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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
Morris Pannill, Shot in the Back During the Riot at 'fBaby Dolls" Club Was Killed by a .32 Caliber Revolver; za's the Police Weapon is of .38 Caliber.

Comparison between the bull let which snuffed out the life of Morris Pannill, of 203 Golden Hill street, and the hole made by shot penetrating the inner hall door of Baby Dolls" Keystone Club, in Water street, proved to the satisfaction of detectives today, that the shot fired by the man Jake Hawkins, better known as Texas" was not the fatal one.
 The ball which killed PannilI was enc of .32 calIber, while the hole in the door was made by a .3s. Only one shot passed through the wood work of the door and this, in the opinion of the police, was the one which struck Patrolman McNamara. It was at just the height and angle to have struck a man of McNamara' s stature in the thigh.
 What puzzles the authorities, how ever, 1g the apparent inconsistency of the claims advanced by Pannill. be- fore his death, that he was shot by a policeman, when the department reg ulaAions expressly specify the .8S cali ber as the standard pistol for police phicerH. Unless he was violating an Important rule of the department, no patrolman could have fired the .32 which killed the man.
 The detective bureau today holds a statement signed and sworn to by PannHl when he was given reason to believe that he was going to die, and tn which he repeats his assertion that . police officer shot him. The state ment was obtained by detectives at the hospital, and goes into brief de- tail concerning the occurrences of the Sunday morning at ''Baby Doll's' place.
 'I went there about o'clock" be- gan PannilPs statement, land found colored men and women, and white men and women mingling freely to-
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
SPANISH VESSEL, UNWARNED, SUNK
 BY A SUBMARINE

Paris, Dec. 1s-The torpedoing by a submarine of the Spanish steamer Noviembre, 3,654 tons gross, is re- ported in a dispatch from Biarrtz to the Excelsior, quoting advices receiv- ed there from Bilboa. Thirty of the crew have been landed. They say the ship was torpedoed without warn ing at night and that they were all thrown into the sea. After swimming about for an hour they were picked up ny French patrol ships which put the submarine to flight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
Eliminate Shortage
 Of Coal
Fuel Board This Morn ing Asserts the Great Difficulty Confronted Now is the Delivery of Coal Snow Hampers Trucks.

With prospects of relief for the coal shortage, no material aid will be given to the domes- tic sufferers, because of the snow-filled streets, which make deliveries almost impossible, and in a statement today Carl F. Siemon, chairman of the Bridgeport Fuel Committee, threatens to stop issuing coal orders.
 Unless arrangements are made to
 make streets passable, Siemon declares the present serious situation will alto gether prevent deliveries which have fallen off 50 per cent
 Dealers report that their drivers have been forced to shovel their way to make deliveries in certain sections of the city. In his statement to the public Siemon said, ''This situation is so serious that unless somebody ar ranges to have the streets made pass- able and safe for trucks the commit tee will be forced to stop receiving or ders, except to those. who will can at the yards and effect their own de- liveries. AS to who is to blame for this is not within the province of this committee to ascertain or rectify. but the public can do its bit by removing snow from sidewalks and streets in front of their premises
 S1emon also declared that EnaLufac- turers could assist in great measure by removing the snow from all tha approaches and yards of their proper ty.. Relative to the situation as it stands Sienon said, with coal on hand at present and expected arrivals now under way, also promises received from Washington direct to this com mittse, we feel sufficiently encouraged to state that any possibility of serious shortage is removed.
 Manufacturers can in a great way aid deliveries made by dealers by re- moving the snow from all approaches and yards of their factory property. If everybody will follow the Sugges- ton which the committee has made herewith we feel that deliveries can be increased and undoubtedly oonsid- erable impending suffering and in-s convenience avoided"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
THE LETTER MR,
 BALLARD. LET US
 LOOK IT OVER

County Commissioner Frank B. Ballard made an appOint- ment with representative of The Farmer, for 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, being ''toO busy'' this morning to see one. He promised at that hour to fur nish information concerning a letter purporting to have been written him by John T. King, in which the latter asked that Baby Doll" Thomas liquor 1i- cenSe be revoked.
 The commissioner promised to show the letter and the en- velOpe in which it was mailed. but at the appointed hour, and in fact, while a reporter wait. ed from 1:25 until 2:05 D. m.. for him.
 HE WAS NOT THERE. IT'S YOUR MU E, MIR. BALLARD.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
SUGAR MEN MAKE CLAIMS

Washington, Dec. 19.-Many sugar dealers in the west and middle west today telegraphed Food Administrator Hoover and George M. Ro1ph of the food administration, that there would have been a sugar famine in their ter ritory during October had not the Cal ifornia- Refining Co. provid- ed them with cane sugar,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
AGED BROOKFIELD MAN DROPS DEAD
 IN CATTLE BARN

Brookfield, Dec. 1s-William H. Camp, 75, a prominent resident of this place, was found dead last night in barn on his farm, where he had gone to feed the cattle. He had ap- parently been stricken by heart dis ease and died instantly, still clasping in his arms bundle of corn stalks. The body was discovered by a neigh bor's child who went to the Camp farm on an errand.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
FIELD MARSHAL HAIG
 CHANGING HIS STAFF

London. Dec, 1s.-F1eld Marshal Haig. commander in chief of the British forces in France, the Times understands, is making important changes in his headquarters staff, which up to this time has virtually been unaltered since he took over the supreme command.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
PANNILILA INQUIRY.

Coroner John J. Phelan resumed his inquiry into the death of Morris Pannillar who died as a result of the shooting at Baby Dolls club in Water street, Sunday morning. Cor shooting at Baby Dollsr club in which te question the witnesses, of whom there are a large number,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
ROCK VS. PAX.

Collection. of bill for plumbing is the basis of suit being tried in the Common Pleas court before Judge John R. Booth and a jury today in which Robert T. Rock seeks to col leet $400 from Laslo Pax: Pax dis putes the bill because he alleges the work was not properly done
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
NOT GUILTY OF PERJURY.

Hartford, Dec. 19-At 1s:15 today a jury in the United States Criminal Curt returned a verdict of not guilty in the case against Anest Nfkoi Foti- adis Of New Haven, indicted under the name of Nicholas Fotiades Arnest foI perjvTE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
BRITISH BOMB ENGEL. AERODROME

London 19-The successful bombing by British naval aircraft of the Engel aerodrome behind the German lines in Flanders is announced in oday's admiralty statement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
THE WEATHER.

For Bridgeport and vicinity: Un. settled, probably light rain tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19

London Dec 19Ten persons were killed and 70 were in ured in London during last nights air raid Outside of London five persons injured.
 The following official communication given out | Hast nights air raid casualties
 Ten killed and 70 injured in London only five injured out side London. -a---s-F
 Several fires occurred The material damage not serious There damage to naval military establish mens"
 One of the aeroplanes that took part in the raid brought down another is believed to have been des royed office From 16 to 20 raiders d groups endeavored to reach London but only five succeeded in dropping bombs on the city.
 There believe that another raider dropped to the English channel, says the report
 British pilot fired two drums of ammunition into raider dropping bombs London from height Of 13oOo feet.
 After the main attacks of the raiders ceased single plane flew over London at about o'clock.
 The raider definitely to have been destroyed was hit bv the guns and finally dropped into the off Kent the of three were captured alive by an armed traw-er.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19
TEN DEAD, 70 HURT WHEN AIR FLEET
 BOMBARDS CITY
LATE WAR BULLETIN

Paris, Dec 19-The old French cruiser Chateau renault 1888 tons employed transport, was tor pedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on the morn ing of Dec 14 and the submarine which attacked her later was destroyed according to announcement by the French minister of marine. The passengers on the Chateaurenault were saved. en members of the crew were lost.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-19

Missouri's December crop report places the condition of wheat at Sd. compared with sa la<k zaA.A
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
DRILLING FOR
OIL To BEGIN
Twin Butte Company to Be
gin Operations in Sac
ramento Valley.

AIamogordo. y. NJ. June 2.-W- B.
Jackson, president of the Twin Butte
Oil and Gas company, has advised the
stockholders of the company to the
effect that drilling operations will be
commenced soon. Mr. Jackson's pre-
dictions are that drilling VIII begin
by July /.
The first well Will be sunk near
Twin Buttes, about IS miles south
west of AIamogordo. The Twin Butte
Oil and Gas company has 1880 acres
of land in that region, which is sup
posed by expert oil men to be the
choicest part Of the Sacramento val
ley for oil prospects.
Locations Made in Fall
Oil land locations were first made
in this belt late last fall. when w
c. HAYNES. who was working IN that
region. found a peculiar piece of rock
which he brought to town and Whlch
was assayed by Guerney II. ward, an
assayer and chemist. Mr.. Ward found
that the rock showed oil Indications
and in company with several other
AlamogordO business men he made
trim to the Buttes for the purpose
of ascertaining just what the surface
Indications were. The outcropping
rock and gravel showed evidences or
an underground flow and a company
was Immediately organized. The
Twin Butte company had its lands
surveyed, staked and recorded before
the citizenship generally knew any
thing about the discovery
When the report was spread there
was an immediate rush for oil claims.
and before the week was ended PROB
ably two thirds Of the men in Ala
mogordo had located one or more
claims The report was soon herald
ed throughout the country and in
quiries flowed into the Commercial
club and to citizens asking about the
possibilities for a big strike A mum
Der OF persons were of the impression
that oil had already been struck, but
these were advised that no active
drilling had been done, and that the
supposed oil belt was merely a matter
for speculation
$4,000 Acres Filed On.
over 80, acres of oil land have
been filed on and locations are being
made almost daily. Outside men are
the ones who are doing most OF the
locating now, as local people have
about all the land they feel justified
in keeping up assessments on
Prof. Fayette A. Jones. until re-
Gently president OF the New Mexico
School of Mines, at Socorro, made
trip to AlamogOrdo to look over the
situation and he was favorably i'm
pressed with the field He declared it
as his belief that a lake OF oil would
be found underneath the portion Of
the valley where the first well is to
be sunk
Mr.. Jackson will return from Texas
shortly to start active drilling. He
states that if the first well should
prove to be dry, the company already
has sufficient capital to move the
machinery and sink another well.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
EIGHTH CAVALRY BAND TO
PLAY LIVELY AIRS SUNDAY

Patriotic airs will feature the con-
cert to be played by the Eighth cav
airy band on the parade ground. Fort
Bliss. Sunday afternoon from 3:45
to 4:45, weather permitting William
Vanover. band leader, furnishes the
following program:
Own United States
....- Edwards
-''Nabucodonosor'' Verdi
Characteristic-.'For the Freedom Of
the World" ...---.-Za mecnik
Selection-"Cavalleri Rusticana"-
.......-..... Mascag ni
Song-"My Country, I'm For You"
Cordella Ford
arranged by Ignacio)
Fantasia-"A Hungarian Romance"
........-..-.. Bendix
March-.Stars and Stripes Forever
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SOuSa
Cavalry Air. $50.
Jabobowskf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
MASSAGE TREATMENT.
PROF. S. A. ARRIETA

Trained by European Specialists.
with IS Years Experience In the Mex
leo City Hospitals.
Are you unable to vvaIks Are you
paraIyzed or unable to novel Do you
want to throw away your erutches3
Are your children weak atrOphIed,
lacking energy. unable to walk. stand
up. emlciated and almost lifelesss
The SWedish-Gernan, English and
French massage systems, will give
back to them their strength, vIgor
and energy.
Come TO my office at Aundy Bldg.
1O7 :. FL PasO st.
Office hOurss From to IL n. m.
and from to 6 p. m.
Phone 2S76 during office hours.
HOTEL LEON, PHONE $40.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02

How often. when you are strolling
around town, with your girl friend.
do you look around for a nice coy
place to sit and chat while slipping a
cool drink or eating an ice or sand
wich2 Next time try the Oriental Tea
room and confectionery, Texas and
Oregon streets, and be convinced.
Good music and good things to eat
and drink. We also have cigars and
tobacco-Ady
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
Notice II. f. Il.

You are requested to attend n meet
ing Of Ell Paso Lodge 2S9. Fraternai
Brotherhood, Monday, June 4th. at 3
2. m. at K of P. hall. TO meet Mrs.
Nerdig. supreme past president; also
election Of officers
Mrs. NJ C. Hempel, Sec,-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
Fancy Seed Corn.

Recleaned fancy native-grown Mex
lean June Seed Corn. $3.50 per 100 lbs.
FL PasO Seed Co., Inc.
523 E San Antonio St, one block east
Of City Hall and Court House.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02

in FL Paso. said Saturday morning
he had not received instructions rela-
tive to the examinations OF ii faso
young men who had been named by
CONGRESSMAN Thomas L. Blanton as
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02

candidates for the naval academy at
Annapolis Mr.. Blanton wired from
Washington Friday that the exam
next
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
Tenement ornrrs.

Are you getting all Of the money
your house should bring? Ask Lee
Newman I specialize on tenements.
Phone 1904. sos IL s. FL Paso-
Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02

HASN'T RECEIVED ORDER
TO EXAMINE Ell PASO BOYS
J. z Farnsworth. secretary OF the
federal civil service examining board
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
Campbell's Cafe.


Ierchants lunch 40c. Music, dancing.
ADV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
No Guess work WITH officiaIs

This is no guess work with US In
addition to our test wells Mr.. Muir
ply is frequently making surveys We
have CORPS in the field constantly
gaging. We know positively whether
irrigation or river water is causing
the rise of water in the valley ground.
Our records show the quick rises and
IL the flow is from the river, or from
canal Irrigation"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
NVnnnd va FataI.

DR. G. B. Calnan, the third wines WIN -
called, testified that ne was 80, ea'iI roIic 20
s 30 on the afternoon Of January
"a S1 last tls to examine the Miller boy. The e
,,.f+,,sse said he examined the wound
~ fonnd that the bullet entered two
inches from the right spine ana came anne
n,'t IN front The bullet penetrated
~ hIsddsr The witness said that
U 5-io he examined the wound he knew
II would prove fatal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02

Ind brain.
work and
ottle.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02
Sac Heard shots.

A A. Lawless testified that he was
near the wrecking shed when he he e3a1
four shots in the sheo- me me t rs
SIZED were, You know what my
father said Then I heard a voice
80 II will kill YOU Then I heard
cqSse After that the boy ran out OF
fhe shed and the Mexican officer shot
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02

We'll, the doctor agrees. said Mr.
Lawson, that his patient is suffering
from a very acute attack Of bowel
troubles and the doctors physic is not
going to do much good as long as the
nurses continue to-flood the patient
with that which provoked the attack
VERY few Of the water users in the
valley are doing anything to help
themselves In this valley the lands
are not level and in consequence the
farmers soak their low lands while
trying to dampen the high places, and
the bitches are not carrying enough
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

EDITORIAL NOTE. - william Lee
Queux, who here chronicles for his
friend, Count Ernst Won HeltzendOrn,
the ~latter's revelations of the inner
life of the imperial German court, has
long been recognized Eu-
rope as the possessOr of its innermOst
secrets.
This ngIish "WhO's Who" says of
kimt "He has intimate knowledge Of
the secret service of Continental coun-
tries and II considered by the govern
nent (of Great Britain) an authority on
such Matters" Another authority suyst
sFeW people have been more closely as
ISOLATED with or know more of the
astounding inner machinery of Ger
many than he.'
LeQueux probably has more sources
sf secret information at his
tkan any contemporary In civil life, and
Cor the last six years the British Cow
srnment has made valuable use OF his
Tnat store of secret information through
D specially organized department with
which LeQueux works as a voluntary
assistant.
Count Won HeItEendOrn became an In
Innate of LeQueux several years prior
to the outbreak of the warJ he has been
living in retirement In France since
August, 1914, and Il was there that Lee
Queux received from the crown princes
late personal adjutant permission 10
make public these revelations OF the
inner life OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the de~mOcracies of the world might
come to know the real, but heretofore
hidden, personalities of the two domi-
aant members of the autOcracy they are
now arrayed against.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

IA MOret-surIOfnR,
ne-et-Ma
February 10th, 1917.
MY dea LeQueuxt -
1 jstn finished reading h proofs Il o articles describing
m life as an onciaI at the imperial nj at Potsdam, Ind he " or
three small errors o made I have duly corrected.
were of them known to yourself, fer IL he intimate friend Of
Iut.a. the ex-croun prfncess u SaxOny, yu were, before the val
closely associated with man of los al our whose aPpear in
these articles.
The reveIatfons which I have made, and which you have reeorde
here are hut a 1.-THE OF h disclosures which l could max, n II the
uorId desires. more 1 shall b. pleased to furnish o with ther n
even more startling Details whHh o Ia also u intop print.
" service as ersona adtutant 10 II German crow prime h, nap
oux NJ an ead M W, with II treachery II Germany against ivhi-
zafon pufnKIy revealed. i feel, in m retirement no mpuncuo in
expodnK ali 1 know oncerning h seerets n In kaiser his 10
With NOS cordial greetings from
Your sincere friend,
CsIgned ERNST Won HELTZENDoRFF.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

A LETTER FROM THE GROWN PRINCES PERSONAL AoJUTANT
TO WILLIAM LEoUEUx, PossEssoR OF THE
SECRETS OF EUROPE.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

SUPPOSE that none of you have
ever heard the name Of Thyra
Adelheid Won Kienitz?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-25
Legal Notices

of the acts of Assembly of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, SEALED
Rt,ROPOSALS will be received until
the office. of the Superintendent of
Pubiic, Printing and Binding. in the
Capitol Building. HARRISBURG, Pa. for
furnishing half tones. electrotypes,
steel plates and other plates required
for the execution of the public print
ing and binding from the first day of
July. 1917, to the thirtieth day of June,
1918; and at the same time and place
separate sealed proposals will be re-
ceived for furnishing half tones, cleo
for the of the p1s
lie printing and binding from the first
day of July; 1917. to the thirtieth day
Bids will be made at certain rates
per centum below the maximum rates
fixed in schedule prepared in ac-
cordance with law by the Superinten-
dent OF Public Printing and Binding
The proposals must be sealed up and
must be endorsed Proposals for Fur
nishing Cuts and Plates" and deliv-
cred to said Superintendent at or be-
fore three o'clock p. NJ. on said day,
accompanied with the bond required
by said acts of Assembly. Such pro-
posals as shall have been received up
opened, and bids tabulated and con-
tracts promptly awarded.
The right is reserved to reject any
part and reject the other part il such
action would be in the interest of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Blank proposals containing instruc-
tionS, schedule and blank bond may
be obtained at the office of the super
intendent of Public Printing and
Binding and no bid will be accepted
unless submitted upon such furnished
blanks.
d. EDw. LONG,
Superintendent of Public Printing and
Binding.
Harrisburg, Pa,
Nav 18th, 1917.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-25
American Flotilla Plays
Big Part in Destroying
German Submarines

Washington, May 25.-Definite in
formation has reached the Navy De-
partment that more submarines are
being run down, captured and de-
stroyed than ever before, and al
though the exact details cannot be
divulged, it is known that the Amer
lean destroyer flotilla, under Rear
Admiral Sims, has been playing an
active part in the work with the
British and French fleets.
One report to-day had it that dur
ing the past week, in which twenty
seven merchant vessels were sunk,
twenty-eight German submarines
were captured or destroyed. 1t was
and munitions reaching England
from the United States last week
was the largest since February l.
The increased success of the cam
paign against the U-boats is attrib-
uted more to Improvements in or
SANITATION than to any new devices.
1t is said the presence of American
destroyers has enabled the British
and French to send some of their
small craft to their bases for dock
ing and sorely needed repairs, after
virtually continuous service for the
past two years.
Hereafter, it was announced at the
Navy Department, information re-
garding the operations of American
naval vessels in the war zone will be
given out here simultaneously with
publication in Europe.