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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
TANI.AC NOT
 A LAXATIVE

Tanlac is not n laxative which eventually paralyzes the bowels. you do not have to increase the treatment from day to day to get the desired results. Tanlac is @ tonic made of pure vegetable in- gradients and contains no harmful drugs or injurious minerals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

the kind fairy's signal, leaving Curtis and Anson in full view, with the former in the high seat at the wheel.
 Anson had obtained a prison keep er's blue cap and black rubber cape. Occasionally, guards going off duty in the evening leave such things in the shops, changing to civilians hats. Their uniforms are placed in lockers.
 Guard Opened the Gate.
 Anson, under the officers cape had the gray suit of an inmate. So had Curtis who wore the regulation stiff gray cap The four in the tool box were similarly handicapped.
 When Curtis had brought the truck half way to the coal pile he suddenly veered it off and headed for the south gate. A few feet above him, Richard Hiland, a guard of 1 5 years service, stood in the sentry tower, his repeat ing rifle near his hand. From this tower the high iron gate is operated by a lever, electrically connected.
 As the auto approached the gate it took on speed, as if the driver, accus- toned to the work, had the assurance the gate would be opened at his sig nal. It was raining hard, and Anson and Curtis lowered their heads as 1T to keep the water from their faces.
 Hiland looked out as the car came near and Anson waved to him. It was a form of salute to the sentry which every outgoing guard on an auto delivers.
 Back rolled the gate and Hiland re- turned the salute. The truck bound- ed out and turned down Hunter ave- nue toward Ossining.
 Did Not Return Greetings.
 There were a few guards and some trusties at the door of the prison They smiled .sympathetically as the auto rolled by them ,and waved their hands.
 Don't get wet!" some shouted ironically. s
 The greetings were not returned; voice might have betrayed the fact that they feared neither rain nor shine.
 The zone of comparative safety was not reached until they had passed the road guards, about a hundred yards north of the prison. However, ap- parently nobody considered them wor- thy of more attention than the rain. for they were next accounted for at Sherwood and Croton avenues, Ossin- ings, about one and a half miles from the prison. By that time the four men in the tool chest had emerged
 The auto stopped at the corner. A small grocery is the only building nearby, and the proprietor of this did not annoy himself with the trou- bIes of an automobile party. Men saw some of the auto party at work under tn ecar. trying to fix it. Women came along, laughed and went on.
 Did Not Waste Time There.
 Evidently not much time was used in trying to restore the motor to life for wlen John Nelson, the prison clrau1Dolr, came along by the truck just before noon he saw none of its former passengers nearby. He exam ined the auto, found that the engine had broken down, and drove to the prison.
 He reached there about noon. One minute after he had told of the aband- oned truck consternation took firm hold on all the officials. Principal Keeper Fred Dorner was in charge, the acting warden, Calvin Decker, be- ing in this city. Dorner sounded the big prison whistle, and then, sending a relief, asked Keeper Hiland to step into his office to give some details of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
SIX PRISONERS ESCAPE X SING SING, FOUR IN A
 TOOL BOX; ONE IS SHOT

Brooklyn, a member of the executive committee of the NJ. w. 54., anC Thomas Hyland, once of this city The other members of the excursion were Maurice Curtis of Brooklyn known through his active connection with the Canada Black1e" gang ano his murderous assault on a Clintor pison keeper; Alfred Steinbauer o1 Queens county, who was working on 20 years for robbery and assault; ant William Tammany, another executive committeeman, who was in for 15 years for rbbery. Curtis sentence was abou 20 years on two counts-one for pos sessing burglars tools, and the other for assaulting a keeper with a gas pipe.
 All six-none of whom had worked with any of the others before they reached Sing Sing-had been assigned for several days to- the coal shift. Their job was to bring coal from the pile to the power house. The vehicle was large auto truck.
 Three Had Been Chummy.
 Curtis, a genial person of 33, ran the car. A assistants he had Anson, who is AZ, and Tom Hyland, a very strong man of 30. These three ap- peared to enjoy another's society and their manner brooked no interference from the other men.
 Of the trio Anson was the leader. The three others who joined their party for the coming-out exercises probably were just smitten with good fortune to be in the group, for it was said in Sing Sing last night, they didn't play around much together.'
 Whether what was done came of a long-studied plan is a detail that will have to remain absent from the tale unless one of the six writes in about it. Groups gather inside the prison walls day after day unnoticed; it is typical of human desire for compan- ionship. Nothing that these men did drew attention. Individually they were regarded as bad men to provoke.
 Even before James M. Carter, Su- perintendent of Prisons, ordered that all long-term men be kept inside the yard, these convicts were not of the fortunate many who were permitted to do outside work.
 Did Their Work Well.
 When the inmates were called to work in the shops at 8 o'clock yester- day morning the six birds of passage entered again on their morning du- ties of dragging coal from place to place. This work they did we'll
 About Il o'clock they finished dumping load of coal into the power house. The truck was started off from there, apparently for the coal pile. Then suddenly magic wand was passed to and fro through the air, and four of the industrious coal men vanished from sight.
 On the truck, however, was a large tool box, such as you may see any day in street that is being repaired. Into this box slipped the quartet at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

the personnel of the motor party that he had passed out. That of course was merely a formal ity. It was known that somebody had
 escaped, but how many or who they were was still undetermined. So the
 men were called to their cells and locked in. They obeyed without a
 murmur. Then the count was taken and the number of those missing be- came known. Hunt by 25 Armed Guards.
 The sounding of the escape signal chimed in so closely with the noon factory whistles that persons who
 heard it may have considered it some
 thing of celebration over an un-
 usually good dinner. It was not until
 word was flashed to the police of all
 nearby tovos and to this city that the
 extent of the delivery became known.
 There are about one hundred guards
 at Sing Sing. Twenty-Five of them,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Two Serving Life Terms for Murder Are Among Half Dozen Who Go Out in Car Driven by William Anson, Convict, Wearing Keep er's Cap.
s1rtis, Fugitive, Seen Late ~ Night Near Rockefeller Home and Badly Wound ed When He Starts to Shoot Two Were Lead CTS in Welfare League.

New York, Oct. 20-A prison keep CTS cap, a black rubber cape and a dash of nerve opened the gate of Sing Sing yesterday morning, and through that gate six long term convicts drove to liberty in an automobile, four of them hidden in a large tool box.
 Two of the men were serving life terms for murder. and two were high officers of the Mutual Welfare League Five are still free, and, as they have nothing promising to gain by return to prison, they are co unted on to make a desperate stand should capture threaten.
 One, Maurice Curtis was shot and captured about g o'clock last night about a quarter mile from the home of John R. Rockefeller at Pocantico Hills. 8
 Escaped Man Had a Pistol
 Guards from the prison, scouting along the tracks of the Putnam Di- vision of the New York Central, saw man walking cautiously along the ties about seventy-five yards ahead of them. One of the guards recog- nized Curtis from his walk He com manded the convict to halt. Instead, Curtis thrust his right hand toward his shirt. At once the guard fired, the bullet striking Curtis in the abdo- men. Even then, writhing in pain on the ground, he tried to reach the re- volver concealed in his shirt Also in the shirt were cigarettes and choco- late.
 The convict, who probably will die, was placed in an automobile and driven to a hospital. Believing that the five other men were near by, the guards continued their hunt
 No other escape from this institu- tion has been so easily accomplished as this. The risk was slight and the prize big. And the man who appar- ently engineered 1.-the most mature member of the sextet-had the short est term to serve.
 Two Indictments Over Him .esHe. William Anson, alias "Elid Me- Coy" a former resident here, had only four years of his ''bit'' to do. B,,t two federal indictments for mail rob- berries hung over his head
 The 'lifers' were Frank Lutz of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
FORMER NEW HAVEN DRUGGIST
 GIVES REASONS FOR POPULARITY OFFAMOUS TANLAC IN BRIDGEPORT
CALLS RAPID RISE ROMANTIC
Declares That Tremendous Demand
 For the Remedy Indj- cateS Merit.

An interesting addition to the Dusi- ness fraternity of Bridgeport is M. M. Ochincoff, who has recently moved here from New Haven. MT. Ochincoff. who, by tho way, is already well known in this city. comes here with the highest endorsements as a ster- ling business man.
 MT. Ochincoff, who is a member of several different fraternities, is a graduate of the University of New Jersey in Jersey City, and, since leav- ing college, has been engaged almost continuously in the drug business He
 has come to be recognized as an au-
 thority in that line. For some time
 past he has been connected with the
 old and established drug firm of T. r. Gillespie Company of New Haven. When seen yesterday MT. Ochincoff
 had the following to say:
 T am glad to call Bridgeport my home. It is far and away the busiest place I have seen for long time,
 and, on account of the wide variety
 of its manufactured products, is
 known all over the world To Introduce Tanlac. ~ "I came here," said MT. Ochincoff,
 flor the purpose of introducing to the
 people of Bridgeport, that splendid
 new medicine, Tanlac, which, on &C.,
 count of its great popularity all over
 thee ountry, has come to be known
 as the National Tonic. gave up
 my former position to take charge of | this introduction because I have 1 watched with great interest the re-
 markable rise of Tanlac in the busi- ;
 ness world and because I have been convinced that Tanlac possesses actual
 merit. AJ "The rapid advance made by Tan- lac in the past two years has been splendid, romantic and is bound to
 appeal to every red-blooded business
 man. Tanlac has been on the market
 but a short time-about two years and yet, so great is the demand for the medicine that it is being made at the great laboratories at Dayton at
 the rate of nearly five million bottles a year.
 Such a demand all over the coun- try" continued MT. Ochincoff, "canI indicate but one thing-namely that Personally, I believe that it is the
 greatest medicine ever made for
 stomach, kidney and liver trouble, as well as nervousness, rheumatism, ca- tarrh and malaria.
 T am located at the Atlantic Phar-
 macy, 990 Main street, every day and on Saturday nights and want every body to come and see me. I want to get to know my neighbors and to help them"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

The Swiftest Planet. Mercury, the swiftest planet, moves 1,775 miles per minute; Venus, 1900. miles; earth. HOO miles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
sTANLAC BEST EVER"
 SAYS MRS. STANTON

Mrs. F. s. Stanton, of 887 Stratford avenue, this city, says:
 "I suffered from nervousness ,indi- gestion and kidney trouble and tried all kinds of medicines in an effort to get relief but was unsuccessful until I began using Tanlac. I took about half bottle and now find that I fell much better in every way. I have more strength and better digestion. My appetite has improved wonder fully. i can say that Tan1ac is the best medicine have ever used"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
ORIGINAL TANLAC
 COMPANY ENLARGED

Overwhelmed with the colossal de- mand, it has becoce necessary for the original company to increase the ca pacity of it's laboratories, but now, the thousands of people who have been waiting for Tanlac may share in the benefits of relief experienced through it's influence in stomach, kidney, liver, and catarrhal ailments and symptoms which arise from these disorders, such as nervousness, dyspepsia, dizziness, sleeplessness, loss of flesh, waning strength, distress after eating. consti- patton, blotchy complexion and those offensive and annoying catarrhal af- fects like bad breath, dropping of mucus, watery eyes and constant colds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
RHEUMATISM WAS
 ROUTED BY TANLAC

?Mrs. J. Sharr, of l57 Main street, says:
 T suffered from rheumatism which was so painful as to keep me awake at nights. My whole system was run down and my blood was in poor con- dition. I had no appetite and poor digestion. A friend advised me to take Tanlac and I got a bottle. Since using it can see a wonderful im- provement. The pains have gone and feel stronger. I can both eat and sleep well"-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
A Vocational Back.

A certain professor who was a re- markedly fine, well built man, was staying at a village some time ago.
 Hei happened to pass two men cart ing flour and overheard this converse tiOn:
 Say, Bill, who's that?"
 That's the professor what's staying here," was Bills reply. "They say asl how he's very learned"
 What a spoilt man." rejoined the other. T never in my life seed such a back for a sack of flour."-London Tit Bits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

creased the force of manhunters and,
 after a short talk with Hiland, sus-
 pended him. 'Hiland seemed unable to explain why, after so many years at
 the prison, he did not know his asso- 1! ciate keepers well enough to recognize a man not one of them.
 The Mutual Welfare Leaguers re- joiced quietly. It was no secret among
 the townsfolk that the inmates wanted
 the escaped men to make clean sIt- away"
 And there'll be more of this unless we get assurances from Albany that we're not going back to the. old sys- tem," it is said one prisoner remarked.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30
WEATHER BROUGHT
DOWN THE TURKEY
Normal Here Yesterday, and Many
Have Their Thanksgiving Bird.

For the eleventh hour purchaser
there yet remains few turkeys on
Cary Street. The number L. not as
large as It was expected. tho sales
yesterday having taken a sudden brisk
turn. and the market relieved OF It's
over stock.
The warm weather brought the
prices down several cents. and this
had the effect of stimulating sales.
For the dressed birds the prices
ranged from Csc to 27c a pound. the
choice of the stock going for ESQ and
27c. For live turkeys the price
slumped down TO 23c on an average,
IN some instances the prices being a
cent above or below this figure.
With the drop In prices and tho
continued unreasonable weather, peo-
pie who least expected to have tho
Thanksgiving bird Will today partake
OF the fowl. lusciously roasted. and
an extra reason for giving thanks will
be at hand.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30
CONTRACTS
FOR SUBMARINES

Washington, Nov. 2e.-Secretary
Daniels today awarded contracts for
twenty-seven coast defense and two
S0o-ton feet submarines.
Eighteen coast defense submersi-
hles went to the Electric Boat Com
pany ut $697. 900 each; six to the Lake
Torpedo Boat Company. at s694, 700;
three to California Shipbuilding Com
pany, on Lake designs. at $69S,00o
One fleet submarine went to the
Electric Boat Company at si.1s9,00
and the other to the Lake Company
at s1.195.000.
Some minor notifications remain
to be fixed. but the Navy Department
has insisted upon certain features of
construction.
All the bids are close to tho limit
1t will be about two years before the
first Of the ships are delivered.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30
WATSON INTRODUCES
CHARACTER WITNESSES
Declares He Must BE Judged by
Whole Literary Output Rather
Than by Few Excerpts.

Augusta. Ga. Nov. 2e.-Thomas f,
Watson. on trial in the United States
District Court here for sending OBJ
scene matter about the Roman Cath
olic Church through the mails, was
on the stand in his own behalf when
court adjourned late this afternoon
Watson was impassioned IN his
tomorrow and when he concludes will
probably rest his case. 1t is possible
that the case will go to the jury to-
morrow night.
Watson was impassioner in his
statement He was allowed to de-
scribe the general nature" of his
writings other than those mentioned
in the Indictment as obscene and
which he is charged with having sent
through the mails.
Watson gave "A list of the books he
had written and said he must he
Judged by his entire literary output
rather than 10y excerpts from one ar
ticle. He denied that he had mailed
copies of the magazine containing the
article which is alleged to be obscene
lie explained that publications Of the
Jeffersonian Publishing Company at
Thomas, Ga. of which he is president
were mailed by persons employed by
the corporation for that purpose
while other copies went by express
At the morning session the defense
won it's contention that Watson's char
acter AS a man and as h writer should
be introduced in evidence and twenty
seven witnesses described his charac-
ter either as a writer or as a man
as good" Former Governor Joseph
NJ. Brown and II. d. Mcdaniel were
among those who testified for Wat
son.
The defense also took UP the Latin
quotation alleged to be obscene and
put up Professors r. l. Pulliam and
J. 8. Murray. of Mercer University, to
show that it was difficult to translate
A number OF students and school
teachers also testified to this effect.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30

sonable acts of the British government
has been to refuse safe conduct to
Count Tarnowski the recently APP
pointed am bassador named to this
country by Austria Hungary.
Such a gross violation of interna-
uonal usages and the courtesy due
this country is certain to increase the
general feeling OF dissatisfaction In
America over the general conduct OF
Great Britain in connection with the
seizure of mails, the hlacklisting Of
American firms and the embarrass-
ment Of American commerce with
neutral nations by arbitrary inter
ference with American and neutral
shipping.
Ambassador Tarnowsk should be
landed safely on our shores, If an
American hattleship is necessary to
bring him here. That should be the
of this government. 1t occurs
TO us That Great Britain happens
TO be at war with Austria Hungary
is no reason why this country should
he deprived OF the usual facilities for
diplomatic Interchange and for the
settlement. by direct conversation. of
our own troubles with that country
We do not anticipate any repetition
OF the Dumba incident, and the Brit
ish suggestion that safe conduct is
withheld because of the extra ambas-
sadorial activities of central power
diplomats In neutral countries is little
short Of an insult to our own govern
ment
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30
LET US GIVE THANKS.

Happy the thought that inspired
our national ThanksFtvire Day. A
beautiful custom, this-of coming to-
9ether each year in our churches and
homes for special THANKSGIVING and
praise to our Heavenly Father. -
It would be hard. indeed. 10 sit
down and write out E full list Of all
the blessings that have come 70 US
- individuals and as a nation during
the past twelve months And vet, we
are inclined TO think. most of us
would re far better able to- observe
Thanksgiving Day as II ought to be
observed should Il be possible TO have
such a list before our eyes.
4 The great Giver Of all good has
indeed been very gracious unto rs
Think OF our home blessings. our SO
cial blessings. our religious blessings
our business hle@si nge-but why con
tinueP When We begin 10 count
them. it is simply wonderful what
good things God has done for us
And yet VIC are. all so prone to
..foreet His benefits" Mos; Of us are
inclined. anyway. to be pessimistic-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30

property, so much IN real estate; but
DO they ever, in taking account Of
their possessions. reckon in "a thank
full heart? Very few do. and yet
there is no greater wealth In itself and
no greater producing agent Of wealth
than the faculty Of gratitude. Con-
tentment is perpetual feast The
richest man In the world can have
no moro than enough for hts wants
You cannot pump up much real
THANKSGIVING sentiment from heart
that has been unresponsive TO Gods
mercies for the nfty-ono weeks pre-.
ced'ng our special day Of Thanksriv-
ing Happiness and gratitude arc
practically INTERCHANGEABLE terms.
The spirit Of thank fulnese comes from
within. When We count our blessings.
dwelling in thought upon the benefits
We share in common with others, and
the special gifts that are ours as IN
divfduals, there will be developed
within US the real spirit of thanks
giving ThInk-and then we1l
thank.
our nation has great cause for
Thanksgiving, with almost the en-
tire civilized world at war. we are at
peace with all nations No plague or
pestilence has visited us during the
past year God has been with US and
has blessed us richly IN all things as
a nation Therefore, today, '1et us
come before His presence with thanks
giving; let u- worship and bow down;
lot us kneel before tho Lord. our
Maker"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30
pecially with Gypsy Love" as the at

pecially with Gypsy Love- as the at
traction.
Private automobile parties. dances at
the hotels and at the homes, will fur
nish entertainment for still other
thousands of Richmond's population.
Unless the weather fails to clear. there
will he nothing to mar the arrange
ments made for the days pleasure.
and Notwithstanding the performance
of the elements. it will still be THANKS
giving. somewhat dampened perhaps,
but the spirit of the day still there.
That every one may enter into the
observance and entertainments of the
day, the State departments will take
on Sunday atmosphere. as will also
the City Hall. and the postoffice Will
observe holiday hours. Business
houses will close for the day. or the
better part of 1t, and retail stores will
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30
BELIEVE i MEME.
WILL BACK DOWN

Washington, Nov. ga summary
OF American press comment criticizing
the allied announcement that safe
conduct would Toe denied Count Tar
nowski, the new Austrian ambassador
to the United States. has been cabled
by the French embassy to the Paris
foreign office II is the belief here in
diplomatic circles that the allies win
back down from their position and
will permit Count Tarnowski TO pro-
ceed in safety TO his new post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30

ton against dominant mlitarism.
only the grossest invasion OF our
rights and an arbitrary and unreason-
Ing attitude on the part OF Great Brit
ain, as the premier nation OF the en-
tente will destroy this bond of sym
pathy.
One of the latest and most unrea
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-30
THANKSGIVING 1916

When ancient stock at Plymouth Rock
Moored their boat on New England shore
Tyranny then received shock
From which IL rallies nevermore
Redmen lurked in woods prtrneval
Watching those from seas:
Savage hearts cen then thought evil,
But craft of paleface meier fees
Thank God for that germ of nation
Too to freeze blight of frost
Equal to the situation,
Bearing at every cost.
Long may the MUSES. guard their shrine.
Long be their and deeds living!
Thank heaven for the Pilgrim line,
OF whom think this Thanksgiving.
r w. Grizzard
Martinsburg w. Va