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The daily progressive-miner., 1916-11-11

A jack to lift telegraph or telephone poles from holes has been invented by Chicago man.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-11-11

THlMBLE CLUB ENTERTAINED.
 Mrs. Liebes is the hostess this af- ternoon in honor of the marnbe Of the Thimble Club. who ala being en- tertained at her home.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-11-11

Waterproof knapsacks made of horse hair have been invented by a Japanese army officer.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-11-11

Love is responsible for some hard fr0sts in summer and some hot waves in winter.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-11-11

c. B. Leonard and N. M. Tate are visitors in town today from Union Bay They are guests at the Stedman.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-11-11

Much of the worry continues to be about things that never happen.
The sun., 1916-09-19
WASTE FROM MILLS
RUINS OYSTER BEDS
Destruction Of Industry Feared
i'm Connecticut and
Massachusetts,.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn.,. Sept. 1S.-Waste
from industrial plants rapidly is destroy
ing the oyster industry of Connecticut
and Massachusetts. A half million bushel
Of shells were planted in bridgeport
waters for this season. 1t develops as
tho season nears tho end Of It's third
week hat there will be nothing but "A
very late and very small set to show for
his considerable outlay. II costs seven
to eight cents a bushel to make The
paintings.
Another heavy expense which will last
until winter must 10 incurred In clean
ing up the fruitless mess In the beds.
Norwalk. New Haven n Milford tell
the same story. Unless Connecticut and
Massachusetts adopt conservation meas
,res the industry is doomed. In tho opin-
lon of oystermen. This section In the
past furnished a large part of the supply
sold all over the United States.
c. r.. Wheeler. anage OF tho Con-
necticut Oyster Farms Company. which
controls 5000 acres Of beds. said to-day 4:
The State Is destroying n Of Its great
est natural resources" His concern
alone has incurred a loss OF 335, 900 In
paintings which developed nothing.
The sun., 1916-09-19
BORDER RELIEF PLANS.
New Regiment VIII Re Sent for
Each One Relieved.

WAsIiiNGT"S. Sept. II. - Secretary
f:akcr announced to-day that the War
department had decided upon a su-called
"nfty-iif;y" policy with respect to move
nIrnts Of National Guard troops to and
from tho Mexican border. For each
regiment sent to Major-Gen. Funston n
regiment already on the border Is 70
bc sent back to its home camp and
mustered out of the service. For the
present. regiments from the South are
TO hc sent and regiments from the North
returned. The Sccond New York In
fan,ry viii l." replaced by a regiment
from North Carolina,
Unofficial reports reaching here from
McAi"o show that conditions there ave
- chaotic as they have been for tho
past year or more. Only n few Ameri-
cans. Incorporating as E~nclishmen or
Canadians. remain in the country, and
the general graft n plundcring con-
,iuuos rampant. II is said. with the
American flag serving as no protection
whatever.
The sun., 1916-09-19
VILLA WILL ATTACK
CHIHUAHUA AGAIN
First Attempt Only to Show
Peace Commission Weak
ness Of Carranza.
SAYS HE KEPT PROMISE
Bandit Leader Insists Tie
Didn't Try to Hold City
Gen. Salazar Killed.

Ell PAso. Sept. 1s.-Cndauntcd by his
rcpulsc Saturday at chihuahua City.
Francisco Villa has promised another at
tack on the state capital when he gets
ready" Such was the report brought to
FL Faso to-day by arrivals from CHI
huahua City. lie was quoted by one man
as declaring that he was merely making
a demonstration to the American-Mexi-
can conferces at New London. Conn., Of
the case with which the Ca%rranzista
stronghold could be penetrated.
villa did all he promised to do" said
another. "IIo said he never intended to
stay in Chihuahua. but merely wished
20 libcrate the political prisoners and
draw the disaf'cc.ed C~arranzistas TO him.
lie sent n force OF 1900 men into the
city and waited outside wifi about 500
men. Tho penitcntiary vas captured
without II struggle. Gen. Trcvino's home
was damaged by his W artillery fire
and he vas slightly wounded"
Villa was last reported In flight north
west from Chihuahua city. An odd fea-
'uro of the battle was the iight betwccn
Il detachment Of twenty Villa cavalry
mcn and Carranza ilfantrymen on the
second floor OF the stat. Palace. The
bandits rode their horses Into the build
ing and up the stone steps to the second
floor IN pursuit OF the Government guard.
which turned and shot u number OF
them
The dispatches TO Consul Garcia added
that Jose Ines Salazar. one OF he most
notorious OF the Mexican leaders who
have operated along the American from
tier. was killed following his liberation
from the penitcrtiary. Among those cap
,ured by the de facto troops and later
executed. Y Is stated. was col. Mariana
Tames. VINO several months & led n
revolt Of the Juarez garrison.
Juan Beltran commanded tho bandits
In the attack. while Villa himself re-
NAMED outside tho city. Two columns
OF Government cavalry under Gen.
! Ramos and Col. Marrcro were pursuing
villa and his main band to-day into
the rugged Santa Clara caryon district
10 tho northeast.
Numbers ~ residents OF chihuahua
city were arrested to-day and charged
with completely in Villas attack upon
the city Yesterday. while martial law
was proclaimed throughout the state.
THIS acton Followed the discovery that
during the attack lumber OF residents,
among them amresticd reNolutionists.
had been shipping from their windows
and that others had provided Informal
ton IL the bandits.
In addition To- the attack OF Chihua-
hua city n small band of Nillistas
made an attack upon Guerrero. eighty
miles west OF the capital. The garrison
repulsed tho rebels and forced them back
acrpss IA" line 90 the Mexican North
western Railroad.
The sun., 1916-09-19
MANY TRIBUTES PAID TO LOW.
Fsneral Of Ex-NH!O~ Ia re Held
Tomorrow Noon.

Flags on city buildings. an brooklyn
Bridge aud u many private build .ngs
throughout the greater city were at half
mast yesterday. out Of respect to the
memory Of Seth Low The funeral OF
tho former Mayor will take place
Wednesday at noon. In 81. Georges
Church. %Stuyvesan, square. The Cham
Der Of Commerce and many other bodies
will he represented at the service by
large delegations.
Tho Board OF Aldermen adopted
resolutions yesterday recognizing Mr..
Low as a great and conscientious public
servant. Mayor Mitchell Issued "A state
ment expressing his gratitude to Mr..
Low for counsel and cooperation and
said: Through his death. the cause OF
non-partisansh.p In city government
loses its most distinguished advocate"
The Chamber Of Commerce building
will he closed Wednesday afternoon.
The Executive Committee Of the Ma
t!onai civic Federation will meet
Wednesday morning to take appropriate
action on Mr.. Lows death.
The sun., 1916-09-19
BUTCHER CoNFEssEs BRIBERY.
Admit. paying $50 10 Get Diseased
Meat Passed.

Herman Braunschweig, one of eleven
butchers recently indicted for bribing
veterinarians attached TO the Department
Of Health to pass diseased meat. pleaded
guilty before supreme Court Justice
Cropsey in brooklyn yesterday as a jury
was being selected to try Arthur Plaut
OF the firm of Robert Flaut & Son. an
other OF the indicted butchers.
Both Braunschweig and the Plauts
have places Of business in johnson ave-
nue.. Williamsburg. but Braunschweig
lives at liz West SiXty-nrst street. Man
haitian. Hraunschweig was charged with
paying $50 to pr. Frederick W. Schonc'
veg on March II last To .. X. tubercular
beef. lie will be sentenced Thursday,
The maximum penalty Is ten years i'm
prisonment and n fine of $1,000.
An adjournment was taken in the
Plaut case after six Jurors had beer
chosen, the panel OF thirty-six having
been exhausted by challenges. a new
panel will be called to-day. Plaut is
charged with the payment OF $15 as q
briDc,
The sun., 1916-09-19

at his time comes with peculiar sig
~nificance."
Mr.. Bacon. when shown Mr.. Calder's
statement late last night. said
MI. Calder's statements that uni
versal military service means that all
msn must give IA portion OF each year
between the ages of ~ and IS to mill
tary service and hat 'ail men should
DC compelled each year to render mill
tary service whether our country IL ut
war or peace are not in accordance
with the facts.
Universal military service in time OF
war Is and should be obligatory. De
tails of n possible law providing for
univcrsa, military training IN time OF
peace arc contained In "a bill recently
introduced by Senator Chamberlain. but
] believe that the simpler form Of the
bill drafted by col. Moseiy, after con-
sultation with many of tho officers OF
the War College and the General STAFF,
Is more satisfactory.
'~rhis bill provides for not more than
six months Of Intensive training at the
ngc OF IS and not more han thirty days
for the following year credit to be
given for any previous training received
at school,"
The sun., 1916-09-19
RING BOGUS, WIFE COMPLAINS.
she MT Him with Hot Bottle.
Frank Connolly RctOrts.

Mrs. I.ucio c. Connolly. n trained
nurse, In her slut for separation from
Frank Connolly mentions among the
grounds for her action In the state
surt that her husband Is too fond OF
Turkish hiitl,. that he gambl?d away
their joint funds and that he foisted
upon her IA bogus solit3ir. ring.
In reply to these allegations her hus-
band retorted In his answer h a on
October rs last his wife attacked HIM
with a hot water bottle. When shc hit
him OH the head with the bottle 1t burst
and no was burned on tho head and
shoulders. he asserts. he also alleges
that Mrs. Connolly went to Europe In
1913 On the invitation Of a boardcr
named Hardy. He admits he was also
asked to go. Mr.. Connolly submitted af-
fidavits from two institutions to show
that his wife had been treated for
alcoholism
Judge Cohalan granted Mrs. Connolly
alimony Of $40 "A month pending the
suit.
The sun., 1916-09-19

LATEST FAD WEAR ALLIGATORS
They're Doing u In Florida, 10
Two Are Scut Here,

TWO small 1l'iS tors oc the horned
tailed variety. all the way from Tampa.
arrived ~ parcel pos: at tho Mc.%lpin
last evening. consigned to Miss theresa
P!ta. one OF tho mail CLERKS. The alliga-
tors, only twen'y-eight days old and
beautifully striped. were sent to Miss Piia
by George l.. PI"rson. who said several,
Of the women down In Florida are wear
ing n on each shoulder. and the fad
was becoming quite popular
The alligators have had nothing 10 eat
for ninc days. aud are not 10 he fed for
at least ten days more. according TO Mr..
Picrsor. The animals appear docilc. hut
Miss Piia will take them home AMI test
their friendship before she essays ;he
STYLE suggested.
The sun., 1916-09-19
CONFERENCE SOON
ON PAPER SHORTAGE
Manufacturers Notify Trade
Board They Are Ready to
Meet Publishers.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1S.-Thc executive
committee OF the News Primo Manufac-
turcrs Association notified the Federal
Trade Commission to-day that 1t was
ready 10 meet a committee Of newspaper
publishers to discuss means OF ~rcsulat-
ing the distribution Of white paper. so
that small publishers may suffer no in
justice II may he relieved Of the pros
poet Of suspending publication. which
many OF them are said to face because
Of the paper shortage.
In reply TO the commissions plan for
Sunday operation n for the transfer
Of machines temporarily from other
grades to news print paper tho executive
committee wrote:
The executive committee. speaking
for themselves. and with much ccrtaintt
for most Of tho members Of the ass"cIa-
ton. have announced that they woull
he perfectly willing 80 run tl"I- mills
L. the extent that II Wa possible 10
run them with luz ogard TO the upkc'p
OF machines IN the mills. bur that al 81
forts that had been put forth heretofore
by the newspaper puhIis hers to iLdu e
tho labor unions 20 agree % operate Tie
mills with which they have contracts
had utterly failed,
IN regard 20 thc suggestion th1t al
effort he made to transfer machines To
news print paper that are now operating
on other grades OF paper. 1t was shown
that the profit on other grades is so
much greater than Is being obtained ON
news print paper hat 1; would bc use
less to ask the mills TO sacrifice. those
profits to make a grade IN which most
OF them arc not particularly interested
at this time. aud now that they have the
opportunity TO leave a grade 50 utterly
Improbable and undesirable as the
manufacture OF news print paper. they
are taking advantage OF the opportunity.
hoping never to return To the manufac-
,urc Of that grade Of paper"
The sun., 1916-09-19
CHARITY AGENT CALLED FRAUD
Check Given PreSentOrtum society
dashed by saloon Keeper.

Joseph kozak. a wealthy shoe manu-
facturer residing In Forest Hills. CAV "A
check for $a5 to senator Walker OF Suf-
folk county for the Crania tuberculosis
Prevcntorium Society. When he found
the check had been cashed in "A Manhat-
tan saloon Mr.. kozak began inquiries.
with the result that Charles Fowler OF
Ii3 West Eigh'y-tourth street was put
on trial yesterday In Long Island city.
Accused OF obtaining money under false
p~r"tonces.
MIR. Eozak and a number OF other men
Identified checks they had contributed
DIR. Thomas Darlington. a director OF tho
p~renventorlum Society. also is a witness
for the prosecution. Fowler introduced
i'm evidence an authorization issued 10
him IN 1904.
The sun., 1916-09-19
CHIEF VICTIMS HERE.
DIsckn1AiIers Cleaned Close 10
$1,000, OOO-Mucb 81 ~ In n. v.

The arrest Of tho nvc mon AID three
women In Chicago on sunday was the
climax of the investigation begun in this
city by the police and the Federal au-
'hori,ics eigh, months ago, when Arthur
l.. David. alias Don Collins. alias Robert
4. Tourbillon. alias Thomas Watson.
alias Sir Robert Tourbillon. Was ar
rested.
David. a stalwar. blond youth with
the figure and features OF a viking. was
at first taken into custody IN connection
with the systematic rohbinc OF CON
boxes IN this city. but the evidence dig
closed after his arrest showed that hi.
activities were not limited TO that COM
monplace form OF crime. lie Was trans
The sun., 1916-09-19

Because he used tho nag as n danger
signal on tho rear OF his wagon instead
of a piece of red material. as required
nv police regulations. Henry Kroeger Of
76 Sixth avenue Brooklyn. was fined SO
Yesterday by Magistrate Reynolds IN
Gates avenue police court. Kroeger said
he meant no dlsrespect to the national
emblem and intended to become an
American citizen. The cour imposed
the fine as a warning to others.
The sun., 1916-09-19
T.. T.. Lorillard Mansion Looted.

BEESARpsyILtr. y. J. sept. 1S.--ra:l
i,cul. superintendent Of the l.. T.. I.oril-
estate. discovered to-isy that tho
house has been ransickci from top to
bottom. every drawer has been opened.
furs and clothing are strcwn about and
several boxes of silver ar" missing. The
house was roHhcd once bctur. on .Nugust
Is. The Lorillards are at Northeast
IIarbor, Me.
The sun., 1916-09-19
MILLIONS WON BY
BLACKMAIL BAND


marked her for his prey. lie met her In
a Irritation. lie had dinner with her and
took her to a theatre.
Produced bogus Warrant.
That night lie n Mrs. klipper were
in an apartment at the hotel when
George Irwin. William Butlcf and Ed
ward Donohuc knocked at tho door.
Croker affected great surprise and In
dignation when they entered. The three
intruders wore badges OF tho Govern
ment secret service. One Of them pro-
duced a warrant for the arrest of tho
couple for violation OF the Mann act.
Croker affected great surprise and In
dtgnation. Donohue smashed him with
his fist In the nose and knocked him
down. II was realism carried to the last
detail. but II was In the play. Crockcr
wrote a check for $4,000 on a Boston
bank and handed II over.
Their doesn't seem any way out Of
this except for both Of us, to kick in"
he remarked to Mrs. klippcr.
Gave Up Her Diamonds.
Mrs. Klipper took his advice and gave
up her diamonds and empticd her purse
in buying OF the counterfeit officers. The
hush money she gave them amounted to
$50. but that paltry SUM did not sat
isfy the crooks. They threatened to ar
rest her later unless she dug up more
money.
Next day these bold sharpers accom-
panied Mrs. Kllpper back TO philadel-
phia. Then they vent 20 her home and
forced her to show them her bank book.
II showed that she had a balance In the
bank Of d few dollars over $500. The
swindlers ordered a cab and drove her
to the bank. There she filled in "a check
for $500 and gave tho money to the
b~lackmailers.
Croker had represented himself TO
Mrs. Klipper ss Alvin Collins. II Boston
millionaire. That Was the name he had
signed on the Empire Hotel register.
Even after Mrs. Klipper had beer III
formed that the bogus officers who had
taken her money were blacknlailcrs she
would not believe that Croker val their
confederate.
HAD SOLD Ills wife.
The scales fell from her eyes only
after Crocker had been arrested In
Tampa, Fla, for stealing "A $1,000 diH-
mond ring from a woman and had con-
tossed his part in tho kl.pper affair
after being taken back to New York.
Irwin, Butler and touohue double
crossed me In the split M Of the money
VIC got out Of tho klpper Job" he said.
IL sQuealcd 10 get even with them"
When Croker told his story IN Com
missioner Mason's court Mr.. Erbstein.
counsel for Irw In and French, forced the
cross-eNamination into the witness past
lie. The young man admitted he had
sold his wife into white sisvcrN.
The sun., 1916-09-19
SECOND Is JUBILANT
RETURN ORDER
Guardsmch Admit Political In
fluence Was Used to Get
Them Home.
BRIGADE NJ PLANS
Empires Selected for Impor-
tant ManGuvrcs to Be Held
Along Rio Grande.

HEADQUARTERS NEW YoRK DIVISION.
McALLEN. Tex. Sept. iS.-The Second
Infantry Mt Pharr shouted, whistled and
cNuberantly sang for an hour last night
when word went through the camp that
the regiment had been ordered to Camp
whitman. The demonstration was less
boisterous and less prolonged. however.
than II would have been II the men had
not beer anticipating the order for sew
eral days.
The report circulated one evening Just
before they moved In from Sterling's
Ranch that u strong und apparently
successful enOr was being made to get
them home. and this report had II that
the First Battalion had already received
its orders. The whole regiment there
upon turned out In a parade and demon
stration which lasted. it Is said, until 9
o'clock IN the morning. The uproar
which greeted the news OF the actual or
der last night. therefore. was In the ma
ture of n RATIFICATION meeting.
Political Iaauence Admitted.
Both officers and MGR OF the Second
are rank to admit that they believe
political influence had a great deal to do
with having them designated to he sent
bnck at this time. OF the nine infantry
regiments In the division the Second was
the seventh to arrive OH the border.
For the First Brigade march to III
dalgo and return, with combat exercises
OH Wednesday and Thursday. twenty
three control officers have been named
TO serve as constructive umpires. OF
these the general officers will be Major
Gen. organ. Col. Bandholtz. Chief Of
stan. and Major Vanderbilt. Division
Inspector. Among those with the Blue
F, force will be Lieut.-Col. White. Seventy
fourth New York Infantry Major Bam-
ford. Twcnty-elghth United States In
fantry Majors Olinsted and kincaid OF
the division staff. with the Red force
will be Col. Debevoise, First New York
Cavalry: Capt. Green. Twenty-eighth
United States Infantry, n capt.
Booker. Fifth United States Field
Artillery.
Nakcup Of the Armies.
! In the Blue army will he the Seventh,
Twelfth aud S~ixty-ninth infantry
Squadron a. Second battalion OF the
Second Field Artillery. Company u OF
the Corps of Engineers. Company IL OF
the Signal Corps. the Third Ambulance
| Company and field trains. The Red
| force will consist Of the third squadron
Of the First New York Cavalry. and
Company II Of the Twenty-eighth United
States Infantry stationed at Hidalgo.
Leaves Of absence for one month have
been granted to Major Dewitt &. Falls
, Third battalion. Seventh Infantry: Capt.
! William \. Ford. Medical Corps. Sixty
/ ninth Infantry, n Firs, Lieut.. Thomas
r.. Hitchcock. First Field Artillery
Leave for ten days has been granted Ia
Second Lieut.. X. l.. Auchincloss. Twelfth
Infantry.
The sun., 1916-09-19
SILVER DICK SOLVES
US. FOOD PROBLEM
He's Bryan's Friend, Warner,
Who Invcnts u ChOcO-'
late Drop.

Have a chocolate drop"
The time was yesterday. the place the
Waldorf. and the speaker none other
than Adam Dixon Warner OF California,
known there and in the Corn Belt rs
Silver Dick Warner because he chummed
with Bryan and wrote a book about free
silver In 1896.
Tho proTered morsel locke like what
Mr.. Warner said II was. Ills friend ac-
cepted and swallowed II.
How does it taste?" asked Silver
Dick.
We'll. there's nuts and ra'sins in IL.
and maybe
TIA 70 said Mr.. Warner. Nuts and
iaisins Is right. and nineteen other
things. Twenty-onc different foods In
that pellet. boy. Eat tive Of 'em and
you've got u full meal.
IsGredients Of the Pellet.
"Llsten: There's the essence of nuts
and raisins. as you say. and also OF
wheat. corn. oats. rice. lcntils, beans.
peanuts. walnuts. olives, grapefruit.
oranges, figs. prunes. pipesapples. aspar-
asus. spinach. lettuce, onions. carrots
and celery.
THE chocolate Is Just n disguise to
make the food attractive to children. A
loaf OF bread contains 10 protein. my
toou l-.t per teIt. u uc " h'''
Of that? Have another chocolate drop.
but don't overeat."
While the vegetable kingdom was
| being sampled again Mr.. Warner clu-
| cidated Beginning with the days hen
he quit lumber lacking at $40 "A month
L. be camps ccokee at $12J. he swiftly
skctche,l his career M to eight years
ago, when he was making $4,000 or
$4,000 "a year from his law practice.
while practising law in Los Angeles
he said. II got an idea that "a lot of
time and sickness and worry over do
\ ,n.stic problems could be saved by
adapting food to modern requirements.
! hired "A chemist TO experiment with me.
got wrapped in the idea. body and
! soul. For "a whole year | hardly went
home.
Not q scrap Of Meat.
When ! thought ] had perfected my
| invention 1t contained the essentials OF
| all the foods l have nained-not IA scrap
Of meat. for In Il vegetarian.
importation Of lentilc from Germany was
cut of substituted the SOY bean for
lentils and rice because OF the great
quantity of protein in the Chinese bean.
Recently l decided that more potash
was needed, SO / added potatoes
Mr.. Warner admitted that he oc-
casionally enjoyed "A small snack o.
something besides his concentrated
chocolate drops, bu. lie insisted that he
and his wife mad lived for three months
on nothing but the drops and gained
weight.
IF tho cost OF living Jumps much
higher you may he living on them your
SELF he concluded. And think OF the
trouble they save
The sun., 1916-09-19

ferred from the State to the Federal
courts. where he blossomed forth as the
head Of the adroit band of blackmailers
who used the Mann white slave act as
the basis for their operations and en-
ployed handsome women and accom-
plished youths as their tools.
David was indicted here with Frank
Crocker and George Irwin. but tho Gov
eminent at the time found II hard to
get evidence because Of tho natural re-
luctance OF the victims to appear in
court against tho members Of the gang.
The sun., 1916-09-19

marked her for his prey. lie met her In
a Irritation. lie had dinner with her and
took her TO a theatre.