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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
Historic Pass of
 Saint Bernard Is
 War Storm Center

Zurich, Switzerland, July 22-The famous Saint Bernard Pass, between Italy and Switzerland, which was tra- versed by armies in Roman and me dievaI times, and by Napo1eon's army in 1900. is again an armed camp. The Hospice, or monastery, at the summit of the pass, whence the monks send out their famous dogs to the succor of travellers in winter, is occupied by an outpost of Swiss sol diers who took up their abode there in winter, arriving on skis.
 The Abbott and his monks, about a dozen in number, had an easy win ter. Very few wagfarers traversed the pass this year, and no disasters occurred. The dogsEthe famous St. Bernard breed, has been replaced by a Newfoundland stock-had scarcely anything to do.
 The morgues where those who died in the pass are laid SNhave recently been walled up. The morgues are small stone huts., No attempt is made at burial; the bodies of the dead, clad in the garments. they wore when the disaster occurred. are lined up against the wall, with sticks driven in the ground to keep them erect. Bodies of men who perished in the pass 30 years ago are packed. tightly within these two morgues, kept in an excellent state of preservation by the frost and snow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
Hoarded Treasure
 of India Will Be Used in War Fund

London, July 22-It is proposed to make the English war loan available for investment in India and thus open
 up the great accumulation of boarded
 capital in that country. India is a great reservoir of hidden gold and sil- yer. Vast quantities of gold go to In
 dia from England, but very little ever
 comes out. The late Lord Rothschild,
 who made a. long study of Indian finances, told a parliamentary com
 mittee that not single one of the i thousands of smooth gold bars sent to India had ever come back. He de-
 clared that a huge amount of money was locked up in the country which ought to be tapped and diverted to useful purpose.
 In recent years there has been a Considerable flow of Indian capital l into industrial enterprises and into in ternal loans there, but the flow re-
 mains small compared with the actual
 reserves.
 Tn order to coax these out through l the medium of the British loan, the people would have to be enabled to
 participate in the simplest possible
 way, and the idea would have to be
 explained and made popular. The
 Times declares that the only obstacle i is the income tax, for Indian investors l would apparently be required to pay l this tax on their loan holdings twice l over-both in India and in England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
BRITISH TRADITION i IS ID HOLD ON TO
 THE LAST BREATH
Hence, Says Canadian Sur geon, Casualties Are High
 CT Than in Other Armies.

London, July 22-The British stick to their trenches to the last man, hence their heavy casualties. The French, the Germans and Belgians have no sentiment about yielding ground, if to their military advantage to do so, especially when they can draw the enemy on to marked ranges. But the tradition of stick ing it to the last, born of the days when man was pitted against man instead of man against machine, is SO strong in the British army that one of the most important lessons of the war has yet to be learned by it.
 These are the observations of a Canadian surgeon who has worked on the three allied fronts in Flanders and made a close study of the differ ent fighting methods.
 According to his account, the Grench and German, unlike the Brit ish, lay no stress on holding their front line of trenches. In case of an attack they withdraw to the rear lines. Being careful measured range, the enemy in taking the first line gets into a wasp's nest. The French, with marvellous accuracy, pour intenseb oth shrapnel and high explosive shells from their fam 75 field guns. When they assume the offensive and capture "a German trench, they protect their men with a CuFld1n O1 l1lO as 1O11S oS pOoS1D4S, , but if it's occupation seems likely to prove too expensive, they withdraw, measuring the ground as best they can in their retreat in order to cor rect the aim of their batteries. Some what the same tactics are followed by the Gemans, who, however, use machine guns instead of field cannon. But the British hold on to their front trench when attacked, and onto the ca blurred trench when attacking, with a courage unexcelled in history. But they act with more courage than in 1 tel1igence, since they play into the
 hands of the Germans by their very stubbornness.
 British losses have almost all beer due to an effort to stick it out to the last man, when the French would have retreated, she1led out the foe | and made a. fresh attack. This is the French policy of attrition- It enabled them to assume the offensive at will
 and to keep up a constant and wear ing action. while the British make
 their fight and then remain as they are for long periods of inaction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
ANTlPODES TO GIVE AID TO BRITONS IN
 MUNlTlON FAMINE
Minister of Defence Names Special Committee to Act
 on Project.

Melbourne, Australia, July 22.-Steps are being taken by the Commonwealth government. state governments and by firms and individuals to try to supply the Imperial government with num- tions, in view of the enormous inpor- tance in this war of unceasing provis- ions of shells and the like.
 The general idea is to organize the facilities of Australia in this direc- ton, and to this end, the Minister for Defense, Senator George F. PeaFce, has named a special committee to go into the coreIative questions of the amount and character of the war ma teria1 being furnished to the Federal |Governnent by Australian manufac- facture of war material; and the con tracts now in force between the Bri- tfsh War Office and the Australian manufacturers. This committee. which will be almost a departmental body in it's functions, will cooperate with com mittees. which are to be chosen by commercial bodies.
 Besides this. the Australian Chamber of Manufactures has been asked by the Defense Department to appoint a committee of experts to go into the subjects of marsha11ing the various trades and ascertaining the capacity of each factory. By these means it is expected more or less definite know ledge will be gained of what Australia can do to assist Great Britain and how that assistance can be. rendered. Meanwhile com panies and employers all over Australia are showing the greatest desire, and willingness to sup ply munitions, but are waiting direc- tions
 In reference to munition for small arms, Senator Pearce said in a re-
 cent interview that the Commonwealth
 was already fully capable of more than l supplying its own requirements and the surplus was being put into the
 common fund of the Empire There has, however, been a great deal of dis
 cussion in the Federal Parliament and in newspapers to the effect that the
 shortage of rifles for the Australian
 forces is very serious.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
TYROLEANS SEND AVALANCHES DOWN
 ON THEIR ENEMY
Ancient Methods Found Elf fective Even in Days of
 42 Centimeter Guns.

Innesbruck, Trol, July 22.-While both Germans and Austrlans are fighting with 42-centimeter cannon, and with weapons that are the last word in the art of the arms canu- factured the Tyroleans who have been drawn into the war by the entry of Italy, find that the weapons, used in the Napolenic wars are still effect i've, and are using them with what is reported as great success.
 The old weapons" are nothing less than huge boulders which they are rolling down, ava1anche-wise, onto the Italians as the latter attempt to storm the heights along the Ausro- Italian frontier. They are proving quite as deadly as any shells have done in this war.
 The avalanche of rocks was first used successfully in the battle of Bel fore on June 14. The Austrians forces consisted of a gendarmerie and Tyro1ean sharp shooters, whose forefathers had fought a hundred years ago in approximately the same place.
 The third company of the Seventy first Italian infantry regiment began an attack on Belfore, attempting to come up along the ravfne of the Gina Norre. Long before they were at the top, however, the downpour of bould- CTS began.
 Many of the Italians were killed at once, others were so severely wound ed that they were captured. Those who could scramble to one side of the ravine or the other. but only to be- come easy marks for the bullets of the Austrians.
 Sergeant-Major Reyrer of the gendarmerie, who inaugurated the stone avalanche plan, has been dec orated with the golden bravery medal. the first of it's kind to be be- slowed on the Italian front.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
Protest Against
 Closing Anson St.

Jessie B. Sherwood and Fannie F. Porter, descendants of the the late Anson Hawley, have filed with the city clerk a, protest against the dis continuance of Anson street.
 Those who protest claim the street was given to the city by their ances- tors, Anson Haw1ey and they ask that if the street is to be renamed, that one half be called Anson street and the other half Anson terrace.
 A suspicious fire broke out in the basement of the hospital at Ran daI1s Island. Slight damage was caused.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
Leipsic Fur Trade Glutted; Business
 Is At Standstill

Geipsic. Germany. July 22.-In com mon with London, Paris and, Petro- grad, Leipsic has felt the effects. of the war on the fur trade with extra ordinary 1keenness. The business in this line is practically at standsti1L and few if any firms are adding any thing to their already over-large stocks. In previous years it has been just at this time that they have begun to load up.
 Some one with access to figures in other countries than Germany esti- mates that there are now on hand T the fur concerns in London some A. 500, ,0o0 nnuskrat furs from North Amer ica, nine million skunk skins. 54,00e Australian opossum skins, s127, 900 civet skins, 34, 900 fox skins and 17,5o0 pole cat skins. London neither can dis pose of this enormous number of peltss nor can Leipsic avail itself of them.
 The heavy loss whi1h the war has caused the fur trade is indicated by the fact that the price, last year, for a. perfect black fox pelt, $750, has dropped this year to $do0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
DANISH DENTISTS TON
 WORK AMONG GERMANS.

Copenhagen, July 224The Danish Dentists Association has received the permission of the war ministry of the country for it's members to offer their services to the German army. The Danish minister in Berlin has been empowered to secure the permission of the German authorities for Danish dentists to work in the hospitals in Germany.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

Jane Addams conferred with Pres4- dent Wilson giving her views of the war as she learned them in confden- tial talks she had with many high officials of Europe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
SATURDAYS BALL GAMES.

A sensational catch in the eighth inning by Cunningham, centerfielder, saved the game for the Victors Sat urday afternoon, with the Meridens in that city The score stood 3 to I in favor of the Victors and the M Merf- dens had two men on bases. George Lander rapped the first ball pitched to deep center. No sooner than his bat came in contact with the ball than the fleet-footed Cunningham was off. The two men on bases had crossed the home plate and Landers almost reached third, when Cunning ham sprang into the air and after a serious of acrobatie feats emerged from a cloud of dust with the ball firmly cIutched and the game was saved. Poster pitched finely for the Victors, giving the Meridens only three hits, while Dunnes who had pre- l vious1ys proved an enigma to the home team, was touched up for seven hits.
 Teams made up of players com i posed of firemen from companies No. and e5 struggled for supremacy on ! the Rarnum avenue grounds Saturday afternoon. The score was 21 to- 14 in favor of Company No. 3. Wright victorious team, and Burke and Chat field for the losers.
 x At Grasmere Saturday afternoon l the Warner Bros team defeated the heretofore invincible Ashcroftste by l 20 to 6. John sEampana did the twirlng for the Warmers and as he was in excellent form the opposing bRfsmen could do very little with his l deceptive shoots. Buck" Horn caught finely, his throwing to the 1 bases being a feature of the contest For the Ashcrofts Keefe and Lyons did good work.
 |
 l PEOPLE AND THEIR DOINGS.
 Rev J. M. Emery of the Universal ist church will be at WalpoIe, Mass. for the next two days on his vacation
 Robert G. DeForest, Madison srnith | Walter and Robert Goddard left the city Saturday for the Monroe hills where they are to camp out for few weeks. The camp is known as CamI ] Monroe It is situated on the Monroe and, Huntington line and overIooks 2 beautiful lake. Among the visitor: yesterday were Russell Giles and E B. Goddard 0f this city.
 Capt. John McNeiI returned hom, Saturday night from his vacaton. The captain travelled 1900 miles and tool in all the resorts in Maine, Massachu setts and Newfoundland.
 Attorney w T. Hincls returned
 home today from his two weeks tril
 north.
 supt. Gerdineir of the Bridgepor Gas company took a party consistint of Charles Gerdineir, Mathew Roger of the board of Public Works; P. A
 Creevy of the board of Health, ant MT. Rogers of Waterbury, out in hi handsome naptha launch yesterday The party enjoyed a shore dinner a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

Great Yellow Ticket Clearance Sale in untrimned and trimmed dress hats, flowers. ribbons, shirt waists, petticoats separate cloth skirts, cloth coats and guaranteed raincoats at E. H. Dillon & Co.'S, 1105 Main street-Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

s3a Representative Of the 200. .ooo striking coal miners in Wales met and ratified the settiement of the strike made on Tuesday. They will re- turn to work immediately.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

life fmprisonrne1 1it the death sentence passed on Madelina Ferola, for the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
THE HTBERNIAN RIFLES.

The companies of Hibernian Rifles in this state will shortly become mem : bers of the Irish-Ame merican Military union. The union is an organization m that is national in it's scope. About three weeks ago Captain Thomas F. O'Rourke of the local company of rifles, received the commission of mastering officer for Connecticut from General William F. Kelley, of New York. The Bridgeport company of rifles has already signified it's inten- tion of becoming a member of the union. The national organization will hold an encampment next July and the Connecticut companies will par= ticipate providing, of course. that they all decde to identify themselves with the national body, as they no doubt wiIl-Danbury News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
FRoM THE WEsr INDIES.


 A letter from Guadaloupe to a gentleman in this city. states that Ad- miral Durham commanding the British forces on the West India, sta ton. has issued a proclamation. de- clardng the island in a state of rigor- ous b1ockade.-N. '. Post
 Large English forces were as sembIing at St. Luce and Martinique, the latter part of June, to go against Quadaloupe. and take it by force.
 THE BLACK SLAVES
 We understand Fhat the U. s. schooner Nonsuch, Capt. Trant,, is shortly to proceed to Halifax and Ja- maica to bring home the blacks taken from the southern states by the British naval commanders during the late war (1S12) and who are to be delMered back to their owners. We have seen a St. Johns, N. B., account of the arrival at that place of 375 of the black deserters, as they call them, j. in a. vessel from Halifax.
 Policy as well as humanity dictates their restoration; as the experience Of former occasions Gin the case of the Maroons treacherousIy transport ed from Jamaica to Nova Scotia, and the negroes taken by Lord sDunmore from Virginia and carried there) proved the inability of the blacks ac- customed to a warm climate to live much less. 10. De. prOI1IaDlef SuDJectS in the bleak regions of British Amer : lea. A great proportion of the poor creatures perished with the cold the first winter, and the government was I forced to send all the survivors oui of the country again.-Columbian.
 
 WILL HOLD MICHIIIIDdACKINA We have just conversed with an in telligent queer of the army from EacRet's Harbor, who informs US that a British officer, lately from Kingston stated the determination of Gen. Rob. inson to hold Michi1imackinac. Two battaiions, he said. were ordered ur to. garrison that fort.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
WILL HOLD MIcH1I1n1ACK1NAC.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
THE ATLANTIC CABI.E. .
New, York, July 2Oth, Is

New York, July 20th, 1865.
 A private letter from Cyrus H. Field states that the Great Eastern will probably leave the Nore on the 11th and Valentia on the 18th of July. All representatives of the press of England, America and France are to be excluded from the Great East ern during the laying of the cable. the Telegraph Constitution Company hay ing charge of the undertaking, be- 1ievfng this course necessary. as some members of the press might enter into conversation with the engineers and thus distract their attention from their highly important duties A Journal of the trip and it's results will, however, be furnished the Associated Press, immediately upon the arrival of the Great Eastern at Hearts Con tent, and the connection being made with the shore at that ermitnus of the line As the cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, between Cape Breton, United States, and Newfoundland, is now seriously damaged, for the first time in seven or eight years, it is probable that the messages to and from the ship will have to be sent across the Gulf by a steamer, which will delay the press Reports from four to six hours. Should there be enough of the Atlantic cable left to stretch across the gulf, eighty miles, which is confidently expected, it will, we un- Serstand, be immediately laid, and ~rus in a few days not only restore the continuity of the New York and Newfoundland line. but place the two continents in uninterrupted teIe- graphic communication.
 GWAMP LOTS FILLING UP.
 The swamp lots on Cannon street are being filled up with dirt gathered from the streets and dug from the grounds where the new stores and public hall are to be erected on Main and Middle streets. These lots have long been breeding places for frogs nuosauffoes, maIarias, etc People People who occupy tenements around them. rejoice at the prospect that re- lief from these annoyances is soon to be afforded. The march of improve
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22
murder of her ffancee, Cameo Cas- trella, in New York.

Believed to have gone insane, 1F5s Frank Kuhlwein. aged SC, jumped tl- to a pond at gNiddletown, N F., eIasE ing her 5 year %old stepson in hs1 arms. Both wree drowned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

National guardsmen at Camp Whit man, Fishkil1 Plain. N. Y, were or dered out in a rainstorn to fight a sham battle. They fought for three
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

Since the outbreak of the war. 344,749 iron crosses have been awarded soldiers of the German army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

A contract for s1,ooo,ooo tanker, with a carrying capacity of 75.o0o gallons, was awarded to the Unoin Iron Works by the Union Oil Go. of San Francisco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

T41e police Of New York have u1- covered a. plat alleged to involve Q members of the New York fire pArtment who have been burgIs ing loft buildings, and then ses the places afire to cover che Ih
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

Farmer yaH-. AeA A1ne oens Q Eraz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

BRIDGEPORT As T WAS
-2o-YEARs AGO
(Talen Files of The Evening Farmer) N
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

rapid, is steadily onward.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

Supt. Gerdineir of the Bridgeport Gas company took a party consisting of Charles Gerdineir, Mathew Rogers .of the board of Public Works; E. A. Creeyy of the board of Health, and MT. Rogers of Waterbury, out in his handsome naptha launch yesterday. The party enjoyed a shore dinner at Minor Smiths.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-22

Attorney W. T. Hincks returned north.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1915-01-29

J. R. Farahay was a visitor IN
Duncan on Thursday calling on the
merchants in the interest of the com
pany.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1915-01-29
COPPER.
increasing Strength Noted in All
Grades-Export Demand Good.

Increasing strength is noted in all
grades of copper Electrolytic this
week sold at IA and IA Ia cents and
practically all of the selling agencies
are now quoting IA 1-8 cents. Do
nestle manufacturers having foreign
orders to I'LL are in the market now
for supplies at current prices, al
though it was impossible to induce
them to buy when the market was IL
cents.
A large producer is quoted as say
ing that the surplus stock of 106,000.-
900 pounds, on hand when the war
started, has been wiped out. 1t is
estimated by the same authority that
foreign buying orders for copper in
this market, yet untitled, aggregate,
10O,000.000 pounds. Another source
of increased demand is expected very
soon from wire manufacturers who
usually have large orders to fill every
spring.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1915-01-29

The store cashier of the p. D. M.
Co. has been busy this week distrib-'
uting the checks to the 1900 employees
OF the Detroit Copper Mining company
covering the s per cent discount al
lowed on their purchases during
three months, October. November
land December. These profit-sharing
checks ranged in amounts from four
Icents to twenty dollars and were
certainly welcomed by everyone who
received one.
A reorganization of the choir to
sing at Morenci Chapel was held
this week and under the direction of
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Staab the
new choir will no doubt be decided
success. A meeting was held at their
home ON Thursday evening of this
week and quite number of the
former members have signified their
willingness to help.
It was certainly an appreciative
audience that greeted the Harmony
Concert party when they gave their
entertainment in the Morenci Club
last evening under the Lecture
Course auspices. 1t is hard to ex-
press the praises due this party of
musicians, from every standpoint of
musical ability as well as versatility
and it can be freely stated that they
are the finest musicians who have
come to this place for some years.
The little girl lowered her work
with knowing precision, and clever
ness that brought forth much ap-
plause when she made her appear
ance.
The many friends of E. l.. Jones,
.bookkeeper for the Moranci Water
company were surprised to hear
of his resignation this week to take
effect Feb. list. Mr.. Jones has been
employed in Morenci covering per-
iod of seven years and was identified
with the P. D. M Co. until two
years ago when he accepted his pres
ent position. Mr. and Mrs, Jones
and family leave this place to the
regret of their many friends whose
best wishes accompany them to
their new home They will return to