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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-16

had twins. One look at Michigan
blvd. makes one think every womaRi
in Chicago must be having twins
, Billy Sunday is coming back to the
west side in Chicago. Perhaps heo
thinks the fans have forgotten theb
day he failed to run out hit. z
Some of the Americans" in Mex 8
leo loved their stars and stripes so
well that they didn't want to live IN
der the flag until no other flag could
protect them.
A St. Paul authority says treat
your mule as a gentleman and .heT.
will reciprocate. How does one dis
tinquish between the kick Of a gentle-u
man and lady mule?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-16
THE PUBLIC FORUM :. I

CATHOLICS AND POLITICS. -Ia
congratulate the editor Of The DaYd
Book upon the splendid editorials
which appeared in that excellent Ht-1
tie journal of March 10, entitled
Dragging Religion Into Politics.
Your discussion of the question is
broad-minded and patriotic It SOS
happens that I am Catholic andli
perhaps that is why 1 applaud then
ideas you so clearly express. 4
Religion and politics do not mix,
and the man who is so .loathsome asa
to go before the Chicago public ask-I,
ing for votes because he is a Catholics
or a Protestant is not very much of al
man. I
DO not know that Mr.. ThOmpsons
has engaged IN this kind of poEticalb
tactics. If he has 1 have heard noth-I
ing about it. do not know that votesI
have been solicited for Mr.. SWeitzerf
because he is a Catholic, and IN sup5j
port of that appeal it was argued thatd
when Roger Sullivan was candidates.
for United States senator he was de4j
feated because he was a Catholic )
The issue above should never havoc
been raised, and if Mr.. SWeitzer'si
chickens don't come home to roost Is
shall miss my guess. But it is abso-s
lutely untrue that the Catholic
church as such stood back of SWeit=J
zer. Men and women Of all political
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
NEW YORK RIOTS

The first riot in New York city oc- cured 203 years ago tonight, April 6. 1712. The population of New ork was then little of 5000, and about one-fourth of these were Indians and negro slaves. The. latter were respon- sible for the first of the many riots which have disgraced the American metropolis The blacks. resenting their seryitude and harsh treatment, plotted to massacre the white fnhabi- tants. One of the negro conspirators set fire to a small building, and when the white citizens rushed out to fight the flames they were received with astvoIIey fired by the blacks hidden about the flaming structure. The negroes were poor shots, and only a few men were killed. The English troops stationed in New York were aroused by the firing and rushed to the rescue, and the blacks were quickly defeated and fled to the woods in the wilds of upper Manhat- tan There they were hunted down by the soldiers. and all were captured save six, who escaped the hangman,s moose by killing themselves. Negro reVoIts were frequent in New York and many other American cities un- til slavery was abolished in the north ern states.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
The D. M. Read Company.

x -E saa Mohammed4 II. immediately began to extend his authority. His armies in- vaded Serbia, once the seat of a proud empire, and reduced the people to slavery. Greece soon followed, and before the close of the century large part of southwestern Europe groaned beneath the sway of the Ottoman monarch whose seat was in Stamboul, the Constantinople of the eastern en- pire and the Byzantium of the pagan continued, 1atterIy upheld by the jealousy of rival Christian powers, but 1t now appears that @'the sick man of Europe" is approaching his final dissolution.
 The successful siege of constanti- nople by Sultan Mohammed IT, was very different from that carried on by much popderous artillery. and sew eral months were spent in putting the big guns in place before the siege actually commenced on the sixth. Of April, 1453. Cannon had first been used by the Moors in Spain a cen tury before, and Mohammed's artil- lery was very crude. One of the can non of Mohannmed II. was presented to the British government by the Sulr tan of Turkey in 1888, and is now to be seen at Woo1Wicl1-
 Mohammed's artillery experts held
 
 CT its destructiveness so they con- structed a gun whose mouth had a diameter of two feet and a half. Stone cannon balls were fired from these guns-a method certainly hav- ing the merit of economy, as compar- ed with the missiles fired from the big guns in the 1915 siege of Con stantinople.
 Mohammed IT., in his siege of the imperial city, had at his command an army of 100000 men, besides a large fleet and an enormous number Of cannon. The defenders numbered only about 10000, and had few can non and little gunpowder, yet they held the Turks at bay for fifty-three days. Mohammed's navy consisted of 32O vessels, while the warships of the Greeks numbered only five So seamanship and va1or. however, that this little squadron defeated the great navy of Mohammed. The Sultan watched the engagement from the shore, and shouted insults at his men as they gave way before the Greek squadron.
 A naval exploit that could hardly be repeated today was performed by the Turks when they transported their fleet overland into the harbor across the isthmus which separates the Golden Horn from the Bosphorus The whole Turkish fleet climbed the hilr' in a night. After a lombard ment of forty days the Greek forts were demolished, and Mohammed then gathered his forces for the final assault It began on the morning of the twenty-ninth Of May. The Turks carried all before them by mere force of numbers, and within a few hours ConstantinopIe had been transformed from a Christian to a Mosleln capi- tai,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
THE CHANGES NECESSARY TO GIVE
 NEW YORK MODERN CONSTITUTION

is a The largely reactionary hands, certainly behind the public thought of the state in its industrial, political and beliefs
 If the quality of the convention shall be expressed in the approved by electors, constitution What Fundamental changes ought to be made in New. YeR present eoatuton? The preeedents that might the way for change; are in the west
 The typical western constitution tends to be tailed insruen than the constitutions of the eastern states thought this detail will be in the whole beneficial mains to be seen
 important changes by these con They make easier to amend the oonztution
 They place more of the law making power in the eo pie through the initiative referendum and recall and by the use ofs the direct primary
 naostris s9 now @ eo er hsR enter The t des that the state engage in enterprise except culture
 These western constitutions contain many minor prov- visions that majority portion of jury less than the whole number may
 the light of the western preeedents what by it's absence, will make ton in the whole and what will make 1t modern and in accord with the spirit of the times
 which they eonfide to the people fuller egisa They make into praoao the principle that the people gre beforea the simple people any by which could be expressed or their veto exercised
 And this accomplished by providing that petition per cent the people may cause the submission of any There not state in the with consultation
 
 liberal terms than Connecticut The people made sole what kind of they change
 h practice this broad power IS crippled by the oiroup that it almost impossible the constitution beneficial direction There ionaI convention at tated periods by which the constitution noperabIes that requires majority of the and vothirds of the General Assembly, year before there The Senate ngnnRer but s5 members IS always easily controlled by privileged and the House, being little towns usually very conscious of the changes demanded by the great Of population
 few words will suffice to give New eoEsution These words will bring to the through the Initiative referendum and recall control legislation Lacking De reaotlonary and will probably be defeated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
Turks Began Successful Siege of Constantinop1e
 462 Years Ago

Now, that it seems probable that the Turk will be driven from Europe, and that Constantinople may again become a Christian capital. it is in teresting to recall the great siege by which the Crescent triumphed over the Cross and the disciples of the Prophet set up their capital in Eu- rope. It was 462 years ago today. on April 6. 1453, that Mohammed II. be- gan battering at the forts which pro- tected Constantinople. The siege lasted fifty-three days, but on May 29 1453. the city fell, and with it the eastern heir of the Roman Empire. Constantine XIII, the last of the Christian emperors to reign at Con stantinople. maintained a brilliant and heroic resistance against vastly superior odds, and died like a hero. The beginning of the Turkish empire in Europe was not suspicious, for Mohammed II. ordered the city loot ed and sacked. its men killed and it's women captured, and his instructions were carried out with pitiless rapacir ty. Having set up his Oriental throne in Constantinople, the Sultan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
THE TRAFFIC IN WAR MATERIALS

PAGE advertisenent displayed many newspapers is k signed by editors who appeal to America ammunition Europe of editors printed part foreign language for the benefit of foreign extractien The American editor his absenoe for he knows full we'll the fulity of arian views directed against enterprise which thing n many persons All may be for But those who make profit from will obey nnnuable law of human nature. They will keep mak ing the profit as long they
 Americas position an ammunition producer and her position a peacema4er irreconciliabes
 All those nothing from the bus- will continue peace, all do peace the right manufacture
 
 times not ripe for that lofty he little publications require very The principle that each nation shall make all 1t every other most venerable It expect peace peace performances double
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06

harness The United States has exhibition of friendly neutrality not equalled during the respects the United States subordnated seeming material inter ests, to the pressing necessity of Europe.
 In toeratlng the production and ammunition for abroad the that which always has been Old custom and precedent of nature that the ordinary of this trade could be forbidden without laying the United States charge violaon of neutrality Pos siby the public sentiment does not exist which such action, contrary to precedent could be sustained.
 We may be sure, however, that these do not to et without The future is long For every dol lar of profit materials must expect to lose two It is not impossible the trade will ultimately conflict At the best it will be long the United States to take the hatreds the traffic in materials is building against America
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
William Bayard Hale, Wilson Biographer,
 Forty six Today

William Bayard Hale, President wilson's biograpI1er and former com fidenfiaI agent in Mexico, is a Hoosier by birth having been born in Rich Tnond, Ind, forty-siz years ago today. At the outbreak of the war MT Hale was in Europe, and assisted in caring for. the. American refugees. Since his return to America, he has written a number of newspaper articles dealing with the problems arising from the European conflict, and these have special importance in view of the au- thor's close friendship p with Fresident Wilson and his known sympathy, with the Iatterss views MT. Hale has op- posed the plan Of the, allies to cut of Germany from the world, and quoted with approval the statement Of Thomas Jefferson, made when England and France were at war. that while Great Britain might s'feeI the desire Of starving an enemy na- ton, she can have no right of doing it at our loss, nor of makiNg us the instrument of it.'' The presidents EJbiographer in one of his articles. also quoted with approval this sentiment expressed by Jefferson
 seWhen two nations go to war, those who choose to live in peace retain their natural right to pursue their EagricuIture, manufactures. and other ordinary .vocations. to carry the pro duCS or Lne1E5 1nduSlE2s LOT SACLdsASS to all nations. befigerent or neutral, as usuaI.''
 MT. Hale asserts that since 1796 the British government has not un- dertaken to assert that provisions destined elsewhere than to the gov ernment, army or navy of a belliger- ent were contraband,' but until the present war, has t-constantly nnain- tained the opposite position" During the Russo7J Japanese war. he asserts. the government of Great Britain Joined with the United States in pro testing against the Russian proposal to put foodstuffs on the contraband list.
 MT, Hale was educated for the church and was ordained a priest of the Protestant Episcopal church in 1894. For several years he was rector of churches at iddleborough, Mass, and Ardmore, Pa He left the church in 1900 to become managing editor of the-Cosnaopolitan magazine, and was later editor of Current Literature special correspondent of the New York World, managing editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, editor of the New York Times Book Review, Paris correspondent of the New York Times, and member of the editorial staff of Worlds Work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
Overheated Air a Foe to Efficiency Stagnant
 Air Decreases Appetite

The scientists have been investi- gating load air.'' A commission amply endowed with funds, and sup piled with the most elaborate equip- year and has made a preliminary re- port. The theory that bad air con tains chemical substances that poison the human body has been discredited and the wonderful results secured in the open air treatment Of disease ex- plained as the effect Of the air on the skin and the appetite.
 The body temperature regulating system has been found to be less au- tomatic than formerly supposed. High room temperatures, even as high as 75 degrees, elevate the body tempera- ture and produce other well marked physiological effects. The chief prac- tical conclusion is that the inclination to work is much reduced by over heated air. In a hot, humid atmos- phere people must be driven to work; Ain a cool. moderately dry atmosphere. of 68 degrees the most work was done, 3 percent more than at tenn perature 8 s degrees and 15 per cent more than at temperature 75 de- grees.
 The latest word on ventilation, as voiced by the Ventilation Commission Of the Department of Social Welfare of the New York Association for Iln- proving the Condition of the Poor, may be said to be that we sh hould pay more attention to the temperature of the air and not worry about how much oxygen it contains. This ven tiIation investigation which has ar rived at these conclusions is. 1t is in teresting to note, but a part of a larger scheme which proposes to cover food supply, baths, school lunches and many other things af- fecting the health of the masses but not ordinarily dealt with by the rec ognized health authorities. This So- ciaI Welfare Department is financed on a very generous scale by Mrs. A. A. Anderson, who is also the presi- dent of the Connections Research As- sociation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
SUNDAY IN PATTERSON

W T WAS COOL Sunday Paterson, toward him.
 the views of journals notyvith standing spite of the snow and sush there were two meetings into which could enter This Moreover Sunday, who ought to the terzed by Vim, vgor obasco sauce and pepperino sterla which to have been will the crowd phychoIogy has had little time operate Just every form of enthusiasm exhibited should be described hyseria of the New York Times to This Christian nation which it is manly cheer
  the ring side noble exhibition of American deluded tins of their
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
TIE WAIERLoGGED SHIPPING TRUST

TOT THE WAR but it's waterlogged securities wreck 4 ~ Merchant ForInedin the crushed to feebenes
 this shipping interests issued mountains of per against comparatively tiny physical properties The a are inevitable. sf
 This many modern promotions, representing finance Morgan prominent but nota alone.
 stocNaterng robbed people, than all devised in the last ten centuries, by criminals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
TENNIS PLAYERS TO
 HEAR ALEXANDI1R TONIGHT

Through the courtesy of Frederick B. Alexander, one of the most famous and finished tennis players in the world, the Young Mems Christian as- sociation is able to invite every ten his enthusiast to hear him tonight He will speak in the parlors of the v M: c. A. and will tell, How to Improve Your Came This will in clude the proper way to make all the important strokes in lawn tennis as well as some of the strategy which helps to turn the tide in the great battles of the top-notchers. He will speak at 8 o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
GEN. MAUNOURY

General MichI Maunoury, the dis tinguished French military com ulander who was recently reported to have been seriously wounded while inspecting the trenches. was born at Maintenon in 1847. Since the out break of the war he has been the commander of one of the French armies, and his name will go down in history as the man who outwitted Gen. von K1uck and turned the lat ter's advance upon Paris into a pre- cipitate retreat. It was on a Septem- Der morning of last year that Gen. Maunoury performed one of the most brilliant strategic feats of the war by leading a, surprise. assault on the flank of Gen. von Klucix's advancing Teutons were plainly heard in Paris when Maunoury.s coup marked the beginning of the end of von Kluek's drive toward the French capital. Later Gen. Ma.unoury followed up his advantage brilliantly, ana he was the commander of the French army in the battle of Soissons in January. Gen. Maunoury is known as an au- thority on artillery, to which branch of the service he has devoted his life. He began his military career in the days of the second empire, and took part in the anco-Prussian war as a lieutenant of artillery. He reached the rank of of general Of brigade in 1905, and five years later was made a general of division. At the begin ming of the~ war he was the com mander of the artillery of the forts in the vicinity of Paris. He has also served as head of the military school, the Ecole Superieure de Guerre He is an officer of the Legion of Honor The wounding. of Gen. Maunoury was a serious loss to the French, as he was considered one of the abIest of Gen. Joffre's officers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
THE FIGHT

T INTEREST in the fight decidedly less this time. It is
 hard to make bout of fstcus between single pair very big there real fight involving lives and fortunes of millions of and the future of the whole world
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Nancy Barclay of Ottawa Can, is the guest of MT. and Mrs Charles M Abercrombie of 27 Hayes street.
 wilford Wright. who is now taking a, course at Storr's Agricultural col lege in Connecticut, spent Saturday and Sunday at his home, 56a Arctic street.
 Mrs A. Birnie, of New York. IS snAn5tnr The week with Mrs w R. Abercrombie. of 2s Putnam street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06

Orders to the various departmental commanders of the army to provide joint field artillery camps the coming summer to be participated in by nili- tia and regulars were issued by the War Department.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06

The cruiser Chester now at the Boston Navy Yard was ordered to the Mediterranean to relieve thee ruiser North Carolina, now at Beirut. Asia Minor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
Cbe DmRQad co ESt06Hshed 1857. *ApriIe~she Vt chaunge boote.
 
Est06llShed 1857
While Spring Lingers
Make ready for fine Weather.

There are fine days coming That little snowst0r that March threw behind gId n It well to be busy time com hurng at the It expected tha1 to to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
Curtain Stuffs and Draperies.

This spring unusually large Art Linens and other decorative fabrics for the
 Prices 15, l9, 25, g to 50 and 9s
 Madras scrm for Curtains, exceptionally qualities
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06

A government aviation school opened at Toronto.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
Crepe de Chimes, a very
 Attractive Special

Over five hundred yards of Black and Colore de Chimes for spring gowns Crepe de Chine is bewitching material. It is1as sinuous as the shi ing skin of serpent and it expresses all the col tints of sunset sky. Black Crepe de Chine m be of the depths of melancholy, but give it giro or vest of peacock blue, emerald cerise and it V flame like tropical bird. The colors here represer ed are wistaria, Belgian blue sand color, peacoc and others that are now popular. These Crepes we once in the catalogue of $2.OO silks. Now they a
 $l. special
 Silk Department Wednesday morning
 Women's Initial Handkerchiefs, pure ] linen, nice for everyday, and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
How about Rugs, Ardahans g x 12,
 S12 00

Antique Chinese in old blue 1noue ana be had in either color It is highly appropriate reception doir.
 Kaza Tabriz designs, of antique Oriental rugs coos For ivingrooms libraries reception
 Dmie Rugs of fine cotton strips Bath Rugs in all ' colorings and Threshold Mats
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-08
FAMILY SKELETONS FIGURE
LARGELY In BALDWIN CASE

dated the receipt correctly. A. Isen-
berg. grocer. testified Baldwin pafd
him bill on November End.
Morning Session.
In the morning yesterday. S. X.
Cramer, a dealer in novelties, trink-
cts. etc. at Altoona testified for Bald
win. J. III. Griffith. of Altoona. bought
a book from Baldwin and made a pay.
ment on November End. Mrs. Joe
Morrow, OF Juniata. had also purchas-
ed hood and had made a payment
on the Ind. when Baldwin was out col
lecting. Mrs. Morrow remembered the
date because her husband was paid on
the 31st OF October and the next DAY
was Sunday.
IL Judge Dayton decides that Mira
baldwin may be questioned as to her
husbands past and that her testimony
may be entered in the record. she will
be recalled for that purpose this morn
ing at 10 O'Clock. when court recon.
venes. Otherwise the taking OF testf-
mony will be furnished, and after the
arguments and Judge Dayton's charge.
the case will be in the hands of the
jury. Attorney Sam o. Boyce, counsel
Tor Baldwin il so confident that he has
proven perfectly sound alibi that he
Will not have Baldwin take the stand
In his own behalf. Those who have
kept In touch with the trial do not ex-
pect that II will take long for the Jury
10 make up it's mind and a verdict is
confidently expected near noon today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-08
SUE TOMATO CANS
IN FEDERAL COURT
CASE INSTITUTED AGAINST CON
s'eSmssr o. IMPURE
Similar 20 Suit Against T~enty-nve
Bags Of Nuts Which 10 Continued
70 Next Term

Somewhat simffar TO the famous
case OF the United States against
twenty-five bags OF nuts. 4 suit was
Instituted In Federal court yesterday
afternoon by attorneys for the gov
eminent. styles, The United States
against -Four Dozen Cans OF No. 1
Arlo Strained Tomatoes. u. s. Mar
shal Ned smith seized forty-eight cans
of No. I Arlo Strained Tomatoes yes
terday morning. connscating them
from the stock OF a local wholesale
shipped BY a Maryland trm- Analy.
sis by government chemists showed
the tomatoes were impure and adui-
terated. and were. therefore. liable
to suit under the pare food and drugs
will defend them The case against
the twenty-five bags OF nuts has been
continued to the October term OF
court