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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22
NO ONE PERSON HAS CORNER
 ON ALL W0RL LD'S kN0|NL EDGE

Sid says, in the December American Magazine:
 Marguerite Clark says that when she became famous in the moving picture game it was sad blow to her vanity to find that most people did not know she had ever been on the stage. Yet she had been a star in six comic opera and dramatic productions and had earned as much as six hun dred dollars a week before ~ne eve. dreamed of going into pictures.
 Many things happen in this world that lots Of people know nothing about. A short time ago a cub report CT on a New York newspaper took up reading as a sport. Somebody gave him a novel by Thackeray. He read it and enjoyed it enormously. IIo enjoyed 1t so much that one of his older and less kindly associates tEm- bled to the fact that he had not heard yet of Thackeray's death-a1- though it happened in 1863. So the suggestion was gently made to the reporter that if Es liked Thaok cray 50 much why didn't he go and inter- view him for the Sunday paper. To this idea the young man rose like a trout. Where does Thackeray live 2 he asked. Tn Yonkers.' was the quick reply. But "whereabouts'' in Yon- kers?' ''Oh. just get off the train and ask anybody. Everybody knows Thackeray, the great writer. Some guy-that Thackeray! Hasa big house in Yonkers; anybody will point 1t out to you So began the trip to Yonkers and enlightenment.
 "A11 men who have dealings with the public know that great numbers If human beings who are well up in one field of knowledge may be grossly ignorant in another. Book publishers who handle Dickens works frequently get letters to Dickens marked Please forward to author.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22

When a theatrical production of Don Quixote' was made a few years ago there were some calls from the gal lery for the author. Yet Cervantes, the author, is practically dead-hav- ing passed away in 1616. When the American Magazine published the story about Cecil Rhodes one very in terested reader, an exceedingly snar Tt and energetic young man, told the edi- tor how much he had enjoyed the ar ticle, and then said that he had never heard of Rhodes before. When Billy Sunday roasts Bob Ingersol1, the re- suit is that hundreds of people go to the library to find out who Ingerson was. They don't even know whether he is or was. This is an absolute fect-checked up at the New York Public Library. (The girl who copied this on the typewriter is twenty-five and a good church member, but she just admitted to me that the name Bob IngersoH is new to her.) Ima- zine an evangelist twenty-five years ago running into great shoals of p 9o- pie who had never heard of Ingersol1!
 Such Is fame. The sea of human ity is so vast and deep that we sink out of sight in it rapidly. On the sur face are those now alive and kicking. Underneath are the forgotten billions who have gone before. But even those on the surface are so busy strug- gling to stay there that you will have to excuse them if they don't know all that Is doing now-to say nothing of all that was doing in the past.
 'So don't so around thinking that other people are idiots because they don't know precisely the same things that you know. No matter how much you know, you can be sure that you don't know much. No matter how well you are posted, it would be easy to produce an expert in some line to whom you would look like a sinap G.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22

What may soon be happening in Connecticut if the United States Food Administrations office uncovers any more fragrant case of an attempted sugar profiteering, such as were numerously reported last week, be- fore the Washington officials ind1- cated how to reach those dealers who were holding out for combination sales of other groceries is indicated blythe following clipping in a London newspaper
 7"At ,Brentford. on Thursday, David Good, Brentford grocer, was fined five pounds for supplying sugar for domestic preserving without a formal order.
 'Defendant said the lady was good customer, and he did not like to re- fuse.
 : ''The lady herself. Mrs. de Ia Mare, of Falstead, Great Marley, was fined one pound for aiding and abett1ng by asking for the sugar."
 The same post brought to the Food Administration office Lord North cnffe's London Daily Mail, in which the noted English editor who has just returned from America, makes a stirring appeal for the immediate rationing of the English people. Lord Northcliffe's editorial, which is timely and interesting to Connecticut. people whoo are only beginning to feel the wars effects on the daily food SUD- u1ies, is in part as follows: ~ .1tz7 srWe have still as a nation, as a Government, and as individuals te take the measure of the food crisis So far we have merely tinkered al it; and the longer we put off apply
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22
DRASTIC METHOD IN GREAT BRITAIN FOR HANDLING SUGAR PROBLEM MAY BE PUT IN EFFECT IN CONNECTICUT

ing the one comprehensive remedy that can really meet the situation the more difficult will it become to apply any remedy at all. We have never been, and except under com pulsion we never shall be, anything but a wasteful and extravagant people in the use of food. F
 "Rationing is nuisance, but it is also a necessity. It is not a necess- ity merely because the submarine warfare continues and because we are losing mershant. ships faster than we are building them. It would be a necessity even if another German submarine never poked her periscope out of Zee'brugge.
 "The reason why it is a necessity is that the diversion Of millions of men from the production of food and a worldwide shortage of ships have brought about universal scarcity. There are parts of Russia that are already on the-verys edge of famine.
 we in Great@Britain are not at present threatened with any such cal- amity. But year hence who can tell what our position will be79 We shall certainly be on short commons-- no power. on. earth can prevent that. But whether we are in the grip q downright priyation depends on whether we begin to econonize now. when food is$comparatively plentiful. or leave it until 1t Is too late.
 And the only way to induce our people to eat less is to give them less to eat. When all the principal food staples are severely rationed. then and then only shall we have gathered our strength for the mighty test of endurance that lies ahead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22
Tells H0sU tO Stop a
 Bad Cough
eurpE1sang results from this hOuaos made syrup. EnSily prepared
 and costa Nttle.
4re$.tsIA'&*A.&.s.4@.a@%*@.

, f you have q severe cough or chest tickle, hoarseness, or difficult breathing, or if your child wakes up during the night with creup and you want quick help, just try this pleasant tasting home-made cough remedy. Any drug gtst can supply you with 211z ounces of . pint bottle | and 4R the bottIe sIs' WisE s3sS plain gTaDulated sugar syrup. Thus prepared, you have a pint of really re- Inaykab1e cough remedy-one that can be depepded upon to give quick and last ing relief at all times.
 You can 3eea fhis tako hold of a cough in 8 way that means business. ft loosens and raises the phlegm, stops throat tickle and sootnes and heals the irritated membranes that line tho throat and bronchial tubes with such Promptness, ease and certainty that 1t is really astonishing.
 Pinex ts 8 special and highly concen- trated compound of genuine Norway pine extract, and is noted for its speed 1n overcoming severe coughs. throat and chest colds. It's millions of enthusiastic users have made 1t famous the world over.
 There are many worthless limitations of this noted mixture. To avoid disap- Pinex" with full directions and don't accept anything else. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction or money promptly refunded. goes with this preparation. The Ptnex Co. Ft Wayne, Ind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22


 ton. It. has been said that as late as the seventeenth century a great schol- ar like Milton could master most of the knowledge recorded. That was because little was recorded. In those days there were few printing presses and poor facilities for transmitting information. Many men must have had good ideas which died with them because they had no way to commun- icate them It Is different now. Ideas and facts are put into books, magazines and newspapers where they can be referred to. And many things get into print which are neither fac:s nor ideasl I suppose that the truth finally prevails-but we know that It doesn't always prevail in time for the typesetter. Anyhow, Milton, if alive now would be a busy boy, If he tried to pass all the examinations that could be put up. to him.'' "a, a,: s3.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22
Reliable Prescription
 For the Kidneys


 For many years druggists have watched with much interest the re- markable record maintained by. Dr. Ktlmer's Swamp-Root, the great kid ney, liver and bladder. medicine.
 It is a physician's: prescription.
 Swamp-Root is a strengthening medicine. It helps the kidneys, liver and bladder do the work nature in- tended they should do.i; '4~ -- l. swamp-Root has stood the test of years. It is sold by all druggists on it's merit and it should help you. No other kidney medicine has so many friends.
 Be sure to get .swamp-Root and start treatment, at. once. ,r:t.:a-,. .,.
 However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y.. for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention the Bridgeport Daily Farmer.-Adv. ss z.' s+s<'.t-sss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22

E E'armer Want Ads. Ono Cont Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-22

M old nOn-cOmS or the Oid Army pei- 16wfng-
 M w ~6kand- easel" N Then af was Break ranks" and the BsUwn figures flowed over the grass VI tIrak was s@u fresh and green, in nof<n of the da1l- trampling for the 1nst two months.
 For the moment there were nc rales The boys laughed and sky f1ar3ned and played the sort of jokes thax husky youngsters always wiIl play on each other and yelled the psf names that grow up in soldier cfrc3ea
 'sBzfker'' was greatly in demand and some one wanted the '-Tailahoo- J cha K1d," and they borrowed cigar o<tes and resisted borrowers and had q bully time generally. Then the fr.k event was called-a grenade throwing contest
 IL Is no easy trick to hq1r1 a two pound grenade with the long, over haa1d throw distance approdmatine kEn4 from home plate to second base and drop that grenade in the hole where the enemy was supposed to be Iur1ktng. But more of them did i than one would think.
 These were not the selected throw. ers of the battalion, but selected squsds- The good was with the bad
 z. One lad was so extraordfnari11 s1rf11fu1 that the general judgment wal expressed by a buck private who look. ed as though Frederic Remington might have painted him but who's last job before he joined the Army was teaching country school in In. diana:
 'syou eo< 'em erassed, kid" said ths school teacher.
 Tha bpyonat contests and the ma ch1no gam contests and the other lit. 11o &r4rl@ of that sort had just beer comp1cted when up spiaalaed three aui tuunObEes containing the American Gsnerals and Gen. Bordeaux, M C1emenceau, and a chorus of minor o1zcers of both armies.
 The Amer1can Generals were frank. 1y euk1nsiastic about the condition O. che men.
 There is no sort of doubt about >1zz< They were not talking foi
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13
War Will Not Dim
Atlantic Coast Lights
s. Commissioner Denies
Coney Must Keep Dark

Washington, April -. Coney Islands
lights will burn tonight, and to-mor-
row night. too. Nor will Atlantic City's
brightness be dimmed by governmental
order.
Commissioner Putnam. chief of the
Lighthouse Board. tonight denied that
the government had ordered lights
along the North Atlantic coast eNtin-
gushed during the war period.
officials Of the War Department also
denied knowledge of the rumored
lights out" order which to-day caused
the dispatching OF many anxious tele-
grams from proprietors OF New York
and New Jersey pleasure resorts 10
sympathetic members Of Congress.
The War Department, besides setting
at rest the anxious fears of Congress
>ional week-enders. further explained
that private lights could be eXtin-
guishcd along the coast only through
the declaration Of emergency condi-
tions and material law. Though Off
cials would not deny the possibility OF
such q move IN the future, they stated
there was no immediate prospect OF
such action by the government.
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13
Equitable Building
Closed at Night
By War Threats
Tenants and Employees
Must Obtain Passes for
Admission After Hours

As wartime precaution, tht
Equitable Building will be closed, even
to its tenants and their employees. from
: p. m. to S a. m. Only by submitting
a request in writing can a tenant OBJ
tain permission for himself or any of
his staff to enter his Office during the
prescribed hours. The request must
state the hour at which they will en-
ter and that at which they will leave
The rule took effect yesterday NOM
ing Attendants of the building have
been armed and are drilled daily ard
private detectives are stationed on tie
premises.
The order follows the establishment
Of rule closing the upper floors OF
the Postoffice and Custom House after
o'clock az night to all but attaches
of the custodians force and those hav-
ing special passes. To secure these
passes it IS necessary that applicants
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13
Brazilian Press Demands
Declaration of War

Rio de Janeiro. April 70 The gov
ernment has decided to seize all Ger
man ships in Brazilian harbors.
The rupture of relations between
Hrazil and Germany was received with
satisfaction by the press and public
opinion and 1t is regarded by some AS
being the first step toward a more de
c'siyc Intervention in the world con-
f'ct
The "Correio dc Mania" calls for in
stant preparation by Brazil for war,
for the prompt mobilization Of all mill
tary resources and immediate obliga-
tory service.
The journal do Brazil" demands
that the Brazilian government tighten
its relations with the United States and
make common cause with America.
go Paiz" says: Opinion will surely
come to the idea that war. predcstlned
and ineXorable, is our part. It Is i'm
possible TO swim against the current
without meeting with disaster
II is believed here, however, that the
government will confne itself for the
present to the severence of diplomatic
relations.
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13
Bryan Indorses
War Programme
OF the President
Prohibition Cause viii Be
Greatly Helped by the
Struggle

.I-. 4rrU n Tnouah-
-. NJ President Wilson in
.,- plans was given to-day By
BE- v" o., address this
VilSm o.
.s,noon at me '''' '''" ''
,.-oeratc Dry Federation OF Oh'o'
gliding indirectly 20 his own actiy-
.... during tho last two
as '' q
,ars. W. bryan ."'' " '' ~ '
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13
Pressure Brings Assurance
That Embargo Threat
Will Not Be Enforced
Germans Gain Favor
MexiCans to Take Control Of
Tehuantepec Railway
Operation

Washington, April H. Following
rigorous pressure from both tho British
and United states governments, Car
rama to-day assured tho state Depart
mcnt that tho Mexican government
would not interfere with the cNporta-
lion Of oil 10 British or American con
sumcrs. The implied threat In thc talk
Of an embargo by Mexico had alarmed
the British Admiralty. since it might
have resulted i'm seriously cmbarras =
ing the British naval operations.
British officials had made IT, quite
clear that such an embargo would be
intolerablc, and could not be permitted
to become effective.
Fresh reports from Mexico City rc-
veal that pro-German influence there -
constantly at work, and that Gormau
political and business Interests both
arc increasing i'm favor with the dc
facto government 4 report which
stated that the McXicars were plan
ming 10 take over the TchuantCpcc Nd
tional Railway. 80 per cent OF which Is
owned by British capital and 81 per
cent by the Mexican government was
denied al the British Embassy. II was
stated that Mexico IS preparing TO take
over control Of operation Of the road,
as it has already done with other rail-
ways.
An British employees of the Mexican
National Railway have been dismissed
under the new management, and an
other evidence of tho Mexican govern
ment's favors to Germany was cited IN
the instance Of the seizure I'M January
Of the two banks in Mexico City which
represented French and Spanish inter
ests, while the German bank, which
also does a large and at present IN
creasing business, has not been molest,
ed. but receives encouragement. II had
been reported that the banks seized
represented British interests as well,
but this was denied to-day at the Brit
iSh Embassy.
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13
German Revolution in Brazil
May Follow Diplomatic Break
Three Big States of South American Republic Arc Com
pctclv Dominated by Tcutonic Colonies-Wash-
ington Officials Watching Situation

ignorant or tho terms Of this mani
feeto. but t1at he could reassure the
German Minister Of tho correct de-
meanor Of the Argentine people.
The newspapers print report tnat
the Argcutinian transport Pampa mas
been sunk by German submarine.
Another report is that the Argentlnlan
sailing vessel Ioriana has been sunk
by 4 German raider off the coast OF
Rrazil There Is no official conhrma-
ton.
4 spirited agitation in connectlo"
with tho international situation rs
being carried on in political circles and
in the universities. Powerful German
ophilc clements are reported to bo
prcnaring political complications IN the
Interior. while certain Nofessors OF
the Academy Of Medicine are opposing
proposed official demonstration IN
sympathy with the Academy Of Medi-
cine in Paris.
With regard to the question Of mob
ilizing the military forces OF Argentina
LA Prcsna" to-day says tha. the gov
eminent is con idcrIng a plan 20 bring
TO their FUN strength some Of the
units Of the amy. II Is planned TO
increase the number Of electives IN
the army By 5000 men.
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13
Wilson's Tariff Board
Accepted by Senate
Democrats and Republicans
Press Opposition and Stand
Behind President

Washington, April i2.-The stand
heb;nd-the- President" spirit changed
what would ordinarily have been BIT
ter partisan fight in the Senate to-day
70 a ioculsr debate. resulting in the
confirmation. after a few hours, OF all
six Of President Wilson's nominees :or
the new Tariff Commission.
The men who Will now take up the
scientific study Of the tariff, and Who
will make recommendations from time
to time Tor changes 70 meet changing
economic conditions. are:
Professor Frank ". Tsusslg OF Har-
ward University.
Ex-Represeniatiye David J. Lewis, o.
Cumbe rland, Nd.
Ex-Represen.ative William Kent o.
California. c.,
Fx-Assistant Postmaster General
Daniel {. Roper. OF South Carolina.
+. +. Costigan. of Denver.
". :. Culbertson. OF Kansas.
The Democrats. for the most part
showed no more affection for the norii-
rces than the Republicans, one Demo,
cratic Senator referring TO Kent ana
Gulbertson a. mavericks" while tne
Republicans added "mugwump 20 the
richness Of the debate.
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13

Washington. April T. Officials ~
Washington who spend practically all
their time in watching Developments IN
the states Of South and Central Amer
ca would not be surprised to see civil
war break out in Brazil.
Il was said to-day that a possible
development Of the action Of the gov
crumcut a. Rio in breaking diplomatic
relations with the German Empire and
Of the probability Of war was the re-
volt Of the states Of Santa Catbarina,
Paraua and RIO Grandc DO Sui. the
three ,outhcrumost states Of the coun-
try. all dominated by Germans and IN
which the German language is not only
spoken but taught i'm the schools. and
whcrc German customs are rigidiy pre-
served.
lt was asserted by an authority on
South American problems to-day that
"a person may travel $50 miles west
from Port Allegro, in the state Of Rio
Grandc do Sui. and find that the Ian
cuagc Of the people is German. To
Germans and their descendants is at
tributed the great development Of these
regions, in which the principal cities
were founded by Germans Brazilian
employees i'm German business houses
arc requested to learn German IN order
10 retain their positions.
"Thc German peril" for more than
two generations has been a leading
political question in Brazil, and has
even engaged the attention frequently
OF the United States which has had
in view the integrity of the Monroe
Doctrine 1t has long suspected that
the Germans in the three states OF
Southern Brazil might attempt either
to scparatc from Brazil and establish
an independent government, or offer
the territory they inhabit TO the Ger
man Empire as a colony, thus giving
Germany foothold Of no inconsidera-
bic importance upon the American con
tincnt
1t was admitted in Brazilian circles
to-day that. should the German Gle
mcnt i'm their country desire to rebel,
they might raise an army Of nearly
100000 men by inducing Germans or
persons of German descent in other
South American communities to ioln
them.
But it was believed to be practicable
for the Germans to muster not more
than 100000 men, although this num-
Der would constitute d dangerous
menace to Brazil. To mobilize even
that force. it was said. Poles would
have to be persuaded by the Germans
to Join them. they being second numer-
ically 70 Germans in the three states.
In Rio Grande do Sui there are more
than 100000 Germans and in Santa
Catharina 20 per cent of the pOpula-
tion IS German.
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13
Espionage Bill
To Be Modified
In Committee
Prohibition Against Dis
affection" Speeches Will
Be Changed

Washington, April t. Revision oil
the Administration spy bill to meet
some of the objections of the advocates
of free speech without impairing ITS
effectiveness is understood to have been
decided upon by the House Judiciary
Committee. Hearings on the measure
we're closed to-day after Miss Jane Ad'
dams. John Reed, Bilgert f. Roe, Harry
Weinberger. John d. Moore, Charles
Hallinan and others had criticised GER
tain features.
Tho section most generally attacked
prohibiting persons from making
sneecbes or publishing articles caus-
inc "disafection" in the army or navy
Is certain to be changed. The language
will be amended, according to present
nlans. 10 apply only 20 persons VINO
would cause mutinies. desertlons or
ether defections among the land or sea
forces The committee has no desire
If is said. % silence honest critics.
Changes also are contemplated I'D a
section which would prohibit obtain'nE
and disseminating information about
the land and sea forces. As drafted
onnonents Of the measure have insisted
that innocent citizens might be pun
ished for sightseeing at forts or navy
Yards or printing pictures OF naval
equipment.
New-York tribune., 1917-04-13
send 10000 Abroad
At Once, Says Choate
americans Can Be Proud Again,
He Tells Columbia Students

americans Can Be Proud Again,
He Tells Columbia Students
Js,,ph II. Ch6atc told 1000 Colum-
b, rdergradua,cs ia their chapel yes
,,i,, that the United States should
end At least 10000 regulars for active
Bsrs on the Hindenburg line at once.
'0ur part in the war heretofore ha:
,,n supplying arms and food TO the
,hiers on the front. But now we
.ga, 10 send o fghtng force ourselves
rnedIs,ely. General Wood informed
e that We could easily spare 2O.OOO
erulau for the front And our for
,sr President. Mr.. Roosevelt, wants
&c: together 10000 more Rough
.deu or prizcfchters or whatever
-ey are. Every successful fighter IN
,is war will be priZetghter, though.
We are going into this war on the
great American plan, the plan on which
americans do everything 90 IN hrst
ild gei ready aftcrward.
Until the last thirty days Amerl-
lrs, full-blooded Americans. were
. hantd 10 hold up their heads since
.e war began. but the recent happen
rs have enabled them 90 stand erect
nd be proud again that we are Amerl-
i,A President N son whose recent
it-es' 20 Co-gf "a+ the greatest
frce tie 'Ira d.. .rD.n. one Of the