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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25
'FAR-RE 4 c / | n 6
A RE QUESTIONS
in PENDING SUIT.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 25.-Far-
reaching questions regarding the right
of patentees to fix retail. or resale
prices of their products, are involved
in the infringement suit brought by
the Victor Talking Machine Company
against the Macy department store of
New York. An injunction was granted
by the second federal circuit court af-
ter being denied by District Judges
Hand and Hough.
The principal question raised was
whether, in disposing of it's machines
BY giving license only for their
use" for royalties during the patents
term and not outright title to pur-
charers, the Victor Company might
thus lawfully regulate and restrict dis
tribution of it's products. A second
airy question was whether the restrict
ion of distribution through 1000 Iii
censed" dealers was an illegal combi-
nation and monopoly under the Sher-
man antitrust law.
Other talking machine manufactur-
ers and other patentees generally use
the license plan, restrictions upon ac-
tual sale prices having been held lille
gal by the court.
l,nk h.a VN1n &c a
subterfuge adopted to control retail
prices to the public was contended by
the Macy Company in the present pro-
ceedings. The appellate court below,
however, unheld the license plan, stat
ing patentees could thus limit the use
upon payment of royalties, of their
products when not actually parting
with the legal title.
An injunction was secured in the
lower courts by the Victor Company
against threatened cut-rate sale of its
machines.
Under the so-called patent monopoly
decisions of the Supreme court in the
Dick Monograph and other cases, the
Macy Company contended that the Ii
cense giving the right only to use the
products was unlawful. In the nome
oeraph decision from which Chief JUS
tice White and former Justices Hughes
and Lamar dissented the court held
that patentees could prescribe what
related articles could be used with pat
ented machines. However, in a patent
medicine case, with Justices McKenna,
Holmes, Lurton and Van Devanter dis
senting. the court held that patentees,
after having once actually sold and
lost all interest in patented article,
cannot further restrict resale prices.
The Macy Co. contended in the Vic
tor case that upon receipt of full roy
atty upon delivery of machines, further
restriction upon resale prices, through
license is merely an attempt to
evade the law.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25
WOMAN IS FOUND
DEAD IN HOTEL

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 25.-Ths
body of a strange woman, since iden-
titled by police authorities as that OF
Mrs. Nell HARVEY, widow, of Exeter.
Cal, was found today lying across
the bed in a hotel here.
Certain mysterious circumstances
surrounding the womans death have
not been cleared up by the police,
while Harlem ]. Winter. a motion pic
ture actor, is held under warrant
charging completely in the murder.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25

You call that machine o. yours a
fiivver?"
Yes" returned Mr.. Chuggins; and
with gasoline liable to rise IN price at
ary time, my hardest problem is the
high cost of fi:vvinO Washington
Star.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25
Long Time Credit.

France will require long time credit
and so much of it that it must con-
Germ the banker who will, as usual,
place his own estimates on the per-
sonal character of the applicant
IF we are agreed that we are equal
ly willing to enter into a Franco
American reciprocity, according to
which we purchase freely from France
SO that France may purchase largely
from us, then we are ready to con-
slider the character of the demand in
this prospective reconstruction.
France looks to us as the superior
eXploiter of labor saving devices to
help her deal with what she expects
to be the most difficult phase of her
reconstruction, namely, to find ade-
Quate means to offset a great def
cheney in her former manual labor.
she estimates this deficiency will ac-
, trally be 1,500,000 men, and to this
must be added serious impairment Of
effective personal service by the loss
OF limb, sight or other sense. France
is so impressed with the gravity of
this situation that at the outset this
constituted the principal reason given
tor our commissions visit.
What the requirements of this par
ticular will be. no estimate at this
time can foretell. 1t is believed, how
ever. that in the replacement of tex
tile machinery alone between $4,000
600 and 1OO,OOO,O0O will have to be
expended. 1t is figured that $780,
100000 will be required for the re-
placement of industrial property in
the French war zone alone"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25
PAPTISTS SUPPORTING
LEADERS ENTHUSIASTICALLY

ATLANTA, Ca, Jan. 25.-The en-
thusiasm with which Baptists through
cut the state have received the an
nouncement of plans for the campaign
to raise 100000 for the three prinei-
ay Baptist institutions in Georgia en-
ocnrages the executive committee in
charge of the campaign to believe il
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25

Are you head of the family?"
Not exactly" replied Mr.. Meekton.
My position is rather that of the man
higher up who gets blamed when any
thing goes wrong. Washington Star.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-25
FRENCH WANT GOOD
RELATIONS IN HER
BUSINESS To LIVE

PITTSBURG, Pa. Jan. 25.-W. W.
Nichols, who was chairman of the
United States Industrial commission to
France, in an address before the
fourth National Foreign Trade con-
vention here today, spoke on the work
of the commission and reviewed in a
general way the industrial reconstruc-
tion in Europe, which is to follow the
ending of the war.
IF the commission" he said, dis
covered one thing beyond question, it
was the willingness of France to CO.
operate with a people she under
stands in order to establish, on a sure
foundation, true commercial reciproc-
ity.
Continuing, Mr.. Nichols said
We have many evidences of this
desire and believe that none but our
selves may destroy the opportunity
offered us. A right treatment of this
opportunity, we feel will have a po-
tent effect upon dumping" and SINH
lar measures destined to limit, if not
destroy our trade abroad according
to the theories of the present day. 1t
would also modify such theories as,
for example. the one which predicts an
injury to result from the sale of our
labor saving machinery to future COM
petitors to strengthen their competi-
ton. IT,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12

Herbert c. Hoover, chairman or the Belgian relief commission, has been asked by the Council of National De- fense to take the chairmanshlp or committee on food supply and prices during the war. The council expects through this committee to coordinate the various food distributing agencies of the nation and prevent, as far as possible, speculation and other evils which would raise food prices to exor- bitant levels.
 Economy in distribution, increased production and all other phases of the food problem will be covered ln the work of the committee, which will seek to obtain the active cooperation of the fo9d dealers.
 Attention will be paid to the experl- ence of European governments In handling the food question, and 1t is for this reason that MT. Hoover's ser vices will be of value. In this com mittee the government is expected to have an agency admirably equipped for assuming the general control of food production and distribution should it become necessary for the government to take this out of pri- vate hands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Dust Dangers.

An analysis of the contents of a vacuum cleaner made recently showed that the dust which had collected on the bookshelves in library consisted of "hair, green wool, white wool, cot ton fbers, celluloid, pieces of finger nails, fly wings, sand grains, wood, pa per, string, metallic iron and leather. The hair was probably derived from soft hats, the wool and cotton fbers from clothing, sand from the mud tracked in on shoes and the gradual pulverizing of the floor, fly wings from dead flies and paper from book leaves
 Curiously enough, very few germs were found in this dust Yet there is no question that inhaling it might lead to various diseased conditions. This would not be the result of any disease germs contained in the dust itself, but to the irritating effects produced by the dust particles when brought into contact with the bronchial membranes. Thus it is evident that even germ free dust may be harmful when inhaled Los Angeles Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
COMP ANY SEEKS CONTRACT
 FOR SUBMARINES
Bids on Eight Undersea Craft, to Be Built on Two
 U. S. Coasts.

Lake Torpedo Boat Co. officials are sanguine today that the home com pany and the California Ship Build ing Co of Long Beach, Cal, an allied company, will be awarded contracts by the government for at least eight of the 34 sea-going submarines, bids for which were. opened yesterday in Washington.
 With bids submitted by this com pany for at least four and a maximum of eight boats, to be built and com pleted within from 24 to 32 months, at prices well within the govern ment's announced appropriations, and their largest active competitor bidding figures higher than the government estimate, persons in close touch With the government assert with confidence today that the Lake Co. is due for large share of the business.
 Although the government asked for bids upon 38 vessels of the 800 ton type, one of the largest type yet at- tempted by the navy department, bids for but 34 boats were submitted by the various bidders who also, foresee- ing that the government might wish to build additional boats in the navy yards also submitted fees under which the patents might be used.
 The Electric Boat Go. of Fore River propose to build IS submarines in from 16 to 26 months and at a price of $1,524,0OO for each vessel con- structed on the Atlantic coast, and $1,592,OO0 for each constructed on the Pacific coast. The limit of cost set by Congress for the submarines ap- parently excludes these proposals, as it is s1,S00,0O0.
 The company proposed as an alter native to construct the submarines on a cost plus 5 per cent. profit basis.
 The California Ship Building Co. of Long Beach, Cal, and the Lake Tor pedo Boat Go. of Bridgeport proposed to build frAm four to eight submarines each in from "A to g months at prices ranging from $1.2sS, ,090 to $1,299, ,00o, depending on the design. The cost plus percentage profit plan also was proposed by the companies as an al- ternative, and the Lake Go. offered to license the government to construct on it's plans for S100 per net ton sub merged displacement.
 Snyder & jCo., French concern, with offices fin New York, proposed to license the government to build under its plans at a rate of $65, ,00O for the first boat and $45 ,O0O for each succeed ing vessel ,or to license the govern ment to build oil engines under it's plan for submarine use at $35, 900 for the first engine and $25,000 for each engine built.
 In the consideration of the Snyder & Go. bid, experts here see the pos sibility of complete revolution in the power units of the American subma- rine. But one of the French type boats is now known to be in the United States navy. The principle is a radical departure from the present Diesel engine system and is said to revert to the steam type under special chemical generation processes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Fragrant Fern.

Some say it has the fragrancy of new mown hay. It reminds others of fresh strawberries. There are also those who detect it in the perfume of the wild rose. Opinions differ as to what the fragrance resembles, but all opin- ions are unanimous in praising 1t. So they call it the fragrant fern.
 It grows in small, round clumps in clefts on the face of a precipice, out of reach of collectors, who haven't the patience to hunt for 1t. For this req son it is not well known. It's out of the way haunts provide an effectual hidiRg place.
 The hardness of the fragrant fern surprises the amateur collector. It grows in full glare of the sun, in places where more common ferns would be scorched and withered. Yet the fronds remain green throughout the year, and even the year-old fronds, which turn brown at the end of the season, curl up around the roots of the plant and cling to the rocks.-Phil- adelphia North American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Clever Advertisinq.

rAn ingenious advertisement recently made its appearance on the wa \, and boardings of French town. It said:
 "A wallet containing the sum of 300 francs and a large number of orders has been lost by travelling salesman of the firm of X. & Co. The finder is requested to return the orders to K. x Co. and to keep the 300 francs as re ward for his trouble in so doing"
 Of course everybody read the adver- tisement. Of course everybody said to himself that the batch of orders on K. & Co. must be ni9e, fat one. Thus by clever stratagem X. x Go. man. aged to diffuse among the public the impression that theirs was a large business, with an immense number of customers. Not even the Americans, y says the proud Frenchman who reports this example of Gallic enterprise, mot even the Americans could have worked the trick better. New York Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Tact and Success. l,

Tact is combination of good tenn per, ready wit, quickness oe percep- tion and ability to take in the exigency of the occasion instantly. It is never offensive, but is balm allaying sus- picion and soothing It is appreciated. It is plausible without being dishon- est, apparently consults the welfare of the second party and does not mani fest any selfishness. It is never antag- onistic, never opposes, never strokes the hair the wrong way and never irri- tates. Tact, like a fine manner, eases the way, takes the jar out of the jolts, oils the bearings, opens doors barred to others, sits in the drawing room when others must wait in the recep- tion hall, gets into private offices when others are turned down. It admits you into exclusive circles, where wealth abounds, even though poor. It secures the position when merit is turned away. Tact is a great manager. It easily controls people, even when com bined with small ability, when genius cannot get along.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
SOLDIERS REPEL "ENEMY'S" EFFORTS 
 TO LAND TROOPS

Eighty-five men of the Tenth com pany, Coast, Artillery corps, under Lieut.. Frederick Price, early in the morning of March IS, made a record run from San Francisco to Half Moon Bay to repel an imaginary invasion from the sea. The run was made in one hour and 15 minutes in 20 cars and two trucks of the Chester N. Weaver Co.,, San Francisco distribu- tor of Studebaker automobiles.
 Major s. F. Bottoms was in com mand of teh trip, which was made in accordance with an offer to the militia authorities at the Presidio by the Studebaker men at the time of this governments severing of diplo- matic relations with Germany. AL though the offer was accepted at that time, the Studebaker organization was not notified in advance when they would be called on.
 At 3:30 the morning of March IS the call come to be ready by 7:30 at the Presidio. At the hour ap- pointed the caravan, each car in carrying it's quota of soldiers, pro-
 
 Not halt or mishap delayed the run, and at 8:45 the force was landed on the bay shore, the two machine guns unloaded from the truck and hurry-up preparations made to pre- vent the imiginary hostile fleet from landing men. Considering that the distance is 39 F miles, it will be read fly appreciated what the time means.
 Swinging, sliding almost, down the mountains, around the curves, it was a miracle that they escaped without accident, tire, engine, brake, motor or any other trouble. The fact that every car and every man arrived at. the same time clearly demonstrated the efficiency and durability of the Studebaker.
 Major. Bottoms, military observer on the test run, said: ''It was one of the most satisfactory demonstrations have ever witnessed, and forcibly demonstrates what can be expected of motor vehicles over any other method of transportation. Without large concrete placements of big guns along the coast for protectich against the raid of any enemy, the short time to move troops from one point to an- other by auto, is convincingly evident that we can protect our Coast at any point without fear of the enemy suc- cessfully taking any one point I can't say to omuch in praise of the ac- tions of the Studebaker cars on the run to Half Moon Bay".
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Houses Made of Glass.

Glass is becoming more generally used as a building material each year. For some years glass bricks have been utilized where strength and durability as we'll as beauty were esse1tial fea- lures. Glass is used for waihscoting, for partitions, for ceilings and for fac ing the fronts of buildings. 1t is also being used for founda tions.
 It has been demonstrated that the crushing strength of glass is three times that of granite, six times that of ordinary brick and ten times that of concrete. Another advantage it has over these materials is that it is abso- lutely nonabsorbent, so that glass building can be perfectly dry inside, no matter what the atmospheric condi- tions outside.-Atlanta Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
failures, not machine failures.-Phils delphia Ledger. .,
Iatfraa da Cachat.

Lettres de cachet was the name given in France to warrants sealed with the kings seal ordering persons to be thrown into prison or exiled. The first came into use about 1870 and shortly became one of the popular terrors of France It is said that no less than 5000 lettres de cachet were issued during the reign of Louis XIV. and 5000 dur ing the reign of Louis XV. In many cases these terrible documents were secretly sold and used as a source of illicit revenue. They were frequently signed in blank, and the holder of one of these royal terrors could write in the name of any person against whom he happened to have a grudge. The na- tional assembly abolished this iniqui- tous privilege of issuing lettres Ma cachet .on Nov. 1, 1789.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
SHIPPING PROBLEMS BEFORE CABINET; USE OF INTERNED VESSELS HERE NOW LIKELY

it's study of the problem of food sup ply both for the United States and for the Entente Allies The shortage of the wheat crop is causing some con- cern. It may seriously cripple Ameri- ca's ability to export wheat. Frank lin D.. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, has plans under way to put under cul- tivation by the end of the year ap- proximately 100000 acres of land in the public domain. Cato Sells, Indian Commissioner, has made arrange ments to place at the nations disposal all, the public lands included in the Indian reservations not now being utilized. Secretary Houston is n6w in the west holding a series of con- ferences on the food problem with representatives of the food producers and distributors.
 The food problem was the chief question considered today at meet ing of the nation Agricultural Society, and President Wilson sent a message to the society emphasizing the seri- ousness of the problem.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
THRIFT BONDS TO
 BE ON SALE SOON

Word has been received from the National Thrift Bond Corporations S office in New York that the first sale of Thrift Bonds will begin in the stores of Bridgeport and Waterbury about April A.
 A representative of the corporation in this city explained today that the details involved in working out the companys plan have been numerous and somewhat troublesome, due to the fact that nothing like it has ever been worked out before
 In the cities of Bridgeport and Waterbury, about 30 stores,< banks and manufacturers will act as dis trjbutors and retailers of Thrift Bonds.'s in $1O denominations. Great interest in this new 1ow-priced in vestment, based on city, county and state tax-secured bonds is aroused among all of those who are to coop crate in their sale. MT. Scharp and MT. Huston of New York are in Bridgeport to assist in the campaign.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Little ThinQs Count.

The more complex life grows the more these little things count. One or two men at the pumping station could produce . water famine for 100000 people.
 Cut very thin wire, and a city is in total darkness.
 Five cents worth of calico is enough to eclipse Raphael's finest Madonna.
 When every body walked to his ap- pointed place of work nothing short of a universal calamity would keep ev- erybody away from work. Now de fective feed wire will halt hundred thousand in trolley cars.
 And because these little things do foot up to such big totals the human elemNnt remains important despite all our inventions.
 Most failures are men and women
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
HOME RULE "DEAD."

Dublin, April 12.-Count Plunkett. newly elected member of parliament for North Roscommon, speaking at a public n1eeting at Sligo the other day, said that home rule for Ireland was at present a "dead horse' we have the count continued, "a scheme of which you will hear very soon, under which a body will have the duty of presenting the claims of Ireland to complete independence before the peace conference"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Fish Versus Mosquitoes.

Myriads of mosquitoes used to infest the rice plantations of Madagascar. Dr. Legendre, savant well known in scientific circles in Paris, conceived the idea of freeing the region of mala- rial trouble by the introduction into the watercourses of cyprin, or red fish, which are very fond of both mosqui- toes and their eggs. Within five months 500 fish multiplied to 10000, and these
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Battling Window.

In some houses the windows have an unpleasant habit of rattling at all times of the day and night when there is the least wind. In such case an ordinary clothespin is most effective. It must be split in half and one half inserted on each side between the framework and the window or between the sashes. A good plan is to paint the clothespeg the same color as the window frame and secure the pieces by cord and screw to the frame so that they will be iD readiness when needed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
A Problem.

That is my hired man asleep up there in the crotch of that oak tree,'' said honest Farmer Hornbeak. You are entitled to one guess as to whether he clumb up there to slumber or went to sleep on the ground on top of an
 acorn which grew up with him."- Kansas City Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
SWEDISH BANKS MERGE.

Stockholm, Sweden, April 12.-An- other big bank merger, the sixth with Tn less than as many months, is an- nounced. The Stockholm Bank of Commerce takes over the Norrland Bank, giving it a combined capital and reserve of nearly $38,OOO,O00.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
A Cent.

The habit of calling the cent pieca
 of our American coinage penny" is utterly without foundation or excuse We have no penny in our coinage. At one time half cent pieces were coined, but now the unit is cent, the hum dredth part of a dollar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12

Twenty-Five pounds of dynamite. 2 quantity of percussion caps and fuses were found on the property of a Ger man, Alfred Shl, at Huntington Sta tion, l.. I. He said they belonged to a man who is abroad
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Wonderful.

one of the students drew the picture of a hen so lifelike that when she threw it into the waste basket it laid there,- Liverpool Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12

The army appropriation bill, carry ing $278, 8,000,000 for the existing reg u1ar army was passed by the Senate. amended so that the fund becomes imme ediately available.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12
Give Her Time,

Mother-I hope you do not allow him to kiss you as yet. Daughter-I cannot break him of all his foolish habits in 8 month, can I?-Life
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-12

We have no right to say that any good work is too hard for us to do.