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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16

his bedside with fruit and an offer
to send home any messages he might
wish delivered The man, unusually
big and dark, accepted the fruit CRATE
fully, but assured her that he would
be well enough himself to write soon
to his sister, his only living relative.
.,. Sings Weird Songs.
And he kept his word in spite of
the five bayonet wounds which healed
so rapidly that all the doctors Of the
hospital marveled at the remarkable
constitution of the dark-sklnned- man.
The patient was soon convalescent.
and the first place he visited was the
Red Cross recreation hut. Some one
was playing the piano, as usual, and
during the afternoon one of the mem
bers Of the sanitary corps sang one Of
Burley's negro songs, deep River"
Phillpo offered to sing the song in the
original and astounded his audience
with weird version full of minor
notes and harmonies that made shiv-
ers run up and down susceptible
backs.
And thereafter the Filipino insisted
on entertaining gatherings In the rec
reation hut each afternoon with wild
songs and curious chants and recits-
lions. Some Of these were very spicy
tales indeed of the underworld and its
denizens, and finally the Moro waxed
confidential and began telling tales
of the wilds of the Philippine Islands
and the days when he had hunted
heads.
The colonel of the hospital, attract
ed by the reports Of these seances,
dropped in one afternoon to listen,
81 don't believe he's Moro at ALL
he announced. "He's too tall. served
In the Philippines and never saw but
two Moros as tall as that man."
Just then the Filipino came up and
saluted the colonel
Excuse, sir" he said In his broken
English. Perhaps you remember me;
| know you In the Philippine Islands,
"By George, I'll have to take II al
back" admitted the colonel. "He',
one Of the two men was speaking of
He comes from the head-huntins
tribe, all right. He became very mucl
attached to one of our Soldiers, VIII,
taught him English. But I never ex
pected to meet him in France or wear
ing the uniform of an American sol
der"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
GOING TO WE'D? SURE!

clares the national emergency no long
err exists are fitting themselves for
good jobs that will permit them to
wed. Evening business classes are be-
ing held at the Y. NJ. G. A., and ex-
perts are explaining everything from
bookkeeping and shorthand to soil
cultivation and dairying.
The training the men have under.
gone admirably fits them for mar
riage. There isn't marine In the
service who doesn't claim to be able
to wash his clothes whittier than any
woman can ever get them. Every man
can mend and press his own clothes.
And MS far as being "handy about the
house." why. most of them can open
can of tomatoes with toothpick
and drive nail with feather
buster.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
MEDICS PUZZLED
BY"DOCTOR" VAN

down on the bed and looked at the boy
in amazement. Those were the first
words he had spoken aloud since the
day he came to the hospital, uncon-
scious, five months before.
At that moment Sergeant Van hove
into sight from the diet kitchen. He
had plate of milk toast--a plate the
boy in bed followed With an interested
gaze,
BEG pardon, SIR Sergeant Van
said, salutlng, "but must ask you to
wait until my patient has had his
breakfast before you talk with him."
The astonlshed captain allowed him
self to be waved from the bed to the
nearest chair and watched in amaze
ment the boy devour the toast. His
hands shook so from shell shock that
he could scarcely manage 1t, but he
was propped up and fed himself, with
every appearance of keen interest In
his food. The day before the boy had
not been able to swallow anything but
liquid food, and he couldn't have held
the spoon.
The captain beckoned Sergeant Van
to the end of the ward.
"Did you do that2" he demanded.
Eyes, SIR" admitted Sergeant Van.
"How in blue blazes"-began the
captain and paused for lack of words
"I'll show you If you like, SIR"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
RENO REPLACED BY ATLANTA
Capital Of Georgia Now the Greatest
Divorce Center In the
United States.

Atlanta, Ga.-Atlanta has supple
mented Reno as the greatest divorce
center in the country, is the announce
ment made from the bench in superior
court by Judge John T. Pendleton in
dismissing the divorce Jury
"Reno, a little town out in Nevada,
formerly held the record for d.
vorces," Judge Pendleton told his
hearers. "But this record has now
been wrested from Reno by Atlanta.
And Atlanta has no close competition.
We will continue to outrank Reno just
as long as Georgia divorce laws re-
main so lax"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
His Cure Of Shell Shock Cases in
France Astonishes
Physicians.
never STUDIED MEDICINE
Sergeant Aoeompllshes Wonderful Re-
suits In Treatment Of Patients Suf-
ferlnp From. Nervous Attic
tions-Says He lie Not
Hypnotlst.

Paris.-"Doctor" Van isn't doctor
really-that is, he has never been in
side medical school. He is not COM
missioned officer, either. Two days
after war was declared In America he
enlisted in one of the cities Of the mid
die West and came over as private.
He is sergeant now. His experiences
driving an ambulance first, and after
that in the front line and then in vari-
Gus camps in France until he was sent
to base hospital as patient-would
ill several diaries, If he keeps such
things, which 1 doubt.
But there are great many men In
that base hospital who owe their re-
turning health to him after they had
been in bed for weeks, and even
months. ..... ...... 49,,
He was out of bed only day or so
himself when he came across two boys
In one of the wards who had been in
the hospital since April. They had been
shell shocked, and in all those months,
from April to September, they had
grown scarcely any better.
ASKS Leave TO Try,
! Captain" Sergeant Van said one
morning to the doctor in charge of the
ward, do you mind If l see what ]
can do for those men there? thinl;
may be able to help them out bit If
you don't mind"
"Oh, go ahead, VAN" the captain
agreed. "Do anything you blame
please"
Next morning on his rounds the cap
tain stopped beside the bed of the first
of the two men who had been shell
shocked.
flows it coming this morning
boys?" he asked. .a
"F-f-fine, SIR" was the answer, q lit
tie unsteadily given, perhaps, but the
captain did not notice that. He sal
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
HEAD HUNTER IN
AMERICAN ARMY

Paris.-The most remarkable pa
tient in Base Hospital No. So is a
Moro Head-Hunter who turned up in
France six months ago with. n COM
pany Of American soldiers who had
just come from the Philippine Islands.
His name Is recorded as Phillpo Mo-
reno, and his home as the. Philippine
Islands. No one suspected him of hay
ing a remarkable record until his story
came out one day after chance meet
ing with the colonel In charge Of the
base. hospital to which he was thken
from the front. Aud this Is how 1t
happened: ,
A Red Cross ,searcher hearing Of n
man suffering from five bayonet
wounds who had just been brought
into Base Hospital No. 80, hurried to
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
"Gobs" Merely Waiting to Be
Mustered Out.
Tired Of Being Single and Now Want
to Marry and Settle
Down.

Quantico, Va.-Americnn maidens
who have been worrying whether your
marines would pop the question when
they cnme home, stand "at ease"
A canvass of marine barracks here
at Quantico, where 10000 men have
been waiting their chance at the Hun,
made by a reporter for Leatherneck,
the camp paper, shows that so per
cent of the single men intend marry
ing when they are discharged. How's
that for good news?
"We're tired of being single. We
want to marry and settle down." is
the consensus of the replies.
These marines, many of whom VIII
be discharged when the president de-
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16

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HELLER, Christopher, Ill.
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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16

II, would like" ordered the captain.
So Van showed him, though the doc
tor couldn't quite make 1t out at that
just what Van did. He stroked their
heads little and massaged their
throats a. bit, and all the time he
talked to them In the quietest voice In
the world. Ten minutes after he be1
gan the boys were asleep, naturally,
without a tremor In the bodies that
had been nerve.wracked for weeks.
The doctor looked at Sergeant van
helplesslS and left shaking his head.
Two weeks later Sergeant Van held
a clinic before major general Of the
medical corps and several majors and
still more captains and lieutenants-
all men of reputation in America as
doctors. Two of his subjects were the
men over whom he worked that first
morning. They came into the clinic,
clear-eyed and straight and ruddy as
athletes from the field.
They passed tests that the doctors
couldn't pass themselves.
Since then the shell shock cases have
been In Vans hands. The doctors
shake their heads and wonder.
In the camp and the hospital they
call him the ''hypnotist."
ut isn't that I hypnotized them at
ALL" he will tell you. IT just tell them
that they are bigger than their nerves.
and thai they can control them u they
really want to. And show them how.
They believe It because ] tell them i
is so, and then, you see. they are we'll
But the doctors continue u wonder
and say that Van has discovered tbs
first really successful treatment for
shell shock. IA,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
A Brief Recital.

"How did you get hurt. my ladf'
asked the inquisitive person. si3ilf
"It was shell, sir. That's all l
know"
~ mo, sir. We'd been pushing on
for four or five hours one morning and
i hadn't been scratched, SO I says to
myself, Gee, I'm in iuckp Forty
eight hours later wakes up and says
to myself, Gee, Pm in the hospitafp'
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, a.9
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
Women HuskIna Corn.

Rantoul, Il.-A survey of the corn
fields of Illinois by air shows many
women have gone out to help in the
corn huslSing. One of the avlators
here reports seeing hundreds of wom-
en- doing their part to save the crop
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16

ubENOubtiesby y AhN
was in q. run down
condition. Two OF
our beat doctors
failed to do me any
good heard 20
much about what
Lydia .. Pinkhhm'n
" eg etable Com
pound had done for
others, I tried II
and was cured. !
am no longer i1er-
vous, am regulat.,
H. A-r~Il~AA
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16

The Swiss federal council has de-
creed the adoption of 24-hour time for
railroads ana other Institutions I'M
der government control at date yet
to be determined.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL !
Told by Herself. Her Sim
cerity Should Con
vince Others.

Y Christophef, Ili.t--.. For four years I
suffered from Irregularities, weRknets,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
Suffered For Years
Back and Kidneys Were in
Bad Shape, But Doans
Removed all the Troubl6a

my kidneys were 90 weak that the.
least cold ! caught would affect them,
and start my back aching until /
could; hardly endure the misery" aays.
Mrs. d. @. Ross, 973 Fulton St., Brock
f1yn, N. Y. TN the morning when ]
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16
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RELIEVES ANY DISTRESSED,
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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16

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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16

Not Carefully Applied. 81
"1he new stenographer's hair IS q
decided blonde, isn't it?"
Yes; Though \ noticed slight In.
decision around the roots" II
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-01-16

xh, ~ - Al way AaoAuhhB Whef& = Il
first got up, my back ~uA
was so lame, ] could
hardly bend over and
any move sent darts Of "a
pain through my kid ~ ~
neys. It was hard for ~ 4
me to walk up stairs or w ~ 4
stoop, and to move 49,
while lying down sent X3&
darts OF pain through 49,
kme. Npe posn
tions were scanty and distressing and
the water remained in my system, max
ing my feet and hands swell. There
were dark circles under my eyes and
/ became 30 dizzy I could hardly zee:
! had rheumatic pains in my knees and
+ it was all ] could do to get around:
+ For years was in that shape and
wore plasters and used ell kinds Of
medicine TO no avail until tried
! 'Doan's kidney Pills. They rid me
of the trouble and strengthened my,
back and kidneys. When have taken
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-15
PARK COMNISSION ISSUES A REPORT

The third belennial report of the Connecticut State Park Commission Jsals briefly with the plans and aims Of the Commission, and particularly recommends the immediate acquist- ton G.ld development of one large shore park as an example of what only the State can do. The best avail able site for such a park has been carefully selected by the Commission, and preliminary plans for it's devel- opment include elimination of mos quitoes, the most modern accommo- dations for bathing, a large refectory, water supply, sanitary sewage dispos- al a broad boulevard with board walk, and generous provisions for camping sites, field sports, aviation. etc. The site selected affords nearly a mile of sandy beach, which would be left undisturbed by Lhe develop ment proposed.
 The lands now held by the Com mission for park purposes comprise sixteen separate parcels, located in eighteen towns, with a total of 3160 acres, of which 914 acres have been purchased and 2,236 acres have been given to the State for park purposes, accompanied in Some instances by funds for improvement or mainten- ance The list follows, in order of ac- Quisition or parks, acres. and towns:
 Sherwood Island, 30; Westport.
 Hurd Park, 455; East Hampton.
 Mt Tom, (a) 219; Ltchfield, Nor ris. Washington.
 Mt. Bushnell, s4; Washington.
 Selden Neck, 122; Lyme,
 Haystack, 1; Norfolk.
 Ivy Mountain, 50; Goshen.
 Mohawk Mountain, 5; Cornwall.
 Great Hill, 10; Portland, East
 West Peak, eS; Meriden, southing-
 Mashamoquet Brook cb) IS; Pom fret
 Sap Tree Run (c) P; Pomfret,
 Macedonia Brook, Cd) 2,o0o; Kent.
 Bolton Notch, 70; Bolton
 wharton Brook, 50; North Haven, waIlingford.
 Dart Island, Gel 1; Middletown.
 (a) - Gift of Mrs. Gustavia A senff.
 (b)-Gift of Miss Sarah Fay, (c)-Gifts of Miss Fay and Mir. James Bowditch.
 (d) - Gift of White Memorial Foundation.
 (e)-Gift of MT. Russell Dart
 The Commission recommends also that lockout towers be erected on Ivy Mountain and West Peak, and that wharton Brook be immediately de- veloped as e Travellers Wayside Park for the convenience of auto tourist or picnic parties.
 Certain additional tracts Of la .re needed to round out and complete previous acquisitions, but the only large purchase urgently needed is the si+a for the shore park. The estt- mated costs are for the purchase or
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-15
LInlIT PALESTINE:
 ON IMMIGRANTS

Immigration to Palestine will be limited to 50,000 a year, during the first period of development of the Jewish Commonwealth which is to be established in that country under the trusteeship of Great Britain This is one of a series of important resolu- tiOns which have been cabled to the Zionist Organiza ton of America, as having been adopted by the Inter Allied Zionist Conference which has just concluded its sessions in London. Clearing-h for this immigration will be established in London and in 8 neutral country.
 The London Conference, which was attended by about 20 delegates from this country, as well as by represen- tatives of the Zionist Organizations of all the Allied countries. also adopted a resolution that all lands in Pales- tine, irrespective of their present own ership, shall be assessed by the gov ernment to be created in that coun- try according to their value on Aug. 3l 1914, and that any unearned in crement created by the entry of the British Army is not to go to the present landlords of Palestine, but to the whole community, Jew and Gen tile alike, such unearned increment to be taken by the state in the form of taxation. This Is in keeping with a resolution adopted at the convention of the Zionist Organization of Ameri- ca, in Pitts urg, last June, laying down as one of the fundamental prin- CipIes of the Jewish Comm onwe edith in Palestine the prevention of land speculation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-15
TOTAL TAX TO
 NEAR BILLION
Estimated 100000 Persons and Firms Have Filed
 Returns.

Washington, March 15-Millions of dollars poured into the offices of col lectors of internal revenue today as persons and business firms filed their income or profits tax returns and paid the first 25 per cent tnstaIIment Of tax By the time the collectors offices closed late tonight it was esti- mated four million persons and firms would have filed returns sd the total tax paid would amount to from S8OO,- 000,000 to $1,OOO,0 100000. To take care of the congestion expected today many of the collectors planned to keep their offices open until late to- night.
 Persons or firms failing to file re- turns today are liable to a penalty of not more than $1,000 and, in addition. 25 per cent. of the amount tax due Payments made by mail bearing the postmark of today will be considered as having met the time requirement. however, even though not received by the collectors today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-15
ARE HIGH
 THROUGH FRANCE

Paris, March -CCorrespondenc are cheerfuuy paying the exorb1tant prices charged them for necessities in France, while the natives pay and groan, declared an Associated Press correspondent who has been making an investigation of French high cost of living. Three American newspa- per men recently paid $2 for a taxi cab ride that the taximeter showed should cost about 75 cents. A meal without wine for the three hungry scribes cost s20.
 The following figures show the diff ference between the prices now pre- vailing In France and those of the ante-war days.
 Butter $2 a pound against 30 cents before war. eggs g a dozen versus twenty-two cents and vegetables rang ing from fourteen to fifty cents a pound could be obtained for four. five and six cents previous to the war. Cheese has advanced from forty cents to ninety, coffee from forty cents to $1.9O. Meat has advanced three hundred per cent, chickens, which were sixty cents are now $2 and very slim birds at that.
 The cheapest business suit cannot be obtained under $50 to which must be added s10 as luxury tax. Silk stockings sell for s a pair and one must be careful to use the subway IS much as possible in order not to walk through them on first day, especially when the fourteen dollar pair of shoes which one Is wearing absorb damp ness like a four dollar sponge. Wash 7I,-4v. cents a cake, and a bath Is g. lux ury.
 Monsieur Jusserand, the French Ambassador in Washington has rs- gently returned after a long absence The collars for which he used to pay thirteen francs the dozen now are thir- ty-nine francs fifty in the same great shop at which he has been trading twenty years and his sixteen franc hat has mounted to forty.
 Frying a $2 steak for two in a S4 saucepan is a privilege enjoyed only by the rich and a, glass of beer at twenty cents plus a five cent tip to the waiter tastes very bitter to Q thirsty wayfarer.
 The laboring class at one time was eating much rice. But lately that | commodity reached figures out of proportion to the salaries of the | working man.
 A few days ago Food Minister Bo- ret caused the arrest of spectators who were offering rice for sale al forty cents per pound. It turned out that the rice has been obtained from | the food ministry at the legal price of | sixteen cents a pound. But 1t had a circuitous journey before reaching the consumer passing through six al | Ieged brokers who In turn levied a percentage on the rice. They were each fined two hundred francs and costs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-15
BUILDING PERMITS,

Permits issued by the Building Com mmissioners at their meeting last night were as follows:
 Two-family house on the south side of Penn avenue for John Ziutokouich; addition to house at 210 Hancock av- enue for Gabriel Danko; frame gar age on the north side of Bancroft av- tenue for H. Black1nan & Son; private garage on the north side of Fairview avenue for H. Blacknan Son; pri- vate garage on the north side of Mar 10 street for Fred c. Moody; one family house on the south side of Harlem avenue for A. VagItvilo: two story brick building at 231 Pembroke street for M. Kronenberg; one-fanily house on the east side of Reservoir avenue for Thomas Smith; remodel building at the corner of Water street and Fairfield avenue for Louis Sagal; garage on the west side of Howard avenue for Mrs. Annie Schin; three story brick building on the north side of Elm street for J. J. Conlin; re- model store front on the south side of Fairfield avenue for Mcfarland Bros.