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New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

ID EGARDING the tangle over terri

ID EGARDING the tangle over terri
IN tory, "Le Journal" of Paris, says:
"What a perspective of couvocation lies
before us. There is talk OF neutralizing
Danzig and the outlets of the Vistula.
For the basin Of the Saar all sorts of queer
combinations have been innagined-will 'hc
French proprietorship Of the coal msc De
final or viii it be provisional, with the main
tenanec Of German political sovereignty
overhung by the Damoclean sword of
p!ebiscitc which may nourish the fires of
racial antagonsm for years TO come ,"
According to one of the American ex-
perts, the whole situation is decidedly
difficult He continues:
"The situation is extremely difficult, par
ticularly as regards the Western frontier of
Germany. President Wilson. in concilia-
tory spirit, has been willing to do most
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
Indemnity

4 FRENCH Senator has laid down
~ the French idea Of financial
rcparntion as follows:
"Thc French people look at the vast debt
they have assumed during the and sec
three solutions possible:
"First, that Germany pay.
"Sccond, Tint the lcnguc of nations take
over the whole question of financial re
habilitation Of exhausted countries.
"Third, thnt France 30 bankrupt. when
would drag othors down and mean financial
chnos to the entire world.
"Lct us leave tho third possibility out
~ confederation. Az for the second, there
hna not been as yet my serious suggestion
thnt The league Of nations assume the coloa-
aaI financial burden. There remains the
hrsi, which seems simple, yet the French
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

save France, and one does not have to read
between the lines to know that the people
fear that they arc to be ground between the
two Anglo Saxon milstoncs
81 talked at length yesterday with
French Senator of great ability and liberal
outlook, who spoke with entire frankness,
only on the promise that his name would
not be used.
"You Will hear sometimes foolish state
ments that Germany has really the
war; he said. OF course, she hasn't, but
neither has France. Two nations only can
be said to have won the war in the sense
that they have emerged from it with bene-
fits more than countcrbalancing their
osses."
"We must not, we are told, press Ger
many too hard" comments The Boston
Evening Transcript" And
eve must not permit France to make her
self safe on her eastern frontier. Instead,
we must leave to Germany her fulcrum, her
base, her secure position for a future at
tack on France; otherwise shall have
Bolshevism in Germany Bolshcvism, which
is being shaken by the Prussian Junkers
before the eyes of Europe a vision of
terror. If this programme is indeed to be
allowed to succeed, how can we stand up
and face our returning Yankee division
when it marches through the streets of
Boston? By such surrender to Germany,
by such a sacrifice of France the American
representative at Paris would have gone
far to mock and to neutralze the heroic
labor and sacrifice of our boys on the fields
Of battle'
Indeed, the question of the seriousness
of the German attitude is looming large,
together with the debate as to how pos
sible German refusal to sign will be met.
AS far as Germany is concerned, Pfesi-
dent Ebert has pointed out her situation
in terms singularly conclusive for con-
quered nation.
at is a matter of life or death for
US, )" he is quoted as saying. "If we give
up the Saar region, Danzig, Alsace-Lor-
raine, the southern frontier and the At
rican colonies, Germany will be unable
to support herself, let alone pay her war
debts'
Thus "Thc Washington Post" sees the
peace conference in the position of en-
dcavoring to eat the cake and have it at
the same time, commenting on the Herr
Ebert statement as follows:
What do the Allies want? Do they want
a strong and prosperous Germany, with a
revived industry and commerce. Germany
that will be able to pay a huge annual trib-
ute to wipe out the claims against her of
the people she has injured? Or do they
want Germany reduced to impotence. even
a potential menace to peace, an agri-
cultural people living from the produce of
the soil. the case in Germany be-
fore 1870? The Allies cannot eat their
cake and have it, If they desire huge in
IDENTITIES, they must put Germany on her
feet; they must open the seas and the
world to her commerce and provide her
with all the raw material She wants.
'If she is reduced, on the other hand to
the role of AN agricultural people, they must
renounce all idea of indcmnitcs and must
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further be prepared to see flood of emigra-
tion from Germany. One-third of the pop
ulaton must find refuge in other countries
under penalty of starvation if they should
try to live solely from the soil of the en-
pire. There is, therefore, no tinality in the
Allies conditions or in Germany's accept
or refusal so long as these conflicting
conditions are not reconciled"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06

~LosETED in the ""n''e house
in Paris, the -Four are putting
~ the finishing touches to the
neace treaty, while around them
70 on aura of secrecy that causes the
world TO wonder. Starting with the con-
cusion that the treaty is not yet finished,
the rest merges into conjecture. NO one
Knows what elements are to blame for the
aoIav since President Wilson'S threat
encd disclosures are still unpublished, if
we except his statement that the league
of nations commission has thrown NO
sand in the machinery.
Four main points, however, are still
TO be settled They are:
/. The proper treatment Of
Bolshevism.
2. The territorial claims to be
made on the Central Empires.
3. The amount of indemnity
to be exacted from Germany and
the method of payment.
a. The final acceptance of the
league of nations.
Resultant to the lack Of information
available, optimism and pessimism re-
garding the final result are reflected in
the Paris circles and in turn in the
articles of the correspondents submitted
to the press. Thus on the same day the
following forecasts on the peace confer
ence saw light:
In The Tribune Frank H. Simonds
stated:
"The league Of nations is dead. All
chance OF real settlement of European
problems is at an end. A desperate effort
is Leing made to get together a patched-up
peace within the next ten days which shall
at least put an end to unrest and economic
paralysis in the world
While the staff correspondent of "The
New York Sun" has announced:
Real progress is being made toward
peace treaty, with the indications that it
will be based on practical ideas and not
upon the original conception of league of
nations, which even some Of its ardent sup
porters admit now was an Illusion"
In "The New York Herald" Truman
H. Talley wrote:
Marking time is the way the French
press describes the present tedious prog
ress Of the peace conference. Meanwhile
the editorial writer's are directing their
singing literary wrath against the secret
diplomacy Of the conferrees-the secret
diplomacy lately condemned by them and
nOw invoked without result.
To-day there appeared in ali the after
noon newspapers here what appeared to
De an official denial although no author
NY was named-of all that has been printed
'a'siy concerning the deliberations of the
council OF Four. The denial eloquently con-
e'aded with the statement that all the
printed news concerning the deliberations
was false"
"nen shown the statement concern
'ns the falsity Of the deliberations,
A"er'can officials said there was "an
e'enent Of truth in it, inasmuch as the
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06
The Four Big Problems and the ''Big Four

reparatlon and territorial problems were
shifting hourly and that each hour was
bringing out new French proposals,
which usually were so intricate that ex
perts needed to be summoned to fathom
them"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-06


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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
Vigorous Men and
 Women Are in Demand

If your ambition has left you, your happiness has gone forever unless you take advantage of J. D. Hartigan and Hind1e Pharmacy's magnificent offer to refund your money on the first box purchased if Wendelrs Ambition Pills do not put your entire system in fine condition and give you the energy and vigor you have lost
 Be ambitious, be strong, be vigor- ous. Bring the ruddy glow of health to your cheeks and the right sparkle that denotes perfect manhood and womanhood to your eyes.
 WendelTs Ambition Pills, the great nerve tonic, are splendid for that tired feeling, nervous troubles, poor blood headaches, neuralgia, restlessness trembling, nervous prostration, men, tai depression, loss of appetite and kidney or liver complaints.
 You take them with this under standing that: In two days you will feel better. In a week you will feel fine, and after taking one box you will have your old-time confidence and ambition or the druggist will refund the price of the box
 Be sure and get 50 cent box to- day and get out of the rut- Remem- Der J. D. Hartigan and Hindle Phar- macy and dealers everywhere are au- thorized to guarantee them.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
What Emn4lnesa May Do.

When large shell Is fired into the air 1t leaves a wake more or less like that of boat rushing through water. Immediately behind the projectile as it moves many miles a minute through the atmosphere there is a vacuum. The air family is quick mover at filling such space, but of course it is more or less confused and frustrated by the unexpected arrival and passage of the projectile, and the vacuum Is real for a fair portion of time If there is an airplane going full tilt across the wake of that fired shell immediately behind the projectile, It must run into the vacuum. Then it may be more seri- ously damaged than If 1t had been struck by the shell. The air shuts to- gether with force that hurts all with In reach Such clapping of the hands of air in similar vacuum made by a bolt of lightning makes the thunder. It is better to hear it than to feel 1t. Airplanes have been brought down in the world war by that means. Those long American navy guns did that to a German two-seated plane, and it came crashing down into the Yankee lines. The pilot was dead.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
5O,OOO SOLDIERS
 GO TO SCHOOL

Paris, Feb. Fifty thousand sol diers of the American expeditionary forces have enolled as students in the army post schools, to be conducted under the direction of the Army Edu- cational Commission. Hundreds of former college and academy pro- fessors and instructors from the various branches of the American expedihonary force have been sent to teach these schools along with thou : sands of textbooks.
 The plan is to make these diyfsional schools continue in operation with the divisions moving on the homeward route and being broken up only 1 when the units are mustered out in the United States.
 Courses in high branches have been arranged in fourteen French universi- 1 tles and seven universities in Scotland and England, but in addition the American expeditionary force will nave college of it's own
 American Army men taking courses In Europe may choose whether thev wish to return home with their unit or remain in Europe until +bai, courses are completed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
TO HONOR GOLD DIsC0VERER
Project for Establishment Of Mu- scum at PIacerviIle, Cal, in Menl-
 ory of James Marshall.

Miss NJ. A. Kelley of Kelsey, instruc- tor in Fl Dorado county schools, has undertaken the establishment of a Hangtown museum at Placerville, and similar institution to be erected sur rounding the blacksmith shop of the late James A. Marshall, discOverer of gold in California, as it now stands in Kelsey. The Hangtown museum as contemplated is to contain exhibits of the days of '49 and the various ar ticles used in gold production during the early days of Hangtown.
 A large assortment of these exhibits Is available from old residents or de- scendants of the pioneer families in Fl Dorado county. PlacerVille will support the location and maintenance of the museum. At Kelsey, where the old blacksmith shop of Marshall now i stands almost ready to fall to pieces, i 1t is desired to build a stone wall and covering around the old shop to pre- serve the remembrance of Marshall.
 Miss Kelley knew Marshall inti- mately. Many people have it that Mar shall died a pauper. This, Miss Kelley says, is untrue, and that he not only possessed the hotel where he died, but had two gold mines known as the Big Sandy" and Gray Eagle" both Of which are productive mines and now owned by the Breyman estate of Toledo O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
OYSTERS A FAVORTTE DJSu

AS family we are very fond of tr1pe but our cook has added a zest to our favortte dish by using ovs+ere With 1t pick over a pint of oysters aud cup parboiled tripe cut in small pieces and two small chopped onions Melt a quarter of a cup of butter blend In an equal amount of flour, add slowly half a cup of oyster uouor and one cup of milk. Stir and cook until thick.
 Add the oyster mixture, season with pepper, salt and peprika and cook until the edges of the ovsters begin to curl Now, add the beaten yolks of two eggs and boil one min- ute longer. Serve on squares of but tered toast as hot as possible. The whites of the eggs can be used to make cornstarch pudding.
 Did you ever eat raw chopped cab bage with a potato dressing? It is delicious. Chop the cabbage rather fine and place in dish. Peel a large potato, boil it soft and mash until all of the Jumps are out Add the well beaten yolk of one egg and stir well together. Season with a little dry mustard, pepper, salt and a dash of paprika- Add about half a cup of { salad oil and about the same of vinegar, putting in a drop at a time. Stir constantly as the success of the dressing depends on its smoothness. Pour over the cabbage and serve.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
TOY DOG HAS HIGH VALUE
Brussels Chiffon, Practically Unoh- tainabIe Just Now, ls Likely to
 Become Popular Favorite.

The Brussels Griffon is popularly known as "the monkey-faced toy dog" and he is one of the brightest sharpest and gamest of all toy breeds. The Griffon is cross between Irish ter Tier, Yorkshire terrier and Yorkshire spaniel and only the fortunes of war and the difficulties of getting any dogs out of Belgium have prevented the Chiffon from becoming leader among the toy breeds that are so fashionable just now.
 American breeders of Griffons have a bit of advantage over their Euro pean confreres, inasmuch as cropped dogs are allowed to be shown in this country and there is no question that it does improve the appearance of this breed when the ears are carried erect.
 The smaller these dogs are the more valuable. A Griffon weighing three or four pounds, that is to say, so small that he can be carried in a lady's huff, is worth almost anything the fortunate possessor wants to ask for him. At the present time it is almost impossible to obtain such 8 dog.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
The Queer Leaf Insect.

It is called the leaf insect, and until it starts to crawl 1t is quite impossible to tell where the leaf leaves off and 1t begins. It comes in all sizes from three inches long to the length of a little finger nail. And it is not leaf come to life, though that is what it looks like. It matches out of tiny, square, brown eggs. What would be the leaf stem is its backbone, and the point where the leaf attaches to the twig is its head. Its legs look like bits of de- cayed and ragged leaf, and no two of them are identical in length, size or shape. Its wings are irregular and veiny and have small discolorations on them, as though they had been touched by early frost. You could not tell the creature from the leaf it was sitting on to save your eyes. Most extraor- dinary thing ever saw! It gave me the creeps and made me think of hor- TOT stories have read about vampire orchids and boaconstrictor vines that yearn for human blood.-From "The War in the Cradle of the World" by Eleanor Franklin Egan-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
ROLL OF HONOR SENT FR0M THE
 FIGHTING FRONT

Washington, Feb. 7-Casualty lists of the American army and made pub lie today contain 1,044 names divided as follows: Killed in action, 25; died from wounds, IT; died from ac cident and other causes, 5; died of disease, 49; missing in action, 15; wounded severely, 143; wounded, de- gree undetermined, 28O; wounded slightly, 510.
 William R. Carroll, S2O Noble ave nue, is reported dead from wounds, and Edward G. Williams, 1SO East Main street, is reported slightly wounded in today's lists. Connecticut contains IT names divided as follows:
 Killed in Action. Alfred Hodge, Glastonbury.
 DiedSof Wounds.
 Charles R. Fixer, New Hartford.
 Died of Disease.
 Roland J. Rathbun, Milford. William R. Carroll, S2O Noble ave- nue, Bridgeport.
 Wounded Severely (Previously Re
 ported KiIIed.)
 Alexander Pankawski, Hartford.
 Wounded Severely. Frank w. Ferraro, Middletown. Roman Rosenski, Terryville. Wounded Degree Undetermined Manual Enos, New London. Alexander Bon Tempo, New Haven. Frank Trevelin, Seymour. Edward NJ. Ryan, Norwalk.
 Wounded Slightly.
 James H. Waters, Ansonta- Dennett RadIiff, Hartford. AndreE Stempien, New Britain. Edward G. Williams, 1SO East Main Street, Bridgeport.
 James F. Sheehan, Hartford. Edward S. Achenback, New Britain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
AERIAL RAID ON
 HUN IN PAJAMAS
Judge Landis' Son Pepper. ed Fleeing Officer at
 Every Jump.

Washington, Feb. Chasing a ter F1fied Hun officer, clad only in pa taInas of delicate pink, and shooting up Q little narrow gauge train back of the German lines until the wheez- ing locomotive exploded with 8 bang are two expolits with an amusing side to the credit of Capt. Reed G. Landis, American aviator, and son of Judge Kenesaw M. Landds.
 Capt, Iandis described some of his experiences before leaving for larince- ton to attend the services in memory of Hobey Baker, the famous hockey player, who was killed In France in Q practice flight after the signing of the ar1nistice. Capt. Landis returned to America on the Agamemnon-
 Telling of his encounter with the railroad train, he said that when he swooped down and began riddling the cars and engine with his machine gun the engineer threw the throttle wide open and put on all steam, The httle train rocked and rattled in frantic but futile efforts to distance the air plane.
 Capt. Landis returned again and again to the attack, to the evident terror of the train crew. Finally, af- ter what seemed to be a last despair ing burst of speed, the locomotive blew up, the train piHng up on top of it Nike a string of toy cars
 Capt. Landis told how he came to flush a German officer out from his shelter in one of the air raids on the enemy lines. He said the officer emerged without having had time to change from pink pajamas to his uni form. Round and round the field Capt. Landis chased the Hun, occa- sionally letting loose a squirt of ma chine gun bullets to accelerate the fugitives jumps.
 Capt. Landis was in command of the 18th American Pursuit Squadron when the armistice was signed. He formerly was with the 10th British Squadron and when with them took part in a fight in which 60 machines were engaged. He was in SE-5 scout plane on Aug. s when ordered with his comrades to escort 8 day bombing squad home. In the fight the British squadron either crushed or chased away all the German planes which attacked the allied fiiers, with out themselves losing a plane.
 Soon after this engagement Landi> started to attack an observation bal loon, but spied a single scatter below the balloon, which he proceeded tc attack with such success that the en- emy crashed to the ground. He ther returned and destroyed the balloon the whole action taking only about l. minutes.
 For this he received the British Dis tinguished Flying Cross and a cita- ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
St. Mihlei Party,

One infantry company at the end of several hours advance found that 1t had cut of several score of Germans in a wood. The Germans didn't show any fight. Most of them didn't even exhibit enough nerve to come out and surrender. When 1t came time for. the captain to make his periodical report to his battalion P. C., this sentence concluded the message he sent back:
 "Have about hundred friendly troops in woods on my right. Paris Stars and Stripes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
COLLAR BAG.

To make a collar bag which Is sure to be appreciated by the male mem bers of your family, cut out two six inch pasteboard disks, cover them with linen, either pasting 1t on or basting the edges over smoothly, and fastening together with long stitches. Then sew them together over and over, like a pin ball. Embroider the strips and sew the ends together, then overland the lower edges and turn 1t over a quarter of an inch.
 Overland the folded edges to the edge of the finished base, working from the wrcng side. Sew small ivory rings at regular intervals around the top alter making a narrow hem and draw up with silk cord run through a casing just below the hem.
 If preferred, the outside of the bag may be of the linen and the inside of white or colored silk which necessitates sewing the linen top and lining to the outer disk only and then putting on the inner disk covered with the silk. It will, in this way, cover the edges of linen and lining where they join the bottom.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-07
STAMFORD
(Snecial in The Times


 Stratfo=d. Fab. 7.---There was a large atterSance at the meeting of the selectmen last evening to consider the matter of strengthening the fence line on the west side of Main street from the railroad to North Parade. Among those who took part in the discussion were Messrs. Moore, Beardsley, Glea- son, and Rhoades. No decision was made in the matter as it will be again taken up at the meeting of the select men next Thursday evening at which 1 time the matter of building line for the same locality will be discussed The Port of Bridgeport bill was then ] brought before the meeting informally i by William T. Hincks of Bridgeport, who undertook to show the great ben efits to be derived by fhe town of Stratford should the project material ize. Most of those presetn were from Missurie" and want to be shown. An informal discussion followed the re- marks of Mr Kinks in which Judge Thomas Coughlin, M. J. Goode, Frank sammis, F. $. Beardsley, Harold Lowell, John Molyneaux, Assessor Louis E. Peck, Cortez Rockwell Ja- cob Ackler and F. o. Rhodes partici- lpated. It is expected that a town meeting will be called to thresh out the matter. The city of Bridgeport is to have a public hearing before the General Assembly In Hartford on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 2 p.~m A num- Der of Stratford citizens will undoubt- erly attend this hearing.
 It Is reported that S. w Hubbell has sold his Main street residence to Tru1nbull and that he will build on the Brewster property on the east side of Paradise Green. In fact the cellar for the new residence Is being dug and the house is expected to be ready for occupancy by June 1st.
 Another residence is to be erected on the Motn property at Raven Stream, work being commenced on the cellar yesterday.
 Oronoque lodge will initiate a num- b&- of candidates at it's regular meet ing in Odd Fellows hall this evening.
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