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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
BEES KNOWLEDGE OF TIME
Experiments Seem to Prove Them En-
dowed With Intelligence Almost
Beyond Belief.

Bees, said to be the most intelligent
Of insects, have a remarkable knowl-
edge of time, says the Philadelphia
Record. Professor Conklin of the Uni
Tersity Of Pennsylvania is Of the opin-
ion that bees also have O powerful
memory, which is the reason, he as
serts, that a bee flying half mile
away from it's hive returns safely to its
shelter. It observes closely the land
marks passed on the outward journey.
An owner of several hives Of bees,
noting the diligence they observed in
their work, was induced to investigate
4 time could be accurately gagged by
his swarms. For several weeks he had
his meals on the terrace of his house,
breakfast being served promptly at
seven O'Clock, when preserves were
used as a light repast.
Most of the contents Of the table
were allowed to remain until lunch
con. at 10 a. m. At noon the mid
day meal was served, but without
sweets. At 4 p. N. there was a light
lunch, with sweets, which remained
on the table for half an hour or so.
AS a further inducement a dish Of
stewed cherries was put to cool or a
window nearby, and in few hours the
whole swarm of bees were sucking the
sweet juice.
This melted the bees to visit the
window regularly. The dish was aft
erward moved to the table, and was
discovered by one Of their number.
On the morrow several companies were
at the feast, and every day the number
increased. At first the bees arrived at
all hours but soon they realized that
there was nothing DOING between 1C
a. m. and 4 p. m, so the visits ceased
1 except at the meal hours.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
STOCK MARKET

New York, June 8-Opening-A
few substantial advances, mainly in
specialties and other speculative Isl
sues, accompanied the sluggish open4
ing of today's stock market. Import
ant stocks in the railroad and indus
trial sections recorded only nominal
changes though mostly upward, on
the usual weekend covering move
ment. General Motors advanced four
points in the first half hour, with 1 to
IL points for Studebaker. Baldwin
Locomotive, Industrial Alcohol, Suma-
ira Tobacco and Hide and Leather
preferred.
C1osing-Pools directed today's dull
and superficial market, combining their
activities largely to motors, tobaccos
and few of the speculative issues at
gross advances of one to four points.
Seasoned industrials were moderately
strong and railroads hardened after
early apathy. Profit taking caused re-
actions of one to two points among
specialties in the latter part Of the
| session. The closing was strong. Sales
200, 900 shares. Liberty bonds record
ed decided improvement, the 8 u S SELL
ing at 1856 to 1912, the first As at
$3.50 to 95, the second As at 94.40 to
95, an dthe Il S at 1852 to $40.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
The World of Finance
GENERAL BUSINESS ooND1IIosN.

The general business situation calls
for little comment. In ordinary
kSnaes such a. fine crop prospect
poASuld be very stimulating, but bust
,NAss In the war lines is already slim
uIated to the highest degree, and in
other lines is under such restraint
that it cannot respond to new OPP
portunities. Certainly the fa1ming
community with big crops and big
prices, has a highly prosperous sea-
son in sight, and now that wages
have been generally adjusted to the
existing prices of food stuffs the Ia
boring population can stand them and
take comfort in the promise of
enough to eat and the probability
that prices will not go higher, in the
year ahead. Such an outlook gives
assurance of stability.
All of the industries have fully re-
covered from the adverse winter con-
EDITIONS. The railroads are handling
Itraffice more expeditiously than for
a long time, and the iron and steel
works are making new records. AL
the present time government orders
are more completely dominant than
heretofore in steel and textiles. Cen
eral trade is all that it can be with
goods in short supply Higher prices
are predicted in clothing and dress
goods when the fall season opens.
Building operations, except in con-
nection with war industries and the
handling of troops and supplies, IS at
low ebb. The call for labor is lnsls-
tent from all quarters. In short the
whole situation throughout industry
and trade is one CT intense activity
and pressure.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08

formed, yet no volcanic rocks exist
there.
Biologists have offered theories to
account for this phenomenon. One is
that an immense meteorite made the
hole, and that the meteoric fragments
mentioned are remnants of the falling
star. Another theory ascribes the
origin of the crater to a tremendous
explosion Of steam in the rocks be-
meath, and a third combines the first
two by suggesting that the blow of a
falling meteor, striking the earth's
crust at a point where subterranean
water had accumulated in the neigh
borhood of heated rocks was the cause
of the explosion. U.s.,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
A Very Live Tree.

In recent st. Nicholas there is a
picture Of the battered trunk of a
tree, broken away in places, and in
side it is growing young tree. The
old tree was one of the giant redwoods
of California, and in spite Of wind and
fire it has made up its mind to keep
right on growing in the person of the
young tree in the very spot where it
has stood for years and years.
During terrible storm on the noun
tain the top of the tree was broken off
and afterward the trunk was very
nearly destroyed by a forest fire, but
the root retained vitality enough to
send up young tree within the trunk,
which protects it from the wind.
The original tree was a splendid spe-
cimen, more than II feet in diameter
and towering high into the air, and its
successor will probably be of goodly
size when the protecting old trunk
falls away.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
Mysterious Lake rchad.

The natives of the surrounding coun-
try reverence the Lake Tchad, in At
RIGA, and it's island inhabitants. They
believe that a great snake lives below
the lakes surface, and commands the
worship of the race of island dwell
ers. Some even think that these snake
worshipers live within the lake. The
island folk are doubtless glad of a
legend which protects them from at
tack so effectively. Unfortunately for
them, foreigners are not so gullible
and adventurous travellers are the more
eager to push on to the lake after
hearing the warnings of the fear struck
natives.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
Boston 1880 p. NJ. Prices Reported
Over Private Wire to T. l.
Watson & Co.
TAFT MEETS MCCORMICK

Chicago, June S-The second i'm
portant reconciliation in Republican
politics took place yesterday when
ex-President Taft, passing through
Chicago on his way East, expressed a
desire to meet Congressman Medill
Mccormick, now candidate for the
Senate. A little later he greeted the
Congressman with an old-time hearty
handclasp and slap on the shoulder.
The reunion took place at the
Blackstone Hotel. The two men had
not met since Mr.. Taft left the Phil
ippine Islands in 1912.
An hour later Congressman McCor-
mick met Colonel Roosevelt by ap-
pointment, and talked with him for
fifteen minutes, After that the Col
onel denied himself to all callers, had
dinner in his apartments, and left for
the West at 7:4O p. m.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
OPPORTUNITY FOR
BIG OFFENSIVE

London, June 8.---T!-e Entente al
les have a great opportunity for
,ornbined Diplomatic offensive with a
view to explaining to Russia and the
Austrian Slavs what an Allied victory
will mean for them, in the opinion OF
he Daily Express. The newspaper
Ealls upon the Allies to translate
hague references to seif-determina-
lion into concrete terms and to let
heir announcement appear above
he signature of the United States, as
we'll as the European allies.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
ASCRIBED TO FALLING STAR
Mystery Crater in Plain of Arizona Is
Thus Explained by Biologists
of Prominence.

About forty miles from Flagstaff,
Ariz., in the midst Of a great plain,
there is saucer-shaped hollow or
crater about thee-Quarters of a mile
across and 600 feet deep. The rim
of the crater rises between $50 and
200 feet above the surrounding plain.
Rocky fragments are scattered about
for several miles around the crater.
Among these rocks many fragments of
meteoric iron, some containing black
diamonds, have been found. The in
ner walls show that the crust of the
earth was broken when the crater was
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
Fine Work of Art In New York.


Most important in the accessions of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a
delightful relief sculpture of Vishnu.
"The Preserver, the Pillar of the Uni
verse;" says the New York Times. The
relief is 61h inches in height by %
in width and is beautifully carved
from a greenish black stone in high
relief. The figure, standing erect, is
impressive and the serious face gives
the idea Of the thought power for
which Vishnu stands, the balancing
force between the contending powers
of good and evil. There is a wonder
full amount of finely carved detail in
the ornamentation of the figure and
the sort of canopy under which it
stands. At the foot of two pillars on
either side are two smaller figures, and
in the upper part of the relief are
tiny figures who represent the ten ava
tars of Vishnu. The figure comes from
a temple in Kikkeri, in the Mysore dis
trict of southern India, which was
erected in iii, and the sculpture is
supposed to date back to the last quar-
ter of the twelfth century. 1t was re-
moved to England in the early part of
the nineteenth century.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
POLITICAL NOTICES
WARNING

Stratford, Conn. June s, 1918
Warning is hereby given to the
Democratic Voters of the Town of
Stratford that Democratic caucus will
be held in the Town Hall, Stratfcrd,
Conn, on Wednesday. June II, 1918.
at s o'clock p. m, for the purpose of
electing a Democratic Town Commit
tee, Delegates to the State and County
Conventions and to transact all other
business proper to be brought before
said meeting.
Per Order,
DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE,
Attest: H. NJ. BOOTH, Secretly.
DIG Re
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
yIFY OF BRIDGEPORT
SEWER PROPOSALS

The Paving and Sewer Commission
viii receive proposals until Thursday,
tune 10. 1918, at 1880 p. M, for the
of sewers in the follow
ing named streets, to wit:
On Jackson Avenue,
. On Park Avenue,
On Davenport avenue.
As per profiles at office of City En-
kfneer.
Certified checks for ten per cent. of
mount If bid must accompany each
k-oposal.
The Commission reserves the right
o reject any or all proposals.
BERNARD HEATING. Secretary.
Room No. is. City Hall
he he
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
commend STEWARD
FOR HEROIC DEED

Washington, June S.---Comnlssary
Steward Andrew D. Carmlchael OIL
bouth Boston, Mass, was today COM
.nended by Secretary Daniels TOT
humping overheard from the U. >. .
rrippe on March 20 and rescu1ng
|lrowning shipmate.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08

June 8, 1870 P. NJ.
disclaimers 321A
disclaimers Pfd. IS
Am. Car & Fdy. 1873
Am. Can AN
Am. Cotton Oil Co. 1914
Am. Ice Securities 321a
Am Locomotive 62%
Am. Linseed 39A
Am. Smelt. & Re. Co. 749s
Am. Tel. & Tele. 99h
Am. Wooden SIS
Att, Gulf & W. Indies 1909
Atch., T. & 8. Fe S3%
Anaconda Copper 62A
Baldwin Loco. 8Sk
Baltimore & Ohio 54B
Bethlehem Steel "B" S1%
Brooklyn Rapid Trans. 421s
Calf. Petroleum 1917
Cen. Leather Co. 653s
Chi, M. & st. Paul 42%
Chi, r. 1. & Pac. 23h
Chi, R. I. & Pac. Pfd. A 70X
Chi, R. I. & Pac. Pfd. B 59%
Chino 1874
Chesapeake & Ohio 561h
Consolidated Gas SO.
Col. Fuel & Iron At
Corn Products 39%
Crucible Steel CPS
Cuban Cane Sugar 81
Distilleries Securities 58h
Erie Is
Erie 1st Pfd. 3215
General Motors 1874
Goodrich Co. AK
ct. Northern Ore 32%
Inspiration Copper 4Sh
International Nickel 27%
Inter. Mer. Marine Pfd. 1927
International Paper 351a
Kennecott Cop. BIZ
! Lackawanna Steel 85
Lehfgh Valley SO
Mex. Petroleum 9S%
Midvale Steel 40
| Miami Copper 27h
| Nevada Cons. 1917
Nat. Enameling 51A
National Lead Co. 1913
Northern Pacific Sc
| n. Y. Central 71%
N. Y, N. H. & H. AIN
Pressed Steel Car SO
Ray Cons. 20
| Reading $751;
Repub. Iron & Steel S4as
Ry. Steel Spring % u
Sinclair Oil %
Southern Pacific 80
Southern Railway "a "A
Southern Railway Pfd. 81
studebaker Corp'n. ASH
Tenn. Copper 163
lob. Products So
Union Pacific 121
United Cigar Stores 93A
III S. Ind. Alcohol 122 q
M g Rubber 81
n s, steel $50
Tr+ab Conner 79s.
Virginia Caro- Chem. 4Ss
Westinghouse Electric 90H
WHY'S Overland 2Oh
Z. S. Govn't. Bonds.
Liberty 3ks 1871
Liberty As 94.9
Liberty ANS S7O
D-r4o,. 1,4o ID NJ pr,oea Rer0rfa.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
New York Stock
Exchange Quotations
NOON QUOTATIONS.

T. L. Watson & Co., Bankers and
brokers', corner Main and John streets.
Bridgeport, Conn. Members of New
York Stock Exchange.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08

Optimistic Thought
Riches amassed in haste will vanish,
but those collected little by little win
multiply. ssss.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08

New York department stores start
ed movement to offer a discount on
payments made in w. S. S.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08

Postmaster General Burleson was
SIS years old yesterday but he didn't
let it interfere with his business.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
70, HE SEEKS NEW CAREER
to Advise Him What to
Do Next.

Denver.-Benjamin West, a rich
farmer, although three-score and ten,
doesn't want to retire from business,
but he does want to try some other
line and make q success Of 1t.
He gave a party at his home recent
ly In celebration of his SEVENTEEN
birthday, and his guests included one
prominent man from every recognized
business or profession In the city. His
future business career will be decided
by ballots they cast after they have
considered the matter.
'The men who attended my party"
said Mr.. West, "are shrewd and intel
lectual. They know how they sue
ceeded and will tell me. Then they
win decide what / will do In the fu-
ture. The nation needs man power for
Industries and for all lines of business.
I am hale and hearty and as strong as
a youngster OF thirty. / a do good
work, / am sure. IL I failed to under
take this / would not be true to my
country or to myself"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
ORDER APPOINTING TIME AND
PLACE FOR HEARING APPLI-
CATION TO SELL PER
SoNAL PROPERTY,

State of South Dakota, County of
Lake. SIS. In County Court. In the mat
ter of the estate OF John I. Whitmore.
deceased. Order appointing time and
place for hearing application to sell per-
Sonal property. On reading and filing
the petition of the eXecutrix of John T.
Whitmore. deceased, praying for al or
der to sell all of the personal property
of the said estate considered assets, in
Guiding is head of horses, 81 head of
cattle. "a head of hogs. about 500 BUSH
els of wheat. 500 bushels of barley.
1890 bushels of oats. 800 bushels of
corn. and all farm machinery and imple-
ments belonging to the said estate, il is
ordered that all persons interested in
said estate appear before the judge of
the county court of the county of Lake,
of said court. at the city of Madison, in
said LAX county. on the 18th day of
March. A.. ID. 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m.
and then and there TO show cause why
such order should not be made. And IL
is further ordered hat a copy of this
order be published In The Madison Daily
Leader, a newspaper published in said
Lake county, at least five days previous
to said 18th day of March. A. ID. 1918.
Dated March IL. 1918.
BY the court:
A. w. S%ponholz.
Judge of the County Court
Attest:
F. l.. Burnett,
Clerk of the County Court
Hans Urdahl,
Attorney for Executrix.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
HE'S OLDEST RAILR0ADER
James Frew Has Been In the Business
for Sixty-Five Years.

James Frew Of Fort Madison, Ia, re-
Gently retired as a Santa Fe employee,
lays claim to being the Oldest railroad
man In the United States In point of
service. He has worked for Go years
ON the railroads Of England and Amer
lea.
Frew is seventy-eight years old and
began work as a laborer on the Eng
fish roads when thirteen years old.
Coming to this country as a young
man, he continued as general foreman,
master mechanic and division super
intendent.
AS he grew older he was forced to
give up these responsible positions, but
he continued railroading, as that was
before the day of pensions for worthy
employees retiring on account OF age,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
INDIAN KNEW OF NO WAR
Lucky Escape for Two Germans Who
Visited Homo Of Redskin In
Oklahoma.

Salem, OFT was well for two Ger
mans who visited the home Of an In
dian In Oklahoma that the redskins
did not know that the United States
was at war with Germany. DR.. Wal
ter f. Rittman has just returned from
an inspection of oil properties neal
Tulsa and happened into an isolated
Indian home.
"The Indian could speak English"
Doctor Rittman said, "and the conver-
sation turned to the war, of which our
host had not heard. He seemed in
terested. and after meditation remark
ed:
"'Too bad I didn't know 1t yester-
day. Two Germans In my house then.
Could have killed 'em Just as good as
not"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13

to take it, but finally consented. From
the very beginning it helped her, and
now she is entirely we'll, and telling
everybody how much good it has done
her. Mrs. w. d. WELLS, 226 North
Adams Street, Petersburg, Va.
If every girl who suffers as Miss
Wells did, or from Irregularities, painful
periods, backache, sideache, dragging
down pains, inflammation or liberation
would only give this famous root and
herb remedy a trial they would soon
find relief from such suffering.
For special advice women are asked to
write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass. The result of forty
years experience is at your service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET

Sioux City, March 13.-At the very
outset of the cattle trade today, it
was evident that supply and demand
just about balanced and the fairly
liberal run at hand would be needed
to meet the broad demand from all
quarters. Run was estimated at
5000, as against 2,153 a week ago,
and 2,138 the corresponding time a
year ago.
Increased supplies of live pork
served to give buyers a slight advan-
tage, and while sellers were slow to
cut loose at a decline, the feeling in
the trade vas weak throughout the
day. In a general way the trading
basis today was quoted as steady
with yesterdays close. Tops reached
$16.75 with the bulk of sales from
s16.40@16.70.
Hardly enough sheep and lambs
arrived today to give much of a test
to conditions and the few transac-
tions were quoted as steady with
Monday. 81
A SEVEN YEARS RECORD
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
ONLY WOMAN ARMY OFFICER
Or. Anita Newcomb MCGEE VIII
Probably Retain the Distinction.

Probably Retain the Distinction.
DR.. Anita Newcomb MCGEE of Wash
ing. ID. G.. probably will retain the
distinction of being the only woman
commissioned to serve In the United
States army.
In the ruling that woman physicians
are not eligible to appointment In the
officers reserv corps Of the army the
Judge advocate general has held that
they can serve as contract surgeons
because Of the precedent set In the
Spanish-American war when Doctor
MCGEE was made acting assistant
and contract surgeon of the army to
organize the army nurse corps.
The need for contract surgeons has
practically disappeared, 1t Is stated,
the work formerly done by them now
being performed. for the most part, by
medical officers In the reserve corps.
Doctor MCGEE, who Is q daughter Of
the late Simon Newcomb, IL the only
woman member Of the Association Of
Military Surgeons Of the United States
and the Spanish-American War veter-
ans. At the time of the Japanese
Russian war she was commissioned by
Japan to organize q nurse corps and
was Of the same status In the japanese
srmy as an officer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
ZOE LUKE" NOW CARRIES TAX
F-s1cs Has New Measure to Raise
Additional Revenue.


In the latest supply bill voted by the
French chamber Of deputies. which Is
intended to raise 100000 900 add
tional revenue, there Is one curious
clause that creates a distinct class Of
purveyors of public comforts.
A tax Of 10 per cent on all payments
for lodging, accommodation, fGcd,
drink In first-class establishments OF
any kind, In hotels, restaurants, cafes,
pastry cooks and teashops will be Inn
posed. A list Of such establishments
will be drawn up by local committees
appointed by the commercial tribunals.
AS compensation for this tax all such
establishments will have the privilege
Of styling themselves "de luxe" No
other establishments will, by law, be
allowed to call themselves 'de luxe"
4 More Cavalry Regiments Ordered.
Washington, March 11.-Organiza-
ton of four more regiments of cavalry
In accordance with recommendations
from General Pershing, has been Or
dered by the wal department In addi-
ton to tne complete cavalry division
Of the regular army. already under
way. The organization points will be:
Fort Douglas, Utah; Fort Sam Hous-
ION, Texas; Fort Ethan Allen. Yer
mont; Fort Riley. Kansas. and Fort
Meyer. Virginia. One squadron OF the
18th cavalry II to be organized at Fort
Sheridan, nj.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
A Test that Must Impress Leader
Readers.
A SEVEN A RECORD

Seven years is a long time.
A rigid test of merit.
Mr.. Todd testified seven years ago.
He now says the results were per-
manent.
Can Madison ask for better evil
dence?
j. l.. Todd, carpenter, 507 Lincoln
avenue, Madison, says: Il believe
my kidney trouble was brought on by
overwork and exposure when work.
ing out of doors. l first felt weak
ness in my back and began having
sharp pains through my kidneys.
That trouble grew wors until l be-
came almost helpless AID my back
gave out entirely. / couldn't get
around. Then / was also in misery
with bladder troubles. The kidney
secretions were highly colored, filled
with sediment and burning. Doan's
Kidney Pills, which l got at Smiths
drug store, quickly helped me. After
using three boxes, / felt like a differ
ent man. All the aches and pains
and other kidney troubles had left
me-" Statement given September
6, 1900
On October s. 1917, Mr.. Todd
said: II gladly repeat all l said
praising Doan's Kidney Pills. Doan's
surely helped me when I needed them
and l know they are reliable"
Sixty cents, at all dealers. Foster
Milburn Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
POLL TAXES FOR WAR WORK
Salvation Army VIII Collect Refuno
at Wichita for Use Of Troops
Abroad.

Wichita, Kan.-Some weeks ago the
Kansas supreme court ruled that GER.
tain cities did not have to collect q
poll tax. Wichita Is one of them.
Then the Salvation Army officers
here conceived a bright idea.
why not ask the men for their
poll tax, and use the money In fur
therlng the war work overseas OF the
armyf" they asked.
Now accredited solicitors of the
salvation Army are collecting the pol
tax receipts Of business men and 9th
ers. They will present them to the
city officials when the refund is made
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-13
NEW INVENTION OF MARINES
IT'S Called a "Baxooka" and viii Make
You "Shaks Your Feet" When
In Operation.

Port Royal. 8. C.-Unlted States ma
rines at this station have a new inven-
ton. It's called q ''bazooka." No, IL
isn't a cannon, nor a flying machine,
nor a machine gun, but when In opera
ton II will make you shake your feet"
The "bazooka" is a simple continuance
consisting Of but two pieces of gas pipe
and a funnel, but Its secret is the play
ing. II il said that the Marine Corps
Jazz band Is the only one In the world
that boasts Of O '~baxooka-"