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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
LLOYD GEORGIA
MINISTRY FACES
POSSIBLE DEFEAT
Lancashire Deputation OPP.
poses Cotton Duty
For India.

London, March H. The Lloyd
George ministry faces possible defeat
when the government bill authorizing
the placing of a protective tariff on
cotton in India comes up in the House
Of Commons to-day.
: The reply of J. Austen Chamber
lain, Secretary for India, to depu-
tation representing all sections of the
Lancashire cotton industry seemed to
imply that the government intended
to stand fast by its decision, in which
case there would be a straight fight
between the protectionists and free
traders in Parliament, and at the mo
ment it is impossible to forsee the re-
suit, the ordinary party cleavages be-
ing disturbedsby the war;
Mr.. Chamberlain appealed to the
Lancashire deputation, saying that In
dia's financial assistance to the war is
needed and that the members ought in
a spirit of patriotism waive their OBJ
iections to the cotton duties, which
were required to enable India to meet
the interest on the war loan Of $780,
100000 ($50O, 000.000). Admitting
his wish to see the matter revised at
the termination of the war, the Secre-
tary said:
'I should not be candid if I left
you under the misapprehension re-
garding the attitude of myself and the
government. To reverse this decis-
ion. would be calamity for Eng
land
Mr.. Chamber1ains reply seems to
leave no loophole for retreat on the
part Of the government, and should
the free traders, with the Lancashire
members and the whole body OF ma
tionalists, be able to muster sufficient
members, it is not impossible that the
division might result in the defeat
Of the government, leading to a gen.
eral election.
The Lancashire party contends that
the imposition Of these duties is
breach of the understanding that
nothing of the kind should be done
until after the war and that the du-
ties will seriously injure not only the
Lancashire trade, but Great Britain's
ally, Japan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES.

Eleven Italians were killed by a
mob in New Orleans on this date in
1891, causing Italy to temporarily
break off diplomatic relations with the
United States. Eli Whitney patented
his cotton gin, which revolutionized
the cotton industry, in 1874 Maxim
Gorky, the gloomy Russian novelist
born in 1868, his real name beirS
Alicksei Maximovitch Pieshkov. Great
Britain's celebrated bill for parlia-
mentary reform was read the first
time in 1881, arousing a storm Of pop
ular approval.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
MOBILIZATION
ORDER FOR navy
EXPECTED SOON
No Time May Be Lost, Says
Admiral Benson.

Washington, D. C., March 14.-Act-
ing on the advice of Admiral William
S.. Benson, conveyed to him yesterday
by Josephs Daniels, Secretary of the
Navy President Wilson probably
will, within the next twenty-four
hours, order the complete mobiliza-
ton of the navy. When the order is
issued all the ships Of Uncle Sam
will be made ready for actual war
service, their full compliments of
men will be ordered aboard and the
Naval Reserve will be called out and
recruiting will begin in earnest.
Admiral Benson told Mr.. Daniels
that no time must be lost now. He
said that the navy's weaknesses must
be found out and remedied before any
hostilities begin, and that this cannot
be done without mobilization.
Mr.. Daniels will also ask the Pres
ident for authority to use the $115,-
000,0 900 voted by the last Congress for
use ''in time of war or national emer-
gency,' for the Presidents authorize
ton is necessary before penny of
this can be touched. It is known
that $40,000,O00 is needed at once to
supply finder equipment for the ships
and other absolute necessities.
Shipbuilding companies have been
seeen relative to the mosquito fleet Of
patrol boats and submarine chasers
that the President wishes to obtain
at the earliest possible moment to
guard the American, coast. It is in
tended to have the patrol boats Of the
American fleet 100 feet long, twenty
feet longer than the ones built by the
British Admiralty, and which are be-
ing used in the English Channel and
along the coast. It is proposed to
have at least one hundred Of these
boats and submarine chasers con-
structed in the next four months and
to equip them with heavier guns than
those on board the British boats.
Tomorrow bids will be opened for
the six authorized thirty-five knot
scout cruisers, which already have
been designed by the Navy Depart
ment. The contracts will be award
ed on the basis Of cost plus ten per
cent. profit which has been agreed to
by the shipbuilders.
The Federal Shipping Board, in a
conference with builders of wooden
shipping tomorrow, will work out it's
scheme for the rapid, cheap, whole
sale construction of a fleet of wooden
cargo carriers Of from 500 to 1000
tons capacity. The scheme Is to
build these ships on standardized
plans, through a cooperative system
taking in the lumber mills, the rail-
roads and the shipyards. The ships
will to all iptents be sawn out in the
mills and shipped in pieces to the
yards, there to be assembled and rig
ged. It is hoped that by this scheme
all previous records for rapidity and
cheapness of construction will be
changed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
DOES RHEUMATISM
bother YOU?
Many Doctors Use Mus1erole

So, many sufferers have found relief
In Mustero1e that you ought to buy a
small jar and try it.
Just spread It on with the fingers Rub
it in: First you feel a gentle glow, then
a delicious, cooling comfort Musterole
routs the twinges, 1oosens up stifened
Joiats and muscles.
Mustero1e IS a clean, white ointment,
made with oil of mustard 1t penetrates
to the seat of pain and drives it away,
but does not blister the tenderest skin
It takes the place of the mussy, old
fashioned mustard plaster.
Musterole is recommended for bron-
chitis,. Group, asthma, pleurisy, 1umbago,
neuralgia, sprains, bruises, stiff neck,
headache and colds of the chest Git often
prevents pneumonia).
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
JEWEL THIEVES
Get $125,000
in 8 TRUNKS
Police Find Clues Duplicate
Baggage Checks Made
Thefts Easy.

New York. March 14--Trunk rob-
berries involving the theft of jewelry
valued at $125,O0o have been revealed
as the result of the police activities
in this city and Boston In tracing the
disappearance of a trunk containing
$4,000 worth of jewe1ry belonging to
David Uuman & Co., 80 Maiden Lane
The loss of the trunk was admitted
today by David U11man, a member
Of the, jewelry firm He said the
trunk had been stolen from the bag
gage room Of South Station, Boston.
on Sunday. The Boston police have
reported the finding of the missing
trunk, empty, in a hotel in the city
with the discovery of clues expected
to lead to arrests.
The police are working on the
theory that one band Of clever crooks
has accomplished the theft of the U1l-
man trunk, as well as that Of others
It is believed that this band has stud
led the shipment of jewe1ry between
New York city and Boston a long
time before attempting to operate.
The two other trunks were stolen
in Providence and similar methods
were used, that OF substituted or du-
p1icated baggage checks. The UIlman
trunk was under the nominal charge
of Morris Lewis, an agent He dis
covered its loss when he went to
claim it yesterday. He could not be-
Ieve such a job had been accomplish
ed, refused to discuss the matter, and
simply said: This thing is so big that
can't believe they can get away with
it,
The Boston police viii not discuss
their work on the case. It is under
stood that they have detained the
chauffeur who transferred the trunk
from the baggage station to the ho-
tel ON Sunday, where it was later dis
covered empty
They are also looking for man
who Is known to them simply as excl
~" They have been able to estab-
fish a connection between him and
the U1lman robbery and that of the
two trunks in Providence In the Lat
ter cases the trunks were found in a
Providence hotel after their contents
had been emptied
The thieves got a considerable start
on the police, as the trunk was stolen
on Sunday and its loss was not discoy-
cred by U11man until yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

present such as constipation, indiges-
ton, neuralgia and also sometimes a
slight feverishness. Locally dust the
parts with powdered starch and
golden seal or apply witch hazel ex-
tract and spirits of campnor. Let the
diet be light. Battle the body fire.
quently and change the underclothing
often. Be sure that the bowels move
freely every day. and provide an
abundance of fresh ar in the sleep
ing rooms and outdoor exercise .i::S-
ing the day. An attack Of shingles
may last two or three weeks. The
disease is never fatal nor is it con-
sidered contagious. Use internally the
Compound Gentian with perhaps a
little fluid extract of cascara added
to it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
GEORGE b CLARK SUED.

George B. Clark. the furniture
dealer, has been sued by City Sheriff
Abe Levy to recover on a bond OF
$1,4oo which Clark is alleged to have
given for Lola e Patton of New
York. The sheriff had attached an
automobile in a lawsuit when a writ
OF replevfn sworn ont by Mrs Patton
was served. on him She furnished a
bond to guarantee she would prose
cute the action but Levy claims she
failed to prosecute The suit is re-
turnab1e TO the superior court, April
term.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
ROOMS Attire,
BANGLES IN AIR
FLEEING FLAMES
Woman Drops From Win
dow Ledge With
Aid Near.

New York, March 14.-Before the
eyes Of a helpless crowd Camille Pied
mont, a maid employed by Mrs. u.
Harvey Middleton, hung with her fin
gers clutching the coping from
window on the fourth floor of the
Santa Monica apartment at 345 West
SEVENTEEN street late last night. The
flames playing about her face and
hands ignited her dress and forced
her to- drop.
The slender white robed figure fell
directly to the ground. 1t struck the
brace Of an iron fence about the area
way, barely missing the iron spikes
and landed on the paved yard. Chris
Carley. a chauffeur employed in
garage across the street. saw the fall
and going to the girls rescue carried
her into the garage.
She was removed to the Polytechnic
Hospital, where surgeons said today
she had little chance to recover. She
had not only suffered internal injur-
les, bat had inhaled the flames that
had swept about her as she swung
from the window.
Had she been able to hold her grip
a few minutes longer aid would have
reached her. Hook and ladder 30
had almost reached the scene when
she fell, and it seemed to those watch
ing the girl that her strength could
last until ladder could be put up.
But the cries to her to hold fast were
nothing to the pain Of the flames
burning her fingers loose from their
slender hold.
Mrs. Middleton was awakened at IL
o'clock by the smoke that filled her
room. She reused her maid and to-
gether the two started to grope their
way to safety. The maid, however,
ran into one of the rooms to call the
alarm to the street AS she opened
the window the draft sucked the
flames after her.
She was surrounded by them and
her escape cut off in an instant. Her
only chance was the window and she
crawled out on the narrow coping.
But the flames forced her from this
and to avoid their path she hung from
the sin.
Mrs. Middleton escaped without in
jury into the hall. The fire was ex-
tinguished by the firemen after
damage estimated at $4,000 had been
done. The tenants Of the building
were badly frightened and turned out
from their home carrying their va1u-
ables in their arms
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
Mexican Government,
TO Assume Control
OF ALI Its Railroads

Mexico City, March 1.-The de-
partment Of communications has an
nounced that in future 1t viii be the
policy OF the government to control
or supervise the management OF all
railroads. It also L. announced that
the policy Of the government viii be
against giving subsidies or special
privileges to railroads In the future.
The government supervision Of the
railroads WIN be In the hands OF a
commission Of technical inspection
and auditing Hereafter no franchise
for . railroad viii be given for more
than Is years. It formerly was Gus
tom1ry to hsue franchise forr 80
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
ELEVEN THOUSAND sMUGGLERs

The Hague, March 14.-There were
5000 convictions out of 1900 ar
rests during the last three months of
1861 for smuggling from Holland to
Germany. The Minister of Justice
told the members of Parliament about
them during a discussion of a bill to
check smuggling by exercising stric-
ter guard Of the frontier.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

!. The Copper Queen Consolidated
Mining Co., Of New York, increased
its capital from 50. 600, ooe to $50, 00o,-
600
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

Exports of cotton for the week end
ed March 10 were 81, 16O bales.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
Club Notes.

I will gladly answer all inquiries for
information on health subjects from
reaers of this publication if same are
addressed to Home Health Club, 5000
Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Send full name and address with
cents postage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

Dear Doctor: Will you please give
me some information as to the cause
and treatment of the distressing di-
sease known as Shingles? I am told
that it is neither contagious nor in
fictitious. w. I.
(Answer) Shingles is an annoying
difficulty usually occurring in the win
ter time and may be due to various
circumstances. Unhygienic surround
ings, unwholesome food, cvereating
md undertaking, exposure, nervous
rroub1eS and other arrangements
'ften bring about shingles. In nearly
II cases there are other disorders
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

inner Want Ads. One Cent a Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECk q SON
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
RECRUIT DETERMINED
TO ENLIST IN ARMY
Buchanan Has sent one Recruit For
Each 100 of It's
People.
News-Times Special Service;


BUCHANAN. Mich, April 30. -
Twice rejected by recruiting officers
because Of a slight defect in one Of
his eyes. Edgar Teubner of this city
has gone TO Grand Rapids 10 make
another attempt to enlist and serve
his country.
After his first rejection here Edgar
consulted an oculist in an attempt
70 overcome the trouble and later
applied again and was rejected His
patriotism was so strong that he
then went 10 DR.. BOnine for treat
ment and decided TO try at the
Grand Rapids recruiting station,
where he has gone bearing a letter
from DR. Bonine.
Up 10 the present time Buchanan
hts furnished one recruit for each
100 of population The young men
already accepted by the authorities
number p and several more -have
made application. South Bend with
a population of $1,000 has furnished
less than $50 recruits or APPROX
imately one for each 500 of popu-
lation and Niles has a much lower
average.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
WITNESS At TRIAL
ADMITS HIS GUILT
Roy Harold Called to Testify
Against Friend Takes
All of the Blame.
Sevs-Tlmes Special Service F.:

News Times Special Service.
NILES, Mich. April 30.-GeOrge
Teboda, arrested for violation of the
local option law. was cleared Of the
specific charge by Roy harold, a
witness. who said that he was the
guilty man and rot Teboda.
Harold was az once arrested.
Jim Boyce of Benton Harbor had
testified that Teb0da and Harold,
with himself, were walking along
the railroad tracks when ne tBoyce)
asked If anyone had anything ION
the hip. According 70 Boyce. Ire
boda produced q bottle Of whisky
which ne passed around
a warrant was sworn out at once
and just as he stepped from the wit
ness stand he was taken into GUS
tOdy.
Harold was picked up by the Ben
ton Hsrbor police April 10 as dead.
He was rushed 20 Mercy hospital
where ne was revived. but was un-
able % tell anything of his expert
ences. Boyce was al that time ar
reside. charged with beating him.
The theory is now advanced that
Boyce is guilty Of assaulting Harold.
and accused Teboda TO clear him
self.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
INDIANA AND MICHIGAN STATE HAPPENINGS
FIND RICH COPPER IN
PORTAGE LAKE SANDS
Company VIII Again Work Over
Waste OF Former Process.
ws-TImes specIal serrIee :

LANSING, Mich, April go
Plans for taking from the sands Of
Portage lake at Hancock copper
which will run 5.76 10 1908 pounds
10 the ton are revealed in the appli-
cation OF the Superior ore Milling
corporation for permission 10 sell
stocks. The process which is 20 be
employed will work over the waste
that has heen dumped into the lake
after former processes of extracting
copper have exhausted as much as
possible. Robert Forsyth holds the
patents on the necessary machinery,
which is a grinding process. and the
company has options on his patents
and the right from the United States
government TO dredge stamp sands
from Portage haTbor.
Forsyth. John l.. Harris and Peter
y. MacNaughtOn form the company
as organized. The common stock is
sue is 100000 and they We're given
permission 10 sell $4,000 and
when they show six per cent earn
ings Will be allowed 10 increase the
amount on the market Rep. A. r.
Petermann appeared as attorney for
the incOrpOratOrs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
FACES WATER FAMINE
City Plant at Loss TO Take over
Customers OF Defunct Plant.
News-Times SPECIAL Service:

News Times Special Service:
NILES. Mich, April 3O-The
Niles Water Supply Co. which has
supplied pure water TO a per cent of
the water users of the city for n
number Of years, has quit, and the
Niles water department finds itself
facing an emergency.
The boilers of the water company
have failed and notification was
given the city yesterday that it was
useless to try to operate the sys-
TEN.
The Niles water department will
cut into the old mains as rapidly as
possible and will furnish temporary
connections TO the customers Of the
old plant The board of public
works will have to consider the i'm
mediate extension of water mains
and it is a question whether the old
mains will be able to hold the high
pressure of the city system.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
FIRE DOG is KILLED
Mascot OF Station is Run Down by
Chiefs Car.
News-Times Special Service:

News-Times Special Service:
MUNCIE, Ind. April 30.-Mike
H., perhaps the best known dog in
Muncie, mascot at No. l fire station
and a thorough fireman. was killed
in the line of duty, and was buried
will funeral hOnOrs by the firemen
and a large number of friends Mike
answered every call from his station.
and was racing ahead of the auto
mobile Of the fire chief, John Casey,
IN answer 20 an alarm, when ne
slipped on the wet pavement and
was run over by the chiefs wagon.
The body was conveyed back to the
fire station and a coffin ordered for
il. Mike was buried in the fire sta
ton lot beside the body of his sire,
Mike l., who was also the firemen's
mascot. Both animals had been
specially trained for fire duty.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
INDIANA MAN RETURNS
FROM EUROPEAN WAR
Glen Tincher of MartinSViIIe
Wounded Twice in Ac-
ton in Flanders.
News Times Special Service :


MARTINSNILLE, Ind.. April go
Glen Tincher. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. IL.
+. Tincher. OF Martinsvine, has ar
rived home after serving in the
British army for almost a year. He
saw service in France against the
Germans and was wounded twice.
once with "a bayonet and once with
shrapnel
Tincher went TO New Orleans
early in June. 1915, and on June u
of that year he shipped on a steam
er that was taking 1900 horses 20
England for the army there The
vessel arrived at Avermouth on
July /, and after the sailors and
others were paid of that afternoon.
a recruiting officer came aboard and
Tincher and IL Of his companions
enlisted. They were assigned to the
sixth battalion of the Gloucester
regiment and were sent to France
on Aug 10 of that year, and after
being in training at the base, were
sent 10 the front line trenches near
Ypres.
@AlAtI = SHUT AllIlt llItleI y ItSl-
ment was transferred to Flanders
and on oct. IS, 1915, the regiment
made its second bayOnet charge, but
the German trenches had been
blown up and afforded the British
no protection from the German ar
tillery fire after they had reached
them. and they were compelled 60
retreat. 1t was when they were re-
turning TO their own trenches that
Tincher ana other soldiers were at
tackled by Germans who had re-
NAMED hidden in a dugout when the
charging soldiers passed by them.
One of the Germans made a lunge
at Tincher, but a companion near
him saw the thrust and parted the
blow, although Tincher received a
bayonet wound one and One-half
inches deepin his right shoulder. The
German was killed. Tincher also
was struck by a piece of shrapnel
about that time and was severely
wounded in the left leg, about mid
way between the knee and the hip.
He fell into a shell hole and lay
there IL hours before he was res
cued BY his companions.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
MAN DRIVEN FROM TOWN
Section Worker Leaves Pine Village
After Threatening Wilson.
News-Times Special Service:

News-Times Special Service:
LAFAYETTE, Ind. April 80. 49,
Pine Village. a town west of Lafay-
cite, was the scene of excitement
when il became known a railroad
section worker. John Hudson. had
been making threats against Pres't
Wilson, saying the president ought
10 he shot. The story so incensed
the people of the town n posse,
headed by Claire Rhode marched 10
the house where Hudson was stay
ing and surrounded it. The sheriff
Of Warren county was called from
WiIHamsport and hudson was ques-
toned. He said he did not know
why he had made any statement
about the president because he was
for America at all times. He was
permitted to leave town.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
MINE BOSSES TO MEET
Minor Officials of Indiana Coal Field
10 Talk Cooperation.
News-Times SpeciaI Service 1:

.NEWa- THIS s'II0IIHI Ut FI0I
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 30
a call has been issued for a general
conference in Terre Haute May 20
of mine superintendents. mine boss
es and fire bosses of the Indiana
coal field. The call announces the
purpose for permanent organization,
cooperation and efficiency in pro-
ductiOn. Invitations also will be
sent to men who hold certificates for
mine boss and fire boss, issued by
examining boards.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
MAY DAY STRIKE WILL
HAVE EFFECT IN u. S.

WASHINGTON. April 80. - The
socialist movement. impotent for
three years. viii force test OF
whether il can get back again as
a vital political force tomorrow. A
May day strike has been called for
Austria. Germany and all OF the
neutral Scandinavia. Officials here
frankly say the outcOn may be very
important 10 this couG.ry SO far as
the duration OF the European war
is concerned.
The greatest interest is being
taken here in the situation and in
structions have been sent 10 an
American diplomatic agents 10 keep
the government well informed OF all
DEVELOPMENTS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-30
ARREST GERMAN AT GARY
Accused of Desiring to Oppose
Roosevelt on Firing Line.
News-Times special Service:

News-Times Special Service:
GARY. Ind. April 3O.-Emil l..
Schraps. a German, is held by the
police here, charged with violating
the presidents proclamation. Ac-
cOrding to the police. Schraps used
foul language in the presence of
women in a local restaurant and is
said 10 have insultingly referred 20
the president. He is alleged TO have
said he wished he was on the Ger
man firing line when Col. Roosevelt
and his troops approached it.