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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
SUPPORTERS 0F RUSS|AN GOVERNMENT IN MIGHTY
 LOYALTY DEM0NSTRA
CHURCHILL IS
 FOR OFFENSIVE NAVAL POLICY
Checking of Naval Enter prise Due to Senseless Outcries, He Ayers.

London, May 5-Col. Winston Churchill, former first lord of the ad- miralty, joining in the newspaper.con- troversy in regard to the responsibil- ity for the present naval situation, de- nies the charge that he did not favor naval offensive action. He cites in stances to the contrary and says among other things.
 ''The first German submarine cam paign against merchant shipping which began in March, 1915, was en- countered by measures and devices mainly offensive in character and was so completely quelled during the suc- ceeding months that it was precipi- tately assumed that the danger was passed.
 Further, the admiralty board which quit office in May, 1915, had prepared whole fleet of ships, largely immune from torpedoes, whose sole object was to play part in definite scheme of offensive warfare.
 Responsibility for the paralysis of the naval offensive lies in no small de- gree with those wh ose senseless out cries at the loss of few obsolete ships checked naval enterprise and quenched the admiraltys Initiative The result was that for almost two years not a single aggressive act apart from the battle of Jutland, has been attempted"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
co.
 TO RECEIVE NEW
 IR0LLEYS TODAY
Pay-As-You-Enter Cars will Be Put In Service As
 They Arrive.

Additional service is planned for Bridgeport trolley patrons with the expected arrival today of the first lot of the new pay-as-you-enter steel cars. Charles H. Chapman, general mana ger of the Bridgeport division said that these cars will come into. service here at the rate of about two a day. Nearly 50 of the new cars are ex- pected to- relieve the traffic situation here.
 The cars will be the largest ever seen in this section, being four feet longer than the present pay-as-you- enter cars. They will measure from bumper to bumper 4S feet and will seat half a hundred persons.
 The cars are equipped with ths many safety devices of the steel cars in use with several technical improve ments in the control and door open- ings. The seating arrangement is the same as in the last steel allotment
 MT. Chapman said that the cars would be distributed about Bridgeport as the need of extra cars became ap- parent to the management. All will be put into service immediately upon arriving over the companys tracks from New Haven
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
ENCLAND'S NEXT KING PLANS TO
 WED HIS COUSIN
Princess Maud Reported Choice of Heir Apparent
 of British Throne.


 London, May 5---Prince Edward Albert of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne, has answered for him self the question whom he will mar ry, according to the National News, a London weekly,
 The News says the prince will ask for the hand of his first cousin, Prin- cess Maud, the youngest daughter of the princess royal and sister to Prin- cess Arthur of Conaught The young princess is 14 months older than the prince, who is 22. She has lived a retired life, the inseparabIe compan- ion of her mother. Her father, the duke of Fife, was the closest personal friend of the late King Edward,
 The report of the National News contradiets the rumor current some time ago that the prince sought the hand of Princess Yolanda, eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel ol Italy,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
NEW TANCLE IN
 DISPUTES OVER
 M0LL PROPERTY
Bondsman for Conservator Asks Probate Court to De-
 mand Accounting.

1 The sMoIIs are at it again. Another ramification to the celebrated case of Mother Mo1l has been added to the already confusing 1itigation5 ; 1 Yesterday afternoon, just as a bat tery of lawyers came to agreement, and decided that assignment of the case for a hearing Monday, May IA, would be convenient and desirable, Attorney Spotswood Bowers stepped l into the probate court
 1 Attorney Bowers said he was rep resenting August Stadler, who put up the 5000 bond for August MolPs con servatorship over Mrs. Moll. Attorney Bowers prayed the rourt that August Moll be ordered to file an accounting of his conservatorship, which MT. Moll has failed % do on the claim that Mrs. Theresa Oberly, an heir and daughter of Mrs. Moll, has certain bank books in her charge which she will not turn over to him.
 l This new angle to the case caused the lawyers to scrap among them- selves for considerable period. It was finally agreed that the proceedJ- ings be held in abeyance while an eff fort is made to induce Mrs. Oberly to surrender the books.
 In the opinion of those who are | ttIdI0CllSu WILL IAS 1flOlI titbSdIiOi1 tdC ease is bound up through the courts to the supreme tribunal. It'll never be settled in the probate court, lawyers believe.
 Judge Paul L. Miller, who has held Iso many hearings on the case that he can give no estimate of the number : has already stepped out of the pro- iceedings. Judge Daniel B. Bradley o1 lWestport, who was agreed upon at the conference yesterday, has been called for the next hearing. He makes the fifth judge who has been summoned linto the case.
 I The litigation has been in the court. about 10 years. It first was over
 conservatorship for Mrs. Moll, ant
 since she died, Jan. 12, 1917. over hel
 estate. Mrs. Moll, most Bridgeporter'
 know, was a familiar figure in the
 streets of the city, where she solt
 milk and other farm productions, ant
 dressed in pair of mans overalls
 Her estate is estimated at abou S100,000, and includes much real es
 tate in the Madison road section [, There is deed of trust on recor,
 at the town clerks office in whicl
 Mrs. Moll, after reserving the Tiff
 use of her property, turns it over t
 her children equally. What effec
 this may have on the proceedings i
 not apparent now
 There are five principals in the liti
 gation, Mrs. Stadler, Mrs. Oberly
 Mrs. Lillian Thorpe, Gustave MolI an,
 a brother, who Is teacher in Chfca
 go. These are only the nucleus o
 the storm, however, for Stadle1
 Thorpe. MolTs wife, Moll's sons, reIa
 tives of all of them, and g. few of tn ! neighbors have had hand in tn case. When there's a hearing tn judge can scarcely get into the room ) and the din that features each gather ing of the clans drives innocent by
 islanders to the record vault
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05

nut coal.
 Referring to evidence that specula- tors, by storing coal in cars, paying demurrage or reconsigning it, tended to increase prices materially last win ter, the commissions report recom- mends action by congress or some au- thor1ty to be. designated by congress on the following:
 1. The elimination of the element of speculation and the charging of an exorbitant price, or the withholding from use of this necessity of life;
 2. The imperative need for keping coal moving from the point of produc- ton to it's final destination, and of preventing coal cars from being held out of use for the purpose of specu- lative storage.
 When the report was presented in congress Senator Hitchcock, author of the investigation resolution, declared it shows the people have been robbed by spectators and consumers have contributed to it by their panicky con- dition''
 He expressed the hope that wide publicity would be given to the report from a governmental agency that there Is abundance of anthracite and no warrant for increasing prices.
 The high cost of living in all lines, Senator Hitchcock said, had been made higher by the panicky condition of the consumers and spectators had taken full advantage of the opportun. -ity. %
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
Improvement of Post
 Office is Postponed,
 Bids Being Too High

Due presumably to the high cost of labor and building materials, the con tenap1ated changes in the Post Office, which were to have given more work ing space for the handling of mail, have been postponed indefinitely. All the bids received in Washington for the reinedeliing because they were in been rejected because they were in excess of the allowance made by the department for that purpose.
 The volume of mail has become so great in the Post Office that the clerks are hindered in handling it by their cramped quarters. Plans had been made to extend the workroem across the entire building. taking cut the present ell in the 1ehhy and several rooms in the pestmaster's quarters. The failure of the bids te come with in the appropriation is the source of keen disappointment to employees.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
Miles G. Thompson Now 1st Lieutenant
 In Second Company

Lieutenant Miles c. Thompson is now receiving congratulations from the officers and enlisted men of the Second Company, c. A. N. G., on his promotion to first lieutenant.
 Lieutenant Thompson has for the last three years been popular mem Der of the Leeemobile service depart 1nent. He enlisted as a private in the Fourteenth company which is now the Second company. c. A. N. G.. April IS, 1915. and was assigned to rsaff duty. June Ie, 1914, receiving his com mission as a second lieutenant at that time. He was assigned to duty with the Second Company June i6. 1s1e-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
BRYANT WORKERS RAISE OLD GLORY
 WITH CEREMONIES
Nearly 2,0o0 Take Part in Demonstration for Stars
 and Stripes.

Extreme patriotism was shown by fully 2,000 persons who gathered in State street opposite the Bryant Eaec- tric Co.'S office building as the Stars and Stripes were formally raised to- day over the building.
 As a corollary to the reports that throughout the Hungarian district of Bridgeport which adjoins the factory buildings, foreign-born persons were showing their allegiance to the Amer 1can flag and the Constitution, it was interesting to note that the audience which gathered to hear the patriotic address delivered by Ex-Judge Carr Foster were largely of Teutonic de- scent.
 It is estimated that 1900 factory employees joined in the march from the plant at Hancock avenue through Fairfield avenue and down Butler street to the large vacant lot. Each marcher held aloft a small American flag, while heading the. parade was the large stand and color guard of the Eleventh company, Connecticut Coast artillery.
 Loud cheering arose when during the recital by MT. Foster of the man. ner in which the flag was borne and would always be protected by the peo- pie in times of great national danger, the speaker said that New England will manufacture half of the needed munitions and stated that of this per centage Bridgeport would make fully one-half.
 Renewed cheering occurred when 1t was stated that Bridgeport as whole would rise to the occasion upon any call from its state Or national execu- tives
 s"The prime question is,'' said Mir. Foster: 'tAre we doing all we can to aid the eountry?'' "1'his answer is to be found,'' he answered, ''in the eyes that are today upon the flag. emblem attc of liberty and security" He counselled all to follow the flag and success in resisting invasion or right
 ng national wrongs, must be the re- suit.
 During the program which had been arranged under the direction of F. V. (Continued on Page 2.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
AUTO EQUIPMENT IS FOUND IN POSSESSION
 OF FOUR PRISONERS

Arfesetd by Detectives Wheeler and Derrick, with four new automobile tires in their possession, a magnete and other goods taken from a garage, four men were held in the city court this morning by Judge Bartlett for trial Monday,
 The detectives whe arrested thenl 'allege that the men entered the stable of Henry Carstesen, Cannon street. by forcing a door and stsle the property.
 They give their names as Joseph Biextarze of s3S Main street, J oseph Spooner of 1s4 Cannon street. Frank Ferris and Joseph Bethal, of 29 High street,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05

The commission warns consumers against buying larger quantities of coal than usual this summer, saying there are symptoms now of such a buying panic as that that enabled spectators last winter to force prices above normal.
 No good reason exists, says the re- port, why prices should not be sub ject to the usual summer discount, but 'if the public is again so deceiv- the favorable situation may be nulli- fled"
 The commission is keeping In close touch with the anthracite situation and promises to "expose any unscru- pulous wholesaler, jobber or retailer who seeks to misleaa the public into a belief that exorbitant prices are 1ustifiable, or that there is any ne- cessity to join in a frenzied bidding to secure immediate delivery for far future needs.''
 The United Mine Workers new scale which went into effect last week increases production cost between 24 and 30 cents ton and 'is benefi- cial and steadying factor in the in- dustry," says the commission. Lead ing operators prices at the mine foI May provide for this wage increase and there is no Justification for a larger increase to be passed on tc the consumer"
 Prices for May at the mines are quoted at $3.61 net ton fof egg $3.S4 for stove and $3.93 for chest
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
REICHSTAC MAY
 CURB AUTHORITY ]. OF THE H ]: ,, KAISER
Committee Would Make Chancellor Share His
 Responsibility.

Amsterdam. May 5-A restriction of the power of the German emperor has been decided on by the constitu- ton committee or the reichstag, &C., cording to a dispatch from Berlin. The committee has decided to alter article XVII of the imperial consti- tuition as follows:
 Ordinances and decrees of the kaiser will be issued in the name of the empire and will require for valid ity the counter signature of the i'm perial chancellor or his representa- tive, who thereby assumes responsi- bility to the reichstag.''
 The decision of the committee was in accordance with joint proposal of the centrists. national liberals and the progressives. Four conservative members voted against the change The committee also adopted a reso- lution by the same proposers demand ing bill fixing the chancellor's re- sponsibility for any violation of his official duty and the verifcation of such violation by, a senate tribunal Dr. Karl Helfferich, secretary of the interior, told the committee that a \ definite statement in regard to his at
 t1tqde could not be expected from him. He said that it would only be
 possible after a federal council had defined its position.
 The constitution committee has re. jected Dr. Bernstein's proposals re. | quiring the approval of the reichstae I when treaties are being inaugurated | and concluded, when war is declared
 and when peace agreements ar be.
 ing settled, the Berlin dispatches say The commtttee also has rejected
 the proposal to introduce bill givins | the reichstag power to dismiss the chancellor, when 1t wishes, the ad. vices add.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05

Petrograd, May 5-Friends of the government outdemonstrat- ed the demonstrators here last evening. As if with one accord the people, stirred into a seem ing realization of the catastro- phe overshadowing the country through thss menace to thein government, turned out, man, woman and child. in support of the temporary authorities.
 From end to end Nevsky Morskaya was packed with marching. crowds of all grades of society. We'll groomed and gray haired men and women,
 expensively clad students by thou sands, soldiers, business men and
 children, seemingly quarter of the
 population of the city, cheered and
 shouted for the government.
 So completely overshadowed and
 outnumbered were the earlier nani- festants who demanded the downfall
 of the authorities that they appeared utterly insignificant, The crowd pour ed into the square in front of the Marinsky palace, the scene of the
 previous nights meeting of the meet ings and deputies, and packed the im- mense area. | Russia's enemies could find little comfort in the scene. Banners fn-
 scribed ":In support of the temporary
 government Away with anarchyyvs "No separate peace," and similar phrases gave the parade an appear ance of a gala procession, in striking ] contrast to the anti ti-government mob, which was composed of the shabbiest and most disreputable element of the population, A series of clashes oc-
 cured between the rival columns but there were without much result. Ths newspaper editorials this afternoon dealt with the situation in the gravest words. The Edenstvo, reflecting xha view of the working classes, saidY
 eve must find a way out in order to avoid civil war. The council must come to an agreement with the tenf- porary government in the interests of
 the country. We believe in the com
 mon sense and patriotism of the eoun- ciI and that it will reach decision to
 which the intellectual working class must adhere" The Novai Zhizn, the socialist revo- fContinued on Page 6l
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
GERMANS UNABLE
 TO FORGE BACK ADVANCING HOSTS

Paris, May 5-Heavy counter at tacks launched by the Germans with fresh divisions last night on the posi- tions captured by the French yester- day along the front from Craonna to Mont Carnillet were repulsed in all cases, the war office announced to- day. In addition the French made progress east of Mont Carnil1et. More than 1000 prisoners have been taken by the French.
 London, May 5-The British have made further progress north of Hav- rincourt wood and near Fresnoy, ac- cord1ng to an official statement by the war office this morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
.LAvlT LEADING
 IN UNION RAGE
 FOR B. A" ]" JOB
Forty Per Cent. of Vote Cast, Record Shows Ced-
 erholm Running Second.

Reports from the A1achinists' union election this afternoon indicate that Samuel Lavit is leading Fred Ceder- holm in the race for business agent of the union.
 An unofficial poll showed that the Scandinavian lodge voted as a unit for Cederholrn, that Lavit beat his oppo- nent by one vote in Lodge 30 and has a large majority dn Lodges bS4.
 About 40 per cent of the vote has been east. The election will be con- .c1uded next Friday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
Guardsmen Will Go
 to Officers Camps
 After 2Oth of Month

Washington, May 5-Enlisted men of the national guard who are te att tend officers training camps will not be ordered to camp before May 90. Delay in designating men has caused the pastpenement which allows regd- mental commanders to make better guardsaaen from each regiment.
 The camps will net be open to of ficers of the national guard, as the secretary of war has ruled that tfey are needed with their restHanAs>
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
EXPECT JAPANESE TO SEND MISSION TO AMERICA SOON

Washington, May 5---Japan may send war commission to the United States. No definite information has been received, but it was said at the state department today that intima- tions from an unofficial source had been made that the Japanese govern ment was considering the move.
 When the commission to Russia, headed by E1ihu Root, will leave has not been determined, but the state de- partment expects it to be under way as soon as plans can be completed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
MORE MILLIONS
 FROM U. s. PURSE
 FOR THE BRITONS

Washington, May 5-A second loan was made today by the government to Great Britain. The amount, $25,- 000,000. was transferred by Secre- tary McAdoo to Ambassador Spring Rice. It will meet Great Britains re- duirements in this country for about three days.
 The loan is for a short term and will be taken into the greater loan to be made when the proceeds of the big bond issue are at hand.
 Announcement also was made that the $100, 100000 loan to France would be made within a day or so.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
AWAIT H0LLWEC
 PEACE OFFER IN
 NEXT FORTNIGHT

Copenhagen, May LA p1ainer declaration of Germany's peace con titions will be made by Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg within a fortnight.
 pr. Karl Helfferich, the vice chan cellor, announced yesterday that an answer would be made within a fort nights time by the chancellor to the interpe1lations presented by the con- servatives and the socialists. The chanceilor's decision to define Ger many's aims was the result of pres sure exerted from all sides.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
NAVAL C0NSULTERS SOLVE 'SUB' PROBLEM

naval consulting board, an- nounced here today that the board had forwarded to Washington plans for deal ing with the submarine prob lem which, it was believed, had solved the problem suc- cessfully. l.
 MT. Saunders, who has been chairman of the naval consult ing board about two months, supplemented his announce ment by saying that while the submarine problem cannot be considered in reality to have been solved until the U-boats have been destroyed, neverthe- less numerous experiments had been made along the Atlantic coast with highly encouraging results and which leads the board to feel confident that a successful solution had been reached.
 The Naval Consulting Board, head ed by Thomas A. Edison, and of which Andrew L. Riker of this city is a member, was formed on Nov. 5, 1915, to assist the navy in working out problems that might arise in con- nection with defense of the country.
 Its active heads are: Thomas A. Edison, chairman; Peter Cooper Hew- 1t. New York, first vice chairman Thomas Robbins, Stamford, Conn.,, secretary, and M. R. Hutchinson, of Orange, N. J., assistant to the chair man.
 Sixteen committees, composed of the foremost inventors, manufactur- CTS and scientists in the country, have been assigned to take up the problems entrusted to them in consideration of the navy's needs.
 These committees are chemistry and physics, aeronautics, internal com busion motors, electricity, mines and torpedoes, submarines. ordnance asd explosives, wireless and communica,- tions. transportation. production, or ganization, manufacture and stand |ardization, ship construction, steam engineering and steam propulsion, life saving appliances, aids to navigation, food and sanitatioR.s public works yards and docks.
 Besides being chairman of the in ternal combustion motors committee MT. Riker is a member also of the ae- romantics and transportation commit tees. His associates on the three committees are Howard B. Coffin, P. c Hewitt. A. E. Perry, A. G. Webster Benjamin B. Thayer, Alfred Craven | Spencer Miller, Thomas Robbins W l L.. Saunders and Henry A. W. Wood.
 Though most of the members have given up practically. their whole tim. to the work of the government, -he, not only payl their own travelling ex l penses and hotel bills but the feeling of enthusiastic cooperation in the eff fort to get the navy in a proper stat, of preparedness is so great that the, evenf furnish their own stationery ant | by assessment on members take car, of other incidental expenses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
NO SCARCITY OF COAL: U, S, ISSUES WARNING
 AGAINST HOAROlNG IT

Washington May 5Prevailing retail prices of anthra cite unwarranted and the supply for next adequate federal trade said today mnary report based partly Completed investigation dered by congress last winter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
SNOW IN NEW BRITAIN

New Britain, May 5-fIea#F snow fell early this naerning, the faEes at times being very -laEEa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
Outpouring of Petrograd People Eclipses All Prev ious Manifestations of Opposition Banners In scribed, 'sNo Separate Peace" Carried in Parade.
Provisional Government Re fuses to Indite New Notes, or to Modify It's Message to the Allies
 Ministers Will Sooner Re- sign Posts, If Necessary.

Petrograd, May 5- The council of WOrkmen and soldiers delegates have passed a vote of confidence in the government by a majority of B. The num- !; Der of delegates voting was 2,50O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-05
1HE WEATHER

cloudy tonishty sunday faar.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-04-13

~t.lu school superintendent j. IT,
Wagner hl- accepted the invitation
to serve a- q Judge ~ the contest
tir \mcrcau Bankers association
Will tart n the various states To rn
COURAGE -,ho"l children To learn to
.pcu property The bank Will dl-
tribute % booklet lo each pupil gi,ns
3D. l-l of 800 words. 20O of which will
hr g.rd m the contest Prize viii
ur Offered