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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
WANTED, FIVE MILLION MEN.

How shall we bring the American army up to five million? William Hard answers in the New Republic:
 "Our first thought is to expand the draft age downward, at least to 19. But the sentimental objection to the lowering of the draft age is astonish- ingly powerful. Senators of the United States will even say. ard do say that it is not right to compel a man to do military service until hav- ing reached the age of 21 he has been allowed to exercise his political voting privilege This argument is cer- tainly not a military argument. The opinion of military men is seen in the fact that they allow young men to enlist even before the age of 70. They allow them to enlist at IS. .. But we must be prepared fo~ a com promise. Let us suppose that we drop he draft age to 20. Let us suppose that we at once include all the young men who reached the age of 20 be- tween the time of the registration of last year and the time of the registra- ton of this year. We shall get in Class 1 an additional 400, 900 effective men. Now. suppose that we expand the draft age upward How many men would veg ct if we expa nded ii men would we get if we expanded il
 There are no official figures. But there are semi-of1cial ones. People n excellent positions for observation say that from among the men in this country between the ages of 31 and 45 we would get at least 1500 00C abso- lutely Class 1 men. They would be men not handicapped by dependents
 They would be men not necessary to necessary industries. And if some of them were not fit for tront-line work what of it Nearly 40 per cent. of our whole army is non-combatant The older man who became a camp cool would release a younger man within the army to become real fighter"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
N. '. Live Stock Market

Beeves-Real common to fair steers sold at s9@$16 per 100 lbs; com mon to fair bulls, $7.75 O S1O; com mon to fair COWS, s O s9.5O; com mon to choice native sides, 15 @ 27c.
 Calves-Common to prime veals, $14@s1S.5O per 100 lbs; culls, $1O O $13.50; skim milk calves. s90 S10; grassers. $S6S9; culls, $6; yearlings, $7.50@SS. Dressed veals 22 2Sc.
 Sheep-Common to prime sheep (ewes) sold s9@s12 per 100 lbs; culis S5@s75O; lambs, s1461S; culls, SIP. Dressed mutton, Is 25c; city dressed lambs, 200 2Sc.
 Hogs-Heavy to medium weight hogs sold at s19.25 @s19.75 per 100 lbs; roughs, $17.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
CONNECTICUT PATENTS.

The following were issued July 2, 1918. List furnished from the Office of A. M. Wooster, solicitor of patents, 1115 Main St, Bridgeport, Conn.
 Chas. M. Abercrombie, Bridgeport, hemstitch sewing ma chine.
 Chas. S. Barnard. Bridgeport, latch. Lyman D. Jones, Bridgeport, vehicle spring.
 CIarance D. Platt, Bridgeport, box knock -out.
 Clarence D. Platt, Bridgeport, cleo trical receptacle.
 Myron D. Hammond, Bridgeport, design, mans garter.
 Julius Brenzinger, Fairfield, can cover feeding device.
 Arthur J. Lewis, Stratford, spring assembling mechanism for snap fas- teners.
 Hans Hanson, Hartford, combined typewriting and computing machine. Woolsey M. Johnson, Hartford, cad mium- evolving process.
 Doniel M. Wright, Hartford, dieing machine.
 Harold Fish. Stratford, cutting tool. Ernest Il. Horn, WaIerDury, gear ing unit for time-trains.
 George J. O'Donnell, sash-holder. Chas. w. Peck, Waterbury, strand ing machine.
 Vim. J. Smith, Waterbury, butt hinge.
 Rollin c. Lewis, Stamford, lever handle for safe doors.
 Milton K. Patten, Torrington, fish ing rod.
 Lawrence Y. Spear, Groton, hatch structure for submarines.
 Elmer B. Stone, New Britain, pad lock.
 A. K. Sutherland, New Britain, quick-break switch.
 Edwin F. Thomas, Meriden, button hole electric light.
 Trade Mark
 Fafnir Bearing Co.,, New Britain, certain named cutlery, machinery and tools and parts thereof
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
WORKERS IN ALL TRADES TAUGHT
 TO BUILD SHIPS

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-The axiom Must makes Masterp is getting a practical demonstration every day at the Hog Island shipbuilding plant. where a school of instruction has been established and erstwhile clerks, bar bers, car conductors and motormen. policemen, firemen, shoemakers, butchers, bakers and indeed represen- tatives of every known enterprise and endeavor, are converted into ship builders after brief tuition.
 Most of these students, taught by the hundreds in one branch or anoth- CT, are taken out of the instruction class after a week and placed with journeymen crews. While they are being instructed they receive eleven hours pay for ten hours work at the rate of 35 cents an hour. When they have qualified their wages immediate ly advance, so that men who before were earning SIS or $20 a week in their own occupations are now making $40. $50 and s60.
 Their earning capacity depends up- on their ability and the amount of time they put in. Many, in order to swell their pay envelopes toll longer than the required ten hours. and thus frequently receive as high as S75 a week.
 The men find the employment con- genial and fascinating, whether they are joiners, carpenters. riveters, seam- CTS or otherwise engaged in helping to turn out ships for the Government.
 Approximately 2S,OO0 employees are on the payroll at Hog Island They are not all men and boys. There is a representative number of women, whose duties, however, are confined to office or other light detail.
 Just how large the total of the week ly payments to the workers is has not been officially disclosed. but it is es- timtaed to aggregate more than $1,- OOO,OOO.
 The plant is the largest of its kind in the world, and the first ship of a virtually intending string of vessels will slip down othe ways early in Au- gust.
 Shipping officials here are hoping that President Wilson will find the time to attend the launching. for which elaborate ceremonies are being arranged.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
WAR MAPS SHOW U. s. FIGHTING
 ON ALIEN SOIL OF SIX COUNTRIES

stance in which volunteers, ordered to cross a boundary have sat down, pri- vate and officer alike, to debate the tion to foreign soil, and still more in stances where militia organizations have successfully opposed national at- tempts to send them beyond their own state lines.
 Yet today under the urge of the war resolution which directed the ad- ministration 'to exert all of it's pow CT and employ all of it's resources to carry on war against the Imperial German government and to bring the conflict to a successful conclusion" :" drafted men and volunteers have not raised single protest of serious inn port.
 It was not until January of the present year that the supreme court construed the Constitution to allow any sort of war operation the nation desired to carry on. The court said of contentious opposing that view that they were too frivolous for notice"
 Yet long before the decision the IlTSL AIneTlCdn Udu ldil0u III battle overseas and legions more had streamed after him to every quarter almost of the Eurasian continent.
 Thus the historain has been given a large and interesting mile-post to build in the future, but for the aver age American, the news of the day shows that this interest is purely ab- stract. It having been definitely de- cided, upon due and formal consider ation, that a complete defeat of Ger many was necessary to democracy in the world, the nation has not even re- membered precedents of history or traditions of the past.
 Apparently, the men least inclined to consider that have been the sol diers who have gone gravely but with good cheer into the valley of the shad- ow overseas, and there are making good the purpose.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
Coleman Held As
 Prisoner of War

The name of Corporal James G. Coleman appears in the list of pris- oners of war made public last night by the War Department. Corporal Coleman is former Bridgeport man, having lived with his sister, Mrs. B. F. Roberts at 371 Remington street. There are 19 Connecticut men in Ger man prison camps. but only one from this city, and he is listed as being at Camp Limburg.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

Washington, Aug. 1.-The war map with its trench lines struggling athwart international boundaries shows American fighting men hold ing their footing on strangely alien soils. As it now stands army units of the United States are at their grim work in six countries, France, Ger many, uRssia, Austria, Italy and Bel gium.
 The swelling volume of their move ment overseas has been so necessary a response to the emergency of the na- tion's responsibility, so thoroughly inn piled by the original war declaration, and so entirely natural a picture to a people prepared by three years ob- servation of world war, that 1t may take historians perspective to wis ualize completely the departure from traditions and the smashing of prece- dents that the movement involved.
 American artillery has been report ed on the French line opposite Null hausen, several miles inside the bor- der of the German empire. In Aus tria, the olive-drab uniform supports Italain sectors which swing round the toe of Lake Garda, and American flters have manoeuvered over the Venetian lowlands where the Austrian drive was forced back thsi spring. In Bel gium, they have gone over the top with Australians and in France their forces in action now can be counted by army corps. In Russia, at Vladi- vostock and now on the frozen reach es of the Murman coast, they are put ting disciplined force behind the man fold manifestations of national pur- pose. Likewise, in England, Scot land, and Ireland, they fill up the school camps and prepare themselves for action.
 These men, drafted nearly all are the agents in the far-flung journey ings of nation whose military his tory has shown more than one in-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
MAJOR E. w. LEE
 SERIOUSLY ILL

San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. Ma for Edward W. Lee, of the Medical Reserve Corps who was one of the physicians called to attend William Mckinley when the President was shot at Buffalo. has been seriously i'll with typhoid fever. He is attached to the Base Hospital.
 Major Lee came to Porto Rico about three months ago with the first group of reserve officers assigned to the hos pital. Prior to entering the reserve corps he had been for years a sur geon in New York City. The fact that he is the only one of the officers coming from the North who has been attacked by typhoid is regarded as in- teresting from a medical viewpoint for the reason that he was the only one of these officers who did not take the typhoid vaccination. It has been a popular theory among medical men that for persons over 45 or 50 years of age vaccination was not necessary, as the likelihood of their contracting the disease was very slight. Major Lee is a. man of perhaps 55 years.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
MORE NUTRITION OFFICERS FOR
 AMERICAN CAMPS OVERSEAS.

The War Department authorizes the following statement from the office of the Surgeon-General:
 At the request of Gen. Pershing, 20 additional nutrition officers have gone to Europe to supervise rationing of the soldiers of the American Expedi- tionary Forces and to introduce meth ods that will further protect the food of the troops from waste, spoilage; and contamination. This brings the total of such officers now on duty in England and France to 29
 The first six of these specialists went abroad in March. Their work was so satisfactory that in a few weeks more were asked for. The investigations made by these men resulted in inn proved mess conditions. both in camp and in the trenches and demonstrated the necessity for continuous super vision, hence the recent sailing of the 20.
 One of the principal problems facing these men is the adjusting of the present garrison ration to current needs This ration was fixed long be- fore the present conditions of modern y-arfare. and experience has shown
 adjustments must be made in or- ider to feed the troops Satisfactorily without waste or spoilage
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
ASSIGNED TO THE MEADE.

Special Recruiting Agent William P. Hindle yesterday received a report from the merchant marine headquar- ters that four Bridgeport young men have been assigned to the steamer Meade. They are Frederick William Bates of 671 Broad street, Henry Jo- seph Dausereau of S2 Bond street, David Lane Richard of 1044 Boston avenue, and John Wade Heminway of 1 Louis street, Stratford.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
GERMAN TONGUE
 BARRED IN BRAZIL

Washington, Aug, 1.-The German language as a basic language in the many schools of Santa Catharina, Bra gil, has been forbidden, according to advices reaching Washington. The authorities have decided to permit the teaching of German in the curricu- lum. but Portuguese is ordered as the basic language in all schools, public and private. In a single district of Santa Catharina there were, before Brazil declared war, 134 German schools where nothing but German was spoken.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
BUILDING EASTON ROAD,

Work on making the stone road through Easton was started this week by Frank Sibley, contra ctor in charge of the work. The work was delayed owing to the difficulty in getting the necessary machinery. The work is being done by a number of prisoners from the county jail as it is for the State Highway Department.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
PROBING PRODUCTION COST
 OF WOOLEN PIECE GOODS

The Federal Trade Commission au- thorizes the following:
 At the request of the War Industries Board, the Federal Trade Commission has undertaken an inquiry to deter mine the cost of production of woolen piece goods.
 Complete data on costs, embracing overhead costs, will be turned over to the War Industries Board
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
FRENCH AERos IN LONG FLIGHT.

Paris, Aug. 1.-Two aviators recent lv made a flight from Paris to St. Ma zaire and return in five hours and fifty minutes. This time included stop of three-quarters of an hour at St Nazaire. The distance during the round trip was about 475 miles.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
A1RPLANEs IN SOUTH AMERICA

Washington, Aug. 1.-The first air plane factory in South America de- signed to build airships commercially has been established at Sac Paulo, Brazil. The first was built by Sebas- tian Carani and is reported sue cess
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

 fThey dc take the dirt out, but they do take the wear out of the clothes, as well. 1.-The old washboard is the worlds greatest enemy of clothes economy. INow with a Maytag washer it s differerttt. 1.-The clothes are washed with swirls of water, which get all the dirt without any of the wear. fAnd no work for the wash CT !
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON
 BANANAS AND PLANTAINs

The War Trade Board issues the fol- lowing;
 The War Trade Board have, by a new ruling (W. T. B. R. 179), decided that no license will hereafter be issued for the importation of bananas or plantains except upon condition that they be brought forward on a vessel approved for that purpose by the Car ibbean committee of the shipping con trol committee of the United States Shipping Board
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
HARDW ARE
 STORES

 Lyon tS Grumman, Retail Division FAIRFIELD AVE. and MIDDLE ST.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01

The Army and Marine casualty list. had 15s names. ss
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-16
REPORTED GERMANS CALCULATING 0STEND
 AND ZEEBRUGGE
speeial to the Nueaet by lhe Assoeiated Press

LONDON Tuesday l5Seeol large German torpedo boats 10 Zeebrsgc during proceeded to German 
 Holland u defense being machinery and equipment "a Q Belgium 0
 effect that the miles along the anicpaton ne region Rruges
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-16
A DOUBTFUL WILLINGNESS

willingness accept 
 
 
 guarantee promise tomorrow. Germany unquestonably serious a the
  where suffering military Kept them yoked tie PIussn regardless all
 
 of ciennoys military masters are themselves popular against trials and natural minion willing yield deal ntaied in a O Doubtless willing anything long
  which they confronted and permits them the yield peace find selves
  the allied armies of dochhy by either concessions or promises
  refusing militant
  continues a visit hardly nation perpetratins of destruction of the indeenbe The continued villages battle of wishing H do the right thing Deeds of such character ill pacific nature
 Germany. although weak
 
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 manifest, tending proons the war
  depolaton protesting conform be outlaw until she either rendered harmless spirit and desire The presidents co"ched in the appreciate They disclose clearly that the talk eady o understand that
  must and will futile
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-16
HUNDREDS PERISH IN MINNESOTA
 FOREST FIRES


il a of of a thousand been killed
 Hundreds rehd Whose bodies been completely consumed andth he O will diIieut O determine
 in adf of n
 small cities have been destroyed by the t burned through the
 a all places being practically obitoroted
 disaster i the the will amount o many millions o
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-16
gadics of slz Hnndcoa Elca Nialins Recovered

Bodies o Six undr
 DULUTH section this been the paS
 toll well a thousand before the $
 ompeN the 
 
 wandering aimes through e of exposure md ack of food
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-10-16

INTENTION TO HOLD MINING CLAIMS
 PROOFS OF ANNUAL LABOR
 PLACER LOCATION NOTICES FOR CARDS FOR BENT CARDS. FOR SALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-16

Singers Midgets, presenting one
of the greatest acts in American
vaudeville, returned to the Pan
tages theater in Tacoma yesterday
for their second appearance here
since the company was assembled.
Popularity Of the diminutive
actors and actresses was proven by
the capacity audiences that
jammed into the big theater at all
performances. The Midgets inst
completed a two-weeks' engage
ment at the Seattle Pantages.
This years act of the little play
ers is larger and better than when
they last appeared here. One rea-
son Is that the stage of the old
Pantages theater was not large
enough to accommodate the stage
settings of the troupe or to allow
the players to appear in all of
their big ensemble numbers. New
features have been added to the
Midgets' performance this season,
and they present a complete bill
of 10 acts, running 3S minutes.
Karl Florian, Dora Veg, Avis
Varckek, Carl Becker and all the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-16
Star Boxers
OF Portland
Are COMING

Some Of the cleverest boxers of
Portland will be seen in action
here Saturday night when the
Foundation shipyard plant stages
its first social entertainment in
the shipyards hall, on the flats.
Boxers from the Portland yard
of the Foundation Co. will COM
pete with men of the Tacoma yard.
Muff Bronson, former Pacific
coast lightweight champion, rep
resenting Portland, will meet Jack
Hartford Of the Tacoma yard.
"Toughy" Wing, one of the best
little scrappers in Portland, will
meet Eddie Quinn of Tacoma.
Alex Trambitas, youngster who
is setting the coast afire with his
boxing, will make his first appear
ance in a Tacoma ring, meeting
Young Kelly of the Tacoma yard
There will be music by the
Foundation jazz orchestra, and
other features are being planned.
The Foundation ball team meets
the Tigers in practice game at
Athletic park Sunday, and the
shipyard employees are arranging
to attend the game en- masse.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-16

Nazimova appears in the role OF
a Red Cross nurse in many of the
scenes Of her new war drama
''RevelatiOn."
1.-THE cabaret of three delights
wine, women and sing filled
with apaches and other denizens
of the Latin quarter, is one of the
big scenes in Revelation" at the
Apollo. Nine. Nazimova is featur-
ed in this film, which she declares
is the greatest play of her screen
career.
Revelation" provides Nine.
Nazimova with role that de-
mands the full sweep of her abil-
ity. AS the Partisan grizette,
whose soul is laid bare in this
gripping story, Nazimova is gay
and fascinating, capricious and
wilful as a summer storm, cold
and calm one minute, tender and
pure with the serenity of an Arctic
sunshine the next. She is sell
fish, mad, passionate-she is
noble and self-sacrificing.
She is first the madcap grizette
of the Latin quarter; then she is
the Madonna of the rosebush and
of the battlefields. From grizette
into saint she is changed by the
sun of revelation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-16
SPORTS
NEW YORK YANKS
AND RED SOX ARE
MONDAYS WINNERS
REDS TO GIVE
GIANTS A RUB

which he was turned over TO the
Stallings aggregation.
Governor John X. Tener, presi-
dent of the National league, has
been quoted as saying he would be
forced to order the Giants to re-
turn Doyle and Barnes to the
Braves unless Herzog consented TO
report to Stallings.
The Giants opening was the
first home appearance on the first
day of the season since 1915. New
York fans are counting on them
to repeat their performance OF a
year ago in winning the pennant,
but many critics are figuring on
Cincinnati to prove the stumbling
block in their path. The Reds will
get under Roadway at home, the
Pirates being their visitors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-16
"DODO" BALL
--latest NOW

Now comes the "do-do ball"
Each season brings out some.
thing new in the pitching line, and
this seems to be it for 1918. BOZ
Harmon of the Pittsburg Pirates
hurting staff is credited with de-
Waiting and perfecting the new de-
livery, which is said to be an i'm
provement on the shine ball.
It's said to give the same results
as Eddie Cicottes famous deliv-
cry without the use of talcum,
paraffin or any foreign substance,
and without rubbing the ball at
all.
Harmon simply inserts the nails
Of two fingers in the seams of the
ball and starts it on the odd spin
which develops an effect like the
emery sailer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-16
CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE STILL COMING

Residents OF Southwest WASH
ington are continuing their protest
against the big fights being held
in America during wartime.
Today the mail again was flood
ed with letters containing coupons
in which citizens voted for having
Willard and Fulton do their bat
Ting lover there" instead.
Following are some of the
signers:
G. ]. Falck, 1908 SO. Goth st.
w. e. Willers, Allyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. LaFortune,
Naches.
s. Beltzen, 1902 Thompson av.
]. o. Odemark, 1902 2Thomp-
son av.
e. c. Combs, Morton.
Christina Falck, 1908 So. Goth.
Mrs. j. o. Odemark, 1902
Thompson av.
Mrs. A. +. Wines, McKenna.
Roxie Combs, Morton.
James Carly, Napavine.
William A. Vance, Todd's ship
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-16
Clarence Rowland's Boy Tells
Other Kids How to Hit the Ball

much Importance in a ball game
as a clout over the fence. Never
stand back of the plate when you
bunt, for oftentimes the ball will
squirt off into foul territory.
Stand well up at the side of the
plate and keep your eye on the
ball. Don't go after every ball
delivered. Make them be over.
A base on balls in many instances
does as much to help win a game
as a single.
Don't argue with the umpire.
II you are hot-headed you injure
your chances to connect with cool
headed pitching. Above all be
natural. Don't train yourself.
Don't try to copy the style OF 9TH
err batters. Moreover get into
batting practice whenever you can
for practice makes perfect.