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The herald., 1918-03-21
DR.. Alonzo Taylor.


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acay all engaged either transportation the
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" upon their shoulders The extremely eff
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with high devotion with
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70 preserve and hold to
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that is involved in substitution of
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a, ~ next spring The morale of the house decides
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The herald., 1918-03-21

VI ranS1ew N ], recently by majority of one
1000 AUCTION in New York. sixteenth century table cover
md ssss0oo s'u0en'' curing tne past academic
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
FRENCH WOMEN
 AND GIRLS MADE WORK BY GERMANS

Frnch Front, March 9-That com pulsory labor for the German con- querors is imposed on French wom- en and girls, as well as on the male inhabitants. of the invaded districts of France, is shown in the order is sued by General Vodkers of the 9th German army corps, recently station ed in the vicinity of Cambrai. The text of the order is as follows:
 This group of troops will shortly have need of 1000 men for various works. An increase of production must be exacted from these workers, and groups of women must be em- ployed whenever possible, especially for work in the fields. Those in , charge of these workers must bear in mind that at the present moment our German women are taking the places of male workers and they should not lose sight of the principle that no French woman or girl ought to be allowed to do less work than our countrywomen in the interior.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
HOLD WINTON FOR
 SUPERIOR COURT

Morris F. Winton, charged by the Adams Express company with the theft of $4,OOO, and who was brought abck to Bridgeport by Detective Lieu tenant Dooley, from Norfolk, Va., where he had gone when he jumped his bond here, when arraigned in the city court today waived examination and was bound over for the May term of the Superior Court in bonds of s, ,O0O
 It is alleged that Winton while in the employ of the Adams Express company here last summer embedded $4, ,00O After an audit of the books the express company caused Winton' S arrest.
 He was bound over to the Superior Court in $3,5OO bonds but when the case was called in court Winton was missing and the bond declared for felt.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
75,OOO CHINESE
 FACING DEATK
 BY STARVATION

Picking, March 9--Seventy-five thousand persons in the flooded dis trict southwest of Tientsin are facing death by starvation and exposure, ac- cording to a report by the North China Christian Flood Relief Commit tee. Similar conditions on a smaller scale obtain in other parts of the flooded area.
 While the water has drained away ! from the larger part of the flooded area, the Wen-An Hsien district still forms a lake some two thousand square miles in extent, approximate ly triangular in shape, with Tientsin at the apex. Here the water which at its height was twenty feet, still reaches a depth of fifteen feet.
 The district is all below the level of the rivers which enclose it and the water cannot drain off, but must gradually disappear by evaporation and percolation-a process which at the best will probably require five years.
 In some of the river bends there have been accumulations cf ice whic2; have so checked the flow of the water that it has broken out again in fresh places and reflooded certain areas destroying the winter wheat. In one district the people had sown wheat three times as the water gradually drained off. and the third time it took root, only to be finally destroyed by these new winter floods.
 The suffering of destitute villagers is described in a letter from Anping as follows:
 "The cold has cost many lives fol the people are largely without fue and in many cases have nos winter clothes. One of the agents recruiting workmen for roadmalsing found 1T
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09

35 St. Rose St., Montreal. April 4th.
 "For over two years I was sick and miserable. I suffered from constant Headaches, and lad Palp1tGtion of he Heart so badly that I feared l would die. There seemed to be dump in my stomach and the Constipation was dreadful. I suffered from Pa1T n he Back and KIdney DiseaSe.
 Twas treated by physician for year and half and he did me no good at all. I tried Fruit-a-tives as last resort. After using three boxes, I was greatly fmbro0ed and twelve boxes made me well. Nov can work all day and there are no Headaches, no Palpitation, no Heart Trouble, no Constipation, no Pain or Kidney Trouble and LJeeI like c nev beiHg-and it was "Fruit-a-tives" that gave me back my health".
 b MADAM ARTHUR LAPLANTE.
 5Oc. box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25c. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit a-tives Limited t'"do1sNT;rs=. New Y York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
BIG RAISES IN
 STEEL MILL PAY

Washington, March - Although they have not kept pace with the in crease in the cost of living, wages paid iron and steel workers have rap idly increased department of labor statistics show. The greatest increase has been in sheet mills where wages have gone up 95 per cent. Workers in bessemer converters have received a 5S per cent. raise; blast furnaces 52 per cent; plate mills 50 per cent; open hearth furnace 3S per cent: blooming mills S5 per cent. Virtually all these men are working the same nun,hor of hours as in 1915.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
CHAPTER SEEKING
 DAMAGES OF S7,OOO

Claiming his automobile was struck
 by a trolley car while it was stalled
 upon the road between Greenwich and
 Stamford September 2, last, that he
 was thrown out and severely injured,
 Charles Clapper of Stamford has filed suit against the Connecticut Co.,, ask
 ing damages of $7,O0O. The papers were filed today in the Superior court. Clapper alleges he was driving on
 the road in question and at Adams street and Ferris avenue his machine
 stalled. While still upon the trolley track it was struck by the trolley car, through the negligence of it's opera tives, he claims.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
AMERICAN HARDWARE
 STORES
REFUSES TO TRY
 ACTION AGAINST MAN IN SERVICE

Hartford, March 9-"The court will not try any case of a soldier in ser vice unless he wants it tried" said Judge Lucien F. Burpee yesterday in the Superior Court. in refusing to as:- sign for jury trial the suit of Antonia Paza against Dr. Abraham B. Gross, who is at Camp Devens. Judge A. c. Bill for the plaintiff had asked for the assignment of the case as he said the defendant had notice weeks ago that the case would be claimed and there had been ample time for disposition.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
HighIanders on the Alert

Fighting along the Piave had been almost continuous of late, though none of the fights has assumed very serious proportions. That the attacks have not done so is entirely due to the fine work of the Highland and other British troops, who are now in the line at the point where the dan ger of an, enemy break through is greatest.
 The other day while visiting a dressing station was afforded a sight , of an enemy attack. The first intima- tion of it was the appearance of a number of little figures on the high 1 ground, which slopes down to the waters edge from the opposite shore. ! The Highlanders were on the alert at once. A sharp rattle of musketry ran along the whole line, and the chorus was taken up by the machine guns Some of the moving figures fell and others came on to a halt, hesitated, land then started to go back. A num- l Der of them pressed on and reached the water edge. There they halted for a little while, and appeared to be re- turning the fire of our riflemen. In a few minutes time the fore most figures rise, ran to the water with pontoons, which they flung in, and on them the first men sprang, guiding the pontoons out into the stream. Up to then our guns had been silent, but now they parked out an omidous message both for the Ger man and Austrian.
 The pontoonS and their human freight were swept away. Two of the pontoons drifted out into midstream, to be carried down the river under our fire all the time. At a point where our lines cross the river bend some of our men got close to the drift ing engineers. One of the Highland CTS told me that he had never seen
 men more terrified than were those
 poor chaps. And they had every need
 to be terrified, for the ordeal they had
 been through was enough to terrify
 anyone. With great difficulty our
 men stopped the drifting of the pon-
 toons, and the Austrians were brought
 in safely, but more dead than alive. Prisoners Revelations
 If one is to believe the stories ot
 the prisoners, the plight of the Aus
 llldIIS 4S lSIIlDlO III lH6 S8lISin6. On6
 rather intelligent Magyar with whom l talked when he was brought in told me that the conditions in the great towns. and even in the rural districts were going from bad to worse.
 He said that since the war begaT
 food supplies had run so short tha the average consumption per heat was now about half what it had beer before the war, and that in spite O the fact that everybody was working } harder and required more food. 5 For our people life is one long 3 drawn-out agony" he added. "Wha 7 food supplies there are the German y have taken for themselves, regardless Q of what it means to us.
 l "Discontent is growing stronge = daily, and the Socialists are ready fo e peace. They have the working classe
 behind them, and they have been fl = communication with the German So 0 cialists. The latter are afraid of tn t Kaiser and have tried to keep out o = peace controversies, but our Trad e Union would like peace on any terms t and will most probably force it soone S or later."-(By the International New Bureau, Inc, Boston, Mass.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09

WDOle Ol IUe DElIlSu llllC.
 For about ten days there had been feverish activity on the part of the enemy; and it was clear that he con templated a big attack somewhere, but the difficulty was to find out eX- actly where. The fierce gunfire died down and the enemy began to push forward masses of troops, mostly Ger mans who had been brought for this special purpose.
 They advanced against our positions ! in mass formation, and such was their persistence that they carried the first positions, and were pushing on to- wards the second when a strange thing happened. The story of this in z, cident as it was recounted to me by a British officer, who was present during the operation, and has since embodied his story in a plain matter of-fact official report, is appended:-
 Two fine battalions of enemy troops were pushing forward along the lower slopes of the mountain on which our right rested, said the offic- CT.
 They well supported by artillery and in spite of the fierce fire to which they were subjected by our rifle men and machine guns they were making headway at point where their progress was very serious men, ace to our forces. From ledge tc ledge the enemy pressed on, gaining ground steadily, and clearing the way for further advance.
 We could hear the exultant shouts of the victory from their lips, and ther the miracle happened. Warning shouts came from the ranks of the Huns and in response to it the enemy looked up into the clouds. The sight that met their gaze was calculated to freeze their blood. High up in the hills the snow had become detached from it's rocky resting place, and wa! sweeping down in one great avalanche There was no time to get out of tn way.
 Before the Germans knew what wa happening, the moving mass of snoV was on top of them.
 Attacking Column Wiped Out
 The sharply outlined figures of tn steadily advancing troops disappeared as in a flash, and in their place ther' was a great white mass beneath whic1 they were buried. The incident hap pened in full view of the whole enem. forces, and the troops advancing t support the men buried under tha terrible avalanche set up cry o terror, broke ranks, and fled panic stricken, discarding arms and every thing else in their eagerness to ge away.
 The horror of the thing so impress ed the rest of the enemy troops tha the attack had to be abandoned. was in vain that the officers trie to rally the men. They refused to rallied. Occasionally bodies of troop forgot their fears sufficiently to mov forward to the edge of the STOW grave of their comrades, but the would venture no further, and tn Italians and French easily pushe back the enemy forces from the pos tions they had won earlier in tn day.
 The incident made a great impre. sion on the Austrian troops, more S than on the Germans, and from ths day onward there were numerous dt sertions in the Austrian army, becaus the men seemed to regard the incideI as a warning that Divine favor WE not theirs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
CANE LAbORERS
 IN PORTO RICO
 OUT ON STRIKE

San Juan, Porto Rico, March B. Ten thousand cane field 1aborers in the eastern end of the island are on strike, causing the closing down of three sugar centrals. The men de- clare they are tired of waiting for action by the labor officials at Wash ington which would determine wheth- CT a general strike would be called.
 The presence in Porto Rico of a me diator of the department of labor for investigation purposes was reported in a San Juan despatch of Feb. IA.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
ADVANCINC HUN TROOPS BURIED
 BENEATH SNOW
How An Avalanche In Italy Wiped Out Whole Com mand of Germans and So Affected the Morale of Other
 Soldiers That They Refused Commands of Officers
BY MISS ETHEL BROADHURST
tBy The International News Bureau. Inc.)

Miss BrOadhurs is Scottish Red Cross Nurse the Ial- fan front tells of the almost miraculous in which enemy against the line smashed by lanche of snow
 The average soldier possesses what the wise call super sious strain and of the stories told in this connection ncreduy great deal but there is incident bor derng on miraculous for which vouch It happened recently when enemy giving rough time along the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09

used against her. We may rightfully close the mouths of those who favor an end of all free speech.
 Tho victory of Germany would mean an end of all those liberties about which so much has been sai5 and whatsoever works to that end f working against free speech, no mat CT how carefully it may conceal itself
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
NI. D,, Director, Bureau of Preventable DI eases
 MUST PAY LUMBER RTI,

Decision in favor of the Park City Lumber Co. to recover $314.72 from Charles Filep of Fairfield, has been handed down by Judge John R, Booth of the Common Pleas Court The suit was tried several weeks ago and was brought to collect a lumber bill of s530.1S.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09

one village that ten people had suc- cumbed in a few days. The desti- tuition is increasing and the suffering growing more intense.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
RATIFY ALIEN
 . DRAFT TREATIES

Washington, March S-By unani- nous vote a favorable report on the administration bill to give effect to alien draft treaties which may here- after be negotiated, including those with Great Britain and Canada al- ready signed, by authorizing the President to order registration of such aliens was ordered today by the Senate military committee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09

SWEET PEAS. VIOLETS, TULIPS.
 DAFFODILS.
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09

Boston reports seven inches oi snow.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-09
Golfers, get busy!

fSpring will soon bring a re-
 sumption of playing. In the meantime- fShine up your shots! HYOu can do it on our indoor
 golf course RIGHT NOW. fEVERY play of the game can be practised and SCOT ed just as it is on the
 links.
 Heat the field to it by start
 ing off in mid-season form. I've invite you to make use
 of this practise course.
 Now is the best time.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
A SUMMER RESORT MAN.

 am pretty as picture. by my mirror
 hourly cheered; have well escaped conscFfption, and
 I haven't volunteered I have got jolly income; I'm accom-
 plished as can be-; I've college education, I'm an envi-
 able parti. But the girls turn up their noses when
 they meet me on the path; And I bite my lips in silence to dis guise my honest wrath. Bfue-eyed Julie walks with Marie on
 the beach or in the glen; I can't even say I'm jealous, for there
 are no other men. a I can see them knit. and hear them as
 they talk of lover there" And the brothers and the cousins who
 can fight and do and dare. If I weren't half coward, to the front
 I'd surely go; For 'tis clear that this environment
 regards me as de trop.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02

GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICE EX- ANIMATION, Norwich, in September. Government Clerk, Teacher, Inspec- tress Research Clerk. Typewriter. Sal ary $12o0 to $2000 Experience unnec- essary. Women desiring government positions write for free particulars to J. C. Leonard (former Civil Service Ex- aminer). 276 Kenois Building. Wash ington,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
POETRY
WE NEED A FEW MORE oPrmIs1

We need few more optimists, The kind that double up their fists And set their jaws, determine like, A blow at infamy to strike. = Not smiling men, who drift along And compromise with. every wrcnE; Nor grinning optimists who cry That right was never born to. die, But optimists who'll fight tt give The truth an honest chance to live. We need few more optimists For places in our fighting lists, The kind of hopeful men who make Real sacrifice for freedoms sake;1 The optimist, with purpose strong, Who stands. to battle every wrong, The better joys of earth to win! The optimist who worries Jest The vile should overthrow the best We need a few more optimists ' The brave of heart that long resists And keeps in God and man his trust, Believing, as he makes hiss fight, That everything will end all right Yet through the dreary days and
 nights ts.a Unfalteringly serves and fights, And helps to gain the joys. which he Believes are some day sure to be. We need a few more optimists Of iron hearts and sturdy wrists; Not optimists who smugly smile And preach that in a little while The clouds will fade before the. sun But cheerful men who'1 bear a gun. And hopeful men of courage stout Who'll see disaster round about And yet will keep their faith and fight And gain the victory for the right.
 Edgar A. Guest.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
THE KALEIDOSCOPE

Canadians are discussing the ques- tion of having aliens now in intern ment camps in Canada employed on the highways of Canada.
 Six thousand five hundred and thir- teen women are holding 61 different classes of jobs on the Pennsylvania Railroad lines east of Pittsburgh.
 Cox College, in Atlanta, one of the oldest colleges in. the world recently celebrated its seventy fifth anniver- sary.
 Miss Jessie McGrath, of Chicago, carried s1,962 in bills sewed in the lining of her clothing, it was deveicn- ed when she was sent to the hos- pital.
 Few kinds of grass and clover are grown in New Zealand and the gov ernment is experimenting with a number of others which it is be- lieved will flourish theEe-
 James German, of Milwaukee, for merly a Northwestern engineer, wrote home to friend that he was running the same old locomotive lover there in France that he used to run over here"
 La Verne w. Moves, . Chicago manufacturer and philanthropist has given S250,000 to the, University of Chicago to pay for the education of soldiers and sailors. their children and descendants.
 Stockholders of the Valley Turnpike Company August voted to sell their interest in the. historic highway from Winchester to Staunton to the State of Virginia on September 1, when all tollgates will be abolished.
 Joel Moses, named for state engi- netr on the Socialist ticket in New York State, explained that he could not take the nomination, as he was not an engineer, but a tailor. The convention said that wouldn't make any difference.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
BRIEF STATE NEVIS

hiddletown.-The local exemption board has called 15 more men to re- port Sept 1 for Camp Deycns.
 Hartford.-Rev. James H. Roberts. secretary of the Lords Day league of New England has returned from his vacation spent Tn Lithia. Mass
 Bristol.-Comp!airt are being re- oeived at police headquarters of the frequent violation af the Use of power ful searc0iights used by automobilists in this city
 Windsor.-Marshall O. Lsnrhcar. son Of Mir. and Mrs. Frod NJ I.anphear has been commissioned second Heuten- ant and is to report at Camp Dix, Wrightstown, \. J., Sept 5.
 Centerhrook.-E E. Dickinson G- Co nave been running their witch hazel 1istillery for few days 10 try out the plant. which they have been improving all summer. before beginning winter 1istillalion.
 South manchester.-Tn an effort to secure sufficient women to keen the 1lan. in full operation, Cheney Broth ITS have decided 10 use the small school building corner of Cedar and -o9rer Hill streets as a day nursery.
 Oid Sayb-ock.-Mr Finley J Shep- ard fIIclen Gould). with friends from Roxhury N. Y, was visiting points of interest in town Thursday and stopptd st The shepard homestead on College street. where her husband was born.
 Norfo'k.-Mrs. Kin2don Gould, whose husband is a sergeant in the American army in France has been occupying inc Waldecker cottage in Norfolk for the summer. Mrs. Gould was an Ital- ian art student before her marriage with Kingdom Gould last summer.
 New Britain. - Official notification was received yesterday by Mrs r. J. Shearer that her husband has reached France Lieutenant Shearer, adjutant of the 326th field signal battalion, was a charter membtr of Troop B, cavalry.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
BREED THEATRE.

Tn "1n Pursuit of Polly" with Billie Burke as the uncertain minded young lady who finds it difficult to choose a husband from among the collection of suitors at her feet, will be the feature attraction at the Breed theatre today and Tuesday. Miss Burke enaCis the role of Polly Iarsden who decides to have her various suitors literally chase after her. She starts off in her racing car with an hours handicap for parts unknown with the announcement that the man who catches her may claim her as his bride. A millionaire secret service man in pursuit of German spies enters the scene. Being on the lookout for woman spy answering to Polly's description, and noticing her peculiar actions in escaping from her suitors, he Immediately concludes that she is in league with the plotters. The com- pications arising and Polly's uneXpect- ed decision are amusingly portrayed.
 A two-part comedy titled Fare, Please, featuring Toto, the famous New York Hippodrome comedian will also be shown. and the latest war news in the Hearst Pathe weekly will com plete the bill for today and Tuesday.
 There will be four shows today, at 130, 9, 6.4j and $50.