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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
u. S. CAN CALL
100000 CARS
into TRANSPORT
Over 43 Per Cent. Increase
In Ownership Since
1915.

Washington, D. c., July BIN 1916
there were 1868 more motor cars
registered in the United States than
in 1915. This was an increase of 43
per cent. The gross total of register
ed cars, including commercial cars
was 3,512,996; the number of motor
cycles registered was 25O,820. The
several states collected in registration
and license fees, including those of
chauffeurs and operators, a total
gross revenue of $25,S65, 369.75. OF
this amount 90 per cent, or $23,910,-
811, was applied directly to construc-
the public roads in 43 states, accord
ing to figures compiled by the Of
flee of Public Roads of the United
States Department Of Agriculture, in
Circular 70, Automobile Registra-
tons, Licenses and Revenues in the
United States, 1876
The figures for 1916 correspond
very closely with the annual percen-
tage increase of motor-car registra-
ton of the last three years. This
yearly increase has averaged 40 per
cent. in the number of cars and SO
per cent. in revenues.
When viewed over period of
years, the increase in motor car reg
1SCrdl1On ana gross revenue mas Deen
remarkable. In 1906 the total state
registrations were approximately 49,
600 cars, on account of which the
several states collected in fees and Ii
censes a total gross revenue Of about
$4,000. Only a small part Of this
was applied to road work. In 1915
the $25,S65, 369.75 collected formed
nearly per cent of the total rural
road and bridge revenues of the state.
Recent years have shown an in
creasing tendency to put the spending
of the motor-car revenues directly in
to the hands of the state highway de-
partments. Of the total amount ap-
piled to road work in 1916, 70 per
cent. or $16,411, $50, was expended
more or less directly under the con-
troll of, supervision of state highway
departments. Only 13 states did not
exercise any direct control over the
expanding Of the net automobile rev.
enueS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
BOSTON BAG" NOW
In GENERAL USE

Boston, July 3.-The Boston bag,
a leather receptacle rarely seen in
other parts of the country, has been
big factor in helping the people of
this city to observe the wartime slo-
gan: "Take home your own bundle -
First popular among students, the
bag quickly came into general use,
to tfas wonder Of thousands of wish
tors.
Primarily intended for books, it has
largely supplanted the professional
mans green cloth bag. Commuters
have discovered its convenience and
now the Boston bag carried through
the streets or on HUNDREDS of trains
constantly may, contain a popular
novel a workingman's lunch, stu
dents thesis or a roast for dinner. De-
partment stores say it's use for car
rying small parcels has done much
to solve the delivery problem.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
DERBY DECLARES OUR
AID HURRIES VICTORY

London, July 3-Lord Derby, Sec
rotary for War, in a statement to the
Associated Press yesterday said:
The arrival in France of the
troops Of the United States to take
their place by the side of the French,
Belgian and British troops, is an
event of the first importance. The
moral effect of this reinforcement
will be far-reaching, as the accession
of a great army, of which this is the
vanguard, enthusiastic for the restor-
alton of peace and liberty throughout
the world. will be welcome to all
fighting for the sacred cause on
French and Belgian soil.
The promptithde with which our
kinsmen across the Atlantic have CIV
en- effect to their pledges of cooper
alton is no surprise to me, who know
stheir energy and resourcefulness. But
; it is an earnest of their determine
ton to hasten the victory which will
reward our united efforts, and there
fore. moves US deeply"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
REPORTS 4 BIG U-BOATS
SUNK BY THE BRITISH

: New York, July 3-Severa1 British
army officers arrived yesterday at an
Atlantic port to visit their families in
Canada and Australia and recuperate
from wounds received in the recent
heavy fighting on the western front.
All expressed their confidence in the
final victory of the Allies and said
that now that the limited States had
begun to land troops in France there
was hope of beating the Germans to a
finish in 1918. independently of what
the submarine warfare might accom-
plish for the enemy.
An officer Of the British Naval Re-
serve, who did not wish his name
mentioned, said that there might be
changes in the Admiralty Operating
Board in the near future, which would
include the transfer OF its head, Ad-
miral Sir John Je1licoe, and the ap-
pointment to the board of some of
the younger officers, who have been
actively fighting the submarines on
light cruisers and destroyers.
He said that Japanese destroyers
were doing good work in the Medi-
terranean, where the German and
Austrian submarines have been very
active in the last three months, and
that three Japanese destroyers were
on patrol duty in the Bay of Biscay
and along the French coast.
This officer suggested that the send
ing over of number of airplanes
from America to patrol the British
and French coasts would be the best
method of checking the sinking of
merchant ships by the submarines.
He said it was difficult to tell how
many submarines were being sunk, as
the Admiralty kept the figures secret.
He was informed att Portsmouth
Dockyard II days ago that four Of
the latest class of U-boats had been
destroyed by the navy-two at the
mouth of the English Channel. one in
the North Sea, and the fourth in the
Atlantic off Cadiz.
After having four airplanes shot
from under him over the German
lines and falling few thousand feet
on his return from an observation
trip, Second Lieut.. Arnold Edwards
arrived yesterday on his way to Sgd
ney, Australia, to see his mother. He
said that. he had been as far as so
miles within the German lines and
had observed a change in the enemy's
air fighting.
st have flown two hours over their
lines,'' he said, before any German
aviators came out to meet us. Their
veteran fiers have nearly all been
| killed, and the new ones lack the
| nerve to attack us singly, but wait
| until they have three or four ma
chimes together before they come out. -
Another passenger was Capt. R. A.
| McColloch of the East Surrey regi-
ment, who has lost his right eye, has
a shattered right jaw, and shrapnel
| wounds all over his body. He is on
his way back to the rubber planta-
tons in the Federated Malay States,
which he left to go to the war.
| Prentiss N. Gray. the last American
director Of the Relief Commission to
leave Belgium, arrived yesterday with
| his wife and three-year-old daughter.
He said that the work of feeding the
| Belgian refugees and children had
been turned over to the Dutch and
| Spanish officials, and the supplies were
arriving at Rotterdam and were being
| distributed from there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
ENEMY ALIENS AND
:. CITIZENS UNITE IN
RIOTS IN GERMANY

Amsterdam, July 3.-The Dusse1-
dorff General Anzeiger, says that riots
occurred in Dusseldorf on Thursday
wherein workmen of enemy national
ity participated; shops were damaged
and plundered; alcoholic liquors es-
pecia1ly being stolen. Citizens allow
ed these enemy aliens to share in the
booty without hindrance. The police,
who were reinforced by troops, made
many arrests. The military, comman-
dant issued orders forbidding street
gatherings.
1t was declared that all saloons
and amusement places should be
closed at 9 o'clock at night except
the municipal theatre and opera
house. The public was warned not
to 1oiter in the streets, as an order
was given to act ruthlessly to anybody
offering resistance to the police.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
MISERABLE FROM
STOMACH TROUBLE
Felt Wretched Until He
Started To Take
"Fruit- -tives''
594 Cbamnlain St. Montrea,

For two years, I was a miserable
sufferer from Rheumatism and Stom-
ach Trouble. I had frequent Dizzy
Spells, and when I took food. felt
wretched and sleepy. I suffered from
rheumatism drea6fully, with pains
in my back and joints, and my hands
swollen.
} "a friend advised 'Fruit-a-tives'
and from the outset, they did me
good. After the first box, felt I was
getting well and I can truthful1y say
that tF'ruit-a-tives' is the only mcdi-
cine that helped me-
LOUIS LABRIE.
soc box, for $3.50. trial size,
25c. At all dealers or sent postpaid
by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Osdens-
burg. NJ Y
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
GERMAN FIRMS
IN HONG KONG
INJURED TRADING

London, July 3---When the war be-
gan nearly thirty per cent. of the
t------- - Hong Kong, excluding Chi
nese native trade. was in the hands
of Germans whose business methods
were considered by many to be most
progressive and worthy of emulation.
1t now appears from the investigation
of enemy firms that the methods en-
ployed by the Teutons were, despite
the great volume of trade, unsound
and Improbable, according to the per-
iodical Truth which publishes an ar
ticle based on a book just written by
Dennis K. Moss, a man of long ex-
perience in Chinese trade and one of
the Hquidators of enemy firms in
Hong Kong.
The knowledge gained from the
liquidation is summed up by Mr..
Moss as being mainly, a more COM
plete knowledge of how not to do
business" says Truth. Instead of
the valuable lessons in trading meth
DDS which some people expected, the
merchants. and accountants in charge
of the windings-up discovered prac-
tically nothing but evidence-unmis-
taxable, conclusive evidence-of the
unsoundness and unpro fitableness of
the lines on which the Germans did
business. Nearly thirty per cent. Of
the trade of Hong Kong Excluding
Chinese native trade) was in their
hands, but they did not make one
twentieth of the, profits of the Brit
ish-indeed, more than one British
firm there makes for itself net profits
equal to those of all the German
firms Jumped together. The great
aim of the latter was to have a big
turnover, no matter whether there
was an profit or not.
'As an instance of this on the ex-
port side, one firm had built up a
turnover of 100000 a year in silk,
but only covered the cost of running
the department. All engaged in cut
| throat competition, not merely
against British rivals, but. against one
another, and even in the handling Of
their own German and Austrian
manufa ctures In the main, how
ever, the goods they sold to the Chi
nese-giving dangerously long cred
its-consisted of Manchester and
Bradford goods, for, though the
plums of that trade in Hong Kong
were retained by British firms, the
Germans had captured a substantial
portion of it by taking business-as
| their books showed-on miserably in
adequate terms, sometimes even at a
| loss. This had temporarily benefited
Manchester and Bradford merchants.
| but many of the enemy firms were
| getting deeper and deeper into a
state of such chronic iovertrading that
| very little would have been needed
/ to upset the whole fabric and bring
about crash which would have seri-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
KERENSKY LAUDS ARMY
FIGHTING AT THE FRONT

Petrograd, July 3-M. Kerensky,
Minister of War, yesterday telegraph
ed the following to Premier Lvoff:
"On July the army Of the revolu-
tionary Russia took the offensive with
great enthusiasm. The offensive
proved to Russia and the entire
world its fidelity to the revolution
and it's love for liberty and it's coun-
try.
ignoring the small groups of
cowardly souls, the free Russian SOL
diers are consolidating by their Of
fensiye new discipline based on the
sentiment of civic duty.
whichever may happen, tAin puts
an end to all slanderous attacks
against thet democratic Russian army.
I beg of you to authorize me to hand
the regiments which participated in
the fighting on July 1 red revolu-
tionary flags and give them the name
Regiments July First"
Premier Lvoff granted the re-
quests.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
DENTIST CHARGED
WITH BIG THEFT

New York, July 3.-Charged with
the. theft Of $1s,650 worth of jewelry
from Miss Madge E. Wilbur Of Pasa-
dena, Cal, DR.. Joseph Homer, a dem
fist Of Los Angeles, was arraigned
here yesterday as a fugitive from JUS
tice from Boston, where it is alleged.
the crime was committed. He waiv-
ed extradition, saying he was willing
to return to Boston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03

FLOWER ANB VEGETABLE
SEEDS
h, JOHN RECK a SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
watch

Ills harder in summer, with
no waistcoat to keep one S
watch in
fThen why not a wrist
watch?
fFor out of doors, the wrist
watch is indispensable
fFor the fellows in khaki,
the only kind
lin fact, for general service,
the most convenient and
useful
fIngersoll Radcliffe wrist
watch tells time in the
dark
fServiceable styles, So and
81
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
WATCHES

IL it's Watch you are looking for,
price, you cannot do better than invest
i'm one Of our Watches.
WE CARRY THE WELL KNOWN
LINE OF HOWARD, HAMILTON,
WALTHAAf AND ELGIN WATCHES
IN A LARGE VARIETY OF CASES
Prices 90 to $4,000
STEP IN AND SEE OUR DISPLAY
BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
FIVE BANDITS ROB
CASHIER OF $40, 900

Chicago, July &C. Beard, cashier
for the National Tea & Coffee Co.,
was held up by five bandits and rob-
bed Of between $4,000 and $4,000
yesterday. The men escaped in an
automobile.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
PLAN TO AID GOVERNMENT

Washington, July 3-Plans for aid
ing the government in the conduct of
the war, particularly by caring for
informed prisoners of war, were con-
sidered at a special meeting here yes
terday of the American Prison asso-
citation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
ASPHALT OUTPUT
INCREASES GREATLY

washington, July 3-The country's
natural asphalt output last year, the
geological survey reported yesterday.
Increased 80 per cent, in quantity
and rs per cent. in market value, as
compared with 1915.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-03
PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL TO
VISIT u. S. WARSHIPS

Rio Janeiro, July 3.-Dr. Wenics-
law Braz. president of Brazil, will
make a visit. on July A to the war
ships Of the American squadron.
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MISSOURI SENATOR
 DIED AT INfIRM ARY
THOMAS 3. WHlTLEDGE OF ST. MARYs WAS PROMINENT IN
 STATE POLITICS.

Hon Th.mas B. Whiledge, aged I2 years, of s. Marys. M .. died last night at St Josephs lntirmary from Brights q sease
 Senator Whit edge came to Hot Springs Sunday, May G. Ilie condi- tion was not regarded as serious by his friends for he had stopped over in St Louis to try a law suit. He is survived by TWO sisters Mrs. Matte Stark of Windsor, Mo, and Mrs. Sue Stevens Of White Hall, III The re. mans will be accompanied to the old homestead of Senator Whitledge by William B. Gilbert of Carlo and Dr. C A. Draper Of Windsor, who arrived here before the end came Hon. Ed 4. Rozier of Farmington, Mo, close friend of the deceased, also came to Hot Springs to see Senator Wkitledge. and was with aim few minutes be- fore he died The funeral wi be held from his home Sunday afternoon.
 Deceased was a prominent figure in Missouri state politics and for eight years had been a member of the
 tate senate.
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RECEIVERS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that in pur- suance O, the authority and directions contained in tLe lecretal order Of the Chancery Ccurt ol Garland County, made and entered on the ard day of May, A. D.. 1917, in a certain cause (No, 654}j, then pending therein be- tween Mamie E. Sumpter, complain ant and John ], Sumpter ct al. de ,endants, the undersigned as receiy- CT appointed by sad Court, Will offer tor sale at public yendue to the high est bidder. at 4l5 Ouachta Avenue Gn Swearingen Building) in the County of Garland, on the 17th day of May, A. D. 1917, the following de scribe personal property, towit: All of the Furniture of every description now located ln tre Lee Hotel, consist ing of the following: Piano, Ward robes, Washstands. Brass Beds. Bed ding, Mirrors, Rocking Chairs, Bowls, Pitchers, Settees. Pictures, Carpets, Range CGas) Carpets, Rugs, Dishes, Linoleums and various other articles Of furniture too numerous to men .tion. Said sale will be held at 445 Ouachita Avenue (SwearinGen Build ine). Sale will begin Thursday. May IT, 1917, at o'clock a. m, and will continue from day to day until said property is sold Said property may be sold niece by piece or in bulk, in Garland County, Arkansas
 Teun- of Sale: On a credit of three month the purchaser being required to oNecnte a bond as required by law and tbc order and decree of said Cour m said cause, with approved security bearing interest at the rate Q, 6 per cent per annum from date o sale pntl paid and 8 lien being re- ta.1e5 on the premises sold to secure the paymrn' of the purchase money
 Given under my hand this 9th day of May \. D. 1917
 r. W. ROWIES, Receiver.
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c COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Notice Is hereby given, that in pur- suance If the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the ChanceFy Court of Garland County made and entered on the 1st day O.: Februa y, A. D., 1917, in certain cause No. 5055), then pending therein
 etwetu Vim. H. Dobbiu and r. H. Eddy, Trustee, complainants, and Ida M. Eddy ct al, defendants. the under signed as Commissioner of said Court, will cIfer for sale at public vendue to the Highest bidder, at the front door or entrance of the County Courthouse, in which said Court is held, in the Cunfy of Garland. within the hours pres erlbed by law for judicial sales. on the 22nd day of May, A. D., 1917, the following described real estate, tO-wit: All os Grim 8 Subdivision of the South west quarter of the Northeast Guar ter of Section Twenty-nine (29) Twp Two (2l South, Range Nineteen 19) West a. the same appears of record in Volume Thirty (30l, Page Forty-nine (i9) of the records of Deeds and Mort .eages ct Garland County, Arkansas. ex- cept Lots One CD. Two @, Sixty (60l land Sixty-one (GD of said subdivision, all situated in Garland County, Tn the State of Arkansas.
 Terms of Sale: One a credit O. three months, the purchaser being re. .quired to execute a bond as required by law and the order and decree oof said Court Tn said cause, with ap- proved security, bearing interest at the rate of per cent per annum from date of sale untid pad, and lleh being retained on the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase money
 Given under my band this 27th day of April. A. D, 1911
 FIR ANK W. ROWLEs, Comm ssloner n Chancery.
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SUBSCRIPTION TO LIBERTY
 LOAN NOT ENCOURAGING
WILL BE NECESSARY TO cAFRY ON TREMENDoUs CAMPAIGN
 IN NEXT FOUR WEEKS.

Washington, May 17-Representa, tives of federal re.erye banks and treasury officials in direct charge of
 floating the Liberty loan virtually
 were unanimous tonight m the opinion
 that a tremendous campaign must be
 successfully carried on within he
 next Jwenty-seyen days if the Liberty loan k to meet with the oyersahscrip- ton officials hope for Predictions
 that the big issue would be oyersub- scribed several hundred ines, based on returns Of estimates of banks as to the probable amount they and their customers would take, nave not ma terialized There a crying need in the opinion of officials for the small investors in great numbers to make felt his power, and to bring the real ization of this home to the country. a vigorous campaign is being D anned. The impression still prevails in many quarters that the Liberty loan already has been Oyer>ubscribed. This not onlN s untrue, it was authoratively HtA'N ''tiArnAAAf bbi HlOhhFl1 iOA 0Ar- half of the loan has been taken. in- cluding allowance for $i50000,000 of treasury certificates of indebtedness already issued No figures of sub scriptions are being made public by
 ne Urea .ury department, chiefly for the reason that subscriptions center at the twelve reserve hanks and that the campaisn has only been launched
 A large oyer-subscription, officials feel, is highly desirable in that it will he shown, in terms which could not be miscon trued by Germany. that the United States is in lhe war until Ger many is defeated and that there will be no stinung of national resources Of any kind to bring about the end of autOCracy.
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SISTERS PLANNED TO
 END THEIR LIVES
NEW DEVELOPMENT BROUGHT OUT IN THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF SAN NNTONIO
 DOCTOR.

San Antonio, Texas May I1-NeW developments in the mysterious death of Dr. Sarah Frances Herdmln, 54, osteopathic physician, who was found dead in her home Tuesday morning. include annogncement by the police late today that Dr Herdman', two sters, Mis- Alice Herdman 56, and Mr. Mageare, II Allen, 6Q of Brook yn. N Y were at Dr. Herd mans home when she died and being afraid to remain in the house. went to the Y. w C. A. where they spent Monday night. Police say that the two sisters admitted this today and also admitted that they intended after returning to Dr Herdmans home Tuesday morning to end their own lives Owing 10 he condition or the two sister, which borders on nervous collapse, a great deal Of credence Is not placed in their stories by the po- lice. who today turned them over to the custody of an aienist for exam nation
 Another new development today was announced by City Chemist Nes. ter, who has not yet determined the poison which killed Dr. Herdman, that a year ago Dr. Herdman submitted to him for analysis some oranges which she said had been sent to her sister, Miss Alice Herdman Nester said today that the oranges contained poison
 Wheeler Herdman, brother of the three sisters. is expected to arrive frou~Wilke barre, Pa. tomorrow
 Thus far he police have been un- able to advance either a motive for the reported poison plot among the three sisters, or for an agreement among them 10 end their own lives, except thas in support of the latter hypothesis is advanced the theory that fear of poison 70 preyed on their minds that their reason became ar- fected
 At an inquest held this afternoon Justice Ben Fisk announced he wou d render nG verdict awaiting action of the grand jury. Rev M. NJ. Amuns1n n, pastor of a Christian church in Brook lyn, N, Y., arrived today and testified at the inquest that he had been sum moned by a local pastor Amunson is Mrs Aliens pastor in Brooklyn Attorneys retained by Wheeler Herd man of Wilkes Barre. Pa, announced that Mrs. Herdman is i'll and cannot come to San Antcni3 before next week. Rev. Hugh Mcclellan, pastor of q local church, said he had summoned MT. Amunson with the consent of the sisters.
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HOT IRON FORCED
 DOWN WOMANS THROAT.

Parsons. Kan, May 17-Police off. cers tonight spirited pr R. E. Smith, a negro physician, out of town and lodged him in the county jail at Os- wego He was arrested yes erday .or forcing a hot iron down the throat Of Mrs. Asa Smith, the wife Of a nromi- nent Parsons citizen The assistant prosecuting attorney related hat Mrs. smith informed him that the man ll- legged to have committed the act ac- cused her of bringing an enhancement be ween himself and her husband. Mir. Smith is sad to have financed the pbysc.an's medical course and 10 have befriended him from youth. A reward of $1,000 was offered by Nr Smith for the mans capture a few honrs before he was taken It was said tonight that Mrs. Smiths burns probably will prove fa,al.