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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
T4E MOTHER SHIP OF TIE ATTACKING AERoPLANEs

chances. The feet had power and time. It bent them to one object-to land it's men safely. It would not er- gage the harbor defenses and so open, itself to the risks of sp1unging fire and torpedo attack. It would not hlockade harbors and so make itself a chosen mark for such terrors as Ms.
 Very scientifically, very houghtfully, had the enemy staked out,the vital spot at which he had decided to strike Here, facing each to each almost like the salients of fortidcation, lay three harbor gates to the northeastern United States Buzzards bay. gashing deeply into Massachusetts; Narra agansett bay almost cutting Rhode Island in two, and the eastern entrance to Long Is land sound and the cities of Connecti- cut
 Open any one of these gates, and it opened the way at one blow to both New York and Boston.
 These three sea salients were greatly armed for defense. In each harbor lay batteries of fourteen and twelve inch all steel fff1ed cannon. Hidden under facings of. earth, steel and concrete they sat on disappearing carriages and pneumatic gun lifts that would swing
 
 stead of tons and instantly plunge them back again into cover after firing.
 Deep under earth entertainments, squatting in concrete lined graves twelve inch mortars, sixteen to a group, stared upward at the patches of sky over their heads. which was all that their men would see while they were firing. however bitter the fight might be.
 A single shot from one of the long, graceful rifles might sink a ship if it were well placed. A single salvo from the mortars. the sixteen firing together, assured1y would. And they could do it. Aimed by mathematics, they were sure to strike the spot. A score of serving devices in the defenses were slaves to the steel champions Search lights in armor waited like men at arms to point with a long white finger at their prey. Mine fields and emplace- ments and cable eonduits were there to force the ships to steer where the guns could strike them most surely. Masked by trees and mounds, concealed by ev- cry device against betrayal, were range finders and fire control stations.
 Here sat experts who had studied the most occult questions of arithmetic, geometry, surveying. navigation and eartography for one purpose-to direct those long guns true.
 Before them lay charts of the sea area that they were guarding. Let a ship come within the limit of their ap- paratus, and in the time required to speak-into a telephone the gun pits miles away down the defense line would crack with the explosion of tons of smokeless powder.
 But under the iron visages was weak ness In none of the defenses on this morning when the time had come for their test, were there more than one half the number of men required to hold them.
 They could fight the guns, so long as the action remained q ship to fort ac- tion, but if the enemy attacked at the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
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 Still these liners, with their eens of thousands of men, were too precious to be protected only by this bright vigil lance From each transport there pro jected long steel booms. eleven to q side. These held out a half ton net of steel grommets. Stretched fore and aft as taut as. steam capstans could haul it. this shirt of chain mail hung far down into the sea to catch any tor peGIo that might come driving at the keel
 There was more protection than that It would be day soon, and then the submarines would De blind no longer. All around the area chosen for the transports to lie in the fishing boats taken from the sea islands were being lowed by destroyers to drop their nets. Their wooden buoys formed odd geo metricaI outlines on the sea.
 These thin things of meshed twine. made only to hold 1ittle,4 inoffensiye fish, were suspended like submarine fences north and south and east and west of the field of operations
 That such trivial things should be of any avail against. underwater craft with death in their heads might well have seemed absurd to landsman. They did not seem absurd to the lieu
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26


 full speed to make it dive, yet with it hatches open POO gallons of water, fai ] less than is contained in q single bio wave, would send it down like a tin can.
 The commander held on as long as he could, watching the whitening wa ter in the east and watching the trans ports. He saw that at a thousand yards distance around them Gust what he would have chosen as neat torpedo range) there lay little fleet of gunboats, all thrusting out booms with steel nets that made them look oddly, as if they were hoped and wide skirted. Disposed in an oval, they guarded the transports with a second wall of steel wire.
 And. overhead soaring in spirals, never flying far away and always re turning, were three naval planes The commander of the M-9 knew that they were waiting and watching for just one thing-the shadow of a sub merged submarine.
 From an altitude of 2,O0O feet the movements of a submarine torpedo boat may be easily observed. unless the water is very muddy.-Captain " E. Clark, Aviation Corps, U. s. A., De cember issue, Coast Artillery Journal. ] - This enemy plainly was taking no
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-26
NOTICE

For f0Ety-nlne years we have F,e,gn eConouct1ng business at the same old esc' etocataOn' corner of Main and John 56Leets, Br1dgepoFts Conn, and ouR EE1VaNo Bank has been established LneFe continuously. We have received Sl 9nd paid out on demand without nos @ lCe Ln1A1ons of dollars of money de- RusASou W1Ln us and we continue to FScc1Fe money subject to depositDr'a GAleck at sight, on which we allow nIEee per cent. per annum, credited the accounts of individuals, abusiness
 men, firms and corporations, and all can deposit money, cheeks or 6PaffS- ana leave 1t for one day .OH7S week, one month OF one year, and draw interest We give to the business our careful personal aGtentton as the 9Idesf fs5e-9 of private bankers i'm tllis state.
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tenant who commanded United States submarine Ms when he steered his craft, awasI, out from behind Fishers s Island sound at dawn and looked east ward through his glasses.
 Ten miles away lay the transports. quite notionless, beautifully assembled as a target for him. At that distance their nnasts and tunnels seemed hud-a d1ed He had a vivid picture in his mind for an instant. It was picture Of fat slow sheep crowd1ng together with wolf among them.
 But between them and his wolf lay the net buoys, dotting all the surface, In and out as if they had been laid by some laboring artist to make maze.
 The sea wolf went slowly nearer With it's tanks full of water it lay so far submerged that the sea washed the combfng around the smanhole hatch : The lieutenant was like a man wading breast high in the ocean. It would be hard to see him from any distance He studied the raceries of buoys There were spaces between them that betok- ened gaps in the fences. One might find a gap and go through. But to find a gap the submarine must raise her perf9cope above water and look around iAd1df here, sweeping necessarily to and fro like gaHoping cavalry, were de stroyers.
 A[With periscope shot away subma. rine, even though uninjured, is quite helpless She may escape if she is in deep water and the assailant is far enough away to give her time to dive and fee, deeply submerged See loss of U-12 on March 10 merely through de sfructfon Of per1scope. which permitted enemy desroyers to ram her-I
 Geu1d one dive and go through blind The lieutenant knew the Limitations of his terrible little animal It's kiss could draw a 10000 ton sIsin into the abyss, but the woven tw1ne would laugh at torpedoes.
 Its nose could cut through them like the threads that they were. But the torn ends would catch coming towel and masts and periseope tubes. Even if if tore away from them the wi1irI Of the propeller remained to renew the danger. sucking the trailing cords to itself and in one instant switching them around and around the spinning shaft
 With the propeller blocked the sub marine must rise, for only with its propeller thrusting and it's horizontal 4141S 6ct bO ASE4 IL A4OFyA CStA IAG S0D- marine stay under. It submerges not by sinking, but by diving with main strength
 Another rather vivid picture flashed $ znto the lieutenant's mind. It was moi a picture this lime of a wolf among sheep. Itwas picture of a sudden enormous commotion among those quiet net boys, as of something strug- gIing down below, and then of a vio- lent surge as the tangled nets were carried to the surface by helpless submarine held fast by the tail.
 A breeze arose with the rising sun, and the water roughened. The subma- 2 Yine stopped. It could not meet rough N1Ger while it was awash Although Its buoyancy when it was sealed was such that Its propeller had to thrust
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The American Jewish world., 1915-10-08
October 8, 1915

exists largely for that purpose, to
band fellow-Israelites together, no
matter how they may differ reli-
giously or otherwise. The council
of Jewish Women seeks to accom-
plish the same among the members
of the gentle sex. And in order to
bring Jewesses into closer touch
with the synagogue and its work
and aspirations, the Federation of
Sisterhoods has recently been organ
lied. To do the same work among
Jewish college students, our plastic
youth, so easily susceptible to the
influences of environment, the Men
orah has been founded Zionism,
too, is in large measure, the fruit
of Israels instructive desire of self
preservation.
And so whatever other label the
modern Jew may adopt, our appeal
to him at all times is-Be a lew.
Be loyal Be true unto thyself.
The American Jewish world., 1915-10-08
ISRAEL-A SCHLEMIEL.

Evidences of Jewish valor in all
the contending armies continue to
grow apace. We are told that since
the beginning of the war 3,167 Iron
Crosses have fallen to Jews in the
German army, while during the last
few weeks 400 Russian Jewish SOL
diers have been awarded the Order
of St. George pleasant alternative
this to the Order of the Boot which
has been conferred on so many of
our people, combatants as we'll as
civilians in Russia. Among the lists
Of Jewish casualties in France have
occurred the names of NJ. Toubiana
Chazan of Constantine, Algeria;
Corpl. Robett Bloch, nephew of the
Chief Rabbi of France, and Sub
Lieut.. Carvallo, son of Mr.. Joseph
Carvallo, Director of the Manufac-
lures of the State. In the Italian
army, again, many awards for valor
have been conferred on Jewish SOL
diers, and our people in Italy have
helped to swell the casualty lists of
the country's soldiers; while like
evidences of the fighting powers of
our people come constantly from
Austro-Hungary, from Turkey, and
from Serbia. In the latter country
the King of Serbia, only recently
referred in glowing terms to "the
constancy, the valor, and the de-
votion of the Jews who are serving
in my army 1t seems incredible
that Jews should not be able to look
forward, as a result of this conflict,
to the elimination of the word "per-
secution" from their midst. Yet, as
things are, it needs some optimism
to believe that the war is going to
bring us even that relief. Mr.. Zang-
will is right; as people Israel is a
Schlemiel !-London Jewish World.
The American Jewish world., 1915-10-08
October 8, 1915
EDl 1TORIAL
BE A JEW-NO MATTER HOW
YOU ARE LABELED.

The old Babylonian prophet for
sees time when some Jews will
go by the name of Jacob, and others
designate themselves as Israel, and
still others call themselves as those
of the Lord. They will all be Jews,
no matter how their Jewish designa-
tion may be phrased. The label will
not matter. They will be Jews, and
be known as such; and that is suf-
fcient.
Such time has, indeed, come and
has been with us these many years.
A variety of labels have been tackled
on to us Jews, or have been tackled
on by ourselves. But what matters
it? We are Jews, and wish to re-
main Jews. And our appeal to every
member of the household of Israel,
every wavering member, every one
who is hating between two opinions,
is, "Be Jew, no matter what other
label you wear. Be Jew, an Or
thodox, or a Conservative, or a Re-
form, or Zionist, or Socialist, or
even a lodge-Jew; but be Jew"
Until the beginning of the 10Th
Century it was a rare thing for
Jew voluntarily to cease being
Jew. In medieval times there were
many forced conversions, in whole
sale, forced conversions of entire
communities. In those days Israel
probably lost tens if not hundreds
of thousands of her children 1t was
either that, or banishment, or death.
But rarely did Jew of his own ac
cord leave his fold.
The reason? There were many
reasons. First of all the Jews deep
seated, firm conviction in the superb
ority of his own religion and the
The American Jewish world., 1915-10-08
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

IIlOue Ol HE II CulllVdtCu HCl, ITO
absolute faith in God and Gods
promises as to Israel's future. And
finally his ghetto-life, that secluded
him from the rest of the world, that
made of the Jews people apart in
the midst of every other people. In
view of this last fact, the enemies
of the Jew certainly showed their
stupidity,-in SO far as they wished
to see him absorbed, and yet by iso-
lating him made the power of Jew
ish adhesion all the greater. Russia
is equally stupid at the present time.
AS in other countries the Jew in
Russia, too, would quickly become,
if not merged, at least assimilated
and Russianized, were he given his
full liberty.
Yes, emancipation has changed the
Jew, has weakened Jewish loyalty.
The history of the last hundred
years shows it. When political and
civil disabilities were removed in
one European country after another,
and on the American continent,
many Jews have voluntarily ceased
being Jews. Thousands upon thou
sands of Jews, and among them
some of the proudest names in Ger
many, England, France, Italy, ETC.,
have by that process of self-aliena-
ton been lost to us. The reason
for that is, we suppose, the same
as that which makes parvenue chill
dren often ashamed of their poor,
lowly, but honest parents and rela-
tives. The humble parents and
other kindred may be of far nobler
fibre than the upstarts. But that
does not matter.
OF late years some agencies in Our
country seem to be designed to ac-
celerate the process of dejudaization.
We mention Christian Science and
Ethical Culture among others
Christian Science surreptitiously
and Ethical Culture avowedly. We
have no quarrel with either except in
SO far as they help to effect that
against which the Jew has these two
thousand years fought, and shed his
blood in fighting, namely Jewish dis
integration. The Jews mission in
this world is to remain a Jew, just
as the primary mission of every man
is to be a man, and the primary
mission of all life is-life.
To counteract the tendency of
self-alienation, to help Jewish self
preservation, many agencies have of
late years been designed by us,
~
The American Jewish world., 1915-10-08
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Uhr Amertran Jenttah mnrln.
Continuing The Jewish Weekly.
Established June IL, 1912.
DIR. S. N. DEINARD, EDITOR
L. II. Frisch, Managing Editor.
L. 81. Frisch, Managing Editor.

ADVISORY BOARD-A. N. Bearman,
Louis R. Frankel, John Friedman, Arthur
M. Harris, Sylvan Hess, Adolph Hirsch-
man, Meyer M. Isaacs, Gustavus Loevinger,
DR.. Isaac L. Rypins, William Weisman.
The American Jewish world., 1915-10-08

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World Publishing Co., Minneapolis and St.
Paul. Minneapolis office, 316317 Tribune
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The American Jewish world., 1915-10-08

Entered as second class matter July 80, 1915,
at the post office at Minneapolis, Minnesota
der the Act of March 3, 1879.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-15

tend the annual meeting of the So
ciety of Railway Financial Officers
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
This is the first meeting of the society
held in the west, in other years it has
been held east of Chicago. Mr.. Well
man is president of the society and
sta nds a good chance of being re-
elected again this year.
F. L. Johanson. contractor, is pro-
viding an object lessen m how to erect
buildings without inconveniencing the
general public. At Eleventh and Tay-
lor streets he has built two houses
and now has a third under construc-
ton and during all this work not a
shovelfu, of material has ever been
placed on the pavement or on the
sidewalk. in addition to this, at the
close of every days work the side
walk has been swept clean of dust and
rubbish.
Plans for the annual Shawnee coun
ty Sunday school convention which
will be held here November 81 md
December L were discussed at dinner
given by the city Sunday school super
intendents- of Topeka at the Y NJ C.
A last night Sixteen superintendent
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HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Insant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawk
ing. snuffling, blowing, headache, dry
ness. No struggling for breath at
night; your cold or catarrh disap-
pears.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t
penetrates through every air passage
of the head, soothes the inflamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with cold or nasty catarrh.-Adver
tisement.
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attended. From one to two hundred
delegates attend the Shawnee county
convention every year and this year
the committee in charge is going to try
to make the attendance 500. At the
meetings delegates will be chosen for
the Wichita state convention which
will be held later in the winter.
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SESSION CLOSES TODAY
Election of Officers of Kansas Mu-
nicipality League Ends Business.

Hutchinson, Kan, Oct. 15.-Reports
of committees and the election of Of
ficers occupied much of the time at
the final session of the seventh annual
convention of the League of Kansas
municipalities here today. Committees
on judicial decisions, auditing, legisla-
ton and resolutions made reports.
C. H Kerr, mayor of Independence,
also was scheduled to address the
delegates, on Motor Car Fire APP
paratus.'
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Evening star., 1915-01-24
By HARRY STILLWELL EDWARDS

negro of gigantic frame and erect bearing, his hair
white who presented silver tray and brimng punch
glass tapping the nearest table, and the voice of
Colonel Willoughby, late but not lately, of the Con-
federate cavalry, drew his attention.
@We about to propose toast, General the
Colonel was saying.
proceed, Colonel
The group rose glasses in hand
The Colonel lifted his. Miriam Fanneau-God bless
her!"
The General bowed his head quickly, to wind too
strong. moment his eyes closed His mother, his
sister, his grandmother, Miriam Fanneau Presently
he lifted his glass and smiled "Thank you Colonel,
and you Gentlemen" He trusted his voice no further
A SUDDEN exclamation from Willoughby drew the
attention of the group from his friend. Wllloughby
staring down the ballroom, from which all figures
had retreated to the walls. Those around him.
whose gaze followed his, carried away that night
picture never to fade from memory. Miriam Fanneau
had drawn about her slender waist crimson SASH
thrust crimson into her hair and dancing alone
an Argentine tango. As she made her way up the
room her body swayng and curving, her little feet
pointing the rhythm her archng alternating over
head, Spanish-wise, of delight followed her.
She vivid embodiment of change and grace, all
of the Hogarth beauty lines moving the vision.
"An autumn leaf in little wfrwind!" whispered
voice behind Willoughby.
Majors Colonies, Judges, Captans-they were all
there veterans of many gallant quip in the days of
romance when life young,-caught up the challenge.
One they laid hand on theowng of Pegasus:
"A rose petal in purling brook"
@Moonbeam under an aspen!~
"A circling swallow in sunset sky!'
Evening star., 1915-01-24

and did violence the branches The night itself found
the old house. white without hill of drifed snow,
blazing with light from roof to foundation Within and its
chandeliers huge bouquets of prsatic coors Gallant
young men, queenly young thronged rooms that
of them viewed for the first time And never
the heday of its youth and spendor had the old house
held such gowns If from nook and wraiths of
ancient danes could have gded to view the
the gowns-beyond doubt their paor would have paed.
The ballroom with its silent rush of slken hose and
slipper and forms swayng to the rhythms of tango and
hesitation, would have brought the shudders. But then
every generation paes and shudders its
1t this scene that General Fanneau thoughtfully