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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
Officer, Escaped
From Siberia, Is
Caught In Japan

Yokohama, Japan March 24-Cap-
tain Won Moraveck, an Austrian ar
t11lery officer, was arrested here as
he was stepping from the Japanese
steamer Tamba Maru which had just
arrived from Seattle. He was escort
ed to the naval station at Yokosuka
for an inquiry by court martial, and
later sent to a detention camp.
According to the police, the Aus
trian was travelling under the name
of Guegenin, describing himself as a
Swiss merchant. Later he admitted
his identity as an Austrian officer
who was wounded at thief ront and
taken prisoner by the Russians last
April Sent to Siberia, he succeeded
in escaping from the concentration
camp and making his way through
Manchuria, he arrived at Tien-tsin
where he is alleged to have obtained
a. passport from the acting Swiss con-
sui at that place. He succeeded in
returning to Austria, but departed
from his country and proceeded to
New Y rk by way of Amsterdam He
refused to explain his mission to the
japanese authorities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
WOMEN WORK TO
FOUND SCHOOLS FOR AID
- FOR CRIPPLED VETERANS

Matchmaking.
'"The schools are scattered in viii
lagos to the end that each man may
return as far as possible to the place
where he was living when the call
came to defend France. The French
government gives the houses in which
to hold the school, and so public spir-
tied are the people that the villagers
are eager to have their very best hous-
es taken.
eve aren't going to have any en-
tertainments over here to raise money.
But am sending out many thousands
of appeals and hope to raise $3.50, 900.
We have about $4,000 now
Contributions of more than 500 re-
ceived SO far are.
5,000-Henry c. Frick.
$2,5OO-James A. Scrynser, Mrs. w.
D. Sloane.
$1,000 Friend.
$1,OOO-Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills,
Mrs. John R. DrexeI, A Friend, Nor
timer L. Schiff, A. D. ,Juil1iard, Mrs.
Charles B. Alexander Mrs. H. NICK.
Twomb1ey, Mrs. Edward Breitung, Ar
cher M. Huntington, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
mund L. Baylies, Walter c. Baylies.
$5O0-In Memoriam, Mrs. Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt, Hartman K. Evans,
Countess de Laugier-ViIlars, Mrs. w.
Watts Sherman, Mrs. E. F.. Shepard,
Mrs. Robert w. Bliss, Mrs. Stephen v.
Hardness, Mrs. Jules S. Bache, the
Refugees Relief Fund, Mrs. Philip
Lydig, Mrs w Bayard Cutting, Mrs.
Henry E. Huntington.
$25O--A Friend, Clarence H. Mackay,
Mrs. Ogden GoeIet, Mrs. Robert Win
throp, Mrs. Ida. M. Mason, Mrs. Mar
shall Field, Henry Seligman.
$2OO-Mrs. H. Morton, Mrs. M. Tay-
1or Pyne, Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Rob-
bins, Miss Anna Bogert, Miss Olivia
Cutting, Mrs. R, IT, Auchmuty, Miss
Mary N. Hoffman, Mrs. Charles w.
Hardness, Mrs. Frederic F. Durand.
s15O-Mrs. Whitney, Warren.
The executive committee in America
is composed of Mrs. Edmund L. Bay
lies, Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, Mrs.
Ogden Mills, Mrs. William Douglas
Sloane, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jo-
seph H. Choate, Myron T. Herrick, J.
w. Riddle, Edmund L. BayIies and
Moncure Robinson. Sub-coIpmittees
have been formed in Washington,
Philadelphia, Buffalo, Chicago and
Denver.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
TURKISH CROWN
PRINCE KILLED,
OFFICIAL SAYS
Yussof Assassinated By Or
der, Authority on Ottoman
Affairs Asserts.

Paris, March "a i The question
whether the. death of the Turkish
Crown Prince Yussof Izzedin was sui
eide or assassination is no longer open
to doubt according to an authority
here on Ottoman affairs, who says:
'tThe Prince was assassinated on the
first of February in his palace OF lind
jirli-Coyou by his ordnance officer,
Hassan Bey.''
sLong before the war; this author
tty AYERS, when Enver Bey succeeded
in having a crown council instituted
for him, Prince Yussof was condemn
ed to- die. Since the war began he
had been more than ever eliminated
from all Iinhunce.
when the Sultan fell i'll during the
summer of 1915. the eventually Of the
accession of the Prince pre-occupted
the Committee of Union and Progress.
His hostility to the war had been un-
cealed; his accession to the throne
meant the opposition of the monarch
to the projects of the government and
menaced its existence
zone evening in September the pr1n-
cipaI leaders of the Committee of I'm
ion and Progress were secretly assem-
b1ed in the house of the Sheikhs I'LL
Islam, HaiPi Effendi. Enver. Bey, Ia
1aat Pacha, Bedri Bey, the project of
Police, Hussein Djahid, Vice President
of the Chamber, and Behaeddine Cha
kir, private physician of, the Prince
were present. Hussein Djahid called
attention to the difficulty of Turkey s
situation at the time, deprived of all
means of renewing its supplies of am
smunition and consequently anxious as
to the Developments of the Dardane11es
campaign In those circumstances
he pointed out the presence on the
throne Of a Prince known to have been
opposed to the war might be useful in
obtaining a favorable peace from the
Allies. Others present expressed the
same view. 1t raised lively opposi-
ton, voiced by Enver Pacha- To
leave the way to the throne to Yussof
might result in giving the Commit
tee q master. he argued. The second
heir, Prince Valid Eddin, he observ-
ed, nourished no better sentiments
toward the Committee, but it was Inn
possible to suppress everyone in the
palace and the death of Yussof Izzedin
must certainly prove sa1utary lesson.
1.-THE. deliberators separated without
taking a decision but they met again
at the same place a few days later
when four determined voices called for
the death of Prince Yussofs they pre-
yailedEover all resistance, but left the
date for the execution to be detern1in-
ed later according to turn of events.
Thereupon came the Bulgarian accord
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
More Than $4,000 Sub
scribed to Help Manned
Soldiers in Europe Earn
Livelihood.
Especial to The F7armer.1

New York, March '24-The shots
fred at Louvain Lieges Antwerp and
Verdun echo round the world because
every one hears of the suffering they
cause. But there are other shots
fired in the great war around fort
resses and cities. Theses shots caused
some manned and broken man, dis
charged perforce from the hospital to
make room for a fresh batch of
wounded to make away with himself
because there is no way he can see
to find a living. 1t is to give crippled
men the m leans of life that theAmeri-
can com nittee for training in suitable
trades the MANNED soldiers of France
has been formed with Mrs. Edmund
L. eBaylieS as chairman.
more men than any records show
have committed suicide because on
returning to their villages they found
nothing to do, the injuries they have
received making it impossible for
them to return to their old trades -
Mrs. Baylies said at the Plaza hotel,
where the committee has set up head
quarters.
ttIt seems terrible, doesn't it, when
$40 will train a man in a new trade,
one which he can pursue in spite of
his hurts.
"Our plan is to establish trade
schools. There are eleven in France
eminent, two by the French commit
bee,-of which ours in this country is a
branch. Bernard J. Sh oninger, for
mer president of the American cham
Der of commerce in Paris, is head of
the committee there and associated
with him are Mark Baldwin, Judge
Walter Barry, James Hazen Hyde,
Mrs. Edith Wharton and Lawrence
Beet. The work is under the patron
age, of the president of France and
of the mem bers of his cabinet and of
presidents of chambers of MERGE
through out France. all of whom have
promised to find work in their vario Gus
departm ents and establishments for
the graduates Of the trade schools
THE waiting list for these, eleven
schools numbers about sixty thousand
sixty thousand manned men wait
ing eagerly for a chance to learn how
to keep bread in their mouths It is
not thought best to have the schools
very large, SO in the eleven there are
not, more than eleven hundred men.
The trades taught are basket making.
bookkeeping, carpentry, gardening
g1assworl<, making fnstrum entsy max
ing toys photography. shoemaking,
shorthand, typewriting, tinware and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
Dutch Ship Owners
Profit By Great War

The Hague, Netherlands, March
24EThe latest dividend declarati ons
by Dutch shipping companies afford
striking testimony to the enormous
profits which these concerns are max
ing as a result of the naval war and
the resultant shortage in the worlds
mercantile fleet. Messrs. Solleveld
van der Nicer and TIL. van HAttum' S
Steamship Co. for instance, are dis
tributing 100 per cent out of a total
gross profit of $1,oOO.0OO, which com
pares with only 10 per cent for the
previous year. The Hilligersberg Co.
on the other hand, are paying an even
higher percentage, viz, 140, as against
per cent. The net profits of this
company amounted to 24O per cent.
of the capital. The -'Zeevaart',. Co.
has just declared a dividend of SO
per cent, as compared with 10 a year
ago; the Triton Co. 40, as against Is;
and the Netherlands Lloyd rs, as
compared with 8 per cent Freight
rates from the Netherlands East In
dies are to be again raised, thus be-
coming about three times the amount
in vogue before the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
RELIEVES IRELAND Will CAIN
AUTONOMY FOR SERVICES OF her
SONS IN CAUSE OF The ALLIES

lives will have been spent in vain. If,
as a result of it. we must better the
internationalism of the world and
must cooperate and all have some
thing in common together, I can be-
1ieve that the Unreasonable cost of
this war has not been paid in vain.
The people who have sacrificed so
much will see to it that this thing
will not Happen again and when those
numberless 1egions of glorious men
return to France and those millions
of men of all walks of life who have
been lighting for England also return
to their native, parts, they, at least,
will be sure that their children will
be saved from another such catastro-
phe and also the rest of posterity.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
City of Metz To
Adopt Baby Found
Near War Trench

Metz, Germany, March pa Metz
company of reservists-most of them
middle aged and the heads of fami-
Iies-who recently found one and
a. half year old baby boy lying near
their trenches in the East, probably
left by some mother driven from her
home by the Russians in retreating,
adopted the infant on sight The re-
servists chose the Kaiser's birthday
as the opportune time to christen~ the
lad, and bestowed on him the name
of wilhelm Metz The city of Metz,
it is understood, intends officially to
adopt the child and provide for it's
education and rearing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24

Baron scarsda1e died in London
aged 81.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
Four Thousand Bus
Drivers At War Front

London, March 24.-More than A.
900 omnibus drivers and conductors
and 1915 cabs and omnibuses have
been sent to the front, the annual re-
port of the Traffic Branch of the
Board of Trade reveals. It also in1i-
Gates, big decrease in the number of
horse-drawn vehicles, 1,159 vehicles
being drawn by horses in 1914 against
1905 in 1903
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
IRISH FLAX =DEARER.

Dublin, March 24.-Irish fax shows
a remarkable rise in price. The min
innun is now two hundred pounds per
ton as against eighty pounds per ton
before the war. There has been some
extension of fax growing under the
advice of the Agricultural Depart
ment. Ireland has provided in the
past only comparatively small part
of the fax used in the linen industries
of Belfast. The fax used has been
largely imported from Belgium and
Russia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
POINTS OF INTEREST

Some splendid bargains are adver-
tised for the Saturday sale at Rad
ford B. Smiths this week. Prints,
ginghams. cotton cloth, quilts, comfor-
tables and sheets as well as hosiery.
notions, toys and hardware cam be
bought at special prices. Don't miss
it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-17
D1DDY'S EVENING
FAIRY TALE % WARY !
go IN $50 s g; !
SURPRISE PARTY.

"The Elves were asked to a Sur
prise Party" said Daddy. (which was
being given by the Fairies yesterday
morning just at dawn"
"Was ii given by the Dawn Fairies?"
asked Nancy.
1--WE forgotten just which ones they
We're" said Nick.
well, first to answer NanCy'S QueS-
tioh-yes, the Surprise Party was Civ
en- by the Dawn Fairies. and second,
for Nick's question, the Dawn Fairies
are those who are playing and frisk-
ing about just at Dawn and when
Mr.. Sun shines hard disappear from
View-for they never want to be seen.
THE Dawn Fairies were full of
their schemes and plans for many a
day before they could actually decide
just which day to choose for the Party
Finally they had arranged everything
and they sent their invitations a day
ahead to all the Elves in Elfland.
THE invitations were carried by six
beautiful Fairies In soft roSe-colOred
dresses. They looked just like the
lights of pink and rose that are seen
in the sky very early some mornings
These Fairies put the invitations In
Peonies and in Roses and in the dark
blue Iris Flowers that the Elves have
always admired so much.
'"The Elves were SO pleased to each
receive a Flower with an invitation
hidden in its petals and at once they
began to get their bright green Party
suits ready for the great occasion.
"They all arrived just at Dawn, but
they couldn't see a sign of q Fairy.
What could 1t mean, they asked each
other. Surely they had not mistaken
the day? That would have been a
dreadful thing to have done? But no.
they We're sure they had looked at
their invitations so many times they
could never have made a mistake in
the day.
"And so they chatted among them
selves. AT last one little Elf said:
why aren't we all silly? This
is TO be a Surprise Party. Maybe
the Surprise will be that the Fairies
are somewhere around and we have
to find them. Let's look. Anyway,
I'm sure we haven't made a mistake
in the day
THE Elves began scampering about
looking for the Fairies, and still they
couldn't find them, though as they
remembered now that it vas to be a
Surprise Party they were not worried
about having made a mistake in the
day.
AT last, coming slowly through the
woods, the Elves saw one hundred big
spiders marching along. Then the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-17
Native Vermonters.

(Rutland Herald.)
The term which heads this article
IS one of the proudest in the world.
1t represents quality which none
may buy, which no one can confer,
which can never be taken away, but
which should not be unduly exercised
as being an absolute requisite for men
who desire to take part in the pub
lie affairs of the state of their adop-
ton.
To say that Vermont officers should
be conserved for native Nermontcrs
alone would have prevented Horace
F. Graham from being state auditor
anu would prevent him from being
elected governor, which now seems to
be the purpose of the voters of Yer
mont.
1t would have prevented Allen NJ
Fletcher from representing this town
and county in the legislature and from
being governor of Vermont.
| 1t would have barred out Frank f
| Howe, a most valuable legislator and
strong constructive forces of the state
press today.
1t would bar James Hardness of
[ lRI ms litiNit OIS VI the Hl6SI Nlllgtll
workers for educational betterment
and certain to be prominent in public
| HE before many years 90 by.
1t would prevent Theodore Y. Vail
from such service as he rendered
the state in the recent national con.
vention where Vermont showed the
way to the whole nation, and would
Sto? him from further public activity
1t would remove from active life
John w. Titcomb, whose long and
faithful service for the conservation
of Vermont fish and game would have
been lost to Vermont under the "na
tive SON. rule.
1t would have disqualified John w
! Rowell, jurist whose claim to a place
in the hall of fame as an able Judge
am upright citizen and true Yer
monter could Ii rdly be disputed
The list of Vermont s useful public
men, who by virtue of the "accident
Of birth, were born in other states
is formidable, and might be extended
almost to infnity without exhausting
the possibilities
So, while all Vermonters may unite
in doing honor to the native sons who
have so conspicuously and creditabl,
maintained the prestige and honor OF
the state, let us not be led into mar
row and dangerous theory of public
service by the attempt of some un
wise partisan to create 4 prejudice
against any properly qualified either
of Vermont, whose qualities may re
commend themselves to his associates
as suitable for employment in tho
states behalf
/ Let us have not only the native Yer
monitors, but all good Vermonters, en-
listed together for a greater and bet
ter Vermont
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-17
Ground Covered With Rose Leaves.

rope. The one hundred Spiders had
now gone far enough, for right behind
this rope which the Spiders had made
was Spider Web Chariot.
''In the Chariot was the Queen of
the Dawn Fairies and all about her
We're the rest of the little Dawn
Fairies, looking very exquisite in their
soft, dainty costumes. On their heads
they had crowns of Silver and Roses,
and their wands of Silver, with clus-
tiers of Roses. When they shook their
wands, Rose petals fell to the earth,
and little buds sprang open into big
Hose blossoms each time.
"'Oh, Fairies,' shouted the Elves
we are so glad you've come. We got
here much too soon, so eager We're
we to come, and then we were afraid
1t was not the right day. Oh, we be-
came very impatient
"The Fairies laughed, and their
laughs sounded like the tinkling of
silver bells.
by this time they had waved their
wands so often that the ground was
covered with Rose leaves and the
Fairies said:
"'Now for our Rose Carnival And
in the least possible little second, gor-
geous Castles made of Rose petals and
Spider Webs were put up all over the
ground by the Dawn Fairies and the
one hundred Spiders. When the ground
was covered with these gorgeous Cas-
ties and the Spiders had crawled down
on some of the window lodges of the
Castles they had made and were sleep
Ing soundly. the Dawn Fairies and
Elves danced and sang.
And later, long after Mr.. Sun had
been up and shining for some time
a little Girl passed by the spot where
the Surprise Party had been given,
and she said to herself:
This looks like Rose storm.
wonder if the Fairies have been here
todayY"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-17

1t is possible that the immense
German losses have compelled the
withdrawal of their entire eastern
front in order that their reduced
number Of men may be available for
their threatened communications and
have body enough to prevent the
Russians or the British and French
from breaking through their atten-
uated lines. Really it seems as if a
new phase of the war had come and
that the offensive had been assumed
permanently by the entente allies.
Hehceforth, with exceptions where
there may be a good chance for at
tacks, the Germans and Austrians must
fight on the defensive. 1T is true
that they will have shorter inner
lines of action. The allies will have
to take the greater risks of attack,
which the Germans have taken thus
far, especially at Verdun, and the
proportionate losses may be larger
for the allies. But when the latter
are winning victories they will pay
the cost. 1t is to be hoped that Ger
man pride will leave some Germans
alive and not insist upon the death
Of all the soldiers before surrender.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-17

Keene, n. H., has a novel idea in
making double use of the city band
concerts by dancing to the music in
the public square where the concerts
are given. Such an experiment
would lead to trouble in many com
munities but it may 60 all right in
Keene, which is one of the most
democratic small cities in the cou1-
try. In Keene the people join to-
gether without regard to social lines
There are none of the little select
lotteries there which hold themselves
aloof from the common herd. An
outsider is much impressed by a visit
to the Keene Country club, where
once a week $50 to $50 people join
in general entertainment, anC
where 40 one gives thought as tt
the financial standing of the mel
next to him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-17
MONDAY, JULY Il. 1916.
RATHER SINISTER.

The sinister side of the arrival of
great merchant submarine. horn of
war necessities is being impressed
on the country. What Germany has
done because she was forced to it by
necessity, any other country can do
Indeed the idea of a giant submarine
to cross the Atlantic was the child
of the brain of the American, Simon
Lake. Any nation can do likewise
and we see for ourselves that we are
no longer protected by the two great
oceans that wash our shores At
Baltimore, Capt. Koenig, who must
/ feel honored by the enthusiasm with
which his underseamenship has been
greeted in this country said:
''You think the trip of the Deutch-
land is great achievement You
muslin t be too enthusiastic over it,
for a bigger surprise is coming. \
great Zeppelin airship, or may he I
should say airships, are being built in
Germany. In the not distant future
one or more of them will sail through
the air to the United States. Just
as sure as the Deutchland came to
America, so win the Zeppelins
| come. -
That means air raids as well as
coast raids are possible. The sub
marine or the Zeppelin need not ar
rive in New York to strike terror to
the country. They can come from
any quarter to any one of scores of
coast cities and the Zeppelins can
find their way inland. Great new
problems are upon us in this age of
war. We have to think them out
most carefully and in such way
that we can bring power to the or
dcring of future world orgies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-17
T III E FL o r S E.
Howard LRdnn

The horse is a natural curiosity
which is occasionally seen on the pub
lie highway when nobody else but the
web-footed @ander can get through.
This noble animal which formerly was
driven through town with his name
and tail done up in pink curl papers,
is now compelled to stand in the barn
and watch the automobile whirl by
with its load of human freight, burn
ing up gasplene and cvlinder oil with
reckless abandon. The browning cruel,
tv is when a faithful driving horse is
traded for Il red runabout and then
condemned to work fifteen hours a
day in a livery barn.
The horse is an intelligent animal
with kind instincts and the appetite
of power churn. As a matter Of fact
the only drawback to the average
horse is his appetite, which is firmly
attached to his person and cannot be
| laid off for Il week or two at time
| as is the case Of the automobile. If
| the horse could be taught to 90 with
| out food when not in use he would
| enjoy the respect of great maaF
/ people who now take one look at his
bouyant appetite and turn away with
| a heavy heart.
/ The horse comes in several different
sizes and bindings, and when adver
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-17
Col. Reeves Surprises Friends.
(Muskogee, Okla, Bank Journal

(MuSkogee, Okla, Bank Journal.)
Col. Ira l.. Reeves surprises his
many friends by appearing here at
the head of the First Regiment of
Vermont National Guards on his way
to Mexico. Every one remembers the
colonel, who came to Muskogee about
fifteen years ago, then the youngest
retired army captain in the United
States. He had a splendid military
record in the Philippines. At the head
of the brave Green Mountain boys he
will undoubtedly lead the way to
brighter laurels and further promo
tions. In the early days of Muskogee
he was enc of the leading \spirits in
the initiation of enterprises for the
public good. He was the principal
promoter and first president of the
street car system and also rendered
valuable service to his community
through his activity in behalf of
navigation on the Arkansas river in
the campaign for more favorable
freight rates through the instrument
tality of the Mary ID. If there is
much going on in Mexico Colonel
Reeves will be at the front and in
the thick of the fight, and if the en-,
tire army is, made up of others as
efficient as he, the Mexieans will not
put many things over on the "Grin.
goes.