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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
STEEL CONCERNS
WILL ASSIST u. S.
WAR PROGRAM
Price Fixed at Conference
With Representatives Of
Industry.

Washington. July 12.-Formal an
ro1noement was made by SECRETARY
Baker today that an agreement had
ben reached with representatives Of
the American steel industry in con-
ference here, under which the entire
product of the industry would be
made available for the governments s
war purposes at price to be dSter-
mined ON the basis OF a cost OF pro-
duct1on inquiry conducted by the fed
eral trade commission.
The government also assured the
steel men that its war orders would
be distributed over the entire iron
and steel producing capacity OF the
country, leaving no single producer or
group OF producers to carry an un-
fair share of the war burden.
Administration officials, having esh-
mated the governments Immediate
need for steel for war purposes in
conferences with a special committee
representing the American iron and
steel industry. discussed today future
needs based on estimates of possible
production capacity of the country 9
plants submitted hy the manufacture
ers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
Hollweg's Position
Regarded Favorably


Berlin, July 12,@The reichstag
which had planned to meet wednes-
day probably will not convene until
the main committee. whose session
was postponed at the personal request
of Chancellor Won Bethmann-HoI
veg, has concluded its deliberation
The situation was regarded as more
favorable for the chancellor. His post
and personality appeared to be aAsec-
ondary consideration compared with
the cardinal issue which,. after all.
only involves parliamentary political
reforms.
Whether a four party coalition can
resolve itself into a co-ordinated COG
hesive unit for the purposesof finding
common formula was still one OF
the days specu1afions Meanwhile in-@
ternal reforms which are being de-
manded are likely to be forthcoming
without duress. The situation hardly
contains, the ingredients necessary for
political revolution and the man in
the street is quite content despite the
usual crop of rumors attending any
crisis
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
HOME GUARDSMEN.
enter MILITARY
SERVICE OF U. S.
Eligibles Quitting Ranks Of
State Troops for 9. N. q.
and Naval Reserve.

The National Guard and Naval Re-
serve organizations are being .rapidfy
filed up by members OF the Home
Guard eligible to military service OF
the, United States government.
This fact was disclosed Monday
night when it was decided by vote Of
Company H that each departing i1nan
should be presented with a token of
esteem from the Organization.
Other companies in the Home
Guard are reported to have lost men
from the ranks who are particularly
avallable for service because of the
military training they have receiv-
ed
Company II has decided that each
man leaving the company for service
with Uncle Sam shall be given one OF
the new gold-p1ated steel pailitary
mirrors which. worn in the breast
pocket over the heart, have been
found abroad to have reduced NOR
tahty froP wounds by nearly 20 Per
cent q
4 Among those leaving Comany. H
this week are Charles w. &yrus, first
sergeant, who has been accepted in
the Eleventh Company, Coast artillery.
John r. Richardson, accepted in the
same militia company, and Charles
Richardson, who will enter the Naval
Reserve Paul Blackburn, among
several, others, retired several weeks
ago for active service abroad In am
bulance and other units that have al
ready left America
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
TURNS DOC ON
POLICEMAN AS
HE ENTERS HOME


One hundred dollars and costs was
the fine imposed in the city court to-
day upon Julius Wereczynsl1i, resi-
dent of 93 Ridge avenue convicted by
Judge Wilder for having resisted Dog
and Liquor Agent Joseph Coughlin in
the performance of his duty. Mrs.
Wereczynsh also placed under arrest
for having unmuzzled a. vicious bull
dog which her husband caused to also
attack the officer, was paroled upon
her good behavior.
AS a result of nearly a dozen COM
plants that the dog belonging to the
Ridge avenue pair had bitten persons
in the neighborhood. Coughlin yestef-
day went to the house to warn the
owner. He was informed that the
dogs license had been paid for to the
city and the dog therefore had a
right to bite anybody who came in
his way. Coughlin was unable to
make the owner see differently and
therefore decided to take the dog in
to his custody. The owner resisted and
had the dog loesened that it might
inflict further injury to the officer.
Dog Agent George Hall came into the
house and to the rescue but not be-
fore Coughlin's hand was severely
lacerated by the dogs fangs
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
CINCINNATI man
BY SHOT
OF BRIDCEPORTER
Youth Held for Murder Says
He Planned to Rob, Not
Kill, Victim
SENSATIONAL CHASE
ENDS IN CAPTURE
Indian Leads Posse of Citi-
zens Chasing Fugitive
Through Streets
Especial to The Farmer.)

Cincinnati, July 12-Locked up in
the city jail here on the charge of
murder in the first degree, a well
spoken Bridgeport, Conn, youth,
shabbily dressed and emaciated, ,.e-
clares he shot, not to Kill, but only
to- frighten his victim, in order to
commit a robbery, because he was
hungry.
The capture of the youth, wto de-
scribed himself as Arthur Pendergast,
aged 22, was accomplished under the
most sensational circumstances. A
mob, led by a full blood Indian, led
a furious chase through the city
streets, and shots were exchanged
several times until the fugitive, gain
ing a long lead on his pursuers, took
refuge in a stable and finally was
found beneath a. pile of empty burlap
sacks.
The victim, Adolph Bargen, a hotel
keeper, lived long enough to identity
the prisoner.
II fred at him just to scar. him.
I did not intend to hit him." declared
Pendergast in a statement shortly af-
ter his arrest.
3 >Pendergast, revolver in hand, en-
tered the bar of a hotel kept by Bar
gen, at Third and Elm streets, early
yesterday. Facing Bargen, who
stood. behind the bar, Pendergast or
dered him to put his hands on the
bar. Instantly Bargen started to-
wards the end of the bar, and at the
same moment Mrs. Bargen entered
AS she crossed the threshold, PEN
dergast fired, then dashed out, as
Bargen reeled against the counter.
Mrs. Bargen's screams attracted
bystanders, including Lone Star, an
Indian, who led the pursuit of Pen
derfast. When the crowd gained on
him, Pendergast fourished his re-
volver and shouted warning that he
would shoot. Then a shower OF
missiles from the crowd enveloped
him
Private Policeman Arstingstal1 fired
on Pendergast as the latter gained
the approach to the Ohio river sus-
pension bridge. Then he leaped from
the bridge approach into the street,
where Peter Kelley, American Ex-
press driver, grappled with him. Pen
derfast thrust his pistol against Kel-
ley's breast and the expressman re-
leased him.
u WIN a new Uu1Sl u SpSSu hO uAS-
appeared into the stables of Swift &
Co.. at Front and Walnut streets,
and there, a few minutes later, Pa
trolmen Rudd, German and Doud
found him hidden beneath a pile OF
sacks.
Pendergast expressed regret that
his shot should have proved fatal to
the hotel keeper. He declared he
was starving to death, and preferred
robbery as an alternative although he
said he fired to frighten, not to kill
Bargen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
VICTORY OF SINN FEIN
PARTY is Death BLOW
TO IRISH NATI0NAlIS,TS

porter says ali the Irish sections of
the house of commons regard the re-
suit as virtually a death blow. to the
nationalist .party-the end of con-
stitutional agitation and the beginning
of republicanisn1. 1t is declared that
no nationalist seat outside of Dub
lin is now safe.
Timothy Healy, M. p, frankly
frightened, says the English people
are mistaken about the Sim Feiners.
They are not rabid extremists but de-
voted idea1ists, he holds.
Commenting on the East Clare cleo
ton of Sim Feiner to parliament
the Irish Independent says: 'FfVe
out of every six electors who sup
ported the victor did so out of sheer
disgust with the cringing. crawling
policy Of the Irish party and the
laundering tactics of their leaders,
The Irish Times considers that East
Clare voted for a program of revolu-
ton. THE Sinn Fein policy SO far
has developed on destruction and Bit
terness pregnant with menace to the
peace of Ireland, yet this policy tri-
unphed over the memory of a de-
voted soldier GMajor William Red
nond) and swept the nationalists out
Of a seat held without opposition for
20 years. says the Irish Times.
The Dublin Express says the victory
is the moist portentous thing in mod
ern Irish political history 1T is
clear" the paper says, "that the ma
tiona1ists can do little at a conven-
tion hut record their pious opinions y
The Chronicle says the Sim Feiners
receive enormous sums OF money from
the United States, much of it. doubt
less from German sources, which en-
ables them to conduct extensive prop
uganda.
The local corresponding in Ennis
quote Prof. DE Valera as saying he
does not intend to take his seat in the
house of commons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
Germans Fail To
Dent French Lines

Paris, July 12-After violent bonn
bardment the Germans tried several
surprise attacks during the night on
both banks of the Meuse, but were re,
pulsed. according to statement by
the war office today.
The statement follows:
The artillery fighting was quite
spfritedtin the Champagne and on the
Aisne front In the Laffaux mill sector.
Enemy attacks in the region of the
Triangulatre plateau and south of
Juvfncourt were easily repulsed.
ssOn the two banks of the Met1se. in
the sector Of hill 304 and north OF
the Hardaumont work the Germans
after a violent bombardment, made a
number of attacks, none of which
was successful
There is nothing to report on the
rest of the front"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12

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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
Deny Peace Impetus
Comes From Austria

Amsterdam, July 12-Emperor viii
liam had an interview lasting several
hours with Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg yesterday and received his
on the political situation, ac-
cording to a semf-official dispatch
from Berlin.
The Chancellor also received various
party leaders yesterday afternoon.
says an official dispatch from Ber-
lin.
A semi-officia1 dispatch from vien-
ma says the report in the vossische
Zeitung of an audience that Herr Ma
thias Erzberger, leader OF the cen-
trist party in the reichstag.s had with
the Austrian Emperor Charles, is
pure invention.
The crown prince arrived in Ber-
lin on a special train and attended
the crown council yesterday, at which
the emperor presided.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
EXACT PLAN FOR DRAFT
WILL BE SECRET UNTIL
EVE OF DRAWING ARMY

flashed by telegraph to every commu-
nifty in the country the numbers OF
the men drawn. It is understood that
the system planned is SO simple that
the work will be done in g. few hours.
so far only 81 states have reported
to the provost generals office the
completion OF their organizations. In
some of them the names and serial
numbers of the men liable to draft
already have been posted The first
city to report the completion of that
part of its work was Kansas City.
Some fear was felt at the war de-
partment today that the delays in or
ganizaztion might cause further post
ponement of the draft. It had been
believed that the drawing might take
place Saturday, this week. 1t then
became evident that it could not be
held before next week and indications
today were that it might be the latter
part of next week before everything
was ready. One of the states where
there has been the most confusion in
organization is New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
BRITISH ADMIT
HEAVY LOSSES

London. July The total British
casualties resulting from the German
success near Nieuport, Belgium, on
Tuesday. We're about 1900. including
prisoners. These figures were given
by Maj. Gen. F. B. Maurice. chief di-
rector of military operations at the
war Office. today.
The section captured by the Ger
mans. said Gen. Maurice. who made
his statement in his weekly talk to the
Associated Press, was defended by
only two lbattafons of British. The
German claim Of 1.25O prisoners. he
regarded as probably accurate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12

Washington, July d2.-Persistent in
quiries from all parts Of the country
about the method to he followed in
selecting men for the national war
army caused war department officials
to explain today that President Will
sons determination to have absolute
fairness govern the process was re-
sponstble for the decision to withhold
announcement of the exact plan until
the very eve of the drawing.
The exemption regulations and all
other moves In the making of the new
army have received the approval OF
the president personally and the draft
regulations also will come from the
White House. All that is known now
is that the drawing will he from serial
numbers corresponding to numbers on
registration cards and that it will
take place in Washington probably at
the capitol Secretary Baker or some
high official will draw the first num-
Der, and then the process of selection
will be pushed forward until there is
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
WATCH FOR YOUR DRAFT NUMBER.

Bridgeport newspapers began last night to publish
and their serial numbers of the in Bridgeport
who liable to draft
Residents of the FIRST REGISTRATION DISTRICT
which includes the First Second and Third Voting
will find in The Farmer and IN NO OTHER NEWSPAPER
their names and the new serial numbers given them
There almost 5000 such names The Farmer
of today published the names those having the
numbers 1O611780 inclusive. Tomorrow another nsalmen
will be published, continuing until all are published
must borne mind that there is no alphabetical
arrangement of the and numbers and that the only
know number is to read the list daily until
find your name and number.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
Germans Losing Faith
In Kaiser, Says Cambon

Paris. July 12-"Without assuming
that recent declarations by leaders In
the Reichstag committee can in any
way be interpreted as precursors of =
possible revolution, it cannot be de-
MED there is a change in the public
spirit of Germany. It is certain the
uneasiness revealed by these debates
would have been impossible a year
ago." said Jules Cambon. General
Secretary to the Ministry Of Foreign
Affairs, to the Associated Press yes
terday, He continued.
cat the time the faith of tho entire
people in the omnipotenoe OF Pruasaan
militarism was intact, Blind co4ad-
denee in the invineibility Of German
arms was absolute, It is the resurnp@
.sceattnxsa On Reee 81
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
May Settle Danbury
Hatters' Case Soon

DanburW July 12.-It is learned thds
afternoon that there is a. possibility
that the Danbury hatters' case, as the
famous case Of D. f. Ioewe & Co.
versus members of the hatters' unions
here and elsewhere is known, may be
settled before the date set for the
foreclosure of the property under at
tachanent. This would prevent the
sale Of the homes Of about 40 de
fendant hatters in this city, Norwalk
and Bethel. A conference between
attorneys in the case is understood to
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12

Armed Members of Citi-
zens Protective League
of Bisbee, Arizona,
Determined to Insure
Cessation of Trouble
. at Mines All Busi-
ness Of Town Suspend
ed for Day Governor
Hunt Appealed to Stop
Train Carrying De-
ported Miners.

Phoenix, Ariz., July i2-One
thousand members of the In
dustrial Workers Of the World
were being rounded up in Bis
bee today by the armed mem
bers of the Citizens Protective
league and will be deported-
This morning members Of the
organization, which citizens de-
clare has been disturbing
element, were searched for
arms and loaded into freight
cars.
According to word from Bis
'beethe work Of deportation was
done thoroughly and systemati-
cally.
Greatly outnumbered, mem
bers Of the l. w. W., who had
not left town, were herded in
TO the baseball park. There a
guard was maintained, and as
fast as the men were brought
in they were searched for arms
and red cards showing their
membership in the /. w. w.
. .--. ...,.
- = 4 4sa~.-,
30 cala. I'e. -. l..s.. - =, :.
o1n@r ~ -
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
NORWEGIAN BARK
SUNK NEAR ICELAND

: Lendon, July ia Central News
dispatch from Christiania, reports the
sinking near Iceland by a German
submarine of the Norwegian bark,
Fioreiia, 1,16S tons gross. Crew res
GsIed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
BRITISH DRIVE OFF
GERMAN NIGHT RAID.

Londen, July IA raid attempted
by the enemy last night south of Lom-
baertzyde was successfully driven
eff" says today's official communica-
ton. There is nothing further to
report
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
DENY SUB BASE
FOUND NEAR SANTOS

Rio Janeiro, July 1.-THE report
that a submarine base had been dis
covered near Santos is denied by ma
val officials.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
ARIZONA CITIZENS CHASING w. WIS FROM MINING SECTION
EMPEROR WILLIAM HOLDS RESIGNATION OF
GERMAN CHANCELLOR, BETHMAN NN-HOI vVEG

Postponed Decision on
Acceptance, Announ-
ces Vossische Zeitung
of Berlin Other Des-
patches From Ger
many Hold More Fav-
orable View of Chan
cellor's Position.
Political and Constitu-
tional Reforms De-
manded by Reichstag
Would Be Permanent
Doubtful Whether.
-Four Party Coalition
of Strength Will Be
Attained.
Berne, July IL. The Vos-
sische Zeitung of Berlin says
the German imperial chan
cellor, DR.. Won Bethmanrl
Hollweg, has resigned. Enns
peror William, the newspa
per adds, has postponed his
decision whether to accept
the chancellor's resignation.
Berne, Switzerland, July 12
An official communication is-
sued in Berlin yesterday SAYS
Emperor William expressed
the opinion that the political
and constitutional reforms de-
manded by the reichstag are
such that they concern not
merely himself but his sue
cessor, inasnluch as they would
be permanent. For this reason
the emperor summoned the
crown prince to attend one or
more crown councils at which
final decisions regarding the
extent to which the crown and
the government will make con-
cessions to the reichstag will be
reached.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12

Postmaster General Burleson was
asked by Representative Dyer to
change the name Of the post office at
East st. Louis
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12
THE WEATHER.

showers tonisht; Friday fair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-12

be in progress in, New. York.
So far as the unions are concerned,
the settlement. rests with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, whose at
torneys have the matter in hand. The
basis Of settlement, If one is arranged,
would probably be the payment of a
lamp sum to Goewe & Co. This ac-
ton would save many of the defend
ants from the loss Of the places which
have been their homes for. many years
and would relieve much anxiety on
the part of the families interested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-26
'U-Boats Estranging
Friends, Berlin Fears

Copenhagen. July 25.-A remarkably
frank article by the Berlin correspond
ent of the National Tidenden,' passed
by the Foreign Office censorship, dis
cusses the seamy side of the submarine
campaign and the effect il has upon
neutrals. 1t is generally recognized, he
says, that the longer the campaign con-
tinues the fewer friends Germany VIII
have after the war
This consideration, together with the
thought of many billions which another
six months war would cost, were the
two PRINCIPAL factors which contributed
to bringing a majority of the Reichstag
into line upon a bid for immediate
peace. The correspondent says now It
is generally admitted that the erect OF
the campaign has been mlscaleulated'
not regarding the amount OF tonnage
destroyed. but as to the time required
TO make it's effects felt in England. The
German people are still convinced that
it will succeed ultimately.
Disregardng Galician happenings as
accidental, the correspondent says there
can be no question Of a big offensive
owing to a lack of men, as Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg frankly ad-
mitted. but there is no doubt the front
can hold out. The spondent gives
as two of the most striking impressions
upon his return to Berlin the dlsap-
pearance of children, who have been
sent to the country in thousands, and
the appearance of a new type OF Der
liner, a lank individual with skin hang
ing in folds who has supplanted the
corpulent German.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-26
: .n;erican Nurse
| els Of Baptism
OfFire in Air Raid
I Wanted to Run, but | Didn't,
She Writes-Keeps Shell
Which Fell Near
From the letter Of an American
.-.-- -. o.,Io,,

From the letter OF an American
nurse IN London.
July 7, 1917.
To-day have had my baptism under
fire. shall never forget it, never!
came over at $3.50 and was at my
desk about 1880 when a loud explo-
sion shook the place. ran out AZ
once. knowing it meant a raid, ana
called my women. ] had them cross 70
the concrete building across the street
then ran through the dressing rooms
and kitchen 10 be quite sure no one
had tainted or been left behind. All
tbe time the noise was deafening;, l
found one cook left and finally got her
10 the door. At that time | counted
tyenty-two planes and Taubes over
head. They were so beautiful, Ike
swallows, the Germans flying as the
wild ducks fly in fall. Finally they
broke and | saw two fights-puts OF
smoke everywhere and the rattle OF
falling shrapnel-then we crossed the
street, and / wanted TO run, as the
shrapnel was falling all around us, put
| didn't, and I'm glad. One uoeSn
know exactly how one will act I'm
proud of all my women. Ihey were
pluckv. Now we can feel that we are
worthier Of caring for these men VINO
have done so much for US.
SO many were killed. A man and
boy very near.
I have a she'll that fell few fee
from me as | was crossing the road:
All the time when | was exposed tt
the FIRE I kept thinking: It's all right
if it's meant to be it will be.on'
step more or less can't make any differ
ence, and l was quite calm.
Have worked eight hours since then
and am absolutely steady.
They came so low, to-day, very mucd
seem to be able TO stop them in any
way They are coming again and
again. Our men can't run away, an(
we can't.