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.MEXICANS IN K PLOT
TO LOOT AND KILL, IS BELIEF
Resentment Against Them Intensified in Big Benz
Country by the Killing of Rancher Harp-Col.
Sibley's Force Not Out Yet.

MARATHoS. Tex. MAY 2o.-Rceent-
men, against the Mexicans In this sec-
'ion of Texas has been intensified by
the details of an anal near Ozona.
northeast Of here. In which Mex'cans
killed Georse II. Harp.
As Ozona ID almost 200 miles from
the border the killing canno be at
tributcd to raiders" from Mexico. such
AZ the Glen Springs and BoQuillas In
cidents. but 1t established a belief that
a number Of the bandits from Mexico
have penetrated western Texas and are
operating In the interior under a secret
agreement for the purpose Of robbery
and murder.
Details Of tho killing Of Harp were
told by J. T.. Ellis. who accompanied
the body 10 O1ona. Harp left his ranch
house Tuesday morning about 5 o'clock.
and three hours later George Harrell.
owner Of the ranch. noticed that the
goats two Mexicane had been herdins
were scattering about the pasture.
When Harp could not he found q
searching party was organized. At mid
nisht the missing ranchman's horse
vas found tied In a thicket on the
Claude Hudspeth ranch. From there the
trail was easily followed and led toward
the Rio GrAnde. Where the body was
found were evidences OF a terrific strug-
gle. Under the body was found "A 81
calibre pistol. An empty cartridge shell
vas found near. Around the body were
footmarke made by Harp's two sla vcrs
The body was hardly recognizable.
having been badly mutilated.
Across the left side was a deep, long
wound. A knife blade had pierced the
heart. The right side Of the head had
been crushed. There were six knife
wounds In the back.
Tire two men suspected OF killing Herr
were strangers In the Ozona country-ons
OF the men had only been employed the
previous Sunday. lie had formerly beer
an uGicer In the Catranfa army. He
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and the other Mexican had been EN-
ploycd to herd the goats.
Following the killing OF Harp all Of
Crockett country has been going armed.
one Of the Mcxicans was trailed by n
posse through Valvere toward the border.
The e ma leaves a wife and a
daughter.
News to-day from the American army
in Mexico south of here vas hat none
Of the troops had yet returned to the
Texas border. although they are coming
on soon according TO orders from Gen.
Funston. Food for mon and horses is
being sent forward on the new motor
trucks arriving here from San Antonio.
The Americans now In Mexico under
Col. Sibley and Major Langhorne are
said to have established garrisons ut sew
eral places In keeping open their line OF
communication and In expectation that
rcenforcements will be sent them. Gen.
Funston has decided against this and
messengers are being despatched from
Boaulllas TO call In tho forces. II IL re-
ported.
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George" about placing bets on horses
at the Jamaica track. Halves and IIiuu.
ger were arrested in the flower shon
and the detectives say that IIawcs "a.
mltted that he had taken the bots and
that Hilliger recorded them and thl.
they were getting u 3 per cent. comm e.
sion from the man from Harlem
whose name was not disclosed.
The I'VE Flatbush men were arraien.d
before Magistrate Manner and held fl,
$500 bail for the Court OF Special Sos
sions.
The arrest of Borsx in East New yc-.
was made after Defective Clunn ana
kiefer. equipped with hammers and
other repairing tools. under p~rctencc NJ,
being telephone lincmcn, had scaled A
polo about "a block from his home ana
after testing dozens OF wires found ,hs
ono they were after. Borax was Az.
raigned before Magistrate Noorheog II,
the New Jersey avenue court and ala,
held for the Court Of Special Sessions
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SWAMI ASSERTS SEYMOUR
CONDONED OVERLAPPING

he would tear the whole story wide
open. Well. We haven't interfered
with any investigation that interests
the Government. We have gone along
carefully and co~nservatively and IN
tend to continue in the same manner
We made SURF Of our ground always
before we went ahead. don't think
We have made any mistake.
As I understand II our Information
from the Government has been ina.
the Government was not concerned
with local affairs and did not care
what We developed as to the activities
Of the police in this wire tapping sys-
tern, but we heard Mr.. Woods because
! was SO insistent.
This wire tapping as a feature OF
police work oflcially recognized as
such by the head ot the Police Depart
ment Ii new to me-. I do not believe.
a. Senator Thompson thinks. II mas
gone OIL to such an extent as this Tor
twenty years. I have been knocking
around on police matters for twenty
years and never heard Of anything so
general and widespread as the system
seems to have become We all recoE-
ni.e that the police are supposed to
get evidence wherever. whenever
they can. You can get a fellow drunk
when he has nc lawyer TO advise him
and get evidence that way. or listen
to a man comforting with his clergy
man.
Whenever you attempt TO instruct a
policeman along ethical lines you are
attempting the impossible. lie does
not understand what you mean. You
Just tell him TO get evidence. and he
gets it IN way he can. But certainly
Il 10 q comparatively new thing TO
obtain the evidence in h officially
recognised system Of wire tapping
now In vogue in the Police Depart
ment.
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when Frederick Seymour was told
yesterday that Judge Swami said his
refusal to make q complaint implied
that he ratified Burns's act he replied
that he could see no grounds upon which
the District Attorney could base sue n
conclusion. Mr.. Seymour has not found
any Of his letter files missing. The let.
ters which Judge Swami produced. he
said. we're obtained from the Humboldt
Fibre Company. through the Morgan
firm. MIR. Seymour sent the following
letter TO Judge Swami
DEAR Sin: You are reported TO
have said that the investigation yes
terday had developed that the men
treferring to people in this office had
represented themselves IS agents Of
Morgan 4 Co. In doing business with
humboldt Fibre Company.
am sure you had no intention OF
putting the wrong construction upon
the correspondence file, which was in
your hands yesterday. by reference 10
which you will find that the first sug-
gestion that any one in this office had
ever represented themselves as conf
dental agents OF J. 7. Morgan came
from Mr.. c. T. FARRELL in his letter of
March 90. 1916, after he had assumed
the position OF dispu,ing his commits
sion agreement.
To e out his suggestion he quote.
a telegram from thi. office as follows
Your telegram tenth satisfactory.
Am negotiating with Prindle of J. y.
Morgan & Co. thirteen cents. The
additional one.Quarter cent going TO
party for introduction. Negotiations
may continue direc, with you"
This telegram. upo which Mr.. Jar
rell relies to support his assertion.
seems subject TO a contrary construc-
ton. And he adds ~ you are acting
or have acted as confidential represent
,atives Of !. i. Morgan 4 Co. w
would be Glad II you would 30 state
20 us"
Tho reply 20 M. letter commence
with this clause
A the outset 7 must take issue
with you on the statement that Il was
ever understood that W. were conf
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IEtght Refugees Here.

TIE tank steamer Standard. which ar
rived yesterday from T%aInpLco and Tux
pam. brought eight American refugees
from Tampico who had been sent to this
c~ountr. by the American Consul because
Of threatening conditions In that section
% Mexico.
They were fou women and four chill
dren. whose ages range fsom 4 TO
years. No other vessel was in the vi
entity and the ConsA.. 6eeT!rg Il tn
pcrative to get them out Of the country
at once. arranged to have them brought
hero as consular passengers on the oil
| ship.
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ASKS MORE ARTILLERY.
Gen. Funston Would Use Coast
Forces In Btg BEND.

sAN ANTONIO. Tex. May 2o.-Gen.
Funston has asked for more Coast Ar
tillery troops. Whatever number he Is
able to obtain from the depleted Coast
defence force, he will send TO the Big
Bend country, he said. lie has 800
miles OF river in this section TO patrol.
The sixth Cavalry Is on It's way there
for that purpose. The regiment has
500 men. which would make approx
inately two men to the mile II every
mile were wStchei.
The Coast Artillery, IL obtained. will
I've placed In detachments nj river cross
!nss. ranches and villages. The cavalry
will be used between such stations.
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WIRES TAPPED; THREE HELD,
Police After "Listeniug In" Arrest
Trio Of ALLEGED hook makcrs.

" NbsVxSu
George A. Halves. a florist. OF %
Kenilworth place. md Edward Hilliger.
a real estate operator. OF East Four
teenth street. Flatbush. and Harry
Borax OF 37a Howard avenue. East New
York, were held for trial in the Court
Of Special Sessions yesterday charged
with ~bookinaklng on the complaints OF
Detectives Brown and DAILY Of the Fiji
tcenth inspection district and Medium
and kiefer OF the Tenth district, who
obtained the evidence In zach case by
wire tapping methods.
Brown and DAILY listened In" on
Hawes's telephone and allege that they
heard conversations between Pete and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
MORMON REVELATIONS.

The first of the many revelations alleged to have been made to Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was received 93 years ago today, Sept. 21, 1923. Smith, then . lad of r. living. with his father in Ontario Oater Wayne) county, N. r.. declared that on that date he had a vision in which God revealed to him that in a certain hill were golden plates, on which were written the records the records of the ancient inhabitants of America, and that with the plates would be found two transparent stones, called Urim and Thummim, on looking through the inscriptions on the plates would become intelligible. Four years later, on Sept. 22, 1927, these plates. he alleged, were placed in his hands by an angel of the Lord. From these plates, sitting behind g. screen to hide the plates from pro- fane eyes. Smith read "The Book of Mormon" to Olivery Cowdery, who wrote it down as Smith read it. The sacred book of the Mormons is a collection of 16 distinct books, writ ten much in the style Of the English version of the Bible. As the head and prophet of a new sect, Smith had many more revelations" and his suc- cesSors followed his example. Brig ham Young declared that he received the command to introduce polygamy from the Lord, but some irreverent persons have held that the wires were crossed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
PHILIPPINES TO HAVE GOVERNMENT PLANTS
 FOR MAKING SERUM

Manila, P. T., Sept. 22.-A plan to establish ten government plants for the manufacture of rinderpest serum. has been initiated by Adriano Herman dez, director of the bureau of agri- culture. Funds have been secured and the plants will soon be in full operation
 Rinderpest continues to be serious problem for Philippine cattle owners but the bureau of agriculture by quarantine and immunization is wag- ing vigorous campaign against the scourge. A requisition for serum has beeen sent to French Indo-China and this will enable the bureau to keen up it's work until all ten serum man ufacturfng plants are in full swing. These plants are to be located in cat- tie centers in different parts of the islands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
PLOTTERS AGAINST
 GENOA TO BE SHOT

Rome, Sept. 22.-An Austrian spv named Larace and two Italians have been condemned to be shot in the back by the Ancona court martial for com plicity in the attempt to burn the port of Genoa. With this conspiracy. it seems. were connected explosions in intuition factories in Milan and else- where. aggregating in damages a to- tai of several million of dollars.
 The Austrian, who was at the head of ths plot. sought but Italian crim- inals, gaining an ascendancy over them so that he could command their cooperation for only nominal sums. In one case the price for an attempt to blow up one of Italy's greatest steel works at Terni was about $8o. If this attempt had been successful, it would have retarded military opera tions for several months.
 Larace had in his possession when arrested eight jointed walking sticks of about the size of a mans little fin- ger. painted a gray-green, filled with dynamite. They were hidden in um- bre1las when he tried to escape. These dynamite canes had no time fuses. but were so arranged as to explode a few weeks after being placed in position.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
FRENCH MAKE MANY
 IMPROVEMENTS FOR GRECIAN TERRITORY

Salonild. Sept. 22--The French are tbuMly engaged in building permanent F1mprovements of every sort in the Ma kcedonian capital At present they khave in hand the project of a $50.000 cold storage plant. and permanent ma Erfne and naval barracks are also plan kued. From the first landing of the Lhroops they began building roads such kAS were never known here before, and dnce then sanitation. lighting, water EsuppIy and even street car service khave been improved under the direc- ktdon of General 6arrai1.
 The general himself takes the keen lest interest in all such work. See
 ling some English troops at brigade Idr1u one day. he refined in his horse and watched them for a moment. '~Thsy ought to have finished all of
 f11A4 before leaving England" was his kcommenf. Here the business is to kbu11d roads and dig sewers"
 Naturally, the inhabitants of the sec ond city of Greece, who have been
 Icif1zens of Greece for three years with kno advantages save of the payment of heavier taxes than ever the Turks had ksxacted. are delighted with the civic activities of the French.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
CANN|BALS KILL SIX IN ISLANDS
 OFF AUSTRALIA
Trader and 5 Children Known to Be Victims of Man.
 Eating Savages.

Sydney, Australia, Sept. 22. - A steamer arriving from the New He brides Group. about 300 miles off the northeastern coast of Australia, has brought news of the murder of six per- sons by cannibals. The victims were a British trader named R. J. Bridges, and at least five children, whose bod ies were found fearfully mutilated with axes and knives, and another child, who is missing, is believed to have been carried off by the cannibals and feasted upon. The murderers were thought to have come from village on Malekula Island, where there are tribes of cannibals who are bound by native custom to kill and eat human being in order to keep up their rank.
 The failure of the French and Brit ish punitive expeditions just before the outbreak of the European war to capture any of the perpetrators of similar crimes, and their immunity from punishment for two years past on account of the war, is thought recent 1y to have emboldened the cannibals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
-als the earnings of this fund.

vals the earnings of this fund.
 Mrs. Astor however. was left out right S10O,0O0 under her husbands will; she received from him in the few months that elapsed between their marriage and his death jewelry worth not less than S225, 900, and she was also a party to an antenuptial set clement The amount of this settle ment has never been made known. There are records in the Surrogate's Court, however, which put the value of the real estate included in it at $1,- 1O9.S21
 The honeymoon of the Dicks has been spent quietly, chiefly at the sum- mer home of the family at 1slip, l.. l.
 Son Still With Mother
 No change will come in the status of Col. Astor's posthumons son ani namesake as a result of his mothers rema rriaEe. He was four years oli on Aug. 14 last. His mother will con tinue to be his guardian until ha reaches fourteen. He is making hi1 horne with the Dicks and will con- tinvc to do so.
 The social plans of they Vincent As torg have not been madefknown. Tho character of their activities can oplv be sUrn;snd. but there is the liveliest sort of anticipation regarding the'r taking over of the Fifth Avenue hcuse.
 It is said to be "a probability that Mrs. John Astor, Vincent Ast0r's mother. will return to New York th's winter to become a dominant factor in social affairs. It isi said also to bs quite probable that she and her daughter. Miss Muriel. may mal- their home at No. $40 Fifth avenue
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
PHILIPPINE MONKEYS
 . TO BE USED IN WORK OF PARALYSIS FIGHT

Manila, Sept. 22.-one hundred Philippine monkeys have been ship ped on the Japanese steamer Nippon Maru. consigned to the Rockefeller In- stitute, New York. The monkeys were captured in Laguna province, close to Maniia, and cost 75 cents apiece. A Filipino care-taker accom- oaaiss them on their long voyage,
 The monkeys are sent as the result of an arrangement made some months ago between Dr, Flexner of the Rocke- feiieT Institute and Dr, Alvin s. Cox director of science of the Philippine government At the outbreak of the epidemic of infantile paralysis in New Terf, DF. Flexner cabled a request to send the monkeys at once. A special permit was issued by the American health authorities to permit the mon Keys ts enter the United States, thus waiyiHg the embargo on Philippine animals, enforced by the sanitary off, cials.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
ASTOR HOUSE TO BE OPENED AGAIN TO SOCIAL WHIRL
Fifth Avenue Residence Being Prepared for Vincent AstOr
 AStOr and Bride.
LOST TO WIDOW BY
 REGENT RE-llaBHGAGE
Young Couple Plan Entertain mentS on Large Scale,
 Society Hears.

New York. Sept. 22-Painters set to work yesterday on the grille work of the Astor residence, No. $40 Fifth Avenue. after finishing redecoratins the interior. Their appearance on the outside was in the nature of an an- nouncement that within another fort night Vincent Astor and his wife. who was Helen Dinsmore Huntington, would take up their abode there.
 MT. and Mrs. Astor will make the house the theatre of more pretentious social activities than any they have attempted during their brief married life, it is said. While they made their home at No. 122 East Seventy eighth street their entertainments were more often gatherings in the interest of so- cial service than otherwise, but when they have come to Fifth Avenue again they will, it is understood, go in for the affairs that made Vincent Astors grandmother arbiter of New York so- society.
 The. taking over of the house by Vincent Astor marks the relinquish- ment by his stepmother. the former Mrs. Madeline Force Astor. who is now Mrs. William K. Dick, of all her trusteed share in the estate of Col. John Jacob Astor. The house was left to her under terms exactly like those under which she was given the income of s5,0OO,O00 while she re- mained the widow ot Col. Astor. When shem arried MT. Dick on June 2 last she lost not only the increment of the trust fund but the house.
 Lost House by Remarriage. .
 When Vincent Astor attained his majority some time after his father died with the sinking Of the Titanic. he, too, became one of the trustees of the estate, whose final appraisal fixed it's value at $S7.216.691, of which s65,603,548 went outright to him. When Mrs. Madeline Force Astor married William K. Dick. the house passed automatically from her pos session. All that the trustees had to do was take formal cognizance of the fact that Mrs. Astor had violated terms of her husbands will. The same thing was true of the income from the trust fund established for Mrs. Astor. The trustees merely ceased paying to her at stated inter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
MILITARY EXPERT
 WANTS ALL BRITISH FORCED INTO ARMY

London, Sept. 22-The Times mili- tary correspondent, discussing the SUD- ply of men for the army and the need for the enrolment of men of military age who are escaping service says:
 However satisfied we may be with the losses and defeats we have inf1ict- ed upon the enemy this year we have no right to entertain any more illu- siops on the subject of German power In making our estimates of strength for the next year we must take for our basis of calculation of the Ger man strength that which is least fla vorable for us. We know the number of German divisions in the field and wemust assume they are or can be brought up to strength. We must still admit large reserves behind them. The sweeping up into German facto- ries and farms of able bodied men and women in Belgium and in the nine provinces of France occupied by the enemy, combined with the utilization of Poles for for military purposes will produce a large accession of strength for the German armies. The 1917 and 1918 classes of recruits in Ger many have not yet taken the field. There is a constant reflux to the front of wounded who have recovered. Last ly, we must admit as possible that be- fore Germany accepts defeat she will call on all youths and men fit to bear arms between the ages of IS and 60 and thus hope to wear us out by a long phase of victorious resistance.
 we must act on the assumption that all these things will be as bad as possible for us and then if we are prepared to meet them all the better shall we be prepared to deal with any lower standard of power that Ger many presents to us. We ought not to rest content until we have more divisions in the field and even then we shall be far behind Germany Not withstanding the loss of all her for eign possessions, the drain on her fleet and the burden which rests on her to support her allies. Lord Derby's re- port of December 20, 1915, showed that at that date we had over 50O,- O00 men of military are in Great Brit ain exclusive of our armies in the field and at, home. The military ser vice acts placed these men at our dis posa1 in addition to the youths reach ing the age of IS annually, this latter category representing some 350,000 men each year. Excluding all ques- ton of our doninions and dependen- cies. the available numbers were am- pie. All legitimate deductions were made to authorize us to maintain 100 divisions in the field. We need no fresh legislation unless and until the exhaustion of the--younger classes compels us to extend the age of lia- bility above 41. For such action there is at present no pressing need because of the younger men there are still from three to four millions ensconced in civil occupations and sheltered from service by a number of regulations and edicts which the Board of Trade
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-22
Britain to Restrict > Use of Great Seal

London, Sept. 21.-Falling into line with other Departments of State in the question of economy, the Privy Coun- cil of Great Britain have ordered that the Great Seal' shall only be used very sparingly, thus saving time and money.
 The affixing of this Great Seal to a document takes nearly half an hour and requires the attendance of two of ficers known as "The Sealer" and the "Chaff Wax
 It was formerly affixed to Royal Assent appointments of Archbishops, Bishops, Kings Counsel and Indian Judges, etc., but will now only be used on the patents of Peers, Baronets and appointments of Judges to the High Court.
 The Seal was always taken around with the Lord Chancellor, either on state or private visits, but the custom was broken by Lord Loreburn who only carried it if certain it's use would be required It is six inches in diam eter and was struck in silver in the largest press at the mint. It consists of two deep and heavy plates of sil- yer closely fitting into each other and the present one was made soon after King Edwards death, at cost of $2- 900 to $2,500. Constant usage makes it necessary for new ones to be struck frequently, and during the reign of Queen Victoria no less than four were made.
 An old seal goes through the pro- cess of "demasking." the Sovereign at a meeting of the Privy Council strik- ing it with a hammer sufficiently hard to make a distinguishing mark. One side of the seal is given to the sitting Lord Chancellor and the other to the ex-Lord Chancellor.