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New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Haig's Troops Fight Way Foruard
AS Foe Prepares for Great Battle

spirit in sections of the German army
has been received. Prisoners who were
IN the Immediate vicinity of an. en-
sagement on August 22 say that an in
tentry regiment of Bavarian division
suddenly threw down their arms. They
retired, declaring that they absolutely
refused to fight for Prussia any longer.
In edition TO other troubles, whic,,
seem to have been multiplying of late.
the German commanders now have sud
denly come to realize that their sys-
tenn of defence with respect to depth
IS totally inadequate under the condi-
tlons encountered in continuous fight
ING. A captured Seventeenth German
Army order says:
"A neH outpost zone cannot be Sc
lected daily and the troops mus. hold
the foremost line. The troops mus.
understand this or they will retire
against the wishes of the command
and describe the ground which they
have>los as an evacuated outpost zone.
rms cannot be permitted for tactical
reasons and must not be allowed for
moral reasons'
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Haig with Back to Wall" in April:
Now Says ''Enen1y Effort Is Spent "
APRIL IL

IS T7H backs the a" Sir Douglas Hag
cocd his troops hold tho onrvshng enemy
dn costs HIS famous order Of the day said:
MANY among now tired To those I would say that
victory will belong to the side that holds longest
Every position must be held the last
retirement With our backs to the wall believing
ce or our cause, each of us must fight to the end
SEPTEMBER 10
l1H utctory sight, Field Marshal
~ order of the dav declared enony spent his
fortN He said:
I'VE have passed through many days together Please
od these will return The
and we rely confidently each you full ad
vantage the opportunity skill resolution have
created"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Flanders Line Strengthened

The most important news from the
north to-day is direct corroboration Of
the fact that the Germans arc working
with all haste in the preparation OF
their rear lines east of the River LIS
and that they are being reinforced With
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New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
BY George Creel:

Ihe New Yor.. Tribune has been busy
tor some time with a campaign to
make the War Department ridiculous
In the eyes Of the American people.
and 10 that end The Tribune has not
hesitated to publish any story that
came to hand, whether it was true or
not.
he Committee on Public Informa-
tion accordingly has cited the edtors
and publishers of The New York Trib-
une before the moral firing squad Of
Datriotse reprobation for the purpose
~ discouraging an abuse of public con
fdence. which has become a work in
aid and comfort to the enemy.
GEORGE CREFL.
Chairman Committee of Public In.
formation.
The TRIBUNE is the only New York
morning paper that has been officially
condemned for its unpatriotic attitude
toward the national administration.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11

Several of these cards have been
sent in TO us by friends The one
Immediately in view came with this
note attached:
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11

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New-York tribune., 1918-09-11

ALL MERCHANDISE ADVEE
TISED IN THE TRIBUNE
IS GUARANTEED
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
FIRST AMERICAN TANK BATTALION
 READY FOR WESTERN FRONT

With the American Army in Eng land, Aug. 6.-Another consignment of American man power that might be labelled Made in England Is ready for shipment to the Western front. It Is the personnel of the first American tank battalion.
 Trained by veterans of the British tank service, and equipped with the most modern of the land warships, the new force is expected to give an excellent account of itself. The Brit ish coaches of the American crews have expressed their approval of the manner in which their pupils have adapted themselves to the operation of the machines and, unless they are mis- taken, the men whose training in nEg- land Is just being completed will be given enviable roles. Their machines have the best points of both the Brit ish and French tanks and the training of the men has been in the light of ex- periences already gained by the fight CTS of France and England.
 To every man in the American out fit there have been imported the sto- l ries of mistakes made in the early his- tory of tank warfare. Enlisted men and officers have been told what to do ! and what not to do; all their admoni- tions have been based net on theory but on actual experiences gained in the face of German fire, loosed always upon the slightest intimation that the tanks are numbering to the front.
 But as a reminder, perhaps, that the enemys fire is seldom effective Is the insignia adopted for the American tank corps-two salamanders, crawl ing creatures that worm their way unharmed through the flame and smoke.
 It is expected that because of the excellence of the weapon with which 1t will fight and the training 1t has undergone the American contingent will prove itself exceptionally efi- cient; for, even as the American en- gineers have been careful to combine in the American tank the best feat ures of those now used by the British and the French, so have the instruc- tors of the personnel been scrupulously careful to inculcate the most advan- tageous methods of offence and de- fence.
 Further cause for believing the American tank corps will live up to the estimate of the British instruc- tors is the character of its personnel both men and officers. They are carefully selected men, picked from the thousands who volunteered when the call for tank men was made. Two
 base requisites were insisted upon
 first, every man must be physically fit and, second, temperamentally adapt. able. The training every man has re- ceived has meant either that he is de. livered to the commanders at the front as a wonderfully efficient unit ol is mercilessly thrown out of the ser. vice. He is turned over to the fight.
 ing force as an expert mechanic, g man drilled in the operation of bott
 machine guns and heavier ordnance, 6
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
MORE THAN 15O
 NURSES ENLISTED
 FROM THIS STATE

More than 150 trained nurses from Connecticut have already enlisted un- dre the Red Cross for foreign ser vice, and the number sreving in the regular army and navy hospitals, al though it cannot be ascertained exact ly, considerably increase the state to- tai. Hartford is represented by fifty six of this number and New Haven fifty-one. Waterbury has twenty-five, Bridgeport has twelve. Greenwich has ten Stamford has five New Lon don and Meriden have three each and Norwich and Ansonia one each. Part of these nurses are now in France, in the military hospitals, where there must be one nurse for every hundred soldiers in the army. The rest are in the camps, cantonments, and navy yards of this country and can be re- leased for foreign service when the 25, 900 student nurses, for whom the Government, represented by the Wo- mans Committee of the Council of National Defense, is calling, are en- rolled.
 Surgeon-General Gorgas must have 25,000 trained nurses abroad before next January and their places here must be taken in both civilian and ar- my and navy hospitals by the young women who enter training at this time. It is the first time in the his 1 tory of this country that students have been allowed to train in army | hospitals and only the unprecedented demand has brought about the mea-
 sure, 10000 additional nurses being needed for every million men sent over hereafter.
 Connecticut's quota of 450 is being
 recruited by the Woman's Division of the Connecticut State Council of De- fense. Recruiting stations were opened throughout the State on Mon
 day and the campaign will continue until August Il. Young women be-
 tween the ages of nineteen and thirty
 five are wanted for the regular term | of training.
 The committee in charge of the en-
 rollment for Connecticut is certain
 that this states quota will be far over
 subscribed. It is emphasized by the
 committee that young women who are high school graduates are especially
 wanted fir this enrolment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
WANT. BANKS TO
 GET 300 BUYERS
 OF W. s. STAMPS
Must Buy Stamps to Ma turity Value of
 $1,000.

The Bridgeport War Bureau work ing in conjunction with the Bridge port War Savings Committee has sent the following letter to the presidents of the several National and Savings banks in Bridgeport, and also to the presidents of the various Bridgeport trust companies.
 Dear Sir:-Recently the presidents of the Shawmut National Bank. the First National Bank, the Old Colony Trust Co.,, and other financial institu- tions Of Boston undertook to procure 7,500 purchasers of $1,00O each or War Savings Stamps. In doing this they recognized the dignity and re- Quirements of the War Savings cause and consented to use their great pow CT and influence to help 1t through. Bridgeport is about one-sixth as | large as Boston. Proport1onately we ought to have 1250 such subscribers here but in view of local conditions, if we get 300 we will be doing as well as can be expected.
 Realizing the necessity of Bridge l pOII IdlS111S It's QAOld Ol PoJOVOJOVN you are hereby appointed to a place on the committee of national bank and trust company executives of Bridge port to procure 300 purchasers of Wal Savings Stamps for $1,O00 each. We are confident you will accept the ap- pointment, as the Boston executives 1 did, and place at the service of the nation your recognized talents and abilities No one else is in the posi- tion to do this thing as well as the heads of the banking institutions.
 These are the days when talents must not be hid in a napkin and tc tk ose who have the place, the posi-. ton and abilities to undertake govern ment work, an appointment like thi! must come as a clear trumpet call o1 duty. We have less hesitation in des ignating you for this work because 0. the excellent service which you have rendered in the past in all patriotic measures relating to the winning O the war.
 MT. Charles G. Sanford, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Firs Bridgeport National Bank, Is desig mated as Chairman of this committee and you are asked to hold yourself il readiness to receive word from him il reference to the organization and worl of the committee.
 It is hoped that the response to tn appeal of this committee for subscrib CTS to S1,000 maturity value of Wa
 Savings Stamps will be spontaneou and full of enthusiasm on the part 0
 many of Bridgeport's patriotic citi zens.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
Special to The Tines.)

Newtown, Aug. 6.---About 25 chiI- dren from the tenement homes of the polqglot region of New York city came Up Monday for their two weeks outing in the country. The bulk of the children came to Stepney, only coming to Newtown, although several families here gave in their names as willing to receive the small guests. Rev. MT. Cravner of Trinity church and committee of the Child Welfare League of Newtown met the children at the station and turned them over to their hosts for the vacation. The children were clean, lively, and each was billeted by card for his or her destination by the agent in charge. They were full of anticipation of country joys and doubtless will find a welcome here in Newtown homes.
 William H. Egan and party of friends n1otored from his home in New York city Sunday and spent the day with his relatives on Walnut Tree Hill.
 Miss Mabel Lockwood is spending the month of August with her uncle; Robert Lockwood, Of Bridgeport.
 Matthew Quealey has gone to the Danbury hospital for treatment.
 The Misses Lulu and Lillian Wash burn and Miss Lucy Reoni and liar old Northrop of Brooklyn are visiting Mrs. Harry Myers of the Glen.
 Mrs. Thomas J. Heating and family of Trenton, N. J.. are spending a few weeks with Larry O'ConnelI.
 Arthur Beard and son, Curnell Beard, who are employed in Bridge port, are committing daily from their Sandy Hook home for the summer.
 Only a few changes in political preferences of voters and only a few additions to the caucus lists of the two dominant political parties were entered by the registrars at their in- itial meeting on August 2. The last meeting of the board of registration | will be on August g..
 There will be concert by the Sandy Hook band Thursday evening, August | 8, at the Newtown Inn plaza.
 John Egan, who removed to New York last month, has taken up his former work in the Pennsylvania railroad station in that city under Station Master William H. Egan. M. F. Carmody has taken the posi- tion of inspector in the U. M. c. Co.,, Bridgeport.
 The Equal Franchise League will hold it's next meeting at p. m. Aug at the home of Miss Kate Tibballs Sandy Hook.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06

tactician and strategist and, finally, as a man with no evidence of nerves.
 British trainers at the little country town where the Americans have been coached have been careful to explain to the men. as they weeded out the unfit and those not temperamentally suitable, that only the best can be used. There Is perhaps no branch of the army service that makes a greater demand on the physical endurance of the man than the tank service, and certainly none calculated to test the nerves more, for within the very small fighting space there is combined the roar of the heavy ordnance, the rat tie of the machine guns, the acrid smell of the burning powder, and the suffocating fumes of burning oil and gasoline. Into this little space, not five wide and with a ceiling so low that a man cannot stand upright, there is crowded the crew.
 The actual experience of the British | instructors, many of whom were in the first tanks used in the war, have been reproduced in the most minute detail for the instruction of the Amer jeans. Little has been left to the i'm agitation; the practical has been sub stituted for the theoretical. Huge shell holes, not dug out with pick and l shovel but blasted by mines as though | by German shells, have torn up the training field; trenches identical with those that mark the battlefields of France and other Instructions that tanks encounter have been built and 1t is over these that the Americans have been drilled and drilled until, in the | opinion of their instructors they ara prepared to take their places on the line.
 Practical problems of getting out of tight places have been provided, and in anticipation of some of the predic- aments that may be encountered care full instruction has been given. Stren- uous work in target practice has been a daily schedule. Indeed almost the only experience not yet undergone by the Americans is the pounding of the German fire.
 Another bit of training the tank man has had is in the use of the compass and just as lesson demon IGtrating the reason for this they have been given the experiences of hand ling the tanks at night, when the anal ogy between these land warships and those of the sea is seen.
 Although the Americans have been trained in British tanks 1t is not ex- pected they will find any trouble whatever in operating the newer and heavier machines from the United States. The differences between the two tanks are technical and have tc do with the mechanism but they are not radical The fighting and operat. ing principles are the same and it has been explained to the Americans that the man who can handle one can han. dle the other, much as the pilot of one make of automobile can easily learr to drive another type.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
Effects of T. N. T.
 Largely Overcome

London, Aug. 6.-The evil effects of "TNT' on workers in munition fac- tories have been largely overcome by a close medical supervision of the workers combined with improved methods of working and the substi- tuition of mechanical processes.
 In six months, October to March 1916-1917, there were 169 cases of se- rious illness; in the corresponding pe- riod of 1917-1S there were only AZ ca- ses; in April this year four cases and in May only one.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
CITY OF PARIS
 IS ENTRENCHED

Paris, Aug. 6.-Hundreds Of con- v1cts who have been confined to the prison at Santes have been put upon the work of preparing the entrenched camp of Paris. They are assigned to work which will keep them indoors and will be under the surveillance of the gendarnes, They have been de- tailed to wc-L upen tho military cam ions, Leaving prison, each eonviot was supplied with a centainer having two hard-boiled eggs, little Jess than a quarter of 8 pound of cheese, about two pounds of bread and one pound of meat.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06

option of S1 will be given until the 1st of September, when it will be taken over by the government for the sum Of s22,0Oo, or II acres at S2,oo0 per acre,
 Edward J. Murphy represents the United States Department of Labor in the transaction.
 Several petitions from the United States Housing Corporation came up aks theiHeetias .Raa several more ara
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06

Otto Kafka, a former captain ia
 the Austrian army, and late head ef Vulcan Steel Products Co.,, was taken into custody as a dangerous enemy alien.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06

and sold in Bridgeport only by Melgs & Co.,
 
  the variety offers Prices Already from p contracted for these beautiful and exclusive So when the real furearng infinitely the wnot duplicated the scarcity of of these < finer pels.
  pleasure selecting windows furnishing a bright light
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
GERMAN HIGH
 COMMAND SHOWS MUCH UNEAS|NESS

British Air Force Headquarters in l France, Aug. 6-(Correspondence of
 the Associated Press) - There have
 been many signs recently of extreme
 uneasiness by the German High Com
 mand regaAding the increasing as-
 cendancy of the Allied airmen on the western front. This has been especi-
 ally evident since the American have begun to appear in force and have | proved themselves of the same mettle
 as the French and British fliers.
 It has become a. commonplace
 among British airmen that their op- ponents will not face combat in the
 air unless in strength of three or four
 to one, and German prisoners have | told of German airmen being punish
 ed by their flight commanders for re- turning to their airdromes still laden
 with bombs and ammunition which
 they had been ordered to drop over
 the British lines. It is becoming in
 creasingly hard to find a German air man over the Allied side of the lines
 in the daytime, as is proved by the Germans own admission that when they do manage to bring down an AL
 lied machine it is almost always over their own territory.
 Perhaps the most striking evidence of German official anxiety regarding
 the Allied superiority in the air is to be found in the official German wire
 less news This, while always unimag-
 inative and rather accurate, has of
 late been singularly wild and full Of
 fiction regarding the situation in the
 air. In an effort to counteract the
 depressing effect of the real facts of
 the situation, the German wireless
 editors make the widest statements,
 bordering almost on humor.
 Thus a recent copy of the German
 wireless report says: Superior
 methods of flying and greater skill have secured for the German Air
 Force successes on scale such as were never known before" The same state ment refers in glowing terms to the reckless attacking spirit" of the pilots of the German chasing planes a phrase which provoked much mer- riment among British, French and American .airmen, who of late have found that even one of the reconnais- sance machines can rely on putting tc flight any German machine which il not accompanied by three or four ot it's own kind.
 If Germany is really pleased with her air record for the past few
 months" remarked a British squad.
 ron leader to the correspondent there Is no reason for us to com. plain. We ask nothing better thar that Germany should go on having the same kind of success in future s months"
 He took as an example the repor a for May, which lay open on his desk a This report" he explained, Ideal. with the British air fighting alone ] and has no reference to the fine ali work Of the French, Italians an( Americans. During the month tn, British brought down sss German machines in aerial combat, and 20 b! g fire from the ground, while 1oo mort Q were driven down out of control ant probably destroyed. During tn a same peried, 12S British machine 0 failed to return to their airdromes
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06

CELERY PLANTS
 al.50 PR 100. JOHN RHR q SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06

Rich, Dark Natural RaccOon-Nicely :, Blended Pelts. 36" flaring model. Wide .\ Shawl Collar. Border of three stripes. AOver two yard sweep at bottom. August Sale Price, S19O Belted Raccoon Coat with deep border < at bottom. A" model with large collar. a August Sale Price, $235
 Beaver Trimmed RaccOon Coat having a 72" sweep. Rich collar and cuffs of beaver. Nice dark skins.
 August Sale Price, S24O |, Soft, Silky Nutria Coat Tn Sports style , with belt and deep, patch pockets. Square ; Collar.
 \ August Sale Price, S1SO
 Finer Nutria Coat, belted models that are chic. Novel pockets Fancy silk lin ing.
 August Sale Price, S2O5
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06

FURS BOUGHT IN THE SALE WILL BE KEPT IN IN COLD STORAGE, UNTIL WANTED,
 FREE OF CHARGE
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
AMONG THE MANY LUXURIOUS FUR COATS
 IN THE SALE ARE THESE sPECIALs

Hobby Wild Cat Coats. Attractively trimmed with Natural Raccoon. 36" belt ed model .................... , 9o A" model ................... S125 Natural Muskrat Coat full cut with pretty round collar and encircling belt. Slanting, inserted pockets.
 August Sale Price, S125 45" Model Muskrat Coat, Belted and bordered. Fancy silk lining. Handsome and exclusive.
 August Sale Price, S175 Extra Fine Muskrat Coat of darkest skins Very large shawl collar and cuffs of black skunk. Jaunty belt. 46' length.
 August Sale Price, $500 Other Fur Coats, Coatees, Capes in the Sale of Hudson Seal, Taupe Dyed Musk rat, Taupe Dyed Nutria, Scotch Moleslkin all at special prices.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
LORD MAYOR CLEANS STREETS

Cardiff, Wales, Aug. 5-Inhabitants of Cardiff were surprised the other night to see the Lord Mayor, Alder men, the City Councillors and their friends turn out armed with spades and broons to clean two of the princi- ap streets.
 Municipal street cleaners have beer on strike for several weeks and the accumulation of dirt made 1t neces. sary for some one to lend a hand ir the interest of health,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06

to be heard at the August 12 meet ing. These will include matters re- lating to the building of houses by the Housing company, and relate to streets, sidewalks and sewers. The Housing company also wish to lay spur track across South avenue into the Crane Company track to facili- tate the movement of their supplies which will be stored in a lot in that vicinity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-06
CITY TO SELLPART
 OF THE TOWN FARM

Ata msting of the Board of Alder nAn last aight it was decided to sell part of a tract of land owned by the City of'RrIdgepert and known as the t0Wn. .fREm- c. tha. EeyeE4meHh- 7 The