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@obltbatiafeits @eieaidaiten" 6a-
ben nit ibrer Sommhna bon $780,
600 fir einen @riegsnotb.6onO be-
oonneu. Serbert @plc III 9orliben-
ser oes Gampagne-Gomite's.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-07-12
@aItimure IN meanter eteIInna.

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nclmtcn Slang ais @roBitoSt 3uriid-
acictt. Ger SdGbimg 5uioloe Bat
Baltimore ictt G26,9G4 Scelcn iuO
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aus nid)t, infoIee Ses @erbaItenS Ger
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baltimore nod meiter in ser Genius
3obI bcrlmterseben, obeleid6 oie
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SanoeS iei.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-07-12
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NtiMrIIens.N s.NnIIetIn.


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september. Wiliig 3ur HndinDrt bis
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Niaaara SaIs.Nrlmriionen.
$500 90 Suli; g., H. lno 81. 9lus
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Observation-Disclosures
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(Smi12)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-07-12

Eelcgramme iagt er II. g.: n3ablrei.
de Selcqrommc uno Nrieie iino BON
unierem GonIite cntgeecngenomnten
porOen, mclAc 5eigcn. OoB Elm 3wei-
iel beitc6t inter oielen Der 9erg.
merfsbeiibcr, ob Die genannten 0}ari-
acknowledgements beite6en bleibeu
iollten. Gs itebt ouBer Srnge, ooB
0os BON Sen 9erqnerfsbeiitcrn gege-
bene Geripre6en ae6alten miro, im0
oaB in feinem Sale oie 9Sreiie 606er
gelebt peroen"
Ger &crfaili bon Mei9loblen 5u
einem Morimm.Er BON So pro
Come lit elm beOeutenoer Gortbeil fir
ole Goniilmenteu. 0ieielbe Sorte
Go6le muroc nod Dor 5wei 98oben in
oeu Niinen iiir So mo Sc Ole Eonne
uerfauit, lmo bis iie no@ Baltimore
fam mar DER Ssreis $S bis So Die
Come.
@ebduoe Scr &egieruug
angeboten.
Qas alte Qarbp. .@e6Gu6e, an ser
Siaen- unO 8routitroBe, lpuroe ge-
tern Dem ®s0epartement ais
Subiiation iiir Oas 9unoes.O .Ouurtier-
meiiier. Gepartement angeboteu. Ole
Gage oes Gebdu0es lit cine por5iieli6e
iiir oieien 3lucd. 0oiielbe wuroe Dor
Ginger 3eit bon ser @enni0lDania-
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bereit, es Der &egierune ab5ulaiien,
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Iallf cines 'Sa6reS bcnutt werOen
miro.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-07-12

RING ser Ser. Stooteu Oas @riuden
acridtet 9ier nn6 6ronfrei6 81
ienoen ga sort feline @crite 81 6o6en
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ring Der Seritelhng oes 9icreS an
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Eonne.
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boop, Soriibenoen OeS ao6lenproOuf.
tions.@onitcS oeS 9lationalen Der
t5eiOigungsrat6es, aus g9ai6ington
mcloete geitern oaB Ger 6ohite FreiS
iiir 9Sedfoblen ob Mine ouf So pro
Eouue ieitgeiebt poroeu iei. Sn Dem
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-07-12
Admiral fiir piertSS 4
Dtnifion. m

Soiit elmer 0epeihe uIl
ION lit 9(oniral, Oos ~
annapolis. Sunction.
Giuiiion Ger @unoe1
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Oen sic OrittI
torun rs. i
den, Ielegrq
6ro@t iinO
ren.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
ENGLAND rs AGAIN
EATING POTATOES

London, July 7-England is better
supplied with food. than any of the
countries of Europe, and the gov
eminent is taking notable steps to see
that this advantageous position is
maintained during the coming year.
The immense home production of po-
tafoes as now coming into the mar
ket.s ~ Es.fsu
The Food Controller has suspend
ed the regulations requiring that po-
tatoes shall not be served more than
one day each week. They are now
freely used. 3
Notwithstanding this fact, the
Board Of Agriculture has issued an
impressive statement to the farmers
declaring that the absolute necessity
exists for adding a great area to the
cultivated acreage for 1918 Ar
rangements will he made to survey
lands now used as pastuI age, which
will be ploughed up, for crops desig-
mated by. the government
The farmers are required to accept
the conditions, laid down for<them by
the government or compu1sion will be
used to see that they do so. The
spectacle is thus brought in, sight OF
the government telling the farmers
exactly what they must raise and com
pelling them to heed the direction. Ar
increase of 100000 acres must be
made to make England se1f-support.
ing during the next year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
Dy Lee Pa2e,
-~~~~~~o>r

The Dunkey In the Lions Skin.
A Play
Scene, the Jungles.
Dunkey. o. heers lion skin
Some lion must of put it down heer
and forgot it. III put it on and scare
all the luther animils sumthing fearse.
G, it fits fine. maybe I awt to of bin
q lion all along
Bear. g, I'm hungry. II saw a
dunkey now, nobody elst wood ever
see him agen: G, good mite, heer
comes a enorniss Eoni (Runs like
| lightning)~S
Dunkey. Haw! Haw! That's the way
to scare them.
Ferst wolf. Maybe you don't think
I amt hungry!
End wolf Maybe you don't think
amt, to!
Ferst wolf. If we ony had. nice
| joosy dunkey now.
| End wolf. Don't mention It.
Ferst wolf. Cheese it! sLion. Lion!
Run like lightning. (Which they do)
Dunkey. Haw haw! Look at them
running like lightning! G. maybe
RELY am a lion, for all know.
Ferst lion. I serteny am hungry.
Wat shell we have for dinnir Lets
have elefunt-
End lion. Lets have hippopotaraist
| Dunkey. (wawking up1 Hello. fe1-
flows.
ard lion Lets have dunkey. ewlch
they dol.
The End
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
RESUME SEARCH
FOR THE BODY OF.
|. MURDERED CHILD
Two Women, Confessing to
Killing, Held In
Jail.

St. Johnsbury, VT, July THE po-
lice and. county authorities resumed
today the search for. the body of little
Olive Bradshaw. who is believed to
have been murdered. States Attor-
ney John B. Campbell and County
Sheriff Wilbert H. Worthen. ANNOUNCE
ed last night that Miss Eta May
Hicks and Mrs. Alvin Remission had
confessed that they had killed the
eight year old girl by beating and
choking her. ..
According to their alleged adnfs-
sions, Miss Hicks, housekeeper for the
child,s father, John M. Bradshaw, a
house painter, wished to get rid of
the child because she was tired OF
caring for hers The girl was made
cripple by infantile paralysis a year
ago.
Examination of the rock pile where
one of the women is alleged to have
said the body was hidden, failed to
reveal any trace of it. The other
woman is said to have made a con-
f1icting statement as to it's disposition.
Both women are in Jail here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
ARCANUM LODGE
INsTALLS OFFICERS

All we'll attended meeting last
night of Arcanum lodge, I. O. o. F..
No. Al, the following officers were I'M
stalled in regular form: N.G, Albert
Borg; ". G., Ray S. vanstone; treas
urer, G. e. Curtis; financial secretary,
Daniel S. Benedict; recording secre-
tary, Lester H Vanstone; chaplain, G.
E, Mills, warden, Benjamin. Stewart;
conductor, Bert Crump; r. s. N. G.,
Richard Williams; l. S. n. G.. Conrad
M. Frank; r. S. v. G., Charles p.
Walker; L. S. " G.. Clifford J. Skin
ner; L s. s., George French; r. s., s.,
Jacob Holdt; inside guardian, John
Turner; outside guardian, Fred Ger
aids; pianist, Fred B Graniss; custod-
ian, George A Braman.
Tint installation ceremony was per-
formed in a very impressive manner
by District Deputy Grand Master
were made by the visiting grand of
dcers and the district deputy grand
master presented the retiring noble
grand, Brother William Seward, with
beautiful past grand's jewel I'm
presenting this jewel Brother Braman
spoke of the origin of the custom OF
presenting to the retiring noble and
also complimented Brother Seward on
his very successful term Of office.
During the past term a record was es-
tablished for taking in the largest
number of new members and putting
ON degree work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
LAURA JEAN LlBBY'S DAILY TALKS ON
TOPICS
Copyrighted 10 Newspaper Syndicate

her bed with rheumatism, or has
much dreaded appointment with the
dentist; that hts iaxner>s eyesight 10
afiling, and an operation is inntnens,
In short, never write the soldier bad
news of any description. What he
does not know cannot grieve him. It
will be time for him to learn Of griefs
when he returns home.
One wife has solved the problem Of
how to keep her soldier husband in
good cheer. From each days news
paper she clips an amusing anecdote
or wftticisrn, that he may have some
i thing to laugh over, and read aloud to
his mates. These men although they
have never seen her, watch almost as
anxiorhsly. for his mail from her as
does the husband. Her bright, airy,
helpful letters are CLEANS Of sunshine
to them. 1t is the duty of the woman
he loves. to smooth the soldiers path
as much as possible. There is moth
ing that will dispel loneliness and
| heart-aches, like bright, loving. in
spring letters from home
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
DIR. Brooks FL. Wells
Dies of Injuries

As result OF injuries suffered July
4, when he was struck and knocked
from a bicycle by an automobile, DR..
Brooks Hmges Wells, So years, a cap
tain in the United States Reserve
comps of the U. s. A., and widely
known in the surgical field, died at
Norwalk hospital yesterday I.
DR.. Wells has been s,lnmering at
Southport for several years, closing
his residence at 52S Madison avenue,
New York. Wells was Riding bicy-
Gle in the post road near Greens
Farms when the machine of Freder-
lex Thome, 1873 Gem avenue, Bridge
port, struck him. He struck in the
hard road on the top of his head and
suffered a brain injury which, coupled
with a weak heart, proved fatal.
The physician was born in New Ha-
ven, the son of the late Rev. Edward
Livingstone Wells. He received his
medical education at the College of
Physicians & Surgeons, New York.
He leaves besides his widow. a
mother. Mary Ruder Hughes wells.
four daughters, May, Pauline, Doro-
thy and Mrs. John Scott Browning.
all of New York city; two sisters,
Mrs. Roderick Curtis and Mrs. Jo-
seph Eetzel. both OF Southport; and
three brothers DR.. John wells of New
York city, Frederick Wells of South
port, and Rev. e. Livingstone Wells.
former rector Of ST. La1ke's Episconal
church of this city.
The funeral will be held Monday at
2:15 o'clock at the Trinity church in
Southport, with the Rev Richard D.
Hatch officiating. Burial will. take
place in the family lot in Oaklawn
cemetery, Fairfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
City Committee Of
Home Economics to
Study Food Situation

The city. committee of Home Eco
Monies which will work through the
various women's clubs of the city. ira
studying conditions of the food crisis
and meeting them, was formed yester-
day at a meeting at the home of Mrs
Samuel C. Shaw in Sanford place.
Miss Estelle Sprague, of the National
Council of Defence. and Mrs. e. G. H.
Schenk of the Farm bureau. met with
Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. William T. Hincks,
Mrs. Nathan Heft, Mrs. w. E.. Allen.
Mrs. c. Nathaniel Worthen, Mrs
Philip Holzer, Mrs. H. w. Flick and
Miss Grace Murray.
It is planned to have representa-
,tives of all the women's organizations
in the city members of the commit
tee. The committee will act as a
clearing house for the National Coun-
Gil of Defence, which is represented
in this state by Miss Caroline SRuutz-
Rees of Greenwich and the Connects
cut committee of Food Supply.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
New Haven Fakir
Fleeces Bridgeport Women

Women of Bridgeport to a number
unknown, but certainly large, have
been fleeced by the Cooperative Arts
Co. Of New Haven, of which Franklin
P. Barton has been head The fake
company is no more since the United
States postoffice department made an
investigation and found that Barton.
was selling goods worth 20 "a cents
for Is cents and that he was doing
this without good faith.
Barton advertises for women ..of
Bridgeport and Vicinity to crochet
hngeries clasps and when they ask
for Information he, replies by ters-g,
them that materials and implements
to start will be furnished for rs cents.
They are worth less than so cents
When they are sent, Barton also gives
the women the scale to be paid for
their work and it is SO small that few
pay any further attention to the COM
pany. In those cases in which the
clasps are made and returned, the
faker posing as az crippled woman
with no other means of livelihood,
disposes of them for fancy prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
Bridgeport knights Give
SO, 200 To War Fund

Following patriotic responses in
the purchase of Liberty bopds and in
aid given to the Red Cross, Bridge
port Knights of Columbus are to the
fore again and will contribute $4,000
to the orders national million dollar
war fund to provide recreation CEN
ters for American soldiers at the con-
centration camps to be provided for
the United States armies. The
Knights of Column bus have been Off
cially recognized by the war depart
ment and designated for the work
and the organization will cooperate
with the Y. NC. A., providing COM
forts for all enlisted men without re-
gard to faith or fraternal Affiliations
Social centers for the soldiers will
be provided at the 16 environments,
the nearest to Bridgeport being at
Yaphank, l.. l., where between 35, 900
and $4,000 men will be trained for
service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
Ministers Asked to
Aid Conservation

The ministers of Connecticut are
being. asked by the committee of food
conservation to assist in bringing the
importance of the Hoover pledge to
the attention of the housewives of
the state. The following letter is
being sent from the office of the COM
mittee of food supply of the State
Council of Defence, to the clergy of
the state:
1--WE are enclosing herewith a sam
pie Of the pledge which every house
wife in the United States is being ask
ed to.sign. We have called this the
first gum in the great campaign for
saving which is being inaugurated un-
der Mr.. Hoover's leadership. We are
sure that you will join us in wishing
that Connecticut may make a SPLEEN
did showing in this work and are
confident that we may count upon
your hearty support.
Last Sunday was CONSERVATION
Sunday at Mr.. Hoover's request, but
we understand that in many churches
the proximity to Independence Day
and the fact that it was Enlistment
Week, prevented the subject of con-
servation from being presented to
the people.
~, tS1H you HOL at least SlV6 II16 IIldC-
ter of these pledges a word or two
of publicity. which would be of great
assistance to the local committee who
are assuming the responsibility of
getting the signatures.
The pledge cards may be obtained
through the County Farm Bureau or
through the Home Economics COM
mittee in your town.
We trust that you will not feel that
we are annoying you lhduly, but in
order to reach all the women In Con-
necticut, every possible means of
publicity must be employed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07

In these two photographs may be
seen Canadians cleaning up one of the
giant howitzers with which they have
done great execution against the Ger
man lines. on the French front The
Canadians have proved themselves
keen artillerymen although much of
their fame III the war has been gained
as infantrymen. They are quick to
learn and adapt themselves readily to
modern conditions Of warfare in camp
as well as on the battlefield. Recent
reports tell how the. newly arrived
American troops raternize especially
with the Canadians, finding MANY
Americans in the ranks of the Domi-
MONS men. Celebrating Dominion
Day" July 1, the Canadian national
holiday, all the guns on the Canadian
front in France fired a triple sa1vot
against the enemy. Just before noon
the guns ceased to fire. Simultane-5
ously at 2 O'Clock and again at and
four minutes past the hour, hundreds
of guns, from eighteen Founders to
the great siege pieces, the shells from
which fell miles behind the German
| front burst out in a mighty. clamor.
1.-THE enemy for the third time on
Canada,s natal day since the war be-,
gan realized that the Dominion is in
| this fight for liberty and democracy
| till the last gun is fired" says dis
| patch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
WHAT TO WRITE TO SOLDIERS.

lyon are fast forgetting, aren't you'
How quickly the days go Tying;
And that the letter your soldler "rol0
to you,
Unanswered, still is lying?"
Has it occurred to you yet, that al
though the great army of soldiers mas
gone eagerly to the call Of the colors,
1t is the woman folk at home. who
will make them brave and courage
Gus. or disspirited? Almost every
man of them carries with him tucked
away in his bosom, the heart OF soane
woman he loves. The letters, he re-
|ceived from home will be sunshine 10
him, or cast a shadow over his amol-
ton. It's a wonderful advantage for
woman to know just what TO write
to the soldier far away in order to
gladden. his heart. Women do not
realize how he reads the letter, over
and over again, finding new mean
| ings between the lines at each peru
sal. It is real cruelty for sweet
| heart to tell her lover in. her letter
| that this young man or that one is
calling upon her quite often now; or
that another man gives her such
good times" and the many frivolous
things pertaining to. this character
with which thoughtless, foolish young
girls often fill UP their naissives.
How can a far-off soldier fight well
with fear piercing has heart, that at
| that moment some other man al
home is endeavoring to win from him
1.-THE one being on earth, for whom he
cares to live? Even if his sweetheart
/ is giddy enough to have two strings
to her bow not being really engaged
Ito either, she should not make men
| ton of it in her letters. On the con-
trary they should he cheerful, 1nspdr-
ling, with always a. witty line or two
dier's s1ipsEwtth never anything
dreary. or sorrowful, that he might
brood over. Perchance, if it Is a, hus-
band who is off fighting for his coun-
/ try-then exactly the same rules in
regard to the letters the wife writes
| him hold good. She has q, thousand
| things to write him that a. sweetheart
| has not The soldier husband fan
away is never tired of reading how
dear he is to his wife, and how eager
tly she watches and waits for the won
droiS time when he will return to heI
and the children. Above all things the
| wife must not let her husband know
Of any home SORROWS she is called
upon TO face. Ii 1Iltl6 johnnie IldLs
down and breaks his arm, what good
to let the father know of it? If the
baby has fever, and the doctor sug-
gests 1t is to be taken to the hospita;
for better care, it will serve no good
purpose to write this narrowing news
\ and unfit the father for his strenuous
4 duties. Instead write glowing descrip.
ton Of Johnhie's progress in school
4 the clever things the little ones d.
land say. They might sound foolish K
an outsider, but they are very inter
festing to a soldier who loves his chill
Idren.
i Even the mothers can learn a thing
Ior two about what not to write. Theil
1 letters, like those OF the others, should
be hopeful and encouraging. There,
Eno use for the mother to. tell her sol
dier boy that she has been confined t
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-07
Delegates Gathering
For Convention Of Elks

Boston, July with the arrival
Of large parties from California and
North Dakota, the rush of delegates
to the Elks' national convention in
this city next week, began today. The
state parties were met. by Mayor Cur
ley as chairman of the reception COM
mittee and taken to registration head
quarters by a uniformed escort and
band. An information bureau was
opened today.
Special services for the E1ks will
be conducted by DR.. Alexander Mann
at Trinity church tomorrow evening.
There will be a patriotic musical pro-
gram and the convention sermon will
be preached by Rev. John Dysart of
Dubuque, Iowa, grand chaplain of the
order.