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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
VERSAILLES GIANTS MIRROR
 DEMOCRACY
Haig, Alone, Strolls on
 Champs Elysee.

Paris, Oct. 31-Publication here of list of the Allied leaders conferring in Paris permits description of the momentous gathering.
 In the corridors of one tourists ho- tel could be seen this mo &uing Field Marshal Douglas Haig, British com rnander of troops; Admirals Benson and Sims, commanding thousands of warships, and not far from these Sir Eric Geddes, commanding England's sea forces.
 In another group of men were Georges Clemenceau, the tiger" of France; David Lloyd George, the British prime minister; the aristocrat- ic Baron Sonnino, Italy's spokesman, and Colonel E. M. House, President Wilson's-and merica's-representa tive.
 These conferees, combining in their persons the economic and diplomatic power of all the world except central Europe, move about unheralded. No pomp marks their doings. About them there is nothing of the gold lace of the fighting zone. They ride to their battlefield in limousines,> at teneed by trim American tackles and doughboys, brass-polished tommies and newly uniformed poilus. <.
 Admirals Benson and Sims, with their staffs. walked to the French admiralty building yesterday, unre- cognized by the crowds.
 Field Marshal Haig, accompanied by single aide, took a promenade on the Champs Elysee and the Place de la Concorde, among the German trophies where the small boys play about the huge guns. He was not recognized by the crowds, but was sa- luted by every soldier with a special snap. General Bliss, the ranking American officer, came in from Yer sailles, shook hands with the report CTS, and had a jovial chat with them
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

fo the hope that social revolution ;u Germany and all the rest of the world will be brought about by constant agitation. Such revolution. in Ger many, in the opinion of this group, will mean the restoration to Russia of all its territory and the permanency of the soviet government.
 Many foreign observers believe the flower of the Russian army and the best of the old officers, fell in the first three years of the war. Other ob- servers are confident the officers and men of the disbanded army consti- ute a mass out of which a smaller army will some day be created to overthrow German oppression.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
ROLL OF HONOR
 SENT FROM THE
 FIGHTING FRONT

Washington, Oct. 31-Casualty lists furnished by the Commanding General of the American army and made public today contain 731 names divided as follows: Killed in action, 3S; died of wounds, IS; died of accident and other causes, 3; died of disease, 37; wounded severely, 121; wounded (degree undetermined) |,
 457; died from airplane accident, l.; missing in action, 25; wounded slightly, 30; prisoners, 8. Private William H. May, of 249 Coleman street, is reported as slight ly wounded in today's casualty list. Connecticut list comprises twelve
 names in today's list, divided as fol- lows:-
 Killed in Action. Charles E. Marshall. Greenwich. Wounded Severely. Daniel T. Holbrook, Ansonia.
 Wounded (DegTee Undeter1nined.) Lyles Atkinson, Fair Haven. Francis L. Foley, Hartford. Joseph H. Brown, KiIlingly. Joseph Wojciechowski, Terryville. Edward J. Howard, Waterbury. Edward Jouden, Greenwich. William H. Snyder, Torrington. Wounded Slightly. i Charles Horowitz, New Haven. Stephen Kosilko, New Britain.
 William H. May, 249 Coleman
 street, Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
Divided COunseIs
 of the BOlsheviki

Moscow, July 2O-(By Associated
 Press Courier to Stockholm)-B shevik leaders are divided as to the best means of perpetuating soviet Russia One faction wants a real army to fight Germany and believes actual war with Germany will be necessary. Another faction, which includes those who lean toward the social revolutionists, would wage guerilla warfare against Germany and attack Germans wherever and whenever possible. The third and predominant group urges the preser- vation of the Brest peace and ciings
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

Total deaths from influenza in Paris during the week ended yesterday were 2,556, the greatest since the beginning of the epidemic.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

Some one wants to know what should be done with dealers who raised prices of fruit when same was prescribed for influenza patients?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

The man who forgets to vote is usually the same one who howls the loudest when public officials forget to protect his interest in every detail.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

President Wilsoa suspended the
 civil service rule prohibiting more
 than two members of a family hold ing Government positions.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

The National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild of New York will conduct a drive for fruit, jam and jelly for i'll and wounded soldiers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

Ten Norwegian sailors, survivors of U-boat attack, were landed in New York, and isolated by United States naval officials.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

close with best regards to all, hoping to hear from you soon.
 "As ever,
 (signed) BERT"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Germany still advancing Rhine wards. ....-4.
 The Shipping Board cancelled con- tracts aggregating $6O,O00,000 for construction of a number of troop ships by the Bethlehem yards at Ala meda, Cal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
Have You Visited TOyland?

There is nothing that helps to make the little ones jolly that has been overlooked.
 Wee babyLbrother will squeal with delight when he sees all the toys here and Sister Mary won't
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
To the Factory Men Of Bridgeport
Something you know

that receive $O0OO0O in back will
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31

know whether she likes the nice shiny pianos or the dolls best. ,
 If you haven't quite made up your mind what you would like to have for Christmas ask mother to take you through Tovland
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
Remember

advertisement addressed rich
  about saving from very small beginnings
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
Where did it come from?

First of all of course, it came from your work ney to your pockets But also it from your factor made this back pay possible for you. Your neighbours
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-31
A Partner in the Firm

Stocks are certificates of partnership interest in tdre business.
 Why not have an interest in some Br If you would like to know more abo you a circular about them.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-07
CONQUEST
(By Henri Chapelle of
The VRilAntes.)

The broad. beloved life OF a peace.
ful, housekeeping nation, IL, a prod.
uct, not. an ordinance to be proclaim
cd. Why, then. do we talk Of negoti-
atine Peace. when 1t has been de.
etroyed by violence? The forces that
make peace must first be re-estab-
lished.
one might a. well talk Of peace to
a man struggling in the hands Of a
murdefouB highwAynnAn. One might
as we'll talk Of a peace settlement
with the thief. TO q man who has
been robbed.
Wherever moral issues are In
VOWED, the instinct OF mankind de-
raands q clean-cut conquest Of evil.
Wherever there is a definite at
tempt to tnjure another person, the
one assailed knows he must win d de-
cidsd conquest to be safe.
Whereverfthsre 10 a man who lives
Justly, he is entitledlsto conquest over
those who attack him.
Right, safety, and Justice all de-
mand CONQUEST over wrong, danger
and brutality. Let conquest be the
word we use in speaking Of the dig
position Of this war.
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The Hun Heuhounds
ars respectively in

five and three years respectively in
the p~enitentiary.
But the third friend was 4 and
loaned his copy to an oficer mate;
therefore he paid the death penalty:
brutality spread. Evidently the gov
eminent was determined to permit
no man to think for himself. Blind
realty to the most despotic and cruel
government imaginable was de-
But in spite Of all this savage dis
this unwilling girl continued to circu-
late. For giving one to a woman a
man was condemned to death. 4
schoolboy who made a copy and sim
ply left It on a table was condemned
to l8 months in prison. In the sans
family was another boy who, coming
home from school. looked for some
arithmetic. He found the proclama-
ton. made a copy of 1t, and after
ward read 1t aloud to some of his
fellow pupils. His sentence was IL
months in the p%enitentiary4 on a
ings."
But the horrors Of this fiendish and
nifty. All the pupils who had listened
to the reading of the proclamation
were sentenced to prison, their aggre-
gate terms being twcrty-four and a
half years.
Still the awful thing continued to
grow. A ~16.year-old shorthand writ
er made . copy-and got ten years;
80 did q friend 70 whom he showed
it.
It is interesting to know how the
~hellhounds first got the information
that led to the capture OF these UNI
! happy people-thlrtv-nine in all. It
came about through an ignorant
workman who carried n OF the
copies in his pocket without knowing
what 1t was. hy acc.denr ont o. ...e
ish activity, they traced back the
trails and gathered in their prey.
This information is official, coming
from foreign sources that are beyond
question.
1 doubt if any evidence could be
found more typical Of the devilish
destinies Of our foes. Thank heaven
that they have not as yet imposed
their system on us!
From many directions ome infor-
nation which shows up these blood
thirsty methods. The sickening de-
tails Of Belgium long 6 revealed to
us the character Of the enemies we
were destined to deal with. We know
that women and children were
slaughtered. that the most bestiai at
tacks were made on women, that lit
tie children were killed and flung to
the roadside. There is no doubt about
the authenticity OF these hellisn
deeds.
Recently l talked with a Canadian
who vas back from the front..on 4
~furlough, and he said that in soYde OF
1.-THE successful British raids they had
found German soldiers chained to
their y guns 70 prevent any posi-
bility Of retreat. In the German
trenches. he said, the British had
picked up great whips-like cato.
nine-tails. Apparently all German SOL
diers do not fight purely for love OF
their country. They fight because
they are in the grip of q tyranny SO
un%relenting and absolute that we
tehudder to think Of it.
Are we going to omit any effort to
prevent the spread OF this sort Of
thing to America?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-07
NO RESTRICTIONS

y In = case arising in Missouri the federal supreme
\ court has quashed another attempt to limit the power
= Of the nation to protect its own existence. Robert Cox,
Z . Missouri man, was drafted under the CONSUMPTION law.
+ and through his attorneys he maintained that under the
Z constitution the government had no right to force him
= to serve in a military capacity outside the boundaries of
3 the United States.
The court has disposed Of other cases involving the
I lesality of the draft. and in a new decision 1t disposes in
J the same manner of this objection. The appeal Of Cox
\ is denied. the court holding that the government has
they may be needed.
The question Of what the constitution prescribes is
always one for the courts to determine. But if it had
been discovered that our constitution did not permit men
TO be drafted into military service or to be sent abroad
In consequence Of such draft, the conclusion would then
have been inevitable that we had q pretty slip-shop sort
Of constitution. Evidently the trainers of the constitu-
ton did q better job than some people supposed.
What ought to be established in the constitution, and
what the court declares is there established, il the right
of the nation to protect It's own existence by whatever
force it finds it necessary to command, and to use that
force wherever. in the opinion Of those entrusted with
the making Of the decision, that force can most enec-
lively be used.
In the present instance, in the opinion Of the con-
stituted authorities of the nation, it was necessary for
the United States to go to war with Germany. Whether
or not a German army Mas within gunshot Of our shores
did not affect the principle In the least. The vital inter-
ests q the nation were at stake, and those interests must
be protected. Therefore men were ordered into service,
Just ~ men are ordered to pay their taxes, and to per-
form other duties which are necessary to the main
maintenance Of orderly government. The United states
being At war with Germany, it's soldiers and sailors were
ordered to attack German soldiers and sailors wherever
they could find them. *
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BY Edward Mott Wooaley.
(Copyrighted 1918, American Defense
b. Society,"
What Bsutalitics Would BE Porpe.
tratcd in America?

Not all Huns are hellhounds. but
the fiendish work . perpetrAted by
some Of u enemies justifies the title
Of this article In my own mind ]
have been specializing Of late about
the things that would happen to us il
country, Or eve if she should have
any chance at all at political or mill
tary control.
Our own people here in the United
States, SO much accustomed to free
dom of the most elastic sort, cau
scarcely grasp the possibility OF
things that have happened in the
central powers. Suppose. for ex-
ample, that you pick up a circular on
you to your office. You see your
stenographer sitting at her desk and
you hand it to her remarking that
she may find it Interesting. The ncxt
day your Office door opens and in
stride a number of soldiers who place
both you M the girl under arrest.
Without a chance to communicate
with your friends both Of you are
dragged away to prison. Shortly aft
erward YOU receive a death sentence,
and SO does the girl. ..
What would you do II you really
thought such a thing could happen in
America? 1t makes your blood boil
to contemplate it even if it ha open
abroad, and when you take it hcinA
TO yourself it not only raises your
blood to fever heat but stirs every inn
pulse within you to go out and fight
to the death. if necessary. to- prevent
it "3:
Here in America we have the re.
cret service. but it protects us in.
stead of ruling and prosecuting US: It
is alert in seeking out Jul enemies,
not in trapping our W people them
selves. Our secret service fs liberty
and democracy-that of our Euro
pean foes is autocracy and brutality.
The Huns Penalty.
In Austria lived a ~21-year-old girl.
Aurelia kolik. an office clerk. One
day she went to a hospital to visit Z
wounded soldier, and ON the floor she
saw a circular which she picked up
and took home with her. 1t was a
proclamation that had been dropped
by a Russian aeroplane.
Evidently Aurelia. ever though she
lived where these things were hap
pening, did not realize the terrible
crime she was committing in reading
this paper. When she had read it
she sent it to an uncle, Vladimar Ko-
Xix, by mail. 1t must have been in
~teres:ing, for the uncle copied it into
his notebook, and shortly afterward
read it to mi of his employees. In
the eyes Of the military tyrants. how
ever, the ofense OF the girl and her
uncle was rs black and trattorous
as ii they had betrayed vital military
secrets to dangerous enemies. They
were both condemned to DEATH
But the story Of that one little Cir
cular reached into the most amazing
ramifications. The employee Of Kolik
made three copies Of 1t and passed
them among his acquafntances, ana
therefore he was condemned TO die,
Two Of these friends were sophts.
ticated enough to be frightened, and
az soon Is they read the document
they burned their copies. For this
the courtmartiAl was disposed to be
lehient, ana they were sentanced to
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-07
TRADE RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS
It il one Of the ;

It Is one Of the axioms of international law that the
rights Of a neutral to trade with whom he will shall not
be abridged. This right is subject, Of course. to the right
which is conceded to- a ~belligerent to blockade ports
and to perform certain other military maneuvres which
may interfere with the trade of neutrals.
Because Of the proximity of Holland and the Scan
dinavian countries to Germany the trade of those coun-
tries with Germany has been q source Of controversy
ever since the war began. The allies have no right to
say to these countries. that they shall not buy from Ger
many or sell to Germany. nor, as a matter of fact, have
they undertaken to impose any such prohibition.
But, while the beliserent has no right to say to a
neutral nation that it shall not trade with the enemy
{ belliserent, they, on their side, have the unquestioned
right to fix the conditions on which they, themselves,
will trade with the neutral II there is to be any trade
between the two. Concretely, the United States cannot
prohibit Holland from trading with Germany, but the
United States can discontinue her own trade with Hol-
land II she believes it to be to her military advantage
to do 80.
Vast quantities OF goods which are Of great value
to Germany In her military work have been exported to
her from her neiehbor neutrals. In the early stages OF
the war IA very large measure. and in some measure
all through the war. quantities of such goods which the
lneutrais imported from GerTnany's enemies found their
wy into Germany, and the allies found that under the
guise ~ trade with a neutral they were actually supply
ine vo1uabls war material 70 their continental enemy
through the convenient door Of the northern neutrals.
RI aaAition TO the re-exportAtion Of imported goods,
fhsrs $50 besn carried on in the neutral countries an
othSf sanefhod Of trade which accomplished the same
spuI1pssSl Ia smother WY. Goods OF domestic origin were
~ tSs Germany ~ neutral subjects in such large guam
3d. inst the domestic supply was insufacient to meet
a. 4omsstie demand. and 70 supply this deficiency alb
apssosy1snli a~uaatslss ~ such goods were imported from
5000. often ffsn Ailisd countries.
II view e sAsss facts the statesrer In the allied
ssssa1st9sss 49, nsdsrtaksn + uss mo rtsht which they
aepsa1slt d - sh1thsrs an4 With whom they will trade
Tr1ta - 80 syptsm Which was weriins - thsir
aSsssSea1s disadvantAs4 Holland. sweden, Norway and
sieknSsl ssssass eosanediues from allied countries.
y4SsNseasiiy 49, tA.8 UnitsA stAtss. That nsed 4
sEa5SssSaas1aaa issEadaasxe sn4 ~ existed before IND ire
i7Sessaspf 4As awsH.s aIlss havs rid u thoss nsn-
S5f6assls2 - All psrmit these csaapedi-
$2f4i3efSaSS tsDssSg4 tsayss rom our ~conntsiss on essdi-
EasRS35SS q yeur trads MN Gsrnany
'7SaSssssS sasssgsh y sNNt y elss 81 onr diasAyAntass
~ s1port. Il POM
gSISS15&i6Sg1 - s~ssdttsens hays bs.n
SEase9ssse1sEappe6 N$n & tsaas aa4s - ~ ssrth.
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TK2( Es1EilsS4 HsssasNall 1ssspias bst ~ h1s4sspes ~
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those growing out OF the stern necessities 81 W., ana IN
making these conditions the allies are acting within their
rights. for they are merely following the course which
both the nation and the individual are free to follow. Of
exercising their own discretion in the selection Of those
with whom they will do business.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-07
Dhhras OArdA

Bsrlinsr TaSsblAft, February 10.
1918; The imperial clothing bureau
makes public IN its announcements
new liked prices for second. hand
clothes for iien. wonaen and children.
which in comparison TO former prices
are c~onsderAbly increased. According
70 3 new prcss.. seGh, cnGAnaysAnd
to cost 10 to ~ marks ,(S10 to SlS.7S1
winter oyercoats rs To so marks
fstas25 20 500. Trousers Afe to cost
1910 - naarks (3S.SEst 10 .S11.s Asgthe
tnnpefial clothing bureau further an
nounces. there Will soon 6e Available
a lasge supply OF securing elothk
pteeesof nsns that viii Aslisht hosee-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-07

Congressman Young must have
blocked the mails to some extent with
flower seeds sent to his friends tor
distribution among deserving voters,
according to the many newspapers
having this seed on hand. =
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nxed At 200 marks (the liability It
1000 marks). !.
Further war companies for the
making OF heels, lAces and buttons
soon may we'll be proved necessary"
The Qnest for Gold.
The Beriinef TAseblatt OF February
10, 1913. prints in Z prominent poA!.
ton this plea:
IN THIS FOURTH YEAR OF THE
WAR
THERE. CAN BE ONLY ONE
DESTINATION
FOR ALL ORNAMENTS or
GOLD;
TAKE THEM AT oNCD TO
THE BUREAU FOR THE PUR.
CHASE OF GOLD,
WHICH WILL PAY FULL VALUE
FOR THEM.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-07
MORE PEACE TALK

After every military offensive from Germany comes
talk Of peace from the same source. Germany wants
peace. All sensible people want peace. But Germany
went into this war for a purpose. 1t was her determine
ton to make herself mistress Of the world. And because
that was her determination. and because she has spent
blood and treasure in the effort, she is not going to
abandon her purpose without a tremendous effort. She
has failed in what she hoped to accomplish. The war
has cost her more than she supposed it. would. In spite
Of the local successes which she has won, her dreams of
military conquest in the form in which she attempted
them are being dissipated into thin air.
But Germany has more than one string to her bow.
She cannot conquer France-just yet. But If in the mean
time she can make peace with her clutches firmly fixed
on Russia, that will answer the purpose very we'll for the
time being. She will forego certain Of her purposes in
order to accomplish others, and. il this is accepted, she
will make preparations for the completion Of the pro-
gram later on.
Lord Balfour declares without reservation that no
peace overtures have been made recently, and that no
informal suggestions FOL. .peace have come to the British
government from Germany. Nevertheless the belief per-
aists that. through q Dutch Intermediary Germany has
made new tentative peace proposals., though these have
not yet been placed before the British government or
any Of It's official representatives.
The attitude Of the Allies toward those new susges.
tons Is and must remain unchanged from that which
has been maintained In the past. The Allies are not ready
to talk peace with. Germany because they know the peace
which she desires and the peace on which they must in
sist are 50 Tar apart that they cannot be brought together.
The only conditions under which Germany can have
fpsAee are those which the world will dictate to a com
5ausrsA snsny, and 80 long as Germanyscontinues to fight
shs - not In the frame OF mind to consider q peace Of
that sort. She must be whipped first.
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