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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
AERIAL WAFARRE.

The experiences of the war up to the present date have shown that aeropIanes carrying an expert rifle shot can generally bring down an op posing aeroplane, if the first machine is the superior of the. second in speed aviators during the present war have had several successes in this work and this would appear to be the quick est and most certain way of driving of hostile aeroplanes from any threatened area Of attack.
 It is satisfactory to note, therefore, that the English machines are lbeliev- ed to be more strongly built and more powerfully engined than the German machines.
 Whether aeroplanes will be equal Iy effective for defence against a1F- ships and Zeppelines remains to be seen. Owing to their greater speed and manoeuvring power, they will al- ways be able to take up any position they wish with regard to the airship- Since Zeppelines have been provided with guns on the upper deck. however the possibility of dropping bombs up on them fro maboHe, at close range, is largely dirninishe hed@and the difficulty of striking them with the bomb, if the aerop1ane keeps several hundred feet above the Zeppelin at a, safe height will be proportionately in creased. Parallel attack by rifle-flre on the personnel of the crew. and on the gondola containing the engines. will also be rendered more danger ous to the airmen. It is dOubtru1 therefore if aeroplanes will prove as useful or effective as at one time hoped against Zeppelin and airship raids.@John B. c. KershaW, in the Engineering Magazine for January
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
otherwise.
safety First Enorts.

Activity on the part of many rail- roads to lessen the number of fatal accidents on their lines is bearing fruit The New York Central Lines took the quesction up with justices of the peace and police court magis- trates armed with statistics. News papers were urged to give the cam paign publicity. Warnings in several languages were posted, while mana facturers and public school teachers were enlisted. The railroads police department made arrests systematic. ally During May, June, and July. 914, there were 4,545. arrests and A. O15 convictions. In seven months ended April 80. 1914, there was 9 reduction in those killed over the corresponding period one year preyi-l ous from 136 to 9S.
 The American Museum of Safety, New York, has published pamphlets containing stories of child interest, and two New York and Brooklyn schools have issued Safety League buttons organizing, patrols. A pamphlet issued in Texas is Harry surgical experience and his release from the hospital a. cripple who could never again join his playmates in the old swimming hole.
 Public nrsponsfbilfty.
 Minors and children, following the example of their elders, flock upon the tracks, engines, cars and turn tables and are ground to pieces or crippled for life. Tramps and yegg- men travel around the country in ssidedoor sPu1Imans,' robbing box cars and bI1rning ties. stations, bridges, and timbers, and robbing farmers, country banks. stores and postof1ces. In Canada, where stealing rides is a crime punishable by fine of $50 or two months in jail, there are very few tramps.
 .It would probably cost the states and municipalities less to enforce a law against trespassing than it does to pick up and bury the dead and care for the cripples.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
MIR. ROCKEFEIiLET1
 ON THE STAND.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., according to Walter Lippman in the New Re- public, when testifying before the In dHstria1 Relations Commission tsmet what he knew to be his accusers with the weary and dogged good hurnor of a child trying to do a sum it does not understand for a teacher who will not re1ent.
 ssHis intellectual helplessness was the amazing part of his testimony. Here was man who represented an ~aggIomeration of wealth probably without parallel in history the suc- lcessor to a father who has with jus tiees been called the high priest of capitalism. Freedom of enterprise; untraTnme1ed private property, the incentives of the. prof1teer, eliminate in the achievements of his family. He is the supreme negation of all equali- ty,. and unquestionably a symbol of the most rnenacing fact in the life of the. republic. Yet he talked about himself on the comm onp1ace moral assumptions of small business man. There never was anybody less i'm peria1 in tone than John D., Jr. The vastness of his position seemed to have no counterpart in a wide and far-reachings ina agination. Those who listened to him would have forgiven him much if they had felt that they were watching a great figure, a real master of men, person in some magnifcence. But in John D. Rocke- Teller, IT,, there seemed to be nothing but a young man having lot Of trouble. very much harassed and very we1l-meanfng. No sign of the states affairs, just a4careful plodding. es- sential1y uninterestingsA person who justifies himself with simple morali- ties and smaIl-scale virtues
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04

Mrs. Paul M warburg. and MT and. Mrs. Morgan Sinister occupied boxes.
 The Japanese staff. the minister of Peru, MT. Pezet, and MT. Lefevres of the Panama legation, were the diplo- mats present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
QUIITYs SCHOOL OF DANCING

QUILTY's SCHOOL OF DANCING , Colonial Ball Room. Fairfield Ave. Advanced Glasses in Modern Dances Every Wednesday, Thursday and
 Friday Evenings, g to 12 o'clock Latest work in Hesitation, One Step, and Fox Trot, followed by Dancing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04
aNNUAT, MEETTNG

! The annual. meeting of the Bridge port Protestant Widows Society and Sterling Widows Home will be held at the Home on Tuesday, February 9th. 1915, at 3 o'clock, for the election of officers and trustees and the transac- ton of any further business that may properly come before said meeting.
 ETHEL KIMBER GRIFFIN,
 -B4 se Corresponding Secretary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04

The steamer. chiyo Maru arrived at San Francisco with 200 tons of raw and manufactured silks, valued. zt 52,-
 500, ,0oO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04

The total output of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. in January was 1S, 700, 900 pounds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04

Peter Hedrick, a farmer, shot and killed his lifelong friend. Joseph Fe- shek, cashier of the State Bank or Deweese, Neb-, and then killed him self,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04

William H. Horhebrook of Albany, Ore. was named by President Wilson as minister to siam
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04

Forty eight thousand bales of cot ton arrived at Bremen between Dec.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04

The Bulgarian moratorium, which would have expired Feb. 7 was ex- tended three months.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04

Minimum price of Baldwin Loco9no- tive common was fixed. at g on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-04

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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13

members; Arkansas. clubs. 50
members: California "a clubs. 195
members; canal zone clubs, 81
members; Colorado and 2S2; Con
necticut and 2S4; District of Col
umbia 3 and 135: Florida 3 and 121;
Porto Rico L and 81; Georgia and
81; Hawaii 2 and So: Idaho II and
$50; Illinois, 9 and go: Indiana, III
and Sill; Iowa S and 329; kansas
10 and 247; Kentucky and 244;
Louisiana . and 81: Maine 4 and
IS; Massachusetts, 90 and SS1; Mich
igan IS and 7e4; Minnesota and
2l1; Missouri and 241: Montana
% and Sl4; Nebraska and 266;
Nevada 4 and.l36: New Hampshire
a and 222; New jersey and III;
New Mexico 8. and ESQ; New York
SO and 1861, North Carolina and
So; North Dakota and 13S; Ohio
So and 91s; Oklahoma 3 and 81:
Oregon and 404: Pennsylvania 80
and 1547; Rhode Island and 164;
South Carolina and %; South Da-
kota and 163: Tennessee and
SO; Texas IL and 40; Utah and
3o5; Vermont and 373: Virginia
3 and liz; Washington II and AZ:
West virgina3 and 40: Wisconsin
10 and 2e4. and Wyoming clubs
and 1S5 memb ers-
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HALE.GENT COINS
Are Advocated by Club Wom-
en- in the State of
Ohio.
CLEvELAN

CLEVELAND. June 12--Clubwo-
men are behind a statewide move
ment, which may become national,
having as its object 1nsistence that
the government coin half-cent pieces
Mrs. Annie L. Motifs, chairman OF
the committee on household econom-
les of the women,s club and one Of
the leading agitators Of the idea, as
serts that consumers get the worst
of it in buying small quantities Of
any commodity that retai1s for a
sum like twenty-five cents because,
If they buy half pound OF butter
at IS cents pound. they are always
charged 10 cents for IT.
Mrs. Motifs says these extra half
cents which consumers are forced to
pay mount up to considerable sums
in the course of a. year Coming Of
haIf-cent pieces would eliminate the
evil. she believes
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
WINS HOME
In Divorce Fight and Then Sells
1t Back to Her tx
Husband.

PLAINFIELD, N June IL
Mrs. Frances Sparks Hood. OF this
city. who obtained a divorce from
richard H Hood. a well known min
ing engineer. after three-year legal
hght. and was awarded their $780,
600 home. has just sold the place
back to him The consideration Is
estimated at $4,000
Mrs Hood originally CARED pos
session of the property when 1t was
turned over to her by her husband
to escape possible litigation on the
mart of his relatives When he asked
= retransfer She refused, and soon
afterward sued for divorce Under
the terms OF the settlement, Mrs
Hood received lump sum Of $50
200 in lieu OF alfmouy-
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Home is
Broken Up
By Sister
Husband Stopped Giving Pay
Envelope to Wife and She
Asks Divorce.

La CROSSE. Wis, June Lee
Shoemaker. and his wife. Maude,
were nicely settled in La Crosse with
their two children when the wires
Nc. for an extended visit Now
Mrs. Shoemaker has brought suit for
divorce. naming the pretty sister as
his affinity
SHORTY after the arrival Of the
sister. the wife cites. the husband
began turning over his pay envelopes
to the visitor instead of his help
meet, who was thereupon Obliged
to seek work to support herself ape
two children.
She claims she submitted to this
condition until Mr. Shoemaker be-
came so unru1y as to smash the fur-
nfture and dishes, when she soughta
lawyer and papers were fled asking
divorce and a1imony and scoring her
sister.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
CHARGE
May Be Made for Treatment of
Dope Users by the State
Authorities.

HUNTINGTON, June 12--Eighty
patients have been treated at the
huntington state asylum here for
insanity resulting from the sudden
prohibition Of the sale OF drugs I'M
der the recently enacted federal drug
act, according TO a statement made
by Superintendent L. v Guthrie OF
the local state institution The pa
tents. DR.. Guthrie states. are re-
spending to treatment
Special charges are made to this
class of patients, Dr. Guthrie said.
on account Of the special diet and
treatment required for them Dr.
Guthrie stated that they are being
charged Sc per weeF-about what it
costs for their maintenance
a conference between the heads
OF the three state institutions for the
insane is expected to be held at
Charleston with the state board of
control in short time The date
of the conference has not yet been
announced. The situation arising
from the Unprecedented number OF
victims OF the use of narcotics in
the state Institutions will be dis
cussed, it is expected
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No More
Flirting
For John
Heavy Man with a Heavy
Voice is the Cause OF
His Decision.

OKMULGEE. Okla, June H.
She was fair and good to behold. John
Davenport, out OF town salesman,
gazed upon her admiringly as she
tripped along the street
..Ah there. little one" murmured
the knight of the grip in his best
tones But she needed not
Undunted. John followed her, got
her street number Thereupon he
c1led the house.
..say. Pm not that cute little fellow
you passed while ago-brown suit.
gray cap and. Bang went the re-
ceiver, but John persisted. until the
fair one agreed he might drop
around in the afternoon
He did. Inside the house, he
was confronted by heavy man with
heavy voice.
Johns done with flirting
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
LABOR
Shortage threatened in Iron
and Steel Industries,
Says Butler

PITTSBURG. June 12-J- G. But
Ter, Jr., a prominent steel manufac-
turer and president Of the Besse1ner
Pig Iron Association, believes one Of
the vital problems confronting the
iron and steel industries is a threat
ened shortage Of labor when normal
conditions prevail again
The European war has resulted
in a steady drain In the supply OF
foreign laborers in mills, mines and
factories. Italy's entrance into the
conflict has precipltated a shortage>of
Italian workmen.
1T would not be at all surprising
to find thousands Of women in the
American mills, blast furnaces and
mines doing the work of men before
the war closes.
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CAMPAIGN
For the Saving of Babies is
lnaugurated in New
York State.

ALBANY, n Y, June En- the
educational campaign for the saving
Of babies lives, Sunday. June ~. mas
been DESIGNATED by the state depart
ment of health as Child Welfare Day.
Gergymen Of all denominations
throughout the state have been asked
incorporate with the department In
giving to mothers such Information
relative to the welfare OF the child
The educational campaign on the
health departments division OF child
hygiene. says the announcement.
brought about a decrease last year IN
the infant death rate from l2s4 20 NJ
1er rhousand births. This showed
4ba+ approxima1ely l.4o0 deaths of
infants were prevented
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
Convert War Victims
Into High Explosives

CHICAGO, June 12.-Albert OPP
penheim. of Marietta, a member OF
the Western Niroglycer1ne Manufac-
turers' Association, in session here,
discussing means for increasing the
production Of glycerine. an essenuai
element in all high explosives. suS-
eested using the bodies of the horses
snd men killed on European battle
fields to obtain the necessary AMI
NAL sinews-
He said that war is necessitating
the use Of so much g1ycerine that
the entire supply in the United States
viii be exhausted within ninety days
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
Women Would Make
Very Good Soldiers
Physician Contends Sex is No
Handicap to Military
Training.

BOSTON. June 12-Wonen could
be made as fit for military duty as.
men. in the opinion Of Dr. Dudley A.
Sargent, of Harvard University. VINO
has given more than half a century
of study to the problem OF physical
training of young folk He holds that
sox is no handicap TO military train
ing and cites many examples of phys
zeal feats performed by women.
Every day., said Dr. Sargent.
am astonished at the physical and
mental possibilities shown by young
women vet in college and those who
are already out In the world making
good. Almost daily I find 1t neces-
sary to revise my carefully worked
out theories and formulas as to wnat
young women can do. until now 1
ind it safest not to suggest the linz
its of their capabilities
I'm one of the Sad stories that has
lust come to US OF the terrible LUIS
itania tragedy we have accounts OF
several women who swan about LOT
many hours until rescued what they
did any able bodied, well trained wo-
man might have done. Perhaps you,
viii recall that at the tune OF the
sinking Of the Empress OF 1relnd IN
The Gulf of St Lawrence. child only
10 years old swan and foated In the
water for several hours and seemed
none the worse for her adventure.
.tA11 theories to the contrary. NO
men are capable Of marvellous endur-.
ance. and so on this score cannot be
rated ineligible for training for MIL
itarv service But in spite OF the
actual proof to support this conten-
ton. many persons VIII shake their
heads and say that am forgetting
that women are the bearers OF the
race. and that, as potential or actual
mothers. while they. may be able to
endure cold and exposure. their pen
atty for physical hardsh1ps VIII be
sure and far reaching
again I must remind you that
am speaking of the ply sicahy trained
women and the woman as her crea-
tor intended her to be and as she
may be even today. Nature IN giving
to her the task-or privilege. which
ever you choose to call it-of child
bearing endowed her with the bodily
strength to perform this task easily
..woman's sex is not a handicap.
either mental or physical. unless wo-
man chooses to make it one The
sreat stretches of Russia could show
countless stolid faced. big muscled
Sturdy women, Who p1ow the fields:
reap the crops. make the black bread
and bear the children. who have new
er even heard that they are weak
er sex
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
It's Members viii Be Trained in
80 Per Cent of Requisites
of Soldier.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-While
the leading military authorities Of
the country are all Of one accord in
urging Congress to provide for a re-
serve to our established military
forces. the National Rifle Association
Sof America is going ahead without
the fare Of trumpets or financial as
sistance from Congress in the build
ing up of reserve in this country
That will be most efficient in that it
will be trained in eighty per cent Of
the requisites of an efficient soldier;
that is, the ability to handle the rife
and shoot straight The National
Rife Association is doing this
through its organiza ton OF rife clubs
throughout the country, especially
among civilians. z. great impetus
to the movement was given through
the enactment of legislation at the
last session of Congress authorizing
the free issue ofr.tKrag rifles and
R.mmun1tion TO rifle clubs undertakes
and regulations approved by the sec
retary Of war The secretary OF war
placed the organization OF the clubs
and distribution Of the rifles in the
hands OF the National Rifle Asso-
citation which had an efficient organ
ization with secretaries in every state
and was in close touch with the
sired to reach. The splendid mill
tary feature of this movement and
one that will add considerably to the
national defenses is that not only are
citizens being. organized into clubs
and trained in rifle shooting. but the
statistics. show that about sixty per
cent of the members Of these clubs
are ex-army and national guards
men so that they are not only keep
ing up their training in rifle shoot
ing. but are already trained in other
necessary attributes of a soldier. All
that is necessary for Congress to do
to secure an efficient reserve for the
regular services and one that would
be along the lines that have proved
SO efficient in Switzerland is TO NIKE
the rife club movement really broad
and national in its scope by proper
appropriations for the building OF
rife ranges throughout the country
and the purchase Of target supplies lies
and other paraphernalia for the
carving on Of rife training among
citizens When this has been accom-
pIished then President Wilson viii
really see the consummation of his
desire to have -'citizenry trained in
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the e. use OF arms ms ,.e, =, -,eas ,,d
oinee ~. re $50 $500 ~ ~
s.lin, Ielt, % -
eioa
1zeo 4,S CUBS. ine seniar $3.50 - ~.
conhneo 70 any pat sie - 10 800:
DuI reach LON tha., 80.
II IS d iSct no~eset 60. az .E1s1ss
successful ones are lSdntzsu ~ 4aasi|
Wese wnsle tne zoos $500 -,
eiss ioA - ,,,sn ,rbo
s Mne+e - +ba NOM bershin Of the
S s,eae+ers ci,,Ss are nor that class 70
1850 49, reIf "a 1ennis anneals a
$3.50 "a lie ~ snccass IN f1,ese
$50 -. S.1,,hs tteir being allowed
W = No. 1,-s,n;ne1 on Sunday. a,
- ~ 49,, ~ +t,ase c1rts have heen
q =, f,ss+arns1 and natrio+Ic
~ Ss Ar the nresent time there
$500 So a-ga,izad a,d - af;Iiated With the
$500 pa assoc;ation tcl,,hs wiz !,
es r.an,be-s,iT ~ rs SOS
Owe featnra of fbis movement has
,oe,s ,t,s ton Of numerous
49,. +I.<s 1905 ,f larea IN
s.set.;.I 'co-nor.+ip Tn some "a seq
a-,se1Ies have 10
80. az 49,, - ssisted IN tbs
s-st-,'atS-,, ~ -a-eas hel;a1,i,, =
S sSeIa,,b@e<S1- -bs+ - Vas bettet re
800 tI,aS-- NO., anpa eed in the
taaa1 +,, 80 80, eno-t. IF rife shoot
10 +b.n Sec-e,ei11e t1oeir eficiency
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
DYNAMITED
Is Pennsylvania Home but All
the Occupants Make
Their Escape.

CIEARFIELD. Pa, June z
The farm home of Hoar German.
near New Washington. in the south
western part of C1earheld county,
90 dauehters and son had narrow
escapes from death when they Were
nrecipitated from the second floor IN
Occupants of the house, despite
4beir fan of twenty feet, escaped
witt minor bruises According to
German. he never received any
threatening letters but he recently
had trouble with neighbor-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
Drinks
Purchased from Wife Come
Very High to Indiana
Man.

RUSHvILLE. md. June Ia
What is believed to be the highest
price ever paid for one drink OF
whiskey was paid here by August
Ebbing to his wife. The drink cost
him SIS, according to the testimony
he offered IN his divorce suit
Ebbing said he usually bought
three or four. quarts OF whisky at
one time, but as soon as he entered
the house his wife took charge of
his supply and became his Official
barkeeper- Most OF his drinks cost
SIS. he said
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
Grief
Causes Death of Sister and
Brother a FeWHours
Apart.

PHILLIPSBURG. N J.. June 12-
On the eve Of double funeral at
the Grouney residence. Philip Grou.
ney. aged II. the last member OF
the family. died, his death being
FASTENED by those of his sisters. Cath
crime, who died Thursday, and Rose.
who died Friday. Roses death was
due to grief over. GATHERINGS demise,
and when Philip was informed OF
his sisters death. he remarked that
he would soon follow them and then
sank rapidly
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
Bishop Sees Ged's
Hand IN The War

DOVER Del, June I2.-Bishop JOS
eph F. Berry, Of Philadelphia preach
ing to thirty-three graduates OF the
wilmington Conference Academy, In
wesley Methodist church, expressed
the belief that God was permitting rne
nresenr great International strife that
The world may cease to war hereafter
He admonished che graduates to high
Ideals IN life, taking Christ as their
pattern.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13

Is reported that a Hungarian ohcer, a
student and a child were killed in the
rioting that followed. There was riot
ing also at several other points
zagreb German ASram) is the
capital Of Croatia. IN Austro-Hungary-
Croats are SIavs and they had their
independent Kingdom from 925 unil
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
FREAK CHICKENS
Odd Members of Fowl World
Are Reported by Illinois
Farmers

SAVANNA. III. June d2--Freak
chickens. seem to be somewhat OF
tad in this locality, two strange and
freakish arrivals in the fowl world
baying been reported by farmers re-
siding near this city
Iohn Acker, farmer near here. re-
norts a three legged chicken on his
farm Il having arrived very recently.
three legged chickens are uncommon
enough. but Mrs. Henry kessler- an
other farm resident near here reports
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13
OLD BOYS"
Men Ninety or More Years Old
Go about Their Daily
Occupations.

LEWIsTowN. Pa. June 12-This
place has many aged citizens that
are still in active life.
Among their number are John
Gantz. still laboring at 90 years of
age; Obdiah Umberger. hearty at so:
the Rev Andrew Spanogle. driving
an auto at 80 years; Thomas Ken
nedy. laying brick at four score
years: william n. Hoffman getting
around LEX boy at 70 years and
tuSt as Jolly