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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
vILLISTA RAID FEARED, BORDER
 GUARDS ARRIVE


 Fl Paso, Tex. March S.-American forces today are guarding the border against possible raid by Villa troops, said to be in forces at the San Martin ranch, about 50 miles southeast of Juarez.
 A machine gun company was dis patched to Fort Hancock, Tex, last night, and it was said that they will cross the border in purspit of bandits in case of an incursion into American territory.
 Juarez, Mex, March 8.-Mexican de fa,cto and rebel forces are said to be approaching each other today in the vicinity of San Martin ranch, 50 miles southeast of Juarez, and a battle is believed to ibe imminent. Gen. Mur- guia and Gen. Pablo Gonzales left Juarez late yesterday in automobiles for the San Martin ranch, followed by 400 soldiers. Tn all the two command CTS expected to have a force of more than 800 to engage the Villa band, said to number about 400.
 Mexican officials advanced the be- lief that the Villa band at San Martin does not intend to make @ stand, but is engaged in ammunition smuggling Cperations. It is believed that Jose Ynez Salazar is in command of the band.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
POVERTY NO BAR TO
 RELIGIOUS SUCCESS

The audience that listened to Rev. Joseph .Ambrust at the Hast End evangelistic meeting last night were made happy by the theme Salvation For All'' and the statement that pov- erty is not a bar to religious or finan- cial success.
 During the evenings exhortation the preacher took a fling at the "con- fused Judgment" criticising the Chris tian Science cult which he said twas the worst experimentation of borrowed sense and religious nonsense on the globe"
 Likewise he condemned .Univer- salisrn as a Hell-born ideal and said that any other religion that says man can be saved irrespective of his con- dition comes from the same place.
 He decried sin as being "the most colossal thing in the universe" saying that mankind today is "reeking with physical and moral sim
 Deprocating the cigarette habit of youth he adjured his girl hearers to become old maids rather than to tie themselves up to a drunkard.
 Ambrust will preach again tonight at 7:45 o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
STEPHEN D. O'ROURKE
 IRISH TENOR, HERE

To the lovers of Irish folk songs and songs of the concert class, the appearance of Stephen D. O'Rourke at Polls theatre will have a special appeal.
 The remarkable talent of this Irish tenor will go down into theatrical history as one of the discoveries of the present season and Bridgeport people are to be favored in hearing him in almost his last engagement in vaudeville before the concert stage claims him for it's own.
 His present tour through New Eng land in the theatres of MT Poli has been a veritable triumph No ova- ton exceeds that which he shared in Worcester on Sunday March B., when he shared the platform with former Governor David l. Walsh, the foremost Irish citizen of Massachu- setts and a national figure. Equally, they shared the plaudits of an inn mense and enthusiastic gathering and renewed the friendship first formed a year earlier in small Pennsylvania town.
 It is expected that MT. O'Rourke will be guest of friends among the Knights of Columbus during his stay here as he is a member of Carroll Council, K. of C., Philadelphia
 As is natural, the tenor is at his best in typical Irish numbers and these form an Important part of his repertoire.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
GERMAN PAPER
 TAKES RAP AT
 WILSON SPEECH
Saws President Has Torn Up Monroe Doctrine and
 Established New One

Berlin, March S.-The Lokal An zeiger in lengthy editorial article yesterday severely criticises President Wilson's inaugural address.
 "On the self-same day that James Monroe 100 years ago assumed the presidency" says the newspa per, "hls successor, President Wilson, at the capitol in Washington, tore up the document known as the Monroe doc urine, which for a century has been the cardinal feature of Americas for eign policy. The peculiarly yelled rhetoric in which he clothes his in augural sentiments admits of no oth- CT interpretation.
 "The entire address is plainly an argument in support of the necessity, which President Wilson thinks has been shown by the world war, that there should be enforced on the Old World the laws which he had evolv- ed in his own mind for regulating the inter-relations of the nations of the earth in future. In this ambition, which borders on meglomania, is re- vealed a measure of presumption which, thank God, is in inverse ratio to the physical assets at his command needed to achieve the realization of his program.
 That, however, is not the most re- volting feature of his address. In each of it's sentences the intention is plainly revealed through persistent misstatements, distortion and con cealment of undeniable facts, to pro- claim himself to the world at large as a peace mediator at tn every mo- ment that he is threatening without cAuse 50 take up arms ant enter the war; and this though he Ts responsi- ble for it's prolongation by virtue of his pro-English attitude. his so-cal- ed neutrality and his numerous sins of omission.
 ''Never has the capitol at Washing ton been more profanely desecrated by a speech than on this occasion. In each of it's sentences it's author sets up the, claim f, be counted among the most righteous and honorable of mor-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
ECCLESS CAKE

< The prestige of the hen. is being curtailed in a new and interesting way.
 ; She lays a billion eggs or so for the human race each year, and, under world war conditions, the price of eggs per dozen to consumers had ap- preached a dollar in some parts of the United States, and has reached the prohibitiYe price of two dollars or more in the belligerent countries.
 Therefore when. the high cost of living looms large in theh public eve. unusual importance is attached to the announcement of the best known baking powder company in the world that it has evolved a ready and prac- t1cal way for the housewife to save. Tn the aggregate. many millions of dollars in household expenses through the use of more Royal Baking Pow der and less eggs.
 Months of experimenting have en- cited large number of recipes for the making of home baked products With feWer eggs, and these recipes are being distributed gratis. It is claim ca that they prove conclusively that the baking powder saves eggs-in some cakes about half the cost of the cake IS saved. In recipes calling for the use or eggs, the number can be re- ouced and excellent results-health- iui' appetlzlng cakes, mullins, corn bread etc.Tobtained by using a small aooltlonal quantity, about a teaspoon. ol noyal oaKlng powder in place of each egg omitted
 The acme, or top-notch achieye. ment, in this connection is an eeeless J~z
 nounced by all who have tasted # to be delicious and wholesome. Its an petlzing quality, it is claimed will he surprising to the housewife who tries II according to the recipe given.
 The idea of using more Royal haL Ing powder and less eggs in baking is not entirely new but the elaborate ehlarslng and perfecting of the idea Just accomplished lenders it a very present help, meeting the necessities oh the housewife of moderate means III tune or soaring food prices.
 III the British Isles the news has ueen received with enthusiasm. The pahihs powder com~-iny, while not oeiiis accused Of being an out-and- out philanthropist in the matter is pointed out as having provided tbe means of effecting an enormous s.I ing m household affairs in a way that peheilts everybody and harms nobody .except 1t be the pride of the auto cIaIlc hen. The company only com p,eeeo us experiments recently, and already the announcements are baing sple ~ eao Droadcast in the newspapers, "hlch, It will be remembered. many years ago made the name of Royal
 Ains fo"oer household word all over the world.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
PRE s1DEW7 W7LsoN{ HEADS 7N7UcUR7z PRRHpE

sylvania avenue to the senate cham Der. The guardsmen stood about twenty paces apart.
 Along the line of march and sup porting the New York regiments in the task of protecting the president from bodily harm were detectives from the central office of Washington and numerous policemen and special officers. The president literally rode to the capitol and back again through lane of armed men.
 Members of the Sixty ninth and Twelfth regiments were in fighting trim. The service on the border had bronzed their faces. They were dressed in field uniforms of olive drab the fighting color of the army.
 2 Surrounding the presidents car riage, drawn by four horses, were thirty-tWo secret service men. Eight walked ahead of the carriage, eight behind and eight on each side. Sup plementing these guards and formed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

in hollow square outside the ranks of secret service men were troopers of the Second cavalry, stationed at Fort Myer. Fifteen troopers rode abreast at the head of the carriage and as many more immediately be- hind. A half dozen troopers in single file rode nearer the curbing on each side of the presidents carriage.
 Nearby, closely following the pres ident, were twenty-five plain clothes policemen from Washington and oth- CT cities. At street intersections guardsnten> were stationed to face the crowd at the particular moment the presidents carriage passed.
 Special guards with loaded rifles anc authority to act were stationed on the roofs of buildings overlooking the line of march. That extraordi- nary precautions as the guarding of roofs had been taken did not become generally known until the parade was actually formed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

sextravagance as to have telephone placed in the building.
 Mrs. Henry Plattt of the Center has conveyed to the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co seven acres adjacent to the saug. tuck river. There are no buildings on the tract
 E The bill making a change in the layout of the uncompleted trunk high way from hometown to- the Putnam Park road has passed the lower branch of the General Assembly. No opposition to it's passa ge by the Sen- ate is looked for.
 Parties from New York and Bridge port have recently looked over -he James Sanford homestead property at the east of Pleasant Valley with a view to purchasing. The spacious brick house comprised in the property is one of the local landmarks.
 A. G. Barnett has purchased the large farm tractor which he gave a thorough tryout last summer in vart- ious agricultural operations.
 Owing to bad weather the monthly meeting of No. Fire Co. was post poned to next Monday evening.
 Miss Myrtle Warner was the reel pient of surprise party from her young friends at her home in the Cen ter last Saturday evening. Some of the participants were her classmates of the Bethel high school.
 To give a better draft to the fire place of his bungalow in Pleasant Valley Clarence Sturgis has had pipes extended to it through the roof.
 Noble Warner has returned to his home in the Center after completing his course ct a business college in Pcughkeepsie.
 Town Clerk Sanford has brought a new automobile to be delivered about April l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

Not since the first inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, fifty-six years ago, have there been such precautions as were taken to guard the life of an incoming president of the United States. Secret service men, troops of the regular army, detectives and po- licemen formed a hollow square about President Wilson as he rode to and from the capitol building. The roofs of buildings overlook Pennsylvania avenue were guarded by plain clothes men. The roof of the capitol was similarly under surveillance.
 The men of the Sixty ninth and Twelfth regiments, N. Y. N. G., lined Pennsylvania avenue from the capitol to the White House. Their guns were loaded The state militiamen, backs to the crowds that lined the side walks, took their places at 10 o'clock, an hour before the president left the White House for the ride down Penn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
ENTERTAINING TRAMPs

An Allentown, Pa., farmer makes practice of giving tramps lodging In his barn. He has entertained tSB wayfarers so far this year He pro- vides a fireplace out under the trees, where in summer they cook meals, and he often lends them flour, salt, pepper, and other necesasries. This gentleman, Henry Heft by name, is surely double starred in the hoboes' Baedekar. -
 MT. Heft is not the only one. The majority of people feed tramps from a sense of fear or from dislike to seem stingy. There are others that really like sitting down with good fat tramp, and seeing him surround his handout. It gaves them a chance to ask questions about tramp life, and they enjoy delivering virtu-. ous lectures on the evil of vagrant ways Wandering Willies listen to much admonition provided the ham sandwich is properly seasoned.
 Whether tramps are best reclaimed by moral lectures or by setting the dog on them, is a fair question for, debate. Their narrations sound pitt full That is a part of the business. The dog method at least makes tramp uIe IesS dlluriHS. II coHSlSteiitiy Aol- lowed it would lead some of them to adopt occupations less open to publia censure. a
 The woodpile is the final and moss conclusive test. A tramp who will take hold and saw and split half a cord of wood has something in him yet The housewife might we'll lis- ten to his story and offer him advice.
 But the majority, offered this dis tressing alternative, find the saw and axe in deplorable condition and the weather conditions unfavorable. They should be permitted to move on din- nerless. The sooner tramp fare be- comes precarious, the more attractive settled occupations wifi become.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

tals, while, in each word he reveals
 himself the most unrighteous and dis
 honorable man who has yet stood at the head of a great state. And when
 he states that there is nothing that can alter his thoughts or his inten-
 tions, a million voices shout back across the Atlantic: No threat of arm ed ships, no declaration of war, will again open up our blockade zones to- commerce."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
GERMANS GET PASSPORTS

New York, March S.-The Mexican consul general in New York is issuing passports to Germans at the rate of more than 100 a day. Four hundred Germans have applied for and re- ceiyed passports this week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

E. H. Dillon & Co.,, 1, ,105 Main street, are showing all the new shapes in black silk covered hats, black straw hand made hats, black straw blocked shaped hats both trimmed and un- trimmed. Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

Sir fsalph Spencer paget, the Brit ish minister, cabled to London asking permission for a special liner to sail direct to Halifax without call at Kirkwall to enable large number of Americans at Copenhagen .to reach home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

A modified civil service rule for first, second and third class postmasters is being planned fby President Wilson and Postmaster General Burieson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

Twenty thousand kilos of coffee be- longing to the Belgian Relief Com mission were lost in fire which de- stroyed a storehouse at Hasselt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

Senator Browns proposed State constitutional amendment establishing a literacy test for voters was report ed favorably in the Senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

The regular meeting of Elias Howe port No & G. A. R., will be held this evening at the hall, 92o Maih street, at o'clock.
 Miss Anna Lynge of SO1o Main street who will be married to Faui Cornwall Smith of Middletown Satur- day was the guest of honor ar a luncheon yesterday afternoon given by Mrs. Carl Schmidt of 3SO Gurdon street. Pink flowers and pink favors decorated the table. Mrs. Schmldts s guests included Miss Lynge, her bridesmaid, Miss Hedzig Ekessen of New York. Miss Ethel Logan, Miss Katherine Logan, Miss Jean Lynge Mrs. Charles Logan, Mrs. Herman Beach and Mrs. R. A. Beckhart.
 Dr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Wilson and daughter, Miss Helen Wilson, of 834 Myrtle avenue, who are travellns ill South America, have written friends here from Peru where they are spending some time They report finding the life and customs of the people of this country, many of whom nre descendants of the original Incas, most interesting.
 Rev. Ernest J. Craft of Kansas City, Mo-, former rector of Christ Episcopal church, will spend the rest of the week as the guest of MT. and Mrs Henry w. Lyon, 525 Clinton avenue. MT. Craft will conduct the services in Christ church Sunday. MT. Craft re- turned to Bridgeport to officiate at the funeral of Friend W. Smith. who was one of the most prominent mem- bers ot the church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

ADVERTISE IN THE EAna-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The regular meeting of Elias Howe Post, No. 8, G. A. R., will be neio this evening at the hall, y2o MalH street, at o'clock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08

Advertise in The Farmer
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-09-21
Elinor, the Beautiful, finds So
lace In an ardent love affair, but
her life is complicated by cir
eumstanees OF appalling proper
lions.
Gro BE coNTINUED.l
Aerial Postal Service.

Plans are now ON foot in Europe to
utilize for postal service, after the war.
a great number of the airplanes which
the various nations have acquired for
military purposes, as well as the serv-
ices of the many skilled aviators who
have been trained since the war be-
gan. In France, large civilian COM
mittee. of which NJ. d'Aubigny of the
chamber of deputies is chairman, has
had this subject under consideration
since the first of the year. Similar
plans are being discussed in Spain, and
the Spanish minister of posts has be-
gun negotiations with view to secur-
ing some of the surplus aircraft of
France for use in the Spanish postal
service.-Scientific American.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-09-21
Not Like Home.

The bright boy in khaki was dilating
on the woes of army life.
yes" he said to hts old mother 1--WE
don't get much in the way of fancy
foods, or anything like that. Our camp
cooks all right on stews and soup. but
he can't go beyond them. The other
day you know, when l went back, I
took cucumber with me that / was
going to share with one or two of the
boys. l gave 1t to the cook and asked
him to get it ready for rs, and what
d'you think he did with it? Put it in
the oven and baked it,
ooh, poor hoy!" said the fond moth
err. "A pity couldn't have been there
to look after you. I'd have boiled Il
lovely for your
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-09-21
COSTLY CHIMES FOR CADETS
Big Set of Bells Is Being Made for
Chapel at United States Military
Academy at West Point.

What is said will be the most costly
chime of bells in America and one OF
the most musical sets in existence is
now being made Mt the foundry of the
Meneely Bell company of Troy, N. T..
for the massive tower of cadet chapel.
Rev. H. Z. Silver, chaplain. at the
United States military academy, West
Point, as the gift of Mrs. James NJ.
Lawton, in memory of her father, the
late Maj Gen. Robert Anderson, who
was graduated from the academy in
1925, and whose brilliant command of
Fort Sumter at the outbreak Of the
Civil war has thrilled millions of read
ers of American history. says the
Watchman- Examiner.
There will be IL bells in the chime,
the largest Weighing nearly two tons
and measuring Sc inches at its mouth.
The cadet chapel Is of stone, quarried
from rock found on the military
grounds, and cost to build about half
a million dollars. Its commanding pO-
sition on the hill back from the Hud-
son river makes an ideal place for
bells, and the patriotic airs from the
chime will sound throughout the beau
| tiful highlands in the midst Of which
the military academy Is situated, and
prove source of inspiration to the fu-
| ture generals of the United States
army that will always linger with them
pleasantly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-09-21

stairs and into old Hilary's room. The
chief glanced about while the hasty
examination was being made.
mice ROOM" he said. "But jolly
lot Of good 1t does the old gentleman
nowl Nice little girl downstairs, too.
I've seen that chap in the hall some
where"
The coroner drew the sheet over old
Hilary's peaceful face.
"The preacher7 They all look alike.
It's the vest and the collar"
"The other man, with the accent.
German, take 1t, or--Russian."
Boroday was waiting for them at
the foot of the staircase. In the IL
brary was a tray, with drinks and
sandwiches. The shades had been
lowered.
The chief ate and drank. And as
often as he raised his glass he looked
at the Russian over 1t. At last;
"Hayen't we met somewhere, Mr..
-----"
aBoroday. / rather think not"
you remind me of someone--Pll
place you, or the person you resemble,
pretty soon. / have slow mind. It's
like nm Airedale dog; lis long time
getting started. but when 1t begins 1t
hangs on like the devil"
The drinks were cold, and the house
cool. The prospect OF starting out In
the heat and dust did not allure the
two men. Sitting there at his ease, the
chief ran over the points OF the out
rage.
"In several ways" he observed COM
fortably, the affair resembles one that
happened In ST. Louis several years
ago. There's the same quality of au-
dacity--and there are other things"
Quite suddenly light came into his
eyes.
eAhf' he snid. bending forward to-
ward Boroday. II told You I'd get It,
II was In st. Louis saw your
Their glances clashed. the chiefs In
tent. the Russians cool, amused.
"The dog said Boroday, "holds on
well. but--to the wrong throat"
"Yon have neser been In st. LOUISE
Never
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-09-21
PoRPolsE FISHERY IS OLD
Been in Existence at Cape Hat
teras for 200 Years.

One of the oldest and least known
industries in America is the porpoise
fishery which has been operated from
Cape Hatteras in North Carolina for
about 200 years. 1t should attain an
unusual prosperity in the next few
years, for the bureau of fisheries is
urging more general use of porpoise
hides in place of cowhides. 1t is an
excellent leather, and could undoubt-
eddy be used more widely.
Heretofore the most valuable prod
uct of the fishery has been the oil
which is extracted from the jaws of
the porpoise, and is worth about $40
a gallon. 1t Is universally used for
lubricating watches and other very del
icate mechanisms. The body blubber
is also valuable.b Attempts to manu-
facture fertilizer out of the carcasses
have failed because of the distance
from fuel supply.
The porpoise are taken at Hatteras
in seines, operated from the shore, and
II is probably the only place in Amer
lea where this has ever been done
successfully. During the fall, winter
and spring many porpoises are seen
Off the South Atlantic coast, and Mt
Hatteras they come within few hun
dred yards of the surf. They are
taken by spreading seines about 200
yards outside the surf lines. As soon
as the porpoises have come inside the
seines 1t Is dragged ashore. Often q
whole school of these sea creatures Is
taken in single haul.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-09-21
CHAPTER ".

Elnor lived alone after the funeral.
Henriette, who had now chance to
practice her favorlte vice Of thrift, was
for sending away the other servants.
II can manage" she said. For all
you eat
But Ellnor protested.
Il shall want 10 keep up the Satur-
day dinners. Let things stay as they
urc for n time."
II had been old Hilary's custom to
have such members OF the band as