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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-19
MURDER CASE WITNESS
KILLED BY HUSBAND

ST. Joseph, Mo-. Feb. 1s.--Mrs. Dag
mar krucker. who was an important
inquire in the Mcdaniel murder case
mere, was shot and killed at her faith
er's home here late this afternoon by
ner divorced husband, John f.
krucker. Krucker then turned the
weapon on him<lf and is dying, Their
six-year-old daughter lay i'll in the
room and watched the tragedy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-19
Would Guarantee Rights of
Neutrality and Alleviate
Rigors of War
STATE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS SILENT
While Washington Makes No
Comment on Proposal United
States + as Uniformly En-
couraged Similar Movement

Washington, Feb. IS-A congress
OF all the American nations to guar
antee the rights OF neutrality and al
ieViate the rigors of war was tonight
put forth as a definite suggestion by
the republic Of Ecuador The Ecua-
dorian foreign minister proposes d
JOINT congress 10 meet in Uruguay TO
take measures TO com ine the pam
American nations for the protection
OF the entire American continent from
the evil effects oil the war. The suE-
gestlnn- Ma -nIAde- IN a mole Ia First
CHIEF CaTranza's government in
Mexico. in reply 10 the CarranZa com
munication to the neutral nations
suggesting ali embargo on all pro-
ducts bound FOR the warning nations
as means Of ending the war
State department officials tonight
declined TO comment ON the Ecuado-
rian suggestion,
It was stated. however. that the
United States has adhered to the pol
icy Of encouraging joint action by the
American republics in every direc-
ton What effect the present Ger
man crisis might have Oh this att-
tude. administration officials would
not say, II was said that unless the
Ecuadorian proposal was definitely
laid before this country II was prob
able no action would be taken
To Alleviate Wars Rigors.
The Ecuadorian note. directed TO
Candida Aguilar, the Carranza min
lister of foreign relations. was reCeiv-
ed and made public here tonight by
Charge d'Anaires +. De Negri al the
Mexican embassy. The communica
ton. which made no reference to the
Carranza embargo proposal, read:
The Initial steps taken by the va
rious American countries to obtain
the concord Of action Of all for the
defense Of their continental rights and
To alleviate the rigoFs of war. mani
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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
HAVE SOCIAL PROGRAM
THAT is HARD TO BEAT

Bridgeport council. No. $50, United
Commercial Travellers OF America, will
hold their regular monthly meeting
at their rooms, Odd Fellows hall
Saturday evening, March 10. when
they will elect officers for the ensuing
year, to be installed by Grand Chap
lain A. H. L. Parker of Hartford.
A visiting delegation from the
neighboring council is expected, and
a large attendance requested to meet
the grand officers, and the usual good
time Is promised
The hustling entertainment commit
tee, under the able leadership Of Her
bert Beers, has a program Of enter.
tainment, that viii keep the boys busy
for some time to come. They offer
a smoker on st. Patrick's night,
March IL, at Concordia hall. State and
Court streets. Members are privileg-
ed to invite friends. A whist for the
members and ladies, April 10, at their
lodge rooms, Odd Fellows hall. =.
dinner dance at the Stratfield, Api.l
81, with music by Bentley's orchestra
and addresses by Supreme Councillor
George S. Hunt Of Boston, Grand
Councillor Palmer S. Willard Of Hart
ford and Mayor Clifford B. Wilson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
JOHN ERICSSON

On "a Sunday morning just fifty
five years ago today a queer little
craft that looked like ga cheese box
on raft gave battle in Hampton
Roads with an ironclad vessel five
times her size, and inflicted defeat
on the big ship that effected revolu-
ton in naval warfare. The Monitor
was built by John Ericsson, a Swedish
engineer and inventor, who made use
Of the design for a revolving turret
which had been invented by Theodore
r. Timby.
Ericsson was born in Sweden in
1903, and entered the Swedish army
in his youth, attaining the rank OF
captain and achieving fame as an en-
gineer. While still young man he
removed to England, and made nu-
merous inventions, notably that Of
artificial draft, which is still in use
in locomotives. When the Manches-
ter & Liverpool railway offered g.
prize for the most efficient locomo-
tive. Ericsson was one Of the competi-
tors, and his machine won the prize
by attaining the remarkable speed Of
fifty miles an hour. His next impor-
tant invention was the screw propel-
Tor for steamship. Having been un-
able to interest the British admiralty
in this invention, he came to America,
and in 1841 was engaged in the con-
struction of the United States war
ship Princeton, the first steam yes
sci ever built with q screw propeller
'nder the waterline and thus out Of
reach Of shot. The first steam fire
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
February of 1917
Coolest February
In Last 20 Years

February Of 1917 was the coolest
February in the last 20 years, accord
ing to records compiled by Corpora
tive Meteorological Observer William
Jennings for the United States Wealth
er bureau.
With maximum temperature Of
4S degrees on two consecutive days the
18th and 18th, the mercury touched
the zero mark in this city, with a
mean temperature for the whole
month of &c degrees, maximum daily
range of 80 degrees Feb. 23 and the
minimum fluctuation Feb 20 when
the column varied only seven degrees.
During the month fairly heavy
rainfall was recorded-2.36 inches
with a snowfall of 80 inches. There
werea12 days when there was more
than one one-hundredth of an inch
fall, only nine clear days in the
month. II partly c1ouded and seven
entirely overcast throughout the day.
light period.
ton for the month was>northwest with
fogs hampering mariners on Feb. 20,
26 and 81. Barometric readings for
the month, reduced to sea level show
ed highest Feb. 13 when the temper
ture was at zero, 30.56 and the lowest
reading Feb. when it dropped to
$3.50. -
The frigidity, of the month it seen
when the records are compared with
the normal for the last 20 years which
places the mercury column of the
therm Ometer at 81.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
ST. FRANCES.

This is the name day Of girls and
women named Frances. being the
feast Of st. Frances Of Rome. who
founded the female institute OF OBJ
lates. Frances was born in Rome,
into family of high rank, in the
latter part of the fourteenth century.
Her girlhood ambition was to become
a nun, but this was frustrated by her
parents, and at the age of IL she was
married to Lorenzo Ponziano. noble
Of ne Eternal City. "A married
woman must leave God at the altar to
find Him in her domestic cares" was
her motto as a wife, but she spent all
her spare time in prayer and in acts
of charity. It is related that she i'm
posed penahce upon herself by
drinking only from a cup made from
a human skull After her husband
death she put aside all the trappings
of her high estate and, barefooted
and with a cord about her neck she
begged admission to the Oblate order
she had founded. She was chosen
Superioress, a position she held until
her death on March 8, 1440.
The Oblates. both male and female,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
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FRAGILE" by the Bulgars. Serbs and
Greeks that Steuenberg broke into the
song that aroused the Kaiser's wrath.
away for Constantinop1e the hosts Of
Allah sped,
And the only ones that halted were
the ones that stopped the lead"
sang Steuenberg, and continued with
a number OF satirical verses in which
he held up to ridicule the German
military system. The poem conclud-
ed with these verses:
"And down at sunny Leavenworth let
Dutch professors rule.
And build model brewery-an
annex to the school
A marble bust of Won der Goltz re-
splendent in the hall,
And photographs of Kaiser Bill
adjoining ev'ry wall.
"And he who seeks promotion must
subsist solid year
On pretzels, cheese, and winnerwurst,
and good old German beer;
And notify the Colonels-sound the
warning near and far!-
That they've got to sing Die Yacht
am Rhein' before they get the star"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
Good Government Club
Of Stratford Banquets
special to The Farmer.)

Stratford, March s.-Thirty-two
members Of the Stratford Good Gov
eminent club attended banquet
given under the auspices Of the or
ganization last evening at the Walnut
Beach Country club, Milford. A num-
Der OF speeches were delivered. An
entertainment followed. A committee
consisting Of Attorney ivan l. More
house and Burton c.. Warner were
named to investigate why the Adams
Express CO. who formerly had an Of
flee at the local depot have closed it..
Fred W. Nettleton informed the gath
erinr that he had for years been hired
by the express company to deliver all
their packages for $50 a month. AS
the town has grown SO rapidly in the
last year, the wages of help and the
cost OF feed having increased, Mr..
Nettleton told the company that he
would have to ask more money for his
services. He received no favorable
reply and was told that his services
were no longer needed.
4 The speakers OF the evening were
DR.. Clarence Caulkins of Bridgeport,
Attorney Warehouse, Town Clerk
Harold c. Lowell, First Selectman
James LAlly, Judge Charles H. Wel,s
and Se1ectman Nettleton.
Those present were Burton G. War
ner, James Ially. Judge Charles H.
we11es, Olaf Unbehagen, John j.
Williams, Harry A. Burnes, Charles
z. Wheeler. Daniel j. Carten, j. j.
Flood. Timothy W. Ryan, John j.
Hearn. Fred ~ .Townroe, David
Hughes, Ephriam N. wakelee, H. S.
Porter. Fred w. Nett1eton, John r.
CosCrove Harold c. TnWeH qeorpe
H. Bateman. William B. Nichols, Ivan
L. Morehouse. Edward W. Beers, Pc
ter Gleason. Charles Graham, George
ID. Wood. Herbert M. Booth, Dr. Clar-
enco Il. Cau1kins, Walter e. Goddard
Fred Bevans, William H. Crawford
John G. Wiicoxson, Charles Aber-
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crombie and Joseph Buskeye.
&stG6Iif6t6 1S0

crombie and Joseph Buskeye.
Fourteen new names have been
added to the list for the formation OF
coast artillery company. Thirty
seven have signed up to date. The
new members are Judge Howard w
Curtis, Joseph. Houlihan, Louis Kelly
Harold Ayres, Clarence Smith, Harold
Merwin, Clarence Smith, James
Flood, Edward Sweetland, Walter E.
Goddard, Charles Graham, Horace D.
King, Don H. Bolster and William H.
Hart, Jr.
A mass meeting Of the Stratford
Red Cross branch will be held this
evening at Christ church parish
house. Persons who will canvass the
town Sunday will be selected and their
districts given them this evening.
Rev. Robert C. Whitehead, new
pastor of the Congregations church,
was installed last evening. The edifice
was packed to capacity. Rev. Her
bert Macy Of Newington delivered the
sermon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09

still exist, and have establishments In
France, England and America. Inc
name of Oblate Is in general given TO
that class Of Catholic religious bodies
that form a distinct order by not be-
ing bound by the solemn vows OF the
religious profession. The order OF
masculine Oblates was founded
toward the close Of the sixteenth CEN
fury Of St. Charles Borromeo In the
diocese of Milan the members con-
sisting of secular priests and others
without orders. The chief object OF
the order as it now exists is to assist
the parochial clergy by holding mis-
sions for the religious instruction OF
the people. The Oblates OF Mary
Immaculate Of Marseilles was insti-
tuted in France about a century ago,
and the Oblate Sisters of Providence
was founded in Baltimore in 1925.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
FARMERS OPPOSED TO
DEER PROTECTION BILLS

Hartford, March 9.-In q stormy
hearing yesterday before the legisla-
tive committee on fish and game, over
a score of farmers opposed bill that
would curb what hunters call "the
wholesale extermination'' of deer un-
der the present law. Farmers from
all parts of the state testified to the
damage done by deer and expressed
their desire that the present law he
not repealed A small number Of
game lovers and sportsmen spoke for
the proposed flaw, which they said
would permit the farmers to protect
their crops, and still prevent what
they say at present looks like the ex-
termination Of a beautiful and valua-
bic animal.
The bill passed in 1915 permits any
body in the state to kill deer On his
land, and also permits property
owner to permit any employee to kill
deer on his property. The proposed
law provides three things as follows.
That farmers may kill deer which
they think are damaging their crops,
that any one with hunting license
may shoot deer during the first week
OF December this to take effect in a
few years; and that farmers who are
unable to find deer that have dam
aged their crops may get, damages
from the state. Representative S. c.
Shaw of Redding appeared for the
bill
Charles l. Gold of Cornwall said
there were too many deer and that
the present law was needed, He said
they attacked people in his county
He was against any open season.
At this point the farmers started
the opposition. More than a score OF
them spoke condemning the deer and
every provision of the new bill that
would prevent his determination. They
objected to the closed season and the
open season. and said they wanted to
kill deer, as at present, without proof
that they were harnaing their crops.
and on any land that the deer might
go.
Fred Rathbun Of Hebron said that
the farmers ought to he considered
before the deer. He wanted no hunt
ers in his fields taking spot shots"
that might hit him or his cows. He
thought the farmers ought to shoot
the deer and get the benefit Of them
for having raised them. He never got
more than 50 as damages for LOST,
crops, he said. Representative Sher-
man of Monroe advocated the present
law. Others that favored the present
law and disapproved an open season
for the benefit Of sportsmen were
James A. Thomas OF Lebanon, Sen
ator Rogers Of Southington, J. F.
Hennon Of Griswold. who protested
against the ball cartridge used in sho,
guns. saying that it was as bad as
rife bullet at short range; M. E.. Mi
nor of Plymouth, Thomas Curry OF
Lebanon, who said farmers were
shortly going, to be, the most impor
tant workers in the state, even more
so. he said, than mnnition magnates.
Mr. Tanner of Winchester, ]. G. Beck.
with Of New Hartford, w. w. Collar
Of Norfolk, E. r. Gillette of Colches.
ter and s. E. Ackley Of East Had
dam.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
BRIDGEPORT CLUB
DINNER DANCE IS
SPLENDID AFFAIR
Handsome Women and Gay
Gallants Enjoy Evening of
Terpsichorean Bliss.

Tho Bridgeport club, after q lapse
OF several years has again resumed
its dinner dances under the direction
ef Steward Wallace. The first of a
series Of these dances given last night
~ the club rooms brought forth a
notable array Of dancers and disclosed
a modishneSs among the womena
dress that compared most favorably
with the better metropolitan af-
fairs.
For the occasion the reading and
dining room were converted into ta-
BILE rooms, at which the various mem
bers entertained their parties. The
large social hall was adapted for the
dancers with a screen Of palms ar
ranged under the direction of Gus
Hertha1. The tables were decorated
with choice cut flowers which in their
lighter tints contrasted harmonious
ly with the color schemes of the WON
ems attire.
Among the list of guests from far
and wide were noted the states Of
Connecticut, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island and New York being represent
ed. Dancing Aontinued from 1880
to l a. m, under the program played
by SpeidePs orchestra.
1t is conceded that the resumption
of the formal and informal affairs by
the Bridgeport club will institute a
new cycle In the gayety Of Bridge
ports rnid-winter season. The COM
mittee which will attempt to make the
dinner dances criterion Of Bridge
ports best Is Thomas Douglas, F. H.
Christie and Lawrence 7. Gallagher.
Those who attended are:
DR.. and Mrs. F. J. Adams, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. H. Christie, Miss Ruth Nor
ton. Mrs. Frank Wirth. Miss Elaine
Burgess, Miss Mildred Bellwood. Miss
Irene O'Leary, Miss Carolyn Mitchell,
Miss Kathleen Broderick, Miss Violet
Stiff, Miss Mae Alley, Miss Bessie A.
/ O'Brien. Mrs. Ida Bentley, Miss Du-
higg. Miss Harriet F. O'Neil, Miss
Christie, Miss Beutelspacher, A. Nc
Neil, Jr., C. p, Beers, Herbert Reddy,
e. j. Gallagher, O. ]. Diehl, Walter
Wakelee, John e. Ingoldsby. James F.
Irwin, George Malone, George n. Mil
lgan, William w. Roberts, NJ Het-
finger, Harry McGirr, H. c. Gregory.
meth Thomas, Lloyd Hawkins, David
- 1OChWOOOst l. N. OAdSSOIIACiA, IDS.
+ J. O,Brien, Bridgeport; Mr.. and HI. e.
Wagner, indianapolis, Ind. J.. G..
kr1o1d, Washington, D c., D. G..
Adair, New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs W. L. Norton, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Turner. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cobb, Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson
Lovegrove, Mr.. and Mrs. George F..
Mara, Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest W. Mon
tanye, Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Lund,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold B. Bradstreet,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Bradstreet,
Mr.. and Mrs. LeBrun. Mr.. and Mrs
William p Kirk, Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee r. Gallagher, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan.
lei e. Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Douglas,
Mr.. and Mrs. F E. Hefer, Mr.. and
Mrs G. L.. Dennis. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
r. Oviatt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09

There Is h great difference be-
tween Oil cloth and linoleum. Or
binary oil cloth is coarse canvas
painted over a number of times on
both sides and finished with an
application Of aprinted paint design
on one side, followed by a light coat
Of varnish to the wearing surface.
Linoleum Is an entirely different
thing. It was discovered years ago
that linseed oil, If treated with GER
tain dryers and under certain con-
ditions becomes jel1y-like and this
product mixed with rosin and a
gum, by a second process hardens
into a tough stuff like leather. The
cloth holds the linoleum together,
but it is the Ieather-1ike thick COW
ering that gives it Its wearing
qualities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
CAPT. STEUENBERG'S RETIRE
MENT.

The retirement from active service
Of Capt. George Steuenberg, the poet
laureate of Uncle Sans army, on &C
count Of Ill health. recalls the fact
that Capt. Steuenberg was once off,
cialy rebuked because he had offend
ed the Kaiser. It was poem bear
ing the title of '"rhe German Trained
Army Of the Turks" that aroused the
ire of His Imperial Majesty Wilhelm
II. It was when the Turkish army,
trained according to the best Teuton
methods and armed with guns made
in Germany, was being beaten to e
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
Ushers In Fashionable
N. Y. Church Resign

New York, March 9.-A1l the ushers
Of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
chlrch have resigned as a result OF a
disagreement with their pastor, the
Rev. John Henry Jowett, over the
course to be pursued in seating
strangers. This church is crowded
netarly every Sunday with visitors
from outside the city and DR.. Jowett,
backed by the session, has insisted
that places left vacant by pew holders
should he held no later than II a. m
The ushers are all volunteers and
many of them have served from Is to
20 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
OFFER PLANTS TO o. S.

Chicago, March output Of 81
plants was placed at the disposal of
the government in case OF war by
members of the Refactories Manu-
facturers' Association OF America in
resolutions adopted at the annual
banquet last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
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engine ever built on this side OF the
Atlantic was also the work OF Eric
sson. While the Monitor would now
be practically worthless in combat
with even the smallest of modern
war craft, she represented q revolu-
tionary advance in naval construc-
ton, and sounded the death knell OF
war vessels built Of wood.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
Japanese Doilies and Center pieces
Comfortables
in lighter weight

Before long it will be time to throw aside the
fluffy down comfortables and wool quilts re-
CURED for real cold weather. There lighter
weights for Spring in most attractive designs.
silkoline covers, full size, light weight, extremely
dainty effects at $500 and 1915
silkones with plain silk borders in pink, blue, rose,
yellow and lavender effects $3.50
White Cotton with silk covers figured center and
plain border to combine, $oD
Third
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
WOULD KILL SOCIAL EVIL.

Pittsburgh, March 9-Nine angles
on what is being done in the United
States to ''lay the axe at the root
of the tree of social evils will be
presented by welfare and social
workers at the 44th annual confer
ence OF charities and. correction to be
held June 6 to 13 in Pittsburgh, ac-
cording to the preliminary program
issued today. The conference will
consist of nine divisions. as follows:
children, community. corrections
Emily and CONN unity, health, men
Il hygiene M y. charities. rural
ocial problems and social insurance
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
CHEMICAL PLANT BURNS

Sweetwater, Tenn, March 9-The
Durex chemical plant here was de-
stroyed by fire with a loss of be-.
tween 100000 and 100000. The
plant produced acids from barites.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Royal Arcanum team and COM
mlttee will meet in the council room
Sunde-' March II, at 1920 a. m.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09
In the Children's Shop

There is a new and satisfactory assortment Of
Rompers Creepers and Bloomer Dresses for children
aged years and upward. They made in practi-,
cal styles of gingham, chambray and crepe. Models
that will wash easily and wear excelently.
Playthings Various kinds Of interesting ami
mails, such dogs, CATS tigers Teddy bears and ele
plants, Of life-ike appearance. All sizes, at
&c. 70 cts, $10O up to $3.50
Quaint Ducks, 80 cts
Dolls Of the most conpanonable character, including
the maiden America which promises to be
great favorite, 80 cts
Rag Dolls that will endure for several years,
SO cts and $100
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09

CORTFE G. ROCKWELL. Plumb b.
ing and Heating, jobbing a speciality
1851 Main and Hillside avenue
Phone 32b-2. BIO *tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-09

Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, u.
S. NJ, will address the members of the
Contemporary club Thursday even
ing March % at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs Charles G. Waldo, Brook
lawn park. Rear Admiral Fiske's par
ticularly timely subject will be 1.-THE
Navy"