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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
SUBMARINES THE
BEST ANTID0TE
. FOR SUBMARINES
Simon Lake Fears U-Boat
Campaign Against
America.

New York, Nov. 17-Predictions
that enemy submarines will soon
make their appearance off American
ports, that the submarine will be
found to be the best antidote for the
submarine, and that the great world
powers in the near future will have
fotillas of contra submarines," es-
pecially built for operating against
undersea craft, were made by speak
ers who addressed the annual con-
vention of the Society of Naval Ar
yesterday.
Simon Lake, the Bridgeport in
ventor, pointed to the fact that only
one British vessel Of more than 1000
tons was reported sunk by German
submarines last week as an indica-
ton of possible danger to American
shores from the submarine menace.
He cited the transatlantic trips OF
the merchant submarine Deutsch-
land and the activities of the U-52 OF
the north Atlantic seaboard as ex-
amples of what is possible with the
submarine.
Commander E: S. Land of the
U. S. N, took issue with Mr.. Lake
when the latter said he did not be-
lieve the submarine could be effect
lively used against the submarines.
"A submarine can fight a subma-
rine as well as a battleship can fight
a battleship," said the commander.
Though he said foreign tendencies in
submarine construction were toward
displacements of 1000. 5000 and
even 5000 tons, Commander Land
declared his belief that craft of the
S00-ton type are now being most
generally built because of their
adaptability for all-year use
| Marley F. Hay predicted the de-
ve1opment of ''contra-submarine'
or a submarine lighting undersea boat
which would do most of it's work
while Submerged Revolutionary but
practicable changes in battery. connirs
tower and motor construction will
| make possible the creation Of such g
weapon to combat the submarine
menace, he said.
Estimates that Germany had ir
com mission over 700 submarines las
May and that she would have in ser
vice a total of 1900 undersea craft b.
the end Of the year were discredite6
by Mr.. Hay. ''It does not seem pos
|
200 submarines in commission las
May" he said. Information at hand
would indicate that the actual recen
output has been approximately 10 sub
marines a month";
Mr.. Hay, in discussing the develop
ment of the submarine, declared Ger
many was the last of the great worlt
powers to admit the desirability or ne
cessity for SUBMARINES.
American industrial workmen ar,
more capable than the industrial
workers of Germany, Henry Law
renee CAN'T, a mechanical engineer
declared in an address on the capac
ity and ability of the American work
ingrnan. Americans turn out NOR
| dollars worth in the ratio of wage
received" he said
Efficiency of the German. organi
cation as a WHOLE" he added, sis bet
ter because the autocratic militar,
authority has forced industry to CO
operate"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
BURPEE NAMED
MAJOR GENERAL

Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb ANNOUNCE
ed yesterday the appointment Of
Judge Lucius F. Burpee, colonel of
the Connecticut Home Guard, to the
rank Of major-genera1 of the State
Home Guard organ .zation. The ap-
pointment was made under the act
passed at the last session of the Gen.
eral Assembly, giving the chief state
executive extraordinary power to
meet emergencies arising out of the
war
General Burpee was in command
of the Second Infantry, c. N. G., for
several years and was considered one
of the most efficient commanding Of
fcers in the brigade. He served dur
ing the Spanish-American War in
Cuba and Porto Rico, as judge advo-
cate. He first enlisted in Company
c, First regiment, G. N. G., in Rock
Vile.
For some time there has been a
feeling that If the Connecticut Home
Guard was to discharge its full du-
ties. there should be some one gen.
eral commanding officer. The size Of
the organization is that of an army
division, and therefore. needs q ma
Jor-general
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
HOME GUARD IS
VALUABLE, SAYS
RECENT REPORT
Resignation of Capt. Field
Is Announced In
Statement.

The military emergency board. in
a report to Governor Marcus H. Hol.
comb yesterday gave high praise to
the Home Guard organization. 1t
was called valuable because, for one
thing, it's ranks are filled with the
best of the citizens and residents,
ranking with the highest in business,
in the professions, in industrial pur-
suits, and in personal character.
In the matter of expense, the board
said, the original estimated expense
was not less than 100000, though
the 5000 men were provided for at a
cost of about $26O,00o. The addition,
al expense, not provided for in the es-
timated expense account, has been to
date 5000. These amounts include
all the. large items Of expense for uni
forms, arms, ammunition and equip
ment, and all the, cost of maintenance
for eight months.
The point is made that in March
of this year, the state had in it's pos
session no military supplies of any
kind and that such supplies as have
since been bought, will be serviceable
to the state for years to come. The
following designations have been an
nounced:
Captain H. Merriman Steele, Sec
ond District Ambulance Company.
Captain John Field, Company H,
Fourth Regiment, Bridgeport; Cap
tain Charles G. Gordon, Darien Com
pany, Fourth Military District; First
Lieutenant Raymond c. Lewis, intel
ligence officer, Fourth Military Dis
trict; First Lieutenant Robert S. Per-
due, assistant surgeon, Battalion C,
Fourth Military District; First Lieu
tenant wallac e. Hoffman, Fifth Dis
trict, Ambulance Company; First
Lieutenant Graham o. We1lman. ad-
jutant, Third Battalion, Sixth Regi-
ment; Second Lieutenant Edgar M.
Munson, Company H, Second Regi-
ment, Eamden; Second Lieutenant
Frederick E. Stearns, Wallingford
company, Second Military District
Second Lieutenant Elwood Ward
Company L. Third Regiment, Put.
nam; Second Lieutenant Walter Fl
Luther, Jr.. Redding company, Fourth
Military District; Second Lieutenant
Gorton James, Naugatuck company
Fifth Military District; Second Lieu
tenant Thomas A. Calder. Winsted
company, Fifth Military District.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
CONN. EXCEEDS
IT'S ALLOTMENT

Connecticut again has gone "oves
the top" Secretary George c. HUI,
bert of the Hartford Y. M. c. A., who
~ chairman of the Y. M. c.. A. War
Work Council in Connecticut. receiv-
ed a telegram from the New Eng
land headquarters in Boston at 10
o'clock last night announcing that
Connecticut is the first state n the
union to exceed its Y. NJ. c. "A. War
Fund.
The allotment Connecticut was
given was 100000. The report as
sent from Boston showed that this
state now has subscriptions amount
Ing to $1.059.629, and as the cam
paign does not close until Saturday
night it is very probable that Con-
necticut will exceed its allotment in
this campaign in the same proportion
that it surpassed 1t in the Liberty
loan campaign.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
TAsHUA AND LONG HILL.

The Tashua Knitting club was held
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. franklin
Mal1ett. Wednesday evening. Thirty
one were present. The next meeting
will be at the home Of Mrs. John T.
Treadwen.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo r. Wildman
of Tashua are the proud parents of
two daughters, Harriet Eliza beth
and Henrietta Edith born wednesday
morning, Nov. s. The little girls
weighed 1-2 and 8 pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Edward Elliott, Mr..
and Mrs Samuel G. Seeley, and son,
Mrs. Charles B. Seeley and Miss Ade-
Iaide Schmidt attended a sale and
chicken-pie supper held at the Easton
Baptist hall. Friday evening. Over
500 was realized from the affair.
Harry House. Mrs. Ellen House and
Miss Laura Toucey of Springfield,
Mass, are spending few days al
their old home in Long HILL
Mrs. Dwight Fuller is spending sew
cral days at the home of 1ir. and Mrs
Richard Greene of Jersey City.
The Long Hill Knitting club was
held at the home of Mrs. James BUR
roughs. Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Beach and
family have moved int" their new
home on the Tashua road.
Mr.. anti Mrs. Charles Seeley attend
ed the funeral Of Orlando Banks Os-
borne held at his late home in Easton
Tuesday afternoon at / O'Clock.
Samuel Seeley is serving on jury
duty in Bridgeport on the criminal
court of the common pleas.
Lorenzo Wi1dman and son, Joseph
Kohler and Charles Seeley attended
an ASHTON in New Milford. Friday.
Richard Schmidt has recently had
a fall which resulted in broken arm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
100000 men
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
new DRAFT Law

Washington, Nov. 17-New regula-
tons under which the remaining avail
ab1es of the. 100000 men registered
for military duty will be drafted for
service with the colors were announced
today by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. The new regulations are
coincident with the division of eligi-
bles into five classes, and the circula-
ton of the official questionnaires
which have been discussed in previous
announcements.
The new regulations, as has been
announced before, repeal all proceed
ing regulations, cancel all exemptions
and discharges granted under the old
system, and restore every registered
man to his original status. He will
hereafter be required to undergo all
examinations anew and present his
claims for exemption again.
AS the new classifications make
more liberal provision for leaving men
with dependents in the classes to be
called last, it Is practically certain
that every man who had legitimate
exemption on the ground Of depend
ency under the old regulations will get
the same under the new ones. The
first class, which embraces men wholly
without dependents, is expected to
bring in fully 100000 men. The
missionaries beginning Dec. 5 will
be- circulated among the regis
trants at the rate of per
cent. of each local registra-
ton each day. Volunteer medical
and legal boards Being organized in
each district will assist registrants in
making out the forms and supporting
affidavits, which are very complete.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
TUE WEATHER

New Haven, Nov. fs - For
Bridgeport and vicinity: Fair
tonight; Sunday increasing cloud
mess.
Connecticut: Fair tonight and
Sunday; little change in tenn
pernture, moderate winds, mostly
west.
Pleasant weather continues this
morning I'm the eastern and south
ern districts. A long trough of
low pressure extending from
Texas northeastward to upper
Michigan In causing unsettled,
Ehowery weather between the
Rocky mountains and the Mis-
sissppi river. The temperature
conanues moderately low In the
southern districts. Frosts~ were
reported ms far south as Florida.
Conditions favor for this vi
cinity fair weather with slowly
rising temperature, followed by
Increasing cioud.ness on Sunday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
PERFECTLY GOOD
BEER is WASTED

Stafford avenue, or at least that
portion of it adjoining the intersection
at Cowles street, was turned into a
semblance of the flooded streets OF
Venice, shortly before eight o'clock
last evening, when a trolley car COL
lfded with brewery wagon, hurting
dozens of bottles of beer into the
street.
Most of the bottles were smashed,
and their contents poured into the
cutters, the waste being regarded with
ruefu1 eyes by hundreds of spectators
A considerable number of dozens
escaped damage, however, and these
fell into the hands of people in the
crowd, who hastily marched OFF with
their loot
The brewery wagon was somewhat
damaged, but no one was injured in
the crash.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
For Coal, Like Whiskey
a Certificate Is Needed

Philadelphia. Nov. 17-Deahug out
coal on physicians certificate like a
prescription for medicine is the latest
scheme here for combating the fuel
shortage.
At the Office of the local Fuel Adj
ministrator, Francis A Lewis. a wide
variety of excuses has been offered
by consumers who want coal. The
usual plea is that There is sickness
in the family"
Requests of this kind became so
numerous that the Fuel Administrator
now requires certificate from a ply
stefan to back up each plea.
In the meantime the shortage is
growing more acute.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
GRAVES DIES OF
GAS POISONING

Asphyxiation by illuminating gas es-
Gaping through hole in the tube con-
Meeting small stove to a jet caused
the death of M. A. Graves, of 243
Railroad avenue, yesterday afternoon.
The mans body was found by James
Staryin, of 443 Railroad avenue, a
friend who came to visit him.
Death was accidental, according to
the authorities Graves has been i'll
for a few days, and it is believed that
he failed to notice the leak when Ia
went to bed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
POINTED REVOLVER
AT HER OLD LOVER

When Elizabeth Meyers. Is, of z6z
Beardsley street. drew a small revolt
Yer from her pocket on the morning
Of November 5th and pointed it men
acingly at Walter Nusfeldt, of the
same address. she intended only to
frighten him. according to her story
as told by the police officer who had
arrested her. before Judge Frank L.
Wilder in the city court today
The girl told the policeman that
Nusfeldt had wronged her some time
before. but that she had no desire to
harm him. She was arraigned this
morning on charges OF carrying con-
cealed weapons and incorrigtbility,
and was committed on the strength OF
the latter. to the House of Good SheDe
ard. in Hartford.
Physicians who had examined the
girl informed the court that She was
perfectly sane.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
ACCUSES MISSING
GIRL OF THEFT

Clothing valued at $500 was stolen
from Mrs. Grace Meyer, of 7S1 Main
street, yesterday. according to a COM
plant filed this morning with Deteo.
tive-Ca plain Edward Crvnan. Mrs.
meyer accuses a servant, Alice San
tiago. of the theft and reports that
the girl is missing. Investigation is
in progress.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
EDnA JOHANNA JOHNSON

Edla Johanna Johnson, aged "a
years, died suddenly last evening at Z
O'Clock, following an hours illness at
the family residence, 23O1 Barnum
avenue, Stratford. Medical Examiner
William BIZ Cogswel of Stratford who
was called pronounced death due to
heart failure. Mrs. johnson had at
tended party in the afternoon. Re
turning home about SIX O'CLOCK, she
complained Of feeling unwe1l. The
family physician was summoned and
despite all medical attention she sue
cumbed an hour later. Besides her
husband, John August, she is survived
by two children, Hulda Marie, aged
IA years, and John Alfred, aged 4,
Two brothers, John and Charles john
son living in this city and three sis
tiers, Hulda, Marie and Augusta all
Of Sweden also survive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
Overheated Range
Is Cause of Fire

An overheated range in the kitchen
of The Canton. Chinese restaurant
at 81 State street. set fire to woodwork
surrounding it in part. and caused an
alarm to be sent in at o'clock this
morning. Ffremen quickly had the
blaze under control. and 1t was ex-
tinguished before damage amounting
to more than $50 had been DONE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
HANNAH WHITE

After a very short illness, Hannah
Carroll, wife of Nicholas D. Whyte,
died this morning at the family resi-
dence, 584 William street. Her death
althoug not wholly unexpected, has
cast a pail Of gloom over her wide cir
Gle Of friends and acquaintance. Mrs.
Whyte was for fraany years resident
of the East Side and was an active
member and worker of st. Charles
R. c. church. She had resided IN
that parish ever since It's organ1za-
ton eight years ago. Besides her
husband, she is survived by hve SIS
ters. Mrs. John Rhynus, Mrs. Michael
Driscoll and Mrs. T. H. Ryan, all of
this city and two sisters, living in Ire
land Solemn funeral services will be
held Monday morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
wILHELM1NA M. McGIRR

Funeral services for Wilhelmina
Mary McGirr were held this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock at the home ~of
her grand parents, 81 North Wash
ington avenue. Rev. Hubert Dahme,
pastor of st. Joseph's German r. c..
church, officiated. Many pupils of
st. Joseph's parochial school, of which
the deceased was a member, attend
ed the obseuuies Burial was in Park
cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
OBITUARY
CLARA M: RYDER

Following an illness of several
weeks, Clara M. Ryder died yester-
day afternoon at the Bridgeport hos
pital Miss Ryder was AZ years of
age and resided at 473 Lafayette st.
She was for number of years en-
ployed as assistant forelady at the
Warner Bros. Corset factory. One
brother and one sister survives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17

The party of American congressman
and citizens visiting the front in
France were entertained by the King
of Belgium on his birthday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17

FRENCH AND DUTCH BULBS
JUST ARRIVED
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-17
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-11

body of ore than has heretofore
been developed.
Cash Boy Cons.
Uniform shipment of high-grade
mill ore continue each week from
the Cash Boy mine. The latest re
turns give a value of $25 per ton,
which is considerably higher than
the average ore milled in the camp.
This is an important feature to a
mine like the Cash Boy. which has
it is self-supporting, after a long
stretch of Improbable development
work, which was necessary before
encountering the rich ore bodies
that are only found at a depth far
beneath the surface in the western
area of the district. The Cash
IS strong ore deposits which
are yielding such splendid returns
continue t. improve in size and
value as development work pro
crosses.
The raise which is being put up
from the east drift on the 1860
level from the Wine to connect
with the level above is in good ore
and as soon as this connection is
accomplished stopping on a large
indications are very promising for
the extraction of a large tonnage
between the two levels, which will
be Joined by the raise.
The ReScue-Eula
The usual satisfactory develop
ment is being maintained at the
Rescue, and a tonnage of about
200 per week is being sent to
the West Emo mill for treatment
and this ore contributes largely to
the bullion shipments credited to
the West End each week.
Drift 952 has been extended a
distance of over 100 feet on the
vein and is in a face of god ore
that varies from Is inches to
feet in width. The values are
ranging from low grade mill values
to high grade, but the genera
average of the ore after being
broken is sufficiently higf, Tor il
to be SEN to the mill. To give ouI
readers a better understanding OF
the exact location of these work
ings. will state that This DRIFT is be-
ing run in an easterly direction and
has followed along the side ,4ne Of
the Rescue and Eula claims until ii
has now extended a distance that
Last Thought claim. Tonop&h
Miner.
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NO HOP THREAT
WEAkENS THIEF
MAN ENTERS COLUMBIA STREET.
HOUSE AND STEALS
pOCKETBOOK

Carl Dyer, an alleged dope fiend,
was arrested last evening and
charged with stealing a pO%cketbook
containing checks and $12 in cash
from Mrs. f. c.. Gilfillan. After
being arrested he was taken into
court and pleaded not guilty, but
when Chief of Police Morrison ami
Officer Benton, who arrested him
threatened to keep him in jail With,
out dope until he told where the
pocketbook was, he disclosed the
hiding place.
The officers went to the rear of
one of the houses in a row on Ram
sew street, between Columbia and
Fifth n where Dyer lives, it
is said, with a woman who is also
a dope fiend, and found the pocket
book buried where Dyer told them
to look.
, The checks were still in it. but
Dyer admitted to the officers that
he had spent the $12.
The pocketbook was stolen from
the front room in the residence of
DR.. j. V. Davis on Columbia street.
While the doctor. with Mrs. Davis
and Mrs. Gilfillan were eating sup
per in a rear room, Dyer entered
the house and took the pocketbook
from a desk on which it was lying.
Mrs. Gilfillan had seen the man
near the house and when she found
the pocketbood had disappeared she
suspected him of taking it and no.
titled the officers.
Dyer pleaded guilty to petty lar
ceny this morning and will De sem
fenced tomorrow by Justice Of the
Peace Arnold.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-11
COPPER BASIN HAS
PROMISING STRIKE
HIGH ASSAYS ARE OBTAINED
FROM ORE IN LANDER
NINE

C. w. Burge was in town Thurs
day from Copper Basin looking
after the initial hauling of a car
load shipment of ore from the
Western group of claims. This
shipment is being made from the
Buckingham claim, which is at pre-
sent occupying the attention OF the
e
Mr.. Burg states that a six-foot
vein of high-grade silver-gold ore
carrying a small per cent OF copper
has been opened up on this claim,
which furnished the present ship
ment. 1t has been found by samp-
ling that the entire face of 10 foot
tunnel will concentrate. Some sam
pies taken from the concentrates
show as high as 500 per ton.
The ore is being shipped without
sorting and will average $50 to the
ton. AS depth is gained the vein
is showing higher values, and they
have now drifted approximately 80
feet.
L.. B.. McMurtry, accompanied by
Fred Handy, paid a visit of inspec-
ton to the property last week, and
both being well impressed with the
! showing made. have decided to put
up a mill the coming spring, IL the
vein continues with it's present
strength.
Mr.. Burge who is interested in
the property, which he has been
managing and working for the past
10 years, says that for the purpose
of increasing the output and rush
ing development, air compressors
and drills would be installed with
in a short time.
The operation of worthy pro-
ducers such as these claims are
proving to be, by men of Mr.. Nc
Murtry's financial strength, means
much for this district, as operations
on a big scale or paying properties
are made possible.-Battle Noun
tain Scout.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-11
The North Star

Superintendent loves report OF
operations at the North Star mine
states that the usual progress was
made in the drift and the cross-cut
on the hanging wall side of the
North Star fault on the 1050-foot
level. The drift. in particular, is
reported to be showing excellent
indications of making into a better
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-08-11
CASH PAYMENT MADE
ON TUNGSTEN NINE

Joe Dixon, who with Thomas
flanagan and Otto Matson, has been
engaged for the past is months In
the development of tungsten proper
ty in the Lexington district, arriv-
ed home Monday last from San
Francisco, where he closed a deal
for the sale of the mines to San
Francisco people for $4,000, &c.,
900 of which vas paid in cash. The
property includes II claims upon
which the boys have done consider
able development work, and from
which 10 tOns of ~high-grade ore
has been shipped. In addition to
these shipments the ore on the
dump at the mines was sold for
81, 000.-Ely Record.