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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18
DECLINES TO SEND
DELEGATES TO THE
PEACE MEETING
League to Enforce Peace
Passes Resolution Pledg-
ing Support to Govern
ment in Defense of It's
Rights.

New York. Feb. 17.-The League ts
Enforce Peace locked the dove outside
this afternoon at its session here,
passed resolutions pledging the sup
port of the league to the government
and declined to send delegates to a
convention of peace societies. The res
olution pledging support to the gov
ernment declares loyalty to President
Wilson and the national adminisira-
ton in the adoption of vigorous ald
adequate measures to protect our citi-
zens and defend their rights on land
and sea, and to provide for the defense
of our country ....-.
Continuing. tffc resolution points ou.
that the United States no longer occu-
pies an isolated position among ma
tions but must be prepared to defend
itself and take part in any league that
may be formed to maintain world
peace.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18
CREW OF SCHOONER
TO SAIL FOR HOME

Rome, Feb. 1.-THE crew OF the
American schooner Lyman NJ. Law
sunk by submarine in the Mediter-
ranean, arrived at Civitav.cchia today,
enroute to Rome. They will sail Tor
America shortly.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18

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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18
GERMAN ATTACK FAILS.

Paris, Feb. 17.-More active fighting
around Ribecourt was announced in to-
nights official statement. On most of
the front there was intermittent she'll
Ing. Northwest of Bezonvaux an
enemy surprise failed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY.

0apltal News Special Service1
Washington. Feb. l7.-Gasper Ben
dixsen has been appointed postmaster
at Alexander Bannoc. county. vice +.
Bendixsen, resigned.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18
IDAHO TO PROFIT BY
NEW FEDERAL LAW
(Capital News Special Scrvice)

(Capital News Special Scrvice)
Washington, FEB. 17.-ldaho will get
from the federal treasury in aid Of
vocational education under the law
passed both houses of congress today
ceeding years.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18
LOYALTY TO GOVERNMENT.

There was no hint of pacfism at the
meeting, which was fairly representa-
tive. The only question raised was
over the phrascology of the resolution.
Members wanted it to express as
strongly as possible their loyalty to The
government. no matter what turn the
present crisis may take.
The New Hampshire league to pro-
vide for national defense and to force
international peace, which has very
militant views, was admitted to the
league on condition that it add to It's
title the words, New Hampshire
branch of the league to enforce peace"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18
TOTAL TONNAGE SUNK SINCE
FEB. GIVEN AS 233,352-THREE
BRITISH VESSELS THE LATEST
VICTIMS OF THE GERMAN U.
BOATS.

London, Feb. 17.-Germany raised
her total of ships sunk by submarines
to III since FeL. /. by the sinking of
three British vessels today. A fourth,
also British, fell victim to a mine.
The four ships iost by England today
had total of 7406 tons, making "A
grand total of tonnage destroyed since
Feb. l, 233,352.
BRITISH SUFFER MOST.
Today was the third successive day
that all the victims of the unbridled
sinking campaign have been British
vessels. The score stands so far:
Ships lost-American, 9: other neu-
trails. "a; British, "A; other bellige--
ents, Z.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18
SENSATIONAL GAIN
BY BRITISH TROOPS

London. Feb. 17.-British troops
have made a sensational gain on the
bloody road to Bapaume. Field Mar
shal Haig reported in terse sentences
tonight these facts regarding the vic
tory:
VERY considerabl further progress
on both sides of the Ancre.
Occupation of German positions op
posite Miraumont and Petit Miraumont
on "a frontage of about mile and a
half.
Penetration of German lines over a
thousand yards to a point within a few
hundred yards of Petit Mraumont
Carrying of an important position
north Of Baillescourt farm.
Capture of more than 268 prison
ers"
BIG JUMP FORWARD.
The British gain in this sector Is
one of the biggest jumps forward
Haig's troops have taken in months
That 1t was taken under winter con-
ditions was an additional cause for re-
joicing here tonight. The ground gains
reported-which it is officially stated
were held against all counter attacks
make extremely perilous the German
positions to the northwest of lie Sars.
retirement is expected, which will
show "A straight line Of the British
front and, incidentally, a net gain OF
six or eight square miles of terrain.
from Hebutcrne to lie Sars, where
there is now "kink" in the front.
The new British positions are a
bare six miles from the strategic
poipt of Bapaume. toward which Brit
ish attacks have been edging for the
last six months. They are bare Is
miles distant from the depot point OF
Arras.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18
THREE KILLED IN
SINKING OF SHIP

London. Feb. 11.-Three persons
We're killed today when submarine
sank the British steamship Queens
wood.
The Queenswood was steel screw
steamer of 2701 tons, belonging to the
Constantine and Pickering Steamship
company and registered at Middle
borough. She was built in 1897
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-18

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
Railroad Freight
Situation Better,
Officials Declare

Boston, March 14--Officers Of the
principal railroads in New England
reported today that their lines had
been relieved of virtually all freight
congestion. Embargoes, increased
demurrage rates and other restric-
tons, together with the cooperation
of shippers and consignees. have
made it possible, they said, to handle
expeditiously all cars accepted by
their lines. The daily average of
freight cars on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford and the Boston &
Maine and the Boston & Albany is
nearly 100000. The New Haven and
the Boston & Maine report that they
are delivering more cars to other lines
than are received at their connections,
while a Boston s. Albany statement
indicates that incoming and outgoing
traffic is about equal
No embargoes have been placed by
these lines on foodstuffs, live stock.
coal, lumber, building materials, agri-
cultural machinery and other necessi-
ties for use in New England.
While the roads are handicapped to
some extent by lack Of cars, freight
department officials said the situation
in general has improved greatly with
in the last few weeks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
| ORD GEORGE
WELLESLEY TO
Be 4 Citizen
English Nobleman will Re
turn After the
War Ends

New York, March 14-An English
Lord, George Wellesley, fourth son
of the Duke of Wellington and great
grandson of the hero Of Waterloo,
has announced his intention of be-
coming an American citizen as soon as
the war is over and his duties as an
aviator in the British army have end
ed
The announcement was made just
after Lord George had been united in
marriage to Lady Louise Nesta Pam
ella Wellesley, his brothers widow.
The wedding took place in st. Thomas
Protestant Episcopal church in Fifth
Avenue. The pastor, the Rev. Ernest
Stires, officiated. The nobleman said
he had established a legal residence
here and would reside here as an
American citizen at the close of the
war.
Arrangements for the wedding have
been in progress for several months, it
was said. The bride, who was first
married in 1908, accompanied by her
two little girls, five and three yaears
old, arrived in New York city on Feb.
%, on board the Finland. She was
accompanied by a maid and nursery
governess anad went to the Plaza Ho-
tel to live.
On the same day Lord Georges at
torneys leased an apartment for him
in the Devon, No. 70 West Fifty-fifth
street. Lord George was a captain
in the Grenadier Guards, one of the
crack English regiments, as was his
brother, Lord Richard Wellesley,
whose widow he married. At the out
break of hostilities lord George was
transferred to the Royal Flying Corps,
with the rank Of captain, and after
training at the aviation schools near
London he was assigned to duty in
Egypt. Meantime the Grenadier
Guards, in which Lord Richard held
a commission as captain, were in
France. having gone with the first
British expeditionary force. Lord
Richard was in all the early battles in
France and Flanders, but at the first
battle of Ypres, in 1914, he lost his
life.
His wife was Frustrated with grief,
and after the death of her husband
their second child was born.
Lord George was mentioned in or
ders during the Egyptian campaign
and around the Suez Canal, where he
was stationed for two months. Then
he returned to England and trained
aviators for several months Eventu-
ally he was ordered to France anad
acted as a squadron commander, with
the rank Of major, in the Royal Fly
Ing Corps for eleven months
Lord George is twenty-seven years
old. He was born, according to his
statement at the Marriage License
Bureau, in Windsor England, the son
OF the Duke and of Kathleen Will
Hams
His bride gave her age as twenty
eight years. She is of slight build
and very pretty. She said she was
born in London, the daughter of Sir
Maurice Fitzgerald and Amelia Bisch-
offshine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
ON HONEYMOON,
STUDIES HOTEL
KITCHEN MYSTERY

Walter Welton, Of Mohican, N T.,
is passing his honeymoon In Ne"
York city. He is finding many IN
teresting and instructive sights Whlch
the city has to offer.
The couple are separated for twelve
hours a day which Mr.. Welton de-
votes to washing dishes and cleaning
silverware in the kitchen of the Park
Avenue Hotel. For Mr.. Welton, VINO
ia twenty-three years old, hopes to
own a hotel himself some day, and ne
is determined to find out "how they
do It," Being a level-headed youth,
Mr.. Welton came to- New York con-
WINGED that in no other city he could
learn so much. And he determined
to start in the kitchen.
Mr.. Welton is the son of F. j. We'll
ton, proprietor Of that fashionable
Mohican Inn, Mohican. He married
Miss Trilby Grenet, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Grenet, No. 2l4 west
Ninety-second street Mr.. Welton ad-
mits that the greatest, ambition OF MS
life was realized when the marriage
was solemnized at :" -
But he has another ambition, and
chat is to have the details of the hotel
business from alpha to Omega" at
his fathers business in Mohican, as
he expects to do, some time in the
future. Hence the job he has obtain
ed, for which he gets IS a week. For
tunately, it is reported, he brought
more or less small change with him
and he hopes to exc out this stipend
so that the honeymoon will not be
narred by any scarcity of the neces-
stiles of life.
Later Mr.. Welton will travel to the
hotel offices, taking his turn variously
as information and room clerk, and
then as an assistant, and finally as
manager.
The marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Wei.
ton was to have taken place later in
the spring, but the couple decided
that it would be appropriate if they
began their married life when the
bridegroom took up his work here,
so the ceremony was performed be-
fore members of the family and few
friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
PRICE OF COAL
OUGHT TO DROP
BOARD ASSERTS

Washington, March 1.-THE fed
eral trade commission yesterday noti-
fled the country's leading anthracite
producers that any failure to grant
the usual spring price reductions can
not be justified by claims of increased
cost of production. The commission
has heard, ,the notice says, that pro-
ducers intend either to withdraw or
reduce their regular seasonal dis
counts on the ground of increased
mining cost.
In it's inquiry into the cost of min
ing anthracite, the report on which
soon will be issued, the commission
has obtained detailed information on
the costs of companies which mined
in 1915 about Is per cent. of the total
production of anthracite.
"This information" said the COM
mission, obtained directly from the
companies referred to, indicates no
increase in average cost in the last
four months Of 1915, and further indi-
Gates an actual decrease Of cost in
the case of some of the companies,
whose cost of production is high.
Judging from the tonnage pro-
duced in January, 1917, there Is no
reason to believe that costs thus far
in 1917 would materially change the
average shown by the figures COM
piled from September to December
1916. Therefore, it is the opinion OF
the commission that further increases
in circular prices this spring by fail
ure to grant the customary discounts
could not be justified on the basis OF
inceased- cost.
1.-THE commission makes this state
nent in advance of its forthcoming
report because it is a. matter or vital
interest to the public that no un-
Unsuitable increase in price be made.
sThis statement does not refer to
the increases in circular prices OF all
anthracite in May, 1915, nor to the
panic prices which have prevailed on
part Of the tonnage this fall. and Win
ter. concerning which the commls-
sion will make report in the near
future. The cost data already COM
piled by the commission, however, are
conclusive against further price In
creases this spring"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
Japanese Fleet
Sails Widely on
Pacific Ocean

Toxic, March 14.-Vice-Admiral
Tetsutaro Sato, President of the I'M
perial Naval College, in a statement
about the combined naval operations
in the present war says the Japanese
fleet has touched almost every coast
in the Pacific ocean, some ships cruis-
ing more than 1900 miles. He ex-
plains that nearly every ship of the
Imperial navy has been engaged at
one time or another, and that more
than $1,000 officers and men have
participated.
The vice-admira1 adds: cit has been
no small satisfacti to Japan and to
the Imperial navy to find that the
people Of Australia and Canada as
we'll as Of Great Britain have fully
appreciated Japan's sympathy and
assistance and that they recognize her
faithful adherence to the terms of the
alliance and it is our earnest hope
that the new relations will do some
thing to change the adverse attitude
of the colonies towards japanese i'm
mi grants"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
Western Connecticut
Milk Producers Will
Join State Association
Especial to The Farmer.)

Newtown, March 1.-THE meeting OF
the Milk Producers Association Of
Western Connecticut Saturday at
INewtown was attended by more than
loo dairymen from the upper end of
Fairfield county and contiguous parts
of Litchfield county. The object of
the meeting was to act on a. PROPOSE
ton to merge, or otherwise join the
local association with the Connecticut
Milk Producers association with a
ivew to having an efficient central or
ganization do the work for the farm
ers. President Thomas Holt, Secre-
tary J. Arthur Sherwood and Irving
Todd of the state body were present
and conducted a general discussion Of
the plans of union. 1t was voted to
join the state association, each men,
Der taking at least one share Of stock
The local association, however, voted
to continue the Milk Producers AS
sociation of Western Connecticut for
local purposes, especially to aid the
Farmers Dairy Co. in procuring funds
for the pasteurizing plant in Bridge
port. A plan for a short decisive cam
paign to get pledges of shares to the
extent OF the capitalization, 100000.
was unfotded and all the members
terest the farmers in communities not
yet visited by the active promoters.
AT 2:30 in the afternoon the special
meeting of the shareholders of the
Farmers Dairy Co. took place. Pres
ident H. c.. Coburn was in the chair
Bylaws for the conduct Of the dairy
company were adopted and subscrip-
tons for shares were received, making
the total to date $4,000 Fully 125
dairymen were present at both meet
ings and the street loked lively all
day. The local members Of the board
of managers of the Farmers Dairy
Co. are w. c. Johnson, treasurer; Eli
Greenblatt and Edward s. Lowell, di-
rectors. The officers of the state as
ISOLATION will assist in the campaign,
and two representatives will join the
local promoters as soon as the condi-
ton Of the roads will permit of travel
in the farming districts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
Won BERNST0RFF
TO TELL GERMAN
SIDE OF PLOTS

Copenhagen, March 14-Count Won
Bernstorff, dismissed German ambas-
sador to the United States, prepared
statement on Germany's dealings
with Mexico after his arrival here.
This statement will be forwarded to
the Berlin foreign Office and, If ap-
proved, will be made public through
the Wolff bureau, the official German
news agency. 1t is understood that
the statement deals with the way in
which Foreign Secretary thinner
mann's instructions to the German
minister in Mexico City fell into the
hands of the American government.
The departure of the Frederik VIII
from Christiania was decided on so
suddenly that several passengers were
left behind in the Norwegian capital.
The impending arrival of the steamer
here was known early and the Ger
man colony assembled at the wharf'
to give the returning ambassador a
hearty welcome. BY 9 o'clock the
quays were thronged with thousands
of persons, but only the most import
ant Germans and those awaiting rela-
tives and friends were admitted inside
the enclosure.
The German minister to Denmark,
Count Brockdorf-R antzau, with the
staffs Of the German legation and con-
sulate and the Austrian minister.
Count Szechenyi. reached the wharf
as the ship berthed The liners band
played American airs and the deck
was aflutter with American flags,
waved by the passengers. Count Won
Bernstorff and his wife stood on the
mr. Ia to 10
ing and apparently oblivious of the
American flag which was waver ener-
getically by a neighbor.
The German and American minis
tiers were quickly on board and ex-
hanged greetings in the lounge with
Count Won Vernstorff, who then gave
himself up to photographers and re-
porters and posed on the deck with
his wife. Count Rantzau remarked
that Count Won Bernstorff's face
lacked it's familiar smile. The dis
missed ambassador talked with the
men about his trip but
declined to discuss politics. Accord
ing to the other passengers the count
had no wireless communication with
Germany until he reached Norwegian
waters An extraordinary number of
police had been detailed to control
the crowds at the water front but
there was no demonstration.
London, March 14-The arrival in
Europe of Count Won Bernstorff, for
mer ambassador to the United States,
has caused renewed discussion in Ber-
lin of the submarine blockade, be-
tween political, naval and diplomatic
according to the Nor
wegian Mercantile Shipping Gazette.
''Sone German naval attaches in
neutral countries have been called to
Berlin for a conference" continues
the dispatch. 'The alteration but not
the raising Of the blockade is proba-
ble."
These conferences, it is indicated
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
'Movies" to Describe
New Brunswick Charms

st. John, N. B., March 14-Motion
pictures as a means of attracting set
tiers to abandoned farms in New
Brunswick will be introduced by the
local branch Of the Farm Settlement
board. The films, depicting interest
Ing phases Of farm life, are designed
to make special appeal to soldiers in
an effort to induce them to settle
them in the province after the war.
In furtherance of this idea reels will
be sent to various training camps in
England.
James Gilchrist, secretary of the
local branch, says that during the last
year settlers have successfully cult
waited SO abandoned farm in this
province.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
Colombian Treaty
Is Given Approval

Washington, March 1.-THE Senate
foreign relation committee approved
yesterday in modified form the treaty
with Colombia by which the United
States will pay that republic $685.
100000 for the partition of Panama.
1t will be pressed to a vote in the
present special Senate session.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14
MAINE SHIP YARDS BUSY

Portland, Me-, March 14-Ship-
yards along the Maine coast that have
been idle for q generation have re-
sumed operations on an extensive
scale to meet the extraordinary de-
mand for tonnage, according to re-
ports presented to the state board Of
trade, at it's meeting today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-14

liam Boyd Spencer, $500; Edward G.
Spargo, 800; Charles w. Simpson,
500; J. G. Lutllum, 500.
The following contributions were
made prior to the opening of the CAM
pafgn to cover the expenses Of the
movement:
Percy Bartram. $1,000; George G..
Edwards, $4,000; Walter b. Lashar,
So, 1000; Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Warner, ST.
coo; Mrs. Dudley Morris, $500;
Bridgeport Chain Company, $500;
Electric Gable Company $500.