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THE FAEMEE: MARCH 1, 1918
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By Dr. C. S. Brainin of the Colum
bia University Observatory Staff.
The March evening sky is rich in
planets this year, as no less than four
planets find places upon our map. The
entire solar system comprises eight
planets, seven besides the Earth. Of
these, two have orbits which lie en
tirely within that of the Earth; the
orbits or the remaining five lie en
tirely outside the earth's orbit and for
lhat reason are called superior plan
ets. These five, as the reader probably I
knows, are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Ur
.inus and Neptune counting outward
from the earth.
Only the first three of these, how
ever, are really good objects for 'obser
vation, for the distances of Uranus
and Neptune are so great that to us
they appear no brighter than stars of
the sixth or seventh magnitude, i. e.,
just about on the limit of visibility.
Even in the largest telescopes very
little can be observed, so that our
knowledge of the physical conditions
of these planets is next to nothing.
Of course, their motions as well as
those of their respective satellites are
accurately known. In a small tele
scope it is impossible to distinguish
them from the neighboring stars, both
because of their small size and be
cause of their extreme distance from
the earth and sun makes their appar
ent motion through the field of fixed
stars very slow. We have, however,
indicated the position of Uranus on
the map, where he will be found near
Saturn in the constellation Cancer.
Fortunately the case is quite differ
ent with Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, all
three of which are also to be found on
the map. Those are probably, next to
to the moon, the celestial bodies with
which we are best acquainted. The
proximity of Mars and the great size
c.f Jupiter and Saturn make them eas
ily observed with all sizes of instru
ments and readily recognizable by the
naked-eye astronomer.
Saturn will be found near the meri
dian at the time and date of the map
and on the meridian about an hour
later. There are a number of very
bright stars not very far away, but you
can easily distinguish the planets from
the fixed stars by the absence of scin
tillation, or twinkling. Jupiter is easily
found in the western sky between the
Pleiades and Aldebaran in the group
of Taurus. Mars is in the east and
can be recognized because of the char
acteristic red color of his light.
Mars is Retrograding
The thing which separates the plan
ets from the stars (besides the phe
nomenon of twinkling) is the fact that
the plane's move through the field of
stars while the latter always main
tain the same positions relative to one
another. As all the planets pass along
their orbits in a direction which is
opposite to that of the hands of a
clock, or from right to left, the re
sult is that the motion across the
heavens is mainly and almost entirely
from West to East. Do not confuse
this motion with their apparent mo
tion in rising and setting, which is
due to the earth's diurnal axial rotation.
ATLANTA MAYOR
TELLS STORY OF
BLACKMAIL CASE
PRICE FIXING A
FAILURE, SAYS
SENATOR LODGE
Kont-tn.WPHt movement because the
earth is itself in motion along its or
bit. As the West-to-East motion pre
dominates, it is called the "direct
motion, while the less usual East-to-
West motion is called retrograde mo
tion. This is what Mars is just now
doing, and it is interesting to note that
all the astrological fakers seized upon
this fact to make multitudinous non
sensical prophesies about the war. Ac
cording to some, the retrogression is
eirectly unfavorable to the Kaiser.
some have blamed the entire war upon
this hapless planet. We are certain
that the "rudry planet is quite
nocent of any evil intentions toward
the earth, though it would be very
convenient and satisfying to be able
to blame something like a planet for
ihe evilj and shortcomings on the
earth.
The Moon of Mars
Mars beats the earth in the num
ber of satellites, for he ' is fortunate
enough to have two of them, called
by us Phobos and Deimos. These are
fit names for the companions of the
God of War, for their meaning in
Greek is fear and terror. Both these
satellites are very small, only a few
miles in diameter, and both are very
close to the surface of the planet in
their revolutions about it. The inner
one, Phohos, is less than six thousand
miles from the center of Mars, and as
a result of this proximity we have a
aueer phenomenon: Phobos would ac
tually be seen to rise in the West and
set in the East if there were an in
habitant on the planet.
Our moon makes a round of the
heavens from West to East once a
month, and, as the Earth performs its
axial rotation in one day, the appar
ent motion imposed upon the moon is
ever so much more rapid than the
movement in its orbit. Consequently,
the former predominates, and the mo
tion appears to be from East to West
In the case of Phobos it is just the
reverse. It only takes Phobos seven
and one-half hours to make the entire
round of its orbit in a direction from
West to East. The Martian day," how
ever, is twenty-four and one-half
hours long, so that Phobos can make
his rounds three times while Mars
turns omce on its axis. The orbital mo
tion is therefore by far the faster and
will predominate in the composition
of the apparent motion.
The diameter of Mars is about 4,300
miles, or a little more than half that
of the earth, but the actual mass, or
material, composing the planet is only
a tenth of the earth in weight. There
fore the force of gravity on the sur
face of Mars is only about a third of
what it is here. In two respects, length
of day and angle between the equator
and plane of orbit, the two planets
are practically alike. Perhaps one of
the most important questions is
whether Mars has any atmosphere at
all. It appears that there is a very
thin layer of gases surrounding the
planet, but much less 'dense than any
which a human being has reached on
the earth, and the absence in this at
mospherb of any appreciable amount
of water vapor seems to be indicated
This West-to-East movement is by the latest spectroscopic observa
sometimes turned into an apparent tions.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 27 Mrs. H. H.
Hirsch and J. W. Cook came up for
trial today on the charge of attempt
ing to blackmail Mayor Asa Candler,
from whom It is cnarged they sought
to extort $500,000 by threats. The
state has subpoenaed many witnesses
including H. H. Hirsch. husband of
the accused woman, while the de
fense has subpoenaed women employ
ed by the city.
A request for a change of venue
was denied. Mayor Candler, in re
sponse to questions, said he became
acquainted with Mrs. Hirsch last
summer when she came to his office
accompanied by another woman, in
connection with selling an automo
bile by tickets for a Red Cross bene
fit. She was in doubt as to whether
the city ordinances would allow it.
Several days later, the mayor testi
fied, Mrs. Hirsch came to see him he
believed it was in his office in the
Candler building to request his as
sistance in handling some tickets on
the automobile at a dinner to be
given in honor of Brig. Gen. Eben
Swift
Attorney Arnold, for the prosecu
tion, asked about a photograph of
Mayor Candler, Gen. Swift and Mrs.
Hirsch.
"I had nothing to do with the ar
rangement of that group," said Mayor
CandJer. "The photographer selected
the people he wanted in the picture
and I simply consented to his ar
rangement. My recollection is that
about a dozen persons were in the
snapshot, although only three of us
appeared in the newspaper reproduc
tion."
Continuing his account of his ac
quaintance with Mrs. Hirsch, the
mayor said:
"Mrs. Hirsch called! on me a time
or two later in my office in the Cand
ler building The conversation all the
time was about the tickets for the
automobile. She did nothing that in
dicated that she was not a lady. She
vsited me once in my office in the
city hall. I think. that was last Jan
uary. She was interested then in ob
taining enforcement of the laws
against cruelty to animals. She asked
that a new humane officer be assigned
to this work.
"I saw her again on Feb. 4 on For
sythe street, on my way from the city
hall to the Candler building. She
asked me for a conference that after
noon in my office in the Candler
building. I told her it would be im
possible, but I would see her on Wed
nesday afternoon, Feb. 6, at 4 o'clock
in my office in the Candler building.
She did not state the matter she
wanted to discuss with me, although
she made mention of the humane so
ciety. "On Wednesday afternoon she came
to my office in the Candler building.
She removed her coat and sat down
beside the table. The door from my
private office into the hallway was
locked on the outside, as it always
is.
"She had hardly seated herself be
fore she sprang up and exclaimed
that she saw a man outside the win
dow. I remarked that it was
probably a window washer, and turned
around to look, but saw nobody. Mr3.
Hirsch claimed it was not a window
washer, but a well dressed white man
standing on the ledge. I again turn
ed my head to look out the window.
When I turned back to Mrs. Hirsch
she had removed her hat and had
cnened the door leading into the
hallway. A man was standing in the
dcor and immediately entered the
office. I had never seen him or
heard of him before. He said: ,
" 'Our honorable mayor, this is
nice!' I at once suspected that a
trap had been laid for me "
Attorney John R. Cooper of counsel
for the defense objected to what
Mayor Candler suspected. The ob
jection was sustained.
SEVEN SEEKING
FREEDOM FRO
SIAGE KNOT
DENIES GOMPERS'
PEACE STATEMENT
MEXICAN COFFEE
TO BE SENT HERE
Amsteidam, Feb. 27 M. Oudegeest,
a Dutch labor leader, tells the As
sociated Press that no communication
from Karl Legien, head of the Fed
erated Trade unions of Germany, to
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, or
from rnmnpra in Trf.p-ipn had nnsefirt
New divorce complaints continue to I througn his nands slnce October,
be filed in the Superior court, six hav-
ing entered today. Mr.
Florence E. Ritch of Greenwich York
asks separation from James A. Ritch i cently had sent him an invitation to
. A. , . , .. , attend or to send representatives of
of the same place, alleging habitual . ,. . : .. ,
The American Federation to attonn i
They were married workers' convention to discuss peace.
1899, and have one The invitation from M.' Oudegeest,
Gompers announced in New
Sunday that Herr Legien re-
intemperance.
November 15
child. who, Mr. Gompers said, was speaking
Jennie Vadja Stetcz wants a divorce for Legien. Mr. Gompers replied
from James Stetcz, both of Bridgeport,
on allegations of intolerable cruelty.
They were married May 9, 190S, and
have four children.
Therese Fekete Vojtko alleges hab
itual intemperance and intolerable
cruelty in her petition for divorce from
John Vojtko, both of Bridgeport, They
Were married July 30, 1910, and have
two children. Alimony is also claimed.
. Stephen Guthy of this city asks di
vorce from Susanna Julia Guthy al
leging desertion January i, 190S. They
were married April 5, 1905.
Chester H. Finch of Darien seeks a
separation from Lillian Fidette Finch
of Derby, alleging habitual intemper
ance. They were married in Darien
January 30, 1912.
Mary F. Hatch of Trumbull asks
divorce from Frank W. Hatch of the
that no American workers' delegates
would meet with the Germans.
FIND BOMB IN
SHIPYARD PLANT
Mexico City, Feb. 28. The manage
ment of the National Railways has
chartered two merchant ships to
transport from Puerto Mexico 100,000
sacks of coffee which have piled up
there as a result of the paralysis of
sea traffic since the beginning of the
war, it is announced The ctoffiee will
be sent, it is stated, to the United
States and belligerent countries of the
old world. Movement of this supply,
it is added, will prevent the threat of
planters in the southern part of the
country and other neighboring repub
lics to plant no land to coffee this
season. Over supply of the product in
Mexico has caused prices to fall to an
unprecedented figure.
Washington, Feb. 2" Government
price fixing as a method of prevent
ing profiteering has proved a failure,
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts de
clared today in giving the senate the
conclusions he had drawn from the
recent investigations of the coal and
sugar shortages. In the case of coal
Senator Lodge said, price fixing had
only served to curtail production
while the food administration's price
plan for sugar had kept western beet
sugar from the eastern states and
in the meantime retailers of coal and
sugar had profiteered.
"To prevent profiteering by a few,"
the senator explained, "the funda
mental error of the administration
was that a policy for all of fixin
prices declared a failure in both
Germany and France was adopted.
instead or one or stimulating and in
creasing production."
Blame for the coal shortage Sena
tor Lodge laid to the fuel administra
tion's price fixing plan, together with
railroad difficulties and the closing
order he described as "a complete
confession of impotence and failure.
He denounced the fuel administration
as an "unnecessary agency" which
was "composed, largely of amateurs.'
"The result of the fuel administra
tion's policy," he said, "was to add to
the already enormous railroad diffi
culties by creating chaos in distribu
tion and adding to all this suspense,
alarm and uncertainty due to fixing
an arbitrary price.
"The system adopted by Mr.
Hoover had at least the merit of
maintaining production. The system
oi making a different coal price at
each mine was impracticable. Even
if they kept prices down, which is
purely guesswork, they brought a coal
famine with this nominal fixed price
Declaring he did not believe the
railroad problem could not have
been solved Senator Lodge continued:
"But nothing can be more certain
than that the policy of the fuel ad
ministration, its attempt to substitute
a new scheme of distribution its reck
less price fixing, brought on a coal
famine in a country which has more
coal than any in the world.
'What we needed was not a shut
ting down of industries; a freight em
bargo on all railroads (the fuel ad
ministration policy) is a striking evi
dence of how . much harm has been
done by paralyzing private interests
and undertaking to solve the difficul
ties by one bureau composed largely
of amateurs.
"There was no need of the fuel ad-
mnistration, no reason why it should
exist at all. Its powers, however
amiable and patriotic the 'purposes of
their possessor, have been employed
to make a bad situation worse and
do nothing but harm. The vital point
of the whole coal situation was the
railroad problem."
Either Secretary Lane or Francis S.
Peaibody, Senator Lodge said, should
have charge of the coal situation.
Annulment by Secretary Baker of the
agreement Mr. Lane brought about at
a conference of operators, dealers and
consumers was criticised by the sn
ator. Ho also denounced conferring
of vast powers on state fuel adminis
trators.
"So far as I. can learn, said Mr.
Lodge, the only qualification of these
gentlemen is that they should be
Democrats."
Senator Loidlge also warned the sen
ate against official interference with
what some government bureau may
decide to Ibe a non-essential industry.
(Neither, he said, in conclusion, should
those who criticise government affairs
be charged with being friends of Ger
many.
"I ithink it will be wise to omit at
tacks on patriotism of men merely
because we differ from them as to the
manner in which the war is conduct
ed," he said. "Patriotism is not con
fined to .those appointed to more or
less important offices in Washinjjton.
There is a tendency to make the test
of patriotism a bhnd unquestioning'
sppport not onry of the president him
self but of every one he sees fit to ap
point. It is our duty to support the
president, tout never beyonii what our
conscienrtaous convictions of duty to
the country and the cause demand.
CRY OF CHILD
SAVES FAMILY
same place, claiming intolerablt 1
Newtourgh, N. Y., Feb. 27. An at
tempt to blow up machinery in the
plant of the Nswburgh Shipyard Co.
here today was frustrated but only
after a guard haul picked up a bomb
and hurled it Out of danger. It ex
ploded and did some diamage, Irut not
enough to delay work at the plant.
The bomb was placed under a com
pressor machine in one of the build
ings by a stranger who escaped after
clubbing the guard, William Hogan,
who discovered him near the machine
and demanded his workman's badige.
South Norwalk, Feb. 27. But for the
fact that ttoeir one year old son
George started to cry when an oil
stove in his room exploded early this
morning, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kohn
and family might have been burned
to death in their home here. The cry
ing of the baby awoke Mr. Kohn, who
in turn awakened the family of A.
Bria, who lived on the second1 floor.
The damage was about $200.
ERMAN GUARDS
AND DESERTERS
HAVE SKIRllSf
REDDING
Hopan was dazed, but on recovering
j , Z from the blow started a search, which
ber 13, 1907 and have two children. . ... - ... .
! resulted in his discovering the bomb.
lv.rTT, rrvT TTVTUT-Vn I atte"1't to damage the machin-
FOCR PER CENT. DIVIDEND jery wag evidmtly lntendel to delay
IOB BANKRUPTS PATRONS , construction work on ships for the
'emergency fleet corporation, which is
Hartford, Feb. 27. Bank Commis- ' about to begin.
WALSH TO BE
LABOR'S ENVOY
sioner Everett J. Sturges is making TT"kC"ITT' A T
arrangements to pay a "dividend of 4 BRITISH HOSPITAL
per cent, to the depositors of the ! VESSEL IS SUNK
Greenwich Savings bank, which is in- Y JuoolJiJ J.O OUilft
ceiver. The depositors have already
received 100 per cent. Another pay
ment of one per cent, or more is ex-
Dectod later in the year. The date
for the payment of the four per cent.
London, Feb. 27 The British hos
pital ship Glenart Castle was sunk
yesterday in the Bristol channel, it ia
announced officially. There' were no
patients on board. Survivors were
hu not been fixed, but it win be some landed by an American torpedo boat.
fhr. in Marp. Eignt boats still are aorut.
Washington, Feb. 27 Frank P.
Walsh of Kansas City, formerly chair
man of the federal industrial relation
commission, was today seleoted by la
bor as its representative in public in
terest on the board framing a national
labor policy for the government. Em
ployers already have selected former
President Taft to represent the public
interest for them.
The Hacue, Netherlands. Feb. 28.
A pitched battle between the German
frontier guards and a detachment of
German deserters who were trying to
escape across the border into Holland
took place a few days ago just across
the bairoed wire boundary.
The deserters were Alsatians and
were well armed. They were accom
panied by a number of Belgian work
men, who also wished to escape into
Holland. The Alsatians had been on
the Russian front throughout the war,
and were just being transferred to
the west.
As they approached the boundary,
the German guards opened fire, but
the Alsations replied promptly, kill
ing and wounding three of the small
party of guards. The others retired
to seek reinforcements while the Alsa
tians began cutting the wire, which
was presently short-circuited, causing
a blaze.
Before a path had been prepared
3TOSS the border, a detachment of
mounted German military police gal
loped uip. After a short skirmish, the
guard succeeded in overpowering the
Alsatians. A few of the Belgian
workmen, however, succeeded in get
ting into Holland) safely.
ENGLNDt SUSPENDS
DEALINGS WITH RUSSIA.
London, Feb. 27 Recent develop
ments in Russia have brought ex
change dealings here practically to a
standstill and it has been impossible
for sellers of drafts on Petrograxi and
other Russian centers to ascertain
whether instructions have been re
ceived by the Russian banks and if .so
whether they are in a position to exe
cute the instructions in view of recent
government action prohibiting inter-
bank, operations.
NAMES ROADS CONFEREES.
Hartford, Feb. 26 Gov. Holcomb
has appointed the following to repre
sent" the state at the good road con
vention in Little Rock, Ark., April
15 to 19: Charles J- Bennett, Hart
ford; Robbins B. Stockel, Norfoolk;
Arthur Fifoot Hartford; Arthur M.
Waite, Sharon"; Archibald McDonald,
Putnam, and Donald A. Adams of
New Haven.
NEW COUNTS COMMISSIONER.
Hartford, Feb. 27 Holcomb R.
Howard of Union was apointed yes
terday by Gov. Holcomb as a com
missioner of Tolland county, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
John G. Wrightman of Stafford.
Redding, Feb. 28 The findings of
Judge Banks in the Peck and Luttgen
tax cases are regarded by the officials
here as substantially a victory for the
town inasmuch as they uphold the
action of the assessors and Board of
Relief as regards both the appeals
of Laura E. Peck and reduce the val
uation placed by those boards on
Commodore Luttgen's prop"rty by
than $2 000. The decision, if
confirmed by the Superior Court, will
throw the costs in the Luttgen suit
on the town while compelling Mis.
Peck to pay double the costs incurred
from her actions. However, the re
monstrance entereJ by her counsel
against confirmation of the report
with an accompanying motion to re
commit the suits to Judge Banks for
further consideration may result in
changing the situation. The - motion
to re-commit is yet to be passed upon
by Judge Maltbie and there exists the
possibility that in the event of its de
nial the case may be carried to the
Supreme Court. The ground of At
torney Bowers' motion rests on the
contention which he emphasized in
his original complaint and through
out the hearing on the suits, this be
ing the claim that his clients had
been discriminated against from the
fact that their property was assessed
at a higher percentage relatively to
its value than was other property in
the town, such alleged discrimina
tion being so general as to constitute
a substantial wrong to the plaintiffs.
This claim was supported by the evi
dence of H. C. McCollam and Henry A.
Gilbert, appraisal agents represent
ing the plaintiffs and controverted by
appraisal agents called in behalf of
the town. Now Attorney Bowers
maintains that Judge Banks failed in
his findings to make pronouncement
on this essential issue of inequalities
in the work of the official assessing
bodies. Before the cases went to trial
Senator Peck made the selectmen an
offer of compromise, his conditions
being a revision of the assessments
in accordance with the figures sub
mitted by his appraisal agents. The
proposed revision would have reduc
ed the listed valuations by about
$5,000. His proposition was rejected
by the selectmen after they had dis
cussed it at two meetings.
a can to report for service on
Tuesday of this week which came un
expectedly to Frank E. Meehan of
West Redding was evoked by the
district draft board after all the facts
in the case had been laid before them
on his appeal. The case has some pe
culiar features. Mr. Meehan was re
jected on his first examination on ac
count of permanent lameness. In
making out his questionnaire return
he failed to report conditions which
would have placed him in the fourth
class and was assigned to the first
class. Accepted on his second exam
ination as physically fit he was
promptly called. Then he bestirred
himself to obtain exemption and suc
ceeded, one of the points in his favor
being a surgeon's certificate of physi
cal disability granted him by Dr.
Smith to exempt him from the state
military enrollment. Eric Lietburg
of Georgetown was called at the same
time as Meehan and left for Camp
Devens yesterday.
Rev. W. H. Tate pastor of the Con
gregational church in Georgetown,
has decided to enlist with the British
contingent now being recruited in
this country. He was born a British
subject and has never been naturaliz
ed. James Allen, another Georgetown
resident ard draft subject, is anxious
to get into the service and gave up a
good position last fall in order that
he might be free to go when the call
came. Two have passed him by and
he is still waiting. The examination
taken at Danbury last week by F. M.
Rasanan of the Ridge resulted in his
acceptance.
It is the third or fourth he had
taken in an endeavor to enlist. Gus
Berqiiist of Sanfordtown has enrolled
with the" ship yard workers under the
recent appeal from the government.
Mr. Craig, head of the junior depart
ment of the Sanford school, answered
a call this week from the New Jersey
military authorities. He took a train
ing course at the Plattsburg camp and
was placed on the reserve list as sec
ond lieutenant.
In spite of the unfavorable weather
an-d travel conditions Grange hall was
well filled at the -war rally held on
Wednesday evening of last week by
an earnest audience quickly respon
sive to the patriotic utterances of the
speakers. These were Judge Cun
ningham of Danbury and Miss Fitz
gerald of Hartford. The former made
a forcible and stirriig address in
which he said that while most people
realized that we were at war they did
not realize it to the extent they
should or sufficiently take into ac
count the disastrous consequences to
this country meant by defeat. Re
lease of the German fleet would prob
ably ibe followed by a dash for our
shores and the bombardment of our
Atlantic coast cities Our allies were
not yet exhausted, but they were so
unpleasantly near it that the full
measure of our assistance and that
extended as speedily as possible was
needed to turn the tide in our favor.
All should feel their undivided re
sponsibility in the crisis and act ac
cordingly. Our sacrifices and acts of
helpfulness so far were trivial com-
pared to what might 'be reqiiired of
us and the sooner we faced the sit
uation with clear vision the better.
Miss Fitzgerald spoke mainly of Can
ada's war activities and particularly
of the important part her women had
borne in the work. There was excel
lent singing of patriotic airs to piano
accompaniment by Mrs. Florence
Grause. Another well attended war
rally was held last evening in George
town with Judge Candee of Norwalk
and Miss Olive Reamy of New Canaan
as the speakers.
A recent shipment by tie Redding
auxiliary of the Fairfield chapter of
the Red Cross consisted of 6.2S4 pieces
classified as follows: Garments, 136:
surgical dressings, s,o; knit gar
ments, 126. This represents work done
by the Center, West Redding and
Long Ridge branches. The Redding
Riidse branch reports an additional
outfit of 54S pieces consisting of sur
gical dreslngs, garments, etc., and 51
knitted articles sweaters, socks, hel
mets and wristlets. In both instances
these contribubtions represent two
months' work and are supplementary
of a lot nearly as large which was
forwarded to headquarters at Fair
field early in the winter..
Ernest Ostling. Jr., with his family
has moved from New York to his fa
ther's place here. He has been a
chauffeur and contemplates starting
a garage in Redding.
The town hall is again janitorless as
Archer lies, who recently took the
Job. has given it up to become deliv
ery clerk for Merchant Muennich. In
kthe latter position he succeeds Mile
ALLIED FIGHTERS
NOW HAVE LUXURY
IN REST BILLETS
Hardship Such As Endured
In First Yoars of War
Unheard of.
French Front, Feb. 28 (Corres
pondence of the Associated Press)
The veteran of 1914 who has passed
four winters at the battlefront is apt
to make irqnic remarks about "feath
ered soldiers" when he hears newly-
joined comrades speak of the discom
forts of cold-weather cantonments. At
the beginning of the war the fighting
men were more than pleased to dis
cover a comparatively dry spot under
the trees of a forest or In a drafty
stable or barn in which to pass their
very rare and short periods of repose.
Now all has been changed and ev
erything possible is done to provide
some sort of comfort and distraction
for the men when they come down
from the front-line trenches. It must
not be supposed that all the modern
aids to human comfort are furnished
to the soldier but his lot is luxurious
compared with that during the early
months of the war.
In every village in the immediate
rear of the fighting line out of range
of the German guns a town major has
been appointed, who makes it his busi
ness to know of every nook and corner
where men and horses can be housed.
When a battalion or a regiment
marches in, everything is iif readiness
for its reception. Regimental work
shops and offices, stables and kitchens
already are arranged, and billeting ac
commodations for officers and men
listed in such a way that the soldiers
have only to go in and occupy their
quarters. Sometimes they are lodged
in the cottages, but in general it Jias
been found more convenient to place
them in farm-houses and barns, as
the hygienic facilities in the country
houses are far from modern.
Every available grange and barn
has been thoroughly gone over and
made watertight by having its roof
covered with tarred paper and its
walls made draft-proof by thick
crenelated cardboard. Electric light
has been installed, every building pro
lded with a stove and washstands.
Partitioned off is a compartment
where the men may take hot and cold
shower baths. In the near-by kitchens
every requisite is handy for cooking.
As to the men's personal comfort
each of them is given a trestle bed,
with straw mattress, known generally
as "six-foot feathers," bolsters, sleep
ing sack and blankets.
In the vicinity, of the villages sports
grounds have been enclosed and
marked for football games, while
numerous plots of land are set apart
for truck gardening and generally
cultivated by old reservists who do
not go into the firing line. The pro
duce is much appreciated by the
troops, who, when at the front, have
to content themselves with canned
vegetables.
In each cantonment a large hut has
been erected to serve as a recreation
and reading and writing room. It is
provided with a fairly extensive li
brary and all kinds of indoor games.
Every week or so a moving picture
performance is given by the Army
theatre, which also arranges dra
matic shows.
Besides these official arrangements
for the troops other efforts are made
by private bodies to cheer the men
oetween their arduous and perilous
periods of trench work. In almost
every cantonment a canteen has been
established under the auspices of
French, American or British women,
who serve the men with hot coffee,
tea and bouillon and little food deli
cacies. During the chilly months from Sep
tember to May each soldier is given
extra supplies of warm clothing com
prising three cotton shirts, two pairs
of flannellette undergarments, two or
three pairs of woolen socks three
blankets, one sweater, one scarf and
a pair of woolen gloves, and in the
Vosges mountains and other sectors
where the cold is most severe still
more warmer clothing is placed at the
disposal of the troops in case of need.
HALIFAX OWNERS
MUST PAY TAXES
ON BURNED HOMES
Halifax, N. S., Feb. 28 Owners ot
property destroyed by fire which
swept over an area of 2 1-2 square
miles after the explosion on a moni
tion ship in the harbor here on Dec.
6, must pay taxes on homes that no
longer exist, under a ruling by the
court of tax appeals.
In dismissing petitions for remission
of taxes the court held that as the as
sessments had been levied before the
fire, there was no legal way by which
property owners could be relieved ot
liability. It was pointed out that the
magnitude of the disaster did not
make the case any different from one
that might arise from the destruction
of a single building, and that the city
was in no position to assume an atti
tude of mercy.
The taxes were levied for the year
beginning May 1 next, and the appeals
were based on the ground that each
property would not be in extstenci
during that period.
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DES, KILLS
1, INJURES 2
Honolulu, Feb. 2S. Corporal Jofcn
Simmons, Piedmont, S. C, was in
stantly killed, Capt. Peter Sorenson
and Lieut. W. Hanne were injured! se
riously, and three other o.ficers re
ceived slight injuries from the explo
sion of a grenade at the school of Ore,
Schofield barracks, today. The explo
sion was said to be due to the pres
ence of a live bamta in a box supposed,
to contain dummies. ,
RAIDER'S CREW LANDS.
Copenhagen, Feb. 28 The German
crew and a Spanish officer have been
landed from the German converted
raider Igotz Mendi, which sought
refuge in Danish waters. The Spanish
flag now is floating from the vessel. A
detachment of Danish souldiers es
corted the Germans to Skagen, where
they have been interned.
N. Y. Wholesale Prices
DENY HEARST IS
IN GOOD GRACES
Toronto, Ont., Feb. 28. (By Cana
dian Press.) "Therre is no truth in
the report that the ban has been lifted
on the Hearst publications or the In
ternational News Service," said Col.
Chambers, chief press censor for Can
ada, in reply to a question on this
point. "I am aware of the fact that
a report of this kind has been circu
lated, but there is not a word of truth
in it. The regulations still are being
rigidly enforced both in Great Britain
and in Canada."
The International News Service on
Feb. 15 sent out the following dis
patch: "Washington, Feb. 15. The Interna
tional News Service today was offi
cially restored to the mails and cable
privileges on all lines controlled by
Great Britain, its colonies and its allies."
About 250 teamsters who have on
strike since last Monday in Brook
lyn coal yards will go back to work.
A letter in German sent to the of
fice of El Universal, a newspaper in
Mexico, threatened the life of Felix
Palavioni for writing pro-ally articles.
Butter: Creamery, higher than ex
tras, per lb., 5151&c; extras, 50
50 c; dairy tubs, finest, 4950c;
good to prime, 4749c.
Eggs Fresh gathered, extras, doz.
55c; extra firsts, 6354c.
Apples Bbl., Baldwin, $3.50 5.25;
Grening, $3.75 7; York Imperial,
$3.50?5.25; Albemarle Pippin, $4
6.50; Rome Beauty, $46; Stayman
Winesap. $55.50; Winesap $46;
Black Twig. $4 5.25; Twenty Ounce,
$45.35; King, J45.50; Northern
Spy, $46.50; Ben Davis, ?3.25
$4.25.
Hay and Straw Large baled, timo
thy, No. 1, ton, $3040; No. 3 to No.
2 $3239; shipping, $2834; fancy
light clover mixed, $3437; No. 1
clover mixed, $33 6 35; clover mixed,
lower grades, $2833; No. 1 clover,
$3435. Straw, rye, No. 1, $24. Small
bales about even with large.
Hothouse Products Cucumbers,
doz., $1$1.75. Mint doz., bunches,
5060c. Mushrooms," white, lb.,
45(f50c; cream, lb., 35fS)45c; brown,
lb., 3035c; buttons, lb., 20 30c.
Radishes, 100 bchs., $ 4. Rhubarb,
bundle, 60 90c. Tomatoes, No. 1,
ib., 3035c.
Potatoes Bermuda, bbl., $5
8.50; Florida, late crop, bbl., $5&7;
Maine, 100 lbs, $1.802.22; Long Is
land, 100 lbs., $2. 08 2.42-
Poultry, Dressed Turkeys, yqung
hens and toms, mixed, fancy, 38c;
fair to good, 3336c. Chickens,
heavy weights, staggy, 28 31c; 43-47
lbs. to dozen, 30c; 4S-55 lbs., 31S2c;
fancy broilers, 3-4 lbs. to pair, 45
50c; fancy roasts, 35 36c; squab
broilers, 22 ibs. to pair, 75c$l.
Squabs, prime, white, 6-10 lbs. and
over to dozen, doz. $2.257.75; dark,
doz., $1.502; culls, doz., 75$1.
Poultry, Live Fowls, '36c; young
roosters, S035c; stags, 2527c
Chickens, 30c; young roosters, 28
30c; stags, 25c; old roosters, 22c
Turkeys, 25 33c. Ducks, 35c.
Geese, 35c. Guineas, pair, 70c. Pig
eons, pair, 40c.
Rabbits, cottontails, prime, sound,
pair, 35c; poor to fair, pair, 2530c;
drawn, pair 25a
Vegetables Cabbages, old, white,
ton, $6070; bbl., $2.504; red, ton,
$8(59. Celery, standard ca3e, 75 $2.
Onions, white,' 100 lb. bag," $1.50
2.50; yellow, $12; red, $12. Tur
nips, rutabaga, bbl., $2 2.50; white,
washed, bbl., $4 5; unwashed, bbl.,
$2.504.50.
N. Y. Live Stock Market
Osborn who wished! to give his entire
time to his farm.
H. Sanford Osborn and H. S. Barnes
have formed a partnership to under
take road contracts and like work
and taken an office in Danbury as a
matter of convenience. They were
partners in the building of the State
road on the Ridge several years ago.
Having improved somewhat during
her stav in a BridseDort' hjosnital.
TClara Burr was brought back to the
home of her parents last Sunday. She
Is now able to sit up.
The work of surv"-'-- '--"'hp trunk
highway from T " 'nnort,
which progresrx - - as
the Ridge ear!; is
been resumed.
Miss Rider, principal, of the Oentar
school, and Mrs. Morris wife of the
school supervisor, made a trip to Bos
ton last week and on their, return
A paid a -visit to Camp rtevens.
Beeves Steers, $12.50) 13.25 100
lbs.; bulls, $612.10; cows, $59.50.
Dressed beef 1516c for native
sides.
Calves Veals, $15.50 19, 100 lbs.;
culls, $13 15 yearlings, $6.50. City
dressed, 2428c; country dressed,
20 25c.
Sheep and Lamb Common sheep,
$S9, 100 lbs.; common to good
lambs, $15 17; few clipped, $14.
Dressed mutton, 1519c; dressed
lambs, 20 24c; hog dressed, 25c
country dressed hothouse lambs( $6
12.50 per carcass.
Hogs Light to heavy, $17.5018,
100 lbs.; roughs, $16.50. Country
dressed hogs, 19 23c lb.
DIED.
O'BRIEN In this city, Feb. Z,'
1918. Timothy O'Brien.
LYMAN At the Bridgeport hospital
on Friday, Feb. 22, 1918, Henry A.
Lyman, aged1 65 years, 11 months,
12 days.
BAILEY In this city, Feb. 23 ,1918.
Delia, wife of Roger Bailey, aged 35
years.
HAVILAND At his home, 36 Brook
lawn Ave., Bridgeport .Conn., Feb.
23rd, 191S, of pneumonia, William
T. Haviland, beloved husband of!
Pauline Swords Haviland.
VINCENT In this city, Saturday..
Feb. 23, 1918, Lucy Garrett, wife-of)
Josenh J. Vincent.
CAREY In Philadelphia, Feb. 15,,
191S; Peter Carey, aged 32 years.
MULUNS In Fairfield, Feb. IS,
1918, John A., son of the late Pat
rick and Bridget Mullins, aged 41 1
, years.
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