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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
STRIKING CARMEN
OF SCHENECTADY
GIVEN WARNING

Washington, June 7.---Striking street
railway men of Schenectady, N. Y,
who have refused to submit their
grievances to the War Labor Board,
were called upon yesterday to recon-
slider their action and warned that
they are acting against their own in
terests and discrediting the patriotic
labor movement.
War industries in and around Sche-
nectady are said to have been seriously
Affected by the strike, which began
several weeks ago.. The men were
asked to return to work pending an
adjustment by the board, and W. D.
lMahon, their National President, rec
commended compliance with the re-
quest. The local union, however, voted
not to go back until their demands
for an increase of cents an hour
in wages had been granted.
Organized labor has entered into
an agreement with the Government
that there should be no strike during
the war; said the boards telegram
to M. Ward, President of the Schenec-
tady Local Union. by remaining on
strike you are not only acting in OPP
position to your own best interests
but you are discredit to the patriot
&c labor movement in the United States
According to the principles on which
this board is based, you are entitled
to receive a wage covering an Amer
lean standard of subsistence, health,
and comfort, and such a right will be
recognized by this board in adjusting
your grievances. The position taken
by your organization in your telegram
is indefensible. I have wired Presi-
dent Mahon of your association as to
your action.
The National War Labor Board
was created as means of adjusting
| grievances so that strikes might be
averted. The members of your asso-
ciatfon should return to work and
agree to submit the controversy to
this board, which will make its award
retroactive as of date on which you
return to work.
81 trust your association will see
that the only thing it can do is to call
off the strike, return to work, and
have it's grievances adjusted as indi-
Gated above.
My confidence in the patriotism OF
American workmen leads me to be-
lieve that your association will re-
scind it's former action and adopt the
policy 1 have outlined"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE

My sister Gladdis came home in
new SCOT today, witch the dress of it
was so short that if her shoes hadent
of bin SO high it wood of looked even
shorter, me saying, G, Gladdis.
Watever that meens, sed Gladdis
Wat makes your dress 50 short? I
sed.
The dressmaker, sed Gladdis, did
you sippose get my clothes at the
grocery store?
You can get cloves there, that's prit-
ty neer it, amt it? I sed. Being sip
posed to be a joak, and Gladdis sed,
Honestly, your so funny hat sum-
times its all I can do to keep frum
smiling rite out.
Well enyhow, sed, if had a dress
that short Id wawk GROUND holding
a blanlkit GROUND me.
Your opinion meens nuthing in my
life, sed Gladdis.
Sumbodys libel to come up and tell
you your shoes amt pulled up high
enuff, sed.
You're Excused, you may go now, sed
Gladdis.
Sumbodys libel to come up and ask
you if you dident forget part of it, I
sed.
Are you going, or must I use force?
sed Gladdis.
Sumbodys libel to offer you a job in
side show, 1 sed.
If I get hold of you wunts, sed
Gladdis. WITCH she tried to, and I
quick ran out in the hall and down
stairs, and pritty soon I snuck back
agen and stuck my he'd in her room,
saying, Enyhow, nobodys libel to
think you got wooden legs. And I
stuck my he'd out of her room agen
and slid down the bannisters and ran
out the frunt door without waiting to
see if she waj following me or not, on
account of me being about reddy to
go out anyway.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
JUNE BRIDES.

You are probably interested in one
or more June brides; maybe you are
going to be one, or to marry one
Now if you are merely looking for a
gift for a June bride, there isn't any
doubt about the Nothnagle store be-
ing the place to go; the bride will
want what you get there. But it's
the June brides and their husbands
the ones who need to buy furniture,
who want good furniture and can't
afford fancy prices, who are most
interested in the Nothnagle store just
now. This store makes a specially of
economical outfits of durable, hand
some furniture for the young couples
just starting. You should go and see
how much they give, how good it is
and how reasonable. The most cor
dial welcome awaits visitors on any
and all occasions.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
PLAZA

"The Reason Why" a film version
of the famous story from the pen OF
Elinor Glyn, began a three-day run
at the Plaza yesterday with Clara
Kimban Young in the stellar role.
AS a story, The Reason Why is
superb. 1t could not be more absorb
ing and. entertaining. Also, it is adj
mirably cast, not alone because of
Miss Young's personality upon the
screen, but also because of the sup
porting company. Its direction, the
costly elaborateness of it's many gor-
geous scenes, the acting of that little
tot in the picture and the thrills that
its famous author, Elinor Glyn, has
instilled into the action, make it one
of the finest screen productions Of the
year.
con the Beach of Waikiki" a Ha-
waiian extravaganza of song, dance
and music featuring Princess Lila, as
pretty, clever and fascinating young
woman as has ever appeared from
the dreamy isles, was headlined on a
splendi5 vaudeville program. The
Srincess puts over a Hula dance that
soAle of these would-be Hula dancers
should see and initiate. Her four
troubadours sing and play musical
instruments in a fashion that brings
them round after round of applause.
Gimme de Beer" a comedy skit in
the hands of Ais and Dells, a very
versatile pair of chaps, is one of the
big attractions on the bill and 1t had
last nights crowd going good.
Lsle and Harris give impressions
of bowery dancing, sing well and play
a variety of musical instruments fol
a finish. They well earned the ova-
ton they received.
Petroff, who dabbles in water colors
with brushes and sponges, obtain:
some beautiful results and he has 6
novelty to go with each picture as i
is painted.
A James Montgomery Flagg feature
1.-THE Spoiled Girl and a ChristJ
comedy completed a program thai
was we'll worth seeing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
WHAT'S GOING ON In THE WORLD
OF THEATRES and AMUSEMENT
POLI'S

A wonderful bill of sensational
features is offered vaudeville and to
play enthusiasts at Polls theatre this
week.
Ames and Winthrop, a man and a
girl in a pleasing scenic display, offer
a review of society from the year
1879. Their offering is most novel in
conception is well portrayed and has
a closing scene that is both loyal in
its tenor and humorous from the bur
lesque which is infused at the clos
ing.
The Darras Brothers offer one of
the most dizzy and death-defying eX-
hibitions Of skill on the flying trapeze
that recently has been enacted in the
Poll theatre.
Adrian and his company of per-
formers give song, dance and comic
antics and latest novelty touch and
keep audiences roaring with laugh
ter.
The Three Cowboys in a diverse
exhibition Of rope throwing and
whip-snapping have something that
is new and odd
Nowadays an all-woman act
show the coming woman as forced by
war conditions and incidentally in
fuse lots of clearly sung compositions
and comedy talk
On the screen Persuasive Peggy"
with Miss Peggy Hyland in the lead
ing role gives five reels of real enjoy
ment by the method of a city girl
who marries a country lad and
changes his views on life and living.
Hearst Pathe News with a number
of American scenes shows survivors
of the boats recently torpedoed by
German submarines and also the last
trip of the Deutschland from Amer
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
STATE GUARD PROMOTIONS.

Promotion in the Fourth Infantry
Regiment, Connecticut State Guard,
and in the separate battalions in
Fairfield county were announced yes
terday as follows by the military
emergency board, Hartford:
Company E: Private John H. AL
bert and Sergeant Arthur Meacham,
first and second lieutenants, respec-
lively.
Company K: George H. Rowe, sec
ond lieutenant.
Company NJ: Simon c. Bradley
Fairfield, second lieutenant.
Sergeant Herbert C. Webb of Com
pany c, sth SIP. Battalion, to be sec
ond lieutenant.
All the nominations were taken from
the eligible list established by COM
petitive examination under U. S. army
PRONUNCIATION. The promotions are
made to fill the gaps left by resigna-
tons Of officers many of whom have
gone into military service with the
government.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
LYRIC

pal O. Mine" is a lesson in cheer
fulness and as such is being hailed
with delight by the theatre-going
public at the Lyric theatre this week.
At every one of the preceding per-
formances the audiences were unan-
imous in declaring it one of the best
and most wholesome productions that
has been seen in this city in some
time. pal o. Mine" is not a story
of the underworld, sex problem or
eternal triangle and highbrow puz-
zles, but a tale of both country and
city life, proving in many instances
the truth of proverbs which have been
held as doubtful
Besides showing that even among
thieves there is a certain degree of
honor. it also shows that honesty Is
the best policy and that If a man sees
the error of his ways in time it is not
too late to reform provided he is really
penitent and sincere in his resolu-
tons. In addition to many dramatic
situations which are intensely grip
ping in heart interest. there is an
abundance of comedy that keeps the
audience in a happy frame Of mind
from the rise of the curtain until it
0AOPS dPOlI lA0 1llidl SllIAdA. 1hOSC
who have not yet seen this excellent
production are advised to make their
reservations at once, for but four
more opportunities remain, a matinee
today and tomorrow and the two eve
ming performances.
The old, but ever new dramatic pro-
duction, Uncle Toms Cabin" will be
produced by the Poll Players next
week, which marks the closing of one
of the most successful seasons that
the Lyric theatre has ever enjoyed.
All the original characters as por-
trayed in her story by Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe will be introduced, in
Guiding the troupe of original Down
Soueh Darkies singing plantation mel
odies and showing how the colored
fodk enjoyed themselves in the good
old days "Befoh de Wah."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07

Major Baracca, the leading Italian
ace, has brought down his S2nd
enemy plane, according to recent
dispatch from the front in Italy.
Major Baracca was recently decor
ated with the gold military medal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
EMPIRE

confidentially
Speaking let US
Tip you off to
Something well worth
Your while.
Screen enthusiasts
Get in line
And prepare for
A feast of laughter
By seeing the comedy
OF comedies
Uneasy Money"
Which heads the all
Feature select programs
At the Empire theatre
Today and tomorrow,
In which the comedy
Star that leads 'em all,
Taylor Holmes, will be
Seen in the star
Role.
It's a sixteen
To one shot that
This comedy is the
Sort you just can't
Sort you just can't
Help enjoying.
See it
And you'll
.-.r.'.4
Agree.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07
WEST END

Elsie Ferguson in THE Lie" an
Aircraft feature in five acts, is the
special attraction tonight at the West
End theatre on State street, near
Clinton avenue. Beautiful Miss Fer
guson scores another triumph in this
splendid production. Hungry Lions
in a Hospital" a Fox two-reel COM
edy, Pathe War News and Harold
Lloyd comedy win also be shown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07

Marcel de Mongeot. Major in the
French Army, son of Nine. Alexandra
Ribot, and stepson of former Pre-
mier Ribot, was killed in action.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07

TOMATO, LETTUCE AND
CABBAGE PLANTS.
JOHN RECK & SON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

a man who has never held a political
office except that of member of the
Reichsrat, is a statesman because Of
his ideas. Ideas, high sense of the
Importance of ethical values, fearless
ness, willingness to support unpopu-
lar causes, modesty which leads him
to gain his ends through the activities
of others-these are some of the char
acteristics which have placed Masaryk
at the head of the Austrian revolu-
tionary movement. By temperament he
is realist and Liberal. He looks
for the facts and faces them in prac-
teal way. He founded the Bohemian
Realist party, that of the intellectuals.
His Liberal tendency was guided by his
wife, a daughter of Rudolph Garrique,
Of Brooklyn, founder of a we'll known
New York insurance company. He
met her, it is said. in Leipsc, where
he was university student and study
ing music. AS token of his affection
for her, he adopted her family name
as his own middle name. She gave
him an insight into American institu-
tions and led him into an appreciation
of their value to humanity For forty
years he taught the principles of the
American Declaration of Independence
beneath the shades of the University of
Prague.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

Jugo-Slavs inside and outside the mon
archy. These forgeries were far too
gross to have deceived the merest
child, and when Professor Masaryk on
the floor of the Austrian delegation
branded the guilty diplomatist as a
second Azov, the spy and agent provo
cateur, the Foreign Minister remained
seated in no less guilty silence"
The qualities which won the Juro.
Slavs to his standard were illustrated
IN MS own feeling toward Supilo when
he summed UP for the defence of that
leader in the Friedjung trial with the
words,
For him I would lay both my hands
in the fire."
While a member of the Reichsrat
Masaryk went far toward bringing the
representatives Of the oppressed PEG.
pies in that body into agreement Of
action. His success is indicated BY
the difficulties which the Austrian gov.
eminent encountered when it convened
the body after three years Of war
only TO dissolve it again recently ir
the hope of saving the Hapsburgs anc
the government from ignominy ane
revolution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

plains it conquered them, then to-
gether with the subjugated enemies
fought Attila, whose hordes sheltered
behind their walls of earth-the fore
runner of the present Huns trench
tactics.
They are worthy wives and mothers
OF those heroic Lorraine soldiers who
bore the brunt of the first shock and
who, after having brought the hope of
France into the annexed provinces,
saved by their bravery, French Lor-
ralne from too long occupation by
the enemy The mothers had gone
through the horrors Of the defeats in
lo1o-l87l, the daughters had been
brought up with the thought that some
day "the Land of the Empire" would
come back to the motherland They
were not surprised at the war; to those
on German territory it seemed to
herald deliverance. Like the fathers,
brothers, husbands, sweethearts who
had left, they modified them selves to
shower their hearts joy and gladness
IN gifts upon the soldiers who came
so CALAMITY to the sound of the MAR
selllalse," or the song of the "Sambre
ct Meuse." Nothing was too good, too
precious for those young heroes who
took part in the fights which will go
Oc".' w PootcIIty hB some OF Cne most
glorious exploits of the war.
They had known we'll, during the
forty-four years of anguish and de-
ferred hope, with loving counsel and
sympathy to keep up the fame of hope
in the hearts Of their men. Any sacri-
flee now seemed az naught to them.
Flowers, wine, chloe olate, the choicest
fruit, all Shey cherished, all they pos
sessed, thNy brought 1t to our petits
.oldats, az they passed along the road.
The heroic dash in German territory
was broken at Morhange, and darker
days even than those which went be-
fore have come to Lorraine. But their
women have not lost faith. Few of
our soldiers who we're in that opening
campaign will come back, but those
who do will always remember the un-
speakablc JOY they brought to the peo-
Pile and the welcome which greeted
them. Nor do the women forget those
hours of mad exultation. There are
sons. fathera, brothers, husbands who
will never come back. but France re-
mains, and those women have decided
that she shall be delivered.
Like Jeanne dare. they feel that la
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

upon the oppressed peoples Of Austria
Hungary On April a Jew by the
name Of Leopold Hilsner, was dis
charged from an Austrian penitentiary
at the conclusion of a period of con-
finement of nineteen years. The crime
with which Hilsner was charged and
OF which he was convicted was the
murder of nineteen year-old Chris
tian girl, whose body was found In a
little grove near the town Of Polna,
in Southeastern Bohemia. 1t was
clearly indicated that the motive for
the crime was q desire to hide another
crime, that of rape. The fact that the
victim had a large cash on her neck
was Immediately seized upon by the
anti-Semitic agitators as a proof that
the young woman was murdered for
the purpose of securing her blood for
ritualistic purposes. The yellow
press, especially the pan-German
papers, exploited the affair and there
was grave danger of Jewish "pogroms.
Professor Masaryk was the only man
who opposed the clamor. After a pains
taking examination of the evidence he
was able to prove that the crime was
certainly not one for obtaining blood
for ritualistic purposes. He also dis.
proved the primitive notion which was
the basis of the charge. The reaction
airy press and anti-Semite agitators
turned against him, insinuating that
he had been bribed by rich Jews. The
courts indicted him for interfering
with the due process of law. His
attachment of the Jews throughout the
country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
RED Teacher
OF Slav Youths

Prague has long been the chief CEN
ire of Slav literature and learning.
The university is one Of the oldest in
Europe. Hither come the youth of all
the Slav regions of Austria Hungary.
Before Masaryk's time the ideals of
Slav unity were linguistic and literary.
They were the visions of dreamers.
Masaryk taught the later generations
for period of forty years to face
facts as they were. AS the political
pressure grew greater he preached free
dom and democratic forms of govern
ment. Political ideals were emphasized
after the war broke out, when all Slavs
began to change their orientation and
work for political union and democratic
forms.
Masaryk's character and teachings
drew young men toward him. They
came from every Slav region. Through
a period of forty years he sowed mod
ern philosophical and political ideas
throughout the Slav world of Austria
Hungary.
His courage strengthened his grip
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
Wins Leadership
OF Southern Slavs

Upon his election to the Reichsrat
in 1907 he won the following of the
South Slavs through his support and
leadership of their cause. He boldly
criticised the bureaucratic policy Of
Austria toward the Serbo-Croats Of
Bosnia and rallied all his Slav COL
leagues around him. This was one Of
the steps leading to the general recogni-
ton of DR.. Masaryk as leader of all the
oppressed peoples of Austria. He Gre
ated q sensation in Europe through his
speech revealing Magyar tyranny in
Croatia. His speeches exposing the
forgeries upon which Aerenthal based
his Bosnian policy, and which nearly
led to war upon Serbia ten years ago
were astonishing in their daring and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

day Of awakening. and beside them
some of the finest sons of America,
who were the first to answer Frances
call for help. They nobly fulfilled
their mission and, Graded by the soft
starlit nights of the land for which
they died, its earth weighs lightly on
their last resting place.
Perhaps the attack was widest here,
because Germany felt less secure in
Lorraine than it did in Alsace, which.
with the exception of Belfort and its
territories, forms in its entirety part
of the Reichslaender. AS to Lorraine,
France, by the Treaty of Frankfort
on-Main in 1871, surrendered only part
Of the department of the Meurthe and
that of the Moselle. What remains
forms to-day the department OF
Meurthe and Moselle, with Nancy as
capital. In any case, tremendous
German effort was put forth against
Nancy, Pon't-a- Mousson and the poor
little village of Amance.
They Tried to Join
The Mother Country
On July 30. 1914, and the succeeding
days, youths and men-even those who
had been through the campaign of
1901 endeavored to cross the
frontier and enlist in France. The
enthusiasm of those first hours was in
describable. With that faith which
moves mountains, they saw themselves
already united to the great mother
family. In two days only old men,
women and children were left, for
those who were too late to escape had
to serve in the German army. and had
also gone.
Yet even many of these were true to
France, as far as in them lay. A story
is told OF young Lorraine recruit
whose Trench-born. mother had brought
him up in the secret love for her
patrie. He was swept into the Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
Checking Another
Austrian Move

Aerenthal Foreign Minister of Aus
tria, furnished to Heinrich Friedjung,
Austria's leading historian, formi-
dable array of documents" purporting
to establish corrupt completely between
the Serbo-Croat leaders in wide
spread. revolutionary plot. This was
supposed to have been organized by
the Serbian government in Croatia and
Bosnia. On the day fixed by the Aus
trian staff for final rupture with
Serbia the first instalment of Fried
jung's revelations" appeared in the
"Neue Freie Presse." AS it CHANGED,
on that very day Russia yielded to
the demonstrations of William II of
Prussia, and the danger Of a Euro
pean war was temporarily removed
The news reached Vienna SO late that
night that Aerenthal was unable to
stop the publication of Friedjung's first
instalment. 1t was the expectation
of the government to follow the publ
cation with the execution under mar
tial law of Supilo and other Serbo-
Croat leaders. The preservation of
peace put the shoe on the other foot
and these leaders brought libel suit
against DR.. Friedjung.
"The amazing revelations of the
Friedjung trial." said Seton Watson
recently, coast an indelible stain upon
Austria's diplomacy, and afford crush
ing proof of her bad faith toward
Serbia. For the documents upon
which the defence relied were proved
(by Masaryk) to be impudent forgeries,
concocted by officials of the Austro-
Hungarian Legation in Belgrade, and
supplied en- gros, with the connivance
of the minister, to the Foreign Office
in Vienna for the purpose of poisoning
the wells of public opinion against