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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
BR1DGBPoRTs BUSIEST CORNER
A Sketch of Great Enterprise.

A Sketch of a Great EnCerpF1Se.
 One of the busiest corners today in Connecticut's busiest city is that at the junction of Main, Golden Hill and Middle streets.
 This corner is and has been the mecca of thousands, since on 1t Is Bridgeport's great credit establish ment-Caesar Misch Store-and Hast CT is just round the corner. The high esteem which this sunny day light store enjoys can be traced di- rectly to its progressive and honorable methods, for this is @ store which shows none but the best of good mer- chandise marked to prices unusually low.
 Another feature which made the Caesar Misch Store popular with all classes is known as the Cheerful Credit Way''-No Money Down, $1 a Week. This plan has contributed to the welfare and good appearance. of thousands of Connecticut's men, wo- men and children. This plan, unique in its Eberalness. allows anyone tho privilege of selecting all the clothing they may need, take it home without depositing a penny, and at their own convenience, pay for their purchaSes at only $1 week.
 If you live in or near Bridgeport, you owe 1t to yourself to visit this great establishment before Easter. A strolh through the store will put you in touch with all the newest styles and fashion ideas for spring, while a close inspection of the merchandise will convince you, as it has others, of the great values to be obtained at all times at great credit store of Caesar A1isofa.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

deavor to see and talk to these young men.
 It is also planned to have the mov- ing picture men of Hartford help Uncle Sam acquaint the boys as to the advantages of military life. During the performances United States army views will be thrown on the screen. This work will have to be done on the recruiting officers own initiative. as the government will not make conces- sions to the movie men for the space used on the screen. However, the theatre managers in New Haven the only place in Connecticut where this method of Advertising has been in troduced, were more than willing to help out and 1t is presumed that the recruiting officers in this city will meet with the same success.
 Already p1acards have been placed in shoeshine parlors, <barber shops, pool rooms and other places where young men are likely to congregate. Posters, have been placed in conspicu- ous parts of the city particularly along the lines of railroad travel. Three more young men were sent to Fort Slocum. N. Y. during the past week. They are George H. Moody, 21 years oIds of South Had1ey, Mass, and Hem ry IF O'ConneI1. 27 years old. of Buffa- 10. Both enlisted-in the infantry. Dewey M. Ball of Salisbury, left for Fort Sloeum this afternoon. He will join the cavalry. The total secured at the Hartford station since it was opened in March is now Is.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

the real article. He played remark able ball all season, and was the star of the Moran infield.
 Bancroft is an ambidextrous bats man, switting Ieft-handed against right-handed pitching and vice versa. In his fielding Bancroft covers a wide range of territory and he has a snap py underhand throw that leaves lit tie to be desired. It is likely that he will take on polish this year, and it won't take a great deal to make David the star shortstop of the big show. The celebrated Rabbit of the Braves has got to hit a lively gait to hold his lAure1s as premier back stop if Davy Bancroft lives up to promise
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
RUBE MARQUARD % MAY HELP THE DODG-
 FRS TO A REMNANT

Rube Marquard will celebrate his tWenty-seventh birthday tomorrow with visions of a wad of worlds ser ies kale as a reward for his labors of the coming months. The doughty Rube is confident that this annurn of A. D. 1916 is going to be his year of glory, and he expects to eclipse those valorous feats which made his name a household word when he was wearing the livery of John McGraw sation is old stuff, and a bit trite and frayed at the edges, but in the Rubes case it seems to have a basis of req sonab1e assumption.
 In the first place, Monsieur Rich ard 1e Marquis is still a youth, and will have no aIibi because of age. At twenty the big fellow should be in his prime. There is reason to believe that he soured on the Giants, and that the trip across the bridge greater efforts. His wing shows no signs of deterioration. and his health has always been superb.
 If the Rube should be anywhere near as good this year as he was at his Giant best, and the other Brook lyn twirIers deliver the goods that may reasonably be expected of them, a pennant at the Dodger flagstaff looks like a pipe. The cratic south paw has had more ups and downs SAAACS IS OIOk0 l4nIO PdSIA41S L1l1u any other pitcher in captivity, and maybe the coming months will wit ness another of those sensational ups of the Rube's career.
 Uncle Wi1bert has about the best assortment of veteran and young twirIers, port and estarboard, and of all sizes and shapes, to be found in the National League. Marquard, Lar ry Cheney and Jack Coombs are old timers with brilliant reputations Ruc- ker has developed 8 slow ball that makes him a terror to batSmen. Jeff Pfeffer has developed into one of the star right-handed hurlers of the lea que, and Wheezer Dell and Appleton look to be considerably improved. Sherrod Smith not only has great fast ball, but he has developed curve that should add lot to his pitching value.
 Marquard has just rounded out his tenth year. as a4 professional tw1rler. He was born in Cleveland, and got his start in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1906. The next year he went to Indianapolis, but the Hoosiers turned him over to Can ton, O., for further seasoning, but recalled him at the end of the year. His great work in the Indiana. metro- polls in 1908 resulted in his sale to the Giants for s11.oo0. Since then the Rube's career has been just one thing after another.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
OLD CHIEF BENDER

Old Chief Bender, the big Injun who was so long a star sIabman- of the Athletics, will celebrate today the thirteenth anniversary of his mapor league debut. The Chiefs thirteenth annun1, now closing, was certainly an unlucky one, for he was ignomin ously dismissed by the Federa1s. Now that the "13 hoodoo' is lifted, the Chief expects to pull a comeback with the Phillies and. make his fourteenth year in the. big show a record-breaker. Pat Moran has a lot of confidence in the a1titudinous red man. Benders first big league appearance was on April 20, 1903, at Boston, when he reliev- ed Plank and beat the Red, Sox.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
TWENTY DEAD IN
 WESTERN CYCLONE

Kansas City, Mo, April 21.-Twen- I ty persons were reported dead to-
 day, and more sthah one hundred in- jured, several seriously, in a success sion of tornadoes which swept through
 the central parts of eastern Kansas land western Missouri last night. Prop. erty damage is believed to be heavy, although accurate information was unavailable early to-day because of
 disabled telegraph and telephone ser tvice. The storm areas centred north of Topeka and in a line running from the southwestern corner of Wilson County, in Kansas. across the Missou- ri line into the border counties. Among the dead are: At Fort Scott, Kansas, Mrs. Miller; Baby Hixon; at Rich Hill, Mo- Ruth Fairbanks, seven years old; at Rockville, Mo-, Dr. c. F. Bowden, of Appleton City, Mo-; at Abilene, Kansas, Elmer Packard, of Enterprise, Kansas. killed while try ing to outrun the storm, by autono-' bile overturning.
 Six persons are reported dead and about fifty injured in Stover, Morgan County, Missouri, with the town laid in ruins as the result of a tornado last night.
 A special train was sent from FL don Mo, to the relief of the stricken popu1ace of Stover. Among other damage, the railway station is said to have been blown across the track blocking traffic.
 The storm is~also supposed to have struck near Jefferson City and Cali fornia, Mo-, Clean, six miles north of Eldon, was in the path of the storm, and there are reports of many injur- ies there.
 Mason City, Ia., April 21.-A torna- do swept through north central Iowa, and southern Minnesota last night, destroyed number of farm houses, injured probably score of persons. and killed many head of live stock. At Bricelyn, Minrf.s seven persons were injured, some seEi ious1y. Two farm houses at Belmont, Minn., were blown down, and dwellings in Kleister, Mfnn., were damaged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
FROM MUD PIES TO
 MEMORIAL STATUES

It wasn't so many years ago that Ia little bfue-eyed girl down in Dal- las, Texas. was out in the back yard with her friends, making mud pies.
 The little girl was ciyde GS S.Chand- Ter. Next October there will be un- yelled in Dallas, Texas, the Sydney Smith Memorial for the State Fair Grounds, a group of four heroic-siz- ed figures symbolica1 of the Lone Star State. It will cost $2o,000.
 The $20, 1000 will go to Miss Chand- Ter, the little girl who once preferred d to make figures instead of pies out of Dallas mud, because she has since become a successful sculptor, and among many contestants her model for this memorial was accepted.
 After several years of study she went to Chicago and opened a studio. making a number of small figures and groups which were well received. Then came word of this competition for the Sydney Smith Memorial. The Texans, wishing to recognize the work of this man who was for so many years president of the State Fair As- sociation, decided it should be me- morial to adorn the grounds.
 Nearly every one of the competi- tors offered models which were DOT trait lil1enesses of the late MT. Smith. Miss Chandler decided to portray Tex as in her model!
 And so she designed four figures, the central seated one representing the prair1es Of her state, the one~ at sthe left representing the mountains, the third representing the gulf. Above them leans a winged figure, rising from the arms of the gulf and sym bolizing the rain clouds which make Texas soil se fertile, At the base is a border of Texas fruits, grains, grasses and flowers
 eff you have an ideal, never let anyone talk it out of you,'' counsels Miss Chandler. "I believed I could do better in this work and I insisted. Many a girl fails to follow her own desires and natural bent in choosing her life work, and failure cen1es. J ust a little faith in yourself, plenty of ambition and the determination to work will win success for practically every girl, regardless of drawbacks' g I-Wornan's World for May.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
Bancroft, New Star Among
 the Shortstops, Is24 Today

A young player who is likely to prove one of the biggest finds Of re- cent baseball history is David Ban croft,, the shortstop of Pat Moran s National league champions. The ad- dition of Davy to the infield of the PhilIies last year was undoubtedly one of the. things that N helped to transform an also-ran club into a winner. Bancroft should have many years of usefulness before him, as he is only twenty-four today, having been born in Sioux City on April 20. 1892. He got his early baseball training with amateur and seni-pro- fessionaN clubs, in Chicago, and Mil ton Stock was one of his kid play mates in the Windy City.
 Bancroft was only seventeen when he turned professional. Nearly all the published accounts of his career assert that he got his start with Mad ison, Wis, in 1909. This falls con for Bancroft's professional career was commenced in Duluth, Minn. He soon skipped across the lake to Su- perior, Wis, where he played great ball for three seasons,-helping Super for to win the Minnesota Wisconsin league pennant in 1911. He was then drafted by Portland, Ore. in the Pa cific coast league, and was used as an utility infielder for time. He was then turned over to the Portland Northwestern N league club, where he made good and was restored to the Coast league team in the City of Roses.
 In 1914 BaneroftAs work attracted the attention of Cap Deal, who was scouting for the Pht1lies. The Coast league sharps told Capt that Cor han. of the Seals. WAS better buy, but Deal backed his own judgement and took Davy. When Moran made BaneFoft his regular shortstop at the beginning of the 1915 season. the Philadelphia fans were not wild with enthusiasm. The hole left by the de- lection of Br. Michael Doolan was sore spot to the Phitly fans. for sev- eral attempts had been made to plug it without any brilliant measure of success. The bugs considered that the Coast league discovery was just another of those fellows. and they didn't warm up to him at first. The stern and sceptica1 critics soon be- came warm admirers, and, as the sea- son progressed, Davy was hailed as
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
BAFF MURDERERs MUST DIE.
Arichfeno and Ferrara. Sentenced ts
 Death in Electric Chair.

New York. April 21.-Guiseppt ArichielIo. convicted of firing the sho which killed Barnet Baf. the Wesi Washington Market poultry dealer and Frank Ferrara, who confessed to having driven the car in which ths nurlderers of Ban made their escape were sentenced yesterday by Justice Shearn, sitting in the Criminal Branca of the Supreme Court, to die in thl electric chair in the week beginnina May 29.
 Both men took the sentence stoicah ly. F'errara in reply to the usual qa1ess tions would make no statement. Art' chiello who before the trial with drew his confession in which 1t wal. stated that he had fired the fatal shot said:
 q only want to say that you art sending an innocent man to hi death.''
 They were taken over the bridge oi signs to their cells in the Fombs iron which they will be removed to thu cells for condemned men at Sing Sing prison.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
ROCKY, FARRELL
 IS HAPPY FATHER

A daughter was born to Mrs. John J. Farrell. 554 Atlantic street yester- day morning at 1:30 o'clock. The father of the baby girl is John Roe Iry'' Farrell, old time baseball player prominent member of the Sacred Heart and Park Robin baseball teams in the halcyon days. There are now two boys and one girl in the Far ren family and Rocky is overjoy- ed at the arrival of a daughter into the Farrell homestead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
Radgord B snnith's

Easter Sale will be largely attended because this Store carries a popular line of goods. and people find what they want there at moderate prices. Many kinds of merchandise at special prices all day
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

District Judge Allen at Denver orr dered the auction of the Laramie Q Northwestern Railroad property to be sold at not less than $5OO.00O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

Gen. Gutierrez, military governor of Chihuahua. stated that the report of Villas death is only a runor,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

The annual appropriation Dill carry ing a total of $52,781, 131, was passed by the New York state senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

With her cabin filled to capacity, the American liner New York sailed for Liverpool from New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

H'ar1.aer Want Ads. One Cent a Wopd.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
The TneUNTvERsTTY sCHoOI
aSa FATRFTHTID Ay

8So FAII&EETELD AVENUE College proparatory:N technical ami professional sch oOIa. civil service advanced subjects - personal EVoF, with every student
 EnPollmenT now, the best prepaEe tion for summer examinations CT neE years work
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

Best-Litovsk, Russia, April 21-Fo a1'o7ost the first time in history tn,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-31
WOODWARD { LOTH|R0P
l0th-uth f q e Streets
WASHINGTON, y. @
The. New Flower Bowls
In the China Department

Flower Bowls Lilly call them are the favorable type
centerpece the table these days. and they are o
lions the buffet serving table or the flower sahu.
Bowls reproduction OF an ancient a
glass. also beautiful old green maze anu
blue
Artistic effects crystal of patterns and pam anu ~
pottery and china are also oHee
There are Ceo Birds Fishes Butterflies ana at'e
very looking flowers in connection with inc DOVES "
punch bowl.
SEPARATE BOWLS MAY BE HAD FOR AS LITTLE As 0O
EACH fn'i i 800
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-31
VILLA SHOOTS 172 MEN.
Bandit Chief Reported to Have Been
Wounded by one of His Victims

San Antonio, Tex, March 81. =
News reached Gen. Funston last night
that within the last two days Vllla
has invested the town of Guerrero
and taken the garrison of~l72 men
out, lined them up and shot them.
Reliable information PLACES Villa
definitely on the San Geronimo ranch
at the headwaters of the Santa Maria
River.
Several detachments of American
troops, believed to be Col. Dolin's COM
mand, are in that locality, known az
the Guerrero district.
1t has been learned that Francisco
Villa nearly lost his life few day;
ago on the Corralitos ranch, short
distance from this place, where he
tortured and put to death five Mexl'
cans. One of his victims leaped upon
him and was. ,strans:ing Villa whei
officers beat his assailant scnselcss
with the butts of their guns. Mucic
Polanco was the name of the, Mexican
who almost succeeded in ending Villas
career. The murder of five members
of the Polanco family was said t.
have been intended rs a warning tc
other Mexicans against having deal
ings with Americans.
Further evidences Of Villas activ-
tiles in the Guerrero district were
received late last night in telegram
via Chihuahua City, 1t said that Her
man Blankenberg, German subject
and two other foreigners were murd.
cred at Minaca yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-31
NOT FACING FAMINE
Crop Outlook in Germany and Aus
tria Reported Good.

Berlin, March 81. = Baron Won
Schorlemcr, Prussian Minister OF
Agriculture, speaking in the Prussian
House of Lords, yesterday, declared
that, according to the latest report,
the crop prospects were as good as
It was possible to expect.
In spite of the war, the Minister
said, Germany was not marching To-
ward hunger and would be able TO hold
on until victorious end.
The Berlin Anzeigcr publishes III
interview with Count Tisza, in which
the Hungarian Primo Minister is
quoted as saying that 10 starvation
menaces Austria-Hungary, as the
country has ample provision in stock
as well as splendid crop outlook.
GountsTiszza. declared that Germany
and Austria Hungary, who had fought
shoulder to shoulder, would form d
Gloss economic pact after rsacs r:as
reached.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-31
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW
Messrs. Moncure, Lawler and Ballen-
ger Appointed to Succeed
Themselves ~

Judge Louis C. Barley, Of the cor
poration court today named Robinson
Moncure, Edward E. Lawler and
Clinton S. Ballenger to succeed them
selves as the local board of tax re-
view for the present year. The pre-
sent board completed its work of re-
viewing the assessments OF the city
and State tax officials for the past
year several months ago and their
final report to the court called atten-.
ton to the changes that had been
made in the assessments and other
action taken on tax questions.
The local board will have greater
power this year than heretofore as
the recent legislature granted great.
err power to the state board Of taxa
ton and the local boards.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-31
FOR UNITED METHODISM
Bishop Cranstcn Says Life of The
Church Depends Upon 1t.

Washington, March 31.-Dcclaring
that the very life Of Mcthodism in
this country depends upon the unfit
cation Of all branches of the church,
Bishop Cranston yesterday afternoon
at Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church, in addressing the Layman's
Association Of the Baltimore Confer
cncc, advocated amalgamation.
IF we cannot get above the law of
expectancy in our church policy and
organization, we HAD better let the
present church die" he declared.
"How are we going to bring this
about, Put binders on people who
never did see and fflers on editors
who have no outlook" he continued.
A resolution was put to the
Layman's Association to instruct the
delegates who are TO be named today
for the General Conference at Sara
toga Springs to vote for the old sys-
ten of assigning preachers to four
year pastorates. The vote as 20 for
the resolution with % against.
Considerable rivalry exists among
the laymcn over the naming of dele
gates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-31
PROBING AMHERST WRECK.
Signal Failed to Work, Investigations
Are Told.

Cleveland, Ohio, March 31.-Inves.
tigation into the wreck of three New
York Central trains at Amherst,
Ohio, Wednesday, which took a toll
of at least 90 lives-the exact num-
Der may never be known = and
brought injury to more than 40 9TH
ers, several of whom probably will
not recover, got under way yesterday.
With a fierce controversy raging
among railroad employees as to who
was responsible for the accident, re-
representatives. of the State of Ohio,
:and of the Federal Government were
told by officials of the New York
Central lines that the railroad otfici
ais would not conduct a separate for
NAL inquiry on their own part. The
controversy among railroad employees
conferred about A. Fl. Ernest, aged
25, towerman at Amherst, and Her
man Hess, aged 65, veteran engineer,
whose train rammcd into the first
section of train No. sc, causing the
deaths of nearly all of those killed.
Ernest vehemcntly denied that HI
was asleep on duty or that he was
in such condition from loss of slccr
that he was in any way incapacitatcd
He asserted that the block sigma!
failed to work and threatened to show
that failure Of the signal to work
was not an unhcard of thing by any
means with any OF the railroads of
this country. Hess repeated his form
or statement that ic was not given
any signal, but did not dispute Ern
cst's claim that the signal might have
failed to work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-31
THIEVES LOOT SACRISTY.
Escape With Paintings and Panel
''' Worth S2,500,00O.

Pcrugia, Italy, March 3l.-Thievc*
who looted the sacristy of st. Pct
cr's basilica, Tuesday night cscapct
with paintings and panels valued
more than S2,5O0,OO0. Among tho
paintings stolen were two by Raphae
"Thc Infant Jesus" and "Thc In
FAINT John the Baptist"
Both these pictures were stolcl
several years ago, but were subsc
quently recovered.
The other pictures taken include
Mantagna's "Christ Bearing tht
Cross" Guercino's "Flagellation" ant;
Bassano's "Cornation."
The thieves tried to remove two
fifteenth century Illuminated Mis-
sails, but apparently were brighten
cd away before they could succeed.