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THE FAEMEIl:' JUNE 29, 1917
T YOUR SERVSCE
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; and bacon produced at our .plants are
eligible to the Puritan label .
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They must be young,, smooth, white,
thin skins rfirm; finely grained, tender
meat, to , deserve the mark which
informs those who would discriminate,
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"The Taste Tefls"
THE, CUDAHY' PACKING COMPANY
"Government Inspection
ror Your rrotecuonj
If your dealer ;
doesn't handle s,
Puritan telephone
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C. N. SHDTB, Mr.&0S-510 Water Street,
: Bridgeport, Conn. , .
' Phone Bar. S423-5426-5427
Pur tan Ham and Baccn are smoked daily in our Bridgeport
Branch House, insuring fresh, -brightly emoked :; s ,. 't
. . . . . meats at all times . .
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SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN ARE
. ,. NEEDED FOR REGULAR ARMY
. President Wilson has designated June 3 to June 30 as,
National Recruiting Week. ', '
Seventy thousand men are needed to bring the Regular
Army up to its war strength of 300,000. 1 It is hoped that these
s men may all be procured before drafting begins for the
new army. , . . ' , . -;,
Connecticut must ;raise 1,000 volunteers to reach the
state's quota of 2,228.; Men between the ages of ' 18 and 40
years are wanted. , . ", ' :
, ' ; Recruiting stations in Bridgeport may be found at
the following places : " ,
ARMY. ' . ,
' t , 17 Fairfield Avenue. All branches of army service ex
; cept Marine. Also recruiting for the Canadian Expeditionary
forces, open to British subjects only.
; :;V"'V'; i navy. -
62 ' Cannon Street. Accepting mechanics, machinists'
mates, coppersmiths, shipfitters, apprentice seamen, men for
hospital corps and all mechanical branches of the regular
, navy. . . . . w- s--i:' f;'-.;;': ;; .;-.'-r..
U. S. NAVAL RESERVE FORCES.
; -, , Federal Building, Cannon and Broad Streets. Enrol
! ments taken -for various branches1 of the mosquito fleet.
,. ? NATIONAL GUARD. '
City Hall Park.. Accepting infantry recruits ' for the
Scond Regiment,' G. N. G. , v v
Armory. Coast Arillery. service. Sanitary detachment,
C A. C, and First Ambulance Company, G. N. G. .
'Remington Barracks; Boston Avenue. Recruiting for
Infantry1 Companies, C. N. G. ; '
aicini:ij county nuws.
Gm Bomb Fatal
MonScylfg with a gas bomb proved
fatal to a young fox which had been
on exhibition in a Torringrton shoot
ing gallery, when It broke away from
-its cage on Wednesday night and at
tempted to swallow a toy rubber bal
loon filled with gas. , The balloon
exploded and. the gas went down the
fox's throat, asphyxiating him almost
Instantly. ' -' . r
, CaBed to Xew Slilford.
'. Rer. James Faucon, curate ' of
the Church of the Holy Trinity, Mid
flletown, has accepted, the call to, the
rectorship of All Saints' Memorial'
church in New 'Milford.
' " ; DlTOrces Granted. ,
'' Mrs, Ada Brooks of New 'Milford
Iras on PYlday divorced from her hus
kand. Rev. Edgar Eugene Brooks, su-
Krintandent of charities at Honolulu,
ey were married Nov." 28, 1900,? in
r'MHdelphlar an separated in July,
1907. Mrs Brooks gets the custody
their daughter, Anna May, aged
J .Mr. Brooks was stated to be very
ccentrlo. Mrs. Brook said hef seem'
A diSBaUsfled with her and talked
about , leaving ; for some time, and
Anally one morning said he was going
to California, which he , did. Mr.
Brooks pays for; his daughter's edu
cation while Mrs.. Brooks pays for her
clothes. '(-'; . ; '
'- Mrs. Cora ' Patterson ; of Pleasant
Valley was divorced from George Pat
terson.': They were married at Bark
hamsted Oct 29,. 1907, ' '- :
. Burton J. Atorood Of WJnsted, was
divorced from Elizabeth. Atwood of
Oakville. They were, married April
z-, i8e, ana separated seven years.
ago. ,
K. Forest Bates of Bridgeport was
divorced from Frances Bates on the
ground of adultery. They were mar
ried March 10, 190.8.
Mrs. Harriet R. Hunt of Pine Meadow
was divorced from Arthur Hunt, who
Is & patient at the state hospital tot
the Insane at Middletown, having been
committed from New Hartford, Jan.
.8, 1918. They were married June 25,
1906, in Winsted. Henry S. Marsh, of
Colebrook was divorced from Dora E.
Marsh. ; They Were married pet. 20,
1885, 'and lived in Woodbury.
fijOwek and vegetable
. SEEDS ,
JOHN RECK A BOTH
Publicity Locates ,
Sister of Man Now
Stranded In Denmark
As a result of the. newspaper pub-1
licity given the'! plight of R, ,R.i
Scharff; who Is in Copenhagen, 'Den
mark,' unable to establish his Ameri
can, citizenship, Scharff's , sister has
been located in this city. She visited
Naturalization 'Clerk Flanagan yesterday-
and declared her., brother Was
born in St Paul, Minn.' He applied
for a passport In this city last May.
Scharff's sister will forward proof of
her brother's citizenship to Copen
hagen so he will be allowed to come
home. :
CONTORTIONIST FAKIR.
Paris, June 29 A contortionist out
of an engagement has lived for sev
eral' months by imposing upon charit
able people as a legless civilian, victim
of the German lnvasibn of Belgium.
r He pretended to b& a Belgian mili--
tary chaplain, captured by the Ger-
. mans at Liege and taken to Germany,
where he awoke one morning to 'find
that , both legs had been amputated
though he had not been wounded. He
lived on the sympathies that his story
inspired, until at Dijon recently it
was discovered that his tw6 legs were
intact. '
SWEDEN SEES PEACE
Stockholm, "Sweden, June 29. The.
customs authorities of Sweden al
ready are anticipating the coming of
peace. They have sent a circular or
der to all customs stations, pointing
out the probability that, with the end
of the war, freight traffic will in all
probability . assume -, overwhelming
proportions. , '
FAIRFIELD COUNTY "VEWS.
. Danbury Gives $39,131. ' -,
Thef Danlbury District's -Red Cross
fund, amounts td $39,131. The district's
apportionment was $25,000. , RMsefleld'a
contribution totals' over $18,000 arid
Georgetown's $1,000. '. "
V.,-. ' .' Premium of $25. ; , '
Bids for the issue of $T5,000 of school
'bonds, to provide the Unda for the
erection of Dariea' new school-housest
were opened Tuesday,: and the entire
Issue was allotted to Harris,; Forbes &
Co., New York bankers, who offered a
premium of $30 on the entire lot. -
. Town Canning Plant.
That Greenwich will have a munici
paJ cannery was announced Tuesday.
It Is expected that the work of estab
lishing the.&ant. In which vegetables
and' fruits will be raoked for use next
winter, will toe gotten under way very
eon.-'-It is expected that the ' factory
wtll be equipped, and. in bperatipn by
the middle of July. ' All ripe crops will
be canned and disposed of at cost. The
plant will be financed by donations
frm puiblic-eipdrited citizens who desk
to conserve the food supply 1 of GreenJ
wich.
liLMORE SENDS
OPEN LETTER TO
IRVING USHER
Tale Professor's Prohibi
tion Statements Question
ed by Liquor Asso. Head
The following open letter has been
3nt to Professor Irving Fislier of
ale University: , r
"J have been looking over the ut
srances attributed to you. by the press
nd I have wondered' at your state
nents, in view of the fact that you
old so high a position in one of our
reat .universities. ,. , ' :
"In any discussion you must speak
s an economfst, as a philosopher, as
: thinker. "Men of your profession
nust hew to the line, regardless of
yhere the chips' may fall. You must
lelve for -facts, and you must be sure
)f your statements, as inaccuracy of
tatement can have no proper, place
n' your contentions. . (
, "In your rejoinder to my recent re
ily to. your article, entitled "Prohibi
Aoii Must Come Unless .War Ends'
3oon," :you say:. "The opposition to
war-time, prohibition comes "almost
solely from those who are financially
interested in the liquor traffic." Then
you call attention to the fact that I
am the ' editor' of .a-' wine and spirit
paper. ' ': : y. , , .
"Isn't it perfectly natural that the
principal protest against wait-time pro
hibition should come from distillers
agd brewers, and isn't it reasonable
that I should pppose a measure, that
would destroy me financially? The
public will hardly take active interest
against prohibition until prohibition
Inaugurates . its inquisitorial methods
and begins to be felt by the individu
al, s -'.v.,-;' v: ,
I notice In your rejoinder that ydu
do' not undertake to defend your ori
ginal statement that Russia and Cana
da; have prohibited the manufacture
and ' sale- 'pf alcoholic beverages and
your : intimation that 'ho leaders in
any nation have yet contended that
the continued manufacture and use of
alcohol offer any net military advan
tage." '.'v ' -. ' ; ; -, ; '-". j ''
"J am, therefore, inclined to pur
sue this matter further, as you have
presumed to speak on this question as
a great authority and as president of
the committee on war prohibition who
have undertaken to advise the press,
the people and the law-makers of the
United Stages as to what has happen
ed in foreign- countries in connection
with the -liquor traffic.
"With' no desire to be offensive,' but
with a. disposition to defend the in
terests .with which ' I am connected
from unjust- and unfair attacks,. I
would ask you if you are prepared to
contend that Russia has adopted pro
hibition, or that Russia has put a stop
to. the manufacture and sale of Vod
ka or of cordials,', or of wines?. ".-,
; '.'If ' you-'. are not prepared to make
this statement, then why did you state
tn your original article that ''efficien
cy of Russian . labor has been greatly
increased since prohibition, and pre
sumably because of It?" : V -
"If you "believe that prohibition has
been adopted - In Russia, .then I am
prepared to send you a quotation from
a large house in Moscow on Vodkas,
bitter and sweet; on Kummel contain
ing 45 per cent, alcohol, and on vari
ous other .liquors, such as Russians
Use.",:.1 ; ; "--v. i :"-
"Are , you prepared to defend your
contention that in Canada 'prohibition
was- adopted before any , scarcity pf
grain had been .felt? . .
"If so, I am prepared to give you
quotations from distillers in Canada
on whiskies directfrom bonded ware
houses, deliverable at ' any point In
Canada, and to give you ,. satisfactory
evidence that - the distilleries and
breweries are., operating at the pres
ent time and are supplying their goods
to such Canadians as desire them..
"Are you disposed to defend your
contention that the leaders abroad see
no military advantage in the manufac
ture arid use of alcohol? ' ' . .," ' .
j "It so, I ca .offer; you satisfactory
evidence that wines,, beers, ales, rum,
etc., are being served to the men in
the trenches .by such nations as Eng
land, France, Germany and Italy, al
though I am not in a position to ad
vise in regard : to the Russian armies.
''Now, If there b no military ad
vantage in the use of alcohol, would
you explain why, in, your opinion Eng
land -should permit the manufacture
of. ten million barrels oif malted li
quors at a .time like this when food
products are so scarce? And, if there
be ho military advantage, in liquors,
why should' England serve rum to her
soldiers in the trenches, 'and; why
should France purchase for the use of
her soldiers hundreds of millions of
gallons of wine, and why should Gerr
many, . facing . actual starvation, pro
vide for the manufacture of beer from
her scanty stores of grain? . ; -
"Further, if there be no military ad
vantage in 'Jiquors, why is it that the
medical department of the army has
recently placed large orders for old
whisky in barrels and bottles, and pro
vided that at stations there shall be
kept certain stocks of Whiskies and at
each field hospital twelve bottles of
one quart each? '.- ''V.
"You say that. 'European experience
has convinced me, not .previously, a
prohibitionist, that prohibition is now
a . practicable measure,' ' and I ask if
you can afford as a political economist
to refer to a limitation in the manu
facture of beverages as being prohibi
tion any more than you would refer
t"o a limitation in the food supply, as
being prohibition, v , ; , ' ;
"Also may1 I ask if you are willing
that the impression should be created
that you have become a prohibitionist
.since the beginning of the war in, Eur
ope? Isn't it a fact that you were a
prohibitionist' for some time prior to
the present war ? ' . '
f . i'Tou say that the German Kaiser
personally disbelieves in alcohol even
in the form of beer, and that he has
tried for some years to' persuade his
countrymen . to give up the use of
beer, setting the' example himself.
"I will ask you if. you are prepared
to Confirm this assertion that the Ger
man Kaiser does not drink .beer and
wine as well?
: "You state in your first article that
t-he District of Columbia 'went dry.'
"Are you prepared to defend this
statement, and would you make the
conntention that any district is 'dry'
where-it -is-permissible to ship in li
quor for personal use and to any extent-
that . the individual might re
quire? . " .
"You say that "besides the general
"THE PATRIOTISM - STRENGTH OP CHARACTER
INDOMITABLE WILL AND HEROISM that won the '
' battles of our forefathers, and gave us this Glorious land of ' ,
Liberty, still lives! and will live on so that their work shall : V.
be perpetuated throughout the ages and for all mankind.'Vv ; : -,
There are many battles won that are never written in history; but
are on record in the business of this city the battles against High!
Prices-the battles against inferior quality the battles for Superior
The P & Q CLOTHES SHOP has fought the battles against
all these forces, and, has come out with flying 1 colors. The!
common enemy of the consumer (The Middleman) has been
routed through out splendid organization whose function is to
save -you $5 to $10 every time. , . , . ,
P & O
;MASTER II
CLOTHES
are a treat to the eye - and, a feast for the man who wants the
maximum of Quality at the Minimum of Price.
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v JOHN K. MTTRPHY, Mgr. '
" ' aMBBWlwii urn 1 1 ii MtMiMgiiiMsiiiiMwiiM' aBnawgiwiaii....U 7 '
reasons for war prohibiUon there are
a number 'of Specif Ic reasons, ana
among them you name food conserva
Uon, the diversion of grain, from alco
hol to iopd;-the freeing of cold-storage
plants of breweries for food stor
age; the diversion of labor from the
production of alcoholic beverages - to
military or i industrial purposes, ; etc
"in resppnse,- let : me ask if , you
would make the same contentions' in
favor of prohibiting' the manufacture
and the production of tobacco-, and if
not why not? '. : v . "' ;
"If the food 'crisis is so great as you
depict, why should thousands of acres
of good' land, anda why should thous
ands of" laborers be employed in rais
ing tobacco and ' In- nranafacturing it
into cigars, chewing tobacco, etc?
- Why should not the government
compel the utilization of this land, or
of this labor, . in the production of
wheat- and qorn? -
"What good purpose, may I ask,
does tobacco serve ? ;,v n
"Alebhoi may save a iff e, but would
you contend that tobacco is valuable,
evert i.s a medicine? :
Now, 5 do not . believe in prohlbtmg
tobacco . any more than I believe In
prohibiting whisky, wine or beer, but
I cannot see how, as an economic pro
position, you can make -the contention
you do in regard to alcohol' without
applying it Just as .forcibly to tobacco,
and to the s gram used in i making
starch, and to the saocharine used.in
making candies, etc. - : . 'v :-'".
"Futhermor'e,, I wonder1 if you can
justify prohibiting the use of grain for
the making of liquors in this country
and --at the same-time permitting the
exportation of grain for'the making of
liquors In Europe?
. "You speak of nation-wide prohibi
tion as if -the fiat of law would imme
diately: - revolutionize . the habits " of
mankind, but -in, view of1 the fact that
with a tax of only $1.10 a gallon be
tween lawful-manufacture of whisky
at- the ifpresent time and , thes illicit
manufacture pf same pur government
is unable to cope with the moonshin
ing business, what probability isthere
that,'. If the moonshiner Jiad no competition-at.
ail- from lawful manufac
turers;,;! moonshine . distilleries would
not--be installed in.; every : section, of
the country, in cellars , along Broad-,
way, NewYork, and perchance, within
a few squares; of the nation's capitol
at Washington? ,; ; - - - '.'
"What does histery tell us happened
ln:,.the sixties when the gevernment
undertook to s levy, a heavy tax - on
whisky of $2 per gallon? Was the gov
ernment successful,, or did the illicit
manufacturers Underbid her?
"Presuming-that illicit manufacture
would" supply -the -demand for liquors
if national prohibition obtained, what
advantage would accrue either to the
government or to the people? The
people would get very inferior liquor.
The government would lose an im
mense revenue, and it would certainly
require a vast army of government
agents, men who are strong, brave
and alert, if the prohibition law should
even be enforced in part.
"In your efforts to advance the
cause tit prohibition you have depart
ed, it seeing to me,-from the high re
gard for exactness of statement that
should characterize- the. utterances 'of
a man in your position, and you seem
to .speak, not as a philosopher, not as
a cold logician, but as a partisan, as
an advocate and as a man Influenced
by prejudices, and I am, therefore,
made curious as to your, appointment
at the head of the Committee of Six
ty, and as to how this committee was
-organized; '.j.-v--' M,:-r.- 'A iV-v ' -:
"May I be so bold as to ask, without
any wish to be off ensive, 'who appoint
ed the Committee, of Sixty ; how and
by whom it is financed, and .what con
nection, if any,;'it has with an incor
porated organization known , as the
Anti-Saloon League,' or .the Church-in-Actipn,
which at the present 'time,
and for some years past, has under
taken to dominate both political par
ties at our National Capital, and at
the capitis of pur various commonwealths?-
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v "T. M. G ELMORE,
- - .. "Very truly yours,
"President National Model License
League." .' . -'i
ADVANCE ON TRIESTE 5
BROUGHT MONITORS
i INTO ACTIVE SERVICE
Grado,' Gulf of Trieste, June 29
British, monitors played an important
part in the Italian , advance upon
Trieste. ; . They took up- positions-midway
i up the , gulf ' where their -, guns
could bear upon the. aeroplane -hangars,
and the- multifarious military es
tablishments which surround Preseccp
and Contoyello, twin villages "upon the
main road and railway to Trieste, both
constituting important depots, for ' tho
Austrian air service and-general sup
plies. . v -'1r,-' - :.v :.: ".,.) , '
:'L When the first gun spoke a ' great
shell- went hooting , into,- the' distance
and an ; Italian scouting hydroplane
duly marked it down, upon the , rail
way line south of Prosecco. 'The. sec
ond shot1 landed a little north pf the
first, ;hitting the railway again at a
point where a Trieste-bound train was
passing. The train vanished in ruin.
iThen other monitors arrived, at their
stations, and ' the bombardment con
tinued ' in a tremendous, measured
rhythm. . Each - monitor fired I two
hours, -' They smashed the hangars,
flattened the railway station of Pro
secco, destroyed the railway And via
duct, and produced at great fire near
Contovello, whose peak pi bright
flame was visible out into the gulf.
GERMAN PAPERS SUSPEND;
Amsterdam, Netherlands, une 29
Fifteen hundred German newspapers
and periodicals have been compelled
to suspend publication owing to the
increased cost .of materials and labor,
says the Wurzburg Landes Zeitung in
tts- last Issue before suspending for the
period of the war.' According to this
Journal, newsprint paper has reached
a price which 'is ruinous to any but
the wealthiest papers, while grease
and oil for imbricating machines i are
only pbtainable at usurious prices.
MOCBS GEORGE III.
London, June 29 Retaining old
customs, Eton pollege is still mourn
ing for King George III, who died 97
years ago. . -.- . . . i ; ,
Patriotic Sunday is to Ibe observed
next Sunday -in a response, -to afi ap
peal of President Wilson with gifts to
the Red Cross.
PLENTY OF . KOOM
: IN FLYING SEEVICE
Washington, Juns 2 9. After Aug.
25 , the government expects to.gradu
ate prospective 'army, flyers from pri
mary colleger courses into ' advanced
flying fields -.at ' the rate of 200 per
week. ,' This 'number will be largely
increased - as the; war progresses, ' . -f
At present; there are about 800 stu- -dents
at the lower schools. ' .'Men -are
being delegated' to the work in 'eight
colleges at the rate of twenty-five per ,
week each. Other colleges with -modern
- engineering ' and mechanical
branches will be added to the chain
ef Institutions giving primary theor
etical training in aeronautics. '
Brig.. Gen.. George O. Squie'r Is anx
ious to have young, men. who are. in
terested in '- the i flying service come
forward, and, enroO by . the .thoueands. -Soon
after the, declaration of. war
large numbers, of, acceptable' young
men. Were turned away from the avia
tlph branch' of the army -on the .be
lief v that therf lying, f camps .already
were swamped.. Now that the,avia
tion programme has expanded, there
is no lack of opportunity, ,,. .: '
The . modern army ; flyer must - be
keen witted, level headed, , a human
dynamo - of energy and nerve. The
course , of study at the ' primary
schools, although fascinating, requires
quick thinking,, constant application
and absolute . accuracy. : The - first
course, devoted to theory, lasts eight
weeks. ; Those who can pass - the ex
aminations at the ehd of this period
are graduated to, the aviation schools, .
where they are given Instruction, in
practical flying over a period of,tim9:
varying fromi three to four months.
Flying cadets are called upon - to
prepare for examinations in' the fol
lowing subjects:. Engines, cross coun
try and general flying, signalling and
Wireless, theory of flight, " aerial ob
servation, gunnery and military stud-'
ies ;.- y .':'-
-Men ketween nlnteen and twenty-,
Ave are preferred. . Thoy apply direct :
to the Signal ,Corps, -Washington,' or
to any one of the following places i
Mineola Field, Mineola, L. I.,; Essing-'
ton Flying Field, Essington, Pa.; Fort
Sam Houston, San ' Antonio,.' Tex.;
North Brothers Island, , San Diego,
Cal.; Signal Officer, Central Depart-;
'ment, Chicago, or Fort Omaha, Oma- :
ha, Neb. . : - v.
SHIPPING NEWS SERVICE.' -
Copenhagen, Denmark, June 29
German 'Shipping news service on the 'J
lines of the British "Lloyds' was i
planned at a recent meeting: at. Ham- I
burg, Germany, of 400 representatives
of shipping aric commerce. Wireless .
telegraphy will be used.' new signall
ing stations are to-be established and j
800 agents will be appointed to gather :
shipping news. - .;:-'''-:'?
SERVANTS RETAINED IN LONDON !
London, June 29. Thousands 'of
families throughout the country,- are
in spite of the shortage of labor,
keeping their usual pre-war quota of
servants. . There care instances r ot j
households consisting of - a .. mother 1
and two daughters employing a staff J
of nine servants. In fact, in many
homes - there are so many servants ',
that they spend ? mo otitheir. time !
tvaltlog on each pspb. - .,.