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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
WAR IS CAUSING
 SHORTAGE HERE
 OF JOINT W|PERS
Plumbers Union Reports Big Wages Are Being Paid
 on Government Jobs.

Union plumbers are leaving Bridge port in large numbers in answer to the call of the government to aid in the completion of the big concen- tration camps at Aver, Mass, and Yaphank,- N. Y. Tt is estimated that at least half hundred have departed during the last week leaving a short age of men to care for construction work in this city.
 Men who have reported to union headquarters since leaving this city declare that upon the union wage scale for regular overtime work the aver age money earned by individuals runs as high as -$85 per. week. Some men have reported earning $110.
 The camps are being constructed by union labor only under contrast super vision. With the rush for completion, work progress at night by the light of huge electric searchlights. which flood the gloom with their rays.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
FLEA-BEETLE NOW MENACES
 HORSE RADISH
Introduced From Europe It Threatens Several I'm
 portant U. $. Crops.

Washington, Sept. 11-An insect that now menaces the growing of horse radish, a $4o0,00O crop in the United States, is also threatening other more important members of the cabbage and mustard family. This been named the horse radish f1et. beetle by F. H. Chittenden, an ento. mologist in the U. s. Department of Agriculture, who, with Nea1SF. How ard, has described the pest and dis cussed it's habits and control in Bulle- tin 535 of the Department of Agri- culture. If efforts are made to supp press it now, say the specialists, fu- ture damage, should the insect adapt itself to other crops. may be prevent ed. The beetle does not yet occur generally but 1t has been found in parts of the country from New York and New Jersey to Quebec, Canada, and westward to Nebraska.
 The horse-radish feta7beetle is oval in outline, about one-eighth of an inch long. and has very light yellow or cream colored wing covers border ed with black. A black band running the length of the back of the adults also enables this beetle to be distin- guished from other species in this country. The larvae mine the petiolea or nirribs of leaves, while the adults. which hop, feed on the leaves causing characteristic fiea-beetle injury whitening and dying-or gouge deep pits in the midribs.
 No systematic control program has been adopted as yet Bordeaux mix ture, powerful repellant agains,
 1ea-beetles,. applied on the first ap- appearance fof the insect will proven, much injury. and if arsenate of lead is used later it. should hold the insect in check.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11

every soldier is willing to sacrifice himself. It is no wonder that the colOrs are prized and guarded with devoted care.
 Ordinarily the colors when not in use are kept in the office of the col onel or in front of his tent. iOuring the day when the weather permits they are displayed unfurled. At night and during rainy weather they are ceased" which means that they are furled and protected by an oilcioth covering.
 Officers and men passing an un- cased color always honor ii. by salat- ing. The manner of salute is the same as that previously described The same rules of respect are observ- ed by men not in formation when the uncased colors are carried by. The colors are escorted in parades or on the march in campaigns by a color guard. consisting of two ser geants who Are the coBor bearers and two experienced privats selected by the colonel The regfmental color is always on the left of the national cola or.
 The National Anthem ' Similar rules of respect apply whenever the Star-Spangled Banner ] is played. Officers and enlisted men not in formation stand at attention, facing toward the musie( except at retreat" when they face toward the flag). The salute at the first note of the anthem, retaining the position of
 salute until the last note. | Every citizen of the United States. whether a civilian or a, soldier, should give expression of his loyalty and de- vOtion to his country hv shamirer nroL per marks of respect for the coIors and for the national anthem. When in civilian clothes, wearing a hat or cap,' the correct thing to do is to re- move 1t and hold it in the right hand opposite the left shoulder while pass ing an uncased color or during the | playing of the national anthem. If uncovered, stand at attention. l The common habit of rising slowly. standing in a slouching attitude. and sometimes even carrying on converse
 ton, when the national anthem is | played. is an indication>of gross ignor-
 ance or i'll breeding. On the other
 hand, the man who stands silent and at attention is not only showing D. I per respect and setting an exam. :.
 which will have it's effect on others,
 but Is also cultivating in himself the
 1eenng Of pride and of patriotism
 which should be long to every citizen
 of the country.
 It goes without saying that dire spect to the American flag can not
 be tolerated. If any such instances
 come to your attention, you should re- | port them. at once to the proper au- thoritles in order that they may be
 dealt with in accordance with the
 law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
ADVICE

by cable from Europe prompts us to buy Diamonds now. Prices have al- ready been raised in London, insur- ance rates have increased and money exchange decreased. This means that
 ON
 our future purchases we will be com pel1ed to pay more. You will save money by reserving your Xmas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
HARDWARE
 STORES
(I1acorporated1 AVE. AND MIDDLE ST.
NO MORE SMOKING
 ON PREPAY CARS

Smoking which has during the sum- mer months been permitted on rear hide seats of the Connecticut Co., s cars in Bridgeport will be discoritin- Ned.
 With a necessity for the closing of windows and, the transformation of these big cars from the summer to winter type conductors yesterday were notifiead to turn up their signs permit ting the practice and patrons will now have to wait until next June before the privilege is again accorded them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
RED FLOODED
 PEOPLE LIVE :. THE LONGEST

/ Red blooded people retain their youth and vigor until late in life be- cause red blood ages slowly.
 A child with impure blood seems old, while an old man with pure red ironi.ed blood seems young.
 Impure blood clogs the system with waste matters, rapidly aging body, mind and spirit.
 Pure blood is red blood, rich in Iron and phosphatss with power to rid itself of waste matter and able to carry life giving oxygen to every cell and nerve. It makes both young and old, bright, happy. keen, and in- terested in life. This is the blood you need. every day of your life, the rich red blood made by pure food, fresh air, restful sleep and "Phos- phated Iron and red bleod and nerve builder 5--
 Phosphated Iron enric.hes your siood and nerves putting them in shape for work. Improves your color increases your appetite and gives you strength, vigor and power to enjoy both work and pleasure, makes you feel like doing things once more.
 Phosphate Iron is prescribed by leading doctors for all who are worn out, run down, nervous, weak and thin b1ooded, people in all walks of life, they have learned to depend on 1t for honest results.
 Special Notice-To insure physi- clans and their patients receiving the genuine Phosphated Iron, we have put in capsules only, so do not allow dealers to substitute pill or tablets, insist on the genuine, in capsules only. W. P. Hindle's Drug Stores, Bridge port, Conn.,, and other leading drug gists everywhere.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
DIR. LEVY WILL TAKE
 TEMPLE IN EASTON. PA.

Rev. Dr. David Levy, who recently resigned as rabbi of the Park avenue temple, has accepted an offer to be- come ratfbi of a temple in Easton, Pa No date has been selected as to when his duties. will terminate in this city, but it is believed that he will assume his new charge in a few weeks. No successor has been appointed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
THIRTEEN COMPENSATION
 CASES SETTLED IN DAY

The record of 13 cases heard in a compensation court and settled in one day is held by Commissioner Edward T. Buckingham. of Bridgeport. The remarkable feat was performed in New Haven yesterday where the local commissioner sat in place of Connois- s1oner George Beers The trials which commenced at 9:15 a. m. last ca until p. m. Commissioner Buck lngham will sit in Hartford on Thurs day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
THORNBERRY IN Y.>M. c. A.
 WORK AT ARMY CAMPS

Frank L. Thornberry, general sec retary of the Kingston, N. r., Y. M. o. A., and formerly of Bridgeport has been selected to care for the inter- est of soldiers in one of the big south ern mobilization camps. He is aI-. ready in New Orleans having left the care of his $125.000 Kingston .huild- ing to an assistant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
WELCOME A SON.

MT and Mrs. John Bowden of 222 Warren street, hae welcomed a baby boy. It weighs seven pounds and one-half. Mrs. Bowden before her marriage was Miss May Burke. Mir ,Bowden is a member of the. Clover Club. al .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
For the boys at Camp

V
 Devans- Tiff we bought all the adver- Using space in this news paper we couldn't cata- logue all the articles in our store.
 TSuffice it to say that we have the largest retail hardware store in Connec- ticut
 IA large part of it's stock is made up of things that are useful to men T. 1.-The Bridgeport men at Camp Devans will deeply appreciate gifts selected from A. H. s. stock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-11
HOLD PACKAGE DAY sss
 FOR SOLDIER BOYS.

Package Day is being observed af the Church of the Redeemer in E5ir- field avenue today, which will be e4en all the afternoon for the receptiou of packages to be sent to soldiers from Bridgeport. Persons may leave their donations at the church and a com mittee of workers will arrange its ads dress and distribution among xhess at. lthe.frunt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
GERMANYS ALLY :. .
D|STRUSTS 5. HER.
BULGARS ARE ANXIOUS TO
TALK OF PEACE.
Fear Germany and Austria
. Hungary May, Not Prove
> Any Too True.

Copenhagen, Oct. 19.-While En-
peror William and King ferdinand
of Bulgaria, have been exchanging
assurances at Sofia of the unshakable
loyalty of Bulgaria and Germany to
each other, Bulgarian agents abroad
have been endeavoring to get into
touch with the entente powers in the
subject of peace and subsequnt rela-
tions. Their efforts are declared to
be inspired by apprehension that
Germany and Austrian-Hungary may
not be ove-zecious in defending Bull
garia's part to escape from revolv-
ing in an exclusively German orbit
after the war. y.
The Associated Press correspon-
dent is able to report that Bulgar-
ian representative recently obtained
an opportunity in neutral Euro
pean capital to lay before the enten-
te governments the special desires
of his country with regard to
peace settlement and in one sided
conference explained Bulgaria's as
piration to regain an Independent
political status as soon as the war
was concluded and resume cordial
relations with the entente powers.
As the case was presented in short,
the central Europe idea of an eco
nomic league in which Bulgaria
would play a comparatively minor
role does not appeal to the Bull
garian mind.
Attempts were being made to get
before the public in America and in
the entente countries a defence of
Bulgarian pretension to Macedonia
and the Dobrudja, the suggestion
even being openly made from the Bull
garian side that Servia should be
compensated with Austrian territory
from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The correspondent has of late heard
of considerable i'll feeling between
the Bulgarians and their allies. Com
plants are made that Bulgarian d.
vision were compelled to march long
distances on foot while favored Ger
man troops rolled past them in trains.
The German attempt to maintain
control of Bulgaria's principal coal
district has caused much unfriendly
feeling.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
SURVIVORS Of THE
| ANTILLES IN FRANCE
MEN FROM ANTILLES BEING
CARED FOR In FRANCE
Many Were Killed When the
Torpedo Struck the Ameri-
can Transport.

A French Port, Oct. 21.-SurVlv-
ors of the United States transport
eAntilles, which was sunk by a Ger
man submarine last week while be-
ing conveyed on her homeward trip
|by American warships, were landed
here today by auxiliary vessels ana
are being cared for by the American
consulate. Some of the men have
been lodged in local hotels and a few
have left for Paris.
J The torpedo struck the ship at
|6:45 o'clock Wednesday morning.
Many of those on board were killed
lin their berths, and others while
dressing. The explosion killed the
|engineers, oilers, mechanics, and
those of the crew who were in the
hunks below.
Praise Captain.
All the survivors praise the cap
tain of the Antilles and the members
of the gun crew, who stuck to their
|posts while the officers searched with
field glasses for the submarine until
the waves closed over the ship.
When the Antilles sank forty or
fifty men were at the stern. Most OF
them leaped fifty feet or more into
the sea as the stern rose to a per-
pendicular position and some were
|drawn> down by the suction of the
|sinking vessel.
The submarine was not sighted
either before or after the explosion.
THE sea was running high at the
time, making it difficult to save the
|crew and passengers. Some surviv-
|ors clinging to debris were in the
water an hour before they were
|sighted by the life boats.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
HAD EN- SHOUTING.

Hon. C. C. Featherstone at the
request of the county council of de-
fense made a speech Sunday after
noon at Zion colored church near
Coronaca on the need of saving food
and need of patriotic service to help
win the war. According to reports
Mr.. Featherstone not only aroused
his hearers to enthusiasm but had
them shouting in fervor before he
finished his speech.-Greenwood In
dex, Oct. 16.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
FOOD ITALY'S BIG PROBLEM.
Food Controller Says Martial Law
Only Remedy.

Rome, Oct. 20..-.-The first weeks
session of Parliament ended in a
stormy discussion of the food situa-
ton during which Deputy Canepa,
the outgoing food controller, de-
clared that the only way to regulate
the national provisions problem was
to place all agricultural supplies un-
der martial law, no freedom being
allowed to dealers in fixing prices.
The government, he declared, should
take over the issuing of all food
tickets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
MANY LIVES LOST
IN CONVOY ACTION
Hundred and Fifty Perished When
German Raiders Attacked Con-
voy of Ships

London Oct. 21,-One hundred
and fifty lives were lost on Wednes-
day when five Norwegian, one Danish
and three Swedish vessels were sunk
by two German raiders in the North
sea
The British admiralty statement
on Saturday stated that total of 1876
officers and men of the British des-
troyers Mary Rose and Strongbow
were lost when those two vessels
were sunk by raiders. The Mary
Rose and the Strongbow were con-
voying the merchantmen when the
attack occurred.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
RESERVE OFFICERS
TRAIN NEAR FRONT
Supplement Instruction Received at
American Camps Assigned to
Various Units.

American Training Camp in France
Oct. 21.--A large contingent Of re-
serve officers, which recently reached
France, has been split into several
intensive schools at which the off,
GERS are supplementing their instruc-
ton at Fort Mcpherson. Platts-
burg and other training camps in
America. The officers are being
trained in every detail of war oper-
ations. When they are finished they
will be distributed among the various
divisions as they arrive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
SUNDAY OCT. 28
DAY OF PRAYER
PROCLAMATION OF PRESI-
:, DENT WILSON
|Action Authorized by National
Congress in Resolution Re-
Gently Passed.

Washington, Oct. 22.-fresider
wilson today, proclaimed Sunda!
October %, as day of prayer fo
he triumph of American arms.
ollows:
"Whereas as the congress of
the United States, by concur
rent resolution adopted on the
fourth day of the present month
of Octobek in view of the en-
trance of our nation into the
vast and awful war which now
affiicts the greater part of the
world, has requested me to set
apart by official proclamation, a
day on which our people should
be called upon to offer concerted
prayer to Almighty God for His
Adivine aid in the success of our
arms;
And whereas, it behooves a
great free people, nurtured as
we have been in the eternal
principles of justice and of right
a nation which has sought from
the earliest days of its existence
to beobdient to the divine
teachings which has inspired it
in the exercise of its liberties,
8 to turn always to the Supreme
Master and cast themselves in
faith at His feet, praying for
His aid and succor in every hour
of trial, to the >end that the
great aims to which our fathers
dedicated our power as people
may not perish among men, but
be always asserted and defended
with fresh ardor and devotion,
and, through the Divine bless
ings, set at last upon enduring
foundations for the benefit of
all the free peoples of the earth,
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow
Wilson, president of the United
States, gladly responding to the
wish expressed by the congress,
do appoint October %, being the
last Sunday of the present month
as day of surpHcation and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23

prayer for all the people of the
nation, earnestly exhorting all
my countrymen to observe the
appointed day according to their
several faiths, in solemn prayer
that Gods blessing may rest
upon the high task which is laid
upon us, to the end that the cause
for which we give our lives and
treasure may triumph and our
efforts be blessed with high
achievement"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
i: s. MAKES USE
Of MEXICAN PESO
UNCLE SAM BUYS MEXICAN
MONEY
Pesos Becomes Quarters and
Dimes-Saves Acute Stu
alton.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Six< million
Mexican silver pesos have been
bought by the treasury department
at 88 IA cents an ounce for minting
into half dollars, dimes and quarters.
The treasury acted when faced with
the necessit of buying silver for coin
age at steadily increasing prices,
which at their height brought the
value of the metal dangerously close
to the minted value.
Now the price of silver in this
country has dropped precipitately.
The swift collapse, from $1.16 to
IS cents per ounce, in three weeks
has resulted in an investigation to
determine whether the market had
been manipulated. The high prices
recently prevailing are regarded as
wholly unwarranted by officials here.
This purchase of Mexican dollars,
the largest by the government of the
minted silver coin of another coun-
try ever recorded, places the United
States in possession of a sufficient
quantity of silver to run the mints
for two or three months and with
draws from the silver market here
the largest single buyer.
Negotiations have been proceeding
between the representatives of the
Carranza government and Director
Bauer of the mint for some time
past for the big sale. 1t is under
stood chat the Mexican dollars are to
be delivered soon and that federal
reserve board officials have indicated
their willingness to permit the ex-
portation to Mexico of approximate
ly $5,OO0,O00 in gold as payment.
In return the Carranza govern
ment is understood to have lifted its
virtual embargo on the expectation
to this country of silver and copper.
The net result of the transaction
as regarded by officials here is that
the danger of par silver for mintage
has been averted, that Mexico will
be in a stronger position financially
than before, that the somewhat
strained financial relations between
the two countries will be eased per-
ceptibly and that Mexico copper and
silver, needed here, will be available
in the future.
The imposition by the American
government placing an embargo on
the expectation of silver also contri-
buted largely to the sudden lowering
of silver prices in the domestic mar
ket. For some time past the govern
ment has been compelled to buy
silver sparingly in the face of a
soaring market. From approximate
ly So cents an ounce in 1914, silver
quotations went steadily upward un-
til. they touched 80 cents about two
months ago.
Thereafter quotations began to
evince symptoms of an utterly de-
ranged market. Prices advanced
spasmodically until the top was
reached at $1.16. At that time the
market quotation was only 13 3-4
cents below the minted value per
ounce. Had the minted value been
reached it would have been without
precedent and might have resulted
in the cessation of silver coinage at
a time when such coinage was i'm
peratiYelY needed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-10-23
DEMAND THAT MICHAELIS QUIT
Otherwise Socials Will Hold Up
New War Credit Bill of $1O,-
100000 Marks.

Amsterdam, Oct. 17.-A German
Socialist newspaper says the Social
lists have decided to vote against a
New War Credit of ten billion marks
to be submitted to the Reichstag in
December, unless Michaels resigns.