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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05

10 me the greatest loss and the
deepest grief Of my whole life.
When the doctor told me few
days ago, that this daughter NOW
in her nfty-fourth year., had the
pernicious anemia, and must die
very soon, my grief was unbearable.
After her husbands death and
many years OF hard toll for her
two boys, her last fourteen years
were spent in caring for the down.
and-outs, as matron in the Toledo
Police Station-twelve hours q day.
seven days a week.
This was an exhausting tax on
her physical strength. But more
than this, her sympathy for her
fallen sisters and her unceasing eff
forts to minister spiritual help TO
them made a greater draft on her
health. And what now adds pun
gency to my deep grief is the fear
that my lack of sympathy with her
and the failure to duly express my
sympathy also added TO her failing
health.
God had heard my prayer and
answered il in sparing her to us and
helping her to live a holy, useful
life. | had not duly appreciated
the great blessing, but took il for
granted that she would be spared TO
minister TO her mother and myself
in our last days. (She was nurse.)
No break had come in our family
of six loved and loving, useful chill
dren, three sons and three daugh-
ters, and when the cry came The
bridegroom cometh" to take this,
His dear self-sacriticing bride unto
himself, OH how disappointed I
was. | almost rebelled against His
claim. But when realized that she
had not expressed any desire TO get
well, but had said: IF il did not
seem like selfishness, | could easily
slip away oh, the poor dear weary
child, and the right Of the Master
to call her up higher, I could, |
can but say Amen, Dear Lord
Jesusl" What is our loss is her
great gain!
But from my intense suffering |
am qualified to admonish all who
read this story Of my grief that
there is such a thing as suffering
loss even to those who build on the
Christine sure foundation if they
build of wood, hay and stubble-or
if they fail TO build of gold and silver
and precious stones-kind and help
full words and deeds. Some judge
ment day will come to all as it has
come to me-if not in this life-then,
later.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05
Ease OF Apostasy.

And there is an incidental sugges-
ton In connection with Peters base
denial. In that the step from close
COMPATIBILITY with Jesus Christ to
apostasy is not a long one. Peter
was In a true sense a primate among
the disciples, yet his base denial OF
his Lord is told as widely as the per
fidy OF Judas Iscariot himself.
To rest in any Relationship 10 Jesus
Christ with too great confidence 10
dangerous.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05

the water in one Of the state rooms.
He had used up his last strength
10 climb some wreckage and was
still alive but could not speak. The
signal cord worked for the cmer-
gency signal flor it had come loose
in the meantime) and the diver was
pulled quickly to the surface.
"A live one" he exclaimed.
The relief corps began to work
with him and soon his chest swelled
up and he breathed freely.
Hell have a story 10 tell il he
lives" said the diver.
But il was too late. He was Ia
near gone; his breast heaved a sigh
and he was dead.
"0ne more added to the list,
said the diver in sad. husky voice
as he slipped the cap over his head
again and slipped into the water as
though that was the place 10 forget
the scene.
Many, many more stories could
be told, even more touching than
these, but | will not ask for the
time and space now.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05

child for which he had risked his
own life. II was dead. my God
he exclaimed. Then the stony old
heart melted to tears of pity for the
innocent little dead one that had
been sacrificed to satisfy the greed
of gain, and tears came to the eyes
Of all who saw it.
The dead bodies were taken to
the Second Regiment Armory as
fast as they were recovered; there
to await identification, by loved
ones who would have them removed
and prepared for burial. At one
time there were upwards Of 500
bodies in the morgue. Fathers,
mothers, brothers, sisters, hus-
bands, wives, sons and daughters
passed through the morgue by hun
dreds in one continuous row, from
daylight TO dark, and from dark
TO daylight again, looking for the
dear ones they had lost in the aw-
full disaster. Here a father would
bend over his child, shed those bit
ter, bitter tears, and order il re-
moved 10 the home, there to be pre-
pared for burial. There a husband
would find his wife; a wife the
husband; brother, a sister; a sister,
a brother; a child its parent and so
on and on continued the line OF
march OF grief-stricken humanity,
looking for their lost relation.
One little boy, dressed in white.
was placed in the morgue early
the first day and there he has laid
for three days, and no one has come
TO claim the little body yet. Many,
many parties have stopped to scrut-
inize the little body looking for
marks OF naturalization, but only
dropped a tear for the little lost
hoy and passed on in search OF
their own. Perhaps his dear ones
are still pinned beneath the Inflated
boat somewhere in the bottom OF
the river.
There is another story OF diver
who had worked day and night for
nearly ~ hours. He went down in
TO the wreckage Of the boat and his
signal cord caught foul. He looked
up TO see what held il and what he
saw made him forget il and struggle
for the prize. A man was above
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05
STORIES OF THE EASTLAND
DISASTER
By j. Richard Randall

I am sending you some pitiful
stories of the awful Eastland dis
aster, and if you can read them
without shedding tears Of pity for
those who persisted. you can do more
than I can while writing them.
You will know by the papers, that
the Eastland was a death-trap from
the beginning, and was doomed,
sooner or later, TO just such a dis
aster. IL was allowed 10 operate
through political graft, for the sake
of greed, to add few more dollars
to the surplus wealth OF the steam
ship trusts. As it is now, il has
added nearly 500 souls TO eternity,
and left many broken-up homes and
heart-broken loved ones 10 mourn
loss that never can be recOmpens-
ed. II is criminal negligence on
the part OF all concerned and the
guilty certainly should be punished
for such a deed.
One story is OF a mother who
caught folding deck chair as she
was thrown into the water. She
was holding her baby tight in her
arms. Seeing that she could not save
herself and the baby, too, she placed
the child on the chair, thereby Civ
ing up all the support she had to
keep aflOat. She smiled, as the little
one floated away, and sank beneath
the muFky water TO rise no more.
II is not known whether the child
was picked up alive or not.
Another story is OF an elderly man,
with about a weeks growth OF
beard on his face, clothes well worn
and somewhat dirty: hard hearted
looking old fellow, the kind that
drinks and feeds around the free
lunch saloons, and somewhat in
toxicated at the time, who was
standing on the Wells Street Bridge,
just below the dock, watching the
loading OF the doomed human
freight. He saw the accident and
with a sad face, watched the strug-
Cling humanity in the water. Soon
a little babe, dressed in white, by
some fond mothers hand, now soak
ed with the muddy-fllthy water,
came floating toward the bridge.
II stroked the dirty death-gripping
water with its tiny little hands as
ii drew its infant lungs full OF the
filthy water. This old man, whom
you would call a bum" threw of
his coat, climbed the railing and
leaped into the water twenty feet
below. He caught the baby in his
arms, swan TO the pier and climbed
out with il. The excited crowd
cheered him as he reached the top
in safety. A triumphant smile was
on his face. Now for the first time
he looked into the little face OF the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05
Relics Of Old Persia.

shuster. the old capital OF Persia, Is
one OF Trans wonder cities. In the
dawn OF Persian civilization II took a
leading part. On the bank OF the only
navigable river the country can boast,
the city gets its name from the famous
ruler. shapur, who built great irrigat-
Ing dams and noble bridge across the
Kurun, now wrongly credited TO the
emperor Valerian. Sixteen hundred
years have left the great bridge, a
quarter OF mile In length. with yawn-
ing gaps. but the water OF the river
runs today through the channels and
tunnels made to fertilize "a land that
had not yet been overrun by the Ara
bic barbarlans who destroyed the cul-
ture OF Persia. -London Mail.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05

things; the person
TO whom II was
addressed, tn g
person referred to
In the closing pro
noun. and the cir.
cumstances I b n I
the question In
volved. The per
son addressed was
Peter. the person
referred to In the
closing pronoun
was Jesus. the
Gu m stances
were about these
Jesus was on trial
before the Roman
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05

Peters position as indicated by this
question depends on two or three
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-08-05
An Awkward
Position
~ REV. III. RALsroN
Secretary a Cer.sposjsse. Depsr.ssl
Moody B.bls INSTITUTES q Chirsso

TExT-Did ! not see thee IN the garden
with him7-John ISIS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
FREE LEGAL AID
 FOR POOR IS PLAN .OF LOCAL CHARITIES
Deserting Husbands is One of Biggest Problems in
 Social Work Here

f
 A legal aid committee, to be made up Of attprneys who will volunteer their services. is contemplated by the Charity Organization society as a new feature of it's work for the poor, Benjamin H. HILL a young attorney is the first to oner his ser vices in the cause and the society hopes to interest several others. The purpose of the committee will he to act as pAAcenaker and arbitrator which will in many instances save the poor from having to go into court and will also save Ihem tho expense of employing an attorney. Wage questions between an employer and an employe, dornes troubles which might lead to the separation of 8 poor family, contract and loan ques- tions, assertion Of husbands, and civil affairs of the kind with which the poor have to contend would be along the lines the legal aid committee would work
 The annual report of the society. which is now ready for public dis trfbltion. shows that in the first nine months II cases of desertton by hus- bands and fathers were brought to the societyss attention, while there were many others of which the SO clety does mot have a record.
 Attorneys will be asked to vo1un- teer for service on the legal aid com 1nittee to help the poor as physicdans and surgeons give their services to the same cause through hospitals and dispensaries
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
- - = ST. EIzHHsLBERT.

The first Christian king in England was. St. Ethe1bert. king Of Kent, whose festival is observed today EtheIbert reignad over Kent from 560 to 616, and he also held imperial sway overstI1e other Saxon nonarchs, as far north as the banks Of the Humber Like all his predecessors on English thrones, he was a pagan. To increase his power, he married Bertha daughter of the king of Paris His queen was a Christian, and she brought with her to England a French bishop. who held services for the benefit Of Bertha and her att tendants in a small building near Canterbury King Ethe1bert was not very faYorably impressed with his. wffe's new -fang1ed religion, and pre- ferred that of his fathers, until an Italian missionary, St. Augustine. arr rived in England. The king and his stalwart pagan warriors gave 3 hearty greeting to the missionary and Augustine soon convinced the Kent ish king that Christianity was an in- provenent over the old faith. Ethel bert was duly baptized, and the lesser chiefs and common people soon fol- lowed his example. So great was the eagerness of the people to embrace the religion of Christ that on one day 10, 900 people were baptized.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
EMPIRE

Tn conJu7ctIo on with the program of highly entertaini1g feafures and 2 single reel subjects to be offered at the Empire theatre today. the latest instal lIn1ent of the greatest of all film serials. ssThe Master Key Episode No 13: will also be shown
 The Great Seeretsy three part masterpiece of thrills featuring Ed- win August and NeHa Gerber, will be the leading feature for Thursday The latest episode of the greatest de- fectfva serial of a decade will also be shown. entitled, The Exploits of Elaine
 TIle Great Secret 7 is a sensation al story perfectly pictured. The drama was adapted from Guy Mau-' peasants famous story, the Diamond eNeck1ace
 The scenic fnVesta1re has been worked out with fidelity and atten- tion to detail for which the company who produced this film masterpiece is no<eG
 Altogether the Great Secret is one of the most striking and successful film plays CT produced in America Other dramatic; and comedy sub iects will also be shown rounding out an altogether pleasing and entertain ing photop1ay program
 Attend Keeneys E1Elpire theatre and you will truly agree rt hat Para n1oune features are truly paranao otlnt and that this theatre peslttxely offers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
KING OF wURTEA1BERG.

Emperor Wilhelm IT is not the only ruler Of that name, for the king of Wurtenberg Is also Wilhelm II. The man who reigns in the royal pal- ace at Stuttgart will be sixty-seven years old tomorrow. as he was born Feb. 25, 1848. Altbsngh an experi- enced soldier King Wilhelnss health has been poor for many years, and this has prevented him from taking a very active part in the war. He Is often consulted on military matters, however, and reviews and encourages his troops on every possible occa- don. The ruler of Wurtemberg wears on his breast an Iron Cross bestowed upon him for feats of conspicuous galIantry performed while he was 8 young cavalry officer in the Franco Prussian war of 1870. Wurtenberg was originally part Of Swa.bia, and was made a. dslchy in s14e In 18O5 it became a Kingdom under Fred deriex l., who supplied contingent to Ma poleon's Russian army, but later turned against him. The first King Wilhelm abolished serfdom and in stituted representative government He reigned from I816 until his death in 1884, and during the latter part of his rule was the oldest living mon arch He was succeeded by Karl L.
 passed to the present king. a son Of the late Prince Friederich. King Wi1helm,s first wife was Princess Marie Of WaIdeck, 3 sister of the Duchess of Albany. She gave the king a daughter, who married Prince FrIederich of Wied. She died in 1882 and four years later King Wilhelm married Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Idpp by whom he had no children. In the absence of male descendants of the king, the heir presumptive is distant kinsman, Duke Albert, now fifty years old. Duke Albert married a niece of the emperor Of Austria, and has three sons. all soldiers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
OUR NE 0WgN
 NEWS LETT FER
Spcial to The Farmer. 5


 NewtoNn, Eeb. 4.-The meeting of Pootatuclz grange last night showed a revival of interest in grange work. which was enhanced by the rehearsal work of the degree teaTn- Several |appltcations for membership were act ed upon favorably. A social session
 Robert G. and Harry Bradley. A. E. Gtnthers and Harry Madigan attended the basket ball game in Danbury Monday.
 The reorganized Newtown basket ball team will play a game with the regular Danbury team at the town. hall Friday night.
 Owing to some misunderstanding there was no basketball game Tues day either in town or in Stratford. The |local high school team was son the. for Stratford to play the postponed game with the Stratford High school oys when two auto trucks full Of the members and friends of the Univer- sity school of Bridgeport. hove in sfghE A halt was called on the out of-town trip. and manager Cavan- augh sought to arrange for game with the Bridgeports at the town hall. In this it appears he was unsuccess- full The visitors were much disap- pointed and returned to their homes, only after learning of the non-suc- cess of the local manager in arrang- ing a meet It was then too late to go to Stratford. so the home team was dismissed.
 The Freshman class of the High school elected the following class of ncers Tuesday afternoon; President Clarence Skin: vice president. Ella. 1Horoney; secretary. Donald Wright: freasurer, Cecil YFentzsch
 Miss Catharix1e Lester, teacher Of the Sport E1ih school spent the holi- N+ +a- Al E@ L. nH
 Roy Hawleyl was in Danbury. Wash ingtonss birthday.
 Mrs. U. c. Morris was a recent guest of pr. and Mrs. p. M. Smith | of Bridgeport.
 granddaughte Miss Marion Griffin of Bridgeport-
 The new proprietor of the Newtown Inn expects to take possession March l. and to thoroughly renovate the property before the formal opening 1 April 1.
 John B Hubpen has returned from the Bridgeport hospital after recefv- linz successful treatment for his illness.
 Mrs Jan4es Egan of Providence R. L, is visiting her mother, Mrs. John Keating5 Of Gas street, who is con valescing from a severe illness. I Many enjoyed stereopticon views land lecture on missionary work at the Guild rooms of Trinity church last night. The affair was hsld under the auspices of the women's mission ary society of the church. Arthur Beard has returned from a | visit of a few days with his son, Frederick Beard of Bridgeport.
 Daniel J, Keane. chauffeur for Geo. F. Taylor, is trying out a new car.
 The bluebirds that unmistakab1e harbinger of spring has appeared in I NewtoWn-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
N AI POLLS. HARRISON LOSES
 CHIClG0 BAT BE
Five Times M[ayoralty Nom inee of Democrats is De
 feated BY Big Vote

Chicago. Feb Carter H. .Harr1- son, five times mayor of Chicago was yesterday overw eslnlingly defeated at the primary election for on
 for a sixth term. He reeeiSsd the
 V v5rst political drllbbfne of hi career at the hands Of his fellow citizens. Io'bfh male and female, afi1iated with lthe Dernocratfc party.
 The prinna ries VI ere the first in which the women Of sChfeaEo were entitled to the same voting privileges as men They voted for tie candidates for all offices. At a late hour however,, DO 1ftica1 managers said that the wonenss vote apparently did not affect the gem era1 result
 Robert M. sweitzer the present county clerk and closely allied with the Roger O. Sullivan faction of the Chicago Democracy. defeated Garter Harrison by at least 70, 900 votes, and
 when all the returns are tabuiated it is not unlikely that his lead will be in the neighborhood Of 5000. Carter Harrison and his political managers gave up the fight as early as o'clock in the evening one hour after the clos ing the polls. admitting defeat Toy 5O, GOO or over 2
 imitation of the twenty-year old feud between the Roger C. Sullivan and Harrfson and the Hearst Harrison, Dunne, and William Jennings Bryan combination against Sullivan of last lSeptenber Roger C. Sullivan has not
 dacy for the United States Senate openly displayed by Carter Harrison. William Randolph Hearst, Gov. Dunne and William Jennings Bryan last fall.
 From that time on it has been ap- parent that the whole strength of the Sullivan Democracy would be applied Ito the elimina ton of Carter Harrison, not alone as mayoraIty candidate in Chicago. but as al leader Of Democratic forces iii Illinois.
 and has been only Iukewarm in his lsupport for aisixth term for the mayor. William Randolph Hearst also was
 very mild in his support of Harrison,
 go that the mayor had to fight his bat
 tie alone.
 Beyond all this there developed ia
 the last eight or twelve months among ifhe o1d-tiu1e Democrats bitter hos EtiIity against Harrison because Of the mayors open policy of being dictated Ito by the Hearst leaders. Harrison fappears to have seen the Handwriting ion the wall, for during the last six
 months his relations with the Hearst people have not been as cordial as be-
 fore The Hearst people, while bit- 1 Iter1y opposing Sullivan, became aI- I most frigid in their attitude to Harri- son So the result comes as no great
 surprise to the people of Chicago and
 the leaders of all political parties. | The Republican primaries interest leentred around the candidacies of
 William Hale Thompson and Municf- pal Judge Harry Olson for the nom-
 nation for mayor. Both men ran a
 very close race, the indications point ling to the success of Thompson over l Olson. With thirty-three precincts
 missing, Thompson had a lead of 1,o5t lover Olson.
 f Of a total registration of 218, TIP wo- men, apparently about 1S6 900 voted
 mainly for the same candidates al l their husbands, brothers or other male lcould gather
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
PLAZA


 Headed by May SF FeratszoTstfls 6 %. n
 screaming farce entitled Mrs QRefiIys Reeeption the Plaza pro- gram for the first half Of the week is scoring heavily every performances There are thirteen people in the act most Of them girls Of pretty face and form and the gowns displayed are very beautffrl Mrs OsReillyss ignorance Of society ways creates fun in abln- dance and the singing and dancing numbers are greatly apprecia ted
 Nevins & Gordon ih nifty little singing, talking and dancing skit that offers fine brand Of comedy Of s diff feretat-f froIn-the he-ordIna ary sort have a distinctive spot on the bill An inn personatfon of a rag dummy given by the girl in the act in which she allows the male member of the duo to throw her about the stage as if she were made Of rags or straw is one of the stunts we have seen in some time The Sun beam, beautifuI singing extraxa ganza with scene laid in; Ire- land and with a fund of Irish wit to sharpen up what mi ght have been dull points Tn the pretty little story that scented by Eugene Emmett & Co, and proving one of the brightest spots on the program.
 Fields & arrzVn are making new friends at each performance n a com edy singing talking and da1tcing skIf they have originated. Edgar Berger. who confines his efforts to contortion derTnent among the auditors, com pletes the vaudeville
 The Still on Sunset Mountain. z in two reels; The Double Deosptiont' | a plea sing love story and sYe O1den s7fsraftery's Keystone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
BOOTH ANNIvERsARY
 OF THE FOUNDER
 OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE

Williams College, the famous old institution Of learning at Williams town Mass, commemorates the name and fame of Col. Ephrainn m Williams,
 who was born at Newton, Mass, just two centuries ago today Feb. 24 aleges Ephrairn Williams was q sol
 dier instead of a clergyman, a man of war rather than of peace. In his youth he was a sailor. but at the age of twenty-five he Joined the English army to serve in Canada against the French For his services the Com monwealth of Massachusetts gave him 200 acres Of land on which he erected Fort Massachusetts. Tn 1775 when the war with the French was renewed, Col. Williams led a regf- ment of MasSach husetts troops to join to invade Canada While on the march Williams made a will, direct ing that all his property be used to found a free school at William 8 Town, on the land granted to him by the Massachusetts, government While Hams was caught by an ambuscade of French and Indians. He was shot in the head, and the wound quickly proved fatal Nearly forty years passed before Williams College was opened to students under the bequest of the soldier, the. college having been incorporated in 1793. While founded by a fighting man, and non- sectarian in control. Williams Coll 1ege has been noted for the large pro- portion of c1ergymen and mission aries among it's graduates The first foreign missionary society in Amer ica was launched in 1906 by Will Hams students. the plan having been considered while five of the students were gathered under a hay-stack, as