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New-York tribune., 1918-05-22
Spain's Gold Deluge

Spain, as one of the principal credi-
tor nations of the world, is steadily
adding to her gold supply. The latest
report of the Bank of Spain shows that
gold holdings of that institution have
now risen to s4O5,521 900, compared
with S1O9, 100000 at the beginning of
the war. The only other neutral coun-
try which shows an increase in it's
gold holdings comparable with this is
Holland, which the rise has been from
s67 100000 to s3oe,s25, 900. Though
Sweden, Norway and Denmark have
each doubled or trebled their gold
holdings, the aggregate amount in
their state banks combined is not half
as much as the addition which has
been made during the war to the hold
ings of the Bank of Spain.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22
Dividends
Reductions

American Gas Company.-The regu-
lar quarterly dividend of 2 per cert has
been reduced to "a per cent owing to
the rising costs of operation, payable
June l to stockholders of record May
%.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22

were discounted at 3la per cent Three
month bills at 1916 per cent.
Hold premium at Lisbon, 10000.
Bank Clcarings.-- days bank clear
ings at New York and other cities we're:
Exchanges. Balances.
New York. $3.50, ,ce4, ,o2o $5a.eo5, ,o44
Boston. ........ 58,285, 1902 10,ee7 ,280
Chicago. .... 83,237,518 6,0t8,032
Philadelphia. 62,135,847 11,618,437
Sub-Treasury.--The hanks lost to the
Subj easury yesterday $l77,000
Silver.---Bar silver in London was
4S%d, unchanged; New York, 99hc, un-
changed; Mexican dollars, 77c. un-
changed.
Bank of Germany. - BERLIN (via
LIondon(, May 21.-The statement of the
Imperial Bank of Germany, issued May
Is, shows the following changes in
marks:
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22

Below is given the current exchange
value of foreign money in dollars and
cents, together with the intrinsic gold
parity, as calculated by the United
States Mint;
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22

Discount Rates.-Thc following table
gives the current rates of the twelve
Federal Reserve banks on commercial
paper on all periods up to ninety days:
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22
A Silver Puzzle

International bankers are puzzled to
account for the sharp increase in silver
holdings Of the Imperial Bank of Ger
the institution was $4206,0OO, whereas
now it totals O,231 $50. AS Germany
is not we'll situated for obtaining fresh
supplies of silver, it is believed that
the gain in her holdings of the metal
reflects drafts made on Russia and Bel
gium and the melting down of silver
plate within the empire.
British-Swiss Financial Agreement
Details of the financial agreement
recently entered into between Great
Britain and Switzerland have just been
received here. According to the ar
rangement a Swiss financial group has
consented to make monthly advances
to British financial group, the
amount of these advances being regu-
lated by the quantities of mer-
chandise arriving in European ports
for Swiss destination. The amount
cf each monthly credit must not
exceed 10.000000 francs, approx
rately $2,OO0,0OO. The advances are
guaranteed by the deposit of neutral
states gilt-edged securities. The
agreement expires on January 81. 1919,
and it is provided that the advances
must be paid off by the British in
three years. Attention was called to
the fact yesterday that the transac-
ton was somewhat similar to the ar
rangements made here before we got
into the war, whereby Great Britain
secured her obligations in this market
by the deposit of securities as col
lateral.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22

Continued on page IS
New-York tribune., 1918-05-22

Sub-Treasury.-The banks lost to the
Subj easury yesterday $4,000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-04

than car load lots and is glad to learn
from a letter received from the u. S.
Railroad Administration that his eff
forts have brought results favorable to
The castor bean producers of Florida.
A letter received from the Railroad
Administration regarding the matter
reads in part as follows:
THE matter of rates on castor beans
in less than car load lots, has been
receiving active attention, and it has
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-04

The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general Of tho
American Expeditionary Forces, Gin
cIuded in above totaD:
KILLED IN ACTION.
Corp. W. H. O'Connor, Connellsville,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-04
ID that commodity

been decided that commodity n
will be established on less than
load lots on the basis Of 125 per-
or the carload commodity rates. wi
We're recently authorized. We have
conference with Mr.. Helm, OF He'll
Walker. Miami, Fla, and have
advised by him that the disposition
the matter is satisfactory to all
cerned We are glad to have
able to bring about satisfactory
luton of the question"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-04

Pa.
KILLED IN ACTION, PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED MISSING.
Corp. D. IS. Foster. Mckeesport, Pa.
Privates.
L. Mcy Babpitt. Youngstown, Ill !;
d. E. Proctor, Cambridge, Mass.
Want to Sell Something?
TRY a Journal Want Ad.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-04
LOW CASTOR BEAN
RATE RESULT OF
TRAMMELL'S WORK
Washington Bureau.

washington BUreaU,
Pensacola journal.
BY GEORGE III. MANNING
Washington. ID. c., Oct 3-For the
past several weeks Senator Park
TramrneiI has been giving some atten-
ton 10 an effort to secure a reduction
of freight rates on ca--or beans i'm less
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-04

Died of accident, etc. 2
Died from wounds ................ 10
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
ABOLITION RIOTS.

The first of the anti-abolition riots
that followed the organization of the
American Anti-Slavery Society i'll
1898 broke out in Philadelphia "a
years ago today and for three nights
the rioters worked their will in the
City of Brotherly Love. Half hun
dred houses inhabited by blacks were
attacked by the mob and many of
them were destroyed, while the ne
groes suffered severely at the hands
of the mob. In Boston, Alton, LII,
and scores of other cities riots af
terward occurred resembling in many
respects the draft riots in New York.
80 years later. For several decades
abolitionists were considered to be in
the same category with 'fnfidels."
IAN abolitonist was something to de-
spise," says Paine, in his Mark
Twain" ito stone out of the COM
munity The children held the
name in horror, as belonging to some
thing less than human: something
with claws, perhaps, and tail"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
U. S. MISSION NOW IN EUROPE TO
DEFEAT HUN PEACE PROPAGANDA

bodies of the Entente nations to in
jure morale to the extent that Ger
many may obtain peace while her
military autocracy remains DANCE:
to democratic nations depends largely
upon the possibility of convincing
such bodies that America stands SOL
idly behind President Wilson's peace
terms.
THE overwhelming mass of British
laborers and Socialists wish to win
the war They are misrepresented
by a small group controlling their po-
litical organization. Even this group
protests It's desire for victory, but
some believe victory impossible and
others charge that If obtained 1t will
be used by imperalists to pave the
way to future wars
Yet all, pacihst or pro-war, join
in promise of President Wilson's pro-
gram Thorough discussion with
representatives of every shade Of Ia
Dor and Socialist opinion shows that
there is almost unanimous and en-
thusiastic agreement upon this point
President Wilson is today the great
nope Ol TIE ue1lOCI dllC WOl H.
But those who are already pledged
to pacifism, peace by negotiation in
acknowledgement Socialist meetings o!
other means of securing a peace with
out fighting argue in excuse that
though America may be solidly back
| ing war efforts, it is not solid in sup
port of Wilson's peace terms.
Suspicion of an American plutoc'
racy and possible alliances with i'm
peralistic elements elsewhere is nov
| the main stock in trade Of Socialis
pacifsts, who are still sufficient!
! strong to be DANGEROUS allies to {
skillful German drive. Facts have
! at last overcome German propagan
da sufficiently to convince even thi!
class that America mems to fight witt
all her strength
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
CAMP AICN To
ELIMINATE ALL
STACKER HUNS

The food committee Of the Connec-
ticut State Council of Defense have
announced the results of the first
three demonstrations conducted in
the campaign to eliminate Stacker
hens and thus save the poultrymen
Of the state 100000 a month that
it is costing to feed hens that don't
lay. Forty per cent. of the hens in
the average flock are sure to lie down
and quit during August and Septem-
Der. These are neither the best lay
ers nor the best breeders. There is
no early reason for keeping them;
they ought to be slaughtered If the
chicken man can only be sure he
knows which hen to kill and which
one to keep.
George NJ. Landers, chairman of the
Food Committee, was at first skeptical
about the whole proposition but his
poultry specialists today submitted
facts that were absolutely convincing
Mr.. Landers said the poultry farmer
was asked to keep record of the
numbers of eggs he got for one week
before the demonstration and for one
week following, SO there is no guess
work about it. G. F. Shepard of
| Stafford Springs got 536 eggs in a
week from. 270 White Wyandottes.
| yield of % per cent. The demon
strator looked these hens over care
| fully and picked out 100 that were
| culls. By his own count, Mr.. Shop
ard got $40 eggs the next week from
| the remaining 140 hens, or a yield of
! 81 per cent. In other words these
100 slackers were laying less than
four eggs a day and it was costing
| So week to feed them. The flock
and the feed bills were cut in half,
the income from the eggs was reduc>
ed only five per cent.
Another instance cited was that OF
A. Y. Smith of Somers who had a
flock of Al White Leghorns laying a:
the rate of As per cent. The demon
strator culled out II poor birds that
were laying all told only one egg a
day and the egg yield of the flock
jumped to IS per cent. At the Gill
bert Farm School in Georgetown, L.
| 400 hens were handled and over soc
of them were discarded as culls. This
demonstration saved the school $4[
| a week in feed bills.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
DOCTORS MAY VOLUNTEER

Washington, Aug. 12.---One excep-
ton to the orders of the War and
Navy Departments suspending volun-
teering has been made. Physicians
are not to be barred at any time. An
nouncement to this effect was made
when the Secretary of the Navy and
the Secretary of War issued this
statement:
Orders issued by the War any
Navy Departments suspending fur
Their volunteering and the receipt of
recruits for officers training camps
from civil life do not apply to enrol
ment of physicians in the Medical
Reserve Corps of the army and in the
reserve force of the navy. It is the
desire of both departments that the
enrolment Of physicians should con-
tinue as actively as before so that the
needs of both services may be effec-
lively met
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
JUNGLE JOE" HAS
SERVED LONGEST
TERMIN CONGRESS-

Washington, Aug. 13-If the voters
of the eighteenth Illinois district elect
Uncle Joe" Cannon for a twenty
second term in Congress next Novem-
Der, he will have equaled a record
achieved by only one other in point
of congressional service. Already
the former speaker has out-served
all other present and former members
of the House for long service in that
body. The late William Boyd ALI
son, former representative and later
senator from Iowa, held a record in
Congress with forty-four years ser
vice in both Houses.
Mr.. Cannon's record is for service
in the House alone. One more term
would complete a service Of forty
four years. Were it not for an affair
in 1890, when the Democrats took
control of the House, following pass
age of the Mckinley tariff law and
another incident of 1912, when the
Progressives split the Republican
vote, Mr.. Cannon's service would have
been for twenty-four terms continu-
Gus, (forty-eight years.. AS it is he
began his service in 1873 and has
served with the exception of the two
terms mentioned.
Besides Mr. Cannon and the late
Senator Allison, Justin Morrill, of Yer
mont, late representative and senator,
is among the former members who
saw long service in Congress. Mr..
Morrill, served forty-three years con-
tinuously as representative and later
as a senator.
Mr.. Cannon's first term was in the
| forty-third Congress- He was frs
| elected speaker in the fifty-eighth
| Congress and reelected in the fifty
! NTH, siXtieth and sixty-f1rst sessions
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13

London, Aug. 13-(Correspondence
of The Associated Press
of the Mission sent to England and
League of America declare that the
way to defeat the expected German
peace drive is to convince the Social
list and Labor leaders of the Entente
nations that America stands solidly
behind President Wilson and backs
up his peace terms to the limit.
Their purpose in coming to Europe
to confer with Socialist and Labor
leaders England and France Is ia
convince them that American Social
lists and working men are in unit IN
support of President Wilson's peace
terms.
The mission Is composed of John
Spargo, A. NJ. Simons, Louis Kopellu
and Alexander Howat, the latter of the
Kansas Mine Works.
THE next vital step" they said in
a settlement given to The Associated
Press before leaving for France, SIS
to convince the world of labor that
the whole people Of the United States
iS devoting all it's fighting strength to
nothing more or less than to secure
the peace laid down by President
Wilson.
"Once this fact is accepted by the
Socialists Of the Allied nations
there will be an end of paeifism there
and a spread of peace sentiment in
Austria and Germany. Already it is
claimed that the Socialists of Austria
and Germany have agreed to accept
substantially these terms. If this is
true the need of an interbelligeren;
Socialist conference disappears since
the Socialists of all nations will have
agreed upon the peace terms ased
by the United States.
Whether the expected German
peace offensive finds sufficient re-
Spouse among the labor and Socialis
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
STEPNEY

Frederick Sutherland who Is now
located at Providence, R. L, has spent
a few days with his family here.
Frederick Elwell of Troy, N. Y,
has been spending week as the guest
of his mother, Mrs. Carrie Elweu.
The local Red Cross auxiliary will
meet on Wednesday with Mrs. Charles
Nichols.
The fremen are planning for lawn
party to be given in their hall on Aug.
list.
George Turney has been assisting
Charles Nichols harvest his hap crops.
Miss Marion Curtiss of Sandy Hook
has been a recent guest for several
DAYS at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Milon Hawley.
The Willing Workers were enter
tanned at the home of Frederick P.
Sherman on Friday evening. The
guests were entertained with music
and a fine collation. was served by the
host.
Miss Katherine Sherman of New
Haven has been a guest of Miss Ellen
Hayes.
Master Richard Powell who recent .
ly underwent an operation at
Bridgeport hospital will be brought
home this wick,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hull en-
joyed a motor trip to Waterbury on
Thursday.
Mrs. Mabel Morgan attended the
mi cao11a ChnJun- OiTnr a q
home of Miss Hazel Sherwood in Eas-
ton on Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Peck were
over Sunday guests of friends in New
Milford.
Mrs. Emily D. Leavenworth enter
tanned as house guests this week
Misses Helen and Bertha Broderick
of Bridgeport, Miss Dorothy Williams
of Brooklyn, Miss Edith Hull of An
sonia, and Harold Kneene of Shelton.
Edwards S. Beardsley has been re-
building the bridge on the Easton
road neaF J. H. Lyons house.
Edwin Toucey has commenced at
tending business college in Bridge
! port.
| Children's night was observed at
Harmony grange on Thursday even
Ing. An interesting program was pre-
scented and cake,a and ice cream served.
Severe damage was done in this
vicinity during the heavy electrical
storm Friday. Arthur Curtiss' barn
was struck and one corner torn off.
Miles Burr's house was struck and
slightly damaged and a pig belonging
to J. Burr was killed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
PORTO RICAN MEN
TO WORK IN u. S.

San Juan, Porto Rico, U. S. A.
Aug. 1S-Special Agent Roberts, of
the Department of Labor, has mott
fed the authorities in Washington
tina the is ready 10 send 10000 la
borers to the mainland whenever
transportation is provided. That
number of workers has already regis
eered and hundreds of others are
seeking registration. To get these
men and others like them into indus
tries essential TO war is the Special
Agents aim.
Here, he maintains, they are a bur-
den to themselves and the commun-
ity because they are idle. At pro-
ductive war industries they will be-
come an asset to the nation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
"BLIMP" APPEARS
TO FIGHT HUNS

An American Balloon Base in Eng
land Aug 13-(Correspondence OF
The Associated Press The "Blimp"
is the nickname which the American
pilots have given to the little dirigible
airships which are technically termed
IS. S." or Submarine Scouts.
The gas-b bag of the Blimp is about
$50 feet long and 80 feet in diameter.
The lower structure is virtually that
of a scouting airplane of medium
power, 50 that the whole effect is
that of sort of cross between air
plane and balloon. The crew is usu
ally one pilot and. an observer, and
the speed is about 40 miles an
hour.
The cargo is a load of bombs which
work like destroyers depth
charges, exploding by waterpressure
at depth of 20 to 80 feet. The car
riage contains steering gear, bomb
levers, wireless apparatus, camera and
observation instruments.
Hundreds of Blimps are constantly
on duty around the coasts of France
and England. American pilots and
observers are just beginning to take
up this work. 1t is the greatest u
boat destroyer in existence, If the men
who work the Blimps are to be be-
lieved. One enthusiastic American
pilot who had been dropping bombs
up and down the Irish sea for a
month, remarked to The Associated
Press correspondent, THE Blimp is
not only one of the ways of destroy
ing U-boats; it is the way"
The advantage that the Blimp has
over the aerOplane is that it can
stand still in the air. If a U-boat
dives down and lies out of sight on
the bottom. the Blimp sits over il
until it lecides to move on or come
to the surface. If the submarine
does not move, the Blimp is just a.
we'll content, for in the meantime the
wireless has been at work, and trawl-
ers are coming up in the course of ar
hour or two with the necessary
equipment to smoke Mister Submar.
inc out of his hole.
If the submarine rises before nava
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13

help arrives the Blimp tackles it
alone with bombs. If the submar-
inc tries to get away along the bot
tom of the sea, the Blimp follows its
shadow until it comes, sooner or
later to a shallow spot where it can
be effectively dealt with.
Subject to the Blimp's fuel supply
and it's duration power in the air,
there is little chance of escape for a
U-boat once it has been sighted by
one of these handy little dirigibles.
The sighting or spotting of the U
boats is the great difficulty, for the
seas around England are large places
and the range of the individual Blimp
is comparatively small.
A larger type of Blimp is now being
used, known technically as the c. P
or Coast Patrol. 1t carriesc a larger
crew and greater supply of fuel and
is used for detecting mine-f1elds as
we'll as submarines.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
WAR PROBLEMS
THE GERMAN DEFENSIVE

Indications at this writing are that
the German offensive power is broken
for good.
But if the German has lost his
chance of getting to Paris and driv-
is a long Job to get him back to the
Rhine. During the campaign of
1917 he showed marvellous skill in
holding back a force superior in num-
-bers.
+ Gen. Fochs counter offensive of
July Is took him by surprise. He
did not dream of It, nor had he pre-
pared any strong defensive works to
meet such an onslaught Next time
he may be reader. In 1917 he Gre
ated vast systems of trenches and
barbed wire and machine gun shell
tiers and concrete block houses.
Neither the British nor the French
could penetrate them save once at
Cambria Then the quickness of
the German counter-attack took back
most of the territory that had been
gained.
But German advances of last March
and May were won by their marvellous
Skill III dSSemDInS SIedl pOu4SS VI
troops and a vast organization of mu-
| nitions behind part Of the line
where there was no special prepara-
ton for attack. They proved that
the trench line can be broken, II a
sufficient force can be assembled
without the enemy finding it out.
The concealment of our plans and
military detectives from the foe is
one of the biggest problems our mill
tary leaders have to meet. Every
officer and every private has his share
to do, in detecting the work of the
many spies that Germany has tried
to place in our ranks, Great troop
/ movements will have to be made at
night with long marches, and conceal
| nent by day time. Every man mus
Cooperate to keep the army secrets.
| He must have his wits, with him and
use his brains to help keep the army
movements dark. In the great game
of war surprise attacks are very
high. trumps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13

Hts much more reliable
than the natural rain and
it may be the saving of
your lawn and garden.
fSee that you are equipped
with the necessary length
Of hose.
land as you want to use the
same hose next year and
thereafter-see that it is
Grandfather's Hose, which
is guaranteed.
I'VE have it, at IA, 16 and
Is.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
ALLOTMENT FOR
LOCAL BOARDS

Hartford, Aug. 12.-Adiutant GEN
eral George M. Cole announced today
the allotment on local boards of the
call for $50 men of Glass 1, group c,
qualified for special and limited SER
vice only, to be entrained for Camp
Upton, Yaphank, L. l., on Aug. 50.
The allotment is as follows:
disappointment No. 1, 7; Board
No. ?, 7; No. 3, 6; No. 4, 6; No. 5, s.;
No. 6, 4.
No. -, Stafford. 4.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
RUSSIANS GOING TO JAPAN

Toxic, Aug. 13-The exodus of
Russians from their country into ia
pan has so steadily increased that the
foreign community in this country
has become chiefly Russian. All the
foreign hotels are crowded with Rus
sian refugees. 1t is difficult for
world travellers to find accommoda-
ton in any of the foreign style ho-
tells in Japan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
GERMAN sUPERGUNs SILENT.

Paris Aug. 12-The long range
cannon with which the Germans have
internationally bombarded Paris for
more than four months past have no "
been silent for two days.
This fact may be explained by the
Allied advance toward Noyon and
Guiscard. six and a half miles north
of Noyon, when the recent firing is
said to have been proceeding, as these
localities are now endangered by the
French forward push.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
1000 FOR l
FOUR NEW WAYS.

Gloucester, N. j., Aug. 13-Con-
struction of four mammoth ways at
the new shipyard of the New York
Shipbuilding Corporation, is progress
ing rapidly. They will be large
enough for the building of the larg-
est ships afioat, or, if it is desired
each will accommodate three destroy
ers.
When the new ways are completed
the concern will have twenty-nine
large ways.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
1000 FOR /

The House ways and means COM
mlttee decided to tax soda fountains
ten per cent for each sale of fen
cents or fraction thereof
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
JAPAN TO SEND AvIATORs

Toxic, Aug. 13-Japan is planning
to send about twenty aviators to the
italian front.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-13
AMERICAN HARDWARE
STORES

(Incorporated)
Lyon i Grammar. Retail Division
FAIRFIELD AVE. and MIDDLE ST.