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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

enumerate each and every act suffice to say that among those present will be Mcintyre and Heath, that well known pair of veterans of Ham Tree fame now appearing in Hello Alex ander"; Mat Keefe, that past master. in the art of yodeling, and the man who introduced the ukelele into this country; Miss Partecola, who is said to be the highest salaried violinist in the world; Katie Schmidt, that viva cious little circus acrobat, and other talent from both the Ringing and the Barnum shows, our own city has con- tributed Clay Clements and Miss Alice Clements leading lady and man of the Lyric Theatre, and, say, folks, it s rumored that a certain stellar attrac- tion from Broadway has volunteered his services, and we'll say he alone is worth the price of admission.
 There will be something doing minute; from S:15 to S:45 the concert takes place, from S:45 to II an elab- crate vaudeville bill, and at II o'clock the music will strike up the grand march which will start the ball roll ing and from then till-well, why worry about time, it's your own life and you can live it as best suits you.
 The Showman's Ball is a real worth while event from every angle, both from the point of entertainment and get together features but it also serves to bring you in contact with the peo- pie of the circus who are som times viewed in the light of exhibits and freaks, but who in real life are real, honest to goodness human beings, hospitable and charitable to @ fault and who like to mix in and have a good time just like the rest of us, SC don't fail to be on hand Friday even- ing at the initial bow of what prom ises to be a Bridgeport institution.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

An earthquake lasting one minute was felt in every home in Southern California
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

James Hammell, Sr., of Ashley, Pa. fell a distance of 53 feet in the Alpine hotel, yesterday afternoon. and his condition at St. Vincent's hos pital today Is critical.
 Hammel is a railroad man and was stopping at the Alpine. There were no witnesses to the accident. It is supposed that he mistook the door of the elevator for the entrance to q room, and stepped into the shaft. He was removed to the Emergency hos pital, where 1t was found that his skull and left shoulder had been frac- tured. He Is not expected to re- cover. His son, James Hammell. Jr.. has been notified of the acci dent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
LYRIC
QeVieW.)

. After Office Hours was played for the first time by the Polt Stock com pany last night at the Lyric theatre. Over TOO stenographers attended the show, and the theatre was filled to capacity. The lesson told in the three act drama is one that may well be taken to heart by any. girl who is obliged to work for Q living. The re- suit of the attentions of an unscrupu- lous employer is related in a gripping story, which holds the interest from start so finish. The part of the pretty stenographer Is played by Alice Glenn ents. and Is well suited to her. Miss Clements is particularly fitted for dramatic roles, and her performance last night is the best work that she has done.
 The leading man, Clay Clement, plays the part of a rather irresponsible young clerk who is in love with tho stenograPher who is infatuated with the employer of both.
 Charles D. Brown surpassed any of his previous efforts in the role of the politician and ward heeler His work last night was 2 surprise to even the regular theatre goers, and was one of the successes of the evening.
 Ida Nave, the ingenue of the com spany, was the young daughter of the business man, the girl who was en- gagged to q clergyman, and who nearly lost her chance for happiness through the mistake of her father Miss Nave Is always well received and her work in the part was very good.
 Walter Marshall played the role of the business man who in a moment of temptation forgot everything, reputa- tion, honor and the standing or wife and child. Marshall is well adapted to parts of this kind, and merited the applause he received.
 Jack McCirath as the juvenile, and Grant Erwin as the clergyman played their parts with decided success.
 Fuel Administration will list last o.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
LIST OF FRENCH
 NAVAL LOSSES

Paris Feb. 1s-A full list of the French naval loses in the war, which has been published, includes four bat ueshtps, the Bouvet, Suffren, Gaulois, and Danton; four armed cruisers. the Leon Ganbetta. Admiral Charner Ceber and Dupetit Thouars, and one fast cruiser, the Chateaurenault- Four teen destroyers, eight torpedo boats, and fourteen submarines. also were lost. One of the submarines, the Durie, was refloated by the enemy, but was subsequently recovered. The minor ships which were sunk were five auxiliary cruisers, four gunboats, seventy-two submar rine chasers, one sloop and seven small craft.
 The lost in tonnage was 11O,o 600 tons, against 550,0O0 tons for England; 7e,- 900 tons for Italy, and 17,500 tons for the United States.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

Fuel Administration will list last of war time coal regulations March 1.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
HE'S MAD BECAUSE HE CAN'T YOU'LL
 BE MAD IF YOU DON'T

Where? Why to the Showman's s Ball, of course; they'll all be there, the real top liners of the profession and according to w. J. Conway, who is managing the affair it will be the biggest event of its kind ever held this side of the Rockies, and in a later statement he said he wouldn't bar the Rockies. The list of talent that will positively appear at this affair is so long that space will not permit us to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

Some one asks what has become of the bold bandits that used to hold up railroad trains on the lone prai- ries? Well, perhaps they were the same ones who. while looking for a safer place of operations, recently held up two trolley cars in the su- burbs of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

Captain Christopher Mathewson. once famous pitcher of the New York Giants, and now of the chemical well fare division of the army. arrived at New York from France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-22
ORION

Dr. and Mrs h W Bailey hs~e . new
daughter, Anna Elizabeth. born Sept IL
A farewell reception 80 Mr.. Gnd Mr..
Fay Sheesiey was given IA the par4oRs Of
the Baptist church ThmsdAy e7ntnS- To-
lowed by = delightful program in the
SheesIey leave Monday for Hansen, Idaho.
where they will make their home Oh =
farm owned By N. B. Taylor. father nf
Mrs. Shcesley.
Mr. and Ars. Walker Kerr and son
willard are IN Kansas City for visit OF
two weeks. They viii visit other points IN
Missouri.
Edgar johnson left for chanTais1 FRI
day to enter the University OF Illinois
s. H. Lawson Will erect = new bun
galow on the lot recently purchased from
Mrs. Eva Nelson.
Misses MiIife Frost and Grse4 Lm1FTcn
have returned from Aledo. where they
attended the Luther LeAsue convention
as delegates.
Mr.. and MIS-. Robert Magnuson OF Day
ton. Iowa. are guests of Orion relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Ralph wtrsins has Eune TO Louis
vile. Ky. to visit her parents She will
visit a brother in Chicago.
The residence which has Enen the
property of the Baptist church since the
deaf Of Ms Jordan. has BEEN purchased
by Douglas Waite, and reatGI 70 Charles
I1ndhoIme.
". a EcIles has received . telegram
frcrl ms son-in-law. B. D. Stevenson at
Corpus Christi stating and his fam
iIv safe. but had narrON- escane dur
ing the severe storm that swept the city
last SUNDAY.
TIE v recking OF wAshburn & Son gar
age was started Monday. lnl 1t will he
replaced 10y fine new 6rs proof struc-
ture
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-22

sonal supply of gold before the
slump came He sold as fast as he
could, without bothering to notify
his associates, who went on buy
ing.
Crash Comes.
On the following morning
black Friday'-the crash came.
The stock exchange was a bedlam.
All the neighboring streets were
blocked by a dense mass of human
ity laboring under the greatest
stae of excitement. Men went in
sane in the gold room; the hair
of one speculator is said to have
turned snow white. The whole
scene was beyond description.
In the midst of the widest ex-
citement, when the price was vi
brating at the highest points, a
messenger arrived with the news
that Secretary of the Treasury
Boutwell, had given orders to sell
gold on behalf Of the government
This effectively smashed the cor
ner." The price instantly fell to
135. The power of the clique was
broken, and the great crisis was at
an end.
Mob Sought Gould.
Intense indignation was aroused
against Could, Fisk and other of
the conspirators. For many hours
a mob searched industrioasly for
Could to lynch him. But he was
careful not to be found He is
said to have cleared up 81. o00, 900
by his forethought in selling out
his gold at exactly the right mo-
ment. AS for Fisk, his firm sus-
pended at once and repQdiAted its
gold contracts.
Persistent efforts were made to
implicate President Grant in the
transactions of the gold clique, and
congress appointed a committee
to investigate the charges, bat
nothing came of it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-22
BLACK friday
HALF CENTURY
) AGO, RECALLED
Today Is Fifteenth Anniversary Of
Famous Sold Corner Panic
Staged by Gould.

New York, Sept. 2z.-Some of the
old timers in Wall street recalled
today that this was the fftieth an
niversary Of the beginning of the
gold corner" panic, a period of
feVerish excitement and specula-
tons surprising anything hereto
known in the financial annals Of
America and which eliminated two
days later in the historic Black
Friday" crash, in which the for
tunes of hundreds were swept away
and all the interests of the coun-
try temporarily Frustrated.
The panic was the direct result
Of an attempt by the so-called
Erie ring" to corner the country's
supply of gold. Jay Could devised
and engineered the scheme He
was the brains of the enterprise,
but following his usual method he
put forward others to serve az
Egureheads, and to reap all the
Sglory-and the punishment. In the
gold deal he chose James Fisk, Jr.
whom Ed Stokes afterward muir
dered) as his fgurehead. There
were others of course in the clique.
But Gould was the intellect behind
it all and Fisk was the chief actor.
In the spring of 1869 the price
Of gold had fallen to 131, by reason
of the governments impending re-
sumption of specie payments. In
August, Gould's syndicate began
buying gold for a rise. They start
ed by buying up all the gold in the
New York City banks-about $15,-
100000
Gold Goes to IA.
Under Goulds manipulation-he
had nearly sixty brokers working
for him-gold went up steadily
from 131 until, so years ago today,
in reached 141. The following day
it continued to rise and the con-
pirators declared their purpose to
crowd it up to 200. 1t was a day
of intense excitement, of alternat-
ing hopes and fears, recalling the
most critical moments of the Civil
war. Important stocks fell by
score of points within an hour. The
smaller spectators failed or set
tied their obligations on the best
terms they could. The day closed
with gold at IA. For time the as
founding plot had every prospect of
success.
Then President Grant awoke to
the true nature of the conspiracy
and took steps to check it Gould,
as usual, had an advance tip of the
presidents intentions. And be
acted accordingly To have him
self from ruin he set to work,
secretly, getting rid of his own per
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15
OBSOLETE NAMES

long, long time I've listened for used to know but
girls no chrsened with of long When
young eahs lays at cleaning hours to stately lsa-
belas their bowers Of Ruhs ten tWen-
y you'd meet at every turn and there James eny and
Aboals to burn And there Juas living every village
street, giving soft looks to Mike and Pete Where
are the bhe running free the Dorcases
and Hdas used to see? The good old names are
banshed they modern bee the stately have vanish
ed with those who wore them from
sizes when kids to tag Voe and Roses with twilight
lovers lag my daughter Daisy and thought I'd made
hit but when and lazy will that fit My aunt
who's large silly eered by other folk her parents named
her Lily and so joke The good old names were stately
the yore and regret greatly that they are
used
Copyright by George Matthew Adams
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15
HANDSOME PUPPIES

In the window of E. ]. Holden, "the
Nogales Shoe Doctor" on Grand Ave-
nue., there is a display of Spitz pup
pies but few weeks of age; and they
are handsome little fellows, all pure
white, without a fleck Of any color
whatever. Their dam is the property
of one of the soldiers in the 25th In
fantry; and in the window is GER
tificate from the Hawaiin Terri
torial Fair, which shows that she took
first prize at the show of 1913. The
sire is a handsome white Spitz dog,
the property of Mr.. Holden, who
bought him in Los Angeles. He is a
finely bred animal, with a pedigree
a yard long.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15
A NOTED LECTURER
COMING MONDAY

Prof. Roy Dickerson, Interstate
Lecturer appointed by the U. S. Sur
geon General, will deliver his great
lecture keeping Fit" to men and
boys, at the Santa Cruz Club Mon
day night beginning at eight thirty
o'clock.
This lecture will be illustrated by
charts and lantern slides prepared
by the United States Department OF
Health Service, and given under the
auspices of the Arizona State Board
of Health, and has the hearty en-
dorsement of the local Board of
health. 1t promises to be the best
of the kind ever delivered in the
city. Every boy and man over
thirteen years of age is urged to at
tend.
Your Uncle Sam expects you to
come and bring friend.
Don't forget the date-Monday
June 10th, at $3.50 o'clock.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15

Mr.. A Dunn, advertising manager,
is authorized to contract for adver-
tising, subscriptions and job printing
fo~ The Oasis.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15

The Daily Morning Oasis is regis
:ered in the post office at Nogales,
Arizona, for transmission through
the United States mails as second
class matter.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15
REMINISCENT

Bridg. Gen. w. R. Smedberg Jr.,
is visiting Nogales, a guest of Col. E.
C. Carnahan, commander of the 25th
Infantry, at present commanded of t-le
military district of Arizona.
In connection with the visit of
General Smedberg it may prove Of
interest to many old time Arizonans
to relate that the officer is son of
gallant veteran of the Civil War,
now deceased, who was a captain in
the Fourteenth Infantry when it
came to Arizona in 1866, but who
was detached and served on the staff
of General Irwin Mcdowell in San
Francisco. He was brevetted Lieu
tenant colonel.
Colonel William R. Smedberg Sr.
was also colonel of the Seconc
Artillery regiment, National Guart
of California, at the same time tha
Capt. L. w. Mix of Nogales, com
manded G Company, the crack uni
of that regiment.
| Dave Gibson, who was at the Jacl
Rabbit mine in Pinal County, wa
fifer in Smedberg's company in tn
Fourteenth Infantry, and they serve
together all through the Civil Wai
Originally the Fourteenth was tn
National Rifles of Washington, D. c
which went out in April, 1861, and a
the end of three months became
regiment in the regular army, wit
the number given.
Colonel Smedberg was department
commander in the Grand Army o
the Republic.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN

This is to notify you that I, Lewis
J. Merritt, of Pasadena, California,
am not and never have been con-
nected in any way with the so-called
firm "Bachman and Merritt Metals
Company" of Nogales, Arizona, and
that l am in no way to be responsible
for any debts now owed by this COM
pany or to be contracted In the
future by them.
Signed, Lewis ]. Merritt,
Pasadena, California.
June 10, 1919. 6:15-T
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15

Cleaning and Pressing
NEW FASHION TAILOR SHOP
Soldiers Clothes made to measure
204 Grand Avenue. 6:15-tf
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15

A word to the wise: Save your
eyes. Arizona Optical Co. 5-15-tf
The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-15

Eyes examined, glasses fitted right:
Arizona OpticaI CO S1l-tf
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-07
SYNOD VOTES TO
MOVE MIDLAND
COLLEGE SOON
Fremont Commercial Club
Succeeds in Securing Re-
m0vaI Of Lutheran
School to Nebraska.

Fremont, Neb., June 6.-(Special)
The special committee of the
Commercial club returned to FIRE.
mont today from Atchison, Kan,
where they succeeded in persuading
the trustees of the Midland Lutheran
college, with the aid of members of
the Lutheran Synod, to move Mid
land college to Fremont.
The proposition the Lutherans
have under consideration is to pur-
chase Fremont college for $4,000
for use as preparatory college and
found a university in connection.
Options on the site of the new in
stitution, to be the largest of the
kind west of the Mississippi river.
have already been secured. The
transfer of Midland college and the
founding of the university involve
upwards of $550,000 as an initial ex-
pendlture.
The Fremont Commercial club has
pledged $4,000 of this amount. Ne
braska Lutherans are asked to raise
100000 by June IS. Already half
that amount has been pledged with
out a campaign. The Fremonters
met with stiff opposition on the part
of Atchison business men, who OPP
posed the removal. The vote of the
trustees was u to 8, the II Nebras ska
members voting for removal.
Transfer of the Atchison school
will be made during the summer in
time to open the fall term at Ere
mont, September |. 1t is expected
to start work on the university
buildings next year. S. H. Yerian
of Omaha, president of the Ne
braska Synod, was active in secur7
ing the transfer of the school.
State Superintendent, w. H,
Clemmons, who is president, took
charge of the school 80 years ago
next Tuesday. He has since been
at the head of the institution. All
this time he has been assisted by
Mrs. Clemmos who is now acting
president, hwile Mr.. Clemmons is at
Lincoln running the schools of the
state
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-07
On the Screen TOdau

BOYD-BLANCHE SWEET in THE
UNPARDONABLE SIN"
SUN-THEDA BARA in "A WOMAN
THERE WAS"
RIALTO-LILA LEE in SUCH A
LITTLE PIRATE"
MUSE-MAE MURRAY In THE DE-
LICIOUS LITTLE DEVIL"
STRAND-BRYANT WASHBURN in
SOMETHING TO DO"
EMPRESS-BERT LYTELL in THE
LIONS DEN"
LOTHROP = Gath and Lothrop u.
WARREN KERRIGAN in THE
BEST MAN"
APOLIO-2sth and Leavenworth-
ALL STAR CAST in THREE
GREEN EYES"
HAMILTON-4oth and Hamilton
LOUISE GLAUM in "A LAW UNTO
HERSELF"
ORPHEUM-24th and NJ (south side,
JUNE ELVIDGE in THE
QUICKENING FLAME" VAUDE-
WILLIE SKETCH.
COMFORT-24th and Vinton-AL1CE
BRADY In THE WORLD TO LIVE
IN"
GRAND-16th and Binney-FANNIE
WARD in COMMON CLAY"
subj RBA N-24th and Ames-
DOROTHY PHILLIPS in DIES
TINY" MACK SENNETT CON-
EDY.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-07
Harvest Labor and Wage
Problem Will Be Discussed

An open meeting of farmers, in
GLIDING delegates from each of a
number of Nebraska farm organiza-
tons is called at the Lincoln hotel,
Lincoln, Neb., at 8 p. m. June 10.
Representatives of the United
States Department Of Labor and
Nebraska agricultural extension
service will be present The meet
ing is to consider carefully the
plans of the distribution of harvest
labor and recommend the wage
scale.
1t is felt by many that the scale
adopted by Kansas of 50 cents per
hour and board for shockers is
about right. Sixty cents for stack
ers and 20 cents for men and team
with board is also in vogue, accord
ing to plans in the Sunhower state.
Nebraska comes under the Kan
sas City branch of the United
States employment service. This
branch has sent out $1,000 posters
in Sc states asking that laborers
keep in touch with the United
States service. The response has
been gratifying and the United
States labor officers will Be main
tanned in Nebraska, in Omaha and
Lincoln, and temporary branch
Offices during the harvest period a,
Fairbury, Hastings and Sidney.
From the offices harvest hands will
be sent to county agents. farmers
and all farm organizations calling
for help.
The county agent will use the To-
cal elevator companies as sub
agencies in his county if his organ
ization is not otherwise systemat-
ized
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-07

State Suffrage association, and Is
other women filed in the district
court of Lancaster county a petition
in equity charging that the referen-
dunn petition was in many ways
fraudulent and asking that the sec
rotary of state be enjoined from
placing the petition upon the cleo
ton ballot.
The petition alleged that a large
number of the names upon the ref
erendum petition were not real cleo
tors and that many of them were
fraudulently secured; also that the
petitions or affidavits on the petit
lions were not in legal form. The
Lancaster court held that the petit
ton, after deducting illegal sigma
lures, was not sufficient and the
case was appealed to the supreme
court.
The anti-suffragists were repre-
scented at the hearing by Gen. John
Lee Webster, Jacob Fawcett, L. w.
Crofoot and B. G. Burbank, while
the suffragist side of the case was
in the hands of Francis A. Brogan,
T. J. Doyle, John M. Stewart, Elmer
f. Thomas and c. A. Sorenson.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-07
GRANT CHARTER
FOR LAND BANK
TO OMAHA FIRM
Officials of Peters Trust Com
pany Organize With $780,
600 Capital; Begin 0p-
erations at Once.

A new stock land bank has been
organized in this city by officials of
the Peters Trust company. 1t will
begin operations at once. The new
institution will be known as the
Peters Joint Stock Land bank and
will be capitalized for 100000.
w. S. Weston has been chosen
president of the new bank. M. D.
Cameron is the first vice-president,
R. c. Peters, second vice-president,
and c. J. Claassen, secretary-treas-
urer.
These four men, with the addition
of John F. Stout, have been ap-
pointed directors.
The Federal Land board at Wash
ington, D. c., issued a charter to the
bank yesterday. Operations will be-
gin Immediately with the quarters
established together with the trust
company in the Omaha Bank build
ing. The bank will occupy new
quarters in connection with the
Peters company as soon as they are
completed
Money will be loaned by this bank
on 20-year amortization farm loans
bearing E per cent interest without
commissions. Bonds ranging from
SIS to $1,000 will be issued by the
treasury department at Washington
in the name of the Peters Joint
Stock Land bank against the amor
tization loans. The bonds issued by
the Treasury department will bear
5 per cent interest, this to be Sc
cured by first farm mortgages in
Iowa and Nebraska, to which two
states the business of the bank will
be confined.
The bonds will be tax free.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-07
FIASHEU zTom FINLAND
PHOTO PLAY. OFFERIN6C. FOR. TODAY.

MILDRED HARRIS, now Mrs.
wi Charlie Chaplin, is appearing
Ava in the first-six reel Western
drama of her career, and, with the
support of such motion picture
favorites as William Stowell, Whar-
Jones and Alfred Pagent. is scoring
a new triumph in a different role
than any she previously has at
tempted.
The title of the charming young
stars newest feature which will be
shown at the Brandeis, today, and
again on next Thursday and Friday,
is When a Girl Loves" 1t tells
the thrilling story of the regenera-
ton of an outlaw leader, who is an
atheist, through the influence of a
girls love.
With tonight's performances. the
Empress will close its engagement,
Savoy & Savoy play variety of
musical instruments as we'll as
introducing songs and dances. Julia
Edwards, singing coincidence, sings
character songs that go over with
a roar.
On the tiny third finger of her
tiny left hand, Marguerite Clark
wears three little rings. All three
are platinum bands and are of the
same design, but the first is set with
tiny rubies, the second with dla-
monds and the third with sapphres.
Miss Clark has been wearing these
rings since we went to war with
Germany.
Texas Guinan has started on
series of 70 two-reel western photo
dramas in which she aspires to be-
come the female bill Hart" of the