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Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
CRUISED in
PACIFIC s
MONTHS
Beri Beri and SCurvy Rake
Hun Prison Ship Long
in Hiding.

Copenhagen, Feb. 26-The
Spanish steamer Igotz Mendi, with
a German prize crew from the
Pacific ocean on board, is ashore
near the Skaw lighthouse. Two
of the prisoners aboard are Amer
leans.
The prisoners on the IgotZ Men
di were taken from six ships that
had been sunk. Several of the
prisoners had been aboard the
vessel for eight months while she
cruised in the Pacific ocean.
Twenty-Five persons, including
nine women, two children and
two Americans, have been landed
by a Hfeboat from the Skaw.
The Danish authorities have
interned the German commander.
The German prize crew refused
to leave the ship.
There has been an epidemic of
beri beri and scurvy on board the
= vessel.
The Igotz Mendi was captured
by the German auxiliary cruiser
Wolf nine months ago in the
gulf of India. The German navi-
gators who were placed aboard
had been following the Wolf ever
since.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
STUDY REPLY OF
Won HERTLING TO
WILSON SPEECH

Washington, Feb. 26.-German Cham
cellor Won Iertling's speech to the
B0Achstag was carefully studied today
by President Wilson and state de-
partment officials without any official
indication of how it was regarded or
that it would be a basis for a further
step in the presidents custom of dis
cussing the subject of peace in the
open before congress. Intimations
that the president would make it the
occasion for another address imme-
diately found no official support.
Other officials who read the cham
cellor's address closely thought it
served to emphasize point made by
President Wilson in one of his earlier
addresses dealing with the peace aims
of the powers, that while the Central
powers appeared to accept the general
broad altruistic principles for which
the Entente allies and America were
contending, when it came to the ar
Management of details the Central pow
ers appeared reluctant to apply these
principles
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
NEARLY ALL IN
DEVENS CARRYING
WAR INSURANCE

Hartford, Feb. 26-Ffgures on the
amount of government war risk insur-
ance taken by men in the service have
been procured by the Connecticut
State Council of Defense, which,
through it's local agencies in all
towns and cities in the state, is con-
Quoting a campaign among relatives OF
soldiers and sailors appealing to them
to urge men in the service to take
advantage of this insurance. With
the extension of time for fling ap-
plications to April IL, the campaign
for War Risk Insurance has taken a
new lease of life. The total amount
insured to date now exceeds $4,000
100000.
The Army camps show an especially
good return. Every one of them
has more than go per cent. of its men
insured, while five have 80 per cent
and upwards. From the camps, more
than 100000 applications, repre-
senting insurance of over $S,500,00O,
have been received by the War Risk
Insurance Bureau in Washington.
AdB4t ISPOIlo 4IO1l1 L eb4ANO HAAOF w
that most of the men over there have
applied for insurance. Including this
insurance from overseas and the in
surance at the arsenals, flying schools,
barracks, recruiting depots, and other
military and naval stations, the total
amount of insurance is approximate
ly $1,000, 900, 900, with an average
policy of SS,177.
There is now active rivalry among
the camps to see which shall first
reach the goal of 100 per cent. in
sured. There is also rivalry among
the camps to see which shall take ouI
| the largest total amount of insurance
and which shall take out the largest
| per capita amount. In totals Camp
Logan, Texas, leads with SS16, 000,.
| 900. Camp Greene, North Carolina
is a good second with 1913, 200, 900. II
per canits ranking, Camp Devens
| Massachusetts,, comes first. In pei
cent. of men insured Camp Dodge
Iowa, leads with 90 80 per. cent
Camp Devens has taken s246,S14, 500
| of this insurance, it's percentage o!
men insured being 97.9.
| The total amount of government in
surance in force is more than three
| times as much as the total ordinary
I life insurance in force with any life
| insurance company in the world.
The State Council of Defense an
| rounces that full Information can b,
| obtained from the Bureau of Wa
| Iisk Insurance, Washington, D. c
| together with the proper blanks
Beneiciaries can easily fill out tn,
blanks themselves and send them di
rectly to the government. The per
son in the service must sign an au
| thorization for this. or may apply TO
insurance himself directly through hi
commanding officer.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
Administration Senator
Blames Them For
BOldness of Huns.
HITS POLITICIANS
HELPING TEUTONS
DenOunces Activities of
Won BernstOrff and
His Agents.

Washington, Feb. 26-Sena-
tors who participated in the fill
ibuster that resulted in the de-
feat of the armed ship bill last
session were assailed by Sena-
tor Swanson of Virginia, an ad-
ministration leader, in a speech
today, as having destroyed
1.-The last chance for peace"
between the United States and
Germany. By this action, he
said, Germany was convinced
that we did not have the cour-
age to defend our rights anC
that no injury she could inflict
would result in warfare.
This small group of wilful sena
tors " Senator Swanson declared
''were responsible for the creation O.
this belief in Germany and deserve Sc
we're condemnation for misrepresent
ing and thwarting at this critical tint
the will of the American people. Con
WINGED by defeat of the measure fol
armed neutrality that the United
States was too craven to fight, hardl!
had congress adjourned before Ger
many commenced the enforcement O
extended submarine warfare
Senator Swanson after reviewin.
the causes that led to Americas en-
trance to the war declared there i
ganda now conducted in this countr,
designed to produce dissatisfaction
and patriotic lethargy in order to OBJ
tain German made peace"
Engaged in spreading this PERM
cious propaganda, he said, is ;
motley crew composed of fanatics
German spies and persons corrupted
with German gold and promises, off
cered by a few selfish politicians WIFI
foolishly think they see an opportunit,
for elf-advancement although it ma,
result in the wrecking of the coun
try"
The activities of former German
Ambassador Won Bernstorff and othe
German agents despite our neutralit,
in attempting to cripI- e our indus
tries, instigate plots and to influence
the congress in the interest of the Ger
man empire also were denounced b,
Senator Swanson.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
"SEND MORE LIKE
THEM TO FRANCE

An Atlantic Port, Feb. 25-Maj.
Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, commandant
of Camp Lee. Petersburg, Va, who
has been making a tour of observation
of fighting condition in France, Lieut..
Col. G. E. Kilbourne, who has been
Maj. Gen. Leonard Woods aide and
was partly blinded in an explosion. o.
c. Hayne of Pittsburgh, and M. Dunn
of Philadelphia who have been serv-
ing with the American Red Cross on
the Italian front, were among the
passengers aboard French steamer
which arrived here today.
"All that we need is some more men
Just like them said Maj. Gen. Cronk-
bite, in commenting on the splendid
condition in which he found the
American soldiers serving overseas.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01

/ uOOIolIo GlII OdSu u CllCIOo.
Rehearsals for the raid were held
the day before. The barrage fire be-
gan at $3.50 o'clock in the morning
and continued until 6:35.
The Americans among the 100 in
the attacking party were surprised at
the precision with which the French
shells fell and went a little faster
than they should have done and were
within 80 yards of the dropping shells
when they reached the enemy lines.
Relief had just been completed in
the German trenches and officers were
making the rounds. The Germans took
shelter in a dugout rooted with rails
and sand bags. A French shell made
a direct hit and the enemy scattered
about the trench. At the same mo-
mcnt the Americans and French jump
ed in.
There was some md to hand fight
ing but the entire enemy party at this
point was captured. The raiders
forced the enemy out of other shelters
and communicating trenches.
The raiders and prisoners started
back across No Mans Land on sched-
ulC IllIOB Jul WSlO NStA6llC III q NOA-
man counter barrage. One enemy
shell wounded five Germans and six
Frenchmen, but no Americans. The
prisoners were from 16 to 40 years of
age. All apparently were under-nour-
ished
TIE artillery contest in the Ameri-
can sector northwest of Toul grows
more intense daily. The Germans
fired hundred or more shells during
the last "a hours and late this evening
began to lombard violently some Of
our batteries with gas and high ex-
plosive shells.
The American artillery has replied
constantly, doing most effective work
against the enemy front line trenches,
his battery positions and wire entan-
clements. Numerous enemy working
parties also were shelled. Beyond OBJ
servation by balloons there has been
no aerial activity because of the low
clouds and rain.
American machine guns last night
and this morning fired many thou
sand rounds in the rear of the Ger
man positions where marked move
ment of men and material progresses
The enemy tried unsuccessfully to
hinder the American patrol work by
hurting new and powerful flares into
tive American wire entanglements.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
LINER FLORIZEL.
IS POUNDING TO
PIECES ON ROCK
Death List Remains at go,
With A Saved.
BOAT OWNER SEES
DAUGHTER DROWN
Survivors Fought Hours
Against Crashing of
Waves.

st. Johns. Nj, Feb. 26.-The Red
cross liner F1orizel was slowly bat
ter1ng to pieces today on the rocks of
Broad cove, not far from Cape Race.
Meanwhile A of the passengers and
crew brought here yesterday by res
cue ships told. of the horror of their
26 hour vigil before heroic Newfound-
land fishermen were able to get them
off in small boats.
Search along the coast near where
the Fiorizel struck on Sunday morn
ing on a voyage from this port to
Halifax and New York was prose-
cuted with vigor to recover bodies of
the 80 persons who lost their lives in
the disaster. Reports on Sunday night
told of bodies washed ashore, but af-
ter it was found that some of those
On board the vessel were alive all eff
forts were turned toward saving
them.
Most of those who lost their lives
were swept from places of safety TO
which they sought to cling, within a
few minutes after the F1orizel dashed
ON the rocks. AS the vessels bow
rose in the crash those who escaped
being trapped below decks and
drowned by the torrents of water that
poured in through companionways
scrambled forward for refuge. Some
were washed from decks and others
were killed by bits Of wreckage or 50
badly injured that they could not
reach the higher vantage points.
John S. Mum, managing director OF
Bowring Brothers, limited, owners OF
the Florizel, after seeing his little
daughter swept overheard, made his
way to the bridge deck, where 30 who
escaped from the saloon had gath
erred. For two hours they were safe
but then a wall of water wrenched
the deck away and a few minutes
later 20 others, clfnging to the smok-
ing noon roof, were similarly en-
quilted.
Thirty-two of those who escaped
were huddled in the wireless room
that withstCod the storm, and Others
maintained a place of refuge in the
forecastle by rebuilding a barricade
whenever the waves battered in The
door. The only one of those caught
below decks who was saved was Johr
Kelly OF this city, who took refuge in
the upper berth of his state room.
Washington, Feb. 26-E. W. Stew
enson of New York, was the onl,
American citizen on the lost Re-
Cross liner FIorizel, according to :
report of the American consul in ST
Johns, N. F., to the state depart
ment. Stevenson's name is not amon
those reported saved.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
INTERNATIONAL
EGG CONTEST

For the past two months it has
seemed that each time the hens in
the laying contest at Storrs got fairly
| under way and just ready to lay lot
of eggs they have had to face adverse
| weather conditions. The sixteenth
week of the competition is a nice ex-
ample of the case in point. The hens
| laid at a rate of 40 per cent. as COM
pared with "a per cent. for the pre-
vious week. The total number of eggs
amounted to 2801 or a gain of more
than 400 over the previous weeks
production. Thus all the signs look
good except that the last day of the
contest week brought a below zero
temperature with a drop of nearly so
degrees in twenty-four hours. Rich
ard Aliens Rhode Island Reds from
Pittsfield, Mass, were an easy first
for the week with yield of 81 eggs.
Joseph M. Rothschi1d's Barred Rocks
from Katonah, N. H, were second on
the list with a production of As eggs.
Laurel Hill FARMS White Wyandottes
from Bridgeton, R. l., and A. P. Rob-
inson's White Leghorns from Calver-
ton, N. Y, tied for third place with
A eggs each.
| INOL d Lew people nave U00n more OF
less disturbed by the Food Admins
tration's ruling that prevents the sale
of live or freshly killed hens or pullets
for meat purposes until after April
30th next. So far as poultrymen are
concerned such ruling was unneces-
sary. As previously pointed out in this
column, everyone of course under
stands that hens will lay relatively
many more eggs during the next few
months than any other time in the
year. To be sure all are aware that
very high feed prices prevail, but
there has likewise been an upward
trend in the egg market. Last week
the eggs from the laying contest sold
at wholesale for SIS cents a dozen as
compared with SO cents a dozen for
the corresponding week two years
ago.
The Storrs Experiment Station has
just published bulletin No. 95, entitled
Factors in Incubation" This IS a
pamphlet of about fifty pages and will
be sent gratis to those who are inter
ested in Matching. All the latest ideas
in incubation are incorporated in this
newest bulletin on the subject.
bttrTVu 113lLOltu IGOCkS
Jules F. Francois,
West Hampton Beach, L. I. 46S
Rock Rose Farm,
Katonah, N. 7. 44O
Tom ]. Adamson, t.
Laurel P. o. Quebec, Can. 416
Joseph NJ. RothschiId,
Katonah, N. Y. 41G
White Wyandottes
Obed G. Knight,
Bridgeton, r. 1 554
Brayman Farm,
Westville, N. H. ATS
J. Frank Dubois,
East Lynn. Mass. 45E
Rhode Island Reds
Richard Allen,
PittsfieId, Mass. ATE
Pinecrest Orchards,
Groton, Mass. All
, Chas. H. Lane,
Southboro, Mass. 36t
White Leghorns
, J. o. LeFevre,
+ New PaltZ, N. Y. 49,
Braeside Poultry Farm.
f Stroudsburg, Pa. AL
, Hollywood Farm.
, Hollywood, Wash. Al
/ Miscellaneous
Cook & Porter, Duff Wyandottes)
/ Easthampton, Mass. 49(
L Ore. Agricultural College (Oregons)
t Corvallis, Ore. 49,
: H. P. Cloyes Cuff Wyandottes)
East Hartford, Conn. Al:
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
POWDERED GLASS
IN CHEWING GUM

Stonington, Feb. 25-Dr. James
n. Weeks, local representative
Of the State Council of Defense.
has had reported to him a case of
ground glass found in chewing
gum here and has sent samples
of the gum in question to the
Council in Hartford for more
thorough examination. He has
made thorough report of his in
vestigations here ard awaits fur
Their instructions from the State
Council of Defense.
When the matter was reported
to him he started an investigation
at once under instructions from
Hartford, getting samples of this
particular make of chewing gum
from all stores in the borough. On
Sunday, DIR. Weeks and DIR. Thur
Der made an examination of one
package and found what was I'M
doubleday ground glass.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
SENATOR REED IN
ATTACK ON FUEL
ADMINISTRATOR

Washington, Feb. 26-Responsib bill
ity for the coal shortage was placed
squarely on the fuel administration
by Senator Reed of Missouri today
in a Statement of facts" submitted
to the senate subcommittee on man
macturers as a basis for a, peport of
its recent investigation of the fuel
situation. Senator Reeds statement
was not the report of the sub-com-
mittee, which investigated the food
and fuel administrations, but a state
ment of his individual conclusions on
the facts.
1.-THE chaos now existing in the coal
business" the statement said, must
give place to stability or we will in
the near future be confronted by a
coal shortage Of the most disastrous
character"
For this reason, Senator Reed said,
there should be an immediate an
nouncement of prices and contracts
which would be allowed to succeed
present coal contracts, of which vir-
tually all terminate on April 1.
The statement also advocated the
announcement of a fixed time in
which the business world may safely
adjust itself to the new contracts and
added:
cit is plain that the prices allowed
to be charged must be reasonably
remunerative. If this is denied, the
maximum of production cannot be
expected
Senator Reed declared the recent
fuel order closing industries east OF
the Mississippi river was issued by the
fuel administration without warrant
or authority of law in order ''to ex-
tricate itself from It's selfcreated
\ dilemma The senator made it plain
that there was no excuse for such a
condition to exist as the government
on August 10 took over the control
of coal with authority to commander
mines and ample powers to meet any
emergency.
The transatlantic shipping tieup, as
far as was due toll ack of bunker coal
also was blamed on the fuel admins
tration by the Missouri senator. His
statement asserted that the entire
business machinery for bunkering
ships, built up by practical experts,
not theorists or dreamers. had been
put out of commission or completely
subordinated to the fuel administra-
ton so that it can be fairly said the
fuel administration was substituted fol
the machinery Heretofore existing.
To add to the confusion the state
ment said the prices fixed by the Lane
committee were swept aside by the
fuel administration" and this mis-
take finally was discovered and ad-
mitted by DR.. Garfield. Senator Reed
declared multiplicity of priority or.
ders resulted in tieing up thousands
of freight cars and in creating EN-.
bargoes in many of the great termina,
yards of the country.
obviously" the statement con
c1uded, this great fundamental bust
ness ought not to be wrested from
experienced hands and taken over by
those who, however good their inten'
tions, are utterly lacking in tha
knowledge essential to its successful
conduct"
The statement was taken under
consideration today and a report or
the finding of the recent inquiry i:
expected soon.
Senator Lodge, whose resolution
| caused the coal investigation, ha
| given notice that he will discuss the
coal situation in the senate tomorrow
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
BOY BURGLAR SENTENCED.

Amsterdam Feb. 25-Karl Wilke,
a 17-year-o1d schoo1boy who burglar
lied the German emperor's castle at
Wilhelmshohe last November, has
been sentenced to nine months i'm
prisonment by the German courts. At
the trial he stated that he needed
money to pay a $50 restaurant bill in
CURED in celebrating his birthday, He
thereupon committed seven successive
burglaries at the imperial castle, OBJ
tanning art objects and other valua-
bles worth $4,000, which he took
from the private apartments of the
emperor and empress. The whole lot
was sold to an antique dealer for $65.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
GERMANY ISSUES
OWN tsBLACKIIST''

Mexico City, Feb. 26-The Germans
here have issued a BLACKLIST of
their own. which was published re-
Gently in the local Tages Zeitung.
Virtually all Entente firms and agents,
naturally, are included in this list, but
interest centers mostly in the effect
the compilation will have on neutl .
commercial houses that have been in
cluded, apparently after careful con-
sideration.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
LEARN HUMbERT
HAD HUN CASH
IN BANKS here

New York, Feb. 23-Further dis
closures in the investigation conducted
here into the activities in America of
Bolo Pasha, under sentence of death
in France for treason, were made pub
lie today, indicating that Charles
Humbert, the French senator who was
arrested subsequent to Bolo's convic-
ton in Paris, had German money
amounting to $4,000 on deposit in
this country.
This money was placed with J. P.
Morgan & Co., here on instructions of
Bolo Pasha, who, according to the
ecidence, had it transferred from his
own account in the Royal Bank of
Canada to Senator Humbert's account
with the Morgan firm.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
GERMAN AGENT
IN CUBA HELD

Havana, Feb. 26.-JuEus Messer, a
German mining engineer of Santiago
de Cuba, is under arrest here and in
termed in the Cabanas fortress,
charged with espionage and propa-
ganda among laborers in an effort to
interrupt the handling of the sugar
crop. Messer is said to be an init
mate friend of George Hildebrant,
German chemist and alleged spy, who
also is a prisoner in CaJbanaS.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
FENG YUS HANG
HELPING SOUTH

Picking, Wednesday, Feb. 20-Gen.
Feng Yus Hang, in command of TO-
600 northern troops, has rebeIled
against recent mandate of President
Feng Kwo Chang urging the general,
who is a northerner, to attack the
southern rebels Gen. Feng is said to
have established himself near Kui-
kiang on the border of the provinces
of Hepeh and Human, and is giving
help to the southerners.
The capture of Ichang, strategical
position on the Yangtse Kiang, by the
southerners, is confirmed officially.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
FIND GERMAN BOMBS
IN NORWAY

Christiana, Feb. 25.-Fresh discov-
cries of bombs of German origin have
been found in Norway. A large store
of bombs intended to blow up ships
carrying iron ore to England was I'M
covered a few days ago at Kirkenes.
a seaport. Nine large bombs and a
number of smaller engines of des-
truction were located at Findelin in
a room formerly occupied by alleged
accomplices of Baron Reutenfels.
whose operations were extensively
aierd several months ago.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
sUBMARTNE SINKS FREGHrER

New York, Feb. 26-The British
freight steamer Phila delphia, of 5,129
gross tons, owned by TIE Leyland
line, has been sunk by a submarine.
She left here With cargo for British
rorts on Feb. Is and was torpedoed
a.out Feb. 81.
News of the Philadelphians loss
was received today in marine insur-
anee circles AMI confirmed at the
Offices OF the UW1and line.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
HOLDS MANY "FIRsTS"

Norwich, Feb. 25-Walter P. Nor
an, reported severely wounded in ac-
ton by Gen. Pershing on Saturday,
was the first to be drawn in Norwich
for the selective draft, the first to be
examined, the first to be sent to
Camp Devens, the first to be sent
abroad, and the first Norwich boy to
be wounded. He is the son of John
A. Moran, a real estate dealer.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
CONDEMNS DISEASED HORSES

Hartford, Feb. 25-Cattle Commits
sioner Whittlesey has condemned two
glandered horses found in New Haven
in a shipment of nine horses from
New York. The horses were found
in livery stable in New Haven and
are, now under quarantine.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01

Amsterdam Feb. 26The Central powers intend to give
self government to the provinces Of Gourland Lhuana
Imperial Chancellor Herng declared in his address to the
reichstag yesterday.
The Chancellor said the Central powers had freed Poland
with the intention Of calling independent state into existence
The constitutional problem involved still being discussed
n its narrower sense he said by the three countries
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-03-01
TWELVE DEAD IN
SOUTHERN WRECK

Columbia, S. c., Feb. 26-Twelve
dead and 81 seriously injured was the
toll of yesterdays Southern railway
wreck near here. A coroner's in
quest was under way today with the
object of fixing responsibility for the
disaster.