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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
ROLL OF HONOR
 SENT FROM THE FIGHTING FRONT
Washington, Dec. 12-Casualty lists

Washington, Dec. 12-Casualty lists furnished by the Commanding Gen eral of the American Army and made public today, contain 4,S87 names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 645; died of wounds, 1S8; died of ac- cident and other causes, 29; died of disease, S14; died of airplane acci- dent, 3; wounded severely, 1,642; wounded, degree undetermined. 83S; wounded slightly, 6S6 missing in ac- tion, 547.
 Bridgeport has 13 names in the casualty lists today. The state con tains 72 names divided as follows:
 Killed in Action. Frederick W. schade, New Britain. Guiseppi Di Nolle, Waterbury. Alphonso Cappuccio, New Haven. James c. Spencer, New Haven.
 Died of Disease.
 Donald G. Fraser, Norwtchtown. Emery G. Peterson, New Britain. Died From Wounds. Carmine De Francisco, Stamford.
 Wounded Severely.
 Joseph c. Miller, 236 Crescent avenue, Bridgeport. Herbert F. Flanagan, 36 Allen street, Bridgeport. Patrick A. Sullivan, Waterbury. Frederick D. White, New Haven. William J. Fortin, Hartford. Percy R. Columbia, Bristol. i Eugene VitaIe, 60 Fulton street Bridgeport.
 Carl A. Lfndquist, 52S State street Bridgeport.
 Allen J. Marsh, Winchester. Frank w. Parrish, 977 Maplewooi avenue, Bridgeport.
 Francis Hart, Stonington.
 Martin Kelly, Simsbury.
 John c. Shultheiss, Hartford. Gustave Kreiger, New Britain. Stenti Cwek, Terryville.:
 Amedo Fulli, Waterbury. Frank s. Rivers, Stamford.
 Andrew Vanacore, New Haven. Ernest Wood, New Haven.
 John Corliss, Stamford.
 William E. Brewer, New Haven. William Giimartin, Meriden.
 Zeronn J. Cobb, Bristol.
 Wladislow Drzonsc, New Britain. Vincentry Makarewicz, New Brit ain.
 Walter Ferris, New Preston.
 Patrick J. Meade, New Haven.
 Steben Vivostek, g Boston avenue Bridgeport.
 Wounded, (Degree Undetermined.) ) John Petite, 217 Lexington avenue Bridgeport.
 Edward G. Cobb, South Manchestel Alexander Roger, Hartford.
 James J. DiNartino, OakvilIe. Patrick J. Lillis, New Milford. Charles Mariners, Moosup.
 Edward P. Ryan, Ansonia.
 Wounded Slightly. ,1 Henry J. Sullivan, Hartford. Louis J. Herman, New Haven. John Mastro, Derby.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
THE TIMES: DECEMBER 12, 1918

James F. Stone, 421 Bishop ave- nue, Bridgeport.
 William J. Quigley, Portland. Joseph Sidlik, New Britain. Many Gabrillo, A HaIlett street, Bridgeport.
 Robert J. Daggart, Talcotville. Carl Ficken, Meriden.
 John J. Keane, Botsford.
 James L. Yacavone, Hocknum. Steve sIosar, 400 Putnam street, Bridgeport.
 Missing in Action.
 John J. Skelskey, Bristol.
 George Bachman, Sandy Hook. Robert S. McCowen, Brookf1eld. Lewis W. Cowles, Wolcott.
 Daniel J. Lyons, 1 Warren Court, Bridgeport.
 Carl H. Skibiski, Rockville. l Carmine Capellupo, Torrington. Chris T. Flaherty, New Haven. Francis, G. Swan, Hartford. Lawrence \. Chambers, 1855 Fair field avenue, Bridgeport. Adam Chormanski Ansonia. John P. O'Connell, New Haven. Adolph Haisben, 222 Davenport street, Bridgeport. Bruno Johnson, South Manchester
 Oswald A. Margelot, New Britain.
 Justin Stankovicas, Waterbury. Carlo Scaglio, Ridgefeld.
 Horace G. Stanland, Meriden.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
12 SPIES SHOT IN TOWER

London, Dec. 12.-During the war 12 spies were shot in the Tower of London, according to the report now current. Carl Hans Lody, who was at one time a resident of Omaha. Neb., was the first to be put to death.
 Two women spies were sentenced to death, but were reprieved, the sen- tences being commuted to long prison terms. One of the women, Lizzie Werthe, regarded as very dangerous, was tried in company with a man named Rowlands Rowlands was shot. The other woman spy was Eva De Bournouville, who is undergoing penal servitude for life.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Our ola friend Pro Bono Publico asks what has become of the boy that used to work for five cents an hour? We'll, he has grown up and owns a handsome house and two automobiles but his son won't do anything be- cause they only offer him $4 a day.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
GOVERNMENT PLANNING PROGRAM
 OF LABOR FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS
Schemes for Land Reclamation, National Projects and Land Grants Discussed Inducements to Be Offered to Men Who Are Willing to Take Up Agriculture, Farms to Be Sold on Easy Terms

with so slight a comparative loss of life, will not do less.
 There can be no surer insurance for the nation than to put its men upon the soil, and there can be no wiser investment that nation can make than to add to it's territory by taking from desert and waters and desolation land that is now useless"
 MT. Lane declared that in the United States there are more than 200, 100000 acres of waste land which can be made into farms.
 Appropriations of only a few mil lions are needed to start, said the Secretary. A bill for this purpose al- ready is pending in Congress, and President Wilson endorsed some leg islation of this kind in his address at the opening of the present session.
 The development need not be con- fined to states containing government land, said MT. Lane, citing cases of large unused tracts near eastern cities which would supply markets with farm produce.
 Turning to the question of provid- ing fuller education through the pub lie schools, particularly for the for gn-born, Secretary Lane said:
 Our war experience has taught us, among other things; the value of a strong national spirit, the vital impor- tance of national ideals, the impor- tance of ignorance, the dependence of this modern world upon skilled men and organizing ability, the need for and the possibilities that lie in, the extension of cooperative effort of all kinds.
 There can be neither educational unity or ideals or in purpose unless there is some common method of com munication through which may be conveyed the thought of the nation All Americans must be taught to read and write and think in one language; this is primary condition to thai growth which all nations expect of us . and which we demand of ourselves"
 The educational problem extends be-
 yond the state to the federal govern. ment, MT. Lane said, adding that ii
 the federal government would make the same kind of an offer to the states
 for the education of their illiterate.
 that it makes for the construction O. roads, 'fn five years there would bt , few, if any, who could not read ana write in this country"
 In concluding his report on the sub , ject of education, MT. Lane said: , T should like to see the day whel every child learned a trade while a , school, trained his mind and his hanC , together lifted labor into art by tn, , application of thought"
 The most recent and docile acces 2 sionS to the SIndaN snhnnl nrn ox
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12

We hereby give notice to our admir- ing friends, if any of them dare to give us a Christmas present consist ing of a s25 plush album with brass clasps and fooled leather cover, that the same has already been promised in advance to our favorite junk man.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12

When a disease epidemic can kill $50, 900 people in this country, it should be apparent that a place in the public health service is not a suitable reward for deserving politicians.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12

come home and get to earning money, as it will take a lot of treats to sat- isfy the girls, after these sweetless days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12

The most recent and docile acces- sions to the Sunday school are ex- Kaiser Bill and Son Willie.
 We all ~Iorv in our khaki uniforms, now 1t remains to be seen if we shall be equally proud of khaki overaIls,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-12

Are Paid $1 ,25O,OOO More This Year Than They Received Last Year
 There are 42OO men and women regularly in the em- ploy of The Connecticut Company
 Every of them is a public servant
 Every of them is expected to be ready at anv time hour of the day nighto give faithful service to the people.
 Recognizing that changing conditions had brought about increased cost of living Connecticut Company in creased the wages of its employees to such that annual payroll made $25OOOO greater Moormen and conductors receive average of S35O week more than they were pair prior to Nov. 1, 1918 This increase in has added to the burdens of The Connecticut Company which already overburdened
 Its expenses, all incurred in serving the public have mounted steadily and scared beyond it's income Service to the public must be maintained at 2 high standard and fares must be kept possible level How to keep up the standard of service and keep down the fare and at the pay it's bill is problem that the Company much concern
 The Connecticut Go.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-10-19

was no use, because every time said
a word it meant another swat over
the ear, so finally gave it up.
Then they drilled me across the
road to the officers quarters. There
were three officers there and each of
them asked me questions about all
kinds of things, but never once men
toned my running out of the bar
racks. Then they gave the sentries
some commands, and four of the SEN
tries took me out and over to the
barbed wire fence. There they tied
me, face to the fence, arms over my
head, and hands and feet lashed to
the wire, and with a rope around my
waist, too. / thought, then, that my
hunch had come true, and. that l
would be crucifed, like Murray and
Brown.
They posted a sentry there in addi-
tiOn to the regular guards, and every
time he walked past me he would kick
me or spit on me, or do both.
One time he kicked me so hard
that a prong of the barbed wire
gashed me over the left eye-the only
one / can see with-and when the
blood ran into my eye it blinded me.
1 thought both eyes were gone then,
and I hoped they would shoot me. It
seemed to me that had got my share
by this time without losing the other
eye, and if it was gone, wanted to
go too.
could not put up my hand to feel
where the prong had jabbed me, and
it kept on bleeding and smarting. I
had on practically no. clothing, you re-
member. The wounds in my thigh had
opened, and it was bitter cold and
windy. So you can picture to your
self how gay and carefree 1 was.
When I had been there for an hour
and half they united me from the
wire, and keeled over on my back.
They kicked me until 1 had to stand
up, but fell down again, and all the
kicking in Germany could not have
brought me to my feet. was just all
in. So they blew their whistles and
the sentries in the barracks awakened
two Of the boys, who came and carried
me in.
All the time the sentries were yell
ing, Scott strafe England" and
''schweinhund !" until you would have
thought they were in battle. What
their idea was I do not know.
The boys had little water in a
can, and one of them tore off part Of
the sleeve of his undershirt. So they
washed the gash and bandaged it.
Believe me, was glad when I could
see again. / was so tired and worn
out that I went to sleep at once, and
did not wake up until they were CIV
ing us our barley coffee next morn
ing.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-10-19
He chaIked on. the Door.


to anybody we wanted to, after whicE
he chalked on the door in big letters:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and told us it was the return address,
We were all surprised, and asked each
other where we were, because we had
thought we were in Neustrelitz. After
a while, we learned, that it means
"Prisoner-of- War Camp" At first
though, many of. us thought it was
the name of the town, and we got to
calling it the Brewery, because the
name ended in lager. Whatever beer
was brewed there was not for us
though.
I noticed that all the time he was
writing the word and. giving US the
stationery, the sentry was laughing
and having great time with his own
little self, but ! figured he was jusr
acting German, and that nothing was
important about it.
We were all tickled to death to get
a chance to let our people know where
we were, and each man thought a
long time about what he would say.
and who he would write to, before be
evek started to write. Each man want
ed to say all he could in the small
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-10-19
CHAPTER Xxx.
KuItur-the Real Stuff.


Neustrelitz was mainly for Russian
prisoners, and there were neither Brit
ish nor French soldiers interned there
only sailors Of the merchant marine
such as the men was with. The
Russians were given far worse treat
ment than any other prisoners. This
was for two reasons, as near as could
make out. One was that the Russian
would stand most anything, whereas
the British and French could only be
goaded to a certain point, and beyond
that lay trouble. The other reason
was that the Russians sent German
prisoners to Siberia, or at least, SO the
Huns thought, and Fritz hates the
cold. So, hating the Russians, and
realizing that they were used to be-
ing under-dogs, Fritz picked on them
and bullied them in way that the
rest of us would not have stood. We
would have rushed them and gone
west with bayonets first.
The barracks were made Of spruce,
and were about ninety feet long and
twenty-five feet wide, and you can
take 1t from me that as carpenters,
whoever made them were fine farm
ers. There were cracks in them that
you could drive an automobile through.
When we were there, each barracks
had stove in the center, good stove
and a big one, but at first it. was Of
no use to us, because the Germans
would not give us coal or wood for it.
But after shiyering for a while, we be-
gan ripping the boards out of the bar
racks, and taking the dividing boards
from the benches that we used for
beds.
Later. they gave each of us mat
tress filed with wood shavings, and
blanket that about as warm as
pane. Of, glass. The mattresses were
placed on the ground in the barracks,
which were very damp, and after three
or four days, the shavings would be-
gin to rot and the mattresses to smell.
In order to keep warm we slept as
close together as we could, which
caused our various diseases to spread
rapidly.
When we were receiving our rations,
the sentries would offer us an extra
ration if we would take lash from
their belts. We were so hungry that
many and many a man would go up
and take swat in any part Of his
booy from the heavy leather belts
wiIn brass tongue and buckle, just to
ger little more shadow" soup or
Barley coffee or mud bread.
Go be Continued NIX We2E9
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-10-19
CHAPTER XIX.
German Prison Camps.


A few days after had been leshed
to the barbed wire fence some Of the
German officers came to the barrac acks,
and one of them who spoke very good
English said: GAIL Of the neutrals who
were on unarmed ships step out"
Only a few stepped out.
Then he called for all the neutraIs,
and the Danes, Swedes, Norwegians,
Brazilians and Spaniards stepped out.
But when I did, he said, "No, not
Americans. Americans are not neu-
tral. America supplies our enemies
with food and ammunition" He raised
his fist, and thought he was going to
hit me, but instead he gave me
shove that caused me to fall and get
little cut on the head. Then the
sentries pushed me over with the
British and the French.
After that they took the Norwegi-
ans, Swedes and Danes to separate
barracks, and gave them clothes and
beds and the same rations as the Ger
man soldiers. When I saw this 1
made kick and said was neutral,
too, and ought to get the same treat
nent as the Scandinavians. They took
me to the officers again, kicked me
about and swOre at me, and the only
answer got was that America would
suffer for all she had done for the al
lies. Then was sent back to the bar
racks again.
The next day at about one o'clock
they took us from the barracks and
drilled us through the swamps. The
men began to fall one by one, some
crying or swearing, but most of them
going along without word. Those
who went down were smashed in the
head with rifle butts or belts.
Finally we arrived at a little rail-
road station, and had to stand in the
snow for over an hour while the en-
gine ran up and down the tracks hook
ing on cars. When we finally got in
the cars we were frozen stiff. I could
hardly walk, and some of the boys
simply could not move without intense
pain.
They loaded twelve men into each
compartment, and detailed guard Of
six men to each car. The windows in
the cars were all smashed, and every
thing about the cars was dirty.
Finally the train stopped at town
named Alt-Damm, and there was a
mob of women and children around,
as usual, ready for us with bricks and
spit. They stoned us through the car
windows, and laughed and jeered at,
us, but by this time we were SO used
to it that we did not mind much. Only,
every now and then some fellow
would get all, he could stand, and
either talk back or. make a pass at
somebody. Then he would get his
either bayonet through the arm or
leg, or a crash or the head with a gun
butt.
After an eighteen hour ride, with
out food or drink, we arrived at, Neu-
strelitz. It was raining as we pulled
81. AS we went up the grade to the
town we could see lights about a mile
away, and we figured that that was
the camp. The rain stopped and we
remained in the cars for some time.
Then, after q while, we knew our Dew
guards were coming; long before we
could see tho.n. we could hear tn@
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-10-19

space he had, and we wanted to let
our friends know how badly they were
treating US without saying it in so
many words, because we knew the
Huns would censor the letters, and it
would go hard with anyone who COM
planned much. So most of the men
said they were having great time
and were treated very well, and spread
It on so thick that their friends would
figure they were lying because they
had to.
One fellow had an idea that was
better than that, though. He had been
in Jail in Portsmouth, England, for
three months, for beating up con-
stable, and he had had a pretty rough
time. So he wrote a pal of his that
he had been captured by the Ger
mans, but that everything was going
along pretty well. In fact, he said,
the only other trip he had ever been
on, where he had better time, was
the three months vacation he had
spent in Portsmouth two years before,
which he thought the friend would re-
member. He said that trip was bet
ter than this one, so the friend could
hgure out for himself how pleasant
this one was. Everybody thought this
was a great idea, but unfortunately
not all Of us had been in Jail, so we
could not all use it. Which was just
as well, we thought, because the Ger
mans would be suspicious if all of us
compared this vacation with others.
A few of the men did not have any
body they could write to, and some did
not know their friends addresses, so
they would write letters to friends of
the other men, and sign it with the
friends nickname.
AS soon as a man had finished his
letter, he had to go out to the center
of the camp, where they had built a
raised platform. There the sentries
took the letters, and the men formed
around the square. There were off,
GERS on the platform reading the let
ters. We thought they read them
there in the open, before us, so that
we would know they were not tamper-
ing with the letters and we thought
the heaven would fall if they were
getting SO unkultured as that.
Finally, all the men had finished
their letters and turned them over to
the officers, who read them. And then
we saw why the sentry laughed.
The officers tore up every one Of the
letters. They were anxious that we
would see them do it, so none Of us
would have any hope that our friends
would get word.
But we said to ourselves that, if it
was information they wanted, they had
as much as was good for them, which
was none at all, because do not think
one letter in the bunch had single
word of truth in 1t. But we were all
very angry and pretty low after that,
because it showed the Huns still had
plenty Of kultur left, after all, and we
knew there was rough shedding ahead
Of us. Also, some of the men were
sore because they had wasted their
time thinking up different ways of tip
ping their friends off to the real state
of affairs, and all for nothing. Why
they should worry about time, I could
not see. Time was the only thing we
had plenty Of, and for one; thought
we were going to have still more Of it.
Going back to the barracks we tried
to sing "Pack Up Your Troubles" but
there was not much pep in it. We
were not downhearted, though; at
least, we said we were not.
The Arizona copper camp., 1918-10-19

SYNOPSIS.
APTER I-Albert N. Depew,. author
story, enlists in the United States
serving. four years and attaining
ank of chief petty officer, first-class
APTER 1.-THE great war starts
after he is honorably discharged
the navy and he sails for France
a determination to enlist.
APTER III-He joins the Foreign
pa and is assigned to the dreadnaught
Rrd where his Workmanship wins
high honorS.
APTER IV-Depew is detached from
MP and sent with regiment of the
pm. to Flanders where he soon finds
ELF in the front line trenches.
APTER Vile is detailed to the ar
y and makes the acquaintance of the
the wonderful French guns that
saved the day for the allies on many
-tleheId. Before seeing any action, he
dered back to his regiment in the
line trenches.
APTER VI-Depew goes "over the
fight.
APTER Willis company takes part
nother raid on the German trenches
shortly afterward assists in stopping
rce charge of the Huns, who are
ed down as they cross No Mans
HAPTER VIII-Sent to Dixmude with
tches, Depew is caught in a Zeppelin
but escapes unhurt.
APTER IX-He is shot through the
in brush with the Germans and
fnt to a hospital, where he quickly
Fers. :,
[APTER X-Ordered back to sea duty,
W rejoins the Cassard, which makes
ral trips to the Dardanelles as con-
The Cassard is almost battered to
8 by the Turkish batteries.
fAPTER XI-The Cassard takes part
any hot engagements in the memoir
Gallipoi campaign.
[APTER XII-Depew is a member OF
hiding party which sees fierce fighting
pc trenches at Gallipoli.
+APTER XIII-After an unsuccessful
eh raid, Depew tries to rescue t--H
hded men In No Mans Land, but botn
Petore he can reach the trenches,
HAPPIER XIV-Depew wins the
K de Guerre for bravery in pas
Through a terrif &C fire to summo',
to his comrades in an advanc
HAPPIER XV-On his twelfth tr
he Dardanelles ne is wounded in
bl engagement and, after recover
in hospital at Brest, he is dir
Fged from service and sails foI
/ York on the steamer Georgia.
|HAPTER XVI. - The Georgia
tured by the German raider
eve. Depew, with other survivor
taken aboard the Moewe.