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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-31

Knockout Mars the Cincinnati lightweight. is now under the man. agement of Leo P. Flynn. The late Irving Margolies, who was a brother to the Kayo artist, spoke so highly of Flynn as a manager in letters to his brother that Mars, while paying a wis it to his family after his bout with Ralph Brady at the Armory in Bos- ton last Tuesday night, hunted Flynn up and asked him to look after his ring affairs. Jimmy Shevlin was the man at the helm before Mars hooked up with the local man.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-31

The Bethlehem F. c. and the Bricklayers and AIasons of Chicago met today at the Lehigh Stadium, South Bethlehem, in the western semi final game of the National ChaI- Ienge Cup Competition. The Bethle- hems are the present holders of the trophy which carries with 1t the championship of the United States.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-31

Check West, the Helyoke welter- weight, and Joe Connolly of Charles town, will furnish the star ten round attraction at the Harrington A. c, of Brockton, Mass, next Friday evening Three other ten-rounders will com plete the program.
 Frankie Whitney, the Cedar Rap ids, Iowa, lightweight, who boxed in this neck of the woods several years ago, on one occasion being stopped by Freddy Welsh, then lightweight champion, at the Harlem Sporting club. has branched out as a promoter and referee: Whitney's opening show was given at Iowa City, Iowa, last "Wednesday night, Otto Wallace best ing Johnny Schumacher. It was the first boxing exhibition staged in Iowa City since the war started
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-31

The St. Louis fight fans kicked In with S4,400 to see the eight-round massacre of Leo Houck a the hands of Mike Gibbons at the Rialto A. C. last Tuesday evening, out of which the Lancaster punching bag received s750, while Gibbons earned s1,540 for his trouble.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Of course, q fatteninG diet and judi cious exercise will go far toward i'm proving the thin woman, whose thin- ness is not 9 symmetrical al.mness.
 The best remedy for hle; ding at the rose. due to lccal causes l,;lrely is vigorous motion of the iaHs as if in cl ewing In the case uF child wad of paper should be inserted and chewed hard. The remedy is very simple and never fails in complica- ted conditions.
 Prominent collar bones, shoulder llades and sc~awnY arms arc glaring- " brought 10 the fore with the present modes of dress. unless these are modi- ned to individual requirements RcDy
 threats seen upon quite young wom- en besides utterly destFovlng a youth - ful appearance give evidence of an L1cal treatment consists in massage with fatten.ng cream and 'lreathing exercises.
 It is well while bathing your hands every day 10 rub your elbows for a few minutes with olive Gil Five or tcn minutes of the treatment daily shows results in nlont1 or two. Red swollen hands are very unettractiv If you must work much ir hot water 1 try using rubber gloves. Give them a 1 try at least. If you do nct like them good way to prevent re5ncss is to give your hands good washing just after you nave finished your work 1 Tse warm water and eool roap. Dry them thoroughly and then rub a few l drops of slyceripe and rosc1atcr over | them. If you will have I Iottle of this mixture handE and apply q I:ttle after
 each time you wash your hands it vii ! keep them soft and white
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.

There is nothing more important today than seeing that the soldiers and sailors who arc returning from abroad are provided with jobs and that the unemployment situation throughout the country is given the greatest possible relief. For tue pur- pose of bringing the men ard the jobs together placing men in positions which they are the best able to fill and to fill tho wants in one section by ;he surplus of hands in another the United State employment service has been doirs -vcrlleut work It has proved veritable clearing house for which employer as well as cmnlove has had reSsan To he thankful TEc interests o' both lave been getting careful consid' ration and it Is 70 be regretted that the service ,yajch has cecn afforded. and which Is bound 10 play such an important pars ia con- nection with the readiuStment follow ing the war is now abou. 10 bc greatly curtailed
 This service has been maintained under th' joint expense Of govern ment and sts'e and it hae ben urged by Governor Iolconb that tha state should c1uti-vr fhe offices even though the government Is obliged to withdraw much ot its cooperative Eelp because of Q lack of funds. There is no reason to believe but what con- gresS would authorize ne million or two nerss-srv Co keep this NorS co- ing wcre lt in session. Tn tlct it will in all pro 1ahili-y hasten 10 mako m any expcnsa wtiCl might hr entailed through -hc Eeo7.ng o-en O. the of nces until it = convened IT there fore the respec.icr gtates couid shoIl- der the eXpopFa .1 the meantime it is more than lkclv that the e5eu.ri scs- sion of -orgrcSs when called will pro- vide for -hc prnp1-tion of the cos. of maintenan,e hat ]. has heea paying in the past. But even if i. didn't the states micf- c-ell look afts~ this i'm portant mI.'cr of keeping unemplov- ment 70 The minimum
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
USES or FRENCH CHALK.

Trench chalk is not neay;y so well frown as it should he. fer it is a very convenient and economical prepara- tion to have on hand for various pur- poses. As a cleanser for silk. it is effective in that it.. removes grease spots alnost instantaneously, if ap- piled in the following way: If the cftalk is purchased in cone shaped i:lmps. it is we'll to shave them down tn a fine powder, which should then Dc mixed with small quantity of soapsuds until thick paste has been formed.
 After the paste has hardened into round cakes it Is ready for use. It should again he powdered and spread or the offending spot, T der which cotton material has previously been spread. Several layers of tissue paper should be placed over the spot and a hot iron applied to the paper, with care that it does not come in con- tact with the silk itself This method wi ' leave the silk free from bleinish, if followed carefully,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
USES FOR WAxED PAPER.

One housekeeser say. she wonders row she evan managed without the waxed paper wrappers which came around much Of the bread that one buys these days; she has found so many uses for them She uses them constantly fer covering the ice. spreading tila separate pieces on. as she gets then. until she has formed a substantial hlanket which sine con- s:ders the most satisfactory protection she has ever found
 Then she often uses them te wra D about solid food, before putting it into the lower part Of the box. thus saving the use of dish and protect ing if from the oder Of other food placed close to it. Fer instance. she wraps the meat in one of these wa1ed papers, and thus can fold it into 7 smaller portion of space than it Tolfd ccfEpT if placed on a platter ia sliced eggplant may i'a cared for in this way as well as any number of other vegetables.
 Of course it is always valuable to use around sandwiches or fruit and in Trcparing luncheons for school cfil- dren, where heavy parer is neces sary.
 Lastly. this housekeerer finds that the wrappers are excellent fer waxing irons, as they do not give out more han q sufficient amount Of grease al a time.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Using Prison laher

iTr. Editor: There are few thous- and soldiers, sailors an1 marines roaming around idle. White foreigners, who are not citizens Of the II. $. A., are holding good positions and while We, who volunteered, or were draft cd into tho service for the protection Of the state of Connecticut, and the |. $. A. were receiS ir.s '$30" per month (of course B went for Lib eYty bonds. S15 for allo.ment, $6 for il surance, to say nothing about soap, teoth paste, shoe polish. etc, while
 III the states, while said foreigners, who could nor be drafted into the alny, and tn" slackers. Wh0 managed to keep out of the draft, were making S2G and more a week.
 To make matters moro pleasant for Us 1t is proposed by some patriotic" law maker " hO no doubt was elect ed by the votes of soldiers, sailors. and marines to open up the prisons, ard reformatolies and pu. the inmates tc work (and of course hey will re- ceive no compensation, CT if any. it will be very httle), on the state high ways. It was only yesterday that two otter members of the old fifth Com pany and myself applied fer. work on
 the highways and the answer was en-
 CtufaSfhS, Dut that report m The Bulletin this morning seemed to put d damper on things. If they propose to lot tho prisoners out to tAke our jobs away from us. why not let us take th. prisoners places? Every man Wlo has been in the service. whether he is employed or not. shoHld send g letter of protest, as should every fair minded citizen. We were willing to die, but as the emergency is over w. are willing to live.
 THOS. j. W.ALDRON. Norwich, March 14. 1919.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
THE TlENTSIN AFFAIR.

Just vha: tho correct and full de- tails are regarding that clash between inc American marines and the Jan. aneso soldiers at Tion,s;n will have to he learned before any mGc rent that amounts 10 anything san he passed thereon AS in other similar affairs al different timos r is highly probable that there has crept m some exaggoration. Tn fact nothing is said in report to tEe Eoverr men. regard ing tho violation cf the lananese con sulate and it will be necessary 10 get at the whole underlying trouble be- fore there can be a thorough under standing of tho affair. Such an in Nestisation Is unquestionably under way. if it has not already been com pleted.
 V American soldiers were disorder ly in the Japanese quarter Of the city, they could hardly have expected that they would not he called to order there the same as they would in other for eisn cities. or at home for that mat ter. What seemed 10 arouse them apparently was the use of fixed bayo- lets so that two of their number were injured but whether they went hack the next day. entered the consulate and wrecked 1t while seriously iniur- ing the consul is something upon which more light Is needed. It is en- ti=ely possible of course that the Jap anese were as much to blame as the Americans If uot more.
 Too little Is known about the real facts at the present time in this country and while there are those who would like nothing better than to make mountain out of a rnolehill there is no reason to believe but what the matter will be quickly and easily adjusted. however regretahle it may be. Such trouble has no significance as a rule for what has happened there has happened elsewhere though that does not make it any the less unfor- tunate. The investigation will show where the trouble was and if our men were in the wrong there will have tc be proper amends.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
IDEAL. LIGHTING

While the selection ot dYaperies and CIrIains is, possibly, the most obvious method of lending an ar of coziness to the home. the wise choosing and placing of lamps is a fJctor which is equally important. though too infre- C%ently taken advantage of. To be thoroughly comfortable and practical curing the evening hours the home sEeuld be eTnipped with a variety of lamps, to meet the> particular needs of the moment. The fact that one does not want the same kind of fighting at all times becomes an itnpotant item In the selection and arrangement of fixtures for while a soft mellow glow is highly desirable for conversational purposes, it is usually insufficient for CT other cloSa work. The living room should therefore be furnished with hoth types of lamps. 90 that it will hf satisfactory at au tilnte Proper illumination of this room will do much toward keeping the familv together in the evening, for if makes it possible for several people to do their different work in comfort
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
SUGGESTIONS FOR

HE HOUSEWIFE
 Dry salt is a remedy for hands that get wrinkled after washing. It is also d very economical toothrowder Use newspapers for wipins greasy fishes and plates. Tha paper after ward makes splendid iirc lighters.
 4 piece ef newspaper l,;d in the silk strainer before pouring greasy water down will gather and hold the grease and keep the pipes from clog eing.
 Lemon juice makes a splendid sub stitute for shoe polish. A few drops Sprinkled on either black CT brown boots and rubbed briskly will give them an excellent polish. Wash saucenans while they are still hot. You will find 1t much easier to clean them by this process Powdered borax added to the water when washing fine white hannels l helps to keep them soft. Wicker furniture scrutl~d with salt and water ;no soap) win lool. as nice end fresh as when new, Dried coffee grounds are very useful 1 for knife cleaning. Boiled water poured on fruit stains Will remove them as if by magic. X basin of cold water placed in the ! oven will regulate the temperature. If you allow cold water to stand ir tG hottie (uncorked) foT three days this will remove the oior of it's last contents.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
s, ", V, Pensions,

MT Editor: One of the first meas u eS introduced in the new congress will be a bill to use Sparlsh War vet erans equally as good IS their widows, At present Spanish wa. invalid draws on ar average of $2J per month. %1- being the amount received by most !nNalids. If that veteran should sud denly die, h4s widow lec0nes pen slonahle at &l5 per month. So the best way q Spanish War invalid can help his family is to die.
 Hon PIchald r. Freeman and Hon. John Q. Tilson of Connecticut. are both members of the $. W. Y. One of tho best plaus in sight Tt present is ia Freeman bill' to rlGce Spanish War veterans on level 1t feast with WidowS.
 should the same law as was lately assed for Civil War veterans in- cI'dc $. ". ". it would he many years before the government would be called Lpon to spend a single penny, as there aro none anywhere near the age that draws the largcr amount. All togethe" now, lets push the lTecman bill.
 VETERAN. ] \. c. Tyler Camp, i Willimantic. Con1 March 16, 1919.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
mentally responsthle. that he at

mentally responsible. that he at- tempted the crime after long and careful preparation and not as the result of a sudden outburst, that his purpose was to kill and not to frighten and that he is a man capable of mak- ing high daily wage but determined on destroying everything which fails to jibe with his ideas.
 It was not through any weakness on his part that Clemerceau escaped. He had studied well the job he set out to do and he missed by only tho narrowest margin. It was his inten- tion to strike at France by removing its premier at time when he was rendering it a most invaluable serv vice in concluding the peace details after having brought it through vie- torious war.
 Cottin showed himself to be a
 criminal of the most dangerous type
 and certainly he had no reason to ex- pect anything different than the unanimous verdict and the sentence of death which he has received He
 failed in his effort but his purpose
 was positively beyond question,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
CIVIL SERVICE CHANGE.

From all indications it is the inten- ton of President Wilson 10 make complete sweep of tho civil service commission. two of the members hay ing resigned and now it is declared that Commissioner Calloway has been asked to hand in his resignation with out any reason being assigned for such a request Since leaving for Europe President Wilson las named
 two others 10 take the places left va cant by J. A. McTlhenny and H. W Craven, those nominated being NJ. A.. Morrison Of Indiana and c, R. Wales of Vermont
 Naturally interest runs high in this matter for there is desire to know what is back of it all. whether. as has
 tccn claimed. it Is being done in compliance with the wishes of Post master General Burlcson because of some clash between the two, CT
 whether it is move made for the Turpose Of taking care of the faithful
 and getting back to the spells system. Such a clean sweep as is indicated ought 10 be accompanied by some explanation. II IS unusual to say the least and from the very service that
 the commission Is expected to render
 nothing ought to be done that would interfere with its operations along non political lines. It can be readily
 understood that t is subject to all
 sorts of appeals, that politicians are inclined to try to influence it and that holding to it's prescribed course is not tho easiest part of it's work, but when | it comes to making such extensive changes it is only to be expected that
 the country is anxious to know what
 it means. Is the new commission tc
 do better work, or is it named for the
 purpose of taking care of deserving democrats?
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17

1918, is 223.000,00o against sl26,o0o,o00 in the same months of 1917. and only $S1 GOO. 000 in the corresponding months ofs1916, while to Japanese leased ter ritory in China the total for the ten months of 1918 is $5.T5D.G00 against S5,624,000 in the same months of 1917, and $922,000 in the corresponding months of 19l6.
 This new tr sc with 1apan's leased
 territory in Chlna is especially inter- esting, showing as it does a very large increase in hcth imports and exports, and representing food products drawn from that territory and manufactures
 sent t6 that aera. The value of mer- chandisc imported from Japanese Chi
 na in the ten months ending with Oc- tobe-r is, in round terms. S25,000,oo0 against slightly less than sf000Q 900 in the same months of 1917. and little over $1 900, eco in the corresponding months of 1918. and represents chiefly soya. bean oil, while merchandise sent to that area, amounting to nearly ! S6 ,000,OO in the ten months of 1918. against less than S1.090,000 in 1S16, consists of various manufactures, but | especially boots and shoes and certain 1 lines Of machinery. In mems t"oOts and l shoes alone the value of shipments to Japanese territory iu China was, in the | ten months ending with October, 1918.
 nearly $2 O000 900 against practically nothing in the corresponding period of | the preceding year, and the quantity Of
 sova bean oil imported from Japanese
 China $20.2S500G against $9.%1+ 900 in
 the same months of 1917. and s1,SS1 .000 in the corresponding months of 1916.
 In the trade with Japan proper the growth occurs almost exclusively in
 raw cotton and manufactures of iron and steel. In raw cotton alone the to- tal exports to Japan in the ton months ending with October, 1918. were $7f,
 782.0O0 agains1 $25. 936, ,000 in the same
 months of fast year. Steel sheets show
 q total for the ten months tS $10,o96,-
 coo against S29So.OcO in the same
 months of last year, and ti9rIate in the ten months of the current year s10,- 205 GOO against $S,320,090 in the cor
 responding months of last year.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17

until the Emperor Frederick III made 1t a part of Austria.
 This emperor, who was Frederick Y as archduke of Austria. was the son of Ernes-, the man If iron and Cymburga, Polish woman. from whom the Jit-psburgs arc thought to have inherited the pro,rTljng lower liz which sometimes hecamA dis fCurement. His long and inconse- qUental reign is recalled chiefly be- cause he puzzled photographers by leaving on his books. po~+erE, and hay ing Inscribed on his tomb, the initials 4. F. I. o. G', a promisso.y note of future Austrian greatness which Frederick did little to realize. The rr0st generally accepta.i explanation is that 7oinitials stoGji for the Latin, Austria Est Imperari Orbi Universo,' meaning, All the earth is subject to Austria
 Charles VI proclaimed Fiume a frvrr port. Maria Theresa first united it with Hungary Suctassively oc- cupied by the French and British it reverted to Austria ani later was rt stored to Hungary nefore it was e ied to Cro3tia."
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
IN THE DAYS NEWS
FEUE

If Trieste was the Brentn of Aus tria, Fiume was the Ham burg of the Hungarian Kingdom. q cln5c rival for the brisk ,Adriatic trade Gf ;he period before the war" says q l.I!,etin of the National Geographic Soc:elF.
 The bulletin on FiumC IS the third in a series Cf geograph!G news bull letins dealing with 9l1Ccs of the former. dual empire which may fall either to Italy or to the ,Fugo- -Slav nation.
 s'Fiume is another of those foot holds on the eastern Adria1ic where Italians clunS fast despite the steady influx of SIavs in the interior. and, in this case even into F'iume itself. Thus the city bears evidence of early Italian culture. it figured IS a potent Slav factor ir the turmoil of Balkan politics, and it felt strongly the in- f1uence of Hungary upon it's thriving industries and fast groWinS commerce.
 Magyar :oevry;nanderin.g caused it to be anneXted to Hungary in 1870 despite the protest of Croatia to which it had belonged since the revolution ot 1S4S-49. Tender consideration for it's value as q seaport. rather than for its citizens, prompted its establish ment as a royal free town, making it S square miles cut out of Croatia.
 Despite tEia Hungarian interest in the city it's prewar population was 90 Ter cent. Italian and SiaV, with the Italians slightly predominant Only about half he remaining tenth were Hungarians, The Slavs included CT oats. Serbs and Slovenes. As inn portant to Hungary as are Few York or Boston to the United States, Finme's total population IS not much greater than such suburbs of those American ports as East Orange, N. J., or Brockton, Mass.
 Plume is situated on the northeast shores of the Gulf of Cuarnero. only seventy miles. by rail, southeast of it's 1 u lade rival Trieste. Across the bay is the popular summer resort. Alp hazia, famed for its evergreen laurel and profusion of roses, to which tens of thousands Of visitors througed each summer.
 "The older town. distinct;yely Ita1i- an. is built en the hillside overlooking the gulf The newer cit- lies nearer the waterfront There are three har- bors. The largest. accommodating 150 large vessels, is protected by a | treakwater half a mile Iong. The Guav is nearly two mic. iorg.
 Before the war Fumes manu- l featuring plants included q gov~n-
 rnent tobacco factory, ti,e Whitehead l torpedo works, rice sheIlir,@ factory | a petroleum refinery, and many 1 smaller plants. among which were saw mills and paper mills. Its fish
 cries constituted an Important in- 1 dustry. It exported sugar, grain, flour | horses and timber.
 | "Fiume had a governor, who was a member of the upper .l1'tsC of the l Hungarian rarfoment, four repre-
 sc:itatives in the lower hoHse. and two presentatigcs in the diet of the | Cloatians ana Slovenes.
 1 Originating in Roman times. Plume
 was destroyed by Charlem&sre in 19a The Franks ruled it for 3 considerable ! period, Then it passed to feudal lords
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
CONCERNING WCEhEN.

For the first time in the history of
 'fe Trades and Labor Co;;.cil OF Can-
 aGa, two women delegate. represent
 tar the Mattresses unior. attended
 enc Of their meetings recently.
 It was a woman of Italy who first devised the special kind of gas mask
 which was officially adopted by the Italian government and distributed to the soldiers ef that country and the
 allied countries. Woman committees
 manufactured hundreds of thousands of these masks
 Women proved to be q hnge success in England as managers If industrial plants. Some of the cases where they IT owed efficient in every way as man. agers of plants were as fellows: En- g.neering, airplane, engine works. roll ing mills. chemical works. glass works glass factories, paper mills. breweries and electrical plants.
 An artificial hand has lately been
 invented by a young Italian school teacher, Sigrorina Rita Paltrinieri which is bins used by the !talan gov ernment in rehabilitation of soldiers t7ho have lost one or both hands, This new invention is of two types, one to be worn immediately after 1mputation ard the other--slightly hnaVier-to be l worn after the amyutation wound has healed