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BRIDGEPORT. CONN.. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1913
STATE HAS SENT
100,000 BOOKS
TO THE ARMIES
Connecticut people have donated
100,418 books to the war libraries
overseas, aboard the army transports
The Troublesome "Abeiter Zeitung," Which the Kaiser and ln the army camps and navai stk-
' tlnna nf tVi i ntwinirv a cfnr Airier in a
Has Not Been Able to Suppress, Claims That Ger- report compiled by the Connecticut
WHAT flUN NEWSPAPERS
ARE NOW DISCUSSING;
WHO CAUSED THE' WAR
many's Cold Treatment of British Desire to Be
Friendly German Minister In Sermon Tells. His
Flock Why Kaiser As God's Representative Is Sacred
to Hun People.
COMPILED BY J. 3. BOSDAN .
The Royal Opera in Munich and Wiesbaden is in the hands
of people who are anxious to avoid all possible disagreeables
with the friends of Germany. In the first act of his "Lohen
grin" Wagner permits King Henry to sing, "O Lord, protect us
from the Hungarians' rage." Both in Munich and in Wiesbaden
this verse has been repeatedly objected to, and with the sanc
tion of the authorities, who recognize that the singing o the
lines is calculated to give offence to the Hungarian ally, the
words have been altered. In one of Joseph Lau f's historical
"plays, "The Iron Tooth," in praise of one of the Kaiser's ances
tors, the sentence, "Our noble house seeks the true liberty of
all its lieges,'" has been altered for stage purposes to "Our Ho
henzollerns seek the true liberty of all."
roes to gloat over recent triumphs
lover the English?
The "Arbeiter Zeitung" of Vienna,
the only Germanic Juornal that neither
Kaiser Wllhelm nor Kaiser Karl can
kill, pulishes an article on the real
causes of the world war 'which must
be double-distilled grail, and worm
wood, to the flreeaters of Hunland:
That Troublesome "Abeitcr Zeitung."
"It is a fatal mistake to suppose
that it was commercial envy that
caused En-gland to place herself ia
opposition to Germany. Indeed, Eng
land at first tried most energetically
to conclude a compact with Germany.
' "It was only when Germany coldly
declined all English approaches, when
Germany constantly added to her gi
gantic fleet, when a wild nationalism
was inflaming German civilians into
a hatred of England and plunging
them into the moat extravagant
dreams of expansion, when, further,
the unfortunate Morocco policy
aroused the suspicion that Germany
Intended an onslaught on France,
that in England a profound mistrust
of Germany manifested itself.
This was rendered more acute when
German refused the repeated efforts
to secure a mutual diminution Of
fleets and the formation of courts of
arbittration. The Balkan crisis,' how
ever, brought England again closer
to the side of the Central Powers,
and even shortly before the outbreak
of the world war we beheld England
once more making the greatest exer
tions to bring about a peaceable and
friendly understanding.
"It is a very late hour, It ia true, to
recapitulate these undoubtedly his
torical facts, now that we are all
immersed ln this fearful welter of
blood. Yet, if they can possibly now
be driven home to the German mind.
who knows but that the approach of
peace may not be accelerated by many
months?"
At a mass meeting of "Loyal and
Patriotic Women," ln Berlin, con
vened to protest against "unrest in
labor circles" and "the revolutionary
spirit," and to affirm their loyalty to
Kaiser and Empire, an iminent Ber
lin preacher, Pastor Beyer, delivered
a remarkable address, some passages
from which are worth quoting:
A Hun Pastor's Praise of His Kaiser.
"The woeful shortage of your food
and high prices must be deeply felt
by you, but you must oppose every
effort made by unpatriotic agitators
to use yoor necessities for their own
political purposes. What have been
the results of the recent strike? The
production of munitions has been de
layed; the enemy has been permitted
to overtake us; his courage has been
' swollen; revolutionary sentiments have
ben carried Into the masses of the peo
ple and filled the heads of our im
mature young men and women.
"Tour patriotic women should re
member that there is no excuse for
this. We must have order. Who is
the preserver of order? He in whose
name right and justice is decreed ln
the land the KaVaer, appointed by
God. ruling by Divine Right. Order
is God's will; It must be submitted to;
disorder is the devil's work. There
must be no tampering with the mon
archical principle in this State. For
us a monarchy is God's will. From the
- point of view the citizen of this world
we recognize ln our Kaiser the rep
resentatlve of God on earth. We rally
round him. We will not leave him in
the lurch. In spite of all political
false doctrine and demagogic agita
tion we stand fast by the Kaiser. Raise
your right hands and swear -unalter
able fidelity to our Kaiser." We are
told that Pastor Beyer and the thous
ands of women raised their right
hand and swore, and that the en
thusiasm was ' tremendous.
Pastor Beyer went on:
"It hi as God's representative that
the Kaiser for us is sacred.'. It is
for him that we gladly perform our
duty. His high office calls forth our
veneration, love and obedience, our
personal devotion and self-seacrifice,
T'Ot the devotion of a slave to a ty
, rant, but of one who volutarily sub-
mite to the divine order and appoint
ment. If Maximilian Harden commanded
m larger public than that which his
weekly review, the "Zukunft" can
ever hope to appeal to, there might
yet be hope for the German people,
however little still remains for the
Hohenzollerns, who can never as
pire again to raise their heads before
any clvlliwd community.
Harden is by turn sarcastic, crush
ing, logical, and remorseless, but his
is a voice crying out in the wilder
ness, and the average Hun, be he
soldier or civilian, is not only deaf to
It, but is constitutionally unable to
appreciate its cadences.
Here is a characteristic utterence
frorrj the new number of the "Zuk
unft:" The Command of The Hour.
. "After all, what special justifica
tion Is there for the Pan-Germans
and the war-at-any-price mouth he-
"It is true that the U-boats have
contrived to bring about that, in an
English hotel or boardng house, no
more meat is supplied at breakfast,
and that afternoon tea guests receive
only an ounce and a half of bread or
cake. Also an old maid of Dover,
who fed her fourteen little dogs with
milk and biscuits, has had to atone
for her crime with a five-pound note.
All this, however .does not yet spell
the decay of the British Empire, s
It is time that the warmongers
were muzzle, an that the authorities
once for all gave- them to understand
that they are determined, whenever
the claims of any nation or group of
peoples are found to be justified, that
Germany would honestly aid them
in establishing themselves on a clean
basis of self-government.
May our rulers reflect while yet
there is time that unless a new order
be substituted for the old one of
violence and force, human life will
become intolerable and all hopes of
human development wiU be rendered
sterile for ages to come.
Tirpltz The Terrible.
The German papers which have
just reached, this country, give us
the fuU report of an address, deliv
ered at Mannheim by Grand Admiral
von Tirpltz. The following are some
of the Admiral's most characteristic
utterences:
"We under-estimate the enduring
hatred of England, the battto organiz
ations of a commercial nature which
Anglo-Americanism has in its hands.
The economic war is bound to remain
after the war, and we must have
compensations on which we can lay
our hands. As a certain guarantee
for Germany's future security we
must possess Flanders. Every Brit
ish statesman recognizes the danger
that lies here, recognizes moreover,
that the base of our submarine pow
er is on the Flanders coast. And if
our people In this world struggle are
defeated it will not be because of
lack of power, but because they have
so willed it. On that day when we
yield Belgium and the coast of Flan
ders to the influence of the Western
Powers and without being forced to
do so, mocking yells of laughter at
the German Michel will convulse
the world. It would mean the final
victory of Anglo-Americanism."
The Kaiser and the German people
are still being deliverately deceived
by the German War Department with
regard to the extent of America's
war preparations. All American
newspapers are intercepted ot the
frontier, and all references to the
United States army which appear in
the newspapers of the Allies are care
fully blacked out.
Ae the same time the military
writers in the pay of the German
Government are instructed to min
imise and ridicule American co-operation,
while independent critics
are supplied in "strict official con
fidence" with false figures and dis
torted facts.
Mythical Minions.
It is under these influences that
Colonel Richard Gadke tells the Ger
man people, through the "Branden
burger Zeitung," that no effective
help can be received by the Allies
from America for twenty years.
Fires of Revolution.
Dr. Freidrich Naumann is another
German thinker to whom the rulers
of the Fatherland would do well to
listen. In the latest number to hand
of "Die Hilfe," he writes as follows:
"It is futile to talk about Germany
being the leader of the peoples. A
leader to be capable of guiding others
should above all be strong to govern
himself. This is precisely where we
are lacking.
"Despite all the lessons that the
war has taught us, we have not yet
become a real nation, as is well prov
ed by the discussions in the Prussian
Diet. We still have a House of Lords
or rather of Junkers, ln which the
different clans struggle for their ex
istance one against the other, and
this primative turmoil we qualify by
the term of parliamentarianism.
"The great majority of the German
people do not desire revolution, if it
can be avoided by timely and ration
al measures. It would be fatal, how
ever, to believe that the revolution
ary wave from the east can be stop
ped either by the police, the censor,
or the pressure of the State. When
the cauldren is beginning to bubble
over there is no means of stilling it
except by quenching the fires which
are the sources of its agitation, but
they cannot be quenched by a coun-er-irritation
which can only add to
their fuel until the whole system is
ablaze."
Iieaden Keels Confiscated.
To argus-eyed gatherers of war
metals, not satisfied with the results
of their raids on church bells, roofs,
kitche:.o, ovens, door handles, etc.,
have discovered a mine of wealth ln
Library Committee. The book drive
for good reading material for the
soldiers . and sailors ' started last
March.
Waterbury reported signal success
with 25,441 books contributed. One
day in March was designated as "col
lection day" and an automobile can
vass was made of the entire city.
Bridgeport made the second best
showing with 15, 000 books collected:
New Haven reports 7,399 books and
Hartford 5,240.
The books received represent all
classes' of literature. Many of them
are entirely new, some are the most
valuable books it private collections
and those books which have had
usage are in splendid condition.
ANTHRACITE NOT
SUFFERING FROM
GAR SHORTAGE
The anthracite industry' aptly illus
trates the adage that "patience is a
!virtue." If the consuming mrblic
would assimilate this human-nature
virtue, it could materially aid the in
dustry which would then be in a still
better position to cater to every con
sumer's neeft
There are two salient facts as to
fuel. The first is, consumers should.
order coal now and, secondly, to have
the patience to wait for Its delivery.
It is a physical impossibility to de
liver to all a year's supply in a week
or even a month.
An average daily output of 275,000
tons, about a maximum with the re
duced labor supply, is being main
tained at the mines. To" insure New
England and the Middle Atlantic
states their proper quota of fuel- the
Anthracite Committee of the U., S.
Fuel Administration barred 19 states
from anthracite until further notice.
This was done to throw a greater vol
ume of coal into the territory which,
doing the largest manufacturing work
for the war, has had a great increase
in population.
There is no car shortage for an
thracite. U. S. Fuel Administration
figures show that there was a falling'
off of 79,172 cars moved in January,
1918, compared with the same months
of 1917, This was due tt frozen
'brakes, zero weather and blizzard
conditions. There was a gain of 31,250
in Fel"uary: a gain of 44,613 cars in
March and for the flnst two weeks in
Ajpril. there was a gain of 29,969 cars.
The marked increase is natural, due
to climatic conditions which put trans
portation at its "best, as in' spring and
summer. -
Another help is for the consuming
putollc to forsake the "penny-wise-pound-foolteh"
policy of waiting to
buy coaL The usual result of this is
no anthracite in the cellar when win
ter comes.
CALDERWOOD TO
DRIVE AGAINST
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Chicago, May 9 W. G. Calderwood
of Minneapolis, campaign manager of
the National Dry Federation, opened
headquarters here today. for a 60 day
drive on congress to abolish the li
quor traffic as a war measure.
According to Mr. Calderwood the
federation has units in 2,997 coun
ties, all of which are pledged to bring
pressure on their respective congress
men during the next two months, the
complexion of congress, he said, is
dry.
Had federal prohibition been ln
force in the United States last year,
Mr. Calderwood asserted, the fuel
famine would have been averted and
600,000 tons of shipping would have
been released. He said that 3,000,
000,000 of food and millions of tons
of coal were wasted last year in the
liquor business. He added that 52,
000,000 bushels of grain grown here
was shipped to European brewers and
distillers.
WILSON REQUESTS
YAGER'S REMOVAL
Washington, May 9 Removal of
Arthur Yager as governor of Porto
Rico was asked of President Wilson
today by Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor.
Mr. Gompers charged the governor
with incompetency in handling the
labor situation in Porto Rico.
GERMAN WOMEN
MAY OBJECT TO
OFFICIAL PLAN
Havelock Ellis Gives Some
Objections They May Have
to "Virile Selection."
It has so far been assumed that it is
possible to introduce artificial n$ethods
of human breeding by official decree.
But that assumption can by no means
be made. Before he can even attempt
to set his schemes in action on a large
scale and except on a large scale
they would be impotent the militar
ist breeder of men must cope with a
preliminary problem which will be
come of even greater magnitude, and
that is the social environment. Even
in Germany, where the conditions are
most favorable for official interference,
they are constantly growing less so.
The right conditions for the militar
ist breeding of men for "virile selec
tion" as he terms it have again and
again been clearly and vigorously set
forth by Ehrenfels. They involve the
double standard of morality for men
and women; women, Ehrenfels be
lieves, are called upon to abandon
their instincts in favor of monogamy
just as (in his opinion) men had pre
viously been called upon to abandon
their instincts in favor of polygamy.
It also involves not merely the tolera
tion, but the approval, of prostitution.
It is not surprising that the feminists
in Germany, and the leaders of social
and sexual reform generally, have vio
lently opposed the doctrines of Ehren
fels. - The conditions he desires for
"virile selection," which are really
those of militarist breeding of men,
have indeed existed in the far past
If we go back to the Carolingian
period of French history, we find it
recorded that among the men-at-arms
of Conan IL Duke of Brittany,
each warrior might have ten or more
wives, and thus beget some fifty chil
dren. But that was a thousand years
ago. .Even among the Germans,
though in the days of Tacitus a fight
ing' chief might have more than one
wife,-bigamy has n6t been officially
authorized later than the seventeenth
Century. Today the conditions are
different. Germany is in a state of
transition. Once it furnished the
best possible soil for this kind of
breeding, for the ideals of the fight
ing male ruled in unquestioned su
premacy, and women meekly accept
ed the part which men had assigned
to them. To a large extent, no doubt,
they are prepared to do that still. But
during recent years a certain section
of German women in association with
the more progressively intellectual
men, have come forward as the most
radical -and vigorous representatives
of the modern woman's movement It
is certain, therefore, ' that any at
tempt of official Germany to go back
to the standpoint of Tacitus' day, or
even of the Thirty Tears' War, would
no longer meet ..with success. In
practice it would produce too much
friction to be of use to the militarist
From "Eugenics in Relation to the
War," by Havelock Ellis In May Phy
sical Culture.
5,000 MARK III
ENROLLING SHIP
WORKERS PASSED
Hartford, May 10 The passing of
the 5,000 mark in the Connecticut
enrollment of skilled workers for the -
united states ampyara volunteers
was announced today by 10 A. Kor
per, state director of the Public Ser
vice Reserve. Officials at national
-(headquarters of the Reserve have
given high praise to Connecticut re
sponse to the urgent appeal for men
to build the Emergency Fleet that
will bring victory as it transports sol
diers, food and munitions overseas.
Shipyard volunteers have enrolled
through the War Bureaus and Town
Committees of the Connecticut Stats
Council of Defense. Those commun
ities reporting an enrollment of 100
or more volunteers are: Bridgeport.
465; Bristol, 144; Hartford (war bu
reau) 282; Hartford, (state director's
office) 1,565; Manchester, 101; Meri
den, 395; New Britain, 269; New Ha
ven, 644; New London, 111; Water
bury, 488; Stamford, 124. The state's
total enrollment is 5,028.
The Senate defeated a bill providing
penalties for overdrafts on banks.
FLOWERS FOR
MOTHERS' DAT.
JOHN RECK & SON.
295 BOOT AND SHOE DAWS,
Amsterdam, May 10 A workman
who was arrested in Berlin a few days
ago for violating' the regulations re
garding the purchase of second hand
shoes pleaded in defense that "as
there are now 395 separate regulations
governing boots and shoes, a citizen
may be excused for violating one of
tKom nTm.wn.rftS."
SENDS CARPENTERS
TO THE SHIPYARDS
Carpenters are being detailed to
Connecticut shipyards this week by
Leo A. Korper, state director of the
United States Public Service Reserve,
and they represent the first group of
men who have been called into service
since the enrollmnt of the United
States Shipyard Volunteers began
early in February.
Seventy-six carpenters were sent to
work in the shipyard at Groton and
thirty-nine have started work at the
shipbuilding plant at Gildersleeve.
Director Korper will continue send
ing volunteers into the shipyards all
this week, including some to the
plant at Hog Island and the barracks
and warehouses at Schnectady, N. T.
USES FOR ODD WINDOW SHADES.
Old window shades with rollers, fas
tened to the top shelf in the pantry
so that they may be lowered and rais
ed, will keep light, dust and flies away
from the food.
the leaden keels of pleasure yachts.
and orders have been given for its
confiscation by the War Materials
Department Aquatic sporting circles
in Kiel and elsewhere have been
deeply concerned by this step, and
lament the blow to yachting, but on
reflection their patriotic impulses
have gained the. upper hand.
Cuticnra Promotes Beauty
Of Hair and Skin
If the Soap is used for every-day
toilet purposes assisted by occasional
touches of Cuticura Ointment to first
signs of pimples, redness, roughness
or dandruff. Do not confound these
fragrant super - creamy emollients
with coarsely medicated, often dan
gerous preparations urged as substi
tutes. Sampl Each Fr by M.il. Address post
card: "Cation. Dat. 11A. Boston." Sold
ewei jwhcic Soap 25c. Ointment 25 snd SOc
or ClottlhB Ecoinioinniy
CHEERFUL CREDIT weekly specials cannot be surpassed high grade merchan
dise at unusually low prices sold on Cheerful Credit's terms of No Money Down and
$1.00 a Week.
All-Wool Sersre Suits Coat Dresses
for women and misses, button trimmed with roll col
lars, plain tailored skirts. Colors are black, navy and
taupe. A big selection to choose from that are regular
$18.75 values, tomorrow.
$12.95
Poplin and Sergev Suits
All-wool materials made in ripple models, braid trim
med; skirts are tailored and rather plain. Black, navy
and the popular bright colors are included. Regular
$27.50 values.
$19.75
Taffeta Suits
for summer wear, belted models with flare, plain skirts
and shirred back coats. They are stylish models and
come in black, navy and gray, $35 values, special
$23.95
We have just received an assortment of aTl-sflk crepe
de chine and taffeta, combination coat dresses in green
and white and blue and white checks. "Very stunning
models that are regular $40 values, extra special at
529.75
Taffeta Dresses
In tunic models with Georgette collars, embroidery
trimmed. Colors are rose, navy, Copenhagen and tan.
$18.75 values.
$12.95
Junior Coats
of all-wool navy serve in belted models, plaid silk col
lars. $14.75 values.
$10.95
Main Floor.
Neisr Marabout Capes
Brown marabout
Georgette crepe,
values, very stylish
combined with
16 $9.95
Plaid Skirts
of silk taffeta with patch pockets
and belt. $8.50 CE QB
values
House Dresses
of gingham and cham- CI 79
bray. $2.50 values '
""- Second Floor.
SAILOR HATS
The small sailor, so trim and smart,
is once more in popular favor. We offer
a varied assortment in red, blue, black
and tan, regular $3 hats for
$1.95
Main Floor.
Georgette Waists
Beautiful waists for wear with
your new summer suit; gray, tea
rose and white georgette embroid
ered in colors. $5
values
Silk Sweaters
in atll the new colors, belted mod
els, $12.50 values 53 95
V nr..i: tt j
A complete line, priced I
Second Floor.
SHOES FOR ALL OCCASIONS
New White Shoes for men, women and children, also pumps, oxfords
and dark boots in all the popular leathers and lasts.
A New Department
just opened with a complete stock of shoe findings every accessory
in stock. '
Basement.
MEN'S STRAW HATS
Genuine Toges. Panamas, Bankoks, etc., in every new style for the
coming season just received. "A good opportunity now to select your
new straw before the rush commences.
$1.00to$7.50
NEW SUITS
FOR THE
BOYS
All-wool' mixtures and
serges ln new military
models suits that the boy
will - take great pride in
wearing and the boy is
fussy what kind of a suit
he wears. These suits are
in Norfolk models with
all-round belts and patch
pockets, some aviation
pockets. Good quality
suits that will stand long,
hard service. $5 to $18'
values.
S3.95, 55.95,
$8.95,512.95
New Straw Hats
The little fellow will like these new straws in black
and white combinations. Speciall priced
59c to $1.43
Knee Pants
of. very fine mixtures," unheard of values. jlQp
Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, etc., at
Special at
Boys' Waists,
special prices
Basement.
BUY
"WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
en - A Great Thrift Special
Regular $22.50
Fancy Mixture and Serge Suits
$16.75
Extra good quality mixtures and dark blue serges,
tailoring that you only find in the better grade suits
smartly styled models that will be acceptable to
men of the most exacting tastes. Real economy
clothes that will give good service n addition to
having every new style feature of the season.
$15 to $40 Suits and Top Coats
The most varied and complete assortments you can
find every kind and style of a suit or top coat that
the manufacturers have made this season is here all
priced at Cheerful Credit's usual low prices.
$9.50, $14.50, $23.50,
$29.50, $34.50
SUMMER FURNISHINGS
Silk Shirts
Men's Underwear
Negligee Shirts
New soft cuff models in
novelty materials as veil as
thealways popular madras.
$1.50 and $2.00 values
S1.35
Caesar
MlSCH
IMC
HEBE
FW H MSB
c i acsar BBiise
Wk . V B ii li iltkml
Tub silks and crepe de
chines in stylish new pat
terns, both conservative and
bright colors, priced
. Up to $7.98
i Stores ss
KREIGeO
Main.Qoldwn rtill and Middle Streets
Medium and light weight shirts,
drawers and union suits, IQ
special at
Silk Hosiery
New plaids and stripes. TQm
$1 values W
Neckwear
New summer styles m fiJC
silk neckwear ........
Main Floor.