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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13

Washington, d. C.--Machine guns
and small arms produced by the mill
lions, ammunition turned out by the
billions OF rounds and tanks built by
thousands when the armistice ended
hostilities, furnish the subject of chap
ters just made public Of the war de-
partment's history Of the material"
side of winning the war.
In regard to machine gun production.
about which such q hot controversy
waged In congress as a result Of the
failure Of the American army to adopt
for standard general use the Lewis
weapon used successfully abroad. the
report says manufacturing facilities
for machine guns in this country were
much more limited In extent than the
public had any notion of when the
United States entered the war or to-
day, and that there were at the out
break of the war only two factories
which were actually producing ma
chine guns In any quantity at all.
- y Dsarth Of Aircraft Guns.
The report says there was great
dearth Of heavy machine guns for air
craft work. to be, synchronized with
propellers. The Browning aircraft gun
would have met the requirements. but
1t would be q long time before 1t could
be produced In quantity. In seeking
stop gap weapon until the Browning
could be ready, the ordnance depart
ment, by zone %. those surprising and
almost accidental successes" some
times encountered. found that modi-
ned Marlin gun which could be quick
~ produced met, all requirements.
The work Of the Rrowpings is de-
clared to have been spectacular as
compared with any existing weapons
of this character. Up to November IL
the production OF Browning rides was
52,23S. a majority of. which were, In
France. In addition $4,000. Chauchat
guns had been purchased. SO that
enough light automatic rifles were on
hand to supply 100 divisions, or an
army. of .S.50OO0O men. In the same
time 41,S04 heavy Brownings and
enough vickers guns had been pro-
duced to make. with the Hotchkiss
weapons purchased from the French.
a total Of 54,627 of this type, or
enough to equip 200 divisions. or an
army Of 1000, 900.
Other production struggles described
include items varying in size from
trench knives to the 45-ton Mark VIII
tanks Of British design, Of. which 1900
were being constructed In cooperation
with the British and 1.450 additional
wholly by American enterprise. p'sfs
/, On November IL GA tanks Of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
WAS TURNING OUT
GUNS BY MILLIONS

French sIx-ton type had been delivered
and by January 81 of this year 29k
OF these six were shipped abroad
Orders for 1000 Mark light tanks
were Cancelled as were orders for 15S
Olo three-ton tanks, Is of which had
been completed on November IL.
The history Of, the rifle production.
including all \ Of the considerations
which led to the adoption Of the stand
ardized British Enfield weapon for
American use. also is fully outlined.
The department states that It sees no
reason now to change It's view that the
wisest course was that which was fol-
lowed The total rifle production in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
Four Billion Dollars Worth Cap
'''''1g tured by British.
Immense Amount of Stolen Propert,
Left Behind IN. Hurried Ger q.
man Retreat

Namur, France.-rour billion dol
inrs il the most conservative estimate
Of the value OF the war loot captured
from the German army By the Brit.
ish because OF the haste of the Hun
retreat.
Eight hundred barge loads, each car
ryink 800 tons. and 20, 900 trucks held
. part -. the streasure. esse "
Soma. OF the, loads were coming tc
supply. the, german army: Some Were
cargoes taken from the allies and load
ca FOR shipinenk to Germany. But the
latter was the least part. One barge
carried 400 tons OF iron bolts.
In one small area was seized 10000
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
CHINESE BUCK BOYCOTT.

Government Exerting Itself To Dis
= courage sAnti-Japanese Boycott.
Y, Washington.--Rep received from
Japanese sources here regarding the
santi.Japanese boycott in China says
the Chinese government itself is doing
everything possible to discourage the
movement, contrary to its course in
other years. and that the agitation,
which is confined largely to students,
lis not materially extending. II.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
lnDlc1s Ar41deD CROOKS.

Army fofficers and Business Men In
<JetedsAs First skep in Salvage Fraud
sAing Indictment Of army
q fers randa business men Ht Detroit
WIS the first Step by the department
Al justice and army Intelligence ser
Nice, in campaign against alleged au
Elors of fraudulent plots with muni'
tpHs supplies. Pittsburgh ahd Boston
3le. among the other ce4ters Of the
vs&tId8tion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
Give Cash To Soldiers.

Washington. Congressman Dick T
Morgan of Oklahoma has introduced {
bill proposing plan whereby ever,
honorably discharged soldier or sea
man may obtain a. loan Of $4,000 with
which 70 purchase farm homestead
or homestead in town or city, Il
the state or locality, Of his .thoiee.4 } I
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
High Tariff on, n,reta!s,

Warrington At eGhe REQUEST of nlep
ganese and sulphur writes n,ipers. 4
Southwestern Virginia, Representative
Slemp, republican Of Virginia. intro
iuced two measures levying high tar
if on foreign importations OF thes,
metals
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
tiesse Forblds AIIeaIance.

Paris The government OF .Hespe
has, Issued orders. to officials through
out its territory directing them net to
give aller'ance to the government qi
the r. rnblic
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
iles lcai,s Return Dsserter

Brownsville. Texas.-Three mem
bws of the Fourth cavalry, U. S.. A..
7wno desHrtsd and crossed INTO Mexico
with their mountss and: pthsry equip
ssent, we're eapsurh by pMexican Mili.
<ns1~a1thoriffes, at' Reyn6sE. Mexico,
and returned to the American author.
itiss ct Hidalgo. i -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
LETTER TELLS |. W. W. PLOT
intercepted Letter From Prisoner II
as'tsFort Leavenworth Exposes Plot To
Set "Big Bill" Haywood Free.

Chicago.-A letter written by one OF
the convicted l. w. WIS now serving q
Term In the Fort Leavenworth peniten
tiary,, to another member of the organ
izations in Chicago reveals plot to
fblow up the prison with machine
gun battery, and set big BilP' Hay
wood and others free. asss- s''S +.
u Part of the letter reads: H -4 IL ~
-, sThe only way TO get US out OF here
y to organize a machine gun army
and with high powered atuomo biles
come down here and blow this place
into the seventh heaven. When the
workers begin to take such action
; eiIaif get interested.
! Il am far from being downhearted
4 believe the government will keep on
messing 9p things Until the Boshe
wiki sons overhead Die Blow them
kpff the face of the earth
Another good way to get us out Of
yjail is for every member of the |. w
IVY. to carry Al pistol or sawed-ofi
shotgun and With,his cartridges make
fas new brand of salt and pepper shak
seFs out Of our government officials"
< Berne. Switzerland Great activity
pf being displayed in Germany in re
kfuitins rnen for the army and in gath
kefing ammunition, the independent so
kchlist Die Freheit of Berlin says sAc
Eprding to the socialist Abendi of vi
Hahna, German recruiting agents are
Rhsily at work in Austria.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13

Pressburg, Sloyakia, Bohemia. .-Gen-
orally speaking. the situation in Slo-
vakia. formerly a province Of Hum
gary. now annexed to -Czecho-Sl Sl0vakih,
is not without disqnieting features.
The honeymoon, of the revolution has
passed and some Of the disillusionment
bound to follow the Introduction Of q
new regime. has set in. The Magyars
and the Magyarized elements have not
as yet been reconciled to the new re-
gime, and the peasants have recovered
from their first enthusiasm. A difficult
task OF reconciliation femains TO be
performed BY the Czechs- aif III
The population of Slovakia is made
up of three elements-Slovak intelli-
gencia, which has always been very
strong for the union with Bohemia :
the Magyars and Magyarized Germans.
and the peasantry. The intelligercia
has been completely. satisfied by the
Czecho- Slovak government. The ad-
ministration has been handed over
completely to the very small number
OF Slovak doctors. lawyers. pHthors
and professors that could be mustered
for service. - sselH
.'lsszs a'' Mauyars ignored. e. Hes
Meanwhile the. Magyars and Mag
,yarized elements have. been quite IT,
nored by the government except where
the government could not find Sloyak
to fill the job. Intense loyalty to the
old Hungarian rule characterizes these
people, They could be ,reconciled, TO
new conditions were they taken intp
the Czech administration. But the
government at present prefers to- All
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
COHAN HEADS NEW UNION ID
 FIGHT EQUITY
800 Actors Organize Under Pledge Managers Will Give
 in to All Demands.

New York, Aug. 23-More than 500 actors and actresses at a meeting in the Hotel Biltmore last night voted to form a new organization of stage folk to "save the theatre from total ruin and restore harmony amongst the stagefolk and the managers
 George M. Conan was acclaimed as the leader of the new body, and he announced that he would resign immediately from the Producing Managers Association, never produce another play or assume another role in order to be free to devote his en- tire time to the establishment and development of the new organiza- ton.
 There was strong current of opin- ion among the members, however, that Cohan's quitting the P. M. A. might not be requisite to his success as mentor of the new organization, and a committee was named to dis cuss with him this and other phases of the situation.
 The claim was made that 537 actors and actresses had already enrolled as members. Among them are David Warfleld, Blanche Bates, Olive Wynd- ham, Marie Cahi1l, Frances Starr, Henry Miller, Ralph Herz, Justine Johnston, Lola Fisher, Ina Claire, Car lotta Monterey, Eileen Huban, Hol- brook Blinn, Joseph Ruben, Lester Lonergan, Amelia Bingham, George Barnun, Alan Dinehart Willie Collier Janet Beecher, Zelda Sears, Lenore Ulrich, Marjorie Wood and Arthur Ashley.
 At Actors Equity headquarters there was no visible alarm over possi- bilities of the new association making serious inroads on the old one. Equity officials said the Conan organization l could accomplish little while the union stage hands and musicians stood by
 the strikers. They were jubilant over having taken in s21,000 in subscrip. lions during yesterday afternoons strike mass meeting in the Lexington theatra-
 The new organization will begin immediately to treat with the man.
 agers for the settlement of the strike It will invite all the striking actor to join it's ranks. assuring them oi
 the compliance by the managers ot l all their demands. except the recog- milton of the players union.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
SAYS AIR MAIL
 !. PLAN HAS SAVED S17O,OOO YEARLY

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 23 - "The air mail service between New York and Washington and New York and Chicago has already saved the coun- try $170,00O a year over the railway mail, and when the multi-motored airplanes are in operation there will be an annual saving of 1,5O0, 1000"
 Assistant Postmaster General Otto Praeger made that statement yes- terday before the Cleveland Cham Der of Commerce, which is holding an aviation week in celebration of the 100 days perfect mail service be- tween Cleveland and Chicago.
 During the 100 days,'' said MT. Praeger, ''the Cleveland-Chicag di- vision has been in operation the mail ships have flown a total of 65,000 miles and carried more than 3,0O0,- 900 letters. It has brought the Eas: and Middle West closer together by 16 hours, and the Atlantic and Pa cif1c coasts by 24 hours.
 "We have given you a demonstra- ton of what the aerial maiI can do, and 1t rests with the people now to tell Congress what to do."
 Mir. Praeger said air mail to Min neapolis, Omaha and St. Louis would be in operation by early spring, and would be established by multi-motor- ed airplanes carrying 5000 pounds of mail
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
LOCAL AERIE
 GIVEN PRIZE FOR NUMBERS

The Bridgeport Aerie of Eagles was awarded a prize at New Haven yes terday for having the third largest number of members in the parade Thursday.
 A number of the wives of deie- gates to the convention at New Ha- ven came over to Bridgeport yester- day in special trolleys and automo- biles and were entertained at the StratfieId by members of the local Asrie.
 The committee of entertainment comprising John M. Donneliy, P. H. Brady, T. M. McNamara, John J. Haggerty. James Lyons. William Inn lah. William Gordon, pr. D. H. Mon ahan, Daniel Bradley and William Brooks.
 After the visit to Warner Bros, the visitors were taken on sight seeing trip which included Seaside Park, Brooklawn, North Bridgeport. and Beardslsy Park.
 The return trip to New Haven was started shortly after o'clock, the visitors expressing themselves as very much pleased with Bridgeport as e city and with their entertainment here.
 At tho convention fin New Haven yesterday tho Grand Aerie adopted a resolution expressing the sympathy of the order with the aspirations of Ire land for freedom, and places the Grand Aerie as favoring the cause of Irish independence.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
CELEBRATION OPENS WITH BASKET PICNIC ON SHORES OF COMPOUNCE;;
 RETURNED VETERANS WILL PARADE

Centennial celebrations of the founding of ones business arc somewhat unusual as yet. One hundred and ninety eighth anniversaries of a towns founding are compara- lively infrequent. But when you combine them both with a homecoming jollification and a welcoming home of your sol dier boys, with a whole coun- tryside enthusiastically arous- ed and participating, and throw in a brand new idea in memor- ials, you are setting the stage for something decidedly out of the ordinary.
 Southington will enjoy such an event on Friday, Saturday and Sun day, August 29, 30, 31. Tho Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co.,, pioneer rnanufac- turers of timers machinery, me ohanies' hard tools, building hardware and blacksmlths' tools, is the animat- ing spirit in the celebration. Just 100 years before, Seth Peck patented Q machine for making tin-ware and set up a. business in Southington- It prospered. Gradually 1t expanded Into what Is now the Peok, stow & Wilcox Co, and the reputation of the ''Pexto" products is world wide.
 It Is the centenary of Seth Peck's venture that primarily Is being celo- brated. Incidentally it Is an ac- knowIedgement of South1ngton's debt of long standing to the firm that IS being expressed. And 1t Is to be grateful expression of the towns pride fin her soldier boys that South ington joins tho company in voicing. For tho Peck, Stow 6 Wilcox Go. has made the event more than ordinarily memorable by presenting the town with a massive memorial to her sol dier sons of every war without ex- ception from the Revolution down to the recent locking of horns with Ger many.
 Memorial Without Duplication.
 This memorial is unique in being perhaps without duplication in all America In that feature of carrying the name of every man any given community has sent to the front In the name of Liberty. A magnificent column of granite, 5 feet square bv 10 high, and surmounted by a flag pole S7 feet in height, the memorial car ries ST1 names upon the bronze tab
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
DELAYED TAXES
 TOTAL HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
Review Shows Income and Excess Profits Returns
 Are Far Under Total.

Washington, Aug. 23.---A large in- crease of the national revenues for the year 1917. amounting possibly to several hundreds of millions of dol lars, it was learned yesterday, will re- suit from a. tedious review of the as- sessment of the income and excess profits taxes as applied to persons and corporations engaged in the ex- ploitation of natural resources. This review has been in progress for more than IS months. and the fund thus se- cured will, it Is said, go a long way toward offsetting the loss of income from the virtual disappearance of the distilled beverage taxes this year
 The application of the tax laws to concerns engaged in mining oil pro- duCing and numbering was so tndefi- mite that the Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue realized early that not even an approximation of justice and uniformity could be attained if the interpretation of the law in individual cases was left to the ordinary field agents Consequently large corps of experts, chiefly engineers, practically was communicated into the revenue service and set to work on the com. plex matter. The result of their la- bors practically has been a survey of the natural resources of the country that are privately owned.
 Pending the determination of the 1 principles to apply and their applica- tton in each case, the Collector of In ternal Revenue has not pressed dis l puted cases, of which there are thou sands. It is not charged that there | has been any general guilty attempt to evade the law, but with such wide zone of uncertainty taxpayers natur- ally gave themselves the best possible ! interpretation of it. Realizing that ] they might be right, matters have been allowed to drift. In the great
 majority of cases the corrected assess
 mont will be much larger than the
 original return indicated. In the case
 of one oil company alone the amount
 collected will be many millions more
 than the company returned.
 It is expected that from now on | these delayed taxes will flow into the
 Treasury in a steady volume and that
 there win be little difficulty in making
 collections as the business organiza-
 lions involved have generally set
 aside funds in contemplation of their
 taxss ultimately turning out to be larger than anticipated
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23
BAND CONCERT
 PROGRAMS AT
 PARKS SUNDAY

The program for Sunday evening at Seaside park, 7:Oo-9:oO o'clock, Har- vey Hubbell, Inc. band, Silvio Petrini, leader, will be: March, Hail to the Spirit of Liberty" Sousa; overture, Raymond, Thomas; Euphonium solo, Somewhere a Voice is Calling" by Charles Gilliberti, Tate; Selection, II Trovatore, Verdi; Waltz, Sweet Mem ories, Gruenwald; Selection, Chimes of Normandy. Planquette; Suite. (a) Mazurka, La Czarine, Game, Cb) Serenade, Moskowski; Fantasia, Car men, Bizet; Light Opera Selection, ''Firefly," Friml; March, Lights Out, Mccoy.
 During the concert MT. George Perry will sing That Wonderful Mother of Mine"
 The Board of Recreation band con- cert to be held August 24th, 1919, at Beardsley park. from 3:O0 to $500 o'clock p. m., will be played by the Wheeler & Wilson band. The program will be: Star Spangled Banner; Marcia, Tribute to Our
 Troopers, J. Hughes; overture, Isa- bella, F. Suppe; Selection, The Royal Vagabond, G. Conan; selection, Oper- atic Gioconda, A. Punchielli; Dance Slavonic, A. Dvorak; Xylophone solo,
 selected, performed by Oscar Knab- lin; Grand Fantastic Divertisement, Dance of Serpents, A. Boacalari; en- cores will consist of popular songs: America.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

The celebration begins Friday, with an old-fashioned community basket picnic at Lake Compounce. In addi- ton to the usual resort entertain ments there will be speech-making by famous public men, and the presen- tation of the service medals. Band concerts and fireworks on the village green at Soutnington that night will end the days enjoyment. Saturday there will be a parade of returned soldiers and sailors, fraternal and civic units, and an elaborate pageant descriptive of Connecticut early his tory and industrial development There will be the presentation of the memorial, a reception to the public by the officers and directors of the company at the Pexto plant, and dancing at night in the new five-story addition thereto.
 An interesting feature will be an extensive exhibition of curios, heir looms, historical objects and early handmade furniture, together with @ banquet at the Hartford Club, Hart ford, at which President Treadway will preside as toastmaster.
 Sunday will be given over entirely to a union peace and thanksgiving service participated in by the clergy men and congregations of all the re- ngious sects represented in the village.
 By reason of the unusual nature of the event it is expected to be made a gala occasion for miles around Southington. Attendance is expected to average at least 10000 daily.
 The general chairman of the cele- bration committee Is Charles E.. Smith of the Southtngton Bank & Trust Co.,, while Town Clerk Merrell is secretary. The executive commit tee is composed of: Gov. Holcomb, Edwin s. Todd, Willard J. Gould, Mrs. c. 1T. BisseIl, Adolph J. Trapp, Rev. G. L. Laudenslager, E. G. Lewis, Dr. A. J. Cutting, A. T. Bishop, Judge Thomas F. Welch, William Hutton, James H. Pratt, L. P. Fichthorn, R. G. Andrews, William E. Smith, Elijah | Rogers, I. V. Walkley c. C. Cham berlain, A R. Wells, Bradley H
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

Chase. Other subcommittee chair men are Willard J. Gould, merchants committee; Mrs. c. H. Bissell, wo- men's committee; Adolph J. Trapp, workers committed; Rev. G. L. Lau- denslager, church committed; Post master John J. Moran, program com mittee; E. N. Walkley, speakers committee; Lucian P. Blot, picnic committee; Peter Hutton, sports and bands committee; Dr. A. J. Cutting, transportation committee; William E. Smith, military committee; John w. Cronin, hremen's committed; Harry A. Wallace. fraternal committee; William E. Duncan, decorations com mittee; James F. Mcfarland, South ington Club committee; Mrs. AIerrell, room registry committee; Ernest c. Witham, schools committee; William J. Hurley, publicity committee; Frank Galietti, cosmopolitan committee; and pr. Charles Kelley, welfare commit tee.
 The Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co. is distributing handsome illustrated brochure entitled. "One Hundred Years of Progress" which sets down briefly and entertainingly the history of the company since 1S19. The con cern is the fruit of the consolidation in 1870, under the present name, of the Peck-Smith Mfg. CO, of Southing- ton, which traced its lineage back to Seth Peck; of the s. Stow Mfg. Co.,, which had it's beginning in Plants vile, Conn.,, in 1894, through the en- terprise of Solomon Stow; and of the Roys & Wilcox Co.,, which dates back to East Berlin, Conn, in 1840. Sam uel c. Wilcox was president of the Roys & Wilcox Go. at the time of the consoli dation.
 Besides MT. Treadway, the officers of Pexto are l.. E. FTchthorn, vice president and general manager, Southington; and F. N. WalkIey, SOuthington, secretary and treasurer Directors are President Treadway; Frank c. Sumner, of Hartford; Gov | Holcomb; A. L. Sessions of Bristol; i Thomas J. Ray, who is manager of ! the Cleveland plant; Francis w. | Treadway of Cleveland; Frank l.. J Wilcox and John M. Ho1combe of
 Hartford.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-23

lets that ornament its four sides Not a war fin which the United States has participated, Is missing from these rosters. The memorial stands on the village green, and the formal presen- tation to the city will be made by Gov. M. H Holcomb of Connecticut, on behalf of the company, of which he is a director.
 Pexto will further give expression of it's appreciation of Southington's s loyalty by presenting to each of its employees that had been upon the firm poyroll moro than four years with service medals appropriately en- graved with the individual names and records of service. Five of these employees have been for moro than 50 years in the company's employ; IS have seen more than 40 years con- tinuous service. To all of these gold medals will be given Sterling silver medals will be awarded to 53 others who have seen more than 25 years service while bronze medals will go to all the rest These service badges will be presented personally by President Lyman H. Treadway, of Cleveland.