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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06
1 .s75 RrIEish casualtIes il Day

London, Aug The daily casnaIt. list from all the British fronts issu e last night is 42 officers of whom i: were killed 1883 men. of whom l 5s were killed,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06
Eles Belgluln By E,alze Race

A1nsterda1rl. Aug 6=How 1I2 Bel g4ans escaped into Holland through 3 cIeverly faked bicycle race, is told in dispatches from the frontier.
 A number of Ifege sportsnle11 called Oh the German couman ndant of that district a fortnight ago and asked per- mission to organize a bicycle race for the benefit of local war victims The race was 10 be frkrn Laege to Ndouland. on the Dutch frontier.
 The csaznrnandant fell in with the plan. only stfpuiating that each cons 4estant must wear an arm bad ge with the German colors and affix small German flag to his bicycle After sorne demur the prom oters of the race consented to to conditions The Com naadant supplied the badges and ffags himself and agreed to send a rs.4 ssfary band to the starting place.
 zle race took place some days later with fz contestants. The entire coun- tryside turned out to watch the event. and the German sentries all along the ed by But the cyclists did not stop when they T9ached Mou1and they con tinued straight on across the Dutch border and failed to return.
 Kaiser Honors sArchdule Frederick.
 Berlin, Aug 6.Ernperor william personally delivered a Prussian Field z4srshaI1ss baton fo Archduke Fred eFick of Austria, the Commander in Chief of the Austro-F4ungaria forces M the east The presentation took place at q little Galician town serving a the Austrian headquarters, which vas rich1y decorated with flags The inhabitants of the place, in spite of a Icuring rain, cordially greeted the German Emperor. who briefly ad- dressed the Archdule
 Pots and Pans for Wars Use. nars recefved here describe fhe ir1va-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

Hayes. of the White Star Wednesday afternoon, shows cases of steel forgings.
 cases of brass rods. eases of sheet brass. steel billets.
 plates of spelter.
 coils of copper rods
 copper eathodes. eases of copper tubes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

Pots and Pans for Wars Use.
 London. Aug. German newspa- pers received here describe the inva- sfca of forty-eight colIectig centres in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06
WAR MATERIAL IN THE CARGO
 THAT THE ADRIATIC IS CARRYING

The sworn manifest of Capt liner Adriatic, which sailed for l she carried besides 288 messengers 644 cases Of empty steel shells. E $500 cases of cartridges BIT cases of empty fuses. 5e cases of rifles.
 67 aeroplanes
 204 automo piles.
 tractors. 1,662 pieces of steel forgings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

manifest of Capt. B. F. Hayes, which sailed for Liverpool Wednes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23

"With regard, first, to the ascertain ment of the damage by experts, the government believes that it should dis pense with nomination of an umpire. In the case of the entertainment of dauages hitherto arranged between the German government and a neutral government from similar causes, the experts named by two parties have always reached an agreement as to the amount of damages without difficulty; should it not be possible, however, to reach an agreement on some point 1t could probably be settled by diplo- matic negotiation. Assuming that the American government agrees to this, the German government names as its expert, pr. Kepny, of Bremen. direc- tor of the North German Lloyds; it begs to await the designation of the American expert.
 .HThe German government declares that it agrees to the proposal of the American government to separate the question of indemnity from the ques- ton of the interpretation of the Prus- sian-American treaties of 1785, 1799 and 1928. It therefore again express 1y states that in making payment it does not acknowledge the violations of the treaty, as contended by the Amer ican side, but it will admit that the settlement of the question of indem-
  ment of the differences of opinion concerning the interpretation of the treaty rights, and that this dispute is left. to be decided by The Hague tribunal of arbitration.
 The negotiations relative to the signing of a compromise provided by Article 52 of The Hague arbitration convention would best be conducted between the foreign office and the American embassy at Berlin, in view of the difficulties in the way of in structing the imperial ambassador at Washington In case the American government agrees, the foreign office is prepared to submit to the embassy a draft of such a compromise.
 The American governments in- quiry whether German government will govern it's naval operation iE ac- cofdance with the German OF the American interpretation of the treaty
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
ARMS WORKS GUARD
 HEAVILY FINED FOR |lMPERSONATlNG COP
Frank Ayres of Scranton Arrested on Trolley Car By Police Captain.

Frank Ayres, of Scranton, Pa, has been a guard at the Remington Arms U. M. c. p1Gnt for the last. seven months. He had a nice shiny badge, proclaiming him a special policeman of Bridgeport to prove it, too.
 He wore the badge on his manly chest and naturally gloried more or less in his authority. He took a ride on an East Main street car this morn ing, and sitting near him was Police Captain John H. Redgate. 7
 The cool September breeze1ets play fully swept aside Ayres' coat lapel and his badge of more or less authority sparkled in the sunlight. In fact, so dazzling was it's brilliance that Cap tain sRedgate shielded his eyes and made bold to inquire:
 What's the badge, mister?'
 Special policeman's,' responded Ayres, with drawing his coat so that its refulgence was undimmed. Pm a guard at the Arms Company pant You see, we have to keep our eye out for suspicious characters and ar -rst them if they get too inquisftive and try to get within the gates, he concluded as he gave the badge an affeetionate rub where a bit of dust had marred it's si1very beauty.
 The police captain read the inscrip- ftion on the badge: Special Police man of Bridgeport, No 2426.
 He knew there weren't 2,426 special cops in the city. even in the widest dreams of Republican officials who have political debts to play So the captain told Ayres he'd have to- step over to the town lookup, where a charge of f'fmpersonat1.1g an officer'' was placed against him.
 In police court this morning, Judge Bartlett taxed Ayres $29.60, which the young man paid and escaped a 30 day stay in the jail. He told the court that he had purchased the badge at a local shop, on order of the Arms com pany's superintendent of guards He hadn't made application for appoint ment as special policeman. Ayres caused something of a stir in the office of Clerk Clayton L. Smith, when he was counting $29.6O out of his bank roll. He was saying hard things about the officials when he got a quiet tip to travel. He travelled.
 Further investiga ton of the use of special badges, by local plants will probably be made at once by the Board of Police Commissioners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
CENTRAL LABOR UNION WILL ACT
 IN ARBITRATION

Brid dgeport's Central Labor Union, through it's organizing committee and John J. O'Nei1l, state organizer for the A. F. of L.. twill lend it's efforts to bring an instant adjustment of differ ences in factories where strikes still obtain.
 At the meeting of the central body last night, the local strike situation Twas discussed at length. As most of the, national organizers have left Bridgeport for other cities in the state and will be here only infrequently, it 7aws decided to authorize the organiz- ing committee to cooperate with the strikers committees in trying to settle existing differences and to further or ganization work.
 State Organizer O'Neill, as chairman of the organizing committee, will call a meeting soon at which various strik- CTS committees will be represented.
 Organizer Phillip Guest of Boston, representing the Amalgamated Meat Cutters, was at the meeting and an 11ounced that he will begin organiza- tion work among the trade here. The sausage makers here, he reported, are already well organized and may pre- sent grievances to employers soon.
 It was voted to petition the Presf- dent and Congress to authorize the free distribution of 300, GOO copies of the Walsh committees industrial report which was published recently.
 Following. the meeting of last night, a large delegation of members attend ed the benefit dance for the strikers of the Star Shirt Co. The dance was largely attended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
SAYS ORDERS HAVE BEEN
 GIVEN U-BOAT CAPTAINS
 TO PROTECT AMERICANS

Washington, Sept. 23-Germany 1n it's latest note on the Frye case made public today notifies the United States that orders have been issued to the German naval forces not to destroy American merchantmen which have loaded conditional con- traband even when the conditions of international law are present, but to permit them to continue their voyage unhndered if it is not possible to take them into port
 Germany gave tf1Ss assurance Sin order to fur-{ n1sh to the American government evidence of its conciatory attitude" while the question of inter preting the treaty of 1928 is submitted fo arbitra tion -
 The American suggestion for the naming o. experts to fix the indefnnity for the sinking of the Frye is accepted.
 As for absolute contraband, such as arms and ammunition, Germany states in it's note that it must reserve to itself the right to destroy vessels carrying absolute confraband wherever such del structon is permissible according to the provisions of the Declaration of LondonE'
 Indemnity Expert Named
 Germany, in the note its Dr. Kep- of Bremen, it's expert the determination nifty to be paid for the sinking of the Frye.
 The note also suggests that negotiations the the compromise be conducted through the American embassy Berlin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
MOREHOUSE-PECK
 POSSIBILITIES ARE
 AT SUMMER HEAT
Warehouse Won't Speak to Peck-Judge Says He's
 a. Well, Read it.
(special to The F1armer.)

Stratford, Sept. 23. = The second and third rounds of the Peck More house primary battle here developed to-day, when Prosecutor Ivan L. More house and Probate Judge Charles H. Peck swapped a few verbal bouquets. The second round was Merehouse's by his masterly generalship in sticking over these short, sharp jabs:H
 Judge Peck never threatened to throw me out of his office, because had threatened to arrest him for smashing the election laws, as he told The Farmer.
 Moreover, I don't call on Judge Peck at his office or at any other place. I wasn't in his office on cleo ton day. In fact, I haven't been in his office since made an investigation there of the Perry estate muddle which resulted in his disbarment.
 The judge really was violating the election laws, but I didn't go into his office to tell him about it, and he didn't threaten to hur1 me out.
 ''I don't even speak to the judge as we pass on the street.
 At the end of Round Two, Prosecu- tor Warehouse was puffing a bit, but seemed in good condition.
 Judge Peck opened and closed Round Three with the old @one-two" tactics wrapped up as follows:
 ''The Farmer printed the truth about what occurred in my office on primary day"
 Both were sparring for time at the end of this round. Indications for stratford tomorrow: Slightly warm CT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
DVINSK IS OBJECTIVE
 OF GERMAN CAMPAIGN

London, Sept. 23.-The strongly for tifed Russian city of Dvinsk, on the Dvina, no miles southeast of Riga, has become the new German objective now that the Russian armies appa- rent1y have escaped from the Wilma net. The German forces east and southeast of Lid4 are now making g more rapid progress but their increas- ed speed at this time is expected to gain them little in via~U of the fact that the safe retreat of the greater part of the Russian forcaA xaow seems to be assured.
 The chief success of tho Germans in the last day or two has been along the Dvina front, which bars the road to Petrograd. Southwest of Dvinsk the invaders captured Russian trench es on a front of nearlY two miles, ta-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
STAR SHIRT 60. STRIKE ENDS IN ' EIGHT HOUR DAY Employees Gain Many Con sessions and Return To
 ! Work Today. WORK IN NEW YORK
 HASTENS VICTORY Striker Said to Have Fore stalled Tactical Move of
 Factory Heads.

As a result of mutual concessions made by the strikers and the officials of the Star Shirt Manufacturing Co.,, the employees of that plant returned to work this morning.
 The eight hour day, revision of the piece work prices and a. modification of the system of charges was grant ed by the company. A reduction in the cost of cotton was also made
 The Star Shirt Go. strikers have been out more than a month. The conditions under which they were working caused the labor organizers here to make scathing attacks on the superintendent, Thomas Purdy. Presi- dent William Mohan, however, ar ranged a meeting with several per sons representing the strikers and work was begun last Tuesday revising prices.
 A meeting of the Star Shirt Go. em- p1oyes was held last night. They voted to return.
 Superintendent Purdy wouldn't dis cuss the settlement this afternoon. He said he preferred to remain silent.
 It is understood that one of the things that hastened a settlement by the company was an unexpected hap pening in New York. Rose Sa- baarof, the girl who started the to the offices of the company at 25 I Fifth avenue and got a job. She says she found several cutters and half a dozen others working there on preparatory work that enabled pro- gress in the Bridgeport factory. She declares she caused the cutters to strike.
 The cutters quitting in the local factory when the first strike was call ed crippled the work. According to Miss Sabaarof, cutters were doing work in New York to feed material to the strike breakers here.
 No changes were recorded at the Salts Textile Go. or the Siemon Hard Rubber Go.
 The officials of the American Graphophone Go. are working on the plan to settle the strike there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
BUCKINGHAM RULES ] ON. NEW QUESTION
 OF COMPENSATION
Loss of Four Fingers Does Not Mean Total Loss of
 Use of Hand.

That the loss of four fingers does mot
 constitute the entire loss of the use of
 a hand is the decision handed down by Compensa ton Commissioner B. T. Ruckin gham today in the case of James DeVito of Stamford against the Atlantic Insulated Wire and Cable lCo. of the same city. While employed
 in the factory of the company on May l 26, DeVito,s right hand was caught in
 d rolling machine and So badly crushed that the amputation of four fingers was necessary.
 | In his decision Compensation Com missioner Buckingham quotes the law | to show fthat flor the loss of one hand at or above the wrist, or the com p1ete
 and, permanent loss of the use of one hand 156 weeks compensation shall be paid.
 | DeVito was earning $1O per week.
 The commissioner decided he is enti- tied to s5 per week for s113 weeks and be reimbursed for hospital and surgf- | cal expense. He considers it just and necessary that $472.09 be paid to De | Vito at once in a lump sum. The de-
 cision, is an important one and estab-
 fishes a precedent in the adjustment of compensation claims. | In explaining who he does not con slider that De Vito has lost the use of lone hand Compensation Commissioner
 Buckingham says:
 '.The human hand is that portion of ] the WHICH 1nc1ud0S the WTlSI,
 cludes 27 bones, eight carpal, five met i acarpal and IA phalangeal, all being held together by muscles, tendons and | fragments. The nerves, arter1es and veins, all being protected by heavy facia, and skin, very close in texture. which results in more or less unity of action and also affords protection to the parts beneath. The motor func-
 tions of the fingers are controlled by
 the tendons of the extensor and Eexer
 muscles, situated respectively on the
 abck and fore part of the lower arm.
 "The motor function of the thumb Is controlled by long and short extensor muscles, and long and short fexor
 muscles which are distinctive from tn e muscular action of the fingers. The Eopposing power of the thumb to the stump If the hand left after amputa- ton of the four fingers, is not lost
 and therefore a positive function of AAonIinued on Page TWoa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
TEXT OF NEW NOTE ON FRYE CASE
the text of the latest German note the made public today at Washington:

stipu1ations in question: pending the arbitra1 proceedings, has been care fully considered by the German gov ernment- From the standpoint of law and equity, it is not prevented, in it's opinion, from proca aeding against American ships carrying contraband according to it's interpretation until the question is settled by arbitra- ton.
 "F'or the German government does not need to depart from the applica- tion of generally recognized rules of the law of maritime war, and the Dec1aration of London, unless and insofar as an exception based on a treaty is established beyond all doubt, In the case of the present differences of opinion between the German and the American governments, such an exception could otlbe taken to be .es- tablished except on the ground of the arbitraI award. Moreover, the disadvantages to Germany which would ensue from the American in depreciation of the treaty supu1a- tions would be so much greater as to be out of proportion to those which the German interpretation would en- tail, for the United States. For, whereas the American interpretation would materially impede Germany in her conduct of warfare, hardly any particular disadvantage to American citizens would result from the Ger man interpretation since they receive full sreparation for any property dam age sustained.
 Nevertheless, the German govern
 nent, in order to furnish to the American government evidence of it's conci1iatory attitude. has issued or ders to the German naval forces not to destroy American merchantme er1 which have loaded conditional contra band, even when the conditions of in- termational law are present, but to permit them to cotinue their voyage unhindered if it is not possible to take them into port. On the other hand, it must reserve to itself the right to destroy vessels carrying ab- so1ute scontraband wherever such de- struction is permissible according 10 provisions of the Declaration Of Lon don.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23

 king 2,OOO prisoners and eight ma chine guns. Further down the river. near Friedrichstadt, the Russians have gained a minor success.
 For the time being the domestic situation in Russia is quiescent. The strike in protest at the propagation of the Duma~ has been suspended but may be revived if the government persists in its opposition to the move nlent in favor of Areassembling the parlia ment and permitting the forma- ton of a new cabinet.
 Along the western front the French report destruct of German pa trol in Champagne. Berlin states that the patrol was withdrawn after destroying French. works.
 Mobilization : of Bulgarian forces continues to excite keen. interest but the beIIigerent as we'll as Ane neutral world seems to be in the dark as to the purpose which dictated this move ment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
NEIJTRAL SHIPS SUNK
 BY GERMAN U-BOATS

London, Sept. 23. - The Dutch steamer Koningen Emma, which yes- terday struck a mine as she was on her way to Amsterdam from Batavia, Java, capsized and sank in the Thames to-day The 25o passengers had been previously taken off the Koningen Emma.
 The British steamship Groningen, 988 tons gross, has been blown up One member of the crew lost his life and several others were wounded. The survivors were landed to-day.
 Christiania, Norway, Sept. 23-The Swedish steamer Forsvik, 1,107 tons gross, was sunk on Sunday by a mine or a torpedo. Her crew was landed here to-day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
MANUFACTURERS
 DESIRE CHANGE
 OF GOVERNMENT
Thirty-Seven Out of 38 W1o Express Preference Want
 Commission Plan.

The Manufacturers association Is the latest organization to lend its eff forts to the Concerted movement here towards effecting a change from the present form of municipal govern ment to that of government by com mission.
 That the manufactur are strong fly in favor ok the/ change is appar- ent from the fact that of the factor ies boiled, all but one of the 3S that consented to express an opinion spoke for the change.
 This statement was issued by the manufacturers association today:
 The Manufacturers Association, sf realizing tf19 importance to-the
 manufacturers and the people in general of any proposed change / from our present form of city government, recently canvassed it's members for the purpose of :. receiving an informal expression of opinion from them regarding their views upon the proposal to have the city adopt. a com mission form of government. Owing to the fact that our s bership is made up entirely of manufacturing industries and not individuals, a. number of our members titt not desire to commit their companies upon this subject. sOf the 38 companies that did
 express their views. however, 37 ; favored the commission plan and only one opposed it.
 While it is not the intention of
 this association to take any for ma1 action upon this matter, the above information is given out for the purpose of informing the public as to the attitude of a considerable number of manu- facturers upon this important subject
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-23
DRAW BRIDGES TO
 REMAIN CLOSED IN
 BUSY I5 MINUTES
War Department Orders Them Kept Shut From 7::45
 to 8 In Morning.

Mayor Wilson today received notice from the war department that the draw bridges here need not be opened between 7:45 and 8 o'clock on week day mornings. Alderman Cole tried for some time to have this rule made because he claims people on the East Side are frequently late for their work when the bridges are open at this hour. Because the eight hour day has been virtually established in all fac tories here, the war department off, cials consider that public necessity re- quires the bridges be kept closed dur ing the hours mentioned.