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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
NEVER HEARD OF IT

EVER HEARD Of the place BEFORE of Bridgeports
assistant prosecutors is reported to have said when
somebody suggested that gambling house had been discovered
in Bridgeport
Just how assistant keeps himself in state Of
innocence of matters known to the public of those
eries of the human mind that great deal
thirty years ago.
There are gambling houses in Bridgeport They have
been running for Everybody knows about Them nud
ing the police From time time these places have been raid
ed They exist because it not the policy of the admnistra
ton to close them.
They have the status the Red Light district and
the drinking clubs They useful election day Dear Mr.
Assistant Prosecutor, stop your kidding
Put it to the administration the police do Everybody
knows about the actual operation Of city knows
the police will close the town put the lid and sit it if
those authority desire them to do And they will not
less they supported by authority.
In every New England city there two groups of people
One group believes in town. The other doesn't City
often keep the open get the support Of
group pretend they have closed it. to get the support of the
other executive has been adept in playing off gamb
against the churches than Mayor Wilson has been
conceded vice commission talks in most beautiful moral
fashion, permitted the report of the commission to get into
print
The churches get the hypocrisy and the good fellows the
gravy The arrangement is DID, much older than the assistant
prosecutor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
Fifty Are Killed
In Powder Plant

Turin, Dec. 9-An explosion has
occurred in the Alexandria Explosives
Plant It is feared that more than SO
people have been killed. The cause
of the disaster has not yet been estab-
lished.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
OLDEST JESUIT DEAD.

Macon, Ca, Dec. 9-The Rev. T..
w. Butler, S8 years old, said to be
the oldest Jesuit in the south, died at
ST. Stanislaus College yesterday. He
had been a member of the Society Of
Jesuits for 70 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

Clarence Glass, cashier of the
Point National bank, at Point, Texas,
died Of wounds received when he was
shot down by a robber, who escaped
with $244-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

Fire damaged the Igoe Bros nail
works at Newark, n, j., at a loss OF
$40, 600.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

Jernain Riesco, president Of Chile
for the term ended in 1905, is dead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

President Wilson Is considering q
trip west next spring.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

No details In regard to the sinking
Of the Setback have been received
here and available shipping records
do not list the vessel,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09
No Lights on Liner,
U-Boat Sinks Her

Berlin, Dec. 9-The German an
swer to the American inquiry as to
the sinking Of the Seebeck has been
dispatched to Washington. The
steamer Seebeck, according to Ger
man information, was steaming with
out lights or any indication of it's
nationality in the immediate vicinity
Of hostile naval port and there were
no means of distinguishing it from an
enemy warshfp.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-09

Hawaii has a population Of 237,-
633, an increase of 45,714 over 1910.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
MORE AIRSHIPS FOR MEXICO
United States Army Flying Experts
Are Ordered to Inspect New
Machines.

San Diego, Cal, March 29.-Capt. v.
Clark, aeronautiCal engineer of the
signal corps aviation school here, and
Lieut.. Thomas Dewitt Milling, junior
military aviator and instructor in fly
ing, have received instructions from
the war department, it was announced,
to proceed to Washington to inspect,
purchase and test a number of new
aeroplanes to be sent to the expedi-
tionary forces operating in Mexico,
They said they would depart immedi.
ately.
1t is understood that Captain Clark
and Lieutenant Milling are to pur-
chase from eight to twelve twin mo-
tor 160-hOrsepower semiarmored aer-
oplanes. Machines similar to this
type hava been shipped in large num-
bers to the British and French flying
corps, 1t is said, and have given excel.
lent service. These aeroplanes are
protected by plate Of heavy steel.
They develop speed of from eighty
to ninety miles an hour, with pilot and
observer, and can carry enough fuel
for 500-mile fight.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
THIEVES ACTIVE
IN SIOUX CITY
PROPERTY VALUED AT 1896. 1s
s~oLEN DURING THE YEAR.
FIRST MEMBER OF HOME DEED
Hamburg Men Sue Ford Auto Co.
for $1,000 for injuries Caused by
Defective Parts-West Liberty
Woman Mysteriously Injured.

Sioux City, March 29-Crooks and
thieves were unusually active in
Sioux City during the last year, ac-
cording to the annual report of J. B.
Richard, chief of detectives, which
has just been completed and submit
ted to john Dineen, superintendent
of public safety.
From April /, 1915, until March %,
1916, property valued at $SS,956,lS
was stolen In Sioux City. OF this
amount, the detective department re.
covered goods and other property
valued at $71 ,6j5.Sl, according to
Chief Richards report. More auto
mobiles were stolen during the last
ear than ever before and, according
to the chief OF detectives, this is re
SpOnsible Tor the large increase over
last year in the total value of prop
erty appropriated by thieves duriIg
the year winch will end March 81. In
the month OF August, 1915, fifteen au-
tomobiles We're stolen. he record
shows that OF the large number OF
automobiles stolen in sioux City dur
ing the last year all but two We're
recovered
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
SOLUTION SEEMS
TO Be NEAR TO-DAY
PEACEFUL RELATIONS CLOSEST
SINCE VILLA RAID.
FL Pa 0 WAS A RUM0R FACTORY
Army Officers Point out they have
met with friendly reception at the
hands of Mexicans. Villa fails
to arouse them.

El Paso, March ga peaceful so
luton of relations between the Uni
ted States and Mexico was nearer to
day than at any time since Villas
raid on Columbus, March y, followed
week later by the American expedi
ton.
Failure of organized attempts on
b tn sides of the border to cause in
PREVENTION pleased both American and
Carranza officers.
FL sPaso was d rumior factory from
which started reports of threatened
uprising likely to aggitate and compel
Intervention.
Unitel States army officers pointed
out that a very friendly reception had
been given the expedition force in
Mexico.
Villa so far had failed to arouse the
natives to anger against the Ameri
cans despite his speeches that the
Americans were coming to massacre
and burn.
Re told the MCXicans that the Unit
ed States negro troops ate children
Some MeXicans fled in terror but
iers friendly AMI willing to pay high
prices for supplies.
The natives are very friendly. They
only accompanied Villa because they
were forced to at the muzzle OF rifles
Carranza cooperation up to date is
pronounced
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
ATTACK ON MEUSE FAILS
Assaults Along Observation-Disclosures,
Front Are Repulsed, Paris
Reports.

Paris, March PA bombardment OF
great violence against the French posi-
tions, from AvocOurt to Bethincourt
west of the Mouse, was followed by a
German attack which was launched
against the HaucourtM alancourt
front in successive waves. 1t was re
pulsed with heavy losses, according to
the official statement issued by the
French war Office.
Berlin, March 29.-The fighting
around st. Eloi, where the British
launched heavy attacks against the
German lines, is developing into what
may prove to be strong enemy of
fensive, the war office reported, The
British are continuing their attacks
though they have made no further i'm
portant gains. The situation around
Verdun and In the whole region be
tween the Mouse and Moselle remains
UNCHANGED
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
HURRICANES AND BLIZZARD
Rivers at Flood, Railway Trains are
Blocked, Houses unroofed
and Wires Down.

London, Mch. 29-Great britain dur
ing the past forty eight hours has ex-
perienced the worst hurricane and bliz
card In the recollection OF the present
generation.
Details of devastation and disaster
are coming into London from various
sources, but communication is too dis
organized for any complete summary
OF the damage done by the elements,
Rivers are at food and railway
trains have been held up for hours in
the driftel snow; houses have been
unroofed and trees AMI telephaph pol
es blown down--this is the oft repeat
ed story from many corners of coun'
try, particular the northern counties
and Wales.
The greatest fury of the blizzard APP
pears to have been expended In the
miilands.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
US. ASKS BERLIN
FOR FACTS ON SHIP
Am 8ASsADoR is ORDERED TO
MAKE INQUIRY ON ATTACK.
DECIDED AT CABINET MEETING
President to Reserve Final Judgment
in Sussex Case Until All the Evil
dence in the Case is Given
to Him.

Washington, March 29.-The United
States has inquired of Germany.
through Ambassador Gerard. whether
any of its submarines torpedoed the
British channel steamer Sussex. The
inquiry probably is already in Berlin.
The president will reserve final judg-
ment until all the evidence in the case
is before him. II he finds that the Sus-
sex was attacked without warning, in
violation of the pledges of Germany.
he will advise congress Of what he
proposes to do and proceed to act.
According to the best information
obtainable in official quarters there
will be no preliminaries and no fur
Their time lost in negotiations if COM
plete evidence shows that Germany
has countenanced attacks in violation
or in evasion of guarantees repeatedly
made to the United States as to the
conduct of submarine warfare.
Decide at Cabinet Meeting.
The decision to make the inquiry
Of Berlin was reached by the presi-
dent and his advisers at the meeting
of the cabinet. The president and
cabinet members were furnished with
all reports concerning the disaster
which had reached the state depart
ment from diplomatic and consular
representatives in France and in Eng
land.
Members of the cabinet said that
evidence in possession of the United
States was not conclusive enough to
warrant decisive action at this time.
For this reason it was decided to make
inquiry of Germany. A majority OF
the cabinet members, however, be-
lieved preliminary reports clearly in
dicated the Sussex was tOrpedoed.
Talk of Disavowal "lnspired."
The president is said to feel that
in this case nothing can be gained by
diplomatic exchanges. An inspired
offer of reparation and disavowal
which reached the White House un
officially from German sources late
Monday afternoon met with a frigid
reception.
House Summoned by Wilson.
Col E. M. House, friend and adviser
to President Wilson, arrived at the
White House at the request of the
president to confer over the German
American situation. President Wilson
was out when Colonel House arrived
Soon after Colonel House arrived
Counselor Polk of the state depart
ment went to see him and conferred
for half an hour. 1t was admitted that
Colonel House had come here to con
fer with the. president over both the
German and Mexican situations
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
UNITY OF ACTION
AMONG ALLIES
IMPORTANT ENTENTE CONFER
ENcE IN PARIS COMES TO END,
CONFIRM COMMUNITY OF VIEWS
The Allied Governments Decide To
Put In the Economic Domain
Their Solidarity Of Views
and Interests.

Paris, March 29.-The conference
OF the entente allies which ended last
night, adopted the following resolu-
tions just prior to adjournment.
The representatives of the allied
governments, in conference at Paris
March ~ and %, 1916, affirm the CON-
plete community of views and soli-
darity of the allies. They confirm
all the measures taken to realize uni
,ty OF action on unity of front
They understand by that, at the
same time, unity OF military action,
assured by the entente concluded be-
tween the general STATS, unity of eco
nomic action, the organization OF
which the present conference has
regulated, and unity OF diplomatic &C
ton, which is guaranteed by their
mistaken will to continue the strug-
gle OF victory for the common cause
The allied governments decide to
put in the economic domain their
solidarity of views and interests.
They charge the economic confer
ence, which is to be held shortly at
Paris, to propose for them appropri-
ate measures for the realization of
this solidarity.
with view to strengthen, co-or-
dinate and unity the diplomatic ac-
tion to be exercised to prevent the
Ireyictualling of the enemy, the con-
ference has decided to establish ut
Paris a permanent committee, in
which all the allies will be repre-
sented
The conference has decided First.
to continue the organization already
begun at London of an International
central bureau of freights; second, to
proceed in common and with the
briefest delay to seek practical means
to apportion equitably between the
allied nations the charges for mari
time transportation and check the
rise in freight rates.
1.-The delegates left last night and
this morning in the same silent and
lunobtrnslve way that they assem-
! bled. Premier Asqiith and Field
/ Marshal Earl Kitchener will visit It.
ally before returning to London.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
HORSE Thief IS
FOILEO BY A BOY
YOUNG MAN EXCHANGES SHOTS
WITH RosBER NEAR ALTOONA
JUDGE WADE CLEARS DOCKET
Skunk River on Rampage in Lee
County. Standard Oil Company
Sued for $500 for Loss of
Two Lives in Fire.

Des Moines, March ga desperate
shooting affair occurred on the farm
of Elmer Baker, mile southeast of
Altoona at o'clock last night when
Harley Baker, aged Is, exchanged
shots with a robber, who ran out OF
the Baker barn door.
The robber put a 3S cal. bullet
through boys hat, narrowly missing
his head. Baker shot several times at
the robber but missed
Shortly before o'clock, the boy
hearing a noise in the rear of the
house, went to the barn. AS he ap-
preached, man appeared in the barn
door and seeing him started to run.
Baker shot twice and missed while
the robber returned the fire. The man
ran TO the fence but caught in the
wires and felF to the ground. Baker
shot but missed. The robber escaped.
The Bondurant & Rising Sun horse
thieves association was called out. The
country was patroled from Des Moines
to Dallas but the officers failed to 10.
cate their man. Search is being con-
tinued today.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
KILLED
THIRTY INJURED
THREE LAKE SHORE TRAINS IN
COLLISION AT AMHERST, o.
ACCIDENT DUE TO a DENSE FOG
Rear Section of Twentieth Century
Limited PIows Into FiIkt Sec
ton, Wreckage Falling in Front
of West Bound Train.

Cleveland, Ohio, March 29.-The
10th century limited west bound and
two other Lake Shore trains, east
bound, collided at Amherst, Ohio, 81
miles west of Cleveland. .
Unofficial reports said fifteen bod
les have been take nfrOm the wreck
age and the injured numbered thirty
more, some of whom may die The
identified dead are:
ID. Fiuchtiman, Toronto, Canada.
b. c. Ash, Cleveland, colored por-
ter on the goth Century.
Rev. Guslar Waslyi, First Hungar-
ian Evangelistic church, Of natrcit,
Michigan.
Dora hoseberg, toronto, Canada.
}. II. Hearn, Galliopolis, Ohio.
Geo. Ojonta, indianapolis, Ind.
Frank Gallagher, Brooklyn, N. Y.
w. EastOn, East Philadelphia.
Argard Heltai, manager of the
hungarian Theatrical Company, of
Cleveland Ohio
Malinca Bennar, Indiana Harbor,
Indiana.
Raisin Obbah, Indianapolis, Ind.
Mrs. Jennie haddis, Cleveland, died
in hospital.
Charles Nelson, aged 80, Indianapo
lis, Indiana
The wreck occurred in a thick fog.
Rear section of No. sc, east bound
train into the first section, the wreck
age falling on the west bound track.
A few minutes later the goth Century
MI oh fun DO
trains.
Three cars were totally demolished
and all left the track. One engine,
which stayed ON the track and car
were used to take the injured to FL
yria. five miles away.
Ambulanees were ordered from FL
lyria and Lorain and hospitals at both
places to receive az least fifty per
isons. Elyria received 10 injured
| All of the dead and injured were
| passengers of the east bound Mo. Sc,
which was running in two sections.
The second section was running at
30 miles an hour and plunged into
the first, blowing through two steel
coaches. A moment later the Goth
! Century, the fastest in the world,
west bound from New York and run
ming 60 miles an hour, smashed into
| the debris thrown upon its track by
the wreck of SO. Two cars and the
engine turned over. The boiler OF
the engine on section two, No. SO, eX-
Iploded. The water QuenChed the fire
that started in the telescoped day
coach of the first section of Sc All
coaches of the three trains were
steel. Two coaches crumpled up in
| to junk. Three Of the eight coaches
| track.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
River on RAMPAGE.

FIT. Madison, Ia, March 29.--Farms
are submerged and the Skunk river
has undertaken new channel through
Green BAY township north OF this city
as the latest rampage OF that unruly
stream, and which is attributed to
heavy rains which have occurred
through this section OF the country
during the past few days. Reports from
the Green Bay township state that
number of farms are already partially
submerged, while the waters are still
rising. The Skunk river has changed
its course, ami is now flowing through
the land, near the town of Weaver.
The breaking of leVee permitted the
river to find its new course.
The high level of the Mississippi
river is preventing an outlet of the
water into that stream and the water
is backing up over the land until many
of the higher points are now covered.
Farmers are moving about over their
farms in boats or using high boots.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
First Member Dead.

Marshalltown, March 20. - Amos
Fox, aged "a, of Humboldt, the first
man admitted to membership in the
Iowa Soldiers home on the first day
it opened, Dec. l, 1887, died in the
home hospital yesterday of bronchial
pneumonia. Fox had been a men,
Der of the home continuously ever
since he was admitted, or for twenty.
eight years.
Fox was a veteran of two wars.
His first service was in one of the
Indian wars that preceded the civil
war. He was never married, and as
fas as known has no living relatives.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
MONEY FOR VILLA CAMPAIGN
House Appro pirates 1851, o52.11 to
Pay Expenses Of Army In
Mexico.

Washington, March 29.-More than
IS, 900, 900 to defray the expenses OF
the expedition sent after Villa and TO
provide for recruiting the army up TO
full war strength is provided by bill
passed by the house. The vote for
375 to /, Representative Meyer Lon
don, New York Socialist. casting the
negative vote. The total amount car
ried IN the bill was 1851, 502.11.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
Ford Sued for $4,000.

Shenandoah, March 29.-Suits to,
falling $4,000 have Deen filed in the
Superior court of Shenandoah against
the Ford Manufacturing company OF
Detroit, as the result of an accident
in which Dr. r. c. Danley, James Bo,
gan, merchant, and Il. f. Hobbs, a
Waterman, all from Hamburg, Iowa
were injured when coming to see A.
B. Simons, Shenandoah druggist
who died /. few hours later. The
suit is brought on the ground that
the autos radiums rod, which is said
TO have caused the accident by break
ing, was defective.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
Standard Oil Co. Sued.

Avoca, Ia, March 29.-The Standard
on company is made defendant in two
suits fifilad here growing out of fire
in which two persons lost their lives.
F. w. Hickman and Clara Shaw, aged
years, lost their lives as the result
OF an explosion October 26, and Rick
man asks $4,000 damages, while Shaw
asks $4,000. Negligence on the part OF
representatives Of the company is
charged
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
A Mysterious Assault.

West Liberty, March 29.-Mrs. Har-
ry Pike was found unconscious on
the floor of her home yesterday even
ing, with a wound on her head caused
apparently by some heavy instru-
ment She does not know how the
wound was received, but says that
when she entered the sitting room OF
the house she was struck from be,
hind.
A tramp who was seen in the
neighborhood earlier in the day, is
suspected OF the attack. He has
not been captured. Robbery was
not the motive of the attack, as no
yaluables were molested.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
WOMAN SUFFRAGE SET ASIDE
House Judiciary Committee Also
Votes to Postpone Consideration
Of National Prohibition.

Washington, March Woman
suffrage and national prohibition were
set aside for the present session OF
congress by the house judiciary com
mittee. The committee, after stormy
executive session. voted to postpone
indefinitely consideration OF the reso.
luton providing constitutional amend.
ments for woman suffrage and prohi-
bition, Is iso sala ~ if
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
Oldest River Captain.

Keokuk, March 29.-John Reid
Williams. oldest Mississippi captain.
celebrated his Tooth birthday ami
versarya his home in Warsaw to-
day. Capt. Williams engaged in the
river traffic nearly 20 years ago He
is still hale and hearty and says he
could pilot a steamer through the
river channel now.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
The HIGHEST IN FIVE YEARS
Des Moines River at Fort Dodge
Stands Six Feet Above Normal
and is Still Rising.

Fort Dodge, March 80. - The Des
Moines river has risen foot since
yesterday and is still rising here. 1t
now stands six feet above the normal
high stage not equaled in five years
history. Much of the lowland is under
water and many fences have been
washed away.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
10000 TONS SHIPPING LOST
one.Third Neutral, According to Sum.
mary Of New Submarine
..... Warfare. ~ s,fn.

London, March 9-Summarizing
the work of the Germans since March
Is, when their new program of sub.
marine warfare against the entente al.
lied trade began. the Daily Telegraph
says they have in less than a fortnight
sunk 10000 tons OF shipping, of which
one.third belonged to neutrals.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
New phase Of Pursuit.

Fl Paso. March 29-United States
cavalry under Col Dodd are reported
today to have reached MADEIRA, Chi
huahua, in developing new phase OF
the Villa pursuit, Dodd. commands
ing the vanguard of the American col
umn, is understood to have shifted
his headquarters from I'll Vale to
MADEIRA.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
Federal Court Adjourns.

Creston, March 20. - Judge Martin
]. Wade had adjourned federal court
for the south district of Iowa, all cases
having been cleared from the docket.
He sentenced five prisoners. found
guilty. John Epperly and Harvey AL
lar, each were given year and q
months for breaking and entering.
Geo. Losing. year and three
months for the same offense.
Earl Ellington and c. IL. Dillon.
each given year and day for white
slavery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
Mississippi is RISING.

Muscatine, March 29--The inunda.
tion of hundreds OF acres of land is
threatened by the result of the rapid
rising of the Mississippi river. 1t
is now IL feet above normal and eff
forts are being made 10 protect the
levees along the Cedar and Iowa riv-
erg
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
House Summoned by Wilson.
French Front Broken.

Berlin, March 29.--German troops
have broken in the French front
more than mile, capturing the first
line of trenches in a fight north of
Malancourt, ten miles northwest OF
Verdun, the war office announced to-
day. The Germans captured 500
prisoners and FIVE cannon. ,..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
-$1oo. COO Flre at Laanuille-

Leadyille, Cole, March 3l.---Fire
which once threatened the business
section, was brought under control.
with difficulty after able-bodied citi-
Gems fought the flames for several
hours. Property loss was 500. 000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
LINER ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE
The Englishman Was Then SheIled
According to Affidavits Of
Americans.

Washington, March 29.-The Ward
liner, Englishman, sunk few days
ago, was shelled and torpedoed after
attempting to escape, according to af-
fidavits of American survivors cabled
the state department from Liverpool.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-30
Deck Hands on Strike.

Liverpool, March 29.-Ten thousand
Mercy river deck hands went on a
strike today following dispute con.
corning over time pay. The strike
threatens to interfere with trans At
lantic shipping.