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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
SENATOR NELSON. " TO-DAY.
a DESCENDANT OF OPERATES.

descended from a long line of
Norwegian pirates" is the descrip-
ton of his ancestry supplied by the
Hon. Knute Nelson, one of the most
senate has known in many years. The
Minnesota Scion was born in Norway
seventy-two years ago today. and
came to America at the age of six. He
made the trip with his mother in
Norwegian two-master, and was sew
the future had his first view of the
New World on the Fourth of July
The fireworks and other displays had
the effect of instantaneously trans
forming young Knute into an ardent
patriot long before had had discard
ed the wooden shoes of the land of
his orogin. Knute,s father came to
America first, but died on this side,
but the widow and her son followed,
and landed in New York with little
more than the clothes on their backs
Knute's mother had a brother in Chi
cago, and that was their destination
They went up the Hudson to Albany,
then by the Erie canal to Buffalo, and
from there in a little sfde-wh eeIer to
Chicago, then mere village in q
swamp. They had scarcely reached
the Windy City when Knute was at
tackled with cholera. Four of his
relatives died of the disease but
Knute recovered after a hard battle
He then attended school, delivering
newspapers in the morning and ever
ing, and, as he afterward said,
Learned the English language SO
easily that I have no recollection OF
studying it at ALL When Knute was
eight his mother, who had married
again, took him to farm in Wis
consin. There he came under the in
f1uence of an Irish woman school
teacher, Mary Dillon, whose father
had been wealthy in ireland, but had
failed and then settled in Wisconsin.
Miss Dillon spoke English, italian,
Norwegian, French, German and
other tongues. and was in many other
ways remarkable woman. She fired
the young Norwegian with education
| al zeal, and he worked his way
through Albion College. When the
civil war broke out Knute enlisted
| without consulting anybody and
marched away to the front He was
wounded at Port Hudson, La, and
captured by the Confederates In
1869 he went to Minnesota and took
/ up a homestead near the village of
Alexandria, still his home, and lit
/ tie later began the practice of law. In
1882 he was elected to Congress- in
/ 1892 he became governor of Min
nesota, and twenty years ago he took
his seat in the United States senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
IN CENTER OF ACTIVITY
SAINT QUENTIN UNHURT

Paris. Feb. 2.-saint Quentin.
where the British troops made q stand
that retarded the German advance
and facilitated Joffre's strategic res
treat, has been for nearly five months
within constant sound Of the guns
pounding at each other along the
line from Roye to Peronne, but, ac-
cording to news received by under
ground channels. the town has other
wise experienced little Of the rigors of
war. 81
Never has the city hall square been
so animated. The coming and going
of motor cars filed with officers is in
cessant as this is the headquarters of
some of the big gums of the German
army who are comfortably lodged in
the elegant villas of the Champs Ely
sees Every afternoon officers crowd
the pastry Adjustments, of
which the animation rivals the most
Enormous quantities Of tea. cI1oco-
late and cakes are requisitioned daily
and among the habitues none have a
better appetite than Prince August
William, the Emperor's fourth son,
who is always the center of the most
animated group.
The Emperor himself made a short
visit to st. Quentin, lodging at the
hotel Charles Basqufn on the Champs
EIysees.
The bank Lecuyer-Lourinais, the
Sardier Asylum, the Farvacques pail
ace, the Henri Martin Lyceun and
the Girls. Lyceum are constantly fill
ed with German wounded who are
sent to hospitals further in the rear
as fast as their condition permits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
LEGAL PROCEDURE IN
PARIS NOW DISRUPTED

Paris, Feb. Illegal procedure in
France has been disorganized by the
war. Lawyers and witnesses in
many civil suits are at the front; many
of them have fallen In battle and no
one can now anticipate the extent to
which cases may be confused by the
disa ppearance of parties as well as
witnesses and attorneys
Maitre fChenu. the eloquent attor-
ney for the Calmette family In the
Caillaux case, and former chief Of the
order Of avocats of the Partisan bar,
says that death certificates are such
an essential element in all legal pro-
cedure concerning inheritance. and
there have been already, and will be
the number of probable tangled es-
tates is inca1cuIabIe.
For the moment" Maitre Chenu
adds, judicial life in France is almost
entirely interrupted and will continue
to 1anguish until the end OF hostili-
ties. We don't regret it. Legal quar-
reIs would seem 20 us to be an at
that the war has sealed between all
the citizens Of France
The business Of civil courts is al
most entirely confined to the seQues-
! tration OF the property of German
and Austrian subjects and the list, al
ready long, grows every day, show
ing that the number established in
business in France was far underesti-
mated. Instead of the 5000 seQues-
trations anticipated the number may
reach nearer $4,000.
The practical suspension of court
proceedings gives Maitre Chenu lei
sure to use his pen and in the Partisan
press he is sparing no effort ITO de-
fend the Justice of the French cause.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
SEYMOUR HICKS, ACTOR
WHO LED COMPANY TO
FRONT, WAS A YESTERDAY.

Seymour Hicks, the English actor
who headed a company of Thespians
to go to the battle front and give
Tommy and Jean bit of after
Christmas cheer, was born at St.
Heliers, island of Jersey, forty-four
years ago He was the son of an
army officer, Major Hicks of the
Forty Highlanders, and it
| was originally intended that Edward
Seymour, as he was christened
should take up his fathers profess
sion. Young Edward had an entire
| ~ different ambition, for at a tender
age he was bitten by the stage bug.
The triumphs of the theatre appealed
those of the battlefield, and at six
teen he began his theatrical career.
He did not attain the goal of sudden
| flight, and it was only after years of
hard work that he began to attain the
recognition he craved. At twenty
/ two he was made principal light
/ comedian in the company of George
| Edwardes at the Gaiety theatre in
/ London. He remained there until
| 1898, and then appeared in ga Court
/ Scandal at the Garrick theatre. Up
| on concluding that engagement he
| tours. Upon returning to London he
was seen in Quality Street." f'A1ice
| in Wonderland and stSweet and
| Twenty At this period he aspired
/ TO become d 0ramaC1SC as wei as an
/ actor He wrote two dramas, cone
of the Best and Sporting Life,'' and
subsequently produced his own must
cal comedies, 1.-THE Cherry Grip and
| ''BIue Bell in Fairyland.'' Elaine
Terriss, who is Mrs. Seymour Hicks
! in private life, played the leading
roles in these productions. In 1904
| Mr.. Hicks collaborated with Cosmo
Hamilton in writing 1.-THE Catch OF
the Season" which scored big sue
cess, and had a continuous London
run of two seasons. Mr.. Hicks was
only twenty-one, and had not yet ar
rived, when he married Miss Terriss
a daughter of the late William Ter
] riss, a prominent English actor. Mr.
Hicks has visited America profess
sionally on half a dozen occasions
and has a host of admirers on this
side of the Atlantic. He finds his
principal recreation in his work, an6
is one of the busiest. of present-daH
| actors and playwrights. He ba:
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
FIGHTING AGAINsT a MERCHANT AlARlNE1

HE REPUBLICAN senators conducting filbuster pre-
Il vent the passage of the shipping present sorry
figure They fight the trusts group
American business who would absorb their
all business all Having signally
failed the country merchant private
ershp, these would having
tional merchant by peoples govern
men Some of this opposition numbers interests pos
essed of ships but which prefer to sail those ships
because there profits foreign govern
permitting treatment sailors not toll
national TO
business big little protect most bust
the determinations praeiced
favor. # the nation the ships there wa
tered stock bankrupt subsidiaries
indicted directors swollen freight rates.
of the who work ships.
viii att the of
age will ma n business treat
ment as fair and equal as it gives to the biggest2
it be that the people oppose this
yelled twenty years for mer
paid by public owned bv them
They the people pay that the
people shall own what they pay for
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
DIR. G. STANLEY HALL,
50 YESTERDAY RELIEVES
GERMANS ARE INvINCIBLE

DR.. Granville Stanley Hail. the
eminent psychologist and president of
Clark University at Worcester, Mass,
was born in Ashfie1d, Mass, Feb. 1,
1916, and will thus begin his sew
entieth year yesterday. DR.. Hall was
educated at Williams College, Union
Theological Seminary and the univer-
stiles of Berlin. Bonn and HeideI-
berg, and also studied at London and
Leipzig. During his student days in
Germany the Franco-Prussian war
was in progress, and the young
American acted as a newspaper cor
respondent. DR.. Hall announced at
the beginning of the present war his
belief that the German army was i'm
Vincible. He proved a poor prophet,
however, for in August he was quot
ed as predicting that the Kaiserss
army would be in Paris within two
weeks.
The head of Clark University add
ed that three things are at stake in
this war:
First. the Pan Gernanic versus
the Pan-SIav icideaI. Germany
and that the Slavs must push west
ward sooner or later. So she must
also push westward at the expense
OF France, and. as the S1avs unite, so
all Teutons including Holland and
the Teutonic parts Of Belgium and
l
unite.
Second, war strengthens royalty
/ and favors centralization. The sud
den development of democracy and
parliaments even in Turkey. Persia
Fand other lands the royalists like the
German Kaiser believe, means dis
/ indignation and weakness. SO that all
democratic and republican principles
viii suffer a setback If Germany tri-
/ uTnphs.
Third, in recent years under the
leadership of China and Japan, the
least has awakened. China has put
western culture in her tremendous
educational mills, and the yellow man
land oFientaIism are now beginning to
| push toward the center of the worlds
stage. This war, which will set back
all the good things civilization has
achieved, will accelerate the relative
ascendancy Of tbs Orient. and the
power of the west over the east is
sure to be diminished"
Dr. Halls birthday is coincident
with the celebration today of the CEN
tenary of the philanthropist who
founded Clark University.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
CARDINAL MERCER

Desire. Cardinal Mercier, the Bel
gian leader of Catholicism whose
Christmas pastoral breathed SO mi1i-
tant a spirit as to bring the church
man into confliet with the German
military officials, is a native of Bel
giu1n and is f1fty-three years of age.
While the Belgians in general are
shorter in stature than most Euro
peans, the Cardinal, like King Albert
is an exception to the rule. He
stands two inches over six feet in
height, and is the tallest man in the
College of Cardinals. He first came
into prominence in 1890. when he was
made archbishop OF Mech1in. He was
elevated to the sacred college in 1907.
The Cardinal attended the conclave
to elect a new Pope, and from Rome
he issued a call to Belgian priests to
Join the army and help to defend their
country He sought to return to
Belgium through Austrian and Ger
man territory, but was refused per-
mission to do so unless he would de-
clare that the tales of German atroci-
ties in Belgium were false The Car
dinars reply was TO give dates ana
places where, he alleged, such atroci-
ties had been perpetrated- Return
ing to Belgium by way OF Paris and
london. the Cardinal is said to have
treated the German invaders with dis
dain, and he was many times threat
ened with arrest. The pastoral IS
sued on Christmas, which again
brought the Belgian iPrimate into the
lime light. asserted that Belgium
would be saved, but urged the people,
in the meantime, to respect the rules
laid down by the Germans $50 long
as they do not transgress the liberty
of our Christian consciences or our
national dignity" The report that the
Cardinal had been arrested and placed
under restraint in the archbishop's
paIace at Malines was promptly de-
MED by the German military author
tiles of Belgium, but the runnor per-
sisted in spite of this denial.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
LIVING NEAR THE MIL.

Interesting and helpful conferences
have taken place between John D.
Rock efeller, Jr.. and labor leaders
following the recent investigation of
Colorado strike troubles. a better
understanding is promised Th1s
leads many newspapers to remark
very Justly that much industrial fric-
ton could he avoided, if capital and
labor could come into closer personal
contact.
The idea has grown UP among
many wealthy manufacturers ana
their families, that 4 factory town IS
not good place for their residence
more high society. The mill town
with its streaming crowds OF alien
and often bitter faces seems obnod-
GUS Thereby they quarrel with their
own bread and butter.
In the old days, the manufacturer
worked at the bench beside his men.
If his trade grew, he still knew his
men personally. He belonged to the
same fire company and benefit soc1e-
ty. His wife did charitable work
among unfortunate employees.
+ If there was friction a delegation
was welcome to call at the once.
They might start in angry, but con-
sessions would almost always De
made.
Today a great many mill owners
never listen personally to the story
of the life of their employees. That
story sounds very differently when
heard at second hand.
Success in business depends. on CO.
operation of employees That coop
Grafton can not be had by proxy or
secured by letter or telephone.
Manufacturing towns are not ne
cessarily bad towns to live in. There
is as much human sympathy there as
anywhere else. Under good leader
ship they can be well governed. John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., may not be able
to go to Colorado and live among his
miners. but nearly all factory own
ers would promote their own success
by living in the same town with theii
plants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
CHILDREN AND The MOVIES

INVESTIGATION conducted among 1913 school children
disclosed the not unsupported fact that all but five
six of them to the movies In the these children
$32 year this The children who had the
bank those who went the oftenes OF the
whole number, no had bank accounts This is about what
should be expected either
the belonged the most families Those
the largest usually spend the most AS
class, they the most.
nos cases, thought the pictures did
good any it. The pictures
morals and literature They
If there pictures that
they they the background against which
good clearly They make the mind active
active mi v1illp produce its benefits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02

actually to prvent the of the forbidden ships 1t is not
that the passage manestly difficult dan
gerOus.
An effective blockade having been established the vessels
of neurals have right break it, and do at peril
Perhaps blockade in the history of has been
effective against large territory than against
the South.
One of the most thrilling chapters in American history IS
the story of the blockade who took desperate chances
in the effort bring goods to the dying Confederacy
blockade that time cut England off from her sup
southern cotton Many thousands of English workers in
employment reduced to
likely large part of people will suffer
blockade instituted in the present
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
sAaOTHERING IT WITH KISSES

n N commission government that
WI veto last night honest effort
the Council to have commission charter prepared
submitted With loving kindness his excelleney
devotion to this excellent plan
them believing that good things ought to be killed early
they suied by with
world creased way upon which
government may slide to quiet grave.
put the question NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. any
charter is drawn-in three questions as folows:4-
Do you want commission government Yes.
Do want five sioners. Nc.
Do you want city manager Yes. No.
his excellency wants to
don't commission government
while those be
tributed among three questions
What slick Bridgeport
for the Common Council it received the Veto
senting vote
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
LAKE PATERNo LOWERED
Is FEET BY EARTHQUAKES

Rome, Feb. 2.-Earth disturbances
Of a minor naturet continue at Avez-
zano. One of the most important was
the lowering of the level of Lake Pa
ternof by sixteen feet after a vortex
had appeared in it's center. This is
interpreted as indicating subterran-
can eruption which in subsidizing
drew into the earth an immense vol
une of water from the lake
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02

made a financial as well as an artistic
success, and owns two London play
houses. His country place, THE Old
Forge" in Surrey, is noted for it's
beauty. There the actor spends his
rare vacations, with fishing and
shooting as his favorite pastimes
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
Ankletts and Leggings.

An Ankette of black wool to wear with low shoes
when little extra warmth is needed Just the thing for
the traveller for the otorst for evening for
easily removable in the dressing It straps under
the foot and covers instep and ankle, so cts.
Of plain black cashmere that comes above the knee
$1oO and 81. 35.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
PRIZE FTGHTER KILLED IN WAR

Boulogne. France. Feb. 2.-A1ax L4u--
do, the French heavyweight boxer,
known also as Ludovic Mercadier,
who brought out Carpenter, has been
killed in action.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
che DWRedd Co
Established 1857
Flouncings, Frills and Fal~laIs
for party gowns.

Frills and Flouncngs faunt themselves behind ths
backs of the retiring 'hobbe gowns. The hobble has
been relocated dim and distant past, behind The
soyen-age.' Now there rues in graduated series
may choose, which may be of a soft fness def
cately crisp
nearly always IN favor the top of popu-
larty. The socalled couIant designs most prom
inent
Net-top Flouncngs Of exquisite design either
white cream, and in all widths.
Iridescent beaded Nets and Flouncings of spark
ling beauty and make effective evening gowns.
Crystal and Jet combined is very striking and perhaps
makes the most brilliant of all beaded garments.
Embroidered Batiste Flouncings are delicate and
lovely.
Garnitures, Plastrons and Ornaments of unique de-
sign
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02

Among the missing In a casualty
list issued in London is Major Arthur
G. Morrison Bell, a member of Parlia-
ment-
The British navy's floating dry dock
at Esquimalt. B. C., capsized and sank.
The loss. is placed at $3.50, 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02

With 500 marines aboard the cruiser
Montana is steaming for Hayti to aid
in the protection of American interests
there
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02
THE REMEDY

T THE ADMINISTRATION of the Civil Service law costs
it ought remedy is to reduce the cost.
The of discovered until the Roraback
chine began to seek places its spoilsmen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-02-02

A compromise between the man
agement of the Armour Fertilizer
Works at Roosevelt, N. J., and the
strikers resulted in the return of all
the 1aiborers.
The Washington times., 1915-12-26

any subway train is answer enough,
There arc not many men there
whom you can size up and then
think Of in connection with, say, a
forty-mile forced naEch. How about
a bayonet charge? Most Of them
would be dead from heart failure or
helpless on the ground from sheer
exhaustion before they ever reached
the enemies fine.
OF course, in the cities, conditions
arc not fairly indicative Of the coun-
try at large. In smaller towns and
on the farms there are more men in
fair physical trim. But even there
the average is shockingly low. Let
us all make it our individual busiL
ness to get it higher, and we won't
have to wait until there is war to
reap the benefit.
The Washington times., 1915-12-26
GERMAN BARONESS
POSES FOR A LIVING
PennlesS In New York, Her Husband
Prisoner OF War. She Becomes
Model.
(NeO York Dispatch in Kansas CITY
StdrO

(NeW York Dispatch in Kansas CITY
starr
Penniless in a foreign city, her hus-
band a prisoner of war somewhere in
France. the Baroness Won Freytag-
Loringhoven. young and radiantly beau
tiful. has been driven to pose as a
model In the mems life class in the
New York School Of Fine Applied Arts.
Her husband is a lieutenant in a rezi-
ment Of German Uhlans Hts father Is
Maj. Gen. Baron Professionalism
on the German general staff.
why do. ! pose?" she said today
THE answer is so very simple. l was
penniless. My husband aad l. and he
is wonderfully amiable, do not get along
together well, but what matters that
now? He is in France and am here,
| have been making my own living since,
last summer and working very hard, but
care not. !, who never worked, find
that this being independent is so inter-
esting / see that life Is so well worth
always for self-expression. / paint pic,
lures, hut they do not sell as yet. They
perhaps never will. AZ 1 stand in my
place on the model throne feel within
me the rhythm OF life. | could dance,
but one must have lessons.
80 that is why 1 have gone now to
the German consul general to- ask that
receive some allowance because my
husband Is prisoner in The hands OF
the enemy"
At the office Of the German consulate
1t was said that the case of the woman
presenting herself as the baroness Frey
tag -LoringhoVen was being carefully in
Vestigated. 1t was said that the family
was very wen known one and that
Maj. Gen. Freihern Won FTeytaE-i.or-
inghoven was one of tne general staff
OF the German army.