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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11
MAJOR GIDD|NCS
GOES ABROAD TO
help next LOAN
Member of State Council of
Defense Is Part of Spe-
cial Mission.
REPRESENTS STATE
IN THE WAR ZONE
Will Report Back to Cover
nor on How State Can
Help in War.

Hartford. Feb. d1.-Major Howard
A. Giddings, a member of the Con-
necticut State Council of Defense
sailed several days ago from an At
lantic port as member of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank Liberty Loan Mis-
sion. He is one Of 70 men who have
gone abroad for tour of study and
observation in connection with the
next Liberty Loan. 1t is planned that
members of this mission will spend
most of their time in the war zone.
Announcement that this Liberty Loan
Mission, of which Major Giddings is
member, sailed for France several
days ago was authorized today.
Upon arrival abroad, Arthur Crosby,
assistant secretary of the Treasury.
and a member of the Inter-Allied
High Financial Commission, will have
general direction of the Liberty Loan
Mission which has gone abroad under
the auspices of the Treasury, State
and War Departments. The members
of this mission from New England in
addition to Major Giddings, are Graf
ton D. Gushing of Boston, George B.
Glidden of Boston and George W.
Gardner vice president of the Union
Trust Company of Providence.
In connection with his service
abroad as a member of the Liberty
Loan Mission, Major Giddings also
goes to Europe representing the Con-
necticut State Council of Defense and
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb. He
will make certain Investigations in the
war zone which will assist the state
council and the state government in
efficiently performing Connecticut's
part in the nations war work.
Major Giddings, who has been a
member of the Connecticut State
Council of Defense since it was Gre
ated by Governor Holcomb, is super
intendent of agencies of the Travellers
Insurance Company of Hartford. He
is neutrality-suspicious. of the Connect
icut Commandery, Military Order OF
! Foreign Wars of the United States.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11
REQUEST FARMERS
TO HELP PRODUCE
SUGAR AND SYRUP
Bees, Sugar Naples and Su-
gar Beets Can Help U. S.
Get Normal Supply

Washington. D. c.. Feb. 11.-Su-
gars and syrups can be produced on
the farms and in villages by the use
of ordinary kitchen equipment to help
make up the average of 81 pounds,
the estimated sugar for each person
in the United States last year. A few
sugar maple trees, well-kept colonies
of bees, hundred feet of sugar beets
raised in the garden, or a small patch
of sweet sorghum, and Gull or other
surplus apples which might go to
waste unless made into apple syrup
may each be made to contribute to
our sugar supply.
The present limited sugar supply
can be increased if many more fam
lilies, in regions where the sugar ma
pie grows, would each make maple
syrup or sugar from ten or more
maple trees. Ten trees, under ordin-
airy conditions, can be expected to
yield about four gallons of syrup or
thirty pounds of sugar.
Maple sugar making is an art of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11
MOTHERS! Be SURE YOU Get
YOUR FREE PACKAGE TODAY
Vapor Treatment in the Form of Salve. Ap-
piled Over Throat and Chest the Body Heat
Releases the Ingredients in the Form of Vap-
ors. Relieves Group and Cold Troubles With
out the Necessity of Internal Dosing"

For Group or colds just rub a little
over the throat and chest and cover
with a warm flannel cloth. One appli-
cation at bed time prevents night at
tack of Group.
For very severe chest colds, tonsi-
litis, bronchitis or incipient pneumonia,
hot, wet towels should first be applied
over the parts, to open the pores of
the skin and then use VapoRub. For
headcolds, asthmatic O. catarrhal
troubles a little VapoRub can be rub
bed up the nostrils or melted in a
spoon and the vapors inhaled.
The manufacturers know that an
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11
Bridgeport Druggists Are
Each Giving Away go Free
Packages, IL of Which Are
Full 25-cent Jars.

Fifteen years
ago, in a little
North Carolina
town, a druggist
discovered a
process of COM
bining the old
fashioned RENE
dies -Camphor,
Turpentine and
MenthoI with
certain volatile
oils such as
E u C a ly p t u s,
Tyhme, Cubebs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

down and got so
weak I could hardly
stand, and hadhead-
aches every day. l
tried everything 1
could think of and
was under a ply
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia E.
Pinkh ANS Vege-
table Compound and
she told me about
it. From the first
day I took it'll began
to feel better and
now I am we'll and
able to do most any
k in d of work. I
have been recon-
mendinp the Com
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

pound ever since and give you my per-
mission to publish this letter. Miss
FLO KELLY, ats So. 14th ST., Newark,
N. ].
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, was so successful in Miss
Kelly's case was because it went to the
root Of her trouble; restored her to a a
normal healthy condition and as aresult
her nervousness disappeared.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

actual trial is
the best way to
prove how valu-
able VapoRub is
in the home and
they have &C
cordingly fur
nished e a c h
d r u g gist in
Bridgeport with
60 free pack
ages, to be given
away on presen-
tation of the
coupon below.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

'lNIERNALL4 LYNNE, OubSDS
and Juniper, so that, when applied
externally, the body heat would vapor-
ize these ingredients. These vapors,
inhaled all night long, carry the medi-
cation, with each breath, direct to the
air passa ges and lungs.
Today this vapor treatment, Vick's
VapoRub, is almost universally used
throughout the South in preference to
internal dosing" It is quick in it's &C
ton, and what is more important, par
ticularly to mothers with small chill
dreu, it is applied externally and hence
does not disturb the most delicate
stomach. Colds are easiest treated at
the beginning and VapoRub makes
the ideal preventive for the entire
family.
This preparation comes in salve
form and it's action is twofold. Ex-
ternally, it is absorbed thru and stimu-
lates the skin, taking out that tight
ness and soreness in the chest. Inter
nally, the vapors inhaled loosen the
phlegm and open the air passages.
COUPON GOOD IN BRIDGEP
Stratford Fair
coupons NOT COOL
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

the pioneer settlers of America learn
has been a home and farm industry.
The process is not so complicated that
anyone who has the opportunity need
hesitate to try it. Find a sugar maple
tree ten or more inches in diameter;
bore a hole three-eighths of an inch
or slightly more in diameter; insert
metal spout or one made by punch
ing the pitch from section of elder;
set a bucket under it that the sap
may collect; boil this down in a ket-
tie or shallow pan on kitchen stove
to the proper density for maple syrup.
If sugar is preferred, boil it down
further until it is quite thick, taking
ing care that it does not burn, and let
it crystalline.
<"Sugar weather" often starts by the
middle of February in the southern
part of the sugar-maple region. The
first sap is sweetest. There is no time
to be lost in talking; get ready to take
advantage of the first warm sunny
days. "Old timers say the outlook
is good for a good sugar season.
The office of Sugar Investigations
of the United States Department of
Agriculture upon application will
send instructions for making syrups
and sugars at home.
Foodstuffs valued at $1,315, ST.
were exported from the United States
during 1917.
The Red Cross will open 10 stations
in New York where free wool will be
distributed.
Sir Joseph John Thompson, pro-
fessor of physics at Cambridge, was
appointed master of Trinity College.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

The Maryland House of Delegates
ratified the national amendment for
prohibition
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

Looting was resumed in Petrograd
and armored motor cars were called
out to stop some of the crowds.
DR.. Won Seydler, the Austrian pre-
mier, rendered his resignation of his
cabinet to the Austrian Emperor.
Major-Gen. Clarence R. Edwards,
an aid to General Pershing, is recup-
Grating from pneumonia in France.
Times Want Ads. One Cent a Word
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11
4 NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkha1n's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three
years l suffered from nervous break
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

LET YOUR VALENTINE
BE FLOWERS.
JOHN RECK 6 SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

Foodstuffs valued at s1,315,614,577
were exported from the United States
during 1917.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

The Red Cross will open 10 stations
in New York where free wool will be
distributed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11

Sir Joseph John Thompson, pro-
fessor of physics at Cambridge, was
appointed master of Trinity College.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-11
Regulation o. D. Outfits.

Moleskin Military Coats leather lined, in com
Portable three-quarter length, with belt, $25.
O. D. Knitted Wool Helmets, also gray, So O.
D. Army Hoods, of knitted fabric, So O. D. Coat
and Sleeveless Sweaters, S. to $40. Suits, Uni
FORMS Overcoats Gloves, ETC., for the boys in khaki.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
WOMEN IN GLASS INDUSTRY
For the First Tine They Are Being
Employed In This Seasons Fire
In New Jersey.

Girls have now broken into the glass
industry. For the first time in the
history Of glass making in South Jer-
sey, where glass factories have flour
ished for more than century, women
and girls are being employed In this
seasons fire. The More-Jonas Glass
company of ,Bridgeton, was the first
company to use girls on any extended
scale in its warehouses, but now they
are being employed at other big glass
factories at Millville and Salem. Glass
blowing Is to be reserved entirely for
the men and the automatic machines.
The women and girls, however, are not
restricted by union rules or lack Of ex.
perience from taking the jobs formerly
held by the boys who snapped and car
ried the bottles as they came fsom the
blowers molds. They are also em-
ployed in grinding and polishing the
bottles.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
IN WEST VIRGINIA.

The following is part of signed
statement contributed to the Union Sig
nal by Samuel B. Montgomery, COM
missioner of(labor for West Virginia:
Since the state went dry West Vir-
ginia has built seventy-two new high
school buildings at total cost of ap-
proximately $2,800,0O0, the enrolment
in high schools in the state has in
creased 131 per cent, and there are
now nine colored high schools. AL
most as many churches of the first
class have been dedicated, and preach.
ers' and teachers salaries have hasa
notsceably increased. A larger nszis<..
Der of state, and national banks have
been organized than In the ten previ-
GUS wet years. One lone bank In
Fayette county has 800 more saving
accounts than it had in the last year
before prohibition.
The industrial centers would vote
more solidly dry now than they did in
1912, when all Industrial counties went
dry except ONE.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
AUTolsT WASTES MUCH FOOD
II One-Third of Cars of United States
viii Kill Chickens a Year, Loss
Is 100000.
(By c. S. ANDERSON, Colorado Agricul.
tllral COLLAGE Fort Collins CnlnA

(By C. S. ANDERSON, Colorado Agricul-
tural College, Fort Collins, Colo)
Here is hint to the motorlst who
wants to help in our national CAM
paign for food conservation. Have
you ever stopped to count up the num-
Der Of chickens that you run over in
a season?
Statistical reports show that there
are 100000 motor cars in daily use
In the United States, and most of
these cars cover some country roads
every day. A vast number of these
cars are operated by careful drivers
and will not kill one chicken in year
while other cars may kill several In
one day.
To be very conservative, let us es-
innate that one-third of these cars
will kill one chicken per year. This
means sacrifice of 100000 chick
ems. These chickens will vary as to
size, age and value, but with pres
ent prices, an average of 40 cents each
is a very conservative estimate.
Based on these figures, the value of
this annual destruction is $500 900.
While it is impossible to know the
actual loss, 1t is very likely that two
or three times the above figure would
be more nearly correct. NJ
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
49,
|(DpnlI1glallCe.
|. Mites .
FOUR REASONS FOR pRoHlsI.
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)

$500 'N@SNe~'sS - SstStIt1s.
TlON.
r. B. Griffith, who is the proprietor
Of the largest department store in
North Dakota, says:
First-Prohibition helps the homes
Of the people. 1t brings to many
mothers and children comforts that
they would not have If the sale of
liquor were permitted to debauch and
pauperize the father and bread win
ner.
Second-Prohibition creates a bet
ter moral atmosphere in which to rear
a family. With booze banished we
have less vice and crime.
Third--Prohibitlon is an aid in the
creating of wealth in any community.
Under prohibition we have more
thrift-laborers mechanics, business
men and farmers all have more earn.
Ing ability and save more money.
Fourth-Prohibition territory se-'
cured through local option is of value,
but 1t is difficult to enforce the law
when the sale Of liquor is permitted
in other nearby sections-the wider
the prohibition area the better. State
wide prohibition is much better than
local-wide prohibition, and national
prohibition is the only final satisfac-
tory settlement Of the liquor question.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
SACKS FOR EMERGENCY USES
Assist In Getting Stalled Machines Out
Of MudhoIes If Placed Under
Rear Wheels.

A lap robe, q gunny sack, or even
some old newspapers viii frequently
be enough to get car out Of deep
sand or mudhole If placed In front Of
the rear wheels to provide traction.
A big armful of straw or hay, also,
will turn the trick. Anything, in fact,
that will keep the wheels from spin
ming will suffice. Many motorists carry
a few old sacks for this purpose, and
they can testify to the fact that they
are worth many times their cost as
emergency equipment.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
errors OF OWNERS
Fail to Oil Parts That Are in
0ut-of-Way Places.
SMALL NUTS NOT frightened
Trouble With Average Motorist Is
That He Fails to Realize That
Automobile Is Very Delicate
Piece of Mechanism.

There are motorcar owners who
sometimes wonder why their cars dc
not last as long or give as much salts
faction as an automobile of the same
make owned by a friend or an ac-
quaintance. The trouble with the av.
erage motorcar owner is that he fails
to realize that the automobile is a
piece of very fine machinery and that
it will render service in proportion to
the attention 1t receives. 1t is not
human and will not cry out when
abused. w.
G. A. Englebeck, a well-known dis
tributor, has been through the auto
mobile business from racing, service,
selling, experimenting and managing
standpoints.
EngIebeck Talks.
"The car owner should remember
that washing the body does not cletn
the motor; that tightening the nuts
and bolts easily reached does not make
those under the car any tighter; that
oil placed in the motor does not mean
that one can neglect the clutch, trans
mission or rear axle" talked Engle-
beck at recent club meeting.
"Wg recommend certain things
Wiz livery factory endorses because
we have found from experience that
they will bring the best results. Do
not make changes or improvements
without first consulting the dealer
from whom you have bought the car,
for there may be strong objections to
these changes of which you are not
aware.
Factory Knows Best.
Remember that the standard fac
tory maintains engineering and ex-
perimental departments and is In a
better position to know what is proper
to use or not to use in connection with
it's cars than is the average mechanic,
who is apt to try to induce an owner
to change some part Of the design
or install some new device.
when 1t becomes necessary,
through accident, neglect, abuse or
other cause to make change, one
should seek the advice and services
of the dealer from whom he has
bought the car. This dealer has the
interest of the car at heart more than
any other person in the trade. But,
If distance makes the dealer unavail-
able, 1t is cheaper in the end to en-
ploy the best mechanic in the vicinity.
IF the motorcar owner will relig-
iously observe these rules and give his
conscientious care, it will
be easy for him to get long and sat-
isfactory service"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
BARLEY FOR FOOD. NOT DRINK.

Inasmuch as American bakers, it Ia
said, have begun to follow the exam
pie of the English and give us SO 1-3
per cent barley in our wheat bread, it
is in order to again call Mr.. Hoover's
attention to the large amount Of bar
ley and other grains used in the man
dfacture of beer. Let the govern
ment requisition the large stocks Of
barley the brewers have In storage,
and thus help materially to cut down
the cost Of bread.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

The state highway commissioner of
Washington, James Allen, sounds
warning that since prohibition has be-
come effective the number Of convicts
available for road work has decreased
to such an extent that there is no like
lihOod of road work by prison labor
during the ensuing two years. !
The Salt Lake Tribune says that
the first month Of prohibition in Og-
den brought reduction of nearly 800
per cent of the amount paid for board
ing prisoners In the city Jail and the
superintendent Of streets and public
property complains that there are not
enough prisoners available to cut the
weeds on public property.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
BRAKES THAT DRAG ARE BAD
That They Are Being Made Less e.
fieient for Future Use Is objee.
tionable Result.

Almost as bad as brakes which slip
are brakes which drag all the time.
The mere loss of power and pickup
this occasions is not the most serious
effect. The fact that as long as the
brakes are dragging they are being
made less efficient for the future Is
the most Objectionable result. The
dragging wears the friction surfaces
so that it is impossible to adjust them
properly after time.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
LOCATE TROUBLE IN MOTORS
Pounding May Be Caused by Imper-
feet Electrical Connections or
From Lost Motion.

If the pounding is regular and con-
tinuous, 1t is likely to be from lost
motion In bearings. If irregular and
occasional, 1t is more likely to be due
to pre-ignition from incandescent
carbon, or from imperfect electrical
connections.
If 1t is accompanied with an occa-
sionaI miss, especially il the missing Is
more frequent when the car is run
ming than when the engine is RUNNING
idle, 1T is more apt to be imperfect
electrical connections.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
GOOD HOMEMADE TIRE FAINT
Mixture Of Gasoline, c-35 Cement,
Soapstone and Whiting VIII Be
Found Satisfactory.

A satisfactory tire paint for finish.
ing the inside of tire after repair.
ing may be made by mixing thorough.
ly one gallon of gasoline, one-half pint
of C-35 cement, one and one-half
pounds of soapstone ana one-half
rouLd of whiting.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
FOR FOLLOWING OTHER CARS
Get In Habit of Running Machine
Slightly off Road to Prevent
Danger of Collision.

When following other cars on a
crowded country road watch out for
a sudden stop. Get in the habit Of
running the car slightly off the road,
If there is room, so that If the brakes
do not hold you will be In no danger
Of hitting the car ahead.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
DRY BITS.

The man who tried to shoot the
whirlpool rapids ut Niagara was no
more Of fool than the man who clings
to the beer barrel in the whirlpool Of
life. ,y,W
Alcohol will clean the dirty spots on
a mans coat If properly applied; but
taken internally will cover the coat Of
his stomach with spots that won't
come off.
"Oh, thou invisible spirit Of wine
IL thou hast no name to be known BY
let us call thee Devil Otheilo.
"There is a Devil in every berry Of
the grape."-Korar.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19

One wonders sometimes what the
price raisers would do without the car
shortage to lay the blame on, but one
is reasonably certain that they would
manage to get by somehow.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
A FALSE ARGUMENT.

1t Is argued by the liquor interests
that the license money derived from
the saloon Is Of great help in meet
Ing the expenses Of the state, thus
causing reduction in the tax rate.
The state tax rate in prohibition Kan
sas is $1.20 per $1,000--the lowest in
the United States with two exceptions
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
Alarm Bell Warns Of Thieves.

in place Of lid and is held In place
by four bolts.
A round steel box in the center con-
tains the mechanism and has on Its
face eight buttons. When the right
combination of buttons has been
pressed the bolts can be slid back and
the tire removed. A wrong combine
ton of buttons starts bell inside the
lock ringing.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19

Since mother, daughter and little
willie took to knitting, the price of a
hank yarn has risen some 400 per cent
Here's where papa goes to knitting
something strong enough to lynch yarn
profteers with.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19
ALARM BELL ON SPARE TIRE
WRONG Combination OF Buttons
Sounds AIarn-SteeI Box Con-
tains Peculiar Mechanism.

A lock for the spare automobile
tire invented by Theodore P. Laskar,
7716 st. Clair avenue, Detroit, rings
an alarm bell when tempered with.
The lock fits on the tire receptacle
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19

We oughtn't to feel such prejudice
against storage eggs, for no doubt we
have, without knowing the difference
eaten lots of them in the past when we
had paid for fresh ones.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19

TO the mobilization of 100000 men
and numerous billions Of dollars
should be added the mobilization of
10000 ideas for overcoming the
U-boats which have been sent to the
navy department.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19

There's one thing about this war;
no one who has been to France and
seen the effects Of 1t comes back want
iug to make peace on the kalser's
ferinS
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19

The girl patriot who doesn't get her
sweater finished before July may find
her output listed among the nonessen-
tial industries.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19

Persons who are inclined to obesity
are not the only ones who are attempt
ing TO reduce, these days. But with
out doubt they will be benefited, along
with the rest of us.