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The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-20
DECLARES EMBARGO
 0N ARMS SHIPMENTS ID MEXICO

Washington, D. C., Oct. 20 - President Wilson has declared an embargo on the shipment of arms and ammunition to Mexico, but @ supplementary order eXcepts the Carranza government from it's pro visions.
 Detention camps arc now pro- posed by United States military au-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-20

Torreon, Oct, 2O-General Car ranza arrived here this morning and it is rumored that he will short Iy visit the Texas border to confer with representatives of the United Stats.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-20

thOrities where the officers and sailors of interned German warships may be placed under strict surveil- lance to prevent further escapes.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-10-20

CCoutiuued on page 4.)
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lContinued on page A.
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Me and my sistir Gladdis was setting
avn u frunt steps last mite and
Gladdis sed, Is that Mr.. Parkins COM
ing up the street.
Yes, and that's Mr.. Rockitts coming
down the uthir way, I sed.
O help, that will be the deth of me,
sed Gladdis. Mr.. Rockets beeing my
Sundey school teetchir and kind Of a
sissy the way he tawks.
And Mr.. Parkins and Mr.. Rockitts
kepp W coming and they got to the
frunt steps about the saim time, both
tipping thare hats to Gladdis and shak-
ing e%etchuthirs hands as if they was
gladdir to see etch uthir than wat they
proberly was.
T jest happened to be passing, sed
Mr.. Parkins. & . a -.
That's the way with me, sed Mr..
Rockitts.
I'm ony going to stay a mint or SO,
sed Mr.. Parkins. And he sat down
avn the step, and so did Mr.. Rockitts,
saying, l ony have q mint to stay,
also.
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and embarrassed to see her shaking

and embarrassed to see her shaking
with suppressed laughter.
and to think" she said. that | was
the innocent cause of this crouch strik-
ing in so deep! was the very girl
who made that fool remark to Alice,
but III VOW l hadn't thought of it since
and l don't suppose she has either. l
feel crushed to think l didn't make
enough of an impression on you to
make you remember me as well as my
silly talk"
Walker was too much surprised to
do anything mor than stare for a few
moments, and Alberta presently be-
came more serious than he had
thought possible for her. why Mr..
Walker, you've done that girl a seri-
Gus injustice. She went into that
walking club because the doctors had
told her that outdoor exercise was all
that would prevent a v collapse,
and rather than burden you with a
nervous wife or be compelled to break
the engagement, she went in for
everything she could afford. She's
stronger and better looking than ever
now. l see her often, but as | didn't
know you at all, she never mentioned
you to me. I heard of you through
others, but had forgotten your name.
Now, you see," she concluded, there
are two sides to a difference. Don't
you feel pretty much ashamed of your
self" Alberta asked no more, for a
glance at the man was a sufficient an
swer to her question. For several
minutes, during which the closing bell
rang, he said nothing. Il
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YES" he began slowly, I'm enough
ashamed to tell Alice SO if I thought
she'd listen to me. Do you suppose
she would?" .
100, no telling what a girl will do"
laughed Alberta. Il wouldn't forgive
you to save your neck, but Alice is
such a dear, unselfsh thing there's no
telling you what she might do. I'll
tell you what | will do If you say SO,
though; I'll telephone Alice right now
and fix up some scheme to. bring you
two together. Shall II"
IF you can manage it; but how on
earth could your
"Oh, pshaw! Leave that to me-"
Alberta reached for the telephone and
called for a number. MAY speak to
Miss Mills? Hello, Alice, this
is Bert. 1 just happened to stumble on
to something today that you lost and
forgot about ages ago. At first glance
you may not think it's worth picking
up in the road, but I'm going to bring
it by tonight and let you give it the
once over = = Never mind now,
no questions asked. = = No, it's
not the cameo pin. and you could
guess from now till doomsday without
coming anywhere near it. Once
upon a time I'd have said, It's a
bear but that expression Is out Of
date now. I'll bring it owe at 8 o'clock
tonight. Good-by."
Turning to the bewildered Walker,
she added: And you just put that
crouch In the waste basket, and come
for me tonight promptly at a quarter
to g." "
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My g%oodniss, watts yure hurry, sed
Gladdis.
| was jest passing, sed Mr.. Parkins.
| wa jest going by, sed Mr.. Rock
tits. And they sat thare a littel vile
not saying mulch, and then Mr.. Park
ms got up, saying, Well, cant l take
you as far as the cornir, Mr.. Rockitts.
Wy, | don't no, yes, serteny, s%erteny.
| shall be glad of yure company, sed
Mr.. Rockitts. And they both startid
to wawk up the street, Gladdis say
ing, Sorry o cant stay. And wen
they got to the cornir Mr.. Parkins
went wun way, and MI. Rockitts went
the uthtr way, and in a cuppil of
minits who cain GROUND the cornir
down the street but MI. Parkins agln.
Good eevning, he sed, tipping his hat
Good eevning, sed Gladdis.
jest happened to be reforming frum
a wawk erround the block and I thawt
Id drop in for a few hours if you had
no ~objeckshin, sed Mr.. Parkins.
Hee hee, sed Gladdis. And Mr.. Park:
ms sat down avn the steps agen and
he was still thare wen l had to go ia
bed.
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ADVISED
TO HAVE PATIENCE

San Francisco, Sept. Is. - The first
business session of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage which is
being attended by scores of prominent
women from all parts Of the country,
began here today at the Illinois build
ing at the Panama-Pacif1c exposition.
Mrs. Lucius NJ. Cuthbert of Colorado,
presided as chairman. Mrs. William
Kent, wife of Representative Kent of
California, was among the speakers on
the program. Her subject was His
tory of Federal Work"
Representative Kahn of California,
told the women last night that they
would In the end win their fight for
the ballot.
Man suffrage he said, has been
of slow growth. Therefore, even
though things sometimes look dark,
you women must not be discouraged"
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GREAT QUANTITIES
OF WASTED

f"' H#| vac .f
Chicago. Sept. 16.--7Entire carloads
Of peaches from the Michigan districts
have been carted off to garbage heaps,
a total loss to the shippers and pro-
ducers, because nc market could be
found for them, according to reports
Of commission merchants today.
Instead Of receiving profits they ex-
pected, the Michigan growers were
called on to pay the freight and cart
age charges on their abandoned con.
signments. One commission man,
who wired atlshipper that he owed
$3.50 for carriage, received this re-
ply: sn: 38 T=a TO ~ -
Have no money but will send an
other car of peaches in settlement"
Hold the peaches wired the COM
mission merchant. 7@ -7~ ~
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than makes up the time she has
given for this relaxation. OF course,
one would not choose a book that re-
quired a prolonged concentration, in
order to get the best effects from the
habit. Gems Of good poetry lift one
from the prosaic things Of the work
a-day life, sustaining just long
enough to refresh the reader, yet not
too diverting to keep one from TAX
ing up the ever-present grind. Light
but wholesome fiction will rest and
fill the mind with new interest,
50 that the reader will return to her
work with a fresh point Of view--a
thing essential to keep UP any en-
thusiasm In the monotonous round
of most home-liying women. The
Sithy short story, found In all our
st magazines to-day. will have the
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Young Peoples Religious World
TERsE COMMENTS ON THE UNIFORM PRAYER MEETING TOPIC OF
THE YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETIES - CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR
(By William 7. Eis) "
(By William T. Ellis.)

of Him, God still reigns and Is work.
ing out His W purpose. Second.
human brotherhood is needed more
than ever; we are under obligation to
be citizens of the world. And third
."the next thing" the near-at-hand task
remains to be done.
In working out the. new world
ideals which the mutations Of recent
months have made necessary, these
three factors need to be held domi.
nant; a fresh loyalty to God a new
sense of world brotherhood. and quick
ened devotion to ones own task and
work. Reverence, fraternity and eff
ficiency will so come to- pass. These
may reverently be said to be goals
of God. He surely wants all men to
be His loyal children, and to love one
another, and to develop to the full the
capacities with which He has endowed
them. ...
There has been too much Of narrow.
ness and selfishness in >the ideals
which have ruled the world hitherto,
From the days Of Babylon until now
great nations have put their own ag.
grandizements as the first Of all OBJ
jectives.' They have held 'The world
for our country; and that policy has
worked out into misunderstanding
divisions expressions and militarism.
Now the new ideal, which is really
that Of Christian missions, is, Our
country for the world In other
words, only as the unselfish and
world-serving spirit Of Christ is made
master of our ideals can we hope for
a state Of society truly Christian.
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blithely into and disgustedly out OF
his employ at the rate of at least ten
a year. ~
The Office force usually took no
especial notice Of a new one except to
classify her, as the meek or the
medium or re meteoric kind, but on
the morning that Alberta Rankin
came striding into the department and
calmly surveyed Walker, a sense of
something unusual impending was felt
all through that part Of the off &c.
AS Walker turned from a card file
he had been rapidly lingering and
reached for the telephone, he looked
up and met the calm, gray eyes of
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bones because he wanted a reserved
seat where he could watch Sammi'
and Susie, you know.
Then Johnnie and Billie Bushytai
came, and Jennie Chipmunk, and Sis
ter Sallie, and the three Wibblewobbl,
children, and pretty soon the tent wa.
full. Yes, Bully and Bawly, the two
frog boys, were there also.
Peetie and Jackie were behind the
stage, dressing up, and pretty soor
Jackie came out, made a low bow and
said:
Ladies and gentlemen, the show is
about to begin" and the people clap.
ped like anything; yes, they did, hon
estly.
THE first number on the. program. -
went on Jackie, will be a song by
my brother, Peetie."
Then Peetie came out, dressed up
too funny for any use, in an old dress
of his mothers, with a pink sunbon.
net, and on his feet were tied two old
tin pans. Then he made a bow and
began to sing this song: -ef,
I'VE hope you'll like our little show,
Which shortly we will start.
We're going through some funny
tricks
And I will do my part.
My brother, he will jump so high
You scarce can see him go.
And If I do not tumble down
I'll stand upon my toe. i
Were going to jump through barrel
hoops
Aud turn a somersaut.
Well do the double tumble-down
Just as two doggies ought.
Wen dance and cut some capers;
Well hop about and sing,
And do the wally-wub, a trick
That's hard as anything"
Well, you should have heard the
audience clap at that. Uncle Wiggily
nearly broke his glasses. Then the
show started.
Jackie Bow Wow gave a big jump
and touched the top Of the tent be-
fore he came down, and then, after
Peetie had danced with the tin pans
on his feet, making a terrible clatter,
he stood upon his toe, as bold as bold
could be, and he didn't fall down once.
Then there was some more Shaping
and Peetie brought out some barrel
hoops covered with paper. Well, I
wish you could have seen Jackie Jump
through them. 1t was worth three
bones and a half at the very least. He
broke through the paper as easily as
you can eat pie.
Then the two doggies danced, and
sang, and turned double somersaults
and single one and forward and back
ward ones, and then came the ''wally-
wub," which is a very hard trick, in
deed; oh, most difficult!
To do it, Jackie stood UP straight
on the end of his tail, and Peetie tried
to stand on the end Of his tail on
Jackie's nose. Only they didn't do it,
and they both tumbled down ker.
thump! and fell into a barrel, and
Uncle Wtggily had to help them out.
But that was the only accident that
happened. and every one liked the
show SO much that Jackie and Peetie
did it all owe again. Every one said
it was worth all the bones they had
brought. There were quite a number
Of juicy bones, which made fine meals
for the two puppy dogs for several
days and a few left over for good
measure. Well, the show ended at
dusk, and every n went home, and
Jackie and Peetie were very proud Of
themselves you may be sure.
Now the story tomorrow night is
going, to be about Jackie on a wind
mill; that is if our cow doesn't get
lost In the woods and ring the bell in
the church steeple with her crinkly
horns. .... =
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TO SEE IF GERMANS
SANK GRAIN SHIP

Cleveland, O., Sept. 16.-The crew
of the steamer. Onoko, which sank in
Lake Superior Tuesday, will be exam
ined here today to learn whether
there is any ground for the suspicion
the Onoko was sent to the bottom to
prevent delivery of wheat for ship
ment to the allies. George M. Stein
brenner, manager of the steamer. will
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Muddled minds never were more OF
a menace than now. It Is easy to think
crookedly at present, when straight
thinking is needed more than ever be-
fore. The world seems badly jumbled.
Old landmarks have toppled over in
the upheaval of recent months. World
relationships have shifted bewinder-
ingly. Ancient isolations have disap-
peared, and immemorial insularittes
have been bridged. Allegiances which
once seemed clear and simple have be-
come confused. Our very conceptions
of society have been affected. "Old
things have passed away; behold, all
things have become new seems a
scripture for the hour. Ruts that
were routes for ages have suddenly
been blown up or o~bliterated. 1t IS
not easy even to be a conventional
thinker. Most people are standing
dazed and amazed amid world phe-
nomena without precedent and almost
without explanation. Frankly, it Is
hard to think straight in these twist
ed times. So let us fix u minds on
three sure things, that nothing can
shake, though all else changes. First
is that, despite our too small notions
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conduct the investigation and if evt.
dence warrants, will ask the federal
authorities to act.
Steinbrenner received word from
Captain w. r. Dunn that there were
indications the Onoko's plates had
been loosened.
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Reading For Repose

A CERTAIN amount of reading
~ is necessary every day for
"a every woman who lives a close
life at home. Outside of the fact Of
her accumulated information, gained
in this way, there Is a quieting in
1uence, which rests the mind, and
the woman who forms this habit will
find that she can take up her work
again so refreshed, that she more
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tonic effect Of a pleasant visit from
a friend, without the strain OF. do.
ing the entertaining. No wonder
books are often spoken of as friends
the sort that never offend.
Reading in the evening, after a
hard days work, if done with a view
to relaxation, will invariably rest
and divert the mind so as to put
ever an over-tired person in the best
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Evening Story
A ~PEACEMAKER AT WORK..
BY Ellis Browne.

Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
If he had not been held to the use of
form letters for the principal part Of
his correspondence with prospective
customers, Henry Walkers crouch
would have got itself into his letters
to a disastrous extent. Form letters,
however, did not hide his personality
from tho stenographers who passed
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STEAMER GOES n o

Marseilles, France, Sept. 16.-The
liner Euphrate, owned by the Mess
ageries !rnaritimes, has gone ashore
on the island Of Soycotra
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MORE HOT

Washington, D. c., Sept. 16. Hot
weather will continue in the east and
south for at least thirty-six hours, the
weather bureau announced Wednes-
day.
Cooler weather has o~verspread the
upper lake region and the upper Mis-
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sissippi valley but no early promise Is
held out for lower temperatures east
ward. !
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TO PROLOGUE puMA.

Petrograd, Sept. 16. "A member o!
the duma is quoted today as saying
that the session of the, duma will be
p%rorogued not later than Sept. 10.
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NEW CALL OF THE NEW
TIMES.

Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies-Christian En-.
deavor, etc.-for September 10:
"World Ideals, and How Foreign
Missions viii Promote them"
Dan, 2.36-45.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24
Nl1saes E Names.

Birdie Wing lives at Marion. O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24

with the United States would be es- pecial1y discouraging just now, when a large section of the German people is beginning to count the cost of the struggle. The determination to win is still there, and the nation is Of course buoyed up by the Russian suc- cesses. But in their hearts they know that the general staff has fail ed in the west. They know that their policy in Belgium has alienated the rest of the world and the terrible death-lists are beginning to hurt more and morel A break with the United States could not fail to dampen the nations spirits.
 Finally, 1t must be remembered that the Prussian ~burea ucrat is an exceedingly arrogant person. quite willing to strike sharply and quickly if he wants a break. Those who are familiar with the methods of the mill itary autocrats of the German empire know that if they had not cared whether they had war with or not they would have shown 1t unmistak- ably by word and deed. They may feel that way now, but so far, at least the civilian portion of the government has kept the upper hand and refused to allow the rnf1itarists openly to fling away our friendship. The best augury for peace is that we are at peace.
 O c V.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24
VICTIM OF JITNEY ! CRASH IN SERIOUS
 CONDITION TODAY
FIatbush Man Dangerously Hurt-COntinue Case of
 Driver in City Court.

Michael DeRose of 36 Ann street, driver of a jitney that crashed into, a trolley car at $ o'clock last night at Stratford and Seaview avenues, was arraigned in the city court this morn ing on the charge of reckless driving. Judge F. A. Bartlett continued his case until October 9 under bonds of $500 to await the recovery of the jit- ney passengers.
 DeRpse's car. carrying six persons besides himself. was driven from the rear Of one trolley car in the attempt to pass it., in front of another com trolley and jitney crashed head-on and the automobile occupants were thrown out. All were injured.
 Those hurt were:
 Thomas Cone. Philade1phia; 447 Broad street. Bridgeport, Shock and contusions, Will be released from. Bridgeport hospital Saturday.
 David Hayes. Flatbush, New York, living at 1888. stratford avenue. Broken rib and fractured right ankle; possible internal injuries: in serious condition at Bridgeport hispital.
 Tony Cfagnomo. Hewitt street. Con stusions of the head and body. Treated at Bridgeport hospital.
 t Miss Elsie Warner. 246 Alex street, employed aE the FGeOFSe 5G- BaLcneler Go. Treated for bruises and contus- ions at Bridgeport hospital.
 Miss Bertha Boettinger, 1Os7 Strat- ford avenue. Bruised about chest and arrnss Treated at Bridgeport hos pita1s
 Michael DeRose, 36 Ann street, the driver. Treated ata Bridgeport hos pita1 for possible internal injury.
 Passengers upon the trolley cars 7 HFr,fra Conductor 1T. Wynne bIameless, stat ing that the jitney driver miscaIcu- lated the distance between the two vehicles.
 Immediate medical aid was given by the Emergency ambulance corps and the injured were transferred to. Bridgeport hospital, where all but Cone and Hayes were released after first aid, treatment. The jitney driver was placed under arrest
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24
WHAT THIN FOLKS SHOULD
 DO TO GAIN WEIGHT
Good Advice for Thins UndeveIoped
 Men and Women

Good Advice for Thins UndeveIoped
 Men and Women.
 ~ Thousands of people suffer from ex- cessive thinness, weak nerves and feeble stpmachs who. having tried ad- vertfsed flesh-Inakers, food-fads, phy- sfcaI culture stunts and rub-on creams, resign themselves to lifelong |skinniness and think nothing will make them fat. Yet their case is not hopeless. A recently discovered com bination of assimfIative agents has made fat grow after years of thinness and it is also unequalled, judging from reports. for repairing the waste of sickness or faulty digestion and for strengthening the nerves. This remarkable preparation is called Sar- go1. Six strength-givfng fat-produc- ing assimilatiye elements of acknowI- edged merit have been combined in this preparation, which is endorsed and used by prominent people every where. It is absolutely harmless iEz- expensive and efficient.
 few weeks systematic use of Sar- goI should go far to produce flesh and strength by correcting faults of diges- ton and by supplying nourishing fats to the blood. If not, every druggist who sells 1t is authorized to return the purchase price Increased nourish- ment is obtained from the food eaten and the additional fats that thin people need are thus provided and leading druggists supply sargoI and say there is large demand for it.
 While this new preparation has from reports given splendid results as a nerve-tonie and vita1izer, it's use is net recommended te nervous peo- pie unless they wish to gain at least ten pounds of flesh.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24
LuLee MeLuke saya:


 After the tirae for saying it has passed you can always think of some bright thing you shauld have said When r.Gn s1eelss perfume on an other man he never says anything, but he does q haap et thinking.
 Father doesn't lat1s&a spending S5 over bar where he can see it going. But if he loses 5 cents out of his pocket he gets so mad he wants to shoot some body.
 Every now and then a princess whose face looks like a marshmallow will look at some other princess and say: ~Geel Amt it awful the way they powder their faces"' Some women get divorced so often that the children wake up every morn ing and go down to breakfast expect ing to see new stepfather.
 We are all good losers until we lose And then 90 per cent of us yelp.
 The man who is afraid that people will laugh at him isn't going to get very far up the ladder.
 We all know that we have had enough when we discover that we have had too much.
 When Friend Wife describes her idea of an ideal man the description usual 1t fits her husband just as a girls shoe would fit an elephant.
 What has become of the old fashion ed woman who ate a raw onion every night and saved doctor bills?
 Any man can go through life and not have enemies. All he has to do is to say nothing, be nothing and do noth- ing.
 A servant girl is slow to discover the weakness of her employer. but she soon discovers the weakness of the china.
 Any hoTne1y girl can tell you that the Prettiest apple isn't always the sweet est