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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
Its Problems, With Its Benefits
as Well as It's Evils, to
Be Considered.
REGULAR SESSION
STARTS AUG. "a
Ways and Means Committee
Now Engaged in Necessary
Preliminary Work.

Washington, Aug. 11.-War taxation
with all it's problems, and it's benefits
as well as its evils, is the subject which
will occupy Congress almost to the ex-
clusion of all others when it reassem-
bleS for regular sessions on August "a.
A statesman OF an older generation
once remarked that government was
nothing more or less than the power
to levy and collect taxes. 1t is obvious
has the attention of Congress it must
necessarily command the attention of
the American people, because the sta
bility of government is measured
chiefly by it's revenue.
The ways and means committee of
the House in substantially the form in
liminary work of framing the twenty
four billion dollar revenue bill which
is to provide the sinews of war for the
coming year. Passage of the bill by
the House is substantially the form in
which it comes from the committee
promises to be a matter of course.
In the Senate, however, will come
revision and reconstruction, often tho
subject of prolonged debate and even
filibuster, which will put the bill more
nearly in the shape in which it ulti-
mately will become, the Senate, as
SOD16 historian mas SdlQ- DGlnB tue
saucer in which is cooled the hot tea
coming from the cup of the House" the
deliberations there are sure to be pro-
longed. I-A--sz
After the bill has been passed by the
Senate, it will go to conference" Of
ten referred to as the place where bills
really are made. Here a joint COM
mittee representing Senate and House.
smoothes out conflicting provisions. ar
ranges compromises for hard fought
amendments, and finally, inducing each
side to give way a little, or when agree
ment is shown to be hopeless, discard
ing provisions entirely, reports back to
both Houses of Congress a completed
bill. Sometimes one house or the other.
insistent on some provision, refuses to
accept the decisions OF the conferees,
and demands further consideration,
but in the end bill that is adopted by
both branches of Congress comes out.
The War revenue will be threading
its way through these tortuous pass
ages in the halls of Congress for sew
eral weeks, possibly until snow flies
and it will be we'll for any American
newspaper reader who wishes to grasp
the significance of its movements as it
progresses to fix in mind the five
stages through which the bill passes
before it goes to the White House for
the signature of the President.
stages are:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
CONGRESS MAY
BE IN SESSION
TILL NOVEMBER

Washington, Aug. n.-Congress,
with its legislative program pammed
with revenue, draft, waterpower and
other important bills, won't adjourn
until just before the November cleo
tions according 10 a prediction today
by Speaker Clark after he had sur
veyed the situation. He said that while
the ways and means committee are
planning TO report the revenue bill
when the House reassembles a week
from tomorrow, the administration bill
for development of waterpower by
previous agreement has the right of
way and can be displaced only by un-
animous consent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
INCREASE TAX ON
IIRSH WHISKEY

Dublin, Aug. 1.-THE tax on whis-
key, which has risen from ten TO thirty
shilling a gallon, has greatly stimuia-
ted Illicit distillation in Ireland, and
there has been a great addition to the
mum mber of cases OF potheen- making
reported TO the police. This has al
ways been secret hillside industry in
Ireland Now it is extending TO the
towns In the country districts barley
stepped in sacks in a bog-hole and
matted on the barn floor Is the material
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
BITTER FIGHTING GOING ON
IN THE NOYON SECTOR

Paris. Aug. if.-The Germans tonight
are holding the Chaulnes-Roye-Noyo on
line, but the allies are making progress
south Of NoWon. The enemy's reserves
are coming into action and the defense
is stiffening all along the battle front
from Noyon to Chaulnes.
Desperate fighting is going on be-
tween the British army OF General
Rawlinson and the German army OF
Won Der Mafwitz, the enemy counter
attacking saVRgely west Of Noyon. and
seems determined to hold the town at
all costs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
REPORTED CAPTURE CHAULNES.
IMPORTANT GERMAN hey

London, Aug. ii.-Chaulnes, an i'm
portant railway town in the heart of
the Somme battle front, and the key
to the southern line OF the German
salient, has been captured by the al
lies. The capture was effected by Aus
tralian and Canadian troops.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
NUMBER OF PRISONERS
TAKEN AGGREGATE $4,000

Paris. Aug. ii.-The number of pris-
oners taken in the allied offensive in
Picardy is estimated at $4,000. includ-
ing one thousand officers and over five
hundred guns taken. Continued pro-
gress is made by British and French
in the Picardy offensive and the i'm
portant railway town of Chaulnes is
captured.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
CANADA TO SEND MILITARY
UNIT OF 1000 TO SIBERIA

Ottawa. Aug. if.-Eanada VIII be rep
resented by military unit of approxi-
mately four thousand men in the ex-
peditionary force which the allied gov
ernments Will send to Siberia. This
was announced here tonight by the
dominion government which promised
a more detailed statement within q
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
BERLIN SAYS ENEMY
ATTACKS HAVE FAILED

Berlin. via London, Aug. ii.-Violent
enemy attacks on the battle front be-
tween the Ancre and Aisne rivers have
failed, says the war office communics-
Non this evening.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
BUILDING FOURTH RAILWAY
FROM BERLIN TO VIENNA

Amsterdam, Aug. 1.-THE construc-
tion of a fourth direct railway line be-
tween Berlin and Vienna has been ap-
proved by the German railway control
board.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
The Weather

Fair Monday and Tuesday, light south
winds.
Highest Temperature yesterday, 81 de-
grees; lowest, 20 degrees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12
RENT

THAT FURNISHED RooM-RENT 1T
WITHOUT DELAY, AND RENT 1T AT
-A FAIR PRICE TO DESIRABLE TEN
ANT. ALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
t-I~A SSIFIED.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-12

Continued on Pare Two. J
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
WAR BREAD CAUSES TROUBLE
Said to Be Responsible for Digestive
Disorders Which Are Followed
by Eruptions.

Reports Of illness through eating
war bread are being received from all
over the country, and the news that
Lord Rhondda has instituted an In
Quiry into the cause will come as a
relief to many, says the Dundee Adver-
tiSer.
The bread is said to have given
rise to digestive troubles and then
eruptions in many districts. This Is
said to be due to the fact that some
bakers are using imported -four, which
contains beans and rice-ingredients
which are quite unfit for breadmaking.
The inclusion of the germ sets free a
large percentage of fat which is IN
suitable for weak digestions. Then,
of course, regulation flour does not
possess the keeping properties which
wheaton flour does, and this fact again
gives rise to disorders.
The gray loaf can never be as pal
atable as the white one, but it can be
made equally dIgestible and nourish-
ing if the necessary precautions are
taken. Still, our bread of today, with
all its defects, Is not as bad as that
which the Parisians had to satisfy their
hunger at the time Of the siege of
Par,s, when a quantity Of straw was
mixed with the flour in order to help
exc out the supplies of grain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
Drum Major Necessary,

Indispensable is the drum major of
"a rural brass band, and the envy Of the
small boy is he as well. This func-
tionary is about as serviceable as
agurehead on battleship, writes zim
in Cartoons Magazine, yet his duties
are beyond estimation in keeping the
tubas and trombones from stumbling
into mud puddles and guiding the al
legged musicians past refreshment en-
poriums. His success rests on the ex-
tent of his ability to twirl the stick
over three-story buildings and catch it
behind his back on its descent He Is
to the band what the monkey is to a
hand-organ. All eyes are upon him
while the ears feast on the music. Big
city bands often roam about the streets
unescorted by drum major and feel
not at all discommoded by his absence,
but a country band would not deem
itself fit to be seen on parade without
this distinguished appendage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
FATAL DESERT OF KARA-KUM
Heat Reaching 1853 Degrees Is Hurled
Into Ones Face Like Sheet
Of Fire.

When the caravans in olden days
went up from Samarcand and Bokhara
to Merry for silks and carpets, or car
ried spices for Europe to the Caspian
ports, some Of them occasionally wan
dered off into the desert Of Kara-Kum.
and few of those ever returned. This
desert, which is smaller but more ter
rible than Sahara, came to be known
as "the tomb of caravans"
If you we're to venture into the
desert Of Kara-Kum you would travel
by camel. At first you would pass
through land Of scrubby bushes and
rest at noon near a well surrounded
by a tiny native village at the bottom
Of q dimple in the desert. And here
you would feel your first touch Of the
desert heat-a heat that reaches 1853
degrees in the sun and is hurled into
your face by the wind like veritable
sheet Of flame.
In the comparative cool Of evening
you would push on into the desert
proper. Presently from the top Of a
slight elevation you would see it reach
ing before you-a petrif1ed storm at
sea, an ocean Of sand. There is
nothing but sand, and it is tossed by
a ceaseless wind into pillows miles
long that creep forward perhaps q
foot a year, burying everything in
their path. The wind tears banners
of flying sand from their crests as you
look, releasing cascades that go rum
bling into the burning hollows.
The path across this desert Is
marked only by bits Of bone and stick,
occasionally by human skull. It is
easily lost in the dark, and it is the
thread which connects one shallow,
muddy well with another. Many have
lost it and they are still in the desert
Of Kara-Kum.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
Word of Finance
STOCK MARKET

New York, Feb. 26.-Opening.-Spe-
cial stocks, notably those comprising
the war group, were one to two points
higher at the opening of today's mar
ket, presumably in consequence of
over night advices from abroad. Ship
pings also were materially better, but
railroads made little response, st.
Paul issues displaying further heav-
mess. Much Of the early trading
owed its initiative to pools and short
covering.
Noon.-DeaIings diminished percep-
tfbly after the first advance with
fractional reactions in headers due in
part TO further pressure against ST.
Paul and General Motors. Later
prices ranged higher than at the out
set, marked strength being shown by
Baldwin Locomotive, Texas Co., in
lnstrial Alcohol, Sumatra Tobacco,
Hide & Leather preferred, Beet Sugar
and Pittsburgh Coal Minor special
ties and low priced equipments also
improved. Liberty LIS sold at 1874
to SO, the first As at $3.50 and the Sec
ond As at 9674 to $500.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26

Happy is the man or woman who can
lay aside the cares and sorrows Of the
rushed and crowded today and revisit
the scenes Of yesterday. Happy, too,
is the man or woman who lives in the
tomorrow; that tomorrow where all is
fair and bright; that tomorrow in
which we are going to do noble and
helpful deeds, and to win fame and for
tune; that tomorrow in which we are
going to move the world million miles
nearer to heaven, making it a better
place for our fellowmen in which to
live; that glorious tomorrow in which
our dreams are to come true If pray
ers and conscientious efforts count for
aught in bringing them to pass. Don't
give up your dreams. Don't deny your
self this bit Of happiness, for each
beautiful, inspiring dream mellows
your heart and widens your mental
MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
ORDERS OPERATORS
LICENSE RESTORED

Because the accident happened in
the middle of the block and not upon
a cross walk, Deputy Motor Vehicle
Commissioner Mcdonald this morning
restored an operators license to Law
renee Rahgo of % Brothwell street.
Rahgo struck a woman in State street
near Wordin avenue, December 4, and
was arrested for reckless driving. He
was found guilty in the City Court,
appealed, and the Common Pleas
Court no1led the charge on payment
of $50.
Several Bridgeporters were before
the commissioner in the County Court
building today to answer to charges
of reckless driving. Owing to the
closing of the building at noon, fur
Their sessions were adjourned to the
police building in Fairfield avenue.
None of the cases before the COM
missioner today involved fatal acct
dents.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26

Few Americans are aware that they
live in country inclosed in a circle Of
mines and nets, writes Niksah; yet
such is the case. Since tina declara-
ton Of war the navy department has
been sowing the waterways and har-
bors Of the country with means Of de-
struction. In harbors nets designed to
catch submarines are the chief reli-
ance, while in rivers the channels are
planted with mines.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
Grain SHIPPERS
And ROADS ARE
URGED TO team

Washington, Feb. 2e-In an ex-
haustive review of grain shipping
practices the interstate commerce
commission today advised shippers
and railroads to get together on set
of uniform rules and practices and
submit them for approval. Neither
the roads nor the shippers were en-
tirely frank with each other, the
commission declared, and the situa-
ton was beclouded with fictitious
damage claims.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
Boston 1880 p. NJ. Prices Reported
Over Private Wire to T. l.
Watson & Co.
MAY
RECEIVE MAIL

American prisoners of war in enemy
egtsutsies may have mail and parcel
post packages not exceeding II pounds
in weight sent them through the mails
free of charge, according to an an
nouncement received at the post Of
fee. The requirements are that the
name OF the camp where the receiver
is located and that the package or let
Ter be marked Prisoner of War Mail,
via New York. Only one package a
month may be sent the prisoner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
COURT WILL OPEN
NEXT WEDNESDAY

Judge John r Booth will complete
the Danbury sessions of the Common
Pleas Court this week, and the March
term Of the court will open in Bridge
port next Tuesday with a jury. Judge
Booth has heard a number of cases
during the Danbury session. There
will be a short calendar session in
this city Friday at which cases for
the coming term will be assigned for
trial. Many jury matters are claimed
for action at the coming term.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
SPECIAL NOTICES
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, S.,
PROBATE COURT.

Feb. 15, 1918.
Estate Of Bertha Metzner. late of
the town of Bridgeport in s9Id dis
trict, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the Dis
trict of Bridgeport hath limited and
allowed six months from the date
hereof for Creditors of said estate to
e1hibit their claims for settlement.
Those who neglect to present their
accounts properly attested, within
said TIM. will be debarred a recovery.
MI persons indebted to said estate are
quested to make immediate pay
ment to
ELIAS METZNER,
Administrator.
BY Lavery G. FInkelstone. Attorneys,
Room 229, Newfield Building. az
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
New York Stock
Exchange Quotations

Reported over the private wires of
7. l. Watson & Co., Bankers and
brokers', corner Main and John streets.
Bridgeport, Conn. Members of New
York Stock Exchange.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
TODAY'S WANTS

to take care of
boiler and rooms, Apply $50 Elm
street. 3 26 Sc
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1918

Allis Chalmers 26%
Am. Beet Sugar 50
Am. Car & Fdy. 73A
Am. Can 401s
Am. Cotton Oil Co. 80,
Am. Locomotive 601S
Ann Tobacco 165
Am. Smelt. C Re. Co. ex-div. S2A
Am. Tel & Tele. 1868
Am. Wooden So
Am. Zinc is
Alaska Gold 1A
Att. Gulf & W. Indies 113
Atch- T. & S. Fe IS
Anaconda Copper 639s
Baldwin Loco. 1914
Baltimore & Ohio 521k
Bethlehem Steel "B" S1A
Brooklyn Rapid Trans. SO
Butte e. Sup. 1871
Canadian Pacific 146A
Cen. Leather Co. II
Chi, M. & st. Paul 38A
Chi. a Great. w. tx
Chi, R. L. & Pac. pfd A. 81
Chi, R. I. C Pac. pfd. B. 55A
Chile Copper 16
Chino 4316
Chesapeake f& Ohio 54R
Col. Fuel & Iron 393s
Corn Products S31s
Crucible Steel 63A
Cuban Cane Sugar SO
Distilleries Securities 4OA
Erie 15k
General Electric 14O
General Motors 117s4
Goodrich Co. 423
CT. Northern Pfd. 9O%
Ct. Northern Ore 285s
Inspiration Copper 45%
International Nickel 28B
marlborough Cons. 81
Inter. Mer. Marine 2916
Inter. Mer. Marine Pfd. SO
International Paper SO
Kennecott Cop. 80
Maxwell Motors 20
Mex. Petroleum 93H
Midvale Steel 4515
Missouri Pacific 225s
Miami Copper 81 4
Nevada Cons. 1873
Nat. Enameling 525s
Northern Pacific IS
N. Y, Ont. & West. 201!
Pittsburgh Coal 57H
Pressed Steel Car 6OR
Ray Cons. 23%
Reading 76
Repub. Iron & Steel 78A
Ry. Steel Spring So
Sinclair Oil 34%
| Southern Pacific S63s
! Southern Railway 23%
Southern Railway Pfd. 58K
Studebaker Cor. 50K
Texas Copper IT
Texas Oil 154%
Tobacco Products SAY
Union Pacific 121
United Cigar Stores "a
U. s. Ind. Alcohol 121A
U. S. Steel 90
U. S. Smelter Pfd. SO
| Wabash Pfd. B. AZ
West. Union Tel. 90Z
Westinghouse Electric All.
WHY'S Overland 1873
U. S. Government Bonds,
Liberty 3As 97.9
Liberty As 96.9
I
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26

Having promised to apologize for
their crimes, the Germans proceed to
say that if they have done anything
they should be sorry for, they are
glad of it
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26

Being fervent1y exhorted to rise in
the world, a good many boys have
determined to emulate the SIS a week
telephone operator who tried to bor-
row $50, 0O0, 000
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26

much coal in his Office this winter as
he has been in hot water all the time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26

Our idea of a soft snap is not try
ing to nurse Theodore Roosevelt the
first day he gets down stairs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26

ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-26
PATENTS
A. M. WOOSTER

Late Examiner U. S. Patent Office
Ills MAIN STREET, BRIDGEPORT
Send for booklet on patents
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-17
Next Ten MOndQuS
ToBeHoHddysALso
OrderOf FuelAdministrator, AbbroU-
ed by President, Comes Like
Bolt Out of Clear Sky
Full Te1tof Order Not Yet Ready for
Pubhcdtton---EUen Munitions
Plants Are Included


fuel
shortage and
in
charitable
strictly
MONDAYS AS HOLIDAYS
business activity including
end office budnss shall obser" holiday 2unday conditions
Sunday basis Mondays beginning January 2 and ud
March selling
ill the heats Mondays and selling will
lowed
companies If they think
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-17
GARFIELD GOES
BEFORE SENATE
OF
INVESTIGATION
Action Suspended by Sen
ate Pending His Cross
examination
MADE NECESSARY
BY RAIL CONGESTION
Necessity For Moving
Ships Forced More
Drastic Action
CBy Associated Press.)

Washington, Jan. 17.-Fuel Ar
ministrator Garfield was asked today
by the senate coal investigation
committee to appear at 1880 o'clock
today for examination regarding his
order.
DR.. Garfield went before the COM
mittee shortly after o'clock and
told his reasons for issuing the or
der. The fuel and railroad situation,
he said, made the action imperative.
Senator Reed said he would ask
the senate to postpone action on the
Hitchcock resolution until his COM
mittee had heard DR.. Garfield.
Senator Vardaman, another MEM
Der Of the committee asked Senator
Reed to do this.
1T is unfair to Garfield" he said,
"to pass this resolution without
giving him an opportunity to explain
his reasons for the order"
'"The purpose of the order" said
Dr. Garfield, is not to interfere
in the slightest degree with the load
ing of coal at the mines. This is
made clear in the amplification of
the abstract"
A modification decided on this
morning, DIR. Garfield said, put all
in the preferential list on
an equal basis with no preference
shown to any one class.
DIR. Garfield said that the plan was
to permit certain war Industries to
operate despite the order.
Shipbuilding, he said was one Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-17
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF WAR

While German newspapers report
a resumption of the peace neaotia-
tions at Brest- Litovsk official con-
firmation is lacking. The result Of
the conference in Berlin also is un-
certain.
II is assumed in London that the
hurried meetings of military and
political leaders in Berlin did not
result in any definite change OF
peace policy
In Russia the BolsheVik govern
ment is faced with the meeting of
the constituent assembly on Friday
and with the oarryina out of a
threat of war made against Ru-
mania. Premier Lenine has de-
manded that the Rumanians release
in twenty four hours BolsheVik SOL
diers now under arrest with the al
tentative of military measures by
the BolsheViki.
OPENING of the constituent as
sembly has been put off from time
TO time by the BolshsViki since the
elections resulted unfavorably 60 the
LaniRe government. Central of the
assembly is in the hands Of Social
ReVoutionlsts whose leader an
HouWce6 WhaT Gne Assembly, ~ con-
vensd, will appeal for an inter-a al
lied conference to discuss an inn
mediate democratic peace on the
basis of the statements Of President
Wilson and Premier Lloyd George.
Military operations on the west
ern front are confined to the usual
raids and artillery duels.
British merchant shipping losses
show a marked decrease from the
two previous weeks, submarines
having accounted for six vessels of
more than 1900 tons and two of less
than that tonnage the last week, as
compared with n ships, including 1a
of more than 500 tons, in the re-
ports of both Jan. 9 and Jan. 2.
French losses increased from one in
the previous week to six, including
five of more than 1900 tons during
the week ending Jan. IS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-01-17
SUSPEND INDUSTRY FOR TIVE DAYS TO SAVE COAL
Submarine CrewS
At Kiel Muti1u

London, JAN ia munity among submarine
crews at the German naval base of KeI January is
reported in Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Geneva Thirty eight officers are said to have been killed
The Geneva dispatch quotes advices received there
from Basel giving details concerning the mutny. 1t is
said to have been begun by submarine crews and sub
sequenty to have spread to portions of the sta
toned at Kiel.
Some of the who joined in the attack on the of
cers took part in the earlier mutiny at Kie the dis
patch reports. 1t adds:
Although the mutiny was local. it shows that Ger
man naval men dissatisfied especially in the sub
marine service as the number of boats returning to
German ports is decreasing every month"