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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
MAYO Arrested;
REFUSED TO PAY
COURT JUDGMENT

New York, April 17-Virginius St.
Julian Mayo, a wealthy manufacturer
formerly of New Haven, was arrested
here today in default of payment of a
100000 court judgment recently OBJ
tanned against him for breach of
promise by WiIhelmina Meyer.
For many years she lived with Mayo
as his wife, in New Haven. In March,
1915, Miss Lillian Cook, his steno-
grapher, committed suicide in New
Haven. Publication of the pictures of
Mayo and Miss Cook led to disclosures
that Mayo maintained a family in
Brooklyn-Lois Waterbury and their
children-and that in 1890 Mayo mar
ried Florence Weeks, who lived in
Scranton, Pa, with their children.
Wilhelmina Meyer, with whom he
had gone through a ceremonial mar
riage, won the breach. of promise suit
here after the suicide of Miss Cook
Florence Weeks Mayo has since di-
vorced Mayo. Mayo was exonerated
by coroner's jury in New Haven in
any connection with Miss Cooks
death.
Mayo was released today in $780,
900 bonds and is prohibited from
leaving Kings county.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
LONDON PRESS
COMMENTS ON
BAILLEUL LOSS
Daily Mail Says Huns Only
Advance Has Been in
Marshy Ground.
WISE TO WITHDRAW
TROOPS FROM YPRES
Teuton Forces Have Used
Up 120 of Their 200 Divi-
sions in the West.

London, April 18.---There is no in
dication here to minimize the seri-
BUSINESS of the loss of Bailleul and the
possibility that it may lead to the
necessity of evacuating Ypres and
Passachendaele.
Under the heading They Still Ad-
vance," the Daily Mail says that UP
to this time in their advance the Ger
mans have been in marshy ground
Yesterday they captured the first OF
the important ridges by stormine
Wytschaete, being aided by the fall
of Bailleul, and thus the security OF
the Ypres salient, so long the bulwark
Of our left and touched with int
mortal memories to us, is imperilled.'
The Daily Graphic thinks it would
be wise to withdraw the British
troops from Ypres and Passchen-
daele ito avoid the risk of their be-
ing cut off and compelled to surren-
der" 1t continues:
That the situation is made more
serious by the loss of Bailleul is OBJ
viouse and it would be dishonest to
pretend otherwise"
The paper adds, however, that as
long as the Allied armies remain I'M
broken Germany's purpose is not at
tanned, while she is exhausting her
force in order to force a decision.
Correspondents on the front say the
Germans have used up 120 of their
200 divisions in the west and. have
been able to bring another two di-
visions from Russia
These unpleasant reverses must
be faced steadily" says the Times
Their significance must neither be
minimized nor exaggerated. Far
more serious than the loss of ground
is the revelation of the growing
weight of the German pressure.
I'VE hear far too much of the
enemy's losses, mistakes, difficulties
and of their failure to reach apponint.
! ed objectives on particular days, anG
not half enough about the serious fac
| that they are still bringing fresh di
| visions from Russia
The Times says the enemy will con
hnue drawing on their reserves il
| Russia until allied statesmen stoI
| dreaming vain dreams about Russi;
and do something practical to compe
the enemy to cease depicting the Rus
| sian front"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
REGISTER TELLS
WHAT MOTORMEN
DO With POWER

Being a motorman on a street car
in Bridgeport is no longer a simple
proposition of keeping the car on the
track and starting and stopping it for
passengers. On all of the large cars
of the Connecticut Company a new
device has been installed to register
the work of the motorman. 1t is a
mechanical device that tells so much
that it almost seems human. By it
the company expects to weed out in
efficient motormen and to reduce ma
terially the amount of power wasted
in running cars.
The device registers the amount of
power used, the number of times the
car is stopped, and even registers
how efficiently the car was stopped
and started. A motorman who does
not use judgment wastes a tremen-
dous amount of power, and formerly
there was no way of keeping tabs on
the individual cars. At the power
station it would be learned how much
power each line consumed. but with
many cars at different points on the
line, there was no way of locating the
loss of power.
The motormen are being schooled
in the use of power. and it's applica-
ton is being explained by experts.
| When they have taken these lectures
they are expected to go out and save
power. Coasting figures largely in
this proposition, and the weird little
clock now seen just in front of the
motorman even tells the coasting
| period of each car a day. AS one
motorman expressed it, 81 think the
thing even tells when we take a new
chew of tobacco"
The motorman who keeps on the
/ power until he is within few feet of
his stopping place, and then stops by
| jamming on his brakes is wasting
| power. When he starts off with more
power than necessary to start the car
with an easy motion, he is wasting
| power. If he does not regulate his
| speed, so that his car will run with
| an even amount of power, there is
another waste, and, if he operates by
| frequently shutting off power in the
road and allowing his car to slow
down, when unnecessary, and then
speeds up again he is wasting power
| enough to make several round trips.
The motormen are having the ad-
vantage of more instruction in the
tricks of electricity, and the applica-
| ton of it than they ever had before,
and when a check is kept on the OPP
erations of each man. By it the COM
pany expects to reduce largely the
| amount of fuel used, increase the eff
cheney of the service, and making
riding pleasanter at the same time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
sPA" COPE IN ARMY LIFE.

PA" Cope, formerly secretary of
the Y. NJ. C. A. Boys Division and
now in the national service, reports
that he likes army life better every
day.
PA" went to Camp Devens, March
3Oth. He was placed in the 18th
Company, 4th Battalion, ISL Depot
Brigade. He has been in quarantine
for two weeks and he states that life
has been very weary during that time
because none of the fellows in quar-
antine. have been able to get out or
go anywhere.
In a recent letter PA states that
he expects to be transferred to an
other camp very shortly. Just how
soon or where he does not know. He
is DESTROYS of hearing from his many
friends in Bridgeport, especially the
boys in the Y. M. C. A, with whom
he was associated so long and fo1
whom he did so much good work.
PA" undoubtedly will make the
same progress and be as wholly sue
cessful in Uncle Sans Army as he
was in the Y. M. c. A.
During the four years that he spent
ir the Bridgeport "Y'' he was placed
in various ways Any of Pas
friends that desire to correspond will
him can use the following address fol
| the present:
Private Louis Cope, 18th Company
4th Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade
Camp Devens, Mass.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
A Stubborn Cough
LOOses1S Right Up
This homemade remedy 81 a rvonter
for quick results. EaeiIy and
cheapiy made.

The prompt and positive action of this
simple, inexpensive homemade remedy
N quickly healing the infiamed or swollen
membranes of the throat, chest or bron-
chial tubes and breaking I'D tight
coughs, has caused it to be used in more
homes than any other cough remedy.
Under its healing. soothing influence,
hest, soreness goes, phlegm loosens,
nreathing becomes easier, tickling in
hroat stops and you get good night 9
restful sleep. The usual throat and
hest colds are conquered BY it in "a
lours or less. Nothing better for bron-
,hltls, hoarseness, Group, Whooping
'ough. bronchial asthma or winter
:ougha
To make this splendid cough syrup,
our PA ounces of Pinex f60 cents
forth into a pint bottle and fill the
'ottle with plain graduated sugar syrup
Ind shake thoroughly. You then have
full pint--a family supply-of much
>etter cough syrup than you could buy
eady-made for $3.50. Keeps perfectly
nd children love its pleasant taste.
Pinex is a special and highly concen-
rrated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, and is known the world
over for its promptness, ease and Ger.
tainty, in overcoming stubborn coughs
and chest colds.
To avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for "2I2 ounces of Pinex" with
TIL directions, and don't accept any
thlng else. Guaranteed to give absolute
5atls1actlon or money promptly refunded
lie Plnex Co, Fl. Wayne. Ind.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
CLEMENCEAU is
CLOSETED With
new SECRETARY

Paris, April 18.---Viscount Miner
has been appointed secretary of state
for war in the British cabinet, &C
cording to LIE Matin. The earl of
Derby, who has been war minister,
the paper says, will come to Paris as
ambassador in place of Lord BERTHE,
who retires.
Premier Clemenceau had a long
conference last night with Lord Mil
ner.
Alfred Miner, first viscount Miner,
has been a member of the British
war cabinet without portfolio since
Dec. 10, 1916. The earl of Derby has
been at the head of the war office
since the Dhoyd-George cabinet took
office in December, 1916. Previously
he had been director of army recruit
| ing and war minister.
Announcement was made some time
ago that Lord BERTHE was about to
leave his post in Paris where he has
been ambassador since 1905. Lord
BERTHE, who was raised to the peerage
in 1915, entered the foreign Office in
1868 and was formerly British am
basador to italy. He is "a years old.
| Viscount Miner has had a promi-
nent career in British pilitics and was
British high commissioner for South
Africa prior to 1905 and from 1902 to
1905 he was governor of the Transvaal
and the Orange River colonies. He
was born in 1854.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
MUST MAKE old
BRIDGE DO FOR
ANOTHER YEAR

Prospects for the erection of a new
bridge over the Housatonic river be-
tween Srratrord and Milford to replace
the present Washington bridge, are
not bright, according to State High
way Commissioner c. ]. Bennett. The
state has made an appropriation, but
the government embargo upon new
construction work not absolutely
necessary, and especially upon the
use of cement, steel and other ma
terials which are being used for war
work, make it very probable the
bridge cannot be started this year.
According to Bennett the cost will
be at least one-third greater next
year if there is a delay.
Cement, which was to form the
principal material for the new struc-
ture, has increased in price from
$1.40 a barrel to $3.50, and the gov
eminent is Communicating practically
every bit available for the building
of concrete ships. Other material
needed has advanced almost in the
same proportion and there is scare
ity of the labor needed for carrying
| on so extensive a work.
Washington bridge has been long
outgrown, the traffic is several times
heavier than it was planned to bear,
and there is doubt as to the safety
| of the structure. 1t was built IN
| $780, before the dayse of automobiles
and trolley cars, and was never in
tended to withstand the weight OF
the heavy vehicles which now pass
| over it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
CANADIANS MUST
MAINTAIN POWER
ASSERTS BORDEN

Ottawa, April Notwithstanding
all sacrifices, Canada must maintain
her lighting forces at full strength,
Sir Robert Borden, the Canadian Pre-
mier, told a secret meeting of the
Canadian Parliament yesterday. An
official statment on the meeting was
given out today.
Abiding to Germany's apparent de.
termination to destroy the British
army in France, Sir Robert presented
details of information as to the de-
tails of the fresh forces that have
been raised by Great Britain, France
and Canada to combat this offensive.
A German attack in full force on
the Canadian army corps must be ex-
pected, the Premier said. when
this will come no one can say" he de-
clared, "but in view of the stragetic
value of the position of the Canadians
there can be no doubt that they must
be prepared to meet any attacks
| launched by the enemy, and the coun-
try must be prepared to provide the
reinforcements to make good all the
| losses.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
RHEUMATICS
NO LONGER
GLOOMY

They have used "Neutrone Prescr4p~
ton SO" and found it there with tbs
punch that kills rheumatism.
Only the skept cal now suffer. The
victims of Rheumatism all tell the
same story, they have sore, infiamed
muscles or strength and get nervous,
cross and irritable, which is not to be
wondered at. Thousands of old time
Rheumatics are now in the best of
health after using ''Neutrone Prescrip-
ton 99''
It's satisfied users are its best ad-
vertisers, pretty good advertisers, too
No matter how little or how mucn
you suffer go and get bottle of"Neu-
trone Prescription 99.' You will be
surprised at the results. Those sore,
infiamed joints and burning, aching
muscles will disappear: and you "FFi!!
feel fine every hour of the day. Mail
orders fille,1 On $1.0O size.
Hindle's Drug Stores, and leading
druggists everywhere.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
HEADACHE DOSING
IS UNNECESSARY
Sloan's Liniment does away
with internal treatments.

That splitting, Grazing, shooting
pain in the head, if neuralgia origin,
succumbs to the first application of
Sloan's Liniment. 1t creates a coun-
ter-irritation that starts the blood
pulsing normally and soothes and
comforts in its prompt relief.
Apply without rubbing it pene-
trates-for rheumatic twinges, sore,
stiff muscles and joints, sprains,
strains, pains, sciatica, and bruises.
Clean, cont stain the skin. Generous
sized bottles at all druggists. No in
crease in price-25c, soc and s1.00.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
PROVES FLEET
is NOT HIDING

London, April 1S-The British
naval success against German mine
sweepers in the Cattegat recently,
says the Daily Telegraph, is sufficient
answer to the Germans who say the
British grand fleet is in hiding
Contrasting the British fleet in the
Cattegat with the German raids IN
the straits of Dover, the Telegraph
points out that while the Germans
in their bases on the Belgian coast
are only 20 miles from the straits
the exploit in the Cattegat was a
carefully planned operation conduct
ed more than 500 miles from the
nearest point on the British coast.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
OFFICERS INSTALLED.

Thomas H Douglas was installed
last evening as president of the
Bridgeport club with the following of
ficers: John Hotz, vice president
Hugh M. Robinson, secretary; James
A. Turner, treasurer; Charles M
Botsford. Robert H. Newman, Harry
Abbott, William A. Lank, Frank Fun
kie and William P. Kirk, comprise the
board of governors. House, entertain
ment and membership committees
will be chosen later.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
FOURTH LIBERTY
LOAN IN OCTOBER

Washington, April 1S.-First prep
arations for the fourth Liberty loan,
to be issued next October or Novem-
Der, were made today, and consisted
of efforts to save for war purposes the
celluloid and steel that now go to the
manufacture of Liberty loan buttons.
Frank r. Wilson, publicity director
for the loan, wrote badge makers for
suggestions concerning a paper mache
Or pasteboard substitute for the pres
ent buttons. 100000 of which have
been bought for the third loan cam
paiSn. Celluloid should be saved for
explosives and steel for ammunition,
WilsoTl believes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
S. OF ". ENCAMPMENT

Meriden, April 1.-THE S4th annual
encampment of the Connecticut divi-
sion, Sons of Veterans, began here to-
day, with Charles H. Bissell of South
ington, division commander, presid-
ing. Most of today's session was given
over to preliminary business and read
ing of reports. Election of officers
will be held tomorrow.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
JOINS MEDICAL CORPS

Leslie M. Abercrombie of 81 Hayes
street. enlisted in the Medical corps
of the United States army at the To-
cal recruiting station in the Sagal
building in Fairfield avenue, yester-
day. He was sent to Fort Slocum for
preliminary training.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
ORDERED TO vACATE

Owners and tenants in the area to
be taken up by the new plaza will
receive their notices to vacate within
a short time as they have been sent
out by the city clerk the date of
April Is. The tenants are given 80
days in which to move.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
TO OBTAIN DEGREE.

Toronto, April 18-The University
of Toronto will confer the honorary
degree of doctor of laws on the earl
of Reading, British ambassador to
the United States, and Elihu Root OH
May II, it was announced today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18

Ninety-five per cent. of the people
of the United States are willing to en-
trust the President with all the power
he needs for carrying on the war,
Senator Beckman told the Senate in
discussing the Overman bill
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18

An earthquake said to have been
the most violent in a decade in Eu-
reka, Cal, shook that city. No dam
age resulted
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
Our household department

Ills now open to your inspec-
ton.
BEGINNING TODAY A
SPECIALIDEMONSTRA-
TION OF W AGN e r
ALUMINIUM WARE.
fDon t fail to attend! Learn
all about this wonderful
household metal. Dem
onstration will continue
until further notice..
livery day is Wonder Day
in our household depart
ment. The most complete
line you have ever seen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-18
AMERICAN HARDWARE
STORES

(I1.corporated)
Lyon & Grammar, Retail Divisi0n
FAIRFIELD AVE. AND MIDDLE ST.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-02-15
TAKING NO CHANCES
Saloon Business So Precarious Pro.
prietors Are Renting Rooms For
Only Month at Time

Landlords owning property in
Northumberland county, Pa, accord
ing to Sunbury dispatch, arc having
trouble in securing renewal of lease
agreements for this year from liquor
sellers. The lease holders are averse
to guaranteeing the landlords the rent
for the whole year, but are insisting
that they guarantee the rent only from
month to month. The saloon business
is becoming so precarious and doubt
full as to its existence at profit or at
all, it is said the saloonkeepers fear
heavy losses.
War emergency Prohibition will re-
lieve these fellows of suspense. Put
'em out of their misery. Now is the
accepted time.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-02-15

there now. lie knows this because it
is his duty to either go i'll person to
the prison every day or send rep
resentative to take care of the men
who show a disposition to lead a BET
ter life. But he says so few arc go.
ing in now that for several days he
has had no one to meet coming out
DRINKS Decrease 70 Per Cent
Notable decreases in the number of
arrests for intoxication, disorderly
conduct and other offenses growing
from use of liquor, were registered
during the last two months of 1917,
according to figures contained in i
comparative report of arrests during
November and December of 1910 and
1917 issued by the police department.
Slightly more than 20 per cent de-
crease is reported in the number of
arrests for INVESTIGATION Other Of
lenses prevalent in wet territory are
also said to have decreased i'll con-
siderable volume.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-02-15
VETS NOT JUBILANT;
VOTE is TOO CLOSE

FL Paso, Texas, at local option
election on January 80, voted to re-
main wet The tally stood-for Pro-
hibition, 2,194; against Prohibition,
2,433, giving wet majority of 239.
The county also gave wet majority,
the vote being-for no-license, 2,l0S;
against, 2,3o3. There was no celebrat-
ing on the part OF the vets, the sa-
loon men saying that the result was
so close that they were afraid of the
next local option election. The drys
are organizing now for statewide
Prohibition election, which is to be
held next November, and declare that
they are not discouraged in the result
Of the FL Paso vote as strong dry
sentiment is evident.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-02-15
GERMANY CLOSES BREWERES AND TURNS Them into
MEAT PACKING PLANTS
Breweries Are Operating United Substituting
Coal Wasting Grain and Interfering With Labor

January from Zurich
of January 3d. General
reports supply barley
will be and the whole brewing industry brought
standl and that beer for the will be
produced
by publication to be due to
poor year necessity using barley
had already working
allowance The OF
brewery published summer stated that the brewery had
preceding only per
allowance of barley From this estimated how little brewing
there has been in GERMANY for some time and now S
of the the winning of the
The from Zurich not the only respecting the clos
ing down of brewing Germany The Brewers Journal of New
Yerk, of February gives the following startling
Whatever little the autocratc governments of
and Austria reluctantly permit to be published in
piab conditions of the inhabitants
of the German and Austrian brewing INDUSTRY The oploo
decidedly gloomy Of the thousands of small
which have been closed will be opened their
totally destroyed be used for
manufacturing anything but beer Of late government
has command eered number of brewees and converted
packing plants and other facilities urgently
the production of food for the
ton and the needs of the
What will America thisAmerica who permitting
thousands of fuel
of the overwhelming evidence that the product of the
deng furtheng Americas efforts the victory for de-
moccyGermany supposedly welded converting
into meat packing plants to produce food for the starving
population?
brewers journal then confess that beer food that
does contain the food properties equal that of mea Evil
Brewers Journal recognizes that when the
liquid bread does net satisfy and Germany must be kept from stav
ing, German breweries closed
country wasting
stuf Is it part of German propaganda to strange America with
and thus bring about her defeat would they have
for food
step closing the breweries
Isn't OF good now? Germany has found
necessary Will take wheatless days.
hcats days bring America realize the awful
Germany realizes?
Respectfully urge Congress emergency Pro-
hibion is
breweries closed Germany and German
Amer America disadvantage.
wire your Congressman favoably
gcncy Prohibition
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-02-15
NEW YORK READY

Captain Richmond Pearson Hob
son, who has had years of experience
in addressing audiences in every state
in the Union and who is we'll quail
fed to judge Prohibition sentiment
recently said in an address in New
York:
There is no state in the Union
today more aggressiveiy favor
able to Prohibition than the state
of New York The transforma-
ton of public sentiment i'll it with
in recent months is nothing short
of marvellous. There is differ
ent feel" to every audience ! ad-
dress as compared with the tenn
per OF such audiences as year or
two years ago. This state is in
full swing toward Prohibition and
in the very vanguard. of the
states bent upon the abolition of
the liquor traffic. 1t is happy
and momentous change
Even New York will welcome wa
emergency Prohibition.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-02-15
NO DRUNKS FOR BOSTON
The Hub City Is Bone-Dry One Day
and Police Court Records Show
No DRINKS on Docket

On Monday, January %, both dry
rulings for Boston saloons and hotels
went into effect and no liquor was
legally sold in the city on that day.
Immediately the arrests for drunken
ness went down to the lowest point
ever known in the history of the city.
During the year 1917 there were o.
023 arrests for drunkenness In the
city of Boston, or an average OF 186
a day, including Sundays and holi-
days. On January %, however, there
were just Is arrests for drunkenness
in the whole city OF Boston, 10 men
and two women.
War emergency Prohibition would
bring similar relief to every city in
America.