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officers and also the said Agnes Orr.
BY reason OF my close connection
with the boy and the relationship ex-
listing between my mother-in-law and
him. i felt a peculiar and especial
interest In his welfare. and felt It
only right and proper under the cir.
cumstances and only natural for me
70 assist him in proving his limo
Icence. He most eniphaticaily insist.
ed that he was innocent, and that he
had never seen the woman Agnes
Orr until that time. The result Of
the hearing was that the boy was dis
missed from the charge, and nothing
more has been heard OF Il except
that 4 am informed that the said AZ:
mes Orr went to the prosecuting at
itorney OF Marion county and the
prosecuting attorney after hearing
her story and Investigating the facts
refused to- take any action against
the said Wilmer Stevens! a
] am not sure whether Il saw post
master Charles 2. Manleyj from the
time l first heard of the charge on
the evening Of April 18th until the
next afternoon when the trial was
had. ! may have seen him between
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HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE MAHAN !,
BY BROWN HOLMES.

The manager of a major league
basebail club once said he would give
100000 for ny cobb. TIE services
Of football players are not bought and ]
sold like tie services, OF diamond !stars,
but there is one man who s. worth asl
much 10 team on the gridiron as
Cobb on the diamond.
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against one Wilmer Stevens, / desire
to say as follows: That 1 married
Della NJ Hill IS years ago, the only
child OF Jacob Hill.S About fifteen
years ago In the lifetime OF Jacob
Hill and his wife, Sebina L. Hill, the
said Jacob I Hill took into his home,
a1lady named Nora. Stevens and her
Child Wilmer Stevens Shortly there.
after Nora Stevens married and went
to make her home in Jackson county
West Va, leaving the boy, Wilmer
Stevens; with Jacob Hi. Jacob Hill
raised the boy and the boy has con.
tinuouslys lived at the home OF Jacob,
Hill with the exception Of a period
Of about two years when he stayed
with his mother in. Jackson county.
Upon the death OF Jacob Hill two OF
three years ago; the widow Of jacob
Hill came to live at my home, Il hay:
ing married her only child, and
brought with her the said Wilmer
Stevens, TO whom she had become
much attached, and upon whom she
looked almost as much as a son. The
said Sebina L. Hill, together with
Wilmer Stevens, have since then lived
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His edllc :S;f ed foe

ticularly call your attention to my at.
idavit No. 1, the affidavit Of George
p. Cochran, the affidavit OF Harry r..
Engle, the affidavit Of James "a. Coch.
ran, the affidavit of a. L. ID. Dudley,
and the affidavit OF Berry, D! Burton,
all of which said atfidayits bear upon
the matter contained in your said
charge No. 2. N 3
sItalso desire to callsyour attention,
as l have heretofore done replying to
charge No. ], to the letters filed as
exhibits with mysaffidayitN No. i, saiu
letters being written blythe Hon. John
C. Black, president Of the Civil Ser.
vice Commission. Washington, u. 4.
one to myself and one to M. e! Lougti.
which letters have a direct bearing
upon the same matters which II am
charged by you. reiterating what I
have said in charge No. and ask
and hope that you will carefully con.
slider all the papers here filed and
mentioned before permitting yourself
to form any opinion upon the merits
OF the case! 3 10 6. 4, z, e
3 Third. Replying TO charge marked
tSrd, regarding a serious charge made
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Brands AflslUer
Continued from page one.)
pecially have i not been accused o,
PERJURY in this matter. The matters
with which ] am charged are as fol-;
lows: v; .3
A. ]. knight, Inspector M
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Office Of Inspector
Washington, D c.. Sept. %, 10.
W. H Brand.
Assistant Postmaster. .s
Fairmont, W. Va. I.
Assistant Postmaster,
Fairmont, w. Va.

The following charges are hereby
preferred against you, to which you
Will make reply /, thin 1--WE days tax:
Ing up each charge in numerical or.
der and show cause why you should
not be removed from the service.
FIRsT-It is charged that you. In.
directly or directly, aided one Perry
D. Burton in "a competitive clerk: car.
rier examination held at Fairmont.
West Virginia, May %, 1908, in which
examination the said Burton made a
percentage of $40, and was later ap.
pointed TO clerical position In the
Fairmont post office. .
sECoND-It is charged that you, di.
rectly or indirectly, aided one George
P. Cochran in q competitive clerk
carrier examination held in Fairmont.
West Virginia, May 80 190S.s in which
the said Cochran made a percentage
Of 500 and was later appointed to a
position Of city carrier. at Fnirmont. :
THtRD-It Is charged 4 that you
were informed OF a serious charge
made against one Wilmer Stevens, in
fact felony Bund err the law, then EN-;
p!oyed as special delivery messenger
OF Fairmont, Vest Virginia, post OF;
nee. that you attended the Mayors
Court where Stevens was given a
hearing; that you, I'm the face of 4 alb.
solute evidence against the defend.
ant, argued that he was innocent;
that you failed 10, even notify the
postmaster at. Fairmont or the Depart;
IL a "a
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with me as part OF my household.
In the fall OF the year 1913. as nearly
as ! eau remember. j requested Post
master A. Howard Fleming to APP
point the boy, Wilmer Stevens, TO the
position Of Special Delivery boy. with
the idea that he would earn some
little money in the work and have
some money with which TO assist in
clothing himself and educating him
self. The boy was appointed 70 that
position by Postmaster Fleming. and
remained as delivery boy until the
first OF May, i O. .. doing his work In o
careful and satisfactory manner.
Never were there any charges OF any
character made against him in the
performance OF his duties as said de.
livery boy, but on or about the 18th
day OF April, 1915. a certain lady
school teacher In the city OF Fair:
mont by the name of Agnes ORR
claims 10 have been assaulted by q
young boy on Sth street In the city.
The said Agness Orr is q lady of
about q or IS years OF age, and judy
ing from the appearance would weigh
about $50 pound being "a robust. well
developed woman. Wilmer Stevens
Is Ia boy % years OF age, Is slender
built and not large for his age. The
same evening upon which the alleged
assault was supposed to have Soc:
Cured, Wilmer Stevens was sent with
a special delivery letter to the COR
ners OF sth and Walnut. with a letter
addressed to Mrs. 3 o 'Harra. His re;
ceipt book shows that he made de-
livery Of the said letter Sont said even:
ling at j o: 40, after which he returned
to the post office, his hours OF duty
being from 100 p. m. until 1900 p.
ID. 4
! After the said Agnes Orr had made
complaint and alleged that she had
been assaulted, the officer, Allison N.
Fleming, who was on duty in that
particular locality sometime before,
notified the said Wilmer Stevens to
appear before the Mayor the next
evening for the purpose of identified;
ton, having seen the said Wilmer
Stevens in the said locality.
n The first / heard Of any trouble was
the next evening Aprilat1 18th &; about
seven Z, Clock p. m!,a z hen Il came to
the post Office and was told sby.ssW.
L. Satterfeld, dispatching clerk. that
officer Fleming had been to- the post
office and notified Wilmer Stevens to
come to the Mayors office immediate;
ly. The boy had already gone TO the
Mayors Office with the officer! 4
Immediately also went, to the Mayors
office, arriving there in a very few
minutes after the boy arrived with
the officer. and there; saw the said
Agnes Orr who was unable to identify
the said Wilmer Stevens as her al:
legged sassailant. at that time trial OF
the charge was set for the next after.
noon at 8 o'clock. That same even,
L ing upon my! return home I told my
wife and mother; n,law of the trou;
I.ble, and i was most earnestly request;
led SSy NY moth r;in:lawg to attend the
hearing at 8 o clock the next dayl and
do what could in behalf Of the boy.
Invent to the hearing the next after,
noon at three o,clock and was pres
I'cnt at and during all the same. The
only part 1 took in the hearing was
| to ask a few questions OF the police
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'drop.kick as accurately as Mahen,
punt as .faf, heare. forward pass as
well or line plunge as flercely, but
none Is as good running with the ball
In. an open field and none can do all
.otthese things with the same expert
ness. ~ III u. I.
\ In most cases the player! who can
ldrop:kick as accurately cannot punt
as far and the player who can punt
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BIGGEST FIGURE IN BIGGEST GRID BATTLE

as far is not at all good heaving the
forward pass or bucking the line.
Mahan. like Cobb. Is four or Ave
stars rolled into one. He is the most
valuable man TO a team on the grid.
iron today.
Mahan viii be the big feature In the
historic battle between Yale and Har.
ward In the Harvard stadium Satur.
day. He, alone. will do all the things
that lat will REQUIRE several Yale men
to do. He Is the difference between
the Harvard and Yale teams as teams.
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A. o. KNIGHT,
Postoftice Inspector.
Fairmont, West Virginia,
September ~, 1915. Z

Nj. A.SJ, Knight, n /! Y
Postottice Inspector, 4
Washington, D. G.
III reply to- yours Of the 2srd instant,
which was received by me on yester.
day the 18th instant. i make ireplyE as
follows, as you herein have requested: 4
Frat ! most positively and EN-.
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Continued on page eleyen.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
STUDIO THEATRE.

. x E.
 Crowded houses greeted the four presentations of Lois Webers great Dnotodrama Hypocrites,'' at the Studio Theatre yesterday and last night
 The picture. it was agreed, attains perfection insofar as superb photo graphy. dramatic interest and re- Mgious and educational value arc con- ceTned- A very capable cast, head ed by Courtenay F'oote, in the role of the monk, Gabriel, and Miss Margaret Edwards, as Truth made the most of the fine dramatic possibilities of the play esEaSfh
 The introduction of nude figure of woman in the role of Truth, 7 while a daring bit or dramatic real- ism; is so deIicateIy. and arttsticaIly presented, as to render it almost a commonplace
 s- '.Hypoeribes'' will be repeated this afternoon and this evening at The Studio, with a new supporting pro- gram of feature photoplayz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
STATE DEATH RATE
 SHOWS AN INCREASE

Hartford, April 15.-According to mortality reports received by the state board of health there were 1,7S3 deaths in Connecticut during the month Of March This was 32O more than in February and 62 less than in March of last year and 72 more than in the average number of deaths dun- ing March for five years preceding.
 The death rate expressed as an an nuaI rate per 1000 estimated popu- Iation was 17.5 for the large towns, for the small towns I5.4 and for the whole state, including state institutions 17.s. The deaths from infectious dis eases were 210. being 11.7 of the total mortality.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15

enacted on the transformed stage. This occurs not once but a number of times until the witnesses have become exhausted.
 It has been suggested that no dra- matist would have dared to play tricks with an audience as is done in Ion Trial and that the motion pie ture play which shifts its scenes here and there aid everywhere. gave Mir. Reizenstein his idea. Be that as it may. the fact remains that ttOn Trla1'' is the most tremendous play sensation the American stage has seen in years
 The company includes Charles .Dar- rah. Westcott Clarke, Charles Riegel, Harry West, Charles Gilbert, Clyde North, Pauline Lord. Grace Peters, Mary Moore and Florence Moore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
Amusemcnts
POLT'S

Manager Poli has arranged another smashing big program for Polls the atres tho last half of this week. Half a dozen big vaudeville features and s1x-part photoplay sBeuIah. make up the program which looks like the besk sesn here in many months
 Topping the vaudeville program is Marty Brooks musical comedy, in tabloid form s~The Fascinattng g F1lras = T3ais tuneeul little piece fea- tures Phil Adams and Jack. Walsh, two clever comedians, and a big com pa1aY of pretty, talented girls.
 special added vaudeville feature ss HR1t Anxageanent of the evergreen favordtsa' Mr and Mrs Mark Mur- phy feaxurfng their greatest hit, 'sThe Coal Str1 ke,s' The Murphys are known to all vaudeville lovers as prime favorites in the world ol variety
 Henry R WaAtaal. known sR the worlds greatest film actor now star1fng in ssThe Birth of a Nation, a will be seen with 2 fine supporting company in six-part photoplay ssBeulah.,s This is an excellent film adoption of August J. Evans great novel of the same name.
 An extra feature in the vaudeville program will De Boutin & Parker in ard Of Music :, This unique musical of1ering has been a big fea- ture. the past few weeks. in the Keith houaes in New York
 Other Attractions of the vaude- taIle bau aras Troy & Robinson. in . comedy skit. The End Of the Paradesss Jack & Nellie Reynolds. in a noveity surprises and the Palace Trtos three talented young men with exceptional voices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
EMPIRE

The latest anstalment Of the great- est Of all detective and adventure d1Tn serials, The Exploits Of Elaine in two parts, will head the feature program offered at Keeney's Empire theatre today, consisting Of highly entertaining photoplay subjects tl1at skxiiI please and entArtain the most enthusiastic photoplay fan
 Arnold Daly, one of Americas greatest actOrs, appears in The Ex- pleits of Elaine portraying the lead ing character of Craig Kennedy the great scientific crime invest gator. Pearl White well known to photopIay goefs the world over. and who ap- peaTed in the Patlle serial 'ssThe FeriIs of PauHness as the heroine some time ago. portrays the leading female role of Elaine the little lady with many leading players of the stage and screen play in this greatest of all de- tectIFe serials
 who the mysterious ssClutching Hand Is is something that photo- play g1ers have for some time been master criminal resorts to methods, to gain his ends, that have never be- fore been introduced in motion pie tt1res and are from the pen of Ar thur B. Reeves the renowned writer and orig1nafor of the Craig Kennedy stories that have appeared in the leading magazines.
 A number of other highly interest ing and eptertaining photoplags will round out one of the finest photopIay progr ms ever before offered at this theatre which is known to ph6topIay g6ers as the theatre offering progr ans of qualit51 asa well as quantity and 4fH6wn under the caption Of the home of first run Paramount fea-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15

Demands for increases in wages of from 10 to 20 per cent were made by fathers, orickIayers, sheet metal workers. bod carriers, scaffoId buiId- CTS, mortar mixers and common la borers in Pittsburgh.
 Paul Armstrong. playwright. is seri- ously i'll in Baltimore hospital
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
PARK
ION TRL6L.'

Park theater will have next week beginnIn Monday matinee, .On s.Erfa1.''Sth Conan and Harris produce lion written by the young playxrig gf1t, 1EIner L.f Reizenstetn which electri- fed New Y York on it's first production last August at the Cand1er theatre, where it has continued since to a suc- cession Of crowded houses The cdn1pany which will present the play here has been carefully selected and comprises many well known names hmong it's thirty-five members.
 M In order to understand the success pf On Trial it is necessary to be told something of it's mechanical cfeysrness and it's structural unusual ness The main story deals with a murder trial wherein the jury. is put In possession of the facts leading up to the crime. The circHsnstantial evil dence is marsh allied before the jury and at the same time before the. au- dience. Witnesses are called into the box and in the midst of their evil dence one by one the scenes are cflanged, and the story they are te1I- Ing to the jurors is enacted before the ptdienee The dead mans widow who was present when the crime was Committed, starts to tell her story suddenly the theatre is plunged in darkness, and in the twinkIing Of an .esse the lights go up and the story bf the murder and the actual crime is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
LYRIC

..That,s the greatest stock produce tion I've ever seen in Bridgeport 's zsaid one enthusiastic Lyric theatre patron as he left the play house last dramatic offering The Penalty 5 which is being presented by the Cal burn Stock Co this week. For per lection in staging and production, I have seen many Broadway produc- lions that did not compare with the Calburn production of The Penalty . said the man All of this is de- served compliment for Kendall wes- ton. who recently took charge of the producing end of the Lyric theatre stock plays.
 Mr. Weston has already had the re-. ahearsals for next weeks offering. ssThe Blindness of Virtue going for foar days, and indications are that he play will be presented In as de- alightEal manner as it was presented by tf1e original English company. The dog Bill" who made such g hit in ktne original company, will appear in zt fe Cdlburn company's production at k5aae Lyric next week.
 ~ Throughout the rest of the present week the company will be seen in
 The Penalty which is considered fully as strong play as Within The Law. ~ The company has been play ing to capacity houses so far this week. and undoubtedly will continue to de so far the rest of the weeks run The stage Settings in this play suIpass anything yet seen at the sF5yrIcs the second and third acts espe- efaIIy being marve1s of the stage saEaftInan's art
 Seats are now on sale for next ssEseeks performances of the stBlind- ness of Virtue and Judging from the number of pasteboards which have slreaety been disposed of the week s business will be the biggest the thea s.-e has seen this season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
GOVERNMENT DOES
 HONOR TO LINCOLN

Washington, April Business of the United States government virtual Iy was suspended to-day in recogni- ton of the 5Oth anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln. In the national capital as elsewhere throughout the country and in foreign lands wherever the American govern ment is represented the event was be- ing observed in accord with President Wilson's executive order.
 The President himself laid aside tho cares of office as did other officials of the government, to pay silent tribute to the memory of the martyred presi- dent. A@ /
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15

William P. Foster. 55 years old of the firm of Hunt. Ellis 6 Go, of Bos- ton. bankers and brokers, died sud- denly Tuesday from heart disease.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15

Doctors attending Mrs. Gertrude Atherton. seriously i'll of pneumonia in St Like,s Hospital, pronounced her condition as very conf ble- 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
THREE AsTED SCHOONER
 ON sHoAL AT NEW LONDON

New London, April 15.rhe three 1rlasted schooner Mamie Sunders. of Sullivan, Me. light got into tide rip and went ashore during the night on the south shore of Fish erss Island. Her distr ess signals were reported to the T. A Scott Wrecking Company here and the tug Harriett sent to the scene. The boat was easily doated and proceeded on her trip to Perth Aynboy, undannaged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
HARTFORD MINISTER TO ADVOCATE sALOONIEsSs
 NATION HERE MONDAY

Rev Walter E. Lanphear, A. M, of Hartford, will speak on ''The Task that Lincoln Left at the meeting on Monday evening Of the Brotherhood of the Memorial Baptist church. This is part of Mr. Isauphear's series of talks on s.The sa1oon1ess Nation movement All men are welcome
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-15
GERMAN CHARITY BAZAAR.

At the German Charity. Bazaar for the Relief Fund of the German Amer fcan Alliance April 18th to 24th, be- sides the regular. dancing, the musical program will be a feature. Among the noted attractions for Monday night will be the Boys Band of the
 Mt Vernon, N. r.. Orphan Asylum. which is one of the most unique Bands in the country. Our three very well known singing societies will take part. Mat and Joe Weller, two very well known singers are sure to be pleasing Others are Miss Adele Kruegers dramatic soprano of New York M. Bennee. and the Norden Quartet of Bridgeport, the musicians
 will introduce a variety of vocal and each night
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-01-08
PIDE SU CAU-
CIOMAL.

Miss Hedda
acusada de la muerte de Mr..
Otto Koehler, hizo anteayer
una petici6n al funcionario
que sigue ell proceso de la
mencionada Miss Burgemeis-
ter, para obtener SUI libertad.
Miss Burgemesteir sc pre-
sent6 en- la corte con csc obje-
to acompanada de la rectora
del establecimiento penal dom
de Sc encuentra. Durante ell
tempo que duro la audiencia
la acusada guarGo silencio no
cruzando una sofa palabra nj
con ell juez nj con Ia sonora
que lie acompanaba.
Aver en- la malana debe ha-
berse resuelto sobre su petit
ci6n.
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PERMISOS PARA FINCAR

F. L. Town, almacen, West
Houston Street, block 120;
c. D. Nc. Carley, adici6n,
Fredericksburg Road, block
1925; $500.
L. J. Porter, habitaci6n de
tres pleas, San Luis Street,
block 3T34; $500.
w. A. Baity, habitacion de
seis pleas, Loretta Place,
block 3130; $1,000.
H. G.. Seeligson, vestfbulo,
West. Commerce Street, block
148; $500.
A. G. Speaker, casa de dos
pleas, Monterrey Street,
block 100; $500.
Ang. Carolla, I'm salon de
pool North New Braunfels A.
venue, block 6056; 5000.
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D PROTECTION PARA
LOS INTERESTS BRITAIN
cos.

Londres, Enero Gel De-
D~artamento de Relaciones EX-
teriores ha recibido aviso de
que los intereses ferrocarrile-
EOS de los ingleses en- la Re-
publica MeXicana estan Seria-
mente amenazados por los re-
yolucionarios, y que han CO.
menzando a destruir algunas
de esas Was. La del ferroca-
rril que cruza ell Itsmo de Te-
huantepec ha sufrido muy Sc
rios desperfectos y la voladu-
"a de I'm gran tGnel cuya re-
,Daraci6n ~costarfa mucho dine
70.
Durante el dltimo mes, ell
mencionadO departments ha
4stado llamando Ia atenci6n
del gobierno americana por
cstos atentados, pero hasta
ahora NADIA Sc ha conseguido
para cue sean protegidos.
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Premio a la fecundidad

San Antonio sera pFobablemen.
te ell primer lugar de Texas qus
Sc disputara ell premio ofrecido
DOR ell Gobernador de este Esta-
do, a Ia primer pareja de jemelos
que naciera despues del primero
del corriente.
Tn individuo de nuestra raza,
e. sr. V. A. Cruz, prensista de la
San Antonio Printing Company,
y cue vive en- la casa ndmero
1923 de la Gale de Ell Paso, AGA
ba de anunciar ell nacimiento de
dos ninos gemelos, cue tuvo III
gar ell martes Gltimo, a las 10 no.
ras, 10 minutes de la noche.
Los ninos pessn siete libras y
estan sanos Y fuertes. Los es-
posos Cruz son padres de otros
cuatro ninos vivos, y Sc les han
maerto dos parejitas de jemelos.