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Evening star., 1916-01-05
H|NDERED IN ITS WORK
BY THE LACK Of CLERKS
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce Conditions Revealed
by DR.. E. E. Pratt.

Additional clerical assistance is the
most seriousineed of the bureau of for
|eign and domestic commerce, according
to the annual report of DR.. 4. E. Pratt,
chief of the bureau, made public to-
day. The service is constantly grow
ing, he said, and while the number of
employees in the field has been con-
stantly increasing, the office force at
Washington has actually shown de-
crease.
The statutory force" he said, has
been supplemented to a minor extent
by the appointment of some experts
and temporary employee paid out of
the special lump-sum appropriations
providing for such employment The
use of special appropriations for sal
aries in Washington has been strictly
limited to the very serious situation
created by the European war. The
correspondence on foreign trade, par
ticularly with reference to Latin Amer
lea. increased by leaps and bounds i'm
mediately after the outbreak of war.
and, urgent as was the need of our
manufa cturers and exporters, could not
otherwise be handled. AS it was, the
work piled up and the correspondence
and fling got far behind.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
Gasoline Bath Typhus Preventive.

LAREDO, Tex, January 5.-A gaso-
line bath has been adopted in Nuevo
Laredo, Mexico, as one of the prevent
ives for introduction of typhus infec-
ton there 1t is applied only to sus-
poets of unusual personal untidiness.
The recipient of this bath has his head
shaved before being treated. DR. Claude
G. Pierce. special representative of the
United States public health and marine
hospital service. said today that, with
proper precautions, he believed there
was no need to fear a typhus epidemic
along the border.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
POLICEMAN Is SENTENCED.
Walter C. Allen Gets Six Months at
Occoauan-Appeals Case.

Walter G. Allen, a policeman, convicted
last month of a simple assault for strik-
ing with his fist passenger on street
car at Georgia avenue and Girard street
last July, was sentenced today by Chief
Justice Covington to serve six months at
Occoquan. Allen noted an appeal, and
gave bail for $500.
In passing sentence. the chief justice
scored the conduct of the defendant at
the trial and declared that the govern
ment's testimony clearly placed the police
man al the scene of the encounter and
that there had been false swearing in
the, statements made concerning an alibi.
The policeman and members of his fam
lily testified that he was at hcme at the
time of the alleged assault and did not
go to the scene until II was all over
Attorney NJ. +. O'Brien represented the
defendant
Evening star., 1916-01-05
URGES KENTUCKY REFORMS.
Gov. Stanley Sends Message to Blue
Grass legislators.

FRANKFORT. Ky, January 5.-En-
actment of a more adequate and strin-
gent antitrust act: enactment of a
corrupt practices measure. in order that
the people may know what amounts
are spent by candidates and by cam
pagn committees for the purpose of
controlling elections is advocated by
Gov. A. o. Stanley in his message to
the Kentucky Legislature, which con-
vened in biennial session yesterday.
The message largely was devoted to
directing attention to democratic pre-
election platform pledges, and urged
their fulfillment.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
Sticking to a Good Cause.

Don't drop a good cause simply be-
cause of a change in leaders. SO many
when they become the head of an or
ganization say to themselves, i must
do something to mark my regime; l
must do something individualistic.' A
cause should be greater than any
leader. Leaders may come and leaders
may go, but causes should continue
straight toward their aim.
The woman who continually re-
ceives and gives back nothing Is a
parasite. Do not repeat unpleasant
things which may happen in your club.
l think it Is better to vote wrong once
in while than not to vote at all. Re-
member. it is not good exercise for
the development of the spinal column
to be continually sitting on the fence.
If you run for Office and lose. lose
cheerfully. In fact, unless you are GER
tain you can lose cheerfully do not
run at all. This country loves a
cheerful loser.
"One of the visions which I hold for
the federation is that of youth coming
more and more into service. Not that
we would lose our good strong grand
mothers. or our women of middle age.
or our young matrons, but we want
our young girls, too. There is no
danger so great in America today as
the lack of solidarity in the home
between daughters and mother. be-
tween sons and father, between chill
dren and parents"
Evening star., 1916-01-05

councils and state legislatures for the
passage of laws which had already been
on the statute books for years.
Don't let us rush into print until we
have actually something to tell Let
US undertake less and accomplish more
1--WE pride ourselves upon our de-
mocracy. Let us not neglect those
whom, for lack of a better word, we
call the lower class but neither let us
neglect those in the high places. Let
us not forget that Athens had a de-
mocracy except for her slave popula-
ton.
There are certain women who try
to arraign the sexes one against the
other. This is not as God intended it.
He made man and woman. Let us try,
therefore. not to say, This is the mans
task and This is the womans task,
but when we find work to do for the
uplift of the home. for the improve
ment of housing conditions or for the
betterment of humanity let US say
this is the task of man and woman. and
then work hand in hand, shoulder to
shoulder and heart to heart in accom-
pliShing the task.
Evening star., 1916-01-05

Washington Federation. presented Mrs.
Pennybacker with bouquet. Other
speakers included the Marchioness Of
Aberdeen. who urged that if the Ques-
tion of the General Federation uniting
with the International Council of
Women was ever raised that the mem
bers should vote in favor of the propo-
sition: Mrs. John B. Sheath, Mrs. John
d. johnson, Mrs. John b. Sherman,
Mrs. William L. Andrews, all officers
of the General Federation: Mrs. Fran
els Sanderson. president of the Mary
land State Federation. and Miss Helen
Norris Cummins, president of the Viri
ginia State Federation. Mrs. Mary S.
Lockwood delivered the invocation. and
a group of Campfire Girls, headed by
Miss Margaret Merrill, gave a demon
stration. reception followed the
meeting.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
REBEL OUTBREAK IN HAITI.
American Marines at Port au Prince
Kill One in Skirmish.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, January s.
A revolutionary outbreak occurred
at o'clock this morning at Port au
Prince. The force of American marines
maintained in this city was attacked.
one of the rebels was killed by the
Americans, who suffered no losses.
Several groups of insurrectionists
moved on Grand Prevot and ran
through the streets discharging rifles
The Americans met them and they were
rapidly dispersed. The outbreak is gem
orally condemned. and has been char
acterized as a piece of folly
Evening star., 1916-01-05
Mississippi Solons Meet.

JACKSON. Miss. January 5.-The
Mississippi legislature convened a,
noon yesterday for it's biennial session
of ninety days. The senate was called
to order by Lieut.. Gov. Theodore G
Bilbo, who viii preside until January
Is, when he will be inaugurated gov
ernor, having been elected in Novem-
ber. NJ. S. Connor was elected speaker
of the house on the fourth ballot.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
MAsSACRED BY VILLA MEN.
All Makes of Village Over Fifteen
Are Put to the Sword.

DOUGLAS, AriZ., January 4-Persons
arriving here from the interior of So
nora confirm reports of massacre a
few weeks ago of male residents of San
Pedro de la Cueva. All men over fif-
teen years old were killed, they said,
by the Villa soldiers before the latter
retreated into the state of Chihuahua
Among those killed, it was said was
Father Ramon Flores, who was shot
when he interceded with Gen. Villa on
behalf of the men.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
Marrow Escape of Street Car.

FORT WAYNE. Ind. January 5.-A
stick of dynamite wedged in switch
in the street railway was found by the
police yesterday. barely in time to pre-
vent a city car from striking the eN-
plosive. A street car strike has been in
progress here for some time.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
URGES WOMEN'S CLUBS
TO Be more EFFICIENT
Mrs. Pennybacker, President of Gen.
eral Federation, Also Pleads for
Assistance for Immigrants.
Points to Evil of Trying to Arraign
the Sexes One Against
the Other.

Il sometimes wonder what awful
shock well need to strike from US
this great mantle of conceit in which
we Americans have wrapped ourselves
and which makes US believe that we
are the elect of God"
So said Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker,
president of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, in an address under
the auspices of the local federation at
a meeting in Woodward & Lothrop's
auditorium yesterday afternoon. The
remark came as the climax in an ad-
dress in which Mrs. Pennybacker had
urged her auditors not to rest on their
laurels, but to be awake and doing
She gave many concrete examples of
ways in which the club women of
America might become more useful
citizens: gave advice as to the best
means of preserving harmony and club
loyalty, and held out visions for the
future of the general federation
One of the most urgent pleas made
by Mrs. Pennybacker was regarding
the need of closer friendship between
the women of this country and the
need of assisting the immigrant to
this land to become good and useful
citizen. Immigrants don't want
money she said. '"They want a touch
of human sympathy" She paid a trib-
ute to the Jewish people, saying that
always. when immigrant Jewish fam
lilies landed. there was a delegation on
hand to meet and help them.
The Need for Efficiency.
Here are some of the thoughts ex-
pressed by Mrs. Pennybacker:
Let us ask ourselves this question:
Are you efficient" The rule of today is
efficiency. We need to study more be-
fore we start to work. Many reforms
have even been known to petition city
Evening star., 1916-01-05
Huerta to Be Released.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, January o.
Gen. Victoriano Huerta, former Presi-
dent of Mexico, i'll in Ell Paso, where
he is held for alleged violation of the
neutrality laws of the United States,
is to be released on his own recogni-
Zance.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
Last of Monitors Crew Dies.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. January O.
William burst, said to be the sole sur
vivor of the crew of the Monitor, which
engaged the ironclad Merrimac in the
historic battle in Hampton roads, died
at hsi home here yesterday of pneu-
monia- He was seventy-six years old.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
Asks Assistance for Immigrants.

Mrs. Pennybacker was followed by
Anthony Caminetti. United States COM
missioner of immigratio who sup
ported Mrs. Pennybacker's plea for as
sistance for immigrants by clubwomen
and promised the cooperation of his
bureau in any work which might be
undertaken along this line.
Mrs. Court F. Wood, president of the
Evening star., 1916-01-05
January Sale
Bargains

The items mentioned below, and
hundreds more in every depart
ment of our store, are now
marked at reductions of 2o9o to
500 from their original prices.
The dependable quality of all
our goods makes them doubly at
tractive at these bargain figures.
All purchases charged at the
plainly marked sale prices.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
WOMEN Of RUSSIA
CARRY STRETCHERS
Heroic Work Shown in Views
Brought Home by Dr..
Newton.
ALL OF THE ARMY NURSES
ARE TRAINED THOROUGHLY
Interesting Pictures Taken in Lem
berg Before Muscovites Gave Way
to the Austrians.

Several hundred photographs illus
trating various phases of the war in
Europe were brought to this country
by DR.. Philip Newton, formerly hos
pital physician of this city. who arrived
in New York New Year day aboard the
Baltic. DIR. Newton, who now holds
commission of brigadier general in the
medical branch of the Russian army. is
in Washington, having been granted
leave of absence to make a hurried
trip to this country before starting to
the front again in February with his
division, which is now stationed at
Petrograd.
Among the assortment of photo
graphs is one which demonstrates the
patriotism of the Russian of the poorer
classes 1t shows women serving as
stretcher bearers at the American
hospital at Kief DR.. Newton and DR..
Edward III. Egbert, also of this city.
were jointly in charge of this hospital.
School Becomes a Hospital.
THE hospital was located in what
up to the outbreak of hostilities was
the Polytechnic Institute of kief.
said DR.. Newton, in explaining the
views. There was room for about
. 600 beds, but we only had about 700.
The women carried the wounded sol
diers on stretchers from the nearest
street car line, distance OF about two
squares This they did in all kinds of
weather. in summer and in the bitter,
est cold winter. They volunteered
their services, and they were good
workers"
DIR. Newton brought with him other
pictures showing how the women OF
gle. He said that the volunteer nurses
to be found in the hospitals represent
the best of Russian womanhood. They
are not permitted to engage in hospital
work until they have taken six-week
training course and have been vouched
for by one of FIVE great nursing So
cieties of the country.
The Russians in Lemberg.
of greatest interest among DIR. New
toms pictures, all of which he pho
tographed himself, are several showing
scenes during the occupancy of the
city of Lembere, in Austria, by Russian
troops.
The soldiers were shouting On to
Budapest" when l took those pictures"
said DIR. Newton. They saw only vic
tory before them. j had gone to Lem
berg with view of taking charge of
an ambulance train which was to start
for the Carpathians. / had made all
my plans when the great drive by the
Germans was started. / got out OF
Lemberg as soon as possible bout
two days before the Russian troops left
the city
Dr. Newton said that when the Rus
slams retreated across a stretch of
country nothing of value was left for
the Germans. Every building and field
of grain was burned.
Evening star., 1916-01-05

All our Carpets are made, lined
and laid free-no charge for waste
in cutting to match figures. This
means a saving of 15c to Csc
yard.
Evening star., 1916-01-05
s-l4 TO IL. High Qualities, Ne.D Patterns
Mems Collars and Cuffs

Our largest purchase and most successful sale con-
tains aundered and soft collars of standard efor2
brands and complete assortment of 5c and e5c aunder
ed cuffs
Collars are in all styles; sizes Thousands of
men are supplying their needs each day of the sale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-31
War Causes Curious Agreement Between
 Dutch and Belglans

The Hague, Netherlands Aug. 31.- A curious exchange arrangement has been made between Dutch and Belgian farmers on the frontier. Last year the German troops in Belgian terri tory made it exceedingly difficult for the Dutchmen who owned or rented land over the border to harvest their crops, and, profiting by the experience then gained. many Hollanders have this year, at any rate in the province of Limburg, entered into agreements with BeIgians owning lands on Dutch territory under which the latter are harvesting their crops, and vice versa. The parties concerned do not always get their exact share, but the electric froY tier barrier, which runs along the entire Belgian frontier up to and along the river Mouse, has practically forced the. respective owners to make ar whereby each can remain in his own country.
 For nothing of any sort or kind is allowed over or through the five-fold row of wires that stands about ' feet high. So anxious are the Germans that a close paling is placed even in the little brooks that run over the bOr . CT into Holland, so as to exclude any possibility of parcels of letters or documents being floated down to the Dutch side.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-31
"The Pilgrims Progress"

The first edition of 'The Pilgrims Progress was printed in 1878, just a decade before the death of the author, John Bunyan, who breathed his last in the home of a London grocer 228 years age today, Aug. 31, 1883. The first edition was Printed for Nathan iel Ponuer, at the Peacock in the Poul- try, 1678," and a second edition was necessary the same year. Ten edi- tions were printed before Bunyan died, and the book enjoyed a huge popularity among the 1owly and hum ble of England and Scotland, but was sneered at by the educated classes. Bunyan was very proud of the fact that his work was greatly admired by New Englanders and by the century "Pigrim's Progress" had no standing in literary circles. "All the numerous editions,' says Macaulay, were evidently meant for the cottage and the servants hall as the paper, the printing and the plates were of the meanest description" In his youth Bunyan was tinker, and far from pious. It is recorded that woman, whose character was such as to make her an authority on profanity, dec1ar- ed he was ''the ungodliest fellow for swearing she had ever heard in all her life, and that he made her trenbIe to hear him"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-31
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
THE EXECUTION OF SMITH.
(COncluded.)


 He told the sheriff not to delay. It was a moment inconceivably dread full. Surely the way of the trans gressor is hard. A young man, not having accomplished his four and twentieth year, just about to be pre- cipitated, by violent and ignomin- ious death, into the dark abyss of eternity. Every soul seemed to re- coil with horror. While sentiment seemed general that he justly suffer- cd, yet mercy snatched the septre from justice and a low murmur of pity ran from one extreme of the hv- ing field to the other. The place, too, it was a burying ground, and there were many graves already open ed. The heart must be unfeel1ns that did not tremble, and the pray CT for the prisoners soul mingled with Father lead us not into tempta- ton but deliver us from evil" as- cended from thousands of hearts to the throne of mercy
 He bid those around him farewell, and the feelings of pr. Hurley were so overcome, that in parting he faint ed and fell into the arms of friend.
 At 16 minutes past II he fell. He was taken down at 10 minutes before 12. His body was inferred in burying place over Schuykill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-31
E. N. q. RIFLE TROPHY MEMORIAL OF FIRST
 REMINGTON OUTPUT

Hartford, Aug. 31.-A small bronze statue, the gift of the citizens of Iion, N. r., to the National Guard of Con- nectcut in commemoration and cele- bration of the one hundredth anniver- sary of the making of the first Rem ington rifle at Ilion, was received yes- terday at the office of Adjutant Gen. eral George M. Cole at the armory. The statue is to be a marksmanship prize contested for annually by the various companies of the guard. In view of the uncertainty of the time of return of the Connecticut troops rom the border it Is improbable that the first contest for the statue will be held before next year. In the mean time the statue will be placed in some prominent place in the armory. Sim liar statues have been presented by the citizens of Ilion to the National Guard of every state in the Union.
 The statue was cast from an orig inal Albin Polasek, a Bohemian sculp- tor, and 1t stands three feet high. in cluding the ebony base. It portrays the figure of Eiphalet Remington, Jr., the maker of the original rifle. Sturdy legs are firmly planted beside an an-
 
 smiths apron, which falls nearly to the knees. giving at once feeling of shop and craft and a faint classical touch.
 One lifted hand grasps the barrel of the new made gun. The other hand is held slightly away from the body with fingers outspread, and sug- gests the expansive, half-relaxed mood of one who L--s done his task and turns to explain the work to others, or pauses to dream of the fu- ture.
 At the base of the statue is a bronze plate bearing the following inscrip- ton:
 Remington Centennial, 1S16-7916.
 Trophy
 For Proficiency in Craftsmanship. Presented by the Citizens O Ilion, N. r., to the Organized Militia of
 the United States for Per-
 petuaI Competition,
 Commemorating the Making of the First Remington Rifle by EliphaIet
 Remington, Jr., at Ilion, 1S16.
 The making Of the first Remington rife at the town of Ilion. in 1916, marked the beginning of the firearms industry in America. It is in rever- ence to the memory of E1iphalet Rem ington, Jr., that the town of Ilion has presented the statues to the National Guard of all the states to be used as shooting trophies. The presentations also will form part of the general cen- tennial observance plan, the center of which will be three days of speech making, games and pageants at Ilion next month. Governor Charles 5. Whitman of New York, Senator War rem G. Harding of Ohio and Major General Hugh L. SScott, chief of staff of the United States army, will be among the speakers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-31
ROCKEFELLER REQUESTS
 ARE ADJUDGED FREE
 FROM INHERITANCE TAX

Requests to the Rockefeller Foun- dation are free from inheritance tax, according to the opinion of Surrogate Cohalan. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller left her residuary estate, valued at about $1,000,000 to benevolent insti- tutions as trustees under the will might direct. As suggestion she designated the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, of Cleveland; the Baptist Home, of Northern Ohio; the Baptist Home Society of the City of New York, the Women's Baptist Home Missionary Society, the Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, the Spelman Seminary, of Atlanta, Ga., and the Bureau of Special Hy- giene as beneficiaries.
 The trustees included the Rockefel- Ter Foundation among the beneficiar- ies. The bequest to the Founda- ton the state controller sought to have taxed, holding that the trustees, in making such payment, had failed to comply with the will, that the Rockefeller Foundation was not cor poration exempt from the imposition of the Transfer tax, and that the Rockefeller Foundation was a cor poration so organized that private business might be transacted under it's charter, and that the Rockefeller family could use it as a subterfuge to evade the Transfer Tax laws.
 The surrogate held that the objects of the Foundation, epitomized. are the power to receive and use money for the well-being of humanity, and that he was satisfied that the Foundation answered the description of corpora tions exempt from operations of in heritance tax. He held similarly on the Bureau of Social Hygiene, allied to the Foundation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-31
"Duke" Farrell Is 50

Charles Duke" Farrell, who of late has kept his finger in the baseball pie by acting as coach and scout for the Yankees, will pass the half-century mark today. The Duke was born at Oakdale, Mass, on August 31, 1866. In his day Charley was one of the star backstops of the big league-and his day was a long ore. He broke into the big top with Cap" Ansons Chicago Nationals back in 1SSS. In 1890 he hopped to the Boston Players League outfit He was with the Bos
 ton Nationals in '91, Pittsburgh in '92, Washington in '93. New York in '94 and 95, Washington again from '96 to '99, Brooklyn from 1900 to 1902, and then with Boston in 1903, remain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-31
CONNECTICUT HAS 2,181 MEMBERS
 IN GRAND ARMY
Pennsylvania Has More Than Any State in Union
 New York Second.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 31.-Penn- sylvania has passed New York in the number of members in the Grand Ar my of the Republic. Reports made at the annual business session of the or der to-day show that Pennsylvania veterans now total 15,S90 while New York is second with 5,576. Ohio ranks third with 15,045.
 The total membership, was shown by the reports as 149,074. The loss in membership during the year was given as 10,808 and the present number of posts was placed at 5,342, total of 110 having passed out of existence in the twelve months. Connecticut has 2,181 members.