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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-02
RUSSIANS GIVE UP RED
FLAG; ALTER OLD ONE

NEW YORK, July 2.--Mcmbcrs of
the Russian comittoc in this city,
formed TO welcome the Russian com
mission. say the red flag of the SO
ciaiists first used as the flag of free
Russia has been replaced again by the
white, blue and rcd flag of the old re.
gIbo. The imperial emblem, black
eagle on yellow field, has been re.
moved, however.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-02
WARNS DOCTORS WAR
DRAFT Is COMING

UNIONTOWN, Pa, July 2.--All ply.
siclans between the ages of thirty.onc
and forty years will be drafted into
the United States fighting forces
within n short time. Major Charles
II. Goldman. of the United States OF.
flccrs Medical Reserve Corps of Phila,
dclphia, made this statement here at
n meeting of the Fayctte County Med.
ical association.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-02
FIND HUNGRY GERMANS
TALKING OF REVOLUTION
CONTINUED from page %

(Contlnued from page ID
The bread was terrible, hard and
black and filled with gritty sub
stance that broke the teeth and
caused violent nausea
"This allowance was so meager that
the day after our arrival we had al
ready eaten as much as our food
cards gave us the right to for one
week. During the rest of the week
we could obtain nothing except the
acorn coffee. for which we were
forced to pay twelve cents a cup. A
were so i'll and pale we looked as if
we had been through 4 serious at
| tack OF sickness and we were more
worn out than continuous labor for a
month had ever made us.
I'VE were not the only ones who
consumed weeks rations in two
days. The other workmen were in
the same fix. Among the families in
the workmen's quarter one saw the
most narrowing sights. At the house
where l aad my brother roomed, at
Lichtenburg, by May the family had
already eaten it's food allowance for
the entire month.
Famished Children Beg Food
From that moment on nothing re-
manned for them except starvation or
begging. Whenever we went to get
our bread allowances we were contin-
uously assailed by swarms of young
children, their faces of the most dead
ly pallor, many in the first stages of
consumption, who chung TO our cloth
ing and begged for a crumb of the
unappetizing bread.
Instead of being able TO live on sc
n week, as the German agent had
assured us, we found we were forced
to spend our entire wage of SIS n
nourishmcnt. Not once during my
month in Germany did | know what
1t was TO satisfy the cravings of
hunger.
) Without one eNctptIon and regard
less OF class, the ~ kmen and 'ha
" cen Of Berlin !y,c but one ! nre
J "!irh they continually mention. hat
= ia"I tl,': harvest :"r 1917 will b. so
D."r Tie army will D.. forced o 2n-
} dure the same privations rs the peo-
! pie at home. The approaching winter
will be especially critical at Berlin,
as we'll as throughout the entire en-.
pirc.
Workme5 Talk Revolt
Despite the police guard, talk of
revolution is becoming more and more
open in the factories. Every evening
impromptu orators harangue the
crowd in the public squares, drawing
"a parallel between conditions la Ger
many and Russia before the revolu
ton and how change would benefit
the fathcrland.
Several days before | left solid
. body of wOrkmen who had just left
. the factory discussed openly on the
sidewalk Of the Alexanderplatz the
; possible outcome of a popular revo
. luton. Suddenly one of the group
cried. The kaiser well knows what's
; going on. That's why he's afraid TO
; return 10 his palace The whole
group nodded its approval.
ANY workman or woman who is
! absent more than two days from the
factory is not only deprived OF all
food cards. but is punished by a pri
son sentence.
only by direct appeal TO our
consul and then by personally calling
at the war Office were We enabled
to take the necessary steps to get out
of the country. Questioned as to why
We wanted to leave. we one and all
declared that there was not enough I,
eat.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-02
THANKS TO WOMEN
CONTRIBUTING COMFORT

WASHINGTON, July 2, -. The
United states Marines who are go.
ing TO France will think many times
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12

brought into Sinemuende on the Var
rowdale and where they, as Ameri-
cans, they said, were apparently sim
gled out from all others. During their
stay in Germany they reported, they
had subsisted on an allowance Of soup
daily and had made their long jour-
ney to the border on one such
meal" There was hardly one OF
them who at one time or another.
they declared, had not felt the fist
OF a German camp guard, and the
squad Of five soldiers which b1 ought
them to the border had exercised the
privilege Of abusing them and curb
ing them up to the lost possible mo-
ment.
The men tell Of the terrible suffer-
ings they underwent during a period
OF sever cold weather, due partly to
lack of fuel but more to the absence
of the shoes and clothing which they
had lost.
The party includes all the Ameri-
cans detained except one seaman nam
ed Bulleat Of French-Canadian fam
lily, claiming to have been born in Mas
sachusetts, who at the last moment
was held in Brandenburg. They were
accompanied by one Brazilian and one
Spaniard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12
]. POLPS

Doree's "Beaux and Bellies" corn
pany OF 10 artists presenting a
lightful fantasy Of vocal, instrumental
and terpsichorean numbers, are fea-
tured In the program at Polls. the
first half Sof the week. The .Beaux
and Bellies are seen in a vaudeville
novelty entitled "In Days Of Old' and
everywhere this unusual offering has
met with pronounced acclaim.
An extra feature in the vaudeville
bill is christmas Eve q story In
song, introducing Fletcher. Driscoll
and Co. The. company includes
tom" Driscoll. Bridgeport boy.
well known here as singer Of talent.
The photoplay headliner is five
part perturbation OF the absorbing
detective story 'sThe Argyle Case, -
Starred In this thrilling drama Is
Robert Warwick. who scored in "Alias
Jimmy. Valentine" The Hearst-P athe
News Is another interesting attraction
in the film program.
Val and Ernie Stanton, In a new
program Of songs and dances. viii be
welcomed back again, and Mac Mar
vim, charming little Coincidence,
will be heard in q repertoire Of song
hits y
Jack. LAWYER. the flying monologist.
viii round out the bill with a novelty
that causes laughter and thrills.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12
YARROWDALE
SAILORS IN
SWITZERLAND

Zurich. Switzerland, March II, via
Paris. March II, a. maiden with
cigars, cigarettes and food showereo
on them by the hospitalble Swiss, 80 OF
the now historic Yarrowdale prisoners
arrived in Zurich today. They had ar
rived at the German frontier at Linz
dau yesterday after a continuous trip
of 80 hours from the prison camp in
Brandenburg.
The sailors although emactated from
their Imprisonment and serious lack
OF food since their arrival in Germany
on Dec. 81, are in fair condition and
confident that with a normal amount
of food they will SION be themselves
again. The party was met here by
United States Consul General Keene.
who greeted them briefly and asked
them not to forget that they were
Americans and not to bring diScredit
on America by yielding to an under
standable temptation to kick over the
traces
The men were distributed among
several hotels until instructions shall
have arrived from Washington. Their
personal effects were lost when their
ships were sunk and their wardrobes
have been only partly renewed by
makeshifts which render them, Tor the
present, decidedly motley crew. New
ertheless their stories fere tohd not In
a tone of complaint but in a philo-
sophicl way.
The sailors said they were Convinced
that the raider which sank their YES
sci was the Ritz, of Bremen They
described her as a brand new vessel Of
about 5000 tons, capable of IL knots an
hour, equipped with one funnel, two
masts, one false funnel, four torpedo
tubes, seven rapid fire guns and a
wheelhouse which was hidden by the
sides Of the ship. The tunnels had a
device by which the stripes could be
changed at will, and the ships doors
were so constructed as to cut or all
light when they were open. The
ships hides also were so devised that
portions of them could be automat-
icaIly dropped and raised. The i'm.
preston that the boat was new and
built for raiding purposes was height
ened by the fact that she was equipped
with steel cells below and, although
looking like an old tramp, was really
an armored cruiser.
The sailors said that the Yarrow-
dale, although ordinarily capable OF
only 10 knots, had to make IA at times
to escape capture. She was carefully
niney so that she could be destroyed
at moments notice.
With their immediate needs pro.
vided for, the next attention to be
given the men will be to supply them
with clothing, Of which they are badly
in need.
The Yarrowdale men told ~ +ba CO.
we're treatment to which they had beer
subjected in the German prison camps
at Neustrelitz, Dulmen and Branden-
burg, where they had been success.
sively interHd after having been
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12

Anyway If the Germans could hear
some Of the motorcycles coming down
the road they would surely run.
"You have sworn to tell nothing but
the truth
Nothing but the truth, your hon
orr"
Precisely"
"Then. judge, with that limitation
upon me I might as well warn you
that I'm not going to have much to
say."-Detroit Free Press.
Anybody try to sell you gold bricks
while you was to town.
NO." replied Farmer CorntosseI.
"Got the city fellows tanned, we have.
They're so busy looking out fur cold
storage eggs and imitation butter they
amt got time to think up no more
tricks on US innocent, unsuspectin'
farmers. "-Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12
EMPIRE.

Kathlyn Williams, the brilliant
rosco-Paramount star, who recent
ly scored such a success In the Para
mount picture 'sRedeeming Love" will
be seen at the Empire today and to-
morrow In the Morosc>. production OF
Maud e. Corsan's gripping story "Out
Of the Wreck. !" Fla
Miss Williams is too well known TIC
photodramatic audiences to have her
successes enumerated In this brief
space It Is entirely by her ability
and conscientious effort that she has
made for herself the enviable niche In
the hall OF fame OF photodramatic
artists. As Agnes AIdrich in "Out OF
the Wreck" she is seen la one Of the
most unsual and Interesting screen
dramas ever presented to the public
AS the wife OF q. prominent politician
she is threatened by a rival news
paper with the exposure Of a former
crime from which she was finally vim
dicated. She tells her story in such q
simple and straightforward manner
that she returns to the waiting arms
of her husband and the story is re-
jected by the editor.
The story OF "Out. Of the Wreck
is based on a famous trial which was
told the autnOr Dy prominent attOr-
ney, and carries through it unconsci
ously a most vivid Indictment against
the liquor evil.
The story Of the wife unfolds and
tells Of how she loses her father and
mother and is forced to earn her own
living. and how she meets a young
man with whom she falls in love, is
led into a mock marriage, and how
the man gradually becomes victim
of drink until finally to save her owr
life, she shoots him. She is acQuit-
ted at the trial and begins new life
as a mission worker Shortly she
meets her present husband
Miss Williams is supported by ar
unusually excellent cast which in
cludes William Conklin, william
Clifford, Stella Razeto. William w
Jefferson and Don Bailey. The meth.
cd Of presenting this story is absolute.
ly unique. The photography is espe.
cially beautiful, and combined with
the beauty of the prodnction goes tc
make q photodrama Of real excellence
Numerous other pf1oto-comedy an6
dramatic screen plays will be shown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12

William 8. Hart is at the Plaza to-
day in his new release for Triangle,
The Gun Fighter" and there is no
gainsaying the fact that 1t is his best
accomplishment for the screen as far
as thrills are concerned. The story
is rather unsual although following
to some extent the type Of theme with
which Hart is most familiar
The Joy Riders merry whirl of
Me1ody and mirth with Billy Newell,
Elsa MostNand a bevy OF pretty
young women headlines the vaudeville
program while in support are Muller
and Meyers in their delightful con-
coction of song and nonsense; the
Land Sisters. a pair Of dainty young
maids in a cleverly staged skit and
Charles Diamond and company who
will strive for honors in an instru-
mental offering that is rated as one
of vaudeville's most Hkeable novelties.
A brand new Keystone comedy will
be appreciated by all laugh lovers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12
LOSS OF APPETITE.
LOSS OF WEIGHT,
SIEEPLESSNES. ETC.

are all overcome by Rocupertabs. they
arc made after the formula OF DR.. AL
bert Robin, the famous French physi-
clan, and are being used very largely
In Paris and other European capitalA
When taken for . short while they
will give positive relief in all cases OF
nervous exhaustion. mental depression.
lack Of vitality. general debility. ans.
mia, etc.
The Glycerophosphates OF which
Recupertabs are composed. contain
tho element necessary to overcome
these conditions. They are now being
prescribed and recommended by many
physicians In this and foreign coun-
tries az the best. quickest and surest
nerve and blood tonic that they know
OF.
Recupertaba are for sale at all drug
stores at SOC and $1.00 per package
or will be sent direct upon receipt Of
price.
Curtis Chemical Co., No. Ala West
1Srd St., New York. Distributed In
Bridgeport and vicinity by J. D. HART
gan. No. 81 Fairfield Avenue.-Aav.
RI ~1
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12
LITTLE |NTOXICATI0N FOUND
AMONG TROOPS ON THE BORDER
Percentage of immortality Too Slight in New York Reg
ments, Says Surgeons Report
Illness Kept Down

The remarkably low amount Of in
toxicauen and immortality among Ma
tional Guard troops on the Mexican
border service last summer Is dis
closed in an article by Major William
H. Steers Of the division medical staff
In the current New York Medical
Journal.
The absence Of typhoid fever, ex-
cept in cases where men had not been
vaccinated. and the more unusual cpl
cussed by Major Steers.
cit is a common error to suppose
that soldiers are heavy drinkers he
writes. Possibly they may have
been in the past. I am not old
enough to say. However, in our
army alcoholism has been diminish
ing for the last ten years. There are
some peculiar people who will not ad-
nit this to be fact, although the
figures Of the Surgeon-Generars an
nual reports show Il. These people
always add that the selling OF alco-
holic drinks at army posts should
again be permitted. 1t having been
abolished in 1901.
''They evidently believe that the de-
crease In the number Of cases Of al
coholism In army Is due, not to the
smaller consumption Of alcohol, but
rather to an increase in the soldiers
capacity. For myself T say nothing.
but I enumerate the following facts,
at the same time calling to your at
tentfon that In time they are not
Identical:
81. The reported admission rate
for alcoholism has been diminishing
during the last ten years.
''2. The sale Of alcoholic drinks at
army posts has been prohibited for
the last 1e years. y s
''s. The pay Of q soldier is stopped
when he is incapacitated because Of
sickness due to drug addition. alco-
holism or misconduct: this tor the, last
five years.
Prohibited Outright.
,.'In the Mexican border service of
the sixth division. which was COM
posed OF the New York National
Guard and included for part Of the
time the Sd Tennessee Infantry. the
use OF alcoholic, drinks was prohibited
by the commanding general.
IT do not pretend that there was
no drinking. It was not war time,
so that the selling Of liquor In adjoin--
Ing towns could not be stopped.
Therefore, some men did obtain and
drink It. However, the great ma
jority Of the troops lived up to the
order. They played the game hon
estly and were the better Tor 1t. moral
ly and physically.
with over 1880 men of all clas-
ses In camp. one would naturally ex-
pect considerable rowdyism, fighting
and drunkenness. This, however,
was not the case; a drunken soldier
was infrequent. Also the number Of
offenders against order, brought to
trial, were few"
Little immortality.
It Is another error, the writer as
serts, that soldiers when not fight
ing are given to immortality. This"
he says, 1T do not believe to be so.
It was not SO with the New York
The monthly sick rate from
diseases due to immortality, varied
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12

Bear. ann able to do my Ma work sG dur during 70
such times and am recommending Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
my friends who suffer as / did."-Miss
META TIEDEMANN, 1922 Jefferson Ave-,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
To know whether Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
will help you, just try it. For
advice'write to Lydia e. Pinkham
Medicine Co. (cOnfidentfaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
BOUQUETS
JOHN RECK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12

from less than one-half to one and
one-half a thousand. The total num-
Der of treatments administered during
the months Of August. September,
October and November 1915, was on
ly 912. This was an average or 203
per month, or eleven a. month for l.
900 men.
ST am well aware he admits, that
statistics Of diseases are never ex-
act, and I do not believe that all Of
the cases appeared on the record, nor
that all Of the men reported for treat
ment Gas directed) ;. However,
this is the only way that I know of
estimating the amount. Certain
ly the figures are very small.
There were very few cases of ty-
phoid fever. These occurrd In men
who had not received the typhoid vac
cine. Some men did Intentionally
dodge and escape the administration
Of this treatment. Theoretically 1t
should be possible to prevent typhoid
fever without vaccination. The diff
f1culties Of putting such theory into
effect make this impossible. 1t Is not
too much to say that ant1-typhoid
vaccination, which it has been shown
can be absolutely relied on to prevent
typhoid fever, is a prerequisite to
military success.
Possibly the occurrence most In
Testing Z In a medical way was the
epidemic of paratyphoid fever. Dur
Ing the month of August there were
recognized nineteen cases Of paraty
phofd in the division. It was first
recognized in the 14th Infantry in
camp at the town of Mission, Tex. In
September there were 104 cases, In
October thirty-two and In November
four. It was found that a few cases
Of this disease had existed in the town
Of Mission before the advent Of the
troops
Resemblance to Typhoid.
Clinically the disease in individual
cases cannot be distinguished from
typhoid fever, although during an
epidemic a man can guess that all fe-
vers are paratyphoid and generally be
right. The pathology is the same as
that Of typhoid. After death ulcer
atoms and peforations Of the intes-
tines are found which to the eye are
not different from those in typhoid
lures from the blood or feces, prefer
ably from the blood. Two forms Of
the paratyphoid bacillus have been
found Bacillus paratyphosus A.
which Is acidumfaciens, and Bacillus
paratyphosus B. which Is alkalifaciens.
Preventive measures consisted % in
removing all cases and carriers to the
hospital, 90 in isolating all cases of
rises OF temperature, (3) disinfection
of clothing, tentage and equipment,
a. removal Of all troops from the
town OF Mission, CD anti-paratyphoid
vaccination.
The exact mode Of the transmission
OF the disease has not, SO far as the
writer knows, been definitely ascer-
tanned. It seems reasonable to be-
Iieve that 1t is transmitted In the same
manner as is typhoid fever; and that
therefore transmission by contact is
the most common method. It is to
be noted that this epidemic was
quickly checked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12
AmuScments
THOMAS DRISCOLL,
BRIDGEPORT SINGER,
ON BILL AT POLrS

Thomas F. Driscell, well known here
as singer, will make his professional
debut in a new vaudeville skit,
Christmas Eve at Polls to-day. Mr..
Driscoll appears as member of the
Fletcher, Driscoll company, present
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12

Miss E1der-I'n bet you hundred
that I'll never marry
Mr. Easey-I'll take you.
Miss Elder (raptuously)-Wil you,
really? Then won't bet after ALL
Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12

very weak and mis-
cradle. / remem-
bered how my moth
er had found relief
from pain by using
Lydia E. Pinkham'a
v eg e table Com
pound and I decided
to try it, and thanks
to the Compound It
helped me just as it
did my mother, and
/ am free from pain,
backache and that
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-12
BOTH MOTHER
and DAUGHTER
Relieved From Pain and
Suffering by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Brooklyn, N.Y.-"For three or four
years suffered a great deal of pain
periodically, so would have to lie down.
My back would ache and would feel
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-25
BOY SCOUT NOTES

The Boy Scout Movement has piv-
en- such a good account of itself All
over the country that it is becoming
nablt with busy men to give the
preference to scouts when looking for
BOY who can be depended upon. OF
curse there is reason for this
, business man cannot always take
ne time or trouble to look up a
,oys past reputation or present
AMONG when he wants help. But he
SHOWS what the Scout Movement
stands for and acts accordingly
mere are undoubtedly few ;.o-
iateo cases where a bow has Continues
20 identify himself with the Po1,
SCOUTS even when he has failed ~
Icy TO live up to the reauirene nts
put sucn cases are exceedingly rare
AS q rule when boy fails To- maEs
sooo after reasonable time o,,t h.
goes; Those boys who are rak;no
goou 90 not enjoy being hampered he
rank failure. In this re.nect ho,:.
are Tar more careful and exact;no
It is interesting to note that tht
older boys are becoming more ana
more aware of the advantages OF
scouting. The registration for one
A1oHtn IA New York State showed "a
per cent. of sixteen years or over.
Inc strongest appeal in the whole
movement is the fact that it is en-
tlreiy Tor boys; for real boys. Sissies
ana candles do not last long in the
wholesome atmosphere Of Scoutcraft
II they have good qualities that are
only dormant scouting win develop
them. IF not, they simply drop out
The local troop Of Scouts is lust
beginning to find its bearings. Each
meeting is more interesting than
the one before.
A campaign for new members il
the next important thing on the pro-
gram.
The committee on the Constitution
IS about ready to submit its report.
In the next set of notes the per-
sonnet of the troop viii be given.