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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-22
By Associated Press.

Geneva, Feb. 2l.-Kurt Eisner. the
premier of Bavaria, was sho6 dead
at Munich this morning at 10
o'clock.
Herr Eisner, with Herr Merkle,
his secretary, was walking along the
Prannerstrasse to attend the open
ing of the landtag where he intend
ed to deliver all important speech.
Suddenly Lieut.. Count Arco Valley.
formerly an officer in the Prussian
guards, shouting Down with the
revolution, long live the kaiser" fired
at Herr Eisner, from behind at a
distance of a few yards.
Two bullets penetrated the pre-
mier's head and he fell dead on the
pavement. A sailor shot down his
assailant, who is reported to be
mortally injured.
The first news of the tragedy
reached the landtag when a Bavar-
ion soldier holding Herr Eisner's
blood-covered spectacles in his hand,
entered shouting, "Eisner has been
murdered" The assassination has
created a great sensation at Munich
and grave troubles are feared as
Herr Eisner was the idol of the
population of the city
Auer Shot in Landtag.
At the session of the landtag,
Herr Auer, minister of the interior,
Mas shot while alluding to the assas-
sination of Kurt Eisner, the Bavar-
ian premier.
Auer fell wounded in Me left side
and Deputy Osel was killed and two
other officials Awere seriously
wounded.
The shots were fred from the
public gallery and caused a panic
among the deputies.
The Diet building now is being
guarded by the military.
Herr Auer was a member of the
majority socialist party. He first
came into prominence last Novem-
Der, at the time of the revolt in
Bavaria, taking the portfolio of min
lister Of the interior in the new
cabinet
Forced to Resign.
The following month when the
period of unrest in Munich became
grave Auer was compelled, at the
points of revolvers of revolutions
lists who visited his house at night,
to resign.
A short time afterward the min
isterial council of the people of Ba-
varia expressed its anger over the
forcing of Auer to relinquish his
position and declared that his res
ignation naturally is void and the
minister remains a member of the
government" The document was
signed by Kurt Eisner, as minister
president.
Last December II prominent men,
including one Bavarian duke, were
arrested in Munich, charged with
having been engaged in a conference
with the local soldiers council. 1t
was asserted that revolutionary
plot was on foot and that Auer was
connected with it. In a speech in
the Bavarian chamber of deputies
January z, Auer said he proposed to
intervene with arms against Ger
many if the unsettled conditions in
Berlin continued.
Announced by Scheidemann.
Berlin, Feb. 2l.-Herr Scheide.
mann, speaking in the national as
sembly, today, said:
With the greatest sorrow and
indignation l have to inform YOU
that the Bavarian premier, Kurt
Eisner, champion Of the revolution.
has been shot by fanatic. Munich
is the scene of bloody civil war
and my friends, Rosshaupter and
Auer, are said to be dead.
The government expresses the
Continued on Page Two, Column Twof
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-22
Germans Regret Crime.

London, Feb. 2l.-The attack on
Premier Clemenceau is regarded by
the German press as a crime the
more regrettable as being likely to
strengthen sentiment against Ger
many in France, according to a
German wireless message received
today
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-22
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MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE FOUR WOMEN.
BITS OF NEWS

Lansing, Mich, Feb. 21.-Michi-
gan democrats in state convention
here today nominated four women
candidates to state elective offices
and gave women one-third on the
state central committee l.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-22
AND
2 OF HERS
VICTIMS OF
ASSASSINS
Premier Shot Dead in Street
by Count Arco Valley;
SpartaCanS Defeated
in Uprising.
BULLETIN.

London, Feb. "a German
wireless message received here
quotes Philip Scheidmann, Ger
man chancellor, as saying that
Herr Rosshaupter, Bavarian min
lister of war, and Herr Auer, min
lister of interior, in addition to
Premier Eisner, have been ASSN
ated.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-22
THE WEATHER:
Snow Saturday; Sunday
fair; not much change in
temperature.

Hourly Temperatures
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18
DEVON

While playing on Spring street, Sunday evening, Lillian Fyfe, seven, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Alex F>yfe of Bridgeport avenue, Devon, had the misfortune to fall and break her left arm above the elbow.
 The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Devon Hose Company held a very interest ing meeting in the fire house Monday evening and the newly elected officers assumed their chairs. The officers are: President, Mrs. A. L. F>yfe; vice president, Mrs. Ralph Shoemaker;
 secretary. Mrs. C. s. Douglass; treas
 urer, Mrs. Francis Douglass; auditing
 committee, Mrs. A. H. Chamberlain.
 Mrs. William Pearson, Mrs. William iGraham. During the evening Mrs. A.
 L .Fyfe in few well chosen words presented Mrs Chamberlain, the re- tiring president, with a beautiful gift. All members who have not turned in | their due cards are urged to do so be-
 fore the next meeting.
 | A delegation of members of the Walnut Beach Hose Company, No. ,, and members of the Walnut Beach Improvement Association were pres
 ent at the meeting of the Milford fire department in the municipal building Wednesday night.
 Captain Smith of the Walnut Beach fire department and John L. Pole, a prominent resilient. spoke in behalf of the residents of Walnut Beach. Mir. lPole told of the needs of a better fire department for that district and urged the fire board to supply new fire ap- !paratus and a new building. As it is now planned the fire board was urged to do away with a number of these small volunteer fire headquarters and establish one headquarters with a l pumping engine which would look out
 for the interest of the safety of the people of Walnut Beach, Silver Sands | and the surrounding district. | Plans for the firemen's tournament
 between the Fort Trumbur Beach
 Hose Company No. 2; Myrtle Beach
 Hose Company No. 3; Devon Hose Company No. 4. and the Walnut
 Beach Hose Company No. 5, will be lcompleted at a special meeting of the
 captains and heutenants of each com
 pany to be held at the Devon fire house, on Spring street, Thursday evening at o'clock.
 The Devon firemen held their week Iy drill Wednesday evening, and also practised on hose laying, anl accom- | plished the feat of laying two lengths or hose and attaCHinS same 10 n.y. ] drant in one minute and five seconds It is quite evident that the boys are making ready to win the contest tha,
 is to take place within short time Commodore and Mrs. T. J. Falls with their son, T. J. Falls, Jr, and I Miss Mary Begg have left on a week cruise on the Commodore's yacht "Sa1ome."
 H
 The bell of the Plymouth church which has been in a cracked condi- T ton for a-number of years. has been sold to a New Haven junk dealer and was taken down Tuesday and broker up. It weighed 800 pounds and
 brought the society $So. A committed
 of which Albert Beldwin is chairman { lis on the watch for a new bell.
 The Police Commissioners hold 6
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18

meeting Wednesday evening to act upon the petition of the Milford Bus mess Mems Association to appoint a traffic officer to do duty in Milford center, and refused to grant the re- quest because the Board of Finance cut down the police appropriations for the year and there was no money for such purpose. The Police Department has been depending upon dummy officers to do the necessary traffic work. The commissioners decided to re- fuse all applications from concession aires at Walnut Beach and the other
 summer places in the town to sell live stock. Some of the merchants had planned to sell canaries and goldfish but the commissioners had memories | of last year when chickens were sold
 at the beaches and the fowl were car ried around by the lucky number holders by their necks, causing much
 suffering to the chickens and making
 chicken selling more of a nuisance
 than pleasant occupation.
 Fishermen in this town are excited 1 over the report that trout are run | ming wild in the Wepowaug river
 and that bullfrogs are also plentiful I III the stream. POnCeman George l Mallory Is authority for the state | ment that trout are back in their 1 old haunts after years of absence l due to the refuse which went into | the river from the Askan Rubber l Co.'S plant.
 A new method of catching bull | frogs was introduced last night by | a. Milford1te. He used a plain hook l and line and landed 12 sleep dis | turbers without much effort Be- cause of his success, 1t Is thought that there will be a rush on the l stores that carry fishing apparatus Five per cent. bonds of the Town | of Milford, in the amount of $5O,- | 900 have been placed on the market l and sealed proposals will be re- 1 ceived by Sanford Hawkins, Town | Treasurer, at the selectmen's office
 until P. NJ, July 22nd. 1919. The bonds will be dated, August | 1st. 1919 and will be in denomina- | tons of s1,O0O each, and will be | taken care of in the annual budget, l so that $5,00O will be payable Au-
 gust 1st. 1920, and at that rate l thereafter.
 The total bonded indebtedness of !; the town at present Is $459,oo0, in- | cluding the issue mentioned above,
 and the grand list on Nov. 1st, 1918
 was s12.5oa,01s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18

Pray" said a lady to an eminent judge at a party. "can you tell me what sort of a bird the bul-bul is7''
 "I suppose. ma'am," replied the humorous judge, 'It ts the male of tha coo-coO."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18
CONDITION OF
 DUDA GIRL IS
 MUCH IMPROVED

The condition of Matilda Duda, II, of 2e2 Willard street, who h under at St. Vtncent's hospital. is improved to such an extent that an operation will probably not be necessary It had been feared that the glr's right leg would have to, be amputated.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18
AN INEXPENSIVE CUT.

Tramp: "Garn, dyer mean to tell me yer've got cuts to suit all purses
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18

tions, and glorying over the rac4 {<e| 1t got away without being diSce1Ii2. |.
 ed. sss,z2i sss=.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18

While playing on Spring street, Sunday evening, Lillian F'yfe, seven, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Alex f>yfe of Bridgeport avenue, Devon, had the misfortune to fall and break her left arm above the elbow.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18

army was vlotoEiously retreatinE ev-. cry day to previously prepared posi-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18

The Police Commissioners held a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-18

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28
SUFFRAGE
 IN PORTO RICO?

San Juan, Porto Rico, March 28-
 share all rights granted to men un-
 der the existing laws, is the proposal
 of an act introduced into the House
 of Representatives by Representative
 Gonzales Mena.
 The Womans' League of Porto Rico,
 with over 2,5O0 members through
 the island, and which is working to obtain the vote for women, is not in favor of the bill as it is considered too sweeping in it's terms. The league fears that if the vote is given to ignorant and iIliterate women throughout the island it will mean only more votes to be controlled by the politicians.
 It wants votes only for women who can read and write, more for educa- tionlI and patriotic reasons than for political purposes and the women ex- pect to use their influence and pow CT in social, charitable, moral and intellectual ways.
 Under the control of the womans' League of Porto Rico the woman's suffrage movement in the island has made a. considerable advance constd- ering that it has been in progress only two years. For many years Por- to Rico has held the usual Latin American idea of woman's place in life.
 Bills providing for woman's suf- frage were introduced last year in the legislature but failed to pass while not very strong hopes are en- tertafned of the bill recently intro duced: which in any case is thought by the league to be too far reaching | Members of the league. however, say they are not discouraged and will con 1 tfnue their work until the women of Porto Rico who can read and write are given the vote to be used for the moral and social benefit of the is- land.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28
ENGLISH WANT
 48-H0UR WEEK

London, March 2S-Recommenda- Gions that a. legal maximum working week of 48 hours, subject to varia- ton in proper cases, with adequate safeguards, be established, that sys- tematic overtime be discoura ged, and that legal time wage rates of uni versa1 applicability be fixed, are made in the report of 6 committee ap- pointed by the industrial conference which met in February at the re- quest of Premier Lloyd George. The committee wa.a charged with the duty of considering the causes of la bor unrest and inquiring into the question of hours and wages and was made of sixty members. evenly divid- ed between the employers and repre- sentauves of trade unions.
 It is suggested that agreements for minimum time rates should be reach ions to be applicable to all employees in the same trade; that the basis for negotiations between employers and workmen should be a full and frank acceptance of employees organizations as recognized organizations to speak and act in behalf of their members; and that all workmen should accept the Jurisdiction of their respective or ganizations.
 Among the suggestions nade by the committee to meet the problems of uT1- employment and the maintenance of the unemployed are plans for state development of new industries, the raising of the age a { which children should be allowed to enter employ ment, more generous sick benefits and old age pensions.
 It is proposed that a national in dustrial council be formed, to con- sist of 400 members. each side be- ing equally represented. A standing committee of fifty, also evenly di- vided, is suggested in the report.
 The committee has asked the gov ennment to authorize the minister of labor to intimate at the conference to be held on April 4, whether if the plan is adopted, the government will tput 1t into effect.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28
K. OF C. TO SEND
 MORE WORKERS
Organization Gets Praise From Gen. Pershing For
 Overseas Service.

New York, Mar. 2S.--The Knights of Columbus has reorganEzed its relief work and sent 300 more workers to France to meet the new conditions surrounding the men of the expe- ditionary forces after the armistice, William J. Mulligan, Chairman, of the K. of c. War Activities Committee, announced yesterday. He has just re- turned after four months abroad.
 All war relief agencies were con fronted with the necessity of making their work stronger when the excite 1nent of hoshlities had been taken away, MT. MuIligan explained. The reaction needed to be met by an ln- erease in diversion and recreation.
 The entire K of C. work has been Teorganized into a. system Of zones. Each zone has a supervisor and from 50 to 100 secretaries. More than 200 K. of C. men are with the Army of Occupation. The total force abroad numbers l 900 men.
 Mir. Mulligan opened fifty new. K. Of c. places. He conferred with rep resentatives of the War Department, the Red Cross, Y NJ. C. A.. Salvation N+ perfected arrangements to prevent overlapping of effort.
 Tn my judgment" Mir. MulHga7 said, "our overseas force will not fully leave Europe for another twelve months. When I left Paris the i'm pression was that the peace treaty would be whipped in shape by the middle of May, but our boys will be detained until they can return in comfort. All the relief organizations have made their plans with this pc riod in view. If the American public could realize how urgent Is the need for entertainment among the troops they would wish that, instead of seven organizations, seventy times seven were catering to their boys.''
 MT Mulligan was the guest of Car dinal Mercier in Belgium, He pre- sented to the Cardinal a check for 10000 francs from Cardinal Gibbons.
 Gen. Pershing, MT. NIuI1igan said. expressed his enthusiasm over the elaborate boxing programme being carried out by the Knights.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28
NEW COURSE
 ATTRACTS INTEREST

Inquiries continue to pour into the offices of the Federal Board for Vo- cationa1 Education relative to the farm mechanics" course evolved as a brand new occupation for disabled men of the army, navy and marine corps who are so badly disabled as to require vocational retraining at the hands of the board. Farm owners in many farm owner to realize that recognized the practicability of the course and voice the need for men trained along the lines indicated.
 The labor shortage has caused many af arm owner to realize that he must get out of the rut and sub stitute machinery for time honored wastefu1 methods, but his own lack of knowledge concerning the upkeep and operation of farm tractors, motor trucks, automobiles, gas engines, electrical machinery, and the like has been the principal barrier. The diff Acu1ty of, obtaining competent help has been an equal obstacle. That the Federal board has started training disabled soldiers Tn this new trade of farm rnechanics'' has been glad news to many farm owners long time victims Of incompetent, untrain- ed labor, who, nevertheless. have been steadily increasing their wage xaulands while not irn rnproving the ser vice rendered.
 Es q result oS trained men, able to operate machinery which will all but eliminate tire average farm 1aborer, farm owners are hopeful and display great interest in putting their places on a modern basis, equipped with modern labor saving machinery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28
COMPLETION OF THE
 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

On this date in 1891 the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed from ocean to ocean and became g. truly transcontinentaI transportation sys- tenn, the only one in America. The great railway, built at such tremend- ous cost in money, mental and manu- al labor and parliamentary converse ton, was completed between Montreal and Vancouver in 1886, but it was not until nearly five years later that its eastern tenacIes reached to the Atlantic After the completion of the MontreaI-Vancouver main line, the company began gradually to ac- quire smaller lines to link together the AtIantic-to-Pacif1 system and t0 serve as feeders. These roads in- cluded the New Brunswick system, the North Shore, the Canada Central, the Atlantic and Northwest, the AIon- treaI &o Ottawa, the Toronto, Grey & Bruce, the Credit Valley, the Subury and Sault Ste. Marie, the St. Law renee & Ottawa, the Manitoba & Southwestern, the Minneapolis ,& St Paul, the Calgary & Edmonton, and many others. Since the completion Of the Atlantic to Pacific line, the work of construction and assimilation has been continued, until the system total mileage is about 14000, the greatest of any single system in North America
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28

PNEHURsT, N. C.. March 27- The miIe-and-a-haIf steeplechase, the chief event at yesterdays race meet ing of the Pinehurst Jockey Club, was won by MeIos, entered by George E. Nibbs and ridden by HuIcoat. Nat Hurds Porin, with Diamond up, was second. Drawn, entered by James Tufts, of Boston, led at one stage of the race, but fell at the fifth hur- dle and was injured so badly that he had to be shot. The jockey escaped unhurt.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28

z ANNAPOLIS, March 27-Soccer will be played for the first time at the Naval Academy against an outside team when the aMidshipmen meet Bal tin1ore City. College Saturday. Next year g. regular schedule will be arr ganged.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28
How to Keep Abreast of the Times

matter how busy you may be, matter how little
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-28

you thousandfold. Without it you simply not be at your best anywhere socially, in the world of bus- in the field of ideas in matters of art religion
 It summarizes, epitomizes them all for you, week by week. gives you the wheat of facts threshed of the chaf of and freed from the bghting mldew of bias. keeps you informed on all important world times
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-27
Twice Told Tales
News Of Memphis
26 Years Ago

Miss Theodore Alcorn Barnes and
Oscar Carr we're married at Clarksdale.
Miss, today at the residence OF ME-
kand Mrs. J. w. Cutrer, The BRIDE
! groom is one of Clarksdale's most prom
ssinent young business men. The bride
sister. Miss Dora, acted as maid OF
honor, and w S. Campbell, w: Il, An
tlerson, ]. L. Alcorn, Jr., r. Nj. Muir
ply, Walter Clark and j. M. Anderson,
\ Of Memphis, acted as ushers. MRS.
\ George S. Yerger presided at the piano:
Il Deputy Sheriff George Blackwell sold
-four pieces of property today to satisfy
a Judgment for $10,64S.45 rendered
March %, 1892, against W. A. Collier
'get al. The suit was brought by the
sCole Manufacturing company for value
Rof materials used In the construction
~ a building.
IN Charley beth, of the G, & o. says
sthat H. d. Wilson is dead wrong IN
saying that the Iron Mountain has pur-
chased the transportation building at
D he Worlds fair to be used in Memphis
rs union depot. He says the tact
8 the c. e. OF has bought the build
4 ing and will put it at Woodstock Tor
IA depot
Kerrville was out en- masse to at.
ftend the trial of Dan Hawkins, charged
with burning barns IN the kerrville
|fneighborhood. Gen. George 3, Peters
MS prosecuting the case for the state
kwhile James w Palmer is represent
Ning Hawkins.
~ +. X, Riddick. OF Somerville, Tenn,
his in Memphis.
N a. S. Caldwell left for New York.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-27
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER,
Compiled by John @. oulnlus, the
Sunshine Man.

There are diversities of operations,
but II In the same God which worketh
all in all Cor, xii, g.
! form the light, and create dark
ness, | make peace and create evil
the Lord do all these things.-Isa.
XIV, T.
This, then, Is OF faith, that every
thing the very least, or what seems to
US great, every change Of the seasons,
everything which touches us in mind.
body, or estate, whether brought about
through this outward senseless nature,
or by the will OF man. good or bad. is
overruled to each Of us by the all holy
and all-loving will Of God, Whatever
befalls US, however It befalls us, we
must receive as the win OF God. II II
befals u through mans negligence, or
ill-will or anger sti!l It IT, In every the
least circumstance, to us the win OF
God. For If the least thing could hap
pen to Ia without Gods permission, It
would he something out Of Gods cor
tron Gods providence or His love
would not be what they ara. Almighty
God Himself would rot be tho fame
Gnd: not tlles God whom we believe,
adore and love.-E. b. Pusey from
paily Strength,