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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09

Above is the summary of casualties,
including casualties reported today
The list includes those lost at sea-
also the total Marine Corps casualties
to date. but does not include the Navy
casualties.
Army casualty lists released Tor
publication today contain III names,
divided as follows:
Died of accident and other
causes ~
Dled OF disease D.
Wounded severely ......... 81
Missing in action. ......--... IL
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-28
Surplus Blankets

Surplus Is Pairs $3.50 Gray
Blankets with pink or blue
borders. Sale Price $3.50
Pairs $4.o8 White Nashua
Woolnap Blankets, pink and
blue borders. Slightly soiled,
Sale Price $3.50
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-28

the state, to q special order next Ihurs'
day.
Governor Clement has signed the fol-
lowing bills:
H73: An act to amend sections 81,
SIS and ST. of the General Laws, re,
lating to the assessment and early coli
lection of poll taxes
H12: An act in addition TO section
1868 Of the General Laws relating to
investments of hanks, permitting banks
to invest in federal farm bonds.
H32: An act to amend section l52 of
the General Laws, relating TO filing va
caneies IN nominations made by con-
yention, caucus or certificate.
Hl34: An act to amend section 14Al
Of the General Laws. increasing the fees
of grand and petit jurors.
HIS; An act to- amend section 4ol?
of the General Laws, relating to the
abatement of taxes of persons in the
military or naval service Of the United
States in the war with Germany.
S32: An act to amend section 1920 OF
the General Laws, relating to fec upor
| distribution of estates.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-28
Legislative Notes.

A son has been born to Senator Hall
of Grand Isle county.
Representative William Paul Of West
Fairlee fell on the ice Wednesday after
noon and injured his left arm.
The district board of exemption was
in session at the state house this 1uorn-
ing, making arrangements for closi.g
up matters of the draft in this state.
Senator Amey of Essex county is q
persistent agitafor for investigating
state expenses: His former resolution
WAS voted down in the house by a large
majority, but his new resolution (J. r.
s. ls) provides for the sitting of the
committee after adjournment 1t is I'M
derstood that If the resolution passes
the house and senate. Senator Amey is
slated for the job OF head prober.
The legislature of 1917 held reunion
Thursday evening at which 90 repre-
sentatiyes and 10 senator's answered the
roll-eall and fully l35 SAT- down 10 the
banquet. Judge Stanley c. Wilson. for
mer speaker, presided at the reminiscent
session and arrangements were in
charge of Ben. Williams of Proctor.
Former Lieutenant Governor r. w. HUI
hurd presided at the banquet and For
mer Senator Melville T. Morse, recently
hack from France, was the guest of hon
| or. Lieutenant Governor Mason S
Stone represented the executive and
among the other speakers were Rev
Frazer Metzger Of Randolph and Speak.
er Charles 5. Dana formerly the gen.
tleman from New Haven.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-28
SECRET INQUESTS
STILL ALLOWABLE
House Refused to Repeal the Law-An-
other Effort to- Have Investiga-
ton of State Expenses.


MONTPELIER, Feb. 2S.-A majority
Of the house Judiciary committee and
some of the lawyer members OF the
house received a record trimming III
that body yesterday afternoon when
HIPS, repeating the law providing Tor
secret inquests, was refused third
reading by vote of lT6 TO 5.
The bill came into the house on ia
vorable report, and the tombardment
began ia the morning under the raking
fire of Mr.. Tracy of johnson, who had
previously announced his intention Of
fighting the majority Of the committee
to IA finish. On the other side were
aligned Mr. Austin of Highgate, Mr..
Writers of st. Johnsbury and Mr.. Web
ster of Swanton, but, under the bar
rage thrown up by Messrs. Tracy, Bel
KNAPP Of Rockingham, Clark of Brook
field and Cudworth of Londonderry, this
COMMITTEES report soon went to pieces.
Mr.. Writers sounded the note of re
treat by saying that he had hoped te
be permitted to say something IN re
gard to the abuse of the secret inquest
which had grcwn up under the law, bltt
lest the seats Of all the lawyers IN ths
house be declared vacant, he would say
nothing further. The chief speech o.
! the afternoon was made by Mr.. Cud
worth, who pointed out why. it wa
sometimes necessary TO employ the Sc
cret inquest to secure and preserve cyl
dence.
! The senate yesterday afternoon or
dered TO j third reading S7o, providini
/ for farm census, and ordered S66 t
conserve the water power resources .
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-28

George Graves lost valuable COW re-
Gently
The Ladies' Benevolent society held its
annual meeting in the home Of Mrs. G.
II. Wheeler Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Mrs Frank White has been very i'll
the past two weeks. DR. Stafford OF
North Adams was called to consult with
Dir. Walsh. Mrs. White IS suffering from
water around the heart
Mrs. Julia Pike and daughter, Leola,
are very ILL., Mrs Pixies son and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pike, who have been
with her for some time, were obliged TO
return home last Saturday.
Mrs. Lucy Ballou, who suffered stroke
Of paralysis at the home OF her niece,
Mrs. James Catfrey. few weeks ago,
is failing She has been confined centin-
uafiy to the bed since her attack
Oscar Mason was in town Friday. lie
was looking at some real estate lii view
OF moving back to town Mr.. Mason
moved from Farley, Mass, where he went
last fall from here, to place near Br1ttle.
boro, where he and his family are at pres.
ent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-28
DEATHS.

In Brattleboro, Feb. %, Isaiah l..
Moore, 62.
In Grafton, Feb. 20. Mrs. Susan b.
(Joy) Mum, 96, widow Of Lewis c.
Mum
In Wilmington. Tenn. Ozark Field
aviation camp, Feb. 20. Lieut.. Harold
Verne Adams, %. of Brattleboro.
In North Hatfield, Mass, Feb. 81,
Mrs. Catherine Fitzgerald, wife of Da.
vid Fitzgerald, formerly of Brattlc-
boro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-28
MARRIAGES.

In keene, n. H., Feb y, by Rev. H..
Sumner Mitchell, Wayland Patterson
Frost and Miss Ruth May Minis, both of
Keene
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-28
ToDAY's CASUALTIES.
Official Summary Released for Publ
cation This Afternoon.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S.-There
are 742 names in the casualty list to-
day, $50 in the morning section and
H. in the afternoon section. Fol
lcwing is a summary of the releases
FOR this afternoon:
Died from wounds .,..s... u
Died from accident and other
causes ..s.=..t-'.-. ......... 10
Died of disease . 43
Wounded severely ....., 81
Wounded degree undetermined 80
Wounded slightly ....... 1913
Total ...... 4l2
Two Vermont names are. included
in today s casualties, as follows:
Wounded, degree undetermined,
Lieut.. George X. scratchley of
Peultney; wounded slightly, Private
Sehley A. Warren of Moretown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-28
WHITINGHAM.
Baptist Pastor Resigns.

Last Sunday Rev. G. \. Bartlett sub
mitted his resignation as pastor OF the
Baptist church to take effect Sunday,
March 90 There will be business meet.
ing Of the church Sunday March ,, TO
act upon the matter
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
CHARGE HUNGAR1ANSs
WITH PLOT WHICH
CAUSED WORLD WAR


Paris. Wednesday. March 1.-TWO
dispatches sent in cipher by Count Won
Szogyeny- Marich. Austrian ambassa-
dor at Berlin before the war. to the
Austro- Hungarian foreign ministry.
showing Germany was backing Aus
tria in her war-like attitude toward
Serbia have been made public by NJ.
r. vesnitch. Serbian minister to
France AS printed in the journal des
Debats, the message reads:
Berlin. July 25. 1914: 1t is generally
supposed here that a negative reply
from Serbia will be followed on our
part by an immediate declaration Of
war and military operations. Any ad-
journment Of military operations would
be considered here as very dangerous
on account Of Intervention by other
powers We are counselled with the
greatest insistence to pass immediate
ly to action and thus put the world
in face OF an accomplished fact"
The second dispatch marked strict
ly secret" says:
Berlin. July 81. 1914: The secretary
of state has just declared to me posi-
lively, but under the seal of most strict
secrecy, that very soon eventual propo-
sitions OF mediation from England viii
be brought to the knowledge Of your
excellency. The Germany government
assures me in the most convincing
manner that 1t in no way Identifies
sts~lf with thasa nronosittona- that II
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
WORLD LABOR
LAWS Will BE
WRITTEN HERE
PARIS CORRESPONDENT WRITES
THAT AMERICAN LABOR MEN
WILL DRAFT WORLD LAWS.
BY HAROLD z. eEcHToL.

Paris. March 14.-world labor laws
will be written In America
The worlds first labor conference
under the League Of Nations is to be
held in washington In October.
This is the agreement reached by
the delegates to the peace congress-
who have not the slightest doubt that
the League of Nations Will be the es-
tablished power In world affairs before
that time.
Each member nation Of the league
will send delegates to this conferences
When forecast early in February
this, cal for a conference to write the
international labor conventions,
touched on the program which would
be laid before IT.
The establishment Of an internal
tional labor bureau with power to un-
cover and through the League OF Ma
tions to punish violations Of its prin-
ciples.
Fixing on each nation responsibility
for violations by subjects Of that ma
ton.
The establishment Of the eight
day, free assemblage and free speech,
the right to organize. seaman's right
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16

to leave ships, restrictions on child Ia
Dor and recognition Of the principal
that labor is not an article Of COM
merce.
British Labor 10 Urging Program.
British labor. with the only recog-
nized representative OF labor In the
peace congress, has been particularly
active in urging international labor
regulations.
Developments Of the past few weeks
in labor. particularly in Great Britain.
have made 1t likely that an even more
detailed program of labor conventions
will be referred by the peace congress
to the body which is to meet in Wash
ington.
The program which British labor
representatives have submitted to the
international legislation commission
seems likely to be referred with slight
amendments to the October confer
ence. This includes:
Unemployment Of children under
Is In dustry: six-hour day and two
hours study for children between Is
and IS and no night, Sunday or hoH-
day work.
Continuous weekly rest of So hours.
Saturday half holiday and work day
OF not over eight hours for all work
erg.
Prohibition on night work by women
or taking work home after . regular
days work. barring women from dam
gerous or unhealthy work.
Rest period Of ten weeks before and
after childbirth.
Unemployment Insurance.
Special code Cf laws protecting sea-
men.
Recognition Of right Of labor to or
ganize In any country.
Limitation Of restrictions on immi-
grafton.
Radical Changes in Labor Laws.
Many Of these principles II ador n;
will mean radical changes In the labor
laws Of every country subscribing to
the League Of Nations.
International legislation as to sea-
men IL bound to raise the standard Of
European countries in the treatment
OF seamen and give to America better
chance to comrete in ocean commerce
with other nations.
England. without waiting for a peace
treaty and league Of nations. now is
negotiating for uniform legislation as
to coal miners.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16

into consideration that it will only
transmit them to US I'd give effect to
the English request
Minister vesnitch then quots the
message sent July 30, 1914. from Sir
Edward Grey, the British foreign min
ister. to Ambassador Goshen, at Ber-
lin. offering, il the crisis passed, to
take the initiative in an arrangement
satisfactory to Germany. The minister
saws neither Sir Edward Grey, foreign
minister Sazonoff of Russia or Pre-
mier viviani Of France then knew
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
SEARoARD AIR LINE
TRAIN TO JACKSONVILLE
DERAIlED; NO ONE HURT

Raleigh. N. c.. Mar. 1.-The engine.
diner and five sleepers Of Seaboard
Air Line passenger train, second Mol.
Southbound, Richmond to Jackson
VILE. were derailed at Kress. Va. early
today. but only one person., waiter
on the diner, was slightly injured, ac-
cording to railroad officials. here. The
cause of the derailment has not been
determined. Traffic will be blocked
about twelve hours.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16
FRENCH AviATORs PUT
OFF AERIAL DUEL FOR
PEACE TREATY SIGNING

Paris, Thursday. Mar. 18th four
seconds OF Leon Vaudecrane and Rob-
ert Schroeder, former army aviators,
who proposed an aerial duel, met this
morning and decided that as q state
Of war still exists. II is impossible to
permit any duel in France. There
fore the question Of the challenge has
been postponed until the treaty OF
peace is signd.
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UndertOgs

theatre to hear an address by John
Reed, socialist editor. of New York.
stood with appraised hands last night
and swore that either Gene Debs
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16

positively that Germany wanted war.
The minister concludes:
eff any one is incredulous. let him
mediate upon the foregoing docu-
ments."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16

PLEDGE
TO GET EUGENE 0EBS
RELEASED OR BE- JAILED
Cleveland. ~. 13-Practically
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-16

would get out of jai; or we would an
got In Debs recently urs sentsnc "a
to ten Yeas imr. $. nsnent for sio:a-
ton Of the espionage law.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24
PRECIOUS STONE
 PRODUCTION IN
 ". 5. FALLS OFF

The value of the precious stones annually produced in the United States from the beginning of this gentry to 1914 has been about one third of a million dollars. In 1914 and in every year since, the annual value of the output has dropped considerably, and in 1918 1t dropped to S106,523, the lowest reported since the United States Geological Survey began to collect statistics of gem pro- duction, in 1883, with the single ex- ception of 1896, when it was 97,- $50.
 The report on the production of precious stones in 1918, just publish ed by the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, ascribes the decrease in the value of the precious stones produced to the military enlistment of many gem miners, the general scarcity of labor and the poor market.
 The output consisted chiefly of the sapphire variety of corundum, which is nearly all used as mechanical bearings in watches and other in struments that require practically nonwearing frictionless bearings Other less valuable and softer min erals used for this purpose are garnet and some forms of hard, compact silica, known agate and Chalce- dony. The annual value of the out put of the four gem minerals, corun- dunn, quartz, tourmaline, and tur- quoise, amounts to over four-fifths of the total value of all the precious stones produced in the United States. Montana, Nevada, California, Colo rado. Maine, and Arizona are the chief gem producing States, but from
 
 production.
 Several relatively large diamonds were found in Arkansas in 1918, notably a canary-colored octahedron weighing nearly 8 carats and a num- Der of smaller stones weighing sev-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24

era1 carats each. The value of all the diamonds produced in the United States, however. in no year exceeds few thousand dollars.
 The report also records the finding of two large diamonds in South Africa. weighing about three ounces each. It Is estimated that about ilaif the diamonds in the world are owned In the United States and that their value is over g. billion dollars With the elimination of competition from German Southwest Africa 95 per cent. of the worlds production of dia- monds will be under the control of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Co. and its selling agents
 The report gives a a short list of the Industrial uses of precious stones III 1917, copies of which may still be obtained free by addressing the Director, United States GeologicaI survey, Washington, D. C., contains a full list of gem names, each follow ca by the name of the mineral species 10 which the gem belongs A second Ilst gives names of the mineral species, each followed by all the names or the corresponding gem
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24
BRITISH TITLES MAY BE BOUGHT
 IS THE CHARGE
Awarded For Party Service
 or Sold For Cash.

London July 23. (Correspondence of The Associated Press)-The tender spot in British political life today is the dispensation of titles. These are awarded. of course. by the King, but on the nomination of the Prime Min 1ster. and the criticism of reformers Is that titles have been given for a lcnG time and by various Prime Min - isters for purely party services and practically bought by contri buttons to party funds
 The House of Lords has a peculiar interest in this matter because the old, noble families are Jealous of hay ing their caste lowered by the addi- tion of the newly rich, and purely rich to the orders of nobility.
 The question was threshed out last year and there was a general under standing that hereafter when honors were announced the reason for their bestowal should be published. This has been done in form but it is all legged not in substance, because sev- cral much criticized honors in the last list were described as for pub lie services,'' which might mean al most anything.
 The new National Party, which has a few members in the House of Commons has taken up the question. The chairman, General Page Croft, -saS written to the newspapers pro- posing to prove before any judicial committee that since 1910 one mem- Der of Parliament has rejected an offer of a title in return for a cash payment to party funds and that the father of member of the House of Commons was offered a baronetcy for 25.OOo pounds.
 He charged also that a member of Parliament who was created a Peer
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24
AIR NEWSPAPER OCEAN SERVICE
 IS SUGGESTED
Would Replace Gable Use
 At $1 An Ounce.

The Aeronautical Society of Ameri- ca held a meeting last night in the rooms at 29 West Thirty ninth street at which the possibilities and prob lems of a transatlantic mail and news paper service by airplane were dis cussed. Leon Cammen read a paper in which he stated that the first re- quisite for the .ablishment of ser vice between New York and London was money. At first, he said, a, regular and comparatively safe service could only be insured by maintaining relay machines on mother ships at sea. As to rates he mentioned s1 an ounce as fair charge for transatlantic mail
 Speaking of the recent perform ance of the R-34, MT. Cammen de- clared that the British blimp only accomplished in a spectacular way what the Germans planned to do dur inE the war. with the object of drop ping bombs on New York City and Washington.
 "It is not generally known" he said that when a German subma- inc appeared off Nantucket Lights in the summer of 1918, 1t was to pre- pare the ground. The project was to send from two to three ZeppelinS, carrying nothing but fuel. The Zeps were to take their bombs from sub marines off shore, drop them on New York and Washington and pos sibly tho Bethlehem Steel Works and then fly out to sea The men and records were to be transferred to the submarines and the Zeppelins then destroyed"
 Because of the limitations of trans atlantic afr service Mir. Cammen said traffic would be limited to the trans portation of men and mail Precious stones probably would be barred on account of prohibitive insurance,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24
OBITUARY
JOHN J. BURNS.

John J. Burns of 277 Lindley street, died at his home yesterday after a long illness. The deceased was a member of the local camp of Woodmen of the World, and is sur vived by his wife Celia, one daughter, Miss Catherine Burns and one brother, James Burns. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 8:30 o'clock from his late home and at g o'clock from St. Patrick's church where a high mass of requiem will be celebrated. Burial will be in St. MichaeIs cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24

after the beginning of the war sub scribed shortly afterward a very large sum of money to a newspaper that supports the Premier.
 He mentions also instances In which he says titles were granted to a politician of so notorious a char acter as to be regarded as unfit to be a candidate for Parliament, to an- other politician regarded as unscrup- ulous and to a third man previous 1y involved In a notorious social scandal"
 General Page Croft offered to prove all his charges.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24
MRS. JULIA A. FITCH.

Funeral services for Mrs. Julia A. Fitch were held yesterday afternoon at o'clock at her late home, 46 Marion street. Many relatives and friends attended the services which were conducted by Rev. Herbert s. Brown, pastor of the Olivet Congre- gational church. Burial was in Park cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24
SOPHIE KOVACH.

Sophie Kovach, aged fl, wife of Julius Kovach, of 61 Orland street, died yesterday at St. Vincents hos pital. Funeral services will be held at the mortuary chapel of Frank L.. Poke x Son, 773 States treet, Fri day afternoon at :23O o'clock. Burial will be in Lakeview cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24
Foolish Occupation No. 191922. DRIVING WITHOUT X PUMP.

It invariably happens that the thing you leave at home or that you have forgotten to get, is the one thing you need most of all.
 Take flat tire, for instance, when there is no garage Tn sight and no pump in the car. It's then you must rely on the good nature and generosity of some fellow traveller.
 Better he the fellow to offer the loan rather than the one to seek it.
 If you haven't a good pump. invest in one of the Bridgeport Brass COmpany's Pumps today. We have these in stock at prices that range from $i.25 up.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24

George M. Conan. with his familiar nasal tone as he greets a friend with. Hello. Old Top!" Little famous Georgie Conan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-24

No matter what you wam try The Times Want Column
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-01-16
Cost efW5t* III Blood anu,


1E the bank teller at his window.
He Is counting SO bills. His cage
Is stacked high with bales of $40
bills. He Is counting 100 bills every
minute. He works ten hours day,
seven days week. He is trying to
count the money spent on the world
war. But ne will never. never be
Ii. Il hx, AiS nor