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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
LEON, Is YEARS
OLD, IN SERVICE

Joseph Leon, Is year-oldson of Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. Leon of AZ Clarence
street, is one Bridgeport boy that
narrowly escaped being on board the
steamship Tuscania, which was tor
pedoed off the Irish coast last week.
Private Leon is a member of the
120th Aero Squadron and was on his
way east from Houston, Texas. to
join the other soldiers that embark
ed. Owing to train delays and the
shortage of coaches the outfit which
he was with failed to reach New
York in time to be sent across.
Leon has been in the service since
October, having enlisted at the local
army recruiting station for service
with the signal corps. He is I'M
usually large in stature and easily
passed for a young man of 19 years
when he enlisted although he is only
Is years. Prior to joining he was
employed by the Fairfield Auto Co.
He attended St. Mary's school.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
TUG AFTER BATTLE
WITH ICE ARRIVES

Battling with great ice foes in Long
Island Sound for "a hours the tug
boat Jack Scully," bound from New
York to eastern ports arrived in
Bridgeport last night. The Scully had
a tow Of three barges and it was with
no little difficulty that she was able
to put in port here without damage.
It was said at the water front this
morning that the great foes in the
Sound are making transportation i'm
possible. For the past few days no
towns have arrived at the Bridgeport
Towing line docks and none are leav-
ing here. The condition of the har-
Dor are very good. Little or no ice at
all il to be seen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16

The decision was made after con-
ferring with the navy department,
which is interested in the work done
by many New England factories.
The shipments will be in addition
to the regular order of 500 cars day
for New England. 1t is thought that
with improved conditions in trans
portation it will be possible to speed
up movement of fuel both by rail and
by water.
The decision to continue heatless
Mondays in New England was made
unanimous when the New Hampshire
federal fuel administrator gave notice
today of his approval of the action
of the other fuel administrators for
that territory.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16

Of the organization here today.
Approximately SO per cent. of the
shipyard workers in the New York
district are on strike today, according
to claims made by the Brotherhood
officials, including T. M. Guerin, men,
ber Of the executive committee.
The strike would spread from New
York to other cities along the Atlantic
coast, they said, unless wage demands
were granted. The number of men
out here was declared to be between
1000 and 5000.
Chairman Hurley of the Shipping
Board, General Manager Piez of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, and v.
Everit Macy, chairman of the Labor
Adjustment Board, conferred with
Acting Secretary Roosevelt of the
Navy in Washington today on the ship
yard strikes.
The effect OF the Shipping Boards
second appeal to striking carpenters in
eastern ship yards to return to work
pending settlement of their grievances
by the Wage Adjustment Board was
anxiously awaited at Washington to-
day. The boards renewed request
was made by Chairman Hurley last
night in a telegram to William L.
Hutcheson, president of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers, virtually demanding that he send
the striking ship building employees
back to their jobs. Earlier in the day
Hutcheson had answered d previous
appeal with communication declar-
ing it would be impossible to act un-
til he had some definite proposition
from the Shipping Board as to work
ing conditions.
Although nothing had come from
the Shipping Board early today to in
dicate that Hutcheson had replied tc
Chairman Hurley's second telegram
the union chief was quoted in New
York as saying that the action of the
men IN going out does not meet with
his approval.
What steps the government will
take if the situation, which virtually
is paralyzing the ship building pro
gram, remains unchanged, has no
been indicated, but President Wilson il
known to be giving the matter hi
personal attention and is followin;
every development.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
CURB ACTIVITY
OF HUN AGENTS
AGAINST BONDS

To curb the activities ofHun agents
who have been at work in this city
causing Liberty Loan bonds to be sold
at extremely low prices, the Manufac-
turers' Association of the City of
Bridgeport, appointed a committee OF
three to investigate the matter and
devise means to stop the wholesale
workings of the scheme. W.E.Eckles,
C. I. Warner and C. H. Armstrong
were named at meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the association to
handle the affair. AS yet they have
had no meeting regarding the situa-
ton,
1t is said that the propagandists
have aroused many of the foreign
born residents of Bridgeport who
purchased government bods, to such
an extent that the Liberty Bonds
bought by them were sold for little
or nothing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16

London, Feb. 46-An enemy submarine bombarded Dover
early this morning it is officially announced The submarine
fired from the shore and ceased the bombardmen after
80 rounds had been fired There dozen
casualties and only slight damage.
The official statement reads:
Fire was opened Dover by enemy submarine about
1910 o'clock this morning. the firing continuing three or four
minutes The shore batteries replied the enemy ceased
firing after discharging about 80 rounds
1.-THE casualties were Killed. child injured men,
and three children Slight damage caused
house property" 49,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
RESIDENT
. OF The CITY HAS
4 THRIFT STAMP

Every man, woman and child in
Bridgeport is represented as having
one war savings stamp according to
the figures for the first two weeks Of
February, which were made public at
a meeting of the executive committee
yesterday afternoon. The total amount
in stamps purchased in the past two
weeks is $40,500, an average of about
$4,000 day. Although the commit
tee thinks this is a pretty good record
it is going to try to double that
amount during the last two weeks Of
the month and ultimately reach the
$4,000 a day goal set out for.
In each of the churches tomorrow
it has been announced that sermons
in behalf of the war savings stamp
movement will be delivered. The
committee stated today that 11S min
listers had pledged to speak in their
churches tomorrow at one of the SER
vices on war savings stamps.
The extending of the campaign
among the foreign speaking people Of
the city will be started soon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
COAL SITUATION
IN CITY ACUTE

Bridgeports coal shortage con-
tinues to be acute, despite the ship
ments received during the last few
days. No coal has been received by
barge for the last 4S hours, but ap-
proximately 100 tons were received
last night by rail. This shipment re-
plenished the domestic supply with
1000 tons of hard coal, but brought
little relief for the manufacturers.
Local Administrator Carl F. Sic
mon commenting on the industrial
situation today, said: 1.-The factories
are still in a bad way"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16

The supply was not equal to the de-
mand, and arrangements have already
been made for another sale in a few
days when further lots of potatoes will
be offered.
Prices seemed to have controlling
influence, the. fat price asked being
s1.S5 bushel in lots of n bushels
Where delivery was requested it had
been arranged for at a price of 10
cents a bushel. No charge was made
for the containers except in smaller
lots than 2A bushels. Then the ac-
tual cost was charged.
Most of the purchasers bought the
2h bushel sacks, and had them deliv-
cred by the association, the price being
$3.50 for the potatoes and 25 cents
for the delivery.
Several more carloads of potatoes
are on the way to be sold in the same
manner in few days. Due announce
ment will be made.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
BARKER REPORTED
SAFE IN ENGLAND

Edward c. Barker, formerly of this
city, was one of the survivors of the
Inflated troop ship Tuscania that was
torpedoed by a submarine off the
coast of Ireland on February 5. Mr..
Barker was q member of the N3th
Aero Squadron Signal corps and the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Bar
ker, now residing in Port Jefferson.
For several days his parents and
friends awaited anxiously news from
the young man and or Saturday last
a cablegram was received telling of his
safe arrival. No details were given
but the fact that he was safe was all
the parents cared to hear.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
DEFER DEPARTURE
OF DRAFT QUOTAS

Notices have been mailed to local
draft boards all over the state by
Adjutant-General George NJ. Cole
notifying them not to select a date
for sending their final Is per .cent.
quotas to camp until further notice is
received from the railroad company.
which will make the necessary trans
portation arrangements and an
nounce the date for departure. AT
first indications we're that the date
would be Feb. is, later it was chang7
ed to Feb % and now, no one, ex-
cept possibly railroad officials, knows
when tbe next group of draftees viii
leave for Camp Devehs'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
INVESTIGATORS TO
PROBE BOYCOTT

Following charges that Bridgeport
manufacturers are boycotting male
labor, accepting women apprentices
instead, two government labor investi-
gators are scheduled to arrive in this
city early next week. A meeting of the
State Labor Council, No. %, was held
in Machinists' hall, Broad street, last
night, when it was said that many
skilled men are idle or have been
forced to move out of town because
employment agents are giving women
the preference.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
NO POWER TO
CURB STATE DOGS

Hartford, Feb. 16 = Attorney-Gen-
era1 George E. Hinman has advised
Cattle Commissioner Whittiesey that
under the statutes he has not the
power to issue any statewide perma
nent regulation for the protection of
sheep against dogs, as such matters
some within the scope of legislative
enactiOn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
SINK STEAMER
TO QUENCH FIRE

An Atlantic Port, Feb. 16.-Fire in
the hold of the sScandinavian-Amer
can steamer Minsk here today made it
necessary for f1remen, after vain
effort to extinguish the blaze, to open
the vessels sea cocks, allowing the
ship to sink in the mud at the pief
where she was moored. The loss,
mostly from water, is estimated at
about 100000.
The ship's cargo consisted of a large
amount of Red Cross stores and cot
ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
NAVAL Fight
OFF sweden
IS REPORTED
Nearby Waters Were
Scene of Great Battle
Off Jutland.
FINDS MANY BODIES
OF TEUTON SAILORS
GOthenburg, on Western
Coast, Believes Clash
Occurred.

London, Feb. 16-Belief that a
naval engagement has occurred
is expressed in b dispatch received
in Stockholm from Uothenburg.
The dispatch reports the recovery
of large number of bodies of
German sailors who apparently
belonged to a warshiR.
Gothenburg, is on the western
coast of Sweden and is near the
Skagerrak, one of the bodies of
water connecting the North and
Baltic seas and the one nearest
the North sea. The North sea in
the vicinity of the Skagerrak has
been the scene of previous naval
engagement, the great battle of
Jutland having been fought there.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16

Cases have not been infrequerst of
German submarines bobbing up off
the British coast and sheIIing shore
points. Yarmouth, for instance, was
thus bombarded on Jan. IA. It is not
often, however, that the submarines
have cared to take chances with such
a well defended town as is Dover, the
most important in southeastern Eng
land, opposite Calais, on the straits of
Dover, across which flows a constant
stream of war traffic between Eng
lard and France.
1t was only yesterday that a power
full squadron of German destroyers
made a sudden raid in the straits of
Dover and sank eight British small
craft out on a submarine chase.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
HOICOMB TO ATTEND

Governor Holcomb is to be one of
the guests of honor at the tenth an
nua1 banquet of the Bridgeport Man
ufacturer's association which is to be
held at the Stratfield on February 26.
An informal reception will be held
prior to the dinner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
CREDITORS ACCEPT OFFER

The creditors of Rosa Reich at a
meeting in the office of referee, John
W. Banks, yesterday afternoon ac-
cepted her composition offer of S5
per cent She will petition the court
to have the offer confirmed. The
bankrupt operated a clothing store in
Water street
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
LEHMAN ESTATE 1900.

Inventory of the estate of Fred E
Lehman, showing it to be valued at
S1,64S.30, was filed in the probate
court today. It consists Of real es-
tate at Myrtle Beach, valued at $500
and $S48.30 in personal property.
Hampton A. Wilson and Joseph s.
Gruning were appraisers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
.PUBLIC'S POTATO SALE
PROVES GREAT SUCCESS
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES IT WILL HOLD
ANOTHER BARGAIN DAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE
2 CARLOADS SOLD TODAY

Successful beyond expectations describes the sale of po
under the direction Of the Agricultural Department the
Fairfield County association this morning at 9S7 Main street.
two carloads of potatoes disposed Of in lots
aging two and one-half bushels in couple of hours
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
MORGAN ATTENDS SPRING
RICE SERVICES IN CANADA
REPRESENTATIVES, OF FRENCH AND U. S. GOVERNMENTS
PAY LAST RESPECTS TO FORMER AMBASSADOR OF
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AT OTTAWA OBSEQUIES.-

Ottawa Ont Feb. i6-Represenatves of the French and
limited States governments and members Of the staff of the Brit
h embassy Washington Ottawa to attend the funeral
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
Rich Bridgeport Woman
Offers Bail For Youth
After He SWind|ed Her
HER HEART WON BY DASHING $15-A-WEEK
TELEPHONE CLERK, MISS JOSEPHINE
MAYHER PARTS WITH HER CASH

How Edmond Rousseo the $15 dollar week clerk the
heart of Miss Josephine dser formerly Of Bridgeport and
got $4,000 from her. is Ct fhe story which
makes New York dispatches today like excerpts II the
Arabian Nights.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
Four Children And One
Woman Victims In Hun
Attack On British Port

SHORE BATTERIES DRIVE OFF ENEMY SUBMA-
RINE IN MIDNIGHT BATTLE-FIRE FROM
CHANNEL LASTS FIVE MINUTES, BUT
LITTLE DAMAGE IS DONE TO
TOWN BY TEUTON GUNS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
MORE COAL PROMISED TO
new ENGLAND'S SHOPS
TIDEWATER SUPPLIES IN HAMPTON ROADS WILL BE RE-
LEASED FOR FACTORIES IN THIS SECTION
HEATLESS MONDAY o. KID.

Washington Feb 16-Increased shipments of coal for New
England the dewater supply in Hampton
administration
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
Carpenters Requesting
Government To Make
Minimum Wage Scale
UNION LEADERS PREDICT STRIKE WILL
SPREAD ALL ALONG ATLANTIC COAST
PRESIDENT WATCHING SITUATION.

New York, Feb 16-An appeal directly to President Will
to intervene in the strike of ship yard workers engaged
contracts will be made today by the United Broth
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
HUN DELEGATES
TO CONFERENCE
QUIT PETROGRkD

Berlin, Feb. 16, via London.-The
commissioners representing the Cen
trail powers left Petrograd yesterday
and crossed the German lines this
morning, it is announced officially.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16
U-BOAT B0MBARDS DOVER, ENCL And
The Want Columns

Classified advertising In
this newspaper is effectivs,
no matter what you may de-
sire to advertise. Try it once
and see,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-16

For Bridgeport and vi
cinity: Partly cloudy to-
night and Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19
HEARING BY WAR LABOR
 BOARD IN BRIDGEPORT.
Claim Made That Advance in Wages Has Exceeded Increase in Cost of Livinq.

Bridgeport, Conn, July 1S.-That the cost of living in Bridgeport has in- creased 61.4 per cent. during the pe- riod from Jan. 1, 1915, to June 2, 1918, and that during the same period there has been an increase of S1 per cent. in weekly earnings among industrial workers in Bridgeport shops, was the substance Of the testimony given be- fore the investigators of the Taft Walsh board here today by W. E. Freeland who has for several weeks been working on the Bridgeport sta tistics at the head of a committee of nearly two hundred investigators.
 In testifying today, E. P. Bullard, Jr., president of the Bullard companies, said in relation to an agreement which would make wage adjustments retro active to May 1. that he did not and other employers likewise did not think
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19
THE PRESENT WAR IS
 A "WAR OF REVENGE"
German Newspapers Disclose It Had
 Long Been Desired.

New York, July 18.-The present war is a war of rexenge," long desired by the Pan Germans, writes Kurd von Strantz, a Pan-German leader, in a book entitled Our National War Goal,' published in Germany.
 German newspaper received here quote the author as saying:
 Tn my boyhood days the German war of retaliation as we must name this world war more correctly, was the dream of my life, the realization of which I have never despaired of al- though I did doubt that I would live to see it in view of the unfortunate peace policy followed by the post Bismarckian administration.
 But I have lived to enjoy that happiness By word and letter I have fought for this war of revenge which finally is to restore our old national and political frontiers which we had
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19
THE PL CO.
  135 to 143 Main Street, Norwich, Conn.
talion and recommended for a commis-

talion and recommended for commis- sion a schaplain.
 Major" Atkins who is know to the officers and men of the battalion as ''the little major" to distinguish him from the real major of the organiza- ton, Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is said to carry the good luck of the unit with him. The boys believe that when he is present with them in an en- gagement, their casualties are light. On one occasion, when raid was to be undertaken, the little majors unit suffered only four casualties, while the next organization suffered severely.
 When pas day. was a long time coming recently, he gave each man in the battalion an order for seven francs on the canteen. Each took ad- vantage of the .jawbone" as the army boys call loan, and when payday came not one failed visit to the little major with the return payment
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19

it fair if they were to be included in F tht retroactive agreement when they
 had not been a party to the trouble. They had agreed to accept any de-r cision on wages made by the war labor board, but believed that the increase, if any, is granted should affect other factories only from the date of the : award and not extend back several months in their cases.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19

gradually lost in the east and west since 1852 Neither 1915 nor 1871 re- stored those frontiers.
 Bismarck started our national rise but he did not complete it. His dis charge impeded the victory promising course, as his successor gave half of German Africa senselessly, without any compensation, to our new arch enemy, England. Herewith began the descent which only this world war could arrest and which I longed for and foresaw when such thoughts were unpopular
 The Berlin Vorwaerts says that the entire enemy world will learn of this confession with great satisfaction and adds: If Herr von Strantz had been paid for his book by enemy agents, he could not have better worked into the hands of the enemy countries. The book" says. the Vorwaerts, lis proof of the criminal activities of certain Pan- German circles which now openly boast that they had longed for this war as their greatest happiness"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19

and my troubles caused by that weak ness are thing of thepast. All women who suffer as l did should try Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound. '-- Mrs. JAS. RoHRBEEG, 620 Knapp St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa.
 Women who suffer from any form of weakness, indicated by displacements, inflammation, ulceration, irregularities, backache, headaches, nervousness or "the blues" should accept Mrs, Rohr- berg's suggestion and give Ly1ia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a thorough trial.
 For over forty years 1t has been correcting such ailments. If You have mysteFious complications write for advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19

Not having such vast wealth and not knowing any other farmers who have, either, it would seem a dictate of ordinary judgment for us to go a little sleE about plunging on modern conveniences." even though The Ladies Own Counsellor and the various other inspired organs of Cuff and Gammon do preach them in season and out.
 THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19

Q WedkOeSS WHlcU
 caused backache
 and headaches. A
 friend called my attention to one of your newspaper advertisements and imm edistely my husband b 0 gh . three b ottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's V e g e ta ble Com pound for me. After taking two bottles I felt fine
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19
HAS BEEN "oVER THE ToP". SEVERAL TIMES
John T. Atkins, Formerly a Salvation
 Army Maor in Chicago.

Paris, July .-(Correspondence of A. P.)-John T. Atkins, formerly a Salvation Army major in Chicago now serving with a famous battalion of the United States army as Salvation Army worker, has been mentioned in battalion and regimental orders, has been lover the top" several times with the battalion, has been acclaim ed the most popular man in the bat
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT WAS
 LAST SEEN ON JULY IA
Was Then in Combat on Enemy's Side
 of Lines-General Pershing Cables.

Washington, July 1S.-The following message from General Pershing was transmitted by the war department to- day to Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster Bay:
 Headquarters, First brigade, Air service, reports: First Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, 95th aerial squad ron, lrst pursuit group, missing. Last seen on enemy's side of lines in com bat with enemy plane (S) about 9.15. morning July 14th.''
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19
TO PEOPLE WHO CHAFE

Over one hundred thousand people in this country have proved that nothing relieves the sarrness of chs6ng as quickly and permanently as ''Sykes Comfort Powder. l" z5c q vinol and other drug stoFes. Trial Boz Free. : The Comfort Powder Co.,, Boston, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19

If l were rich enough, think could build 8 house, with hollow wall construction and plenty of deadening interspaces, which would defy even a New England winter. I think I could provide for it a water supply which would never freeze and a waste outlet which would never clog up. think could find some sort of heater that Tould keep it comfortable, all over, whether the wind was east or north west.
 But, if I had money enough to do all that, I should also have meney enough to go to Florida and spend my winters at the Ponce de Leon.
 And probably I should do it,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-19
Dawn to Date.

Thanks to this freshet in the Piave, all the Venetian gondoliers will be using Austrian pontoons for trailers. Boston Herald