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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
Injury Will Keep
George Smith Out

An injury received TO his knee
in the game with o. A. c. here may
keep George Smith, captain-elect
OF the 1917 L OF w. football squad
out OF football and basketball for
the rest OF his term in school.
Physicians have warned him
against playing either of the games
again.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
High Cost of Big
Series to Be Cut

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-the high
cost OF the worlds series. so far
az the American league r. con
cerned. was handed a knockout by
magnates OF that league on their
way home today from the annual
meeting here
Prices for games for the cham
pionship series in the American
league parks cannot be more than
double the regular scale excepting
box seats. which will be s., the
club owners ruled.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-the Ma
tional league magnates. assembled
in New York for their annual meet
ing. have promised TO end it all to-
day. They have instructed Garry
Hermann and Barney Dreyfuss TO
be ready TO weigh in today and in
their hurry 10 make this meeting
history. have agreed to be called
to order before noon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
SEATTLE METROPOLITANS
DUE FOR SOME CHANGES
UNLESS THEY WIN GAME

into extra time 10 be lost by one
goal after some OF the fastest
skating imaginable
We have practiced more for to-
nights game than any other since
the Seattle team was organized. "
declared Manager Muldoon OF the
MetrOpolitans today. III we do not
win tonight some changes will be
made In the squad" The line-ups
follow:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15

II will be the underdoas aft
er the fellows on top tonight
when the whistle blows for
play 10 begin In the Pacific
Coast Hockey league. Spokane,
tied for first place with Van
eouver. makes its first appear.
snce on the local Ice against
the Seattle metropolitans,
while Vancouver 10 taking on
Portland In the Oregon city.
The games promise 10 be as bit
ter as any yet staged.
Thus far Seattle has played two
games at home and both have gone
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
PLAN TRApsnoT LEAGUE

Northwest trapshots are planning
the formation OF a league which
will include clubs in Seattle. Bel
bingham. Everett and Blaine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
TENNIS STAR VISITS

On n tour OF the world. Jenzo
Shimldzu. japanese tennis star. IL
a Seattle visitor He came here
from California.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
CUBS BUY MITCHELL

NEW YORK. Dec. i5.-Fred
Mitchell. former Boston Brave
trainer. has been sold TO the Cubs.
lie will probably manage the Chi.
cago team.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
READ GOES EAST

Jack Read. the Australian light.
weight. left last night for Denver.
He boxes Gilbert Gallant Is rounds
Christmas afternoon
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
BURNS GETS FRISCO BOUTS

Frank BURNS. Seattle welter.
weight. and Freddie Began left
Tuesday for San Francisco. where
Burns has three fights lined up.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15

he will fight under the direction
OF "Biddy" Bishop.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15

Feminism has so sripped Alaska
that an Alaskan gent may not beat
his wife oftener than eight times
daily without running serious risk
OF divorce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
HAIRY Pnger Awarded Close Decision uff eaman
PORTLANDER
STILL HOLDS
TITLE, CLAIM
BY EDWARD HILL

SPITE the de
clsion rendered
against him In
his four round
bout with HRr
ry pelsinger,
san Francisco
overweight.
Mufr' Brou n
son. Portland
schoolboy box
or. Is today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15
DAVIS GOING EAST

rrayie Davis, Everett lightweight.
! on his way TO Cincinnati. where
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-15

Joe Steeher. famous young wres.
tier Of Nebraska, and Miss Fran.
ees Ehlers. 10. OF Seridner. Neb..
have JUS, wed. The bride rooted"
for Steeher at many OF his matches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
SMITHSONIAN
 INSTITUTION

The first great scientific institution in America, the Smithsonian Institu- ton in Washington, was founded 70 years ago today. James Lewis Macie for the founding of the institution, was natural son of the third Duke of Northumberland. He was a distin- guished scientist and freethinking philosopher and on his death in 1929 left his fortune of about $59O,0O0 to his nephew, with the proviso that if his heir died without issue the money was to go to the United States govern ment and to be used in establishing an institution for the increase and diff fusion of knowledge. His nephew died in 1885, without heirs, and the prop erty accordingly came into possession of the government. The institution was formally organized on August 8, 1846, and placed under the control Of a board of trustees, consisting of the president and vice president Of the United States, the cabinet members, the chief justice of the supreme court, and other officials. The Smithsonian Institution has played an important part in the scientific researches of the last half century, and it's publications have added vastly to human knowl- edge. The remains of James Smith son, buried at Genoa, were brought to America in 1904 and reinterred on the institutions grounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
Twenty Years Ago.
HE SHAVED P. T. BARNUM.

A quarter of century of married life is the exception rather than the rule, and as such events rarely come more than once in ones life the occa- sion is generally commemorated in some appropriate manner. At their home. Crescent Place, last evening, MT. and Mrs. Conrad Paul. who are among the prominent German resi- dents, celebrated the 18th year of their union. Their home was suitably dec- orated, and made inviting by tasteful hands of friends. Many out of town guests were in attendance, and the evening passed with songs, stories and dancing. About midnight the guests sat down to an old fashioned German supper, which was hugely relished.
 Herr Paul made 8 delightful host, and many of his stories were original and unique, especially the one con- corning the Chicago drummer. Mrs. Paul received the congratulations of her friends in true womanly fashion The couple were remembered with many tokens, useful and ornamental. Mr. and Mrs. Paul were married in New York 25 years ago, and have re- sided here for the past 22 years. MT. Paul for years kept a barber shop in Fairfield avenue opposite the Windsor hotel, and had for his customers mony of our leading citizens, including the late P. T. Barnum and D. M. Read.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
HOW ADVERTISING HAS GROWN

Any person who has made a care full study of newspapers must be i'm pressed with their expansion during recent years. The writer has in mind one familiar face among his exchanges. which 10 years ago used to print 10 pages. Now it rarely ap- pears with less than 20. It prints some more news, but the increased space is principally given to advertis- ing.
 F While the merchants are patronfz- ing this journal their business is in- creasing from the new trade the pub- licity creates for them. They are growing wealthy through the power of advertising. and are using white space to enlarge their trade still fur ther.
 Where they used to use a column, now they take page. They do it because it is the cheapest method Of salesmanship. The same prosperity is coming in Bridgeport to the men who have learned that advertising en- larges business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
Fifty Years Ago.
ACCIDENT.

MT. Barrak T. Burr, of Fairfield. well known in this vicinity, as a county merchant and former Deputy Sheriff we regretto learn, met with serious if not fatal accident on Monday. He was engaged in loading a small quan- tity of hay on a wagon in one of the fields. when, in some way, he missed his footing and was precipitated to the ground The distance which he fell was not more than six or eight feet. but he was thrown with such violence on the back of his head or neck as to destroy his spinal column and paralyze his body below the neck. He was in sensible for time, but, we understand he has recovered his senses and the power of speech but remains entirely paralyzed in his body. We hear his physicians give no encouragement of early recovery.
 P. S-It is reported that MT. Burr
 died this informing. f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
SENATOR LA TOILETTE
 ATTACKS OLD GUARD

Tt is not a pleasant task to criticise the political action of the party to which one belongs" wrote Senator R. M- LaFollette in LaFollette's Maga- zine But MT. LaFollette did criticise his partys action He wrote frankly his opinion of the platform adopted at Chicago. He said he was compelled to do so by his convictions.
 "The platform adopted by the Re-, publican Convention at Chicago" said the Senator. cannot fail to be a dis appointment to the great majority of the party" He continued:
 The reactionary element of the party were in control of the conven- tion- Supplied with unlimited funds, the National Committee can perpetu- ate its control when it represents but small minority of the voters.
 More than four million progress sive Republican voters left the party in 1912. They were earnest, patriotic men who had faith in Roosevelt as a leader. Hundreds of thousands of progressive Republicans who had no confidence in the political integrity of Roosevelt refused tS abandon the par ty and follow him at that time. To- gether with those who joined the Third Party. they constitute an over whelming majority of the total mem- bership of the Republican party. The great mass of these voters are men of deep convictions. They are Re- publicans. They are for public in- terest and against privilege and mon- opoly control of government.
 Tt would nave been the part of wisdom for those in control of the Chi cago convention to have remembered this recent history"
 The Senator said that it was upon the subject of railroad regulation that the framers of the platform gave the country it's greatest surprise.
 Like bolt out a blue sky comes the platform declaration for the aboli- tion of every state railroad commis- sion in the country" declared MT. La Toilette, "The people or Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, California, and every other state are to have the regulation of the rates and services of the railroads within each state taken out of the hands of their own Commission, sub- ject to their own control, and turned over to the Federal Government They are to have their state governments taken away from them to this extent We believe the people of every state will fight this proposition to the last ditch"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
.
 WAR NAMES

Fearful and wonderful, from the French viewpoint, are the pronuncia- tions given by Thomas Atkins to the names of French places, localities and geographical features. Tommy's g. rather lame attempts to "parler" the Francaise are a constant source of amusement to the natives, although Monsieur Atkins is now showing great improvement, and before he returns to his tight little isle he is likely to be an accomplished French conversation alist-a regular parleur. in fact. Tommy has now learned that Somme is pronounced 'sum"-although even that is not so easy as it seems for the French U has no English equivalent, The French U sound is produced by pursing the lips as if to say o but to say B instead, the combination pro- ducfng the French version of a U. Aisne is pronounced "ayne," Loire is "1oo-are," Meaux is ''moo.' Mouse is "merze," but with the 'r' silent; Disc is "was," Seine is "sen," and Ourcu Is "ourk" Peronne is "pear-ron," valen- ciennes is "valon-see-en." Thiaucourt is "toe-o-koor." Chantilly is "shan- tee-yee," Maubetge is "mo-burzh," with the "r'' silent, Mezieres is may ze-air," Mons is "mawngs." with a nasal sound: Foul is Tool, Soissons is ''swas-sohn," Rheims is rance. and Nanteuil is "nawng tehyee." Argonnes is "ar-gon," Campiegne is "com-pe- eyne," and so on. These are but a few of the stumbling blocks which have stood in the way of Tommy's mastery of the Franchise as she is spoken, and in hurdling them he has given no little pleasure to his French comrades in arms. Many of the latter, however are striving to learn English, so that the enjoyment is mutual.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
HEAD OF JERSEY PROCRESSIVES
 TO AID WILSON

New York, Aug. 8.-J. A. H. Hop
 kins, chairman of the Progressive state committee in New Jersey, issued a statement yesterday in which he
 gave his reasons for supporting Pres ident Wilson in this campaign.
 Ut is the patriotic duty of every Progressive" Chairman Hopkins said,
 "ip these states wherein the betrayal
 of our party has prevented us from
 having a national ticket of our own. personally to support and work for
 MT. Wilson's election"
 In the view of the New Jersey
 chairman, it would be national
 calamity for the Republican party, as at present constituted, to be returned to power. He said, however, that he lis opposed to an official indorsement
 of Wilson by the Progressive organf-
 zation, as reconstruction of the Pro-
 gressive party in New Jersey would be his aim. The state campaign of
 the Progresives, he explained, would be conducted in accord with the de- cision already reached by the state committee to nominate candidates
 where possible, otherwise to support
 thse who more nearly represent Pro- gressive principles.
 If, under these circumstances" MT. Hopkins continued, q can be of any
 assistance in connection with MT. Wilson's candidacy, my services will
 be placed at his disposal.
 T might add that in reaching this decision I have been influenced by the fact that MT. Wilson had the courage to declare himself in favor of Woman Suffrage long before the Re- publican party was forced reluctantly to follow suit. and because I confi- dently believe he will indorse the Su- san B. Anthony amendment before Congress adjourns.
 "I have also been influenced by the fact that he had advocated a tariff commission, whereas the Republicans have frankly declared their intention of once more upsetting our commer- cia1 situation by a return to the un- scientific Payne-Aldrich methods; that he has taken the first step to check
 the scandalous misuse of our prepar- edness appropriations by advocating a government armor plate; that he has helped our farmers and small in- vestors to protect themselves in some measure against the iron rule of our
 money barons by the passage of the Federal Reserve Banking Bill; that he has established the Federal Employ
 ment Bureau distinctly Progressive easure, which was a prominent issue in our New Jersey campaign; that he is now earnestly urging the passage of the Child Labor Bill, and that during his administration many other Pro- gressive measures have been passed, some of which, at least, have good reason to believe, will fare badly and
 may even be repealed if the Republi- cans again control
 And, finally, am considerably fn-
 ffuenced by the fact that MT. Wilson successfully opposed boss rule and
 machine politics during the time he
 was governor of New Jersey, and has
 given us every reason to believe dur
 ing his administration as President
 that the Progressivss, with this as a
 basic principle, may look for far more radical legislation under his continued
 leadership than could possibly be ex- pected if the Republican candidate is elected"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
THE PI4ATTSBURG.

We learn from undoubted author ity. that our government has prompt ly taken the most effectual steps to se- cure and bring to condign punishment the crew of the schooner Plattsburg. who mutinied, basely murdered the supercargo and officers of! the vessel, and plundered the specie which she carried out Orders are also about to be sent, for the restoration of the schooner, and remaining property on board to the property owners. The atrocity of the case is such as to have successfully appealed to the ex- ecutive for the most certain and wig orous measures to prevent the escape of the savage culprits-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
'FLETCHERISM
 AND WAR

Horace Fletcher, the preacher to Ehe world at large of moderation in eating and thorough mastication, has tested his theories in the crucible of war, and was found them not wanting. For nearly a year and half MT. Fletcher labored under the direction of. the American Commission for Re- lief in Belgium, and applied his the- ories to the feeding of the hungry Bel
 ians. Owing to the limited food sup ply, the practice of moderation, was enforced upon the people by stern ne- cessity. The Belgians were not slow to discover the truth of the Fletcher theory that food thoroughly masticat- ed Is more nourishing than food which is bolted. and Belgiumis now a nation of F1etcherites.
 tions and enforced temperance have been a positive boon to Belgium, in the matter of health conservation. Upon his return to America after his long service in the stricken country, the apostle of mastication and moderation said:
 Belgium affords us the most re- markable example in history of the ap- plication of scientific principles, and hygienic laws to the food problem of an entire people. The results have been wonderful Undertakers are lit- orally almost without work. What may be called the diseases of intem- perance and of civilization are almost unknown in Belgium. They have been driven out almost as completely as malaria has been driven from Pan- amA- About the only cases of fatal illness are those due to tuberculosis, cancer and other chronic diseases con- tracted before the war. Influenza. appendicitis, and the ailments due to auto to-1ntoxication, have well nigh dis appeared These results have been accomplished by enforced moderation i in eating. aided by the mental serenity [ Of the people. To say that the peo- { pie are serene in the fact of such a ] tragedy as has befal1en their country seems strange, but this serenity is due to the fact that they nave q big wor- ry which is shared by all. and which occupies their minds to the exclusion of the multitude of petty and selfish worries cultivated individually in times of peace and prosperity"
 It will be sixty-eeven years to-mor- row since Mr. Fletcher was born in Lawrence, Mass. Reduced to invalid ism, he literally chewed his way back to health by proper masticatfon of his rood. and the theories based on his own experience have now won the gen. sral support of medical men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
THE CANNING
 DOCTR|NE'

Every year on the eighth of August the tomb of George Canning. one of the greatest of the British statesmen of the early, part of the nineteenth century, is bedecked with floral tri- butes. This date, the anniversary of his death in 1927, is worthy of re- membrance by Americans as well as Englishmen, for it was Canning who made the enforcement of the Mon- roe doctrine possible. Indeed. that immortal defiance of the reactionary powers of continental Europe might with almost equal justice be called the Canning doctrine" When the Holy Alliance" was formed by Prussia. Austria and Russia, with the avowed intention of restoring the regime of monarchial despotism in the New World. the United States was but a feeble nation and the warning of Mon roe was little needed. Against the craft of the alliance Canning, then British secretary of state for foreign affairs, set his face steadily, and placed England on the side of liberty. He gave counsel and help to the na- tions struggling for constitutional freedom, and recognized the indepen- dence of the South American repub- lies which had thrown off the. yoke of Spain. The would-be royal ex- ploiters of the continent might tg- nore the Monroe doctrine, but they could not be so indifferent to the Can ming doctrine, which had all the pow CT of England behind 1t. It was due more to Canning than to any other man that the Holy Alliance and the despotic reaction which 1t had fos- tered failed without having accom- plished any of the ambitious schemes for which it was organized.
 Canning became prime minister in 1927. but he did not live to wield that power. His last public act was to sign the treaty which delivered Greece from the clutches of Turkey. Then he retired for a rest to the Duke of Devonshire's villa at Chiswick, and there on August 9th he died in the same room where Charles James Fox had breathed his last twenty-one years before.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08

United States has ever had, and one of the best men that has ever occu- pied that office.
 "I believe that there are enough 1n- dependent and patriotic voters in Wis consin to carry this state for MT. Will son and his policies. I have not the slightest doubt that there are enough Americans, and by that l mean all those who place America above any thing else, to carry this state against any party that depends for success on any one element of foreigners.
 ''The question that we are facing IS that of Americanism and loyalty 10 our institutions. MT. Wilson has new CT hesitated to meet this issue, and he has left no one in doubt as to his interpretation of it."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
ST. LOUIS BEATS ST. PAUL.

Quarantine, S. l., The American line steamer St Louis, which arrived this afternoon, broke the Southamp- ton-New York record, making the pas sage in days, 5 hours and 32 min utes. The average speed of the St. Louis throughout the voyage was 20.- SC knots per hour and her best days run was $50 miles The captain and officers as well as the passengers were jubilant over their arrival in advance of the Crack Cunarder, Campania, and numerous bottles of wine were opened after the steamer passed the light ship in honor of the event.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
COMPLETE EVIDENCE

Over in the college city of Berkeley one morning Perkins looked over his fence and said to his neighbor: What are you burying there?'
 I'm just replanting some of my seeds. that's a1l." was the response.
 ''Seeds." exclaimed Perkins angri- 1y, "It looks more like one of my hens"
 That's all right" came from the man on the other side of the fence. '"The seeds are inside.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
INDIAN AFFAIRS.

Omaha N. F. Indian commissioners have just arrived from Upper Missou- i. and report that their efforts to make a treaty with the tribes in the Upper Missouri were successful.
 Important canal grants at the junc- ton of the Yellow Stone and Missouri, and the right of way for the Northern Pacific Railroad. have been ceded by the Indians to the Government.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
BRIDGEPORT As T WAS
 -50-20-YEARS AGO (Taken from the Files of The Evening Farmer)

Seaside Park have already been taken and that $50,000 have been pledged towards carrying out the project. The balance of fund necessary, it is believ- ed, can easily be obtained. If pos sible, the structure will be completed in time for occupancy next summer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
HALL-sAdrTH.

Attorney Edwin P. Hall, of the firm of Hall & Johnson, was quietly mar ried this afternoon to Miss Jennie F., daughter of Stephen D. Smith of Strat- ford. The marriage took place at Weston Hok. in Pittsfield, the summer residence of Mrs. E. P. Samson, rel ative of the bride.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
PARENTAL NEGLIGENCE

~AAA . orssld1ne1a candidate can't forgive is the failure of his parents 10 arrange for his birth In a log cabin instead O. | brownstone apartment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
RELIGIOUS AND
POLITICAL DESERT

As it has been the practice in New England. to feast once year on de- licious buildings and pumpkin pies, and soms tarts, to complete the as- sortment: 90 we, in imitation of that laudable practice, shall present our readers with a Historical Sketch of some of the Episcopalian Churches in New England, as a religious and political desert after being so bounti- fully fed with appropriations and other fat things