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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
LOCAL LIBERTY
LOAN CAMP AICN
MAKES PROGRESS
Two and a Half Million
Raised to Date in This
City. !:

Reports up to noon today showed
that approximately two and a half
million dollars had been raised for
Bridgeport's allotment of the Liberty
loan. OF this amount $1,950,000 has
been raised by the banks and $780,
600 through the campaign in the vari-
Gus factories. Added to this amount
for the factories are the following
subscriptions which have been re-
ported since the meeting of the COM
nlittee last night. American British
Co, 5000; Bridgeport Brass Co,
$4,000; Holmes & Edwards SIS, 700;
Bridgeport Chain Co., $780,
Among the interesting incidents of
the campaign are several worthy of
mention. A foreman at the Reming
ton Arms Co. after hearing Howard
Speer speak on the loan, held a. con-
ference with his family and decided
that the entire family would dispense
with meat at every meal two days
each week and apply the amount OF
the usual meat bill to buying Liberty
Loan bonds.
Oglethorpe, Chattanooga Tenn, have
subscribed total of S1,198,300 to the
Liberty loan.
A minimum of 81, 900, o00, 900 in sub
scriptions to the Liberty loan before
the close of business tonight was the
goal that workers throughout the
country aimed at today, Washington
states.
Liberty bonds will be accepted al
the offices Of the Internal Revenue
i bureaus as security for the new taxes
which become due and payable Nov
q, according to information furnished
at the Office here today. These bonds
win be accepted to the full amount
of the taxes as security in place Of
the usual surety bonds. Under for
| mer rulings bonds to twice tht
amount of the, tax payable had to b'
| given, but this rule is rescinded ant
Liberty bonds to the amount of tn,
tax only viii be accepted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
.0BJECTOR FINDS
LIFE AT DEvENS
QUITE PLEASANT
Man Who Claimed He Was
An Alien Is Now Glad to
Be in the Army.

Taken to Camp Devens from the
fourth division under his own protest
that he is an alien, Pferfanti Nazzare-
no after few days in camp was
oyerjoyed with the fine treatment ac-
corded United States soldiers and is
now willing to stay in the army MAJ
zareno wrote to the local board that
he is perfectly satisfied and valves
his right to be exempted on the
ground that he is an alien. His claim
was withdrawn at meeting of the
third district appellate board yester-
day.
Conditional discharges until April
20, were granted by the appellate
board in the following cases:
Board David Lpschitz, ship
carpenter, Lake Co. Board 6-Adam
J. Sokolski, die sinker, Remington
Arms; Thomas Gledhill, foreman,
tool and guage department, U. M. C.
Board 3-Harold Paterson, depen-
dency appeal denied. Board s, Leo
P Kilday, dependency appeal denied,
sheet metal worker, Lake Co.
The industrial claim of Garabed NJ
Baghigian, a filer at the Remington
Arms plant, was denied, because no
evidence was fled by the company.
The case of Herbert Bergtorn OF
board 8, who asked for an industrial
transfer, was deferred because he has
not yet been certified to the district
board.
The following were denied exemp-
ton on physical appeals:
Board 1-Harold w Clark. Board
Mieszystaw I4isiewitz; JOSEPH
Toulouse, no cause to reopen case;
Fred Schimidheim. no cause to re.
open case Board LEO F. Duffy
no cause to reopen case. Board s.
Walter J. Baker, no evidence. Board
| ,3-Frank A Arm bruster, no cause tt
reOnen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
CONAN DIES ON
WAY TO HOSPITAL

I. Cohen, of s2s East Main street,
died last evening in tht ambulance as
he was being transferred to the
Bridgeport hospital, and his body Is
now at the morgue awaiting word
from relatives. Cohen was taken sud-
denly i'll last evening with pains in
the abdomen. DR.. Simonson was
called in, and advised removal to the
hospital. When. DR.. OLSEN arrived
with the ambulance he found Cohen's
condition very poor, and made a. rush
trip, but Cohen expired before reach
ing the hospital. The cause of death
was not ascertained, and the case
was reported to the medical exam
liner
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
ANTILLES FIRST u, S, TRANSPORT
TO FALL PREY TO TEUTON U-BOATS

radio electrician, third class, next of
kin Mrs. w. L. Seger, mother, Rut-
land, Mass.
There were about 33 of the army
enlisted personnel on board, Of whom
II were saved. The names of the
missing of the army enlisted person
mel and of the merchant crew of the
ship cannot be given until the muster
roll in France of those on board has
been consulted AS soon as the de-
partment is in receipt Of further de-
tails concerning the casualties they
will be made public irnm ediately.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
TWO DESTROYERS
SUNK BY GERMANS

London, Oct. 20-Two German raid
ers attacked a convoy in the North
Sea on Wednesday and sank two Of
the British escorting destfoyers, it
was announced officially today by the
British war office.
The British torpedo boats sunk
were the Mary Rose and the Strong
Bow.
The official announcement says that
three merchant vessels escaped in the
action. but that five Norwegian, one
Danish and three Swedish vessels
were sunk without warning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
VOTERS ARE SWORN
IN BY SELECTMEN

Maurice A. Graves, SO years old, of
243 Fairfield avenue, was first to be
sworn in as voter before the board
Of selectmen and town clerk today.
Graves had previously voted in anoth-
er town.
About $50 took the voters oath up
to noon and Indications were that the
total for the day would reach TOO.
There were about 1850 applications
''to be made and Monday will be the
last day for applicants to get on the
1917 voting list.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

Continued from page y
engineer officer, and O'Rourlke, junior
engineer officer.
THE following e1isted naval per-
sonnet were lost: E. L. Kinney, sea-
man, second class. next of kin
Thomas M. Kinney, father, Water
Valley, Miss; j. w. Hunt, seaman,
second class, next of kin Isaac Hunt,
father, Mountain Grove. Mo-, R., No
2. Box A; c. L. Asburn, radio cleo
trician, first class. next of kin r. AS
burn, brother, $500 Louisiana avenue,
New Orleans, La, and H. F. Watson,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
CLOCKS STOP AS
DID CAPT. NORTH

Capt. Henry North, Civil war vet
eran and one of the janitors at the
county courthouse, is recovering from
a~paralytic stroke which he recently
suffered at his home, 673 Fairfield
avenue. It is strange coincidence
that on the same day that Capt. North
was stricken the electric clock sys-
tenn AZ the courthouse which was in
the captains charge, stopped working
suddenly. The clocks all over the
building were out Of order for nearly
"a hours at that time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
U. S, WELCOMED
TO conference
OF The ALLIES

Paris, Oct 20.-American participa-
ton in the Allied conference is well
coined by the Temps, which s2ys:
"It Is highly gratifying % know
that the United States will be repre-
of the Allies IL too great for them to
discuss 1t without the United States.
President Wilson Is 50 much respected
that we have need OF listening to mon
who possess fis coandsnoes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
TROLLEY HITS
BAKERS WAGON

Collision between trolley car and
a bakery wagon owned by Sorenson,
the baker at Marion and Main streets
about 1 o'clock today resulted in a
broken leg for the horse attached te
the wagon. The accident was report
ed to. the Fourth precinct police sta
ton, but no arrest was made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
EMILY TROMBLEY

The funeral Of Emily, wife OF Dol
plus Trombley, was held this morn
ing at 8 o'clock from the fam1ly
home, Trumbull, and at $3.50 O'Clock
at st. Anthony's French R. c. church
where a high mass of requiem was
sung by Rev. Edward Hayes. The
church choir sang the responses of
the mass Many beautiful floral
tributes were in evidence. Burial
was in st. MichaePs cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
DIED

MERRITT-In this city, Oct. 20,
1917. Lucy &C., widow OF Henry c.
Merritt.
At the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. Henry C. Reinardt. 189 Wells
street, BODY will be taken on the
1913 p. m. train Sunday for inter-
<ment in London Park cemetery,
baltimore, Nd. a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
ROWLAND DRY GOODS co.
DEsERTERs TAKEN TO CAMP.

Police Lieutenant George r. Bene-
detti and two policemen left shortly
after midnight for Camp Devens.
Mass, with six men for the draft
army who had been held at police
headquarters for the military au-
thorities The men are Leroy Moss
man. Wilfred Fourier. Angelo Giac-
cini. Stalios Krakaris, John O'Connor
and Michael Ihnot. Mossman and
O'Connor are rated as deserters from
the load regiment, and the others
failed to accompany their contingent
in the drafted army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

bulk of the crop sold on this market
for the past week has sold for the
above price or less A few bushels
sold by the farmers to private Gus
toners and delivered direct to their
houses really retail trade have sold
for $2.15 or $2.25, but no. sales have
been reported through this office at
$3.50 bushel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
WALTER FLoRENTINE.

The obsequies of Walter Florentine.
aged II years, were held this after
noon from the residence of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Florentine,
1887 Broad street, Stratford. Rev.
Ernest C. Carpenter. PASTOR of the
Stratford Methodist church. ofnciated.
Many schoolmates of the deceased att
tended Burial was In Union ceme-
terry, Staratford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
OBITUARY
MARTHA 8. PITCHER.

Funeral services for Martha 8.
Pitcher were held this afternoon at
O'Clock at the family home, 50 Butler
avenue. Rev. Henry Kelley. rector of
st. Georges Episcopal church, off,
ciated. Many Borrowing relatives and
friends were in attendance. Burial
was in Mountain Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
JOHN FRANOIs REILLY.

The funeral Of John Francis Kelly,
aged one year, was held yesterday
afternoon at S2:30 o'clock from the
residence of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Kelly, 1877 Capitol avenue.
Rev. John c. Lynch. pastor OF st.
Patrick's r. C. church. read the
funeral service Burial was in ST.
Michaers cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
MARY A. LUCKsINGER.

The funeral Of Mary A Lucksinger
was held this afternoon at 1880
o'clock from her late residence, 1857
Stratford avenue. Rev. Benjamin F.
Root rector of st. PauFs Episcopal
church. conducted the funeral ser
vices. Burial was in Lakeview ceme-
terry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
Learn to knit;
no charge.

Every woman who devote few minutes day to
the service of her country should learn to knit.
There is need of thousands kntters: the thou
sands at work cannot possibly meet the demands be-
ing made upon them.
For three weeks, school for knitters in session
here. It closed week ago.
But now it is to be reopened-for at least another
three weeks.
In that school, free and intelligent instruction in
proper ways of knitting.
Models of the correct comfort garments for
soldiers and sailors exhibtionthese may be copied
easily under guidance of the teacher.
Not one penny of charge for the instruction any
other help may be able to give.
We shall be ready for you Monday.
PLENTY OF WORSTEDS for knitting here
That includes the gray and the khaki shades; very
needed for national and very that
so scarce.
| floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

WAIVED to hear from owner of
god px<srt for sale Northwestern
Hur6nens Agsncy, Minneapolis,
IInnssuta- a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

Chemists drafted into the National
Army are being withdrawn and as
sign to special work under sovornnae-t
Departmental
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

x39pEEs F0R SAI1-2 family house,
xswflpzd AVA. near Seviaw, has all
2. improvements. Lot 5ox1eo- For
pnxt1oulnrs inquire OF W. NJ Red
MH1d, % Cannon St. p 3 'tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

1fEMes wanted. paid daily taking
oroder1, collecting bonuses paid;
steady, Independent employment,
al natfona1ities employed. Steven
sons 1o4 Bank street @ 20 *tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

1000 union potters in the United
States and Canada returned to work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

MAJORS HONED, safety blades
1zxnrpened- Razor specialties 212
Warmer Building. SO Fairfield Ave
Phone Baxnnm s5e. az
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

For the second tim e.nearIy 5000
coal miners in Indiana failed to re-
turn to work, although they had voted
to do so.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20

FaEnmer want ads. ono cent . word,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
JOSEPH L. FITZGERALD
Many sorrowing relatives ant

Many sorrowing relatives and
friends attended the funeral of Joseph
L. Fitzgerald held from the residence
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
J. Fitzgerald, 207 Catherine street
this morning at $3.50 o'clock and a
half hour later from st. Augustine's
r. c. church where a high mass of
requiem was offered up for the re-
pose of his soul by Rev. Joseph CAN
ley. The singing of the mass was by
the church choir. At the offertory
Miss Kathleen Ryan sang PIE Jesu."
After the conservation Mrs. Finton
Kelly rendered "Benedictus.' At the
conclusion of the services John
Hughes by special request sang most
fee1ingly Face to Face" There was
wealth of floral tributes. A dele
cation from the Bartender's union at
tended. The pail bearers were John
Pitman. Andre Anderson, Frederick
Beardsley, Mark Roman, John Lud-
ford and William Ludford. Rev JOS
eph Ganley accompanied the cor
tege to st. Mfchael's cemetery and
read the committai service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-20
EDWARD G. SCHNEIDER

The funeral of Edward G.Schneider.
who died Monday morning at his
home, 200 Maplewood avenue, was
held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday after
noon at the home. Rev. A. j. Oker-
brom officiated and read committal
service at the grave. A delegation
from the BARRIERS union, of which de-
ceased was a member, were pail
bearers. There was a wealth of floral
tributes. Interment was in Mountain
Grove cenpeteryR
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-23
GREAT BATTLE RAGING;
MAY BE SECOND MARINE

LONDON March 30.
Since the battle Of the Marine when Paris
| was saved and probable defeat for the Al.
lies was averted, there has been no en-.
| gagement on the western front equal In
fateful consequences to the gigantic due
| of men and big guns that is raging today
| from the Aisne River to the northern end
of the Somme line
| Falling back from their old front, up and
| down which the tide of war had surgcd for
more than two years, the Germans have
evidently made a stand along what is known
as the IIinde nburg line west of Cambria
| st. Quentin and Laon.
| Official dispatches of the British and
| French War Offices show that a gigantic
conflict is begun there Across ground
| rocked by the mighty artillery of the Ger
man and allied armies, Teuton and Anglo
| French soldiers are advancing in assault
and counter-attack.
| Official communications issued in both
Paris and Berlin today dwelt upon the Sc
verify of the losses inflicted upon the enemy.
II is evident that the battle is a bloody one,
in which each side is striving without
| thought OF human sacrifice, to crush down
the adversarys resistance.
Should the Germans be forced out of their
new positions they might have to retire all
the way to the Belgian frontier.
/ All the way along the eighty five mile
front. from point in Artos to the Aisne
River the German lines have been strength
ened and the advance guards of British and
French dragons have come upon new lines
of redoubts, hidden sections of machine
guns and the drumfire of the Teuton ar
tillery.
The British front has again been ex-
tended, and Tommy Atkins" is now at
grips with the Germans as far south as q
point opposite St Quentin.
The chief zones of fighting during the
last twenty-four hours are the sector of
Cronselles. northest of Bapaume; the sector
of Coucy Forest. near Gobain; the sector
OF the Crozat canal, from St Simon to
Tergnies. and southwest of I.aon
The War Office has made public photo
graphs of the region from which the Ger
mans have retreated showing it's utter de-
vastation. The correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News with the British armies
says that many starving children are being
found in the territory given up by the Ger
mans. He telegraphs as follows:
1T is as terrible as anything on the
battlefields to see children who have been
slowly starving for a year wandering amidst
the ruins of their homes They are wan
little ghosts with blush faces and heavy
lidded eyes who are now just beginning
to lose their fears and to find reasons for
railing at the British Most of the men
and children have had no meat since last
September and no milk or butter for more
than a year But for the American and
Spanish relief forces they would have had
no bread
British military experts today saw play
for time as the reason behind the German
retirement on the western front.
1t is an attempt to husband her re-
sources of men, in the hope of deferring
the Allied offensive. In the meantime, Ger
many hopes her submarine blockade will
bring the Entente to starvation.
According to the British military experts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-23

AidnEs4dv tHl 4TH4dt6 ~ sf1ttg1t WIS evi-
sdentIy handed TO the pilot which took the
Healdton out OF Halifax harDor. for mailing
by young Parker.
The young wireless operator told his
father In this letter that quite a lot Of
contraband was discovered on board the
Frederik VIII. One German had more
than n hundred pairs of silk pajamas." was
one of his phrases lie stated that the Brit
ish authorities searched his pockets and
took away all his letters and photograph
films. They even went so far as to con-
fiscate rubber sleeve holders.
The Healdton's home port Is Bayonne. N
j. II was loaded with petroleum from the
Atlantic Refining Company's works at
Point Breeze
According TO Joseph G.. Gabriel, Phila-
delphia agent for the Atlantic Refining Com
pany the torpedong of the vessel with her
cargo represents a loss of approximately
s2,150, 600 to her owners. Until two years
ago the Healdton sailed as the Purelite
name by which she was well known in this
city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-23

Germany's leaders have foreseen the neces-
slty OF combating very soon offensive
from the Entente of unprecedented power
an offensive in the repelling of which hun
dreds of thousands of German soldiers
would be sacrificed
The German militarst machine f. coldly
circulating the necessity Of saving rs many
men as possible FOR the mannir', of Ger
manys industries after the wa, realizing
the nation will be hard put to survive in
the commercial competition which will fol-
low peace.
British officials who speculated on this
pian today saw in the very fact that Ger
many was endeavorng so elaborately to
explain the retirement an admission that
the scheme was not working out well.
The ineffectiveness of the submarine war
fare has already been demonstrated The
play for time, in their opinion, will net
Germany nothing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-23
DRAMA MASQUE COSTUMES
More Than 200 U. of P. Students Submit
Competitive Designs

More than 200 students Of the Uniyers,,x
of Pennsylvania submitted designs for ~.
costumes to be used in the Masaue OF Ar,..
ican Drama, the big outdoor spectacle to n.
presented at the University during tho -.
ond week in May. 1t has been announcss
by T.. b. Holland. The contest has cIo.sS
Mr.. Holland, who is in charge of costus.
ing and who is an instructor in the arch,
tectural school, will make his decision
soon as the judges meet. A prize of 49,
has been offered to the winner by tbo
Philomathean and Zelosophic Socis,;."e ,.e
under whose direction the pageant is -
be staged.
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National Defense Council as a special ad-
visory body in preparing for war.
PREPAREDNESS WORK
Government activity embraces such a
wide range now that really no accurate
conception whatever can be drawn as 10
the scope or effectiveness of the countrys
preparedness work
President Wilson Is personally directing
all Of these war preparations
Secretary Baker. as chairman OF the Ma
tonal Defense Council is preparing TO meet
heads Of great industrial concerns TO DISCUSS
what work Is necessary to complete ten
tative plans to place the country on war
footing.
Secretary OF Navy Daniels is doing all
possible to stimulate recruiting and hurry
warship construction.
While the Navy Department openly bends
every energy toward making that arm or
the service more effective than ever before
in the history Of the republic, the War De-
pa artment continues its more or less secret
stems toward calling to arms every regular,
reserve and national guardsnan wien the
moment TO sound the call is propitlous' All
possible haste that is compatible with oiti-
cheney also Is being taken in regard to gath.
ering of supplies--guns ammunition, cloth
ing auartermaster supplies, ctc.-that viii
be needed immeda tely call to arms IS
sounded.
LABOR COUNCIL MEETS
Il has been arranged for the committee
on labor of the council, of which Samuel
Gompers is chairman. to meet here stimuli
taneously with Congress on April to devise
plans for speeding up all along the line in
defense preparation
1t is expected that the committee will
at that time make arrangements so tha'
when a state of war officially is declared
in progress the eight-hour day will be
waived in all lines of industry in which
needs of the Government are supplied, and
arrangements will be made to permit private
firms to follow the example of the navy
yards and work all men as long as possible,
pa wing them overtime at the rate of time
and one-haf.
Within few days at most it is expected
data asked from state heads regarding
militia availability. plans for rapid mobiza-
tion Of the National Guard, details for sta