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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
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 NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE

Pop went out to buy a Krissmas s tree last nite, me going with him to snow him ware men was selling them on the street, the ferst place being rte erround the corner, a little man Tn red swetter standing alonsside or a lot of Krissmas trese Ieenine agenst the wall, pop saying to him. Good evening, I'd like fair size tree Il you nave one at reasoDdble price.
 Heers nice one for only dollers. speshn rate seeing its you, sed the little man.
 Perhaps you misunderstood me. sed pop, I jest wunt one tree, not half a. duzzin, wat are you enyway, a tree seller or a pirate?
 That's all rite wat am, the tree is 6 dollars now insted of 5, and if you don't like it you can lump 1t and if you don't take 1t you can leeve it, sed the little man.
 l Woodent buy g. tree rum you for 6 sents, sed pop. And we kepp on WaWk1ng, me taking him to another place ware a long shnnie man was selling them, pop saying to him, Good eevning, watts your cheapest rate in good size trees?
 You can have this one for dollers, sed the man.
 Wats it made of, radium? sed pop. And we kepp on going and I took him to ware a man with a red nose and a red mushtash was selling them, being a pritty good ways away, pop saying, Good eevning, can I get a fairly large tree for about 4 dollers.
 Maybe in Switzerland or some place you can, sed the man, my cheapest is 8 dollers. And me and pop wawked home egen. and MT. Jones was stand ing on his frunt steps next dore, and pop sed, You're the very man I wunt to see, Jones, will you do me 8 little favor? There's little man in a. red swetter selling Krissmas trees er- round the corner. I wish you, wood take this doller bill and buy a tree for me and tell him to deliver it at my house. I know it's a rather odd request, but the man owes me little money, and don't wunt to ebmar- rass him by going down myself and making him think that perhaps wunt the tree for nuthing.
 Very natural, sed MT. Jones. And me and pop went in and pritty soon the man rang the frunt dood bell with the tree, and pop told ma to open the door for him and tell him to jest 1eeve it in the vesterbule.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
RAFFLES AND
 HIS VALET ARE HELD FOR BONDS

Without offering any defence, John Lewis, alias Jack Adams, the gentle man thief" who was arrested after registering at the Atlantic hotel, Sat rrday, waived examination before J ldge Frank L. Wilder in the police court, this morning, and was bourG over to the February term of the sll- rerior court in $1, ,000 bail, on a charge of theft.
 His valet and alleged accomplice. Sammy Isaacs. of 13S West 112th street, New York, was also given the same treatment. Sammy is only 16 years old, and is claimed by Adams to have had no part in the stealing.
 Adams. or Lewis. as his true iden- tity has been established. was accused of having stolen about $200 worth of clothing, jewelry. handbags, etc., from the home of Mrs. William Futile, of Courtland street. He roomed at her house for a few days.
 Following his arrest it was discox- cred. also. that he had stolen a $45 overcoat and an s8 hat from a local clothing establishment and had sold the coat to a chauffeur. Hat and coat have been recovered. Lewis has a lenghty record of convictions in other cities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
COMMANDMENTS
 ISSUED FOR THE
 CONDUCT OF WAR
Observance of This Deca. logue Will Assure Our
 Success in Conflict.

A new decalogue of war for wom- en has .been arranged by the Profes- sors of the University of Turin,'' says Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. chairman of the Woman's Committee of the Coun- Gil of National Defense.
 This decalogue, like that of the Scriptures. applies to both men and women. and by close attention to it's rules. everyone will be able not only to do her part. but to do it so system atically and efficiently that there is no demand the government could make that would not find us prepared to re- spond at once. If every family kept this decalogue where it could be in view each day, 1t would remind them of their duty as well as the glory of sharing in the great new struggle which we trust shall bring to us a fulfllment of the spirit of Him who came to bring Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men, 9
 The Decalogue is as fo1lows:-
 Do not chatter. Keep to yourself the news you hear, your own impres- sions, and your apprehensions.
 Do not listen to alarmists, to slack CTS. or to those who would spread dis couragement. Silence them.
 Be moderate in your spending, neither lavish in gifts nor sordid in your economies. Let everything in your life, even. your daily expenses take on at this moment it's true na- tional importance.
 Encourage national industries, avoiding imported goods, even though they may seem better and less costly than those made at home.
 Do not dook upon the departure to the front of those dear to you as ar abandonment Be with them con- staptly in thought, as they are with you, particularly in the hour of dan ger; and do all that you can to re- place them in their former occupa- tions
 Do not complain of difficulties, an- noyances and privations coused by the war. Think of those who are dy- ing for their country and complaint will halt upon your lips.
 Multiply your activities, in your home as well as outside, thereby ren- dering yourself useful to your coun- try by the work of your hands, the warmth of your heart, and the clarity of your intelligence.
 Exhibit day by day and hour by hour the same courage a man shows upon the field of battle. Instruct the ignorant, uphold the feeble, console those who are stricken; transmit your own confidence to others.
 No matter dhow long the struggle may last, await victory with strength and patience.
 If you are stricken in your dearest affections, bear your sorrow nooly, that your tears may be worthy of the hero whose death you mourn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
CROOK LEAVES .~.
 THREE STRANDED

PettE thievery reached it's lowest level here, yesterday, when some un- scrupulous crook deprived Mrs, Charles H. Johnson, of 59 Prospect street, of her handbag, containing SIS In cash and railroad tickets for her. self, her 14-year-old son and her aged mother, to Philadelphia.
 s The woman was at the railroad sta. ton. when she was robbed, and ap. plying to the Travellers Aid society for help. was referred to the local Charities department, which provided transportation for the xnree. Mrs. Jehnson's husband recently found en- ployment in Philadelphia, her furni- ture was sent ahead yesterday, and she and her family were on their way to their new home when the theft oc- cured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
CHRISTMAS

Make it a Jewelry Christmas. There is no other time of the entire year quite so wonderful as Christmas time. The smiling faces tell truly wonder full story of cheerfulness and those who turn to this store for gifts, will find splendid service. In short, this is the store of the Christmas spirit.
 Come and look at the beautiful dis play of Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches, Silverware, Cut Glass, Clocks, Toilet and Manicuring Sets, etc. You will find all goods moderately priced. db- erty bonds taken in trade at full value.
 OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL
 CHRISTMAS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
WOMEN ARE
 BOOSTING 1T
You Cannot Fool the Women

once you have shown them and got their confidence they will stick through thick and thin to what they know aAd believe is a good thing.
 Hundreds of women in our city are going around today with joy in their hearts and new lease on life and health where before each day was one long nervous drag of misery" As one woman expressed it, Its not the work you do, it's the way you k feel that makes the drudgery, you annot get ahead when you go to q all in, too tired to sleep and get
 in the morning half dead. Believe
 know. certainly was a ner-
 wreck, every task a load, no
 ion, thin, haggard and pale, an
 Foman before my time. Look at
 now, some change, eh! Work is pleasure. am just babbling over nth life and good spirits, the picture Sf health, cheeks rosy and full of the color that only ironized' blood can give, while my phosphate-fed nerves are as steady as a clock, nothing wor- ries me, sleep like a top and feel 7 like a girl of sixteen. Take it from
 
 credit for everything; too much can not be said in its praise, it sure is the goods and everyone I have rec ommended it to is a booster.''
 This is only one of many like cases in our city, there is no need of any. man or woman going around with that tired all-in feeling or any form of nervousness, if they will get next | to themselves, take a brace, and stack up to a package of Phosphated Iron. It sure will spruce you up and make you feel like live wire once more, so get busy.
 To insure physicians and their pa tients getting the genuine Phosphated Iron we have put in capsules only. Do ! not take pills or tablets, insist on t capsules. Hindle's Drug Stores, ana leading druggists everywhere.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
HIS HEART BADLY
 AFFECTED >
"FTuit-a-tiVeS" Soon Relieved This Dangerous Condition
632 GERHARD ST. EAST. ToRorro.

692 GERARD ST. EAST, TORONTO.
 "For two years, I was a victim of Acute Indigestion and Gas In The Stomach. It afterwards attaaked my Heart and had pains all over my body, so that l could hardly move around. tried all kinds of Medicine but none Of them did mo any good. At last, I decided to try "Fruit-a-tives". I bought the first box last June, and now am well, a1fer nsing ony kA,ee 6oxes. l recommend "Fruit-a-tives" to anyone suffering from Indigestion'.
 FRED J. CAVEEN.
 5oc. box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25c. Atall dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit a-tives Limited O~darsh--r-. NY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
STAMFORD YOUTH
 REMEMBER POLICE

Stratford boys and girls who belong to the Useful clubs, flourishing in that community. are going to remember the Bridgeport traffic corps, this Christmas.
 Captain Wheeler, chief of the traffic bureau, received letter from the children. this morning.. enclosing a batch of tickets. each of which en- titles policeman to present.
 Because the traffic police have al- ways been so good to us when we went chasing through the streets of Bridgeport, yelling like wild Indians' the letter explains.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
NO TURKEY AT COUNTY JAIL
 XMAS DINNER

Sheriff Simeon Pease will provide a good dinner for the unfortunates con- fined in the county jail, but owing to the extremely high price of turkey this year 1t will be excluded from the bill. There will be an excellent Christmas dinner, however, of roast spare rib, mashed turnips, potatoes, onions, and other fixing with tea and coffee and pie. Sheriff Pease expects to be host for about 26O persons. It will be a general holiday so far as work is concerned. Religious services will be held by clergymen of different enomdnationsSofficia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
WORK ON HIGH
 SCHOOL WILL BE
 SOON COMPLETED

Construction of the proposed addi- tion to the stage in the auditorium ot the Bridgeport High school, will start within a few days. Permit for the work was granted at the meeting of the board of building commission CTS lost Friday night. The work will cost about $12000.
 Other permits issued were to Mary Tamson. two-family house, north side. O. Beatrice street: Mary P. Della, brick garage, 559 Boston avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
TELLS AMERICAS PART.

Paris, Dec. 24-Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons has begun an extensive pro- gram of lectures in important cities on What The United States is Doine in the War" for the Committee or the Effort of France and Her Allies of which Stephen Pichon, Minister ot Foreign Affairs is chairman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
ASKS PAYMENT OF GRAIN BILL

Payment of 8 bill for grain fur nished for the dairy farm near Dan bury is demanded in a suit filed against Thomas J. Kehoe and his wife of that town by John B. God frey of Waterbury. Godfrey claims to have furnished to a value of $1,366. Damages of $1.45o are claimed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24
BATHRICK IS DEAD.

Akron, O., Dec. 24-Representative B. R. Bathrick of the Fourteenth Ohio district died at his home here last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

The Russian embassy in Washing ton reported that it was without news of the progress of the Bolshevi- Xxi and the Central Powers peace .n1ans
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

The Christmas dollar fund commit mittee for relief in Belgium cabled $so,ooo to Brussels, from New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

Japan denies the statements that she is mobilizing her army and going to send troops to vladivostok
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-24

Farmer Want Ads One Cent a Word
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-02
PAC|F|STS
ARE TURNED DOWN
URGE ALLIES TO SET FORTH
THEIR PEACE TERMS, BUT RE-
cElvE NO ENCOURAGEMENT
Former Premier Asquith Sees No Hope
Yet of Bringing War to Satisfac-
tory Ending in German Peoples
Attitude.

London.-The house of commons on
Thursday. after employing the whole
evening session in discussion OF a
peace resolution, moved by James
Ramsay Mcdonald. socialist and labor
member. defeated it by vote Of las
TO 10. The announcement of the fig
ures was received with some cheers
and much laughter.
The resolution declared that the Ger
man relchstag resolution favoring
peace by an understanding expressed
the principles for which Great Britain
stood throughout. and called on the
government, in conjunction with the
entente allies. TO restate their peace
terms accordingly.
Further. the resolution declared that
the allies should accept the Russian
proposal that the forthcoming allied
conference on the war aims should
comprise representatives of the people
and not solely Spokesman of the gov
eminent
The smallness of the numbers In the
house when division was taken is an
indication of the little interest shown
by parliament in any hope of a useful
peace movement at the present juno
ture and the conviction was voiced in
an important statement by Herbert H..
Asquith. the former premier. that moth
ing was to be hoped from the present
temper of the German reichstag and
people.
The speech of Andrew Bonar Law,
the government leader In the house,
dealt largely with the Russian crisis.
He was certain that if anything could
delay peace it would be any sign Of
faltering
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-02
SKY LINE" LOGGING LATEST
Modern Methods OF Western Camps
Said to Be Cheaper and Mere Eff
cent Than the Old Ways.

In the logging camps Of Oregon and
Washington skyline" method Of log
ging is proving much cheaper and more
efficient than the former method Of
dragging out logs from the forest by
Il donkey engine and cables operating
on the ground. says Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. The skyline plan is 10
run cable through blocks or pull eyS
suspended nj great height on gent
trees. 80 as 10 form II sort Of trolley
line 10y which the logs are hoisted into
the air and then hauled over the tops
Of ordinary trees and other ohSiruc-
lions TO the rollwny. where they are
loaded aboard freight cars for ship
menr.
The donkey engine which operates
the skyline has five drums. including
two for main lines and two for trip
lines. The top cable from which the
log Is suspended Is one of the main
Ines. while the other is used 10 haul
the log. In operation the top cable
is lowered with It's block or trolley.
directly over the log 10 be- picked up
il is then pulled taut, raising the log
with 1t by means Of "chokcr." or
steel tongs. In the air log can. OF
course be moved much faster than on
the ground.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-02
FACE DEATH TO AID WOUNDED
Surgeons, Ambulance Men and Nurses
Display Great Bravery In Work
on the Firing Line.

One Of the splendid pages Of this
wars history will be written in letters
of gold on the scroll of what physi-
clans, ambulance men and nurses have
done. Lieut.. Harold Peat, a Cana
dian who has seen two years of serv-
Ice on the French front, told au-
diences in Indianapolis that 97iA per
cent of the wounded men are saved,
and many of them are made so COM
pletely fit that they ca2 return TO the
firing line. 1t Is not alone because Of
the perfection Of surgery that this re-
suit is possible. It is more because
of the bravery and the sacrifice Of sur
geons and their helpers.
In the early stages of the war, when
the dressing stations and the tempo
from the front, and out Of the range
of enemy guns, physicians observed
that large number of soldiers were
dying who, with immediate attention.
could have been saved. Many Of them
bled TO death before they reached the
dressing stations. There was only one
thing to be done. The surgeons and
their assistants, guided only by a sense
of the high duty of their calling. did
that thing. They moved forward, es-
tablishing dressing stations in and i'm
mediately behind the lines and in some
instances erecting their hospitals with
In range of the enemy fire.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-02
WOMEN PITTED AGAINST WOMEN
Russian Heroines Surprised at Finding
Amazons Among Prisoners.

Petrograd. - When the Russian
wOmen's battalion. known officially as
the Command Of Death, went into
action against the Germans near Smer-
gon July -. they captured a number
of women from whom il was learned
for the first time that German women
also were fighting on the battlefront
in western Russia.
Ten wounded heroines Of the
women's battalion arrived In Petro-
grad sunday, leaving their commander.
Vera Butchkareff and Marya Skryd-
loft, daughter of Admiral Skrydloff,
former commander of the Baltic fleet
and minister of marine. in Il hospital
at Nitehek.
Interviewed. the women said II was
reported that Of the 200 of the com
mand who reached the front only fifty
remained. Twenty We're killed. eighr
were taken prisoner and all the rest
We're wounded.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-02
IN SHIP
ROW ARE OUSTED
PRESIDENT WILSON ACCEPTS
COCKTAILS RESIGNATION AND
ASKS OENmAN TO RESIGN
Edward N. Hurley Appointed Chair
man of Shipping Board and constuc-
ton Program Placed Under Con-
troll of Admiral Caps.

Washington. President Wilson
brought the shipping board row 10 an
abrupt termination on July "a, by elm
mating the two rincipals-William
Denman. chairman OF the board. and
Maj. Gen. George w. Cocktails, man
ager of the boards emergency fleet
corporation in charge of construction.
The resignation of General Goethals,
rendered some days ago, was accepted
and Mr.. Denman was asked by the
president TO follow suit, that the gov
ernments building program might go
forward without embarrassment.
Edward y. Hurley of Chicago,
former chairman of the federal trade
commission, was named by the presi-
dent to succeed Mr.. Denman as chair
man of the board and cambridge Col
by of New York was appointed sue
cessor to Capt. John B. White of
Kansas City, another board member,
whose resignation, offered to the presi-
dent month ago. also was accepted
Rear Admiral Washington L. Caps,
chief constructor of the navy, will
succeed General Cocktails as manager
of the fleet corporation, taking i'm
mediate charge of the building pro-
gram.
Mr.. Hurley was born July 8, 1864,
at Galesburg, ILL.,. and was educated
in the public schools of that city. His
first employment was as fireman for
the Chicago, Burlington < Quincy
railroad. His invention of the prin-
ciple of the pneumatic tool. an instru-
ment which revolutionized steel con-
struction, made possible his advance in
the world of industry.
Mr.. Colby is a widely known law
yer, was actively identified with the
candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt for
the presidential nomination in 1912
and was one of the founders of the
Progressive national party. He was
Progressive candidate for governor and
Cnited States senator in 1912 and
1914. respectively.
General Cocktails is now back in the
status of a retired officer Of the
United States army, subject to any
duty 10 which the president may
call him. 1t is well known that the
general wants to join the troops in
France.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-02
RUSSIANS RETREAT
ACROSS THE BORDER
LOYAL TROOPS COMPELLED TO
GIVE GROUND BEFORE
STRONGER FORCES.
French Troops in the Aisne Region
Have Turned in Vicious Counterat-
tacks Against the Army Of the
German Crown Prince.

Having retreated Il distance Of ap-
proximately 100 miles from where
Kerensky. the iron man Of Russia.
carried them in his personally con-
Quoted drive early il the present
month, the Russian army ON the cen
ter OF the line in east Galicia i again
on Russian soil on both sides of
Husiatyn. and is still being followed by
the forces OF the Teutonic allies.
Likewise the armies 10 the north and
south continue To fall back before the
enemy. Wherever the faithful troops
attempt 10 give battle they are har-
raised by numerically stronger forces
of the TeutOns and compelled 10 give
ground, receiving no assistance from
their recalcitrant former brothers-in-
arms. whose main effort continues 10
be To get out OF striking distance Of
the enemy.
Evidently the preparations for the
blood and iron policy of the govern
ment against the dissaffected troops
shortly will be put into full force. FOR
Minister of War Kerensky is on his
way 10 the Russian headquarters.
there 10 confer with the military lead
ers TO formulate plans 10 stay the re-
treat and compel the troops To stand
and face the foe as the Russians in
the southcSn Carpathian region are
doing. Down along this latter front
the russians. aided by the Rumainians.
continue 10 force the Teutonic allies To
cede ground. especially in the upper
Putna valley.
French troops in the Aisne region
against the army of the German crown
prince, put down an offensive il had
started between Hurtehise and La
Bovelle. and made good gains against
IL all along the line. Several attacks
by the Germans in the Nerdun sector
We're repulsed. The progress IN Plan
ders for more than week continues
undated.
In the air the machines Of Great
Britain and Germany are carrying out
maneuvers never before seen. As an
indication of the intensity of these
aerial combats. thirty German air
planes We're accounted for in the latest
fighting, in addition to two observation
balloons. The British war office I'D
mits that thirteen Of the royal air
squadron failed 10 return to their
bases. The German war office asserts.
however. that thirty-tive British planes
were shot down.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-02

Music and cleaning the parlor have
never been very closely associated
When the housewife wants 20 plny the
piano She generally waits until she
has cleaned the parlor. taken n buth
and dressed herself in party clothes
Now Philadrlphian has patented "A
duSt-fltering attachment which can be
attached To The playorplano. and the
ordinary housewife can nnW scat her
self M the player-piano obtain music
via the keys. work the pedals for all
she is worth and. with her child to
run the vacuum cleaner nhou, the
floor she cam have II clean In % Uny.
The bellows of the player ARE attached
TO the vacuum cleaner by means OF
special pipe. and in this munacr the
needed vacuum is created for cleaning
PURPOSES.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-02
MORE TROOPS EVAoE U-BoATs.
Another American Contingent Safe in
European Port.

A European Port.-Another Ameri-
can contingent has arrived and safely
disembarked. The American troops ar
rived by the same steamer wherein
Kermit Roosevelt, his wife and child
Travelled. When tenders went along
side the vessel Friday the men were
in high spirits and frequently shouted
Are we downhearted?" which was an
swered with a roaring NO." given
with great enthusiasm.
Representatives of the general staff
watched the Decentralization. There
was no civic demonstration. Only a
few spectators knew of the landing.
These cheered and the troops cheered
back. The men entrained quickly and
left for their new quarters.