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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
LIEUT.. MFR RITT
 ADVOCATES ROLL
 OF HONOR HERE

The following letter has been re- ceived from Lieut.. Albert J. Merritt, former liquor prosecutor in this city, now serving as a lieutenant in the U. s. navy:
 ITO the Editor: r ,e ;; ';
 "I have often thought it strange that some newspaper in Bridgeport did not advocate an Honor List for those local men who lose their lives in the World War for Democracy. Such list could be kept in the City Hall and the names of those who had died in this bloody struggle could be added to it from time to time. Why wait until years later when it has been decided to erect a Memorial to the Dead, to collect their names Such a list, viewed daily by many of our citizens, would no doubt incul- cate a spirit of patriotism In those who fail to appreciate the value o1 our liberty and the necessity of pro- tecting it. I know of only one to be placed on this Roll of Honor but there are probably others and their names could be obtained from the War and Navy Departments This man. Seaman William F. Roller, the first member of the local division ot the Naval Militia to lose his life was washed overheard from the U. S. Penobscot on January 12. I hope that my suggestion will meet with th' approval of sufficient number of my fellow citizens to establish this Rol of Honor.
 ALBERT J. MERRITT,
 'In the Service"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
GERMAN PAPERS DOUBTFUL OVER
 RUSSIAN PEACE

Amsterdam, March 6!-Despite or ders from the high command for the German people to beflag their towns and rejoice over peace with Russia, notes of doubt are not lacking in the German press in regard to the future in the east The Vorwaerts says Rus sian territory is not the place the Germans longed for nor is German oc- cupation calculated to endure. It adds:
 We should regard it as wiser and more far seeing if the Germans had not exploited to the utmost the help lessness of the Russian people and forced a peace for which the only historic parallel is that that crushed Prussia was obliged to conclude at Tilsit in 1907.
 | ''The German Social Democracy now must take up the fight with the object of preventing the new neigh boring states from being treated by | German as subjugated peoples" George. Bernhard in the Vossische Zeitung confesses to uneasiness as tc whether the same coalition that con- ' fronted Germany before the war "anC | noe is momentarily broken as fight. i ing orga aniEation,'' will not after the war reconstitute itself. He hopes tha peace in the west, when it comes, vii
 not show the same. lack of imagina
 tion characterizing the Russian peace
 Hrr BaEnhard soundly berates Dr Won Bethnann-Hollweg the forme
 chancellor. regarding the German de
 mand, revealed by M. Pichon tn
 French foreign minister, to be give1 Verdun and Foul. He declares it wa
 a piece of stupendous folly, whicl
 made the entry of Great Britain to tn
 war inevitable.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
MANY ERRONEOUS TAX BULLETINS
 ARE PUBLISHED

It has been brought to the atten- tion of the Bureau of Internal Rev. enue that several trade organizations have issued to their members bulletins erroneously advising them that incre- mept or appreciation in property values as ascertained by an appraisal may be treated as earned surplus or undivided profits and included in in vested capital for the purpose of the excess profits tax.
 The excess profits tax law express ly places the computation of invested capital upon the basis of the cusn ana other property actually put into the business and not upon that of a pres ent valuation or appraisal of it's as- sets. Regulations Al relative to the excess profits tax point out in detail just how invested capital should be computed.
 The following statement on the sub- ject was issued by the bureau today:
 While the bureau is grateful for the assistance which has been render ed by trade organizations in the ad- ministration of the present war taxes and entcrtains no doubt that these particular bulletins were issued in good faith, yet it cannot be too em- phatically stated that they are based upon a misapprehension of the press provisions of the law and of the regu- lations issued hereunder. and that if not corrected they will result in great inconvenience both to the government and the taxpayer.
 Returns in which the invested cap- ital include surplus or undivided pro- fits computed upon present values as determined by an appraisal cannot be accepted. It is to the interest of both the government and the taxpayer that this fact be given the widest publicity in view of the misapprehension which may have been caused by unofficial statements to the contrary.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
KETTLE FIBRE IS
 USED IN GERMANY

Amsterdam, March 6-Nettle fibre, as substitute for other textile ma terial seems to have come to stay in Germany. The government bureau entrusted with the "nettle exploita ton" in circular eulogizes the gram mar school of Lansberg, the pupils of which collected large amount of nettle stalks, and says ''if every school in Germany did the same they should be easily able to dispense with Ameri- can cotton.'' The government circu- lar at the same time urges all towns and communes in Germany to plant nettles as processes have now been perfected to such degree that the finished article not only replaces but excels cotton"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
OLDEST OFFICER PROMOTED.

Rome, March 6-The oldest officer in the Italian army is Count Francesca Pais-Serra, who. on the celebration of his 80th birthday recently, was by royal decree promoted to the rank of colonel. Count Pais-Serra served as a volunteer with Garibaldi in 1S66-67, during the first war for a greater Italy, and later in 1S7O-71 when he was a colonel He joined the present war as volunteer lieutenant.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
UNCOVER FAMOUS PORTRAITS.


 Rinini, Italy, March 6-Portraits of 1taly's two greatest poets, Dante and Petrarch, have been discovered in the church of St. Augustine. The like nesses represent the poets in their youth and form part of large fresco paintings made in the 14th century by students, it is supposed, of the celebrated Giotto and covered over in 1630, after the Black Death pest of that year when the walls of many hundreds of churches in Italy were whitewashed. Independent of the ar tistic value of the frescoes, it is stated they will be preserved in order to settle disputes as to the appearance of the two poets when young.
 Resignation of the Persian Cabinet was reported to the State Department
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
NOMINATION COMMITTEE.

The nomination committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at the University Club Friday noon to select a possible list of officers of the organization for the coming year, also to select men for the offices of direc- tors for term of three years.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
FOOD TO FOLLOW TOBACCO.

San Juan, Porto Rico, March c. Tobacco planters all over the island, realizing how serious the food short age has become and that Porto Rico must be made as nearly self-support- ing as possible, are preparing to plant food crops in March. After the to- bacco~ crop is harvested, corn and beans will be grown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06

void in industrial facilities while five years recruits of boys coming to age for active participation in the coun- try's affairs is expected to replace at least. third of the wastage in human material
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
Bigger Boys Are Interested in Cloth Suits

Styles for Easter, which by the way comes March 31st, include belted Trenchers in cheviots cassimeres homespuns, wool crashes, etc. Trous- CTS are full lined Sizes to IS years Prices start at $8.50 and go to $17.5O
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
MARCONI BALKS
 AT MISSION JOB

Rome, Monday, March 4.-Senator GugEelmo Marconi has not yet decid- ed whether he will accept the leader ship of the Italian mission to the United States. The senator declares he is not willing to shoulder certain financial scandals which have arisen.
 In a speech on March 2, according to g. Rome dispatch, Senator Marconi urged the Italian government to adopt energetic measures concerning re- ported irregularities in purchases made in the United States by the Italian mission.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06

The British steamer Arrime, long in the Boston and St. Nazaire service, was sunk by a submarine while on a voyage to an Atlantic port without cargo. The crew were saved.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06

There still left in fancy mix $59O and $79O corduroys Values to $1O, reduced $79O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
G. A. R. POST TO MEET.

Elias Howe, Jr., Post No. 3, C.. A. R.. will hold their regular meeting tomorrow at P. m at s25 Main street
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06

CORTFZ c. ROCKWELL, plumbing and heating; jobbing a 7pecialty, 3Q51 Main and Hillside avenue. Phone Stratfordi 1142 or 114-s. -B1gstf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-06
When He Leaves Off His overcoat Your

Boy Will Want a Sweater. We have some special values at $4 in navy, dark Oxford, maroon, khaki, brown and green heathers. V-neck and col Jared coat sweaters. Also Sp-ons
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-23
1NTERNATIoNAL OUTLAWS.

After his escape from Elba Napoleon W"s
formally declared an outlaw by the allied pow
ers. This Proclamation placed him outside the
pale of international law and deprived him OF
the prerogatives and immunities traditionally
conceded to exiled kings. It was for this reason
that England denied MIN refuge on her shores
and, with the concurrence of her allies, imprls-
oned him on a remote and lonely isle after lie
had been labeled as "a disturber OF the peace
of the world -
Indications are not wanting that the entente
nations are in agreement to proclaim, at the
proper time that the former kaiser is an IN
ternatonal outlaw and as such beyond the pro-
lection Of any state in which he may be found.
IF this course is taken any land in which ne has
sought refuge will be asked and forced it neces-
sary to give him up. His fitting punishment
will then be determined. It is profitless to
speculate about his fate. There are people who
argue that the greatest punishment would be to
allow him to live. Perhaps so; but it may be
properly pointed out that this is undoubtedly
the particular form of punishment he would
choose; and that sentence passed on criminals
to live and let their consciences torment them
has never proved conspicuously successful as
a deterrent of crime.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-23
Tragedy Of Government Ownership

| repairs and exte sions. how can 1t So
cure this amount when the total rev
enue OF the postoffice Is only $4,000
600?
There are only $4,000 telephone en-
employees, very poorly paid. The best
managers, before the war, received on
ly $1,000 a year; and the head OF the
whole system received Sc, 50O-the
price Of good rutonobile.
In England, the telephone is a high.
speed device for people who are not
In a hurry. Eleven years " government
ownership has taken the speed out OF
it. AS London pa. Ter recently said
IF you are in a hurry, don't telephone
Fortty-six years ago the British
postoft1ce bagCed the telegraph; and
since then it has made a total loss OF
I$120,000,000. The telegraph depart
ment has been bankrupt for Al years.
Then. when the telephone was in
vented by Bell, the postoffice pounced
on 1t and declared 1t to pc species
of telegraph. An English Judge, In
1880, actually decided in favor OF the
postoffice, and today in England the
telephone is legally little sister OF
the bankrupt telegraph.
From the first the postoffice was
jealous of the telephone. 1t would nef-
Their develop telepho1ing itself nor al
low anyone else to do SO. 1t granted
licenses for 81 years only and for
small areas 1t demanded 10 per cent.
of gross receipts, in addition to taxa
ton 1t took away the long distance
lines. 1t sent the ten plaques OF Egypt
upon the unfortunate National Te1e-
phone company, which in spite of ev-
erything built Up system worth $751;
600, 900.
At present. the postalization Of the
telephone is complete Telephone man.
ayers report to postal clerks. who do
not understand the language of te1e-
phoning. The British telephone Is a
branch of the pcstoffice. The post
office is branch of the treasury.
The treasury is a branch OF the
government: and government is con-
trolled by parliament. which consists
OF go members. not one of whom has
any technical knowledge of telephon.
ing or has ever seen the back of a
switchboard.
Members of parliament don't care
about "the COMPOUNDED telephones
to use phrase of the rostr,aster-sen-
eral. They do not care, for the reason
that only per cent. of the voters are
telephone subscribers.
In short the eleven years record OF
public ownership in Great rita,n shows
conclusively that it Is impossible for
a government department, Influenced
by political considerations. to rim
technical business on commercial
lines. Mr.. Burleson should take worn
ing before he goes too far in his ex-
periments.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-23
The noblest mind the best contentment has
.Spenser.
FRANCES EDUCATION PRoFFER.

More than courtesy is shown by France Ill
opening her universities and higher schools to
members of the American expeditionary forces;
a great educational opportunity is offered to
our young American men to add to their equip
ment for their future work at home. No knowl-
edge seems to promise greater usefulness to
many of the men who must make our industrial
and commercial future than a knowledge of
peoples. We know much more about our own
business than about those WITH whom we must
do business; and this lack Of understanding is
mutual The present handicap to American
business in South America, in India and to
some extent in Japan is due to mlsunderstand-
ing arising from mutual failure to establish
real acquaintanceship.
In no sense can it be said that there has been
mutual understanding between the peoples of
France and the United States; there have been
cordial relations and now there has been estab-
lished the bond of mutual aid in time of great
emergencies. A knowledge of the real France
will be had in some measure by all the men and
women who have gone thither from this land
to do war work. A better knowledge of tlc
United States and its people will be carried by
them to the French people.
The essence of motive, belief and active i'm
pulses of a nation is to be found in its edrca-
tional institutions. Into the educational insti-
tutions of France our citizens are invited free
of cost to them IF good number of the uni
versity in the army enter French univer-
sites; if like representation of our technically
trained men and our ambitious students desir-
ing such training work in Frances technical
schools for a time, we shall gain when they re-
turn to their home work pervasive understand
ing of France and the French which will be
valuable to our national perspective. For years
nations have thought it worth while to send
students to the higher schools of foreign pco-
Piles, and it has been amply proved worth while
Here we have an exceptional opportunity TO
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-23
DROPS
BY THE TON
American Soldiers Eat STA Tons OF
Them in One Month,
But Not as Medi-
cine.
IBy United Press.l

PARIS, Nov. 28.-By mailD-
Cough drops to the extent OF 31A
tons were consumed by the American
expeditionary force in the month just
concluded, which might seem to indi-
cate an alarming prevalence of
coughs, but does not. 1t merely
means that the soldiers used up that
many lozenges as substitute for
candy of which they could not obtain
enough They may have swallowed
more than 31A tons of cough drops,
probably did. but they obtained that
many through they. M. C.. A. post
exchanges.
The Americans demand for sweets
is stupendous, as the Y. NJ. G.. AS
monthly consignment shows. To
take the edge of his appetite for
sweet things the Red Triangle can
teens have ordered some staggering
quantities of supplies. The biggest
single item is sugar, most of it used
in manufacturing chocolate and
cookies in France. Just 1850 tons OF
this will be needed
1t was take 1925 tons Of flour to
keep the factories which are turning
out cookies for the Y. M. G. A, busy
for the next month. Condensed milk
is in demand to the extent of 94h
tons, and milk powder, which Is used
in making chocolate, will weigh thir-
ty-six tons. The soldier is a great
consumer of chocolate bars. Two
hundred tons will be bought from
America, and almost as much will be
purchased in France. Jam is another
big item. reaching 200 tons, to say
nothing of large quantity that will
be obtained from French manufac-
turers. A total of Its tons of candy
has been requisitioned, and much
more could be sold If there were
ways of getting # on the shelves of
the post exchanges.
Totalling up all the things that the
Red Triangle storekeeper ordered
shipped from America in month, we
find it amounts to 6,26S1k tons.
That's big item, but 1t isn't nearly
enough. Everything has been pared
right down to the bone. If transport
.tation presented no difficulties, the Y.
M c. A. would show what big bust
ness" really means The trouble Is
that it's hard enough to get the stuff
across the Atlantic, and once landed
in a base port it runs up against en-
bargoes and other transport difficult
ties galore. Just when the Red Tri-
angle people think they have enough
motor trucks to handle the situation
for instance, the army commanders
part of the trucks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-23

Herbert N. Casson: British business
men, who have visited America. are
greatly surprised to hear that the Bel
system Of telephoning has been takeI
over by the government and is now
being operated as by-prodnct OF the
postoffice.
i Here in England we know full wei
what government telephoning means
j We know by costly experience that the
postalization of the telephone system
roads by carriers. or the operation OF
the Cunard Co. by fishermen.
Here in England we appreciate the
abilities of Theodore N. Vail, and Un.
ion N. Bethel and J. j. Carly, and the
ether creators OF the profession Of tel.
ephoning. We have never had any such
men in Great Britain; and as result
our British telephone system is to.
| day at least twenty years behind the
Bell system in completel6 SIS and eff
cheney.
To give the exact figures, the Unit
ed States possesses &c per cent. OF the
(, telephones OF the world and Great
lIBritain possesses less than S per
cent. There are more telephones in
New York City and Chicago than there
lare in England Wales and Scotland.
, In proportion to population, the rate is
about six to ono in favor of America.
There has been absolute government
ownership OF telephones in Great
Britain since 1911. The government
promised to reduce the rates and I'M
prove the system.
On the contrary, after seven years
of hopeless muddling, we have higher
rates, fewer telephones and service
that will soon be as bad as that Of
Paris or Toxic.
/ paid last yeSr s136, flat rate, for
unlimited service, for one office tele-
phone. This is an increase, under gov
eminent ownership OF $50 a year. TIE
rates are almost doubled. And there
are 500 fewer telephones in London
today than there were in 1914.
Also when l ordered a telephone in
my house I secured it by persistent ef-
fort in 13G days; whereas the average
time required in New York is, be-
lieve, AZ days.
Shortly before the war, the British
government sent 1000 letters to Lon
doners, asking them if they were salts
fled with the telephone service. They
unanimously replied in the negative;
and $50 said that postal management
had proved to DE fail,re
In 1913 there were 81 043 complaints
in London alone, from irritated tele-
|phone-users, 1000 week. One London
hotel complained that o-.t Of 5000 calls
700 were ineffective.
The entire British System of tele-
pLoning was worth only $115, OOo.0 o
before the war. Today it is worth much
less. 1t needs at least 100000, 900 for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-23
PHYSICIAN FOR POLICE HEAD.

Davenport Democrat: Detroit /.
to attack vice from new angle, will
the coming year. One of the dele
gates to the recent meeting of tn,
American Public Health association
in Chicago who had decided view.
on flu and was not afraid to ex
press them was DR.. James w. Inches
health commissioner of Detroit. Will
the new year a new mayor take!
charge in Detroit. and he will ap
point DR.. Inches ais police commits
sioner.
selected DR.. Inches for the
position, says Mayor-elect Cou-
zens, for two reasons. One was
his executive ability. which he
proved in stamping out the
scarlet fever epidemic twenty
months ago and in handling the
recent influenza epidemic. The
other is his pronounced views
on the social, or rather sociolog-
ical. problem with which Detroit
is confronted. In these views l
heartily concur.
With the saloons closed, he
will have an opportunity to do
things for Detroit that / wanted
to do but was forced to post
pone. until / was mayor Po-
Icing in Detroit is relieved OF
the saloon and of a great amount
of crime. But, the social prob
lens of vice and of handling the
large foreign population are still
with us. Today the average for
eigner has only fear and dis
trust of bluecoat. We must
teach these people to love and
respect the policeman, leaving
fear to those who would break
the law. Such problems DR..
Inches is well equipped to
handle.
1t sounds like an interesting ex
peri'nent-giving real power to {
medical man for the stamping out
OF vice. The results in Detroit viii
be watched with interest.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-23
ONE OF THE SPOTTED.

The unspeakable Won Bernstorff, former am
bassador at Washington who sought to bring
disorder upon this country through secret in
trigue and whose plottings have been uncovered
by representatives of the federal department of
justice, has given a characteristic interview at
Berlin to the United Press correspondent there.
The Won said, among other things:
aware their salvation as we'll the salvation of
founded peace, justice and right. They are con-
league can be inaugurated at the peace conference
blessing the entire war weary world.
All of which is sickening, considering the
source of it, and has the flavor of that German
propaganda w:lich has not ceased even though
Germany be in the throes of dissolution. To
the German junker class there is hope for I'M
perialism while minimum of breath remains
in it's unhealthy carcass. If the entente nations
would be rig:t let them take a course directly
opposite to that pointed out by Won Bernstorif
and his followers. Long and close observance
of the feis pardus has led to the conclusion that
the animal cannot change its spots.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-23
why Spoil the Face Of France?

New York Sun: Somebody in Wilm-
ington. Del, announces that a con
tractor of that city is going to take
5000 mon to France to rebuild destroy
ed villages. l. is added:
plans Of the French high commits
sion call for rebuilding devastated
towns IN modern style. with all the la
test sanitary devices. The villages will
be typically American instead OF the
picturesque old fashioned originals"
America and France now enjoy the
finest friendship that exists, or ever
has existed, between two nations. why
should it be endangered by inflicting
n typical American" village of the
modern style on our friend France?
The French high commission ought to
come over and view our new modern
American villages of the sort that con-
tractors build. One look would be
enough.