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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-10-26
WITH THE DEAD.

Died at home residence, 1923 Payne
avenue, October II, 1918, Mrs. Patrick
Kane (nee Catherine Lavalle), aged
Al years. Survived by her husband
Patrick; two daughters, one son, Miss
Ester, David and Mildred Lynch
Funeral took place from above resi-
dence Monday. October 81, at $3.50 A.
NJ. Service at ST. Patrick's church at
8. Burial at Calvary.
Died at st. Joseph's hospital, Octo-
Der II, jerry e. Mccarthy, 46 years
Of age. Husband of Kathyrn Need
ham Mccarthy and brother of T. IT.
Mccarthy, Parksdale, Wis; Chief
Boatswain Joseph N Mccarthy, U. S.
NJ; Mary M. Berry, Toronto, Can, and
Kathryn b. lie Bouef of St. Paul.
Funeral from family residence, 1O43
Sherburne avenue, Monday, October
Fl, at $3.50 A. M. Services at St. Co
lumbus church, Iafond and Hamline
avenue, at 8 A. M. Interment at Cal
vary cemetery.
81
Mr.. mr. r. Ryan, as South Avon
street, has received word of the safe
arrival overseas of Lieutenant Henry
B. Ryan, of the Three Hundred and
Thirty-second field artillery, and Ser
geant Edmund B. Ryan, c company,
Fourth A. A. M. G.. bureau.
Il 4
FOR CATHOLIC WAR BUREAU.
John e. Barry, 1859 Laurel avenue,
left Tuesday evening of last week for
St. Louis, where he will be supervisor
of camps and cantonments for the
Catholic War bureau. His district will
extend over eight states.
T. 4
NOW AT CAMP SHERIDAN.
Lieutenant James p Kilgore, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Kilgore, 40 West
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-10-26
FOR CATHOLIC WAR BUREAU.

NOW AT CAMP SHERIDAN.
Lieutenant James P. Kilgore, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Kilgore, 40 West
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-10-26

Mrs. John Walker, 1856 Grand ave.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-11-08
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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-11-08
When the Engine Stalls On
Dead Mans Curve!

"Wh-r-r-oom!" That one was clos
behind. The fragments of the shell al
rafting on the truck.
Now shells are falling, further bad
along the road. And the driver fed
the summit as his wheels begin to pd
up speed.
Straight down a village street
which the buildings are only skeletol
of buildings. He wheels into the cou1
yard of a great shell-torn chateau
"Well, you made it again l see!" sal
a smiling face under a tin hat--a fa|
that used to look out over a congreg|
ton in Rochester.
"Yep!" says the driver glancing
his watch. And we came up Del
Mans Curve in less than three minu1
including one stall!"
Later that night two Americanbo
fresh from the trenches bordering tn
shattered town, stumble up the staI
of the chateau, into a sandbaggedr od
where the Rochester minister has
Canteen.
Get any supplies tonight" they a
"You betI didI" is the answer. "Wa
will you have?"
Whats those? Canned peach9
Gimme some. Package of AmerlcI
cigarettes Sets see-an' a cake
chOcolate-an' some of them COOKIES
"Goshl" says the other youngs
when his wants are filled. "WhatWoq
we do without YOU'D"
You hear that up and down the FRO
a dozen times a night-"What "oY
we do without them2"
Men and women in these orgal1
tons are risking their lives tonlgn'
carry up supplies to the soldiers. 4ru1
and camionettes are creeping up asc"
as any transportation is permitted
From there these people are carry
up to the gun-nests. through 0
across open fields, into the trench
The boys are being served wheisS
they 60. Things to eat, things 10 ie
things to smoke. are being carrleo
everywhere along the line.
With new troops pouring into ffan1
new supplies must be sent, more
and women by the hundreds mus.
enlisted. They r ready to give eve
thing. VIII you give your dollars
help them help our menu
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-11-08

TfiEY climb aboard their Loaded
truck at shutdown, fifteen miles
behind the lines. They rumble
through the winding streets, out on the
white road that leads to Germany
The man at the wheel used to be a
broker in Philadelphia. Beside him sits
an accountant from Chicago. A news
paper man from the Pacific Coast is
the third. Now they all wear the uni
form Of one of these organizations.
The road sweeps round a village and
on a tree is nailed a sign: Attention.!
L'Ennemi Vous Voit The Enemy
Sees You'll"
They glance far up ahead and there,
suspended in the evening light, they see
a Hun balloon.
"Say, we can see him plain tonight"
murmurs the accountant from Chicago.
And don't forget" replies the Phila-
delphia broker. that he can see US just
as plain"
The packing cases creak and groan,
the truck plods o~n-straight toward that
hanging menace.
They reach another village-where
heaps of stone stand under crumpled
walls.
Then up they 60, through the strange
silence broken only when a great pro-
jectile inscribes its arc of sound far
overhead.
They reach a turn. They take it.
They face a heavy incline. For half
a mile it stretches and they know the
Germans have the range of every inch
Gift. The mountain v there is where
the big Boches' guns are fired. This
incline is their target.
The three men on the truck bring up
their gas masks to the alert, settle their
steel helmets closer on their heads.
At first the canton holds its speed.
Then it slackens off. The driver grabs
his gear-shift, kicks out his clutch. The
engine heaves-and heaves-and stallsl
"Quickl Spin It'll" calls the driver.
The California journalist has jumped.
He tugs at the big crank.
"Wh-r-r-r-r-r-r-rOOml"
The shell breaks fifty yards behind.
Another digs a hole beside the road
Just on ahead.
And then the engine comes to life.
1t csunches, groans and answers.
Slowly, with maddening lack Of haste,
It rumbles on.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
WEARY LORD LANSDOWNE

Y ORD LANsDoWNE is old, and weary. He belongs to a A British group which before the war was we'll situated It lived in luxury The world seemed the group the best of all possible worlds The war changed this It imposed sacrifice everybody.
 The wealthy taxed until they poor Their ser wants taken away from hem to do useful work Nothing went it used ansdowne wants peace the sooner the better These weary old aristocras want to spend mander of their days peace and comfort Let take of itself
 The British working class wants peace It is weary But it does not want peace under conditions which will make esary another British labor wants to settle the this time and for a So does President Wilson So dc the American people.
 The French working leaders the British labor lead and the American labor leaders have united support policy of President Wilson Why? Because it is the only policy which guarantees the futue It is the only policy which will the world from remaining armed camp the only policy by which may be given the mat ters to be arranged.
 Democraces do not willingly engage in offensive warfare Hence America through the president proposes that German shall democratic form of to the exten necessary to make the German people responsible for and the future.
 The rights of little nations of Poland, Belgium Serbia Greece and the rest may be determined The determination there is nothing else will be fr1ess and useless poan may be deted Belgium may b restored Serbia may be SC up again. and Greece turned ntoa Republic But one these states has the project itself against the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARY

The first cable car line in the world was opened forty-five years ago today, and in the following decade this method of carrying street traffic be- came general in the large cities of America. In San Francisco, Cincin- natl, Kansas City and other western cities where steep grades rendered horse cars impracticable, cable cars were first used, and greater speed and efficiency led to their adoption in other cities. The cost of installa- ton, however was very high, and with the coming of the electric rail- way, cable lines were discarded. The cable system is now confined prin- cipally to mountain lines. often in con- junction with electricity. In New York the most important cable lines were on Broadway and Third avenue. Philadelphia had an extensive cable system for many years before the in troduction of electricity. The cost of installing a cable system was as high as s350,00O a mile, and the cost of operation was also higher than that of trolley nnes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
AUGUST,

The original name of August was Sextilis, as the sixth month, and it consisted of twenty-nine days. When Julius Caesar reformed the calendar he gave an extra day to Sextilis, ex- tending it to thirty days. When Aug ustus ascended the imperial throne of Rome he changed the name of the month to August, in honor of him self. The preceding month, Quintilis, had been changed to July in honor of Julius Caesar and the Senate thought to propitiate Emperor Angus tus by permitting him to claim a sim liar honor. Augustus, who held rather a high opinion of himself, was not satisfied, however, because the month of Julius had thirty-one days, while his month only had thirty This was intolerable to his vanity, and so he proceeded to filch a day from poor old February and add it to the month of August. Ever since then all na- tions deriving their civilization t'om the Romans have commemorated the name and fame and vanity of Angus tus in their calendars. Augustus was not born in August, but he chose that month to bear his name because it was in Sextilis that his greatest good fortune had happened.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
STOCK MARKET

New York, Aug. Railroads were fractionally lower at the irregular opening of the stock market today, Baltimore & Ohio and Wabash issues ponement of dividend action. Marine preferred and United Fruit reacted fractional1y to a point with Mexican Petroleum and Crucible Steel. Su- matra Tobacco was the chief element of strength gaining 215 points. United States Steel common and preferred, made slight gains, and California Pe- tro1eum preferred and Atlantic Gulf displayed firmness. Price movements became more uneven before the end of the first half hour on pressure against investment railroads.
 Union Pacific led the reversal with high grade railroads losing point, with Reading, while Canadian Pacific Atchs5on and Norfolk & Western yielded fractionally. United States Steel was affected by the setback and other industria1s and equipments in- cluding Baldwin Locomotive, lost ground. Sumatra Tobacco lost much of it's gain and Lorillard Tobacco General Motors, Texas Co. and sun dry specialties were one to three points under yesterdays closing 1 prices The market became lifeles5 l at noon, after a nominal rally. Gber- l ty 8 1-2s sold at 99.85 to 99.S3. the 1 As at 93.30 to 94.44, and the Ifs al | 95.2S to 95.68.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
NO MINIMUM PAY FOR WAR WORKERS Federal Labor Board Will Decide Each Case on
 Own Merits.

Washington, Aug. 1-The National War Labor Board announced yester- day it's decision against establing at this time a minimum wage to be ap- piled generally throughout the coun- try.
 Instead of attempting to stabilize wages in this way, 1t is announced by the board that the "question of the fair living wage will be decided in each case on the basis of the particu- lar facts ascertained.'
 In making this announcement, the board authorized a statement that follows in part:
 '1The board adopted a resolution, written by former President Taft and submitted jointly by MT. Taft and Frank P. Walsh, the joint chairmen, in which the attention of capital and labor is invited to the wisdom of com posing their differences upon the ba- sis of the principles and policies of the board, as approved and promu1- gated by the President in his procla- nation of April 8, 1918.
 "1n this resolution the War Labor Board adopts an attitude firmly op- posed both to unjust profits on the part of capital and unreasonable de- mands on the part of labor, stating that capital should have only such reasonable returns as will assure it's use for the worlds and the Nations 1 cause, and that the physical we'll be- ing of labor and its physical and mental effectiveness, in a comfort l reasonable in view of the exigencies l of the war, should likewise be assur- | ed.
 "In so many words, the board de- | clares the war to be an interrgnum | in which the wheels of industry | should turn only in the common | cause and for common ends and neither for unjust profits on the par of capital or unfairly inflated wage: on the part of labor, stressing maxi mum production as the paramount necessity and unselfish cooperation as the preliminary essentials to thi. accomplishment.
 l ''The adoption of the resolution marks the end of a lengthy discus sion of the question of declaring ant | establishing a fixed amount as tn, minimum to be paid any workmen il the United States"
 Secretary of Labor Wilson an
 nounced that today the Governmen assumed control of the recruiting o
 civilian workers for war industry.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
Refuses to Fight,
 Fined For Speeding

Patsy Farliri, of 39 Florence street, and Christ Panucci of the same ad- dress, were arrested yesterday by Motorcycle Officer s. L. Kelley, for speeding, the former in Seaside park and the latter in State street. They were before Judge Wilder in the city court today. Officer Kelley testified that Patsy was going at the rate of 35 miles an hour. and Judge Wilder as- sessed him fine of s35 and costs or a trif1e more than a dollar a mile.
 When Panucci's case was called, he was asked by the court if he would he replied emphatically in the nega- tive. he was assessed fine of $75 and costs,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
TO RUSH
 CASUALTY LISTS
War Department Orders Him to Cable Them Soon
 AS Reported.

Washington, Aug, 1.---Hereatfer the War Department will give out lists of casualties as promptly as possible, which means that they will be fur nished to the press when a reason able period has been allowed for com munication with relatives of the men whose names appear in the list. This period probably will be PA hours which is considered long enough to insure telegraphic notification to relatives.
 Instructions have been cabled to General Pershing to send casualties to the War Department as fast as they are reported to him, and the de- partment, for it's part, will have the lists copied at once and furnish them to the press after the 24-hour period or other period determined upon. Up to this time the practice has been to withhold these lists from the public for days and even weeks. The pur- pose of this was two-fold. It was be- i Heved in the first place that by dis | tributing the publication of the lists over a considerable space of time the enemy would be unable to figure out the extent of the damage he had in ficted on American troops in partic- i made that he might be able to den- tify various units through casualty lists published shortly after these particular engag gements occurred and by figuring out from the home ad- dresses given in the lists that the men reported as killed and wounded be- longed to units raised in particular localities which had been engaged with the Germans.
 The second reason for delaying pub- Ilication lists was that the cable wires
 already greatly overloaded. would be
 subjected to even a greater burden Il casualty lists were cabled as fast as they were reported to General Per
 shing. As result of the two phases
 of the policy adopted and now to be disregarded the casualty lists were divided into comparatively ever
 patches of names and one list giver
 for publication each day. Recently
 the lists have contained from 100 te
 25O names. As the casualties in the
 great battle that has been raging 1T
 the Rheims sector since July 15 must
 amount to a larger daily average thar
 250 it is apparent that the casualties reported have been growing in num-
 Der much faster than they have beer lgiven out by the War Department,
 Experience has convinced the Wal Department that nothing may now bt gained of strategical importance through following this method. It is doubtful if the Germans obtain the lists through newspapers for weeks a Ileast after publication, ana equally
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

doubtful if they are able to get any valuable information out of them The new policy of publicity will be carried out as soon as General Per shing begins to file full current lists promptly under the directions cabled to him.
 General March, Chief of Staff, ex- plained yesterday what the War De- partment had done in this respect, when his attention was called to the preferences to heavy losses in press re- ports from France published yesterday morning.
 | The German accounts of the big battle within the last several days have attempted to make 1t appear that tremendous casualties had been suffered by the American troops. To a question as to whether anything could be said Ito prepare the country for what to expect" General March | answered:
 'In the matter of casualties the War Depuartment has adopted the following policy, and we have ordered General Pershing to carry 1t out: There will be no separation of cas- ualties into lists going over a long period of time, but he will cable in, as they occur, all casualties, which will be released to the public at once He has been sent cablegram to that effect, and as soon as the machinery starts he will give out to the press all casualties, no matter what they are.'
 It is probable that beginning in the next day or two the casualty lists ir
 the newspapers will be very largely increased. The department will con-
 tinue the practice of sending tele-
 graphic notification to relatives oi N soldiers reported as casualties, and
 the name of the soldier in each cast
 will not be made public until it i;
 reasonably certain that the telegram has been delivered.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
The World of Finance
TIN" AND ITS RELATION
 TO INDUSTRIES OF UNITED STATES

and other parts of the country have been insufficient to supply even l per cent. of the steadily increasing quantity required by our industries. The quantity of tin imported into the United States has grown from 335,- 100000 lbs, in 1890 to 7O,000,o00 lbs. in 1900; 1O1, 100000 lbs. in 1910 and approximately 40,000,000 lbs. in 1917 plus 10000 tons of tin ore val ued at about $7.000,000. This inn portation of tin as ore Is a compara- lively new feature in our tin supply. though the United States has been, during the past two years, bringing tin ore for smelting in this country from Bolivia, which formerly sent all of her tin ore to Europe for smelting
 The value of the tin imported into the country since the beginning o1 the tin-plate industry in 1893 has az gregated approximately $700,000,000 about go per cent. of it used in the manufacture of tinplate, of which the production in the United States ha: grown from 42,0Oo.OOo lbs, in 1892 tc 1, 900, 900, 900 in 1903; 2,ooo,o0o,Oo0 1T 1912 and 2,766,401,227 lbs. in 1917.
 With the large growth in our pro- duction of tinplate has come an ever more startling growth in the exporta' ton of that article. The value of the exports of domestic tinplate amount ed in the fiscal year 1898 to less thar $1,0o; in 1908 $1,300,Oo0 and in tht fiscal year 1918 over $50,000,000. O, this large exportation in 1918 abou s8,000,000 worth went to Argentina sS,00O,O00 worth to Japan; $5,000,00( worth to Italy; $6,000,000 worth tt Canada and approximately $2,0o0,o0' worth to the Straits Settlements anC the Dutch East Indies from whtcl we drew mos tof the tin used in man ufacturing the tinplate.
 The growth in world production 0 aluminium, which has been suggested as possible substitute for tin il certain lines, has been much nor
 rapid in recent years than that of tir
 Tin production of the world grew iron
 77,2O0 tons in 1900 to 117,5O0 tons i 1916, while aluminium production
 grew from 7,200 tons in 1900 to 1855,
 900 tons in 1916; and what is eve
 more important to us of the Unite States is the fact that more than hal
 of the worlds aluminium is produce in this country while, as above ind1 cated, we are entirely dependent upo foreign countries for tin.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

Recent quotations of dollar pound for tin in the markets of New York suggest that this highly necessary pro- duct, for which the United States Is dependent upon mines at the opposite side of the globe, may soon rank with the precious metals" Tin importa- tons into the United States, according to a compilation by The National City Bank of New York, averaged 12.9 cents per pound in value in 1897; .272S cents in 1900; 30.62 cents in 1910; 39.97 cents in 1917 and 59.4 cents in April 1918, responded to a recent jump of $50 per ton in London, with quotations in the New York mar kets of $1 per pound for "spot Ban ca" though the import prices above quoted relate to the cost or selling price of the tin in the markets from which imported into the United States, and not those in the New York mar kets.
 "Banca" tin, mined in the little isl ands of Banca, just off the coast oi Java, has been reaching the United States of late across the Pacific in- | as under normal conditions; and this | is also true of a part of the tin of the Malayan Peninsula, and the com paratively small quantity of tin now being drawn from mines in China which are reported at the present time as "out of the market on account o1 floods" which. prevent transportation to the Hong Kong smelters.
 Tin continues to be, despite this remarkable advance in prices in re
 cent years, greatly in demand by tht
 industries of the United States, chief
 lv for use in the manufacture of til 1 plate, for which the United States i: now turning out over $100, 100000
 worth annually. For all of this ant the other industries using tin tn
 United States is dependent in larg part upon the mines on the opposit
 side of the globe though considerabl I,ouantities are now being drawn iron our South American neighbor, Bolivia which produces nearly one-third O Ithe tin of the world, but exports it a
 "concentrates'' owing to lack of fue
 for use in smelling.
 All efforts to successfully deVelo
 tin production in the United States , which now uses about one-half of tn
 lin mined in the world, have thu
 far been unsuccessful. The extreme Ily small quantities found in flask
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
THE MEATH ER

New Haven, Aug. 1 For Bridgeport and vicinity: Fair to- night and Friday; slightly warmer Friday.
 Showers have occurred during the last "A hours on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. but pleasant weather has prevailed in the in- terior districts east of the Rocky mountains. A trough of low pres sure extends this morning from Colorado northeastward to upper Michigan. The temperature is rising slowly in the western dis tricts but continues low east of the Mississippi river.
 Conditions favor for this vicin- ity fair weather and somewhat warmer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
sion of a great neighbor.

sion Of a great nelghbOr.
 The League of Nations is necessary. The must be funded into Federation It must be from the session of the individual state The relations between big and little and all states in Europe must be defined by system analogous to that by which the rights of the American states defined and maintained.
 Anything short of this makes all useless that has been done The job would have to be done again and again and America, with the rest of the world would military establishment; with for a chief occupation
 fhe tired old British tories may immediate peace they wish ts But the democratic the nations want peace and will tolerate peace that saf guard the future
 Europe represents and contains system which the tile mother of This will be fruess unless the sys- tenn that bore it is laid forever in the dust