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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07

Paris, Sept. THE entrance of
America into the war and the proba-
bility that it soon would be lending
the allies tremendous = aid in the
aerial department of the struggle has
led Germany to re-organize and
strengthen its, own: aviation branches
materially, according to The Temps.
This reorganization does not date ex-
clusively from the break with the
United States, but rather from the
battle of the Somme, but it has been
accelerated and intensified by the re-
ports that hundreds if not thousands
of airplanes with the corresponding
aviators to man them are soon to be
supplied to the Entente forces.
The reorganization of the German
aerial forces has taken the form of
creating four principal divisions into
which the f1iers are now placed,
roughly as follows
l.. Army Squadri1las or Army
fliers' division which. are directly
under the command Of the army chief
of aviation and the work of which
consists mainly of expeditions far to
the rear Of the lines. They also are
employed for bombardments, night
flights, Photographic work, and the
airplaneS employed are of the most
varied type, according to the charac-
ter Of the work they are to do.
Recently captured = prisoners say
that a recently constructed biplane of
the Albatross type is vastly, superior
to anything heretofore used by these
sQuadrillas. It is equipped with a
ESQ h. p. motor and attains a speed of
from 100 to lis miles an hour. 1T
can rise to an altitude of more than
1000 yards in nile minutes, and car
ries two machine guns. The machines
travel in groups of six or eight, ac-
cording to the position and needs of
the army to which they are attached.
Corps squadrillas or troop
f1iers' 'whichareat tached to the staff
armies and which are commanded by
captains. These generally remain
within the sector of the armies to
which they are used in general for re-
commissioners, photograpT1ing trench
es, batteries and other work.
S.-Hunting squadrillas, as they are
called both by the French and the
Germans, are the main attacking in
struments of the German air forces,
anw for chasing enemy machines
WAAS1l VSAieuAC oSclF lACii MES IL ~
are charged also with the destruction
Of the stationary balloons. ~
On the west front, it is estimated,
there are about forty of these squad
rillas.s with about a dozen machines
to each. Others in the same category
have as their duty the protection of
the large German cities that lie within
airplane flight of the French and Eng
lish, such as Strasburg. Freiburg, Null
house, Friedrichshafen, Stuttgart, Es-
sen, Cologne and Treves. The pilots
Of these squadrillas ore carefully
chosen from among the best of Ger
man aviators, and their exploits are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07

encouraged by frequent mention in
the general staff reports. =
4.-Battle squadrillas or ''f1otillas''
are under the direction of great head
quarters, and shift from army to army
to carry out COMPARTMENTS on mill
tary establishments behind the front,
as we'll as ever and again upon open
towns.
There are three of these sqHadri1las
| now. Formerly there were more, but
the others have been dismembered
and their units attached to other arms
of the aerial service. Squadrillas one
| and two are generally transported by
train from place to place. wherever
they. are most needed. =
There are from forty to fifty ma
chimes in each squadri1la, which when
complete and ready for action is di-
vided into four or five sections. Each
airplane is armed with two machine
guns and each carries bombs weighing
from 20 ito 100 pounds apiece. Some
are said to carry bombs that weigh
more than 200 pounds
While perfecting their service in the
air, the Germans have also rapidly
battered their anti-aircraft measures
and weapons. The 77-milimeter guns
have given way to rapid-f1ring guns
of los milimeter ca1ibre, and at GER
tain points along the front they use
shrapne1 guns of 240-milimeter SIZE
They possess special bullets for the
/ destruction of captive ballons, but in
many instances have used them with
great cruelty against opponents in
airplanes. At least one squadril1a cap
tain, a Lieutenant E11ers, finally for
babe his men to carry these bullets
with them unless they were definitely
charged with raiding balloons.
The Germans, it is said, are con-
stantly putting, new types of machines
| into the field. The famous Taube
went out of style long ago, and it has
now been followed by the even more
famous Fokker, which less than a
year ago was considered the last and
final word in attacking airplanes. It's
inventor, a Dutehman, is now said to
be devoting himself to the perfection
of a machine with a $50 h. p. motor
which will break all records for speed
and efficiency.
Today the Rump1er seems to be
the favorite, though those with 160
h. D. motors are not fast enough to
suit, and yet the machines will hardly
stand up under a heavier motor. The
| raids on London were accomplished
with Gotha machines but these,
though SO recent that little is known
about them in France, are already
giving way to faster airp1anes, es-
pecia1ly to powerful Rumpler .bipIanes
which have tremendous speed and
rising power. These machines, of
, which there are not fewer than 80 in
| the third battle flotilla, can make
| great distances both because Of. their
powerful motors and because of their
| huge gasoline tanks, two of which
with a capacity apiece Of $50 liters are
| carried on each machine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
HINTS
that ARE NOW
QUITE TIMELY
CIV S. 2. Hollister.)


/. Pick your. beans just as soon as the
pods die and hang them UP under
cover to dry out, if the weather Is not
suitable for drying them outside. The
damp weather is liable to spoil them
If they are allowed to remain outside.
When they are dry put the plants
into q burlap sack and shell the beans
by beating with stick. It is then an
easy matter to clean them by pouring
them from one dish to another out i'm
the wind.
Tricky planted seeds and a faint
heart do not produce good beets or
turnips under the best of conditions.
Each plant must have room to de-
velop. Did you thin your plants?
Keep the hoe going among late cab
bage.. Also watch for cabbage worms,
either hand pick them or use a poi
son.
Pinch or cut the tips of the tomato
plants, it's getting too late for more
fruits to set.
AS soon as the onions begin to fall
down they should be pulled and al
lowed to cure. If you have only a few
carry them with the tops on to a shed
or up to the attic where they can dry
under cover. Save all the small
onions to use as sets next spring.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
TO USE TAPESTRIES
FOR TURK SANDBAGS

Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. WON
ems wells and the tapestries of pri-
waite. homes are to. be utilized in the
Holy Land for the manufacture >ot
sandbags for the Turkish trenches
according to the Constantinople cor
respondent of the Geneva Tribune.
The Turkish authorities in Pales-
tine and Syria have informed the To-
cal officers of Beyruth and other
towns, the correspondent says, that
100000 sandbags are required in
the trenches at once for defensive
purposes. Inasmuch as sacks and
cotton cloths are lacking, "all silks
and tapestries in dwelling are being
Communicated, and soldiers in Syria
have been told by their superiors they
may remove the wells from any women
whom they may encounter in the
streets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07

Confidence that the 10000 men,
bers of the Connecticut Chamber of
Commerce like the Minute Men in
the Revolutionary War, are ready at
a moments notice to save, sacrifice,
and serve in any way which will as
sist America and her allies in win
ming the great war and establishing
permanent peace is expressed by
Edward P. Jones of Winsted, Presi-
dent of the Connecticut Chamber of
Commerce, in one of the series OF
made in Connecticut War Inter
views" made public today.
/"You ask ME to make statement
regarding the war;" said Mr.. Jones
to the representative of the Council,
cat different times during the his
tory of the world, wars have been
fought which have determined the
destinies not only of nations, but the
courses Of civilization.
They have determined whether
! races should be oriental or occiden-
tai, pagan or Christian. Other wars
have affected either single nation
or a group of nations. The Revolu-
tionary War affected directly only
the United States and England, but
it established the principle of liberty.
The Civil War affected only this
country, but it declared to the world
the principles of freedom-that one
man could not be made the slave OF
another.
'"The present world war, will, be-
lieve, establish the democracy of ma
tions. Bandits have had their day
and are gone. Pirates have sailed tins
seas and have disappeared. Germany
at the present time is a bandit and
a pirate among the nations.
This war will determine that ma
lions as well as individuals have ~
right to life, liberty, and the pur-
suit of happiness. It will determine
that a treaty is a, treaty and not d
scrap of paper.
"It is the privilege of the United
States, the oldest, the richest and the
most powerful exponent of democracy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
EAT FLOWER SEED

Irkutsk, Siberia, Sept. Sun, flow
er seed is "a deIicacy much relished by.
Russian soldiers. At railway stations
where bodies of troops are waiting
the platforms are always Uttered with
the shells of the sun flower seed. On
troop trains the men can be seen
cracking the seed between their teeth
and chewing kernels which they ex-
tract dexterously with their tonExs<S
Peasant women sell the sun hover
seed about the railway stations, just
as popcorn and peanuts are sold at
American stations. Many persons
crack so many sun flower seeds that
they wear notcf1es in their front
teeth, which enable them to grip the
seed more tightly and crack them
with greater speed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
FORTY THOUSAND TIMES
OF PAINT is REQUIRED
FOR THE EIFFEL TOWER

Paris, Sept. THE Eiffel Tower is
to be repainted. This is task which
will occupy about three months and
require more than 10000 pounds of
paint. The outbreak Of war in 1914
postponed the work. The structure
was last painted in 1907, when a coat
of yellow. ochre was applied.
The Eiffel Tower has had a curious
fate. Built as an attraction for a
worlds fair, nearly thirty years ago,
it was condemned as mopstrosity by
those who believed themselves inspir-
ed by purely artistic feelings. Since
the war, it has paid for its existence
over and over again as a wireless
biography station.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
Identification of Soldiers
Killed I'm Battle

The War Department at Washing
ton will no doubt supply the United
States troops now in France as well
as those who will be sent over in the
future, with Identification tags SINH
lar to those used by all the armies
now in the field. Each army has its
own system Of Identification. The
Russian soldier wears a numbered
badge; the French soldier has an
Identification card stitched into his
tunic; the German soldier has lit
tie metal disk that bears his name;
the British fighter has an aluminium
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
CHINESE PAYS S51 FOR
TURTLE TO SET 1T FREE

Yokohoma, Japan, Sept. while
native longshoremen were bidding for
a monster turtle which had been
caught in Yokohoma Bay, All Long, a
Chinese, carried off the prize by an
offer of $51. He then towed the tur-
tie out into the bay and gave it it's
freedom.
All Long was putting into practice
a Chinese superstition that he who
frees captured turtle shall be eter-
na1ly blessed.
The turtle weighed 700 pounds and
was believed to be 1000 years old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
EXCHANGE CAPTIvEs

The Hague, Netherlands, Septp. 7.
Under the agreement between Bril-
fish and German delegates in respect
to prisoners-of-war, 10000 prisoners
are to be accommodated in the Meth
erlands, half coming from Britain
and haIff rom Germany. Sixteen mill
tary and civil doctors are proceeding
to the two countries in question to
make preliminary medical examina-
tons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
The University School
$50 Fairfield Avenue.

BOTH YEAR BEGINS SEPT. 26<
Elementary and advanced subjects.
Every boy given special attention.
Experienced teachers; thorough work !;
shorter courses; no red tape; athletics.
Telephone, Barnum 642. Las ass
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07

disk, with Identification marks and
church affiliations, and the Austrian
soldier has a gun-metal badge, with
his name on a tiny parchment insif ;.
The Turk seems to be the only sol
der who carries no Identification
marks at all. He has neither badge,
disk nor 9number,. to tell who he is,
or rather, was. and it is probable that
the Turkish military authorities con-
slider It unnecessary to bother about
fighter, once he has been killed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
GERMAN AEROPLANE SERVICE
GREATLY PERFECTED Since
AMERICAS ENTRANCE IN WAR

Aeropanes Making us Miles Hour Common and Big
Squadrons of Flying Machines for Various Purposes
Have Been Organized to Combat Americas Aeropane
Preparations
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07

FLORAL BOUQUETS
AND DESIGNS.
JOHN RECK 8 SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07

The establishment of a branch OF
the Federal Reserve Bank Of San
Francisco at Denver was announced.
The new institution will take care of
the inter-mountain territory.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07
The Right Medicine in Many Cases
Does Better than the Surgeons
Knife. Tribute to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.


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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I suf-
said could not live one year without an operation
My husband objected to the operation and had me
try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and able to do my own Homework. can recon-
mend Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
any woman wonderful health restorer."-Mrs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07


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thought house daughter
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you special advice write to Lydia Pnkham
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-07

Splendid pants and ex-
ceptionally well made; moth
ing is so desirable for school
or play; kncikerbocker
style; full cut; An
usually 89c; sizes HUG
6 to 16; VOO
special ........
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

ot-ppENE COURT-NEW YORK COUNTY.
'oI issbeie Roger Plaintiff. against
1obn Louis: Madeline Ross Louis, ms "lIe,
Viiiiarn Louis. II he be living. or, II he ne
dead. all persons VINO haVc or e.aI.or C,a.la ~
interest through. under or as successor 70
nr representative in title Of him. or any
or either OF them. II being intended tneIt-
bv TO designate and descrlne a'i 'hv .ii't. tiN,s
renresentatives In title or SAID NhIah
Inuta except as specifically named hereih'
whether as wife, widow. helr-at-Ia". ue
,is4e executor. administrator, truS'e,,;
erantee assignee. lienOr or othtfNhe. H'
20 euch persOns hereby named and deslg
mated and their respective names ah'
niaces Of residence being unknown 10 pam
Ia. MARY" Louis. the name Mary belhs
fictitious. the true FIRST name OF SAID de-
fcndant being unknown 10 plaintln. u belhg
intended to designate the WIe' u "Is, -.
said defendant william LOUIS Jonn l'our, s,'i
ss administrator Of the goods. chattels ana
. credits Of John Louis. deceased; Josephine
Scherer. John Kenney: Louis and kenney
Contracting po1ar C0mpabny abnysiendsHts@summon, Tt mn
To .rHE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS
AND EACH or THEN .,.,.r.,,
yOIr ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to
answer the complaint IN ms sc',Jn ~ I,a
,ir.s Attorney within twenty days atteI me
service OK This summons. exclusive ol w
DAY of service, and III Gaze uI y."' III T..
49, rsgsinst YOU by default for the relief
demanded in the complaint ,o,-
Dated. New YORK, AdF ioNHs i'i'-
CHARLES l.. LOESER. Attorney Tor
plaintiff Office and p. .. Address.
ia broadway. Borough OF Man
haitian New York city.
To the defendants william Louis u ne
y. living or II he be dead. all persons VINO
bayc or claim any interest through under
or a. successor TO or representative IN ulle
~ him or any or either of them. u being
fn,ended thereby to designate ana descrine
Iii the living representatives In tue OF ssld
William Louis except as specihcsIly nance
herein whether as wife, WIDOW. heIr Al
isy deyisCe. executor. adminittrstor. irus-
tcc rrsnfee assignee. lienor or otherwise.
iii - such persons hereby named ana
/ de.icnated and their respective names ana
placSs II residence being unknown 10 pam
In. MARY" Louis. the name MARY helne
nctitious. the true first name OF sald df-
fendanf being unknown 70 plaintiff. II b'lhs
Intended 10 designate the wife. ll any OF
SAID defendant William Louis Tho lore-
going summons is served upon yo4 hy pun
Ication pursuant TO an order ~ Hon John
Ford a Justice Of the Supretn" court OF
the state Of New York. dated the l'th Gay
Of Iune 1917. and nled with the complain, , ,,
IN the oflce Of the clerk OF the county oi
Sew York at the County Court House. IN
The Borough Of Manhattan. CITY county
and state Of New YORK - -
CHARLES l.. LOESER. Attorney Tor
Plaintiff once and =. o Address
i7s Broadway. Borough OF Man
haitian, New York city.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
New York Will Not
Dispute Federal
Figures On Draft
fRy Telegraph 10 The rribunel


Albany. July lit was declared 20
night at the office of Adjutant Genera!
Stotesbury that the state military au-
thorities will accept without question
The Federal estimate of the states pop
ulation and its quota of men 70 be
conscripted. Denial was made Of the
report that there was any discrimlna-
tion against New York City IN the
number Of men called for.
Adjutant General Stotesbury is now
perfecting the plan for the organiza-
tion OF depot units 10 take the place
of the National Guard called away to
mobilization camps. Under the con-
stitution. whenever the National Guard
is called out of the state there must be
10000 men organized for home dc
fence Already about 1000 men have
been mustered into the state service as
depot units. lr addition about 200
men OF home defence corps o. various
cities have been mustered and $500
others are ready to be.
The plans being carried out by the
adjutant general call for the organlza.
tion Of the whole 10000 men required
through depot units and home defence
corps By August /.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
City's 189 Exemption Boards
Report Ready for the Draft
Conkng Telegraphs Washington That Cards Are Made
Up-Many Boards Worked Day and Night
Assisted by Volunteers

meant for somebody else, whom Mr.
Conkling did not designate.
There really was no call for issuing
such a warning here" said Mr. Conk-
ling. THE New York boards have
shown splendid spirit OF loyalty and
patriotism As there is az least one
physician on every board. the doctors
deserve the greatest credit. But we
have had al least two dozen attorneys,
VINO left their Offices and volunteered,
helping us out Yesterday and to-day.
Most of the volunteers were stenoe-
raphers. school teachers and school
girls. Some teachers led whole classes
of girls down 20 the Office of the May
or's Committee. $50 Broadway. whence
they were sent in automobiles 70 the
exemption headquarters, where they
were mostly needed.
The Black and White Taxi Company
furnished ten machines free OF charge
70 transport the clerks. Mr.. MeCooA
said he had asked for only ive taxi
cabs. but had received ten. all of which
were kept busy yesterday. On the
homestretch last night Mr. Couklrg
and Mr.. McCook visited the boards re
ported 10 be further behind in their
work and spurred up the process OF get
ting the cards and registration lists
ready.
Police Get Instructions
At the request Of Nr. McCooke Acting
Police Commissioner Cooley yesterday
directed the police OF every precinct
in the city 70 be prepared 10 direct all
registrants 10 the headquarters OF thelr
exemption district. All precinct cap
tains are to be furnished with the list
ed boundaries of the district covered
by each exemption board, so that when
any citizen inquiries at police sta
ton for the location of the headquar-
ters OF his district the information
can be furnished at once.
The following exemption boards. with
their headquarters, complete the list
of ls9 boards, which has appeared IN
The Tribune from day to day as the
boards reported:
Manhattan
Board Headquarters.
iSS....P. S. 1873, Sixty-eighth St, east Of
ias....P. S. 81, Seventh ay. and 10th st.
Brooklyn
7e.P.S. 1os. Linwood ST. ard Arlington
sv. East New York.
Richmond
ias Borough Hail. st. George.
Queens
l77...l49 Grand St. Newtown.
17s. .sl6 Onderdonk sv., Ridgewood.
Captain S. F. Hutchinson, Of the Fed
eral Bureau in the adjutant generals
office, Albany, said yesterday that the
returns from upstate boards were COM
ing along satisfactorily. with the ex-
ception of those in Buffalo, which
seemed to be falling behind.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

service have registered in numbers. in
certain communities equal TO 81 per
cent of the whole number registered
in such communities. Such percent
ages distribute selections heavily on
remaining citizens, requiring in many
instances more than double the num-
Der Of selections 10 be made than from
identical populations without aliens.
The communities so affected are ming
protests"
In a letter 10 the provost general
Adjutant General Barber to-day
pointed out that the population figures
furnished by the draft census for
Northern New Jersey communities
were highly inflated. Most OF the IN
crease. be said. was due TO the settle
ment of>a large number OF alien muni-
tion workers, who will not De includ-
ed in the draft. so that those eligible
will be forced TO shoulder greater
burden than would otherwise De the