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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
All Faiths Suffer
 In War Hardships,
 Cables Morgenthau

New York, Aug. 2A-The Palestine Syria Relief. Committee here has re- ceived further reports as to the dis tress common among Christians, Jews and Mona nmedans in Palestine, Sy- ria and adjacent regions.
 Henry Morgenthau, the American ambassador at Constanio ople, Christian missionary institutions and Jewish residents in those regions, have re- ported that men, women and children are starving, and the latest. cables said that additional relief funds were urgently needed. The New York Com mittee of which pr. Talcott Williams, the head of the Columbia School of Journalism, is chairman. has trans mitted practically all of it's available funds, and is unable to respond fur ther at present. In addition to the devastation wrought by war it is re- ported that a pest of 1ocusts has in fested the land, destroying vineyards and crops.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
WON'T SELL GOODS
 TO ATLANTA UNTIL
 FRANK IS AVENGED

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 24-A Boston firm, which for the past two years has furnished the city of Atlanta with caulking yarn and tools, has refused to have further dealings with the municipal authorities until action is taken in connection with the lynching of Leo M. Frank, according to W. B. Chambers. city purchasing agent
 MT. Chambers today made public the following letter received from the concern:
 Answering your letters of the
 17th we do not care to quote
 prices on caulking and we do not
 wish to solicit further any of the business of the city of Atlanta
 until the state of Georgia has talk
 en official action looking to the
 apprehension and punishment of
 those men who murdered Leo M.
 Frank
 The communication was signed by the president of the company
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
BATTLE OF RIGA
 UNEQUAL COMBAT RUSSIANS REPORT

London, Aug. 24-The naval opera tions in the Gulf of Riga, are describ- ed in a semi-of1cial statement issued Nat Petrograd and transmitted to the Reuter- Telegram Company. as an un- equal combat between the old Russian battleship Slava and German dread noughts.
 ''Tlle importance of this fight the statement says, consisted in prevent ing the Germans for a certain time from forcing our position. Calm, fog gy conditions favored the enemy's op- eratfons enabling him to escape our observation and proceed more quietly with the work of mine destroying. The operations, nevertheless, cost the Germans some vessels and one cruis- CT which blew up on mines.
 The night of the 17th. the enc my sent into the gulf two of his best torpedo boat destroyers to at tack the S1ava, which had prevented his operations at dawn. These tor pedo boats were unable. to find the S1ava, but while proceeding in the region of their squadron encountered our torpedo boat destroyer Novik, which immediately engaged them. - After 20 minutes of fierce fighting, the leading enemy torpedo boat had her funnel demolished and suffered severe damage which compelled her to take to flight. The other torpedo boat which went to the assistance of her consort also gave up the fight and soon afterwards the more seriot1s- ly damaged vessel apparent ysank. It is reported that in addition to the German losses between the 18th and 22nd, already announced in official communications another German aux iliary cruiser was sunk.
 The Slava is a vessel of 13, ,516 tons. which was laid down in 1902. Three sister ships were sunk in the battle of the Sea of Japan, May 27, 1906l A fourth was captured the next day and is now the Japanese Iwanni.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
NEWSPAPER sHAKEUP.

There is general Shakeup going on in New Haven newspaper offices. The most momentous change is the severance jby Col. N. G. Osborn of his relations with The Register. He has sold his stock in the paper to a new company, which is composed of Francis D. Jackson, who represents Charles E. Scudder of the Newark Evening News, and s. Albert Y orke. son of Judge Yorke. brother-in-1aw of Colonel Osborn, who has been president of the Register Company since the death of his father, Minot A. Osborn
 It is rumored in New Haven that Colonel Osborn is to assume editorial mana cement of the New Haven News. The story is that judge Simeon B. IBaldwin's interests in the paper has been bought bN Colonel Osborn s friends, Hon. Carlos French and E. G. Stoddard.
 The most startling change in the l newspaper profession comes in the announcement that William Rodman, city editor of The Register since 1872, and one of the widest known news paper men in the state. has, severed his connection with that paper, His successor will be Robert B. Day, who left The Palladium when the shakeup occurred there three years ago. James
 Scott, the legislative reporter, and H. H. Palmer. assistant editor of The Register, are also on the list to be re- tired. The changes will go into effect Sept. 1, 1895
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
NEARLY 200 MILLION
 FOR WAR CHARITIES IN UNITED KINGDOM

London, Aug. 24-The total value of British contributions to war char ities during the first year of war is estimated at $125,O00. .0o0.s The gifts made through agencies in the British possessions would perhaps, bring this tralian contributions in money alone exceeded $15,00O,o0o.
 The Prince of Wales fund for the year reached a total of $,27, 1900, ,o0o, and local collections brings this sum up to $40, ,0Oo, 900; the Belgian. relief commission has had gifts of nearly $10 900 ,000; while other large sums were given through the Young Mems Christian Association and other orga- nizations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
Rochette, Missing
 French Banker, Is
 Reported at Front

Paris. Aug. 24.-The Paris banker. Henri Rochette, whose prosecution
 for swindling developed into a bitter political struggle, and. was incidental ly responsible for. the Cail1aux-Ca1m- cite tragedy, is. reported to have re- turned to France. After the inquiry by the parliamentar committee into the circumstances under which the trial of his case was postponed, Ro- ehette, who was hiding in France, was supposed to have gone to Switzerland. A law was introduced in parliament at that time exten ding the. time limit in which the charge against him might be outlawed;z then it was stated Rochette went to Chile from where he rectn1y returned to enlist in the French army under an assumed name.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
FATE OF THE GREAT CABLE.

Great Eastern Gone Back to England.
 Hearts CopAent, Aug. A, 1865.
 The British war steamers Terrible and GaIatea arrived at St. Johns, N F. at o'clock, on Tuesday even ing, the 18th inst .1ae; sstearnsn1p Great Eastern returned to Sheerness on the 11th inst, and Captain Napier reports as follows;
 .-The cable parted on Wednesday,. the 2nd inst. at noon. in 1850 fath- oms of water. It was then grapp1ed for three different times. and raised 1,2o0. so0. and 600 fathoms, re- spectiwe1y; each time the grapp1ing broke, but the cable remained un- broken. The Great Eastern returned to England for stronger and better grapphng gear" "
 MT. yar1ey, one of the electricians, writes most encouragingly in regard to the cable. He says: We found no difficulty whatever in grappling the cable even in the most greatest depth of water; as soon as proper tackle is prepared, we will probably commence grappling for the cable again, 100 miles east of the break, where the water is only 1.50O fathoms deep. The buoy rides the gales we'll. being fastened by pieces ofScondemn- ed cable. MT Field is in good health fand spirits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
IDENTIFY DEAD MAN AS
 WE'LL KNOWN MUSICIAN

Identification of the man who dropped dead in front of the Plaza theatre at 630 yesterday morning and later removed to Cullinan & Mullins morgue on Main street, was made last evening. He was John E. Cunning ham, a. well known violinistt of this city. The Identification was made by Mrs. Belle Behen of 137 Clinton avenue, a sister Aof the dead man.
 Besides Mrs. Behen, Cunningham is survived by another sister, Mrs. Thos Happel of this city, and a brother Patrick Cunningham of Philadelphia, while he also is survived by oueNsis- ter and three brothers living in Ire land. Funeral arrangements will be completed this afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
WHO WAS HE 2.

The reporter of the New York fWorld, who visited the freight house notes, gives the following among the kznchdHnts
 "A Bridgeport policeman, think Bthatss what he was. wearing a very kbad beaver hat and q dirty brown blinen coat. Hustled a1 oand the corpses with an air of great importance in having something to watch. Occasion EaIIy he sat down upon a box inoIos- ling a coffin, and occasionally stood Eup in an fndolent manner, resting Zone foot upon it, and his elbows on ti1is knees, chewing a. eud of tobacco. lIIe would then look around with a iquick gesture, as if expecting some Ifhfng to occur that he hardly dare
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
ENGLAND EXTENDS TREMENDOUS SUM
 FOR ADVERTISING
Breakfast Food. Publicity < Campaigns Not Tn Glass of
 United Kingdom.

London, Aug. 24-How many mill lion dollars the British government
 has spent in advertising during the
 first year of the war no expert ac-
 countant has yet had the facilities to make however that no nation ever
 spent one-tenth as much on printers ink in the same period.
 i Kitchener's army has been raised l chiefly by advertising. Full page, ] half page and smaller advertisements in the papers are almost daily occur
 rences. The biIIboards have been Icoyered with the greatest variety of posters any advertiser ever had print ed. A collection of these would reveal
 every play of ingeni ot1s appeal adver- Using experts are capable >of invent ing-> The signs on trans, busses and l private motor ears increase rather than decrease as the war continues. There are appeals for recruits in
 prose and verse, in cartoon and sug- gestive ficturin gall dressed at l tradtive1y as colored inks and trained tadvertising men can make them.
 The recent big war loan, the larg-
 est in the history of governne ental borrowings was the occasion of an lother tremendous advertising cam l paign. Even the big advertisers who
 have contracts for the outside pages L ] inside so John Bull could ask Britons
 to pour their savings into the nation s | ttill If the public had not become ac- lcustomed to Great Britain as a big ad-
 vertisers because of the proportions of
 the army recruiting crusade, the .di-
 mensions of this campaign of adver-
 Using for money would have seemed
 startling, for in itself it was altogether without precedent among nations be- fore this war.
 Now there are signs of a third big advertising movement by Great Bri- l tain in it's thrift campaign Already
 the posters are urging people to eat
 less meat, to eat more vegetables, to linsist that each loaf of bread weigh
 two pounds, to report any dealer 1 trying to sell a smaller loaf, and giv-
 ing similar advice as to economical
 housekeeping. This third campaign 1 on the part of the Empire hitherto dregarded>as conservative and not sgiv- 1 en to modern or sensational methods
 has noteyetS reached the proportions of l the other two-the campaign for re- cruits and the campaign for money l but it is in embryo still.
 1 All the patent medicine and break fast food advertisers in the United l States must take al back seat compar- ed to Athe British Empire now when the dimensions cost or character ot
 display advertising is in question John Bull has become the greatest ad- l vertiser on earth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
MISS WALsH,s FUNERAL

The remains of the late Marce1Ia Walsh were laid to rest in St. Mich aeI,s cemetery this morning: One of the largest bodies of mourners that ever assembled around a grave in that cemetery were present when the body was lowered into it's final resting place. The funeral took place from St. Mary's church. The officers of the mass were Father Richard J. Carroll, celebrant; Father Timothy Crowley, deacon; Father James Smith Of -Newtown, sub-deacon; Father James B. NihiIl of St. Patrick's, mas ter of ceremonies. Fathers Rogers. OiBrien and Crennin occupied seats in the sanctuary Deceased is sister of the late Father James Walsh and also Of the late Mrs. Mary Jane Suspicion, for years organfst at St. Mary's.
 Father Rogers, pastor of Ct. Mary's delivered a touching eulogy on the deceased
 The bearers were: pr. Lynch. Charity Commissioner Hickey, City Clerk Mullins Christopher Rickard Henry Cullen and Joseph Hall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS
 PENSION ENfPLoYEs.

The board of directors of the New York, New Haven 6 Hartford R. R. Co. have voted to place six more old and faithful employees of the company on the pension roll.
 Five of these men have been with the company over 40 years. The average length of service of the six was 41.5 years. Following are the names, terms of service and occupa- ton:
 Edward J. Egan RoxBury, Mass, passenger conductor, 6 years ser vice. MT. Egan entered the service of the company in 1869. as a passen- man, train baggagemaster, transporta- ton Inspector assistant superinten- dent and since March I, 1908, as pass enger conductor.
 William H. Cone. New London, Ct, staationary engineer, A years. MT. Cone entered service August 22, 1871, as deck hand, and up to October 1889, served as fireman. oiIer. assis- tant engineer and night chief en- gineer. Since that time he has been stationary engineer on Thames river bridge. He retired May s, 1915.
 J. D. La.Mont, West Stockbridge, Mass, locomotive engineer, 31 years. MT. LaMont was a locomotive fireman from 1882 to 1896 and locomotive en- .g1neer from 1855 to 1913, when he was compelled to lay off.
 Sidney F. Smith. Norwich, Conn, foreman, A years. MT. Smith has held successiXely positions of irnachin- ist, assistant foreman, general fore man and foreman, being general fore man for period of 14 years.
 Charles P. Hilton, Norwich, Conn, 4 years, freight agent MT. Hilton was telegraph operator and clerk from 1870 to 1893, chief clerk in superin- tendent's office from 1893 to 1901, and freight agent. Weir Branch Taunton division, 1902 to 1914.
 Dennis Sullivan, Providence, R. L. watchman, 40 years. MT. Sullivan served as 1aborer in the operating de partment of the Providence and StorE ington s. s. Co. from 1875 to 1908; and watehman operating department New Haven railroad. at Providence from 1908 to date. His pension is di- vided proportionate1y between the New England Steamship Co. and the New York. New Haven & Hartford R. R. Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
NE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
IRISH EMIGRATION.


 Some idea of the extent of enigra- ton from Ireland may be formed from the following extract from a pri- vate letter, dated St. Johns New Efound1and, of June 523, 1815.--London Paper.
 t'The arrivals from Ireland have exceeded any in the custom house books; exclusive of three vessels which have made no returns, are "a. OFT men, and 37s women for this harbor alone; but thex numbers far eexceed the returns. the captains hay 1ng brought so many they are asharn- ed to return them. The wretched creatures are most dreadfu1ly treated on the passage-one man declaring ito me that he was but three nights below decks the entire of the voyage, Nnors could he get down. Strong com iplaints have been made by them who came yesterday, of the nearly starV- ing condition they are in; what will ben04saes of these ras king Ahe trip. in the winter Gods only knows 7
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
.BRIEFs FRoM EyER yVIIERE.

An English ship from London. touched at Aux Caves, South America, the latter part of July and sailed the next day for Carthagena, having on board 25,OOo muskets, arnmuni- ton and ldrygoods for the patriots at St. Fee.
 Colonel Barclay. one of the British Comnissi oners for running the boundary line between the United States and the British provinces. has arrived at Boston.
 Messrs Fa1latin and Clay arrived at New York on Friday last. in the ] ship Lorenzo. in 3s days from I.ir- erpooI.
 Captain Lorett, of the good ship Union, from St Johns. states. that on the 18th inst, he bespoke a ship 20 days from Liverpool Tor Portland, which reported that Napoleon Bona sparte had landed in England from the BeHeroph phola.A-N Mercantile Adver- tiser
 Desertions from the British lines are very frequent; they were compelled. whilst ehcamped opposite Detroit, to dfsArm tn ( soldiers, and place over them an Indian gdardf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
sLocUd OR MUICAHEYa
AS New Pastor of a. Patricks.

As New Pastor of St. PatricIks.
 The sole topic of discussion in and about Catholic ecclesiastical circles in Hartford just at present is to whom I portant pastorate of St Patrick's church in that city. left vacant by the demise of the late Vicar-GeneraI Hughes Father Hughes, who as ex- cIusively announced in The Farmer was made a Monsignor before his death, died while Bishop Tierney was on his way.sto this country, after honor of the long and useful career of Father Hughes as priest of the church, he was to be elevated to the imp station of Monsignor.
 Some thought that Bishop TIerney would appoint a successor to Father Hughes as vicar-GeneraI upon his appointment as Monsi gnor Instead the dictrinal and material affairs will be attended to by vicaar- General Mu1- caheys so that hereafter there will be but one Vicar General in the diocese of Hartford. Regarding the proba ble successor to Father Hughes as pastor of St. PatricIx's, Hartford, the choice seems to lay between Vicar-G General Mulcahey and Father S1ocun of Nor walk. yicar-Gener81 Mulca.hey is new rector of the largest Catholic church in Waterbury, while Father SIocum is pastor of the only Catho- lie church in NorwaIk The latter Is regarded by some as the most brilliant of the two. he being an orator of con- much renown-
 Whichever of the two is selected, the result is sure 10 be satisfactory i to the priests in general through ous the diocese. as they are both clergy men of e8ceptionaI ability
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
NURSES REACH HOME
 FROM RUSSIAN CAMP.

New York, Aug. 24.-Among the cabin passengers arriving to-day on the Greek steamer VasiIefs .Constan- tinos from Piraeus were Miss Char 1otte Burgess, Miss Alice GiIbone and Miss Alma B. Forester, three Ameri- can Red Cross nurses, who cared1 for 3,700 wounded Russian soldiers at a Kiev hospital The nurses were sent to Nish, Servia, from Kiev, but their services were not required there. they said, because there were no typhus cases.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
nuRDEs sHRINE.

Lourdes, France, Adg. 24, 1885 Fourteen railway trains loaded with sick. maimed and otherwise incapac- itated persons arrived here from Paris today and their occupants are lying helpless around the station c1amoring g to be carried to the sacred grotto. There are now 25,O0O persons here waiting to be dipped in the healing waters. many of whom appear to be
 at Sdeath's door Seventeen of the
 occupants of Nsthe last train which
 came from Paris died on the journey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
MINISTER IN MILITIA
 FOR SUMMER CAMP

Tacoma, Wash, Aug z4-Nfnety
 business and professional men, incIud- ing a minister, and half dozen capi- ta,Iists lined up today for military in struction at a camp at Cosgrove, American Lake. organized with Co., 1onel R. H. Wilson, Fourteen Infantry, U. s. A., in command. They will spend three weeks in the camp, re-
 ceiving instructions from army offic-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
ITALIANS IN TURKEY
 TO BE FREE TO LEAVE

Paris. Aug 24--Naby Bey, Turkish am mbassador to Italy, interviewed be- fore his departure from the Italian capital by the Mathis. Rome corre- spondent. said he thought that Ital- ians now in Ottoman territory, syyouIc d be allowed to leave
 Apart from those called to the coIors', the retiring ambassador is quoted as saying, there are a large number who desire to remain, parti- HcularIy those working on the Bagdad railroad They are well paid and well treated, because they are excellent workmen.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
Governors Conference
 Discusses Universities

2 Boston. Aug. 24-A conference on universities and public service, which was opened here today in connection with the govefnor's conference, drew to this city many students of public service problems. The object of the
 meeting was to discuss every possi- ble plan for making public service officials more efficient.
 Dr. Charles Mccarthy, head of the Wisconsin legislative reform library and Samuel Mccormick Chancellor of Pittsburgh University. were speakers at the opening sessi on.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
NARROW ESCAPE.

This forenoon a large portion of the ceiling in the harbornaster's office fell and barely missed landing on Charles and Archie McNeil, who had
 just entered the room The part of the ceiling which fell Was about six
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
WEST INDIES BANANA
 CROP ALMOST GONE

New York, Aug. R4-The hurricane which recently swept over the West Indies destroyed 90 per cent. of the banana, trees oh the. north side of the island of Jamaica, according to off cers of the steamer Commodore Rol- lins, which arrived today. The steam CT brought a large cargo of bananas, which were cut from the trees felled by the hurricane.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
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feet square and had the two men named been under it when it came down, both would no doubt have been seriously injured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24

Engine companies g and respond ed shortly after ' o'clock last evening g to an alarm of fire at the home of Mrs. M Linehan, All Park ayenue where some lace curtains had caught fire. Little. damage gas done.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24
IS SHE YOURS?

 Then buy her the ring today. Get that ring for your sweetheart, married or otherwise, 8 solitaire is enlinently proper. Nothing better as an engage ment or birthday ring.
 We can offer you perfect gems in up-to-date settings at prices to suit the most modest pocketbook. Call in and look over our stock of Ladies' and Gentlemen,s Rings today. M. J. BUECHLER
 The Reliable JeweIer. 48 FAIRFIELD AVENUE
 Near 1GiddIe SexaaS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24

Severe forest fires are raging in the vicinity of Alter BayA British Colun- bia-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24

! About 4,15o Americans are still in Germany Five hundred of these are in Berlin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-24

CELERY PLANTS
 15c Per dozen JOHN REcK 4 SON