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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
co. BIS THIRTIETH.

Fifty-two members of Co. B last night enjoyed a trolley ride and a shore dinner. The company left the armory at 8 o'clock on a trolley car wnich just accommodated the party. After a ride &o the North End, a car was taken f6r Kowing's resort in Mil ford. Here a shore dnner was served. 1Of course considerable jollity prevail ed and before the party arose from the table, music and songs had been sinterspersed.
 Private Otto Kraft. who is an anna teur violinist of no mean ability, with Sergt. William Rowe. who made a very good impromptu pianist, fur nfshed some excellent music. The company quartette, composed of Pri- yates Jefferies, Isetts, Romaine and Voge1, rendered Some vocal gems and the soldier boys Joined in the chorus.
 The event was in celebration of the company's 3Oth anniversary. Its pres ent captain M. IF. White.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
EASTON

Mrs. Harry Edwards of Bridgeport has returned from a visit with MT. and Mrs. Erwin P. Edwards of Maple Row Dairy Farm.
 Miss Hazel B. Sherwood is now re- covering from her recent illness.
 MT. and Mrs. Elmer Andrews spent Sunday with their daughters, the Misses Lillian and Bertha Andrews, in Sherman.
 Mr. and Mrs, George Sanford of Bedding were guests on Sunday of MT. and Mrs. E. P. Edwards.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Marsh are keeping house in Robert Rents place on Sport Hill where they will make their future home.
 Frank Edwards, Jr., has recently purchased a place in North Bridge port.
 The regular meeting of Easton grange, No. 149, was held on Tuesday evening but as the weather was so very warm there were not many pres ent. Pomona, Miss Martha l.. An drews had charge of the program. At the. next meeting which is Neigh fbors~ Night the Greenfield and Nor field granges are invited. The commit tee in charge of the supper are Mrs. Mildred L. Ferris, Mrs John H. Can dee and Mrs. Joseph B. Hill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
Jap Captain Joins
 British Army; His
 Relatives Tell Gods

Kanazawa, Japan. Sept. 1s.-Fo1- lowing the receipt of news that Marquis Maeda, son of the fuedal lord of Kanazawa, had joined the British army, an interesting service was held at the Oyama Shrine which is dedi- cated to the ancestors of the Maedas. Its purpose Was to inform ancestral spirits of the action of the future lord of Kanazawa.
 2. Marquis Maeda is a son of the late Viscount Toshisaki Maeda, former fueda1 Lord of Nanuka-ichf in Kama zawa province, but was adopted into the family of the Lord of Kanazawa. After his graduation from the staff college, he went to Germany for the study of n1ilitray affairs but at the outbreak of the war between Japan and Germany, he like other Japanese, removed to England. He is a ca ptain in the Japanese army In England he has been studying the conditions of the war. He. had long been desiring to 1 join the British army. at the front, but only recently obtained the necessary ! Permission from his family.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
CANADIAN TROOPS
 AT BATTLE FRONT SHOW NEW TRICKS

Paris, Sept. 18-"The life of the Canadians at the front takes one back to the tales of the North American Indian which were the delight of our youth,' writes Maurice Barres, the French Acadernician, who is on a visit to the fighting lines as. the guest of the French staff.
 This week." he explains, '1 saw the huts> >~pf the Canadians, built of trees sawed 1engthwise. exactly like the log cabins which they build for hunting boxes or the log houses they inhabit sometimes in the pra1r1es north of the Great Lakes.
 "A survival of the old Indan TO- nance is found in the Canadian army. Trappers oin khaki were shown me who make use of the thousand tricks of their trade against the enemy. They hunt him with the witness of the old scalp hunters toned down by Eng fish humanity.
 '.Following in the wake of Germans crawling across the corn fields, the Canadian manages to creep along without causing a, single leaf to move. They remain for hours on the watch, lying on their backs and studying the ground around them by means of a little mirror. Should the Germans, treasured by the long silence over the still fields, venture out, he is bounced upon, bound with rope in couple or seconds. The other day, after\a series of such fruitful exploits, the Cana dian scouts threw over into the Ger man trenches a number of little cards, inscribed: It is useless for you to send out any more patrols: you have Canadians in front of you.'
 'I know, of course, that Aamong these volunteers there are many mod ern Canadians, business men, pro- fessional men, workmen. All are not sons of trappers or backwoodsmen. initiative, more ingenuity and more enterprise than European soldiers. And to look at them, what tenacity there is in their expression!
 'In a huge 'open-air depot, I was examining their military \ transport vans./a11 marked with the maple leaf, when my eyes fell on a little tent GOV cred with weird stripes and figures in green paint.
 'f What is that I asked.
 '' A Canadian officers tent.''
 't But those green signs?'
 "sOh, nothing! The background has merely been arranged so that. from above, it will seem to form part of the meadows and woods."
 But I had recognized, amid the splashes of paint, various heiroglyphs which again took my mind back to the days of the Redskin-the cats head the b1acK-hand, and finally the Swas- tika, that ta1isman which has come down to us from the farthest ages.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
WOOD THROWN DOWN STAIRS

WOOD THROWN DOWN STAIRS. Between ss and g o'clock Sunday evening, a. man named Charles Wood with no place of abode, went to the house on the south corner of Water and Bank streets. proceeded to the third Moor, knocked at the chamber door of Mrs Humphreys. and de- 1nanded admission. He was told sev- eral times to go away but still con tinued his c1amor, Mrs. H. came out Of her room, seized Wood, and lifting him up bodily. threw him down stairs.
 Eominiclt Nolan, living on the floor above, hearing the noise, went down to the second floor where he found wood, apparently dead. and imme- dfately went in search of assistance Omcers French Hunt and~Sdurray promptly srepaired to the house and took Wood to the police station. After rest oratives had been applied pr. Bennett was called in and he pro nounced it a serious case and thought woods recovery doubtful. About midnight however, he revived and was taken to a home in the lower part of the city. Wood was intoxi- cated at the time he created the dis turbance
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
GOING INTO CAMP.

Today the enoampment of the 8th Regiments S. M., commences at Nor walk to continue through the week. Two companies went from this city and one from Stratford on the a. m. train. From present appearances it would seem that the boys will have but a. cool and unpleasant time of it. Rather too near. the date of the .sequinoctia1'' to have pleasant weath- ler The companies which left this morning were the East Bridgeport section of the Battery and the new company under the command of Cap tain Cahin and Iieutenants Goodwin and Gadely.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
French Air Squadrons
 Ahead in Methods of
 European Aeroplaning

Budapest, Sept. 18.-Some details of the mode of operations of the French aviators on the western front are given in a letter from a Hungarian aviator serving with the German armies in France.
 '.The French a1rmen,'' he writes, now fly usually in flocks or squads of considerable strength, both for reconnoiterfng purposes and for at tacking our. ayiators who are on reconnaissance duty. As the French possess a huge number of machines and block our way systematically, we have had to follow their example. Some pitched battles between com paratively large fleets of aeropIanes are thus among the possibilities of the innme diate future.
 When the French desire to pre- vent us from carrying out a. recon Anaissa1fce, a dozen aerop1anes ascend to a height of 5000 feet and patrol our line. An equal number rise to 5000 and fly along our front, taking the opposite direction from the first group. Should one of our machines attempt to pass through the rneshes of this-nets the two French aviators who happe1 to be nearest attack it simultaneously, one from above, and the other from below. If that is not sufficient, two or more others fly to their assistance.
 The French adopt similar methods Fwhen they lombard our aviation cen- ters, railways stations, and camps. The French air service is organized into what they call squadrilla, which is thoroughly practical in =rnanoeuvring together like a fleet at sea. In an at tack on a German had position, the ssquadrilla consists of a very powerful machine which leads the way, a few other scouts to see that the right di- is tai cd he bornb-carrying machines. The squad is handled very skilfullY.n
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
FELL IN THE SOUP.

Little 3-year-old Louis Kish lives with his parents, his aunt and other relatives at 21 Center street His pa rents went to the synagogue this fore noon to attend service and Louis was left alone in the house. Louis aunt had made some ketchup and placed it on the rear steps to cool. Louis. got on the steps to look at it and lost his balance and fell in.
 His cries brought the nefghbors to the scene and the ambulance was sent for. At the Emergency they fopnd that the little fellow was badly scala ed His burns were dressed and Louis taken back home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
A MURDER.

 About 8 o'clock on Monday even ing, the 11th instant, John Ward. a young married man, was attacked in Banker street, New York, while on his way home to his family. by a wretch of the name of Patrick Hart, a wood sawyer, who. with a billet of wood, aimed a blow at his head, which brought him to tine ground and so fractured his skull that he died before morning.
 N '. Evening Post.
 On Tuesday the 12th instant. the coroner was called to view the. body of John c. Ward, who was Killed by Patrick Hart. The circumstances are as follows: Hart. in passing Ward Gin the night) happened to stick the point of a piece of wood through the spantaloons of Ward, upon which Ward gave Hart a. slap in the face. asking if there was mot room to pass without running against <him. Hart immediately took stick from under his arm and dealt mortal blow un- der the left ear of Ward of which he died in about eight hours. The manslaug hter!
 Mercantile Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
DEPENDS VACCINATION

Vaccination as a preventative of small pox is defended by the state board of health in a bulletin released yesterday. Pure Virus is >recom- mended and it is advocated that after vaccination nothing should be allowed d to touch or blow upon the site
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
ED MANsFIELD,s ESCAPE

Edward Mansfield, the painter, Of 169l Jane street. went through the largest plate glass window in the city this morning, and escaped with a Islighacut on the finger and a bruise on his side, but the injuries were not enough to cause him to stop working The accident happened at Ho1brook & McNamara's shoe store, which is undergoing renovation. In their new front they have the two largest plate glass windows in the city, each Il feet wide by 10 feet high Edward Mans filed is doing the painting and grain ing.
 He was standing on a step ladder, graining the woodwork about the win dow on the south side. The ladder tipped over and sent him spinning through the window. He went through through a paper balloon in circus ring, but he landed on his side in the wide entrance, the fall making a con- tused wound on his right chest Just as Mansfield landed on his side the up per part of the window came down
 with a crash. Had the painter been underneath the glass as it came down big light is insured. and ten minutes after MT. MansfieTd,s injuries were dressed at the Emergency he was back at work. He is 72 years old and says it is the closest call he has ever had.
 NOTES OF LOCAL IMPORT. A picketbook containing $14 and some railroad tickets were Stolen from Miss Bertha Conklin at the depot last evening. Miss ConkIin did not dis cover her loss until she was about to pay her fare on street car The matter was reported to the police. T. < Patrick Boyhan of 12 Jones avenue khas been appointed to the position of foreman of@the switching crew of the Berkshire division, made vacant by the death of his brother, the late Thomas Boyhan.
 i John Burns, a laborer residing at 156 Pembroke street. fell down his cellar stairs last evening and sustain ed fracture of his right shoulder He was treated at the Emergency.
 Thomas Flynn stopped a runaway coal cart team on Water street yester- day Afternoon and thus prevented damage which otherwise might have bee1 done.
 | Tt was rats and not burglars that operated in Rev. Casper Brunner's s residence on Chapel street while the family was aDsent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
nREEnoM oFNCHoIcE,

The declaration of the Allied SOW ereigns, (says a Belfast paper) that the French nation may have any SOW ereign they choose, except Bonaparte, reminds us of an indulgent father, wfaoStol his. daughter that she might have amy husband she 1iked--except tine man of her choicei
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
FEMALE GIANT DIES.

Died.-At Rippingdale, (England) aged 16, Ann Hardy, daltghter of Thomas and Sarah Hardy of that place. This young woman had at ttadned the extraordinary height of seven feet two inches! and attracted much attention at Lincolnshire, hav- ing, for considerable time. been pub ncly eschi bited at fairs, etc, as a phe- nonenon. Her parents are persons of only rniddling stature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18

City Sheriff Thomas Kelly to-day served papers on the. Traction com pany in suit for $500 damages. The plaintiff is William O'Brien. whose wagon was run, into on the Fairfield road about month ago by one of the company's cars. MT. O'Brien was thrown out and injured and the wagon was wrecked. The case is returnable to the October term of the court of Common Pleas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
A DARING ACT.

We understand that the residence of c. A. Hotchkiss, in East Bridge port was broken into at a very early hour this morning, and one of the in- mates badly injured about the head by blow from an instrum ment in the hands of the rascal, who made his escape.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
ELECTED A DIRECTOR.

At a recent meeting of the board of Directors of the Connecticut National bank, Samuel Wheeler, president of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine company, was elected a director of the bank
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
AERoNAUr KILLED BY FALL

Jonesville, Va. Sept. 18-Ed Vince Ter, an aeronaut, fell 900 feet here to- day from an open parachute and was killed. His home was in Adrian,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
THE NUMBER@oF SALOONS

The number of licenses now in force in this city is sos. of which 2e2 are full liquor licenses. A dealer fig nres it that for every s5 persons who srink there is now one saloon in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18

The Norwegian steamer Strinda sail- ed from Portland, Oregon, with 361, : O5S bushels of wheat for England. This is the largest grain cargo ever loaded on the Columbia river
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
ANOTHER SUIT FOR $500.

Bridgeport and says: That is too many
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18

Farmer Want ads. One Cent a word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18
NOTES OF LOCAL IMPORT.

Patrick Boyhan of 12 Jones avenue ehas been appointed to the position of foreman of>the switching crew of the Berkshire division, made vacant by the death of his brother, the late Thomas Boyhan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-18

s It was rats and not burglars that operated in Rev. Casper Brunner's residence on Chapel street while the family was aDsent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-01
r0 TAKE CASE TO PRESIDENT.
Committee, Headed by \. =. Alias
Will go to Cornish TO Have
-. Wage Cut Blocked.

Washington navy yard employees
having been turned down in their APP
neal TO Secretary Of the Navy Dan
icls TO prevent a cut in wages Tor
1872 employees of the yard, vii! carry
their case 20 President Wilson
n. p. Alias announces that 4
committee plans to visit the President
at Cornish and try to have the reduc-
ton blocked.
The committee from the Washing
ton yard, headed by Mr.. Alias, wait
ed on Secretary Daniels yesterday
and received his reply. As was at
tcipated, Secretary Daniels said m
effect he could give no relief because
he considered he was compelled under
act of Congress to do as originally
ordered and reduce the pay.
The Secretary gave his views on
the questions involved in a letter he
read to the committee and which was
addressed TO Mr.. Atlas.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-01
SAYS HE WAS OFFERED $1,000
Suspect Accomplish in Attack OH F.
T. Schneider Arrested

Washington, D. c.. July 1-"Bill"
Bowers was arrested here at the re-
quest Of the Pittsburgh police, N
connection with the assault upon T..
Franklin Schneider, in Pittsburgh
last Thursday and held OH a charge
of conspiracy to commit afelony.
\ promissory note for $4,000 al
legged to have been given by Thomas
G. Forney, Schneider's son-in-saw,
of this city, 40 pay Bill and George"
for putting this man out Of the way"
is in the hands Of the Pittsburgh
police George McHenry, waiter,
charged with being one Of Forney's
accomplices in the plot to kill Schnei-
der, also is under arrest.
The detectives who brought Bowers
in say she confessed everything"
Bowers was located by a note said
to have been found in Forney's
pocketbook, giving Washington adj
dress.
Bowers told the police stoH
which the detectives say, included
statements that he was offered $1,000
of the sum promised by the note for
his participation in the attack on
Schneider and that he refused to join
With that, Bowers said, his connec-
ton with the affair ended and his
next knowledge of it was when he
saw his name published. He had no
doubt, he said, he was the "Bill" re-
ferred to, but stoutly protested that
at no time had he any connection
with the conspiracy.
Pittsburgs, July 1T. G. t,orney
and George McHenry have been held
Of Court without bail here by Mag
istrate ]. J. Sweeney on three charges
of conspiracy, felonious assault and
battery and attempt to kill and MUIR
der +. T. Schneider, Forney's veal
thy father-in-law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-01
Frederick p. Russell, p. @.

AT Corporation Court of the City
! Of Alexandria, continued and held ut
the Courthouse of said City On Mon
day June 2lst, 1915.
Present, Hon. Louis C. Barley,
Judge.
Laura H. Bradford, Complainant.
VS.. In Chancery
Melville L. Bradford. Defendant.
Upon written application of the
Complainant stating specifically the
last known place of abode of the de-
PENDANT, and it appearing to the
Court that process has been issued
and returned by the Sergeant of the
City of Alexandria, Virginia, show
ing that the defendant was not found
within the jurisdiction Of this Court,
the Court on the Dist, Of June. 1915.
doth grant the following order of pub
lication:--
The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain 4 decree absolutely divorcing the
complainant, Laura II. Bradford from
the defendant. Melville L. Bradford,
on the ground Of desertion for 4 per-
iod OF more than three years, and for
general relief, ard an affidavit hay
ing been made and filed that the de-
PENDANT Melville L Bradford is Il non
resident OF the State of Virginia, It
is ordered that ne do appear within
fifteen days after due publication CT
said order Of publication and do what
is necessary to protect his interests
in this suit.
And is is further ordered that 4
copy of said order Of publication hc
published once week fUr four sue
ccssive weeks, in the Alexandria
Gazette, newspaper published in
the City Of Alexandria. Virginia, that
a copy be posted at the front door
of the Court House Of the Corpora
ton Court of said City on or before
the next succeeding rule day after
this order is entered; and that 4 copy
of said order. Of publication shall be
sent by registered mail by the Clerk
of this Court addressed to the said
Nonresident defendant ut 1909 Bar
clay Street. Baltimore. Maryland, his
last known place Of abode
A Copy-Teste:-
NEWELL s. GREENAWAI, Clerk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-01
KEPT AWAY FROM EUROPE.
Only Forty-Four Families Have Gone
Abroad, Latest Register Shows.

Washington, June 30.-Figures
given out by the Social Register AS
ISOLATION show that many society ia
miles have been frightened by the
war into keeping away from Europe
this year.
The association has just issued its
1915 Summer Social Register, listing
summer addresses of 1904 families
who are not to be found at the win
ter addresses appearing in previous
1915 editions of the Register.
The book lists families in New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston,
St Lopis, Washington, and other
cities.
Last year S52 families in the Reg
lister went abroad after April l.
This year only forty-four families
have sailed. Foreign arrivals have
dwindled in number from 237 to q.
This summer 142 families will spend
the season on yachts.
Weddings of $50 persons since
April l last are recorded, as against
$50 last year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-01
:BRAGER APPEAL SIGNED
= 1tIM
Case Will Now Go to the BiGhfs.
Court in Maryland
.sFlEiHT ma

80 GlSEfI NSH
Baltimore. Inly 'i,-Ju1ge Duffy
yesterday signed the hill of excep-
tions upon which the snit of Mrs.
Blema Brager against certain of the
heirs of her father will go to the
Court Of Appeals, at Annapolis.
Several months ago. Judge Duffy in
structed jury, which heard the case
to bring in verdict in favor Of the
defendants. Mrs. Brager filed a no.
.tice of appeal. The action yesterday
was the next step in her appeal. The
papers in the case which were quite
voluminous, were Immediately sent
to the court of Appeals. where the
case will be heard probably in the
fall. .-Sstsasa4&
Mrs. Brager, in her sui asked that
she be given an equal share in the
estate of her father, the late Joseph
An equal share would
amount to about S350,000, and she
has received, in all 100000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-01
THE CARS APPEAL
Bcgs His People Without Class Dis
tinctiOn to Work to Supply
Munitions

Petrograd, July Am imperial re-
script was isued yesterday in con-
nection with the formation
of the Russian board of military sup
plies. After expressing an unshak-
able assurance in the brilliant future
Of the Russian people Emperor Mich
olas proceeds:
"a prolonged war calls ever for
fresh efforts, but surmounting the
growing difficulties and parryiEg the
vicissitudes which are inevitable in
war let us strengthen our hearts, re
solved to carry on the struggle with
the help of God to complete trlum-
phi Of Russian arms.
"The enemy must be crushed FOR
without that peace is impossible. y
with firm faith in the inexhe ust-
ible strength of Russia j expect sae
governmental and public instltA6
tons of Russian industry and all afe
faithful sons of the fatherland, with
out distinction of ideas or classes,
will work together in harmony 20
satisfy the needs of our valiant
army.
This is the only and hencefcrth
the national problem to which must
be directed all thoughts of united
Russia invincible in her unity"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-01
CAR KILLS TWO IN AUTO.
Identity of Woman Confused by Pa
pers And Mangling.

Bradford, Pa, July 1.-The Penn
sylvania Railroad gasoline car which
runs between Bradford and Clean
struck an automobile containing 4
young man and an older woman yes
terday evening, killed them instantly
and mangling the woman beyond
Identification.
Letters on the young mans person
showed him to be Wilson Page, of
Clean. N. Y, aged Is, but in a sat-
cheI supposed to have been the prop
erty CT the woman letters addressed
to Mrs. R. L. Folwell, Of Oleah, and
a sales slip made out to, Mrs. Bertha
Page were found. ::