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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
.FARIST COMPANY
 WILL NOT REOPEN !. STEEL MILL HERE
Industrial Plant Swept By Fire Intimately Connected
 With City's History.

After a period of A years in Bridgeport the Farist steal Co.,. Nbich was founded by Joel partye in lesT, and which made history in the pro- duction of intuition material in the Civil War, will be abandoned. The property here consisting of nearly nine acres, fine dockage facilities and extensive water front quietly has been put up for sale.
 Since the spectacular fire of last winter. the origin of which has never been definitely ascertained. every ef- fort has been made by the officers to plan for rebuilding that would promise a profitable outlook for the future.
 George Windsor, secretary and treasurer of the Farist Steel Co.,, re- luctantly admitted today that little hope remains for rebuilding of the plant here or removal elsewhere. Though the thought of dissolution of the famous works not only will bring regret to its officers but also to many persons who have been associated with the industry, offers for the prop erty are now being considered by President J. Windsor Farist and Geo. Windsor.
 All contracts of the company, which were extensive at the time the recent fire destroyed the big rolling mills. have been sold or sublet. Such ma chinery as could be reclaimed from the ashes has been placed in shape for ready sale and the powerhouse and other remaining structures have been maintained in readiness to start | | til now that manufacturing oppor- | tunities would arise to warrant re- | building structures but it has been de- cided recently that such hope was useless.
 The present factory was erected in 1874, in what was one of the oldest sections of Bridgeport. It came as the result of the residence here of Joel Farist an expert steel manufac- J turer who, at the age of 13 years had come from Sheffield, England. to join his father, also an expert steel roller. in work at Pittsburgh.
 Young Farist was quick to perceive and became an adept workman at both Pittsburgh and Jersey City, N. J. In 1857. after working several years as a rolling mill hand at the 1 ROCkaWay Stoei WOIhS, ucaf T<cW York, failure of that company gave the youth an opportunity to establish a mill of his own. With the outbreak
 of the Civil War. the firm of Joel Far ist & Go. was founded at Windsor
 Locks, Conn. where it supplied large quantities of fine arms steel to the Springfield Armory. which had the
 contract for furnishing the northern
 armies with rifles and bayonets. He lremoved to this city in 1872, purchas- | ing the present tract of land and es- tablished the Farist Steel Co. in 1874.
 absorbing the firm of Joel Farist &
 Co.,, founded by himself.
 He died in this city Nov. 12. 1904. survived by a widow, two daughters.
 Lulu E. Farist and Mrs. Arthur E. l Penfield, of this city. A son, J. Wind- sor Farist, succeeded him in the man. agement of the business and is to-
 day president of the company.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
PACKING HOUSE STRIKES END.

St. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 1-Striking em- ployes of the three large packing houses in East St. Louis, last night yot- ed to accept the concessions made by the employers and return to work to- day. About 4,500 men are affected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
PUBLISHERS ARE HEARD.

Washington. Aug. 1-Newspaper publishers and printers were given a hearing today by the Federal trades commission on the scarcity and high price of news print paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
PERSONAL MENTION,

George T. Oviatt underwent seri- ous operation at the Post Graduate Hospital in New York city last week. His friends will be pleased to hear that Ae ss getting along very nicely.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01

By a vote of 35 to IT the Senate de- clined to take up the immigration bill on a motion by Senator Poindexter of Washington,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01

Railroads in the United States last year used "A per cent. of the countrys total coal production.
 British casualties reported in the month of July totalled 7,0S4 officers and 52,591 men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01

FUNERAL BOUQUETS
 AND DESIGNS, JOHN HECK q SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01

FUNERAL BOUQUETS
 AND DESIGNS. JOHN RECK c SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01

Swift & Co.,, packers, of Chicago, announced a $2,ooO, 900 pension plan for employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
MAKEUP of "White Army"

The White Army" proba blv Will be
in command of Brig. Gen. +. NJ. Lewis,
commanding the 1st Brigade. Minnesota
Infantry. and will include the follow
ing:
Infantry--lst. I'd and Sd Minnesota,
1st, I'd and Sd Indiana. 1st North
Dakota, LIST Oklahoma and 4th South
Dakota.
Cavalry = I'd Provisional Cavalry
Regiment. including Iowa Squadron and
Kansas troops and lst Squadron, 30
United States Cavalry, and Troops
and B, Oklahoma Cavalry.
Artillery-A, G and d batteries. In
diana Field Artillery: 1st Battalion,
Louisiana Field Artillery. and A, B. c.
and f batteries. 1st Regiment. Min
nesota Field Artillery.
Auxiliary troops-A Company. In
diana Signal Corps; 1st and I'd Indiana
ambulance companies: 1st Indiana
Field Hospital: 1st Nebraska Field
Hospital; Company. Nebraska Signal
Corps; lst Oklahoma Field Hospital.
and Company, Oklahoma Engineers.
All rules of warfare will be observed.
Towns are to be captured" and manu-
featuring plants Of various kinds
seized"
The town. Point Isabel. with its
United States radio station is within
the area of warfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
EXPLOSION KILLS $50;
WOUNDED NUMBER ESQ
Blast on Russian Ammunition
Steamer at Archangel Does
Great Damage.

LONDON. November 1.-THE Stock
holm newspaper Alton Tidningen says
that some days ago an explosion oc-
CURED on the Russian ammunition
steamer Bron Breceni at the Russian
seaport of Archangel. causing the
death of $50 persons and the wounding
Of $50 others, according to a dispatch
from the Swedish capital to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company
The Baron Breceni and another
steamer. the dispatch adds were de-
stroyed Several buildings near the
harbor and two barracks were set on
fire and burned down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
Heads German Aerial Forces.

LONDON, November 16.-Lieut. Gen.
Won Hooper has been placed in COM
mand of the new aerial forces board
of Germany, according to an Amster-
dam dispatch to Reuters quoting an
official Berlin announcement. The new
board has control of all aviation and
anti-aircraft requirements of the Ger
man army and has been formed in rec
ognition of the increasing Importance
of aerial warfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
VANDERBILT RACE ON;
TWENTY-ONE ENTERED

SANTA MONICA. Cal. November 49,
Twenty-one automobile racing drivers,
including the leaders in national COM
petition, were ready for the starter S
flag at noon today. in the eleventh Van
derbilt cup road race over the s.4o1 mile
triangular boulevard course for thirty
five circuits. a total distance of c34. .O3J
miles.
Besides the cup and prize money.
there was at stake for the winner 900
points in the seasons American Auto
mobile Associations competition for
the title of master driver of the
world" and $13.5oo. in which Johnny
Aitken has a lead of 40 points over
Dario Resta.
Fair weather, with a slight high fog
promised good conditions for the long
grind. and there were expectations of
breaking the record of 15.6 miles an
hour. established on the same course
by de Palma, winner in 1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
TRANSFER DECISION
OF 1914 PREVAILS
Utilities Commission Holds
There Is No Law Requiring
Reciprocal Issue.
QUESTION is ONE OF RATES

There is no law requiring free re-
ciprocal transfers on Washington's
street railway lines.
This declaration by the public utli-
ties commission in 1914 was reiterated
today by the commission, in answer
to the petition filed yesterday by the
Federation of Citizens Associa ations
urging immediate action on the trans
fer agitation.
The federation takes the position that
the act of Congress of August ,, 1894.
requires the street railway companies
of the District to enter into reciprocal
transfer relations. and that the reason
they have not done so is because the
act does not provide a penalty. 1t
further asserts that the law creating
the utilities commission requires that
body to enforce all laws previously
pa assed relating to public utilities, and,
therefore, it should put into effect the
law of 1894.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
25,0O0 j. s. TROOPS
ARE To MANEUVER
MiIitiamen and Regulars on
Border to Form Brown
and "White" Armies.
'INvAsIoN" TO BE OBJECT

By the Associated Press.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex, November 16.-
Twenty-Five thousand soldiers compris-
ing national guardsmen from nine states
and several regular army organizations,
today began what army officers declare
to be the most extensive maneuver at
tempted since the coming of the National
Guard to the Mexican border The SOL
diers are about equally divided into two
armies, one to be known as the Brown
army" and the other as the White
army"
The invading force. the Brown army.
is to try to wrest a large section of
territory known as the lower Rio
Cirande valley" from the White army.
the defending force. which is to be sta
toned in the neighborhood of Llano
Grande forty-siX miles west of Browns
Vile The territory in which the armies
are to be active is bounded on the east
by the Gulf of Mexico. on the south by
. the RIO Grande, on the north by Har-
Hnren. twenty-nine miles north of
! Brownsville, and the west by Llano
t;rande Camp. seventeen miles west Of
Harlingen. The Brown army probably
viii be in command of Brig. Gen. II. A.
Allen of the Iowa brigade. and Will in
s.lude the following organiZa tions:
Infantry-1st Brigade, Iowa Infantry,
1st and I'd Regiments. Virginia Infantry:
4th and 36th United States Infantry.
cavalry-2d Squadron Sd United States
Cavalry 1st Provisional Regiment,
brownsville Division, including A Troop.
New Hampshire Cavalry: Troops A. Il
and C. lst Virginia Cavalry. known as
the Richmond Blues: A. B and c Troops,
1st Colorado Cavalry.
Artillery-First Battalion. Iowa Ar
tillery: - Battery. 4th United states
Field Artillery and r Battery, 5th
United States Field Artillery.
Auxiliary troops-A, and r COM
/ panies 1st United States Engineers:
y Company, Signal Corps. L. ): A.: Am
bulance Company No. ), lst Company.
Iowa Engineers: 1st Iowa Ambulance
Company; 1st Iowa Field Hospital
Louisiana Field Hospital and Texas
I Field H1spjta1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA DIES
FOLLOWING AN OPERATION
Was Founder and Leader of Unionist
Party in Porto Rico and Resident
Commissioner Here.

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. November 1G
Luis Munoz Rivera. for six wears Porto
Rican resident commissioner at WASH
ington and founder and leader of the
lunionist party in Porto Rico. died last
night He was born ffty-eight years
ago Senor Rivera had been i'll since
the adjournment of Congress and re-
Gently underwent an operation.
For thirty years Senor Rivera took a
prominent part III Porto Rican affairs.
In the Spanish days he was frequently
placed IN Jail for opposing the govern
ment. Finally as the result of his ef-
forts he won large degree of auton-
omous government for the island. be-
coming president Of the cabinet shortly
before the Spanish American war.
Recently senior Rivera had advocated
in Congress American citizenship for
Porto Ricans as well plan for
greater self government
Mr. Rivera was one of the best known
men in the island, prominent III the home
rule movement and the founder of the
party which has been numerically the
strongest political division in Porto ,}icau
affairs. He was a member Of the pro-
Visional cabinet of Porto Rico. His first
visit to Washington, soon after the
war. was in the in
,erest of the farming interest of the
island.
Later he founded the Porto Rico
Herald in New York city and pub
lished il for four years
The federal party, which came into
existence after the war, dissolved in
1904.
Mr. Rivera had been active In it's
affairs, and he continued his political
leadership at the head of the new
unionist party, and at the time of his
death still was its leader He was a
member of the Legislature of his island
for three terms. and was sent to Wash
ington as commissioner in 1910 by an
enormous majority. which he increased
in succeeding elections He leaves his
wife and one son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
400 Germans Surrender
to British Chaplain and
SprinkIing of Soldiers

Copyright, 1916, by the Associated Press.)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, November 16, via London
A British chaplain, while searching the
battlefield of the Ancre for wounded
hidden in the shell craters during the
British advance, accompanied by a few
soldiers. came upon an isolated trench
containing nearly 400 Germans. who
promptly surrendered.
The chaplain ordered the men to nle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
Purely a Rate Question.

Officials of the Capital Traction Com
pany would make no statement regard
ing the petition filed by the fedora
ton, other than to state that there
has been no change in their position.
already expressed to the commission.
that the law of 1894 does not require
the exchange of free transfers between
competing lines
Conrad II. Syme. general counsel of
the utilities commission. said that he
agreed entirely with the opinion rem
dered by the late T. II. Thomas. former
general counsel of the commission,
that this law not only does not re-
quire free transfers. but that the
transfer matter is rate question
which only can be settled on the basis
of the valuations now being estab b.
lished for street railway companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
MISSING ON LAKE ERIE.
Two Men in Speedboat Are Given Up
for Lost.

TOLEDO. Ohio, November 16-Missing
since II o'clock Tuesday morning, two
men in Commodore Charles B. Green
ing's speedboat. the Baby Rambler.
Clint Wynn, thirty four and Schuyler
Bartholomew. seventeen, have been
given up for lost.
The men started in the teeth of a gale
to drive the craft from Monroe, twenty
miles away, to Toledo. for dry dock
and have not been heard from since.
Tugs which searched the lake between
here and Put-in-Bay yesterday after
noon failed to find trace of the men
or the boat.
The Baby Rambler was one OF the fast
est semi-hydroplanes on the great
lakes and had been a contender in In
terlake Yachting Association regattas
since she was built five years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
Mr.. Bryan Sitting for Portrait.

NEW YORK. November ia New
York artist is painting portrait Of
William Jennings Bryan to hang on
the walls of the Department of State
at Washington beside the portraits of
other former Secretaries of State. Sew
eral months ago Mr.. Bryan was asked
to find an artist to paint his portrait,
but campaigning in the west caused a
postponement of the search until he
came to New York after election
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
Zeebrugge and Ostend Shelled.

LONDON. November 16.-The harbors
and submarine shelters at Zeebrugge
and Ostend have been again heavily
bombarded by squadrons of naval air.
planes and seaplanes. Direct hits were
observed in the Atelier de, la marine
and in proximity to the power station.
A large fire probably from the petrol
store was observed. All the machines
returned safely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
HURRAHS, RED FIRE
AND BANDS TONIGHT
Plans Are Completed for VIII
son Parade and Big EIec-
ton Celebration.
WILL SERENADE PRESIDENT

Tonight Washington burns red fire
and hurrahs for two hours in an effort
to let President Wilson know the town
is glad he is reelected. From ad-
vance accounts. the parade and jubilee
will beat anything of the kind within
the memory of living democrats or re-
publiCans.
The general scheme is a parade on
Pennsylvania avenue, starting from
the Peace Monument at s O'Clock,
lighted by torches and other illumina-
tion. and ending at 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue, after Il review
in the court of honor in front of the
White House.
In addition, there will he grand
chorus of men and women. hundreds
of voices. They will serenade the
President and Mrs. Wilson
And last. but not least. there will be
bands enough to satisfy the most ar
dent admrer of march time as eX-
plotted by putting brass and beating
Cymbal.
y little touch of frost does not worry
the paraders. il seems. Instead of stay
ing home they will put on an extra thick
overcoat or something warm under their
long frocks. and with canes high hats
and torches. emblematic of American poll
tics since the days of Henry Clay, will
march down PENNSYLVANIA avenue from
the foot of the Capitol to the White
House, i1lumined by torches and glad
dened by the rhythmic thump of the bass
drum and the com-pah of the band.
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Col. ]. P. Bradley Withdraws.

i. BOSTON. November 1s.-Col. J. Pay
son Bradley of this city today an
nounced the withdrawal of his candi-
dacy for chief of the
Grand Army Of the Republic. Col.
Bradley said that as the national en-
would he held in this city.
he thought ii unfair to ask the dele
gates to vote for a Massachusetts man
for the highest Office in the order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
Tactical Position Better,
But British Gain Is Not
Decisive, Say Germans

RERLIN. November 16.@Several mill
+ary critics, discussing the British gains
on the Ancre in the newspapers. recog-
nize that they resulted. in part at least.
in a betterment of the tactical position
for which the British are striving. out
declare that the effect is merely local
and in no sense decisive.
Mai. Won Schreibeshofen, writing In
the Mittag Zeitung, says that the Ger
man supreme command undoubtedly
reckoned upon such developments when
i, decided to concentrate it's efforts in
the Rumanian theater and leave In the
west only the forces absolutely neces-
sary to maintain the defensive. MAJ.
Moraht, in the Tageblatt, finds IN the
events the text for homily on the ne
cessity of bending every effort to stimu-
late the production of munitions. He
says:
:"The general strategic situation in
the west is not decisively affected, but
the possibility that the British may
succeed in broadening the breach to
the northward is not without fmpor-
tance. sss The British army command,
by it's push on the 18th. after submit
ting our salient to heavy fire from
the west and southwest, has gained
ground to the northeast along a front
about ten kilometers broad. Beaucourt,
Beaun Ont-t1dfnel anu iio
west of our front, and we are able to
hold Grandcourt, from which our lines
now bend to the north and southeast"
Discounts Enemy Endeavor.
Mai Moraht declares that German
airplane superiority is steadily increas-
ing; that the French have been checked
at Sally -Saillisel and at Verdun; that
the ninth Italian offensive has come to
a standstill. after losses probably not
less than those in the eighth. which, he
says. cost Italy 100000 men. and that
while the Saloniki army of the entente
is showing renewed activity. it has had
no considerable success. He adds that
the Turks. who introduced real uni
versal service and whose armies are
steadily increasing" are assisting the
along the Struma, where.
he claims, the British have been check
ed. He concludes that Gen. Won Falken-
hayn is making progress everywhere in
his operations the Transylvanian
front and that there are good pros
poets for the campaign against Wal
lachia and Moldavia.
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Little Change in Mrs. Boissevain.

Los ANGELES. Cal. November 16.-'
Little change was reported today in
the condition of Mrs. Inez Milholland
Boissevain. New York suffragist.
whose dangerous anemia was compli-
Gated yesterday by the development of
p1eurisy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
Conservation of Paner

Every citizen is called upon 20 see
that not pound of paper is wasted.
Demand from every clerk that any
Unnecessary wrapping of packages
be dispensed with.
II you have no further use for to-
days newspaper. save 1t for the
school shtiASsa's playground fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
For Better and
Cheaper Markets

An authority on the
subject in the Department
of Agriculture tells of the
governments efforts to
reduce the cost of food
stuffs to woman buyers.
YOU will find this article
in The Sunday Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
Mackensen Is Burning
Villages in Retreat
Through the Dobrudja

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. November 16.-Field Mar
shall Won Mackensen's army in the Ru-
manian province of Dobrudja is in re-
treat the Petrograd war office an
nounces today. burning villages as it
falls back.
Increasing pressure by the Russo
Rumanian army in Dobrudja, which
rallied after its severe defeat by Won
Mackensen last month. has been in evil
dence for several days. Bucharest re-
ported a further advance yesterday
toward the important Tchernavoda :
ConstanZa railroad, which the Teutonic
allies captured in their drive. Berlin
today entered denial of the Ruman-
ian claim and in its reports on the
Dobrudja campaign chronicled only en-
counters between advanced detach-
mo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-16
Rumanians Retire.

Rumania's forces operating in south
ern Transylvania yesterday retired
toward Areful and Radacinesti, in the
Alt valley, and in the direction of Capa-
cioasa. in the jul valley. according to
an official statement issued today by
the Rumanian war department. Berlin
reports the capture of 1,200 prisoners in
the Rothenthurm and Szurdk regions.
Russian troops in strong force at
tackled the Austro-German lines east
of the Putna valley on the western
Moldavian border. the war office an
nounced today in its statement on the
campaign against the Rumanians. The
attacks were fruitleSS. the announce
ment declares. Another aerial attack
on Bucharest was made Tuesday morn
ing by eight German airplanes, Reuters
Bucharest correspondent reports.
Twenty five bombs were dropped, kill
ing four civilians and wounding
twenty.