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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
CzECH-SLOVAKS TO RAISE ARMY
 TO FIGHT HUNS
Most of Troops Are Former Austrian Soldiers Made
 Prisoners by Russia.

London, May 1.---CCorrespondenc of The Associated Press)--Captain Jean Seba of the Czech -Slovak army, Nho has just reached London from the Russian port on the Murman coast, has been engaged for several months in organizing a Czeck- -Siovak army in Hcussia, composedI mainly of men who were formerly in the Aus Itrdan army and became prisoners in R1ssia- In an interview with The Associated Press. he said:
 Our army in Russia is so far a small one, but the men having been formerly in the Austrian army, are well trained and are thoroughly ac- Quainted with the organization and methods of the enemy.
 tGMy observations in Russia during the~paSt few months convince me that for the present Russia is like sick person who needs breathing space and "a rest cure. am sure she will again come into the war. But it is of prime importance that the Russian invalid should not be deserted by his friends or left to his fate
 with the help of the Allies, Russia can be brought back. There is all really plenty of evidence of a Teac- ton. The working classes are be ginning to realize that if Germany is permitted to go on, everything will be lost All over the country there are local SovietS and other organizations which will never give in to German influences"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
MEXICAN OIL
 MAY RELIEVE
 LAPS FAMINE E

Tokio, May The possibility of the Japanese government securing oil in Mexico came up before the commit tee on the Industrial Mobilization of the Japanese Diet just before ad- jcurnnent of that body.
 Admiral Kato, the Minister of Mar inc, said that the government. was making investigations with regard to the oil fields in Mexico but that for diplomatic feasons he could not go into details The government was also considering the advisability of pros pecting for oil in ForTaosa-
 pr. Takahashi, of the House of Peere, suggested that Japan should make endeavors to dig wells in Mexi- co, without ,bothering about the views of the United States and Viscount Kyoshiro Inouye added that so long as the United States does not scruple about extending her influence in Si- beria, Japan had no reason for re- framing from activity in Mexico.
 Admiral Kato again said he could not discuss the matter
 The oil question arises from the fact that the Japanese navy has in sufficient quantities of heavy oil for use in war time and that it will be
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
STEPNEY

The Red Cross auxiliary will meet on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Harry Davis.
 Mrs. Arthur Gilbert of Hartford is spending some time with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Howard Edwards.
 George Clingan of New Haven was an over-Sunday Sunday guest st his home here.
 Mrs. Fred Sutherland, Miss Arlys and Enid Sutherland and Miss Mar jorie Corners enjoyed trip to Sher- man recently where they were guests of Miss Ella Beyer.
 Rev. A. Clarke of Centerville, Long Island, the newly appointed pastor of the M. E. church, preached his initial sermon on Sunday morning.
 MT. and Mrs. Eugene Peck spent Sunday as the guest of relatives in Brookfield.
 Mrs Ernest Staples, Miss Jean Staples and Mrs. Rice of Springfield are spending a couple of weeks at their home here.
 Edwin Morgan and family, whose house and barns were completely de- stroyed by fire on Saturday morning. are temporarily making their home at John Polands farm.
 Mrs Elsie Nichols, Morris Nichols, MT. and Mrs. Moulthrop of Shelton were guests Saturday at the home of Edwards s. Beardsley.
 Charles WiIcoxson of Stratford has been a guest recently of G. H. Lyon and c. E. Osborne.
 Stephen B. Haynes and Edwards S. Beardsley appr .sed the property of the late Elmira Deas on Friday.
 A fire occurred in back of M. B. Hawley's barn on Sunday morning, MT. Floyd Tyrel1, who was some dis tance away, discovered a. heap of bedding was on fire. He hastily sum- moned help and they succeeded in putting it out before the building caught fire, although a portion of the fence was burned.
 Herbert Garlick has been guest of his father, s. M. Garlick, in Bridge port.
 Rev. George Powell returned home Sunday night after spending couple of days in Port Chester,
 Miss Ida Tyrreu has been i'll for few days past.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS IN U. s. TO PLAN MODEL GOVERNMENT FOR
 PALESTINE AT 21ST CONVENTION

New York, May 1,-The twenty first convention of the Zionist Organ nations of America, which has been called to meet in Pittsburg, Pa, for a week beginning June 23rd, will be 8 gathering unique in human annals. State-maAing, the devising of actula plans for the government of the Jew ishNational Homeland in Palestine will be its serious task. The con- sciousness that the outcome of this convention will have a tremndous bearing on the future of the Jewish people, as a national entity, will give an extraordinary gravity to the dis cusstons. It will impose a heavy re- sponsibility on the delegates who will come from every part of the United States, the minimum number expected being 500.
 The Zionists are resolved that the constitution of the state they are building shall contain not only all that is best in the fundamental law of the most enlightened countries of the world. but something even beyond that. The aspdfatt of the Zionists is to establish a model state in which the conflict of the classes, the eternal warfare between capital and labor vii have no place. There must be no room in Jewish Palestine, they are de termined, for exploitation for private gain, and the amassing of plutocratie millions will be impossible Their high aim is a state that will exemplify the highest ideals of democracy. Fully realizing the tremendous import of the gathering the ZionistS will neverthe- less, come in an exalted mood, for they feel that they are attaining the goal toward which they have striven in the face of seemingly insupeTable obstacles.
 | The Jewish nation is the first of the small nationaEities aspiring to- ward independent political life to re- ceive the official support of the En- tente Allies. Adopting as their slogan ''the establishment in Palestine, of Q publicly recognized, legally secured homeland for the Jewish people, the Zionists set out a score of years ago a. mere handful of devoted idealists to make real the 20O0 year-old dream of their people. They were confronted with a two-fold task. On the one hand they had to win the Jewisf masses, all over the world, to ( movement which expressed the dream
 in terms of reality. On the othe hand they had t'o prove to the grea Powers that a Jewish State in Jales tine would be a prime factor in SC. curing a lasting world-peace. Nov l xu0,-id n finn VQit hundreds of thousands of active mem bers, and an even larger number O sympathizers. The American brancf of the movement is cOnceded1y th' strongest
 Since the Baltimore Convention, { year ago. practically every Allied Pow
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
CARL FOSTER TO SPEAK AT
 EAGLES HALL

War Savings and Thrift Stamps will receive a great boost Sunday after noon at patriotic meeting which will be- held by Bridgeport Eagles, in Eagles' Hall. Judge Carl Foster will be the principal speaker of the after noon, and his address will be along patriotic lines. Thrift Stamps will be widely advertised at this meeting both by the speakers, and by means of lit erature, and it is expected that great results will be obtained.
 Total sales of War Savings and Thrift Stamps in the state amount to SS,684, ,1O5.05 up to the present time. With the Liberty Loan campaign nearing it's close it is believed that the sales of Thrift Stamps will now be gin to show considerable increase in all parts of the country.
 For the week ending April 29, em- ployees of the Remington Arms plant have purchased $1,528.35 worth of War Savings and Thrift Stamps. This brings the total for this plant up to S6,34S.20, a very good record inas- much as the Remington employees have made a wonderful showing in the third Liberty Loan campaign.
 In connection with the general stamp drive an interesting story has recently reached the members of the general committee. A scrubwoman employed in Howland's store recently found $5 on the floor, and she took the money to the office at once. The next day the owner of the money called for tbn rnnsSjpo nroDartv and wishing to reward the finder offered her one dollar. The woman refused the money at first, but after much urging she accepted the reward, saying that she would spend it by paying 50 cents on her Liberty Bond, and purchasing two Thrift Stamps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

CT in Europe has given formal assent to the Zionist program. On Nov. End last, following a discussion of the project with President Wilson, the Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfor, Brit ish Secretary for Foreign Affairs is- sued a formal statement declaring that "His Majesty's Government views with flavor the establishment in Pal estine of a national home for the Jew ish people and will use it's best en- deavors to facilitate the acheivment of of this object" A month later, a British army captured Jerusalem. Shortly afterward, the Zionists were authorized by the British Geovern- ment to send an Administrative Con- mission to Palestine, and this the first Jewish government of Palestine in two thousand years, is already es- tablisheid in Jerusalem. France gave it's consent to the Zionist plan Febru- ary 18th, Italy, on February 18th. When a Zionist emissary was received last Fall by the pobe, His Holiness gave hearty enforcement to the project saying we will be good neighbors. !" n February 7th, King Alexander of Greece added his approval to the growing list, fortified later by a for nal statement in the Chamber of Deputies of Foreign Minister Politis, that his government twill put forth every effort to assist the national task of the Jews in full accord with the nobIe allies of Greece" Serbia has given it's endorsement, and the President of the Dutch Zionist Fed eration stated last month that he was authorized by the Government of Hol- land to announce that it approved a Jewish Palestine. The Socialist h. ternational Organization, the British Labor Party, the Inter-Allieid Labor Conference and the American Feder- alton of Labor, have added their af- fir1native votes.
 One Jewish regiment, organized in London, is already fighting for the liberation of the rest of Palestine, and another is forming in this country. Over thousand young men, exempt from the American military draft, are in training in Canada against the time when they too will have the privilege of carrying forward the Mac cabaean tradition. Hadassah, the women's branch of the movement is spending $950, 900 to equip medical
 unit of 40 physicians and nurses
 which will leave for Palestine shortly
 It will carry with it besides a full
 supply of medicines, 100 huge cases
 of garments for the impoverished res idents of Jerusalem and Jaffa
 Throughout the world, a vast sum ot
 money has already been raised fol
 the purposes of the Jewish Adminis-
 trative Commission, the American l juota being over a million dollars, anC i the site on the Mount of Olives has
 been chosen for a Hebrew University
 whose light shall radiate in the dark | a,+ +Ao
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
TAHORS COMBINE
 INLIVERPOOI

Liverpool, May 1-Master tailors are planning to run a huge workshop on communal lines. This is, pri- marily, in order to relieve the press ing labor problems but with the ob- ject also of placing tailors' labor on a more satisfactory basis both for the employer and employed.
 Central premises have been secur- ed and a small limited liability com pany will be formed as soon as gov ernment sanction has been secur- ed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
JOSEPHINE sNELLBACk.

The funeral of Josephine Snellback was held this morning from the home of her niece, Mrs. Theodore Tobey, l.316 Park avenue, and from St. Au- gustine's church. Interment was in Calvary cemetery, New York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
JOHN PAWLOWICZ,

The funeral services of John Paw lowicz, who died Monday, were held this morning from his late home, 239 Railroad avenue, and from St. Mich aePs Archangel church. Interment was in St. Michael's cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
GERMANS IMPROVE TANK?

Copenhagen, May 1-The Germans are said to have introduced certain improvements in tank construction, designed to give heavier protection against artillery. The crews are also able to close the machines hermet- ica1Iy when passing through gas clouds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
EDWARD. J. CALLAHAN.

Edward J., son of MT. and Mrs. Cornelius Callahan, died last night at the home of his parents, 65 Milne street. The deceased was three years of age. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the home of the parents, and burial will be in St. MichaePs cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
sAUsAGEs FOR THE POOR.

Liverpool, May Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, is said to be planning to establish twenty factor ies for the production of sausages for poor people. All profits would go to the Food Controller.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
MARGARET c. ROWE.

Funeral services for Margaret Cole man, wife of Edward Rowe, who died Monday night, were held this morn ing from the late home of the de- ceased, 1275 Howard avenue, and from St. Peters church. Interment was in St. Michael's cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
JAMES McOUEENEY.

The funeral for James McQueeney, 14-year-old son of James and the late Celia Woods McQueeney, who was accidentally killed Sunday, in the Park City Lumber Co.'s yards, was held this morning from the home of his aunt, Mrs. Annie Baumann, 285 Black Rock avenue. Services were
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
CATHERINE MASON.

Funeral services of Mrs. Catherine Mason were held yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs Nicholas Lecihmund, 293 Cottage street. Rev. Thomas P. Mooney off, ciated at the services and burial was in St. Roses cemetery, Westchester, N Y
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
Summer Footwear.

The present style of dress brings the footwear into evidence. Trim, shapeIiness is essential in shoes. At Mollan's, 1928 Main street, the surest models in women's Oxfords, pumps and boots, are shown in wealth of designs. The greatest variety in the city in childrens shoes is at Mol Ian 's-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
ANN KERMODE.

The body of Ann, widow of the late Edward Kermode, who died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs Daniel J. O'Connor, 59 Bronx avenue, was sent to Kingston, N. Y, today. Funeral services will be held in that place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
HARRY G. ROBINSON.

The funeral of Harry G., infant son of Harry G. and Ellen L. Donnelly Robinson, was held this afternoon from the funeral parlors of M J. Cannon, 315 John street
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

Prof. Frank A. Setter of Princeton, announced he had accepted the presi- dency of the New Jersey State Con- ference of Charities and Corrections.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
OBITUARY
AGNES BUFFERS,

The funeral of Agnes, wife of Otto Lutters, was held this morning from the late home, 269 Bunnell street. Burial was in Park cemetery
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

James Butler announced that the receipts for two days in all his stores in New York, New Jersey and Con- necticut will be used to buy Liberty bonds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

Nicholas Ripp was arrested in New York on the charge of having fired the shot that killed Policeman Ep- pley in the election riot in PhiladeI- phia in February.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

also held in the Sacred Heart church, and burial was in St. MichaePs ceme- tery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

German newspapers are telling the people of the danger the German is in unless victory can be obtained be- fore the full American forces arrive.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

necessary to construct storage tanks as well as to purchase supplies from abroad.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

Edward Lynch, 27, was killed, James Donohue, 23, was seriously in- jured, and 40 houses were badly dam- aged by a cave-in at the coal mines at Upper Pittston, Pa.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

British casualties in April reached a total of 52,475.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01
POTATO WATER AS A
 SUBSTITUTE FOR SOAP.

Soap is almost unobtainable in oc- cupied Belgium, and the housewives are accordingly seeking possible suo- stitutes. To them a chemist through the medium of a Brussels newspaper, gives this advice: Pour the hot water in which peeled potataoes have been boiled over the linen to be washed. Allow it to soak until the following day, then rub it as you would a father, but without adding soap or anything else. The linen will come out of the tub perfectly white"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

John S. Sinnot, executive secretary of Mayor Hylan, of New York, has been drafted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

Baron Burian, Austrian foreign minister and Dr. von Kuehlmann. German foreign minister, arrived at Bucharest.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-01

Coke is now under license for ex. port.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-30
SUSPECT HUN TRICKERY
French Warn Against Snare in
New Austrian Appeal.
Newspapers Say There Can Be a Cues
tion Of Arnistice Only on Terms
Set by Allies.

Paris, Oct. 3O.-"The capitulation Of
Austria" is the unvarying caption with
which the morning newspapers precede
Count Julius Andrassy's note to Presi-
dent Wilson. The editorials of the
newspapers, while accepting this con-
clusion, urge caution lest there be
a hidden snare behind the Austrian Of
fer.
Beware of the last commissions Of
q colossal enemy who is not yet COM
pletely crushed" writes Maurice
Barres, in the Echo de Paris ''The sit
uatiOn will not clear until military de-
feat is acknowledged or inflicted. 1t
will draw in It's train the central en-
pires, including Germany"
Alfred Capus, editor of the Figaro,
and all writer's agree there can be a
question of armistice only on the terms
set by the allies. Count Andrassy,
they say, represents nobody and, there
fore, separate peace with Austria
Hungary Is absurd and impossible.
''The demOcracies of the entente can
maintain only onG attitude: An armis-
t1ce first, and all their conditions Of
peace afterward, but only afterward,'
says L'Homme Hbre.
London, Oct. 3O-Austria's reply to
President Wilson is viewed as an un-
conditional surrender Although rec
ognized an event of intrinsically the
greatest moment, denOting the break
ing up Of Hapsburg power, main in
terest in the situation lies in the effect
1t will inevitably have on the position
of Germany.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-30
U. S. AIRPLANES 0. K.
New American Flying Machines
Proving Their Worth.
De Haviland Plane and Liberty Motor
Called Sensation of Western
Front.

Washington, Oct. 3O-Now that all
the aircraft investigations have ceased
and all the official and unofficial re-
ports have been or shortly Will have
been made public, it is possible to de-
scribe the present status of the Amer
ica aircraft programmed its alleged
failures of six months ago, but its re-
suits today.
First it may be surprising state
ment to make, but it is nevertheless
supported by an examination Of rec
Ords from the western front as we'll as
production charts in the United States,
the Liberty motor and the De Havi-
land airplane are the sensation of the
year. When the history Of the war
comes to be written it will be found
that the engine and battleplane made
by the United States came in the nick
of time and, should the war be pro-
longed another year, the contribution
from American aircraft will rank high
among our military achievements.
Early predictions which fOOlishly
promised tens of thousands of battle
planes have, of course, not been borne
out. All discussion of airplanes must
be in the light of knowledge that on
July 1 of this year there were not
more than 10000 machines Of all kinds
on both sides of the western front and
the allied supremacy in the air is now
being maintained with q proportion of
that number which for military reasons
cannot be disclosed but it is not above
10000.
American officers on the western
front prefer DeHavilands built in
America. They 60 out to make pho
tOgraphs and observe enemy opera
tions in DeHavilands, which are SUI
periOr to every other kind of observa-
tion planes, because If they encounter
the enemy they can take care Of them
selves with their machine guns and
bombs. In other words, America con-
centrated on a good two-seated fight
ing plane, useful for bombing, observ-
ing and fighting, and on an engine that
can be fitted into practically every
plane Of foreign make in Europe and
America.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-30
ALLIED TROOPS ADVANCE
EAST OF THE pave RIVER
CRUSH FOE" ALLIES
Statesmen Say Victory Must Be
Complete.
lnterallied Parliamentary Council Calls
For Air Raids Over Terri.
tory of Enemies.

London, Oct. 3O.-As part of the
terms of an armistice the Evening
News says it understands the allied
nations will insist upon the surrender
OF the German fleet, including all the
German submarines, and upon the oc-
cupatiOn of all the fortified towns on
the Rhine.
London Oct. 3O.-Resolutions unani-
mously adopted at the recent confer
ence OF French, Italian, Belgian and
British sections of the interallied par
Hamentary committee recommended
That the nations now united in the fight
Tor liberty should maintain their close
association until the dangers threaten
ing them has been removed by the COM
plete overthrow Of the enemy powers.
Another resolution said it was Of
paramount Importance that the govern
ments of the allied nations should
forthwith proceed to prepare in con-
suitation a scheme for the establish
ment after the war of machinery de-
signed to secure and develop a $50
clety OF natiotr as proper means for
attaining durable peace guarded by
the john action Of free nations.
1t was stated by the committee that
the losses of mercantile tonnage due to
submarine warfare should be made
good so far as possible by the transfer
of enemy tonnage.
The committee also urged upon the
allied governments the necessity Of
constituting an interallied independent
air force for the purpose of overcoming
If need be the last resistance of the
enemy by campaign of raids over his
territory.
The common industrial control Of the
production of aeronautical material
was recommended.