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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-24
EXPOSES GROSS ERROR MADE BY
 SENATOR REED
Big Mistake Made By Sena tor Who Attacked League
 of Nations.

Note-This article contains a new discovery of facts existing in the League of Nations. which give convincing proof that the one representative of the United States on the Council has power equivalent to 31 out of g. votes on the Assembly, and that there fore the six votes of Great Bri- tain in the Assembly is of no ma eartai consequence,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-24
Blackboard fun for young folks.

Given blackboard and box of crayons, most any lit tie boy girl get hours and hours of fun. Remember the pictures you used to draw the board yourself!
 Good slate boards, germproof easily ceaned,-5Oc to $6.
 And some of them have pictures to be copied!
 floor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-24

league and the treaty which will af- feet the affairs of this and future generations throughout the nation and entire world, and consequently of a billion times more importance than hte personality of any individual on the earth.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-24
SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

Country Judge-'"Ten dollars"
 MOtorist - Can you change a twenty-dollar bill ?'
 Judge-''No, but I can change ths fine. Twenty dollars - Exchange.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22

Nearly everyone has heard the
tale Of the cigar dealer. who. with
the Christmas spirit working within
him, invited all the customers in his
shop on Christmas Eve to have a
cigar. When he asked them to make
their selection all took cigars or
cigarettes except one Scotchman
who said: ON take dime out Of the
tin.v
Many an unjust story is unloaded
upon the Scotch but most people feel
about other Christmas gifts as the
Scotchman felt about the cigar. He
didn't smoke cigars and did not
want one, but did want the gift. We
want and value the expression Of
friendship and good will and affec-
ton that Christmas gifts carry, but
many times we do not want the non
useful and inappropriate and ILL
considered gifts selected to carry
that expression.
The possibility Of that feeling in
others should influence the selec-
ton Of every Christmas gift. At
this time, when the country and
every citizen is facing period Of
reconstruction and economic change,
it is both a duty and a privilege to
select useful and appropriate gifts,
gifts which will add to the well-be-
ing and prosperity of the individual
and the country as well as to the
pleasure of both giver and receiver.
Such gifts are not far to seek.
Government savings securities do
answer to every such requirement.
They will be appreciated as much
next July as on Christmas morning.
Ranging in price, as they do, from
the 25c Thrift Stamp, the SIS War
Savings Stamp and the 800 and
$1,000 Treasury Savings Certificate
they accommodate themselves to any
purse.
They carry in addition to their
intrinsic value and their surety Of
profit the impulse to thrift, gift
which is priceless both to the indi-
vidual, the community and the ma
ton. When you select them as gifts,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22
wrIter's cramp..

Writer'S cramp has been defined as
a disease Of those who do too much
writing, especially with the hand too
tightly contracted. A person with this
trouble has not complete control over
the muscles of the thumb and middle
and fore fingers, which are brought
into use in writing. The various meth
DDS Of treatment used so far have not
proved altogether successful. Among
the methods used are surgical opera.
lions and application of electricity.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22
Gulf Streara.

The current Of water through the
ocean, oh is con;r ally callei the
Gulf n, Is Of varying width at diff.
ferer =. It's width. according to
the conditions that influence 1t, may
vary from 40 to 100 miles, and its
course also varies slightly from time
to time. In popular usage the name
is often applied not only to designate
the Gulf stream proper, but much Of
the oceanic drift of.the north Atlantic.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22
Polite Dismissal.

Veron1 and Effie were playing house
one day, when Bernice joined them.
They were not particularly anxious to
see her that day, and Verona said:
"Well. Bernice, you can be the cook,
and this is your day out"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22
MARRY HERE

Mr.. Logan Rogers, a prominent
farmer of this county, and Miss
Pearl Blankenship, of Hope, KY,
were married Saturday at the Court
House in this city by Judge E. W.
Senff.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22
That's the Spirit.

Many people walk about with a
whole cargo Of grievances in their
heads. Walk right up to your diff
culties with your coat off. Don't try
to dodge round them.-Exchange
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22
Cork Hint.

If you need cork and cannot 60
to the store to get the right size, take
an old cork and soak 1t in boiling
water for fifteen minutes. 1t will then
fit any bottle.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22

Call on us for your Xmas goods
Everything fresh and new. Van
arsdelPs.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22

For the best laundry and dry
cleaning call 210. S. P. Greenwade,
agent.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22
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COL. BOLIVAR BOND, Auctioneer
IN TWO TRACTS
LAND AGENTS AND SALES MANIAC
owing Personal Property for crutcher Brothers.

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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22

you can be sure the recipients
would not rather shave a dime out
of the till"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-12-22

Extended Free Mali Delivery.
In 1899, on the 9th of November. the
free delivery of mail in all cities and
towns In the United States of 5000 or
more Inhabitants was begun.
The sun., 1919-10-23
SCENTS COLLISION IN
MRS.EBBETSSDIVORCE
Justice Benedict Refuses to
Confirm Referee.

Because Supreme Court Justice Bene-
dict thought that the way to q divorce
had been suspiciously easy for MIS-
Minnie F. A. Ebbets. wife OF Charles H.
Ebbets. owner OF the Brooklyn National
League Baseball Club. he refused yes
terday to confirm the report of the ref
cree, and the plaintiff will have to walt
for her decree. Mrs Ebbets named Mrs.
Grace Slade Mott OF 1856 Avenue G.,
Brooklyn, as correspondent.
The court directed Mr.. and Mrs Eb-
bets to appear before him on Monday.
The court will then make inquiry to
ascertain whether there was collusion
in the divorce suit.
In refusing to confirm tho referees
report Justice Benedict said that the
defendant did not cross-examine the
witnesses for the plaintiff. one OF whom
was then in Ebbetss employment No
defence was offered. The fact that the
plaintiff did not ask for alimony was
another phase Of the case that interested
the court.
'"rhe parties have been separated for
long period. probably between five
and six years." said Justice Benedict,
but both were living In Flatbush not
far from each other. The circumstances
Indicate an arrangement between the
parties for divorce and require the
court. before determining whether to
confirm the report, to ascertain whether
the parties were acting in coIlusion."
Mrs Ebbets lives In 1s3 Ocean avenue.
The referee was William II. Fori-
The sun., 1919-10-23
MONA LISA MYSTERY
FOR ENRIGHT SLEUTHS
Stolen Oil Waits Gunner and
Identification.

Detectives who went yesterday to the
quarters OF Owen Lopp, q negro chauf-
feur. at I1s East Seventeenth street In
search Of loot they had reason to be-
lieve was hidden there succeeded only
In finding a large canvas portraying in
oil the life size reproduction of tall
and stately matron. seated on a Louis
Quinze chair before the reproduction of
a Murrillo Madonna.
AS the sleuths were in quest Of gems
that had been taken along with cash in
a $1,000 robbery on September 20 from
the homo of Mrs. Francis Walton. an
elderly widow living at rs East Eleventh
street, In which theft Lopp is implicated
with four white men. they concluded the
painting was part Of the Walton loot.
When they were informed by the lat
ter, however. that she had never before
seen the portrait and failed to recognize
in the subject any one she knew the de-
tectives found they had another mystery
on their hands Assistant District At
torney Alfred J. Talley declared after
inspecting the portrait that their discov-
cry might aptly be termed the Mona
Lisa Of the Criminal Courts Building"
because OF the singular circumstance
that no word had been received from any
quarter telling Of its disappearance.
Tho name OF tho painter in the lower
corner OF the canvas has evidently been
daubed over with paint. 30 that no clue
as TO its identity could be obtained from
that source. The work is suggestive Of
the style of Sargent. The fgure OF the
lady 10 garbed in an evening gown,
square cut at the bosom and piped with
a Grecian border. The color Of the dress
is a pale tea rose and a golden yellow
robe Is draped over the shoulders.
Lopp. who Is In the Tombs, held IN
connection with the Walton robbery as
a second offender under $4,000 ball,
refused to say word about the painting
or the robbery. He was identified by
Mrs- Walton few days ago as one of
the men who had bound and gagged her
In her residence when she was robbed,
and also as man who had been en-
ployed by her three weeks previous to
the robbery.
The sun., 1919-10-23
TWO WIVES ON TRAIL
OF ERNEST SCHIFFER
Are Joined by His Mother in
Bigan1y Action.

Following a visit yesterday to tho
District Attorneys office, where she
made q complaint against her husband
alleging bigamy. Mrs Alma Schiller,
aged %. OF II West 104th street filed
summons and complaint in the Supreme
Court OF an action TO have her marriage
to Schiller annulled.
The couple we're married on July Is
and four days later. she alleges, her
husband remained away from home sew
eral nights This fact. coupled with ru-
mors that came to her ears. caused her
10 investigate and she states she found
another Mrs. Ernest Schiller. with q
prior claim on her husband. at Asa
ltiverside Drive. The complaint alleges
the other Mrs. Schiller formerly was
Miss Grace e. Lovett Of Newark, N. j.,
who was married TO Schiller In April.
The two wives visited their husbands
mother, In 729 jackson avenue, Long
Island City. and the three women went
to the District Attorneys Office and laid
their case before one of District Attor-
ney Swann's assistants. Schiller has
not yet been located. Justice Cohaian
of the Supreme Court granted permis-
sion to the plaintiff in the action filed
yesterday to serve summons and COM
plant OF her suit by publication
The sun., 1919-10-23
OSBORNE TELLS OF
NAVY PRISON WORK
"Graduates" of Portsmouth
Proved Good Sailors.

Thomas Mott Osborne, sor7etime War
den Of Sing Sing Prison and now 9
Lieutenant Commander in the reserve
force Of the United States Navy. in COM
mand OF the Naval Prison at Ports
mouth, N. H, told the members OF the
Welfare League Association yesterday
afternoon of his experiences in apply
ing the methods he worked out at Sing
Sing to the 5000 who have run foul
Of navy regulations during the last two
years.
The meeting, which was held IN the
Belv.dere on the roof OF the Hotel AS
tor also was addressed by Prot George
w. Kirchwey. likewise q former head
of Sing Sing Brig. Gen. E. J. Reynolds.
Warden Of Auburn Prison. and ]. M.
Reynolds.
Commander Osborne said that when
he took up his duties at Portsmouth.
after he had spent a week there as q
prisoner, and made a report on the In
stitution to Secretary Daniels. the place
contained every feature Of the old time
prison regime. There were ITO pris-
oners and $50 guards and all hands
were searched six times a day.
IT thought $50 guards for the num-
Der of prisoners we had was q waste
Of good material" Commander Osborne
said. "and was right. as II proved, for
they were all marines and most of them
after their transfer were assigned to
the Marine Brigade. which fought at
Belleau Woods and Chateau Thierry.
So did some of the men who were pris-
oners when I began my work"
The Commander said there had been
returned to the service from Portsmouth
2,422 prisoners and that some COM
manding officers had actually been
known specially to request the receiv-
ing ships to send them graduates" Of
Portsmouth.
Although only four guards were
placed around the prison and the only
physical barrier to escape was an ordi-
nary wire fence. only six prisoners have
run away from the Institution IN the
last two years, he declared.
The sun., 1919-10-23
Correct types OfCOdts
for Miss ID to 20

The Wanamaker specialized collec-
ton of coats for Miss IA to 20 is now
at it's zenith. Copies of new models
from Paris have been added to the col
lection and the arrival of
Coats for Writer sports
give additional interest, and inciden-
tally make the selection quite COM
plete.
Sports coats are stunning!
Coats for skating and other out
door sports are in becoming short
lengths. Those of genuine leather,
lined with moleskin cloth at $45 and
$49.75. Coats of leatherette, guaran-
teed, are $29.75.
Little coats of heavy coatings in wonder
full dark tones-very good looking-at
$39.75.
Then, too, coats of natural color
canaePs-hdir.
Exquisitely soft, beautiful in color, and
painstakingly tailored in smart severe mod
els. Five-eighths length model. $63.50;
longer coats, $75 and upwards.
With these coats the well-dressed young
woman should wear checked or plaid wor-
sted skirt Many models--plested and plain
When one realizes that the collection in
cludes coats at prices between $35 and $495
one will appreciate the fact that to go into
detail would be difficult. But we can say
that we are sure that you will find the type
Of coat you want and at the price you de-
sire to expend.
Just few examples
Goeuillet model reproduced in new wool
ratine, $55.
Wool velours coats with shawl collar and
.,,@. 40 k;a ~
Agnes model-reproduced in new wool
ratine, $S5.
Jenny model reproduced in fine Bolivia
cloth, $3.50. Second floor, Old Building.
The sun., 1919-10-23
GREATER HELP FOR
CITY POOR PROMISED
Improvement Association Has
Increased ManagerS Board.

In order to cope with the greater de-
mands for fssistAnce from the poor of
New York ci.y and to increase its facili-
ties SO as to care adequately for these
needs this fall and winter, the Associa-
tion for Improving the Condition Of the
Poor at a meeting yesterday afternoon
increased its board Of managers and
adopted an enlarged and revised pro-
gramme of work for the coming year.
The new members elected to the
board are Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs
Willard D. Straight Mise Ruth Nor
gan, George Murnane, vice-president Of
the Liberty National Bank and member
OF the American Red Cross Commission
to Europe Robert p. Perkins. president
OF the Bigelow- Hartford Carpet Com
pany. who was Red Cross Commissioner
to Italy, and Samuel Keyser of this
city.
Increasing the managing board and
rnlarging the organization'P working IA
cilities are in direct sequence with the
enlarged budget-$s20, ,0o0-adopted in
September for the next twelve months
work. This budget provides for tho
spending among New Yorks poor fam
lilies this coming year Of approximately
100000 more than was utilized for
this purpose during the associations 8
fiscal year. which ended September 80
last
The sun., 1919-10-23
A snowball grows larger the
more you roll it around

So do very little things not worth spend
ing much time upon that should be dismissed
from the mind that il might be free for use
full things. Someone has said, Never trouble
yourself with trouble until real trouble
troubles you"
In old days in this and all cities shopping
was terrible task to many.
II took so much time and the shopper
had to 60 long distances to twenty places or
more and walking was almost preferable to
riding in q two horse omunibus or driving
over streets paved with small round cobble
stones that made riding continual jolting and
humping.
This Store amazed people because they
could find almost everything wanted.
It saved time, expense, strength and COM
fort.
That ono thing, the removing of trouble,
conquered little world of friends for US
from the beginning. So to speak we united
big bundles of purchases people carried In
their arms along the streets, and, all the
goods being here, were collected and sent
home, free of expense. what a relief II
was" the people used to tell US every day.
In old times the stores seem to have had
an idea that they were the whole thing; and
then this store came and made the people
understand that they, the people, who had the
money to spend to supply their wants, they
were the whole thing.
With new hospitalities, new privileges,
new platform of dealing where customers
had rights instead of favors often disagree
ably given the people were easily able to dis
cover that they had a store that really was
The sun., 1919-10-23
New importations in the Shop of
Decorative LUceS

Handmade laces and motifs
cluny, filet, Flanders; edges and in
sertions; squares of various sizes,
ovals, circles, oblongs, triangles; solid
filet strips suitable for French win
dows, door panels and table runners.
Door panels of Cluny, flet and embroi-
dered motifs. mounted on fine scrim, $4.75
to $50.
Embroidered lace scarfs, s1o.50 to $50.
Embroidered and lace pillows, $2.s5 to
Lace pin cushions, s1.25 to $3.50.
Chair back tides of filet lace, 81 to S25.
Venise and linen centerpieces from Bel
GUM, 81 to SO in. in diameter, $75 to 5000.
Antique Iaces
French filet laces, more than 100 years
old, in scarfs and table runners, $50 to $500.
Special orders
We are equipped to carry out special
orders promptly and in excellent taste.
Fourth Gallery, New Building.
The sun., 1919-10-23
II. G. L. BOOSTS FEES
IN DIVORCE ACTIONS
Justice Morschauser Allows
Lawyers to Charge 500.

Supreme Court Justice Joseph Nor
schauser. who is holding court at White
Plains. has pleased lawyers by doubling
counsel fees In divorce actions and al
lowances In other matters because of
the high cost OF living. To-day when an
allowance was asked for a Yonkers
lawyer In a separation case Justice
Morschauser said he was very modest
and then the attorney told him he
thought he should have a little more as
his fees was only $50. The court then
said he would double the amount.
In hlling an order allowing counsel
fees to Mrs. Imogene Tucker, who is
suing Clarence Tucker. Justice Nor
schauser said he would increase the al
lowance to lawyers 100 per cent.
In years gone by" said Justice Nor
schauser. II used to allow lawyers $50
as counsel fees, but now I allow 500.
The reason for this is because the in
creased cost Of living has added to the
burdens of many attorneys"
The sun., 1919-10-23
ARTISTIC cor HAS HOT CLUE
LNNYSTERY OF PAINTED SAFE
Burglar Who Left Camoufaged Strong Box and Van
ished With $4,000 Was Weak
in Shading

II was Detective Harrington, art ex-
pert Of the Ralph avenue station In
Brooklyn. instead of the skipper. who
issued instructions yesterday to the out
going platoon.
"Of course II you run into anybody
with a pointed beard and wearing
velveteen pants with paint smears on
the pants, bring him In. But the prin-
cipal clue l give you has to do with
brush work. The party we are after, like
Gainsborough. achieves his effects by
so massing color and form as to draw
the eye away from detail. His letter
Ing on the safe. viewed from the rtreet
was absolutely convincing; but after We
gained entrance to the store we saw at
matter of the blue shading around his
nunericals and commas. His brush
work then supplies the infallible clue |;
you ought to be able to pick him UP
easy"
Later. In the Blyn shoe store, 1855
Broadway. the artist-detective discussed
with ]. Wasserstrom, store manager.
the incredible vagaries Of artists.
You never can TELL" he insisted,
to what perverted purpose they some
times will bend their talents. This fel-
low for instance II he'd had character,
might have gained a certain public
reputation and built UP q following. In
stead he goes on the crook and blows
safes. Can you beat III"
Meantime ]. Wasserstrom, store
manager, thought whatever he thought
Last Saturday night when he qui,
for the day, the sum of $4,000 taken
in exchange for foot wear. reposed in
the safe at the back of the store. He
left the store windows uncurtained and
an electric bulb lighted above the safe
and went home to his day of rest.
On Sunday. persons living next door
to the store hunted him UP and told
him that they thought burglars were
busy. He went to the store and
The sun., 1919-10-23
WOMAN SLAIN, BODY
FOUND IN SAND PIT
Unidentified Victim, Appa-
rently About 40, Clubbed
and Shot.
WORE FUR EDGED SUIT
Autopsy and Police Inveshga-
ton Fail to Reveal Mo-
tive for Crime.

The body Of woman Of mature years,
who AFFECTED clothing that ran rather to
vivid color contrasts than to quality, and
much cheap jewelry was found last night
in a deep sandpit In a lonely part Of
Canarsie. She had been murdered. The
slayer. who left her jewelry untouched.
took her pocketbook, II she had one. ana
there was nothing to give q clue to her
identity.
Tho woman apparently was slightly
yer 40 years Of ago. Her features in
icate Irish extraction and she wore a
wedding ring. She had been hit on the
forehead by a blunt instrument and
wounded in the back and left cheek by
bullets from as .slibre revolver.
The sandpit is n barren ground 400
feet east of Utic, avenue at a point
where Winthrop street and East Ninety
second street would meet II either had
been constructed that far.
The neighborhood boys who crossed
the lots in their play found the body.
They reported to the police Of the Snyder
avenue station. Detectives from the
Manhattan and Brooklyn headquarters
hastened to Canarsie and were followed
by Deputy Commissioner Leahy. who
took charge Of the investigation.
The police Investigation developed
little in the way Of clues, but an autopsy
at the Kings County Morgue gave a
basis for search into the woman's
identity that Is looked upon hopefully.
She had been operated on for stomach
trouble three times, once within six
montha Detectives were sent to search
tho records Of all the hospitala The
jewelry tended to prove that robbery
had not been the motive
The police believe she was shot while
on the embankment above the pit or at
a place not far distant
Powder marks on the clothing proved
that the bullet, which lodged In the
back near the spine, had been fred
from a revolver held very close. DR.
Charles w. wuest, who performed the
autopsy, estimated the time of the MUIR
der at o'clock Tuesday night. The
woman's clothing was damp. which in
dicated she had lain in the sandpit dur
ing the rain OF Tuesday night
She was 8 feet TN inches tall and
weighed 100 pounds. She had dark
hair. eyes and complexion. The hair
showed a tendency to grayness near the
scalp and evidences Of having at one
time been dyed.
The woman wore . black broadcloth
suit with brown fur edgins the collar.
the cuffs and the bottom OF the coat.
The waist was lavender. The under
clothing was Of good quality and the
stockings silk. The shoes were Of OK
blood red with cloth uppers. The
jewelry was Of a miscellaneous char
acter with many pieces. Where the
stones were diamonds they were mere
chips.
The sun., 1919-10-23
LAUNDRY PARLEY GOES OVER.

Edward d. Jackson. Deputy Commits
sioner of the bureau OF mediation and
arbitration. said yesterday afternoon
that the conference between the striking
laundry workers and the employers,
which was planned for yesterday. prob
ably would not be held until tomorrow.
He said he had received word that
several OF tho laundry employers could
not bo present at the conference and last
night he went TO Albany on private busi-
cess- r was his intention, however, SO
he stated. to return IN time for the con-
ference tomorrow, which will be held at
me offices of the State Industrial Com
mission At that meeting he hopes to
get the warning factions to come to some
sort OF an agreement