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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-12
Books

period"
Adventures in Friendship"
'sThe Harbor,"
Dear Enemy"
keeping Up With Lizzie
Lavender and Old Lace"
ABE and Mauruss,"
Somehow Good
MARY Carey
''The Melting of Molly
aAmarily of Glothesline All
"Ruggles Of Red Gap"
Martha and Cupid"
'sThe Ne'er-do-W Well
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-12
Christmas Neckwear for Men

Rich Silks, popular styles,
fashionable colors
Ties, in large variety,
IS cts, $3.50, $500 to $500
Cheney Tubular Ties, Is cts and $l.O0
Mufflers, silk and knit styles,
$15O up to $3.50
Mufflers, two-tone, stripe and border
effects.
Main 1loof
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-12

Beautifully colored illustrations of Rheims
Cathedral Noyon, Soissons Senlis, the principal
buildings Of Arras, Meaux and other old French
towns, also the house of Jeanne d Arc adj Domremy
Bound in blue and gold $500
#8 Book Section,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-12
Books
Popular Fiction at 50 cts.
all good stories

Booth Harrington
David Graysen
Earnest Poole
Jean Webster
Irving Bachelor
Myrtle Reed
Montague Glass
De Morgan
Bosher
Daviess
Belle Maniates
Wilson
Julie Lippman
Rex Beach
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-12
A Gift Book Of rare beauty

Vanished Halls and Cathedrals Of France, by
George Wharton Edwards
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-12
Che Dm!RGad CO
EskGbIi&haf l45y

The Read House will be evenings commencing Saturday.
December fifteenth Accommodate those persons who shop
for Christmas in the daytime.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-12


realized
.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

'Sammies" will advance across coun-
try occupying the trenches per artil-
lery schedule. 1t will be a complete
reproduction of a battle except that
no enemy will be answering the fire
or manning the objective trenches.
More time is now devoted to target
work. There is a difference of opin-
ion among the allies as to the COM
parative effectiveness of hand gren-
AIDES and rifle fire. The American
army always has had the best rifle
shots in the world, and this army tra-
dition will be sustained. Sammy
will go to the fighting line as good a
shot and as good minute man as he
was in '76. He is also proficient in
grenading, so he will be able to use
whichever the occasion demands.
The men are keen for their work
Firing appeals to them particularly.
1t is certain that the first contingent
will be able to act as instructors for
the greater portion of training of later
contingents. The French are acting
more in advisory capacity than as
actual directors.
The American staff feels that the
"Sammies" have made good and that
America has timber for present-day
soldering. The directing officers are
looking forward confidently toward
sharing the allies burdens.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
BRANDON MYSTERY
ARRESTS NEAR
Police Said to Be Fastening Clue
Around Suspect.

Though no enlightening dis
patches in regard to the mysterious
death of Mrs. Lottie May Brandon.
the young wife and expectant
mother. who was brutally murdered
at her home in Annapolis last Wed
nesday have as yet been received
here from that vicinity, il was
learned from, high Washington po-
lice officials at a late hour last night
that the identity of the murderer of
the unfortunate woman would be
established today. and that the veil
of mystery which has surrounded
her death consequently barred.
While no details could be gained
as to whom the suspicioned person
was, it was clearly intimated that
ii was some one who has been sus-
pected ever since the murdered body
was found.
1mpatience On the part of interested
parties to gain additional details
brought them nothing. One Wash
ington official, however. is quoted as
saying: "Wait and see, you won't
have to wait long" Neither would it
be denied that the person referred to
was not woman.
Should the Brandon murder mys-
terry be cleared up today it will set
to rest detectives of two cities, public
and private who have worked hun
eeasingly upon the crime. \
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
MODERN EVE BACK
after WEEKS EXILE
Mis-, Lowe Bore Mosquito Bite
Marks and Berry Stains.

Rocky Mountain National Park,
Colo. Aug. 2.-Sunburned almost 70
the shade of pine bark and covered
with mosquito bites from her head
to the soles Of her feet, Miss Agnes
Lowe, the beautiful 20-year-old Ann
Arbor. Mich. college girl, who lived
without clothing, weapons or provi-
sions for a week in the heart Of the
mountain wilderness here, returned
to civilization today. She had been
out IN the woods a few hours more
than her allotted seven days. She
was in perfect health and weighed
half a pound more than when she
left civilization.
A crowd of $500 tourists welcomed
the modern Eve" upon her return.
Government ofhcials OF the National
Park and Roy L. West, mayor of
Estes Park, formally welcomed the
girl in front of a battery of motion
picture cameras.
Miss Lowe was much stained with
the juice of wild berries which formed
a considerable part Of her menu and
she was very tired from her lS-mIle
walk in from the Thunder Lake coun-
try. where she has been staying. but
she said she had greatly enjoyed her
adventure.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
KEEP CLOSE watch
ON EXEMPTION WORK
Alleged Fraud Gases in New York
Stirs Government Vigil.

Following a week filled with sud
den developments in the draft sit
Uation, officials here are expecting
the situations arising last week to
develop fully in the next few days.
Yesterday and last night there was
little activity around the Provost
Marshal Generals office. but the COM
ing week is expected to prove a busy
one.
The most recent, and most potent,
happening was the scandal in New
York over the exemption frauds
This was most promptly dealt with
and others will meet with the same
drastic action.
The Department Of Justice is keep
ing close watch over the workings
Of the New York boards, as much
TO unearth similar cases as to pre-
vent any further such work.
There are possibilities. it is said,
that other boards have been guilty.
Draft officials have already announced
emphatically that all fraud cases will
be prosecuted to the limit.
II is well understood why vigorous
action is necessary. Should sufficient
number Of occurrences similar to that
in New York take place. the whole
draft machinery might be hindered
by suspicion. As it is only one case
has actually been discovered, and
some such business was bound TO oc-
cur in isolated instances.
Exemption claims probably will show
a marked decrease in the future, it
is said 1t is believed that the
straight-out talks from Gen. Crow
der have checked any claim which
might have been made without fair
grounds, and also helped the boards
TO render better decisions.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
COLONY PERISHES
ON LONELY island
Women and Children Found Are
Survivors of Horror.

A tale of abandonment on a desert
island, scurvy, starvation, insanity
and death rivaling the most CHASTITY
fiction was unfolded by the Navy De-
partment yesterday in the report of
the commander of an American war
ship.
Three women and eight children,
sole survivors of a phosphate gather
ing colony, on Clipperton Island. off
the Pacific coast of Mexico, have
been landed at Salina Cruz. Sonora
Alicia r. de Arnaud, with four of her
own children, has been restored to
her wealthy and influential Mexican
father. She was the wife of the
highly educated and trained Mexican
army officer in charge of this outpost,
who was apparently lost at sea in an
effort to reach the mainland and res
cue. in a small rowboat manned by
three scurvy-afflicted men, two years
ago.
Since that time only the women and
children have inhabited the almost
desert island. Many of them had
died before the warship reached them.
Cocoanuts, wild birds eggs and such
fish and birds as their feeble efforts
could secure. were their only food.
There were pigs on the island, but
the women had no means of killing
them. All other provisions had been
exhausted.
The last supply ship from Mexico
visited the island early in 1914. After
that Mexico, torn by revolution an
parently forgot all about this happy
little family.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
HOOVER ANNOUNCES PLAN
TO CONTROL FOODSTUFFS
Administrator Says Wheat, Flour and
Bread Must Be Rigidly Conserved in
Order to Win the War.

Herbert C. Hoover the food administrator announced Yesterday
the plans for control of wheat. flour and bread
They specific and comprehensive They have been worked
out fully view of the dupng conditions European war and
the part this country still has to play.
They provide:
L. FOR the vigorous prosecution Of all who hold
wheat flour than required their normal business
For the maintenance of fair price throughout the country
by sezins necessary the 1917 harvest and determining the
cost to the
D. For food administration agencies the principal wheat term
inas throughout the country.
T. For the restriction of storage thirty days. unless special
permit is given by the Food Administration.
s. For the elimination of speculation by compelling all and
elevators with than 100 barrels daily capacity to take out
government license.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
AMERICAN STEAMERS
OUTWIT SUBMARINES
Seventeen Vessels Safely Complete
Journey Across the Ocean.

An Atlantic Port, Aug. 12.-Seven-
teen steamships, mostly freighters
arrived here today.
In the number was an American
line steamship which carried one hun
dred and forty-five passengers and
was the second vessel of that line to
arrive within twenty-four hours. 1t
ls reported that the crews of a num-
Der OF ships sunk by German subma-
rines were brought to port on some
OF the vessels.
one of the passengers was Ian
Forbes-Robertson, the actor, who is
70 appear in comedy with Guy
Bates Post Mr.. Robertson described
the trip as uneventual except for the
accidental discharge of one of the
steamships guns at night. The pas
sensers scurried to deck. believing the
vessel had been torpedoed.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
TROOPS CALLED OUT
TO QUELL RACE RIOT
Soldiers from Camp and Colored
Men Battle in Streets.
special % nc M.shington Head.

CRGSAaA " Inc hdAungLQn heIahl.
Alexandria, Va. Aug. IA COM
pany of infantry was called out in
Alexandria late tonight to quell a
street fight between soldiers from st.
Assph's camp and colored residents OF
the town, that threatened for a time
to develop into a city-wide race riot.
a white soldier had three ribs broken
and three negroes were badly beaten,
before the mob could be quieted
The fighting began shortly before 1G
o'clock tonight when a group OF
soldiers from the camp, without prov
oCation, it is said. attacked Theo-
dore Lloyd, colored, while he was
standing at the corner of Princess
and Royal streets. In self-defense.
Lloyd claims. he threw a brick at one
OF the soldiers, striking him and
knocking HIM unconscious. The other
soldiers, in retaliation, beat the color,
ed man so severely that he had to be
taken to the police station for treat
ment.
lncensed by the injuries received by
their comrade. the soldiers. in groups,
began a systematic search for color
Gu ISSluSHlS. dQe NelsOn, aged -,
colored, and James Lucas, coiored,
were victims of their attack and were
severely beaten.
News of the race riot spread rap
idly through the city. Within a few
minutes thousands of people crowded
the streets. Threats were ex-
changed between members of both
races.
Capt. Conrad Johnson called out
his command, Company G, First Vir-
ginia Infantry, to clear the streets
of civilians and soldiers alike.
With rifles at the charge, the militia
rapidly drove the mob from the
streets and quieted the growing feel
ing. Within an hour all the soldiers
had been asked to leave the town,
and most of them had complied.
The injured white soldier, whose
name could not be learned, was
rushed to the camp hospital at st.
Asaph's The negroes were taken TO
the police station for treatment by
Sergeant Scott and Patrolman Nun
day. Later all but Nelson, who lives
in Alexandria County, outside of the
city proper, left for their homes un-
der guard.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
To Teach U. S. Surgeons
Latest War Methods

New York, Aug. 1c.-To demonstrate
&c American surgeons methods OF
treating infected wounds, the Rookie
feller Institute for Medical Research
has opened its war demonstration
hospital I'm this city. The dcmonstra-
ton hospital has been housed in a
series of portable buildings such as
are used in the most improved base
hospitals on the Western front.
DR.. Alexis Carrel has been granted
leave of absence by the French
government to come here and demon
strate the methods he has helped de-
velop.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
eight GUARD UNITS
ENTRAIN WEDNESDAY
Patterson Tract Encampment to
Leave for Admission.

The eight units of the District
Guard, encamped at the Patterson
tract on Florida avenue, will en-
train Wednesday morning for their
Southern training camp at Admission,
Ala, according to an announcement
made at headquarters yesterday.
The departure of the Guardsmen
has been delayed by the failure of
the contractors who are constructing
the camp to receive piping for the
water mains on time. This equipment
has now been received. and as it will
take only couple of days to make
the connections, everything is prac-
tically in readiness for the reception
of the troops.
The Guardsmen will take their
tents with them as all Guard troops
will sleep under canvas. The only per-
manent buildings will be the mess
halls, camp kitchens and supply
warehouses.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Half Holiday Declared.

Today was a half holiday, the men
devoting the afternoon to cleaning up
the camp. The billets look like differ
ent places from what they were when
first occupied three weeks ago.
The expeditionary force, at the close
of a months training, can be said to
have passed the preliminary and inter-
mediate stages of development and are
now entering upon the final phase be-
fore being ready for actual fighting.
In view of the large percentage of
recruits enlisted. the first necessity
was to install discipline and to create
a perfect organization; second, French
instruction in hand grenading, bomb
ing, trench construction. the handling
of automatic and machine guns, bay
onetting, and in the methods of es-
tablishing transportation communica-
tons. Now the "Sammies'' have
reached the threshold of real fighting.
Next week there will be staged a sham
battle, the troops storming trenches
under cover of artillery fire miles be-
hind the advance.
sham Battle Planned.
First they will hurl high explosives,
destroying objective trenches and
then under a timed barrage fire the
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Says German Cabinet
Should Fall Quickly

Zurich, Aug. 12.-Philip Scheide-
mann, the German majority Socialist
leader. addressing a Socialist confer
ence at Mannheim yesterday, declared
that the cho' ~ the new cabinet did
not please everyone because it was not
recruited from the ranks of the par
Elementary leaders. Therefore, he as
serted, it was in the interest of Ger
many that the new government
should fall quickly"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
PRESIDENT KILLS TEUTON Peace INTRIGUE,
SAYS FORMER French foreign MINISTER
Germany Taking Advantage of Russian Stu
alton Seek Favorable Terms for Her
self-Thwarted by America

In manner proportionally more
severe than even their Verdun de-
feat; beaten back in Flanders, where
the British are dealing terrific sledge-
hammer blows, the central empires
nave turned toward America hoping
to offer their successes on the East
ern front as reason why they should
be accorded lenient peace terms.
In peremptory unmistakable Ian
guase, the American President has
declared that any suggestions of ne
gotiations are impossible at present
Thus the central empires are check
mated in their intrigues which have
once more been brought to naught
through American clear-sightedness.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Eggs at ST Per Dozen
Prediction of Farmer

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. Eggs at
81 a dozen next winter!
That1s the prediction of Harry Will
son. retiring poultry farmer Of Solon.
Ohio. Wilson says high prices OF
feeds has caused the farmers to dis
pose of their chickens as rapidly az
possible because they were losing
money The scarcity of hens will
cause the golden eggs."
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
French DEFEAT
crown prince
Germans Hurled Back III
Counter-Attacks Along
the Aisne River.
OBy Agenee Radio to I. n. So


Paris, Aug. 12.-The crown prince
continues to throw the best German
troops into battle in vain attempt
to win back his positions on the Aisne
and in the Champagne.
The French are displaying the same
tenacity and stoicism which gained
them the Verdun victory. beating OF
every attack. The lighting Is of the
most desperate character, attack and
counter-attack succeeding one an
other with great rapidity, while the
gun preparation is always OF the most
intense sort
Yesterdays assault on the one-mile
front between Pantheon farm and
the Chevregny spur was spite bat
tle' ordered by the German command.
The French seized a number Of valu-
able trenches here on July 30, and,
according to prisoners, the enemy
stan had warned the forty-third re-
serve division that it would get no
rest until it had regained the posi-
uons it had lost.
An-Day Battle.
After an all-night bombardment
three oattalions, supported by two
additional companies Of "stoss-up-
PEN (shock troops) and fame throw
ers, advanced on the battle red
trenches. But they encountered some
OF the Apest French troops, the foot
chasseUTs. under command OF Gen
eral Brissant Desmaillet, who inflicted
a terrible slaughter in savage hand
to-hand fighting. The battle lasted all
day. Just before dark the French
TaA haf
ment Of a trench where the enemy
Ctill had a precarious foothold and
compelled Its abandonment.
A senli-oficial account says the de-
feated Germans left behind heaps OF
corpses and more than 100 prisoners.
Germans Repulsed.
Paris, Aug. R-Following is the Of
fcial war ofhce communique regard
ing the operations on the Macedonian
front:
After heavy artillery preparation
an enemy battalion attacked the
Franco-Greek trenches in the region
of Suma. It was repulsed with
losses.
There was intermittent artillery
action on the remainder Of the front"
London. Aug. u.-with the last
strip Of Rumania menaced by inva-
sion as a result of Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's Onward sweep across the
SLchita River, King Ferdinand, of
Rumania, and his ministers are now
contemplating a new transfer of the
- at of government, according to ad-
vices from Ps:rcgrad. 1t is said that
ROstov-on-the-Doni is regarded as the
mCst likely place to be decided upon.
70 The royal family probably will move
to town in Southern Russia.
The Russian city Of Restoy. at the
mouth Of the River Don. lies 800 miles
almost due west of Jassy. the present
seat Of the Rumanian government.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
French Ire Is Stirred
AT Socialists Position

Paris, Aug. 12.-French Socialists
announce that although Alsace and
Lorraine are bound to France in
alienably ii would be a fine thing
for this country, when peace terms
are considered, to permit the inhab-
itants of the lost provinces to set
tie the matter OF annexation by
means of a referendum in Alsace
and Lorraine. This proposition. so
foreign to the deepest feelings of
every Frenchman. has aroused a
strong protest in the press.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Russians Face Problem
In Moving Harvests

(By Agence Radio to L. n. So
Petrograd, Aug. 12.-Food Minister
Pletchekanoff says in an Official re-
pert just issued:
while the harvests are OF an aver
age character, the difficulties OF the
transport situation render conditions
embarrassing. The government as
sures supplies for the northern front
and provinces. We are greatly de-
pending on the waterways, but II an
early winter sets in the food problem
will be serious"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
RESCUES TWO BY PILOT LEAP.

Wallace. La, Aug. 12.-B. V. Brown,
of st. Regis, Mont. at the risk of his
own life saved the lives of Innes
Lanpher, Il years old, and her little
2-year-old sister by leaping from the
pilot of a locomotive and sweeping
the children from the path of an on
coming freight train here recently.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
FIREMEN OVERCOME
At DOWNTOWN BLAZE
Flames Cause 5000 Damage in
Storage Rooms.

Nearly a score OF fremen, one OF
which was Fire Chief Sullivan. were
partially overcome by smoke last
night when nine downtown fire COM
panies battled for more than two
hours with a fire on the fourth floor
Of the United States Storage Com
pany, lS-a0 Tenth street northwest.
caused, II is thought, from spontane-
Gus combustion.
Only two were taken to the hospi-
tai. None OF the cases is serious
Fighting their way in the dark. tba
men had considerable difficulty in To-
eating the compartment where the
fire originated. II was found that a
quantity OF moth balls had been lined
in the bedding Of one store room and
IL is probable that The burning OF
them caused the fumes which over
came the fire fighters.
Sunday crowds were soon attracted
TO the scene. At no time We're flames
visible. The firemen battered their
way into the sealed fourth-story win
dowS
FIremen Overcome.
The two men who received treatment
at the Emergency Hospital were c. F.
Lowery and William A McMahon.
both Of No. truck. The following
were rendered frst aid by Or. Alfred
Richards: NJ W. Mayer. Robert Mon
tit. Morgan Willard, Capt Mcconnell.
Private O'Donohue. and Lieut. Rally.
Edward A. Macomber. president OF
The company. stated the building is
heavily insured The fire marshal
estimated the damage at s. 900. il WAS
nearly midnight before the last Of the
fremen returned TO their stations.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
(By Agence Radio to 1. n. ST.
By GABRIELLE HANATAy.

Formerly French Foreign MinisterJ
Paris, Aug. 12.-Germany is taking
advantage of the Russian situation.
She is again seeking to make a peace
favorable to herself
She has been thwarted in these ef-
forts by the foresight of President
Wilson and by the persplcacity of
people Of the United States, before
whose eyes former Ambassador Ger
ard has spread in full the Kaiser's
personal liability for bringing on the
war.
Defeated on the Chemin Des Danes
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
WILL SUBMIT REFORMS.

Zurich. Aug. IA Berlin dis
patch tonight states Chancellor
Michaelis has announced that the
project OF the Prussiaa electoral re-
forms will be submitted to the
Reichstag shortly.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
GEN. SIBERT REVIEWS A PORTION OF
AMERICAN TROOPS NOW IN FRANCE
"Sammies Show Progress in Learning Meth
DDS of Modern Warfare-Soon
to Man Trenches
By DANIEL DILLON,


American Field Headquarters France Aug. r. Deayed)
Gen. Ser this morning. for the first time horseback
portion of the American There cheering but the
visby pleased with the spectacle
American staff officers present the of
French division. where the decorated with medals and
otherwise honored for gallantry in action
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
MARINES BUY FRENCH BONDS.

Paris, Aug. 12-American marines
undergoing training in France have
subscribed 5000 to the purchase Of
Fsench national defense bonds.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Former Premier Sent to Front.

Zurich, Aug. 12.-Forrner Premier
Tis13 has been appointed colonel and
has left for the 'front.' !