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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
THE HERO OF
 THE TICRIS

Although defeated and now pris- oner of the Turks in Constantlnople, Gen. Charles We're Ferrers Townshend is one of the heroes of the war. Dis- patched to Mesopotamia to make war on the Turks, he led his little army in the face of thousand natural difficulties and the determined oppo- sition of numerically much superior foe to the very gates of Bagdad., If he had been given adequate support, supplies and lreinforcements the Bri- tish flag might today be waving over the ancient city of the Caliphs. Some body blundered, anad Townshend was at length forced to retreat from the very outskirts of Bagdad. The re- treat down the Tigris to Kut-el- Amara was in itself masterly per- formance, deserving of highest praise, for Townshend took with him 2,0OO prisoners At Kut he "dug himself in,'' and there, in the little Arab town, with his improvised hospitals filled with ill and wounded men, and with starvation a constant menace, be beat back almost daily attacks by the Turks. At length, after having uncomplainingly endured hardships and terrors beyond the power of a
 
 up, and surrendered his little army of starving men. to the Turks. By a strange coincidence, his captor, Halil Bey, had been his schoolmate in France, and the captive hero was treated with great consideration. Up on his arrival in Constantinop1e he was assigned to a villa on an island in the Sea of Marmora, but, accord ing tO reDOrfS from ~tha TJnitad States embassy, Townshend and his staff have suffered no confinement, and are living in the enjoyment of what must seem luxury after the terrible trials of the months in besieged Kpt.
 Gen. Townshend was born fifty-six years ago today, Feb. 21, 1861, and has had a varied military career He won the D. s. O.. at the taking of Khartoum, and also wears medals of the Nile, the Chitral, the Hunza Ma gar, the Dongola and the Boer cam paigns. Until last year he was the heir presumptive to his cousin, the dwarf Marquis of Townshend, but the birth of 8 son to the notorious It, tie nobleman deprived hlnl of his hope of inheriting the title and es- tates. The first Marquis of Towns bend was 8 distinguished officer who commanded a division under Wolfe at the taking of Quebec, and took com- mand after the death of Wolfe, re- celving the exploitation of the French. Just three centuries ago a Townshend was made a baronet, and the ancestors of Gen. Townshend in- clude several men who were distin- guished in both war and peace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
THE ESPIONAGE BILL


HE ESPIONAGE BILL an inquisitoral measure which would have been thrust out of Congress evidence of the change public thought that is produced by the threat of The foreign to American hab 1t and custom, but it is not foreign to
 One this to be the prelude much other egsla ton foreign to American habit and belief should actually Already there evidences that concert action will have be compelled in quarters by acton supervision and ownership
 Transportation entirely failing to do the work it is stab ished to do If the failure is marked in whatw it be when the necessities of actual established? Then in deed only unified control give the railroads seamboats canals and other waterways of the United States that unity of service which they ought to have.
 The distribution of food is another problem pressing terri by for solution Undoubtedly there food in the United States for a to spare when the export business is consid cred ~.st
 But this food widely scattered Some is held in transpo taon where spells in railroad Some in the hands the original producers where wa for higher market Millions of tons of the most valuable foods in cold storage
 The people suffer from form of cost increasing fac tor, except scarcity
 Foreign it is to American methods government must the food problem sturdy has met the spy problem spies and citizens suffer from the bangs triton. {.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
FINAL VOTE IN HOUSE TONIGHT
 ON ''ORY" BILL

Washington, Feb. 21.-Under an agreement to take final vote before night the house to-day resumed con- sideration of the Reed "bone dry'' amendment to the post office appro- priation bill with the fate by the pro- posal in doubt. The amendment, al- ready approved by the senate, would make it a crime to import liquor into dry" states.
 Friends of the measure professed to believe that they had more than enough votes to insure it's adoption, while opponents made no claims
 Chairman Moon of the post office committee was to open the fight on the amendment with a motion that the house disagree to it, while Represen- tative Randall of California (prohi- bitionist) was to lead the opposition. It was expected that compromise would be offered modifying the amendment so as to make it apply only to states which have themselves legislated to bar liquor shipments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
Favor $24, ,OOO Fund
 For the Improvement
 of Bridgeport Harbo1

The rivers and harbors bill report ed to the Senate Feb. 10, 1917, car ried appropriations of $38,899,63s and authorizations of continuing con- tracts amounting to $9,22O,00O giving a grand total of $4S,119,639. The fol lowing sums were appropriated fol improvements in Connecticut: Bridge port harbor, s24,O00; Norwalk har- Dor, $8,00O; Norwalk harbor (new project) $5o,OOO; Five Mile river Stamford, Southport and Greenwich harbors and Westport harbor and Saugatuck, river, $17,O00; rGeenwich harbor (new project) $35,O00; Hous- atomic river, $8,000
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
TO
 SUPPLY 100000
 RED CROSS AIDES
That's What National Body Expects, According to
 Division Director.

American Red Cross looks to Con- necticut for 100000 members in na- tional crisis. Bridgeports share surely will be 10000. Let the nation know that Bridgeport is alert to this patriot ic appeal"
 This is the message received this morning by the Bridgeport chapter, American Red Cross, from Albert w. Staub, director of the Atlantic divi- sion, in response to a message in forming him that next week Bridge port will undertake the enrolment of 10000 Red Cross members.
 Plans for whirlwind "Enrollment Week." as it is to be known, are go- ing on apace. Last night at The Stratfeld, Bridgeport chapter appoint ed an enrollment committee headed by Mrs. Richard T. Staples, which will have the enrolment work directly in charge Every medium of patriotic appeal will be used in arousing the people of Bridgeport to, the need or Red Cross preparedness, and the help that every one can give by enrolling as a member.
 
 the emergency of the demand, ar arrangements will be made if possible for a monster mass meeting next Mon day night, to be addressed by a speaker of national reputation.
 Rev. G. O. Tamblyn, pastor of O1ivet Congregational church, who has taken three months leave of absence to de- vote himself to Red Cross work, Will have the general direction or the Rridgeport enrolment, but so great IS the urgency of the work that he IS organizing five other simultaneous en- rollments in five other cities, and so must do some of the directive work by long distance. "We must have the members and we must have them now, or the Reo Cross will not be able to meet the great demands which may be made upon it at any moment" such IS the appeal shot forth by Eliot Wads- worth, national acting chairman at Washington, who is in close touch with the United States government. The Red Cross is the only civilian organization for war relief officially recognized by the United States gov ernment, by act of Congress ana Presidential proclamation. In case of war, which might come at any moment now, the great burden Of caring for the sick and wounded would be thrown upon it instantly and it is against this contingency that such strenuous preparations are now being made.
 The Enrollment committee, which has the Bridgeport work directly in charge, comprises besides Mrs Sta ples, the chairman, the following members: Mrs. F. A. Strong, Mrs. H. w. Fleck, Dr. Henry Blodget, Isaac Moss, George Waldo, Jr., and Albert E. Lavery.
 The comittee has already selected divisional chairmen, who will have charge of special lines of enrolment work, as follows:
 B. s. Cortright, schools.
 Rev. G. H. Beard, churches. Joseph G. Hartigan, merchants.
 james Ludlum, manufa cturers. Other special divisional chairmen will be selected and announced in the immediate future. Owing to the ex- tremely short time allotted for Bridgeport to ttdo it's bit" in the l work, the campaign will go forward with great rapidity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
President Studying
 Universal Training

' Washington, Feb. 21.-President Wilson is studying measures aimed to bring about universal military training and is understood to be anx- ious to find some plan he can support. It was learned to-day that while the President has endorsed neither the senate military committee bill nor the one prepared by the war department, he believes in the general principle involved.
 The President will confer with Sec retary Baker late this afternoon. Both have been studying physical effects of service in the army and are under stood to agree that some method should be adopted for extending this servic,s to all men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
ASH WEDNESDAY,

"Remember that thou art but dust, and into dust will return" This is the somber lesson to be drawn from today's observance of Ash
 Wednesday, which marks the begin
 nipg of Lent.
 "Remember that thou art but dust.''
 In such times as these, when the
 greater part of the Christian world is involved in war to the death, the warning of Ash Wednesday is scarcely needed to remind us of the immi-
 hence of death.
 k That solemnity and fasting which the church prescribes for the pious
 observance of Lent have been inn posed on a large part of the world by the grim necessities of the service
 of Mars. It is difficult to be other than solemn at such a time as this: and the fasting which was before an 1 observance of piety has now become | for millions a sinister condition of semi-starvation.
 The sprinkling of ashes is a cus- tom which dates from the first cen- turies of Christianity, and before that | it had been practiced by the Jews, as illustrated in the cases of Job and David.
 | In the early days of the church this rite of penitence was applied only to public sinners who had submitted
 themselves to canonical penance, who
 sought thus to obtain reconciliation | with the church. The bishop sprink-
 led ashes on their heads, imposed on ! them the obligation of wearing the hair shirt and penitent garb, and re- n11iro6 fn oi n, h11v, h1 1 trate at the church door, there to inn plore the prayers. of the pious. At later period it was thought proper to remind the faithful that 1 they, too, were but dust and ashes. To accomplish this purpose the priests took a quantity of ashes,> blessed them and sprinkled them with holy water. When a worshipper ap- preached the priest took up some of the ashes on the ends of his fingers,
 and made with them the mark of the cross on the worshipper's forehead, repeating the formula, ''Memento, home, quia cinis es, ct in pulverim
 reverteris.'
 l Tn England, after the Reformation,
 the use of ashes was discontinued, but l Ash Wednesday remained a day of
 great solemnity, marked by a read ing of the curses called down upon
 impenitent sinners.
 The period of Lent, beginning to- day, derives it's name from the Sax
 on Lengtentide," meaning spring. 1 Originally Lent commenced on what is now the first Sunday in Lent, but,
 in order to make the period equal the
 prescribed forty days preceding Eas- ter, Lent was later made to begin four days earlier, on what is now Ash Wednesday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
FUNSTON

ID RIGADIER GENERAL Frederick Funston the type of
 O who popular parance is referred to "a live one He entered the army from civilian e volunteer during the Cuba He did splendid service in the Philip His capture of Aguinaldo magnificent bit of dar ing ended the of the trouble in the Islands this service he promoted the regular where he not received without criticism from the regular officers
 It will nearly always happen war, they last long, the high commanders who begin the will seldom finish it. The betting heavy that the commanders established peace have not the genius which developes only when the fighting brings it out. ELEPHANT k 9#
 the of the United States, which has but
 standing army probable long would bring most of it's military brains from cvie The genius in pursuit the of very unusual gifts He exists million five ten million in hundred million, accord to the degree of his gifts small body of hundred thou sand men, will not contain many of such cabre.
 Funston good especially where dashing service required service that required to be executed with speed and certainty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
VALUE OF SHIPPING

N URRENT ADVERTISING in commercial papers offers NJ shipping at minimum price of $210 ton. Assuming that this representative of vessels of considerable the shipping cost of submarine be estimated upon the above figures $O for each ten thousand tons troyed To this would have to be added the value of the which, very exceptional would be much smaller than the value of the ship. t1 4 It probably conservative to estimate the the activities of submarines at $ 900 day. the since Feb without taking account of collateral losses of kind ,e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
PENNSYL WANNA : ROAD RAISES
 FREIGHT BANS

Pittsburgh, Feb. 21-Annour1cemen of the Pennsylvania lines that the first of the many embaroges against eastern freight through Pittsburgh west has been lifted, and beginning today agents had been instructed to accept for forwarding through the Chicago over the Panhandle railroad carload shipments of commodities from affiliated lines in the district. This will permit the acceptance of 'srge quantities of freight brought in from the east and accumulated here, t-sAther with the vast amount of steel products that have been held at the mills.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
IRELAND PAYS FOR RELICS.

Dublin, Feb. 21.-A copy of the proclamation of the Provisional gov ernment issued by the Dublin rebels last Easter has been sold in the Dub- lin auction rooms for seven pounds sterling. A copy of the Irish War News, the rebel official newspaper, of which only one issue was printed. fetched one pound five shilling.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
TO URGE PREPAREDNESS.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Rebresenta tivesfof about 40 patriotic defense and civic organizations met here to-day to. formulate a cooperative plan for that the immediate object would be promoting national prepareuness Leaders of the conference indicated to urge on congress enactment of uni- varsal military training legislation-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Eighty-five members of the Second West Virginia regiment have deserted since the regiment left Charleston, w. Va, last autumn for San Antonio. Texax.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
TYPICAL FINANCE

IS IN full accordance with the ideals of the city govern
 ment that the budget is cut in it's provisions for the health the people and thee of the poor while ed by additions for more policemen Such is the judgment of the city fathers in these high cost living.
 Millions for Warrenite; next to nothing for the public health. A fine slogan, indeed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Brig. g.-Gen. Ernest A. Darlington. inspector general of the army, retired from active service
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent g Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21

The police of Chicago were asked to look for Harry Mckinley, a cousin of the late President Mckinley. He disappeared from his home in Birm- ingham. Ala. on Feb. Il.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
This Dress

Black and Colored Crepe de Chine, narrow box-plaited skirt shirred to blouse in graceful fashion. Vest of Georgette. Very. plain with almost nun-like simplicity and very attrac tive.
 $l0.50 special.
 Second noor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-21
Cbe DMRgad co
 EstnbLIsked ,o~~

A very cheerful sight is that portion of the Upholstery Section given over to the new decorative fabrics.
 Cretonnes in floral patterns are printed in all shades, effective great roses, peonies and rhododendrons, many of them we'll cov- cred with masses of foliage
 Broad stripes give decided character to many designs in what art decorators term the modernist style There is profusion of medium and. dark foliage effects.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
PENSION FUND GIVEN
BIG BOOST BY STATE
Total of More Than $4,000
Now on Deposit Here for
Local Firemen.

City Treasurer Atkinson yesterday
received from the state auditor two
drafts totaling more than $500 to
be placed to the credit of the Tulsa
firemen's pension fund. There was
already on deposit the sum of $4,000.
which makes the grand total now
over $4,000, the nucleus of one OF
the best firemen's pension funds or
any city in the state.
The drafts received yesterday were
made available by acts of the recent
state legislature, engineered by Tulsa
county's state representatives at the
suggestion of j. n. Norris, fire depart
ment electrician. and legislative rep
resentative of the state firemen's as
sociation. One was for s5.104.30,
Tulsa's quota OF the 1915 fund, and
the other for s1,4ss.S3. the balance
due from 1914.
Tulsa has no pensioner at present,
on account of the fact that this is a
very young department. f1remen elig-
ible to pension must have served
twenty years continuously on fire de-
partments in Oklahoma. One local
man is eligible but is too patriotic and
loyal to retire and claim his emolu-
ments as yet.
The pension money comes from
fees collected by the state insurance
departments. Only comparatively
small number of cities in the state
have complied with the law and taken
advantage of the fund
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
FRISCO DAMAGE SUIT IS ON
Miss Tena Henson Is Suing Railroad
For Damages In sum of $1,000.

Most of the testimony in the dam
age suit filed by Miss Tena Henson
against the Frisco railroad was heard
before Judge Breckenridge in superior
court yesterday and 1t is probable that
the case will go to jury this morning.
Miss Henson is asking damages to
the amount of s2,999 from the rail-
road for injuries which she received
on September 25, 1915. The case has
been pending for some time.
On the date mentioned Miss Henson
bought ticket from Dawson to West
Tulsa When she got on the train she
claims the conductor told her that tho
train stopped at West Tulsa. Later.
however. she discovered that Red Fork
was the nearest stop.
According to her petition. Miss Hem
son was endeavoring to get off the
train when n brakeman threw up a
trap door upon which she was stand
ing. AS result Of the shock she was
thrown across the vcstibule OF tho car
and suffered injuries which have since
led to serious nervous disorders.
Instructions to the jury and argu-
ment by counsel are all that remains
before the case goes to jury this morn
ing.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
Demand Increase.

Apropos of the animation of the in
tention of the government to fix Il
price of SO cents per barrel on oil, the
oil producers of Tulsa met yesterday
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
TODAY'S BEAUTY hint

1t is not necessary to shampoo
your hair so frequently IL 1t is en-
tlrely and properly cleansed each
time by the use of a really good
shampoo. The easiest to use and
quickest drying shampoo that we can
recommend to our readers is one that
brings out all the natural beauty Of
the hair and may be enjoyed at very
little expense, by dissolving tea
spoonful of canthrox, which can be
obtained from any druggist, in cup
OF hot water. This makes a full cup
of shampoo liquid, enough so 1t is
easy to apply 1t to all the hair instead
of Just the top Of the head. This
when rubbed into the scalp and onto
every strand of haid, chemically dis
solves all impurities 1t is very
soothing and cooling in its action. as
we'll as beneficial to both scalp and
hair. After rinsing out the lather so
created, you will find the scalp is
fresh. clean and free from dandruff,
while the hair dries quickly and even
ly, developing bright luster and a
soft fluffness that makes it seem
very heavy.-Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
HOW PAT HURLEY
TORE DOWN SIGN
Prominent Tulsa Attorney and
Army Captain Lead Attack
ON the Suffs. -
MARKHAM BACK FROM EAST
Local Oil Men Take Steps
Looking Toward Better
Price on Crude.
MARKHAM BACK FROM EAST

That It was really Capt. Pat ]. Hur-
ley. Tulsan, patriot, Choctaw national
attorney and army captain, who tore
down the first OF the seditious banners
displayed by the suffraget pickets
for the benefit of the Russian COM
mission in Washington last week is
part Of the news brought back from
Washington by John ii. Markham, jr.,
who returned yesterday from the city
on the Potomac.
Captain Hurley told Mr.. Markham
that he came along and noticed the
rioting around the banners and saw
that the layout was aching for a
leader. 80 / gave them one" said
the brave captain. land when
reached over and tore down the BAN
ner one old belligerent addressed me
IN high. screechy voice, demanding
to know why, If wanted to fight,
wasn't at war; just told her the
soldiers and sailors needed socks and
suggested that knitting needles could
be more profitably employed at this
time than suffraget banners"
Attack Government.
The banners declared to the Rus
sian mission that President Wilson
and Elihu Root. the special ambasad d or
TO Russia, are deceiving the Russians
In calling America a democracy.
Mr.. Markham, who has been In
washington in consultation with other
members Of the petroleum board, a
subcommittee of the committee on
raw materials, which Is a part of the
council Of national defense, was asked
by the council what a barrel Of fuel
oil cost. Mr.. Markham said that he
had been properly Catered by the in
sinuation Of wisdom so profound on
his part. but that he had been una BILE
to answer the question.
There Is no possible way for any
man TO figure the price Of barrel
or OIL any more than he can figure
IN advance what 1t is going to cost
MIN to win SO in a poker game. With
constant fluctuations in the cost OF
OIL drilling supplies and in the labor
market with exhaustion of old wells
ana variation and uncertainty in the
Iihding OF new ones. how can any man
figure the cost of a barrel of oil AS
! soc it, continued Mr.. Markham
tnere Is only one way to do it; wal,
until the Oil producer dies. divide what
he has by the number Of barrels OF
oil his property has brought him ant
there you have what a barrel of OF
costs"
Mr.. Markham said that he was {
citizen of the United States before ht
was an oil man, and that he wanted
the government and the council o.
national defense to do the very bes
thing possible for the good of tn,
country. and that he hoped they woult
do nothing which would interfere will
the production Of oil In as large guam
titles as possible-that 1t was indeed
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-26
NINE JUROR STATUTE is VOID
Declared Unconstitutional by Supreme
Court of Arkansas.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, June u.s.
Arkansas new nine juror statute, en-
acted by the 1917 legislature, allow
ing nine Jurors in civil cases to return
verdicts was today declared unconsti-
tutional by the supreme court,
The court refused to issue peti-
ton instructing Circuit Judge W. q,
Hendrix to receive n verdict returned
by ten jurors In damage suit. That
unanimity is one of the essential fea-
lures Of q triat by jury and that a
jury under the constitution consists OF
IL men were grounds set forth by the
supreme court In nullifying the
statute,