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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
(From The Farmer, Saturday. Aug. 2, 1S69) The Northern lights quite brilliant last evening

(From The Farmer, Saturday. Aug. 2, 1S69
 The Northern lights were quite brilliant last evening
 The Bridgeport Library will the next weeks Those who have books from the Library should turn them this evening.
 We learn that John B. Cough will lecture in this city October 28th under the auspices of the Library Association
 Persons having money to invest will do we'll to of the bonds this today cent interest and secured by the entire properly of the city
 Todd, the sewers, has commenced excavang in Lumber street for the large which to be built upper Main street
 Look at the eelpsehe exhibition is just about to chance for this cenuyand he performance positively day only The greatest obscuraon will be about minutes past six o'clock
 The crop of high standing backberries said to be the largest that have had for They selling at eight cents, best quality in New York; and fabulous prices here Come down with the price gentlemen, to put them within the reach of all classes
 Mr. Charles McNei of the well known firm McNei Brothers street single and has therefore like sensible fellow taken day evening and the bridal party started at once for Niagara
 The following duly elected and installed as of ficers of Pequonnock Lodge Mo- 3 G. T. for the present quarter ending Nov 1869. David T. Fooe ". Mrs " Asst Sec, C. Lewis, w. F. Sec H. A. Root ". Treas Nichols, W. M., Miss Gertrude Halan, w. Dept M, B. w. Leonard w. Chaplain, Frank Hull Guard, George Potter, Wm $. Lacey P. w. c. T., Wm H. Foske Lodge Depu; The lodge favored by the presence of G. w. G. IT, T. H. Ta and socially.
 A bowling dog shot Water street yesterday The would rejoice the "Hovl taken out of other that that neighborhoo
 persons to obey literally injunction: "old fast the Truth They never allow it to escape them.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02

Strabo, four centuries later, affirms that their counsels and decrees were firmer if made at that time than when sober"
 With the conversion of Persia to Mohamnedantsm the enjoyment of wine underwent a seeming eclipse, but il was never complete. Despite the teachings of Mohammed, the first pro hibitionist who really accomplished great results, the Persians never gave up entirely their desire for alcoholic liquors. For some time they ceased to manufacture wine, allowing this to be done by those who did not believe in Mohamm mechanism, but they apparently drank just as much
 The Persians of today drink great deal. just as they eat a great deal. About two centuries ago a European remarked upon this and upon the Per sian ability to carry liquor without getting hopelessly drunk. Tt is in credible, she says, "to see what quau- titles they drink at a merry meeting and how unconcerned the next day they appear, and brisk about their business and will quan you thus a whole week together"
 Sir John Chardin, who visited Persia
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02

in the 17th century, has this to say of their drinking "Wine and intoxicating liquors are forbidden the Mohamme- dans, yet there Is scarce anyone who does not drink of some sort of strong liquor. The courtiers, gentlemen and rakes drink wine, and as they use 1t as remedy against sorrow. and that one part drink 1t to put them to sleep, and the other to warm and make them merry, they generally drink the strongest and most heady, and if it does not make them presently drunk they say. What wine is this? It does not cause mtrth 9
 The famous Persian poets have all sung of the joys of intoxication. Ha1z says, Albeit I am already intoxicated let me have three or four cups more that my senses may be completely drowned. I compare the wine to the bright sun and the goblet to the pale moon: let sunshine illumine the ex- panse of the moon. Give to Hafz one or two mighty goblets Of the good liquor; bring the wine, whether to in dulge in it be sin or a virtue"
 And Omar khayyam's verses cele- bate almost always the enjoym ent that he found in wine:
 0 Reciting Verses to the Emperor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02

Turning for moment from Greece and Rome to some of the more ad- vanced countries of Asia, one finds that craving for alcoholic drinks was everywhere established in the most re- mote periods. The art of wine mak- Ing in Persia. for example, is so far lost in antiquity that some ancient writers affirm that wine was first made in Persia.
 The feasts of Cyrus. Darius and oth- CT kings of the ancient Persians were famed for their luxury and extrava- gance. Wine was always in great ev- idence at these banquets and drunk enness was not at all uncommon.
 Yet, if we can believe some ancient writers, intoxicating drinks had cu- rious effect upon the Persians of long ago. Herodotus, who visited Persia in the fifth century B. C., says that the people there invariably brought on wine when they had anything impor- tant to discuss, and he says that the more wine they drank the pore wise and acute became their decisions. This does not harmonize very well with what we know of the judgment of those who drink deep. and yet
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
.fs,aff iise-s --sfs 'DR. I. IYENOCA
 WARMLY DEGREES SHANTUNC CHARGE
Former Columbia Lecturer Disc1aims Permanent SeiZ
 ure of the Province.
BARRED BY CHINA
 AND GREAT BRITAIN
His Nation Ready to Renew Kiao- -Chau Pledge-Ex-
 plains Pre- War Treaties.

Washington, Aug. 2-The case of Japan in the Versailles Peace Treaty, particularly with reference to the Shantung decision. was set forth last night by Dr. Toyokichi Iyenaga, lec- turer at Columbia University at the outbreak of the war, and now director | of the East and West News Bureau of New York city.
 Speaking before the Civic Forum | at Trinity church, pr. Iyenaga dis cussed the position of Japan at great l length in support of the action Of tho l Paris conference.
 AS to the restoration of Kiao- Chau to China" he said, "the pledge to the same effect has so many times | been made by Japan's statesmen and ! her representatives at Paris and here l in Washington, that wonder. whether its reiteration at the present
 moment will do any good. If Presi- | dent Wilson deems that declaration 1 by the Japanese government will go
 to reassure the American people I feel that the Mikado's government would be ready to accede to his | wishes. However, would the reitera- 1 tion of vague and curt declarations already made serve the purpose? l What we want are the decided steps undertaken, the exact date and
 specific ways by which Kiao-Chau ! vii be restored to China. But this
 cannot be done at the present mo-
 ment, for China had not yet signed
 the treaty. The execution of the con- 1 tract cannot proceed while the other party Is out of the ring. The respon- sibility of delaying the steps leading. l to the redeeming of Japan's pledge cannot be shirked by China so long as she refuses to sign the Versailles treaty"
 Or. 1yenesay who was formerly at tached to the Japanese Foreign Office and was later Commissioner of the F'ormosan Government to India, Per- 1 "supremeIy confident of the contin-
 uance of amicable relations between
 America and Japan despite the de- nouncing of Japan in speeches and the development of intrigue to em- ibron the United States in trouble with Japan.
 1 He said 1t was an extremely deH- i cate matter for Japanese to publicly 1 discuss one of the subjects of Ser7a- | torial controversy, but asserted that ! Chinese advocates had viewed ths l matter from a different angle, and "to l carry thedr point some of them hava 1 not hesitated to resort to underhand- ! ed methods"
 1 Japan entered the war" he said, l ''in obedience to the terms of the Am 1 glo-Japanese alliance, which imposeu | upon her the duty of con du cting mili- | ta1'y operations in common with he 1 ally in the regions of Eastern Asia | and dts wal ters. She did her work with 1 energy and thoroughness.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02

poyers have settled directly through their employees aided by the American Federation with their employees gaining through shop committees
 The agency by which bargaining is effected is not portant speedy settlements.
 Labor will be Protracted disputes will drain the city of labor especially of unsed labor, the will be for demands of existing conditions
 When settlements finally should possible for employers and employed to talk and reducing the cost of living things home, though mostly remedy through National action
 There will be endless of raising prices until the high cost of living brought into
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
THE STRIKES IN BRIDGEPORT

'~ STRIKES in Bridgeport ought to be promptly tied. The conditions that should lead to settlement materially improved In the beginning had to be sought in the condition country necessary to find out what settlements being other places. Bridgeport employers could give than others giving to give
 At this time a number of local settlements have been thousands of workers, and which additional of the limits within which the other men mus be mad
 week is accepted in settlements and the $ hour be made flv in the unsettled in the settled.
 The closed to be out of the agreements ought to stand in the of agreements
 Two of settlement have been effective Some
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02

iheHt that II was expected to be when It was called. Early today the strike was for the most part confined to points in the middle west and south east, with some craftsmen out a.. points outside these generally de- scribed sections.
 In the middle west, chiefly in the Ch1cago district, some 30,000' men were reported out, with like num- Der In the south and southeast sec. tons. They demand wage increase from the present scale of 68 cents an hour to S6 cents. with 60 cents an hour for helpers. and that the in crease be effective from January l. -191s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
NEW PACIFIC
 FLEET BASE
 GUARDS ORIENT
Naval Authorities Believe It Makes War From That
 Section Prohibitive.

Honolulu, Aug. 2. (Correspond- ence of the Associated Press) ).- War against the United States will be made almost prohibitive for any Oriental naticn through the estab- Hshment at Pearl Harbor base here of the greater part of the new Pacific feet according to naval authorities. The arrival of the fleet late in Au- gust, it was declared, would make Pearl Harbor one of the greatest naval bases in the world and the most important to the United States.
 Naval authorities have said Hawaii affords the only possible location for a strong naval base in the Central Pacific ocean for distance of 4,0o0 miles. It lies approximately 2,5O0 miles off the American coast. If Hawaii were in the hands of an enemy, according to local authorities, that nation could harass and threaten the entire Pacific coast. To guard the Pacific coast against an enemy oc- cuying Hawaii, the United States would be compelled to keep a. fleet many times the size required with Hawaii as an American base it is declared.
 With the United States in control of the islands an Oriental nation nov irg against the United States would be compelled to work from a bass 1000 to 5000 miles from the Amert- can coast instead of the Hawaiian coast only 2,50O miles off.
 Pearl Harbor, where the base is situated, is considered one. It has an area of 10 square miles and depth of more than 60 feet of the best, if not the best, natural harbors in the world. It is landlocked and ships
 
 from the sea. The great new dry dock just completed will be officially opened by Secretary of the Navy Daniels when he arrives with tho fleet. It is 1929 feet long, is 13S feet wide and can handle any ship afloat or contemplated.
 The war department also has ample sites at the channel entrance and al- ready has engaged on the construc- ton of protecting defenses. A con- siderable army force also Is maintain ed in the islanda
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS

PIcture-L Reciting
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02

A book of Verses underneath ths
 Rough, A Jug of Wine. Loaf of Bread-enc
 Thou
 Beside me singing In the Wilder Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! An, my Beloved, fill the cup that c1earn Today of past Regret and future
 Fears;
 Tonorro~s Why. tomorrow I may
 bs Myself with Yesterdays Sev'n Thou
 sand Years. And much as Wine has play'd tha h.
 fdel, And robb'd me Of my Robe of Honor
 Well,
 wonder often what the Winners One-half so precious as the stuG they
 sell.
 Perhaps it was this fondness for al- coholic drinks that has extended oT~r so many centuries that has brought Persia from a place of power to Its modern weakness.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02

schedule of 65 cents an hour for sur face and 67 for the elevated employees agreed on last Monday by the heads or the unions and the companies.
 Hearings were begun today by the State Public Utilities Commission to determine what raise in fare will be necessary to pay the IT cents an hour increase in wages given to the men. It is said seven cent fare on sur face lines and an eight cent fare on elevated roads will be granted by the commission. In addition a one cent charge for transfers may be author fzed. The employees originally de- manded wage of s5 cents an 1our.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
CHICAGO STREET TRANSIT SERVICE
 RUNNING AGAIN

Chicago, Aug. 2-Street car service was resumed today after a four day strike of surface and elevated car men. Resumption of traffic soon fol- lowed the announcement that the men had voted to rescind the strike order and to accept the wage
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
3O,OOO WORKERS
 ARE ON STRIKE
 IN MIDDLE WEST

Chicago. Aug. 2+Local leaders of the federated railway shop mems union today predicted that the strike which started yesterday would spread and become the .aaaionwtde move
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-02
WAIVED EXTRADITTON

Raphael Unites, living at ase War
 ren street, was arrested last night by
 detectives and today turned over to officials from Bayonne. N. J.. wAero he is wanted on . wife dessrtena chAHueke; He waived extradtdon. 2 S S'
The sun., 1919-02-10

would come nigh to creating a nation of
office holders pleasing pendant to
that vision Of a cooperative common
wealth" drawn for England by Sir Leo
Chiozza- Money, formerly Parliamentary
Secretary to the Ministry Of Shipping.
what tho shipper May Expect.
With Utopia, Unlimited's bubble full
blown, the Government would be In .
position to say to the American shipper {;
Export your products In American
bottoms and we will give you a preferen-
tiai rail rate from the point OF origin to
the point OF ehipment by sea. Not only
will you supply cargoes to keep Ameri-
can tonnage in active service. but you
will be in a position to lay your goods
down overseas at lower prices than those
who, by reason Of shipping In foreign
bottoms, must pay the full rail rates"
But the bubble already has shown in
dlcations Of approaching collapse. Add
to Mr.. Hurley's preferential rail rates
Mr.. Daniels's ocean freight rates at cost
rates that huctuate to a degree that
would baffle even Government stalls
ticians-and the already lettering eco
nomic structure must buckle under the
strain What the shipper might gain in
reduced shipping rates on the ono hand
he must more than lose on the othsf
through taxation necessitated to make
up the losses entailed by Government
| operation. National control of sources
OF commercial communication already
has begun to relax. With It's passing
will fade Utopia, Unlimiteds creates,
dream.
One by ono the theories are beins
swept into the discard. What win TAX,
their place? MIR. Hurley 10 about due
back from Europe and his study of worlt
shipping problems. He may be conn
IDENTIFY relied upon to bring q brand nov
| crop OF theories with him.
The sun., 1919-02-10

permanent establishment OF the union
in the French capital. among them be-
ing a closer relationship between Amer
lean and French educational systems
and the development Of a university en-
tente cordiale The institution VIII also
be the means Of bringing closer togetner
American and French educators. the In.
crease Of exchange professorshtps ana
the development of ideas beneficial TO
the relations between the two countries
In addition the union will contribute also
to the spread OF European culture ana
its various manifestations in this couh-
try 60 that there will be fuller under-
standing Of all the educatonal move
ments taking place OH the other side
Of the water.
The union will provide long needed
home for American students In Par,s'
will act as a bureau of Information on
American universities for the benefit oil
French students and will facilitate inc
working out of scholarships
The sun., 1919-02-10
UNIVERSITY UNION
GETS SITE IN PARIS
French Capital Gives Land
Valued at 500, 900.

News has been received that the
project OF making tho University Union
in Europe a permanent establishment
is now assured of complete fulfilment.
II Is announced that the city of Paris
has given the union building site
valued at 100000.
This gift has been formally accepted
on behalf OF the Union by its treasurer.
Henry B. Thompson, Of the Princeton
board of trustees, who Is now in Paris.
A building of handsome design will be
erected on the site. Plans for the struc-
ture have already been drawn.
Great results are expected from the
The sun., 1919-02-10
Drain on Public Purse.

That Government operation Of ship
ping at loss means an indefinite drain
upon the public purse for an Indefinite
period.
y These are a few of the concrete COM
nlain,s heard to-day. To balance them
the Government offers abstract theories
Before Mr. Hurley sailed for Europe
recently he parted a direct question as
10 whether he favored Government own
ership with smiling:
"I decline to answer"
But Government ownership ara oper-
alton are written into many OF his pub
lie utterances. Three will serve an
typical. and It is significant that In each
successive declaration the sentiment was
progressively more pronounced. Speak
ing last summer, he said:
"Before the war ocean commerce trav-
slled In bottoms owned and operated by
private capital. Now this gigantic mer-
chant fleet which we are turning out Is
The sun., 1919-02-10
Three bodies Taken Ont OF Wreck.

The bodies Of the three men killed In
the wreck Of a Lehlgh Valley freight
train on the West Shore connecting line
In Jersey City Saturday night were
takon from the wreck yesterday after
the steel girders of the cars, which
pinned the men down. had been cut by
icetelyne torches The men were John
Crocheron, the engineer, of Front street
and Carteret avenue. Jersey City; Ed
ward Ahearn. the conductor OF the train
VI Gil Jersey avenue. jersey City. and
Thomas Hart, the fireman. OF johnson
avenue ami Monitor street. Jersey City
The sun., 1919-02-10

10 be controlled by one central body-the
United States of America"
In September he stated:
I'VE must go out over the world and
give to other nations the peaceful SER
vice which Is the basis of world trade.
We must take the lean years with the
fat years in shipping. and instead OF
theoriLing about the difficulties and lin
itatlons show our determination to keep
a merchant marine Intact as a basis for
commerce in times OF peace and a pro-
lection in the event OF war"
For n Permanent Fleet.
And In October:
The United States Government Is
building great feet OF merchant ships
Tor permanency. The project to build
was conceived in the emergency of war,
but II has never been intended, nor is IL
intended now. that this great movement
shall cease when the war Is ended"
IL remained, however. for Secretary
Daniels TO put the capstone on the edl-
tice of Naturalization when, speaking in
Philadelphia, October Is, he declared:
we have begun to build ships and we
have only just begun. Tho Government
must continue to build, continue to oper-
ate and carry tho ever increasing prod
ucts Of our farms and factories to the
ends of the earth.
The only problems We have to solve
are how to build the best ships and
what Is the best plan of operation.
No man now living will see. unless wis
dom departs from us, the Government
retire from the business of building and
operating cargo carrying ships.
The Government will build ships.
pioneer new routes OF trade. guarantee
freight rates at cost to introduce Amer
lean made goods and enjoy a fair share
OF tho carrying trade of the world"
Cost of No Consequence.
Here. then. between the lines Of the
utterances of the Governments own
spokesman It Is written that the war
emergency feet must be made a peace
permancy that the Government mus,
build ships and more ships and run
them, and that cost Is matter of nc
consequence. What policies are to be
followed to make all these things pos
, sible on an economic basis that will
bring benefit to the nation common urat e
with the billions upon billions expended
have not been divulged And those are
the policies upon which enlightenment,
10 vial.
There has ben no lack of theories thai
tSuOii III hSoidttu polIils VI inc main
issues. Mr.. Hurley has furnished mos,
OF them. Among tho solutions suggested
are:
! Standardization OF seamen's wages &c
put other nations on a par with the
| United States in the cost of manning
| their vessels
Quantity production OF mercantile ton
mage and speed output to offset higher
| costs Of American shipbuilding.
! Quick turnovers and improved meth.
DDS Of handling cargo to counterbalan
/ greater operating expenses
! "Rlov'i-R the cargoes out OF the YES
The sun., 1919-02-10
Many speaker. for Liberty Loan.

Speakers Tor Tho Filth Liberty Loan
are being obtained by e. 7. Tomlinson.
chairman of publicity for the eight sub
districts OF the Second Federal Reserve
district They will include women, re-
turned soldiers and we'll known civic
leaders. In each district Mr.. Tomlinson
has appointed chairmen. all we'll known
publishers or advertising men. who arc
expected to put on a winning selling
campaign