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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05

q believe" he says, "there is a good deal of grumbling on the part of people at home just now because they are obliged to form up in queues in order to get their supply Of rations. We'll, I and @ number of other Jocks" who formed a ration party, were conveying food and water to the boys in the front line in the Cam brai sector, when we had an experi- ence which none of us is ever likely to forget. The particular adventure took place shortly after the German counter attack, when we were obliged to relinquish our grip on part of the ground we had so recently wrested from the Huns."
 "A spell of bitterly-cold weather followed on the Western front, but even Scottish troops cannot carry on unless provided with regular SUD- plies of food and water. I may say that be selected as one of g. ration party, especially when the atmospher- ic conditions are suggestive of Green land Is not regarded by those SC chosen as g. cushy job, but up near the front line discipline is strict, and
 
 what like the weather is. There were about dozen of us on this particu- lar night in charge of a corporal who knew the district well. Each man carried his stipulated burden of ra- tions for the front-line troops, and although 1t was bitterly cold and showing when we set out, few if any of us anticipated having such a ter rible struggle against the elements.
 "As we logged along in the dark ness, scarcely a word was spoken. The wind blew in gusts, and the snow which had been falling intermittently now whirled in icy blasts against oul faces. But we were Jocks and no easily discouraged, although I could gather from the labored breathing O my comrades that the blizzard wa! exacting toll of stamina from tht Highland ration party. In the artifi cial light formed by the snow, VI could see that every member of thu party looked like a khaki Fathe Christmas. On, on we trudged, nov
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05
LABOR AGAINST SOCIALISM.
Confidence is returning fast i'm hi

Confidence is returning fast in high financial circles as to the outlook that socialism need be no longer feared by capital. The collapse of Russia on account of the doctrines of radical socialism has shown the world the danger of such theories. Clinching the argument is the following extract from a statement made in the New York Times by President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor:
 Socialism holds nothing but un- happiness for the human race. know I'm right. It destroys personal iniative, wipes out national pride-the hearth-stone of a peoples culture and, finally, it plays into the hands of the autocrats. One has only to watch its ravages. in the human soul-the soul without country. Socialism is the fad of fanatics, the sophistry Of so-called philosophers, the idiocy of the so-called intelligencia-and it has no place in the hearts of those who would secure and fight for freedom and preserve democracy"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05
BOYS AND GIRLS ENROLL TO RAISE FOOD IN COUNTRY

The call of the Committee of Food Supply, State Council of Defense, for boys and girls to enroll in the Con- necticut Junior Food Army is meet ing with great response. In 15 towns and cities a Food Army committee has been appointed by the local War Bureau. That these committees are actively engaged is shown by reports coming to the Farm Bureau office, of enrollments being made through the schools, Boy Scouts, Y. M. c. A. groups and other local organizations for boys and girls.
 There are 12 projects listed on the membership card and one or more projects may be checked by members who select some definite war work in the food production or conserva-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05
SAYS ALLIES ARE
 NOT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH ON SEAS

London, March 6,-Commander Car lyon Bellairs, M. P., who is regarded as something of an authority on naval matters in the House of Commons, is of the opinion that the Admiralty has relied far too much on defensive tac- tics in coping with the submarine menace.
 The happy position forseen for us, next August, by Lord Jelhco," he writes ''cannot be attained except by offen- sive tactics, which involve the pr11l- ciple that barraEes shall be laid in the sea to bar the exit of the German submarines, and all operations of Ger man surface craft to clear a passage shall be prevented by the concentra- lion of our own surface craft.
 The important thing to remember is that, in going and coming, German submarines do not move until surface craft have cleared channel. To smash the operations of the German surface craft against really scien- tifc. as opposed to a haphaZard bar rage, is to smash the submarine men, ace. A defended barrier in the sea to a depth of 1SO feet Is perfectly feasible. No mining fiotilla ought to be able to act in face of a concen- trated and overwhelming naval force Consequently, if the British and American mines are as efficient as the simple German mine which we captured in the first week of the war, if we avail ourselves to the full of all the other details that go to form barrage, such as nets, microphones and other devices, we may then say with absolute conviction, that the submarine menace from the North Sea. Atlantic and Dardanelles will be smashed from the date when we have performed the delicate and balancec operation of completing some hun dreds of miles of barrage and grea' --..-.4- -.. Ainr,e, of naval fnrreS''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05
CHICKEN LOCATES
 A DIAMOND CLAIM

London, April 5.-Dispatches from Kimberley, South Africa, to the Ex- press state that a chicken killed at Gong Gong recently was found to have a carat diamond in its crop. Two Irishmen, who had killed the chicken, immediately laid out a claim on the plot where the chicken had been feeding and within g. few days were rewarded by finding more than k50,OoO worth of small stones, together with several large diamons, one of over 70 carats.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05
Exclusive to The Times)
(By The International News Bureau,

(By The International News Bureau, Inc)
 (ln the following personal narrative of Scottish soldiers experience with raonng party at the front many dramatic situations disclosed not the least thrilling being the terrible sequel which followed handohand fight between British Guardsman and Prussan in lonely part of the bateeld
 Lanarkhire soldier belonging to the Argyll and Suher land Hghander at present lying wounded i2 Glasgow mill ary hospital furnishes graphic story of the experiences party of Jocks" who caught in blndng snowstom gently in the Cambrai region Here a the gallant Tommy story:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05
FORBIDS USE OF
 CAMERA IN LONDON

London, April 5.-American soldiers and sailors visiting London will no longer be permitted to bring their cameras with them. A new regula- tion, just issued by the authorities, prescrJbes that hereafter mo photo graph or sketch may be made of out door subjects in or near London with out special permission" Also the pos session of photographic apparatus for this purpose is prohibited.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05

By order of the County Council of Bloomington Journal, a German news paper, will have to be printed in Eng lish
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05

The Government will erect 25 hol- low tile buildings at the United States General Hospital, No. 3, at historic Fort McHenry.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05
''HELP PUSH THE LIBERTY BALL"
 SLOGAN OF NY.

New York, April 5.-The signal from Washington which starts the Third Liberty Loan drive Saturday morn ing, April 9th, will start also huge "Liberty Ball" rolling from Buffalo to New York, across the entire Second Federal Reserve district. Purchasers of Liberty Bonds will supply the mo- tive power, which will keep "the ball rolling in a literal as well as a fS- urative sense, as a symbol of the great drive to obtain funds to win the war.
 The Liberty Ball will be used as a center for Liberty Loan demonstra- tions in every town or city through which 1t passes Its progress is to pe a continuous Liberty Loan demon- stration. From the Lafayette Mon ument, Buffa'p, it will be rolled clear to Madison Square, New York City, where 1t will be due to arrive May 4.
 The Liberty Ball will be a giant red, white and blue sphere. It will roll on a gold tire, symbol of the money roll ing onward in the Liberty Loan drive Purchasers of bonds, volunteer citi- zens and patriotic organizations will roll it from town to town with long drag ropes. Its special guardians will be men dressed as Uncle Sam.
 Accompanying the Liberty Ball will be a Liberty Loan flag bearing in blue letters on the red-bordered, white held the following plea:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05
HELP PUSH
THE LIBERTY BALL
 From Buffalo to New York. Every Bond You Buy Is A Push Toward Winning The War. KEEP THE BALL ROLLING!

The ball has an axle to the ends or which drag ropes are to be attached so that school children, Boy Scouts and others may join in with the two men who will push 1t. 1t is con structed of steel and rattan truss work, covered with canvas covering. It will run upon an 1S-irich gilded tire. The rest of the ball is painted in a1- ternate red and white stripes, center ing to a blue circular field with stars surrounding each pole.
 Local Liberty Loan organizations will arrange demonstrations as the ball traverses their districts. Mass meetings with pleas to purchase LdIo- erty bonds are to attend the arrival of the ball in each community. Those who have bought bonds will be priv ileged to roll the ball to the edge of the next district.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-05
TERRIBLE TABLEAU OF WAR DESCRIBED BY A
 LANARKSHIRE SOLDIER

Entangled in Barbed Wire Fence While Conveying Ratons to the Front Line Trenches Thrilling Adventure of "Jocks" Who Were Caught in Binding snowstorm Graphically Told by Gallant Tommy While Lying on Hospital Cot.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
ITALY AND SERBS QUARREL;
WILSON TO ARBITRATE ROW
Jugo-SIaVs and Rome, Facing Rupture,
Depend on President TO Settle
Dispute.

Paris, Dec. 9.-Growing hostility be-
tween Italy and the new JugOSlav
state is reported by the Swiss press.
Both sides to the controversy eagerly
anticipate President Wilson's arrival,
for it is he upon whom they look as
the statesman best fitted to acC as UNI
pire.
There has been bad blood for months
between Italy and the Jugo-Slavs, but
the differences have been thus far
more or less beneath the surface. They
came to climax, however, when the
insurgents of Montenegro decided upon
union with Serbia and deposed King
Nicolas, who is the father of the Ital-
ian queen.
Rival aspirations for the control of
the eastern Adriatic form the chief
basis of the conflict. It has been long
an open secret that Italy desires TO
make the Adriatic an Italian lake.
The Jugo-Slavs, on the other hand,
insist that they need outlets to the sea
in order to assure them the economic
development to which, they regard their
young state as entitled.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
GERMANY MUST PAY
BRITAIN $40,OOO,O 900, 900
Huge Sum Will Be Demanded From
the Huns-Larger Bill
by France.

London, Dec 9.-Great Britain will
demand of Germany fS,000000,OOO
sterling $4,000, O00,00O) for Great
Britain and her dominions as repara-
ton for the war, according TO the
Daily Mail
The newspaper says it understands
that David Lloyd George, the premier.
will make this announcement iu a
speech at Leeds.
This. the Daily Mail adds. is what
the war cost Great Britain and her
dominions and British taxpayers will
be relieved of f400,000000 ($2,000,-
000000) a year by the German pay
ment.
The British claim, says the Daily
Mail, has been prepared by commit
tee under Sir Sam Hughes, the Aus
tralian premier, and Baron Cunlitfe.
former governor of the Bank of Eng
land, who is one of the principal mem
bers of the committee. 1t adds that
it is expected the report will be pub
lished Saturday.
The Daily Mail says the French
claim for PREPARATION will be infinitely
larger than that of Great Britain.
An extraordinary meeting of the
German cabinet was summoned at
Berlin to discuss the possibility of the
allies occupying Berlin owing to Ger
many's alleged inability to carry out
the terms of the armistice, according
to an Amsterdam message to the Ex-
press.
The league of nations is one of the
most important matters to be taken up
at the peace. conference, Foreign Sec
rotary Balfour declared in an inter
view here. He said that the promi-
nence President Wilson has given the
subject has been valuable contrib
ution to future civilization"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
WOULD STABILIZE RAIL PAY
Establishment of Permanent Rates
Planned, Says Director of Divl-
sion of Labor.

New York, Dec. establishment
Of permanent wage rates for the 2,000,-
900 railway workers Of the United
States to continue after the cost of
living has decreased, is the aim of the
United States railroad administration,
according to w. S. Carter, director of
the division of labor, who spoke here
on ''the effect of federal control on
railway labor" before the academy of
political science. Standardization of
wages and working conditions of rail-
way employees, Mr.. Carter believed
would prove to be the most pro-
nounced effect of federal control.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
HAD EXAMPLE BEFORE HIM
Lop-Eared Youth Could Not DOUBT
That Some People Could Speak
Fast Without Suffering

A venerable citizen of the StraiiIs
Ridge neighborhOod entered a lunch
room In Polkville, dragging after bio
a gander-necked, lop-eared youth,
what kind O. pie have We got yeeY
he asked of the brisk waitress.
"Peach, apple, mince, raisin, punE'
apercot, mince, raisin and cOkemut
custard I" she answered with consider
able rapidity.
"Ptu (which? 2" returned the old fe'
low.
The young lady repeated the ISI
with still greater speed.
please say that over ag'ln, Il yOua
Jest as liv'," requested the andea
man.
"Say, lookee here" demanded The
waitress. Cant you understand any
thing?"
ooh, yes'm; 1 understand all right.
He turned to the lOp-eared youl
There now, Emmett" he triumphalI
ly said. "You see, it's jest as 'oa
you: q person kin talk as fast @n
pleases without stutterin', If he'll Guy
take keer !''-Judge.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
GOOD NEW
A Lady in Texas Tell. u
She Regained and Keen.
Her Health.

Every household sbop,a
hand all the time a dennnd,laS'e d
edy with which to fight ca r@Ole req
catarrhal conditions. '''l M
The experience of Mrs. NJ
ley, No. 1922 9th ST., GaIvestnnn b y
is not unique, but her Letter S, S IeI
ry vigorous safety firstn sU uOeS car|
to every American home. az psseSto3
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have never found it other tSo o"'S IN 1
factory as a remedy for colds a. Nos
indigestion and many other oi fr0Ifl
| am never without Perunan 'uiSl
Coughs, colds, catarrh, grin -,
fluenza cannot safely be pa" @uu
Any disease due to catarrhal S,vS'el
nation of the mucous lining u l.lSa
of the nasal passages. throat '- r
stomach, bowels, kidneys, hIo ', ,ulSS
other organs, is to be feared Cass
Is always a menace to the oa.aI
health and on. account Of i+s s eu
lence must be fought and fought i Sa.i
all the time. Usii' us'
Thousands place their entire dsr,.
dence upon the well known timo
remedy, Peruna. DR.. Hartman b ".s
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years ago. Try Peruna first and S1
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
CAPT. MoFFETT GOES TO SEA
Former Commander of Great Lakes
Naval Training Station VIII Com
mand Dreadnaught Mississippi.

Chicago, Dec. 9.-"Each one Of you
aas kept steadily In mind everything
that would be for the good of the
ship The highest words of praise
that a captain can give his men were
written in q farewell statement issued
by Capt. Moffett to the officers and
men at Great Lakes naval training sta
lion.
Capt. Moffett's wife and family will
remain at their new home In Lake
Forest while the captain is on the
q. s. 8. Mississippi, the newest and
best of the dreadnaughts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
LLOYD GEORGE FOR LEAGUE
Premier Makes First Declaration in
Favor of World Combination
of Nations.

London, Dec 10.-Premier Lloyd
George broke his long silence with re-
gard to the League of Nations plan.
Addressing a large wOmen's meeting,
the prime minister said:
II favor a league of nations. It
it difficult and trip the steps of the
god of war"
This is the first reference the pre-
mier has made to the League of Ma
tions project since the election cam
paign began.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
PUT BACK PASSENGER TRAINS
Director General McAdoo Announces
Rail Service Will Be Restored
to Normal.

Washington, Dec, 11.-Restoration
of normal passenger service has now
been undertaken by the railroad adj
ministration, said Director General
McAdoo in a statement addressed to
the American people withdrawing his
plea made last January for curtail-
ment of passenger travel for the war
emergency.
A number of trains, he announced.
will be added to existing schedules
within the next few weeks
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
FORBID FOE NOTES TO u. S.
Berlin and Vienna Told to cease Spe-
ciaI Communications to Wash
ington Government.

Washington, Dec. 10.-Notes were
sent to Berlin and Vienna by the state
department today, advising the Ger
man and Austrian governments that
the United States desires to receive no
further communications from them
which should properly be addressed to
all the allied governments.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
$500 CAPTIVE YANKS FREED
Leave Camp Rastatt in Germany for
SwitzerIand-other by Way
of Holland

Berlin, Dec. 11.-Twenty-six hun
dred American prisoners of war in
termed at Camp Rastatt left there for
Switzerland. Two hundred other
Americans who have been scattered in
various camps in Germany are leaving
by way of Holland and Denmark. 1t
Is expected that the last of the Amer
leans will be out of German camps
by the middle of this week.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
BRITISH AT WILHELMSHAvEN
Battleship and Five Destroyers Reach
Port of Great German Naval
Station.

London. Dec. 9.-The British battle
tleship Hercules, with naval delega-
ton aboard escorted by five torpedo
boat destroyers, arrived in Jahde bay,
says dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph from Copenhagen. Jahde bay is
the port of the German naval station
at Wilhelmshaven.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
CANADA SPENT ST ,O65, 900, 1000
Premier Sir Robert Borden Receives
Estimate of Dominion's
War Expense.

Ottawa, Ont, Dec 10.-Canada's war
expenditures up to November 80 were
81, 065, 100000 according to an estimate
which the minister of finance has for
warded to Sir Robert Borden, premier
of Canada, now in England to present
Canada;s war claims. 1t is estimated
that by March 81 it will exceed ST.
29O.OO0,000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
HAD 100000 "FLU" CASES
New York Health Commissioner Tells
Extent OF Recent Epdemic-To
Take Preventive Measures.

New York, Dec. 9.-More than 500,-
600 cases of Spanish influenza were
recorded in this city during the recent
epidemic, according to a statement
made by Health Commissioner Cope
land in asking the board of estimate
for an appropriation of 100000 with
which to take precautions against a re-
currence of the epidemic
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
ASKS MARSHALL TO PRESIDE
Vice President Takes Chair at the
Cabinet Meeting First Time
in History.

Washington, Dec. 11-Vice Presi-
dent Marshall took the chair when the
cabinet assembled Tuesday, explaining
as he did SO, that he was acting out of
Difference to the desire of the presk
dent. So far as anyone here knows
vice president never before has pre-
sided at a cabinet meeting.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
MlKAD0'S COUSIN IN GOTHAM
Prince Yorihito Arrives From England
En- Route to Japan-WiII Be Re-
ceived by Vice President

New York, Dec. 9.-Prince Yorihito
of Higashi-Fushimi, cousin of the
emperor fJapan, former naval
commander. arrived here from Eng
land on British cruiser. On his way
home to Japan he will visit Wash
ington. AT Washington the prince
viii be received by Vice President Mar
shall.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
RUSS ATTACK HUN FRONTIER
Slavs 6esiege Big Fortress of Thorn
RoyaIIst Troops in New Counter
Revolt.

London, Dec. 1.-THE Times prints
story that Russia has started a coun-
ter-revolution and is besieging Thorn.
a fortress on Germanys eastern from
tier. The royalist troops demand the
hauling down of the red flag.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
RUSS REDS KILL IA MORE
Prince Eristoff and Two Sisters and
Prince and Princess SviatopoIk-
Mirsky Murdered.

Stockholm, Dec. 9.-On the pretext
of having discovered a counter-revo-
lutionary plot, the terrorist commits
sion at Mohilev sentenced fourteen
persons to death, according to a Pc
trograd dispatch. Among those SEN
fenced were Prince Eristoff. who was
executed with his two sisters, and the
Prince and Princess Sviatopolk- Mirsky.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
U. S. SOLDIERS IN DANzIG
PoIish-AmerIcan Troops Sail From
Havre to Take Over Posen
and Silesia.

Amsterdam, Dec. -Polish-Ameri-
can divisions, says the Warsaw CORE
spondent of the Weser Zeitung, have
embarked at Havre for Danzig to oc-
cupy the provinces of Posen and Sile-
STA. The headquarters of the Polish
American troops, according to this in
formation, will be at the town of Po-
sen.