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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-23
MARGARET BERRY

The funeral OF Mrs. Margaret Berry
was held from her late home, 215 Jane
street at $3.50 this morning and a
half hour later from St Charles
church where Rev Patrick j. Nc
Gavney sang the requiem mass The
bearers. NJ la DessureaM and Robert
Quinn OF the Golden Gate lodge,
Shepherds Of Bethlehem, Harold,
Clayton and John McGran and Will
Ham reist Burial was in St MI
chaei,S cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-23

Clearance Sale of Rugs
Sale of Flannel and Muslin Underwear
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-23
Observation-Disclosures.
1907 A.A- ST. -~a 1<o .3al.a~1 A.
Bridgeport; Busy Cash Store
Manufacturers Samples of
High Grade Blankets
At BARGAIN Prices
AT Bargain Prices

We have been fortunate in being able to pur-
chase another lot of Salesmen's Samples of High
Grade Blankets at very low prices:
These will last but a short time If you are in
need Of anything in this line it will be to your ad
vantage to make your purchases as early as pos
sible
Fine Wool Blankes-66xSO inches grey value $500 pair
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS g3.75 pair
White Wool Bankets70xSO inches, weight lbs, value
$3.50 pair S3.95 pair
Grey Wool Bankets-66xS0 incles weight 12 lbs, value
$3.50 pair S4.25 pair
Fine Grey Wool Bankets66xSO inches, weight lbs value
5000 pair S4.49 pair
Fine Grey Bankets72x8O inches weight lbs value
$3.50 pair $3.50 pair
Extra Fine White Wool Blankes-72xSO inches, pink
blue borders weight lbs, value $3.50 pair S4.95 pair
Extra Fine White Wool Bankets-7Ox8O inches weight D
lbs value $3.50 pair Observation-Disclosures. 100 pair
Extra Fine White Wool Bankets-7OxSO inches weight D
i2 lbs, g pair only value $500 pair S6.49 pair
Extra Fine White Wool Bankets-Exra large size 72xot
inches light lbs e pair only value 5000 $3.50 pair
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-23
CORSET WORKERS TO DANCE.

The Corset Workers union will hold
the first Of series of whists and
dances tomorrow evening In Odd Fell
lows. hall. Bread street, An excellent
entertainsnert AsAplanned.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-23
OBITUARY.
GEORGE II. LAKE

The funeral Of George H Lake Of
!ks4 Howard avenue, was held at
O'Clock this afternoon from the un-
dertaking pariors Of Hawfey & Will
mot. Rev. C. w. F1ndlay, assistant at
St Johns Episcopal church conduct
ed the services. Burial was in Lands
end cemetery, HaMleyviIle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
JUSTICE TO HENRY FORD

Much has been written against Henry
Ford and his extreme pacficism. Some Of
II undoubtedly has been deserved. He is
real Quixotic figure, who attracts the barb
of satire and sometimes even the arrow
tipped with venom. Perhaps he should not
blame others for this condition. The man
who employs his own system of spotlights
to reveal himself to the public aids the
craftsmanship of his critics.
But there is another side to this man
Ford. He is not alone a manipulation Of
pacfsts by the boatload or plaintiff in
Gargantuan libel suits. Not long ago Mr..
Ford's company issued its annual statement
During the fiscal year its profits amounted
to within a few dollars of $60.000,000. In
other words. Mr.. Ford is creating a fortune
that will take its place high among those Of
American financial history. But IL is not
the size of Mr. Ford's fortune that gives US
thought. 1t is the manner of its acquisition.
This man has no Erie scandal to blacken
his record. He has no Union Pacific manip-
ulation to bring the curses of a stock
market upon him. No New Haven scandal
besmirches his name. He has not bribed
Government weighers. He does not have to
answer the indictment which public SEN
timent has drawn up against those who
ravaged Government and made Illicit deals
with railroads that they might crush COM
petition, such stands today against the
men who rose to great financial power from
the operations of the Standard Oil Company
and its predecessor, the South Improve
ment Company. Henry Ford's record is
one of clsan fight against the competi-
ton of his time. His wealth is entirely
symbol of the service he has rendered COM
mercially to the community.-Cincinnat
Tirnes-Star
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
COMAiUNIQUE
We got 4
Due to Riyey;
Reds get more2
Nixey! niNeyl
CHAN RICHTER,s REPORT

Dear Tom--The contrib who suggests
that only natives or persons who have been
paying taxes for five years should be al.
lowed to represent a major league city in
the National and American Leagues evil
IDENTIFY wants to lower the standard of the
national game. This was tried back in the
se' enties, before the National League was
organized. but 1t failed. as there were not
enough high-class players developed in
many of our best baseball cities to make
a team of major league caliber. You ask
me to name Philadelphia's representative
team for such league, and II is an easy
task II the suggestion were adopted, Phil
adelphia and Boston would win all the pen.
nants. The local team would line up with
Amos Strunk, Sherwood Magee and either
Johnny Castle or Izzie Hoffman In the out.
field The infield could be made up with
George Burns, of Detroit, or Harry Davis on
first Eddie Collins Otto Knabe on sec
ond Pep" Young, of Detroit, or kid"
Stutz. of Milwaukee. who returns to st. Louis
at short, and Honus Lobert on third. Charley
DOOM would be the catcher, with "Chief"
Bender. Bill Donovan and several lesser
lights to do the pitching. Collins Magee,
Doom. Knabe. Lobert and Bender were
not born in this city. but have been tax
payers for five years or longer and, there
fore, are eligible This team would play
strong ball in any league, and probably
has more brainy players In the lineup than
any In either league. CHAN RICHTER
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
AT LOVES DOOR

When the rain and the lonely night begin
There are ghosts at the door and l carl
them in;
And one is the ghost OF love laid low
Under the lilies Of long ago;
Too pure and sweet for world like this.
Where the thorns blood crimsons the roses
kiss;
The love as deep as heaven is high;
Memory's music and memory's sigh.
This Is the ghost OF love that stands
At the door OF life when the lonely lands
Are whelmed In the night when
the dark descends
And even the stars are like lost friends--
Spirits to whom no grace is given,
That cannot find their way In heayenl
o ghost OF love o dream OF light
Come In. come In from the homeless night 7
Come In from the night and the phantom
ways
with the CLEANS and dreams of the golden
days
The world is so weary. the night is 10 long,
And the break o. the hearts In the soul o.
This is your haven and this your own
with the tears of the years failing over
shall hold you In peace. after parting and
rlu Co.'s si''' seles shall e-ll ,su u hs..sa
--A1>na cea..suaea.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
WHAT THE TANKS" ARE LIKE

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-In view of the fact that the tank"
that convinced the Germans that war could
be unnecessarily cruel Is an adaptation from
an American substitute for the humble
plow horse and that its speed is such that
it co-operates with infantry. do you not
agree with me that the EVENING LEDGER
artists conception of II, drawn from cabled
descriptions and published a few days ago,
was somewhat idealized?
It reminds me strongly of steamroad
roller rampant going at a speed estimated
here in West Philadelphia Of about 200
miles an hour. More remotely 1t suggests
that conception of the dawn which depicts
Aurora In her chariot, drawn by fleet
footed horses amid rosy clouds.
The caterpillar tractoC, on which the
tank" is based was placed on the Ameri-
can market years ago. Recently read de-
scriptions of it in a dispatch from Washing
ton giving the makers own account OF
the device. The tractor. intended for farm
use originally. had been developed 10 draw
big guns. Both the Germans and the
Allies had II, 1t remaining for the latter to
utilize II for frightfuness.
A mechanical caterpillar with armor and
fighting turret fairly describes the tank"
IL have not misconstrued the stories from
Europe and the makers own words. There
is no huge rear wheel and no ROLLER" in
front. II does not rear on the contrary
II emulates IT'S prototype and keeps all its
feet on the ground and goes both into and
out of a ditch head foremost. Its wheels
are of relatively low diameter They are
cogged and worked into a continuous steel
chain belt, shod on the under side with short
metal strips. which serve as continuous
track. The maker, in the recent story from
Washington. says the machines he sent
abroad weighed about nine tons each and
had 150 horsepower to drive them. The
nddition of armor and fighting turret, of
course, increases this weight. The whole
mechanism is highly articulated, so that
each part can work at it's own Individual
level without disturbing the others. Each
series Of wheels, in fact can work at differ-
ing levels.
With 150 horsepower driving II, the
cogged mechanism works into the contin-
uous belt and goes forward or back as de-
sired. The sectional track is laid and taken
up as the wheels revolve. Like its proto-
type. every part Of the lower structure is
In contact with the earth, and the result is
a crawling movement OF wonderful power
Unlike the EVENING LEDGER artists con-
ception, the caterpillar part OF the tank" is
low-lying in general form like a thick bed
mattress. Doubtless in the interest of low
visibility, as we'll as stability, the fighting
turrets are as small and low as consistent
with effectiveness.
The sight OF this grim monster ambllng
into action. like one OF the tabled monsters,
impervious TO bullets, crawling across shell
craters and trenches. crashing through ord-
nary defenses and all the time splitting death
from machine guns and light artillery, must
have convinced even a veteran OF Louyain
that "frightfulness" should have no place
In war. ID. Is. X.
Philadelphia. September 2b.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
There may be merit in some pre-

There inay BE merit In some pro-
prietary medicines, although the finest
remedy In the world for kidney trouble
might do nothing more than kill a per-
son suffering from heart disease. The
man who is his own lawyer has a fool
for a client and the man who is his own
doctor Is likely to have a corpse for a
patient. Selling the gullible worthless
or harmful stuff on the plea that it is
medicine is highly lucrative for the seller,
as well as for periodicals which carry ad-
lvertisements Of it, but not even in the
remotest way can 1t be of any value to
the unfortunate buyer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
An Attempt Describe the Tanks" Aes-A Democrat
Dsagrees With John w. Frazier-Bruce Hawkins
.Indorsed by His Neghbor

simon-pure slap on Wilson's face. Re-
member that slapping Wilson will mean
slapping Uncle Sam.
1 have had steady work through two
panics caused by the Republican rule.
have observed that the Republicans claim
their party to be the only party that can
create prosperity for U.S. Not that only,
they have even been trying hard to create
fake" hard times ever since defeated by
Wilson in 1912. But they wickedly seized
the European war as an excuse for our un-
precedented prosperity.
Who says that Wilson is no good? The
Republicans and the Republican papers
Who says that the currency law or the
rural credit act is a failure? The Repub-
licans and the Republican bankers. Who
does not want the farmers to be benefited
by the rural credit act? Wall street
bandits. Who says the income tax is no
good? The anything to beat Watson" Re-
publicans.
Wilson'S Administration has to my mind
been closer to the people than any Repub-
lican administration in fifty years. 1t is
no fault Of Wilson's that the cost of living
has. not been reduced. because the vested
interests still control the country through
the peoples own fault. The interests can
defy either party, Democratic or Republican.
NJ. p. L.
PHILADELPHIA September "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE
BOYS7

nOCTOR BAKER. headmaster OF the
~ Tome School. thinks that IL some.
thing is not done to compel boys In the
private and public schools TO take their
studies more seriously the men who are
TO take the places OF those now In posi-.
tions OF responsibility will be mental de.
generates and the nation will suffer from
the incompetency OF its citizens.
He charges that the boys are more in.
terested In athletics and moving picture
shows than In serious subjects. and that
they look with contempt upon a grind" I"
Athletics exhaust their physical strength,
and when they go to the movies" they
indulge in an emotional debauch which is
demorsiizins.
His warning against the sensational
moving-picture show should be Needed.
Prudent parents will not allow their boys
and girls TO read sensational novels. No
more should they permit the young people
TO see the sensational picture play. There
are picture plays that the children should
see. Some OF them are amusing ana
others are instructive. but. unfortunately.
the young people who have got taste
OF the highly oolored play with a love
interest do not care for the others.
Doctor Bakers prosnostications OF
future disaster are q little too gloomy.
Boys have never been fond Of study.
But ths svil 10 which he attracts attsn-
tion 4 SERIOUS enough 70 lead parents
% exert themselves % ootrse< 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
The Jumps of Fleas

s. Wit is true that the question Of IN.
distance flea can jump. especially IN a
vertical direction, has been considered a,
enough importance to warrant scientlnc NJ.
search. The jumping powers Of feas ara
exaggerated In the minds of most persons
Mitzmain, working in California, found ,hs
maximum horizontal distance pulex irrItan.
could jump was thirteen inches. He found
that few specimens could jump IA
height OF seven and three-quarter inches
Five inches has been recorded as the mari.
mum horizontal jump of the Indian rat flss
by the Indian Plague Commission, and In
experiments conducted by Mitzmain thres
and oneeighth inches was the greatest
height to which this species could jump, In
other tests Investigators found that the Eu.
ropean rat flea and common ground squirrel
flea could jump slightly less than three ana
one-half inches In a vertical direction. C)
Nearly all fieas have more or less difficulty
in crawling on smooth surfaces or on cloth
ing, yet in time they are capable Of making
considerable progress on clothing, either In
vertical or a horizontal direction
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26

Responses to this newspapers
question. who'll be the Seth Low of
Philadelphia" have already begun to
come In. The friends Of high-minded and
Independent young men are nominating
them as available leaders in municipal
reform. The man cannot be picked In
this way, however. He must pick himself
and prove by his public spirit and initia-
tive that he has the capacities of leader
ship. He must by sheer fitness rise above
the mass and attract attention to him
self The man is here, and he may be
the one of whom such leadership would
be least suspected even by himself. His
name may be among those suggested
before the readers tire Of calling atten.
tion TO the large number OF capable young
man IN the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
These are the days when people

These are the days when people
who never look at a score board from
April to September lie awake at night
figuring out percentages. If the Phillies
can keep up their present pace nothing
can stop them. and II nothing can stop
them we will be in for another world
SERIOUS" as Abe Potash calls It. There
were games played months ago that were
~ vital to the teams success as those
played now, but they did not draw the
same crowds. But there is nothing
strange in that. The crisp air. the close
nnish and the big prize at stake put the
men ION their toes" for plays that are
not made every day In the year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
Philadelphia. September 2s.
HAWKINS is NOT A GERMAN

Sir-I notice In your correspondence col.
umn OF Fridays issue that one A. M T.
makes the bold assertion that Bruce Haw.
kins is German. As a friend and neigh.
Dor of Mr.. Hawkins, 1 beg to inform A NJ
7, that his presumptlons are groundless.
have known Mr.. Hawkins since he arrived
from Liverpool. some nineteen years ago
and although he has never renounced his
allegiance to Great Britain, still. think
as every American should, that he is entitled
to assume that his letters to your paper will
be read In the same good faith as those OF
our own citizens
GEORGE ALFRED POWELL
Philadelphia, September 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
THE WICKED REPUBLICANS

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
Sir No matter whatever visionary,
mythical assertions may be hurled at VIII
son no matter II Republican correspond
ents like John w. Frazier write one million
columns Of cross-eyed. twisted. colored ana
doctored facts. the fact OF all facts stIll
remains: That Il is between America and
Germany, and that every voter has been
summoned by true test to vote as an Amer
loan In November Bear In mind that the
European war was not caused by Wilson
Wilson happened 10 be the President when
Germany sank the Lusitania and a sub
mallns oenuosersy arose. The German
oorains @ International law AGAINST Ger
many I1el put Hoo1e.oII out ~ ~.
t>1e <no publicly A4ofae Hughes - I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26

But II we accept the verdict from Maine
as the verdict of the whole country, are
there any doubtful States7 Only one OF
the six mentioned at Republican head,
quarters as doubtful can be regarded as
otherwise than safely Republican IL the
unihcation Of the Republican and Progress.
i've parties be shown by the vote in Maine.
Buffalo Commercial.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
It is cheaper for the city to produce

II is cheaper for the city to produce
its own electric current for lighting the
City Hall than to buy It This is why
Il Is beginning work on a ninety thousand
dollar power plant. 1t will supply the
current 80 cheaply that the plant will
be paid for in five years by the economies.
This Is the kind of business administra-
tion that justifes itself. II we had more
Of II there would be no occasion for worry
ing over an increase in the tax rate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
The demand for preparedness has

The demand for preparedness has
Increased the popularity OF the military
schools and they are entering upon a
year Of unprecedented prosperity. Their
ability to train young men for military
service Is unquestioned. It is recognized
by the War Department. for each year
the graduates Of some OF them become Of
flcers In the regular army. The training
eQuips others for service as officers in
3 volunteer army. There were many Civil
War regiments In command OF colonels
~fft less knowledge OF military AFFAIRS
c1nn the young men obtain in the course
- their studies. The graduates. II prop
1F1x organized. would form the nucleus
- ~ excellent reserve force from which
- <raw the commanders of armies IN a
uccr1ble emergency
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
To Vote on Single Tax

d. S. F.-The single tax will be voted on
by the electorate of California on November
Z. Taking advantage OF the initiative, the
advocates of the Henry George theory OBJ
tanned the necessary signatures to a peti.
ton which will place constitutional amend.
ment before the people on election day.
About $4,000 signatures were required and
13O 900 names were obtained. Luke North,
chairman of the Single Takers campaign
committee, said that after rigid legal check.
ing S8,19S names were validated. The cost
of placing the measure before the voters Of
California was about $1,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26

Goodyl goody! how our heart goes ou
to this poor fellow:
Our scribe on this end of the Job
Is finding out daily that writing up
news column Is far from being al
together a pleasant affair. For vari-
Gus reasons some on this order:
Many carry their newsy notes so tight,
as though under lock and key; others
you are nigh compelled to chase week.
ly like a hound rabbit in order to
secure their newsy squibs and when
one trys to fill the bill in reporter style
many feel like telling. us to just mind
our own business. So here we are at
times feeling just like the mule that
couldn't reach the hay stacf-gave II
up. So must we, unless helped by
Others
They who desire and have an hon
est purpose can by His help gain an
entrance to the Promised Land. but
you must act, live and walk different
ly, like many Of our church-goers of
today
Gilbert. Correspondent stroudsburg Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
Denatured Dialect Ditties

To satisfy our serious-minded educa-
tors let us edit, for school use, some of
the terrible old songs our ignorant fore
fathers delighted to sing. AS a starter
chat is to say, imprimis) we present
Stephen C. Fosters plantation ballad
de Camptown Races:
The this
BE camptown ladies sing dis song
Dee-AsA+-dse-daA!
c.npso~n rae. track ave mile ,ons-
came there with
! eere down sss-uSid my hat caved in
with money
go back home Wsid pocket fullof lin
9h+ass-dsA-dsy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
Tom Daly's Column

THE BLIGHTED TREE
When i0ds younger than I am
About the age Of Morp's lamb
! cdn remember going out
Where chestnut trees tcere oil about
And loaded toith the prickIv burr
In tchich the chestnut's nuts occur
And tohen the frost tods IN the air
Wed hdve nuttino party there.
But chestnut tree oh chestnut tree
That once tods our delight
You are not tDhdt you used to be,
But bRohted t0ith the Bright.
10 tcds not very long ago
That these delights used TO knoto
But noto no more the children shout
To see the chestnuts bursting out
To hear them peltin0 on the ground
Where IN the leaves they could be found
And counted like the bits OF gold
That 0rdspin0 misers love TO hold.
But chestnut tree oh chestnut tree
That once tods our delight
You are not tDhdt vou used to be,
But bR0hted Uith the blight
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26

roads are legally justified in paying
man a fun days pay for less than eight
hours work. and whether the men work.
ing less than eight hours must be COM
relied TO remain on duty for that length
OF time. There Is evidently nice legal
question involved here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
BUT DIDN'T YOU sMMEa

We guess the Jokes about Henry Ford
must have been all used up as we see that
the Philadelphia EVENING LEDGER is now
trying TO raise a smile by referring to him
as Fenry Hord.-Ohlo State Journal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
VOCATIONAL TRAINING

In the Iowa State University they are
teaching young men to be janitors. That
seems to be one way to get the college jani-
tor work done cheaply.-cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26

Throwing dust in peoples eyes has
never been considered a very gracious
thing. but what shall be said of those who
have dust swept into the nostrils and
mouths and lungs of passers-by? Have
we come to the point where every man,
70 be safe, must wear a respirator?