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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
THE PORT OF BRIDGEPORT REF EBENDuM

XNZ HEN THE Chamber of Commerce announced to the Al Y dermen, through Mr. Day. that it dunn upon the Port of Bridgeport measure that project took higher place in the public mind.
 The who assert that Bridgeport benefited by the construction of water and rail terminal biggest business in the city of them among biggest business in the United States They gifted matters of organization and ma e development far beyond the majority of their fellow citizens and their ideas the provemen of Bridgeport entitled not only to respectful consideration but to the kind of consideration that prudent give to experts whom they employ to advise them.
 The Iimes-Farmer in its long fight for the dum for the right of people Bridgeport determine things that they will create deDt for and those that they not create debt for, has steadily, affirmed the privilege any body of responsible citizens to to the people projects for the ciys beerment, and the light to con- sdeate and respectful hearing for their ideas.
 The Chamber of Commerce is an important body It is presenative of large part of BrdgepOrt life. Its views the improvement of Bridgeport entitled Judy of the citizens.
 What the people must necessarily oppose when offered
 matter of compuson by inf uencRe they will study and to understand when presented will judgment, and their action at the ballot box.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
PEACE AND SOVEREIGNTY

~ HE SUN, which a newspaper of singular sonableness has sunk under it's ownership to a ae in which often merely drves out its illogical oppos ion to anything it chances not to like, in this beautiful bought about the Covenant of the League of Natons
 n O hope the
 
 independence this fine piece of given mankind as bought reason, logic, understandings something which may guide themselves by
 There be practical scheme for the abolition hat involve the impairment of the sovereignty hat nation by the extent of it's agreement that nation which agrees fight agrees to ight except conditions parted right otherwise than it agrees and hence with part sovereignty
 No nation agree retain the right it. No nation agree submit to arbitration right to arbrate. None agree fight within three months after decision right to fight earlier
 The sovereignty of a nation | right to do exactly at moment it peases is impaired by whatever yields must be impaired
 There be such thing contract of world peace with each nation the right pleases Sovereignty and must be impaired )f what is yielded
 To talk league peace being abolition of the very of the multitude of things nation may bring hose things into the League of Nations precisely col funded portions of their powers into the United States # America
 may be that if League Nations established have control of certain international affairs it's powers tt last extend to all of those interests which the world which in way need to be settled sta part it's right settle the world in ff of a settlement of such affairs by the world
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
sTRATFORD's OPPOSITION

~ HE PORT Bridgeport project received treat B men at the hands of a Stratford town meeting last night when the towns representatives were instructed to op- pose the bill.
 The opposition was of chief kinds that caused by the bill by feeling of Sratford that Bridgeport seeking advantage of the old town
 opposition based upon the belief that the egisIaion of the two communities opinion entirely unfounded since the bill merely creates Bridgeport for the purposes of conduct ng freight terminal by rail and water.
 The failure to appreciate the limited character of the union natural because this type of organization not very fa- nilar n C. anecicut.
 Massachusetts many municipal corporations which number O cities and united to perform purpose such supplying themselves with water r making common disposal sewage, arranging
 This objection not being founded would yield to sument The form of the bill is to be changed The bill is to demOcrazed subject to referendum It but needed the of the bill to aay the second objection of Srat ord citizens.
 The objection difficult harder to dispose of consists in jealousy of Bridgeport in the idea of small 2lace that stalking larger place
 every material given proof that the project would self supporting the Port of Bridgeport would be benefit Satford and cost of which would be derived from e taxation and credit of Bridgeport.
 The lands which proposed for development all in 5traord waste lands and yield little To ltize them Bridgeport plan would be bring Sraford two kinds of values the not taxable the )ther taxable.
 The property of the Port the wharves docks, canals machinery for loading and unloading vessels would be public property pay factories within the terminal ,bou would be taxable and the property in land and dwell of the workers employed the factories and for the oper on of the terminal and from these Stratford would erve probably much greater than any tax demand or the creation of the terminal.
 Straord invited permit the
 it's boundaries of enterprise in which it would have rbued but $1 each S0 and from which it would have the direct material benefit derived from the pres 'nce of the physical property and the actual operation of great, going
 Is difficult to how the town should have been in different frame of mind The bill unfortunate and to forgotten principles the England meeting and who have ceased to operate under the meeting plan, it absolutely obnoxious
 a project the Chamber of Commerce must begin again. offering consideration democratic plan and mehod which he result cooperation with the taxpayers The
 thing must offer his invention 10 the public by ompulsion, but by agreement.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
SOLDIERS TNFPROVTSE
 QUARTETTE

Paris, Feb. 19-Fresh proof Of the ingenuity and resourcefuIness of the American soldier in France was giv- en the other night at La Rochelle An army Quartette had been billed to play for the soldiers at the Young Mems Christian Association hut there The train failed to come, after the manner of trains in France. John J. Anderson of Dallas, Texas, the Y NJ. C. A. secretary at La Pallice near La Rochelle, explained the matter to the audience.
 Immediately an tmpromptu jazz quartet was organized. One perform CT played on two pieces of sand paper, another on a piece of tin, the third with an automobile horn, and the fourth tried to make music with leg of a chair.
 With these instruments, the jazz band ''played'' the popular music of the United States, to the great amuse- ment of the audience. Heated dis putes as to what they were playing occupied large place on the evening" s program. They were so popular, however, that their audience refused to allow them to stop, until the regu- lar performers arrived, and even then they continued to play, to the accom- paniment of a drain, mandolin a violin and a piano.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
Mercy For Swin0ch
 Who Helps His Mother

Mathew Swinoch of Shelton, plead ed guilty to burglary, this morning before Judge Curtis of the Superior Court and received a suspended sen Scnce of one year in the county jail. Although Prosecutor Cummings re- lated a long criminal record of the accused, he did not press the charge and the court was inclined to be Ie- nient
 Swinoch is accused of entering a saloon in Shelton and carrying away a pocketbook containing $16 which was usually left behind the bar by the proprietor for the convenience of the morning bartender in making change. He is also accused of record of crimes occurring during the months of June, July and August during which time he cut telephone wires, stole copper and brass, entered three Shelton stores and was incar- cerated in the reformatory for one rear in 1917. For the past eleven nonths Swinoch has been behaving himself very well with the exception
 f entering the saloon and stealing he pocketbook. He works steadily
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
APRoPos BRIDGEPoRT-No. ?.
lRN C. M. P.

I move around the town a bit by shank's mare. trolley and by it and in this democratic way meet a lot of folks each day; and as they travel to and fro each aas, I note, his tale of woe. From the Remington into tho Eost Criti- cism's the lad or most.
 They'd mention city hall and groan about the power behind the throne and how the chief gazabo there was only a proxy in the chair. There were those who lov- d to prate of the many burglar ies Of late and with delicious shiv- CTS they discussed the hoId-ups Of the day and would aver no crook could rob if the police were on their job.
 The Port of Bridgeport project, too. I judge would meet it's Water loo should the objectors to the bill among the SoIons on the Hill attain the ratio. man for man, Of those I heard discuss the plan.
 Some said, Those boys from overseas may now return to lives of ease" but others. wiser in their day, thought they'd prefer jobs with good pay. which view I quite agree is right or bum is my pro Dhetic sight for when these boys who smashed the Hun and sent him Rhineward on the run are back to PankeeIand and home. be it in Bridgeport or in Nome, none will he happy till they feel they have a shoulder at the wheel that in the Business of the land en masse they all will have hand.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
GERMANY TO BE
 GREAT REPUBLIC

Berne. Switzerland, Feb. 19 - On the question of freedom of the seas, Professor Friedrich W. Foerster, Ba- varian minister to Switzerland, said recently to a correspondent to The Associated Press
 1T must frankly admit the Germans had no reasons to complain of the lack of freedom in using the seas to develop their commerce and indus tries before the war. In fact, both America and England placed no ob- stacles in this respect"
 Dr. Foerster declared that Prus- sfanism and militarism now are dead in Germany-kiIled by the war and that Germany will become a gree. republic on the lines of America but that the process necessarily must be slow owing to internationa conflicts and the differences between political parties.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
PARTNERS SUIT COMPROMISED

Just as Judge Greene was ready to hear the testimony yesterday in the suit brought by Gus a.heris against Peter Pandre. both of this city coun- seI for the contestants announced to Ihe court that a settlement had been reached. The case was removed from the docket. In the plaintiffs com plaint it is alleged that Catheris had advanced money to Pandre for the purpose of furnishing a Howard ave- nue restaurant with the understand ing that both men were to be equal partners in the business. Catheris has never received any share of the profits. Pandre contended that he had later bought out Cetheris' share
 It is understood that the settlement reached provides for the payment of S700 to Catheris with a satisfactory apportionment of fixtures.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
FINED StOO FOR
 HAVING HIDDEN PISTOL.

Ferdinand Agostino Of 273 George street. was fined $l00 and costs and sentenced to 10 1rys in jail in City Court. by Judge rank L. Wilder for carrying concealed weapons.
 Agostino was loiterinG on East Main street near Barnuu avenue, and was arrested by PatrolrA~n Clancy of the Second Precinct as a suspicious character. When searched at the Second Precinct station a loaded .32 calibre revolver was found in his possession.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
BELONGS TO THE UNIFORM

| HE OFFICE of commissioner bankruptcy soon to be
 A vacant by the promotion of Judge Banks judge the Superior court pat by which the government may show its gratitude to at least of the the pursuit of The first qualification for post must be the possession of the aanmens; the qualification must be service i'll the uniform Of the nation Americas gratitude to it's heroes either gratitude lD or
 gratitude of heart We shall know which, when matters like this present themselves
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
EXTENDS MONROE DOCTRINE

HIS speech at Portland the quite plain that the Covenant the League Nations fores the Monroe Doctrine, especially of the Covenant which makes obligatory upon league ber to preserve inc territorial political rights member states from external aggression.
 This is the sound view opposed to the assertion the Monroe Doctrine is of impaired authority by the of the Covenant.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19

aged woman, and about a week ago had a sight fall. At the time it was not thought she had received any fn-I juries beyond a shaking up, hut but 1t now develops that she fractured her hip. She was treated and left at her hcznA ss
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19
FRACTURED HIP.

Dr. J. F. Keegan Of the Emergency hospital was called upon yesterday to treat Mrs. Mary J. Giles of 949 Broad street, whom he found to be suffering from fractured hit. mrR Giles iR an
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19

So far the automobile manufactur- CTS don't seem much inclined to op- pose the advances in railroad passen- ger fares
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19

The delightful desire to do exactly peases no longer action by peoples may to the best advantage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-19

With women smoking, and shaw ing themselves with safety razors, it's about time for the men to have some hamburg edgtng put on their pants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
TILDEN H DEFEATS RICHARDS
 FOR TENNIS TITLE

Philadelphia, February 2S.-William Tilden II. Philadelphia, captured the middle Atlantic indoor tennis cham pienship by defeating Vincent Richards, New York, in the final round of the senior singles, here today, -6. 6-S. 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.
 Tilden gained the victory by his bril- liant playing in the last two sets. His spectacular smashing and voileying at tack, coupled with great court covering and sensational "gets" stood out con- spicuously. He used his straight bullet delivery to advantage and varied this with his tremendous reverse twist, which proved entirely too much for Richards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01

164 games was started here today by Lieut.. Col. T. L. Huston, half owner of the New York Americans. Harry Frazee, owner of the Boston Ameri- cans, and Charles Stoneham, president of the New York Nationals, are said to have indorsed the plan.
 The American league schedule of 140 games was decided upon while l was still abroad, and I think it is a foolish piece of legislation indicating a lack of confidence in the new season" Huston said.
 q do not think it is too late to draw up new schedules. Frazee is with me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01

Some baseballers, who were almost peerless in their respective positions. started on their careers at some other station on the diamond. It was only be- cause of accident or a peculiar twist of fate that they were shifted into the job which brought them fame and glory.
 As long as baseball lives Mordecal ('Three Fingered') Brown will never be forgotten. In the heydey of his career he was pitcher who knew no real master. His achievements during the time that he was star of the Cub hurling corps are still fresh in the memories of fan- dom. Brown has been called by many the greatest natural pitcher that ever lived" Yet Brown became mounds man by accident
 Brown was the regular third baseman for an amateur team in Brazil Ind, known as the Coxvilles. He had no thought of being a pitcher. figuring that the absence of part of two fingers barred him from success as a finger. At the time the Coxvilles were scheduled to meet the Brazils, a professional club. During preliminary practice on the day of the game the only pitcher which the Coxvilles had fell while fielding ground CT and so hurt his wrist that it was inn possible for him to work that day
 In this emergency the manager of the Coxvilles called Brown and said:
 Brownie, you've got to pitch for us to- day.
 But I don't know anything about pitching" responded Brown.
 ''Well. somebody has got to pitch for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
Eighty-Ninth Wins the Grid Championship
 of U. s. Third Army
By Associated Press

Coblenz, February 27.-By their defeat of the football team of the Fourth divi- sion today the Eighty-ninth division be- came champions of the Third army, and to them falls the honor of representing the army of occupation at the A. E. F. Olympic games at the spring meet near Paris The score was IA to 0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
SUNDAY BASEBALL
 IN NASHVILLE COURT GIVEN BLACK EYE

Nashville, February 2S.-The court of civil appeals today held the playing of Sunday baseball here un- lawful and authorized an injunction to issue against the local club play ing Sunday games. The court, however, declined to decree the for feiture of the clubs charter The circuit court had denied the appeal for such an injunction. The case before the court was that of the state on relation of the governor and attorney general against the Nashville Baseball association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
SPORTS LOCAI--By WIRE
INTERNATIONAL ID
 PLAY 14O GAMES
New League Lengthens Its Schedule Eighth City
 Not Selected
By Associated Press

New York, February &.-The new In- ternational league changed it's plans over night and yesterday adopted a schedule of 154 games in place of the 14o-game programme previously decided upon
 The opening and closing dates, April 30 and September IA. will remain the same, unless David Fultz. president of the league, decides to extend the season.
 The league took no action on the ques- ton of awarding a new franchise in Newark and selecting an eighth city in place of Hamilton, Ont. As the league adjourned yesterday Fultz will take up the subjects personally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
ALABAMA BOXERS
 STAGE b|G FIGHTS
 THIS AFTERNOON
Sixteen Aspirants for Pu- gilistic Titles to Meet in Ring on U. of A.
 Campus
By CEoRGE H. WATSON


 University, Ala, February 2S.-(Special) alabama fans expect to see some minia- .ure Dempsey Willard stuff Saturday afternoon when the amateur boxers or the university under the direction Of JA Hume Mcdonald stage a tournament X beginning at 3:30. The tournament was first scheduled for Friday night, but Saturday afternoon has been found more convenient and Mcdonald has agreed to remain over to Saturday night before leaving for the University of Georgia. Sixteen aspirants have given their thames to Mcdonald as being willing to box These men will be weighed Satur- day morning and matched accordingly. The students who will participate in the . tourney are: Tram Sessions, Riggs Notephenson, C. C. Shot, A. H. Clemmons, Jacoby, s. D. Moxley. F. M. Che ault, R. G. Harris, H. B. Cargile, H.
 | Montgomery, E. S. Ernest, w. N. Johnson, D. H. Grimes, J. G.. Adams, Dr., B. I. Plotkin and J. Reynolds. l SIX MATCHES
 There will be six matches in all and la medal is being offered by the Y. M. c. IA. for the winner in each bout. Each flight will consist of four rounds of two {ninutes each and strict amateur rules twill be enforced by the referee. Two judges, one in each corner, and the referee will be there to decide on the winner. In addition to the six matches here is scheduled to be battle royal fin which not more than six men are .bIind-folded and placed in the ring and permitted to indulge in free for all fight The last man left receives as prize a pair of boxing gloves. In this battle any man knocked down is con- lsidered out of the game.
 This first boxing tournament of the university will be held in the ball park and it is expected that a large crowd will witness the contests. In order to keep up an interest in boxing it is pro- t,;dad that the winners of the medals
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
CUBBON EXPECTED

University, Ala, February &.-(Special) Bob Cubbon, athletic director of the southeastern department of the Y. M. c. A., was scheduled to arrive in Tus- caIoosa from Atlanta, Friday afternoon, according to telegram received here by B. L. Noojin, director of athletics. Cub bon has charge of mass athletics in the south, and it is in this interest that he Is visiting the university which is do- ing A. large share in the pioneering this new idea of sports At present he has two men detailed at the University. Vaughn & Blanchard and J. H. Me Donald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01

and Comiskey of Chicago also favors the long schedule"
 Foundrymen in Japan receive only q per day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
Little Rock Signs karr

Little Rock, Ark, February 2S Benny Karr, a pitcher, formerly with the Chattanooga and Memphis clubs. was signed today by the Little Rock club of the Southern association. Karr recently was discharged from the army after Is months service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01

will have to defend their titles each month or until they have won three straight fights when the medals become their undisputed property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01

The average audience in frst-cass motion-picture house is typically representative of the American spirit while it eood-natured. it demands the best
 When thrilling dramas of love. war; and adventure are unfoded before it, in which famous million it is more than generous in the matter of applause
 When the Pictorial Weeklies'' transport it in twinkng to the four corners of the earth it is not But when the scene changes and THE LITERARY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
Why The Literary Digest Is So Popular In the "Mo

screen the enthusiasm which erees this novel and a tractive feature is unbounded. The audience rocks with laughter and applause each in the series of punch paragraphs with their lively humor. keen cal. land other foibles of the day. The 'movies" are but the mirror of the world and the popularity of the Topics of the Day but the echo of the reappearance of THE LITERARY DIGEST.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
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