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THE TIMES: AUGUST 27, 1918
- THE BRIDGEPORT TIMES .
And Evening Farmer 1
(FOUNDED 1790.)
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TUESDAY, AUG. 27, 1018.
THE AIR SHIP SCANDAL
ASK HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS TO ENROLL
FORJMINING
Every , Member of Bridge
port High School of 1917
and 1918 Receive Letters.
PARKER NAMED AS
DEPUTY WARDEN !
OF WETHERSFIELO
Comes From U. S. Peni
tentiary at Leavenworth,
Kas.
Every boy who graduated from the
Bridgeport Hieh school in 1917 and
1918 has been sent a copy of the leaf
let Issued by Dr. William Arnold
Shanklin. of Middletown, director for
Connecticut of the American Council
dh Education, calling his attention to
the advantage of enlisting or enrol
ling in the Students' Army Training
corps when he goes to college.
Boys over 18 are encouraged to en
list; those under 18 to enroll in the
units where they are established at
the colleges. Those who are neither
enlisted nor enrolled will not be enti
tled to receive the military instruc
tion. Those over IS who enlist will be
members of the Army of the United
States, subject to active service at
the call of the President.
Because he does not receive pay,
the student ia classed as on inactive
service, but in a national emergency
the Presi'&ent may call him at any
time into active service. He is called
into active service each summer when
he attends camp for six Weeks and
receives the pay of a private.
While the student is on inactive
service he must register when he be.
comes of draft age. Upon stating on
his questionnaire that he is already
in the military service of the United
States, he will be placed automati
cally by his local draft board in Class
V-D. The draft board will not call
him for induction so long as he re
mains a member of the Students'
A.rmy Training corps.
In order that the college student
may not even appear to enjoy special
privileges, it Is agreed, however, that
when the day arrives on which ac
cording to his order number he would
have been drafted, had he not already
volunteered, the fact Is reported to
the president of the college and the
commanding officer will then report
1io the chairman of the Committee on
Education and special training of the
War Department for what form of
military service the individual is in
their judgment best qualified.
They will recommend that the stu
dent should continue his studies to
prepare Dor work in medicine, en-
, , . 1 , . . ,1 gineerlng, chemistry, psychology, eco-
Iney should. have employed men experienced in air workjnomics, etc., or that he should go at
once to an officers' training camp to
prepare for an officers' commission in
the infantry, artillery or 'Other branch
of the service, or that he should be
assigned to work in the ordnance,
quartermaster or other staff corps or
sent immediately to a division at one
of the camps.
The presumption is that for the nex
yeair the largest proportion of the stu
dent body reaching 21 years will be
required to supply a large part of the
officers needed for the national army.
While enlistment in the Students'
Army Training corps does not hold
out any promise of Vtn officers' com
mission, it is at the present time the
plainest road leading in that direc
tion. Men who show no special ability,
who do not improve their opportunity
for study, may be ordered into active
service when their day of reckoning
comes, or may be dismissed, from col
lege and automatically become liable
to the operation of the draft. Oppor
tunity is provided Pr the enlisted stu
dent, who so elects, to transfer from
army to navy and vice versa, and to
be assigned to active service in one
of the various corps of the army upon
recommendation of the college presi
dent and the proper military author
ity. Should Congress lower ,the age of
liability for .military service men of
the new ages already enlisted may
find difficulty in entering the service
except through the draft boards.
WHEN GUTZO.M BORGLUM attacked the airship pro
gram The Times-Farmer suggested to its readers
mat the iacts would probably he less disagreeable after exam
,ination than they were before.
lhis advice was unsound. The facts are much worse than
they appeared to be. There has been a great loss of time, a
vast wasting of money, gross mismanagement and some cor
ruption, or what presents the appearance of corruption. The
- facts in the area of graft may he exhibited more fully in Mr,
Hughes report, which will soon be forthcoming.
The airship program was originally given to a committee
composed mainly of automobile manufacturers, hailing from the
neighborhood of Detroit and Dayton. They were men success
ful in their individual businesses, but were nevertheless small
calibre persons. They wanted authority without much respon
sibility. That was largely what they had.
Their first, and perhaps their chief, error was the construc
tion of the liberty motor, which they heralded in the most con
vincing language, but with exaggeration as a two weeks solu
tion of the problem of flying.
The motor was not perfect, and it took a long time to make
it perfect, after its completion was announced.
Then these gentlemen tried to make the air plane program
fit. their engine. They failed disastrously.
Having connections in Detroit and Dayton, they adapted
the air program to the needs of their home towns, selecting
sites, including a flying field, in places much unsuited for the
purpose. In at least one case, transactions involved the pur
chase of land which had been owned by a member of the com
mittee
to supervise the production of planes. They preferred to rely
upon the automobile industry; another source of failure.
The story is not a pleasant one for Americans to read.
In spite of mismanagement, waste and graft the aeroplane
program has made progress. Excellent machines are being pro
duced in numbers. In 1919 there will be American planes by
the thousands. The attack upon Berlin is merely delayed a few
jnonlhs.
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BACK PAY $5,000,000
Hartford, Aug. 27 The new deputy
warden of the Connecticut state pris
on in Wethersfield, Clarence L. Par
ker, comes to Connecticut from the
United States penitentiary in Leaven
worth, . Kansas. He was appointed
today by Warden Charles C. Mc-
Claughy.
Mr. Parker takes the place of for
mer Deputy Warden Carl Lewis, who
resigned to accept the superintendency
of a factory in Frankfort, Ky.
Deputy Warden Parker began his
prison work in 1904. He .'.as held
positions in the Iowa reformatory,
the North Dakota, stato prison and
the federal prisons in Atlanta, and
Leavenworth. He is 41 years old,
married and has four children, the eld
est boy being in camp. He was born
in Iowa and served an apprenticeship
as a printer.
PROHIBITIONISTS
ISSUE CHALLENGE
FOR DEBATES
Birthday Bio-Briefs
" FAMOUS -MEN.
To Parents and Teachers Get
Tour Children to Read This
Instructive Dally Feature.
CDc ft 1 Read co
PAUL DESCHANEIi.
' M. Paul Deschanel, president of the
French Chamber of Deputies and one
of the most powerful of French
statesmen, is now in his sixty-third
year. He was born in Brussels,
where his father, a distinguished au
thor and statesman, was then residing,
having been exiled from France by
the government of Napoleon III, on
account of the author attacking Cath
olicism. Pau Deschalnel was educa
ted at the College St. Barbe and the
Lyceum Condorcet. He entered pub
lic life in 1879 as secretary general of
Seine-et-Marne. He was elected to
the Chamber of Deputies, and in 1896
became vice-president of the chamber.
He became president two years later
and held that position until 1902, so
he had much experience in the duties
of the high office, which he was again
called upon to fill during the greatest
crisis in the long history of France.
Like President Poincare, M. Descha
nel is a distinguished author, and a
member of the French Academy. He
was chosen one of the "forty immor
tals" in 1899, ten years before M. Poin
care entered the charmed circle of
France's intellectual elect.
Manchester, Conn., Aug. 27 A
challenge to a series of public debates
on the proposed prohibition constitu
tional amendment has ct n given by
the Connecticut Prohibition commit
tee to the trade union Personal Lib
erty League of Hartford. The chal
lenge made public today by E. L. G.
Hohenthal, chairman of the Prohibi
tion committee, is addressed to James
T. Mar.ce, president of the league.
The challenge is for a series of dis
cussions to cover the entire state, af
ter Sept. 19. The expenses to be di
vided equally but each side to assume
expense of its own speakers, who may
be drawn from the state or from out
side.
POLICY OF U. S,
MEETS WISHES OF
ARCHANGEL GOVT.
THE LATEST report by the New Haven Company shows a
great increase in operating expense for the period cov
ered. The increase is due to the payment of some $5,000,000
back pay. made under the award to railroad workers, given by
the government.
The procedure in this case was simple, but patriotic. The
railroad brotherhoods presented their demands to the govern
ment. The government heard the evidence, and found accord
ing to justice. There were no strikes. The procedure was or
derly, and American. It was just to the country, but more just
to the workers, who got the pay that would have been lost had
there been a strike.
What the government did for the railroad men it would
have done in Bridgeport for workers, who ,in defiance of their
own International, at the direction of incompetent local leaders,
left their work, suspending to this extent the production of war
goods.
It is to the credit of Bridgeport Unions that in nearly every
case the rank and file of organized labor has relinked at the ear
liest moment such disloyalty.
The unions in Bridgeport as elsewhere contain a few so
cialists, who frequently are Pro-German in sympathy, and a
few I. W. W. fellows, whose ideal of progress consists in the
notion that there is an irreconcilable conflict between capital
and labor. Such men advocate strikes for no purpose except
to make employment impossible, they put emery in the bearings
iof delicate machinery, and practice sabotage in its other forms.
The organized labor of Bridgeport, being more conscious of
the presence of these elements of disease in its midst, than other
people are, crushes out pro-German and I. W. 'W. influence
.wherever such dangerous forces attempt to comini' vert acts,
EXEMPTION OF POLICE
WAR STAMP SALES
INCREASING DAILY
IT IS UNLIKELY that there will be an exemption 'for police
men and firemen. Certainly nothing giving express
exemption will be included in the new draft bill. Exemptions
of nearly all sorts will be determined by the regulations. The
war department hitherto has refused to exempt police. There
is no reason to suppose that . the rule will be rescinded.
There is, however, little danger that police and fire depart
ments will be stripped to a point where they will lack an ex
perienced nucleus, well able to train new men. The regulation
providing for the exemption of married men with dependent
wives, or children, is sufficient to accomplish the purpose of an
experienced reserve.
There is no sound reason for the exemption of police and
firemen able to go. There are exceedingly few of .them who
want to be exempted. A scrutiny of the records of the police
and fire departments of America will prove that the young men
in them have been ardent in their desire to go.
Thousands of former policemen and firemen are fighting
in France with distinguished bravery. This is as it should be.
TlirtcA opf oomi-militnpv nrjyani7flfinn IVtp mpmhppc nf w-hinh
$re well drilled, under oath and accustomed to the idea of do
iig duty in the face of danger.
v They are not the kind of men who look with, pleasure upon
slacking, nor are they grateful to politicians who seek to curry
favor with them, by a pretense of influencing government
againsj. the use of police and firemen as soldiers.
No finer example of the whole
hearted, practical patriotism of
Bridgeport's thousands has ever been
demonstrated than is evidenced by
the tremendous daily increase in the
sale of Thrift and War Savings
stamps.
Everybody in the city seems to be
co-operating with the War Stamp
tomraittee to make this "1000 for 1
campaign an .overwhelming success,
ana. incidentally, to get in on that
J1.000 prize which Mayor Wilson will
give to the winner on Saturday even
ing, sept. zist. -
It must be remembered, however,
mat no matter how large the daily
sales may be we cannot afford to
slacken our speed one minute if we
are x go -over the Top" in this
rive ana prove to our brave boys
ai me iront tnat we are behind them
to the last dollar as they are' :n rron
01 us to the last man.
SWIMMERS BT7MP HEADS.
Samuel Spatz, 33, of 1201 Iranistan
avenue was rescued by life savers at
Seaside Park yesterday when he met
with the odd accident of striking an
otner- swimmer s head with his own
when he dived off the float and sua
tained a deep laceration of the scalp
Spatz was rendered unconscious 'by
ne impact, aunougn the man he
struck was uninjured. He had sutilc
twice before the life guards and other
swimmers were able to pull him
asnore.
COAL PRICE RISE IS .
LEAST IN LIST OF 50,
Archangel, Tuesday, Aug. 20 (By
the Associated Press) Nicholas
Tcharkovsky, president of the provi
sional government here, made this
statement today concerning the re
cent announcement of America's pol
icy toward Kussia.
America's policy exactly meets our
wishes. We want to bring about a
new Russian front and reorganize the
country ourselves. We wa,.t the Al-
ies to form a stream of troops be
hind which we can work out our own
salvation."
He added that he soon would issue
an order mobilizing a new national
army and restoring compulsory mili
tary service.
Prices of fifty commodities for the
first three months of 1918, compared
.with prices of the same commodities
in selected months of the four pre
ceding years, published by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics show that anthra
cite coal made the smallest advance,
25.2 per cent. Anthracite prices were
taken in March for comparison, but
it is said that if the summer prices
had been used a gain of only 20 per
cen.t would have been shown. t
For the four years the labor cost of
anthracite coal production advanced
about 70 per cent, and the total oper
ating cost 64 per cent. The actual
margin on each ton would be 2 cents
less in 1918 than in 1914 by these fig
ures. Of the fifty commodities only one
showed a decline in price in March,
1918, compared with 1914. Potatoes
declined 42.8 Der cent., from 11.21 J,
bushel in 1914 to 73 cents a bushel in
March, 1918. Wheat advanced 142
per cent. Cornmeal has advanced from
Julv. 1914, to March, 1918, 241 per
cent. Milk has gone up 150 per cent.;
butter 64.1; eggs, S5.6; sugar, 73.9;
hog products, 161.; salt pork, 124;
fresh meats, 45 to 55.
Among mineral and metal products
the largest advance was in lurnace
rnko a train of 200 per cent, since
July, 1914. Bituminous coal advanc
ed 70.5 ner cent.
Chestnut coal was taken for the
comparison of anthracite prices. It
advanced from $5.24 in July, 1914, to
$6.56 a ton in March, 181S,-or io.i
per cent.
n
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES DROP
MINERS RENEW WAGE DEMAND.
Washington, Aug. 27 The anthra
cite miners yesterday asked of the
United States Fuel Administration an
increase of wages, apart from the re
quest made a few days ago by both
anthracite and bituminous workers
for more money.
Their special representations -were
submitted to Dr. Harry A. Garfield,
Federal Fuel Administrator by the
district presidents and other officials
of the United Mine Workers of
America.
Dr. Garfield told the men he appre
ciated that the basis for the request
for increased wages in the anthracite
field was apparently materially differ
ent from the basis of the- request of
the bituminous fields and assured the
delegation he would give the matter
prompt and careful consideration.-
There will be another conference in
a few days.
Washington, Aug. 27 The average
daily expenses of the government this
month have been $2,000,000 less tnan
those for a similar period Ui July. This
is due to the smaller purchases of
foreign government obligations, to
date only $125,000,000, and to the fact
that there have been only nominal in
terest payments on the public debt this
month. The daily average for August
$49,500,000, compared with $51,500,
000 for the entire month of July.
Payments of the third Liberty
bonds this month have reached $300,
000,000, or a total paid in of $4,058,
000,000, leaving only about 2 per cent
now unpaid.
Sales of War Savings Stamps for
the first 55 days of the fiscal year
have amounted to more than $320,
000,000, against $307,000,000 in the
seven months from Dec. 1, 1917, to
June 30, 1918.
THE WEATHER
BELATED REGISTRANTS.
Michael Sandford of 140 Bishop
avenue, who has recently been dis.
charged from service because he is
not physically perfect, registered
once more at Draft Board No. 6 yes
terday, and hopes to be put in the
service again so he may do his bit
for Uncle Sam. Other men register
ing on that day were Francis Dubois
of 161 Bunnell street; Max Weiss, 421
Bishop wenue, and Walter Kimber
of 73 Beardsley street.
NEARY IS PLEASED.
James R. Neary, a former member
of No. 5 Engine Co., who is now in
special service at Governor's Island,
New York, in a letter to Clerk John
J. Hines, of the fire board, says he
expects to be made a member of the
fire department at the military base.
He further states that he likes the
army and that nothing is too good for
Uncle Sam's soldiers judging by the
way they are clothed, housed, enter
tained and fed.
New Haven, Aug. 27 For
Bridgeport and vicinity: Fair
and slightly cooler tonight;
Wednesday fair.
Showers were reported during
the last 24 hours from the Gulf
coast, the Lake region and along
the Atlantic coast from North
Carolina to Maine. A disturb
ance is central.this morning over
South Dakota but it has not yet
caused much precipitation. An
area of high pressure central
over Ontario Is producing cool,
pleasant weather in all the east
ern districts. The temperature Is
slightly higher this morning In
the western districts. .
Conditions favor . for this vi
cinity fair weather, .with cool
nights but quite. warm. during the
day.
ALMANAC FOR TODAY
Sun rises 0:13 a . m.
Sun sets 7:35 p. m.
High water 3:18 a, m.
Moon rises 10:41 p. m,
Low water . . . 9:41 a. m.
MICHIGAN PRIMARIES
THE MICHIGAN primaries, held today, will determine
whether Henry Ford is to be nominated for United
States Senator, on one or two tickets. . He will surely be chosen,
by'the Democrats; he ought to be, by the Republicans. The ap
pearance of Mr. Ford in the senate would be a triumph for the
real America, the America of brains and genius. Ford is a
great builder, and a great thinker. He is perhaps the greatest
liianuiaciurer oi all time.
The senate contains too manv lawyers, and too many old
men who have ceased from activity. The senate is not repre
sentative enough of the varying phases of American thought,
or of all elementslhat make 'America great.
To say there are too many lawyers in the senate, is not a
reflection upon lawyers, but upon the system which makes it
possible for th'e great legislative body to be overloaded with
men of one type of training, and occupation, while other types,
as important, are left out.
Such a lob-sided system is not representative in the full
and true sense. -
The senate ought to be really representative of American
urains. u ougru to contain more men of real accomplishment,
and more lines of accomplishment should ho nnvered in its oer-
i -
sounei.
Vigorous Men and
Women Are in Demand
If your ambition has left you, your
happiness has gone forever unless you
take advantage of Hindle Pharmacy
and Jos. D. Hartigan's magnificent
offer to refund your money on the
first box purchased if Wendell's Am
bition Pills do not put your entire sys
tem in fine condition and give you the
energy and vigor you have lost. .
Be ambitious, be strong, be vigor
ous- Bring the ruddy glow of health
to your cheeks and the rich sparkle
that denotes perfect manhood and
womanhood to your eyes.
Wendell's Ambition Pills, the great
nerve tonic, are splendid for that tired
feeling, nervous troubles, poor blood,
headaches, neuralgia, restlessness,
trembling, nervous prostration, mental
depression, loss of appetite and kid
ney or liver complaints.
You take them with this under
standing that: In two days you will
feel better. In a week you will feel
fine, and after taking one box you
will have your oldtime confidence and
ambition or the dtuggist will refund
the price of the box.
Be sure and get a 50 cent box to
dav and get out of the rut. Rememi
ber Hindle Pharmacy and Jos. D.
Hartigan and dealers everywhere are
'authorized to guarantee uiemr-AQV,
established t$57
The Store closes daily at 6 o'clock
White
Shoe Sale
for Women
For the balance of the week we offer every pair of
women's white shoes at $1.00 less than
regular price
Included in this sale are Hi-cut Lace Boots in pearl
gray, light tan and patent kid, all with cloth tops
Regular prices $8.50 to $10.00
' $5.95
Main floor.
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Sheer Blouses
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A sample stock of blouses, mostly voiles daintily
made with tucks and embroidery, collars edged with
lace. Regular price for these would be $3.00 and $4.00
Special $1,95
while they last
Displayed on counters, center aisle, main floor.
Alteration of Furs
Repairs and alterations can be made at
Read's workrooms. If your furs need remodeling
or relining, now is the time to have it done. Hare
them fixed up. They will look better.
Umbrellas and Swaggersols'
Umbrellas in substantial covering of silk warp,
black only. Handles are in variety, wood with ster
ling silver band, plain or filigree pattern, backalite
effects in white or green, very attractive looking.
Some have white carrying rings,
$3.00 a special price
Swaggersols, good for sun or rain,
ings in green, blue and purple,
$5.95
Sounds like useless stuff, but the Government
wants all such products because the carbon or char
coal obtained from them is needed in a vital part
of the gas masks made for our soldiers in France.
If you will clean all pits and bring them to the
store they will be forwarded to the United States
Chemical Warfare Service, or the Red Cross.
This seems a small matter but it is an important
service and your co-operation is earnestly requested.
Silk CCVer-
Main floor.
The Nemo Brassiere
Every woman wears a brassiere nowadays. It is
as much a part of her costume as corset, gown or hat.
It makes for comfort and hides the line where the
corset stops. Of course it is an absolute' necessity
with a sheer blouse or summer frock.
One model of the Nemo is for rather large or full
figures, and its unique feature is a. self-adjusting lac
ing under the arm,
$1.00 or $1.50
Front or back fastening.
Corset Section second floor.
Peach Pits, Plum Pits,
Prune Pits and Nut Shells
Ctkdid Read co
established iB5I
Incorporated J 850
It's a Long Lane That Has No Turning.
Just because so many people are earning more money than
ever before is no reason to suppose that good times will con
tinue indefnitely.
History proves otherwise. Th prudent man is he who lays
aside something from his earning! each week. The man who
does that plays safe. If adversity does come he has the satis
faction of having an. emergency fund in the bank.
HAVE TOTT STARTED YOUR EMER
GENCY FUND TO MEET THE TIME
WHEN THE BUSINESS PENDULUM
SWINGS THE OTHER WAY?
CITY SAVINGS BANK
MAIN AND BANK STREETS
Open Monday Evenings
from 6 to 8 o'clock.
lWanl Ads. Ceot a Woxd