davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01

395 Grant St., Buffalo, N. Y. sfI have been ParaLyzed or Ike zOAole a-ight side since April 80th. I referred the case to a physician, who wrote me personally, advising the use of sFruit-a-tives'.
 I bought three boxes and used them as directed. Iam Jeeling Fne- better than I have in the past nins months.
 I would not be without 'Fruit-a- tives' for anything; no more strong cathartics or salts so long as sFruit-a- tives' are purchasable no more bowel trouble for me.
 / recoamend FFt-uit-a-tives' to all. I feel more like 40 than 61, which I have just passed".
 VIM. H. OSTRANDER. 5oc. box, 6 for $2.5o, trial size 25c- At all dealers or sent on receipt of price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENSBURG, N. Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
DIED.

RENEHAN-I this city, October s1, 1919, Anna, widow of Patrick Ren- chan
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, 1869 Fairfield avenue, on Monday, Nov. 3, at 8:3O a nn., and from St. Peters church at g o'clock.
 Burial in St. Michaers cemetery.
 a%p MIIIiER-In this city, Oct S1, 1919, Elizabeth, wife of John K. Miller, aged 46 years.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the undertaking par Iors of J H. Carroll, 54 Elm street, on Monday. Nov. 3, at 2:30 p. m- Interment in Park cemetery. a%p M'MAHON-In this city, Nov. 1, 1919, Elizabeth McMahon, of 220 Cottage street
 Funeral arrangements have not as yet been completed a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
DECIDING ON ADMIT
 TANCE OF DELEGATES.

Washington, Nov. Having decid- ed to admit the representatives of Germany and Austria on an equality with those of other nations, the inter national labor conference was called on today to decide the question of granting seats in the gathering to delegates from Mexico and Finland.
 Motions to give representation to both of these nations, which are not named in the annex to the Versailles treaty as members of the League of Nations, were introduced late yester- day but went over under the rules until today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
TODAY'S WANTS
,oo LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION
HELP WANTED MALE.

h, UNUSUAL. OPPORTUNITY for bright neat appearing man or woman in each town to act as Local 4bo Representative for nationally ad- 'h0 vertised line of goods tested and r. approved by Good Housekeeping 8 Magazine Will pay good worker S35 a week; experience not neces- ,.,, sary If quick to learn and follow AiA cur instructions permanent posi- ton; best references required; if unable to work full time we will make you special offer giving you opportunity to earn s15 10 $25 a week In spare time Address your letter at once to Dept N 284 Life Time Aluminium Co., Boston, Mass.
 a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
A T T E N T TO N! $. H. Harris Lodge. I.O.OF

Members are hereby notified that business pertaining to a New Lodge Room will be discussed Monday even- ing, Nov. 3. Full attendance requested.
 H. M. BOOTH. Secy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01

AGENTS WANTED - Perfect Fur nace Carburetor; sizes for any fur mace; increases heat half; reduces soot, ash, labor and fuel; big profits West Furnace Carburetor Co, Denver, Colo a~p
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
FRENCH GENERAL IMPOSES FINE ON
 KAISERLAUTERN

Mayence, Thursday, Get 30.-Gen- eral Degoutte, the French command CT. has imposed 8 fine of 60, 900 marks on the town of Kaiserlautern, in the Sarre region, on account of recent disorders in that locality fomented by German political agents. One of the agents is said to have been identified as having created disturbances in various non-occupied German towns.
 The manifesto of General Degoutte imposing fine says the French au- thoritles will tolerate no movement of a revolutionary character
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01

FOR RENT-Handsomel furnished eisht-room house in Milford Center, minutes walk from Milford rail road station; all modern conven- fences including electric lights. Reasonable rent to responsible party. Owner going South. 43 High St Milford. HI S
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01

AUTO VAN furniture moving. Local and long distance, New York, Hart ford, Worcester, Boston, New Lon don, Providence; reliable; leaving town at all times; reasonable rates SIS East Ave. Call Bar. 712S-4
 HI aIis
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01

RAPID TAXI SERVICE co. Open and closed Packard cars for we'd dings. receptions, funerals. 4S7 Grand St. Day, night calls Bar mum 1881. HI aII%
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01

A despatch from Paris, October 16, said that during a demonstration at ka1serlautern a French officer com handing detachment, was seriously wounded
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
WANTED Bricklayers

Apply at Hardness Me morial Quadrangle, Yale University; winters work. See MT. Blaney, 92 High Street, New Haven, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Favors Suspension of
international Payments
Baron Swaythling Would Defer
Settlement for Machinery
and Raw Materials

LONDON, Dec. 11-Private enter
prise will never rectify the present
financial situation throughout the
world, according to Baron Swaythling,
who has just returned from the United
States.
In an interview printed in "The
Daily MaiW this morning Baron
Swaythling says he believes an inter-
national agreement by governments
concerned alone can remove the dead
lock. He favors the suspension of in
ternational payments among the AL
lies and any neuJrals who desire to
enter into the agreement for "repro-
ductve" imports of machinery ard
raw materials. The suspension. he
says. might be, perhaps. for three
years, and, OF course, under govern
ment guarantees.
"Politicians in the United States
scarcely grasp anything outside their
own country" he says. "They take
in, neither politically nor commercially
worldwide view worthy of their
great country. And the trades unions
they. too, are parochial and think
more of making point in party poll
tics than of the real welfare Of their
own country and the world"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Liquidation of
Foreign Holdings
Hits Stock Market
Prices Break as Selling by
Europe and Canada Aids
Bears-Rediscount Rates
Are Raised Again

For the first time since the dollar
value of European moneys began ia
tumble, the stock market was visibly
affected by the critical foreign ex-
change situation. The tremendous
slump in the exchanges, which has
brought rates down to new low levels
day after day, yesterday reached a
stage where foreign selling of Ameri-
can securities was precipitated in large
enough volume to break the prices of
the securities directly concerned, and
sympathetically the bulk of the trad
ing list.
Foreign selling was concentrated on
few of the railroad stocks, chiefly
Canadian Pacific, but the industrials
were also affected in some slight de-
gree. The total of such sales was by
no means imposing and ordinarily
would have been absorbed without diff
Guilty, but it happened to come at a
time when the speculative element
who dominate the market at present
were pessimistic and, therefore, little
inclined to buy stocks except at con-
cessions. A relatively small amount of
real liquidation was enough to cause
further price recessions.
The foreign selling came chiefly from
England and Canada, but there are re-
ports that French and German inter
ests were also disposing of some of
their holdings here. Information as
to the source of the selling is not avail
able, but it is supposed that it comes
in part at least, from the store of Sc
curities mobili4ed by the British gov
ernment as war measure. The liqui-
dation was not for British government
account, however, but by individual in
vestors, who were willing to take the
losses incurred in selling at the pres
ent level of prices, in view of the fact
that they could partially offset such
losses by obtaining dollars, on which
the premium now is more than 20 per
cent.
The stock market was fairly firm at
the opening, owing largely to settle
ment of the coal strike, but trading
had not been in progress for long when
the liqudating movement got under
way. AS prices began to recede, good
many spectators who had bought
stocks on Wednesdays break decided
to get out from under, and their sales
added to the weakness of the market.
Moreover, those who had been working
TOR the decline were quick TO take ad-
vantage of the situation to put out
fresh short commitments.
The money situation was unchanged
during the trading hours. While call
ing of loans was not as large as the
day before, rates remained firm. An
nouncement of another increase in re
discount rates did not come until after
the close Of the market. What effect
this Will have on the market remains to
be seen. 1t was said in some quarters
that loans OF certain stock exchange
houses were ver-extended, and if this
IS so the latest move of the banking
authorities may cause further liquida
ton.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Looking Backward

Yesterdays abrupt drop in the rails
merely added one more chapter to the
story Of nearly five years of falling
prices for such securities. Since 1915
the rails have been e. ing from bad to
worse. By way of emphasizing what
has happened, stock exchange house
dug up yesterday the last list of
minimum prices issued by the Stock
Exchange in March, 1915. These were
the prices under which trading in
stocks was not permitted under the
emergency rules put Tito effect on the
resumption of activity after the long
suspension that followed the outbreak
of. the war. They were then considered
extremely low for standard investment
rails. But comparison with the low
prices for the rails yesterday shows
most of them we'll below the 1915
minimum. This table gives an idea of
what has taken place in the market
for rails:
(:-s~
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Foreign Selling

Persistent selling OF railroad stocks
yesterday bore earmarks Of liquidation
for foreign account. Some selling of
! the same character appeared in the
bond market also. The pressure against
the railroad stocks was not particularly
heavy and would not have made such
an impression were it not for the poor
absorptive power displayed by this sec
tion. The support was not there, because
investors and spectators are unwilling
to buy pig in a poke Theforeign SELL
ing was induced by the low record
levels for sterling and franc exchange,
which made it attractive to pritish and
French holders of American rails and
other securities to convert their hold
ings into dollars with which to buy
exchange. Sterling was at discount
Of fully 21 per cent. Francs were at
discount Of 55 per cent. The largest
part Of the foreign selling was for
! London account. 1t was limited that the
weakness Of Canadian Pacific, which
dropped nearly 10 points. was due to
selling by the British Treasury Of a
block of the stock which it had mo-
bilized early in the war for use as COL
lateral to borrow against here.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Specializing in Exchange

The panic in the foreign exchanges
that is what the bankers call it--has
cost many exporting concerns a good
deal of money. In fact, in some cases
profits on goods exported have not
only been completely wiped out, but
the capital of the exporting concerns
has been seriously cut into. Bankers
say the exporters are largely to blame.
Instead of selling their bills immedi-
ately upon the shipment of the goods
they held them in hopes that the ex-
Changes would recover and thus in
crease their profits. But instead of re-
covering, the exchanges have steadily
gone against them. at is extremely
dangerous to speculate in the foreign
exchanges in such a market as this"
said the financial representative of a
great industrial organization yester-
day.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
The Dollar in Foreign EXCHANGE

The collapse in the exchange value
of the pound sterling continued unre-
strained yesterday, and the dollar was
quoted at greater premium in London
than ever before. International bank
ers asserted that they had no reason
to believe that the bottom had vet
been reached. and although there was
some suggestion of the need of the
resumption of pegging, those who ara
best Informed insisted that the British
government was resolved to let sterlinc
seek its own level. BY so doinr the
British government feels, it is said
that the recovery after the reconstruc.
tlon period can be made most speedilv
When the cotton and other raw ma.
terials now being exported to the Old
World in huge volumes are converted
into manufactured goods and in part
exported from the countries purchasing
the raw material, bankers believe there
will be an improvement in exchange
rates. The franc was slightly stronger
yesterday. but lire moved still lower
Yesterdays rates, compared with
those OF week ago, follow:
Quoted dollars to the pound)
Yester- Week
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
An Exchange Experts Opinion

An expert foreign exchange man who
stands high in the international bank
ing circles expressed the opinion yes
terday that the government is refusing
to extend direct aid to Europe in the
form Of additional credits because it
believes that by letting the exchanges
fall foreign buying Of American goods
VIII be greatly curtailed and prices will
fall. In other words, he believes that
the government looks to the fall in the
exchanges as something that will in
Time nave a wholesome effect In lower
ing tho high cost Of living,
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
New Interests Acquire Control
Of Locomobile COMPANY

Control of the Locomobile Company
of America, it was reported in the
financial district yesterday, has passed
to other Interests in the motor world.
The company's factory is located at
Bridgeport, Conn, and branch sales
rooms and repair stations are at New
York, Boston. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
st. Louis, Washington, Chicago, San
Francisco and other cities
The financial end of the new deal
will be handled by Colgate, Parker e.
Co. and Hemphill, Noyes & Co., in
conjunction with William Solomon
& Co.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Newcomers

1t was bad day for introducing new
stocks IN the biz market, but several
made their appearance in the trading
list for the first time. There was Shell
transport and Trading, lately a favor
lte OIL speculation on the Curb, which
started on the exchange we'll and got
up to 50, but dropped to 76N at the
close Replogle Steel got away to
good start at 53%, but failed to hold
up and later declined to 81. Vanadium
Steel touched SO in its initial dealings,
but closed much lower at 58A.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Minimum
More History

The same minimum list shows some
remarkable changes in the industrials.
The minimum price on American Lo-
comotive was 19. The 1915 minima on
other standard industrials were: Amer
lean Car and Foundry, 40; Anaconda
Copper, "a; Baldwin Locomotive, 90;
United States Steel, 38; Utah Copper,
A.; New York Air Brake, SO; Mexican
Petroleum, 81; Texas Company, 40;
Studebaker, 2S; American Smelling, 40:
American Beet Sugar, 19, and United
States Rubber, 40.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Swapping Bonds

Bond houses are doing big business
these days in handling the orders Of
investors who are selling to establish
losses for tax purposes. A great deal
Of swapping of bonds is going on In
such transactions the investor sells a
bond of certain class and at the
time buys one similar, though in an
other company. By so doing he es-
tablishes his loss and at the same time
holds his market position.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Paris Market Stronger

PARIS, Dec. 11.-Prices were higher
on the bourse to-daq. Three per
cent rentes go francs Is centimes
Exchange on London 43 francs q
centimes. Five per cent loan SO francs
8 centimes. The dollar was Quoted at
II francs 59h centimex ~
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Money and Credit

Call money rates followed much the
same course yesterday as they did on
Wednesday, opening and renewing at
7 per cent and moving later in the
day to 10 per cent. The same factors
that brought about the scarcer supply
earlier in the week were again at work
and borrowers found it difficult to
obtain funds for speculative purposes.
1t is expected that preparations for
meeting Withdrawals due to income
tax payments and Liberty loan inter
est, due next Monday. will have been
pract cally completed by the close of
to-days business. The announcement
that the Federal Reserve Bank had put
into effect another increase in it's re-
discount rates did not come until after
the close of the stock market.
The ruling rates for money yester-
day, compared with 9 year ago. we're
as follows: Per cent
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
In Wall Street
"What Do You Think of .he Market7"


A member Of the Stock Exchanges:
"There is no doubt that further
liquidation of stocks is impending. We
are not out of the woods yet. | am not
calamity howler, but ! think that
stocks must 90 lover before they go
higher. The absorptive power. of the
market is good and it may be that
such selling as comes in the course
of the next month will be taken up
without causing any great degree Of
unsettlement. Just the same, would
prefer not to be heavily loaded up with
long stocks at this time"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

Silver - London, 76Ad; New York,
$780,. Mexican dollars, s103A.
ub-Treasury - United States Sub
Treasury credit balance, $431 ,G77; Fed
eral Reserve credit balance, $780,
J51,384.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
American Ice

The move on the part of certain
stockholders in the American Ice Com
pany to obtain change of control of
the corporation if not Successful should
at least force better treatment for
the holders of the common stock. Not
less than .wo months ago an effort to
obtain some accurate information as
regards what the company is doing in
the way of earnings and the prospects
as to common stock dividends bore
little fruit. All that could be learned
was thta the company was showing
substantial earnings over and above
the preferred dividend.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Barrett Company

William Hamlin Childs, president of
the Barrett Manufacturing Company,
after the meeting of the directors yes
terday, at which the regular quarterly
dividends on both classes Of stocks
we're declared, said that while business
in the last half of the year has been
good, he did not believe that gross for
1919 will reach the $41,o00,O 900 reported
IN 1918 "At this time it is not pos
sible," he said, "to make an accurate
estimate of the total sales for the full
year. as our two big months, November
and December, have yet to come in.
Our foreign business continues to
grow. On the whole 1 look for a big
business in 1920"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Pan-American Financial
Congress Delegate Named

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 11.-Dr.
Cesar Oliveira .Sampaio has been
named Brazilian delegate to the Pan
American Financial Congress in Wash
ington by the government
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

SAN SALVADOR, Republic of SAL
vador, Dec. 1o.-Jose E. Suay, Minister
OF Finance, and Reyes Arrieta Rossi.
Saivadorean delegates to the Pam
American Financial Congress, to be
held at Washington, sailed to-day for
the United States.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-12

quoted units to the dollar)
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-29
East Side
LEADERS0F A
LYNCHnlCM
MAY BE NABBED
Motorists Who Attempted
to Get Negro Caused
Confession.


That warrants have been issued for
the arrest OF dozen young men Of
Fast =! Grand Forks and Grand Forks
IN connection with the lynching party
That motored to Crookston October
g., following the murder of Edna
werner. East Grand Forks girl. and
the arrest Of negroes charged with
being implicated in the crine. is the
ton.
Deputy Sheriff Holt of Crookston
IN the city today admitted that there
Is something to it all right" when
asked If there was any foundation to
the rumor
>, Young men who were members Of
the party intent on lynching the ne
Eroes charged with the murder. de-
c!ared today that even IL they did not
lind the man they had done a good
bit OF work for the blood stained
clothes OF the negro were all the evi-
dence the authorities had secured un-
III he saw the mob and made a. con-
fession.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-29
Constitutionality OF
U. 5. Election Laws
Attacked In Demurrer

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec 29..--
Constitutionality of the United States
election laws was questioned in a de-
murrer attacking the indictments
against Senator Truman H. Newbcrry
and 134 others, filed today by Martin
w. Littleton, counsel for the re-
spondents. The demurrer also sets
forth that a majority of the coun:s
in the indictments do not constitute
offenses against the United States.
The demurrer was filed with Unit
ed States District Judge c.. W. Ses-
sions. Request for a dismissal Of the
charge will be argued January S. !
The demurrer holds that not only
are no charges constituted in the in
d'ctments, but the congress of the
United States had no authority to con-
stitute as a crime any Of the acts set
forth as offenses in the first five
counts OF the indictment.
The claim also is submitted 20 the
court as Il reason for setting aside
Of the indictments, that congress has
no authority to fix the maximum sum
which may be spent by any candidate
in seeking nomination or election and
that in fixing this limit at $4,000 it
becomes grossly discriminatory as
among the 48 states.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-29
WOULD SIMPLLFY DRESS.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 29.-Japanese
women, famed for their kimono-style
attire. are about to throw off ''the
tyranny Of dress in the interest of ef-
ficiency." Miss Michi Hawai-. general
secretary of the japanese national 7.
w. c. A.. told the southwestern field
headquarters Of the Y: w. c. A. here.
Reorganization is making demands
on women in Japan these days and
they must be free to respond" said
Miss Hawai-. The majority of indus
trial workers in Japan are now wom-
en-there are $4,000 Of them.
"The result is women can no long
remaking respective wardrobes Of
members of the family as is necessary
with the present form of dress
Women Of ordinary circumstances
in Japan have fifty or SO dresses
made of linen, cotton. silk. or mixed
materials. varying with the use to
he made Of them. In addition the
Japanese women must have at least
two kinds OF coats, one cut with a
square neck and one with an ordi-
nary kimono neck.
These dresses are made by hand
and must be ripped apart at least
once a year, laundered or cleaned
and put together again. Japanese
women do not take kindly to tho
street cars largely for the reason
that their delicate kimonos are liable
to be soiled.
This movement for the adoption
Of simplified style OF dress and
American machine-made clothes
which can be laundered intact be-
gan In the government and private
schools for girls where uniform,
cut on lines similar to dresses worn
by some school girls in the United
States, has been made compulsory. !"
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-29
CARL BROMS, SAW
VICTIM, TO RECOVER

Crookston. Minn., Dec. 29.-Carl
Broms. former soldier. injured re-
Gently when a steel band saw passed
through his brain. will recover, ac-
cording to the attending physician
One side Of Broms' body, which
has been completely paralyzed, since
the accident as q result of the in
jury to the nerve centers, is expect
ed to yield to treatment, and it is
believed that in a few months Broms
will be able to walk A silver plate
is being placed in his head
The Crookston post Of the Amcri-
can Legion. Of which Bro,ns is a
member, has been giving him all
possible assistance.
Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-29
ALLEGED BAD CHECK
MAN WAS IN COURT
HERE THIS MORNING

Theodore Undcrdahl, who was ar
rested near Middle River MINI
Christmas evening by Deputy Sheriff
Holt. was brought up before Judge
Robt. Blair this morning, charged
with having passed a bad check in
this city more than a year ago. The
case was continued until January 8.
Cnderdahl it is alleged passed a
worthless check on L. K. Raymond
was placed in the hands of q Twin
City detective concern who located
'he man near Middle River in Mar
shall county.