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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
Once Ambulance Driver
In France, Now Inmate
Of New Britain Jail

New Britain. Conn, Sept. 26-Ed-
ward Chester. aged 26, who claims to
have driven an ambulance for the
American ambulance corps in France,
two years ago, was sentenced to 20
days in jail in police court yesterday
on charge of house breaking. It is
alleged that he represented himself
as an employe of an electric light
company and gained entrance to
homes On the excuse that he had been
sent to inspect meters. His thefts
were of a minor nature, the police
say.
Chester is reported to be a member
of a wealthy Boston family. He told
the police he drove an ambulance in
France and had been rejected for SIM
liar service after returning to & this
country because his lungs had been
permanently affected during a Ger
man gas attack. He said he was grad
uated from Harvard university in
1912.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
NEW RABBIT LAW
WITH WHICH HUNTER
SHOULD BE FAMILIAR

The general hunting season will OPP
en- Ocober Z. OF especial interest is
the rabbit law, in which several i'm
portant changes have been made. Its
provisions follow.
Section l. No person shall hunt or
take eny wild hare or rabbit except
Belgian or German hares between
February and October seventh, both
inclusive
Section 2. No person shall hunt or
ia Ike any wild hare or rabbit except
with trap or dead-fal1 between No
vember twenty-fourth and February
first, both inclusive. No person shall
use a ferret in hunting, pursuing, or
taking any wild hare or ra bbit at any
time.
The law on sae setting of traps sets
a severe penalty for violations:
Every person who shall. u 500 any
land not u..d ~ o. Of which
he is not the legal. occupant, set, place,
or locate any trap for the purpose OF
taking aly wild animal, wi1hoU. hav-
ing first obtained the consent of the
owner or legal occupant of said land
shall be fined not more than fifty dol
lars, or imprisoned not more than
thirty days or both.
Any person who shall set any trap
for the purpose CT taking any wild
animal, who shall fail to visit the
same at least once in each forty eight
ours, or any person who shall set g
steel trap on land not owned or leas-
ed by him, in any path, old wood road
bar-way, or specially made furrow. OIL
who shall set such trap not having the
name of the person using such traI
legibly stamped thereon, shall be fin
ed not more than twenty-five dollars
Because of complaints of farmers
the following law was passed:
Any licensed hunters, who shall, or
the land of another, wilfully or negli.
gently injure any fence or let dowr
any bar without replacing 1t, shall FOR.
felt his hunters license, and no such
license shall be granted to him for =
period Of two years thereafter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
YOUR SICK CHILD
is C0NSTIPATED!
LOOK AT TONGUE
If cross, feverish or bilious
give California Syrup
of Figs"

No matter what ails your child, a
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out-of-sorts,
half sick, isn't resting, eating and act
ing naturally-look. Mother! see if
tongue is coated. This is a sure sign
that it's little stomach, liver and
bowels are clogged with waste. When
cross. irritable, feverish, stomach
sour, breath bad or has stomach ache,
diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cold
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup of hgz-'' and in few hours all
the constipated poison. undigested
food and sour bile gently moves out
of its little bowels without gripping, and
you have a well, playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" be-
cause it never fails to cleanse the little
ones liver and bowels and sweeten
the stomach and they dearly love its
pleasant taste. Full directions for
babies, childrenof all ages and for
grown-ups printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" then
see that it LIS made by the California
Fig Syrup Company."-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26

latter is married to a sister of King
George of England. Another brother
of the Danish ruler welded a daugh-
ter of a German ducal house. King
Christians sister, Ingeborg, became
the wife OF, Prince Carl Of Sweden, a
brother of King Gustav V
+ Dowager Queen Alexandra of Great
Britain is an aunt of King Christian,
and King George v. is his cousin.
Christian is also a cousin of the for
mer Gar Nicholas of Russia, his aunt
Dagmar, having been Empress OF
Russia during the reign of Nicholas
father. Another royal cousin of the
King of Denmark is ex- King Constan-
tine Of Greece. He has many other
cousins. uncles, aunts and other rela-
tives among European royalty.
The present King is the tenth
Christion to sit on the Danish throne
the first having been Count of Old
enburg who was elected King by the
Diet in 1448. The dignity remained
in, the family until 1868. when the
male line became extinct with the
death of Frederick VII. Direct heirs
being lacking. the powers of Europe
gave the succession to Prince Chris
ton of SchIeswig-Holstein- Sender
burg Glucksburg. He assembled the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
DENNIS sHEEDY

When Dennis Sheedy first saw Dem
yer, the Colorado capital was q mere
collection of huts in. the exact center
of Nowhere; and when Denver first
saw Dennis Sheedy, he was several
degrees poorer than the proverbial
church mouse. That was about half
a century ago and since then Denver
has become quite some town, and Mr..
ID. Sheedy has accumulated heaven
knows how many millions and a SON
tn-law, I. Townsend Burden, Jr., who
once got his name in the papers by
saying that America Is no place for
gentleman to live because it is so
full of common people, don't you
know. Mr.. Sheedy. however; enter
ta1ns no such notions, and even boasts
Of his humble origin. Maybe you
would never guess it, but Dennis
Sheedy was born In Ireland, that hap
py event having taken place just sew
enty-one years ago today. The elder
Sheedys emigrated to Massachusetts
when Dennis was a broth of a by, and
he was only twelve when his parents
moved to Iowa, where he was given
a common school education Dennis
was seventeen, but big for his age,
when he crossed the plains to Denver.
walking most of the distance. He ar
rived In Colorado with the clothes on
his back and only dollar or two In
cash. Soon he tramped on to Mon
tana, working for a time as miner
until he had accumulated enough cap
ftal to start a small grocery store. Al
ter seven months of selling provisions
to the inhabitants Of little mining
camp he trekked to Utah, where he
worked at odd jobs. With his savings
he bought a course in commercial law
In Chicago school, and then set out
again for the West as the leader Of a
train of prairie schooners filled with
enigrants bound for Utah. He led his
charges safely over the Overland
troute. then beset by hostile Indians
His next venture was as a freighter In
Utah, Montana. Idaho and Nevada. In
1863 Mr.. Sheedy entered the cattle
business, which was the real founda.
ton of his immense fortune He be-
came one, of the cattle kings Of the
| West, with scores of ranches scatter.
ed from Kansas and Nebraska to New.
ada When the free range became re.
stricted he sold out his business and
settled in Denver, where he became
interested In banks smelling concern.
and other corporations. He has pat.
ented nearly a score of inventions
mostly in smelling.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26

err but to be exchanged for another
one in time of storm and stress!
Woe to, the German- american, so
called, iwho, in this sacred war for a
cause as high as any for which ever
people took up arms, does not feel a
solemn urge, does not show an eager
discrimination to be in the very fore
front of the struggle, does not prove a
patriotic Jealousy, in thought, in ac-
ton and in speech, to rival and to
Guido his native-born fellow-citizen in
devotion and in willing sacrifice for
the country of his choice and adop-
ton and sworn allegiance and of their
common affection and pride.
AS Washington led Americans of
British blood to fight against Great
Britain, as Lincoln called upon Amer
leans of the North to fight their very
brothers of the South, SO Americans
Of German descent are now summoned
to join in our country's righteous
struggle against people of their own
blood which, under the evil spell Of a
dreadful obsession, and, Heaven
knows, through no fault Of ours, has
made itself the enemy Of this peace
loving nation, as 1t is the enemy of
peace and right and freedom through
out the world.
To gain Americas independence,
to defeat oppression and tyranny. was
indeed to gain a. great cause.
To preserve the Union, to eradicate
slavery was perhaps greater still.
To defend the very foundations OF
liberty and humanity, the very
groundwork Of fair dealing between
nations, the very basis of peaceable
living together among the peoples OF
the earth against the fierce and bru-
tai onslaught of ruthless, lawless
faithless might; to spend the lives and
the fortunes of this generation SO thai
our descendants may be freed from
the dreadful calamity of war and the
| fear of war, so that the energies and
millions and billions of treasure nov
devoted to plans and instruments OF
destruction, may be given henceforth
| to fruitful works of peace and pro-
gress and eto the betterment of the
conditions of the people-that is the
highest cause for which any people
ever unsheathed its sword.
He who shirks the full measure so1
| his duty and allegiance in that no
blest of causes, be he German-Amer.
lean. Irish-American, or any other
| hyphenated American, be he. I. WV
or Socialist or whatever the appella.
ton, does not deserve to stanc
amongst Americans or indeed anhongs1
free men anywhere.
/ He who, secretly or overtly, tries Il
thwart the declared will and aim o,
the nation in this holy war, is a trai.
ltor, and traitors fate should be his.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
SPENDS $so,ooo,o 900

A certain gentleman in England,
the director of business that ia
spending more than $4,000, 900 every
day, and who commands the destinies
of nations, left his busy offices the
other day after many weary hours
spent at his desk, and, after entering
his automobile, said: Home James %
James started for home, but before he
had gone very far the machine broke
down. Repairs would have taken
some time, and the busy man who
spent those many millions every day
was in a hurry to get home. So he
hailed a passing street car, and board
ed. When the conductor came to him
to collect the fare, the Busy Man put
his hand in his pocket to get the coin.
1t wasn't in that pocket, so he tried
another. That, too, was empty, and
so were all the others. There sat the
man who spent millions every day.
flat broke and trifle embarrassed. A
passenger came to his rescue and
loaned him the four cents to pay the
conductor. The man who was flat
broke was David Lloyd George, Pre-
mier OF Great Britain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
KING CHRISTIAN

King Christian *. of Denmark, who
will celebrate his forty-seventh birth
day today, is related to nearly all the
royal families of Europe, but his SYM
pathies and those of his people are
all with the nations fighting Germany.
The annexation. of1Schleswig and Hol-
stein by Prussia, following Denmark s
disastrous war against that power half
"a century ago. is still bitterly resent
ed by the Danes as the German occu-
patton of Alsace and Lorraine is re-
sented by the French.
King Christian x, was born Sept.
e.. 1870 and succeeded to the throne
|'of Denmark on the death of his faith
er, Frederick VIII, in May 1912, The
King is related by marriage to the
German Emperor, having taken as his
bride the Princess Alexandra of
Mecklenburg-S chwerin, who is an cid
er. sister Of the Crown Prince Cecilie
of Germany. They. have two sons,
Crown Prince Frederick, now, eigh-
teen. and Prince Knud, aged seven
teen.
King Christians younger brother,
Prince Charles, now occupies the Nor
wegian throne as Haakon VII. The
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
TT. S. Bandsman Given
3 Years In Jap Prison


-, Nagasaki, Japan, Sept. 2e-Manuel
Neumoir, a bandsman, attached to the
Thirteenth United States infantry, has
been sentenced to three years i'm
prisonment and fined 5000 yen after
conviction on the charge of infiict-
ing fatal injuries on a Japanese trades
man.
The complaint admitted that the
crime was not Intentional and that 1t
occurred during intoxication. In es-
Gaping from the police Neumoir is
said to have knocked over a. toilet
powder manufacturer. 1t was alleged
that the Japanese was kicked and
that he received internal injuries from
which he died five hours later.
The public prosecutor recommend
ed penal servitude for 10 years. The
fine was imposed in connection with
a civil, action instituted by the family
of the victim.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
British Prisoners In
German East Africa
Suffering Hard ships

nondon, Sept. 26-Details concern-
ing the treatment by the Germans OF
British prisoners in German East
Africa are contained in a White paper
Just issued. The, paper contains a
mass of testimony recited by prison
ers and Others. including a number
of women, to the effect that the Ger
mans deliberately adopted a policy to
lower sthe prestige Of the British in
the eyes of the natives, forcing them
to do all manner Of degrading work
and subjecting them to terrible hard
ships without proper food, clothing
and shelter. Bed linen was offered to
the prisoners, but they were forced to
lodge in native huts which were damp
and all became i'll. The commandment,
according to the testim ony, declared
that the prisoners had no rights and
that anything was good enough for
the British.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
UNIDENTIFIED
PARTY IN FATAL
AUTO ACCIDENT
One Woman Killed, Two
Injured Driver Makes
Escape.

South Windsor, Conn, Sept. 26-
One young woman was killed, two
others were seriously injured and
three severely hurt yesterday when
an automobile carrying them from
Thompsonville to South Windsor
skidded and crashed into tree and
telegraph pole here.
All of the young women and the
driver were thrown out. One woman's
skull was fractured and she died soon
after being taken to the Hartford hos
pital at Hartford. The two seriously
injured were also taken to the same
institution and the other three to st.
Francis hospital in Hartford.
The driver escaped serious injury.
After the accident, it is said, he re-
moved the number plates from his
car so that its identity could rot be
learned. The names of the young
women were not learned. They were
ON their way to work at a tobacco
farm here. The car is said to have
been running at high speed when the
accident occurred.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26


throne as Christian TX, and married
Princess Louise of Hesse Cassel
The present King has been an ard
'ent friend of Scandinavian union. and
the present alliance between Norway.
Sweden and Denmark, for defensive
and military purposes. and; which was
formed some time after the outbreak
of the war in Europe, lis in a great
measure due to his efforts Half a
century ago, after the brave but hope
less conflict with the Prussian mill
tary machine, Denmark lost its south
ern provinces, and the little country
made smaller still. seemed to have a
far from brilliant future. Since then.
however, the nation has developed
unexampled prosperity and intensive
agriculture has made it rich. Den
mark is suffering less from food
shortage than any of the other small
European neutrals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
HELD FOR CHICAGO.

4 L. C. Temple. 9os Park avenue,
was arrested yesterday afternoon by
Detective James Curry for the Chica-
go police. It is alleged he purchased
an auto from a company on the install
ment plan, leaving Chicago with the
machine shortly after making two
payments. He will be returned to
that city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
WHY HAIR FALLS OUT
Dandruff causes a fe

: Dandruff causes feverish irritation
of the scalp, the hair roots shrink,
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. To stop falling hair at once and
rid the scalp of every particle of
dandruff, get a 25-cent bottle, of Dam
derine at any drug store, pour little
in your hand and rub well into the
scalp. After a few applications all
dandruff disappears and the hair
stops coming out.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26
BELGIANS KILLED ON
ESPIONAGE CHARGES

Amsterdam, Sept. 26-Advices have
been received from the frontier by
the TELEGRAPH to the effect that about
80 residents of Client, Belgium, have
been put to death in the last three
weeks on charges of espionage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26

Application for the extraditiont of
Alexander Berkman to California was
made to Governor Whitman by the
San Francisco police.
President Wilson approved Of the
reduction of the steel prices from 40
to 70 per cent. Coke will sell at Sc a
ton instead of $16
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-09-26

CORTEZ C. ROCKWELL. plumb
ting and Heating. jobbing a speciality
1851 Main and Hillside avenue
Phone 1851 3 10 stf
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-19
SHORT
SKIRT REAL ECONOMY, THINKS
WISCONSIN ASSEMBLYMAN-
PRAISES GIRLS.

Madison, Wis, Jan. 17-Assembly-
man Carl Pieper, of Milwaukee, be-
lieves the eighth wonder OF the world
is the American girl who has tackled
the high cost of living proposition and
is making a good job of it.
Because he regards the short skirt
as real economy and retrenchment, "
he has prepared a joint resolution
congratulating the women of the state
for pointing out one avenue for the
smashing of high prices.
"What has bothered our best ex'
perts," he said, sis accomplished by
the American girl with grace and
style that excites the admiration of
every human being, from the boot
black in the street to dignified JUS
tices of the supreme court.
Having gone the limit in saving
material in the makeup Of the dress
from the neck down, the American
girl now startles the world with her
economy and retrenchment on the
other end"
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500 Reward. 500

,,taasaa &c 49,, tLa+ a i ", IaaE
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages. and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucoue
Surfaces of the System thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease.
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture in doing it's work. The proprie.
tors have so much faith in the curative
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for lise-
of testimonials.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 76c.
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Described At Luncheon By
DR.. j. w. Kelly
CHARTS USED IN TALK
Many Interesting Results OF Work
Presented-Survey Was Made
Possible BY CockIey Be-
quest Of $4,000

Results of the most complete civic
survey ever attempted by any village
in the United States were presented
at the noon-day luncheon of the cham
Der of commerce Wednesday when
DIR. ]. w. Kelly of Bellville told OF
the great work which has recently
been done in that Richland county
town in attempting to discover just
what will prove of most aid to its
development.
Charts. used to compile the survey
work, were displayed by Dr. Kelly
during his talk and proved most in
leresting to an unusually large crowd
Dr. Kelly stated that the survey
was made possible by 100000 be-
quest by the late Rollin Cockley. Mr.,
Cockley grew from poor boy to one
of Bellvlle's most wealthy and infiu-
entail citizens. In his will, he set
aside the sum of $4,000 to be used
in any way which would most benefit
Bellville.
Employing DR.. Burgess of Chicago
university as assistant director and
field manager, complete survey of
the village was undertaken. Assist
ing in the work were Drs. North and
Hollingshead.
Some of the interesting facts pre-
sented by DR.. Kelly were as follows:
There is one church to every 200
inhabitants.
The average church membership is
los.
There is only one full-time pastor.
There are only two resident pastors.
One out of every three inhabitants
has more than common school edu-
cation.
| There are six musical instruments
in every 10 homes, four telephones,
and a single bathroom.
OF % babies born the past two
years, only one has died.
Girls progress more rapidly in
school work that boys.
There are more pupils who lose
ground in the seventh than in any
other grade.
The sum of $25,OOO is spent annual
ly for mail-order products.
DR.. Kelly stated that it was the
Recommendation Of the committee
undertaking the survey that the Cock
ley bequest be kept intact and that
the interest be used to employ COM
munity secretary.
A committee on community well
fare work has already organized, he
said, and will meet once week.
Several questions were asked DR..
Kelly, following his talk, and his
charts were examined more closely
by those In attendance.
DR.. N. R. Eastman extended an in
vitation to members Of the chamber
of commerce to hear the lecture at
the Hotel Curtis this evening by DR.,
Edwin A. Hamilton on "War Sur
gerry"
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Congressman To Attack the
Measure In Speech
THINKS 1T UNTIMELY
"Three.Fourths or Items Cannot Be
Defended BY Anyone" He Re-
marks In Statement Di-
rected Against II
DECLARES AsHsRooK

Washington, Jan. 16-Ohioans are
leaning in the fight in the house Of
representatives against the so-called
omnibus building pork barrel" bill.
The adoption today Of a rule for the
consideration of the bill is believed to
forecast its passage through the
house on Thursday. Tomorrow it will
give way for calendar Wednesday"
Representative w. A Ashbrook, a
member of the building and grounds
committee, is controlling the time
against the measure and later will
make speech against it. Represent
ative Allen who, as member of the
ways and means committee, is wrest-
ling with the problem of raising mon
ey to meet the threatened treasury
deficit, voted against the rule making
consideration of the pork barrel"
possible, as did nearly all the Ohio
members present. Representative
Ashbrook made the following state.
ment:
"The bill contains 1OS items for
public buildings in towns of less than
10000 population. Some of these
towns have less than 500 inhabitants
The appropriation from the federal
treasury for such purpose at time
like this when we are facing a deficit
of $30O,OO0,OOO is, in my judgment,
the most scandalous and wanton
waste of the public moneys ever pro-
posed in any congress. 1t is true the
bill contains numerous meritorious
items, yet in my Judgment three
fourths of the items in it cannot be
defended by anyone"
The bill contains appropriations for
sites in the following Ohio cities:
East Palestine, $500; Gallon, s15,.
600; Columbus, s24O,OOO; wellsvine
$500.