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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24
EMBARGO PROVES
GREAT BENEFIT;
FREIGHT MOVES

Washington, Jan. -4-The move
ment of fuel, food and munitions went
forward in the face of adverse wealth
er- conditions today, aided by an I'M
official embargo on eastbound general
freight virtually affecting all rail-
roads east of the Mississippi and north
of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
This situation, brought out by en-
bargoes formally ordered by Director
General McAdoo for the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore & Ohio east of Pitts
burgh and the Philadelphia & Read
ing, probably will continue for several
days, or until the weather permits the
resumption of a more general move
ment.
Although the director generals or
der was restricted to the three roads,
other lines accepted practically no
general freight today destined for
eastern points The railroad admin
istration said local officials had power
to decline shipments for enlarged
points.
Fuel officials still were unable to
estimate the result of the five day
closing order other than to say that
more ships had been coaled and COM
plants for household consumers had
been fewer
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24
LABOR
PARTY DEMANDS
PEACE MEETING
Discussion Will Take Place
at Conference Planned in
England.

London, Jan. 23.-Demands for the
calling of an immediate or early con-
ference of Representatives of labor
from all countries to discuss peace
will be among the most important of
the resolutions to be submitted to the
Conference of the British Labor party
to be held at Nottingham tomorrow
and on the two days following. Three
resolutions requesting such action
have been prepared for submission to
the conference by the Independent
Labor Party, the Socialist party and
the Glasgow Trades Council.
Various phases of the peace ques-
| ton apparently will be dominant in
the discussions. Declaration that the
time has arrived for peace negotia-
ton is made in four resolutions to be
submitted by the labor organization
of Bristol, Norwich, Leicester and
York.
A demand that labor be permitted
representation in the eventual peace
congress of the belligerent powers, or
that an international labor confer
ence be held simultaneously with the
peace congress, is set forth by labor
bodies of Great Yarmouth and Bris-
| toll.
Withdrawal of all labor members
from ministerial offices under the
present government is demanded in
eight resolutions prepared by the Bri-
fish Socialist party or by labor bodies,
on the ground that continuance of la
Dor members in the service of a gov
eminent which permits exploitation
of the people by the capitalists is
contrary to labor interests and a VIC
lation of the party constitution.
One such resolution from East Ham
bases its demands on 1.-The continual
bare-faced robbery of the people by
the food pirates and suggests that
any laborer who refuses to resign,
should be expelled from the party,
| Capitalist food thieves are strongly
denounced, and the government is
urged to handle the food problem so
as to eliminate profiteering and Sc
cure Equality of sacrifice There is
likely to be a long and bitter dis
cussion on this issue. A year ago the
conference reaffirmeG by an over
whelming majority, approval of the
retention of office by labor ministers.
Financial proposals have been sub
mitted by more than a dozen societies.
They include plans for a substantial
levy on capital, a drastic increase of
the income tax, raising of the ex-
emption limit to 1850 or 1900, and the
compulsory application of the ''sink-
ing fund.- principle to land and CAPT
tai, making it the property of the ma
ton
A scheme for the reorganization of
the Labor party, is to be submitted
to the conference by the executive
committee. 1t is said to represent an
advance in the political mobilization
of the labor forces.
Three important newcomers among
the resolutions are AZ amendment of
the law of libel for the protection of
labor bodies against slanderous litera-
ture and speakers; q declaration in
favor of home rule in India; and a
statement that the time has come
for the teaching of an international
language to enable workers of the
world to understand one another
without need of an interpreter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24
HEARST PUBLICATION ACCUSED
OF ATTEMPTING TO Create ANTI
JAPANESE FEELING IN AMERICA
Editorials Would Divert Attention From the Fearful
Atrocities of Germany and Create Anmosity Against
Japan AS Leader Of the World Conflict of the White
and Yellow Races Dr. Guick Bitterly Assails Hearst

west Siberia fall into the hands of
Japan than to have it in the hands
of the Bolsheviki, or even to have it
fall under the influence of the Ger
mans
what is to protect the United
States itself from the attack which
the then great Oriental nation, en-
bracing China, Japan, Korea and
western Siberia, may launch upon
us? ="
1.-THE war in Europe, hideous as it
is, is merely a family quarrel COM
pared to- the terrible struggle that
will some day be fought to a finish
between the white and the yellow
races for the domination Of the
world.
1.-THE only battles (of the past)
which count are the battles which
saved white races from subjugation
by the yellow races, and the only,
thing of real Importance today is the
rescue of the white races from con-
dftions which make their subjugation
| by the yellow races possible.
THE great problem with which the.
white races have to real is the inev-
liable and irresponsible Grrepressi-
ble?) conflict of the white races with
| the yellow races for the dominion OF
the world. =,
rs it not time that the white ma
tfons settled their quarrels among
themselves and made preparations to
meet their one real danger, the men
ace to. Christianity, to Occidental
standards and ideals, to the white
mans civilization, which the con-
stantly growing power and aggression
of the yellow race continually and
increasingly threaten?"
Are the abominable writings of
Bernhard, Treitschke and the whole
cabal of -Germanists any more
damnable and fundamentally destruc-
tive than those quoted above? Where
in does the doctrine of white race
superiority differ in arrogance from
that of a '"Teutonic superiority" And
is the brand of Christianity of which
the last paragraph speaks a religion
peculiar to the white race and its God
particularly concerned in their victory
over the world?
Shall Americans complacently let
this doctrine run its course until it
lplunges the world into another ocean
of brood?
The true antidote for this poison is
a campaign of education promoting
fair dealing, honest statements of
facts and constructive legislation. We
should remove the humiiiating condi-
lions we now impose upon Asiatics.
By such measures America can win
the lasting good will of Asiatics and
make of the alleged yellow peril a
golden opportunity for the practice of
genuine Christianity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24

'In the bill to provide for the OPP
Grafton of transportation systems
while under Federal control which
has been introduced in both the Sen
ate and the House, there is a para
graph which should command the
earnest support not only of every
friend of waterways but of every 10y
al citizen of the United States" says
Hon. Jos. E.. Ransdell, United States
Senator from Louisiana and President
of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress.
Section of the bill,'' continued
the Senator, provides for the estab-
lishment of what is called a 'revolv-
ing fund of $500, 10000 and the last
paragraph of that section reads as
follows:
From said revolving fund the
President may expend such an
amount as he may deem necessary or
desirable for the purchase, construc-
ton, or utilization and operation of
boats, barges, tugs, and other trans
portation facilities on the rnrand and
ccastwise waterways, and may in the
acquisition, operation, and use of such
facilities create or employ such agen-
cies and enter into such contracts and
agreements as he shall deem in the
public Interest,"
''In the city of New York, people
4 Lave been found frozen to death in
their homes and the death rate from
penurnonia has mounted higher thar
ever before. In Philadelphia, the CT
ty Health Officer says there is fines:
in 10000 homes because of lack &
coal. In Boston, when it was re
ported that barges containing Goa
were to arrive. long lines of people
stood in the streets all night in tn
bitter cold, hoping to share in its dis
4 trfbution. In Washington, the Capt
tai of the nation, II persons wer
burned to death in eleven days. thei
clothing having caught fire from tn
gas and oil heaters which they wer
using because coal was not to b
had. These are only samples of con
ditions which have extended far an
wide over the country.
There was in reality no lack o
coal; the trouble was lack of trans
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24

A sinister pro-German anti-Jap-
anese campaign is being carried on in
America. The Hearst papers seek to
divert American attention from the
tragedy due to Germany's imperialis-
tic and militaristic ambitions. They
wish to Great animosity against ia
pan as leader in a world conflict Of
the white and yellow races. DR.. Gu
lick, who has written this article, has
lived in Japan for nearly 80 years and
is now serving as the secretary of the
Commission on Relations with the
Orient of the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America. His
comments on Hearst's editorial de-
serve wide attention. Unless this
Hearst poison of race prejudice, and
this malicious International SANDER is
overcome, the future of the world
looks black. This kind of anti-Jap-
|anese campaign may ultimately create
a real yellow peril for the Occident
because it will create a real white
peril for the Orient.
The pernicious doctrine sedulously
instilled for two generations into the
rank and file of the German people,
ctoCoI LIII5 lllS 1Hll lll61J SUPER fOIlIy OI
their race, religion and Kultur and
prophesying that they and their Kul-
tur are to secure world domination
by military prowess, has been the
chief cause of the present world trag-
edy.
A similarity pernicious doctrine of
white race superiority is being sed-
ulously instilled into the minds of
the American people. It's advocates
talk continuously of white race world
supremacy and the inevitable con-
| f1ict of the white and yellow races fol-
world dominion" This propaganda is
preparing us for another world trag-
EDDY. If this psychological poison is
not overcome soon enough by the ap-
propriate anti-toxin, it is not difficult
! to forsee what the future has in
store for the world.
i The latest injection into the veins
of the American people of this inter-
national poison, is a two column edi-
toria1 in a recent edition of the New
York American, from which the fol
lowing quotations are taken. The ed
itorial is no doubt reproduced in al
the Hearst papers throughout the
United States:
Americans 4 must be deeply
alarmed by the success of Japanese
diplomacy and the situation created
by that diplomacy.
eve do not know whether there is
a danger of the japanese joining with
Germany which makes our govern
ment so considerable of Japan, OF
whether our government is merely
unsuspecting of the very obvious de-
signs of Japan.
"It is a thousand times more dan
gerous to the United States to have
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24

of the dugout to either make or
break; so some of the Scotch started
out. They sent word down to find
out how many Americans were down
there, and there was word returned
that there were four.
1--WE were ordered up; being the
first one up. The orders were to fol-
low a certain Scotchman for about
SO feet. The place 1 had to travel
through was anything but pleasant.
When got out in the open the Huns
certainly did send the machine gun
bullets after me. To make matters
worse I fell into a puddle of mud,
but soon got up and made for what
was once a cook house. The Dutch
men made that house hotter for me
than if there was fire in it. as they
still kept the machine gun going. As
I soon got out of there and made for
a chalk quarry where it was safer.
81 waited for the other three men,
as two of them were in my squad
They finally came along and we net
another British sergeant who was de-
tailed as guide. So we left the quarry
and started up the steps over the
railroad tracks into a field. The
Dutchmen continued to keep their
machine guns going and they killed
our sergeant.
"On our way over the hill we
passed few dead British soldiers.
The wounded had made their way
into shell holes for safety. We thought
;r+
stead we were going back into the
Dutchmen's arms again. However,
we soon got off that course and came
in sight of British trenches.
cit was then about dusk and as we
had our blue overalls on our British
friends took US for Huns and were
about to shoot when I yelled, asking
them how to get to our camp. They
wanted to know who we were and
told them Americans, so they called
US down in the trench with them and
told US how near we were to death
on account of our dress. The Ger
mans have a uniform about the same
color as the mail carriers have at
home. The only way I can account
for getting back alive is that the
Dutchman could not lower the ma
chine low enough to get the range to
hit us. They were hitting on the west
over our head. This happened on
Nov. 80, 1917.
you see we built the railroad and
worked hard up to Thanksgiving eve
so that we could have Thanksgiving
day Off The job was finished on the
18th and ON the 30th the Dutchmen
came over and looked over the job
for us. Well, I am back safe and
sound, but 1 thought the end had
come. You can tell the town that I
was in the last group to get out of
No Mans Land. There were many
killed coming over the same ground
I covered
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24
SMALL Detachment OF AMERICAN
ENGINEERS ESCAPE GERMANS AT
CAMBAI DURING BYNG'S RETREAT
Built Short Stretch of Railroad Which Was Later In
spected By Hun Troops-In and Out of No Mans
Land With. American Boys at Front

How a small detachment of our
railroad engineers escaped at Cam
brai when the Germans rolled back
Gen. Byng's forces is related in todays
instalment of letters by one of the
men who went through the experience
1t was an all day fight lasting from
1880 a. m. until dusk. The battle
ragged from shelter to shelter, the
Germans shooting down houses over
the heads of our men.
Il suppose you have read about
Company B of the Eleventh Regiment
Engineers and the situation we were
,ibottled up in. We arrived on the
job at 7 a. m. and got off the work
train. We were lined up and sent
time the Dutchmen had been bonn
harding a small village right near our
work, but we did not think anything
of it. About 7:10 they started to fire
at us and by 1880 a. m. they had us
bottled up in a barrage fire and, be-
Heve me, you should have seen the
way they knocked those houses down.
Il stood outside of the dugout with
come Scotchmen until the Dutchmen
dropped them within few feet of
where we were standing. 1t got too
hot for the Scotchmen and they made
for a dugout, so I thought it advisable
to follow them. We went into dug
out at 7:45 a. m. There were 81 men
in this shelter, four of whom were
Americans. The remainder were
: Scotchmen.
1.-The Dutchmen kept on driving the
high velocity shells all around our
dugout. The German planes also
were flying so near the ground that
you could hit them with a stone, so
the sergeant of the scouts sent down
for all the rifles that were in the dug
out. There were four rifles to be
had, so they sent them up. At noon
they sent down word to count off to
see how many men were down in the
dugout. From the commotion we
thought at first that the Dutchmen
were sending down some hard bombs.
They call them potato Washers and,
believe me, they are. But instead
{ it was the sergeant of the Scots, be-
cause the Germans had just hit the
ridge. About so yards from where
we were at the time the Germans
were passing over use and you could
hear a pin drop in the dugout.
''Well, very soon the Irish guards
arrived with the machine gun and
drove the Dutchmen back up on the
ridge from where they came. The
German machine guns were heard
lust as plainly in the dugout as if we
had been standing alongside, but
there was no sign of anybody getting
weak.
"Four-thirty arrived and the
(, Dutchman was still on the ridge
] which then made our place of safety
. in No Mans Land. We started up out
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24
ERRORS IN PAY
ROLES AT CAMP
DEVENS REPORTED

Errors in making up the pay rolls
at Camp Devens, and consequent de-
lay in paying some of the soldiers has
caused considerable hardship to wives
and dependents of some of the men
there. One Waterbury woman came
to the camp with her children and
threatened suicide unless she could
obtain money from her husband. Col.
Heron of the 304th was appealed to,
found that the allotment blank had
not been properly forwarded, and at
once wired to Washington, and to the
Red Cross in Waterbury Prompt re-
lief was afforded. There are other
cases, perhaps not quite as severe,
which are causing some dissatisfac-
ton, all due to delay in payments.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24
OPERATED BY COMMITTEES.

London, JAM 24-Brftish railways
which have been under state control
since the beginning of the war. have
been operated through an executive
COMMITTEES of general managers of
railways. The working under one
control has resulted in many eeeno-
mics and proved of great advantage
to the state,
Under the original agreement made
with the companies they are guaran-
teed the same net receipts as for
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24
COVER ENTIRE SQUARE.

London, Jan. 24-The entire area
of st. James square, in the heart of
the fashionable residential district of
London, is to be built over with a
temporary structure for the purposes
of the American Young Mems Chris
tan Association. Huts for soldiers
and offices will be provided. in addi-
ton to Y. M. G. A. offices.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24
BARGAINS.

Separate pairs of women's fashion
able boots of superior make, at Mol
lan's, 1925 Main street, form a sale
lot that offers a wide choice of Styles
These boots have been greatly reduce
ed in price, to hasten the process Of
reom-making for the new, full lines
of footwear of similar Tnake,-Adv,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24

According to information received
at Dublin, 20 heavily disguised men,
armed, rafded several houses of Gal
way and took all the arms and mu-
nitions declaring that they wanted it
for the next rebellion
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-24

1913. Afterward the companies were
given allowances in respect of new
capital employed. Irish railways did
not come under state control until
1916.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-22
E:RICAN
WOMEN lead
the WORLD
They Have Beauty, Health
and Brains

"A really beautiful woman is al
ways a healthy woman, remarked
one of our noted beauty specialists.
for true beauty comes from the
blood and strong, steady nerves.
Rich, red blood, the fountain or
life and youth. shows itself in a clear
rosy skin, solid flesh, fine form and
a keen bright mind. Red blooded
women, with strong nervous vitality.
are sought after by men; they are
the hope and leaders of the world.
American women lead the world
in health, beauty and intelligence,
have learned the value Of Iron and
Phosphates. In keeping them in per-
feet condition.
The number OF weak, pale, tagged
out. run down and nervous women is
bound to. decrease rapidly, once the
power Of Phosphated Iron becomes
more generally known, said q lead
ing doctor. There is not q reason
in the world why women should not
be strong, happy and a joy to look
upon when the remedy Is at hand
Phosphated Iron has accomplished
wonders with my patients. IT has
restored health. vitality. strong
nerves and happiness to whole fami-
lies. It's the healthy, red iron
FLOODED, strong, phosphate-fed nerved
men and women that enjoy life and
lead In every work.. Think * over
To insure doctors and their patients
getting the genuine Phosphated Iron
we have put in capsules only, so do
not allow dealers to substitute pills
or tablets. Insist on capsules.
z. A. Drown, the druggist, and leading drug.
cSts everyWhere.--AdV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-22
The Transportation Miracle.

The safe delivery Of 100000 Amer
lean troops in France certainly turned
the tide of war and served notice on the
arrogant war lords of Potsdam that their
international bluff had been called. To-
day, the evacuation of Belgium and
France is probably-yes, unquestionabIy
the result of that miracle.
Just how this has Deen done is not
known exactly, nor viii it be known UNI
til after the war, but we do know that
the American navy had something 70 do
with IT, We do know that depth bombs
and argus eyed destroyers have almost
made the dreaded submarine helpless.
| We do know that fleet of valuable
ships has been created in this country,
and that hundreds of them are safely
traversing a peril-infested ocean every
day.
Most of us give the entire credit for
| this achievement to the American feet,
and great credit is due, but it should not
be forgotten that our heroic ally Great
| Britain, has devoted more than 100 ships
| to this purpose, and that fully half of
the troops landed in France have been
carried in British vessels
/ vs.
one aim and end, the quick and safe de-
livery of our boys in France in the best
possible condition for training and fight
| ing. When one realizes that these troop
ships, originally designed, say to carry
1000 men, have been stretched" to carry
$500, that in the bigger boats these fig
ures mount up to over double, and, with
| the big crews needed to drive them across
the ocean at top speed, the problem of
| feeding, berthing and keeping well $780,
/ 900 men per month is something Of a
| task
| Up on the fighting lines, the soldiers
must take what's served when and how
they can get it, but look at this for a
troopship menu:
| Breakfast: Oatmeal and syrup, grilled
sausages, bread and butter, coffee. Din
ner: Vegetable soup, beefsteak and kid
ney pie, Lima beans and boiled potatoes,
apples and oranges. Supper Stewed
fruit and flee, bread and butter cheese
and tea.
This Is taken from the bin Of a British
transport, and the doughboys live just as
well on the American ships.
When we consider what it means to
serve such meals, transport the supplies
and munitions, and keep not only 2,000,-
600 Americans in fighting trim but large
ly supply our allies, this miracle OF
Transportation becomes more and more
miraculous.
It is doing seemingly impossible things
like this that makes the advent of the
United States the turning point in this
world war.-Rutland Herald.