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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
SUBMARINE Crew.
STAMPS ON The
AMERICAN FLAG
Fishermen Outrageously
Treated by Grew of Hun
Pirate Off Nantucket.
MEN ROCKED ABOUT
BY ANGRY GERMANS
Survivors of Fishing Boats
Tell Stories After Land
ing at Island Port.

Nantucket, Aug. 13.---An American
flag, torn from the masthead of the
little schooner Lena May, one of the
fishermen sunk by a German subma-
rine off the New England coast Sat
urday, was taken aboard the enemy
craft by a German officer, who
wrapped it around his neck and gave
grotesque exhibition of dancing,
while his men, each armed with a re-
volver, looked on and cheered.
This was the story told here today
by survivors of the vessel who were
forced to witness the performance.
The fishermen had been ordered
aboard the U-boat where ten of them
stood against the coming tower to be
photographed. AS they were being
lined up for the picture they were
jeered by the U-boat crew, and
knocked about when they failed to
move as rapidly as the commander
ordered
The mate of the Lena May declared
the Germans were intoxicated. He
said the American flag was flung
down and stamped on, amid shrieks
from the captors.
A member of the submarine crew
who spoke English rather brokenly,
was asked why they wanted a photo
graph.
THAT goes back to Germany" he
replied, ito show what we do over
here. We have quite a lot of them.
They look good in Berlin"
All of the men from the Lena May
and the Earl and Nettie, another fish
erman sent down by gufire, said they
received outrageous treatment at the
hands of the Germans. Rising to the
surface in the midst of the fleet the
submarine commander found more
vessels than he could sink immedi-
ately. They were told to stand by
and await destruction.
| In the desire to obtain food and
clothing, the commander set out in a
dory and to save his own men from
the work of rowing Captain Frank
Lynch of the Lena May and two
other fishermen were required to man
the boat. The dory moved swiftly
enough, but Captain Lynch was or
dered repeatedly to hurry.
The continual jeering of the Ger
mans got on the nerves of the fisher
men, hardy men accustomed to many
dangers, but they remained quiet, for
while orders were shouted in German,
which they could not understand, the
sight of many revolvers showed that
they would have no chance if they
offered resistance. The crew was en-
couraged by officers of the U-boat
There was a fresh outburst as the
fishermen boarded their dory and
pulled away.
They had taken everything we had
except the clothes we wore'' the mate
said, but we were glad to get away.
And the thing that hurt most was the
way they shouted while stamping on
our flag"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
SIX GO TO NEWPORT.

Six men were sent from the Naval
Recruiting station on Cannon street
today for Newport, r. I. These men
had been previously examined and en-
listed prior to the ban placed on fur
ther en1istments in the navy. They
are: Paul W. Taft, 145 Columbia ave-
nue., Edgewood, R. l.; T. G. Almgren,
As Melrose street, city; Timothy G..
Howard, 519 Pembroke street; Peter
Merraro, S36 Pembroke street; Dan
lei J. Kiley, 800 Gregory street, and
Lloyd A. Sleeves, R. F. D. No. 1, Fair
field, Ct.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
SONS OF ST. GEORGE

The ninth annual outing of the
Sons of St. George will be held Fun
day at the West End ball grounds. A
ball game has been arranged be-
tween the married ana the single men
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged and will be announced soon
The committee in charge are: James
Walker. chairman; William Ballard
John w. Amber, Roland Ross, George
Saunders and Victor Cawardine.
Pioneer lodge of this city has been
invited to attend the affair as well as
the Norwalk members of the Sons OF
St. George.
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EDITORS SENT TO JAIL.

Cleveland, Aug. 19-The Robitnyk
Publishing Co. was fined $3.50 and
costs and Paul II. Ladam, city editor,
and Walter Sawezyn, managing edi-
tor Of the Robitny1, daily Russian
Newspaper here, were sentenced yes
terday to serve 80 days each in the
workhouse by Federal Judge Weston
haver.
Federal authorities charge that an
article requesting all men. to stop
working was published in the paper
in May
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in excess of SO per cent. of the invest
ed capital.
Sixty per cent of the net income in
excess of aS per cent. of the invested
capital.
The war profits tax shall be so per
cent. of the net income in excess of
the war profits deductions.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
GOING TO NEWTON.

Board 4, local division draft board.
will send the following men with the
contingent from Bridgeport to New
ton, Mass, Thursday morning. August
18th: VIM. Schwartz, Thos. Venable,
John J. Karafus, Edward J. O'Hara,
John J. Cniffen, Midreal A. Petro. Jr,
Walter A. Reynolds and Martin Hold
dinott
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ARRIVES IN FRANCE.

Cards have been received from
Earle L. Oef1nger, formerly clerk in
the City Department of the local post
Office. that he has safely arrived in
France and is with the Postal Detach-
ment. Oef1nger enlisted over "a year
aFro. and is the son Of Christine c.
0sanSsx. Ne. sac Brooks street.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING

The regular monthly meeting of
the Board of Health will be held in
the office in the First National Bank
building this evening at $50. Sew
eral cases of violation of the sanitary
code are coming up for discussion
and there will be a great deal of new
business before the Board,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13

More than 1900 employees of the
Magnolia Petroleum Co. went on strike
at Beaumont, Texas.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13

Ordnance officers below the rank
of colonel will be required to practice
with a AS calibre revolver.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13

c. Mann, Of Queens, a Waterman at
the stable Of George W. Loft at the
Saratoga race track, was killed and
robbed Of $500. A stable boy is miss
ing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
AMERICANS LEAD HAIC'S ADVANCE;
TOTAL OF CAPTURED GUNS is 700;
So GERMAN AER0S DESTROYED

British Night Report Puts Allies Apex Mile Beyond
Line Held by Kaiser in 1885, Germans Reported to
Be Exhausting Reserves to Gain Time for With
drawal Less Than Mile to Railroad.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13

TIMES WANT ADS BRING RESULTS
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WOMEN'S COMMITTEE
AGAIN ARE LEADERS
First Payments on Bond Sub
scriptions Pouring in at
the Banks.

Yesterday in Liberty Loan work tho
ladies committees again outclassed the
efforts of tho men by turning in total
Of slS535D whilc the subscriptions Sc
cured BY the men was given at $'3.I5H.
with a combined total for the day of
$3.50 100.
The ladies' committees have placed To
date S1.lS5.65n. or more than onc-third
Of tho amount for the county to raise
during this drive. The ladies commit
tees Of the city are under the leadership
Of Mrs Jesse A. Bloch while those of
tho country districts arc being managed
BY Mrs. John L. Hupp.
The total for the entire campaign up
TO and including the work of yesterday
is s".ao6. 900. The three million mark is
sure TO be reached with the work OF TO-
day.
Bank clerks arc busy at headquarters,
arranging and tabuatIng the little green
sims. and say 1t is wonderful the num-
Der Of people that have taken bonds
and in many instances have paid thr
cash for them and have been given tn"
proper credits at the banks. Many have
made their first payments AMI tho littl"
slips being numbered are showing up
nicely. filling the blank numbers very
fast.
Sheriff Hastings is still pounding
away with his crew Of boys in tho thea
tres. and on oil the principal corners.
Eoy Scouts arc doing the work, and it
is appreciated by the officials OF the
loan drive,
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AMERICAN ENGINEERS
COVERED THEMSELVES
WITH BATTLE GLORY

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. April 1S.--(Ry The Associated
Press l--Faports from the British COM
mnnders which have just been rnccifed
:u American army headquarters. give
III. first definite informal ion that AM
crican engineering troops in large NUM-
brrs were among the forces haStil! as
semblrd from all branches Of the scTSlce
by Major General Carey for his iinnro-
visrd army which filled the gap IN thr
lin. mad, by the Germans al the OPEN
ing OF their offensive last month. TN"
American engineers w"r" at work con-
II r,IrlinE anh operating field railways
and building bridges
Thrv" compnin"$ "t An engineering
regiment were caught in The carly bonn
h:,rtlmrnt and ordered /" fall back TO
nnc Of lhr American companies which
had ln.,.n consolidated with the British
Royal Engineers waS delegated IN" TASK
or guaranteeing IN" destruction of an
engineers dump which II hal hcrn 'r'-
cidcd 10 abandon. This detachment de-
slruyrd all the material. mad" a rarin
rctrra, and caught ur with the larger
grnur aud Immediately resumed inc
work Of layin ; cut trenches. These pi'-
cr;tirnS liLStr,I fr"uI March - I" -. AS
The German attack m.c;tnl" more intense
the engineers wrr" Joined Ivy cooks. or
,!>-lirS and railwHynrn aS general
narl nf General Carcy'S forces.
The ruInrnanriing officer Of an .tn"ri-
can regiment took command nI M m
Ian,ry Suhsrrtor and directed tho action
nT his troops for one week. until the
emergency had PASSED at that point.
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SCHVNAb ON THE !.
-.
JOB B0SS|NG.
SH|PBUlLD|NG.
Declares Credit Of Putting
Over Big Task Will Go to-:
'Men In the Yards. "

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Charies II.
Schwab to-day began his work as direc-.
tor general of the Emergency Fleet corr;
poration with, as he expressed it. "opti..
mism. enthusiasm and in perfect accord
with the shipping board. and determIpedl
TO give no attention to his privat0 en-
terprises while in the government SER
vice.
At the outset Mr. Schwab made
known where he thinks the responsible.
ity of building ships rests.
THE great burden of this program
falls on the people in the yards he de-,
clared. IF the ships nre built in time
to bring Victory over Germany, no
credit will belong to anybody in Wash
ington, but to the men on the ground.
"Our task here is to supervise to en-
courage and to devise methods"
The iron master and practical ship
builder was told the present stntus Of
the enormous construction program IN
long conferences with Chairman Hurley
and Vice President Plez Of tho shipping
board. He showed his eagerncss TO get
10 work on the first big public job to
which he was called in discussing his
new assignment later with newspaper
men. -
Approval and encouragement arc
needed now more than anything else,
Mr.. Schwab said II; is up 10 every
man in this country TO do the work TO
which he is assigned TO win this war.
never saw man able. 10 work at shis
best except under the stimulus OF praise
and enthusiasm, fired with conddence
that he has the approval. of the people,
for whom he Is working.
I'VE must appeal to the pride and the
patriotism that is In n: good Americans
to speed up production in the yards.
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HOUSE. REFUSES
CONCURRENCE
IN $3.50 WHEAT
Senate Expected to Recede
From Its Demand, Leaving
Price at 81 on the Farm.

WASHINGTON, April lS.-PropoSc"
increase of the government guaranteed
price Of wheat to S@.5n w:Ls defeated To-
night in the house. which rejected by Il
vote OF Iii TO rs, the senate amendment
to tho agricultural appropriation hill
making the change.
This action sends tho question pack
to conference and tho senate now Is
expected TO rrccde so as not I" hoid up
thu appropriation bill.
finder the food control act the price
NJ 1915 wheat WAS liked at 50 Il busnHi.
but hy proclamation last February
President Wilson liXrd q minimum guar
autce Of S2.eN bushel nj the principal
interior primary mnrkcts. Chaer ,, ILL.,
SENATE rider 10 the appropriation bill
tho price would he Increased TO s2."V
hushel. and the farmers local elevators
made the ba sic market.
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Won CApELLE SEES
COLUMBIA MISTRESS
OF. SEAS after WAR

AMSTERDAM, April 1s.-Vicc Ad-
miral Won Capelle. German minister OF
the navy. discussing submarine war
fare before the main committee OF the
reichstag. declared that the new C-Doat.
construction cNccn'ied the losses and
that the effectiveness Of the submarines
had increased. He quoted figures 10
prove his contention that the F-boat
.inkings were thrice or six fold tn"
tonnage Of the new British construction.
The minister declared that the An,erI-
can dcstroyers. (which had been SO
much talked about" had failed in their
object. and he Is quoted by the semi
official Wolr bureau of Berlin as SAY
ing. with reference 10 ship building:
For the carrying out Of Americas
giant paper program. America, must
first lay down the shipyards. AFTER
prodi gious promises, America in 1917
built 150D00 gross register tons of sea-
going ships The large mercantile fleet
placed on order America does not want
for the war. but for the poSt-bcllum
period when the shipping program, hay
ing hecn in the meantime carried out.
America will become England's world
freight carrier -0-.
LONDON, April 1S.-AccordinS to n
statement issued official tonight. tho
figures given by Admiral Won Capelln
in his speech arc misleading apd con-
trary to facts.
Exaggerated figures Of losses ara
still relied on by the enemy" says thI
statement. THE average OF monthly
losses Of British ships in 1917 was
100000 gross TONS whereas Admiral
Won Capellc bases his argument on over
100000 tons. The figures for the quar-
ter ending March 81 will be published
shortly. when II Will be seen that tho
claims made Of a continuance Of the
drop in the rate Of losses is fully jus
titled.
With regard to Steel the first lord
nf the admiralty already has assured
the house Of commons that arrange
mcnts have been made for a supply oc
steel to give the output aimed at and
AT the present time the shipyards arc In
every case fully supplied with this ma
teral.'
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FIERCE DEBATE
RACES OVER THE
OVERMAN BILL
Democratic Senator Smith
Sees Menace to the Coun-
try in Party Measure.

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-With no
apparent dimuniticn of opposition nor
disposition on The part of administra-
ton supporters TO compromise, the sem
ate today settled down once more TO
vigorous controversy over the bill to
grant blanket authority To the president
TO re-organlze government departments.
Senator Overman, OF North Carolina,
sponsor for the measure. announced thnt
he intended to keep 1t continuously be-
fore the senate and hoped to secure
vote next week. At the close Of the day
he succeeded in getting unanimous con-
sent tu al agreement under which, after
three p. H.. Saturday, senators Will be
limited to thirty minutes discussion on
bills and twenty minutes on amend
mcnts.
Assat1ed BF Smith.
Returning to his attack upon the
measure. Senator Smith of Georgia,
Democrat, said the possibility Of inter-
ference with the Interstate Commerce
commission and federal reserve board
would be II "Il.nac." to the country.
Senator Ovrrman pointed out that the
proposed power Of coordination pro-
yidts that IL shall b. exercised by the
president "unly in matters relating 10
the conduct Of the present war
Senator Cun;mins. of Iowa Rcpub-
lican. replied that this provision in
actual practice. would not he limita-
,inu, and WAS mere cnmuuflagc. there
being no appeal from tn: presidents $
opinion.
curbing the President.
Tho senate adopted several commit
I..r amendments. including ono rcquir-
ing thr president, before aholiShinG amy
agency. to recommend such action TO
congress. and also providing for rrst"r-
alton at the end of the war OF the
original status Of rc-orsanzed bureaus.
During the debate. Senator Smith
praised the appointment of Charles VI.
Schwab as dircclur-Eencral OF Inc
Emergency Fleet corporation. and de-
rlarrd that another man OF such caliore
should be appointed 10 take charge OF
airplanr production. He said 1t the
United Stutcs had done it's part in nir-
plan" production. the Germans would
no, have undertaken the offensive now
lrOiny on
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PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 18.-
Herbert c. Hoover, discussing the
food administration at the annual
banque. Of the PITTSBURGH Press
Club here tonight. declared that the
government had so far developed no
principle Of price-fixine as broad
economic policy. I'VE are dealing
with conditions, and not with tneo'
ries.." said Mr.. Hoover
othr speakers at the banquet were
stephane Lauzanne. Of Paris eo'tor
Of Le Matin, and Melville E. stone
Associated Press general manager.
Mr.. Hoover explained in detall
4b, worldwide condition when
made the food administration neces-
sary, and said that discussion
throughout the country over price
stabilization by the government is
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review the alternative courses OF
action and to choose that course
which leads to the lesser hardship.
We are not exploiting economic re-
form or economic revolution.
"Up to the present time, as far as
| can see at the moment, what may
be called the incidental policy Of the
government is the only one that will
be necessary to apply. and it may
be summarized in the following
statement:
every export from the United
States is under control. 1t is con.
troIled so that it may serve the posi-
tive military ends Of the govern
ment. All Of our exports are direct
ed to supporting the Allies. or alter.
natively, where we deal with neu-
trails, to get the quid pro quo for
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Loan otal Nearse rs =.
ThreeMilHonMark
FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH
TO BE LIBERTY DAY
Cleveland District Has Sub
scribed Thirty-one Per
Cent of Quota.

WASHINGTON. April lH.--friday.
April 81. will be Liberty day throughout
the United States under proclamation
isSlied Tonight by President Wilson.
calling on "itiz"ns uf every community
10 hold Liberty loan rallies and ''lih"r
ally pledge anew their financial support
to sustain the nations cause
Patriotic demonstrations similar to
those On the opening dny "f III" cam
naign will b. hcld on April III and the
day derpird 10 giving the race Inward
the three billion dollar war credit goal
Il new Impetus for the final week.
Now. with tn" loan campaign almost
half over. S1.0S9. .734."0N subscriptions
h;rvc been reported - III" treasury, nr
$l3G.S11.G5 representing yesterday S
business and comnrsic"S in every dis
trict have rrrriv"d orders /" max" on
traorGnary efforts I" gather In pledges
faster. in he hope Of meeting Secretary
Nc. .\rln0'S cNprC sSCn hope for an oyer
subscription nf 'hC three billion dollar
minimum.
ST. Louis to-day headed the r"il II;
districts arranged in order of percentage
Of quotas subscribed. and New York dis
trirl. he greatest actual contributor,
fell tn seventh .pIar" III percentages.
The Cleveland idistrict has subscribed
thIrty-nnr. per cent nf its qu"ta nr FHI.-
gIn. .0NO. while Jtirhm"nh diStric' has
reached III" twenty per cent mark. "r
$"T.O4>.G0u
NaIiuual headquarters to-day took
Steps to gather driinit" figures ur sub
scrip. ions by STATUES and by cities. ar
ranged according To population classes.
in the hop" Of stimulating n;"r-city
competition during the balance Of tha
campaign
Sunday. April u. Will he devoted by
thousands ui preachers 10 special Lib
,riy lean Srrm"nS. The treasury has
received Il flood mf letters from minis
tcrs promising their support oE the loan
campaign on that day.
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WOMEN OF THIS
CITY LEADING
ENTIRE STATE
In the Liberty Loan Drive,
According to Figures
From Headquarters.

CHARLESTON. W. Va. April 49,
Gratifying results are being obtained in
West Virginia by the womnn's Liberty
loan committees in the several commun-
tiles. according to reports received by
Mrs. George Poffenbarger. state chair
man,to day. Mrs. Poffenbarger reported
that to date, the women OF the state
had raised s1.754,00o.
Wheeling and Ohio county in the Ciev-
Gland federal reserve district, are lead
ing with sales amounting to s959.5Oo,
(This total has since been advanced to
$l,1S5.65O); Fairmont and Marion coun-
tv are next with $201.700 and kanawha
third with S150.200.
Former Governor William A. Mac
Corklc, state chairman. today announced
that he would start to give out figures
next week. showing the actual result OF
the drive in the state. Several counties
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partly academic, partly misinformed
and most of it without any knowi-
edqe or admission of the economic
disIocations imposed by the war.
$50 far the government has deVeI-
oped no principle Of price-tIxIn5 as
broad economic policy" said Mr.
Hoover "Dislocations apply, first,
to one great commodity and then to
another, and therefore our aspect
Of the problem is to deal with them
as they arise, commodity by com
modify. We are dealing with eond'-
tions, and not with theories.
disturbances through shortage IN
supply, failure Of, inland or overseas
transport, or because Of other mat
ters with which we must contend,
all lead to hardship. on either pro-
ducer or consumer. Our vie" is 10
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Hoover Reveals Revolution Methods Brought By the War

Speaking Of the battle now going
on on the plains Of Pieardy, M. LaU-:
zanne declared that France prefers
to die rather than to live In de-:
-
graded humanity, and humanity
would be degraded if the savage
beast who forms what to-day .iS
called Germany could be victorious
and rule the world.
ITO fight Germany" said NJ. Lau-
zanne, "France has given already
one million men We are ready to
give more. When there are no more
men. the women will rise up. Whom
there are no more women the chill.
dren will rise up. When there are
no more children the dead will rise
up. France will live free or die
free. And France will live" ~
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the sacrifice Of our commodities.
Thus our food exports are directed
toward but a few hands on the 9TH
er side Of the water.
with the shortage in shipping it
has been necessary for the govern
ments to put the available shipping
into use for the common purpose,
in order to secure the most exPedi.
ton in loading and dischargins at
ports of call, and to arrange that it
be loaded with the most advanta-
oeous comm modities from a national
noint of view. The Euro
pean governments have been CON-
PEELED to undertake, as a conse.
auence of shortage Of supplies, the
slnule.handed purchase OF their
supplies both for civil and military
purposes There has grown up an
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enormous consolidation Of buying
for 12O,ooo,ooo European people,
phenomenon never before witnessed
in the economic history of the world.
Furthermore, we have aggregated in
this country something like 2,ooo,-
900 men under arms, and we shall
expand our forces to three or five
millions before we are finished. The
buying for the men is necessarily
concentrated in one agency instead
of many agencies, as before, and we
thus have a second engine growing
up in our midst as a necessity OF
war conditions.
ain order that these two buying
agencies should not get in each 9TH
er's way it has been necessary to
place them under joint direction. In
the final outcome, therefore, we find