The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14

necessities of wer in Germany and Austria aceordixg to a letter recefv- his brother. Professor Emil Duessng at Kfe4 University,
 Germany and Austria have each four sbath trains" which travel to all who need bathan and they are many
 Two cars containing 30 bath tubs each, two tanks cars ftzs1 of water. one car for un ndresstns and four Yfretgat oars packed with clean nnens c6nst1ealte . bath train Within 10 hours. 1.20O men may take shower baths and have their clothing steriatz- ed at the same time by the steam of the locomotive.
 many, great good is being done by the n8VeI train Baths are at once d luxury and a necessity for the soI- diers. for lack of them promotes disease that is as deadly as the ene- iznTes'ss bullets.
 Germany 1s4 s4hefther suffering from the want Of food, coTnnercda1 stri11- gencys epidemic or inc0nvendenced by the lack of paper or leather. aocord- iTasg to account of Prof. Buesfng who aphica11y outlines the general con- eftions o4taaKizg throughout Ger many today sTTne commercial con- 1ftion Of Germany is nearly normal 2 writes the professor Tell your
 
 food to us as we do not heed it There is enough foodstuffs to prevent star vation. The only commodity that has risen in price Is coroa which is now selling for 60 cents pound
 Continuing, the writer shows that ratlSer than being discodnnpded by 4fae semi -Shortage of such staples as nssat the country is to be greatly benefl lttedF War ass cas used q return to- the diet of oiKr gran dpazsentss less meat, less eggs and more vegetables and fruit This chargel has long been advocateds not only by yege taxdans, but by many specialists on diseases of the stomach. The war has forced this experiment. on the whole people and physicians are in- teutSy interested in it's ultimate effect uson therace. In Germany they fore see, mat diseases Of the nerves ka1-s neys and aItsr7es will become less prevalent
 Writing of the commercial confl- 41en of Germany today, Professor DuesIng states Tt is nearly normal. The Shipping of the steel industry. amounted to 100000 tons in Fssbru- ary with an increase to 851. 900 tons in March. While a saving of. cop Der has uecazsita1sd the substitution Of iron coins to replace those for nerEy made or copper in Belgium, and eanpza0r, rubber, leather and cloth has at times been diminished, German scientists have Striunphed and have made clpfh and leather from a paper base while synthstlcal ura1 product thaE F is used by phy- isdcians at the front with good ezHect. Yin cans are utilized for the 10 per cent tin they yield
 Patriotism in Germany $ shown in many ways of which Ene following paragraph VIII serve as an exan1ple- Ger man submarines when s11z5xnerE- ed use e1ectr1clty for power, heat and light That fzas current may be say ed while in British waters and the boat permitted to remain a tOnger period of tzmes submarine crews have voluntarily renouneed the use of electricity for cooking and hea17ng sitting and sleeping in darksned com paEtInenfs and eating cold meals. ! A school for one-armed inva1ids has been established at Heidelberg where the victims Of war are in- structed how to care for t1emBezves physically and follow a trade in the future All throughout Germany is aa being insisted that when victory arrives, negotiations for pence nnsi be conducted in the German language exc1uzaveay-
 The scientific care Of troops and wounded is shown by these state nnentss The German trenches i1 Northern France now have a more or less permanent pavement, made from bricks taken from houses de SETOy e1- sSI6FI11za1T possesses 19O hos pita1 trains No other country haa so many. These are now run upon 19 miles an hour schedule as expert ence has found such a rafe of speet does less injury to the wounded
 Since the beginning Of the wal Russia has tried three times to brea1 into Hungaria via the Carpathiaz passes The first offensive move n1ent began November 1 and 1astes to the beginning of December, result v a r1lAa . The second began December 25 ant lasted until the first days Of F'ebru ary. Result: 2oo, 900 dead ana wounded Russians-the third startes March and came to a standsun .fl the middle of April, result: 15e 60, dead and wounded Russians Thi means that the Russians have lost . half a million men dead and wounde. in the Carpathian campaign iron November to April l. This fseur does not include the prisoners
 The Russians seized in Gaaicfa Is carloads of agricultural innp1emente shipped them to Odessa and sold tn goods at public auction At presen the Russians have started to retrea from western Galfcia-
 sIt is reported in Germany tfa Archduke Nico1afwitch was shot i the abdomen by General Sievera, tn commander of the Russian tent army, which was defeated in the bat tie of the Masurian lakes. Siever had been called to give an account 0 his defeat. The archduke slappe his face and the general in turn fire at him The wound was not norta. for Nicolaiwich succeeded in hittin the assaifaT7t's hand.
 There were 12, 900 Serbian sol diers III March 4. or these wer 4,15T i'll SviSh typhus fever. At tn beginning of the war serbia. had s physicians. and of these 65 have die ufnce In February deaths were i Serbia so numerous that in order t dispose Of the bodies crem ation wa resorfed to. In cne day, EebruaE