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The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
Library Gets Esperanto Books.

y collection of about sixty different
titles in E$p"raHt" las recently been
presented /" tn" Public Library 10y tn"
Washington Esperanto UnuiCo through
its secretary. \. Mayor. Til" collection
Includes Esperanto Transitions Of such
known works - St"vrusou's Doc
tor Jckyll and Mr.. HNde.' "Trinc'S In
Tune With til" Tmfinitc. and many
other works Of famous writer's of diff
fereni natiomalitics. Ihs"n. Molier".
RuSkin. TolStoI. aud charles Dickens
are among the authors represented.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
Daniels Saves Million.

Secretary Daniels said yesterday
that he had made a saving of about
S1,1O3.766 in the cost of special treat
ment of steel and other structural ma
terial for the battleships Arizona and
California. The total amount of special
treatment steel needed for the Cali
fornia was $4,000 pounds. Mr..
Daniels said: IF that amount had
been purchased at the price. 12.6S cents
per pound. paid for the New York's
material when there was no compete
tion. IL would have .27s The
actual cost for the California material
was $S25.774. showing a reduction in
cost Of $S35.505."
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
Cutter Sent to Porto Rico.

The squadron of American govern
ment vessels at Forto Rico. available to
restrain ships of belligerent nations
from attempting to so to sea, was aug
mented yesterday by the arrival at San
Juan of coast guard cutter Algonquin.
according to wireless report from the
cutter received at coast guard head
quarters here.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
NORA BAYEs MAY WIN DIVORCE
Referee Recommends Decree Against
Third Husband of Actress.

New York. March 25.-If the recommen-
dalton Of William j. Burk. as referee. is
confirmed by the Supreme Court, Nora
Bayes. the actress. will be free to con-
tract a fourth marriage. Burke's report.
filed today, finds that the actress is en-
titled to a decree from her last husband
because Of his misconduct with an I'M
identified woman
Miss Bayes sued under the name of
Eleanor X. Prince. His stage name is
Harry Clarke, but his name as defend
ant In the divorce action appears as
Harry Prince. He married Miss Bayes a
short time ago. after her divorce from
her second husband. Jack Norworth.
Clarke filed an answer in the divorce
proceedings in which he denied the
charges.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
Capital Aids War Victims.

According TO a report on the shipments
of dressings to relief agencies in the war
zone. received yesterday by Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins. chairman of the District
section of the Woman's Department of
the National Civic Federation. through
Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard. chairman of
the surgical dressing committee, 1.25D
pounds of old linen have been sent from
the Capital.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
HER $4,000 GEMS RETURNED.
Vanished q Month Ago. Come Back
As MysteriOusly.

los Angeles. Cal, March 25.-It is re-
ported that portion of the diamonds
stolen from Mrs. A. II. Smith, wife of
the president of the New York Central
Railroad, while stopping at the Beverly
Hills Hotel. Beverly. Cal, month ago.
have been returned as mysteriously as
they Were stolen.
Some reports stated the diamonds were
worth $1,000.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
AIR RAID ON CETTNJE FAILS.
Austrian Filters Driven on; Bombs
Kill Nine at Antivari.

Cettinje, Montenegro, March 1.-TWO
Austrian aviators attacked the Monte
negrin towns OF Antivari, Virpazar, and
Niegushe on Wednesday morning, and
later in the day attempted to fly above
CcttinJe but were driven of by three
Montenegrin aeroplanes The Austrians
dropped thirteen bombs upon Antivari.
six upon Nirpazar. and two upon Mic
gushe. Six civilians and three soldiers
were killed at Antivari.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
Thieves Bind Girl; Turn on Gas.

New York. March 25.-Two disgrun-
tied thieves who failed to find any
booty in the apartment of Mrs. Re-
becca Herman in Brooklyn. today. be-
came so enraged that they bound Is
year-old Rosie Herman to table and
turned on all gas jets in the house
They left the girl to her fate and she
would have been stified to death but
for the timely appearance Of q neigh
Dor
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
War Developments
Officially Reported
FRENCH

Paris. March 25.-ToniGhts official
communique says:
The day passed quietly. With the
exception of the repulse Of a German
attack at Notre Dame De Lorette,
there is nothing to report"
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
U. S. to Send Blockade Note.

The note in which tn" nit"d States
Is TO present to Great Britain and Franc"
it, views on the allies virtual blockade
of Germany is in tn" final stages "f prep
aration. 1t is expected to go forward to
London and Paris soon. probably by the
f.,l Of IL, M.nk
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
Changes in Personnel.

IN the Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce probationary appointments
have been given to Oliver &. Moles as
expert assistant in foreign trademark
at s1.4oo. and to Miss Beatrice Bulla as
clerk (translator) at 81 80.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26

which are called shallow. but which are
the Navy Daniels, who followed Presi-
be SO latitudinarian that it does not I'M
derstand Methodism. When men who
claim to have a monopoly of liberalism
say that Methodism is narrow, they
should remember that the way Of right
eousness itself is a straight and narrow
path. Let us hold fast to the old faith
and the Old creed and seek new inspira-
ton to put into practice their principles"
Educational Center Turns.
The educational center OF the world
is turning to America" said Bishop War
THE commercial center already has
vast responsibilities. We must make up
in service what the warning nations are
prevented from doing
Il believe the United States Is as
much a chosen nation of the world as
ever Israel was" declared Rev. DIR.
John NJ. Moore, of Nashville. Tenn.
God chose Israel to preserve his faith.
and he has chosen the United States to
serve as his great sower of the word
of life"
At yesterday mornings session Rev.
DR.. Z. V. Register. secretary of the
conference, resigned after twenty-five
years of service.
There will be business session this
morning, and tonight Rev. Dr. w. F.
McMurry, of Louisville. Ky, will speak
on church extension work.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
WILSON SAYS SHIP OF
STATE WILL NOT ROCK

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22
Mother Brook.

After nearly three centuries of use fulness Mother brook, the first canal dug in this country, still finds itself utilized to some extent. though the re quirements which brought it about have long since passed Its consruc- tion was undertaken and completed by the hardy citizens of Dedham, Mass, in 1889, to provide water for mill pur- poses. The artificial waterway was constructed to connect the Charles riv- CT with East brook. covering a distance of about a mile. It was a great un- dertaking for those days, when every foot had to be excavated laboriously by hand, but the work was carried out with the usual determination marking the settlers of the day. The canal winds round the highlands of the town, and on both sides, extending all most to it's border, may be seen well kept gardens.-Exchange f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22
Seek Three Escaped Lunatics Here; Find
 One In Local Hotel

Three escaped Iunatics reported to have been seen in Bridgeport occa- stoned much alarm to the authorities of the polices and charities department last night and early this morning un- til the arrival of keepers from the Nor wtch and Mfddletown institutions who assured the departm here that the fugtives were not dangerously in cnned.
 Descriptions of the men furnished by the insane asy1umss were received yesterday afternoon, and resulted in the capture of Thomas Burke in the Annex hotel, Water street, early this morning by Policeman Suponski and Charities Investigator Alexander Nor rissey. He was returned to the state hospital for the insane at. Norwich by Keeper Michael Nolan, sent here to aid in his capture.
 Officers from the Midd1etown In sane asylum are in the city prosecut- ing search for two men of low mem tality who made their escape when given the privilege of the grounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22
NEW JERSEY BOARD
 FOUND CONCRETE TO BE BEST FOR ROADS
Special Investigators Into Merits of Various Pave ments Emphasize Necessity For Honesty in the Administration of Public Funds For Pave ment Contracts

<rhe New Jersey legislative commit tee consfdered* the claim that War renite is the best pavernent,'' an as sertaon so freely made for the benefit of Bridgeport taxpayers. and found it own type to buy. when the price went above 90 cents a square foo1
 But when the committee compared bftum1nous concretes, Warrenite and other kinds, with concrete pavement their opinion was in favor of concrete, as cheap to build, very cheap in main tenance and long in durability.
 The views of the New Jersey com mittee with respect to concrete are in part as follows
 Interesting and instructive facts were presented relative to the use of road surfaces Since 1909. 1t seems, there has been a very good increase of the amount of road building of this type throughout the country, as shown by statistics presented to the committee by Percy H. Wilson,< the secretary of the Association of Amer jean Portland Cement Nfanufacturers- In 1909 there was 688, 900 square yards Of concrete road surfaces in the country, The latest statistics col- lected showed 14.645, 421 yards. It is scontended that these roads can be kept in repair with a maintenance charge as low as $& year. Some concrete roads built in New York in 1912 failed because of a poor mixture and imperfect supervision. Tn 1914 one hundred and fifteen miles of these roads were under construction in New York Ohio has just finished IFS miles of concrete road. California has BAT miles The most important thing. 1t seems, is the preparation of the sub-base, so as to provide prop er drainage. The standard specih- cation requires a thickness of five in ches of concrete at the edges and seven inches in the centre, the mix ture consisting approximately Io of one of sand and three parts of broken stone or gravel Expansion joints are provided at distances from thirty to fifty feet. These joints, as well as such cracks in the roadway as de- eve1op from time to time, have to be occasionally treated with tar. which is practically the only maintenance required on a concrete road When cracks occur 1ongitudinally they are due to faulty drainage which should have been anticipated in the prepara- ton of the road base. Aside from questions of drainage and grading in yo1ved in the preparation of the road bed, the cost of. constructing a. con crete road would average about nine ty-sevens cents square yard. MT. Wilson was asked to summarize the advantages claimed for the concrete type Of road and he did so as fol- lows:
 It has the advantage first of a
 low crown, which brings the en-
 tire width of the road under traf-
 hc conditions; it is adaptable for
 aIlscouditions of weather and for
 every class of traffic: it is self
 cleaning and, therefore, sanitary;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22
-
 kArisn,atic Lake.

Prismatic lake, in Yellowstone park, is the most perfect spring of its kind in the world. It rests on the summit of a self built mound, sloping gently in all directions. Down this slope the overflow from the spring descends in tiny rivuIets, everywhere interiaced with one another. A map of the mound resembles a spider web with the spider (the spring. in the center. The pool is 25O by 300 feet in size. Over the lake hangs ah ever present cloud of steam, which. itself often bears a crimson tinge, reflected from the waters below. The steam unfortunately obscures the surface of the lake, and one involun- tariIy wishes for rowboat in which to explore it's unseen portions. Whenever visible there is varied and wonderful play of colors, which fully iustifiess the name. = 'FThe Yellowstone National Park" by Hiram Martin Chittenden, Brigadier General, U. S. A., Retired
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22

holding political views opposed to those held by party, will not be swayed thereby in determining the questions submitted to thenn.''
 The foreman of the jury in a, state nent said:
 t.After the first ballot we stood Il to I in favor of the defendant. Those figures were never changed-Mr. Burns refusing to change his vote-until this morning.
 Except MT. Burns. the jurors who voted for the plaintiff on the first bal lot did so they said, because they did not want to appear that they gave in sufficient consideration to the great mass of evidence that was presented during those five long weeks.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22
Making Tin.

The tin of trade is not pure, but has in it a little iron, lead or arsenic Tin is a metal of chemistry. opTinG1psl ore is called tin stone or tin oxide and is made up of tin and oxygen. To Oo- tain the tin the ore is heated in fur naces with charcoal. The carbon of the charcoal unites with the oxygen of the ore, forming carbonic acid gas, which passes off into the air, leaving the tin, which melts and is drawn of and cooled in iron molds. This is called block tin. Tin ore is chiefly found in Cornwall, England; Banca, in Dutch Hast Indies; Malacca and QueenslaTaa and New South Wales, in Australia Tin was used by the ancients- The Phoenicians obtained most of their tin from the British isles When the Ro- mans conquered Britain. they worked the tin mines in Cornwall by means of slaves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22
NOTICE

Taken by virtue of an execution to me direct and will be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder, at the public sign post in the Town of Bridgeport, fourteen days after date, which will be on Saturday, the 29th day of May, 1915, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy said execution and my fees thereon, the following de- scribed property, to wit:
 1 safe, 1 desk. 1 electric motor, l set of switches, 1 starter, Sale to be held at 157 Stratford avenue in said Bridgeport.
 Dated at Bridgeport. this 18th day of May, 1915.
 JOSEPH F. WELLER Deputy Sheriff of the County of Fair
 field. aa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22

1t is a road which is not s1ippeAy
 and which doesn't go to pieces < in holes and it presents to both
 automobile and horse traffic a
 fine surface and is always in con
 dition in spite of weather for
 traffic.
 e. How do you, answer the
 criticism that it is very hard on
 horses?
 A. This criticism has come <up
 a number. of times and is always $ made by people who do not use
 the road. After the road is put
 in shapesIit is found that the
 tractive resistance is lowered,
 and farmers find that where it
 took two or three horses to haul
 their produce to market previous ze 1y. they can do the same work
 with one The concrete road all
 ways presents a firm surface for
 a horse to put his foot on, and a
 low crown to prevent side slip
 ping and it is not slippery These
 things make it an advantage to '
 horse drawn traffic.
 It is easy, it seems, to put the biz =tuHpinous top on a concrete road, and this has been done in many cases. Maryland does it on practically all it's concrete roads. This is usually ac-
 
 tar with chips in it and the coating is not over one-quarter of an inch thick. It costs about ten cents a square yard.
 MT William Mcintyre, a Phi1ade1- plaia engineer employed by the Port land cement manufacturers, testified to acting as special inspector on the Morris Turnpike a concrete road about one mile long running through the village of Stewartville in Warren county. It was built in 1912. with state aid. It cost ninety-f1ve. and one-ha1f cents per square yard. It is in good condition today except for certain longitudinal cracks which had developed because of imperfect drain age. These cracks had been tarred. and offered no impeachment to traffic. If the side ditches had been properly cleaned out by the county authorities there would have been no drainage trouble. The cost of repairs on the road after two years had been $48.6O.
 Comnissioner Stevens, when on the stand indicated a disposition to favor the construction of concrete roads in the future, and referred to having given aid last summer to the construc- ton of the Roosevelt road, a concrete highway in Midd1esex county. It cost ninety cents a yard.
 Concrete needs to be honestly built. So does bituIninous concrete. But to the construction of the latter type of road honesty is necessary. There must be city officials strong enough and honest enough. to see that the city gets good work.
 \ The concrete highway is a competi- tive highway. It can be built by home contractors, as well as anybody else. It has fatter surface, isn't slippery, will last longer and if it is desired to silence it, it is not necessary to lay a Warrenite surface, at $1. 36 a, yard, but a silencing coat can fe put on at ten cents a yard or so.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22
CITY COURT

Sy1vanus Locke, head of the Locke Steel Belt company of this city, was discharged from custody on charges of reckless driving by Judge Wilder this morning. who ordered that a noIle be entered: No evidence was sunnIitted.
 Louis Coles of New Haven, charged with annoying his wife,, was ordered to leave this city within half an hour. He declared that his breach of peace was instigated by the fact that he loved his wife who did not. reciprocate the feeling.
 John simla, driven for the Sprague Ice & Coal company, charged with cruelty to an animal, which he beat with the butt end of a whip yesterday, and in turn received a. beating by three witnesses to the affair, was fined $15.
 Jacob Lavin, S7a Pequonnock street, charged with assault on Fannie Pin sky, STA Howard avenue, last night, was discharged from custody when the woman refused to answer Ques- tions propounded by the complainant witness. The assault is said to have been the result of a long standing feud between families which has resulted in many assaults.
 Helen Smith and Loretta, Walters accused of theft from the person of Harry M. Roberts, were held for trial today before the superior court Bonds were set at $500.
 Though his witnesses were not pres ent after one continuation of the case of Louis Gsreenspun, 199 Parrott ave- nue, driver for the Locomobile com pany, the state placed it's witnesses on the stand to prove reckless driyine, when he struck E. E. Dilliston, teller of the Connecticut National Bank at Wall and Main streets. The case will be heard on Tuesday.
 Peter Lesko, John Jukas and John Lispko, all of Osborne street, were fined $54 and costs for an attack uDon Andrew Singer, 150 Osborne street. May f, resulting in his being confined to the Bridgeport hospital until to- day.
 William Ferris, accused upon two counts of burglary, waived examina- tion, and was held for trial in the su- perior court under bonds of $500
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22
]. K. WINS;
 BATTLE TO GO HIGHER
zecontlnuad from Page 1.)

1Continued from Page 1.) HnalIy agreed upon. The first ballot Twas g to in favor of the defendant and those figures were maintained for about i've hours.
 Before Col. Roosevelt separated from the Jury he turned to it's members and said:
 'Gent1emen. this is certainly a typf- calAmerican verdict. want to thank you again
 Juror Burns Cheered.
 A crowd at the door of the court house cheered Juror Burns as he left khe cbuildings John M. Bowers, chief iOf 4ahe Roosevelt counsel. issued the following statement by authority of Col. Roosevelt:
 .The verdict of unanimous jury is that Theodore Roosevelt had justified the entire article in suit.
 The victory that MT. Roosevelt has won is a victory for good government. The issue put to the jury was whether 1nael1ine government or government by the people should prevail and the hatter has prevailed. The article in suit was held by the court to be libel lous in two aspects:s
 s'First-Because 1t charged a cor rupt political alliance between William f Barnes the Republican leader of the state, and Charles Murphy, the Demo cratic leader of the state, in relation tosthe state government (This the judge held was the meaning and pur- port of the article taken as a whoIe).
 "Second-Becapse the article charg- ! ed that the plaintiff had worked through q corrupt alliance between crooked business and crooked politics. The jury were further instructed that they must render a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, unless they found that I the defendant esta blished te their sat- isfaction. by a fair preponderance of evidence. that both charges were true. This burden was successfully borne by MT. Roosevelt.
 ssNo Politics In Verdict''
 1'It is impossible to determine at this time the faT7Eeaching extent of4-tnis verdict for good agoyernne nents4-1e.fss
 s-'The verdict certainly assures us that the Anglo Saxon system of deter mining questions between 1itigants is ghtly lodged in the hands of a jury Of 17 meHk
 ndoeovar- it determines that jurors blTrrsF= stATssz 2 N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-22
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Dorothy Stanton, daughter of Mrs. Florence Stanton of 435 Golden Hill street and William Webb, son of MT. and Mrs. George Webb of Nau- VOC, H., were united int marriage at 4:30 this afternoon before an assem- blaze of prominent persons in St. Johns Episcopal church. Rev. Ste-s phen Fish Sherman. rector of the church performed the ceremony.
 Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides aunt, Mrs Charles F. Wood, 67 Wash ington avenue. White 1iIacs and pink and white peonies were used exten- church. The rare point and duchess lace on the brides handsome costume and veil had been worn by her grand mother S
 Miss Emily Sanford was maid of honor and. Peggy Hall and Violet were flower girls. The bride pre- sented her maid of honor with pair of broque pearl ear rings and the flower girls with seed pearl neck laces. The best man was Theodore Crisp of New York. and the ushers, McQuistfon of New York, Ralph Blackburn and Harvey Irving of this city. MT. Webb remembered his att tendants with amber cigarette hold CTS with silver ferruleS,
 A program of wedding music was played before the ceremony by the or ganist of the church Alvin c. Bruel and during the reading of the ser vice an appropriate selection was softly rendered. The usual process sional and recessional wedding march es were played.
 The home of the brides aunt where the reception was held, was attrac- lively decorated with various spring blossoms. The flower girls presented the guests with boxes of wedding cake.
 Following a bridal trip of several weeks the young couple will return to this city and occupy Mrs Stanton's apartment while she is away at her. caI1p- in the Adirondacks. In the autumn the young couple will estab- fish residence in this city.
 Invitations were issued last even ing by MT. and Mrs. Francis Hugh MacfarIane of Folly Crest Black Rock for the wedding of their daugh- ter, Miss Natalie Banks Macfarlane to Ernest Carlisle Hunter, son Of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Hunter of Fulton, N Y. Both the marriage ceremony and the reception that will follow it will be held in the Hotel Stratfeld Saturday evening, June 12. The ser vice will be, at o'clock s.5st. rtorvfcE ] Miss Macfarlane will be attended | by Miss Gladys B. Macfarlane, her sister, who will be, the maid of hon. or. The other attendants will be Mrs. BayaFd Boyd Webb of Brook l lyn, Miss Elizabeth Gibbs of Brook 1 line, Mass, Miss Josephine Lynge