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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-15

i championship to the winner of tbe match between ordeman and wester- gaard. Gotch himself refereed the match. which Ordeman won. Ordeman was afterward easily beaten by Cutler. and afterward beat Cutler at Benton Harbor, Mich. on July 4, 1913. Ed Smith. the well known sporting man of Chicago, refereed the match. I am now open to meet any man in the world"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-15

RECENTLY pr. Roller, the Seattle
 physician-athlete, was asked how he doped it out that he was the real American champion wrestler, now that Frank Gotch has retired. Doc did not hesitate for a minute, but, filling his lungs, he let fly the following without paus1ng for breath:
 ''It's easy and straight When Gotch retired he declared he would give the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-15

management ana on Aug. 27, 1s97s at the tender age of seventeen. Bresna- han made his debut in the "big show as a hurIer
 which was against St. Louis. local banker offered him forty dollar suit of clothes if he won the game. He was so popular and well liked by tho older players right from the jump that they all pulled ana played for all they were worth to enable the young Irishman to win the game and the suit. Roger won the game and the fine clothes. Some fresh fan in the bIeachers yelled 'saorseshoes Bresnahan,s, but horse shoes or not the raw recruit won the game, to 0. and St Louis only made six singles. He finished the season with Washington, pitching In seven games and only losing one. BreBnahan was born in Dublin. Ireland. June IA 1880.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-15

MONTREAL IN HARNESS CIRCUIT. THE admission of Montreal into the
 grand circuit Of light harness horse men is the first time 8 Canadian city has enjoyed this honor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-15
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT

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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

but beayti'gi. ard then do our Gee
70 keep Il tina, way throughout IN,
entire yest," says the New Eng anc
committee
The New England committee is rs.
peciaily pleased AZ The great inter
est iAat the womens clubs have taken
10 this effort for homes and towns
beautiful.
Last year. In nearly every local
campaign. the womens clubs took a
prominent part. and u Was largely
due to the cooperation of the won
ems clubs that the different cam
paigns achieved the measure Of sue
cess that they did
AZ meeting held In city hall Hos :
ton, March 20, for the purpose Of or
sAnizing the Boston Clean Up com
mittee, there was a very large at
tendance OF city officials and citizens.
including many women from the dif-
ferent womens clubs In metropolitan
1"hAVns anu aftti ihoi buEH olhChn
sion OF ways and means Of carrying
on the Boston Clean Up week cam
paign the meeting organized Itself
into committee OF the whole and
elected Mrs Frank L. Young chair
man.
Mrs Young is the president Of the
Boston city federation She is a
very public spirited woman who has
always taken a great interest IN every
effort for civic betterment, and no
better selection could be made for
chairman OF the Boston Clean Up
committee.
In taking the chair Mrs. YounG
said this movement must not move
like the old time freight train, the
cars no faster than the locomotive.
he up to date and let the move
ment be an automobile one, self
starting movement, each working
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

1'he merchants Of the city gave the
newspapers Of Boston a double spread
of pages OF advertising clean up ar
ticles. These were run with large
headings across the top Clean Up
and Paint Up This Week. -"
Retail stores dressed their show
windows with Clean Up articles and
appropriate signs during the week.
Many letters were sent to owners
Of vacant lots, asking them to clean
same up and stating that il they could
not conveniently attend to same, If
they would send 81 to the commit
tee they would employ man to
clean the lot up and put it in good or
der. Some ont Of town owners OF
city vacant lots sent the money in
this way.
A feature of this years Clean Up
and Paint Up campaign as conducted
by the New England committee has
been an earnest effort To render aid
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

L. Curtis, Maine; Governor Charles
W. Gates, Vermont; Lieutenant Gov
ernor Grafton ID, Cushing, Massa :
chusetts; ex-Governors John H..
Bates and Curtis Guild, Massachu-
sets; George w Anderson, United
States attorney, who are honorary
members OF the New England com
mittee.
The method employed by the New
+, England committee to interest the
different cities and towns in this
campaign idea has been to distribute
broadcast through New England, by
having wholesale merchants send
same out with their mail, a little
folder containing invitation to mer-
chants, tradesmen, ETC., to inter-
est themselves in the idea and form
local Clean Up and Paint Up com
mittees; letters OF invitation have also
been sent 10 business mems associa-
tons. womens clubs, selectmen and
others, inviting them to join in this
good work.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

central committee was 20 organize
local committee IN bis district TO act
as It's chairman and do the general
supervisory work In his district
The members OF these sub-commit-
tees we're supposed 10 trst make a
thorough inspection OF their dis
trict and note down all specially un-
tidy or unsanitary places. including
vacant lots that needed special at
,ention. inviting the owners TO CO.
operate by cleaning up. then they
were 10 obtain from the central com
mittee signs. posters and adyertis-
Ing matter and place same In church
vestries. stores and various places IN
their district, where they would be
Of advertising value. To report 10
the chairman all bad conditions where
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08
DIED ALONE IN HIGHWAY
Ernest Elwell Bled To Death From
Wound Which Severed Vein in Neck

Bennington, April Ernest Elwel,
80, of this town, evidently the victim
of runaway accident, died alone in
the highway short distance east Of
the New York State line some time
yesterday afternoon, bleeding to death
from a wound which severed one Of
the large veins in his neck His body
was found about o'clock and brought
TO this village.
The details of the accident will prob
ably never be known as Elwell, who
was returning alone from New York
State, was found dead in the highway
with a ragged cut across bis neck, in
fact with his throat cut
From an examination of the wound
and of the wagon, il is apparent that
the horse became frightened and that
Elwell fell or was thrown upon the
dash board in such "A manner as to cut
his throat
From the mans position in the road
il is believed that he fell almost imme-
diately from the wagon after striking
the dash board as the pool Of blood
beside the body indicated that death
must have occurred at that point rath-
err than in the vehicle.
Elwell leaves a wife in this town.
Nothing is known Of Elwell's visit to
the New York side of the state line
nor as to where he had spent the af-
ternoon.
There is no suspicion Of foul play
and the authorities are satisfied that
the man came to his death as the re
suit of an accident. The horse and
wagon were not damaged. Elwell was
a farmer.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

The aim OF the committee is not
60 benefit any one branch OF trade
but TO add TO the prosperity and hap
piness OF the whole community.
The title Clean Up and Paint Up
Is the one under which the movemen,
started in ST. Louis In 1912, and 4,
pas thought best to cooperate with
the national bureau and use this
title, as II tells the property owners
plainly just what is wanted in each
community.
The beauty Of New England cities
and towns 10 proverbial. This sec.
don has q high reputation throughout
the country for cleanliness and thrift
and we should al enoesvor to main.
tain that reputation.
-here 10 an opportunity for every
citizen Of New England Imam. WON.
IN or chIidD not only to show his per.
email pride, but also his civic pride
No city or town 10 attractive " !, 10
Sirty. Uttered UP or unrainsed.
everyone should be willing to CO.
sesrste IN cleaning W and painting
W. not only his own premises. but In
helping arouse others to tire import.
sees Of this work and sssissine when
ssesssary. Let W 81 work together
- make New England not snls clean
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

the oNnefs did not clean up, and the
central committee were TO write let
tiers to these property owners, asking
them to clean up their places, and in
case this did not bring the desired re-
suits, the conditions were to be re-
ported to Tho city officials or the
board Of health, 10 see il some pres
sure could not be brought to bear,
The general plan Of publicity, to
arouse the citizens to co operate dur
ing Clean Up week. was as follows:
A proclamation by His Honor,
Mayor Curey.
Notices read in churches and post
ed In church yestries.
House to house circulars, same be-
ing distributed by the employees OF
the public works department when
making their removal OF ashes the
week before Clean Up week; some
1870 900 OF these circulars, many in
foreign languages, were distributed
In this way
Dasher signs on all OF the street
cars in Boston.
Team signs on all the city wagons
and other trucking teams.
A letter from the school commit
tee was sent to the principal of every
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

IN the unemployment problem About
February frst this committee 70.
spouded 10 invitation received from
the state executive committee on an
employment Tor cooperation With
b. forty eight hours about Is 600 cir
eriars were put in circulation inviting
property owners generally TO help the
unemployed ny starting Just as early
as possible all inside work. Repair
ing, Cleaning Painting, Alterations
etc. This assistance resulted in con
siderable cleaning being started Inn
mediately and has given many jobs TO
men whose families were needy.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

public school % he read 10 the pn-
pills. asking them to do their part in
tiean ~ work
A set 81 fifteen lantern slides was
placed at All the large moving pie
ture shows in the city.
A parade 81 school children IN the
West End, headed by the school boys
band contributed much publicity in
that section
One hundred thousand business
mems circulars we're distributed in
the wholesale section of the city by
members Of the Under Forty division
OF the Boston Chamber Of Commerce.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

with vigor, and II necessary, drag
along the chairman.
On her suggestion Miss Mabel Frost
OF the Women's Municipal league was
elected secretary.
At this point Mayor Curley entered
and was given rousing reception.
Mrs. Young called on him at once for
words OF encouragement. The mayor
said the city was deeply apprecative
OF the assistance given by this clean
up movement and so far as city Of
iicials were concerned he could prom
Use hearty cooperation.
Mrs. Young appointed the follow
ing executive committee: Mrs. r. l..
Young, Miss Frost, Commissioner OF
Public Works Louis X Rourke, Fire
Prevention Commissioner John A.
U'Keefe, Dr.. Francis X. Mahoney,
chairman of the health board; Chief
Health Inspector Thomas Jordan,
John j Walsh OF the city planning
board. Fire Commissioner John
Grady, and the following to repre-
sent the several sanitary districts OF
Boston j. Carlton Nichols, South
Boston: Miss Jean +. Morrison,
East Boston; y. j. Kyle, Charles
town; Karl Kilburn, Faneuil Mrs.
q. A. o. Ernst, Jamaica Plain; Mrs.
p. q. Bolster, Dorchester: V. N.
Heath, Roybury; Miss Mabel Frost.
Back Bay; H. S. Upham, South
End. Howard Whitmore, West End
George w. Owen, Hyde Park.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
finance-George c. Morton, b.
H. Balm, &. T.. Osgood.
Press-Mrs. Myra b. Lord, chair
man: Mrs Robert Lincoln O'Brien
and Mrs. George b. Gallup.
Posters and Printed Matter-George
b. Gallup, chairman Claude A.
Palmer. j. n. Baker.
Schools and Schoolchildren-frank-
lin Is. Dyer, chairman; Miss Frances
Curtis, Miss Elsie Virgin.
Retail Stores-Arthur p. FELTON,,
chairman; George A. Richardson, n.
Nj. Sanders.
Death to Rats--Mrs. Robert s.
Bradley, chairman, with full power
10 name her associates.
Local committees along the line OF |
the one Just established In Boston |
are being formed in hundreds OF |
places throughout New England. and |
any citizen located In town where |
no local committee has as yet been |
esta blished. is invited to start at once |
and organize a local committee.
The plan OF organization, as used
BY the citizens committee in Boston |
last year, is a good one for any local
committee to follow. Briefly stated
this plan is as follows: We quote |
from the report made by that com
piitee.
This committee was organized
March II. 1914. and consisted OF one
from each Of the eleven
sanitary districts into which the city
r. divided. Mrs. Thomas Sherwin was
chairman and Mrs. q. A. y. Ernst
secretary. The general plan that they |
carried out was as follows:
May 2 to was decided upon as
lean I'd week. Zach member OF the 1
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08
ATTENTION FARMERS /,
Warning Sent Out BY Commissioner
Brigham Relative TO New Potato
Disease.

disease.
Vermont farmers purchasing seed
potatoes from outside the state this
spring should use great care that the
new and dangerous disease, Powdcry
Scab, is not introduced thereby,
The Federal horticultural Board 81
the United States Department Of Az
riculture has quarantined, on account
Of powdory scab, the following areas.
/ Nearly all Of Aroostook county and
portions Of Pcnobsco; and Washington
counties in the state & Maine, ard the
counties Of Clinton and Franklin in the
state Of New York These areas cone
tain the chief sources Of supply Of the
large seed houses OF the country.
Therefore, all seed purchased by YER
mont farmers which are known posi-
lively not to have been grown outside
Of these infested areas should be care
fully examined by Vermont farmers
before planting and specimens OF
tubcrs showing any signs Of scab
should be sent to the Vermont En-
pertinent station Burlington, VT, by
prepaid express or BY parcel post, in
packages marked with the address Of
the sender.
powdcry scab differs from the COM
mon scab in that the seed cannot be
treated by any known method SO that
the spores are killed, and in Europe a
cankerous stage of the disease some
times causes almost complete loss Of
the crop.
1t means much TO Vermont farmers
to keep this disease out Of the state,
because the penalty for not doing so
will be the loss Of an opportunity TO
develop a profitable seed potato in
dustry and will mean the issuing Of a
quarantine by the Federal Govern
ment which will make it necessary TO
have al Vermont potatoes shipped
outside Of the state carefully inspect
ed
A little care exercised at this time,
so that the disease may not be intro
duced, will save lot Of trouble and
expense in the future.
Il. S. BRIGHAM,
Commissioner Of Agriculture,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08
I'LL JOIN IN
WAR ON DIRT
Clean Up and Paint Up Cam.
palgn Almost al Hand
COMES FIRST WEEK IN MAY

Aim Of Campaign Committee 10 TO
Add TO Prosperity and Happiness OF
Each community-Wom Clubs
ADD 10 Success Of Movement Mrs.
frank L. Young Heads Boston
Committee
All OF New England is catching the
spirit Of udtness Joseph y BAKER.
secretary OF the New England Clean
~ aud Paint Up Campaign Commit
tee. z. o box 1924 Boston. reports
that Information relative TO the Clean
10 and Paint up week idea has been
mailed 10 over 1000 cities and towns
IN the New England states,
The New England committee is
composed or representatives from
twenty leading trade organizations
who have endorsed this concerted ef-
fort for a Cleaner, Brighter and Hap
pier New England.
This campaign has received the COR
DIAL endorsement oil such public men
az Governor David / Walsh Of Mas
sachusetts Governor K L. Beck
man Rhode island Governor Oakley
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

For mild, easy action Of the bowel,
try Doan's Regulets, a modern Taxa.
tive. 25c at all stores. adv
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-04-08

Labor men in general about Barre
express themselves as pleased with
the accomplishment Of the General
Assembly in the line Of labor legisa-
ton.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
WHATS IN A NAME7

The Washington Navy Yard ma.
chinists found, to their sorrow, that
1t cost them 8 cents a day, and en-
tailed other disadvantages, all Of
which were aired before President
Wilson, to be working in a gun fac
tory that happened to be called a
"navy yard"
The Washington Times suggested,
shout three weeks ago, that the ci-
tations by Secretary Daniels of con-
ditions in "other navy yards" did
not have much bearing upon the diff
ficulties at the Washington Navy
Yard. That. "yard" is a gun fac
tory, nothing more; nothing less.
Now the Secretary of the Navy
announces he will ask that the yard
be termed the Washington Gun
Factory" when Congress meets
again. That is sensible procedure,
and it is graceful and just way
out Of the troubles that are bound
to arise when a name, and the laws
that 60 with the name, do not fit the
thing to which they are being ap-
piled.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
Care Demanded of Both.
MAILMEN HEAR TALK
OVER LONG DISTANCE
First Assistant Postmaster General
Roper Addresses Convention
In Phone.

Fifteen hundred letter carriers
gathered in Omaha from every section
Of the country for their annual conven-
ton. listened last night to the opening
address. delivered by First Assistant
Postmaster General Roper In Washing
ton.
Mr.. Roper talked through a long dis
tance phone that had been arranged
by the tele ephone company to break into
enough Dnes. for all the carriers to
hear. He talked from his home in
Washington. Mr.. Roper said:
MY greetings to the letter carriers
Of the United States now enjoying the
hospitality Of Nebraska. 1t Is a pleasure
to speak to so large a number of the
real peace messengers Of the United
States. The letter carriers constitute
rated friends and between buyer and
and commercial fabric of the nation.
1T Is a qualification that all sections
Of our country are now permanently
welded In peace and prosperity. We all
rejoice In following the lead and np-
holding the hands Of Woodrow Wilson,
who has become a master general in
the campaign for peace and humanity.
'The Postmaster General sends his
greeting and he would have me assure
You of his high appreciation OF your
cooperation in meeting the response
bilitles which you carry as the fore
front Of the postal army. the branch
OF the service which more than any
other gives to the people their inn
prsssion Of postal efficiency
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
THAT APPoRTIoNMENT RULE

A Washington girl worked two
years for the Government. She
worked in four departments and in
each made a notable record. Yet
had it not been for a special order
from the President, this young
woman would have been forced to
continue working under temporary
appointments, none longer than six
months, indefinitely.
The only reason she labored un-
der that handicap was because she
was resident of the District. Her
case affords a striking illustration
Of the apportionment method Of as.
signing Government positions. This
apportionment scheme, as The
Times has pointed out, is the last
remnant of the spoils system.
When efficiency is the ideal aimed
at there is no reason why a man o,
woman who heads the list in a civil
service examination should be
passed by while others, from far.
away States, who passed at lowe,
marks, should receive appointments
Yet that is the way the rule work.
out,
The Washington times., 1915-09-07

North Dakota, and Indiana have
united to work out a plan for a win.
ter lyceum combining instruction
and entertainment which shall make
1t possible for eagerly responsive
audiences to hear discoverers, su-
thors, experts in social and civic
work, men and women who have
done things; for these are the ones
who draw the crowds, and not the
merely eloquent takers.
There are now from fifty to sixty
Chautauqua bureaus which furnish
q tent seating from 1000 to $500
people, with equipment Of platform,
lamps, and chairs, as we'll as in
structors and entertainers. These
provide q lecture in the morning, IN
address and concert in the afternoon,
and dramatic readings, moving pic
lures, and plays in the evening. AS
the movies" have secured some Of
the best actors, so the Chautauqus
circuits are attracting some Of the
best singers. A ticket for all on the
program for seven days costs $3.50.
Some organization of the town
guarantees that at least $1,000
worth Of tickets shall be sold.
The Chautauqua needs no apollo
pists.
The Washington times., 1915-09-07
NOTED JESUIT HERE:
NOT ENVOY OF POPE
Secretary to General Of Order
Comes to America on Busi.
ness Of Society.

NEW YORK. Sept. THE Rev. A. J.
Elder Mullan. S. j., American secretary
to the general Of the jesuit Order in
Rome. and formerly q professor at
Georgetown University, Washington,
was q passenger on the steamship
Dante Alighieri. which arrived here
yesterday from Palermo.
Father Mullan. on account OF his
close connection with the Catholic hier-
archy in Rome. was thought to be a
special messenger from the Pope to
Cardinal Gibbons, bearing messages
touching on the recent discussion be-
tween the cardinal and President WILL
son. This was the impression prevail
ing in Washington.
Father Mullan denied he had any
such mission. asserting he had not seen
the Pope for several months before his
departure. He said in italy there IL
no talk Of peace: that discussion there
hinges on the probability Of war last.
inp a long time.
His visit. he explained. was in con-
nection with the work Of the order. He
will stop in this city for several weeks
and will then leave for Washington and
Baltimore. Much OF his time here. he
asserted. ne will spend in writing trea-
tises on religious topics.