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THE FARMER: MARCH 22, 1918
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Lieut. Green and Sergeants Norton and Walsh Are Rec
ommendedAil Have Been Recipients of French
War Cross for Their Heroism Under Fire Walsh is
Orderly to Baker Now Touring Front.
TVffth the American Army In France,
Tuesday, March 19. (By The Associ
ated Press.) General Pershing, the
American commander in chief, has
approved the awarding of the first
new American military crosses for
extraordinary heroism. The recipients
are Lieut. John O. Green, Sergeant
William Norton and Sergeant Patrick
Walsh.
Lieut Green an)d Sergeants Norton
and Walsh all have received the
French war cross, Norton and Walsh
being decorated personally by Premier
Clemenceau on March 3.
Lieut Green, an artillery officer,
was wounded toy shell fire early in
March. Sergeant Norton, a veteran
In service, formerly resided in Arkan
sas . He was decorated 'by Premier
Clemenceau for his act in killing a
German lieutenant and two German
soldiers. He was challenged by the
lieutenant to leave his augout and
led out his men fighting.
Sergeant Walsh, formerly of Chi
cago, also is a regular army veteran.
His French decoration was received
for heroism on the Toul secaor. He
took command of a detachment in
front of the American wire entangle
ments when his captain was killed,
and continued the flght. Sergeant
Walsh was selected toy Gen. Pershing
to act as orderly to Secretary of War
Baker during his present visit to the
American army in France.
The crosses were awarded for "ex
traordinary heroism in connection
with military operations against an
armed enemy."
Lieut. Green probably will stand on
the records as the first to receive the
FARMERS MUST
USE SUBSTITUTES
FOR WHEAT FLOUR
' Bice will probably be materially re
duced in price April 1, according to
information received from Washing
ton by the Federal Food Administra
tion for Connecticut The slight ad
vance which rice has shown the last
few months is dne to the fact that the
mills have been running to their ut
most capacity to 'fill orders for rice to
be shipped to our own soldiers and to
their comrades in arms. This un
precedented demand has been met
and on Feb. 1 there was a surplus of
1,500,000 bags or 150,000,000 pounds
of rice.
As a result of the editorial discus
sion in several papers of the Food Ad
ministration's regulations concerning
purchases of wheat flour by farmers,
a fresh element of uncertainty has
been introduced and the office of the
Federal Food Administration for Con
necticut has been forced to issue an
other supplementary explanation of
the conditions under which farmers
may purchase wheat flour.
After the recent newspaper publicity
on the "discovery" that farmers who
raised their own wheat substitutes
were really on the parity of conditions
with housewives and city household
ers who had no substitutes, it develop
ed that farmers were importuning re
tail merchants and practically de
manding purchases of straight wheat
flour without substitutes. .
The Food Administration to-day
made it clear that in all these cases
the burden of proof is on the farmer
and it is his privilege rather than his
right to secure the precious wheat
flour without substitutes if he can
convince the retailer that he has the
substitutes and will use them in ba
king victory bread or in other ways
that the city housewife is now using
the substitutes.
No retail merchant has to sell
straight wheat flour to a farmer un
less i he is conscientiously convinced
that the farmer has raised the requis
ite amount of substitutes and is actual
ly using them. Farmers and city
folks alike, are now limited to sales
of 24 1-2 pounds (1-8 barrel sack)
and unless the retail merchant is pos
itive that the farmer purchaser has on
hand and will use an equivalent
amount of substitutes, he is forbidden
t(y sell to any farmer, the wheat flour
so urgently needed in Europe to keep
the Western Front from breaking.
AUSTRALIA FREES
SHIPS FOR ALLIES
London, March 18. The Australian
povernment, says a dispatch So the
Times from Sydney, has completed a
scheme which frees all large ocean
gong trtiipa for the use of the Allies.
A pool, which will control 120 ships
engaged in coastal trade, will be
formed.
GERMANS CLAIM
22 AEROPLANES
Berlin, March 18 (Via London
Twenty-two Entente aeroplanes were
brought down by the Germans yes
terday on the Franco-Belgian front,
army headquarters announced today.
400 JOIN WITH REBELS.
Mexico City, March 19 Roused by
the arrest of their commander. Gen.
Silrestra G. Marlscal, governor of
Guerrero, who was placed in prison
Jan. 25 on a charge of disobeying or
ders of the War Department, 400 of
fell men who we're in the capital left
the city unobstdusively and are said
to have joined the rebel bands in the
state of Vero Cruz.
ADMINISTRATION BILL
PASSED BY THE nOUSE
Washington. March 21 The ad
ministration bill to establish a war
finance corporation was passed by the
House today. S69 to 2.
honor, for his name is first on the
list of three approved by the com-,
mander-in -chief. The exploits of
thPe men are aescribed by the g?.n
tral commanding, their divisions fol
lows: "I recommend that the distinguish
ed service cross be awarded to the of
ficer and men named hereafter, who
distinguished themselves by acts of
extraordinary heroism.
"Lieut. Green, while in a dugout,
having been wounded by an enemy
hand grenade, was summoned to sur
render. He refused to do so Re
turning the fire of the enemy, he
wounded one and pursued the hostile
party.
"Sergeant Norton, finding himself
in a dugout surrounded by the enemy,
into which a grenade had just been
thrown, refused to surrender and
made a bold dash outside, killing one
of his assailants. By so doing he
saved the company's log, book.
"Sergeant Walsh followed his com
pany commander to the first lines in
spite of a severe barrage. The cap
tain being killed, he assumed com
mand of the group and attacked a su
perior force of the enemy, inflicting
severe loss on them. Though of ad
vanced age, he refused to leave the
front." -
To these recommendations Gen.
Pershing appended the following:
"The commander in chief approves
the recommendation for awards of
distinguished service crosses. They
are not on hand at present, but will
be forwarded when received and will
be presented by you in the name of
the commander in chief, with suitable
ceremony."
GOAL DEALERS OF
NEW ENGLAND IN
ANNUAL SESSION
Springfield, Mass., March 21
Nearly 600 fuel men were in attend
ance at today's session of the annual
convention of the New England Coal
Dealers' association here. This is
said to be the largest convention in
point of attendance in years. Offi
cers were elected this morning as
follows:
President, W. A. Clark, Northamp
ton; vice presidents, Lyman K. Lee,
Foxcroft, Me.; H. A. Osgood, Nashua,
N. H., N. E. Pierce, Burlington, Vt.;
E. A. Wilson, Lowell; George E. Shaw,
Pawtucket, R. I.; J. P. McCusker,
New Haven; secretary; C. R. Elder,
Amherst, Mass.; treasurer, George A.
Sheldon, Greenfield; executive secre
tary, C. J. Hart, Boston. 1 .
James J. Storrow of Boston, New
England fuel administrator, addressed
the convention this afternoon on
Our Problems."
PAPER PICTURES
LONDON Am RAID
London, March 19 The Manches
ter Guardian prints the following de-T
scription of the recent air-raid over
London as seen from a height, by a
correspondent:
''It was some time after the burst
ing of the maroons that the first
sound of the attack was heard. It
cr.me from the northeast, a series of
quiet, separate noises plop plop
plop plop, like porridge boiling. The
firing died down and started agaiu
from the north in the same gentle
way. Then it became quicker,- and
then died away in soft, flannelly
r.oises.
"Suddenly the firing burst again. to
the northwest and also to the south,
and some nearer guns began to lay.
Then there was activity in the west,
ond we heard four or five harsh
noises that we took to be bombs ac
companied by faster firing. The last
ir ovement was to the south andsouth
cast, and ihe noise of the guns was
near and loud, till the whole earth
seemed full of barking and the skies
of explosions.
"At the same time the unseen ene
my, that had been buzzing around our
defenses like mosquitoes round a net,
tr:ed again on the north. It was the
list wrestle, and could not continue
long. The enemy fell back, and the
firing died down until only a few dis
tant guns were firing softly," plop-plop-
plop, like a sigh of relief. The
rr.id was over."
HARTFORD MAN
DIES IN SOUTH
Hartford, March 19. The death of
Austin C. Dunham of this citiy in St.
Petersburg, Fla.. last night, was an
nounced in a telegram received by rel
atives yesterday. He was in his 85th
year, a native of Coventry and a res
ident of Hartford since babyhood. He
was a student at Yale, class of 1854
and in his later years became prom
inently identified with the business
life of Hartford. He was for 30 years
up to 1912, president of the Hartford
Electric Light Co.
Mr. Dunham had spent his winters
in the south and in Cuba, where -he
owned a plantation, for several years.
Several days ago he was taken sick
with stomach trouble. His daughter
Mrs. D. Newton Barney of Farming
ton, started for St. Petersburg, Frr
day. I
TEUTON FORCES TAKE
KHERZON, IS REPORT
Berlin, March 71, via London
Kherzon, in the Ukraine (92 miles
northeast of Odessa, near the mouth
of the Dnieper) has been captured by
the Teutonic forces, today's army
headquarters report, announces.
ALL BUSINESS
RECORDS BROKEN
IN PHILIPPINES
Manila, March 21. (Correspondence
of The Associated' Press.) The Phil
ippine Islands have enjoyed during
the past 12 months the greatest pros
perity in thela. history. War condi
tions, prioes and demands ,are di
rectly resiponsible. In the past two
years, the balance of trade in favor
of the islands has been $50,000,900, 65
per cent, of which is to be accounted
for in the unprecedented prosperity of
1917.
Internal traJde has, leaped to un
heard of proportions. There is more
money in every part of the Philip
pines today than ever before. More
business is being done and the cur
rency reflects this condition. Despite
constant accretions to the currency,
through importations from United
States mints, the Philippine Bank, the
government financial institution, has
had to issue paper ten, twenty and
fifty centavo bills, and one peso notes.
Internal revenue taxes, collected on
the same basis in 1917 as in 1916, went
up nearly 33 1-3 per cent., reaching
the highest figure in history. .
With the exception of sugar, all de
partments of insular trade profited by
the prosperity of the country. Freight
rates quintupled and sextupled, for
sugar, and the Philippine producers
often faced a Ipss on their sales in the
United States.
When the price of sugar in the
United States was fixed by the food
control board, it was so regulated that
under existing trans-Pacific rates
profitable transaction in Philippine
sugar were no longer possible. Samuel
Ferguson, president of the govern
ment bank made a special trip to
Washington in ' th Interests o the
sugar men and got a pledge of addi
tional ships for the Philippines.
Whether this pledge included provi
sion for lower freight rates is not
known here. Unless the new ships
bring a substantial reduction in exist
ing freight rates, it is believed they
will not help out the sugar industry.
Hemp, with all the world demand
ing it for ships and war vessels, play
ed big role in the prosperity of the
islands. During 1917 it reached rec
ord prices and paid its producers
handsomely. Hundreds of owners
plantations have become rich in the
past two years. Scores of Americans
who year sago picked out Mindanao,
the . land of the untamed Moro, as
ideally suited to hemp, and then strug
gled along for years on the verge Of
bankruptcy, suddenly found their op
timism justified and their years of
toil and hardship repaid by two years
of undreamed of prosperity.
Likewise the cocoanut planters have
been carried along on the crest of the
wave of success. During the early
part of the year, prices rose steadily
as American manufacturers demand
ed the product at any cost. But
freights also' rose. This led many bus
iness men to figure that if it were
possible to sell the raw copra the
dried meat of the coocoanut at a
profit, it would be much more profit
able to extract the oil locally, save a
large part of the freight costs and
count that saving as profit. During
the year, fully twenty cocoanut oil
mills all of small capacity were start
ed in Manila alone and in the prov
inces as many more were inaugurated.
The tobacco planters, manufactur
ers and dealers have also had a year
of unparalelled business success. The
demand for Philippine tobacco and ci
gars from the United States has been
such that Philippine growers and
planters have been unable to meet it.
The year saw the cigar production of
the islands very largely increased
while the acreage planted to tobacco
was also largely increased. But there
are no signs of abatement of the de
mand.
A similar story can be told in every
line of Philippine business. The coun
try is literally rolling in money.
ACCEPT FOUR FOR
MARINE SERVICE
Four men were accepted yesterday
for service in the Merchant Marine
service and will leave this city short
ly for training. Special Agent Hin
die continues to receive . many in
quiries from young men who wish to
join the service and as fast as they
sign up they will be examined by Dr.
Flvnn. Every man that wishes to
leave immediately to commence train
ing can be accommodated. Those
who enrolled yesterday were: Phillip
John Vronin, 56 Capital avenue;
Francis Joseph Spaine, 141 Carroll
avenue; Lewis Henry Aiken, 1002
Stratford avenue and Thomas M. An
derson, Jr., 449 East avenue.
HISTORIC ROAD
FREE FROM TOLL
Philadelphia, March 21, An inter
esting piece of news for the motorists
of the-country is the announcement by
the Highway Department of Pennsyl
vania is- that the historic Old York
Road, from Philadelphia to New Hope
has been freed of toll gates. The high
way was a favorite stage route to New
York before Wie era of railroads.
hence it's name. General Washing
ton's Continetal army marched it's
length many times and severe battles
with the British ton were fought in
it's Vicinity.
It was dotted with numerous toll
gates which in recent years had be
come a source of vexation and delay
to motorists desirous of making the
journey to and from New York quick
ly.
VERTICLE BANK
KILLED AVIATOR
Fort Worth, Tex., March 20 A
"verticle" bank that was too "steep1
is described by eye witnesses as the
cause of the . fall yesterday of an
aeroplane piloted by Lieut. R. J. Bui-
ley, R. F. C of Toronto. Burley
and W. Miles, mechanic, of London,
were killed in a 300 foot spinning nose
dive.
COTTON PRODUCTION.
Washington, March 20 Cotton pro
duction from last season's crop was
11;285,999, equivalent to' 500 pound
bales, exclusive of linters, the census
bureau announced today in its final
report of the season's ginning. Linter.
produced to March 1 amounted tu
S29.019. equivalent to 500 pound
bales.
ANTI-AIRCRAFT
BATTERIES FOR
USE iN TRAINING
Great Lakes, 111., March 21, To
give the men at the Naval Training
Station here practical instruction in
the manipulation of anti-aircraft guns
the Navy Department has authorized
the installation of a three-inch, fifty
calibre, anti-aircraft battery. This
announcement is made in the Great
Lakes Bulletin, the new daily paper
edited and printed by the sailors. ,
Present intentions are to mount the
guns on the lake front so that men can
be trained by target practice at cap
tive ballons and box kites. For drill
purposes, in connection with aviators
at the station, it is planned to have
airplanes make day and night "at
tacks.". All guns will be fully manned
ready for instant action when an air
plane puts in appearance. The crew
of the searchlight station will be con
stantly in readiness to pick up air
planes making a "night invasion."
Airplane detectors,, similar to those
used at the European battlefronts, are
being installed, and experiments with
types of projectiles for attacking air
planes will be caried on.
Another innovation about to be adopt
ed is a "land battleship," equipped
with modern applances for the de
struction of submarines. The ship
has been built upon the lake front
and will be equipped with the fire
control and searchlight installations
in use on the latest type American
battleships. A cage mast and a bat
tery of three-inch, fifty calibre guns
will be mounted for use in target
practice. As a result of the "landship"
training, men will be qualified for gun
positions when they leave the station.
The ship was planned by Captain W.
A. Moffett, station commander, and
Lieuenant -Commander Chester S. Rob
erts, executive officer.
REVIVE MICHIGAN
SHEEP INDUSTRY
Detroit, Michigan, Mrch 21 Steps
to re-establish the sheep raising bus
iness in Michigan are beginning to
take shape. Already it is announced
from Iron Mountain in the "upper
peninsula" tht a sheep ranch of 10,
000 acres in Dickinson county, Mich
igan, and Florence county, Wisconsin,
will be established south of there by
spring. As a beginning the ranch
will be stocked with 5,000 sheep with
40,000 as the maximum as the estab
lishment is built up. The ranch, it
is said, will represent an investment
of approximately $250,000.
More are in prospect, however as
an active organization has been form
ed to import sheep from western
states and educate the northern far
mers as to the industry. Michigan at
one time stood near the top of the list
of sheep raising states but in recent
years the industry has declined so
that the state now plays only a small
part in the country's wool production
INTERNATIONAL
EGG CONTEST
The egg yield in the 19th week of
the laying competition is considered
entirely satisfactory since the hens al
most exactly equaled last year's per
formance for the corresponding per
iod and exceeded the five-year aver
age for the 19th week by nearly 100
eggs. The total for all pens amount
ed to 3,930 or a yield of a little over
56 per cent. The management of the
contest has lately received a number
of inquiries asking how the egg yield
is put cm a percentage basis. Poul-
trymen usually do this by dividing the
maximum into the number actually
laid laid and get as their result the
desired percentage. Since there are
1,000 hens in the contest, it is theo
retically possible for them to lay
7,000 eggs in a week; and by dividing
this number into the week's actual
yield of 3,930, it is found that these
birds laid at a rate of 5 6.1 per cent.
Of all the hens in the competition
there were only four, namely, one
Barred Rock, one White Wyandotte
and two Rhode Island Reds, that did
as a matter of fact lay at the rate of
100 per cent, which means of course
that these four hens ' made perfect
scores by laying seven eggs each.
Two pens of Barred Rocks entered
by Richard Allen of Pittsfield, Mass.,
and Jules F. Francais of West Hamp
ton Beach, L. I., tied for first place
with a yield of 52 eggs each. Pequot
Poultry Farm's Rhode Island Tteds
from Southport, was the second best
pen for the week wiUi a production of
51 eggs. E. D. Bird's Blue Andalu
sians from Greenwich, and George
Phillips' Wiite Leghorns from Sey
mour, tied for third place with 50
eggs each. Usually one is not war
ranted in counting eggs before they
are laid, and yet it seems to be a per
fectly safe bet that next week the
hens in the contest will lay more than
4,000 eggs. At any rate, during the
past five years they have with one ex
ception reached the 4,000 egg mark in
the 20th week, all ofw hich goes to
show that at this season egg produc
tion increases with almost clocklike
regularity.
The three best pens in each of the
principal varieties are as follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Jules F. Francais, West Hampton
Beach, L. I
Rock Rose Farm, Katonah, N. Y.
Tom J. Adamson, Laurel P. O.
Quebec Can
619
564
562
White Wyandottes.
Obed ti. Knight, Bridgeton, R. I. 693
J.Frank Dubois, East Lynn, Mass. 570
Brayman Farm, Westville, N. H. 568
Rhode Island Reds.
Richard Allen, Pittsfield, Mass. 626
Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass. 557
Chas. H. Lane, Southobro, Mass. 503
White Leghorns.
J. O. LeFevre, New Paltz, N. Y. 598
Braeside Poultry Farm, Strouds-
burg, Pa. 571
A. P. Robinson, Calverton, N. Y. 552
Miscellaneous.
Ore. Agricultural College (Ore-
gons), Corvallis, Ore. 627
Cook & Porter, (Buff Wyandottes)
Easthampton, Mass. 608
H. P. Cloyes, (Buff Wyandottes)
East Hartford 628
R, B. BILL SIGNED
Washington, March 21. President
Wilson today signed the bill bringing
railroads under government operation
and control until 21 months after the
'end of the war.
REDDING
(Special to The Times.)
Redding, March 21. At the instance
of the State Council of Defense, W.
C. Stuifortk chairman, of the local War
Bureau, has appointed a committee of
ten to make the agricultural survey
of this town, a work which the coun
cil has planned to cover the entire
State. When completed it will show
Connecticut's agricultural resources as
the census taken, last spring showed
its resources in man power. The sur
vey was. started in Litchfield county
in February as an experiment and
gave such satisfactory results that its
state-Jwide extension was decided
upon. The local committee named by
Mt. Sanford is composed of Dr. W. C.
Deming, A. G. Barnett, H. A. Louns
bury, W. E. Hazen, George S. Banks,
Marcus H. Burr, M. Joseph Sullivan,
L. W. Warner, J. L. Blackman and
Joel G. Hawley. The work is to be
done between March 25 and April 1.
The only other survey of the kinS in
Connecticut was made in 1845.
Mrs. Florence Simpson, who occu
pies the Aaron Read house in Lone
town, will make her fourth trip to
Danbury . on Friday to undergo trial
on a charge of non-compliance with
the statute requiring parents to send
their children to school. The case
has been prolonged through success
ive adjournments, the last having
been made at the suggfestion of Sec
retary Hine of the State Board of
Education. . Mrs. Simpson went to
Danbury to live, early in February
and was about moving back to Red
ding when she was arrested, y She
is convinced that her prosecution is
indirectly the outcome of a fistic en
counter between her ten year old son
and the fifteen year old son of Prin
cipal Hosterman of the Danbury High
school. It is understood that the
authorities are ready to drop the case
provided the defendant sends her two
boys to school, but this she declines
to do. She relies for acquittal on
the alternative clause in the statute
which reads r "Unless the parent of
person having control of such child
can show that the child is elsewhere
receiving regularly thorough instruc
tion during said hours and terms in
the studies taught in the public
schools." i
Mrs. Simpson asserts that she gives
her sons regular and careful instruc
tion at home and that such instruc
tion is under the supervisory direction
of the Calvert school of Baltimore, a
high class preparatory school." The
school selects the text books she uses
and its teachers review and mark her
boys' examination papers which she
regularly forwards. The older boy,
aged 10, is up to the schedule which
will qualify him for admission to the
school when he is 12, according to
her plan. Whether the court will
find these circumstances an adequate
defence remains to be seen. Mrs.
Simpson is a Southern lady of aristo
cratic family and says that education
mainly by home tuition has always
been the family's custom. Her fath
er was on the staff of General Lee,
commander of the forces of the Con
federacy. '
The Men's club and a considerable
gathering of other auditors heard at
the Sanford School last Saturday
from Frank Rollins, principal of the
Bushwick High school of Brooklyn,
the story of one successful experi
ment with boy labor in farming.
Thirty of the Bushwick pupils volun
teered last season for the work and
had their living quarters in a barn on
Long Island which the owner allow
ed them to occupy on condition that
he should have first call on their 'ser
vices. Although in general charge
of one of the school's teachers the
boys were mainly a self-governing
bodyl They did their own house
keeping and worked in the fields
nine hours daily at 25 cents an hour
for the most efficient and lesser rates
for the less efficient. The boys fixed
their efficiency grade and did it fairly.
Slackers on those who failed from any
cause to make good were sent home.
An average of 18 are steady employed.
The season was prolonged on account
of the demand for help to gather the
potato crop so that the Camp con
tinued several weeks after school re
opened, the memmbers keeping up
with their studies besides doing full
time in the fields. The adventure en-
ebled them to earn considerable mon
ey, bettered their physical condition
and also brought notable improve
ment in the qualities of self control
and self reliance. Mr Rollins thought
the camp he described an excellent
example to pattern after. Where
parties of boys were given the use of
land to cultivate, being managers as
well as workers and relying for com
pensation on the crops they might
raise the results were usually not sat
isfactory. The first anual meeting of the
Giaorg'etown 'Red Cross, which is affi
liated with the Danbury chapter was
held on Wednesday of last week at
the Methodist church. The members
elected Mrs. Catherine Miller, presi
dent, and in the order named the
following vice presidents; Mrs. Fred
Foster, Mrs. Andrew A. Nordund,
Mrs. iMichaol Perry and Mrs. C. A.
Anderson. Mrs. William H. Hunter
was chosen, secretary, ,Mrs. Rebecca
Miller treasurer, and (Mrs. Clarence
Olmstead chairman of the work com
mittee. The treasurer reported total
receipts for the year of $1,293.73 and a
balance in the treasury of $63.79. Dur
ing the year the organization has
made up the following lists of hospi
tal supplies: S94 T bandages; 636 ab
dominal bandages; 1,018 slings; 137
four tail bandages; 63 fracture pil
lows; 145 rolls; 416 sponges; 12 hot
water ibag covers; 73 pair socks; 37
face cloths; 14 helmets; 30 sweaters;
25 scarfs; 39 pairs wristlets. All the
materials used in making these arti
cles were provided by the local so
ciety. Their former comrades of the Home
Guar&s gave to Corporal J. B. San
ford and Private Jack O'Keefe, vol
unteers home from the Spartanburg
camp, a hearty greeting at the town
hall last Friday evening. The occa
sion was one of informal sociability
with a lunch, brief talks and story
telling as the main features. The
guests of honor described interest
ingly some of their training experi
ences. Private O'Keefe enlarging on
the art of hand grenade throwing in
which he' has achieved his -degree.
The grenades weight about 20 ounces
and the trick of properly putting them
over to the enemy's trench has to be
specialy learned as they must clear
barbed wire fences six feet high at
both the sending and delivery points,
the Histance ebtween which is 35
yards.; Not at all like a catcher shoot
ing a line throw to second base, ex
plained Private O'Keefe. Another
guest who said a few words was Cap
tain Good ale of Seattle, brother of
(Dora- Read Goodale.
The death of Miss Emily Hill, aged
about 80, occurred on Wednesday of
last week at the home of her brother,
Mrs. Eliza Osborn, in Derby. The
deceased had been in recent years oc
cupied her. residence in this town
only during the summer season. She
was a devout member of the Meth
odist church and for a long period
conducted weekly prayer meetings
either at the Ridge schoolhouse or at
houses in the neighborhood, supple
menting this work with olher mis
sionary labors in the way of individual
appeals., Her intense earnestness,
gentleness and patience in these ef
forts to direct thos; whom she deem
ed unregenerate into the straight and
narrow way imparted a touch of
saintliness to her personality and
banished the resentment which her
sometimes intrusiveness might other
wise have aroused. The only near
'relatives surviving her are the sister,
,Mrs. Osborn, a niece, Miss Mary Haw
ley, and a nephew, Joseph R. Hawley.
The Beardsley homestead property
in the Dodgingtown district of New
town, the last family owner of which
was the late Mrs. Elizabeth Dick, has
been ' purchased by John Visney,
whose place near the Easton line was
recently acquired by the water com
pany. The property comprises a fine,
large house, a large barn and a good
sized farm. The consideration was
$3,500.
All the pupils of the Sanford school
between the ages of 14 and 20 have
volunteered for service as farm help
ers during the coming summer. Some
of them- may 'remain in camp here
after the school term closes in June
and the help of these will be locally
available. The others will be ready
to serve near their homes. On ac
count of their labor enlistment the
school will have no baseball this year.
The 55th anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. San
ford Was informally observed at their
home at the Ridge on Tuesday after
noon. Many relatives and neighbor
hood friends called to express con
gratulations and good wishes. Re
freshments were served and social
converse, largely of a reminiscent na
ture made the time pass agreeably.
Angered at the hectering of some of
his fellow pupils of the Center school,
Louis Freeman, a colored boy, threw
a stone which struck Ruth Robinson,
another pupil, In the face A gash
was inflicted which Dr. Smith closed
with stitches.
Frost action has made the Putnam
Park road impassable near the lower
entrance to the park and it will prob
ably remain closed to travel for sev
eral days.
Floyd C. Jennings of the office force
of the Gilbert & Bennett Co., has in
vested in a six-cylinder Hudson. Al
bert Williams of Lonetown has pur
chased a one-ton truck.
Paul Soltis, who has worked John
C. Read's farm on shares during the
past year, will move to the Hanover
district in Newtown where he haa
rented a place.
John Fanereau is to remove to
Monroe to work for the water com
pany.
CANNONDALE
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Olmstead
were in town on Wednesday. Mrs.
Olmstead is spending the week with
Miss. Mary Olmstead at the home
stead. Mrs. Clifford Hanford spent Tues
day in South Norwalk at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hanford.
Rev. and Mrs. Henry E. Wing are
spending the month of March with
Mr. anaf'Mrs. Charles Butler of Elm
hurst, L. I.
Ensign William Gurry was a guest
of his cousin, Mrs. Charles Scofield,
on Sunday.
Miss Grace Scofield has returned
from a visit with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Chase of Weston.
The monthly (Missionary) meeting
of the Women's Foreign Missionary
society will b held at the parsonage
on Saturday afternoon, March 30.
Mrs. Percy Thompson has recover
ed from a serious attack of the grip
and is again able to be out of doors.
Miss Mary Olmstead has been vis
iting her sister, Mrs. Elmer Jackson
on Hurlbutt street.
There will be a union service at St.
Matthew's Episcopal church in Wilton
next Sunday evening. At the several
churches in town the pulpits will be
occupied in the morning by Yale stu
dents, who will present topic devoted
to the interests of the Y M. C. A.
On Saturday evening there will bo
a rally at the Congregational chapel
to which all of the boys and young
men of the town are invited. During
the afternoon they will take a "hike"
in company with the leaders from
Yale
Arthur Little has started a new
milk route in town. William B. Hurl
butt having discontinued his daily
rounds, owing to ill health, and the
scarcity of labor
Miss Mary Everett was an over
Sunday guest of her sister, Mrs.
Henry Monroe.
Mrs. Harry Miller entertained her
mother, Mrs. Raymond of Lewisboro,
on Monday.
Miss ,Jane Canfield of Georgetown
is stopping at the residence of. Mr.
and Mrs. S. J. Miller during their
absence in Camden, N. J. Mr. and
Mrs. Miller will return home about
April 13.
Mrs. Adella Sturges has been the
guest of Mrs. Joel Godfrey in George
town this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Richdale are
moving back to their home on Catalpa
Heights, having occupied the cottage
of Mrs. Eleanor Lindblom during the
cold weather.
N. Y. Wholesale Prices
Butter Creamery, higher than ex
tras, per lb., 44&44e; extras, 43
44c; dairy, tubs, finest, 43
43c;.good to prime, 4142.
Eggs Fresh gathered, extras, doz.,
43c; storage packed, firsts, 4242c;
hennery whites, fine to fancy, 47
48c; ordinary to prime, 46 47c;
gathered whites ordinary to fine, 45
47c;hennery browns, 43 44c;
gathered brown and mixed colors, 41
42c.
Apples Bbl., Baldwin, $3.505;
Greening, $3.5O6.50; York Imperial,
$3.504,50; Albemarle Pippin, $4;;
Stayman Winesap, $4 5.50; Wine
sap, $46; King, $46; Northern
Spy, $46.50; Ben Davis, $3.254.
Hay and Straw Large baled, timo
thy, No. 1, ton, $32 34; No. 3 to No.
2, $2631; shipping, $2325; no
grade hay, $20 22; fancy light clover
mixed, $28 30; No. 1 clover, mixed,
$27 28; clover mixed and lower
grades, $22 26; No. 1 clover, $30.
Straw rye, No. 1, $26 28. ' Small
bales about $1 ton less than large. .
HothoiiRA Products - Cucumbers.
dozen, $11.50. Mint, dozen punches
60 60c. Mushrooms, wliito. lb., it
55c; cream, lb., 40 45c;' brown,
lb., 85 40c; "buttons, lb., 2C30c;
flats and opens, lb., 15 20c. Rad
ishes, 100 bunches, $2 4. . RhubarbT
bundle, 35 75c. Tomatoes, No. 1,
lb., 30 35c. .
Potatoes Bermuda, bbl., $5 7.75;
Florida, late crop, bbl., $4 6.60; Vir
ginia, late crop, bbl. $1.50 3. Maine,
100 lbs., $1,80242;' Long Island, 100
lbs., $22.28j
Poultry, DressedTurkeys, young
toms and hens, average best, 35 36c;
old toms, 33 35c. Chickens heavy
weights, 28 31c; fancy broilers, 3-4
lbs. to pair, 45 50c; fancy roasts, 35
36c; squab, broilers, 2-2 lbs. to
pair, 75c $1. Capons, 8-9 lbs. 'each,
42c; 67 lbs., 3840c, Spring
Ducklings, lb. 40c. - Squabs, prime,
white, 6-10 lbs.' and over to dozen,
dozen $3.25 8.25; dark, dozen, $1.50
2; culls, dozen, 75c $1.
Poultry, Live WYoung roostera
35c; ducks, breeders, 35c; old roosters
27c; turkeys, 35c; ducks, 35c; geese,
35c; guineas, pair, 80c; live pigeons,
pair, 40c ' ' . .
Vegetables Cabbages void, white,
ton, $25040; bbl., $1.752.25; red,
bbl., $45. Horseradish, 100 lbs.,
$6507.50; Jersey, 100 lbs., $5.
Onions, state and white, 100 lb. bag,
75c$1.75; yellow, 50$1.75; red, BOo
$1.60. Turnips, rutabaga, bbl., 50c
$1.50.
N. Y. Live Stock Market
Beeves Steers, $10.25 15.80;
bulls, $7.5012; cows, $4.S09.50;
tops, $1010.25; heifers, $65010.
Calves Veals sold at $16 19 JO0
lbs.; calls, $12 15. City dressed
veals, 23 27c; country dressed 20
25c.
Sheep Fair to prime Iambs sold at
$18.5019.12 n00 lbs.; fall clipped
at $15.75. Dressed mutton 19 22c;
dressed lambs at 24 28c; country
dressed hothouse lambs, $1015 car-
Hogs Heavy and medium weights,
$18.75 18.90 100 lbs.; toughs, $17.50.
Country dressed .hogs, 19 25c lb.
MARRIED,
GOODSELL-B3NMAN In Brooklyn,
N. Y., March 12, Miss Laura May
Hinman, of Bethel, to Lewis E.
Goodsell.
PATTERSON-WOOD In Stamford,
March 14, Miss Ethel P. Wood,
to Edward H. Patterson of Bridge-'
port. -
COSTA-BRICE In Norwalk, March
' 14, Miss Jeanette Anderson Brice to
Dr. R. Beecher Costa, of Water
bury. ROBINS-COGSWELL In New York.
March 16, Miss Louisa Winslow
Cogswell and Ensign Thomas Rob
ins, Jr., U. S. N. of Stamford.
MED.
SMITH In East Norwalk, Men S,
Francis Smith, aged 81.
BEYER In this city, ' March 16th,
Edwin Beyer, beloved husband of
Mary Beyer, aged 25 jts., 10 mths.,
15 days.
DHJjON In this city, March 14,
1918, Rita V., daughter of George
and Agnes Dillon, aged 1 year, 7
months.
CAVANAUGH In this city, March
14, 1918, William Edward Cava
naugh, aged 32 years.
BULKLEY In this city, March IS,
1918, Harriet Bulkley," in her 75th,
year.
STEINMETZ In this city, March
13th, 1918, Frederick Stelnmezt,
Sr., aged 69 years, 8 months, 10
days.
TRUMBULL In West port, March 15,
1918, William H. TrumbulL aged
56 years.
ENGLISH In this city, March 15,
1918, John H., son of the late Pat
rick and Johannah English, aged
28 years.
BARTRAM In this city, Friday,
March 15th, U18, Edwin William
Bartram, aged 51 years.
BREWSTER In South Braintree,
Mass., March 17, 1918, Margaret
Levi, wife of John Brewster.
RISLEY In this city, March 16, 1918,
Henry L. Risley.
BLACKMAN in Newtown, March 17,
1918, Samuel Ambrose Blackman,
aged 67 years, 6 months.
CORCORAN In this city, Saturday,
March 16, 1918, Thomas Corcoran,
aged 58 years.
ORIORDAN In this city, March 17,
1918, Daniel O'Riordan, aged 3t
years.
COYNE In Stratford, Sunday, March
17, 1918, Margaret, widow of James
Coyne.
MCCARTHY In this city, Monday,
March 18, 1918, at her home, 76
Adams street, Mary McCarthy, aged
79 years.
GRUMMAN. In Norwalk, Ct., Marc
19, 1918, Phebe M,. daughter of th
late Mr. and Mrs. George Keeler ot
Ridgefleld, Ct., and widow of the
late Samuel Grumman of Bridge
port, Ct. '
BARRETT In this city, Monday,
March 18, 1918, Josephine A. Bar
rett, aged 25 years, 7 months.
SULLECK In Stamford, March 19,
Mary J., widow of Henry R. Selleck.
SAILES In Ridgefleld, March 14,
Limara, widow of Andrew J. Sailes,
aged 84.
WINTERS In Stamford, Ann, widow
of atrick Winters.
FANTON In Danbury,' March 13,
Laura Burr Scott, wife of John H.
Fanton.
MILLER In Danbury, March 14.
George J. B. Miller, 19 years of &e
r
KEANE In Danbury, March 1
Daniel Keane.
PORGES In Danbury, March 18,
Louis M. Porges, aged 75 years.
LOCKWOOD In Stamford, March
Charles G. Lockwood, aged 2 yrs.
GREGORY At New Canaan, ilarch
12, Andrew J. Gregory, aged li
years.
CARLSON At Stamford, Ellen Carl
son, wifeof John Carlson, March It,
HICKEY At Stamford, March 1M,
James A. Hiekey. . '
BALLQW In Stamford, Match 16,
Anna T-, wife of Henry C. Ballow,
in her 70th year.
GREER In Norwalk, March 13,
Erastus Greer, aged 89. -
BURNS In Norwalk, March 16, Miss
Anna M. Burns, aged 25.
PURDY In Danbury, March 18,
Henry Albert Purdy, aged 46 yrs.
KLEINERT In Stamford, March 19.
Mary Louise, widow of Charles W.
Kleinertl
SELLECK In Stamford, March 19,
Mary J., widow of Henry R. Sel-
LOCKWOOD In Norwalk, March
18, Sylvester B. Lockwood; aged
89.
GRUMMAN In Norwalk, March 19,
Phoebe M-, widow of Samuel 6rum
man of Bridgeport.
. . n. -u-Mlk It
- Charles Sherwood, aged 11