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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
AN APPRECIATED COMPLIMENT.

about election time to present the economic views of voting Bridgeport believe tive commonwealth, described by Carl Marx This little paper appeared this usual did excellent for is
 particularly gratified with expression the Bridgeport Socialist of Oct 3 follows
 the eonIyp a time
  to knowa anyth
 during many years, has made practice of losing Often losing the winning side. It has regretted giving other fellow chance believes it's policy of jus socially pleased ton gentlemen who because they make great sacrifices the which they believe exacting the they demand of others.
 the of labor is not presented everybody is of all the comunity which deprived necessary considered and just public opinion. will continue the upon which depend their justification
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
COMMANDER FROM NEW HAVEN GETS
 ON NAVY LEAGUE
Frank S. Cornwell to Cooper ate With Hartford Section
 In Defense Campaign.

Commander Frank &. CornwelI of New Haven, has been appointed chair man of the state committee Of the navy league for Connecticut, who will cooperate with Captain Francis B. Allen of the Hartford section of the navy league in the active campaign which that organization is planning in behalf of better national defenses for the Nfall hnd winter. The navy league is at present in consultation with Commander Cornwall on the task of organizing a strong state committee work and some of the most inf1uen- tial and prominent men in the State have volunteered to act. A meeting will be held in New Haven at which the Connecticut division of the navy league will be organized and members of the state committee for New Haven will be formally appointed. Other meetings will be held in other Con- necticut cities at which the work of each district will be outlined.
 The navy leagues campaign in Con necticut is part of a great movement throughout the country to awaken American citizens generally to the dangers of attack and invasion which
 may result from our unprepared con- dition.. Before Congress assem bles, the navy league plans series of great national defense meetings and celebrations throughout the country to impress upon theM nations law makers the demand forNadequate de- fense.
 State committees will be appointed in every state to supervise the local work and a huge membership commit tee with members in every town and village in the United States will also be appointed.
 The navy league believes that in the light of current history it is folly to say this country may not be drawn into war, and criminal folly to neglect to prepare adequate defense. It be- Iieves that this country's greatest strength lies in it's isolation and the fact that three thousand miles of water by any foe which may seek to invade our country, and therefore we maintain a navy powerful enough to hold command of the sea we will ne yer risk being invaded and forced to fight a destructive and bloody war on our own territory.
 The navy league is the oldest and best organized of the national defense is in essence a. society to insure the of ever being invaded, Among the officers and members are many prom inent and respected American citizens itcll-Ging such men as Admiral Dewey Dr. Lyman Abbott, Cardinal Gibbons, Roosevelt, and a host of oth- CTS.
 The headquarters of-the navy league are in the Southern building, Wash ;ngton, and information concerning the league will be supplied on apph- cation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
GERMAN OCCUPATION OFl CHINA COMMENCED
 IS YEARS AGO TO-DAY

While the hosts of che two KaiserS have achieved many successes on the bloody battIefields of Europe, the Ger man colonial empire has been melting away. until now the German flag has practically disappeared from Africa and Asia, and the Emperor. William is that of Kia-Chou, the Chinese strong hold which enabled the Teutons to dominate the rich chinese province of Shantung. -A
 Today is the eighteenth anniversary of the German seizure of the port of Kiao-Chou, which took place on Nov. 4, 1897. For years German sarny of of the Chinese coast, in search of a desirable commercial portland needs. According to precedents establish ed by other nations, an excuse was need ed for the spoliation of China, and Germany played the game according
 On the first day of November in 1897, two German missionaries were murdered in Shantung Province. The news of this tragedy was flashed under the oceans toA Emperor William. and he found it sufficient casus bel1i. Three days after the death of the 1aissi ionaries the Germans seized the town of Tsingtau, on the bay of Kiao- Chou. Emporer William issued a proclamation threatening serIous ana swift reprisals against the Chinese, and dispatched his brother, Prince Henry, petition to maintain the occupation of the seized territory. Before the squadron sailed away the Kaiser ad- dressed the men, urging. them to use the mailed fst'' if the Chinese offer ed any opposition.
 The Chinese government, from long and bitter experiences realized how costly it was to resist the will of the foreign s'devils,'' and compiled with all German demands as gracefully as the circumstances. permitted. By a treaty imposed by Germany the latter country was given two hundred square miles of territory, with a suzerainty over a much larger section, and ad- ditional consi derations which practi- ca1ly gave to Germany the commer- cia1 domination of. an immensely rich province having a population of 25,- 060,0OO. It was a most excellent bar gain, and worth much more than two missionaries.
 This treaty forced upon China. by Germany, was as gall and worr1woo cd to the proud spirit of the Japanese. After Japan's s victory over China in the war of 1895, the vanquished nation was forced to cede to Japan the Iiao- Tung peninsula. Germany joined with other powers in forcing Nippon to abandon her spoils. Having driven Japan from the Chinese mainland, and deprived her of the fruits of a, costly war, Germany then calmly proceeded to take for herself what she had de- nied to Japan, and that, too, at the. cost of only two missi onaries. What. was worse. Germany had placed her. self in a position to menace Japan.
 Quite naturally, Japan nursed a bitter hatred of German. and when the present war broke out Nippon had her opportunity to gain revenge. The Japanese, in cooperation with the British, invested Tsingtau by land and sea, and on November 9th last, two days after the anniversary of Ger, many's occupation of Kiao-Chou, the city was surrendered and the 100,0OO 900 which Germany spent in an at tempt to render the port impregnabIe went for nothing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
PROTECTIVE HOME REPORT DISCLOSES
 MUCH GOOD WORK
Nearly 500 Meals Served During October Many
 New Gases.

At the meeting of the board of di- l rectors. of the Bridgeport Protective
 Association, on Tuesday evening, Miss
 Kathryn Hewitt, superintendent of the headquarters on Lafayette street, | made @ report which showed the work 1 of the society is progressing well. Miss Fewitt's report disclosed these facts.
 Number of new cases admitted dur | ing October, IS: total number of | meals served, 593; total number of lodgings given. 197. There has been | a preponderance of married women, and only four young girls, an unusual condition at the home.
 Many have applied for assistance in finding rooms and boarding places. Some have desired aid in collecting g
 money due them, others have sought loans of money for various purposes. Applications have been received from people who are candidates for custodia1 care, some of whom have families, who are not, only able but anxious to care for them. In the lat ter case, assistance has been withheld. The latter cases illustrates anew the lack of adequate and proper state or city provision for these >unfortunates
 The house committee has met once during the month at headquarters, and various members of the board of
 directors have visited the house dur ing the month. 1 There have been seven meetings of the Myrtle Avenue Mupicipa1 and Glee club which orga nization has outgrown its old name and will here after be Known as the s'Juntor Good Citizens c1ub'' of the Bridgeport Pro 1 tecttve association. The work has been presented to
 six organizations and societies during
 the past month.
 There has been received from Charles w. Hawley, a. check for $100, in memory of Mrs. Hawley, who was directors,
 By the Women's Relief Crops a
 silk flag was presented to the Good
 Citizens club of the B. P. A. Mrs.
 E. A. Bartholomew acted for the
 corps.
 On October Is the freedom of the
 house was. given tog the Business
 Women's club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
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tertainment in the church parlors on Tuesday. MT. Wilrner. of Bridgeport, will deliver an illustrated lecture upon the war
 Mrs Campion Cutter and daugh- ters, of Long Hill, were entertained on Sunday at the home of Edward Booth
 Edward A. Raw1fns, of worcester. Mass, was laid at rest in the family plot in the local cemetery on Satur- day Rev Robert Sheffield conduct ed the services.
 Mrs Harry c. Morgan has spent 2 few days this week in Nichols as the guest of her sister. Mrs. Oscar B. Plumb.
 HalIowe'ep 5okers celebrated two nights this year instead of one. Hal lowe'en falling on Sunday, both Sat- urday and Monday evenings were con- sidered as legitimate for jokes. One young man, while out calling had two wheels removed from his buggy and they were not recovered until two days later. No serious damage is reported.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
STEPNEY

Stepney, Oct. 4.-Nr. and Mrs. Jesse lLuckner are having their new house pIastered William Kruger has the contract for the work. In a short time the house will be ready for oc- cupancy.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Bevans were Sunday guests of Richard Bevans, in Hattertown.
 Mrs. Cohatzs and daughter were in town this week, looking after their property here
 Henry Penny and stephen Hall are spending this week in Oxford, where they are engaged in masonry work,
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Church, will give an eh-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
BRIDGEPORT POSTNIEN
 CONGRATULATE KELLY

Bridgeport members of the Nation al Letter carriers association are elat- ed over the news of the election of William E. Kelly, postmaster of Brooklyn, and former president of the National association as county clerk of Kings county, New York, at a sal ary of $12.OQ0 year. MT. Kelly is a great favorite with letter carriers throughout the country. He was re- gently appointed to the postmaster ship.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
EIGHTY PER CENT DONE.

The telephone been for years, but many homes without telephones The telephone monopoly is the that have telephones calmly proceeds to put telephones in yet others.
 The advocates suffrage look at the equal ballot the way They by the numbers who believe in the vote for There enough these give general victory the ture; five years
 It sounds to the thoughtess. if equal suffrage had terrible beating New York; when it appears that majority against it 184.5O7
 the tdings joyful to the friends of the 511 suffrage 695975 against it little nobody believed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
NARAMORE, ARRESTED
 IN STUDENTS RIOT,
 ESCAPES PUNISHMENT

For riotous conduct towards the Mayor, Frank J. Rice, of New Haven, of Yale students towards several girls in the election celebration in that city, Earl Naramore, son of Mrs. Emma J. .Naramore, 61 Merchant street. Bridge port, was arrested In the police court yesterday he was permitted to go free with suspension of judgment, though other youths whose conduct was more serious were fined
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
KILLED BY TRAIN.

New Milford, Nov. Philip Brown. 50, was killed at Boardman's, a short distance above this station, by the noon accommodation train bound north over the Berkshire division, yes terday. Brown was driving a pair of horses attached to a load of wood. At Boardman's is a bad grade crossing. The horses were unhurt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
Simple Breakfast Sets

Blue and white Hirado Ware. The clear white DOT celan which is well covered with sprawlg fine blue es and the hghsteppng Japanese phoenix bird in it's lord attitude All pieces for breakfast Plates several sizes Coffee Cups Cereal dishes, Egg Cups, T@apos, Pancake Plates Ramekins Sugar and Creams, Coasters and odd dishes and Compotes. Prices Small.
 a.sectton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04

The total stock of money in the United States on Nov. l was $4.249,- 40, 800 Of this $3,799, ,531,O52 was in circulation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04

nearly half 9254 votes would changed the result of the in l New York state is eighty cent done
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
Black Velour

For coats and suits. A very handsome weave which will make handsome winter costumes, and all the vel family in high favor.
 39 inches wide, $2.5O and $85O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
SPORTING GOODS DRAPER MAYNARD
 AND VICTOR LINES

A large stock to choose from Footballs ,... .75c to $500 Rubber Footballs soc to roc Football Bladders5Oc to $1.OO Nose Guards .. 15c Striking Bags $1.25 to $500 Basketballs .$1.75 to $500 Basketball Shoes $3. 50 Soccer Shoes .$3.50 Jerseys .$L.1O to $2.5O Supporters 25c to 95c Ankle Braces. 25c to 75c Football Pants Soc to $2.25 Running Pants ........ soc Athletic Shirts ....... soc Shoulder Pads. .25c and soc Shin Guards -. soc and 75c
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
Cbe eDIORedd Go
 EssQ6RSshea x8sv
Novelty Cloakings
Heavy Worsteds for Smart Goats

A warm coat is indispensable garment in any woIn- ans wardrobe and these Worsted Mixtures look fortable is tempted to buy There stripes dark effects black brown gray blended with blue through which run of russell dark blue, maple leaf red. A pleasing combination for winter.
 Stripes and plain weaves 50 and 54 inches wid , $15O to $500
 suiting Mixtures, 50 inches wide $1.OO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-04
able Covers

Blue and white Japanese Cloth Nothing is so prett practical these neat and inexpensive furnishings bedroom stands, tables and dressers. Squares, 30
 36 inches
 inches
 
 Scarves, 1T x 54
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-25
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

Edgefeld Is. CO. Advertiser: Present
popularity of prohibition propaganda pre-
sents pleasing prospect.
Memphis Commercial Appeal: In the
last fifteen years we saw land in the st.
Francis Basin jump from 81 to S10O an acre.
Mobile Register: The stealing of cattle
should be made so risky a performance
that no one will venture to engage in it..
We are looking to making Mobile County
a cattle county; and the first requisite is
the security of this form of property.
Union Springs Herald: From all indi-
cations Bullock County is going to do her
share in helping to keep Iowa feedstuffs
from being shipped into Alabama next
winter We are tired of hearing those
people brag about how they have to feed
Alabama.
Caneyville (Ky.) News: We passed
along by mud hole in the road the other
day and were told that it had been almost
impossible all winter, and within less than
twenty yards of it there we're plenty OF
rock and gravel with which two or three
men GOULD have made good road through
! it in two hours or less time.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-25
Items Of Interest.

Eat pinch of salt to stop troublesome
cough.
Eagles and parrots are among the long
est lived of the birds.
In the Falkland Islands there are five
men to every woman.
The public schools of greater New York
require 10000 teachers.
Male school teachers in Illinois average
S722.67 in annual salary.
One-tenth of the worlds output of coal
is mined in Pennsylvania.
American capital invested in Canada
amounts to over S640, 200, 900.
Potatoes in Canada yield an average of
about $50 bushels to the acre.
Fifteen thousand acres of tobacco was
grown last season in Ontario.
One quarter of the area of the kingdom
of Saxony is covered by forests.
Recent figures show Japan has over
1926, 900 female factory workers.
There are 4s3 iron mines in the United
States, employing 65,176 persons.
Life insurance policies carried in the
United States total S34 ,000, 900 900.
Last years earthquake record in Japar
numbered fourteen hundred shocks.
The first standing army was in Egyp
| about 1900 B. G.. The first modern stand.
ling force was in France in 1445.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-25
WAR NEWS.

The British steamer Cairntorr was tor
pedoed Sunday in the British Channel and
sank.
For the week from March 10th to 18th
800 British officers were killed and APT
wounded.
The British steamer Concord was torpe-
doed by a German submarine in the Eng
lish Channel Monday.
London, March 21.-Driven insane by
British artillery fire which moved down
thier comrades, 800 German soldiers were
removed to an asylum near AK La Chap
pele after the battle of Neuve Chappelle.
The garrison of Przemysl, a strong
fortress Of Austria Hungary, in Galicia,
capitulated Monday to the investing Rus
slams, ending siege lasting since about
the 10th of last September. The garrison
originally consisted of 10000 men, OF
whom 10000 were killed. Just under III,
coo surrendered when the fortress capitu-
lated. This victory gives Russia contro
of virtually all of Eastern Galicia and re.
leases the Russian army for service else.
where 1t is believed the next important
development in Galicia will be Russian
advance toward Cracow, formerly capita
of the kingdom of Poland, situated on thu
left bank of the Vistula River. The city i:
great stronghold, and in 1900 contained
a population of 81 1923. The great Russian
victory was celebrated in London, Paris
and throughout Russia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-25
Hitting q Sore-Spot.

Says correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun: "Here in the Valley of Virginia
there are some who were residents in 1861
1866 when the order from the military pow
ers that were went forth and was so literally
executed that truly a crow in journeying
there through must carry its rations,' and
this policy (starvation) prevailed and
brought the end at Appomattox in 1865.
Let our people stay out of the war zone.
If some adventurist, for his own profit
wants to take the risk, let him do it at his
individual risk and not call on Uncle Sam
to help him out and involve 999, 999, 999
other American citizens. What profit if we
barter our own flesh and blood for pounds,
shillings and pence? No, let us have peace.
If the foreigners who are at war want our
foodstuff or other commodities let them
send their own vessels here for it and take
the risk of safely carrying it home.'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-25
DUST Chunkin' EN-.

Says George R. Wood of Hampton, Va,
in the Richmond News Leader: "The
German people should not blame US of the
South if we cannot be neutral in our SYM
pathes in this conflict. Our earliest school
lessons in history told US of the vindictive
manners of the Hessians in our Revolution,
cause with which they could have no
concern-except human interest in the
cause of humanity-but to fight against
which they permitted the avarice of their
Prince to sell their services and lives. And
in our Civil War thousands of Germans
for the sake of the high bounties paid fol-
Northern recruits, came over to fight
against US.
son the other hand, the French Govern
ment, though absolute in its character
moved by the sympathies of a people
into national demand, extended its pow.
erful aid and helped us to become nation
"Why, then, should we side against the
French?'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-25
THE IMPORTANCE OF HABIT.

Our virtues are habits as mucn as ou'
wires. Honor, courage, purity, punctual-
itv and kindness are habits as mucn as are
swearing, drunkenness and lying. "he"
this truth is once perceived it makes rev.
CLINTON in conduct Morality with many
consists in trying to correct EVIL naol'S
rather than in striving to form good ones
Human life is largely automatic. We are
in reality "walking bundles OF haolts.
To each sort of impression we have an
automatic ready made response.
The sort of habits we are forming IS
therefore of the greatest Importance, and
we are forming habits of some kind whether
we attend to them or not. We shoulo
strive, therefore, to acquire such haolts as
will strengthen and improve our natures
This physical organism of ours is the
clay which, by continual reiteraton' Is
gradually shaped along lines which hna'ly
control the ordinary actions OF life. I'M
pressions made upon the nervous structure
of the brain tend to repeat themselves un-
ii! we'll travelled roads are formed, along
which ideas frequently passing make h'gh-
WAYS of the soul. These are habits and
control the life.
Bad habits may be checked and good
habits formed by making what we desire
habitual in our lives. First, enter upor
the formation of such habits with as much
determination as possible, in order tina
the initiatory force with which a habit Il
launched may be as greet as possible
Second, never suffer an exception to occu
until new habit is securely rooted in tn
life.
How can we progress if we live heller
SHELTER in hit or miss fashion? RICH
thoughts, right emotions, right decision
in the daily life of business must be mad
babitual Habit should rule in acts
kindness, in deeds of service. Only s
shall we become fit followers of Him ''whos
life was spent in doing good.'
Contemplation of the power OF habl
should not make any one despair. Eve
in the worst cases there is hope. Histor
is full of examples in which the habits {
lifetime have been broken under su
preme compelling impulse. The wor;
prodigal can reform.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-25
A Knight Of the Garter.

A knight Of the Garter dressed in the
regalia is an imposing sight. He wears
a blue velvet mantle with star en-
broidered ON the left breast. His
trunk hose, stockings and shoes are
white, his hood and surcoat crimson.
The garter, Of dark blue velvet edged
with gold and bearing the motto
''Honi soft qui NAL y pense'' CIVIL to
him who evil thinks''), also in gold, Is
buckled about the left leg below the
knee The heavy golden collar consists
Of twenty-six pieces, each in the form
Of garter. bearing the motto, and
from it hangs the "St George" q
badge which represents st. George or
horseback encountering the dragon
The ''lesser George Is Il smaller badge
attached tn a blue ribbon worn ovel
the left shoulder The star of the order
consists Of eight points, within which
is the cross Of st. George. encircled BY
the garter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-03-25
Some Questions, These.

Correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
Mr.. Editor can you tell me whether, as
yet, any just reason has been given for
Germany's ruthless and continus destruc-
ton of Belgium and her people?
And ii l may further presume, whether
during our late unpleasantness with Spain,
in the Philippines, if it be true that when
we wished to inspect the ships passing to
and fro in Manila Bay to see if they were
carrying the flags of their own nations, that
the German admiral gave orders to his'men
to shoot down without warning any Amer
lean soldier who boarded German ship.
And did the English admiral prevent the
German fleet from attacking US about this
time?
What about Samoa, and the Germans in
or about 1889?
And, Mr.. Editor, what country was the
cause of our recent trouble at Vera Cruz,
and did not Germany furnish the 25O "a pid-
fire guns to Huerts (who wanted them for
use against Americans) in spite of all our
protestations to the contrary?