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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
TOKYO TO WELCOME
 BIG s. S. MEETING

Tokio. July s1-Plans for weleom- ing the International Sunday School Conference which will be held in Tokio in October, 1916. have been formu- lated at a meeting of prominent Japa- nese led by Premier Count Olzuna who have banded themselves together into the Association of the Support 'ers of the Worlds Sunday School Con veution.' drhat the government is showing d great interest in the com ing conference is indicated by the fact that the meeting was held at the of hcia1 residence of the prime minister.
 It was announced that the confer ence would be held from October 8 to October 26 and that about 5000 delegates from various countries were expected to be present. very large delegation is expected from the United States and arrangements are under way to transport them on a special steamer which will sail from New York and come to Yokohama by yof the Panama Canal and San Francisco. ss
 AS lodging facilities at Tokio are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
AVIATORS OF FRANCE WATCH HOUSETOPS FOR
 SIGNALS OF TRAITORS

Paris, July 31-Night scouts of the aviation corps draw many spectators to the nights of Montnartre, who lin ger there to a late hour watching them dart across the sky of Paris like giant hreflies. Among these are men who watch the lights of the town instead of the lights of the sky, and who can be seen carefully inspecting housetops and mansards with field glasses They are detectives looking out for night signals. Every light where there should be no light is promptly run down. In hundreds of cases it has turned out that the rule against lights visible from the exterior has been in- fringed through heed1essness or ignor- ance. Five cases of really suspicious and their authors arrested and prop er1y dealt with.
 This is only one of the responsi- biIities devolving upon the polce dur ng the iwar in addition to the main tenance of order and the chase of ordinary criminals. They must turn out the street gas lamps and warn the inhabitants when the approach of German aeroplanes or Zeppe1ins is an nounced, occasionally being obliged to climb four or five flights of stairs in order to reTnonstrate with some ten ant who is unaware that light shines down from his windows into the streets.
 A considerable number of the plain clothes men, are detailed to watch everywhere for people spread ing exaggerated and harmful reports regarding military operations. It is dangerous to be too pessirnistic in public. The man who is talking never knows whether the person seated be- side him in the tramcar, the subway, or the cafe, is the civilian he ap- pears to be, 5or a secret service man. It is as difficult to get anything out of him as it is to recognize hn, the model French detective being closer than the oyster. They are sometimes seen taking into custody loud talking amateur strategists, and frequently the guilty man proves to be a person subject to military service who has lodged his duty-Belgians sometimes as we'll as French.
 Until recently the t'apaches," the street ruffians of Paris, had been little heard since the mobilization. Those who were neither banished or sent to the front seem to have been succeeded by a younger, but quite as promising, generation of night prow1ers. Ere quent pitched battles with knives and revolvers in the quarters of Mont r1arte most frequented by this class have made it necessary for the police to take special measures and many raids have been made upon suspicious resorts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
WILL BID GOODBYE TO
 FAIR MISSES McKEON

With great regret tomorrow even ing, the members of the Black Rock Outing club will take leave of the Misses Frances and Gladys McKeon, who have been visiting here and have been entertained by the club. The last days of their stay, however, will be a
 continuance of the rounds Of pleas ure that has been accorded them by
 their entertainers. bathing party this afternoon another one tomorrow and a farewell entertainment tomorrow evening will be on the program. Ten couples from the club attended the dance held last evening at the Brook lawn rink.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31

all the nosture it has taken up dur ing the heating and expanding process becomes less and less while the per centage of humidity becomes greater and greater.
 For instance. if the temperature reached 70 and the humidity stood, say, at TO per cent. When the tenn peratured ropped to 50 degrees, the humidity would reach the point of saturation, or 100 per cent. and con densation in some form would take place.
 The percentage of humidity is sup posed to increase up to the lower cloud level and rapidly decrease above that point. It is believed that very little moisture is carried into the higher strata, of air for the req son that rainfaAs aren est1y from the lower clouds.
 Relative humidity is highest dur ing the summer months. and it is likewise higher during the night time than during the day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
THREE ALLIES DIE FOR EVERY GERMAN
 WRlTES PROFESSOR
Brother of pr. Herman Duesing Records News
 Prevalent in Fatherland.

Day in and, day out as the great war in Europe progresses 5000 sol diers are killed on an average, accord- ing to Professor Carl Duesing, brother Of Dr. Herman Duesing of this city Professor Duesing is one of the in structors at the Royal avaI university at Kiel, Germany.
 Of those who die, 2,000 are Rus sians, French or other nationalities with the allied armies and 1000 are Germans. A few days ago the pre- siding committee of the German So- cialist party published a manifest ask ing that peace be declared and that the soldiers in the fighting armies on both sides lay down their arms. The Russians, however, according to Pro- lessor Duesing, gave out an unofficial statement in which they declared they did not desire peace at this time.
 Continuing it's persecution of the Jews which has been carried on for years the Russian government has ex- fled 280. 1000 Jewish citizens from the districts of Kovno, Kourland and Sou lalki. The Russian officials declared the Jews were traitors and they have sent them into the interior of Russia. During the battle of Krasnik in South ern Poland on July ', the Tuetonic a1- lies captured 1,500 Russian soldiers, 1 officers and IT machine guns. During June the Teutonfc allies cap tured 219,6 Russian soldiers, SAP Russian officers, 416 machine guns and 100 cannon. During May and June in the eastern theatre of the war 520,- 900 Russian soldiers and 1880 Russian officers were taken.
 On July s, according to Professor Duesing, four Russian cruisers bonn barded the German 2,00O ton ship,
 The AFbatross,' ,'' in the neutral zone 1 off the Swedish coast. July 8, a Frerich transport ship was sunk near 1 the Dardanelles by a German submar- inc. The troop ship carried many i French soldiers.
 One of the cleverest feats of strate- gy in the. present warfare was that performed by German airuen when the English squadron of cruisers and aerop1anes was on the way to bonn 1 bard the German port of Wilhe1ms- haven.
 Aviators in Zeppelin balloons ob- served the approach of the English l fleet and aviators and went out to 1 meet them. The English, according g to Professor Duesing, then retreated. According to the professor the Ita1- ian advance has been halted by a crushing defeat of the 16O, 900 troops which the Austrians inflicted near Gorisia- The Italians, he says, have been halted at the river of Tsongo and have not been able to advance farth- CT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
THREE THOUSAND HAVE HOLIDAY
 AS MISS BARKER, MILLION AIRESS,
 IS MARRIED TO H.H. SPAULDING, JR.

.Harbor Point, Mich, July 31-- More than 300 guests from all parts of the country are here for the mar riage at o'clock this >afternoonE of Miss Catherine Barker of Michigan City, Ind, and Howard H. Spaulding, Jr., of Chicago. Miss Barker is said to possess a fortune of between $20,- GOO, 900 and S3o,0oO,0O0 and is an or phan. MT. Spau1ding was recently graduated from Yale.
 The ceremony will take place in the enclosed sun porch of the Barker es- tate, overlooking the bay, and it will be performed by the Rev. John H. BIeckmann of Mishawaka, Ind. who will read the single ring ceremony of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
GERMAN SHE'LL HTS
 AMERICAN HOSPITAL

Pont-a-Mousson, France. July 31.- A German shell fell into the mess room of the field hospital of the Amer lean Ambulance of Paris while the staff was at dinner to-day The mis- si1e penetrated the floor and burst in the cellar. A French orderly was killed and one American was slight ly scratched by a fragment Of the shell.
 The Americans then took quarters further in the rear of the firing line. They believe their work has been of much value to the French sanitary service, and they have received official cornmendation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
Weather Observer
 Defines Humidity

The following statement from Weather Observer William Jennings. concerning humidity,-is timely and H. Illuminating:
 Humidity is expressed in two terms, absolute and relative. Absolute humidity means the full amount of moisture present at any given time. Relative humidity means the relation of the amunt present to the amount necessary to completely saturate the air. Humidity is measured in per- centage. When it is said that the rel ative humidity is 50 per cent, this means that the atmosphere is holding just sone-half of the amount is could could contain at the existing tempera- ture. As the atmosphere expands with an incr of heat, its capacity becomes an increase of cold it be- co+nes greater for holding moisture andw ith an increase of cold it be- comes less; so that if the atmosphere contains 60 per cent, of moisture and the temperaturer ises, the percentage of moisture would become1 ess-
 Percentage Greater.
 ~Should the temperature fall, the percentage would become greater. The atmosphere has a capacity of holding 100 per cent of moisture at any temperatur The moisture in the aid is constantly undergoing a change,
 
 or by a condensation of a portion of it's supply in precipitation of some form Aid is said to be dry when it's relative humidity is below the aver age for the place.
 "It is not necessary for the atmos- phere to contain 100 per cent. of moisture before condensation takes place. Rain OF snow may fall when the humidity registers 40 per cent, or even less, and frequently occurs when the percentage is between 50 and 80, but it. must necessarily take place when it reaches 100 per cent,
 Capacity Increases.
 "Capaefty increases with tempera- ture. When the heat of the day is incerasing the capacity of the day is increasing the capacity of the atmos- p1ere for taking up moisture and holding it becomes greater with every additional degree of temperature, but when the maximum heat for the has been reached and there is from SO to 80s per cent, of moisture in the air there is still space for more mois- ture.
 Atmosphere Contracts.
 .sNow the turning point comes when the temperature recedes from it's highest point With each degree of decrease the atmosphere is con- tracting and the capacity for holding
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
Commission Form
 League Will Make
 Canvass of Houses

Tomorrow members of the Commis- sion Form of Government league will ebgin a house to house canvass to ob- tain signers for petitions to change Brfdgeport's form of city government Each person, when he signs. will be asked to place the date beside his name. Members of the league will not take signatures until August so that there may be no question about the validity of their petitions
 Fire starting in a paint barrel at the Norfolk navy yard was put out with small damage being caused.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
WEATHER FORECAST

New Haven, July 31-Forecast: Generally fair tonight and Sum- day.
 Connecticut: Partly fair to- night and Sunday; not much change in temperature. Light va- riable winds
 The conditions have changed very little during the last A hours. Unsettled, shoWery wealth CT continues in the northern dis trfcts east Of the Rocky Noun tainS. There is no well defined storm area but several minor dis turbances are causing great deal of warm, muggy weather. The temperatures are slightly above normal in the central and eastern districts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31

the Roman Catholic church. James B. Forgan of Chicago, personal and financial guardian of Miss Barker, will accompany the bride to the altar.
 A week of pre-nuptial festivities was closed today with a reception by Mrs. Nelson Ludington Barnes, Miss Barker's cousin.
 Immediately after the ceremony a dance will be given, following which the couple will leave for a trip to the Orient.
 Miss Barker is 19 years old and MT. Spaulding is 21. Employees of the Haskell & Barker Car Co.,. number ing about 5000, were given 8 holiday today on account of the wedding.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
SOUND LINER SINKS BARGE IN COLLISION
 DURING HEAVY FOG

of the liner He was within. 1000 feet of the barge which was anchored awaiting a tow, when he discovered her, he said. The engines of the liner were reversed but she could not be stopped in time and struck the Elk eter near the bow, making a large hole extending below the Waterhne.
 Captain Lewez and the six men of the barge crew took to the boats and stood by until their vessel sank and then they boarded the Concord. The Exeter was owned by the Philadel- phia l6S Reading Coal Company and carried 5000 tons of coal consigned to tn New York, New Haven & Hart ford Railroad at this port.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
Mrs. scribner Seeking
 Divorce For Cruelty
 And Habitual Drinking

Intolerab1e cruelty and intemper- ance are the grounds for divorce aI- legged by Martha Merwin Scrfbner of this city in divorce proceedings filed yesterday against G. Howard Scrib- ner. the former real estate dealer of this city. The couple were married November 27. 1905. Mrs. Scribner says the cruelty took place betw cen April l. 1908. and the date of the writ. She asks for the custody of the child. The suit is returnable to the September terms of the superior court
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31

Providence. R. T.. July s1.-The Colonial Line passenger steamer Con cord. from New York for Providence. collided with the barge Exeter in Narragansett Bay during a thick fog early to-day, sinking the barge. No aane was injured and after taking aboard the crew of the Exeter, the jCancord, which was not damaged. comp1eteds her journey.
 The shock of the collision threw several passengers on the Concord from their berths and created some excitement but the officers dispelIed it
 Pilot c. F. Cleweiler was in charge
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
Look E or This
 SIGN

TT is the sign carried by all
 garages and stations which sell SOCONY Motor Gaso- line the Standard Gasoline which careful motorists have always insisted upon.
 Gasoline bought under the SOCONY Sign is a guaranteed, uniform product. It is the same now as last week < here or two hundred miles away.
 With SOCONY Motor Gasoline in your tank, and POLARINE in your crank case, your engine troubles will be few and far between.
 POLARINE is the standard oil for all types of motors. It keeps it's proper 1ubricating body in the hottest cylinder, and insures maximum of fabrication ahd minimum of carbon. . Look for the red, white and blue SOCONY. Sign. You will see 1t every where you go = theesign of quality in fuel and lubricants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
Primary Registration

The Registrars of voters will be 5n session at their office, Room 4, No. 1905 Broad Street, from Friday. Aug ust 6, to Saturday, August 14. inclu- sive, Sunday excepted) from 12 o'clock noon until o'clock in the afternoonIfor the purpose of enrolling those electors who may desire to par ticipate in the primaries a tq be held ater August 1915sxst-sas7 s=roa-sf.s-.ss
 JAMES H. ROONEY,
 WILLIAM LoUNSBURX,
 General Registrars of voters Bridgeport. Conn. July s1. 1915.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31

inadequate it is probable that the American delegates will sleep on board the steamer at Yokohama which is only 19 miles from Tokio. The expense of the conference is estf- mated at $25, ,000- This will be raised by the Supporters Association. Ex- tensive facilities for sightseeing will be arranged for the visitors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
John R. stine Will
 Be Given Hearing At State Capitol

/ Hartford, July 31-John R. stsne of Bridgeport, alleged to nave operat- ed motor vehicle at Westport, J Jl1y 10, at 3 a.. nl-, while all the occupants were under the influence of liquor will be permitted to explain Tuesday af- ternoon in a hearing before Secretary of State Charles D. Burnes.
 Six other alleged offenders will be asked to account for the misdeeds Of which they are accused and show req sons why their licenses should not be suspended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
NEW YORK CLERGYMAN
 AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH

: Rev. George P. Maines of New York City will occupy the pulpit of the First M. B. Church Sunday at morning and evening services.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31

A large plant for the manufacture of acids used for making explosives
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad is contemplating the purchase Of 800 box cars.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
Bed Bugs in inc Bed

drive away. > your roomers and keep your friends from staying over night. They rather leave and say noth- ing, it is courtesy, but is not forgotten.
 CYRUS PRESTO KILLER will kill the bugs and rid the house of the pest525e. zsasa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
THE SMITH-MURRAY 60.
 BRIDGEPoRT's BUSY CASH STORE.
HustIing Hard tO Get Kline stock ready--SOOn!
For wear with the Summer FrOCk--

summer attire
 Not among the least important of these the silk hose to either match con trast with the frock-
 They're here in of colors that include the staple black and white shades of grey bronze cerse hello sand Co., penhagen and Palm Beach, heavy quality fibre silk with slight mperfecons that scarcely be detected lar soc quality pair
 New belts of black and white kid fashionable Some of white kid trimmed with black others black trimmed with white. Many different styles and widths at 25c and soc.
 Auto Veils-48c.
 Ideal for motoring IA yds. long in black white green blue, gray, pink, yellow and brown.
 THE SN1ITH-MURRAY co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
EARTH SHOCKS RECORDED

Washington. July 31 Seismo- graphs at the Georgetown University last night recorded from S:30 to 10 o'clock earth shocks of unusual in tensity, supposed to be about $500 miles from Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY

ALMANAC FOR SUNDAY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-31
Atmosphere Contracts.

Atmosphere Contracts.
 +sNow the turning point comes when the. temperature recedes from it's highest point. With each degree of decrease the atmosphere is con- tracting and the capacity for holding
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-03
1870
WILLING TO AID

Visitor-Pat, there's hole in the
roof of the church and I'm trying to
collect money sufficient to repair it.
Come now, what will you contribute?
Pat-My services, sor.
Visitor-What do you mean, Pat?
You are no carpenter.
Pat-No; but if it rains next Sun
day Oil sit over the hole.-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle Telegraph:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-03
NOT INEVITABLE

A political candidate, irritated by
the groans with which he was re-
ceived at his first meeting, exclaimed
furiously:
"Confound you all! You've got to
have me whether you like it or not. -
why, guv'nor?" exclaimed pla-
cid individual at the back of the hall.
"You aren't the measles, are your"
-Pearson's Weekly.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-07

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uf t.n points 800 90, ou,uIr. rh. .l
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far market arun. .ff Dos h. n..r
hour Co., about thc Sam, Iryei a.. st fh.
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nnr,ri "a few pnInts gut those r..ur,..
were nI.arhed and ga, n.rErf h.fl
steady 1t the CLOSING pr.cra
CONCERNING the nuiauan and u.
hoarue on tho nitur, 90 th. r.rl..f
ll aud o.. Boor af New Drl.tns s,,
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spot s,los recently. that ,pinninr ir
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-07
A GLITCH In TrmF

W II. Hull. chairman 0f the Or
gapization committee for the pro
posed July Fourih Association. ha'
called mass nerlipg for Tuesday
might. The general i,i'n !. 70 scl
,,iidc au entire week Gov the annual
reclamation, and 90 make IL sune.
thing thoroughly representative ~
Corpus Cbrisiis energy and prog
rcNs. The pau as suggested ln
The Caller, has taken FIRM hold
and there - so reason why u
should not be- mh'lr permanent
feature, capable of ailfaeiine thou.
sands of visitors ~ The beginning
Of the srason. The organization
can be- iuasle 10 cqunl any in Texas,
comparatively speaking and To-
efforts can ae alfeelei along sall
WHtor lines, giving . marine touch
20 the program N is hoped that
The aiteudanee 10 Tuesday night b
may be large. since The
best time Co begiu fhe 1916 pro
y am ~ NOW Two hoads are bet
Ter than one. and many nro better
han two Suggestions viii be in
order, and u is hoprj that some
hing definite may Doe accom-
liishcd
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-07

The Swiss Army Lesson
NORMAN iispguud iu iiarpsfa WyfE .
iyi Switzerland has fewer Than four
million inhabitants she completed her
mobilization before either pfsnse af
Germany ln the first Weoh ~ August
she pui uHHs ~ ugarler ~ Il million
~ Thoroughly drilled men on her
ffuutiefH a. hins in support uf her
scrap ~ paper Hsc means io keep Boz
Violate ffaf uHurr since fhrn Soc has
been having her fighting men take
tpfnH in tho army fotufninr to their
rriFHfN Hefh hftWcrn Irr army of
hslf o milton iH absolutely read,
ita percentage ~ officers iH hlrh Ef
fclfurF iu every preparation probably
euuHlr Germany When 10 looked 80
III Coo entrance ~ Italy into the war
mlahi cause dlHfeHpsci fuf iha ntu-
twliiy NJ Switzerland the govern
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Through passes hB s1uluHluu DO need
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Wiifhrlsu A. GO money price she
rHfH iniHfeH fnr 90 defense purpose
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luiird states PAYS over % per uhanl-
tHut HuH EttH unthlnT Hut fhofo if
broader aspect lu DO iasr Hu fhsa.
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