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Evening star., 1918-08-23
LENP. MORTON NHER|TS
W|FE'S HOME IN CAPITAL
Will Requeaths Him Ellerslie Also;
Residue of Estate for
Daughters. f.

Legacies amounting to S66,500 and
real estate valued at thousands of
dollars are bequeathed in the will of
Mrs. Anna Livingston Morton wife of
Levi p. Morton, filed today for pro-
bate.
The will stipulates that real estate.
consisting of a residence at 1900
Rhode Island avenue. this city. and a
summer residence known as Eller-
slie. at Rhinecliff. n. Y, with all per-
sonal property. be left to her husband.
The residue of the estate, excepting a
number of bequests. is to be divided
equally among her four daughters.
Edith. Alice. Helen and Mary. The
daughters are also made legatees of
all family jewels and art heirlooms.
Evening star., 1918-08-23

Convertible Prac ele t
Watches that may be worn
on chain or pin. Perma-
nently guaranteed, gold
stiffened cases. Best Amer
lean movements.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
tBy TAe Asscc&oted Press)

short covering in standard Issues
and price boosting activity by pools in
.oms Of the more volatile shares ac-
counted In large measure for the
strong close Of yesterdays stock mar
t.t after its uncertain opening.
unitod States Steel advanced
votnts 70 within = fraction Of It's maxi
mum FOR the current movement Bald
win Locomotive was freely taken at an
extreme advance of Az and General
Motors outdistanced all other stocks at
. sross gain Of b5a points.
Some Of the tobaccos and allied spe-
A,alsties, notably United Cigar, To-
bacco Products, Hide and Leather, In
Austr.al Alcohol and Columbia Gas,
vsrs to almost 8 points higher at
ths,r best, but shippings. coppers and
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
By o. B. Wilcox
V1ce-President Ronb1ioht e. Co

Vace-President Bonbright 6 Co.
<SN1EW YORK, July 1, 1sls-As
q result Of u German plot all
Of the rapid transit lines In
the City Of New York went ont Of cern-
mission at midnight, and not q wheel
has turned since on the surface lines,
the elevated or any of the tubes. The
entire industrial and social machinery
Of the city is dislocated. The millions
OF workers have no way of reaching
their places of business. Factories,
banks and stores are without work.
ers and all business Is stopped. There
being no hope Of a resumption Of traf-
fic on the rapid transit lines, New York,
the centre Of financial and Industrial
war activities. is paralyzed for tho Pc
rfod Of the war. The cessation of in
dustrial and financial activity in the
nerve centre of the nation has
paralyzed business throughout the
country. Officials in Washington are
In state of panic because of the vital
interference with all war activities. 1t
is even rumored that the United States
cannot longer do its part in the world
war and must open negotiations for
peace"
What JOY such = report would excite
in the hearts Of the Hunsl How could
America carry on the war II the indus
tries Of New York were paralyzcd
through total cessation Of operation of
its transit lines? Suppose instead of
the foregoing these facts Nwere re-
ported:
washington, July l, 1s1S.-Every
electric light and power plant in the
United States was destroyed at mid
night. No electricity is available, nor
can any be made available for light
Ing, transportation or mechanical
power for the balance Of the year, as
1t will take at least eight months, In
the opinion Of experts, to rebuild and
equip the plants. Fifty per cent. Of the
Industries Of the country are paralyzed
for lack Of electric power. New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and all
the other cities are without transpor-
tation for industrial workers bank
employees. walters, Office help and other
labor and clerical forces. The produc-
tion of munitions and war materials
has ceased"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Urgent Need Of Preventing Paralysis of
America's Great War Activities at Home
Unless Constructive Effort Made Save Pic Utility
Says-reased Rates and Funds Meet Maturing Obligations

labor Of other millions working by
hand; the water systems save the time
and labor Of drawing or carrying water
from the we'll or stream. If the electric
power plants Of the country should all
be destroyed, there are not enough
hands In the United States to do the
work they have been doing. Apart from
tho ordinary conveniences and econom-
les Of daily domestic and social life,
the ouput Of the electric power driven
machinery Of the country in munitions
war supplies, food products, coal
handling and ship loading represents
the daily labor of more millions OF
hands than could be put to the work.
The industries Of the country are
stimulated by the extraordinary de-
mands Of our government and Its allies
for food, and clothing, and munitions,
and guns, and all those industries de-
pend vitality on the uninterrupted, eff
cient and expanding service of the
great public utilities, without which
war work would cease; and II the total
destruction Of the utility systems
would paralyze industry, so must any
impairment Of the efficiency of our util-
tiles slow down the industries Of the
country and reduce tho country's pro-
duction of machine guns. airplanes, u
boat chasers, cartridge belts, hobnailed
shoes and gas masks.
Lloyd George and Poincair6 have de.
clared that the Allies must depend
upon American men and American in.
dustries to defeat the ferocious Prus-
sian assault on world civilization; II
America can build and transport guns
airplanes and munitions fast enough
get them with her armies to the crucial
points on the Western front while We,
the French and English heroes hold the
iine-the war will be won. If American
industry falters, if Its output is cur
tailed, If its efficiency is decreased
every hour Of delay will cost thousands
OF lives and imperil all Of France and
the Allied cause.
Yet at this critical moment Of the
war, this crucial moment in the history
Of civilization, many American utilize.
face insolvency. Has industry eve,
known a bankrupt concern that was ef-
ficient? Can it be expected that trans
portation systems, waterworks, electric
power companies, lighting and gas com
panies which cannot pay their bill.
shall serve the nation efficiently in it.
war activities? The question carries it.
own answer. Bankruptcy impairs, i
1t does not destroy. efficiency, and
bankrupt utilities will impair that high
efficiency Of American industry with
out which the world war cannot b,
won.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Utilities Are Labor
Saving Devices

Why are the public utilities Of the
country essential to it's life in peace
or war? Why have the guardians of
the nations financial and industrial ac-
tivities in war times, the Controller Of
the Currency. the Secretary of the
Treasury and the President Of the
United States. found Il necessary to
publicly announce the vital part which
the public utilities represent In the
war-making energy Of tho nation1
Tho public utilities arc tho labor
saving tools and machinery Of the coun-
try. The gas stove saves time and labor
of chopping wood for fires; the electric
light saves time and labor Of making
light by torches. candles or kerosene
lamps; the streetcar saves the time and
labor millions would otherwise use In
walking to and from their work, the
electric power plant saves the time and
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Productive Efficiency
Essential to Victory

The men and women Of the country
are saving. and giving, and working,
and fighting because they know that
they must win this war. They de-
mand that every tool useful in prose-
cutting the war shall be maintained and
operated at its highest efficiency. The
observing ones among them see their
greatest labor saving tools and machin-
cry slowing down, losing efficiency, I'M
pairing the nations efAciency-and
why?
To-day some Of most useful utili-
ties, on which war activities of the
country vitality depend, have neither
money nor credit. They cannot meet
their obligations; they can get no
money for new plants to satisfy the
demands Of manufacturers for more
motive power and transportation, and
their condition Is due to nothing nor
NAL, nor to anything inherent in their
structure or organization, but solely
to two conditions entirely resulting
from the fact that we are at war.
The costs Of operating utilities, in
Guiding the costs of copper, steel, coal
and labor, have increased from 10 to
400 per cent, while the prices received
for their output in power, or trans
portation, or light, or heat, have been
increased under almost universal reg
ulations by the public utility commits
Qinra rf savarul .%,+o, L,.A. ,,
fraction Of the increases of the neces-
sary costs Of their operations. Their
credit has therefore been impaired by
a decrease in their net earnings appli-
cable to interest on their bonds and
dividends on their stock, and further
increases in the costs Of operation are
probable. Even if their earnings
were unimpaired in many instances
they cannot command the assistance
OF the investment funds Of the country
at the rates they can afford to pay for
money, because tho government financ-
ing has so largely absorbed the re-
sources Of the investors Of the coun-
try.
These are war conditions, and be-
cause they affect national efficiency
they are national questions; and be-
cause this nation, to win this war, must
Immediately and continuously make its
greatest possible output Of war ma
terials, the situation Is q war emer-
gency. recognized by the public utter
ances Of tho President Of the United
States and his chief financial advisers.
The first and obvious remedy for this
dangerous slackening in industrial ef-
ticiency is such an increase in the prices
which can be charged by the public
! utility companies for their necessary
war service - will resstablish their
credit There seems to be no general
recognition BY the regulatory bodies
that the conditions confronting them
arc war conditions and emergencies
and must be met and faced a. war
emergencies. The commissions, Of
course, largely reflect public opinion,
and the more susceptible Of the COM
rissioners hesitate to raise rates in
the face Of popular opposition.
II rates adequate to sustain public
utilities depend on popular approval,
then the question becomes, hrst, one Of
popular information. and whsn the peo-
MIA ara fully informed. than n aa n reaI
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
- Active Securities -
the usual unclassified Issues closed at
Irregular quotations.

the usual unclassi{ied Issues closed at
Irregular quotations.
Rails were In the background
throughout, except for Atlantic Coast
Line, at an advance Of almost 2 points,
and Western Maryland preferred
which gained SA points. A few Of the
low grade Western and Southwestern
rails also rosc frsctionally.
Impressive changes in the bank state
ment were traceablc to recent pay
ments Of income taxes. Actual loans
decreased almost s137, ,00o, 900, net de-
mand deposits about $15o,000,000. re.
serves of Clearing House members in
the Federal Reserve Bank contracted
Sal, 900, 900, and excess reserves were
reduced by about $22, SOC, 900.
Bonds were steady, virtually all the
trading being confined TO Liberty Is
sues. Old United States bonds ad-
vanced y to y per cent on call during
the week
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Market Barometers
Stock Exchange Transactions

Day Year
Yesterday before. before.
q. 8. v.$2,2se, 600 q, ,s70, 600 $f,s4f;0oo
Railroads $4,000 $4,000 247,0Uo
Others :. o02,oo0 e39, 900 1,a61y00O
All bonds $4,000 7,24s.ooo A14o.ooo
January 1 70 date. 1
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Are the Utilities
War Essentiala2

Or, suppose all the gas plants of the
country were destroyed and no gas was
available for lighting, cooking, the
manufacture Of toluol or other coal tar
productsl Or, suppose all the water
works Of the country were put out of
commission and no water was available
for domestic uses or FIRE preventioni
Could the nation prosecute the war
without Its great public utilities7
The Hon. John Shelton williams,
Controller of the Currency, in his last
report to Congress said:
National and state banks and many
thousands of small and large investors
have suffered seriously from the decline of
the earning capacity Of public utility cor
porations and tho consequent shrinkage in
tho value of their securities, representing
Investments Of many hundred millions Of
dollars. These losses naturally diminish
the power and disposition of the public to
respond to the calls of the government for
money for war. This danger should
arouse, venture to suggest, tho anxiety
and stimulate the efforts Of the Congress
and Of every patriotic citizen. more
urgent and pressing peril is forced upon
our attention by tho obvious fact that We
are dependent SO largely on the efficiency
and strength Of these corporations and on
our railroads for success and speed in
preparing for and prosecuting the war.
The work Of war has thrown upon
many of these corporations strains which
To nA,,vo
help. The costs Of their labor and Of all
material for operation, betterment and up
keep have increased heavily and suddenly.
They are required to increase radically and
quickly their service and facilities. .
The continued and increasing efficiency
of these corporations Is important for the
successful conduct Of the war. This ef-
fciency is not possible with present condi-
tions.
In a letter to the President dated
February IS. 1918, the Secretary Of the
Treasury said:
1t is obvious that every part of our In
dustrial and economic life should be MAIN
tanned at its maximum strength In order
that each may contribute In the fullest
measure to the vigorous prosecution OF the
war. Our local public utilities must not
be permitted to become weakened.
and Just recognition by state and local
authorizes.
In his reply Of February 10, 1918, the
President wrote to the Secretary Of the
Treasury in part as follows:
I fully share the views you express re-
garding the importance of the public SER
vice utilities as part of our national
equipment, especially In wartime Il is
essential that these utilities should be
rnnintained at their maximum efficiency
and that everything reasonably possible
" should be done with that end In view.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23

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New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Yesterdavs Transactions in Listed Stocks

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share,is Is based on ayment
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-29
WEDDING.

In taking out weeds from the rows
it is absolutely necessary to get roots
and all! Merely breaking a weed off at
the surface, either with fingers or hoe,
means that it will sprout again and
be much more difficult to get the bet
ter of the second time than the first.
Weeds of any size that are pulled
or hoed out should be raked up clean
and removed. If left where they lie
they will be in the way for the next
cultivation, clogging up the tools and
causing poor work. In wet weather
thew may root again and then they
will be much more difficult to control
than at first. Re-rooted weeds are
Just as rugged and hard to Kill as
transplanted plants, because instead
of single long ''tap-root' they nave
a fiberous mat of small roots which
holds the soil and moisture and makes
it next to impossible to destroy them
Some weeds, such as purslane or
''pusley' will grow from every piece
that is left on the ground. others
will 20 to seed after they have peen
pulled up. For all these reasons II
is most important to get all weeds
when small, ard to get them not only
out of the rows, but out of the gar
den altogether.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-29
DAILY FEATURES
SOCIAL EVENTS
PERSONAL NOTES
The New Clothes

mere are pockets in nearly everything and derived in many
outwrdy varied
and arranged according to the pockets slant Two models seldom
pocket looking
It's tunc
a
in new d1sf
both afternoon
Innings yelled
foundation color
noverth
tule employed
Flesh chiffon CLOTH accordion pleated makes
either negtgee
ce which they put Paris under the
The cuoes almost ankle length and gathered lace cuffs
velvet ribbon about inches WIDE
nough be called
with due,
Just
a froch.
In
ATTN grdes
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-29

knickers, white middies, black stock
ings and white "sneaks.'
They have secured the services of
Mr.. Hayes, Who has had long ex-
erience in instructing in calisthenics,
and he will drill them in the calisthen-
les and naval setting up exercises.
Glasses will be held every Monday and
Wednesday night.
Plans are well under way for a
dance to be given under their aus
pices, at which time it is planned to
give an exhibition of gymnastics by a
team selected from the advanced
class.
There is some talk of having the
girls give half hours exhibition at
the picnics being given by the Rem
ington Arms Athletic association at
Liberty grove, on Success avenue,
north of Boston avenue, on Saturday,
June % which is going to be the great
est thing of it's kind ever pulled off
by any one or any bunch of ones in
Bridgeport.
Amongt the other attractions at the
picnic will be dancing, band concert,
open air vaudeville, baseball game,
athletic events, open air boxing and
an exhibition of the Browning Ma
chine gun. It is now estimated that
there will be more than $4,000 of the
employees of the Arms and the U. M. c.
Co. and their families and friends out
for good time on that day, and the
picnic committee are working their
heads off, to insure a smooth run
ming program.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-29
PLAN FOR MAKING
REFRIGERATOR
WITHOUT ICE

A wooden frame is made with di-
mansions AZ by 16 by IA inches and
covered with screen wire, preferably
the rustless type. which costs little
more than the ordinary kind. The
door is made to fit closely and is
mounted. on brass hinges, and can be
fastened with a. wooden latch. The
bottom is fitted solid, but the top
should be covered with screen wire
Adjustable shelves can be made OF
solid wood or strips, or sheets of gal
vanized metal Shelves made OF
poultry netting on light wooden
frames, as shown in the illustration
are probably the most desirable
These shelves rest on side braces plac-
at desired intervals. A bread baking
pan, a by Is inches, is placed on the
top and the frame rests in II by
IS inch pan.
All the woodwork, the shelves and
the pans should receive two coats OF
white paint and one or two coats OF
white enamel. This makes a very
be easily kept clean. The screen wire
also may receive the coats of enamel
which will prevent it from rusting.
A cover of canton flannel, burlap
or duck is made to fit the frame. Put
the smooth side out if canton flame
is used. 1t will require about three
yards of material. This cover i;
buttoned around the top of the frame
and down the side on which the dool
is not hinged, using buggy hooks and
eyes or large-headed tacks and eye
lets worked in the material. On the
front side arrange the hooks on the
top of the door instead of on tht
frame and also fasten the cover dowr
the latch side of the door, allowing {
wide hem of the material to OVERLAP
the place where the door closes. Thu
door can then be opened without un
buttoning the cover. The bottom o
the cover should extend down into tn
lower pan. Four double strips, which
taper to eight or ten inches in width
are sewed to the upper part of tn
cover. These strips form wicks tina
dip over into the upper pan.
The dimensions given make a re
lfrigerator of very convenient size fo1
| household use and one with ef1cien
evaporating surface, but it is not nee
essary to follow strictly these dimen
sions. If larger capacity is desired
the height of the refrigerator can b
| increased.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-29
ADDS FLAVOR.

It was a plain white cereal, cream
of wheat or something of that Sort
that was served for the early morn
ing meal. With each bowl of the
cereal, the waitress set at each place
a small dish of chopped English wal
nut meats. AS the guest wondered
what they were for, she saw the
hostess take up a spoonful Of the
nuts and scatter them over the cream
of wheat. AS she meditated follow
ing suit, the hostess glanced up and,
reading the inquiry in her eyes, YOU
chsafed an explanation.
You see, I do not use sugar on
cereals; I prefer salt. But, with a
plain cereal like this, find it much
more interesting to combine with
it some other food that has a def
mite flavor-that is the only way
that I can express it. Then, too, as
cereal is the main dish of our break
fast-we have only fruit, rolls and
a hot drink in adition-it helps make
the meal more satisfying one. Nuts
I find, are particularly good with
cream Of wheat; chopped dates are
also chopped figs. These all go wei
with oatmeal and cream of rye too
especially the dates and figs. Will
corn meal mush, made of the yellow
corn meal, like the small, seedless
raisins; 1 acquired that taste camp
ing out. There are many other goot
combinations such as cereals will
fresh fruits, of course, but in tn,
winter season 1 find that the nuts
dates and figs and raisins are par
~tcularly good"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-29
Birthday Bio-Briefs
FAMOUS WOMEN.
To Parents and Teachers-Get
Your Children to Read This
Instructive Daily Feature.

Sarah Jennings, the wife of the
great general, John, Duke Of MARI
borough, has been painted far too
black by historians in general and
by Hord MaCauley in particular. Her
worst fault was her imperious tenn
per. It was her destiny to become
The intimate friend of King James
second daughter Princess Anne, a
gentle and ttmtd woman of limited
understanding who, in her public
career felt the necessity for a strong
minded female mind to lean upon.
Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, was
born May %, 1860 Her accounts of
the Duchess throw an interesting
light on the friendship that existed
between the princess and herself.
She writes: "Anne detested any
treatment by me which showed dis
play of ceremony due to her rank;
nor could she hear from me the
sound of words which implied dis
tance and superiority. Therefore,
one day, she proposed that she take
the name of Mrs. Merely and I take
the name of Mrs. Freeman, and that
we be known to each other in future
by those names"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-29
WINIFRED BLACK z zs6H Khaki Johnmie's Letters
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upright, 1918, by Newspaper Featms Service. Inc.

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and the French zuaves and there
and he talks about things he never
about before.
and
him. he and the other
life where all leading
much older and much serious
before
dull oldashioned
will
will him that
his letters
needn't the
their
pathetic appeal language
of
scAcui
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-29
Soap Not Always the Best
Aid to the Bath for Beauty
By LUCREZIA BORI
The Famous Spanish PrinsG Donna

artificial sea water bath at home In
fact, If you will take salt bath, using
about one cupful of salt Tor ID gaiIons
OF water, and do this about three tunes
a week, 1t will tone up your skin won
derfully and improve your health In a
general way.
Instead Of soap, why not s1se q bath
bag which can be made at homo very
easily? Make the bag of cheese cloth.
shout four inches square, and I'll with
some of the following mixture:
4 pounds of oatmeal
4 pounds-of bran
IL pounds Of almond meal
pound Of white CASTLE soap
3 ounces OF violet sachet
The soap should be dry and powdered.
Mix all these Ingredients together and
keep In a glass Jar. Fill the small cheese
cloth bags as needed, and use just Like
sponge.
Two Refreshing Aida.
Another great aid to stimulating cir
cuIation and identifying the skin Is the
lemon bath. Cut a few lemons into
slices and put them to soak in a basin
of cold water for 80 minutes Pour the
lemon water into the filed bathtub and
stir vigorously.
A simple rundown with a Turkish
towel after the bath viii refresh the
skin. or you can use liquid preparae
ton as follows:
pint of pure alcohol
ounce Of gum camphor
tablespoonfuis of salt
Put these ingredients in quart bot
tie, fill the rest of the bottle with water
and mix WELL
Above all things, If you would have
your skin made beautiful through the
bath, you must follow regime regular
ly. If you will stick to a plan once a
week for year Il will be much better
than to be enthusiastic every day for
a month and then to forget about it.