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THE FARMER i FEBRUARY 5, 1915
Amusements
POLFS
Mile. Juliette Dika, the distinguish..
ed Parisian artiste, heads the unusual
ly good vaudeville program at Soli's
for the-laal; .half of the week in a se
ries ,of song characterizations that are
distinctly different from anything ever 1
seen5 here. " t Mllei Dika is .a: former
star: of musical comedy successes ana ,
in ..1 vaudeville -is- repeating : the " tri-: ;
Omphs that she won in productions.
She is, of pleasing personality, has , a
f wonderful voice and her gowns-, are
stunning. ' ' f . 7
i Jack Conley and Margaret Webb in
their "musical whirlwind,":-label t'The
Storm, have won immediate favor. -Their
eccentric piano - and song num
bers, coupled with some good comedy,
make a most' entertaining number on
any : program. 1 Clifford r and - Burke,
old favorite' "blackface" comedians,
are; repeating -their former successes
her, in a comedy skit that - is' really
'funny. v? -.--v
"Wiluams and Segal in songs , and
V.da'nees of the up-to-the-minute
calibre; Howard,' " a, pantomimist in
funny acrobatics; and the Hursley
Troupe, presenting some , sensational
aerial feats, . complete the vaudeville
. proaram. '. '
1' he feature photoplay la a five-part
drama : called 4The Battle ol Sexes"'
Tha photodrama is; built around, the
' perplexing -social problem, "'Should
' there b qnCmor&l standard for man
and another for woman?" i The play
- teaches 1 a' jferv convincing . lesson,
handling this great social Question in
a deUcate : yet , forceful way. Photo
graphically, the picture is superb and
It: is. most adequately presented by a
laro company of artists.
In addition to 'The Battle of Sexes"
there are other high-class photoplays.
0
PI2AZA
Ben M. Jerome.'and his nine- Jolly,
Juvenile -Joy makers were the big
winners on the Plaza program for the
last - half of the weeks and yesterday's
audiences could not . seem ' to- , get
enough , of the act. . Mr. Jerome, who
.enjoys the distinction of being Amer
ica's foremost composer of light opera
presided at the , piano-, and . ; accom
panied his thoroughly competent com
pany of young, people in the rendi
tion, of his latest and most , popular
compositions. , There was . plenty of
" life 'in thei offering, which was staged
in two scenes,- and everything went
off "with a snap and (dash that brought
rounds of applause.- ; T
' Sam L. - Rice with .Lulu Beeson and
Harry Lyons were also on the, -program
1a a prominent spot and their
efforts wera greatly appreciated. Sam
Rica and Harry Lyons with a line of
cross talk that kept the audience in
a gale of laughter from the beginning
to the end of the act were welcome
fia-nres and Miss Beeson's soft shoe
dancing brought her rounds of ; ap-
piau.se. ' - , ' v ; ". ,
Earl & "Wilson, have, "a 'heat, and
novel singing and talking fantasy with
plenty of ' comedy interspersed -and it
came' in for a. big demonstration of
n tTinsiasm 'from th& auditors. v
The Turners gave an exhibition of
roller skating that Ok the audience
by surprise for, many of theil' stunts
. were daring In'5 the extreme, t The
Tornadoes, in a '- gymnastic offering
that , ranks -with, the very best in Its
line were well received- There are
four people in the act and they went
through their feats, with ugntnmg
. . like speed. ' " " " ' : -.- -.' - '
- Charles Chaplin.' the funny "drunk
was. responsible for fifteen minutes of
hllai-itv' in "His Musical . career
which-was even more appreciated
than when previously shown. "Fatty
and Mabel's Wash Day," another Key
stone comedy; "The Sisters," a -Xvro
reel drama and- "Ring Around Koaey"
-a pleasing comedy composed the bill.
LYRIC
Rehearsals for next week's play at
the Lyric theater, Charles Mr-danger's
strong - drama, "The Run ' of . the
, Cards," ore, now in progress,- and
Judging from the way they have been
going the play will undoubtedly prove
one of the lfug successes or the v-aj.-
Ibirrn Stock: company's present season.
. The playwright himself has been in
' 'Bridgeport during the past weex ax
recttnar the rehearsals-of the produc
Hem and he is highly pleased at the
way things are going- 1 " . .
"The Run of - .The -1 Cards", win be
. r resented at' the Lyric, for the first
time on any stage. Mr.' Nirdlingeri
who is America's foremost young
playwright, has already a. number of
successes to his credit including "The
World and His Wife," last week1
. -great - success, and "The First Lady
of the Land," In- which Elsie Fergu
son "starred.; '. Lowell Sherman, the
present" leading : man at the .Lyric,
played opposite Miss Ferguson, in this
' production, ". ' "
r.-. "A Otontented Woman," this week
"production, continues to play to pack.
ed houses afternoons and evenings,
and Miss Suzanne Jackson, Lowell
Sherman. .Edward Darney and the
other popular "members of the Cal-
burn Stock company, are receiving in
numerable congratulations) on - their
-work in this production.
EMPIRE
Jesse L. Lasky presents Edward
Abeles. who made his first notable
screen success under Lasky manage
ment in "Brewster's Millions," in
new photo-dramatic comedy with
money motive, entitled "After Five.'
This play which is the -Joint work
of Cecil B. De Mille and William C.
De Mille finds humor In things and
conditions ... generally . associated with
tragedy, such as life-insurance
coupled with at plot yto get killed -"ac
cidentally .on purpose' . and t a black
mailing scheme of the deepest dye.
The originality of the elements of
. ordinary Hf e upside down, so to speak
provides the piece with a rare quail
ty of whimsical .humor. . This 'fea-
ture will be shown at the Empire the
atre today and tomorrow.
Ted , Ewing,! the1 character imper
sonated by Mr. Abeles, . is ,the young
guardian of Nora Hildreth. -. Seeking
to Invest her: money wlBely, he con
suits his friend, Sam Parker, who is
wealthy, and decides , to put
' her - $50,000,- in. addition to his
own fortune, ; ; amounting to
about :the same. Into a syndieat
known as Potash Preferred.- Potash
goes to smash in the stock market
and Ted, who is much in -love with
Nora, pland to reimburse her by tak
ing out a 'life insurance ' policy and
then having himself killed "by acci
dent." : About this same time, Ted
Is receiving the particular attention
of Dr. Schwartz, the chief of a gang
of blackmailers, who explains .that if
Ted does not pay him' ' $ 6,000, he
(Ted) will surely meet wtUi a fatal
T3TTOTAT.O j " "ST
From every standpoint the dis
tribution of really fine clothing
during this sale will be without a
parallel.
5e8
' PMCIfflWJS
M, $10.00, $12.00 Values
BOYS' BALIMCAMS
All wool very latest styles.. Made
; v of newest fabrics.
154-value . $4.00 . . . . r . . Now S2 -S O ,
15 value $6.00. . ... .Now S4.I.O
35value $8.50. . . v. INow. SSSS
8 value ' $12.00 Now SG-6S
. yf-'3 ,,m jf rim i Jt i Si mill EbmSi -r fn i
SUIT
$1 4.37
$1 5.37
S16.S5
$10.50
HOW . " f "
Among the above are a large num
ber of Stout Suits 'from 38 to 44.
Dark Silk Mixtures, Pin Stripes and
all latest 'patterns.
.$12.00
NOW -'.
$15.00
NOW
$18.00
NOW
$20.00
NOW
$22.00
NOW
$25.00
NOW
$28.00
NOW
$30.00
NOW
$35.00
$12.00 e7'7n
NOV . . . . . 53
$15.00 v ; : CO "7K
NOW .'5
$18.00, , f ei o
now, 1
$NOW $14.37
gSf -' - - - $15.87
, S1S.65
If0;:.; $18.50
$35.00 ; . eiq 7R
NOW . . .... : . . . . . w- I
Balmacaans in this sale at an ex
tra , large reduction- $6.95, $7.85,
$9.75, $12.00 were values upto
$25.00. ,
: : . .
- '$1.10';
'..-...:.... $1.35
.'.:-...l.'.!...;.,:$1'.05;
$2.10
i. .$2.65'
...................
r0w $3.85
$3.75
AS
$1.50
NOW
$2.00
NOW
$2.50
NOW
$3.00
NOW
$3.50
NOW
$4.00
NOW
$5.00
NOW
$6.00 . C
NOW V
CXTRA SPECIAL
Fifty pairs Pants, heavy, all-wool,
made to sell for not less than $3.50.
Now $2.50 while they last T
An opportunity to
get really fine clothes
at a saving of many
dollars.
: Eckhardt's lowest
retail price was $15.
My prices as low as
$7.75.
J
TO.
Mb-
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(Cfo
Opposite , Elm Bridgcpor
v Plenty of extra
salesmen to handle
the crowds. If you
were at my last sale,
you'll know that ; it
pays to get here early.
. : . ' . 1
accident This ,is Just wjiat -4.ea is
looking jfor and :he arranged for the
doctor-to deliver the accident in re
turn for, all his remaining cash, $1,-
500; putting the money in charge 01
Tori'n .Tn.nanese valet. Oki. ICQ is
warned that he must be prepared to
die at any moment '. Alter -tTve.
It now develops that the smash in
Potash was only a ruse and that the
stock is really advancing mjvalue, but
Ted isrconfronted with ""the most
ridiculous difficulties in saving .him
self .from his own deeply laid, plans
of disaster. , ' 1 Finally, he .wins the
love of Nora,' buys off the blackmailer
end bring? eL the complications! of
rsH story to a rnxwy uuuuuoiuu.
ARGEtlTlHE EHVOY
URGES EXPANSION
OF U. S. MARKETS
"Washington, Feb. ,5. The need Of
fmrnediate expansion in the commer
cial relations ibetweenV the United
States and Argentine fwas voiced by
Ambassador ' Naon, ot Argentina,' m
addressing the chamber ! of commerce
rr the United States : today. . 1 de
clared tbAt as a' 'result of the , Eu
ropean war . Argentina's ' imports-, of
manufactures: had , been dimimshed
fully $100,000,000 .and -suggested that
America uoght to supply tnw aemanu
The ; ambassador qjuoted Argentina
authorities to show that - to obtain, a
foothold ;in ' that-, market- American
manufacturers would have ' to adopt
tliflmselves to the business methods in
that coutnry - It was pointed out that
American commerce suffers in tnat re
soect by comparison ' with German
commerce, the German plan being tc
fulfill all requirements whereas Amer
ica seeks- to impose its own business
methods. . . 1
The problem of closer commercial
relations, the ambassador said, was a
practical question and expressed the
belief that it would be solved sooner.
by a reciprocal study of the commer
cial methods and characteristics of the
two countries. To that end he Urged
the creation of a special ' Argentine-
American chamber of commerce.
- Other speakers included former Am
bassador Herrick, Dr. ES. F. Fratt,
chief, of the bureau of foreign, and do
mestic commerce, 'and E. A. Filene,
Lvlce-presldent of the International
Congress of Chambers of Commerce.
WORK OF ZEPPELIN BOMBS IN ENGLAND;
WOMAN AND BOY KILLED IN T
LL PROBE FOOD
PRICES 111 XEHCAGO
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ELKS -MAY SEE
BILLIARDISTS AT
NEW HAVEN LODGE
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1 TWO RUIHEP HOUSES en BEHTWCK STRggX K?NQf$ iYMN EHGUigl
In the recent raid of Zeppelin, airships on Yarmouth and other English towns?
iu wfitti.i iii-u.j- i- .iOtiiiua. -were
Wrecked and several -persons killed, - one of the places attacked was King's 1, ynn. This picture showa'the ruins of
two houses in Bentincjc street, that. town, that-'were destroyed by the bombs thrown from the Zeppelins. A wo
man and a boy were killed in these houses, which were completely shattered.-; Soldiers were, examining the .debris
when the picture was taken. '. '. - K - - - . ; '-. '
On the evening of February 16 at
the: home of the New Haven Elks
there will be staged one of the match
.fames of pocket billiards between
.White of the Asbury Park Elks ciud
and Zack Ingangold ef the Brooklyn
lodge of Elks. . This will be the first
- omo ir T7iir-Vi tTnttfift two tlavers Will
havn met. -The game Will - be 200-J
points. v.
They are both champions tof their
districts, in good standing - in their
communities as Elks and citizens,
j -A trophy . is now being designed by
' one of the largest silversmiths in the
country j which will be a -marvelous
work of , art from the artistic point
, of view and when completed will be
valued 'at -$1,000. The lodge of
which the .winner ""is a member will
be the custodian .of i this trophy as
long as " the member can retain the
title of champion at ' pocket billiards
,in the Eks. He must accept any
challenge, forwarded Jo . him within
fifteen days- and the games must be
played within sixty . days ' after the
acceptance oi sucn cnauenge.
These championship match games
will be 200 points each and for three
successive nights the title holder to
have the "privilege of. "naming the
Elks club inwhich these games are
to take place, the tables must be of
regulation size, ' all .ivory balls will
be used in these contests.
To : the exalted ruler, Charles "W.
Hirely .of fee- New Haven lodge great
'credit, is due for having arranged
with the president of the league,
Rudolph P. Domscke to have one of
these games played at ' the. home in
New Haven, which will undoubtedly
attract not only their own member
ship but many Elks from the other
lodges in this vicinity. . ; ; ' '
:The games will start not later than
8 p.- m., giving all those who desire
to get there ample time to see the
opening shot. Delegations from Dan
bury Waterbury,' Ansonia, Bridge
port, J3artford, New London and oth
er lodges will be present and it may
be possible that at this time a circuit
among the Connecticut lodges can be
arranged whereby the clubs can
compete for the Heatherton. trophy
valued at 'J600 and which was donat
ed by a member of the . Brooklyn
lodge, James M. Heatherton, amateur
pocket billiard champion of the
United States... , ' j
Chicago, Feb. ", 5. Federal investiga
tion in Chicago of ; food prices was di
rected to the bread -situation today.
District Attorney Clyne Planned . to
confer with leading bakers in an at
tempt to learn the causes back of the
increase from 5 to 6 cents in the' price
of the small loaves of bread. - -
Statements" having . been made that
most of the large baking concerns
have a supply of flour on hand bought
several months ago at the lower prices
then .prevailing, the bakers- will be
asked to show their books and records'
in order that the government may ob
tain- correct figures on the subject.
District Attorney Clyne said he want
ed to know how much flour the bakers
htave .. in stock and what ' quantity
there is pn hand in Chicago.
COMMISSIONER GIVES
ADVICE TO EMPLOYERS
- Contracts aggregating , $100,000 for
the new shops of the Lehigh and New
England Railroad Co., at Pen Argyle,
Pa.; were awarded-
. Hartford, Feb. 5-In a statement
issued yesterday) Compensation Oom
missioner George B. Chandler said he
had been asked concerning Tthe proper
procedure to be pursued by employ
ers of less than five persons pending
the decision of the supreme court on
the question pf liability. ' '
"Until the supreme court has ren
dered its decision," continues the
statement, "the only absolutely safe
position, for an employer of less than
five persons to take is to assume that
he may . be under the compensation
act." .
-The statement says further; "The
point upon which - such employers
need caution is that of always serving
notice . on their employes." .
FOOD FOR THE TSTSE FLY.
Tsetse flies are now recognized to
play a very important role in the
transmission of , infectious, tropical
diseases of both man and animals.
The sleeping-sickness areas of Africa
abound in swarms of these flies. They
suck the blood of individuals infected
and thereupon become " the carriers
and transmitters of diseases. ; The
question has arisen whether the tstse
flies habitually -feed on blood. The
Investigation's of this question as re
cently discussed in The Joiirnal of
the American Medical Association,
shows the painstaking care with
which all questions relating to pre
ventable disease are -studied todp.y.
The members of the Scientific Com
mission of the Royal Society of Lon
don, in "Nyasaland, 1912-1914, under
the leadership of Surgeon-General
Sir David Bruce, have examined a
large number of the flies caught in
one of the fly areas ih Nyasaland.
The insects were all caught in : the
bush, away from the paths. The
miscropic inspection showed that the
food of the flies consists mainly of
blood. Of the BOO flies examined,
288, or 57.6 -per cent, were found to
contain this in a recognizable state.
There seemed to be a predominance
of the blood of the hartbeest, water
buck and other : antelopes. From
experiments conducted in the labora
tory it was conjectured that the flies
feed naturally at least -onee in every
five or six days. Tbers is no dif
ference in the feeding habits of the
males and females. .-
Revenue Cutter Seneca ,.,
To Patrol Ice Fields
Washington,' Feb. 5; In a notice
sent out yesterday by the .Hydrograph-
ic off Ce it is announced that the rev
enue . cutter Seneca has. been detailed
for ice patrol service and "will leave
I-ew York on February 1 5 for the
Grand Banks. It will be her duty to
locate the ice fields and positions of
icebergs, observe the drift and to ob
tain any other information that may
be of value toward minimizing this
danger.
"During the period ; of ice observa
tions," reads the communication, "the
Seneca will be the only vessel em
ployed on this duty, but when the ice
has. moved southward and a constant
patrol la necessary an additional vessel
will be detailed for that purpose." .-.
was born in Clinton, but always has
been figured - asK. one of Fitchburg's
own, playing on the high school team
back in the middle 80's, then going
to Rutland, Vt., and playing east and
west with. Bill Murray, Canavan, and
others, finally being picked up by Pop
Anson for the Chicago Nationals. ITa
was with Anson about nine years.
then iwas transferred to "Washington,
and from there went . to . "Worcester.
jsjxt".- also put in time witn the Bos
ton Nationals, Senators, Louisville
Colonels and Montreal, and then
managed - several smaller -minor
laatnio t o m a TTitt top -a a o r--. 1 . - V . .
er was a good one always, and hi a
friends are glad to, know that Kit's
now . prospering in business tn the
west. . .
Jim Callahan is another player of
Whom Fitchburg is proud. He starte-i
as a pitcher, but his last ball playing
was done in the Chicago outfield. ' He
filled many smaller league engage
ments, but' his first big berth was
with ' Arthur Irwin in Philadelphia.
Fifteen or 16 years ago he went west,
and back iu '99 he was managing the
Chicago team in the old- western
League. . Cal remained in Chicago
when the American' League was or
ganized and held over several years
j. . , , i . . i. r
eastern division. -
. ; About eight year ago he branched
U U I. -. . l.JI.I!.. . T . LI. ....... au-.i.uuu -
gan Squares, an independent team in
Chicago, but four years ago he came'
back .into the Comiskey fold, totnK
the ."White Sox manager for the last
three seasons. He is now. the bosineFS
manager of the club, and 'stands as
Comiskey's right-hand man, and one
who will take most of the business
burdens from , the "Old Roman's"
shoulders. .
. . : '
ANNIVERSARIES
OF RING BATTLES
FITCHBURG HAS SENT
SOME GREAT PLAYERS
TO MAJOR LEAGUES
' The steamer Iowa was crushed by
ice floes and' sunk in Lake Michigan,
about three miles off Chicago harbor.
The crew of 70. and one passenger
were saved.
Dr. A, S. .: Culbertsbn, a practicing
"physici of Evans, Ga., was shot and
killed by a posse of citizens after he
had assaulted a voung woman.
V
Fitchburg, Feb. 5. Last week" in
Fitchburg the "banquet tendered to
Patrick J. Moran, the new Philadelphia-National
League manager, ex
emplified not only the high regard in
which the residents hold their fellow
citizen, ".but. also the great interest
the city has in the national game it
self; -",.'". ' -'.'.
If every city of New England had
furnished so much baseball material
as Fitchburg has furnished, particu
larly for the major" leagues,; the play
ers from the south and west would
not have stood much, of a chance to
share in the laurels of the game. And
the list by no means is completed by
mentioning, besides .Moran, Martin,
Powell, Ed Cogswell, Jimmy Callahan
Malachi Kittridge and John Keefe, as
well as Charles H. Thomas, now a
the head of ;the Chicago 'National
League baseball club. "
Present-day- fans, of course, know
Pat Moran. Jim Callahan and
Malachi Kittridge the best. Kittridge
1869--BiUy Plimmer, famous Eng
lish bantamweight and featherweight
boxer, born in Birmingham,-End. Bil
ly made his ring debut 25 years ago,
and in 1892 he came over to America.
He Whipped Tom Kelly, Joe McGrath
and Jerry Barnett at Brooklyn, and
was then matched with George Dixon.
The "Chocolate Drop" was then st
the height of his career, having de
feated Jack Skelly at New Orleans
the year before, but the little Brit
isher got the decision after 4 rounds
of fast and furious milling. How
ever, it wasn't, a title match, and
Dixon still held his laurels. Plim
mer then went to New Orleans and
fought a 25-round draw with Johnny
Murpny. tie returned iu (jusiiuu
in 189 5 and was defeated by Pedlar
Palmer at the National Sporting
Club. He fought Palmer again in
1898, but -was defeated. Palmer
then came to America . and waa
knocked out in the first round by
Terry McGovern. Plimmer quit the
ring in. 1900.
1900 Jack Root -knocked out Jack
Hammond in 5th round at Milwou-kee-
1 ."
1905 Cy. Flynn defeated Owen
Zlegler in 12 rounds at . Buffalo
(Ziegler's last bout).
v lsov Tommy jrcyan souawu um
jjavK carry in o Lit uuuu - - -
Springs, Ark. " '
One man was killed and another
badly injured in a freight wreck near
Metuchen, N. J.
The Argentine Senate, voted an ap
propriation of $100,000 to aid the
Belgian sufferers. '--.-:..
-t On a roll call vote in the Massachu
setts Senate that body agreed by a
vote of 3 3 to 3 to the amendment to
the constitution '- striking et the
word "male" from the quail c;.-.-.-.c ,
for voters. .

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