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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
Ferrer'S Ghost to Walk
 Again in Spain Tomorrow

In Spain the ghost of Ferrer will not down, and the fifty-ninth anniver- sary of the birth of the martyr to the cause of liberty will be celebrat- ed in Barcelona and other industrial centers. Since the day when Ferrer was shot in the trench of Mont juich, Spanish Republicans and So- ciarists have celebrated both his birth day and his ''martyrdom." Don An tonic Maura was prime minister when the founder of the Modern Schools was executed after a secret court martial. A few days later the Maura ministry fell, and the interna- tional protests against the Ferrer verdict were the principal cause of its undoing. Maura's successor to the Premiership was assassinated, and, in the opinion of many, the Ferrer agi- tation was responsible.
 Francisco Ferrer, scholar and atheist, was born at A1ella, a town near Barcelona, on Jan. 10, 1859, His parents were poor, and he had little formal education. At an early age he became shop boy, and in his young manhood he was a railway tic hSl 1lSpGClOT. rTOIn HIS yOuln L1 was a Republican and anti-cleric, He took part in the Gorilla revolution, and for this was eXiled, spending several years in Paris. In that city he found many kindred spirits, among them Mile. Ernestine Mounier, a convert to many advanced ideas When she died she left part of her fortune to Ferrer, and this provid ed him with an income of $7,000 a year He returned to Spain to become an advocate of education for the masses with the ultimate object of over throwing the monarchy and founding a republic on it's ruins. It was alleg- ed by some that Ferrer, while preach ing against capitalism, himself lived the life of a capitalist, but this wa: denied by William Archer, the Eng, fish author and critic, who spent sev. eral months in Spain investigating the Ferrer case.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
JURORS DRAWN JANUARY TERM
 OF HIGH COURT

Lack of business ready for trial caused postponement of the opening of the Superior Court, civil side, to- day, and the jurors summoned to re- port for the term were excused until Thursday morning at 10:30. Judge William M. MaItbie, who is to pre- side, had been notified the cases were off, and did not come down today. There were several cases assigned for trial tdday and tomorrow, all of which go over until a later time in the sesson.
 Following are the jurors called to serve for the term. Bridgeport, Lawrence J. Gill, Charles E. Moore, Edmund M. Thompson; Darien, George Dance, William M. Peastonj Fairfield, Louis W. Davis, Clayton s. Elwood, R. H. Holcomb; Greenwich, William H. Fenn, Nelson Knapp, Neil Morrow Ladd; Huntington, William A. Cook, Samuel Tyther; Monroe, Stanley Botsford. John M. Burr; New Canaan, Nathan A. Randall, Samuel E. Thurton; Newtown, Michael r. Heating, Tracy B. Peck Hervey w. Wheeler; Norwalk, dickson w Cole, Frederick B. Coleman, William O. Smith; Stamford, William J. Betts, Elmer E. Brady, Joseph DeVito; Stratford, William J. AppleyaTd, Frank E. Conine; Westport, Law renee L. Barber, Arthur Sherwood.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
3 AGENTS WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE
 CITY QUICKLY

Lured by a 'fWant ad'' offering high wages to machinists and adjusterS several men responded and sought ''J. W. Dunston'' at the Atlantic hotel this morning and not finding him made negotiations with three other men, but later became susDiciouS of the edal and as a result three men giving their names as J. J. Brooks, George Hill and H. B. Melvin, who were arrested bv detectives and are held for investiGation. The complain ants alleged to have paid s5 as a mark of good faith
 Inquiring at the hotel the applicants found that J. w. Dunston did not ap- pear on the register, neither did the names of the three others, who offer ed to act in +<Dunton's' place. They agreed to give employment to these men at the rate of 50 and IS cents an hour at the Lewis Aeroplane works, E1iza;bethport, N. J.
 Becoming suspicious the applicants demanded credentials, but the SUD- posed employment agents could not produce them. The police were mo- tified and the three men were corral ed. Detectives believe they were mak- ing ready to ''beat town.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
VARIED ANCESTRY
 OF MODERN DOGS

According to Charles R. Eastman, writing in the Museum Journal, our modern dogs have a varied ancestry, someb eing descended from Asiatic and some from African species.
 The spitz in all it's varieties is a do- mesticated jackal. The mastiff and St. Bernard and their kind are de- scended through the colossus of the Romans from ah uge wolf-like crea- ture that was already domesticated by the Assyro-Babylonians 5000 years before our era.
 The Russian Borzoi and the Sicllan hound had their origin in the Cretan hound, which is still common in Crete, and it and it's cousin, the IbaZa hound of the Balearic Islands, came from the ancient Ethiopian hound, which was a. domesticated wolf. The collie or shepherd dog seems to come down direct from a small wild dog of the paleilithic period.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
Treatment of the Insane

Until within the last century in sane persons were treated with ter rible cruelty and severity in nearly all "civilized' countries, and as late as TITO lunatics were exhibited at public fairs in England. In 1815,, just 102 years ago, there were eX- posures of enormous cruelties in the Bethlehem hospital in England, and this led to gradual improvements and the introduction of enlightened and scientific methods in the care of the mentally afflicted. One of the mild est of the old forms of treatment of mad people was long in vogue at Strathfillan, in Pertnsn;re, Scottanc, and was connected with the observ- ance of the Festival of St. Fillan, a Scottish saint, which is celebrated on the ninth of January. Insane peo- pie were dipped into the holy pool" wherein St. Fillan had bathed in the seventh century. Many quaint cere- monies were connected with this "ducking." After the immersion, the lunatics were herded to St. Fillan s chapel, and were strapped to the floor, to be left all night. Those who managed to free themselves ot their bonds and escape were consid-
 cred cured. Experience did not bear
 out this pious belief, however, and the custom gradually declined, al though even within recent years peO- pIe suffering from mental ailments have been taken to the pool to bathe in it's waters.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
EMMA

Emma was the daughter of Richard H., duke of Normandy, and married
 Ethel7ed, king of England, with whom she fled on the invasion of the Danes. Later she married Canute, and when her son, Edward the Confessor as cended the throne, she reigned con jointly with him. The Earl of Kent, he- enemy, opposed her, and when she appealed for assistance to the
 Bishop of Winchester, she was ac- cused of undue intimacy with the pre- late She eXtricated herself from this charge ''by walking barefoot and un- hurt over nine red-hot ploughshares. " She passed the night previous to her trial in prayer before the tomb of St. Swithin. The next day she appeared, her feet and legs bare to the knees and underwent the ordeal in the pres ence of the king, the nobility and the | clergy, in the cathedral church at l Winchester. The king, struck with
 the miracle of her escape from injury l fell on his knees and implored his
 mothers pardon. Emma forgave her
 son, who had stripped her of the i'm
 mense treasures she had amassed l and spent the last ten years of hel life in misery in a kind of prison al | Winchester, where she died in 1902
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
SUBMARINE IS EXCELLENT SEA
 GOING GRAFT

Let it be said at once that so far no sovereign remedy, no patent pan. acea, has yet been devised for dealing with submarines But sometimes a number of little remedies are as good as one big remedy, Certainly they keep the enemy guessing all the time, But first of all, what are our chief difficulties in the matter? A modern submarine is an excellent sea-boat, .bo1iO OII and below the surface, and under the latest methods of control should rarely meet with an ordinary sea miShap> Further, with the in creased S4ze of the boats and the in creased comfort involved, the mo5ale of the crew is no longer exposed to any great strain. So there is no longer anything specially heroic or TO- mantle in the business Moreover, a submarine is difficult to locate, espe- cially in deep water. She can dis charge a torpedo without coming to the surfscea And she cannot be at tackled unless she attacks first-for the simple reason that otherwise you Would-not know she was there, Again, if you should catch her on the sur face-tak1ng in air, or charging her batteries Shencan dive out of sight in less than a minute.
 Still, despite all these facts in her favor, sthepsubmarine has not quite liv- ed up to the pious aspirations of Grand Admiral Tirpitz. Allied losses in merchant shipping have been kept down, and are decreasing. There are many secret methods of putting the submarine out of business, which at present must remain secret Some of them are most interesting ing, in fact; and the mortality which they have caused among the U-boats has been very heavy. How heavy only Potsdam knows!
 But apart from these attractive se- crets, a great deal can be done, anG is being done, by regularly patrolling which forces the enemy to remain under water or emerge at his peril secondly, by sending all merchanr ships by unusual and constantly va ried routes, and lastly, as already men tioned, by very complete system O conveying over dangerous areas. Thi conveying work calls for a very largt number of war vessels. Until recent ly, the entire burden, on the Atlanti routes at any rate, has fallen on tn, British Navy, but recently Aneric; has reached a long arm across tn ocean and deposited some fresh piece on the board; and now, when an Am erican crosses to Europe, he will a likely as not find himself escorted saf into an English harbor by a numbe of long gray rakish vessels flying
 flag pleasantly familiar.-Ian Ha
 (Major Ian Hay Beth, M. CD, in tn Worlds Work for January
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
Today's Anniversary

The first balloon ascension in Am erica was made by Jean Pierre Blan- chard, a pioneer French aeronaut, at Philadelphia 125 years ago today, Jan. g, 1793. That city was then the capital of the. republic, and M. Blan- chard was given reception by Pres ident George Washington, who per sonaIIy issued for the flight. The starting point was the Pricon Court, and President was among the most interested of the spectators. The aerial voyage lasted forty-six minutes. and covered fifteen miles, the descent being made near Woodbury, N. J. Re turning to Philadelphia in a carriage the aeronaut was taken directly to the president, who listened with close at tention to M. Blanchard's account of his exploit.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
ALLIES AWAIT ANSWER
 FROM TEuTON POWERS
 TO BRITAIN'S PREMIER

London, Jan. S-A reply from tho Central Powers to the statement Of British war aims made by Premier Lloyd George on Saturday is awaited here with the greatest interest. It is believed that Germany and her allies cannot decline to reply in some form and to make the reply more straight forward and definite than any pre- vious statement of their aims.
 : But if the German papers correctly mirror the situation there, the test which the Bolsheviki have made of Germany's attitude toward the prin- ciple of no annexations has thrown Germany into political turmoil Ad- vices from the capitals of neutral countries bordering on Germany show that the opinion prevalent there is that one of the most severe na- tional crises in the history of Ger many is developing as a result of the difference of views between the mili- tarist and non-militarist leaders re- igarding the governments attitude toward Russia It is reported gener- ally that Gen. von Ludendorff, as leader of the former group, actually has gone so far as to threaten the resignation of himself and Field Marshal von Hindenburg if further cogRtenance is given even to such views as those advanced by men of the type of Dr. van Kuehlmann and Count C1ernin, the German and Aus trian foreign ministers.
 At the same time the view of Won Kltchfmann and Czernin fails to sat 1sfy the German Socialists, who re- gard their middle of the road policy as tEfckery and who are determined that the spirit of the reichstag reso- lution-must be followed sincerely and without qualification or reserve,
 Neutral observers declare that the gap between the German parties sud denly has become a chasm so wide
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
STRICKEN IN THE STREET
Completely Restored To Health
 By FTuit-d-tiVes"
3S2 ST. VAL1RR ST., MONTREAL


 "In 1912, I was taken suddenly ill with Acute &oma6k Trouble and dropped in the street. was treated by several physicians for nearly two years, and my weight dropped from 225 pounds to 1G0 pounds. Then several of my friends advised me to try "Fruit- a-tives". / 6ege@ t0 fm31o2e GInaoSt s0ftA fAe Jfrst dose, and by using them, l recovered from the distressing Stomach Trouble and all pain and Constipation were cured. Now l weigh POS pounds. | cannot praise ''Fruit- a-tives" enough". II. WHITMAN. 50c. box, for $25o, trial size, 25c. AtaI dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit a-tiyes Lir1itnd G~dnnsburr, NY.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
GIVES ONE MORE CHANGE

One more ch@-c- Is offered at Ouilty's School of Dancing to learn the popular dances in class, a class for beginners to be formed tonight in the Colonial ball room in Fairfield avenue. Eight lessons will make the course, the terms are moderate, and the instruction thorough. The first lesson is important, so come prepared tonight at o'clock to start right in. You will have a good time while learn ing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
Toy-time is year round

fToyland in our store is not a Christmas mushroom, but a year round institu- tion. fEyerything to delight the heart of the younger gen. eration. TAI the indoor toys, and then those healthful out door exercisers = sleds, skates, Irish mails-a fine big stock of attractive things. fBring the youngster in and look them over.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09

that there is little hope of bridging it, ana that the development of an in ternal crisis of serious. proportions seems inevitable.
 On the other hand it is pointed out that the various parties in Entente countries never appeared so com pletely united as in their support of the war aims formulated by Premier Lloyd-George.
 M. Farbman, former London cor respondent of the Petrograd Bourse Gazette, writes for the London press that the premier's statement of war aims has widened and deepened the gulf between the west and revolution ary Russia, instead of bridging it. The premier's reference to Russia, says M. Farbman, will be interpreted there as giving Germany a free hand to deal with Russia as she desires. The writer accuses the premier of throwing over Russia in childish pet ulance and vindictiveness because the Bolsheviki have been guilty of a breach of diplomatic decorum.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09

Amsterdam, Jan. 8 - Maximilan Harden ill Die Zukunft scathingly condemns Austro-German plans for annexation in the east. He declares a broad chasm still yawns between the two parties in Brest-Litovsk and that if the demands of the Central Powers to annex or join the territories in question to the two last empires in Europe then there will again be only an armistice and there will be no lasting and honorable peace with Russia, which country will not eternally wear Lenines red livery or be satisfied with the disintegration and communistic dwarf communities.
 The key to the temple of peace, Herr Harden declares, lies in the cap | itol in Washington,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09

Ernest Schneider, a private at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky, was sentenced to 10 years at hard labor and forfeiture of pay for .villifying, the President and objecting to the draft law
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
MOTHERS, DO THIS-
When the Children Cough, Rub Musterole on Threats
 and Chests

No telling how soon the symptoms may develop into croup, or worse. And then's when you're glad you have jar of Mus terole at hand to give prompt, sure re- lief. It does not blister.
 As first aid and a certain remedy: Mnsterole is excellent. Thousands ot mothers know it. You should keep a far in the house, ready for instant use:
 It io the remedy for adults, too. Re- lieves sore throat, bronchitis. tonsilitiss, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, head ache. congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, Irmbago, pains and aches of back or Joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains, frosted feet and colds ce the chest Clt often prevents pneumonia.
 soc and COG jars; hospital size S2.5O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
TEN OF BRITISH DESTROYER CREW
 LOST IN SINKING

London, Jan. 9.-Ten members of a. British torpedo boat destroyer which was torpedoed and sunk in the Med itcrranean sea are missing, according to an admiralty announcement last night.
 All the officers of the destroyer were saved.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09

London, Jan. S-"An enemy party raided one of our posts yesterday noon in the neighborhood of Fles- Guieres,' the war office announces. "One of our men is missing"
 Hostile artillery showed some ac- tivity during the night in the neigh borhoods of Bu1lecourt and Pass chendaele"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-09
AMERICAN HARDWARE
 STORES

(Tllcorporated) Lyon & Grunman. Retail Division FAIRFIELD AVE. AND AfIDEHE ST.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
MAT WHEELER. MINSTREL, dies
News of Death Of Old Partner.
Hnghey Doughcrty, Hastens End

Mat Wheeler. 1928 Yves, Susquehanna
avenue. veteran minstrel and sidepart-
ner of Hughey D~ougherty. who died a
few days ago. has followed his former
colleague to the grave. Wheeler. who
was. past seventy-six years Of age, is
dead at his home after illness Of sew
eral months.
For a time it was thought he was on
the road to recovery. bur wnen told Of
the death of his former partner his con-
dition relapsed.
Although known as wheeler on the
stage, his real name wss Matthias Wit
tenwiler. He was born in Switzerland
and came to this country when a baby.
His theatrical career started at the age
Of nineteen years. lie played with vari-
Gus companies from that time until
1896, when he announced his retirement
from the stage.
A few days later he was prevailed
| upon to return and for many years
thereafter PLAYED as END man in a min
s'rel show with Dougherty. A few
years g he entered the Keith vaude-
vile circuit in Every Wife" where he
remained until his health started to
fail
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
R. R. TERMINALS HERE AS UNIT
Plans Under Way to Operate
Them as One system

Plans to have Broad Street Station.
the Reading Terminal and all other
steam line stations and yards in this
city constituted as one operating unit
under the provision for the unified oper-
alton of terminals, have been partially
approved by the Committee on Yards
and Terminals of the American Railway
Engineering Association. which met yes
terday at Atlantic CITY.
The proposal has the sa nction of the
United States Railway administration
and Is designed to speed UP freight
transportation and affect large savings
At the conference yesterday 1t was de-
clared the unilcation plan offers Cppor-
tunities for saving in m~an-power. engine
hours. rolling stock and time now wasted
through conflicting rules and regula
tions.
Nolarge expenditure for improvements
wouldbe necessary to put the plan into
operation. Il was said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
MEN TO CHOOSE SPONSOR
Woman to Be Elected" to Chris
ten Tanker Brandywine

The men in the Pennsylvania ship
yard, at Gloucester, will select the fair
sponsor to christen the tanker Brandy
wine, which is to be launched there on
Labor Day.
The president of the company. Chris
toffer Hannevig. specially requested that
those who worked on the hull be given
his privilege. The selection will be
made in a day or two, it was an
nounced.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
ASK GAS RAT INCREASE
Ten.Cent Raise in Delaware
Coupty Is Souubt

Permission to increase gas rates in
Della ware County has been asked Of the
Public Service Commission by the
philadelphia suburban Gas and Electric
Company.
The company has filed with the COM
mission a tariff making a ten-cent in
crease In the present 1000 cubic feet
ate for the Delaware County division.
The new rate will become effective Sep
TENDER 27 II sanctioned by the Public
Service Commission
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
SHIP FINISHED IN FIVE DAYS
Belfast Workers Make Record on Work
After Launching

London. Aug. 3O.-Another worlds
record has been made at a Belfast ship
building yard by completion of n
standard ship in five working days after
the launching of the vessel.
The boat took the ways on August
% and the work of putting in the ma
chinery was started the same day. Steam
was raised or the Goth. trials were COM
pleted Wednesday and she was landed
over to the owners yesterday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
SOLDIERS LEAVE GLOUCESTER
Citizens Bid Farewell to Men
Who Guarded Immigrant Station

Gloucester City ok rave the soldier
boys of Company l.. Twenty-second In
fantry. a farewell send-off this morning.
The men marched from the Gloucester
immigrant station, where they had been
stationed for the last ten months and
boarded two special cars.
Three of the company have been mar
ried since they were stationed in Glou-
cester. They were Lieutenant Nawter.
Sergeant Thallen. who married Miss Ray
IGckels. a nurse in the Gloucester sta
ton. and Vernon Richards. who married
Miss Laura IacnhY. of Gloucester.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
BEST SAFETY DEVICE
Is A CAREFUL MAN
Authority Gives Rules to Ship
Workers to Prevent
Accidents

After all the precautions. warnings.
safeguards and safety appliances have
been set up, there still remains the
greatest safety device known, and tina
Is a careful man. says T. ]. Ryan,
writing for the Chester Compass, the
Chester Shipyard workmen's weekly.
I'm and about the %shipyards and New
York harbor, six small hospitals saved
10000 working days a year by shorten
ing the time lost through INJURIES cCn-
tinues the writer. This Is equal 10
adding a force of 1000 men for one
month.
w appreciate the earnestness of the
men on our safety committees and ask
the entire working force Of the yard to
support these men who age looking out
for the hazards of life and limb.
"a clipper saved his eyes lately by
wearing goggles. If YOU are on a job
where there is danger of eye injury wear
goggles. You can get used to goggles,
but you can't get used 10 a blind eye.
III old planks are lying around with
rusty nails in them, turn them over or
bend the nails in them. Blood poison or
lockjaw may result from a rusty nail
in the foot.
Material should not he piled in such
a way that 1t may be knocked over.
Wear gloves TO protect your hands
while handling castings, steel plates or
anything with sharp edges"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
p. O. CLERKS
Thornton to Ask Exemption From Draf
for Them

Postmaster Thornton. of The Philadel-
phia postoffice, intends to ask exemption
for most Of the 1900 clerks now en-
ployed in the postoftice, he says, because,
though they could have been exempted,
900 clerks have crowded under the ban
ner OF Uncle Sam.