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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23
LORD MILNER

Lord Milner, one of the five mem
 bers of the British War Council head
 ed by Lloyd George, was born sixty three years ago today, March 23, 1854, and is a native of Germany While he has Teutonic blood in his veins,
 the Irish and English strains predom- mate. His grandfather, James R.
 Milner, was of pure English blood,
 but settled in Germany as a merchant
 and married German woman of good family. His fourth son, Karl, mar ried Mrs. Cromie, a widow of Irish
 descent. She was past forty while her husband, at the time of his mar riage, was medical student of twen- ty-three. Lord Milner was born at Giessen. about a year later. When the future titled statesman was about seven his father, a practicing physi- elan, removed to London, but he re- turned to Germany after few years, and Alfred, now Lord Miner, was educated principally in the Kaisers empire. His mother, the daughter of former governor of the Isle of Man, was very British in her tastes and sympathies, and disliked Germany The son shared her ideas, and he de- termined to become an Englishman. After his mothers death he went to
 London and entered Kings College, later winning an Oxford scholarship As neither his grandfather nor father had renounced British allegiance, he
 was legally as we'll as in sympathies a subect of the British Crown After studying law Alfred Milner engaged in Journalism, and was associated with 1 the late William T. Stead on the Pall Mall tto | Journalism he became private secre- l tary to MT. Goschen, Chancellor of the | Exechequer, and in 1889 began his public service as under-secretary for finance in Egypt. Since then he has | held many high posts, including the governorship of the Transvall and High Commissioner for South Africa.
 At one time he wasl offered a part nership by the late J. P. Morgan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23
OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE

HE SPIRIT of adventure strong in the bosom o American manhood has not yet manifested in that tremendous for military service which the mark of manhood pa triosm when danger threatens the land
 This lack of multitudes front of the recruiting office may be attributed to two chief the feeling that somehow in would be averd and the dislike of adventurous to enlist without being of the adventure Enlistment is and enlisted bound for peace
 But there Federal service which is not sub this drawback the Naval Coast Defense Reserve created by act Congress dated 1916 in which the citizen enlist from he resign at his pleasure except shall arise The terms exactly meet the need The adventure anteed the service be terminated No duy cept voluntary duty compuson and the connection may be severed at any time
 There six branches of this each category inter estng in it's to live Americans in whom the blood of revolutionary ancestors runs red as it did of yore.
 There is fleet reserve, which applies only to and of who had naval service the second category enrolled those engaged in the going professon in the third citizens capable of performing special useful service in the navy grouping which includes substantially of the useful arts and professions and especially of motor boats and those who accustomed simple coastwse nava on may enroll their boas that they may if the needs the upon payment of suitable indemnity There is pay for those who needit.
 There category for skilled iers and there another category for those fortunately situated to be able to without pay. t
 Enlistments carefully planned comprehensive Naval reserve Building The charge of officers who fully informed upon all the points of the service able and willing to information and make out enlistment papers for all who apply.
 The navy constitutes the first line of the Republic The val coast defense is the countrys second ne Here opportunity for service and promoion gateway to useful pa triotic effort.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23
LIBERTY OR DEATH"


 It was in the provincial convention at Richmond on March 23, 1775,- 142 years ago today-that Patrick Henry delivered his famous Liberty or Death speech. Tn that impassion- ed and patriotic address the eloquent
 young Scotchman voiced the sentl-
 ments which are not without applica-
 tion in the. present crisis in which
 the UniteA States is involved with
 Germany. "Mr. President" the young orator cried, 'it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shout our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous strug- gle for liberty? Are we disposed to
 be of the number of those who, hav- ing eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit lit may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.
 Again he said:
 eff we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable
 privileges for which we have been so long contending; if we mean not base ly to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be btained, we must fight; I repeat it, sir, we | must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are i are weak; unable to cope with so for
 midable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week or the next year? Shall
 we gather strength by irresolution and 1 inaction? Shall we acquire the means
 of effectua1 resistance by lying supine- 1 ly on our backs and hugging the de- lusive phant of hope, until our ene-
 mics shall have bound us hand and
 foot?"
 l He continued:
 Besides, sir, we have no election. 1 If we were base enough to desire it, ! it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery
 Then came the stirring peroratiOn: "It is vain sir, to extenuate the mat | ter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace-but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gaze that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ?
 Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23
ANNOUNCES SIMPLE :.
 CURE FOR PARALYSIS

Rutland, Vt. March 2s-Announce- ment that Dr. Edward Taylor, Profes sor of tropical medicine at the Uni versity of Vermont, had made an inn portant discovery as to the manner in which infantile paralysis is spread, was made to-day by pr. Charles s. Caverly, President of the State Board of Health.
 pr. Taylor has apparently shown, D Dr. Caverly said, ''that diseased noses andi throats allow the passage of the virus into the central nervous svs- tenn, while normal noses and threats seem to neutralize this poison. The simple process of cleansing the nose and throat with warm water, in which table salt has, been dissolved, is per- haps as good a preventative as we have.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23

existed here But pans greatest and most deadly smallpox epidemics occurred during this period.
 During the period there off cay reported 2779 of smallpox with 45 deaths death rate of 26 per cent which is far of the smallpox death rate in unsanary unvaccnaed England of hundred years and enormously of and death rate in substantially unvaccnated America.
 No physician dreams of claiming that smallpox prevented by vaccination He only that be prevented and that if isn't prevented the patient has larger chance of These moderate statements dsproved by the vast body of statistics, all official which have been accumulated by civilized people,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23
THE ONLY ONE WHO CAUGHT r1,'

A LONESOME attempt to resurrect the vaccination super z son in Bridgeport is attended by the usual signs and wonders which current in medieval times There ship and the only board who got small unvaccinated There smallpox and the only unvaccinaed caught it. The others didn't
 The way of infectious disease sinuous uncertain of doubt One taken and another left Smallpox ent Sometimes takes the only vaccnated man, the crowd and sometimes the only unvaccinated man.
 Bridgeport has had it's single of smallpox in mated who had all alone though he mingled the unvaccinated.
 The idea that through these anecdotes the Ony One Who Caught It. is that person is vaccnaed he can't catch smallpox.
 But he Vaccinaed persons have died of smallpox in counted and uncounted vaccination been practced.
 Japan vaccinates each citizen during the first ten of e at the sixth year and in the tenth the statistics show that each during the 9 in which the compulsory
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23
FINED FOR KEEPING
 GAMBLING DEVICES
 IN FAIRFIELD SHOP
Especial to The Farmer.) )

Fairfield, March Exchanged With illegally keeping gambling devices and implements at the pool room formerly conducted by Theodore Fabryck. James Leon of Bridgeport
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23
LINER BALTIC SAFE.

New York, March 23-The White Star line steamship Baltic, which left here March IS for Liverpool has ar rived safely, according to a cablegram received here today by officials of the line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23

Julius Rosenwald, president of the sears-Roebuck & Co., of Chicago, wired the American Jewish relief committee that he would give $1,00o,- 900 to feed and clothe Jewish war suf, fererG
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23

Molly-Did she say he was a good spender?
 Dolly - Well, she said he always paid her attention--Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23

was fined $40 and costs by Judge Bacon Wakeman in the Fairfield jus tice court today. Fabryck's pool room was recently raided by the state po- lice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-23

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RICK .& SON
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
LIBERTY BOND TAXES
UPHELD BY MADOO
Secretary Explains Why Interest Rate
Has Been Fixed at
Per Cent.

Washington, Sept. 24.--Secretary Nc.
Adoo in speech Saturday night at
White Springs explained for the first
time why the Forthcoming issue of Lib
erty bonds would be subject to the in
come supertax and the war profits and
estate taxes instead of, like the first
bonds, being exempt from all taxation,
and also why the interest rate has been
fixed at 4 per cent.
Mr. McAdoo's statement excited a
great deal of interest here yesterday in
view of the criticism that has been
raised in some quarters regarding this
feature of the new bonds. Mr.. McAdoo
also revealed for the first time that the
war savings certificates to be issued in
connection with the new loan will bear
per cent interest and viii be virtually
baby" discount bonds
They will be issued in denominations
TO So each and person may purchase
the stamps from the postoffice and paste
them in book until Re gets $40 worth,
when the government will issue certif-
cate TO him which can be cashed at the
end of five years for S.. 1t ia expected
that the working class will subscribe in
this way many millions of dollars.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24

you know this region well. II is wonder
fully interesting with its beautiful hills
and splendid farming country beyond.
| Nearer the sea are quaint picturesque,
dirty Normandy villages, and then the
fisher towns with their curious fisher
folk. The women especially interest me
as they swing along the roads in their
short skirts and bare feet and poles and
nets over their shoulders.
Altogether it is a beautiful region
the weather is either perfectly heavenly
or perfectly horrble-the latter much of
the time. We are housed in huts very
comfortable indeed for this season of the
year. All our officers and men are in
tents. / cannot quite think what the
winter will be like. However, Mrs. Reid
and the London branch of the American
Red Cross are looking out for us splen-
didly They are going to send sleeping
bags for every nurse and they win be
needed, know. 1t is very comfortable
feeling to know that | can write to Mrs.
Reid and get almost anything needful.
1t is amazing to see how well all these
hospitals are supplied, and the supply
kept continuous, of things really needful
lot TIC WIN anu lllt NoilioiL VI Jiie Hleu.
The things that make the work difficult
are things which you good people back
home cannot supply us. The lack of run
ming water in the wards is dreadful
handicap, and the difficulties in caring
for food and other supplies in tent wards
are very trying. Then, too, the pumping
station usually breaks down, putting the
laundry for the whole area out of COM
mission, just when we are getting our
biggest push"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
NEARING AGREEMENT.
War Tax Bill Likely to Be Framed Soon
BY Conferees,

Washington, d. c., Sept. 22.-Possibil
ity of final deadlock of Senate anc
House conferees on the war tax was be
lieved last night TO have been removed
following progress made yesterday on
the disputed war excess profits section.
Senator Simmons, heading the Senate
conferees, and Representative Kitehin
of the House committee, both predicted
that complete agreement eventually
would be reached but protraction of the
conference, which began a week ago yes
terday into next week seemed certain.
The conferees tentatively arranged TO
meet Sunday afternoon to expedite their
work and hope to complete their task
late Monday
Taxation of war or excess profits was
almost the exclusive subject of yester-
days session of the conferees, preceded
by a special meeting of the House ways
and means committee. Both Senator
Simmons and Representative Kitehin
stated last night that considerable prog
ress was made yesterday toward. agree
ment on defining invested capital"
which shall be subject to taxation and
exemptions, with the principal dispute
over exemption of or allow
lnce for intangible assets, including good
will, copyright, patent and other in
,hoate copyrights
Senator Simmons last night denied
published reports that Senator Under
wood had been called before the con-
erees Thursday to give expert advice
IN the basis for figuring the value of
intangible assets of corporations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
Red Hen-Red Eco,

Adolph Forsberg of Avon is the
owner of a large flock of hens, among
them being several Rhode Island reds
A few days ago he went into the hen
house to gather in whatever eggs he
might find. One of these was red
egg which he assumes was laid by a
red hen. He showed this egg to a
number of friends. They were scepti-
cal. and tried to scrape off what they
thought might be red paint. but ii
would not come of. Mr.. Forsberg in
sisted that the egg is just as II was
deposited in a nest by a domesticated
ben.
He can suggest no reason for the
phenomena other than that some OF
his hens had Toasted on the remains
of a strawberry bed, and that some
were now engaged in devouring his
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
GEAR BALKED AT
MOBILIZATION
Trial Of Sukomlinoff Reveals
Strength of Germans
at Petrograd
THE KAISER'S
INFLUENCE RULED
Nicholas Later Ordered Ber-
lin Assured of His
Friendship

London, Sept, 24.--The first full ac
count of the trial for treason of Sukom
linoff, former minister of war in the
deposed cars cabinet, has reached here
Quoting Sukomlnoff frsm the "retch,
it develops that when the former minis
ter discovered the hand of Germany be.
hind Austria in the early stages of the
conflict he insisted upon the emperor the
necessity of ordering a general, not par
| tial, mobilization, and that the car OBJ
jected.
"The emperor" declared Sukomlinof,
objected to my fears, saying that a
general mobilization would bring war
with Germany as well as Austria. Rut
/ insisted, and on July 20 went to the
council of ministers, where | obtained
signatures of three required for such a
proclamation.
ION the evening of the same day the
car telephoned me and asked how mat.
tiers stood regarding the mobilization,
and l replied that kilograms ordering it
had already been sent. was then in
formed telegram had been received
from Emperor Wilhelm, assuring the
car ON his honor that Germany would
not come out against Russia if the gem
eral mobilization order was Cancelled.
Il must add here that | noticed
throughout July that almost every Sc
cret Russian military measure became
known to Germany Immediately. Eacl
time / was rung up on the telephone |
noticed somebody listening They had
spies everywhere. It was then | i'm
plored the car not to cancel the order
for general mobilization and render a
new, rapid mobilization impossible
''But Wilhelm's word of honor gained
the upper hand, and / was ordered to
proclaim a partial mobilization. / i'm
reported this to Sazonoff. who, |
on July 30, went to Tsarko -Selo and OBJ |
tanned the consent of the revision.
"The same day the ministers of war,
marine and foreign affairs, after a ten
minute conference, decided upon the or
Tered general mobilization"
Sukomlinoff, his explanations given in
/ low voice, tried to show that he alone
.ried to persuade the car not to cancel
he general mobilization order
Il explained to the car and warned
lim," continued Sukomlinoif, that the
ierman emperor's telegram did not guar
.ntee anything, and then referred him
o Varushkevich, to whom he telephoned.
1ater Varuschkevich came to me asking
dvice. He said the car had ordered him I
o cancel the mobilization.
Do nothing, ! said.
Therefore, it was I who ordered the
mobilization continued despite the ears
ILL.,"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
RED CROSS HOSPITALS
Arrangements of Institutions at Front
Described.

A letter from Miss Carrie Hall, head
Of the nurses of base hospital No. 5, the
Peter Bent Brigham hospital unit. which
| is now somewhere in France as general
hospital No. IL, has just been received by
the New England division of the Red
Cross. DIR. Harvey Gushing is the direc-
tor of this hospital unit, which was the
first TO sail for France, on May IL, and
has recently been attacked by German
airplanes.
She writes:
1--WE cannot mention our location on
account of censor rules. About Is miles
south of B near the channel and just
back of the sand dunes, the region lends
itself very we'll for locations for these
great camp hospitals. There are five
hospitals in this area with total bed ca
pacity of probably nearly 10000 They
are seldom filled to capacity-usually
contain one.half the number possible, or
less. The reason seems to be to have
plenty of available space to meet big
emergencies. Only once have we been
filled to capacity, two weeks ago, and now
we are filled up again TO within two or
three hundred of our limit. 1t Isl Won
derfu to see how well convoy is, han
died. OF course you understand that we
have taken over going British hospital
and that we have inherited their systems
and methods and many of them are won
derfully good. Their ability to handle
a convoy is one of them. 1t is interest
ing to see how it is possible to admit
from 200 to 700 in the one hospital in
"a hours time, have them distributed to
the wards, and absorbed, and hardly feel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
How Henry L. Doherty Has Made Mil.
lions.

There is an article about Henry !.
Doherty in the October American Maya
zine. The author says of him:
| Although to-day one of the greatest
men of finance, and probably the very
greatest in building and operating Amer.
lean public utilities, Doherty started life
humbly. AT twelve, he was a newsboy
At twenty, he was a gas engineer. At
twenty five he was manager of a pub
lie utility plant. At 81 he was man
ager of syndicate of such properties.
AT "a he was head of M concern of
his own. At forty, he controlled an
immense corporation and was really au
extraordinary scientist, and at AZ
he is one of the few real powers on
Wall street, controlling two hundred
gas and electric companies reaching
nearly every state in the union, and
having oil holdings the second largest
in America.
"Step by step he has risen. From
an obscure boy, by push and grit he has
become man of international impor-
lance. How did he do itf What is the
secret poweri Doherty says he doesn't
know, but talk with men who have
watched him fight his way to the top of
he heap, and they win tell you that one
If the reasons for Doherty's success is |
his love for cracking a tough NUT As
loon as job becomes easy SAYS one |
nan, Doherty's interest lessons. All the
un has gone from that job, and Doherty
'egins seeking another difficult piece of
work. You know, you can't keep man
lown who is always looking for some
hing hard to do"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
GOVERNOR
| LOSES OFFICE
Gov. Ferguson of Texas I'M
peached by State
Senate
10 OF 81 CHARGES
ARE SUSTAINED
Takes Defeat Cheerfully-
Judgment Is to Be Pro-
nounced Tuesday

Austin, Texas, Sept. 2i.-Gov. Jane
f. Ferguson was impeached by the stat,
Senate Saturday, The Senate high cour
sustained 10 of the 81 charges in In,
bill of impeachment, which had beer
returned to il by the lower House com
mittee of the whole. The vote on tn,
first article-that he used $4,000 of the
states funds to settle personal OBJ
ligation-was sufficient to convict. A
two-thirds vote was necessary. The bal.
lot was: Ayes, 81; noes, 4.
Tuesday noon the Senate will for.
mally pronounce its Judgment. Con-
viction carries with it, ii is understood,
disbarment from future offices, but this
condition possibly may be ameliorated.
Saturday night the governor was COM
pletely severed from the position to
which he was twice elected by the people.
Acting Gov. William p. Hobby, an edi-
tor, of Beaumont, assumes the full pow
er of Office. His tenure will extend to
lDl's
Mr.. Ferguson said he did not know
what his future plans will be. 1t is prob
able he will go TO his ranch for rest.
His decision as to the future will be
made there. Mr.. Ferguson took his de-
feat eheerfully.
-Four senators stuck with the COVER
nor from start to finish and in the voting
on the serious charges they alone were
with him.
Ferguson was elected governor of Tex
as in 1914 and reelected in 1915. In
both campaigns he ran as an anti-pro-
hibitionist candidate. He had never be-
fore held public office. He was born
in Bell county, Aug. 81, 1871, the son of
4 Methodist minister. He attended dis
trict school until he was 10 years old
md then left his home and worked in the
West for few years, as a roustabout, in
/ barbed wire factory in San Francisco, |
/ lumberjack in Washington, and as a |
nine helper in Nevada. After returning
o Texas he took up the study of law
md later was admitted to the bar and /
,racticed in Bell county. Subsequently
lie organized the Temple state bank.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-24
U. S. TRADE INCREASING
America Now Heads the World in Deal
ing with Balkans.

Athens, Sept. 22.-Because of the war
the trade of the United States with tn,
Balkans heads that of all the countrie:
of the world, while the trade of England
France and other countries which used
to supply the Balkans, is steadily falling
off. This resulted for the first time last
year. when the United States sent 40O,-
900 tons Of supplies to Greece alone, Eng
land coming next with $4,000 tons, and
France and Italy falling off to 10000
tons each.
This was chiefly wheat and foodstuffs,
of which America had plenty and the
European nations could spare none. The
American increase of trade about FIVE
fold over the pre-war conditions, the
goods from America being worth last
year sl4 100000, as against s2,500,000 be-
fore the war.