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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
CONFERENCE.
 WITHOUT RESULTS

San Francisco. .sept. 1s.-Both sides involved in the strike of 25,000 mem bers of unions affiliated with the San Francisco Iron Trades council for a 50 per cent increase in wages marked time today awaiting the arrival of Ed ward N. Hurley chairman of the Uni ted States shipping board. and William Blackman. conciliator for the depart ment of labor. who have been ordered here by the government in an effort to settle the controversy. The strike began Monday morning. l1alting work on government contracts aggregRting is15o. .000, ,000.
 Confidence was expressed by labor Headers and representatives of the Cal ifornia Metal Trades association, the employers' organization. that a way would be found by the federal medi- lntors to settle the controversy.
 A prolonged conference between t5oint committees of workers and em- pIoyers endeavoring to find a settle ment basis in the strike adjourned early today without productive results according to A. s. Gum, representing the employers association
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
Diplomats in Stockholm Feel That Secretary Lan- sing will Demand g. Clear Statement From Swedish Government.
Think Washington Not Sat isfied With Comparison of Services Rendered By Sweden to United States and to Germany.

Stockholm, Sept. 1e. = It is generally believed Ahere that the troubles of the Swedish government in connection with the German telegrams fors warded from Buenos Aires through the Swedish legation are by no means over. The question of the hour is wheth- CT the United States will rest satisfied with the tone of the Swedish communication issued last Saturday.
 It wouId surprise no one here If Secretary Lansing, of the Washing ton State Department, were to call for Ia clear and unequivocalS statement to the effect that the forward of Amer ica'n communications in language open Ito the Swedish authorities and with the Knowledge and consent of the governments conEer1i cd WAS in no wise |connparabIe to the services rendered to |Germany by Sweden.
 The Entente ministers and Ira Nell son Morris, the American minister to Sweden, hel done of their customary |conferences on Monday afternoon fwhen. it was understood the situation |rreated by the sending of German tel. egrams from Buenos Aires and Mex leo City was considered. ee
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
SOLDIER LOVER HELD FOR DEATH
 OF MRS. 'T0BIN New Britain Woman Discov- cred in Street With
 Throat Cut. LOVERS WOUNDS z.
 ARE NOT FATAL Murder and Attempted Sui eide Is Theory of
 Police.

New Britain, Conn, Sept. 19-Lying in a pool of blood with the throat cut. the lifeless body of Mrs. Anna Bacon Tobin, aged 25, was found on Pearl street this morning at 1:45 o'clock by Policeman Thomas Heslin. who. had been called to the scene. A short dis tance away, the policeman found Pri- yate William J. Wise, aged 25, con- |nected with the quarter1llaster' de- partment, regular army, at Fort Slo- cum. Wises throat was also cut but lit is expected he will recover. Wise lis under guard at a hospital and is Echarged with murdering Mrs. Tobin. John Edward Tobin, the woman's hus- band, was taken to police headquar- lters pending an investigation, but was later released, the police being con- vinced that he had nothing to do with the crime.
 Herbert Jahn was on his way home when he heard screams for help. Sus- Ipecting the shouting was a ruse of a lhighwayman, he sought Officer Heshn and both traced the screams. The wo-
 mans corps was found in the street. Wise was lying on the sidewalk, shout 1 ing. He was removed to the hospital lin the police ambulance and the vic- l ltimis husband was placed under ar rest at his home, a hundred yards from the scene. When the police en- ltered. Toibin was found partly clad walking up and down with Tobtn' 6 lbaby n his arilss He ex pressed slr- prise at the visit of the police and i'when Informed of the killing denied
 any comphcity
 According to the police Wise, ques.
 toned at the hospital, said he ane
 Mrs. Tobin. who had been out walk ling. had kissed each other before sep, larating when a man whom he is un able to describe appeared on tht scene and knocked him down. He al lsos struck the woman, Wise claims Then, the soldier says, the stranger lput his hand in Wise's pocket ant drew out a razor, slashing Wise'i throat and killing the woman Tn,
 assailant then ran away, Wise as Iserts.
 Relatives of the dead woman, tn, 4 police say, have told them that Mrs ITobin feared Wise, with whom she Il said to have been friendly for som, ltime. The husband is said to have hat iknow1edge of their relationship. I is claimed by these relatives that Wis once gave Mrs Tobin a beating. an, Edward Lnberg, brother-in-law o
 Mrs. Tobin, has given the police let ter, alleged to have been writing b fWise to the woman informing he
 that it would be fall over" by Wed tuesday. Other letters exchanged be
 tween Mrs, Tobfn and Wise are re ported to refer to the love exisitin
 between the two and in one, the wo
 man refers to an intention , to tax
 poison.
 Wise made his home in this city be
 lfore joining the regular army a nontl st ago. He was formerly a member o Compay of this city and Company l of Hartford. when these units wer
 in the First Connecticut regiment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
Belgian Independence Must Be Established,
 Vorwaerts Declares

Amsterdam, Sept 19-Vorwaerts, the socialist organ of Berlin, holding that the complete restoration of Bel gium is corollary to the reichstag resolution ,declares: Whether the German government remains deaf thereto, it is not only a question of power or policy, but justice and con- science. No policy is truly wise that disregards the moral and legal fac tors in the life of nations. Despite the bowling of the mailed fist politicians, we affirm that right is right and that Belgium has the right to it's iudepend- ence."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
D. [. " ARNERS
 IMMUNITY PLEA
 IS TURNED DOWN
Claimed Exemption on the Grounds That He Has /
 Dependent Family.

DeVer c. Warner, production man ager of the Warner Bros. Co.,, the worlds greatest corset factory, which is almost entirely owned by his father, DeVer H. Warner, has been refused exemption from service in the new National Army.
 Warner claimed that his wife and family were dependent upon him, and he sought exemption. At the present time, however, he has commission in the ordnance department of the United States army, as an inspector of cloth. This he received several weeks ago.. His claim was denied by his division board, and he appealed to the district board. This board in its announcements of local decisions today included Warmers case. p MT. Warmers father is one Qf New England's largest manufacturers. He is also the chief owner of the Bridge port Hydraulic Co.,, and the Bridge port Gas Light Co.,, besides being heavily interested in other large pub lie service enterprises. He is rated many times millionaire.
 Warner had been active in the Home Guard. in which he was a cor- peral in Go. H. This is the company r6crulC0Q CulSlly 1AoAAi ehO ASlAN5SPOA@ ' Rifle club.
 At division headquarters today it was stated that it's was understood Warmers commission in the ordnance department is temporary, and that at its conclusion he will be certified to service in one of the new army can- comments.
 Among the list of names appended and passed into the service of Uncle Sam by the district board today will be found many who are prominently identified with the industrial produc- tion of this city.
 The decisions of the district boards today in Bridgeport cases follow:
 Industrial, Denied. Harold F. Peterson, A H., Nilsson Machine Co.,, no evidence; James F. walsh, Jr.; Samuel Nechols, no aff1da- wits from company; Walter J. Baker toolmaker, Singer Mfg. Co.,, no evi- dence; Martin J. Haller, no evidence; John Zillick, no evidence; Earl R Kirk, locomotive fireman; Francis c Gallagher, fireman; William E. Will son, fireman: Edwin A. Robbins, nc evidence; Fred Bates, no claim by company; Charles Smith; John B Garrity, no claim by company; Ger. aid s. Ball, Remington Arms, no clain (Continued on Page Two.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
Take 56O Men From Aver to Fill Ranks
 Of Veteran Regiments

Camp; Devans, Aver, Mass, Sept. l9-For the purpose of bringing to their maximum strength all regiments in New England which at the present time have vacancies, 560 drafted men were sent from this camp yesterday under command of certain officer All will reach their various destinations today and on Saturday another lot of men will also be sent from here to the. former militia units.
 This movement, which results from an order from the war department.
 means that every regiment in the New England states which was formerly militia will be ready from man power point of view to embark. next week for France, or any time there- after. Of the 56o men sent from Camp Devans yesterday, 225 were Connec- ticux men and they were returned to the Nutmeg State to become part of the 102 regiment of infantry, now at Camp Yale, New Haven. These men were selected as folows: From the de. pot brigade. 80; from the 304th In- fantry, 100; from the so2nd Field Ar;--
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
AS, 900 Longshoremen
 Threaten to Strike

New York, Sept. 1s.-Piers of sev- eral of the principal transatlantic steamship lines in New York harbor are affected by a strike of longshore- men who charge that the Interna. tiona1 Mercantile Marine insisted upon reinstating foreman against the pro- test of the union. About $500 men are said to be out, and union leaders declare that 48,000 will be ordereld to quit work ''and tie up the commerce of the entire port'' unless'the foreman is dismissed. The lines affected by the strike are the White Star, Cunard, Atlantic Transport and the Holland America.
 Representatives of the United States government and T.. B. O'connor, pres ident of the International Longshore- mems union, are expected to take part in a conference here today in an ef- fort to end the strike.
 Meantime the loading of big ships with war supplies is delayed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
ARMY OF 300,O00 MEN NOW ON WAY
 TO 16 BIG CAMPS

Washington. Sept. 19.-Three hun dred thousand men of the National Army are today on their way to 1e environments, to undergo an intensive training period preparatory for ser vice overseas. Today's increment rep resents approximately 45 per cent. of the total quota. under the first call from nearly 5000 exemption boards.
 The transition from civilian to mill
 itary life was effecteld with mini
 mum of delay. In every section of
 the country the men called by the in- dividual boards were assembled, placed
 under military discipline wielded by one of their number selected as leader and assigned to special troop trains now en route to the mobdli zatien camps. The new increment will join the first quota of 45,Oo0 men called to the colors Sept. 5.
 Becauase of obstacles encountered by the War Department in procuring supplies, it is probable that some of the men will be only partly equipped on arriving. No attempt completely to otaDht the units for war service will be made until jl&t prics to tho de- iparture for France.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
OF HUMAN BODY ARE FOUND
 IN GARDEN PLOT
Body Buried More Than 20 Years Ago, Acting
 Coroner Believes.

The discovery by Thomas A. Knight a retired business man, of a skull and other bones of a human being in a flower garden in the rear of his home, so Hawthorne street, this morning, startled residents of the exclusive Beardsley park section of Bridgeport and has furnished a mystery which the police believe impossible to solu- ton.
 The body was buried 20 years or more ago and Acting Medical Exam finer Edward Fitzgerald who was .call- ed to the scene found parts of the skeleton missing. The skull and bones unearthed were so decomposed and all so broken that efforts to determine sex or the probabilities of foul play will be impossible.
 This morning Knight and his danghA ter, Mrs. Jennie A. Wilcox, were car- rying out a little home gardening work in the rear of their residence. Armed with a shovel Knight started turning the sod and digging up the turf.
 He suddenly brought to light with his spade a, dark object to which the earth tenaciously clung and which to cursory observation appeared to be a piece of wood. In the next few shovel fulls of earth other objects resembling human bones were found.
 Knight and his daughter then turn
 ed their attention to the object first
 discovered. Shaking off the dirt the
 supposed piece of wood took on the
 unmistakable form of a human skull The other bones appeared to be parts of the arms legs and ribs of a skele- ton.
 Startled by the discovery, Knight immediately called Dr. Fitzgerald, the acting medical examiner to the scene The physician found that the body had been buried for such length o1 time that efforts to determine sex was | impossible. If the body when buried was clothed, the garments had long r ago become dust and no trinkets ol objects which would lead to an identi. l fication could be found.
 | That the remains is that of per. son who met death by foul play does tnot seem unlikely to the public
 There has never been any buryine ground in this section of Bridgeport
 to the knowledge of the police and ii
 is improbable that any resident was
 ever buried there who died from nat.
 ural causes.
 The finding of the skeleton will ge down in the police annals of this city as an unsolved mystery in al l probability.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
American Federation of La
 bor Wants Whole Pacific Coast Considered as Unit
 Conciliators Await Set clement of Seattle Dispute.
Chairman Hurley of U. s. Shipping Board Postpones
 Trip to San Francisco Arranges Another Confer
 ence With Gompers.

Washington, Sept. 19. - La Ebor department officials today expressed the opinion that l,sthere is some prospect of ad- Eiustment soon'' of the ship Ibuilders and iron workers Estrike at San Francisco.
 Their estimate was based largely, it was said, upon 8 tel egram received from w. T EBoyce, assistant commissioner Iof immigration at San Francis leo, who is acting as conciliator MT. Boyce reported conferences last night and that he expected ltoSresume them today.
 Urgent suggestion from the Aneri- Gan Federation of Labor, however Ithaf the entire Paciic coast should ybe .eonsdderelt a. unit in determining wags scales for shtpHard employees dimmed Ethe hope of shipping board officials o1 EsettlinE independently the strike oi ,Iiron workers at San Francisco. Con. ,sequently the shipping board devoted Iunore attention to solution of the d1fn' cuity arising out of a Seattle com pany's action in granting high unior wage demands. Chairman Hurley O Ethe board, considered pcstponing hi ltrip to the coast until he could confel with the general manager of the Sc Iattle connpany, due to arrive here to morrow. MT. Hurley had planned t' deaxe late today
 'The suggestion of Federal conciha <ftors that the San Francisco striker ltyo back to work temporarily on tn basis of the Mare dsland wage scale recently increased about 10 per cent pwas not received favorably by off tciais of the metal trades departmen iof the American Federation of Labor IThey explained that the Mare Islam inrte was based on rates in comnner lcial plants about San Francisco an was considered too low. Internations ,off5cers of the federation expressed tn lopiriion that the San Francisco dis Ipute could not be settled before tn Isituation 1s composed.
 Mr. Hurley and Samuel Gognper . arranzed another conference today o. the problem
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
British Engage In
 Successful Raid

London, Sept. 19---The official state ment issued today a1y the British war office concerning military operations on the battle front in France and Bel gium says:
 The successful raid against the German positions in Inverness copse, reported in last nights communica- ton, was made by troops of the York and Lancaster regiments
 There was nothing of special in- terest to report
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19

Charged with the. solemn duty taking up safeguarding of democracy for the world Bridgeport boy nearly OoO of them will depart tomorrow for Camp Devan Aver Mass the first leg of their journey to the bateeds of Europe
 Bridgeports 40 per cent contribution the National Army many times the largest contingent thus far to leave the will depart without the blare of trumpet the cheers of the popuace for the stern necessities of have led the lives directing the troop movement to make plans for quiet of the citizen soldiers. 4
 police guard will be hand that there may with the plans. The akings the wives mothers and sweehearts all must be before they report division headquarters begns early -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19

Tomorrow the men will assemble at various districts, under full police guard and will be escorted in strict military formation through the streets, through the station lines.
 Capt. Charles Wheeler of the traffic bureau has made all arrangements for the gathering of the drafted men at the railroad station. To prevent con- fusion and congestion the railroad de- pot will be roped off and only those admitted within the lines, who have cards issued by the exemption boards. Each drafted man has been given two cards for the use of his relatives and friends.
 The police will assemble at Water and Gold streets and the line of march of drafted men into the depot will be guarded by two squads Of policemen and one squad of tna,ffic officers. The assembly will take place at. 2 o'clock sharp. Gold and Water streets will be |roped off as will be the platform od (thes station.
 None but relatives or friends of the drafted men will be al1 ked within the plat<orm ropes and Sexcep& the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
CRONAN OBJECTS
 TO FREEDOM OF SUSPECTED SPY
Information Recently Re ceived by Detective War
 rants Investigation.

Capt. E. O. Cronan in the city court this morning opposed the re- lease of Argilis Manzamares, S8 Reilly street, who has been held at the county Jail for a week on the sus- picion that he is a German agent im- plicatd in a plot to destroy Bridge port munition works.
 In view of the fact that a friend of the suspect told Capt. Cronan that Manzamares was at PonptonA Lakes, N. J., a few miles from Black Tom Island the day following the blowing up of powder oEs the island and the fact that the federal authorities have not finished their investigation the court decided to continue. the case un- til tomorrow morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
Spanish Coast No
 Base For Submarines

Washington Sept 19-The Spanish ambassador, Juan Riano, issued an of hcial statement today, denouncing published reports that the Mediter- ranean coast of Spain is serving as a base for German submarines.
 The Spanish government" said the ambassador, .ehas prohibited the use of its ports and the entry into it's jur- isdtctional waters to submarines of the belligerent powers, and any belliger- ent submarine that enters a Spanish port is interned until the end of the war;"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
l Metal Trades Council
 May Declare Strike

ueatt1e, Wash, Sept. 19. - The Metal Trades Council, representing 7b,000 men employed in the steel lshipyards of the Seattle district, vot- ed last night to extend financial sup port to the workers in the wooden ship yards who are on a strike against the use of lumber produced in Wash e- -fngton mills operating on a ten hour basis. Decision also was reached, it was said, to declare a strike If mem ,lbers of the council are asked to hand He ten hour lumber.
 r According to officers of the council .ltheir action means that unless the kprernment succeeds in immediately effecting the adoption of the eight fhour day by the lumber operators the lnhipyards making steel vessels will be
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
MUST TEACH 45
 YEARS IN STATE
 TO GET PENSIONS
Opinion of Attorney Gen eral Regarding Re-
 tirement.

Teachers reaching the age of 70 years, who have taught at least 45 years in the public schools, may not become members of the State Teach CTS Retirement Association, thereby having the right to receive pensions from the state, unless the 45 years of service %been in the state of Con- necticut. This opinion of chapter VII, of the public acts of 1917, was made public by Attorney General Geo. E. Hinman, yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19

Aver, Mass, Sept. 19.-Camp Devans' was in readiness today for the recep~ ton of 40 per cent. of drafted men from New England and northern New York, whose movement toward Aver was begun this morning. The men due to leave their homes today to be- gin service in the National Army were from New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Maine.
 The men from Connecticut will come tomorrow. Massachusetts will send it's quota outside of Boston. on Fri day, the New York contingent will start for camp on Saturday and the Boston men will bring up the rear on Sunday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
Austrian Reply To
 Pope Due Tomorrow

Amsterdam, Sept. 1s.LAustria's re- ply to Pope Benedict's peace pro- pohals, says the Wiener Allgemeine Zeiting, will be handed to the ypapal nuncio at Vienna on Thursday and will be published on Saturday.
 The reply will conffne itself to a de- tailed discussion of the pope's sug- gestions The report that it will con tain new and astonishing peace pro- posals, the Vienna newspaper adds, is absolutely at variance with the facts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
MEN FROM FOUR STATES ON WAY
 TO CAMP DEvANS, AVER, TODAY;
 NUTMEG SKATERS GO. TOMORROW

tillery, 35; from the 303rd Machine Gun Battalion, 10. Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts men, 335 in all. were distributed among the regiments now stationed at Westfie1d,S Boxford and Birmingham, this state.
 1t is the general scheme to keep Connecticut soldiers together. Those already at Camp Devans from Connec- ticut are assigned to machine gun bat talions and infantry regiments and those who will come this week have been assigned to the 301st and 303d Machine Gun batta1ions and to the second and third battalions of the de- pot brigade.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
British Sink Two German /
 Submarines i

Copenhagen. Sept. 19-Two Ger man submarines have been sunk by British naval forces, reports the Bergen correspondent of the Tidens .Tegns. Six men from the U boats were taken prisoner.
 An armed British steamer in the North sea, sank a German submarine which was ishelling a neutral sailing vessel The second submarine was sunk by a British torpedo boat de- stroyer while attacking an armed steamer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
Two Norwegian Ships
 Sunk By German Subs

Christiania, Norway. Sept. 19- German submarines have sunk the Norwegian steamships Facto of 2.372 tons gross, and Thomas Krag, of 3,569 tons gross, it was announced today at the Norwegian foreign office. Two men from each vessel lost their lives,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
Our Loans To Allies
 Now $2,391, 400, ,0OO

Washington, Sept. 19.-Loans of $5O.0 100000 to Great Britain and $2o,- OO0, ,000 to France were made by the Government today, bringing the total thus far advanced to the Allies up to $2,391, 100000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
Over 20, 1000 British
 Casualties in Week

London, Sept. 1s---Casualties in the British ranks reported for the week ending yesterday follow: Killed or died of wounds, 1855 officers and 4,755 men. Wounded or missing, 431 of f1cers and 21,S43 men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
THE WEATHER.

New Haven, Sept. 19. = Fore cast for New Haven and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-19
THOUSAND YOUTHS LEAVE CITY TOMORROW ON FIRST LEG OF TRIP TO EUROPE'S BATTIEFIELDS

Charged With Safeguarding the Ma the World Throng of Young Citizen Soldiers Will En- train Without Demonstration n-Real Farewels Will Take Place Tonight, For Soldiers Must Report to the Division Headquarters Early Tomorrow to Expedite Army Executives Plans.