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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
FIRE ON U-BOATS
ON SIGHT IS PLAN
PREPARATIONS ARE BEGUN FOR
MOUNTING GUNS ON AMER
icAN SHIPS.
state Department Holds cermany's
Instructions TO Submarines Jus-
tify Merchantmen In Taking
Protective Measures

Washington. The Americas gov
eminent on March 10 began the act
ual preparations to arm American
merchantmen against Germany's ruth
less submarine warfare.
When the vessels sail under the
policy Of armed neutrality they will
do 80 with the full backing OF the ad
nistration--expressed In the form
OF war risk insurance and naval guns
and gunners.
II was made clear that In the back.
ground will be the entire resources
OF the United States--ready for &C
ton should Germany attack an Amer
lean ship in violation of the warning
OF the American government.
The state departments view Of de-
fensive armament az expressed was
that the mere appearance of q Ger
man submarine or its periscope near
an American.armed vessel would en-
title the vessel to take all measures
OF protection on the presumption that
the Submarines purpose was hostile.
This was based on Germany's an
uouncement that her submarines
would attack without warning any
belligerent or neutral merchantmen
encountered within the barred zone
Whether this position will be EN-.
bodied In instructions to commanders
Of American-armed ships and wheth
er arms and ammunition will be fur
nished to vessels carrying contraband
were up for discussion, but no an
nouncement on either point was au
thorized.
The attitude Of President Wilson
has been that no steps OF belliger
ent character should DO taken and
that II a state of war comes It mus,
be through Germany's commission OF
acts In clear violation of information
law. Some officials close to the
president are known to feel that In
line with this policy the United
States should not sanction a shoot
on-sight program which might be con
strued az aggression.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
HAD DESIGNS ON UTAH.
Utah to Become Subjects Of Japan,
Plan of Germans.

Plan Of Germans.
Washington.-The whole of the
United States lying west OF the Rocky
mountains, including the state OF
Utah. was the inducement which Ger
many held out to Japan for an of.
fensiv6 alliance with Mexico against
the United States through the instru.
mentality of the Zimmerman note
Is the information which comes from
prominent Democrat OF the United
States senate. This part of the zim.
hermann note was not given publicity
and only the offer to Mexico was al
lowed to become public. The pub.
lished versions OF the Zimmerman
note bore evidence of being censored
and the comments made upon 1t In
Germany were carefully guarded and
only referred to that part Of the note
made public.
That the offer to Japan was sup,
pressed by the state department is
probably due to the same motives
which led the department to ask that
the anti-alien land bills In the Ore
gon and Idaho legislatures be killed
II is recalled that in speech in the
senate shortly before adjournment
Senator Phelan OF California express
ed his belief that II Germany was of
! fering the border states to Mexico II
was doubtless offering the Pacific
coast states to japan.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
German Diplomats Busy.

MISUNDERSTANDING has renewe.
her efforts to have the United State
sign a protocol amending the Prus
sian-American treaty OF 1898 so as T.
exempt all Germans in the Unite
States from arrest or interference dur
Ing any period of war and reservin,
to all German ships in America
ports the right to safe conduct t
home ports.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
cARRANzA ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Received All But Few Scattering
Votes at General Election.

Mexico City.-General Venustiano
Carranza was on March II, elected
president of Mexico by what is be-
lieved to heve been the largest vote
ever cast al the republic.
Although the voters had the priv
llege of writing in or declaring any
name they desired. General Carranza
received all but few scattering bal
lots. The estimated Y ote cast runs all
the way from several hundred thou
sand to a million.
The presidential election was pro-
vided for in articles adopted by the
constitutional assembly which met at
Queretaro. Many old residents de.
clare 1t was the first real election ever
held in this country. Reports from
various parts of the republic indicat-
ed that there we're no disturbances or
intimidation.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
THREAT OF RAIL STRIKE.
Countrywide Strike May Result 4
Agreement 10 Not Reached.

New York.--Persistent reports wer,
current In railroad circles here Mon
day that a countrywide strike wou'
result IL satisfactory agreement Il
not reached at the conference on the
question of the eight-hour WORKING
day to be held here between the rail
road managers and representatives Of
the four brotherhoods of trainmen.
Reports have been sent to the rail
road presidents by agents of the man
ayers stating that plans had been laid
by the brotherhoods to begin such q
strike Saturday night in the event
their demands are not met at the con
ference.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
May Not Hang Man on Roof.

Washington.-Treasury department
officials on Saturday declined to per
NIT the custodian of public buildings
at Spokane to use the roof Of the fed
eral building there as location for a
scaffold for the execution of Edward
Mayberry, sentenced to die March 20
by the federal court. Capital punish
ment being forbidden in Washington.
a federal reservation is the only place
where the man could be executed.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
VIII Build Patrol Boats.

Washington. - Preliminary steps
were taken by the navy department
Monday toward contracting for tn
quick construction Of 100 or more
high speed coast patrol boats OF Q
new type for scouting against sub
MARINES.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Suffrage Issue Again Submitted.

Albany. N. Y.-The resolution to
provide for referendum on the wo,
mans suffrage question at the state
election next November was passed II
the senate Monday ny vote OF 8,
TO 7.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Cyclone Hits Cincinnati.

Cincinnati.--Three persons are
known TO have lost their lives. four
others are probably fatally injured
and score or more less seriously
kurt as the result of tornado which
wrecked thirty houses.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Food shortage In Greece.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. gloomy pic
ture of conditions in Greece resulting
from the entente blockade has been
cabled to the Greek legation here by
the new ministry Of supplies, with an
urgent appeal for Fastening the ship.
ment of wheat from the United States
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Roumanisn kino 10 Abdle ate.

Stuttgart-The "Ulmer Tageblatt''
learns from Sigmaringen. the birth
place and former home of King Ferd.
inand OF Roumania that this fugitive
ruler Is firmly resolved to abdicate, nc
matter how the war ends.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
colombla treaty FIoht

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. long fight
over the treaty with Colombia, under
which the United States would pay
that republic $l5.0O0.O 900 for the sep
aration of Panama. was indicated by
action on Thursday.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Rebel Leader surrenders.

Observation-Disclosures Acosta. former
mayor OF Mariana. one of the first
liberals to join the rebellion against
the Menocal government. on Monday
gave himself up at Guanajay together
with a captain and a sergeant. He
was wounded In the leg.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
EmbezzIed Hoo Hoos' Funds.

st. Louis.-William M. Stevenson,
former scrivener OF the Concatenatei
Order of Hoo Hoos. pleaded guilty to
charge of embezzling $9.67S from
the order. Sentence was deferred.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Thaw Aaair on Trial.

Philadelphia.-The jury OF six had
its first sitting on March ~. behind
closed doors. in the lunacy proceed
ings instituted two weeks ago by Mrs
Mary Copley Thaw against her son.
Harry X. Thaw.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Porto Ricans for Canal Duty.

San Juan. Porto Rico.-The Second
battalion OF the Porto Rican regiment
has been designated for service In
the Panama canal zone. II is the
first time that native troops have
been stationed away from the island
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
shipping Cotton From Egypt.

Boston.-Ten thousand bales OF
Egyptian cotton. valued by dealers at
approximately 100000. was included
In the cargo OF the Leyland line steam
hip Devonian, which arrived Satur-
Lay from Liverpool.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Wheat Elevator Burns.

Winnipeg. Mantle terminal ele'
vator of the Northern Elevator com
pany I'm this city was destroyed by
fire March 8, with 10000 bushels of
wheat. The loss was estimated at
$3.50, 900.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
FEARFUL TOLL OF WAR.
Ten Million Men Loss In Present
European Struggle.

Neutrality-suspicious. than 10000, 900
men are recorded as killed. wounded.
captured or missing, in the European
war in the first complete tabulation
Of official and authenticated semiof-
fetal reports Of the various belliger-
ents received here.
Among the military proper All, 200
are reported dead; 2,59s.5O0, wounded.
and 2,564,500, captured and missing.
Among civilians, especially on the
Russian and Balkan fronts and in
Armenia, another 100000 are figured
as either dead or wounded through
the war.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Murder Hearing Postponed.

Liberty. Mo.-The preliminary hear
ing set for March 10 of b. b. Smith.
charged with the murder Of U. G..
Balcombe OF Omaha. was postponed
until March 20. This action was TAX
en- upon Smiths request.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
Nearly Five Thousand Recruits.

Washington. - Recruiting during
February resulted in 1852 men being
added to the regular army, Officers
view the results as indicating that the
army can be brought to its authorized
strength before June 30.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
NEW JOAN OF ARC APPEARS.
Believes She 10 Called to Lead French
to Victory.

to Victory.
Paris.-In q Paris boarding house
kept by nuns now lives the peasant
girl who has stirred the imagination
OF the French by her declaration that.
like Joan Of Arc. she has seen visions
and heard voices commanding her to
rise up and guide the soldiers Of
France to victory and the deliverance
of her country. She. is Mademoiselle
Percbaud, 20 years of age. daughter
CT farmer Of the department OF La
vendee. In accordance with the or.
ders Of Cardinal Annette. the nuns
will not permit her to be interviewed.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
LABOR PLEDGES AID IN WAR.
Trade Unions Offer Services to Go.
eminent In Every Field Of Activity.

Washington. Organized labor In
America through Its representative
In conference here Monday offered 1t
services to the country In every felt
of activity IL. despite all endeavor
and hopes, the United States should
be drawn into war.
The action was taken by unanimous
vote Of more than $50 delegates from
national and international trade
unions affiliated with the American
Federation OF Labor and five unaffi
lated organizations, including the
great railroad brotherhoods. In al,
about 100000 American worker
were represented in the conference.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16
War PIotter Betrayed by Woman.

Los Angeles.--Captain Alfred Frit-
zen. said to he German naval officer.
was arrested at HARDWOOD by e. M.
Blanford, special agent of the depart
ment Of justice. and held in the city
jail on suspicion Of felony. The au-
thorities said he was wanted in con-
nection with the alleged plot to de-
stroy the Weffand canal II is said
he was BETRAYED by a woman.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-16

Lieut.. Col. John 3. Bennett, a mem.
Der Of the first class Of field officers
ever schooied by the war department
In aviation. has been detailed tempo
rariiy In Washington, where he Is be-
coming acquainted with the admlnls-
trative work Of the aviation bureau
His work there has led to the belle
that he will be named chief Of tn
bureau.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
.bELCIANS MAKE
ESCAPE Drawing.
Guns ON MEUSE
Run Gauntlet Of German
Forces With Sturdy Tug
to Garry Them.

Maastricht. Netherlands, Feb. "A
boatload Of over 100 Belgians recently
ran the German gauntlet on the River
Meuse, and after an exciting night
trip to the accompaniment Of machine
gun fire landed on Dutch soil at Eys-
den, which town the fugitives entered
in body singing the Marseillaise.
The tug "Atlas w lay moored at
Liege,' and the embarkment of her
passengers lasted from half-past five
to eleven o'clock in the evening, the
Belgians making their way aboard
singly so as to avoid arousing suspi-
cion., She was then full up. with
101 Belgians, a Russian, a French
man, and woman with two children,
8 and 10 years of age respectively. At
midnight the moorings were cast off,
and the boat having first been allow
ed to drift quietly out into the stream,
Full steam ahead" was soon ordered
and she flew along the river in the
darkness.
The first shot was fired by a SEN
try near Wise. Searchlights were
turned on the escaping vessel, and
machine guns joined IN the chorus of
rifle shots from several sides. But
all on board were safe down Mellow
except the sturdy Belgian captain,
who stuck grimly to the wheel while
sacks of coal stacked around him
caught the bullets. The arch Under
the new railway bridge little far
Their on had been shut off with beams
but the solid little tug was headed
straight at the barrier and success
fully crashed through it, sending
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
IRISH FARM LABOR SCARCE.

Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 1.-The new
regulations as to the expansion of till
age in Ireland, and the compulsory
tillage of one-tent of the land, are
meeting with the labor difficulty. The
farmers have secured a minimum
price are claiming their share. The
gap between what the farmers offer
and the laborers ask is a wide one.
The laborers want Is to 80 shillings
or IL to Is shillings az week with
board and lodging. The farmers Of
fers' range from to 8 shillings q
week with board and lodging for
-ork all the year round.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
TO KNOW WHAT 1T
COSTS TO PRODUCE MILK

In determining the cost of milk
production, as in any other business,
there are certain definite factors that
are of Importance. Much has been
written concerning this and handed
on from investigators in one section
Of the country to be used as evidence
in other sections, only to cause pan
'demonium as to what the facts are
in a certain restricted locality. The
dairymen of one section cannot base
the selling price of their milk on the
cost of production in some distant
place. The Importance of knowing
the facts regarding the cost Of pro-
ducing milk in northwestern Connec-
ticut has been apparent and since the
three Herd improvement Associations
in Litchfeld County have been oper-
ating some time to determine the pro-
duction, feed cost and profit above
cost of feed, it was thought plan
should be worked out. whereby the
other factors in the cost could tbe de-
termined.
/ In addition to the data which the
Herd Improvement Associations fur
nish the specialists in charge will as
certain certain information, concern
employed in the dairy full time, and
part time, and from the wages paid
determine the rate per hour. Where
milking machines are used, data of
similar character will be obtained to
determine how much labor is saved
by the use OF these machines.
In each case where buildings are
used exclusively for dairy purposes.
A. l. ~
terest on the investment. Where
buildings are used partially for dairy
ing that portion used will be charged
for at five per cent. The deprecia-
ton and repairs in buildings will be
taken. In addition to these items in
surance on buildings and taxes on
same will be added.
\ No owner of herd in which the
heifers are being raised can afford
to overlook the very important item
Of the sire. His value, cost of keep
ing and depreciation will be taken in,
to consideration. ~
Bedding, veterinary service. n1edi-
cine, ice, coal, hauling milk and the
investment and upkeep in tools and
| utensils will be determined.
AS the specialists visit the farms
once a month during the entire year
valuable facts should be learned from
| their figures. It is not sufficient
| however to determine the cost OF
| producing milk for one year only. II
| is hoped that these additional duties
| Of specialists will encourage more
| dairy farmers to make us eof them
/ and in this way extend the investiga-
] ton over series Of years, and in this
way more applicable figures will be
| obtained.
K B. MUSSER,
! Agent in Dairying, Conn. Agri. Col
| lege and u. S. D. A. Cooperating
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
Final Battle For
Freedom Inevitable,
Kaiser Declares

Amsterdam, Feb. 1.-Emperor VIII
liam, replying to telegram received
by him from the director of the prov
fnce Of Brandenburg, says a dispatch
from Berlin, sent this message:
! AFTER thirty months of warfare.
rich in sacrifices. the entire German
people, in holy wrath at the rejec-
ton of my peace OFFER, is inspired
anew with doubled strength and
stands as one man with the Kaiser
and Empire in order VIGOROUSLY to
pass through the blood of the final
battle. which now has become inevi-
table for house. home, honor and free
dom and finally to place enemy peace
disturbers within bounds. May God
and our good sword help us. thereto. .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
FEBRUARY CLEARANCE
INAUGURATED AT THE
CAESAR MISCH STORES

On Saturday the Caesar Misch
Stores will inaugurate a clearance
even more drastic, they say, than
their January event
AS. spring approaches and time
grows short it becomes more of a ne
cessity for quick action in obtaining
room for the new stocks in every de-
partment. This need for space is being
overcome at this store by price reduc-
tions which are quickly moving this
seasons fashions from every depart
ment.
! Those who wish to take advantage
of Cheerful Credit are enabled to buy
/ the greatest bargains the same as
though they were possessors Of a bank
account
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
Canadian Wounded
Given Farms and
Debt Exemptions

People in CANDIDA plan to place dis
abled soldiers on farms as soon as they
ish Columbia has enacted homestead
law which provides a. free grant OF
land and q loan Of money for i'm
provcments to each soldier settler,
with exemption from all taxes ex-
cept for school purposes, and five
years exemption from seizure for debt
In England the training Of the. men
for farm work is provided at the con-
valescent institutions and the agricul-
tural colleges. There will be special
instruction for various kinds of farm
work that the soldier appears capable
Of doing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
FRENCH HAVING
HARD Time TOO
WITH H. C. OF |.
Housewives Trying to Fig.
ure Out Where All the Y
Money is Going.

UnSas. Feb. 2.-Present conditions
or life have not reduced the girth OF
the average Partisan, but they. have
begun to work upon susceptible tenn
pers and are changing the physiog-
nomy Of the central markets. Cooks
who are boycotting the merchants OF
their quarter to bury at the central
markets numbered hundreds few
months ago, and now number thou
sands. They made the cars OF the
subway lines leading to the central
markets look like green grocers' de-
livery wagons in the early hours until
out OF Difference to passengers who
objected to the odor of Limburger
cheese. garlic, and other foodstuns in
their raw state, the subway company
provided Especial cars for them
eggs s to 10 sous a piece, butter
10 to rs sous a pound. OUT! La! Ia!
what are we. coming to ~ exclaimed
a bareheaded woman as she deposited
her market basket on the floor Of one
Of these special marketing cars.
sLook at that!' Joined in the wo-
man standing beside her, picking g
brown parcel from her basket. There
is q roast-just about enough for
three, and do you know how much It
cost me? 1t cost me 50 sous; ]
would like to know where all the
money goes"
Such conversations are heard every
morning In these new subway cars.
They touch a point that no one has
vet been able to clear up. The aver
are retailer cpnfesses to no greater
profit than Is proportionate to HIS own
Qn6
stock raiser insist that they are get
ting no more than their share.
The farmer gets more for every
thing he sells than he did before the
war; 20 per cent. more on the aver
are for mutton. 20 per cent. more Tor
wheat. twenty five per cent. more for
oats, 70 per cent. more for beef; but
he points out that, in compensation
Tor this, increase. he now has to pay
farm hands twice the wages that he
paid befofe the war, while fertilizers
which he uses in considerable quanti-
ties went from so francs to 100 francs
per ton.
The retailer has no such excuse.
Rents are no higher than they were
before the war and it costs him no
more to light his shop or to run it; in
many cases his operating expenses are
necessarily less because he is obliged
to get along with less help. The
best authorities CURE that the retail
grocer, butcher and green grocer are
making from rs to 40 per cent. more
profit than before the war on most Of
the things they sell. The producer
il making at least 20 per cent. More
the rest OF the advance in prices being
absorbed in higher transportation ex-
penses and larger profits to interme-
diaries. !
The average housewife cannot &c
sufaciently into details to follow the
money to Its final destination, but she
knows that where she spent 100 francs
before the war she now spends It's; i
She could not send the cook to the
central markets for part Of her sup
plies, the increase would be much
greater.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

All efforts by the United States coast
guards and the quartermasters oe-
partment of the army to save the ar
my transport Sumner from compiete
loss have been abandoned. the YES
sci is now rapidly breaking to pieces
in Rarnegat shoals within plain view
of Barnegat light. The constant strain
of the pounding seas has already pro-
ken her in two, and the parting OF
her hull is visible from the light anu
from Barnegat City, N. j.
The Sumner went aground IN q
heavy fog on the night OF Dec. IL
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02

Bernard M. Baruch, New York fin
ancier and member Of the National
Defense committee, cherfully admit
ted at the inquiry in New York by the
rules committee of the house of rep
resentatives into the alleged leak" of
President Wilson's first peace message
Of DIED. 20 that he, Mr.. Baruch, clear
ed $476,168 by short selling in the
stock market between Dec. 10 and 23,
without advance knowledge of the
note. He attributed his success to his
correct judgment Of the way in which
the market would go. Photograph
reproduced herewith was taken as
Mr.. Baruch testified.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-02
Us TP6NsP0RT SUMNER POUNDING 70 PIECES

the Panama canal zone to New York.
the attempt Dec. Is!
The quartermaster department en-
tertained hope that some part, of the
vessel might be salvaged until few
days ago it was seen that the engines
and interior equipment OF the trans
port are ruined.
The Sumner was formerly the col
lier Cassius, but was refitted in 1900
at cost of 100000. She carried
troops to the Philippines in 1900 and
returned three years later with the
bodies of III soldiers who died in the
islands, She took 6e5 American ref
ugees from Vera Cruz to Tampa.