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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-12-06
Form Coalition Cabinet,

Petrograd, Dec. LA coalition gov
eminent, consisting of Bolsheviki,
Minimalisr, Internationalist, the Left
parties and Social Revolutionaries. is
in process of formation.
Tic ncw government will consist of
a ministry representing all these POI
litical factions. which win be respons-
ible to a parliament composed of 100
members of the Workmen's and Sol.
diers' Soviet, an equal number of rep
resentatives of the peasants congress.
100 delegates from the army and so
from the trades unions.
Austria Follows kaiser's Lead.
Amsterdam, Dec. 1.-The Austro-
Hungarian government, according to a
dispatch from Vienna, has sent an Of
fetal reply accepting the Russian gov
ernment's wireless proposal to enter
into negotiations for an armistice and
a general peace treaty.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-12-06

London, Dec. 81 According to- a
Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Chron-
icle the government of Nikolai Lenine
has fallen and has been succeeded by
q coalition cabinet composed of adj
vanced radicals. in which, however,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-12-06
OBJECTIVE is VICTORY
Sole Aim Of United States is to
Win War.
Member Of v. S. Mission Tells Pro-
posal at Thanksgiving Day
Banquet in Paris.

Paris, Dec. AT the same board
with William Graves Sharp, the Amer
lean ambassador, General Pershing
and Admiral Sims, at a luncheon of
the American club, many distinguished
Frenchmen united in observing
Thanksgiving day. Marshal Joffre,
former Premier Viviani and Captain
Andre Tardieu, the French high com
missioner to the United States, were
among those present.
Among Americans present were
cambridge Colby, member of the Ship
ping board of the United States;
Vance Mccormick, chairman of the
War Trade board; Oscar T. Crosby,
assistant secretary of the treasury,
and Paul ID. Cravath, legal adviser to
Mr.. Crosby. Lawrence v. Benet, pres
ident of the American club of Paris,
presided.
Victory Only Object.
Mr.. Colby, VINO represented Colonel
House, said that the American mis-
sion proposed to the British mission
that there should be no more trade,
no more commerce, and that all ship
ping facilities should be devoted to a
single objective, a single aim-that is,
victory. He declared nc Allied ship
or cargo will be dispatched that has
not for it's express object the mainte-
nance of the fighting forces and the
victory of the common cause.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-12-06
"Now We'd Better Have Some Sup
per-" Said Mrs. Muskrat.

winter is certainly the time of the year
we enjoy the most" continued Mrs,
Muskrat.
Il can understand" said Mr..
Muskrat, "why it is so many creatures
go to sleep for the whole winter
through"
"Do theyf" asked Mrs. Muskrat.
"a great many do" answered Mr..
Muskrat.
do tell me their names, for / would
like to know what creatures are fool
ish enough for that"
"Well," sad Mr.. Muskrat, clearing
his throat, "there are the snakes, toads,
frogs, turtles, woodchucks, prairie
dogs, ants and a number of others"
'Gracious ~ exclaimed Mrs. Musk
rat. 'They waste the best tine of the
wear"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19

A grand jury dismissed the charge against Charles Lenker, of Freeport, IL. l., that he had insulted the Amer 1can nag.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
THE INVENTOR OF
 THE STEAM ENGINE

Science took tear from the cheek of unpaid labor, converted it into steam, and created a giant which turns with tirelessf arms the countless wheels of toil.r
 Thus Ingersol1s poetic explanation of the origin of the transformation of pent-up steam into controlled and in- dustrially valuable mechanical action. Elaborated in more prosaic manner, James Watt, a young Scotchman of Glasgow, and an instrument-maker by trade, once had an idea. It was a most revolutionary idea. Men had been working on steam engines for many centuries, but they had pro- duced nothing of any practical value. In the engines of that period steam was admitted into only one end of t....e cylinder, and about the only use such an engine had was to pump water. And it wasn't very good at t}.at. As for using an engine to turn a wheel why, nobody had thought of that. It simply wasn't being done. But James Watt did it. He let steam into both ends of the cylinder instead of only one end. put fly wheel on one end of a shaft and a crank on the other, and there was your steam engine, all ready for it's real business.
 Watt was born in Greenock. Scot land, on Jan. 19, 1736, his father be- ing builder, contractor and mer- chant, while his grandfather was a teacher of mathematics. Young Watt early displayed a bent toward me- ehanics, and began his career as a maker of mathematical insrrume 7ts He set up his workshop within the walls of the university, and became it's instrument maker. One of the professors had model of Newcomers crude steam engine, and sent it to Watt to be repaired. Through this circumstance Watt became intensely interested in steam engines, and was led to make the improvements which Tevolutionized industry. Watt died in 1919; and the centenary of his passing l will be observed two years from next August.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19

Thomas w. Lawson, before leaving the city for a day, instructed his sec retary to hand to MT. Henry a letter advising the selection of MT. Whipple MT. Lawson emphasized the splendid | record which Mr. Whipple had made throughout New England.
 MT. Whipple Is a Democrat and !! am 3, Republican" said MT. Lawson. 'but I believe that MT. Whipple will conduct the inquiry in a non-partisan manner"
 Today, Saturday and Sunday will be devoted by the committee to get ting ready for the hearing Monday. The, Rules Committee, at the close of the conference this afternoon, had taken no action on the proposal of a number of Democrats that it recom- mend that further investigation of the leak charges be conducted by spe- cially appointed committee of the House.
 The news that Secretary McAdoo and Postmaster-General Burleson were making an effort to have the rules committee select Samuel Inter myer for it's special counsel caused a sensation in the House. It was un- derstood that MT. McAdoo became busy in the interest of MT. Unter- myer last night. It was said that he called up various members of the House committee over the telephone, and told them that it would not do to name anybody else.
 Majority Leader fkitchin was called into the conference of the Democrats of the rules committee and. MT. Bur leson. He was asked to help along the Untermyer plan. But some of the anti-Untermyer Democrats of the House would not listen either to MT. Bur1eson or MT. Kitchin. Represen- tative Howard of Georgia bitterly op- posed the new demands for MT. Un- termyer.
 Secretary Lansing's denial of the Bernard Baruch reads:
 While I dislike to dignify by de- nial false and malicious scandal, at the same time the publicity which has been given to some of the reports warrants me in saying that, in regard to the statement that I breakfasted with Mr. Baruch at the Biltmore Ho. tel, implying, I assume, that I gave him advance information concerning the note to the belligerents, I never, to my knowledge, saw MT. Baruch at any time. I do not know him, and never had any conversations with him, and I have been out of Wash ington only once since the election, and that was to attend the Army and Navy game in New York, Now. 25."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
.S.0.S.---S.0.S. ''LAX-A-TONE"
 SAVES MANY
MT. Geo. H. Day of 704 Main St., this City, tells another WOndrous and true story about Lax-a-Tone.

If our ears were as sensitive as wireless ears are and we were to sud- denly hear the death cry, s. 0. S., S. O. S., which is said to mean save our ship, believe me. we would jump some. But every day many people hear s. O. S., which translated into the Lax-a-Tone language means Save Ourselves" Although many people hear those personal warnings every day they ignore them. am not shouting Lax-a-Tone every day for the sole purpose of getting your dol lar, and if you think so you are mis- taken. I talk and write Lax-a-Tone because I honestly believe in it, the same as many other people in Bridge port do. If you are troubled with stomach, liver. kidney, bowel or blood complaints you are advised by scores of people in Bridgeport and thou sands elsewhere to give Lax-a-Tone one fair trial Mr. George H. Day says: tffS
 For a long time I have suffered from stomach trouble; after eating, my food would ferment and turn sour. gas would form and press against my heart and make me short of breath. I would have dizzy spells and was always nervous. Neither could sleep well. but since using Lax-a-Tone feel fine and like, a new person."
 Lax-a-Tone is remedy that is scientifically compounded for consti- patton, sick and bilious headaches, poor thin blood. gas, bloat, nervous ness and for those needing a general tonic and an appetizer.
 Lax-a-Tone is for sale exclusively by Hartigan's Drug Stores, S1 Fair field avenue, and Main and Congress
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
PRIVATE GARAGES
 DANGEROUS PLACE WHENENC|NERUNS
Government Investigation Makes Tests Following Increased Number of
 Deaths.

Washington, Jan. 19.-The Bureau l of Mines, Department of the Interior
 yesterday called attention to the in creasing number of persons who are being asphyxiated through breathing l the exhaust gases from automobile engines in garages and suggested that the danger is greatly increased in the winter time when the weather is toe cold to keep the doors and windows
 open.
 l A series of tests were conducted in
 a garage, in which one of the chemists was considerably affected by the pois-
 onous gases. The tests led to the fol
 lowing conclusions:
 An automobile engine should not be operated in a small garage unless doors and windows are wide open. In the tests conducted, the air in
 dangerous after the automobile en- utes.
 'The gas made by automobile en- zines in inclosed garages is known as carbon monoxide," said Director Van H. Manning of the bureau. "It is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas. It is extremely poisonous be cause it combines with the red coloring mat ter of the blood more readily than oxygen does and blood that is satur- ated with it cannot take up oxygen. The dangerous symptom of this car bon -monoxide poisoning comes almost without warning and collapse in a garage generally proves fatal, unless outside aid arrives very soon, because the running engine continues to gem crate carbon monoxide and continues to make the air more poisonous. In the tests, the chemists found danger ous amounts of carbon monoxide in the farfhermost part of the garage after 20 to 30 minutes running of the engine, while near the engine the air was extremely unsafe when the en- zine had run about 15 minutes. The observer did not remain in the dan gerous atmosphere except when talk ing samples of the gas and was. not exposed to the poisonous air longer than three minutes on the whole Smarting and~Watering of the eyes, due to the presence of other noxious products of combustion, were the first effect. After collecting the samples, the observer contracted a headache and about an hour later became dig zy, nauseated and very ill. This last ed for ten hours. The next day he had completely recovered.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
WH|PPLE CHOSEN TO DIRECT PROBE OF LEAK ON NOTE
Boston Democrat, RecOmmen- ed by Lawson, Approved
 by Committee.

Washington, Jan. 19-Sherman Le. land Whipple of Boston will conduct the leak investigation for the House Rules Committee.
 Democratic and Republican mem bers of that committee agreed yester- day afternoon upon MT. Whipple, who also Is Thomas w. Lawson's choice Tor the place. MT. Lawson recom- mended his selection in a letter yes terday to Chairman Henry. MT. Whip pie is Democrat, a noted trial law yer and is expected to make/a thor ough inquiry into stock manipulations. The committee, after brief session this afternoon, announced that MT. Whipple had promised to>be here on Saturday, and that the hearings would be resumed on Monday, with Mrs. Ruth Thomson Visconti as the first witness. It was Mrs. Visconti who said that William w. Price, the Washington Stars White House re- porter, received $5,00O as a go-be- tween between Joseph P. Tumulty, the Presidents secretary, and others, in the alleged peace not leak.
 Bul1eson Enters Conference.
 Soon after the House met yesterday morning story to the effect that Secretary McAdoo had insisted on the appointment of Samuel Untermy- CT as attorney to the Committee on Rules for the investigation gained circulation.
 The Postmaster General went to the room of the committee ands was admitted for conference with Chairman Henry and others A number of Democrats who think that Cabinet members should not take any part in the plans of the Rules Committee resented the reported 'ac- tivities of McAdoo and Burleson.
 When it became known that MT. -Burleson was with the Democratic members of the committee a move ment to take the investigation out of the hands of the Rules Commit tee and turn it over to a special committee was started. It was ar gued by those behind this proposi- tion that any interference from the executive department of the govern ment would tend to increase the be- lief that the induiry would whitewash those accused.
 
 cal that other business was prac- tically neglected, because of the anx- iety of members to Keep track of the latest news from the Rules Com mittee..
 The climax came when Represent tative Campbell, Republican, gave to the press statement that the Demo- crats were trying to stop the investi- gation. The Campbell declaration forced the Democratic leaders to get together and quit luibbling.
 An incident of the day was the denial of Secretary of State Lansing that he had ever dined with Bernard Baruch, or ever knew him. The selection of MT. Whipple, who came to Washington to testify in be- half of Louis D. Brandeis, when his nomination to the Supreme Court was being held up, is considered a wise one by Democrats and Republicans. MT. Whipple wi hs born in New Hamp- shire, but has practiced law in Bos- ton since 1885. He has appeared in many cases of importance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
NEW RAIDER IS M0EWE, BELIEF
 IN RIO JAN|ERO
Say Ship Left Kiel With Hay Covered Guns and
 Danish Flag. F

Rio Janeiro, Jan. 19-It is consid- cred almost certain here that the Ger man sea raider which has been creat- ing havoc among Entente shipping ir the South Atlantic is the Moewe, the German armed raider which captured the Appam and sank numerous En- tente ships in Atlantic waters year ago.
 The American Consul at Pernam- buco has cabled to the embassy here confirming the landing of several Am ericans from vessels which fell vic tim to the raider. !
 He added that no American ships had been sunk by the German craft, and that all the American sailors land ed were men from the crews of for eign vessels.
 According to reports from an au- thoritative source, the MoeWe is up- derstood to have sailed from kiel un- der the Danish flag, carrying a cargo of hay on the bridge to conceal her armament.
 When last seen the Moewe was painted black with white markings. Her armament included four torpedo tubes in service and several tubes in reserve She is believed to have car ried mipe-laying apparatus.
 The raider also carried a large num- ber of auxiliary plates, which would permit her commander to change the appearance of the bridge at will. In addition, she had collapsible tunnels
 The vessel, now believed to be the Moewe, was. repainted several times, and under the last coat of paint were observed traces of the Danish flag, which had been painted on the hull. As yet there is no news of the Brit ish steamer Yarrowdale. which, under command of German officers, was re- ported yesterday to be proceeding for port with number of the shipwrecked crews aboard.
 The Japanese steamer Hudson. which arrived at Pernambuco with survivors aboard, will remain there as war prize, under the jurisdiction of the German Minister. The Brazil ian naval authorities consider the Hudson a German vessel. &
 1t is expected that the steamers Drina and Samara, which were re- ported to have fallen victims to the German raider, will reach, port at the end of the week, coming from the north. The sGermaus are circulating fantastic reports, to which the steam ship companies and maritime author ities give no credit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
LEES WIFE AND MOTHER.

Gen. Robert E. Lee, whose birth day will be. celebrated to-day in many of the states of the South, was the son of Gen. and Mrs. Henry Lee. His mother, woman of refined and noble character. was afflicted with a peculiar disease which caused her at times to fall into a trance so deep as to resemble death.: About year be- fore the birth of the South's great military leader, she was seized with one of these attacks, and, after all efforts at resuscitation had failed, the doctors pronounced her dead. While relatives and friends were gathering to pay their last. respects to the corpse, sound was heard coming from inside the coffin. The lid was torn off. and Mrs. Lee was found alive and we'll except for the shock caused by the horror of her situa- ton. Gen. Lees wife was Mary, daughter of G. w. P. Custis, the adopted son of Washington, and by her he became possessor of the Arl- ington and White House. estate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
DENY UTAH CAVALRY
 ENCOUNTERED BANDITS

Nogales, Ariz., Jan. 19-Ten car loads of Mexican troops, estimated al approximately 300 men, arrived in Nogales late yesterday. It is believed that the troopers were sent to Altar, opposite Arivaca, Ariz.
 A report that Utah cavalry clashed With Mexicans at Arivaca yesterday was denied by the military authorities, but it was admitted that 8 fight might have taken place between cow boys and Mexicans as result of the killing of Mexicans last Sunday by two cowboys on the ranch of the Arivaca Land & Cattle Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
Couldn't Find Court

/ Because Gustave Gyettina could not find the probate court Wednesday the hearing on his petition to have his wife Ida, removed as guardian of their two years old son, Gustave Jr., was postponed until next Monday. Gyet- tina went to the city court; then the county court house and finally landed at city hall two hours after the time set for the hearing When he failed to appear at the proper time his Att torney Samuel Mellitz, asked that the hearing be postponed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
BAN PRIVATE CALLS
 OF LOCAL FIREMEN

Under a new rule made by the fire board, members of the department cannot use the telephones in the fire houses for private calls in the future. No long distance calls over the fire house telephones will be allowed ex- cept with the permission of Ghief En- gineer Johnson or Clerk John J. Hines Of the fire board. A private telephone will be installed at fire headquarters for Chief Johnson. The new rule is made because the commissioners found it difficult to communicate with the fire houses over telephones and found that the lines were being used by the firemen for private calls.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
IMPROVE MAIN
 STREET PROPERTY

Work of remodeling the old He'll mann property st the southwest cor ner of Main and High streets has be- gun. The property is TOW owned by Miss A. T. Dennis, miliiner.
 The work of tearing down the Mo- Carthy block at Main and Congress streets is proceeding rapidly. The re- moval of the Mccarthy building Is to carry out the plan of widening the street there. The removal of the one story buildings on the Terry estate property to the east of Main street will follow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19
Zone Committee to Meet

A meeting of the zone committee of the Seventh district has been call- ed by Alderman George Finklestone for the assembly room of the High school next "Wednesday night. The meeting will be at 8 o'clock. The committee in charge is Alderman Fin klestone, Alderman Edward Hamil- ton, Atty Arthur M Marsh and John A. Leverty, pharmaceutical commis- sioner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19

A joint conference in Washington of military and naval officers to devise a uniform system of universal military and naval training was proposed by Representative Edward w. Gray, Of New Jersey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19

trunk line highways not otherwise exempted under Chapter 250 of the Public Acts of 1915, and make 1t pos sible for the highway department to simplify its accounting system in connection with this matter"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-19

Charles Latnrop Park of Cleveland was reelected president of the Amer ican Forestry Association.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-03

TIME AND THE Newspa-
per gossip about the success of the
police in preventing the usual
amount of drunkenness on New
Years eve indicate that Arthur Bur
rage FaFwell and his fellow reform
ers began the new year happy. Well
al agree that everybody who kept
sober that night was much better off
than they would have been had they
got drunk and silly. But that's just
as true of any other night as it is
of the night when the old year is
crowded into the past by the new.
The outstanding fact is, however,
that keeping a man sober by force
when the man wants to get soused
doesn't reform him. Very likely
many who were prevented from get
ting pificated New Years eve were
persistent enough in their purpose to
finish the job New Years night when
it was not the duty Of the police to
keep the bars closed.
The law, as interpreted by the cor
poration counsel, made it unlawful
for Tom, Dick and Harry TO poison
themselves with booze before mid
night Sunday and after one o'clock
Monday morning. The moment the
clock indicated the midnight hour
what was unlawful a minute before
became lawful; and then became I'M
lawful again sixty minutes later
And even though patrons of cafes
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-03

came unlawful, according to the corr
poration counsel, for the proprietor
to permit his patrons to continue sit
ting. The only lawful thing for the
proprietor to do was to shoe his
guests out of the room the momentG
the clock showed a. m. had arrived
At one minute to one the LAW int
all it's majesty was being obeyed.s
BUT if not a guest moved a muscle
batted an eye or even breathed, the
entire situation was changed MINI
ute and one second-later, and hisT
august majesty The Law was Of
Tended and violated. [
At one minute to one, our distin-t
guished champion of the Law and
Order, Brother Farwen, might have
gazed-had he been shopping around
on several hundred men and Wom-F
en- in a loop cafe enjoying themselves
after their own bibbling fashion, and
having lawfully good time. Sixty
one seconds later, even though the
boozing ceased and the men and
women did nothing but sit, they wereL
all participating in amOnstroUs crime
with.-th proprietor who didn't chase
them out. And The Law was awfully
offended. .'..
A guest who had licked up enough
liquor to make him drowsy might,
have fallen asleep in his chair a law
full citizen at five minutes to one, only
to wake up a violator of The Law six.
minutes later.
The guest who got up and left the
cafe at one minute to one remained
a lawful citizen, but he wasn't re-.
formed. He didn't get up because
he wanted to. He didn't quit drink
ing because he wanted to drink no
more. He wasn't any better morally
than he would have been had he sat
there two minutes longer.
When congress is due to adjourn at
a certain hour and its work is unfin-
ished, the>clock is stopped, and con-
gress goes on with it's business for.