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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17
WHAT'S GOING ON IN TEE WORLD OF THEATRES AND AMUSEMENT
PLAZA

"America's Answer" the second of ficial war film, a direct message from General John J. Pershing, will ho shown for the first time in Bridge port today at the Plaza theatre. The work of a nation for one ideal and one cause.-the emancipation forever from tyranny of the depotism of mil itarism so that not alone we, but all peoples of the earth may live in peace and security for all time, is the story shown in this great message from our own United States. Every American who witnessed this picture will be in- deed proud of his country and the wonderful things we are doing over there.
 Altman and Nevins, two Connecticut boys well known and popular in Bridgeport, will present a brand new act with an old time name, 'The Vil- lage Blacksmith" It is chucked full of fun and laughter without a tagging moment.
 Lony Naase, the dainty little vaude- vile comedienne, will' bring with her an act full of song and pep which she puts across in a chic and graceful manner.
 Ash and Lewis in their latest laugh ing hit have an act that is both clever and unique and will be heard to their best advantage in number of songs and jokes that are right up to the minute.
 Papnton, Howard and Lisette in a new speciality that is just little bit different from all othersp- will show some wonderful feats that will open the gates of joy and happiness to all who see them.
 A reel from the Post Travelogue which covers the worlds news and a Lyon Moran comedy which Is sure 10 keep the audienece in one long finger ing laugh will conclude a bill of laughs, tears, sighs and more laughs that Is both entertaining and educa- tional to be shown at the cosey, com sfortable, all ventilated Page theatre the last three days of this week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17

Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week and it is safe to say that record breaking business is. expected.
 Harold R. Peat. is author, lecturer, soldier and patriot whose reputation extends from one end of the country to the other. MT. Peat was among the first of the Canadians to reach France and his record as soldier in the cause of world democracy is one worthy of the emulation of every young patriot. He sought in vain to enlist; being repeatedly rejected be- cause of insufficient chest expansion. but he finally succeeded in going lover there" He fought at Ypres, St Julian, St. Eloi, Langemarck and Vimy Ridge.
 Wounded and permanently disabled at Ypres, MT. Peat was invalided | home and after his arrival he lectured with great success. his subject being 1.-TWO Years to Hell and Back With a Smile" He later published7his har- rowing experiences in book form un- der the title of Private Peat" which
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17

United Verde Extensions Septem- Der output was 4,72O,0O0 pounds of copper.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17
POLI'S

The management of Polls theatre announced last night that they had secured for Bridgeport the great photoplay Private Harold Peet. This is undoubtedly one of the greatest pie lures ever produced upon the subject of the great world conflict and has attracted international attention.
 Private Harold Peat was hailed in New York as being. one of the won ders of Broadway and this is posi- lively the first showing of the big pro duction in Connecticut.
 It was further announced that the photoplay will head the bill for
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17
McEnelly Singing Orchestra

Next Monday evening the McEnelly Singing Orchestra will pay another visit to Bridgeport and will be the attraction at the Colonial ball room, in Fairfield avenue. This orchestra has won splendid reputation for the high quality of the music 1t renders, especially the singng numbers for the dancing, and has a following of hun dreds who always attend when they are announced. Always with the lat est music they sing some part of every dance number with a swing and snap which lifts the feet. They will give a short concert and will then play and sing for long evening of dancing. Admission at a popular fig ure, a cordial welcome and a good time for every one.-Adv.
 There are signs that the German army proposes to celebrate Old Home Week in Germany.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17

The Chinese government signed contract with the Marconi Go. for the construction of three wireless stations at kashkar and Urumchniear near the Turkestan border and one at Ian Chow Flu, capital of Kansau province, Central China.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17
FURNACES SET NEW RECORDS.

Washington, Oct. 17-Blast furnaces now. running at capacity, are operated at the record production rate of 33,- 100000 tons of steel and 42,O0O, 900 tons of pig iron a year, it was an- nounced yesterday by the War Indus tries Board. The demand is approx mately 5e,000,000 tons a year.
 An increase of 10000 tons a week in production of steel plates has been accomplished. In 1916 all records were broken with a production of B. S64,00O tons In 1917 this was in-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17
WEST END

For genuinely delicious humor and timely interest, announcement Is made that Mary Pickford's newest photoplay, Johanna. Enlists,", a screen adaptation of Rupert Hughes successful story ""The Mobilization of Jehanna,"E which will be- shown et the. West End. theatre tonight, Is per- haps the emost pleasing offering of the season and in many respects one of the, most. novel and delightful veh!- cles ever provided for this famous cinema star.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17
THE TIMES: OCTOBER 17, 1918

has met with enormous sale. While the scenes of the photoplay in which Private Peat" portrays the leading role are located in New England and France. the main incidents are taken from the book and in the picturiza- ton MT. Peat repeatedly demonstrat- ed that he is almost slgood an actor as he Is a fighter. Indeed Private Peat" promises to be one of the big gest cinema war features thus far presented to the public.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17

creased to more than 4,00o, ,o00 tont Now plates are being produced at the rate of approximately 6,0O0,OoO tons year.
 J. Leonard Replog1e, Steel Admin istrator, announced yesterday that rail production is going at the record rate of 3,75O,O00 tons a year and 5,5OO,- 900 tons of protective steel year are beng turned out.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17

When Allied troops entered St. Quentin they found the ground had been excavated under the cathedral preparatory to blowing it up.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-23
TRAFFIC MANAGERS WILL
MEET IN MACON FRIDAY.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Jan. 23.-Traffic
Manager Frank Wildly, of the city of
Savannah has called a meeting for
January 25 at Macon, to discuss the
Order and Opinion of the Georgia
railroad commission in the classifi-
cation matter. Mr.. Wildly believes
that the commission has unwittingly
foisted burden on the people of the
state through the order and opinion
and is calling the meeting for the pur-
pose of analysing the commissions
order and opinion. 1t Is expected it
will be shown that instead Of there
being no increases, under the order
and opinion there would be an increase
ranging from twenty to two hundred
per cent. The interests of Georgia
shippers are ones involved in the case
and it is believed there will be a NUM-
Der Of representatives at the Macon
meeting If certain data now in pos
session of Mr.. Wildly is made public,
the case promises to become one Of
the most sensational ever sprung in
this state.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-23
TEUTONS SAY THEY
ARE READY FOR u. S

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 23.-"I do not
know the Americans, nor do l know
what they are capable Of doing in this
war" said General Won Stein, Prussian
minister of war, in an interview in a
recent issue of the Budapest Hirlap.
The general Is quoted, however, as de
claring that the Central Powers are
well PREPARED for meeting America.
The war minister said he did not
regard air fighting as decisive fac
tor. He had heard of extensive Amer
lean plans in this connection. "But, 4"
he said, much depends upon what
the American engineers can do. and
still more depends upon whether eff
cient, experienced crews can be OBJ
tanned by them"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-23
VERY GOOD EDDIE" COMING
HERE, MONDAY, JUNE 2STH

Manager Dudley Of the Opera House
takes pleasure in announcing as most
important attraction of the season
Elizabeth Marbury's and F. Ray Com
stocks charming musical comedy
very Good Eddie which comes here
almost directly after twelve months
run at the Casino and Princess thea
tres in New York. An unusually at
tractive and animated bevy of girls
make up the chorus and have been
named the "swagger Fashion Girls, !"
because of their ability to wear smart,
up-to-d date clothes with certain chic
individual style not duplicated in any
other musical comedy Of the season
They add considerably to the life and
success Of this musical treat which is
sure to crowd the Opera House.
Very Good Eddie is the story of two
young married couples who start out
on their HONEYMOON on a Hudson river
Noat Some difficulty arises about the
luggage and one of the husbands and
one of the wives go ashore to straight
en- matters out The boat then pulls
away from the dock separating the
newly weds. The couple remaining
aboard the boat are forced to spend
the night at a little inn under en-
barrassing circumstances. Of course.
they are OBLIGED to register as Bird"
and groom and many of the most
laughabIe complications arise. But
though TIE most unusual situation oc-
cur. the story remains wholesomely
comic throughout, never once border
ing on sulgsrity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-23
This TELLS YOU HOW
TO PAY INCOME TAX

This tells you how to pay your in
come tax:
Every married person or head of a
family whose income for the calendar
year 1917 was $4,000 or more must file
with the collector of internal revenue
in the district in which he resides or
has his place of business, on or be-
fore March l, 1918, a return Of his
income. Every unmarried person
whose income was 81 900 or more must
flo return.
The exemptions are $4,000 for mar
ried persons and heads of famili 8
and 81 900 for unmarried persons. Ad-
ditiona1 exemptions of 5000 are allowed
to married persons or heads of fami-
lies for each dependent child. if undc r
eighteen years OF age, or incapable of
self-support.
NET income" means gross income
less certain deductions provided by the
act. Actual business expenses may be
deaucted, but not family or living ak
penses.
The normal rate of taxation under
the act of Oct. 8, 1917, is 2 per cent.
A graduated system of surtaxes APP
plies to incomes in excess Of $4,000
Payment of the tax must be made on or
before June Is, 1918. Revenue Off
GERS win assist the taxpayers in max
ing out their returns.
Forms for incomes of not more than
$4,000 are being mailed to collectors of
internal revenue by department Off
Gals. The forms for the corporation
tax, the excess profits tax and incomes
of more than $4,000 will be ready by
January 18th.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-23

MADRID, January 29.-The Span
lsh newspapers have Just discove- ed
that Leon Trotsky. the Russian Boil
sheviki leader, was under arrest. in
Spain for short time in 1916 He
reached Spain from Franc in Octob-
er of that year but the police having
learned that he was a DANGEROUS an
archist" arrested him at Vigo. took
him to Madrid and LODGED him at tho
Central nrison from November 4 to
10, pending inve7tigation. cuh7e
quently. he was released, but was re-
qleste1 to leave the country. He
then em5a~te1 at Barcelona for the
T.uitei States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-23

There II luore ;aterrn in this section
OF the country -aan III other diseases
put together, and for .;ears it WI sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatment pronounced
II incurabla. Caterrh is a local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
c4tions and therefore requires constitu-
tlonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by +. J. Cheney &
CO., Toledo, Ohio. is a constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Caf~rrh Medicine fails to cuis. Send for
circulars and testimonials
F. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, ohio,
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills tor constipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-23
TIE Build Over Fashionable Area.

LONDON, Jan. 23.-The entire area
of st. James square, in the heart Of
the fashionable residential district of
Ion ION. is to be built over with a
temporar structure for the purpose
cf the American Young Mems Christ
ian Association. Huts for soldiers
and officers will be provided, in ad-
astion 70 Y. NJ. C. A. Offices.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-23
EASY MATTER FOR MEN OR
WOMEN TO BUILD Up STRENGTH
According to This Lady VINO Regamed Her Weight Found
New Strength and Vigor in Just Ordinary Iron Remedy
HIGII> CONCENTRATED, IT Is
MORE POWERFUL, CHEAPER,
4UU, AND GOES TWICE
AS FAR.

Il suffered for years with various
troubles. l seemed all rundown and
failing fast ! imagine it was ston'-
ach trouble and liver principally that
brought on the complications that
came later | tried several doctors
and sent away to .,......... Buffalo,
n. Y, but their medicine did me no
good. Indigestion, sour, bitter erup-
lions from my stomach. Flatulence,
3iliousne IS, torpid liver, weak and
nervous feeling. headaches, poor blood
and catarIh CT long standing, head
noises and aches and pains until hon
estly when l look back at those
months and months Of suffering won
der how l stood it all. Trying to
keep store and look cheerful with
such ailments Juggling and pulling you
down is awfully hard. owe my re-
lief to a salesman who walked in one
day when | was suffering particularly
bad and he told me about Acid Iron
Mineral He had been troubled the
same way / was until he took Acid
Iron Mineral and so on his recommen-
datiOn ! started taking this great
remedy / took three bottles and It
did me world of good. / felt better
than l have in years. l am blessed
with won erful health and strength.
/ had almost given UP ever being wei,
and strong again. ! praise it because
I'm sure there can be no medicine on
the market today that will beat Acid
Iron Mineral" enthusiastically states
Mrs e. Short, of Van Dyke. Va.
Anyone taking a few drops of Acid
Iron Mineral mixed in water two or
three times day can be benefited
wonderfully 1t Is just plain, highly
concentrated nat ural iron. 1t is more
powerful AMI cheaper than weaker
prepared pills or preparations con-
tanning iron as the chief medicinal ele-
ment Everyone knows iron is good
for the blood and whole system, build
ing reorle up almost like magic. The
reason is plain. To make rich blood
red blood you must have iron Without
rich. red blood your strength leaves
you, blood gets clogged very often with
uric acid causing rheumatism troubles
and the whole system becomes weak
enc and run down.
Being very powerful few drops in
q glass Oh water makes dose. It is
sold Oily IN original bottles under
AIM trademark on the bottle and
carton This is your guarantee of
full strength and quality. Most drug
gists have 1t and twelve ounce bot
tie costs but a dollar and is a SPLEEN
did inves tment, If the reader is In
search of something to cleanse, build
up and strengthen the system. Pallid,
yellow compilations soon disappear if
the thousands of users OF the past
thirty years are to he believed. Get
: bottle today. Howells Pharmacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
SEDAR TO Be OBSERVED
FOR JEWISH SERVICE MEN
Service Will Be Provided in Local
Synagogues for Sailors, Soldiers
and Government Clerks.

Sedar, the home service. observed on
the first eve of the Passover by the
Jews, WILDE provided by the local syn
agogues for the hundreds of Jewish
soldiers, sailors and government clerks
who have come to Washington as re-
suit of the war.
The orthodox Jews observe Sedar also
owing to the lack of facilities it will be
possible to provide the service. except
, for a limited number, under the follow
ing arrangement:
The soldiers and sailors will have
Sedar the first evening. Wednesday.
March 81. The civilians and the SOL
diers on detached duty will have Sedar
the second evening. March %. Both
Sedarim will be held in the vestry
rooms of Eighth Street Temple. The
orthodox congregation, of which Rabbi
Grossman is the head. Is cooperating
in every way. The rabbis of both con-
gregations will participate in the serv-
ices.
The expense of the first Sedar is
Eighth Street Temple, the Jewish board
of welfare work and the Federated
Jewish Organizations. Tickets are
being sold for the second Sedar. The
supper will besin keeping with the
Passover traditions and 81 a plate is
being charged. Tickets for the second
Sedar must be secured before March IS.
They can be obtained at the Y. NJ. H A.,
the Y. w. H. A. Presslar's or Open
heimer's. eos F street northwest Tick
cts for the first Sedar are being dis
triouted by the camp workers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
TO RUSH ACTION ON RAILS
AND WAR FINANCE BILLS

The House today prepared for quick
action on the war flnan~x corporation
and tho railroad control bills by dis
pensing with the usual Wednesday rou-
tho in an effort to pass tho legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill today.
Majority Leader Kitchen hopes to
bring up the finance bill tomorrow. 1t
has been passed by tho Senate. Then
the conference report on the railroad
bill will be disposed Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
PRESIDENT APPROVES
SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAM

President Wilson has authorized Sec
rotary Lane, it was announced today. to
conduct through the federal bureau of
education a nationwide campaign for
school-directed home gardening.
DR.. P. P. Claxton of the bureau today
called upon school boards. superfn-
tendents OF education and teachers to CO.
operate In making the project a sue
cess Attention is called to tho fact
that expenditure of school funds for
this purpose is entirely legitimate. as
children are bound to derive consider
able educational experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
CLUB FOR ENLISTED MEN.
Planned for Washington by Moth
ers and Parent-Teachers' Body.

Plans for the establishment of a
club for enlisted men in Washington
under the direction of the Congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teachers' Associa-
ton were outlined at meeting yester-
day at the Shoreham Hotel by Mrs.
Henry n. Spottswood and Mrs. Harry
Parkhurst. A club similar to that sup
ported in Baltimore by the congress
is planned for Washington.
Among those present at yesterdays
meeting were Maj. Gen. Barnett, L. S.
NJ. c.: Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett and
DR.. Charles Wood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
SHRAPNEL
Sidehghts on the War
-BY-
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
In a song of current events a British
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

In a song OF current events a British
writer says:
The splutter and squirting
OF Chancellor Hertling
Doesn't inspire, only sickens;
He's OF on tack
That will get him the sack,
He is Hurting his land TO the dickens
Some solution to find,
His masters refuse 10 reason.
It's the closed time for cant.
Even Carscns are now out of season.
Eighty thousand French children die
every year of tuberculosis. The American
Red Cross has made some strides in its
campaign to educate the peasants of the
country in combative measures.
Owing to war times. habitual drinkers
complain that the beer made i'm England
is nothing but colored water. A soldier
at the front who had just returned from
leave in Blighty was overheard to say:
Poor bob, he was killed by the new
Alcoholic poisoningT' asked another
fighter, as he lit his pipe
mo, drownded.' was the response
Export restrictions of tho various Ger
man provinces are strictly enforced in
war times for each community wishes to
take care of itself in so far as it is able.
Travellers generally have to undergo a
period of searching when they go from
one province to anothe-. The authorities
particularly see to it that food is not
ried out
Owing to the loathness of mutiia ted
soldiers to propose marriage to any
wor1en. they naturally expecting re-
lection. 1t is being strongly advocated
in England that the women be given
the right to propose, thereby doing
away with the centuries-old prejudices
against such practice. There will be
tens of thousands of men who might
make good husbands, but who will re-
fuse to pop the question" because of
fear of refusal after the war has end
ed.
Not so bad" Getting along fine"
These are the two answers most heard
by hospital visitors who ask wound
ed men of their condition. Even bad
ly wounded soldiers appear cheerful.
Seldom does one come across
crouch"
Cocoa shells make delicious bever-
age, according to British folk who
set out to find a substitute for tea
The shells are boiled for several hours.
The brew is rich in nutriment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
LONG-AND-SHORT-HAUL
CLAUSE IN BILL URGED
Present Law Works Injustice to
Shippers in Intermountain Terri
tory, Committees Hears j

Passage Of an absolute lons-and-siort-
haul clause was urged by witnesses today
before the Senate interstate commerce sub
committee, which is conducting hearings
on the bill of Senator Poindexter of Wash
ington proposing such an amendment to
the present commerce act, which now con-
fers arbitrary powers on the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Similar bills have
also been introduced by Senator Shafroth
of Colorado and Senator Henderson Of No
vada-.
Former Senator Bristow, chairman
of the Kansas state public utilities COM
mission, and J. f. Shaughnessy of the
Nevada state railroad commission, both
declared the present law works an in
justice on the shippers OF the country
and especially those in the inter.
mountain territory.
Mr.. Shaughnessy declared the present
law causes a degree of uncertainty in
intermediate point territory. which Sc
riously hampers industrial enterprises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
THREE DEATHS REPORTED
BY NAVY Department

dents vere reported today By ne losS1
Department
MachinisSs Mate Charles JsAn Eazaes
Rome, N. Y died March 10 from . fraos
tured skull sustained when he fall ffpuA
a seaplane at Pensacola, Fla
Musician George Dewey SinlrA Day.
ton, Ohio, attached to tho U. & g M.
vada, was accidentally killed Nlaxuh 10
while playing base ball
Coxswain William Emil BuerEer Chi
lege Point. N. Y died March II Of 4
fractured skull after falling from the
snokestack of the u. s. s BurroA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
TICKET OFFICE MERGER
IS TO BE EXTENDED

The railroad administration is pre-
pairing to extend to other cities the
union ticket of1ce plan already ar
ranged Tor Washington.
Plans for tho consolidation Of the
union ofifce were announced today. In
vestigations tending to q similar end
arc under way in New York. Chicago
St Louis, Cleveland. Pittsburgh and
elsewhere.
In many cases the Offices cannot be
unified until after leases expire, and
this may postpone for six months OF
more establishment Of union Offices il
some cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-13
WIDOW Of PRESIDENT
GARFIELD DIED TODAY

Los ANGELES, Cal. March 1s.-Mrs.
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield. widow of
James a. Garfield twentieth President
OF the United States, died at her winter
home in South Pasadena early today.
Mrs Garfield would have been eighty
six years old April 19. She had been i'll
recently and pneumonia developed Sun
day night She died at 4:30 o'clock
this morning