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New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Wingate Named Surrogate
General to Succeed Ketcham
in Brooklyn Court

Brig. Gen. George A. Wingate. former
commander of the SD Field Artillsrv
Brigade with the 9th Division. was on.
pointed Surrogate of Kings Countr
yesterday by Governor Smith. He sOe.
ceeds Herbert 7. Ketcham, who was on.
pointed to the vacancy caused bv N,
death of Robert H. Roy, Justice of the
Supreme Court.
General Wingate was born in Brook.
lyn in 1871 and attended the public
schools and Polytechnic Institute there
He was graduated from New York Law
School in 1898 and practised law ;r
Brooklyn. He is a former member Of
the 23d Regiment, was on the staff Of
Governor Roosevelt and organized the
I'd Field Artillery at the direction ~
Major General Organ, who made him
colonel Of the regiment.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Silk Burglar Is Sentenced;
Detective Is Convicted

Convicted week ago of the theft
of $4,000 worth of silk from the loft
of j. II. Fithian G. Co., of 104 East
Twenty-ffth Street. in February, 1918,
lsador Pindek, of 1853 Seventh Avenue,
was sentenced to Sing Sing for five
to ten years by Judgc Mott, in Gen
eral Sessions, yesterday Pindek was
connected with the band of silk burg
lars who had been operating in the
wholesale silk district. Detective Will
lam Haydorn, formerly of the loft
squad, was convicted on Wednesday
for unlawfully accepting fee in CON
nection with this robbery, to protect
the receivers of the stolen property
Haydorn is now awaiting sentence.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Trying to Drag Red Herring
Across Trail in Confro-
versy Over Official Fig
ures, Says Postal Head
Calls Him M Malicious S
Tries 10 Divert Attention
From Attempts to Put
Company Out of Business

Clarence II. Mackay, president OF the
Postal Telegraph Company, replied yes
terday to Postmaster General Burle-
sons charge that company's figures in
its report to the Interstate Commerce
commission were at variance with those
held by the government. He charged
that Mr.. Burleson was attempting to
befog the question at issue.
lie is trying to drag red herring
across the trail,' Mr.. Mackay asserted.
'As TO our figures to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, Mr.. Burleson is
resorting to the contemplate trick of
telling half truths. He is persistently
dishonest in his criticisms of our sys-
tenn. The Postmaster General knows
perfectly well that our reports to that
commission were made in accordance
with the law. His solicitor had ample
opportunity to prove Mr.. Burlesons
statments when he cross-examined
our general manager before the Moon
committee in January regarding our
figures, but the solicitor was utterly
routed N his attempt to show that any
Of the figures were not strictly in ac
cordance with law.
NI. buTleSOH ndIlc1OuSly mlSrcpre-
sents our reports to the Interstate
Commerce Commission in order to di-
vert attention from his own deliberate
attempts. in conjunction with the West
ern Union and the Bell Telephone
Company, to put the Postal Telegraph
Company out of business.
"He cannot get away from the fact
that he awarded the Bell Telephone
and Western Union more than their
lines earned for him. but that he
awarded the Postal Telegraph Com
pany only S1,6S0,000, while in 1917 our
lines earned S4,269,0O0, the accuracy
of which he or his committee cannot
and do not deny. With the increased
rates. which he has ordered, our lines
should earn about $7,20O0OO. No
amount of explanation can explain
such an outrageous act of brigandage
as this.
Mr. Burleson says that of the 10000
telephone and telegraph companies in
the United States the Postal was the
only one with which he 'has had CON
troversy or even an unpleasant expert
ence.' l would point out that of these
10000 companies he has fixed COM
pensation for but comparatively few,
and the clamor of the great number of
10 no agreement, became so strong due
20 the damage to their business caused
by the uncertainty of their position,
That Mr. Burleson was compelled to
turn back 5000 of them about two
weeks ago.
"On the other hand, we know of one
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Boys Marriage 10 Servant
Is Annulled by Court

Justice Van Siclen, in the Supreme
Court of Brooklyn yesterday annullcd
the marriage of scventeen-y -year-old
David H. Wolf to servant in the
household of his father, Abraham ".
Wolf, Of the Hotel Ansonia.
The boy eloped with Mary jefferson
on September 26 and was later traced
by his father to Virginia. The elder
Wolf then brought suit for annulment
because of the boys age.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Crushed Between Sfreetcars

Alexander Nelson, nineteen years
old, of 421 Union Street, Brooklyn
was caught between two surface cars
at Broadway and Fulton Street yester-
day afternoon and badly bruised and
crushed. 1t was necessary to call men
from Hook and Ladder Company No 10
in order to remove Nelson, who was
unconscious, from between the cars.
At the Broad Street Hospital it was
said his legs may be paralyzed from a
spinal injury.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

that the mail service during the war
period has been maintained upon an
exceptionally efficient basis, and con-
fdently believes that every fair
minded, unselfsh, honest American,
Judging by his own experience, and
considering the difficulties confront
ing the postal establishments, recog
nizes this as fact. But this is not
the issue here. Keep that in mind"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06
PROUD EXPRESS N0,N 8 SAD
 OLD WOAAN

Paris. Dec. 6-CBy 4. P.D-With bowed head and with face of infinite sadness. a modestly dressed old lady was seen walking through the TuilIer. ies Gardens today. As she walked, she would stop to pick au.-lnn flow CTS, scared and blasted by the cold, but no more faded than her cheeks. Passersby, seeing her and knowing the regulations of the park, expected some policeman to admonish her, but she passed on, followed by a single maid, unchecked by the uniformed representatives of the law.
 It was the once proud Empress Eugenie who, bowed beneath the weight of g winters, thus pIucked withered flowers from a garden that was once hers.
 Empress EuEenie left France on July g, the fateful day when the then proud and haushty Austria sent an ultimatum to Serbia which was destined to dismember realms and change the whole face of history. She is in close sacIusion in her apart ments. refusing to meet any newspa- per men, and seeing only few of her old friends.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

1000. 100000 tons of coal year for ten years. and, in addition. an amount of coal equal to the difference be- tween the annual production before the war of the mines of tFn NN"7 and Pas de Calais, which w
 stroyed as a result of the war, and the same area for a period not eX- ceeding ten years.
 The potash deposits of Alsace also are important The output in 1913 was 35O,0OO tons, although the Ger mans had never found it necessary to work these deposits intens: ely under a policy of artificially restricted pro- auction In the coming years unus- uaI emphasis will be placed upon the enlargement of agricultural produc- ticn in France. And every domestic source of fertilizer will facilitate the expansion of agriculture.
 Alsace-Lorraine was the chief seat of the German cotton manufacturing industry, and was also an important center of the wooden industry. The number of cotton spindles in the re- turned provinces before the war was one-fourth the pumber in France. Other important manufacturing in dustries in Alsace-Lorraine include glass, chemicals, and paper.
 The indications are that France will not revert to the pre-war indus trial position, characterized so large ly by small scale production of fine quality manufacturers. Doubtless tberA will bA sufficient hand produc-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

proximate1y So.OOo,0OO tons of coal annually.
 The principal sources of bydro-elec- tric energy are in the sections Of France least exposed to invasion. This fact and the development of transpor- tation in central, southern, and west ern France during the war, including an enormous expansion of port and terminal works, combine to make rel atively permanent the new center of French industry. And this meant that in many eases the destroyed fac tories in northeastern France will not be rebuilt on the old sites.
 In addition to this reconstruction ductive equipment of the country has been greatly enlarged as a result of the restoration of Alsace Lorraine and the control of the coal mines Ill the Saar Basin.
 Throughout the period of German control, agriculture and manufactur- ing in Alsace-Lorraine already inn portant, continued to develop.
 The recovery of the provinces is es- pecially important for France, how ever, because of their mineral re- sources. The iron deposits in Lor- raine. it is estimated, amount to 1,8OO, 100000 tons.
 The coal production in the Saar Basin before the war amounted to about 16,5O0,0OO tons annually. Ac- cording to the peace terms Germany undertakes to deliver to Franco
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

part of the tool equipment of the French factories. Much of this equipment was obsolete, and it's re- placement with more modern ma chine tools marked permanent gain cases was largely offset by the intro duction of labor-saving machines.
 New coal fields helped to replace the output of mines that had been seized. The iron deposits of Nor mandy gave rise to an important smeIting industry in that region.
 One of the most significant of all the war was the expansion of hydro electric installations. Of the estima- led 6,O0O,O00 horsepower available in the country, only about 650,000 horsepower had been brought into use in 1913.
 At the end of 1917 there had been added some 374 1000 horsepower, or more than half as much as all the developed waterpower in 1913. These new power installations have pro- foundly influenced the metallurgical industries Before the Armistice about fifty electric furnaces were pro ducing steel, with an estimated capa- city of SO0.A00 tons annually. A be- ginning has been made in the electri- ficatton of railways, and it is expec- ted that the work of further electriti- cation will be pushed vigorously. A full utilization of waterpower resour- ces would result iD saving of a-n-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

ton and concentration upon luxury articles, but the main development promises to be the building up of great manufacturing center in line with pre-war developments in Eng land and Germany.
 The total area of the French CO., Ionial possessions is more than twen- ty-two times that of continental France. The population of these col onies is greater by Is per cent, than the population of continental France. In 1913 the total foreign trade of the colonies was valued at S60S, S,S00,00O. The trade, therefore, was approXi- mately one-fourth that of France proper. It is important to note that France supplied 55 per cent. of the nports of the colonies and of the
 xports from the colonies i 8 per cent. was sent to France.
 This colonial empire contains val uable agricultural, forest and mineral. Time will be required for their further development but in dications are that their development in the near future will progress much more rapidly than in the years before the war. II is to be expected that French capital will be invested more heavily than ever before, not only in French colonies but also in ot,ler un- developed lands.
 As a necessary part of the indus trial development of France much emphasis is placed upon agriculture. There was a noticeable extension of agricultural machinery before the war, particularly in northern France. The enormous capacity of the French metallurgical industries will find one of it's natural outlets in the produc- ton of farm machinery
 The losses suffered by the French merchant marine during the war have been more than offset by new con- struction and purchases. Other con- struction is under way, and a DOT ton of the indemnity exacted of Germany will be paid to France in tue form of merchant shins.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

900 is external. An offset to the exter- nal debt, there are French invese- nlents abroad estimated at $S,1OO. .0OO,-l 900.
 The internal debt is so large that only by heavy taxation can revenues for it's service be obtained, in view Of the sudden Overrunnlng of large portion of French territory, it was eHpedient to rely during the war mainly on borrowing. Until the tax ing machinery can be reorganized, it is probable that considerable fur ther borrowing will be necessary Ultimately, taxation sufficient to meet the expenses will have to be levied.
 The key to the solution of the ifs cal problems confronting the Frenc Government is industrial The re. wonderful efficiency of the French nation as a fighting organization was tn itself guarantee that the national equipment for production was highly developed.
 The Departments of Nord and Pas de Calais, which were overrun in the carly weeks of the war, were among the most highly developed in dustriaI sections of France. The dis tricts occupied by the enemy repres- sented more than 50 per cent. of the nations coal production, 80 per cent. Of the total iron ore production 66 per cent. of the steel output, and 68 per cent. of the pig iron output. Int. textile, beet sugar, and other import ant industries also suffered greatly
 However, production was not par alyzed. So resolutely was the provis- ion Of food undertaken that by the spring of 1916 the agricultural situa- ion was almost as satisfa ctory as it had been two years before. Between June 1915, and June 1917, the num- Der of cattle in France increased ap- preciably.
 In various lines of industry there was expansion of the capital eqiup- ment as the war progressed. New plants were constructed and old ones were enlarged. In addition to the construction by the French, many new works and Improvements, chief ly transport facilities, were made by the British and the Americans.
 h 52,278 plants investigated, which were engaged in what may be called civilian production, it was found that the number of employees at work in July, 1917, was larger than before the war.
 In mechanical construction the war occasioned the renewal tn large
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

The French have made surprisins urogress since the Armistice in read justing industry to peace basis. AS early as February, 1919, the Minister of Industrial Reconstruction reported that out of a total of 100000 en- ployes occupied on November II, 1918, in a group of Government and private plants, 100000 were then engaged in peaceful pursuits.
 One of the most striking. develop ments is found in the rapidity with which the means of communication, destroyed or impaired during the war, have been restored. It is report ed that go per cent of the destroyed railways have been reconstructed and that approximately one-third of the highways damaged during the war have been repaired. The Minister Of Liberated Regions reported in June that 900 houses had already been repaired, that 10000 new houses had been completed. and that. between 55 ,0O0 and 70,000 houses were under construction
 While a great volume of raw mate rials from abroad will be required in the work of rehabilitation. for the most part French industries are themselves able to supply the neces- sary equipment. The great need $ not foreign machines and tools, but materials with which to operate idle equipment.
 There are, of course. marked diff ferences between the problems which confronted France in 1871 and those of today. But, if after an overwheln- ing defeat and the loss of an import ant portion of French territory, the nation was able to recover so rapidly in the 70's, now heartened by victory and with productive equipment sr- larged, it may be expected that recov- cry in the present period of recon struction will be no less rapid.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

Rapid progress Is being made in France in its work of reconstruction Her people are returning to work gradually: her devastated districts are rapidly being revived. It will of course, be years before much of this destruction can be replaced, but the rest of France is busy and pros porous. A great deal of money was spent there during the war by Eng land and the United States, and it's effects are manifest. France. of course, has an enormous indebted ness and the French Government has not yet undertaken to collect the taxes from the French people which a sound financial policy would dictate.
 The surprising military achieve nents of France in the war, however, attested not only the fortitude and morale of a great people, but the Ft"ength and adapta bility of the na- aal industrial and financial or la (ization.
 \ In area, continental France Is more than four times as large as New York State. The population in 1911 was 39,601, ,509. But in thinking of France as an economic unit, it's vast colonial empire must be included. In addition France now regains Alsace-Lorraine with an area of 5,605 square miles and a population of 1874, ,00O in 1910.
 To offset the addition of the re- turned provinces France lost in killed during the war 1,3SF.0O0 men In the 77 uninvaded departments there was from 1914 to 1918 inclusive, a net de- crease in population of about ,07O,- 900, calculated on the basis of report ed births and deaths. Allowing for a greater proportionate loss in the 1.sS4e=eG provinces France has just about held her own in population during the war.
 The national wealth of France be fore the war was estimated at s67.- 600, 900, 900. At the present cnanged level of prices her wealth Is now vel beyond $10O.0OO, 900. 900, desvtte the crippling of her industries and de vastating of her field in the invaded territory.
 The total debt of France on July 31, 1914, was $6, 6,593 PTS ,296. The debI in March, 1919, was approximately s34,908, 100000. Some 1888, 600, 900 however, had been advanced to the Allies. Taking no account of othel offsets the net debt, computed by de, ducting from the gross total the ad- Svances to the Allies, amounts to ap. proximately s33,389, 1000, ,O00
 Of the total debt, about $5,785. .000.-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06
FOR SALE AT
rJTN EstAIlIl LNL
 THE CYRUS PHARMACY FattIIeId Ave. and COurtiand st.
Carrier Pigeons To
 Be Used By Foresters

Denver, Col, Dec. 6-Carrier pig cons are to be used by the United States forestry service next year to convey fire reports from lookout sta tions and fire fighters at the front" to the national forest headq quarters according to an announcement ma Je by the local offices of the depart Ipent.
 The pigeons and equipment of the navy department are to be used for this purpose. The value of the birds in the mountainous and lake regions where in many places travel is most difficult, and where there are but few telephone and telegraph lines, will be especially great, it is believed.
 Flights of 500 miles in a single day have been made by these pigeons. The distance to be covered in the national forests are considerably less than this and in many cases the dis tance from lookout stations to the fire fighting areas is less than hrty niles.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06
HELEN RUTH MURRAY,

Helen Ruth, daughter of William H. and Mary L. Murray, and very well known in this city, died last night at the home of her parents, 197 Stiuman street. She was 20 years of age. Be- sides her parents, she is survived by one sister. Mrs. Frances Bracken of West Haven and two brothers, Will
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

News of the death of John J. Ward formerly of this city, and who had made his home in Gainesville, Fla, was received here yesterday. He died November 30. The burial of MT. Ward was made December l, at Evergreen cemetery in Gainesville.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

noon at the family home. after sev- eral months illness. He was a fore man for number of years employed by the New Haven railroad. He lived in Stratford for eight years. and was a member of Tinto council, Knights of Columbus. Milford. He is sur
 vived by his widow. Marceua, and
 one son, James E. Jordan
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

son, George T. Snyder of EIlyria, O. Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock this morning at the home of Mrs. LytIe and the body was sent to Cleveland, O., for burial.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06

Mrs. John Curtis of Coleman street will be hostess next week at meet ing of the Wednesday Morning Art club. Mrs. Curtis will have a paper on psychic research work
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06
OBITUARY
CHRISTINE c. SNYDER

tsEI l-N8-l =. 5 IN JI-Ihs
 Christine C. Snyder, 79, died yes terday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Frank F. Lytle. 672 Atlantic street. Besides Mrs. LytIe. she is sur vived by another Laughter, Mrs. H. H. Peck of Newcastle, Pa, and one
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06
JOHN J. WARD,

liam J., leader of Murray's orch estra ! and James H. Murray.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06
WILLIAM JORDAN.

William Jordan of 55 Barnum ter race, SCratford. died yesterday after
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-06
By FRANCIS H. SESSION.

tVice President Guaranty Trust Co.,
 of New York)
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-09-03

(OHESE new arrivals offer you the first oppor-
tunty of seeing what Dame Fashion has decreed .as
-
correct styles for Fall Wear
No claim 10 made for the completeness of assem-
base, though offers fairly good collection of ad-
models in exclusive styles that will not fail to
appeal to women of discriminating taste
While these new garments have just arrived, they
have already gained ascendency for their smartness
Included aree
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-09-03
LONE oAk-

Mrs. Kate Farley and children of
Mathiston, Miss, were pleasant visi-
tors in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Sanders Friday and Friday
night.
Misses Lille and Johnnie Vaughan
attended the ice cream supper given
in behalf of Yaughan's church IN
Mrs. Annie Harris Grove Thursday
night and were the guest of rheir
aunt, Mrs. Osa Freeman.
Miss Maude Sanders was the week
end guest of her grandmother, Mrs.
Wash Smanzey.
Little Albert Mason was the guest
of Mr.. Louie Vaughan Friday night.
Mrs. Minnie Sanders and daughter.
Ella Mae, were the welcomed guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Sanders Sun.
day night.
Mrs. Pink Vaughan and little
daughter visited Mrs. Sanders Mon
day afternoon.
Mr.. Harvey Partian was visiting IN
our community Sunday afternoon.
Messrs. L. w. Vaughan and Ernest
Sanders were guests in the Freeman
home Thursday.
Mr.. Hunter Vaughan made a
business trip to the city on Saturday.
Mr.. L. w. Vaughan made a bust
ness trip to Vaughan's store Satur-
day morning.