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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-17

2. $40,0oo. 900.
 Will you pfease give the origin of the expression the dark horse 2"
 There once lived in Tennessee a man. named Sam Flynn, who traded in horses and generally contrived to own. speedy nag or two, which he used for racing purposes whenever he could pick up a soft match" during his travels The best Of his hiers was a cos1 black stallion named Dusky Pete, who was almostsa thoroughbred, and able to go in the best of company. Flynn was accustomed to saddle Pete when approaching town and ride him into it to give the impression that the animal was merely a likely boss" and not 1ier.
 One day he came to town where country race meeting was being held and he entered Pete among the con testants Flynn moved among the crowd and took all the bets offered against his nag. Just as the filters" were being saddled for the race old Judge McMinamee, the turf oracle of that part of the state, was made one of the Judges Running his eye over the track, the judge recognized Pete and said t'Gentlemen,s there's a dark horse in this race that will make some of you sick before supper" Pete, '-tne dark horse" lay back until the three quarter pole was reached, when he < went to the front with g rush and won the purse and Fiynn's bets with the greatest ease.
 Please give brief outline of tne KieI canal and especially as to Its reconr structicn.
 In 1895, after eight years of hard work, the great canal running from the mouth of the Elbe, in the North sea, to the Fjord of Kfel, in the Baltic, a distance of about sixty miles, was thrown open to commerce. It had a normal width of T2 feet at the bottom and 22o feet at the water level, with a depth of 291h feet Although the locks when built were large enough to take almost all vessels, they were outgrown in time even by warships, and finally it was decided to reconstruct the canal, making it broader and providing locks that could take the largest vessel afioat, with plenty of room to spare. This work was completed in time to be of incalculable value to Germany in the present war The normal width of the canal is now 335 feet at the surface and IA feet at the bottom, with a depth of 36 feet. New twin locks have been built alongside the old ones at each end The work of reconstructing the canal cost $55, ,O00.O00
 What parts did Bismarck and Won MoltIe respectively play in the Fran co German war of 1S7o2
 Bismarck was the great German statesman of the period and creator of German unity; von Moltke was the 1 great soldier strategist and field mar
 shaL After the present emperor sue l ceeded to the throne in 1888 there be gan to be friction between him and
 Bismarck, who disapproved of his poll
 cy, and in March, 1890, the emperor l dismissed the chancellor.
 \ sel i ! Farmer Want Ads. One Cent 8 Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-17

want Ads. One Cent . w0rtl
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
DEATH REVEALS FATHER
Mrs. Margaret j. Gathers Believes
ID. y. Massey Was Her Father.

COLUMBUS, Ind, Dec. 13.-Mrs.
Margaret Jane Gathers. so years old,
who lives near Newbern. Bartholo-
NEW county, believes she is the
daughter of brewery A. Massey. who
died in Rush county last week at the
age of LOG. If her belief is true she
has lived within 40 miles of her
father for a half century without
knowing he was alive.
Mrs. Gathers father and mother
separated when she was three weeks
cid. but she remembered having
heard that his name was brewery A.
Massey. He did not tell where ne was
going, and was not heard OF until
during the Civil war when a brother
met him on a battlefield and asked
him what had become Of his family.
Mrs. Gathers had never heard of
him since then.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE
KEEPS LINE ON LIQUOR
Do Not Want Tangible Evidence
Returned to Hagerstown
i'm Any Form.

RICHMOND, Ind. Dec. 13.-The
Law and Order leaG:Ie Of Hagers-
town sent a letter to Sheriff Steen.
demanding that he issue a sworn
statement setting forth the DISPOSE
ton made of beer and whisky taken
by the sheriff in the raid of "blind
tiger" in Hagerstown several weeks
ago The sheriff this afternoon is
sued a sworn statement to the effect
that the beer and whisky had been
emptied into a sewer at the court
house in the presence of 10 witness
es. The blind tiger" raided was
the resort in which Arch Knapp shot
and fatally wounded william Will
liams, a negro, several weeks ago.
The Hagerstown Law and order
league was afraid the tangible evil
dence" of the blind tiger" might be
turred back into Hagerstown and
the members decided to keep a check
on it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
SUSTAINS BROKEN LEG
Kick of Horse Lays Up Ralph Stew
ems Of New WaVerly.

LUGANSPORT. Ind. Dec. 10
Ralph Stevens. son Of L. b. stevens.
formerly of this city. now a resident
of New Waterly. sustained broken
leg last evening about o'clock
when he was kicked by "A horse
which he was driving. Stevens had
alighted from the buggy in which
he was riding. supposedly to fix
some part Of the harness and was
standing close TO the hind legs Of the
animal when il suddenly kicked him
on the left leg. Stevens fell 10 the
ground and although he shouted
Justify for assistance, no one arrived
for 30 minutes.
An unknown farmer happened
along and assisted the young man
TO "a nearby house. An examination
showed the large bone i'm his left leg
broken between the ankle and knee.
The injured man was taken to his
home
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
WOMEN THREATENED
Poison Pen Cases at MuskegOn Are
Investigated.

MUSHROOM, Mich, Dec. 10
Two poison pen cases one in which
Mrs. Samuel Glover. a local woman,
was bounded by written threats that
she was 10 be killed so the writer
might marry her husband, and the
other one involving a 16-year-old
girl in White River township. near
Muskegon, who has confessed TO
having written obscene and threat
ening letters 10 enemies in Mon
tague and uskegon-brought Fed
eral inspectors A. II. Mackey and J.
b. MacSwain Of the Grand Rapids
district to Muskegon.
The investigation OF the Glover
case convinced the inspectors that
the letters threatening her had been
written by a man who hoped TO sep
arate her from her husband and
marry her himself.
Glover, who is an employe Of a
local automobile company, received
from time to time letters in which
he was urged 10 make a hunting trip
so that his correspondent might poi
son Mrs. Glover and her child and
leave Glover free TO marry the
writer.
Marked letters, placed in the home
Of a suspected person. came back to
the Glovers. but all efforts TO get a
confession from the man failed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
BLACK HAND VICTIM
Detroit Man Shot and Killed i'm
Front of Own Home.

DETROIT. Mich, Dec. 13.-Seven
men believed to be members of a
so-called blackhand gang, shot to
death Sam Ruggerllo. 20 years old,
as he was crossing the street in front
of his boarding house at All Lafay-
etee av., east.
According TO witnesses, six shots
were fired, two of them taking effect
in Ruggerilos body. one bullet en-
tered the right side and the other
struck the body just over the heart
piercing it and causing instant
death.
The police are working on the
theory that Ruggerello was a wit
ness to the shooting Of Frank Cas-
tigleone, police inforlner who was
killed by a "blackhand" gang early
last Sunday morning.
One man. a foreigner. is under
arrest on a charge of carrying con
cealed weapons.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
BELIEVE 100 TO $50
KILLED IN EXPLOSION

PARIS, Dec. 13.-The inquiry into
the causes of the explosion at the
Belgian governments huge powder
factory at Havre has taken the di-
rection of discovering whether it was
due 20 German Vaccinations in the
United States. Latest reports show
that loo to $50 persons were killed
by the blast.
Two hundred and nifty tons Of
powder blew up in an annex where
several boxes Of ammunition from
America were stored. An official
states tat short while ago one
such box was found TO contain an
apparatus intended TO cause its auto
matte explosion. Since then all cases
received from America had been
carefully examined.
Quite close TO the scene Of the
explosion is German prisoners
camp.
Property within a two-mile radius
of the factory was wrecked by the
explosion All the doors and windows
in the big Schneider gun works near
by were blown in, killing several
men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13

In buying this remedy, besides Sc
curing an absolute guarantee OF its
efficiency from these druggists you
also get about eight times as much
medicine as you would IN buying
most any Of the old-fashioned. ready
made kinds. which average from %
TO 3 teaspOOnsful. because soc worth
makes "A whole pint (12s teaspoons
ful) when mixed at home with sim
ply one pint Of sugar and one-hat
pint Of water. This remedy posi-
lively does not contain chlCrofOrm,
opium. morphine or any other mar
cote. II is pleasant 10 take and
children are fond Of IT, You viii
be the sole judge, and under this
positive guarantee absolutely no risk
is run in buying this remedy. Drug
e SITS every-W here are authorized 20
sell il under the same guarantee as
Schiffmann's famous AsthmadOr or
Money Back" If not perfectly sat
isfactOry. r. j. Schiffmann, Pro-
prietor. St Paul. Minn.-AdvG
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
HYPNOTIST STARTLES
PAW PAW RESIDENTS
Attempts Are Made to Have
Alleged Healer Arrested
For His Operations.

PAW PAW. Mich, Dec. 13.-Con-
siderable discussion has started here
and in adjacent villages concerning
the work Of a hypnotist at present
appearing in this city.
Branded a fake by many he is
still continuing the things they
claim TO be impossible. using reput-
bic citizens from this community as
subjects. with startling results.
An episode Of his engagement at
Lawton last week is particularly in
teresting. While there a man was
found in a semi-conscious condition
on the railroad tracks. When he
had been given food and shelter he
recovered and was enabled 70 tell
his story. he had just been released
from Jail in Kalamazoo.
Hiss arrest he said was caused
when a policeman thought him
drunk as he staggered up the street,
while in reality he was suffering
from neuralgia Of the heart. In this
condition. which the doctors verified.
he was later released.
The hypnotist took him in charge,
secured food, clothing and shelter for
him and gave him hypnotic treat
ments. The man left Lawton Sat
urday completely changed as a re-
suit.
Efforts have been made to arrest
the hypnotist but TO every charge
preferred against him he has been
a bic TO defend himself.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
BLUE LAW OBSERVED
Grand Rapids Hear Clang OF Lid by
Order OF Mayor.

GRAM RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. -.
because Pros. Edward +.
Barnard stepped in when the police
board ordered billiard halls TO open
Sundays and threatened TO prosecute
the mayor and board members.
Mayor George r. Ellis Saturday
night ordered Police Commissioner
Carroll 10 rigidly apply the Michi-
gan blue Law, passed in 1852.
Sunday all places of business in
this city of 10000 except drug
stores were ordered closed and all
except theater managers obeyed the
mandate. Every theater manager in
town Will be fined $40 and costs and
upon oper ing the third sunday will
lose his license.
Grand Rapids saloons have been
closed Sunday for 20 years.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
FOR BRONCHITIS, WHOOPING COUGH,
GROUP, COUGHS AND COLDS


II everything was sold in as liberal
and fair a manner as The American
Drug CO. is selling Schiffmann's New
Concentrated EXpectOrant. absolute
~ no cause for complaint or dissat-
isfaction could possibly arise from
anyone. These druggists say-"Buy
a bottle OF this remedy and try IL for
Bronchitis. WhOoping Cough, Severe
Cough. Group or any Bronchial Al
lection. and We will return your mon
ey. just as we do with Schiffmann s
famous Asthnador. If il does not
give satisfaction. or If not found
the best remedy ever used for any OF
these comp laints,' Why not take
advantage OF this guarantee and Try
this medicine, and get your money
back, rather than buying another
purely on the exaggerated claims Of
its manufactures or on the strength
OF testimonials from others and run
the chance of getting something
worthless and also wasting your
money
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
SEVERAL MlSHAPS
Hunter. Baby and Miners Hurt i'm
Various Ways.

ST. CHARLES. Mich. Dec. Ia
Nelson Smith, while hunting rabbits.
stumbled. discharged a shotgun he
was carrying and the charge shot
off the big Toe or his left foot.
The o-months-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs William Powell fell
from a chair and broke her collar
bone. The fracture was reduced
and the little one is doing we'll.
otto Geive and Martin Stepansky
while working on a cross entry in
the mine. were struck by falling slate
and badly injured. 40 bones were
broken Sut they are confined TO their
beds
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
MISSING MISS WEEDS
After Marriage She Phones Mother
and Tells of Ceremony.

FLINT. Mich. Dec. 13.-"Hello.
mother. we've just been married"
was the message that came 70 Mrs.
Mary Parsell after an all-day search
for her daughter, Winifred. Winnie
has been employed at the Office Of
the Michigan Light Co, but she
didn't go TO work one morning. When
she failed 10 appear at dinner, her
mother started a search for her.
Wildanger. heir to the estate OF his
father. the late John Wildanger.
They were married by Rec. G. r.
Bishop. rector of Christ Episcopal
church.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
AND MICHIGAN STATE HAPPENINGS
HERCULES HADN'T \ THING
on THIS CONTRACTOR

HARTFORD CITY. Ind. Dec.
81. p. oJnes. a local contrac-
tor has completed t7e task Of
moving am aerial tank. 120 feet
high. weighing 90 tons. "a distance
Of 40 feet and source Of
amusement for hundreds Of citi-
zens who had been watching the
work. has disappeared The tank
was moved for the Corrugated
Paper Co. TO make room for a
new addition 10 the factory. The
contractor simply lacked up the
steel derrick, loaded it on shoes
In which rollers were set. and
pushed IL TO its new location.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
REVENUE LAWS TO WAIT
No Action Expected Until After the
New Year.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Reeve
nue. legislation, except the action to
be taken in extending the war reve-
ter the new year. The democrats
will make an effort to hurry through
the proposed amendment to the war
tax striking out the last line which
extends the tax only TO the end Of
the present calendar, so that the
law will remain in effect indefinitely.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
FORMER TRUSTEE SUED
Prosecutor seeks 10 Recover $500
From Township.

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Dec. 13.-Suit
has been uied IN circuit court here by
Homer Hennegar. prosecuting attor-
ney. 10 recover $500 which James r.
NesS. a former trustee. is alleged to
owe Union township. The action was
brought at the instance OF the state
board of accounts. Ness is alleged
10 have misused school and civil
funds The amount sued for is only
part Of the money watch Ness is
alleged TO owe the township.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
BROKEN BACK FATAL.

LAPOBTE. Dec. 13.-After living
several months with a broken back,
George ID. Gustafson is dead at VAL
paraiso. Gustafson crept out OF the
boom Of a machine. He lost his
hold and the fall broke his back. He
was so years of age.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
BACK TO SIMPLE LIFE

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Far from
the glare Of Broadway, down among
the. multi-millionaires of Westbury.
L. l.. Eugenia Kelly Davis and her
dancer husband, Al, have decided TO
begin the back-tO-nature existence
they told of when they were mar
ried.
1t is said the couple will devote
themselves to raising thoroughbred
horses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
AGED WOMAN INJURED
BiCyCIiSt Crowds Her From Street
and Fall Hurts Her.

PAW PAW Mich. Dec. ia
careless cyClist riding on the side
walks after dark forced Mrs. Har-
riet Douglas from the sidewalk.
causing her TO fall and fracture her
shoulder. Mrs. DOUGLAS is an elder
Is woman and not strong Because
Of her advanced years her injuries
are considered serious. No trace of
the bicycle rider can be found.
after crovdine the woman from the
walk he rode away swiftly
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
EIWOOD PEOPLE GO TO
OHIO To HEAR RENIVAIIST.

ELWOOD. Ind. Dec 10
Three hundred church people left
on a special train for Bellevue, o.,
where they attended evangelistic
meetings in charge of George T.
stephens. who conducted a cam
paign here four weeks ago. one
thousand church people are eX-
pected TO participate in parade
through the business streets OF
the town.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13

STURGIS. Mich.-Ngr Marsh OF
the NJ. =. August store i'm this city.
suffered a broken wrist. broken
thumb and other injuries when he
fell through a trap door. after the
lights In the store had gone out. He
was after a fuse to fix the Fights
when he fell.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
EDUCATOR is INJURED
school superintendent OF Lansing
Shoots Self Accidentally.

LANSING, Mich, Dec IS. -
Charles p Cummings. superintend-
ent OF public schools and one OF the
states best known educators, acct
dentally shot himself Sunday after
noon with a shot gun which he did
not know was loaded and was clean
ing preparatory for a rabbit hunt.
Physicians say Mr. Cummings prob
ably will not recover.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
TURKS IN BALKANS
Join AustrO- Germans To Pursue Al
lies in Greece.

LONDON. Dec. 10 Turkish
troops said To consist of three divis-
ions have joined the Austro-German
forces at Dorian" says the Athens
correspondent OF the Morning Post.
They are 10 help in the pursuit Of
the allied troops should they be fore
ed into Greek territory. says the dis
patch. the Bulgarians Withdrawing
in order not TO arouse Greek pubic
opinion
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
NUNCIE ASKS WHO IS
WHO IN PROCEEDINGS?
r. Patterson, Formerly of
South Bend, Interests Him
self in Action.

MTTNCIE. Ind. Dec. 13.-The filing
OF Impeachment proceedings i'm the
circuit court against Mayor Rollin
Bunch By Thomas +. Patterson has
caused the law and order people here
90 wonder what il is all about, and
what Is back Of IL. Mr.. Patterson
filed the Impeachment proceedings
after he had called on Gov. RalstOn
at indianapolis. and after Patterson's
visit TO the governor. the governor
promptly gave out a story of what
ne proposed 70 do If the city admin
istration OF Muncie did not act
that is, suppress the lawlesness Of
this city.
The people here are specializing az
90 why the governor suddenly be-
came so active after Mr.. Patterson's
visit to him, and why a man who is
an unknown quantity here should
take the lead i'm a fight that the peO-
pie Of this city have been waging
for almost two years.
Is Newcomer
Mr.. Patterson is not a lawyer here,
or rather. he is not a member OF the
local bar association. lie APPLIED 20
the local bar committee for admis-
sion 20 the Delaware county bar and
was told that ne would have 10 take
an examination before he was ad-
mitted TO practice. He is a new
conner In ALuncie. He told the bar
committee he had been admitted To-
the practice of law i'm Michigan and
was informed that If he could fur
nish evidence 10 that effect ne would
not be required To take the exam
nation in this county. He has not
taken the examination. nor has he
produced the evidence that he is "a
,slzl,ber Of the Michigan bar He
i.as H. 0 office of his own, and when
ie came mere he was in the office of
II firm OF insurance agents and now
is working as a bond broker and in
srrance agent. lie never before took
any part in the cleanup campaign
that has been going on here for al
most two years. Mr. Patterson is
not a householder-he boards at the
home of O. +. Baldwin, a grocer. at
600 University av.. in Riverside. a
suburb of Muncie. and says he came
here from south Bend
What II the Motive?
The Civic league is not hacking
Patterson in his impeachment pro-
ceedings, the law firms of McClel-
Ian & Guthrie. W. II. Thompson.
Wilbur Ryman and Horace Murphy.
all OF whom have been active in as
sisting ;he Civic league i'm its work.
know nothing of Patterson or his
proceedings They do not under
stand why he should take it upon
himself TO see the governor in be-
half OF law enforcement in Muncie,
or why the governor should act so
quickly on information from Patter-
son.
The Civic league has wagei a hard
fight II got indictments against
Mayor Bunch and the greater part
OF his appointive officers. The Civic
league has had no assistance from
Gov Ralston; il has had no help
from J. Frank Mann. the prosecuting
attorney. As far as the people of this
city know Gov. Ralston has never
urged j. Frank Mann 10 do his duty.
never has suggested TO Mann that he
should discharge his chief deputy,
who is under "A dozen or more indict-
ments for graft and malfeasance in
office. At no point has the Civic
league received aid or encourage
ment from Gov. Ralston. as far as is
known.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13

LANSING. NIich.-The requisition
OF Gov. Hiram Johnson or California,
for George Roy Dawson OF Detroit
wanted in san Francisco on an en-
bezzlenent charges was honored by
Gov Ferris. IL viii take effect Tues
day noon in order that Sen. James
A NIurtha. Davison's counsel, can
institute habeas corpus proceedings
In the Wayne county courts.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13

OWOSSO. Mich.-Carl kritchin. 4
years old. who escaped from the
state Industrial school at Lansing
Tuesday afternoon, 10 visit his
mother in Detroit. was caught here
and returned 10 the school after hav-
Ing spent one night in \ box car.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
MARQUIS DIES ATT NINETY

LONDON, Dec. 13.-The Marquis
Of Abergavenny, a great friend Of
Lord Beaconsfield during that states
mans life. died saturday at Fridge
castle, Sussex. He was nearly 30
years Of age, having been born Sept
16, 1926.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
SHAKING NOT GAMBLING
So Decide TCrrc Haute Men When
Voting ON Dice Throwing.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec 10
A jury made up Of business men. de-
cided in city court yesterday that
shaking the box" is not gambling.
William Owens. a clerk in the Terre
Haute house cigar stand was arrest
ed recently when shaking dice with
patrons, and when the case was call
ed ne demanded a jury trial. The
jury took one ballot. it is said, and
voted unanimously for acquittal.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
AN UNUSUAL EXPERIENCES.

The Wise family spent the entire
day down town happily spending
their Christmas money saved in the
TRUST COMPANY
Xmas Club
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
PAY WEEK

This week is pay week for 2.O0o
TRUST COMPANY
Xmas Club members
THE LATEST
The most up-to-date Xmas Club in
operation in the United States at the
AMERICAN TRgST COMPANY.
-AdyL