturday Hearts and Roses, s.
"Fayle Of the REGISTERING Glades."
Sunday-"The transformers, The
Drug Clerk"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
MALE STIC.

Wednesday Ward In THE
Marriage of kittie."
Thursday-Florence LaBadie in The
Price of Her Silence"
Friday-Helen Ware in THE Price"
Saturday - Beatriz Michelena In
Salvation Nell"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
Had Throat Trouble
Doctorssa health
| gone. Four bottles
peruna cured Me

B. W. d. Barnes, ex-sheriff of
Warren county. Tennessee, in letter
from r. r ?, Box 10. MeMinnville,
Tenn. writes: Il had throat trouble
and had three doctors treating ne,
All failed TO do me any good, and pro-
nounced my health gene concluded
TO try Peruna, and after using four
bottles can say ! was entirely cured.
That was three wears ago am now
we'll and able 10 ride all the time.
thanks 10 you, gentlemen
Those who object to liquid medl.
cines can new procure Peruna Tablets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
Take Drastic Food Measure.

Amsterdam, via London, Nov. 10.
Q;37 a. M ~ The Vossische Zeitung
says the German authorities are con-
sidering the introduction Of meat cards
on the principle of bread cards in or
der to prevent housewives from lay
ing in stores of meats for the days on
which no meat is supposed TO be used
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
IN MOLINE LODGES

Three candidates were taken in at
the regular meeting Of the Tri-City
Benevolent club Monday evening and
plans for a big bazaar, TO be held in Mo-
line IN the near future, were discussed
After transaction Of business a social
session was enjoyed. Next meeting Of
the lodge will be IN Rock Island two
weeks hence, when several will be mi
tiated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
COLONIAL

Wednesday and Thursday-Valeska
Suratt in The Soul OF Broadway" a
William Fox feature.
Friday-"Neil of the Dance Hall"
Saturday. Outer Edge" with
Henry Waithali; Charlie Chaplin in
The Tramp"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
ILLINOIS.

Nednesday-"The Eternal City"
Victory of Virtue"
Friday-Chicag Tribune war pic
lures.
Saturday and Sunday - Damaged
Goods. with aIl-star Broadway cast.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
LICENSED TO WED

Careful investigation shows the cost
OF living in Paris has increased more
than SO per cent since the war began
The Scandinavian countries are exper-
'eacing difficulty in the importation
and expectation Of food products. The
closing OF the many foreign markets
OF Europe is hs wing It's effect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10

EMPIRE.

Observation-Disclosures daily at
2:45 and SIS: three shows on Sun
day,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
COZ TMBIA.

Vaudeville fDavenportl $3.50 Perform
ances daily at 2:45 and SIS; three
shows on Sunday,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10

Five candidates were reported at the
weekly meeting Of Moline lodge, No.
1873, l. 0. o. F., last evening, Several
visitors were present and after regu-
lar work a social session was enjoyed,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10

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exchanges, the first step probably
would be to secure. through Ambassa-
dor penfeld at Vienna and Ambassador
Page at Rome, official confirmation
from the Austrian and Italian govern
ments
Until such data are received no final
action will be taken. Meanwhile Of
ficials would make no comment,
The first report Of the sinking Of
the Ancona said there were APP passen-
gers and 60 members of the crew on
board According TO the foregoing
dispatch however. the number of pas
sengers was 49,, which with crew Of
60. would give q total OF 542
Cape Bon, where two of the Ancona )
boats landed, with 81 members of the
crew, is the northeastern extremity OF
Tunis. about seventy miles east of BIZ
zerta. where, according 10 advices last
night, 27o survivors were landed This
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-10
ACCOUNT FOR ONLY
HALF or ALL ON LINER

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
FROM COUNTY KERRY.


County Kerry, ireland, is pictured
by a writer in The New Republic
"In the nighttime a light or two
may be seen dotted at great intervals
on those lonely hillsides, but for the
most part the habitations are in the
cooms or ho1lows grooved by nature
between the parallel hills. The soil
on the mountains is washed away. The
vestiture that remains is a watery
sedge, and it is only by garnering ev-
cry handful of earth that the tenants
can attain cultivation even in the
cooms. Their fields, often held in
common, are so small as to- be laugh
able, and deep drainage trenches are
dug every few yards.
Sometimes in the shifting sunlight
between showers a. .light-green patch
will loom magically in the distance,
witness to mans interchangeable effort
to achieve a holding amid the rocks
An awkward boreen will climb to that
holding and if one goes there one may
find typical tall spare countryman.
bright of eye and sharp of feature
housing in his Impoverished cottage
a large brood of children
ITO build with his own hands a
water-tight house is the ambition for
which this man is Shaving, and the
states and cement may be ready there
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
Kill | LIES
WHILE | HEY ARE
STIFF H COLD
No Mercy For the Pests, Is
Slogan Of the Merchants,
Association

Kill the winter hies.' Z is the warn
ing Issued by the COMMITTEES on PoIIu-
ton and Sewerage of the Merchants
Association of New : or1xs - Here is
what the merchants Associa ton has to
say about it:
The coming Of the. cold weather has
driven the Hies into the house and un-
der cover
Now is the time to begin next. SUM
mer's campaignf
Most of last seasons flies having
completed their life cycle, are dead ;
but those Matched late have laid their
eggs In favorable place<fo incuba-
ton in the early spring and viii sur
vive the winter unless disposed of.
These eggs will hatch out during the
winter in an even Temperature
These winter dies will become the
progenItors of next summers count
less badonsl
AT the first approach of cold wealth
ler, the fIies seek warmth and protec-
ton in houses andsstabIes- From, cell
lar to garnet, they hide IN hooks and
corners. Keep them out If any
succeed IN getting in, kill them Swat
every one that shows ITSELF and be
sure to burn their bodies.
Don't trust the cold to kill them
Don't assume that they are dead when
you find them lying on floors or win
dow stills IN unused rooms They are
playing postum and will revive
when the temp rises.
Clean ND the house and give special
attention to every out-of-the-way
place where flies may Turk. Make
sure that there is nothing left which
may harbor their eggs.
The reduction in the number of
house-hies this year has been noticed
by almost all observers. This redue-
ton has been most striking in house
holds. in restaurants and in buildings
where flies generally congregate- It
is believed to be in great measure
due to the active campaign against
tn winter fly, and to the vigilance of
the tidy housewife in cleaning up and
destroying the hold -overs' in the
spring
One fly that Survives the Winter
VIII Become the Parent OF Hundreds
of Millions next SUMMER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
Ruffan Pleads Guilty
To Attempted Killing

Ernest Rufan, SO, of 1876 High
street pleaded guilty to- a charge Of
assault with intent to kill when ar
raigned before Judge Frederic "A,
Bartlett in city court this morning
and he was. bound over to the Fyebru-
arys terma of the superior court with
bonds Axed at $1,000.
Rufan is the man who was the VIC
tim Of a trio Of alleged professional
crap shooters in a lodging house at
s515 Water street.
.Bear Fox. one of the men involv-
ed, is alleged to have been a. bad
actor while living at Bronx Station.
ton the Hudson Fox retorts with the
allegation that Runan. who was
known as Blew Ruffan down in
North Carolina is bad man and
received the nom de guerre of BLEW.
from his ability to elbow up south
ern towns with a magazine gun he
used to carry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16

near the pit which he himself has dug
for foundation. A yelIowish wife
will perhaps be nursing. the latest
baby in the gloomy one-roomed hovel,
and as one talks to the man. respect
full but sensible, and admirable in
more ways than he will ever dream
of, one elf after another will come
out, bare-legged, sharp-eyed shy, in
quisitive. to peer from afar at the
stranger. He may be iIIiterate, this
grave hillside man. but his starveIings
so down the boreen to the bare cold
sohoolhouse, to be taught whatever
the pompous well-meaning teacher
can put into their minds OF an eduea.-
ton designed for civil service clerks.
The children may be seen down there
if one passes at their playtime, kick
ing a rag football with their bare
feet, as poor and as gay as the
BIRDS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
UNDERTAKEN AND RELATIVES
UNABLE TO REACH CORPSE OF
WOMAN WHO DIED IN NEWTOWN
STORM DAMAGE
CANCELS THROUGH
TRAINS TO BOSTON

New York. Dec 16.-The Bay state.
Knickerbocker and Merchants Linn
tied will not. be run between New
York and Boston today by the New
York, New Haen & Hartford rail-
road, 1t was announced here by, Ed
ward G. Riggs, executive assistant.
Mr.. Riggs said that the telegraph
and signals were damaged by the
storm early in the week and had not
been completely repaired and while it
is safeTto operate locals or slow: trains
under the circumstances, it would be
far from safe to undertake the opera
ton of fast express trains. For this
reason. he said, the Boston & Spring
field expresses win not be put on
again until all necessary repairs have
been made.
The New York Central announced
today that adverse conditions caused
by the storm have been mA~erialIy inn
proved and all trains are leaving here
on Schedule time. Arrivals are in
most cases on time and freight is
again being moved over the lines be-
tween here and Albany, where the
conditions were the worst
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
Mrs. Mary Foran's Funeral
Cannot Take Place Because
House Is In Midst Of Impene-
trable Drifts-Undertaker on
SnoWshoes Finally Gets to
Home.
especial. to The Farmer.1

Newtow1a Dee 16FBecause of. the
blizzard that old residents of this town
say has caused worse conditions than
the blizzard of 80, the body of Mrs.
Mary F'oran, a widow, who died dur
ing the height of the storm Monday
night, lay unattended nearly 48 hours
in her home on Walnut Tree Hill.
Not until Undertaken E. w. Troy,
wearing snowshoes, made a long and
circuitous journey about the hill, was
anybody able to get to the deathbed,
and unless the populace turns out to
shovel roads, funeral will be i'm
possible for. several days
In the meantime, two daughters of
the deceased widow Mrs John Crit
fin and Miss Anna Foran Of Bridge
port. are snowbound in Sandy Hook.
unable to reach the home.
Miss Nellie Foran. another daugh-
ter of the widow, who had nursed and
cared for her mother for years, died
recently and because of the Illness of
her mother. a secret funera1 was held
from the home. Mrs. Foran was not
told of her daughters death.
In ignorance of the other death,
Mrs. Foran died Monday evening dur
ing the height of the storm. The
snow piled and drifted several feet
deep about Walnut Tree Hill and in
some places death from exposure
to push through the drifts
Undertaker Troy finally decided to
start for the house Tuesday afternoon.
Knowing he couldn't get through the
drifts he obtained pair of snowshoes
and walked on top OF them. After q
long and arduous journey he reached
the house, travelling through fields
and other open places.
Mrs. Griffin and Miss Anna Foran
reached Sandy Hook Tuesday night
Although there were only a mile from
the home, they have been unable to
get there.
Tt is a problem now how the funeral
viii be held. The only solution pre-
rented is that the more robust cttf-
zens go out with shove1s and attempt
to make a path FOR a burial process
sion.
The se1ectmen OF Newtown are dis
fraoted. They must first attend to the
appeals of the physicians for clear
ances to the homes Of the ILL., They
are now appealing to the peoples
civic pride for a concerted effort to
break roads Some of the farmers
fattempted to open highways but their
fpaths were filled by drifting and they
gave up the job.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
Engineer of Train
Drops at Throttle
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David Gibson. in recounting old
died as he would have wished. with
his hand on the throttle. "a
Minty was a nephew of the late E.
B. Moody, for many. years superinten-
dent of the New. York division of the
New Haven road. He is survived by
widow, two sons and two daughters.
His home was in Devon. He was Sc
years of age.
One son, James, who is now oper-
ating hotel in Detroit, Mch.. will be
well remembered as a famous athlete.
Especially noted for hammer throwing
and as one of the players on the old
James Ramsay of the police force was
then captain.
Another son, William. is employed
by the Crawford Laundry Co. in
Bridgeport. A daughter Grace, lives
at their home in Devon. caring for
Mrs. Minty. who is partly invalid An
other daughter is Mrs. George Peter
son, wife of a former pastor in Mill
ford.
Though Mtnty is said to have avert
ed several wrecks, and to have saved
at least one life by heroic action, he
is known to have been in but one seri-
running a fast passenger train when
the caboose of a freight suddenly ap-
peared ahead. No signals had been
displayed and there was no time to
avert a collision. Applying the
brakes, both the engineer and fremen
jumped. The engine split the ca
boose fairly in two. A brakeman,
known as Tug Wilson, asleep in the
bunk. was found upon the cab of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
RoBERT MoRTIdER FAIRCHLp.

Robert Mortimer FairchfId, former =
~ local treasurer of the Connecticut
Co., died this morning at the home of
his brother-in-law, Frank J. Hughes,
SO Washington avenue. Mr. Fair,
child was 53 years Of. age and was
born in this city. but his parents. re-
moved to the West when he was very
young. He returned to this city when
a young man and took a position with
the Adams Express Co. later being
transferred to the Boston OFFICE Ct
this concern He married Miss Lillian
Wilson, daughter of the late Rev John
s. Wilson, who was pastor of Olivet
Congregational church when that was
a very young organization. Comina
back to Bridgeport. he entered the en-
ploy of the Connecticut co. and be-
came local treasurer, which position
he held until falling health caused
him to obtain a leave of absence last
June. Mr. Fairchi1d sought to re-
gain his health by rest in Nichols and
at the sea shore, but was not benefited,
He was a member Of the Arcanum
lodge, No. Al, I. o. o. F. Hfs-widow,
his mother in the West. and several
more distant relatives survive him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
SALONIKI IN PANIC.
FEARS ALLIED ARMIES

Berlin. Dee 1s,-@Paniely eondi-
tions prevail in saloniki says an zan-
nouncement issued today by the Over
seas News Agency, "the population
fearing violence from the troops Of
the entente after the departure OF the
Greek forces. The prospects OF a
siege of the town are also regarded
with alarm and the attitude OF ser
bian refugees in the city is consider
ed suspicious, The German and Aus
tro-Hungarian population is prepaE-
ing to leave.
1T is declared in advices received
that there has been a rnutiny among
the French soldiers. some Of whom re-
fused to work at. construction
trenches
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
LONG HILL.

Owing to the difficulties in transpor-
tatfon and the impossible highways,
the entertainments at the gymnasium
which was scheduled for Friday night
Of this week has been postponed to
Thursday night, Dec. 3d.
The Sunday evening concert and ad-
dress win be held onsDec- 10, at which
time a splendid musical program will
be rendered including local singers
and talent from Bridgeport. The lee
tltre will be on the Y M. C. A. work
Panama. beautifully Illustrated and
explained by Joseph Page, industrial
secretary of the Y. M. G. A., located
with the Bridgeport Arms e Anamuni-
ton Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
CHARLEs Ia. BENHAM.

Charles H Benham, aged 70, died
yesterday at the Bridgeport hospital.
He was a member of the Elias Howe,
Jr., post, G. A. r., and is survived by
six sons, Charles, Jr.. Frederick,
George Edward Vincent and VIII
liam. and two daughters, Mrs. Ere l.
eriek Worthy and Mrs A b. Munson.
The funeral will be held from the
residence of his daughters at 10 Pond
street, Milford. Interment will be at
the Milford cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
NEW HAVEN" LINE
GETS POWER AFTER
STORM KNOCK OUT.
cheers Greet Announcement
That Power System Is
Working Again.

New York Dec, 1.-THE electric
Hunk wires on the New Haven road,
Between New york and stamford.
were energized at 5 D. M yesterday.
since D. M Monday. when the snow
storm swept over them with destruct-
I've force
There was cheering in the off1ce Of
Howard Elliott. chairman of the
board at the Grand Central terminal
when the current was turned on, and
moment thereafter the conductor of
The Merchants Limited swung his Ian
tern and the expr ess moved swiftly
cut of the statdon-tlae first train for
Boston in almost two days
St1xnl's Cost Estimated at 5000, 1000.
The cost OF the storm in the metro
politan and suburban territory was
Hon officials as fez lows ~
New HAVEN system - 8 So, o00
Tslegrz phi 100000
Tefephons ser Vice " s--5sss 100, 900
SNOW removal IN city $50, 900
Total -s-s-5-- 49, - y 0,VVV
special train carrying girl stu
dents OF the Porter school at Farm
Il etDns Conn which left there Tues,
day night for New York, arrived here
1t D. 11l.ss yesterday Some of the
girls were so wrought up when they
"a Ii Into tire arms of relatives at the
Grand Cenazzsi that they wept-
Fhsfe were several thousand other
scho5f girls who got snowbound on
the way here for the Christmas holt
5aTs. Many Of them were bound for
points South, as far ais Washing ton-
As they poured ont Or the long ID e.
f1ved trains into the Grand Central
concourse they caused one tumultous
scene after another.
special express es bearing hither the
xt47d dents Of the Dana Hall School, the
exeter School III nd other Institutions
{1..s,.I ~ New x1z4ag1and, were separ-
afefv I'D d sIt1fi e. asst might as being
three hours or more late. So many
1s1affTsss aT3d friend > kept pouring into
Ii s terminal that IL was dffncu1t to get
~ AIM 4 oe feet Of sfaae bulletin boads.s
me Bav state Emitted and the
T<1icks rb9ekef Limited were among
rester5nG4's trainst to- and from Boston
tflat were cancelled
E1Esott Rut shfety FIRST.
s.fs1nslff man T5lasofEs said the execu-
fize axssis4a1af. KSfi3s ard G. Riggs, last
Tyfa1,t mas srsaf1aea to SEMI out any
t.-s7ir5ss that could net be run on signals
r. -sszs he doesn't intend to lose any
more lives on the New Haven We
1z1s<sft 10 have the normal train
schedule III operation By tom orEoW
nigft.'
E5n thstsew = ork Central the TyVera-.
fi.sls, f,sntsaxsr Limited got in III Tnin-s
ateA lates and the other. 1ncohn1ng
trains from Albany were two to three
hoars late
=.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16

engine in sitting position. When
reached bys aid his first question was
Whats happened?Y
: The train of which Minty was pilot
left New York at 11:15 O'Clock and
required several hours to reach STAN
ford IT. Travelled very slowly, accord
ing to passengers, and the belief is
prevalent that the rigors of The jour
ney, following closely upon those OF
yesterday and Tuesday, may have af-
fected Minty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
AMBULANCE OPENS
TRAFFIC BY TOWING
CAR OUT OF DRIFT

James Keating Of 1920 Noble ave-
nue., auto salesman in the employ of
the Buick Motor Co. driving sam
pie. car on Fairfield avenue at 10
o. clock became stalled in large snow
drift in front of police headquarters
and tied up traffic for several min
utes. The Emergency hospital was
pressed into service and the ponder
Gus machine dragged Keating's car
out of the drift with the aid. of "a
block and fall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
FINED $40 AND COSTS
FOR CRUELTY TO COW

Charles F1eiseher of 45a Hancock
avenue, was fined $40 and costs in
city court today when arraigned on a
charge of cruelty to animals. Fsleischer
was arrested by Humane Agent Alex
sander Howell yesterday afternoon He
was transferring COW to the s1augh-
ter house and the animal was tied in
side the wagon when F1eischer was
unprecedented.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPoRT, S.,
PRORATsEE COTJRT

Estate of Arthur T. Best, the town
of Bridgeport, in said districts, minor
Upon the application of August
Latzke, guardian of said minors es-
tate praying that he be authorized to
compromise and settle a doubtful and
sdisputed claim per application on
file more fully appears, it is
Ordered-That said application be
heard and determined at the Probate
office, in Bridgeport, IN said district,
on the 18th day of December, A D.,
1915, at II o'clock in the forenoon,
and that notice be given of the pend
ency of said application and, the time
and place Of hearing thereon, by pub
fishing this order once in some news
paper having a circulation in said
district, on or before the 9Th day
of December. 1915. and return make
to this court.
PAUL L. MILLER,
az Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
wAIITlER, "A HTireJHcoCK

b Walter H Hitchcock died suddenly
yesterday from pneumonia at his
homes 200 Coleman street Mr.. Hitch.
cock. who was "a years of age and
was the son of Ernest E. and the late
Alma M Hitchcock He was born
in Hartford. Conn. Surviving him are,
his widow and his father.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
THOMAS GRE.ENING.

The funeral OF Thomas Greening
was held from his late residence, 2
'Strathefd road at q O'Clock this after
noon r @v. Henry b. Kelley, rect of
ST. Georges Episcopal cEl1r eI1. con-
Quoted the services which were large
r. attended. "A delegation from the
Arcanum lodge. T. O. o. F.. was pres
emit Interment was in Mountain
Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-16
Protective Asso. Will
Welcome Visitors at
Their Annual Meeting

The members of the Bridgeport Pro-
tective association are anxious to have
all who are interested in their work
and all who have contributed In any
way toward it present at the annual
meeting tomorrow evening in the sun
parIor of the stratheld.