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New-York tribune., 1918-01-14

were to-day appointed assistant civil
engineers. with the rank OF lieuten-
ant, Junior grade, in the navy, Secre
tary Daniels announced tonight. The
men, who passed a recent examination,
have been named to fill ten vacancies
and twenty temporary positions in the
corps OF civil engineers Of the navy.
The preliminary examinations for
appointment were taken by 235 candi-
dates, representing siXty-five colleges
universities and technical schools of
thirty-seven states OF the Union ana
England. Canada, Russia. France, Swift
zerland and Hawaii Of this number
eighty passed and were eligible for the
final tests. Only fifty, however, COM
peted for appointment, with thirty sue
cceding. Those appointed as perma-
nent assistant civil engineers follow:
William Mack Angas, Baltimore;
Lewis Barton Combs, Rensselaer,, N.
Y; Vernon Rea Dunlap. Philadelphia:
Hugo Carl Fisher, New Bedford, Ohio;
George William Horsley, Cleveland; :;
John Joseph Manning, Troy, N. Y;
Valentine Joseph McManus, Troy, n.
y; Arthur Lindsay Nelson, Ashmont,
Boston, and Willard Averill Pollard,
il. East Orange, n. ].
The temporary appointees are:
Frank Floris AddicAs, 1,345 Plimp-
ton Avenue, The Bronx; Herbert Stan
ley Bear. Columbus, Ohio; Andrew
Gustave Bisset, Washington; Henry
| Brinkmeyer, jr, Prescott. Ariz.; Carl
Henry Cotter. Flint. Mich; Arthur
Charles Eherhard. Allentown, Penn. !;
Carl Fowler Fritch, 115 Prospect Park
S. W., Brooklyn; Ira Purdy Grilfcn,
Mason City, Iowa; Theron Abbott
Hartung, Detroit; Louis Brossy Hyde
Quantico, Va; Charles Reid Johnson,
Washington; Harold West Johnson
Geneva, N. Y; Robert Lesion McLel-
land, Dorchester, Mass; John Burlin-
son McTigue, Washington; Lewis
Nicholas Moeller. 2,1S5 Seventh Ave
rue, New York; Fritz Charles Nyland
u. s. S. Isis; Henry Benjamin
Overesch. jr., Lafayette, Ind; Emil
Praeger, 1872 Stratford Road, Brooklyn:
Charles Douglas Riddle, Electric, N
c.. and Lewis Thornburg, University
Park, South Bethlehem, Penn.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-14

for coal and have come back to this
port to load cargoes. Although the ex-
ira journey involved from four to
five days extra coal consumption the
agents estimated that the loss was
nothing compared with an indefinite de-
lay in this port.
Heavy weather on the Atlantic has
been great drain on ships in ballast
coming westward. A Belgian relief
ship, which left Rotterdam with / 200
tons of coal. arrived here several days
ago after a passage Of thirty- four days
with only seventy tons in her bunkers.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-14
Fire Sweeps Big Building
Hawkins Block and Othe,
Grand Rapids Structures
DESTROYED

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Jan. s.
The Hawkins Block. a six story Office
building in the business section, was
destroyed and two other big buildings
adjoining were swept by a fire of un-
determined origin tonight. Almost i'm
passable drifts of snow impeded the
fremen in their efforts to control the
flames.
The Industrial Building, 600 by 200
feet, consisted Of four stories and a
basement, all occupied. The structure
was of brick, built in five sections, and
one of the biggest plants of it's kind in
the city. Insurance on the building
was said to be 100000 and on the con-
tents at between $500, 900 and $7OO 600
New-York tribune., 1918-01-14
Martial Law Declared
Along Colombia's Coast

BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 10. Mar
tial law has been declared in the de
partments on the Atlantic coast on ac-
count of strikes. The government IS
confident that order Will be restored
soon.
The strikes have no political sgniii-
cance, and the remainder of the coun :
try is quiet
New-York tribune., 1918-01-14
evanston Planned to
Make Control Of Fleets
Effective
Ranches in Coast
Cities To Be Opened
Measures Taken to Insure
Prompt Loading and
Sailing

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Reorgani-
,,,ion and expansion Of the operating
,.Oartment Of the Shipping Board so
= to place representatives in London.
Paris and Rome and branches at near
r sIl important Atlantic coast ports.
w,s announced tonight as one of tho
rec, results of the inter-Allicd war
onterencc. Tho plan is not only to
,sse more effective control of the
american merchant fleet. but to insure
onplete cooperation with the shipping
]. the Allies.
Chairman Hurley OF the board also
,nnounced that the country's shipyards
re speeding up faster and producing
,,nnsge in greater measure than ever
ssore thought possible. Eighteen YES
els requisltioned on the stocks, Of
1901 lightweight tonnage. will be
completed this month, he said, and
.uring February twenty three ships of
49,. 900 tons viii be turned out. Twen-
,y-ave Of the for'yonc vessels are be-
ing built on the Pacific Coast.
Mr. Hurlcy's Statement
II a statement concerning the opcr-
,.ons department. expansion Mr.. Hur-
.sy said;
Upon the recommendation of Ed
ysrd +. Garry, director OF operations,
,aere is to be an expansion of the
eperating department to meet the grow
TX needs Of the shipping situation.
The expansion j. one of the direct re-
,sIts Of the inter-Allied conference in
Paris, at which conference the Ship
ing Board was represented by Com
rssioner Bainbridge Colby.
IN order that there may be complete
md immediate cooperation. the direc-
or OF operations viii have a reprcsen-
.s.iye in London. one in Paris and one
Rome This will insure the maxi
NUN use and efficiency Of Ame rican
and Allied shipping.
SO that every ship will be loadec
PROMPTLY and moved without DELAY O,
confusion. the director of operations
will have in New York a controller OF
Shipping, who will be on the ground te
cooperate with the War Port Board anc
the War Department, giving quick de.
elsons, and seeing to it that no shir
remains idle unless in case of neces-
sty.
Controller to Have Full Charge
The controller, working under Mr.
AIRY. will have complete charge of
he New York shipping offices and the
'ansat!antlc service, and will also be
charge Of the pooling plans to ia
altate and expedite our shipping in
snnection with that Of England
nance, Italy and Russia. Question.
T. organization and policy. as WORKED
nj by Director Carry. viii be applied
y the controller or the scene of ac
ION.
These plans call for the creation @
separate trans sportation branch
Faere all matters concerning the move
nent Of ships will be handled; a ma
me branch. where crews, repairs Z
;nps. supplies. etc, will be provided
chartering branch. rate-makin,
ranch and claim department..
AS Il further means of eXpeditin,
shipping there will be established. il
ADDITION to the branch in San Fran
csco. other branch Offices in Boston
Philadelphia. Baltimore. Norfolk
gharlcston. Jacksonville, Mobile, Ney
. Orleans and Galveston. Experience,
'nlpplng men will be plcacd in charg
ai the various Offices"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22
CLUB NOTES

A. H. w., Ont. Asks the following questions:-
 1-Superflous hair; I very much de- sire something safe for the removal of superfluous hair, something besides electrolosis that will remove and fin- ally destroy it.
 2-Varicocele: Left side not bad but some doctors have told me it is one cause of my nervousness. I have tried everything but surgery.
 3-Gray hair: am too young to be so gray. My eye brows are as dark as ever. Can the natural color be restored and if not is there any harm less preparation that will effectually conceal the grayness for a few years without having the appearance of a dye?
 I have the first two volumes of your Home Health Club bookc and am well pleased with them. I wish you continued success in your noble work.
 Answers:-
 There Is not to my knowledge a really dependable method of removing superfluous hair outside of electro l losis. There are chemical prepara- i tions made in dry powder form, ouI of which a paste is made. This Is spread over the surface covered by the hair and will destroy the hair but | not the roots. In some cases it seems to destroy the roots and the growth finally ceases but not in all cases.
 2-Slight varicocele Is very com mon, some surgeons claim 1t affects a majority of men and is comparative | ly harmless. Take a cold sitz bath every other night before retiring for three months, do no heavy lifting or straining during that period and it is | quite likely to trouble you no more.z S-In the personal letter which you
 requested I have sent you a descrip-
 tion of simple preparation for re- storing the natural color to premature | gray hair. It will be necessary to use | it about once every two weeks. There | is not known to me any agent that
 will restore the color by internal l treatment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22
NOTICE

Taken by virtue of an execution to me directed, and will be sold at pub lie vendue to the highest bidder, at the public -sign-post in the town of Bridgeport, fourteen (14) days after date, which will be on the third day of December. 1918, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy said execution and my fees thereon, the following describ- ed property, to wit: II boxes matches 16 boxes stove polish, 16S cans toma- toes; l box soap, 4 boxes condensed milk, 1S0 cans sardines, 69 gallons cotton seed oil; 93 small bottles cot ton seed oil, 4 one fb cans lard, 5 dog. glasses jelly, 3 cases canned tomatoes, No. 1; 1 case of soap (small size), case of powdered soap; 52 cases mixed pickles. boxes soap, 15 lbs cheese, 12 gallons olive oil, boxes tomato sauce, bags sugar, 75 lbs seed AT fb g clothes line. 26 bags beans GOO fbs each).
 Dated at Bridgeport. this T9th day of November 1918.
 CHARLES B. MARA. Sheriff of the City-of Bridgeport. H19 SC
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22
HOTEL EMPLOYEES
 MAY STRIKE

New York, Nov. 22-Authority to call out on strike the 15,000 mem bers of the International Federation of Hotel Employees, in sympathy with the 2,600 cooks, waitresses and store room girls who have been on strike for several weeks at nine big New York hotels, was vested yesterday in a committee representing the union. This was done after an all night con- ference of the workers, and the com- mittee went into session at noon to consider action. Otto Wagner, secre- tary of the union, said he did not be- lieve the general strike would be de- clared today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22
ROLL OF HONOR
 SENT FROM THE
 FIGHTING FRONT

Washington, Nov. 22-Casualty lists furnished by the Commanding Gener- al of the American Army and made public today contain 1855 names, di- vided as follows:
 Killed in action, 404; wounded, (degree undetermined, 359; wound ed slightly, 378; died of wounds, S8; died of accident and other causes, il; died from airplane accident, 1; died of disease, 105; wounded Be- verely, S7; missing in action, 69; prisoners, 13.
 Four Bridgeport boys have been wounded in action. according to to- days casualty. Joe Longo of 200 North Washington avenue, is reported as wounded, degree undetermined; Thomas Griffin of 915 Hallett street; Frank B. Frassa of ST Highland ave- nue, and John J. Waltersdorf of 8 Ellis lane, are reported as slightly wounded.
 Twenty-six names make up the Connecticut casualty list issued to- day. They are divided as fol-
 Killed in Action.
 Battista Castagnoli, Gales Ferry. Stanley Krayewske, Middletown.
 Died from Wounds. Arthur J. Brow, Wallingford.
 Died of Disease.
 John E. Trumbull New Haven. Harry A. Burroughs. Hartford.
 Wounded Severely.
 Edward J. Bowers, New Haven. John Kalogiros, Thompsonville. John J. Welch, Hartford.
 Wounded (Degree Undetermined) Gustave Henchar, Stamford. Carleton Lamberton, Hartford. Fred Therrien, Willimantic. Patrick Haggerty, Willimantio. Daniel H. Reardon, New Britain. Peter Crosson, Greenwich. Joe Longo, 200 North Washington avenue, Bridgeport.
 Wounded Slightly.
 Bernard Conwell, Southport Michael Deangelo, Waterbury. Thomas E. Griffin, 915 Hallet street, Bridgeport.
 Bernard J. Havens, Hartford. Philip S. Weaving, Naugatuck. Clifford c. Foye, New Haven. Frank B. Frassa, s7 Highland ave nue, Bridgeport.
 Francis Harris, Hartford,
 Philip G. Phaneuf, Wauregan. JOHN J. WAITERSDORF, Ell lane, Bridgeport.
 Missing in Action.
 George J. Kuchinsky, Stamford.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22

The asthma and a stubborn trouble some cough disappeared and he was well.
 could tell you of case after case that I have seen in which abused teeth were the unsuspected cause of serious illness.
 The condition of the teeth, the port of entry, so to speak for the support of our physical life, should have con- stant and thorough attention. To be on the safe side all around there should also be chemical analysis and miscroscopical examination of the urine at least once a year and prefer able every three months. Many a | valuable fife might be saved if this precaution were taken by all. Precaution is much better and saf- er as well as much cheaper than Q cure. If you will tell me of your con- dition. I will gladly tell you whether or not an x-rcy Is advisable in your case or not or in regard to 6 labor atory test of your urine.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22

Try an Advertisement in The Times
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22
Home Health Club
 Edited bv DR DAVID H. BREEDER Chicago
AVID H. BREEDER, Chicago

The x-Ray:-When the powerful rays of light discovered by Roentgen were first called to the attention Of the medical profession, there was, as usual, a vast number of claims made as to It's healing power by doctors that knew practically nothing at all about 1t. FherO is always in the minds of some people something pow erful and helpful in the mysterious and unknown.
 The X-ray enabled the physician to see things that he had never seen be- fore, as 1t had very power-Il effect upon the skin and even the deeper tissues. There were many wild and unreasonable claims made for its therapeutic value. After many years of careful experimenting, 1t has not been proven that it is cure for can Ger except the kind called Lupus" or ''Woolf' cancer, usually found on the skin of the face or hands. A kind Of cancer that is not often dam gerous unless permitted to go with out attention, when 1t may develop into a malignant cancer.
 In that kind of cancer the X-ray is usually of great value but there are other and less expensive methods of successful treatment,
 There is for the X-ray, however, 9 splendid field of usefulness and if more of you would take advantage of 1t, there would be much less sickness and suffering and far less doctor bills to pay.
 Every person that has a filled or crowned tooth, should have an X-ray picture made of all of their teeth, at least once each year, There Is an- other very large class of people that should have this service even oftener than once 8 year, those that take no care of their teeth whatever, do not 10 to a dentist but show to the world lot of blackened and decayed teeth that are a disgrace to any civilized human being.
 Many of these people suffer with pyorrhea, that Is a secretion of pus which is constantly being squeezed out between the gums and teeth making the breath very foul and poi .Boning the system, This pus is the principal cause of rheumatism and the enlargement of the joints, also of that form of heart disease called endocar. ditis, It sometimes causes, in an in- direct way, epilepsy, asthma and other ailments that are difficult tc overcome.
 I well remember the case of a mar about fifty years old who came tc the Home Health club for help, g bad case of asthma, He was quite proud of his teeth and when told that an X-ray must be made of them, was indignant. He was told, however, that no further consideration would be given to his case unless he did as he was directed. As he had travelled five hundred miles to find out what severa doctors could not tell him he finally had the X-ray photographs made ant he could then see for himself large quantities of pus at the roots of hi! teeth. Every tooth in his mouth wal infected, decayed at the roots and had to come out. No other treatment was required except the necessary change in his diet and an herb tonic
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22

having become accustomed to getting the best of disputes with Canada, but Congress, to it's credit, promptly voted an appropriation for its pay ment. The entire sum did not go to Canada, as Is often stated, for the Dominion received $4,490,882 as its share, the remainder going to New Foundland. In the light of subse- quent events, the award of $500, 900 as the value of the fishing privilege above the reciprocal clauses of the treaty was eminently just.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22
THE TIMES: NOVEMBER g, 1918

mission was appointed to fix the sum to be paid. Sir Alexander Galt was chosen to represent Canada, and MT. E. T. Kellogg acted for the United States, while the deciding vote was left with M. Delfosse, the Belgian minister to the United States. The commission met in Halifax in June, 1877, and reached an agreement the following November, whereby the United States was to pay $5,5OO,OoO, MT. Kellogg dissenting. The justice of this award was strongly question ed in the United States, the people
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22
THE CANADIAN
 FISHERIES AWARD.

The Halifax fishery award in favor of Canada was paid in London by the United States minister forty years ago today. The fisheries of Canada and the United States has been mad, free to the citizens of both countries by the treaty of 1871, but it was agreed that Canada should be paid d sum commensurate with the differ ence in value. An arbitration com
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22
ATTACKS PRESIDENT.

Washington, Nov. 22-Senator Wat son, of Indaina, Republican, in q speech attacking the President for taking over cable and express lines. suggested that the cables were taken to suppress news of what is discussed at the peace conference.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-22
LAPS COMMEND PRESIDENT.

Oska, Japan, Nov. Recommending upon President Wilson's recent ad- dresses concerning the objects of the war and the kind of peace which should emerge from 1t, The Osaka Mainichi says: Tt Is no wonder that the allied peoples in Europe call Pres ident Wilson the spirit of democ- racy.' He is in a most free and ideal position in which to dictate peace terms in this great world war"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-11
THE END IN SIGHT.

1t is as certain as anything can
be that the discomfort of the
masses in Germany and Austria
will continue and grow, regardless
of any temporary success of the
governments to suppress it. 1t
will not be stopped by the arrest
of the leaders, or by stern action
of the military authorities. 1t
will get into the army as it did in
Russia, because the suffering of
the people at home is no negll-
gible matter to their husbands
and sons in arms.
The truth is that the German
people are no longer under the
illusion of victory painted so
glowingly by the junkers for
nearly four years. They are be-
ginning to see that they cannot
win, and are feeling, to an ever
increasing degree, the economic
pressure that is the strongest
weapon of the allies. With the
seas open to the great source of
supply, the United States, we
know that there is deprivation in
France and England. Think what
it must be in Germany where the
people have been living off their
own country for so many months.
There is a limit to the patience
and endurance of a hungry man.
The labor agitation in Germany
indicates clearly that the people
are awake and thinking, and that,
to our mind marks the beginning
of the end.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-11
How to Lift Yourself
by Your B0otstraps

The instance of the man who tried
to lift himself by his bootstraps is an
cid figure of speech to describe an eN-
tremely foolish waste of energy. the
downward pressure of the feet on the
ground being equal to the upward pull
on the straps. Professor ]. p. Drake
of the Kansas state normal school has
proved, however, that a man can lift
himself by an upward pull.
A chain made fast to a beam was
run through a loose pulley. attached to
stone. Standing on the latter, a man
grasped the end of the chain and with
a vigorous upward pull raised him.
self and the stone into the air. A
spring balance on the chain Registered
300 pounds, the combined weight of
the man and the stone, but as an equal
downward pressure had to be over
come the total weight lifted was 500
pounds. The principal of the loose
pulley is that each chain holds half
the load. SO 800 pounds was supported
by the chain made fast to the beam,
while the man actually raised the re-
naming 800. SN 95
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-11
The Crime Of 1914.
Editor Missoulian:

Editor Missoulian:
Sir--If you will allow me. I should
like to reply to Mrs. Martha Edgerton
Piassman, who few days ago picked
some flaws in the peace proposals of
President Wilson. I will pass rapidly
over the list of crimes in relation to
Alsace- Lorraine talthough she might
have carried it back to the crime OF
julius Ceasar), by saying that any
peace council will assuredly pay no
attention to previous crimes, but de-
vote itself solely to arrange things
that future crimes will he impossible.
To the end that future crimes may be
nipped in the bud. in my opinion it is
advisable that we give up all idea of
the small army of mercenaries Mrs
Plassman Is so afraid of. and which !
believe myself il Il danger to any dem
ocratic state, for many reasons. / be-
Iieve we should continue to use our
excellent selectvc draft organization
for a generation or so.
The selective draft, as we are using
it now is an excellent melting pot for
the unassimilated mass we call our
citizenship. 1t is teaching everyone it
touchcs~tis--or her place in our COM
plicated civilization. 1t teaches the
brotherhood of man, the Golden Rule
and true socialism. in n practical way.
1t Is an excellent finishing course to
cur system of education. If not wanted
for war the reserves called out could
be employed mot forgetting the les
sons in citizenship in many great ma
tional undertakings. In my opinion q
citizen who has not done his Bit for
his country is not entitled to his vote,
for he cannot appreciate the suffrage
unless he has earned ii by personal
service and sacrifice. Charles Bellamy
in his great Socialist book Looking
Backward had the same idea. The
portion of Mrs Plassman's letter which
| find myself unable ut all to agree
with Is contained in the last para
graph. Here it is: Any peace terms
dictated solely by the bourgeoisic will
prove a menace to labor Most Of
your readers Ounthinkingly) would O.
*. the paragraph.
The bourgcoisic class includes all
trades union men. skilled labor of all
pure Mexican labor to which Mrs.
Plassman refers is thus defined:
THE proletarian Is without property
his relation to his wife and children
has no longer anything in common
with bourgeois family relations, modern
industrial labor, modern subsection to
capital, the same in England as in
France, in America as in Germany,
has stripped him OF every trace of ma
tional character. Law. morality, re-
ligion, are to him so many bourgeois
prejudiees behind which Turk in am
bush just as many bourgeois interests"
Personally / will go as far in war aims
as the platform of the new National
party, but should prefer. if Mrs. Plass-
man will allow 1t. that the "Bour-
geoisie" dictate all peace terms& which
refer to the crime of 1914.
Yours very truly,
III. c. Il. COLVILL,
Orchard Homes.