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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
BRITISH INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE
Employers and Employees Form Novel
Cooperative Body.

Employers and Employees Form Novel
Cooperative Body.
What is known as the National ALI
ance of Employers and Employed has
been organized in England. The OBJ
feet as expressed in the constitution
adopted at meeting held at "a Victo-
ria street, London, S. W., CT May %,
is ,''to secure the active cooperation of
employers and employed in the discus
sion and treatment of questions affect
ing labor and employment, with the
special object Of securing that these
should be dealt with before they have
reached the stage of acute contro-
versy.'' A resolution was passed urging
the government to abstain in future
from ection affecting the conditions of
manufacture and employment until the
joint advice Of employers and employ
ed has been obtained and from inter-
ference in industrial disputes until ev-
cry form of direct negotiation has been
exhausted.
Besides labor representatives the fol-
lowing were among those present: Sir
K. Crossley, Crossley Brothers, limit
ed; Sir V. Caillard, Vickers, limited; Sir
A. Firth, Firth & Sons. limited; F. Gil
bertson, Pontardawe Steel, Tinplate
and Galvanizing works, and Sir Rob
ert Hadfeld, Hadfields, limited.-Indus-
trial Conservation, Neto York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
RUSSIAN PENAL
LAWS ARE NOW
BEING ALTERED

Petrograd, Aug. 15-Rapid progress
is being made by the commission
newly appointed to reform that part
of the penal law of 1903 which deals
with violation of the principle of re-
hgious liberty, conversion to another
religion by violence or threats and
'perversion" to another religion by
fraud or undue influence.
The basis of this law was a dis
tinction, first, between orthodox and
non orthodox Christians and, second.
between Christians generally and
Mohammedans and heather. Vol
untary conversion from orthodoxy
was punishable under certain condi-
lions, whereas voluntary conversion
to orthodoxy was not punishable. For
conversion to orthodoxy by violence
or threat the penalties were mild and,
in practice were never enforced; and
non-Christians virtually were not at
all protected against violent CONVEX
sion
The law now under consideration
recognizes the complete liberty Of all
Christians. To emphasize this prin-
ciple, the projected law abolishes the
legal use of the word "heresy," and
replaces the legal term tperversion"
with Conversion"
The new law will protect citizens
against forcible conversion, by i'm
posing a penalty of Imprisonment not
exceeding three years. The law will
further deal with certain extremist
sectarians such as the Skoptsi and
others which mutilate themselves and
have even burned one another alive.
For such offences the penalty is i'm
priSonnent in fortress.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
GENERAL STRIKE
SPREADS THR0'
WHOLE OF SPAIN
Martial Law Proclaimed
Military Force to Quell
Riots.

Madrid, Aug. 15-The whole of
Spain has been placed under martial
law following disorders resulting from
the general strike, which is spreading.
This decision was reached at a meet
ing of the cabinet which devoted it's
entire time to a consideration Of the
strike. Instructions were sent to
military authorities who have been
given full control. Disturbances which
occurred at various places have been
stopped by military forces.
4 The strike, which was begun by the
railroad employees, has even affected
the newspapers here and only those
which have non-unionist stats will
appear tonight. They have received
assurances from the government that
they will be protected. At noon yes
terday the capital was quiet. A ma
jority of the workmen want to work
in peace. ;only the minority seeks to
promote disorder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
mCAOOO WANTS
9 MORE BILLIONS
RAISED BY BOND
Asks Congress to Vote New
War Credits to Last
Until June.

Washington, Aug. 15-Congres-
sional leaders were informed by Sec
rotary McAdoo yesterday that it would
be necessary for them to authorize at
this and the Winter session of Con-
gress an additional $9,000,000,000 for
war expenditures including further
loans to the Allies, to June 80, 1918.
Five billions in bonds already have
been authorized and a 100000, 600
war tax bill is penGing in the Sen
ate.
Within an hour after the Secretary
had conferred swith Representative
Kitchin, chairman of tie House Ways
and Means Committee, plans were un-
der way for raising the money. A
meeting of the Ways and Means Com
mittee was called foc' A ug. rs, and ar
rangements made for the House, now
taking three-day recesses, to resume
its regular meetings on Aug. 27 and
expedite financial legislation.
Issuance Of between $4,000, 100000
and $4,000, 100000 in bonds to meet
new allied loans and authorization Of
an additional $50O,C00,000 in taxes, to
be added to the bill before the Senate,
probably will be prop 1sed by the com
mittee and agreed by the House.
No delay in either authorization IS an
ticipated. The bond issue will be
agreed to within a day, Mr.. Kitchin
predicted, and the $500, 100000 prob
ably will be added to the Revenue bill
in conferen. with the approval OF
the House.
The plan is to have the remainder
of the $9,OO0,0 100000 authorized at the
next session of Congress, beginning in
December Whether it will be raised
by bonds or additional taxation, or in
what proportion of both, is undecid-
ed.
Announcement that authorization OF
a new bond issue to meet an allied
loan was desired came as a surprise
to most of the Congressional leaders.
They thought the conference the Sec
rotary sought with Mr.. Kitchin was
for the purpose of discussing raising
possibly an additional $4,000 900
or $4,000, 100000 for emergency do
nestle needs. They planned to au-
thorize it, go home, and raise at the
next session the remaining 81, 1000, 000,-
900 or $4,000, 100000 it was estimat-
ed the war would cost this fiscal
year.
The needs of the Allies have been
much heavier than was expected, and
the $4,000 100000 a1re ady' autA-oriz-
ed, it is estimated, will hardly carry
them farther than October.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
Free Trolley Rides
For Howard Dunbar

Manager Charles H. Chapman. OF
the local division of the Connecticut
company, is not one of those fixed to
the belief that virtue is it's own re-
ward" Hence he has offered the chief
inspector of the health department, c.
Howard Dunbar, courtesies of the
company to ride on it's trolley cars
free.
Last summer Mr.. Dunbar waged
relentless campaign against dirty troll
ley cars. The campaign bore results,
but not for the inspector who didn't
get any offer of tickets. This year
thus far, no campaign has been waged
and recognizing the peace of mind
that is being enjoyed by the officials
as deserving Of recognition, the COM
pany has offered to transport Mr..
Dunbar over it's lines without ex-
penSe.
The matter of the inspectors accept
ance of the courtesies, was before the
health board last night and after some
objection was passed by without ac-
ton for agreement between Messrs.
Chapman-and Dunbar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
JUVENILE ACTORS
HELP RECRUITING

Recruiting for the army and navy
began again yesterday in the city
streets under the auspices OF S. z
Poll, who through his theatre in this.
city sent out the Youngest aggregA
ton of patriots ever seen on the
streets.
In company with recruiting officers
from the army and navy stations in
this city, six juvenile speakers, none
of whom is more than eight years OF
age, the youngest only four years of
age, motored in several big touring
Gears about various sections Of the city
delivering speeches at the Singer
Sewing Machine Co.., the Remington
Arms & Ammunition Co., and the
Union Metallic Cartridge Co.'S plants
Under an immense American flag,
and dressed in immaculate costumes
Stimulating the United States navy or
derby costume, the little patriots
dressed as American Red Cross nurses
delivered remarkable addresses upon
patriotism and exhorted the large as
semblages that gathered, to serve
their country s-.- =. :.-s.s
The youthful orators were taken
from the big patriotic act, THE aRis-
ing Generation now appearing at
Polls. Not only do they, blow the .bu-
gle with such effect as to attract the
curious from four to five blocks dis
tant but they have a number of patri-
otto songs which caused the youth OF
the streets to step up to the recruit
ing officers in response to the call.
The children taking ut in the
demonstration are three KoBb sisters,
three Quinlan boys and Mary, and
Jack Daniel. Compensation Commits
sioner E. T. Buckingham donated his
car and services of chauffeur for the
purpose of the recruiting service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
INDIA IN Line
FOR GOVERNMENT
CHANGES SHORTLY

London, Aug. 1.-THE appointment
Of E. S. Montagu as Secretary of
State for India in Premier Lloyd
Georges cabinet suggests that drastic
changes are contemplated in the gov
eminent of India and that plan will
be evolved to give the people Of India
an administration bordering on that
enjoyed by the Dominions. ~
In speech during the debate, in
the House of Commons on the report
of the commission which investigated
the Mesopotamia expedition: less than
a week before his appointment was
announced, Mr.. Montagu arraigned
the system by which India is at pres
ent governed and declared that the
Executive Government should be
made more responsible to the people
of India He suggested that the prov
inces of India be made self-governing
and federated by a central governm ent
somewhat on lines of the government
of the Dominion of Canada.
While this scheme was maturing,
Mr.. Montagu said, it was imperative
to give India "some installment now
to show that you are in real earnest,
some beginning of the new plan which
you intend to pursue"
Ills dppoi1lileHt So SooH dItei ILLS
speech has led many to believe that
the policy he outlined has meen
adopted by the government.
Mr.. Montagu, who is only SO years
of age, and therefore, a young man
to attain cabinet rank, has had wide
experience in Indian affairs. He is a
members Of family which for years
has had large financial interests in
India and was for four years Under
Secretary of State for India.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
GERARD'S EXPOSURE
INDICTS GEORGE w.,
SAYS BERLIN PAPER

Berlin, Aug. Recommending upon
the exposures of German diplomacy
made public in the United States by
James w. Gerard, former American
Ambassador, the Zeitung am. Mittag
says:
'.The very contents of this alleged
dispatch emperor Williams message
to President WILSON, are SO consti-
tuted as to prove anything but injuri-
Gus to German political conduct in
the war. The dispatch, as Mr.. Ger
ard has constructed and published.
must prove to any unbiased mind that
Emperor William, in his exchange of
messages with King George, worked
increasingly for the maintenance of
peace.
1.-THE British king, on the other
hand, either from conscious duplicity
or. more likely, because he was duped
by government which already had
decided for war, soon became en-
meshed in misunderstanding and sub
mitted propositions which were with
drawn as fas as they were accepted.
To an unprejudiced reader the in
formation conveyed to President Will
son by Ambassador Gerard is an in
dictment of, King George and the
many
cone is bewi1dered at the motive
that prompted Mr.. Gerard in making
these disclosures. 1t may be that in
the United States, too. Mr.. Gerard's
diplomatic, fame no. longer has an
especially lustrous hue. To many
Americans the German Emperor con-
tinues to be one of the outstanding
men of contemporary history
1.-The primary purpose of Mr.. Ger
ards exposures has been to impress
his countrymen with the fact that he
was a. participant in historic devel-
opments through personal contact
with a great Emperor. In the second
place, Mr.. Gerard has made the mes
sages available for entente use by
supplying calculations which had
neither head nor. tail, and are OF
neither political nor diplomatic i'm
portance-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
ANOTHER HEAD-ON CAR
CRASH, AT WOODMONT

New Haven, Aug. 15.-iAnother head
On collision between trolley cars oc-
CURED at Merwin's point last night.
Five persons, two of whom reside in
Bridgeport, were injured. and a half
dozen more were. shaken up. Max Sill
verman, 46 years, 146 George street,
Bridgeport; Emily Pleatt, 1852 Park
avenue, Bridgeport; Merrill K. Allen.
297 Yorl street, New Haven; Angelo
Ross, 2 BishdSo street, New Haven,
and the conductor, William Hess, 1888
Washington avenue, New Haven, are
in the New Haven hospital. The con-
dition of the latter is critical.
A Woodmont car changing ends
for its return to- Bridgeport and I'M
occupied was rammed by the west
bound Bridgeport car. The less seri-
ously injured were removed to the
home of Sylvester u. Poll, the theatri-
cal manager, and after treatment
taken to their homes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15

to his adversary's invitation to sur
render, "Sir, I have not yet begun to
fight" Two hours later the battle
came to a sudden end when the col
ors of the enemy's vessels were haul
ed down.
SeH-Reliance.
Self-reiiance is characteristic Of the
American, whether he is serving as a
Much the same quality is sometimes
referred to as Initiative" 1t is a
quality needed more than ever before
in present-day warfare. Major Cen
eral Leonard Wood in his introduce
ton to- the Field Service Regulations
of the United States Army, says:
Z "Officers and men of all ranks and
grades are given a certain independ-
ence in the execution of the tasks to
which they are assigned and are ex-
pected to show initiative in meeting
the different situations as they ar
rive. Every individual, from the high
est commander to the lowest private,
must always remember that inaction
and neglect of opportunities will war
rant more severe censure than an err
ror in the choice of the means"
Making Yourself Stronger.
The nine qualities which have just
been reviewed are those which every
one Of us would. like to- have for him
self. They are. the essentials of virile
and successful manhood, whether In
the army or out of it. Even the moral
weakling and the Stacker in. their
hearts admire these qualities.
Doubtless you have developed some
of them already-perhaps all Of them
to- a greater or less extent: Many q
man has discovered, when put to the
test, that he possessed these qualities
without having himself realized it. But
under civilian, conditions it is not easy
to cultivate all of them.
In the army you will have youl
opportunity in a few months Of train
ing to strengthen these qualities ir
yourself. In SO doing you will learr
to control yourself, to take care OF
yourself under all conditions, to meet
hardship and danger unflinchfngly, tc
be fearless and self-reliant. At the
end of these few months of training
you will have gained immensely in
vigor and in strength.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
Railroad War Board
Praises Aid Given
By Motor Machines

The motor car and the motor truck
are important factors in the increased
efficiency of the railroads in war time.
They are relieving the railroads of an
appreciate burden of short haul traf-
fic, both freight and passenger.
+ The latest figures auth orfzed by
Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the
Railroads War Board, indicate an in
creased railroad efficiency Of 1871 per
cent. Enlarged carrying capacity,
more general use of the waterways,
and other efforts play their part in
this result. And SO do the motor cars
and trucks.
Automobiles are carrying thousands
of passengers, who would otherwise
have to use the railroads, between
suburbs and metropolitan centers, be-
tween small cities and towns near to
each other. The growth of automo-
bile traffic, especially in the rural dis
tricts, has lightened the local passen-
ger traffic of the railroads, and this
relief has enabled the railroads to cut
down tlse number of their trains and
devote their motive power to the long
freight hauls.
In The Nations Business for July
Edward Hungerford writes that at a
great hotel in the White Mountains
80 per cent of the patrons used to
come by train, six or seven years ago,
and the remainder toured through. A
record kept last year showed that 95
per cent. of the guests arrived in their
motor cars; the remaining five per
cent. used the railroads. Mr.. Hung
erford says:
'It is in New England that the
largest progress has been made in re-
| moving trains as a war measure. And
it is in-New England, with it's superbly
developed system of motor-roads and
| motor-inns that the automobile has
made the greatest Roadway The rail-
roads have done little or nothing to
offset the competition. They have said
| that the passenger traffic was by far
the least profitable-ify not an abso-
lutely OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of their
business. The war situation has enab-
led them to remove the least profit
able of the passenger trains, and with
out a public cIamor."
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
RED MEN WILL HELP
20 CONSERVE FOOD

One meatless and one wheatless
day will be observed each week by
the Improved Order Of Red Men
Acting upon a general warning sent
out by Herbert c. Hoover for food
conservation in the United States,
I. H. Jefferies,. Great Incohonee OF
the Improved Order of Red Men
tribes, has Sent a message to Bridge
port asking that the warning be
strictly needed. The speaking paper,
as the food warming is called, will be
read weekly in the lodge rooms of the
Red Men and is expected to strictly be
observed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
FAKE $40 BILL CIRCULATED.

A new $40 counterfeit federal re-
serve note is being circulated through
out sections of the United States.
Warning is issued by the postal de-
partment here to beware of attempts
to pass the queer" bill, which is of
ficially described as drawn on Federal
Reserve bank of Boston, ia; check
letter A signed by w. G. McAdoo, sec
rotary and John Burke, treasurer of
the United States. The counterfeit
apparently is, made of two pieces of
paper between which silk threads
have been run. It is a poor imitation
and easily distinguishabIe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
BRIDGEPORT TO HAVE
DOLLAR DAY AUG. 2S

Bridgeport merchants expect
that the annual dollar day, Tues
day, Aug. 20, will be the greatest
merchandising event in the history
of the city.
On that day the merchants ex-
pect to show their patrons how to
make a dollar go further than ever
before in its purchasing power.
The merchants plan a large adj
vertising campaign in connection
with their dollar day. The day
promises to be the largest shopping
day in Bridgeport's annals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
PROBATE NOTES.

The will of Betsy Ann Russell, who
died in Bridgeport last Saturday was
presented to court yesterday and Aug.
20 set as the date for hearing on adj
mission. A nephew, Frederick H.
Cate, of Bridgeport, receives one half
of the deceased's cemetery plot at
Manchester, N. H.; Mary E. Hines, of
Bridgeport gets five shares of stock
owned by the deceased and Thomas
J. Hines ''for kindness like a son"
gets the residue of the estate The
total value of the estate is uncertain,
but is estimated at $4,000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
Dinner Dance At
Shore and Country
Club On Saturday

The Black Rock Shore and Country
club will institute week end dinners
as a feature of its social activities, be.
ginning this Saturday. The first viii.
be dinner dance, this Saturday eve.
ming. Dinner will be served from (
O'Clock to 1926. and dancing, will con-
tdnue until 1880. SpeideTs orchestra
has been engaged.
Many members have reserved tables
for this, and for the Sunday dinner,
served from 1 to o'clock A concert
will be played Sunday from to :
o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
Austrian Brokers Wax
Fat On Shipping Stock

Amsterdam, Aug. 15-The Vienna
correspondent of the Berliner Tage-
blatt asserts that huge fortunes are
being made on the Vienna bourse by
speculation in shipping shares. These
are being forced up by a group of
Trieste f1nanciers and, as an instance
of the remarkable rise which has oc-
CURED, the correspondent says Aus
tro-Americana shares which stood at
$40 in April, were quoted at 1850
July, while those of other shipping
companies are being quoted proper
tionately high.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
TO ENTER CAMPS.

Several Bridgeport men yesterday
received summons to begin military
training in various camps or canton
ments. They are Philo c. Calhoun
and David S. Day, members of the
Home Guard, Companies H and I,
where both have served with distinc-
ton, George K. Ballard, Ward C.
Damn, John ]. Devlin, Henry Woods
George E. Hurley, William PralI and
Overton S. Webb.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
REQUEST CANTWELL TO
SERVE ON FOOD BOARD

Frank c. CantweH, manager of the
Stratfeld, formerly in charge of no
tells in Danbury, New London and
elsewhere in the east, and one of the
foremost hotel managers of New Eng
land has been asked to serve on the
Hoover food conservation committee.
Another recipient of similar re-
quest is Harry Bond of Hartford. The
appointment will be highly gratifying
to those who know Mr.. Cantwell in
this section of the state
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
GETS BACTERIOLOGIST
FOR POOLE'S PLACE

Miss Madeline Byxbee, d New York
bacteriologi has been temporarily
engaged by the health department to
succeed DR.. Lawrence E. Poole, who
has been called into army service with
a medical corps.
Numerous routine matters were
passed upon by the board last might,
including hearings of persons who
have failed to comply with the de-
partment order relative to sanitary
improvements.
A leave of absence was granted In
spector Ashton Sanford now in camp
with the Eleventh Co. at Fort Terrv
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
Industries Bio Gain,

Value Of manufactures in the United
States was 24,246, $4,000 in 1914, the
United States census bureau reports in
announcing its preliminary statement
of general results of the latest census
of manufactures. In the five year Pc
riod from 1909, the date of the previ-
Gus census, manufactures increased
SIS, 1914, 271, 600 in value, or 17.3 per cent.
In the period since the 1914 census
manufactures have made rapid in
creases. but no estimate Of their value
for this year has been made by the cen
sus bureau. = Industrial Conservation,
Ne,o York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
England's School Children
In Better Health Now

London, Aug. 15-Nutrition of
school children has been better since
the beginning of the war than be-
fore, asserts the school medical officer
of the London County Council. In
fectious diseases among school chill
dren decreased last year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
JOIN ROYAL FLYING CORPS.

William Kuschke, aged "a, of 232
Lafayette street, formerly production
engineer in the Remington Arms fac
tory of this city, has received commits
sion in the Royal Flying corps of
Canada. He will soon leave to join
the British colors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
Came to Aid. of Government.

A very large part Of the credit for
the success of the $2.Ooo,Ooo,oOo liberty
bond issue is due to the manufacturers
of the country, who not only subscrib-.
ed literally themselves, but in many
cases made it possible for employees to
subscribe without any strain.-Indas-
trial Conservation, Nep York.