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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04
At The Summit,

l'N10NTDWN. ia. Mag %.--Am"nS
III" guests r"giStrrrd At line summit h"-
;rl This week were tnr fnllrwinS from
Wh,"!.ng: Misses gallagher. Miss Edith
Tayl"r Harry burlington. Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. Ruthrrfurr Mr.. and Mrs. John j..
SHAW. Mr.. and Mrs. Remain Cirduna and
Mrs. luIn,; II. Dunbar.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04
CONSTIPATION IS
A PENALTY Of AGE

Nothing is 20 essential tof.E
health in advancing age - fres-1'
dom and normal activity OF the
bowels. 1t makss one feel:
younger and fresher, and FORE,
stalls colds, piles, fevers, and
other dependent ills. ~
Catharties and puryatives afey,
violent and drastic in action andn-
should be avoided. A mild ef.rs
fective laxative, recommended b. :
physicians and thousands who !:
have used it, Is far preferable. \
This is tho combinat;oa q snpIo
laxative herbs with pspsm soh
by druggi.ts under The name Of (
Dr.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pspin. d
costs only fifty eents = bott3ss = "a
trial bottle, free Of charge can be-
obtained by writing to Dr.. ". B.
Caldwell, ass Washingtoa Stsa
Monticello, Illinois. -;
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04
Entertained for Guests

Miss Alma V. Paul. Of tn" South Side,
entertained Il few of her friends IN honor
nf MISS Regina Coleman. VIII" IS from
tho Mount d" thtntal Academy for thu:
week end. Fh. following; w"r" Present:
Regina Coleman, Clara krcSS.
EStclla Marker E.I";inor l." I.'unr,
Esther kjtSun. Alma '. i'tul.
ii.rth:L Stnrrl
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04
rHar-u A1ernnf1nr Hostess.

utsr MARY Alexander was hostess T."
=, email marty Of friends at her hnm" on
North Nofn strrrt Thursday evening.
dancing formed 4 small portion "f tn"
evenings rlstimc with tn" rendition al
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04

several musical sHirctions. At an ap-
.prnprlat, hour 4 dainty Luncheon uf six
teen covers proved u pleasant culminat-
IuG event.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04
NO LOSS OF LIFE.

THREE RIVERS. Que. May s.
Fire which started in III" film room
of the Victoria theatre to-day DE-
stroyed the building and number OF
stores and residences with Il prop
erty loss estimated 1T $150.O00. There
was no loss OF life.
The townSpeople. disC0ntiuinS bus
mess. organized a salvage corps and
succeeded in removing most Of the
furniture from the homes which were
burned.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04

'fDO'S your father eyer comment On
my staying so late 1T night
No. Algernun-'
That's good"
Put he sometimes makes sarcastic
remarks about your staying So early In
the morning. '-Birmlngham Age-Herald
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04
interesting Readings.

Invitations have bcru extended To the
Wonr.n's clubs uf tn" Wheeling district
to attend tn" readings Of the Rev. Sam
uel Nc(Hrd Caruthcrs. II. d.. Of Cum
bridge. Mass. by the Woman's Alliance
Of the First Unitarian church. These
very interesting essays Will be read by
the author III" coming Wednesday aft =
crnuun at 3:3u ~ Ia" church.. 1l29 Eu1
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04

Miss Helen Frnn. VIII" - The house
guest Of Miss llcnrr:tta Fair. Will b"
this afternoon with
small gathering 81 hnni" UG latter on
Thirteenth street. TIL" & rls invited vii!
bring their knitting, which will cnGtGr
Fart al thu afternoon. Will" at o'clock
tea Will BE- the pleasant feature.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04

Joining while the boat is here Viii soon
500 ACTIVE. service across III" seas.
S. T.. LstwrruiT. vi" is u captain IN
the L. s. Engineers reserve corps. is
in charge OF the yacht.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-04
MELTING THE CART WHEELS.

WASHINGTON. May 3.-AbouN
% 200 ,0n0 silver dollars have oeen
melted into bullion or mu1ilatetl by
the government under tho new ST.
yer act, the treasury reported to-day.
Vaccinations are under way with the
British government and other allies
for export Of the metal. 10 he USED III
coinage.
Printing OF new federal reserve
hanI; notes of 81 denomination. 10 re-
Mace tho withdrawn silver ccrutL
cafes will start soon.
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When II comes 10 promoting I1'aC".
the divorce court has The linEun backed
off The map.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
What Victory of
Germany May Mean

Contributed by Cosmo Hamilton
to the National Security Leagues
campaign Of Patriotism Through Ed
ucation.)
It is as clear as daylight to every
intelligent human being that an Allied
victory in this great crusade for the
preservation of civilization to the
world means to AMERICA country
safe for democracy; country which,
for its whole-hearted share in the
war, may hold up its head proudly
among the great nations; a country
strengthened and unified by national
effort on the side of righteousness; a
manhood imbued with the much
needed and indispensable knowledge
of discipline, service and esprit de
corps; a womanhood glorified and en-
nobled by sacrifice and unselfshness;
a coming generation inspired by the
example of parents; and a flag re-
spected and respectable.
What an Allied defeat means to
America is equally clear-a country
at the mercy of German mi1itarism,
German greed, German revenge and
German lust for generations to come.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
MERCHANDISE SALES.

The great drive now going on for
Liberty Bonds is meeting with big
success everywhere. The American
people are proving their true patriot
ism all over the country. The former
Liberty Loans proved that-and the
many calls for different war benefits
show more evidence of it's truth.
Everyone has been a success.
And yet, the buying goes on at the
same time. There is no let up in
merchandise sales, the managers of
Caesar Misch Stores tell US. The only
difference is that people are looking
for quality in their purchases-not
cheap goods, but good, serviceable
merchandise at reasonable prices.
They always demanded this to a
greater or less extent, but now they
must have it.
They will not stop buying. 1t is i'm
possible, but they are more careful in
this than they ever were.
The Cheerful Credit Store has tried
to offer the people what they are
looking for and have fixed their
prices at the lowest possible notch.
Their own buyers are on the lookout
for every chance they see to get mer-
chandise the store may offer on this
policy of extra good qualities at mod
crate prices.
They announce more new spring
goods on sale tomorrow in every de-
partment, and are ready to outfit you
whether man, woman or child.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
War Food Exhibit.

Anexhibit of war foods by the Food
Economic committee will be held at
Red Mems hall, Church street, Thurs
day, May 2. The exhibit is to be held
at the request of the Farm Bureau.
There will be a contest in breadmak-
ing during the exhibit,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
Resumes Her Duties.

Miss Smith, historian at the loca1
High school, has resumed her duties
following an illness of several days
with the mumps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
COAL SHIPMENTS
HIT HIGH MARK
DURING MARCH

: What it meant to ship to market
F.276, TIT tons of anthracite, last
month, 100000 tons each working
day, can be, comprehended when it is
stated that to haul that much coal
4 would require a train 20 miles
hong. At all events, the average
daily shipments, 1ast4month, took s.
500 cars a day.
: With the mine output running
smoothly, every effort will be made
to exceed the maximum figures of
, a, 900, 90 % tons an 1917, which means
that the working day output must
average 275,900 tons. Unless there
is a big increase in the number of
mine-workers, there can be no mark
ed increase in the anthracite output
over the 1917 figures, remarkable as
they are, for there are $4,000 fewer
mine-workers now than in 1915. The
total shipments of anthracite was
100000 more tons~than a year be-
fore when the output was 6S,o0o,-
900 tons
There were 7,276,777 tons of an
thracite~ shipped, last month as com
pared with the Corresponding month
of March, 1917, of 6,989, OTIS tons, an
increase of 1,464,695 tons over Feb
ruary and 2S7,702 tons over the cor
responding month last year. They
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
LONG RANCE GUNS USED ON PARIS
SAME CAL|BRE AS USED 80 YEARS
AGO IN The JUBILEE EXPERIMENTS

its charge, to impart the incredible
velocity of 5000 feet per second.
And if he does not stop there but is
| prepared to promise a doubled We
locity again, and a four-old range of
| 800 miles, what is to prevent London
from being bombarded from Ostendr
or Cologn from Dover. The artillery
enthusiast may then indulge in some
mathematical amusement by treating
the shot as if it were an independent
satellite moving in a radiating field
| of gravity in an elliptic path, appre-
| ciably different from the parabola of
| Calico
The Shell Within a Shell Theory.
A theory has been advanced that
the shell carries another shell in its
| inside, which it elects at mid-range.
This appears a useless and dangerous
complication, and does not fit in with
! the description of the French expert
of the grooves of rif1ing to be seen on
fragments of the shell.
Our Jubilee experiments came to a
sudden, mysterious end, just as the
scientific interest was beginning. The
official reason assigned was that the
| y
value; but there is evidence. of timid
acquiesence in legal influence, as it
was feared that the lord of the manor
of the foreshore would claim large
| compensation for trespass, the shot
sailing two or three miles high over
| his privilege.
But the German kept a careful
| watch, and carried on further with
the research, eliminating at last in
| this recent development of artillery
science. Them ilitary value of this
fire, or of aerial attack, does not con-
sist in knocking down. q few walls
and houses, but is the psychological
effect on the capital city of the enemy.
So the explosive destructive of the
shell is not so important as the extra
long range attainable by making the
i shell practically a solid shot.
To judge from the traditions of our
artillery school on Woolwich Com
mon, the war would be decided by lit
tie guns on wheels, to go at a gallop
behind horses, and no science re-
| quired, or sights even with the Fuzzy
Wuzzy artillery tactics of "Gallop up
close, to 400 yards, and let 'em have
it, of the massacre of Colenso. But
so far this war has given no oppor-
tunity to this snowy costly arm, and
the money is spent better elsewhere,
especially as the effect in peace of a
corps d'elite is to take the heart out
| of the hardworking, necessary, but
monumental branches, with not
enough limelight to go round, for any
to be spared on them.
But today he is coming tos.his right
| place in front, and we may be sure
thes cientif1c artillery officer is on his
mettle to rival and exceed these recent
performances which have taken US all
1 by surprise.
tOur special correspondent at Am
| sterdam, in a telegram published on
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
SPRAYING TO
CONTROL LATE
POTATO BLIGHT

That thorough spraying will control
late blight in seasons of bad infec-
ton has been proven many times in
the past and most recently at Aroos-
took Farm, in Aroostook county, Me.
In one block where small test plots
sprayed with standard Bordeaux mix
ture were interspersed with untreat-
ed check plots, the average yield on
all of the former was at the rate of
1872 bushels per acre, while that on
an equal number of untreated plots
was at the rate of 1888 bushels per
acre. This was an increase of 37.7
bushels per acre, or more than rs
per cent in favor of spraying. These
plots received six applications.
Adjoining one of the experimental
blocks was a field where spraying
was begun earlier, and eight or nine
applications were made. 1t was
planned with the same lot Of the same
variety of seed, fortified the same
and, except for spraying, received
similar treatment in every respect.
The yield on the portion of this field
Immediately adjoining one of the I'M
sprayed check plots was 1913 per
acre. This shows a gain of over sc
and SO per cent. respectively.
Nineteen hundred and seventeen
was one of the worst blight years in
the history of Aroostock potato grow
ing. The results cited above show
conclusively that, even under the con-
ditions that existed, late blight can
be controlled by a grower who sets
out to do the job thoroughly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
(By Sir George Greenhill.)

(by Sir GeOTS6 1EeeHIll1.)
lie progress de Fartillerie est lie
progress de la civilization" Papoleon
wrote. And this sort of progress has
made a giant stride in the last few
days. Paris at the moment is under
a bombardment from a gun located
at a range of 100 Kilometres, or Is
miles Fragments of the projectiles
reveal a calibre of 40 millimetres, or
9.5 inches, practically the calibre of
| the gun employed by US so years ago
in the Jubilee experiments at Shoe
| buryness.
These experiments were sanctioned
in 1887 with the object of testing the
ballistic tables and artillery theory of
| the day, in long range fire, as long as
was then obtainable. Our gun was
elevated to 40 degrees, and fired a
shell weighing $50 pounds, with a.
muzzle velocity of about 2,400 feet per
second, and the range measured was
over $4,000 yards, or IL miles. On
| Galileo's theory, and in the absence
of air resistance this velocity would
send the shot to nearly threefold this
range, so that the great influence is
| revealed of the resistance of the air.
although the~sh must have been
| sailing along for the most part at a.
height of two or three miles, in air
| Of nearly half the density here on the
| ground. In calculations of long range
fire, this correction for tenuity of the
air is important, and the labor is
thereby much increased.
Calculations beforehand were in
vited, to predict the range to be ex-
pected, with the conditions of being
deposited before the gun was fired
The result obtoined by Lieutenant
Wooley bod, R. A, was in very salts
factory accordance with the actual
practice, as he had made a careful al
lowance for tenuity. A description of
his calculation will be found in the
official "Text Book of Gunnery," 1902.
This was for the muzzle velocity 2,400
feet per second, considered very high
80 years ago. But today we have a
gun of the same calibre to throw it's
shot to skiold range; and if we as
sumo with Calico that double velocity
will throw to four-ol range, the Ger
man gun must give velocity of some
thing approaching 5000 feet per Sec
ond. This may be reduced to 5000
or less, if the projectile is almost
solid, like a shot, with more weight to
overcome air resistance. The gun,
too, may be elevated to As degrees
and over, so as to clear more quickly
the dense ground air, and reach the
attenuated strata for it's horizontal
flight, sailing along at a height of
| nearly 20 miles.
These are problems which must
have fascinated the young German
| 'fWolley Dods," students of the Berlin
Militar-Technische Academic, not
| only for the exterior ballistic science
| of the flight of the shot in the air, but
more so for the difficulties of internal
4 ballistics, in the design of a gun and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE.

The public is cordially invited to
attend a free lecture onn Christia
Science at the newly remodelled
church edifce at S71 Lafayette St,
Sunday afternoon, April 81, at
o'clock. The lecture is given under
the auspices of First Church of
Christ, Scientist, of Bridgeport. Sim
liar lectures have been given IN
Bridgeport many times in the past,
and always afford a large number of
people great qualification and
pleasure. The lecturers are those who
devote their entire time to this work,
and are well qualified to explain the
truths of Christian Science in a clear
and competent manner. Mr.. Willis
F. Gross c. S. B. of Boston, Mass, will
be the lecturer on Sunday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
IMPORTANT UNITS ESCAPE.

Washington, April 1S-AI imports
ant units of the Russian Baltic feet
escaped when the Germans occupied
Helsingfors, official dispatches receive
ed here today said. Most Russian yes
sells had been withdrawn to Kronstadt
or Viborg. Several small auxiliaries
were in Helsingfors just before the
German occupation, however, and
these may have been captured. They
included submarines, destroyers and
trawlers-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
STAFFORD
Especial to The Times.)


Stratford, April 19-Charged with
passing to the left of the silent cop,'
stationed at East Broadway and Main
! street, seven more automobiles were
apprehended by Chief of Police Will
liam B. Nichols and Patrolman H
/ Briggs Barnum. All were arraigned
in the Stratford town court Thursday
morning and fined SO each by Deputy
Judge Frank E. Brakeman. Those
Earraigned were: George Thorpe, go
i Harriet street, Bridgeport; W. P.
Hershel, 331 Center street, West Ha-
ven; George Meyers, 210 PaIisade
avenue, Bridgeport; C. A. Stevens, 222
Beechwood avenue, Bridgeport; Will
liam Vanderveit, At Bennett street,
Bridgeport; Archie Deering, 800 River
street, Bridgeport, and Ernest Dis
brow, 704 Madison avenue, Bridge
port.
The crusade which has been waged
by the local police for the past three
weeks against this traffic violation has
resulted in the arrests of more than
so autoists. Some of the violators
are very prominent citizens of
Bridgeport. The fines imposed have
enriched the court treasury $3.50.
Subscriptions Now $9s, 200.
Up to last evening the subscrip-
tons in the Liberty Loan drive
amounted to $4,000. At a meeting
of the Minute Women of, the town
held Wednesday afternoon it was
voted to try and double the towns
original allotment by Saturday even
FTlI,
asked to subscribe was $4,000. In
order to double the allotment, s115,-
900 would have to be subscribed.
Mrs. Thomas Taylor received a let
ter yesterday from Franklin Brown,
chairman of District comittee No. 8,
Fairfield county, congratulating the
Minute Women on their efficient work
Moose Meeting.
Announcement was made at the
weekly meeting of the Loyal Order
of Moose held Wednesday evening
that District Organizer Bennett will
address the local branch Wednesday,
May 1.
Left For Boston.
Edmund Wilkinson of Nichols ave-
nue. left on Tuesday for Boston
where he underwent the physical ex-
animation in the Merchant Marine
service. Mr.. Wilkinson enlisted as a
sailor.
War Food Exhibit.
Anexhibit of war foods by the Food
Economic committee will be held at
Red Mems hall, Church street, Thurs
day, May 2. The exhibit is to be held
at the request of the Farm Bureau.
There will be contest in breadmak
ing during the exhibit.
Resumes Her Duties.
Miss Smith, historian at the local
High school, has resumed her duties
following an illness of several days
with the mumps
To Appoint Food Conseryator.
At a meeting of the War Bureau
held Wednesday evening in the Sc
lectmen's Office committee of three,
First Selectman James Lally, George
H. Bateman and Mrs. C. c. Kennedy,
were named to appoint a food con-
servator for the town. A report will
be made at the next meeting. Ivan
L. Morehouse was appointed legal adj
visitor of the bureau. 1t was voted
| to give $25 to the Red Cross. The
| bureau has $50 in the treasury.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
Nov. 5, quoted a butch workm.

Nov. 5, quoted a butch workman
from Krupp's as follows: Soldiers
from the front declare that GERMANY
now has submarines of 1000 to 5000
tons, against which no destroyers can.
contend, and also guns with 35 to As
miles range. The popuIace pre-
dict that this will end the war.")-
By the International News Bureau.
Inc.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

exceeded by 165, 1927 tons the October
1917 shipments which, until now, rep
resented the high-water mark in
monthly shipments
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19
To Appoint Food Conservator.

CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, plumbing
and heating; jobbing a specially, 1851
Main and Hillside avenue. Phone
Stratford 1142 or 1143-3. B 10 'tf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

Bonar Law, speaking in the Com
mons, said he expected CONSUMPTION
to be enforced before Aug. in Ire
land.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-19

The International Sugar Commit
tee has bought 1860 bags of Cubas
at 4.0S5c, C and f for late April ship
ment
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-10

thrilling how noble being after she
pcpock Miss Carmen supported excellent which includes
little fellow, remembered Jack
stalk and Babes the Woods ngree comedy, and the PATE NEWS
also on bill.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-10

real that the inevitable social revolutions may be
bloodless. while the institutions they sweep away may
De precisely those which most impede human advance
ment
Democracy may not necessarily build up great ma
tions. permanent greatness rest on no other
foundation. For the future the people must indeed
be everything.
In the prophetic words OF Barbusse:
The 100000 slaves hurled upon another in
the mud Of by guilt and shall uphft their
human face and last reveal the germ a determ-
ming will The future is in the hands OF these slaves
The alliance 10 be day by those whose
numbers and whose misery alike infinite Will trans
form the world world!'
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-10

worthy cause of this sort.
incidentally. the Stage Woman's
War relief is not conhning its work
to New York city alone. Mrs. Otis
Skinner has been appointed travel
ing representative of the OrganiZa-
ton and is establishing branches in
all the big cities ION the road"
At these branches women in
travel companies can give their SER
vices for the period of their engage
ment.
The profession. as a whole. has
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-10

NVII0I'''1NtI TUT
use stored-up wealth wide-ranging combination
instruments OF industrial oppression The
theory and practice OF cooperation must bind society
together unite the nations the world For
equality freedom. and justice all all races
conditions under which civilization may en-
dure.
THE HOPE OF TILE WORLD
The great war must bring many great changes
Behind every turks a revolution" We may
universal revolution collapse. The pre-
Cep OF Jesus and the religion associated with His name
must have tremendous meaning they viii have
none. The hope OF the world is that this meaning
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-10

rallied very generously TO the finan-
cial support of the Stage Womans
War relief The Lambs Gambol"
yielded $4,000. which is the entire
receipts. Several benefit matinees
have been given. and individual do
nations are frequent. The Organiza-
ton reports a recent check for $500
from Miss Billie Burke
Just at present, the committee, in
charge OF Miss Florence Nash. is
making a drive for subscriptions Of
one. two and FIVE dollars. and this
drive has already put 5000 in cash
into the bank of account.
The organization has cooperated