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THE FARMER: 'AUGUST 6, 1913
COINCIDENTAL COUPLES
Fown Cterk Makes Unusual Discovery
While Tabulating Itocorcls.
"WJien Town Clerk Thomas was go
to sr over the stubs In his marriage li
cense book this morning he discovered
the remarkable coincidence that he
bad issued marriage r licences to two
couples with the same names, just four
days apart.
Both prospective grooms bore the
name of John Kominsky and both
brides answered- to the name of Anna
Paloosky. One groom was horn in
Austria, the other in Germany, hut
both prospective brides were born In
Germany.
y The first license Rfl- received on
JUJy.TbyrJofKpsrgy, aged 2L e
I factory hand, "who was""t6rn in Ger
many. He wanted a license to wed
Anna Palloosky,- aged 21, also a fac
tory hand, but born in Austria. ,
On July 11, John Kominsky, aged 30,
Rked for a license to marry Anna
Palloosky, aged 37. Both were 'born In
Austria. '
In looking over the books Town
Dlerfe Thomas discovered the slmilar
, Ity tn names and he -thought, at once
- - that through some error; the same par
i Uesv had taken . oat two licenses and
' been charged double fees. Each license
been issued by a different clerk..
An Investigation disclosed the re
markable coincidence. Both couples
are married now and living happily at
present.
JAMES W. TYSON TO BE
GAME SUPERINTENDENT
flniumitMlfiiii'. Choose Man From
Vermont, Who la' Elected
i ! Unanimously.
At a, meeting of the fish and game
tomml ssianer a held at the Capitol yes
terday, James W. Tyson, Jr., of South
StrafforoV 'Vt., :,was unanimously elect
ed V superintendents of . fisheries "and
came. This fnoe whi-ab, was created
at the last 'session, or the legislature,
carries a salary of not more than $3,
000 a year. The superintendent will
have all the powers and duties that
belong to the fish and game commis
sioners and, with the consent of the
'board, will have power to appoint and
remove (any fish and game warden, or
"special protector. ' ' -
Other' vu.udldH.lU!) fur therplace were
'Wilbur A. Smith of South Norwalk
and E. Hart Geer. Mr. Tyson is said
to be an authority on fish and -game
matters. He has been an organizer
for the Vermont State Fair for a num-i
ber of years. He is 48 years old, a. na
tive of Baltimore, Md., and was edu-
cated at Haverford College, Pa.
Charles H. Pease of Canaan, was
elected permanent secretary of the
board.
FORMER BRIDGEPORTER
DROWNED IN PACIFIC
According to a dispatch received
by Dr. Charles N. Haskell from Seat
tle, Wash., last1 night, A. S. Michen
er, a former resident of Bridgeport,
was drowned there on Sunday. Mr.
Michener, was vice-president and
comptroller of the Puget Sound Trac
tion, Light & Power Co. Mt. Michen
er formerly held a position of respon
sibility with the American and Brit
ish Mfg. Co. He left Bridgeport to
take a position in Boston and for this
concern went west. -
Mrs. Michener is a sister of Mrs. B.
B. Moffat of 68 "Washington avenue.
She with her mother and sister, will
leave Seattle with the bod y for Wash
ington, D. C, according to the dls
patcti. Washington was Mr. Michen
er's native city and the burial will
take place there.
The message which Dr. Haskell re
ceived was very brief but it indicated
that Mr. Michener- met his death by
accident while fishing. Mr. Michener
has many friends in Bridgeport who
will be, pained to learn of his untimely
deaths
II MAJOR LEAGUES
Bill Carrigan must envy George
Stallings-at this time, when the Braves
pitchers are looking so good.
Frank Chance Is no quitter, -has
always been a fighter from
ground up.
He
the
Abe Yager says J. t. Etobets is
keeping his hands off Newark In his
hour of need In order not to arouse
talk of syndicate baseball. The temp
tation. must be rather strong, as Harry
Smith "t outfit Is leading In the Inter
national race by a comfortable mar
gin, and, doubtless, some of the men
who are helping to keep Newark up
there would help the Brooklyn situa
tion out a whole lot.
John Henry, the Washington catch
er. will be out for a week -with his
latest. Injury. He was struck on the
Instep by a batted ball.
' Sinister Dick Kin sella, the Buffalo
Bill of baseball scouts, reported ' to
McOraw last week, after spending a
couple ieejssHki Texas. fick pass
ed np thetentire-Teiajef league. Sev
eral players there were recommended
to McOraw, but Kfnsella turned them
all down. He then went to St. Louis
lo enjoy cool weather, the temperature
being 'only 95 or -so in the Mound
City. , -
Kiisella avers that McGraw has a
great pitcher in Rube Schauer, who
Joins the team in about three weeks.
Since the New York club paid a fancy
price for Schauer six weeks ago, the
big right-hander has burned up the
Wisconsin-Minnesota- league. Kin
eella thinks he is a better prospect
even than Bill La-throp, wno ..was ta
ken away from the Giants and award
d to the White Sox. Sinister Dick
fclso took a good look at Larry Cha
pelle, the Milwaukee outfielder, for
whom the Chicago club paid a fancy
price, and turned hi mdown. "He
.ooked good enough for a draft," says
McGraw's ivory hunter, "but not for
purchase at a big price."
Pudding, sherbet, cake and iced tea
Is luncheon enough for Walter John
son on days when he is to pitch, or on
any day, for that matter. How much
less does the average city cave-dweller
require to overload his stomach
at mid-day? ..... ,(
Frank Chance. 1 not likely to quii
baseball while he is manager of a tail
end team. After he has landed the
Highlanders in the first division the
orange grove -might appeal to him,
perhaps, but he is not likely to quit
on the Job with what he has. shown
la New Tack. Me is lt,i asud. flsna.
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BECAUSE This Wonderful Vessel Has Made History Through Three Centuries. She Marked the Beginning: and the End of
England's Monstrous Penal System. -V
BECAUSE She Has Held Lurid Horrors and Dreadful Iniquities Beside Which Even the Terrible Stories of the Black Hole of
Calcutta and the Spanish Inquisition Pale Into Insignificance.
BECAUSE She is the Oldest Ship in the World and the Only Convict Ship Left Afloat Out of That Dreadful Fleet of Ocean
Hells Which Sailed the Seven Seas in 1790 A. D.
BECAUSE She is Unchanged After All These Years, Nothing Being Omitted But Her Human Freight and PTheir. Sufferings
From the Cruelties and Barbarities Practiced Upon Them.
BECAUSE Aboard Her Are Now Shown, in .Their original State, All the Airless Dungeons and Condemned Cells, the Whip
ping Posts, the Manacles, the Branding Irons, the Punishment Balls, the Leaden-Tipped Cat-o'-Nine Tails, the Coffin Bath and Other:
Fiendish Inventions of Man's Brutality to His Fellow-Man.
BECAUSE From Keel to Topmast She Cries Aloud the Greatest Lesson the World Has Ever Known in the History of Human
Progress. '
'The World's Greatest Men Have Written Volumes About Her. MR. ARTHUR BRISBANE, the famous editor of the New York American, wrote a full
page editorial on the Convict Ship. In part he said: ' . ,
r--- - "We can thank God that the Convict Ship,with the men tortured, flogged and branded, is today an exhibition intended to educate and no longer a dreadful
reality planned to punish and brutalize."
Boston, October 28, 1912.
GOVERNOR FOSS WROTE:
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASS ACHTJSETTS,
- ' . Executive Department,
Capt. D. H. Smith,
Convict Ship "Success": -
My Dear Sir; Your ship and her equipment? of old instruments of pun
ishment bring to mind as nothing else could the social conditions which we
have outgrown during the past 100 years. I am very glad that the people of
Massachusetts have had this opportunity to see the strides that have already
been made towards better methods of treatment, for I think your exhibition
will act as an added incentive towards the further improvement of ,our insti
tutional methods. I think you are doing a great public service by the exhi
bition -of - these horrible and obsolete prison methods.
i " ; Very truly yours,
: ; ; t EUGENE N. FOSS; Governor.
GOVERNOR POTHIER WROTE:
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS,
Executive Department,
, - Providence, November 20, 1912. '
Capt. D. H. Smith, -
British Convict Ship "Success," Providence, R. I.
My Dear Sir : After my interesting visit to your ship today I am prompt
ed to say: Public opinion in our day would not tolerate such inhuman treat
ment of unfortunates and such cruelty as was practiced in the days of the
convict ship 'Success." It has become the great power of the world' and
ITS VOICE MAKES THRONES TREMBLE AND GOVERNMENTS AT
TENTTVE. .-:;;.' i -- : -
I take this opportunity of .thanking you for your invitation to inspect
this historical, vessel. s
Very truly yours,
A. J. POTTTTKR, Governor.
Wealthy Americans Spend Millions Annually in Europe, Visiting Old Prison Castles and Their Dungeons. Today a 5 minutes' walk from Main St. and Fair
field Ave., Brings You to the very Anchorage of the Oldest and Most Notorious Floating Prison the World Has Ever Known. Her Stay in Bridgeport is limited.
When She Has Gone She Will Never Return. You Will Then Always Regret Your Missed Opportunity. Are You Really Going to Miss This Profound Illustration
of the Most Vital Factor of the Betterment of the Age? You Owe Yourself and Dear Ones the Study of This Lesson in Human Progress.
IN ALL PORTS THROUGHOUT THE CIVILE ZED WORLD WHERE THE CONVICT SHIP HAS BEEN OPENED FOR INSPECTION
RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF THE CLERGY OF ALL DENOMINATIONS.
NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVERY DAY, SUNDAY INCLUDED, FROM 10 A. M. TO 10 P. M. '
SHE HAS
Admission
zSY Cents.
IBridjpoirTi:
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nlng more changes In the lineup of
the Highlanders. He may put H. Wil
liams of Galveston on first base. Jack
Knight on second, Hartzell in left
field. " ,;
Joe Tinker, manager of the Cin
cinnati Reds, is trying to secure .Cy
Morgan, formerly of the Red Sox and
later of . the - Athletics, and who just
at "present is burning up the Ameri
can association with his fine pitching.
Joe says he will get Morgan if the
price Is not too high.
Joe .Wood's contribution to . th.o
Washington Times special edition ' in
honor of Walter Johnson and his six
years service with the Washington
team: "As I cannot do my own writ
ing on account of a broken thumb,
this will be no lengthy epistle. All I
can say is that I consider Walter
Johnson the greatest pitcher in the
game to-day, and also as good a fel
low personally as he is a pitcher."
MAGEE, FORMER STAR STICKER
OF NATIONAL LEAGUE, 29 TODAY
Sherwood R. Magee, once but that
was long ago the ry uodd or. me
National League, was born in Claren
don, Pa., twenty-nine years ago today.
Although not, strictly speaking, an
injun, Magee used to play with Car
lisle, Pa., and the poor Los dubbed
him Big Buck what Biffs Umpires.
That ' tendency stuck to him through
the years, and was responsible for his
fall from high estate as the stick star
of the old circuit.
It was in 1910, his seventh season
with Philadelphia, that Magee became
known as the swatting terror of the
Quaker City. He completed that sea
son with a batting average of .331,
leading the league. The next season
4np Started -out 'like, a house afire, and
the Phillies looked likte pennant win
ners, when bad luck overtook Magee,
and he spilled all the beans. It was
like this, as recorded by veracious on
lookers: Sherwood was talking with an um
pire one of. the species of the zoo
logical ' -division of "'Vermes talking'
Quietly and composedly and not lifting
his voice above high C, or Z at the
very most. Suddenly a look of agony
was seen to overspread his counte
nance, while his right hand" twitched
spasmodically. Sherwood tried to con
trol that hand tried heroically and
with every ounce of will power at his
command but in spite of all he could
do the hand doubled up until it as
sumed the . shape and. contour of a
fist. Then the' fist escaped from Sher
wood's control, and shot right out and
hit the oh,: horror of horrors! and
hit the umpire on the snockdaoeelem!
Now, I ask you in all seriousness, was
that Magee's fault?. Could he, by any
stretch of the Imagination, by any
perversion of justice, Jbe adjudged
guilty just because his arm .had a
spasm? Could he? , All fair-minded
boobs must answer in the negative.
Yet, just for that, Magee was suspend
ed, and the Phillies were thrown out
of their winning stride. In due time
he was restored, but the Injustice of it
all still rankled In his buzzum, his
spirit was broken, and he was never
the same again, as may be proved by
looking over his batting fever-ages.
Thus is told, for the first time, the
true inside story of this historical
event. Truth Is mighty and will pre
vail, and justice, although long delay
ed, will overtake all who were respon
sible for Magee's undoing. The gypsy's
curse is upon them, and not a man
concerned in that deep and dark con
spiracy will live to be over a. hundred
and fifty.
wife of scotch: sixgeb
bokx xiv caiitfornia bit
she cannot vote there
San Francisco, Aug. 6.' A test case
involving the right of a large number
of California -women to vote was de
cided in the state supreme court here
yesterday against Mrs. Ethel Coope
McKenzie, wife of a Scotch singer. The
court sustained the decision of the San
Francisco Election Commissioners that
Mrs. McKenzie, who is a native of Cal
ifornia, became a JJritieh eubjeot when
he married MCKrozie-ifho -has not
foresworn
George.
his allegiance ' to King
ABfiENITKE DKEADNATGHT
in drydock: at Brooklyn
BEFORE TRIAL OFF MAINE
jNew York, Aug. 6 The 28,000 ton
Argentine dreadnaught Rivadavia ar
rived in New York, early today, from
the Fore ' River Shipbuilding yards,
Quincy, Mass., where she was con
structed, to go into dry dock at the
Brooklyn navy yard to be painted.
The government extended the use of
the drydock, the one at Fore River
not being large enough fto accommo
date the Rivadavia. On the trip from
Boston, the battleship was manned by
a crew of BOO men from the Fore
River works and had on board a party
of Argentine naval officers.
When the work at the navy yard is
finished she will have her trials off
Rockland, Me.
BATTLE AT CANTON;
REBELS SUFFER DEFEAT
Hong Kong, Aug. 6 A battle start
ed, today, at Canton between the
Chinese government troops and the
southern rebels. Two divisions of the
government army attacked the east
gate of the city.
Hankow, China, Aug. 6 -An army
of government troops on August 4
captured the town of Tehan, on
Poyang Lake, the principal rebel base
in the province of Kiang-Si.
Another defeat was inflicted, yes
terday, by the government troops hn
the rebels in the province of Hu-Peh
when the town of Shayang on the
Han-Kiang, was captured from them.
REPORT OF BULGARIAN
RPEMIER'S ARREST DENIED
Sofia, Aug. 6 There is no founda
tion for the reports published abroad
of the arrest of Dr. S. Daiff, former
Bulgarian premier, at the instance of
the Bulgarian government.
THE SUMMER COTTAGE.
Formerly it was supposed, if you
epoke Of your summer home, that you
were fruit for an income tax. With
the common use of the word "shack"
a different kind of vacationing came
in. The summer home need not be a
thing of servants and bath rooms and
costly furniture. Many people ar
range it on a basis where' it Is much
cheaper tfian boarding at even an in
expensive resort.
" Sooner or later most people weary
of the artificial atmosphere of a sum
mer hotel. They have tested the arid
ities of its conversation. They have
danced to all the new dances, and
heard the rise and fall of successive
eras of ragtime. A longing for the
simple life begins to come over them,
where the children don't have to be
dressed up as for church three times
a day.
The real essentials of comfort are
good beds and good food. ' With a few
hundred dollars these can be assured,
up to the point where the cook deter
mines the fate of your housekeeping.
Formerly the summer house was
usually thought , of as connected with
some exclusive colony, having stables
full of horses or motors, shaven lawns,
carefully tended shrubbery. Now peo
ple go out Into the nearest woodland
or waterside" and build a little haven
of rest from labor, noise, dust, and the
steamy air of towns. Its walls may
consist merely of matched boards
nailed over a framework, minus in
side finish, carpets, rugs, or plumbing.
But the air is Just as tonic, the
woods are just as green, the sun dan
ces as merrily on the water, the hu
man companionship may have just, as
much charm, as If they paid thousands
(cormr-3ra.. jK-rnm nrm mh mimM
fer their outing.
The happiest summer vacations are
the most informal. The fellows who
wash the dishes and picnic with the
Sirls in some frail and obscure shanty
get much better acquainted than if
they motored along to the oases of
stiff fashion at costly hotels. Col
lege songs and the woodland rarabH
are better than dress suits and Attn--
lng master steps.
There Is a general movemnt emnn 3
bootblacks for a higher price. 1 ! ;
will probably be satisfied if th pri
is made 10 cents, with 6 cent tir
both the proprietor and th--pjBr xr,
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