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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14

columns to a discussion of the Prus-
sian franchise reforms and the para
dox that a crisis, originating in the
demand for liberal reforms and the
proclamation of a moderate peace
program, should have made possible
the supplanting of, DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg by Prince Won Bue1ow, who
is an avowed believer in annextionist
peace.
The Tageb1att opposes DR.. Won
Bethmann-Ho1lweg's retirement Wig
orous1y while other papers are luke
warm or openly hostile to the present
chancellor.
The socialist organ Vorwaerts as
sumes that the royal Instructions will
insure the passage of the Prussian re-
form biHTin the shape prescribed by
the king. Other papers are optimis-
tic. They believe the conservatives
quite capable of disobeying the sover-
eign and again frustrating reform.
l Baron Won Zed1itz, the free conser-
vative leaders says in the Morgenl
Post that unless outside circum-
stances, notably the outcome of the
CONTINUED on Page 2.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
KILLED HUSBAND
WHO WAS STACKER

Chicago, July 1.-THE first of the
Stacker marriages here. to make pub
lie appearance on the domestic junk
when Conrad Jeffers, 20 years old,
was brought in with his skull fractur-
ed by hammer blows and his throat
cut. <s
HE married me two months ago
to escape the draft" explained Mrs.
Jefrers at found out that he was a
Stacker and we quarreled all the time
We had hours of 1t last night and
finally when he was asleep 7 got a
hammer and razor and went after
hfm.~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
U. S. ARMY in
FRANCE AT new
TRAINING CAMP

Paris. July 1.-THE vanguard Of
the American troops who left on
Thursday the seaport town where
they have been encamped, arrived at
their permanent camp today. The
men went into training Immediately
notwithstan nding the holiday order
that had been issued by Gen. Perish
Ing.
Maj. General Sibert, who will he in
command at the camp, 1unched with
Gen Pershing after watching the mil
itary spectacle of the day here, the
two officers holding their final con-
ferences before Gen. Sibert's depar-
ture for the front. Gen. Pershing
will follow him after a time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
I 'TWENTY-FOUR OF
MOSQUITO FLEET
JOIN U. S. NAVY
Bridgeport Reserves Re
spond to Call For Regu-
lar Service.

Twenty-four members of the Naval
Reserves under the command of
Lieut.. L. H. Dyer, executive officer in
charge of the base near this city at
Black Rock, have responded to call
for men for the United States navy
and have enlisted for the regular ser
vice and will seek commissions. The
men have all been in the reserve SER
vice and have had training in the
mosquito fleet off Bridgeport.
The headquarters which Lieutenant
Dyer and his force have had at the
Federal building in Broad street have
been transferred today to the base
station at Black Rock and hereafter
Lieutenant Dyer and his men will be
found there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
SHERIFF REFUSES
TO PROTECT I. w. w.

Phoenix, Aria, July 14-Sheriff
Wheeler of Cochise county, who sane
toned the deportation of the striking
miners from Bisbee on Thursday, has
replied to Gov Campbells request for
an explanation. The sheriff's message
said:
"I can protect law abiding and
peaceful citizens, but I cannot guar
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
WATCH FOR YOUR DRAFT NUMBER.

Bridgeport newspapers publishing and
their serial numbers of the in Bridgeport who Ii
able to draft.
Residents Of the FIRST REGISTRATION DISTRICT,
which includes the First Second and Third Voting Districts
will find in The Farmer, and IN NO OTHER NEWSPAPER,
their and the serial numbers given them.
There are almost 5000 such names. In The Farmer
today published the Of those having the
numbers 36604960 inclusive Monday another instament
will be published
must be borne in mind that there is alphabetical
of the and numbers and that the only
way your number is to read the list daily until
find your name and number
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
Efforts Against Crops
Considered Treason

San Francisco, July 14.-"Any COM
bined effort by Industrial Workers of
the World to destroy crops will
amount to conspiracy to commit trea-
son." Casper A. Ornbaum, assistant
United States district attorney, said
after appeals for federal aid to halt
an alleged I. W. w. conspiracy to de-
stroy crops had been received from
Yolo, Sta.nislaus, Arneda and other
California. counties.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
I. w. w. CALL STRIKE
IN LEGGING CAMPS

Hoquiam, WASH, July IA gen.
eral strike in the logging camps and
mills of Hoquiam and the Gray's
Harbor district to take effect today
was called without warning late last
night by the Industrial Workers of
the World.
In the call for the strike the only
demands were for an eight-hour day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14

business men Of Bisbee and other
residents of Bisbee who were sus-
pected OF sympathizing with the
strikers.
Whether these men will undertake
;tolreturn to Bisbee has not been de-
termined. The local officers there
have been asst rted that none will be
allowed to re-enter the camp, and
have posted guards to prevent any
from returning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
Wilson Signs Warrant
For Arrest of Cocchi

New York, July IA personal
warrant from President Wilson for
the arrest of Alfredo Cocchi in Italy
for the murder here of Ruth Cruger
was received by registered mail to-
day by Edward Swami, district attor.
new
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
THE WEATHER.

Probably showers tonight and
Sunday; moderate south and
sou11west Swa9dss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14

London, July IA dispatch to the Morning
Post from Amsterdam says that rumOrs current
that Emperor William has abdicated i'm favor of his
son, Prince Joachim, are unconfirmed and must
be taken with all reserve.
Berne, Switzerland, July 14-An official telegram
from Berlin says that Gen. Won Stein the Prussian min
lister of war, has resigned. skS s~s ~ AsSs-s-
Basle, Switzerland, July IA Berlin dispatch from the
Wolff bureau says the retirement of Dr.
BehmannH Hollweg the German Imperial chancellor
sdered certain ~
Copenhagen July 14-The Wolff News Bureau Germany
crcuates without accepting any responsibility
men by the Tagsche Rundaschau that the resignation Of Dr.
Won Behmann Howeg, the imperial chancellor
ceped.
London July 4A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Co. from Copenhagen says is officially reported from
that Field Marshal Won Hndenburg chief of the general staff
and Gen. Ludendorff who have been summoned
Emperor William arrived there yesterday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14

Despatch From Amsterdam, Unconfrmed, Tells Of
EmperOr's Abdication i'm Favor of Son, Prince
Joachim-Berlin Officially Announces Resig-
nation of Gen. Won Stein, Minister of War
Dispatches From Denmark and Switzerland
Agree That If Bethmann- Hollweg's Resigna-
ton Has Not Yet Been Accepted, His Immed-
late Retirement Is Certain-C Crown Prince In
Private Interviews With Reichstag Leaders
Seeks Information Concerning Chancellor
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg and Gen. Lud-
endorf in Berlin at Kaiser's Request Gem
trist Party Supports New Peace Formula
, 1917-06-21
-" HE emperor commands yo
~ to audience at once in til
private dining ROOM" sal
II on, of tho immortal ser,

one of the imperial serV-
ants, entering the kaiser's study, where
1 was awaiting him.
AS 1 passed downstairs to the room,
to which entrance was forbidden even
to the crown prince himself, l natur-
ally wondered why / had been COM
manded to audience there.
Have you any knowledge of the
contents of the letter which you have
brought from the crown prince?" the
emperor asked bluntly.
1 replied in the negative.
"Where are you going now?" he ask
ed suddenly.
ITO Thorn. His imperial highness
inspects the garrison there on Thurs
day. I said.
"Ah! OF course. 1 intended to go,
but it is impossible"
Then after a pause, the emperor
looked me straight in the face and
suddenly said:
"Heltzendorff, have you any knowl-
edge of any man called MinckwitzT"
1 reflected.
81 know Count Won Minckwitz, grand
master of the court of the duke of
Saxe-Altenburg," was my reply.
mo. This is a man, Wilhelm Minck-
WITT, who poses as a musician"
1 shook my head.
you are quite certain that you have
never heard the name? Try to recol-
lect whether the crow prince has
ever mentioned him in your presence"
/ endeavored to recall the circum-
.,,-ao f4r gn,,nl1ur vary gradually I
felt n distinct recollection of having
once heard that name before.
AT the moment l fail to recall any
thing, your majesty" was my answer.
The emperor knit his brows as
though annoyed Mt my reply, and then
grunted deeply in dissatisfaction.
"Remain here in Potsdam," he said.
Telegraph to the crown prince re-
calling him at my orders, and / Will
cancel the inspection at Thorn. Tell
the crown prince that l wish to see
him tonight Immediately upon his re-
turn"
Then, noticing for the first time that
the emperor held a paper in his hand,
i realized by its color that it was one
of those secret reports furnished for
the kaiser's eye alone-a report of one
of the thousands of spies of Germany
spread everywhere.
M%inckwitzi l impressed that name
= upon my memory, and, being dismissed
bowed myself out of the imperial pres
ence.
Returning to the Marmor palace !
sent a long and urgent message over
thn nriyofn uyfra m atkNfllfaN nf AL
tona. repeating his majesty's orders,
and recalling him at once. Quite well
! knew that such an unusual message
would arouse his highness' apprehen-
sion that for some offense or other he
was about to receive a paternal cas-
tigation. But / could not be explicit,
because / had no knowledge of the
reason the emperor was canceling our
engagement Mt Thorn.
"Did He Ask You That7"
At nine o'clock that night the crown
prince burst into the room wherein ]
was attending to the correspondence
What in the name of fate does al
this mean, Heltzendorff?' he demand
ed. "Why did the emperor fail to re
ply to my messenger"
~ delivered It," / said. And then ]
described what too place in the EN-
peror's private dining room. When
mentioned the name of Minckwitz the
crown princes cheeks blanched.
Did he ask you that?' he gasped.
"Yes. l told him that the only per,
son ! knew Of that name was Count
won M~inckwitz."
. aAh thai lINtla COT old ,,aat,s % a..
, 1917-06-21
A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCES PERSONAL AoJuTANT
TO WILLIAM LEoUEUx, PosSESSoR OF THE
SECRETS OF EUROPE.

~
Seine-et-Marne,
February 1Oth,1 1917.
NJ dea LeQueux. 49,
1 hav Just finished reading h proofs 4 your articles describing
m ~ life as an omcinI mt h imperial court at Potsdam h two or
three small errors yOu made 1 haV d"y recte
were many of them nov o yourself, for, n intimate friend of
Iuisa, h ex-crown princess of Saxony, you WERE, before h wnr
closely nssociated with IN o. los at court whose names appear in
these articles.
The revelations which 1 W. made, which, o n recorded
here, are u "a tfhe Of tn isclosure which pull liz md II h
world desires more, i shall be pleased to furnish o with The N
even more startling details, whichy o m also u N oprint.
pny, at nj nd, uow, with h trenchery II Germany against ciSfh-
cation rIarIneIy cal L feel m m eurenent, no in
posi- nj 1 know oncerninG h secrets o h kaiser inc his SOL.
with most cordial greetings from
Your sincere friend, "
tsIgned) ERNST Won HELTZENDoRFF.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
BUSINESS AS USUAL

MANY prominent merchants believe that prices VIII DE
lower before long, and that the decline WIN D1'ni. Du
Buying has been checked by the advance "h'" n' 40 90"
from n high record to another for months. For more than
two wears wealth has accumulated in this country 9oiu d
in q 9 mover before. Now that we are at war te ac-
emulation of wealth will not be so RAPID, III TIE rd'e vi pro-
duction will increase if labor troubles q o III 'eriou
The people of this country have not begun 20 ecohomlze,
but will be better off if the cost of living Is reuuceu u! eoNern-
ment regulation of prices. President Wilson's appear o mod
eration in nrofiteernp NAV be a hint that the request may be-
come a command if producers are too exactlhS.
Stocks and bonds have shown a tendency 10 uechhe, u
tbe price changes have not been important. Trading has been
too professional in character to possess much Significance, Ut
it is evident that operators in the stock market DeheVe 'id' lit
prices of industrial products will be scaled down under govern
ment pressure and that industrial corporations will not be al
lowed to retain excessive profits. High prices check domestlc
consumption and stimuplate production under norman cohdi-
tions. AT a certain point production overtakes consumption
and then prices must go down If consumption Is 10 aoSorp Tile
increased output.
Conditions are abnormal and prices have risen above the
point at which domestic consumption is checked, but the export
demand for war purposes is SO inslstent that the rise d -
been halted. Congress and the federal government intend, If
possible, to force prices down if producers DO not voluntarily
make concessions.
they continue to bid against one another for available goods,
and a fever of speculation exists in some quarters which the
federal government is trying to abate. Labor is we'll employed
at remunerative wages, but here and there production is check
ed by high prices and scarcity of raw materials and coal. The
crops promise well and food will probably be abundant though
will give everybody a fair wage without putting too much mon
ely i'll one mans pocket and forcing another to pay too mucE
for food, the country will continue to produce at the maximum
of it's capacity and business will remain good. President Will
sons aim seems to be to give fair profits to producers and fair
prices to consumers so that labor will receive a fair return, not
merely in dollars which are tokens of value, but in such real
wealth as food and clothing, which are actual value rather than
okens.-Commercial.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
COALING STATIONS AS SPOILS

Before this war ends. if the kaiser unduly prolongs it in
order to save his crown at the expense of his people, the Amer
lean people will begin to resent the tactics of an autocrat fight
ing for his own selfish ends with his back to the wall, and
they will insist on receiving some compensation If Germany
loses after needlessly prolonging the struggle and the waste of
lives and treasure. If this war lasts another year or more, the
United States will emerge from it with a large and efficient
military establishment and the second largest and most power
ful navy in the world.
The first few months of the war teach us a valuable and
somewhat disconcertng lesson. Germany was hopelessly
handicapped on the high seas, because she did not possess suf-
ficient coaling stations and her great fleet still lies at anchor
in the Kel canal and other protected bases.
Knowing that she was going to war i'll August, 1914, Ger
many could easily have sent a large part of the navy out to sea
we'll in advance of that date, and they could have rushed from
coaling stations in various parts of the world and destroyed far
more Of the merchant marine of Great Britain and France III a
few days Than all her submarines have been able to destroy
from then until now.
We are fairly well provided with coalng stations in the Pa
cifc. but we have none in the Atlantic and Indian oceans out
side of the continental United States and the Danish West In
dian islands, which we recently acquired. When Germany's
overseas possessions are divided up among her foes, it would
be the height of folly for the United States to refrain from sec
uring IA fair share of the points that may be converted into
roaing stations on both coasts of the African continent and al
$ one or two that we could use to advantage in the Pacific
Ocean.
Germany deliberately forced us into this war, and if she
is able to pay anything in the form of damages, the United
States is entitled to substantial compensation for outrages
committed both before and after our declaration of war against
Germany. Much has been said about no indemnities and no
annexation, but the Kaiser still insists on both, and his chief
military and political advisers are now trying to encourage the
German people to continue in the war and to pay for it With
their lives and their money by holding out hopes of vast in
IDENTITIES to be collected from the United States as tie only
solvent member of the alliance against Germany.
The prospect, of being able to force us to pay vast indcm-
mites, amounting probably to the entire cost of the war to
Germany, explains why the people did not become panic strick-
en- when the mightest of all nations in men and resources
combined was added to the formidable list of their foes Their
lust for booty to be wrung from the United States overcame
their fears and it seems to be true though it is hard to believe.
that the masses Of the German people have been hypnotzed
into thinking that they are better off with the United States as
an open fOe-EXchange.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
HUNGER MAY DEFEAT GERMANY

Refugees from Poland who reached New York recently de
clared that underneath the surface in Germany there is a deep
political unrest and a growing belief that the country lost more
than she could gain by the unrestricted use of the submarine
when she forced America into the war on the side of the Allies.
Unlike those who preceded them, these refugees passed through
Germany less than three weeks ago and seemed to agree that
Germany believes the war is going against her, while some
predict the real political upheaval will come when the soldiers
are released from the rigid dicipline of military duty and come
to a gradual realization of what has been going on in internal
affairs.
The refugees, 500 in number, were released from Ellis
Island in groups as they passed the necessary inspection and
from there were taken to the headquarters of the Hebrew Shell
tering and Immigrant Aid Sodiety. The society is forwarding
some to relatives in other parts of the country and will provide
homes for those whose relatives cannot be found. Mendel Ser
ottsk was a successful merchant until Germans entered wilma.
From what l have seen of the Germans" he said through
an interpreter, they agree that the war is lost and their only
hope is to save something out of the wreck. They fight on be-
cause the soldiers are held under strict dicipline and because
they are urged on by their patriotism. The food situation is
troubling Germany more than anything else. German hopes
were centered on Russia, believing they could conclude a sep
arate peace with the Russians, obtain from them a food supply
and then turn on the remaining enemies.
1.-The German soldiers are sorry that America is In the war,
not because they fear the military power of America, but be-
cause America is in a position to shut off their supplies. The
Germans do not hate America, and they did not want to fight
her. There can't be a revolution when only the women and
children and the men necessary for civil positions are at home.
The soldiers have plenty to occupy them and besides the sold
iers are well fed. There may be trouble when the soldiers go
hungry
Some refugees brought their food cards, and in some cases
their allotment was an egg a month and a lump of sugar a day
\ refugee said that not SO long ago he went through BialOski
and saw children on the street crying and begging for food.
When he returned those children were dead of hunger, and he
saw some of their bodies. Mrs. Esther Eisenberg, who left
Warsaw three weeks ago to join her husband in Chicago, said
"The people in Warsaw are dying of hunger. The death
rate is 500 a day there, and those who do not actually die of
starvation are so weakened by lack of food that they fall vic
Tins to disease. Six months ago bread was II cents a pound
Now it is 35 cents. The fortunate get about four and a half
pounds of bread every two weeks-EXchange.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
KAISER LOSES IN CHINA

Republicanism has proved stronger in China than moet Of
its friends expected and its boy emperor again has abdicated
his throne upon which Germany tried to reseat him. 1t now
IS conceded that German agents were behind this attempt to
restore the empire and to destroy democracy in China.
This is another little proof that this world cannot 90 on
half autOcratic and half democratic, and since the Chinese
form nearly a fourth of the population of the world, the status
of that country is of much Importance.
Many were called. and you can wager that most OF them
VIII j. chosen.
How did we ever do things without our blessed boy scouts"
Germany doesn't want peace she wants the whole.
AS we understand it, Congress regards the drink section
The most important part of the food bill.
a dry land" army seems possible; but how about IAN en-
ira dry" navy?
Russia has begun to discover on which side her bread
buttered Post.
The man who yells "slacker!" isn't always himself doing
his share-Abany Journal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
OPPOSITION TO HOOVER

Wiful men in the United States senate are trying to delay
the enactment of the food control bill by making personal at
tacks on Mr.. Hoover who is to be the controller. These sena-
tors are threshing old straw. but that takes time. and Germany
wants delay so they are doing the kaisers work as well as
possible. 1t is idle to abuse Mr.. Hoover. President Wilson be-
lieves he is the right man and the people stand behind the
president. No other man for the position has been named by
these critics and none can be found who has had such unique
training for it as Mr.. Hoover received while serving Belgium.
He is charged with the crime of wanting the Job. AS every
senator wants a seat in the senate for the honor it cOnfers on
him none can throw stones on that account. WILLINGNESS TO
serve is regarded as creditable, and Mr.. Hoover is not seeking
this office for pecuniary reward.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
ANARCHISTS NOT WANTED

Emma Goldman has been stirring up strife for twenty
years, but she has been such a close student of the law that
she has kept within the law and has escaped its clutches
This lime she went too far and has been sentenced to two years
penal servitude for trying to balk enlistments in the army. She
will probably appeal to the courts she has flounted. Her CO.
defendant. Berkman, served time for attempting murder, since
which he has watched his step. These two WORTHLESS will be de
ported after serving their sentences, which is more important
than their fines and prison terms.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28

There is much force in the contention that the head of 2
household which contains several children should enjoy a
higher exemption from the income tax than a married man
who has no children, Just as the married man of moderate
means bears a higher load than the bachelor. In many other
countries the income tax is SO graded and it is only fair that
exemptions of this kind should be based on the weight of a
mars family responsibilities. Women VINO prefer puppies it
babies are not proper subjects for exemption from taxes.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-28
TRAINING FOR AFTER THE WAR

One of the beneficial results of the war will be the training
of an army of experts in many industrial lines whose knowl-
edge will be applicable to peace products after the demand for
war materials has closed. This is a war of machinery. and the
man that can bore a cannon can bore a pump cylinder. When
is over and the whole world will have to use labor-sayinp
more freely than ever before to counterbalance the
wastage of men, we shall have no oversupply of trained me-
chanics and engineers when the peace orders come this wav