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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27

the auto accident Friday afternoon, was brought to Newtown from the Danbury hospital, Saturday evening, by Undertakers Honan & Brew, and the funeral occurred today from St. Roses church. The deceased is sur vtved by a brother and sister and sev- eraI nephews residing in Three Rivers, near Springfield, Mass, where inter nent was made.
 The annual meeting of Sandy Hook district will be held Thursday even ing, June 29, at 7:30 o'clock, at the SchOol-houSe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27
ALLIED VESSELS
 HIT BY U-B0ATS
 AFTER PURSUITS

Marseilles. June 27-The French steamer FourneI and the English steamer Cardiff have been sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean The French liner Villa De Marid. with 52 passengers on board was pursued and cannoned by a submarine but escaped.
 The FourneI was a vessel of 2,O47 tons, built in Glasgow in 1880. There are two British steamers named the Cardiff, one of 2,s08 tons and the other a trawler. The larger boat has been engaged in the transatlantic trade and was last reported on her way to Sydney, c. B.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27
FASHIONS, OR wbMAN's HEALTH

The first thing many persons think of finding on the Woman's Page of a newspaper is the Fashions. That is not what women most need to find there. Health is t!1e first thing, and many women back it. Notes telling how to preserve the health are uof the and, if they are suffering from woman's ailments, they read with the most intense interest how other. women got well from their ailments, and so they too get what made them wel1--Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27
STEAMER AND BARGE AGROUND.

Vineyard Haven, Mass, June -27- The tug Calvert put in here early to- day and reported that the steamer Itasca, from New York, and a barge, both of which she was towing to Bos- ton, went aground on Shovelful ShOa1 at about 9:3O o'clock last night. The sea was smooth. with a light southerIy wind, and the. vessels were not con sidered in immediate danger. Their crews remained aboard.
 The French moratorium has been extended another three months.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27

Diplomas were awarded to IT of fcers at the graduation exercises of the Naval War College at Newport, R. l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27

Refined granu1ated sugar was ad- vanced to 7.65 cents a pound by the McCahan Sugar Refinery of Philade1- phia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27

FUNERAL BOUQUETS
 AND DESIGNS. JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27

B C.
  come from European balefelds fight for Uncle sam  he He eserved and nonth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27

France rescinded the recent gov
 ernment order forbidding importation of automobiles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27
Catholic System Necessary.

"A truly Christian education which embodies learning and devotion to God is necessary now more than ever because of the many dangers that threaten society. With the increase of the habit of homicide and that of di-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-27

''The home, the SCHOOL ana me church-these are the great factors in the true education of our youth. All three are necessary and mutually Independent. The home is a school when the mother teacher the first les sons of piety. The school is a home when the teacher, like mother, helps to mold the child. by the religious and moral Influence of her character. And the church is the divine mother who develops the religious and moral train ing of the home and school.
Evening journal., 1916-06-17
DR.. De COSTA
Consulted IN
Students Case
Continued from Firsl Page.

IO0llnutu llQu It 81 1 abNs
the wide attention Of this case. The
GENIAL disposition and courteous man
ners of Young Wilson made him beloved
bv all who know him. This interest in
the case is not only by students, faculty
members and residents of Newark, but
also by hundreds of persons from all
parts OF the State who know him or his
parents. His courtesy at all times Won
HIM many friends, especially among old
er persons wlio know him, and much oi
the interest and sympathy is being
manifested By these people.
In the last few days there have been
hundreds of callers at the hospital to
inouire for the student and many of
these have been admitted to see him.
At all times he is the most cheerful
one in his room and thoughtful for all
around him. This cheerfulness has
been a great encouragement to his
mother who is with him practically
all the time
Former Judge David T. Marvel, an
uncle of the injured man, stated today
that his nephew has never complained
in the least since the accident hap
pened and shows his appreciation in
many ways for everything that is done
| for him.
Great quantities Of flowers have ar
rived AT the hospital for Wilson during
the mast few days. being sent by his
MANY friends. AS each new bouquei
arrives the injured student asks !
tbera is not someone else in the hos
pital who has no flowers ana II So "
send some Of the flowers to them.
Evening journal., 1916-06-17
j. S. ARMY Prepared
TO DEFEND ITSELF
AGAINST MEXICANS
Continued from First Page.

Continued from First Page.
Of several companies Of regular infan-
try who we're ordered back to their
headquarters at Fort Bliss.
THREE Mexicans Killed.
Three Mexicans are reported to
have been killed in a clash with
United States troops and band Of
about thirty bandits ten miles east Of
San Antonio. last night There were
no American casualties.
Two companies Of the Twenty-sixth
Infantry were rushed in automobiles
from Harlingen to Olmito, ten miles
north of Brownsville. to cut off the
retreating bandits, who are reported
early today heading for the Rio
Grande.
The administration wants official
details of the raid at San lgnacio be-
fore dispatching its note to Carranza
The raid will be pointed to as being
indicative of the original object in
view when American troops were or
dered across the international bound
airy.
War Department officials declared
they saw no reason for trepidatior
in the situation. They reiterated the
American forces are strategically dis
posed. well-equipped. well-armed anC
in a position to give n coed accoun
Of themselves in any evertuality.
Evening journal., 1916-06-17
REX" potter HURT
IN FATAL AUTO Smash
Had Leg and Arm Injured
While Friend Was
Instantly Killed
ACCIDENT HAPPENED
NEAR GENEVA, N. Y

Rexford Potter, secretary OF the
Yates Lumber Co, of Penn Yam, New
Yoak, who is well known in this State
particularly in the Kent county grape
belt, I'm which he has sold hundreds OF
thousands of baskets, figured In a sen
sstional and death-dealing automobile
accident near Geneva, N. Y, on Tues
day night He escaped with injuries
10 an arm and leg, bar an intimate
friend. b. r. Ramsey who was sit
ting beside him, was killed instantly.
A Penn Yam special dated June IA,
says
while on his way home from Pal
myra last night, E. r. Ramsey, one
of the best known citizens OF this
county, was instantly killed when his
automobile turned turtle meas Gen
eva, pinning him under the steering
wheel aud breaking his neck
Mr. Ramsey. with his oldest son.
Jack. Rexford Potter OF the Potter
Lumber Company and Jerome
O'Koofe OF Penn Yam, left here about
1.30 for Palmyra, where Mr. Ram
sey had some business TO transact.
After they had had supper, they
started home and when three miles
this side of Geneva where the road
had been worked, Mr.. Ramsey, who
was driving, drove to the side OF the
highway in order to miss the stones
and other materials that had been
piled in the center OF the road. The
incline from the road was too soft
and when the wheels struck the mud
the car slid into the ditch and turn
ed over, pinning MIR. Ramsey under
the wheel Before he could be extri-
Gated he was dead Mr.. Potter who
sat on the front seat with Mr.. Ram
sey had his leg and arm injured
while Jack and O'Keefe escaped en-
tirely, the latter being thrown cleal
Of the car.
"Mr. Ramsay. who was about 8
years old, has for the past ten year
been one of Penn Vans most activ
business men. He came here iron
New York and purchased the Shut
Mills on the outlet and for some tim
manufactured fibre board. He the
patented an electric wire conduit
built plant on his property at Hea
street, and for a number OF year
made this product. Recently, how
ever, he sold his interest in the pat
ent. Since then he had been inter
ested in moving pictures. He was
prominent Mason and a member o
the comnandery. He leaves beside
. his wife; one daughter, Edia, an
! three sons, Warner. Jack and Gilber
the last one being an infant a mont
old: also his father. who lives
Plainfeld. n. j.. and two brothers. {
2 e Ramsey Of Oakland, Cal, and }.
b Ramsey Of New York city. The re
= mains we're brought here last night
Evening journal., 1916-06-17
RAILROAD WORKERS
CONTINUE HOPEFUL
Representatives of Both
Sides Indicate Compromise
May Yet Avert Strike
MAY INVOKE
THE NEWLANDS ACT

NEW YORK, June 17.-Although
100000 strike ballots were ordered
printed here by the delegates of the
four railroad brotherhoods who fail
ed to reach an agreement with the
railroads in their demands for short
er hours and higher overtime pay,
leaders Of the men and representatives
of the railroads united in the declar-
ton that. while the situation Is seri-
Gus, it is not hopeless. The ballots
were delivered today and will be
taken by the delegates TO their homes
for distribution to expedite the vote.
Both the railroad managers and the
brotherhood leaders and delegates
held secret day-long conferences.
They discussed, it was learned, poll
cies for their future conduct in the
negotiations expected to follow the re-
turn OF a strike vote. The brother
hood leaders are confident that more
than S5 per cent. of the men will vote
in favor of a. general strike, which
however. according 10 the wording OF
the ballot, cannot be called until all
efforts toward an amicable adjustment
Of their differences have failed.
Leaders of the railroads and the men
we're reluctant to issue official state
ments touching on the probability OF
a compromise, but informal interviews
I indicated that both sides look to a
settlement through mediation under
! the Newlands act The railroads, the
employees believe. may drop at the last
moment their firm stand for the elimi
nation Of double compensation" rules
and consent to arbitrate the questions
of hours and overtime.
Rather than precipitate a genera
strike. brotherhood leaders intimated
the men might be satisfied with Mint
4 hour day and time and a quarter over
Il time instead of the eight-hour day ant
time and a half overtime demand.
"The situation is not as hopeles
Las il NAV seem at first glance - said a
B Garretson. president of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Conductors. VIII
was the spokesman for the men dur
ing the conference. THE public mus
not lose sight of the fact that n
counter-proposition has been ouere
by the railroads to the demands
the men. It is impossible for IN
brotherhoods to take a decisive stan
until the railroads make their pos
ton clear. AS the situation stand
: now. the brotherhoods submitted the
demands to the railroads and the
were rejected
Most Of the delegates will leave fC
their homes tonight. Within a wee
, the strike ballot will be in n
hands of 100000 brotherhood men
/ bers and more than $4,000 other worl
+ ers who are not members. The vot
the leaders expect will be canvass
, late in July after which they WI
return here.
Evening journal., 1916-06-17
MORE COMPLICATIONS
IN Local SITUATION
Owner Cross Now Claims
Players Will Stick and
Will Play Tomorrow
TRoUBLEDUE TO NON
PAYMENT OF SALARY

The local baseball situation is still
much complicated AS stated in THE
EVENING JOURNAL yesterday Man
aeer Greenwell announced that most
OF the players had refused to continue
as a team because no provision had
been made for the payment of their
hack salaries when the franchise was
taken from DR.. Leon Van Horn and
given TO Monte Cross. the former big
league star.
II is now claimed that Cross did
not know anything about this action
OF the players until after It was an
nounced they would not play. He
came to Wilmington yesterday after
noon, and after learning Of the situ-
alton got In communication with
President Rawlins, OF the league, in
Philadelphia and talked the situation
over with him. After this talk with
President Rawlins IL was announced
by Cross that the game scheduled 10
be played at Front and Union streets
today had been called on but that he
wonld take a team to Paterson tomor-
row for a double-header.
Owner Cross also claims that he
had a talk with some OF the players
. and that at least FIVE OF them
Kearney, Spinley. Steele and Finn
would stick with the club.
It has also been announced tina
the players under the charge o
Greenwell will play an exhibition
game with the Brownson club at tn
. Union street grounds this afternoo
following a game between Brownso
and Newport
Owner Cross contends that he ha
the club franchise and the lease o
the Union street grounds, and that th
team cannot play Brownson there a
the Wilmington club.
II is reported that Cross is maxim
efforts TO secure funds with which
le hnance the club and had hopes OF b
efforts being successful.
Evening journal., 1916-06-17
TRIO OF CAPITAL CITY
Golfers IN SEMI-FINAL

BALTIMORE. Md, June 17.-In the
championship semi-finals today of the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association
tournament. l.. ID. Harlan, OF Wash
ington, will play w. c. Ballantyne. OF
Washington. and T. Courtney Jenkins.
OF Baltimore, will play Donald Wood
ward of Washington.
| ID. Clark Corkran, of Baltimore, on
whom the locals had pinned their
hopes OF winning the tournament, was
eliminated yesterday by Harlan. The
score was 1 up.
The weather conditions yesterday
we're even worse than those of Thurs
day, when the qualifying round was
played There was a steady rain
throughout the day and in many
places the playing greens we're under
an inch OF water. The players, how
ever. did not balk at these adverse
conditions, but they presented a
bedraggled appearance when they
mounted the hill to the eighteenth
green. Many played on the final
green in a manner which indicated
that they we're in a hurry TO make
a change to dry clothes. AS the re-
suit OF the rains there were numer-
Gus defaults in the first round OF the
sixteens, but practically all Of the
second round matches were played as
scheduled.
There we're numerous matches that
were won by the close margin OF l
up. while several went TO extra holes,
Probably the most exciting extra-hole
match OF the day was that between
n. n. Pritchett and c. Smith. After
playing the regular eighteen holes the
match was all square. On the nine
tenth Pritchett made remarkable re-
covery after a poor drive and evened
matters. The players went on this
way until the twenty-hrst hole, where
/ Smith got the hole and match.
Washington's chances OF winning
the championship are very good IN
I fact. many are favoring them to come
out on ton in the first three sixteens.
DR.. L. L. Harlan and w. Ballentyne,
both of whom have won a Middle At
lantic Association championship, Will
come together in the upper half. the
first sixteen. and the fight for a place
| in the finals promises to be hot
one. In the lower bracket. T. Court
ney Jenkins. OF the Baltimore Country
Club. will meet Donald Woodward, OF
washington. Both of the last two
named players have been playing at
the top OF their game.
Evening journal., 1916-06-17
PHOENIX FIRE COMPANY WILL
SURRENDER OLD CITY HALL BELL
By Unanimous Vote Agrees That Ii Should
Be Removed From Engine House Tower
and Placed in the Custody Of Descend
ant Of Joseph Tatnall, to be Preserved
HiStOricalIy--COmpany 10 Receive New Bell

Resolved, By The Council of Will
mincton. That all right, title and inter
esL in said clock and bell bo assigned
to Walter G. Tatnall, representing the
heirs of the said Joseph Iatnall, to-
gether with the bell now in the said
City Hall, which is cracked, TO be util-
lied for the purpose of obtaining SUIT
able bell 20 be given to the said Phoenix
Steam Fire Engine Company, in eX-
change for the one held by them
Mr.. Tansil thanked the hremen for
their action. subsequently George B.
Ward and other members went up m
the engine house tower and reduced the
force of the strike to such an extent
that there is no possibility of the bell
being cracked II also is the policy OF
the Phoenix members TO assist Mr.. Tat
nall i'm every way in the removal of the
old bell and the installation Of the new
one.
The old Tatnall bell has been in the
possession of the Phoenix Fire Company
since 1878. On March D of that year
Joseph r. Phillips and twenty-five other
members of the company submitted
the following petition TO the Mayor and
/ Council:
1--WE. the undersigned, respectfully
petition your honorable body TO allow
/ the Phoenix Steam Fire Engine Com
panv to have the bell formerly used by
the city, they agreeing to return said
bell when desired. They have erected
at their engine house tower very suit
able for bell. Wishing that your honor
able body will think favorably of thii
appeal. your petitioners will rest salts
fed that there will be in the neighbor
hood what has long been necessity
an alarm bell"
On April II, 1878, II. c. Downing Of
fered in Council the following resolu
tion. which was referred to the Commit
tee on Public Buildings;
Resolved That the City Solicitor b
instructed TO prepare an agreement t.
he signed bv the officers of the Phoeni
Fire Company SO that the city may re
tain possession Of the bell loaned then
hv resolution of Council, in case thei
property should change hands. and tina
tho Clerk of Council be instructed I
give them an order for the hell whe
the officers sign the agreement
A. that time the Tatnall bell was ou
of City Hall tower and on storage !
4 French street, hut In the custody Of til
p Delaware Historical Society.
h The Committee on Public Building
f of which Joseph L. Adams, subsequent
nj City Treasurer, was chairman and va
n liam =. Norton, r. +. Townsend, Thomr
a P. johnson and c. T. Windle were men
< bers. reported the resolution favorab
and it was adopted
William H. foulk, then Clerk Of Cit
( Council. on June 3, 1878, sent a lett
m D. NJ. Bates. president of the Dell
waer Historical Society. requesting hi
4 TO deliver the boil to the fremen.
q was done. the delivery being made
; William Walker. at that time presideI
] of the Phoenix Company.
Evening journal., 1916-06-17
MASONS ON Record
TO SAVE CITY HALL
St. Johns Chapter Votes in
Favor OF Preserving
Ancient Structure
COUNCIL RECEIVES
LETTER OF PROTEST
Contlnued from FIrst Page.

4
General Lafayette revisited this coun-
try. he was received by the Grand
Lodge in the old City Hall building,
and Masonic honors we're conferred
upon him there, On that occasion
General Lafayette's son, George Wash
ington Lafayette and his secretary,
also we're received. 1t also was de.
cided in that building that General
Lafayette Masonic certificate should
be placed In an oak casket made from
the wood of a tree hewed on the
scene of the Battle Of the Brandy
wine, in which General Lafayette
did distinguished service and was
wounded.
Attention also was called by Mr..
Carter TO atother fact that connects
the old City Hall with an interesting
historical incident. Major JaQuett
participated in the Battle OF the Bran
dywine. He was near General Lafay-
ette when he was wounded. He heard
/ General Lafayette say to General
Washington, General. am wound
ed" General Washington answered,
81 am sorry for it, SIR "Sir, | am
not sorry was Lafayette's reply
A woman came. With her scissors
she extracted the ball and put It into
/ her pocket. Next came the Major.
After him tie surgeon arrived. He
said all was done well. This woman
! lived to an old age. She used to carry
cakes in basket and sell them, with
! this relic of her revolutionary ser
"A. nf
was soldier She followed him In
the army, where she was very useful
in binding up the wounds OF many
soldiers who might have bled TO death
without her timely aid.
On General Laiayette's visit
Wilmington i'm 1924 a dinner was
given in his honor in what is now
the old City Hall. II was then known
as the Town Hall When the guests
were all seated. Bell McCloskey, the
/, woman who had removed the bullet
i, entered the building and asked fol
Major JaQuett He went to her Sh'
said. Major. / wish you to intro
duce me to General Lafayette, fee
: an indescrihable desire to- speak t
: him once more
, "You shall be gratihed, Bell, for yol
, were a true patriot, and, heleVe
saved many a, poor fellows life,' Ma
ior Jaquett replied.
Mrs. McCloskey was presented Z
u the General He recognized her. an
2 expressed his deep gratitude for he
prompt attention to his wound on tn
s., day of the battle
y She then presented to him the bu
J. let which she had extracted from h
s wound.
/. 1T has not been out Of my pock'
Y one hour since that memorable day
she said.
VI General Lafayette thanked her ono
n more and she was applauded for he
l. action.
n And yet" Mr. Carter concluded
Il there are those who say that the oil
O City Hall is a pile Of junk. that II ha
It no historical association and that
should be sold and destroyed. AS
r view It. not only every Masonic bod
but every citizen of our city shoul
work for its preservation"
Immediately afterward the risin
vote was called for by City Treasure
Highfeld and the demonstration
favor Of saving the old building 70
lowed.
Evening journal., 1916-06-17
RIRrHS OUTNUMBER DEATHS.

Wumington's birth rate this week
was more than double the death rate,
according to the health board records
and even the number OF marriages
totaled more than the number OF
deaths. The records show 20 deaths.
20 births ard 81 marriages here last
week. as compaEed with 13 deaths,
% births and 10 marriages for the
corresponding period last year. Dur
ing the week one case of diphtheria
and two of scarlet fever were re-
uorted.