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New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
MEAT CAUSE OF
 LAME BACK AND
 KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take . Glass of Salts to Flush Kid-
 neys If Your Back Is Aching.
Noted Authority Says Uric Acid From Meat Irritates
 the Bladder.

Meat forms uric acid which excites and overworks the kidneys in their ef- forts to filter it from the system. Reg ular eaters of meat must flush the kid neys occasionally. You must relieve them like you relieve your bowels; re- moving all the acids waste and poison, else you feel dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness. your stomach sours, tongue Is coated and when the weather Is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy. full of sediment; the channels often get irritated. abliging you to get up two or three times during the night
 To neutralize these irritating acids and flush off the body's urinous waste get about four ounces of lad Salts from any pharmacy; take a table spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine and bladder disorders disappear. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop bladder irritation. lad Salts Is inexpensive, harmlesss and makes a delightful effervescent nthia water drink which millions of men and women take now and then thus avoid ing serious kidney and bladder diseases.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
P|MplY? WELL, DON'T BE!
People Notice It. Drive Them Off with Dr. Edwards
 Olive Tablets

A pimply face will not embarrass you much longer If you get package of pr: Edwards Olive Tablets. The akin should begin to clear after you have taken the tablets . few nights.
 Cleanse the blood, the bowels and tho liver with Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets the suc- ressful substitute for calomel: there's never any sickness or pain after taking them.
 br. Edwards Olive Tablets do that which calomel does, and just as effectively but their action Is gentle and safe instead of severe and irritating.
 No one who takes Olive Tablets b ever cursed with "a dark brown taste, |" a bad breath, . dull. ustlesA ''no good" feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad disposition or pimply face.
 Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets arc a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you will know them by their olive color.
 Dr. Edwards spent years among pa: fients afflicted with liver, and bowel conplaints, and Olive Tablets are the immensely effective result.
 Take one or two nightly for week See how much batter you feel and look 1Oc and 25c per bo&. All druggists.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
Laugh When People Step On Your Feet Try this yourself then pass 1t along to others.
 lt works!

Ouch 2? ?? ! This kind of rough talk will be heard less here in town if people troubled with corns will follow the simple advice of this Cincinnati authority, who claims that few drops of a drug called freezone when ap- piled to q tender aching corn stops soreness at once and soon the corn dries up and lifts right out without pain.
 Ho says freezone is an ether com pound which dries jmm ediatelv and never inf1ames or even irritates the surrounding tissue or skin A quarter of an ounce of freezone will cost very little ct any drug store. but is suf1i- cient to remove every hard or soft corn or callus from ones feet. Mill lions of American women will well come this announcement since the Inauguration of the high heels
New Britain herald., 1917-10-31
MOTHER GAVE THIS DELICATE
 CHILD V|N0L And He Got We'll and Strong.
 That's True

Monaco, Pa.,-"My little boy, who Is the youngest of three. was weak, nervous and tired all the time, so he was most unfit at school, and nothing seemed to help him. l learned Of Einol and gave it to him. It has re- stored his health and strength and he has gained in weight Mrs. Fred erclz Sommers, Monaco, Pa.
 Vinol is a constitutional cod liver and iron remedy for delicate, weak Riling children. Formula on every bottle, so you know what you are giv- ing them. Children love it.
 The Clark & BrAinerd Co.,, drug gists; Liggett's Riker-Hegeman Drug Stores John J. McBriarty, Nathan Noveck. w. H. Russell. and at the best drug store in every town and city in the country.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
,Jc7s,ehy Specials for the Day

High lustcr imitation cut coral beads: grad
uatcd strands: bright and pretty
Boxed Beauty Pins--l0-karat gold tops: IN
plain embossed and settings; per set
Purse Tops-in green, gold and silver
plated: original and desirable
Basque Combs--of shell; in Rhlnestc ocs and
other coorcd settings; high grade
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
BIBLE CLASS HOLDS
IT'S ANNUAL MEETING
Stirring Address Given by T. c. Stew
enson at the First Presbyterian
Church.

In ri" parlnrS nf III" Firsr Freshly
terrain church laSr night The Men :!
Biblt class held ill., annual meeting,
AMI rhr occasion was thoroughly en-
loved hl III" fifty ur more men pros
rnl. 81 tho Close Of the mceilltE
whhA refreshments were being en-
iuycd. IN" unanimous opinion vas TX.
pressed thai great good had been d"
rived from the gathering in SpirlauOl
way, anu new life put into the m"m
beers for better work Tor III" good nc.
only III the church. hui for The entire
community III the future"
r. E. StrN"nSnn in Il brief address
made Il strong plea for the Interest
Of all the men in tn" welfare OF 9th
crS. and strongly praised The work
,ha, has h",n done in Wheeling b.
Rev. Claude rnrt"r Terry. pastor NJ
the church MIR Stevenson said that
since ID' Terry ha, come h"r" he has
not only inrrras"d III" membership
nf III" First Presbyterian church four
fulG. hur that his efforts have been
largely responsible for general hotter
mont throughout nh" city.
NhIrrS-r$ Wrr" also mad" h. R"r.
Terry. ami President G"0r@" Crook
read h1 annual report.
E. H. Mrri;"l. John MacGrrgnt.
George Crook. Thomas A!l"rdir". W.
VI. Glcnirns and John r. Reed. m"
committee who arranged Tho program
were Cnn@ratilaini.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
Prominent Cincinnati
an Visits Wheeling

Howard BENDER. county engineer %
Hamilton county. O., accompanied ny
his wife. are visiting relatives IN
town. Mr.. and Mrs Bender hay"
been on an extended tour Of eastern
cities and stopped hr"" IN their way
home.
Mr BENDER takes IN active interest
in military affairs in Cincinnati and
is first sergeant of the Homo Guards.
The Home Guards is Il Scmi.mili'ary
organization oi 1000 mon. armed with
Springfield rflrS and uniformed. They
are at I'll" call al III" city government
and can !, InnbliH"d in thirty minutes.
The organization can he used for
many purposes by The city govern
mcnt-and has proven ITSELF in"AIuahi"
in man! ways.
Mr.. Bender WIS 4 former r'SId"ni
of Wheeling and has numerous friends
here
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
.SCR|BES INSPECT
COUNTY'S ROADS
Annual Tour o. Highways Made YestcT'
day by Party OF Newspaper Men

\ party If TrwSImr"r in"u W"r" taken
IN rh.. nurlini' i"tr rl tn r"uniy road"
.,.r..r,!ay 10y county Engineer William
- N,r'luSE.,. Jr and they w"r" sur
pri~rd a. Ia" .rrai iInpr"' rn}'u'S ihht
law. h.-.n made. nnh IN" ~rl"rdii "nnhi-
;i,n II thu hishWn!s WAS generally com
m"nd"d.
Th" trip started u"rth iG"im tn "iiH
OYER tia, u..W Eri"r road Wl"'r" the lhSi
hr..H va lrid IN 'rhur$'!Hy by I'll" ""un'
~ commissioners FROM ih,r" a rid"
wnS taken l;,.k ihrnu"h tn" county
y n.r" III. progress 81 lh' work on th"
nltru th"r,.ughfar"S Wa viewed. Thr
=, rll..,, w,.r" taken h"!"nd III" Bloch
farm vh..r,. "Nt!n~ir" work IS under
WY. H.. I:all t.nrjn""r'nG company t"'-
in.: he. contributors.
Thr wouri"riul jiunr"I"m' mt mad" 81
Tia. u,.w I:iI,r.r11,'i. which Mas f"rn"riT
.iissi.irr.r! liz. worst IN III" county. be-
inr iIuru~~rhi" IA bad w"rrh'r. WAS ""n-
.iI.r..d - i". lh' Gr"'Ii"Si Ui""' OF work
illar 'i,. county las done daring IN"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
STRIKE CONTINUES
WclIsFaroo Employees Are Still Out
and Express Packages Arc
blowing Slowly.

Tn" iw"nty.ilS" express handlers
employed at ih' EalrimoT" ONO
depot hy III" Wells Fargo Express
Company. who went on strike Thurs
day when III" company refused 10
Grant them III increase IN wages. are
still ON ana they d"Clar" that unl'l
their demands n" @.'antrd they. VIII
no. return 10 work.
In rhr meantime the. EXPRESSES phi
in@ up al til" depot and three m"n
are working vaIianrly 10 keep it NOV.
inc ~ rapidly ~ possible. Fhry.. ar:
doing the. work that wasformtrly done
by seven men and aS 4 consequence
the rOn"rSliun is increasing.
The men were receiving S2.G@ day
and made Il demand on thr company
for IN increase Of $40 month.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
WEST VIRGINIA PATENTS.

A. reported BY II. f. Dunlap. pat
lawyer. IN" raicni Office records
SHOW The recent is>ur uf The follow
inu patents I" West Virginia invrn'
Tors: y. II. Furrinc"r. New Cumber'
land. plp"-cutIrr !. NJ. BuSsey. Blue
Creek. feeder: |. E.. Hicks and G.. L..
Summers. Huntington. hohby-horse:
{. T.. Wood, 81. AlanS. mitnr-boN; J. t..
Blantnn and II. i. Sexton. Freeman,
mail ha ( delivering apparatus: II. L..
Franklin and {. E. Bragg. Huntington.
OvNnshelf: u. II. Miller. Wheeling. ad-
Unstable table: Adolph Ransom. as
signOr Of one.half 10 s. Isaac, South
Charleston. parachute.
Mr.. Dunlap also REPORTS the recent
issue ~ the following trademark reg
istrations: Banks Cupply Co., Hunt
ineion, rolled rnady-to-lay roofing
made OF composition OF asphalt and
wood felt: BLACK & Walter. Hunting
ton. preparation for rheumatism and
weak lungs Hold E. Dunfee, Charles
ton, nursing bottle.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03

strength to tho TOHGGrfu T"cTA "alnf
Mothers Friend. TE!H n an external
application which Is Applied 20 tho n"
dorninal muscles. II rci.rrcs thr tension
prevents tenderness AMI pain ut the crisis"
and enables :Hc ahhonN":! - expand i;rn'j%.
The muscles C.ptrart naturally after hao$
arrives and thr !urr! ~ thus lreserF"h
Il should he applied daily. might IN"
morning. drr!nr tho period 81 "xpecta'
ton. It's influence on the hno net
work OF nerves and iITumc;;s Just be-
meath tho skin IS wonderful. II renders
them plant md IN th!s way aids nature
to expand tho abdomen without tho usual
st-uin when baby Is born.
You will find this wonderful prrparh-
.ion on salo Mt every drug store. Mother
Friend" ia p-epa rod hv the Bradheld keS'
ulator Co. Dept. c, 100 Lamar buNdinE'
Atlanta, Ga They WI send You an IN
tensely Interesting book. without charge,
Motherhood AMI tho BABY. Write them
10 mail Il TO you. 1t is OF the utmost I'M
portanco that every eIpectant mother aid
nature in her work. Do not neglect for a
single night TO uso Mothers FRIEND. IL
Ia nhsclutcIr ,rt entirely nfe.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
heIine and
the Place to
Buy Winter
Underwear
Saturday. Nov. 3. 1917.
The Weather-Fa'r.

\XIELl. kNOW\ stan
w dard makes of I'M
drrWcar tor women and
children ut the lowest
prices consistent with
quality - correct weights
for Fall and y inter wear:
Alln>inr Union Suits for
women. >iIk-aud-wool mixture.
very fuc rio. SOS to S3.1S
suit.
Forest Mills Cotton Union
Suits in medium weight and
fin" weave. band top finish,
CSC to $50 a suit
MunSin. Union Suits for
Youths. cotton or Won! fabrics,
S1.19 to S1.9S suit.
MunSiny Perfect Fitting
Union Suits for women and
children, fabric ~ cotton or
Merinu wool. Csc to sS3.SS
suit.
Wulaeu : Forest Mills Vests
and Pants. >ilk-and-wool. flat
seams. finely woven, S1.oO
and SITS II garment.
Knit INSTRUMENTATION floor
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03

Ladies Heavy Fabric GbVe
Affects the appearance of the suede gloves
and should prove amply warm as well as
neat and well wearing; extra length wrist
washable: made in L. S. A
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03

GAoves for On and Off Wear
Washable Capcskins in good colors-,
grey, brown, tan, mode, biscuit ana
white: self or black stltching one
clasp, and Just the glove for service
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
The First Cry

Fvcy vonnn'a SYM
patty responds 70 the
sweetness 81 n baby's
Voice. The little cry
that echoes with tho
arrival Of the new
baby IL perhaps tho
ronGest and most cher.
ishcd recollection OF
our lives.
Thousands Cf moth.
ers owc ihcIr pres
e-vntInu n health and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
Sale of Goats
$ ;$s $ $;:5z- Sl5.5
81 90:

Mems Pure Silk Hose
Our standard, medium weight, with rein
forced Isle foot and top; coors grey, pom
gee navy, purple, black and white; not
100 sheer
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
Women S Duot6M Union

The highest and the warmest never
uncomfortable: made of two fabrics
woven together: cotton inside and wool
out; air space between; the best pro-
portoncd of all wear
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
BUYS CIGAR STAND

Witlinm boyd has purchased thu
Srhmulhach riEnr sinnd from Hays and
company. md IN tho futurr will conduct
III" husnnss. Tho TRANSACTION took
plnrc the first Of tho month.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-03
HAS 6~ Small Girls

We will show them in Corduroy and Velvet,
in variety of shapes and colors light and
dark: plain or rather fancy: the sort OF
hat that wears were up to $3.50
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08
May SUBSCRIBE
one MILLION TO
NATIONAL: LOAN
Bridgeport Bankers Believe
Great Demand Will Not
Be Supplied.
ONE INSTITUTIONS
REQUEST $25O,OOO
Financial Men Await Word
of Government on
Denominations.

Bankers in Bridgeport hesitate to
say today how large subscriptions will
be made to the. Liberty Loan in
Bridgeport. With the initial expecta-
tion that one million dollars would be
a broad estimate of the public and
private demand in this city, it is now
known that one bank has asked the
secretary of the treasury to give it
$3.50 900 as a minimum and half a mil
lion dollars worth as a maximum.
Other banks, including the savings
institutions, have petitioned the sec
retary for minimum amounts of $50, ,00O
with naximuns to be determined as
the requests from individuals are tab
ulated.
Nearly every large banking head in
this city today asserted that it was
impossible to determine what amount
of bonds could be needed by its bank
for, the reason that all have been del
uged with requests for subscriptions
that are far beyond the extent which,
1T Is now believed, will he recognized
by the federal authorities.
In the patriotic distribution of these
bonds among their clients, banks are
charging no fee for the service rem
dered and one bank which custom
arily operates Christmas saving fund
in this city, has already begun a plan
of distribution of bonds to the public
upon the same plan that has hereto
fore been in operation for the Christ
mas savings.
No definite announcement Of the de-
tails of this plan and the amounts
which may be subscribed under the
scheme have been made as yet be-
cause of the fact that the government
has not definitely announced the de-
nominations in which the Liberty
Loan will be offered In the event of
the minimum par value being $25, that
amount will be the minimum permit
ted under the savings plan of the in
dividual bank.
Other banks throughout the city are
making subscriptions for securities to
be held by them and will also offer
lots to their depositors. Nearly every
savings bank in this city will also buy
the bonds as an indication of patriot
ism although the interest payable is
somewhat less than could be had on
other less solid securities
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08
Shoes For Women
Net Dealer So

Ladies' shoes of blue kid and other
fancy styles yie1d the dealer profit
of about % a pair, according to testi-
meny heard in Part Two of the su-
perieF court this afternoon when the
trial of the suit brought by the A1gier
Shoe Manufacturing CO. of Brooklyn
against L. Spe1ke & Son of Stamford
was started before Judge Reed.
Shoes of white kid, pearl gray, tan
van1p and white upPefs were on dis
play and the eeuftr eoIn took on the
appearance of bargain day in boot
shop. Witnesses fer Spe1ke were ask
ed about the wholesale and retail
prices. They said most of the shoes
cost 81 pair wholesale and were
sold for So retail; Others that were
bought for $3.50 a pair cost the con-
sumner $3.50.
The present action was brought to
recover $740 which the manufacturers
claim is due for shoes purchased by
the Stamford firm. Spelke & Son ad-
nait receiving the shoes but say they
did not get the discount promised
them. The eeurt reserved decision:
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08

Regular army engineers assigned to
organize and command the nine regis
ments of engineer troops to be rush.
ed to France for work on railroad
communication lines were announced
by the war department today as fol-
lows:
First regiment-New York district
Lieut.. Col. c. H. McKinstry, adiutant.
Lieut.. x. H. Price.
Second regiment-St. Louis, Col.
Curtis Med. Townsend, adjutant,
Capt. c. L. Hall.
Third regiment-Chicago Col. w.
c. Langfitt; adjutant, Capt. R. D.
Black.
Fourth regiment-Boston, Maj W..
P. Wooten; adjutant, Lieut. L. E. ATT
kins.
eFifth regimeat-Pittsbur Lieut..
Col. Edgar jag win; asejutant. Lieut.
B. B. Somerve11.
Sixth regiment-Detroit, Lieut.. Col.
Harry Burgess, adjutant, Capt r. F.
Fowler
Seventh egiment-Atlanta, Maj,
John S. Sewell, engineer reserve
corps, formerly a major in the regu-
lar service; adjutant Lieut.. c. P
Bullard.
Eighth regiment-San Francisco,
Lieut.. Col. J. .5B.sCayanaugh; y adjutant,
Lieut.. J. B. Cress.
Ninth regiment Philadelphia,
Lieut.. Col. H. Dakyne; adjutant,
Lieut.. w. C. Tompkins
The entire reserve list for the First
engineer regiment created under the
national defense act in the New York
district and including among it's resi-
mental officers many prominent en-
gineers of civil life, has been called
out. and presumably that regiment will
be the first organized. The war de-
partment is acting under the author
ity of the defense act in the organ
izatfon of these new units. No de-
cision as to the designation to be Civ
en- the new regiment has been reach
ed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08
Entire Energies of Steel In
dustry to Be Concentrated
On Rushing Through Great
Merchant Fleet, Under
Shipping Boards Plan.
Cancellation of All Private
Contracts, Even With
Payment of Indemnities,
Will Be Effected In Order
to Expedite Vital Work.

Washington, May s. Con
gress will be asked to appro-+
pirate S1,OoO,O00,OOO for the
building Of the great American
merchant fleet which is to over
come the submarine menace.
The program, evolved by the.
shipping board, contemplates
the diversion to government
uses Of the products of every
steel mill in the country, can
'cellation of existing contracts
between those mills and private
consumers and where neces-
sary, payment Of damages by
the government to the parties
whose contracts are canceifed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08
Signal Officers Of
Reserve Corps Are
Called to Service

Washington. May s.-A dozen Off,
GERS Of the signal officers. reserve
corps have been called out for active
service and assigned to assist signal
officers of the various military de-
partments.
Major H H. Slaughter has been or
dered to duty in the office of the chief
signal officer of the army in Wash
ington. Capt Thomas I. King and
Lieut. Charles Murphy have been or
dered to the army service school at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Capt. Thomas
D. Bowman and Lieut.. c. o. Bickel-
haupt go to the eastern department.;
Lieuts. A J. Becker G. H. Smith, a.
NJ. Lindsay, Jr., and F. w. Olmstead
go to Governors island, New York;
Capt. John A. Kick and Lieut.. G. P.
Bush go. to Chicago and Lieut.. James
E. Hague goes to San Francisco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08
RUSSIA TO ISSUE
LIBERTY LOAN TOO

New Y ork, May S.-A Liberty Loan
for the provisional government in Rus
sia has been approved by the council
of workmen's and soldiers delegates,
1900 to 112, according to a dispatch
received here from Petrograd today
to the Jewish Daily Forward.
The 112 who voted against the loan
are of the Maxina1ist faction, who Ia
vor an Immediate separate peace, the
message said.
The dispatch adds that an "a1l-Rus-
sian congress of trade unions" has
been called for May 20, declared to he
the first of Its kind ever held in Rus
sia. and a society for the promotion OF
the idea of United States Of Europe
has been formed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08
NINE REGIMENTS OF u. S. RA|LR0ADERS
SOON TO join ALLIED ARMIES IN EUROPE
Recruiting of $4,000 Men With Practical Knowl-
edge of Railroad Building is Progressing
Rapidly in Nine Large Centers, Including
New York and Boston-Labor Union Organ
izations and Railroad Officials Cooperate.

Washington, May arrangements made today to
recruit between Al 900 and $4,000 railroad
volunteer regiments of engineers to be sent
France at the earliest possible moment to repair
railroad lines needed urgently the big push against
line They will be the first American troop
on French soil and though their work will be behind the
trenches and they will be given only slight military drill
American officials counting their mpressng the
and British the Gegman soldiers with the
the United States is truly in the
Volunteers will be received by the regular army
iona guard recruiting agenci es in New York. Chicago
Louis Boston, Pittsburgh Detroit Atlanta Francisco and
Philadelphia Labor unions and railroad officials expect
ed to cooperate gathering he desired force will
be taken not to take many from any single
disrupt its working organiZa
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08
COL. R00SEvELLT'S
DIVISION HANGS
new ARMY BILL
Senate Favors Teddy, While
House is Opposed to Sane
tioning His Plan.

Washington. May s.-Another at
tempt by the eenferees On the new
army bill to reconcile differences be-
tween senate and house failed today
and the committee recessed until later
with ne prospects of an agreement
The chief difficulty is over the amend
ment to permit sending Col. Theodore
Roesevelt's division to France. ALI
ether differences appeared susceptible
of early settlement.
Unless a compromise soon is reached
on the Roosevelt senate amendment
the eonfereneee committee may be
compelled to take the bill back to the
two houses for further Instructions
Senate eonferees are anxious to retain
the Roosevelt volunteer amendment,
while the house cenferees are as
strongly eepesed to accepting 1t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08
British Fell Seven
German War Balloons

London, May S-Ffghting continued
today in and around the village of
Bullecourt. Reuters correspondent at
British headquarters telegraphs Mo-
day. A party of three hundred Ger
mans who succeeded in forcing their
way through to the southwest corner
of the village were held up and pun
ished heavily.
The British airmen had a good day,
bringing down seven large German
observation balloons, three of them
in flames ,and considerably restricting
the enemy's means of observation.
The weather today is mild with a
much needed rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-08
CHICAGO SALOONS
WOULD CLOSE DOORS

Chicago, May S-Two hundred
Chicago saloon keepers voluntarily
are preparing to allow their Ii
censes to lapse and withdraw from
the business because of the pros
poets of a dry America during the
war. according to a report today
to the city finance committee from
the comptroller's Office. Under the
ordinance these licenses, once al
lowed to lapse, may not be renew
ed. The annual loss of revenue
to the city viii be $500 GOO, the re-
port said.