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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
FRENCH POUNDING. GERMAN LINES IN GREAT OFFENSIVE
Bad Weather Hampers Con. tinnation of Advance on
 Somme Front.

Paris, March 2o-The war office announces that the French are still maintaining contact with fEe Ger mans along the section of the front over which the retirement is taking place. but that the advance has be- come more difficult by reason of the destruction of all means of communi- cation and on account of bad weather
 German attacks at Ayocourt wood and 11f11 BOA. on the verdnn front, were repulscd- Serious loss was in- 1icted on the Germans
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-20
THE WEATHEys

Partly cloudy tonight and wednes. day, warmer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
TODAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

Edwin H. Shannon. Jr.. Darby. Pa. aud CATH
crime II. Grant igiI ArgH 81
: !. .LiIi,an II. tir#m -Ptlis4llHa6. jt'ii. 'r anu
Max Brammick, 40 Jackson st.. and Esther
Peter s MeTague. Ass S 2oh ST.. and Frances
IsadoTe ROSS. 0la s.. 4d st.. and Rebccaa Nlc-
John J. Bennett. l2G2 Guauther ST.. and Sarah
Finley, 1852 $. Gueuthsr 81.
Templeton Lancaster. Pa.
John y. Ottinser. 1917 ~ @lst ST., and Eyuuge-
line Van Cour,laud, 1880 Van Pelt 81.
Samuel Jurescg, Los Angeles cal. and Gath
Joseph r. McIaushin Traat6u. H. j.. and
Luclalle y. Flood s343 Dallgwhil ST.
H9Eoid eol5eaF ~ s.aE ga '2} af2et is,A st. ana sarah
Leo s. Kesser 2Tu S. BOth ST., and Mary A.
GIlmartn 6029 Irving ~.
Gusta Barqnik Hisnlaud Paris N j.
Herbert MasqiTg l02i Master ST.. and Irene
Prank ~ steysnsou 58aa Cstharine ST.. and
Florence Reid l3l $. 52d st
Aleph PFatehsr; 1928 y. Juniper ST., ana Maria
opon9en lO23 shaekamazon 81;
Wynn. 8s2s wallace So
Edward dalnes. 1902 sharswood st.. and
Franees White $40 Lombard 81
Eang AZ Heeht, G32f Stenton ave-
Feier McMulen. Trenton n, j., and Marsaret
Rolert sharp l5ol pnssoid st.. ana Frances
cqberfi s24z lrflnk st
Ass9f5t s@i'a2aFss 9i 2isms59 ~ AFma' ST. and Lucy
G1arse D Cross 5000 n Jpdson 49, and
AalFEn @i989q i95l iS9 s hsliefss ss5 t,.,.,s
II TAYLOR. INuf S rhan 81.
ssaea Jim 5o9 sggsh -. saa ide cahep.
nhfaas Iasa aops 49, ana Eassiia
Aaani tsIaasA =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
Readings Fire Loss S76, 600 in l9l6

READING Pa, Jan. 3-The total fire
loss in Reading 1916 amounted TO only
S76,00O, which Is $1,000 more than u 1915,
according 10 the annual report of Fire Chief
Neilhammer, issued today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
CAMDEN

FINES or S25 for cnch rabbit win he
imposed upon dealers. huckstrra ana others
who offer tHnm for sale. according to the
county clerks office Fifteen days arc ali
lowed dealers to dispose of their storl, after
the close uf the soasou under tho New Icr-
arv laws. The time limit expired ON Sat
urduy
DEATH or samuel Bullock. t,yu years
old has caused sorrow among physicians
aud nurses ut Cooper Hospital Tho child
was one of the most interesting patients.
He was admitted last April suffering from
tuberculosis o. the knee He died ycstcr-
day He was the son of Frank Bullock
GS2 Tulip street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
Where Will 1917 Take You?



the the higher
position will be filled tell Often
the stable organizations changes out of what M
blue sky Or perhaps position will be eaeda department.
preparing bigger mentally marking
ahead? Are hungry all about the articles making
selling the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
Your destiny rests with YOU

If you are going to be ready when your chance
comes, you must prepare now. You must master
everything about your business if you would
grow into big things.
The one supreme work to help you this year
to give you knowledge and confdence-is the
Encyclopaedia Britannica. This great library of
information covers the whole range of human
interests-manufactu methods, engineering
architecture, chemistry, medicine, art, music
law, pedagogy everything. in fact. And you
can't get more reliable information anywhere
The 1900 contributors to the Britannica are au-
have SO many eminent men and women written
for one work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03

UrIsCOpALLtNs or PHILADELPHIA
are leading the country iu raising "a FUND
OF S5,oUUUn0. with which To iUGugUratr %
pension sr#tow rYr suUnrauuu1t"d and dis
ahIod ministers Hud widows and orphans
of ulorrguon. THE amount uppu1iouod TO
tine diocese uf Pennsylvania ts SlU00.oO0,
of which ,tIJ.UuU has already been pledged.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

i'm Acknowledgement Of it's largest years
business. Thr distribution was made at q
dinner at the downtown club. Every one
viii, had been with the firm more than
year shared ion the profits. y w. \Ecr
nL---n-M
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-03
Put it squarcly up to yourself.

Suppose for instance, you work in a furniture
factory. Are you learning all about the different
kinds of wood, varniSh, stains nails, glue? Are
you studying the history of furniture-its
famous styles-sO you can become an expert on
that phase of interior decorating?
Or, if you sell silk goods. are you getting on
the side all the available information on silk
worms silk culture the desired qualities in yarn.
spinning, the mechanism Of weaving the proc
esses Of printing ard dycing? Are you exhaust
ing the subject or are you content with knowing
only what you have to know to sell what you're
expected to sell?
You can make yourself solid with the chief six
days a week if you can show him that you Know
whenthe other fellows only guess or suppose"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
Her Penalty

He-Does your father object to my
staying so late?
She-No; pa says it serves me right
for being in when you call.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
GUARD READY FOR SERVICE
$500 Men and Officers Could Be
Modified in "a Hours,
Says Salsman.

Madison - The Wisconsin National
guard, consisting of $500 men and Of
ficers, could be modified at Camp
Douglas or any other central point in
the state within twenty-four hours,
Assistant Adjutant General John G.
SALESMAN said. They would be ready
for active service within a short time
after being modified, he continued.
No instructions or directions re-
specting plans for quickly mobilizing
the guard had been received from the
war department at Washington and
none are needed, the general said
Under their obligations, taken during
their service on the Mexican border,
the members of the guard enlisted for
term of six years, three years on the
active and three years in the reserves.
AS result of their physical examin-
alton and enlistment at that time the
members of the guard can be returned
to federal service without taking any
further examination or going through
the formality of re-enlisting. The
equipment for the federal service is
also ready and there is no reason why
the guard can not be speedily thrown
into the field for federal service, if
necessity arose, Gen. SALESMAN said.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
MYSTERY EPIDEMIC
IS BLAMED ON MILK
GALEsvILLE MALADY DIAGNOSED
AS SEPTIC SORE THROAT BY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SIX DIE; 200 ARE VICTIMS
Ninety-five Per Cent of Infected Per
sons Obtained Their Milk Sup
ply from Same Herd-cows
Are Examined.

Madison-Septic sore throat is the
demic, which already has claimed 200
victims in GalesuIle and taken toll
of six lives. Ninety-tive per cent of
the infected pc. sons obtained their
milk supply from the same herd of
twenty-six cows on a dairy farm near
there. The milk from each cow was
examined individually at. the La
Crosse city health laboratory, The
milk of five cows showed streptococ-
Gus infection, one was suspicious, and
twenty were free of the organism
The six cows under surveillance were
segregated from the rest and their
milk supply cut off.
This summarizes the situation as re-
ported to the state board of health by
its deputy, DR.. G. w. Henika, Madison,
who with DE-. l. F. Thompson, deputy
state health officer for the western
district, and Dr. J. NJ. Furstman, La
Crosse, member of the state board,
took charge after the epidemic broke
out.
Several of the 200 persons now suf
fering from the malady are danger
ously i'll, but with the shutting off Of
the infected milk supply the further
spread of the disease will probably be
prevented. The situation is regarded
now as well under control.
Similar epidemics have occurred in
Baltimore, Concord, N. H., Chicago
and elsewhere.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
ACT ON INTER-lNSURA &c
Measure Drafted BY Commissioner
CIeary Follows Investigation
Conducted Last Year.

Madison-The big department bill
for the regulation of the inter insur-
ance companies was sent to engross-
ment in the house This measure re-
quires inter-insurance to carry as large
a reserve as it requires of other in
surance companies.
Inter-insurance companies doing
workmens compensation business
must have on hand a minimum re-
serve of 100000. If the company is
doing other classes of business it must
have $4,000 reserve.
The bill was drafted by Insurance
Commissioner M. ], Cleary and is
wholly the outgrowth of an investiga-
ton conducted before the department
last year.
Assemblyman E. A. Everett, Eagle
River, moved reconsideration of the
vote by which the assembly sent to
engrossment the Hart bill, prohibit
ing the use of trading stamps in Wis
consin.
The assembly refused to reconsider
the vote by which it killed the Pieper
bill. 1t designed to engross the nom
resident hunting license fee from $40
to SIS.
The Rogers bill, requiring the trans
portation of children living at long
distances from the consolidated school,
was sent to engrossment. On motion
of ssemblyman Carl Hansen the as
co hIu lyi1Ind hn hill xryhf oh
would create a board of examiners to
license persons in the practice of en-
balming..
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
VOTE TO LIMIT LEGISLATURE
Amendment to Shorten Session Fav-
ored by Judiciary Committee.
Move to Raise Salaries.

Madison-The assembly committee
on judiciary has reported for passage,
by majority vote of the committee,
the resolution introduced early in the
session for a constitutional amend
ment which shall place limit of 100
days on Wisconsin legislative sessions.
The committee has also reported
for passage by unanimous vote a
substitute resolution for the various
resolutions which have been presented
as a basis for constitutional amend
ment to increase the pay of the mem
bers.
The joint resolution which proposes
that, if the people indorse the meas
ure, members of future legislatures
after the amendment is incorporated
in the constitution, shall receive high
er pay, provides that the salaries of
legislators shall be at least $1,000, and
what further amounts the legislature
itself shall fix.
The fact that four of the judiciary
committee members dissent from the
report of the majority of the commit
tee for constitutional amendment
placing limitation on the length of
the session, means that there will be
a fight on the floor over the measure,
and that there will be strong at
tempt to prevent the passage of the
resolution.
1t is expected the constitutional
amendment which aims to increase
the pay of members of future legis-
latures will be passed by both houses
without much difficulty, as there is a
the members of the legislature receive
far too little money for the work
which they are called upon to perform.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
WILL CONSIDER BIG BILLS
Many Important Measures Will Come
Up Before Legislature Committees
During Present Week.

Madison-Many bills of major impor-
lance will be considered by commit
tees of the legislature during the week
In addition to heavy calendars of com
mittee work, the senate and the as
sembly also will act on from twenty
five to fifty measures daily.
All bills dealing with workmen's
com pensation are on the calendar for
joint hearing in senate and assem-
bly, committees. Every detail of these
measures comes in for close inspection
and the work moves slowly.
The finance committee will hear ar
guments on the good roads bill The
Hanson l&ll relating to fish and game
laws will also be taken up. Speaker
Whittet's bill to revamp the central
board of education also will be con-
sidered during the week. The social
lists will ask that The measure be
amended to provide in the member
ship two representatives of labor
Assemblyman Young's bill to submit
the repeal of the primary law to
referendum vote of the people will be
heard by the assembly committee on
elections. The house committee on
taxation will discuss the Otto bill for
the abolition of town assessors and
the creation of county assessor in
all counties except Milwaukee county.
Senator George B. Skogmo has COM
pleted a. measure to create a state
marketing department. The legisla-
ture will be asked to make an appro-
priation of $4,000 to start the work
Senator Skogmo proposes to give to
the marketing department power to
rule prices.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
FARMERS EXPECT BIG YEAR
Because of High Prices More Grain
Will Be Planted This Year
Than Ever Before.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. farmers an
ticipate the greatest agricultural year
in the history of the state, according
to George D. Bartlett, secretary of the
Wisconsin Bankers association, who
attended the recent farmers and bank
ers' conference at Madison. More
than coo farmers and seventy-fve
bankers attended.
Because of high prices, increased
demand and the great shortage every
where, Wisconsin farmers will plant
great quantities of wheat, barley, Cats
and other grains this year," said Mr..
Bartlett. Land which has hereto
fore been given over to hay will be
planted with grain"
Mr.. Bartlett also told of a move
ment to increase the number of cattle
in northern Wisconsin and said the
Cattle Loan company has been formed
to provide capital. The pure seed
train of the Wisconsin Bankers asso-
citation and the University of Wiscon-
sin Agricultural college will be sent
through the state on a two-weeks'
tour, beginning March "a.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
FAVOR HOSPITAL DRY ZONE
Measure Endorsed by Board of Control
Ordered Engrossed in
Assembly.

Madison-A bill establishing a two
mile dry zone around the state hos
pitfalls in Oshkosh and Madison was
engrossed in the assembly by vote
of II to II, the measure having the
Endorsement of the board of control
which from time to time parols insane
patients at these institutions.
~Assemblyman Schiewitz, Milwaukee,
offered. an amendment. to extend the
act to all county institutions where in
sane persons are treated. 1t was
pointed out by the opposition that
this would go to the question of pro-
hibition in many places in the state
and the amendment was rejected.
Assemblyman Poor's joint resolu-
.tion to raise the public debt limit for
the purchase of public utilities, the
proposed increase in the city of Mil
waukee being 5 per cent, was killed,
40 to 40.
BY vote of So to "a the house
passed the Camper bill to repeal the
section of the state fire insurance law,
which permits insurance in the fund
of county, town, village and school
districts buildings.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
Died of Premature
Old Age!
RY V. M. PIERCE. M. %

How many times we hear of compare
lively young persons passing away
when they should have lived to be 20 or
80 years of age. This fatal work is usu-
ally attributed to the kidneys, as, when
the kidneys degenerate, it causes auto
lntoxication. The more injurious the
poisons passing thru the kidneys, the
quicker will those noble organs be de-
generated, and the sooner they decay.
To prevent premature old age and
promote long life, tighten the work OF
the kidneys by drinking plenty of pure
water all day long, and occasionally TAX
ing Anuric double strength) before
meals. This can be obtained at drug
stores. Anuric will overcome such con-
ditions as rheumatism, dropsical SWELL
ings, cold extremities, scalding and
burning urine and -sleeplessness due to
constant arising.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
MAY ADJUST LABOR
AND PAY FOR WOMEN
STATE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
is INVESTIGATING EMPLOY
MENT CONDITIONS.
ElGHT-H0UR LAW Is FAVORED
Minimum Wage Question VIII Be
Taken Up-Hearings to Be Held
In Different Cities of
Wisconsin.

Madison-The Wisconsin industrial
commission has a big program of OPP
erations scheduled in Investigating
the eight-hour labor for women.
Members of the commission have been
holding hearings in Milwaukee re-
Gently and these Investigations will be
conducted in different cities of the
state.
1t is the purpose of the commission
to secure such data as will enable it
to take action on the eight-hour prop
osition and in order to secure this, in
dustries and employments for women
generally will be investigated.
Peculiarly, in connection will the
work the commission is now doing in
the way of investigation, Commission
er Beck seems to indicate that the
commission in, Wisconsin has already
arrived at conclusions favorable to the
eight-hour work law for women. AS
stated III interviews credited to Com
missioner Beck purporting to be his
conclusions he quite specifically in
Dictated that the Wisconsin commits
sion favored the eight-hour require
ment
This interview was commented up
on here, because, if the commission
had arrived at conclusions the neces-
sity of holding further Investigations
and devoting time to the proposition
seemed not only futile for the com
mission but to those appearing before
it.
Coupled with the eight-hour PROPOSE
ton is the minimum wage for women
question. AS soon as the commission
reaches conclusions upon the first, it
is probable that Investigations will be
made of the wage question. The COM
mission has full power to act in in
itiating the eight-hour law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No fooIishness! Lift your corns
and caIluses off with fingers
It's like magic!
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Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of corn, can harmlessiy be
lifted right out with the fingers if you
apply upon the corn a few drops of
freeZone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get a small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid ones feet OF
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is applied and does rot even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many Of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get a small bottle for you from rs
wholesale drug house.-adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
PROGRESS IN ROAD BUILDING
Comparison of Statistics Of 1904 and
1912 Shows Tremendous Growth
Of Movement

An interesting comparison between
the expenditure on public roads In
the United States In 1904 and in 1912
has just been compiled by the depart
ment of agriculture through its Office
of public roads, showing the tremen-
dous growth that has taken place In
the movement for better highways
within the last eight years.
In 1904 the total expenditure on all
public roads in the United States was
s7e, III AT. but in 1912 the expendi-
lures for this purpose amounted to
s164. 232, 1866. The expenditure per
mile OF public roads in the United
States for 1904 was s37.07. but the
expenditure per mile for the year 1912
had doubled, amounting to $74.65. The
expenditure per inhabitant in 1904
was s1.q5. but in 1912 IL amounted to
sL7s.
The greatest progress in road build
i.g has been made In the states which
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
! ACT
m LIVER; BOWELS
sick headache, DiIIO9sneSs'
} s s'SN taste or constipation
D'' BY morning.
oont box.

est 1oH keeping your I bowel" sas l fresb
h, ; coaoarets or merely ,i forcing Tith
tssas9 g.,5. y,'I pills, Castor Oil or
r.. waters So, ,r..b.5av. Let
s'o o5. 1ot thoroughly cleanse and I rSg
p. ;cai the stomach, remove e, the .a SouI
r. ,. [nS food and foul gases 3i,ear
I. i ess excess bile from the e., liver tSe
lbs Ins ont Of the system all the
p ta., fo.te waste matter and pOlS0nS
the S. uoars tonight will make you
a c .rsst BY morning. They Work
Eel GO, ,,on sIeep-never grippe sicKen
PIE you .1v inconvenience and cost
ca .o cents a box from your store
r ..5. ~ MN of men and women take a
E l-lo1st u nov and then and never never
7DS' tJo,dsehe. Biliousness' coated
.s ,s Indigestion, Sour Stomach OF
Estimation. ADV.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27

Coles CarboIisalve Quickly Relieves
and heals burning, itching and torturing
skin diseases. 1t instantly stops the pain
of burns. Heals without scars 25c and soc.
Ask your druggist, or send 25c to The j.
w. Cole Co.. Rockford. ILL.,. for pkg.Adv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
STRAW is GOOD FERTILIZER
Rich in Potash, Nitrogen and Phos-
phorus-SuppIies Needed Organic
Matter to Soil.

Straw stacks are too valuable TO be
burned. According TO figures supplied
by the chemistry department of the
Nebraska College of Agriculture, the
fertilizing value of wheat straw is
$500 and of ,oat straw $40 per ton
for the potash. nitrogen and phos-
phorus they contain. This is entirely
over and above the value of the straw
in supplying organic matter to the
soil. All straw not used for feed or
bedding will pay big dividends on the
labor of hauling it out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27

Song Birds In South Africa.
The assertion that the birds of South
hIrca are not song birds has been
hisproved.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
..L Nsnlects Indigo.

i'm. about IS years ago the
- rr,p Of Alabama, MISSISSIPPI
o1T c.o-ria was indigo. one OF the
~, q 1..b1r rrfzed commodities OF the
..a, dar. That was before the IN
flr of rba cotton gin, and NOBODY
'r'.,, ,.,,r in this country who knows
~ rror indigo. But a hundred
T. rsar-ri to indigo, by a man who
Wv. tav 90 grow it, would at TINS
t-io~ him in more money than al
r. ro-roa corn and peanuts com
T. 15i-o is the main ingredient
n. of the high-priced dyestutfs'
1. ..or..,r IT which is felt all over
/, rorrd anl which will continue TO
sane. IN p-ice long after the war
ar.r Nh. same soil is here on
Ifrb If r>.d to grow only our fore
.rar. found it more profitable TO
~, ,,.-,a and indigo was left for
her countries to grow and thrive
4 r-u.noaolis (Ala) Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27

Nothing jolts a woman's sweet and
trusting disposition like marriage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
Plan Concrete Halfway

Black River Falls-A meeting was
held here to consider the building of
a concrete road from Black River
Falls TO Melrose. a distance of eight
cen miles This proposition was
looked upon favorable by the farmers
and business men, as well as by the
officials.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
WANTS $4,000 BOND ON
EACH-AND EVERY AUTO

Madison-A bill is pending be-
fore the legislature which pro-
vides that before any automobile
license is issued, the person APP
plying for license shall give
a bond of $4,000 to the state
to protect the public against any
damage done by his machine.
Some enterprising mathemati-
clan in the legislature has
figured out that with the 10000
automobiles in the state, some
thing like .000,OOO.OO0 would
be tied up in automobile protec-
ton. 1t is not likely the meas
ure will become a law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
Choose postoffice Site

Madison-The proposed new $780,.
900 postoffice building here will be
erected on the northeast side of Mon
ona avenue between Doty and Wilson
streets. The treasury department has
requested the condemnation of the
property at this point to provide site.