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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

his tray. Then the Aviatik likewise
dived steeply. But that is not quite
all. On his way home, the British
lad encountered another Aviatik, and
diving at from 1900 feet, he forced
it to descend.
A service which, although at the
outlook of the war included only
some five or six dozen seaplanes and
about double that number of officers,
now it has to it's credit two v. C.'s,
20 D. 90. SIS, the humiliation of
three Zepplins, innumerable bonn
bardments of Zeebrugge and the
docks of Ostend, the winging of near
dropping of 1880 pounds of food
and a quantity of medical stores in
beseiged Kut, and the winning of
praise from Sir Douglas Haig for
services rendered in the present pro-
longed and colossal battle. (By The
International News Bureau, Inc.,)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

But now I am permitted to tram
scribe from Admiralty records the
story of certain typical achievements,
occurring in different countries at
different dates, of the R. N. A. S.
Those records read like a sort of
Arabian Flights Entertainment"
The various narratives readily lend
themselves to much the same sort
of titles as figure in the venerable
Eastern classic.
There is, for example, the "Story
of an Airman who tried to bomb the
Kaiser and then butted into a Noun
tain"
On one occasion particular atten-
ton was paid to Chanak, in conse-
quence of information that the Kais-
er and his encourage were paying a
visit there. Everything pointed to the
spectacular arrangements in honor
of the supreme War Lord. In the
Dardane1les there was abnormal &C
tivity, and our people detected e1ab-
crate precautions for reporting the
movements of British aircraft. Sew
eral machines set forth on an adj
venture certain to be attended by
considerable risk. The weather was
abominable. Only one of the ma
chimes reached the town, on which
however, the pilot dropped a num-
Der of bombs. After this his luck
changed. In returning he struck the
side of a mountain in the darkness
and the machine caught fire on rasch-
ing. But things might have been
worse. Although severely injured
the heroic lad was able to climb Out
of his machine, and he was found
next morning by a Greek shepherd
Postscript-At dawn on the follow
ing day, in extremely bad weather
and in spite of heavy anti-aircraft
fire, seven machines effectively
bombed Chanak.
Upside Down Through a Cloud.
The reader may now like to pc
ruse the brief History of an Air.
man who, after Busy Day, Wen
Home by Train"
In October 1915, a number of R
N. A. S. machines were dispatched
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

from Imbros to Bucharest, a dis
lance of 80 miles. Thunderstorms
and thick mists were encountered
and all those airmen had a bad time.
But we have to do merely with one
of them. After passing westward of
Adrianop1e he got mixed up with
shocking weather, and an electric
storm cost him the control of his
machine From 5000 feet he fell to
1000 feet at which he emerged up
side down out of a cloud. Fortu-
nately control was regained at 500
feet. While in the cloud he several
times Topped the loop without want
ing to, and his compass became use
less.
He decided to land, with view, if
possible, to an adjustment of fittings.
Alas! He came down near a Bull
garian camp. Having discovered his
mistake, he was "taxying'' off, when
a party of Bulgarians opened fire on
him. Turning, he charged his en-
imies, whom he scattered with few
rounds from his machine gun. Pres
emily our young hero was following
the course of a river, in the hope of
ians on a barge opened fire on him
with rifles. So he swung round and
emptied tray of munition into that
barge, with the result that all those
Bulgarians were soon in the water
But the day was not yet over. After
crossing the Danube he ran into rain
and fog, completely losing his bear
ings, and ultimately he came down
in Russian territory. Thence he re-
turned to Bucharest by train
Against Heavy Odds.
Finally, I should like to find room
for the case of ga British Pilot who
Did Not Mind Odds" Off Middel-
kerke he encountered five hostile
machines at $4,000 feet. He attacked
them single-handed, and four re-
treated. Into the fifth, a Fokker
he fired twenty rounds, causing it tc
dive steeply into the sea at Ostend
Then he noticed, not far away, g
large Aviatik that seemed to want
something, so he gave it the rest OF
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09
STOCK MARKET

Noon - United States Steel main
tanned it's contrary course during the
morning, recording an extreme re-
versal of point and provoking mod
crate reactions among other equip
ments, also coppers and motors.
Shippings, sugars and such special
ties as Alcohol and Wilson Packing
increased their gains. New Haven
continued to lead the railroads, the
movement in that quarter including
Great Northern, Lehigh Valley and
various low priced issues, such as
Wabash preferred, Colorado Fuel,
Kansas City Southern, Seaboard Air
Line and Texas & Pacific, but Read
ing was under further pressure. Trad
ing became dull at noon. Liberty
31zs sold at 1888 to $3.50. the first
As at $3.50 and the second As at
1854 to $3.50.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

|ANNION MUST
SMTTLE JUDGMENT

Thomas Mannion of this city, who
'pealed from finding of the Com
bn Pleas court in the suit of the
ton Motor Car Co. against him, is
errufed by the Supreme court, and
ll have to pay the amount of the
pigment. He was bondsman for
(nry Burleson in suit, and refused
settle when the case went against
rleson, appealing from a decision
the Common Pleas court.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09
TAXES
GRAND LIST OF 1917

Notice is hereby given to the tax
payers of the City of Bridgeport that
the taxes on the grand list Of 1917 are
now due and payable at the Tax Col
lector's office, Room 4, City Hall. The
undersigned will be at the Collectors
office, as above, on May 1, 1913, and
daily thereafter, Sunday excepted, from
a. m. to p. m, and Saturdays from
9 a. m. to II m. for the purpose Of
collecting said taxes. After June Let,
as required by law, interest at the rate
of three-quarters of one per cent. will
be added to all unpaid taxes and the
same on the first Of each succeeding
month.
HOWARD F. SMITH.
U1s ug" G~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09
May 9, 1880 p. m.

May 9, 1870 p. m.
Allis Chalmers 2SA
Am. Beet Sugar TAN
Am. Car Il Fdy. IS
Am. Can AN
Am. Cotton Oil Co. SO
Am Ice Securities seA
Am. Locomotive 669s
Am. Lnseed 1878
Am Smelt. & Re. Co. S0%
Am. Sug. Refg. Co. 1881
Am. Tel. & Tele. 97A
Att. Gulf & w. Indies 110B
Atch. T. & S. F'e 843s
Anaconda Copper $50
Baldwin Loco. 81%
Baltimore & Ohio 81
Bethlehem Steel "B" S3B
Brooklyn Rapid Trans. 40b
Canadian Pacific 143h
Cen. Leather Co. 67B
Chi. M. & st. Paul AIN
Chi. e. Great W. Pfd., 22H
Chi. Rk. Island & Pac. 21A
Chi, r. L, & Pac. Pfd. A 6S%
Chile Copper 1873
Chino ASK
Chesapeake & Ohio So
Col. Fuel & Iron 42k
Corn Products 39B
Crucible Steel 67k
Cuban Cane Sugar 30&
Del Hudson LOG II
Distilleries Securities So
Erie 1873
Erie 1st Pfd. 80 IS
General Motors 118
ct. Northern Pfd. 81
CT. Northern Ort 301
Inspiration Copper 533s
International. Nickel % p
marlborough Cons. 71s
Inter. Mer Marine 25A
Inter. Mer Marine Pfd. 81
International Paper 40 y
Kansas City Sou. 16 e
Kennecott Cop. s2A
Lackawanna Steel "a
Lehigh Valley go y
| Mex. Petroleum 90 X
Midvale Steel 47%
Missouri Pacific 22A
| Miami Copper % %
Montana Power So %
Nevada Cons. 20 %
| National Lead Co. So "
Northern Pacific 87A
N. Y. Central II y
N. Y, N. H. & H. 33B
N. Y, Ont. & West. 20
fPittsburg Coal 53R
Pennsylvania "A
Pressed Steel Car 60k
Ray Cons. 25 "A
| Reading S6Es
Repub. Iron & Steel 81
Sinclair Oil 27A
Southern Pacific SAN
Southern Railway %
Southern Railway Pfd. 81
| Studebaker Cor. 36X
Texas Oil 149 Y
Tobacco Products, x Div. 55%
Union Pacific 122 Il
United Cigar Stores 80
u. S. Ind. Alcohol 131 \
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09
DISPOSED OF THREE
BRIDGEPORT CASES

Three Bridgeport cases were dis
posed in the Common Pleas Court,
criminal side, yesterday by Judge
John J. Walsh. They we're James H.
Maloney, violation of motor laws,
noIled on payment of costs; Burt
Kenny assault upon a policeman,
forfeited bond of $3.50; Joseph Leczin-
ski, non-support, nolled.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

Gnake forms moving with noise and celebrity against
bright and sombre seshe general public knows little more
than that about aeroane and the deeds that done by
1.-THE handle them Yet to the stock each
ton will prove to have contributed traditions saturated with
pluck adventure and sefsacrfce which, because
the world still knows nothing of the exploits that them
birth are present restricted to official knowledge
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

and board with a refined German,
French or Swiss family on a farm
in suburb of Bridgeport, easily &C
cessible by street car or train. mo
boarding house,. Please state
terms and location. Address Box
r. c., care Times. Rs b"p
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09
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.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

One man was killed and many in
jured in an explosion Of the Burton
Powder Works, six miles from New
castle, Pa.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

UCTION SALE of George Seeley's
Second Hand Furniture store at
752 East Main street, opposite East
Side Public Market, Friday morn
ing, 10 o'clock, May 10th. Every
thing must be sold so as to round
up his business Friday night at G
o'clock. No reserve on store full
of furniture. Daniel P. Keane, auc-
tioneer. RS b*p
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09
AiIman who Tried To
Bomb The Kaiser Hit
Lofty Mountain Peak

In Company With Several French Aviators Chanak
Strikes Mountain in Pitch Dark and Secret Mission
to Dardanelles Nearly Causes Flyers Death Found
Next Morning in Pasture Lot By Greek Shepherd
Who Sheltered Him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09
NOTICE.

Taken by virtue of an execution
to me directed, and will he sold at
public vendue to the highest bidder, at
s14 William street, in the town Ct
Bridgeport, IA days after date, which
will be on Saturday, the 18th day OF
May, 1918, at II o'clock in the fore
non, to satisfy said execution and my
fees theron, the following described
property, to wit:
One National cash register, one Pro
tectcgraph, and one Hall safe.
Dated at Bridgeport, this 9th day
of April, 1918.
JAMES P. HERMAN,
Deputy Sheriff of the County of Fair
field. RS S.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09
TO-DAY's WANTS

FAD PERRY'S large advertisement
on another page of this paper. He
offers a good real estate PROPOSE
ton. a"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

OR SALE-Good and sound sloop's
hull, length AZ #, beam IA #. !;
cabin aft; would make good house
boat; sold with or without it's 10
h. D, motor. Price without motor
$125; with motor 1925. Will de-
liver any reasonable distance. Ad-
dress inquiries to f. F. Lovejoy, Al
Second St., E. Norwalk, CT. Re- b*p
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

ANTED-Young girl to assist with
general housework; no cooking;
good wages and good home; only 20
minutes from Bridgeport. Phone
Stratford 274 or call BATS N. Main
St., Stratford. Re- SIS
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

Boston 1880 P. NJ Prices Reported
Over Private Wire to T. L.
Watson & Co.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-09

bR SALE-House furniture, 5 rooms
and bath, one block to Arms, rent
1872; price $685.. Call 1882 Seaview
Ave. Re- SIP
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
SOLDIERS LIKE SOCKS OF
THE HAND KNITTED VARIETY

A member of the Olympia Red Cross
was recently at Camp Lewis attending
the roundup. A young officer
stranger observing her knitting, said
very earnestly: do you know, moth
ing in the world is such comfort to
US as these knitted things, especially
the socks. Why, when fellow gets
a present Of pair Of these real wool,
handknit socks there is as much ex-
element as over cutting the wedding
cake. Everybody gathers around and
admires and envies. You see, we have
to wear our shoes till they are pretty
far gone, and for tramping around in
this mud all day in thin shoes there's
nothing like these hand-knit socks. -
Red Cross Bulletin
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
MILLS ON EIGHT HOUR BASIS

The eight-hour day went into effect
in the camps and mills Of the 20 lum-
Der companies of the Spokane district
on the first OF the year without hitch,
according to reports from the manu-
facturers. A number of smaller mills,
not signatory to the agreement, put
the scale into effect at the same time,
being forced to the move to keep their
labor. One small mill, suffering under
a misrepresentation, cut wages 90 per
cent with the cut from ten to eight
hours, and the men walked out until
the old wage was restored.
In every case the men have been
given the same wage for the eight
hour shift that they received prior to
the first Of the year for 10 hours. So
far between 1000 and 5000 men are
affected.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
TAKING LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
IN TRADE

II hope that the merchants OF the
country, upon more careful consider
alton OF the subject, will discontinue
their efforts to sell merchandise and
take Liberty Loan Bonds in payment. "
says Secretary McAdoo.
The Secretary states that he has no
doubt that merchants offering to take
Liberty Loan Bonds in exchange for
merchandise are actuated by patriotic
motives, but that such transactions
tend to defeat primary object OF the
bond sales, as they discourage thrift
and increase expenditures. Bonds so
taken in exchange in most cases are
Immediately sold in the open market.
which tends to suppress the market
price and adversely affects sales OF
future issues.
The strongest efforts are made by
the Treasury Department to have
these Government bonds purchased for
permanent investment by the people
and paid for out Of savings, thus not
only providing funds for the govern
ment but effecting conservation OF
labor and material; exchanging them
for merchandise therefore defeats this
nurpose
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD THE
ENEMY

I'VE do not wish in any way to i'm
pair or to rearrange the Austrian Hun
garian Empire. 1t is no affair OF ours
what they do with their own life, either
iudus,rially or politically We do not
purpose or desire to dictate to them
in any way. We only desire to see
that their affairs are left in their own
hands, in all matters, great or small.
I'VE shall hope to secure for the
people OF the Balkan Peninsula and the
Turkish Empire the power and right to
make their own lives safe, their own
fortunes secure against oppression or
injustice and from the dictation OF
foreign courts or parties.
"And our attitude with regard to
Germany herself is of like kind. We
intend no wrong against the German
Empire, no interference with her in
ternal affairs. We are in fact fighting
for her peoples emancipation from fear
along with our own-from the fear as
we'll as from the fact of unjust attack
by neighbors, or rivals, or schemers
after world empire. No one is threaten
ing the existence or independence Of
the German Empire (From the
Presidents Message OF Dec. 4.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
WINS PRIZE FOR MAKING THE
BEST BREAD


Mrs. Grace Guernsey OF Pullman is
the winner OF the first prize offered by
the Washington State College for the
best war bread submitted in COM
petition among housewives OF the state.
Miss Georgia Stamp Of Walla Walla won
second honors and Mrs. c. Nommensen
Of Olympia won third. Mrs. Guernsey's
bread was scored highest because OF
its big saving in wheat without loss Of
palatability. digestibility or nutrition.
Her recipe, sent in with her prize win
ming loaf, follows.
One cup of soft yeast (the old
fashioned starter); one cup of cornmeal.
the yellow preferred; one cup OF oat-
meal, we'll cooked; one cup OF mashed
potatoes, put through sieve; two cups
OF -four, two teaspoonfuls of salt. Mix
all ingredients in a solid loaf, knead
till the bubbles show in the bread
dough, put where it will keep very
warm, but not hot; when doubled in
bulk, knead it down again; when again
doubled in bulk, bake the same as
wheat bread.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
LIBERTY LOANS & GERMANY

The military masters Of Germany
have maintained an attitude of as
sumed great contempt for Americas
war preparations and Americas par
ticipation in the war. The Kaiser,
Hindenburg. and Hertling have all
voiced this contempt. Yet there are
evidences in plenty that in fear OF
Americas entry in force into the war
next spring Germany is massing ire
mendous forces on the western front,
is preparing to hurl masses OF men
into the jaws of death in desperate
effort to reach a conclusion before the
might OF America becomes effective
The two Liberty Loans in this coun-
try no doubt had great psychological
effect upon the German mind. The
case Win WulCu TIC tiCthCAuouS Seu'S
OF money we're raised, the enthusiasm
OF the workers and Of the subscribers
and of, indeed, the whole nation, and
the heavy oversubscription to both
loans are evidences that can not be
disregarded that the American people
are in earnest, that they are behind
the American army and the American
Government, and are willing to make
the sacrifices required and to support
to the utmost our nation at war.
That money talks is an old proverb,
and the voice of the billions Of dollars
representing the first and second Lib
erty Loans was heard across the sea
and carried conviction even to the OBJ
sessed Germans.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
SPOKANE SCHOOL CHILDREN
ARE INDUSTRIOUS

School children OF Spokane earned a
gross profit Of S1O,248 and net profit
OF s6,832 in their gardens during the
season OF 1917. This profit was made
by l. 708 children who continued their
work throughout the year and of which
number l ,13l received diplomas from
their supervisors. The greatest amount
realized from single garden was $25
and the least was $3.50. The figures
were made up by the agricultural COM
mittee of the Spokane Chamber of
Commerce, which inaugurated the
campaign and carefully fostered it.
Aside from the cash value Of the
gardening is the fact that the children
had instructive employment and many
parents also became interested in
BdIuculuS.
Early in the season attention was
given to canning and demonstrations
we're given in school buildings by
supervisors. The one period cold pack
method recommended by the U. S.
De- 4nent of Agriculture was used in
the demonstration. Interest was
aroused among housewives and many
requests came in for special demon
STATIONS. Women's clubs also became
interested. 1t is impossible to estimate
the amount Of products put in jars as
result Of this campaign, but it is certain
a large amount of factory canned pro-
ducts were released for government
needs.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
SOLDIER, SAILOR INSURANCE


To the man who has gone to the
colors the United States Government
offers the safest, the most liberal, and
the cheapest insurance on the face OF
the earth. Approximately 800, 900
men have already accepted the Gov
ernment's offer, applying for insurance
OF about two and three-quarter billions
Of dollars. The average amount
applied for per man is more than 50.
600, which is very close to the $40,
900 maximum provided for by the law
This insurance total, great as it is,
should be only beginning. Every
person in the military and naval forces
of the nation owes to himself and to
those he loves to avail himself Of the
full insurance protection. But the
time in which he can do so is limited.
Prompt action is imperative.
Those who joined the service before
October Is, 1917, must apply for the
insurance on or before February IL,
1918. After that, twill be too late,
The automatic insurance which is pro-
vided until February IL, 1918, is only
partial protection.
Parents, brothers, and sisters, who
have a representative Of their family
in the Army or Navy should, for theii
own sake, and for his, write to him al
once urging him, il he has not already
done so, to buy the Government in
surance. They should urge him tc
buy the full, $40, 900, and, above all
to buy it now.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
OUR ALLIES PURCHASES HERE

OUR ALLIES PURCHASES HERE
Most OF the money advanced by the
United States to the nations in Europe
engaged in war with Germany is spent
in this country for the products OF our
farms, mines, and factories.
Under the arrangement made by the
Secretary Of the Treasury and approved
by the President, these allied govern
ments communicate their requirements
for materials and supplies to United
States commission through their own
designated purchasing agents in this
country and the commission then
renders its best efforts to obtain ad
vantageous terms which are submitted
to the purchasing agents.
By these means competitive bidding
against the other allies and against the
United States is advoided and the
same terms and the same treatment
our own Government receives is &C
corded to our allies.
1t is expressly stipulated that no OBJ
legation or liability upon the United
States shall be created by this arrange
ment. Our Government is simply
lending its assistance to our allies in
the spending here Of the money we
loaned them. The protection thus
granted them is deserved, for they are
doing the work which, if they do not
do, must be done by America at the
expense of American lives and
American money.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-18
INSURANCE FOR EVERY FIGHT
Err, PLAN OF WAR BUREAU

Err, PLAN OF WAR BUREAU
Americas fighting forces have
entered the home-stretch OF the first
Government insurance campaign with
enthusiasm, Secretary McAdoo an
nounces. Having passed the 5000,
900, 900 mark in the total OF policies
written. Efforts are being made to have
the military and naval forces 100 per
cent insured. Many army camps have
already obtained more than 100000
900 of insurance. But these totals,
great as they are, are regarded only as
a beginning.
Men should not delay the vital
necessity Of fling applications promptly
is squirting on all soldiers and sailors to
fresh efforts in the insurance campaign,
and men who have not yet availed
themselves Of the full Government
protection are being urged to sign
applications for insurance before it is
too late. For persons who joined the
colors on or before October IS, 1917,
the last day for applying for the Gov
eminent insurance is February IL.
1918. Those who joined after October
IS must apply within 100 days after
entering the service.
Soldiers and sailors who are depend
ing on the automatic insurance provided
by the Government until February IL,
1918, are being warned by their com
handing officers that this is only partial
and limited protection. 1t is payable
only to a wife, child, or wild ow e d
mother, whereas the insurance that is
brought can 60 as high as $4,000,
and is payable to wife.