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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

A German street band of eight pieces marched to the Federal build ing in Brooklyn, and after a, serenade in front Of the building, declared that they Nss he'd to renounce a11e- gianee to tho Kaiser and become American citizens.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
sFANDING OF THE CLUES.

GAMES TODAY. New York in Chicago. Brooklyn in Pittsburgh. Boston in Cincinnati. Philadelp71ia in St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Richard Merriken, Indtanap oils rep resentative of a. Wilkesbarre, Pa, or gan1zsat ton alleged to be circulating baseball pools, was arrested in In dfanapoIis charged with operating gambling device.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

HYFoRD BROTHERS B TRY STRING CUSTOM SUITS BUY Y East Side and West ERd r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Completely recovered from the oper- ation in which her right leg was ann putated lime. Sarah Bernhardt is re- hearsing at Andernos, France, for a
 retRrn to the stage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN BECK 6 SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Captain John Knapp, at present on duty at the Washington navy yard as a member of the examining board for promotion of officers, has been selected as the commandant of the Philadelphia navy yard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
sTANpING oF THE cuuBs.
GAMES TO-DAY

GAMES TODAY. Jersey City in Newark Providence in Richmond. Toronto in Rochester. Montreal in Buffalo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

is n ntWenty straight games
  bfgea
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

The census taker assigned to Sing Sing prison will have an easy time, as the 1,725 will file past him when he visits the prison this week, giving da- ta.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Things to Worry About. An oyster is not fit to eat until it is four years old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
Bis of Byplay By Luke McL0ke Copyrights. 1e16, the CmoinnasR
 Enquirer
By Luke McLdlze

GlddapI To pen this little rinae we pause, It's silly, but we'll try 1t: Do we call money dust because We're always blinded by it?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
STANDING OF THE CLUES.
GAMES TODAY

Detroit in New York. St. Louis in Philadelphia. Cleveland in Washington. Chicago in Boston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
RrANDTNG oETHH CI1IBs

GAMES TODAY. Baltimore in Brooklyn. St. Louis in Kansas City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

The old s1oop-of-war Portsmouth which took possession of San Francis l co Bay for the United tSates in 1846. was sold to John H. Gregory of Perth
 Amboy, N. J., for s3,662.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Paralyzed, blind, dumb and deaf tr one ear, a1legedly the result of 2 street car accident, Helen McGee tes tifed in Brooklyn in her suit for s75.. 900 damages against the Manhattan Bridge I'm ee-Cent Line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

A shipment of $1o,oO0.0oo in gold certificates was sent from Washing ton to the ub-treasury in New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Names Is Names. MT. German Village lives at 14T West Main street, Lancaster, O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Dr. Constantin Dumba, Austrian am bassad dor, called at the State De- partment and expressed his thanks for President Wilson's successful ap- peal to the Czar for American inspec- ton of Austrian prison camps in Si- berja.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Sergeant Major Julius Mott, U. S A., a native of Germany, was natur- aIized as citizen Of the United States in the District of Columbia Supreme Court Mott served tt1irty-one years in the Sixth Cavalry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Our Daily Special. The weigh of the transgressor is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-08

Another Waterbury graduate with Cleveland is Ol1tdelder Timer Smith, who continues to hit hard. He deliv- cred two hits yesterday.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
PLENTY FOOD IN BRUSSELS
Due to Splendid Work of American
Relief Fund.
(Ry the. Associated Press. J

Brussels, Aug. 14.-Thanks to the
splendid work Of the American Re-
lief Fund, there is plenty Of food in
Brussels. and nobody is starving
There is, indeed, no lack of anything,
although prices are high.
The consumption of bread is CON
trolled by law, but it is Of good
quality and ample in quantity Some
moving picture theatres are open,
but the regular theatres are all
closed Telephones cannot be used,
kilograms cannot be sent or received,
the postoffice is under control of the
German military authorities.
large number of German civil
ians have come to the city, and many
Of them have found employment but
all the municipal services are still
worked by Belgians, and Belgians also
police the streets under German mill
tarY control.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07

thusa class of $500 tons. ae-knot
speed and armed with two 6-inch and
slH 4-inch guns.
Eight OF the Calliope class OF 4.eG0
tons and 30-knot speed armed with
three t-lnch and six 4inch guns.
Destroyers-Ten of the VI class
Sundry submarines of varied types.
Naval Plans
France had three Dreadn eughts.
three destroyers and sixteen subma-
IineS nearly ready in August 1914
and Russia had five Dreadnouehts
nine destroyers and eighteen subma
rlneS approaching completion Be
SIDES these accessions the entire Ital-
Ian navy, including two new Dread
noushts, has been added TO the Allies
maritime forces Against all these
the German navy had warships so far
advanced that there are probably hv
TINS time in active service the follow
ing:
ttleship-kronprinz, % 500 tons:
21.5 knots, ten 12-inch and fourteen
5.9-inch guns
Battle Cruiser-Lutzow $4,000
tons; 2S knots. eight 12-inch and
fourteen 5-9-inch guns
Light Regensburg. Grau-
denz, 4,909 tons; rs knots, twelve
=
| An unknown number of DESTROYER,
and submarines
| The great positive or active achieve
ment of the allied navIes-main
| ly the Brltish-has been the clear
| sweep made of German and Austrian
| commerce from all seas save the Bal
tic. According to 'Lloyds Registe
Book" for 191415 Germany possessed
2,os0 steam vessels, aggregating s.,
134,720 tons. and 29s sailing ships o
| 100 tons or upward, aggregating 1924
516 tons. This gives a grand tota
of 2,33S ships and 5,459,29s tons
Austria Hungary had 433 steam an
II sailing ships, totalling 1,055,71
tons. With the exception of the limit
ed number of vessels plying betwee
German Baltic and Scandinavia
ports all these ships have been CAP
tured or driven from the seas. A fe'
have been sunk. Many prizes of wa
are sailing under the flags of Ems
land and France. A great numbe
are safe but idle in the shelter of fol
eign harbors. The rest are laid u
iii home ports. In 1911 Cthe late
, complete figures in the referent
boOks) Germany had a total foreie
trade, imports and exports, Of abo'
) 81, ,701 1855, ,000, of which commoditi'
, aggregating in value s437S.S100
elInef nad Ine1f origin or tnelr nm
: destination within the empire. The
= | figures, no doubt, had increased m
terially in 1914. 1t is probably har
. ly an exaggeration to say that II
| four billions have been Topped {
:, from each total by the war, leavil
. only the odd millions as the prese
. total of German commerce. Hambur
, | which in 1912 had 1914 vessels G
q tered at her custom house, with !,
:. 567,e13 tonnage. and Bremen, wi
= 3,SaS ships and 2,000,127 tons, a
today, according to all accounts,
II | cities of the dead
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07

Lieutenant Won FOrstner was re
ported to have been killed near Lou
vain in September, 1914, but official
confirmation was lacking.
The ZabeTn incident occurred at
Zabern. Alsace where the 9Sth Ger
man infantry under Col. Reuter- was
stationed in 1913. The citizens Of the
town had difficulties with the soldiers
and showed strong anti German feel
ing Lieutenant Won FOrstner pro-
yoked several clashes between his men
and the inha bitants and told the sol
diers to bayonet any one seen insult
ing the German flag. He himself
sabered a lame shoemaker. For this
exploit he was tried and sentenced 10
t43 davS irnDriSOnment although
strongly upheld by Col. Won Reuter-
his commander.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
lSnectal tn FAC NtN> AID Nt-erver

d ,Flizabetn City, Sept. 4.-J. II.
Luton, % years old, who lives on
Sirnonds Creek, this county, had three
fingers of his left hand sawed OF yes
ttertlay while operating weed saw.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07
Won F0RSTNER
IS KILLED IN BATTLE
(By the Associated Press }

Berlin, Sept. 4.-via London, 1880
a m-Lieutenant Baron Won torSt-
ner. who gained nOtoriety as the re
suit Of the Zabern incident has been
killed in action.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07

There are about u e6e lePers in
the Philippines and 1e,eeg IN Has-
sia.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
GIRL APPEALS FOR FATHER.

Writes Commanding Officer For Fur
Tough Of "Good Soldier"
The youngsters of Germany whose
fathers and brothers are at the front
are very sensitive to criticism or slight
ing remarks bearing on the achieve
ments Of their elders. The Berliner
Morgen Post tells the story of little
girl who was much incensed because
her playmates said to her that her "a
ther was not good soldier because he
had not received leave OF absence, as
their fathers had. She could not rest
under this insinuation and at once
wrote to the commander Of her ia
theirs regiment asking why her IA
ther had not received furlough like
the other soldiers. The little girl re-
ceived the following reply, which she
now treasures with great pride:
Dear Elli-Many thanks for your letter,
which pleased me very much. I am very
fond Of your father and il your play
mates say that your father is not good
soldier just tell them that his captain
writes you that he is a most excellent
soldier. But we now need all our soldiers.
and particularly the good soldiers. and
ther a furlough. 7, too, have little
daughter at home and have not been able
to return home to see her since went to
the front at the beginning of the war.
However, as soon as I can see my way
clear I will send your father home to
you for a few days. Until then be a
brave little girl
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
su1rlkoHa.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. County of
Ward, SIS. In District Court, Eighth
Judicial District.
EDNA E. HOWELL, Plaintiff,
VS.. ..... -.
JESSE HOWELL. Defendant.
".. 0 SUMMONS. .g
State of North Dakota to the Above
Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint in this action, which has
been duly filed in the Office Of the Clerk
Of the District Court, County of Ward,
copy Of your answer upon the subscrib-
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er within thirty days after the service
Of this summons upon you. exclusive Of
the day Of service; and in case Of your
Re to gS ent
the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated at Minot North Dakota, this
9th day Of August, 1915.
HALVOR L. HALVORSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Residence and Post Office Address,
Minot, North Dakota 9-16-te
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
Fiftv Docs Catch Fuoitive

VTty Logs Sdtcn Fugitive.
Fifty dogs-hound, collie, bull, poodle
and bird-tracked and captured an es-
capped convict after bloodhounds had
failed in South Carolina.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
A Deserted Schoolhouse.

In the center of It found one fanny,
or, rather, his marble bust. brooding
over a minute iron rallied garden Of
half dried asters opposite shut up
school, which it appeared from the
description fanny had founded some
where in the arid thirties. 1t was pre-
cisely the sort of school that fanny, by
the look Of him, would have invented.
Not even French adaptability could
make anything Of 1t. So fanny had
bis school with faint perfume Of var
nish all to himself In hot stiffness Of
used up air and little whirls Of dust.
And because that town seemed so
barren I met there French general
whom l would have gone very far to
have encountered. He, like the others,
had created aud tempered an army for
certain work in a certain place, and its
hand had been heavy on the boche.
We talked Of what the Frenchwoman
was and had done and was doing
"They said she was foolish; they said
she was frivolous; they said she was
worldly-and now you've seen. haven't
your said the general.
We extolled woman in chorus for hel
goodness and her faith and her splen
did courage When we parted I went
back and made my profoundest apollo
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23

ored or mutilated or used as q protec-
ton against bullets. 1t is not that
these men are angry or violent They
do not waste time in that way They
kill him.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
Little Human Rubbish There.

A lifetime spent in watching how the
cat jumps does not make lion tanners
But there is very little human rubbish
knocking about France to hinder the
work or to darken counsel. There is,
too, the sure knowledge Of what has
happened to ones own flesh and blood
| in the power Of the enemy a few score
miles away. Above all, there is Il little
thing called the honor of civilization"
to which France is attached. The
meanest man feels that he in his place
Is permitted to help to uphold it and,
think, bears himself therefore with dig
nifty.
This is written in garden OF smooth
turf under copper beech beside
CLASSY millstream where soldiers of
Alpine regiments are writing letters
home while the guns shout up and
down the narrow valley.
| A great wolfhound who considers
himself in charge of the old fashioned
| farmhouse cannot quite understand
why his master. aged six. should be
sitting on the knees Of the marechal
des logis, the iron man, who drives the
big car.
"But you are French, little one," says
| the giant with yearning arm around
! the child.
EYES, very slowly picking the
French words. Il can't speak French,
but am French"
The small face disappears in the big
beard Somehow | can't imagine the
| marechal des logis killing babies. even
II his superior officers. now sketching
| the scene of the war. were to order it.
An Old Monastery.
The great building must once have
been monastery. Twilight softened
it's gaunt wings, in an angle OF which
they had collected fifty prisoners pick
ed up among the hills behind the mists.
They stood in some sort Of military
formation preparatory to being march
ed off They were dressed in khaki
the color of grass that might have be-
longed to any army. Two wore spec
| tacles, and counted eight faces of the
fifty which were asymmetrical, out Of
drawing on one side.
"Some of their later drafts gave us
that type said the interpreter.
! One Of them had been wounded in
the head and roughly bandaged. The
others seemed all sound. Most Of them
looked at nothing, but several were
wildly alive with terror that cannot
keep the eyelids still, and few waver-
ed on the gray edge Of collapse. They
were the breed which at the word of
command had stolen out to drown wo-
men and children; had raped women
in the streets ut the word of command
and always at the word Of command
had sprayed petrol or squirted flame or
defiled the property and persons of
their captives. They stood there out
side all humanity. Yet they were made
in the likeness of humanity. One re-
allied it with a shock when the ban
daged creature began to SILVER and
they shuffled off in response to the or
ders Of civilized men.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
DOMINANT IDEA
K|PL|NC ASSERTS :
Noted Author Describes A.
legged Types Among Cap
tured Germans.

gies to fanny. who must have had I;
mother
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
Talk Little of Atrocities,

The French are less reticent than
we about atrocities committed by the
boches because those atrocities have
formed an integral part Of their lives.
They are not tucked away in reports
Of commissions and vaguely referred
to rs "too awful" Later on perhaps
we shall be unreserved in our turn.
But they do not talk Of them with any
babbling heat or bleat or make funny
little appeals to public opinion that,
like the boche. has gone underground.
1t occurs to me that this must be be-
cause every Frenchman has his place
and his chance, direct or indirect. to
diminish the number of boches still
alive. Whether he lies out in a sand
wich or damp earth or sweats the big
guns up the crests behind the trees or
brings the fat. loaded barges into the
very heart Of the city where the shell
wagons wait, he is doing his work to
that end. If he is a civilian he may,
as he does. swear at his government,
which, after all. is very like other pop
ular governments.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
:: KILL THE BOCHE IS
Of THE FRENCH,
boy Napoleons" See Little
Chance of MarshaI's Baton
In This War.

We present below the fourth of
six articles from the pen Of Rud-
yard kipIing, under the general title
Of "France at War on the Frontier
Of Civilization" describing tho i'm
pressions Of visit TO the fighting
line in France.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-23
BY RUDYARD kiPLIN0.

fCopyright, 1915, by the Sun Printing and
Publishing association.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-16
LIE GISLATURE DID
NOT ADJOURN AS
CUSTOMARY
In Session This Forenoon IBut
with Reduced Membership
HApGOODASES JUOGESTO RESIGN
Does 1t Through Joint Resolution
Which Is Made a Special Order
For Tuesday Morning.

Montpelier, Jan. 1e-The House
Friday refused to adjourn but the
members largely went home just the
same.
The few who remained were in ses-
sion half hour this morning, but
could do little and adjourned to Mon
day at o'clock The Senate ad-
journed from Friday to Monday
There we're not enough on hand to-
day to hold committee meetings so
that nothing was accomplished by
staying over
Friday afternoon Hapgood OF Per-.
introduced Joint resolution in ;hc
House asking the present supreme
court judges to resign. At Mr. Hap
goods request no vote was taken on
the resolution which is made speci-
al order for Tuesday morning at IL
o'clock
An attempt was made TO secure an
adjournment from Friday to Monday
but it was opposed vigorously bv Mr
Foster of Calais and the motion was
withdrawn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-16
RUSSIANS GATHER
BIG NEW ARMYOF
INVASION
Have 100000 Men On the Way
To East Prussia
ONLY 40 MILES EAST OF THORN
The New Army viii Also Threaten
the German Rear Operating in
Poland.

London, Jan. 15.-Tbe latest official
reports from the Russian General
Staff disclose a new operation on the
part of the Russian Army which may
have far-reaching results.
Starting on their New Year the
Russian cavalry commenced for
ward movement in Northern Poland
on the right bank of the lower Vistu-
la River, and have reached the Ska
wa River, about forty miles east Of
the German fortress of Thorn, West
Prussia, driving a small force OF Ger
man cavalry and infantry before
them.
1t is believed that Grand Duke Mich
olas. Commander in Chief of the Rus
sian forces, intends to use an entirely
new army. consisting, according to
dispatches, of from 100000 to l,OOO,-
900 men, in this region, operating in
conjunction with an army whic' is
advancing in East Prussia.
This new army would place the
German troops at Mlawa in wise and
at the same time threaten the rear
of the Germans in front of Warsaw.
The latter still are making occas-
ional attacks on the Russian line,
and, according to Berlin report.
have taken Russian vantage point
northeast of the Rawka River.
Along the rest of the eastern front
nothing of Importance has happened.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-16
EIGH TY TURKISH
SHIPS SUNK BY
RUSSIANS
According To Claims Sent Out
From PetrOgrad
TRANSPORTS CARRYING TROOPS
French Meet Further Losses Near
scissors and Their Line Is In
Danger.

petrograd, Jan 1.-THE news is
given out here today of another
sweeping victory for Russian armies.
A fleet of eight Turkish transports
carrying troops from Anatalia has
been attacked and sunk and IL is sup
posed that most of the soldiers per
ished
Paris, Jan. 16-Strong artillery
and other forces have been rushed
forward but the French forces have
not been able to quite maintain their
position around scissors though the
German advance is not considered i'm
portant except as it threatens the al
lies line
Berlin, Jan. J6.-lt is stated here
that a plan is in progress TO blockade
the British coast against merchant
ships by means OF submarines and
mines
Admiral Won Tirpitz thinks 1t can
be done at least effectually enough
to destroy large part OF British
commerce
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-16
NORTH BENNINGTON

The hours OF worship at the Con
sregational church are II and 5. the
pastor speaking at both services. In
the morning the subject is Some
Principles OF Giving At the Vesper
service the pastor continues the ex-
position of Sermon on the Mount. ="
The Bible school is keeping up a
splendid attendance Are you among
the number? Remember the midweek
meeting on Thursday evening. With
the Duplex envelopes last year the
church more than raised its current
expenses Of $1,000 and gave to mis-
sions more than the apportionment of
$3.50. 1t also gave to other objects
about 5000 in addition. Have you
received your envelopes as yet?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-16

Doomed by tt7e Surgeons, Hay Bet His
Would Live. and He Did.

Would Live, and He Did.
When Colonel Hay, notorious for his
love of gambling and betting. was Sc
verely wounded in the Peninsuar war
two brother officers came across his
apparently lifelesS body.
Poor Hay. He's gone at last said
one named Winsor
4 faint voice came from the ground.
"Ill lay YOU hundred he's not. His
death seemed only a question of min
utcs. but he continued. Enter the bet,
and YOU. MarSton addressing the
other officer witness"
He then tainted. When he was tax
en to the hospital the surgeon told him
the bullet could only be removed by
saving through two ribs and introduc-
ing child's hand to extract it. as
f0rceps could not touch ii. THE
chances are" he added. that you Will
die under the operation
"If Winsor will make his bet double
Or quits I'll consent said the colonel.
Winsor agreed.
Now saw away" said Hay, 81
won't die" And he did not.
But for that bet he said afterward.
81 should he dead man. 1t was my
determination to win it that kept me
e."-Pcarson' Weekly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-16
FIVE DIE ON YACHT
Only One Person Escapes When
Gasoline ESpIodes.

Charleston. S C.. Jan. l5.-Five
persons are dead as the result of the
destruction by fire of the private
yacht Julia in Pamlico sound early
yesterday gasoline explosion
started the fire. Only one of six per-
sons aboard escaped. The dead are:
j. W MURRAY, president Of the Pied
mont trust company OF Burlington.
~ c.. Mrs w e. Porch OF Baufort.
G. r. Dodson of Norfolk. Va. and
the two members of the crew. Mrs.
Murray, who is an excellent swim
mer, swan to shore unhurt. She said
the cabin. filed with gas from leak
ing tank. blazed when one of the par
ty lighted match. The yacht burn
ed near Englehard. n. c. The yacht.
owned by Murray, left Norfolk We'd
nesday for Beaufort, ~ c. She was
AZ feet long. had a carrying capacity
of 80 persons and rightly finished.