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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09
COSTUMERS

THE ELITE CO., costumes to rent for
balls, parties, entertainments. Fun
dress suits to rent. 11S Bank st.
Barnum 1912. AIS all"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09
PATENT
PHOTOGRAPHS
PHOTO SUPPLIES

CAMERAS, Films, papers, supplies,
developing, printing, enlarging for
amateurs. Arcade Photo Supply. Stu
dio, % Arcade. 1t ALL"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09
HOUSES FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-A new two family house
in Stratford, everything the latest
in conveniences. Only $1,000 cash
required. D. R. Whitney, SO Fair
field Ave. B u*
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09
HELP WANTED MALE.

'WANTED-Boy from fifteen to sey-
enteen years of age to act as offlce
boy. Inquire The Locomobile Com
pany of America, City, B8 b.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09
COLLECTIONS

DEPUTY SHERIFF P. J. Reilly, Tel.
Barnuri 1882, Room 405, Meigs
Building. Office hours a. m to
p. m. We make a speciality of
collections for business houses at
special rates. A 81 asp
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09
PIANO TUNING

PIANOS TUNED, Wrozina expert
piano and piano player maker and
repairer, late of Fox Piano Co. Bar
mum 1892. SO Colorado Ave. PIT all"
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PRINTING.
RESTAURANT,
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE-Frank Della & Son,
SGT Washington Ave. Property
bought and sold; rents collected;
Italian interpreter for all occasions.
Barnum 1654-3 BIG IL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-13

done by parcel post. The person,
or family, living at q distance who
desires TO have their clothes laun-
dered the Elite way, send them 20
the laundry by parcel post They
are laundered and then returned
The laundry pays the return post
age on the parcel. This gives the
Of a metropolitan laundry at city
pricess The socks Of the mail order
department are -darned, buttons
seWed on and the clothes mended
Tree. Everything is arranged TO
give the out Of town customer the
same privileges that the city man
has.
Force Is Patriotic.
There are about 100 people en-
ployed at the Elite laundry; large
portion of them Mexicans. and
these employees are 100 percent
American. The War Savings Stamps
sale at the laundry total $500 per
week, an average Of SO cents q
person. In addition. a large num-
Der of them have Liberty bonds and
practically all of them have con-
tributed to the Red Cross and j..
A. c. A. fund.
About 20 Of the Elite force are
now serving with the colors, in the
army ana navy some OF ANell are
at the front in Flanders, others are
on the high seas and still others
are here in Texas with the Texas
cavalry. on border duty.
Mr.. Mitchell has been manager
OF the laundry for the past three
years. He formerly was en- the
laundry business with his father
i'm Tennessee, and came west fin
1915. He is a thorough laundry
man. He is member Of the XII
wants club and the IL Paso Adclub.
Building FireprOof.
The laundry building is thor
oughly fireDroof. it is constructed
entirely Of concrete, and the con-
crete floors are flushed every nfght
and kept spotlessly clean. The
building itself is sanitary in every
respect and an the work is handled
in a manner to insure it being de-
livered sanitary in every respect
Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-13
Elite Laundry, Home OF Spick And
Span, Has 10th Century Plant

NOWHERE I'm the United States
~ can a better or more modern
laundry be found than is the plant
OF the Elite laundry. the home OF
"Spick and Span" located on south
Oregon street, and in no laundry in
the southwest is better care taken
OF the garments than at this
laundry.
The Elite IS hnQuestionably the
bachelors friend. Loose buttons.
the bane Of all bachelors. do not
affect the patrons of the Elite, be-
cause there are no loose buttons,
in fact it would be a good thing
for the bachelors, those who have
not foru2fd the "Elite habit" to
send their shirts. socks. collars and
undertaking to the Elite
And the reason why. The Elite
laundry has department where
an garments are mended. where
buttons are replaced and socks
darned free.
Machinery Worth Fortune.
a small fortune is represented
in machinery i'm the laundry. Re
Gently $50, 900 worth Of new ma
chinery. the Goth century kind. has
been added TO the laundry equip
meme and this plant is now in a
position to handle an work with
dispatch. All hand ironing. and
all delicate work is done by hand,
is done with electric irons.
One other feature Of the Elite
laundry is the privately owned well
from which soft water IS obtained
for washing. This is a feature no
other laundry I'm this city has. and
IL is one feature that stands out
prominently This soft water in
sures the washing Of the clothes
without the use or great many
of chemicals that rot the fabrics.
Large lIn1 order Business.
During the past year George ".
Mitchell, manager Of the Elite. has
built uD a wonderful mail order
business, and now a ton truck is
kept busy carrying soiled linen TO
the laundry and returning the FIN
ished bundle TO the p0stoffice.
All the mail order business is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-13
$1,000 CASH PRIZE FOR A SLOGAN
FOR THE ELITE LAUNDRY

The prize anyone sending slogan
Of
in
eligible OF
Only one SLOGAN on each sheet Of paper together with
Of
Herald Contest closes promptly
Of will be
this
r. Cromwell as Upson Paso Check viii
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27

for the supreme test. But, it adds, one
must more than ever secure perfect CO.
ordination of the forces of the nations
fighting for liberty To further present
events, it concludes, complete unity of
military, political and economic COM
mand must be realized. The last few
condition we shall win.
\ Policy of intimidation
The "Figaro" writes:
1--WE should succeed to- day in STALL
ing German war methods However, the
history OF all this war brings out the
weakness of the brutal tactics which
have brought such striking success to
the Germans at the beginning of their
otfensves. 1t is always question of
startling and intimidating the adver-
sary. Now our English friends and
ourselves, hard as the blows have been,
have experienced no feelings Of de-
preston. III luck has always strength
ened the will and realirmed courage,
the spirit of the Marine and the spirit
of Nerdun."
"Homme Librc" states:
ut is, then, the decisive phase, per
haps even the final phase, of the war.
These furious battles are deciding the
fate of the world Afterward the war
can continue. Still, at the same time,
it will be virtually over, because what
ever happens, the German effort will
have done all it can, while we remain
strong with increasing forces which
will be added each hour of the strug-
o. -
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Two-Thirds of Entire
German Reserves
Thrown at British

LONDON, March 27-Telegraphing
late on Tuesday, the correspondent of
"The Daily MaiV at British Headquar-
ters in France says that nearly two
thirds of the entire strategic reserve OF
the German army has now been thrown
INTO the fierce and vigorously con-
tinued attack.
This German reserve" he adds,
consisted of eighty-tive divisions, to-
falling 1,275,00O men, out of total
number now reaching not far short of
two hundred divisions, or possibly
5000 900 men, which they have upon
the Western front After the first day
thirty-three of these divisions were
put into the battle. On the third day
another twenty-one are known to have
taken part. Since then they must have
drawn upon the reserve for a few more
divisions.
"It is therefore clear that we have
been struggling with the whole avail
able strength of the German army,
and the marvel is that our soldiers have
held out SO obstinately and steadily
against odds SO heavily against them"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Fading of German
Hopes Is Predicted

LONDON, March 26. = The London
evening papers take consolation in the
fact that the Germans this far have
failed to break the British lines or
force wedge between the British and
French armies, and in the news from
France that the gaps have been filled
with local reserves, while the stra-
tegical reserves remain intact for their
own special purpose.
"-rhe Standard" says:
"After five days of fighting, the
British line has gone back almost to
the limits of the Somme battlefield
But, though it is elastic, it is not
brittle; it is bent, but not broken"
"The Globe" says:
"The Germans have failed to thrust
so deeply into the British line as to
make a reunion of the tissure impos-
sible, and to defeat the separated
masses in detail, and with every hour
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Unrest Grows in Germany

CHICAGO, March 26.--Miss Blanche
Slocum, held virtual prisoner in Ger
many since the outbreak Of the war.
arrived at her home in Chicago to-day,
and told of the suffering of the Ger
man people, of their rising detestation
of the war and of the government.
"Thc people are literally starving
and are very mYtinous," she said
"Small riots and seditious talk have
reached such proportions that the gov.
ernment has posted placards about the
city of Berlin Offering "a reward of
5000 marks for information leading to
the arrest and conviction Of any per
son participating in the food riots and
uttering seditious remarks.
81 have had German soldiers tell me
they wished Germany would lose the
war so they could get out of the ter
rible situation. If the people were not
victims of frightfulness and half
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27

done during the night, the with
drawal being effected in good order.
There is reason to believe important
events will be recorded within the next
few hours which may lead to to the
tetterment of the positions Of the ar
mics which are stemming the German
onslaught.
During the night there was compare
lively little change in the line. No
heavy attack this morning had been re-
ported up 10 10 o'clock. The British
were still holding the enemy strongly
about half way between Combles and
Albert
Further north some gains were
achieved by the assaulting troops.
The British during the night fell
back somewhat from the line through
Erviliers and Sapignies in order to
straiighten the front, which bulged in
ward just to the south.
Fighting Against Time
The enemy is fighting desperately
nard against time. On the first day
ms reserves were reduced to fifty-two
divisions. At the end of the second
day som forty divisions from the re-
serve had been put in.
A heavy German attack yesterday
about Ervillers was completely smashed
by the British artillery fire. The with
drawal was not due to pressure against
this sector of the line.
Reports from ali along the front in
dicate that the German loss of life
yesterday was heavy. The enemy ad-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Great Battle Now
War of Movement

LONDON, March 26-"The Daily
Mail' correspondent on the British
front describes tire altered conditions
of warfare in France. pointing out that
in less than three days the operations
have changed from a war of fixed posi-
tions back to g war of movement, as
was the case in the first month of the
struggle.
CAS- I reached the hill for observa-
tion," he writes, 81 came suddenly upon
a moving and magnificent sight Down
in the spreading plain between two
ridges was large camp. The men were
just finishing their breakfast. Some of
their camptres were still sending up
blue smoke into the chilly air Then /
saw tanks coming over a hill and wad-
ding down into the valley.
Il could not have seen these sights in
position warfare. | should not have
been able to distinguish bodies of the
enemy's infantry moving down slope
from a shattered wood, whose trees
were mere blackened skeletons. Nor
should have been gladdened by seeing
our men go forward with cheerful, CON
tident SWinro
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
German Prisoners
Say Advance Is
Behind Schedule

LONDON, March 26.-Exacting the
heaviest toll for every foot of ground,
the British line continues to withdraw
slowly before the pressure of the Ger
man masses, Reuters correspondent az
British headquarters wires.
Over large part of the battle zone
the retirement is being made volun-
tarlly, so as to maintain an unbroken
front. Prisoners say the advance of
the Germans is behind their schedule.
The tenacity of the British resist
ancc, the prisoners say, exceeded any
thing the Germans deemed possible.
They complain of great privations, on
account of lack of supplies. and ex-
treme WEAKNESS also is telling heavily
Owing to the dense masses Of support
ing troops, however, the enemy IS able
to rcplenish his forward line with fresh
units.
The weather remains dry, thus favor
ing the enemy.
British airmen last night made veri-
table pandemonium of every centre of
concentration of traffic behind the
German front. Tens of thousands Of
rounds were fired point blank into en-
cmy formations, while airmen fulGlled
effectively their role as eyes Of the
artillery.
Yesterday was the supreme day for
the British gunncrs, says the corre-
spondent. Attacking from north Of
Ervillers to the point of British con-
tact with the French, the Germans
were held up nearly everywhere by the
ceaseless intensity of the British artil-
lery fire.
Masses of enemy troops which, com
ing forward in waves, again and again
attempted to reach their objectives met
with the same fate as the Old Guard
at Waterloo. In only one sector, near
Sapignies. did they succeed in bending
back the British front. 1t was to con-
form the front with this indentation
that the British fell back during the
night, strengthening the line.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
fBy The Associated Pressl

FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE,
March 25.-Entire confidence reigns
that the Germans las. trump in the
world battle Will be overtrumped when
the proper moment comes. The Allied
military authorities were fully cog
infant that the encmy's supreme effort
would cause a retreat until measures
could be taken to check the irruption
into the Allied positions.
As always. the attackers possessed
the advantage of knowing exactly
where they would launch their on
slaught, while the defenders were COM
PEELED to await development of the bat
tie before meeting the onrush with
counter measures. There is every sign
in to-days situation that the terrific
attack, in which apparently somewhere
in the neighborhood of one million
Germans of all arms are engaged, is
being slackened. The resistance of the
Allies seems firmer, and the arrival on
the scene of French reserves. sent up
TO the southern flank, brought well
come support to the British. who sus-
tanned the first powerful rush.
The German divisions which began
what evidently was lnrended to be an
irresistible forward movement were so
cut up that they We're replaced by
fresh formations. 1t is these divisions
which have been checked at the posi-
tions on which it was foreseen by the
Allied General Staff that stand would
be made. =
The ground over which the fighting
has taken place possesses small tactical
value. but it permitted the Allies to
retire in perfect order. 1t had been
devastated by the Germans before they
retreated last year, and the inhabitants
had not had time or means to build it
up again. While retiring across what
was almost desert land the British in
hicted enormous losses on the @Memy
who threw away thousands of lives in
an effort to overcome the resistance he
encountered. When the retiring Brit
lsh reached the Somme and the canal
they turned about and gave battle,
meeting repeated and ng-sustaned
endeavors of both infantry and cavalry.
The initial rush of the enemy seems
to have been stopped. Military opinion
generally is that this first phase of the
great battle, in which even more troops
were employed than in the battle OF
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27

vanced again at Allied gunners who
were firing with open sights.
Last night British airmen took heavy
Toll from the German infantry in
Bapaume.
1870 Aeros Brought Down
No official figures are at hand, but
from compilations made personally the
correspondent is convinced that at
least l30 German airplanes have been
brought down in the last five days.
me hghtlng yesterday continued
with more or less intensity along the
whole line. The Germans pushed hard
IN the neighborhood of Fonches, Chaul-
mes. Estrees, Dompicrre, Mericourt,
Miraumont. Achiet-l le- Grand, Sapignies
and Ervillers Heavy fighting occurred
about Grevlllers, and desperate con-
met was waged in the vicinity Of Nesle,
which the Germans now hold.
The enemy also attacked strongly in
the direction of Noyon, but met with
strenuous resistance, which appeared
to stem the advance. A further mass
ing OF German troops was reported at
Peronne and north of Bapaume, both
OF Which the enemy holds.
bapaume was turned into an inferno
by squadrons Of British aviators. Their
bombs tore to pieces whatever was
left of the place. The work of the
British airmer since the beginning Of
the battle has been one of the bright
est pages. Bitter battles in the air
have been fought by scores of aviators,
and the service has proved fully its
ability to smother the German airmen
at a crucial time
The compilations of German airplane
losses made by the correspondent have
reference to only one section of the
battlefront, comprising perhaps two
thirds Of the line affected.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
German Masses Are
Widespread Targets
For British Airmen
Surpassed Description Pilots
Declare; Machine Guns Fire
100000 Rounds

LONDON, March 26.-An official
statement of the aerial operations to-
night says:
"On Monday our airplanes were en-
ployed almost entirely in bombing the
enemy's troops and transports massed
in the areas behind the battlefront
and in attacking them with machine
gunfire from low heights. twenty-five
tons of bombs were dropped in this
work and over 100000 rounds were
fired from the machine guns.
"All our pilots reported that the
ground targets offered by the enemy
surpassed description. They were abe
to d,op their bombs with accuracy ard
20 ire with effect right into the centre
or infantry battalions in close forma-
tlon and into columns of cavalry and
transport
"a certain amount of fighting in the
air took place, but it was less intense
than on the previous day. Thirteen
hostile airplanes were brought down
and ten were driven down out of con-
troll. light of our machin IS are miss
ing. The majority of our casualties
were caused to the low-hying machines
II fire from the ground
During the. night our night flying
alrplanes continued to bomb and at
tack with machine gun fire the enemy's
troops IN has forward areas and trans
port on the roads leading to the 'front.'"
The destruction of almost 200 enemy
machines has been reported by the
British since the beginning Of the
German drive. The Germans reported
that ninety three Allied machines have
been brought down.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Foe Hopes to Separate British
From French by An2iens Drive

the fight on the other sectors. AS for
our poilus, from the moment of their
entry into line, in spite of their nu-
merical inferiority. they have held the
enemy at bay, inhicting upon him ter
rife losses and only yielding ground
inch by inch by order of the command
The defensive struggle is continu-
ing in the region north of Noyon,
while waiting for the right moment to
give counter thrust"
French Press Confident
Another official dispatch from Par:s
received here says.
THE French press continues to view
with calm confidence the Developments
of the gigantic battle. This confidence
is based on all the experiences of this
war. Each time the Germans have at
tempted d movement Of troops in the
West their effort, after certain
amount Of success, has ended by being
broken against the barrier of the AL
lied armies.
minds is that of the Marine, where Ger
many had every advantage on her side,
thanks to her preparation, to the su-
perlorty of her man power and her
heavy artillery ana her hidden attack
across violated Belgium, but she was
defeated. To-day she is fighting against
the powerful Franco British armies ac-
customed to the war and well supplied.
Her effort will again be stopped.''
eve Turn Civilization"
In the same dispatch the echo de
Paris points out in these terms all
that depends at this moment upon the
Allied armies:
Let one reflect upon these simple
words, we turn civilization They
signify that in our political and private
lie, contrary to what our enemies have
done, we have not subordinatcd every
thing to the supreme end of military
attacks or defence. We have given
more place to liberty of inclination and
the fancy Of each individual We have
attached moro value to moral virtues
tthan to material ones. Thus we have
heen able to found a society more
broadly and truly human than that Of
our enemies"
The echo de Paris" affirms that. af-
ter four years o. war, the armies of
western civilization are well prcnared
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
American Flier Bags
A Ieuton Aeroplane

PARIS, Wednesday, March 2O.-Thc
bringing down of another German air
plane has been credited to Paul F.
Raer, Of Fort Wayne, Ind, a member
CT the Lafayette Flying Squadron.
He topplcd over a two-seated biplane
Monday. Friends claim that Baer
brought down two machines on the
same day Only one of these, however
has been credited to him officially. bnt
the other is under investigation. Baer
is officially credited with two machines
shot down. the other victory having
been achieved last week.
Frank l.. Baylics, of New Bedford.
Mass. former member of the Ameri-
can Field Ambulance, shot down Ger
man machine Monday.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Six Teuton Planes
Downed in Italy

LONDON, March 26-Unusual aerial
fighting activity on the Italian front
with a continuation of artillery duels
and patrol encounters, is reported in
an official war statement given out in
Rome to-day.
Italian hiers brought down five
enemy machines, at Val Dobbiateri
Moriago, San Pietro and Biadene,
while French aviators accounted for a
sixth at Montebclluna.
The text of the statement was as
follows:
"Along the whole front there have
been the usual artillery actions and
moderate activity by our recommending
parties.
Give enemy airplanes were brought
down by our aviators at Val Dobbi-
ateri, Moriaco, San Pietro and Bia-
Gene Another plane was brought
down by the French aviators at Mon
tebelluna."
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Drive Bares the
Weakness of u. S.
Policy, Says T. r.

OYSTER BAY, L. l., March 26.-"l
wish our people would read General
Woods testimony" said Colonel Roose-
welt to-day, when asked to comment on
the German assault, "and then under
stand what a dreadful misfortune it
has been for the whole world to have
had America for the last three and one
half years carrying out the let George
do it, policy.
Owe have been at war over year
and all that we can do when the great
est battle of history is on and the Eng
lish are fighting our battle as much as
their own is for the Pres ident to send
message, which, in sum, amounts to
the hope that George win be able to do
it himself"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
Situation Steadily
Improving for the
British, Expert Viezu

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Informa-
military attache, Major General James
D. McLachlan, is that the situation at
the battlefront decidedly improved yes
tcrday. The advices are based on the
repulse of the Germans to the east bank
of the Somme, between Peronne and
Morschain.
The following explanation of the
battle situation was given to The AS
sociated Press to-day by General Nc
Lachlan:
"The position in the battle zone is
now clearer and it is possible to get a
more general view of what has hap
pened during the first five days fight
ing.