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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
VICTOR OVER CHINESE DRAGON
American-Made Motortrucks Are Win ming Way to Popularity In Land
 of Conservatism.

Way back before the year 1 they used to build high stone walls around the cities in China to keep out the ex- ponenlI of civilization. Today they are tearing down these walls, breaking them up into fine pieces, and using them to build highways that will en- able their now progressive govern ment to make the best use of the American-made motortrucks which China is beginning to utilize.
 This is, perhaps, as striking 6 com ment on the economic and political changes that are taking place within this interesting country as has come out of China in a long time. The cred 1t for such progressive policies is given in the main to Dr. George E. Morris, famous explorer and political adviser to the Chinese republic, an exchange states. Doctor Morris has succeeded In substituting lot of new American ideas for the superstitions and conser- vatism of the one-time "heathen Chi nee" And now 1t is the motortruck that has gained his championship.
 A considerable number of trucks are now in use in China, and they are do- ing everything required of them with remarkable efficiency, in spite of the difficulty of securing skilled drivers and competent mechanics in that part of the world.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
ciuarettes From the Ar.

How an air pilot in France made 6 little present to some of the infantry is revealed in the following letter:
 "Just as we reached our final ob- jective on the twenty-ifth one of our airmen came over, flying very low, and dropped 500 cigarettes. which con- tained this note: 'Cheero-just . few smokes to pass away the time from - squadron It bucked us up no end, and the airman took no little risk to do 1t. In spite of German machine gun fire, our men stood up and cheered him. We had been fighting solidly for three days and nights and had no cig- arettes left"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
WHEN COLOR TELLS

The trick Is In knowing what col ors combine It is not enough to know that such and such a color car ries fashions immediate favor, but to know just what color that color goes with to conform with the canons of smartness. And really In designing sour new frocks If you have settled the matter of color combination you have accomplished quite little. For color combinations that would be i'm possible one season have, because they are stamped with the approval of some great dressmaker or through some association of the times, taken first place among combinations that are distinctly possible.
 At the present time Paris has stamped with her approval combina- tions of metallic hue and almost any color on the calendar. Thus many of the smartest new ribbons show silver or gold threads running one way, with the colored threads running the other. These are used extensively in connection with the new evening frocks. Among the interesting ones are gold and brown, gold with a bright blue and silver with emerald green. Such ribbon would, of course, give the key to the color scheme of the evening frock on which it was used.
 Pale blue Georgette over yellow Is a color combination seen In some of the newest lingerie. The effect is a rather vague green. For the young woman with complexion fair and clear such a color combination would have great charm in an evening frock
 Henna may be on the wane, but 1t has attached some interest to itself even on the wane in a house gown in which 1t is combined with mustard yellow. Now this doesn't sound very pretty, and perhaps It isn't pretty, but interesting 1t is and 1t carries with 1t a distinct impression of smartness.
 Another color combination that is not pretty but that has the right look to 1t is violet and brick. Some shades of brown are used with vivid red in some of the evening hats in Paris, and though brown and red would to most persons seem to be a very unlovely combination, this car ries the seal of fashions approval Cream and cerise are interesting com- bined in one of the new foulards, an6 this might suggest color scheme fol an afternoon frock of considerable
 distinction Particularly pleasing at all times are combinations of two harmonizins shades of the same color. They art never difficult as are some of the more daring contrasting combinations Pequin used two shades of rose 1T marquisette recently with extremely effective results and another French
 dressmaker used orchid Georgette em l broidered in rose wool.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
SHIP 100000
 BOOKS OVERSEAS

New York, Feb. 15.---The American Library Association has shipped to soldiers overseas more than 2,OoOo 600 Gbooks---650, 900 of them since the sign ing of the arrnistice---it was an- nounced here today.
 The demand for technical works, used in connection with the schools established by the army education commission, is heavy, the statement said, 3O0Oo0 such volumes having been forwarded to France in the past three months to meet the needs of men pre- pairing themselves for re-entrance into civil life.
 The association announced that 1t had opened libraries, with the latest newspapers and magazines and an average of one book to every four sol diers abroad, on all American trans ports.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
GERMAN ALIEN
 REJOINS CIRCUS
Man Who Violated Permit
 Will Loop the Loop.

Fritz Salzer, German alien, who has been in this country since 1914, and who promises to be one of the sensational feat actors with the Bar mum & Bailey circus, the coming summer called on United States Mar shal Chesterfield c. Middlebrooks in Hartford yesterday afternoon to say goodbye. Salzer was arrested here for violating the terms of his permit. He was taken to Hartford to be com mitted~to jail and that was the way he and the Marshal became acqualnt- ed. After he was discharged from jail he went to work for George Mitch olson In Tariffville, and later he work ed for Robert Miller in Bloomfield. For several weeks he has worked in Hartford. He returned here yester- day to stay until the circus opens the season at the Madison Square Gar den, New York, the latter part of April.
 Salzer's feat with the circus will be looping the loop on a motorcycle. After making the loop, the motor cycle makes a jump of twenty feet where 1t lands on another board ar 1 in a half circle. This half circle, Sal ger explained, is equipped with an electric motor and spring. This 7. throws the motorcycle to the top of the half circle again and jumps the gap and Salzer returns to the point from where he starts on his exhibi- ton. It takes him two seconds to do his stunt, The motorcycle he us es'is a six-cylinder Ivers-Johnson, and Salzer mentioned the names of mem ceeds at the rate of 12O miles an hour when he makes his exhibition. The salary Salzer receives for such a feat, he said, is s25O a week.
 Salzer said he had travelled with the "101 Wild West Ranch" as a bronco buster, his stunt being that of riding a bucking bronco. He has an acquaintance with members of the Brooklawn Riding Club in Bridgeport and the ease and freedom with which Salzer mentioned the names om mem- bers of the club would indicate he has been quite hip" with them He said he had been employed at the club.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
q HEREBY BEQUBATH. :"

Words that change a, mans whole personality, is the view of Cora liar ris' hero-Colonel Wilkie-whose story begins in the March Woman's Home Companion.
 The man about to part with his substance by will to his heirs is not the man whom the community knows, not even the one whom his family knows. He usually comes in se- cretly for this business. He brings out a private edition of himself and leaves it as his last will and testa- ment, to be published after his death. He Is concerned that no one, especial ly no member of his family, shall know that he has done this thing And he invariably taxes his depar- ture with the air of one who has just committed an involuntary crime. For he is sure to discover that there is no possible way of disposing of his es- tate which will be satisfactory to his heirs, provided he has more than one.
 If the wills I have in this office now were all published without warn ing they would disrupt the family life of this country like an internal revolution. And if 1t were possible to take out extradition papers for tes- tators who have passed to their re- ward in another world, we should see more than one old saint haled be- fore the bar of justice, to answer the accusations of indignant relatives.
 T have drawn practically every will that has been made here for 20 years. It is like watching aNdrama which no one else sees. Next to the Lord himself, I probably know more about what will happen here to more people than anyone else can imag- inc. I have only to sit beside my window in order to see a score. of heirs passing back and forth on the street down there, many of whom have not the faintest idea of their own future. They are rehearsing parts that they will never play. There are poor men who will be awkwardly rich, and others who think they will be rich that are cut off with nc more than the proverbial shilling For example, there is a woman liv- ing here who to the people of Bed ford is a useful spinster earning liv- ing by baking cakes and buns. Bur to me she is a little old Cinderella with fiat feet, red hands, and a wrinkled face. I have had a will in ! my desk for seven years which be- queaths her a fortune. The testator lives in another state. He was hel lover many years ago. She has for gotten him.
 Well all this legah hforeknowledge of their affairs has the effect of re- moving me from the unintelligent au- dience. I am in the wings behind the stage, sort of property man, who manages the first, scene after the funersi"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
SERBIA GETTING
 BACK ON FEET
Peasants Have Done Won derful Work Since Arm
 istice Was Signed.

Nish, SerbiaS Feb. 15. Three months of unremitting industry, un- hampered by Bulgarian and Austrian depredations or interferences, have enabled the Serbian people to secure new hold on life. With the country entirely free of invaders, the large peasant population has succeeded in setting things in order in surprising fashion, and conditions should be al- most normal soon.
 Large quantities of wheat and other staples, which the shrewd Serbian farmers hid from the enemy, have re- appeared. At the moment, the most pressing need seems to be clothing, shoes, fuel and agricultural imple- ments.
 Apparently there is plenty of money in the country, some of 1t having come from Austrian and German soldiers, who, 1t may be said to their credit, paid for most of the articles they took from the Serbians during their occupation. However, the Bulgarians, who requisitioned almost everything they required from the already strait ened population, often paid nothing for what they took. In the cities most of the stores have no clocks because they sold almost everything to the Austrians and Germans.
 Fortunately the harvest last fall was exceptionally good, and there probably will be nothing approaching starvation among the poor this win ter. The enemy troops carried off all most every article of value they could lay hands on, but they did not have time, owing to the suddenness of their retreat, to take with them more than per cent. of the available grain supply. Meat is abundant though l high in price. Before the war, it sold for cents 8 pound, now 1t sells for 56 cents. Large numbers of sheep raised in the mountains furnish not only valuable meat supply but an abundance of wool which has provid- ! ed the peasants with the only cloth- i ing they have had in four years.
 Siberia's most vital need is clothing. Even well-to-do persons are scanti1y clad. The Associated Press corre- | spondent observed an army officer of l high rank dressed in shirt made of flour sacks. The little clothing that may be bought is held at prohibitive l prices. The ordinary peasant working costume costs s15o, shoes $50, under wear of poor quality $25, and thread is priced at $2 a spool. A consignment of old clothes from the Buffalo, N. Y, chapter of Jle American Red Cross, valued at home at SIT, was appraised at $1,500 by a merchant in the Pirot district where the Red Cross is carry ing on relief work. The Buffalo supplies were distributed on Christmas Day and brought happiness to many homes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
SALOON LEAGUE
 TO WIDEN ITSFIELD

Westerville, Ohio, Feb. 15.--JNa- tional headquarters of the Anti-Sa- loon League here today announced that the league had sent delegation to the Peace Conference at Paris to ask that the United States "be pro tected in its prohibition by such trade agreements as will not embarrass when 1t puts prohibition into effect
 League officials also announced that the work of the Anti-Saloon League is to be extended to all of the larger countries of the world. William E. Johnson, formerly chief Indian officer of the United States government, has opened a league office in London and league offices will be opened soon in all of the principal capitals of the world.
 The league announced that it will hold a huge convention in Washing ton, May g to 24, to celebrate the tri- umph of prohibition in the United States and the 18th anniversary of the founding of the organization.
 The. convention will be attended by 500 delegates from every civilized na- ton in the world, 1t Is said
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15

R.R. No. 1, Lorne, Ont. "For over three years, l was confined to bed with PdeamatisAr. During that time, I had treatment from B number of doctors, and tried nearly everything I saw advertised to cure Rheumatism, without receiving any benefit. Finally, decided to try Fruit -tives' (or FyuH Lf0e'' 7a6lets). Before I had used half 8 box, I noticed an improvement; the pain was rot so severe, and the swelling started to go down.
 / continued tak:ng Mfs fru1t Hte- dfcsne, improving all the time, and now I can walk about two miles and do light chores about the place.
 ALEXANDER MUNRO. 5Oc. box, 6 for 2.50, trial size 25c. At all dealers or sent on receipt of price, by FRUTT-A-TJVES Limited, OGDF'+s7'r-7'~s ". Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
New Source of Leather.

Durable leather from the bladders of animals Is claimed by Rudolph Obrist-Doos, a Swiss. The bladders are stretched and dried, giving them smooth surface, and are then made pliant and waterproof by special process of fulling and tanning. The pieces so obtained may be pressed to- gether, with suitable adhesive, and with or without felt, to give a leather or leather substitute of any desired thickness.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
TWO BOLD HoLDUPs.

New York, Feb. 15-Another hold up and robbery was reported to the Brooklyn police early today when Dr. Harry Ballisher, 8 druggist, was shot by a bandit who afterward rifled his cash register and escaped. The drug gist is expected to recover.
 In another section of Brooklyn three masked robbers entered a sa- loon, covered the proprietor with a revolver and stole s150 from the cash register. They escaped ir 6 taxicab.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
WANT 2sTH SENT HOME AS UNIT

Boston, Feb. 15-Governors of the New England states in conference at the State House yesterday voted to cable to General Pershing a request that the 26th Division be sent home asa unit and landed at Boston. Gov gernoF Coolidge presided.
 x Ik was agreed to hold 26th DivIs- 2ur day in Boston as soon after the Eep6iezs ara disembarked as possible.
 0srade of the division in the after
 1n6 aud an entertainment for the 2 I<6E1nrzAesFsnfnrare features of the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
BANKRUPTCY COURT,

A schedule of the liabilities and as- sets of the estate of Louis Lieberman, a grocer, was filed in the bankruptcy court this morning. The total amount of liabilities is $1,729.33, of which $1,s49 is unsecured. The only assets is the stock in trade. The number of creditors Is 25.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-15
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss- PROBATE COURT,

February 15, 191y Estate of James McKenney, late of the town of Bridgeport, in said djs- trict, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested. within said time, will be debarred recovery All uerso fs indebted to said estate are reouested to make immediate pay ment to
 NELLIE A. MCKINNEY,
 Administratrix. Main Street. a*p
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

The speech was in reply to recent utterances of Senators Lodge of Mas sachusetts and Knox of Pennsylva- mia, both Republicans, crittcising cer- tain of the Presidents IA principles of peace and urging that considera- ton of League of Nations, freedom of the seas and other questions be deferred until after the peace confer ence.
 The concurring assaults by certain leaders os the Republican side upon everything that President Wilson ha7 attempted in Europe" said Senator Lewis, disclose a conspiracy to dis credit him and to defeat any design he enters upon by giving the Eu- rorean negotiators to understand the senate is opposed to the President; that it objects to his measures, and that 1t is speaking with the power to revise, and repudiate him"
 Senator Lewis declared the senate had nothing whatever to do with what the President Is now Going in pre- sentlng the protocol for peace and the adjustment of the disposition of the armies in Europe,
 T inform the European negOuatOrS and the world" he said, that there is no law of America, by constitution, statute or custom by which the Pres ident is under any obligation to sub init what he is now doing to the sen ate or to any other branch of the legislative or executive body.
 T inform the negotiators, as I do those interested, that the present un- dertakings of the President of the United States are as commander-in- chief of the armies; that he remains such with full power as commander in-chief until the full treaty or com pact of peace has been finally ac- cepted and peace declared and the ar mics withdrawn as a result of that acceptance"
 Senators Lodge and Knox were charged with being inconsistent in their views. The Illinois senator said postponement of the proposals for 8 League of Nations and freedom of seas would mean that the war had been fought in vain and would bring about a repetition of the struggle.
 Tn justice to the distinguished sen-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
JITNEY DRIVERS RACE
 WITH FIRE APPARATUS

Fire Chief Daniel E. Johnson an- uounced last night that at the next meeting of the fire commissioners he will endeavor' to have arrangements made wherO.y the police will CO., operate with the fire department in keeping the streets clear of traffic, where the fire apparatus is answer ing an alarm.
 Chief Johnson says that iitney drivers are the worst offenders, and says that some of the drivers of public service vehicles not only re- fuse to give room to the fire depart ment when it is answering an alarm, but sometimes race with the appara- us
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
ss BILLIONS ARMY INSURANCE

Washington, Jan. 3. - Twenty-six tons of insurance records from the American Expeditionary Force were received yesterday by the war risk in- Surance bureau.
 The records represents $1,60O,00 900 of government insurance written on American soldiers overseas, and will bring the total of insurance writ ten by the bureau to more than $3S,- 900, 100000.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
Sues Former Husband
 For Sons Maintenance

Allowance of s600 for care of her four-year-old son, and order of the court for an allowance for his proper is claimed in an action brought to the Superior court by Florence Louise Irwin Bertolf of Greenwich against Emil Bertolf, her former husband. The petitioner states she secured a divorce from Bertolf June IA last in the Superior court,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

ators, they do not mean that America should enter upon such cowardly course" he continued. They are only anxious to secure the abandon ment of the demand for the present that it might be charged against Will son that he failed to securing the only thing of material worth for which the nation fought and her children died"
 In closing, Senator Lewis urged. united support for the President while he is on foreign soil, "contesting for the supremacy of the United States"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

gar, but had no trouble in securing permission from Spoke to buy $1,o0o worth, about 2S barrels, which was in excess of the quantity allowed. This statement was made October r, last. Spelke alleges, and was false and malicious.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
Food Administrator
 Sues For Slander

Claiming that Richard Casey of Stamford made remarkes which re- fiected upon his integrity as food ad- ministrator of Stamford, Abraham Spelke of that place has brought ac- tion in the Superior court for dam ages of $1 GOO.
 Spelke claims that Casey said in the presence of one Arthur McCrea that one Peter Venech was out of su-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

Arrangements were completed by the General Electric Co. forth for nation of an export corporation, all of the stock will be owned by the General Electric Co.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
MIL SON IN EUROPE AS COMMANDER
 OF U: s. FORCES SAYS SEN. LEWIS

Washington, Jan. 3Senator Lewis, Democrat of Illinois, speaking today in the Senate charged Republican leaders with consprng political purposes to dscred President Wilson abroad and hwar his purposes by giving European
 aors the impression that the senate opposes his plans and by deceving the American people, Their object he decar cd is to preven the President from accomplishing any
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

Rates on newsprint paper from International Falls and other points in Minnesota and from Chicago to Wichita. Kan, were reduced from 41 to S7 cents
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

the child, Robert, four years old. She says she is a person of small means, and the burden of supporting the child has been heavy. She asks for $500 for his care for the interven< ing time, and asks the court to fix the amount of an allowance for the future.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

Spanish government. published de tailed conditions for bids on conces- sions to work the potash beds of Cata- lonia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07

BOTH AND COLUMBIA AVE.

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962 N. ID T.-Three-story store and dwell
ing: fine business loca tion.
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