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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25
INSTALL NEW PEWS AT
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH

New pews and furniture for the
Primitive Baptist church, approx
mating in cost 81 900, arrived from the
factory several days ago and is now
being restablled. The work will
be completed in time for use of the
new pews and furniture at Sunday
services. With these additions and the
large improvements that have just
been completed on the church build
ing. the edifice is among the most
handsome of the denomination in
this section of the state. doing full
credit to Cordele and the growth of
the denomination in this section.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25
WAR TRADE BOARD
IN STATE DEPARTMENT

Washington. July 16-The War
Trade Board has become a division
of the State Department in accord
ance with an executive order. While
all functions and records of the board
are transferred to the department,
this will not effect lr inccavenieHcc
importers or exporters in any way
it is said, as all licenses will con
tinue to be issued and correspond
ence conducted in the name of the
War Trade Board.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25

MOT all the women of California be-
lieved in the ballot for women when
suffrage was granted them in DC
tober, 1911. Not all of them by any
means.
doubt very much whether if the
vote had been submitted to the wo-
men, instead of to the men, suffrage
would have won.
There were good many men who
did not believe in it, besides those
who were just against it for business
reasons, or sherr conservatism.
1t has been tried here for eight
years now, and you would not find
one man in ten who would vote
against it now.
Nor do think that even among the
pnost retiring women and those least
inclined to public activities would you
find any considerable number who
would object to the ballot for women.
The fact is that among us now, the
right and reasonableness Of suffrage
for women Is as automatic and un.
questioned as the right and reason
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25

make an immediate investigation of
THE methods of purchase and prices
paid for cattle and swine by persons
and corporations engaged in the meat
packing industry, with particular re-
ference to the disadvantage of live
stock producers in the South slolos
and to make report to the Senate as
soon as possible"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25
BY Bertha Whitfield

ITO the readers of the Courier
have been asked by a woman friend
who has been very active in all pub
lie affairs in the nation, to lrite a
word on behalf Of suffrage to allay
the fears OF our Southern friends. |
am doing it today, and giving it to
the mthrough the Ceres Courier, that
you may help me in passing it along.
want a copy Of it sent to every
southern periodical, that the editors
may read it, and publish it if they Will,
l want you to help me get it to them.
If you have any Southern friends send
them a copy Of this issue OF the
Courier at once, and mark this article
Let us, on behalf of California women,
make it plain to our Southern friends
that the ballot in the hands of women
is their friend as well as ours-Bertha
Whitfeld.)
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25
AMERICAN RED CROSS
FOR WOUNDED RUSSIANS

Omsk, Siberia, June 2.-To meet an
emergency in hospital work for
wounded Russians of the army fight
ing the Bosheviki the America
Red Cross has opened one of its
biggest hospitals at Cheliabinsk.
The opening of heavy fighting,on the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25

IJfa front brought many wounded
soldiers to the already burdened
Russian military hospitals. The Red
Cross work this summer, as it is ex'
pected that the fighting will be parti-
cularlv heavy in the district fronting
it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25

A new device to be used as automo-
bile tires are inflated sounds a warn
ing whistle when enough air has been
pumped into them to provide the cor.
rect pressure.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25

A farm engine invented in Europe
is driven by gas motor and is equip
ed to produce its own fuel from
such waste material as bark. sawduSt
or dry leaves.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25
BOMBING PLANE OFF
ON TRIP AROUND COUNTRY

Mineola, July 25.-Lieut. Col Hartz,
who I-ith crew OF four men is max
ing an eight thousand mile trip
around the rim of the country in a
bombing plane, left here this morn
ing for Augsta, Maine.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, CordcIe Union Depot.
The following schedule figures pub
lished as information and not guaran-
teed:
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-25

Excellent paper mas been made OUT
fore cooking the milk
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
BIG STRIKE IS ON IN SEATTLE
Called on Schedule Time City Generally Tied
 Up.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 6.---Seattle's general strike was called at the sched- uled time, 10 a. m. today. First re- ports from the downtown section said union street car men started the cars for the barns at 10 o'clock. union ele- vator operators in all the large build ings abandoned their cars, and res- taurants closed their doors when their union cooks and walters left.
 Most of the city stores announced they would remain open as long as their sJocKs last. They will be unable to replenish them, as the truck driv- CTS are striking.
 Telephone operators remained at their posts. according to reports. Seat tie expects to have lights tonight, as the strike committee of the Central Labor council exempted the engineers in the municipal lighting plants from the strike order.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
MANY SEEK FLAG
 OF UNCLE SAM
Judge Greene Admits 45 Aliens Yesterday and
 Scrutinizes More Today.

Among the many applicants for citizenship to be examined before Judge Green this morning were Phil ip Micalizzi, Italian, whose petition was continued for more study; Con silabo Arbusto, Italian a barber of Portchester, who makes his home in Greenwich, accepted and allowed to change his name to Benjamin Arbus- to; Paul Peter Plepis, Russian of Stamford, accepted; Anthon Pedersen. Dane, who has resided in Stamford for the past II years was accepted; 1; Joseph Bellando, French, a farm su- perintende1t of Norwalk, and resid- ing in the United States since 1891, was accepted: Frank Stankiewicz, Russian of Bridgeport, accepted; ; Samuel Kahn, Russian, a resident of Bridgeport since 1907, admitted that operating an automobile withou. lights. Although he has been in business in Bridgeport for the past nine years he could not answer simple questions relating to the form of government in this country. His case was continued for more study and better witnesses. Carl Olaf Harry Johnson, born in Sweden, fell down on his examination and his petition was continued for more study and proper witnesses.
 A total of 45 applicants were ad- mitted yesterday, among whom were Vincen Procacc1ni, Italian, a blind music teacher of this city. He read the constitution fluently from book of raised letters. All questions were answered by him promptly and correctly.
 Charles Dixon of Bridgeport, a ma tive of England, mixed the States somewhat when he stated that Albany was the capital of Connecticut. This mistake was due to the fact that the applicant has been studying booklet intended for New York applicants.
 Samuel Friedman of this city was denied his application for citizenship for falsely stating that he had never been arrested. The records show that he had been twice in the custody of the law, once for violating traffic reg uIations and at another time for ac- cepting stolen property.
 On account of their wives having been born in Germany, two petitioners had their cases continued. The men seeking citizenship in these cases were Charles A. Eckr aend Mary an Odachowski, both of Bridgeport. The applicants will be examined and their applications heard upon the receipt of recommendations from the Depart. ment of Labor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06

Toys" lighted their pipes filled with the drug, relaxed and puffed until the Hop" began to work; cuddling up they would then fall asleep and dream of the power of their ancestors, visit the land of the dragon, and disport with pretty kimona clad, slant eyed maidens with peoples in their hair.
 Although no opium was found much evidence was produced which satisfied the officials that Hop" is being unlawfulIy imported and distri- buted by the operators of the joint Small tins were found such as are used for the packing and shipping of Hop" from which are made the Hop Toys" or Pills of opium. "Yen Since" or balls of opium which had been smoked were found in and around the draped cots. However, there was no fresh Pen Yen" discov- cred in the place.
 (Continued on Page Two.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
COUSINS DEAL IN
 WHITE SLAYER
Nick Desesa, Prominent Norwalk Youth, Has Rela-
 tive in Wethersfield.

It has developed that Nick Disesa who was arrested and arraigned be- fore United States Commissioner served by U. S. Deputy Marshal Jae- ger, and issued upon request of spe- cial agents of the Department of Justice, charging violation of the Mann Act, is a cousin of a Bridge porter of the same name and now serving a term in Wethersfeld for I similar offense.
 It is alleged that the South Nor walk white slayer transported Ethel Stoots, also of South Norwalk, to cit ies outside of the state of Connecti- cut and exploited and debauched her by immoral practices for his own private gain.
 On one occasion 1t is alleged that Disesa on or about October 8, 1918, transported Ethel Stoots from South Norwalk to Charleston; S.S.. and com pelled her to engage in immoral prac- tices for his benefit.
 About December 1, 1918, the ac- cused is alleged to have taken the girl from Danbury to Portchester for the same purpose.
 Disesa was placed under s1o,o0O bond and released by Commissioner Lavery. His hearing before the Commissioner will occur on February 12. Joseph Disesa. father of the ac- cused is bondsman for his son., He is the proprietor of the Central hotel, South Norwalk.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
BULLET PIERCED DIARY TELLSTAL.E OF BEATEN HUN Bartholomew Hurley Has Interesting Souvenir of Machine Gun Battle. RUSSIAN SOLDIER
 FIRST OWNED THE
 LITTLE BOOK Canadian Fighter Took It, German Took it From Him and At Last American
 Got It.

Bartholomew Hurley of 528 Still man street, this city is the proud possessor of a diary which he took from the person of dead German soldier after an action in the Argonne Hurley formerly of the 56th Artil- lery, of which regiment the Bridge port company recently returned from active service in France, has had the diary translated with the result that it's contents are very interesting to his friends.
 The diary, while new and before it was much used was the property of a Russian soldier from whom 1t went into the hands of one AIgy MacDon- aid, Canadian soldier. Macdonald was killed. in action and the diary taken from his body by Corporal stephen Schuelke of the 2nd Machine Gun Company, 2nd Battalion, 426th German Infantry.
 These many transfers of possession occurred early in the war and the book was carried by the German for three years until the America ns ar rived In the Argonne when it went in- to the possession of Hurley.
 Perusing its pages we find that ochueike was not particularly bloodthirsty Hun. On the other hand he daily complains about the long marches and poor food, Trans portation of the German soldier seems 10 nave been poorly provided for as the writer often describes long waits with little food. Most of the travel ing was done in box cars.
 Although the German appears to have been a man of very little educa- tion he had ambitions to become a playwriter. Most of the little book
 (Continued on Page TwoN
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
EBERT OPENS NEW ASSEMBLY Newly Elected Body Met This Afternoon At
 Weimar.

A.+o,5om Feb. 6-Friederich Ebert the German chancellor, will open the first session of the recently elected German National Assembly at weimar at three o'clock this after noon Dispatches from Berlin state thai after the meeting of the body is thus opened the chair will be taken by the oldest member of the assembly, probably Herr Pfannktch.
 The advices report that many mem bers for Alsace-Lorrain have present. ed themselves for the first sitting of the assembly.
 The name of Herr Eichhorn, the former chief of the Belin police de- partment. who was busted during the troubles with the Spartacans, will be stricken from the role of membership of the assembly as his whereabouts is not known. He will be succeeded by the candidate in his district who re- ceived the next largest vote.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
TO INVESTIGATE
 STREET RAILWAYS
Legislature Asked to Create Commission For This
 Purpose.

Hartford, Feb. 6-The legislative committee on railroads today sent to the Senate g. bill creating a commis- sion to inquire into the condition of trolley companies in Connecticut, as suggested by Governor Holcomb in his inaugural message. The bill pro vides that the commission shall con- sist of three senators, four representa- lives and five citizens to be named by the governor. This will be known as the street railway investigation commission and shall serve without compensation but with assistance to be given compensation up to $1,000. The commission shall sit in the capi- tol and have power to call witnesses and books and shall make a. report not later than April l with, recom- mendations for legislation.
 The finance committee favorablv reported in the Senate the bill to transfer six million dollars from the civil list funds to the sinking fund created by the general statutes. treas urer buy and cancel state bonds or invest in bonds of the United States or in various other bonds issued In the state under authority of the stat laws 3'e1 'e
 The House received from the Sen ate the federal prohibition amend lnent on motion of MT. King of Wind ham, the Republican leader, the mat ter was made the order of the dav for noon Tuesday.
 F'avorable reports to the Horsa were made on these bills: Incraa sin ., balarles of Waterbury city conrt Juoges' clerks and probation officers. increasing salaries in the soutbing' ton court and providing for an assist ant clerk in the Orange court,
 1he senate received favorable re- ports on these bills:
 from rom Judiciary: Regarding Justices 0i the peace elected in November Continued on Page Two.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
Willing If There Be An Occasion to Enter Into General Agreement. TO RECONCILE
 DIFFERENCES Small Nations Win Four More Places on Commis-
 sion of League.

London, Feb. 6-M. Tchitch- erin, the Bolshevist foreign minister of Russia, announces in a wireless despatch picked up here that the Soviet govern ment is willing to participate in the Princess Islands confer ence. The message bears the date of Tuesday and was sent from Moscow.
 The despatch declares the Soviet government is ready, eff there be occasion, to enter into a general agreement with the Entente powers on their undertaking not to interfere with Russian internal affairs. '"
 It then announces that the govern mes& is disposed to confer on the ba- sis indicated in the note from the Peace Conference, at Princes Island or elsewhere, with all the Entente Powers or some of them separately. or with some of the Russian political groups at the request of the Entente Powers"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06

Washington, Feb 6-Wh the submission to conqress to- day o the conerees agreement on the longdyed nue b the American people their pros pectve Federal tax budget for 1919 ensuing yearssome thing S6OOOO00 this year and $OOOOOO thereafter sub
 ct to the revision of future rates expected to be by the next congress.
 The conference report presented to the by Demo- cratic Leader tchn regarded assured of adoption by both House and Senate and of approval by the President
 Except for slightly increased profits rates for 1919 and corporation income 1920 virtually all the rates revised in the bill by the senate by the conferees and remain in the final conference Like the original House bill and the Senates revision the taxes levied profits of corporations individual and corporate Rates of the poraon beverages cigars and tobacco admissions club dues uxures and seiuxures stamp and special all substantially adopted by the conereeS the House rates on estates and insurance reinsated
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06

Fifteen chinamen were discovered in the place, some of whom were hidden behind draperies and showing the effects of an indulgence in "Pin Yen" The officers were armed to the teeth and fully protected by search warrants. At first the Celestials of fered resistance, but quick action on the part of the officers, during which two Chinamen were fioored, resulted in herding all the yellow men into the corner of one room.
 A systematic search was then con ducted by Agent Jewell who has had much experience with Chinese and opium cases. Subteranean passages were discovered; locks were broken; cunningly contrived and secretly laid trap doors were uncovered; luxurious ly appointed and draped cots were found In these sensuous quarters the dreamy Chinks rolled their Hop
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06

The principal rate Increases agreed to in conference were to raise the cor poration income rate for 1920 from eight per cent as proposed by the Senate to ten per cent, and an in crease from 60 to 65 per cent. in the second bracket or sliding rate on excess profits for this year. The eighty per cent. war profits tax for this year was adopted and, upon insistence by House conferees,
 extended to 1920, but made applicable next year only upon such profits from government war contracts. The ex- cess profits ''bracket" rates of 20 and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
60 DAYS IN JAIL
 FOR HAVING GUN

Charged with Q breach of the peace and carrying concealed weapons, Jo- seph Taresco, of Mckinley avenue, was sentenced to 60 days in jail by Judge Frank L. Wilder in city court this morning.
 Taresco was arrested yesterday on the complaint of several women in that locality, who stated that he had been making a nuisance of himself.
 Searching Taresco after placing him under arrest, a .3S-calibre revolver fully loaded was found in one of his pockets. Taresco told the court that he had been shot about two years ago. and since that time he had carried the weapon
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
HELD ON SUSPICION

Jack Williams alias Hartford, of the Atlantc hotel, technically charged with a breach of the peace had bis case continued in city court this morn ing by Judge Frank L. Wilder. until tomorrow morning for further invee- tlgaton- Bond was fixed at $500.
 Williams was arrested vesterda,, morning by Detectives John Rurns and John Seery. The police believe that Williams has been connected t,, some way with a number of burelor- lH5 Tn and about the city in the past few weeks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
SOvietS Ready TOCOnfer With
 Allied Powers
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BURGLARS GET CASH AND
 DIAMONDS IN TWO HOMES

J: Burglars took $50 in cash from
 < the trousers of Edward II. Phe- * Ian, 3S9 Boston avenue, entering < the dwelling through a pantry , j: window, last night. Mir. Phelan,
 < reporting the affair to the police,
 < said that n diamond ring worth ,
 < S1OO and a gold ring set with
 < three diamonds, worth $500, Is < missing. The trousers were re- $ moved from the family bed room <; to the dining room, while the
 < family slept. The entrance was l: made after midnight, by men < whom the police think experience < ed. * Cutting away the glass from an k upper sash in a rear window, x burglars entered the home of
 * Maurice Reilly, 27 Chestnut
 < street, between 6:30 and 9:3O, < last night, and left with. a heavy * iron box, which Reilly informed , k the police contained $2OO and in- k surance papers The family was F away from home when the entry
 * was made.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06

Paris, Feb. &--IThs Supreme Coun- Eil, on receiving the acceptance of the Russian Bolshev1k government of the invitation to attend the conference on the Princes Islands, immediately made arrangements to send 8 joint com- Ilittee of two representatives from each of chs dve Great Powers to meet the representatives of the Soviet gov- ernment-
 The wireless despatch from the So- vtet government, accepting the invita- tiOn, was received by wireless last night while the conference commis- sion on Society of Nations was in SesSdon.
 The manbers of the committee VIII be announced soon One of the American delegates will be a person. al friend of President Wilson, who has been e resident of Europe for a number of years, and the other will be an American newspaper editor we'll known in the middle west.
 The original date for the meeting on the Princes islands, February 15, probably will be changed in order to give the committee time to reach the island.
 NO further response from the other Russian factions has been received and 1t is not known if the other fac tions will be represented. It Is stat ed, however. that in any event the conference with the representatives of the Soviet government will pro- ceed.
 Positive steps for reconcfling diff ferences between the greater and lesser nations at the Peace Confer ence, which were begun yesterday, are continuing today. In addition to winning four additional places on the commission on the Society of Ma ttons, it seems probable that the lesser powers will also be granted adequate representation in the executive body of the society as well as the legisla- tive sections. The smaller powers are insisting on being given a greater voice in the society, and plans under consideration are being revised to meet the situation
 When the commission on the So- ciety of Nations meets tonight, repre- sentat1ves of Poland, Rumania, Greece and Czecho- -Slovaaia will be present, together lith those of China,
 cCont1nued on Page Two)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
REV. B. F. ROOT
 GOES TO FLORIDA

The vestry of St. Paul's Episcopal church voted the rector, Rev. Benja- min Franklin Root. months mid winter vacation. He will leave to- morrow morning for Florida, where at Belleview, he will spend the month The Rev. Adelbert P. Chap man of PIT Beechwood avenue will have charge of the parish during MT. Roots absence.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
CONSIDER IRsLANDs CLAIMS

Washington, Feb. 6-The House Foreign Affairs Committee today or dered favorably reported a resolution expressing hope that the Peace Con ference would "favorably consider the claims of Ireland to the right of self determination.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-06
MAYOR WILSON MAKES
 LAWS FOR BRIDGEPORT

In his examination of quaIifica- < tons for citizenship before Judge Greene fin the Naturalization Court, this morning, Hugh E Augustin Mcdonald, a resident of Bridgeport for the past ii years k and born on Prince Edward Is1- and, wns asked, "Who makes the
 laws for the city of Bridgeport?" k Mcdonald answered, ff'Mayor Will k son." No strenuous objection was k made to this answer as it was lat
 { CT qualified by a mere mention
 k Of the Board of Aldermen. The
 k applicant did, however, fail to in-
 k clude the name of John T. King.
 < The petition was continued for < further study and competent wit
 neSSeS.