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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07

States, declared Bishop Samuel Fall
lows of Chicago recently before the
house military affairs committee. Sim
liar views were expressed by H. H.
Gross, president of the Universal
Military Training league, who also APP
peared before the committee.
Both Bishop Fallows and Mr..
Gross told of the great recent growth
of sentiment among the people of the
middle West for the adoption of this
system for development of the youth
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07

'NtA AAeeso upset lIlS NdlCuIdlIOLS VI CSn-
SuS experts, who since 1917 have con-
sidered it useless to attempt to esti-
mate population of any other units
than states. Before that it was pos
sible to predict with a fair degree of
accuracy the number Of persons in any
given locality.l
The center of population" it is
believed, has stopped its westward
movement, which was continuous from
1870 TO 1910, when it was located in
Bloomington, Ind. This is because
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07


war The lack Of preparedness during the Civil
ne SAID Scarcely
III almost at the
fifteen days training
= nave been told
'front.' with 80 to 60 days training
ASKED whether asm'
replied Kahn:
not
est danger hat this nation will be ruled
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07
Every Person in U. S. Has an Ugly Rat to Kill

HERE
annually would be
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07

AE mOSC Important feature
about Mosul, which is begin
ming to show the beneficial eff
fects of British control is it's
geographical situation. Mosul is the
routes from everywhere. They wind
in through the mountain passes and
over the rocky highland from Diar-
bekr and Bitlis, across the great des-
ert from Aleppo and over the sands
from Persia and Bagdad. It's very
name, indeed, from the Arabic AL
Mousil, "the place of connection" tells
its story. And as with roads and car
AVIAN routes, so it will be, some time
again in the future in the matter of
railways, when the famous Bagdad
line is completed, says the Christian
Science Monitor. At present Ger
many's great effort falls short of Mo
sui by many miles in the west and
IN the south, and the "ramshackle
city," as it has been irreverently
called, still depends for its commune
cations on the road and the caravan
route as it has done through the ages.
Of all the cities in the Turkish en-
pire, as one writer has we'll said of it,
perhaps Mosul is the one that has
been least touched by western civili-
Zation. Built on ground that once was
a suburb of Nineveh, it stands on the
western bank of the Tigris, looking
across at the mounds which are all
that remain of the glories of the CAPT.
tai, of ancient Assyria. Nineveh has
history that stretches throughout a
period nearly two thousand years
long, ending with the fall of the en-
pire of Sennacherib about the year
600 B. c. From that time until Lay
ard unveiled the palaces of Ashur-
banipal and Sennacherib, and I'M
earthed the literary chamber contain
ing the famous deluge tablet the ru-
ms of Nineveh for $500 long years
have slept undisturbed AS for Mosul
itself, it is particularly mentioned in
all history since the Arab conquest,
and it is a checkered history indeed,
for it suffered pillage at the hands of
Tamerlane, was besieged by Nadir
Shah, and endured host of other vi
cissitudes.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07
Demonstrates Value of American Citizenship

MOTHER step the to save great fortune
cihzenshp
with haste
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07
Why Joe Left Home

"Dear Joe-Come home Forgive
and forget. have destroyed the book
of war recipes.-Violet." Tit Bits
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07
U. S. Population Shifts in War; Census Shows

STNG changes in the growth
United States
lions Tor which under The shifting population because
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07
WTNATIONAIU
A4p[IAL AFFAIpS
Tram U. S. Boys to RepeI Foes, Plea of Bishop

American development
MANHOOD and mighty of
lonw me adoption OF universal military
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-07

1T@HE most important feature
about Mosul, which is begin
M ming to show the beneficial eff
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
IMPRISONED FOR
 WRITING HUNS

London, Feb. 10-Because he re- ferred to the Germans as ''Huns," Sergeant D. A. Boyd, a British air. man, who was captured was sentenc- ed by them to a years imprisonment He has now returned to England.
 With a lieutenant, Boyd was pa- trolling off the Belgian coast in sea- plane. They were shot down by ene- my destroyers and while Boyd was in the water he wrote this message. Shot down at 6:42 p. m. Being picked up by Huns.' The pigeon to which is entrusted the message was unable to fly and fell into the hands of the Germans. The two ,irmen were taken to Bruges where they were sent for by Admiral von Schoe- der.
 He was frightfully angry over my message" Boyd relates, ''and began to swear in broken English The only thing we understood clearly was that on the following day one of us was to be shot I had told him that I had written the message.
 Later I was courtmartiaied and the court held that by calling the German Huns I had insuIted the of ficers and men of the German de- stroyers, and I was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.
 ''For the first six months I was absolutely starved. I gave away my watch for a slice of bread."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT BY NAVAL
 AIRPLANE IN 22 HOURS NEAR

feet, her lower Il 1-2. Between them a man might stand with arms stretched upward and touch nothing. From the tip end of her nose to the end of her aerial rudder is a distance of more than 50 feet. The huge upper wing is more than r feet above the water.
 Between the wings and well in front of them Is the cabin from which the craft is controlled. Back of the cabin stretches the fuselage or framework connecting wings and tall The cabin itself is a tiny chamber, with four seats, two in front and two behind these. It is completely glassed in, and the seats are uphol- stered. for even a transatlantic hier must have some comforts, in the opinion of Capt. Sundstedt.
 The front seats are for two pilots, either one of whom may control the craft without shifting his seat. On the dash in front of them-assuming that a seaplane has a dashboard are the instruments by which the pilot must consult-tachometer speedometer, altimeter, clock, gaso- lene and oil guages. ignition switches and shutoff valves.
 On each side of the cabin, mount ed between the two planes, are the two engines, six cylinder Liberty mo- tors, built by the Hall-Scott Co. in San Francisco and especially design ed for the work they must do in driv- ing this particular craft. They will furnish 40 horsepower and will run together throughout the flight. No third engine to help out if one of the two goes wrong has been provided The theory on which the Seaplane was built was elimination of all un- necessary. He will rely on himself and his mechanics to keep the en- zines turning during the long flight Two companions at least and proba- bly, three, will accompany him on the trip.
 As for other details, her total lift ing surface Is 1887 square feet, rud- der area twenty-two square feet. es- timated speed more than eighty miles an hour and weight 10000 pounds. The matter of weight of the plane itself on a transatlantic flight is the hardest one to solve. Capt. Sund stedt pointed out yesterday that wherever possible weight has been eliminated The two pontoons, thir- ty-two feet long and weighing only 400 pounds, have been built of Balsa wood, or corkwood, which is lighter than cork. The streamline covering of each of the struts, made of steel tubing, is also of this wood. Every exposed part of the craft has been given a streamline outline, so that the speed may be increased by reduc ed wind resistance. Even the front of the cabin is pointed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
ToDAY,s ANNIVERSARY.

The first college in England's American colonies, with the exception of Harvard, was William and Mary College at Williamstown, Va, which was chartered 227 years ago today, Feb. 10, 1892. James Blair, Scotch man, was the father of the old Vir- ginia institution, which, although it's sudden body has always been small, has exercised a profound influence. Three American presidents, about a hundred congressman and IT gever- nors of states and scores of other fa- nous men have been among it's grad uates. William and Mary was named after the British monarch and his eonsort who granted the charter for 1 itz founding to James Blair.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
HEROISM OF BEL CLANS DURING LATE
 MOST WONDERFUL IN HISTORY

at HasseIt The Germans boasted that they had smashed the Belgian organ ] ization which had evaded them for 1 two years. Dubois and three others were shot on September 25, 1916, and 1 sentences aggregating 20 years were ! Imposed upon others accused of acting with them.
 | Both Baucq and Dubois knew that Alderman Buyl was head of the or ganization and both took their orders
 from him. For days before the ex-
 ecution the Germans endeavored by
 offering to spare their lives to induce
 them to denounce their leader, but
 they refused and were shot. Never theless the work went on. l In 1917, Buyl's secretary was arrest 1 ed and Buyl went into hiding. For nights I could not sleep" BuyI told the Associated Press. "The slightest noise would make me start, I could not eat and there were mo-
 ments of depression when I would
 gladly have faced a machine gun at the edge of a little wood to escape the mental torture of those long end
 less day and interminable nights"
 His secretary escaped with short sentence. Buyl emerged from his hiding place and went on about his
 work.
 Two days before the arrnistfce, I sent out a courier to Holland" he said with tinge of pride
 '"Heroism is the work of an instant, but what I have gone through during
 those last four years is not heroism, it is hell,' said Buyl. Before the war
 he was a forid, happy, jovial man but
 he is now emaciated and haggard, but a shadow of his former self.
 And we fell to talking of Dubois and Baucq and tears welled up into his eyes as he said, Greater love hath
 no man than he who gives up his life for a fellow man."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
MIR. ATHEARN ENGAGED.

Harry Athearn, son of William Athearn, patentee of the famous Athearn wireless telegraph repeater, has been engaged to teach the classes in teIegraphy which are being con- ducted in the New Gutchess Business College. MT. Athearn is an expert in this line of work having conducted wireless stations in South America, Central America, Mexico and has also held many responsible positions in the United States.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10

While the Governments of the United States and Great Britain have been considering taking up in a ser ious way-as Hermione would say the question of a transatlantic flight and even have daringly predicted pos sibly it might be made, Capt. Hugo Sundstedt, a Swedish aviator, has de- signed and constructed a seaplane in which he proposes to make the flight
 Late spring or early summer is the earliest time set by either Govern ment for the possible flight, but Capt. Sundstedt said yesterdas he was so certain a winter crossing was feasi- ble that he intended to rise from the waters hereabout to make the attempt in a week or so if his seaplane acts as he expects In his trial trips.
 Transatlantic flights have been so frequently roposed, considered and talked about that the general public has grown exceedingly sceptical con corning them. Consequently 1t should be stated here that whether or not Capt. Sundstedt sIcceeds in getting his seaplane in shape for the attempt himself is no tyro in the matter of long distance flying. In July, 1914, when airplanes and air engines were still in their exceedingly crude pre- war state, he made a sustained flight of about 1900 miles from a little town called Buc, near Paris, to Stockholm, in Farman biplane. The time for this trip was thirteen hours and twenty minutes.
 Although only 31 he has been flying since 1909, and has many other flights to his credit. Like most aviators, he has been haunted for some years by the desire to be the first man to span the Atlantic. He came to this country late in 1916, with Lieut. Kiel Nye- gaard, a Norwegian aviator, who had become a French citizen and military aviator, to make plans for the flight, but the United States entered the war before anything could be done. Last July he resumed his planning, having interested Christopher Hannevig, a Norwegian financial, in the project.
 Over in Bayonne in front of the grounds of the Pavonia Yacht club, resting on floats in the oily waters of Newark Bay, the huge seaplane which is the result of his planning loomed yesterday, while a dozen mechanics, dwarfed to brown gnomes by her huge proportions, scrambled about her wings and pontoons. The finishing touches were being put to the great craft Her maiden flight will be made today or probably tomor- row.
 The great seaplane, painted a battle ship gray, resembles nothing so much as a dragon f1y---such dragon fly as never was seen before in the widest or most alcoholic of dreams. Her huge upper wing spans a hundred
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
Handkerchiefs

Dainty styles for Gifts and Valentines
 Linen Handkerchiefs of good quality, dainty embroid cred designs in the corners, narrow or half-inch hems 75 cts Linen with extra hemstitching and embroidered ners $1OO each Handkerchiefs, all white or with touch of color,
 25, 35, 50 and 59 cts For little people there handkerchiefs with plain or colored edges, daintily embroidered with such designs as please children, 19 and 25 cts each Box of three assorted white with colCred kndergar ten designs, 29 cts 8 box
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
TOLL OF HONOR SENT FROM THE:
 FIGHTING FRONT

Washington, Feb. 10-Casualty lists furnished by the commanding g general of the American army and made public today contain 1,S12 names divided as follows: Killed in action, S1; died from wounds, 15; died from accident and other causes, Il; died of disease, 59; wounded se- verely, 40; missing in action, 6; wounded, degree undetermined, 563; wounded slightly, TIT.
 John Schepp, 630 Lafayette street, and Peter John Rousso, 1854 Seaview avenue, are reported wounded, degree undetermined intoday's lists. Connecticut has 39 names divided as follows:
 Died of Disease
 Sidney A. Beardsley, Guilford
 Wounded Severely Bertie Moseley, Hartford. Arthur P. Burgess, Bristol. Louis T. Ayotte, Waterbury. John H. Graves North Canaan. Ernest D. Holmes, Hartford. Charles A Partridge, Meriden. Wounded Degree UndetermineO James CanganeLy, Derby. Joseph Carroll, New Britain. Hubert F. Mellia, New Haven. Joseph c. Nagy, Torrington. John Schepp, $50 Lafayette St., Bridgeport
 Philip B. ' rbeH, New Haven. Eugene F. Clark, New Haven. Andrew Boye, New Haven. Anthony G. Carlo, Waterbury. Peter John Rousso, 1854 Seaview avenue, Bridgeport
 Shaiah Slaiby, Lakeville.
 Wounded Slightly = Edward J. Gerety, Shelton Hubert D. Kaye, Rockville. Wilson H. Whitehouse, Wallingford. Thomas F. Manning, West Haven. Ralph DichilIo, New Haven. Louis J. Smith, Talcottville. Victor M. Czeczotka. Meriden. Edward J. Duffy, Westerville. Charles M. Rogers, Stamford. James A. Cavanaugh, NorWalk. Luig Orsi, Winsted.
 William J. Yorke, Waterbury. Michael Eglisko, Torrington. Edward H. Hu~sey, South Norwalk. Steve Roblonski, Hazelville.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
LOSSES ON SEA BY ENGLAND.

London, Feb. 10-There were 20,- 900 British merchant vessels aggre- gating 21OO0,0OO tons, afoat when war began, according to the annual report of the Mercantile Marine Ser vice Association. Of these 9,O00,00O have been sunk, and after allowing for replacements, there is a deficit of 9,50O,O00 tons.
 In all 2,475 merchant ships were sunk under their crews by enemy ac- ton, and an additional 57O fishing vessels. making a total of 3,045 crews cast adrift.
 Merchant seamen serving aboard British vessels, who have lost their lives in action with the enemy, total 14,700.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
EASTON

Mrs. George B. Beers has returned to her home, having been in the Bridgeport hospital for some time where she underwent an operation 8 few weeks ago.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Edwards o1 Bridgeport were guests recently ot MT. and Mrs. Erwin P. Edwards of Maple Row Dairy Farm.
 The Dorcas Society met with Mrs Sylvanus Mallette at Sweet Brier or Tuesday. There was a large attend ance and a good time enjoyed by all
 Mrs. Mildred L. Ferris is recovering from her recent illness.
 Miss Elsie Botsford of Newtown is spending sometime with her sister Mrs. S. Mallette Sanford.
 The funeral of Mrs. Charles Gil bert, formerly Marion Reynolds ot this place, was held from her late home on Saturday afternoon at ? o'clock Rev. MT. Jepson of Bridge port had charge of the services. The burial was in the Tashua cemetery.
 Mrs Randolph Bradley of Ridge lawn, Bedding, was guest on Satur- day of Mrs. Charles Gilbert and Mrs. Lavina Bradley.
 Mrs. Clarence B. Andrews re- cently visited her sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank Edwards, Jr., who is in the Bridgeport hospital where she re- gently underwent an operation for appendicitis.
 Arthur Therwood is confined to his horne by illness.
 Miss Edith Sherwood has returned to her home, having spent some time with friends in New Jersey.
 Miss Agnes Nelson of Bridgeport was weekend guest of her parents in this place.
 Mrs Levy F. Wheeler is recovering from her recent illness which has confined her to her home for several days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
BAVARIA ORDERS
 RETURN OF ARMS

Munich, Feb. 10-So many Bavar- ian soldiers have failed to return their rifles and munitions that the Central German government has is- sued an order demanding the return of this property to the authorities with specified time under penalty of heavy fine or imprisonment. Tie same order applies to those possess ing any army property such as wagons, automobiles or horses.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
U. S. CHOCOLATE
 SICKENS GERMANS.

Trier, Prussia, Feb. 10-A car load of chocolate billed to the American Army of Occupation was wrecked near Trler recently and several Ger man children of families living near by ate such quantities of the sweets that doctors had to be called in to treat them. Many of the children had never tasted chocolate before, this form of candy fbeing among the luxuries which Germany was virtual ly unable to supply, during the war and, before the American salvage crews go to work the youngsters con-
 sumed their fill and then started q homeward with all they could carry.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10

Horse flesh is declared to be the most sanitary meat there is. It Is apparently highly popular and satis- factory when labelled and sold aa
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
Books, } for $l.00

"Out of the Primitive" Bennett "With the French in Salonka, Richard Harding Davis "The Four Pools Mystery" Jean Webster Simon the Jester' Wm. J. Locke "A Passage Perlous" Carey Port of Adventure" O. N and A. M Williamson "The Carlton Case'' Ellery H. Clarke "Flamsted Ouarries," Mary E. Waller "The Turbulent Duchess" Percy J. Brebner "The Fruitful Vine" Kitchens 'The Princess Dehra" John Reed Scott Little Brown Jug at Kildare" Meredith Nicholson "The Patience of John Moreland" Mary Dillon Carmen Geraldine Farrar edition
  At the Book Section American Flag Pins A 'Iincoln' Table made of nice quality en- Books of Lincoln to- amel Nice for table gether with other Civil favors or souvenirs War books Two sizes,
 Please look at them 25 Cts
 lain floor. JeSvery
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
New Zeyphr Ginghams
The "Streeter" Pump

The first spring pump to appear, equally good for street or semdress wear It is designed to be worn with or without spats, has military heel and hand welted sole.
 Dark brown calfskin and genuine patent cotskin,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
STAMFORD TOWN MEETING T0NIGHT Will Discuss Tax Commis sioner Bill Now Before
 Legislature.
Especial to The TimesO

1 Straford, Feb. 10.---The matter of Iaibolishing the present Board of As eeSsors and substituting a Tax Com missioner in. place thereof will come before a special town meeting tonight. The bill recently introduced in the Gen. eraI Assembly provides for the ap- polntment of a Tax Conn. tssioner at a salary of S1, 300 per year. he to have the appointment of deputy at a sal- ary of $1 600 per year. The Selectmen and Board of Finance will appoint the commissioner. If the bill passes, the present Board of Assessors will cease to exist on April 1st, 19l9 It is ex- pected that the promoters of the bill will be able to show good cause for the change, although up to the present there appears to be a considerable un- certainty as to what Is behind the measure. It is expected that the meeting will be we'll attended, as there are many who would like first hand information on the subject. An other matter of importance to come before the meeting is an amendment to the charter requiring that here after all charter amendments shall be slFbmitted to a referendum vote be- lore the same can take effect
 This will be busy week for the residents of the town. Besides the town meeting tonight there Is some thing doing about every night in the week. On Wednesday,, Thursday. Fri day and Saturday evenings there will be meetings in various sections of the town to discuss the Port of Bridge port scheme. William T. Hincks will speak at these meetings and endeavor to convince the voters that the pro- 1ect will be of benefit to the town.
 On Wednesday evening the Fire De- partment will hold their annual dance in Red Mems hall. There will also he meeting of the Mems club of the Congregational church in Packard hall to commemorate the ~h of Abraham Lincoln. An address will be given by Frank NJ Buckley, M. A.. of Cambridge, Mass.
 On Friday evening the third lecture in the Library course will present an opportunity to hear J. A. C1uikshank on the subject of Lincoln. The lecture will be Illustrated with an unusually fine group of slides
 Major James D. FuIlam, U. s. A spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. H. M. Booth, North Main street. Major Fullam is in charge of the technical work at the Aberdeen proving grounds. Maryland
 News items for publication. in Ths 1lmes may be left at Carten Bros, 6tratford Garage, Main street.
 CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, plumbing
 and heating; jobbing a speciality,
 Cor. Ms.in and Hillside avenue
 StratfCrd. DiG if STAMFORD GARAGE---Under new
 management. Repairing promptly
 attended 10. Satisfaction guarau.
 teed.
 FOR SALE-Old fashioned E room
 house In Stratford. Gleason, 2S9O
 Main St, Stratford, Conn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
Wash Dress Goods

The Voiles lead and the colors are so unusual and attractive, Satin-stripe Voe in dull blue mignon- cute green, ichen gray mulberry and certain mixtures of henna and mauve.
 New zeyphr Ginghams Plaids of the French style most desirable for house dresses and chdren's school frocks,
 75 cts
 floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10
$7.00
Spats, popular as ever

Hcut models made of broadcIoth, boxcoth and chamosette. These come in all leading shades, with visible or invisible buckles, $15O to S4O0
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-10

FOR SALE-Old fashioned 15 room house In Stratford. Gleason, 289O Main St, Stratford, Conn.