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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
AMERICA BREAKS ALL RECORDS
 FOR SPEED
Secretary Baker in His Report to the Senate Today Asserts That U. s. Army in France is in Tip Top Fighting Trim, With Modern
 and Effective Arms

Washington, Jan. 1O-Secretary Baker today replied to criticism of his departments conduct of the war; a long exhaustive prepared statement presented to the senate m tary committee
 Conceding delays and of judgment in vast undertakings Secretary Baker epomized his reply in these words: fsas-=zS
 No army similar size in the history of the world has been raised equipped trained quickly No such vision made for the comfort health and Well-being of army"
 America has in France army of substantial" size ready for active service Baker asserted Officers and he explained have been trained specially for modern warfare in dependent lines of communication and supply in of construction and great have been formulated for the production of instruments of
 the most modern and effective knd the Secretary declared have been provided for soldier in France and available every fighting who be sent to France in 1918.
 An army nearly 5OOO0O enlisted and selected without serious docation nations industries, the field training at home and abroad he asserted The bsIs army continued has been above criticism while it's initial clothing supply temporarily inadequate is now sub stantaly complete.
 T state foregoing conditions of the departments problem the results attained for two purposes he said first place. the American people entitled to know of the splendid effectiveness with which they have been able organize and the material of the nation in great and second great army France Persng allies entitled to have the bene
 resulting the depression of the morale of their enemies
 which when the Germans realize that the American mocacy neither bundered hesltated but actually brought the full power its and into complete organized strength against their military machine.
 By the cooperation of all interests and all people in the country the nation is organized and set to it's task with unanmity spirit and confidence in it's More has been done than anybody dared believe possible That there have bee1 there of judgment and delays
 saying but should be wanting in frankness omit my estimate of the real unsefhness and ine gence with which my associates military and civilian, have themselves to this undertaking and the results demon strate the success of their effors''
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
FACTS DO NOT
 INDICATE HOW
 NE MET DEATH

Coroner John J. Phelan has as yet found no evidence which will indicate how Nicholas Zmitrakewiss of 460 Putnam street met his death, although he has examined several witnesses and visited the place where the man was found Sunday morning nearly frozen and suffering from fractured skull. His room mate at the Putnam street address contended he must have been held up and robbed, but there is noth- ing to indicate this.
 Zmitrakewiss, with John Zmitruke- nick of 6S Crescent avenue had been in a saloon at Crescent avenue and East Main street, leaving when the place closed at IF. Zmitrakewiss' room mate wanted him to come home, but he refused, and said he was going to stay with Zmitrukenick in Crescent avenue. He started, but after going a short distance said it would be fool ish for him to do that, and proceeded to his own room. That is the last trace of him until he was found early Sunday morning. He died Tuesday at the Bridgeport hospital.
 Coroner Phelan has found nothing which indicates foul play, but will hold the inquest open for any further possible testimony.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
NEGLECT WIDOWED
 MOTHER
Brothers, We'll Known Officers in U. s. Army, Have Forgotten Their Needy Mother, She Tells Times.

With her two grownup sons in the army and her home heav- fly mortgaged, Mrs. Dora Dan nenberg, aged 50 years, of IS Smith street, this city, appealed to the Bridgeport Times to help her get some assistance from her two soldier boys, both of whom are Yale graduates and one of whom is attending the school for officers at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.
 Mrs. Dannenberg has been a widow for the last four years. Her husband, who died after a protracted illness, was considered wealthy and at one time owned a great deal of property; all of which was swept away through his years of illness and the big drain on the family resources giving their older boys, Oscar A. H. Dannenberg and Alexander N. Dannenberg, an educa- IAOu "IllS1 was SIOW I10Q Dy HnlSn1nS courses at Yale.
 Mrs Dannenberg, who now seeks aid from her sons, is left with her heavily mortgaged home and another son, Zelma Dannenberg, aged. 14 years, and it is in the great struggle to keep her home going and the little fellow at school that she at last feSls compelled to get aid from her sons in the army
 Before joining the service the two boys were engaged in the real estate business in Bridgeport and had offices in the Warner building. Their op- erations, while not extensive, netted them a comfortable living and they were able to provide for their mother and their little brother, but when the war broke out they joned the army and since that time seem to have for
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
U. S. HAS 1,500, ,000 UNDER ARMS; FORCE IN FRANCE READY FOR FRAY;
 GREAT WAR WEAPONS BEING MADE
BOLD PAIR
 GETS 1000
 METAL LOAD

Two daring thieves drove into the yard of the Union Junk company at N Clarence street early last evening, loaded their large two horse truck with old metal exceeding $1 900 in value and drove away without at tracing undue attention. The mat ter was reported to the detective bu- reau a short time later by the pro- prietors of the place, RicheleW and Kashdon.
 Judging from the tracks made in the driveway the police have decided that the metal was carted away in a horse e-tdrawn xehicle of a large type.
 The yard of the company is located between Clarence street and Crescent place and has an entrance on each It is the opinion of the police that the thieves entered via Crescent avenue, closed and secured the gate to prevent entrance and drove out through the Clarence street gate, also closing and locking the latter af ter them.
 According to the proprietors of the place the thieves took about every thing in the yard that was readily re- movable. Old copper, tin and some iron was part of the loot.
 The detective department is of the opinion that the gang that perpe- trated the affair is the same that was involved in the robbery at Housa- tonic junk yard about a week ago.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
BABY SNOWMAN SUES MANAGER
 OF PARK FAIR

Claiming that the manager of the Connecticut Fair Association of Hart ford did not appreciate their efforts to make money for the big Charter Oak Park fair in 1916 and cancelled contract for their Baby Show" Walter J. Hanford and Lou M. Rich of this city, acting under the name of the Babyland Amusement Co.,, are suing the association in the Common Pleas Court in this city for damages of $650. l. H. Butterfield cancelled the contract.
 Lou M. Rich is well known in Bridgeport, and for years has made a speciality of conducting baby shows at fairs and different amusement re- sorts for a period of years. Prizes are offered for the handsomest babies, decorated carriages, and other fea- lures, and the contests usually draw large crowds. According to the com plaint contract was made by Han ford and Rich under the name of the Babyland Amusement Co. with the Connecticut Fair Association, in control of the fair at Charter Oak Park at which the baby show was to be presented in 1916. The contract was made July 1 of that year.
 Banford and Rich claim they not only lost the pIofts they expected to make for their exhibition, but also lost the date which they could have used somewhere else, and expended considerable money in preparations. Judge John F. Booth is hearing the testimony. Attorney w. w. Bent represents Hanford and Rich, and Attorney Henry Shannon appears for the Fair association.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
SAVE $50
 PATIEN s
 FROM FIRE
Inmates of Middletown State Hospital West Wing Rescued When Flames Destroy Build ing-Estimate Loss at S15O,OOO.

Middletown, Jan. 10-- The western wing of the main building of the Connecticut hospital for the insane, in South Farms, was burned early today, causing a loss estimated at $15O,0OO. About $50 patients housed in that section were gotten out safely and no one was injured, so far as known. The origin of the fire, which apparently started near the roof, has not been determined.
 The fire was in the south wing, the fourth floor ot which was entirely burned out and the floor beneath considerably damaged.
 As soon as the fire was discov- cred, shortly before daybreak, fire drill was sounded, the occupants of the burning section were aroused and marched out to another section. There was little excitement, it was said, and the transfer of the occu- pants proceeded in an orderly man. ner.
 The main building is a four story brown stone structure with east and west wings, the main section being used chiefly for offices and physicians l nurses and attendants quarters 1 While the fire was kept from this sec- ton through the efforts of the hospital fire force assisted by the Middletowr 1 department and a fire company from Hartford it suffered considerably l from water damage, nearly foot ot water flooding the lower floor.
 As soon as the fire was discovered fire drill was sounded and the occu i pants of the burning section were marched out in an orderly manner and quartered in other buildings.
 The home guard of this city wa: called out and assisted in, preserving order. A hurry call was also issued to the medical association but th' physicians were not sent to Soutf Farms, as it was said later that theiI services would not be required.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
TAX ON FAMILY WINE STORES OF
 OVER 200 GALS.

According to the latest edict of the Treasury Department issued to the collectors of Internal Revenue, all wine. manufactured for family use throughout the country, must be bond ed and monthly return made of it, if the amount exceeds 200 gallons.
 w en seen about this matter today Internal Revenue Collector J. F.. Clab- by said:
 'If the amount of wine made for use in the home exceeds 200 gallons the family must execute the proper notice and have the premises bond ed and then make a regular monthly report to this office.'
 This order will no doubt affect a great number of Italian families in Connecticut as they have been in the ha bit for years of making wine for their own family use, but if the amount which they make is kept be- low the 200 gallon mark they will not have to bother about making any re- port of the matter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
TO DEE; WAS STRUCK BY
 JITNEY MACHINE

While riding a bicycle in Middle street early this morning Arthur Ed- stom of 610 Myrtle avenue, a molder at the Bridgeport Brass Co.,, was struck by a jitney driven by Thomas Konyowski of 58 Lafayette street and sustained a fractured skull, also se rious concussion of the brain. He was removed to St. Vincent's hospital where it is stated he will die.
 Edstom was riding north in Middle street near Golden Hill. according to Komowski, and the lat D ] ga ''2-' ' his car to take on q ass.: 5e.. started his machine suddenly and Ed stom steered his cycle directly in front of the jitney. Edstom was thrown heavily to the pavement and picked ur later in an unconscious condition.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
DU POINT POWDER PLANTS LIKELY
 TO SHUT DOORS

Paterson, N. J., Jan. 10-Closure of the DuPont powder plants in Pompton Lakes and Haskell, engagea cxclus vely Dn val work, was deelareo to be only a matter of hours by the management today unless fuel were received promptly.
 Notification of this situation was sant to the county fuel administrator, who gave no hope for relief The plants employ between 5000 and 5000 persons. They are on branches Of the Erie railroad.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
FUEL BOARD ASKS BIG STORES TO CURTAIL
 HOURS; SALOONS AGREE

ing yesterday, 1t was suggested the churches confine all activities to one night each week, so that it win necessary to keep the furnaces going only for short period.
 The Beer, Wine and Liquor Dealers association stands ready to co-oper~ ate with the committee and will make some definite move at a meeting scheduled for this afternoon. In many instances the closing of saloons will be useless as in some cases they sup ply heat for entire buildings, includ- ing rooming houses.
 The situation, both on the domestic and industrial sides, remained acute today, but prospects of relief were ] frightened by the news that Sound navigation had heen partly opened on the north side. resulting in the arriv- al of two barge loads. of coal, one of (Contlnued on Page s.1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10

The Bund says Bulgaria has ap- pointed a minister to Petrograd and a consul general to be stationed in Odessa, and has ordered the resump- ton of navigation to Odessa.
 If a seperate adjustment between these nations has been reached it seems probable it was because Bull garia found no difficulty in subscrib- ing to the Bolshevik formula of no annexationS and no indemnitieS so far as Russia was concerned Bull garia has desired no Russian terri tory, seeking her acquisitions from Rumania and Serbia. It was for Ser bias assistance, however, that Rus sia prepared for war under the old regime, her mobilization after Aus tria had threatened Serbia being made the occasion for Germany's declara- , tion of war.
 Separate peace. proposals made by Turkey, it is reported. have been re- \ fused by the Bolshevik government. JTurkey was requested to participate in the general conference between ! Russia and the Central powers. A dispatch received in London last Saturday from Petrograd purported to give the Turkish peace terms as presented to Russia, but the dispatch did not say that Turkeys proposals had been made independent of the other Central powers. Among the terms proposed by Turkey were free passage of the Dardanelles for Rus sian ships, Russian evacuation of Turkish territory and demobiliZation of the Russian Black Sea fleet. Tur- key was to retain her active army ir consequences of continuation of war against the Entente.
 At the first sitting of the resumed negotiation in Brest-Litovsk on Tues day says a dispatch from the otficia Russian news agency to London, the discussion between the Russian dele gates and these of the Central pow
 CTS centered on the selection of city in some neutral country in which tC continue the deliberations. There i:
 every probability, it is added, of ; Unsatisfactory arrangement being reach
 ed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10

Curtailing the hours of all Bridge- port stores, principally the larger de- pertinent stores, is the latest move on the part of Chairman Carl F. Siemon of the Bridgeport Fuel committee, to- ward fuel conservation. It is propos ed to request the merchants to open their stores one-half hour later and close one-half hour earlier each day except Saturday.
 A. In lieu of the requests made to the liquor dealers, saloon keepers and the Pastors association, Chairman Siemon believes the merchants will readily agree.
 Chairman Siemon will take up the proposition with the Retail Dealers association and by personal letter to merchants not members of the asso- citation, and the plan is expected to become effective within a few days . To the pastors association. at a meet
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
EMPLOYERS MUST FILE PATROLS
 OF THEIR PLANT

All employers of labor in Bridge port will have to make a complete re- turn of all employees on their pay rolls who are paid eight hundred dol lars or over per annum, to the Income Tax Collector at the Federal Building This return will have to be accom- panied by full particulars including the addresses of the employees.
 The above statement was issued to- day by Tax Collector Robert J. Kyle. who said that among the thousands of questions he had answered since he has been in Bridgeport this one has arisen many times.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10

Berne, Switzerland Jan 1O-A seperae peace agreement has been signed by Russia and Bulgaria. the Bund reports
 Bulgarian correspondent of the Bnd Premier Rad osIavOf read the following dispatch from BrestOvs in par lament:
 War between Russia and Bulgaria Diplomatic economic relations between Russia and Bulgaria Smed Russia recognizes Bulyaras right to nominate dele gate international Danube commission The first peace concluded. with the consent of Ruaarias allies,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
GERMANY WANTS SWEDEN TO ACT
 AS GO-BETWEEN

Petrograd, Jan. 10-The German delegations in Petrograd are report ed by the Evening Post to- have got into touch with the Swedish legation here and to have expressed the de sire that Sweden act as a go-between with Great Britain. France and Italy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
DISSOLUTION OF
 CORTES AGAIN IS
 SOUGHT IN SPAIN

Madrid. Jan. 1O-The Spanish cabi- net has decided to submit to King AL fonso another decree calling for the dissolution of the cortes. The king is expected to sign the decree today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
COSSACKS TURN UPON kALEDINES
 AND SUPPORTER

Petrograd. Wednesday, Jan. Gems. Kaledines and Dutof, the Cos sack leaders, the official news agency announces, have been defeated. Gen. Dutoff is in flight, pursued by revolu- tionary soldiers and the Red guard. Gen. Kaledines is retreating.
 The workmen's and soldiers coun- cil in Rostov has been liberated The Cossa cks. the announcement adds, are unanimously against Gen. Kaledines, whose IT, rrt toward the Don riv- ara
 mir 1> ,,--+. - >s-laInian rada and Gen. Kaledines has opened the eyes of the people concerning the infamous traf-S licking in the blood \of Ukrainia2- workmen, soldiers and nAa ssJn4FA''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
B0LSHEVIKISIGN SEPARATE PACT
 WITH BULGARIA

CircumStantial Advices From Switzerland Indicate War Has Been Called Off By Russians and Their Neighbors- Will Send New Min ister to Petrograd- Navigation to Odessa Is Ordered Resumed by Premier.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
The Want Columns

Classified advertising in this newspaper is effective, no. matter what you may de- sire to advertise. Try it once and see.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-10
The Weather Report

New Haven, Jan. 10-Gen- erally fair tonight ana FNr::- day; little change in tempera- ture; fresh west winds, be- coming variable.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
QUEAI TO FRANCE.

Billy Queal, Yales popular run ming coach, and long distance run her of international reputation, leaves today for France as athletic instruc- tor in Y. M. C. A. work. During his several years sojourn in this city the DoDular athlete has endeared him. self to many. not among the Yale men alone. but among boys i'll the various athletic clubs, i'll whose in terests he has been a tireless worker. Although not at liberty to tell from where he will sail or on what boat, he said that his destination is Paris and that he hopes to be assigned to boenita1 work when he reaches there
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
L0NERGAN CHOSEN,
 ASKS DISTRICT ID
 RALLY ID WILSON
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ocratic so that there may be between the executive and legislative depart mentS of the government the great est unison and cooperation. To state the question is to answer it. The president can act for the highest ben eft of the country in this grave time if his hands are upheld by a, demo- cratic senate and house of repreSen- tatiyes. Harmony should be assured
 The campaign into which We now enter is to be an unusually long one During the next four months it may be necessary for your nominee to spend much of his time in Washing ton attending to his public duties, a considerable part of which is looking after the official needs of the bravo boys in the service and the members of their families. While we have every assurance of a victory in No vcmber. we must not fail to cooper ate with the democratic party or ganizations in the respective towns of the first district and keep up our in tereSt and activity so as to make that victory an emphatic one.
 'ElectiQnS cannot be won by over- confidence or the abesent treatment. Do not allow the former to take hold of you and put your enthusiasm into the campaign so that the interest of your party nominee will not be neg lected during the period he is in the national capital in his representative CapacitN.'
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
BELIEF OF UNINERSALIST

Do Universalists believe much of anything?" is a question frequently asked by people who know nothing regarding the doctrine of Univer- salism, yet, the Rev. pr. Washington Gladden., the eminent Congregational minister who died Wednesday, in all article in the "Leader" made the statement that "There is one religious belief that all Christian churches can unite upon and that is the creed of the Universalist church." Rev. Will liam Wallace Rose, one of the leading speakers in the denomination, will speak Sunday evening on this subject, at o. l.. A. M. hall, on Hungerford Court. There will be a fine musical program also.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED.

of ". l.. Morgan lodge. K. of P, were installed last night by District Dep uty Grand Chancellor John Hunder> Iach of Mid8letown:. ~t'hancellor com- mander William C. Steiner; vice. chancellor, Fred Sundman- prelate, Elmer w. Ripple; master of work, Thomas Dyson tr.; keeper of rec ords and seal, W. l.. Gould; master of finance, C. w. Bailey; master of exchequer. c. H. Clark; master-at- arms. Charles Anderson; inner guard Ernest Atwater; outer guard, Alex Tomkins.
New Britain herald., 1918-07-03
HEADS EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.

Arthur F.. Brown, traffic manager of the Whitney Mfg. Co.,, has suc- ceeded Gordon J. Ely as head of the employment bureau in this city, of the Manufacturers association of Hartford county. MT. Ely has been placed in charge of the employment bureau of the Vulcan Iron works at Groton. Whether the position at the local office is a permanent one is not known, even by MT. Brown himself. He had been sent hero by the Whitney