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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11
WORLDS BIGGEST
 SCAB-THE KAISER g
American Soldier in France Tells Floyd Gibbons Why Union Men are Fighting Germany.

We're striking against the biggest scab in the world-the Kaiser. was a view of the war expressed by a young American soldier to Floyd Gibbons, the famous war correspon- dent, when they met on a train in France a few weeks ago. The story of a workingman's view of the great struggle is thus told by MT. Gib- bons:
 He was a little fellow I met in the dining-car-a mighty clean little fellow, dressed in the American uni form. He didn't drink the wine which is invariably served there in lieu of water; he didn't smoke, he didn't even drink coffee. He said that his mother didn't want to have him drink coffee. This was a new type of soldier to me, and I got very much interested in him.
 "IIe and his father had been miners up in Calumet. They'd just been through a big strike in the copper mines.
 That was quite a struggle you had up there in Calumet I remarked in the course, of our conversation.
 Yes he replied, but this is a whole lot bigger struggle that I'm in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11
YARNUM SCHOOL ELECTION VERY
 LIKE POLITICS
Struggle Between Labor Candidate and School
 Candidate Martin.

Political conventions were thrown lar in the discard at the Barnum tchoo1 last night when compared 70 he. excitement that prevailed at the election of officers for the Barnum Echool Community Association.
 The school auditorium was packed to it's utmost capacity, and two fac lions were decided in their opinion IS 10 who ought to be elected to the var tous offices. One faction contained the rudiments of the parent-teacher Association and the other led by John F. Hart, represented the labor ele- lnent Of the city.
 Howe Challenger was elected chair han of the meeting and P. V. Gahan hcted as temporary secretary.
 After the meeting opened, F. J. Ward of the United States Bureau of Education read the constitution and 1t was here that the rivalry existed. When it came to voting for its adop- tion by clauses, every point was con tested by either one faction or the other with3the regular school element victorious
 The constitution was finally adopted hs read with a few amendments, and then came the> election of officers.
 After many spirited contests, in which several rising votes were taken, William yComley was elected presi- dent, Mrs D. R. Whitney, first vice president, and A. V. Hartley, second vice president
 When it came to the matter of Slecting a secretary, the final candi- Hatas flor a 1onp discussion over the nominations were John F. Hart and Fred Martin, manual training instruc- tor of the Barnum school.
 Ballot boxes were brought out and on the first vote Fred Martin ap- beared to be elected. Mir Hart imme- dately protested, because of the fact that out of a possible 46 votes, 57 were cast. Then it was decided to have each member of the association vote hs his name w1s called. Before the votes were counted it was discovered that one man had not been checked off A third ballot was taken and Mr. Martin was elected. Before the vot- Ing was concluded the Labor element left the hall.
 MT. Hart in a statement earlier in the evening, said that he understood the governments idea in establishing bose of giving recreation to the work Ing class of people, and rot so much to the middle class, who could better afford education and entertainment This he said was why he had tried SC hard to gain a voice in the affairs ot the community.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11
METHOD OF TREATMENT IN CARE
 OF SPANISH INFL UENzA SUFFERERS

throat. Cold air is not harmful, but close air acts as a poison.
 It is necessary to maintain the body resistance by regular diet, which con sists of milk every two hours for the first day. If the patient is unable to take milk, substitute broths or light gruels, and in either case give a, plen- tiful supply of water. Too much stress cannot be placed on the neces- sity of giving the patient plenty of water during the course of the dis ease.
 After the first or second day, cocoa and broths may be added. As the fever subsidies, lightly cooked eggs, toast and cereals are permissible. Usually on the fourth or fifth day the pa tient's temperature subsidies to prac- tically normal, but it is about this time that the utmost care is needed to prevent the pneumonia compIica- tion, and the surest way to do this IS to remain in bed at least 4S hours af- ter the fever has subsided.
 If these suggestions are followed, especially by those unable to obtain the ready services of a physician, there will be fewer complications, and deaths.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11
'LIBERTY SHOES" HERE SOON

New York, Oct. 11-According to announcement by the War Industries Board received in the New York mar ket yesterday, the standardized Lib erty Shoes will make their appear ance in retail shoe stores by Nov. 1 next These shoes, which will sell ar prices ranging from $3 to SIP per pair, will be sold along with present stocks of the retailers. The dealers will be given until June to dispose of present stocks, and after that date no shoes shall sell at more than SIP per pair. No restrictions on the sale of the high-priced shoes now in the retailers hands are imposed by the board On" the contrary, it is pointed out that those who can afford to buy these shoes will be helping the gov ernment's plan by doing so, as they will enable the dealers to 1iquidate their stocks so much sooner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11

gess I've smelled cabbidge awffen enuff to tell it apart from cakes. I gess.
 All rite, III shoy you, if you're so smart, sed Puds. And we jumped down off the fents and went in his kitchin, and there was a big plate of round cakes on the table and smell smelling like more coming out of the oven. Puds saying, Now, are they cakes or aint they?
 Well, they look like cakes erround l the shape, I sed, but they still smell like cabbidge. Me thinking he would tel me to eat one jest to prove 1t. Wich he dident, and I sed, G, if this was our kitchin, and you thawt our cakes was cabbidge, Id make you eat one and find out.
 Wich Puds was jest starting to LOOK as if he was going to make me eat one, wen we herd sumbody coming, and Puds sed, Cheese it, quick, I aint supposed to be in heer. And we both ran out, me without the cake.
 Proving if you have got a good ar geument, you awtent to save it too long.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11
LIBERTY LOAN
 HONOR FLAG IS
 KENNY SOUGHT

Unfurling a Liberty Loan Honor Flag is making a great many com munities in the Second Federal Re- serve district realize as they never have realized before what the United | States means to them. The Honor Flag in the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign-four vertical red bars on a. field of white bordered by blue--is going to those towns and villages which subscribe to bonds to the full amounts allotted to them. A blue star is added to the flag for each fifty per cent. of oversubscrip- tion. Already with the campaign little more than week old, several communities in this district have won the right to add four of these stars to the banner they proudly fly over their principal street
 It had been found during the third loan campaign that some towns num- .bering among their inhabitants per sons of wealth were inclined to let the local quota be subscribed exclus- lively by the well-to-do. The gov ernment in this loan wants the widest P possible distribution of the bonds. It wants every family in the country and every member of the family, to 7 be a creditor of the government. \ To bring this about it has gone to Spe communities again with a compe- titive plan. Under the rules of this competition, a blue pennant will be awarded to every town or village which reports subscribers equal to 25 per cent. of its population with sim .,.,Ae, r,I, I .1 per cent The plan tells what pro- portion of the community is backing with its money the men at the front.
 But the biggest incentive of all probably is the provision that twenty new steamships and 'tanks-ten of each-will take the names of the towns in the Second Federal Reserve district obtaining the largest percent 7 age of oversubscriptions and the larg- est proportion of subscribers to pop ulation.
 One ship and one tank will be as- signed to each of the eight sub-dis- tricts in the Second district The honor of having its name bestowed on the ship will go to the town with banking facilities which makes the largest oversubscription. The tank will be named for the non-banking town showing the greatest number of bond buyers in proportion to size.
 Two ships and two tanks have been reserved for the four communities i- the Second Federal district as a whole with the high records in their respec- tive classes.
 While nothing official has beer promised, there is the possibility that the towns for which tanks are named will be able, when the need for then Is over, to obtain the deadly war ma as public monuments to theil zeal and patriotism. The results o. this competition will not be announc ed until after the campaign closes ane the reports from the district are al taoulated,
 With the combination of steamship and tank names, honor flags and hon pr stars and pennants as incentive to community activity, the Secon district is humming as it never ha before. Nearly one hundred town already have sent in their claims fo the flags and more come every hou ,as the campaign gathers impetus.
 1t is not the simple recognition 0 .as@ c=s==4tles through the flag!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11
REVENUE FROM PRISONERS.

Since April last when the practice of putting county jail prisoners on outside work was first adopted in this county there has been a gain in the receipts of about $4.000. The total receipts for labor have been $10,-i 42425. Of this $1,627.25 has been paid the prisoners at the rate of 50 cents a day, and other expenses. amounted to $4,613.75. Many of the prisoners have been assigned to farms.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11

however, that is imbuing all the dis trict with enthusiasm for the Ioan Every month has seen more men leave their homes for camp and the firing line.
 Every month has brought to meG and women more' keenly an apprecia- ton of the things which victory or defeat in the war means and a stronger sense of personal responsibil- ity to the men who are fighting their fight.
 Their Liberty Loan honor flag and their community service flag are just the tangible evidences of the fact that they are not lagging behind in the march into Berlin The two banners link all the people into one body with one thought: We Must Win!'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11
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Me and Puds Simkins was setting on the top of Pudses back fents with our feet hanging down, and all of a. suddin a swell smell came out of Pulses kitchen, smelling like cake be- ing. baked, and Puds sed, Do you smell that?
 Smell wat? sed. And I pertended to smell out loud, saying, Wat is 1t, cabbidge?
 Cabbidge like fun, don't you know enuff to know cakes wen you smell them yet? said Puds.
 Cakes your eye, do you wunt to say don't know the smell of cabbidge wen I see it? I said,
 Wat do you wunt to bet it aint cakes, watts you wunt to bet? sed Puds, and I sed, seeing is bleeving, defy you to show them to me, I
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11

now. We're striking against the biggest scab in the world-the Kaiser and we've got to win this strike. He stands for non- union hours and every : thing that union labor has fought against and won. I feel it my abso- lute duty, just as I felt it my duty to my union up in Calumet, to fight this strike out to victory"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11
INDEA's GREAT PROBLEM.
Nobody Knows How to Educate
 Her 3OO,OOO,OOO People.

For many years past, those who have known India best have recog- nized that one of her greatest, if not her greatest, problem was that or education. It is of course, a prob lem recognized as even more i'm portant in many countries, but in India, where it is a matter of edu- eating more than 300, 0,OO0,00O people, all but per cent. of whom are still illiterate, the question seems pecu- liarly cast. It is, moreover, like ev- crything else in India, complex question, and one that does not lend itself to any short cuts or heroic methods. To the education enthu- siast, who does not stop to consider the matter, there would appear to be no reason why the government should not, by stroke of the pen, decree compulsory education for every child in India. But as Sir Harcourt But Ter, perhaps one of the greatest au- thorities on the question, pointed out some time ago, quite apart from tho
 
 siast might insist should not enter into the matter, there is the question of teachers.
 Where" he asks cogently, refer ring to such suggestion, would we get the teachers to train the boys and girls of a people of 315, 900, ,000?" In addition to this, there is the distrust which such a measure might provoke, a dstrust which would largely defeat the purpose of the policy, for the i ryots are suspicious of reforms, and their conservatism is deep-roted- Nevertheless, a characteristic of Sir Harcourts attitude, as it is of all men who como to know Inda well, is one of enthusiasm. Those of us," he said, "who have seen what opposition has been overcome are optimistic for the future"
 It is just this spirit of discerning optimism which characterizes that part of the Montagu-C u-Chelmsford re- port on reforms in India dealing with the question of education. The par agraphs in which this subject is dis cussed are characterized by that same frank analysis of defects and short comi1gs which is characteristic of the whole report. Space does not, of course, now permit any adequate con sideration of the proposals contained in the report, but stress is there laid upon one point which is indeed wor- thy of all emphasis.
 There can be no question that as the report insist, education in India has largely failed because in the praiseworthy effort to avoid forcing the mind of India" into an alien mold, education has been made far too much a question simply of intel lect. So much has this been the case that the Indian has come to look upon western education entirely as T means to getting him to larger | outlook, and to opportunities for pub | lie service, but rather as soinethina l which will widen the gulf between him and the masses. The report holds l that one of the most pressing needs | of India is to foster more widely, in l the schools and colleges, those ideas | of duty and discipline, of common re- 1 sponsibilty and civic obligation OF which sound political life depends Some one wants to. hear from the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11
RIFLE MATCH.

Remington Arms Rifle Club will meet Norwalk Rifle Club Saturd SR afternoon. at Remington range, PatS sade avenue, this city, to shoot off the match postponed from last Saturday. The Remington team comprises, Capt. Sampson, Charles Paugh, Fred Al- quinn, Dr. Dunn and MT. Cam, who will show the Norwalk aggregation what to do to bull eyes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-11

Some one wants to, hear from the handsome stacker that tried to court the girls? Well, last heard from he had acquired several dainty little init tens, while the girls were looking for some one-armed or one-eyed man.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-13

Prince Max of Baden. the new German k<1S
Chancellor. with his family He is credited N1J
with liberal views, but time alone will show "
whether he has become Prussianized ~
Copyright Press Illustrating Service. "
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-28
MERCHANT FROM
ST. ELMO TALKS
White Lost Strength and Weight
Rapidly,
GAINED TWENTY FIVE
POUNDS ON TANLAC.
'Tanlac is the Greatest Medicine
in the World" He Says-Feels
Twenty Years Younger,

". E. Whit". Il we'll known NOR
chant % :; Elmo. Il suburb Of chat
tanOO"a. recently mad" the following
r"markahir statement regarding his
experience" with TanlaC:
Most everybody coming INFO MY
stur" Is .,'liuS M how much better
am iuukiu1. and no Wonder. i"r ~
gained rwrnry-tiy" pounds N aciea
w"i"h, sine" iak!n" TanlaC. TO!
months | had been II a terrible" nun
down condition. and had no apNrtli'
nor energy. fell of III weight anr
Sot 81 weak that | could not attend Il
ny business. MAS nervous and 'tZ"E
and took no interest III anything.
Il hay" nov taken three hottH's 81
Tanuc. and my Improvement Is r."
markHh l". | WEIGHED IL pounds b"
fore | began taking Tanlac. and now
weigh lhp. and although | am 6'
years old. feel iih" Il man Of 40. NJ!
strength and energy have returned.
eat like a farm hand. and feel fine al
the time. Tanlac is the greatest mcdi
cine in the world"
The genuine Tanlac is sold III Vince.
ing by {. II. GrieSt Il Co.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-28

Want Salary increase.

Ncv tho. ,'hl,f "f -"oil"" has inter
crded for ~, rniir.. an.! asked cnuncil
To reconsider its acton IN not granting
the pa;rOlmSr an increase. mas F'S"lI'u
in much cocnrrcnt hy citizens. many Of
whom favor the increase. ON" husi-
ness n'an said yesterday tha; som"
members "f "uunrtI Do not know the
amount nf work that is required ~ a
policeman. r.. said that IL" duty Of an
officer was not oal? :" arrest DRINKS
but to guard III" TOWN. as h"St n" could
~ night. ArrcStIHE drurI{ IS. running
down srnakeaSE pr"pTi";"rS and other
persons who rncaE" IN illegal business
was only thu minor part az 4 police
mans du,y. j. -" that crooks do not
get the upp"T land "t :: rii% IS more
Gportant. AMI has S"r''t!HIcS "n0S in
the death OF a policeman. E"Iiaire Il"
said was no, FREQ IL Crooks but they
are of the sruaii "alibrc. and the Of
riccrs need not fear .n"m. on the other
hand h. sad there are crooks that
would not hesitate one second TO tax"
the life 81 4 policeman ~ Of any"n"
else. IL th:t; Int. T,Ut him IN jeopardy.
Reasoning along .hrS" lines h" said that
pcllcemtu w..r" not paid enough. wnen
i; IS taken into consideration that Of
fi.,crs can ~ called on duty III anytime
without rAtra pay. They mus; always
he a,tircd as good as th"!r means viii
afford. and YEAS: - all limos present Il
good appearance. r." w1S opposed 20
t.rjticiS;nE tn. :ii.-TlH"rS - tn" i;"Iii;r''
police force hrcauS' pr"~udi"iol persons
..hava i. n fu- IT." "ffl""rS. l. may
pc ;rt.,, tina: ;h' officers ar better paid
than skilled labor hut tn" later only
work cicn: l."firs Il day ;"- six days
while Il policeman or active duty ~ "rm-
c..llrd L. w"rN II hours "v"rj GhE ana
snrnn cXtrn t.Inc Mt;MUI. pay.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-28
LIEUT.. BR|MSON
HAS RESIGNED.
Tenders Resignation to Chief Of Police
Henderson Last Night-No Rea-
son Given for Action.

Night Lieutenant George Brimso-i.
better known as Sandy" rendered his
resignation To Chief of Police Campbell
henderson last night asking that it take
effect Immediately. The resignation
WAS accepted. Day Sergeant Miller has
been given the position made vacant by
the resignation Of Mr.. Brinson.
Lieutenant Crimson was appointed
night sergeant last October and on De-
rcmb"r LIST was promoted 10 night lieu
tenant. Before coming into the otfic"
he had served under chiefs OF police
Hastings. Leyland and Sill.
II is with much regret that the police
department loose the services Of Mr..
Crimson as he was regarded as Il good
man and capable of taking care Of his
duties. said the chief last night.
chief Henderson stated this morning
that there was no misunderstanding
that prompted Mr.. BrImson to. resign:
that he told him last evening that he
wished to quit the police department
and his resignation was accepted.
Mr. Henderson said that the. appoint
mcnt IF Brinson's successor world hs
taken up with City Manager Maggie to-
day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-28
May Recommend Radical
Changes in the School
System Of the Nation

ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., Feb. It.
Resolutions calling for the appoint
ment OF separate commission COM
priSed Of elementary school experts 10
survey the present school system. with
The idea of recommending radical
changes. were adopted tonight by
heads OF the elementary schools al.
tending the war convention OF the de-
parlment of superintendcnts, National
Educational Association. Exception
was taken by The representatives Of
the elementary schools TO the appoint
mcnt BY DR.. Mary c. c. Bradford. OF.
Denver. president of the parent organ
i7alion, of commission for this pur-
pose composed only OF college prcSi-
dents and professors. The resolution
said the college authorities should con-
fine their work 10 the higher lnstllu'
tons
Book aioplions are not to be con-
sidcred subjects of political plumber.
declared Prof. NJ. r. Shawkcy, sup"rin-
,cu,lcn; of schools OF West Virginia.
speaking TO tho textbook publishers,
whom he blamed for textbook scan
tlals. which. h. said. for rouSlnS
nnwSpaprr furorr, stimulating political
clap.rrap and breeding popular dIslrn>I
has no equal in the whole range OF
school activities.
Dime novels OF Ihr most romantic
kind can be made useful in "broad'n'
ing the vocabulary OF students in tn"
elementary grades. according TO Don
&. SciiZ. a New York editor who As
serted that they could be used as "
s.imuIanr 10. encourage Johnny 10
learn his reading lesson
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-28
INTEREST GROWING
IN COAL MEETING

Nor. interest is growing daily III n"
meeting Of manufacturers :" l"' held
i,uurruW evening IN H.. r%+' nhly nom
Of The Wheeling commercial association
and tho meeting promises =" h" ON" Of
ihc largest ri ilS kind ever h"ld mere.
Thu m"";Iur Will IL. d"N";'.i {" III" dis
cuS>;"u ~ u~imr r"wd'.r"h coal a. =
substitute" for OF and gas.
Tn" m"rtIu.; VIII Ia addressed hy
Wendell a. W!Ir"N uu;"i engineer from
Chicago. WI" has been invited her" Ivy
Tin ,",unI'r'Iai association. an! ihr -
i. ,irtn>l"y. h.:id ~ lin" geological hi
rrau ct tn. I:alIlru"r'' \ uhi" railroad.
Mr.. WIls."i has i'c'n maxim = tour "f
'u, ,iSi :.ilh his coming h'.r" Viii l." Il
rur, trent IT, vii tell "f IN" nivnn-
inEr% At u%In.; powdered coal. Which III
Tim, viii take III" p:tr" 81 ,hc fast h"-
,."nl;rg "Niir"i GaS. Thor" ar" several
mills and fa"lurl"s IN This vicinity usin.;
ruw,i' r r"n! ~ y %uh$r!lut" rs an CX-
prrGmi-I,t.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-28
Butchers Meet Tonight
To Hear Packers Reply

rms "v".Hn$ Wheeling i""H! OF n"
NniaIrIt.atrd Association Of Meat cut
ter, and Butchers will meet IN III" q.
v. =. 4 l.. ASSEMBLY hall 10 receive re-
.,.ri from III. special ""'rmlit"e from
I'M ua,nrr> Il hey VIII ACRE" I" IN"
&. i!,lnd ~ AN ln"r"HS'i 'f 81 'nh!" 4 'shF
,f ,i%nt h"urS with tInI' and on" hair
Ter u,.rIiN.. sundays and h"iH!aNS.
Sine ih"ra have been numl''r "f
women admitted IL ~" n"at cutters
i.,,nr. ~, smoking is. permitted in The
assembly hall during liz. meetings.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-28
IDENTIFY FLOATER
AS CUMBERLAND MAN

I'll" floatGr VIII" was FOUND iN 'L'
ohio Yesterday morning about l":G"
,,',.Ir.k nj Rlyland WAS identified later
~ rh.. dav Is Charles llrnt"r. al New
,',iuhrrlaud Mr.. ll"al"n was lock
,..u,j,.r al Dam ! and WIS drowned nlhG;
Christmas. lie n"rnirnttllE tel IN ih'
riy"r during snow storm. ldcntiii'"-
,,,,u WAS mad" ;hr"Tgh UNION card
:..n.; in III. dead mans pocket.
when found ih'' IMAM ~hS !T"SS"! Ia
wnrkInr Clothes. dark tr"'IS'r*...n J"r>"%
Sw,a.cr and henry h""'S. Ike "'S
a!.rU, turiy y"nr& "i'i.