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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18
Silk Top Union Suits, $1.75

For the woman that likes to wear a silk garment, yet feels that she cannot afford silk for everyday wear, these combina- tions should fill the bill. They come with Italian knit vest and isle trunk in flesh only; tight knee and sleeveless
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18
Let Us Get Together and Make the Doie Juneau This Liberty
 Loan Drive Ring Over the Entire Territory

thste Third Liberty loan It when mom money raise nd it we ar nd-boodd
 
 You Bonds at to  2 AUGUST
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18

Private boxes and banquet rooms for parties. Alaska Grill. sss
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18

Best coffee on the market served with all meals at the Arcade Cafe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18

Good Home Cooking. 36 cents . meal. Circle City Cafe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18

The best materials used in the preparation of our foods. Arcade Cafe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18

THE EMPIRE-An the News All she Time. Wbsn lt b Nsvs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18

Fresh ranch eggs at the Arcade.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18
Concest

Dins at the Gastineau. ConcsEt evezy evening. i
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18
You'd Be Surprised to See How Many Women Are Buying Their Spring Suits Now

Merely because they have come to learn that it pays to make selection while stocks completed. Furthermore spring weather will be here and there is no need to wait.
 You are sure to show the keenest delight in the collection of models ready for your choosing. All the favored materials are being shown. And espe- cialy blue serges in a wide range of the different styles. Priced S2500 to $45.0O Coats Materials serges, tweeds, coverts and o2@F7 lours, well others; set off in host of ways. Some through the of their own de- signs Excellent workmanship from beginning to end. Priced S14.50 to S35.00
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-18
N@ / g6n;eM
Hosiery for Everybody

A thorough combing of hosiery sources in New York and Chicago disclosed some un- usually fine buying opportunities. And we have bought very, very heavy. Just as we have found it advisable to stock up heavily, you should see the wisdom of doing like wise.
 Girls or Boys Black Cotton Hose. ..35c, 40c 45c Boys Heavy Rib Black Cotton Hose -.35c, 40c Ladies Black or White Cotton Hose 35c Ladies' Black or White cotton Hose, outsize soc Ladies Black or White Lisle Hose '. . soc Ladies' Black or White Fibre Silk Hose % Ladies Black White, Brown Fibre Silk Hose $1.25 Ladies' An-silk Kayser Hose .$2.25
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17

ready trying to control and to get
hold of all the importations. This
should not be permitted and the gov
eminent should see that an equitable
distribution is made, also be able to
control the prices wherever it is nee
essary.
Food Administrator Hoover strong
ly endorses this bill.
mo governmental body at this time
has authority which can be exercised
to stimulate domestic production and
to control the distribution and use
of these supplies. In this bill broad
powers have been given to the Presi-
dent and one can readily see that
such must be the case in time of war
so as to meet the different conditions
as they may arise. The bill provides
for authority to encourage the pro-
duction of these necessaries; fix the
price and conserve the supplies, pro-
vide an equitable distribution and
direct the utilization and also to pre-
vent the manipulation, speculation or
any unfair profits and high prices
that may come when our imports are
short and our domestic resources not
fully developed.
"'It is imperative that this bill should
be enacted into law at the earliest
date in view of the cutting off OF
ships from foreign trade. 1t would he
unfortunate in the prosecution of this
war if the government should be sud-
denly deprived of these supplies. We
should he independent of the world il
possi1ble in war time"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
EIGHT OUNCES OF
MEATS ALLOWED
NOW IN ENGLAND
Two Ounces for Four Days
a Week on Presentation
of Meat Cards.
MAJOR GIDDINGS
TELLS CONDITIONS
Butter and Sugar Are AL
most Unknown Among
People Of France.

Detailed information concerning tho
acute food situation in England and
France was given in a statement made
to a reporter by Major Howard A. Gid
dings. a member of the Connecticut
State Council of Defense, who return
ed to Hartford after an official trip
to France as a member of the Liberty
Loan Mission. Major Giddings left
France after the present offensive had
begun, and arrived in this country
Wednesday.
"Only two ounces of meat four times
a. week is the allowance given the
people in England said Major Gid"
dings.
Meat is sold or served only upon
presentation of a meat card. TRAY
elers and guests at hotels must have
cards and any one attending a dinner
Or banquet where meat is served must
take his meat card with him. The
food situation in England is much
more serious than America realizes.
France has plenty of meat but suf-
fers from restrictions On other foods
Both countries are on a rigid wal
bread basis. Butter and sugar are
never seen in the best hotels and res
taurants in London. The absence OF
butter, sugar and pastry is also notice
able throughout France. Potatoes
and fruit are scarce and of poor quail
ity in England and the same is true
of the milk. The supply of milk IL
France is so limited that it cannot
be served after 9 a. m. Eggs are
plentiful in England but they cost
$1.50 a dozen"
In spite of the alarming shortage
in food and the consequent sacrifices
demanded of the people of England
and France, Major Giddings says he
found them cheerful and confident
Their morale is splendid. He and the
other members of the Liberty Loar
mission are convinced that The pligh
of Americas Allies is not realized b!
the American people. America, il
their opinion, must wake up to the
need for haste, particularly in building
ships.
1.-THE winning of the war depend
upon ships, men and money and upoI
bringing them into effective service
before 1t is too late" was the en-,
phatic declaration of Major Giddings
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
THE IDEAL WIFE.

One of the most successful men of
this country recently wrote: What
ever I am, and whatever success I
have attained, I owe it all to my wife.
She has ever been an inspiration and
the greatest helpmate of my life" To
bes UGH successful wife should be
the ambition of every woman, but
how impossible when dragged down
bf headaches, backache, dragging
down pains, nervousness and the
blues" Every woman in this condi-
ton should start at once to build up
her system by tonic of specific pow
ers, such as Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, which for three
generations has been restoring Amer
lean women to health and consequent
happiness.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17

street. In New Britain he owns a store
in partnership with Joe Hainoran,
former mayor of that city, and -ex-
senator of the district.
Probably no young man coming TO
this city has made such rapid busl-
ness strides within so short a period
of time, and to his indominatble
pluck, faculty of meeting everybody
on equal footing, and merchandising
with a conscience, friends ascrlbe MS
success. Mr.. Connors is a member or
the Elks and K. of C. His motto, Get
Connorized, means much to the
young and well dressed man Of
Bridgeport today and now is to be
followed into other lines.
In charging the present business
Mr.. Connors said that he would con-
tinue to add to his mems clothing
line, which already carries many of
the best brands in America. The en-
larged department will be in charge
of D. A. Foley, who has been with
Mr.. Connors since the first store open
ing.
The mems furnishing department is
to be in charge of Jack Grant, and a
complete line of the best collars,
shirts, ties, etc., available is assured
The new hat department also will be
in charge of Mr.. Grant. The newly
established children's clothing de-
partment will be under the direction
of Joseph McEhlenny, formerly con-
nected with Gimbel Brothers in New
York, and will have most complete
assortment of clothing and accessories
for boys and youths.
! The branch stores will continue
under the same management, Samue
Cells in the State street store and
! Harry Ryder on East Main street.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
Connors' Store to
Occupy An Entire
Main st. Building
Clothing Business Expands
Much In Three Years and
Will Be Further Enlarged.

Announcement is made that the
J. W. Connors Company viii, as soon
as alterations can be made, occupy
the entire Main street building num-
bered 1852 to 1853. This three story
building until now has housed besides
the Connors store, the Bills Hat
store, Corbit Photographic studio, and
Stadtler's feather emporium. The new
Connors store will occupy 48 feet
frontage on Main street with depth
of "a feet, and will have three floors
in which to display stocks.
Mr.. Connors declares that he will
add several departments, including
mems suits and haberdashery,t chill
dren's clothing, mems womens and
boys shoes and mems hat depart
ment.
The expansion of business is a high
tribute to the young man who con-
trolls the destinies of the company
here, and also another store in New
Britain Jim Connors, as he is pop
ularly known in this city, established
the mems clothing store on Main street
less than three years ago. Today he
has two branch stores in this city, at
1870 State street and at 6S7 East Main
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
POTATO SCAB and PREVENTION
FULLY EXPLAINED BY THE STATE
ACRICULT URAL COLLEGE EXPERTS

the disease. Ordinarily in Connecti-
cut formalin is used in preference to
corrosive sublimate though the latter
is claimed by some Investigators to be
better for certain other troubles.
Formalin is used at the rate of 1 lb
or pint to 80 gallons of water, and
corrosive sublimate at the rate of 4
ozs. to 80 gallons. In either case the
tubers are soaked for " hours, or if
notfceabiy scabbed for, 2 hours. 1t
should be remembered that corrosive
subimate is deadly poison, while
formalin is only an 'irritant.
For treating large amounts of seed
the following procedure is advantage
Gus. To barrel containing 80 gallons
of water add a pint of formalin Cor u
No. corrosive sub1imate dissolved in hot
water). Two bushels of potatoes in a
gunny sack are immersed in this and
stirred up and down until thoroughly
wet, and then left immersed for the
required time. The slack Is then raised
on top of two Stats and left a minute
to drain into the barrel. The potatoes
are now spread out on the barn floor
to dry, or are cut and planted at once.
|
barrels can be used at the same time,
and as the water is used up it can be
replaced from a supply barrel contain
ing a slightly stronger solution. With
formalin it is best to start soaking the
seed early in the morning so that the
treatment can be completed in a. day
as the solution not only becomes
weakened by use but also through
evaporation.
"If the grower has never been both
cred with scab it probably will not pay
to treat his seed. In any case it is
desirable to plant as clean seed as pos.
sTble. If some scab occurs reject such
! tubers In cutting the seed it is also
desirable to throw out tubers showing
rot of any kind, sunken spots, black
ened bundles, etc, as these carry othel
fungous troubles"
For special instructions on growing
potatoes prepared by the Connection
Agricultural College, write to the Fair.
field County Farm Bureau, Danbury
Conn. or direct from the college a
! Storrs, Conn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
CHARGE MUNITION
COMMITTEE With
WASTING MONEYS

london, April neutrality-suspicious.
of The Associated Press 1.-The Brit
ish Ministry of Munitions has been
charged by a committee of the House
of Commons with wasting public
funds through failure to adopt ele-
mentary precautions in awarding
contracts for war supplies The ex-
penditures of the munitions depart
ment were investigated by a Com
mittee on National Expenditures.
In its report the committee charged
that the department had no adequate
system of estimating costs or of con-
trolling prices of munitions, that it
did not properly limit profits to the
contractors nor regulate the use of
labor and material.
According to the committee, the
Ministry of Munitions has expended
about 100, 100000 pounds in the erec-
ton of equipment of national facto-
ries, in grants to private firms and in
supplying buildings and equipment to
| them.
Investigations by accountants have
corrected some of the wasteful meth
DDS alleged. In this way 3,000 900
pounds were saved by a reduction in
the price of cordite. Reductions in
the contract prices of ammunitions,
following technical investigations of
costs, resulted in the saving of 35,-
00O,000 pounds in two years. In one
contract for gun equipment, it is as
serted, accountants employed by the
munitions department reduced the
contractors profit by 100000 pounds.
Great sums of money, the commit
tee reported, have been spent in ex-
tending the munition factories while
others which could produce the same
commodity have been left idle for
lack of material and labor. There
is continual waste of labor, material
and money in the construction of fac
tories which compete with each
other" said the committee, while
their production could have been OBJ
tanned at infinitely lower cost by con-
centration of labor and machines in
Icertain places and using them to their
full capacity
1t is stated that prices in this fourth
wear of war are still really deter
mined by bargaining and manufac-
turers are out to get as much profit
as they can. They favor collective
bargaining in which prices are de-
termined for the whole trade by the
cost of profitable production in the
factory which produces most expen-
sively.
A profit of $40 per cent. was earned
.. by one munition firm.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
WANTVOLUNTEERS
TO INDEX CARDS
OF: REGISTRATION

Assistance in the transcription and
transznittal Of occupational cards for
the exemption boards having charge
of the selective draft in Connecticut
is vitality needed and needed at once
exemption district in the state to go
to their draft boards and offer their
services for this work.
Provost Marshal General E. H.
Crowder through the Council of Ma
tional Defense, has appealed to the
Connecticut State Council of Defense
for this assistance. Until transcript
ton of occupational cards is complet-
ed the United, States Army must wait
for vitality needed skilled workmen
This is a. National emergency" says a
telegram just received by the Con-
necticut State Council of Defense.
The following appeal to men and
women of Connecticut was issued to-
day by the State Defense Council:
Connecticut is called upon by the
Federal Government to complete
without delay the transcription of the
occupati0zal cards in the hands OF
the exemption boards which admin
lister the~selectfve service law. This
Council isNinformed from Washington
that, until this work rs completed the
United States Army must wait fol
skilled workmen which it vitality
needs. Volunteers must do this
work. Governor Marcus H Hol
comb and this Council feel certain
that there will be no lack of patriotic
response to this call. There are A.
local exemption boards in the State
of Connecticut, Every person living
in a town or city where the head
quarters of an exemption board is 10
Gated, and who can spare time fol
this work, is called upon to get into
communication with the exemption
board and offer to help in this crisis
Connecticut must. not fall in this SUI
preme task of supplying prompt!
special qualified workmen, which tn
government vitality needs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
WORK BEGUN ON
NEW HIGHWAY

Hartford, April Highway Com
missioner Charles ]. Bennett has be-
gun work on the construction of Il
macadam road eight miles long from
the submarine base on the Thames
river to Norwich. A contracting firm
will furnish the labor and mater
ials, butsthe work will be done under
the immediate supervision of the
highway department. The cost will
be 100000 and the material used
will be native stone. The construc-
ton Of the road is for war purposes
and it has been undertaken at the
suggestion of the State Council OF
Defense.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17

The following article prepared by
the Connecticut Agricultural College
Experiment Station at New Haven on
Potato Scab and Its Prevention is
timely and of use to growers who are
bothered with common potato ,scab.
OF the two scabs of potatoes, pow
derry (A) and common OBJ, the latter
only needs consideration as the former
does not develop in this state. Com
mon scab is familiar to veryone though
the roughened "scabby'' outbreaks
prominent on the surface but scarcely
extending beneath the skin of the tu-
bers. These are the only part of the
plant attacked by this fungus, al
though it also occurs on the roots of
beets. The injury causes a more or
less decreased yield, a further loss in
the peeling for cooking, but is greatest
through the disagreement in appear
ance thereby lessening their market
value.
"Scab becomes established in the
soil, therefore yearly rotation is de-
sirable. Manure also favors it's devel-
opment, especially hog manure. Po-
tatoes following corn, with the land
heavily MANFRED for corn and arti-
fetal fertilizers only can be used for
potatoes is a good arrangement where
this can be- conveniently carried out
With a scarcity of artificial fertilizers
due to the war, it may be necessary tc
use manure in some cases. Growers
ofsear1y potatoes who dig them before
the tubers are fully matured, in order
to get them on. a high priced market
claim thatsthey can use manure with
out injuryffrom the scab, probably be-
cause the tubers are dug before the
scab causes much harm.
Alkaline soil favors scab, henc'
heavily lined land, or where Woo
ashes have sheen used abundantly, il
very favorable for it's. development.
is best, therefore, not to use eithe
of these, at least not to any extent, thu
year potatoes are grown on the lane
and even to avoid" planting where the.
have ibeen& applied heavily in recen
years.
Treating the seed is of advantag
only If it is planted on soil free from
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
Would Connect CHICAGO
With New York
The Type Used In One Year to
Publish Endorsements of
Doan's Kidney Pills.

OF the many kidney remedies on
mended like Doan's Kidney Pills.
Fifty thousand benefited people gladly
testify in the newspapers of their own
towns. Forty-five hundred American
Newspapers of their on towns. Forty
five hundred American newspapers
publish this home proof of Doan's
merit. The type used in one year to
tell this wonderful story would make
solid column of metal twice as high
as the worlds highest mountain.
Placed end to end the lines of type
would reach from New York to Chi
cago. These miles of good words told
by $4,000 tongues sound glad tidings
to any Bridgeport sufferer who wants
relief from kidney and bladder ills.
Here's a Bridgeport case. Don't eX-
pertinent. Use the remedy endorsed
by people you know.
VIM. B. Cook, machinist, 165 Black
Rock Ave, says: Occasionally,
when a cold has settled on my kid
neys, my back has ached. Every time
L nave Lr4eu " peHu oNeI " p1Ch up
any of my tools, sharp pains have
caught me in my back and I could
hardly straighten up again. My kid
neys have been out of order, too.
When I have felt like this, Doan's
Kidney Pills have never failed to fix
me up in good shape. There is no
doubt about it, Doan's Kidney Pills
are reliable kidney remedy"
6Oc, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. ADV.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
THIRD OF QUOTA
NOW SUBSCRIBED

Boston, April 16-An over night
gain of 81, 1860 reported through
the Federal Reserve bank of Boston
, at noon today brought the New Eng
land Liberty loan subscription total to
$50, $4,000 of nearly one-third of the
$3.50, 100000 allotment for the dis
trict.
The report by states was: Massa-
.chusetts, $48,619,OOO; Connecticut,
s12,S7O,OO0; Rhode Island, $7,893,OO0;
Maine, IS, ASS, 900; New Hampshire,
S3,223;0o0s Vermont, $2,233,O0O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
War Tank, America
Is Completed

Boston, April 16-The war tank
America, built here under the super
vision of Brig. Gen. John A. Johnston,
commanding the department of the
northeast, was completed today. Gen.
Johnston drove the last fret and en-
gineers gave the machine a final test,
preparatory to its transfer from the
shops to an armory where it will re-
main until brought out for the Pa
triot's day parade on Friday.
The tank, described by Gen. John
ston as much larger. than the Brit
ish tank now in this country, was de-
signed by engineers attached to the
northeastern department
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17
international
EGG CONTEST

In no previous week of the laying
contest now running at Storrs has.
there been such close competition
among pens. Clifford I. Stoddards
.Leghorns from Woodbridge, Conn.
and Tom J. Adamson's Barred Rocks
from Laurel, Quebec, tied for first
place with Sc eggs each. Deer Brook
Poultry FARMS r. I. Reds from Short
Falls, N. H., were in second place
with a yield of So eggs. Two pens of
Barred Rocks entered by Merit M.
Clark, Brookeld Center, Ct, and In
gleside Farm; Palenville, N. Y, Fred
, Rockwoods Buff Wyandottes from
South BroolIline, N. H, Springdale
Poultry FARMS r. I. Reds from Dur
ham, Conn.,, and two pens of Leg
horns owned by George Phillips, Sey-
mour, Conn, and Oak Hill Estate,
Uniontown, Pa, all tied for third place
with So eggs each. AS further evil
dence of the cFoseness of the compe-
tition it may be said that a Long Is
land pen of Barred Rocks, a Massa-
chusetts pen of White Rocks, a Rhode
Island pen of White Wyandottes, a
and a New Jersey pen of White Leg
horns all tied for fourth place with
80 eggs each. Thus there was a total
of II hens tied for third and fourth
places. The total yield for all pens
amounted to 4,351 eggs or produe-
ton of 62-2 per cent.
During the twenty-third week I
unmarketable eggs were laid; these
were so small that it would require
33 of them to weigh a pound-where'
as the commonly accepted standard is
eggs to a pound. On the other
hand Homer P. Deming's r. I. Red
No. $50 laid an egg that weighed
Just a trifie over ounces or an av-
erage of 4 eggs to the pound. II
has been more or less commonly be,
lieved that abnormally small or large
eggs marked the beginning or enc
of a hens clutch, but this theory il
no longer tenable; the fact is tina
hens are more likely to lay very
small eggs or very large eggs at Oh
during the height of the laying sea
son; in other words, when egg pro
duction is at it's zenith there is OBJ
viously greater opportunity for alb
J normally; neither the little egg no
the big one means that hen has just
started to lay or that she has fin
ished and is about to become broody
Under sized or over sized eggs are
good sign that the flock is layin,
, heavily.
, The three best pens in each of TIT
principal varieties are as follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Jules F. Francois, West Hampton
Beach, L. 1. ............. 81
Tom J. Adamson, Laurel P. O.,
Quebec, Can. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II
Joseph NJ. Rotschild, Katonah,
N. Y ..-.............. 73
Rock Rose Farm, Katonah, N. Y. 10
White Wyandottes.
? Obed G. knight, Bridgeton, R. I. 80
J. Frank Dubois, East Lynn, Mass. IA
F. W. Harris, Melrose, N Y. -. IA
= Rhode Island Reds.
= Richard Allen, Pittsfield, Mass. SO
Il Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass. 72
n Chas. H. Lane, Southboro, Mass. 70
$ White Leghorns.
n J. o. LeFevre, New Paltz, N. Y. II
Il A. P. Robinson, Calverton, N. Y. rs
r Braeside Poultry Farm, Strouds-
IL Miscellaneous.
d Oregon Agricultural College Gore
: gomez Corvallis, Ore. .... 70
IS Cook & Porter, (Buff Wyan-
e dottes) Easthampton, Mass. :. 70
If H. P. Cloyes, buff Wyandottes)
East Hartford, Conn. ........ IS