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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-16
SCRATCHING THE
SCALES OFF THE
DRAGONS BACK

(By James Lewis in World Outlook
for August, 1879
Nesting in a valley of western
China is the glorious village of Tai
wan. Just over the hills, which crowd
about the green valley, flow the wide,
muddy waters of the YanEtse. Every
morning the inhabitants of the village
pour down from the heights to the
river banks, to fill their water buck
cts. Then back again, each trudges,
toiling up over the ascent and down
again into the valley.
For one thousand years this weary
climbing route has marked the path
of Tia-wtn's water system.
One autumn, boy went out from
the mission primary school in the vii
lage to enter advanced institutions
further down the river. When he re-
turned to his village, schooled in the
science and learning of the West, he
was given civic reception.
Chen, the young scholar, regarded
his home village witch new eyes. Tht
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-16

drome. Every eye is turned upwards
watching the little lights. Suddenly
ball of red appears in the sky, drops
slowly, and dies out. 1t is a signal de-
scribing the weather conditions up
aloft, and conveying an order to those
on the ground.
One by one the huge machines
glide out into the middle of the field,
thunder across the grass, and rise,
soaring to the stars. For a time, their
murmur fills the skies, but soon a
heavy silence descends on the aero
idrome, while in the east beyond the
German lines, can be seen the pale
fingers of the cropping search lights.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-16
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

American troops in France will be
supplied with 100000 Swiss watches.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the
guest of honor at a public dinner
given by Admiral Delbonno at Rome.
A commission of military men and
journalists left Madrid to visit the
American front in France.
A soldier sentry shot and killed an
unidentified man at the sulphur
docks, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, when
he refused to halt.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-16

Two DIRECTORS were sentenced to
dishonorable discharge from the army
and one was sentenced to IS and the
other 20 years imrisonment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-16

A school for student clerks for rail-
way ticket offices was opened at
Washington by the Railroad admins
tration.
The evening herald., 1918-01-30
A FOREWORD TO THE PEOPLE OF
NEW MEXICO BY GOV. LINDSEY

Potnp the experiences last year the oycrro and
state drcS council cooperating greatest possbc
'"' To- hr made during the present year New Mexico the
production of food, ITS marketing and prc,rryatiuu
" to farmers To- be extended along practically the lines
'I' ~ cost Tor 'a' "r "n m"rga2e and note at six
interest Particular
"l "'r' planted d the same shall hr freed from all defective
ana other incompatible plant aud weed ,cls believed
Pr"rromo Will accomplish great and lasting ag
cultural To
Farmers rI the natter of proper seed selection
County defense councils
tura district demonstrators and county women
defense council and 10 render prompt efficient and complete
III lh"r respective fields of operation II expected every
induce ' planting and cultivation of home gardens by the children
ana youth of the aud that this will promote
ANA manage h" marketing and preservation of the products of the
Now thai moisture hu, the OF abundant snow over
practically r whole of the state the depressing effects of the
VERY dro 1917 and forgotten
NW WIN tr War aud sustained 10y the certainty their knowl.
edge that a their crop, product will be in uscnt demand al m
Her'dclicd may. ami doubtless will forth their utmost
fields and garden.
h" I" seven other men are required to be- called into the
special Wa necessary furnish food clothing arms muni
Mons d equipment 10 the t" IN and near the line of ocnsc and
'h " SAID that by early summer fewer than three million
men W c placed first battle line, camp cantonmcnt
nus very million Of the and productive
of the usual activities of the
hrW usual work than done 10y those of who make p
second battle line of ofcus aud defense For each
solved i l 10 win this world for freedom
eorroo of the power right since the alternative means
ON" camcn along with the cnloncncnt of the power might
' people of THIS state thus far have than up
!" rari prospective requirement o the general We
aN' don" t> only because enthusiasm and
kept N ahead of the Let continue be-
OF inc
warning of disaster 10 follow neglect of duty.
W /. LINDSEY. GoysGaQI, ~A
The evening herald., 1918-01-30

Icrt iu life is Co get under the T'u-
tonic skin. Here is one arrow thut
must have drawn blood
once upon q time Doctor Bethmuu-
UolWcr went up to heaven tn,
penrly gates were shut. but he began
20 push his way through In the usual
Gclmnn fashion 81 Peter rushed
out of his lodge m"ch annoyed at
the commotion.
IN there, who are YOU" he de-
manded
~ ann Doctor won Bcthmun Hols
wcr the imperial chancellor" was the
naughty reply
wen, you don't seem to bee dead
what ARE YOU doing around here 2'
"l want 10 see God "
sorry replied - Peter "hut
don't think you can see him todny
IN fact he's not very well'
"Nh, Jm distressed To hear that
said the chancellor somewhat NOR.
politely what seems 10 be- m,
trouble
we don't quite know. but We are
afraid it is q ease nt exaggerated
ego answered ST Peter "hc keeps
walking up and down, occasionalN
striking his chest with his clcnchcd
fist ana muttering to himself II am
the kuisor ! am the kaiser
Dear me- that is really very sad '
snid the chancellor iu e still Nndlicr
tone "l'uw { happen ~ be- the bear
er of 20 communicated from my Inn
pcrlal master perhaps IL might cheer
him up to hear it,
what is IT,"
WHY the emperor has Just issued
a decree, providing that ~ future ho
shall have the use Of the nobiU1ry
particle from houcoforth he win have
IN" ri ,ht 10 call himself Won Gntt ''
step right n, your vNcollcucy" iu.
terruptod 81 Peter 81 um very sure
the Now tiFaf will hc much rrntiflcd
to learn of the honor done him Thlrl
door To- "a. "'llr Nlrl the step
Thank YOU North American re.
views war Weekly.
The evening herald., 1918-01-30
morn GFI,MNN NN>pNLIsNL

\ painful feature Of the Tcutonic
invasion of Italy is the luouug and
destruction Of historic buildings and
works uf art From such things tho
Nustriuns and Iluusarltns rcfiuiucd,
hut the Germans ON Joining them Tor
the present drive promptly engaged
In the practices which had made their
conquest uf belgium aud northern
France Infamous Stltuury. paintings
ana whatever else pf value could hc
taken away were stripped fTom pub
hc building aud shipped to Germany
bn December IS squadron Of Ger
man utrplancs rtidel the uudofoudcd
clty Of hadua uud huniburded H. up-
pnrently sclootIur aa targets tho most
precious and sacred Of ir buildings
ON the next night uud again the
next the raid Was repeated Not
many persuuS were Killed. hui tho
destruction uf priceless works OF at
was very great The front OF the SIX
trouth coutruy cathedral wts demul
ishcd, the church ui 80 AutNnuN n
which is the tomb of - Anthony Z
FadVa. was badiy damaged. ia REQAse
The evening herald., 1918-01-30

range IN thickness from six 10 thirty
feet By 1918 Alsace was already proc
dueug about 3 rcr cent oc the total
German output
How ft the field extends aud what
Is its productive capacity cannot as
yet bc known Win amy precision. Bu,
the area that has already been dcvcl-
oped less than ouc-tcnth ur the est
mated whole, has been Judged to con-
tain 300.00O,0U0 tons of pure potash.
valued at i70o.ooo ooO. The deposits
which would. of course, pass tu'u
French possession with the restoration
a. Alsace have an importance nrut
from their financial value Hitherto
the only workable and remuncratiyo
deposits of potassium salts have hocn
those near stassfurt in saxony Ger
many has thus held u world monopoly
of salt which forms one of the most
essential plant foods ana It put to 4
dozen different commercial uses.
Next to Germany the United States
h the largest user Of potash she inn
ported every year from Germany
about 100000 tons, and II has been
estimated that had she her own source
Of supply in her own soil she would
consume nearly twenty times as much
The whole world Is at thN moment
literally starving for potash, and when
the war Is over the whole world Will
have to pay ransom for il to Gcrmany
nt GcrmanS's own price The discot-
cry, therefore. of deposits that while
small compared with the Stassfurt
fields are still large enough to break
the German monopoly, is an event of
real moment And the chance that
has placed them Iu Alsace and revealed
them just In time To- enable France to-
step into ran POSSESSION of 20 valuable
an asset is It happy circumstance 90
which the whole world. outside 60;
Germany ana her allies, win find "a
grim satisfaction
The evening herald., 1918-01-30
kNIsI,n M\AIs will.

one Of the latest souvenirs uf the
war To- make It's appearance is AN Of
fetal looking document bearing q big
rod stamp and entitled THE Last
VIII ana Testament of the Kaiser '
The wording or IN, will is as follows
This tx the last will ana testament
of me. Wilhelm the supcrswiUScr.
recognizing that nm fairly up
against IL ana expecting tp bee met
with % violent death NJ amy minute
ut IA" hands OF the Sammios
81 appoint the emperor of Austriu
To he my sole executor ,hy Kind per
mission uf the alliosl
"ll give and ncqueath to France
the territories Of AISucr and Lorraine
cas- this is only q case ~ returning
stolen property I don't deserve any
credit for " and au NOT likely 10 get
%. cithcrl
'2 10 Servia | give Austria
90 To Russia I give Turkey.
"t--To Belgium ! should like to
give al the thick ,trs. black cyrs aud
broken noses that she presented lt
with when ! trespissed ON her terri
tory
1T" your Cnnie sam I give an
my dreatnauEhts. submarines. torpo-
do boat destroyers and fleet uf
Fuukors generally what's left 81
them. He's bound t. have thcm .u the
end, anyway.
"d To John rull . give what's left
OF my army as his Gen. Hair seems
80 handy at turning nay men into
minccw"Ht
To tho college of Science and
Museum leave ms famous musacho
as % souvenir ~ the greatest swauNrr
In this on amy other apc
"N- TO Mrs paukhurst and the WI
women leave my mailed fist tho, L
find 10 useful mo- doubt. when they rr-
sumo their militant tdctics
"9-To Sir Earncs, shlckolton !
leave the pole ye been up for su
long that ! regard it as my personal
property.
CSieuedl III l. VI wilhelm
Lord or the Land. Sra and Air.
The evening herald., 1918-01-30
ms CONCEPTION ur SERVICE.

N.to, ,,,,,,,a, ts,,,..h A. |.,.'
T. : A tho provos, n,,,..r,I ,,.norai
of tho t-nitod st,,os has ,,,d, r,t'
lie for rensop. which ,rc ,h,.,o,,s
the following I,t,or urit,., h, , VI
riuipu Ia IN, ,,rr,hcrs az ia. to.,t
district draft board,
Local Draft go,rd of ro,,n,, -,
Prince Edward indigo 1 NJ t,,,t,
Chairman .Grptlanop of ,b. no.rl,
ON SATURDAY, MIGHT tauuary re-.
cciycd from you notice of nv clossl.
ficatipn in IN, .riectiye d,,ft 500
that YOU have ns.igned m. 10 class
You will doubt.o.s recall thar IN rim.
Ing out my uursfIonpaire mad. no
claim OF eNen.nr,nn circumstance
which understood would placa me
IN Glass !. whprr felt ought 10
hr aud drsif,a fp br. This letter ls
in the natur, uf an appenI from ynur
classification 4- understand that
this may o., Jurp within fiy, tst. days
from tho dat, of the notice Please
grant my apprl and notify ru, thnt
have been designed tn elias. Nv
good wife ana nuyc talked I'M. t,iu.,
over many times and We thinI, we
know what VA, rro asking Shu and
the baby viii Dee left in much NOR.
comTurtahl, and certain circumstances
than many ,rothor win hc ANA has
been. uf colr-. Nc rcnIiyo. tho. a,tuiI
separation ,y.I Ice bitter lesson in
the disripiIu, rist this war rs going
The evening herald., 1918-01-30
The Scrap Book


''hHfhtf W '"
Thcr" was a sign
la a restaurant
Ana u said
That all Of the patron.
Would be Elau 90 ...v
That with their h..U
The restaurant bad saved
\ ton of sugar
Since 1t started a. .lE.
But IL didn't toll
What the restHuuI .Hm
Had done with a.. money
lie hadn't paid.
For the ton of surar
There was anuth.r Sign
lu au office buiuu-
And It said
That because of fuu Wtr
And the Shurtago Of coal
The elevator scr,...
Would be cut In hHf
And there wuuldut Hp heat
AFTER O'Clock.
But ~ didn't tel
What the landlord would do
WITH the muu'y +. saved
N always worric- Dob,
How 80 many Vul,-
Can sell goods.
AZ less than cost
Aud keep opcu
K G. d. boo Puck
The evening herald., 1918-01-30
WHY GERMAN WANTS
AIS NCE-I.OliRNiNI..

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The evening herald., 1918-01-30
CODE CIPHER SHOWS IP
BERLIN.

| me clphVt mcSsnEe Which proved
That Berlin directed the sinking 81
the Lusitana is made public for the
/ first time In the Worlds Work mage
/ zine, published .oday John I, Holh-
ON, editor Of the Providence Jourul ..
which exposed numerous German plots
in this country during the last three
years IN an article gi, ing In detail
| the methods he used tn uncarth the
/ work of the German agents quotes
this message from his files. ana rN-
plains how 1t was dccoded The mes
sage, los cipher, reads as follows.
From Berlin Foreign Office
70 Botschait Washington
1853 4i-WD Welt nineteen fifteen
! warue I75 20 stop l55 . stop
durch 6eg : stop 10 Z is stop LIN
ll3i5G
This cipher message came through
from Nauen, Germany. Co Sayytlc.
Long Island. at. - O'clock uu the
morning Of April 20. 1913, and was
caught by the operator al q wireless
station maintained by the Providence
journal, Il was especially interesting
because h followed none at the codes
which th,, had previously observed.
1t was evidently important because
-four attempts were made 10 put it
. -
succeeded In overcoming the uuiayur.
able static conditions which prevailed
that morning Every attempt 10 dee
cipher 1t failed, unlil somebody with
a lire on the internal activities of the
German embassy remembered that
during that morning Prince Hntzfeldt.
Of the embassy staff had been look ing
Tor Sew York world almanac
The first Two words ul the message.
Welt tGerman for 'WorldD lal-,'
Supplied the clue Following the
other numbers In the message as rep
=, -cnung page. line. and word iu the
World Almanac" for 1915, the jour
ral men denoded the message ls io.-
lows Warn Lusiunia passenger ,sy
through press not voyage across the
Atlantic" Two days later the Ger-
man mpassy printed the now hietorg|
advert scmrnt in the New YORK paper.
warning travellers not a. cross the A.
lant'c. ana week later on Mas 1th.
the Lu-itann was sunk by "a German
submarine.
dramatic touch of suggestion col
death in the message lies In the fact
that the word not In 1t is taken from
the first sentence ot am obituary oil
the hate Juseph Pulitzer, former own.
cr ot Tho World, which publishes tho
Almanac And another grim bit ut
irony iu It D. that the last four words
wcr, taken from au advertisement OF .
wrll-kuuVn Murine motor headed
The seal of safety at Scu
The German Ambassador mmc-
diately after the sinking of the LusI-
tauia declared that the adycrtisem,u,
hc had published In the Sew Nurk.
papers was inserted on his own ro
sponsibiiity and had NO particular rec
ference 10 the Llsitaula AZ printed.
this advertisements mentioned mo- ~h.pI
Dos name I.ft the cipher mos-og,
nov reveals the fact that he de,iarI
utcly ned ana that Berlin directed the
whole tragcdS
incidentally Nh gathom'. article
adds that on the c,ouur after the
LusiuauL Was sunk wh,r friend. u. ,
Won Bcrnsrprtf declared upa' ho wa.
pN'rwhelmcd with ui,r uud secluded
Ia his rooms in Sew York hotel. hs
was iu reality giving dinner 900 the
APARTMENTS "f friend ,u Sew Nork
aud there toasted the cpmmaudvr of
the r-Doa, which SUNK be liner,
The evening herald., 1918-01-30
\ GIIr no IllIln GOVT.

We an Know Of iAbre holgiquc. the
Anonymous periodical which ls ""cret-
ly pahllshcd and circulated In hrus-
sels ami 10 ,uus of which h regular
~ found pu fh, desk Of the German
governor general every Monday morn.
'uE \rrr trw copies of an" paper
E't "ut aI Ipllum, az % 90 " ''pitd
"if"use ll utNc the paper IA one s
possession auq VI course lls ehlsf 09-
The evening herald., 1918-01-30
WI KNOW ms KIND.

la Cleveland they've caught a fcl-
low charging sS.Jo for hauling ton
of coal % couple OF blocks Tha, frl-
low Ht some day In his career must
have driven sirht seeing rig al Mag
ara Fans YOUNGSTOWN OOl Vlndicn-
tor
The evening herald., 1918-01-30
OUT oC THEH OWN MOUTHS

We must strenuously com
bat the pe1c propaganda War
must regain It's moral iustifir1-
uon and It's political signifi-
Cance In the eyes of the public.
II is necessary that ts high
Significance IA a powerful pro-
mutcr of civilization should be-
come generally recognized
IN short, wc must become
convinced that a war fought tor
,tn ideal or fought with the In
tentiun Of maintaining ones
position m the world is not 20
harharic act but The highest eX-
preston Of true civilization;
that war j. political necessity,
and that it il fought in the IN
'erest Of biological. social and
moral progress. - f. Won
Bcrrhnrdi, Britain ~ &c.
many's Nassal t9t2l, trans
London lal4, PIP i05
The evening herald., 1918-01-30

i'u' though tus problem ~ the lpsl
provinces thus derives ms chief i'm
IurlHuc, from the ore fields 81 Lor-
nHue, the, are NOT tho unl, source o.;
wealth That the French VIII urd waI,-
ug for them wh,u thcy resume pos
session. OF more account. .
are IA, deposits uf potash salts that
were discovered u the forest oi Mo- -
ucuhruoh, nearly ai the foot ~ rHrt-
mUuusWoilcrkupf some twelve or thir-
teen years uEu. Tho fir,t SHAFT iur
their extraction Has completed in 1870"
and lu the toilowips wear $4,000 toms
cot crude salts were recovered Su,e
thvn tho number 81 mines has inrrcas-
ed 90 over twelve snj Investigations
indicate that the potash deposits cuNsT
an area of seven square miles and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25
Eighty-eightBuild-
ings in Mercer.
Greene, Houston
and A dj e n t
S treets Have
Been Sold Since
Last Fall

section whose history is not the samA
Whether those values were inflated or
not. the fact remains that property there
is now at the lowest level OF value, and
with the demand for space SO urgent
there can be but one resIlt-greater
property values In the streets between
Canal and Eighth streets, Broadway
and West Broadway.
There are numerous instances to sub
| stantiate tho opinion that property
values there are on the upward move.
Joseph L. Buttenweiser Is said to have
| sold the property at % Greene street for
| $40 900 That was a good deal moro than
the property cost him. The price he paid
| for the building was indeed low. but IL
was enough because of the condition Of
| the structure. Mr.. Buttenweiser made
| over the building. spending several
| thousand dollars in doing so. He made 1t
| a modern structure and had no trouble
| In getting his price.
Another instance of increasing value
Is to be found in the transactions lead
| ing up to the purchase of 81 Greene
street by Frederick Brown. who now
holds 1t at $4,000. He bought II from
the Markham Realty Company. which
had secured 1t from woman who had
owned It for long time. The realty
company sold its contract at profit
Of $4,000. Mr. Brown naturally wants
profit from the property.
Daniel II. Jackson made several thou
| sand dollars through the resale Of the
seven story building at 81 Crosby street.
1t was once a tenement but had been
altered for trade purposes. Jackson
bought It from the Central Trust Com
pany. What he paid for the property
and what he sold it for is not known.
1t Is known. however. that he made a
neat profit from the resale.
| The property at SO University place
is said to have been bought for part
Of the assessed value Of the realty. 1t
Is now being held at 100000. The prop
erty at 204 and 206 Greene street is
said to have been bought for a price
less than $4,000. At one time this
property was mortgaged for $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25
81 CROSBY STREET, ONCE A TENEMENT
NOW A LOFT BUILDING

155 and 157. 179 to 1873. $50 to 1874. 1873,
EOS and 210. and 2i1 and 213. Mercer
street. IL. Is, 10. SO. 70. 81 to %. 1i3
and lis, III and 119. 133. 153.~172 to
i7s, soc to 500. 3l2 and 914. and 2ss
and 800. Broadway, 523. 527. SOS and
667. 500 and sol. sos. s3l to S35. $50.
$50. 67s, $50 and SIS. 6s4, 724. T36 and
7a9 and al. Greene street. 23 and rs,
20. IS. IS. 1872 to- 1856. 1877. 15S and $50.
ls2 to 16s. 10. 1874 to 1873. 1877 to 2Ol
and 204 and 206. West Broadway, 33S
to 342. 343, ais. 462. sol. SOC and 504,
535. 51 to $40. Canal street, 312 to
316. 346, asa, 362. 36s and 36S. Spring
street, 80. los to 112, ll3. $50 to 1874
and 1855. Broome street. 456. 457 and
469. and 4S9 to 493. Prince street, So
to So. 131 to 1856 and 1876. Blocker
street. IS to 50. los and lac. Houston
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25
80 GREENE STREET SOLD RECENTLY 5e-
$4,000 ONCE BROUGHT s $500
street, 10, II and IS. waverley place,

street, Is, II and IS. waverley place,
81 and 20.
These properties were bought for spec
ulation and investment. Concerns
which came into the section following
the removal of the textile trade have
found prices attractive enough for them
to secure the premises they occupy. This
tenantry consists of small concerns
Unlike former times the section Is
the workshop of a number OF trades
Leather workers are to be found there,
SO are printers. makers of display fix
lures for show windows junk dealers.
rag dealers. paper box makers and a lot
of other concerns. But their presence Is
producing income from property which
for several years yielded nothing The
rentals are from SO to rs per cent of
what they were years ago. For instance,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25
ANOTHER GREENE STREET PROPERTY
WHICH F7AS FIGURED IN RECENT BUylNG HERE
62 GREENE STREET HAS BEEN SOLD
TWICE RECENTLY

could ask any price and get it. 1t was
The custom at the expiration OF a lease
for the tenant to await the pleasure Of
the landlord. His idsa OF what the
place was worth TO his tenant was not
based on prevailing rentals but on his
own opinion of values. which were al
ways high. The tenant was told he
would be expected to pay so much for
the premises he occupied II he desired to
remain. The tenant usually wanted to
remain. SO he paid what the owner
thought the property was worth.
Back in the sos the building at 90
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-25

C twenty live foot building OF no partic-
ular attraction could be rented without
much trouble at $1,000 in the days OF
old. The same building. but. in good con-
d'tion. should bring. according to prevail
Ing rents, about $4,000 a year. The time
Is coming when they will not be so low
There has come a stiffening in the de-
mands OF owners and prospective ten
ants have shown n Willingness to re-
snond. When the district has been re-
established more substantially there Is
gong 10 be a boosting OF rentals.
There was time when an owner