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Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22

, Three indictments were returned
yesterday by the Federal grand jury
against Rousselot, who admits posing
along Broadway as a Marquis The
hrst Indictment charges Rousselot
with having posed as a member of
the French War Commission to the
| United States. 1t also charges him
with posing as a Spanish diplomat
and of using the mails to defraud W,
E. ID. Stokes, the millionaire hotel
proprietor
The second indictment charges the
bogus marquis with forging a United
States Customs waterfront war zone
pass which served to admit him to
piers where important war activities
were in progress. The third indict-
ment charges him. with the theft OF
United States Treasury Department
stationery.
One of the persons questioned by
Assistant United States Attorney Law
renee Axman, in his effort to ferret
out the details of the young mans
| Broadway activities, was Marjorie
| Rambeau, the motion picture actress,
who said she had been deceived by
the military uniform which the man
wore
The foreman of the grand jury that
returned the indictments was VIII
| liam Pierson Hamilton, Jr., of the
firm of J. P. Morgan and Company.
Mr.. Hamilton gained a personal in
sight into Rousselot's methods through
the young mans efforts to negotiate
loan of $50, 900, 900 which he repre-
scented was for the King of Spain.
Morgan & Co. communicated with
the State Department in Washington
and Secretary Lansing frowned upon.
the project insisting that all neSotia.
tons for loans should come through
/ the State Department and be directly
between the United States and Spain.
This latter stand was taken upon t-Tz~
contents of a fake letter supposed to
come from the King of Spain 20
Rousselot, guaranteeing the entrance
of Spain into the world war on tho
side of the Allies if the loan of $780,
100000 could be negotiated to re-
pfenish the depleted privy purse Of
the king.
Rousselot extracted $500 from tho s
pocketbook Of W. E. .. Stokes hS
showing him a communication SUD-
posedly from the French ambassador
i when he was to meet in New Z ori.
He was agitated and apparently n
great distress as he had no funds
handy with which to entertain the
representative of the French nation
Stokes let him have I've crisp new
century notes without hesitation just
to tide him over a little luIrejleon
party.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
RADICAL 'TEUTON
SOCIALISTS CAIN
GREATER GROUND

New York, Feb. 1.-THE Radical
Socialist movement in Germany, the
grwing strength of which was shown
by the persistence of the political
strike in January and February, also
is gaining decided ground among the
political leaders of German Social
democracy. This information was OBJ
tanned by the Associated Press from
German newspa pers received here.
The little group of Radical Socialists
in the reichstag under the leadership
of Haase, Ladebour and Bernstein,
who split off from the caucus organ
ization of the regular or Scheidemann
Socialists on the issue of voting funds
for the war and formed an indepent-
ent organization, has now grown by
continued OBJECTIONS from the moder-
ate wing to strength emitting it to
a second member on the principal
reichstag committees.
The additional representation is
gained at the expense of the regular
Socialist organization, which at the
beginning of the war was the largest
party in the reichstag, but which has
now fallen to second rank, behind the
Catholic center. Four Socialist mem
bers of the reichstag, Brandes, DR..
Erdmann, Heuttmann and Jacket,
went over to the radicals at the be-
ginning of the year.
Recent elections at Leipzig brought
IS Radical Socialists into the city
council. The regular Socitlists got
only six places. The Radical Social
lists, who thus formed the third
strongest party in the council, de-
manded the second vice presidency as
their quota of the presiding officers, but
the non-Socialist aldermen, to whom
the Radical Socialists are anathema.
united with the regular Socialists to
give this office of the six moderate
Socialist Democrats, whereupon the
Radical Socialists refused to partici-
pate in the organization of the coun-
ell.
Leipzig is one of the strongholds OF
the Radical Socialists, their principal
newspaper organ, the Leipzig Volks
Zeitung, being published there.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
RE|RLOOMS co
AS GREENWICH
HOUSE is BURNED

Greenwich, Feb. 16-Heirlooms of
much value intrinsically were lost
When the home of Mrs. E. W. Russell,
IN North street, three miles from the
borough centre, was burned during
last night The house was built a
few years ago at cost of more than
100000. 1t was of English design
and of stone and brick. The furnish
lngs included many paintings. eteh-
lngs, tapestries, rugs, china and sill
VerWarc which with jewelry and per-
sonal belongings, all of which were
lost, had an estimated value of more
than 100000. The heirloonns were
of the Russell family.
Mrs. Russell had closed her home,
as Mr.. Russell IS in Washington, and
recently she leased it to H. L. Stod-
dard of New York city, who had not
taken up occupancy. There was no
fire to heat the house and precaution
had been taken to protect tne cleo
trio wire system. The origin OF the
fire cannot be determined. This is
the third fire of large loss in the
town in recent months.
Mrs. Russell and her son, John r.
Johnson have been at a hotel here.
There were employees on the estate,
which is IS acres in extent, but they
knew nothing of the fire until the
Greenwich firemen arrived. The fire.
men saved outlying buildings and this
garage. .The fire burned for three
hours.
The loss on the house and on much
of the contents is covered by insure
ance.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
TROTzKY MOVE
PUTS GERMANY
IN DIFFICULTY

Washington, Feb. 16.-Official Wash
ington's opinion of Bolshevik Foreign
Minister Trotzky's decision for no war
and still no peace with Germany is
that Trotzky has placed. Germany in
a military and diplomatic predica-
ment.
Movements of German troops from
the Russian front have been stopped
and it is believed by military men here
that no further withdrawal of forces
can be made until Berlin decides on a
policy toward the Bolsheviki. Such
official reports as have been received
do not say clearly whether the de-
mobilization of Russian troops has
been continued, but they do indicate
a reorganization of the Red Guard.
Germany by repudiating the moan
neXation policy, officials here think.
has widened the breach with the So
cialists who cry for peace. They al
so think Germany will be forced to &c
to the aid of the Ukrainians if the
Bo1sheviki attack them.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22

The decision was made after con-
ferring with the navy department
which is interested in the work done
by many New England factories
The shipments will be in addition
to the regular order of 500 cars a day
ror New England. 1t is thought that
with improved conditions in trans
portation it will be possible to speed
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22

total of 100000 New Testaments
bought by the association for army
men during the last few months.
New Testaments are greatly in de-
ma3A all s%ur the country for our
men" a Y. NJ. G.. A. leader said. ''They
are not ornaments. They are water
PROCEED, for use in all kinds of wealth
er. They are for serious men, en-
gagged in preparation for serious bust
ness"
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
REGISTER 1850 SHIP WORKERS

Hartford, Feb. 16-Registration Of
applications for positions for ship
building number about 1850 to date
OF this number, 700 applications were
received at the state headquarters at
the capitol, about 1000 in various
parts of the state, and between SO and
$50 at the Hartford bureau.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
ARREST WHEAT HoARDETs.

Hartford. Feb. 16-Dwight NJ AZ
wood, a farmer of Middlebury, was
arrested today under federal Wa
rant which charged him with will
fully boarding a necessary food
stuff" to wit: wheat -four. A United
States food inspector found five bar
rels of flour in Atwood's house, all
purchased, it is alleged, since wheat
-four became q scarce article in the
market
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
PORTER SCHOOL STUDENT
DIES OF PERITONTTIS

Hartford, Feb. 16-Miss Heller
Haight Of Ballston Spa, N. Y, stu
dent at the Porter school in Farm
ington, died at the Hartford hospita
this morning of peritonitis. She hat
been at the hospital since Feb 5, an
underwent several days ago an oper
alton for appendicitis. She was
years old, a daughter of Theodore :
Haight.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
GERMAN .AIRMEN
BOMB VARNEY'

Paris Feb. l6-The French last
night made successful raid near
Vauquois and repulsed German recon-
noitering parties in the Champagne
and in upper Alsace, the war office
reports German aviators again
dropped bombs in the vicinity Of
Nancy.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22

London, Feb. 16-An enemy submarine bombarded Dover
early this morning. it is officially announced The submarine
fired on from the shore and ceased the bombament after
80 had fired There less dozen
casualties and only slight damage ,i
The official statement reads
Fire opened Dover by enemy submarine about
1910 this morning. the firing continuing three or four
minutes The shore batteries replied and the enemy ceased
firing after discharging about 80 rounds.
THE casualties Killed. child injured three men
and three children Slight damage was caused to
house property
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22

up movement of fuel both by rail and
by water.
The decision to continue heatIcss
Mondays in New England was made
unanimous when the New Hampshire
federal fuel administrator gave notice
today of his approval of the action
of the other fuel administrators for
that territory.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
HUNG FROM SAME GIBBE1T.

Chicago, Feb. 16-Edward Wheed.
who killed TWO persons in a payroll
robbery here last summer, and Harry
Lindrum, convicted of the murder OF
a policeman, were hanged yesterday
from the same scafold.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
MORE BIBLES
FOR ARMY CAMPS

New York, Feb. 15-Five hundred
thousand New Testaments have tas=s5t
been ordered for the soldiers in this
country by the supply department of
the National War Work Council of the
Young Mems Christian association, it
was announced today. This makes a
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
French WILL.
REQU|SIT|ON ALL
MERCHANT SHIPS

Paris, Feb. ia decree published
in the Journal Oficiel today provides
for the requisitiUning of the entire
merchant marine of France on March
l1A.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22

Cases have not been fnfrequent OF
German submarines bobbing UP of
the British coast and Smelling shore
points. Yarmouth, for instance, was
thus bonbarded on Jan. IA. It is not
often, however, that the submarines
have cared to take chances with such
a well defended town as is Dover, the
most important in southeastern Eng
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
MORE COAL PROMISED TO
new ENGLAND SHOPS
TIDEWATER SUPPLIES IN HAMPTON ROADS WILL. BE RE
LEASED FOR FACTORIES IN THIS SECTION
HEATLESS MONDAY O. KID.

Washington Feb 16-Increased shipments of coal for New
England be made from the tdewaer supply in Hampton
United States fuel administration
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
Rich Bridgeport Woman
Offers Bail For Youth
After He SWind|ed HeI
HER HEART WON BY DASHING $15-A-WEEK
TELEPHONE CLERK, MISS JOSEPHINE
MAYHER PARTS WITH HER CASH.

How Edmond Rousseot the $15 dollar week clerk the
heart of Miss Josephine Mayher formerly of Bridgeport and
incidentally got $4,000 from her. part of the story which
York dispatches today like excerpts the
Noh
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
Carpenters Requesting
Government To- Make
Minimum Wage Scale
SPREAD ALL ALONG ATLANTIC COAST
PRESIDENT WATCHING SITUATION.

New York. Feb. 16An appeal directly to President Will
intervene in the strike of ship yard workers engaged
government contracts will be made today by the United Broth
Carpenters and Joiners officers
here tOdaV
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22

land, opposite Calais, on the straits of
Dover, across which flows a constant
stream CT war traffic between Eng
land and France.
1t was only yesterday that a power
full squadron of German destroyers
made a sudden raid in the straits OF
Dover and sank eight British small
craft out on a submarine chase. NJ
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-02-22
Four Children And One
Woman Victims In Hun
Attack On British Port

SHORE BATTERIES DRIVE OFF ENEMY SUBMAt
RINE IN MIDNIGHT BATTLE-FIRE FROM
CHANNEL LASTS FIVE MINUTES BUT
LITTLE DAMAGE is DONE TO
4%s TOWN BY TEUTON GUNS.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-22
Explains WherefOres
Of Sailors Uniforms
and Markings Thereon

There are many men in the navy
who do not know the meaning of the
urifcrm they wear, or know why the
urif'rm is designed as it is. To mort
men it means nothing more than sailor IS
clothes, and that is all they care about
it. The uniform that enlisted men IN
the navy wear has reasons for being as
it is, and every man should know these
reasons.
Why has the ftdress jumpers" three
stripes ON the collar7 Why hasn't it
two or four? Why is the neckerchief
part of the uniform9 Very few of the
men who wear them know. The three
white stripes on the collar are derived
from the British navy. They are in
memory of three of the greatest naval
victories recorded in history. The
three white stripes represent Lord
Nelson's three victories: that of the
battle of the Nile, the battle of Copen-
hagen and that of Trafalgar The Eng
lish realized the Importance of these
and in order that the men wearing the
naval uniform might be continuously
reminded of the past achievements of
their service they had three stripes
sewed onto the collars of the dress
jumpers. The United States adopted
this insignia from the British.
Another part of the uniform which
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-22
REGENTS ARE BLAMED.
(Silverton Appeal)


The Regents of 0. A. G. have come
out with a statement explaining the
action in recently raising President
Kerr's salary. The report says the
president appeared before the board
and made the statement that he was
being considered elsewhere but that
any action the board might take
should not be based on any opportun.
ity he might have elsewhere. This
coupled with the@fact that newspaper
reports were that President Kerr had
been offered position elsewhere,
seemed to set the board in panic
fearing his loss, and it was the usual
result the people Is hard earned money
didn' t count very much when weighed
in the balance.
Without doubt President Kerr is
a valuable man to the state, but under
the circumstances very poor judgment
was shown in raising his salary dur
ing these trying years. Every patrio-
tic citizen is giving and going to give
to war needs until it becomes a sacri-
flee. Why should President Kerr not
be willing to@do MS share; accept his
ordinary salary especially since that
salary is not to be touched by war
tax? However we believe the board
of regents come in for more censure
than President Kerr in the transaction.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-22

to co-onerate with you in carrying
through cur mutual program.
Not only is the Y ". c. A. estab-
fishing hostess houses, but it is doing
a wonderful work with the women in
dustrial workers of the country. There
are over 100000 of these workers do
ing work directly concerned with the
war; 100000 are making uniforms, and
new conditions are existing everywhere.
The national drive of the Y. w. Z.
A. asks for $4p00,000.
This drive began in December, the
state of Oregon is having its drive at
this time.
Marion county is not asked for a
large sum but with its reputation for
loyalty it will not lag behind.
No call has been refused in this
county, from the time when its first
quota of splendid young men went to
the front. Americans are in this war
to win, and until victory is ours every
thing that is a national movement will
have the support of people who love
freedom and are ready to dit for it.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-22
Try Making Your OlOfl
Cough Remedy
You can save about ., and have
q better remedy than the ready
made kind. Easily done.
I5E55GG5GGGEEIEIL

If you combined the curative proper
ties of every known "ready-made" cough
remedy, YOU would hardly have in them
all the curative power that lies in this
simple ''home- made" cough syrup which
takes only few minutes to prepare.
Get from any druggist 215 ounces of
Pinex (60 cents WORTHY, pour 1t into a
pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
granulated sugar syrup. The total cost
is about So cents and gives you full
pint of really better cough syrup than
you could buy ready-made for $3.50.
Tastes pleasant and never spoils.
This Pinex and sugar syrup prepara-
tion gets right at the cause of cough
and gives almost immediate relief. 1t
loosens the phleem, stops the nasty
throat tickle and heals the sore, irri-
tated membranes that line the throat,
chest and bronchial tubes, so gently
and easily that il is really astonishing.
A days use will usually overcome the
ordinary cough and for bronchitis,
Group, whooping cough and bronchial
asthma, there is nothing better.
Pinex is a most valuable concentrated
compound of genuine Norway pine ex-
tract, and has been used for generations
TO break up severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, be sure to
ask your druggist for s215 ounces of
Pinex" with full directions, and don't
accept anything else. A guarantee of
absolute satisfaction or money prompt
" refunded, goes with this preparation.
The Pinex Co.. Ft Wayne, Ind.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-22

is derived from that of the English
man-o '-warsman and also from Nelson,
is the neckerchief. On the day of Nell
SON. IS funeral, every jackie in the
British navy wore black neckerehief
in commemoration of the great admiral.
Later the neckerchief was adopted as
part of the regular uniform in the
British navy and then incorporated in
that of the American tar. The sailors
trousers are made with the wide flare
at the bottom for very practical rea-
son. A sailors work naturally takes
him into the water. He has to wet
down decks; he has to wade to and
from boats; he has 70 get on stages
over the ships side If he wants to
save his clothes, he must keep them
dry, and to keep his trousers dry while
he is doing any of these things, he must
roll them up to his knees. 1t is i'm
possible to roll up narrowlegged trous-
ers and so the trousers are made wide
at the bottom so that they can be
quickly and easily rolled
The arrangement of the buttons on
the blue trousers also has a very prae-
teal reason for being as it IS A man
struggling in the water can much more
easily rid himself Of his trousers with
the buttons sewed on as they are than
he could if they were arranged as they
are usually found.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-22
KERR EXPLANATION
FAILS TO EXPLAIN
(Roseburg Review

IL is growing more evident that the
recent increase of@alary of Dr. w. j.
Kerr, president on Vhe Oregon Agricul-
tural College, from $1,000 to $s4O0 per
year, will not 'go down. with the
taxpayers of Oregon, who must foot the
bills of that institution. Apparently re-
alizing that they had "gotten in bad,'
in this matter, the board of regents last
Wednesday issued public statement,
which says in part:
" We had full knowledge of all the
facts before and at the time President
Kerr s salary was advanced No decep-
ton of any kind was praeticed by any
one upon us or upon the people Of the
state. President Kerr did not request an
increase in salary, and our action was
taken on mature judgment, reached af-
ter careful study of the entire situation.
The board has ample, corroborative in
formation that President Kerr was urg-
ed to consider the presidency Of the
Kansas Agricultural College at an in
creased salary, any statements to the
contrary Notwithstanding"
Instead of helping the situation, this
statement seems likely to make matters
worse. 1t was but a short time ago that
former Governor Hoch of Kansas, who
is a member of the board of regents of
the Kansas Agricultural college, was
quoted as declaring that DR.. Kerr, had
never been offered a position with that
institution. Coming from such high
authority, and from one who had no oc-
casion to be prejudiced in the matter
IT may be readily seen which statement
will be given credence by Oregon tax.
payers. Another ugly feature of this af.
far is the recently published statement
that the salary of the president of the
Kansas Agricultural College is only
$1,000 per year, instead of $4,000, as was
.purported to have been offered to Dr.
Kerr.
In this period of great and growing
war burdens, the taxpayers have no tol-
Grafton for increased salary grabs. If
DR.. Kerr was really desirous of doing
something for the country he might well
have cut a couple Of thousand dollars
from his $1,000 salary, instead Of boost.
ing it to $8100 Many men of far great.
er ability are now giving their entire
time to the government service at one
dollar per year. Since the o. A. C,
board Of regents has "put Over'' this
deal, and have since disgusted a good
percentage Of the voters by their latest
% statement" there seems but one way
left to end the controversy and that is
for DR.. Kerr to resign. 1t is apparent
that any other course will be to the def.
riment Of the o. A. e.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-22
Hawaiians Coming
to the Oregon

The twar Of the ukelele, the songs
of dear old Hawaii and the native
dancers, are all the rage in this grand
and glorious America. From San Fran
cisco, where things Hawaiian have
been for many years, they have slow
ly crept to the hearts of dear old
Broadway-and now all New York has
gone mad over the seductive music OF
the South Sea Island. James Kulolia
the famous lyric tenor of the island,
who was a member of the first Hawaii
an troup ever brought to the states,
will bring his company of native Ha-
waiians to Oregon theater next Friday
and Saturday. The hulolia Hawaiians
are presenting their dreamy oriental
fantasy, The Bird of Paradise, with a
beautiful scenic production of one of
the beauty spots of the island The
company is composed of native Ha-
waiian singers, dancers and instru-
mentalists.