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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02
Laymen's League of
St. Georges Church

After a period of inactivity due to
the severe winter the Laymen's
League of st. Georges parish on
Beechwood avenue has resumed its
regular Tuesday evening meetings
Last week the annual meeting was
held in the league rooms and a large
number of members were present. In
keeping with the present food laws a
Hoover lunch was served which was
greatly enjoyed by all present. Three
new members were received. The fol-
lowing officers were elected and ecere-
moneously indicted into office: Chan
cellor, J. Stebbins Clyne; vice chan
cellor, William H. Porter; recording
secretary, Fred A. Barrow; CORE
spending secretary, Arthur Bradshaw;
treasurer, George E. Elwood; chap
lain, Edward R. Hunt; sergeant-at-
arms, Joseph Wilkinson; auditors,
Edward J. Highly, Charles EngIe.
The committee extends a cordial in
vitation to the men of the parish and
of the neighborhood to spend an
evening with US.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02

ceeded as well as in Russia Judg-
ing from effects, it is impossible to
deny that the Russian Revolution has
been tainted by German influence and
has only been useful up to the pres
ent, to Germany.
Austria Hungary recently has in
tensifed her intrigue and calumnies
against the Serbian people, and
against King Peter and the Serbian
government. She has but one object,
to shake the faith of the Allies in Ser
bia, to destroy the national unity, and
by means of our discussions, to in
sure the conquest of Serbia.
"But our people know Austria
Hunary too well to lend themselves
to believe these lying words. The
Serbian people remains faithful. It
has given up all that 1t had and could
have At present, with the little force
that remains to it, it can only stay
faithfully at the side of the Allies.
never forgetting that Austria-Hun-
gary provoked this war with the OBJ
ject of destroying Serbia
1.-THE appearance of America in the
theatre of war has filled up the gap
caused by the Russian withdrawal, and
the armed forces of our Allies are
more considerable than those of the
enemy as regards both men and ma
terial. Their organization has been
improved and there is complete agree
ment on all questions. The Serbian
people can therefore be certain that
it's sacrifice will not be in vain and
that its ideals will be realized if it
continues to i've in the future tokens
of its military and civic virtues and
if it remains safe, as hitherto, from
intriues which aim at destroying its
oncord and unity in the defense OF
the interests of our people"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02
RHEUMATICS
o. K.
AL Over the County They
Are Taking "Neutrone
Prescription SO"

To be strong and free from all stiff
ness in your joints and muscles, just
think of it for oSly soc or $1.00 for
one or two weeks treatment.
Eeutrone Prescription 80" is
quickly absorbed into the system and
in a week or two brings blessed re-
lief to tired, weary, infiamed, swollen
joints and muscles.
7. It's easy to use, too, no fuss and
s bother betting ready, no time lost rub
bling in fiery liniments or using hot
plasters, just take four times a day
faithfully and all stiffness swelling
and misery will vanish.
Used regular it makes the lame
and crippled strong and vigorous,
draws out all the stiffness, agony and
Inflammation. It's fine. Get a bottle
today at your druggist, soc and $1.00.
Mail orders filed on 800 size.
Hnidle's Drug Stores and leading
Druggists everywhere.--Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02
WAITING
FOR PASSPORTS

Dublin, May THE lord mayor of
Dublin has. not abandoned his pro-
posed visit to Washington to lay the
case of the Irish organizations oppos-
ing CONSUMPTION before President
Wilson, as has been reported. 1t was
said today that the mayor was await
ing his passport.
1t has been arranged for two lead
ing members of the Dublin corpora
ton to accompany him. The men Sc
lected are William Cosgrove, recently
elected by the Sim Fem as member
of parliament from Kilkenny city, and
Councillor Sherlock, a supporter of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02
START DRIVE
FOR THRIFT.
STAMP SALE
Clerks in Retail Stores in
State to Work for 81, 3O0,-
600 Drive.
DIRECTOR M'WEENEY
IN CHARGE OF WORK
Plan to Return Change in
Form of Stamps After
Sale of Goods is Made.

Hartford, May 2,-Beginning next
Monday morning an intensive drive
for the sale of $1,300,000 in war saw
!ings and thrift stamps in the retail
stores of Connecticut will be started
under the direction of Joseph T. Nc
Weeney, safe director of the retail
merchants division of the National
War Savings Committee. Every re-
tail store in the state will be assigned
its Quota according to the number of
IT'S employees, and when. any establish
iment "goes over the top" proper
credit will be given through the press
and in other ways.
One. of the features of the campaign
win consist in clerks asking custo-
mer to accept at least g. part. of his
'or'her change in thrift stamps.
Where the purchasers change is less
than rs cents, the salesman is to ask
the customer to make up the differ
ence and buy stamp.
If aJwoman enters a store and pur-
chases a 20 cent article and hands
the clerk half dollar, the clerk will
ask her if she will accept a 25-cent
Stamp as part of her change. If she
assents the clerk will hand her the
article purchased, a Thrift Stamp, anC
five cents in change.
If she makes a 25-cent purchase
and hands the clerk a quarter, the
clerk will ask her if she will include
a 25-cent Thrift Stamp with her pur'
chase. If she acquiesces,. she mus
of course hand the clerk an extra
quarter"for the Thrift Stamp.
If man enters a store and buys {
$500 article and hands the clerk {
$500 bill, the saleman is expected tt
ask him how many Thrift Stamps h
will accept as part of his change.
he replies "a dollars WORTH" tn,
clerk handsehim the $500 article, fou
Thrift Stamps, and 5000 in cash.
Merchants everywhere will conduc
thrift sales, and prominent bushes
men in every community have agreet
ito place their sales force at the com
mand of Director McWeeney so tina
the entire allotment may be raised a
soon as possible, after which it is ex
pected that steps will be taken to a
least double the desired amount.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02
SALVATION ARMY
FUND RECEIVED

Henry T. Holt, secretary of the Sal
walton Army War Service fund, has
acknowledged by letter to the
Bridgeport War Bureau, the receipt
of $7,759.46, which was subscribed
by Bridgeport citizens for Salvation
Army war work a few months ago.
The Salvation Army during it's
drive in Bridgeport raised $4,000 by
means of personal letters to the
wealthy citizens of the city, and the
remainder of the sum was Melted by
the tag day which was conducted by
the Bridgeport Minute Women. The
entire state of Connecticut contribut-
ed 100000 towards. the war fund.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02
ITALIANS PLAN
BIG WAR RALLY

A patriotic Italian rally will be
held this Sunday afternoon in Pol's
theatre Among the speakers who
will address the gathering are DR..
Louis Roversi, and Miss Amy Ber-
nady, both of New Haven. The
meeting is expected to be an enthu-
siastic affair.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02
TAXES FOR 1917.

The bills for property taxes for 1917
which are now due have been com
piled. They will now be mailed out and
from now until June 1 the collectors
will receive the taxes-without inter
est-after that date one-quarter of
one per cent. will be charged.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02
OLD-FASHIONED REMEDIES.

Grandmother's remedies comound-
ed from the medicinal roots and herbs
of the fields are now found upon the
shelves of the modern drug stores in
attractive packages and are among
the best sellers in prepared medicines.
Prominent among them is that IA
nous old root. and herb remedy, Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which for three generations has been
relieving the women of America from
the worst forms of female ills and is
now considered the standard remedy
in its line.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02

the Nationalist who has twice been
lord mayor Dublin.
A Dublin dispatch on April 80 said
the foreign Office had notified the lord
mayor of Dublin that he should make
his application for his passport to the
office of the secretary of Ireland,
where it would; receive. attention. It
was the London Daily Mail which last
Saturday said it had learned the lord
mayor had abandoned his proposed
visit to Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02

Thirty old men, women and chill
dren were killed by Villa bandits at
Santa Cruz
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02

New Jersey has gone over the top"
in the third loan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02

Three of the crew of the United
States steamship Cincha were killed
in the ships fight with a submarine.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02

SWEET PEAS, VIoLETS, TULIPS,
DAFFODuS.
JOHN RECK & SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-02

A slide between Tonawanda and
Pendleton, delayed the opening of the
barge canal in New York state.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-07-31
~ DATED Prsss.

WASHINGTON. July s1-Both
sides having changed their original
obJectives, the Allies and Germany
battling In the bloody Soissons- Rheims
salient are now bent solely upon trying
to destroy each other.
In his regular conference with cor
respondents today Chief of STAFF
March declared that the lone objective
remaining now ie to kill as many men
as possible. He held out slight hope
Of bagging the German army, owing to
its resistance In the Soissons and
Rheims section-the two ends OF the
Allied pinchers. The rainbow diH-
sion is now helping to hold the line
near Ferre-en-Tardinois. March said.
This division. which In the early
days OF the German drive around
Rheims helped withstand the enemy
attacks arrived at its new post within
the last two days to reinforce other
Americans there. The third division,
March said, is now at Cierges, another
point of violent lighting.
Formation of ak new divisions to be
numbered from fifteen to twenty, Is
under way at the following camps:
Travis and Dodge. Two regular army
regiments will form the nucleus OF
each new division, March said.
Transfer Of fifteen regiments of
National Army cavalry TO field artil-
lery has been ordered and these men
win be used abroad at once. he de-
ciared.
Formation Of these new units will
require creation of many new general
officers. General March stated that q
cable has been sent TO General Per-
shing instructing him TO send casual
ties as they occur. without any at
tempt TO separate them according to
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EVIDENCE POINTS TO
Gull or LANDLORDS
BISHOP WALSH INSTALLED
At IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY

The following were ministers to the
new bishop: Assistant priest, Rev.
William ]. Fitzgerald, ]. c. d. Prince
ton; deacons of honor, Revs. Dennis
]. Duggan and James J. Powers, &C.
spectively of Red Bank and Lake
wood.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Hickey,
DID,, Bishop of Rochester, N. Y,
preached the sermon incident to the
installation. The Rev. Edward c.
Griffin, DID, of Trenton, read the pa
pal bulls, or communications from the
See at Rome. appointing the new head
of the Catholic diocese of Trenton. Rt
Rev. Monsignor John H. Fox, rector
of st. Mary's Cathedral and admins
traitor of the Trenton diocese since the
death of the late Bishop McFaul, de-
livered the address of welcome in be-
half of the clergy of the diocese. Act
ingin a similar capacity, but in behalf
of the laity of the diocese, was State
Librarian John p. Dullard.
with you as our new leader" said
Mr.. Dullard in part. I'VE can but be
stimulated to q renewed vigor in our
faith and to still greater generosity
toward the further upbuilding of our
diocese, which has made such splendid
progress in the thirty-seven years of
its existence as a separate see. The
spread of the faith in our midst has
indeed been marvellous. But little more
than q century ago there was not a
single resident Catholic priest in all of
the territory that now constitutes the
diocese of Trenton. History tells us
that the first Catholic Church to be
erected in this diocese, II not in this
state, was a modest brick structure at
the corner of Lamberton and Market
streets in this city and known as St.
Esra n0iat Church I"
The jurisdiction of Bishop Walsh
extends over the Catholics of fourteen
counties of New Jersey and runs along
the entire Delaware river from War
rem county to Cape May, including
Middlesex and practically all the lower
half of the state.
Bishop Walsh arrived in Trenton
last night from Buffalo. To show the
esteem and high regard he Is held in
In that diocese a delegation of sixty
priests accompanied him to this city 10
witness his installation. Tomorrow
night the knights of Columbus will
tender the bishop a public reception.
He will be forty-three years old in De-
cember.
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KILLS
CAPT. WERSEbE
Sister Hears of Death of For
mer Local Man in Action on
French Front.
DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL
Sister Recently Had Letter
Telling of His Engagement to
Red Cross Nurse.

Word has been received in this city
OF the death of the first Perth AM
boyan to be killed in actual fighting
in France.
Captain George Walter Wersebe.
brother of Mrs. Edgar d. Thorne, OF
lab Lewis street. is the unfortunate
man. Captain Wersebe, although a
soldier for the past ten years, has
only been in France since May and
was in charge of machine gun COM
pany.
But few details have been received
by his sister, the telegram received
by her from Adjutant General Nc
Cain last night stating that Captain
Wersebe had been killed July is ac-
cidentally by hand grenade" 1t is
believed that the captain was in the
act of hurting a hand grenade when
it exploded.
Captain Wersebe was q member oi
the Fifteenth Machine Gun Battalion
having been assigned to that unit In
February of this year upon his arrival
in this country from the Philippines
where he had seen service for three
years. The officer was thirty-one
years of age, having enlisted when he
became of age, ten years before.
BY efficient work he rose from the
ranks and in November of last year
was made a captain while in the Phil
ippines. He was in the cavalry dur.
ing the first nine years of his life In
the army and upon being sent back to
the United States in February he was
placed in the machine gun division
and sent to Mexico.
The captain received training in
machine gun tactics in Mexico from
February until the latter part oi
April when he returned to this city
faK n oh ,,.in VNf.fnV- 20 hfc Ia
parture for France. He left with his
company early In May, going immedi-
ately to the battle front.
AS he was seeing foreign service
most of the time Captain Wersebe
had little opportunity 10 visit this city
but on the occasion of each visit he
resided at the home of his sister. Mrs.
Thorpe.
A letter was received by Mrs.
Thorpe on July 20 from the captain,
In which he told of his engagement to
Red Cross nurse whom he had met
in France. Captain Wersobe was IN
the highest spirits when he wrote the
letter, his sister said this morning.
The letter was received on the twen-
tieth of this month and the captain
was killed on the eighteenth.
Captain Wersebe is survived by a
brother and q sister. The former, S.
w. Wersebe is a doctor and lives in
Connecticut. Mrs. Thorpe is Captain
Wersebe's only sister. Neither his
father nor mother is living.
From the reports that are being
received from France daily IL is evil
dent that the machine gun battalions
are playing an important part in the
fighting, and no doubt Captain Wer-
sebe was in the thick of the fight
whene the accident occurred which
resulted in his death.
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ARMIES Ann SOLELY
TO DESTROY ENEMY

the engagements.
The casualties will be given out as
soon as received.
Reviewing the battle situation in
France, General March said that since
last Saturday the general salient has
flattened considerably. The enemy re-
tirement on Saturday was very rapid.
amounting to three or four miles on a
twenty-mile front. he said. So fast
did the Germans retreat Saturday
night that the Allied armies got COM
pletely out OF touch with their front
line and sent out cavalry patrols TO
catch UP with the advance fighters.
The extreme west flank Of the enemy's
line remains practically stable now.
while on the extreme east the Ger
mans have been able TO reduce the AL
lied salient, March said.
Whatever the German objective
may have been at the start, and what
ever our hope was in the counter Of
fensive. II Is now evident, said the
general, that those aims have been set
aside and that the objective of each
army is the other army.
Both sides want to kill off as many
as possible. The holding back of the
jaws of the allied trap by the Ger
mans makes 1t practically impossible
for us to expect to bag the German
army. he added. inasmuch as they
have had two weeks in which TO
maneuver their way out.
March declared that details of the
unification OF all the American forces
are now being worked out and in the
future there win be no so-called Ma
tionai Guard or National Army, but
that every man serving Under the
American flag will wear on his collar
the letters ~. g." now reserved for
regulars only.
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HUN OFFICERS
ASSASSINATED
Dictator in Ukrainia and Adiu-
tant Victims of Social Revo-
lutlonary PIotters.
Bu United Press.


AMSTERDAM. July Si-Field Mar
In Ukrainia has been assnsE'nated ac-
In Ukrania, has been assassinated, ac-
cording to official word from KEN re-
ceived here today.
Adtutant Capt. Won Dressler was
also killed. Previous reports SAID
that Won Eichhorn and Voa Drestlef
had been seriously wounded by a
bomb thrown by u social rorolution-
ary plotter. The assailant was ar
rested.
The Kieff dirpatches says von Eich-
horn and Won Dressler lived only a
few hours after having been hurt. The
kaiser, before he learned that the
men had been mortally wounded. tel
egraphed the following TO Won Eich-
horn: "I learn with indignation and
deep regret OF this abominable crime"
Political storm clouds are gathering
around the Ukrainian government ac-
oording 10 a dispatch from Hamburg
TO the new Rotterdam courtaat to-
day. The message said that whole
sale arrests had been made, ono OF
those seized being Gyzicki, irJt stete
secretary in the Hetman government.
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01k0ft%s@Af%t
TRENTON, July 81 With solemn
and impressive ceremonies and in the
presence of high civil and religious
dignitaries, the Rt. Rev. Thomas J.
Welsh, d. D., LII. D., formerly of Buff
falo, was today installed as the third
bishop of the Catholic Diocese OF
Trenton In st. Mary's Cathedral, this
city.
Among those who participated In
the enforcement ceremonies was
Cardinal Farley. archbishop OF New
York. Governor Walter e. Edge. was
among the civil disnitaries present.
The exercises began at $3.50 this
morning, when the new bishop. who
.ucceeds the late Rt. Rev. James A,
McFaul, and his attendants moved IN
procession on North Warren street
this city, from the Episcopal resi-
dence to the cathedral.
Solemn pontifical mass was cele-
brated in connection with the install
lation of Bishop Walsh as the head OF
the See of Trenton by the Most Rev
Archbishop DNnnis j. Dougherty, d
D., OF PHILADELPHIA. who until recently
was the head oA, the diocese of Buff
falo and the immediate superior OF
Bishop Walsh.
A scene of brilliance was witnessed
In the cathedral and a chcir of. 100
voices sang the mass. Cardinal Far
ley was attended by the following:
Monsignor NJ. J. Lavelle, vicar gen.
eral of the archdiocese OF New York;
Monsignor B. J. Mulllgan, of Camden,
deacon of honor: Nonsignor Aloysius
Pozzi of Vineland, deacon OF honor;
cross bearer, Rev. Jamoy Bulfin. OF
Trenton; acolytes, Revs. Thomas Ma
her and Frederick Kimball, both of
Trenton: Marquis Martin Maloney, G.
L. Richie. both Of Spring Lake. and
David Kenney. of Plainheld. papal
knights. completed the cardinals
train.
Assisting Arch Bishop Dougherty in
the celebration of the mass wero the
following: Arch-priest. Monsignor Nell
son Baker, administrator of the do
cese of Buffalo; deacon. Rev r. 7.
Petri, of Atlantic City: sub-deacon,
Rev. r. J. Egan, Phillipsburg; aeoly-
tess Revs T. McCorriston. Bordentown,
and Neil Mooney. Trenton; book
bearer. NJ. Konopka, Trenton; mitre
bearer, Rev. Frank Sullivan, Trenton;
thurifer, Rev. John West, Riverside
cross bearer, Rev. John Kucker. Law
rencevilie.
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Berlin Paper Describes
Death Of Former Gar

LONDON. July s1:-Details OF
former Car Nicholas execution by
the Bolsheviki have appeared In the
Berlin Lokal-Anzeiger. dispatches
here today declared
According 10 this account. the for
mer emperor was awakened at 8
o'clock IN the morning and informed
that he would be killed in four hours.
He remained calm. conferred with a
priest. and wrote letters. but at Q A.
~. the guards found him collapsed
In a chair.
Enroute TO the place Of execution
he fell to the ground and when he
arrived at the spot where he was 70
die he was unable 10 stand. He lean
paper reported. and raised his hands
as II about 10 speak. but the rife
shots crowned his voice and he fell
dead.