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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS

u (From The Farmer, Monday, September p, 1S6gy \ The receipts thus far at the Danbury National bank in ad ot the Avondae sufferers amounts to three dollars The s that charity not Danbury sins, at least thinks The Times
 IhiTty-ve dvorces granted at the August terms CIVIL and criminal of the Superior court in this county is about time that the Legislature took action this crying evachon which shall bring the people of this state little nearer the primitive and Scrpal practice in matter of divorce.
 The Active baseball club of this city, played game with the Echo club of StraOrd the 20h grounds of the latter, and suffered defeat, the standing to 36. beautiful beest offered by lady o the who should make the best the winning side by Mir J. B. Billings his record standing out and
 
 peanut vendor made quite "speck" Saturday night Main street. Bank by roasting the peanuts the spot charcoal fire thus producing the article fresh every time
 
 The semi annual meeting of he Danbury Anti Thief Association will be held a the Pabque Hotel in Danbury at m. on Monday, Oct. 4th
 The Danbury Times thinks that there is nius- tce in selling eggs by the there having price boarding house. that there just much difference variation in the capacity of mems sOmach there is in the of hens eggs The who eats barely nothing the he who eats almost everything that he get hold off, The latter eats than he for and the former makes up the deficiency Why not reg uae boarding houses by leg isave enactment that need not for another mans board without receiving credit for his benevolence?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS

IS BEYOND dispute that there many independent Re- pUbliCans who desire termination of the condition which has years existed in City Hall These voters showed their disposition upon occasion when they thousands of votes for Henry mayor Bridge port
 is the wisest independent voters to pursue2 Would they not certainly obtain their purpose by voting for the Democratic candidate? It ably certain that taught by the lessons advesy the occ party this year will nominate for mayor somebody who will inspire condence somebody of proved strength with voters somebody whose record will inspire confidence among taxpayers and rentpayers alike.
 Is Independent Republican ticket such proposed by Mir Ballard likely to help any? Confessedy this ticket not travel alone Its promoters do not pretend On the contrary they insist that 10 succeed accepted by the Democratic party
 The regular Democratic organization having prop ery declined to enter alliance uncertain and risky nominate its candidates provided these candidates such to inspire confidence Why they the support honest independents, whether Republicans others?
 Moreover the proposed Fusion plan has its birth per quarrel between two Republican leaders equally identified with inc machine which everybody get rid of
 Without dispuing that the justice the difference may be upon the side of Mir Ballard dsclainng purpose to improve conditions in Bridgeport it yet ask if campaign founded quarrel between Republican passes would stand upon strong foundation?
 Town Chairman Lavery will have, seems to The Times the appreciation of all thoughtful purpose 10 guide the Democratic party straight candidates and its platform and entire entanging alliances with their disareeabe implication 1argains for patronage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22

proporonate sum is each year. and lodged with the Sinking Fund Commissioners. The Commissioners invest these monies which bear interest and in this with which to pay the debt when is due
 Among securities which the Commissioners had added to S3OO0O Improvement bonds No 1, maturing SlOOOO each year, 1929 to t94
 Reissue Bonds $l2OOO maturing 5000 each year, til i9fS.
 Fire department bonds S6OOO maturing sOOO each year.
 Botterment bonds, SI2OOO maturing S2OOO each year.
 These securities amounting to S2OOOOO in all, and far from ordered burned But City Treasurer Man varng to obey the Mayor without order of the Common Council.
 Curousv enough the Common Council has ordered the destruction of bonds part of the funds of the City, which will not mature for many years to come
 What the for conduct unusual? The reason of the simplest The bonds being destroyed the city will the anual appropriations to sinking fund and the tax rate be lower. The consequences of this action will be delayed necessary for the Commission CTS up matured debt The money will not be in the fund.- and city will have to raise at time, amount that should have been raised period of years Robbng sinking of the most ancient methods of retro grade municipal finance
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
STEEL WORuRs STRIKE

~ HE STRIKE among employees of the United States Steel A Trust has not reached proportions which show the unions completely in control Many plants operating with compemcnts almost full plants crippled, but able along. and there plant is completely shut down.
 is too early to say how tho affair may develope. strike such magnitude will not reach its apex until two perhaps three days after the movement begins.
 The strike leaders operating against tho wish of the President United States, who has requested that strike action be deferred at least until after the Labor Conference which will be held at the White House. beginning Oct G. Un this condition it will be excecdinglv difficult for the ions to the support which they would otherwise obtain.
 It is seldom that all the workers plant unionzed Every strike to be hundred per cent complete requires the support and cooperation of the unorganzed group The organized being bound by union ties reGr to fol- low the advice of lo President and of them will do
 will be very difficult to large successful strikes in this country during the period in which the chief magistrate has asked for labor ruce necessary that the may successfully operate its campaign against high prices
 The Steel Trust and the workers equally guilty of scofn at the Presidents attempt to labor trce but the onse of the company declining treat collectively with its negative, while the offense of the workers going strike, is positive. They will suffer accordingly
 The unrest in America is by confined to union men, who in the conducting themselves with patriotic conservatism. Those who daily attack the President try costly who the government are fruitful of unrest and by their conduct make harder for America to comfortably through the post period
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
DESTROYER IS SOON TO LEAVE
 FOR NEWPORT Naval Tug Arrives With Fire Brick and
 Supplies. REFLOAT GARGES GROUNDED FRIDAY Seven Barges of Goal for Consignees Reach
 Harbor.

The U. 6. Naval Tug No. 67, Capt R. w. Earle, arrived in the harbor yesterday with ffrebrick and other supplies from the Brooklyn yard to the Destroyer CoIhoun. The tug left the navy yard Saturday night but was conpeIIed to anchor off College Point, after passing through Hell Gate, on account of the thick fog which settled over the Sound. She will leave on her return trip this afternoon
 After reclining her boilers with the firebrick brought here yesterday by the Tug No. CT the Destroyer Colhoun will leave for Newport where she will receive a supply of ammunition for target practice.
 The tug James McWilliams of the Blue Line succeeded yesterday in re- floating her tow of barges which went on the mud flats friday afternoon and proceeded east with her tow.
 The tug McCaffery of the McCaffery Line. arrived in the harbor Saturday with seven barges of coal for con- signees in this city, Black Rock and the Housatonic river.
 The tug Skidmore of the Red Ball line left here Saturday with six light barges bound for New York.
 The tug Charles McWilliams of the Red Ball line, left yesterday morning with one light barge bound for New York.
 The tug Charles left here Saturday morning for New Haven with three barges loaded with pig iron consign- ed to New Haven from Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
FOCH APPEALED
 ID BRITISH BATTLE RECORD

Paris, Sept. 2-CCorrespondence of The Associated Press)-An appeal to t~e British soldiers dictated by the then General Foch asking them to re- member their forefathers' victory over Napoleon inspired them to attack the Germans and recover the ground they had lost before the gas wave at the second battle of Ypres, writes Colonel FeyIer in the Journal De Geneve-
 Before the asphyxiating gas both British and French had been obliged to give ground. The then General Foch intended to recover the former positions at all costs, according to Colonel Feyler. He asked General Sir John French to cooperate with him. Impossible" replied French, "my men are ready to hold here but I do not feel that I can demand of them in their present condition fur ther sacrifices in attacking"
 Foch expressed surprise: Their morale is low" he said, why don't you launch a proclamation? Some thing like this: British soldiers forward. You have vanquished the great Napoleon, shall it come to pass tHdL JOu VIII permit 'IiS o"-S man to drive you from your positions and retain them . ."
 How is that?' asked French greatly interested. Please repeat it." And at the dictation of FNoch. French wrote out the proclamation which was given out to the troops the next day.
 The next morning the British sol diers hit the line and recovered all the lost ground.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22

John NIurren of 1,1S6 Iranistan ave nue, will enter the University oI Pennsylvania this week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
Union Leaders Now Want Agreement Made With Hines Accepted By
 Executives.
Increases Satisfactory
 But Below Estimate
Work Clear Out All Radical Members, Between 400 and 500 Already
 Expelled.

Washington, Sept. 21-Conhrming the report of an agreement on wages and working conditions between the Railroad Administration and the unions of shopmen, labor leaders to- day indicated that the unions are now considering the negotiations with the individual roads looking to the con tinuanCe of the scales after the roads are returned to private ownership.
 Three plans looking 10 this end are now being considered by the shop men:
 1. Taking up with the Railway Executives Association the question of continuing the agreement in force when the lines have been returned to their owners.
 ?. Taking up through the shop mems representatives on the various roads now under government control the question of adoption of the agree ment individually by the roads off cials.
 3. Resubmitting the agreement after its final adoption to Director General Hines with the request that he seek the adoption by the railroad executives upon the acceptance of the properties turned back by the government
 All the plans of course are tenta- tive. Most of the officials of the shopmen's organization are support CTS of the Plumb plan for railroad control and operation. Supporters of this plan, it became known yesterday, have requested President Wilson to withhold his announcement for the return of the roads until they have the opportunity to place the Plumb plan before him for his consideration.
 This request went to the President in writing some time before his de- parture on the western tour. The President gave no indication of what he would do in the matter. In fact he has not yet acknowledged receipt of the request.
 As to the details of the, agreement with the shopmen, Bert M. Jewell, president, and John Scott, secretary of the Railway Department of the American Federation of Labor, re- fused to comment today, beyond ex- pressing the belief that formal an- nouncement of the contracts would be made tomorrow. They indicated that all that remains to complete the agreement is the working out of questions involving jurisdiction of the several unions.
 They intimated that the full agree ment SQuld show that the increase in wages, while considerable and satis- factory to the union negotiators, will not in all cases prove to be as large as indicated in the report given out in New York. On the basis of this report, the increase in railroad pay rolls would not be far from S30O,- 900, 900 a year.
 An interesting aftermath of the re- cent unauthorized strike of shopmen came to light yesterday The shop mems organization is at present going through a process which the leaders
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
300 WORKERS OPEN ITALIAN
 RELIEF DRIVE Goal To Be Reached Has
 Been Set at
 $10,0O0. ALL TEAMS GET OFF TO GOOD START Lashar Heads Subscrip- tion List With
 $250.

The Italian Orphans Relief Drive for $10,0U0 opened this morning with a hOuse-tO-house canvass by nearly 500 workers. While reports of the days results will not be known until late tonight, members of the execu- tive committee who were in touch with the generals in the various dis tricts stated that contributions, while not large, were numerous, and that every one of the team workers had got off to a good start.
 The first big subscriptions to reach the executive committee at headquar- ters in The Stratfeld were received this morning from public spirited citi- zens. The largest subscription was from Walter E. Lashar, and was for S25O. Checks for $50 were received from Justice George w Wheeler. General T. L. Watson and Louis Rich ards.
 The Warner Bros. company has of- fered to furnish to the campaign exec utives all of the boxes to be used in the tax day sales on next Saturday. Ihe fremen in all of the stations aoout the city are now stringing the tags Tn preparation for the sale
 An immense audience of Italians gathered at the Plaza theatre yester- oay afternoon where Italian naval of hcers described the loss and suffer- ing among Italian children who are underfed, emaciated and without proper clothing to protect their little bodies this winter. The. speakers in cluded Mayor Clifford B. Wilson. Rev. William Horace Day, G. Striani of this city, and PasquaIe di Biasi of New York, and Lieutenant Command CT R. Ginnocchietti of the Italian bat ueship Conte di Cavour. The pro- gram also included vocal solos by Sig ma Rosa Roberti, and Miss Mandel. A tableau The Horn of Plenty" was presented by school children under the direction of Miss E. E. Bown, who was also in charge of the chorus of 90 children from Columbus school
 Preparations for several novel fea- lures are now being made by various committees. It is planned to hold a. block party on the site of the new Plaza between Water and Main streets during the week. The Venice A. c. is making arrangements for an Italian orchestral serenade along the princi- pal streets of the city, with pretty Italian girls jingling tambourines so- Hciting funds for the cause.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
FORM LEAGUE FOR FIGHTING
 PROHIBITION
Promise Strong Opposition in Next Campaign in Eiv-
 cry Congressional Dist.

Washington, Sept 22-The Anti Saloon League is to be met by a strong opposition in the next cam paign. At least two formidable or ganizations will go to the mat with it's leaders in every Congressional District in the United States, and in every convention or primary where delegates are to be selected for na- tionaI political conventions. A large fund is being raised to meet the eN- penses of a finished fight
 The Association Opposed to Ma tional Prohibitions, with headQuar- ters in New York, is already in the field with a formidable force of work CTS and press agents. It is following every step of the Anti-Saloon League leaders here and in other parts of the Nation.
 The orga nization that threatens to .get the goat' of the Dinwlddle- Wheeler outfit is new one sup ported by popular subscriptions 10 be- called The League to Repeal the Prohibition Amendment" The nov ing spirit in it is Capt. William Ii. Stayton, formerly connected with the Navy League of the United states. He was with Col. Thompson when Secretary Daniels opened the hght on the organization.
 Capt. Stayton commenced quiet still hunt some time ago for men who were willing to join his league and stay until the last roll is called. For mai announcement of his plans has not been made, but he has done enough to cause the Ani-Saloon League to throw several nervous hts. Tn 2. statement exposing" Capt. Stay ton. Wayne B. Wheeler says:
 .sThe latest proposed organization to fight Prohibition is to be called inc League to Repeal the Prohibition Amendment Attorney William H. Stavton of Washington is circulating a CconfdentiaD memo containing the proposed plan.
 s.It says that the organization will be incorporated and that brewers, d-S- ti11ers and those who have made their living from the trade will be ine1igible to membership; that each member is to sign a pledge that he will vote for no candidate for the of fee of the United States Senate or member of Congress or State Less 1at11re unless the candidate promises that he will favor the repeal or the Prohibition Amendment of the teu- era1 Constitution; it further says that +ba nIedge does not mean that the siqner- is opposed to Prohibition, nor that he is wet; the circular also glVeS the reasons why this is the proper time for forming the organization.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
sOuAIIzTNG BASIC INDUSTRIES

" HREE GROUPS of workers have declared for the A zaton of many distinct industries Railroads mines and steel manufactures designated for the proposed transformation, with the general understanding that railroads to first The assertions the workers will bring about not to be taken proclamatons of pose operate by direct action. The will be methods.
 The method of agitation measure during the of labor dispute is bound to be effective bringing 10 the ballot box numbers who readily converted in any other way.
 The signs point distinctly to the active agitation of these three propositions in socazaon in the future The matter is to be settled by argument and political action and will be settled which is all that good ask
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22

describe as a mouse cleaning as result of the strike. Some 400 to 800 members of the organization nave been expelled on account of radical tendencies in connection with the var ious walkouts throughout the coun- try. This process is not yet at an end. It was indicated yesterday that be- fore it is finished it may be necessary to suspend several local unions.
 Leaders say the main trouble that was the cause of these suspensions was misleading the member of the unions in bringing about the strikes. They gave the members the i'm pression that while the representa- 1ives of the union were negotiating with Railroad administration officials, it was not the polite thing for the leaders to do to sanction a strike.
 They made the men believe, how ever, that the leaders favored the
 trike privately. and were talking the other way for the benefit of govern nent officials
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
VIEWPOINT RECTOR RESIGNS.

Newtown, Sept 21-Rev. c. A. Tib- bals, rector of St. Johns church here, has rendered his resignation to take effect on November l, owing to poor health. He completed seven years at the church last winter. He ex- poets to go to Swathmore, Pa., to live with his daughter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
FABRICS COMPANY.

The American Fabrics Go. of Bridgeport, have let contract amounting to $15O,O00 to the Aber- thaw Construction Co., of Boston, for the immediate erection of two-story additions to two of their existing buildings. The work includes both reinforced concrete and mill con- struction.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
TEA ROOMS PROSPER.

London, Sept. 22-London restau- rant companies operating numbers of small teashops and lunchrooms, are making money because London peo-i pie more and more are eating away from home.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
THE WEATHER.

New Haven, Sept. 22 - For Bridgeport and vicinity: Show CTS and cooler tonight; Tuesday fair and cooler.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
TIE OFFICIAL \. E. F. COAINUNIQUE !
 ISSUED ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

September 22 (No. i3i)-In the Woevre raiding parties penetrated the enenys lines at two points, inflicted casualties and brought back 9 prisoners hos tile detachment which attempted to reach positions repused leavng two of it's in hands.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-22
ROBBING THE SINKING FUND

XXT HEN THE city borrows money and issues its bonds.
 w payable at date many years later, it usually makes pay the bonds at maturity For this purpose
The sun., 1919-02-23
Poems by a Professor
and a Pick Wielder

THE academic and rural spirit are
i combined TO a somewhat unusual
degree in Poems Of Ncw England and Old
Spain, by Professor Frederick f. Pierce
Of Yale University He follows Frost
without ever approaching his highest
achievements, the resemblance being di-
rectly traceable to the common influences
which have shaped and colored their lives.
So far as manner and spirit go, The Hay
stack might have been lifted gently from
Frost's own fields, but the genera. tone of
the poems is more conventional than
Frost's. As a rule, Professor Pierce
moves guardedly in the old ways, for
which he will receive credit or discredit
according to the individual. His work
will make pleasing impression in certain
educational circles, and will be graciously
exploited in its own sphere.
1t is unfair to Judge of the Songs Of a
Miner, by James c. Welsh, in any way
except entirely apart from his occupation.
He expresses this feeling in his introduce
tory note And yet it is impossible not TO
feel greater interest in the poems be-
cause of If. Mr.. Welsh wants "to stand
on his own legs and they are those of a
miner He has the spirit of a poet
with the technique of workman. The
poems show a usefulness and sensitive
intensity which make us regret that there
is not single one that in its entirety en-
bodies with anything Ike literary fitness
the dreams and aspirations Of this sincere