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The broad ax., 1917-01-20
MUSKRATS CUT MEAT PRICE.

Serve az Substitute In Many Families
of Moderate Means In New Jersey.
Alloway, N. J.-Muskrats are cut
ting the high cost of living In this re-
gion. With the price Of meats hitting
the high spots, there is an unprece-
dented demand for their carcasses.
commonly known as water rabbits"
Trappers, who this season are secur-
ing on an average Of nearly 81 each for
muskrat pelts, are adding considerable
extra revenue to their usual seasons
profits by selling the meat to villagers
and to outside buyers. 1t is estimated
that an average Of 5000 water rab-
bits are disposed of every week In
Salem alone, where they serve as a
substitute for meat In many families
of moderate means.
The broad ax., 1917-01-20

10 o'clock. Few of them are for longer
than half an hour. These engagements
run up until about II o'clock, the pres
ident always leaving the Office building
for the White House for luncheon not
later than / o'clock.
Usually the presidents afternoons
have been given over to recreation.
OF course the president played golf
but few times during the railroad
crisis. He then only did so because DR..
Grayson thought it advisable for him
to get little outdoor exercise. On the
Mrs Wilson was always his compan-
ion.
The motor trips are usually over by
6oG,clock, so there is ample time to pre-
pare for o'clock dinner. Most of the
presidents evenings have been devot-
ed TO work.
For the last few months there has
been great mystery about the White
House. 1t has to do with one of the
means which the president employs to
~ Jill llo uuIiCo. LIS
form of amusement is nothing more
than the popular game Of pool, or,
Speaking in more polite terms, pocket
billiards.
When the conditions are normal at
the White House the president has two
means of relaxation other than playing
billiards.. He takes great delight In
reading poetry aloud. The other form
or amusement is the reading Of detec-
I'VE stories. He gets the latest books
OF this sort.
President Wilson does not believe it
wise TO keep the midnight oil burning.
therefore the hour Of IL o'clock usual
" Hnds him in bed. More often 1t Is
before IL o'clock that he retires. This
IS necessary because Of his early ris-
tngs.
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
WAR AFFECTS WATER TOO.
No Soda Ash to Soften city's Drinking
Supply.

Columbus, O.-Hard water will be
the best the filtration plant can furnish
consumers the rest of the winter unless
something is done to increase the avail
able supply of soda ash, one Of the chief
chemicals used In the softening process.
Superintendent O'Shaughnessy Of the
Columbus water plant said that soda
ash could not be had at any price ow-
ing to inability of railroads to furnish
adequate transportation facilities; also
the Barberton plants, where the city's
supply Of soda ash is obtained, have
been handicapped during the last few
weeks because of shortage of fuel.
No soda ash has been used at the fl
tration plant for several days. Since
the war began soda ash has advanced
$44 ton. Water can be softened to a
certain degree by lime, but soda ash
must be added to get the desired soft
ness
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
Newspaper on Fla Leaves,

Santa Cruz, CaL-Because Of the
high cost Of paper and the failure Of
subscribers to pay up, Luther McQues-
ton, publisher Of the Mountain Echo
ut Boulder creek, printed an edition Of
his weekly on fg leaves. The edition
consists Of Eve dried leaves pinned to
gether with twig and printed on both
sides and contains news items, CLASH
fed and legal advertising and an edito-
rial In which McQueston sets forth his
reasons for returning to first prfnci-
piles for print paper"
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
WIRELESS PLANT IN BED.
Annapolis Middle Receives Messages
Through Springs.

Annapolis Middle Receives Messages
Through Springs.
Annapolis, Md.-That a series Of bed
springs connected by wires makes a
satisfactory condenser for a wireless
station has been proved by Midship-
man ]. B. Dow Of the fourth class at
the Naval academy.
Dow has connected the springs Of
his own and his two roommates' beds
and attached them to a receiver. He
has been able to pick up messages sent
from and to the Arlington station. He
has found out that 1t is not necessary
to open the windows Of his room in
Bancroft hall or even to remove the
bedding.
1t Is stated that Dow's use Of the
bedsprings to receive radio messages
may be Of considerable practical value.
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
LIFE RACE WITH WOLVES.
'nree Trappers Tell Of Their Expert.
ences With Pack.

Standish, Mich. - Three trappers,
Sharles Leonard, George Weston and
nert Parker, reached here the other
uAy from hunting trip In the Lake
SUPERIOR region and told Of q race for
neir lives with a wolf pack while re-
turning from their traps. The men
were on skates three miles from the
nearest cabin when the wolves made
their appearance.
ohe of the trappers fired his rifle
Snen the pack approached them, and
s wolves quickly tore one Of their
SSOunded members to pieces, giving the
nIers time for a start to get ahead
OF the brutes.
several times when the wolves were
eariy on them this was repeated, the
tS en said, until they finally reached
The broad ax., 1917-01-20

Paris.-General Hubert Lyautey, the
minister Of war In the new French
cabinet, arrived In Paris after q
voyage full Of incidents from Morocco
where he was French resident general
The new war minister crossed from
Tangier to Gibraltar In q submarine,
and his train was delayed by the snow
In Spain, thus obliging him to decline
King Alfonso's invitation to dinner.
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
PUTS UP EGGS AS BAIL BOND
What's Mors, Police Accept Them From
Reckless Driver.

Hutchinson, Kan.-When J. J. Pan
kratx, a farmer, arrested ON q charge
Of reckless driving, learned the amount
Of his bond he was unable to put up
the cash and could think Of no one On
whom to call
He said he had with him no personal
property Of value, but offered to put up
q case Of eggs for his appearance In
police court The bond was accepted.
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
WILL AID WEARY HORSES.
School Children Plan Farm For Worn
out Dobbinses.

Youngstown, O.-Members Of the
Junior Humane society here have con-
tributed the nucleus of a fund which
they will raise to rent or buy a rest
farm for worked out horses.
1t is planned to have the farm for
use next summer. Many school chill
dren have pledged support to the fund
getting project, and senior humane
workers expect their little associates
will succeed In their plans.
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
0as Kills Doos.

St Paul - Quillaume and Pietro,
the dog pets Of Joseph Demalo were
found dead from gas fumes In their
masters home They died By their own
paws The room In which they lay
was filed with gas Demalo denies
they committed suicide. he says they
heard rats In the stove and In attempt
ing TO open thu door Of the oven turned
On the gas
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
BANK INsUREs ASSETS
FOR TWENTY-FoUR HOURS

= New York.-A 10000, 900 pro-
= tective insurance policy for
= twenty-four hours was purchased
= by the Chatham and Phoenix Ma
= tional bank to cover the trans
. fer Of its assets from 1872 Broad
= way to the new Offices Of the
. bank In the Singer building, a
.. distance Of about q block and q
= half. About $4,000, 900 In cash
. was carried to the new quarters
= In an armored car, with armed
= guards at the front and rear, and
= there were guards stationed ev-
. cry fifty feet between the two
= buildings.
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
FROM MISSOURI TO PANAMA.
Bottle Found After Being Six Months
Afloat.

Hartville, Mo.-A list Of names which
a party of Springfield normal school
students sealed in a soda pop bottle
which was thrown into the James river
at Turner, Mo-, last June has been re-
turned in a letter received by Miss
Opal Pope of this place, one of the
young women whose names were on
the list.
The letter was written by a member
Of the crew Of the United States ship
Raleigh, which reached San Francisco
recently after being stationed off the
coast of Panama. The writer said he
found the bottle on the beach while In
Panama,
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
BOTTLE DRIFTS $500 MILES
Determines Currents of South Ameri-
can Coast.


can Coast.
Seattle, Wash.-After drifting 6,6OO
miles in the south Pacific bottle con-
tanning a position report from the
steamship Eureka Of Seattle thrown
overheard off the Peruvian coast by
Captain ]. E. Guptill, the vessels mas
ter, Feb. 8, 1915, was found March 1,
1916, on the beach at Tamasua, va
sawa group, Fiji islands.
There has been a difference Of opin-
ion among mariners as to the set Of
the current of the coast Of South
America. and the finding Of the mes
sage Is Of great value. as it determines
the direction Of the flow Of ocean wa
ter In that part Of the world.
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
GIRL SUES DRUGGIST
FOR LOSS or HER HAIR

New York.-The efficacy Of Pc
roxide as O hair bleach was
brought into question when Ka-
tie Gottdank, sixteen years old,
asked 5000 damages from Ju-
Illus Kalish, Incorporated, drug
gist. In trying to transform her
self into q blond she lost part Of
her hair. and what she had left
became brick red. She exhibited
q shoe box full Of hair. Miss
Gottdank's grandfather, Carl
weisshar, q barber, was not al
lowed TO quality a. an expert
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
Waits Fifty Years For Fathers Gift.

Pittsburgh, Pat cost fifty years Of
waiting and lawsuit against his step
mother, but John W. Baker Of New
Bloomfield recently received $525,
turned over to his mother by his father
In 1857. It was to be his on his IA
Tiers death, but Mrs. Rebecca T.
Baker, stepmother and administratrix,
had withheld payment
The broad ax., 1917-01-20
HOGS CLIMB ORANGE TREES.
Fruit Diet PIsasss the Swine Best, but
Not the Orehardist.

Riverside. CaL-W. n. Bacchus has
chased his hogs out Of his orange grove.
He's tired Of having them climbing In
the orange trees.
After some oranges were blown from
the trees by tie wind the hogs passed
up the usual pasturage and, standing
on their hind feet ate all the golden
balls they could reach. Then some Of
them began to climb trees.
NIX on this orange fed pork" said
Bacchus as he arranged for q new pas
ture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

to become thoroughly dry before be- ing stored. They may be put up in baskets, crates, or bags, and placed in cool dry place. The attic is better than the unheated cellar for storing onions. Temperatures slightly below the freezing point do not injure fhem, provided they are not moved or hand led while frozen. The commercial storage of onions is briefly discussed in Farmers Bulletin No. 354.
 Beans, Peels and Other Dried ProduQs
 Such vegetables as may be kept in the dry state should be grown to as great an extent as possible. Various kinds of beans, Including Lima beans, should be allowed to dry on the vines. Lima beans should be gathered as they mature. and placed in g. warm dry place until dry enough to shell. Navy beans and kidney beans are us- ual1y harvested when a maximum number of pods are mature and be- fore the ripest pods open and the vines cured like hay, after which they are threshed or shelled. Peas. are handled in the same way as navy beans. After the beans and peas are threshed or shelled they should be placed in bags and hung in some dry place. such as a closet or attic.
 Dried corn, dried apples, peaches, apricots. raspberries, etc, may be stor- ed in the same manner. All dried products should be protected against insects rodents, and dirt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

fairs, marine and war, previously an nounced, are minister of finance, Liang Chi-Chao; minister of the interior, Tang Hua-Lung! minister of justice, Lin Chang Min; minister of commu- nications,- -Tsao Ju-Lin; minister of ag- friculture and commerce, Chang Kuo- Kan, and minister of education, Fan Yuan-Lien.
 Liang Chi-Choa was minister of justice under the presidency of Yuan Shih Kai, in the latters first cabinet, and is staunch reformer and Repub- 'lican. He was identified with the first Chinese reform movement in 1898 and when the coup d'etat of the Empress sDowager succeeded he fled the coun- try. finding refuge in Japan, where he remained many years. :.
 Tang Hua-Lung has been speaker Of the house. of representatives and at one time was minister of education. Lin Chang Min served for a. while as secretary of the senate. Tsao Ju-Lin was named minister of foreign affairs by the provisional government at Tien-T -Tsin, and was also a member of the former Chinese government. Chang Kuo-Kan was minister of aeri- culture and commerce in President Ii YuanHung's cabinet, and Fan Yuan Lien also succeeded himself as min ister of education.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS
Fatally Shot.

After carrying around all daywhat he supposed was a revolver contain ing empty shells, and after pulling the trigger of the gun perhaps a hundred times without harm, Joseph Steia, of 'Norwalk. while joksngsy pointing the revolver straight at his abdomen, shot himself at his home Wednesday evening, when an undis- charged cartridge exploded, and died less than an hour later
 Loss by Fire.
 Fire, believed to have started from a defective or overloaded chimney, caused a loss of between $2,500 and $3.500 when two-story frame dwelling owned by Joseph Bushmann of Norwalk, was destroyed, together with the household furniture therein.
 AppraisaIs In Loewe Case.
 The property of the defendants in the Loewe case, which will be sold to satisfy the judgment of s25o,000 and costs awarded D. E. Loewe & Co.,, by the courts has been appraised at $362,961. The valuation of the property of the Danbury defendants has been set at s2s3,71s.5o; that of the Bethel defendants at $5s,092.50 and that of the .Norwalk defendants at $21, 1,150. Since the list of property to be sold has been published, real estate men have investigated to some extent the amount of incumbrance upon. the same. They say that mort gages, unpaid taxes, liens and assess ments and other legal claims will amount to about $Se,oO0. If the real estate men are correct, Loewe & Co. will have about $2S0, 900 equity in the property. Just what steps the American Federation of Labor will take to protect the defendants from monetary loss has not been announc- ed. It is understood that the contri- buttons of trades unionists affiliated with the federation, to the fund to protect the matters from monetary loss amounts to figure in excess of $150, 1000. At the last annual conven- tion of the A. F. of L., held in Balti- ore. it was the opinion of the leading trades unionists in attendance that Loewe & Co. shoud be permitted to foreclose property and the defend ants be reimbursed in cash for their losses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
WIFE TAKES PRISONER AWAY FROM POLICE


 William schleeweis who conducts a barber shop at s25 Norman street and lives in State street, managed with the help of his wife to take French leave at police Headquarters this morning and has not as yet been rearrested.
 He was taken into custody yester- day. enlarged with misconduct, in a West End moving picture house. a number of young girls and women being later found by the police who claimed he had insulted them in his barber. shop: Judge Frank Wilder after conferring with Prosecutor Alex ander Delaney, took the defendant to the charities departr1ent to have him examined as to his sanity
 While he was talking with attaches his wife walked into the department and. said she wanted him Examined by a private physician. The chari- ties department, ignorant of Schlee- wAiS arrest, allowed him to- depart When last seen he was walking down T6frfeld avenue on his wifes arm. Detective Thomas Malone was assign ess to re-arrest --4e missing man.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
Called to Danbury.

Rev. Ellis Gilbert of North Tona- wanda. N. r.. will be called to the pulpit of the Danbury Baptist church made vacant by the resignation of Rev. All. Boutwell,
 Killed on Track
 While working on the New Haven railroad tracks between Rye and Harrison. Monday, Michael Keeley of Stamford, was struck by an express train and killed He had just stepped out of the way of one train and into the path of. the .8:s3 express out of Port Chester.
 A, Useful Trout.
 Branchville has the distinction of having the only known member of the f1nny tribe to be regularly em- pIoyed by 8 railrpad. This fish. which is officially recognized by the New Haven. road as working for it, is a trout which swims in we'll on a hill near the station. It Is the duty of the trout to keep the driking water of the station purified. The railroad has posted notices near the we'll warning the public not to tamper with the trout.
 Sizure of Liquor.
 When Pietro Catalani and vincenzo
 
 crossed the town line from Danbury into Ridgefield Saturday in two auto mobiles Constable William Preuss of Ridgefield halted the machines and informed the drivers they were under arrest. Caponaro jumped from the machine and disappeared Caponaro was shortly safterward ar- rested and with Catalak kzswas arrign- ed before Justice LoriEs L. Walden! Both were released under $500 bonds. In the automobiles were eight kegs of beer, 2 cases of beer and six jugs of whiskey.
 Killed by Motorcycle. Gladys .Plue.. 1 6 years old. of Dan- bury, was almost instanly killed Sum day night in an accident. In the opinion of pr. E. A. Stratton, n edi- cal examiner, the young woman was struck by a motorcycle which was passing at the exact moment when Miss Plue was throxn from the car riage in which she was riding when the carriage neary overturned on 8 steep bank. Captain Bradley of the police department who is invests gating the case, expresses the opin- ion that the young woman was not struck by a motorcycle. his reason 
 motorcycle struck her the machine would have been overturned.
 Suicide In New Haven.
 Olive scofield of NorYalk, com mitted suicide in, the Elm City Tues day night. The woman was about 30 years of age.
 Goes to Annapolis.
 Joseph Hubbard, son of MT. and William Hubbard, of Danbury, has 1 passed his final physical examina- tions for admission to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and will enter the academy in a few days. Hubbard is IT years of age He took the mental examinations for the appointment several months aga and attained a high average, but Stamford man excelled this average a few points and was named for the appointment. with Hubbard as first alternate. The Stamford man failed l. to meet the physical requirements.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

the guest of the nation has the city seen popular demonstration ap- preaching that which greeted the Canadian highlanders, 200 strong, who arrived to spend British recruiting week in New York and to give all New Workers a chance to see some of the British empires most picturesque and famous fighting men.
 From ' in the morning. when Col. Percy A. Guthrie and his band of pip CTS of the MacLean highlanders de- parked from the Fall River boat to march uptown to the Seventy-rst regi- ment armory, until late at,night, when the evening parade in thes Bronx end ed,, the mere sight of sturdy lad in a Glengarry bonnet, with a kilt and a pair of bare, brown knees, was enough to summon cheering throng.
 The MacLean highlanders, to whom
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

these men belong, are a new unit and are being entirely enlisted by Colonel Guthrie in person: They wear the tartans of the clan MacLean of Quart, which have not been worn by mili- tary unit since 1745, when practically the entire clan was wiped out for Prince Charlie at the battle of Cullo- den.
 Colonel Guthrie, who has been on an eighteen months, furlough recov- ering from wounds received at the battle of Festubert in 1915, has been allowed to pick his own officers from the best in the service, and every one of the battalions of the rst Canadian expeditionary force is represented in his command.
 The. pictures show the inspection of the highlanders in New York, their color guard and Colonel Guthrie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

Tine ladies from heIl'' was what the Gerrlans came to call the soldiers of the htghland regiments in the first few weeks of the war."iadies'' on ac- count ofytheir kits and the ''helT' be- cause ofttheir terrible fighting quail ties That was respectful tribute from the kaiser's picked army of 1914 But more of the same are needed on the battle line, the kilties feel, and they are, out to SCOUT the United States for them. They are not recruiting alone for highland regiments. how ever, but for every :. branch of the Canadian or British armies and in cidentally are glad to, contribute to- ward stimulating recruiting by Uncle Sam
 Not since all New York turned out in one great wave of enthusiasm and affectionsto welcome Marshal Joffre as
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
OBITUARY
MICHAEL b. WALSH


 The funeral of Michael D. Walsh was held from his late home, 1s4 Penn broke street. this morning at 80 o'clock and from St. Mary's church one-haf hour later where a high mass of requiem was celebrated by the Rev. Thomas IF. Mulcahy. As the casket was carried into the church Mrs. F. J. Munich and Joseph Clabby sang Thy Will Be Done,' at the offertory during the mass iMr. Clabby rendered Ave Verum," and after mass, Some Sweet Day" AS the casket, was borne from the church the choir sang Nearer My Gcd to Thee.'' Prof John Dial presided at the organ. The bear CTS were: James Hart, Thomas Lynch, Albert 'Maloney, Archibald Cameron Patrick Murray and Philip Healey. Interment was in the family plot at St. <Michaels cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
China's Completed
 Cabinet Announced

Washington, July 20. The Chinese legation announced yesterday the com p2a4ionl of the cabinet in Pehing. under the presidency of Feng Kno-C Chang, who was elevated from the vice presi- dknr5.- and the premiership of Tuap -Jlif- N 7, .s., .ss.-, 5ss T.,s
 me nnsubers, in, AddttioE to those '1xo61zne the portto1ios of foreign af-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
TWO JITNEY DRIVERS HELD FOR CARRYING T co M ANY FARES

Charged with violating the new auto laws two jitney dryers, the first to be arrested in this city for carry ing passer gers insexcess of the num- Der stipulated by law appeared, in the city court before Judge Frank wilder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

Joseph Syracuse, 2s7 North Wash ington avenue, was charged with car rytng 10 passengers in a jitney which seated only five persons. The law allows only two passengers to ride in a jitney in excess of it's seating ca pacity. John J.. Winslow, 525 Wayne street, was arraigned on a similar charge. Both cases were nolled on payment of $2 court costs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20
PERSONAL MENTION.

The little friends of Grace Kenple, Ii years will be grieved to learn she is confined to the home of her pa rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Kemple, Myrtle avenue, with an attack of rheumatism.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

The Massachusetts delegation in the House boasts of more recruits from its offices than any other of the 4s states.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

The Bureau of Foreign and Do1nes- tic Commerce issued 1,5oo export Ii. censes out of a batch of a.5oo appiina. tionA s.. SS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

Mayor Mitchell and the recon- mendation for his renonlination on the fusion ticket were aroroved by United States Senator Calder
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-20

Rev. Ellis Gilbert of North Tona- wanda. N. F.. will be called to the pulpit of the Danbury Baptist church made vacant by the resignation of Rev. All. Boutwell,.