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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Captain Gunter's Death Reported Due
 To Heart Disease

New York, May 3-The two men who lost their lives with Captain AL fred Gunter, when the Gulfight was sunk off the Sci1ly Islands, were Charles C.. Short, of Chicago, the wireless operator, and Eugene Cha
 paneta,s of Port Arthur, Tex, a sea
 man, according ito a cab1egram re ceived here today by the Cuff Refin-
 ing Company, owners of the vessel
 The message, a brief one, was sign said that Captain Gunter, Whose home is in Bayonne, N. J., died of heart
 disease. and that Short and Chapa- meta. were lost. These were the two
 men, it is believed, reported yester-
 day to have jumped from the yes
 were lost because of the fog that prevailed
 shorts home, according to the kcompany's records, was Chicago. This was his first trip aboard the Gulf light Chapaneta shipped at Port Arthur.
 Including her officers, the Gulf light had 3S men aboard, most of them haifing from Gulf of Mexico ports. Ship and cargo, according to
 James Kennedy marine superinten-
 dent of the company, were valued at s1,o00,000.
 | MT. Kennedy said he was awaiting further advices giving full particulars l of the attack on the Gulfight before communicating with the state depart
 ment. A claim for the loss sustain l. ed, including damages for the lives lost, undoubtedly would be filed with 1 the state department, MT. Kennedy thought.
 The Gulfhght,s cargo MT. Kennedy 1 said, consisted Of gasoline and oil in bulk and in cases. It was consi gned | to firms doing business in France and not to the French government, MT tKennedy asserted
 | Captain Alfred Gunter was g years I old. Early in the year he took g I carog of cotton into Bremen aboard the GulfHght. In January of last I year he was in, command of the
 steamer Oklahoma which broke ir two in a gale off the New Jersey coast and was rescued with seven o1 1 his crew by the steamer Bavaria.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03

Is the term 'tgeneral'' a specific or a general name of the rank of certain United States army officers? Kindly name in order the different ranks of United States army ard navy officers.
 In the army the officers are major general, brigadier general, colonel, lieu tenant colonel, major, captain, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sergeant, corporal.
 In the navy the various ranks are admiral, rear admiral, captain, com mander, lieutenant commander, lieu tenant, lieutenant Gunior grade), en- mate, chief petty officer, petty officer, first, second and third class. | There is no grade of general in the United States army, and the grade of lieutenant general was discontinued by act of congress March 2, 19o7-
 whether Lord Kitchener has visited New York city and whec?
 Yes. He arrived in America on April 16, 1910,
 What is meant by Pyrrhie victory ? What is the origin of the phrase?
 It means a victory or success won at too great cost, and long usage has made it classic. Pyrrhus was a king of Epirus 300 years before Christ, and Greek tradition said he was descended l from one of Homer's Greek heroes. He was a brilliant and dashing soldier, but 1 on one occasion he won victory over | the Romans atesuch tremendous loss ] of life that he exclaimed, "One more such victory ower the Romans and we are utterly unaOnegs This has some times beenaparaphrased Another such ! victory would@be- assbad as a defeat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
HOUSE IN BITTER DEBATE OVER $500
 CLAIM OF HAYNES
Acting Without Quorum, Legislators Fail to Reach
 Definite Decision.
lspecIa1 to The Farmer1

Hartford, May S-The claims of Fred M. Hawes, a, detective of Bridge port for $500 for services to the state, provoked a long and at times personal debate today when it came into the House on a favorable report from the committee on claims. The commit tee on claims previously had reported unfavorable on the bill but reopen ed the case and today the favorable report was before the house.
 N Some years ago Hawes was em- p1oyed to assist the state police in a murder case. Hawes was never paid when he presented his bill for $500. He took it to the legislature two years ago where it was rejected. In the house MT. Bronson of Waterbury, house chairman of the committee on claims spoke in favor of the bill, say ing that the committee in it's recon sideration of the matter had decided the claim was a just one MT. Isbeu of Ansonia said the payment of the claim would set a bad precedent be- cause. he said, IIawes had not been hired by anyone acting with authority for the state, but had been retained by a member of the state police force who had paid Hawes a $50 fee
 Mr. Rogers. of LitchfieId, and MT Terry of New Haven, also opposed payment of the claim. MT. King of Fairfield said he did not know much about the merits of the case but he knew MT. Hawes was a fine man and he would take his word on any oues- ton of money. MT. IsbelI and MT Bronson spoke a second time and the debate was beginning to warm UT when Representative Devine of Wa. terbury moved the previous question
 The Speaker decided that the vivs Voce vote was in favor of the passa ge | of the bf1l. MT. Morehouse of Strat- ford doubted the result but a vote was not ordered because of the fact tha1 l the house was working without z quorum and the announcing of a vote the day.
 It Is probable that MT. IsbeI1 vii have the matter reopened in the House tomorrow and endeavor to gair l a reconsideration of today's action
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
MAGEE COMES TO
 AID OF ELECTRIC
 LIGHT MONOPOLIES
His Amendment in Senate Would Further Restrict
 Sales of Current.
Especial to The. Farmer.)

Hartford, May s.-Representative williamson'ss bill to repeal section 39f5 of the general statutes, restrict ing the sale of electricity by private corporations, received, a jolt in the senate this morning. As the bill passed the house it allowed some leo way under the Public Utilities com missions supervision for the sale of electricity py private corporations.
 Senator Magee. when the bill came up in the senate to-day, offered an amendment which if passed would emasculate the repeal bill and leave the public service corporation in prac- tically the same monopolistic control which they have enjoyed for years.
 The Magee amendment provides that the public utilities commission can allow private corporations to>s sell electricity only where it is proved that public convenience and necessity re- quire and where the local public ser vice corporations are unable or un- willing to fufnisI1N< the power. The bill and the amendment were passed over, retaining their place on the cal endar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03


 The reason why a woman knows that her hat is right in style this year is because it looks like something that the garbage man refused to carry away
 1t isn't always love that makes woman cop out human waft hog for a husband. It is usually the fear that some other woman will marry him.
 Marriage is the alarm clock that makes loves young dream wake up and rub it's eyes.
 When they embark on the sea of matrimony the husband is supposed to row the boat while the wife does the steering.
 You can climb pretty high in the world, but you never get so high that you are above suspicion.
 A man is usually willing to give the devil his due, but he isn't so consider ate of his wife.
 The man who undertakes to demon strate that gun isn't loaded is usually paving the way for another undertak- | ing of different sort.
 The trouble with the average girl is that she imagines that. her life work is accomplished when she has copped out a husband. But the truth of the matter is that her life work has just begun
 More women would have a sense of humor if they were not afraid that laughing would make them fat.
 If there is a check in the letter man never criticises the quality of the sta f tionery you use. - 4's'F7 's+'f-- | You may think that you have a kick coming, but how would you like to be ! weather forecaster and have your mistakes advertised every day?
 Do not get fat headed. Many a man has lost a good job because he got the Idea into his head that no other man ] could i'll his place.
 You may have noticed that the man who sits down to wait for something l to turn up always picks out nice, soft cushioned chair.
 IA fat man would rather get fattel than go hungry, but it is different with fat woman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03

London, May 3-NIrs. Phyllis Lang horne Brooks of Greenwood, Va. one of the noted 'Ianghorne beauties,' in herits $300,000 of the estate of Cap tain George Henry Douglass -Pennant of the Grenadier guards, who was kill ed in action last March. The will was drawn in October, 1914. Captain Doug lass -Pennant was a son of the second Baron Penrhyn and a half brother of the present Lord Penrhyn. Mrs. Phy1- lis Langhorne Brooks is the daughter of ChisweII D. Langhorne. She left New York in January and is in Lon don assisting Mrs. Waldorf Astor, a sister, in nursing wounded British sol diers Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson of New York is another sister. Mrs. Brooks, in December, 1914, was grant ed a, divorce in the AIbemar1e, -(Va.) supreme court from Reginald Brooks, a New York c1ubman. She charged de- sertion. and the action went unde- tended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
.FRENCH'S PRAISE FOR TERRI TORlALS
 PLEASES ENGL AND
Sir Johns Words Rout Cam paign to Fix Conscription
 on Great Britain.

London, May 2.-The more he has seen of the territorials, says Sir John French in his Neuve ChapeIle dis patch, the more he has been impressed with their valor. Sir Johns words, t'They acquitted themselves with the utmost credit have taken all of the wind out of the camp0fgn to fix con scription on Great Britain.
 The British territorial system is practically the same as the national guard of the United States, without the political weaknesses of the Ameri- can. So far as organization, service and equipment go, the systems of the two countries are identical. The men enlist for the same period and in peace times drill for about the same number of hours weekly and spend the/ same length of time in annual nanoeuvres. They wear almost the same uniform. But instead of suffer- ing from state politics, as in America, the British service is directly under the war department, which appoints the colonel in command The colonel, in turn, passes on the qualifications of the officers, who receive commissions l from the war office. This method of ofhcering the territoria1s Is much more effective both as to discipline and ed1- eiency than the American. method of | letting the men elect their own officers on the basis of personal populrity in
 
 Territorials in time of peace enlist for home service only. But by the simple process of volunteering for for eign service, they become volunteers without the elaborate process of trans ferring accounts from state to federal government as in vogue in the United States, which involves a vast amount of clerical work and red tape.
 In the present war, over 80 per- cent of the territorials are known to have volunteered and of these the larger part are already serving in France or Egypt. They enlist under the general volunteer act for three years or the end of the year.
 One advantage of the territorial ar my over the regulars lies in the vari- ous kinds of skilled men in the ranks, who with little training can turn trades or professions to thesuse of war. The territorial supply of doctors has been a needed help.
 When foreign service battalion is sent away a home battalion takes it's place. It is curious to know that the territorial force has proved more at tractive to recruits than Kitchener's army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
THE SMITH-MURRAYaiC0
 You gain by trading at this cash store.
Irish Point Curtains
 at about 1-2 price!

special lot bought from a manufacturer who in making his curtain orders, often found pair imperfect either design material When a sufficient quantity accumulated they aside to sell in lot at 9 low figure This lot purchased and selling them at bargain prices.
 There are only from to six pair of kind in the ot great beauty and pattern and the mper factions slight to be scarcely noticeable when hung.
 Perfect ones would $3.75 $500 par-these are priced at S2 ,OO, S2. .25 and S2.5O pr.
 seEnent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Devotion of Forty
 Hours Will Open At
 St. Patrick's Sunday

The Forty Hours devotion will open at St. Patrick's church next Sunday. The opening ceremony will be of the most impressive nature solemn high mass will be celebrated by Rev. John Lynch, assisted by Rev. Thomas J. Picker as deacon and Rev. Charles. Kelly as sub-deacon. The devotion will close on Tuesday morn ing at 8:3O o'clock with a solemn mass.
 Confessions will be heard on Sunday and Monday afternoons from o'clock until .46 o'clock and in the evenings from o'clock until 10 o'clock Wis iting priests of the city will assist at all the services and also hear con fessions.
 The Forty Hours devotion which opened yesterday at St. Charles church will come to a. close tomor- row morning with 8 solemn high mass to be celebrated at 80 o'clock. All the services yesterday were well attended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
WEATHER FORECAST

New Haven, May 3-F'orecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday prob ably warmer.
 Connecticut: Showers tonight and Tuesday, moderate northeast winds.
 A well defined disturbance is central this morning over Iowa. It is causing unsettled, shoWery weather in the northern districts from the Rocky Mountains, east ward to the Ohio valley. Sew eraI places reported thuader~. storms Pleasant weather pre- wills in the southern districts. The temperatures are low along the northern border.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Invalid Wife of III
 Husband Is Suicide

Norwich, Conn; May 3-Ndrs. Albert Anes, died here today as the result of taking poison Saturday night with sui cidal intent Her husband is patient at the hospital. He has been super rsof school in Kil1ingly and Brook Iyn for several months, coming to Con- necticlit from Boston. Mrs. Ames did not come with him as she had been in il health for long time, but remaine q with relatives in Boston, MT. Ames making frequent trips home Satur- day MT and Mrs. Ames came to Nor wfch, the former going to the hos pital. Mrs. Ames; took the poison on the steps of the town hall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Hobson Here To Talk
 Prohibition May 16

lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hob son, former congressman from Ala bama, will come to Bridgeport, May d6, in the interests of prohibition.
 Lieutenant. Hobson will speak at the Plaza theatre, on tsThe Constitu- tionaI Amendment,'' He is being brought to this city in the interests of the proposed constitutional amend ment for nationwide prohibition, which was defeated in Congress.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Silk Poplins at 3oc yd.

vVond in O wanted dressy suits All silk in this yard except thread with the silk They're shimer draping range street evening wide-worth yd 39c yd fain floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
The Wise Fool.

"Early to rise makes a man wealthy and wise,'' observed the sage
 .'Oh, I don't mow!' replied the fool 'aThe earliest risers know of are drtv- ing milk wagons or working with a pick and shove1v
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Bits of Byplay By Luke McLuke Copyright. 1915, the Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Paw Knows Everything.

Willfe-Paw, what is a sociologist? Paw-A man who makes it his bust ness to warn ST per week families that son.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Nn Ioka.

Though he has hours for slumber deep, Mans a contrary pup; He never really wants to sleep Until he must get up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
The Limit.

The grouch is a1i awful t1ghtwad. isn't her. remarked the old fogy.
 Should say he was," agreed the wise guy. Why, he would charge you interest when he lends you his moral support"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Names Is Names. O. A. Penny lives at RidgeviIle, O.
Bless You, My chiIdrenI

Joe vorgang and Mabel Brown ceased billing and coOing as lovers do and procured set of licenses and entered into the realities of a welded life. AL most all the town folk with presents ladened assembled at Mrs. vorgang's and reminded the happy ones that it is necessary to have all sorts of tin and glassware in housekeeping. Of this quality they were well supplied From an Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Correet.

The man who knows he knows 1t all
 Does not know much, I'll own; The man who makes the biggest haul
 Is willing to be shown
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
ALMANAC FOR TODAY

Major Hans von Wolf, of the Royal Saxon Artillery. son-in-law of St. John Carney. American Consul-Gen- eral at Munich. was wounded in the recent fighting near Ypres.
 Chinese statesmen will meet the Japanese enyoys in Picking today, when they will present China's reply to the last list Of demands submitted by Japan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03

The British government requisition- ed the entire refrigerating space of all British steamers plying between Great Britain and Paraguayan and Argentine ports.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Oh. IoxxI

Dear Lluke-M Miss Anna Brew and MT. August Beer have just been mar ried, and they are not worried over prohibition. May they always have . few Beers around the house4ALeba- non. Tenn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Cincinnati Enquirer.

There, was an congressman, alas and alack, Who carried a crate of real eggs on his back The eggs were cold storage-he slipped and fell That poor expressnan was overcome by the smell.
 -zanesvllle too Signal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
The Horrors of Joy Riding.

IllS EdSIEVl V1 SOy EA1s1119e
 B. Nef, who was pinned under his automobile last fall, has recently been to see a doctor in Warren, who found eight vegetables out of place in his back.-Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03

Antique jewelry valued at $20, 1000 was stolen from the s5oO,0OO colIec- ton of Robert de Rustaftae1 F. R. G. S., on exhibition at No. 734 Fifth ave- nue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03

Godfrey D. Iundberg of Spokane suc- ceeded in engraving the Lords Prayer on the head of a pin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Main floor.

Whether he ever used the expression attributed to him or not, it passed into history, and pyrFh1c victory has come to mean a narrow escape from defeat
 What is the difference in tiEno boz tween New York and each of Sase foI- lowing cities: London, Paris, Petrosrud and HOnGkong2
 Between New York and London, i've hours; New York and Paris, five hours and fifteen minutes; New York and Petrograd, six hours. and hfty-seven minutes; New York and HOngkeng, twelve hours and thirty three minutes.
 What does bounty jumping nSs@nR-
 The phrase originated during our civil war After the passage of the conscription or draft law in 1868 some localities offered bounties for recruits in order to i'll their quota and thus avoid the draft. While the bounties stimulated patriotic enlistments, they also attracted some disreputable char acters, who, aftersfeceiE4ng the bounty, would enlist, then desert, go some where else and get a new bounty by Jumping. In some cities there were substitute brokers who co-eperated with professional bounty jumpers in the business or re-eniist1ng and desert ing.
 desire to know when the nation first began to celebrate WashingtoH's birth- l day.
 Washington's birthday was celebrat- ed throughout the country in 1T9O and thereafter. It was in imitation of the celebration of the kings birthday and was suggested or at least furthered by the. Society of the Cincinnati. Adams birthday was also celebrated, but less generally than Washington's Jeffer- son refused to permit his to be cele- brated. and the custom ceased. but the death of Washington in 1799 brought about q reaction from the anti-Fed- era1ist opposition to him, and his natal day has beSn honored ever since. l FNarI1er. Want Ads One Cent a TVursa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
The Expressnaar1.

There was an expressman. alas and alaek, Who tunnb1ed downstairs with stove on
 his back. When asked how he felt, he replied with
 a frown, sI,m somewhat stove up. but I got the
 stove down. Cincinnati E,no11irar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03

The poison pen'' author is busy 1T Bloomfield, N- T., church circles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Tninas to Worry About.

ries were used in cocktails in this coun try.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03

Whether he ever used the expression attributed to him or not, it passed into history, and pyrEh3c v1csory has come to mean a narrow escape from defeat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03
Our Daily Special.
Luke MeLuI<e Says:

Some men are hustlers when it i time to quit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-03

Farmer Want Ads. one Cent a 1VaF7
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1915-02-11
United Stated Farm Animals
Increase in Value.

Farm animals in the United
States on January ! were valued
at SIS, 1860, $3.50 Department
Of Agriculture figures announced
Monday of this week showed this
total, an increase OF $78,024, 900,
or 1.3 per cent, over their value
January /, 1914.
Horses numbered 81, 195, 900,
an increase Of IL per cent. over
last year; were valued at SOB, 80
per head, and their aggregate
value was 50. 100. 1O2, 900. Mules
numbered 4,479,0OO, an increase
Of or per cent; were valued at
$1l2 80 per head and aggregated
$503, 271, 900 in value.
Mich cows numbered 1892
600, an increase of 2.5 per cent. ;
we're valued at 5000 per head,
with an aggregate value of ST.
237, $4,000.
Other cattle numbered 81, 067,-
600, an increase os 3.4 per cent. !;
were valued at 1888. 3S per head,
with an aggregate value of ST.
237, 1919, 900.
Sheep numbered 49,956,0 an
increase of 0.5 per cent; were
valued at $3.50 per head, with an
aggregate value of 1924, 687, 900.
Swine numbered "a, 900, an
increase of 9.6 per cent; were
valued at $9.87 per head, with an
aggregate value of $637, 479,O0O.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1915-02-11
Birthday Party.

Little Mics Mary Evelyn North
cult celebrated the 9Th anniver-
sary of her birth Thursday the
4th of February with q little
party for a number of her friends.
Delightful refreshments we're
served and innocent games in
dulged in. The color scheme
throughout the entertainment
was pink. Little Miss Mary was
assisted in receiving by Miss
Leila Nearn, her Sunday School
teacher and Miss Irene SAMSON,
her class teacher at James X.
Shook School. The following
little folks were present:
Margaret Stone, Mary Tidman,
Josephine Vaughn, Leila Nearn,
SUNDAY School teacher, Irene
SAMSON, third grade teacher,
Leila Alternately, Isabel Ander-
egg, Doris Arnold, Frances Bow
ers, Julia Brown, Zula Hender-
son, Ethel Henley, Annie Lee
Henley, Margaret House, Gladys
Harrison, Aline Ingram, Veri.
ma Orick, Elizabeth King, MAJ
garet McOurdy, Cleo Phipps,
Gerald Petty.