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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-23
"sPIRfTUALIsM ExPosED,,

"spiritua1ism- E4xposed;\ How Do
They Do 1t ?'' will be the subject to-
morrow evening of Pastor w. r. Ucht-
man, who will speak at As Cannon
street.
The day book., 1916-08-18

Singleton demanded that T. G.
Asplund, who says he is a profession
al slot machine dealer and distrib-
uted most of the machines involved
in the present trouble, be called as
witness. Capt. Coffin and Atty
Ayers finally consented and a police
man was sent to serve a subpoena on
Asplund. He will be asked to tell
whether or not he. was told to go
ahead and distribute his machines by
politicians who were in for rake
off,"
Twenty-seven police captains
were called into conference by Chief
Healey to discuss reports of the
spread of gambling and vice
throughout the city.
The day book., 1916-08-18
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ladies TaiIors' union, Local II,
meets tonight, Workers Inst, 920
S. Ashland blvd.
John T. Vaughan will speak Fri.
and Sat. nights, Halsted and Engle-
wood av., why These High Prices
and Some Means to Avoid Them"
Northwest Side Y. P. S. L. special
meeting, 1880 tonight, 2725 w. Divi-
sion. Election of officers and settle
ment for picnic tickets.
EngIewood Y. P. S. L. picnic near
Leafy grove, Sun. Meet at end Of
Archer aV. car line, 9:30 a. m.
-O-O-
Dr.. J. B. Murphy left 81 100000 in
real estate and $25O,OOO in personal
property, according to his attorney.
His widow will build memorial
mausoleum in Calvary cemetery.
-O-O-
NEW YORK STOCKS. = Market
steady but dull.
-O-O- h
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and continued high temPera-
ture tonight and Saturday; gentle to
moderate winds, mostly southwest
The day book., 1916-08-18


CIVIL SERVICE BOARD
The Citizens assn, through its
active head, Shelby M. Singleton, is
keeping a watchful eye on the trial
of three police captains on a charge
of allowing slot machines to operate
in thei rdistrict. Singleton was on
hand this morning when Capt. Thos.
]. Caughlin of the stockyards station
was scheduled for trial by the civil
service board.
Singleton refused to admit that
the Citizens assn was suspicious of
a whitewash in the cases. He also
refused to admit that he planned
conferTing with States Atty Hoyne
on the matter.
But before the case of CaughIin
was called Singleton held a long
heart-to-heart talk with Asst Corr.
Counsel Frank D. Ayers, represent
ing the city in the cases. At that
conference it is TumOred that Single
ton demanded complete showdown
of the rumors that prominent politi-
clans were interested in the slot ma
chimes. Frank Buszin, Thompson
leader in the 10Th ward, has already
been suspended from his job as chief
investigator in the city attorneys Of
fee because of the report that he had
told Capt. Caughlin to allow the slot
machines to operate.
After the Singleton-Ayers confer
ence Capt. Coffin, head of the civil
service board, went after CaughIin
pretty heavy. When Atty Michael F.
Ryan, representing Caughlin, de-
manded a continuance and a bill of
particulars against the captain he
was curtly refused and withdrew
from the case after a clash with
Coffin.
After Ryan's withdrawal Caughlin
again insisted on a continuance, and
after much Wrangling he was finally
given until Tuesday to prepare his
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-03-10
THE BIBLE IN AFRICA.
II ls Read There In 14s Languages ant
piaIeats

Dialects.
On the continent Of Africa alone the
New Testament or parts Of 1t have
been translated intOs14S languages and
dialects. The two latest additions are
Dabida. u language Of British East
Africa, and Iimha. the language Of a
tribe in the hinterland Of Sierra Leone.
Parts of the New Testament have
actually been translated into pidgin
English. that strange lingo, half baby
talk and half slang, which is the chief
means Of communication through all
the east.
The difficulties presented In translat.
ing the New Testament into this bar
barous hotch-pOteh must have been
tremendous. but they have been sur
Bsaatsa
Another language OF the same sori
Is Chinook. This consists Of about
two-ffths Chinook, two-fifths red In
dian tongues and the rest English and
Canadian French. II is the tongue OF
barter on the Pacific coast Of Alaska
and the Dominion. At least $4,000 In
dams speak II, and lately st. Johns
gospel has been issued In this jargon
for their special benefit.
There is also a version Of the Scrip
lures translated into the primitive Ian
guage OF the head hunters Of Borneo.
1t was made by German missiona-
ries. printed in South Africa. paid for
with British money and circulated in
Papua.-London Answers.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-03-10
'SifF Of the CAPITAL
Washington In the Days When john
Adams Was President


Adams Was PRECEDENT
When Adams came into the rresi,
dency the stately obseryances u
Washington's day wcsc not allowed Il
lapse. Even transphuting the seat 81
government FROM Philadelphia to the
unfinished town ON the roiomae lal
served only-to jolt nnl rather Leiuof'
Dusty distort them With the chi 81.
new plaster pervading the executive
residence. Mrs Adams despairel u
getting sufficient wood cut either fot
love or money from the growing treei
surrounding il to OH its yawning fire
places and dispel the dampness. Sic
put the great audience room TO the
only use Its unfinished condition per-
mitted-dryinr the presidential linen.
Looking frni It's unglazed windows
over the small and scattered groups OF
houses. all that had yet materialize1
Of L'Enfant's imposing plan. she re.
nected thai lhelr inhabitants must
subsist like Isles. by eating each 9TH
err But she played her role Of presi-
dents lady with spirit, maintained hef
hours for levees and answered the
fishes" when they came to call that
she thought the new capital bad
beautiful situation.
1t had indeed. Half way between
Maine and Georgia. at that time OUT
northern and southern boundaries; In
land. but at the head Of tide watet
on a noble stream; planned along gen
erous lines to cover succession OF
hills upon which a city once built could
not be hid. 1t was and seemed likely to
remain fairly central Even the most
optimistic patriot could not foreses
how far that mythical reality. the cen
ter OF population. was to travel west
ward decade by decade during the next
century. unimpeded by war or misfor-
tune, until the city on the Potomac
was left upon the edge Of our great
country.-Helen Nicolay in Century.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-03-10


Timber is classed as hard or soft
and the main point Of difference be
tween the trees that produce these
classes is that the soft wooded tree
has needle leaves" slim. narrow and
almost uniform in breadth, while the
hard wood trees have broad leaves
Of various shapes. Again. some soft
wood trees carry cones, such trees be
ing termed conifers. Resin, too. Is
more characteristic of soft than Of
hard wood. To the class of soft woods
belong the pines. spruees and frs. and
the most common examples Of these
are yellow pine. white FIR, pitch pine
and spruce or red FIR. In the common
er hard woods are oak. beech. mahog
any, ash. walnut. plane. elm, birch and
ebony.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-03-10

My dear child" said the fond moth
er, IF you marry Henry, do you think
he viii have the force to lift himself
above his fellow men to level with
your
why, Of course do, mamma. Don't
you remember how be climbed the
eight stories to our apartment the other
night when the elevator was broken r
st Louis Post Dispatch.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-03-10

Uncle Ben. very careful old darky.
was a witness in a shooting case.
Were the shots simultaneous, uncleT"
inquired the prosecuting attorney.
We'll. boss. you see. hit WIZ dis
way" replied the witness, with great
deliberation- "Dem shots come so close
togedder dat can't be sho' eff dey wuz
or not."-Argonaut.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-03-10
Fixed.

Super No. sir. the ghost hasn't
walked for two weeks. Crittiek-l
saw the leading man with q wad to
day. He must have got bis salary
Super-0h. yes; he's the star. Crit
tick-What you might call a Fixed
star. eh?-Philadelphia Ledger.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-03-10
Practical Way.

Gladys-I wonder which is tine cas-
lest way to scquire fne sweeping
gait7 Mother-Just go over there anG
take that broom. Baltimore American
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-03-10

The man who is fortunate enough e
be able to give receives more than thu
poor taker
Evening star., 1916-08-18
NEGROES AGAIN SHOOT
TOWARD CAMP ORDWAY
Guard Hastily Called Out, But Of
tenders Arc Not Cap
tured.

The monotonous routine of Camp
Ordway was upset again yesterday
evening at mess time, when some
negroes in the colored settlement back
of the camp discharged firearms, send
ing bullets in the direction Of the camp
The guard on post saw tho negroes
running in the direction of Johnson's
hill, and Immediately called out the
guard. The guard was hurriedly form
ed and went at double-Quick time in
the direction Of the radio station.
There 1t was ordered to take post,
while Capt. Sharpless, officer Of the
day. and Lieut.. Martin. officer Of the
guard, with a patrol, went into the COL
ored settlement, but could not obtain
did the shooting.
While the guard was out one Of the
prisoners became unruly and stirred up
trouble in the guardhouse, resulting in
his being sent to the inf1rmary for re-
pairs. During the excitement a report
spread that prisoner had escaped.
Capt TAFT of G Company, Lieut.
Schmidt of the same company, Lieut..
Reich of X Company and Lieut.. Bacon
of G Company, in the latter's car, hur-
ried along the Virginia roads spreading
prisoner had escaped. and inquiring II
they had seen him. No one had, of
course, for when the officers returned
to camp an hour and half late for
supper they found that the prisoner
they were looking for had been behind
the bars in the Fort Myer prison all
the afternoon.
Evening star., 1916-08-18
LONG MAN-HUNT ENDED.
Helaire Carriere, Homicide, Cap
tured After Being Wounded.

LAKE CHARLES, La, August 1s.-
Helaire Carriere, who shot and killed
Marion L. Swords, sheriff of st. Landry
parish, the night of July is. last, and
was the object of a sensational man
hunt through the woods, swamps and
canebrakes near Opelousas and Eunice
for seven days and nights. was cap
tured yesterday at an abandoned saw
mill near Elton, La. about forty miles
northeast of here. The capture was
made by a posse led by Sheriff Reid Of
Calcasieu parish.
Sheriff Reid, with five deputies. had
surrounded the mill and waited for
Carriere. About 2 o'clock in the morn
ing Carriere was seen walking toward
the mill, carrying his rife. The sheriff
said he called to him to surrender. Car
riere ran toward the doorway. Reid
fred with a rife loaded with buckshot
The wounds were not considered fatal.
Carriere fell wounded Physicians
said his lungs were punctured by buck
shot.
Carriere then was placed in an auto
mobile and brought to Lake Charles,
where he was lodged in the parish
Jail.
Evening star., 1916-08-18
MESS HALLS TO BE MOVED.
Third Infantry to Take Buildings to
the Mexican Border.

Movement Of the Sd Infantry to BIS
bee will consist of more than just
taking down the tents and loadine
the equipment on the trains. All Oh
the screened mess halls which were
put up at great expense to protec' 'he
food eaten by the soldiers Will nave 10
be knocked down and loaded on the
trains.
Orders were received from the pc
partment Of the East instructins zen;
Harvey to have the buildings Hnocheo
down and sent with the troops.
The transportation of these ouliGinSs
to the border, it is considered. VIII oe
cheaper than purchasing additional
lumber and wire screening down there
and paying the extra expense OF car
pentering, for 1t is probable that no
troops will be sent to Camp ordway
when the District militia moves IN
view of the decision of the war De-
partment to send all troops as soon
as equipped. ,.
The screened mess hall. built on
the end of the kitchens, was the laea
of Capt E. NJ. Nevils OF the Distrlct
Quartermaster Corps.
Evening star., 1916-08-18
Fast Train Kills Five in Auto.

ELYRIA, Ohio, August 1s.-The New
York CentraPs Twentieth Century
limited train Tuesday night crashed into
an automobile at the Chestnut street
crossing in the downtown section,
killing four women and a man. The
dead are Mrs c. H. Buttenbender, Mrs.
j. E. Emmert, Mrs. ]. c. Conaway, Mrs.
]. E. Weiss and Capt c. H. Butten-
bender. According to witnesses the
crossing gates were not down. and
freight cars standing on sidings OBJ
scured the view SO that Capt. Butten-
bender, who was driving the machine,
did not see the train approaching
Evening star., 1916-08-18
National Guard Camp Notes.

Capt Claude Burlingame of Company
B and First Lieut.. William ]. Bacon,
Company G. have been commissioned.
Private Dan vermillion. Company B,
has been promoted to corporal, accord
ing to an announcement made at regi-
menal headquarters. Other promotions
made were Corp. William McKierman.
jr., machine gun company. to be SER
geant; Private, first class. Warren H.
Hunt to be corporal; Private Chaun-
cey s. Winstead, Company G. to be bat
talon sergeant major.
been promoted to be color sergeant of
the Sd Infantry. Sponable enlisted at
the time of the call for the militia, and
at the time was private secretary
to u. Grant Smith. private secretary to
Secretary Redfeld. He was immedi-
ately assigned to Company L. where
his abilities were soon recognized, and
he was promoted to be company clerk.
Sergt. Sponable is very popular with
the men of his company. all of whom
expressed regret at his leaving. He is
now a member Of the headquarters
company.
Karl J. Schmidt has been transferred
from Company + to Company D.
Company l claims to have the best
mess sergeant and cooks in the Sd In
fantry. They say no company is eating
better. as a result of the team work
of Mess Sergt William E. Pinkston
and Cooks Balderson and Harmon.
Private Maurice Colburn returned to
active duty today after an absence OF
several weeks following an operation in
the post hospital at Fort Myer.
Private L. T Wakefield of Fairfax. Va.
70
All the non-commissioned officers of
Company II have been confined to quar-
ters for three days. A number of the
men were late at reveille and the nom
commissioned officers were blamed for not
getting them out.
Mess Sergt. George H. Barber and
Cooks Max Lohse and Earl Kettner are
giving the men plenty to eat. Company
+ mess is said to be so popular that men
from the other companies come around to
eat
Identification tags to be worn round the
necks OF the men were issued today by
Sergt. Davis of Company f.
Recruits of Company II were turned out
OF their hunks at 2:30 o'clock yesterday
morning to go to Bisbee. All Of tie re-
cruits of this command sleep in one tent
Corp. Wade p. Lane, in charge, rushed
into the tent the other morning and told
the men to pack up their blanket rolls
and prepare to leave for Bisbee at once.
They rushed their packing and formed in
the company street. only to find that they
were the only ones awake.
Sergt Goldsmith. Company B, was sent
| to the city yesterday to look for a mem
ber OF the command who was absent with
| out leave.
Tom Tye. Company B, is on the sick
| list.
The non commissioned officers Of Com
pany B held meeting, last night.
| c. s. Ryan. Company A, has a severe
| ly burned leg as result of his par
tticipation in runaway accident. He
was in one of the quartermaster
wagons when the mules became unruly
Evening star., 1916-08-18
Tomorrow-Saturday
Open Until $50 O'clock

Family Hours Tomorrow after
noon in the departments devoted to
Furniture, Rugs and other Home Needs
Bring him and learn that real savings
of 10 to so per cent are assured. Bring
"him" and let him arrange for easy
terms of payment
Evening star., 1916-08-18
WRITER LOCATES, BODY
OF PRINCE MAxIMILIEN
Clears Mystery Attending Death In
Battle Of Member Of German
Royal Family.

PARIS. August IS, sos a-m.-The cir
cumstances of the death and mysterious
disappearance of the body of Prince
invoked the aid of the Pope in an
effort to obtain this, information, are
disclosed by a writer in the Petit Pari-
sien. The writer asserts that the prince
was shot in the groin during an en-
gagement between Saxon detach-
ment and an English patrol near Code
waersvelde, in northern France, carly
in the war.
Tho prince was found by Trappist
monks and taken to their monastery,
where he died soon after. The monks
were ordered to evacuate the monas-
terry and Father Bernard. visiting the
cloister on the following day, found the
body of the prince was missing.
Later the princes family appealed to
the Pope to obtain information as to
the disposition of his body. but with
out success.
Locates Body In Cemetery.
Tho Petit Parisien writer says the
body reposes in a humble cemetery IN
Hazebrouck; that 1t was. kept two days
In a house there, was once Inferred, but
exhumed At night and finally buried In
a coffin costing thirty francs, which
were advanced by a poor man out Of
pity.
Prince Maximilien was twenty years
old and the son Of tho youngest sister
of Emperor William Of Germany. Pre-
viously 1t has been stated that he was
fatally wounded in an engagement Oc-
tober IL, 1914. and that the body was
buried in a monastery. He was sub
lieutenant in an infantry regiment, and
was a nephew of Alexander Frederick,
the Landgrave of Hesse, the second and
non-reigning branch of the Hesse
family.
Evening star., 1916-08-18
Extended Order Drill.

The separate organizations were sent
out this morning for extended order drill
under the first lieutenants. In view OF
the fact that tentage was to be condemn
ed, Col Young held all Of the company
commanders in camp to accompany the
inspecting officer when he went through
their company streets.
This was the regular day for a road
march and tactical problem, but the pro-
gram was upset by the plans of the in
specting officer.
Taking of testimony by the general
court-martial in the cases Of Don C..
Holmes and Charles J. Hawkins, two
members of Company E. was completed
yesterday and the findings Of the court
sent to the Eastern Department The men
were charged with letting prisoner
escape, and it is understood that they
were acquitted
Recruiting took a sudden slump yester-
day, only four men having enlisted. All
went to the Sd Infantry. They are Roy
L. Able, Charles G. Hill, Harry Tyler
and Lowell T. Wakefield.
Evening star., 1916-08-18
Miners Strike to Establish Union.

SHAMOKIN. Pa. August 1s-About
10000 members of the United Mine
Workers organization. engaged prin-
cipally at collieries operated by the
Susquehanna Coal Company and the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company between here and Mount
Carmel. have gone on strike to COM
pei all employees to become members
of the union.
Evening star., 1916-08-18
GERMAN U-BoAT TAKEN.
Passengers on Liner Reaching New
York Tell of Incident at Deal.

NEW YORK, August 1S.-Passengers
on the Cunarder Alaunia. which has ar
rived here from London, told Of being
held in port at Deal while destroyers
were active outside. and later of seeing
a damaged British destroyer enter. fol-
lowed by British cruiser. against
whoset freeboard was lashed a she'll
torn German submarine. The destroyer.
the passengers said. evidently had suf-
fered from shell fire.
Evening star., 1916-08-18
and upset 1t, throwing him into an in
cinerator.

Company G was defeated II to. IN
q base ball game yesterday by
team from Company L Cleveland
struck out the first twelve men
to face him. Another feature was
double play unassisted by Top Sergt-
sayer of L Company. The lineup FOL
lows: Company L-Cleveland. pitcher;
Myers. shortstop; Woolridge. tnlra
base; Sayer, second base; Bussius. first
base; Riley, center field; Wheatleys
catcher: Steele, left field; Newham'
right field. Company G-Wingheid'
left field; Thornton. right Held beas-
ley, shortstop: Heise, first base; wy
song, pitcher: Kopp, catcher: Rice, CEN
ter field: Grayson, second base; Bern
man, third base.
Evening star., 1916-08-18

Capt. Claude Burlingame of Company
B and First Lieut.. William ]. Bacon.
Company G. have been commissioned.
Evening star., 1916-08-18

The New York Central railroad has
announced perfection of process for
elimination of hidden flaws in steel
rails. one Of the chief causes of train
wrecks. The New York Central has re-
duced rail breaks on it's own lines from
one break in 500 rails to one in 142, 900.
Evening star., 1916-08-18
TROOP MOVEMENTS
STILL IN AbEYANCE
No More to Be Sent to Border
Pending Settlement of
Railroad Trouble.
ORIGINAL ORDER STANDS
If STRIKE IS AVERTED
Old Property Of Guard, Now in
Camp, Being Condemned-New
Is Expected Next Week.

| officials at the War Department to-
| that no more troops. regulars or mill
tia. will be sent to the Mexican border
| pending the settlement Of the railroad
troubles now under consideration by
President Wilson. It was admitted,
however, that II a strike Is averted
the original orders for the militia
| troops now in camps, including the Dis
trict troops at Camp Ordway. to pro-
ceed to the southern border will be
put into effect without unnecessary de-
lay.
Old property of the District National
Guard now being condemned probably
will be replaced by the first Of next
week, and the Sd Infantry then will be
ready to be reported equipped for the
border, judging from the present rate
of speed at which the condemnation is
going on. All of yesterday afternoon
was spent by Mai. Jackson in going
over much of the equipment and hav-
ing the official II. C."-meaning in
spected and condemned'-put on 1t.
Some to Be Sold.
Some of this property is to De SOLO at
auction, some will be destroyed by burn
ing, while some of the shelter tent
halfs will be used for patching small
holes in other shelter tents, and the old
mosquito bars, after they are thorough
ly sterilized, will be used in keeping
flies off of articles in the kitchens
This morning Maj. Jackson started
the inspection Of the tentage. The tents
now being used by the District militia
are about twelve years old, and many
iof them are badly worn. 1t is esti-
mated that fully 25 per cent OF the
tentage will have to be replaced.
All the articles condemned will be
replaced by new material, which is in
the storehouse at Fort Myer. AS soon
as the quartermasters make out their
requisitions it will be issued by Capt
Horace P. Hobbs, the United States mus
tering officer. After 1T is issued an
inspection will be held to see that all
of the commands have been properly
supplied, and If found so Capt. Hobbs
will report them to the Eastern De-
partment at New York as at minimum
strength and equipped for the field, in
accordance with the old orders received
soon after the mobilization.