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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

were carried before an arbitrator, the unanimous choice of the members of the board.
 The arbitrator thus chosen has made an award which more than 90 per cent. of the workers affected ac- cept. You, who constitute less than 10 per cent. refuse to abide the award, although you are the best paid of the whole body of workers affected and are, therefore, least entitled to press a further increase of wages because of the high cost of living. But what ever the merits of the issue it is clos ed by the award. Your strike against it is a breach of faith calculated to reflect on the sincerity of national or ganized labor in proclaiming it's ac- ceptance of the principles and ma chinery of the national war labor
 ''If such disregard of the solemn ad- judication of a tribunal to which both parties submitted their claims be tenn poized with, Agreements become mere scraps of paper. If errors creep into awards the proper remedy is subnis- e'T7 f" the av-ard with an application for re-hearing to the tribunal. But no st4lhe against the award is disloyalty and dishonor
 "The Smith and Wesson Co. of Springfield Mass, engaged in govern
 (Continued on Page 9.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
MERCHANTS BEGIN EARLY CHRISTMAS
 SHOPPING DRIVE

Local merchants have decided to ooserve the recommendations of the National Council of Defense and start the campaign for early Christmas buying. The recommendations stat led .hat the retail merchants should run a special notice in their weekly advertisements to induce the public to begin now to purchase their gifts for Christmas. At first 1t was thought advisable to do away entirely with the exchange of gifts at the holiday season, but the moral effect. especial ly on young children. was thought not to be desirable. The loss to the mer- chan.a who had already purchased their stocks was also taken into con- siderar5onn, and as toys were found to be made mostly from waste mate rial, sAe idea was finally abandoned. 1he a3ults are asked to limit them selves to useful gifts, and are asked also vu facilitate the deliveries as much as possible. by carrying their own parceb.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

The presidents warning went today in a letter addressed to the machin ists, replying to resolutions forwarded to him announcing the strike because of dissa tisfacti over the war labor boards award and a later interpreta- tion by an umpire.
 The letter was addressed to the Bridgeport district lodge of the 1n- .ternational Association of Machinists, "and other striking workmen of Bridgeport, Conn.," It follows:
 Gentlemen: I am in receipt of your resolutions of Sept. announcing that you have begun strike against your employers in Bridgeport, Conn. You are members of the Bridgeport branches of the International Union of Machinists. AS such and with the approval of the national officers of your union you signed an agreement to submit the question as to the terms of your employment to the national war labor board and to abide the award which in accordance with the rules of procedure approved by me might be made.
 ''The members of the board were not able to reach unanimous conclu- sion on all the issues presented and as provided in it's constitution the ques- tions upon which they did not agree
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

Reports from the American com mander-in- n-chief were slow in com ming through and until after mid night the only detailed information as to the success of American arms was that contained in brief bulletins from the front. These were confirm ed by Gen. Pershing, who reported that his troops, assisted by French units, had broken through the enemy's resistance in the St. Mihiel sector and advanced at some points to a depth of five miles. At the time the communique was sent the operation still was in progress and 5000 prison CTS, probably not all of those captured, had been counted.
 This was taken here to mean that in the first day of their rush they had gone forward on 12 mile front and were threatening the road over which the Germans opposing the French in the bend of the salient would have to pass if they escaped capture or destruction.
 On the western side. between St. Mihiel and Verdun, Franco-American forces were steadily pushing back the enemy and closing the mouth of the pocket in pincer movement such as cleared the Germans from the Aisne- Marne salient in July.
 Observers here believed the object i've was the strongly fortified city of Metz, not far over the German bor- der.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
REGISTRATION IS SHORT OF FIGURE
 N THE ESTIMATE
Large Floating Population and Large Quota Already
 Drafted Is Reason.
MANY, WORK HERE BUT
 LIVE IN OTHER TOWNS
Number of Registrants Of- ficially Announced at 25,-
 789 by the Boards.

It is the unanimous opinon of local draft officials and those connected with yesterdays registration of nearly 26,000 men between the age of IS to 45 the figure would stand as the total number of registrants in the city While the estimate in Bridgeport fell 35 per cent. below that fixed by Pro- vost Marshal General Crowder, the ex- pected registration of 10000 in Bridgeport was, based upon an inf1at- ed population of quarter of a mill lion. The population is actually given as 75,O00..
 Moreover, Bridgeport being an in dustrial community with shifting population as large as could be found anywhere in the country also caused the falling off in the number of ex- pected registrants The error said to have been made by General Crowder's s staff in Washington was to base Bridgeport's quota on figures gather ed in 1917 when the influx in popula- tion was the greatest in the history of the city of men who were between 21 and 31, who have since been draft ed and sent to camp either through the local boards or from those places from which they originally registered in the selectvie draft of June, 1917. Another reason given for the shortage of the Bridgeport quota is due to the housing problems confronting us and although thousands of workers are employed in Bridgeport shops they have made their homes in the differ
 ent suburbs as far as Milford, easter ly, and South Norwalk westerly, and naturally have registered there.
 Aside from reaching the estimated quota the large registration indicates the patriotism and desire of 25,7S9 men between IS to 45, of all races and nationalities, white, negro and (Continued on Page 9.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
GORKY ALLIED
 WITH BOLSHEVIK1

Stockholm, Sept. 13.---Reports from Petrograd say that Maxim Gorky, the Russian author and revolutionary, has accepted the post of director of Bol- shevik propaganda. The reports add that Gorky declared the attempt on the life of the Belshevik premier Le- nine caused him to decide to co-op- crate with the Bolshevik government.
 Dispatches received in Copenhagen last month from Russia said that Maxim Gorky had been ordered ar- rested by an investigating commits sion of the soviet government and that his newspaper had been sup pessed permanently
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13

The first group of states to present part or complete totals all showed well over expectations.
 Five states reporting early today OH yesterdays draft registration of men IS to 45 years of age showed totals between 6 and ' per cent. greater than the. estimate made for them by the Provost Marshal Generals office Officers of Gen. Crowder's staff said, however, that the 13,OOo,O0O grand total expected would not be overrun to that extent, as the states reporting probably had abnormal local condi- tions.
 Gen. Crowder, when he arrived at his office this morning, was greeted by officials of two local boards in Philadelphia, who had completed the work of giving serial numbers to the registrants within their districts, and brought the lists to Washington in person.
 s. J. Buck, chairman of local board No. 40. which had 5,425 registrants and Alfred Heyman, secretary of loca: board No. 39, with BIAS registrante brought their returns to the general and explained that they had accom- plished the task of fixing the num- bers to the cards by starting one hour after registration began.
 Gen. Crowder then thanked the chairmen heartily, saying speed in the task of the exemption boards was the greatest essential now.
 The first reports came from Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, Minneso- ta, Oregon and the District of Colun. bia.
 The figures probably will not bc l made public until they have beer ] checked and. corrected.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
GERMAN SAILOR TRY TO DESTROY
 SHIPS IN CHILE

Buenos Aires Sept. 12.---Press dis patches from Chile indicate that as result of the recent attempt by in- termed German crews to destroy their vessels the Chilean government will drop the negotiations for renting Ger man vessels for the German govern ment.
 The attempt by the German crews to
 destroy their vessels has caused pro- found indignation throughout Chile as an example of bad faith, as the orders to destroy the ships came while Ger
 many 4pparently still was willing to negotiate for their leasA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
SKILLED R. R.
 MEN EXEMPTED

Washington, Sept. 13-Regional directors of the railroad administra- ton were instructed today to claim deferred draft classification for rail- read general officers, shop men, train men, skilled yard men, road and maintenance of way foremen and skilled workers, telephone and tele- graph operators and other essential employees.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
BERLIN REPORT
 GREAT BIG JOKE

Berlin, Sept. 13, via London. i've now are standing on our new lines which have been prepared" says to- days German general staff statement, reporting military operations on the western front.
 During the night the evacuation of the (st MihieD salient, which was li- able to encirclement, and which had been under consideration for some years was completed without inter ference"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
FRENCH RENOUNCE FRANCO-SWISS
 TREATY OF 1906

Paris, Sept. 13.-Dtspatches from Geneva say that the French govern ment has renounced the Franco-Swiss commercial convention of 1906. It is explained that this is due 10 the En- tente policy to put an end to all com mercial treaties in which the most fa- vored nation clause exists, with view to preventing the enemy from bene- fitting after the war.
 Berne, Sept. 13.-The commercial convention between the United States and Switzerland expires on October 3 and negotiations for it's proloongation it is announced today, will begin soon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
FINANCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED

Washington Sept disappointment of a finance committee of the Repub- lican congressional campaign commit tee was announced last night by Rep resentative Fess of Ohio, chairman of the committee. Gov. Miller of Della ware is its only member that is not in congress. The other members in clude Representatives Winslow of Massachusetts; McFadden of Penn sylvania; Bacharach of New Jersey, and Merritt of Connecticut.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
CAMP CONDITIONS
 ARE IMPROVING

Washington, Sept. 15-General inn movement in health conditions in training camps and cantonments is shown in Surgeon General Gorgas' health repor, for the week ending sent e There was a marked de- crease in the number of cases of nreII+nonia, measles, meningitis, ma isria and dysentery and there were as deaths. compared with IT during the preceding week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
MARSHALL HAIG'S FORCES OCCUPYINGST ST. QUENTIN WOOD
Prospect Is St Mihie| Salient Will Be Speedily
 Wiped Out And Big Loss Inflicted On Germans
 Only Railroad Line In Loop Is Reported Cut Off

Already $500 Prisoners and 60 Guns Have Been Taken-Hope Great Numbers of Enemy Will Be Caught in Loop on Which Pershings Troops Are Closing Offensive Continues Brilliantly Successful Course se-Americans Ap- pear to Have Made Advance of Eight Miles Only Five Miles Across Neck of Salient At Last Report.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
ADMIRAL REPORTED MURDERED

Stockholm, Sept. 13-Rear Admiral A. V. Razvozoff, former commander in chief of the Russian naval forces in the Baltic, was murdered in Petrograd Wednesday, according to a dispatch from Helsingsfors.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
TOTAL REGlSTRATlON
 EXCEEDS ESTIMATES
Reports From Five States Show Excess of Between Six and Seven Per ent!-Proportion Will Not
 Hold for Country However.

Washington, Sept 13 Yesterdays registration of men between IS and 45 for military service per cent above the advance estimate and may have added close to 100000 to the power roll, according to reports that coming to Provost Marshal General Crowder today from draft executives
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
INTEREST ROW CENTERS
 IN ST. NnIHIEL SALIENT
Washington Officials Intent on Reports of Drive Made By Gen. Pershing Against Line of
 Lorraine Sector

Washington Sept 13All interest of official Washington today was centered the St. Mhie salient in France where Gen. Pershng forces from the First American army m7 lion and quarter driving forward in their initial indenendent offensive the western front
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
PRESIDENT WILSON TELLS MACHINISTS
 TO RESUME WORK
Warns Strikers in Bridgeport They Will Be Barred From Employment and Any Exemption Claims Will
 Be Rejected By Draft Boards.

Washington Sept 13-Striking machnists in Bridgeport have been notified by President Wilson that unless they turn to and abide by the wage award of the labor board they wifi be barred from employment for year and draft boards will be instructed to reject any claim of exemp on military based their alleged usefulness ad11ctior
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
SIR SAMUEL EVANS DEAD.

London, Septs 13-Sir Samuel Evans. president of the British prize court. died today at Brighton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-13
The Weather Report

For Bridgeport and vi cinity: Partly cloudy to- night and Saturday.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-27

years ago when the output OF The
district was nearly ten million tons
of crude petroleum. In 1905. how
ever, there was disastrous fire
which considerably curtailed produc-
ton for a time. The latest authentic
figures on production are those fol
1915 when a little more than seven
million tons was produced Much OF
the output Of the wells. which vary
in depth from 500 to 1000 feet, lie
transported by pipe line to Batum Oh
the Black Sea. but Baku is also con
nected by rail with this seaport as
well as with Rostov-on-the DON The
former city lies $50 miles to the
west, by way of Tiflis, and the latter
is SIS miles. to the northwest.
In addition to it's oil interest, Baku
has drydocks, -four mills, sulphuric
acid works and tobacco factories,
while it is the chief entrepot for raw
cotton, silk. fruits, dried fish, wines
and rice produced in Persia and the
Transcaucasus territory.
1.-THE town derives its name from
the squalls 0badkubs) which are fire.
quently very violent on this part OF
the Caspian coast"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-27
Home-Built Garage Economical and
Convenient; 1t Pays to Protect y our Car

!. More motor cars find their way to
he junk heapbeczzase of neglect than
as a result Of hard service It is
misuse, more fhan use, That makes
dingy, wheezy rattle traps TODAY of
what year or 50 ago were hand
come, smooth xunnirg nfneAines that
reflected the pride Of their owners as
they sped abOut town and country,
The emAolfrmeut Of pEseticG utility
and luxurious comfort. The man
who gets the most service with the
least expense and trouble from his
automobile, is the man who gives It
proper care-the care a beautiful
and wonderful machine deserves.
And speUpef" care includes adequate
housing when the carts not in use-
q garage daat viii afford protection
from the weather and extreme tenn
peratures, safety xfrcn theft, and
facilities fpr cleaning, cling and
making reHxrA .,
Reasocs f~ . Hone Garage.
z Every cuns51xzt1pn II economy
and couvenience urges Sthe autonno-
bile owner to h8ve q garage Of his
own, whether he be & resident Of
town or country. The man IN town
who houses his car IN public garage
usually is paying IN rentals annually
a sum that would build q garage on
his own premises, and he is IN add
tion subjected TO more or less in
convenience in getting ous the car
and putting It away Furthermore
Hfle patron public garage Is
taking the his car being used
without his mission, and sonfe-
times suffels the. annoyance and
financial loss of having wrenches,
daaA lamps, inner tubes, and other
loose articles of equipment mysteri-
o1sly disappear" When your eau
is housed m your own garage it is
under lock and key when not in use;
it is at hand when wanted, day OF
night, or when you feei tie donnine
your Jveralls and giving 1t "going
over; ard. last but not least, Il is
not eating its head of in stall
rentals.
In he country, the car owner
MUS s-oviIe his own housing, for
the We GOOD reason there are no
public garayas available. So1netimes
the farniel owner is tempted t,
make room for his car by rencv-
ing farm machinery from It's proper
shelter and leaving it out In the
weather. That, Of course, is the
worst kind of poor business, because
the implements suffer from exposure
ard go Z, rack, just as the automo-
bile would under similar conditions.
e re she'd space provided is more
t,.,c l.ke,y unsuited to the storage
of the car Barn space also is unde-
sirable as a housing place, because
in that case the car becomes perch
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-27
TANK CAR EXPLODES
CAUSING BIG LOSS

AS the result of an explosion of
oil tank cars ON the short line
branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Lola, IS miles from
Clarksburg, Saturday night. one
man is dead and two perhaps fat
ally hurt, while Others were badly
burned. While passing through Lola
two Of long string of oil cars left
the track and exploded. Tracks
were blown up, buildings demolish-
ed and telegraph wires put out of
commission. A special train carry
Eng doctors. nurses and undertakers
left Clarksburg at l o'clock for the
scene of the accident. The dead
and Injured so far as known are
from Lola.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-27
BANS WEDDINGS BY
TELEGRAPH ROUTES
10y International News service.)

10y International News Service.)
Albany, N. Y. Aug. 27.-Love
may laugh at locksmiths and the
miles that separate plighted pairs
but the Attorney Generals office
here can't see the joke
All of which means that the mar
riages by telegraph which have
been popular at Camp Mills for
many moons have had their legal.
ity questioned. The Attorney-Gen-
erals office believes that they will
not hold, and no more licenses for
iorg.distance weddings will be is
sued. Which also means that a
score of soldiers who have gone to
the front congratulating them.
selves that they had lodged the
tortures of ceremony will find
this agony staring them in the face
On their return.
------
Bible School Convention Aug. 27-2S.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-27

There is more Ca1arril IN this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years it was sup
posed to be ihcurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
it ineurable. Catarrh is o local disease.
greatly Influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tionaiz treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by +. j. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, Ohio. is G constitutional
remedy, Is taken internally AID acts
thru the Flood on the Mucous Sl.rfae, s
Of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered foa any Gaze inst Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails - ctre. ssead for
circulars and testimonial.
f.. J. CHENEY & 60, Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, &c.
Halls Family Pills for consultation.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-27
GREAT OIL CENTER
IN BRITISH HANDS
Russian Town Was Coveted BY
the German Empire.

Washington. Aug 27.-The Nation,
al Geographic Society issues the fol
lowing war geography bulletin on
Baku, Russia's great oil city, occupied
recently by.a British force:
'The city of Baku, built in the form
of an amphitheater on the south side
OF the Apsheron peninsula, which juts
efar out into the Caspian sea, is the
Tampico OF the Slav empire. Two
vast oil fields, containing more than
200 wells, make it the csief cii cen
ter of Europe. Had the "fs'aaie
powers succeeded in reaching it be-
fore the British forces oeeur.ad it, the
blow would have been even moe ser
ious to the Allied cause thai was the
seizure of the Roumanian OF Fields by
the German army of occupation many
months ago.
According to a census the year be-
fore the outbreak of the war, Baku
was a city about the size of Oakland
Cal, Providence. r. l., or Toledo, o.
1t is the chief city OF the Russian
province of the same name, and is
situated in the minds of an unattrac
tive. treeless plain which stretches
along the western shores of the Cas-
plan. The Caspian is 81 feet below
sea level, and Baku rises only 80
feet above the great inland sea, so
that it is more than so feet below the
ocean level
MANY centuries ago the Persian
worshippers discovered that the
natural gases issuing from assures in
the rocks near Baku would burn, and
there may be seen. few miles from
the city, the remains of one of their
ancient temples. The city itself was
in existence as early as the sixth
century. 1t did not become a Rus
sian possession until little more than
hundred years apo.
"The upper part of the city. CORE
spending to the back rows OF an am
phitheater, is the picturesque Tartar
quarter with its many narrow lanes
and oriental bazars. A fifteen-cen.
fury palace OF the khans is in a very
dilapidated condition, and has been
used for many years by the Russians
as a military magazine. The most
,chara ~ orisstfc sstf-,tn+f,ra IN tba fou,r
is the massive Kis Kale. or Maidens
Tower, which rises TO height Of 147
feet and which is now used as a light
house. II dates from the Byzantine
period.
"Four-iifths Of all the oil produced
in the Russian empire comes from
the Bakn fields, wa @sel
mark Of pzcaueslo ~ was reached IA
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-27

ing piace for poultry and quickly ac-
cumulates dust, hayseed and other
trash. If hive stock is stabbed in the
building the ammonia fumes given
Of by manure will quickly rum the
varnish ON the car, Just as they viii
the finish of a carriage or buggy.
Your Property Value Increased.
There is, in fact, no question that
= garage Is FIRST class investment
from the standpoint Of convenience
for you. protection and longer life
for your car; increased property
value, and economy in motor car
"pkeep," but if you are to fully en-
joy these benefits you should keep
these points in mind:
Build right in the first place.
Build v tn wood, because wooden
garage is Earnest in winter, coolest
in summer :; nd dry all the time. A
good wooden -arage viii last longer,
look better and give far more sat
isfactory service than amy other of
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-27
CAUGHT COLD AT PALM sEAct

Southern climate is no protection
against summer colds. Helen R.
Saunders, 626 End Ave,S w. Palm
Beach, Fla. writes: "My severe cold
on the chest was relieved Nby Foley's
Honey and Compound" This fine old
family remedy can be depended upon
to relieve summer colds, hay fever,
asthma and Group.
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