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New-York tribune., 1918-10-15

The Federal Reserve Bank of New
York has put in force the following
schedule of rediscount rates. which ap
ply TO bankers rcceptances: Maturities
up to 10 Gays, 4 per cent; l6 to GO
DAYS. inclusive, 4A per cent; Gl to so
days, inclusive, 41a per cent.
Bank Cleartngs.--Bank clearings yes-
terday in New York and other cities
we're;
Exchanges. balances.
New York -. $812,7e5.o74 $s4,e24,7e1
Boston ...,... 72,368,985 21,776,233
Siiver.-London, 49Aad, unchanged;
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
COLLECTING
 THE DAMAGE

There is a general agreement that Germany at least must be made to pay for the physical damage she has done, for the wrecked dwellings and business buildings, the footed fac tories and the forced loans exacted from conquered cities. But the ques- tion how that vast amount shall be collected is not an easy one to handle.
 It was recently stated that the damage done to the property of Bel gium alone had been estimated at S8,000,0 100000. But as the wealth of Belgium before the war was estimat- ed at only $9,000,0 ,O00, the former figure was probably exaggerated. It would seem however, as If the physi- cal damage done by Germany would be more than s10,000. ,O0O, every dollar of which she should pay.
 Germany's stock, of gold and silver coin before the war was not probably in excess of S1,500, 900, 900. Her pa per money would not be accepted in payment of an indemnity. The prom ise of the German government to pay is not worth much. Neither would German bonds be a satisfactory form of payment. The world has no con- fidence in the good faith of any gov ernment that Germany may create.
 A considerable sum might be ob- tained by requiring the German peo- pie to bring in all their gold and sil- yer ornaments. But that would come nowhere near paying the indemnity.
 Some authorities suggest that our armies take over the German custom houses, and collect pay through them But as the Germans will not be able to buy much foreign mer- chandise for years, the revenue of these custom houses may not amount to much.
 It would seem likely that this in demnity would have to be collected largely through the labor of the Ger mans themselves. Let them work out their debt by rebuilding the cities they have levelled to the ground. That will force it into their bony heads that they can not do acts of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
FARMS HERE IN
 NEED OF LIME

In a conference at the Food De- partments Hartford headquarters, H. J. Baker, director of the agricultural extension service for the staae, said that practically all farms in Connec- ticut need liberal applications of lime before their producing capacity can be economically increased. In view of the serious reduction in the sup ply of farm labor it is necessary that the fertility and productivity of the land be increased as one means of maintaining normal food supplies with less labor. During the period of reconstruction 1t is essential that Connecticut farms produce to full ca pacity in order to more nearly feed the people in our own state and thereby draw less heavily on food supplies from other states and other countries.
 The Priorities Division of the War Industries Board has left it to Mr Baker to determine the distribution of lime to farmers for agricultural purposes. There will be no restric- ton on the amount of lime and limestone which farmers may pur- chase so long as it is used to increase crop production. It was pointed cut, however, that the lime compan- ies have likewise suffered from an in- sufficient supply of labor and that they cannot guarantee to fill late orders. As in the case of fertilizers and farm machinery repairs. lime should be or dered early and in car lots whenever 1t is possi ble to do so.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
DAGUERREOTYPES.

The first practical photographic process was the daguerreotype which was invented in 1889 by Louis NJ. Daguerre, a Frenchman, who was born 129 years ago today, Nov. 18. 1789. Daguerre began his photo graphic experiments in 1924, and two years later he formed a partnership with another inventor, Joseph N. Niepce, who was working, along the same lines. Together the..aG continued their experiments until Niepce died in 1883. Daguerre then continued the work alone, and in 1889 he made the first of the photographic plates which bear his name.
 The French Chamber of Deputies granted a pension to Daguerre and to Niepce' son Isidore. The daguerreo- type created a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic, and nearly cry family treasures one or more speci- mems of this early method of paoto- graphy. The daguerrotype reigned supreme for several years, and many improvements were made in the pro- cess, but the inventor, who died iE 1850, lived long enough to see his dagerreotype superseded by other processes of photography. As early as 1889 Henry Fox Talbot an English man, first pubIishen a book on the method of multiplying photographic impressions by producing negative, from which any number of positive copies could be obtained.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
SPORTING NOTES

From England comes the report of a speech made by Bombardier Wells at recent boxing show, in the cdurse of which he declared he hoped to win the heavyweight championship of the world. This statement Is very amusing to followers of the fighting game in this country who remember the miserable showing made by Wells in his bouts with the late Al Palzer and Gunboat Smith. The gen. eral opinion has been that Wells had been consigned to the pugilistic scrap heap. It is generally suggested that if Wells is serious in his ambitions he might take on Georges Carpenter, the French heavyweight champion, who is closer at hand than any of the American contenders for the title. Wells, however, has not forgotten the i unfortunate experience he had with Carrentier and very likely hesitates to i tackle the great French fighter a sec- ond time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
OLDEST GLADIATOR IN RING.

Perhaps the oldest man who ever put on the gloves in the professional ring was Walter Edgerton, the Phila- delphia negro boxer, better known as Kentucky Rosebud" He was born in Raleigh. N. C., 64 years ago today, Nov. IS, 1854, and put up a creditabIe exhibition of the fstic art when he was past SO. Edgerton's most famous bouts were those with George Dixon in the early sos, when the little Chocolate Drop" was at his best, and was the undisputed featherweight champion of the world. The Rose bud" held Dixon to draw in two bouts in 1892, but lost to Dixon in four rounds the following year. He fought Dixon again in 1897, going six rounds, and also mingled with lot of other featherWeights of that period. Edgerton always took good care of himself, with the result that he has attained a ripe old age, as pugilists go, while Dixon long ago succumbed to hard knocks and fast living.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
SALMON EGGS ARE
 FOUND IN ALASKA

~ The Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Commerce, announces that a very successful collection of sOckeye sal mon eggs was made at the close of the spawning season in Alaska for the Afognak station, the total amounting to 54,68t, 900, which constitutes the largest take of that species since the Katmai eruption in 1912, and seems
 to indicate the complete recovery of the stream from the disastrous effects
 of that occurrence. In view of the
 encouraging situation commercial
 fishing for sockeyes by the natives,
 which has been prohibited for num-
 Der of years, was resumed on a linn
 fled scale during the summer. Hump
 back eggs to the number of 8,697, 900 were also secured, and in continua ton of the Bureaus efforts to estab-
 fish a run of this species in Puget
 Sound during the "off" year, 5,750, 900
 of them were sent down from Afog-
 nak and divided between the Birds view and the Hoods Canal (Washing-
 ton) hatcheries. With them came 25, 800,0 ,000 sockeye eggs, of which 2O.700,000 were reshipped from Seat tie to Canadian hatcheries on the
 Fraser River. The remainder will 0e develope'i at the Quinault station, in an effort to build up the depleted run iOf fish in streams of that region.
 Though not unusually large, the take of eggs at Yes Bay Was satis- factory the total for the season com- prising AS, S,665,00 sockeye and 1,265, 900 humpbacks. Most Of the eggs of the latter species will be shipped to the Maine stations, in continuation of
 the effort to establish the humpback in Atlantic waters.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
BOXING IN PARIS PROMOTED BY
 Y.M.C.A. MEN

Even though there may be some Curtailment of hostilities on the var 1 ious fronts during the coming winter due to indictment weather there will be plenty of fighting in Paris. Pugilistic | bouts between the leading A. E. F. boxers of the various weight divisions will be staged weekly for the benefit : of the American and allied soldiers, quartered or on furlough in the French capital. The athletic depart ment of the Y. M. c. A. has leased the i famous Palais de Glace for the winter, and every Wednesday night will be "boxing night until springtime brings a return of outdoor sports.
 The Palais de GIace is an ideal place for ring contests. It has a seat ing capacity of 2O0O with standing room for several hundred more. The ring will be pitched in the centre of the hall, so that every seat will com mand a good view. The building is in the Champs Elysses corner of the : Avenue d'Antin, a central location : easily accessible by the Metro subway.
 All talent for the boxing programs will be furnished by members of the American EXpeditionary Force. It is planned to conduct the shows in the form of continuous tournament, so that in time the Paris division cham pionships in the varnus classes may be
 established. Toward the end of the season 1t was hoped to bring in the champions of other districts and hold 0 tournament that will develop the star boxers in the entire A. E. r.
 F. w. Stone of the Y. M. c. A. is
 matchmaker. He was for years prominent in promoting amateur box
 ing for the Chicago A. A. and is relied
 upon to bring together the right men The aim of the committee Is to de- velop boxing among a. large number
 of men rather than to exploit few ! professionals. At the same time mer
 who have had ring experience will moi be barred. Eight bouts each Wednes- i day night Is the limit, with foul rounds as the usual distance, but ir some cases with windups over longer routes. Eight ounce gloves will be ! used, the idea being to increase the knowledge of the game among sol diers rather than to furnish materia for the hospitals
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
GERMAN AGENTS DESTROY SHIPS
 IN ARGENTINE

Buenos Aires, Nov. 1S-(Corres- pondence of The Associated Press)- Continued bomb outrages, fires and collisions for the destruction of AL lied shipping in Buenos Aires have resulted in movement being set on foot here to have the Allied govern ments refrain from sending ships to the port of Buenos Aires until steps are taken to prevent this destruction by German-paid agents, according to well informed men in Allied shipping circles of this city.
 Orders sent to German agents to organize explosions on board ships which were sailing to enemy lands, and to provoke delays and confusion in the loading, sailing and unloading of these ships, have been carried out efficiently in Buenos Aires. The COZ fusion and delay is attributed by AL lied shipping men to the Federation of. Marine Laborers. The power be- hind the recent bomb explosions and fires on board Allied ships either while in Buenos Aires or just after departing has not yet been identi- fed.
 Shipping men have almost despair cd of combating the Federation of Marine Laborers. The federation practically controls maritime com merce in Buenos Aires. It is assert ed that it dictates to employers who shall load, unload, scale, paint, dry lock and attend to the hundred and one necessities of ship in port. sending Germans, Austrians or Turks on board Allied vessels in the port of Buenos Aires. The employers are powerless to refuse to allow a doubt ful person aboard the ships for fear of an instant and general strike, as has occurred on more than one occa- l sion in which employers attempted to keep suspicious characters away from Allies vessels.
 Allied shipping men believe the power of this federation could be broken by 8 boycott which would pre- vent Allied vessels from touching at
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
NEW FACES IN
 SIX DAY RACE

Plenty of new faces will be seen in the six-day race at Madison Square Garden the week of Dec. 1 to '. Gus Lang, Willie Keller and Eddie Byron were among the leading amateur racing cyclists in this country up to the time the entries opened for the big grind, but the $30,000 in prize money offered this year has proved too much of an inducement, and the trio decided to abandon the amateur ranks and chase after the gold,
 Lang easily captured the cycling championship of America during the past season. His score of thirty-two first prizes In the series for the title at the Velodrome this year stands as a record never before equalled at Newark. In these races, from a half mile to five miles, he established a set of marks that will stand for a long time.
 Byron. Is the amateur champion of Australia, and was the runner-up to Lang in the championship fight this season. He combines sprinting qual- t ities with stamina in long distance grinds, and, teamed with Lang, makes one of the strongest teams in the coming race.
 Keller is a native of Newark and . has been a consistent winner at the . Velodrome during the past four years Tim Sullivan, noted plugger, will be Keller's teammate.
 Bob Spears, Alfred Brenda, Fred Weber, Ray Eaton, Willie Eager Fred Hill, Magin, Drobach and Pop ! sky have all signed up and will be teamed in few days,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
IN THE SPORT WORLD
FATHER TIMES SON
 OBSERVES 29th BIRTHDAY

Father Time is usually pictured and described as a patriarch of eX- treme age, bowed down by the weight of thousands of years. Yet the child of Father Time, young MT. Standard Time, is still a beardless youth, and today is his S5th birthday. It was on Nov. IS, 1883, that Standard Time was born in the United States. Since then he has been adopted and given a permanent home in nearly all the civ ilized countries of the earth.
 Before the birth of Standard Time, travellers from Boston to Washington needed to change their watches five times, in order to keep up to date. There were over half hundred standards used in the United States and Canada, between the Atlantic and
 the Pacific. Even in the same town there were often two different stand ards, one known as 'sun" or "lOcaP' time, and the other as railroad" time. If railway timetable is now sometimes difficult of understanding, it was a thousand times more so in the "good old days" when nearly every city through which the road passed had 8 different method of | reckoning time.
 Many persons of scientific attain ment invented schemes for standardiz- l ing time, but the plan finally adopted was worked out by w. F. Allen of New York, secretary of the American Railway Association. At noon on Nov. IS, 1883, there was a universal resetting of clocks in all parts of the | United States and Canada, and the | four great time zones into which the | North American continent is divided | came into existence. European na- tions, which had suffered as much as America from haphazard methods of
 reckoning time, soon adopted slmi- i lar system. The observatory at Washington now distributes standard l time with errors of only one-thou- eandth part of a second.
 1 Perhaps the first reference to at- | tempts to reckon time by mechanical means is found in Isa. viii.8, written l supposedly about 713 B. C., "the sun dial of Ahaz," Pliny says that Anaximander invented a sun-dia about $50 B. c. The first sun-dial at Rome was placed in the temple o1 ouirinus, about 293 B. C., when time
 was divided into hours. The clepsy-
 dra, or waterclock, was invented by
 Scipio Nasica, a Roman, about 15S
 B. c. Caesar is alleged to have found
 crude clocks in use in Britain wheT he invaded that country in 55 B. c.
 but it is said that no clock in Eng
 land was accurate or dependable un
 til that set up Hampton Court in 154o
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
SHARKEY-GODDARD BATTLE.

It was 21 years ago today that Tom Sharkey knocked out Joe Goddard in six rounds at San Francisco God dard, "the Barrier Champion" was an Australian, who had twic. knocked out Joe Choynski in his native coun- try before coming to America. Be- sides his defeats of the famous San Francisco fighter, Goddard had fought a draw with the great Peter Jackson. His first battles on this side were successful but when he tackled the sailor he bit off more than he could chew. It had been claimed that Goddard couldn't be felled by any thing less than the blow of an axe or the kiL.t of a mule, but Sailor Tom demonstrated that the trick wasn't so difficult after all. In 1900 Sharkey repeated at Philadelphia, knocking Goddard out in the fourth round Goddard twice knocked out Peter Maher, but he lost to Denver Ed Smith, Kid Mccoy and Gus Ruhlin. Tom Sharkey and Denver Ed were the only men who ever made Goddard take the count, and Joe afterward de- feated Smith.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
BILLY SUNDAYS BIRTHDAY.

The Rev. Billy Sunday, who for, To,
 these many years, hos been batting
 1000 against the devil, will celebrate
 his 55th birthday tomorrow. The
 former star of the diamond and pres
 ent star of the evangelistic revival,
 was born in Ames, Ia. He was pro-
 fessional ball player from 1888 to 1890, with the Chicago, Pittsburgh
 and Philadelphia clubs. He had ths distinction of being the champion a sprinter of the National League, and
 ttIis- undoubtedly explains his later --7fiity to chase the devil all around the lSt "Pop" Anson is credited
 with tho discovery of Billy's baseball talent According to Pop" he found Hlily driving an undertaker's wagon in Marshalltown, Ia>s and playing :, amateur ball as side line. Anson was 7 impressed with Billy's speed and gave ! him a chance with the Chicago club. Sunday didn't make very much of a l hit, either with the fans or on the ] ball when he made his first appear ance, for he struck out the first 15 ? times he went to bat,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
POLI'S

Those who saw the wonderful Biff Bang Sailor show last night at Polls theatre in aid of the United
 War Work campaign had reason to thank MT. s. Z Poli for his generosity in donating to the most worthy cause
 in the world through Police Team 12, not alone the theatre, but the lights, equipment and the services of both
 stage hands and managerial staff The same audience which appIauded the
 sailor boys last night will have won-
 derfuI opportunity to applaud some
 more this week for today Fred Stone in his first great Aircraft picture will top the photopIay bill while Hands Across the Sea-" a mammoth musical act, will top the vaudeville program. As everyone knows Fred Stone is the most wonderful comic opera star in the world. being the main feature in "The Wizard of o." The Red E1iIl," The Old Tpwn," "The Lady of the Slipper" Chin Chin" and Jack o'Lantern." He was at last captured by that famous producer, Jesse L. Laslzy, and persuaded to appear in pictures. The Goat" by Frances
 Marion, fitted this star in every way
 and it has been hailed by pupils and
 critics all over New York as being
 the most daring. death-defying, thrill ing and sensational picture ever pro- duced.
 Heading the mammoth vaudeville bill in Hands Across the Sea-" wonderful international revue fea- turing EsteIle and Adelaide Loven-
 berg and Bridgeport's favorite sons,
 Simon Neary, Tommy Weary and
 Harry Norrissey The Stanleys are
 another big act, as well as Joe Wilmot
 and Olive Mill, in spectacular dances and Johnny Wood, the ebony ven- triliquist.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARY.

The first practical moving machine
 was patented "A years ago today by Williams and Ketcham. In their ma chine, as in later ones, were embodied
 many of the principles of earlier in ventions. Many improvements in grass-cutting machines were soon made by various inventions, among them A. B. Graham and Cyrenus Wheeler. The modern form of the moving machine was largely develop ed by Lewis Miller, while the intro duction of ball and roller bearings is credited to William Deering. While WilI:a ms and Ketcham brought forth the first machine of its kind, host of inventors have aided in the develop ment of the mower from the crude
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18
CZECHO-sLOVAK CREDIT

Washington, Nov. 16-By extend ing a credit of S7,O0O,OOO to the Czecho-Slovak national council today the treasury added a tenth debtor na- tion among the allies to the United States. Great Britain today was giv- en a new credit of S2OO00O.0O; Italy 5O,000.000. and Belgium S9.O00.0OO
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18

machine of the jointed-bar type, to the light and highly adaptable ma chine in use today. It is said that in the United States patent office there are nearly 10000 records of patents granted for improvements in grass cutting machinery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18

More than S.OOo,OOO acres of land in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Miss issippi, Texas and Tennessee are avail able for the government to offer to men in the service.
 Copper output of Calumet & Hecla for October WAS Il. .929. .929 hounds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18

officials of railroads operating east from St. Louis and Chicago report the ending of the war and the beginning of reconstruction period have not al- tered the traffic situation on eastern lines.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18

Swedish government has decided to carry out without delay a program giving both sexes the vote. Control of the foreign policy as well as declar- ations of war and peace with the Riksdag.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18

the port of. Buenos Aires, as it is be- Iieyed the Argentine government would realize then the necessity of dealing firmly with this organiza-
 ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18

Barber Steamship Line Co. inCreas- ed their capital from S1,000,000 to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18

wanton destruction without having to pay for them in their own sweat and tears.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-18

Give to United War Work
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-19
siberian Wheat Grown in Alaska.

Fairbanks, Alaska. Oct. 16.-Sioer-
ian wheat grov;l in Alaska may soon
be milled in Fairbanks Thomas
Riggs, Jr., governor of Alaska, re-
Gently conferred with the officials OF
the United States Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station here regarding the
establishment of a mill to grino the
crops of Siberian wheat interior
Alaska is expected to yield during the
seasons to come.
Two hundred and fifty bushels Of
Siberian wheat from the FairbanR:
region were sent to the States q. shor
time ago for a test run in houl
mill. A definite conclusion regarding
the mill will be based on the outcont
of the tests. If the wheat meets th'
expectation held regarding it, the mil
Will be built and Alaska farmers vii
plant Siberian wheat extensively mex
year.
Siberian wheat natures in the com
paratively brief period of about fou
months from the time the seed is pu
into the ground This quic rowtl
makes the wheat adaptab. to tn
Alaska short summers. According t.
reports from Siberia, the home of tn
Siberian wheat, it mills into Goot
flour.