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Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
DREW SUCCUMBS
 ID NEPHRITIS
Well Known Actor Died At Home in New York
 Today.

New York, April 9.-Sidney Drew, actor on the stage and for the moving picture screen, died today at his home here.
 Mir Drew was appearing with his wife in the play keep Her Smiling in Detroit last week when he became i'll. Against the advice of physicians he insisted upon being brought to his home in this city, and his condition gradually grew worse. The cause of death was given by his physician as uremia, due to nephritis. MT. Drew, who was 8 native of New York, was 54 years old.
 MT. Drew was an adopted brother of John Drew, the actor. He was educated in the University of Pennsyl- vania, but left that institution before graduation to go on the stage. After a successful career as a, comedian in the spoken drama on the vaudeville stage, MT Drew entered the motion picture field and there repeated his successes.
 A son. Sidney Rankin Drew, was killed in aerial combat in France.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
JITNEYS WELL
 REPRESENTED
Busses From City Made Procession Half Mile Long.

Before 10 o'clock this morning. Water street in the neighborhood of the station, was the scene of hustle and enthusiasm as the Park City Bus assoc citation loaded their busses with passengers who were to accompany them to Hartford to show the com mittee on roads and bridges of the Legislature that the people of Bridge port were behind them in their de- mands that their business should not be shackled in the interest of the Connecticut Go.
 Shortly after 10 the procession started out StratfOrd avenue with about so busses ln line and fairly filled with sympathizers.
 Captain Charles A. Wheeler, who is in charge of traffic in this city, ac- companied them, as did a number of the members of the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce. Several of the large busses were filled with women and two with men in soldiers
 The trip to Hartford was enlivened by races between the different cars in line. Four touring cars were in the lead at Hartford and they reach ed the capitol at 1:30. The hearing on the bills started at o'clock.
 Att New Haven and Meriden the procession, which stretched out over half a mile, was escorted through the cities by squadrons of police on motor cycles.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
YES! ONES BORN
 EACH 50 SECONDS
Cobbler Krantz Parts With $1, ,220 at Invitation of Al
 turing Stranger.

A combination "Hold-up" and Con fidence" man has succeeded in ob- taining s1,220 in real money from Charles Krantz, 8, cobbler at 22 Han- son avenue. The stranger, represent ing himself as a shoe machinery agent, visited Krantz several days ago and obtained an order for a wonder fully efficient shoe repair machine. Delivery was promised for Monday. Monday arrived with the stranger but without the machine. The agent eX- plained the delay satisfactorily and in- cidently acquainted Krantz with a great opportunity 10 make a large profit in a real estate transaction.
 Krantz ''felF and drew his savings from the bank in order to get in on the transaction. As arranged Krantz with cash in hand, met the stranger at g o'clock Monday night. The place of meeting was conveniently dark and the strange agent-promOter took the ''subscribers' investment at the point of a revolver.
 This is the method used by the stranger as narrated by Krantz to the police. Captain Edward Cronan of the detective bureau, is inclined 10 doubt this story and believes that Krantz Is the victim of a confidence man It is probable that no revolver was used at all The tardy comp plaint substantiates this view.
 No doubt Krantz bought some green goods
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
5000 AGENTS
 TO ENFORCE LAW
Work in Specially Arranged Zones to See Prohibition
 is Observed.

Washington, April 9-Three thou sand internal revenue agents work ing in specially arranged zones throughout the United States will en- force prohibition after July 1, accord ing to plans announced today by the the Revenue Bureau. Nearly 500 in spectors will be trained for the work to be added to the force of 2,283 rev enue agents already available for po- lice regulations.
 This force of special agents will be distributed among the districts where law violation is threatened to the largest extent, and special atten- ton will be paid to cities, where rev enue officials look for most persistent efforts to make whiskey illegally.
 In addition the revenue authorities plan to cooperate with local police and to leave the greater part of the enforcement work to these authorities in localities where the police appear efficient. Without such a plan, the force of even three thousand Federal agents would be insufficient to police the entire country.
 Although manufacture of liquor for personal use will be equal illegal with the production for sale, revenue agents are expected to devote most of and to leave the enforcement of the law against personal manufacture to local police.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
WARD BAKERY
 MAY COME HERE
Representative of Big Con cern Negotiating for Pur-
 chase of Local Plant.

A representative of the Ward Bak- ing Co. of New York .one of the larg- est concerns of its kind in the codn- try, has been in this city for several days negotiating for the purchase of of one of the local bakeries, it was learned today. He has not yet sue ceeded in completing a deal as the largest baking firms seem reluctant to sell.
 It is said that the anxiety of the Ward Go. to buy a local plant is due to the fact that it's business in this city has decreased recently and it is thought that conditions would inn prove if a branch could be located here. The falling off of the Ward business in Bridgeport and vicinity is said by local bakers to be due to the Buy at Home" campaign which is being conducted by local merchants Bridgeport bakers were never sc prosperous as at present and they have succeeded in inducing many re- tailers not to handle goods of out side firms.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
N. E. Q, p, HOLDS
 ANNUAL MEETING
J. E. Lyddy Is Elected Past Grand Warden of
 Order.

Waterbury, Conn.,, April s.---The Connecticut Grand Lodge, New Eng land Order of Protection, is holding it's annual meeting in this city today. Mayor Sandel delivered an address of welcome. Reports of the grand lodge officer read at the forenoon session show 73 lodges of the order in Con- necticut with a membership of 6,14O on December 31, 1918. The following officers were eIetced: Grand Warden, James A. McCann, Windsor, Conn. Grand Vice Warden, Henry c. Ken dall, New Haven; Pest Grand War den. John E. Lyddy, Bridgeport; Grand Secretary, Harry F. Cummings, New Haven; Grand Treasurer, P. Ed ward Whalen, New Haven; Grand Chaplain, Julia Reilly, New Haven; {; Grand Guide, Louis E. Foley, Water bury; Grand Guardian. Frank Ander- son, New Britain: Grand Sentinel, Warren N Kneeland, Windsor; Chair man Finance Committee. Wallace Smith, Bridgeport: Chairman of Trus- tees, MT. Manwaring, Mantle; Chair man Cf Committee on Laws, F. w. Richards, New. Haven: Chairman Df Committee on Appeals, Thomas J. Meany New Haven.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
MONGOLIA WILL DOCK TOMORROW Has Artillery Units of 26th
 Division on
 Board.

Boston, April 9-The transport Mongolia, bringing artillery units of the 18th Division from France, was making good progress toward this port today and reported by wireless that she would arrive off Boston light about midnight, as scheduled, and would dock early tomorrow.
 Other transports with units of the Yankee divisions, have docked in the late afternoon and the troops have been obliged to remain aboard over night before entraining for Camp Devens, but in the case of the Mon gona the men will start for camp an hour after the steamer ties up at Commonwealth Pier.
 The steamship Mount Vernon, which brought the first contingent of the division last week, was ex- pected to sail for France late to- day.
 A radiogram from Brigadier Gen eral John H. Sherburne, commander of the 51st Artillery Brigade and troop commander of the transport, to Major General Clarence R. Edwards, said there were seven stretcher cases aboard. The troop on the ship are as follows, according to the message 1O1st Field Artillery. 38 officers, HOT men; 1O2nd Field Artillery, g officers, 1,58O men; 103rd Field Artillery, 64 officers, 1888 men; brigade head quarters, 9 officers, 6S men; in addi- ton the Mongolia brings one casual officer and one miIitarized civilian.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
GOVERNMENT
 REPLIES SHARPLY
Administers Stinging Re buke to Railroad
 Employees.

Berlin. Tuesday, April S-(By The Associated Press) - The threat of railroad employees to add to Ger many's trouble by striking has brought a sharp reply from the government in crime toward the ent1re people" As suEance4 Is given the would-be strikers that a. strike will he regarded 2 a breach of contract and will be pun ished accordingly"
 The government statement appeals to railroad men to remember it spent billions for them at the expense of less fortunate employees" and de- clares that the government would be 'consciencshess were it to permit railroaders to injure the people by stopping transportation in these days of shortage of food and raw materials and hunger"
 It Is pointed out that a stoppa ge of the entire industry of the coun- try would be inevitable and that the employees would not outy endanger their own position, but that of their wives and children.
 The statement concludes with a surmise that the majority of the railronders share these views and will do all in their power to pre- vent strike, thereby proving their loyalty to the Fatherland in times of hardest trial and need by refraining from a ruinous struggle against the entire people,"
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
INCIDENT AT 1. TEN TSIN CLOSED
Satisfactory Understanding Reached by U. s. and
 Japan.

Washington, April 9-Exchanges between the United States and Japa- nese governments regarding the re- cent clash at Tien Tsin. China be- tween American soldiers and Japa- nesc. are expected to result shortly in a satisfactory understa nding closing the incident.
 The full report of American Consul General HeintzIeman has been re- ceived at the State Department. il was learned today, and the invesu gation by the American authorities has been practically completed. The trouble began in the French concession in a clash between soldiers of the American and Japanese forces at Tien Tsin. The following day sol diers clashed again, and 1t seems that both the Japanese and American con sessions were invaded during the fighting.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
CURzON DEFENDS
 MILITARY BILL
Not Sure That War Condi- tions Will Not
 Revive.

London, Tuesday, April S.---Defend- ing the military bill in the House of Lords today, Earl Curzon of Kedles- ton president of the council and gov ernment leader In the House Of Lords, declared that Vienna, being in a serious position and aPprehensfve lest it should fare the fate of Bude- pest. had turned 10 Great Britain and said: If you wdll send ten thousand British troops, we can guarantee the situation"
 Earl Curzon was not sure that war conditions would not revive. He said:
 T see the clouds on the horizon which may burst at any moment in a more sinister form than anything yet seen. If the critics of this bill can show the government how to rule Ireland without maintaining 40, 900 troops there they will confer Q great favor on the government"
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
Can State Collect For WOman's Board
 At State Asylum?

Whether the State of Connecticut is entitled to collect s40o for board fur nished the late Mary H. Webb at the Connecticut State Hospital for the In sane. was the question argued before the Supreme Court of Errors today. The state was allowed to recover when the case was tried before Judge Walsh of the Common Pleas Court but the Webb estate took the present appeal to the Supreme court.
 It is alleged that when Mary H. Webb was sent to the institution il kvas represented that she was not able to pay for her maintenance so the ktate paid the amount required. After she died in 1917 it was discovered that she left some property so the state sued to recover for the amount paid in past years
 John H. Romme of Stamford, ad- ministration on the Webb estate. was named as defendant in the action.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
NEGRO IS JUST
 BOY, SHE SAYS
Wealthy Mrs. Mott Elk plains Why She Wrote
 Letter to Chauffeur.

New York, April 9-Mrs. Augusta L. Mott, sixty-four- year-oId defend ant in a $50,O00 alienation suit brought by Julia King, a negress, was on the witness stand for two hours yesterday in Justice Wagner's part Of the Supreme Court. She tes- tifed she had only a ''motherly af- lection" for Albert King, her chauf- feur.
 She said he was Hike member of our family, although he is colored,' 9 and added that he was "one of the incest persons you'd q ever want to employ" She explained her regard for him by saying he had served her and her husband faithfully for seven years.
 The aged woman was put through a gruelling cross examination by for mer State Senator Edgar T. Bracket, one of the negress' three attorneys. The witness and the lawyer had sev- eral clashes, Mrs. Mott objecting to some of his questions as insulting.
 Asked regarding her addressing the chauffeur as My dearest good boy" she said this was the expression of a lady over sixty years old to col ored man, who, although mature in years, was nothing more than a great big boy. and who had been in our family for years"
 Mrs Mott explained the letter by saying King was then out of a job and that it was "the burden of my life to find him a place The refer ence to Mrs. Shearer, she saidt was regarding letters which the chauffeur nj tn a that address
 T will confess that perhaps the letter is foolishly worded, but that there is anything wrong or impure in it I will never confess she said with emphasis.
 The letter, which forms the back bone of the plaintiffs case. was read to the jury and analysed at length by the attorneys. It reads in part as fol- lows:
 My dearest good boy:
 Now T am sitting right down to send you a letter so you may get it by Saturday. To answer your first question about Mrs. Shearer (pro- prietress of a beauty parIor, where Mrs. Mott was staying), I don't think it is in some ways a bad idea, al- though it might have a peculiar look to her unless it only occurred few times l am a1ralQ She might WOhQeT and could not tell her too much. I think the other way safer and more independent.
 Well, dear King, my heart is with you every minute of the day, and I must tell you that I am sad and very 1 lonely I must tell you that I have mostly been liked by fine people. The ones who have tried to tear me to pieces are low dirty girls like Louise, | Carrie. Olga. Sc. tservants in the i Mott househo1d)- That was on ac- count of my friendship for you and l the sa me from Julia
 | ''The servant girls thought that you i belonged to their class and were jeal- i ous, and Julia hated me for being | kind to you. You do not belong to l their class. as I have told you. + I have said as much as I dare. With ! love and wishing all good to you ''B. D. Mrs Mott admitted that B. D.
 stands for Baby Doll" a name by | which the servants called her. She | said it was a pleasantly"
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11

pital and receiving packages from home made me believe it was Glo- rious Christmas.
 Sixty men were seIecte1 for the trench fever experiment and we were sent to a British Field hospital near St. PoI.''
 The experiment consisted in put
 ting several boxes containing hun
 dreds of cooties on our wrists so that
 they could bite us in order to find
 out whether the bite of the cootie
 caused trench fever, this experiment
 lasted 14 days and while I escaped some of the boys caught the fever.
 Then they tried another experiment.
 They injected some of the blood of
 those who had taken the fever into those boys who had escaped and waited for seven days to see the ce- suit.
 While these experiments were go- ing on the German airmen and gun ners began to bomb and shell the hospital camp.
 I and three friends had gone to St. Pol to get something to eat, when shortly after o'clock a, French po- | lice girl (there were no policemen | there) told us it was time for us to return. The German bombing com
 menced before we left and we had an awful time crossing the fields on 1 our way back to the barracks. 1 The Germans bombed the place so | much that we were all sent to Paris | to continue the experiment. When near Paris our train was held | over night to allow repairs to the | the German shells.
 Paris looked good to us after the
 mud holes we had been in. We were
 taken to the Red Cross hospital at 1 Nieully Sur Seine, outside Paris. Ex- periments continued for three months l all of which I was food for cooties. l We used to call them our pets. I finally got the fever and was laid up six weeks; then I was sent to
 the convalescent hospital at PIom- l biere and after recovery was detailed | to the Military Police. and was ap- pointed acting sergeant NJ. P. I did not like this job. The other boys al-
 ways look down on the M, P.s. i While here I boxed a six-round bout with the French lightweight Robynet and got the decision. It was at a benefit for the French sick and l wounded and there were many off, | cers and French Generals present We were now transferred back to our compa nies and were sent to Yer dun, a trip that took 14 days. Most
 of the time we had to stand up in the trains. I was sent in as stretcher ibearer and then the Armistice was signed. On Decem Der 20 I had a re- lapse and was laid up for some time What I want now is to get back to work. I have been to the Grapho- tphone shop and the foreman says for me to keep in touch with him. but that he has no place for me at pres lent.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11

While the name that appeared on the program when he appeared in the roped arena was Kid Ellian, his proper name and the one under which he enlisted is John T. Elliano. and he resides at 158 Arch street with his paraEts.
 He wa semployed as an automatic screw machine operator at the Amer tcan Graphophone company by day. and several times the fight fans had opportunity to witness his gameness and skill at night.
 When America entered the war he enlisted in the 102nd Ambulance com pany, which was organized in this city and sailed for England in Sep tenlber, 1917, and after staying four days in a camp near g London was transported to Havre where he hiked eight miles up a. hill to Rest Camp No. l. After a four hours stop here he was given a three days trip by train and arrived in a heavy rain storm at a place called Liffola Grand at o'clock in the morning and there slept on the floor of the barracks.
 Here he went on wood detail with seven other men from his company. They were obliged to pull a wagon, there being no horses. for 14 kilome- ters, about 70 miles from the AmerI- can camp, then leaving the wagons on the roadside, they would chop wood, load the wagon and pull it back to camp.
 Ut was tough work" he says, "chopping wood all day, practically in bare feet, for our barracks bags had been lost. and we did not get them again for two months. Ii rained so hard all the while that we could not build a fire and the corned Willie (corned beeD and coffee was | always cold and tasteless. Our feet were in awful shape. The captain | could get only twelve pair of shoes l for the whole company and when one | of us wanted to go out we used tc l borrow the top-sergeant's boots. Only 1 one could go at a time. Guard duty or wet and muddy nights with nearly 1 bare feet Is tough.
 Tt seemed to rain all the while
 was in France"
 l After a while I volunteered with others to build barracks to be used
 by the Red Cross at Neuf Chateau After some trouble we reached this spot and were put to work digging cesspoOls and trenches and were worked from early morning to sun- 1 down and half day Sunday. i From here I was transferred to l 104th Field Hospital and was at once put to work on the coal pile. Next day I was sent to contag gious ward, and had to sleep with diphtheria pa tientS for four weeks.
 l When volunteers were called for a i trench fever experiment by Col. Bev- ans, Surgeon of Division, I volun- teered and had to sign a contract to l be under trench fever experiment for from four to six weeks.
 Then Christmas came. My first 1 Christmas 1 passed in the field hos
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
REVIEW OF 26TH
 DIV. APRIL 22

Aver Mass, April 9-Plans for the review of the 26th Division here took more definite more today with the announcement by Major General Harry c. Hale. that April 22 had been decided upon as the date. The exer- cises would be held during the after noon, and Major General Clarence R. Edwards. who commanded the divis- ion during much of its fighting in France, has been invited to decorate the regimental colors with battle streamers. Members of the division who have been awarded medals of honor and other decorations but who who have not yet received them will be formally decorated on that day Niso
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11

city siding with the proponents of that system, but laying down twelve conditions, including a dictatorship of the proletariat, the building up of Workmen's Councils, the socializatton of the bureaucracy, according to the principles of the Workmen's, Peas ants and Soldiers Councils, the in troduction of general labor duty for the bourgeoisie, the recOnstitution of courts on a revolutionary basis, the reconstruction of the dwelling sys- tenn, the separation of church and state, the immediate revolutionizing Of the system of school education, the socialization of the press and the creation of a Red army alliance with Russia and Hungary. They also de mand, proportionate representation of the three parties in the Central Coun- cil.
 The Council has accepted these con- ditions, so the Independent Socialists are supporting the Soviet plan, but their leader, pr. Levien, is still pessi- mistic and still believes that the pres ent council fails to represent the pro letariat and that the basic idea of the council has been strangled. The Ma jority Socialists in South Bavaria have gone utterly to pieces and are wholly at outs with those in North Bavaria. The bourgeoise of both North and South Bavaria are work ing with renewed vigor to prevent the establishment of the present council system.
 The original cabinet, containing two Majority Socialists, has been al- tered so as to eliminate them and sev- eral others to whom objection was made but it's makeup is still a mat
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
DIR. CLARK RESIGNS.

New York, April 9-Dr. Charles Upson Clark. for many years a pro- lessor al Yale University, and for the past few years director of the school for classical studies of the American academy in Rome. has resigned his position as director.
 Prof. Clark for the past two years has been lecturing throughout the United States on Italy's war activi- ties. He expects now to pass some weeks at Clover Farms, Keswick. Va before taking up any new work.
Republican farmer., 1919-04-11
GERMANY TO PAY
 $5,OOO, 100000
As First Indemnity Pay ment on Her Account
 With Allies.
TOTAL AMOUNT IS
 NAMED IN TREATY
Apprehension in Peace Cir cles Over Effect of New
 Munich Govt.

Paris, April 9-The prelim- mary peace treaty will require Germany to make an immedi- ate indemnity payment on ac- count of 25,O0O,O00,OOO francs in cash and raw materials, ac- cording to the Echo de Paris. The treaty, it declares, will not leave uncertain the total amount which Germany is to pay, as that amount will be written into the document.
 There is much apprehension in Peace Conference circles as to the effect tine establishment of a Soviet government at Munich may have on the conclusion of peace.
 AS the Munich government appears from press despatches to be well es- abolished, the pence delegates are oonRidering the eventual necessity of negotiating two peace treaties with Germany, one with Berlin and the other with Munich.