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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
FOURTH OF JULY
 ACCIDENTS FOR 1915

| Thirty lives, mostly those of little children, were lost this year as a re- suit of Fourth of July celebrations l Of these, one boy died of 1ockjaw fol-
 lowing a blank cartridge injury, five persons were killed outright by fire arms, five were killed by the explo- sions of fire bombs or torpedoes, six were injured by cannon and two by other forms of fireworks Eleven children, mostly little girls were
 burned to death by fire from fire works. Besides the 30 fatal acci- dents. there were 1.135 non-fatal in Jur1es. One person was totally blind- ed, II lost one eye, five lost legs
 arms or hands and 38 lost one or
 more fingers. Of these injuries, 227
 were caused by firearms, and 93 by
 cannon. These figures taken from
 the Thirteenth Annual Summary of
 Fourth of July Injuries, published by
 The Journal of the American Medi-
 cal Association, show that the cost of
 our annual patriotic orgy of noise
 and gunpowder is still far more costly
 than it should be. Yet a comparison
 with previous years shows a distinct
 gain. In 1903, when The Journal of
 the American Medical Association
 first began the collection and publi-
 cation of these figures, 4O6 deaths
 from lockjaw followed the Fourth of
 July celebration, while 60 deaths
 from other causes connected with
 the day and it's observance were re-
 ported. The total figures for the past
 13 years show that since 1903 our
 Fourth of July celebrations have cost
 us 991 lives from Iockjaw and S71
 from other causes, making a total of
 1,S62 lives lost IS a result of the old
 fashioned, noisy, nerve-racking and
 dangerous Fourth of July celebra- tions. During the same period 42,-
 0S9 persons were injured, making a
 total of 43,951 or nearly A regiments of American citizens who were killed
 or injured a result of our n1isguid-
 ed efforts to show our patriotism
 The campaign of publicity ant edu- cation started 13 years ago, pro- duced comparatively little results un- til 1908 when for the first time a re- accidents and deaths by cities. Inn mediate1y the number of accidents
 began to decrease. In 1909, 215| persons were killed and 5.091 injur- ed. In 1910 the figures fell to 131| killed and 2,792 injured; 1911 showed only 57 killed and 1,546 injured. In 1912 there were I 1 killed and 945 in- jured, the smallest number on record. In 1913, while only 32 persons were killed, the number of injured rose to 1,163. In 1914, due to the efforts in some of the largest cities at rcstric- tfon rather than prohibition, there were 40 persons killed and 1,506 in- jured. This year marks the lowest
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03

number of deaths and practically the same number of injNr1es as in 1913.
 A careful examination of the re-
 port by cities gives some interestne results Over half of the injuries in cities were in New York and Phila- deIphia In the 84 cities tabulated,
 S06 persons were injured or Inese, New York is responsible for PIT and Philadelphia for 28O, making a total
 of 552 for these two cities alone. in the other 82 cities. Chicago, which in 1907 had 16 persons killed and 151 injured, and in 1908 had 12 persons killed and POP persons in jured, there were this year only eight Fourth of July accidents. Curtously enough, however, of these, five were fatal, giving Chicago, in spite of its remarkably low record for injuries, the largest number of deaths of any of the 84 cities, five deaths in Chi cago being half of the total number of fatalities in cities. St. Louis holds third place for the number of injur ies AT accidents occurring there, while Boston and Hartford are tied for fourth place with 27 accidents each. Forty-one of the 84 cities have clear records this year, the largest, number yet reported. The cities showing the most marked reduction in total number of injuries are Chi cago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Newark, Minneapolis, Jersey City and Kansas City, while New York, Boston, Balti-
 more, Indianapolis. Worcester, Hart ford and Wi1kesbarre show an in- creasing number of accidents.
 As has been repeatedly pointed out, the responsibility for these Fourth of July accidents rests entirely with the city government. The regulation of fireworks and methods of celebrating the Fourth is a matter for municipal regulation The city authorities. tn herefore must be held personally responsible for any Fourth of July accidents or deaths which may occur. Loss oft life through lockjaw, the burning to death of little children, the nairning and crippling of citizens and he destruction of property by fire can all be prevented by properly enacted and rigidly enforced ordi- nances in 43 of the largest cities in which the bulk of these accidents oc- cured Restrictive ordinances are usually looked on as halfway meas ures and are not enforced Absolute prohibition of the sale of fireworks in any form has been proven to be the only means by which loss of life and a heavy toll of disabling and
 nutiIating accidents can be avoided. Tn particular, if New York and Phila- deIphia will take proper steps to reg ulate this situation, the number of accidents next year can be practi- calIy cut in half.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
BIC BILL EDWARDS SILL C0N1E NDING
 FOR SHRiEv "
Former Street Cleaning Commissioner of New
 Yorksin Hot Fight.

s.Big Bilps Edwards. ex-Street CFeaukng Coanmissfoner, whose aepir- i afaons for the Tammany organiza- 4ion. support for Sheriff were sheIv- ed by. tIae district leaders in favor of SA1 Smith, has announced that he fsafn the fight to stay and that he i willy strongly contest Smiths designa- ton in the Democratic primaries.
 gro win this fight is not impossi- t4es,' said ssBig BilPs 'ebIpt it will re- qs11re a stupendous effort on the part of those who believe in an 1ndepen- dent movement at this time. am going to stay in the game until the support of every voter who believes in free and untrammelled candi- dacy''
 Ex-State Senator Walter R. Her rick, who is managing the Edwards campaign, was busy lining up new strength yesterday. Fire CoInnis- sioner Adanson telephoned to the Ed wards headquarters in the Marie An toinette Hotel that he would stand behind the fight Scores of other in- dorsements came in-
 More than 1000 signatures of en- rolled Democrats have been certified for Edwards. and the petition will be filed tomorrow. The primary elections will be held on Sept. 2s.
 Asaistant CorporatiSSn Counsel GeorBe1SSufeAs1 AaSIDe9zk sAssa1Su Cnalr- man of the Edwards law conmittee, and Walter c. Booth. who was star centre on one of Princeton's cham pdon football teams. has accepted the chadrmanshlp Of the Edwards finance eonnEnistee.
 Register John J. Hupper, ex-Dep- uty Excise Commisdoner Bert Han son. Henry Fletcher and Jacob H. Ehafer, representing the Jefferson ian Alliance, notified "Bfg BilP' today that the alliance was back of him to@a man. Raymond B. Fosdick will probably act in an advisory capacity in the Edwards campaign.
 It is practically certain that Frank Moss Twill contest in the primaries the nomination Of District Attorney PerRlns by the Republicans for his present. office. This will make an i'm teUesttng fight in both the Republi- can audNDemocratic ranks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
Tourists Visiting
 Devastated Lands
 In Northern France

Paris. Sept. 3-The stream of tour ists, who will travel unceasingIy over the battlefieIds for scores of years after the European was is finished. has already begun. The traveller who obtains a suitable permission can now take a train from Paris to Meaux in the morning, drive in an open car riage all day over country which was the scene of some very important lighting nearly a year ago, and be back at his hotel in Paris for a late supper.
 There is not much to be seen, for the ripening harvests conceal even the hundreds of wooden crosses which still mark the places where men fell and were hastily buried White crosses mark the graves of French dead; black posts with a rec tangular stamp on them mark Ger man dead.
 There are still shattered churches and houses which show the marks of shrapnel and machine gun fire and some of the smaller bridges over the Marne are not yet replaced. One roadside hostelry which was struck by a German shell, has changed ifs name, and now boasts a signboard in scribed in French, t"The Shell Inn"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
French Army In
 Need of Leeches

Paris, Sept. a.-France needs leach es. Drug stores and hospitals both military and civil have only a small stock left. Large quantities of the gray and green variety. were formerly procured from leech breeders in southern Germany and Austria. France now depends upon her colon ies in Algeria and Morocco for her supply, where the Dragon and
 Trout species of inferior quality are raised.
 The Gironde marshes in the south or France were formerly a center of this lucrative industry, but the mobil- 1zatfon of the breeders has caused a great decrease in the supply. The use of feeches has been obviated to a great extent by treatment given in the many therapeutic institutions, and 1t IS estimated that France will soon have all 1t requires of these useful medical auxiIiaries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
MOTORCYCLISTS OF NEW YORK ARRANGE
 FOR MANOEUVRES
Will Execute Program of Military Operations in
 Van Cortlandt Park.

L New York, Sept. 3-Motorcyc1ists are arranging for an outing at Van Cortlandt Park September 25. which. it is expected, will be the largest of the kind, in point of attendance, ever held in this city. The military fea- ture of the gathering will be provided under orders of Mai ajor-Genera1 John F. ORyan, who has instructed Capt. Lorillard Spencer, of the Coast Ar ti11ery command, ito organize, with out expense to the state, a detach-
 nent of motorcyclists for the pur- pose of demonstrating the usefulness of such detachment for military pur- Ntion of state troops at Van Cortlandt poses on the occasion of the mobiliza- Park September 25 7"
 A mass meting for the purpose of organizing into companies all the owners of motorcycles in New York and Brooklyn who will attend the out ing will be held next Wednesday even ing at o'clock in the Eighth Coast Defence Command Armory, Ninety fourth street and Park avenue. Citi- zens who wish to take part in the demonstration on the 25th must be able to devote Saturday afternoon. the 18th, and the entire day Sunday, the 18th, for drilling purposes, besides Saturday, the 25th. They are re- quested to come to the meting, when convenient, in squads of eight men to tine squad, one of the eight to act as a leader, or corporal.
 According to Captain Spencer, a number of clubs with which he has communicated have said that this was a chance for which they have long been waiting to show the worth of the motorcycle. Some have their men drilling already and it is ex- pected that next Wednesdays meet ing will find preparations for ad- vanced. The number of men for the detachment will be limited only by ability to handle the body along with the mobilization of the regular state troops.
 Motorcyclists will divide into com panies as follows: Mounted orderlies for staffs, machine gun companies, transport companies for the trans portation of ammunition, and auxil- iary companies for the field hospital. The companies will work in connec- ton with the National Guard troops and will be under no obligation what ever to enlist.
 It is expected that the machine gun companies will carry guns on side cars during the maneuvres if the nanufa cturers can supply fthem. In- cluded in this company will be a re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
Colonel Masoyedoff
 Executed As Traitor

Petrograd, Sept. 3.-Colonel Mas oydoff, who has just been executed Tor his part in a plot to betray military secrets to the enemy, was an officer or the gendarmerie and prominently connected with the famous secret po- lice. He had been a close friend of General Sukhomlfnoff, who recom- mended him highly to the govern ment for use as a confidential agent. The retirement of General Sukhom- Hnoff was mainly due to his connec- ton with the traitor.
 All the men associated with Col onel Masoyedoff, according to the Petrograd newspapers, occupied at one time or another responsible posts in the secret police
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
WILL HEAR AMBROSE
 REdONSTRANCE SEPT. 1C

The county commissioners have as signed September 10 as a date for a hearing on the remOnstrance against Frank D. Ambrosi, who wishes to transfer a liquor license from PIT Housatonic avenue to 290 Catherine street Several adjoining property owners remonstrated on the ground that the location is unsuitable for a saloon.
 On September the commissioners will go to Stamford to hear a renlon- strance against the application of Thomas F. Malloy and Christian G. Hupfe1, who want a transfer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
British Regulate
 Price of Leather

London. Sept. s.-After protracted Negotiations, the British War Office has concluded an agreement to pre- vent further increase in the price of leather. The agreement is signed by tho United Tanners Federation and provides that maximum prices for the present year shall not exceed an ad- vance of ten per cent on the whole Aide on prices current in May.
 The War Office in circular ex- slaining the agreement, announces to contractors having army orders that the "department expects to be given by nnanufa ctures the full bene- fit of this reduction on present prices, and looks to manufacturers to see that they themselves get it from tan Tiers and dealers.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
Daalb Sandbag With Grease To Hide Them
 From View of Enemy

Escndon9 Sept ese-yo more sand bags of the usual clean. fSesh, spot less type, are to be sent to the British front Hereafter every bag will be splotcned and dEubed with paint and grease. thus adding greatly to their protective value. according to the military authorities.
 "If the bags are daubed with ir- regular patches of black, brown and green.s is stated, -tft is almost inn possible for khs enemy to detect the Ioopho1es, which are very easily dis tinguished when a clean, regular sur faced bag is used"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
CANADIAN PREMIER,
 VISITS WAR VICTIMS

Deal, England, Sept. 3-A Cana dian soldier sent to this coast resort on sick leave was walking along the sea Nfront when he was stopped by man in civilian dress who shook his hand vigorously and asked him how he was getting on. "Very well, thank you" said the soldier.
 ''You don't know me?'' asked the stranger.
 t'No," was the reply.
 ''Well, my name is Borden, and am quite will known in Canada
 The Canadian rif1eman came to at tention and sa1uted.
 The Premier spent the day on the sea front, exchanging stories with the wounded soldiers. He was just be- ginning a weeks holiday motor trip around England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03

pair crew which will supposedly carry parts of machine guns in read mess to hurry to a position and re- pair any gun that may be disabled during action.
 Captain Spencer says men can come to the armory next Wednesday even ing on their motorcycles, where spec ia1 guards will take care of the mo- tors while the meting is in progress Those who come are requested to fill out a blank bearing the owners name and the type of his machine, as com panies will be formed according to the makes of the machines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
LEVERTY RETURNS WITH
 MANY BLUE RIBBONS

Alexander Leverty, son of Mrs R. G. Leverty, of 6O6 Washington ave- nue, has returned from Camp kina- pix, Me-, where he has been physical instructor for the last two months Accompanying him were seven boys from the camp In recent athletlc meet at Lowell, Me, at which Yale Harvard, Andover and Amherst ath- Ietes competed, MT. Leverty won six blue and two red ribbons. He leaves next week to enter Springfield Train ing School.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03

The Russian government ordered 200 one-pound automatic machine guns and 800, ,000 rounds of ammuni- ton to match. The order, amounting 2 to about $2,o00,0 900, was placed with the Poole Engineering Co. of Balti- more
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
BIsMARCK's GRANDSON
 WILL BE DIPLOMAT

Berlin, Sept. S-Prince Otto won Bismarck, grandson of the Iron Chancellor. has just passed his public school examinations at Plon, the most famous of the Prussian preparatory schools He expects to educate hirn- self for the diplomatic pro&sEEiaRs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
FHE PRET11Esr FACn

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 tsn saksEskuasasseg an uahiEatly warI. 1t can easily be removed in 8 few days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Remover. For sale only af The Cyrus Pharmacy. 41s Fairfsld mHA -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
The SOUTHLAND SCHOOL
As1 WAsHINGTON AVE.
MISS MARY J. MINER, Princips

Twenty fifth year begins Thursday, Sept 30. Attractive building, ade- uus.Le equipment, competent instruc
 tion Ask for copy of school booklet at your stationer's. Personal consul tation after September Is. LEA "tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03

All striking coal miners in South Wales and Monmouthshire, England, returned to work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03

N Custom $18 Suit Sale B NOW LYFORD BROTHERS BUY " East Side ana West End
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-25
a. L. Castle Receives Word
From Manager "Pat" Page
Arrive Next Week

Manager Pat Page and the Uni
versity OF Chicago baseball team are
coming to Hawaii after all, and on
short notice local series is being
rustled up which should furnish the
fans the best baseball seen here for a
long time.
But for A. l. Castles patience and
enthusiastic support OF high-cIass base
ball the visit OF the Maroons
would probably be a fiivyer. He
has been sending wireless after wire.
less trying TO get in touch with The
Chicagoans and find out whether they
were going out to the Orient by Homo
lulu or by the northern route He
couldn't set q reply.
I'll trysit once more, ae said yes
terday aftarnoon. and last night he
sent another wireless. And this
brought an answer from Page. The
team is coming, and it's due here in
That viii make necessary some
speedy work ~ arrange for grounds
and games but Mr.. Castle already has
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-25
.UNHEARDOF GUARANTEE
.s.FORMFARLAND. GIBBONS MEET

drawn larger gates but many famous
fighters including Nelson, Cans, Britt,
McGovern, Fitzsimmons, Ketchel. JEFF
fries and Corbett risked, and in some
cases lost, their titles before fisttc
gatherings the receipts from which did
not equal the sum set aside for Glib
bons and Mcfarland.
While the promoters are not hesi-
tating to put up a purse OF $4,000 for
Packey and Mike, a glance at the gate
receipts of other great battles makes
one wonder If the fight fans of New
York will be gullible enough to make
the combat profitable to anyone except
the fighters. When Jimmy Britt won
from Young Corbett in San Francisco
in March, 1904, the gate totaled $780,
245, and this was championship bout,
Corbett holding the featherweight title
he had taken from Terrible Terry"
McGovern, and Britt being king of the
Iightweights.
When Jeffries won in the same city
from the great Cornishman, Bob Fitz-
simmons, the gate took in $31,SO0.
Fitzsimmons took the worlds title
from Corbett at Carson City and drew
$4,000 for the house. Jeffries beat
big Gus Rubin and pulled $S0.800.
Nelson knocked out Jimmy Britt in
10 rounds at San Francisco and the
gate totaled $4,000.
Figures are eloquent and from these
figures of championship bouts 1t is
hard to see where the promoters are
going to break even on the Mcfarland
Gibbons go, particularly if $4,000 belt
is added to the purse, bringing the to-
tai to $4,000 which must be taken at
the gate before cent of profit is reg
istered.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-25
That the Belief in San Fran
cisco. Says Glenn E. Jackson,
Just Back From the Coast

THAT politics is playing promi-
nent part In the judging OF many of
the races at the Panama-Pacific Ex-
position Is one OF the main topics Of
San Francisco" says Glenn e. Jack
son Of the physical department of the
y. M. c. A., who returned a few days
ego from visit to the states.
jackson saw the relay races at the
exposition In which clubs competed
from al over the states. Teams were
present from the Boston Athletic Club,
the New York lrish-Americans, the
Newark Athletic Club. Chicago Ath-
letic Club. Illinois Athletic Club, Den
yer Athletic Club, Olympic Club of
San Francisco, the Los Angeles Ath-
letic Club and from several other or.
ggniza tions,
II do not know whether 1t was poll
tics or not says jackson, but l do
know that II was about the most care
less form of judging ! ever saw.
The judges didn't seem to know
what they were doing. or who was
who. For Instance. the winner of one
OF the races was so far ahead that he
was out IN the crowd before the 9TH
ers had crossed the finish line, and as
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-25
SANFRANCISCOHOT AFTER CRACK
SWIMMERS; SECURES GEO. ClNHA

two champions a desperate and con-
centrated effort is to be made to put
sharper edge on the fast swimming
Of San Francisco. During the Expo
sition athletic tournament this sport
has been the only one in which the
local men failed. When the cham
pionshps came to be apportioned
Billy Williams, the fancy diver, who
has now departed to Los Angeles to
join the !. A. A. A., was the solitary
man who was down for a national
title. And the diving is never so sat
isfactory an event to win, as the de-
cision is made on the opinion of the
judges and is not q straight defeat of
the other man by greater speed or
stamina that all the world can see is
victory In the other races fourths
and fifths. and not often these. were
the lot of the San Francisco cham
pions.
Lack of competition, cold water and
variety of other explanations have
been submitted to account for the
feeble display of the bay city aspir.
ants for honors. Sid Cayill. swimming
coach at the Olympic Club, declares
that this is all nonsense. He thinks
stricter training will help to some ex-
tent Certain of the champions would
have doubtless done better II they had
taken their work a trifle more seri-
ously. But there are other reasons,
and these are to be inquired into and
the whole matter discussed at a meet
ing of the swimming faculty of the
club in the near future.
Lincoln Johnston, the back-stroke
swimmer, had something to do with
Cunha to become a mem.
Der of the Olympics. The team that
will proceed to San Rafael on Friday
will include Ernie Smith, Lincoln
Johnston, Otto Schultz, George Cunha,
Gus Rissman and George Booth.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-25
Purse Of So, 500 Exceeds To-
tai Gates at Many Famous
Championship Bouts g

NEW YORK, N. VIEW heights in
ring finance were reached in the sign
ing of Packey Mcfarland and Mike
Gibbons to box in this city. These
two glove artists agreed to box 10
rounds without decision for a purse of
$32, 500, of which Mcfarland is to re-
ceive ST., 500 and Gibbons $4,000. No
title will be involved and even though
a knockout occur the. result will be
without championship value.
Under the circumstances the paying
$500 per minute to Gibbons establishes
what is undoubtedly new record in
limited round pugilism: Owing to the
boxing skill and reputation of these
modern ring generals the gate receipts
are quite likely to exceed by several
thousand dollars the purse and other
incidental expenses but there is moth
ing in local pugilistic history to war
rant the idea that the receipts will
approach the figures reached in IA
nous battles of the past.
The largest gate receipts ever re-
corded at a bout in New York were
$66, 800 taken in at the Jeffrfes-Shar-
key 25-round battle, fought at Coney
Island, November 3, 1899. The fight
between Jim Corbett and Kid Mccoy,
during the closing days of the Horton
law, under which some of the greatest
bouts of modern ring history were
fought, netted s56.350 at the gate.
Championship fights in Nevada, Aus
tralia and several other points have