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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25

were watched with painful anxiety by
the crowd, and there was q Wild out
burst OF cheering asditowaasseen that
he and his precious burden were safe.
How Gallant Policeman Died
In another busy district, In the east
ern area, one of the most distressing
scenes was in a narrow street, where
workshops and working class houses
are mingled together. Here bomb
fell and exploded in the roadway, kill
ing a carman passing with his van. q
policeman. a woman raHass heysgs
fcaEmaH mad horse
alike were blown to pieces, and TOR a
distance of about twenty yards the
roadway was a shamble.
near the North Foreland and on the
opposite banks of the Thames. four
persons being injured.
The raid over London lasted about
fifteen minutes.
guns of the East London Defences. and
q large number Of aeroplanes OF the
Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval
Air Service were sent up as soon as the
enemy was reported OFF the coast
.sAfakes Your Blood Boil'
During Wednesday afternoon the
King drove to st. Bartholomew and
to the London hospital in little mo-
torcar to do all in his power for the
suffering.
Told at the London Hospital of the
number of women and children who
had been admitted, some to the mortu-
ary, some to the wards, the King ex-
claimed, in tones of anger and bitter
ness: 'It makes your blood boil They
will do anything . He passed to the
beds occupied by the raid sufferers.
spoke to those who were able to talk,
and left smiling faces everywhere.
Passing behind one screen where q
surgeon was busy repairing a shattsr-
ed limb, the King said, Shall dis
turb you IL come in ?.' He did not
leave till the man was made confor-
table,
Queen Alexandra motored to
places where the children were KILL
ed and expressed her deepest SYM
pathy with some of the parents. who
were standing in little groups dis
cussing the raid.
During the afternoon Queen Mary
sent quantity of flowers to the hos
pitfalls. These bore the inscription:
buckingham Palace. With the
Queens deepest sympathy with the
sufferers through the air raid
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
GARFIELD WILL.
CUT PRICES OF
COAL AT RETAIL.


washington, Aas. c6-rhe govern
menf.s grip on arthracite pricss was
tighteued yesterday by the decision OF
Harry A. Gardeld, the new coal dc
katcr, TO name the prices at which
the retailers may sell. The prices at
the uains and the 5of1cry profit were
nxed Thursday BY President Wilson.
That 6ae assumption Of absolute
control OF the coal situation win re-
suit In a reduction OF price to the
Consumer Of household coal is the as
sertion of mr.. Garfield IN this view
be Is at variance with large Fetailsrs
In New York. PhilAdelph1a and Chi
rago. who were quoted as doubling
whether It would eject any saving to
The man In the home.
,rhe government WIN exercise such
control he said, that It win not
be true thai coal WIN be bought by
the consumer at no reduction from
rornaer prfces NJ
III any one thinks that I would be
satisfied with nains prices at the mine
ana disseminating the prodt the 5obber
may have, leaving the retailer free to
charge ms much aa the public viii
stand tor, he IS greatly mistaken The
coal administration Is going to see
the pfanciple of control 40 applied all
along The line from the time the coal
Ia mined until 1t reaches the con-
sumner.
.tAn the machinery made available
will be used to enforce the prices
named Thursday hg the President and
to secure the benefit desired under
the act The government will not al
low itself to Be thwarted In this prlr-
NJ go =. 49, - = y .<s,~s~,xS -
vocafe ac4ion as drastic a. taking over
the output OF tho mines IL the fixing
OF prices did not accomplish the re-
n1lts intended With his expert az
sistauts Mr.. GarflHad as soon as he
has nndshed the task OF settling q
price for wfcat assigned him by Her
bert C. Hoover WIN attack the coal
prcab1em
He WIN eject control OF system
Of universal Hcensex Jobber, mid
dlamnn and retailer an win have to
take out q s1irense which. II the holder
does not sen at the prices prescrfbed
by the government win be revoked.
putting the offender out Of business
Uneconpnicaa practices IN trans
portauon and distribution win be
eliminated SO far as possible 1t d
the purpose OF Adr Garfield to dc
awsy with unnecssssry hanls- Fol
PIE, there VIII pc no more naul'
ing % wes1ern .coai cas-. wnaie Eass
GO. q lnS 10y - u - - D a7l'
nsas LEG, 49, ayeIs VII pc i se
- ~ y tne,r W. ulsl
Anu VIZ ny .
aDte % %Ilssle oul OF complying VIII
rne price resniai,ons on tne plea o
consrTucruTa1 aEreements unless tnel
are aole 70 estapnsn tnal the con.
cls are pon z nae ana not ehlere 9
.o LOT Lne pu.p pose % eVaslon-
cn PosAoie unoes ln'
PnA WILL ~ s.uoieu ana We van p
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
Take Single Men
Where Possible,
8 Wilson Suggests

WASHINGTON Aug. 25-President
Wilson has written Secretary Baker
expressing a view that the drafting
Of married men who are heads of
Families should be carefully examin-
expressing the view that single men
should be taken where it is possi-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
DOLLAR DAY
SPECIALS

8 pr. youth sneaks s1.O0
$1.25 Mems Tennis shoes $500
S1.25 & S1.5O Rackets -. s1.OO
s1.25 & $50 Racket
cOV6ES --,---r... $1.OO
Season Cleanup tubes $i.OO
4 at. w. Mist & Spray I. $500
S1.50 Radiator Emblems $500
2 Master Ford Plugs S1.0O
8 Bethlehem Ford Plugs $1.0O
IA &41-2 Ford Patch j. S1.OO
Can Rubber Mend and
Patches $500
8 Soc Bathing Cap ...... S1.00
$3.50 Picutre Hats -. S1.OO
$1.25 & $3.50 Syringes $500
I$t25 & $3.50 w. Bottles $500
1925 Bike tire less -. $1.O0
Any SIS Rain Coat less :. S1.OO
Any brand Of Auto Tire
less $500
Any brand wheel $1,000. $1.OO
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
COLUMBIA HOSPITAL is NOW
o. S. ARMY HOSPITAL NO. i

Washington. August 25.Colunbia
hospital, New York city, whiss r=-
accepted as a war hospital by the gov
eminent some time ago, is designated
as United States army general hospital
No in army orders published today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
CARDINAL GASPARRI
VISITS BIRTHPLACE
- -

Rome, August 25: gardinaE Gas
part. papaI secretary of state. il
leaving on q four weeks vacation to-
visit his birthplace in the Marches
provinces.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
ALLINC RUBBER co.
1126 MAIN ST.
Bed Bugs Keep Rooms
From Renting

s4es - AVIAN 4W<4hg4Ak6
Many desirable rooms don't
rent for the simple reason
that they are known to be
infested with Bed Bugs.
Spend 25 cents and clean
your home, and your rooms
win rent. Tell the public
your house has been cleaned
with Cyrus Presto Killer
and the applicant for rooms
will be satisfied. There is
nothing better made, moth
ing SO clean to use arr moth
ing so clean to use and moth
ing so harmless to human
beings it does not burn.
Try a can Is cents, it is
worth money to you.
THE CYRUS PHARMACY
Fairfield Avenue and
CourtIand Street
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25

We urge you to take advantage
of the fewremaining hours by walk
ing through the store tonight and
seeing how you will profit by buy
ing any of of the many low price
offerings that still remain in every
department.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
Us y: @ = DILLON'S 55's s :: s. Sit
Hartford Paris
wholesale and Retail Leading Milliners.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, WILL
BE DOLLAR DAY HERE.
We will offer many extraordi-
nary bargains in Velvet Hats, Sum-
mer Straw Hats, Velvet Tams, Wells,
Ostrich Boas, Cloth Coats, Rain Coats,
Shirt Waists, Petticoats, Silk Sweat
ers.
1t will pay you to visit our store
next Tuesday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
Train OF Anbnlances

After those few minutes of tense
interest and deadening noise the sud
den silence was very awful. The ces-
sation of gun-ffre told that the raid
ers had been driven off, and, look
ing to the sun, one could see that
peace had come once more to the air.
Watching the light and movement in
the sky the drama Of it all had so
fixed ones attention as to eliminate
even a flashing thought of its mean
ing. But with the silence came the
swift running of ambulance cars and
their pealing bells told Of the uglf-
ness of it all, and its deep signifi-
canoe.
And these ambulance cars ,larted
out from all sorts Of little side streets,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25

were watched with painful anxiety by
the crowd, and there was q Wild out
burst OF cheering asaitowaasseen that
he and his precious burden were safe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25

court. his Honor remained quite cdli1i.
and remarked: IT hope people will be
quiet. II they cannot they had bet
ter leave the court" Another boom,
louder than ever. followed. and the
women shrieked again, but His Honor
went on and finished his Judgment.
Pitiful Scenes at Bombed School
1t is greatly TO be feared that one
of the worst death rolls Of the raid
will be that recorded at one of our
County Council schools in East bon
don's community of toilers.
: At present it is difficult to FIX the
actual numbers of little ones killed by
bombs dropped by an enemy so ftend-
ish1y careless as to where they might
fall Some of them. already deA4.
were taken to the neighboring hospi-
tai in the hope that lingering vitality
might be discovered Three Of them
were certified dead Immediately the
surgeons could examine them.
Four others who were not SO ter
rrbly injured left faint CLEANS of hope
that they might be saved, but all of
them succumbed within few hours.
OF the remaining twenty-six it was
greatly feared that some would later
be added to the list Of dead. Several
were marked by the surgeons as
seriously in danger"
Anguish. OF Despaiffng Mothers
In addition to these already record
ed officially as school children who
had been slain by the Hun raiders
there were eight children's bodies at
Poplar mortuary, and there Is little
hope among mothers whose children
had not been accounted for that their
little ones who were in the school had
escaped.
OF the injured detained at the hos
pital nineteen belonged to one school
The wonder and the mercy was tina,
the killed and injured, were not more
numerous. Many wree recipients o!
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1917-12-07
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

THIS "watchful waiting" while the price OF
coal ascends skyward affects the nerves as
we'll as the purse.
WHEN it comes to patriotism and profits, the
w cotton farmers can be relied upon not to
overlook the profits end of it.
WHAT has become of those wooden ships
w that were to be built overnight? Gone
with other Democratic theories.
THE idea is prevalent in this section that the
L powers that be are fixing the price OF coal
much like the old lady kept hotel.
TT HAS been a long time since we heard one
L of the Administration cuckoos yaWplng
about the beauties of the Underwood tariff law.
WE THINK that General PEACE will find out
w that his so-called nomination is hardly
equivalent to election in the Fourth Judicial
circuit.
DATES of insurance are such in Ducktown as
IL to warrant investigation by the State Com
missioner. The people have been held up long
enough.
WHEN the people elect Congress, they
w have a right to expect that it Will give the
whole country square DEAL Has this one
done it?
TT IS probably too bad that Mr.. McADoo can
L not be President of the United States and
Governor of New York at the same time. lie
is willing.
WHAT good thing it is that nothing can be
w done by this Congress that can not be
undone by the one the Republicans will elect,
next November.
THOSE who are pretending to sneer at the
L candidacy of WILLIAM HOWARD HAVEN are
due to attend nice little a surprise party
about one day next August.
livery quirk and turn of war events is being
IL twisted to show that the Democratic party
is. winning this war. Suppose it had had to
furnish both men and money!
GAYS LUKE MCLUKE "It hurts man heap
y more to be thrown down by friend than
it does to be held up by stranger" Will this
apply also to supposed friends!
TT THOSE able lieutenants of Gen. PEACE
L A. E. LOVE and MEICs CoPELAND-get him
anywhere in Polk County all honor among Re-
pubicans will have to be cast adrift.
NTOW comes BAINBRIDCE COLBY with the state
IN ment that the shipping problem has been
solved SO many claims have been made IN the
past few months that didn't materialize that we
will be in no hurry to accept this one.
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1917-12-07
ONLY FRIENDS" ARE EXEMPTED

ANOTHER son of E. W, Scripps, millionaire
~ owner of the Scripps league OF neWsPa-
pers is trying to get himself exempted from mill
tary service on the ground that his newspaper
work is vital to the conduct of the war. This
time it is James G.. Scripps, elder brother of
Robert Paine Scripps, who recently was ex-
empted through Secretary Baker, on the ground
that his services as reporter for the Cincinnati
Post we're Indispensable"
James G. Scripps, though under 81 and of
military age, is described as chairman OF the
board of directors of all the Scripps newspa
pers of the Newspaper Enterprise Association
and of the United Press Association" On No
vember II he filed an exemption claim with the
local district draft board at Los Angeles, basing
hopes, apparently, on the precedent set by the
exemption of his brother, Robert, on newspa-
per occupational claims.
The appeal, as occupational, will have to 60
the President. as did that of Robert, whose pa
pers were sent personally to Secretary of
War Baker.
Both are cousins of Thomas Scripps, son of
F. I. Scripps, San Diego millionaire, who has,
thus far. failed to be exempted on two claims,
one being that he is the only support or his
millionaire father, the other on agricultural
grounds. 1t is contended that since the presi-
Dental appeal of Robert was granted the case
of James ought to be very much stronger
The affidavits will seek to show that James
controls the policies and activities OF large
circuit of newspapers, and is also chief of
news gathering agency of international scope, to
say nothing of heading feature syndicate.
SIN this capacity" it will be declared, she
has advocated with unusual force all that the
Government now demands"
The affidavits will also disclose, it is said, the
allegation that Scripps, grieved at the use OF the
word conscription, called personally upon the
President and prevailed upon him TO change
THE to selective service and that he also
personally appealed" to the President to issue
Liberty bonds in denominations as low as 500.
James C. Scripps lives in San Diego, but is
we'll known in Cleveland and Cincinnati, where,
for time, he was editor-in-chief of the Ohio
league of Scripps newspapers
The slogan, He Kept Us Out of War" was
a big asset of the Scrpps league newspapers
and it was whooped up from Hackensack to
Yuba Dam.
But it never, seemingly, occurred to these
pampered scions of wealth that they might be
called upon to go, so up goes the white flag
The Polk County Republican. (Ducktown, Tenn.) 1914-191?, 1917-12-07

THE bear that walks like man has assumed
the position of mongrel with piece of
tinware tied to its tail.
A N exchange rises to remark, without batting
"A an eye, that the Federal war tax law needs
not revision, but rewriting.
GAYS the Wall Street Journal "A Vatican
~ peace proposal is now called Vienna
roll and about as satisfying"
CENATOR STONE, in trying to get back on
y the bandwagon, is doing a feat in contor-
tions seldom Witnessed by the public.
WHEN candidate for office proves untrue to-
w those who he ped put him there, how can
he expect them to do so a second time!
WHEN a committee, chosen by incumbents in
w office, seeks to deny to others their right
ful privileges, there is something wrong.
CTEAM ROLLER tactics are not popular in
~ East Tennessee and we can name few
who will be forcibly reminded of that fact.
THE Atlanta Constitution has called upon
Postmaster-Ceneral BURLEsoN to resign.
Perhaps the gentleman's hearing is defective.
THE slap given those citizens of Bradley who
sought to prevent rape on justice will
probably be remembered at the August elec-
ton.
THE unspeakable Tutk is in danger of suffer
ing the fate that overlook so many of our
national birds, last Thursday-he is going to
lose his head
MR.. PEACE'S expressed desire to take his
VI cause to the people did not lead him to
do much pleading along this line on his last
trip to Ducktown
GAYS the St. Louis Clobe-Democrat: "The
~ air raids on Venetian graveyards shock the
sensibiities, but they really not as bad as
those on schoohouses."
MAKING noses out of fingers is pleasant
l'I diversion with surgeons at the front while
a lower Jaw made out section OF rib is just
as common. Oh, you science!
AS WE have said before, A. E. Love has taken
part in no convention, caucus or mass
meeting since we have been in Polk County
but what trouble in the party has resulted. DO
loyal Republicans indorse such actions?
THAT abortion known as the Adamson law
had to be championed by a man whose
constituents were too ignorant to grasp Its real
significance and who would indorse the mulct-
ing of railroads. Such man with just such
constituents was found.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-08
IL Germans Dismissed
in Coast Guard Service

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 7.-Acting un-
der instruction from Washington, more
than a dozen Germans in the United
States Coast Guard Service were dis
missed from government employ TODAY,
Five of the men were attached to the
Golden Gate Life-Saving Station, leaving
that station badly crippled for men and
three were on the revenue cutter Bear.
All of the men dismissed had taken out
their first citizenship papers but had not
consummated citizenship. All were con-
sidered faithful employees.
Galveston, Tex, Feb. 7.-All men of
German birth, not having naturalization
papers, were discharged from the crew
of the Coast Guard cutter Comanche to-
Gay. 1t is understood that the step has
been ordered on all vessels of the navy
and its related services. The men dis
charged all held their first papers.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-08
new WARFARE
NOT BLOCKADE
Germany Considers Latest
Tactics in Light of Self
Preservation.
CBy the International New. Service.

(By the International News Service.) }
Berlin (via sayville wireless). Feb. Z.
-German's new submarine warfare is
not a blockade. 1t is merely an imita-
tion of the British method in declar-
ing barred zones" the sole difference
being that the sea barred" by the
German decree does not include, neu-
trail coasts.
Thus, in substance, the emi-official
Overseas News Agency today explained
the German announcement of January
81. The only thing a blockade and
barred zones" have in common, 1t is
stated, is the object to cut of the
enemy from sea trafic.
England. the agency argues, on No
vember 3, 1914. declared the North Sea
a war zone" thus barring the entire
North Sea to peaceful trade. The state
ment continues:
But England soon realized that in
spite of this arbitrary declaration,
which was against all laws of nations.
she would not obtain the desired re-
suit, namely. to bring the women and
children of Germany to starvation.
Therefore. on March IL. 1915, she
issued new order in council which
wss carried out IN such fashion that
neutrals were set In irons and block
AIDED
when even this measure, in spite OF
two years of the most brutal execution
failed to bring Germany to death by
hunger, England on January 20, 1877
once more declared part of the North
Sea war zone.
Thus England twice declared parts of
the high seas barred, twice declared that
one who ventured into the barred zone
incurred danger, and not only danger
for ships but for the lives of all human
beings on board"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-08
IS VESSELS SUNK
Twelve Sent to Bottom in
Twenty-four Hours.
OBy the international News Service

tBy the International News serviee.)
New York, Feb. Thirteen ships were
listed up to late hour tonight as addi-
uonal toll OF unrestricted U-boat war
fare. Twelve are believed to have been
sent to the bottom during the last twen-
ty-four hours. One was sunk last Sum-
day, but was only reported today. The
total tonnage of those of the thirteen ves-
sells listed in the marine records is N, 5S3
tons. With the tonnage of four unnamed
vessels included in the list and one not
listed In the official records the total is
believed to be around $1,000 tons. This
brings the aggregate tonnage DESTROYED
since February l to approximately 10000
tons.
The largest vessel reported sunk today
was the. British liner California of the
Anchor Llne-S,662 tons, bound from New
York for Glasgow.
According to New York officials Of the
line, the California carried 81 passengers
none Of them an American citizen, and
had a crew OF 1s4 men.
II was the sinking Of this liner which
startled New York and Washington this
afternoon and gave rise to the belief that
the overt act" which President Wilson
has said will lead to war, had actually
been committed
Late tonight 1t appears, however. that
the vessels loss does not come in the
category of overt acts"
American Consul General Frost at
Queenstown cabled this afternoon that
there was one death and that thirty per-
sons have been taken to hospitals.
There were ten children aboard the
California.
Other vessels listed today as sunk IN
the barred zone" are:
Crown Point, British, 5,21s tons; Azul,
British, 3,074 tons; st. Ninian, British,
3,02s tons; Corsican Prince, British, 2Ts
tons; Lorton, British (sunk last Sunday,
,fs tons; Saxon Prince, British, /, ,3s7
tons; Vestra, British, 1,o21 tons; Ferrucio,
italian; two British steam trawlers and
two British fishing boats.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-08
FUNSTON AND PERSHING
PRAISED BY SECRETARY

Secretary of Wan Baker yesterday sent
letters to Gems. Pershing and Funston,
warmly congratulating the officers upon
the successful withdrawal Of the expedi-
tionary force sent into Mexico to get
Villa dead or alive"
II have Just received word that your
command has recrossed the Mexican bor-
der and Is again on the territory OF the
United States" Secretary Baker wrote
Gen Pershing. TT has been an object of
constant pride and pleasure to the de-
partment.
THE expedition thoroughly dispersed
and scattered the bandits who menaced
the safety of Americans on our side of
the border. For long months its presence
in Mexico served to secure our border
from attack and depreciation"
The Secretary's letter to Gen. Funston
expressed the deep satisfaction of the
Secretary of War with the organization
and support Of the Pershing forces and
the work accomplished.