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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
HOW FLACMAN
FOILED BRUINS
OF Blue RIDGE

Down in the northern part Of Penn
slvania, just beyond where the sus-
quehaTna sweeps to the east toward
the Blue Ridge, we have a branch
line breaking into the foothills OF the
Alleghenys. climbing and winding
through the wild wooded timber
country of the Ganoga region, and
many are the interesting tales tinged
with anatmosphere Of the bear tribe
that emanate from that mountainous
section.
One cold bitter night last February
a heavy freight train was slowly toll
ing up a long steep grade striving to
make a siding farther on to permit
the evening passenger train, then due,
to pass. When about half way be-
tween two stations which, in that vi
cinity, are a considerable distance
apart, It plunged suddenly into a big
snow drift and stalled. 1t was about
nine o'clock and intensely dark. The
flagman, quickly alive to the situation
and the need Of protecting thet pas
senger train following, quickly grab
bed his lantern-red and white-hur-
riedIy buttoned his heavy coat about
him, pulled his cap over his ears and
plunged into the darkness. He had
gone possibly a quarter of mile and
was just entering a long deep cut
when four lean, rayenous bears clam
ored out Of the thicket and started
after him. There was but one course
to pursue He could not turn back.
It was necessary to flag the train
ahead Of him.-the safety Of the pas
senger depended upon that. TO climb
the steep sides of /the cut was i'm
possible. To stop meant fight and
probable meal for the bears: His only
safety was in flight. So, still cling
ing to the lanterns. he ran along the
track, stumbling and hurrying with
the bears in close pursuit, running
evenly for nearly a mile when his
wind began to give out. The bears,
in close pursuit, running evenly for
nearly a mile when his wind began
to give out. The bears, hampered by
the uneven course and darkness,
managed to keep about fifty yards
behind. The hard pace was ripdly
telling on the f1agman. He was about
to resign himself to his fate when a
happy Inspiration struck him. He
stopped and heard the grizzly quar-
teete approaching with humping
tread He waited until they were
then started running in a circle, the
bears following closely. He quickly
unscrewed the OF 1cups of the lanterns
and poured the oil as he ran until he
had completed the circle, edging to-
ward the center followed by the bears,
he touched match to the oil, and
knowing the bears fear of fire, he
jumped through his circle Of flame
with the bears terror-stricken and
imprisoned within. He hurried down
the track in the direction Of the on
coming passenger train, which he
managed to stop, the engineer being
attracted by the flames of the fiery
circle. The situation was quickly ex-
planned and the train shot down
through the cut and the flames, kill
ing the four bears outright and land
ing them on the cow-catcher Of the
engine. Is
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
One Man in 80 Thought

A man with dirty face and hands,
shirt soaked with perspiration, stop
ped, laid down hih dinner bucket,
rolled a broken knuckle ont OF the
pathway between the tracks, put ii
close up against the ends OF the ties
where NO one could stumble over it.
picked mp his dinner bucket and plod-
ded home.
More than 50 other employees had
preceded this man. each one carefully
picking his way around the obstruc-
ton.
I asked this man why he toof the
trouble to roll this knnck1s out of the
pathway. He seemed surprised at
su6h a question and said: why, some
OF the boys might get bad fail IL
that knuck1e wis there after dark"
said: "Ail the other men passed IL
by" and he replied. 20, they're all
good boys, they'd have done the sanas
IL they'd thought about it."
Hs said something. didn't he?
''If they'd thought about It," All,
yes. "tf\theyd thought about it,
Erie Railroad Magazine
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
Accuse Girl Eloper
| Of Stealing Jewelry

Margaret Lock was the cynosure OF
all eyes this morning in the city court
when her name was called to answer
to a charge Of theft preferred against
her by Plainfeld, N. j., authorities.
Miss Lock, who is a tall good looking
girl, fashionably dressed, was arrest
ed in this city yesterday by detec-
tives, in company with John J. Gar
rison, who abandoned his wife and
two children.
According to Capt. E. O. CrOnan a
charge Of white slavery may be pre-
iferred against Garrison. Detectives
from Plainfield were in the city court
this morning to return the pair to
New Jersey for trial. They both
waived examination, and signified their
willingness to waive extradition rights.
It is charged that before clipping with
Garrison the girl stole 500 worth of
jewelry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
American Number of
Graphic Attractive

The American number of The
Graphic, an English publication, is at
tracing wide attention in this CITY,.
The Bridgeport News Co. has met a.
wide demand for them.
The paper is interesting in an es-
pecial manner because it show at first
hand how the American participation
in the war Is being received in Eng
land. Another interesting feature is
the fact that it's leading articles are
devoted to stories of American indus
tries. Remarkably attractive pictures
Of various processes at the great Beth
lehem Steel works, the DUPONT plants
and others are shown.
It's photogragure work Is a master
piece. Drawings, in colors, of scenes
at the front, are among the most vivid
shown since the war began.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
DO YOU READ THE PAPERS.

If so, you have read of Daniel Dug
gan and Miss Grayce Murphy of Wor-
cester, Mass, the catchy dancers who
have won the championship of New
England and who have appeared be-
fore the largest crowds and most Sc
1ect parties, both private and public,
in the larger cities. It is with pleas
ure that the management announces
that they will appear in connection
with the popular Edwin J. McEnelly
orchestra in Bridgeport, this evening
at Colonial Ball room, Fairfield ave-
hue. With this additional high class
attraction Bridgeport will be FORUM
ately favored with a gala musical and
dance night, and it is needless to say
that the attendance will be a record
one. Concert to $3.50. Dancing go
to IL.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
Testers Laid Off at
Graphophone Factory

Twelve employees Of the American
Graphophone Co.'s testing department,
chiefly girls, found themselves out of
today in connection with
the removal of departments into the
new East End plant of the company.
The department affected is that
where occurred a furry last week over
the raising Of flag, which Superin-
tendent Percy Brown ordered taken in
not, it was explained, for unpatriotic
motives, but because the. flag was
placed so as to hamper the work OF
the factory. Another flag was SUBJ
stituted.
The employees. who were informed
today that they would be sent for, said
they were convinced that their release
was due to the flare-up with Superin-
tendent Brown. -
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
Querataro, Tomb of
Empire 30 Years
Ago, Rich in Lore

The average American traveller
knows Queretaro as the place where
opals are offered at the trains and
possibly as the place where Maxinil-
liam was executed. Very few foreign
passengers, as such, ever see the lone
ly Hill Of the Bells or the silent, SOL
emn brownstone chapel which marks
the spot where, on a June morning
fifty years ago, a Hateful tragedy was
enacted, writes John r. Silliman in
Scribner's. 1t is in plain view from
the trains of both trunk lines which
pass the city. Tourists bound south
find more to attract their attention
here than at any stop they have made
since leaving the border. One Of the
best-known guide-books gives a care
fully prepared description Of Quere-
taro which fills nearly ten closely
printed pages. Nothing is said, how
ever, of a most interesting and impor-
tant international incident which oc-
Cured here in the month of May,
1848, and which directly connected
Queretaro with the history Of the
United States
"In Queretaro," says a native
chronicler. was signed the treaty of
peace with the United States in 1s48.
Queretaro, at the call of one Of her
native sons, re-established the general
government overthrowing Santa Ana
It is the only place which has ener-
getically opposed Professionalism. It Is
the only place which possesses an
aqueduct comparable to the work of
the Rmans. Queretaro, after a MEM
orable siege of three months, was the
tomb of the empire in 1857" In addi-
ton to all this, and much more, the
author citef a poet who calls Quere-
taro a place Of hospitality, sincerity,
and patriotism.
| The old Spanish writer's have a
story that Queretaro was founded in
1446 and that the monarch, Monte
yuma, made it one Of the northern
fortified outposts Of the Aztec EN-
pire. The place was evidently we'll
known prior to the conquest.
History really began for Queretaro
on Sunday, June rs, 1881, the calen-
dar day of Saint James, or Santiago,
in Spanish.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
est. GEORGE FOR
MERRIE ENGLAND"

Not by the intercession, of saints,
but by big guns and brave men, do
most Englishmen expect that their
country will do its 'bit'' in winning
the war. Yet even among English
men there are to be found those who
believe that England's patron saint,
the militant st. George, slayer Of dra-
gons is aiding in the achievement OF
an Allied victory, just as there are
Frenchmen ready to swear that they
have seen with their own eyes the
heroic figure Of Joan of Arc leading
an assault. est. George, for Merrie
,England' has been the battle cry OF
Englishmen since the fourteenth CEN
fury, but Of late years his festival
the twenty third of April, has been
little observed :. It is likely that to-
days celebration will be the most fer
vent of the present century The rose
is the emblem of St. Georges Day.
and will be worn today by English
men the world over.
That st. George appeared at Mons
and saved the British force which
there struggled against tremendous
odds, is legend Of our own times
which has found many believers. In
spite Of the evidence showing that the
story is whollysa myth, many British
ers accept as true the tale of the mira
culous Intervention Of st. George and
his Agincourt bowmen at a moment
when the Englishmen at Mons were
apparently about to be annihilated.
The belief had it's origin in a fanci-
full and wholly imaginary story writ
ten by Arthur Machan for the Lon
don Evening News. Admittedly A
fiction, the creation Of a literary i'm
pulse, many readers accepted it as a
fact. Mr.. Machan Immediately de-
MED that there was any element of
truth in the story, but mis- denial new
er caught up with the falsehood.
Anonymous officers and soldiers were
quoted to prove the truth of the tale.
and this dubious testimony became
the foundation upon which a struc-
ture of faith has been reared by the
more credulous. This war, like those
of the past. is to haye its myths and
miracles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
EMPIRE.

The two talented stars, Louise Huff
and House Peters, will be seen at the
Empire, today and tomorrow in the
Pallas-Paramount production OF
Emma Rochelle Williams wonderful
1y human story, 1.-THE Lonesome
Chap The photodramatic version
was especially prepared for the stars
by Harvey Gates.
Miss Huff recently added fresh
1aurels to her photodramatic achieve
turization of Bboth Tarkington's story,
Seventeen.
House Peters, the Morosco-Para
mount star, numbers among his most
recent successes, 1.-THE Happiness OF
Three Women" and "As Men Love-"
and as the Lonesome Chap he has a
role which gives him an opportunity
not only to show his physical proves
but his splendid dramatic. ability as
we'll
Mr.. Peters as miner, is no strang-
er to this part, for as youth he
worked both in the gold fields OF
Australia and the diamond mines Of
Africa, and his first appearance on
any stage was made at a benefit in a
small Australian mining town.
The story of 1.-THE Lonesome Chap"
is out of the ordinary and has to do
with the solitary life and the lost love
of wealthy young miner. How a
great happiness comes into his life
and then for a time he thinks all is
lost, is brought about in a clever,
convincing and satisfying manner.
Many of the scenes for Lonesome
Chap" were taken high in the Sierra
Mountains, and one remarkable coin
cidence is that the massive stone
house used as the home of the Lone
some Chap is in reality the home Of
a wealthy miner whose story of unre-
Quilted love is practicaE.< the same as
that in the story of 1.-THE Lonesome
Chap"
The production is peculiarly beau
tiful and Miss Huff and Mr.. Peters
are surrounded by a splendid cast in
GLIDING Eugene Palette, John Bur-
ton, Betty Jonson and Senior Buzzi.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
Immortalized In
Poem, Ohio Youth
Was Mexican Hero

One Of the latest known of Long
fellows poems is his 'Victor Gal.
braith," but when written, and the
tragic occurrence Of the Mexican war
upon which it was founded was fresh
in the minds of the people and was
put into many languages, says the
New York Sun. A writer in the Day
ton News brings out a fact that will
be new to many readers Of today at
least in a story telling of the old home
Of Victor Gaibraith at Middletown, o.
It is not generally known certainly
that Victor Galbraith was an Ohio
man.
His home was in Middletown, But
Ter county, and the house in which
he lived was only recently torn down.
A niece Of the hero of the poem still
lives in the vicinity. He went to
school with the mother Of former
Governor James E. Campbell, and
she used to tell many stories Of their
playmate days. He had just reached
manhood when the war with Mexico
broke out and he volunteered for SER
vice. He was bugler, as appears in
the poem.
While the army lay before Monte
rey something happened that threw
Galbratth under suspicion of treason
He was suspected Of communicating
with the enemy. An immediate court
martial trial resulted in his conviction
and he was sentenced to be shot The
sentence was executed upon him un-
der the walls Of Monterey, but hardly
had this been dine when it was dis
covered beyond a doubt that the man
was innocent
A wave Of resentment toward Gen.
eral Taylor and his subordinate off,
GERS swept over the country, and it
| was under this condition Of the pub
lie mind that the poem was written
His mother died at Middletown Of a.
| broken heart, never having been able
to forgive General Taylor and Presi-
dent Polk for permitting her boy, in
nocent of the charge of treason, to
die a traitors death.
"On the law on the side of the
Elks temples in that city, says the
News story, "a weeping cata1pa tree
marks the birthplace Of a soldier and
tells the sad story Of tragedy in real
| life that 6S years ago touched the
heart Of humanity and aroused the
sympathy of the world
The first verse OF the poem fol-
| lows:
| Under the walls Of Monterey
By night bugle is heard to play
| Victor Galbraith,
Through the mist of the valley damp
| and gray
| The sentfnels hear the sound and say
| That is the wrath
OF Victor Galbraith.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
What Ais Railroads?

What Is really the matter with the
railroads? is a question that is puz-
ling a good many people nowadays.
Ib it shortage Of rolling stock, or
men. or both; or is it general ineffi-
cheney that is responsible for the de-
plorab1e conditions existing today?
OF course the railroads could use a
great many more cars IL they had eff
Hcient men to handle them, out In
the opinion OF competent observers
efficiency OF many employees has de-
Perforated at least to the extent Of the
advance in wages and many Of the
most desirable employees have been at
tracted to other pursuits by higher
wages than the railroads are paying,
says Iron Trade Review. There seems
a1so to be a physical exhaustion and
a breaking down OF spirit due to the
long and unprecedented1y severe
strain to which railroad employees
have been subjected. After all. ques-
lions relating to men are fully inpor-
tant az those relating to equipment
in the railroad situation.
What IL the remedy? Cars and
equipment Will, of course, be avail
able in sufficient numbers in the
course OF time. but the human fac
tor IL more uncertain. No one can
tell what the supply OF labor will be
after the war has ended, but employees
should remember one thing: A day of
reckoning IL coming. The 1aggards of
today with be remembered in coming
years. when the demand for men Will
not be such az it II today. So>win the
faithful workers be remembered. The
man who gives to his job the very
best that Is in him will not fail to
receive his reward when some day
no one can tell exactly when-a per-
Tod OF depression again prevails in
this Land, time when there will be
more men than jobs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
Farm Organizations
Confer With Houston
On u. S. Food Problem

Washington. April 23.-Heads -of five
Of the country's largest farm organ
izations conferred with Secretary
Houston today on the food situation.
They came here at his request to give
suggestions to the best means of in
creasing food production. They are
D. A Mahoney Of the American So
ciety OF Equity; Oliver Wilson, Ma
tionai Grange: IL I.FZimrner, the An
cient Order Of Cleaners; c. S. Barrett,
the Farmers union; and III. E. Stock
bridge, the Farmers national con-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
Amusements
POLI'S

Hugo Jansen, who takes a flock o.
pins, fimsy material and "a pretty girl,
and makes the combination into
dream of feminine beauty, is mere.
With his fashions a la carte, Mr.
Jansen and his models will be seen
in 1.-THE Fashion Shop" at PolIs, the
first three days of the week.
The. photoplay program includes
Charley Chaplin in "The Cure; Lois
Meredith in. the fve-part drama In
the Hands Of the Law ana the
Hearst Pathe News, in review OF
world. events.
Bernice Howard and Jack White
will be seen in their skit 'The Gada-
bouts" and Ash and Shaw will pre-
sent 1.-THE Mosquito Trust.
Finn and Finn, in bits of minstrel
sy and The Buckleys in a Juggling
oddly will complete the program.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
RETENTION OF
IREEAND'S FOOD
NOW DEMANDED
Compulsory Tillage Meeting
With Success In Elmer
aid Isle.

Dublin, ireland, April 2s-The food
situation In ireland has provoked,
irons az faa sectiGih the demand
that no food shall be allowed to leave
the Irish shores, and it has been urged
that unless the government prohibit
export the people should forcibly
hold up the food at the Irish ports.
Though this demand has not been put
forward from any responsible source,
1T as been noticed by Thomas w. Rus
sell, vice president Of the department
OF a9riculture for Ireland, who re-
lferT$4 to it as John Mitehel's old
cry 0f hold the food"
Mr.. Russell said only an over
whelming emergency could justify the
risk a having their export trade de-
IstYoyed. Last year Ireland had ex-
ported 100000 pounds worth of
food, and to destroy that export. trade
would destroy the import trade as
well. since they could get goods into
Ireland only by paying for them with
exports. There was no necessity what
ever for panic There was an ,un-
doubted shortage of potatoes, but its
pressure would not be felt till the end
Of May and; they could make an effort
to live on without potatoes until the
new crop in June and July.
The government measures for the
compulsory increase Of tillage in Ire
land are proving a success. They
were welcomed by the class Of small
tenants who in most cases are t1lline
more than the 10 per cent. extra re-
quired by the regulations. The large
graders and owners Of grass lands
held out at first, but the heads Of agri-
cultural departments made it evident
that they meant to insist on their
compulsory powers, and that, unless
the regulations were obeyed, the land
would be taken over and put under
!ti11age. whether the owners liked it OF
not This has had its effect and the
reluctant owners are obey1ng the or
der to till 10 per cent more land than
last year. r.
The Irish Homestead, looking for
ward to the end Of the war and a
continuance Of high food prices, calls
for the organization Of every parish
in Ireland upon cooperative lines for
the purchase Of its raw material and
also for the sale Of its products di-
rect to the merchants and whole
sa1ers IN tho towns The increased
cost Of living he attributes largely to
tho fact that the distributive branch
Of agriculture had been organized in
a very haphaZard way. He declares
that, If the work were organized. as
in Denmark, Germany, Holland and
Belgium, the people in the British
Isles could have a food supply which
would ensure them against any dan
ger OF being starved out even if there
were a thousand submarines lying of
their harb0rs. 49,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
Elect Sn1ock President

The National Association of Raal-
way XaFd7aen, which has It's head
quarters in Indianapolis, closed its
annual convention with the election
Iof ths following officers: President,
u, q, 6nleek, Indianapolis; first yiee
president, Carl Taegart, Indianapolis;
iEenOH6 vice president, Albert Cole, In
dtAaapoits; board Of directors, james
HAckeE Indianapolis; o. e. Stead
i5nAn, GEeeRsbHrg, Ind,, j, ID. BIiis
|CaRners1ftfa, and secretary 4raasHrsr
r, =. HlYtAe. MI. NaWssa is gen.
iefe1 eeHnsef~e tho oFERHizatiea, and
10 q 0gAlE IL editor OF the offeia!
sltasnep.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
PLAZA

''The Whip, the famous Drury
Lane success inaugurates its week 8
run at the Plaza theatre this afternoon
and judging from the enthusiasm dis
played by local theatre goers over the
announcement that the 100000 spec
tacle was to be presented here at pop
ular prices, the crowds will be enor-
nous.
"The Whip" is a story that hinges
upon the race-track. In stage form
it had a two years run at the Drury
Lane Theatre, Lonon, a year in New
York and many other long engage
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
PRAISES ST. GEORGE.

The deep spirited conviction and
the manliness Of st. George was the
subject of the sermon by Rev. John
G. Sadt1er, rector Of Christ Episcopal
church last evening. The service
was attended by a large number OF
the members Of the Sons Of St. George
who listened with close attention to
the vivid and interesting description
Of the life and deeds of their patron
saint. There was epecial music for
the service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES.

First gun of the Spanfsh-American
war was fired by the Nashville across
the bow OF the Spanish Beuna Vista
in 1898. Captain Paul Jones destroy
ed the shipping at Whitehaven, Eng
land, in 1878. Famous English Order
OF the Garter instituted On this date
in 134s. Shakespeare was born on
this date In 1864 and died in 1916.
First operation for appendicitis per-
formed 80 years ago today. Festival
Of st. George, patron saint OF England.
Chauncey IN. Depew born in 1884.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23
CORPS TO MEET

Capt. G. Skif Ford has called a
meeting of the Home Guard ambu-
lance company for 8:15 this evening
at the common council chamber. Men
having medical exp erience, particu-
larly male nurses, are requested to
bring credentials and report to the
commander Of the company.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-04-23

and family Of Mt. Vernon. N. Y, have
opened their summer. home on OeNot
Road.
Mrs. Thomas Herman and family of
Danbury are spending few days
with Mrs. Mary Mcnamara of Sandy
Hook.
A business meeting of the Hillside
club will be held at the hall this (Mon-
day. night at 7:AD o'clock. All are
requested to attend.