davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
BOUCK. WHITES CASE
Ev BouoK WHITE not to have dsflsd the flag in

BOUCK not to have defed the flag in
 any proper the word defiled Christianity in makes all the father entitled to the rights and privileges that membership common family confers.
 Such a sentiment contains readily hostility sentiment patriotism The idea nationality than the idea of world brotherhood in the way idea family than the idea of patriotism.
 Whites mistake consists trying to actions Such conduct has al ways bee punished probably always will be.
 The time world unity not to have arrived The preservation nationality necessary. The i position of advising his congregation to upon property rights ideals The ideal nationality widely received while that of world unity is almost shadow.
 boneheaded process of the law all when it idealist His alleged merely method by which he noble philosophy which the rest of not prepared perhaps another boneheaded justice goes To make martyr of White precisely the give wide circulation and wider acceptance
 undoubtedly staged process present the nation the largest practical institution.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
HILL WAKES UP

FTER SCORE of in Congress E. J. Hill discovers "A that the American navy doesn't exist He wants the largest the world plenty of twelve inch In would deliver mail the mouths of these guns
 Nothing makes militant approach ling election Hill breahes smoke and flame But he is time things remember. One must remember the German vote, which naturally makes hire for letter carriers.
 the British voe and hence MT. Hill is Iyery for ultimatums to Germany
 remember that the president popular, and all speak must remember that if the elected H be- and load the shoulders the chief executive defects the which Mr. Hill has recently discovered.
 But why Mr. Hill should be hot for delivering mail in Flu cold the delivery there other mystery of his hope for reelection.
 usually is important than letter. So far
  rope delivery at the of twelve guns them ab home he against the the latter demanded much freedom of the and Mr. Hill for American letters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
CYPRUS

The island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, near the coasts of Asia Minor and Syria, has become since the war an important center of British activity, serving as a port for the war ships which have on several occa- siOnS made attacks on the adjacent Ottoman coast. The possession of Cy- prus enables Great Britain to menace several important cities along the sea- board of Asiatic Turkey. The people of Cyprus will celebrate tomorrow the thirty-eighth anniversary of the overthrow of Ottoman rule and the occupation of the island by Great Brit ain, as it was on June 4, 1878, that the island was given up to England for administration by the Anglo-Turkish convention. In November, 1914, the island was formally annexed to the British Empire. Last October Cyprus was offered to Greece by Great Britain on condition that she join the Allies, and the proposal aroused great enthu- siasm among the He1lenes, but through the influence of King Constantine it was not accepted. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, and is about sixty miles from the coast of Asia Minor. It has an area of 3,584 square miles and population of about 300, 900, consisting principal ly of the descendants of early Greek settlers. Cyprus was taken by the Turks in the middle ages and under | Ottoman misrule it was at times almost
 depopulated, but since the British as- stunned it's administration great pro- gress has been made in developing it's natural resources and educating the people. The island now has legis-
 lature, courts with native judges, nu-
 merous newspa pers and a splendid sys- tenn of public schools. I1literacy, al- l most universal under the Turkish re- girne, is now rare, and the introduction of modern agricultural and horticultu-
 ral methods has made the people pros porous.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
How Russell Ford Invented Emery Ball
 That Made Sensation

Ed Sweeney's story of the develop rnent of the emery ball by Russell Ford is another interesting chapter added to the history of the game. Sweeney says the emery ball began it's peculiar gyrations back in 1907, when he and Ford were battery mates at Atlanta. One day while Sweeney was catching Ford in warming stunt before a game, Russ made a wild peg and the ball bounded into concrete pillar.
 ''I didn't know anything about it,' explains Sweeney, tbut after that noticed the ball breaking in a pe- culiar way. remarked about it to Ford, and he didn't appear interested I never saw it again that season.
 t'I was purchased that summer by the Yankees. Owner Farrell came to me and asked who was the best pitcher in the Southe@0 League. I told him Ford. And Russ was draft ed.
 '"The next spring Ford and went South together to join the Yankees. On the train Russ told me he had a ball no catcher in the world could re- ceive. I laughed at him. But he per sisted and he told me he would ex- plain when we reached the training camp.
 "Once there he took me into his confidence and explained the emery ball. He said he had experimented with it the entire previous season, but had not mentioned 1t. He was telling me because he wanted me to catch him. and he knew I couldn't get away with 1t unless knew what was com ing.
 Russ showed me a leather ring that he slipped over a finger on his left hand. Like most players gloves, his nitt had big hole in it. All he had to do was to scratch the ball with the emery which was pasted on the leather ring. The concrete had given Ford the tip.
 "The bigger the scratch the greater the freak jumps the ball would take. But foxy Russ merely scraped a part of the ball. And he never used the shoot except in a pinch. He would fake a splitter, and nobody ever got wise. When he pitched he always requested that I catch him,
 When Russ threw the ball, with runners on or in pinches, no batter in the world could hit it. Once in a while somebody did. but it was an accident, Ford could make the ball break two ways, in and down and out and up, I've seen batter after batter miss the ball a foot, There were three other persons
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
MIKE DONOVAN'S
 GOLDEN JUBILEE

Comparatively few boxers live to celebrate the 6ftieth anniversary of their first ring battle, but Prof. Mike Donovan, former middIeweight cham pion, will celebrate his golden jubilee as a boxer to-day. It was on a June day in 1866 that Mike climbed through the ropes of a ring in St. Louis to meet Bill Crowley in a bareknuck1e bat tie. Mike had just been honorabIy discharged from the army after val orous service in the civil war, and he had become so fond of fighting that he decided to try his hand at the Diff game. His battle with Crowley was his first in a regular ring-and such a battlei For ninety-six rounds, last ing three hours and quarter, Dono- van and Crowley lambasted each oth- CT. but in the end Mike lost on a foul. That was one of a very few bouts he ever lost. He soon fought his way to the top of the middleweight heap and retained the championship of that di- vision until 1882, when he retired un- defeated to become the boxing instruc- tor of the New York Athletic Club In 1888 he returned to the ring to fight a six-round battle with Jack Dempsey, then midd1eweight champion, and al- though it was called a draw the old veteran had the best of the argument Donovan held his job as boxing in- structor of New York's weaIthiest ath-
  retired on pension. The "Perfes- sor'' has a son who entertains pugilistic am mbitions, but so far he has shown nothing like the ability displayed by his gifted dad.
 Prof Mike is the only American champion who has ever lived to ceIe- brate a golden jubilee, although sew eral good old timers attained that hon or Jim Dunne, who died last year, gained some recognition as American heavyweight champion by defeating Bill Davis in 1865. Other veteran American boxers who survived fifty years after their ring debut, included Bill Tavee, John Pyburn, Bill Clark, Ed Price. and Pat Kelly. Jem Mace was the most famous of the English boxers to celebrate a golden jubilee. Tom Oliver, Bendigo and several other old champions also attained to this ripeness of years before being called to their reward.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
PRESIDENT GIVES SOME COUNSEL TO
 ANN NAPOLIS GRADS

Annapolis, Md, June 3-President Wilson unexpectedly made an address to the naval academy graduates at commencement exercises here yester- day, declaring that great responsibili- ties rest on naval officers of the United States. He had not planned to speak but said he felt a particular in terest in this years class because it saw him 'get into troub1e'' at his inauguration three years ago.
 The President declared that he gained a liberal education in the White House. He said that discipline in the academy must be strict because 'tyou are more than college boys; you are officers of the United States 9 and any laxity of duty cannot be over looked. There might come a time, he added, when a laxity in duty might change the worlds history.
 tIt had not been my purpose when I came here to say anything today but as sit here and look at you young sters, find that my feeling is a very personal feeling indeed.
 "I have thought that there was one interesting bond that united us. You were at Washington three years ago and saw me get into trouble. And now I ann here to see the beginning of your troubles. Your trouble will last longer than mine but I doubt if it will be any more interesting.
 ''The personal feeling have for you is this: we are all bound together, for the time being and you perma- nently, under a special obligation, the most solemn that the mind can con ceive. The fortunes of a nation are confded to us.
 "I congratulate you that you are going to live your lives under the most stimulating compulsion that any man can feel. the sense, not of pri- vate duty merely but of public duty also. And then if you perform that duty there is reward awaiting you which Is superior to any other re- ward in the world. That is the affec- donate remembrance of your fellow men-their honor. their affection. No man could wish for more than that or find anything higher than that to strive for.'
 The President personally gave each of the IFS graduates his diploma and shook hands with them. extending warm congratulations. He particu- Iarly praised the 10 ranking members of the class. The President and Mrs. Wilson witnessed the celebration of the lower classmen with interest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
DE TROBRIAND

Americans of French descent will celebrate on Sunday the centenary of the birth of General Philip Regis de Trobriand, one of the most gallant of the Union officers in the Civil War. He was born at Tours, France, June 4, 1916, the son of a famous officer of the French army, and was himself educated for a military career. At the age of 25 he came to America and. dropping his title of baron and his family name of de Keredern, en- tered upon a, journalistic career. For many years he was the editor of the Courier des Etats- -Unis, the leading French daily paper of New York, and also of the Revue du Nouveau Monde. the foremost French periodical of the United States. When the CSivil War broke out he laid aside his pen and offered his sword to his adopted coun- try. He served with such conspicuous gallantry and ability in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, among others, that he was promoted to the rank of briga- dier-general, and later to that of major-general. He was present as the commander of a division at Lees surrender. After the war he entered the regular army as brigadier-genera1, and commanded the district of Da- kota until his retirement in 1879, He died in 1897, his latter years having been devoted to literature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
KING GEORGE IS 51 TODAY

The ffty-f1rst birthday of King George V, will be observed to-day throughout the empire on which the sun never sets. The British monarch,
 while hedged in by many more re- straints than his imperial cousin of
 Germany, is still not without influence
 in this period of Britain's greatest
 trial, and he has used it in such a way as to add vastly to his popularity.
 While the statesmen of the British democracy have engaged in much blck-
 ering and strife, which at times
 threatened to bring the whole po1iti-
 cal structure down upon their heads
 the King has attended strictly to his
 business and has not attempted to
 stray beyond the narrow limits of
 power accorded to him by the cOnsti-
 tuition. The British monarch is not the commander of the army in any
 sense of the word, having far less con
 troI over the military arm of the
 government than the President of the
 United States. When the Prince of
 Wales wspted to go to the front he had to make his appeal to Kitchener, and
 not to his father, although King
 George favored the plan. The King and Prince had to use all their tact and persuasiveness to induce Kitchen CT to relent King deorge has made brief visits to the expeditionary army at the front and the fleet commanded Oy AOn11ra1 JeI1COe, put ne udS la ken no part whatever in formulating g
 the war policy of the government. ; Since the outbreak of the war con- siderable portion of the Kings work ing day has been spent in work for the wounded and sick soldiers. He is in terested in numerous organizations en- gagged in caring for the stricken Tom
 mics. BaImoral, the royal estate in Scotland, has been transformed into a conva1escent hospital for the wounded, and Buckingham and Windsor castles are centers for humane work. Thou sands of wounded men, privates as well officers, have been the King guests at Buckingham Palace.
 l The birthday of the British monarch has for it's chief feature the awarding of medals and decorations and titles 1 to those who have served the empire I in a conspicuous manner. Last year, | following the publication of the birth day list of honors, the King personally l bestowed insignia and decorations up | on 800 men. At that ceremony the | King was clad in khaki, as were the
 great majority of the recipients of the decorations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
Leaving for Position In U. M. c. Co. Cooper Is
 Recipient of Presents

After having been with the Yost Typewriter works for 25 years, Harry Cooper. foreman of the press depart ment, has left for a position of tmpor- tance with the Union Metallic Car fridge Go. Twenty-Five associate fore mon presented him with a solid gold watch chain and the employees of the press department gave him a gold watch charm. The presentation speech was made by c. w. Burges, superin- tendent of the factory.
 The Yost officials and the employees regret the loss of MT. Cooper but are glad to see him advancing himself.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
THE KINGS BIRTHDAY

While the observance of the birth day of King George ", which falls on this Saturday, is general throughout the British Empire, it has yet to at- tain the significance attached to the 24th of May, the birthday of Queen Victoria. The natal day of no other ruler has been so widely and enthus- iastically celebrated as that of the be- loved Queen who ruled the empire for so many years. King Edwards birth day, ~which fell in November, was never popularly observed and throughout his reign the anniversary of his mothers birth continued to be the popular holiday. The last royal birthday celebrated in the Thirteen Colonies was that of George III. which fell the 4th of June. Up to the outbreak of the revolution that date was made the occasion of an en- thusiastic manifestation of their aI- legiance by those who remained loyal to the crown, butw ith the triumph of the revolutionary party their cele- brattons were suppressed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
High Court Upholds Decision of Gager
 Tn Case of Jacko

Frank Jaclno, injured ~1ore than two Tears ago in an elevator smash at the American Tube & Stamping Co. plant in this city, has lost his suit for dam a4eS in the supreme court. A decision handed down yesterday sustains Judge Gager of the superior court who pre- v1ously granted non-suit in favor of the local corporation. The case was re- tried in the March term of the su- prenne court Attorney Carl Foster ap- bearing for the defendant company, and Attorneys W. w. Bent and Abe Geduldig appearing for the complain ant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
THE ALLING
 RUBBER co. 1126 MAIN STREET

besides Ford who knew the secret. They were Kid Foster. Earl Gardner. now with Toledo and myself. We were roommates.
 ''When Gardner reported to Toledo in 1912, he gave the secret to FaIken- berg. Fans in Toledo will remember what a wonderful year Cy had in the Association. And in the American league, Falky was just as strong. batted against him hiua one day, saw the break and knew he had the ball. But I didn't let on.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03

On complaint of the Providence authorities that they had broken their probation. Harriet White and Jessica Raistreclx both 20 years of age, were arrested at their rooming house on Nichols street last evening by Detec- tive James Bray A Providence off cer is on his way to this city to take them back.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03

It is quite possible that these substi- tutes for gasoline will not so much have the effect to reduce prices as to assess Standard Oil a good round price to buy up the patent rights,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03

King George sent to Lieut.. Sir. Ernest shackleton at the Falkland Islands a message congratulating him on hia sa8esza
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
VAT

Remember the filling Rub Der Store is headquarters for Garden and Lawn Hose Making large contracts for our many stores enables us to undersel others in the same quality of guaranteed hose
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent Word
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-15
Money

while some money was put out ON
call on the stock Exchange ms low as
p, per cent yesterday. most OF the
loans were made on 2ls per cent
basis.
Rates for time loans on Stock tx
change collateral opened the week uh-
changed. There is only a small volume
of business doing. Lenders are not
inclined to make any concessions 81
this time. in spite of the dull demand
because OF the approaching require
ments Of the money market. Rates
for mixed loans arc pa as per cent Tor
60 DAYS: $685. per cent for 80 days;
.3ilM32, per cent for four months'
3txm3a, per cent for five months ana
81, per cent for six months.
The onening Of the week showed no
change in commercial paper. The mar
ket was inactive with the rate for good
rapor at per cent. There were
occasional sales OF specially attractive
names at slightly lower figures.
Federal Reserve Discounts. ofhclal
discount rates in each Of the Twelve
Federal Reserve districts arc:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-15

The Annalist Index Number. made
up of twenty-five selected food com
modities to express the average food
cost of living, went last week to
1873. That is the highest point on
record. A year ago it was l45.l'.
The money cost of food may be said
therefore. to have touched not only
the highest point Of this generation
but the highest since the inflated
prices of the Civil War period. One
must be particular TO say the money
cost. The actual food cost of living
certainly has not risen as much as
the money cost. When it IS so easy
to make a living, it cannot be said
that living actually is very dear
But there is no way statistically ia
express The actual cost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-15
WHAT OF THE
COPPER BOOM?
A Study of the Prospect
for Production and
Consumption.

The statement that all European
centres are rushing to buy the whole
copper output Of 1917 was already
forcshadowed by John d. Ryan, OF
the Anaconda company, six months
ago, when he said: at is our bellef
that during the continuance of the war
consumption will at least maintain ITS
present level, and that peace in Europe
will bring an enormous demand Tor
copper in all the countries now at war
TO replace depleted stocks and restore
industries in which the metal is lndls-
pensibe." The price Of the metal was
n cents pound in January; after
moving up to 29ls cents in March 1t
moved down to 20 cents, and has I'M
proved again to about q cents. The
bulls are not counting upon an advance
in the price, but they believe the pres
ent price will be maintained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-15

The figures of European consumption
Cor the last two years are not avail
able; in any case, they are not of much
value for the purposes Of our inquiry
The fact remains that this country
consumed nearly 80 per cent more than
in 1914 and 80 per cent more than in
the best previous year. 1t is stated on
The best authority that European shell
&. dcrs alone up to date have been re-
sponsiblc for the use Of 2OO,OOO,OOO
pounds. or 10000 tons, of copper.
Last years production was $4,000
tons and imports totalled 10000 tons;
exports during the same period we're
27O. 600 tons. As tho actual consump-
tion was Ai2.O 900 tons. the stock left
over at the close OF last year was
small. In the seven months Of the cur
rert year neither the volume Of con-
sumption nor that Of export has
changed. During the last two quarters
100000 tons have been exported from
this country. On the other hand, pro
auction has been increasing during the
las; two quarters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-15

but there are several other items vhic.
il would take too much space 70 detail
It is noteworthy that there is Or
actual decrease in the volume Of trad.
in some of the staple industries Of this
country. The trade in agricultural
implements used to stand around sbou.
$40, OOO,O 900; in 1915 it was only $780,.
600. and in 1916, sl5,OOO,OOO; sewing
machine exports used to amount 10
$40. 900, 900 and over; in 1916 they wsr,
under s5,OOO,0O0; tobacco and manufac.
lures of tobacco used TO amount to
Sol 900, 900, and last year they We.
only SAL 100000.
There is no question Of increased
wealth and prosperity in the country
at present; but people are getting &C
customed to believe that this pros.
perity is only in very small measure
due to the war, and will continue after
the war. There is no doubt that the
European countries might buy great
deal of materials and machinery for
building up the damage done By ~
war The figures go to prove "a
however much they may buy we a'
hardly expect the totals Of 1916, O.
even of 1915, TO be repeated in the nc''
future Of post bellum years.