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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-15
STOCK MARKET

New York, Feb. 15.-Opening.-
Railroads and shipping are again in
active demand at the opening Of to-
days stock market, scoring averages
gains of a point. Equipments and war
issues kept pace with the movement
elsewhere, There was urgent short
covering in numerous specialties, in
Guiding oils, tobaccos, Central Leather,
American Sugar and American Smelt-
ing. First gains were substantially
extended before the end of the first
half hour, Union Pacific, Reading and
United States Steel featuring the ad-
vance.
Noon-Investment stocks dominated
the morning session, higher grade
railroads., especially Pacific and coal
ers, displaying great strength Steels
and allied equipments also made
further improvement with metals
petroleums and specialties. The only
noteworthy exceptions were General
Motors and American International
Co.,. which broke four and two points
respectively. Realizing for profits
caused slight reactions at noon. Lib
erty bonds were extremely active and
strong, the S1ss selling at 9S.14 to
$3.50, the first As at $3.50 to 1922,
and the second As at 96.08 to 95.12.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-15
NOTICE.
Assessments for the Bartlett street
layout, from Thorme Street to
Golden Rod Avenue.

Assessments for the Bartlett Street
layout, from Thorme Street to
Golden Rod Avenue
In compliance with the votes taken
by the Common Council at meeting
held January Z, 1918, the following
report of the Board of Appraisal of
Benefits and Damages was adopted
and the assessments confirmed rela-
tive to the Bartlett street layout, from
Thorme street to Golden Rod avenue,
as ordered by the Common Council on
the 4th day of September, 1917.
We estimate and appraise to the
following persons the several sums set
opposite their respective names, as the
amount of damages by them received
and sustained respectively, by said
persons over and above the special
benefits by them respectively receiv-
ed therefrom, to wit:
Frederic A. Bartlett $500 90
Gertrude S. Terry 1000 90
Edgar B. Bennett and
Mary E. Bennett . 800 90
j cseph Stoehr 500 90
And estimate and appraise to the
| following persons the several sums set
opposite their respective names, as the
amount of benefits by them received
respectively by said persons over and
above any damages by them respec-
lively sustained therefrom, to wit:
City OF Bridgeport $5,40O 90
And we also estimate. ascertain and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-15
# MEN SENT TO
new HAVEN FROM
THIS CITY TODAY

The local recruiting station for the
United States navy sent IL men TO
New Haven this morning to be fur-
Their examined for service prior to be-
ing sent to the training station at
Newnort. The quota Sent this morn
ing represents the number of men en-
listed here about three weeks ago. AS
the ranks of the navy are pretty we'll
filed the state of Connecticut Is only
allowed to enlist IL men each week
and others that apply are held await
ing the time when they can be sent
into training.
Those sent to New Haven this
morning were: william III. Hull, Jr'
Charles II. Bray, Clan S. ShercromOre'
John Du Oak, Joseph T. Breeche!e'
John stephen Yaroschak, John r.
C1en. John Van Deyenter, Sylvid Gin
Use. William Panger. One other man
1vbose name the officers at the recruit
Sne station failed to get went with tne
porty. nro,,-az
C~bief Boatswaan Mates T. MaDoney
and George ]. Garrigan VINO are IL
CHARGE of the local station, nave re
ceived a large number of folders APP
healing for binoculars for tine navy
which viii be distributed at the Va[l-
o,,s theatres this evening where tne
fo1r-rninute men will ADDRESS Une
audiences on Eyes for the NAVY
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-15
NOTICE.

An Ordinance Relative to the Police
Department
In compliance with the votes taken
by the Common Council of the City
of Bridgeport, at meeting held Feb.
IL, 1918, the following ordinance was
adopted to wit:
Be 1t Ordained by the Common
Council of the City of Bridgeport:
Section THE Board of Police
Commissioners is authorized and en-
powered to appoint one lieutenant and
four patrolmen to membership in the
police department in addition to the
number heretofore authorized by or
dinance.
Section 2-The duties and compen-
sation of such additional members
shall be the same as heretofore pro-
vided by ordinance for members OF
the police department.
Adopted: February II, 1913
Approved. February IL, 1919
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-15
NOTICE.

An Ordinance Amending an Ordinance
Relative to the Clerks in the
Town Clerks Office.
In compliance with the votes taken
by the Common Council Of the City
of Bridgeport, at meeting held Feb
ruary 4, 1918, the following ordinance
was adopted to wit:
Be it ordained by the Common
Council of the City of Bridgeport:
Section one of an ordinance adopted
December 4, 1905, entitled IAN Ordi=
nance Relative to Clerks and Salaries
in the Town Clerks and Tax Collec-
tors Offices" as amended by an or
dinance adopted May 5, 1907, and as
further amended by ordinance adopt
ed February is, 1914, January 7, 1916,
July 3. 1915. January Is, 1917, and
February 10, 1917, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section /. That to assist him in
performing the duties of his office,
the Town Clerk may. with the APPROX
al OF the Mayor. appoint thirteen reg
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-15
SPECIAL NOTICES
EXECUTORS AUCTION
SALE
TOMORROW

Saturday Feb. 1e, beginning 10
o'clock. Furniture, furnishings and
effects. Estate of Lucy A. S. Cowd,
deceased, at her late residence, 3S043
Main St., near st. Vincent's hospital.
Parlor. living room, dining room, bed
room, attic and kitchen furniture,
carpets. linoleum, bedding. feather
bed. curtains, pictures. ice box, COM
bination range, invalid's chair, an
tques. mahogany bureaus, French or
namental mantle clock, vases, silver
bric-a-brac. etc. Morris B. Beardsley,
executor. Daniel P. Keane, auc-
ttOneer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-15
FRANK N. BENHAM
LAID TO REST IN
MOUNTAIN Grove

Attended by many men prominent
in banking circles in this city as well
as a large number of sorrowing rela-
tives and friends, funeral services, for
Frank N. Benham, for more than s.
years cashier at the First-Bridgeport
National bank, were held this after
noon at o'clock at the bereaved res
idence, 29S Linden avenue. Rev.
William Horace Day, pastor of the
United Congregational church, con-
Quoted the services. Many beautiful
floral tributes were in evidence. The
pail bearers were Judge NJ. B. Boards
ley L. B. Curtis, W. ]. Grippin, George
Comstock, w. F. Wheeler and H. H.
Rennell. Burial was in Mountain
Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-15
POSTPONE ARGUMENTS.

Possibility Of settlement OF the
dispute between the Maxim Munitions
CORPORATION and the Remington
Arms-u M. C. Co. led to postpone
Inent of argument of a motion Tor
Judgment in default Of defendant TO
comply with an order of the court
ridge William M. Maltbie in the Su-
ner,or Court today extended the time
10 March 1. It was stated to the
court that effort to settle the dispute
Is in progress with prospects of sue
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determine that the following persons
will receive an equal amount of dam
ages and benefits in the premises,
Rose E. Kirk.
Adopted, January Z, 1918.
= Approved, February 5, 1918.
Attest:
J. ALEX. H. ROBINSON,
az City Clerk.
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TODAY'S WANTS

SHOE statesmen 10 extra for Sat
urday. Golden's, II Fairfield Ave.
a"
FOR SALE Singer sewing ma
chimes, tables and one electric
motor; good condition. Call Charles
Andriulo, 173 Church st. B l5 DIP
FIRST SPIRTTUALIST CHURCH, 800
State St., Sunday at $3.50. Circle of
knowledge" At 1880 the president,
Mrs. Eaton Barnes and Mrs.
Blanche Bernard speaker and mes
sage bearers. j 10 b.
FOR SALE family house, Carroll
Aye, bargain; family house, Nor
man St.; 2 family house, Maple
wood Ave-; 2 family house, North
Ave-; room cottage, Norman St. /;
s room cottage, Herkimer st. Wat
son, S3 Fairfield Ave. Warner
Building. asp
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ASHES REMOVED

ASHES taken away, rubbish removed.
Cellars cleaned to your entire salts
faction; also light trucking. Prices
reasonable. 1. Borenstein, sos
Dewey st. Barnum 1912 80.
B Is al
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ular assistants each at a salary at the
rate of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) per year.
This amendment shall take effect
April 1, 1918.
Adopted: February 4, 1918.
Approved: February Is, 1918.
Attest:
J. ALEX. H. ROBINSON,
a" City Clerk.
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RUSH TO TAX OFFICE.

A large rush of applicants to the
income tax office to file returns began
this morning, when the office opened
at o'clock. and continued until noon.
The past few days has been unusually
slow for the workers and they were
prepared and handled the large num-
Der of applicants in short time The
blanks which are to be used by the
corporations filing returns will be
mailed within then ext few days it
was stated at the Office today.
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Feb. Is, 1870 p. m.

Feb. Is, 1870 p. m.
Allis Chalmers 24A
Allis Chalmers Pfd. 1871
Am. Beet Sugar 70
Am. Car & Fdy. TAN
Am. Can 40
Am. Cotton Oil Co. BIZ
Am. Locomotive 62B
ON. Smelt & Re. Co., S4B
Am. Sug. Refg. Co ,1O6
Am. Tel. & Tele. 1855
Am. Zinc 16
Alaska Gold ~
Att GulfS& W. Indies 119A
Atch. T. & S. Fe S51s
Anaconda Copper 60
Baldwin Loco. 7O5k
Baltimore & Ohio SIX
Bethlehem Steel 'B" 78A
Beth. Steel $50 pr. 1913
Brooklyn Rapid Trans. 43
Butte & Sup. 1873
Canadian Pacific LAT
Calf. Petroleum 17as
Cen. Leather Co. 7OA
Chi. M. & st. Paul ASK
Chi. & Great W. Pfd. 21
Chi, r. I. & Pac. 2O%
Chi, R. I & Pac- P.fd. B 53k
Chile Copper 1913
Chino 43s
Chesapeake & Ohio SAX
Consolidated Gas 9O%
Col Fuel & Iron SO
Corn Products 34A
Crucible Steel 81
Cuban Cane Sugar S1A
DistiI1eries Securities Al
ETie 15k
General Electric 1874
General Motors 1891
Goodrich Co. AN
ct. Northern Ore 27h
Illinois Central 94A
Inspiration Copper As
International Nickel 27%
Interborough Cons. 81
marlborough Cons. Pfd. 44B
Inter. Harvester 1271S
Inter. Mer. Marine 25M
Inter. Mer. Marine Pfd. 97B
International Paper BIZ
Lackawanna Steel 78A
Louis. & Nashville 113A
Lehigh Valley 58h
| Maxwell Motors 20
Mex. Petroleum 90
Midva1e Steel ASH
Missouri Pacific %
Miami Copper BIZ
Mo. Kan.i& Texas 5
Nat. Enameling ASH
| National Lead Co. 52K
Norfolk & Western 1867
Northern Pacific IS
N. Y. Central II
N. Y, N. H. & H. 29M
Pittsburgh Coal 51%
Peoples Gas 46
Pennsylvania As
Pressed Steel Car 63A
Ray Cons. PAX
Reading 77B
Repub. Iron & Steel 77h
Ry. Steel Spring 54A
Sinclair Oil S7%
Sloss Sheffield & Iron ASK
Southern Pacific 85h
Southern Railway "a
Studebaker Cor. 50%
Tenn. Copper 15%
Texas Oil 151z
Tobacco Products SIS
Union Pacific 1879
United Cigar Stores 90
United Fruit 12SK
U. S. Ind. Alcohol 1875
q. S. Rubber So
U. S. Steel 961E
U. s. Smelter 46
Utah Copper 82H
Wabash Pfd. A. 425E
Westinghouse Electric Al II
Western Maryland 174
WHY'S Overland 1873
q. S. Government Bonds.
: Liberty 3hs 97.8
Liberty As 95,8
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-15
LADIES HAT REBLOCKING

OLD HATS of all kinds remodeled in
to newest spring styles. Have your
hats reblocked by experienced peo-
Dle and avoid disappointing results.
stone. Gas State St. B II ALL
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of Finance
New York Stock
Exchange Quotations

Reported over the private wires of
T. L. Watson & Co., Bankers and
brokers' corner Main and John streets,
Bridgeport, Conn. Members of New
York Stock Exchange.
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The coal famine is expected to end
within two weeks, Pennsylvania fuel
administration officials announce.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-20
HOUSTON'S APPEAL
 TO FARM PATRIOTS

department has suggested that an even greater area, 47,500,O00 acres, is de- sirable. The increased planting ask ed of each State has been carefully determined with regard to it's Iocal conditions and it's reasonable capabili- ties. Your county agent can tell you the quota assigned to your State, and you can apply the responsibility to your case.
 You have occupied and do occupy the first=line trenches of the food army. You have to fight difficulties, too. I am not unmindful of these. In the Department of Agriculture e con- slider them daily, and daily e give our best efforts to help meet them. You know of the difficulties in your community, but I know of them in l many communities of many States and so seriously do they impress me that 1 might almost consider them in. surmountable had not American far mers lasty ear, and again this year revealed the true American fighting spirit and ability to meet serious sit. nations. They will not let the world l fail because of deficient food produc. i ton.
 Let us SOW literally for a big har. vest in 1919. It has been called the Liberty Wheat Harvest. We all hope it will be. But let us undertake the task with the determination that wt will sweat our blood for many more If need be before we yield one measure of our freedom to Prussian domina. | ton. Let us fight in the furrows,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-20
AMERICAN DRIVE
 PROVES ABILITY
 IN MILITA AIRY WAY

The superbly organized drive by the American forces at the St. Mihiel sa- nent gives for the first time a chance tos estimate American military ability oniadarge scale. We have previously had abundant demonstration of the force and spirit of the individual sol dier, and of small units. Now we begin to see what will happen when all this individual force is organized in a great drive.
 The German drives of March 21 and May 27 had to sweep over no such rough, hil1y and wooded ground as this, offering every chance for de- fence. The Hun drives won out by concentrating enormous forces over sectors of the line 50 or more miles wide and the nurdber of trained American soldiers is not yet great enough for that. No offensive over an equal length of line and working against equal difficulties ever made So rapid progress. Early in the wal French fought nobly to regain thi coveted terrain, but the task was tot much for them.
 American capacity for quick, de termined, forceful action has swep away these Boche defences that weri able to stand any previous shocks il
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ried the war on to foreign soil. If the war were now carried to Czech soil, he declared, no German would regret it. The next step, in his opin- ion, is for Germany and Austria to take all possible measures against the formation of a Czech-Slovak or Jugo- slav state. As the artisans of great CT Germany, the ministers of the state must reduce these Slavs and dismem- Der them. Not until the Slavs are wiped off the face of Eastern Europe, will Germanys hopes be realized.
 And when that time comes," said Deputy Wichtl, there will no longer be two states, but only one great Ger many. It will be one big German house, where only German will be spoken, only German ideas thought, and German battles fought. Then we shall wage a new war. We shall de- liver three mighty blows by forcing our way to America, subduing the whole Orient, and establishing Ger man power over Japan and China!"
 The dispatches say that WichtPs speech was interrupted with tumul- tuous approval, applause and cries of "He is rigiht!! Listen to him!" The incident is significant because it shows the way pan-German ideas have been sowed even in such remote places as the mountain towns of Styria.
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on the western front, it was stated that the counter thrusts of the Ger mans against the British were the ''spasms of reaction" and that noth- ing in all probability now will stop the gradual motion of the three na-. tions toward their objectives. The whole line from sYpres to the Vosges now is advancing.
 One officer said that there had been no let-up in the drive covering more than 400 miles of front since the Americans and French turned back the Germans at the Marne
 The Allies and Americans, by theirt almost exhaustless reserve of man-s power, thus have been enabled to1 keep up the counter offensive, but ins addition, they have forced the Ger-s mans to keep on fighting with the purpose of obliging them to utilize their reserves to the last man.
 The consequence of this policy in- evitably will be. he said, that when. the Germans retire beyond the Hin- denburg line to possibly stronger en- trenchments, there will be neither men nor morale to make the en- trenchment effective
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WIVES OF MEN IN |OvERSEA SERVICE WILL BE NURSES

Hartford, Sept. 20-There is one place in the Army School of Nursing open to wives of men in overseas ser vice, the place being that of hospital assistant. Married women are other wise ineligible for the Army School of Nursing. Positions as hospital as sistants are also open to single wom- en, not eligible to the Student Nurse Reserve because they are over the age limit, 35 years.
 A hospital assistant is an aide to assist in the work of the hospital | that does not require professional training, though she will be given such training as is necessary to make her valuable in the work she will be | called upon to do. This training will i involve course covering a period | of six weeks in elementary nursing and hygiene, first aid to the injured and dietetics, provided the applicant has not already completed one of the l courses given by the Red Cross.
 l The hospital assistant will not be sent into overseas duty nor into the army hospitals in which regular tra1n- i ing school units will be established
 but into the military hospitals in which the convalescent soldiers are | quartered for reconstruction work
 Married women are eligible for the
 position of hospital assistant if their
 husbands are in overseas service and they are between 21 and 40 years ot
 age. They must be in gooo pnystca, 1 condition, of good moral character
 and be graduates of high schools ol
 present an acceptable equivalent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-20
ISOLATION OF TURK PURPOSE OF GREAT
 DRIVE IlJ BALKANS

Washington, Sept. 20-The opera tions on the Macedonian front are as suming new importance on the mili- tary map at the headquarters of the chief of staff here. The general ad- vance of the French, British and Ser bians through Macedonia and it's pur- pose were analysed yesterday by staff officers to mean:
 That the object of the tremendous activity on this long forgotten front is not the punishment of Bulgaria, but the isolation of Turkey. To enforce the maintenance by Germany of a large. army to assist Turkey and to keep Bulgaria in line.
 To force Turkey to abandon the greater part of her resistance to the British forces that have come up through Asia Minor to threaten Tur- key from that side.
 In it's broader aspect and linked up with the whole connected series of approaches to the German citadel at home the present fighting in Mace donia is perhaps the next important development after the exploits of the American field army at St. Mihiel. That is the opinion of one of the mem bers of the staff whose specially is the observation of the war as one unified plan.
 This official said. it was within the probabilities or early realization that i Turkey would throw up the sponge | This would be forced at the moment she was cut off from the German line ] of transportation, and it was evident | he said, that Germany no longer has 1 an army to send from the western front, nor can Austria send help, be- set as the dual empire is. l It is evident now, said this military l critic, that the British offensive which was directed along the Caspian Sea 1 but was halted near Baku, will put or new life and vigor as the British French and Serbian armies advance
 on the opposite side of the Ottoman
 empire.
 That the advance through Mace.
 donia will go on without checks o1
 any great importance is evident al. ready in official military opinion here
 by the unexpected cowardice of the Bulgarian troops.
 l Discussing the progress of the wal
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D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agricul- ture, has issued the following mes sage recently to the American farmer:
 You are asked to undertake another offensive-to go lover the top" this Fall for a great harvest of wheat in 1919. I need give only few figures and facts to impress you with the ln- creasing and urgent need of our peo- pie, our armies, the allied peoples and their armies for large supplies of American wheat.
 Our reserve supply or carry-over from the 1917 crop Is practically ex- hausted and is the smallest on record. The need of building up reserves of wheat Is evident. Although this coun- try produced 8 small crop of this grain in 1917, the total exports of wheat in excess of imports, including flour in terms of wheat, amounted to approximately 100, 100000 bushels for the year ended June 30, 1918. This is in comparison with 17S,000,000 bushels exported in 1917, 236,OOO, 900 bushels in 1916, and 331, ,000,00 bush els in 1915.
 It was possible for the United States to export wheat III large QudnlllleS III 1915 and 1916 only because of large wheat crops of 1912-13-14-15, which gave this country an accumulation ot stocks of this grain. Both the 1916 and 1917 crops were smaller than any I crops since 1911, and besides this there was a greater demand for seed | wheat and an increased population to be fed.
 Moreover, it must be borne in mind | that the carry-over in all the ten i'm 1 portant countries in Europe was prac- tically exhausted this year before the new harvest; that the normal require ments of the exporting countries are increasing instead of diminishing; thar i some losses in storage and transit may be expected to continue, and that i is hardly desirable that a surplu! should be accumulated as insurance against partial crop failure next year
 You have been asked to SOW tt l Winter wheat this Fall not less thai | 45,000,000 acres, an increase of ' pc
 cent. over last years sowing-and thu
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this war and has made a big bag of prisoners.
 We must still not be confident of too speedy fruition from this superb triumph. Before Pershing's men now lies the formidable fortress of Metz. For 300 years this city, sit uated in the junction between the Moselle and Seille rivers, and sur- rounded by hills, was regarded as one
 of the strongest fortresses in Europe. The Germans have greatly strengthen | ed it since 1914. Surrounded by q circle of forts, it blocks the way to a i'vulnerable entrance to Germany. II would be very costly to take 1t by | frontal attack. The pincers move ly ment working north and south vii lireduce 1t in time, in spite of the diff lsfcult line of hills first to be travers- | ad
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What shall we do with the Slavs?" was the query put in recent speech at Windisch Feistritz, in Styria, by Deputy Wichtl, a well known leading member of the German party of Aus tria. Immediately he answered his own question, We must exterminate them!" he declared.
 "In the four years of the war" Wichtl said. i've must have disposed of many millions of fighting Slavs. That is good! The only way to deal with these Slavs is to destroy their race so utterly that it will not be able to recover within perceivable time. We Germans have already an- initiated Serbia, Montenegro and Rus sia. So shall we also stamp out, root and branch, the Slavs of Austria Hungary"
 WichtPs speech was made before a friendly audience. The Styrians are the;best fighters in the Austrian army, and they are also the most faithful to the Austrian cause. They are most ly mountaineers, shut out from the world, and poorly educated. Like their brother Teutons in Germany, they show a disposition to swallow, line and bait, everything told them by the ministers of the government
 Germany's cleverest move, accord ing to Wichtl, was the way she car