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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
BRITISH MASTERY
OF AIR SHOWN AT
FLANDERS FIGHT
Gen. Maurice Describes
How Germans Were at
Mercy of English.

London, Aug. 1.-Despite the bad
weather on the FLANDERS front for a
week or more British airmen have been
very active there. Many thrilling in
cidents were told yesterday by Major
Gen. Frederick B. Maurice, Chief Di-
rector of Military Operations, in his
weekly talk to the Associated Press.
1--WE had absolute command Of the
air." he said. "We won this, however,
only by persistent air offensive dur
ing the weeks before. There is no ev-
fdence that this mastery is perma-
nert. We shall have to fight again
they can win it again If necessary.
ION the day of the big Flanders at
tack he added, 1.-The weather condi-
tons were as nearly impossible as
could he imagined, with low clouds Of
great density, haze and mist. The OBJ
servation was almost nil and as re-
suit the artillery was under a severe
handicap, having to work without add
equate airplane observation.
"But the airplanes were enormously
busy in other departments. More than
100 engagements were fought by air.
planes with the forces of the enemy
on terra frma, our planes in these
cases descending often to within less
than so feet Of the ground and sweep
ing the hap1ess enemy with their ma
chine guns or bombing them.
During the afternoon one of our
airmen. cruising aloft several, miles
behind the German lines, spied a Ger
man car containing four staff officers
speeding along a country road. He
swooped down and chased the car five
miles. The excited passengers, while
urging the chauffeur to find shelter
stood up in the car, drew revolvers
and fired wildly into the wings of the
big bird which was circling overhead
"The British pilot finally got the car
into the right position in front of his
machine gun and swept the car with
a hall of bullets, killing two Of the of.
fcers. The car then stopped abruptly
and the two other passengers rushed
to a farm house for refuge.
The enemy airplanes were well nigh
helpless to interfere. Less. than x
fights in the air occurred, because the
enemy did not dare come up, and in
these fights we downed six enemy ma.
chimes, while we lost only three of our
own.
There were II cases of machine
British machines. Our airmen swooped
down to an altitude lower than the
tree tops and fired string after string
into the German hangers, killing me.
chanics, damaging machines and
blowing UP workshops. Similar at
tacks were made repeatedly on par
ties Of marching troops. on working
parties and on transports.
The German communicates, in theil
usual fashion, reported numerous
British infantry attacks rerulsed with
heavy loss. That shows the Germans
are jumpy and nervous. As matter
of fact, there has been only one Brit.
fsh attack, that on st. Julien, which
as an entire success. The German
communicate made a deal of an al
legged British attack from Nieuport
which was in fact, only mino,
raid"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
ARE
NECESSARY FOR
SCOUTING WORK
Canadian Machines Perform
Great Feats Over Enemy
Lines.

Canadian Headquarters in France,
Aug. 1.-THE great efforts that are
now made in Canada and the United
States to assure supremacy in the air
during the final stages of the war are
viewed here at the front with keen
and sympathetic interest. Aeroplanes
have become absolutely indispensable
for scouting purposes and directing
artillery fire, as well as, by means of
photographs, recording its effect.
During the last two weeks of rainy
to say that the activities of millions
of men were greatly hampered and
their efforts to get on with the war
were frustrated by clouds that pre-
vent a few hundred airmen from max
ing their customary flights. Reports
from our front this morning record
that aeroplanes yesterday attacked the
enemy's observation balloons which
were directing his gunfire from points
well behind his front. One balloon
was brought down in flames and three
smoking as the result of machine gun
IRE from our aeroplanes. Another
fighting machine flew along the enc
mys front line trenches at an average
height Of only 80 feet and engaged
the occupants with machine gun. AT
one point it dipped within six feet of
the ground and on it's return to its
aerodrome some German telephone
wire was found wound around the
machinery of the plane.
Another plane pursued and opened
fire on parties of Germans behind the
enemy's front and a. cyclist dispatch
rider. These operations, in addition
to the regular program of bombing
trains, railroad stations and supply
depots many miles behind the Ger
man lines, carried out every night on
which the machines can take to the
air, indicate the wide range of the
aerop1ane's usefulness. In pursuit of
a fleeing foe in the open country
aviators with bombs and machine guns
would be far more effective than the
cavalry would be- in any past war.
The overwhelming aerial supremacy
and ample supply of bombs and ma
chiaee guns for the aviators is likely
to be a decisive factor in the final
| outcome of the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
THE WEATHER

New Haven, Aug. 11-For New
Haven and vicinity: Fair tonight
and Sunday.
Connecticut: Generally fair to-
night and Sunday; light west to
northwest winds.
Light scattered showers have
occurred during the last "A hours
in Kansas and Oklahoma and
along the gulf and Atlantic
coasts. An extended area of high
pressure which is central this
morning over the Ohio valley Is
producing pleasant weather in
nearly all districts east of the
Rocky Mountains. Unusually
cool nights and not very high
temperatures during the day con-
tinue In the northern districts
east of the Mississippi.
Conditions favor for this vicin-
ity fair weather with slowly ris-
ing temperature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11

Burgomaster Max of Brussels was
reported seriously i'll in prison at
Celle, a Prusian town twenty-three
miles northeast of Hanover. King
Alfonso of Spain is said to have inter-
vened fruitlessly in his behalf.
Lawyers of Brussels recently unani-
mously elected Adolphe Max, the
heroic burgomaster imprisoned by
Germans, as president Of the Bar as
ISOLATION. The announcement Of the
election was received with rousing
cheers, regardless Of the fact that Ger
man sentries were posted at the Pal
ace of Justice, where the election took
place.
Burgomaster Max was arrested in
Brussels on Sept 2S, 1914, for his
'irreconcilable attitude according to
an announcement of the German mill
tary governor. After being imprison-
ed at various places in Germany he
was informed in prison at Glatz. Paris
papers some time ago asked President
Wilson. the pope. and the king OF
Spain to intervene in his behalf. More
recently the Belgians offered to ex-
change the governer9 general of Ger
man East Africa, Dr. Schnee, for M
Max.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
SAYS ITALY CAN
STRIKE DECISIVE
BLOW FOR CAUSE
Military Critic Shows That
Front Is In Enemy
Territory.

Washington, Aug. 11-That the
Italian army is in a position to strike
a decisive blow against the Central
Powers, because it is already fighting
on enemy territory and threatening
important enemy cities, Is the opinion
of General Corst, leading Italian mill
tary critic, in an article received by
cable at the Italian Embassy and
made public yesterday.
Reviewing the existing military stu
alton on all fronts, General Corsi de-
clares that as long as Russia re-
mains an uncertain quantity 1t will be
necessary for the Entente nations to
carry on the-war with the utmost
vigor with all their resources, abid-
ing the time when Russia again will
make her armies a. compelling factor
in the war.
However" says General Corsi, ian
unknown quantity weighs heavily
upon the Central empires on the east
ern front. Germany and Austria
not sufficient troops in the eastern
front to invade deeply Russian terri
tory or reach vital spots in. the great
territory of the new Russian Repub-
lie, and they must always be ready
- meet an attack in force"
The Teutonic armies lost heavily in
the recent offensive of the Russian
General Brusiloff, in the opinion Of
General Corsi.
"It would be interesting and inn
portant," continues the military critic
of the Italian army, "to know the ex-
tent Of the forces of the Central em-
pires upon the Franco-British and
the Italian fronts. On the Italian
front we have recently seen that Aus
tria, making a maximum effort, did
not succeed in annulling successes OF
the Italian army on the Isonso. or the
Carso plateau, and against the wall
defending Trieste. On the Franco
British front the Germans "are being
beaten along the line which they nave
been strengthening for two years.
The English now have demonstrated
that whenever they wish 1t the most
strongly fortified German lines must
fall before their onslaughts."
The substantial difference between
the italian and Franco-British often
sives, according to General Corsi, is
that in the first place there is a
chance to reach important detectives
because the Italian army Is lighting
on enemy ground, and the war may
be brought to a decisive end more
readily there than in France where
it is more a question of using up the
enemies reserves and taking away
the possibility of the movement OF
German troops continually back and
forth between the western and the
eastern fronts.
3 General Corsi adds, however, that,
after all, it is zone front and one
war;" and that Germany will in the
end be crushed by the continual pres
sure of all of the allied armies on all
sides.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
Tom King and Heenan
Fought Great Battle
In Old Days of Ring

One Of the classic figures OF the
latter period Of the prize ring was
Tom King, the champion of England
in the early SOS and the hero of that
immortal international battle with
John G. Heenan, the Irish-American
giant, half a century ago.. King was
born in London 81 years ago today,
Aug. IL, 1895, and in his youth he
was a sailor and dock la.borer. King
was quiet. handsome. intelligent lad
and spent his evenings in study. He
took to the fighting game in self-de-
fence, as the DULLES among the dock
imagined that he was what we would
today call a mollycoddle.
King quickly proved that he was
no such thing, and his skill with his
fists attracted the attention of old
Jem Ward, the ex-champion, who
took King under his wing. Prior to
1860, when Tom Sayers retired from
the ring after his unsatisfactory bat
tie with John c. Heenan, King had
fought and won a number of bouts,
and with the championship left va
cant he challenged Jem Mace to fight
for the belt. Mace was the victor in
their first engagement, but in a re-
turn match King had the best of the
argument and was hailed as cham
pion.
A little later he retired from the
game, and returned the belt. but
when in 1853 Heenan issued a chal-
lenge to fight any man for the world s
title and $4,000. Tom accepted the
| deh of the big American. The en-
counter between Heenan and Kina
was the last great prize fight, prop
erly so-called, pulled off ON English
soil.
| A special train with 80 coaches and
| two engines carried the great crowd
of fans to a field beyond Tunbridge
| Wells, where the. ring was pitched
Many mobiles and aristocrats were
among the spectators. Both Heenar
and king were giants each standing
over six feet. and they were trained
to the minute. The tide of battle
flowed back and forth. but in ths
!. fourteenth round King was thrown
SO violently that he was rendered in.
sensible. By ALL the rules the Amer.
lean was the victor, but a disputs
gave King much more than the lega
time to recover his shattered senses.
Even SO he seemed unable to ge
to his feet, until one of his second,
shouted into his ear: "Remembel
your mother! The winners none,
will save her from want!'' That re
minder galvanized King int6 new
life, and he tottered toward his OPP
ponent. Swaying like drunken men
and barely able to stand. they Tough
on, until at length Heenan wa
stretched on the turf, dead to tn,
world. 1t was charged by the Amer
1 leans that Heenan had been drugged
and in the latter rounds, by all. &C
counts. he did appear dazed ant
muddled. Neither King nor Heenal
| ever fought again. King became ,
bookmaker, acquired wealth, an.
! died rich man.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
Public Health Week
Will Be Celebrated
By Fairfield People

Next week. from the 18th to the
18th, will be Public Health Week In
Fairfield and the Visiting Nurse asso-
citation will conduct a campaign. Mon
day, which is to be Flag Day, the
automobile owners Of the town will
be given small flags and asked to dis
play them on their automobiles
through the week. Tuesday the ex-
hits at the Holland Hill school will
open at 10 a. m. and continue open
every day through the week.
The booths, showing different
phases Of public health work, will be
presided over by the Camp Fire girls
and members Of the nursing associa-
ton will act as hostesses. Wednes-
day will be Mothers Day, and at 8
o'clock in the afternoon Miss Ford,
the district nurse, will conduct o
Mothers Conference. Thursday will
be Cleanup Day for the town. FRI
day will be Baby Day and in the
afternoon Miss Ford will give demon
trations on the care of the baby. Sat-
urday will be special Public Health
Day and in the evening at Sherman
hall there will be free moving pic
ture show. A Red Cross film, show
ing the activities Of q visiting nurse
will be shown, as we'll as several reels
of comedy, and DR.. DR.. e. H. Brown
Iof the Bridgeport Health depart
ment will give short talk on public
health work in war time.
This campaign has been worked UP
by Miss Ford, the Red Cross visiting
nurse, and it IL hoped it win arouse
interest in tho public health work In
which she is engaged In the town.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
TAFT IS "FEELING
DECIDEDLY BETTER"
PHYSICIAN SAYS

Clay Center, Kan. Aug. IL
Former President William II. Taft
spent a good night and today showed
marked Improvement in the sickness
that has confined him to a hotel here
since early Monday. His physician
announced that he was continuing to
take nourishment and was feeling
decidedly better"
The former president was on a
speaking tour when he was stricken
with an, intestinal disorder on Monday
night. From that time until yester-
day he took no punishment, the lack
Of food aggzNvating his condition.
Although the egg and toast taken
yesterday was not relished, it was
said to have strengthened him con-
siderably, and further nourishment
was expected to be given today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
TneSl.zfti,- 1Alas.s91o
MARRIED

BRIGGS-EPRING - In Allentown.
Pa. Frederick A. Briggs to Ger
trude II. Spring, both Of Stamford
Stamford, July 2s,
Virgil G. Link and Miss Doretta
Gross.
G-COONIRS-In Darien, Aug. 1.
Urba0 !. Lang Of Mt. Vernon and
Miss Agnes Coombs.
RRADY-CUMMINGS Stamford.
July 81. Miss Mary Cummings and
Herbert Grady.
JEN - In Westport,
July 30. Miss Olive Muriel Ballard
and John II. Jensen.
WOOD-PIPER-In New Milford.
Aug. !. Clarence e. Wood OF Fish
kill. NJ z, and Miss Florence M.
Piper.
RUTHERFORD HAYWARD ~ In
Greenwich, Aug. s. Mrs. Natalie ".
Hayward to Leroy A. Rutherford
(. of New York.
WOOD-COUGHLLN - In Stamford.
Aug. s, Percy @. Wood. New Ha-
ven and Miss Florence M. Cough
lin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
DIED

RYDER-In Danbury, Aug. Z. Ed
ward Hull Ryder, aged 81 years.
SMTTH-In Danbury. Aug. 7. Anna
M. smith. aged. 81 wears.
MAY-Tn Danburv. Aur. =. Thonnas
r Nav. Of New Milford axed az
RyIE-In Stamford Avg Mary
widow Of Rartholonnaw Ryis
PADDOCK-In Rideefeld. Anx a.
valnoa n wife az Charles paddocL
s1aa Ak
pEvNcTns- p;s..eAa
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
Bed Bugs Keep Rooms
From Renting

Many desirable rooms don Il
rent for the simple reason
that they are known to. be
infested with Bed Bugs.
Spend Is cents and clean
your home, and your rooms
win rent. Tell the public
your house has been cleaned
with Cyrus Presto Killer
and the applicant for rooms
will be satisfied. There is
nothing better made, moth
ing so clean to use and moth
ing so clean to use and moth
ing so harmless to human
beings-it does not burn.
Try a can Is cents, it is
worth money to you.
THE CYRUS PHARMACY
8 Fairfield Avenue and
4 COurtland Street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
BUILDING NOTES
Commercial Record)
Shpuben Street SchoolhOuse

6hGuben Street SchOoinouSe
The plans for the new WalteIsville
school, which is to be built at the
corner OF Steuben and Gilmore streets,
will be ready for figures August 1S.
The building VIII be two stories and
basement, OF brick, 10sx23o feet, with
gravel roof, limestone trimmings and
concrete steps. 1t viii contain 81
classrooms, six in the basement for
manual training and domestic science
work; nine on the first floor and IL on
the second floor. There will also be
a. gymnasium, locker rooms. shower
rooms In the basement assembly hall,
60xl17 feet, on the first floor, teachers
retiring rooms. toilets on each floor,
clintc and hospital and principals Of
nee. The corridors and stairs will be
OF fireproof construction and there with
be large amount of terrazzo floor
ing, electric gongs and clocks. interior
telephone system, lockers. etc. re-
Quired- The entire building will be
heated by steam and a. vacuum clean
ing system will be Installed The plans
for the building were drawn by Arch
itect Leonard Asheim.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
PUBLIC MARKETS FOR
HOME GARDEN TRUCK

Boston, Aug. 11.-Six public mar
kets will be opened next week on land
owned by the city. It is hoped that
much of the present abundance of gar
den produce in the suburbs will in
this way reach consumers at moderate
prices. Public martets in several cities
in different parts of the state have
proved successful.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
Officers Commissioned
At Fort Myer, Va, Camp

Washington, Aug. 11-Among those
receiving commissions at the Fort
Myer, Va, officers training camp are:
To be second lieutenant, infantry,
officers reserve corps, Carmel K.
Cummings, Torrington. Conn.
To be captain, field artillery, Otis
L. Guernsey, Greenwich, Conn.
To be second lieutenant, field artil-
1ery section, William K. Biglow, New
Haven.
To be second lieutenant, statistical
section, adjutant generals depart
ment, Wentworth P. Johnson. New
Haven.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
One of the MOST sensational nlave,

One of the most sensational players
developed this season is Shortstop
Risberg of the White Sox II that
team makes the worlds series it will
be largely due to his excellent playing,
and Charley Comiskey admits it. Ris-
berg was picked up on the coast last
year and came to the White Soy as a.
gamble. At first he was unsteady
and couldn't hit. but comiakey didn't
let that bother him. He just kept
him on the team and developed him.
He has turned out to be one of the
best throwers and the way he covers
ground is a marvel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
955 Deaths in New York
City From Heat Wave

New York, Aug. 1.-The number
of deaths caused by the heat wave of
a week which ended August is esti-
mated at 955 by the weekly bulletin
of the department Of health. The
bulletin also says that while the death
rate of that week was very high 1t
was exceeded here by the week end
ing July 6, 1901, when the death rate
per 1000 of population was 40.S2.
During the week of August 4, 1917,
the death rate was only 1874.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
MafneEtreet Building

A. verone La doing the mason work
and the Atlas Iron Works the steel
work ON the block of stores at the
corner Of Main street and Union
square for Frank Canevari. the plans
for which we're drawn by Architects
Davis & Dane. Contracts for the car
penter work. plumbing and electric
work will be let soon, At some future
time the building will be carried up
three additional stories for hotel pur-
poses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
lFairf3eId Avenue Block ,

Contractor Peter Medve, 100 Lenox
avenue, has plans for. a store. and
apartment building which he will erect
at the corner Of Fairfield avenue and
Whittier street Mr.. Medve will do
tine CARPENTER and mason work and
unit g. Downs Of Westport the plumb
ing. The building will be four stories
high, 5Sx100 feet. Of brick. containing
Stores on the first floor and 27 apart
ments ON Che upper floors. Every
convenience will be provided.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
BOYS DROWN AS
NEARBY PERSONS
WATCH THE FUN
Realization of Situation
Comes Too Late to Avert
the Tragedy.

Plymouth, Aug. 11.-Several persons
on the shore Of Wenham pond watch
ed three boys apparently enjoying a
swimming and diving frolic about an
old boat yesterday and discovered too
late that two of the boys were help
lessly struggling in deep water The
two, Angus Parker, 20, and Nor man
Storey, 10, were drowned. Nornan's
brother, Paul. managed to cling to the
overturned boat until rescued.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
Two-Fanily House

Plans are being drawn by Archi-
tects Davis g. Dane for a new house
ON Coleman street for Walter Staple
ton, Lumber street. The house will
be OF frame construction. arranged for
two families,the fats having five rooms
and bath, with additional rooms on
the upper floor. The heating system
has not been decided upon as yet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
Business Changes

Samuel Mooney has purchased the
interest Of A. zuckerman in the Atlas
Iron Works, Inc. The business will
be carried on as usual at 735-7S9
Union avenue. with Mr. Mooney as
president and treasures, of the COM
pany and A. Shapiro secretary, The
firm has been given the contract for
the steel work on the Canevari block
at the corner Of Main street and Union
square, and the steel for John Chiota
on North Washington avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
ALMANAC FOR SUNDAY

One of the most prominent men,
bers of the Worry club these days is
Pat Moran. His Philies are lower
on the ladder than they have been
for years and his pitching staff is all
shot to pieces with the sole exception
of Grover Cleveland Alexander, and
even he can't do the work Of the
whole pitching staff.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11

vanstone a. vanstone will do the
carpenter work. roofing and electric
wiring and Thomas Stewart the mason
work ON the proposed bathing pavilion
to be erected at Seaside park by the
city. Contracts for the plum bing and
heating are TO be awarded at once. The
structure will be two stories high, Of
brick, with tile roof. ant will be con-
nected with the bathing beach by a
tunnel. 1t will cost about $4,000.
The plans were drawn by Architect
x. G. southey and work will be started
at once.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
Zapata Treats With
President Carranza

Mexico City, Aug. 1.-THE rebel
leader Emiliano zapata has sent an
other emissary to Col. Reyes. former
ly of the federal army, to treat with
President Carranza The former
enissary, Enrique Bonilla, who failed
in his mission, was executed by Gen.
Zapata on his return, it is reported,
Col. Reyes has not yet seen the presi-
dent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
FORMER VENEZUELA DICTATOR
CAN REMAIN IN MEXICO.

Mexico City, August 11-Cipriano
Castro, former dictator of Venezuela,
who has landed in Vera Cruz, is re-
ported to have engaged passage back
to New York, but it is announced that
the government here will have no
objection to his remaining in Mexico
If he desires.
No street cars were operated in
Kansas City. The strike began Wed
nesday morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
basement Church

The contract has been given to the
SchwarT Bros Co. to build a church
on Madison avenue for the Slavonian
Lutheran Holy Trinity parish. Only
the basement will be erected now. The
building will be of brick, 44xs5 feet,
with a temporary gravel roof. 1t will
scost 10000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11

The younger officers Of the U. s.
Navy adopted the slogan, Damn the
torpedoes. Get the Kaiser
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11

Former President Taft's condition
is worrying his physicians.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-11
Long Crepe Kimonos
S1.OO

Made of real serpenne Crepe neat lowered patterns
blue pink lavender gray Some with collars without
Some belted, others gathered at the back
Second Floor