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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
FIRES STILL SWEEP
 WESTERN FORESTS

E Washington, Sept. With the most serious fire situation in a num- Der of years threatening millions of feet of western timber, it has been necessary for the Forest service to suspend some of its operations in or der to concentrate all available forces in fighting the forest fires
 Reports received from the North west indicate that the situation is more dangerous that at any time this year. In Montana and northern Idaho two thousand men are fighting the flames under the direction of the Forest rangers. In these two States alone approximately $170,0O0 has kal- ready been spent this season, and that figure is increasing by approximately $15.000 a day
 In Oregon and Washington vaIu- able timber intended to furnish air. plane stock for the fighting forces of the United States and it's allies is be- ing threatened by the flames. Log g1ng operations are so badly interfer- ed with that several large mills now supplying. the Government with this class of material may Be forced to discontinue operations. Numerous fires are, reported as the result of in- cendiarism.
 
 places little or no rain has fallen for weeks. The forests are now so dry that any fire which occurs is ant tc become dangeruos conflagration while high winds make 1t difficult to control even the smallest blaze With such conditions. 1t is pointed out, there is need to keep all persons out Of the woods. Tn order to fac. comp1fsh this the Governor of Ore. gon has postponed the opening of the hunting season in that State. In spite of the unusually dangerou, season. 1t is stated that until last weel there has been a comparatively snal loss of timber on the National For ests, private owners having suffered most of the damage done. This i, i largely explained as due to the in creased efficiency of the fire-fighttns force which has profited by the les sons of the past year. In many eases too. luck has been on the side of tn, rangers in handling particularly dan gerous fires. The outbreak of fire In the past few days Is taken by of ficia1s to indicate that the situation i | growing more serious
 l The whole organization Of the For est Service, in the affected districts is dsvoting itself exclusively te fir lighting. In accordance with a pre arranged plan, men from forest where there are no fires are re1iev ing the rangers who have besn wor, out by thei" long exertiens,
 WSi1e -s may be possible te he1, the damage fe q minimum by ttes and other methods, officials say ths not until the fall rains come will tn danger cease.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
ST. zIrA.

Zita lived for As years, in the ser- vice of Fatinelli, a citizen of Lucca.4 During this time she was a constant attendant at mass, rising early to go to church, and coming home in time to take up her duties for the day It. is said that once when Zita absorbed in prayer, remained in church past her usual hour. sine arrived home in. great distress only to find that the daily bread had been made ready for the oven. She never doubted that her mistress or one of the other serv- ants had done the work for her, and went to thank them. Put they denied having made~~the bread. Fatinelli treated Zita as a mere drudge and the other servants. resenting her. diligence. struck her. But she bore these hu- affiliations with patience. F1na-.y she converted the entire. household and her good works spread through out the entire countryside. She died in 127a and it is said that in the mo- ment of her death a bright star ap- peared above her attic. showing that she had gained eternal salvation, ff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
No Sympathy With the Fears of Nervous Cri
Bv HoRAT1O BOTToMLEY

more sensible, people to Parliament. came the retort. -5>%.. t.s .s:,- i>-
 A bit catty, wasn't it? '
 But I am glad to think that by this time that little maiden is happy even in married!
 Well, the question is, how will the lady vote2 And to help us to answer it must tell you something else. To get upon the Parliamentary Register, and apart from age qualification, she must be either already what Is called a Municipal voter-that. is to say, ratepayer entitled to vote at County Council elections and weird things of that kind-or she mustkb the wife of a man possessing the parliamentary vote.
 | Think of that. .. Picture husband and wife discuss ing the political situation at break fast time, arguing over the respective merits. of the rival candidates. and then going off. together to the polling booth to record their votes.
 And. let me give this consolation to the nervous. Ut really does not very much matter how she votes-any more than 1t does in the case of the men{ Our present franchise arrange mer4s are a delusion and a sham. And I have never understood why there has been all this fuss and delay about giving the ladies the political toy call l ed a vote. Why shouldn't they join in the party game? I do not, say it is exactly summer pastime, but it is, a capital thing for winter evenings; and, after all, it is fine to feel that you and land not Lloyd George,
 Bonar Law, MT. Ginnen and others
 are really running the British Elm
 pire. 1 ef
 I Still, how will she vote? Will she
 act as part of an automatic sex ma
 chiue-creature of some female eau lcus, formed to organize ''the woman's
 vote'-or will she apply her mind to the various problems of the day from
 a detached and independent point of lview? We must remember that so far
 as we have at present the opportunity
 of judging, the latter is, the more ! probable alternative. Take the ques- ton of Woman's Suffrage itself-for here the sex is sharply divided. Yet
 we should always remember that wo.
 man is woman-and | suppose that Iwhen all is said and done, she will tical, illogical, amiable, inconsistent
 contrary, and ever-surprising crea- l ture she is. Not that that fact vii prejudice the value of her vote as \ compared with that of the men-who \ as body are driven like flock oi sheep to the polling booths at the ' bark of the Parliamentary dog! .I And there is another aspect of the matter upon which I like to dwell Never forget that thousands of Bri. ,tish women who vote at the next par, Elementary election will go to the
 pdlling booths as the representative.
 of heroes who, in Britain's sacred II da'use, have made the supreme sac
 rdfice." In their hands the vote vii be no mere plaything, to be used fol trivial or unworthy ends As eacI woman places her cross upon the bal ) lot paper. according to the dictates O ! her heart and conscience, she vii seem to hear a whispered "Wel done'' from out the heart of the Eter nal Mystery. And in those cases, Bri tain will own no worthier. citizens Their path to the poliing-booth is al ready streWn with honor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01

Washington, Sept. Under a SUD- plemental regulation approved by President Wilson, governing the oper
 atfon of the selective draft law, hes
 pital internes and medical students who have been more than a year in
 college are exempted from the draft
 if they enlist in the enlisted reserve
 corps. On the basis of the Presi- dents action. Provost Marshal Gen
 eral Crowder sent te1egrams last
 night to the governors of the various
 states, giving explicit instructions as
 to how to act with respect to enlisted
 internes. In the telegram General
 Crowder says:
 Hospital internes. who are gradu-
 ates of well-recognized medical
 schools or medical students in their
 fourth, third, or second year, in any well organized medical school, who
 have not been called by a local board,
 may enlist in 1he enlisted reserve corps, provided for by Section 35 of the National Defense act, under reg
 ulations to be lsuued by the Surgeon General. and if they are thereafter called by a. lcca1 board, they may be discharged on proper claim present ed on the ground that they are in the military service of the United States. "A hospital interne who is a grad | uate of a well recognized medical school or a medical student in his fourth, third. or second year, in any well-recognized medical school, who has been called by a local board and | physically examined and accepted | and by or in behalf of whom nc
 claim for exemption or discharge is l nandinP who not been | dered to military duty, may aply to l the Surgeon-General of the army to | be ordered to report at once to 9 l local board for military duty and l thus be inducted into the military
 service of the United States immedi- ately, to be discharged from the na- 1 tional army for the purpose of enlist | ing in the enlisted reserve corps o1 the medical department. With every | such request must be inclosed a copy | of the order of the local board call. 1 ing him to report for physical exam l nations, affidavit evidence of the | status of the applicant as medica l student or interne, and an engage | ment to enlist in the enlisted reserve
 corps of the medical department.
 | Upon receipt of such application l with the named inclosures, the Sur geon General will forward the case t the Adjutant General with his recon | mendations. Thereupon the Adju | tant General may issue an order t. such interne or medical student t | report to his local board for militar duty on a specified date, in person, O by mail or telegraph, as seems mos | desirable This order, may be issue
 regardless of the persons order o
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
BRIDGEPORT MEN
 GET ARMY BIRTHS

Wast1inetoh. Ahg.lsfs Aras war de- parnuSzk z61a5 5KEindHnoddz1aa names of several Bridgeport men who have accepted commissions in the officers reserve corps of the army. Those ap- pointed are:
 Quartsrmaster .eerps-Captain Lew ! fs B. Wilson. Nc. z714 North Main street. Bridgeport.
 Ordinance corps Clarence H. Toss, No. 40 Mill Hill avenue, Bridgeport. Firs. 1ieuteaants, Robert e. Cook. No. 80 Livingston place, Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
COUNTRY'S COTTON
 CROP IS ESTIMATED 12 MILLION BALES

Washington: Sept. 1-The cotton crop was forecast yesterday; at 12,- 499, 1000 bales of 500 pounds each by the department of agriculture in it's revised estimate based on the condi- tion of the crop Aug. 25, which it. re- ported as 67.S per cent. of, a nor mal. The prospects improved to the extent of 450,000 bales during Aug ust. The condition showed a decline of 1-2 points wit hthe preceding 10 year average. The acre yield was forecast at 182.46 pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
AUGUST WEDDINGS
EvERY-BROWN.

The Rev. c. D. Case officiated Aug. 20, at the marriage of Miss Katherine Jeanette Brown, daughter. of Mrs. Henry Morris Brown of Buffalo, N. Y., to Marvin Holly Every of Greens Farms at the home of the brides mother. The bride was given in marriage by her mother, Miss Mar jorie A. Tabor was maid of honor and the best man was Dr. T. Carroll Davis of Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
RECKLESS J1FNEuR FINED.

Judge Bacon Wakeman in the Fair field court yesterday. fined Louis Par tis, a Bridgeport jitney driver, s25 and costs on 8 charge of reckless driving. Harry Snyder of Norwallt, running OH the wrong side of the road, was struck by Partis. the latter after the eo1lis- ion brought his ear to ahait on the porch of George Kish on the Boston Post road,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01

in Britain will exercise her voice in
 the government of the Empire.
 How will she vote3 That is the question. I mean the lady elector who is about to be placed on the Parlia- snsntary RegisterLto the tune of six millions of her. But she has to be at least thirty years old-and to ad- init it-so if you are of h cynical dis position you may think that in many cases she won't vote at all.
 -S I suppose the idea of fixing this age limit Is that ladies under thirty have something more, important than politics to think about: but be that as it may I see spiteful Mrs. Jones, of twenty-nine revelling in the free dom of her unenfranchised adoles- cenee-gloating over her neighbor' the ancient Mrs Smith of thirty, as the postman is seen delivering the election payers. However, there IS the plain fact that. beginning with the next General Election. practically every lady of thirty and upwards " Il be a full-fledged citizen,- with what is called a voicefin the government of the country. And it is a fascinating speculation how she will, exercise it.
 have been closely in Atouch with the movement for what was origin ally. and euphemistically,l called Wo- mems Rights for many years struck it when quite boy. was staying in Birmingham with an aunt, who was sister of George Jacob Hol- yoake, and she entertained strong views Non the subject and had led more than one procession Of women to the town hall in the early sixties to demand their rights" It was part of my daily duty to read the papers to hers rand,T well remember on one occasion asking the meaning o1 something MT. Eight had said. She rang the bell and sent for an old fel- low who used to do odd jobs about the garden, and who had never had ! a days schooling in his life. Wher he came into the room she requested me to read the passage again and ask
 him to explain it to me, adding: "Yor see, we women are not allowed tf understand UtheAe lAhings, but Jeniin, i win make 1t Aaui5e Goti." Jen | kfns however, explained that h. i could not read, and did not believe ' in newspapers land that sort O
 thing,,' and, looking at the clocl
 mumbled something about it bein,
 his time for beer and bread ant ! cheese. Needless to say, from tha 1 moment I became a staunch support
 CT of '-thes movement trr., F ,i; 1l 1'
 : I sFeheMb too, oRea sleavin, i the House Of Commons in compan. with two of it's young bloods, Lor' Dalmeny and poor Tommy Aga ] Robartes--now resting in a. hero
 grave. We were in merry mood, hay ing just voted against our party O
 something of the kind so we len { a willing ear to the extremely Attrac
 tive young suffragette standing at tn gates of St Stephens courtyard witt 1 a petition in her hand What Is you really want?'' asked one of m
 noble friends I want the vote, came the reply. '.And what woul,
 you do with it 7s' was the jocular re J6inder. Well. should try to sen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
DRAFTED MAN TRIES
 TO KILL OFFICIALS

Milwaukee. Sept. 1.-The attempted shooting of William Steiner a repre- sentative of the Department of Jus- tiee, and an attack with an axe en Sheriff IeineF near MaHitewee, last night, by 8 man named Vess. marked the first aHti=dFaft trouble in Wiseen- sin. Vass is said ta be the brother of a yeung farmer wfae was reported to have failed te register under the draft law. Vess escaped and officers were seeking him today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01
PERSONAL MENTION

Mir. and Mrs. Guy P, Miller of Bridgeport are spending the week end and holiday with MrH, Millers mother, Mrs. Samuel Celt in Farm ingten, Miss Mary Miller and Miss Catherine Miller. whe have been at Camp Haneuan. for the summer, and Richard Miller. who has been eamp- ing at Lowell, Me-. will also spend the weekend with their grandmeth= CT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01

CORTEz 0. ROCKWELL, piums- tHg and Heating. jsbbiHg a speciality. S051 Main and Hillside avenue Phone SzS-z. B 10 stf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01

After a man has had te hang to the straps in these crowded trolley ears, he feels glad that his ancestor the monkey, had plenty of practice swinging around in the trees,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01

"The French League in America was incorporated ia New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01

Twelve saiRAg ve&sels end steamers are Adnszat aetao pezs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-01

In view of the approaching enfran- 4 Hchisement of the British Women. v MT. Bottomley. in happiest mood,
 enters upon a fascinating specula-
 ton as to how the women elector Fin Britain will exercise her voice in
 the government. of the Empire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
DRESDEN

! MILLS-Mrs!G Frank Blinn passed few
days at the home of Mrs John cate las.
week.
Mrs. Clarence A. Mcdonald was HON,
over Memorial day.
/ Miss Mary j. Goodwin and Mrs Har-
riette Houdlette are quite i'll with bad
/ colds.
Mrs. Margaret White of Richmond was
an over-sunday guest Of Mr.. and Mrs
! NJ. S. Lord.
| c. II. Mcdonald returned Tuesday TO
Gardiner after passing a few days al
home.
The Bridge Academy graduation exer.
cises will be held June IA in the NJ. f.
church.
| Eddie Cloud and Harold Pushard each
have now automobiles.
| Plans are being made this year 10 have
the alumni Of Bridge Academy zone y
the events of the season. 1t will be the
18th anniversary of the first class and
each graduate should make every posi-
bic effort to be present. The roll call
Will be asked and each class should have
as many present as they can. The pas'
graduates will form in line at the gradu-
alton exercises and be given reserved
seats.
number from here went 10 North
New Castle Wednesday evening 70 at
tend the wedding reception Of Mr.. and
MsrR. cmfwy sh Wig etao cmfwyp emf"
Mrs. II. B. Cheney
reception was given Mr.. and Mrs EY-
erson by the brides parents, Mr.. AMI
Mrs. j. Warren Hawthorne, at the''
pleasant home on the Kennebec TUESDAY
evening. 80
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. johnson were hone
, over Tuesday
Kay Cate will have the stor route be-
tween Dresden Mills and Richmond. tax
ing the place of F. c. Goodwin.
Dr. woodward was home over SUNDAY
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
WORK ON BRIDGE
WAITS FOR STEEL

Much interest has been manifested
bv the people of this city and of Fair.
field relative to the bridge at Fairfield
which is under construction by The
Maine Central. The piers We're all nj,
in place last summer and much filling
has been done there. but there has
been none of the steel work put in an
appearance as yet. 1t was learned from
a man who is close up in the counsels
of the Maine Central that the COMPANY
which has the contract to furnish the
steel work is now hard at work on =,
and that they now have five or six a,
the spans completed and that they
expect to have them all done by the
first of August if not before. As soon
as possible they will commence shin.
ping them here and when enough has
arrived so that there is no danger ~
the assembling crew being held UP for
lack of material, the mon will be sen,
here and the bridge put in place. In
the meantime work is being rushed q,
the grading and getting things in read.
iress for the passing of trains over the
bridge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
Funeral Of Josiah W. eassett

The funeral of the late josiah Williams
Bassett was held at the family home IN
Winslow yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
Rev. Frederick X. Conant OF Winslow.
assisted by Rev. Paul S. Phalen Of Au-
gusta, conducted the service. There was
profusion of beautiful floral tributes.
Neighbors, citizens of Winslow. friends
and business associates from his native
town, from Waterville and Augusta. were
present in large numbers TO show their
appreciation of Mr.. Bassett's splendid
life
He was always deeply interested in the
public schools of Winslow and taught
there in his early days. AS mark OF
respect the schools closed at noon and
their flags and the flag at old Fort Hall
fax were placed at half mast during the
day.
The honorary bearers were Hon. Charles
F. johnson, Albert F. Drummond. George
S. Paine and Joseph Eaton.
The active bearers were the three sons,
Norman F., J. Colby and George *. Bas-
sett, and the son-in-law. Deane Is. Small
who has recently received captain S
commission in the Signal Officers Reserve
Corps.
The interment was in the family lot
in the Howard cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
NATIONAL HOME

Officer of the day, Capt. Joseph Al.
len.
Eugene C. DAILY, late Co. A. 9th
Mass. Inf, has been granted dis.
charge from the Home.
Charles w. Carson has returned
from a furlough passed with relatives
in Woodbury., VT.
James kehoe has applied for admis
sion to thep Home and has been taken
up I. A. p.
Edward w. Forbes has been granted
a furlough to visit relatives in Bruins
wick.
Granville F. Mcclure, Of Manchester.
n. H late Co. X, 14th Me. Inf: Viii
liam E. Lothrop. of Rockland. late L.
S. Navy; Patrick +. Mcnamara, OF
Brookline, late Co. I, 18th L. S. Inf
and George l. Brown. of Bangor, late
Co. B, I'd Me. Inf, have been admitted
to the Home.
The moving picture program for Fri
day will be Little Marie Sunshine"
in Twin Kiddies," a f1ve-part Pathe
feature: comedy. "Heinie and the
Four Hundred and the Pathe News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
WINSLOW

Harry McGinnis of Canada is passing
his vacation at the home of his parents.
on Benton avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Foster and daugh-
ter are moving from Benton avenue to
Waterville.
Miss Victoria Weeks. a student of the
L. Of NJ. was guest Thursday of her
mother, Mrs. Carrie e. Weeks
Miss Gladys Mcneil, daughter of Rev.
j. w. Mcneil, a former Winslow pastor.
has entered the Memorial hospital at
Worcester Mass, as ASSISTANT dietitan.
Joseph Foote left for Boston Thursday.
where he intends to enlist in the navy.
The High and Grammar schools closed
at 100 Thursday afternoon on account
of the funeral services of the late j. w.
Bassett.
Mrs. Walter Reynolds is entertaining
her mother, Mrs. Kicker of Clinton.
The pupils of the ninth grade of Gram
mar school, accompanied by Misses Sadie
Blake and Ella Freeman, the eighth and
ninth grade teachers, plan Saturday to
visit Augusta and Togus.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert w Lane of this
town are again called to give two more
sons to their country. James Milton has
enlisted in Co. II and Weldon Lane is
clerk in the Supply Company. Five sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lane are now serving
their country.
Jesse Jaqua Of New Haven, Ct, Is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-08
Prominent
SOCIETY WOMAN
AGAIN LEADS
ALL HER FAMILY AND A HOST OF
FRIENDS PLEASED

For n long time she made an Jphill
Hight against a bad case of nerves and
IL health. Doctors, Sanitariums and
Medicines had been tried without any
improvement Still she was a pluckv
little woman and did her best to brace
up and appear cheerful on account OF
the family though she gradually kent
growing from bad to worse to the dis
may OF her husband and children.
Things were indeed looking toueh
when the housekeeper said to tho hus.
band; Il am going to break nv rule
ana butt into family affairs for once
even II lose my job. for | firmly he .
heve that the trouble with the mis-
tress is that she has gone the Social
Whirl so hard she Is all run down
and her blood and nerves need the
same medicine took. Do you remem
Der my condition last spring? I took
Phosphated Iron and believe me it
made new woman OF me in short
order and | wish you would try 1t for
the misses"
Ready to try anything the husband
'phoned to his druggist for a box and
In few days the whole family no.
ticed the Improvement. 1t Just SEEM
ed as IL the woman's whole BODY was
starving for Phosphorous and Iron the
way II took hold. her cheeks filed
out. had a healthy rich color. appetite
returned and she had more strength
and vitality than in years and absolute
freedom from all nerve trouble. slept
like top.
The same story can be told by hun.
dreds Of men and women who have
experienced the benefits Of Phosphat-
ed Iron. Every doctor will tell you
that you must have plenty Of Iron and
PHOSPHORUS in your system il you
want healthy. strong bodies and nerves.
Get box Of Phosphated Iron today
and make a fresh start. feel like doing
things once again.
Special Netice-To insure your re-
ceiving the genuine Phosphated Iron
we have put up capsules only. Do not
allow dealers to substitute tablets or
pills.
The Bowditch Webster Co.. Augusta,
and leadink druggists everywhere
Adv