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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
Fntertains Friends.

Miss Elsie Wheeler of Academy Hill, entertained several of her friends Saturday evening at her home. A most enjoyable evening was spent Those present were the Misses Mar garet Beach, Helen Toilette, Hester Hanson, Elsie Wheeler and. Messrs. Benjamin Graham, Sidney Toilette, Paul Carpenter and Stanley Curtis.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
FINAL DELIVERY OF SECOND
 LOAN BONDS HAS BEEN MADE < BY THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT

The Bond Issue Division of the Fed era1 Reserve Bank of New York has delivered to the banks in the Second Federal Reserve District 55,264 pieces of registered bonds of the Second Lib erty Loan. The par value of these bonds is $S9,26S,53O.
 The largest number of pieces is- sued was for S10O bonds. More than $50,000.0O0 was in the form of s100.- 900 bonds. Following is a table showing the number of pieces and the par value of each class of bond from $50 to $100,00O:
 DenOm Pieces Par Va11Ia
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
Forfeits Bonds.

George Brinsmade and James L. BurreIl, both of Woodmont, forfeited bonds of s10 each in the Stratford town court this morning when they failed to appear to answer to the charge of creating a disturbance on trolley car, Saturday night. Patrol man H. Briggs Barnum made the ar rest
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
Liberty Chorus to Meet.

There will be a rehearsal of the Liberty chorus this evening at the Christ church parish house at s o'clock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
Convale lescing.

William Yates is now able to be out again after beilng confined to his home with illness. MT. Yates is em- ployed by the G. W. Fairchild & Sons, jewellers, Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
To Hold Meeting.

The Woman's Home Missionary so- ciety will meet at the home of Mrs. Hanford, Linden avenue, Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
Personals.

c. Godfrey Hardwick spent the weekend visiting friends in New York city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23

! A readustment of the aircraft pro- gram was decided on definitely by President Wilson. Secretary Baker was ordered to carry it out.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
Miss Reitter Ill.

Miss Josephine Reitter is i'll at her home, Homestead avenue.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23

CORTEz c. ROCKWELL plumbing and heating; jobbing speciality, 3051 Main and Hillside avenue. Phone Stratford HAP or 114-3. B 10 *tf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
Recuperating From Grip.

Captain Howard W. Curtis, son of
 Judge and Mrs. Howard J. Curtis, of
 Main street, is recuperating from q
 severe attack of the grip. Captain Curtis is stationed at Camp Devens Aver, Mass. He has been confined
 to the base hospital for several | weeks
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23

More than 1000 persons gathered at Stratford Center, Saturday even ing and witnessed the presentation of the honor roll bulletin board contain ing the names of more than 300 en- listed and drafted men, to the town as a, gift from the Citizens Commit- tee. Harold c. Lowell, chairman of the committee, made the presenta- ton speech. First Selectman James Lally delivered the acceptance ad- dress. Rev. M. J. O'Connor delivered the invocation.
 The honor flag, awarded to the town for r-subscribing it's Liberty Loan quota was also presented by FL iott w. Peck, chairman.
 A monster parade preceded the presentation and speechmaking. 1n- cIuded in the line of march were Cos. I and H, c. H. G., from Bridge port, Minute Women, Red Cross so- ciety, the Stratford Home Guard, Boy l Scouts, Liberty Loan committee, and many other fraternal and civic Socie- ties. Following the ceremonies, | benediction was pronounced by Rev. l Robert c. Whitehead.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-29
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
Personal Items About Active
Chicago Men Who Help
Mold Public Opinion.
Something About Hustlers In the
Business and Political World
Of the City.

There is a big boom among loyal
and enthusiastic members of the
Democratic party in favor of the nom
nation of Harry H. Latham, the popu.
lar president of the famous Irouuois
Club. for mayor of Chicago.
No better man could be nominated
for that high office.
Mr. Latham is president of the big
Latham Machinery company, one of
the best known and solidest concerns
I'm the country. No man stands higher
in the business community and no
man Is more popular with everybody
who does business with him whether
in his machine shops or in commercial
life.
He is a broad minded man of af.
fairs. eminently fitted to be chief ex.
ecutive of this great city.
Mr.. Latham was president of the
Chicago Athletic Association for some
time and in that position made many
warm friends.
AS president of the Iroquois Club
he has made his usual record for eff.
cheney and prOgressiveness.
Under his presidency the Club has
been greatly enlarged and now occu.
pies six floors in its own building at
rs North Dearborn street. He has
brought Isl new members into the
Club through his own exertions, we
are informed by an old Iroquois brave.
Harry ii. Latham for mayor would
be winning ticket for the Demo.
Gratis.
The Mid.City Trust and Savings
Bank at Madison and Halsted streets
Is getting more popular with the PEG.
pie and the business community every
day. II is well Differed and is one
of the solidest institutions in Chicago.
Secretary of State Louis l.. Emmer.
son is making fine record and many
friends by the able and efficient man.
ner In which he conducts his great
office.
-.
cans at 80 cents per pound, is the
housewives standard for excellent
quality. II is the coffee that is popu.
lar with everybody who has ever used
II.
~A
Il. c. McWhorter, the popular presi.
dent of the Acme Box Company, has a
host Of friends in Chicago who would
like a chance to vote for him for
Mayor or some good Office, where his
splendid executive abilities could be
Of service to the people.
~
Richard Francis Condor, the popular
chairman of the Elks Membership
Committee is confident Of adding 5000
new members to the rolls of the organ.
ization this year.
M l.~~
Phii' r. Weyna Or the Seventeenth
ward is a strong Democratic candidate
for County Commissioner.
Tho Home Brewery 10 not only Chi.
COS youngest brewery. but It 10 one
Of her most successful. No brewery
in the United States ever achieved
success in such a short time 40 the
Home Brewery. Its beer already has
a reputation among the lovers Of good
beer as being par excellence. The
Home Brewery also bottles its beer
and q case can be had by calling up
Humboldt Observation-Disclosures.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-29
BUSINESS TOPICS
Care of the Feet.
The leGrand Foot ParIor.
LIE GRAND FOOT PARLOR 70
MOVE,

LIE GRAND FOOT PARLoR 70
MOVE.
The lie Grand Foot Parlor, located
for many years at 1874 North Clark
Street, will move on or about June Is
to new and larger quarters at 1886
North Clark street, where better facili-
ties for chiropody will be had. The
present excellent service will also be
greatly improved.
Madame Florencia A. T. Powella.
Grier, who owns The 10 Grand Foot
Parlor at 1914 North Clark street, has
for her patrons the best people on the
North Side. She is the original Dis.
coverer of Comparative Scientific
Bloodless Chiropody. The LIE Grand
Foot Parlor has been at 1914 and 134S
North Clark street for over ten years.
Madame Powella.Grier, NJ. c., s. c.,
Doctor Of Chiropody. successfully
makes sore feet good. Sore feet are
made Good Feet at the Le Grand Foot
Parlor, 1914 N. Clark street. Tele-
phone, Superior 599l
Our OF Focus.
II you have head aches your eyes
are possibly out Of focus.
II your eyes smart and burn or the
movies blurr, your eyes are out of
focus.
II the letters run while you are
reading or II you don't see all things
clearly your eyes are out of focus.
II your child is pale and nervous
the chances are its eyes are out of
focus.
Buck & Rayner's main store at
State and Madison has an expert who
will gladly examine your eyes with
out cost or obligation and frankly
tell you II you need to wear glasses
or not. Those of our readers who are
now wearing glasses are invited to
have their eyes examined free and
they will be told II any improvement
can be made. This service Is entirely
i free.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-29

to relate IN brief the story Of my e1
perenee, and they appeared 10 BE-
/ very mich interested Perhaps they
dld 1t only TO give me confidence and
as q sort Of rehearsal for the main
performance, which was scheduled TO
take place much sooner than e1-
| pected.
had barely completed my story
when the door opened and an attend
ant entered and announced:
The king viii receive Leftenant
O'Brien p
LII he had announced that the kaiser
was outside with a squad Of German
guards to take me back to Courtrai
my heart could not have SUM, deeper.
Earl Cromer beckOned me to follow
him and we went into a large room,
where / supposed / was at last 70 re-
ceiEe my coaching, but observed the
earl bow TO man standing there and
realized that 1 was standing in the
presence Of the king Of England.
Your majesty, Leftenant oBrienI"
the earl announced, and then i1nmedi-
steiy backed from the room. / be-
Heyed / would have followed right
behind him, but by that time the
king had me by the hand and wa.
congratulating me, and he spoke so
very cordially and economically
mat he put me at my ease at once.
He then asked me how I felt and
whether l was in condition TO coz
verse, and when told him / was, he 1
said he would be very much pleased !.
TO hear my story in detail.
Were you treated any worse by the 4
Germans. leftenantl" he asked, ION
account Of being an Americana I've
heard that the Germans had threat
ened to shoot Americans serving in
the British army If they captured
them, CHASING them as murderers,
because America was a neutral cean-
Try and Americans had no right TO
mix in the war. Did you find that to
be the caseT
1 told him that 1 had heard similar
reports, but that did not notice any
difference in my treat
nent from that accorded Brdshers.
The king declared that he believed
ny escape was due TO my pluck and
Tin power and that 1t was one OF the
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-29
LEFT. PAT o'BRIEN."
In the interval that elapsed. 1 must
MESS, the orteal of calling on the
ng of England doomed up more
ever day, and 1 really
lieved 1 woulS rather have spent an
her day in the empty house in the
8 city in Belgium or, say, two more
CHATTER XIX.
Am Presessd to the Kino.

When the dreded It'll of Decembe
arrived. l halte taIicab and in q
matter-of-fact toe of voice as 1 coult
command, direcsd the chauffeur I,
drive me to Birmingham palace. a:
though 1 was paRg my regular morn
ing call on the Ing.
Ny friends vetiOn of this incident
1 have since herd. is that 1 seated
myself in the taSand leaning through
the window said buckingham pal,
aceI" whereuponthe taxi driver got
down. opened thefOor and exclaimed
threateningly:
IF you don't e out quietly and
chuck your druSen talk, I'll Jolly
quick call body. biz me, If
WON'T"
But I can only sc my word that
nothing Of the kindoccurred.
When I arrived a the palace gate.
the sentry on guar9sked me who l
was and then let e pass at once
up TO the front entrafe of the palace.
There I was met an deliberately
uniformed and eQ9ly deliberately
decorated personagcSho. judging by
the long row of medA he wore, must
have seen long and dfnguished sery-
fee for the king.
i WAS relieved OF I'd overcoat, hat
and stick and condu3d up long
stairway, where / wastrned over to
another funcuonary, VI led me to
the reception room offarl Cromer,
the kings secretary.
There / was intruduS TO another |
earl and duke. whose tne 1 do not /
remember. l was becouS so bewil- I
dered. in fact, that II is a4onder that {
I remember SIS much as do of this
eventful day.
had heard many timefhat before
being presented TO the 1t man is
carefully as to jAhow he Is
to act and what he Is to b and do,
and all this time / wasfondering
when this drilling would .mmence.
I certainly had no idea thu was to
be ushered into the auguspresence
II the king without some rqiminary
Earl Cromer and the other)blemen
talked to me for a while a1got me
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-29

most remarkable escapes he had eve
heard OF, which I thought was quit,
3 compliment, coming as il did from
the king OF England.
. I hope that all the Americans viii
/ give as good an account OF themselves
{ as you have. leftenant." he said. @and
1 feel quite sure they viii. I fully
appreciate eli the service rendered Us
by Americans before the States en-
tered the war"
At this moment I asked him If ]
was taking too much time.
'Not at all. leftenant. not at sill -
he replied, most cordially. Il was
extremely interested in the brief re
port that came 10 me OF your wonder
full escape and sent for you because
wanted to hear the whole story first
hand, and 1 am very glad you were
able TO come"
/ had not expected 10 remain more
than few minutes, as I understood
that four minutes is considered 8 long
audience with the king. FTfty-two
minutes elapsed before finally left
therei
During all this time had done most
of the talking, in response to the
kings request TO tell my story. occa.
sionally he interrupted TO ask 8 ques-
ton about point he wanted me TO 1
make clear, but for the most mart he
was content to play the part Of s lis
tener.
He seemed to be very keen on every.
thing and when / described some OF
the tight holes 1 got into during nv
escape he eyinced his sympathy. DC
casionally l introduced some Of the
few humorous incidents of my adyen,
ture and in every instance he laughed
heartily.
Altogether the impression 1 got of
him was that he is very genial,
gracious and alert sovereign. 1 know
have felt more i'll at ease when talk.
ng to a majGr than when speaking
o the Ging-but perhaps 1 had more
,ause to.
During the whole interview we
we're left entirely alone, which i'm
'resSed me rs significant of the dem
cratic manner OF the present king
4 England, and l certainly came
way with the utmost respect for him.
In all my conversation. 1 recalled
fterwards, | never addressed the
ing as Your Majesty" but used the {
Military sir" As was British OF. 4
Ger and he was the head Of the army,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-29

ne probably appreciated this manner
II address more than If I had used
me usual Your Majesty Perhans
ne attributed IT to the fact that ]
vas an American At any rate. he
oiont eyince any displeasure at nv
departure from what understand Ga
tne usual form Of address
BEFORE L left he asked me what nv
I plans for the future were.
Why, sir. I hope TO rejotn nv
squadron at the earliest possible mo-
mentl" 1 replied
no, Leftenant," he rejofned. @rhat
Is out Of the question. We can't risk
losing you for good by sending You
back to part Of the front ouposed
by Germans, because Il you were m
fortunate enough to be eaptured
again they would undoubtedly shoot
you"
BeH II / can't serve in France.
sir, l suggested, wouldn't IL be fesz
ioie for me to fly in Italy or Salon
ica?"
No." he replied, that would be
- N~-- Ll4-Z rQ6r
L can suggest for you to do Is either
to take up Instructions very valu-
able form Of seryice-or perhaps IL
might be safe enough for You 10
serve in Egypt, but Just al present.
leftenant, think you have done
enough anyway"
hen he rose and shook hands With 1
me and wished me the best Of luck.
and we both said "Good-by."
In the adjoining room 1 met Earl
Cromer again, and as he accompanied
me 10 the door seemed to be surprised
al the length Of my visit.
As 1 left the palace e policeman
and sentry outside came snartIy TO
attention Perhaps they figured 1 had
been made general
As 1 was riding back TO the hotel
In a taxi l reflected on the remark
able course Of events which In the
short space Of nine months had taken
NE through 50 much and ended IN.
ike the finish OF q book, with nv he
ng received by his majesty. the
sing When 1 first Joined The Royal
lying corps l never expected 10 seei
ne inside OF Buckingham palace
much less being received by the king
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-29

the most treasured souvenirs Of my
adventure.
Ny trunk was sent to Cox & Co. In
due course. and now that / was in
LondoL I thought I would 90 and claim
II.
When arrived at the bank I ap-
/ piled to the proper window for my
mail and trunk.
"Who are your" was asked rather
sharply.
well. guess no one has any
| greater right to Pat O'Brien's effects
I than / have" replied, "and / would
be obliged to you If yoI would LOOK
them up for me-"
That may be all right, my friend"
replied the clerk, but according to
our records Lieutenant OB-ien is a
prisoner Of war in Germany. and we
can't very well turn over his effects
TO anyone else unless either you pre-
sent proof that he IS dead and that
you are his lawful representative, or
else deliver to us properly authenti-
dcated order from him to give them
to you"
he was very positive about IT all,
but quite polite. and 1 thought i
would kid him no more.
We'll" I said, II can't very well
present proofs to you that Pat O'Brien
Is dead, but will do the best can to
prove to you that he is alive, and If
you haven't quite forgotten his sig
nature / guess / can write you out
an order that Will answer all your re-
quirements and enable you to give me
Pat O'Brien's belongings without run
ming any risks" and I scrubbed my |
signature on scrap Of paper and /
handed II to him.
He looked at me carefully through |
the latticed window, then jumped I
down from the high chair and came
outside to clasp me by the hand
Good heavens, leftenantrr he er-
claimed. as he pumped my hand up /
AID down. how did you ever get
awayT' and I had to sit right down
and tell him and half a dozen other
people in the bank all about ny ex-
petieHees,
had been in England about five
days when / received a telegram
which, at first. occasioned me almost
IS much concern as the unexpected
sight of German spiked helmet had
caused me in Belgium 1t read as
follows:
Lieut.. P. A. oBrien, Royal Flying
Corps, Regents Palace Hotel. Lon
don:
The king is very glad TO hear Of
Tour escape from Germany. II you
Ire to be in London on Friday next,
December It'll. His majesty will re-
eiFe you at Buckingham palace at
q 30 a, e. Please acknowledge.
@CROMER."
Or course, there was only onc
hing to do and that was to obey ord
rs. / was an officer in the army anil
be king was my commander in chief.
had TO go, and so l sat down and
emit of the following answer:
Enri Cromer. Buckingham Palace.
London:
Il will attend Buckingham palace
s directed, Friday, December It'll. at
8 80,
LIEST. PAT 0'BRIEN."
In the interval that elapsed. 1 must
onfess, the orteal of calling on the
ing of England doomed up more
readfully ever day, and l really
elieyed woulS rather have spent an
Their day in the empty house in the
g city in Belgium or, say, two more
lys at Courtra, than TO go through
hat 1 believed 10 be in store for me.
Orders were lrders, however. and
lere was no wa Of getting out Of IT.
s It turned outfit wasn't half as bad
! l had fearee-on the contrary, If m
as one OF the most agreeable expe- b,
enees OF my liz. q
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-29
CHAPTER Xxx
Home Again

That same day. in the evening.
was rendered banquet at the Hote
Savoy by q fellow officer who had
bet three other friends of mine ths,
l would be home by Christmas. This
wager had been made at the tine he
heard that was g prisoner OF war,
and the dinner was the stake.
The first iRIimation he had Of my
safe return from Germany and the
/ fact that he had Won his bet was a
telegram l sent him reading SIS fol-
lows:
Lieut. Louis Grand:
War bread bad. so 1 came home.
! PAT
He said he would not part with
that message for q thousand dollars.
Other banquets followed in fast sue
eession- After had survived nine OF
them l figured that 1 was now in IS
much danger Of succumbiug 10 g sur
Ieit OF rich food as 1 had previously
been OF dying from starvation, and
for NY own protection, 1 decided 10
leave London Moreover. nv thoughts
and my heart were turning back to
the land OF NY birth, where I knew
there was a loving mother who was
longing for more substantial evidence
OF my safe escape than the cables and 4
letters she hsd received.
Strangely enough. on the boat which
carried NE across the Atlantic. 1 saw
an K Z. c. man-ieutensnt LaSceI-
les.
l walked over TO him, held out ny
hand and said "HeIloi"
He looked ar NE steadily for at least
q minute
Ny friend. you certainly look Ike
Pat o'Brien,- he declared. but can't
believe my eyes Who are your
/ quickly convinced him that his
eyes were still to be relied upon and
then he stared ar me for another min
ute OF two, shaking his head dubi-
Dusty.
his justification was quite e1ph-
cable The last time he had seen ne
| was going down TO earth with
bullet in my face and my machine do
ng spinning-nose dive He was one
IF my comrades in the flying corps
and was in the fight which resulted
n my capture He said he had read
he report that was s prisoner OF
var, but he had never believed il. SIS
lie did not think il possible for me TO
that fall
He was one Of the few men living
'ut Of eighteen who were originally
q my sQuadro1-I do not mean the
Eighteen with whom 1 sailed from
'anada last May, but the squsdron /
,ined in France
As we sat on the deck exchanging
experiences, I would frequently no I,
&c him gazing intently in my face !,
5 il he were not quite sure that tie I,
hole proposition Was not hoax ,
I'D that was sn imposter.
Outside of this unexpected meet /.
g, my trip was uneventful
1 arrived at 81. John. New Bruins
lex. and eventually In the little
WI OF Momenee. Ill. on the Kan
Ikee river.
I have said that 1 was never so
'ppy TO arrive in country as I was !
hen 1 set foot on Dutch soil Now, .
n afraid I shall have to take that !
atement back. Not until 1 finally
1ded in Momence and realized that !
was again in the town of my child
Cd days did 1 enjoy that feeling OF ,
solute security which one never
lily appreciates until after q visit
foreign parts
Now that 1 am back. the whole adj
lture constantly recurs to me n q
am, and I'm never quite sure that
'ont wake up and find il -