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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
KEPHART VICTOR
 AT MARATHON|NC

Philadelphia, Jan. 2-Harry Kep- hart, of the Meadowbrook Club, achieved a notable victory in the sixth annual modified handicap Mara thon run when he finished first against a field of twenty-seven picked runners. He started from scratch and ran six miles in 37 minutes and 3 seconds.
 Meadowbrook Club not only suc- ceeded in winning the individual and time honors, but also the team laur- els, with a total of IT points. The United States Ambulance Corps was runner up in the team competition with A points and won the first mili- tary team prize.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
FORMER PRESIDENT GIVES TRIBUTE TO
 SPIRIT OF GOLFING

Philadelphia, Jan. 2 = Former President William Howard Taft paid a tribute to golf in his New Year greeting. He said:
 A man who plays golf and en- joys it must have a love for free dom and a spirit of independence. Such personal traits prompt one to play the game to the end.
 '"That is what we must do in this var. We must fight it through to victory and win the game at the eighteenth hole if it be necessary to play it through"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
MAY BAR DRAFT
 MEN OFF TRACK

Lexington, Ky, Jan 2-Au men subject to the draft and all who are engaged in farm work may be barred from racetracks in the United States and Canada A movement to this end was begun by American and Canadian thoroughbred associations meeting ' here tpdsysr
 Every racing association will be asked to cooperate. The associations also debated on means of raising $500, 900 through Kentucky turf in terests for the benefit of the Red Cross.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
GERsHEL AND TOSS WIN

New York, Jan. 2-William Gershel beat Albert Cutler 150 to 120 in the afternoon game at Maurice Dally's billiard academy, yesterday, for the benefit. of the ambulance fund. In the evening game Wilson T. Foss beat Tim Gallagher 200 to 140.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02

FRANCIS OUIMET
 ARMY CORPORAL

Aver, Mass. Jan. 2-Francis Oui- met, Western golf champion, who en- tered the National Army at Camp Devens recently, received word yes terday that he had been promoted to corporal.
 Ouimet is a member of the head quarters company, S01St Regiment, Field Artillery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
ADMIRAL BENSON WILL TESTIFY IN
 BUREAU INQUIRY

Washington, Jan. Admiral Ben- son, chief of naval operations, will be the first witness to appear before the house inquiry into the naval war pre- parations when the hearings are re- sumed Thursday before the naval s1b- committee. Other navy bureau chiefs are expected to testify as far as their offices are concerned and the navy's S aviation program will be given special consideration.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02

- Ball players incidentally, are a yer satfle bunch. There's Marty O'Toole
 the former major league pitcher, for instance. O'Toole is spending the winter at Omaha, where he is en- gagged as a clothing salesman. He was in the Western League last sea
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
CHAMPIONS PLAY DRAW

Frank J. Marshal, United States chess champion, met Edward Lasker, the Western champion, in an exhibi- tion match game at the Chicago Chess club recently. The game was drawn after twenty-nine moves.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
RESULTS OF NEW YEARS
 MlTT BOUTS

Philadelphia. Pa. Jan. 2.-In a bout that sizz'ed with action Benny Valger Of New York almost stopped Frankie Conway of this city at the National Sporting club last night. Valga- all but had 111s opponent out at the end of the sixth round.
 The victor gave a fast exhibition He stood toe to toe with Conway in the carly rounds and exchanged blow for bow. After the third session there was nothing to it but the New Yorker.
 In another feature bout Babe Picate dealt out terrific punishment to John ny Mahoney of Hazleton. Pa, who substituted for K. O. Eddie Fitzsim- mons of New York Mahoney was all in at the finish. He had a hard time weathering the storm | In the semi-windu0 Leo Houok with handicap of twenty pounds won easily from Chuck Wiggins of Indian apolis.
 In the other bouts Johnny Malone was an easy victor over Tommy Ho- gan of Mount Carmel Johnny Mack ! of Brooklyn defeated Tommy Warren of Atlantic City. and Al Moore held Danny Buck to a draw
 Lawrence. Mass. Jan. Paul Doyle of New York won 8 referee 8 decision over Mike Paulson of St. Paul in ten rounds. The bout was fast and exciting all the way. | Doyle had Pau1son groggW in the last two rounds.
 | Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan 2-Tommy Carey won a fast fight from Johnny Clinton in the windup at the Cam bria club matinee yesterday. In the sem1-final Young Taylor of Gdrard- l vile defeated Buck Taylor of Ba1ti- more. The other bouts resulted as follows:
 l Battling Murray stopped Dick Got wall of York in the fifth round. Ed die 0fullin finished Battling Manton in the third round. and Eddie Joyce de- feated Jimmy MoDonnah. A battle royal concluded the show.
 Scranton Pa.. Jan. 2-Jack Shar- key. the New York bantamweight, won from Joe Leonard of Brooklyn, in a ten-uound bout yesterday after noon.
 Akron. Ohio. Jan. 2.-Johnny Grif- filth and Bryan Downey fought a ter riflo t2-round draw here yesterday af- | ternoon.
 Boston. Jan. 2.-Augie Rather, o1 New York. won Q ten-round referees decision over Victor Dahl. of Den mark.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
DAM OF DAN PATCH DEAD.

Oxford, Ind, Jan. 2-Zelica, dam of Dan Patch, 1855, pacer, died here Monday night of old age. She was 26 years old and was the dam of several foals which made racing records.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
TO-DAY IN PUGn1sTIO ANNALS.

1911-Jim Flynn defeated Tony Caponi in nine rounds at Los An. geles.
 1911-Joh ohnny Kilbane defeated Patsy Brannigan in 12 rounds al Canton, Ohio.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
CARNEGIE BEATS YALE

Pittsburgh, Jan. 2-The Yale bas- 1etball team struck snag here last night in the fast Carnegie Tech five and was defeated by a score of S5 tc s2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02

The life of major leaguer is short indeed. Few players who were in the big circuit when Hal Chase broke in are still in the big show. Hal however, is still doing excellent work at the first sack and looks good for several seasons to come. He's the big exception to the rule.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
WEEGHMAN STILL
 IN LISTS TO GET
 PLAYER HORNSBY

Branch Hickey and Cub Owner Dickerng Over Price to Be Paid For Star Outfelder- Hendricks Anxious to Retain Young Phenom-St. Louis Big Drawing City Provided It Has Good Team, Opinion of Cardinals New Leader.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02

Tn baseball, as in everything else, gets the best pickings.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02

FUNERAL BOUQUET AND DESIGNS
 JOHN RICK 6 SON
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02

Times Want Ads. one Cent a Word
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02
Talk Of Sports
JACK HORNER IN 1918.

Little Jack Horner Sat in & corner, But he wasn't eating pie; They had fed him instead A piece of war bread Do you wonder that Jackie did cry
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-02

Lawrence. Mass. Jan. 2-Paul Doyle of New York won 8 referee 8 decision over Mike Paulson of St. Paul in ten rounds. The bout was fast and exciting all the way.
 Doyle had Pau1son groggw in the last two rounds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
RAISING LIZARDS IN
 TRINIDAD TO SAVE SUGAR

Lizards are being used in Trinidad to combat the froghoppers. whose ravages in the sugar cane plantations in the West Indian Islands and on the mainland of South America have ee- riously affected the production of su- gar. "Of late" reports Consul Henry D. Baker, "the froghoppers have in creased by millions, although they were little noticed until a few years ago. They suck the sap from the root and leaves of the sugar cane.
 "J. B. Rorer, an American nryco1o- gist formerly with the Department of Agriculture at Washington, and F. w. Urdch, a west indian entomologist, conducted Investigations in Trinidad which have resulted in finding in the lzard, which feeds freely on the grubs, practical means of saving its sugar cane crops from the froghopper pest. One large planter has estab- lished a veritaible lizard farm, where the Arneiva surinamensis (scienHific name of the hzard) is actually bred Sand banks to burrow in and wherein to lay eggs have been provided, water has been supplied, food furnished, and protection afforded against the incur sion- of birds and mammals that make kfhe lizard an article of their daily mam
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
SCOTLAND FLOWS UP ITS PASTURES ITO RAISE FOODS

The food shortage in Scotland is in dicated by reports which have re- cently come to the Committee of Food Supply, State Council of De fense, telling of the blowing up of much of their valuable pasture land, and the planting of it to grain and root crops
 Although such an agricultural pol icy means a probable general decline in the famous sheep and live stock industry in Scotland, the ti1lage of more land is considered vitaIly nec- essary. Experience Belgium, Den mark, and Germany has indicated that this method will produce more food per acre than when used to sup port live stock.
 Scotland's potato crop last. year amounted to 1,110,O00 bushels, which was more than double the crop of 1916
 One acre of land, when planted to potatoes, provides food for one man for 1,50O days, according to the Scotch lGigures of production. When planted to wheat, an acre will provide food for only 700 days. When planted tc oats, 470 days. In medium pasture food for 40 days, while an acre o1 poor pasture will provide food for one man for only eight days. -s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
BOLSHEVIKI IS
 STILL IN POWER

1 London, May 7-According to news received from RuGsia through inde- pendent Swedish and Dutch channels, as forwarded from Christiania, ru- mors of the overthrow of the Bolshe- wiki government which have been current recently are unfounded. They apparently are due to the fact that the soviet administration is now mov- ing in the direction of greater moder- ation. A
 The council of national commission CTS is now compelled to fight the an- archists, says the dispatch, just as Kerensky's government had to fight | the Bolsheviki. Leon Trotzky, min ister of war and marine, is advocat- ing compulsory labor, resulting in friction with the anarchists.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
VALUABLE VIRGINIA ORE LANDS ARE OFFERED FOR LIBERTY BONDS
 BY ENGINEER VIM. R. HINSDALE

storage, it Is assumed, will find room for development on the one hundred and thirty-fve square miles of ter ritory under consideration.
 Charles M. Schwab said recently at a dinner at Harrisburg that at the rate the ore supply Sn the Lake ra- gions is being drawn upon, it will be approximately exhausted within a foreign ore supply must be relied up- on for manufacturers.
 The Tonnage and Location Considered
 Commercially.
 Four hundred million tons of su- perior Iron ore available for mining and manufacture on the ground which produces the ore, limestone, timber and water power for electric light, and distribution of power to the various processes of manufacture, in close proximity to an unlimited supply oS coal and coke, the location of man. ufacture more convenient to the great markets for the output than Bethle- hem and Pfttsburg, Pa, or Birming- ham, Alabama-efhciently served by the great railroad systems and water transportation, is a combination not to be found elsewhere, and fixes the intrinsic value of these ores at more than one dollar per ton underground. It Is not easy to comprehend the relation one hundred million tons of iron ore bears to the cost in time and money required for its manufacture into merchantable product
 i It must be viewed through a pers- pective of a hundred years and the media of many millions of dollars Ii is only by suitable comparison that one can fully realize what it means.
 January Sth, 1915, N was announced that the Pittsburg Steel Company had conducted negotiations by which ii had come into possession of iron ore deposits or one hundred million tons insuring supply for their furnaces for one hundred years, and tfsRt based on a valuation of $1-00 per ton un. derground their deposits represent 2 property value of $10O, 1000, 900.
 MT. Schwab said recently that he had closed a deal for a Chi1ian Iro1 Ore deposit with a hundred million tons in sight and added "this will pu our Company on very strong basi! | TOT years 10 come. lie also EIateC in the same connection 'the consump ton of iron ore in our mills has in. creased from 5000 to 1,50O, 900 tom annually within the past five years
 MT. Schwab further stated tha plans had been completed or are o1 foot for vast improvements in tn, plant of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany so that the finished output O the concern could be increased tt ], ,000,0 900 tons annually.
 Including loss and wastage in min [ g, shipping and transhipment O these ores for such long distanc : by sea and land, the crude ore re quired would be less than two ton : to one ton of finished product
 It is therefore quite easy to com ] pute and show that the property un der consideration would undoubtedl furnish a supply or ore for a Gov ) ernment plant for more than five cent uries.
 ? (Signed): W. R. HinsdaIe
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
CANADIAN JEWS READY TO FIGHT
 FOR PALESTINE

For the first time in history, men drafted into military serice have been given the privilege of electing the front on which they shall fight. The Provisional Zionist Committee has re- ceived official notice that this privil- ege has been accorded to the Jewish young men of Canada, who are be- ing drafted under the recently en- acted Conscription law. The military authorities of the Dominion have agreed that a Jewish young man may, upon receiving his draft call, present himself at the recruiting office and secure transfer to the seperate Jewish units which are being organized for active service on the Palestine front. The already existing Jewish units, in training in Canada, are composed, at present, mainly of men who are in eligible for enlistment in the Amer ican National army. The Dominion authorities have extended the same right of transfer to Jewish young men already in the service.
 The Canadian military authorities were moved to grant this unique privilege by the fact that Great Brit ain has pledged itself to aid the Zion ists in establishing 8 Jewish national homeland in Palestine and that the Jewish Administrative Commission is already established in Jerusalem. A Jewish regiment recruited in Lon don is reported as having participated in the Turkish rout at Es-Salt last week. The enthusiasm evoked by that declaration and by the prospect that they will now have the oppor- tunity of striking a direct ablow for the liberation of their ancestral home has already caused over a thousand young American Jews to enlist in the Jewish Battalion The Zionist Or ganization of America is confident that the act of the Canadian govern ment will speedily raise the number of Jewish units from a battalion to a division
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
ASK ONE DAYS
 PAY FROM ALL

Boston, May Tone days pay from each worker in New England will be the minimum from each worker in New England for the Red Cross on May 20, when this section begins to raise its share of the s10o, o,OOO OcO to be sought in the United States, Fred erick l.. Munroe, New England mana ger of the campaign, said today. Plans for making the appeal for this fund were outlined at a meeting of the workers here last night at which nurses and soldiers told what the Red Cross had done on the battle fields of Europe.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
CHINESE ENGINEER
 WINS FELLOWSHIP

Troy, N. T., May S-Ernest Hsieh, a Chinese engineer graduated at Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute last week in the class of 1918 with the degree of Civil Engineer, has the dis tinction of being the first Celestial to win notable engineering honors in this country. Graduated with practical ly the highest honors in a class of 70 young men, representatives of several American states and foreign coun- tries, he has been awarded one of the two Russell Sage Fellowships at the Troy Polytechnic, founded by the late fnancier, and. will pursue the postgraduate course during the next year leading to the degree of Doctor of Engineering. He won member ship in Sigma xxi, the Senior honor society, and is a member of the Rensselaer, Society of Engineers. MT Hsieh was educated at St Johns Uni versity in Shanghai, China, and spent year at Cornell Sniversity before entering the Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute three years ago.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
To the Honorable,

To the Honorable,
 The Secretary of the Treasury. My dear Sir:
 l herewith submit the following lEroposal for the purchase of $20.- eco, 900 in anticipation of the Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds. payment to be made for them in full by the trans fer of title to eighty-six thousand acres of iron ore lands in the State iof Virginia, and also to give a sub stantial bonus to the people of the Limited States The present intrinsic value of the fBonus will exceed Four Hundred Million Dollars.
 The Medium of Exchange.
 Covering the price of the Bonds and the Bonus consists of a tract ot one hundred and thirty-fve square miles of land in Virginia, contain ing more than four hundred million tons of iron ore immediately avail able for the manufa cture of the very best quality of steel for all require ments of the Government.
 At the present time the United States Government own no iron ore and is now in a sad plight for lack of it
 With a little personal effort on your part, Mr. Secretary, in speed ing up Congress with its passage o. the Bill for the purchase of this property and allotment of the Bonds much may yet be done to save thu country from pending disaster througl 4tz 12plx Of ir0Y1 orc and Ctnn1
 The Hon Peter MrLaren, a lift Senator of the Canadian Par1iamen and owner of this property, one hun dred and thirty-f1ve square miles il a single tract, located in Virginia, ap approximately two hundred ant thirty miles from the Virginia Capee has generously offered this tract o iron ore lands to the Government o the United States and desiress it's ac ceptance at a fraction of it's presen and prospective value Qess than fv cents per ton), rather than to let pass into private ownership. It ha been exclusively owned by Senate McLaren for nearly or quite fort years-an unimpeachable title
 Respectfully submitted,
 (Signed): W. R. Hinsdalt
 
 1aren property and it's proper us would have saved one half the pres ent cost of shipbuilding for our Mer chant Marine and the Navy. It woul have enabled us to furnish all tn steel required by Japan, cementin still further our friendly relation with the Japanese
 Iron manufactured from these ore has for many years brought a highe price in a common market than fro made from Lake Ores" therefore no argument can be maintaine against its quality, and the quantit would supply the probable needs ( the Government for five centuries c more
 Even with the best of intention the present manufacturers could nr protect the Government in time ( war by reason of their dependenc upon foreign ores
 Ordnance, munitions and the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08

for the inmates of Hillside Home and every two weeks the College Club stages an entertainment for the old people. Mrs. Frank Miller has do- mated a big victrola, Miss Francis Beard has donated a piano and the Fairfield Library has contributed a large number of books, so that the entertainment part of the institution is now well cared for.
 "In conclusion I wish to add that the two hospital wards at Hillside Home have cared for 662 patients di- rectly from the outside that other wise would have had to be sent to private hospitals. Besides this num- Der they have cared for 453 dorm itory patients making grand total of 1115 altogether"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
THE EFFICIENT WOMAN.

The foundation of efficiency lies in a robust, healthy constitution. When i'll, weak and suffering from dragging down pains, infammatory and ulcer. ated conditions or displacement with consequent backache, headaches, ner- vousness and "the blues," no woman can be efficient or hardly a fit com panion to live with If every woman in this condition would only give that most successful of all root and herb remedies, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound, trial, she would soon be restored to health and reach the goal of her ambition for personal eficiency.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
CHAPMAN STILL
 VEFROM HURTS

Norwich, May 7.-Herman Chap man, shot by Arthur Sa1sbery last night, was resting comfortably in the Norwich hospital today, while at an undertaking room Coroner Franklin Brown held an inquest over the body of Constable William Kinney, who had been killed. Salsbery has not been caught, although a sheriffs force was searching throughout the countryside. Halfville, where Salsbery lived, is a hamlet five miles from here on the way to Westerly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
RESTRICT OUTPUT
 OF PLEASURE CARS

Washington, May 7.-Leading pas senger automobile makers met with the War Industry Board today to dis cuss further curtailment of their in- dustry to release stee and other ma terlals needed for war work. The industry will be asked voluntarily to restrict the output of passenger cars,
 The government is prepared to en- foorce restriction if the manufactur- CTS do not consent to curtailment
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
Rub Youngsters Colds Away
 With 'Outside'V 'VapOr Treatment
Local Druggists Have Imported the Invention of North Carolina Druggist That Relieves Group and Cold
 Troubles By ExteInal Application

and lungs. At the same time Vapo- Rub is absorbed through and stimu- lates the skin taking out that tight ness and soreness in the chest.
 VapoRub has a hundred uses in the home - for deep chest colds, sore throat, bronchitis or incipfent pneu- monia just apply well over the throat and chest and cover with warm, flannel cloth. For head colds, hay fever, asthma or catarrhal troubles VapoRub can either be applied up the nostri1s or little melted in a spoon and the vapors inhaled. Group is usu- ally relieved within fifteen minutes and an application at bedtime pre- vents n6ght attack.
 All mothers are urged to take ad- vantage of the -So-day trial offer now being made by the local druggist and see for themselves just what vapo- ] Rnb will do.AAdv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
OPPOSES DAILY
 WITH HUN LABOR

London, May 7-George H. Roberts, minister of labor, speaking in Nor wich yesterday declared he was still strongly opposed to any conference with the laboring class in Germany. He mentioned the presence in Eng land last week of representatives of the American Federation of Labor. These men, he said, had come to Eng land with definite instructions to re- sist every maneuver to bring them in- to contact with enemy citizens.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-08
You Can Try a 25c Jar on 30 Days Trial and Your Drug gist Will Refund the Pur- chase Price If You Are Not Delighted With the Test.

Every mother breathes a sigh of relief when she first tries the North Carolina treatment, Vick's VapoRub, and finds that it is no longer neces- sary to "dose'' the children with nau- seous medicines for croup or cold I troubles. VapoRub comes in salve 4 form and when applied over the throat and chest the body heat re- leases the ingredients in the form of vapors. These vapors, inhaled with each breath. all night long, carry the medication directeto the air passages
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