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several neutral Danish papers Em-
mrOr William finds the SITUATION gen
orally hopeful but he Is described rs
greatly depressed over the terrible
price m men Germany has had to pay
Tor comparatively limited advances
against the intrenched Russians. One
account reaching Paris by way Of
Warsaw places the German losses on
the BZurH and the RuWku fronts AT
10000 dead This report Is absolutely
without confirmation aud 1t has not
even been repeated from any other
source.
Nevertheless, Dn 4sB9mlitary critics
SAY Emperor WiliiaR1 has protested
against the slaughter ana that us
result an effort viii be made 10y the
German war staff to transfer the
fighting tu some point where the Rus
sian, are less lmmldublrly entrench
ed.
The Russian reports of the fighting
from the extreme north IN the extreme
southeast of the line through Poland
continue optimistic The loss OF some
ground 10 the Trutons has been more
than offset by what the dispatches
from Petrogad describe rs the stra-
getic importance Of the Russian gains
iu the Curpnlhinns.
NeXatiOus Fighting.
The British press finds much cause
for comment I'M the Austrian official
admission that HE fighting is heavy
aud rexutlOus, In the Carputhlans 1t Is
evident that both Sides find the fight
ing among the snow covered passes
with only the most prpcurious connec
ton with their source Of supplies n
warfare in which the result, gained
are very dearly purchased
In the extreme north where Rus
slams have been conducting flank
movement against the forces uf Fun.
peror William In East Prussia, the
situation is becoming clearer The
Germans have rushed heavy reinforce
ments thither. With these men they
expect to be- able to stall the Russian
lhN NNl'tf Nv lNNNldAHt N'N'N'lt a..
rendy would appear To be iu a posi-.
ton threatening lu,Dcrbrrg from
which German town the population Is
reported 10 have been udyi~ed To de
part until the present military upcru-
lions are concluded.
In the western arena Of the war the
fighting during the last few days has
been Of relatively small importance
and the promised big effort Of one side
or the other Is still delayed pepding
the advent of the more favorable
weather.
The situation In the balkan states
appears to London observers to be
rapidly crystalizlng. Bulgaria will
receive a large consignment " her
German loan within the next few
weeks Rumanla Ia finding that Aus
trin Hungary Is clHmuring for a
definite statement Of her attitude
Nevertheless she shows no disposition
permaturely to reveal her intentions
and the entente powers, Great Britain
France and Russia, seem to be quite
satisfied that Rumanla's action win be
on their side
LONDON, Feb. II, 3:46 p. m.--Re
plying in the house N commons to q
question concerning German sea ant
air raids on undefended towns, pre-
mier Asqulth said
II am not prepared TO make any
general statement. Each case must b,
dealt with on Its merits"
Admiral BeresfOrd asked the gov
ernment to treat German raiders oI
undefended places as pirates and af
ter n trial by court martial. hnnl
them them In public for the killing o
| Mnmnn nnd ChIldren
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vAssAR COLLEGE STUNTS
WILL CONTINUE IN FUTURE

POuGHKEEPsIE, N. Y. Feb. II. -
vassar college students have defeated
a scheme launched year ago to aban.
don the spectacular class day exercises
and the time honored daisy chain pro
ceasion. II was announced today the
daisy chain would be held next June.
II had been arranged 10 have q garden
fete IN place OF the daisy chain parade.
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Snap Fasteners 7c.

Famous "Koh-i-noOr" Snap
Fasteners, in all sizes and in
black or silver, special in
this twQ-day sale at 10.
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Stationery 39c.

Kerr Special Writing Pa
per, one pound Of paper, two
packages of envelopes, fifty
all told, special for two days
at 39c
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Hair Pins, 2 BoxeA 7c.

Assorted Wire Hair Pins,
Sc boxes; both the regular
and the invisible, special for
two days at two boxes, 7c.
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Shields 1Oc.

Dressmakers Shields, sizes
3 or 4, light weight; excel.
lent serviceable quality, Spe-
cial, l0c a pair, $ll0 dozen.
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Supporters l0c.

Velvet Grip Hose Support
ers, with the improved
clasps White or black. Sold
regularly at l5c, reduced to
l0c.
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Dress Shields.

Fully guaranteed, size 3
regularly 25c at Tie pair;
size 4 regularly 30c at 23c a
pair-for two days
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Tape, 3 Bolts 25C.

Best English Tape, "a to
1-inch wide, 10 yards in a
bolt, lOc to l5c value. Spe-
cial now, three bolts for 25c.
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Tape, 2 Bolts l5c.

silk finished Lingerie Tape
loo bolts at two for l5c
during this sale. White, pink
or blue. Splendid value.
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Twtlve-yard bolts Of the
best bias lawn tape, sold
regularly at Zoe to l5c, now
three bolts for 25c.
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Napkins 19c.

Sanitary Napkins one dOz-
en- packages, sold regularly
1t 25c, reduced to l9c for this
two.day sale.
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Combs 39c.

Rubber Dressing Combs;
best quality, heavy back, all
coarse teeth, 69c to 9Sc quail
ity, at 39c each.
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The girls who want wheel without
paying money for 1t will be- Interested
in THE TIMES bicycle contest now
running In which five girls will get
one without penny Of expense See
THE TIMES Monday.
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Elastic 10c.

Lengths of fancy frill gar
ter elastic, all the best col
ors; usually zoe, at Zoe a
length during this sale
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SOCIALISTS or ALL NATIONS
TO MEET Al THE HAGUE

HAvRD, via Paris Feb. 1.-The IN
ternational, socialist bureau has sum
monsd delegates both from bsllisersn,
and neutral nations to meet At I'ht
Hague, They will confer separately
and later hold q general assembly 4
one can be arranged.
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Sewing Silk Sc.

One hundred yard spools
of excellent sewing silks, in
black and the staple colors
DC a spool, soc a dozen,
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Curriers' 7c.

West Electric Hair Curl
ers; the l0c kind at 70; the
25c kind at l9c. Just for
two days.
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Safety Pins &c,

Duplex Nickel Safety Pins,
sizes 0 to 2%. All sizes In
fact, Choice during the two
days at 4c dozen.
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Needles Sc.

Crawley's best gold-syed
Needles, 90 papers at Sc dur
ing this sale, Why not buy .
supply OF themi
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Hair Pins lOc.

zoe Boxes Of Shell Hair
Pins, One dozen pins to the j
box shell or amber; 2Oc
boxes l0c.
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Pins Sc.

Our own Supreme" Brass
Pins, in all sizes, sold reeu-
larly at 5c a paper; during
this sale at Sc.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. H. Admins.
tratiOn forces were re formed to con
tinue the fight over the ship bin at
an early conference today between
President Wilson, Senators Fletcher
and Slmmuu, and Representative
Kitchin II was decided to stand be-.
hind Senator Cores substitute for
the bill now pending in the senate
The Gore substitute contains pro
visions safeguarding neutrality In pur-
chase " foreign ships and other pro
posals which, II Is understood. com
mand support " some progressive
Republicans and probably some Of the
Democratic Insurgents
Under the new plan the present bill,
against which mn historic fllibustcr
developed would be- buried In commit
tee and the Gore substitute forced out
for immediate consideration.
No final decision was reached on
whether the bill also would be taken
up In the house Immediately but indi-
cations were that It would be done.
1T Is said at the White House Il
had not been decided to call an extra
session on March o. hut 1t was stated
definitely the president would insist
on passage Of the shipping bill. The
parliamentary situation was gone into
at length and II practically was
agreed that no further Oyertures
would be presented to the insurgent
democrats.
In senate circles II was reiterated
that hope had been given up Of pass
Ing the Gore substitute during the
present session, hut II was consider
cred significant that Mr. Kltchin who
is to be majority leader In the next
congress was present at the confer
and Mr.. Underwood, who retires from
the house March 4, was absent.
As the situation developed at the
capitol the plan appeared to he to re
lax the fight In the senate while the
Gore substitute was being attached
as an amendment TO the Weeks bill In
the house and meanwhile some apprO.
prtatlon bills would he disposed Of In
the senate. The plan seemed to fore
cast an extra session.
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disposed Of 1t is expected the ship
bill could be put through next week,
The Weeks bill already has passed
the senate II proposes use Of naval
vessels for mail and freight IN times
OF emergency. by attaching the Gore
bill, the parliamentary situation would
simply call Tor motion In the senate
to concur with the house amendment
A fight and fiIibuster may be- expected
on that also, It was polluted out, but
the administration forces would be IN
much better position.
The senate spent Its first two hours
discussing the batch VI ClOture pro
posals the flIbuster had brought out.
There was no indication Of u renewal
Of the ship fight and It generally
was agreed that the coalition OF re
publicans and iuSurgent democrats had
blocked the measure, temporarily at
least.
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RoyS do YOU want wheel? You
can get one for nothing. A fine
Worlds bicycle with a coaster brake.
Full details In THE TIMES Monday
night
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A clear conscience is more to he ~
slred than q null with tha nalinA
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RATE DECISION
AN AID TO WEST

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cause the percentages over the termi
nal rates would have been calculated
on lower basis
Aids Middle West.
"Iud mo- additional relief been NJ
fordcd on iulermOmtaIn points, an
abandonment uf much mail carriage
from the Atlantic seabOard territory
was imminent, aud had additional re-
lief ON inlermuuntnin tral lie not
been granted there was grave reason
Ia think that the Atlantic seaboard
In the future would have supplied by
water the Pacific const with the com
moditeS In question, and that many
industries in the neighhoIhood Of Chi
cngo would have lost their Pacific
customers q. have been compelled to
migrate 10 near the Atlantic seabOard.
In this emergency a greater de
gree ~ relief ON certain commodities
10 intermouulain Rint, has been ac.
corded by the commission, but only on
the commodities In question. The net
result Of the greater relief is that In
dustrles In the Chicago and middle
west section viii continue In the busi
ness Of supplying consumers on the
Pacific
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FIGHT RELAXES
IN THE SENATE

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NATIONS NOTES
NOT 50 LENlENT

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03
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The Past o4nd Presenl

carried away
 Tom Allen became the recognized American champion in 1869, when he defeated Bill Davis in fortt-three rounds. The fight was pulled off on an island near St. Louis, and another island in the Father of Waters was the scene of Toms next contest. His opponent on this ocasion was Charlie Gallagher, Cleveland man. In the second round Tom grew careless, and Gallagher landed a blow on the jug ular vein which sent Allen to slumber- land.
 Allen had been champion only a feww eeks when he was whipped by GaI1ag gher, who then claimed the title Most sports considered the Ohio man s victory a fluke. however, and Allen was still recognized as champion In the July of 1889 he fought Mike Me Coole, at Fosters Island near St Louis The giant Ir1snman was still a claimant of the American titel, and he had a big following among the St. Louis sports. The McCooIe men back cd him literally, and they were wild with rage when Allen made a chop ping block of their favorite. For nine round Tom cut and slashed his big antagonist, until McCoole was reduced to a power1ess mass of bleeding, bat tered flesh. when the referee merci- l fully stopped the contest and awarded the victory to Allen. Instantly Hades broke loose, and the umpire was sur rounded with shoutiI1g gesticulating g
 men who waved pistols and clubs and l demanded a verdict in McCoole's fla vor The referee was overawed by 1 the mob, and reversing his former verdict, gave the battle to McCoole on
 an alleged foul.
 Technically Allen was for a second time deprived of his title, but he con
 tfnued to hold it by general consent. Charlie Gallagher, who was also 1 claiming the title since his defeat of l Allen, then challenged Tom to fight again. The Mississippi island was again the scene of the encounter, and again Allen was given a raw deal In
 eleven rounds lasting less than half a n l hour, Allen beat Gallagher into a pulp.
 Again the roughs interfered, and the l referee, Larry Vessel, was froced to decide in favor of the beaten man, l while Allen was chased by the mob
 and robbed of the stakes.
 In 1870 Allen and McCoole were again matched, but Mike wisely de- I cided that he had had enough of Al
 len. and the affair fell through. This l same year Jem Mace landed in Amerf- l ca, with Pooley Mace his cousin and manager, and Fred Abrahans. his 1 packer. Allen was then universally recognized as American champion, in spite of the decisions given against him. and although he was really an
 Englishman and had been in America less than three years. Allen cha1- 1enged Mace ito fight for the world title. Allen was then in Pittsburgh i and asked Mace to visit the Smoky I City to sign the articles. lem refused l toA leave New York, and the match hung fire for time. At last a pub lished statement of Mace, defying Al len to show whether he was s'in earn est or merely buncoing,' brought Al len to trrns. and the match was made for S1o.0oo, to be pulled off in New Orleans. Tom trained in St. Louis
 and Jem in Mobile until a short time
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03
1HE MAN WHO GAME BACK

' - 2
 On a July day in 1887 a brawny. vel set up Englishnan, dressed in the height of the prevailing London ia shion, with a. rather handsome but somewhat cruel face surmounted by wavy hair and decorated with mus tache which curIed down under the. corners of his lower lip, stroIIed down the gang plank of steamer from England and set his feet firmly on the paved soil of the country which he proposed to make his own.
 seBlimey, Pete, but it feels good to be back on the solid earth again he remarked to one of his two compan- ions, who gave a hearty assent to this comm onplace observation. Among the crowd gathered about the water front the word went about thai the nuscu- lar gentleman in the London glad rags was no less a parsonage than Tom Al len, the notorious British pugilist, and there was much craning of necks. To the gentleman of the sporting frater- New York. the pugilist introduced his companions as Bill Ryall and Peter Morris, the latter Britain's feather weight champion.
 Tom Allen was a good mixer and within few days he was a familiar i and popular figure at all the New York sporting resorts Tom announc- l ed that he proposed. to become an | American and go after the heavy ] weight mpionship, and this declar- ation was greeted with enthusiasm l by the fight fans of this side of the Alta ntic. The heavyweight champion l ship of America was then claimed by | Mike MeCoole, the big St. Louis bruis- l CT by virtue of his defeats of Aaron Jones and Bill Davis. the Californian. l Jim Dunne, the Brooklyn athlete who had won the title a couple of years | 10 O fused to fight again, and McCoole had the field pretty much to himself, as Joe Coburn had also gone into tenn l porary retirement
 l American pugilism was a rough and desperate game. as played in America half a. century ago, but Tom Allen soon proved that he was equal to the most desperate measures. Soon after i his arrival in New York the English man consented to act as second to Tom Kelly, who was matched to fight Billy Parkinson. Kelly was a Cana for some time he had hung out in I Baltimore where he was very popu- lar. Allen and Billy Edwards, after ward American lightweight champion, acted for Kelly at the fight. Parkin- ! son soon demonstrated that he was the peter man, and Allen, backed up by a mob of toughs from Baltimore and Philadelphia, who had backed Kelly, sought to intimidate the referee Allen claimed victory for his man, al 1eging that Parkinson had committed a foul, and, drawing a revolver, threat ened to perforate the referee if he did not give Kelly the decision. The arbiter was game however, and in 1 spite of the threats of Allen and the Kelly mob he ordered the fight to gc on. Allen then cut the ropes and the crowd swarned into the ring, wf1en the referee declared Parkinson the victor. and the battered Kelly wal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03
EARLY PRINTERS

The first printers were in nearly all cases men of great intellect. who. found in the new art a method of giving wider publicity to their opin- ions. The clergy and the nobles of
 most Eupropean countries bitterly op-
 posed the extension of the typro- graphical art, many denouncing print ing as an Invention of the devil. One Eof the most famous of the early French printers was Etienne Do1et, who was burned at the stake in Lyons
 369 years ago today, August B.. ,.1546.
 He was convicted of having printed an errouneous translation of line
 from Plato, and for this he was put to the torture. and then burned, with
 all the books he had printed, in a
 public square of the French city. For
 many years before his tragic martyr dom to the cause of popular educa- ton, Dolet had been ssaveagely per- secuted by the ecclesiastical authori- ties. and had spent much of his time in prison. He aroused the hatred of the bigots by publishing sfThe Holy Scripture in the Vulgar Tongue" and short time after this was thrown into prison on the ground that he had eaten meat in Lent. For this crime the printer spent Is months in the dungeons of the Inquisition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03
KILLING SNAKES.


 To the Editor of The Courant:
 The story of the killing of a black snake. which you printed in your is sue of the 26th inst, made a pain ful impression on me. The black snake is a harmless and useful crea- ture and one of the best friends of the farmer. It destroys nulnberless field mice and is also the deadly enemy of the rattlesnake, always killing it when opportunity offers It would be well if all of us would restrain our inn pulse to kill every snake we see, be- cause, with the exception of the rat tlesnake and the copperhead (our only venomous snakes1 they are all inoffensive and useful.
 Canaan, July 27. D. c. w
 Our correspondent echoes senti- ments expressed by this paper the other. day. When a man used a rusty knife to cut out he poison from a blacksnake's bite. The Courant re- marked that he simply put poison into a place where there had been one be- fore. Blacksnakes kill many pests. Sometimes they do bite wayfaring people, but seldom, and then it's not serious wound. They kill field mice and rattlesnakes, and in other ways make a living. It must be admitted however, that they eat many toads, and the same natura1ists who plead for the snakes declare that. every toad is worth $20 to the place it lives on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03
LORD MERsEY

Baron. Mersey, the. distinguished English jIrist who presided over the inquiry into the sinking of the Lust tania, and brought in a verdict to the effect that the German government was guilty ov cold-blood ed m t1reier will be 75 years old today. He was born August 3. Fl $40, the son Of John. Eighanns a Liverpool merchant and was educated at IAyerpool. Paris and Berlin. Forty-Ve years ago, as John Charles Bigham, he began the prac- tice of law. ans soon attained great prominence in his profession, espac- iaIIy as an authority on 1nafitirne law In 1895 he was elected to the House of Commons as a Unfonist. and was a member of the South African com rnIttee to thai body prior to the Boer war. He was created a knight in 1897, and was elevated to the peer age we years ago. Lord Mersey first came into international prominence in 1912.9swheus he presided over the in vestigation into the Titanic disaster. Last year he acted as president of the InternationaI Conference on Safety at Sea, held in London, at which delegates from IA nations ign ed a convention laying down regula- tfens for passenger traffic on the ocean Later he came to Canada. 8as a member Of the commission to in svestigate the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence, dis aster which cost more than a thous- and lives As a member of the bar Lord Mersey had a large experience in shipping eases, and for some time he was presiden of the British ad-
 n1ralty court. Although he has reach- ed the three-quarters of a century mark, Baron sMersey is still active of mind and body, and his conduct of the Lusitania inquiry was marked by all his accustomed ylgor and direct ness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03

before the battle. when both went to New Orleans to finish their work. The ring was pitched on the turf near KennersvHle, La. and was surround ed by a big crowd of sports. many of whom had travelled more than q thousand miles to see the contest Mace proved the superior in clever ness, and fetched first blood. and held the lead in every round. AlthouEh repeatedly knocked down. Allen prov ed a glutton for punishment, and in the tenth round Tom grappled with his willy opponent and seemed for a amoment to have a. chance Of victory. In going down, however, Tom struck violently against 9 stake and disIo- cated his shoulder, and his second tossed up the sponge.
 Allen, again an ex-champion, soon came back, for when lem Mace rec tired and returned to England the
 doughty Tom again assumed the title. In 1873 Allen again drought Mike Mo Coo1e on an island near St. Louis. This time the bout was on the square and Tom gave McCoo1e Q terrible beating and stopped him in the twenty y=ni1ltl round. Allen, who had thus demon strated that a fcome-back' was quite possible, held the undisputed chan pionship of America until 1878, de~ feating Ben Hogan and others, but
 finally lost to Joe Goss on a foul at Covington, Ky. The old gladiator then settled down in St. Louis, where he died in 1904.