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V THE' FARMER: JANUARY 12, 191 "El IB i " copen, mahogany and black. - ; : ? Many of' these dresses have the drop shoulder effect, and are trimmed with delicate laces while a. few are intended, strictly fpr mourning wear, !N"t one has been priced. un- der $25.00, and many have been $27.50 until now; Choose now at $16.75. , " ' Many other attractive bargains In- silk dresses await yon, - wWch have been reduced to $19 75 and $34.75. You're sure to ' find just the dress you want, if yon come now, Madam. .- - Our January White Sale is replete with wonderful values in beautiful undermuslins in tyles and trimmingmbreast of 1914 styles,and priced far beloW what you expect' to pay for choice pieces of lingerie. . Come and choose while choosing is easy. - j-r.Z. (t ' ? - . WCORPORATEO qUtFITTERSTO MEN i BRIDGEPORT. CONM Man JVho Accused WlfeipfShpming Diest In -Georgia - '-.1 . ..-V" - Yif r of Eugene Grace Was 'Acquitted of Murder . , ; v. Charge... ...;..:.,;'""' " 1 - ... .".- Kewnan, Ga.", "" Iran. 12 Eugene GrajcV- died nereiat ; 4 S tbja' morning from a bulls -wound -tie 'mysteriously v receded.. In Atlanta nearly two Jyears ago.. --He.: bad , suffered,, from partial paralysis ianee shortly after the shoot ing and" had been' in a. serious condi tion"" "for seveVaT-ay "''-'i Gracis tsrpTinded at MsAtl&irta, JlOJxie l- r -r r- " uuvq emu- rnoned ..by telephone' found him in' a' semi-cpnsciotta. condition., At tbe hes' pital he accused t hi$ wife, ,Mra. palsy Opie..43r3s,'..of ..the.', .shooting, ;! Mis. Grace -was , found ,'. ei tbe home . pt Grace's mother here . aid arrested on his accusation.. ater la the same year.i she was . tried. rn aJ .change of attetediniurdeeVir.and. "found . . xiot . guilty. ?s .-'-r..,V . At the trial Grace, brought into. .'die courtroom -on . a coUnmde statement in whicto he-said be bad been shot , by. his wife for-tbe purpoae.iOf eeeuring a large amount, of life tnaucanoe which, he beid",; Mrai -Grace' 'stated. -at the trial that' 4ierv husband" :Jiad been wounded In? a struggle between them for -possession or a pistol ana tr.aLt sne had feft-hijn and gone "to Hfetraan ln the belief that' he was not In at serious condition.- '--!r -: V Soon after"'he trial Grace'eft his Atlanta home to live with-his mother la Newnan. His death," physicians said, -was due directly" to' liraemic poisoning which set in about the wound In his ' back, .-:; . j iX:,r ;- Frederick " - Terry died yesterday ' morning'' following an operation i it or appendicitis jaf the Bridgeport hospl- tat " For the-past four Jnonths ho had been" a- Iceeper at the- Beaver dam. Mr. -Terry ''-was about 25 years of age' He came to Bridgeport rrom Wethers field ' where he toad been engaged in farming. He is survived "by bis widow and an Infant son. ' - , Mary, J.M widow - or' -Betijamln C. Towle, died' yesterday . at her late home, 706 Laurel avenue. She was 89 yeans of age and bad lived -in the "West End for many years. The body will be taken to New York for crema tion. ' .'. ; " . . ' '"''"'' ' DAUGIITERS' DECISION VTasblagton, Jan. 12 The . national oclety "of the Daughters of the Rev olution will Hoi bold its 23rd annual convention until April. Plans for the forthtfoming meeting are to be' map ped out' at a meeting here of the na tional board "of management of the or ganization on January 21. . Mrs.; William Cummings ' Story, of the 'D, 'i . E., is chairman of the board' and Svill give her personal at tention to':'the plans. ; ' - - GREAT LAKES REGIO.V - SUFFERS FROM COLD Chicago, . Jan. 12 All ..over the Great Lakes region there was today a drop, in-, -temperature . that was in marked contrast with the exception ally -.mild -weather that bad prevailed up to thio.time. At Duluth, thermometers- showed . 10 to 14 degrees below eero with much colder weather in the Iron mines country. r v In Chicago, the mercury dipped to eero and .-. at Cleveland where . the. changOiln conditions was accompanied, by a sixty mile an hour -gale from the northwest,, the temperature was rap idly falling. Botb here and in Cleve land the wind did . great damage. Chicago's police stations were filled with, persons too poor to find, shelter elsewhere. - , . -. " Hrmouth. Josef -. Slenezynski -was located rby the police aboard the George Washington. It is expected he will be arrested at Bremen on request of New Xorft, where he is wanted on a charge of grand larceny. 27.50 and $25.00 Silk -Dresses SJ7.75 In Our January Clearance Sale. 1 A r group pf, .tke loveliest afternoon dresses- you imagine a-yvaft your choosing at $16.75 ex- , quisite garments 'of silk, ; silk crepe,crepe ide cygne, charmense and pOplinin, the wanted colors, such " as navy; taupe, 'wisteria, 1 WOMEN Jc CHILDREN $1,200,000 PAID OUT III INTEREST BY 10CAL BAJKS More -than $1,200,000 was ;dlstri buted in interest on savings' accounts by the four savings banks of. Bridge-r port during, the caleiidar year 1913. Fpr '-they first' six months ally savings banks of the. city report gains in de posits' over the same period in 1912. For , the last six months the deposits were much '' les than ,for the same period in. 1912 and. there were ' also many withdrawals of accounts." But all of th. withdfra,wals-Tyere ; for the purpose of" investments 'arid the sav ings banks officers are of the opinion that depositors did not increase their accounts because they used the money in building homes, buying; real estate, of' for Other' like' investment' purpbses. ' - ! Hie "BrTa'sepbrt -savings' banks ar ef -TheiB!Hdgeport. Savings -bank; -C3ty Savings bank, Mechanics and Farmers' Savings bank,-5 and ' People's Savings Jbarik. These banks all pay 4' per cent? interest, i Seine savings banks in-other , parts Jof; the- state only-pay 3 and.,, i per cent -"- interest. All - Bridgeport banks elect officers In Jnly- end' hold thjeir - annual meetfnga at that -time. The fiscal year for savings banks is from October to October. - r ' ; All sa.vingr3 bank officers in "B.ridge pbrt tmlte in saying that working', peo- :plo are not withdrawing . their ae counts. :- The Farmer reporter - who .made a round of the banks found so many womei waiting to make deposits in every savings bank that he. was obliged to .wait in- each institution -before-he "could-obtain an audience with the officials. - . The new currency bill applies to na. tlofial banks only and will not affect the savings banks. , ARNOLD BRUNNER I - SPEAKS HERE TODAY , The local chapter of the D. A. R. Is holding Chapter Day this afternoon, in the Stratifleld Hotel. Arnold Bruhrier, the well known" architect of New &ot& addressed the members on "City Plan ning." Besides the lecture an" interr eating, program hjabeen prepared .in which a number of young' ladies. In colonial costumes participated. - QUEEN'S DAUGHTERS j . WHIST AT HOlffi y.. OF MRS. JAS BUTLER - Through an error it. was stated' in Saturday's Farmer that, Mrs. - James Butler of , 20 Hough . avenue would tbrpw open her home on, Wednesday.. lor the t. whist tournament of , the Queen's Daughters. The affair is toi take place on Friday afternoon, .Jan. 16 ilrtead of Wednesday. . . .. - . .- .. Many people are looking .forward with pleasure to this whist whicb will be one of a series "of- delightful ones, several of which have already- taken place. - An opportunity for enjoying a pleasant afternoon and otherwise help ing out the cause of charity is afford ed the guests at. ihese affairsi ' "- JAPANESE VOLCANO ' BURffiS TWO" VILtAGES T6kio, Jan. 12 Anxiety 'lias ' ' been caused here by the report -that the Sakura-Jima volcano in Southern Ja pan is in eruption and that two vil lages have , been buried in the J over flow. Refugees are fleeing to Ka joshima, province of Satsuma, which is separated from-the volcano: island by, several, miles of .water, a-.:, SEALS , ARE BROKEN ON ROOMS OF CARDINAL ; Rome, Jan. 12 The removal of the seals 'from 'the- apartment -of -the late Cardinal "Rampolla was begun ?-today in; the presence of representatives -of all the parties interested1 in hie estate. An' inventory was taken of everything found in the residence.' . ' " ' - The authorities are taking , this ac tion In view of the reported disappear-, ance of the alleged .last -testament .of the dead Cardinal. ,In this,- connec tion the investigating, judge has cited to appear , before' him for -examination tomorrow Baron and Ba.rpn.ess Ram-polla-Pezzana, - the three '. attendants of the . Cardinal, Father Mancini. JJis chaplain, those who laid 'out the body and several others. WSjt emsrro STRATFORD v Tomorrow? . evening ;the Bainhlers; will "play their third .basketball game tn the series- w4th the Blue Ribbons at Colonial 'hall. Each team has now one game to their credit ptOXte. Bam 'blers are confident that they1 will win tomorrow night. Although ;theysv.ere beaten quite ..badly last Tuesday, .they, think -that they can come- backt; It 'is,. hoped that a. large delegation? from town will be .present. 'to cheer for r the local team, for the cheering is a great, encouragement .. - to - the . players. '-On Friday - evening the : team , -wHl -travel to: Waterburyta-pla-y the fast .steam in that town; ? . A 'bus will start - f romr .Bridgeport at 6 ?o' clock. and- :- from J oTratiora at :4 to convey tnose who wish' to attend, to the .game. -- t- : I ' - Men's Club Meeting: " - Tonight r,4he Men's club of the Con gregational church will nieet -In ,fhe chapels ' AU members should be- pres ent, as the- Hon, JS. T. .Buckingham, former mayor of Bridgeport, will (Jo liver a talk on the new Workingmen'a -Compensation Law, and it should not be missed it possible. . . . :r. . . . - To Move to- J?rovidenoew - Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Decker, who? have been, in Providence for the last week, returned home today. Mr. and Mrs. Decker, will leave -soon - to taken-arp' their residence in Providence where Mr. - Decker will manage "a branch ef -the Kirkman Soap Co. with whom tie is pow connected., - i f ;"'K Jt ' Funeral . of Sirs; Wheeler. ' ' --- This afternoon at two o'clock 'the funeral of Mrs. Alice Kirk Whe?ler was , held from the late residence; on Wells place, the Rev. . Dr.. JS, N. Pack ard, officiating. Mrs. - Wheeler.' 'who was the widow of the late Mark .Wheeler, the mail olerk who was killed in the Westport railroad wreck last year, and who had been in poor health -for eomer, time,- ;waa ,bbrn afci Winsted--ln ..180, -,She.--ls;-survived .by three daughters Mfs. -Cecil Hawley, MJss Julia and Miss Bessie Wheeler; two sisters,. Miss - Jennie Kirk- and Mrs.- vj. C. . Burwell of Winsted, and one brother. John W4 ,TCirh - of-,Port-, lajndi i : Oregon-i . Mrs.. Wheeler, .was, one of test fknow&-;rsidents of. Strata ford,;; having- made-during . the .' time she - llyed- here many mends sand ac-,, qualntances by whom ner death "is gf eatly mourned. : Her daughters, who too-, -have.J.n extended, acquaintance in town, have the. warm sympathy of. their: manyfriends.-. . . ; Vidltinfr In Towa, ? . . r . . -. .. . . - ttt. t i has been- the house guest ' of Miss Flora. Dufour of Ferry Boulevard for a!few, days. . Friday "e'rehing Miss Du fou,entertne4 .at caM party in bonpir of Miss Wells and oh Saturday evening an . informal dance' was'- en Joyed by a number" of Miss Dufour's friends afters which. 'a luncheon was served... '. . . - ,'. '.-. ', - - Vocal Recitirt.r. ,4, . mtes tEleaifior o'xrnes of' thiston was among those wbo sang at the-In formal parlor-recital given by the pu pils of Mrs. Susan Hawiey. DaMa of Bridgeport; Saturday afternoon. Miss line), who up to a short time ago was the -soloist ; at tb' Efpiscbpal -"church, possesses' a fine ' soprano 'voice' as is well; known and It -was a pleasure for those who attended the recital, to hear the young lady.' v , ' l-i. ASHist at . "A. R, Meeting.. ' - Miss.M MarJorie i Sliliman ; and Miss iiay Beardsley aesteted this--afternoon;' in the large iwagram given . at the 20th -. birthday, anniversary- of Mary Sliliman chapter, p. A, . R... at the Stratfield ball room.. The young la dies took.'part in the recessional. Mrs. Raymond Jones, formerly of Strat ford, .-also ' assisted. .., a -. ,; . c - ..; : :-.-?;;' Red- Men's aiicec'-'-; s " -v- This Thursday .Is" the night ; of the old fashioned dance .to be given by. the Red Men at. their new hall on Church street .The committee, which is com posed ' of Fred W". Nettleton, John" Graham, Jr., Jffrnest Wilcox, Walter Hubbell and ' Asa, X. Parketon, have planned to have nearly all old. fash ioned dances so' that all the older folks as . well as the , young can Join, in them. M -PersonalNptea ..H -. " This evening, -the.. Franklin-: school Whist club : will meet at the h,ome of Mtes Esther Iwis on East. Broadway. After the game, the players will' par take of light luncheon . wniQh -wilj. be served by the hostess. ;" ' , ' Among the Stratford" young people who -attended the informal dance giv en jBLt, Saocum's gymnasium last Frl-'l day, ..by,, the Criterion club-were Miss Grace . Aufford,.- Miss Bertha Edwards and .Frederick Aufford, Stanley M each en and Roger Beers... . . .; ", -.. . i Tom Conine .has ! returned to New Hayenafter spending, the week end in . town with his' parents. : . . . .... . . ... Miss Eleanor Xewis, who Is teach ing in Stamford, spent Saturday, and Sunday -with ner parents on East Broadway,-. -; ;- . Miss Helen - Rogers,, who. has been visiting her - gramlparenia,, Mr, : and Mrs. Henry P. Stagg. of Blast Broad, way, has returned to her home in Philadelphia.- . ' " Wayne sAustln has returned after,-; brief .visit with, friends in. Westport. ; i Emmet Be&rdsley. returned to Sharon, Conn., "Where he.is.. at. work building, a new ir pad,,, after .pending v Saturday " and Sunday with' his parents;. ' -: Miss Gertrude atty is spending a few, days in Waljingford. A number of "! young 'people'"- from tpwn will attend the Ognar elub dunce at .Slocum's,- gyinnasium this evening. i Mrs. David Feneton.of Bridgeport, has been visiting friends in tovrri ' ' ' P.u-1 Goodell Jr. of Warwick avenue has been on the sick list. Friends from Bristol have been vis iting with Albert Xottonhoff Of St. John's drug store... '- . ... . Mrs. Isaac Paul..;.of Bridgtport, was -a recent guest in town. ' ' The Friday Afternoon.- Embroidery club met last Week . at , the home of Mrs. Charles - Griffin of ; Bridgeport. ThVs weev they will-, meet at the home Of ';Mns. William -H. St. John ;n King street. ' - i 1 ' At jthe 'Alleys. 1 At the alleys. Saturday, evening, the No Names took two, out . of three games from the T. Mk C team, In- a very interesting league game.. .Fol lowing are--the scores ;v , , ..v .... . - ...... -- No Names. '?'-. Conrad -...,..V.'. 1 Strtrk 91 Haowley . ., .. ..... .. ." Peterson 84 Bennetto 88 102 97 73 87 82 98281 ! 79-267 8&243 81252 81251 sa 441 424 1294 m Adi M. C. Co. ...... 6 .. 90 .... ;73 ' 94 - Hotchkiss . Flafanery. . Conw.ay Skinner -...' Connor .... 80 84 88 83 97 81227 91265 88-r249 100 277 80271 . 417 432" 440 1289 Following is the standing of the dif ferent, jteains: j Won. 12 ' 12 , 7": S -6 - 7 .' Xost. 6 9 7 -' 10 .- 7 11 P.C. S; F. D., -o Names,,. X-iQ, B. M., Nonpareils, -U: M. C, '" .666 .571 .533 ; .444 .461 : v324 . Outlaws, s High single,- -Lewis, -.123. - . .. f High three strings, Bennetto, 302, . .tnigo; leam -loiai,- i.vo names, .- - . Iligh pinning without a mark, Por ter, .91; v -.;.-; ,-; A few of the ' high averages are: Starfc 93, - Bennetto 92, 'Evitts 92,-Xewis 90, Nichols 89,. Hull 88. Etawley 96, Hee 86, .Xangdoni 86. - v - J r Fred Koberts-r received --the :- weekly prize -by beating -Bill Smith when they rolled 'off their-- tie of 92 without, a mark. ' : : r. Wednesday evening- the All-Strat ford team will" roll Manager Dewey's; team at the Washington Park alleys.. This shduldv.be; a. game worth seeing, as boti, teams -have appeared, on- the; home 'alleys once -this season and al though- the Stratford .boys were de feated, i they - are . in hopes - of- coming back, with a victory this time. - The. probable line up of the Stratford team will be Smith, Bennetto, Stark, Xewis and Evitts.': " -'j- .-;-. -': 'Fuzzy". Anderson Is a. real Outlaw now since' his " team , has dropped him. Here is a chance for some team. - There seems to be more interest '. in the league games this season, asstha games "' are - largely - attended ;-each night;'' The ' teams ' are more evenly matnhflrf than 'last fear- and there is no walk away for any team as the Outlnir club bad last season. The No Names have a well balanced team sihef ther have- been reinforced by - Peterson" and -Hawley. Conrad ' is howing ' much improve-! inent in nis rolling of late. ' He has a new Jump ball which is a sure thing to clean up all spares. Tjkwis seems- to- be going- back. Time was When all his friends would stake L P him for ;6ver a 100 score. THE 'Ma;SCBtIlSF QtJARTETTE' -. s . -. AND. ITS WORK Faett 'Tear the.' month, g of January numbers Its list.' Of . victims from- in nnnwi- Ma BrriPDe. bronchitis ana nneumonla. , The prompt, use of Fo leys. 'Honey - and. Tar uompouna .,wi 4 . . i 0 n .av, rm n nnecE tns tiuaot- .jj. a, ......- more serious conditions. . Keep it . on. hand. Hindle's Drug store. Adv. , E ASTON The regular meeting ' of East on grange will be -held 'on- Tuesday even-i-ner "The third'-' and-' feurtb degrees will be conferred on'it class 'of candi-f dates. The Epwbrth 'League" of the MftthodiEf -church wiir serve a "New' England supper' at their' hall on Sport Hill on Monday. ' There will be 'et pound - sale and c very interesting' program-" of music,"' -readings and -reci-; tatioiil The ' Eastbn grange- will " give a select dance in their hall on"' Fri day evening, ' January ' 16th. The Monroe, Trumbull Greenfield Hill and' Reddinc- arranges 'are ' invited. The proceeds will go ' toward the new "grange hall. Santuel -Twlney had the misfortune aK'few .. days ago"-to"1 lose his hprse.-.Albert Rumah'has returned5 to "Bridgeport, having enjoyed a week vacation with 'his mother, Mrs. Aurel Ruman, "S.; . at . the 'Center. : ; 1RUMBULL A . meeting of the Woman's Home, and Foreign. Missionary -: societies will be held va the, parsonage tomorrow after noon., Mrs.-Chester F.1 Brinsmade will entertain :, the-, members of- the sewing club-Jat -her home on, Thursday -after noon. Mr. and Mrs, John X,' Beach of Water-town . were . ' Sunday guests or Mrs. Mary J. Beach.-r-Orvllle B. Bur- ten-.andf,Roliln.'Eii Burton, spent Thurs 3ay? 4n .-Newci J"Qrte-.at the automobile show. At the recent entertainment at Grange hall by patrons of Harmony grange, monroe; tne local grange re ceived .as their ehaTe pf the - proceeds, $20, which is to' be used to pay for the new regalia for""the officers. Miss Dorothy ; MalletteT" spent the week-end with- her rrither, Mrs, : Belle Mallette of Tashua. - . - . BODY BROKE PUT IN ECZEMA Carne Out in Pimples. Little Body ; , One , M ass of ; Sores. Couldn't : Sleep Nights or Days Cuticu'ra ; Soap hd Ofritrhent Cured, .- BatomDepot,". N H. " My habjr .wu . only twe weeks eld when his whole body broke out. They called it eczema. The ec- xema came out in pimples and filled with pus. Then -they would. break and as the places haalod the skin would peel. ; His little body was one' zn&ss of sores. He wu very un comfortahle and he couldn't sleep nights or days. Ha was fussy while the eczema lasted. . ' -' "I was given an ointment to use but it didn't do him any" good so I got the Cutl cura Soap and Gilntment. I -washed him well with the Outieura Soap then after I had washed him I would put on the Cutt eura Ointment carefully till I round he was getting better. In a week's time there was a big change and in a month's time be was cured and no one would ever know be had any trouble." (Signed) Mrs. . Ethel Col lins. May 17, 1813. ; Although the Cuticura Soap and Oint ment are most successful In" the treatment of affections of the skm. scalp..- hair and hands, they are also most valuable .for every day use-in the toilet, bath and nursery be cause they, promote and maintain the health of the skin and hair from infancy to age. Cu- -tlcura. Soap. (26c.) and Cutlcura Ointment (SOc.) are sold everywhere. Sample of each .mailed free.. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post-card "Outieura, Dept. T, Boston." HTMen who shave and shampoo with Ou--Ucura Soap will find it best for skin and scalp. BABY'S is t.Towns , f " Tashua and Long Hill f Mrs. Ellis rilllstln, . Dorothy, Madge ' andi Laurence Sherman are among' the ; measles victims. Friends and ac- I we?enshoXd0tofrnSoThh!r death Friday night. Mass Beehler had Uyed in Ixng. Hill 29 years. She had not bee .fee-li4g well-for, a few days, but was confined to her. bed- Jaut-a day or .so. About 10 o'clock, that, night one of i the neighbors heard a fall and found she had hit her headon the- edge of. the bed post. - Dr. Frank Wales o Monroe , wno . called, but it found her death was almost in stantaneous. Her brother, William' Beehler, took charge' of affairs.- a cow belonging to . Mies. ..Jennie Weils siijiiped on the barh'floor and -broke its beck. Alice, daughter. ;iof - ..Patrick Kofller ,is confined to the 'house with Illness. Luke . McG-uinn - of . Bronx- ville, N. Ti. spent jgunday : yrith his brothr. - 'John- McGrUinn. Relatives In i .Tashua have received announce ment of the birth '-tof a eon, born, Jan-T uary 6, to Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo B. Jackson ": of Bridgeport. ' Mr. Jackson is son of Charles B. Jacjtson. Kath erlne Burrougheand brother, Stephen Baiiyougbs,"--ieft or - Philadelphia, Fri day, to visit their brother, Arthur Burroughs. .Thy "will ; go; to. Wash ington, D. C, before returning. EUGENICS CONFERENCE ...C DISCUSSES BIRTH RATE - Battle --Creek,--Michi, .3an.lS.--The first national conference on race : bet te'rment which' has been holding ses sions here , since last Thursday, en tered this, morning upon the last day of ijts meeting. Arrangements were made to hold three sessions so as to eoniplete the program before mid night, '"'f" - ' - ' - - --f-A- "--If-- --!- - i The ' Causes of the Declining" Birth Rate,"-and, "Segregation" were two of the subjects, taken up." ' " ' " c tEMigehlc'teleetloH or bealthy mothers and provision- for the-' cost of bearing and rearing ' children '-should be -made if the race Is to survive, according to rr. J. McKeen -Oattell , of Columbia University. . f . ' I ": - - .A. r i The-resteictlon- of .the propaKatipn.of f eeblemindedt persons is .c, necessary if the production of defective delinpuen'ts Is to be. avoided, Hastings H. Hart of New York argued. -.' - ' - ' VICE: PRESIDENT DECRIES jPUtPir SCANDAL TALIt Washington, Jan. 12 Infidelity . and discussion from, the pulpli of the latest bits' of scandal were scored; by "Vice President : Marshall in- an address 'at the annual praise: service of the worn-, an's missionaryreocJety bere last nigiitr He declared be would rather have the Americans-people-bow, down before an image than acknowledge no God , at all, adding that, if the Republic is to endore, "we must gx back 1 and place our faith in God." JWtoat rtbis? country needs,", said the yicev president; r-Ss not laws,;- police?, nor large armies.-- It-- needs men . with backbones, : men willing . to stand for something more and men who do not try only to make money. I say make money and I would like . to, make , all that I possibly could . but X would have it : made so -cleanly, -..that your babies could cut their teeth, on it and never, De .pouuieu. . RATTLESNAKES UNDER - COMPENSATION XAW ; v-' Olympia.. . Wash.,- - Jan. 12 Rattle snakes infesting a country where road work "is being done constitute an t'in- dustrial hazard" and a workman bit ten by a Snake is . entitled to icompen- safkxn from ..the state, industrial, insur ance fund, according to a ruling con tained intiie -report of tbe state in sustrial. Insurance commission . made public yesterday. ' -; - Other peculiar rulings are recorded in the report. A boy shot a w.ork- man ; In the eye with an air gun. The . commission., accepted the gun as an .industrial hazard: and the claim for injury ;was paid.. A brutal boss does' not constitute a hazard within the meaning of the law as interpret ed by-the . compussion,, .however, and. .a mait -who J-was"'whipped .by his. employ--er wasf denied - a. compensation. ' M similar ruling 'was :. made in the case of a " Workman ' Who was sought out ' by an enemy and killed, the com mission, refusing- to grant ; t : pension to the. workman's dependants. : ; -; ; -; "PINK SHIRT TWINS" ' BREAK OUT OF JAIL Bnds"et.on,- -N- J.,- Jan. 12 Two pris oners'., kno wn. in ' police, circles : as - the "OPink. -shirt twins-' sawed - and fought their-way- .- -out of -'-the' Cumberland county jail here, early today. They cut way, two bars of their cell' and using' them as weapons beat a guard and:-aff. "trusty" into- unconsciousness, bound'' and gagged them and walked out i to-fV the jail. . - The ; 'escaped prisonfif.-s are Harry Jordan ' and Edward- Haight. - :.They were .-recently paroled from the peni tentiary,; In "Fhilade-phiac ahdwere ar-. rested here several montba' ago charg ed with burglary. - , , BRYAN RETUHXS FROM " ' ' HIS LECTURE TOUR Washington,, Jan. .12 Secretary. Bry an returned -today from a 10 days speaking tour through the middle west. ' " . :v i.,.- OBITUARY The funeral of Mrs. Catherine -Quinn, who died -on Saturday last, was held this morning from her late residence, 244 Shelton street; . -at --8:30; followed by a high requiem mass In St. Charles church at .9, Rev. Father McGlvney celebrating. During the offertory. Miss .Orene Havnll . " sweetly , iang- Ave Maria and at the conclusion of the services .M?ss May Price and Miss Havrllla rendered.v"Thy will Be' Done " The body was taken "on th 10:43 train to Newi. Britain Where, . interment will be made.' , - , Berne-rThe. - rivrs " of Switzerland are rising' rapidly, owing to the thaw, ana . ..there-ls- much-- danger, from av .- alanchea. The St.. Gotnard and 1 Axen ,' fetarand Axenstein-.roade- have "been cut i inseveral places : by heavy.,' slides, of mow,- while a train .on -the Lake Constance -line has been derailed - by another slide. The railroad bet-ween St. Gall and peicher has suspended j Young American Girl's Chief Attributes j . . Love;of Independence and Business , I of Finding Husband 'By EMILE DESCHAMPS. French Author tHi!?"i hi2 riiiimu a nuoJJAJNU Qominate tne entire existence 01 a 'young American girl. , This latter occupation is more active than -it is in other countries. Above all, the process is different. The Frenc h woman may think just as much about, it, but. she values her dignity too highly to speak about it. She surveys the horizon and waits, patiently or impatiently, but always silent and confident. The American girl, on the other hand, SEARCHES, RANSACKS, INQUIRES, FIDQET3, SHOWS HERSELF AND OFFERS HERSELF. ", Marriage, which is for the European woman (the Englishwoman ex- cept'ed) the access to' Iibe'rty,: is the ..She is absolutely FREE AS .. A married SHE IS SHACKLED. She knows that, but her paasion for novelty, for change, for mystery, for pleasure and, above all, for the cs sire to free herself from work are sufficient, compensations. Or.ee mar ried,, she need no longer work. Her husband' WILL SLAVE FOS HER, for that is, even in his own opinion, his finest quality, almost tkn sole-reason for his existence. - , - , ' - .. BUT PERHAPS THE AMERICAN WOMAN IS DESTINED, ALOfs 3 WITH THE MANY . OTHER FACTORS IN THE LIFE OF HER NA TION, TO MODIFY HERSELF AS SHE ADVANCES TOWARD A DE FINITIVE FORMULA OF; CHARACTER, AND IF SHE ADDS TO THE QUALITIES 8HE ALREADY POSSESSES THOSE OF THE. WOMEN CF EUROPE SHE WILL. 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