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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
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out in spanking breeze, which comes perpetually from the Green Noun tains of Vermont across Lake Cham plain. The flag shows wildly against a turquoise sky.
 To the east and the north of the permanent post buildings squat row on row. the fresh young pine board barracks of the 5000 apprentice sol- aiers now in training.
 It is a scene that commands the second glance On a sudden the par ade lawn is populated by a hundred little knots of men. They are squads. or at best, platoons, made up of four squads or thirty-two khaki envelop- ed men. They are at drill Each seg- ment is oblivious of the existence Of others. Back and forth across and back and around and about they move, each independently and in obe- dience to the drill masters com mands The effect is something like i that produced by an electric score board stimulating baseball game.
 Ten hours of this sort of thing had recruits perspiring through their cred around forty. Two men were able to continue their march after | they head reached quarters. They marched on to the orderly room and reported to the company commander | that they would like to quit camp. Both requests were granted because Colonel Wolf has said that he wants no men who "can't stand the gaff.'' | An officer was surprised to learn | that one of the men who thus asked to be released was a New Yorker who i had served in France with the Cana
 dians, was Ehrice wounded in battle. and wears a medal for bravery.
 What does fighting man like you
 wan to quit so early in the game for?"
 he asked the veteran.
 '"To go back to the trenches and
 rest" replied the medal man, who left
 on the next, train for Montreal.
 Another is in the, hospital with a 1 fractured jaw. The command had
 been squads right. The candidate ur- derstood it squads left, He tripped and fell on his rifle. I Lectures on the proper handling
 and care of the rifle followed the
 drill The soldier was taught that the rifle is the a1l-important factor in his business. The soldier may get wet
 when it rains, but the piece must he kept dry. The soldier may miss sa meal, but the rifle must have it's oil The soldier may have to lie and wal 1 low in a sea of mud, but the rifle I must be kept clean. The rifle is tH ? soldiers best friend-it is life itself. Major E. W. Collins, commanding
 the First Provisional Regiment, or tre New England Cadets. this afternoon , addressed the regular army officers
 who are instructors of his command.
 He impressed them with the need fer , machine-like precision and exactitude in drilling their men, } 'eI want to see the same men doing ,l the same thing the same minute each } day" said Major Stewart.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
CORN IS NEEDED
 IN CONNECTICUT
 BUREAU ASSERTS
Most Sensible, Economical and Patriotic Crop Says
 Prof. w. l.. Slate.

The following statement to the farmers of Connecticut, made by w, L. Slate, jr., professor of agronomy, been issued through the Connecticut Committee of Food Supply:
 "Corn is the most sensible. econ- omical and patriotic crop we can grow in Connecticut this year. Sen sible because 1t fits our farm system grows on most soils, requires little machinery, and is practically a sure crop. Economical because the seed cost is small, it responds well to farm manures, there is no spraying ex. pense, and the food produced i' greater. than any other crop we car grow. Patriotic because it will ge farther toward helping feed the world han any other crop we car grow.
 Corn, like other feeds, is so higf that we can't afford to buy it. Wha will we do for grain next fall? Feed home grown corn ground with thu cob-it makes excellent feed.
 What will we do if flour goes tt s20 a barrel? Eat more corn meal Our forefathers won the revolution on it.
 It will cost from $125 to s150 t' grow an acre of potatoes properl! this year. For the same outlay tw' or three acres of corn can be raised and at least twice as much food pro duced.
 It is now too late in the seasol to change or enlarge our plans great ly, but it is not too late to plant al extra acre of corn. Do you realiz that one acre of corn on every farn in Connecticut means 100000 bush els of shelled corn added to our sup ply?
 We must win the war by fightin and by farming. Corn is the crop W can grow best. Plant another acre
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
British System of
 Distributing Food
 Now We'll Organized

British Army Headquarters in Meso- potamia, April 18-(British eye wit ness)-Nothtng more efficient than the lines of communication and SUD- ply serving the British forces in Me- sopotamia can we'll be imagined. The days of muddIe are ended and order has been evolved out of chaos. All that human agency can do has been and is being done to turn past failures into success and prevent further breakdowns in organization.
 Communications by road, railroad aand river have been laid out and de. veloped on a we'll thought out plan Facilities for the loading and unload. ing of vessels at Basra are now or an adequate scale. Stores in abun. dance are available and methodically controlled. Medical equipment ha. been introduced on a lavish scale. AT ample water supply is assured a every base and camp.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
Say Chinese Official
 Is Humbling His Race
 By Rowing to Mikado

Picking. May 1S-Bitter criticism has been aroused among some of the more radical Chinese newspapers by publication in Japanese newspapers of statements that Wang Ta-hsieh, a special representative of the Chinese government sent to Tokio to confer the Grand Order of Merit on the Jap anese Emperor, was paying tribute to Japan.
 The Chinese critics insisted that China, instead of paying tribute, con- ferred an honor upon Japan by giv- ing the order to the Emperor.
 Two previous attempts had been made to send an agent to Japan to confer the order on the Emperor but in both cases the envoys selected were rejected either by parliament or by those who objected to monarchiaI forms of government.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18

craving off, but our men were in no mood to let them go. It is harder to get out of a losing fight than to begin a fracas. Before the enemy could dlsentangle itself from the battle two more machines had gone to earth, one of these, his third in the fight, falling to Lieut.. c. and one to Lieut.. E. Then at last our four machines came home.
 I have seen three of the machines, counted their bullet holes, fingered the cut wires, seen the dents in spar and propeller blade, but what amazed me most was the fact that yesterday four of these airplanes with the same pilots and observers had been out again and one had brought back some brand new scars from an anti-aircraft gun.
 The fame of the battle has spread and the heroes have been flooded with congratulations, but on their part they take it as all in the days work.
 There is good reason to believe that the enemy fleet which was smashed up was what is known as the Von Buelow circus. There are two Of these circuses in the German army one commanded by Capt. Baron vor Richtofen, the other by Capt. vor Beulow, each comprising twenty-foul to forty machines which travel from one German aerodrome to another i staying perhaps a week, with the pur pose of making a spectacular flight insulting courage into the local flyins men and impressing the infantry. ] A German airman in these part: nowadays rarely tries to fight un1es! he has odds of four to one in hi.
 favor. The other day he sent Ill twelve machines to attack one of our
 above one of his areodromes. Gu
 man got one of the twelve and thel
 came safely home. Again and agail
 far over his territory we fight him
 with three machines to ten or a dog
 en. Hardly ever does he cross ou I lines except a party of three or fou
 which may slip over our line by hid Hng behind clouds to make sudde
 raids on our observation airp1anes o hurriedly dash at one of our kite bal llOOnS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18

few minutes. An enemy machine which Capt. A had attacked went down in flames. with the wings on one side shot away. Then it was Lieut., B's turn. He caught his ad- versary at close range, and the sec- ond machine went down, turning over and over as 1t fell straight down Ill., 900 feet leaving trail of smoke be- hind. Lieut.. c scored next, his enc my's machine spinning down where somewhere below in the haze it must have crashed.
 Then for moment it seemed as if our luck was turning. Lieut.. B's en- zine gave out, and he was compelled to leave the formation. It is sim pie phrase, but what it means is that he was helpless, with his engines still, and his airpIane dropped outright from 11,0O0 feet to 5000 feet. It was a dizzying drop.
 As he fell the enemy, seeing him defenceless, went after him, but other eyes were watching. Lieut. saw his crippel comrade slipping down ward and saw 8 German diving after him. Quick as a flash, he followed and before the German could do his work, the British airplane was al most touching the tail of his ma chine. In another second another man turned clear over and then crashed nose foremost down the abyss.
 Then( almost by g miracle, Lieut. B's engine caught it breath again and once more his machine was un- der control. Lieut.. B, who was one of those who were new to the game climbed and rejoined the formation
 at some 5000 feet. He assembled
 with the baffled Archies blazing a
 him from below, up into the inverted 1 bell where his four comrades were
 fighting enemies who outnumberee them six to one. Just as he re1olneo them he saw another German machine fall, sheeted in flames.
 l Then once again it seemed tn' throw of the dice had gone agains
 us, for still under control. but witl
 flames bursting from the reserve pc tro1 tank, one of our, machines be
 gan to drop. Again an enemy, seein,
 an easy quarry dived for the flam1nl | ruin, but quicker than he Capt. 4
 also dived while our crippled mach1n was still be1ching flames, and sent tn German dropping down mortally h1t It was just retribution. The unwr1t ten laws of this marvellous game pre- l scribe that no honorable fighter at | tacks an enemy in flames. Such al
 enemy is out of the fight, and ha trouble enough for a brave man. Tn
 German who dived at our burnin
 machine knew he, was doing an un chivalrous thing.
 Strangely enough, our burning air ! plane goth ome. I have seen tn wreckage of the reserve petrol tan on the roof, bearing two bullet hole on one side and great ragged tears O the other where the bullets passe
 out. The whole tank was scorche ] and crumpled and the flames ha burned away the central span of tn upper plane.
 Meanwhile the wonderful fight wa drawing to A close. Lieut.. D. emptie II a belt from his machine gun into a enemy when he was so close that hi
 wings almost brushed the others rud der. The enemy turned turtle an
 went over backward, squirting out
 thick column of black smoke as h ] went down.
 .a Some of the enemy were a1read
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
STRENUOUS LIFE LEAD BY YOUTHS ATPLATTSBURCH
From Dawn Until Dusk It Is One Round of Steady
 Drill for Officers

Plattsburgh,, May 1S.-"It's drill, drill, ye tarriers drill,'' remarked the undoubtedly inspired Kipling, thus supplying the dull correspondent with novel and effective beginning for a chronicle of the days occupation at the Plattsburgh Barracks training camp for officers
 Here it would not be amiss to inter poiate for the clearer understa nding of the lay reader, some of the tricks of the military correspondents trade. After shagging the fugitive news out at the post there comes the sordid task of dishing it up in as attra active form as possible, at the same time adhering to the heritages and tradi- t1ons of the game. In writing an army story the worlxs of MT. Kipling must be borne constantly in mind. No reporter can consider that he has cov- cred any encampment, maneuvres. sham battle, drill, or parade to the complete satisfaction of all concerned unless once at least he has not spiced his article with a line from Kipling. And where there are a number of new writers on the same job, the alert one who first de1ves into the high hat or reporter magic and brings forth a bright line of the barracks bards may well consider that he has accomplish ed 9, beat upon his fellows, or a scoop
 as they say breezily out in Chicago, or an exclusive, as 1t were, in Boston where little or nothing is left to the | imagination.
 | Finesse must be exercised. 1t does not count when the excerpt is dragged l in by the hair or the nap of the neck I without any exercise It must fit in I it offwtth the text of the story, and I furbish it off and harmonize the
 whole.
 The correspondent will now submit
 his brief. The reader is requested to
 visualize the parade ground at Platts.
 burgh Barracks along the following
 lines It is a rectangular plot of blue grassed commons, about 300 yard:
 wide by a half of a mile long, On the west side, beginning from the nortr
 end. stretch the roomy, gloomy, bricl houses which are the officers guar ters Towards the south end on tn,
 west side are the plain two story bricI
 barracks of the enlisted men of tn, regulars. The administration build ing fills in the south side of the rec
 tangle. On the east side are nor
 barracks and the. post hospital ar |. other buildings, exact functions TO
 stated-all of red brick and bull
 along the same severe, unhan6som
 lines. The north end vacant. ' T From the tall white staff in iron
 of the guard house, which separate the officers quarters from the bar tracks. fly the post colors, snappin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
FIVE BRITISH
 Av|ATORS WHIP
 TWENTY
In Spectacular Battle ir Clouds, German Airmen
 Are DOWned

British Headquarters in France. May 1S-This Is story of how five British airplanes brought up with twenty-seven Germans and beat them. sending eight to the earth crushed, crippled or in flames. The official communicate has said that we had six airplanes engaged. As a mat ter of fact six started the trip, but one had engine trouble and had to come back.
 speak with authority, because I spent the day in the aerodrome, talk ing to the men who did it and putting my hand on the battle scars of the machines. The fight was on. Satur- day, May 5, when there was a haze so thick you could hardly see the ground from 200 feet.
 Our men started late in the after noon, and at o'clock were we'll over the enemy's country when they saw two German machines ahead. They tried to close with the enemy, who made a show of fight and then ran. Their tactics suggested that they were intended as g. decoy. The suspicion was soon confirmed, for out of the haze on all. sides came new arrivals They flew in three formations, two of which contained eight machines and the third nine, making twenty five German airplanes. The first two then ceased to retreat and joined the others. making twenty-seven enemy machines.
 One of the fleets, taking advantage of the thick air, passed behind oul little squadron, and the others spread out so that our men were ringe6 about with enemies. The fight be. gan at 11,0O0 feet, but ranged any. where from 5000 to 12,000. An ex l traordinary fact is that all kept al
 work, though usually when there ii an air fight the Archies are silent fol 1 fear of hitting their own men. The l tumult in the skies was increased by the pumping of shells from the ground.
 l Primarily any such general melee spreads into individual fights and the l formation breaks, but nothing could have surpassed the way in which oul men fought. Not one of them allow led himself ever to be cut off or iso lated from the rest, not one failed tt
 be ready. That is especially rmeark
 able because except for the fligh Header all the pilots were practical. Inew and had had little experience il
 France only fortnight. The fHgh
 commander himself is still a youth
 but may be called a veteran, for il that battle he dropped his eighteenth l victim.
 The actual fighting lasted a ful
 hour. We drew first blood after {
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18

vsrmer Want Ads One Cent Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
PASSPORTS REVISED.

London, May 1S-The British Fora eign Office has notified the public that henceforth all persons travelling to the United States must have their pass ports revised by a United States dipIo- matic or consular orfice This is one of the changes in passport regulations made necessary by the entry of the United States into the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
HALE CRITICALLY ILL.

wa11ingford. May 1s-Fraray Hale. treasurer of the International Silver Co.,, was reported yesterday critically sick at his home here. His sickness is due chiefly to heart trouble but there are complications. He is about 60 years old and native of Glaston- bury
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18

Better bargains every week at Rad ford B. Smiths Saturday Sales. Many people are cutting down some of the high living costs by securing these necessary articles much under usual prices.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
New Haven County Votes Appropriations
 For Ensuing Year

Hartford, May 1S.-The New Ha- ven county meeting yesterday voted all the estimated appropriations re- commended by the county commis- sion, including s40,000 for new building at the county Shome, includ- ing the fencing in of the county home property by cutting out an item for fencing at the jail. It was voted to lay a county tax of $550,000 to be collected in three yearly installments An effort by MT. .Healy of Waterbury to- get the committee in charge of the new Jail site enlarged from five to seven so eLs to include Waterbury was voted down, IS to 12.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18

Those women that are becoming operators are getting up in tho world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-03
SHoRTAGE Of CANS
 WORRIES HOUSEWIVES

A serious shortage Of preserving jars and cans is threatened.
 Glass bottles-especially wl1e- necked ones--are useful for putting up fruits, iellies, and preserves.
 Reserve regular preserving jars and cans for canning vegetables, soups, and meats.
 The homecoming specialists of the United States department of agri- culture urges every housekeeper to save bottles-especially wide-necked ones-for putting up fruits, preserves, jeliies, jams, and fruit juices. Saw ing the bottles is highly important they say, as there threatens to be a Serious shortage of regular jars and preserving cans this season.
 The fruit products named, if seal ed with corks and parafin, can be kept perfectly in these makeshi:t containers. Jellies, jams, and pre- serves can be kept even in ordinary drinking glasses, by the use of paper and parafin. Fruit juices should be packed in ordinary smallnecked bot ties.
 Vegetables, soups and meats, on the other hand, to keep, must be sealed by the usual fruit-jar or tin-can pack ing methods. Reserve regular con- tainers for foods that can not be packed in bottles.
 The specialists are also urging all members of canning clubs and others not only to can products, but to dry and evaporate all such products as
 ol, T1, advise strongly that if containers ara scarce locally, those in stock should be used to preserve perishable pro- ducts which have the highest nutri- tive value. Nothing should be packed in jars or cans which can be con- served effectively in other ways. : Candy containers or other glass liars with screw tops or glass stop pers, and in fact any receptacle of glass, crockers or porcelain, can be
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-03
"Oixie."

The song "Dixie' was written fin 1859 by D. D. Emmett, and was first publicly sung by Brsant's mintrels, iu New York, at Mechanics hall. The in- spring air and the words, which were n the darky dialect, appealed to the South, where the song became porn'n" It became the battle song or i.e e,i.- federacy. There were two other "Dixies," the one northern ballad and the other q southern ballad of the Civil war, by Albert Pike, which first ap- peared in the Natchez (Miss.) Courier. The origin of the phrase "Dixieland'' is thought to be in the name of Mir. Dixie, slave-holding New York citi. zen, who moved to the South. His large number of slaves, the story runs, bemoaned leaving their old home. which they called Dixie's Land. The phrase spread and was appropriated for the Southern states, which were substituted for the original Dixieland. The phonetic connection between tho word and Mason and Dixon's line also has been pointed out. The boundary line to the negroes was Mason and DAxie's" land.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-03
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Curb and Gutter District No. z, Pin'
 Bluff, Arkansas.

Sealed bids will be received fol building all concrete curb and gutter not in at present on the following streets: 18th avenue-State street to Geor- gia street.
 18th avenue-State street to Geor- gia street. 17th avenue-Main street to Stal City road. 18th avenue-State street to Ten. lnessee street.
 Alabama street-12th to 18th ave- nue.
 Georgia street-12th to Harding avenue,
 until 12 o'clock, noon, May 15, 1917, at the office of Irving Reinberger, at torney.
 Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check or bidders bond for One Thousand Dollars ($1,O00.00), payable to the Treasurer of Curb and Gutter District Number ', Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Surety bond in the sum of double the amount of the contract price as required by law will be re- quired of successful bidder. Main CcIldIlCC UOAO III CNC ouIIl O1 OuC 1AOu" sand Dollars for the term of one year will be required.
 Approximate quantities are as fol- lows:
 14,400 lineal feet concrete curb and gutter.
 663 lineal feet concrete headers. 4,01S square feet concrete cross drains.
 Plans and specifications may be ob- tained from Humphreys & Tovey, en- gineers. 416 Citizens Bank building. Pine Bluff, Ark. A charge of $2.50 will be made for plans and specified tions
 H. R. TURNER, EDGAR McCAMMON,
 c. z. MCLEAN, 4-26-5-3-10 Commissioners.
 WARNING ORDER.
 Case No. 5599. In the Chancery Court of Jeffer- son County, Arkansas.
 Lucy Wynn, plaintiff vs. Lille Wynn, defendant. The defendant, Lille Wynn, $ warned to appear in this court with in thirty days and answer the com- plaint of plaintiff, Lucy Wynn.
 Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 4th day of April, A. D., 1917.
 (SeaD F. M. REEVES, Clerk.
 o. E. REEVES, D. c. 4-5-12-19-26-5-3.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-03
Alabama Street--12th to 18th Ave

AlaDama Stfect-12tn to 19CH Ave nue.
 Georgia street-12th to Harding Avenue.
 until 12 o'clock, noon, May 15, 1917, at the office of Irving Reinberger, at torney. Each bid must be accom- panied by certified check Or bidders bond for One Thousand Dollars, pay able to the Treasurer of Paving Dis trict No. 43, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Surety bond in double the amount of the contract price, as required by law, shall be required of the successful bidder. Maintenance bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars for a pe- riod of one year will be required.
 Approximate quantities are as fol- lows:
 23,353 square yards bituminous ma cadam (penetration method).
 SIP square yards, two-inch pene- tration method surface.
 538 lineal feet, concrete headers. 2,950 square feet, concrete alleys. Plans and specifications may be ob- tained from Humphreys & Tovey, engineers for the district. A charge of $500 will be made for these plans and specifications.
 H. R. TURNER,
 EDGAR McCAMMON,
 c. z. MCLEAN, 4-26-5-3-1O Commissioners.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-03
REPORTS OF MARKETS COTTON-GRAIN--LIVESTOCK

1 ,0O0; l0c lower; light s15 15.o0; pigs, $10.00M l4.00; mixed and butch CTS, $l5.15n15.10; good heavy, $1o.7O C l9.SO; bulk, $l5.2oM l5.65.
 Cattle-Rcceipts, 5000; slow stea- dy; native beef steers, s7.o0M13.0) yearling steers and heifers, $S.50M 12.00; cows, $6.00M1l.00; stockers. $6.00m1015; Texas quarantine steer, $5.50M9.50; prime southern beef steers, $S006111.50; beef COWS and heifers, $4.25M9.00; prime yearling steers and heifers, S750W10.00; yearling calves, $600@12.00
 Sleep Receipts, roo; steady; fambs, $15.00W17.40; ewes, $9.50M13.no, yearlings, S12.75M1.75; cli ped lambs, $13.000p14