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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
DIED

C'EONNELT-In this city. Thursday Oc-. 9, 1919. Mary NJ widow Of Charles O'ConneT. aged 54 years, months, 19 days.
 Friends are invi' ed to attend the funeral from her late residence, No. 11S Rcardsley street, on Monday, Oct. l 3. at S,30 a. nl. and from the Blessed Sacrament church at 9 o'clock.
 Burial in st. Michaers cemetery. Automobile cortege a+p DONEGAN-1n this city. Friday. Oct. 10. 1919, Elizabeth M. Donegan.
 Frien6s are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her sister, Mrs. B. Hayden, No. A Ever green street, on Monday, Oct. IS, at S:30 a. n., and from St. Patrick S church, where solemn high mass of requiem will be offered for the repose of her soul at g o'clock.
 Burial in S. NichaeTs cemetery. Automobile cortege a*p HTGGINS-In this city, Oct 10, 1919, Andrew. son of the late Thomas and Mary Higgins, aged 38 years
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at the residence of his sister. Mrs Jeremiah Crowley, 370 Park street. on Monday, Oct. 13. at 8:30 Q. nl-, and from St Mary church at a. n-
 Intern7ent at St. Michael's ceme- tery Automobile cortege. a* KETLY-In this city, Oct. 10, 1919, Margaret L. Murtagh, wife of John J. Kelly, aged 41 years
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, No. IT Bishop avenue, on Monday. Oct. 13. at 9:30 a nl., and from Blessed Sacrament church at 10 a. nl., with solemn high mass
 Interment at St. MichaePs ceme- tery Automobile cortege. a" CASEY-In New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. Il, 1919, at St. Francis Home, Mary Mosher, widow of James Casey.
 Notice of funeral hereafter. aT
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
ITALIANS AND BRITONS KISS
 AND MAKE UP

Rome, Oct. 11-Foreign Minister Tittoni had a cordial conversation with the British ambassador to Italy yesterday according to a serni-officiaI communication and as the result, all misunderstandings have been cleared and a friendly and cordial collabora- tion by the two countries in solving peace problems has been brought about.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
GERMANS HAD
 FULL KNOWLEDGE
 OF FRENCH PLANS

Paris, Friday, Oct 10.-German military authorities had full and complete information of the French plan for an offensive in April, 1917, former Premier Painleve told the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon in repudiatng a charge that the of fensive was stopped by his order. He added that General Nivene had de- cided to stop the offensive after three days of fighting, when it became evt- dently impossible that a break through the German lines could not be made. The German general staff obtained in some way a copy of the plan of offensive and took necessary measures for causing the campaign to fall
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
HOLD HEARING
 ON CHANGES ON
 HARBOR LINES

Representatives of the War De- partment will be in Bridgeport at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Oct. 22, at which time they will hold a hear ing on proposed changes in the lines of the local harbor. Maps and pro- files of the present lines showing what changes are proposed are on file at the city engineers office and may be seen on and after Tuesday when the office will be open.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
IRISH PRESIDENT
 GIVEN FREEDOM OF THE CITY

New York, Oct. 11-Approval by Mayor Hylan of the resolution passed last June 24 by the board of alder men giving Eamon DeValera, Presl- dent of the Irish Republic, the free dom of New ork city, was announced today at the City Hall.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
Store open til 6; Saturdays til 9.
LOVeliest fabrics for finest coats.

Have you the beauties? Have you rejoiced at the beauty and richness and neness of Velangora Peachbloom or Chamard? Possibly 'tis true that names mean Httle-yet these names hint at distinction and beauty And how beautiful and distinctive the fabrics
 Felangora-velvetike and yet unlike velvet. AL most with pile fabrics depth and softness. And in wondrous color
 Peachbloom:-very like duvetyn of special weight but woven of marvelously-fne wool instead of silk Glorious colors:-reindeer, dark cinnamon brown, copenhagen French blue dark red navy host of them In each of these fine combination of beauty with warmth and servce:-
 Velangora-$135O Peachbloom-$1O
 Chamard-$1O BOvia-9
 Silvertone-$6 Bolo cloth-$4
 Third
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
OBITUARY
MRS. MARY KOSHER CASEY.

MRS MARY KOSHER CASEY.
 Mrs. Mary Mosher Casey, widow of the late James Casey, who former ly lived at $50 Boston avenue, in this city, died this morning at St. Francis Home in New Haven. The deceas- ed was the mother of the late Mrs. Frank Ostrofsky, wife of the well known druggist of the East Side, and of the late Dr. William Casey. Funer- al arrangements have not been com pletetd.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
Charged Murder,
 Paper Suppressed

Berlin, Friday, Oct 1o.---Gustave Noske, Minister of Defense, has sup pressed the newspaper Freiheit for three days because of it's accusation that central murder stations" were being maintained in Berlin which were offering assassins big money in ducements and employing weak-mind ed persons for similar purposes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS.

George B. Larson of 544 Connectl- cut avenue and Helen O'Connor or 279 Cottage street, Pietro Marano or 173 Stillman street and Angela Clara of the same address, secured marriage licenses at the Welfare building today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
WINDOW sMAsHER FINED s25

Walter Lavinslzy, who pushed his foot through two windows in cafe owned by William Caskfns, 360 Sea view avenue, Wednesday night, be- cause the proprietor refused to give him a drink, was fined $25 by Judge Frederic A. Bartlett in the City Court this morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
THROW PEPPER IN PAYMASTER'S FACE
 SECURE ,OOO

Cleveland, Oct. II - Six robbers this morning held up the paymaster of the Samuel Emerson Company in the lobby of a Euclid avenue building and after throwing pepper into his face, escaped in an automobile with s11,O00, which the paymaster carried in money bag.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
CHARGED WITH THEFT.

John Kazowski, of 5SO Lafayette street was arrested last night charg- ed with stealing a pocketbook con- taining ST from John Pruss, of van- stone court Kazowski was arraigned in the City court this morning, and the case was continued until Tuesday under $500 bonds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
Finest VelVets of chiffon finish.

Their luster is combined with rare suppleness of  How they glow and gleam in their beauty of color Fine quality luxurious in effect, special price in- terest. Taupe, navy, dark brown plrun and French blue-
 $7.50 yd.
 hird floor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
TODAY'S WANTS
FOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

TOO, LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION TO EENT-A large airy room suit able Tor l. or 3 gentlemen. 43 Wordin' Ave, West End. L22s"p LOST-Doposit Pass Book No. 10T411, Bridgeport Savings Bank. Reward for return to bank. Application for new book to replace same having been made, any claims upon said book must be presented to said bank without de!ay, otherwise said book vii be cancelled and closed and new Look issued in lieu thereof
 G11s*p TO LEASE room apartment all improvements, S75 month. Inquire 1887 Park Ave. a*p
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
The Piloted Covenant

The covenant, although positive de-
fects remain, is to be regarded as
greatly strengthened by various items
in the peace treaty, and particularly by
the pledge of the President and Prime
Minister Lloyd George to do all in their
power to secure an engagement to pledge
to France protection against Germany.
On the league is laid specific obliga-
tions touching the supervision Of acts
in the common interest. 1t will thus
have business to do, and if it has busi-
ness in any genuine sense to do one set
OF objections to the machinery proposed
is swept away. Few will object to the
creation of machinery for the perform
ance of specified acts. The covenant
has seemed valueless because in it's first
form it was dutiless.
The engagement to protect France. if
made, is of greater significance. In
theory the two obligations are distinct
but the three nations to enter into the
special alliance are likely to control also
the policy of the greater league. 1t is
to be assumed that their agents in one
jurisdiction will follow course similar
to that pursued in the other. Thus the
two proposals interlock. If Italy shall
join in the pledge to France, and Japan
likewise, the league Of five will have
majority of the executive council of the
great league.
Thus there is practical abandonment
of the doctrine Of the Manchester speech
wherein was repudiated Clemenceau's
alliance proposal. The President has
greatly modified his opinion, and the
covenant, if controlled as it promises
to be, takes on character essentially
different from that it first bore.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
A Bad Start

Brockdorff- -Rantzau made a bad start
when he replied to Clemenceau:
ut is demanded from US that we sbal,
confess ourselves to be the only ones
guilty of the war. Such confession in
my mouth would be a lie.
The German government and the Ger
man people, one supporting and urging
on the other, alone were guilty. This is
the foundation of the war and the can
stone of the peace. No health can be
regarded as returning to Germany until
the great fact is admitted by Germany
mot for the satisfaction of her adver
saries, for they already know the truth.
but for the sake of Germany.
The evidence is familiar. There is NO
need to review it. One day the world
was at peace and the next at war. Ger
many, refusing all offers, of conference
and arbitration, attacked.
AS long as Germany is enamoured of
a lie she deservedly will be denied trust.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Amending While Ratifying

May the Senate amend and by the
same act ratify a treaty, and may the
amendment prove effective without in
validating the ratification?
In 1890 the Senate, when passing on
the African slave trade convention, de-
clared, Resolved, further, as part of
this act Of ratification" and then set out
reservations.
In 1906 the Senate, when passing on
the Algeciras convention, similarly de-
clared: Resolved, further, That the
Senate, os part of this act of ratifca-
tion," and then set out reservations.
Both Of the treaties went into effect,
with the United States party thereto.
The other parties, in one instance, ex-
pressed assent to the reservation, and in
the other, following the common sense
of the law of contract, implied assent by
acceptance.
With regard to Article X and the
Monroe Doctrine the Senate, it would
appear, may make reservations, and the
treaty is valid if there is no dissent. It
may be assumed no nation will scrap
the peace agreement if the Senate sees
fit to attach limiting addenda.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Railway Anodynes

Mr.. Hines, Director General of Rail-
roads, reports a railroad deficit of
1892, 100000 during the first three
months of 1919, but then says that "the
present conditions are too abnormal to
serve as basis for any general change
in the level of rates and it is pref
cradle to defer action on the subject
until there shall have been fuller
opportunity to get more reliable meas
ure of conditions"
Would Mr.. Hines were less of a
pamphleteer and more addicted to giving
facts coldly! Why solicitude to guide
public opinion? Why the careful non
mention of reasons which more than
abnormality in traffic have caused the
deficit?
Operating revenues for the quarter
were UP 100000, 900, or 81 per cent over
the corresponding months of the last
three years Of private operation. Surely
no slender gain. The increase in income
was all that could be expected. ),
But the railroads, taking in 81 per cent
more, disbrrsed 81 per cent more. Oper
ating expenses swclled $462, ,O00, 600, or
81 per cent, chiefly because railway wages
are up 5000 per employc. An increase was
necessary; the compensation to many
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Treason to Hearst

Arthur Brisbane is guilty of high
treason to William Randolph Hearst.
In commenting on the peace treaty in
The American he writes: "Marshal Foch
who really DID win the war is the most
recent complainer"
1t was not necessary for Mr.. Brisbane
to have recourse to upper case letters
in order to make his offence a capital
one. DID," indeed! Does not everv
reader of the Hearst newspapers know
that the only part played in the war by
England and France after our entry was
to watch and to criticise? Has not Mr..
Hearst pointed out score of times that
the French and English shifted the
burden completely to our shoulders?
Is it possible that three full page
Hearst editorials failed to convince Mr..
Brisbane that the war was won bv
Burleson, Baker and Daniels? There still
is another possibility, but it will hard
ly avail in the defence of the culprit if
he is brought to trial for his offence.
Can it be that Mr.. Brisbane is unmoved
by the lure of the little flags and reads
nothing in The American but his own
back page column?
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09

has felt the first blows of organizations
of violence. And in the last and great
est crisis Georges Clemenceau becomes
the prophet of this people, inspiring
them to sacrifice their bodies to keep
their souls safe, and serving them as
moral leader also serving the world.
Georges Clemenceau Realist and
idealist, the two great elements mingle
and become one in you. Clear of in
tellect and fiery of heart, you saw and
felt major truths-were never fooled by
minor ones. Your feelings poured out
like lava streams, but were guided. In
her dark hour France called you to your
great task. You believed, and a man
of faith made others believe. Hear the
man himself:
"They attempting a death blow
against my right to- existence, against the
virtue of the blood in my race, against
the course of ages, following the tradi-
tions and the principles of history in
which, through my fathers, 1 have had
part-a history which is not the least
noble portion, perhaps, of the deeds of
the human race.
"They are attempting a death blow
to the most radiant of the hopes that
guide men through the perilous mazes
of destiny the riddle Of which is pos
sibly in the fact that it Is only what
it is, but which is the more precious
to me, nevertheless, on account of my
attempts to honor it,"
AS as person, as Frenchman and as
a citizen of the world Clenenceau was
filled with the wrath that stirs the
righteous when facing gigantic wrong.
Into him entered contempt for those who
sought to excuse a cowardly mentality
and who have since sought not to for
give the sinner but to condone the sin.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Georgia Clemenceau

To stout old Georges Clemenceau. he
>ef the battered hat, Of the baggy clothes,
OF the straggly mustache and of the
countenance as scanned as the trenched
landscape OF .Picardy, fell the honor of
delivering the peace treaty to the Ger
man delegates. In few words. but with
every syllable freighted with vigor and
frankness, he discharged the obligation.
Open diplomacy! Here is it's most dis
tinguished practitioner!
Fluctuations to this rugged old hero.
az honely as Lincoln and Of the hickory
f'bre OF Andrew Jackson! France has
the glory Of furnishing the great per-
sonai figures of the war. Joffre, plan
nIng and directing the Battle Of the
Marine; Foch, the generalissimo, timing
and carrying through the most compli-
Gated mass movement in military history;
1lemenceau, the civilian, animating
France with his own spirit--herc are
three men to be celebrated as long. as
human fingers hold pens and brushes.
Let no one begrudge France the honor.
for on her WAS laid the greatest burden
Geography and history have assigned to
France, as Ciemenceau has remarked.
the duty Of opposing for 1000 years a
barbarian beyond the Rhine hitherto
jntractable TO education. Between the
Alps, the river and the sea is basin
where occurred fusion Of the en-
piricism Of the North and the idealism
of the South, and it's population has
been engaged In neyer-ceasing duel,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Those German Ships
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Once again, like bad dream, up pops
the scheme to sink all the captured battle
would seem if some better use could be
devised for them, and with this in view
suggest the following as perfectly good ways
of solving the difficulty:
First-Sell some of the smaller ones to
different moving picture corporations. who
thus will acquire in perpetuity magnificent
piece of setting" for naval films,
Second-Tow all the larger ones to unused
parts of harbors-such as New York, Phila-
delphia, etc.-and anchor them fast on the
tide flats, and, with remodeled interiors use
them as apartment houses. This would helm
solve the housing problem and also be verv
remunerative to the fortunate cities which
owned Seaside apartment"
Third-Sell some. to seashore resorts. who
can either use them for housing war rs,;c,
etc., or have them properly wrecked on the
beach. A real good wreck is an asset ~
great value to shore resort
Fourth-use them for schoolhouses until
our much needed new ones arrive. This use
would make going to school much easier for
the small boy.
And it would be easy to think up MANY
other good uses for them. So why sink the
ships, especially when the poor fishes must
have had surfeit of them lately?
HAROLD CHANNING.
New York, May 4, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Chasers Alloy!

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Submarine chasers, about forty in
number, that were in actual contact with
the enemy, are on their way home. They
are now at the Azores and will arrive at
Charleston, S. G., some time the end of
this month, and from there will go to their
base at New London, Conn.,
May l suggest that the people of New
York would like to welcome this section
OF the navy, which is as much entitled to
recognition as were the larger ships?
There will be only about thousand men
to entertain, and I think we should finish
our job OF welcoming home" by having
these ships anchor in the river for few
days. GEORGE X. MAYO.
Brooklyn, May s, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
In Wonderland
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Eureka! An explanation at last Of
the modern Bedlam 1t is Alice in Wonder
land. She it who reared the present
generation and added its brain in forma-
tion. Accustomed to stand on its head
from the first, it's natural logic is to be
illogical; hence in this Wonderland of ours
we must learn to take all things as matters
of course
For example, what was more to be ex-
pected in Wonderland than that we should
one man, yet remain for thirty-two months
on terms of friendly handshaking with the
assassin of whole nations?
What more natural in Wonderland than
to take firm stand for the equality and
fraternity of all mankind, yet refuse it
pointblank to the Japanese?
What else could we do, living in Wonder
land, but deny the rightful claim of the
Japanese to racial equality, yet accede to
their wrongful claim to control a part Of
China?
Wonderland than to insist on universal self
determination, yet make exceptions in the
case of Shantung and Fiume?
And how could any 100 per cent Wonder
land make the world safe for democracy
save by establishing a worldwide big four
Cor three. or two, or one) autocracy?
Alice did it, l can sleep tonight in peace
"Alls right with the world"-in Wonder
land. EHEII FtICACES
New York, May g. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Germany's Territorial Losses

Germany's area is reduced one-sixth
by the peace terms imposed on her. 1t
may be reduced one-fifth if the plebis-
cites in the Saar Valley, in Schleswig
and in East Prussia go against her. The
area absolutely alienated totals 34,437
square miles. That subject to plebiscites
totals 1910 square miles.
This reduction looks more serious
than it is. In an economic and mill
tary sense Germany is only slightly
crippled by her territorial losses. The
parts amputated are on the outer fringes
of the German state. Excepting the
small area of the Saar Valley and the
Briey mineral region in Lorraine, no
important industrial districts are alien
ated. Most of the territory marked for
cession is inhabited by disaffected popu-
lations whom Germany has been unable
to assimilate. Alsace-Lorraine, North
Schleswig and Posen were liabilities as
we'll as assets.
The greatest shrinkage occurs in the
East, where a small fraction of Silesia,
nearly all of Posen and nearly all Of
West Prussia west of the Vistula are
to be surrendered to Poland; Danzig is
to be internationalized, strip about
Memel is to be yielded and West Prus-
sia east of the Vistula and the south
ern third of East Prussia are to be dis
posed of by referendums. This part of
Prussia is agricultural and economically
stagnant. 1t has been Of great value,
however, as base Of operations in case
of war with Russia. Now that Poland
mas been interposed as a buffer state
and Russia has ceased to be great
power, Germany would no longer have
needed strong Eastern military from
tier, even if the Allies had allowed
her to retain her old character as
militarist state.
With all these cessions of territory,
plebiscite sections included, Germany
loses only about 100000 Inhabitants
one-tenth Of her population-most of
them strongly anti-German in blood and
sentiment. And her losses, both in area
and in population, would be more than
covered if the peace conference should
leave the door open for a union between
Germany and what is left of Austria.
Marshal Foch's dissatisfaction with
the treaty arises from the fact that, as
soldier, he prefers territorial guaran-
tees of security to economic. He sees
Germany again in possession of the west
bank of the Rhine after fifteen years,
and perhaps changed balance of power
in Europe which will permit Germany
to break her economic chains. He would
feel safer if France had secured spot
cash reparation in the shape of perma-
nent possession of the Rhine Valley.
France has now practically the old east
ern frontier of 1870. And that frontier
was untenable against German armies
modified in the Rhine Province. with
bases at Mainz and Cologne
But Germany is shackled in an
economic way, provided the Allies have
the moral perseverance to enforce the
provisions Of the treaty over term Of
thirty or forty years.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
P$ychopathic Germany
By William c. Dreher
Berlin Correspondent of The Tribune

II ERLIN, April 15.-"The whole Ger
- man people are now psychopathic.
We are no longer able to act in
normal and reasonable way. We do and
say the most absurd things with the most
tremendous earnestness."
1t was in words of such tenor that a
German acquaintance spoke to me the other
day. He was not the only one. Similar
talk is heard from Germans everywhere.
They see signs of this nervous over
excitability in all classes of society," in the
acts and speeches of the ministers of gov
ernment at Weimar, mo less than in the
suicidal strikes of the workingmen.
Nothing better illustrates the moral
breakdown of the German people, their
loss of self-control and amenability to
discipline than just these strikes. The
workmen evidently think that they have
discovered Pandora's box in the Golfers Of
their employers. They inaugurated CO.
incidentally with the outbreak of the revo-
luton, general movement for big in
crease of wages, and they forced it through
with reckless and brutal energy that was
irresistible. At the same time the eight
hour day was put into force where it did
not exist before.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-09
Wrestling With Orlando

Orlando shows disposition to put the
1T" in ltaly.-Bostom Transcript
He's knocked the 81" out of Fiume. De-
syoit Journal
Long ago Bill Shakespeare warned Charles
tne-Wrestler Wilson of what he might ex-
pect II he tackled young orlando.--Bu6oio
Erprsss.