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The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29
MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT READYFO READING M
GARFIELD WAGE PROPOSAL
 FAILS TO STIR STRIKERS

announced their intention of re- opening their mines with non-union labor. State troops will be en- ployed to prevent any interference from strikers, the cost of the guard being borne by the operators.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29
NATIONS MAY FORM
 LEAGUE ON MONDAY

meeting will be France, England. Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Hol- land, Sweden, Norway, Portugal. Greece, Poland, China, and Japan.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29

to stand guard over the coal mines when operations are resumed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
TAKING TROLLEY LINES
 By JOHN COTTON
 Assistant


Because, If we did not state the facts to you, ycu would be justified in believing the impressions you have stated in your editorial of Feb. 9th, headed, MT. Punderford's argu- mant," to be correct, 1t becomes ne cessary for me to call your attention to certain presumably unintenticnal misrepresentation of facts which that editorial contains.
 I believe that the Bridgeport Times is as desirous as the public for i'm proved trolley service ai.d is willing to be helpful to us, but the editorials The Time contains have failed utter ly to comment on facts as they are.
 After praising the operating meth OGs of Tho Connecticut Company, your editorial undertakes to crittCise it's taxation. You say:
 ''Iu Connecticut, taxation is usually laid upon values.
 ''The Connecticut Company has two sorts of property upon which if pays taxes.
 Property to which 1t holds the title, and property which it leases, agreeing 10 pay tn" tax as part Of the rental.
 Tn it's last published report to the FuDIC DnllHJlcS COMMISSION, the Connecticut Company reported it's own property as worth $53, ,137, 600. The Connecticut Railway and Light ing Company, owner of the leased property reported q value of $32,- 372, 900. The total value of the prop erty upon which The Connecticut Company should pay taxes is $S5,- 4G9.0O0 and the company pays, fig ures Mir. Punderford, about $45O, 900, or Q. little moro than five mills on the doIlar.''
 You then go on to say that auto rSbiles are taxed at a higher rate than trolley cars are and attempt to draw some comparisons between the taxation of the street railway con- pany and the automobile owner
 To begin with, you should under stand that the laws of Connection; require the taxation of street rail- ways to the extent Of 4 1-2 per cent. of their annual gross earnings. The Connecticut Conpary's tax. due May 1st 1918 on this basis was SAT- 00C. The Connecticut Company pays another tax on property not actually used in the operation of it's system
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
HE HAS NO F4ANfILX.
(BY DAVID HINSHAw.> )

A little boy. one of the 400,00 romeless, orphaned starving waifs
 which the Committee for Relief in the Near East is caring for, after being washed. fed and put to bed cried for bread. When the work CT gave him bread he went to sleep, with it tightly clutched In his little hand. When asked later why he was not eating the bread he said with piteous intensity T don't want it to eat. just want toto. hold 1t in my hand"
 A form of punishment frequent ly practiced in American homes is sending A child to bed without his SUI ner. The entire household is dist ped throughout the even ing over the thought of the hun ger of the little one so punished. Some warm hearted member of the family, most frequcn ntly the mother is quite likely to carry food to the little culprit.
 Our hearts are moved and right Iy moved at such time. Our punie',ed child has family, home. friends and food. except for one evening. The little fellow in the Near East who wanted only to ''To-to hold it in my hand" had neither family nor home. He had for friends only those persons in distant America who had con- tributed to keep him alive. He was hungry, not for one evening but weak and pitifui from lon" starvation. No misdeed of Il CauSad this 0awiOr hI1DPar \ cruel war and a barbaric practice were responsible for his condition. Seventeen cents a day. five dol lars q month will care for him and each of the hundreds of thousands of needy children of his race. Shall America leave him without home, bed. food or friends? He has no family.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
Tales Oi Connecticut
NATHAN HALE.

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

the dish, so that the hole made for the escape of water will not be clogged by the earth. The charcoal is good, in any case, as it tends to keep the earth sweet. There should be half an inch between the top of the earth and the top of the dish, so that when water Is given, it will not run off. The common way of inserting the plants Is to make a hole in the soil and press the roots into it. A better way is to throw lay CT of earth into the dish. and then to hold the plants with one hand, while the soil is placed around them with the other. This plan gives the tender little plants a better cnance-
 Once arranged, the success of fern dish depends largely upon the care it receives from the one who has it in charge. It ought to flourish for months, but, if neglected, it will last only a few weeks. If kept on the table, it will receive sufficient light and so should be placed in window, except at meal times, a window being chosen which is reached by the sun only in the morning and late in the afternoon. 4 cool room is better than a hot one. It is we'll to take the fern dish to the bathroom every day or two ana spray the foliage of the plants, to remove the dust which is certain to collect even in the cleanest of houses Water must be given carefully. Too much is detrimental. but if the ferns are all lowed to become really dry. there will be little chance of reviving them. The 1 danger of oVer-watering IS not great, 1T one uses common sense. when the ! drainage is perfect and when water Is not allowed to stand in the dish. after running through the plant receptacle. IT insects are found, spraying with a florists atomzier, or even an ordinary home a:omizer. usually will take them off; but one must be careful to spray ! under the leaves. If necessary. the leaves may be sponged off with soap suds and then rinsed. Lukewarm wa tar shaszid hA u.AA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

If the matter of selecting the ferns for the table Ternery IS left to the florist, he will choose number Of dainty little ferns well adapted to the purpose. He will be inclined to overdo the matter, though, very likely, so thay it is well to protest against too large an assortment. It is not adviSa ble to have the dish entirely filled at first Neither is it we'll to have plants which are very tall, for they obstruct the view across the table and prove an an noyance rather than a delight. When left to himself, the florist often errs in this respect. In filling your fernery, it Is simple matter to make se.--- ton from the plants shown you. Each one will be delivered in a tiny pot and can easily be handled It Is just as well to tell the salesman that you do not want the more delicate varieties even though they are especially attractive. when seen growing in the greenhouse, under conditions just suited to their needs.
 A simple centerpiece for the dining table, but one which has much to rec ornn1end it. consists of Asparagus pll- mosus. with a few low-growing ferns grouped about 1t. Indeed, a good as- paragus plant is effective, when grown alone. The delicate. feathery foliage Is exceedingly beautiful and the plant is thrifty and persistent.
 One way to secure plants fo- tah:c decoration, without any cost, := 10 plant grapefruit seeds. The secds should be planted as deep aa twice their diameter. but not until 2 little of the outer covering has been cut away to insure quicker germinaticn. T,veH tbep If may he several u-aokS before the first bit of green is seen. but after that, 1t will be a pleasure to watch the little plants grow. They should stand rather thickly, for they grow very straight, and. if all the seeds fail 10 sprouy. other seeds may be pressed in to the soil to provide plants in the va aant snaaAs- Ths leaves are waxlike
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
By JOHN ". COUPON

For example, land which has been bought for extension of storage for tracks, car barns. or other buildings. hut which has not been used for that purpose, is taxed at whatever the rate may be in the community in which the property lies.
 Even in the matter of the tax on gross earninss, the street railways are at a disadvantage as mpared to the steam railroads which are re- quired to pay only 1-2 per cent. of their gross earnings.
 Now as to he taxation on the property leased l. The Connecticut Company from the Connecticut Rail way and Lighting Company. You say that the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company reported 8 value Of $32,372, 600. That amount of money includes not only the street railway property but the electric light and power plants and lines of that company, tIe value of which i; as great if not greater than the value of the street railway lines owned by that company. The Con- recticut Railway and Lighting Com pany pays it's own taxes on this prop erty and there is not the slightest reason III me WOTlu WHY lHe ConIltC- ticut Company should, as you say in your editorial. pay taxes upon some thing that it does not own, does not lease, does not operate, and has no interest in.
 Regarding the automobile taxation the private automobiles and the jit- ney owner are free to use the paving paid for by the trolley rider with out ontributing anything toward it's cos, and it is there that the street railway companies feel that there is d4scrim- ina,tion against the man who rides in the trolley car, because this paving charge is 8 direct tax upon him inas- much as the street railway cannot pay it unless it receives it in the form of fares from it's patrons.
 The annual expenditures of the Connecticut Company for paving be- tween its rails and two feet on either side until 1918 amounted to about $500, 600 a year and this expenditure necessitated the spending of abou: s200, 900 a year additional in the form of replacenlents of ties, rails and other changes made necessary by the laying of new pavement, so that
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

our annual expenditures, iIl the form Of taxes and paving improvement to- gether with replacernents made neces- sary by paving changes, has amount ed to about s9OO,000
 If we were in the same position that Water Companies, Gas Com panies, and Electric Power and Lighting Companies are in, We should De required n laying tracks through the streets merely to replace the pavement in as good condition as we found 1t when we laid our tracks, but for some reason which the lay mind cannot understand the street railways are discriminated against on the theory that they have Q monop- ciy of the use of the streets. This we GO not have in view of the unre~ stricted, uncontrolled jitney compe- tition, competition which not only takes the cream of the traffic but which is conducted over paving paid for directly by street railway com panies.
 As for the closing paragraph in your editorial, in which you say, Private management of Connecticut street railways is utterly broken down. The remedy Of public owner ship is the only remedy" let me say that in no place in the word and under no conditions anywhere is the universe is it poss ble for any organ iZation, public or private, to pro- vide any kind of service for less than 1t costs without going into the hole.
 I am appreciative Of your desire to bring about strcct railway service because if you dic1't have this desire your editorials surely would be in- excusable, but I know that you hays naisinterpret the reports uf the Public Utilities Commission so far as our value is concerned, that you haze had a misunders.a ng of the own erstanding of the ownership of our property, and that you do IT.. under stand the taxation laws of the &t"te of Connecticut as they apply to t-ar street railways. 1 hope that you will understand that I provide you with this information not only for our own protection but that you may be able to comment moro iltelliEently upon the subject whenever occasion requires.
 JOHN w. COUPON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
4 MASSACHUSETTS, GERI.

l have heard the fellows 1-aytng or the golden. glowing West, And the men from Indiana Say that the Indiana'S best l thought my girl in Dixie Was the dearest in the world Till l gazed in spellbound wonder At Massachusetts girl. I was homesick. sad and lonely, Beating duty at the '"Y," I gazed out through the window As a crowd of girls went by, And my heart was quickly cap
 tured
 By a straytng wind-blow1 curl. As 1t nestled on the forehead Of a Massachusetts, girl. I have stood and gazed enrap-
 tured-
 At the mornings bright sunrise. l have seen the 1oveltght shining From a thousand wistful eyes Cleopatra's star-eyed beauty, Old King Solomons favorfte
 pearl, Can't compare in living sweetness With 6, Massachusetts girl Sometimes when we stand inspec-
 ton,
 Or retreat or revei1le. And the captain yells -'attent1oni" Then hope he won't see me. For I'm lost In admiration, And my head and hearts a.
 whir1
 As I behold the radiant viyion Of Massachusetts girl When at last the wal is over.
 And we're done with eating
 slum,
 When we got to bed at midnight, And reveihe will never come, There Is just one thing I ask for, As the battle flags we furl: May l spend my life in loving Some dear Maksac husetts girl.
 Private J. L. Whitworth. Pioneer Platoon, Headquarters Company, 3eth United States h. fa-ntry Camp Devens.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
IN LEGISLATIVE HALLS.

The gentleman from Coventry, who wants to have smoking stopped in the hall of the House and ia the gentleman from Wilmington shrouded him, or hid him, or choked him, or did something to him with clouds of tobacco smoke during the debate on the prohibition amendment He asserts further that f-= gentleman from Westport eats apples in the House.
 Now it may be that Representative Hall eTnits clouds of tobacco smoke and it may be that Represent ative Sherwood s--rreptitiously digs into an apple no7r and then. It may even be that tie gentleman from North Haven really likes his pipe-of which no mention was nade-as much aa he appears to.
 Undoubtedly the cigars of the gen. tleman from Wilmington are good cigars - although we have never smoked thera-and undoubtedly the apples of the gentleman from West port are not cider apples. Un- doubtedly the pipe of the gentleman from North Haven Is of the kind that nay be smoked at home with im- punity.
 All O hich leads to tEe sugges- ton that the gentleman from Coven- try is hard to please. His name Ia Higgins and he also voted for the prohibition amendment
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
CRAIG DENIES ACCUSATION.

James Craig of 309 East avenue, Bridgeport. was heard before State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Stoeckel yesterday afternoon relative to an au- 'tornobile collision for which he is all legged to be responsible Last Decem- Der Craig colHded with a machine driven by George Palmer of this city. Craig was arrested by the Milford au- 1horities and fined s25 for reckless driving At the hearing yesterday two witnesses testified that at the time Craig was intoxicated. How ever. this testimony was contradicted by Mary Craig, daughter of the ac- cused. who stated that on account Of a nervous afflicton her father was often time wrongly suspected of be- ing intoxicated. The commissioner hos reserved his decision.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
FERNEREES FOR TABLE.

No dining table presents it's best ap-
 pearance unless there are flowers or
 growing plant in the center. If there
 is a garden, flowers are available
 throughout the summer, and they
 help to make the dining room bright
 and cheerful; but, when winter comes,
 it is often difficult to procure cut
 flowers. The best substitute is q dainty
 fern dish, filled with growing plants The popularity of these little orna-
 ments has grown rapidly in the past
 few years; and now they come in great variety, some made of cut glass or silver, other of brass or china.
 If the fern dish is properly arrang- ed, it contains an inner receptacle of the same material as that of which flower pots are made, in which the plants are to be grown It Is a mistake to have the receptacle to contain the plants less than two and a half inches Ce-p, and the sides should be nearly perpendicular. If the florist who sells the plants is allowed to fill the dish in
 which they are to grow. he will be sure to use just the right kind of 1 earth; otherwise, 1t is well to pay 9 few cents for a little prepared potting
 soil. Ordinary garden soil is not suit | ed to the purpose; but if one can go | into the woods in the summer or fall, | she can easily secure 2 supply of leaf
 mold, which will answer spIendidly if
 mixed with one-fourth sand and a lit l tie garden loam- This leaf mold
 will be found in the little hol- lows under surface litter of | leaves, and it Is composed of rotted | leaves and other vegetable matter. 4 | fairly satisfactory substitute may be | obtained by digging up a few sods, l scraping off the turfy substance which
 is found on the bottom says the Chris | tian Science Monitor.
 Drainage is necessary and Is secur- l ed by putting Q few pieces of broken pot or little charcoal in tho hattADa el
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

and ,e-y green, making an effective substitute for the conventional fern cry.
 If there is a dearth of plants for any reason, the common English Ivy may be grown in the fern dish, 1t be- ing necessary simply to make a nun Der of cuttings and insert them in the earth, which should be kept very moist. Ivy is extremely easy to prop agate and the slips should 50 right on growing as though nothing had hap pened. This is a quick and easy way 10 get q pretty green centerpiece for the dining table.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18
NARRAGANSETT REFIOATED.

London Feb. r - The American steamer Narra gansett, which ran on the submerged rocks off the eastern end Of the Isle of Wight on the morn ing of Feb. l, was redoated today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

Soft coal production during tn week ended Feb. 8, amounted t s,04o.0oo tons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

Csnada's trade in January amount {. to s116.35s, ,3S7. compared with 9a2l6,2s4 in 1e1a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-18

Prussian National Assembly will convene at Berlin, March %
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-11-22
EAGLETS.

The mention of Alderman William
r. Fetzer for higher honors has
started a boom for that popular man.
His thousands OF friends would like
to see him elected States Attorney.
Mckenzie Cleland, the able former
judge 10 q man who 10 never afrai1
To stand up for what he believes 70
~ rtght
John w. Eckhart, the popular Dem.
ocratic leader would make q good
governor OF Illinois.
~eA
r. C. McWhorter, tho popular presi.
dent OF tho Acme Box Company, has .
host Of friends in Chicago who would
like a chance to vote for him for
Mayor or some good ONCE. where his
splendid executive abilities could be
Of service to the people.
Joseph A. o'Donnell, former lesis.
lator and park commissioner, 10 one
Of the most popular memtsTs Ct lin
Chicago Bar.
Richard Francis Condor. the popular
chairman of the Elks Membership
Committee is confident OF adding 5000
new members to the rolls Of the organ
ization this year.
~6GA
Charles KrutckcT always made .
good public record.
~
william o. Hawkins, manager for
the big coal company of Richards a
Sons, 10 one Of the most popular and
wide awake business men OF the city.
He Is q leader in tho trade and all
who have had business dealings with
him respect him.
George w. PaufIin, tho great FUR.
rier. has made 4 business record for
honesty and integrity that wins fos
him hosts Of friends.
S.
william II. Baker made q good REQ,
ord or the Sanitary Board.
Alfred B. Horder. the vol known
stationer. 10 a veteran Of the Spanish
American war and one of the vstsr
ans Of Chicago's crack First Rsgt
msnt. He 10 popular in tho business
world,
Charles e. Ummach, president o
the well known r. Williamson Com
pany, is one Of Chicago's progressive
citizens who is always working har'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-11-22

Charles e. Ummach, president Of
the well known r. Williamson Com.
pany, is one Of Chicago's progressive
citizens who is always working hard
for the upbuilding of the city. and
the advancement of its interests. He
stands high with everybody who
knows him.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-21
COLORED PEOPLE DEAD.

Two deaths among colored peo-
pie from the same cause, pneumonia,
occurred at the Massie Memorial
Hospital. VIM. Rankin, from near
North Middletown, and James John
son, a tenant on the farm of Mr..
Walker Buckner, near Cane Ridge,
both died of the disease at the insti-
tuition on the same night.
Ben Bowles, aged eighty years, a
well-known colored man, died at his
home near Little Rock, after a short
illness. He had a little home on the
Levy pike, where he had spent prac-
tically all his life.
Mrs. Maggie j. Robinson, wife, of
A. H. Robinson, died of Brights' dis
ease at her home in Paris. She is
survived by her husband, one son
and one daughter. She had been a
servant in the families of Perry Wor-
nall and Will Wornall, in the county,
for nearly fifty years. The funeral
was held in the Paris colored ceme-
terry with services conducted by Rev.
Stafford Campbell, parton of the col
ored Christian church.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-21

family that / don't hear it at all or
it jumbles up the message so that it
sounds as though somebody is trying
to sell me motorcycle on the in
stallment plan. 1t simply won't
work, and two or three weeks later
1 hear that somebody was trying to
give me some money and couldn't
and had to give it to somebody else.
But when there is some bad news
coming to me, like the loss of job
or the impending visit of my wife's
uncle, my telephone simply out
phones itself. 1t sticks to the job as
peanut butter sticks to the roof of
ones mouth. 1t can't escape it. If
it is bad news the telephone will
ring it's head off, and if / don't re-
spond it will come out and pull me
out of bed.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-21
Industrial Melting Pot.

Returning soldiers are finding
pleasant reading in the statements
of local committees to the effect that
there are "jobs for all soldiers" but
the soldiers, themselves, are facing a
period of Reimbursement" since the
kind Of employment as a rule consists
in a Job without reference to
what it may consist of. Some of the
big concerns have held the positions
of their employees open, but many of
the boys are returning to face new
melting pot in which they are ex-
pected to become new factors, and
start over again" Communities that
are living up to their boasts of what
they will do with the boys" may be
plentiful-but if they are, they differ
somewhat from the National Capital
in this respect.