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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-31
Committee Will Report the
Measure To-day, After
Agreement by Leaders
To Be Rushed to Senate
Republican Opposition Disap-
pears After Compromise
on Minor Features

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-The SILL
53S.945.64O war bond and certificate
bill will be favorably reported to the
House to-day in virtually the same
form that it was presented to the
Ways and Means Committee by Secre-
tary McAdoo, and will be passed prob
ably next Wednesday.
Republican opposition to the meas
IRE disappeared to-day, when Admins
tration leaders agreed TO minor COM
promises. Plans were made tonight
for its early consideration in the Sem
ate. following the revenue bill there as
quickly as possible.
Tentative arrangements are that the
bill will be reported TO the House with
these outstanding provisions: Bonds
to bear A per cent interest; bonds,
certificates of indebtedness and war
savings certificates to be subject at
least to income supertaxes, but not TO
normal income or war prohts tax; IN
terest rates on war savings certificates
and certificates of Indebtedness to be
fixed by the Secretary of the Treas
ury; foreign bonds taken in exchange
for loans, to be resold at not less than
their purchase price, and the Secretary
to make no deposits of moneys accru-
ing from bonds or certificates without
obtaining interest.
s20,oO0,OOO for Expenses
The allowance for disposing of the
bonds, which would permit the Secre-
tary to resort TO newspaper advertis-
ing, at his discretion, will be curtailed
, to about S20,000,000.
This tentative agreement was
! reached after day of wrangllng on
/ the House floor and IN the commit
( tee. Upon the insistence of Represen-
tative Moore, of Pennsylvania, on the
/ floor, Democratic Leader Kitchin
agreed to postpone action on the bill
until next Tuesday, and the commit
/ tee resumed its sessions.
In the committee the Republicans
| demanded provisions that the Secre-
! tary receive interest for deposits, that
the appropriation for disposing of the
/ bonds he cut down. and that foreign
bonds be not sold at loss. No final
votes were taken to-day on any OF the
more important proposals.
Differences Still Exist
! Differences still exist over the pro-
posal to leave fixing Of the interest
| rate on war savings certificates to the
! Secretary. While this section prob
ably will be reported to permit him to
use his discretion, a fight for an in
terest limitation probably will be made
| on the floor.
Several members fear that rate
as high as Az per cent might be
! allowed, in which case, it is argued,
the postal savings system might be
wrecked.
| The convertibilty feature of the
bonds is also still causing discussion.
Consideration of the Administration
soldiers and sailors insurance bill
will follow final passage Of the bond
| dill in the House. Plans to pass the
insurance bill first we're blocked to-
day by the objection Of Representative
l Parker. OF New Jersey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-31

work, can judge that they are united
in support OF their masters, and have
ratified their abomnable enterprise In
the hope Of deriving immense advan-
tages therefrom, but the President con-
tinues TO hold the view that, II per.
mitted TO speak. these people wouid
condemn the evil shepherds who nave
led them astray.
at is the view of a man who sees
far, has always deliberated deeply
what he hes done, and has not had the
habit Of consulting with any one IN
regard to actions of grave importance
but in the silence of his study rehects
and decides. He has made an immense
and powerful people understand the
necessity of submitting TO the hardest
sacrifices to intervene in European
conflict. This historic action entitles
him to credit, and every effort snouid
be made TO understand his personal
conception of the conflict, its causes
and ends"
LONDON. Aug. 30.-In going beyond
the ruling caste to the German pe0P.e
themselves. saws the Pail Mall Ia
zette., President Wilson may appear to
some TO be oversangulne.
continues. Eve believe he is right, De-
cause we see no alternative BUT COM
plete military victory. When the en-
envy masses learn, as they must sooner
or later. that it is the abominable doc
trine of blood and iron which stands
between them and their deliverance,
we believe clouds will have gathered
for the house of Hollenzollern."
/
roply strikes the right note for the
! Allies. ard continues:
Firm. defiant against the German
system. but not threatening ostracism
and ruin if that system be disestao-
/ lished. il may not succeed. The Ger
man people and their system may De
too much at one for any disintegra-
tation iron. within. But there is no
reason why we should perpetually
stoke up the fire-eaters who are try
ing to persuade the German people
| that The Allies are bent on conquest
and destruction and do nothing &c
| help the growth of moderate opinion
Says Wilson Is Unafraid
"The Evening Standard" says:
"Mr. Wilson brings US back to the
bedrock fact that Germany is lepel
state and that until she has cleansec
herself communion with her means
corruption Mr.. Wilson puts into plain
English what our statesmen clothe in
roundabout and unimpressive language
! He is not afraid TO call liar liar
even if the liar happens to be extreme
, " we'll connected.
an the light of the Presidents note
The talk of Stockholm takes on an add
tional tinge Of absurdity. Stockholm
stands for communion with the unclesr
thing, for that very conformation OF
| evil which the President repudiates.'
The "Globe" says:
1--WE perhaps are not quite ready, a:
| is the President, TO assume that the
strangely pro-German spirit which per
meates the suggestions of His Holiness
is entirely free from all Austrian in
1uence, nor are we prepared to admit
that the German people do not share
the culpability of their rulers for this
desolating war. but these things are
matters Of opinion and do not affec
the sincere concurrence OF this nation
in the main principles which Mr.. VII
son has laid down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-31
Brings Up Question of Prus'
sian Militarism, Says
Petit Parisien"
View ofMan SeeingF ar
Hohenzollerns Doomed When
German Masses Learn, Is
British Belief

PARIS, Aug. 30.-Only an eighty
word summary of President Wilson's
reply Z, Pope Benedict had reached
Paris this morning, and consequently
the newspapers withhold extensive
comment. The Petit Psrisien" says 1t
is clear, in view of the length Of time
which has elapsed since the President
received Pope Benedict's proposals, that
his answer was in no way improvised,
particularly as every one is aware that
it is his habit to mediate at length
over every act.
"As far as it is possible to Judge
from the indications received the
newspaper continues, president Will
son does not discuss the Pope's sug-
Eestions in themselves. His reply is
re-edting of the thesis familiar TO
these who have read his messages
that as long as German imperial in
stitutions are not modified, as long as
the democratic spirit has not pene-
trated beyond the Rhine, as absolut-
ism based on oligarchy persists, SO
iohk HoNlOHS
in Germsny's word.
president Wilson thus brings up
just as France and England have done
before him. the question Of Prussian
militsrism, which is the safeguard OF
this absolutism and oligarchy.
Doesn't Conceal Opinion
"The Latin" says: "Mr. Wilson has
endesvored to enter into the views OF
the spiritual power which is regarded
by millions of his fellow citizens as the
highest religious authority in the world
but it is absolutely necessary that
peace should be concluded only with
absolute guarantees for the future
which the President believes cannot bs
given by the present rulers of Ger
many. He does not conceal the opin
ion, which he had already expressed
that the German people should be free
from the present regime before al
agreement worthy Of conference car
be made with them.
"The xllies OF the United States
who have seen the German people a,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-31
Liberty Loan Paid Up
Last Instalment of 100000,
600 Sent to Treasury

WASHINGTON, Aug. 80. - Nearly
s4OO, 900 900 was paid into the Treasury
to-day in the final instalment Of the
Liberty Loan. Approximately .Sl,6lb,-
600 600 already has bean paid in, rep
resenting principal and interest on the
Liberty bonds.
II is thought likely that the bonds
will be ready for distribution within a
short time. =,
Now that the first loan has been fully
disposed of. it is likely that an an
noincement concerning the second is
sue of bonds will be made shortly by
Secretary McAdoo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-31
LIQUOR and Tobacco Taxes
Bolster Mexican Treasury

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27.-Rafael
Nieto, Under Secretary of Finance, an
nounced recently that the new taxes
recently placed on oils, minerals, alco-
holic beverages, tobacco and matches
would yield the government an in
creased revenue of 100000 pesos
yearly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-31
Warning

We are informed that at cafes restaurants
and gardens beer and strong drinks have been
sold under the guise of the popular soft drink
Bcvo
These reports have been confirmed sufficiently to
compel us to take action
The beverage Bevo enjoys the protection of both
federal and state authority: In preparing 1t tor
sale and in marketing il, we adopt every possible
precaution to protect the public against IMPOSE
ton and to prevent evasion of the law. Bevo is
sold in bottles only, we bottle all of it ourselves,
and we have adopted kind of BOTTLE crown and
seals designed to prevent imitation.
We shall omit no within our power to
defend the authority under which Bevo is
manufactured and sold, to protect the public from
imposition and to safeguard the good name of this
Association
We therefore give fair warning that we shall refuse
to sell our products to those who are found guilty
of the above offensc
ANHEuSER- BUSCH BREWING ASSOCIATION
- -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-31

say this, that I believe tn. Admins
tration has presented Z powerful ar
raignment Of Germany. I am reminded
Of the biblical ,llegory Of putting new
wine into old bottles. 1t seems to me
that it will be impossible, As the Presi.
dent indicates, to put the new win. Of
democracy into the old autocratie bot
ties Of Germany"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15
ADVISES PUBLIC TO PURCHASE
 SAVING STAMPS

Kansas City, Dec. 15-Buy war sav- ing stamps now when they are cheap and luxuries, which are high, later when they are cheap, was the plea to- day of Frank IA. Vanderlip, chairman of the war saving committee, in an address at aF1uncheon here.
 "War saving stamps are security everybody can invest in," he said. 'Never before in the history of the country have all the people had a chance to invest small sums in a gilt edged security.
 "You know the main principle on which wise investors, as well as wise shoppers act is to buy when things are cheap. And the wise shopper just now is not buying luxuries because luxuries have more than doubled ir price.
 "Now, among the ancient Greeks there was a class of philosophers call ed epicureans whose philosophy wa: to get as much pleasure as they could out of life. And so would say to you, be a wise epicurean and wise investor at the same time. In vest your money now in war saving stamps while they are cheap and bu! yourself double or triple the amour of luxuries when luxuries becom cheap again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15
TWO KINDS OF LAW

xKT HEN ROOSEVELT president soldiers shot up wv community The authorities couldn't find out
 which of the company guilty Therefore he inflicted punishment the whole company This ancient sof justice
 The precedents from the time when whole tribe might be held responsible for the crime of it's members An ancient and barbaric form of justice ths'
 The last vestge of this kind of justice in English speak g countries represented by bills of attainder ect committed crime, certain disabilities might be affixed his innocent poerity. When the United States suton put into that there should any aander of blood and provided for the punishment of individual guilt
 Recently in Texas negro soldiers shot up a community They killed 2 civilians The soldiers had provocaton not enough to warrant murder These soldiers tried the very who did the killing Some acquitted some ceived short terms of imprisonment imprisoned Thirteen went to the gallows
 Here the two Tribal justice, punishment of not been proved guilty and therefore in inc eye of the law This the Brownsville
 In the Texas case trial of the very offenders proof their guilt, and punishment according to guilt.
 Yet contemporary, discussing these incidents says There provocaton in that case he Brownsville easel and yet President Roosevelt criticised bitterly for action ha mild comnarNd with to what the Houston raiders suf- fered.
 muddy thinking crime and somebody connected
 with this contemporary were guilty of it. he might after due
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15
KAISER AN lNCENDIARY WHO HAS THROWN TORCH INTO THE
 HOUSE OF OUR CIVILIZATION
When Your Own House is on Fire You Need Help ant Need It Immediately Present War Is to Preserve That House of Civilization for Humanity.

Civilization may be likened to a house where a family live in comfort and ease and the enjoyment of the privileges and security that represent thousands Of years of labor.
 When hohse is on fire it becomes the instant duty of the neighbors and of the government immediately re- sponsible for the protection of the householder to render aid-not today or tomorrow but the moment the flames become visible and it is known that the home and it's inmates are threatened.
 House on fire! We hear cries in the street, the rattle and jar of the en- zines and hose carts as they hurry to the scene of conflagration. The fire is spreading; not one but a hundred homes are threatened!
 When the Kaiser began his war for world domination he applied a torch to that House of Civilization I have visualized as a home, the repository of every good and perfect gift that has been won for humanity, the very free- dom that is it's foundation and the peace that is it's corner stone.
 The Kaiser is mad incendiary. He stole upon the House of Civilization in the night and tossed a burning brand through an open window. Like 1 a' thief who applies match to the rear of house to stampede the in- mates and distract their attention while he plunders, the Kaiser expect ed to satisfy a long-pondered scheme of robbery and conquest. Civilization slept the sleep of peace to awake in 1 terror. 70
 The Kaiser's army, perfected through years of stern training to aid the pyromaniac lord of the Hohenzol- ferns in his maligne purposes, has re- sorted to every coflceivable atrocity Ito terrorize civilization-not merely tc
 destroy it's house but to murder the
 inmates or reserve them for more hideous fate than death.
 When we say that this is a war tc make the world a safe place for dem.
 ocracy, we mean also that it is tc
 preserve that House of Civilization 1T
 which democracy is the altar ana
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15
GERMAN NEWSPA PAPER DISCUSSES ALLIANCE WITH IRISH, POINTING
 TO FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN RACES

been initiated in other cities, and how it manifested it's influence in the press and in politics. He discusses also the American Truth Society, founded by the Irish in New York in 1912, to take up the battle against the offensive and defensive alliance between Eng land and the United States, to whose establishment Andrew Carnegie is rep resented by Germans as ready to de- vote all his means.
 The editor of the Irische Blatter, in a footnote to the article, calls atten- tion to the fact that the President of the American Truth Society is the well-known Irish publicist, Jeremiah O'Leary''
 Under the heading Ireland and America" there also appears, in the same (May) number of the Irische Blatter, an unsigned conmunication purporting to express the Views of Gus Irish" on the situation in the Elmer aid Isle a year after the outbreak of defection of Ireland's old ally, France and particularly the fact that ] the United States, traditionally 'the land of freedom and of democratic idealism, the abode of peace, has join ed the English vampire in it's war of conquest against Germany and all Europe"
 After pointing out the ancient ties between Ireland and America, the writer asks: 2
 "But what importance has the friendship of the Irish people in com 1parison with the business interests ot the American munitions industry and the American haute finance? IT American public life there is no long, CT room for idealism, for the mainten- ance of the ancient principles of the rights of man. When a little unarm. ed nation is given over to the uncon. trolled ambition of an alien and crue military despotism, Wilson and Ian. sing having no interest in the defense of human rights. Wilson and Lansing are concerned only when dollar chas CTS trading in the most perfect instru ments of destruction, and seeking sti1 greater profits, are involved in dan ger-a danger which they we'll know exists, danger of which they are warn ed, danger they court and challenge l The author contrasts President Will sons attitude with that of Georgt Washington and finds Consolation in these words, which he puts in tn, mouth of the first President:
 Irish patriots, champions of fiber ity in all lands, remain firm in you, I faith. Your cause is my cause. You too, are the objects of calumny, as
 was. triumphed. Had been con lquered, my fate would have been tn, scaffold. Now. however, even my foe
 do me honor. Had I failed then,
 should have. deserved honor in tn, ] same measure. When victory wa
 withheld from us, I remained true t
 my cause; thereby I earned victory
 You must do the same.p
 The name of the editor of the orga1 of the Deutsche-Irische Gesellschaft
 Georges Chatterton-Hill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15
L,OCOMOBILE co,
 TRUCKS TESTED

Onekof the severest tests to which an automobile truck can be put was successfully passed yesterday when seven Riker trucks made for the United States government by the Lo- comobile Go. were sent through the unbroken snow in High street from Main street to Washington avenue. High street is one of the steepest grades in the city. and previous to the passage of the trucks was abso- lutely without wheel track.
 The trucks made the climb hub deep in the snow and with the oil pans scraping. Half way up the hill a stop was made and a picture taken. Capt. Joseph DeGarno said the test was one of the most severe possible, and showed what the Riker truck can do A. L. Riker, designer of the truck, was also present and was much pleased at the showing made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15

sanctuary.
 House on fire! It is not for you and me to stand outside and say that 1t is only a neighbours house that is men aced. The first German soldier who set foot on Belgium soil threatened your home and mine. He flourished his brand at the House of Civilization in which you and I live. He attacked law, liberty, mercy, justice-every- thing that strengthens and adorns that proud house in which we of America have lived in contentment and peace.
 There are things in the humblest home that the owner would not lose without a struggle. When the house gets afire the inmates spring to pro- , tect and save those things. We of America are in this war to protect and save the House of Civtli- zation and the proud trophies that represent not only our own struggles and sacrifices but those we inherited from sires who shed their blood for them.
 Put out the fire! The more quickly we realize that it is our house that is burning, the more quickly we shall be free to cut away the blackened walls and make the house habitable and se- cure. We want to see the firemen disperse, the police hustle the incen- diary to the lookup, and the adjusters come in and settle the damages! ! The way to hasten this consumma- tion is by aiding our firemen-our Army and Navy-in every possible way. If we can't carry water or wield the ax on burning timbers, we can stand back of the men who are do- ing the work-our work, yours and mine. We can pour out our dollars to help them. We can see that the fire fighters are fed and clothed while
 hey are on the job; we can take care
 of them when they are injured in oul cause.
 House on fire! Civilization on fire
 The man who says this is not Amer.
 ica's war is asleep in burning house
 and does not deserve to be saved bJ the splendid va1orous firemen who art lighting to rescue him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15
CONNECTICUT PATENTS.

The following were issued Dec. 4, 1917. List furnished from the office cd A. M. Wooster, solicitor of patents 1.115 Main street, Bridgeport, Conn.,:
 Samuel s. Diamond, Bridgeport, N Y. corset: Elias T. Goldberg, Bridge port. artificial tooth; Gilbert w. Good ridge, Bridgeport, pull-switch indica- tor; Ellsworth A. Hawthorne, Bridge port, lamp; William s. OBr1en Bridgeport, automatic stopping and releasing mechanism for phono- graphs: Adolph Rosner, Bridgeport windshield; Willy Schneider, Bridge port, producing design upon pile fa- bric; Albert c. Schulz, Bridgeport Illuminating device for vehicles; George B. Thomas, Bridgeport, at tachment plug.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15

tract of land known as Centralia Manor. which is on the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, and is de- veloping there an excellent home stead site. There are more than flf- teen hundred lots in the tract. all highly desirable, 20 by 100 feet, and selling at from $200 up.
 To advertise the land, the company is giving few lots away through the medium of moving picture houses, etc, the winner paying only $39 for attorneys fees and title searching. It was this part of the business that the swindlers recently operating here based their scheme upon.
 The s. G. and s. Realty company sells no lots without first showing the land to prospective buyers. Ap ex- cursion for this very purpose is leav- ing here Sunday morning, at n:lO, with a number of Bridgeport people who expect to buy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15
ENGLAND DENIES
 PEACE FEEIsERS

London, Dec. 15-With reference to the German governments statement that it had received through neutral government, last September an inquiry in regard to it's war aims under condi- tions indicating that the inquiry was made with the sanction of the Brit ish government, the Daily Chronicle prints a statement from Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, branding the whole thing as untrue.
 No such inquiry was ever made with the knowledge and sanction of the British government, Lord Robert Ce- cirs statement declares, and adds that no secret approaches of any sort were ever made relating to German war aims. In conclusion Lord Robert de- clared the German government's statement was untrue and pure inven- | tion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15

ened to the situation and S0,000,000 pounds of dyestuffs are being turned out this year.
 And there does not seem to be any more complaint than formerly about the fading of the colors in fabrics. There has always been trouble with poor dye stuffs. M en who wear col ored negligee shirts have always been annoyed when a new one would lose it's good color after having been laun- dered a few times. And that happen ed just the same when German dyes were abundant and cheap.
 There are no doubt some colors that our dye makers have not satis- factorily produced. but a visit to well stocked stores does not suggest that our people are suffering.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-15
INFRINGEMENT ON
 REAL ESTATE co

Information made public here today discloses the fact that the fraud re- gently exposed by The Farmer, in- volving the sale of lottery tickets for drawings on lots located in New Jer- sey, was an infringement on a legiti- mate enterprise being conducted in this city and elsewhere throughout the east, by the s. G. and S. Realty company. widely known land devel- opers.
 This concern is now building up