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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
JITNEY DRIVER IS RESPONSIBLE
 FOR COLLISION

Responsibility for collision in which three women were more or less seriously injured, yesterday after noon. was placed by witnesses upon George Kidis, of 431 Water street, before Judge F. l.. Bartlett in the police court, this morning, and the acucsed was fined $25 and costs on charge of violating the automobile laws.
 Kidis' jitney car crashed into a truck belonging to and driven by a man named Sullivan. at Congress and Middle streets, and two women, Mrs. A. B. Goldberg, address unknown, and Mrs s. T. Oistein, of 915 Hallett street. were slightly hurt. A third woman, who left immediately after the accident without giving her name, also sustained decorations and bruises.
 The Mrs. O1stein who was injured Is believed to be the wife of Samuel O1stein, also of 915 Hallett street one of the men held in connection with the alleged seditiou5 gathering here two weeks ago, on a charge of conspiracy to commit treason.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28

am. But the farmers keep the gravel and dirt roads in excellent shape. Whenever my landlord took trip to town, or anywhere, he used to hitch q road drag to his automobile. Then the car would pull the drag along the mile or two that he was interested in keeping up. He would unhitch the drag and leave 1t by the wayside. On the way home he would pick up the drag where he left 1t and drag the other side of the road going back. And he'd make a round like that al- most every time he took the car out" 1"
 Automobiles demanded good roads, and now automobiles are making them. But 1t took farmer to think up a simple trick like the one our friend relates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Berlin Account of Capture of Prisoners Praised Unit ed States Troops-Me Surprised Not to Be Shot Down = Captives Young, Sturdy and of Sportsman like Build, Writer at Front Says.

xin, Nov. 26 via London, Nov. 2S.
 - report received from the western 4put describing the American troops in actf6n says:
 Aepen1ent American units have ne94 thrown Into the trench line. The 1eE hat has given way to the English
 4ehioned steel helmet, and the whist FLin8 and bursting of the shells have oecome familiar sounds to American cara
 For the first time since they have been participating as independent coptingents the Americans have lasted the real earnestness of war, @ven though 1t was but a minor hand 10 hand scuffle. But this time the 1heIlg did not merely fly over their heads, but into the very trenches <hey had selected, and presently, with lao inferna1 noise, these things which the young soldiers believed to be a 4xxn protection began to quake and
 "And hard on the heels of this, a 4zrm attack by our onrushing Bava- k<en reserves forced the way into the American trenches and musket shots land bursting hand grenades relieved -3be artillery fire.
 \ ~Our new opponents made a most dctexmfned defence, and desperate hand to hand fighting set in. Butts Df guns. Nsts and hand grenades were 4freely Drought into play, and many men fe6 to the ground before the <cst gave up resistance and surren- <1ered After a bare hour the German sto<mins troops went back in their <own trenches with booty and prison N6ra
 Tnnre they stood before us, these Epung men from the land of liberty. Xzxey were sturdy and sportsrnanlike fIn buf7d. Good-natured smiles radi- 4<ed from their blue eyes, and they were quite surprised that we did not <propose to shoot them down as they 1zud been led in the French training fcaup to believe we would do. They know no reply to our query, Why does the United States carry on war agninst Germany, Tfrs sinking .o< Anasxfcan ships by U-boats. which was the favorite pretext sounds tri- Ee stale One prisoner expressed the 'op1n1on that we had treated Belgium rather badly. Another asesrted that tz< was uAfayette who brought Amer Nee French aid in the War of Inde- !. pnn6ence and because of this the En1ted States would now stand by Xrsnce.-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Automatic.

The youngster was trying to tell a story, and he was making a sad mess of 1t. He lost the thread of his discourse because he was looking out of the window at couple of kids on the other side of the street. His mother called him to attention.
 Look here, Walter," she command ed. ''You must keep your mind on what you are talking about if you expect anybody to listen to you. It is impossible to talk about one thing and think about something else"
 "No 1t isn't" contradicted Walter. 'When I'm sayin' my prayers, I c'n think about anything I want to, an never stop prayin'."
 '. A lot of prayers are put up that way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
One Way Out.

A senior in high school was asked to make a speech at an alumni lunch con. She had never made a speech be- fore in her life and felt very shy about trying. But after much argument she was finally persuaded to talk for 15 minutes on ''The School and Rising Generation When the day of the luncheon came and her name was call ed. she arose bravely and addressed her audience: I never made a speech before,
 And twas with no elation learned my subject was 'HThe School
 And Rising Generation
 The generation it has rig;
 The sehool has rig, you bet, And I have rig unwillingly,
 So now guess I'll set.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Kauai.

Kauai is perhaps the least visited of the larger Hawaiian islands. It is the only one of them all which con- tains any territory that has not been explored" and that is only true of Kauai in a very relative and mislead- ing sense, for all of the geography is well known. Still there are little val leys in it's rugged interior where no one has yet penetrated, and this lends an agreeable touch of adventure to the camping trips which are frequent ly made there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Land Built by Rivers,

The geologists says that the Gulf of Mexico once extended northward to the mouth of the Ohio, and that all the land between that point and New Orleans has been built up by the earth washings brought down the river. Even now the stream carries on the average something like 400,0OO,00O tons every year. From the Missouri alone comes 120 tons every second. or more than 10,000,000 cubic yards every day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Snow Worms

Nothing very definite is known con- corning the food of the snow worms Professor Flett reports that the snow over which these enchytraeids crawl usually has red color, due to mi. mute, unicellular plant which, in his opinion, serves as food for the worms In the same habitat with the snow worms, the writer found numerous species of insects, many of which were probably carried there by air currents or strong winds, belonging tc eight orders, and three species of spiders.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
poinn Without Headnear.

A few years ago great advantage was said to be in store for all who henceforth eschewed headgear. To walk hatless and capless was said not only absolutely to stave off badness, but to give freshness of complexion, a heartiness of appetite, a briskness of circulation which would presently make a new race of men! Sceptics smiled at the faddists, because they had never found hatless life the way to longevity; yet even to this day men may be seen on rainy days, walking about with an umbrella over a bare head.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
StarIinus a Nuisance.

The starlings whistle is clear and melodious. His chatter is harsh and unpleasant, and he chatters.> a good deal. He is insectivorous, which is helpful, but he spells juicy apples by driving his long bill into them for a fruit-fiavored drink. But the worst thing about the starlings is their as- tonishing increase in numbers. This makes them 6 pest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Be Patientl

Be patient, oh. be patient! Put your cal against the earth; Listen there how noiseless1y the germ O. the seed has birth How noiselessly and gently it upheaves its little way,
 Till 1t parts the scarcely broken ground and the blade stands up in day. Be patient, oh, be patient!-though vel our hopes are green. The harvest fields of freedom shall be crowned with sunny sheen. Be ripening. be ripening! Mature youl silent way, Till the whole broad land is tongued witf fire on freedoms harvest day.
 Richard Chenevix Trench.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Paintlna ElffeI Tower.

Forty thousand pounds of paint was used in giving the Eiffel tower new coat. The job took about two months as the structure has not been painted since 1907. The Eiffel tower has had a curious fate. Built as an attraction for worlds fair, nearly thirty years ago, it was condemned as monstro. sity by those who believed themselves inspired by purely artistic feelings Since the war it has paid for it's ex istence over and over again as wire less telegraphy station.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Royalty Bans Eyeglasses.

~ The present king of Sweden is said to be the only monarch ever known to wear eyeglasses on state occasions. In point of fact, both eyeglasses and spectacles are very rare among royal ties of today. This certainly is true of our own royal family. says the Lon don Chronicle, no living member of which employs any aid to vision. There was time when Queen Vic toria would not allow anyone wearing spectacles to appear before her at court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Mrs. WlIeon's Paper.

Mrs. Wilson has penchant for nice stationery. She never has bizarre and the so-called ultra-fashionable paper, but that which is rich and simple and always in keeping with the most ex- acting good taste. The stationery she uses for her general correspondence is the very elegantsooking Scotch gray, with a neat, small engraving across the top in green which says: ''The White House, Washington, D. O." The Scotch gray is not expensive, but it seems to be popular among the society women.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Church on a Cliff.

i The only way of reaching the old parish church at Whitby. in Yorkshire, from the town is by means of 199 steps probably as curious an ap- proach to place of worship as any in the kingdom, says London Tit-Bits. The church stands on the east cliff some 200 feet above the sea level and to watch the crowd of worship pers before and after the service threading it's way up and down the winding stairway is a sight to be re. membered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Mutual Pride.

1T suppose you will be very proud of your boy Josh when he gets back from the war"
 ''Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel land I'm going to try to buy liberty bonds enough to make him reciprocate a little bit.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Knew Use of Brown Money.

Ellis was sent to the store one day by his mother. She gave him ten pennies to buy five two-cent stamps. Ellis returned in a few minutes with a sack of candy and was asked where the stamps were, and replied: "Why, brown money isn't for stamps, it's for candy"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Daydreanaing

Dreamin' through the daytime,
 As the minutes slip along; Maxim life a playtime . An a story an song. Hear that rooster's crow ascend As day begins to peep!
 Get up an get busy, friend, An don't you oversleep. Loafin' up the highway An loafin' down the lane: Loafln' in the byway . Ear away from '1of1 an pain. ; Amt you got no chores to tend, ! No promises to keep? ! Get up an get busy. friend, An don't you overs1eep.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Garlic a Panacea.

Garlic "seems sto be swinging into therapeutic favor," remarks the Med ical Record, in commenting on how American physicians and chemists have awakened to a desire for a re- turn to natures own remedies, after many years of ignominious depend ence upon German patented chemicals. Garlic is now used as a remedy for diphtheria, whooping cough, typhoid fever and tuberculosis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Iron stemmed carnationa.

French horticulturists by selective breeding have succeeded in producing carnations with great, heavy heads and stems so thick and strong that they support the weight of the blos- sons unassisted. The great diff culty with big carnations hitherto has been that the stems were too weak.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28

N.t u0So LII lI NAS
 trict was telling a city man the other day about how the farmers keep their roads in good shape in the section in which he was sojourning.
 "There aren't any state roads in that part of the coun- try" he says, land na hrioK or Tnaco5-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Lines to Be Remembered.

The atrocious crime of being 8 young man which the honorable gen. tleman has with such spirit and de- cency charged upon me, shall neither | tent myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of their experiencs.-William Pitt, Earl ! of Chatham.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Hiah Cost of Navy Paint.

Our battleships literally eat paint. The initial color requirements for a new battleship cost about $25,O0O, which is the price of about 100 tons of the kind of paint the navy uses.
 In addition to this, it is customary to repaint the different parts of 8 ship two or three times a year. This brings the annual outlay in paint for the entire fleet to $1,OOOOO0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
ASK HENDERSON, TO
 PUSH CONFERENCE

London, Nov, 2S.-Arthur Tender son, as secretary of the labor party has received a telegram from Camille Huysnans, secretary of the socialist internationals, which the Times un- derstands. suggests a reconsidering of the question of an International socialist conference anid asks Hen derson to get into touch with French socialists. MT. Henderson will sub- init the telegram to the labor party executive today.
 Viscount Ishif and the Japanese mission arrived at Japan after an un- eVentfuI triD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Strength.

Strength. Wife-Are you sure you caught this fish?
 MT. Gayfello-Of course. Wife-It smells very strong. MT. Gayfello-Strong? I should say 1t was! It nearly pulled me over- board.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
SimpIffied Procedure.

"What will youehave for breakfast?" inquired the waiter.
 What's the use of my sitting here and guessing. You go ahead and bring me what the law allows for today"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Disappcjntment.

Polly-What's Freddie crying For?
 Dolly-Because he dug big hole in the garden, and mother wouldn't let him bring 1t into the house.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
May Not Be Dull.

Never set person down as dull un- til you have tried him alone, and, even if the duolog fails, do not be too sure which is the dull one.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
War Talk,

Did you see Myrtle this morning? Her makeup was splendid"
 "Yes; I thought her camouhage was perfectly beautiful"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
HabiIiments of Humanity.

"There is no reason for putting on sackcloth and ashes," said the genial citizen.
 'sNot exactly. But just the same, I'm wearing mended clothes and tend ing my own furnace"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
USES AUTO IN ROAD MAKING
Ingenious Farmer Has Simple Scheme Which It Seems Might Be Well
 Worth Copying.

A friend who has spent the entire summer and some of the fall in a se-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
AIwaxs the Little Man.

Great men do not play stage tricks with the doctrines of life and death {; only little men do that.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28

Maggie Lady-BugI hear you were on a regular toot last nightl
 Willie Love-Bug-Yes, I was. I slept in a garage on an automobile horn.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-29
PERSHING'S MEN WILL NOT
STAND FOR F00llSHNESS
Build Own Telephone and Railroad
Lines In France to Avoid Tan
taIizing Delays.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug. 2S.-
Efficient and result-getting methods
employed by American army officers
in charge of the eXpeditionary forces
now in France and the ways the of
ficers have of getting what they want
regardless of tradition and red tape.
have excited the highest admiration
of the French people, according to
William T. Hardy of New York who
arrived here today from a three
months trip abroad.
Mr.. Hardy said that recently an
army officer wanted to use long dis
tance telephone line to certain
French city sixty miles away. He was
told the line was busy and that his
turn would come in eight hours. The
officer went higher up and got his
service in ten minutes. But the next
day the American signal corps was
stringing a special wire between the
! two points.
To reach one Of the American
camps located fifty miles from a sup
| ply base. Mr. Hardy said 1t was nee
essary to travel ! so miles by rail. After
the first supply train had traversed
that route. a force of American en-
gineers began to lay out new and di-
rect route and right behind it came
graders and tracklayers. The engi-
neer in charge met with protests from
officials of villages thru which they
passed, who objected to cutting a
I right t-of-way thru certain groves and
streets. The American officer politely
expressed regret. The road was built
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-29
"HOT" CHECK ARTISTS
GET KNOCKOUT BLOWS
New City Ordinance Prescribes
Punishment for Forgers,
Overdraft Men, Etc.

A new city ordinance, brought into
being 1t Is believed, by a pernicious
practice INDUCED in by improvident
youth in order to obtain ready
change to play slot machines, buy
sodas, cokes ct cetera, will become :
law after its due publication. cigar
store. soda fountain and drug stor-
merchants thruout the city have be-
come the holders of bad checks to
such an extent that they have for
some time been agitating the passage
OF such an ordinance. and it is be-
lieved they are largely responsible for
It.
The new ordinance defines deceit
and fraud. declares it unlawful to oo-
tain anything OF value thereby, pro-
vides penalties for the violation OF It's
provisions and declares an emergency
Deceit is defined as any willful mis-
representation of facts or circum-
stances and the use of such misrep-
resentation to procure from another
anything of value (not exceeding
s20).
Fraud is defined as any willful ana
misleading representation whereby the
person So misrepresenting procures
anything OF value mot exceeding SZv)
from the person to whom the misrep-
resentation is made. or whereby any
person. directly or indirectly, IL
caused to suffer any financial loss by
acting upon such misrepresentation.
The ordinance further provides that
any person who shall transfer or offer
to anyone check or other negotiable
instrument in any sum not exceeding
| S20), addressed to a bank when suc''
person has reasonable grounds to be-
| iieve that he has not sufficient funds
on deposit to cover same. shall be
considered as acting In violation of
the ordinance.
The use Of forged or fraudulent
checks or other negotiable instru-
ments will also come under this or
dinahce and the penalty provided for
such violation shall be fine not to
exceed 800.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-29
NEW UNIFORMS GIVEN
TO AMBULANCE MEN

FORT SILL, Aug. 2s.-Uniforms
were issued to the Tulsa ambulance
company this morning. To date only
few of the men possessed their
equipment and many of the boys have
worn their civilian clothes to work in
All of the men reported at roll call
and were drilled during the whole
morning. This is the first time that
the men have all been drilled at one
time.
The men are checking in their
equipment preparatory for orders to
leave for Long Island. The unit Is
waiting for n shipment of supplies
from San Antonio, Texas, before they
will be ordered out.
Discomfort, which was voiced among
the boys during the first few days of
their encampment at the fort. has all
vanished. The complaint of the
quantity and quality of the food has
been hushed by better rations.
Ivan Grove and several of the men
who were sent from the Tulsa unit to
Fort Riley, Kan, where they have
been studying in the officers training
camp, arrived at the cantonment early
this morning.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-29
INTENSIVE PROGRAM AT
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Pastor Announces Series of
War Lectures Doctor An
dreas Bard Coming.

Pastor Massey Of the Lutheran
church has announced that Prayer
will be the subject of his sermons thru
out September and October. He Is
convinced that during war time this
is the religious subject most desired
for study by christian people, and
most needed. He says THE religious
question which gives thotful people
most trouble Is that of prayer, and
apparently this has been so since man
was made. All during the war inter-
est in religion has clearly increased
among those who are sacrificing them
selves in it; and most of all interest
in Christian prayer. Let us, there
fore not miss any opportunity TO think
the thots that they are thinking whose
manhood and womanhood is being
tested in Europe's trenches and hos
pitals, but study why and how and
for what we may pray"
Sunday evening services will be re-
sumed next Sunday at St Mark 3
(Fifth and Elwood). and the Lord q
Prayer will be studied in a series of
evening addresses. on Sunday morn
ings keynote topics connected with
prayer are to be considered, as fol-
lows.
/ Sept 2-Introduction (with celebration OF
Sept g-What PRAYER Is Good Far
/ Sept 16.-Prayer Thru Jesus.
Sept. 23-What May We Pray Fori
Oct 7-Fashion and Prayer
Oct 14-Business and Prayer
Oct 2l-Competition and Prayer
Oct 2s-Method and Prayer
Sunday evenings at 8 o'clock In Sep
tember. at 1880 p. m. in October:
Sept o-'our Father Who Art in
| Heaven"
Sept 9-''Hallowed Be Thy Name on
Earth as in Heaven.
Sept. l6.--''Thy Kingdom Come on Earth
as in Heaven.'
Sept; 2o-',.Thy Will Be Done on Earth
Oct. Give Us This Day.
| Oct. 1I-"F Forgive Us as We Have for.
given
Oct. 21-"Bring Us Not Into Temptation
but Deliver Us From the Evil One"
Oct. 2S-''Thine Is the Kingdom, Power
and Glory"
The Reverend Doctor Bard of St
Johns Lutheran church, Kansas City
so well known in Tulsa. and one OF
the most deeply admired ministers
who have ever visited here, has prom
/ ised to preach at st. Marks church
on Sunday, Sept. 80. Doctor Bard's
subject that morning will be "Fore.
tokens of Immortality" and in the
evening THE Rise and Fall of Protest.
ant Ideals" the latter being intro.
ductory to course of lectures. com
memorating the four hundredth an.
niversary of Lutheranism. These lee.
lures are to be delivered here or
Wednesday evenings in October by the
Reverend Doctors Bard Ga second visit
from him) and Weissmiller OF Kan
sas City, Roger of Oklahoma City, and
Stauffer of Lawrence, Kan.