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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07

figure before him the traces of the
niece whose disappearance had been
something Of a family mystery. He
closed up the aperture under the pic
ture and without saying a word about
what he had seen, went to the Chill
dren's Aid society and reported it.
Miss Emma Davies, Easton agent
Of the aid society, went with five men
to the Marshall home and were soon
in the rooms which had been closed
to the world for years. Within an
hour J.. F. Fletcher Clarke, a lawyer,
had obtained T. writ OF habeas corpus
before the circuit court for Talbot
county, and the girl and her father
and mother were taken to the court
room.
DR.. Charles T. Davidson, who exam
ined the girl Ihen she was taken to
court, declared she was the most
frightful being physically he had ever
examined.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
FARMER is KIN OF KINGS
Charles Benson Of Wisconsin Claims
Relationship to Crowned Head OF
England and Belgium.

Chetek, Wis.-Charles Benson, six
lated by blood ties to the crowned
heads of England and Belgium. His
grandmother was a sister to Marie
Louise Victoria and first cousin Of
Queen Victoria.
She was also a sister Of Leopold l
of Belgium. Brought up to a life of
toll, Benson made Evansville his home
for the better part Of his life. Benson
never discussed his relationship to
royalty. His mother, who died many
years ago, received letters and pres
ents from the late Queen Victoria, her
cousin.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
SAVES TRAIN, GETS
DINNER AND JOB
Tramp Finds Broken Rail, Siu-
nails Freight and Averts
a Wreck.

Cheston. 1a.-Le Roy Perkins al.
ways hit the trail. That is. he walked
the railroad ties ard wherever they
would lead him there he would go.
He had no home. no job. nothing.
Several days ago Perkins was per-
forming his usual feat. A tramp was
his only company. He came across
a broken rail a short distance from
Red Oak. A big train was due in a
few minutes. Perkins scratched his
head and thought. 1t was the first bit
of thinking he had done.
The tramp vas dispatched to Red
Oak to notify officials there. Perkins
started up the track to flag the
freight. He waved his coat and sue.
ceeded in causing the engineer tC
slow up, but not until several cars had
passed over the track. But the train
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
GHOST Is ONLY SQUIRREL
Jumps on School Bell in Wisconsin
Town and Scares the In
hakitants.

La Crosse, Wis.-The ghost that
scared this town proved to be a SPUR
rel.
A squirrel ran into the belfry of Ho-
gan school and one Of the teachers
rang the bell to frighten him out. The
teachers pull was too strong. The bell
turned up and failed to return to its
proper position.
During the night, when the squirrel
jumped onto it. the bell fell into its
natural position and the clapper strik-
ing the sides scared the neighbors.
who summoned the police. Then the
ghost" hunt began.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
WOMAN KILLS LARGE EAGLE
Enjoys Distinction Of Being Only
Woman to Stay Bird Without
Aid of Weapon.

Rolla. Mo.-Mrs. J.. H. Arthur, who
lives near Laquey, Pulaski county,
probably enjoys the distinction of be-
ing the only woman in Missouri to kill
an eagle without the aid of a weapon.
Recently she heard a noise in the
chicken yard and saw a large eagle
swoop down on the flock. A watchdog
rushed upon the eagle and knocked it
TO the ground.
Mrs. Arthur grabbed a long piece of
wagon tire and struck it with all her
might, breaking it's neck and right
wing. The eagle measured six feet
four inches from tip to tip.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
IN Bare
ROOM FOR YEARS
Girl lncarcerated in Punishment
for Some Affair by
Parents.
SWOONS WHEN FOUND
Tragic Picture Of death on Earth"
Is Discovered by Chance Visitor
Neighbors Made to Believe
Girl Had Died.

Easton, Md.-Because at the age Of
sixteen years, Grace Marshall, a
daughter of Frank Marshall of st.
Michaels, fell in low with a young
man to whom her father and step
mother objected, she was placed in a
room, eight by ten feet in circumfer-
ence, and has remained there suffer
ing and half-starved for the last eight
years.
The girl, once pretty, was a tragic
picture of suffering when removed
from her house by order Of the Chill
dren's Aid society. She is twenty
eight years old, but she looked like a
who had survived fifty years
of suffering.
During the time the girl has been
incarcerated in her tiny and filthy
room she has suffered agonies because
of a broken leg which was improperly
set the first few months she was held.
In an effort to escape she leaped from
the window on the second floor more
than seven years ago and suffered the
injury.
Swoons When Rescued.
The day of the fall is the last she
knew Of open air until today, when
she swooned upon stepping out into
the sunshine on lei clutches.
A peculiar feature Of the case is
that the parents allayed the suspicious
of neighbors regarding her by assert
ing she had died six years ago.
The discovery of the pathetic cir.
cumstances anne through information
offered by the girls uncle, John Han
cock, Of Wilmington, Del, who has
been stopping at the Marshall home
for !. week. He was assigned to a
room lear that in which the half-mad
girl was dragging herself about, and
the morning after his arrival he heard
her groans.
The father of the girl is known fol
| his violent temper and because Of this
fact the uncle, determined to solve
the mystery Of the room, made nc
mention of what he had heard. But
each night before retiring he spent 6
considerable time in widening a hole
behind a picture, SO he might even
tually pierce the wall and see.
Saw FrightfuI Picture.
Friday morning he cut the last piece
of mortar away and saw in the wastet
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
FOR LIFE CONVICT
Man Convicted of Murder, and Now
Ninety Years Of Age, Is Heir
to Large Estate.

Marinette, Visa report has been
received by officials in this city that
the British ambassador at Washing
ton has interested himself in the case
of Thomas Maxwell, now serving his
forty-fourth year for a murder COM
mitted in 1872.
He was convicted Of numbering
Walter Foster in an alteration over
a woman and given a life sentence,
and for many years has been a trusty
In Waupun. lie is now nearly ninety.
It is reported relatives have died In
England and left him a large fortune
His parole will be asked.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
THIS FOOTPAD IS FINICKY
Insisted Upon Taking Woman's Toilet
Articles as Well as Her
V~aiuabies.

Highland Falls. N. VA footpad
who held up Mrs. Evelyn Durocher II
Stony Point, in Summitville, selected
her toilet articles among other things
he took from her handbag.
He emerged from behind a tree and.
ordering her not to make an outcry.
seized her handbag. He took from it a
watch, a purse containing SIG. comb.
bottle of cologne, can of toilet powder,
mirror and powder puff. Then he
threw the bag. containing her railroad
ticket, her handkerchief and q copy
OF a deed, at her and fed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07

was going so slow the wreck was
averted.
Superintendent N. G. Allen Of the
Creston division Of the Burlington
heard of the incident. He Immediate
ly notified the railroad officials to pro-
vide Perkins and his companion with
transportation where they cared to go.
Perkins said he couldn't eat paste
board. So he was given a new cloth
ing outfit, entertained at a big dinner,
and then provided with a job as brake
man.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
ROOSEVELT NOT A CANDIDATE
Requests Michigan Officials to See
That Name Is Kept Off Of Pri- d
mary Election Ballot.

New York.-If Col. Roosevelt is
seeking the Republican nomination
for president, as several politicians
have asserted, he is at least deter
mined not to permit his name to ap-
pear on the ballots in any of the
states where delegates to the national
conventions are chosen at the prima-
ries. This order will apply to the
ticket submitted by the Progressive
party a. well.
That much was settled definitely
when the colonel sent a letter from
Oyster Bay to the office of Secretary
of State Vaughan at Lansing, Mich,
requesting him to see to it that his
name was not placed on the ballot as
the candidate of any party.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
$42,637 Receipts from Oysters.

In the annual report of the secre-
tary-treasurer of the Mississippi oys-
ter commission which will be rendered
the Mississippi legislature it is shown
that the receipts Of the office since
the last report to the legislature
amount to %$42,637.72. This money rep
reents accrued taxes The board makes
a recommendation to the legislature to
reduce the tax on oysters from five to
two cents a barrel. The report Of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES shows a credit bal
ance of $436.4S.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07

Salvini Left Much to Charity.
Rome.-Under the terms of the will
Of Tomasso Salvini, the actor, who
died last week, sums ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000 are b~equeathed to in
situations of charity and art of Flor
ence
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Rejected suitor Killed Girl.

Chicago.-Jim Tracy, a sutton for
the hand of Miss Barbara Kuninger.
shot and killed the girl when she re-
fused to recognize him on the streets.
Tracy then turned the weapon on him
self and inflicted q fatal wound.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Ford at Home,

Detroit, Mich.-Henry Ford has re-
turned to Detroit but at the station
he avoided a delegation of local
citizens who had planned to welcome
him home and present him with a
floral piece in recognition of his eff.
forts to end the war.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
River lmprovement Urqed.

Washington.-The board of army
engineers in a report to congress
recommends the improvement of the
Missouri River from Kansas City to
the Mississippi. The project calls
for a total appropriation of about $780,
900 900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Shev|in's Estate to Widow

Minneapolis, Minn.-The will Of the
late Thomas L. Shelvin, former foot
ball star, has been filed for probate.
The entire estate, the estimated value
OF which is So, 0 900, is left to the
widow and two children.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
FARM SERGEANTs
HAVE CHANGED
FORMER TRUSTEE MATTHEWS
TAKES OVER POSITION ON
PARcHMAN FARM.
WILL ASK PENSION PROBE
Confederate Veterans Claim $4,000
Has Been Paid Out In Fraudu-
lent Claims.-News at tho
State Capitol.
jackson.

-JdCkSOU.
Three state convict. farm s]ergeants
have stepped out Of harness. and three
others have stepped into their shoes.
The changes are as follows: Claude
AIen succeeded at the Rankin farm
by Steven Grantham, formerly ser
geant at Belmont; J. S. Dodds succeed.
ed at the Oakley farm by J. NJ. Will
hanson, of Columbia; John Waltz
placed in charge of the Belmont farm.
Prison Trustee P. E. Matthews, who
was appointed sergeant at a camp on
the big Parchman farm, has also taken
up his new duties.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Survivor of Monitor Crew Dies.

Philadelphia, Pa.-William burst,
IS, said to be the sole survivor of
the crew of the Monitor which en-
gagged the Merrimac in the historic
battle at Hampton Roads, is dead at
his home here of pneumonia.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Man and Wife Buried.

Greenville, Hl.-Mr. and Mrs. James
Hepburn were buried here in one
grave. Hepburn, who was II years
old, died last Saturday evening, and
Mrs. Hepburn, IS, died on Monday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Storms on Irish Coast.

New Notwithstanding cable
communication has been crippled or
delayed by severe storms which have
swept over Ireland, England and the
Continent.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07

Prohibition Limits Magazine Sale.
Spokane. Wash.-Hundreds of popu-
lar periodicals have been withdrawn
from news stand sale because of the
statewide prohibition law %forbidding
the advertising of liquors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Sunday Closing Law Revived.

Portland, Ore.-Oregon's Sunday
closing law, enacted in 1864 and
which for many years has l~anguished,
was declared constitutional by the
federal district court here. The law
prohibits Sunday business of any
hind
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
One Killed In Hotel Fire.

Waterbury. Conn.-One man was
killed, five injured and the lives Of
so guests endangered in a fire which
destroyed the Hotel Connecticut, In
the business section. The loss was
100000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07

OVER THE STATE EPiTOMIZED
Six burglaries in one night at Jack
son, which included the home OF Mayor
Taylor, brought down a strict enforce
ment Of The curfew law.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
INTERNATIONAL
LESSON

(By E. o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course OF the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicago.)
Copyright, 1915, Western Newspaper Union-)
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
for Legislators.

Secretary of State Power and Capt.
toll Engineer Mcdonnell have their la
:.or gangs busily at work preparing
The legislative halls and committee
rooms for occupancy. and will be ready
when the gavels fall Jan. 4.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Hot Buttons, Divorce.

Chicago.-Mrs. Evelyne Serill put
her husbands union suit on the rai-
iator and the buttons got hot. Di-
vOrced.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Austrian. Reservists Start Home.

Marquette, Kan.-Forty Or more
Austrian r~eservists of Marquette and
vicinity left for New York. where they
hope to sail for their native land by
an Indirect route.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
TRY To Run Off Negroes.

Try 10 nun VII NSSiSSS'
A species OF whitecapping has devel.
oped in Yazoo county, n a letter a d
dressed to a negro named Tom Holmes,
a tenant on the Reed plantation,
threatens him and all other negroes on
that and other farms with dire calam'
ity in the event they do not leave the
county, has been turned over to j. W.
George, U. S. district attorney for the
Southern district OF Mississippi.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07
Brewer Gets Loving Cup.
Warning to Dairymen.

County health officers are calling
attention to the law requiring all dairy
cows to be inspected semi-annually by
a competent veterinarian-on or be.
fore July 81 and Dec. 81. The certifi'
cate of such. inspection must be filed
with the county health officer, and in
the event of failure the dairyman is
liable to fine or imprisonment, o. both
under the provisions Of section 2511 OF
the code.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-07

and proceeded.
The New York Peace society, OF
which Andrew Carnegie is president
has united for closer cooperative eff
forts" with the American branch O
the League to Enforce Peace.
T. S. Bradbury, q years old. white
and Will Martin, "a, negro. are held in
connection with the killing at Sheriff.
Ark, of P. F. Jenkins, SO, a wealth,
planter.
Iron and steel finger rings lined
with silver n inscribed with war
dates are being sold to collect a fund
for Italian prisoners of war.
Because of increased submarine ac-
tivity in the Mediterranean, Japanese
liners hereafter will take the Cape
route In voyages to European points.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
President Wilson, is expected to go
to New York to take up settlement
work in Greenwich Village Ca slum
section in downtown New York City,.
Malcolm McDougall, millionaire
lumberman and farmer. died In the
Carmelite convent at Seattle, which
he founded.
Mrs. Paolina Pellegrin. who swore
she never tasted water. but always
! drink vine whom she thirsted. II dead
| ct San Michele. Italy. agod III rearA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
Sheriff Is Not Able To Find
 J.H. CrOssley
Real Estate Broker Deeply Involved Gan t Be Located
 for Service of Body Writ
 Upon Him-Not In For mer Haunts.

With deputy sherfffs searching in vain for J. Harry Crossley, many re- ports were heard today that the real estate dealer had fled from this city. This could not be verified but several lawyers who have legal business with Crossley have openly expressed the opinion that he has gone away to stay.
 It is known that there are two body writs which local sherifs are waiting to serve on CrossTey as soon as he can be located. Frequent visits to his home have always brought the re- sponse, MT. Crossley is not at shome.H One of the body Writs is in connec- ton with the $10,00O suit brought against the rea1ty dealer by the Bridgeport Brass Go.
 It is known that Crossley has been in the city on several Sundays during hours when legal papers could not be served upon him. Several persons, say they have seen him in the city on diff ferent nights. It has been his cus- tom, according to these observers, to alfght from a train after dark, take 8 taxi at the station and go to his home. After a short visit there he would jump into a taxi at his door and hurry to the station again.
 Since Crossley3 office furniture has been attached and his business turned over to the Bridgeport Land & Title Co. it is claimed that he has not been seen about his formers quarters in the Security building.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
PAPP'S WIFE IN
 CELL DURING HIS FUNERAL SERVICE
Police Fearing Trouble at Obsequies Decline to Take
 Her to Church

Fear that a disturbance might be created at the funeral of Nicholas Papp, the young Canadian, who was shot to death by his wife, Mary, Thursday, in the factory of the Bridgeport Metal Goods Co.,, if the granted today resulted in the young wife being kept in the county jail. A Though Mrs. Papp pleaded tear fully to be permitted at the services and the unusual request was consid- cred seriously by the jail authorities, the coroner and police officials, none could be found today to assume the responsibility.
 At the county jail it was said by Sheriff Pease that she was held upon a city court commitment. At police headquarters it was learned that reIa- tives of the dead man were bitter over the shooting and that on the other hand Mrs. Papp had many friends in the Hungarian colony who upheld her act. That a demonstration might be made by either side at the grave was feared. No order was issued. by the city court and the funeral was held without Mrs. Papp at 9:30 o'clock from the house in Spruce street and at 10 o'clock from St. Stephens Hungarian Catholic church.
 The requiem mass was sung by Rev. Stephen F. ChernItzky, pastor. The church and the nearby streets were thronSed with people. Bearers were shopmates and other friends of MT. Papp. Many floral pieces were arranged about the casket.
 Coroner John J. Phelan continued with the inquest into the death of Papp at 2 o'clock today in the crim- inal superior court room.
 Jail guards assert that when in formed of the authorities' decision not to let her attend the funeral, Mrs. Papp accepted the verdict without comment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
WATCHING NORWALK,
 FACTORY FOR WORK
 FROM GROWN CONCERN

Information that the Crown Corset O., the girl employees of which are on strike, is having work done in the R. & G. Corset Co. of Norwalk reached the officials of the Corset Workers union today.
 I've don't know whether or not this is true,' said John Pierce, organizer, today, ''but we have appointed an in- vestigating committee. If it proves to be a, fact, a. strike will be called in the Norwa1k factory, as was done in the ,Batcheller Go. when that plant took Crown work
 A meeting of the girls was held this morning in Park Theatre hall MT. Pierce. Jasper McLevy, of the State Federation of Labor, and August Mar kle, business agent of the Bakers union, Local 3S. addressed the meet ing. resea is
 It was reported at the meeting that the young woman who is blamed for the strike, did not go to work this morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
EIGHT KILLED DOZEN HURT
 IN EXPLOSION

Gibstown. N. J.. May 15-Eight men are reported killed and a dozen in jured by an explosion today at the Repauno plant of the Du Pont Pow der Co., near here. Among the dead are believed to be the superintent and his assistant.
 Five buildings were demolished by the explosion. So far as can be learned. the blast occurred in build ing where nitrate was being manufac- tured Dynamite and other high ex- plosives used for commercial purposes are manufactured at the plant
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
ANDERSON, AUTO
 VICTIM, LIKELY
 TO DIE OF HURTS
Suffered Broken Leg and In ternal Injuries When Hit
 By Blumberg Gar

As a result of an automobile acci- dent on the Milford turnpike, near Woodm ont, at 1:3O o'clock this morn ing, Charles Anderson. too1naker at the U. M. c. Co.,, Is in a critical con- dition. at the Bridgeport hospital where he was brought by the driver of the car that struck him.
 Statement of witnesses to the acci- dent, who appeared at police headquar- ters with Max B1umberg, son of Ser nard Blumberg, the shoe merchant of 76 Wall street, indicate that young Blumberg utilized every care to pre- vent disaster. and was travelling at a moderate rate of speed against the glare of an approaching car in front of which Anderson and two companions jumped.
 According to the story of Attorney Henry B. Greenstein of this city, a pas senger in the B1umberg car, and D. F. Webster, SPA Summit avenue. Bronx borough, New York city, a companion of Anderson, the B1umberg car was proceeding towards Bridgeport from New Haven at about 1:So o'clock this
 morning. As it neared a stretch of road near Woodmont another car with glaring headlights was seen to come from the opposite direction. Ander- son, with two companions, was walk ing at the eide of the road and to avoid being run down by the New Haven bound car they jumped into the road way There was not time for Blum berg to see them in the driving rain storm and the left fender of the car struck Ander- son. rolling him over in the roadway. The New Haven bound car did not stop, but Blumberg imme medtately took the injured man and his friends in the car and drove to Bridgeport hos pital after attempting to get medical aid in Milford.
 Besides a broken leg, internal. in- juries were suffered by the victim. Blumberg has not been held as the accident was not within Bridgeport Should Anderson die in this city Coroner John J. Phelan will be called upon to act.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-15
WON'T SANCTION STRIKE OF BRASS
 co. MACHINISTS
Union Refuses to Uphold Action of Men Who Walk
 ed Out Last Week
VOTED
 AGAINST QUITTING
Officers Watch Norwalk Cor set Factory to Prevent
 Farming of Work


 The Machinists' union has refused sanction to the strike of the 60 work CTS who quit work at the union branch of the Bridgeport Brass Go. last week.
 According to the officers of the union the vote taken by the Brass Go. en- p1oyes last Tuesday evening was dn- favorable to a, strike, and when a mi nority acted on their own initiative, the union decided to uphold the de- cision of the majority.
 'sWe would have sanctioned the strike if the majority of the emp1oyes of the factory voted in favor of it,'' said Business Agent George J. Bowen today These men, however, acted contrary to the will of the majority, and consequently we will not support them.''
 Some of the men have returned to their jobs.