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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
Flotilla Flags Many And Made
 On Board Ships

Base American Fyoti1las in British Waters, Aug, 14.-Keeping several thousand flags in repair is one of the most interesting >of the numerous du- ties of the tender or mother ship to the flotillas here. The, work is in charge of the chief quartermaster who corresponds to master flag maker in one of the American navy yards where flags of all kinds are made. He has a staff of assistants and large supply of bunting of all brought along from the New York navy yards flag factory. The work room is the charthouse under the bridge. -str fslfs9 r
 Some flags are made here. Three were turned out for vice-Admiral Sims recently when he took>over com- mand of the station for a brief period during the absence of the British Ad- nnirad. These were the regulation vice admiraps flag consistingrE of three white stars on a field of blue. One was unfurled from the staff over the admiraPs house and another flew from the dockyard. The third was kept in reserve The three were made in as many hours in the ten- der's flagshop. Several Union Jacks have also been made. AS the aver &Gc AfuSEACdH Ou6Ht LO huOW DuL pos sibly does not, the American Union Jack is 48 white stars placed close together -of1 a field of blue.
 The nfa5or pa gi zaee4as fla gmakers' work here is devoted to repairing flags made either in the United States government plants or bought from the British flag factory on shore here. The work of keeping in repair the thousands of signal and other flags used by the American destroyers keeps several men busy nearly all their duty hours. There are no faci1i- ties on the destroyers for, this work
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
BRIDGEPORT TEACHER
 WINS COVETED HONOR

Miss Jane A. Gi1hu1ey, teacher at Washington school, has just graduated from the Palmer Method Summer school at Irving Place. N. Y. Besides getting her diploma, she won the GOV eted teachers certificate.
 Under the personal direction of A. N Palmer, Miss Gilhuley also obtain ed a diploma for excellence in bus1- ness writing. Fourteen states were represented in the class, and there were four present from Connecticut. Miss Gilhuley now has the honor of being the only Bridgeport teacher who has graduated from this course.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
ALI NIGHT ADRIFT
 GIRLS ARE RESCUED

Suffering intensely from thirst and hunger, the five missing girls, en- ployes of the H. O. Garfield Rubber Co.,, who occupied one of a dozen excursion motorboats, and who were reported missing yesterday afternoon by relatives. were picked up yesterday afternoon by searching party in the Sound.
 young men who operated the craft had 'drifted aimlessly about the Sound for more than "A hours before being rescued Their gasoline supply had become exhausted after they had been
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
LETTERS TO NAVY
 MEN MUST HAVE cLEARADDRESSES
Sailors Should Carefully In-
 Struct Friends of Di- vision.

Washington, August, 14.-Hun- dreds of letters addressed to men on board ships of the United States Navy go astray for lack of proper. informa- ton on the part of senders on the right way to address them.
 All mail to- bluejackets at sea should be addressed, first of all in legtble hand writing; next of import ance is to know positively on which ship the man is or was stationed, says an official announcement. A letter U. S. s. South Carolina. should be addressed as follows:
 John Avery Smith,
 : U. s. S., South Carolina,
 cIo Postmaster,
 New York City, N. Y.,
 If a correspondent does not know to which ship a man has been assign ed, write to the Burea of Navigation Navy Department, Washington, giv- ing his name in full, home address place of enlistment and the branch of service in which he enlisted. There are five separate branches in the Navy, first, the Regular Navy; sec ond, the Marine Corps, third, the Ma tional Naval Volunteers; fourth, the National Naval Reserve Force, and fifth, the Naval Reserve Flying Corps
 When one is not certain that the man sought has enlisted in the Navy, but would like to trace him, the fol lowing letter addressed to the Bureau of Navigation would srve as a guide:
 Bureau of Navigation,
 Navy Department,
 Washington, D. c.
 'Is there a man in the Navy by the name of John Avery Smith, age about thirty-one years; height five feet eight inches; weight. about one hum dred and sevnty pounds; brown hair, and blue eyes; home address is Cum berland, Maryland? If so please no- tify
 Yours very truly,
 Mrs. John Avery Smith, "152 Franklin St.,
 Boston, Mass"
 If enlisting men in the Navy. will furnish relatives and friends with the following information, much time worry and patience will be saved They should give their name in full rating. in which branch of service they have enlisted, place of enlist ment and if possible, to which shir ! they are assigned. If these sugges- tions are followed, mail will reach its destination with little loss of time. The address to all men on board ships is- ci Postmaster, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14

Ex-Governor Simeon E. Baldwin has been interviewed by a representa- tive of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, and from him has been secured one of the series of Made in Connecticut War Interviews which the council is making public through the newspapers. Ex-Governor Bald win was asked for a statement that would answer the question Why Are We Fighting?
 That is easily answered." said the former governor, Congress has de- clared in plain terms why we are fighting To Congress the people of Connecticut and of every other state have committed. by the terms of the Constitution of the United States. the sole right of declaring war. It is made a legislative act. to be done only with the consent of both Houses and the approval of the President,
 S''It is customary for nations, in declaring war, to state the reasons. We stated the reasons for the Revolu- tionary War in the Declaration of In- dependence.
 "At the World Peace Congress of substantially all civilized nations, held at The Hague in 1907. a treaty was signed on this subject. Later, in 1909. the United States and the Ger man Empire each ratified it, and it became the supreme law of this land, Article reads thus.
 I "" The contracting powers recog- nize that hostilities between them selves must not commence without previous and explicit warning, in the form either of a reasoned declaration of, war or of an ultimatum with con- ditional@ declaration of war;
 Germany has made no declaration of war against the United States. The United States has made a declara- ration of war against Germany, and it is worded thus:
 "tJoint Resolution Declaring that a state ofw ar exists between~the Im- pefial German Government and the Government and people of the United States and making provision to prose- cute the same.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14

Whereas the Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of against the Government and the people of the United States of America: therefore, be 1t
 Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. that the state of war be- tween the United States and the Im- perial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is thereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termina- ton all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.
 "'CHAMP CLARK, "'Speaker of the House of Repre-
 sentatives.
 "'THOS! R. MARSHALL, l" Vice President of the United States
 and President of the Senate.
 "'Approved, April 6, 1917,
 WOODROW WILSON,
 Here is our sailing chart. It is official It is clear. The United States is waging no war of aggression. Ger many has committed repeated acts ot war against us. She has thus thrust war upon us. Therefore we declare that a state of war exists between her and us.
 .'This is the declaration of the whole people of the United States through their lawful representatives This is why we are fighting. Con- gress had the right to speak and ii has spoken. Congress had the right to define our position, and it has de- fined it.
 "It is not our business to look any farther into the causes of the war Congress has done that for us. Ou1 one duty now is to turn to and do all we can to win thes war"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
LIFE SAVERS WERE
 BUSY IN HOT SPELL

Seaside park life savers had much work during the three recent hot days according to records of the Volunteer Life Savers association located at that park made public today. In the three days there were S2 first aid cases, and 10 rescues from actual drowning. Six persons to hospital.
 It is estimated that between 500 and 100 persons stayed in the water an entire night.
 Announcement is made that the association will hold it's annual water
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
put Sunday afternoon about thre

out Sunday afternoon about three hours.
 The girls greatly feared collision in the darkness with Sound steamers and other craft and one of the girls faint ed several times in the night. Miss Alice Doolan, 135 Taft avenue, and Miss Annie Sharon, 1919 State street, two of the missing girls, stated today none of the party was any the worse for their experience and all returned to work this morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
STAMFORD CAFEKEEPER
 FINED FOR SELLING FROM AN AUTOMOBILE
Special to The Farmer.)

Stratford, Aug. 14-Angelo Stavola, proprietor of a saloon at Avon park, charged with selling bottled beer from an automobile at Lordship park, Fri day, Aug. 3, was arraigned before Deputy Judge Frank B. Blakeman in the Stratford town court last evening and fined $25. Chief William B. Nichols of the Stratford police depart ment, made the arrest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
,Madero- Properties Restored

Mexico City, August 1.-The pro- perties Belonging to the Madero fam fly many of which had been taken over by the government have been ordered returnd to that family The Jalisco properties of the estate of General Ahmuada, former governor of CoahuiIa under the late President Dfa, also Have been restored.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
NEW CORPORATIONS

A certificate of incorporation of the National Market Go. of Bridgeport was recorded. The business is to be that of a general grocery, meat and fruit store. The incorporators are Sollie Kohn, B. Mahl, Jacob Gold berg, and Louis M. schatz, of Hart ford, and Joseph Lavit and Samuel Lavit of Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14

Secretary Lansing announced de- finitely that the government would rot give passports to Americans to at- tend the peace conference at Stock holm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14
BIG CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES

London, August 14.-The Civil Ser vice supplementary estimates total f1,339,s97 and include /fs00.Uo0 TOT secret service, f529,S56 for public education in Ireland
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14

sport meeting on Sunday, Aug. 26, at Seaside park when prizes will be of- fered for swimming and rescue races Volunteer life savers and swimne CTS from all sections of the Fairfield county shore line will be present.
 The event will be followed by an annual dance to be held at Seaside Institute the second week in Septem- Der when prizes for the events will be formally distributed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14

\ lArgentina's Minister of Finance will ask Congress to authorize an in- terest loan for 150,000,0O0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14

The Supreme Court of Saxony has rejected the appeal of Resa LuXem- burg, an anarchist woman leader. She was recently sentenced to six weeks in prison.
 Lady Clarke is dead at her home in London. She was the widow of Sir Casper Purdon Clarke, the art expert who was director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1905 to 1910.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-14

Theodore B. Ferris, chief naval architect and consulting engineer fora the Emergency Fleet Corporation,s said he was not opposed to the DieseE engine for big ships
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-27

Washington birthday was coming,
and concluded TO do some reading Of
the historical events with which he
was identified in the flesh. There were
several events in which J took greater
interest than others. That which es-
pecialiy arrested my attention was the
treason Of Benedict Arnold When the
Revolutionary war opened Arnold was
an apothecary in New Haven.
on the night before the 22nd of Feb
ruary I read about Washington AR
mold, Andre and others till late It
was nearly midnight when 7 laid nay
book on q table beside me and lean
ing back IN my chair, fell to musins
about the events in which these three
we're concerned
Whether I fell asleep. whether
had q sort OF nightmare or whether I
dreamed / cannot say At any rate
I had a singular experience. The door
opened, and ] looked into what seemed
TO me small Office at a desk sat a
man i'm Continental uniform. lie was
an elderly man and of large frame.
Then 1 saw a young man iu uniform
he wore q red coat-enter his Office
and approach the man at the desk.
The latter turned his face. and 7 rec
oguized General Washington Tho 9TH
er was very pale
Your excellency said the latter.
IT come 10 make an appeal for my
life. You have approved the sentence
Of the court martial and ] ana TO be
hanged tomorrow J ask that YOU VIII
hear The reasons why I should not be
executed"
Proceed with them
The principal ia lhe matter for
which I ann To suffer has escaped You
cannot punish him. Z did not agree
To surrender West Point did not
possess West Points therefore I could
not surrender it. 7 merely tran nit
fed his agreement. Would YOU hang
G. post official who carried 4 letter
bearing reasonable agreement and
let the traitor go free True Won have
not permitted the traitor to 60 free.
but he. having escaped vou"-
AT this juucture q man whom T had
not seen before -he had been hidden
i'm dark corHer-stepped forward
and said TO the general.
Major Andre is right general
ann alone responsible for This deed
that has been called treaeherv ii was
my privilege at the beginning Of This
struggle 70 choose the side I would
take T uuwiseiv chose tile rebel
cause. Later saw mg error and
tried 10 do something 10 atone for IT,.
lily loyalty TO the King came iate but
II came lu time 10 save me from the
faint of treason 70 uy lawful agv-
erelEn I TRUST that since you caufgt
punish me for what SOU esteem INV
treason you VIII not vent YOUR ire on
this young man. who was merely a
messenger.
Then Washington spoke deliberate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-27
Selected by Tavenner

allied feet on the surface of the sea,
st0ps ali food. etc. for the central
powers che latter with submarines
under the sea, stops food going 20 inc
allies III the siege OF fortress al
who approach com blatant OF not are
shot. 1t is contended that the same
principle applies now. The truth IS
both these starvation blockaaes are
contrary I'd the laws Of war Il is not
easy To determine their relative cru
artv The immediate destruction OF
1EFe under the one IS SO much greater
than under the other that our iHd}gna-
tion 81 such ruthlessne has htel
aroused. Buth the other blockade la
open to protest also.
we say that the merchant ship may
be allowed 10 arm and it becomes a
question Of fact whether that aTma-
ment is offensive or defensive X . l5
offensive. the submarine may SIN *
without warning II ST. is deieAs }Fe'
then II the submarine sinks without
warning ard there IS an American on
board. f. SIS au covert art. ana means
war
Surely NE are spinning q pretty fine
thread iu this matter and IT IS alH4-
cult 70 keep it from tanEiug. othef
neutral nations have baked on the
nrrnosfffon. although we went out of
our wax to urge their cooperation.
Members oF the senate express doubts
though thew vote 10 sustain our course
Nav # not re wei to consider all
these matters carefully betore taxing
am frreeogabla step for one hundred
million peapIes
LET lis determine thar an overt act
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-27

approved Of ~ get rid Of dangerous
eampe 3Fs belonging 80 ueIEhhor.
FreerH HIN Stone IS r5de wEo was nrt
the ne5EhhoFhooa. Had neare uen
ueaE Ea wonder of tae E3.mEses fEe-
bad ragzH. ~ slid red stallion
standing perhaps GA soue crag over
-rla= aF =a-hlus across aratrla
sunset He knew fEel thaE taeE.
a quest Before u5Ta which could
search ser Hs Golden Fleece. j. s.
uu4eFEaI chase Nh5ea Hs follow
.Faasa.e= araGga several chapters
BOW VIA agr gaHh5z@ wtfa the horse ANA
aaw u8Fa faa man THE scenery
trough which tla pursuit takes place
worthy arena for such conquest
..EHrs IS caught 81 last nul naf con-
glera8 Ha ueariy causes the death Of
aapEor Fl Us LHa~ Bo.5l who conn
a.a-ea his training when She suddenly
comes into bis life and that % lin
Lare To HeE H5fa6re gives o0ad.-
sar- and devotion She rides Ean lu
E.a race and wins while her father
sorrow III sage Kings defeat is bal
araa @ pride r. her achievement
Tho rtz which have taken place
between Luer and taa rounded Stone
now al4 Stone comes down 70 che
community hHt meets with aau ~
FROM aa who cannot persuade him
IL part wsn Wlildre. which Ee coFets
w.ra every fibre NJ Hls being. and from
aIl the other iuuahtElts vino believe
F.aI lo asa not 8os6lI- IS responsible
a-r the death OF Eraaeh s. horses
Crrecn knows better. and "a pay
Hust4 back Ee carries uE EEeE fa
mountain fastDr5a and sends HoTl fr
her father that me can ransom her only
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-27
FRENCH LEGION OF
HONOR UNDER KNIFE

Paris-A revision of the statutes Of
the Order Of the Legion of Honor IS
t1e object Of @ bin just introduced i'm
tae chamber Of deputies The intention
SIS 10 make d distinction iu the PEN
sion allowances between members at
tbc legion who earned the red ribbon
under FIRE and those were decorated as
distinction for civilian services or
military services behind the front
The Legion of Honor now distributes
about ten million francs per wear fn
pensions On She following schedule es-
tabHsHed 81 1852.
Holders oz the grand cross. 5000
francs per year. commanders 1900
frames par year. officers 500 francs per
year. .Hsea Ears 900 frames per year
IHa authors ef this prUieg recall
taal the fundamental saea of the Leg
4su az fauar was Ebs osheial ccasecra-
taa oI bravery rheE propose pen
siaDs limited 90 -5a francs per year
f.r soldiers and officers of all grades
promoted during the var and exeIla
HE from their benefits an those p.ho
ere EgE decorated or promoted for
actual courage under the suemrts IRE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-27
The Daily Story
A Vision of the Great Commander-By F. A. Mitchell

word had the weight OF a mountain
"Beuedict Arnold. you are an illus
tratiou of the adage. Put beggar 1u
horseback and he viii ride 20 the devil.
When the colonies called her sons En-
arms you were mixing pills in a%ou-
ncliCut shop It was ambition rather
than patriotism that caused your fe-
spouse You wished 20 take adVan-
t8ge of war 70 carve ont career for
yourself You did this. Your remark
able march through the Maine wilder
ness upon Quebec showed that Hou
possess the energy essential t0 aa.-
cessful commander. III Is due 20 Fgu
chiefly that Burgoynes surrender was
achieved.
when you went 20 Philadelphia
with the reputation Of successful
general and married into one OF thr
principal Tory families there you uere
still the New Haven apothecary trans
formed. You were not satisfied with
your laurels You wished congress t0
give you the command % the Cont-
mental army Not obtaining it sou
asked for The command Of the main
military position between the north
and south colonies. with a view go
taking revenge upon your fellow coGH-
tfymen bv surrenderiug lt 20 Clinton.
Had you succeeded YOU would have
broken your country into two p8rls
with the enemy between them.
"rhis Young man viii die "a death
which you win only too often uiau
that YOU bad died He VIII have uaf1
the penalty Of having been allied with
traitor. and bits death will end bIa
connection with this lameHtable affair.
You viii live 20 be eXeeratel not only
hv your Couutrvmeu and by successive
generations OF Americans but bv tHa
world Punishment for your crime will.
be visited on the heads OF your chill
dreu and your chi.dreu's children Cor
centuries ~ come
The figures faded before me. but
was not returned TO possession of ms
faculties for some hours later. After
tHfs interval Of oblivion there was
sound as of something falling. ] open
ed my eyes and the day was ius-
breaking. II seemed 70 me that the
sound i had hear was the dropping 81
tine trap under one who was beiHE
hanged
During hat day ! took mp a news
paper and read q secret which had
been only recently divulged. Papers
~ General Charles Lee, whose inoom-
potency. q was supposed. cost Wash
iugt1n The battle OF Trenton. were
published showing him 10 have en-
tered the American army for the pun
pose Of performing some such act OF
treaeherv lie was a traitor from fHa
start Arnold became one during the
struggle
Had General Washington had proof
that Lee was Go the American army
for treacberE doubtless there would
have been another hanging much more
de erEed than that ot Andre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-27
BUILDING IN CHINA
GIVEN BY AMERICAN

&auklng Ranking University deaI.
Gated Its new Swascy science hail uu-
der very spicious circumstance
Ambrose Swasev of Cleveland. Ohio.
who gave more than $4,000 for tine
new BAN and iu whose honor III
named was present I'D tho celebration
and made ana address. Or. John s
BrasHear of PITTSBURGH. Pa. and John
r. Freeman ~ Providence. r.. d.. also
attended tile dedication. THE three
American scientists are making an eN-
tended tour Of China. Before Comina
Jo &anklng they visited Picking and
Haukow. and from here they went ~
Shanghai preparatory 10 visiting Can
ton and other points 10 South China
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-27

Saws Way Ont OF CeIl.-Mstthew q.
Burke. who escaped recently from The
Knoxville saHitarium for iuebr.ates D.
saving his way out of a cell. was aF-
rested fri Davenport bg officer BIga-
nan after stiH fist battle. Burke. ae-
.lr1iug to letter received by fHe DO.
lice a week ago. seems 90 hold
ETu1ea against his wife. who lives at
100 West Third street and authors.
lies at rle asylum feared lhat Die would
harm her. The police have been ON
the watch for Burke since tle receiHI
OF the letter lie VIII be returned d.
Knoxville.
Jailed for Interfering with Omcer.
When Officer kuehl started to arrest
Ban Mckregg. 70 drunk Louis and
VIII Wagner stepped up and demanded
to know what right he had 10 arrest
their friend AT least. that is what
Ofacer kuehi told Police Magistrate
Clausseu. .They were insulting and
plainly looking for a fight he said.
The two Wagners went 10 Jail for five
days for interfering with am officer.
ana Mohegg drew the same term far
druHkeuuess
Steal Cash Prom B0x.-Earl T.. FISH
or. proprietor OF the Blackhawk drug
store 202 East Third street LETT ta.
cash taken iu Sunday I'D a small lgE
under the show window I'm his esla6-
8shmcut. When he opened up yes
teFday the box was iu the middle al
the floor and &147 and a number 81
checks were missing The cheeE
were later found iu the store but tha
cash has disappeared The police