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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
of Finance

+AI previous records Of American
railways for volume of traffic moved,
for earnings. for expenses incurred
and for taxes paid are rapidly being
broken" the Railway Age Gazette
shows in an article in Its current Is
first five months of the calendar year
1917, which include the last results
for which statistics are available Inc
only records not being. broken are
those for net operating income. which
shows a large decline as compared
with 1915.
In the five months January to
May, 1917, Class I roads-those earn
ing over $1.000,00o gross eacn-earn-
"a a total of 81, 54s, 348.814. This was
n increase Of s156.o0o.oo0. or liz
per cent. over the same months OF
1915; an increase of $4,000, 600, or
10 per cent, over the same montns
OF 1913. which was the banner year
prior to 1915, and an increase OF AL
per cent. over the same months Oh
1911.
! Cooperating expenses were $1,11S,-
400 900. an increase of $171, 100000,
or ia per cent, over the same months
in 1s1s;. $3.50, 900. 900. or rs per cent.
over the same months In 1913; ana
TO per cent over the same months
,of 1913. Taxes paid in these months
amounted to s71.7so.o 200, This was
an increase of ss,s0o.oSe, or is per
cent, over the same months OF 1915;
! OF 8s la per cent. over, the same
months in 1918. and Of So per CENT
over the same months of 1911.
.sWhile the increase in total earn
1 fngs over 1916 was s156,000, the
increase in operating expenses and
taxes together was $1S1,s5o.000. In
consequence, in spite Of the much
larger business handled, the railways
in these months received SIS, 900
less operating income. The proper
ton of total earnings required to pay
operating expenses and taxes shows
l q sharp Increase. In the FIRST months
/ or 1916 it took ~ IL per- cent. OF
each dollar Of total earnings to pay
expenses and taxes while in the same
months of 1917 it took IT per cent
i The bulk OF the increase in total
i earnings fs being derived, Of course.
I from the handling OF freight. Freight
earninsss In nfhei first five months of
| the year were over n4ssg 000,ooo great
On, than In the same months OF the
l year 1915 and about $4,000, 900
greater. than in the same months of
1913.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
TROLLEY LINE HAZARDS

Recent months have been sonne-
what free from serious transportation
accidents. The Safety First Campaign
is working. But while conditions on
the railroads are improving, other
perils are made manifest, as in the
serious accident occurring at North
Branford, Conn, where. a head-on
collision of. trolley cars killed eigh-
teen people. Many fast running cleo
trio lines are subject to like hazards
These perils are augmented by the
fact that many electric lines are not
as prosperous as when they started
They used to be called the poor mans
automobile, and people rode on them
for pleasure. On pleasant afternoons
many tired mothers and picnic parties
were out riding for fun. After the
novelty wore out, this source Of rev.
enue fell off. Expenses increased,
and many lines that looked like a
bonanza at first found themselves UP
against hard times.
Such conditions lead to economies
which may affect safe operation. A
road whose stockholders are clamor-
ing for dividends. feels too poor to
keep up with the best safety equip
ment. The roads are often not able to
pay wages enough to get motormen
or the responsible type that operate
railroad locomotives. Frequently also
employees are worked long hours and
are not physically and mentally alert.
Whether conditions like these could
have had anything to do with this
Connecticut accident or not, they ex-
list everywhere electric lines run at
high speed. They affect a wide range
of the people, as they are one of the
country's important transportation
links. They are used for. business
and travel purposes by people from
remote distances.
Although road may be hard up,
Der that it must ally itself with the
yet it's management should remem-
Saftey First movement. Good equip
ment is necessary. but vigilance
counts even more. Rigid obedience
of rules should be required and en-
ployes should be given decent periods
of rest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

, STOCK MARKET

New York, Aug. d7.-The confusion
existing in speculative quarters by
reason of prevailing conditions was
again reflected in the irregular move
ment of prices at the opening of to-
days market. United States Steel,
Marine preferred and some of the
minor apecoalties gained small frac.
lions, zut these were soon lost in the
4heaviness of Industrial Alcohol, Beth
lehem and Crucfble Steels, Central
Leather and other equipments. Rail
roads pursued their recent narrow and
irregular course and metals were APP
athletic
Price movements became more err
ratio during the forenoon Alcohol
was under pressure, declining Z IA
points, subsequently rallyfng 1-2.
Delaware & Hudson dropped four to
the new low record Of los 1-2 and
other standard railroads, including
coalers, were reactionary. Among the
more active industrials and equip
1nents the usual weekend closing of
short commitments was indicated.
Liberty bonds sold at $3.50, to 1885.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
CITY OF BRIDGEPORT
SEWER PROPOSALS.

The Paving and Sewer Commission
Of said City Of Bridgeport Will receive
proposals at room No. IS, City Hall,
until Friday afternoon, Aug. "a, 1917
at $3.50 o'clock for constructing north
west sanitary sewer, so called, Of fol-
lowing dimensions:
1900 feet of "a inch tile or con-
crete,
100 feet of 30 inch tile,
1900 feet Of Is inch tile.
Specifications can be obtained from
Alfred H. Terry, City Engineer, room
Nc. 15, City Hall.
Certified check for. ten per cent. of
amount of proposal must accompany
same.
The Commission reserves the right
to reject any or all proposals.
PAVING AND SEWER
CONFESSION,
Bernard Heating, Secretary,
Room No. IS, City Hall. L Is b"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

Lettuce 0-.7b per dox.
Green BEAMS 90 per bu.
Onions-s1 .B0-s1.75 per blu.
Peppers-$ IS per blu.
Cabbage-$1.00 per Dbl.
Biackberrfes-.15--1 per ct.
AppIes-s2.o0 per bu. $500 Dbl.
squash-.s0-4s per doz- bun.
Tomatoes-sI.5 basket; $1.75-$2.oo
crate
Wax Beans--s1 .00-$1.25 bu.
Beets-sl.c per 30 punches
Carrots o>.S6 per doz-
Cucumbers- per crate.
Cucumbers-ss.00 per Dbl.
Potatoes-$1.75 per blu.
Sweet Corn (white) -$1.5o per 100
ears; Golden BantaIn), $1.75 per 100
ears.
Lima Beans sa.5o-ss.o 90 Sbushai.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
NOTICE
TO ALL WHOM m MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to the Statute of the State
of Connecticut in such case made and
provided,
NOTICE Is hereby given, that The
Hungarian Sick Benefit Societies Con-
federation Of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
specially chartered corporation of
this State, intends, to apply to the
Superior Court to be holden in and
for Fairfield County on the first
Tuesday of October. 1917, to have its
corporate name changed to The Hun
garian Aid Society of America.
Dated August II, 1917.
THE HUNGARIAN SICK BEN
EFT SOCIETIES CONFED-
GRAFTON.
By John Dezso, President.
L Is to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
CREW ABANDONS
BLAZING BARK;
ONLY FIVE SAVED

Seattle. Wash, Aug. 1.-THE Peru
Wan bark Algoa Bay, bound from
Valparaiso for Seattle, was abandoned
on fire off Chanaral; Chile, July 81, ac-
cording to word received here today.
Capt. Porciano Mendyuren, his wife
and all but five members of the crew
are missing. Five survivors were
picked up July 81 by a United States
warship and landed in a. Chilean port.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
Lyons Is Slated For
Vacant Aldermanic Berth

John L. Lyons, sof the fourth dis
trict, is expected to succeed Alder
man William Cannon for the unex-
pired term which Mr.. Cannon has re-
signed because Of his non-residence
in the forth district. Cannon's term
expires November, OF this year. Lyons
was named on the Republican ticket
for alderman last year and was de-
feated by Joseph p. Onkey, Demo-
crat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

BAIINT KORIK, -
VS., Order of Notice
ZSOFTA CSERES KORIK.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.,
SUPERIOR COURT.
Bridgeport, Aug. 18th, A. D., 1917.
Upon the complaint Of the said Ba-
lint Korik praying for reasons there
in set forth, for a divorce and Gus
tody of both the children, returnable
to the Superior Court in and for
Fairfield County, on the first Tues
day of September, 1917.
1t appearing to and being found by
the subscribing authority that Zsofia
Cseres Korik, the said defendant is
absent from this state and gone to
Therefore Ordered, that notice OF
the tendency of said complaint be
given by publishing this order in the
Farmer, a newspaper printed in said
Bridgeport, three times successfully
commencing on or before the. goth
day of August, A. D., 1917.
FRED w. TRACY,
Asst. Cler,. of the Superior Court for
Fairfield County. L Is s."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
BAsEBAIL OF THE
VINTAGE OF '7e.

Those who were able to sit up and
take notice In the year 1876 probably
remember the NOISY Nine" baseball
club of Taylorsville. Pa, which sew
eral years ago ISSUED a challenge to
play a series oil games with any club
Of the vintage Of 'T6. The challenge
was, unfortunately, not accepted by
any one, and that IL a great pity, for
the game would have had all OF the
interest of visit to museum of an
tiquities. It is doubtful whether the
present day IAN, seeing a game play
cd under the rules that governed in
those days. would recognize the game
a. baseball
In 1876 the National League had
just been launched. and baseball was
entering the era of commerciansm
that would soon concentrate most Of
the crack players in the big cities
Before that, however, many small cit
les and towns had mines that were able
to play the game with the crack or
ganizations of the great cities. Be-
Sides the Noisy Nine OF Taylorsville.
the famous clubs OF 1876 included the
Troy Haymakers the Rockford, Ill,
forest City,: the Fort Wayne, Ind, Ke-
kionisas, the London, Ont, Athletics,
the GuaIph, Ont Maple Leafs. the
Ogdensburg, N. Y. Pastimes and the
Lynn, Mass, Live Oak This by no
means exhausts the list, for there
were good clubs scattered all over the
United States and Canada, and each
/ big city had q number of mines. be-
tween whom there was bitter rivalry.
It was In the early seventies that base
ball began to assume its present form.
The overland ipdtchinss rules were re-
vised at this lerfods and then COM
msnced the science Of twirling as it is
known today. Before that the func-
ton of the moundman, was to pitch
in such a manner that the batter
could hit the ball. which accounts for
the tremendous scores of those days.
The batter would stroll to the plate,
remarking: please send one over
little above the knee. and not very
) fast Whereupon the pitcher would
attempt 10 q 1i ge him ana II he failed
to- deliver the ball as the batter re-
I quested. a ball was called on him for
( his wildness. CNow you stop your
laughing). At about the same time
a revolutionary rule was adopted
forcing base runners TO actually touch
the bags instead of merely running
near them. (Tep, those were the
good old daysD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
New York Stock
Exchange Quotations

Reported over the private wires Of
z. L watson q Co.. Bankers ana
Brokers. Corner Main and John sts,
Bridgeport. Conn Members of New
York Stock Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
Confiscation of the fine crop is con-
templated by Maurice Violette, French
minister of subsistence.

Magistrate House of New York city
said the warning system for speeding
automobile drivers has failed and ar
rests will be tried instead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

NE
IN DaIrleneios tna1 reek with GORE
AT nome gives notnlng 10 ms "lIe
But hel ana nell ana tnen n. soine
more.
},---,---
eoiian '@cA os.iiy' aiso nilo wv VIZ -
larne as manager barry Oh ene Boston
americans mas sleneo up Tor service
with Uncle Sam. Inc naval reserves
ought TO develop some GOOD pail teams
when the season ENDS.
-
Kenneth Williams, the Portland
siugger' win soon PACK nis srlp anu
report TO the Sr. LOUIS Alierac.ns.
henntn arm - SAID TO DC q Woiioe,'
ana the BroWns are all eager 70 look
MIN over.
BiIy murray .orlner Wasitinseon
inneider' Is showing up right per.
since ne 1oineo tne toronto cup "
the lnlerna&ional Leasue- blliy says
ne iiAes Aoroaso pessei's AA'S ""y'
copp has iose us laAi 70 - %
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

Captain Guynemer, the lace of the
French array flying corps, has been
named an officer of the Legion of Hon
sor-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

Governor Whitman autographed to
President Wilson asking him to ex-
anpt New York policemen from the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
Aug. II. 1880 P. M.

Aug. IT., 1880 P. NJ
Am. Beet Sugar M s1%l
Am. Car & Fdy. TAX
Am. Can ASH
Am Locomotive 694
Am Tel. & Tele. 1183a
Am. WOODEN 51M
Att, Gulf & w. Indies los
Atch., T. & s.. Fe ,.,t. 9sM
Anaconda Copper 76ss
Baldwin Loco $685.
Baltimore & Ohio 691k
Bethlehem Steel. "B'' 1145s
Canadian Pacific 1874
Calf. Petroleum 19ss
Gen. Leather Co. 9lH
Chi. M. & st. Paul 66A
Chi. Rk. Island & Pac. s31M
Chile Copper 10
Chesapeake 6 Ohio 5SA
Consolidated Gas 1os
Corn Products SSH
Crucible Steel s79A
Cuban Cane Sugar 86A
Del. Hudson los "
Distilleries Securities 28%
Erie 24X
Erie LIST Pfdy 361s
Ct. Northern Pfd. 106
CT Northerp Ore 35H
Green Canahea AZ
Illinois Central .102
Inspiration Copper ssh
International Nickel 38A
marlborough Cons. 10K
1nterborough Cons. Pfd. SIX
Inter. Mer. Marine 37%e
Inter. fMer. Marine Pfd. 91A
Lackawanna Steel s0A
Lehigh Valley 62N
Maxwell Motors 295s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

Some married man who'd give his
life
On battlefe1ds that reek with gore,
At home gives nothing to his wife
y But hell and hell, and then some
more.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
PATENTS

FIRED II. BOWERSOCK, b. O. E.,
LII. b. Attorney and Counsellor at
Law in Patent and Trademark
Causes. Solicitor of Patents. 926
Main St.. Suite 20. Phone 112 Bar
mum. IA years practice in New
York city. New York office, No.
q Rector ST.
r II ALE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
NOTICE OF REMOVAL

DR. j. D. S. SMITH announces the
removal of his office from 459
Fairfield avenue to 737 Lafayette
St D II aSsp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
BOSTON STOCKS.

Boston 1880 p. NJ, Prices Reportea
Over Private Wire to T. l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
WHOLESALE PRICES
OF PRODUCE

Furnished by The bridgeport Fruit
and1Negetnble Gz,Dsvessf, Association,
q headquarters corner Wall and
Water lstreeta.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
TRUCKING
PIANO TUNING

PLANO TUNING-Service that In exc
pert and reliable. Phone BarnuTn
1920. Your order will receive
prompt attention. ROLAND q. Hart.
sole asent-Kroeger Pianos and
Player Ptanos. 1l1S Broad street
S2s asp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

AN ORDAINED Spiritua1ist Minister.
Marie Davidson. PHI. D. Scientific
and Spiritual readings daily except
Thursdays and Sunday. 404 State
Street d II ALE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
GIaAsB

eEE THE BRIDGEPORT GLASS 90.
Glaciers for French and American
window, mirror. picture ana show
ease glass. 81 Middle St Phane
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
sPrrrruAL1sr MEDIUM

MRS. HEATON BARNES, spirituaIist
medium. readings daily. Meeting
Thursday evening 1880 p. m. for the
unfolding of spiritual gifts. 314
French st. near Main st. D 20 ais
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

Farmer Want Ads. 1c q
Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

No matter what you vans
try The Farmer Want Cox
umn. ~ ~, va
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

WANTED-Inventor to send for one
OF my booklets on U. 8. and Foreign
patent Mercer d. Blondel, Patent
Solicitor. Conn. National Bank
ouildins. Bat ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17
Sporting Comment

TiIIIIiIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiINiIIINIIllIIilIIIiIII
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

inhelder, Is showing up right pert
since he Joined the Toronto club of
the international League. Billy says
he likes Toronto better, anyway.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

Ty Cobb has lost his 1aurels as the
greatest home run maker. The Rus
sian armies are making several hun
bred thousand OF them every day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-17

BAIINT KORIK,
VS.. Order Of Notice
ZSOFTA CSERES KORIK.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
THOMPSON ORDERED
TO AVIATION FIELD

Lieutenant David Thompson, for
merly assistant states attorney mas
graduated from the school OF aero
nautics at Austin, Texas, where ne
has been stationed since he left Fort
Sheridan where he attended the Of
ficers' training camp. He has now
according to word >receiyed<from him
by his brother, States. Attorney r Il.
Thompson, been ordered to the United
States army aviation1feld ats1iouston'
Texas, wherethe will be, schooled IN
the aerial tactics of the flying service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
LESS JURORS ARE
USED THIS YEAR
Total Number Serving On Juries Fag
Below That OF ieis-More stris-
eners are Jailed.

Fewer jurors. by more than four
hundred. have been used by the coun-
ty during 1917 than in the previous
year, SAC having served on the var
ious iuries in the last IL months, In
1915 the number of jurors used ex-
ceeded one thousand three hundred.
This is. shown In the annual report
Of his Office as made by Sheriff George
f. Richmond The report also dis
closes that. despite the fewer jurors
which would seem to signify that
there was less trouble" In the coun-
by. there were really more prisoners
placed in the jail this year. In all,
there were 1871 persons imprisoned
in the county bastile during 1917, sad
in getting those prisoners. serving
subpoenas and other peners the sher-
If or other employees OF his office
travelled total of 65,649 miles
nearly three times around the entire
earth
The report of the sheriff's Office fol
laSes-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
DRAFT BOOKLETS
ARE QUEER SIGHT
Questiennaires As Filled Out and Re
turned In Many Cases Present
sComedy OF Errors
STICK TO TRUTH is WARNING
Officials Discourage Practice o.
stretching or Telling falseboods
In Making Answers.

That errors and such are to be ex-
pected in the carrying out Of task OF
the size OF the one involving the an
swering and returning Of 4.l0s ques-
tionnaires goes without saying, but
the things that are actually occurring
could surely not be foreseen.
Questlonnaires are being returned
TO the exemption board. Some regis
trants themselves go TO take theirs
back. Others send them back in the
regular envelope for such purpose
supplied by the government, which
require no extra postage. Despite this
unite a number burden the envelope
with stamps Some have even
sent their questionnaires back by reg
istered mail.
The filling out OF the questionnaires
is the thing that has dehed solution.
Some are returned by the regtstrants
without a mark on them, just as they
were sent out by the exemption board
Others are filled out, or partially so
and in every imaginable way.
One registrant who claimed de
ferred classification under the depend
ency clause on the ground thai he wai
a married man, failed to mention hav'
ing either wife or child or anybody
else as being dependent upon him FOL
support. Several registrants In smak
ing out their blanks have not filled IL
their aftidayits. Others have not. II
cases Of dependency. had the support
ing affidavit made out by the depend
ent. In many cases the men have re
turned their questionnaires all fllet
out but failed to have the proper sig
nature affixed under oath, and bearing
the name OF the notary public or othe
person who gave the oath.
Many Mistaiements.
All registrants are especially warne
by the exemption officials and mem
bers OF the legal advisory boar
against making misstatements in max
ing out their missionaries in 0rde
10 make their cases appear strongei
II Is said to have come to the after
zion of the officials that many regiV
trants not only attempted to stretc
some things in making their answer
TO questions asked, but try 10 put owe
absolute falsehoods. In a number {
Instances where # was known al
swers given by the registrants wei
not true, the legal advisors have r,
fused 10 assist in the filing out Of II
missionaries Judge ~ A. LarsO
chairman Of the advisory board
speaking OF the matter sounds war
ing. He says the registrants in ma
ing out their questionnaires must stit
20 the truth, the whole truth and not
ing but the truth. The governme
officials In going over the questio
mares can easily detect any fal
statements therein, and once tn
have been found that registrant h
attempted TO better HIS status in Il
draft by telling an untruth they W
Immediately set down the rest Of b
answers as Of the same nature
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
Obituary. } !.
s~pmn wzxnxrxsuEosnssp snssHIS3RA

Mrs. Eric Anderson, aged so, for 20
years a resident Of Rock. Island. died
at . o'clock Saturday afternoon at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs Mary
Swanson, 1925 Seventeenth avenue,
avenue, after an illness OF one week
Miss Lizzie Kate Henderson was
born In Sweden Sept 10, 1887, and was
married there Jan. 6, 1861, to Eric
Anderson, The couple soon after lief,
Sweden for this country and located
In Rock Island in 1855. Besides her
husband two daughters survive, Mrs
Swanson Of this city and Mrs. Elmer
G. Cobb OF Merrill, Iowa. There are
also nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 80
tomorrow afternoon az the home and
at o'clock at the Swedish Lutheran
church. Rev. Karl Nilsson will Off
ciate Intorment will be Chippian
mock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

The death Of Mrs. Anna kofer, aged
81, a resident OF this city for g. years,
occurred at las this morning at her
home, 1864 Ninth avenue. following a
lingering illness OF complications.
Anna Schlegel was born In Berne,
Switzerland, Dec. /, 1850. At the age
of three she was brought TO America
and to Rock Island by her parents.
She had lived here since She was
married to Simon Kofer As years ago.
He preceded her in death in 1901. She
leaves two sons, Samuel and Charles,
and one daughter, Mrs. James Brinn.
all of this city; two brothers, Alexan-
der, Washington, d. C., and Mathew
Whitman, Neb., and eight grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services will be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock al
the home, Rev Phi. Wilhelm, pastor of
the German Evangelical church, Off
csating. interment will be in the Ger
man Lutheran cemeterys