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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
MAN HUNT COVERS
 2,00o MILE ROUTE

Akadelpha, Ark, Jan. 2--When. Deputy Sheriff Charles Still of How ard county successfully brought to a termination 2,oOo mile hunt he brought again to mind memories of border days, for he found his man near the rendezvous of the notorious Belle Star at Younger Bend on the Canadian River in Oklahoma
 A horse thief made way with a fine steed owned by James Buck. Still all times but being unable to make the capture. The culprit left this State and made a long detour north, coming back tol the wild country on the Canadian River, and sought re- fuge in the mountains close by the Belle Star. and her band of outlaws. The capture was made near the house built by this wild woman of border days,
 While in that vicinity stin took occasion to visit and inspect the | house. He describes it as being 8 large, two story, cedar log house built after the best pioneer fash ion and yet in a good state of preser- vation. A stairway from the outside leads to the secend story, which was formerly the gathering place for Ok lahomaB bandits and thieves. The l queen of this desperate band occu- pied the more sumptuous quartere on the firstf loor
 From the house a trail leads wind 1 ing up a mountain hard by, where sentries were once placed by the cunning Belle Star to detect the ap- proach of officers or enemies. Dep- uty Still says that the view from this
 mountain is very fine, not only in beauty but sweep of the entire eoun- l try for dozens of miles around. Near the house a fine spring of water i 91Sh6S from inc
 In the early days of Indian Terri | tory Belle Star was the most rom an I tic figure of the West. She could steal and ride and shoot after the
 most approved manne1 of Jesse | James, and as a siren she took first
 rank in the entire round of Indian 1 treservations Her band of outlaws
 were very faithful and served her as
 they would a queen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
SUNDAY SCHOOL AT FIRST CHURCH
 100 YEARS OLD

On Thursday the members of the First Congregational church cele- brated the tooth anniversary of the establishment of their present large and fIourishing Sunday school, by a special pageant, representing four important scenes from the history of the church and school
 The history of the church is inter woven with that of Bridgeport and Stratford, where it was first estab- hshed and where in 1640, the mother of one of it's communicants was burn ed as a witch. Rev. Charles Ray Palmer who resigned to become a member of the managing board of Yale universally was the most noted pastor of the famous old church. The present pastor, Rev. H. D. Gallaudet has been with the church for two years and is an active worker Much of the success of the pageant on Thursday was due to his efforts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
LOCAL MILITIA IN
 BRILLIANT REVIEW
Large Gallery Witnesses Pro. cession of Coast Artillery
 Corps at ArmOry.

The New Years review of the local companies of the Coast Artillery corps brought more than a thousand civilian visitors to the State armory in Main street last night and was a. most successful event. Mayor Cliff ford B. Wilson with Major Louis J. Hermann, commanding the local battalion. The 4th company was un- der command of Capt. A c. Bennett. the 11th company under command of Capt Elias s. Hall, IT,, and the 14th company under command of Capt. Louis J. Brague. A detachment from the Medical corps was also on the
 floor and took part in the review.
 The assembly was sounded at o'clock and the review began at SIS. were Capt. A. c. DengIer, U S. A. the new instructing officer detailed here by the war department Capt. F. w. Stevens of the medical corps and Lieut., Hugh M Bell of New London. Lieut.. William N Potter of this city was adJutant and directed the review.
 When the battalion had been pre- scented to the reviewing officers Mayor Wilson called out First Sergeant C1ar- ence L. Palmer and QuarterrnazteF Sergeant Johnson of the 4th company and presented each with a bronze ten plimented both sergeants on their long and faithful service and said the presentation was double pleasure to
 him since he had served fn the same company with them and had been their former commander.
 The colors were then brought into the line and the companies paaed in review before the reviewing party. Afterward the battalion was again formed and the major calling the of f1cers front and center onaplIulented them on the appearance of their men | and the snappy manner in which the ceremony was executed.
 Both galleries were filled with spec tators and more than 800 chairs were
 placed along the walls on both sides of the drill shed. An orehestra com posed of members Of the Coast ArtiI- Iery corps band furnished music for dancing which followed the review Refreshments were served in the com pany parIors and during the internais- sion between dances there was much visiting back and forth. It was mid night when the affair came to an end.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
HOW TO CLEAR
 AWAY PIMPLBS

Bathe your face for several minutes with ResineI Soap and hot water. then apply a little Resinol Ointment very gently. Let this stay on ten minutes, and wash oa with Resinol Soap and more hot water. fin1shing with dash of cold water to close the pores. Do this once or twicea day. and you win be astonished to find how quickly the healing. antiseptie Resinol medication soothes and cleansee the pores.removei pinpIes and hIaeloheads,and leaves ths complexion clear and velvety.
 ResinoI Ointment and Resino1 Soau stop itching instant1y and speedily heal skin hEi9aoFs, sores, burns. Vvoundl and chafing Sold by all druggist For free tFial ssRe, write Dept. 4S-R Resinol. BaatsnQres 9Ed.-AoE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
The aRube Circuit

Here Is a problem for the, wise men of the Hot Stove circuit to discuss:
 What is 'srube ?''
 R. Edgren, the sporting editor of the New York Evening World, in commenting on the comparatively recent battle (?0 between Sam'I Mo Vey and Battling Jim Johnson, hint ed that perhaps those gentlemen did not quite extend thInse1ves to the limit. By remaining calm and unir1- passioned, Edgren suggests, Mcvey saved Johnson from return engage l nents at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Boston and Milwaukee, ' and adds that stJeanette and Langford have l both played Johnson off the boards son the Rube circuit"
 Here we have ''the -Rube circuits' l defined by an eminent sporting au- thority as including the we'll known and populous metropol1i of PennsyI- vania, Massachusetts and Wisconsin foundation of fact. To our personal knowledge, Bob has travelled as far west as San Francisco, and he knows as we'll as anybody that there are no more .srubes.'. in the ordinary accept ance of the term, in the cities he names than in Gotham. Probably l less. In the matter of the boxing game frinstance, Bob will have to admit that the wise sports of New 1 York are tstung'' quite as often as the i cult ,"
 Defining the word s.rube,'' as used in our best sporting circles, is a dtffi- cult proposition Philadelphia, Pitts. burgh and Boston, while indignantly Edenying that they harbor any .rubes,'' will cheerfully admit that Milwaukee is probably full of them. But it wouldn't be heaIthful to sug-' l gest any such thought to 3, AIi1wauke ee l sport Milwaukee will pass the buck "A f (hegf.1 .1-< Y. 1~-. - pursue the investigation down to the l 6tiniest backwoods village you will I never find self-confessed rub e,s community.
 We are also told that the Feds are I doomed to failure because they have, in part, tsrube circuit..' The Ro- Ichester Times sport scribe recently i alleged that the Federal League can ineyer be given major standing with Itowns like Buffalo, Baltimore In
 dianapolis and Kansas City in the I circuit-''
 But why? Baltimore is the seventh city in population in the United
 States, and the census taker counted
 more human noses within it's limits than he found in four other cities
 the old majors Buffalo classes in l size fairly well with Pittsburgh and ] Detroit, and it is larger than Cincin-
 natl and Washington. Kansas City,
 counting that part of it on the Kan
 sas side of the line, is as large as
 Washington. Indianapolis is some 1 what smaller than any city in the old il leagues, but is far from being hope- I lessly outclassed.
 The Feds may go on the rocks from l any one of various reasons, but not 1 because 1t is .'rube'' circuit. I The search of Diogenes for an
 honest man was no more hopeless
 than the quest for erube'' town.
 Yet every big city, New York in
 cluded, has a large percentage of
 those creduIous persons per-
 sons, for instance, as those Bob Edgren described as giving. up then
 coin to see ssthe best imitation of a E fake ever slipped to the palpftatine
 populace of this burg at from $1 to
 $7 seat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
KETCHEL AND BOSSE IN
 DRAW AT ACORN SMOKER

Al Ketche1 and Freddy Bosse met in the star bout at the Acorn A. c. smoker yesterday. Bosse recently celebrated his return to the ring by beating Chick Brown in New Haven. Yesterdays bout was a, tame affair, as neither Ketchel nor. Bosse wanted to take chances. It was a good draw. in the opinion of most of those at the ringside.
 Size Singe knocked out K. o. Moran in the first round of another exhibi- ton and Dick Rowan put Battling Houser away in the opening round. Houser was substituted for Tom Flaw thorne. Teddy Hulbbs was unable to appear because of a badly inflamed ear. Xiii Alteri substituted for him against Dick Gill; The latter sent AIteri' to the land of nod in the third round. Several hundred saw the show.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
TILES HER SECOND SUIT FOR DIVORCE
 WITHIN FORTNIGHT

After ming Fhe suit and then with sizasviI1g it, HarrAet Nf Tfce Of Bethel has again brought divorce proceedings against William m Tdce Of Bethel.
 The svldt was first placed on the su- peEior court docket about two weeks ago and a few days later the clerk was notified that the action had been
 Nithdtawn- It was filed again today Srhe only explanation that could be obtained was the statement that tfere had been some mistake in the service of the first papers. lice is a prorni- nent Bethel resident He married the kplaintin in August 1889. Mrs Ttcess madden name was Haxrfet MuIvihill.
 Another divorce action filed today fsV as that of Joseph lucas of this city against PoIonia lucas of this city 1nfdelity is the ground. The couple
 were naarried May R4, 1908.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02

boxes more or less, and baseball is played not at all
 And football? Figures covering the football fatalities since 1902, GOV ering only1 that part of the United States where the American interco1- 1egiate game is played, show that the deaths resulting from the gridiron game in that restricted area have never been less than eleven a year. and have been as high as forty-four. Tt must be considered, too, that foot bali is played only during a small part Of the year. while boxing is a year round game. Since the beginning of the present century the death list for the American intercollegiate game has been about 25O, while more than ten times that number have been more or less seriously injured.
 Ehe real objection to boxing sim mers down to the fact that boxing is not usually considered gentle mans sport. 7 Many of tour very best people go to. football games which gives eclat to that sport, as AIso to polo, which is not absolutely free from danger to the participants 4 few people are killed, too, in motor racing. But so many .tcommon'' people are interested in boxing. Therefore, down with it!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
McGuire Reaps Fruits
 of the Merit System

s. F
 Philip Mcclure. Republican, / Of the 11th district and formerly an active worker in the 9th district has re- eeaVed as a New Y ears gift, his two weeks notice to s.skiddoo's from his position as draWten der at East Wash ington avenue bridge. MT. Mcclure was given the position during the first year of Mayor Wilson's first ada n1infatratton through influence of Frank G. Bogart, then health com missioner and A. J. Bodine, then su- perintendent Of streetst- He is a temperate man, has good record and has been removed by Director of Public Works Courtade on orders from the administration to make room for Joe Gasso, who failed of ap- pointment to the police force last nigh4 Gasso is a friend Of supt Bir. re11, who has charge of the bridges Neither he nor Director Courtade would discuss McGuire's removal to- gday Mcclure himself would not ssax whether or not he had his notice Ito. quit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
BANKRUPTCY COURT REFUSES SHERIFFS
 UNITEMTZED CLAIM

sheriffs' bills as we'll as lawyers bills in bankruptcy matters must hereafter be itemized in full, accord ing to a. ruling of Referee John w Banks iJl the bankruptcy court this morning. When the matter of De- Franko & Rotolo came up for final hearing on the trustees account to- day Judge Banks was greatly delayed by the fact that but few itemized statements were on hand.
 Bills for trucl1ing,F watchmen, etc., presented by the sheriff who had charge of the matter were Jumped in to one total figure, which was refus- ed by the Referee and formal an nouncement was made that iternized accounts only would be considered in the future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
FAIRFIELD REDMEN
 HOLD INSTALLATION
Nspeeial to the Earmer.) )

Fairfield, Jan. 2-Redmenis hall was crowded last night at the first real installation of officers by UnquOwa tribe No. 50, I. O. R. M. the first in stallation having been at the inaugur- ation of the tribe. Deputy Great Sachem William Peck and Brother Barnes of Konckapotanauh tribe of Bridgeport, were the installing officers. These officers were installed: SacheIn, Jacob Kf1han; prophet, Everett Ls TarFton; senior sagamore,. William Arnidon; junior sagamore George Mullins; chief of records, William Doyle; collector of wumpum, Harry Henderson; keeper of wampum. s. N. Nickerson.
 Following the emplihcation of the impressive ritual there was a banquet rendered the members at the Unquowa hotel with Landlord A. L. Donovan, member of the tribe, acting as host.
 A Redmen's cha-- and chain was presented to Everett L. TarIton first and retiring sachen of the tribe. He accepted it with a. few words of thanks and the expression that the tribe will give his successor as hearty support as it has given him. Attorney C1itus l H. King, retiring prophet, gave a brief address regarding the early set tlement of Fairfield, of the experiences of the settlers with the Unquowa tribe 1 of Indians, and of the passing of that forganization of the original Red men.
 An enjoyable New Years banquet was given by the members of Hook & Ladder Co., No. 1, last night. at the drehouse with Chief Henry Moor and the, other officers doing the henors. A feature of the banquet was the show ling of pictures by Everett L. Tarlton, fshowfng the apparatus and work o1 the Bridgeport Fire Department Dur ing the banquet the banqueter.s were called out to a slight fire at Benson barn. It was reported that the mem bership of the department is growing rapidly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
TORSO FOUND IN
 MARSH AT CONEY

E 4 "a
 New York. Jam. 2-Ex animation ear 1y today of the torso of the human body discovered last night imbedded in the dce in a. marsh near Coney Island, led the police to believe it was that of a. man The Torso was wrap ped in two burlap bags and patrol men and detectives searched all night in the Long Island meadow where the two bundles were found, in the hope of locating the missing head and parts of the body so that the iden- ttty of the supposedly murdered man might be established.
 The discovery of the bags was made by a boy who was passing near the spot. The boy led a. detective to the place who ripped open the top of Pone of the exposed bags. It contained the upper part of a human body. from which the arms had been removed. Lower parts of the torso were in the second bag
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
BELGRADE ATTACKED
 BY MONITOR FLEET

Paris, Jan 2-T7le Belgrade corres- Spondent of the Havas Agency in despatch dated December 31, describes the bombardment of the Servian capi- tai by four Austrian monitors which he says took place on Wednesday, His message follows
 Yesterday at noon the enemy's guns fired several shots on KaraBour- ana. One shell fell in the city, dam aging a. house. Towards 6 o'clock in the afternoon four Austrian monitors appeared before the fortress and open ed fire against it and the banks of the Save and Danube rivers. The bonlbardment lasted until o'clock Several more shrapnel shells fell in the city. The damage was purely ma terial"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
CAMPAIGN BEGINS
 TO INFORM PUBLIC
 OF LOCAL HOUSING
Rridgeporters Will Learn in Various Ways of How Con
 ditions May Be Improved.

Aftr several weeks of preparaf1on' the Bridgeport Housing Assoclatlon will next Monday launch its campaign
 publicity. which is to continue E rough six weeks It's purpose is to M before all the people of the city &5s sdtiors as they exist, what may be expected in the future If some pre- venfatfve measures are not adopted soon. and the whole campaign will be directed to the general end toward their energies. to make Bridgeport a still more attractive and healEhful place 1n which to live
 Tho Housing Association, after a thorough iuvestieat1on, finds that Brddgeport is a city ppdtnout sluJns, as these hot beds of poverty. crime and poor health arc knewn in other cit ies,Ss said Secretary L.eet B. Myers . But slI1nas are in the making in Bradgeport and the Hodnsdng4 AsSo- ciat1on hopes to arouse the people of tho caGy to the end of preventing the development Of these Objectionable a slarters The association is not seek ing to accomplish unreasonable or iIn- possible ends. It is possible for g3r1dgeport to be the only American a8 a. distinction worth wdzmtng.'s
 The publicity of the movement will be along numerous lines. It Wi1 be tnzer the general charge of the Hous- ing AHsociatfonas executive commit bee. or which David s. Day is presi- sdeaat. the Rev Herbert L. Gallandet, svdee president ana I5est R Myers. gen. eraI secretary Lannes McPR1etridge, of ITlntanapoIis. will be the general director of the publicity, he having Ebeen named for the position on the Necounme mendad1on Of the Russell Sage Formulation departrnez ezrt of surveys. of New york He has for ten years been in many civic, religious and plffan thrsopfc publicity campaigns in In diana
 The con1mfttee on newspaper public fly is headed by F. w. Bolande, Judge
 w. Wheeler is oh aiT1nan of the ad- vusory conmittee William R Webster lezislattve conamfttee; James IF. John son. street board committees William e Hasvfey, window display committee There will also be q con11nittee or public meetings with w. s. Lacey chairman, and on picture shows and et1ucattorla1 work among the foreigT populataon The headquarters of tht crapaagn win be at the Housing As. socdast1on ofIfees, 401 Connectfcut Ma tfoua1 Bank building.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
The Brutality of Boxing


 The California promoters who are threatening to attack the constitl1- tfonality of the anti-boxing law had better. choose some other dish. Some inquisitive persons might ask about the constitutionality of the law that permitted the persons who were in at the death of tsBuIr' Young and @Bat- ting Reddy to get away unpunish- ed"
 This brain throb from Beatty. in the New York Evening Mail
 Yeh. But maybe it is the same law that prevents the presidents and faculty members Of some of the greatest American universities from spending their time behind the bars Perhaps 1t is the same identical statute that enable our baseball mag mates to be ranked as respectable gentlemen instead of convicts. Pos sibly it is the law of human nature Which enactS that a man who en- gages in any sort of activity GUS tomary among humans has to take his chances. There is a chance that 1t Is the law of common sense which says that man shouldn't refrain from going to bed because so many people die in 'em So many people die in bed that the reformers rllly ought to pass a law against the deadly contraptions.
 When the proposed law against boxing was being agitated in CaIifor- nia, one paper published list of sixty men who had been killed in the ring t'in the last few yearss As some Of the cases cited were as far back as 1894--a1though the writer carefully refrained from giving the dates of any but recent ring fataIities=we may suppose the list covered at least twenty years. This list included both amateur and professional bouts in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and France Altogether, it proved that boxing is a horribly brutal and vicious pastime and peculiarly dead Iy.
 Sixty deaths in twenty years is an average Of three year year, as our staff mathematica expert figures it. Awfu-, Is ft not? Yes, 1t is not, when compared with the fatality lists of other sports.
 Figures recently compiled show that there were thirty-five deaths due to baseball. Of these twenty were fatally injured by pitched balls, five were struck by bats, four died of over-exertion, one was fatally in jured in sliding for a base, and one was killed in 8 fight.
 Nobody wants to abolish baseball and 1t is not usually ranked as a dangerous sport, but if statistics prove anything they prove that baseball is far more hazardous than boxing. Ii may be urged that more men and boys play ball than put on the gloves and this is probably true of the Do ninion and the States, but it must be remembered that the boxing fatality figures include Great Britain and France, Where nearly everybody
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
REV. B. |. WELLES
 TO WED IAN. 20


 Invitations have been received in this city to the wedding of Miss Frances Richmond Rose, daughter of Charles Henry Rose and Rev. Ed ward Livingston Wells on Wednesday Jan. 20, at 12 o'clock in St Johns Guests will be met at Saybrook Juno ton on the arrival of the train leav- ing New York city at S:2O a. m A reception at Comstock-C Cheney Hall. Ivoryton, Conn, will Immediately fol- low the ceremony. Rev. MT. WeIles is widely known in Bridgeport where he was for several years rector Of St Luke's P E. church in East Bridge port Rev. fg. Welles and his bride will be lat 1tene'' at the rectors, Gut1fUrd, after Adarch 1st
 There are dasls when the official dispatches from the war are nearly az correct as the unyerified rumors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
IoHN o,CONNoR

The funeral of John O'Connor was held from the residence of his aunt
 Mrs. John CIeary, 681- Main street, at 8:3O o'clock this morning and a half hour later from Sacred Heart church, where high mass of requi em was sung by Matthew Judge. There were many floral tributes. The bear CTS were John Sullivan, James Sulli- van, David Sullivan, Patrick O'Leary, Lawrence Shields and Michael C1eary. Burial was in St. Michaers cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
RoME's POLICE WATCH ALL FOREIGN VISITORS

Rome, Jan. 2-The government has ordered the police to keep a close watch on foreigners and to make spe~ cfal investigations of their doings while in the country. Many have been invited to leave the country as soon as possible and it s~ stated some will be expelled if they do not take the hint. The governments action, it l is stated, is due to reports of espion- age.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-02
Creditors Object to
 Mrs. Reich's Discharge
 From Bankruptcy

Owing to notification that objections to the discharge of Mrs. Rosa Reich from bankruptcy will be made by creditors Judge John W. Banks in the bankruptcy court this morning post poned the hearing until Thursday morning, January ', at Il o'clock, when Mrs Reich will appear for an examination