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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
ARMY AIDS SOLDIERS TO JOBS
Gets Cards From Men on Transports
Showing Qualifications
of Each.

Westinghouse a more certain
method of assisting returning soldiers
to obtain employment if they have not
the immediate prospect of it, General
March, chief of staff, has ordered that
personnel officers shall require from
all soldiers returning on transports,
cards showing the industrial expert
ence and qualifications of the indi-
vidual to be turned over upon the ar
rival Of the transport to the federal
employment service.
Announcement Of the plan was made
by Col. Arthur Woods, assistant to the
secretary of war, on employment Of
discharged soldiers, who said it would
give the returning soldier an oppor-
tunity ito give careful thought to his,
future and the Importance Of his again
hooking himself up to the nations in
dustrial life"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
MANY OWN FARM LOAN BONDS
Treasury Report Shows 1850 OF 1,102
Hold Amounts of Less Than
$4,000.

Washington.-Reg bonds of
farm loan banks were held by 1,102 in
dividuals and institutions, of whom
1850 each had less than $4,000 worth,
according to the latest tabulation by
the United States farm loan board.
Only three holders had more than
100000 in registered bonds, SO be-
tween $4,000 and 100000, and ID be-
tween 100000 and 100000. Average
holdings of coupon bonds were believed
to be even less than the $1,000 aver
age Of the registered bonds. being more
preferred by small investors. :.
Interest charges on the $10,821, 425
total Of outstanding registered bonds
amounts to $51O,O88 annually, most Of
the bonds paying ~ per cent, and
some per cent. Most Of the bonds
have been issued In the middle West.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
"PRINCE BY GODS GRACE"
EiteI Friedrich of Germany So Signs
Himself in Accepting Famous
Order.

Berlin.-He who believes that the
former German royalty has disabused
itself of the idea that it ruled, "by
Gods grace" is mistaken, says Vor-
waerts, quoting the announcement of
the famous Johannitter order, just en-
graved in a Berlin shop, which begins:
"We Wilhelm Eitel Friedrich Chris
tian Karl, by Gods grace prince of
Prussia, herewith proclaim that we,
after investigation and on it's invita-
ton, have accepted the position of
honorable knight of the order, where
fore we, as master of Brandenburg,
have attached our highest individual
signature"
Inevitably" says Vorwaerts, zone
thinks while viewing this comedy Of
the valued Lieut. Eckdahls Ibsen's
wild duck, whose greatest bliss is to
put on in a closed room the uniform
he dare not wear in public. In. the
circle OF the Johannitter order Eitel
Friedrich still feels himself by Gods
grace"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
WEIGH MANY BABIES
Tests Held in 1881 Commun-
tiles During Campaign.
Illinois Leads in Towns Participating
and Wisconsin Leads in Babies
Weighed.

Washington. and meas
uring tests of children we're held in
1851 communities during the chill
dren's-year campaign instituted by the
children's bureau to reduce the infant
mortality rate. 70 this total should
be added many records coming from
rural sections not listed as post offices.
One-third of the total communities
having post offices in the United
States held tests.
Illinois had the greatest number OF
cities and towns participating in the
campaign, POI. Wisconsin led in
the actual number of babies weighed
and measured, as already announced,
but the records came from 1,06j
towns, ranking third in that respect
Iowa was second in the number OF
communities participating, having
1912, and Ohio was fourth, with 944
Indiana came fifth, with 1856. From
far off Hawaii three cities-Honolulu,
Kakuku and Tora-sent records.
Following is a list of states, with
the number of towns in each from
which records have been received:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
LIKE REAL SOLDIERS
Boys to Get Military Training in
Summer Camp.
War Department. c9-oPeratss with
Chicago Board Of Education In Es-
tabIishing Camp Roosevelt.

Muskegon, Mich.-Fifteen Thousand
boys and men from all parts Of thu
country will undergo a period of in
tensive military-nhysical training here
this summer. The encampment vii
be known as Camp Roosevelt.
Camp Roosevelt is being established
by the Chicago board of education
with the sanction and cooperation OF
the war department a summer train
ing camp for the cadets in the high
school R. 0. T. G. of that city, but in
order to make the camp really repre-.
sentative of the whole country it has
been decided to admit recruits from
any part Of the United States. The
age limits will be from twelve to forty
five.
The training will be under the di-
rection of Capt. f. L. Beals of the
United States army who will have the
assistance of so commissioned and
non-commissioned officers, 20 physical
directors and supervisors. The train
ing will include drills, maneuvers,
hikes, bayonet practice, marksman-
ship, ground aviation, artillery and
machine gunnery practice, radio in
struction and similar military instruc-
ton. The physical training program
will include baseball, tennis, golf,
swimming, rowing and similar summer
diversions.
Recruits will enroll for periods of
two, four, six or eight weeks, the first
recruits to enter July z and the camp
to continue until August 81:
The training establishment Is being
financed by the Chicago board of edu-
cation, with the assistance of group
of patriotic Chicago citizens, who have
also been successful in securing the
cooperation Of the war department.
Cadets will be required to pay only
the nominal sum of 81 per day for all
including tent, sleeping ac-
board, instruction and
An enrolment fee of 81
is the only additional charge.
Executive headquarters have been
established by Captain Beals at 81
North LaSalle street and enrollments
are already being received from all
parts of the country.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
LIVE ON GRASS ROOTS
Tale of Cannibals in Armenia Is
Confirmed.
Starvation and Misery Prevail Among
Armenian Refugees in eau
casus Region.

Constantinople.-S and mis-
cry prevail among Armenian refugee
In the Caucasus region. according t,
telegram sent TO Herbert Hoover il
Paris by Howard Heinz. American
food commissioner for the near East
who is in this city.
Mr.. Heinz has returned from a triI
Of inspection in the Caucasus, OF
which he was accompanied by Walter
George Smith of Philadelphia. former
president of the American Bar asso
citation and a commissioner of the
American committee for Armenian
and Syrian relief, which has charge OF
the greatest part of the relief work
there
Mr.. Heinz says reports that some OF
the refugees, driven frantic by hunger
and suffering, have resorted to canni
balism are true in his opinion. He
adds that food for 100000 in that ter
ritory will have to be provided by out
side sources for another year.
1.-THE lack of food is so serious, y
says the telegram, "that the women
are forced to go into the fields and
obtain grass roots, which they cook
into kind Of broth and serve as
boiled green's, occasionally getting a
bit of rice to mix with 1t. This con-
stitutes the principal diet Of many.
The little children, naturally, get the
worst of this situation, because they
cannot eat such material, and 1t Is
among the children that the death rate
is the highest.
ut is difficult to make comparisons
as to the degree of restitution and dis
tress in different districts of towns,
but ! think the worst situation that
came to my knowledge was in Igdir,
where there is a larger proportion of
sickness and higher death rate than
in either Erivan or AlexandropOl.
Regarding reports of cannibalism
which have come out of this district
from Goa I have been forced against
my will to believe these reports to be
true. | saw with my own eyes mutt
been eXhumed from newly-made
graves. / did not see anybody who
had actually witnessed the eating of
human flesh, but there is so much cir
cumstantial evidence that / personally
came to believe it true.
'"Typhus has been epidemic during
the winter and has taken away thou
sands, but with the moderation of the
weather it is now decreasing; but
cholera is making its appearance, and
the outlook is threatening"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
Girls in Tight Skirts
Protest Safety Mirrors

Los Angeles, Cal.-The little
safety mirrors on cars of the
Los Angeles Railway company
have been attacked by the fair
sex of the city and already
number of protests against the
mirrors have been lodged with
officials of the company.
Fashion, which has decreed
the tight skirt, is the real cause
of the complaint, and the women
declare they are embarrassed by
the stare of the motormen as
they climb aboard the cars.
On the other hand, officials of
the railway company have filed
counter-complaint, charging
that the tight skirts cause undue
delay of the cars. In addition
they say. the motormen merely
do their duty in watching the
mirrors to make certain pasSen-
gers are on the cars before
starting.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
Woman Has Old Lincoln Ballot.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Mrs. Jessie M.
Lewis of No. POS West Main street,
Ontario, exhibited to friends recently
an interesting souvenir which she
found in trunk in the attic Of her
home. 1t was Republican ballot for
the presidential campaign in which
Abraham Lincoln was elected and his
name appeared at the top. Mrs. Lew
Is father, ]. w. Hiatt, was candi-
date for township trustee on the same
ticket.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
Oldest Customer in Nation.

Columbus, O.-The Oldest dry goods
customer in Ohio, and likely the old
est customer of any store in this
country, was claimed by e. M. Thir-
kield at the Ohio Retail Dry Goods as
ISOLATION convention. He said he was
connected with the department store
Of e. B. Thirkield & Sons company at
Franklin, and that James Mclean, one
hundred and four years old, made his
first purchase In that store March 10,
1884, So years ago, and that he Is still
= good customer.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
Whisky Still Found
in Top of Huge Tree

Knoxville, Tenn.-It is moth.
ing unusual to find Illicit distil-
leries hidden in caves, cellars or
in dense undergroWths of noun
tain laurel, states L. B. WINS,
veteran moOnshine raider of the
internal revenue department.
But to find one perched in the
top of a towering oak tree is
quite a novelty, he says.
Mr.. WINS located a large cop
per still in such a place when
conducting raid in the famous
old Tenth district, or Sewer
county, Tennessee. The outfit
was dislodged and destroyed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18

The weighing and measuring cam
paign is being followed up by the
work of local committees seeking to
make permanent the improvements
Many committees are employing pub
lie health nurses and providing cen.
ters where the poor can obtain free
medical advice.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-18
Jumped In Sleep.

Long Beach, Cal.-Lieutenant Colo
mel Emmonds, aviator dreamed he
was licked in an air battle and tried to
jump. He leaped from his bed and
broke leg.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
BAN CAUSE: ()ff
 TI.D...Gs:LI.. ].
May Not Be Able to Set tie Estate Until After
 Jan. 16.
DRY LAW LEAVES
 JUDGE POWERLESS

Prohibition and the will of the late Charles H. Mclean, proprietor of the Seaside hotel, have combined to cause a tan- gle in the settlement of the es- tate in the Probate court which may not end until after Jan uary l6 when the prohibition amendment becomes effective and only then by giving the es- tate's heirs a bottle of whiskey, first to one and then to the other.
 Such a situation in the settlement of the estate has arisen that Judge Miller can see no way out of the tangIe except to equally divide the stock liquors between Mrs. Mclean, the widow, and a sos Howard K. Mclean.
 According to the will Mrs Mclean and the son were each left an equal half interest in the business. The
 (Continued on Page Six)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
BOY FELL IN STREET BEFORE
 TRUCK HIT HI|N
Witnesses Unanimous on Point-Coroner Reserves
 Finding.

That nine year old Steve Czapek fell in the street just before he was struck by a Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. motor truck last Saturday, was the testimony of Julius Feket, 1 Wordin court, before Coroner Phe- Ian today. The witness said he was playing in Botwick avenue at the time of the fatality. He saw Steve start from the sidewalk to cross the street and shouted to him, Look out for the automobiIe''. Then he saw Steve fall and the truck hit him.
 George H. North, 1861 Fairfield avenue. driver of the truck, said he was driving through Bostwick ave nue and was proceeding at a rate o1 eight or ten miles and hour.
 There were many children sliding In the street and for that reason he drove slowly and sounded the horn frequently. He saw the deceased start from the sidewalk as the truck almost reached that point
 Immediately North applied the brakes and as he did so he felt the impact of the truck striking the boys body. He did not see the boy fall The truck proceeded about 20 feet after the brakes were applied. There was a helper in the truck who shout ed at the boy as the letter left the sidewalk. Other witnesses said the boy fell in the street after he left the l sidewalk. The coroner reserved his | findings in the case.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
PUT NEW BODY ON GAR THEN
 LOST CONTRACT
Brown Seeks to Recover $1,00O From School
 Committee.

After he attached a new body to his car so he could carry the children from Greens Farms to school in West port, Harry Brown of Southport claims the Westport school committee took the contract away from him. Brown will tell his story in the Com mon Pleas ocurt tomorrow when his suit against the Town of Westport is assigned for trial before Judge Walsh and a jury. Brown wants s1.000 dam ages.
 Brown says the committee called for transportation bids in 1917 and he made a bid of S650 for ten months He claims the bid was accepted and he was ordered to start carrying the children on September 1. 1917. After one week Brown was notified by the committee that the contract was rescinded and he was to stop car- rying the pupils, the complaint states Brown also alleges the committee
 owes him $42 on a previous contract. This is denied by the town and it is also denied that Brown was given or ders to start transporting the chil- 1 dren on Sept. 1. 1917. It is expected | the trial will continue all day to- | morrow.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
LODGE MILL NOT DISCUSS REPORT
 ABOUT HAPCOOD
Expect Information to Show He Had Soviet
 Sympathies.

Washington, Dec. 22-Senatot Lodge, Chairman of the Foreign Re lations Committee, declined today to discuss a published report that Nor man Hapgood, Minister to Denmark, decided to return to the Unitel States after the State Department Iearned d that the committee was prepared tn make public information which was expected to show activities and sym pathtes for the Russian Soviet gov- ernment.
 The only comment from Senator Lodge was that Hapgood's nonina- tion died with the last session of Con g11ess and that no recess aTspoin tment had been made. The committee Sc cured information several months ago that provoked such determined oppo- sition to confirmation of NFr. Hapgood that Secretary Lansing was inform ed the appointment wodDd not be ap- proved. Members of the committee t was said, were prepared, if Eeces- sary. to present this information to the Senate, and possibly to the public
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
KERR, F0RMER BASEBALLI STAR
 BEFORE COURT
Engaged ill Red Cross Work Wife Charges Him With
 Non Support.

William Kerr, formerly q resident of Howard avenue, now engaged in Red Cross work at the receiving slip in Brooklyn, N. Y. was arraisned in the city court this morning, charged with non-suppo~t. Kerr was ordered to pay his wife s64 a month for one year, furnish a bond of $500 or go to jail for 60 days.
 Kerr Is well known In Bridgeport sporting circles, having caught for the old Bridgeport State League team a number of years ago. He was at one time manager of the Yost base pail team, and was also associate ted with many other seui-professtonal teams in this vicinity. During the war he obtained commission in the American Red Cross society, and was assigned to duty at the New London Naval base. Recently he was trans ferred to Brooklyn, and is now doing duty at the Receiving slip in that city.
 Mrs. Kerr lives at 946 Howard ave nue. She claims that Kerr does noI support her or their four children. Kerr has been arrested in Bridgeport before, and at one time bound over to the superior court on embezzlemenf charges.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
ID
 REDUCE BAIL
 FOR A ALIENS
Claim Men Are Being Held Illegally in Excessive
 Bail.

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 22-To start proceedings for the reduction of bail in the eases of three or the for ty-four aliens now held at the Hart ford county jail as liable to deporta- ton, Harry Edlin of New Haven, counsel for some of the prisoners, to- day presented to Deputy United States Marshal Timothy Mccarthy, writs of habeaS corpus signed by Judge Edwin L. Garvin. The writs were to be served on Sheriff George H. Gabb as warden and keeper of the federal prisoners now held at the jail. Sheriff Gabb has no been des- ignated as keeper of the federal pris- oners however.
 MT. Edlin presented to Judge Gar win, when asking for the writs, affi- davits signed by Miss Rose Weiss, an attorney of New York city who has been acting as counsel in the cases of various aliens in that city. The court ordered that three prisoners Fred Lagun of Ansonia; Anton Sa- podsky of New Britain, and Mendel Kiatzkin of New Haven-be produc- ed in the United States district court room at two o'ociock this afternoon, when Judge Garvin should hear Mir. Edlin's claims, that the men were being held illegally by reason of ex- cessive bail. Bail for each of the alien prisoners has been fixed at $10,- 900,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
Violations Of Court
 Injunction I1Llst Stop JUDGE ANDERSON ISSUES WARNING AND GIVES HOWATT UNIL MONDAY TO PREPARE
 HIS ANSWER

Indianapolis, Dec. 22-Declaring that violations of the federal courts injunction under the Lever act against furthering the coal strike in Kansas must stop, if persons guilty have to be put in jail and kept there. United States District Judge A. B. Anderson today permitted Alexander Howat, President of the Kansas Dis trict of the United Mine Workers until next Monday to prepare his de- fense of charges of contempt of court.
 Henry Warrum, chief counsel for International Organization of the miners and Howat were given until 2 o'clock this afternoon to present to the court some evidence that vio- lations of the injunction charged against the miners district official will not be continued during the in- terin from now until the hearing on next Monday. Otherwise, Judge An derson declared, he would be forced to send Howat to Jail.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
WOMAN LEADS RED
 MOB IO ATTACK
 ON ISLAND FERRY
FIRST POLICEMAN TO ANSWER CALL GETS BEATING - CROWD CHANTS INTER- RATIONALE AND SCREAM DOWN
 WITH GOVERNMENT

New York, Dec. 22-Led by q woman who declared her hus- band had been deported to Rus sia yesterday on the Soviet ark" Buford, a mob of 15O Reds" today attacked the en- trance to the Ellis Island ferry in an effort to reach fellow ra, dicals still awaiting deporta- ton. A riot call was turned in before the police could restore order.
 The mob formed around the gate keepers cage several minutes before the attack WAS launched Then the woman, procIajn1ing herself an an- archist stepped forward and drove both fists through the glass win dow.
 AS pieces of glass crashed to the pavement. the crowd began chanting the ''tntsrnationaIe'
 Down with this dirty, rotten gov ernnent!'' screamed the woman '"They have taken my husband and are taking the husbands, brothers and fathers of us aIL"
 Unable to quiet the mob, Asa Nit cheu, Bupe-iD tandent of the Barge Office, located at the tip of 8danhat- tan, turned in a call for police re- serves
 The mob turned on the first police man tO answer the call and beat him, but when more reserves, with drawn clubs, and a detail of coast guards with fixed bayonets arrived, the crowd suddenly became docile. Members ot fl explained they had come to inquire about relatives who had sailed on the BufoEd-
 A young R1assa1 woman who gave the name of Clara Brooks was ar- rested as the Hngleader-
 Clara Brooks later was arTaigned on q charge of disorderIy conduct found guilty and committed to the Tombs for AS ho-s pending an in sestigarson by A probation officer She gave her age as A years and told tht magistrate that she had gone to thu Ellis Island ferry in an effort to see her husband on the isIa-ad but that they would aof let me so-'' As sht said tfts she began to weep, and g dozen other women who had accom- panied her to court also wept-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
5OO OF CITY'S POOR WILL Bk
 GIVEN DINNER
Annual Christmas Tree Gel ebration At Hillside
 Home.

Christmas dinners and presents for over 500 of Bridgeport's poor is the Christmas plan of 1919 of the Chafi- ties, and City Dispensary departments in conjunction with the Salvation Army, the EIks and many private families.
 At five o'clock on Christmas af- ter the inmates of the Hillside home will be the guests of the city at the annual Christmas tree at that place. The women are to be given candy and aprons and other useful articles while the men will get pipes, tobac- co and mittens as well as other wear ing apparel
 That night there will be 3 big Christmas turkey dinner for 210 con- fined there. This dinner was donated by F. W Behrens of the Charity de- partment.
 The Charity department is also planning to take care of 5 poor fami- lies in the city and the children will all be given toys and candy. The older members of the family will be presented with a complete Christmas dinner. This work is ~qrried out by the department in conjunction with the Salvation Army and the Eks
 On Wednesday afternoon the dis pensary will have a big Christmas tree for over 2G0 children who are pa tents at the various clinics in tie Welfare building. They will all be given small presents of caiSdies, nit tens, caps or some other useful arti- cles.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-22
BRIDGEPORT IS DELINQUENT AND
 L!ABLE TO FINE
27 Towns Have Not Made Return, of Children Be
 tween 4 and 16.

Hartford, Dec. 22 Of the 16S towns in the state 27 have not made a report to the state comptroller of the number of children between the ages of four and 16 in their respective towns. The amount of the numera- ton grant which the state pays an s2.25 per child of school age. The children of school age in the state. The amount of the grant paid was s69S, S,s61.35.
 It is impossible to state at this time the amount of the grant for the fiscal year. It is safe to say, how ever, that it will be in excess of the amount of last years grant and will be appreciably over s700,000. While there has been. decrease in the num- Der of school children in some of the small towns there has been a nota- ble increase in others.
 Delinquent towns are liable to a forfeiture of the grant in part or in whole. Seven were subjected to a for feiture in 1918. The towns which have failed this year to make a re- port of their school enumeration tn the controller on or before December fifth and are therefore delinquent are: Ansonia, Berlin, Bridgeport Canaan, Canterbury, Cheshire, Corn wall, Eastford, East Granby, Colshire, Fairfield, Granby, Hartland, Lisbon Naugatuck, New Fairfield, North Branford, Old Lyme, Portland, Say brook, Sharon, South Windsor, Wall insford. Warren. Windsor.