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The Tomahawk., 1917-12-13

voice, at first In the distance, then
growing louder-coming nearer.
"Oh, Ver-er-man! O-o-o-Oh, Ver.er-
ma--an"
It was the voice Of Herman.
"Oo-o-o.o-oh, Ver-er-er-ma-a-a-an!"
And then two boys sat stricken at
that cheerful table and ceased to eat.
Recollection awoke with bang!
ooh, my" Sam gasped.
"What's the matter?" said Mr.. Scho-
field. "Swallow something the wrong
way, Sam?"
"Ye-es, sir"
"Oo-o-oh, Ver-er-er-ma-a-an"
And now the voice was near the
windows Of the dining room.
whats the matter with you?" his
father demanded. "Sit DOWN.
cts Herman-that colored boy lives
in the alley" said Penrod hoarsely.
"I-expect-I think"
"Well, what's the matter?"
II think his little brothers. maybe
got lost, and Sam and better go help
look
you'll do nothing of the kind" said
Mr.. Schoheld sharply. "Sit down and
eat your dinner"
In a palsy, the miserable boy re.
sumed his seat. He and Sam ex-
changed single dumb glance; then
the eyes Of both swung fearfully to
Margaret. Her appearance was one
of sprightly content, and, from GER
tain point of view, nothing could have
been more alarming. If she had
opened her closet door without discov-
ering Verman, that must have been
because Verman was dead and Mar
garet had failed to notice the body.
(Such were the thoughts of Penrod
and Sam.) But she might not have
opened the closet door. And whether
she had or not, Verman must still be
there, alive or dead, for if he had es-
capped he would have gone home, and
their ears would not be ringing with
the sinister and melancholy cry that
now came from the distance, @'Oo-o-oh,
Ver-er-ma-an
Verman, in his seclusion, did not
hear that appeal from his brother ;
there were too many walls between
them. But he was becoming impatient
for release, though, all in all, he had
not found the confinement intolerable
or even very irksome. His character
was philosophic, his Imagination calm
no bugaboos came to trouble him.
The Tomahawk., 1917-12-13

IA After such rigorous events, every
Dne comprehended that the game of
bonded prisoner was over, and there
was no suggestion that sit should or
might be resumed. The fashion Of it's
ronclusion had been so consummately
enjoyed by all parties with the nat
ural exception of Roddy Bitts) that q
renewal would have been tame hence,
the various minds Of the company
turned to other matters and became
restless. George Bassett withdrew
first. remembering that If he expected
to be as wonderful as usual, tomor-
row, in Sunday school, it was time to
prepare himself, though this was not
Included in the statement he made al
teeing the cause of his departure. Be-
ing detained bodily and pressed for
explanation, he desperately said that
he had to 60 home to tease the cook
which had the rakehelly air he thought
would insure his release, but was not
considered plausible. However, he
was finally allowed to go, and, as first
hints of evening were already cooling
and darkening the air, the party broke
I'D, it's members setting forth, WhlS-
Ting, toward their several homes,
though Penrod fingered with Sam. Her
man was the last to go from them.
"Well, / got git at stove-wood f.
suppuh," he said, rising and stretching
himself. II got git at liz soap-box
wagon, an go on ovuh where's at new
house buil'in' on SecOn' street; pick
I'D few shingles an blocks layin'
rOun'.'
" He went through the yard toward
the alley, and, at the alley gate, re-
membering something, he paused and
one, and they were too far away to
catch his meaning. Sam shouted,
Cant hear YOU" and Herman replied,
but still unintelllgibly then, upon
Sans repetition of "Can't hear YOU"
Herman waved his arm in farewell,
implying that the matter was Of little
significance, and vanished. But If they
had understood him, Penrod and Sam
might have considered his inquiry OF
instant Importance for Herman's last
shout was to ask If either Of them had
noticed "Where Verman went"
Verman and Verman's whereabouts
were, at this hour, Of no more con-
Germ to Sam and PenrOd than was
the other side of the moon. That I'M
, fortunate bonded prisoner had been
long since utterly effaced from their
fields Of consciousness, and the dark
secret of their Bastille troubled them
not-for the main and simple reason
that they had forgotten it.
They drifted indoors, and found
Sans mothers white cat browsing on
q desk in the library, the which coinci-
dence obviously inspired the expert
ment Of ascertaining how successfully
ink could be used in making a clean
white cat look like Il cOach-dOg. There
was neither malice nor mischief in
their idea; simply, Il problem present.
ed itself to the biological and artistic
questionings beginning to stir within
The Tomahawk., 1917-12-13
Would let ric1 kncW.

PeShlna--If - krc%n you we're 60
ins: T., s,:tc n q. us we'd ba.e had
better d,ncer.
Ua~s:os-ioa'i mention II, Old man,
&c: .Se ns-: Line III lc: vu,. hno,:.
The Tomahawk., 1917-12-13
A New Proprietor.

'tss yoa own yo:- ova Ieafc. WIZ"
HnsY'
tsNo.''
"yThy, you told ne so last mcn.sf
ssIes, We had no cooa !ben."
The Tomahawk., 1917-12-13
The 0e7,e6y,

""Aat :i.5 ;As Ccctc- 20 for yoar
zi.e rhe,. il, sou.d he, p - r,a;:tT
Or, be easesi I: az 4; t.,,:e. lie
kav- sae ~ sp:3cr.:c t,.ts:j,..-l-'n."
The Tomahawk., 1917-12-13
prclud. t. a JoyoIs Evening"

"Aryr-t!s. getting r"ai laugh est
4 tii.< shove" cSan3 t.e sC-tr c:tszea.
@I>e," cpl: I'd TIE sN.aoc:e !sh.r.
"Wh,i'
s.Tsc ticket EpScuiaiosS."
The Tomahawk., 1917-12-13
From She CHESTNUT Tres.

eV.c.*rat.or is 20 go.Nl."
"%s.: ,oe>tss you ssy thas?"
'yy cocs,n rnR v1ce!uatcj AID t.,c~
-esxs s.:er 40 fell CUT Of 4 w!,icw
:;-t WIS kiCec." -.
The Tomahawk., 1917-12-13
Mere q San. Seeds rts,tee

"St-: x-e t3:G-sed With a'cs'pc the
$%cSr .et1,"
~asc T.: .iz~ 20 lrv: t.s charge
atcs!7l tr. oEss: ,slas:uitsls."
The sun., 1917-07-21
NUMBER OF MEN IN
EACH CITY DISTRICT
Registrants Will Here Find In
formation Valuable in
Calculating Call.
SYSTEM rs EXPLAINED
Only One Quota in Town Has
Total of 1896 Men on
YSTEM rs EXPLAINED

The number of men registered in each
OF the 1S9 local exemption districts in
New York city is given below. It will
pay any registrant to find out the num-
ber in his district, for It will help him
to calculate his chance of being called
for the draft examination.
As the greatest number registered in
any one district is 1896, that many
numbers are included in the drawing
for New York city. But only in that
one district, which Is the 167th. in the
Thirtieth Assembly district, Manhat-
tan, does the full drawing for the city
apply. For district 167 the order Of
call for registrants is exactly as printed
in another column, but as any other
district has fewer registrants than
1896, any number in the drawing above
the total number OF registrants Is a
blank for that district.
For example, the number of men reg
istered in District 6 is 2,439. Any num-
ber higher than 2.439 10 not drawn for
this district. Instead OF the drawn
serials running 25S. 2,522, 4,532, ass,
S,403 and so on, as they do for more
populous districts, in District No. they
run 25S, 45S and so on. In other words
the man whose number is ASS is the
fourth man to be called for examination
in District No. 1877, but the second man
to be called in District No. s.
From the following list get the num-
Der of registrants in your district, strike
out from list of the drawings for the
whole city any numbers above that to-
tai and you will be able to figure Just
where you stand in the order OF liability
The sun., 1917-07-21
GIRL SCOUTS GAIN MEMBERS.
Two of Three English sisters Were
orderIieA to PershinE.

Modern warfare is bringing some
sweet along with the bitter and there
are some roses to be found among the
martial thorns. When Gen. PershInP
was In London he had two pre&ty girls
for orderlies, They were Miss Ivy Rudd
OF the Fourth Westminster Company OF
the Girl Guides OF England and Miss
Alice Gardner OF the First Wimbledon
Company. They served at the request
OF the British War Ohice.
The Girl Guides of England are sis.
ters to the Girl Scouts OF the United
States, who can signal with tho soms.
phore code, handle FIRST aid case and
transmit orders along with the best
OF them. The American Girl Scouts are
gaining 1000 members month. AND
they will be interested to know that
their English sisters have actually beer
doing duty for the rapb'ng United States
General abroad. vr
The sun., 1917-07-21
LIST OF CITY NUMBERS
ORA WIN; NONE OVER 4, 696
Read Across Lines, Not Down, to Ascertain Order
of Selection-First $50 Numerals Likely
to Be Called.

THE SUN prints herewith list of all the serial numbers for New
York city, showing the order in which they drawn
The highest number 1896 because exemption district in the
city has than that number of registered At Washington
that somewhere the
there exemption district where 10000 registered
But all numbers higher than the number of registered
district considered blanks board For
ber 45S and live district where $3.50 registered will
be the second called The first six numbers drawn 268 esq.,
9613 1882 All 258 and 458 thus blanks
district Since above 1896 blanks New York city
district they have been omitted by THE SUM- AS there few districts
the which higher number
the list will prove generally useful
the drafted district
been determined impossible exactly will
be called for examination As twice actually needed
be called each district safe that in dis
c who hold the first numbers following possibly
than will called
drafted
will be weeded out
This list ACROSS LINES not columns,
oascerta ain the ordero of the drawin
The sun., 1917-07-21
WARD TELLS OF PARK LAYOUT.
Outlines Plans of AGurduct tclc-
bratiOn Committee.

Park Commissioner Cabot Ward A"
answering inquiries about the plans ~
the Aqueduct Celebration Comm ''''
yesterday, issued statement in w.r.
he gave his views OF the prope" r'r.
treatment of the thirty-four agr's now
occupied by the lower reservoir 10 Gene
trail Park.
THE department considers that l n"r-
ton OF the acreage should be S"' !'
for play purposes" he said. "Al-o. "'o-
vision should be made for a Qror.r 10
for the Central Park concerts iu N"' .
the present inadequate facilities or''I
by the Mall. After these have h".N
cared for a portion should be given over
to purely park and Landscape tr'a''
ment."
The sun., 1917-07-21
Navy Is Favored, HoweVeri brit
Ons Flock to COIors.

Recruiting results Yesterday were no
ticeably poor In all branches " ~" so'-
vice except the navy. For serve" Oh
the high seas there were sixty applI
cants, only eighteen OF whom were ar-
cepted, for the reason that the navy no"
has no urgent need for men other than
mechanics. cooks. bakers, radio opera
tors. firemen and the like.
British enlistments for the past day
or two have taken a remarkable upward
squirt. The 800 men who offered 'Ner
services Thursday and were examined
yesterday represent "A higher UumA"'
than has ever volunteered here In any
one day for the United States army
The sun., 1917-07-21
ONE DEAD IN MOTOR CRASH.
Two Others Injured In Collision at
Westbury, l.. /.

Harry Vincent Rost, II. was killed
and two other young men were severely
injured when their automobiles col
lided in Maple street, Westbury. l.. l.,
yesterday afternoon. Rost was driving
one machine, with his father and an
other man with him. when they met an
automobile containing Richard Shaw
and James Calvin, also of Westbury.
The drivers did not allow sufficient room
20 pass and the machines went together
with great force.
Rost, Shaw and Calvin were taken to
the Nassau Hospital at Mineola, where
Rost died soon after. His skull was
fractured.
The sun., 1917-07-21
SAYS MEN BOUND HER.
Nurse Tells OF Burglars in Bay
Ridge.

Clara Gill. 21. nurse OF the Nor
wegian Hospital, Brooklyn, told the no.
Nee OF the Fort Hamilton station yester-
day OF having been attacked by two
men who broke into her home at 252
Ovington. avenue. Bay Ridge, while she
was alone Thursday night. The men
bound her feet and hands. she said, and
stole two seal rings, a clasp pip and $40
before they escaped.
Miss Gills father Is a surgeon at Fort
Harrison. Ind, ard her mother and
younger brothers and sisters are sum-
mering in the Catskills.
The sun., 1917-07-21
city ON One Level.

The district which embrace that part
of the city in which the better clubs and
n large part OF the better class resi-
dences are situated included other social
strata as we'll and the wearers OF ex-
pensive panamas, sporting the ribbon OF
exclusive college and social organiza-
ticns, waited patiently in line with fei-
low citizens whose headgear and other
accountrements we're less aristocratic
The numbers concealed in that slowly
diminishing pile OF capsules before the
two clerks in the Capitol at washington
brought them all to the same level
On the lower East Side there was less
superficial social distinction. In that
section the districts are smaller and gen.
orally populated by a single predominant
ing racial group. There was more ex-
citenent in East Broadway and Hester
street than along Central Park West
and the pntrolmen assigned to the dis
triet headquarters had more difficulty In
keeping the eager seekers after the
magic numbers in line. but there was
not a single case of disorder or even, SO
far as could be observed, Of Ill temper.
District 80, with headquarters at 229
East Broadway. had most OF its lists
torn TO pieces by the excited crowd, and
the same thing was narrowly averted In
several other districts in that section.
1t was finally foun6 better to pass the
applicants in line before a desk where
a clerk or one OF the members of the
board looked up each name from the
original cards. This method was pur-
sued with good results at the headquar-
ters of District los at p. S. SO. at Hes
ter and Norfolk streets, and at other
places.
Many of the boards on the East Side
closed their quarters at dark last eve
ming on account OF the coming Sabbath.
Nos. %, l07 and SO were all closed
early in the evening. and where the
members OF the board and the majority
of the registrants were orthodox Jews
no numbers were given out after night
fall.
The sun., 1917-07-21
Registered Men Told
"What to Do Next" +"

THE registered man should as
certain his red ink serial
number IL he has not already
done so. But there's no rush
about it. 1t will be several days
before the exemption boards can
begin sending out notices to ap-
pear for physical examination.
If you have your number there
is nothing to worry about now.
The newspapers will tell you
when the boards begin calling
men for examination. Each man
called is supposed to receive a
mailed notice, but the response
bility is upon the man, not the
Government. In a few days the
number and name of each man
called will be posted in the head
quarters Of his exemption board,
and he is directed TO go there and
find out if he's on the list. But
don't go now for that purpose.
THE SUN will tell you when the
boards begin calling men for ex-
animation.
If you don't know where your
board headquarters is and the po-
lice can't tell you call up the
Board of Elections in the Mu-
nicipal Building, telephone. Worth
1907, give the address from
which you registered and you can
at least find out the number of
your Assembly and election dis
trict and in most cases the ad-
dress of your board headquar-
ters. If you already know your
Assembly and election district
you can tell where your board
headquarters is by consulting the
table on page 8 of this news
paper or communicating with
the Mayors Committee on Ma
tional Defence, $50 Broadway,
telephone Worth 1886.
The sun., 1917-07-21
RECRUITING TAKES SLUMP

Where figures are not given. the rrcl'''
lion lists have not been received
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
HYDRAULIC GO, HAS ONE OF COUNTIES FOREMOST FARMS
Potatoes And Corn Planted On Large Scale By
 100 Workers

Foremost among the war gardens of Fairfield county, the big fields con- trolled by the Bridgeport Hydraulic company in Easton, Trumbu1l and Huntington, are beginning to sprout real food for the nation.
 Already 200 acres of potatoes are up and said to be thriving under the care of more than 100 agricultural assistants guided by Wilbur F. Stock ing, a Storrs college graduate employ ed for the purpose.
 Nearly 500 acres of corn have been prepared and are partly planted or now being drilled. Other big acreages of crops will be put into the ground.
 An army of men will be employed in the harvest which will be made with the most modern achinery to be had These great crops will form but a part of the whole to be planted in this county.
 A trip trough the country planted by the Hydraulic company shows that the work is being done on a large scale, tractors and gang blows being used to turn toe soil and put it into proper filth for the seed distribution. Cultivation will also be carried on in the same manner, horses and tractors
 being used as necessity demands. The work of planting 200 acres of | potatoes required expenditures of nearly $3,000 for seed potatoes alone. The cost of cultivation and harvest will run into other thousands. The venture is probably one of the largest 1 ever undertaken by 8 commercial company and upon it's success or fail- l ure to a large degree the reputation l of the Connecticut Agriculturals Col
 lege, whose men are in charge, rests | x1. closely observing the preparation and growth of the fields and plants and will base their future methods upon 1 results.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Registration Lists
 Incomplete, Returned

Complete triplicate lists from eight of 13 registration districts in Bridge port have been returned to the clerks office. Districts one to five, inclusive, are missing. The cards from the sixth, seventh, tenth and eleventh have been offered to the clerk and returned to the chief regis trars in the districts, in the first two instances because they were without numbers and in the, latter instances because the originals were returned instead of the duplicate cards that should have been made out. The cards of the eighth district, in proper form, have been received and accept ed by the city clerk. sg
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
INsPEOr wARREN1TE.

The citys unidentified Packard touring car bearing Public. Works Director Courtade, rolled over uhe city yesterday inspecting part of the warrenite contract for es4,ooo square yards of pavement Dewey, Pros pect, Liberty and Warren streets and Park Place were found finished; and Organ street, Laurel avenue, Sterling Place. Iranistan avenue, Lewis and Butler street, were found under way. The work cannot be finished this year, such is the amount. T.-- plants are in operation,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
FORGET YOUR
 RHEUMATISM Not Necessary to Have Your Troubles With You Any
 Longer.

Don't suffer when you can get "Neu- trone Prescription 99.''
 Rheumatism one of the most com mon ailments is one of the hardest to cure, because of it's being a blood disease. Any remedy to be effective must purify the blood and kidneys, common sense teaches you this.
 That is why "Neutrone Prescrip- ton s9" is so successful, it is a com bination of blood purifying agents prepared from the prescription of a specialist.
 It relieves those sore, inflamed joints and muscles, 'It puts out the fire.'' It does all these things, re- stores your health, makes you happy and free from pain.
 Go to your druggist today and get a soc or $1.00 bottle, then say, good bye Rheumatism. Mail orders filled on s1.0o size.
 w. P. Hindle Drug Stores, Bridge port, Conn.,, and leading druggists Ieverywhere.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
GARNIsHEE KEpPY CASH.

More litigation over the settlement of the Ella Keppy estate was brought into the superior court yesterday when papers were filed in a suit brought by the Peoples National bank of Jackson, Mich., against J. L. D.. Keppy. of Oakland. Gal. He was one of the heirs who figured in the long contest for possession of the property. The sum of $1,500, which is ia the hands of Judge Carl Foster and, is said to belong to Keppy. has been garnisheed. The bank alleges Keppy gave note for $1.110.20 in 1914 and that the amount due 10 uls- paid The suit is returnable to the September term of court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
CALL MEETING OF
 B. 6 K. CREDITORS

A meeting of creditors in the estate of Burr 6 Knapp has been called by Referee John W. Banks in the United States District court following the re- cejpt of Trustee John c. Chamber lain's report on the condition of the estate. The meeting will be held in the court house, June 25, rt 3 o'clock.
 The latest report filed by the trus- tee shows collections of $1I8, ,237.20 and payments of $55,07s.24. Its items cover nearly half a hundred closely typed pages and are now on file in the referees office.
 < Interesting items in connection with the vast amount of claims and the handling of real estate, mortgage. insurance and the number1ess details of the bankrupt business are the real estate sales amounting to $22,698.37, .an1founcement of secured claims to the value of e2O,54&42. mortgages sold $29, 9,005.s4 and interests and davi- .dends to the amount of $3,037.lS paid. An amount of $14,436.93 has been placed on deposit with the First Bridgeport National Bank, proceeds from realty sales, to be held pending adjustment of settlements now in course with the courts.
 The cost of advertising in connec- ton with the bankruptcy has cost $2,- 020.65. Commissions paid; for col- lecting rents on the property in the estate are $631.6S with similar conn missions of s231.5o paid for the sale of real estate. Repairs to property owned by the estate amount to s1,- 5s9.o7; water rates $740.s2 and inter- est on mortgages $6,585.42.
 Although fees for the trustees at torney in connection with suits brought against the estate have not been listed, that of the petitioning creditors paid is only $50. No conn missions have as yet been paid Trus- tee Chamberlain for his services in connection with the estate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
COMMON COUNCIL DoINGs

We hear that it is in contemplation to make application to the common council for a new street to be opened continuing Middle street, and con meeting with the street partially open in the rear of Benz's brewery and ex- tending to Washington avenue, thus forming in connection with the road by side of Eli Thompson's and J. Por- ter's, a direct line from the Newtown turnpike into the heart of the city. This would relieve the amount of travel on Main street, now at times not easily passable, in consequence of the horse railroad tracks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Wedding licenses issued by Town Clerk Joseph Schultz yesterday fol- low:
 James F. Curry, 26, 4s Federal street and Lydia Dobelstein, 46 Fed eral street; Patrick Milan, 27, 161 Deacon street and Anna Cody, 25 of 294 Pequonnock street; Leo D. Eker 22 and Elizabeth Flint, 21, both of 1888 East avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
PuRLro cEuERRar1oN

There is to be a public celebration of St. Johns Day.in Milford on Mon day evening next by Ansantawae Lodge, when an oration is to be de- 1ivered by Rev. Brother 0. H. w. Stocking, of Ansonia. The exercises will be conducted by Rev. Thomas B. Pattison, assisted by officers of the grand lodge A supper is to be pro-
 vided by Brother Farrell at the hotel, and a general good time is expected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
IS THE MATTER DROPPED?

Since the aldermanic meeting at which Alderman Phelan presented his resolution criticizing the mayor for his appointment of Gold Democrats there has been considerable curiosity as to what the next course will De relative to the situation. The mayor when asked this morning if he had held a conference with any of the sil- yer Democrats said he had not. He said that he had been informed by prominent democrats that the matter had been dropped and that all that was intended was to make ah official protest through the board of alder men which had been done. However, if the leaders of the regular demo- cracy wish to have conference with him, he woalId gladly arrange 1t.