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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09

You have seen model towns of wood spring up at shipping plants and powder factories, but there is an other phase of the wood consump tions problem that you do not see so readily, perhaps it is before you every day in a form that you cannot do without. This is your favorite news paper or magazine. David Franklin Houston, the Secretary of Agriculture, and vice-president of the Ameri- can Forestry Association, says that in 1917 six thousand tons of newsprint were being used EVERY DAY. He pointed out that this was being in creased about ten per cent every year. count the demands of the war for pa per. The government enlarged and added new departments over night. That meant letter writing.
 Secretary Houston calls attention to the fact that it takes three million cords of, pulpwood to supply news print for the presses every year. Then it takes four million more cords to supp.y magazines and business re- quirements. The supply has always been dangerously near the estimated requirements and at that the United States depends upon Canada for a
 third of its newsprint paper. The pressure of economic conditions, Sec retary Houston adds and the lack of foresight in cutting forests have so depleted the available private supply
 of pulpwoods that there is not enough left to last more than ten or fifteen years. On this point the Secretary says; Changes in Canadian policy
 might at any time cut off our news ] papers from this source of supply or
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09

and pit props every month. It is tre- mendous the amount of material re- quired at the front for constructing bridges and corduroy gun-pits and supplements, military railroads, hos pital stations and huts, and in ;he endless reaches and ramifications of trenches"
 Should be Taught in Public Schools.
 The importance of Forestry as a profession is pointed out by Prof. J.. w. Tourney, director of the Yale For estry School. Twenty-nine per cent. of the area of the United States today is forest, he says, and next to agri- culture the forests provide labor for more people than any industry, yet millions of dollars are wasted in for est fires and unwise utilization. Prof. Tourney urges teaching of Forestry n the public schools. On this point Prof. Tourney says:
 "We have 7adly neglected the teach ing of forestry in our public schools, where the great body of our future citizens must find direction and in- centive for productive labor. Public opinion of tomorrow has it's roots in the public schools of today. The in- dustrial development of tomorrow lies cradled in the public schools of to- day"
 "The chief concern of the public schools should be to instiIl in the stu dent respect for the vacations that the community affords and to impart knowledge that directly or indirectly relates to the vocation that he must later follow if he remains a part of the community. To my mind our public schools are largely responsible for our overcrowded cities and dim inished rural population. This is largely due to their over-emphasis on
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09

what they represent. An Armenian, Christian, is usually permitted to act as guide to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and he is particular in show ing you a round hole lined with silver which, according to tradition was the actual spot in which the cross was in- serted. A few feet from the opening is a crevice covered with a brass slide which is said to be the cleft in the rock mentioned in the Gospel of St. Matthew. These are the most sacred spots shown except some small chapels. The history of this church is a little intricate as it has been de- stroyed and rebuilt several times. In 1868 Russia, Turkey and France un- dertook it's restoration and the present iron dome was set in place of wooden one. The Turks knew it was a draw ing card to the country and were will ing to help with the expense. While many tourists are skepticaI about the | location, Dr. Schick, the well-known archaeologist, declares that place is correct.
 | The supreme interest at Bethlehem 1 is the Church of the Nativity This has more the appearance of a fortress than a church. It is said to have been built on the exact spot of the stable in which Christ was born. It is simple with little decoration which seems to add to it's grandeur. Like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre it has been de- stroyed and rebuilt several times but each time much of the older work has been retained. For instance, the cedar wood used came from Lebanon. On the walls are found mosaic of the 12th Century, The entrance to the cave Of the Nativity is through a chancel, a flight of thirteen steps leading to the chapel containing the shrine. This is marked with silver star in the pave ment and words in Latin, which trans lated reads, Here Jesus Christ was
 born to the Virgin Mary" Fifteen
 lamps supplied by various nations and
 sects shed a softened light on the re-
 cess containing the altar above the
 star and these are always kept burn
 ing. Just opposite is the chapel of
 the Nativity, where an artificial manager of marble is shown. Dozens
 of other sacred spots might be re- ferred to but the greatest are the two
 mentioned and this Christmas for the first time in hundreds of years they
 are in the hands of the Christians.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09

from every land have visited these sacred scenes of that country and suf- fered the insults of the Turks and the unsanitary condition of the country in seeing these holy places. That day has passed for as in every colony un- der the British flag, the place will be made sanitary, good roads will be built without the least lack of venera- tion to the holy places. English hotels will be built and the place put under the control of British police. The traveller may go to the remotest parts of the Holy Land in safety for wher- ever the British flag flies there is free dom and safety and the whole Chris tian world is rejoiced to know that the British will straighten out matters in this part of the world as it has done in others. Already a railroad has been completed connecting Cairo with Jeru- salem, thus connecting the system of Egyptian and Turkish Railways. This is but beginning and before long we shall be able to visit the wonderful scene of the Holy Land in comparative comfort.
 It is said that when the Kaiser learned that defeat at this point was likely he denuded the Church of, the Holy Sepulchre of it's ornaments and had them sent to Berlin and it is hoped that if this is true that he will be forced to return them as well as many other stolen treasures.
 Sacred Spots
 Naturally at Bethlehem, the church built on the site of the stable in which Christ was born, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre erected on the site of the tomb are the most sacred spots to the Christian world. While neither have any art or beauty to rec ommend them, their attraction is in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
ieneraI ANenby's Capture of inc Holy Land Will Prove One of the Great eSf Events of fine War As If RescueS the Worlds Most Sacred Spofs From inc MosIems
Copyright 1918, by The International
 Syndicate.

Copyright 191S by The International
 Syndicate.
 20 HE GERMAN dream of an un- A broken area of dominion from A Berlin to Bagdad included con ~ trol through the Turks of the whole of Asia Minor. In the terrible awakening that land, connecting link to the Orient, has passed under the influence of the powers who bat tied for justice and right to all peo- pies. And thus through the unholy ambition of q so-called Christian na- .tion the Holy Land has been redeemed for all time from the ruthless hand of the Moslem.
 Early History
 The birthplace of Christianity has had an eventful experience in the his tory of the world. In the early days it was ruled by the pagan Romans and when the Roman Empire became Christian Palestine for the first time was governed by Christian king. Soon thereafter ill the year 636 the follow CTS of Mahomed seized the Holy City and Mahomedans and Christians en- gagged Tn deadly conIllCt TOT the mas tery of the country. Then came long years of struggle and anxiety on the part of the Christian world. Crusades for the rescue of the Holy Land were organized and many attempts made to retake it. In 1850 Jerusalem came under the dominion of the Turks and then indeed came a reign of terror which shocked all Europe.
 There are many legends of valiant
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knights and soldiers who endured the unspeakable hardships of crusade af- ter crusade over hundreds of miles of desert and unfriendly countries to bring relief to the city and preserve it from the ravagiug hands of the un- believer. In 1899 they succeeded and rebuilt the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but their tenure was com paratively short lived, for in 11S7 it again passed under the dominion of the Turks. A second time, in 1929, the crusaders were successful and with alternating success and failure were finally driven out in 1243. Since then the Crescent has been the symbol of dominions and the proud and cruel Turk dictated the policy of the Holy City until a few months ago, when the Union Jack of England, the em- hlem of freedom and christianity, sup planted the Turkish flag, thus rescuing for all time the birthplace of Christ from the control of those who are un- believers.
 General AIlcnby's Triumph
 The honor of the capture of Jeru- HetleLu DelouSS lO Ne4leld4 Oil EulIuuu Allenby, one of England's great caval- ry leaders, whose army had many seri- ous combats with the Turks. East of the Jordan an Arabian Army acted in conjunction with Allenby, when the Turkish Army faced the British and small contingent of the French it numbered about 5000. Allenby made a thrust which broke the Turk ish lipe. Pushing north his men crossed the plains and enveloped the Turks cutting the Damascus Railroad, it's one line of communication, and in the next few days he captured a great number of guns and prisoners. Some 0,000 Turks ran away.N The fate of
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make it available only at excessive cost. On the other hand our own for est resources are ample to meet all paper requirements of the country"
 Problems of reconstruction mean that there must still be a great saving all along the line to catch up with wars drain on the resources of the country. Great reconstruction plans mean wood. The War In dustries Board through it's Paper Economy Section is straining every
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09

intellectual discipline without corre- lation with vocational pursuits and the almost complete ignoring of local ity needs.
 Although the forests of the coun- try embrace 29 per cent. of it's total area yet we have no forestry high schools where the boys who are later to labor in the woods may receive in struction which will make them more efficient in a vocation which may be the dominant one of their community Agriculture and forestry have close kinship. They both have to do with the production, harvesting and mar keting of crops grown from the soil. :. They differ chiefly in the length of time required for the crop to mature. ~ I believe that in most localities a part of the work of the agriculture hig1s schools should be given to forestry"
 The average boy or girl knows lit tie about trees with the exception of the Christmas tree. It never occurs to thousands of them that the book they take to school comes from a tree. They are taught to take care of a book because it is a book, not Der cause it is paper. Five years of waTr has made Q terrible toll on the forestsS of the world in wood used and woods lands ruined. We must save. dR
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nerve to get the people to save paper. A paper economy week was recently closed during which there were win'
 dow displays all over the country showing the need of saving paper. P. $. Rldsdale, secretary of the Ameri- can Forestry Association, urges that the business world adopt the plan of
 writing the carbon of the letter on the back of the one you are answer ing. He points out what big saving this would mean in paper in a year.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
Carry Your Boxes Unwrap- ped and Wrife fheCarbon ,ofLeffers On Backs of inc Ones You Receive
Copyright 1918, by The International
 Syndicate.

"ARRY that box of breakfast food home unwrapped. Put the V old hat under your arm and A~ carry it home proudly. Paper must be saved and every one must help. The boys in the trenches car ried bigger loads than that for you, and the airplane sharp shooters lodged the Hun and dropped bombs filled with q little argument on the trenches of the enemy FOR YOU. Therefore help save paper. It is a long jump, you will say, from carry ing home unwrapped breakfast food to bombing a Hun trench, and will doubtless ask what a little paper around a bottle of pickles had to do with fighting the Germans from an airplane.
 Spruce for Airplancs
 Airplanes demand the finest kind of wood construction. To a great ex- tent this calls for spruce. Do you know that an airplane propeller makes 1,7OO revolutions a minute ? Do you want faulty construction and 2aferior wood to go into the ma.:ne g of these engines of death, many of which must still be made for our boys In France in spite of the armistice !, Then save paper so that more of each kind of wood can go into reconstruc fion activities. Look around you and see what was done with wood during the short time we were in the war Look at the war camps, the Y. M. c A. huts, the Red Cross hospitals, the immense shipping terminals that have sprung up here and in France. "Givt us wood!" is the cry of the Govern ment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
RAINY DAY CIGARETTES

@ HEY ARE carried, not in a,s7 A cigarette case, tucked away in7s SN an inner coat pocket, but very
 conveniently in the handle ofw his umbrella. No need to close thhjd umbrella, step into shelter out of thesc storm and unbutton topcoat and inner coat to search for cigarette; a sliieyS in the crook handle of the umbrella 2 is pushed back and there, right at5t hand, are several cigarettes and someLs matches-and further up on the un1- brella handle, out of the wind, is a convenient place to scratch the match. eT
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-05-03
OFFICERS NAMED
|. IN LATEST u. S.
CASUALTY LIST
General Pershing Reports
Names of Seventy Two
Men in Today's List.
EIGHT KILLED IN
ACTUAL WARFARE
Two Llieutenants Are Re.
ported AS Missing in Ac-
tion-5 Wounded.

Washington, May 1.-The casualty
list today contained 72 names, as fol-
lows:
Killed in action, s; died of wounds,
/; died of accident, l. died of disease,
severely, 5; wounded slightly, 81;
missing in action, 2.
Three officers were named. Lieuts.
William. H. jenkins and Franklin B.
Pedrick are missing in action, and
Lieut. Nathan C. Reed was wounded
slightly.
Killed in action Sergeant Arvid A.
Cederholm, Corporals John F. Giles,
George Gritzback, Privates James o.
Carey, Earl R. Clark, Clarence E.
Coe, Clinton w. DeForest, James N.
Joyce.
Died of disease-Pprivates Louis
Lorraine Barnett, Charles H. Bolden,
Benjamin Hill.
Died of wounds-Pr1vate Lyndon l.
Casey.
Died of accident Private John
Pesa-
Died of other causes-Private How
ard A. Mowery.
WOundeQ SeVereIy-COrpOralS wal
ter G. Caul, John Murray, Privates
Raphael Carlo, John J. Cook, Robert
B. Remington.
Wounded slightly-Lieut. Nathanie
C. Reed, Corporals Edward D. Brown
| Daniel Caplet, Leon T. Co1man, Der
nard F. Cunningham, James E. De
nice, Joseph A. Dixon, John c. Elem
ing, James c. Frey, Carol W. Leason
Alfred NORM, W. H. Whitman; Ser
geants George A. Gil1esie, Chester
Smith, Mechanics Arthur F. Prescott
Francis D. Quigley, Cook Victor A
Tatro, Privates Alfred John Apple
yard, Angleo Ballande11i, Harold V
Boggs, John H. Breen, Dufgi Ceruno
Chester J. Cooper, Napoleon Duha
mel, Daniel D. Erwin, Louis Farona
Albert Filteau, Walter H. Fisher, vii
liam S. Foster, Bernard R. Clarity
Thomas M. Gavain, George E. Goethe
Austin B. Harlow, James W. Hyatt
Harold R. johnson. Alfred J. Justice
Thomas Kelly, Thomas G. Lawton
William H. Nicholson, Mike Pater
nostro, Rozard J. Polizzotti, Lester j
Rotch, Frank C. Schroeder, William
Stonski, Henry A. Sullivan, William
J. Tatro, John W. Thomas, Leroy F
Weber, August H. Wigren, jaime
Zambone, Joseph Zapolsky.
Missing in action-Lieuts- William
H. Jenkins, Franklin B. Pedrick-
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-05-03
POPE ALSO Will SEEK
MAY 9TH TO END WAR,
. KING CHARLES ACTIVE
HUN PRESS PUBLISHES STORY ABOUT
FRESH PEACE VERTURES-FAILURE
OF DRIVE AGAINST WEST FRONT
OF ALLIES BELIEVED REASON.

through neutral countries that he was
about to take such action. The pope
proposed the restoration of territory
captured by the Central powers;
peaceful settlement of the A1saee-Lor-
raine -Trentino and Polish questions,
and reductions of all armament Pres
ident Wilson, replying, refused the
proposals. The reply of the Central
powers, made some days later, ex-
pressed hope that the popes efforts
would result in a. cessation of hostfli-
ties.
All that can. be said about these ru-
mors, the Times says is that they are
not inherently incredible.
The dual monarchy and its ruler
unquestionably are in a highly critical
position, the newspaper continues, and
it may well be that the youthful en-
peror is trying to tempt Italy, possi-
bly, also Belgium, asshe tried to-tempt
France.
The result of any such efforts would
of course, it is added, be the same
They would interest the Allies only as
fresh indications that the emperor is
conscious of the dangers which men
ace him and is seeking for a way to
escape. The Times continues:
f'Have the Hapsburgs the wisdom
and courage to face the facts?''
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-05-03
FIND HERRICK
DEAD IN NOBLE
AVENUE GARAGE

Charles Herrick, As, formerly re-
siding at 100 Noble avenue, was found
dead beside his automobile in the gar
age at 667 Noble avenue early this
morning. Upon investigation being
made by Medical Examiner DIR. S. M.
Garlick, death was found to be due to
natural causes.
From facts in the possession of the
auth orities it was learned that the de-
| ceased was employed at the Auto
matte Machine Co. since he arrived
here from Lynn, Mass, last November
AS far as can be learned he has no
relatives in Bridgeport and the nearest
of his kin is a sister, Mrs H. Joyce, OF
Winthrop, Me, and the police have
already communicated with her.
The automobile which Herrick
owned was used for him for his pleas-
ure. and it is said that lre was in the
| habit of making long trips when the
weather permitted.
When asked what he thought was
the cause of the death, DR.. Garlick
said that to the best of his belief Mer-
rick suffered from a cardiac com
| plant and was stricken with hear
failure while putting his car up for the
night.
When the body was discovered this
morning it was found that the door o.
the garage was left wide open al
night and it was this fact that caused
| passers by to Investigate.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-05-03
GERMANS talk
Of OFFENSIVE
AGAINST ITALY

London, May 1t is worthy OF
note in connection with the official
statement from Austro- Hungarian
headquarters on Tuesday reporting in
creased activity on the Italian front,
that German papers recently have
been referring to a supposed i'm
pending revival of the Austrian Of
fensive against, Italy on grand
scale. The comments have read al
times as if they were intended to ex-
ert pressure on Austria-Hungary to
begin an attack for which the Ger
mans are eager as a diversion on the
extreme flank of the Entente front.
Lieut.. Gen. Won Ardenne, in the
Ber1iner Tageblatt, writes:
1.-THE tension amid which the world
is watching the drama in France and
Flanders is likely to be increased
soon as the Italian theater becomes
livelier 1t cannot be denied that
while the German people await re-
vival of the fighting activity there
with full confidence, they also await
it with impotence. Never was the
opportunity for reviving an Austro-
Hungarian offensive more favorable
than at present"
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-05-03
All Records Broken for
Number Of Persons to
Buy Liberty Bonds.
WILSON TO AID
$50 BOND DRIVE
President to Purchase
Installment Bond from
Theatre Box.

Washington, May All rec
ords for number of subscribers
to Liberty loans were broken
today, when treasury tabula-
tons show that 100000 per-
sons have bought bonds of the
third issue. Subscriptions to-
day sent the total above the So
5OO,0OO,OOO mark.
With four days remaining, the num-
Der of subscribers is $500, 1000 more
than the 9,50o00o of the second loan
and nearly three times the 4,5eO,O00 OF
the first loan. Under the stimulus of
the active canvass of the few DAVIS.
and the BUY Another Bonldf' move
ment, the treasury hopes to raise the
subscription roll to the 10000, 900 sought
by Secretary McAdoo and total sub
scrption to a billion or two beyond
the 5000, 00O, 900 minimum
The BUY Another Bond appeal
reached. President Wilson today and
although he already had subscribed
for nearly $4,000 of third Liberty
bonds, he agreed to buy $50 bond on
the installnent plan, in accord with
the standard suggestion of the BUY
Another" solicitors. Since this ap-
peal is sounded particularly by four
minute speakers at theatres, the pres
ident said he would enter this sub
scription some evening this week
when he attends theatre He added
| that he hoped a million or smore other
Americans would BUY Another
Bond
Loan headquarters Immediately tel
egraphed local organizations to COM
municate word Of the presidents sub
scription to four minute men, theatre
managers, newspaper men and loan
workers in an effort to round up a
million to follow his example Sub
scriptions of any size will be vel
coined, but special effort will be made
to get persons of moderate meanG tt
buy $50 bonds.
Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-05-03
SUPREME court
GIVES new TRIAL
TO MRS. CHILEAN

Hartford, May Mfrs. Amy E.
Archer Gilligan is to have a new trial
for her life. Her appeal from the
death sentence in the lower court was
granted yesterday by the Supreme
Court of Errors, thus adding another
chapter to a murder case which is
without precedent in Connecticut-a
ase recalling from history the name
of Lucretia Borgia and her career OF
horror; a case outshadowing the no
torious Molineaux case of the recent
past.
The opinion was written by Justice
Beach. All the justices concurred in
the result; but Justices Roraback and
Wheeler dissented from the reasoning
Of the majority of the court, arriving
at their conclusions for reasons other
than those given in the opinion.
One paragraph in the opinion ap-
parently sums up the reasons for the
finding of error and the ordering of a
new trial in the case. It relates to
the fact that although one specific
death was chosen by the prosecution
to show murder by poisoning, evidence
was introduced concerning other
deaths, which in the opinion of the
Supreme court was inadmissible-