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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25
SKATER DREAMS
F.. OF WEALTH FROM
OUR CAMEL COAL

Camel coal has long been a will
o'-the-wisp to coal men, and to many
of them its mere mention brings up
visions of wealth. The reason be-
comes obvious when it's price on the
market is compared with that if or
binary bituminous coal, for in days
past camel coal has sold in the New
York market at a price about three
times that of the best bituminous coal
and perhaps double the price of an
thracite. This high price is due to old
|causes-strong demand and weak sup
ply.
AS a coal for use in office and house
mold CRATES, as an enricher of coal
gas, and as quick-firing coal for use
In fire engines and otherwise, camel
coal has filled a unique place: and
these uses coupled with it's scarcity
IN the earth have made it an object
OF much search and of many disap-
pointments, because wherever it is
found there has usually proved to be
very little of it.
Of late years, however, fewer CRATES
are used in the office and the home.
and water gas, enriched with oil, has
replaced the old type of coal gas, so
that when the European war broke
out the demand for camel coal as
such had largely disappeared. Then
some people remembered that many
years ago, before oil was struck in
the country, houses were lighted with
oil obtained from camel coal. Thew
remembered that on distillation can
mel coal yielded more oil and gas than
could be obtained from ordinary bit
luminous coal. They realized that the
sudden demand for high explosives
for use in the war required the util-
1zahon of the by-products formed in
the distillation of coal, and they ar
gued that if camel coal when dis
titled yielded more oil and gas than
other Goals it should be evry rich in
the by-prOducts from which benzene,
toluol, and other explosive bases are
made, so a demand was made for in
formation about camel coal. To sup
ply this information the government,
through the Geological Survey, De-
partment of the Interior, has just is
sued report on the camel Goals of
the United States, describing camel
coal in detail and telling where it can
be found. This report refers to every
place where camel coal has been
found or where it is said to occur It
contains references to nearly a hun
dred and fifty such places in one
State alone, Kentucky.
The fact that camel coal does yield
large quantities of oil and gas is con-
firmed, but it is found that this oil,
though suitable for ordinary burning,
distills at a temperature so low that
the percentage of gasoline, benzene,
and other desired substances it con-
tains is very small, and until some
way has been discovered of distilling
it at higher temperature or Of
cracking or otherwise converting the
oils found into the oils desired the
distillatipn of camel coal will not fur
nish the large supply of gasoline, ben
zene, toluol, and other substances that
are now so greatly needed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25
TELL OF
MIRACLE AT MONS,

Maude Radford Warren writes in
the April Woman's Home Compan-
ion about the stories of English SOL
diers that a miracle saved the out
numbered British at the retreat of
Mons:
There was a lance-corpora1 of ex-
cellent character for truthfulness who
swore that on August 2Sth, when the
English were painfully retreating, he
saw a strange luminous cloud, and in
it were three shapes, one larger than
the others. 1t was above the Ger
mans and facing the British; the cor
poral said other men with him saw
it. The German cavalry, who were
pushing back the British, were put in
confusion; their horses plunged and
reared.
"a private, one Robert Cleaver, de-
posed that when the British soldiers
were lying without cover, opposed to
the German cavalry, a vision on a
luminous cloud came like a flash be-
tween them and the Germans, and
the Germans scattered. This vision
has been called the Angel of Mons In
Berlin, too, there were reports of SUI
pernatural intervention. When the
German soldiers were asked why, in
that particular attack, since their
numbers were overwhelming, they had
not entirely demolished the British.
they replied that the escape of their
enemies was due to witchcraft. A
German officer is reported to have
said that there was no reasonable ex-
PLANTATION. The horses were going full
speed. when, all of a sudden, some
invisible power stopped them. It
was, he said, like going rushing ahead
and being pulled up on the verge of a
precipice."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25
FELT LIKE 4 new.
PERSON
After Taking Only One Box Of
''FTuit-a-tiVes"
EAST SHIP HARBOUR,

EAST SHIP HARBOUR,
ut is with great pleasure that write
to tell you of the w0ndertuI benefits L
have received from taking "Fruit-a-
tives". For years, was q dreadful
sufferer from Constipation and Head
aches, and l was miserable in every way.
Nothing in the way ofmedicines seemed
to help me. Then I finally tried
" Fruit-a-tives'' and the effect was
splendid, After taking one box, 1 feel
like new person, to have relief from
those sickening Headaches.
MRS. MARTHA DEWOLFE.
Soc. box, for $3.50, trial size, 25c.
At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit
a-tives liz N~--7~- 49,, Wy,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25

will your pals think of you?" was a
question that brought thousands of
recruits. In the journals largely
read by the merchants LIE Bias in
quired, ''Is there man serving your
customers who ought to be serving
his country" Mr.. LIE Bias receives
no salary, but it may safely be pre-
dicted that when the honors are dis
tributed after the war he will not br
forgotten.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25
BELIEVE SPANISH
STRIKES ENDED

Madrid, March 25-The new Span
ish cabinet was welcomed enthusiast
tically on Saturday by the members
of the lower house of the Spanish
parliament. The postal and tele-
graphers' association, whose members
have been on strike for severa!
months, has expressed a desire to CO.
operate periodically with the govern
ment in measures tending toward pa
cification of internal disorders. The
strikes in Spain are believed to be
over.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25
Grass times coming Z!

land that means, lawns to
NOV.
fHow's your equipment?
fBy buying NOW at our Ag-
ricuLtural Department you
can assure yourself of get
ting just what you want.
1--WE have the biggest de-
partment ever, but our
sales this spring are 50
phenomenally large that
we cannot answer for the
future.
leone and get your equip
ment while the chance is
good. Don't linger
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25
Is MEMBERS OF
CREW IN HOSPITAL

An Irish Port. Saturday, March %
Sixteen members of the crew of the
American destroyer Manley. on which
several men were killed in conse-
quence of a collision with a British
warship, have been taken to an Eng
lish hospital. Several died of their
injuries.
The work of extricating the bodies
of those caught in the wrecked por-
ton of the vessel was begun yester-
day.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25
THE LAST STAND
OE MUNSTER MEN
A HEROIC EVENT
Fusiliers Fired Their Last Round Of Bullets and
Met German Attack With Bayonets After
10 Hours of Continuous Battle, the
Remaining Few Were Taken.

Among the last batch of wounded men sent back from
Germany is SergeantMaor John Collins, of Manchester who
went out with the original Expedonary Staff inter-
prefer and was captured during the retreat from Mons along
with the Munster Fuser when that famous regiment
left to its fate and compelled to fight until only handful of
men remained unwounded.)
WRITTEN BY SERGEANT-NIAJOR JOHN COLLINS,
(Of the Munster Fusiliers)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25

Secretary Houston announced he
had appointed William Wallace Mein
of New York to act as his representa-
tive regarding the fertilizer bust
ness.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25

Public Service Commissioner Her
vey opposes the six-cent fare move
of the railroads He says the boards
have power to act without lnterVer
ton of legislature
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25

Someone writes to ask what the
pro-German congressman are doing.
Well, last heard from they were Won
dering where they could get job at
ter the next electi01-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-25

General Aliieri, italian war minister,
resigned his portfolio to take UP his
command on the battlefield.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
0LD ACQUAINTANCE
 PAYS RESPECTS ID MURDERER WOODS

An old Texan was a caller at the sheriffs office yesterday to say that he had known Willis Woods, murderer of Charles H. Lyshon, from bOyhood and he never knew any good of him. In his opinion as mean and as criminal a man had not lived on the earth be- fore him, and in his further opinion, none has been born since.
 How many murders Woods has com mitted, the old man said he did not know, but he knew of one, that of an old Mexican sheepherder whom he robbed of S17. For that Woods was convicted and was sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years. He served four
 He was engaged in cattle rustling and horse stealing. 4 favorite trick was to induce people to go with him to out-of- -the-Way places, where he robbed them and turned them adrift. IT one case he took a young man with him and robbed him of s175 and then let him find his way back to civilization alone.
 The old man said that Woods once tried to rob him. but he happened tC be armed and stood him off. After that Woods frequently threatened tC kill him.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
TODAY TO CANVASS
 ELECTION RETURNS

The official canvass of the election returns will take place today in the II counties of the state. Inasmuch as the boards of superY isors have nothing to do but to go over the returns made by the election boards and verify them as to correctness, the work should be completed by tonight unless, as was the case in Cochise county two years ago, there are missing precincts.
 Wilgus precinct returns had not been brought to the board of supervisors of that county, though it turned out afterward that they had been brought to the courthouse and in some way found their way into the vault of the treasurer, where they were located in time to figure in the contest.
 But as they had not been passed upon by the board of supervisors, they were thrown out when the case was taken to the supreme court.
 So far as known there are no miss ing precincts in any of the counties this year.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
FINAL EFFORT TODAY POLAND COUNTY OVER
 THE TOP IN BIG DRIVE
Workers In Maricopa Determined By Extra Effort Today
 to Reach Maximum Quota of $90OO0 In Spite of Handi- cap of Influenza Epidemic: Yavapai Leads Counties
 of State Being 49 Per Cent Over It's Minimum Quota

In spite of the handicaps four coun- ties have gone over the top for their quota of Victory Boys, and three have gone over the top for their quta of girls. The Victory Boys have won out in Pima, Navajo. Yuma and COchise, and the girls have scored their mark in Pinal. Greenlee and Cochise. Thus, Cochise is over the top in both classes.
 In MaricoDa. the total being to Sat urday night, 3S4 boys have enrolled in the Victory Boys. and 400 girls have enrolled in the Victory Girls. The boys have raised S1.340 and the girls of the county have raised s1 200 total of 7S4 young people enrolled in the county who have pledged or given S2.540. ! The county's original quota was 619 boys and like number of girls to 1 pledge 8 each. pledges which they are to meet by earning and giving the money.
 Some idea of the importance of this work may be secured from the fact that through the Victory Boys and Girls, Arizona has already raised $1S,37425.
 The Adams and Monroe schools. though children under F years of age. yesterday gave $50 to the Victory Boys and Girls fund.
 Plan To Close Campaign Tonight The MarlcOpa county campaign com mittee for the United War Work drive plans. ii possible. to make it's maximum i quota Of $90000 by tonight and not to avail itself of the extra two days added to the campaign period by the national organization. However, the two days may be badly needed by the Victory Boys and Girls division in meeting its quota
 It is believed that with big final effort today the county will go safely .l over the top for the larger figure asked which will put it in the l30 per cent class with the larger counties of the state. It has been an extra hard fight in Maricopa. for the influenza has beer d bar which was enough to daunt the bravest.
 The Baby Hut will be open for busi- ness today and tonight will pull doW1 it's American flag for the last time anc pass into private life as cozy little home on an outlying city lot in Phoenix The hut. which has far passed fondes hopes as a money raiser. will be moved from Adams street on Tuesday by thu new owner.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18

But few reports were made at United War Work campaign headquarters for Arizona yesterday, but the few which were made raised the states total as subscribed so far to S372, ,96S, according to the official figures on the big state chart. With desired state quota of $459, 900. this leaves little over $S6,0QO to be raised in Arizona to make the highest figure asked for.
 Maricopa Gilss and Pinal counties are all closely punched according to off Cial reports from county chairmen. the three being led by Yavapai Greenlee and Cochise counties. Officially, Nava- pai has subscribed its minimum quota of S23 405 and gone 49 per cent over. 50 per cent over being desired. Greenlee i has subscribed it's minimum quota of l $25,129 and gone 4 per cent over. Co | chise has subscribed its minimum quota 1 of $70 sos and gone 43 per cent over | Pinal has subscribed it's minimum quota of S13257 and gone 39 per cent over. Gila has subscribed its minimum quota of s30.500 and gone 34 per cent over. Maricopa has subscribed its min mum quota of $60,0 900 and gone almost l 34 per cent over.
 Corporate Gifts Not Included In the figures given, the large gifts of corporations with headquarters ir ! the counties already mentioned are moi | included. That has been the plan in | figuring out standing in the competi- ton for having honor trucks named af- ter the counties going fartherest over ] their minimum quotas. If the corpora ton gifts were added to the genera subscriptions the result would. natur- ally, be much different for in Pima county, for example, the Ray COnsol- dated subscription is nearly three times the county quota. and the people themselves, not counting that erea gift. have much more than raised theil minimum quota. So it is in Gila, O. chise and some other counties.
 Victory Boys And Girls
 No feature of the campaign has hat a harder battle than the Victory Boy! and Girls This enrolment of boys ant girls in the work of backing up thei big brothers at the front would havi been comparatively easy had school been in session through which to reaCl the young folk, but without school tin work became very hard.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18

and recently we have given instruc- tions to the Nuncio at Vienna to es- tablish friendly relations with the diff ferent nationalities of the Austre- Hungarian empire, which are now con- stituted independent states
 The letter says the churchs mission of sanctification adapts itself to the different forms of government and ac- cepts without difficulty the legitimate territorial and political variations of the people
 We believe" the letter continues. that our ideas and expectations being more generally known, no wise person would wish to attribute to us regrets which have no foundation
 The letter closes with an expression of hope that the war will be succeeded bv universal concord which will bind the nations in league fertile of well being"
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
THIS ARIZONA MAN
 ALSO WAS AWARDED
 THE GROSS IF WAR

A statement in The Republican yes terday that Lieutenant E. Y. Green of Ray was the first Arizona boy to re ceive the Croix de Guerre, covered too much territory. There is at least one other Arizona boy in possession of the coveted honor, though he does not serve in an Arizona contingent He is Ward Young, son of MT and Mrs Otis E. Young.
 He enlisted at Des Moines, Iowa, where he happened temporarily to be soon after the United States entered the war. and he has been in much of the thick of the fighting.
 The major of his battalion was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor and p members of MT Youngs company, including himself, were re- cipients of the Croix de Guerre As he is an Arizona boy, and d Phoenix boy at that he will have to share part of . the honor said to belong exclusively to Lieutenant Green.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
w. s Baldwin

W. Baldwin. manager of the Arizona club, passed away Sunday morning. November Y. at 11:30 o'clock at St Joseph's hospital after a brief illness with influenza.
 Notice of his death was immediately sent by telegraph 10 his mother in Red Rock, Kansas. He had no relatives in Phoenix. Funeral arrangements will be made later
 MT. Baldwin became manager of the Arizona club in this city about four years ago and remained in that capac : ity for two years, leaving to accept a similar position with the Cuyamaca club in San Diego. He returned to Phoenix a few months ago and resumed the management of the Arizona club. Mr. Baldwin was extremely popular with the members of the club and a general tavorite wherever he was known.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
DOES NOT REGRET
 ITALIAN SUCCESS
rRepublican A. p. Leased wire1

. ROME, Nov. 1.-The Osservatore Romano. the official vatican organ. to-
 day prints letter from Pope Benedict to Cardinal Gasparri, the papal secre- tary of state. in which the pontiff say $ that after the recent happy success of the Italian armies, efforts were made to excite in the Italian public mind the belief that the pope had ex- perienced some regrets over the vic tory. The letter points out that in a papal letter on the first of August, 1917. and on other occasions. i've have eX- pressed repeated wishes that the ter ritorial questions between Austria and Italy receive q solution confOrmable to the just aspirations of the people,
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
FOR WILSON SILHOUETTE

CAMP SHERMAN. Chillicothe Ohio. Nov. 16.-More than 26.000 soldiers, in training here, assembled in mass for nation on the drill grounds recently and formed a silhouette of President Wilson. The soldiers were arranged so that the outer edge of the forma- ton presented the features of the president. A photograph of the unique drill was taken from a 200-foot tower.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18

rested Friday night at the corner of Central avenue and Washington street for running their car with open muf- fler. They deposited & bail each to guarantee their appearance in police court but they have not been heard from since. Joe Thomas was arrested for violating the muffler ordinance at Second avenue and Jefferson street. He left a five-dollar bill at the police station.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
LEROY LADD FUNERAL
 AT ] ! CLOCK TO-DAY

The funeral of Leroy Austin Ladd who died Saturday morning at his home, 1639 West Adams street, will be held this afternoon.
 The funeral cortege will leave the undertaking chapel of Moore and Me Lellan, 329 West Adams street. at 3 o'clock D. m., for Greenwood cemetery. The ceremony at the grave will be conducted by the PhoesiX lodge of E.lks
 The casket will be opened at the un- dertalling chapel from 1:30 until 2:30 o'clock, during which hour friends will be admitted to the chapel.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
OBITUARY
James Murle Edwards


 James Murle Edwards. service man. aSer Of the Overland Arizona company. died at II o'clock Sunday morning. No vember r at his home at 309 North First avenue. Death was due to pneu- monia preceded by influenza He is survived by his wife. a father and mother and three sisters The body is at the Maus undertaking establish mCnt
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincerest ap- preciation to our friends and neighbors for the flowers and kindness shown us in the hour of our great sorrow in the loss of our little son and nephew.
 MIR. AND MRS. LOUIS orr.
 MRS C C ELY
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
TOWN TOPICS
I'M SIMPSON RECOVERING

James G. Simpson. who has been con fined to his home for the last two weeks with influenza. was yesterday able to be down town for the first time.
 TOMMY MUST REST-T o m m y Howard, in charge of the elevator in the capitol building. will have to go back to the country for a further rest, his physician has decreed. He was sent there some weeks ago. and a week since he came back expecting to resume work.
 OPEN MUFFLERS-PlNC ED- R B. Cameron and r. C. Rich were ar
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18

Arizona-Monday and Tuesday part ly cloudy; warmer north portion Mon day.
 New Moxico-Monday and Tuesday fair; not much change in temperature West Texas Monday and Tuesday
 fair; not much change in temperature.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18
Local Weather Yesterday

am. 6 pm Temperature. degrees ....45 G. Temperature of evaporation A 51 Humidity, per cent .....g3 30 Wind direction ........SW E Wind velocity, miles ...2 & hiunlall .,................... 0 0 Weather ...--......-.... Clear Pt. Cldy Highest temperature .......76 Lowest temperature ................44 ottl Ialnlali ............... 0 Excess in temperature yesterday. ? degrees
 Excess in temperature since the first of the month, degrees.
 Accumulated excess in temperature since January l. 29 degrees.
 Normal precipitation January 1 to date. 6.62 inches.
 Aetna prs"initation January i to date 9.45 inches Accumuiatco excess since January 1. 2.Nf inches.
 ROBERT Q. GRANT.
Arizona republican., 1918-11-18

Use The Republican Classified Pages for Results-Read for Profit.
Putnam patriot., 1918-10-11
WRITES TO MAN WHO GOT HIM
 DRINK OF WATER

Grateful because Henry Trudeau of this city got him drink of water when he was passing through Put nam, Private William Carrigan writes him the following letter from France:
 This may be great surprise to you, but you may remember me when I tell you that Lam the soldier whom you met while l was on the way to Camp Devens and you got some wa ter for me in Putnam.
 ''The reason l never wrote sooner was because l misplaced your ad- dress. My trip across was very nice and we had good luck. l have been in five countries already, but there is none like the old U. S. A. Of course you know we can't write all we wish, but it is all the time safety first.
 "This is some place and we sure do have some time with the French peo- pie making them understand, but we get away with the sign system pretty we'll
 Regarding the war, you can tell the world our boys have done and are doing their bit and it won't be long before you see the troops returning All will be home year from now.
 "I have seen every kind of sol dier in the world, but none have any thing on our boys. Was a little sick coming across, but have been fortu- nate ever since. Things over here will be strengthened out very soon. l could write more, but you will doubtless understand why l don't"
Putnam patriot., 1918-10-11
NURSES NEEDED IN cONNECTi-
 CUT

With almost 10000 cases of infIu- enza in the state and the number con stantly increasing, Dr John T. Black, state health commissioner, has issued a second appeal to all doctors and nurses in Connecticut to remain in the state to meet the emergencies at home. Last week fifty nurses went to Camp Dcyens from patriotic and humanitarian motives, but the health department points out that the epi- demic is reaching such proportions that it has become the patriotic duty of all doctors and nurses to remain in the state. In New Britain, Meriden and Willimantic, and many other places, the need for competent nurs- es is acute. All nurses are urged to sign up with the state health depart ment at the Capitol for immediate service. They are guaranteed regular compensation and expenses besfIeB the assurance that they are perform ing patriotic duty.