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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
RE-ENTER BELGRADE
 BROWNING RECENT SUCCESSES
 OVER AUSTRO- HUNGARIAN ARMS
SUMMARY OF TODAY'S WAR NEWS


 Such confident claims have been made by the allies during the last week concerning the success of their new movement against the German line that the Berlin au- thorities have issued a special statement to contradict them The French official statements, in par ticular, have reported a long ser les of victories including the de- struction of number of German batteries, the capture of trenches and the rout of the Germans in in fantry attacks. along almost the whole line. The German state ments, however, have said that there has been little activity and today's announcement from Berlin characterizes the French report of Dee 12 concerning the destruction as "a pure invention"
 Rotterdam that the Germans have begun a retreat, falling back in Belgium toward a prepared line further from the, coast OmciaI confirmation was lacking. how ever
 It is announced in Berlin that the Turkish cruiser MidirIi, for mer1y the German warship Breslau, has bombarded the Russian Black Sea port Of. SebastopoI, although with what effect Is not stated.
 The British military authorities announced today that fighting in northern France had recommenc-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
AND
 JONES DISSOL VIE
Change Due to Suggestion Made by Connecticut Dental
 Examiners

Dentist A G. Jones and Dr. P A Kumpitsch. who for over 8 year and a half have conducted 9 high-c1ass dental par1or in the Read buildips at Fairfield avenue and Main street. will sever partnership. each conduct- ing his. own office.
 The present severence follows sug- gestion made by the Connecticut Den tai Commission, promulgated at a. meeting held in Hartford on Saturday last and growing put of the recent court cases in which Dentist Jones was a defendant
 The commission issued a formal mo- tice to pr. Kumpitsch that to uphold the ethics of the profession it would be better if the two dentists severed their connections. Dr. Kumpitsch to- day stated that this request will be compiled with.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
COL. R0OSEVELT
 MAY TESTIFY TO
 HOUSE COMMIT TEE

Washington, Dec. 15-CoI. Roose- welt loomed mp today as possible witness before the House naval com n1ittee in its discussion of the pre- paredness of national defense. At to- pressed Chairman Padgett to call the former President and after some dis cussion the question was left to be decided in an executive session of the committee.
 Why invite ?'' demandeH Repre- sentative Butler. He's been assist dents a commander-in-chief and has been in a position to know the facts about national defense,'s returned MT. Hobson, who protested that his sug- gestion was being treated in 3 "cav- Her" way.
 The committee then turned to the examination of Commander Stirling, who Testified there were IS sub marines in the Atlantic fleet. The flotilla, he said, should have better facilities and there should be more permanency in the assignments of of. .hcers attached to the submarines. It took six months training to learn to take out a submarine and years to understand engines and other trou- bles. he said.
 Are we as well advanced as other ations in saIb marines 2 he was asked. stT don't think we are.'' he replied. eIf we believe the accounts from abroad. The Germans, English. and French. have 200 and 1000 ton submarines in commission
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

ed and that a combined attack by the allies in Belgium, to the south of Ypres, had resulted in the cap- stantial progress.
 This is the first time in several weeks that British authorities have considered the day-to-day ac- tivities of the allies of sufficient importance to issue such a state n1ent. London suggests it may mean that the allies have at last begun the general offensive move ment which has been expected there for some time.
 The French statement today cov- CTS the same ground as the British announcement and in addition says that some progress has been made in the Argonne. There were ir- dications, however, that the Ger mans have made progress recently toward the eastern end of the line. The French war office admits that at Steinbach, in AIsace, the Ger man infantry gained foothoId. P Bombardment of St. Leonard and of Commeroy by the Germans also has been mentioned in the last two official French statements. Leon ard lies some distance to the south of points previously mentioned in accounts of fighting in the Vosgss. Commeroy is about 10 miles south of St. Mihie1, which has been be- lieved previously to be the south ern extremity of the wedge thrust by the Germans into the French line.
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Bids Opened at Washington Today Indicate Large Share of Work Will Come
 to Bridgeport Enterprise.
LocAl Concern Bid High On Sea Going Type of Sub marine, But on Coast De fence Type Is Believed to Be Low.
By our stan corres.)

Washington, Dec. 15-The Lake Torpedo Boat Go. of Bridgeport. Conn, zs likely to receive a large share of fhe work of building submarines of the coast defense type, bids for Wnlcn
 were cpered here at noon today.
 The Lake Company is high bidder on the sea going type of submarine, hut for the coast defence type the eSnabinations bids. not yet estimated By the government engineers. appear to give the Lake company an excel lent opportunity Of securing large contracts.
 The Lake company offered 30 com binati0n bids. The lowest bid for the Keasone type of vessel was $1, 368s OO0, or s18.oo higher than the lowest bid of the Electric Boat Go. builders or the Holland type of submarines.
 For the coast defence type, of which fsaere are to be built not less than 1,- esmbination bids extended from 3 4o,z 000 to $400, 900.
 It will be probably 10 days before fhe contracts are awarded.
 ss,heA .axe Torpedo Boat company of Bridgeport. Conn. submitted thirty D5oposadss covering about every com Es<latfon Of up-to-date construction. machinery, and other parts for sub- marines of each class. Included In the combinations are the celebrated nGaFV fvpe which the Busch, Sul1er Eros Diesel English company of St. Louis are prepared tb build in its new g, oO0.- b00 plant, which has peenI erected to build the Swiss engines in the DniteA States The late Dr. Diesel was Q. director of this company.
 Tho Lake company's minimum bid for ths coast defense beets is se176s- 65a each and it's maximum $42T, 900 each for three or four boats to be built at Bridgeport, and such @adft1on- hI boats as desired at Long Beach. CaL, at an additional price of $2a ,000 which varies from S36 to 3s5 net sub- merged displacement.
 In combination with three coast de- Tense boats, the Lake company offered. to build at dgeport, the 20 knot fleet submarine at a n1inimuna price of H,- B6S 00O and a maximum of $1 1895, 900: the price varies according to the zna- chinery and characteristics of several variations of the general design.
 For construction in a navy yard by tf16 Navy Department the Lake com bany ofrered it's % knot boat general plans, specifications, calculations and DE S100 pee ton of net submerged de- signed displacement, and in the event ffas Navy Department so desires, the Lake company offers to make the working drawings for actual cost plus n pkofft Of 16 per cent.
 Tn addition to private shipyard con- struetion, England, Germany, France, Austria and Russia build submarines in goternEnent navy yards, in order to maintain an equipment for repairs,
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
GERMAN

< Berlin, Dec. 15.-Ry wireless to Say willie, L. ,L)-An official report given out at headquarters late last night said:
 ttThe French have made weak att tacks against our positions between the Mouse and vosges but these were easily repulsed. There were no inn portant events on the west front in East Prussia or in South Poland Our operations in North Poland are devel- oping.
 saThe following remarks are made regarding Russian and French official reports:
 Southeast of cFacow we continued our offensive. We took several Ger man guns and machine guns and made about 2,o00 prisoners
 Not one man, not one gun, nor one, machine gun there has fallen into Russian hands.
 .4The official Paris bulletin of Dec, 12 states
 :. Northeast of vail1y one German battery was completely anpihilated
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
Furious Bombardment of Two Weeks Ends With Evacuation By Austriahs of Capital of servian Kingdom Austrian Con firmation Lacking.
RAILWAYS PROVE
 BOON TO KAISER
Allies Marking Time in the West While Germany op- crates Main Force In Po- land With Reports of Con- tinued Victories.

London, Dec. 15-BeIgrade, the unfortified capital of Ser via, which the Austrians after a long and terrific lombard ment occupied two weeks ago, is again in the possession of the Servians.
 A despatch from Nish, the temporary capital of the coun- tEy, received in London early this morning, makes the an. #nouncement that Servian troops have re-entered the city, thus crOWning their recent slIff prising victory against the Aus trian invaders of their terri tory. Up to the present time there has been no admission from any Austrian source of the loss of Belgrade.
 In The Carpathfans
 The Austrian arms have been light ing prominently of late in the war. the Austrian progress~in the carpathians from the passes ef which they have been clearing the Russians having been one of the few positive factors in the fighting of the Last few dzSEs tg eastern arena North of the yistu1a, along the 1E1awa, the fighting seems to be favor ing the RussIanR but neither side claims a decisive victory anywhere along the eastern front The final engagement still femains to be fought out between Lodz and the Yistula-
 Military observers in London, com menting upon Russta's failure to clear Poland of German troops, dwell upon the fact that even Russiass vast re- Sources in men may continue to prove hnavailing unless existing methods Of communication are improved On two occasions Russian forces approaching the German frontier have been driven back by reason of the remarkable sys- tenn of German railways which enables Germany to move her troops expediz tiously and it has been suggested that Russia should begin at once the con struction of new transverse lines In Poland and the improvement of exist- ing nnes.~ Temporary lines, 1t Is ar gued, could be laid at the rate of 10 or 12 miles a day.
 While it seems clear that Germany is operating her main force in Poland there is still no outward indication of general advance on the part Of the allies in the west That General Jof- ire. the French commander -in-chfef, is feeling out the situation seems ap- parent but so long as artillery dtels continue to constitute most of the fighting only slow progress has been expected as it is a military maxim that guns alone cannot bring a decis- ion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
WOULD-BE JOKER'S
 FRANK ENDS WITH / THE LAUGH ON HIM

Only few weeks ago a bottle enclosed message. found floating in the waters of the sound off Fayerweather's Island, purported to convey the message that, when found, Harry c. Palmer would have sscashed in his chips" The request was made that his wife iD Waterbury be notified. She was.
 The responst tbiIity for the mes sage was traced to Harry c. Pal mer, an eTnpIoye of the Bridgeport Hydraulic. O., living at AIS East Main street, who was found to be very much alive and alleged to have written the message as "a joke.'' It proved to be no joke as the occurrence aided his wife in locating him and. last night, he was arrested for the Waterbury authorities by Detective Bray charged with non-support. He was taken to Waterbury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
SULTAN BLAMES
 RUSSIA FOR WAR

London, Dec. 15.-A despatch to Reuters Telegram Company from ConstantinopIe by way Of Amsterdam gives the gist cf the speech from the throne by Sultan Mehmed at the open ing of the Turkish parliament Mon day. The Sultan announced thaE he was forced to declare war when the Russian fleet attacked the Turkish fleet in the Black Sea and England and France began actual hostilities by sending troops to the Turkish mon tiers.
 The necessity was forced upon us to resist with armed force the policy of destruction which at all times has been pursued against the Islamite world by England, Russia. and France and which has assumed the character of religious persecution,' the Sultan declared.
 Tn consonance with the fetwa CsaA cred AdosIem law1 called all Mos1ens to a holy war against these powers and those who help them q am con vinced that our forces on land and sea will add fresh victories to those gained by the gorlious armies Of Ger many and Austria-Hungary against the common enemies
 sI can state with much satisfaction that our relations with the powers which have not participated in the general war are sincerely friendly and especially with our neighbor. Bull garia-'
 The Sultan made a brief reference to the abrogation of the capftulat4ons and giving the cause for this step said:
 ..The special privileges which our government has heretofore granted foreigners has sassuned a shape det- rimental to our rights of sovereign ity.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
WILL INVEsTIGATE
 LOUISIANA LYNCHINGs

Baton Rouge, La, Dec. Ex-Governor Hall, of Louisiana, yesterday directed the attorney general of the state to start an immediate investigation of the Iynchings of Caddo Parish. Five ne- groes recently were executed by mobs within ten days
 The investigation is ordered with a view of fixing responsibility and sug- gesting remedial measures for the prosecution, conviction and punish ment of those composing the mohs.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
OPPOs FTION DEVELOPS
 TO JAPANESE BUDGET

Tokio. Japan, Dec. 1.-The budget for 1915. which shows an estimated expenditure of s278,OOO GOO and de- crease of the revenues of $40 .0pD. is now before the House of Representa- tives for consideration
 Considerable opposition to it has developed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
OFFICIAL REPORTS ON THE WAR

and at Duxnoudes. to the west Of VigneuIle es-Hattonchatel two Ger man batteries were destroyed. one of heavy calibre and one destined to fight aeroplanes. In the same region the French nave destroyed block. house and several treinc1es'
 ALL THIS IS PURE IrlvEN> TION.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
BRITISH

London, Dec. 15.-The official infor- mation bureau today gave out the fol- lowing statement:
 "A combined attack by the allies was made yesterday on the line from Hollebeke to Wyteschaete in Belgium. Several German trenches and a num- Der of prisoners were captured and substantial progress was made.'
 Wystchaete is miles south of Bel giura while HoI1ebeke lies about 8 miles northeast of Wytschaete.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

Berlin has suppressed the newspa- per staatsburger zeitung because it failed to obey the order to discontinue it's anti-Semitic propaganda
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

The French Cabinet decided that ftl is impossible to prepare a 1915 budgasS
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In Foreign Cities.

Nearly the entire diplomatic corps IN
there recently of Miss Dorothy Scaris-
brick and Baron Carl Akerhielm, formerly
first secretary of the Swedish legation.
The brides dress was q very beautiful
one of white satin heavily embroidered
in gold. The court train was Of the satin
embroidered in gold and was suspended
from the shoulders, where it was held
with large bow knot of diamonds.
Miss Melaeme vansittart was the only
bridesmaid, and her gown was Of pale
blue charmeuse with a minaret tunic of
chiffon edged with sable. A wide gold
and blue tissue ribbon formed the gfrdle.
The little trainbearer wore a hiSh-waist-
ed dress of white satin.
Another prominent bride In London
chose creamy white satin for her wedding
dress with silver embroidery in design
of lilies.
Her train was Of cloth Of silver lined
with flesh-tinted tulle with silver roses
and foliage forming the border.
At the marriage OF Miss Beryl Carey
and Mr.. John 8. Spooner at st. Mar
garets, Westminster, the bride, who was
given away by her mother, wore dress
of beautiful point de Flanders lace with
the court train Of this lace mounted on
cloth Of silver. Pearl roses held the train
at the shoulders and also appeared on
the bodice and skirt.
dresses with fur-edged tunics and they
carried satin and fur muffs with bou-
quets pinned on of brilliant scarlet
flowers.
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A Falkstone Dance.

The third dance of the season was
given Friday night in the lobby of the
Falkstone Courts by the guests. Sena-
tor Bradley, Representative Guy 7.
Helvering. Representative John Aber-
crombie, Representative H. [. Goodwin.
Representative Otis Wingo. Represen-
tative Tom Stout. Representative L.
Lazaro. Representative Kidwell, Rep
resentat.ve ]. M. Grudger, Representa-
tive w. J. Langley, Representative
George NJ. Young. Representative Du-
pre- and sister, Representative George
Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. Davis, Mr. and Mrs
c. r. Denny, Mr.. and Mrs. Garet
Whiteside. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. S. Young.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Branigan, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. S. Hanson, Mr.. and Mrs. A. n;
stephens Mr.. and Mrs. Grisby. Mr. and
Mrs Rella NJ. Lane, Mr.. and Mrs. Flora
Hodge. Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Larrabee,
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Adams. Mr.. and Mrs.
r. F. Rose, Mr.. and Mrs. P. c. Trea-
nor, Mr.. and Mrs. a; E: LOTUS tu. De E,; ana
beth Barnes. Hilda Higgins. Murel
Abercombie, Florence Tounier, Mary
Lazaro. Ruth Abercrombie, Marion
Bishop, Elsie Kindell, Clois Lazaro.
Liebert. Florence and Myrtle Trea-
nor. Marie Carter, Ethel and Fannie
Noack, Lillian Harden. Helen Gal
braith. Messrs. Leslie Stephens. Will
ward, Rault Lewis, Jerard Hoenell.
Edwin House. Herbert H. Pfahler.
Charles Petticord, Paul Treanor. Gordon
Chance. Roy Carrico. Roy Cox, M. Cot
ten, Mr.. Hanlen. Jack Smith, willard
Hoover, Lloyd Patch, John Hardell, Mr..
Neil, John Mclaughlin and Harry Nag
goner.
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College Women's Club

Mrs. Wilson will probably accept the
hospitality of the College women's Club
tomorrow afternoon at their studio on F
street. She has shown a cordial interest
In the society since coming here, and has
signified her intention of joining the mem
bers at the Washington's birthday tea
at $50 tomorrow unless something I'M
foreseen arises. Miss Ethel de Long, so
Well and favorably known for her work
among the mountain whites of Kentucky
and other southern states. will address
the club. giving an account of the Pine
Mountain Settlement School in Harlan
county, Kentucky. Section of the club
will be the hostesses of the afternoon
Mrs. F. Z. Edgington is chairman, and
her aids will be Mrs. F. w. Ashley, Mrs.
William H. Baker, Miss Henrietta Blasl,
Miss Burgdorf, Miss Alice Clark. Miss
Dawes. Mrs. Margaret B. Downing, Mrs.
Lincoln Dixon of Indiana and her dauyh-
ter. Miss Claire Dixon; Miss Maude Gun
Their. Miss Phoebe Howell. Mrs. Frank
l. Hess, Miss Myra T. Hillman, Mrs.
Salome T: johnson. Miss Ida Johnson,
Mrs. Frank O'Hara, Miss Julia R. Pearce,
Miss Grace Ross and Miss Margaret Wul-
fort. Cherry bisQue and candy hatchets
will figure in the refreshments, and the
cakes and other good things will be speci-
mems of the proficiency of section in
the culinary arts.
The annual banquet of the College
Women's Club, to be held at Rauscher's
the night of Saturday. February %. prom
ises to be very delightful occasion. The
banquet committee is gratified by the as
surances Of a number of attractive speak
ers. Among these are Mary Alden Hop
kins, who has made a number of special
which have attracted much
attention. Miss Hopkins has fund of
experiences in these tasks, and sees the
humorous side as well as the serious. She
will come on from New York to attend
the banquet. Another toast will be re-
sponded to by Eliza Hardy Lord, who is
both as a speaker and because
she was among the first to enter a wom-
ans college in this country. Her topic
will be "A Spinster's Experience" An
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Kinsella-Long.

Last Tuesday evening at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank y. Long. Sl3 llth
street northeast. their daughter Mary
Cornelia and Mr. James Elijah kinseiih
were married. The event was ATTENDED
by relatives and a number OF intimate
friends, those from distance beng
Mrs T. X. Bartlett of Elmira. n J.,
and Mrs NJ y. Davis and daughter of
Baltimore Rev W W Barnes. pastor
of Douglas Memorial NJ. +. Church, Of
ficiated.
The bride was gowned in white crepe
meteor trimmed with pearls and lace
and wore a tulle veil with a wreath
of orange blossoms around the cap. and
carried a shower bouquet of bride roses
and lilies of the valley The maid OF
honor, Miss Marian Mckay. wore blue
creme de chine trimmed with rhine
stones and carried a bouquet of pink
carnations The bridesmaid, Miss Mar
cuerite kinsella, sister OF the groom.
was attired in a pink crepe dc chine
with rhinestone trimming, and ALEC
carried a bouquet of pink carnations.
The ribbon bearers. Miss Margaret va
Wis of Baltimore, a cousin of the bride.
and Miss Thelma Dietz. wore white en-.
broidered dresses. one with pink ana
the other with blue SASH and hair RIB
bons The best man was Mr.. Cf-rles
A. kinsella. brother of the bridegroom,
and the ushers were Messrs Guy y.
Long brother of the bride, and Frank
+. Tew.
The party entered the parlor to the
strains of the Lohengrin welding march.
rendered by Mrs Frank A Frost, the
bride being escorted by her father. The
presents are many. and consist chiefly
of silver. cut glass. fine china and lin
en-. Mr.. and Mrs. Kinsella are spend
ing their honeymoon in New York city.
and will reside at 10 K street north
east upon their return.
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Pr the happy folks in society will not
particularly welcome the lull how
ever temporary 1t may be. which ASH
Wednesday this week may cause. 1t
will find some consolation in the fact
that Easter Sunday, April IL, will come
3ust about the right time to enjoy the
freedom of outdoor life as well as pleas
urss of the usual order. The spring sea-
son will be quite gay; that is already well
established by a number Of announce
uents. but what the intervening forty
days will produce Is not altogether clear
it,st vet Mi-Careme, March 10, VIII be
anticipated by several events and, as one
expects for the Lenten season, charity
calls will not only be heard, put VIII
ACTUALLY be listened for. The tea dances
for March Monday afternoons at the navy
ward are a case in point, when the Navy
Relief Society will be the beneficiary.
This week tableaux and dances, with tai
ented and socially popular men ana
women taking part. will be given for the
infant welfare department Of the Diet
Kitchen Association. These arc only m
stances, the list Is long one.
The army and navy reception at the
White House Tuesday night assures
brilliant finish to the official season The
afternoons. both tomorrow and next day,
are full of tea and tea dance engage
ments for hundreds of persons.
The past week has undoubtedly been
the gayest of the winter The evening
events were so numerous that the smart
set must have grown trifle weary be-
fore the finish. The Vice President and
Mrs Marshall omitted their Monday
night reception and dance in respect to
the memory of Senator Bacon, but the
rest of the week had u program OF I'M
usual distinction, which was not disturb
ed by any untoward event. Mrs. Garri-
sons dance for the Presidents daughters,
and Mr.. Barretts the following night,
with the same guests of honor and
number of friends from other cities to en-
joy the occasion with those invited from
this. were occasions of marked success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley were also
hosts at a very smart dinner dance. and
Representative and Mrs. Dunn gave their
friends in official and resident society
charming evening Friday last
The Write House musical Friday night
and the reception last night at the Brit
ish embassy were eliminating occasions
of the seasons last full week.