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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-08-30
Fair Notes

Sixth annual az ricu'tural and
stock show at Mansfield Sept
u. -. =. -. 1917.
The state council of defense
WI II have one on more speakers
at the fair Patriotic Day. which
promises H. be the biz day ct / g
fair.
There will be ;, vcral tine herds
of swine. sheep. ctttl and other
stock at the show.
The state poultry experiment
station will have an exhibit and
valuable instruction for thu poll
try raiSerS who visit the fair.
A. parade of decorated auto.
mobiles, led by the Mansfield
Concert Band in decorated
auto truck. will be one of the fea'
lures Patriotic Day.
Watch the fair notes in this
paper; they will announce later
the free street attractions, Spcak-
erS, and other matter of general
interest.
The Mansfield band is sccur.
ing some musicians from neigh
boring towns to help out during
the fair. as some of our band
boys have joined the Sammy
Boys to help protect our nation.
DR.. f. II Riley will give 81 in
addition to the premium offered
in the premium book for a | urger
pumpkin than he has at the fair
The premium books have been
revised, are in print and will be
mailed out soon. Should You
fail to get one it will be an over
sight. and you can get one at the
Mirror office of from any of the
business houses.
The new l.. l.. Underwood
carry,uS.ail is a beauty. this be-
Ing its first season on the road,
and it will be shipped in a special
car and remain here during the
fair and perhaps a night before.
Every bottle of soda water
from the Mansfield Bottling
Works from now till the fair will
bear a label reminding people to
come to Mansfield. AS far as we
know this is tie first time pop
bottles hav" carried fair adver
Using
The National Emergency Food
Garden Commission is Offering
So prizes and ii certificate Of ne
rit COR the hest exhibition of
canned vegetables grown in a
city, town or village garden. The
Mansti. Id fair committee has
made application for one of these
prizes.
Remember the Mansfield fair
is day and night show; all
street shows, exhibit halls carry.
US all. etc. being lighted with
electricity; come prepared to
stay.
The NJ. T. Ladies Aid Society
are planning on serving dinner
Friday, Sept. y, the third day
OF the stock show.
Keep these stock show dates
in mind:
Rogersville. Sept. 20, u. -.
Mansfield. Srpt. 70, -, y. %.
Mountain Grove.O Oct. l,2,3.4J 49,.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-08-30

A. IlohSOn of the Firman l..
Carswcll Mfg. Co, of Kansas
CITY was more this week, accOn
panied by his wife, vi it ng Dr..
f.. IT. Itilry's $.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-08-30

Large Trial Bottle of SanOlfor
33c. SanOl is Il family remedy.
SanOl is sold on an absolute guar.
artee. Rem"mber if it says SanoI
it is all right 35c and 81 90 at
the drug Store.--adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-08-30
At the Christian Church

Rev. j. l.. Stine of Springfield
breaches ut the Christian church
Sunday.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-08-30
ATEXAS WONDER

THE Texas Wonder cures kidney and
bladder troubles, dissolves gravel. cures
diabetes. weak and lame backs, rhcima.
tlsin and all Irregularities OftIic kidneys and
bladder in both men and women. II not sold
by, your druggist, will hc sent by mail on re-.
ccirt Of 81. One small bottle is two months'
Treatment and seldom fails to perfect a cure.
Send for testimonials from this and other
S ~ Io,! Dr. III =. vi, Hall 4. zsse Olive Street,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-08-30

Amor Eryant's of Seymour
spent Sunday at r. A. Alcorn's.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-08-30

CRAZY M.ADGE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-08-30

Fret Door North OF the Bank Of Mansfield Telephone No. 20 Mansfield, No.
Here you will also find a New and an Cpto-Date Line Of General Merchandise
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
Great Tribal Group
Of the Lower Tigris
Under British Force

With the British Army in Mesopo-
tamia, May 29-One OF the great tri-
bal groups of the lower Tigris has
now come Completely under British
control. 1t is known as the Albu Mu-
hammad. AS an independent entity
the Albu Muhamad are not of ancient
date, but for the last nine generations
they have had separate existence on
the Tigris between Amarah and Ezra S
Tomb, their headuarters being the
little town of CaPat Salin.
The Shaikhs showed no pertinaci-
Gus devotion to the Turks, with whom
they had spent most of their lives in
active conflict, and made submission
to the British forces as soon as they
had established themselves at Anarah
For the last eighteen months they
have shown themselves reasonably
loyal, willing enough to meet unusual
demands for labor on road and rail-
way, writes the British official eye
witness with the army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
A SAD DUTY

WILL SEEM to most thoughtful citizens sad thing that
the purely selfish side of politics often
predominates the best interests of Bridgeport
The the City Manager plan is examined the it
be by which costly and insolent gang of
politicians may perpetuate themselves.
An unusual system of voting which lends itself to the
poses of well drilled machine supplemented by scheme
create city boss who would be utterly beyond the reach of
the people The democratic features of the commission plan
have been made unavoidable by the requirement of twenty
cent petition the initiative referendum and recall
The abored earnestly for commission govern
men finding comfort in this changing which has been
put into the commission plan cradle 1t will be for
them oppose zalously they urged the
plan the people voted for.
token blindness, that city government
should submit in the place of the commission plan the people
voted for, the plan they voted against?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
WAR SIDELIGHTS

There are many events of this date
In history which have a peculiar bear
ing on the present world conflict, fore
most Of which perhaps is the fact that
seven years ago today, Glenn Cur
tbs flew from Albany to New York
city, a distance of 1877 miles in two
hours and a half, breaking the long
distance record in speed and winning
a handsome cash prize, which was
said to have been $1,000. In these
days when airships soar for miles
and miles and for hours and hours
above the heads of the fighting SOL
diers, to drop bombs or seek informa-
ton about the location of the enemy,
the record of Glenn Curtis is interest
ing, in that it furnishes an absorb
ing comparison of the number of
miles the machine of that day and
the machine of today could travel
without alighting for gasoline or 9TH
er necessities. The record of two
hours and half in the air is even
today, not to be sneered at, for de-
spite their capacity for staying in the
air for long periods, the practice is
not INDUCED in, even in the exigencies
Of war, except when occasion de-
mands. Curtiss, as is generally
known, along with the Wright broth
ers, is one of the pioneers in the bus
mess of conQuering the air, anad the
wonderful inventions and ideas
which all of these experts have given
the world have proven of great ad-
vantage in pressing the present war
Another incident of years ago,
May 20, 1860, wedges it's way to the
front in this day when the entire
world is seeking to place its weaker
sisters and brothers on self-govern-
ing basis, lies in the fact that on that
date, a monarchy was e-established
| in England with Charles II on the
throne. The fact recalls to the minds
! of all that the countries which are
now considered the strongest and the
| leaders in the world encountered bit
| ter struggles before they were able tc
secure satisfactory government, anG
that even mighty England had to pass
| through the throes of many manners
of government before she could make
any Roadway as a nation. On thi:
! date in 1845 new convention be
I tween France and Great Britain fol
the suppression of the slav trade was
| signed at London and in 1852 the
1 Congress of GRANDPA adjourned after
passing a law to abolish slavery, tax
ing effect the following January.
| On this date in 1874, Presiden
Grant issued a proclamation extending
to Newfoundland the protection of the
treaty of Washington by which tn.
product of her fisheries were to b,
admitted to the United States. II
/ 1884 American yacht won the ocea1
race for Kaiser's cup in twelve days
four hours and one minute.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
''EMPRESS OF IRELAND"

Sinking in ninety feet OIL water
within fifteen minutes after being
ramed amidships by the Danish Col
Her Storstad, in the upper reaches
Of the st. Lawrence river, three years
ago at 2 o'clock this morning, the Ca
madam Pacific steamship, Empress of
Ireland carried down with her more
than 500 of her passengers and crew,
and added to the archives of disas-
with entries. OF the 1857 known to
ported saved on the next morning
when the world learned of sthe trag-
edy.
Among the notable passengers lost
were Laurence Irving, the actor, son
of Sir HeHry Irving; his wife, Mable
Hackett, and Sir Henry Seaton-Karr.
The Empress of Ireland also had On
board number of Salvation Army
delegates to a London conference. In
command of Capt. NJ G. Kendall, r.
N. R., she left Montreal on the after
noon of May %, 1914, stopped at
Quebec. and proceeded from that
port on her voyage to Liverpool Al
1920 o'clock on the afternoon of the
2Sth. Looming up through the river
mists, as the Empress of Ireland was
lying to Walt LOT the log TO lie, or
day to break, the Danish collier Stor-
stad crashed bow-on into the side OF
the big Canadian liner, striking her
about midway of her length and tear
ing her side open to the stern.
According to officers of the EN-
press of Ireland, when the lights OF
the Storstad were seen it was report
ed to Captain Kendall on the bridge
and he at once signaled with three
blasts of the whistle, 81 am contin uins
my course" AS the collier approach
ed, Captain Kendall signalled full
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
wheat SUPPLIES
NOT SUFFICIENT
TO keep French
Government Taboos Pastry,
Crackers or Biscuits Ex-
cept for Army

Paris, May 29.-The food question in
France is regarded as very serious.
All the measures thus far taken have
failed to assure positively the re-
CURED supply Of bread to carry the
country over to the next wheat crop,
and the government has just decided
in special cabinet meeting to re-
quire important sacrifices.
No more pastry and no more crack
ers or biscuits will be made, except
for the army, after date still to be
fixed. No more highly refined flour
will be tolerated. Every miller will
be obliged to leave a greater percen-
tage of bran in his output, and even
tually corn meal, rye for barley may
be mixed with wheat flour to exc out
the supply.
The experiences of the past year in
France have shown the impossibility
of influencing economic conditions by
decree. The maximum selling price
OF wheat was fixed at a price equiva-
lent to $1S5 a bushels, in order to
avoid an increase in the cost of bread.
The result was a sgreat decrease in
| wheat acreage; the farmers, preferred
to sow oats and barley that were not
brought, better prices than wheat.
The retail price of butter on the
Paris market was fixed at the equiva-
| lent of SO cents a pound. Immediate
ly the receipts fell from forty two
tons to less than nine tons aday. The
| butter went to the British front where
1t readily brought 80 cents a. pound
| The new minister of Subsistence
Maurice Violette, removed the limita-
| ton and more butter arrived, but the
i price went up to a dollar pound al
| retail.
Most persons interested in the ques-
! ton, among them such writer's as
Senator Henry Cheron, formerly I'm.
der Secretary of. War, now are Of the
opinion that neither prices nor sup.
|plies can be affected by decrease; thai
it is entirely a question of production
and economy over which the inter.
4 mediaries can have only a passing
4 control. This seems to be the conclu-
sion M. Violette has reached in his
short experience in power.
According to a story, M. Vio1ette
found a high pile of papers on his
desk when he took charge of the diff
ficult task of regulating the cost Of
living.
what are all these documents p
he inquired.
Those replied his chief of staff
"are the unanswered questions tina
you put to your predecessor in tn,
chamber
j From all quarters come demands
for cessation of questions, debate
and cross purpose action, and for
concentration of effort upon produc
ton.
The wheat crop of 1917, accordin,
to estimates gathered by Senate
Cheron, will be 100000 bushel
short of that of 1916. To make vi
this shortage it is proposed to in
crease to the limit of seeding capacit,
the acreage of oats, barley and pota
toes during the time yet remaining
Beans may be sown as late as Jun
Is, and arrangements are being mad
for the transportation of seed to al
|, regions appropriate for bean cultur
that may then remain unseeded
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29

Behind the British offensive in the
field in France are the directing mind
and hand Of Lieutenant General Sir
William Robertson, in London. The
picture shows General Robertson as
he looks snapper in a London street.
Since Kitchener went General Robert
son is looked upon in Great Britain
as the nations greatest organizing
military genius, and should the British
smash the Hindenburg line large
share of the credit will be his. IT am
perfectly confident Of success, provid-
ed we remain determined to win. But
the way to victory may be long and
certainly will be hard" said General
Robertson a few weeks ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
PATRICK HENRY

Patrick Henry was born in Studley,
Virginia, May 20, 1885. In his youth
he was decidedly backward in most
Of his studies at school, but he show
ed a decided leaning toward history.
At the age Of twenty-four, after pur-
suing the study Of law in the office
of friend Of his family, he was adj
mitted to the bar and he met with al
most instant success in the practice
of that profession.
| He first became renowned as an ora
tor when he made speech in behalf
| of the pople in the celebrated Par
| sons case and from that time his
popularity in the eyes of Virginians,
| and the South generally became to
| be marked. Patrick Henry was,
| without much opposition, elected to
the Virginia House of Burgesses in
| 1865, his resolution against the Stamp
Act, becoming the keynote of the
struggle for independence It was at
this time that he so masterfu1ly rem
dered his renowned Speech in wliic CHI
he said, 'AGive me Liberty or give me
DEATH In the Patrick Hnry church
at Richmond where the Inhabitants
are want to show. the pew where Pat
rick Henry worshipped, is a negro
sexton who takes characteristic darky
delight in telling the visitors that Pat
rick Henry got both. His Treason
speech was another which was widely
quoted and which preceded his fam
GUS plea for liberty. He was Gov
ernor of Virginia from 1776 to 10 and
from 1884 to Sc and in the year 1888
was a member of the Ratifying Con-
vention. Patrick Henry died on June
rs, 1879 at the age of So years.
! Another, and more modern, South
ern statesman is mechanically
brought to the attention of the world
on May %, it being the birthday OF
Gordon Lee, who served many terms
in the national house as representa-
tive of the seventh district of Georgia
He was born on a farm in Catoosa
County, Georgia. May 20, 1859 and
Received his primary education in the
country schools and later attended
Emory College at Oxford, Ga He
graduated in 1880 and engaged in
farming and manufacturing and met
with much success in both lines. He
first entered public life in 1894, in
which year he was elected to the
lower branch Of the Georgia legisla.
ture. After two years in the lower
house, he served three years in the
State Senate and /. in 1904 he was
elected to Congress on the Democratic
ticket He succeeded himself three
! times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
Potato situation Worse

A big crop of early asparagus is
causing the German newspapers to
use big headlines, as in the, case OF
fish, on the phenomenon of the law
of supply and demand, which is pro-
ducing a market price below the le-
gal maximum,
The potato situation is proceeding
from bad to worse. The German au-
thorities everywhere have been com
PEELED to cut into their grain stores to
provide supplementary ration fol
the missing potatoes. Hot.dry weather
continues to prevail and is bringing
on the crops rapidly after their late
start and advancing the probable date
of the harvest. The farmers now
however, are praying for rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
BIRTH RATE OF
GERMANY FALLS
1873 PER CENT
Decrease Over 1914 Causes
Anxiety AS to Nations
Repopulation

Copenhagen, May 29.-The great
decline in the German birth rate due
to the war continues to produce dis
quietude among the German sociolo-
g1sts. Official statistics of the I'M
perial Health Bureau for cities with
populations of $1,000 and over and
100000 and over show at further
heavy decline in the birth rate of 1916
as compared with that in 1915, which
itself was some 20 per cent below
that of 1914.
Twenty-six German cities in the
class of populations of 100000 and
over report a decrease of 9S,093
births, or 1873 per cent, as contrasted
with the number of children born in
1914, while the percentage Of cities
with populations of 5000 and over
is slightly higher, namely 80 IL per
cent. The decrease in births was
accompanied by a corresponding fall In
the death rate of infants under one
year old, which was 1873 per cent. OF
the births, but this has not diminish
ed the anxiety of the sociological ex-
perts, who are holding congresses to
awaken popular interest in this men
ace to Germany's future.
Legislation Is Contemplated
The government simultaneously is
devoting intensive study to the repop-
ulation problem through commissions
attached to the Ministry of the Inter
ior and shortly will introduce legisla-
ton in the Reichstag to counteract
the nations falling rate of growth by
measures calculated to stimulate the
birth rata and lower infant mortality
Germany ia at present rejoicing in
an oyerSupply OF fish, owing to unuS-
ual1y large catches in the waters OF
the Baltic Sea and heavy imports. The
population is being implorsd by the
newspapers to eat more fish, which is
now obtainable without cards and be-
low the legal maximum" price. This
army, too, is oversupplied and the
smoking establishments have more
fish on hand than they can preserve
Foreign sources in Denmark have
been notified to limit or temporarily
discontinue shipments of fish.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29

steam astern, but the Storstad came
on, Eamming the Empress amidships
on the starboard SIDE Instantly the
Empress began to list.
The crash occurred not far from
the shore off Father Point, $50 miles
from Quebec. and ten miles from
Rimouski, Quebec, which is on the
ST. Lawrence river. In reality there
fore, the disaster was not one of the
ocean, but one of the river. Unlike
the Titanic's victims, the Empress of
Ireland's passengers and crew lost
their lives within sight of land-in
land-locked waters. r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
DODGING REGISTRATION

TN ONT TRY to dodge registration AS gambling PROPOSE
IL ton isn't good bet to duck. OF those who will regis
ter only will be drawn is to five shot you won't
be called the first levy The chance that
if you dodge is smaller Every who registers will
receive card If haven't card and somebody asks
to show you will be lined for punishment and will be
concrped after ignomnous fashion Better obey the law
The country has decided fight 1t has passed of the most
democratic statutes known to the world by which the duty Of
fighting distributed all of citizens To rebel is
than useless 1t is the will of the American people that
is in the registration law Do not
to the will of the people your feeble objections Most American
young willing to obey fortunately 1t would be sad
thing for America, if they were not S.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
CONSERVING FOOD

HE OFT repeated suggestion about the empty garbage
well worth needing There is objection to it.
It all the of saving the There ought
to be equitable duty the Let's abandon the public
banquet without which American unable to transact
any public business These banque lavish purveyors
the garbage Or better yet let the garbage purvey to
the banquet Put scrap food rank with ron and
it.
be made of scrap food than feeding it
too This will food stomachs and
other organs II will promote education Listening is better
just before the action diners diaphragm is mpeded by the
distenion of his digestive organs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
SUBMARINE DEsTROYERs

II ROF MICHAEL PUPIN scientist of broad repute, says
that by of forces of which they have known for
scientists able to destroy the Uboa
supplements statements already
dim way by gentlemen connected with the countrys defense
It viii indeed be triumph American invention the
which provided the submarine provides the defense against
It. Delicate the force which modern science controls It
strange manifestation of electrical energy
adapted detection of Uboas under their weight
sheterng water Prof Pupns statement is sweeping 1--WE
the the submarine is the most fragile
pom they welding he says.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
Bicycles
You Ought
TO Buy

At prices you can af-
ford to pay. We have re-
tailed bicycles for 20
years and have selected
our line very carefully.
Our models sell at
$3.50, $500, $26.5O,
$3.50, $4,000, $32.50
and $500.
Come and look over
our line and you will be
convinced that we have
the goods.
II Models.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
PROMOTING MORALITY

MONG THE features of the CONSUMPTION bill is which
Ia permits the president to make regulations by which
unit red light district be established within the neigh
borhood of place where soldiers assembled
mobized likely that these regulations when they
promulgated will to close the red light district in
Cities than local authorities have accomplished
Most of the brothels in Bridgeport within mile less
arTnory
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
NovELIsTs SON DEAD

Monte Carlo, May 29-Francis King
Bret Harte. son of the novelist Bret
Harte, died here on April "a. He
travelled for some year with Edwin
Booth, the actor, but of late years his
delicate health necessitated residence
in the milder climates of Italy and
the Riviera. He leaves a widow and
two sons of whom the elder, Richard
Bret Harte is in San Francisco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
WON'T HELP LOAN

" HE MAYOR of Chicago wouldn't invite the French COM
that city. He refuses to permit liberty bond
statesmen city If the mayor Of Chicago is gentleman Of
such to him, at earliest oppor
tunity, from his office.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29

lister Of agriculture, for presentation
to the American people at a confer
ence with newspaper men.
Mr.. Nitti is particularly interested
in food problems and is seeking to ar
range for shipment Of materials from
the United States to Italy.
The commission continued today its
conferences with American officials
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
INCREASE OF WAGES

London, May 29-Since the COM
OF war, the trade unions
have succeeded IN obtaining war bo-
muses. and increases of wages aggre-
eating about $40, ooo,o0e.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
War Conditions In
Italy Are Presented
BY Italian Mission

Washington, May 29-The italian
lssion's first public statement on war
conditions in Italy and their improve
ment by American aid was prepared
today by francesca Saverio Nitti, one
OF the commissioners and former min
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-29
.CENsORING PEACE

TT is that any department of government would pre-
adiscusson peace policies, it should not be per-
Above all things it is that nation
should retain without delegation the right to discuss the posi-
bies ending 1t is the people who fight the peo
pie pay They must have information upon which to judge
when the time has to stop fighting and paying