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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

Food prices in New York public market were raised from 10 to 25 per cent. in anticipation of the strike.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

The Dutch steamship Prinz Willem l., which arrived at New York from Port-au-Prince reports passing 30 large sharks off Atlantic City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

Italy has confiscated the metallurgic establishment maintained by Krupps, the great German gun works, in northern Italy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

A Serbian force commanded by Gen. Gadiitche has entered Rumania to cooperate with the Rumanians and Russians.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

Every woman is interested in the styles for coming months and justly so, for they were never so attractive as shown in advance models. Faille remains popular, despite the coming and going of other matejals. It is al ways dressy and is capable of such variety that one never tires of it. The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

The Panama Canal Commission re- ceived a dispatch from Major General Goethals, reporting a slide at Cuca- racha, south of Gold Hill
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

c. L. Gramley of Petersburg, Cen. ter county, Washington, Prohibition candidate for the legislature, has withdrawn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

c. c. Lewis, Jr., of Charleston, has resigned as chairman of the State Democratic executive committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

francs were discovered in a cash box found in a trench on the Somme. A captain found among the papers will bequeathing s20,900 to whoever recovered the cash box.
 The Senate unanimously passed bill authorizing private construction of a bridge across the Niagara river, near Buffalo.
 More than 6,O00' employees of the Central of Georgia would be thrown .out of employment if the railway strike goes into effect Monday.
 President Wilson signed the bill passed by Congress appropriating s35'- 900 for the erection at Washington of a memorial to John Ericson, the fn- ventor of the Monitor,
 President Wilson signed an eXecu- tive order for one year until Sept. l. 1917. the time during which foreign built vessels may come under the Am- erican flag.
 Serious fears are entertained in Spanish shipping circles for the crew of the Spanish steamer Lonteria, which has disappeared in the North Sea. It is believed that the vessel was torpedoed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

Bonds to the value of 100000
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

The English people have contribut- ed more than s250, 100000 to various British war relief organizations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05
BRIEF NEWC NOTES.

A New York Stock Exchange seat was solod for s64,500.
 Stage hands of all the Syracuse theatres demanded an increase in pay
 Conductors on the Chicago, Mill waukee & St. Paul have voted not to strike.
 Exports of copper from Atlantic ports for the week ended Aug. 31 totalled 6,955 tons.
 The British steamship Arawatta of Sydney, went aground near MacKay, Australia.
 George R. Martin, of St. Louis, was elected vice-president of the Great Northern Railroad.
 Twenty-two persons were killed and 40 injured when an Allied air squad ron bombarded Ghe,ir.
 Three men were killed as the result of an ammonia explosion in a meat market at Kansas City.
 Four persons were killed and twenty injured when an express train was derailed at Mataro. Spain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05
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Pictorial Review Costume

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05
Very Chic For Fall Wear

costume shown here exploits the new al-over effect and is made of blue faille trimmed with black satin. The buttons have centers of red wool en- broidery. The bodice is dart-ftted. with open neck finished by collar of white organdy. Laid in side plaits at the top, the attached four-piece skirt hangs very full without faring be- yond the conventional line.
 Tn medium size the costume , a1lres oA yards 36-inch material wit, A yard satin for the revers. f. tsa organdy is 27 inches wide a vsrd collar. ana
 Some of the sections of the pattern
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

Four persons were killed and twenty injured when an express train was derailed at Mataro, Spain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05

l A New York Stock Exchange seat
 was solod for $64,500.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
MAJOR DOUGLAS M'ARTHUR
TO GIVE OUT "WAR" NEWS
Detailed by Secretary Bnkcr 10 ,.,i,,
Nc"Hpnncr Men on but, Mt
Department.

WASHINGTON juno 2?.-Ara iur Doug.
las McArthur. L. s.. ~, of the ofri... ,f
the general staff OF the army. VIII, la.
D"en detailed by Secretary Baker T..
hsSiSt newspaper lncu on duty at the
war Department in their gathering OF
information concerning the military
SITUATION along the border and in
Mexico. held a conference with tho
correspondents this morning. prclini-
nary TO taking up his new duties. lie
has established his office in the main
rcc"l'ion room near tho Secretary OF
Wars room. formerly occupied by Tho
Secretary of War.
Major Macarthur cudcavorcd Ia as-
certain from the newspaper men in
what way lie could best serve them. as
"cIl as the public interest. in tho Civ
ing OF Information. aud was promised
the hcarty cooperation Of the cor
respondents "m duty at the State. War
ANA Navy Building. He Is no, to ln
"a ccnsor. In the strict application OF
the word, OF the news. although IL war
with Mexico should come he will have
power 10 Withhold news not deemed
suitable for publication. PARTICULARS
as IL applies TO military movements.
Major Macarthur is n W~ashingtonian.
a son Of the late Observation-Disclosures
Arthur Macarthur. who was the son of
Judge McArihur, OF the supreme Court
OF the District OF Columbia. Major
Macarthur was for some time superiu-
iendent OF the state. War and Navy
Building and possesses "A wide and
friendly acquaintance among Washing
ton newspaper men.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
FIFTY MEN PUT TO WORK
CLEANING UP CAMP
City OmrinIs VIII Lenvc No stone Tn
turned 10 Make Soldiers Com
Portable While Here,

Commissioner Beck. Of tho Admins
I~trativc Board, Chief Health officer
Levy and Superintendent OF street
ltlcaninr Cobn were busy YESTERDAYS
assisting tho military authorities in
placing the finishing touches on Sani-
tary arranc emcnts at Camp Henry G.
Stuart. Al nightfall there was a marked
change for tho better in tho situation,
and II was predicted by the officials
that everything would he in nrst-class
condition in t~wcnty-four hours.
To expedite the work. Commissioner
Beck authorize superintendent Colin
to employ nifty additional men to aid
in the work of placing the tented CITY
in PROPER sanitary shape. MIR Cohn
promised. with tho assistance Of this
increased force, To have the Erounds
cleared OF all rubbish before the eX-
piration of two days.
Since word went forth that the State
Fair Grounds would be used as the
mobilization center OF the Virginia Vol
untcers. Commissioner Bcck. Dr.. Levy
and Mr.. Cohn have been devotins al
most their entire energy to directing
the forces. The heavy rainfails have
somewhat retarded progress, bmt un-
der the circumstances tho work has
been satisfactorily carried out. MIR.
has been especially active in aid
inS tho Health Department to abate
every nuisance.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
FAV0RS WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Wilson nnd Cnhinet Urged 10 Adm,
'"iic! Of Total Abstinence IN
"Ihis Time or perli.v

INDIANAPOLIS. IND. June aa.--W,-
ma" suffrage was indorscd TODAY a,
the annual convention OF tho An,i.S,.
loon League OF America for tho ur..
time In the twcnty-thrcc years OF ,ho
leagues history. The convention. wb;or,
closed tonight. also adoptcd a reso,,,-
Ton calling upon President Wilson AN,
ms cabinet to follow the lead of ,h.
European government in aioptin. M,
policy of total abstinence lin this Tina.
OF national peril
othcr resolutions declare for nation.
wac prohibition; that prohibition j..
inc most important step in the dire,
tion OF national preparedness: thai ,h.
pistrict OF Columbia should bo Dr.,
'hat The sending OF liquor advertise.
mcntS through the mails into dry tc,-
ritory should he prohibited. and tb,.
the ~ti-Salo League shall decline
10 animate with any political party. The
"c'ec''on OF tho city for the 1917 con.
Ncntion WAS left to the executive com.
mittcc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
AMERICAN TOWN or I'ItI:SIDIO
FIRED ON by ME\IttN

Especial to The TimcS-Dispatch1
MARATlION. TEN, June 2n.-Thc
Carranza troops stationed at pjinara
fred oil the American town Of Pre-
si!io to-day according 10 a telegram
received here and at Alpine, Texas.
Major Butler, the American COM
mander at Alpine, has started re-en-
forcements for the border town. but it
viii be late tomorrow before they
arrive.
There * Il strong garrison Of Mex
lean soldiers ~ OjinaEa, and they have
been q constant ourcc Of trouble along
that part Of tho border. Nillista sen
tnmcnt in that section is very strong.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

next 0!sh; III attempting TO get back
TO General rcrshinS's lines. Wandered
into Villa Ahunada, where they were
seized
The trs, seventeen who were cap
tU-ed believed. they said. they were to
he taken TO Villa .Ahumaia TO bc Shot
y large not OF ~townsncople were gath
cred along the road and pclted them
with stones. C~ursinE ana jccriuc them.
However. their escort warned the civ
ilians that unless the violence was
stopped they would fire into the throng.
Late that afternoon the troopers
arms were tied behind their backs aud
they were placed in stock cars. being
told they were TO he taken TO see
General Trcviuo.' Reaching the ca1i-
tai. they again We're stoned. but this
time also the Carranza soldiers put
down the demonstrations. Once they
arrived At the penitentiary they were
given most courteous treatment, they
said.
The ,rooperS prough, here to-day
are:
Troop K-Tred Williams. ST. Louis;
L. l.. Floyd, Oklahoma City: Sergeant
Alien Peterson, Meridian. Miss. Joe
oliver. Brighton. Ala: George stone.
Taliadcga. Ma: First Sergeant Felix
iaSe. Washington. u. G: VIII Harris.
Atlanta. ga. samuel Naci'OralT, Pcr-
'crsvillc. Tenn; William Gibbons, Chat
tanooca: Archie Jones ~CwoundeID.
Washington. u. @: j. Edward Chat
~itanoooa; James NJ. Stokes Atlanta:
Harvey NJ. Lee. Columbus. Ohio: Elsa
Graham, Smith Grove. Tenn: Charles
Marshall. Pasadena, Cal.
Troop C--Luthcr Alexander twound-
cdl. Columbia. Tenn: William Ho-uc.
Raleigh, y. G.; William l.. Gibson. Sew
York: Thomas CT. Strickler. Louisville.
Ky; Trannie u. Hopping. Atlanta. Ca:
John Wilson, Macon, Ga; John cole
man. Jr, Walker Valley. Miss; George
NJ. lloppings, Morristown, Pa.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

1850 men OF the First Regiment, Colo.
mel Perry commanding. $50 have passed
tho physical examination. Company II
which was on the suspended list. has
been accepted. and Is now one of the
best companies in the regiment, being
Differed by graduates OF military
schools. Tho richmond Grays. of the
same regiment. Is eighty men short
but forty men have bcen recruited to
help fill up tho vacancies.
Orders were issued yesterday from
tho office OF the .\djutaut-G General for
the establishment of Il uua~rtcrnIastcr's
corps under Major Allen Potts. The
corps is TO consist of five officers and
twelve enlisted mon.
The militia authorities arc being as
sisted by two quartcrmastcr scrGcants
from Fortress Monroe. two hospital
scrgcantS from Washington, two pri-
Yates OF the regular army with the
Field Hospital Corps, and by three SER
Gcant instructors.
None OF the units is kept under
heavier strain than tho quarter
masters department., of which Major
Potts is the chief. Under him
labor Captain Borland and Il detail.
whose duties begin in tho morning at
. O'Clock and end often not before mid
night. For tho camp %rations to-day
lIt utphl lIlicTl OTupfGu bNS pounds OF
bacon. 1000 pounds OF beef, 5000
pounds OF bread. 1853 pounds Of I,vta-
tocS.'2?i pounds of beans. $50 pounds
of canned tomatoes. 200 pounds OF
butter. 1000 pounds Of oninus and
1880 pounds ct ice. To ooh this and
to keep the camp fires burning seven
cords Of oak wood are used every day.
Feed for the horses amounts to 1000
pounds OF oats and 5000 pounds of
hay daily.
The soldiers ration to-day will con-
Sist OF fourteen ounces OF beef and four
ounces Of bacon, eighteen ounces of
bread and a corresponding mount Of
beans. potatoes, dried fruit, coffee,
milk and sugar. To many a man who
WAS recruited yesterday this will be
4 banquet. The soldier is rarely late
for mess call.
The Field Hospital. which was com
p%limcntcd by Colonel Skcrritt. works
day and night in inoculatinE men.
The corps is we'll equipped, having six
hospital tents, which will accoinmu-
date 325 sick men. In case Of serious
sickness the patients arc sent to Mo-
n,orial Hospital. which has now re.
ccived four. The officers of the corps
are Major Bowman and ~Licutenants
j. Is. Anderson, G.. 3. Dent, Warfcld.
Whitmorc and Robertson.
The Signal Corps, which now has
sixty men and three officers. is in need
OF more men. especially telegraph
operators.
Following is tho camp schedule:
First call. 5:4J.
March. 5:55.
Rereiile, S.
Assembly Immediately thereafter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
FntnI Fall From Tree.

Robert Crouch, the tcn-ycar-oId son
OF c. j.. Crouch. OF .o3 East Eighth
street. South Richmond. died AT vir-
Iinih Hospital at .:oa o'clock this
morning from "a fracture of tho skull.
\ DUNG trOuch fell from a tree near
liS home yesterday afternoon and sus-
tanned the injury. He was takcu 10
the hospital by an ambulance
ana died there without having re-
gained consciousness.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
CtHRiNG:TON COMu ENDS
USEFULNESS or SOUTHERN

ASfIEN1LLE. y. c.. June 2a.-Thc
sixteenth annual convention uf the To-
bacco Association of the United states.
Win l2o delegates present. convened ut
Grove Park Inn this morning. with
President NJ. Darlington in the chair
In his annual address President Car
rinSton referred to "thc increasing use-
fulHeSs OF tho southern hallway to the
south since it's emancipation from wou
street Influences and commended tho
Federal reserve banks as E]uarantcc COS
future money manic.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
Avintor Ordereh TO nennrt.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA..-Junc &c
Lieutenant iiagl"y, of tn. Nebraska
National Guard, gradual aviator. mas
beeh ordered TO report FOR service in
me Nebraska iiyinS squad, the place to
b" designated later. Nebraska. accord
ing TO a message from the .Adjutant-
General. viii raise aud equip AN aero
force of two machines and pilots.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
REPRESENTATIONS TO ChRHANZA
BY SPECIAL AIENE RODGIH.

WASiiINGTON, June 29.-Ecprcsen-
tationS TO General CarranZa protesting
against seizure Of American property
10y local authorities in many parts Of
Mexico have been made At Mexico City
by Special Agent ~i.oiScrs. Oficia! re-
ports 10 tho state Department have said
that thousands of dollars worth Of gold
and silver bullion, horses, cattle. auto
mobiles and other movable merchandise
belonging to Americans had been taken.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

Among the railroad mon visitors
In Richmond Yesterday were w II. Tny-
loo. traffic passenger manager OF the
southern Railway. with headquarters
In Washington. aud T.. l.. Snivciy. dis
trtct freight agent OF the L~ackawanna
OF philadelphia MIR. rayloc spent tho
entire day in Richmond. and returned
home last night. after discussing with
local officials probable plans for the
movement of the Virginia troops i'm
event that they were ordered to tho
Mexican border for service.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
FOR MOVING TROOPS
Railway OEicinis Confer ON IIsus for
Immediate Transfer II Ncccs-
kury.

The American Railway Association
has just designated IL. S. Moore, of
Roanoke, as the railroads special rep
resentative In Richmond during the
troop movement here. and he is assist
ing local ira file men i'm handling the
soldiers that arc being mobilizcd at the
State Fair Grounds. The railroads OF
the country have designated special
representatives to every mobilization
camp in the United States: that the
best possible service might BIO rendered.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
COLONEL SKERRITT
MAKES INSPECTION
OF CAMP STUART

'S''''ihu'' ~ pii ] ! dSf.b
twice a week. II is so posted upon
the orders He must keen his hands
and face clean. his person tidy and his
raimrnt ~prcscntablc. He must not
throw paper or burnt matches about
the camp grounds. He must he as
clean about the camp as he is rs TO
his own person. lie must observe all
the nicetics of finished dccorum. To
be a soldier one must first be a gentle
man. The military school teaches many
things, but ono thing first Of all.
So, now that they arc beginning to
understand what military life means,
the service IT calls for and the demands
1t makes. these men went to their cots
last night TO knit up the ravclcd slcavo
Of care aud sleep we'll. That they slept
we'll the lone field lark in Sherwood
Park knows. She was able TO creep
back to her fallen young again.
INSPECTOR-GEN ERAL SIX E.RIITT
NOT SATISFIED WITH CONDITIONS
Having in themselves the faith
which moves mountains. perseverance,
and patient energy. military authori-
ties and city officials have shaped
Camp Henry g Stuart into better con-
ditions and given to the soldiers com
forts needed and expected in every
permanent military c~ncanpmcut. There
is yet much TO be done, however. if the
camp is to bc made absolutely sani-
tary. INIis, in effect, was the state
mcnt Of Colonel Skerritt, Inspector
general OF the Department Of the
East. who Immediately after HE ar
rival yesterday morning began inspcc-
ton OF camp and men. He was not
satisfied with conditions in the in
closed field. where tho First and Second
Regiments are uuartcrcd. The ground
is SO level that none or the water
escapes, and in the middle OF The Held
the tents arc surroundcd with water
filled bitches. rhe city forces arc
working hard 10 complete the drainage
system, and to-day superintendent
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30
LITTLE OF DISPLAY
IN WORKING r

IN WORKING DETAILS
by tomorrow night. il is expected.
the camp Will be III tit condition. and
Inc glamour Of military life which has
"ccn 50 sadly missed in these siren
uous days OF physical Examination in
o"ulation against typhoid and small
poN and the slow, uncXcitiup muster
ing in, Will return to the men and bows
in khaki. Modern militarisrn at it's
best has little Of display, little n stir
IN men the martial spirit, and none of
the rattle of the drum and tho .hrilI
call of the fife and bugle to wcan a
young man from his home. This. per-
haps, accounts in part for the lack i'm
recruiting.
While an army officer has EXPRESSED
dissatisfaction with the camp. The
local military authorities arc Steiner
III their criticism Of the tardiness of
the War Department.. whiSl, having
supplied companies only for peace
strength. called for mobilization and
drew to tho field men who have no,
YET ono shred of military cuuipmcn,.
Yesterday, in fulGllmcnt of many
promises. the War Department sent i'm
SIX carloads of supplies and .uuipmcu,.
There were pyramidal tents. blankets.
cots, uniforms. undcrclothinC, shirts.
socks arms and ammunition. which,
according To Major &. l.. Wright. adj
Jutant, viii be distributed this morn
ing.
fiona, covo 'a' VI 'hc ma
and .nuinn,c,, r.. o.'p'''S
,.rdav ,uth.riy.,, ,,. 80
ralnp uu,yi crn.u. -, 49,, : us
state cxpcrso cy.,,,ht,I 800 az
needed, the Governn, e,,enn
,yp.r,cd 80 So, 800 wa nc
by the government rhis ordan msa
changed when it was learned ina, tho
War Department had made ;bc nccc,
sary provision.
FIRST REGIMENT To NE
~ mn nav
All companies OF the Seco,d pon,,a..
have hc"n examined. and the FORMAL
IhuaterinE in began YESTERDAY ar,or.
Uoon al } o'clock The First Regiment
wEli he mustered in this nor,irr ~.
ginning at 81 o'clock, f~o,lovinc mos,
The formal transfer from state r.. ~,
cral service Is being conducted r,dor
IN" supervision Of Captain NJ Shinr
United states Army. None ,r ,ho n,nu
is refusing 10 take mo .. ~
binds him to service for ,brno ,n...
aud for three years kcnns Nm, a. ~.
reserve.
Examination Of The Eiola .u
began in the morning Tbo i.,,...
made a remarkable yhowir, n,, 20
battery Of $50 men. onIv rn,,
jcctcd by the surgeons r,n. :.
the Other batteries rcrc in ron
Thc Richmond Iiowitzcrs poro -.
terday. 139 mon strong an 49,
examined, and arc road. p'e"
ing in. ~
Colonel u W. S~aiomongly az ,ho
Fourth Regiment. ana ,rn,ono, n.
Is. Percy, ordinance once
ordered on duty YESTERDAY ia
tho state in the trangfcr nc NJ.
property from the State 10 ,bo ,,a,".y
government.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-30

C"hn. Of the STRENGTHENING Dchart-
mont. will have a force of fifty mon on
the field.
The Signal Corps. living cast of the
race track: tho field artillery, posi-
toned in Sherwood Park, and the
fioid Hospital Corps. stationed to tho
northwest Of the Fair Grounds. arc
comfortably chartered. and arc with
out complaint. Rut even they have
only temporary sanitary couvcnicnccs.
however. as AN officer pointed out YES
'trd"E afternoon. disavrccablc and un-
comfortable conditions are not ncces-
s"rilE unSanitary. and he reminded tho
observe" that for hours at Il time men
are hshtinS in European trenches
kDec-dccp in water. Onions. he added
are maladorcuS, but they arc not un-
sanitary. and most, OF the soldiers seem
to like them.