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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
FIRST BATTLE OF DREADNAUGHTS
 COSTS GERMAN NAVY A CRUISER;
 ENTHUSIASM REIGNS IN ENGLAND
BRITISH CRUISER SUNK.
 SAYS REPORT IN BERLIN

Berlin, 25-The following official the engagement yesterday given out in Berlin today:
 During the advance of armored cruisers Seydlitz Derfnger Moke and Bluecher which accompanied by four smaller cruisers and two oas of torpedo boats steam the North these vessels became engaged with sh detachment of five battle cruisers several small cruisers and 26 torpedo boat destroyers.
 The enemy discontinued the engagement after three time 70 miles of HeIgoland and retreated
 According available British battle cruisers, the Bluecher, sunk All the other German ships returned to port sgned Von Behncke."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
DONOVAN WILL SHIP SEEDS FREE TO ALL WHO ASK FOR THEM
Especial to The Farmer.)

Washington, Jan. 26.-Representa- tive Donovan has a large number of packages of trial seeds which he will distribute to those who intend plant ing gardens during the coming Spring The vegetable seeds are of new varie- ties provided by the Department of Agriculture and distributed with the idea of getting as many people as pos sfble to plant something and to inter est people in new kinds of vegetables It is surprising to members of Con gress to learn the great number of city dweI1ers who ask their members for seeds with the result that many people in the heart of New York have a garden on their roofs or a small patch of earth in a rear yard where they try to grow something.
 Last year MT. Donovan distributed 10000 packages of seeds in Fairfield County and in many instances inter ested school children in having their first garden. This year he says that he will gladly send seeds to those who will give him their name and address on postal card before February 20.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
NEW SCHEME TO. RELIEVE TRAFFIC
 TOW ARDS BRIDGE.
Extension of Cannon Street to Water Street to Be
 Proposed to Commission

The Bridge Commission continues &o deliberate over the best manner of constructing theN new stratford avenue bridge. The approach on the west side of the bridge will depend in con- siderable part upon what the city may udec4de to do with projects that have been more or less officially preached
 Among these projects is one which meets with the approval of a number business men, and which has been called to the attention of the bridge Commission.
 It ts proposed to cut Cannon street through to Water street, thus dividing traffic, much as it is now divided at the end of Yellow Mill bridge, be- tween Connecticut and Stratford ave 7ueA
 Tine cost of putting Cannon street through would, it is said, not be ex- eessfve as improvements of this ex- tensive nature go. There are four properties that would have to be talk en by agreement, or by condemnation, which have an assessed valuation of $1sz. 600.
 They are the Susan B. Wood prop erty, on the east side of Main street, the R. M. Judson property on the west side of Middle street, the L. H. Mills property on the east side of Mid ale street, and the CIV. Hawley prop erty on Water street
 The cost of condemnation would be reduced by benefits derived from nlak- ing back lots available, and from in creased value of neighboring property.
 tis pointed out that this improve ment would greatly abate traffic con- gestion at Fairfield avenue and Main all traffic through the center of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
HIGGINS PREPARES RICH MANSION FCl,
 KATHRYN CURRAN
Two Divorces Pave Way for Nuptia1s of Former Rail
 road Executive

{ A quiet ceremony at the home of Mrs Joseph Bain. ITS Cottage street, tomorrow will mark one of the most Interesting weddings of the late win ter season, when Samuel Higgins, former vice president of the New Ha- ven Railroad, fnancier and railroad promoter in Russia will be joined in wedlock to Kathryn Curran of Bridgeport by the Rev. Albert Thomp- son. pastor of the Emanuel Baptist church.
 The affair will be attended only by the contracting parties and their inn mediate friends and relatives, follow ing which wedding breakfast will be served at the house. A short honey moon spent in the vicinity of the cap itol will be followed by the return of the couple to a magnificent mansion which has been leased by the former railroads head at Shippan Point, in the town of Stamford where a retinue of servants is already engaged in pre- pairing the furniture and hangings that have been purchased by MT. Hig- gins in anticipation of the coming event.
 The marriage is the direct result of a very pretty romance which began, it is said when MT. Higgins met his coming bride at one of the musical en- tertainments at which she appeared
 
 of her voice and personality led him to seek an introduction which later developed into ardent and mutual love. The way to marriage was pay ed by the recent divorces of both par ties.
 The groom is essentially a self made man, having acquired wealth through persevering effort in the railroad world. Graduated from Yale College he entering the service of the New Haven road, rising steadily from one important post to another until he be- came general manager, and later for a short period one of the vice presi- dents. He severed his connection to go to Russia where he was instru-
 mental in building one of the largest feeders to the trans-Sfberian system l Flushed with this success he returned to America recently and again renew ed his attentions to Miss Curran who had filed suit for divorce against her recent husband.
 Miss Curran, born in Massachusetts of well known family of hotel prop rietors, came to this city when but a child with the maiden name of Kath- ryn McPoland. For many years subsequent to the death of her parents she lived in this city with an aunt, go- ing through the public and entering the high school of Bridgeport. She l later developed a wonderful talent for music and attended the Boston Con- servatory of music where her rich so- Iprano voice and talent as violinist and pianist attracted considerable at tentfon.
 Returning to this city she met and and married Philip Curran a wine
 clerk, with whom she lived for a
 number of years It is said that her musical aspirations and desire for l fame in the concert world led to the
 first of many disagreements which fin
 ally led to her divorce. Among her
 many friends in this city it is known
 that her Temperament is that of the I artist and it is said that her husband
 to-be will, in no way oppose her mu-
 sica1 inc1inations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
FRENCH

Paris, Jan. 25-The French war of flee this afternoon gave out a report on the progress of the war as fo11ows:,
 'sIn Belgium we have made slight progress at point to the east Of St Georges; on the rest of this front there were yesterday artillery due1s.
 stOn the front along the A1sne there is nothing to report except that at Berry-Au-Bac a counter-attack of the enemy yesterday morning was re- pulsed and the disputed trenches re- main in our possession.
 "In Champagne we have demo1ish- ed several field works and projections of the enemy.
 ''In the Argonne, in the forest of La Grurie, a very spirited fusilade was stopped by the efficient shooting of our batteries.
 s'On the Mouse the destruction of the bridges of St. MihteI was accom- p1ished by our military.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
Terrific Engagement of Huge Vessels in North Sea Results in Reviving Hopes of British and Banishes Further Fears of Coast Raids Germany Claims British Ship Lost.

London Jan. 25-The of the first battle betv3een dreadnaughts the naval the North yes terday has aroused much enthusiast the British public than either the fights off egand land Islands although both of these perhaps larger in actual results
 To the English people the combat yesterday  and puts quetps the fear of the east coast of frequent repetons the Earepool Scarborough raid Beatty, the youngest the British navy the most popular hero of the
 The German official report Sundays fight admits sinking of the cruiser Buecher but offsets this assertion that according to information available British battle sunk This statement direct conflict
 with that of the British admiralty which clearly o tish ships have been lost"
 engagement keeps up reputation of present for Sunday fighting which has been frequent both than of relaxation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
LABOR MAY PROTEST MILITARY TRAININ FOR ABERDEEN YOUTHS

Meriden, Jan. 25.-The formation of a. high school battalion for military instruction is expected to be author ized at a meeting of the school board here today. The movement was started by School Committeeman Dossin, who said he believed school boys should be given military training. Today, Dr. David Gibbs, school superintendent, said that about 175 parents of the school boys had expressed approval of the proposal.
 The state, it IS said, has offered the use of the state armory and the war department has been given permission for use of the guns at the arm mory-
 The Central Labor union is expected to file a protest tonight against the movement.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
EYEWITNESS TELLS
 OF FRENCH CAMPAIGN

! London, Jan. 25.-There was given out in London to-day a further reel tai of conditions at the front by an eye witness attached to the British general staff. It is dated Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the British general head quarters in France and a synopsis of it follows:
 The work of the artillery, particu- IarIys.on the British right, is discussed and it is related that weather condi- tions are improving. The difficulty of maintaining good roads which are ground to pieces by heavy motors, Having obtained the range of most of the hostile batteries" the statement says, i've can generally reduce them to silence or render their fire com parativeIyt harmless.
 "On Saturday, Jan. 16, our guns made good practice against the Ger man trenches and also found a tar through a forest. On Sunday, the 17th, north of lGivenchy, we shel1ed the German redoubts and forced the garrison to retire. On Monday, the 18th, the British left was heavily shened without results
 ssAn alleged German official report declares that certain German pris- oner in the English lines claims that on several different occasions he was forced to ascend in a British aero plane in his Sh1rtSIeeVeS to point over the German positions and drop a bomb. This whole store is a pure fabrication but it presumably would not have appeared unless it was like ly to be accepted as true in Germany and in some neutral countries. The absurdity of taking up a private sol dier who never before had made an ascent in order to ascertain the po- sition of units of which he knew noth- ing is sufficient refutation. More over, he would be hardly likely to render his task more difficult by in hicting the needless hardship of ex- posture.
 immense efforts and great amount of material are being expend- ed to keep roads in repair under the motor traffic. Furthermore, in many cases the paved portion of the roads are so narrow that vehicles are un- able to pass each other; consequently it has been necessary to widen the paved surface. Although stone block is one of the most ancient and dur able forms of road, it becomes broken up. in time of heavy motor traffic.
 ssThe wind at the height of half a mile had reached a velocity of 90 miles an hour. In spite of this, successful aeroplane flights have been accomplished.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
NONE CLAIMS VOGEL BODY
 AT HOSPITAL
Hospital Physicians Regard Case As Death Not Re quiring Official Inyestiga- tion.
Medical Examiner Garlick Will Not Act Unless Cor oner or Police Ask Him to Take Up Case.

Although Annie svoge1. 10 years old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Louis Vo- gel of 51 Cherry street, died at St. yincent's hospital early Saturday morning, the body was still unclaim- ed there late today. At the hos uoital it was said the body would be Kept for a week and if relatives did not claim it by that time the cha.ri- flies departrnent of Bridgeport would be notified and arrangements made to have the child buried at the ex- pense of the city.
 There was a rumor about today that the hospital authorities were holding the body for an autopsy which it was believed the Medical Examiner, Dr. Garlick, would per form at the request of Coroner Phe- Ian
 Those in authority at the hospital denied this, however. The death cer- fificate of the child has been regular Iy signed by pr. J. P. Deery. house surgeon at the hospital The cause is given as Tnastoiditis and infection. Coroner Phelan visited the hospital on Friday in an effort to get an ante 1norten statement from the child but was unsuccessful The coroner has been in New York since Saturday and it was impossible to get a statement from him to-day as to whether or not he would make further fnvesti- eation of the case. Medical Exam finer Carlick said to-day that the case had not been officially called to his attention and that he would not hold any autopsy nor make any investiga- tfon oe the circumstances of the death Of the child unless requested to do so by the coroner or police authori-i ties.
 At fKse hospital it was said that the body was being held awaiting word from relatives Of the child and that an undertaken named Fisher had raIIed the at hospital regarding the body but had made no attempt to re- move it. There is no undertaken named Fisher licensed to follow that vocation in Bridgeport
 Pretty little Annie VogeI it will be remembered underwent an operatian for adenoids at St. Vincent's hospital early in the month There is some onestion as whether or not the par ents realized what operation the child was to undergo. Later mastoiditis developed and Miss Bessie BarthoIo- mew. fha visiting school nurse was called She in turn called pr. Cur ran who had the child taken to St. vincent's hospital. There an oper- alton was performed for the mas todftds and the child died afterward on Saturday as stated. Physicians who recently have been, called into the case are of the opinion that the child died of causes not incident to the first operation.
 The family of the Yoge1 girl were immediately notified of her death on Saturday but up to press hour today they had not visited the hospital and had made no direct effort to claim the body.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25

Form New Battle Line
 The contending forces in Bukowina are forming for a new battle and the Austrians claim the advantage in the preliminary skirnishes. The Austri- ans claim also that they have driven back the Russian advance through some of the Carpathian passes
 The Turks, according to London reports, have sustained another re- verse at Khorasan, in Turkish terri tory.
 The question of food supply is be- ing considered urgently both in Lon don and in Berlin. The British gov ernment has appointed a cabinet committee to consider the matter.
 The labor party has demanded that the goverpnent take over control of British shipping.
 N As to the food situation in Ger many, the Berlin press is reinforcing the demand voiced at a mass meeting that the government commander all stocks of food.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
BRITISH AIR RAID
 WRECKED 400 AUTOS

Amsterdam, Jan. a5.-Ths British air raid last week on the town of Ess- sen resulted in the destruction of 400 war automobiles, according to a cor respondent of the Handelsblad. These cars were in repair shop which TEas wrecked by the British bombs.
 The loss of this large shop and Its elaborate equipment, the correspond ept continues ,has been a serious blow and the Germans have been compelled to take over a private automobile fac tory at Aix-la-ChaupeIle where hum dreds of Dutch workmen have ob- tained employment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
GRAND JURY ID
 HEAR WILLIAMS
 CASE IS CALLED

winsted, Conn, Jan. 25.-The grand jury will meet here Wednesday, it was stated today, to consider the evil dence alleged by the authorities against Isaac N. Williams of Bridge port, Harry Roe of Poughkeepsie,- N. Y., and Arthur Pfaeff1in of Colebrook, in connection with the murder last November at BarkhaInsted of Hubert B. Case, commissioner of Litchf1eld county and general storekeeper, at Barkhamsted.
 Williams and PfaeffIin were arrested by order of the coroner and Roe, who Poughkeepsie, is being detained there by the authorities of that place pend ing the action of the Connecticut au- thorities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
MIR, BALTER OF WELL, READ IT
 FOR. YOURSELF

How would you like to have Ekaterinoslaskoigu for a home town? That's the name of a sure enough village and it is located in Russia, if you'd like to send a post card to friends there. sfilka Bal ter, a chauffeur of 58 Lind1ey St., who wants to take out citizenship papers, came from the town mem tfoned above and when he Hsped the sy1labIes to Standardization Clerk Flanagan i'm the county court house to-day, the clerk sent out for 8, new supply of pens. Bal ter came to this country in 1906. He was given his first papers. In order to save time and trouble he answers ssRussia'' when anybody asks him where he halls from.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
AGAINST HYDROAER0PL LANES
 FILED BY GERMANY
Count Bernstorf Says Cur tiss Company Violates
 Neutrality Laws

Washington, Jan. 25-Germany protested to the state department to- day through her ambassador, Count Bernstorff, against shipments of American hydro-aeroplanes to the European belligerents on the ground that suchaircraft are war vessels.
 A statement issued by the embassy today says:
 ''The Curtiss works at Bammondg- port, N. F., have sold and sent to England the well known hydro-aerO- plane America and five hydro-aero- planes of the same type. Thirty-six hydro-aeropIanes of a different type have been ordered by England and are under construction by the same firm. Also, Russian has ordered a number of these vessels from Curttss for use in her navy.
 There is no doubt and it does not need any explanation, that from the standpoint of international law, hy- dro-aeroplanes have to be considered as war vessels and that, therefore, by Article VIII of the agreement con cluded at The Hague on October IS. 1907, neutral countries are prohibited to supply sbeI1igerent countries with such vessels. The selling of hydro aeroplanes by the Curtfss works. therefore, constitutes a breach of neu- trality. Hydro-aeroplanes arc not especially mentioned in The Hague agreement for the simple reason that this kind of war vessel did not yet exist at that time.''
 Washington, Jan. 25-The German government has accepted the alerna- tive offered by the United States in the case of the prize collier K D 8, formerly the British collier Earn, and has consented to her internment for the war with her crew at San Juan, Porto Rico.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Anna Schmidt and Clayton Chaffee, both of the clerical depart Inent of the Internationa1 Silver com .pany of this city attended the per formance of The Merchant of Ven ice, at the Shubert theatre, in New Haven on Saturday afternoon and later enjoyed a dinner at the Hotel Malone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
TO RELEASE
 BULGARIAN CAPTTVES

Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 25.-As 8 con- sequence of Bu1garia's intervention the Austro-Hung ngarian government has agreed to release Bulgarian pris- oners of war, originating from Mace donia who fought with the Serbians A thousand of these already have ar rived here but 200 others, having contracted typhus, have been stopped at the request of Bulgaria.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
PRESIDENT SENDS
 IN O'BRIEN'S NAME FOR WATERBURY JOB

Washington, Jan. 25.-President Will son today nominated Edward M. O'Brien to be postmaster at Water bury, Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
THE WEATHER.

Snow and colder tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy and colder. Strong shifting winds dinishing by Tuesday morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
ON WAY TO PRISON,
 GETS HIS FREEDOM
 FOR FIVE MINUTES

Hartford. Jan. 25-one of six pris- oners from New Haven, while on the way to state prison at Wethersaeld, this morning under guard of two deputy sheriffs, slipped his handcuns as he was getting off the. train at Union station and started to rum Af- ter jumping several fences he was captured by a local policeman being at liberty about five minutes. The incident was not reported at the pT1s- son and his name is not known here
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25

Tony Tukey, Water street. was ar rested this afternoon by Sergeant Walker, charged with the theft oR three pairs of trousers from G. Ziff'f tailor shop at TAI EaS tIain street.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-28
BY BLOSSER.
By Altman

TO wrestle with the dishes.
Eds victory not only won q BIZ
point for Lane. There il y. A
Keene. the barber, who likewise va
cut off from trade that did not can
TO crawl over q fence six feet hieA.
and there was the branch OF the
Washington laundry.
The laundry drivers had to p!teh
their bundles over the fence.
Serves Coffee Over Fence
For that matter Lane was tossing
bags OF popcorn over the fence IN
afternoon Monday until Ed assailed
the brush. and even served oue
party with hot coffee over the OBJ
struction.
And II the park board splices ID
fence past the place where The
bush was. there is yet another bush,
which. being on the electric com
pany's property. the park board car
not molest-and another bush b.
yond that. and still another.
II the park board builds ahead 4
the rate of one bush day to keep
up with Eds saw. the fence wont
be complete until the electric CON
pany gets its new walk built On
electric company property. directly
from the street 10 Lanes store e.
trance. which will forever settle IL
controversy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-28

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