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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
WRITING LETTERS.

Writing letters nowadays does not take up much of our time. Most of us are too much occupied to have time to write for hours a day, or even hours a week.
 So with most of us, the hurried note is the extent, of our correspondence, excepting, perhaps, the letters we write to a few of our very intimate friends and family. Therefore, we must equip ourselves for writing hur- ried notes-and just now the shops show many novelties convenient for this sort of letter-writing.
 To. begin with, of course, there is the folding letter case, which in some form or other almost every one of us possesses. Sometimes this is a soft leather folder, containing a. strap for fountain pen and pockets for stamps, envelopes and Ietter-paper. Others are in the form of boxes, con- taining much more room, with safety ink wells and a substantial lock and key. l
 Then there are the desk sets of china, leather, metal and glass, all of which 1etteF-8g gzseasiers and more pleasant. TTere are some of china in pink, blue, green or yellow, for the bedroom, and some of Dresden china. with bright flower designs, look well in chintz-hung room.
 Then there is a new sort with real butterflies set under glass in he tops
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
DEPARTURE FROM DELFT HAVEN AN
 EPOCH IN HISTORY

The English Separatists, who fled to Amsterdam from persecution in their native land, had John Robinson as their pastor and William Brewster as their ruling elder Soon, however, they retired in a body to Leyden, a city of 10000 inhabitants. Notwith- standing the oppression which they had endured from the British govern ment, they were unwilling to abandon their native language or the name of Englishmen, and gradually came to the conclusion that Holland was not a desirable place for their permanent home.
 Enigration5 to America having been suggested the t'Speedwe11,'' a, vessel of sixty tons burthen,. was purchased. She sailed from Delft-Haven, twelve miles from Leyden, July 20, 1920, and
 met at Southampton, in England, the ''Mayf1ower," 12O tons burthen, with a party of English emigrants on board Both vesesls sailed from Southamp- ton August 5, 1920. They had, how ever, gone but a hundred miles when the t'SpeedwelI'' sprung a leak; they put back to Dartmouth for repairs, and again set sail August 21. The 'Spedwel1'' again began to leak, and they returned ! to Plymouth. The "Speedwel1'' passengers were then put on board the s'Tayf1ower,''- but owing to the already crowded condition of this vessel, twenty had to be left be- hind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
LONDON PAPERS AGAINST CHANGE
 IN NAVY POLICY

London, May 12.-The naval cores pendent of The Times in an article in that paper, criticises the recent an nouncement of MT. Ba1four, first Lord of the Admiralty that the British fleet was to be redistributed to prevent coast raids by the Germans.
 ''Mr. Balfour's artic1e,' the article says, 'is disquieting to the students of naval warfare because the first lord appears to foreshadoW a reversal of that policy of offensive defense which we have successfully followed since the fourteenth century.
 'fThe object of the Germans in ma king these raids, is to fbring about a redistribution of our naval forces to their own advantage.
 'sThe weakness of the strategica1 change lies in the substitution of squadrons in fixed positions on our own coast for periodical sweeps which we have been told the battle fleet is in the habit of making through the length and breadth of the North Sea-
 'tAs for submarines they have never showed their ability to torpedo boats going at full speed and raiders are likely to have little difficulty in avoid ing their attentions. The proposal to use monitors is the most disturbing feature of the whole scheme. These slow and unwieIdy machines may, as fixed floating forts, act as a bait to the enemy but it. can hardly be proposed to station them in such numbers as to afford complete coast protection. To employ them for defense instead of of fense is directly contrary to all ap- proved notions of British strategy"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
.FORTY-ONE LOST ON SEAS AS BIC
 STEAMER SINKS


 San Luis Obispo, Cal, May l1z- Forty-one meJnbers of the crew of the steamship Roanoke, Operated by the California South Seas Navigation Co., which capsized and sank when it's car go shifted during a gale 100 miles south of San Francisco Tuesday after noon, are missing and the Union. Oil Counpany's. tanker Lansing is cruising the sea in search of four of the five nfeboats in which the ships company took refuge when the steamer went down The fifth boat drifted ashore at Port San Luis yesterday, carrying three famfshed sailors and the bodies of five of their mates who had died from exposure.
 Captain Richard Dickson and his wife are believed to be lost, according to the tale of the disaster told by the three survivors. When the ship ]lurch- ed before plung1ng downward Mrs Dickson was thrown into the sea and Captain Dickson jumped overheard to rescue her. They were not seen again.
 The Roanoke left San Francisco Monday with explosives for South American ports The arrival of the 1ifeboat at Port San Luis brought the first news of the tragedy. The three men were too exhausted to relate de- tails.
 The Roano1<e carried no passengers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
ENGINEER BLAMED FOR N. Y. (. WRECK
 WHICH KILLED 27

Washington, May 12.-The wreck on the New York Central lines near Cleveland, March 29, in which 27 per sons were killed and 47 injured, was due, the interstate commerce commits sion reported to the failure of Engin- ger Hess to see the signals or to read them properly on account of the dense fog in which his train was running.
 The report to the commission cites the engineers record since 1900 to show that he had been four times sus- pended for running past signals and was again suspended last December for striking the rear end of a train at Toledo, O.
 The report says the rules relative to speed which permitted during fOggy weather the rate of speed at which Hess train was running, Gin view of the fog and short distance at which
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
PLAN REBUILDING. OF TOWNS RAzED
 BY CHARS FORCES

Berlin, May 12.-The bill providing for compensation to property owners in A1sace Lorraine and East Prussia for war damages came before the Reichstag Wednesday on first reading Joseph Emel, Socialist member for Mue1hausen, AIsace, asked that recon struction of destroyed villages be un- dertaken immediately, so far as may be practicable. Herr Siehr, peoples party member for Gumbiennen, East Prussia, stated, the Overseas News Agency says, that more than 2,0OO ci- vilians were killed or maimed for life by Russian soldiers. It was charg- ed the invading, Russians carried cellu- Ibid bars for the purpose of burning villages systematically.
 All parties agreed upon comp1ete restitution of destroyed property and relief for injured persons and for fam lilies deprived of those upon whom they were dependent for support.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
RELATIONS OFTEN BROKEN WITHOUT
 WAR FOLLOWING
Diplomatic Break. Between Nations Doesn't Neces-
 sarily Mean Fight

Washington, May 12.-The severance of diplomatic relations is not a new thing for this country, as such ties have been frequently broken in the past. However, in the majority of cases whefe foreign ministers have been sent home by the United States the action followed individual indis- cretion of the ambassador and was not the result of disagreements be- tween the two nations.
 The present crisis, however, is the first with Germany. For over a hun dred years the relations between the two countries have been most cor dial and trade relations had grown to enormous figures before being re- duced by the outbreak of the Eu- ropean war.
 A situation somewhat similar to the one now faced by the United States and Germany arose during the a-d-
 ninistration of our first president. This was the case of Citizen Genet The Frenchman travelled from one part of this country to the other cam paigniIgN for sympathy for his own country and rousing factional and ,ra- cial strife. This was at a time when France and England were at war. So ardent was he in his campaign that he finally wrote an insolent letter to President Washington. France was requested to recall Sa11Q HIS pass ports were handed him, but he never returned to his native country. He had married an American girl and lived the remainder of his life in se- clusion in this country.
 Another diplomatic breach with France came near resulting seriously a few years later, when this goverp- ment signed a treaty with England which France lc1aimed Iwas too. favor able to the British. They evens saw a secret alliance between the two coun- tries Eouvernenr Morris, the Amer Jean. minister at Paris at the time, was handed his passporfs, and, while. the international situation was as tan gled as it is today, the two countries did not go to war. James Monroe was sent to France to succeed Morris, but it aggravated the situation, the tense ness of which had been increased by the capture of an American ship by a. French privateer.
 As a result the French ambassador in Washington was asked for an ex- planation and,> failing to give a satis- factory one, was handed his pass ports. Charles C. Pinckney was sent abroad as the successor of Monroe, but France refused to receive him dn- til her grievances has been righted. ere the two countries were actually on the verge of war, but French do- mestic troubles and the passing of time made it possible to escape hos tilities.
 These are only the earliest diplo- matic breaks, and several of minor importance have occurred since, and in no case has war resulted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12

of the -a,per box and blctter and ink bottle, and under the glass corners of the writing pad and glass foundation of the pen tray.
 For tt'e women who breakfast in bed, for the invalid or for the woman who spends summer hours in rhaise loun~c or hammock, there is most convenient little writing tray, of wick CT. It is of the same rrt that is used for the meal in bed, but it is espe- cially fitted with writing materials penho1der and inkwell blotter, stamp case, paper-holders, calendar and all the other parapherna1ia of letter writing. On each S' le there is a pock- ct in which notepaper, books or mag azines may be kept. Sometimes these pockets are lined with cretonne with a predominating color the color of the writing materials.
 Another portable writing equipment is contained on writing stand on a single '-'1 pedestal This is almost as easy to carry about as the writing basket, but one must sit before it in a chair to use it. It is made of enam- eled wood, and so are the desk fit tings, decorated with painted flowers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
PRIVATE CITIZEN OWNS A NAVY IN
 HIS OWN NAME
Fred J. Gauntlett of Wash ington P Possessed Two Bat
 tleshipsi for While

Washington, May 12.-Fred J. Gaunt- lett of Washington has the distinction of being the only private citizen Tn the worlds history who has possessed in his own name modern navy. Fer haps Bartholomew Portuguese, DIT William Phipps or Captain k1dd may have controlled some sort of a pr1- vateer's f1otiIla but their ships were comparatively small vessels built of wood. MT. Gauntlett's navy, however, consisted of a pair of real armored cruisers of the very kind that now are sailing the seas striking terror into the minds of their enemies.
 It happened in this way: MT Gaunt- lett, who is Washington representa- tive of the Newport News Shipbu1ld+ ing company, was gossipping with Secretary of the Navy Daniels in the latter's office one day MT Daniels and the shipping man were talking about ships and the conversation came around to the Idaho and the Miss1s- sippi, two staunch armored cruisers, but not of the type now in favor Tn the American navy. MT. Daniels told
 MT. Gauntlet he would like to get rid of the vessels.
 MT. Gauntlet thought nothing of the incident until some weeks later he learned that the Greek nation was in the market for modern ready-made fighting craft. He verified the report and went to see MT. Dan1elS again. Then he went to see the Greek Charge q Affairs at Washington.
 The upshot of the negotiations was that MT. Gauntlet discovered Secre- tary Daniels was in earnest when he said he would sell the Mississippi and the Idaho and that the Greek nation would buy the vessels. So, taking the bit in his teeth, MT. Gauntlet went out and bought himself a mod ern navy consisting Of the two ves- sels Of course, the authorization of Congress had to be procured but this was not difficult as it was shown the naval affairs committee that with the proceeds of the sale newer and better equipment for the navy could be ob- tained.
 For three days the Mississippi and the Idaho were the personal property of MT Gauntlett. He did not get up steam and proceed to sea spreading consternation as he night have done if he had been so inclined and reck- less of later consequences. MT. Gaunt- ss4 kept his navy in port, riding at anchor HI7til-1leg had conspn1mated it's resale to the Greek nation.
 Of course, it is to be assumed that he made a little profit on the deal but nobody would begrudge some profit to a man who takes the business. risk of being sole owner and proprietor of a modern, navy for even so short a time
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12

signal indications could be distinguish ed, was one of the proximate causes of this accident
 ''It is clearly shown" the report says, "that the operating officers charged with the responsibility of knowing that safety rules and re- quirements are observed, were perfect ly familiar with the fact that trains were not only run at normal, speed, but make up time in dense fogs. Acci- dents such as this may be expected to occur unless those in charge of the op- eration of this property at once take steps to see to it that such check, ob- servations and other means as may be found necessary, that speed is mate rial1y reduced in foggy weather.'
 The commission, in it's report again refers to the need of an automatic train stop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12

as three days. Just suppose, now, for the sake of saying something, what
 MT. Gauntlett would have done, if," after he had bought the battleships from the United States, the Greeks had declined to take them off his hands. No man v-l-o ever lived has had just such an experience, but it can be easily imagined that two bat tleships would prove as much of an 1ncumbrance to a private citizen as a club foot or an impeachment in the speech.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
MORE U. s. MAIL SEIZED.

Berlin. May 12.-A despatch from Copenhagen to the Overseas News Agency says that all the first class mail for the United States on the Nor wegfan steamship D Kristfaniafjord and the Danish steamship HeIig Olav was taken off by the British authorities recently at KfrkwaH.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
WILLIAM A. GARDNER DEAD.

Barnstable, Mass, May 12-WiI- liam A. Gardner, president of the Chicago & N6rthwestern Railway, died at his summer home at Wianno Beach last night. MT. Gardner was in i'll health when he came here with his family three weeks ago. His home was in Evanston, III.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
MARR1AGE LICENSES.

Appliea1ion was made yesterday by Douglas BrainaEd Knowles and Eliza beth Louise Yates for marriage h- eense, As both reside in Btratford i is necessary for them to make appli. cation five days in advance of theiI marriage, MT, Knowles is the son o1 S. Steward Knowles of Ferry BouIe- yard, and is an electrician Mis- Yates is employed as g elePk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
SIMON s. BROOKS DEAD.

Chester, Conn, May 12-Simon S. Brooks, a prominent manufacturer of this town and an organizer and officer of the Chester Trust Co.,, died at his home. here today. He was 57 years old and is survived by his widow and a daughter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

A license was. issued yesterday to Earle William Haste. aged 22 chauffeur Of 156s Seaview avenue, and Etta- Mae DeSally, 20, telephone ops orator, of 1549 Seayiew avenue. Miss DeSa11y had the consent of her par ents for issuance of the marriage Ii- cense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
COM. BENNETT FACES
 LABOR SHORTAGE

Hartford, May 11-Highway Com missi oner Charles J. Bennett said to- day that the wogk of his department was consi6szz55J- r+<arded by the scarcity of labor. H& was paying $2.5O and even at that p<ice he was unable to secure all the help Ae need ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
PROF. ARTHUR C. NAPIER DEAD.

London, May 12-Prof. Arthur c. Napier died wedenesday at his home near Oxford. Prof. Napier held the chair of English language and 1itera- ture in Merton College, Oxford, and the Raw1insonian professorship of An sIo-Saxon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
@AIR BLAST SHAKES CITIES

ies of Houghton and Hancock were severely shaken Tuesday by an t'air blast or local earth shock. Con siderable damage was done to min ing property, the most serious occur ring in the lower workings of the Quincy mine, it is reported.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12

If one-teHth of the time spent in chasing flies. mosquitoes and ether peztss was spent in closing HR theiF breeding places, people would be healthier and haHRisr.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12

Farmer Want Ads One Cent Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12

ADVERTISE IA THE FARMER.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-10

gateway to the southwest blOomed
into a city. However. the man OF
small wealth can buy a first class
home on the best terms ever Offered
and pay for il like rent,
not burdening himself as he lives
In il
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-10
Telephone 586
No LE7UP N hfoYEAfENT o. RAJ EsTATE LIS SLN1GER

liable to overgrow itself II is just
as hard TO find a desirable rent
house for q family Of moderate
means this summer as it has been
for many summers. in spite of the
thousands Of bungalows and cot
tages that have been built since this
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-10

n EALTN transfers IN 81 Paso this
N sumner are going ahead 10 the
satisfaction OF dealers and
owners Of additions. There has been
no weakening Of prices in spite OF
conditions or stories that the city is
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-24
ISREPRESENTA DISCLOSED.

.M TIE Brawley News has been insisting that the re-
call contest accompanied by misrepresentation and the
Press has been insisting that the specific msrepresenta
ton be disclosed The News has at last pointed out the
alleged fault correspondent wrote the Press from
Brawley criticisng Mr. lockwood for taking district
time $3.50 hour writing lot of gush about how he
each farmer to his office and examine the
books to see that the money is we'll spent.
The News says: "Mr. lockwood specifically Informed
the Brawey and Seeley farmers who made the trip to
the intake Sunday that he is willing to explain any ques
ton regarding the plans for the system-Any Evening
as his time is fully occupied during the day."
The Press cheerfuy makes this correction, and will
notify all the farmers of Seeey and Brawley and West
moreland and Capatria and inland that any evening
they happen to be passing Mr.. Rockwoods office in
Calexico-from 25 to so miles FROM their farms-f they
will drop in Mr.. lockwood will explain things-and he
has had lots of experience explaining things the original
survey the cut in the river bank the lockwood gate the
neglect of the Al No, to think Of it. he has moi
yet explained the neglect Of the Alamo canal.
But are pleased to know just what it is that the
Brawley News looks misrepresentation We didn't
know but it would claim msrepresented facts when
said the district managers dare not make financial
statement Of July that they sacrificing the
interests Of American farmers to the Mexican land
barOns
We would feel very badly if the News should allegt
that in such trivial affairs this there mSrepre-
sentatiOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-24
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON Pc.
TITION TO MORTGAGE REAL
PROPERTY.

In the Superior Court of the State
of California in and for the County
of Imperial.
In the matter of the estate of Mar
tin Widmann, deceased.
Johanna Weise, formerly Johanna
Widmann, administrators of the estate
of Martin Widmann, deceased, having
filed herein her petition, duly verified
bv affidavit, praying for an order of
this court authorizing, empowering
and directing her, as such admin
istratriX, to mortpage the real prop
erty of the said deceased therein and
hereinafter described, for the purposes
set forth in said petition, and it ap-
pearing that it will be for the advan-
tage of said estate that said mortgage
be made,
1t Is Ordered by the Court, That
all persons interested in the estate
of Martin Widmann do appear before
this court on the 25th day of August,
1916, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of
said day. then and there to show
cause, if any they have, why the real
property of said estate, described be-
low, or some part thereof, should not
be mortgaged for the sum of not to
SsNSSd tiiOuodHd toiidI
prayed for in the said petition of Jo-
hanna Weiss, formerly Johanna Wild
mann. administrators, this day filed,
or for such lesser amount as to the
court shall seem meet.
Reference is made to the said pc
tition for further particulars. Said
real estate the property to be mort
gagged is situated in the County of
Imperial, State of California, and is
more particularly described as fol-
lows, to wit:
All of Tract SiXty-four (64), Town
ship fifteen 15) South, Range fifteen
(15) East, S. B. M.
1t is further ordered that the order
to show cause be published once
week for four successive weeks be-
fore the day of hearing in the Impe-
rial Valley Press, daily newspaper
of general circulation published in the
County of Imperial. State of Califor-
mia.
Dated this 28th dav of July. 1916.
FRANKLIN ]. COLE,
July28Aug4-11-18-24 Judge.