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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
WAR VICTIMS
 BROTHER WILL
 GET A FORTUNE
Officer Killed in Dread 11aught Destruction Leaves
 Money to Bridgeporter.

Thomas J. Munerly. living at 55 Orchard street, will inherit large fortune from his brother, killed in the British dreadnaught ssAmphion,' z which was blown up off the coast of Scotland last summer.
 Word received in this city Saturday indicated that SMtnerly, who has re- gently been employed at the Reming- ton Arms and Ammunition Co. is the only relative of the dead officer. who as chief engineer lacked only a weeks time Of completing 20 years in His MaJesty's service.
 Munerly, himself a veteran of the BoeF war and the Indian cam paigns, is a we'll to do mechanic and will make his permanent home in this city
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
BUILDING FOR 1915
 GREATLY EXCEEDING ALL OTHER RECORDS
Millions Will Be Added to Grand List of Bridgeport
 By New Jobs.

That building operations for 1915 will exceed by several millions more of any previous year in the history of thecity seems indicated by the report for the last quarter which has just been prepared In the building com .raissioners', office.
 The report shows that during the last three months 53A building per nits were granted and the estima ed aggregate cost of the buildings will be $a>7oe .920. The cost of buildings for which permits were issued is alone nearly a great as for the entire year of 1912
 For the permits granted the com missfoners received $2.934 in cash; Tor master plumbers licenses, $50: for journeynnen plumbers licenses. $5: for old lead, $11.4a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
TRENCH CLAIM GAINS
 IN BATTLE NEAR ARRAs

Paris, Oct. 4-French troops have continued to make progress north of Arras, according to the announce n1ent given out by the French war office this afternoon
 There has been almost continuous lighting Between the trenches, accom- vicinity of Nouvron and Quennevieres. There has been also artillery fighting the Champagne district
 A squadron of French aerop1anes has thrown down some forty shells of heavy ca1ibre on the railroad station zfs Metz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
ALLIES, AEROPLANES
 LOMBARD ZEEBRUGGE

Amsterdam. Oct 4-The Telegraaf Announces that five aeroplanes of the allies yesterday bonn barded Zee brugge on the Belgian coast. Some of 7e bombs which were dropped weigh ed 75 pounds
 Tine aseroplanes were attacked by a11tf tf-aircraft guns which broH gIt dnsHm one machine. Another was connpeIled by a defective motor to land near Nieuwv1fet on Dutch terri 41ry 4 British officer was interned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
FRENCH FORCES LANDED
 TO AID GREECE IN WAR;
 BALKAN STRUGGLE NEAR
HUGE WAR. LOAN IS COMPLETELY
 TAKEN UP HERE
Morgan & Go. Announce That No More Subscrip
 tions Gan Be Allowed.

New York; Oct. 4-An important 3announeement Indicating the success of the Anglo French loan was made today by J.P. Morgan & Co. It was to the effect that no subscription to the underwriting will be received after 10 a.. m. tomorrow
 The statement of the J. P. Morgan & Co follows:
 J e.In behalf of the managers of the underwriting syndicate of the Anglo French external 1oans J. P. Morgan & Go. announce that no subscriptions to- ward underwriting will be receiv- ed after 10 o'clock tomorrow Clues dayo morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
Mrs. s. c. Sherwood Dies After Illness
 of Long Duration

Mrs. Simon c. Sherwood. mother Of s. wakeman Sherwood Of Southport. died yesterday after long illness, at her home. Sasaua road, near Willow street. Southport.
 Mrs. Sherwood. who Is advanced in years. has been in il health for many days. She declined rapidly until yes terday when she died.
 She is survived by two sons. Rich ard and Wakernans both or whom are prominent in social life of South port. The funeral will be held at ? o'clock tomorrow afternoon and burial will be In Oak1awn cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
ssDRYS'' IN WHIRLW1ND RAGE FOR BALLOTS AS
 SUPPLY RUNS SHORT

Andover. Conn, Oct. IA dearth of ballots among the temperance workers for voting on the license question was the. cause of a naile-a- minute trip of former Representa- five D. Parker Stearns and Rev. J. J. Lockett to Wil1imanttc and @baelz to secure the necessary ballots. When the absence of the ballots was discov- cred, voting was already in progress. Messrs. Lockett and Stearns procured an automobile and shot away to Will Hnantic for the ballot and returned with them in about 20 minutes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
Release Man Who Dug
 Silver From Ground

Jacob Daner. an empieye of the Wakeman farm in. Fairfield arrested by Policeman Edward Wheeler. Sat urday night, while endeavoring. to pawn silver egg holders in several pawn shops on Water street, was re- leased last night upon orders of the the police authorities of the town of Fairfield. paner explained that he was digging potatoes on the Wakeman 5 farm when he dug up the egg holders which had been buried on the farm. They are believed to be the property Of the Glover estate in Fairfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
High Officials Think Latest Note on Arabic Case, While Unsatisfactory May Be Cleared Up By Confer ences.
Formal Answer Will Not Be Sent Until Bernstorff and Lansing Discuss Many Points on Which Message is Not Clear.

Washington, Oct. Al though Germany's new~note on the Arabic case is not entirely satisfactory to the United States, the situation is not con sidered critical at this time This was stated today on high official authority.
 The view held by President Wilson and state department officials of the note handed to Secretary Lansing irl New York Saturday by Count Vou Bernstorff, the German anbassador. is that it was not specific enough Cr7s the points insisted on by the Presi- dent. These are 8 disavowaI of the sinking or assurances that the act would not be repeated and proper re- paration.
 Careful reading of the note deiiv- cred by the German ambassador has convinced administration officials Ghat further negotiations on the question: are possible that there is still reason, to hope that Germany will in the end, accede to the wishes of the United States.
 The note will not be answered for mally immediately. but Secrstaly Lansing, at a conference later this week with the German ambassador. W141 1nKorrn hlIn or the points 1the United States wants cleared up Germany's position now, however. more nearly approaches the stand of the United States than it did in ehe previous note on the same instance It Is understood that the note gives satisfactory assurances that Americans travelling on unarmed liners will not be endangered by submarine attaeh in the future but a satisEactG disa- vosca1 of the sinking of slhe. A4sbIc is not given.
 A break in diplomatic relations is considered unlikely unless Germany fails to satisfy the United States. Of- ficials here are hopeful that the ques- ton of reparation will be anicably Q adjusted. This hope is based upon official advfces indicating that Ger many wishes to avoid rupture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
BATTLE CRUISERS
 TO BE INCLUDED
 IN NAVAL BUDGET

Washington. Oct. 4-President Will son, Secretary Daniels and Chairman Padgett, of the House naval commit tee. decided today at conference at the White House that the naval pro- gram for@the coming session of Con gress shall include the addition of fast battle cruisers to the American fleet. The navy now has nine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
BULGARIA. COMMENTARIES
 ARNfY OF $50, ,O00 MEN

Paris. Oct. -Concentrationf of the Bulgarian army has begun. according to q despatch from Athens under yes terdayss date, to the Hayas News 4 gency The correspondent asserts he has authoritative information to this effect.
 The total effectiveness of the Bu1- n7en4 are estimated at $50. 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
WANTS DEGREE

Emma A. Gleason of Norwalk has brought divorce suit in the civil superior court against John J. Glea- son of Norwalk Desertion July 1, 1912 is alleged. The couple were married April 15, 1912. Mrs. G1ea- sons maiden name was Emma Kond- Ia. She asks the court to allow her the custody of one minor child.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
J. Lewis Oliver
 Resigns As Member
 of Vice Commission

J. Lewis Oliver today sent to Mayor Wilson his resignation a member of the vice co1nrnissi on. MT. Lewis who was formerly employed at the ridgepor1 hospital is saow engagcd in business for himself and gives as his reason for resigning press of pri- vate business. He was the secretary of the commissi on. Mayor Wilson has not yet decided whom he will ap- point in MT. JOIiver's place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
BLUEGRASS ATTITUDE ON ENTERING WAR
 GRIPS ALL WORLD

Lnndon, Oct. 4.7-Bulgaria must make her choice today for asl open alliance the central pow ers. and Turkey NT for neutrality. Whether her decis- 3Slz will be made known publicly rests with the censors, but it is regarded as unlikely that there will be delay in na ss1ying the widespread anxiety to
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
TO DISCUSS POLITICAL ISSUES

Political issues are to be discussed before the Bridgeport Philosophic Society, Wednesday evening. Among speakers who will be present are Lynn W. Wilson and Jasper McLevy. John T. King also is expected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
BRITISH MONITORS HIT

Berlin, Oct. 1t was officially an monnced today that two British moni- ekrs had been damaged before La Hanna by German naval airships.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
MNER oRDUNA sArn.

New York. Oct. 4-Word was re- ceived here today that the Cunard Steamship Orduna. which left here Sept. 25, arrived at Liverpool today at noon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
Doubts of Greeks Participa- tion Against Teutons Gone As Allies Commander Di- rects Landing of Men At Salonica.
allssia Gives Ultimatum To Bulgaria, and Break Is At Hand Paris Claims Fur ther Gains Against Ger
 man Forces Around Arras.

Athens, Got! 4-All doubt as t the entrance of Greece in the war on the side of the entente lilies has now been disposed of. The official organ of the gov rnment says that the landing 2f French troops at Salonika is for the purpose of assisting Greece.
 France and England enter the, Ball kans trad aditional friends of Greece and not otherwise.
 The Greek government has seized The Macedonian railroads of which ssvo are Austrian and one French.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
WEATHER FORECAST

Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight, moderate southeast to south winds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
Hamilton At SaIonfIxa

Rome, Oct. IA telegram from hIhens to the Tribune says that General Sir Ian Hamilton, British c01Flniander at the Dardane1les, has 6een at SaIonika to inspect arrange Fnents made for the landing of troops
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23
Back to the Cradle.

Grading wheat will be a new expert
ence to not few communities this
year, because the watersoaked condi-
ton of the grain fields has made the
ground too soft to operate ponderous
selfbinders, the Wall Street Journal
states. Another reason is in the
lodged condition of the grain. Yet
within an ordinary lifetime the Ameri-
can grain growing industry has gone
from the primitive hand cradle to the
combination of cutting and thrashing
in a single process. One man swung
the cradle; 20 mules draw the COM
bination reaper. But these elephant
inc machines, which sprawl over a
quarter of an acre almost at a sitting,
can do nothing in such fields as south
ern Kansas now has, after season of
prolonged rains. Lighter farm ma
chinery may again come into vogue,
and the machinery companies may
well consider WHITTIER the limits Of
big machinery have not been reached,
as the big ranches come to be broken
I'D into smaller estates. This year
may be a turning point.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23
Stop Slavery in Papus.

Our attention is called by the Anti
Slavery and Aborigines Protection So
ciety to the fact that following the
publication of an article by our Mel
bourne correspondent in the Daily
Chronicle which declared that slavery
was fourishing in Papua British
New Guinea), an investigation was
made by the Australian government
and severe action has now been taken
to bring an end to the conditions we
described.
Among the allegations made were
that native police threatened men
with the destruction of their villages
if they refused to sign on for a term
of years; that many boys" in one
division were actually handcuffed for
declining to come away at the bidding
of certain professional recruiters, and
that all of the able-bodied males of one
village had been aptured.-London
Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23
The Bond
of Birth
By H. NJ. EGBERT
Copyright, 1915. by W. G. Chapman.l

Copyright. 1915. by ". G. Chapman.)
In the new settlement of Grey,
which is the first town that white men
have built north Of the Zambesi, men
passed Dawson and felt ashamed OF
their color.
Who is that man, inquired Lady
SibyI Forrest, who had newly ar
rived at Grey, where her father was
administrator, from London.
That? Oh, that's Dawson" an
swered her escort, a young officer in
the mounted police. Not a very So
worry subject Lady Sibyl. He"
Dawson, loIling in the sun, sat up
and felt his cheeks glow red for the
first time in three years. The young
officer did not tell Lady Sibyl all, but
what he told her was enough, for the
next time she passed Dawson she
looked across the street and hurried
by.
THE worst Of it is, the rotter used
to be a gentleman" said bennett, the
young officer, to a friend that eve
ming at the club. of course,
couldn't tell Lady Sibyl alI-not half.
But when a white man so far de-
grades himself as to live in a kraal
with savages-"
The fellow ought to be kicked out
Of Grey answered the other.
Dawson had come North with the
best intentions in the world, but he
was constitutionaIly incapable of max
ing a living, and when reduced to
poverty he blamed his own people. He
wandered up and down the land, with
out the money to take him home or
even to a more decent section.
Drunken, ragged, he was turned from
all doors. Propriety is perhaps strong
est in all frontier settlements, in spite
Of the yarns men spin.
Then it was that he had frankly
abandoned civilized life and gone to
the natives. He had. always had an
influence over them; they were proud
of having a white man among them,
and in short time Dawson found him
self figure of respect among them.
And, strangely enough, Dawson cut
a very respectable figure squatting
round a fire with a half dozen savage
auditors, whereas he skunk like dog
through the streets of Grey.
Yet the shame and humiliation ran
killed.. However much a man may
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23

A few years ago, the idea of getting
coal from Spitzbergen, one of the most
desolate islands of the Arctic ocean,
was a topic for romancers of the Sun
day supplement type. Now it is a fact
of considerable moment in many of the
worlds markets. A single company,
financed chiefly by American capital,
mined nearly 10000 tons of coal from
Spitzbergen last year. The deposit
of fuel in the far North is said to be
singularly easy to work. It comes in
a single seam about four feet thick,
stretching along the coast for 80 miles.
The surrounding rock is SO solid that
timbering is not needed. The temper
allure is always below the freezing
point in the present workings, which
does away with the need of pumps.
In fact the only real difficulty is that of
getting men-and motion pictures have
gone far to solve that problem Yet
for every ton of coal in Spitzbergen
there are ten in Alaska of at least
equal quality, closer to a hungry mar
ket. The arctic zone won't make a
real dent in the fuel market till our
big northwest territory gets in action.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23
This Gem Of Irish Wit.

Lieut. Andy" ROhan, who was at
his best when, en- a duh and quiet
evening in the headquarters at the old
city hall, he gathered about him the
night police reporters and told them
stories Of his youth and Ireland, told
this one to his friend Matty'
White:
When I left ireland. this nanny a
year ago. a lad in brogans and top
hat, my mither came to the dock and
she wept and wept at my going away
Never mind, mither mine, says
Amerikky is a land o gold and ap,
portunities. In a year III come hack
to ye-rich But I didn't. I didn't
have anybody to go back to. My
mither was here keepin' house for us
seven lads, and every one of US was
travelin' out O the same station. -
Chicago Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23
KNIFE IS THE BEST WEAPON
Training Of Infantry on the Continent
Hereafter Will Include Hand
to-Hand Fighting.

Today the defense stands pat on
earthworks, wire and machine guns.
The attack has tried gas, petrol, bayo-
nets, siege artillery, field artillery.
grenades and mines. and has come
out generally speaking, second best.
Trench mortars have not developed
the requisite accuracy nor the requi-
site destructive power. High-explO-
sive shells in sufficient quantities have
accomplished the best offensive work,
and the infantry is depending more
and more on a short, heavy knife,
which is the best for work under
ground or in the dark. To sum up:
killing the defenders of a position
is accomplished by shells fred at least
two miles away on the average; and.
secondly. by what the French call
body-to-body fighting, for which a
knife is the best weapon. The train
ing of infantry on the continent will,
in the future. undoubtedly include the
technique of hand-to-hand struggles
for which physical agility and strength
must be developed.-New Republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23

are not hardy, grows fast and forms a
fine screen with its thick, feshy
leaves.
The honeysuckles are desirable
and popular on account of their many
good qualities. They grow quickly.
forming dense shade and are iron-clad
as regards insects and disease.
The various clematis are all beauti-
full and desirable climbers. It is not
generally known that if clematis pani-
culata is severely cut back after flow
ering, it will form new wood which
will bear fine flowers and many of
them next season.
Ideal plants for covering brick, stone
and rough surfaces, are the ampelop-
sis and hedena helix-the true Euro
pean ivy. The latter prefers a north
ern exposure, as the alternating thaw-
ing and freezing of late winter is apt
to kill it if grown where the sun
strikes it.
The ampelopsis, better known as the
Boston ivy or Virginia creeper, is at
all times beautiful The tender
growth in the spring is delicately
shaded and in the fall the leaves are
gorgeous in varicolored colds. Grim
sons and scarlet.
Morning glories, cypress pines.
sweet peas, gourds, nasturtiums,
Japanese hops, wild cucumber, n.y.
acinth bean, are among our most de-
sirable annual climbers. Seeds of
them do not cost much, and a pack
age of one or the other will yield
shade, beauty and grace.
The Virginia creeper, loneysuckle,
nasturtiums and moon vines are trail
ers rather than climbers. OF garden
plants the sweet potato and the dew
berry are genteel enough to be grown
as trailers. They give edibles instead
of flowers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23
GROWING ONES OWN ROSE
BUDS
BY [. M. BENNINGTON.

Nearly all hardy roses can be pro-
pagated by either roofing cuttings, or
layeTing shoots OF the half-ripened
growth of the previous summer.
This can be done at any time after
Towering, but October is the season
usually selected. If layering is chos-
en-, the shoot should be bent down,
and a slight cut made, slanting, into
the wood at the bend, then the branch
should be fastened down into the soil,
and all the better if a stone or brick
be laid over the buried bend.
The soil about the bend should not
be allowed to dry out, and the plant
should not be moved until the next
fall, though. with care, it may be
transplanted in the spring.
Cuttings 4 to 6 inches long from
the half-ripened wood may be set in
sand-clean, sharp river sand, is best
and this must be kept in sunny,
warm corner or window.
Usually. the cutting will be rooted
sufficiently to transfer to pots in
about six weeks to two months. Much
depends upon the kind of rose. and
the care given 1t, as some roses root
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-09-23
LIKE THE EGYPT or OLD
Country Has Seen Little Change
While the Rest of the World
Has Been Advancing.

In journeying to Assouan from
Thebes the traveller cannot fail to be
impressed by the two beautiful tenn
pies of Edfu and Kom Ombo. The
former, situated almost midway in
the journey, is Of special interest be-
cause it is the best preserved of all the
Egyptian temples. 1t was center Of
the cult Of Osiris, whose death and
rising again was celebrated every
spring within its close. The festival
began with deep mourning. Process
sions Of priests marched around the
walls deploring the death of their god
in the contest with the evil one. In
the sanctuary lay the mummy, person
flied by priest, while priestess who
represented Isis wept over her dead
lord and begged for his return. At
last the resurrection morning came,
the mummy arose, and joy reigned
among the worshipers. Again process
sions formed upon the walls and,
marching with banners and musical
instruments, proclaimed the risen lord
to those who stood about.
few miles away is Kom Ombo, the
beautiful temple of Sebek, the croco'
die god, whose devotees hated the
worshipers of Osiris as fercely as in
later times the followers of the prophet
hated the Coptic monks whom they
found before them in this very valley.
Like Edfu, it dates from the days af
the Ptolemies, who built both build
ings on ancient sites. The rulers of
that time were HelIenists, but their
architecture was that of ancient
Egypt, so firmly rooted in the land
we're the old dynastic traditions. Per-
sian, Greek and Roman came and
carved their names upon the temples,
but left no mark upon the unchanging
spirit of Egypt. Not even today is
there any alteration, for still the
houses in the villages are built as Of
old, and over them rise the pigeon
towers, veritable pylons, exactly like
the lowered gateways of the ancient
temples.-'Royal Temples of the
Nile" by William Warfield in Travel,