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tance we had moved and in some way could find the angle which this change in the. direction of the post made Sim i1arly in the case-of the stars, we at tempt to get the very small angular change in direction the. Earth moves from one part of it's yearly or bit to one directly opposite i. e., six months later, and we know this dis tance to be twice the radius of the EaYth's, orbit. In just such a, way. has the distance of Vega been measured. To give an idea. of the immense dis tanceS of the stars, we may say that the nearest to us of all the stars is Alpha, of the constellation Centaur in the southern hemisphere. This star is 4.3 light years away; in other words light travels through space four and three-tenths years in getting from that star to uS-and light travels at the rate of 186,0O0 miles per second! ' Professor Young said that if the dis only 215 feet this nearest of stars would be placed 5000 miles away. Ve- ga is not less than 25 light years away.
 The Apex of Solar Motion
 It has now been distinctly proven that the solar system is not at rest in space but travels through it in a direction which can be determined and has been found near the star We ga. This was first found by Her sche1 in 17S3. He discovered that in certain part of the heavens the stars seemed to be moving away from a particular point and that exactly toward which the neighboring stars seemed to be. drifting. The former is the point toward which we are nov ing and is called the apex; the latter is the ttanti-apex.
 Vega The Future Pole Star.
 As we have had occasion to say before in this column. the position stars is not a, constant, but-varies, ow- ing to the webbing of the Earth's polar axis, a phenomenon which has the scientific name of Procession of the Equin oxes.'' This will have the effect in about II, 900 years of ibring- ing the pole quite near to Vega, SC that mariners and surveyors of that day will have @ star to guide them than which no more worthy can be found.
 The Planets.
 May viii enable us to view every one of the brfghoe-- planets but Ju- pftef Mars will be fairly we'll up all T.ionth, as shown or the map just to the west of Regulus in the group of the Li.'n. Saturn is still a good ob- jcet in the early evening. but the steady eastward march of the Sun is DT1HS1nS me 0u1 SD nSdI IO niIn CnaC this is the last mcnth in which we shall be able to show him on our map. Venus continues to dominate the evening sky in her queen1y- man ner and will be a fine sight through out the month. On the 23rd Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction and will be quite close together in the sky, Venus being the brighter. Mercury can be seen about the 18th by going to some place where the horizon is un- obstructed just after sundown. It will be found near the place where the sun has just set
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28
 DIED.

GILBERT-In Wilton! April ,28, Jane Augusta Knapp, wife of Thomas Franklin Gilbert, aged 69. RELYEA-At Greenfield Hill, April 22. William H. Relyea, aged sS years.
 MoORE-In Danbury. April 2ss Mrs. Jane E. Moore, aged 85. SMITH-In Bethel. April 22, Delma w. wife of J. Coleman Smith, aged 51.
 GOGGIN-In New Canaan, April 25. James Bontho Goggin. KINGAIn shelton, April 25, Ida M, wife of William J. King. SEYMOUR-In Winsted, April 26, Sydney L. Seymour, aged 72 WEBSTER-In Norwalk, April 2 3, Andrew F. Webster. APEIL-In Norwalk, April 22. An tonia, widow of Eberhardt ApeIl, aged TT.
 BURR-In Ridgefield. April 24. Jas H. Burr, aged 61. ROssIGNOLI-In winsted. April 2E, Joseph F. Rossignolf. aged fl. FTELDS-In East Canaan, April %. Mrs. Maria M Fields. aged 6s BERTRAM-In Norwalk, April 25, Jessie A. Bertran. aged 80 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28

street. When she returned to- Prague she was made a professor in the Uni versity and was head of the Total Alp stinence League.
 Mr.. Vosl1a said he believed the seri- ousness of the Bohemian revolts were underestimated in America.
 ''The Bohemians are anxious to make the war the means of gaining independence" he said. 'FThe Aus trians realize this and are accordingly strict in their methods. According to the Neues Wiener Journal, which IS supposed to have access to official figures, 3,784 persons were hanged Tn Austria in the first fourteen months of the war on charges of high trea- son. Many of these were in Bohemia. This does not take into account the thousands of mutinous soldiers in the Austrian Army, mostly Slavs, who were shot as rebels.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28

We greet this month a most wei come addition to our may of evening stars The pride of the northern Hemisphere, the second brightest of f aIlsthe heavens. Vega, in the consteIla- htiQa Eyra Only great Sirius, now i sunk below the horizon, exceeds Ve- ga in bri1liancy. In scientific Ian g1age we would put it that Sirius is or magnitude minus one and one ha1f while Vegas magnitude is about plus one seventh We must bear in mind that the number of the mag nftude decreases as the bri11iancy of ] the star increases So both these staEs are much brighter than the Standard first ma gnitude star But not alone the brffliancy Of Vega draws our attention, for we know many other things about the gem of the heavens
 Vega As a Sun.
 What we call a stars magnitude is, of course, not it's true intrinsic bril- 1iancy, for a stars apparent brightness to us depends upon two factors; both it's true light emission and it's dis tance from the Earth. So that if two stars are equally bright in them selves the one that is farther away will of course look to us as one less bright, and therefore from the more or less brilliant appearance of a star we cannot judge of it's true size un- less we can get some idea of it's actual distance Fortunately, Vega is one Of the very few stars which are near enough to allow making a measure ment of distance, and the best result obtai1ed for this is about I,82O, ,00O times the distance of the Earth from I the Sun which itself is no less than 2 93s0OO, ,000 miles.
 This at once arouses our suspicion as to Vegas greatness and calculations soon verify this. We know from measurements of the light that Vega sends us that it's light which falls on the Earth is compared toi sunlight as one is to sixty-six billion. By making | use of the physical principle that the intensity of light received from a source varies the square of the dis fance from that source, we find that actually Vega is about fo1-ty-nine times as powerful radiator of light great as that, the existence of human life on the Earth would be quite i'm 1 possible.
 The Distance of Vega.
 The measurement of stellar distance ! is distinctly a triumph of modern as tronomy and was quite out of the question for the instruments of the olden days Only in 1850 was this done for the first time by Bcssel He did 1t by the use of a telescope, but it is now done by photography. The whole process consists in getting the slight change in the stars direction which ensues when we look out from the Earth toward the star as the Earth changes it's position in space.
 If we are walking along the street and stop for moment to look at a lamp-pcstH on the other side we see it projected perhaps against a certain part Of a house; if we then move on a hundred feet or so and again look toward the post we will see it pro- Jected against quite a different part of the house, perhaps another house. In other words,sas we moved the lamppost seemed to change it's di- rectt6n. A little mathematics would immediately give us the lamppost's @istazIce from us if we Knew the dis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28
The Models

There's no A design of 1916 creation missing-plenty of the snappy and popu- lar patch pocket styles in a variety of handsome weaves. The fitted-in models that are so popular among fashionable young men this season, shown in a splen- did collection of smart fabrics. A full assortment of the more conservative two and three button styles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28
THE PkErr1Esr FACE

and the most beautiful hands are of- ten disfigured by an unsightly wart. l. can easily be removed ln a few days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Remover. For sale only at the Cyrus Pharmacy. 41S = ,alrfield Av@s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28

Dr. Gastao da Cunba, under secre- tary of foreign affairs of Brazil, was appointed Brazilian ambassador to Portugal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28
THE HEAVENS IN MAY

Brilliant Vega Now Among the Stars Visible in the Evening Sky-Forty- nine Times As Powerful a Radiator of Light As Our Own Sun-Twenty five Light Years Away-How Stellar Distance Is Measured.
 Venus Continues to Dominate the Evening Sky In Her < Way-Mars Fairly Well Up In the Heavens All Month-Sat1rn Still Visble-In Conjunction With Venus On the 23rd-How to View Mercury By C. s. vatorys
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28

The Greene Cananea Copper Go. declared a quarterly dividend of $2, a share,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28

Farmer Want Ads. 1c a Word.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
LABOR UNIONS OPPOSE
EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES
British Organization Takes Action in
Rrgnrd to Importing Labor for
Wntcrside Employment.

Negro competition is not wanted by
British laborers in spite OF tho short
age Of men caused 10y the war, it APP
pears from Il resolution passed by one
OF the largest unions in Great Britain.
the National Transport Workers Fed
Grafton. in protest against certain pro-
poSals of the government. Says the
resolution:
The federation's executive hopes
that the authorities will not he 50 Ill
advised as to attempt the introduction
of any class OF cOlored labor on The
docks or otner Waterside places Of en-
ploymcnt. In the existing crisis. to
think of employing colorcd labor would
mean the rccrudeSccnce of all the trou-
bic and discomfort experienced by the
increased employmen, III Chinese in
the mercantile marine"
Reports Indicate that large numbers
of negroes arc still going TO the North
crn States in search OF higher wages
than they hnd at home. Members o!
their own race have Of late joined with
their white friends in urging them TO
stay in the South.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
BURRESS RECEIVES HIS
COMMISSION IN ARMY
Commnndnnt of High school Cadets 10
become Second Iicutcnmnt
Of Regulars

captain Withcrs y. Burrcss. COM
mahd"r and instructor Of the John
Marshall High School Cadet Corps and
coach OF the high schools champion
football team. received his commission
yesterday MS second lieutenant OF in
fantry in tho United States Army Cap
tain lSurrcss learned some time ago
mat I've had passed the required on
animation. He viii continue his work
at tho high school until January or
February. Application will be made
"a, once TO the Virginia Military In
stitut. for recomme ndations Of capa-
bic mon to succeed him.
'rh" loss of Captain Burress will b"
a heavy blow to the cadet corps and
to the high school AS a whole" said
Superintendent !. a. G. Chandler Yes
t"rday afternoon. ''He has made ar
excellent teacher for tho cadets. and
is one of tho most successful football
coaches We ever had. He has entered
thoroughly into tho spirit of the
school Df course will not alloN
the military feature Of ILL" high school
course To drop on account of his
leaving. Another officer will hc on
hand To continue Captain Eurrcss's
work when lie gives il up
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
NJ dste Of Tirne to
Ask for Cow Butter
Stream Of applicants for Lii
censcs to Sell and Scroc
Oleomdrearinc.

Wen. you'll be eating more olco-
margarine now. and in most OF the
restaurants IL will be IL waste OF time
To ask for real COW butter
FOR the last few days there has been
"A constant stream OF visitors TO the
oif,c"S of Collector OF Internal Reeve
nue. *. I. Il. Moncurc. all asking for
licenses To deal in colorcd and un :
colored ol"omargarine. Tho internal
revenue tax on colorcd oleomarrarine
Is SIS a year. and on uncolorcd oleo-
margarine. So IL year. All merchants
selling either of the kinds are rcQuir-
ed to pay tho respective tax.
y state law provides that merchants
aud restaurant Keepers shall display
signs in their places to show that they
sell olcomargarine. l!ut the statute
is honorcd more in the breach than in
the observance. as the diner out will
notice.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
RECOVER STOLEN GOODS
Watch md Diamond Rings Taken h,
Fnke Telephone Inspector
Arc Returned.

Detective ScrgeantS Willy and Wilt
shire have recovered stolen property
worth $3.50 in til" past two days. Late
Saturday night Sergeant Willy recover
cd three diamond rings. the property
Of Mrs. Robert Preston. of 1924 Park
Avenue. The three rings were val
ucd AT $500. Yesterday morning Ser
Eeant Wiltshire recovered a watch and
chain. the property of Mrs. J. T.. Mar
tin. of lIl4 North boulevard. valued
at $50.
The jewclry was stolen by a man rep
resenting himself to be u telephone
inspector In this manner he has gain
ed access to number OF homes. and
while ostcnsibly fixing the telephone.
stole articles of jewelry and some
times small amounts of cash left in
bureau drawers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
COAST LINE ORDINANCE
MEETS WITH APPROVAL
Street Committee Recommends Clos
Ing Of Certain Streets for
Freight Terminal.
ARCH STREET TO BE LIGHTED
Laburnum Corporation Asks PERMITS
sion to Construct System of Sew
erS To BE Later Taken Over by
City at Cost of $4,000.

In order To allow the Atlantic Coast
Line li;ttlroad to carry out improve
m"nts which will result in the estab.
tishn"nt of freight yards. cntailing an
outlay of nearly 100000. the Council
committee on Streets yesterday after
noon recommended to III" Council for
adoption an ordinance vacating and
abandoning parts OF BYRD and Eighth
streets and permitting AN arch Ia bc
constructed over Arch street
w u. Mcilwaine. Of Petersburg. gen
eral counsel Of the Coast Line. briefly
outlined To the committee what his
company proposes Ia do. and state
that II was estimated by engineers
that the work would cost $4,000.
Which does not include the money al
ready spent In acquiring the necessary
property. Work on the improvements
n" said. would start us soon az tho
council gives its sanction Ia the
scheme.
The Coast Line now. owns all prop
"rtE bounded ON the south by the
James River the north by Canal street.
IN" west by Ninth Street. and tho cas-,
by seventh street In 1885 tho coun-
Ell passed an ordinance allowing parts
Of thcs" streets to he closed with tho
understanding thnt il could bc re
vok"d hE action OF any two successive
Councils. MIR. McIlwainc said tina, his
company did not fear that this ordi
nance would ever 10 rescindcd IN,
IN Wow "f tho large amount OF money
which II is proposed To spend officials
were not anxious to go ahead with tho
work unless permission could he oh.
tanned permanently to close tho thor
ouEhfarcs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
tRCH TO BE LIGHTED
BOTH DAY AND NIGHT

Councilman Moore expressed tho fear
that the arch on Arch stree, would ho
a menace 1" traffic, but Mir McIlwainc
assured MN mat IL WAS ~" purpose
~ N" railroad to keep IL artiiiriaIly
lighted both day and night, Tho ordi.
name" was amended {" require the road
I" conform to any lighting regulations.
which tho Administrative Board may
prescribe for public safety
The ordinanc" provides for tho clos
ing Of Byrd street from Seventh to
Ninth Street: closing Eighth street.
from Canal street To til. river. aud for
erecting IN" Arch street arch This
sTuctur" VIII pass over Arch street.
from tn" present arch used by th.,
Chesapeake and ohio Railway, cast =
wardlS 20 Ninth Street. Its interior
viii he thirty feet across at IN" level
OF the street, and abutmcnts ten foot
high to tn" spring line. with an .irh-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28

tccn-fOo' radius segment, making tho
arch ".-atc"n feet high at tho ccutcr
abov" tn" street level. II will Ire l,,II,
of concrete.
SEWER SYSTEM
Is NOW INADEQuaTE
'n behalf OF tho I.ahurnum Corpora
''on. Attorney Thomas T. Bryan AN.
P'ar"d h"ior" III" committee with f,
'fVucSt Tor permission to install an
hdcuuat" sewer system in Iaburnun,
Iark. which. he said. would cost he
tween $4,000 and $4,000. with tho
"""crstahdinr that tn" company be re-
''hpufS"d when the system liz taken
over ny IN" city. He said that resi-
He"tS IN ms suburb are suffering daily
""''hsr TN" present system fails In
hh'hi the demands and is unable TO
carry OIL storm water. lie said that n
IL !" pressing need and one on which
tue work of relieving should begin i'm.
''''iateiy. As MIR. Rryan's request
carried with il AN obligation on Tho
part of TIA" city 10 acquire tho system.
IN" committee was of the opinion that
u was without power To act The mat
ter was referred To the Finance Com
mit'"". The Finance Committee meet,
Tonight and IT IL expected that Mr.
i>rEan viii renew his application ate
inns time. and not wait for tho measure
b"ior" tho street Committee TO coma
before II through tho usual course Of
being referred from the Common
Council. which would cause nearly a
months delay.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
EUROPE APPRECIATES
WAR RELIEF EFFORTS
Report Says No State Is Closer to
Heart Of French and Eng
lish Than Virginia.
MAss-MEETING AT JEFFERSON
DIR, Lee. of Philadelphia. to Show
Pictures Taken on Battle Fields
and I'm Observation-Disclosures to
Tell of Relief Work.

~ summary of the work Of the War
Relief Association OF Virginia shows
that the association. in 1916. distrih-
uted $2".I60 in cash to general relief
work iii the belligcrcnt countries OF
Europe. and hospital supplies amount
ing III value TO SI5.ill.6o.
Every dollar OF the money was hon
"stly ard intclliEcntly spent. tn" re.
port says. and no State in the Union
mas It's work SO well organized or has
received greater Appreciation.
The report is as follows:
we have regular branches in cich-
teen cities or towns in Virginia. and
twcntN-siN working places. We sent.
IN 1916, money and goods amounting
T." S7'.l11.60. The money went as fol-
lows:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
DE SOTO F1TZ GERALD.
"EDWARD j. WILLIS,
"JOIIN STEM ART BRYAN.
Packages for soldier. on border.

Scores OF packages Tor Virginia mill
tiamen on the border were received
Yesterday by Major Allen Potts. quar-
termaster general, Virginia National
Guard. The government will forward
these packages without cost to desti-
nation. and il is expected that hun
dredS OF the Guardsmcn from this State
will have Thanksgiving and Christmas
made happier through the ability Of
friends and relatives to send gifts
without paying the heavy freight or
eNpreSsaGc cost.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
snle.mnnship Club to Meet.

Notices OF the initial meeting of the
Craftsmanship Club of Richmond are
being sent out by the Chamber OF Com
merce. with which the new organiZa-
ton will he affiliated. The meeting
will be held on "Wednesday night at \
O'Clock. when officers will be elected
and bylaws adopted. Al least 800
m embers are expected before the or
Eanization is perfected. while double
that number before January l is the
goal toward which the organizers are
lOOkinE.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
nc~pItr for jaime. H,pI,.

y second r"Sp't" Was granted yes
'"rhh% bN Governor stuart To Jarncs
ii"nly. "olorcd. who WAS sentenced FROM
Petersburg last July To be executed
ON S"ptcnb"r -. for murder Tho first
r"srti" postponed the execution until
December !. IT has now been deferred
until January =, to allow time for ;,,-
examination TO be mad" into the mans
mental condition.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28
school liOIiiiu w,

Thursday and Friday will be obsery-
cd as usual in all the city schools Of
Richmond as anksgiNing holidays
Students of the John Marshall High
school will he free tomorrow also on
account of the meetings OF tile Nir-
ginia Education Conference held in the
high school building. The members Of
the cadet corps viii report for the
exhibition drill tomorrow morning
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28

The groupc de Richmond, Alliance
Franchise. announces that Monsieur
pclanass" has postponed his visit to
Virginia. and that the lecture to be
delivered by him will not be given ON
December =. as arranged
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-28

Armenian relief .s 1000 90
HclEian relief ......... 900 90
foi'sh relief ............. 5000 90
Serbian and Montcncgrn re-
lief ..........i.. 5000 90
French and English relief:
Children Observation-Disclosures. 1850. 90
blind Observation-Disclosures. zoe 90
Thirty hospital beds main
tanned Observation-Disclosures. 800 90
'.inibs ................. 100000
To our French embassy. for
emergency calls ..... 5000 90
Total money relief ... S2a76O 40
The supplies sent wcrc AS follows:
66.550 pound packages pre-
pared cotton .......... Sl33loOn
10000 yards mcdicatcd gauzc 10000
Rubber shooting anh other
hospital supplies .... S.all.2o
$4,000 pounds tobacco ~ 100000
Other supplies. clothing. etc loilOo1
Total supplies Sent....... S45.4It.6O
Every dollar has been honestly and
intclliEcntly expended. All transpor-
tation has been fire." OF cost. The cot
ton and gauze are easily worth. N the
war zone. twice the price paid by us:
likewise. nearly everything sent over.
except the money. Is in the same pro
portion. so that our relief at tho front
amounts to at least $4,000 for 1al5
our president. Henry Anderson. feel
ing the responsibility to tho people of
Virginia during the past summer. went
over at his own expense to soc that
our money had gone properly, and our
goods where we distributed them. and
that our hospital beds were properly
maintained. He spent practically all
his time in the hospitals and at the
front. and reports that no State in
the Union has its work so we'll organ
lied. and none has done more good.
and that. with the French and British
no state stands close in their love
and appreciation.
I'VE wish to continue the work for
1917. If YOU have shared In the pros
perity OF this peaceful land will YOU
do your part" (Signed)
DE SOTO FlTZ GERALD.
"EDWARD j. WILLIS.
JOHN STEWART BRYAN.
Committee"
DIR. Walter T.. Lee OF Philadelphia.
who has been with the American Am
bulancc in France. will lecture tonight
at o'clock in the auditorium OF the
jefferson Hotel on what he has OBJ
served In France. and will illustrate
his lecture with pictures taken both
At the front and behind the battle
zones.
Henry w. Anderson. president of the
War Relief Association OF Virginia, who
recently returned from tour of
France and England. will detail his
observations as To the manner in which
the associations money has been spent
and as to the actual conditions OF the
stricken countries.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-04-27
1T MUST BE WET

The idea that roads should be drag
ged seems finally to have penetrated
the gray matter of every person who
has anything at all to do with roads.
But the fact that the roads should be
dragged when wet, seems still to need
agitation The other day road
overseer who has a sincere ambition
to make his district one of the very
best in the county bewailed the fact
that he could not use his leisure on a
gray morning to drag the roads, but
that he would have to wait until the
sky cleared and the road was dry.
1t so happened that the road in
question was in perfect condition for
dragging at the very moment and that
postpoEement of dragging meant a
loss of quality in the road which no
subsequent dragging during dry sea-
sons could make up for.