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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
MIGHTY POWER PERSONIFIED IN
 JULIUS CAESAR

Someone once offered a prize for a finer bit of concentrated phrase than the notable "Neni vidi v3ci' of Jul jus Caesar. No one took the prize. It is yet open to contestants The eel cbrated message was sent to the Ro- man Senate by Julius Caesar after he had overrun Asia. He thus summed up the result of his work,-''I came, l saw, I conquered.''
 We celebrate today, Aug 26. the landing of Julius Caesar on British ground, August 26. B. C. >. at a point eight miles north of Dover. Another leaf of laurel in the ground of the mighty man who. be it said. had just one little vanity,-he was inordinately fond of that laurel wreath-for it hid his bald head. Julius Caesar was born in E. .. 100. He was assa assinated by his friend Brutus, in A. E c, falling a the feet of Popey's Pillar. One would give a mint to know his first word: his last word was to his friend as he died. "Et. tu. Brutu-' (And Nou Brutus.'D Roman General, Statesman. writer. discoverer, cOnquerOr, master of the Roman world, the concentrated power in his name. Julius Caius Cae- sar, is almost painful. with it's weight of sheer genuius. Power - he knew it. in a way audaciouSfv sub lime - sublime in impudert egoism as in his words to his boatman when the two, Caesar and the rower. battIed against the tide and the storm, as they were crossing the Rubicon. Tho boatman feared for the passage and he showed his fears. There came the curt words from the Roman General wrapped in his mantle. What fearest thou, Thou earliest Caesar" He had with him only two leEions upon the occasion of his first invasion of Britain. But it was Caesar at the head, His sec ond expedition consisted of five Ie- sions and two thousand cavalry. He crossed the Thames, and drove the ''Ea gles" of Rome against celebrat t. ed capital which we call London to- day. T. is the ancient Londinun1. the apital of Trirobantes. the ancient Br!tons who resisted Caesar.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26

preceded them by train on Wednes- day.
 Miss Hannah Corbett was the win ner of an excursion trip ticket to Port Jefferson for the hidden line adver- tisement of the Bridgeport Times Farmer.
 Miss Mabel Anderson. \. H. S.. 1919, has entered the Danbury Train ing School for Nurses. Miss Ander- son is the first of her class to take up her chosen work and many friends wish success for her.
 Added to the best of jttney accom- modations between Sunday Hook and the Park City, is one owned by J. l.. O'Neil of the Golden Peach. from which place the automobile will start al S:3O a. m. and 1 D. m.. returning leave Bridgeport at II a. nj. and D. m Georga Corcer will be in charge of the new jilney.
 Misses Jennie and Catherine Lund- grin of Cemetery avenue. are enter ta:ning their cousins, Misses Mary and Catherine Brady of Staten Island.
 Mrs. John Deidon of Portchester, N Y., is visiting her brother, George Lundgrin of Sandy Hook.
 Miss I.aurette Northrop of Bride port. spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Alice Northrop of Sugar street
 AIr Martin Moller is enjoying a va cation of two weeks at his home ir South Center.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
AMUNDSEN HELD BY ICE FL0ES
 IN ARCTIC SEA
Airplane May Be Used By Explorer In Final Dash
 To Pole.
Bound for the

Seattle Aug. 25. - Bound for the North Pole, Roald Amundsen, Nor wegian discoverer of the South Pole, is at present drifting in his ice locked schooner, the Maud some where north of western Siberia, So the Seattle Norwegian vice consul and Vilhalmur Stefansson, Canadian Arctic explorer, believe.
 In planning the trip the explorer said he expected, after reaching the pole, to return either to Grant Land, west of Greenland, or Melville Is- land. which lies in the Arctic Ocean north of Canada. Should he reach Melville Island he probably would journey by sea to Nome, or overland to Dawson.
 Two airplanes. it is believed, formed part of the Maud's equip ment when she left Norway last fall and sailed through the White Sea for the icy north. The final dash to the pole may be made in one of the planes. Amundsen, 1t is believed. may also fly back to civilization.
 Gone Nearly a Year.
 Nothing has been heard from Amundsen since September 1, 1918. nearly one year ago. At that time
 the Maud was reported taking oil for her motors at Dixson Island, a White
 Sea point. After taking the oil, she
 sailed northeast into the rapidly freezing waters of the Arctic ocean.
 From the White Sea Amundsen expected to drift east with the ice tO
 the New Siberian Islands, which lie
 m the Arctic off Siberia. At the New Siberian Islands, it was believed the drift would carry the boat to- ward. if not across. the pole. Amund- sen intended to use the airplanes ii he found the drift would not carry ] him across the top of the earth Following Nansen Route. Amundsen, in a degree, follow i ed the footsteps of his countryman Fridtjof Nansen, in 1S9596. Nansen | in the Fran started on a drift acros' | the pole but left his boat and trieC unsuccessfully to reach the goal on | foot. Later the Tram drifted as close | to the pole as Nansen got.
 | The Maud carried wireless sendins | apparatus but no receiving instru | ments. Amundsen said he would no | install the receiving apparatus be cause he did not want to be worried | by news from the outside world. Food Awaiting Him. The Norwegian government thi | summer arranged to establish severa ! food depots on Grant Island. iron | Cape Colum bus to Robinson Channel | for use of AmundsPn in case he come | out by his eastern route.
 If he comes toward the west anC l strikes Melville Island he will fin, | himself on familiar ground, for h, ! passed near Melville Island when ht ! discovered the northwest passage il i 19O3-O6.
 l Amundsein expects to obtain scien | tific data at the pole, He will talk, ' soundings. observe ocean drifts an, study ice conditions.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
AMERICANS OF GERMAN BLOOD
 60 TO MEXICO
5O0,OOO Acres of Land for "Wet" Colony Have Been
 Purchased.
SETTLERS PIoUED BY
 WAR AND PROHIBITION
Colony Situated 50 Miles South of Texas-Fine
 Irrigation Plan.

Monterey, Mex. - Communication has been received here from the City of Mexico of the report that the Car ranza Government has given its off, cial sanction for the establishment in the State of Coahulla of a 'wet'' col ony of Americans upon a tract of 500, 900 acres of land that has been purchased for the purpose by the promoters of the project.
 It "a significant that the prime nov CTS in the big colonization scheme are Ciernnan-Amer of Texas, some of whom are said to be not only dis gruntled over Prohibition but bemoan the outcome of the World War. The proposed colony is to be a refuge for the Germans of Texas who are dis satisfied with present-day conditions in that State.
 The project is said to be receiving the support of many citizens of the German town of New Braunfels, Tex, and other German communities of that state.
 Among the chief promoters of the plan for this refuge colony in Mexi- co are Julian Stopper of New Braun fe1s, who is grand vice president of the Order of the Sons of Hermann of Texas; Judge John Marbach, F Coreth and Charles Ahrens; all oi New Braunfels; Ed. Wolff and Emil Locke of San Antonio.
 It is asserted that a more ideal To- cation for a "wet" colony could hard ly be imagined than that which has been selected. Of the tract of 5OO,- OOo acres which is to be colonized more than 2OO,OOO acres are under irrigation. The land belonged to the ranch and plantation of Lorenzo Con- gales Trevino. and has long been not ed for it's productiveness. It is sit unated about 50 miles south of Del Rio, Tex.
 The irrigation system Is the 1argest in Mexico, and cost more than S2,. 000,0 900 gold to construct Besides supplying an ample amount of watel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
POLICE UNABLE
 TO FIX IDENTITY OF MURDERED MAN

It has been nearly week since the body of an unknown Italian was found in the bushes bordering the Post Road in Milford, but both the local and state police are still bafflel as to the identity of the man or the persons who killed him. Clues which might lead up to solution of the mystery have been few and far be- tween. and although they have work ed increasingly on the task, the police were forced to report today that there has been no satisfactory devol- opments. g
 The state police were in Milford again today. but had little 10 give OBI cOncernInG 1he murder case. Eff forts tp locat- tie automobile which was seen near tna spot where the body was found lave proved unsuc- cessful. The police are now depend ing rhe eleventh hour arrival of some persons who may he able to identify the bOCy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
MRS. MELVIN JONES SCORES LOW IN
 WOMEN'S GOLF

Detroit. August o6.---NIrs. Melvin tones. former city champion of Chi- ~s go. carried off low score hOnors m he qualifying round of the Women $ Western Golf Associations tGurna- rent at the Detroit Golf Club yester- lay. making the eighteen holes in C9. Mrs. H. Arnold Jackson. also of Chi ago, twice former national champion was second win 91.
 The first six positions went to Chi cago players. and ninteen of thu thir- y-two who qualified for the champ lcrship event are from that city
 Except for the three or four lowest scores. the cards were much higher han usual, because of a strong wind mich swept the links all day. and ,he exacting trapping of the course.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26

for irrigating the 200, 900 acres, there is sufficient water power to operate cotton mills. flour mills, a sugar fac tory and other plants which the syn dicate will establish.
 It IS planned to lay out and build a new town to be called Braunfels, which will be the capital of the col ony. Breweries and distilleries will be constructed not only fo~ supplying 2 the colonists with liquor, but for general sale and distribution in Mexi- co. The syndicate will expend more than s5,OOO,OOO gold in improve ments.
 The Mexican Government has or dered the construction of a branch line of the National Railways of Mex leo from Allende to the site of the proposed town of Braunfels, thence to Las Vascas, situated opposite Del Rio.
 Lying immediately to the south of the proposed colony are the Burro Mountains, which are full of deer bears and other game. Upon the land a wide variety of crops may be grown. These include wheat. cot ton, corn. sugar cane and beans. According to statements of men in terested in the scheme. more than 5OC German families have already signi- fled their intention of becoming mem. bers of the colony.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
CHILD BADLY BURNED

David Kampar, 4, of .63 Ash street, was severely burned Saturday night when he upset a pan of hot grease over his body. The child's mother was making doughnuts. and during her absence from the kitchen the boy reached up and turned over the pan of hot fluid. Young Kampar was taken to St. Vincent's hospital for treatment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
BRITISH WILL
 ADMIT AUTOS OF.
 AMERICAN MAKE

London, Aug. 26.-CBy Mail) - A large quantity of American motor ve- hicles, possibly 5000, may be admit ted into Great Britain in the next four months, says the American Chamber of Commerce in London. This will in- clude passenger cars, commercial cars and motorcycles.
 Up to The present time, importers have been rationed on the basis of 50 per cent. of their 1913 imports, in proporuonate monthly quantities up to September l, 1919, at which time the British Governments transitional policy is to be reconsidered. Those importers who established their busi- nesses later than 1913 have not been getting anything at all
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
ARE WORSE THAN FOE
 SAY AMERICANS

Rem, Russian Lapland, Aug. 26.- American railway forces and other Allied troops operating on the Nun mansk front this summer found the Arctic mosquitoes worse foe than tho Bolsheviki
 After the war is over.' one YanlI recently told the correspondent. we're going to come up her>e and organize an expedition to hunt these mosquitoes for their ivory. They're not like ordinary mosquitoes They buzz up, bite a piece out of your leg, and then fly away into the trees and eat it"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26

Contractor T. r. Brent and helpers are busy making repairs on tha Schoo, buildings of the town getting them m readiness for the opening of school on September g.
 The Republican club held a social meeting with refreshments Friday evening at NewtOwn Inn.
 The following program for the year 191a-f92O of the Mems Literary and Social club of Newtown has been pre- Tared and is as follows:
 Sept. 1G. essayist, E. c. Platt; ho7t, C. B. Johnson.
 Get. 2f. essayist, pr. W. J. McLauGh- lin; host, D. C. Peck.
 Nov. IS, essayist, C. s. Cole; host. Dr. w. H. Kiernan.
 Dec. IS. essayist. C. F. BeardsIey; host. Jesse A. James.
 Jan. 29. 1920 essayist. Rev. George T. Sinnott: host, W. C. Johnson.
 Feb. r.. essayist. Rev. W. C. Crave ncr: host, II. G. Warner.
 March 16. essayist. A. P. Smith, host. John J. Northrop.
 April %. annual meeting in charge of executive committee.
 May IS. ess7y.st, Rev. F. O. Gr:s brook: host T. II. Mccarthy.
 June 3. essayist, R. H. Beers; host, W. C. Curtis.
 The present officers and members of various committees are: President C1-. W. M. Kiernan: vice president. F C. PIatt: secretary and treasurer. H W.Tieman: executive committee. pr ". H. Kiernan. F.. C. PIatt: member ship. P. H. Mccarthy. W. R. Curtis; entertainment. Charles F. Beardsley E. C. Platt and W. c. Johnson. The Sunshine society met on Sat- urday afternoon with Mrs. F. A. Reiner of Sandy Hook.
 The young people of the seconi dis trict enjoyed a social and dance a St. Mary's hall Friday evening. A jolly good time is reported. 4 farewell party was given to Miss Clarissa Leonard at Newto-vn Inn on ! Saturday evening. Mrs. Leonard and family will speCd the winter months i Rev. NJ. A. Dawber of Pike's Creek ! Pa. is a guest of Deaconessas Miss Stowe and Miss Arhucile at NIap'e- i ton These ladies have entertained over 100 children Curing the months or July and August. the last party l leaving last week. pr. and Mrs. W. J. Mclaughlin ar. | the happy parents of a son born Sa. i urday morning. Aug. 23 at St. Yin. ' cents hospital.
 Mir. w. Stearns of Dayton. O.. join | ed his wife and daughter. who hay, | been summerinE with Mrs. Marga re | Lester of Walnut Tree Hill They | will return after a few days to thei1
 home in Ohio.
 | Mir and Mrs. Willis Carter started
 for their new home in New Jersey o1 Thursday. Their household good
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26

And great pains are being taken to teach the girl campers how to tie knots. but they don't need any added instruction on lovers knots.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26

16.5G933O eggs seized by the gov ernment at St. Louis. A suitable re- ception for the theatrical companies will take more than that.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
TWO ASSAULT CASES

Joseph Courtney of All Bostwick avenue, and Rudolph Rodner. of 27 Hubbcll street. were arrested last night in the Third precinct. charged with assa ult. Both cases wera con- tinued until August 30 in the city court this morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26

Country Club golf links are being specially well patronized this season. Several professional players found their way to the country club and the tournament is exciting much interest For Labor Day a very special program is being prepared. The Boys Club enjoyed a dance at the Club House parlOrs on Friday evening. Saturday and Sunday many automobile parties were entertained there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-06

or the secret service and not by con-
gressional committee.
II the activities" have done nothing
more than talk they had best be let alone
lest sparks be famed into flames.
Touch a match to loose gunpowder and
II merely puffs and dies. but conine the
gunpowder and a dangerous explosion
results.
Many foolish and vicious doctrines have
been vitalized and momentarlly popular.
lied by making martyrs of their apostles.
Boshevlsm has nothing to feed on in
this country and left to itself, will die OF
inanition. But once it be inferred that
freedom of speech is being attacked
something is touched that the whole mass
of the people feels. and feels keenly.
What matters it that men talk foolishly
and wickedly? Their words Of fooishness
die and their words of wickedness pass
Even Congressman have been known to
talk unwisely and intemperately.
When windy guy" is denied speech
he has that within that spells danger to
the State
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PASSENGER TRADE FROM THIS PORT

IN IT'S departure, as in its arrival, the
steamship Haverford has been sig
nificant index OF the return of peace. The
war veterans who descended from its decks
the other day emphasized the dramatic
aspect The import of her outward trim
is less spectacular but deeply suggestive
Of the speed with which the world is re-
turning TO normality, for the vessel took
with her yesterday the first passengers 10
sail from here TO Europe for more than
four years. The quest of passports is still
discouraged by the government, but the
fact that thirty-nine persons secured them
for the Haverford's voyage demonstrates
that the broadside of qualifications for
transatlantic crossing is not insurmount.
able.
Weekly passenger sailings from here TO
England are Ithe latest prospect The
British steamer Northland Is TO replace the
lost Merton and, with the Dominion and
Haversord, will mark the resumption of
the American Line service here. World
recenstruction is laborious business, but
still IL moves apace. The tourist rush via
the Delaware fs no longer unmaginable.
Possibly tine way which the Haverford has
already Dlazed may by next autumn be
entirely clear.
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Member Of the Associated Press
DREAMS" COMING TRUE

FNHE translation of an ideal into practical
l. working machinery is proceeding in
Paris with an authoritative celerty in.
conceivable only a few months ago.
Provisional agreement on the preamble
and two of the articles of the constitution
of the league of nations is already an
nounced. The importance of this step can
hardly be exaggerated. since the special
commission which took it is acting vir.
tually as legislative body. 1t is no
longer dream stuff which is being consid-
cred. but practical remedies of civilization
which will be enforced by a coordination
of governmental powers.
The fact that two plans, one OF which
is especially favored by the smaller ma
tions, are up for discussion is small war
ranty for alarm. Rather there is hearten-
ing food for hope in the concentration Of
varied concepts, formerly branded as nebu.
lous, into merely two clearly defined pro-
grams. When cloudy situation is thus
explicitly outlined the solvent of adjust
ment can be effectively applied.
The commissioners are not only optim.
istic, but they are energetic. This fusion
of aspiration and determination augurs
well fer the eventual harmonizing of de-
tails of the two drafts of the peace league
structure. A framewuTk, not fawless. of
course, since this existence is mundane,
and yet of immeasurable import to the
course of civilization, seems certain TO
arise upon :he foundations so auspiciously
faid
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-06

IL no other country in the world that can
say so much. There Is more work to be
done now than there is while the wa was
on. Doubt and pessimism are expensive
luxuries, since II Is doubt and pessimisn
that have caused unemployment wherever
unemployment is encountered In America.
what we need is a dash Of the co.opera.
tive spirit everywhere.
Sooner or later all the industries will
come around TO the more gracious and
constructive view, as the Bethlehem Steel
Company has just done after it's brushes
with the War Labor Board. There will be
strains and irritations, but in the end
everybody will be Happier and better on
after friendly and wise adjustments. Busi-
ness is likely TO quicken much sooner than
a good many people believe. The full pro-
ductive energy Of the country will be re-
leased suddenly, and those who have hung
back and doubted will be the losers.
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GOING TO MARKET IN A FLINVER

LOWER prices to the consumer and fair
- profits to the farmer are forecast in
the plan for the establishment of a city
owned union central market. The elaborate
report made upon this subject by special
committee appointed by the Mayor finds
much TO favor such a project. which, in
providing for the quickest possible han.
ding from the receiving to the retail pur-
chaser's table, would unquestionably re-.
duce food costs.
That such an undertaking was not car.
ried out long ago is explicable by the vast
changes in transportation systems which
have come with development Of the auto.
mobile. Direct delivery of products TO the
retail market was not always easy for the
farmer in the old days. Increase i'll the
"hivver' population has eliminated many
expensive transfers. The grower can
whizz to the center Of town with his
goods.
The individual consumer is also much
more favorably situated with respect to
a central market scheme If he. too. hap
pens to own a car, his purchases can be
made and carried home without an added
burden of delivery charges. Both buyers
and sellers would benefit by the suggested
arrangement.
A vital impetus in automobile production
long held up by the war-may now be
safely prophesied. The transportation rev.
oHFon which these things will foster must
inevitably have an important bearing on
the handling of foOdstuffs municipality
controlled central market would be dl-
rectly in line with the new conditions
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A SUGGESTION FOR PERSHING

OVOUR efficiency and fairness cabled
l. Representative Siegel to General
Pershing, "impugned in Congress. DO you
favor an immediate congressional inves-
tigation?"
If General Pershing were familiar with
the news from Washington, and il he
wished TO hurl back the only reply ade-
quate in this instance, the cables would
instantly sparkle with something like this,
addressed to the whole House
Your efficiency and fairness impugned
in this and adjacent worlds Therefore I
do not favor a congressional investigation"
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz


l. Secretary OF State Lansing Is presldenf<
of the commission on the responsibilifyl
for the war and its conduct
@ The White Sea is an arm of the Arctic
Ocean, indenting the nefth coast of
European Russia. 4
g. The frs transcontinenta railroad In yhn'
United States was the Union -Pacinc,I
linking up with the eastern systen nD<h1i
Omaha The western terminus ws6|
Oakland. Cal &'
A. The word bourgeois should be pro-
nounced somewhat as though spelled
softened. |
g. An otter is furred aquatic fish-eatir11I
mammal, with Nfin-like legs webho1|
feet and long fiattened tail. I
G. According to the old Julian calendsr}
Washington was born on February ILL.,
1882.
4. Two novels by oliver Wendell Holmes
are ELSIE Venner" and The Guardian'
Angel" IL
8. To gerrymander is to manipulate unfairly
especially as regards the arrangeme1,f
and boundaries of districts, SO as "a
secure dsproportonate influences n
election for some party or class Tho
word is derived from Elbridge Cero
Governor Of Massac chusetts NJ f1|
manipulated election district lines 4 ir'
such a way that the map Of q cert& ~
part of the State presented the ouflfn<
OF an imaginary monster, Claws ~
satirically added and the whole -
caped a ,gerrymander ~
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