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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
THE TIMES: SEPTEMBER 12. 1918

proving the house and surroundings
 Diphtheria of the malignant type appeared in town last week, the vic rirns being Miss Myrtle Warner and Miss Elizabeth Duncan. The former has been in very serious condition but is now improving.
 Thanks to the efforts of W. C. Sanford the draft registration today (Thursday) is taking place at the town house instead of at Bethel as was first planned. The work is in charge of. Town Clerk J. B. Sanford, who was aided by number of assist ants. and arrayed to Lave Georgetown approved as a. sub-regtstration sta ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
Inspects Wireless
 on Incoming Ships

A. L. Wycoff formerly P. B. K. installer in Bridgeport, in the uniform of Uncle Sam's Navy. Wycoff is now stationed in New York city where he inspects the wireless outfits of in coming and outgoing ships. In letter to a friend in Bridgeport, he says he likes the Navy very much and especially likes 10 work to which ] he is now detailea He writes that ! the food is good and this, with the i regular hours imposed as a part of the discipline, has made him gain several pounds in weight.
 . Wycoff is fortunate in having MT Schaefer. formerly of the A. T. & T | Co, in New Haven. for a working
 mate. They met while training al Pelham Bay and have been together
 since.
 Wycoff says that much to his dis appointment he probably will not b, given any overseas service. The worl
 he is doing on this side he expect
 will be a permanent detail for him
 although he would like to get neare to the action on the other side.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
ATTENDANCE IN
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUCH INCREASED
Figures Show That Gain of 1868 Pupils Has Been
 Made.

The school registration this year has already exceeded that of last, accord ing to figures made public today by Supt Slawson. The superintendent said that before the month is over he expects about 22OOO children to at tend the Bridgeport schools. : This years registratoin is as fol- lows:
 Prospect, S25; Jefferson, $50; Elias Howe, 752; Longfellow and Jackson, | 1907; Maplewood, 1,155; Washington, S26; Grand, S65; Columbus, 594; Web ster, 532; Shelton, 7SS; Island Brook, lsS; Huntingdon, 2s6; Staples, 5S4; | Barnum. BIO; Garfield, 59i; Kossuth, r95; WaNersville, 1901; Franklin, SIS; i Lincoln, 1,15O; Summerfeld, 766; Roger | ST e,-man. 424 Mckinley, 636; Black | Rock, 662; Sheridan, 29O; Bryant, 045; Whittier, 546; Read, 7o9; Hall, 5%S; Madison, 55S: High school, 1870; Pre- vocational, 357.
 Last years school registration was 2o2O7. The incomplete figures for this
 year are 21,575, an increase of 1888.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
BRITISH MARINES TAKE TRENCHES
 ''OvER THERE''

London, Sept. 12-British marines have taken over a section of the front line trenches in France, the British admiralty has officially announced.
 With British and American marines now in the line it is interesting to re- call that this is not the first time that the two forces have fought side by side.
 One of the bas reliefs of the splen- did memorial to the Royal Marine Light Infantry in St. James Park tells the story. It shows an American officer leading a party of British ma rines in a gallant attack. The text explains that the charge took place on the night of July 23, 1900, during the defense of Picking.
 Official records tell more. They re- late that the Chinese had dug a sap leading to within 25 yards of a barri- cade held by the Allies and at the end Of the sap had built a tower from which they could fire at the defend- CTS It was necessary to capture the tower and the sap and the forces
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
III-Timed Comment,

Dean Ingo's suggestion at Oxford that St. Paul instructed women to cover their heads in church out of con- sideration for the feelings of the an- gels" recalls Sir Henry Brackenbury's story of that apostles limited knowl- edge of the sex, as expounded by a famous Brighton clergyman. After de tailing the suffcrings of St. Paul by shipwreck. imprisonment, etc, the preacher added, while his own wife sat immediately below the pulpit :: "But St. Paul never had the greatest trial to which man can be submitted, for he was never married"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
WILLIAM WESLEY ALLEN

The funeral of William Wesley AL len was held from the late residence at 699 Brewster street at 2:30 this aft ernoon. Rev. Douglas Pierce officiat- ed and interment was in Lakeview cemetery. MT. Allen died from in
 juries received in an automobile acci- dent at Devon last Monday. Besides
 his widow he is survived by two sons, Everett and Philip. He was mem Der of Rising Sun lodge of Providence A. F. & A. NJ, and also a member ot l the Moose and Shepherds of Bethle- | hem.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
Coal Dealers Are
 Under Suspicion

The Fuel Board suspects that de- , tiveries of anthracite coal to custom toners have been made in excess of the regulations adopted by the mem- bers of the board. Two coal dealers are said to be under suspicion. If , regulations laid down are disregarded it is likely that there VIII be an ex- treme Difficulty for those dealers to ? get thier supply, or even necessary amounts, unless they are able to show : that they keep up rigidly the require ments.
 1 Statements have been made that industrial plants in this city receive
 coal for the purpose of hauling it up for the winter. As such conditions 1 are liable to cause Q great shortage
 of coal, it is stated that such acts
 will be investigated by the board i'm,
 mediately.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
New Hydraulic Air Compressor.

A novel hydraulic air compressor, designed for operation by water under a head of 200 or 300 feet, has two large vertical cylinders, from which the air is forced by the direct pressure of the water. When the air of one cylinder has been driven into the hori- Zontal tank, a two-way valve auto- matically releases the water and turns the pressure into the other cylinder, making action continuous.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
Flowers on Mountain Tops.

It is known that upon many of the summits of the high mountain ridges of the Hawaiian islands, in the re- gions of heavy rainfall, are open hogs which support a peculiar and interest ing flora, Many species form more or less hemispherical tussocks which rise above the general level of the bog. A showy lobelia with numerous large cream-colored flowers as much as three and half inches long, peculiar violets and a sundew are found there.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
PERSONAL TAX
 CASE CONTINUED

John Banks, of SIT Howard avenue, was before the city court today charg- ed by Patrolman Clifford N. Gorgas with non-payment of personal tax. Judge Wilder continued the case un- tii tomorrow. This is the first ar Taignnent for the non-rayment of , taxes in a long while and considerable Interest was aroused because it prob ably foreshadows an active campaign against the large number of tax dodg- CTS on the list in this city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
Tunnels Made by Ants.

Every one has observed trees that have been hollowed out by ants and it is apparent that their biting powers are equal to working in the hardest woods. In tunneling, ants are expert, and authentic cases are known of their itunneling under ditches and streams. Indeed a South American ant is said to have excavated tunnel under the bed of the Parahyba river at a place where it is as broad as the Thames at London bridge.-W. L. McAtee, in the American Museum Jouranl.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
LIEUTENANT HOWARD HULL

Funeral services for Lieutenant Howard Hull were held this afternoon at the home of his parents, 1217 Iran istan avenue. Rev. William Wallace Rose officiated. and many of his friends attended to do honor to the young man who gave his life in the service of his country Interment will take place tomorrow at Killingworth Conn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
YeW Trees Lonnest Lived.

None of the native trees grow to such an age as the old-fashioned yew. Yew trees exist now that are known to be over 2,00O years old. Oaks run the yew closely in the race for age, and several have lived 1,5O0 years, it is claimed. Chestnuts reach the age of 300 occasionally. and elms, which are not particularly long lived as trees go may see 300 before they die.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
JOHN FARNAN.

The funeral of John Farnan was held this morning from the Sacred Heart church at g o'clock. Rev Thomas Mooney celebrated the re- uuiem mass and music was by the church choir At the offertory Miss Katherine Lombard sang Ave Maria" and after mass Heaven Is My Home" There was a large number of floral offerings. The bearers were Robert Ward, John Clark, Patrick Donnelly, A. J. McKeon, J. U. McCann and Jo- seph McKenna. Delegations were present from fraternaI organizations among which represented Court Pe- quonnock of the Foresters Inter ment was in St. Michael's cemetery.
 The American Embassy in London denied the reports that President Wilson is to visit Europe.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
ALEXANDER LEVY

Alexander Levy died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs, F. A. Rantz, 370 Laurel avenue, at the age of 7S years. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon. Rabbi Abrams of the Park Avenue Temple, will conduct the services and inter ment will be in Israel cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
MRS. SAMUEL HAWLEY

The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Hawley. was held from her late home, PA Brooklawn avenue, this afternoon, The bearers were Charles Sherwood, I. W. Coggswell, George Edwards, W. P. Webster, John S. Pullman and R, I. Neithercut. Interment was in Mountain Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
WILLIAM A. DONLON.

William A. Donlon died early this morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Arthur Beauregard, AIS Smith street. MT. Donlon was employed by the N. Y, N. H. & H. R. R. as baggageman for the past Is years. Besides Mrs. Beauregard, he is sur vived by another sister, Mrs. John Nelson and a brother, Michael Don lon of Hartford.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
Recreation Board
 Ends Activities

Tie season of activities conducted 16y the Board of Recreation at Seaside parK will be closed until next sum- mer. The bathhouses are closed and Che dancing pavilion will not be used It had been decided to continue the dances during the winter months, but evidently the public did rot care for them as the attendance at the last danco was very smalll, so they will be discontinued.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12
OBITUARY
JOHN STEPLER.

John Stepler, infant son of 1oAn Stepler and Nellie Callahan, died at the home of his parents yesterday, ' Crescent avenue. The funeral was held this afternoon at o'clock and interment was in St. MichaePs ceme tery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12

The congressman are soon to go home for a months campaigning, be- heving their first duty to their coun- try is to get reelected
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-12

The boys who give up school pre- maturely to go to work this fall at high pay. will be the ones who in a few years complain that the boss is prejudiced and will not promote them.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01
SAME OLD STORY
 AND MAY BE SAME
 OLD SEAL AT THAT
CHINESE COME FORWARD WITH |. STATEMENT THAT FAMOUS GENERALS JADE SEAL OF THE MING DYNASTY IS FOUND IN
 BELLY OF DWELLER OF SEA
ORv Rerlew I.ensed Wlrel

PEKING. Aug. 30.-A jade seal be- longing to a famous general of the Ming dynasty was found recently in the belly of a fish. according to @ Chinese daily.
 A fisherman, living outside one of the city gates. caught a fish weigh Ing over fifty pounds When he dress ed it for sale. he found inside the jade sea. about half an inch square and one inch thick.
 The seal bears the name of Tsi Chi kuang. The letters are engraved in the Chuan style and are still legible. The finder did not know the value of the seal, and parted with it for a dol lar. The new owner took it to curiO experts and was assured that it was genuine. He sold it later to a foreign collector for 800.
 The. rare quality Of the jade and the engraving convinced the experts that it was the property of the great Gen. Tsi Chi-kuang. who flOurished in the later art of the Ming dynasty and whose deeds in the suppression of the Japanese pirates who infested the Chinese coast have rendered his name a household word
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01
ERICKSON GIVES OUT
 FUEL PRICES NOW IN
 EFFECT IN DISTRICT
MAYOR SETS FORTH AMOUNT THAT MAY BE CHARGED FOR BLACK DIAMOND AND EVEN EN- TIERS INTO DETAILS OF AR5I- TRATIoN ABOUT SACKS

Mayor Erickson. city fuel admins ira. yesterday received word from the state fuel administration to promul gate the following coal prices for the Warren district. effective from today until further orders: Gallup. N. M., coal. $14.3O per ton; S7.4O per half ton; @ so per quarter ton; 90 cents per 100 pounds. Colorado coal. $15.05 per ton: $7.9O per half ton; $40 per quar- ter ton; S1 per 100 pounds
 The order Mayor Erickson declared, originally came from Washington. They are arbitrary. and must be Ob- served. These prices do not include sacking and have nothing to do with the sacking of coal by dealers. But they make it necessary for the dealer 70 deliver coal in bulk at these prices. If coal Is already sacked and is hauled tO the house of the consumer in these sacks it can he poured from the sack into the bin or box or basement or upon the ground However if the consumer desires to buy the sack and thus retain the foal in this form for coal he may dn so. bargaining with the dealer for the sack at price upon which they may agree Rut he is not compelled to nurchase the sack. It is entirely optional
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01
ARIZONA RANKS
 AWAY UP AS WAR
 MEANS PRODUCER
Copper, Cattle and Cotton Are Three Essentials in Which State Is Gaining Prominence in Reports

The importance of Arizona as a war material producing state is signified by a recent statement by trade authori- ties that it is estimated that 97 1-2 per cent of the total American copper pro- duction is used for war purposes. The fact that Arizona produces over one third of the copper of the United States. and about 25 per cent of the copper of the world, emphasizes cop per as an essential industry.
 Recent reports of producers have indicated that the disposal of their product for war purposes averages approximately 95 per cent. The aver age monthly output of refined copper is acout 20O.0O0.O00 pounds; ;the 5 per cent remaining. therefore. would rep resent about 10000. 900 pounds avail able for normal consumption.
 Whatever needs exist for normal domestic manufacture, the actual de- mand of metal for this purpose is prac-
 n- f1h
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01
MANY DYNAMITE BONDS ARE FOUND IN JEROME

JEROME, Ariz.. Sept. 90.-Diego Balesteros, one of the four Mex jeans arrested below Camp Verde Wednesday morning and now held in the county jail at Prescott as sus- poets in the Harrison murder case. cached a suitcase containing nine homemade dynamite bombs under a dwelling house near the U. V. Exten- sion mine.
 A Mexican whose name is being withheld for his own protection has reported to the officers that he saw Balesteros place the suitcase where it was found by a small boy early Wednesday morning.
 Others Discovered
 Three other bombs have been dis covered. One was found by a boy Wednesday afternoon, concealed near water closet in the burden district The two others turned up late yes terday in the Rodriguez woodward only a short distance from the house where the downtown shooting starr ed at 1 o'clock last Monday morn in.
 The bombs, or grenades, were con densed milk and corn cans filled with dynamite and scrap iron. Each con tained two and a half sticks of giant powder which was surrounded by rusty bolts. rivets and nuts that evi- dently had been picked up on the 800 level at the United Verde A cap and a fuse that would burn about a minute was attached to each bomb.
 Tested Out
 One of the grenades was tested Wednesday evening, about dusk. by Under Sheriff John Robinson. Police Judge W. s. Adams, and one of the
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01
NOT ALL BUYERS ARE
UNLESS sUBsc PTIoNs CUT CLEAR THROUGH OUR LUXUR- IFS AND DEEP INTO OUR NEcEs- SITES, WE ARE ONLY DOING
 PART OF OUR DUTY BY NATION
(special to 1'he Rey-ew1


 DALLAS, Tex, Sept. 3o.-lf l were asked to frame a slogan for this Liberty loan campaign would suggest that we ask our selves and each other, "Are you in the war;"
 would not ask how much have you subscribed for a person may subscribe a hundred thousand dol lars and still be a mere onlooker. Unless our subscriptions cut clear through our lUNuries into our necessities, those subscriptions have only partial value. They buy guns, ammunition and help win the war, but they do not earn for us our self respect. They leave our souls untouched. They do us no good personally. To be actually in this war to make our selves worthy of the agony that is being suffered in our defense, we must go deeper than our bank ac- count. We must scar the self in us and let the iron burn deeper. Are you in the war?
 j. w. HooPEs,
 Federal Reserve Bank.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01
HOUSEWIFE SHOULD
 MIX HER SUBSTITUTES
 WITH WHEAT FLOUR
VICTORY FLOUR WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL ABOUT FIRST OF YEAR AND IN MEANTIME WOMEN SHOULD USE ONLY MIXED FLoURs FOR BREAD
Bv Peview Lrased EYire,

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.. Sept. 30.-Al- though a victory mixed flour, contain ing 20 per cent substitutes, mixed at the mill, will be available for cOnsum- CTS the coming year in as many places as it is economically possible, there will be some considerable amount of straight wheat flour sold throughout the country And when the straight wheat flour is bought with 20 per cent of the substitutes, every ounce of these substitutes should be mixed with the flour and should be used only for human consumption. according to an announcement issued today by the federal food administrator for Arizona.
 What the food administration de- sires to get into the minds of the housewives of the country is that they should take the 20 per cent substi- tutes and mix them with the straight flour for all purposes" reads the an- nouncement If the substitutes are not used in baking the housewife is not making war bread and she is not maintaining an economy in the con sumption of wheat.
 "In the new list of authorized sub- stitutes the breakfast foods have been eliminated. This was done with a view of driving home this particular phase of the problem. The food ad- ministration believes that it is patri- otic and right for every person in the United States to eat the same character of flour during the next 12 months as that eaten by the whole of the allied nations.
 "A mixture of barley flour or corn flour of the type that has been stan dardized makes as good bread as any clear wheat bread on earth, Herbert Hoover declared in Washington re- gently And he added that all sug- gestions that mixed breads have any dietetic damage inherent in them raises a laugh in Europe. Their bread has been mixed with as high as 75 per cent of substitutes including ev- erything from beans to potatoes as well as the cereals other than wheat, and there. have been no dietary diff culties in the populations"
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01

editors of the News. The test was made below the old graveyard. When the bomb went off it made a loud re port and tore up the rocky earth.
 Something went whiZzing over the heads of the experimenters, who were fully a hundred yards away from the bomb when it exploded They sup posed at the time that a rock had been thrown that distance Finally large limbs were torn off a tree ten or fifteen feet away from the explo- sion. This was also laid to rocks un- til a rusted rivet head was found on the exact spot where the bomb had set.
 Up to that time it was supposed that the bombs had been prepared to blow up buildings but the discovery of the rivet head caused Robinson to suspect that they were all lcaded with scrap iron and had been devised for throwing among crowds. Yester- day morning Robinson and Deputy Sheriff Billy Fitzgerald opened the nine bombs remaining at that time and in each they found fifteen or sixteen pieces of iron.
 Effective Weapons
 One of the grenades would have wounded or killed everyone within thirty or forty feet. Those wounded would probably have died of lockjaw as every single piece of iron was dirty and rusty.
 In the suitcase with the nine bombs that first came to light was certain on which the officers are still working. Important develop ments in the bomb plot may occur at any minute.
 The boy who found the suitcase
Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01
HONOR SYSTEM FOR SALES OF
 SUGAR NOW ON
Cards Are Abolished and Each Customer Will Be Put on Honor to Keep No More Than Weeks Supply

Effective today the sugar cards which have been used since the 1st of July are being abolished. Consumers arc now placed on what is known as the "honOr system" This does not in any way affect the allowance of sugar per person.
 The allowance continues as in the past two months at two pounds per person per month. A family of five persons is therefore entitled to ten pounds of sugar per month. Sales to families must not exceed one week s requirements at one time, or one fourth of their monthly allowance. Sa.es for the present will be limited to twC-pcund lots to city consumers. Below is given a copy Of the new form which consumers are obliged to sign before purchasing from their dealers:
 Date ..........-.. ....... City ........ Number in Family. ...-.
 Upon my honor I certify that this purchase of .. pounds of sugar is made upon the express understanding that there V II not be used in my household more than two pounds of sugar per person per month.
 l agree not to hoard sugar. I have not now and will not ar any time have in my household under my control more than weeks supply of sugar, based on a consumption of two pounds per person per month. except on spe- 'cial permission of the stata food ad- ministration. l agree to continue on this plan un-il the food administration ad, ,ises that the sugar situl.iO1 has heen relieved.
 Address .... ......-....... Retailer ..-. ..........
 Certificate MUST be returned by the retailer to the Central Clearing house. box 1O72. Douglas, Ariz-. at the close Of each week.
 It is understood at the time of sign ing this certificate that the consumer is practically without sugar. The deal CT is required to sign this card and forward it to the clearing house at Douglas. Ariz, where the certificates ara checked.
 Retail grOcers will be vita ly inter ested in the proper fulfillment of this pledge for the reason that their own stocks of sugar will be insufficient if their customers fail to comply and excessive quantities of sugar are given out to any one customer.
 AS consumers are now released from tho burden of the sugar card and the Ge ay in purchasing. they should wei come the honor system and cooperate in every way with the food administra- ti0u 10 make 1t a success
 Individuals should keep record of their purchases so as not to draw in excess of the amount allotted to their families Any surplus drawn would eventually be detected in the clearing house. and consumers can save them selves embarrassment by keeping their own records.