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Arizona republican., 1918-01-22

under a glass case to avoid criticism.
 He added that Colonel House went to Paris without even being under an oatn of office.
 Senator Lewis resented the Pennsyl- vania senator's reference to Coionei House as a Texas lobbyist, and de- manded what proof Senator Penrose had that would permit him to make such charge.
 The senktor from Illinois takes the matter entirely too seriously, believe, Senator Penrose replied. T touched very lightly on Colonel House in an ef- fort to determine his diplomatic exper- fence I thought perahps tfaac sis eX- perience might have been obtained as member of the governors staff or he might have obtained the experience in the Texas legislature"
 Snator Lewis insisted that Senator Penrose should either prove his charge that Colonel House was a lobbyist in Texas or withdraw it.
 He owes it to the senate to with draw it." said Senator Lewis. declaring that the term lobbyist implies cri2li- ! nality.
 The term is not necessarily one of opprobium,' Senator Penrose replied.
 No man in public life," said MT. Lewis, could better know the meEtng of the term lobbyist" 1 Senator Lewis said Presidents Lin coin and Cleveland, both had appointed pehsonal representatives of diplomNtiC missions and that Colonel House was the only man in this country who had a personal acquaintance with those meI representing the various allied nations at the conference.
 Mexican Ouestion In Senator Lewis declared that wher the present administration came into 1 power after sixteen years of republican l rule, we were in no position to pro.
 tect ourselves against the attack O.
 Mexican peons."
 Then followed an argument betweel
 the Illinois senator, Senator James
 democrats, and Minority Leader Gal
 finger and Senator Calder over the re
 sponsibility for failure to take prepar
 edness steps during republican admin
 1strations preceding that of P~es..len
 Wilson.
 Senator New took the floor to objec
 to the placing in the record by Senate
 Stone of what he termed were charge
 that Will Hayes, chairman of the stat
 council of national defense, was takin advantage of his position to carry O
 tiio pOiLiNdl dCllNlliSS as CldlTHlaQ o the Indiana State Republican commit
 tee. The Indiana senator denied thi was true.
 Senator Kirby, member of the mill tary committee deplored the discus sion.
 : T believe conditions ane as good a they could be except in one or two lit tie things he said. There is no us : to alarm the country. What you war to do is to win this war. You can't d ] 1t by recrimination."
 Senator Penrose said that lone ( the leading lights" of the democrat : party had invited the discussion. : I'm not justifying any man." Senate s Kirby replied. I'm telling what ougf 3 to be done"
 T Senator Penrose asked why the mi
 ltary committee chairman found it net Q essary to introduce a bill for a ws t cabinet and Senator Kirby said he wt = not seeking to explain Senator Chan l pertains action: that the bill had nev, u been considered in any session of Il = senate military committee at which l I had been present.
 ! Speech is Picrc Effort
Arizona republican., 1918-01-22
PARTISANSHIP IS
 THEME PARTISAN
 MISSOURI SENATOR

Continued from Page One)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
PREMIER HUGHES
is RESTORED TO
GOVERNMENT JOB

Melbourne, Australia, Jan. IL
Several days of political uncertainty
have ended with the re-installation in
power of the Nationalist government,
headed by William Morris Hughes.
There has been no change in the
makeup of the Hughes government.
At one time it was thought that Frank
Tudor, the Labor leader, would be
commissigaed by the governor general
to form avLabor government.
Premier Hughes is criticised by the
press and is accused of breach of faith
by some politicians because of the
pledge he gave at Bendifo during the
recent referendum campaign that the
Nationalists would not govern the
country if conscription was defeated.
The Australian voters returned ma
jority against conscription in the ref
erendum.
A motion of no confidence has been
introduced in parliament by Mr.,
Tudor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
SLAvS TO START
DEFENSIVE WAR
East Front Will Be Barricaded Against Enemy Un-
less They Meet Demands, Says Lenine-
Teuton Offer Now Null and Void"
Says Won Kuehlmann

Amsterdam, Jan. 11-The Central Powers have withdrawn
their terms made public at the Besovs conference
Dec 25 announced yesterday by Dr. Won KehmaDn
the German foreign secretary
In his speech at the Brest-EOysb meeting yesterday
Won Kuehmann said that owing to the nonacceptnce by the
Of these peace TERMS they chad become null and
void"
N1oIa Lenine the BoIsleviEi premier departed
from Perograd possibly to go Stockholm, declared befor
leaving ->- = s=s
81 we shall have to stop the rehabilitation pre-
for II Germany and her allies do not accept
ditOns of shall declare revolutionary Them
The correspondent emphasizes the Importance of agree
men between the BOshevik and Uranian negotatO the
position of the rada has Iessened TrOzs chances for obtain
satisfactory He that if the Germans could buy
significance within Germany TrotzEy's
stand would be cut in half The correspondent adds that moth
is foolish than to suppose that because the Ukraine
opposes the BOIshev therefore avors the Allies and prose-
cuiOn of the
Confirming Lenines statement that the Bolshevki pre-
pairing to reestabh the fighting power of the army against
possible final break in the negotiations with the Central Pow
report states they not attempting to reanlmae the
old worn army create and much smaller
Concerning army Foreign Minister Trotzky report
ed to have said:
Il" will wage not but revolution Its front trenches
will be barrcades against oppressors"
The Boshevik doubt whether the German soldiers will adj
vance but if they do and take territory they will be
of the The greatest difficulties Of the
Boshevk in these preparations transport and supply of
which the former is the less hopeful question: Ensign krylen
ko the Boshevii commandern-chef reported orga-
nzng volunteer army and has ordered all officers to return to
the posts they held before the BosheviH revolution
In reference the civil in different parts of Russia
by part of Russia against other parts but
attempts to spread class warfare in those parts where the pro-
etara has not vet the upper hand Thus the Boil
shevk are not warning against the Ukraine but aga1ns;
bourgeois Ulrainan rada not with the Cossack country
with the military government of the Cossacks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
ITALIANS GREET
WILSON MESSAGE
AS EPOCHAL ONE

Rome, Thursday, Jan. 10-Presi-
dent Wilson's message is the first
courageous step toward peace, SAYS the
Mesa ggero. It says President Will
son in his message evidently wanted
to meet the Russian people and to
help them to complete their resurrec-
ton.
The Tempo recalls that Italy, like
the United States, freely entered the
world war for reasons of principle.
She has sustained enormous sacrifices
to redeem her provinces still under
Austrian rule and to obtain the safe
ty of her frontier on land and sea,
which alone can allow her ito live on
a footing of equality under conditions
of liberty"
The Popolo Romano praises the gem
erous intentions of President Wilson
and the American people and govern
ment. 1t eulogizes the declaration of
the president concerning the solidar-
ity of the Allies and says that as soon
as Italy and France make similar
statements, they will be the answers
to the governmental Lenine and
Trotzky with which the Entente does
not yet have diplomatic relations.
The Giornale dItalia applauds the
message and, calls President Wilson
lone of the greatest statesmen Of our
epoch" It expresses hope that the
Presidents enlightened mind will see
the necessity of solving definitely the
Italo-Austrian problem in order to
avoid future excuses for conflict
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
COLLECTORS OF
INCOME TAXES
IN NEED OF AID

Unless more volunteers come for
ward to help the income tax collectors
in the work of gathering the shekels
for Uncle Sam within the next few
days the work of the three overwork-
ed collectors here will be seriously
handicapped and as a consequence the
work cannot be completed as rapidly
as expected.
The fling blanks have not ar
rived in Bridgeport up to the pres
en1 time, but all possible preparation is
being made for a record breaking bus
mess when they do arrive. Volun-
teers are needed now to be broken
into the system so that when the
rush begins everything will be han
died smoothly and efficiently.
When seen today Tax Collector
Mitchell said:
prom all appearances the amount
Of money which will be collected here
will be enormous, but of couise can
not even give approximate figures. We
have been busy with the auditors OF
the largest plants around here and
by the time actual collecting begins
we will have a. good start with the
work"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
Loved ART
MORE Than
her HUBBY

Her love for music and desire to
devote her entire time to the study of
her art led Alice l.. Mertens, formerly
well known church singer in this
city to desert her husband, Albert C.
W. Mertens, and he was granted a
divorce today by Judge -.-altbie in the
Superior court.
Mertens said they were married in
Bridgeport, October IL, 1897, and
lived together for at number of years.
Mrs. Mertens had engagements to sing
in churches in New York, and Brook
lyn, and was in the habit for num-
Der of years of going to those cities
Friday and not returning until Mon
day. He demonstrated, but it had no
effect.
In 1913 Mrs. Mertens went to As
bury, New Jersey, and failed to re-
turn, although he visited her there,
and wrote several times asking her to
come back. She refused, although she
replied to some of his letters. Finally
she sent him a letter April 1, 1914, re-
fusing to return to live with her hus-
band.
Other witnesses corroborated the
fact that Mrs. Mertens had not lived
with her husband since that time,
and Judge Maltbie granted a decree.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
FILE Demurrer
In FRIzzEL'S
DIVORCE CLAIM

In a demurrer to the complaint in
the divorce suit of Charles r Frizzen
of NorwaFk, against Elizabeth Rob-
erts FTtZzell of the same place, At
torney Carl Foster, for Mrs Frizzen,
asked that practically the entire COM
plant, with the exception of one or
two items, be thrown out This mo-
tfon was Joined with a motion to ex-
punge. and was agreed before Judge
Hlaltbie in the Superior court today.
Judge NTaltbie reserved decision.
The affairs Of the Frizzels have
ben ebefore the courts for about a
year, following their marriage several
years ago in Nashville. Tenn. The
present action for divorce was filed
by the husband last November, and
alleges fntolerable cruelty. It is to
most of the particulars in this COM
plant the demurrer was filed.
Last spring Mrs. F'rizzell sued her
husbands mother for alienation of af-
fections. but failed to win her case in
court.
Among the allegations of cruelty in
the divorce complaint is one that Mrs.
'Frizzell one day in Norwalk pulled
her husbands nose, and another that
she struck him in his mothers room
Other allegations are that she flumil-
lated him in Dallas, Texas. by going
10 picture show with John Doe,
that In Nashville she failed to mail a
Letter containing a money order, and
frequent fits OF temper are alleged.
Brizzei is now in the army and ex-
Deets orders to go abroad.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
SEND men,
CHURCHILL
URG GEESU.S S.
British Minister of Mum
itions Appeals For
Speedy Transport of
American Soldiers
English Must Cut Ra-
ton of Food.

London, Jan. II - Winston
Spencer Churchill, British min
lister of munitions, addressing
the American Luncheon Club
today, made a powerful appeal
for the sending Of American
soldiers to Europe.
in as large numbers as posi-
Bile.
The reception of Premier
Lloyd-George and President
Wilson's war aims by the Cen
trail powers, the minister de-
clared, showed a gulf that no
bridge could span.
Eve have found complete agree
ment on our war ains,'' Mr. Churchill
said, 80 let US concentrate our whole
souls on practical measures whereby
those aims may be achieved"
England must melt all her resources
he continued into war work. Women
must draw nearer to the firing lines
and do more manual labor to relieve
workingmen for the ranks of the
army. Rations, he said, must be cut
down.
1.-THE only way to shorten the suf-
fering and torment" the minister as
serted, t'is to increase the pace"
Referring to Americas participa-
ton in the war" Mr.. Churchill said:
you have accepted an immense
responsibility. Never in history has
| so great a nation undertaken sc
great a task. Your aid is needed vi
tally in this great struggle and needed
soon.''
Walter Hines Page, the American
ambassador, presided at the luncheon
which was attended by 200 persons
Those at the luncheon included Lord
Northcliffe, chairman of the London
headquarters of the British mission
to the United States; Baron Rhondda
food controller; Sir Albert Stanley
| president of the British board OF
| trade; Vice Admiral Sims, commander
of the American naval forces il
European waters; Robert Skinner
American consul-general in London
| Gen. Bridges of the British genera
staff; Col E. D. Swinron, one of the
inventors of the British tank; Sill
Thomas Upton, and Sir Gilber
Parker, the novelist.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
TWO Dying
As RES()L
OF FUMES
Four Members of Fam
lily Overcome By Coal
Gas Mother and 12-
Year-Old Son Dying at
Bridgeport Hospital
Others Recovering.

Poor ventilation of the heat
Ing system in the home of
Walter Scott, of 2S4 Nichols
street, caused the sleeping
quarters in the home to be-
come saturated with coal gas
and as a result two of the fam
lily are in a dying condition.
Mrs. Scott, and her son, Milton,
aged ~ years, are at the
Bridgeport hospital and no
hope for their recovry is enter
tanned.
The escaping gas was discovered
about o'clock this morning by Scott.
who awakening, found himself in a
dazed state. He attempted to arouse
his wife but all efforts were futile.
Attempt to arouse his son and daugh-
ter also proved of TO avail. In a
very weakened condition Scott sue
ceeded in getting police headquarters
and conveying the information that
medical assistance was necessary.
DR.. Gavlas responded immediately
and found that Mrs. Scott and her son
were in an extremely serious condi-
ton and after all efforts to resusitate
them failed, he ordered them removed
to the Bridgeport hospital Scott and
his 10-year-old daughter were attend
ed at the home by DR.. Gavlas and
their condition is reported favorable
Scott informed the Emergency
hospital attendants that he had fixed
his furnace in the usual manner last
night and that when he last saw the
furnace at 1880 there seemed to be
nothing out of the way. Shortly after
that time the entire family retired.
DIR. Gavlas expressed the opinion
that Scott's splendid physical condi-
ton was the cause of his not hayine
been absolutely overcome, as was his
wife who occupied the same room.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
ICE BLOCKADE IN
SOUND BREAKING.
SHIPPERS REPORT

Shipping men reported today that
the ice jam in the Sound has been
completely broken up by the favor
able winds prevailing for the last few
days and with the exception of a
stretch on the south shore conditions
are fast assuming a normal state. No
less than nine barges laden with coal
towed by five tugs arrived in port last
night and a great number with other
cargoes are expected.
All of the inner basin Of Bridgeport
harbor has been cleared of ice and
the approaches to the various docks
are entirely clear, so that the tie-up
is at an end. Many Of the weather
sharks along the water front express
the opinion that we will not be frozen
in again this year.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
sunken steam barge Mohawk and
the divers report that she will be
raised in very short while, as they
have removed the major part of the
six thousand bags of Portland cement
which formed her cargo when she
foundered near the Wheeler and
Howes dock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
ORDINANCE REGARDING
ICY walks NOT Being
ENFORCED BY THE POLICE

Censure has been directed to the po-
lice department during the past few
days for its failure to enforce the city
ordinance requiring residents to have
the walks in front Of their homes in a
safe condition "a hours after a storm.
From all parts of the city complaints
are heard of the dangerous condition
of sidewalks, and bones have been
broken as a result.
Early in the week by order of the
police superintendent an order was
read to all patrolrnen requesting them
to call on all persons who had. failed
to either remove tho &c in front of
their homes or cover 1t with sand or
some other like substance. Whether
or not the patrofmen took the order
seriously is not known but the conn
plants regarding the icy walks con-
tinue to come to headquarters.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11

~We are trusting to God in
the daytime and praying to God
at night is the way Chairman
Carl f. SiemOn expressed the
bridgeport Fuel Committees
hope for relief, when inter
gEiewed by a representative of
IThe Times today.
Slight relief was given4oboth
fhe domestic and industrial sit
yEafiO11S today by the overnight
arrival Of three bargeS of hard
coal, seven barges Of soft coal,
also 20 carloads Of soft coal,
which extends the city's supply
to five days at the most.
Much criticism was directed atrthe
city and the United Illuminating Co
to-day by merchants, who following an
order from Chairman Siemon, relative
fto the crrtailing of store hours. feel
}f31zt the city or the company are do
f1nE noth1ng-to conserve fuel, masmnch
Asn no attempt has been made to shut
Soff a. single white way lamp since the
measure became effective
It was suggested by a prominent
31nercilant that if the committee urged
the scores of smaller stores scattered
about the city to close at the hour
sthe larger stores close, much more fuel
would be conserved than by choppine
OF an hour each day from therd1ours OF
the larger stores.
TheNmerchants are-also aggrieved tc
think that they are asked to conserve
while the white way lamps are left
burning from o'clock IN the after
noon until or 6 o'clock in the morn.
ing. Several of the large department
sst0reSnshut of their lights promptly al
closing time, even the. advertising dis
play lights
Pending the arrival Of more coal
the fuel committee is spreading tht
supply over as large an area as pos
Continued on Page 20
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
Slide BODY OF
INJURED WOMAN.
over ICY walk

Unable to raise the unconscious
form of Mrs Arthur Collins from the
pavement, at Hancock and Maple
wood avenues. where she had fallen,
because of the slippery condition of
the walk, DR.. J. F. Keegan of the
Emergency hospital and his assistants
were forced to slide her body to a
place where they could get safe
foothold, before she could be placed
on a stretcher to be removed to st.
V7RcentSs hospital.
Mrs. Collins who resides at AS
Dewey street while on her way to a
grocery store fell heavily to the walk
and sustained severe conclusion of
the brain. At the hospital where she
was taken slight hope of her recov-
cry is entertained.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11

Since the severe weather, some days
ago, walking has been more or less
dangerous, according to the police de-
partment More than score of cases
of injuries as the result of unclean and
slippery walks have been cared for by
the emergency hospital. Lack of in
formation regarding strict interpre-
tation of ordinance regarding side
walks has caused the members of the
police force to be lax in the protection
of walkers.
The ordinance is to the effect that
every resident shall have the walks
in front of his home or property in a
safe condition after a storm. The
department is in doubt as to whether
or not it refers to ice which may form
bn a sidewalk after thaw and frost
or simply the removal of sno5 after a
storm.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
HOLD WOMAN AS SPY.

Hanford, Cal, Jan. 11-Elizabeth
Guistorf was arrested here today and
held on suspicion of being German
spy. Two seditious letters, one re-
ferring to Fort Grant, Ore, and the
Preside of San Francisco, and the
other mysterious set of plans, were
discovered in her possession.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
DESERTERS HOLD
Up Restaurants
And rifle TILLS

New York, Jan. 11-John Linko, Il
9 year old soldier of 83 Beechmond
street, Torrington, Conn, was arrest
ed here today on a charge of robbing
restaurants in the Brownsville sec
ton of Brooklyn. He was taken in
company with another soldier, Adam
Beckling of Brooklyn. by four de-
tectives, who subdued the two men
with drawn reyolvers after the sol
diers had drawn their army pistols
and threatened the officers
The arrest came as result of COM
plants made, by several restaurant
keepers in the district recently thai
they had been held up by two soldiers
and their tills robbed. At the police
station the men admitted robbing res
taurants, after they were identified by
two of their victims and stolen prop
erty had been found on them. Both.
men said they came from Camp Mer.
ritt, n. J., from which they had been
deserters for u days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
WALL PAPER PLANT BURNS

Wilmington, Del, Jan. 1.-THE wall
paper plant of the Jacob Thomas Co.
one of the largest industrial plants in
Newark, Del, was destroyed today by
FIRE which originated in the ash pit.
The loss is $3.50, 900.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
CENTRAL POWERS WITHDRAW Peace
TERMS OFFERED At BREST-LIT0vSK:
RUSS ARMY STOPS DEAA0B|L| |zATI0k
Department STORES IN
City AROUSED BY CALL
To CURTAIL Their HOURS

Slight Relief Given Coal Situation Today by the
Arrival of Barges Of Hard and Soft Coal
White Way Lights Kept Burning Despite Sic
mons Requests-Big Stores Feel Injury Will
Be Done Their Business Interests While
Smaller Stores and Other Concerns Violate
Demands With Immunity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11

New York, Jan. 11-Copper pro-
ducers here received word from
Washington today that an agreement
had been reached with the federal
authorities for the fixing of the price
of copper at 2315 cents a pound for
the next four months,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
The Liberty Bond

Do you own a bond? Do
you want to nowsall about
the bond you own? Follow
the Speer Bond articles. Sea
Page 6.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-11
The Weather Report

Increasing cloudiness, fol-
lowed by snow late tonight or
on Saturday, probably heavy
snow Saturday; winds becom-
ing north and northeast and
increasing.