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The CapItaI Law Upheld.

washington, Oct 25--The law
which makes the national capital dry
November 1 was upheld as constitu-
tionaI in the local supreme court to
day, which dismissed the attacks OF
the liquor dealers.
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Famous Portrait Artist Dies.

New York, Oct 26.-James K Beck
with, painter, who received awards in
the Paris Salon and at the Exposition
Universelle in 1888 and 1892. died sud-
denly yesterday.
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Find Big Heard of SUGAR.

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 24.-FederaI
secret service agents today reported
to Washington the discovery in a
Buffalo warehouse of 10 millions of
pounds Of sugar in bags and barrels
labeled top crust flour"
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Low Gas Pressure Killed Four.

St Paul, Mimi, Oct. 27.-Coffee
boiled over the pot on the kitchen
stove and extinguished the gas here
and Marion Sweazy. his wife and two
children were asphyxiated.
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An Exp,osIon Killed 1000?

Washington, Oct 23-Four thou
sand persons were killed and ten thou
sand wounded in Stefeld, Austria's
great arsenal, in a series of explo-
sions June Is, according to official
Rome cables received here today
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To Excel striI<Ino Pupils.

New York. Oct 2e-The board Of
education had declared to suspend or
expel children opposed to the Gary
system Of instruction who participa-
tsd in the recent disturbances.
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Labor Rebuke TO Russia.

Washington. Oct. 27.-The execu-
tive council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor has declined to partici-
pate in an international conference
of workmen and Socialists of all coun-
tries, suggested by the executive COM
mittee of the Russian Workmen.
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France Sends Eighty Officers Here
New York. Oct. 27-Eighty French
army officers are IN New York today.
They will be distributed among Amer
ica's military training camps to in
struct Uncle Sans fighters.
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Hov's Thia ,

We ofIer $1,000 for any case Of cstsrTn
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is tax
en- internally and acts through the BLOOD
On the MUCOUS Surfaces OF the System
Sold by druggists for over forty ye2<s-
Price &c Testimonials free
F. J Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio
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A British Cruiser Sunk,

London. Oct 24-The British mer-
chant cruiser Drama has been torpe-
doed and sunk. A British DESTROYER
has been sunk in a collision
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NCA al " q = . 6ONo
them for me, or
else he gets some
thing else that Is
nice for my break
fast with cream
4" Tt doesn't sat
isfy my hunger to
hear what you
have had to eat
said Mr.. Black
Cat.
still Tiger West
wanted to show
-
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An UnreasonInq compIaIner.

Most unreasonable man / ever met
Kicks because he has to get up IN the
morning at 8 o'clock and throw coal
into the furnace
Pretty hard, say
TeTesi But think OF having the coal
to throwi"
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DADDSg[NING'
AIM TAL[
TIGER VESTS FOOD.
s. hAN @AHk1bQ

''Tger West" said Daddy, ''had
been OF on a number of trips with his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
ONE MORE DAY
FOR DRAFTEES
TO VOLUNTEER
Connecticut Still Needs 174
Men to Fill Quota of
Regular Army.

Connecticut needs 174 men to I'LL Its
quota in the regular army. -FOUR e1-
emption divisions Of this city Will not
mail their notices to men called Tor
service until tomorrow and many OF
these notices will be delivered on
Thursday Thus it appears that Bridge
port young men have one day left after
today in which to join the regular
army as volunteers and in addition to
being volunteers help the state get It's
quota before the national army is
called into service.
The regular army recruiting station
is locate in Fairfield avenue and II
Bridgeport keeps the pace she has al
ready been running, this city Will De
\on the states honor roll for furnlsh-
ing men A race is now on between
Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, Wa
terbury and New London to get men
for the states quota that must be
filled within the next few days.
On April l the war department ap-
portioned to Connecticut as its quota
Of the regular army 2,228 men and up
to last night 2,054 had enlisted. Many
of these have come from Bridgeport
and surrounding towns. The recruit
ing yesterday was the best in the state
since the campaign opened and 20 men
entered the service. Less than three
days like yesterday are required to fill
the gap and the officials in charge of
the recruiting are confident that they
will succeed. Many of the men enlists
ing are not in the first contingent of
the national army, but those whose
numbers have been drawn and who
have not yet been called for exanina-
ton, may enlist
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
Huge Russian
Army Still On
Steady Flight
More Than Two Million
Troops Marching Rear
wafg-Teutons Make Des-
perate Efforts to Engulf
Eighth, Army-Deserters
and Agitators Shot Ruth
lessly.

London, July 31-A dispatch to the
Post from Petrograd, referring to the
Russian retreat in Galicia. says it is
conservativly estimated that more
than 100000 Russian troops are
steadily marching rearward. These
constitute the Eleventh and Seventh
armies with their reserves. The
Eighth army, which is largely cav
airy, and not included in the forego-
ing figures, also is retiring and its
position, says the correspondent, is
critical. The Germans are straining
every effort to capture it while fol-
lowing up the Elventh and Seventh
armies and it looks as If the Eighth
army might be caught in a bag.
A dispatch to the Times from the
headquarters of tn Russian Seventh
army says the situation is rather more
hopeful. Panics among the retreaters
are suppressed ruthlessly. Three di-
visions of cavalry have taken posi-
tions across the whole front of retreat.
Deserters are shot and attempts to
spread panic are suppressed by
prompt executions Deserters, spies
and agitators who enjoyed complete
immunity under the COMMITTEE sys-
tenn lie dead on the highways. A
paper pinned on the corpes RAIDS:
Here lies traitor to his country.
Red badges and other symbols
which accompanied the Generalization
have almost disappeared.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31

London, July 31.-British troops in
conjunction with the French forces on!
their Ieft attacked the German posi-
tions along wide front north of the
river Lys at $3.50 o'clock this morning.
The Allied troops. according to a
British official statement, have cap
tured their first objectives on the
whole front, and are reported to be
making satisfactory progress at an
points =
A considerable number of prisoners
already have been captured by tha
French and British
The text of the British statement
announcing that an offensive had been
launched by the British and French
In Flanders says:
I'M eonjunetion with the French
Troops operating on our left we at
tackled at 3:5o o'clock this morning
on q wide front north of the river
Lys.
The Allied troops, have captured
their first objectives on the whole
front attacked and are reported to
be making satisfactory progress on all
points.
Considerable numbersg of prisoners
already have beer captured
The offensive launched this morning
by Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, the British
commander, in conjunction With Gen.
: tain. the commander of the French
forces. against. tfae German lines on
the Belgian front is the elimination
of the tremendous heavy gun bonn
bardment that has been. in progress !
almost continuously in that section
for week.
The intensity of the artillery dr4sa
fire with which the Entente aIlies i1aa
been demolishing the Teuton trenches
preparatory to today,s assault has
been described by the German general
staff as the greatest in the history Of
warfare, even surprising the terrific
fire maintained at the beginning of
the Somme~ and Arras offensives.
Military observers have attributed
two objectives for the Entente osz
fensive-the recapture of the Bel-
gian North Sea coast which has been
used by the Germans as bases for
their submarines. and TO assist the
hard HressedsrFs on the Cali
clan front.
The battle front north of the river
Lys stretches from Warneton, on the
Franco-Belgian border, to the North
Sea coast, the distance between those
two points being about 80 miles. IE-
cluded in this battle area, is the fa-
nous Wytschaete Messines front
where the British on June after ex-
ploding 100000 pounds of high ex-
plosives under the German lines, at
tackled on a nine mile front and cap
tured the high ridge. several towns.
AT heavy guns and more than 1000
prisoners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
LOCAL PASTORS
OF M. E. CHURCH
EXPRESS STAND
Six Methodist Clergymen
Refute Intimations of
Unpatriotism.
WEISE'S ATTITUDE:
is NOT APPROVED
Ministers Point to State
ments of New York East
Conference.

Fearing that the sermons Of Rev.
E. F. Weise of the Grace M. E.
church, which have attracted atten-
ton because of his statements in
praise Of the Germans and criticism
Of America, have placed the Methodist
Church in a false light, five pastors
of Bridgeport Methodist churches
have issNed a statement correcting
the impression that Mr. Weise's be-
Mefs and statements are subscribed
to by them.
Mr.. Weise's sermons have been pub
lished ever since he created excitement
at the New York East Conference by
declaring pac1f1st principles They
have aroused many to attack him as
un-American.
The other pastors do not wish to
enter any controversy with Mr.. Weise
and have avoided using his name or
referring to him in the statement,
which follows:
Since the Methodist Church has
been represented in the public press
as having taken contradictory ground
in regard to the great war we beg lief
to inform the public as to the official
action taken by the New York East
Conference one year ago, and also at
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state oi lug S-,s.al.ly iest.W Weu easo Sss4 -
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% 1850 49,. y. : :
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~"y' oNple esS - -.
,oins peop ca
been able to keep out Of the strife,
Ir,,s4a-s 1ct,+ -. .,,a b;s ,,7,yi<,o,-. ,op o,,r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
Austro German Troops
Meet Bitter Resistance
Along River of Zbocz

Berlin, July 81, via London.-Rus-
sian forces which made a stand In
western Bukowina, says the official
state today by the German general
staff, were forced yesterday to evacu-
ate their Cherernosh line and to retire
30 the eastward.
The German announcement says
that in the direction of Czernowitz. the
capital of Bukowina, the Austro-Ger-
man forcts have captured Werenccan-
ka and Sniatyn.
In the wooded Carpathia-n area the
Teutons forced the Russians to aban-
don their positions in the Meste-Can-
aste sector.
The Russian frontier river of Zbrocz
has beeen crossed by the Austro-Ger-
men troops at many points along>a 80
mile front in spite of bitter Russian
resistance, the report says. Turkish
troops captured the Russian positions
near Niwra on the river Zhrocz
In the area of the Bereczker noun
tains one of the German regiments
was pressed back to the south of Cas-
inulu1i.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
PR0JECTlLE GO.
GRANTS DEMANDS
OF ITS WORKERS
Action In Lake Torpedo
Boat Co. Is Put Off
One Week


: At a conference of the Bridgeport
Projectile Co. officials and members
of the machinists and toolmakers'
committees yesterday afternoon, the
company agreed to the demands of
the workers.
These embrace minimum wage of
so cents for toolmakers and SO cents
for machinists, a 10 per cent. increase
in wages, and adherence to the eight
hour day principle.
The Lake Torpedo Boat Co. en-
ployes met last night and put off strike
action week. One of the officials
of the Lake Company has been away
any hasn't had time to consider the
demands Of the employees.
Nothing developed in the strike of
the polishers at the Remington Arms
Co. today. There will be a meeting
tomorrow morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31

British Front in France July 3-The allied forces
which launched their offensive this morning advanced
well beyond the shell shattered front
places they have reached the deenses
~ mile front of attack according to the early reports
The British and French troops went into battle
OF what perhaps the greatest fire eerseen
ing the war. - Y aE
The Entente artillery moving whole sit
uation is satisfactory in every aspect #
Between Dxmude and Boesnghe the attackers reported
that they had secured the two first lines of trenches after
ing fought the most difficult terrain imaginable
The British again have captured which they
recently relinquished to the Germans
The British and French forces facing large
raon of artillery troops which have been
rushed up.
The Entente allies have established complete SUPERIOR
y.
The Entente military officials say the the Ger
mans here is up to the old standard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
LONDON PLEASED
WITH LANSiNC'S
SPEECH. ON WAR
Thinks It Conveys Unani-
mous1y Words Of Doom
to the Enemy.

London, July The address Of
Secretary OF State Lansing at Madi-
son barracks, Sackett Harbor, N. H.,
Sunday. is commented on apprecia-
lively by some morning newspapers
as again showing the clear vision
with which the American government
regards the main issue and conveying
unanimously words Of doom to the
enemy.
The Times. regretting tthe full
truth is yet very imperfectly grasped
by the masses, of Americans, x
their imagination yet unfired," des-
pfte the words Of reason in President
Wilson's and Secretary Lansing's ex-
positions. refers to the popular conf
dence Of the President and indirectly
appeals to him to go on the stump
for the purpose of awakening the
people.
't is not from the written but
from the spoken word of the Presi-
dent that the significance OF this tre-
mendous conflict to them and their
children must be brought home to
the American hearts," it says. HE,
and he alone, commands the conf
dence Of all. To his explanations and
his summons they will respond as to
none Others"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
FINAL NOTICES
FOR DRAFT ARE
NOW PREPARED
Men in 3rd ,4th, 9th and 9Th
Divisions to Be Called
Tomorrow.
MAY BE IN ARMY
SOMETIME IN FALL,
Fifth District Announces
Manner. in Which It's
Quota Will be Examined

s Final draft notices summoning men
of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth
divisions for physical examinations to
be held the first three days OF next
Neck are being prepared today and
WI be put in the mail tomorrow.
+ When they have been sent out
BridGeport's quota for the national
army will have been called and the
selection will start Thursday morning
when the men called by the first and
second divisions appear at the 7. M.
c. A. and the Elias Howe school for
their physical examinations. When
these are done, men will file their
exemption claims and thereafter will
submit evidence supporting these.
Not all of Bridgeport's national
army men can be positively certified
for service before the last week OF
August, although some will have been
accepted before that time. The ex-
pectation Is that the war department
will not actually call any men into SER
vice from this city until after all of
the New England states have reported
their quotas as finally accepted.
All districts will have sent out their
notices before tomorrow night and
will have posted at their Offices the,
names Of the men called for exaniina- :,
tions. In most OF the districts the
500 per cent. rule viii be followeds but
IN some where the number or aitens'
registered Indicates that many will
be exempt, more than 500 per cent.
of the quota are being summoned.
Chairman Edward c. Spargo of the
Fourth District has prepared a list
showing the order in~which those of
given serial numbers will appear for
examination. OF the total number OF
registrants for the division. alta, the.
board has prepared calls for 1900
men.
Those whose draft numbers were
pulled before 1888 at a. M, Mon
day, those between 31S3 and 1914 at
8; between 1914 and 432 at g.; be-
tween 432 and s02 at 10; between 602
and 1880 at II; between 2230 and
1906 at 1 p. M; between 1906 and
1919 at q; between 1919 and GIT at
3; between SIT and 269S at 4.
On Tuesday, August Z, those be-.
tween 532 and 5s5 at z: between 5S5
4225 and 1909 at 8; between 1903 and
2765 at g.; between 2765 and ASIA at
10; between 1874 ana 1880 at IL; be-
tween 1850 and BAIT at 1 p. M; be-
tween 3477 and 292 at 2; between 2S2'
and 35S7 at 8; between 1857 and 532
at 4.
On "Wednesday, August 8, those be
tween $50 and .584 at z; between 5S5
and 3144 at g.; between 31A and 601 at
9; between sol and 1890 at 10; be-
tween 1880 and 1891 at ii; between
1891 and 2997 at p. M; between 29S7
CONTINUED from Page g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
PRESIDENT WINS
FIGHT FOR one
ADMlNlST TRATOR
Deadlock Between Conferees
on War Expenditure
Committee.

Washington, July 31-The con-
ferees on the administration food bill
failed at the first session today to
break their deadlock on the Congress
sional war expenditure committed. ops
posed by President Wilson, and re-
cessed until later today with a motion
to strike out the provision still pend
ing.
Some of the conferees said it. ap-
peared virtually certain that the Sem
ate members would yield onrthe pro-
vision and reach a complete agree
ment on the bill for q report to the
house tomorrow.
The conferees today struck out a
provision authorizing the government
to commander gas pipe lines for mill
tary or public defense purposes. The
clause empowering the President to
commander oil pipe lines, however,
was retained.
The new provision for a wheat
price fixing board of three members
was left unchanged.
( One-man control food adminis-
TRAITOR or a food dictator-won in the
conference on tbe Food Control Bill
yesterday.
The Senate conferees had stubborn
ly held out for the Senate amendment
creating a Board of Food administra-
ton of three members. But when
Senator Chamberlain brought word
from President Wilson yesterday that
under no circumstances would he ac-
cept such a. provision, there was re-
alignment and an agreement upon a
provision for single head to food
administration in this country for the
period Of the war.
Continued on Page z.l
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
SUMMER RESORTERS
MUST EAT; SO THEY'RE
HATED IN DENMARK

Copenhagen. July 3i-Stirred to
wrath by a plague of summer resort
ers, who have unduly added to mouths
to be fed on scanty rations and bought
stocks to smuggle home, two of the
most PROMINENT districts have de-
creed the expulsion of all strangers
who have resided four weeks or more
in a district The cost OF bread for
guests has been doubled and milk
and butter rations have been cut to
a third of that given the natives.
Heavy rewards for the detection Of
food purchasers are promised.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
Big Strike In
Middle West
Threatened

Chicago, July 31.-Miners, harvest
hands and lumber men of the middle
west threaten to go on a sympathetic
strike unless the deported Industrial
Workers of the World are returned to
their homes in the Warren district of
Arizona A telegram voicing the in
tention OF a walkout of more than
250, 900 men was sent from Chicago to
President Wilson late yesterday by
W. D. Haywood, secretary of the In
dustrial Workers of the World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
Teutons Prepare to
Float 7th War Loan

Copenhagen, July 31--According
to the Berlin Vossische Zeitung sub
scriptions for the seventh war loan
will be received the end of September.
Special arrangements are being made
to drum up rural subscriptions. Fur
lopghs are facilitated for influential
farmers serving in the army in order
that they may cooperate. A cam
paign Of publicity has already begun
in the newspapers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
LEAPS FROM BURNING
LAUNCH AND DROWNS
IN ST. CROIX RIVER

Winona, MINI, July BE. A.
Pierce, mayor Of Red Wing. lost his
life yesterday in the st. Croix river
when he leaped into the water from
his launch. which took fire in mid
stream.
Mr.. Pierce, his wife and several
friends were returning from Still
water when the boat took fire. All
of the party jumped into the water,
and Pierce vas unconscious when
taken ashore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
BERLIN TELLS OF
ENTENTE ATTACKS

Z Berlin, July 31-Strong attacks by
the Entente allies have begun along a
wide front from the User to the Lys,
in Flanders, says the official state
ment today by the German general
staff. The infantry battle in F'land-
ers, the statement adds, has thus
opened.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
STRIKE OF COPPER
MINERS Is ENDED

Globe ,Arix., July 31-The strike Of
copper miners which has tied UP pro-
duction in the Globe Miami district
since July I is practically at an
end, y according to a statement issued
last night by former Gov. Hunt, who
recently was appointed by President
Wilson as a. mediator to help settle
the strike;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
JAPANESE MISSION.
NEARING THE COAST

San Francisco, July 31-A request
from Mayor Rolph for authority to
arrange a reception made public to-
day the fact that Japanese mission
to the United States will soon visit
San Francisco on its way to Wash
ington-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
THIEF STEALS
FUR OVERC COAT

A thief stole fur coat yesterday
afternoon while the thermometer
was sizzling at a temperature of
100 degrees, from the home of
John Wager. who will bet that the
stolen coat has caused the death OF
the cu1prit. -e
Wager's room at 2136 Main
street, was otherwise undisturbed
and his valuables safe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31

The committee decided to increase
the present 2 per cent. normal rate
on corporate incomes to 6 per cent as
against per cent. in the bill as origi-:
nally drawn It Is expected to yield
$162,00O,0 900 additional revenue. The
increase in surtax rates on individual
incomes of $4,000 and more was esti-
mated to raise from SIS. 100000 to
$36,000, 900 additional. New excess
profit taxes will be agreed on later.
In revising the liquor schedules the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31

committee estimated that by adding
81 a gallon to the tax on distilled
spirits, making it 1920 a gallon
$2.10 over the present tax-$90, 0,000,-.
600 more revenue would be secured
from that source. The increase of so
Cents a. barrel on beer was estimated
to yield $25,0oO,000 more revenue.
making the beer tax s3.25 "a barrel
as compared with $3.50 under existing
law and $2.75 as originally proposed
in the bill. Iaf.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31
ONE DEAD, DOZEN IN HOSPITALS,
MANY MORE OVERCOME, AS GREAT
heat PARALYzES ACTIVITIES HERE
SENATE WOULD INCREASE
TAX ON INCOMES TO RAISE
ADDITIONAL $3.50, 600, 600

Washington July 31-ncrease of the pending $670OOO-
900 war tax bill to total of $OO8 100000 decided
day by the senate finance committee
tons normal income taxes of individuals
and higher, and further increase of 81 gallon on distilled
spirits and 50 cents barrel beer with other
mir tax make the ado levy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31

Five persons were killed and
number injured in wreck on the
Canadian Northern Railway Co., near
vflieneuve, 21 miles west of Edmon-
ton
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-31

London. July 31-sTn the moun-
famous region between the Casin val
ley and the Putna the enemy tried to
attack US at different points but the
attacks were everywhere repu1sed =
says the official Rumarian war state-
ment under date OF July 28. Fighting
s in progress for the possession Of
the Magura Casilunian Insight go
statemank ASss-,