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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-19
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS.
Suicide by Hanging.

Suicide by. Hanging.
 Despondent because of i'll health Mrs. Grant B. Racket, of Rowayton committed suicide Monday, by hang ing herself.
 Death of Rar. J. H. Stapletofl.
 Rev John H. Suspicion, for the past four years the pastor of St. Alloy sius' church in New Canaan, died Saturday afternoon after a brief ill ness. Father Stapleton was born in Shelton about A years ago.
 Asphyxiation Fatal.
 Without regaining. consciousness George F. Fowler, who was accident ally asphyxiated at his home, in Beth el, Thursday morning, died at the Danbury hospital Sunday. It is thought that he was taken sick after turning on the gas stove and was un- able to turn it off.
 Girl Artists in Navy.
 Miss, Florence Marion Beecher, daughter ;of MT. Charles Beecher, of Bethel, is the first Connecticut girl to enlist In the United States navy Miss Beecher has enr rolled as yeoman of the first class in the Coast. Defense Reserve. She will have regulation navy uniform, consisting of blue middy and blue skirt
 Under a recent ruling of the Navy Department, women may enlist in class four of the Naval Coast Defense reserve as yeoman. This term is used for one qualified to do office or clerical work and typewriting. Wom- en are not allowed on board battle ships nor. in any other naval class.
 Loss by Fire.
 A large barn on the Havemeyer Place, Palmer,s Hill, Stamford, was burned to the ground Saturday after noon, entailing loss of about $5,- 900. The fire was caused by burning grass, which, it is thought, was fired by boys About 20 tons of hay and a number of farm implements were destroyed. No horses or vehicles o1 value were kept in the barn. One old vehicle was destroyed. The loss was covered by insurance.
 Resigned His Pastorate.
 Rev. B. Jay Hunford has resigned the pastorate of the Congregations church of Brookfield Center to take effect not later than October 1.
 Girls Training Farm.
 On May seventy-acre training farm for girls will be opened at Milan us, it was announced at the meetint of the Fairfield County Women's Suf frage association. It will be under the supervision of Miss Carolin, Ruutz- Rees, head mistress of Ros, Mary Hall at Rock Ridge; and Fair field county chairman of the Connec ticut Womans Suffrage association Two classes will be held daily, on for girls and the otlier for youn, women. The girls will be taught agricultural and farm work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-19
THE STRAND

Conforming with the rules of local police censorship, "The Invasion of America or The Battle Cry of Peace,'' has been cancelled by the management of the New Strand thea tre. Tn place of the much advertis- ed feature play. the latest of the spe- ciai series of five part nasterplays featuring Jackie Saunders and an all star, cast will be shown This fea- ture is Sunny Jane,"' comedy dra- ma of country girl who dreamed she would become queen who final ly became a lady and found hap piness in quiet married life. This feature is one of those exceptional screen subjects that appeal to the young and old alike Heart throbs and thrills are found in abundance during the action of the picture and the play will prove a delightful treat to one and all. Toinurrow's program will be headed by the five part K Edison all star master production featuring Marc MacDermott and an al star supporting cast, in Builders
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-19
EMPIRE.

Charming Olga Petroya and an all-
 star cast will be seen this ssevening at
 the Empire theatre in the master Metro wonderplay, s'The Waiting
 Soul, N9e gripping drama of the
 woman Redeemed. The rest of the
 fotoplay bill Is headed by the if
 teenth1 chapter of the Metro wonder serial f.The Great Secret,' in which
 Franc& x Eastman and Beverly
 Bayne&A are featured. s.4
 Thdke who have followed Pauline
 Frederick,s film career will note the wide range of subjects and characters her work has covered. While there is, no doubt about the fact that Miss Frederick's best work is done in
 heavy emotional types of pictures, still the fact remains that this giften ac- tress of the screen possesses a scope seldom equal1ed For instance, she has played an old woman in The Moment Before',;; a wild young girl in "Audrey;'s an adventures in 4The Worlds Great Share;'' a quiet home loving woman in ''The Woman in the 1 Case;" again a young girl, but this
 time a suspected shoplifter, in Ash
 es of Embers;" and many other va ried characters. In her patest pie ture she Nportrays a, young wife and mother, fighting through the long battle of the courts for her child. She
 is patient, loving and gentle, until, xas tho title suggests. the Sleeping
 Eires's are aroused, when she becomes little short of lioness fighting for her
 offspring and rises to splendid heights of artistry. Sleeping Fires will be
 the featured attraction at the Elm pire Theatre tomorrow and Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-19
Novel Exhibition Dance.

The Edwin J. McEnelly orchestra has been coming to Bridgeport from time to time in the years past, and is always up to the minute in novel features. As a special attraction at their next appearance here, Monday evening, April 23, at Colonial ball room, Fairfield avenue, the orchestra will present Daniel Duggan and Miss Grayce Murphy of Worcester, Mass, champion ball room dancers of New England, an honor they won at a Boston Arena recently in competi- ton with 60 couples from all over New England. It is needless to add anything about the orchestra as it has built up their reputat:on here and procured it's following by the high excellence of music with it's invaria- ble good rhythm. They keep the toes of all tingling with popular har- mony of excellence tat not only swings the dancers but holds the closest attention of those present who do not dance but come to en- joy the music. Concert 8 to 8:30. Dancing 8:30 to 12.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-19

of Bridges dramatic subject that will furnish food for thought. Nu merous other entertaining screen plays will be shown on these days in conjunction with the feature at traction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
FORGING CONCERN TO
USE SECOND AVENUE

An ordinance permitting the Moline
Forging K Manufacturing company IT,
Iav switch tracks across and along
Second avenue was adopted TO-DAY by
the city commission The company
viii give bonds iD the sum 81 $4,000
to indemnify the city IN event Of acct
dent.
The Twantv-6ftb street paving dis
trict ordinance. APP for second read
ing was finally adopted. Estimated
cost Of the Improvement IS Sa7.45s.
Bids To supply the city wfGu $500
pounds Of liquid chlorine. 10 per cent
more or less we're opened and laid
over As hours. according 10 law The
cost 0f the chemical has taken
leap of S cents 81 pound since The last
lot was purchased the present quota
uons being lafz cents and IS cents.
Permission was granted the Moline
Oil company rs remove ana put up
new tanks east Of enfe-sevenEh
street 0n Fourth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
CHARGEMENUSED
CLUBSONAHORSE
Clarence Clair, a Student Causes arr
rest of Albrick dc Yoss and
Alois de To}der.
ANGER OF YOUTH rs AROUSED


Beating a horse with whip may be
all right lu some instances in the
opinion Of Clarence Clair, high school
student. but when drivers use heavy
clubs it's time to cali the police. giaEr
teIenh0ned the station Saturday when
he claims he saw Aibrlck DE Toss and
AIo5s De NoI5er beating q horse. re-
sembliDE has rack. With heavy
biudEeDus.
Police arrested the men. they were
given a. hearing and pleaded not guilty
to the charge of treating horse In
humaueIy. when arraigned today and
their cases continued until Tuesday
afternoon.
Clair said he followed the men from
FiEty-Hlth street 10 IRE station no.
at Twcu5y-seveuJh street and Fourth
avenue. DE Tozs and De Eolder were
cruel 80 the animal which was haulaE
them ana two calves tn raUshaesla
buggy.
The men say they used the clubs 10
clean mud oG she horse tanks and
legs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
MOLINE'S SECTION OF THE ARGUS

selling the drunk by the nape OF rbe
neck, yauked him to the platform Of
the car and administered beating t0
nlrG. Then he opened the door and
threw the big man into the street
Passengers tu the car pulled the
small agEressor OFF when taav thought
the offender had been punished
enough
THAT little fellow was selfish of
she comfort OF the other passengers
-a the car. said Rev. Hanev t2 his
discourse on -Selhsbnegs.
There are two kinds Of EetHshnaes
One which means comfort and pleas
ura for others and fhs other which
means greed ana gain fer oneself
Hetribulou always follows the latter
kind o3 seIfzhuese#
-. j. DuTyea. secretary ~ the zL0-
line CLUB. spoke 40 the evening SER
vice on Catching the Vision of Bet
ter Citizenship"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
sHnoT ANNnI-NcFn-

THE Tr-City Gun CLUB announces
a four-event target shoot for Satur-
day afternoon, March p at the traps
i'm East Moline Events one and Two
will he IS targets each. entrance fee
$50 Event three is for 20 targets.
fee being So Money i'm each event
viii be divided 49, 80 and 20 Event
four will be for SO targets to be shot
in two groups Of - each. Entrance
fee is So High gun system viii be
used. one money for every three en-
tries OF fraction thereof. If time per
mits there viii be an extra event Of
IL pairs OF doubles. The shoot starts
promptly at 1880
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
TELLS HOW MAILMAN
COMES TO HIS DEATH

David kalIman messenger for the
Western Union Telegraph company,
who related the manner iH which Glar-
cuCe Martin came to his death behind
team Of horses that morning was
the only witness summoned by Cor
oner John G. Miller who had seen
Martin fan from the wagon Before
the coToner's jury he reiterated his
statement that Martin appeared TO lose
his balance while driving around the
corner from Sixteenth street into Sixth
avenue, and that he fell across the
tugs where he was carried for two
blocks, his head being struck by the
horses heels.
s. T. Peterson saw the team and vic
tim as they passed the pl0w City ga
rage He said that Martin was lying
across the tugs Al that time and
dog ran out and began barking az him
or the team. which caused the horses
TO Iunge forward with greater speed.
Martins head being kicked by the
horse with each jump. He said he did
not think Martin 8 head struck the
pavement.
Mrs. Harry Sill. 800 Seventeenth
street identified fhe body as that Of
Martin. who had been lodging at her
residence.
Axel Johnson. police patrol driver,
told Of his arrival al the location where
the team stopped and finding Martin
dead
The jury which heard the evidence
in the Barnard funeral home returned
q verdict finding shat Clarence Martha
came TO his death from injuries in
CURED by reason Of the running away
or the team.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
DEED OF KINDNESS
REWARDED BY JUDGE

Tsjdo~a DE KoeniuE SO far forget
himself that he celebrated ST. Pat
rjck's day with red LIQUOR instead Of
green absinthe and the tolls Of the law
reached out and grabbed him HIS
fine would have been $3.50 had a kind
ness he showed q sick prisoner ia Jail
not auEured well i'm his favor when
Judge Gustafs0n sat IN Judgment in
the case today
DE Koeniug gave the sick prisoner
Sd and The judge learning of the
samaritan act knocked Off the usual
$3.50 fine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
DEATH
is POLICE PUZZLE
Victor Hernandez Killed at I Sunday
Morning in a Box Car at
Warmers Crossing.
SIX WITNESSES ARE ARRESTED
Authorities at q Loss to Know Whetha
er Man ifs Murdered or Victim
of An Accident.

Police Of East Moline and county
authorities face a most puzzjlng prob
lem fa the death Of Victor Hernandez
Mexican. who was shot 70 death in a
box car near Warmers crossing At s
Sunday morning. that of determining.
if possible. whether he was the victim
os an accident or was murdered In
formation was obtained by authorities
this morning that Hernandez was shot
hy close friend of his The friend
has disappeared. Six Mexicans have
been arrested and are being held as
witnesses. They were all In box car
No I'LL where Hernandez met his
death.
When first questioned they declared
that fernando shot himself. They
said he was examining 32-caliber
automatic revolver and that Il ex-
pIoded The bullet entered his chest
and hs died almost instantly.
Later however. Ii was learned that
when fhe revolver was fred IL was In
The hands Of another man Whether
ne fired Intentionally, or whether 10
was an accident has not been learned.
The victim was - years old and
had been living in Sllvis for several
months The man who shot him was
his friend and was about the same
age His name is not revealed. PO-
lice are searching for him
The weapon has not been found. An
inquest viii he held a this evening
flo the East Moline undertaking par
5ors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
ARE TAKEN
FROM ROOM At THE Y

Shoes. q coat and a 81 box Of choeo-
dates took wing from the room Of f. A.
Wayne. p rOouer at the Y. N G. A.
Wayne reported to the police today.
He had gone 10 Reynolds over Sunday
to visit relatives When me returned
his clothes and the sweetmeats we're
gone. he ouplaiued 70 Sergeant Ben
he Jaeger. An investigation was con
d1cted today
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19

sFtAl@tAt tAAst34te- .lAAtEEtAEa tAE fAL4LAT
lock. sin for RoeIand. o,NeI fer Pur-
CELL C.. Steckel for Miller, Peterson
fer Rhodes Field R0eland.
II Steckel. 8 Purcell. Miller, War
mock. . Free throws RoelaDd, 2
Sceckel, warn0ck. o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
-. .Inbanna 2. D..

Mrs Johanna r. olson died Satur-
day evening at her home, 1910 -Four
teeurh strete. She had been aiEing
for five years with q complication of
diseases Funeral services will be
held at $50 tomorrow afternoon at
the Swedish Methodist church. Burial
VIII he iii Riverside cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19
LOSES HIS ROLL.

Eleven dollars was taken from his
pockets late Saturday night fn rha
Presto cafe on Third avenue by sew
eraI strangers q man who refused 10
give his name told the police Sunday
morning The complainant said he
was leaving the CirE and would not
stay to prosecute a search for the
men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19

PEACE PROGRAM
County Convention Adopts Resolution
Opposing Any Move Toward Dec
Iaratiou of War.
Candidates Named to Be Placed on
Referendum Ballot as Represen-
t8tires 20 National Gathering.

strong resolutions opposing any
move on The part Of the United States
government looking toward the decia-
ration OF war against any other ma
18n were adopted ar county con
Fenoon Of socialists held yesterday
afternoon at O'Clock AT the head
quarters Of The party 1924 Third ave
nue
The meeting was called to order by
Edgar Owens. Rock Island. and Vic
tor L1ndauist Of the same city was
named chairman The matter Of nam
ing hTe candidates 10 be placed on q
referendum ballot 60 be voted on as
delegates 10 represent the Illinois dis
tfIet. outside Of Cook county. a. a
special national convention 10 be held
april 2 probably at Chicago. was
taken up Seven were suggested for
the honor but the following were Sc
eeled. Edgar Owens Victor Lind
gHlst EocA Island T. * England.
laaa Berg. Moline. and Paul Castle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-19

S. Mays team Tuesday. but they
were forced TO swallow a dose Of the
same brand. the score being ST % 6.
Eight personal fouls were charged 10
the winner and 5Hris had six Lineup
and summary.
The daily Missourian., 1917-06-11
Press Comment
Journalism Week

From the Knoxville lIa.) Express:
Nearly everybody at the Journal
ism Week and the banquet, l think,
regarded the occasion as the greatest
newspaper meeting he had ever at
tended. With all due respect to
newspaper gatherings in Iowa, l am
free to say that the week at Colum-
bia was on higher plane than we
reach in Iowa. Here we tend too
much to the ultra "practicar'-that
is, nearly all the talk is of the price
of salebills, the board proceedings,
the legal publications and how to
collect delinquent subscriptions. All
these are practical and necessary,
but at Journalism Week in Columbia
it is agreeable to find that the stress
is placed on other things-on the writ
ing sof news, on editorial matter, on
the service OF a newspaper to its
town and community, etc. 1t gives
man feeling that he is engaged
in a real profession and is in posi-
tion to better his community and the
world. l think that this is largely
the benefit to be derived from the
School of Journalism-the forming
of higher ideals rather than the act
ual learning of the newspaper busi-
ness; and a man who has been in
the business all his life gets breath
of fresh air when he comes in con-
tact with those of high ideals. but
perhaps Of less practical knowledge.
1t was a week we'll spent, and l ad-
wise Iowa newspaper men to take a
week off next spring and visit the
journalists"
The daily Missourian., 1917-06-11
"The Balance"

Francis Bellamy has done a fine
thing in his first novel, THE Balance
His story throws a searching ana
lytical light on S. Sydney Tappan,
playwright, and others of his guild.
The meretricious successes and the
sudden reverses of Broadway life
are shown in Tappan's own fortune
and in those of his friends.
But you can't help liking Tappan.
There is something beautiful about
his love story with Carrie. And Car
rie is character by no means badly
drawn.
The novel contains unusually fine
bits of philosophy. Like his kins-
man, Francis Bellamy is socialistic
doubleday, Page and Company,
New York; illustrated. cloth; 347
pages; $1.35 metz
The daily Missourian., 1917-06-11
BIG DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS
Dean f. ]. McCauStIand Has Calls
From New Fields,

Dean E. ]. McCaustland of the
School of Engineering is receiving
many inquiries and calls for men to
fill engineering positions Two tele-
grams were sent to him Friday asking
for engineers, and three letters Sat
urday. Nearly all of the engineering
students in the school are placed for
the summer, many of them in the gov
ernment service. Dean McCaustland
believes that the demand in this field
will be much greater than the supply.
New fields that have been opened are
in Kansas City and st. Joseph, the
Black River district, the Illinois Gen.
trail Railroad, other railroads and
construction companies. Kansas City
is for the first time throwing open its
doors to men from outside of the city
for city engineering positions.
The daily Missourian., 1917-06-11
NATURE A RELIEF

Amid the booming of cannOns, the
excitement of war and the warning
hum of the nations in the struggle
Dame Nature alone remains as re.
lief.
Even in No Mans Land where shell
fire sweeps the country with its dev-
astating destruction, Nature provides
an unharmed tree or blade OF
grass. At night the moon and the
stars come out to relieve the minds
of the men sweating in the trenches.
We, in a country which knows war
only as a necessity for greater en-
deavor, conservation and prepared
ness, turn from our discussions of
the nations problems to forget them
for the moment in the flowers, and
the trees in the sunshine. We drive
through the country to see on every
side the peaceful, rolling landscape,
the lowing herds and the cozy farm
homes settled among the foothills.
We, who do not know war, cannot
sense the feeling Of country DESC
late and ruined. We cannot imagine
the horrors of a great world strug-
gle in land that is so peaceful.
1t is Natures contribution. Even
in the trenches men who govern the
fire of the great engines of destruc-
tion plant beside their guns beds of
flowers.
And when the war is over, Nature
will set about restoring the wreckage
of the war. Years will pass and bat
tlefields will be rolling meadows
dotted with grazing cattle.
1t will be the soothing touch of
Mother Nature
The daily Missourian., 1917-06-11
WAR WITH HONOR

That all the influential newspapers
of the East are not indorsing mill
tarism and endeavoring in every
way to rouse unduly the revengeful,
destructive spirit of war is well
illustrated in page advertisement
by the New York Evening Post in a
recent magazine.
The advertisement read:
Because it is the most conspicu-
Gus of the few American newspapers
that are trying. in the midst of the
clamor of war, to keep their heads,
their tempers, their sense of propor-
tion and fair play. Because it is
trying to do what it can to preserve
from destruction, under the pretext
of Military Necessity" those precious
traditions of Democracy, Free Speech
and Tolerance of minority opinion
which our fathers established and
which with so much difficulty have
been preserved
Because it is fervently opposed to
Prussianism in all its forms, and is
trying to stand guard against The
adoption of Prussianism under any
guise by America. Its owners and
editors are all Americans who deeply
desire their country to render the
highest service to the world, not only
now in war, but in the time of re-
construction that is near at hand"
The daily Missourian., 1917-06-11
BREWER TO BE on COMMITTEE
School to Combine Athletics With
PreDarednesS Plans.


Athletic Director Chester l.. Brewer
was named a member of a committee OF
twelve athletic directors of western
schools to formulate plans for the CO
operation of athletics and prepared
ness plans at a meeting of the Nation
al Defense League in Chicago Friday.
The meeting was held in the Audi
torium Hotel Friday morning and aft
er listening to a number of talks by
military men, the athletic men and
their military escorts were taken for
a tour of the naval training camp and
Fort Sheridan, where the officers of
the reserve corps are in training. The
party ate luncheon at the naval train
ing camp.
The Defense League desires the
athletic departments of the western
schools to combine their athletic
plans with the preparedness plans of
the league. The committee is to make
its report early this fall.
The daily Missourian., 1917-06-11
As The Pages 1urr
. a.
@BOOks and Libraries,

Nowadays the educated man is not
the man who knows everything but
the man who knows where to find ev-
erything. After reading Books and
Libraries" by John A. Lowe, the stu
dent has no excuse for being unable
to track the most elusive fact to its
literary lair. The booklet. which is
intended as a manual of instruction
for the use of library books in col
leges, is well arranged, concise and
instructive. 1t should certainly in
crease intellectual efficiency.
(The Boston Book Company, Bos-
ton; paper, Il pages.)
The daily Missourian., 1917-06-11

ness. 1t must be adapted to the lit
erature which it contains; otherwise
it will present a contradiction.
Imagine" he says, with the just
horror of the artist, "a little classic
Josephus or a folio Keats" But the
ideal book will go beyond mere fit
ness; it will be both an interpreta-
tion of its contents and an Offering
of homage to its worth.
(The Boston Book Company, Bos-
ton; cloth, 1873 pages)
The daily Missourian., 1917-06-11
"TANGO PARTY, FOR GOTHAM
Dancing Masters and Sheet Music
Dealers Have Annual Convention.

by United freSs
NEW YORK, June 11-For the
next few days New York will be one
large Tango Party" with the best
dancers of the country working over
time to find something new under
the sun" in the way of dances and
music dealers from all over the coun-
try working equally as hard to keep
time" with the dances. The Interna-
tional Association of Masters of
Dancing are holding their annual
convention here, winding up with a
grand ball" Saturday evening. About
500 delegates are attending. Be-
tween 300 and 400 "musically in
clined" are here attending the an
nual convention of the National As
sociation of Sheet Music Dealers last
ing three days.