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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
WAR MATHEMATICS AND EXPLOSIVES, TOPIC OF
 LECTURE AT Y. M. C. A

"War Mathematics and Explosives by George W. Mitchell, M. E., in- structor in mechanical drafting and applied mathematics in the Y M c. A, evening school. While the lecture will be given for the special benefit of the students in the classes, it is understood that all men and young men interested in industrial education are welcome to attend. This is the fourth in a series of lectures by MT. Mitchell on indus trial topics. At an early date; a lec- ture on "The Highways of Commerce'' will follow. In it MT. Mitchell will describe the principal railway sys- tems, and will outline the oceanic trade routes of the world. MT. Mitchell is a graduate of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, em- ployed by the U. M. c. Co.
 B. B. Floyd, principal of Franklin school, Stratford. will give the open Ing session of short course in Eng fish in the educational department of the Y. M. c. A. tonight. The class, which is scheduled to run Tuesday and Friday evenings for the next 12 weeks is intended to fit a number of young men of Bridgeport and vicinity to pass their entrance examinations in some technical or preparatory school in the fall. It is also expected that a number of men will enroll who have become rusty in the use of their mother tongue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
AMBULANCE COMPANY
 OF HOME GUARD TO PRODUCE CARMEN

Distinguished singers of the operatic world will come to Bridgeport on Sun day afternoon June 24s under the aus pices of the Ambulance company of ! the Fourth regiment, Connecticut Home Guard The opera, Carmen" :" ! will be sung that day at Poli's theatre. i and the profits from the enterprise will be devoted by the company to the purchase of an ambulance and equip ment:
 The singers are members of the , Metropolitan Grand Opera Co.,, a New York organization The soloists will be Signor La Monte, tenor, Vincento EBoletsa- baritone, and Agnese Robin son. who win sing the name part. The orchestra will comprise about 40 mem bers. and the chorus about 50.
 Scenery and costumes wdIl be pro-
 vided from the studios of the Metro ! politan Grand Opera company. The 1 committee in charge of the enterprise includes Major G. Skin Ford, Captain ' David B. Wason, Sergeant Irving FL
 son and Private Alexander Howell.
 Although until today there had been no announcement of the project, mem
 bers of the committee said that they had assurances of the sale to date of $1 200 worth of tickets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
EXODUS OF NEGROES
 FROM THE SOUTH

The war has drained Europe of it's men, it has drawn from the fields of. our own country the farm workers and led them to the factories where
 higher wages are being paid, it is. about to cast thousands of our men into the maelstrom of conflict and lastly, it is drawing the negro from the south. It is a question of wages and the south, particularly Georgia, is becoming alarmed as the emigra- tion grows more serious daily. For many months now the colored popu- lation of Georgia, men and women, have been flowing away in steadily increasing stream from the fields and factories that need their hands. It is said that more than 50,00O have already left and there is no abate- ment in the exodus. The cities of Georgia have already taken steps to combat the situation by forbidding the establishment of northern employ ment agencies. It is the farm wages in the North that have attracted the colored folks. Four and five dollars a day. being paid in some parts of the north to farm workers, is a for tune to the negro. He sells out down south" and starts for the new Utopia Sometimes when he gets North he will land job. usually at smaller wages than he has expected. It is said that another reason for the ex- odus is conscription. The negro doesn't want to go to the trenches. In the South particularly in his own town, everybody knows all about him, his age, dependents, and so forth. He can't get out of it if he stays. So he gets the wherewitha1 to go north, where he is unknown. Measures are being sought in the south to stop this emigration. Mass meetings have been held, attended by both white and black folks, where the negroes were urged to staysat home and hell their own in the hour of need. IT. h~
 not helped much. Now the people of Georgia have decided to bring the matter to the attention of the state legislature in the home that this H.ody will pass some kind of law which will enable the people to keep the negroes where they are sand can do mos. good.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

The earthquake and volcanic dis aster to the Republic of Salvador is the sixth time that the city of San Salvador, capital of the republic has been wholly or in large part wrecked by volcanic eruption or earthquakes the previous disasters having occurred in 1894, 1858, 1719,s 1873. The loss of life in 1878 was only about fifty, and in one of the cases was it large.
 The city. which has a population of about 64,000, lies some thirty miles from the Pacific and about three miles southeast of the volcano of San Salvador It was founded in 1925, and, despite the frequent disturbances of nature, is one of the most attrac-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

republic aside from the narrow belt of coastal plains. From this plateau rise group of volcanoes, geologically of more recent origin than the main chain of the Cordillera, which fall into five groups running from Izalco on the west to San Miguel on the east. The loftiest peaks are Santa Ana of the Izalco cluster (8,300 feet) and San Miguel, T,12O feet). center of the group of cones which bears it's name. The San Salvador group of volcanoes, now active, is about thirty miles east of the Izalco craters.
 The pictures show. upper, the city of San Salvador and the volcano which wrecked it and, lower Salva- dorian village overlooked by a volcano
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
COMMITTEES OF SCHOOL BOARD TO
 WORK WITH SUPT.
Will Approve Contracts for Pur-
 chaSes and Engage Teachers.

These being days of anti-autocracy,
 <he school board last night made some
 moves tending to democratize Its op- eration and remove the cause for com i plaint that has existed since the board
 voted large powers to Superintendent of Schools Samuel J. Slawson. The
 superintendent himself had something
 to do with he action and it was talk
 en after his recommendation was pre-
 sented to the board. AS bargain 2 feature addition to the presentation ! of his recommendation, MT. Slawson
 paid his respects to those who have been intimating that he was usurping power and all of this tended to liven what might have otherwise been a monotonous, routine meeting. The tupshot of the evenings discussion i was vote by the board that conl-
 mittee, to be in charge of the pur- chase of all supplies for the schools, i pass on all. orders of the superinten- dent, before contracts for purchases
 were actually made ;and still another vote, creating a teachers committee,
 to examine the qualifications and make | to examine the qualifications and make recommendations of those to be members of the instructing staffs of the city schools. { I.
 Messrs Louis F. Schwerdtle, Rob-
 6rt D. Goddard and John A. Hurley were named on the purchasing com mittee to act with Superintendent Glawson and on the teachers commit i tee, Messrs Elmer H. Havens, Will liam R. Webster, Jr., and Nathaniel
 w. Bishop, were appointed.
 The board voted to ignore the res- [ ignation of Prof. w. w. Hackman. | who has been a member of the high < school faculty as teacher of English, [ because he severed his connection with the school in other than the regular diplomatic way, which re- | quires a thirty days notice. MT. Hackman was not recommended for re-appointment and when he ascer- 7 tained that no mistake had been made i and that he was not to be re-engaged ! he quit
 Discussions were caused by the presentation of small bills and the ap- plicatfon of two teachers for back
 pay, on account of their being. quar- antined because of scarlet fever On
 the subject of. teachers, Superintend- | ent Slawson reported that all but 21
 had qualified for the annual $75 in crease in salary and that of this num- !; Der, all but two would qualify before
 the reopening of the schools in Sep tember.
 The board voted for the establish ment from July 2 to August Il of den- ! tai clinics at Jackson, Elias Howe, l Prospect, Lincoln, Shelton sand Bar I mum schools for the pupils of the ] fonrtl1 to eighth grades, both included.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

tive and well administered of minor Latin-American capitals.
 The republic of San Salvador is the most densely populated of Central America, having a population of ! ,133,000 in an area of 7,225 square miles. Agriculture, the principal in dustry, has suffered heavily from the incessant earthquakes and volcanic activity, but the government has re- gently attempted to promote it's inter ests by encouraging the growing of cotton and by establishing an agri- cultural college and model farms near the capital.
 The capital stands on the plateau, some 2,000 feet on the average above sea level, which includes most of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
HOW TO BE FIT
Sound Advice Given by Walter Cam

Sound Advice Given by Walter Camp
 Drink without eating and eat with out drinking. Five glasses of water a day, none with meals, will make you free of doctors
 Warm feet and a cool head need no physician. A bath, cold if you please, not if you must, with a good rub, starts the day right. If you will save your smoke till after luncheon. you'll never have smokers heart.
 Wearing the same weight under you a lot of colds. Dress cool when you walk and warm when you ride. Your nose, not your mouth, was given you to breathe through. Clean skin, clean socks, clean un- derwear every day. Don't sit still with wet feet. Walk
 until you have chance to change.
 Never let a day pass without cov- ering four miles on foot. See how high you can hold your head and how deeply you can breathe whenever you are out of doors. Hot water quick is the best thing for a sprain. Short shoes and shoes that don't fit cost a lot in the long run. Getting mad makes, black marks on the health. any digestion.
 When you rob the trolley company
 of a nickel by walking you add a
 dime to your deposit of health
 You'll never get the gout from walking. Sleep woos the physically tired man, she flouts tie mentally exhaust ed.
 The best record in golf is the rec ord she has made of restored health to the middle aged. r Tennis up to the thirties, but golf after forty. Nature never punished man for
 getting his legs tired. She has pun ished many for getting their nerves exhausted Two hours of outdoor exercises by | the master never yet made him over critical of the cook l Don't ask the heart to pump extra blood to the brain all day and then to an overloaded stomach all night Tight shoes have sent many a man to bed with cold.
 Leg weariness never yet produced
 brain flag. i, Loose clothes, loose gloves, easy shoes spell comfort and health. No wise athlete stands still after
 exercise without putting something
 over him. Open windows don't make as many colds as closed ones do.
 Too many drinks at the nineteenth
 hole undo all the good of the other eighteen. The best way to use the Sunday supplement Is to stick it under your
 vest while you walk an hour against the wind and then come home and
 read 1t: Blood pressure does not come to the men who walk a lot out of doors; instead it looks for those who sit and eat a lot indoors. Many man finds too late that his
 motor car has cost him more in
 health and legs than it has in tires
 and gasoline. four or five mile walk daily makes your credit at the bank of health mount up steadily. Nature won't stand for overdrafts any more than your bank.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
JUDGE SCOTT, STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY RALLIES,
 AT HOME IN DANBURY

Judge Howard B Scott of the com mon pleas court, who suffered stroke 2 of apoplexy last Saturday, is resting comfortably at his home in Danbury. Judge Scott had already rendered his resignation to take effect September l and it is doubtful if he will ever preside in court again. The present term ends in about three weeks. Judge Scott gained great popularity with lawyers and laymen during his long term on the bench and the news of his illness has been received with great regret.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

Beach and MT. Jack Odell of this city were married at S:30s yesterday morn ing at the rectory of St. Mary's church. Milford. Rev. Peter H. Me Clean, pastor of the church, off1ciated Miss Viola Wha1en attended the bride and John Kirby of this city was best man. Following the ceremony, a wedding breakfast was served at the Milford Inn, after which MT. and Mrs. Odell left on wedding trip through. the Berkshires -,.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
THE WEATHER

New Haven, June 12-F'or New Haven and vicinity: Unsettled, possibly light showers tonight and Wednesday.
 Connecticut: Partly overcast and warmer tonight end We'd nesday; moderate southeast and south winds.
 The western disturbance now forms long trough Of low press ure extending from Fexas north eastward to upper Michigan, with centers central over Kansas and Lake Superior. It is causing un- settled weather with scattered showers from the Rocky naoun- tains eastward to the laAxc region. Showers continue along the Att lantic coast from North Carolina to Maine. Pleasant weather pre- !. vails in the southern distxicts. The temperature is low over the Rocky mountain districts and New England.
 Conditions favor for this yicin ity partly cloudy weather with oc- casional showers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

tic, L. l., decided to increase it's mem bership to 36. This leaves room for 24 aviators.
 The American schooner Gypsum Empress was abandoned on account of it's being waterlogged. Four members of the crew were drown ed.
 The Federal government notified the United Fruit Go. that one of its steam CTS discharging a cargo in an Atlantic
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

The men who chase the golf ball don't have to pursue the doctor
 You never saw a dog fill his mouth with food and then take a drink to wash it down.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Two missing boats from the British ship Southland were found and the 40 men in them are safe. The South land was torpedoed June 4.
 Gordon L. Rand of Lawrence, l.. l., was decorated with the Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct under fire in France.
 .. A ar-ia1 Cna ct Pa trn1 No al Mas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

port was requistioned for United States service.
 Capt. J. Urquhart and 20 membeJs of the crew of the U. S. S. Dirgio. tor- pedoed recently, arrived in the United States on board an American snIp. I The German government Is spread- Ing report that the United States will intern all Germans who have been in the United States for less than three years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
ODELL-LIBERTY.

Miss Irene Liberty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Liberty of Walnut
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

Capt. Allen Tucker was presented with a silver medal given by t9ne city of Bordeaux in recognition of his guiding an armed American vessel through the war zone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

MT. and Mrs. Walter A North of 1885 North avenue are rejoicing over the birth of a daughter on Friday, June 8. The baby has been named Pauline Winter North for her grand mother.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

Two men were killed and 10 wound ed at South River. N. J, when pickets attacked strikebreakers and their guards on their way to the Hermann Atkam handkerchief factory.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

Read school ParentLTeachers' asso- ciation will hold it's last meeting of the season tomorrow at 3:30 at the school. The election of officers will be held, followed by a delightful program and the serving of refreshments. '
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12
Wash Goods and DOmestics

zoe value 40 in.. Half Bleachet Muslin fine thread 111IC yd 15c value 36 in Curtain o1Zc yd Scrim, colored border /A
 15c value Turkish Towels, 09r medium sized ,hemmed 3 for 19ci value 45z36 Bleached Pillov Cases. good grade mus 1Ar lln
 $2.25 value large size Satin Mar seilles Pattern Bed &1-zA $3.50 value Summer Portieres il Green, Blue and Rose 60 Ef mixed silks .... pair >~4 n>SS 95c value .81x90 Bleached co o@ Sheets, fine grade muslin, ca S~~ $1.OO value Mercerized Tabl Cloths, good size, hem YSr SIlLCH0o 75c value Silk Mixed Shirt 9E~ ings and Waistings, stripes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

In honor of Miss Essie Peabody who will be married to Howard Sweet dur ing the summer, Miss Ruth Cone Of Huntington road entertained at card party at her home last evening. Miss Peabody was presented with mum Der of attractive miscellaneous gifts during the evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

HOUSEFURNISHING SPECIALS
 FOR THRIFT DAY ONLY Jewel Refrigerator with Cover, Seal Drain, vanized Steel lined food chambers, 20 ID &G 20 ice capacity Lift Cover Refrigerator with food chambers 80 ID ice capacity GO aH Lift Cover Refrigerator with drain, lined food chambers 40 ID ice capacity ...&f2 1A Jewel Refrigerators with Lift Covers and white lined food chambers, 50 fb ice capacity G16.z9 Ably Rubber Hose, shower brand complete 1sr with a ineh ya couplings 70 it. length resu 50 it. length F inch Shower Brand Garden Hose, plete with a4 inch couplings, regular $500 e 2 ca 25 it. length A ply Shower Brand Hose, complete with couplings value ss.z5, .S1.93 50 it. length s4 inch Ably Shower Brand e 90
 
 Door Screens in Vanished Frames natural wood, braced corners all sizes to fit. high and e "
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-12

Aerial Coast Patrol No. s. at Mas
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-14
Natures Wonderful Routine.

Now comes the season Of the year when the
most wonderful phases of natures marvellous
routine are displayed for mans mystifcaton. 1t
is the transition from the dull and frozen period
of suspended animation, enforced by winter, to
the harmonious and incessant activity of renewed
life stimulated by spring.
Soft, warm winds from the ocean bear bill
lions OF tons OF water in cloudy vapors over the
central valleys where the colder air encountered
forces the precipitation and rain or snow deluges
the earth. Already the sun has oosened the ice
bonds that have fettered pond and lake and river,
and soon these will pour in torrents on the way
back to the great ocean. Rivulets are running
madly through the valleys flush with the surplus
waters OF the spring, while the thirsty land drinks
deep and refreshes itself from the drouth OF the
fall and the cold OF the winter
Insensibly the mystery of life is stirring under
the bare, brown surface OF the sodden earth and
seeds are swelling with the impulse of growth.
Soon tiny rootlets will be pushing downward to
take firm hold on the sustaining soil, while
tender shoots will peep forth, and the soft faint
green of springs first tint will freshen the land
scape and DER it all will throw the magic spell
of life renewed and the birth of another cycle
of growth and frutage. Nor is it alone in the
vegetable kingdom this wondrous change is pro-
crossing Birds and beasts, fish and reptiles all
that lives and moves, respond to the stirring
within and throb with the impulse OF creation.
Man, too, responds, for he is not immune to
honest natures rule" and "in the spring young
mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts Of love-"
We are at the most wonderful time OF the annual
cycle--the end OF winter, the birth of spring
and again we witness, in amazement in reverence,
or indifference, as fit our mood, the great phe-
nomena of the preservation and continuance of
life, the fulhllment of the promise of the resur-
rection, the vindcation Of an inscrutable Provi-
dence in the elimination of round of life, of
growth, of death and OF rebrth.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-14
Victory for the Contingent Fee Brigade.

The legislature threatens to amend the Ne
braska workmen's compensation law by taking
off the limit put on attorneys fees and making
it easy to transfer injury cases from under the
law to the courts for settlement. This would be
glorious victory for the contingent fee lawyers.
The existing law is admittedly defective in many
respects, but has not failed to abate the practice
under which the lawyers made divvy on the
compensation awarded the victim of an industrial
accident after lawsuit. The Norton amendment,
now accepted by the house, is designed to re-
establish conditions as they were when the law
went into effect when the contingent fee lawyers
fattened at the expense of the victim injured in
course of employment. This increases the un-
certainty of relief for the litgant, but works to
the benefit OF the lawyer who is willing to take
gamblers chance"
The legislature will make serious bunder if
it adopts the Norton amendment. We repeat that
the law should be framed to give proper protec-
ton to the employee, but should not be made
plaything for either the contingent fee lawyers or
the insurance companies
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-14
People and Events

For the first time in years Chicago jury
convicted woman OF crime. How it happened
is mystery. She is young-that is, under go
quite good looking, nurse by profession and was
found guilty OF assisting in holding up woman.
Possibly, had she held up man, the jury would
have sent her on her way rejoicing.
Missouri lawmakers stage for next year an ex-
ira pull on the purses of the auto crowd. A new
law fixes state license rates on the basis Of horse
power, ranging from 81 per annum for twelve
horse power to $24 for seventy-horse power
Cities are at liberty to exact license fees but not
to exceed one-half the state rate To make sure
that the money arrives at the state treasury
supervisor of auto registration is provided for
with pie counter pull of $1,000 year to start
with.
People out this way who indulge in the luxury
of hard coal at SlS2S ton have a grievance
against the anthracite barons less acute than the
grievances of Scranton, Pa. Coal mining reared
the town and now threatens to destroy it. Many
parts of the surface are sinking into abandoned
coal shafts. Business buildings private residences
and school buildings have collapsed, and water
and gas mains wrecked. The community is warm
all over and determined to make the coal diggers
pay, but has not yet found way.