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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
CANFIELD- OUT OF FIRE BOARD
 ON TAX BOARD Bosses Change Plans On the Eve of Announcement of
 Official Family
GUSTS IVES ;
 FROM HEALTH BOARD
Hardware Man to Succeed Garfield On Fire Board
 Other Selections

Many new faces will be seen on the city boards when those bodies assem- ble for organization after tomorrow, January list. Not a. single retiring member of the board of apportion- ment and taxation is to be returned John T. King, Republican boss of Bridgeport, will succeed Norman Leeds on that board. Frank B. Clark is to succeed William T. Hincks.
 Up to yesterday it had been planned that A. H. Canf1eId, the remaining member of the Republican member of the fire commission, would stay and be- elected president of that body Malcolm Baxter, the present Republi- can president, will retire. Last night the Republican leaders decided on rearrangement of, things, MT Can field goes off the fire board to go on the board of apportienment in the place of Albert D. Macdonald. Carl G.: Lindquist, who is employed at the HawIey Hardware Co, in Main street is appointed to- succeed Garfield on the fire board John A. Leonard, whose appointment was announced ip The Farmer yesterday to succeed President. Baxter. will be elected pres ident of the board
 Max J. Buechler, the Fairfield ave- nue 5eweler. is to succeed John Dezso, one of the Democratic members of the
 
 expires. ME. Buechler, who is ap- pointed to succeed Democrat, has been identified with the independent voters of the city for, several years past.
 Fred D. Ives is to be absolutely shunted out of Republican politics. MT. Ives has been president of the Fourth District Republican club and active in Republican politics in the West End for several years. He has also been a member of the Tippecanoe chorus and has sung with that organ fzation in almost every town in the state. MT. lives gets off the health board because he has been too active to suit the machine and he is out of the official family of the Republican party fou the same reason.
 George o. Feet, treasurer of the F :, A. Doo1ittle Tile: Co. Of 1o7 Middle street, is to succeed MT. Ives on the health board Mr. Peet lives at 304 trdct He has not been active in Re- publican politics.
 Attorney William L. Zepp, the Dem ocratfc member of the board of health will succeed himself.
 President F. w. Behrens Jr., Re publican, of the charities board and Henry Harris, Democrat, are to be re- appointed by the mayor.
 Athur Jelhffe and George H. Zum- stag, Sr., are >reappointed on the oys- ter ground commission and Robert A. Mcbride of the Second district will succeed James P. Kelly on this same commission.
 Richard H Murphy, Democrat, and William H.. Brown, Republican, are reappointed members of the police commission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
BRIDGEPoRT's PLANS
 FOR NEW YEARS EVE
 AND NEW YEARS DAY

Bridgeport tonight and tomorrow E will haNo fitting observances of New Years eve and the New Year. Hotels, theatres and cabarets will furnish special entertainment. The religious phases of the feast day will be ob- served by watch night services tonight 1n number of churches, and in the c1a1 masses in observance of the Feast Of 41s Circumcision.
 Some of the events of tonight and tonnorrow are:
 Tonight
 sra4neld EBoteI-specia1 dinner and singing
 BrooAlawn c1ubNew Years eye party.
 Aigonquin Club Dinner with spe- cfaI orchestra
 seasdde. c1ub--Ddnner dance in the baIl-rooTn. Fairfield. Atlas, carr's and Faust tcabasEets Special performances Elks CIub=Watch night
 Municipal christnias tree-IJnite ted German chorus at 6 80.
 M G.A.4Open house
 Socialists HaIl-Banquet
 At Baptist churches-Watch night services.
 Tomorrow. Poli Theatr@New vaudeville. Plaza Theatre-New vaudeville. Lyric Theatre@.Big Jim Garrity.'' Park Theatre-zB
 In the Churches
 Peoples Presbyterian church. Combined chorus of 40 voices with Stratford Methodist church members in a cantata Emanuel Christmas exercises also will be held.
 All Catholic churches. nasses.t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
GERMAN

Berlin, Dec, 31-By wireless to Lon don-The official statement gisen out in Berlin this afternoon reads as fol- lows:
 In the western arena of the war yesterday passed comparatively quietly. on the coast. The enemy directed his fire on Westende and destroyed parts of certain houses there but without causing any military damage.
 An entire French company was an- initiated when we blew up their line near the Alger farm
 South of Rheims strong French at- tacks north of Camp Chalons were ev-- anywhere repuIsed
 Tn the western Argonne region we gained considerable ground capturing several trenches situated behind one another and taking 25O prisoners. French attempts to attack in the re- zion of F,lirey, north of Foul, failed
 In upper Alsaee, in the region to the west of Sennhein, all the French at- tacks broke down under the fire of our artillery.
 ly destroyed house after house in the village of Steinbach (Alsace) which is in our possession. Our losses are slight.
 Ut is reported from the eastern war area that the country in East Prussia and Poland to the north of the Vistula river remains unchanged.
 East of the Bzura river the battles continue In the Rawka our forces made progress.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
FRENCH

Paris, Dec. '31-The official state ment given out by the French war office this afternoon follows:
 From the sea as far as the Aisne yesterday passed with relative calm. There were artillery exchanges on some points of the front. In Cham pagne. to the west of the Alger farm which is north of Sillery, in the sector of Rheims, the enemy during the night blew up two of our trenches and then delivered against these positions an attacks which our men. repulsed
 ITO the north of MesniI-Les-Hurl we occupied certain positions on the enem9's second line of defense. In north of the farm of Reaus Ejour we enemy delivered a counter attack but he was driven back. We then re- suned the offensive and we were suc- cessfu1 in gaining some more ground. In this same zone and further to the east certain German forces which were advancing to deliver a, counter attack against uss were brought under the fire of our artillery and dispersed.
 In the Argonne, in the vicinity of Fontaine Madame, we exploded a mine and occupied the resultant ex- cavadon.< This gave us a slight ad- vance.
 Between the Mouse and the Mo selle, in the region of the forest of Mortemart, about 15o yards of Ger man trenches fell into our hands
 "In upper AIsace, French troops have entered the village of Steinbach and have occupied with house-to- house fighting one-half of the com munitv'i
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
SUMMARY OF TODAY,S WAR NEWS

The views of Great Britain con corning the detention of American vessels by British warships were made known to Ambassador Page by Foreign Secretary s Grey in London today. Although the for maI reply to President wilson's note has not been drafted, Earl Grey outlined the position taken by himself and his colleagues
 The French army of invasion in AIsace has made a further ad- vance and today's official report from Paris says that the town of Steinbach has been entered and half of it captured. So far as the F~ench statement shows there have been no other changes of note in the west, although several small advances are said to have been made.
 A report from Russian sources indicates that the defenders of the Galicia fortress of Przemysl which has been under seize by the Rus sians for several weeks have been reduced to desperate straits. It is said that an Austrian aeropIane brought down while attempting to enter Przemysl was found to b. loaded with food German reports some time ago, however, said that Prsenysl was stocked with pro- visions sufficient for one year.
 From the fragmentary and con hicting official reports of the war today two main tendencies are ob-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Police Dept. Appointments
 Are Held Up

There will be no appointments made at the meeting of the board of po- lice commissioners tonight.
 This, information was given out this afternoon from a presumably authori- fative source. No reason was given for. the further postponement of ac- ton on the appointments, which have long been promised, and which some time ago were definitely set to be an nounced tonight.
 Annouqcement that everything was "cff' in the appointment line for to- night, came after a, series of confer ences by leaders in both parties to- day. It is understood that both part ies encountered much, trouble in the selection of nominees, there being a, lot more candidates than there are jobs.
 Various conferences that lasted un- til this afternoon couldn't bring about an anlicabIe enlistment of affairs, it was said. Whether action would be taken at the next regular meeting of the board, or whether a special ses- sion would be- held for the appoint ments was something that those SUD- posedly on the inside" couldn't say.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
GROWN PRINCE LAUDs BRAVERY OF sERVIANS

Paris, Dee. 31-An address delivered by Crown Prince Alexander of Servia, comm ander-in-chief a of the SerYian army, to his troops is given in a de spatch from Nish to the Havas Agency.
 Five months have passed since the enemy attacked our beloved country '' said the Crown Prince. ttAlthOl1gh we had been tried by two glorious but diff fcu1t wars we awaited the attack man fully and heroicalIy. After having de- $feated the enemy once at Tser and Jadar we have by bloody and glorious combats delivered a blow harder than any they have inflicted on us to the I resent. Thousands of prisoners, hun dreds of cannon and immense amounrs of booty which we have captured bear witness to the enemy's defeat and our glory.
 Soldiers, am proud to announce that no one of the enemy is now on ServIan territory. We have expelled him and put him to flight. In this colernn moment when upon our proud Belgrade the flag of victorious Sarvia flies, I desire before all to give recog- nition to your valor.'
 tsThe end of this gigantic combat now is in sight. although not yet achieved'' he continued. Then will come a peace worthily crowned with victories for our grand Servia- Our country will be greater, more powerful and happier than ever. For that my heroes, servia will be grateful to you''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

servab1e. In the west, along the entire front from AIsaee to the North Sea the allies are exerting their claims, some of which have not been disputed by Germany, they have made slow progress, all most everywhere.
 In the east, the defeat of the Austrians in Galicia is not denied and the German forces in Poland appear to have found it, extremely difficult to continue their advance toward Warsaw. Berlin states that further progress is being made but Petrograd believes the German of fenSiVe has broken down.
 An official communication from PetroErad indicates that one of the most sanguinary battles of the war in proportion to the numbers involved, has taken place in the Transcaucass1s. The Russians state that a Turkish cSssEE1n was dispersed by Artillery and that the Turks lost half of their number
 The Japanese foreign office an- nounces that no. nation has request ed that a Japanese. army be sent to Europe, It is understood in To- kio that France and Russia favor the project but that Great Britain hesitates on account cf economic and political dificulties.''
 The Servian minister to France is quoted in Paris as saying that Servia is planning an invasion of Hungary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Plan for Concentrated As saults Upon German Lines Tn West Is Delayed Until Lord Kitchener's Fresh Army Can Be Brought Into Battle Line.
Eastern Theatre of War Scene of Terrific Struggle
 Between Russian and Ger
 man Forces Servian { Prince, Praising Troops,
 Says Many Victories Won

London, Dec. 31-There are increasing indications, in the opinion of British. observers of events on the continent, that a serious allied offensive move ment against the whole Ger man line in the western arena of the war will be postponed until such time as larger con- tingents of Lord KitcheneP's 4 new army take the field.
 The losses of the allies sus- tained up to the present time 1 in the tentative thrusts for ward here and there have been heavy in proportion to the 1 gains achieved and it is under stood that the various leaders unite in the opinion that the sacrifices entailed by a esaer- al advance at this time would be too great.
 Severe Battle in East
 The turn of events in the e.stern theatre of hostilities, where Russia appears to be more than holding her own necessitafes neveTthele con tinued hard pfessure 2zssinst #he Ger man lines in ssse west to prevene them from moving any more Of their troops to the eastern field.
 In the west the town of La Bassee. still held by the Germans, is proving to be one of the hardest problems the allied forces have to solve The in T, strong earthworl<s around La, Basses and they have two army corps guar tered in the city. To take this strong hold by direct assault would mean a. terrible loss of life but it's taking is essential to any concerted move for ward in order to afford protection to the communications of the allies.
 All the news reaching London from the eastern field tends to confirm the rout of the forces of Austria which now appear to be endeavoring to make their way Iajborious1y back over the Carpathians. There are indications in London that the entire continental political situation, which involves Greece, Italy, Rumania and Portugal, is developing day by day The parti- cipatien in the war of at least some of these states may soon become a. reality. This is the view Of certain of the British commentators on the situation. Among. the factors contrf- outing to. this situation is ItaIy's occu- patton of Avlona and the reported racial unrest in Austria-Hungary
 The German air raid on the Chan nel port of Dunkirk, France, gives basis for the belief that visits of this kind will be more frequent from now on. It would appear that the British raid on Cuxhaten aroused in the Ger mans a spirit of retaliation. England, jud ging from the expressi ons appear  anxious to deliver blow for blow in this respect.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
.OFFTCE-SEEKERS SEE
 IF THE MAYOR WON'T
 MAKE THIS JOB HERE

Pittsburgh, Dec. S1-The crea- tion of the office of official nlusi- clan in the nation, state and mu- nic1pa1ity was advocated by Peter w. Dykema, professor of music in the University of Wisconsin, at the convention of the Music Teachers National Association here today.
 The establishment in this coun- try of what is known in Germany as the .Stadtmnsikant'' Professor Dykema said, would be attended by benefits to the people.
 seThe American community as a whoIe,'' he added, tshas realized that health and recreation are not merely matters of individual con- cern but that they have definite social and civic aspects.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Deputy John F. Clancy Re- signs, to Be Succeeded By James J. Durnin of Dan bury Donovan and Walsh Effect Important Changes Here.
Department of Internal Rev enue to Have Enlarged Quarters Tn Federal Build ing Bridgeport and New Haven Only Stamp De positories Tn State.

Radical changes in the Internal Revenue office in this city fostered at Washington by Collector John. J. walsh of Hartford and Congressman Jeremiah Donovan; will make this office one of the largest in the state, with a long needed stamp-supply de- partment including not only proprie- 1ary and express stamps under the new emergency war act. but also a depositary for docume mentary. wine, cor dial and cigar stamps
 With the coming of the new year John Clancy, deputy collector, as- @igned to office duty in Bridgeport will be succeeded by James J. Durnin, of DanbuT-y, who will have the title of Stamp Deputy Collector, under sal ary of $1,2o0 per annun-
 It is expected that shortly the de- asar9nent will be enlarged by. the ad- lftion of one or two rooms on the up- per floor of the local post office build d1g to take care of the additional work that the stamp office and the collection of the war tax and income tax vvill entail have in this district with the changes outlined may be estinnated by the fact that stamp offcesSin this district now are naintained only in New Haven and Providence, R. + Even the main office of the Internal Revenue depart- EnSnt41n fk11S SSCE1On 2I. H1arEIOEQ 1& not a stamp depository.
 The changes were recently decide upon by CoEnmissioner Osborne in Washington following conference with collector walsh and Congress man DonfvaT and subsequent to a, re4iaest from Deputy Collector Clancy for addftiana1 help to aid him in the increasing duties that were to be added to the local office.
 while it was decided that an addi- 7ior1aI number of clerks could not be added to the Bridgeport office at this time Deputy Clancy, who did not feel pfysica1ly3 capable Of undertaking the duties alone. insisted Mpon his resig- min was the choice Of Collector Walsh, 4zfao in seeking tor a man to fill the position considered the broad experi- ence Of the applicant who has filed a most responsible position as account ant to a large concern in Danbury. Tt is expected that he will assume of aEce in thos city early next week, when e. supply Of stamps will be sent here. In the meantime he has been attached to the Hartford office where he has been initiated into the govern 1nent methods of handling stamps and revenae matters.
 Deputy Clancy has been attached to the local office for the past year. The the advancing importance of Bridge port as a government reven11e office may be seen from the fact that the year ending 1918 showed a gross re- xurn of but $47.544.05 as against 8 gross Of $1s6. .543.10 for the year 1914, leaving a net increase in collections of s13s, ,s9s.O5 for 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
TWO ARE HELD ON
 CHARGES OF ARSON

Stamford. Dec .s1-samnel weisen- baum and Abraham Lotta were held under s2,500 bonds each for trial in tse superior court on a charge of ar son after a hearinS in the city court today There was fire early last Sunday morning in the business and dwelling block here in which they conducted, as partners, a skirt and other apparel busin ess An investiga- ton of the fire was made which ar- thorities alleged resulted in develop ments which warranted the arrest of the men. Neither man has furnished bond.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
SENATE DOWNS TO
 .EITERACY TEST

Washington, Dec. 31-The Senate to- day defeated, 34 to 26, an amendment to the Hteracy test in the immigration bill which would have enlarged the classes excepted. by adding those sub ject to "poiticAeand racia1' persecu- tions to those subject to ''religious'' prosecutions.
 A modified amendment which would not require political, racial or relig- ious persecution of. immigrants to be evidenced by discriminating laws of their countries or by overt act, was also defeate
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
HEAVY LOSSES
 HOLD UP NEW ATTACKS
AMBASSADOR PAGE
 IN CONFERENCE ON
 SHIPPING PROTEST

London, Dec 31--Walter Hines Page, American bassador had extended conversation this afternoon with Edward Grey the British Secretary Affairs, the subject of President Wilson's note of protest against the detention of American shipping by British warhps
 As the note had been discussed by the members the British cabinet yesterday the foreign secretary able present to the ambassador the and his colleagues
 The official information bureau this afternoon out the following statement:
 "An answer to the American note will be drawn up possible. It will friendly spirit which the American note is written"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Vessel Afire
 In Mid=0Cean

London, Dec. s1=A Lloyd's des- patch from F'ayals Azores. states that the steamer Perugfa, bound from Leg horn to New York, was afire. yesterday but is now proceeding on her voyage after the crew had reached the seat of the flames.
 The Perugia is a vessel of 2,566 tons and according to the records be- longs to the Anchor Line. She plies between ~Genoa.Leghorn, Palermo and New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
OFFICIAL REPORTS ON THE WAR

Transcaucasia, 30 miles southwest of Kars) against a large Turkish force continues Our artillery fire dispersed a strong column of Turks who en- deavored to save themselves by flight after having lost half of their con tingent
 Part of the Turkish forces concen- tratedN in the region of Yaliniz-Chame Pass are marching upon Ardahan (Ardahan is a fortified town in Trans caucasia 40 miles northwest of Kars The Yaliniz-Channe Pass is southwest of Ardahan.l', --
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
RUSSIAN

Petrograd Dec. 3o-DeIayed in transrnission-The following commun- icatfon from the general staff of the army of the Caucasus was given out here tonight:
 'sThe battle at sarikamish Gin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
TWO FLEETS
 FORWARDING OF POLA

Copenhagen, Dec. S1-A private despatch received here from Berlin says that over 30 French and Brit ish warships are atNpresent engaged in bornbarding PoIa. the Austrian na- val base on the Adriatic, and also the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
BRIDGEPORTERs AWAIT
 RESULT OF BAR EXAMS

Among those who took bar exam nations at Hartford yesterday, un- der the superintendence of William Waldo Hyde were George F'errio. Benjalain H. Gordon, George S Haz7- ley and David W. Price of this city. There were about forty candidates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
Looks Like Bartlett
 For Senate President

The Republican senators met in Hartford, yesterday. The matter of a. selection for president pro tenn was discussed. The balance of opinion ap- peared to favor Senator F. A Bart lett of this city, though Senator Charlie Evans of Milford had some support.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

Filing a petition in bankruptcy yes terday, Ignatz Leichtman of Bridge port, dealer in dry goods and clothing. made oath that he did not have the money to pay the filing fee He has liabilities of S8sS15.SS, and sS, ,oO2. .41 is unsecured Assets consist of stock in trade yeIued at $s,5oo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
British Take Largest
 Of Solomon Islands

Melbourne. Australia, Dec. 81- British forces have occupied Beugain- vile, the largest of the Solomon Is- lands It was announced here today that the British flag was hoisted over the island on Dec. g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

The destruction of the British war ship Bulwark was officially entered as an accident at an inquest held in London.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31
THE WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Friday, not much change in teiilperat.Ira. Moderate variable winds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

The heavy storm over northern Europe continues unabated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-31

seaport of Rovigno, about 15 miles away.