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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
EMPIRE

Do you like mystery stories in mo-
ton pictures? Do you like mystery
tales that completely BATTLE yet thrill
you from start to finish? OF course
you do Nearly everyone does, That
is the sort of tale unfolded inthe latest
Universal chapter play, The Voices
on the Wire" featuring Neva Gerber
and Ben Wilson which start today at
the Empire theatre. Here Is the sort
of gripping dramatic detective-mys-
terry serial you've been waiting for. 1t
is entirely out of the. beaten run Of
film serials and contains.a wealth Of
battling complications and a million
and one real thrills The plot OF
The Voice ON the Wire" revo1ves
around mysterious voice which calls
on the telephone the various persons
picked out by a band of arch crimi-
nails and warns them beforehand of
what In to take place Detectives on
the trail decide that should they be
successful IN seeking out the owner
OF the mysterious voice they will
solve the secret Of the band. But how
to go about 1t In the question. When
several persons are discovered inurd-
cred by the crime investigators with
out any marks. of violence nor any
trace OF drugs they are more than
mystffied- rq -,
Ben WILSON, who plays the role of
a celebrated crime investigator is
called in and he decides after care
full study of a cane that death was
caused by what is known as the SEN
si-Yao. What is that, the question
arises. It is the name of a death
dealing oriental punch and. well.
that's enough see each episode and
you will be thrilled as you were new
er thrilled before. The rest of the
special double-feature program will
be headed by Metros latest comedy
masterpiece. The Millionaire
Double" in which is featured that
sterling screen star, Lionel Barry
more. Don't fail to see this feature
program as it is one of the best ever
Offered at this theatre known to all
photopiay goers as the home of first
run master feature screen plays and
purveyors to your select entertain
ment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
Pete Herman Knocks Z
Johnny Coulon Out in
Third Round of Bout

Racine, Wis, May 16-Johnny
Coulon, former bantam weight cham
pion, was knocked out by Pete Her
man of New OrIenas, claimant of the
title, in the third round of a sched-
uled ten round bout here Monday
night. Coulon, who has beaten a
number of boys since his Comeback
solely because of his c1everness and
ring generalship, was no match for
the sturdy little New Orleans Italian
and his cleverness avai1ed him moth
ing against the rushes Of lis younger
and stronger opponent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
JUDGE HI. b. SCOTT QUITS
COMMON PLEAS BENCH

Governor Marcus H Holcornb yes
terday accepted the resignation of
Judge Howard B. Scott of the court
of common pleas of Fairfield County.
Judge Scott was appointed a state
referee last week, giving up the bench
after many years of service.
The nomination of John Booth, at
present judge of the city court of
Danbury, to succeed Judge Scott on
the bench of the court of common
pleas will be sent to the General
Assembly tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
BIGLEAGUE BITS

Owner Weeghman of the Cubs is
| still offering that Insignificant sum OF
100000 for new players, but, OF
course, they've got to have the goods
Now step up, gentlemen, and let's see
what you're made of.
Robertson's stick work needs con-
siderable Improvement. He isn't
slamming them out with his usual
vigor. He has missed several good
opportunities for bringing home the
bacon by a timely hit.
Old Jake Daubert of Brooklyn, is
still keeping up his heartbreaking
fielding tricks on his opponents. He
has spoiled lot of safeties since the
season began and turned what looked
like certain three baggers into hits
that barely got the hitter to first.
There's many a skinny little lad in
the trenches in Europe who has more
fight in him than a dozen boxers in
one ring could show during a free
for all scrap.
The Cubs got a bad scare when
Workman met with his accident but
they got over that long ago. The
little fellow was fist thought to have
broken his ankle, puttin5 the short
stop out for a long time. But he's
ready once again to pick up the hot
ones. 1t was just a sprain and he
can again wigg1e his leg to beat the
band.
Dutch Leonard of the Red Sox
wants to let it be definitely known
that he is a self made man and that
Bill Carrigan had nothing to do with
his success. On the contrary, Leon
ard claims that if it had not been
for him Carrigan might be in the dis
card today. Around Boston it used
te be said that Carrigan had to catch
for Leonard to make him play win
ming ball.
Chicago fans will have an extra in
centive to go to ball games, if any
were needed. since Owner Cenaiskey
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
British Bag Floti1la
Of German Submarines
Bound for u. S. Shores

Portsmouth, N, H. May 16-In
shipping circles it was said yesterday
that the British had bagged a flotilla
of German submarines bound on a
hostile mission to American shores.
The capture was said to have taken
place early in April. The place of
capture OF the means by which it was
brought about was not made known.
The report was said to have come
from the captain of a TRANSATLANTIC
vessel who learned of it during his
intercourse with the British admir-
atty,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
Connie Mack Thinks
Falkenberg Will Dc

Connie Mack is pinning great faith
on Pitcher Cy Falkenberg, who is
having another try at major league
twirling since the Phillies secured
him from the indianapolis club. The
lean mound artist was exchanged for
John Majors who is showing up very
well in his new surroundings. F'a1-
kenberg has seen service in both the
National and American leagues and
was also a prominent of the defunct
Federal league in 1914 and 1915.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
Call Half Million
Under Consumption
Act in Bay State

Boston, May 16-Charles F. Get
temy, director of the bureau of sta
tistics, announced yesterday that ap-
proximately 346,865 men in Massa-
chusetts would be called on registra-
ton under the CONSUMPTION act. These
figures were of men between Is and
>28 years of age as shown in the state
census of April 1, 1915.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
PRAISES BANKING
CONDITIONS HERE:

Boston, May :. 16-Lord Cunliffe,
governor of the Bank of England, and
a member of the British mission to
this country, arrived here yesterday
with Charles s. Hamlin of the federal
reserve board for a conference with
bankers. Details of the governments
plan for floating the Liberty loan
bonds were discussed and Lord Cum
life explained how big war loans
are handled in Great Britain.
''Yeur- banking agreements fertile
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
WALTZ AND ONE-STET
$500
Q VI 1T IS
SCHOOL OF DANCING
U13 stf
AS4as kkl.5@>g

day, Col Pope said labor shortage in
agricultural districts was largely re-
sponsible for decreaset in production.
He urged manufacturers to release
laborers for farm work during GER
tain seasons.
1.-THE increase in wages in mans.
featuring sections. during the lass
two years. he said. have adrwan
from the agricultural districts an inn
mense number who otherwise would
remain on the FARMS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

Benan ]. Dawes, president of the,
Ohio Cities Gas Co. of Columbus, and
some friends, have donated a COM
plete field-ambulance unit, consisting
of 20 motor ambulanees, a repair
car, and equipment eto the American
Ambulance Field Service. for duty in
France,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16
LABOR SHORTAGE
ON FARM LANDS

New York, May 16-In manufac-
turing there can be little apprehen-
sion as to production, but the food
problem is a serious one, in the epin-
ion of Col. George Pope of Hartford,
president of the National Association
of Manufacturers, in annual meeting
here.
Addressing the convention yester-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

One swallow doesn't make a sum-
mer, but one swallow is often enough
to make a ball player take the first
step on the downward path.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

wounded. dead and missing, task
now performed by the British Red
Cross
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

of the White Sox is turning over 10
per cent. of his net receipts to the
American Red Cross Fund. Any
others?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

The business women of Wall Street
have organized an auxiliary for Red
Cross work,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-16

Chicago fans will have an extra in
centive9 to go to ball games, if any
were needed. since Owner Cenaiskey
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01
A FAITHFUL TolLER
oees Not Drop His Shovel ~ Other
laborers % When the Whistle
Blows.

There Is q much lower percentage
of criminality, immortality and insanity
among the Italians than among many
other Immigrant races, Willard Price
writes in the World Outlook. As for
dependency. statistics for represent.
ative year showed that out of every
2SOO0 Italians In the city Of New York
there was only one In the almshouse
on Blackwell's island. James Forbes,
chief Of the mendlcant department Of
the G. o. s., says he has never seen or
heard Of an Italian tramp. There are
practically no drunkards among the
Italians.
The immigrant from Italy proves to
be faithful and cheerful worker.
When a contractor engaged In building
city sewer was asked why he had
only Italians in his employ he replied:
Because they are the best workmen,
and there are enough of them. II an
italian down in that ditch has a shov.
elful Of earth halfway up when the
whistle blows for dinner, he will not
drop II; he will throw 1t up; others
will drop 1t. And when the lunch hour
Is over, when the clock strikes the
italian will be leaning on his shovel
ready to go to work, but the other fel-
lows will be out under that tree and
viii be three minutes getting to the
Job, and three minutes each for 100
men Is not small item"
The Italians are industrious, good
natured, very affectionate toward chill
dren, courteous and polite often to the
point Of dishonesty. generous and self
sacrificing. But the impulse of these
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01
JOY FOR THE SCRUB WOMAN
Electrical Machine Does All the Tedl.
Gus Work While sIddy Stands 4
BY and orlns. .aE

The latest recruit to the ranks of
electric labor-saving devices is a scrub
bling machine. II weighs about 100
pounds and is entirely self-contained,
with the single exception that II takes
Its current from any convenient socket.
The machine vets, sweeps. scrubs.
and dries the floor at a single opera
tion. II requires only a single attend
ant. who merely pushes the machine
forward and guides 1t. He controls
the amount of water distributed on the
floor by means Of handle. This wa
ter is Immediately swept up by cy-
lindrical brush which is 10 inches Wide
and has circumference of 20 inches.
This brush is driven by a one-fourth
horsepower motor at speed of GOO
revolutions per minute.
The brush does the actual scrubbiup
and carries all of the dirt and solled
water over an apron into a separate
receiving pan, so the scrubbIug is al
ways done with clean water from the
upper tank. The machine is said to
have capacity of nearly 1000 square
feet OF surface per hour.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01

Krouse Peter Mrs. Frame house. Colorado St. Central
Kiais Albert. Frame house lot o. blk 81. Central
Klein Elizabeth Frame house head OF Tush Russell
Miller. John Est Frame house lot B. blk Al. Central
Mayor. Reuben. Frame house. blk 50 Central
Manley. Ernest Frame house, lot g. 1-2 OF 6. blk 81
Central CITY ........
~ house. 4 lots Cooper ST.. In
Black Hawk
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01

Two-Forty M. 4
U. PR. NJ. & NJ
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01

People of Gilpin county subscribed
$4,000 to the second Liberty loan.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01

excellent qualities is Offset by the
Italians dense ignorance, which SEN
fences him to spend the rest OF his life
after he reaches America In the drudg-
cry Of unslkllled labor.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01

Tie observer.-S2.Oo per year.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01
Plateau Mill e. NJ

S..
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01

Sayre, Hal.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-01
Olsen. Nels G.
Palmer. D.. W..
Pearl Tatum NJ.
Patterson. Frank

Price. w. L......
Prompt Pay Gold
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TOO MUCH POVERTY.

- ( s4 u ~
Fir. .Noye is a son of ST. Francis, and
therefore lover of holy poverty, but
there seem to be. limits even to a mis-
sionary's endurance. He says of his
chapel in China, and incidentally Of
himself:
Il beg to present myself as beg
gar in a double sense: first, as a Fran
ciscan, and, secondly, as very poor
missionary. But, like the Poor Man
of Assist, beg not for myself, but for
the Lord, Who, sad to say, had no
place to lay His Head in this poor lit
tie mission of mine-that is, no place
that is at all fitting for His Sacrament
tai Presence.
Let me tell you about the hovel
that we call our church When my
predecessor bought it, there were two
pagan families occupying it, together
with their idols, their pigs and their
cattle! In this section of the coun-
try, where thieves abound on every
side, the poor people are obliged to
keep their domestic animals in their
sleeping rooms at night, for fear of
thtir being stolen. You can imagine
tho condition of affairs, with human
bell gs and animals am huddled In to-
getI r into one room, which serves
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-10-13
WHAT THE WHITE FATHERS
ARE DOING.

A year ago this time, the Society of
African Missionaries, whose members
are known as the White Fathers, had
charge of 127 belonging to nine apos-
tolic vicariates, and one prefecture.
The missionaries then working in the
field were 499, besides a great number
engaged in the general administration,
or in the novitiates the society main
tains in America, Asia and Europe At
each station there must be at least
three missionaries The Fathers are
helped by lay Brothers who are also
members of the society and by an or
der of Sisters founded likewise by Car.
dinal Lavigerie.
The society has two missionary
fields. In North Africa we are work
ing among Mohammedan populations;
further south among the colored
tribes of the Soudan and of the equa-
torial countries. These missions COM
bined cover an area almost as large as
the whole Dominion of Canada or the
United States, that is, about two mil
lion five hundred thousand square
miles, or one2ifth of the Dark Con-
tinent'' AS for the inhabitants of
these immense countries, they approx
innate more /. than twenty millions,
about one-seventh of the whole popu-
lation of Africa.
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WAR is DIscIPLlNlNe THE
VI, NEGROES.


Some months ago Father Wilfrid
Sarrazin, w. F., had to work with the
ambulances in the northern part of
Nyassa, Africa. There he had occa-
sion to observe the black man in mil
itary life, and his words are full of
praise for him under these new and
trying conditions:
81 am glad to say that our negroes
behave very well. both on the march
and in camp. Their superstitions and
vices are not apparent; fatigue is good
discipline, and the presence of stran-
gers kills more paganism than a long
exhortation. The situation will have
its good side, if it does not last too
dong.
at must be said that in ordinary
times, in our mission, the negro does
not know how to conform to regular
work, to the trouble and perseverance
needed. He understands now that
since one has need OF. him, he himself
must know how to work and to per
severe in it. Perhaps he will reach
the point OF having ambition enough
10 arneliorate his material condition
which, until now, has been Of the
worst. Certainly we look to see him
develop Ia bis soul and on the side
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SHOWING A SPLENDID SPIRIT.

.-i s =
Catholics and Professionals alike
must recognize today that the Ma
tional Council of the Knights of Co.
lumbus is planning to do a very fine
thing for the young men of America
in establishing, near all environments,
recreation grounds for the use of the
thousands of citizen-soldiers who will
be in training, after September 1.
''The National Council, of course,
feels duty to it's fellow Knights and
to all Catholics who may be con-
scripted. But it is by no means mar
row. It's recreation grounds will be
open to the Protestants and Catholics
alike, offering harmless diversions to
offset the temptations that unprin-
cipled men and women are apt to sup
ply for great armies of men.
1T is fine thing viewed from any
angle, and the country must have a
deep appreciation of the noble spirit
that prompted it. Professionals must
take off their hats to this Catholic So
ciety for having made the first move
to meet serious situation.
Battle Creek, with an abandoned
Y. M. c. A., is sorely handicapped
along the very lines selected by the
knights for their work. The announce
ment of this plan and the Rotary
Clubs decision to form vigilance
committee, to guard against lewd wom-
en- and illicit traffic in liquor, gives
evidence that the forces of evil sur
rounding this cantonment, at least,
will be met with a very vigorous OPP
position from the start. The boys sent
to Battle Creek will be safeguarded
as boys of no military camp have ever
been safeguarded before.
Hats off to the Knights of Co.
lumbus, the Rotary Club, and to every
organization or individual who shows
the willingness to do something for
Battle Creeks coming army besides
exploiting it for commercial gain and
personal profit.
Battle Greek Moon-Journal. June. 1917.
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HISTORICAL ACCURACY
CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS LONG
SUFFERED FROM Mls-sTATE-
MENTs-LEGENDs AND FABLES
OFTEN ALLEGED AS TRUTH
CHURCH NOT AFRAID OF TRUTH
IN ANY FORM.

We may safely assert that the great
bulk of historical writing during the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
has been done by Catholics, and
that, too, not only in an un-Catholic.
but very often in an anti-Catholic
spirit. 1mpartially, judicial calmness.
fair play, seem thrown to the winds,
when there is question Of anything
Catholic. Let an historical parsonage
be a monk, priest, bishop or Pope,
and nearly always his motives are at
tackled, his plans belittled and his con-
duct declared reprehensible. says q
writer in Truth.
Look into the writings of Neander,
a man of wide knowledge and usually
Of sound appreciation for good and
benevolent projects, yet how bitter,
how unseemly his prejudice when he
speaks of the Catholic Church. The
same verdict must be passed upon the
works Of jacob, Schaff, Bohringer.
and Of their many colleagues in this
important branch Of historical inves-
tigation. Are they not all marked BY
a display eitheT Of hatred or Of blind
prejudice against the Universal
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THE QUEEN OF APOSTLES RE
MEMBERS HER OWN.

Bishop Leray Vicar Apostolic of the
Gilbert Islands, Oceania, writes that
for a time communication with the
rest of the world was SO cut off that
they were in danger of being deprived
of the privilege of saying Mass, for
lack of wine.
y''sThe Blessed Virgin" he adds, who
obtained the miracle of Cana by say
ing to her Divine Son: They have no
wine, came to our aid. She inspired
one Of her faithful servants at Sgd
ney, an Irish Catholic, to send us the
wine, of which we were about to run
short, and the first steamer which
touched at our islands brought us a
supply. We at once expressed our
warmest thanks to this devout serv-
ant of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.
who was delighted to hear that his
first gift had reached us safely, and
made haste to send us another
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A CONTEMPORARIES VIEW or
NATIVE CLERGY.

81
The July number of The African
Missionary. published in Cork, Ireland,
has this to say on the subject of
native clergy:
All over the world missionary Bish-
ops have aimed at forming a body of
native priests to evangelize their coun-
trymen. The Gospel of Christ recog-
nizes no distinction between Jew and
Gentle, and there is no color line in
the Catholic priesthood. But the work
of training native clergy varies in diff
ferent fields. Among backward and
savage races it requires long effort
of Christianity before the people can
be so formed as to give constant
supply of priests; while in civilized,
but pagan, lands the work is much
easier. In Africa the admission of
natives to the rank of the priesthood
requires extreme caution, and, in most
part, only catechists are possible. Yet
never were such priests more urgently
required than now, when SO many Eu-
ropean missionaries are called away
from their work"
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FROM FATHER VERBRUGGE'S
MISSION,

The acting Superior of the Mill Hill
Fathers in Arevalo, Iloilo, P. l., is
Rev. James Mansfield, the Superior,
Father VerbruggeI being now in this
country working in the interests of his
mission.
Some assistance has already been
sent to Iloilo, and in return comes this
letter from Father Mansfield.
81 am not aDIe to express adequate
ly how grateful we are for the Mass
intentions. No doubt our Superior,
Father Verbrugge, will have explained
how entirely we depend on Mass in
tentions from America for our sus-
tenance and the support of our vari-
Gus mission stations. Without the
help of dollar intentions. many of our
Fathers would have to face practical
ly starvation, as the income in their
stations is so wretchedly small that it
would be by no means sufficient to
provide for their bare living, whilst
in other stations, where the income lis
slightly better, the most necessary
work, like the support of the parochial
school, etc., would be entirely para
lyzed. May our Lord bless you and
all our American friends for your great
share in our work, which we try to ao-
complish to the best of our powers,
viz, to save the Philippine nation of
the Church of Christi"