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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
CHARGE JENKINS WASIN COMPANY
 OF NOTED BANDIT

Mexico City, Dec. 31.---Reiteration of the charge that w. O. Jenkins, U.
 s. Consular Agent at Puebla, was seen in company with Federico Cordova,
 the bandit said to have abducted him,
 during the period when Nr. Jenkins
 says he was being held by the outlaw was contained in 9. telegram from the governor Of Pue5la given out by the
 interior department today. Govern ment witnesses, it is said, have ''proved' that Friendly relations" ex- i isted betu n MT. Jenkins and his al- legged captor while they were at the i villages of santa Maria and San Ser naoe. Mir. Jenkins, it is declared, was 1 not bln5folded and was aware of the | location of his place where he was hidden, in spite of MT. Jenkins claim ! to the contrary. The telegram added that the second PuebIa, criminal court 1 was continuing it's investigation of the case.
 i It was decided by the supreme court yesterday that the full district court
 should have jurisdiction in the Jen- { kinS case
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
\ MYSTERY SHIP INDEED!

Admiral Sims in January Worlds Work relates a personal experience which Illustrates the effective dis guise of the mystery ships:
 I can personally testify to the difficulty of identifying mystery ship. One day Admiral Bayly sug- gested that we go out in the harbor at Queenstown and visit one of these strange vessels lying there prepara- tory to sailing on Q cruise. Several merchantmen were lying in the harbor. We steamed close arourIl one in the AdrniraFs barge and examined her very carefully through our glass es from a short distance. Concluding that this was not the vessel we were seeking, we went to another mer- chantman. This did not show any signs of being a mystery ship; we therefore hailed the skipper, who tc:l us the one which we had first visited was the mystery ship. We went back, boarded her, and began examining her appliances. The crew was dressed in the ordinary sloppy clothes Of a merchantman's $ deckhards; the officers wore the usual merchant ship uniform anEI everything was as unmilitary as a merchant ship usually is. The NSE'F2SL lAciL itAlIG 'Jli5 ttth Ii'J use
 built of light steel. The captain told us that two guns were con- cealed within this structure; he suggested that We walk all around it and see if We could point out from a close inspection the location of the guns. We searched carefully but were utterly unable to discover where the guns were. The captain then sent the crew to quarters and told us to stand clear. At the word of command, one of the plates of the perpendicular side of the deckhouse slid out of the way as quickly as a. flash. The rail at the ships side in front of the gun fell down and a boat davit swung out of the way. At. the same time the gun crew swung the gun out and fired a primer to indicate how quickly they could have fired a real shot. The captain also showed US a boat upside down on the deck house. Merchantmen frequently carry one boat in this position. At a word a lever was pulled down be- low and the boat reared up in the air and revealed underneath it a gun and it's crew. On the poop was a large crate about 6 6 or 10 feet. At a touch Of the lever the 1 s-:ie of this crate fell down and re- i vealed another gun.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
NORMAL MARKET BY HALTINC OF
 EXTRAvAGANCE
Market Conditions,

Not until Americans as individuals
 cut down the present extrava gant
 rate of consumption and unite to in
 crease production will the existing
 unstable market conditions be re-
 medied, the National Bank of Com merce in New York declares in it's Mar ket Letter in the January issue of its magazine, Commerce Mon hly. It adds that although the reaction after the tension of war was much less vi olent in the United States than in any other combatant country, after the recovery of the first few months all that can be said is that industry
 has held it's own.
 "Only by decreased consumption and by increased production can a balance be reached at reasonable prices between supply and demand" |" the bank says. Thus far there has been very little application of this priciple to individual conduct. Until such application is made, conner cial activity will inevitably proceed at a ratio out of proportion to the physical volume of production, and l the present unstable situation will continue.
 'The volume of wholesale and re- l tail trade, measured in terms of price, continues at a remarkable level, and is plainly outstripping pro- l duction. Dealers all bear witness to 1 the steady depletion of stocks, which manufacturers assert they cannot re- place because of shortage of raw ma ] terials, and scarcity and restIessness | of labor. There is no evidence of genuine economy of consumption, or 1 of expansion of production of manu- l factured goods for the retail trade. fa actIl i as measured by consumption of raw l materials, have not kept pace with domestic and foreign demand This is ascribed to the shortening of work ] ing hours, an inadequate supply of machinery, labor shortage, and in 1 clination on the part of such labor as has been available to work only part time because of the high wages i paid.
 "A considerable period will inevitably | elapse before coal production approx 1 imates the pre-strike level, and all 1 though a fuel famine is no longer | to be feared, careful distribution and use of avail<~)le supplies will be nec- 1 essary for some time. The crude petroleum output for October was l 33319,0O0 barrels, a decrase of 348,- 1 900 barrels as compared with Sept l ember Wool consumption for Oc- | tober was 69,00O,00O pounds. grease equivalent, the highest for any month 1 since May, 1918, a gain of 9.000,000 pounds over September. More wool machinery was reported active on November 1 than for any other month since the arrnistice. Cotton consump- ton for November, exclusive of Iin- ters, was 49069S running bales, a decline of 64646 bales.
 Pig iron production made a remark able recovery during November, be- 1 ing reported as 2,392,35O gross tons, l a gain of 530 900 tons over October. | The character of the gain is also sig | nificant, 463,000 tons representing 1 increased output from steelmaking l stacks. Demand for iron and steel products is strong for most classes with a tendency toward rising prices. 1 The chief limit on orders is the un- willingness of producers to accept ] them."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
SUGAR SHORTAGE IN FRANCE WILL
 LAST 3 YEARS
145 of Country's Raw Sugar
 i Plants Were Razed During War

Soissons, France. Dec. 30-The su- gar shortage in France, due to the German invasion, will not be relieved for three years, according to govern ment reports and commercial statistics furnished to the correspondent of the Associated Press by the authorities who arranged hts trip of inspection through devastated regions to witness reconstruction work.
 "Of the country's 206 new raw sugar plants, 145 virtually were razed during the war. the figures show, and most of the half million acres of sugar beet las1d were devastated by the rav- ages of battle.
 None of the larger sugar plants has resumed operations because of lack of buildings and sugar beet production this year was said to be almost nil. Both of these conditions are due in a measure to insufficient transporta- ton facilities. Estimates of a. special committee of the Chamber of Depu- ties which predicts a sugar shortage for the next three years. however, gave encouragement for half the nor nal output of the country within two years.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
SAM BROWNE THE FIRST
 WAS \ REAL SCRAPPER
Who was Sam Browne?

" no was S6Ef bIOWne
 Thousands of American enlisted men in France who did not have to wear one in France to look like an officer, and many American officers over there who were glad to buckle
 one around the waist and over the shoulder to distinguish them from some enlisted man, have possibly
 thought he was some great leather rnagnate overloaded with war orders.
 According to The Home Sector, the
 ex-soldier's magazine conducted by
 the former editorial council of The
 Stars and Stripes, the original Sam
 Browne was a most gallant English
 officer and gentleman who won the
 Victoria Cross fighting for merry Eng land in India during the autumn of 1858.
 Lord Roberts, field marshal and ad- vocate of prepardness in England. who was a friend of the dashing cav airy officer gives this account of the dead hero who received so much pub licity iIl the late war because he was careless enough to have his arm cut off and therefore forced to devise some means whereby he could be present at parade without his trusty saber dragging on the ground: This popular and gallant officer, well known to every native in upper In dia as Sam Brun Sahib and to the l officers of the whole of His Majesty S army as the inventor of the sword l belt universally adopted on service, | distinguished himself greatly in the l autumn of 1858. With 23O sabres of l his own regiment and $50 native in 1 fantry he attacked a party of rebels
 who had taken up a position at Nu-
 ria, 8 village at the edge of the Tarai, ! about ten miles from Philibhit. of the enemy without being discov- cred.
 "A hand-to-hand fight then en- 1 sued, in which he got two severe wounds, one on the knee, from which he nearly bIed to death, the other
 on the left shoulder, cutting right through the arm. The enemy were completed routed, and fled, leaving their four guns and 300 dead on the
 ground. Browne was deservedly re-
 warded with the Victoria Cross.
 Sam Browne died at The Wood,
 Ryde, Isle of Wight, on March 14
 1901, and after cremation was buried there. A memorial tablet has been put up for him in St. PauTs Cathe- dral in London. There are memorials to the tough old English cavalry of- ficer in every large city of the United States. Wherever a community of second hand clothing stores there will 1 be found on the counters discarded Sam Browne belts, linking the recon struction period with a hand-to-hand | fight in far away India many, many | years ago.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
GERMANY CALLING IN
 MEDALS OF HATE

Germany while the war lasted, was strong for medals states The Home Sector, the ex-soldiers maga- zine conducted by the former editor ial council of The Stars and Stripes "Now medals are such indestructible affairs that not even a peace treaty can legislate them out of existence. The record of German schrecklichkeit and hate will survive, therefore, as long as did the Roman coins buried or lost-by Caesars inva ing army and dug up, still legible, by the A. E. F. in odd corners of France last year. Useless for Germany to protest that they were not officially issued; cer- tain 1t is that an important art com mission passed upon them and there by gave them what the world accepts as official sanction.
 "Only one of the eight medals now being suppressed had, up to a short time ago been received in this coun- try. The other seven are new ar rivals: they are, in fact rare even in Allied Europe. Apparently the new Germany is trying to gather them home to herself, preferring to suppress, or at least to corner such a definite and damning record of old Germany's iniquities. Naturally this makes them the more eagerly sought after by collectors all over the world.
 The first German medal, satiriz. ing American neutrality, appeared shortly before the sinking of the Lusitania. The obverse, bearing Will sons picture, has the English words Liberty-Neutraiity on it's border. The reverse, representing Uncle Sam seated on pile of old fashioned cannon balls, with a ship n his hand, bears the German in scription Americas neutral trade" The satire is pretty weighty. It usually vas in German medals"
 The Home Sector.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
AVOID PNEUMONIA

Treat that cold promptly with Father Johns Medicine. No alcohol
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
SINGING DID IT.

Claude H. Mitchell, director at the Brentwood studios. tried for three hours to make 'tBraco" a canine ac- tor, howl in a certain scene.
 Buzz saws and the orchestra failed to make vocal chords of the dog re- spond. Just then Henry Woodward, l, leading man of the picture, came along singing. The dog listened for moment and then howled.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
CARRANZEsTAs IN CoNTRoL.

Mexico City, Dec. 30-Control of the coming presidential elections will be vested in elements supporting the Carranza government as a result of the election today of fifteen members of the permanent commission A decisive majority was given the gov ernment ticket, which was headed by General Marciano Gonzales, over those put forward by the adherents of Pablo Gonzalez and Alyaro Obre- San
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
KEY WoRHERS ACTIVE.

Key workers entered the homes or Charles Burt, SIS Atlantic street. and Joseph Vitrella, 96 Madison avenue. yesterday afternoon, and made off with cash and jewelry in each place. Both thefts have been reported to the detective department.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
REPEAT CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

The entire musical Christmas pro- gram with orchestra and organ ac- compartment will be sung at the 10:SO mass New Years Day in St. Joseph's church on Madison avenue.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
A Quinine That Does Not Affect Head

4 Quinine That Does Not Affect Head Because of it's tonic and laxative eff feet LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE (Tablets) can be taken by anyone without causing nervousness or ring ing in the head. There Is only one 'Bromo Quinine." E. ". GROVES signature on the box. 30c.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31

A hunters remedy for warts is given as follows: Heat castor oil, or similar thick oil, and apply to the wart with a stick or brush. Three treatments, he says, usually finish the Wart.
Evening star., 1919-03-30

house. Lots of people begin that way.
or course, I couldn't give you all I'd
like to. at first. But maybe. after a
while"
No dreams of salons. and brocade, and
Velvet-footed servitors. and satin DAM
ask now. Just two rooms, all their own,
all alone, and Emily to work for That
was his dream. But 1t seemed less
possible than that other absurd one had
been.
You know that Emily was as practical
q little thing as she looked fluffy. She
knew women.
mo! MOI! We'd be miserable. know.
Even, If they didn't object. And they
would, Jo Wouldn't they?"
His silence was miserable assent
Emily?" '''|' " ''N'
\ do. 10. love you-and love you
and love you. But, Jo-can's."
II know 1t, dear. knew 1t an the
time, really. / Just thought. maybe
The two sat staring for a moment
into space, their hands clasped. Then
they both shut their eyes, with q little
shudder, as though what they saw
was terrible to look upon. Emily's
hand. the tiny hand that was SO un-
expectedly firm, frightened it's hold
on his. and his crushed the absurd
fingers until she winged with pain.
That was the beginning Of the end
and they knew it.
Emily wasn't the kind of girl who
would be left to pine. There are too
are prone to lurch apd then thump at
tho feel Of a soft, fnttering, incredi-
bly, small hand in their grip. One
year later Emily was married to q
young man whose father owned O
large, pie-shaped slice of tho pros
porous state of Michigan.
That being safely accomplished,
there was something grimly humor,
GUS in the trend taken by affairs in
the old house on Calumet. For Eva
married. OF oil people, Eva! Mar
ried well, too, though he was great
the North Side (trust Eva for that.
and Babe assumed the management
Of the household on Calumet avenue.
It was rather pinched little house,
hold now. for the harness business
shrank and shrank!
ben says If you had the least bit
Of Ben was Eva's husband, and
Quotable, as are all successful men.
II don't care what Ben says" shout
ed 10. goaded into rage. 'Im sick Of
your everlasting Ben. Go and get O
Ben Of your own, why don't you, IL
you're so stuck on the way he does
And Babe did. She made a last des-
crate drive, aided by Eva, and she
captured rather surprised young
man In the brokerage way, who had
made up his mind not to marry for
years.
Babe had as useless a trousseau and
as filled with extravagant pink-and-
blue and lacy and frilly things as any
daughter Of doting parents. 10 seemed
to find a grim pleasure in providing
them. But 1t left him pinched.
There was nothing domestic about
Carrie. She had given up teaching
two years before, and had gone into
social service work on the West Side.
10 took TO prowling about depart.
ment store Easements and household
goods sections. He was always send
Ing. homo bargain in a ham, or a
sack or potatoes, or fifty pounds Of
kind of pairing knife. lie was forever
Evening star., 1919-03-30

again. and Eva said acidly: "Why
1t wasn't that Emily had an air or
helplessness. She just made you feel
that you could help her
10 took her home. and from that
Sunday night he began to strain at
the leash. He took his sisters out,
dutifully, bit he would suggest, with
a carelessness that deceived no one:
friends to come along? That little
What's-her-n r-name-Emily, or some-
thing. So longs I've got three Of
you. I might as well have full
squad"
For Tong time he didn't know what
was the matter with him. He only
knew he was miserable, and yet
happy Sometimes his heart seemed
to ache with an actual physical ache.
He realized that he wanted to do
things for Emily. He wanted to buy
things for Emily-useless, pretty
and expensive things that he couldn't
afford. He wanted to buy every
thing that Emily desired. He wanted
to marry Emily. That was it. He
discovered that one day, with a shock,
In the midst Of a transaction in the
harness business. He stared at the
man with whom he was dealing un-
til that startled Lerson grew un-
comfortable.
What. Whats the matter, Hertz"
"You look as If you'd seen ghost or
found tS,na u, gold mine. 1 don't know
"Goid mine," said Jo. And then. mo
ghost" For he remembered that high,
thin voice and his promise. And the
harness business was slithering down.
hill with dreadful rapidity, as the au-
tomobile business began its amazing
climb, 10 tried to stop 1t. But he was
never occurred to him to jump out Of
the down. going vehicle and catch the
up-going one. He stayed on. vainly
applying brakes that refused to work.
You know, Emily. couldn't support
things are. But If you'll wait. II youth
only wait. The girls might-that is,
Babe and Carrie
6he was sensible little thing, Emily.
'Of course, I'll wait But we mustn't
Just sit back and let the years GO by.
She went about 1t as If she were al
ready little matchmaking matron. She
corralled all the men she had ever
known and introduced them to Babe,
Carrie and Eva separately, in pairs and
en- masse. She arranged parties at
which Babe could display the curl. She
got up picnics. She stayed home while
10 took the three out. When she was
present she tried to look as plain and
obscure as possible. SO that the sisters
should show. up to advantage. She
schemed, and planned, and Contrived
and hoped. and smiled into JOS despair
ing eyes.
And three years went by. Three preo.
ious years Carrie still taught school
and hated 1t. Eva kept house, more
and more complainingly as prices ad-
M oil
was still Babe, the family beauty: but
even she knew that the time was past
for curls. Emily's hair, somehow, lost
its CLINT and began to look Just plain
brown. Her crinkliness began to iron
out.
Now, look here" 10 argued desner-
ately. one night. 1--WE could be happy.
anyway. There's plenty OF room at the
Evening star., 1919-03-30

that matter. In his place was a tall
debona1r, and rather dangerously hand
some man to whom o'clock spelled
evening clothes. The kind of man who
pose toast, or give an order to a
man-servant, or whisper a gallant
speech In a lady's ear with equal ease
The shabby old house on Calumet
avenue was transformed into a bro
caded and chandeliered rendezvous for
here, and wit. But none SO beautiful
and witty as she. Mrs.-er-Jo Hertz.
There was wine, Of course, but no yul-
gar display. There was music; the soft
sheen of satin; laughter. And he the
gracious, tactful host, king Of his own
10. for heavens sake. If you're 60
Ing to Snore go to bed!'
'Why-did fall asleep2"
You haven't been doing anything
else all evening. A person would think
you were fifty instead Of thirty"
And 10 Hertz was again the dull,
gray, commonplace brother Of three
well meaning sisters.
Which brings us to one Sunday in
May. 10 came home from late Sum
day afternoon walk to find company for
supper. Carrie often had In one Of her
school teacher friends. or Babe one Of
her frivolous intimates, or even Eva
was always a Sunday night supper Of
potato salad, and cold meat, and coffee,
and perhaps fresh cake. 10 rather en-
5oyed 1t. being hospitable soul. But
ne regarded the guests with the un-
dazzled eye of man to whom they were
just SO many petticoats, timid of the
night streets and requiring escort home.
This Sunday night 1t turned out to be
one Of Carries friends.
Emily" said Carrie. this Is my
10 had learned what to expect in
IN the late thirties, whose facial lines
all slanted downward.
Happy to meet you." said 10, and
looked down at different svrt alto
gether; A most surprisingly different
sort; for one Of Carries friends. This
Emily person was very small, and
fluffy and hlue-eyed and sort of-weii.
crinkly looking. You know. The corners
OF her mouth when she smiled. and her
eyes. when she looked UP at you, and
miraculous effect. somehow. OF being
golden.
10 shook hands with her. Her hand
was incredibly small, and soft. so that
you wer afraid Of crushing It until
you discovered she had firm little grip
all her own. 1t surprised and amused
you, that grip. as does baby's unex-
pected clutch on your patronizing fore
finger. AS 10 felt 1t in his own big clasp.
the strangest thing happened to him.
working for a moment, then lurched
sickeningly, then thumped like mad It
was his heart. He stood staring down
at her, and she up at him, until the
other laughed. Then their hands fell
apart, lihJeringly.
"Are you q school teacher, Emily7"
he said.
Kindergarten. It's my first year.
And don't you call me Emily, please"
why not? It's your name. I think
It's the prettiest name in the world"
Which he hadn't meant to say at all.
In fact, he was perfectly aghast to
find himself saying 1t. But he
meant IT.
At supper he passed her things, and
stared, until everybody laughed
Evening star., 1919-03-30
GAY OLD BOY

HOSE of you who have dwelt--
or even lingcred-in Chicago.
III. (th!s Is not q humorous
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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-01-31

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