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THE i FAMiERT JAKTJAlRT 31, 1917
1105 MAIN ST. TTKTT
008 MAIN ST.- U
Wholesale and Retail Leading Milliners.
After Inventory Clearance Sale
. 4 We find after stock taking that we have
more merchandise, than we should have at
; this time. So for the next three days we will
p - offer all Winter Millinery at merely nominal
i
Vv prices ; Coth Coats, Reliable Fur. Scarfs and
Muffs, at half former
Sweaters, Raincoats
money saving opportunities here for you. It
j . I will pay you to take
Park City Building
' Co. Files Petition
V In Bankruptcy Court
Bridgeport, by,. David. - Keen, its treasurer,-
filed a petition in bankruptcy in
the United States court yesterday. The
action is itojdcen under a vote of the
directors. The corporation" has lia
biliUes of 18.086.41, and $6,236.41, of
the amount is unsecured.. Assets con
sist of stock in trade, valued at
$3,500' and debts due on open ac
count,' listed at $2,690, and $800,
money on deposit .in bank. :',
FIRST PRISONER OF
IIEW PRECINCT GETS
f TElV-DAY JAIL TERM
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David Kelly, Y colored, ,j of North
Bridgeport, the .first offender to he ar-
' rested and hoiked at ihC ' new: fourth
, l precinctV station, iwho was arrested J
yesterday afternoon by Sergt., Wolff
5 - ' . . j. I
, to Jail, 'for ten days by ( Judge Frank
tWtlderVin the- city court this morn-
Social and personal n
' Mrs. Willianv C Hawley'of Rusling
place will entertain this afternoon in
feonor, of Miss Helen. ? Lewis, of 697
Clinton., avenue, who will leave this
citj tomorrow for the Pacific coast.
" Mr. and Mrs.' W. E. HalUgan ' left
today on a trip to the Pacific coast. ,
rv-v'rt. . ''" : ' t
,,Miss Eleanor Havens, of North MaiA
. street is visiting friends in New York.
; Three meetings hve been arranged
J for by the Equal Franchise league for
f this week, the firs 4t the series of 12
which are being held under the direc
tion of Miss Grace Muray, the county
organizer. ;' Miss Alice McLellan '; will
entertain at 105 Park street at 3:39
tomorrow afternoon Dr.; Valeria Par
. ker, . the ; field secretary of the . Con
necticut 'Hygiene society, will' speak.
Prohibition; from jthe standpoint of the
suffragist will he'', discussed by tMiss
Murray it' the next meeting, , which
will ' be held Friday i afternoon at the
, " W.' C. 'T. U. headquarters, 239 Gilbert
street. The third meeting will' be 'in
Barnum ; school Friday " evening' (when
Mfss Katherine Mullen 'Will speak on,
suffrage -from the standpoint of;1 the
; industrial woman."
George , Howard of 111 Gilbert street
has recovered from his illness and has
been discharged from , St; Vincent's
hospital. t
Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Hines, formerly
s- of thl city, but now of Falls Village,
- are - rejoicing vet the arrival : of a
' baby ' boy, born to them- last week.
' . J- v", -jr,.:
. Mrs. Anneliese Rueg, of Switzerland
,will lecture on "Australia,, the Land of
; Social Wonders, at 8 o'clock this even
ing, at ,310 Fairfield- avenue. Mrs.
Rueg ' will speak in German, f ;
Mr. and .Mrs. Brower.;Whitney,who,
y areabout to leave , f o Los Angeles,
, were entertained last .'evening at 'a
i ' "progressive whist" party "at the resi-
dence of Dr. and Mrs. Roy E. Tuthill.
' , The ' whist was conducted under . the
( ) rules?,of , the former regulation pro-
rgesive whist parties, each one choos
r ing hiaj, oi-her partner, all progressing
towards th "head" table, changing
partners after each table except at the
head table and the otal score for 1Nthe
i - evening deciding the winners. Natur-
ally In honor of the bride and groom,
hearts were selected as trumps f Or the
evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Buck-
- consolation prizes went to Mrs.. L. R.
Blackman and Prof. E. E,:; Cortright.
After the playing, luncheon was serv
ed, ' followed by dancing1 and singing,
ending : a very enjoyable 1 evening.
' Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Brower .Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. Arch-
: ibald Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Buckingham, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.Black
man, Mr. and Mrs.' W. H. Isham, Mr.
and Mrs. L. K. Blackman, Prof. E. E.
Cortright, Mr, and Mrs. George O.
Tamblyn, Joseph B. Hyde, Mrs. -C. A.
Morton, Miss , Daisy Hyde, Mr. and
Mrs.. Julius Kohlmaier. ?
THE WEATHER
IfewHaven, Jan. Sl-"Forecast:. ;
Rain or snow tonight and Thurs
day ;colder Thursday. ;i
Connecticut: Rain or' snow to-
night and Thursday, followed by
clearing and colder during Thurs- l
day; Increasing east winds. .
The disturbance that was cen-
tral over Colorado yesterday
V morning has moved rapidly east
ward ' and is ' now central over ...
Rlinols. : It is causing cloudy
weather in the central and cast-.
r crn districts, with rain, or snow
in the Misisslppi,yally' and lake
vr. region.'' It is followed by an area
" of high pressure which is pro
p ducing pleasant weather with a
. Cecided . fall in temperature, in
..Ce northwestern districts. .
Conditions ; favor for this vi-
, ,-'dnity dc-udy , weather, ' followed
. , by ; rain or snow, probably clear
ing by Thursday afternoon.
, Jose Martinez, who was a- prisoner
in .connection with the assassination
of President Madero in 1913, escaped
from the penitentiary at Mexico City.
UMWS
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1105 MAIN ST.
10 Rue St. Cecile,
Paris
prices; Shirt Waists,
at cost prices. Great
advantage of this excep-
NEWTOWN ACTIVE
HELPING WORK OF
Women In Suburban Town
Sew. Clothes for Those
Who Seek Shelter Here V..
Norman"' Leeds, president (of the
Bridgeport Protective' association, pre
sided ' at the meeting this noon which
followed the luncheon at the Lafayette
Tjea Shop. Miss Kathryn I.' Hewitt,
superintendent of .the home at 691
Myrtle avenue, followed "Mr. Leeds,
giving resume S of the association's
rtX)rk to kld the leaders who will en-
Ust new members during thej coming
week and collect the subscriptions of
members who We, not already
t checks toMrsler S.Wilmot.
A hftnt An nf tho rffisama nt Via a Bart,
1 elation and the
district leaders
at-
', Miss DorothyAllen, who formerly re
sided in " this cit3 will be the leader
in the work in Newtown, where sym-.
reathy v has, t already , been 'aroused.
Prominent women -in Newtown 'have
gathered to - make children's ,. clipthes
for the Protective association for some
months. Miss Orlena Weed, who
assisting 1 Miss Hewitt1 at the home,
took up the work of organization, af
ter the informal, talks. Leaders and
all ' those who,- will make up v the cam
paign army , will gather at the home
of . Mrs, Carolyn B. Doremus, 231 Wet
avenue, at 3:30 o'clock, Friday after
noon, when Miss Hewitt will epeak to
the workers. ' '
The organi.zatiorfs of the city which
have been generous in gifts during the
year are how interested in ,the finan
cial campaign which will begin, for
mally 'Monday morning. The Wednes
day .Workers and the Delta Gamma
society r. of . v United Jl Congregational
church? Women's Benevolent society of
First Presbyterian: Pnnshine Circle of
Devon; Missionary societies of. New
field M. E. ; Women's organizations of
Universalist church, Park Street Cpn
gregational church, Washihgton Park
M. E. ;ani the Bridgeport, Group of
the Council of Jewish Women, have
expressed their sympathy through the
last ;year. Miss Hewitt has addressed
.the ntoetings frequently. ' -
;Leadrs were urged to gather thW
workers together for the meeting Fri-J
oaymci TOi be the last tone before
the campaign begins.
STRATFORD
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I (. ' (Special to The Farmer)
Stratford, Jan. 3f. The ? monthly-
report or tne Stratford town court for
January shows seven cases were tried
before Judge Howard W. Curtis. Ot
these two were for truancy, two adul
tery and three .? breach of the peace.
The amount of money turned over to
Town Treasurer Walter, S. Curtis was
' On Friday evening at, the townhall,
the Stratford High school basketball
flVe wiU-have . as its opponent the
strong .uranrora High , quintet. The
latter aggregation has already defeat
ed the locals this season. The pre
liminary, contest . will be between the
girls' team of the High school and the
Long Hill girls; team. Vlie first game
will be called at 8 o'clocft. .'
The members of . Christ Episclpal
church will hold a supper at the, new
parsh house, Main street, Thursday
evening, Feb. 1. Supper will be serv
ed at 6 o'clock.- . , , . ;
.More than 200 persons attended a
reception last ,evenlni; t at Packard's
hall.- The reception .was in the form
of a' general meeting between the
parishioners and Rev. and Mrs. Rob
ert C. Whitehead. . The hall was most
artistically decorated with palms and
blue and white carnations. The af
fair was under the auspices of the
Women's Aid society of the church.
Luncheon was served.
Howard . Jones,, "the boy wonder
with the violin," as been procured by
F. ' O. Rhoades! for the concert to be
given , in the new parish house of
Christ Episcopal church,' Thudsday
evening, Feb. 8. ' -
Believe Norfolk's J
Treasurer "Skipped'
Norfolk, Jan. 31. Little doubt re
mains in the minds of the people of
Norfolk that Philemon W. Johnson,
town treasurer and librarian, who left
with a threat that he was going to kill
himself on the rocks of Canaan Moun
tains, and who has been missing since
a week ago Sunday, did not commit
suicide but "skipped" from town. It
is believed that he left on a freight
train shortly after 3 o'clock1 Monday
morning and that. he was in Hartford
Monday morning. .
Several freights pass through the
town in the early morning hours and
Johnson might have made1 his escape
easily on any one of these. It -is also
reported on good Wuthority, that the
shortage on the (town books will
amount to $17,000 or more.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUI
NINE Tablets. Druggists refund
money If it fails to cure. E. W.
QROVE'S signature on each box, 25c.A
PROTECTIVE ASSO
'S WINTER
SLEEP NOT SOUND
AS IS PICTUR
Hibernating Mammals of
Maine Discussed. By
Hunter.
According to an old hunter, there
are many mammals In Maine which
sleep so soundly through the Winter
as to be oblivious of what is going on ,
around them.
. "Our raccoons and skunks and .
bears crawl, Jaway to hiding places
and seem to be torpid" says the vet-j
eran, "but they quickly awaken and
become active when their dens are
invaded by human 8r other foes..
"Twice I have seen bears uncover
ed from under fallen trees during
very cold weather in Mid-Winter, and
in both cases the animals were awake
and on he defensive as soon as the
choppers could get at them.
"Raccoons do not hibernate in the ,
sense of becoming unconscious. They j
den up in hollow trees ana logs, out
let some one come ' along and strike
the, tree a smart blow and they are
up and dressed and ready to flee as a
f amiKy aroused by a fire alarm.
x "During nearly every Winter, thaw
bears, skunks and raccoons come out
and prowl ' around, sometimes going
miles away from their Winter quar
ters. "The greedy little chipmunk sleeps
no more hours in Winter than in Sum
mer. 1 He stocks up well with food
and lives comfortably in his hole, far
below the frost line, generally alone.
I have talked with many close observ
ers of animal habitsx and as yet I
have found none who ever saw two
chipmunks dwelling in . the same
apartment. . .
. "Skunks, however, are very sociable
in their Winter ways. One Winter,
when a barn in Waldo County was
burned, the charred bodies of eight
skunks were found in the ruins. Rac
coons have slight objections to receiv
ing Sleeping partners in their dens, but
bears" seem to be' morose" and solitary
brutes, which have no liking for their
kind. t V; v ' j . : .. , -".
"The woodchuck, however, sleeps
soundly enough to make up for the
wakefulness of the other creatures.
Boys who have put tame woodchucks
in barrels in the ' cellar to spend the
Winter have taken the torpid animals
out and carried them miles , in their
arms without disturbing their slum
bers. ." .. 1 ; :"v ? ' '.: ' '
"A fat woodchuck may be taken
from its Winter quarters, and placed
beside a hot stoe for half an hour
without awaking It, but when a slum
bering woodchuck is warmed and
rubbed until it is fully awake It is
about the most disagreeable beast liv
ing. Although i it may have been as
.tame as a pet kitten .when "put away,
it will gnash its teeth and show every
sign xk rage if aroused from its ong
slumbers before the pussy willows be
gin to show. ' .
' "It requires long hunting and great
patience to find a slumbering bat in
mid-Winter. :They are so small ' they
can hide In almost any crevice, '' and
their color is so sub'dued, that ; unless
prie looks sharply he can't find them.
The general Impression is that bats
hibernate from October to April, as
they are never seen lying about dur
ing cold weather. , "
"Years ago I found a seemingly tor
pid bat concealed in a wad of, hay in
the mortise of a beam in the hay
barn. ; It was mid-Winter and cold at
that, and I tucked the little creature
Into on'e of my thick woolen mittens
and brought it home to thaw out as a
pet. ; '' , '
"Before I had time to study much
into its habits, however,5 the ungrate
ful pest bit me sharply on the thumb,
and when I 'had 'recovered fi-om my
surprise it had flown away.
"Nearly all reptiles including frogs,
toads, snakes and turtles, .bury them
selves below the frost ljne in Winter
and remain sluggish and, at times,
torpid until Spring. If a frog is taken
from its Winter bed" of mud and plac
ed in a pool, it "will at i once swim
away, -although slowly at first, j
"The little newts, or salamanders,
and tlie , lizards are, not among my
close studies, and I cannot say any
thing as to their Winter habits. I
hafe left newts put of doors in a pail
of water ' over hight and ,had- them
freeze as solidily as ice,' and, when
they thawed put they 'did. not show
any ill effects from the refrigerating
process.!' ! . ,
JITNEY DRIVERS NAME ,
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
The Bridgeport ' Public Conveyance
association, formed in this city to pro
tect jitney men and to aid In regulat
ing public yehicle traffic, is planning
many innovations for the protection
and convenience of passengers.
A unique plan now before the body
is to illuminate' each conveyance with
a blue light which will Indicate that
It is a public carriage and has room
for one or more persons inside. The
light will , be operated at the discre
tion of the driver.'' ,: ,1'' , .
The combat legislation that is in-im-ioajr,
f' legislative "committee has
been formed which includes John B.
Schwartz, Culver Brafcee, H. Jackson,
Harry Smith and J.' Masoth. W. W,
Bent has been selected attorney' for
the association. '
SONS OF VETERANS
MUSTER NEW MEMBER
Interesting addresses were made 'at
the meeting of Franklin ; Bartlett
camp. No. 11, Sons of Veterans, last
night in Grand Army hall, 925 Main
street. The speakers were 1 Judge
Frederic A. Bartlett, Judge Patrick
Kane, Thomas McCool of Bartlett
camp and, H. B. McCollon of Man
chester, N. H. One candidate was
mustered into the camp. The mem
bers are planning a class muster to
take place at the next meeting, Feb.
6. There was a large attendance of
the members.. . ; '
Arrangements have been complet
ed for the Lincoln . banquet which
will be .held at The Stratfield, Wed
nesday evening, Feb. .14. Notable
speakers will be heard after the din
ner and the Lotus quartet of Boston
will sing. .
SIMON FISIIEL, BREWER, DEAD
Cleveland, Jan. 31 Simon Fishel,
70, known as one of the leading
brewers of the country, died here to
day. He was vice president- of the
Ohio State Brewers' Association and a
director of the United States Brewers'
Association. v ,
BRUIN
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J. A. Donald, Member of
Shipping Board Which
Troubles President
h j
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O JOHN Q. DONALD 0
President Wilson is having various
sorts of , trouble with the composition
of the new federal shipping board,
to be organized to form the govern
ment shipping corporation authorized
by congress. He appointed William
Denman, a prominent San Francisco
lawyer with extensive experience , in
admiralty cases; Bernard N. Baker of
Baltimore, shipowner and well known
as a student of the problems of the
merchant marine; John A. Donald of
New York, president of the Donald
Steamship Company; John Barber
White of ' Kansas City, lumberman,
prominent in conservation efforts and
an extensive , importer, and Theodore
Brent of New Orleans, railroad man
ager '
First the senate held up Mr. Don
ald's confirmation several days, and
now Mr. Baker has resigned because,
it! is said, be resented the administra
tion's plan to make .'some one else
head of the board. Photograph is
that x of Mr. Donald.
FRENCH CHILDREN
PLAY AS SHELLS
BURST NEAR THEN
French Youngsters in Arras
Are Living Under
ground. s. v-
1 With the British Armies In France,
Jani 31 (Correspondence) To
those who 'have ; lived among them
the children of the war zone In France
will ever remain a psychological rid
dle. It is startling to, the newcomer
at the war to find them "here at all.
It is positively uncanny' to see them
at play where a shell . might break
almost any moment, utterly oblivious
to the soldiers-and scenes about them
and with senses so attuned to the or
dinary nerve-racking noises that only
a prolonged . lull In the ceaseless roar
of guns would cause them the least
concern. , "'-
- They cling with tbeir elders to the
remnants of their shell-shattered
homes in the bombarded towns v and
villages, where 1 even yet the German
guns send their shells. Some have
been born within sound of the cannon
and others have come Into their first
sense of being in the midst of battle.
The strange phenomenon of , life to
them will be' the unwonted stillness of
peace. '' : ;i - '.
A striking picture It Is to see a little
French girl, 5 or 6 , years old, with a
plaited "pig tail" down her back, trip
ping bareheaded -along' a road where
soldier men venture only under the
protection of their big steel hats.
- School Among the Ruins f
Such a little girl sat and softly
sang and knitted in front of her home,
njear an old Flemish1' mill, one bright
and. warm December .noon, while a
score of v aeroplanes ' whirled and
fought overhead and the high blue
sky was filled .with the fleecy cot
ton' balls that come from ; bursting
shrapnel shells. ' She could see the
seared and scarred , lines , on the dis
tant hills which were the enemy
trenches, and, still farther back, the
occasional white-hot flashes of enemy
guns. M '
No stranger school, can be found in
all the world than at Arras. Arras
itself is a strange and ghostly city.
Some of the houses are just as their
owners left , them during the first
bombardment, in October, two years
ago. Others have been pulverized
along with the cathedral, , the City
Hall - and the railway station three
favorite targets of the German gun
ners. The enemy lines skirt the east
ern, edge of the city and daily from
these messengers of death, are sent
shrieking into Arras bur sting in fury
from the sky. - . ; (
In the midst of all this malignity
of war some two score children or
more go to school. Their class room
is In. the cellar of a house so well de
molished that a few additional shells
would scarcely change the character
of the mass of debris that serves as a
protective roof. It would take a ter
rificbombardment to interrupt them
at their lessons. The muffled sound
of shells crashing in the distance has
become far too commonplace to at
tract attention.
Tommies Love the Children
All Arras lives underground. There
are quiet periods of the day when the
women, children and old men venture
abroad for a friendly call at a neigh
boring cellar or for the sake of a
stroll and a breath of fresh air. Op
portunity after opportunity has been
given them to leave, but they prefer
to remain with what is, or was, their
very own.
Three persons' were killed just out
side the school one day, but the chil
dren in the cellar knew nothing of
the tragedy. "When school is out each
afternoon the children are told to
hurry home as fast as they can go
and there is a great pattering of little
wooden-soled shoes down the melan
choly streets.
There are scores ofi other towns
within the fire zone, but not quite so
close to the war as Arras, where chil
dren live by hundreds. It is no in
frequent thing to hear mothers calling
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MAIN ST.
G. W.
their children in from a desultory
bomhardment just as they would from
a shower of rain. ' ;' -
' Several months ago enemy aero
planes dropped bombs in a village six
or seven miles behind the firing line.
It was Sunday afternoon and the
streets were thronged. Outside a sol
diers' moving picture theatre a line
of children was waiting for the doors
to open. . One of the bombs fell near
where they stood. They scatterea UKe
so many mice, but within a minute or
two all were scrambling back to their
places in the queue as if nothing at
all had happenea. j
English Tommies love children and
when billeted in a village can always
be seen playing withUhe tots, buying
them all sorts of candles and sweet
meats, and even wheeling them . gaily
along in perambulators while fond
mothers look on.
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DRIVERS MCENSES DUE.
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L Letters to operators of motor ve-
hides were sent rrom tne automoDuo
department at the State Capitol yes
terday, notifying them that it is time
to renew their drivers' licenses. About
73,000 envelopes were addressed to
drivers of motor cars and 3,000 to
owners, of niotorcycles. , These li
censes must be renewed before jne
last day of February.
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BliAMES DRINK FOR V
ATTEMPT TO PASS .
' A WORTHINESS CHECK
William A. Cook, alias Bert Mc
Guire, of Chicago, . pleaded guilty to
the charge of attempting to pass a
worthless check yesterday ' in Meigs'
store, when arraigned before Judge
Frank Wilder today and was sentenc
ed to pay a fine of $1 and court costs
and serve two months in Jail.
Cook said he had been drinking
heavily and did not know what he
was doing. He said he came east
from Chicago about three weeks ago
and has always been employed as a
traveling shoe salesman.
Robert L. Pitts & Son, private bank
ers, of Chicago, filed a voluntary pe
tition in bankruptcy, giving assets of
$245,324 and liabilities of $180,072.
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7067 Alain St. and 7U9 3aisfie(d
J&rio Reports tusy Gasz
Silk Waists
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double ruffle, at
We bought heavily from a
Liquidating Manufacturer. He
JVeeded Money. We had it hence
this chance for our customers
to save money EVERY PIECE
CARRIES THE USUAL FAIR
CHILD GUARANTEE OF
SUPER-QUALITY.
Fairchild & Sons,
ESTABLISHED
I8S5.'if;
Fireman's Gold Bath
Tickles Captain, Then
He Falls In Himself
Harbor men are having considerable
fun at ' the expense of, Capt. Elmer
Sherman, of the tug John McAllister,
.... V . . . . .
for the "unexpected way in which the
tables were turned upon him .yester
day. During the morning while the
tvg was along side the Bridgeport
To ying Co.'s dock, Henry Peterson,
fireman on the tug, was attempting to
board "the boat when his foot slipped
on the icy dock and he plunged , into
the harbor. Tug hands aboard tjie
McAllister Quickly 1 rescued Peterson,
but Capt. Sherman, who happened to
witness the whole proceedings from
the pilot house, laughed heartily at
Peterson and chafed him about his
cold bath. ' ,
A few v hours later in the afternoon
Capt. Sherman was himself returning
to the tug when he also f slipped on
the ice and repeated his fireman's es
capade in the frigid waters of the har
bor. He was quickly helped aboard
his tug none the worse physically for
his experience but considerably cha
grined that the adage "He who laughs
last, laughs best," should have been!
so rorcioiy ana spectacuiany illus
trated. .HUSTED TRIAD NEXT MONTH.
Among the cases listed for trial next
mhonth in the superior court is the
divorce action brought by Mills H.
Husted against Jessie Shepherd, for
merly a manicure in this city. Husted
charges cruelty. His wife has also
filed divorce proceedings in which
she claims , alimony. She says her
husband, who is a member of a prom
inent Greenwich family, is worth
$150,000. It is expected that sen
sational testimony will be introduced
at the trial. v
DANISH S TEAMER SUNK.
London, Jan. 31 Lloyds announces
that the Danish steamer Daisy, 1,209
tons, has been sunk. The crew of the
steamer has been landed.
M urray Co.
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Store.
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ARCADE
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Mil
transport; sunk? 41 ijosT.
Paris, Jan. 31- Official announce-
ment was made here today that the v ;
transport 'Admiral Mason, which wai k '
taking 950 soldiers to i SaloSki; es- : ;
sorted by the destroyer Arc, was tor
pedoed by a submarine on Jan. 25. Of
those on board 809 were saved. '
STEAMER ' GOES ' ASHORE.
Nantucket, Mass., Jan. 31 The
steamer Tampicb,1 which left Boston
last night for Newport News, ran j
ashore on the southerly end of Great
Point rip, off Nantucket early, today. '
The Coskata' coast guard crew board-'
ed the steamer and reported that he .
was leaking slightly but in no imme
diate danger, A cutter was sent to :
her assistance. , V ;
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