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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
FRENCH AIRPLANE COMPANIES SETTLE
 PATENT CASES

Paris, Dec. 31 - French ai1plane companies have settled suits brought against them by the Wright Company of America, which alleged that the companies had violated fundamental patents governing the constru ction of flying machines owned by the Wright Corporation. Infringements on the patents occurred during the war, 1t was asserted, and the Wright Com pany brought suita fc~ amounts az gregating about 10,0oC,Ooo. It is re- ported that several million dollars will be paid by the French concerns.
 Italian military officers to the number of 1900 have been placed on the retired list. This number in- cluded 200 generals.
 Dog lovers of the United States are indignant because of information that the Bolsheyil1i destroyed the Russian wolf hounds on the estate of former Grand Duke Nicholas These wolfhounds were rated the finest in the world.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
Struggled Whislzey Is
 Given To Hospitals

Fl Paso, Tex, Dec. 31-Whiskey smuggling across the border from Mexico into the United States at Fl Paso, is causing customs officials grave concern, according to agents here.
 Since July 1 last, 12o lots of snug- gIed liquor have been seized by gov ernment agents and much of it has been sent to the ar1aN and navy hos pitals in the United Scates.
 The federal grand jury returned 162 indictments for smuggling be- tween April and October and con yictions have been obtained in about 90 per cent of the cases. Sentences of from one to two years in the fed eraI penttentiary at Leavenworth, Kans, were imposed in most cases.
 It is stated here that American in toxicants are being exported into Mexico and that customs officials of that country are planning to protest against this. Such exports would be illegal after January 16 next when the prohibition amendment to the Constitution goes into effect.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
XANTHIPPE.

When a woman nags, a man bolts; and 6 mule couldn't blame him. The beautiful xanthtppe, one of the hand somest girls in Athens, Greece in 423, B. C., chosen to be one of sthe basket bearers in the Panathenaio Procession in honor of Pallas Athene goes down in history as the type of the abominable henpecker. When one says today, of 8 woman, "She is a perfect Xanthtppe" it means an unbearabIe hagger. Xanthippe was the wife of the great Athonian phil osopher, Socrates. Socrates said he wed her to train himself into more perfect se1f-command. He always let her pour out her beakfuls that must at least have been intolerably funny Xanthippe loved the great Athenian, and wept at his tragic death. Doubtless her tears were a dreadful rosary of regret that she had "answered back''-henpecked- when the noble Gamecock was scratching in the mud for her main tenancc.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
FUEL PROBLEM BECOMES ACUTE
 IN PALESTINE

New York. Dec. S1.-''F'ue1 Admin istrator" for Q people who are freez- ing to death in country where price and difficult to transport to the places where it is most sorely need ed is one of the most difficult duties of Isidcre Hershfeid, director of Jew ish relief work in Poland
 Pra actically every bit of fuel that the suffering Jews of Poland are get ting this winter comes from fundg raised by the American Jewish Relief Committee and its allied organiza- ton. During November 5,575, 900 marks were spent for fuel, Mir Hersh- field reported, and over 2,oO0,o marks in September and October
 Difficulties of hauling fuel and high prices are making the condition of the sufferers more miserable, ; cabled MT Hershfield. The rigors of the present winter make adequate fuel supplies vitaIIy necessary for the destitute people here, who arc with out proper clothing, food and shel- ter'7
 Total expenditures for Polish Relief work during November totaned 15,- 26S, 800 marks, the Joint Distribution Committee reported, which included 25G, GOO marks for refugees in War saw, 2T5,0O0 marks for clothing and shoes and 10000 marks for the fani- lies of Jewish governmental em- ployees discharged en masse at L.zEow.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
WILL EXPEDITE
 TRIAL OF NEW
 IN LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 31-Ex- petition Of the trial of Harry s. New, charged with the murder of his iancee, Miss Freda Lesser, led to court opening 5 minutes earlier than usual today. Defense counsel announced presentation of their evil Fdence probably would be completed by Friday night and, with the state attorneys, they predicted the case would go to the jury about Jan. s.
 Miss Edna Clancy, News half sis ter, was the first witness called to- day. The defense had stated her testimony would be Startling and that she probably would tell the jury that an innocent act of hers was the indirect cause of Miss Lessers death.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
CONVENTION CITY IH'ILL. BE NAMED
 OR JANUARY 8

Washington, D. C-Seven cities are 1n friendly but active competition for the privilege of entertaining the next Democratic National Conven- ton, the place of which will be de- cided by the Democratic National Committee at it's meeting in Wash ington on January g. The cities thus far in the contest are Chioa go, St Louis, Kansas City, Cleveland, Gin cinnad, Indianapolis and San Fran cisco.
 Illinois democrats, headed by the National Committeeman Charles Boesch enstein. will press the claims of Chicago, which has already been selected by the Republicans as the place of their next convention. It Is understood that Committeeman Boesch enstein will have the support of the Iroquois L7tF, the large and lively Democratic o. 1nization of Chicago, and also of the Chicago As sociation of Com
 San Francisco is prepared to equal or exceed the financial guarantee of any other city in the contest.
 IL is announced that members of the Democratic National Committee have male no pledges or commitments of any kind in advance of the meeting at which the place or the next con- vention is to be determined. The claims of everyone of the seven rival cities will be heard fully and fairly, it is stated, before definite action Is taken.
 More than usual interest attaches to this meeting of the National Com rnittee, not only because of the task of selecting the convention city, but also because of the Jackson Day dinner at the Willard Hotel on the night of January 8. It is already forecast that there will be large at tendance of Democrats from various sections of the country, and among the speakers will be the most promi- nent leaders of the party.
 It is expected that President Wilson will send a personal message to the guests at the dinner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
RUnHANlAN AND
 JAPANESE GAINS AS WAR'S RESULT

Ruroan1a gains largely in area. and population through the absorption of the eastern section of Hungary, which was occupied by people speak ing the RuynaHiau language, incIud- ing Transsylvania: also the Russian province of BeSara.bia- No definite figures can be given as to her in crease in either area or population, though from latest indications the present area of Rumania is about double that prior to the war, and absorbed chiefly from Hungary.
 Japan look forcfbIe possession in the early part of the war of the Mar shall, I4s!drone and Caroline Islands and the German colony of Kaio-Chow on the coast of China, and still retains control thereof
 The importance of the Kaio-Chow transfer to Japan lies in the fact that it has not onEys the best port facilities on the eastern coast of China, with Q deeb channel and modern docks, but that Germany had, in conjunction with this area, important railway, mining and other concessions in the Chinese province Of Shantung, which are, acc ding to the terms of the treaty, to pass to Japan
 The a ga of Kato-Chow proper Is but 200 quare miles and the popu- lation -2t 900, but the importance of the Shal ing concessions is much greater.
 The islands of which Japan ao- quires control lie immediately be- tween our Philippine and Hawaiian eroGps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
Analysis Has
 Been Made of
 Several Essences

Hartford, Dec. 31. - Because of complaints having been received at the office of State Diary and Food Commissioner Thomas Holt, who is also state pure food commissioner, an analysis has been made Of es- rsence of peppermint and also of Tan1afea ginger, each concoctton hay flag been found to contain s5 per cent. a1coho1 A peculiar taste in the peppermint, bought by g young woman employed at the Capitol caused her, too, to ask for an an- aIysis of her purchase, and yesterda b she was informed by Commissioner Holt that the state laboratory chem ists had found 1t to contain 85 per |. of alcohol.
 further analysis is being made to de vTnine what causes the peculiar taste, and Commissioner Holt says that, while there is nothing thus far to cause the suspicion that wood al- coho1 was used, the department is not taking any chances, and 8 further analysis is now being conducted at the laboratory. Both the essence of peppermint and Jamaica ginger have ebeen sold in larger quantities than formerly, due, probably, to the large amount of alcohol each contains.
 That druggists throughout the state have been obeying the law in regard to sales of wood alcohol was the opinion expressed yesterday by the pure food commissioner. He said that all druggists examined had dem- onstrated clearly that every time any wood alcohol is sold, a label Is put on the bottle with the we'd, Poi son." printed in large letters.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
PARTICIPATION
 RUSH IS ONLY FOR A TIME
Authorities Estimate But 3OO,O00 Will Arrive Next
 Year.

New Tcrlzs Dec, S1-Heavy immi- grafton, " wi1tc1 has taxed the facili- ties of Eilts Island and delayed un- loading Of steamships at this port, Is only temporary and presages no great influx of foreigners that will affect the laeoI market of the United States, ir1 the opinion of immigration authorities here They estimated that next years immigration through New York viii be only Soo,eo as com pared with pre-war figures of from soc, 900 to 1000, eco annually.
 Few of the thousands of passengers arriving here daily from abroad are have been here before or unless rela- tives are already here Proba bly, fifty per cent Of the recent arrivals are reservists, mostly Italians, who left the United Sta1ss to light for the native land.
 Many of them ara American ciu- zens, about whose admission there Is no question The balance of the arrivals is composed largely of fath- ] CTS mothers, wives and children of men, Poles and Czeche-Slo who , iY17rnigrated prior to the war and are now well established
 The arrivals inclI7de large rep TesentatioTl of na15ve-born Americans who had been unable to reach these shores earIEzr because Of war condi- lions Some Of them are from Ger many As evidence of this is the fact that many arrivals have steam ship tickets sold to them abroad fouT or five years ago
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
LIST FOR LEGISLATURE
 REACHED 63

Hartofrd, Dec. 31-The necrology list for 1919 of former state officers and members of the General Assem- b1y numbers 63 up to noon today. &C., cording to a reliable record.
 These included former Congress- man James P. Pigott of New Haven, General Thomas L. Watson Of Bridge port, Deputy State Treasurer B. Frank Marsh and Colonel James W. Cheney, state prison director for many years. There were 47 ex-members Of the House, one who had served in Senate and House and three others who served in the Senate.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
FUNGUS DISEASES DESTROY SWEET
 POTATO CROP
National Research Council Trying To Stop This
 Evil.

St. Louis, Mo, Dec. 31.---Nghty per cent. Of the country's sweet potato crops are destroyed annually by fun gus diseases according to delegates today at the convention Of the Amer ican Association for the Advancement of Science session here. The national research council is trying to eradicate these diseases
 Dr. w. J. Humphreys Of the govern ment weather bureau, Washington, D. C., in an address before the Mete- oro1ogicaI section, asserted that aiI pushed north blows east because o1 the defective effect of the earth's TO- tation, and that rain dries the at mosphere, because 1t removes the water from 1t.
 Heating free atmosphere cools 1t, and cooling warns it, he asserted This he explained by saying warmed air will rise and cool, and cooled, air will fall and become warm by con- pression.
 The excess profits tax was de nounced as unjust, unsound and dan gerous.,'' in an address last night by Morris Frey, a New York banker. He advocated that it bes ubstttuted by a gross sale tax.
 He asserted the excess profits tax partly was responsible for the high cost of living, declaring many bus mess men increased the prices of their products 50 as to reimburse them selves in part for that which they paid the government
 He declared tax Of one per cent. on sales would bring the government s5, 900, ,000, 900 annually.
 This tax is so low" he sadd, "that any attempt to abuse it or defraud the consumer would be taken care of by competition"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
HAS TO BE PUMPED.

Journalist-Queer saying that about truth lying at the bottom of the well.
 Lawyer-You wouldn't think so if you knew the amount of pumping we lawyers have to do to get at it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
BASEBALL PAYERS
 ARE TO DEMAND INCREASED WAGES

New York, Dec. 31.---The high cost of living probably will result in base ball players demanding increased sal aries next year, according to officials of local clubs today.
 Baseball contracts the 1920 sea- son must be mailed before midnight tonight to reserve a player. Of the three local major league clubs, the New York Americans have signed eight regulars, the New York Nation als three and the Brooklyn Nationals five.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-31
BATS TO CATCH U-BoATs.

Captain Campbell and his associ- ates of the British mystery ship Dun raven, paid as much attention tc de- tails in their ships as in their per sonaI appearance. The ships wash did not expose the flannels that are affected by navel men, but the dun garees that are popular with mer- chant sailors. Som etimes a side of beef would be hung out in plain view; this not only kept up the fiction that the ship was an innocent tramp, but 1t served as tempting bait tc the not too-well-fed crew of the submarine. Particularly tempting cargoes were occasionally put on deck. One of the ships carried several paper-nnache freight cars of the small European type, covered with legends which in dicated that they were loaded with ammunition and bound for Mesopo- tarnia- It was easy to imagine how
 fsE1x 6t52e Hun would wish to sink
 k,aneiral Sims in the
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historian has ever pictured as wildly
nor as thrillingly the bloody scenes
OF that terrible conflict when brother
fought brother and the very lie OF
the nation was endangered. Perhaps
the most graphic of these tales are
those surrounding Incidents of the
long siege of Petersburg, when for ten
months the army Of the Confederacy
lay under the guns of Gen. Grant.
In this connection II IS interesting
to note that there was almost daily "A
truce between the opposing armies.
Historians have never recorded this
cec., for, as Private Levy says, il was
a secret among soldiers. With the
guns of both sides belChing flame and
smoke all through the night the break
ing of day was signal for Il truce,
and throughout the daylight hours
that truce was not broken. on this
point the following taken from the
diary of the former rebel Is of in
tereSt
sherman had marched from At
lanta to Savannah, thus cutting the
Confederacy in twain and causing de-
spair to possess the minds of citizens.
At this junCture of affairs army ra-
lions were reduced TO half II pound of
bacon and one pound of corn meal per
diem, with an occasional allowance OF
plug tobacco This latter the soldiers
found to be the best medium of eX-
change with the enemy on the neutral
ground between the picket lines OF the
opposing armies. When through siege
approaches the Federal picket line he
came very close to the Confederate
trenches the opposing guardians of
the army arranged a daily truce which
was never known to be suspended
without fair warning"
BIT Eugene II. Levy is no longer n
rebel. A Southerner. yes. lie loves
with his whole heart everything that
is of the old South. But he loves the
Union and the star Spangled BarNcr
more. With one son An officer in ile
American EXpeditionary Army VI
France and two nephews officers in
the naval forces he has watched the
progress of the war in Europe with a
keen and campaign practised eye.
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great way from their country. which
was vaguely supposed to be at a vast
distance to the northeast.
My summer with the Copper Eskimo
passed pleasantly for me, and profita-
bly,. From the first they accepted me
as one of them--they had not known
them so, My life was exactly as
theirs in that followed the game and
hunted for a living. Even my rifle did
not differentiate me from them, be-
cause they looked upon its perform
ances as my magic. differing In no way
essentially from their magic.
BY August the caribou skins were
suitable for clothing. up to that time
we had killed only for food and had
eaten each animal before moving. so
that our baggage had not increased:
but now we had to begin saving skins
against winter, and by the latter part
of August we had n bundle of some
thing like forty of the soft. short
began to be hampered by the bulk and
weight of our back loads. We there
fore chose large dead spruce. the
trunk of which was free OF bark and
limbs. and fifteen feet up it we sus-
pended our bundle of skins.
BY the end Of September the caribou
had become very scarce and the Eski-
mo were only waiting for the first
snow SO that they could sledge their
stores OF sleds, snow shovels, bows
spear handles and other wooden
articles, and their meat and skins
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Gaines Mill, Second Manassas, Sharps-
burg and Gettysburg, and went
through the sieges of Yorktown and
Petersburg. In one of the final bat
ties of the war, during the last months
of the Petersburg siege, Private Levy
received his only major wound when
a deep, cruel cash was torn In his
right side by fragments of an explod-
ing shell fired from one Of the besleg-
Ing batteries.
After coming North, Mr.. Levy be-
came a reporter in the Wall Street dis
trict. After time. however. his great
love for books asserted itself and he
was drawn into the establishment of a
little business at Al Liberty street,
the Dixie Book Shop. 1t was more
than fifteen years ago that he first
threw open the door of that little base
ment shop. and as time passed It
came to be known as the spot to which
tired bankers. brokers. lawyers and
high moguls of industry came to be
cheered and heartened by the kindly
and genial proprietor. The many
friendships which grew out OF these
meetings have lasted right down to
the present day, cemented more firmly,
II that be possible, by the passage OF
time.
Perhaps no more apt description of
the man and his workshop was ever
written than that which once appeared
In the Commerce and Finance maya
zine. which read:
"Youll find the only living private
OF the Confederacy in a basement at
Al Liberty street that ia "a traa ,,,ra
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BY TRACY J. SUTLIFF.

~ HE Dixie Book Shop without
Gene Levy! 1t seems incred-
= ible, but 1t is true nevertheless.
Gene Levy has retired and the Dixie
Book Shop has passed into other
hands-hands as efficient and as sue
cessful, perhaps, but still not the hands
OF Eugene II. Levy.
For upward of fifteen years this
strange but cosey little bookstall in
the basement at Al Liberty street was
presided over by Eugene Levy, book
lover, banker, scholar, veteran of a
score Of battles, once n private of the
Confederate army. and the friend of
men the very mention of whose names
would cause the financial army in
Wall Street to click its heels sharply
and stand at attention. For fifteen
years he sat with quiet and becoming
dignity among his books, attending to
the wants OF his customers and chat
ting amiably with the friends beyond
number who came to call.
He purposes to spend the remainder
Of his days enjoying with his family
the rest which he has earned.
Eugene H. Levy was born in the lit
tie village OF Grand Gulf, Claiborne
county, Miss. January 23, 1910. In
another ten months he will celebrate
the eightieth anniverasy OF his birth.
| At the very beginning OF the war, with
his two brothers. he enlisted in that
famous Confederate organization
Dreux's Battalion of Louisiana. After
service OF one year with this infantry
unit. Private Levy, for he remained a
private throughout the conflict, turned
his attention to another branch of the
| service and reenlisted, this time in the
Donaldsonville Artillery, where he re-
| manned until the final surrender at
AppomattoX.
Through twelve fierce battles and
two long and weary sieges he fought
for the flag under which he had chosen
| to march. He carried on" at Seven
| Pines, Beaver Dam, Frazier's Farm
Harper's Ferry. fredericksburg. WILL
Transport, Williamsburg. Cold Harbor
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AS spring was approaching. de-
cided not to follow Dolphin and Union
Straits further, but to turn south,
cross them quickly to the North
American mainland, and work to Coro-
nation Gulf overland. We reached the
western arm of this great gulf May
% and found hardly a sign Of thaw,
so ,tinued south on the gulf ice.
in daylight lasting the twenty-four
hours throughi
One morning we sighted Eskimo
and, simultaneously, a seal basking on
the ice. Although they were short OF
provisions, they had not tried for the
animal, because, curiously. the art
of harpooning seal on the ice is prac-
tised almost not at all by these Copper
Eskimo. Among them, In general, l
should say that not more than one in
six knows how to hunt seals on the
spring ice, and those who know how
are chiefly old men. The whole
family, therefore. looked on with great
interest as my Alaskan companion
Natkusiak crawled up TO within about
twenty yards of this seal and shot
him.
Hunting Seal on the Ice.
AT this season the seals lie on top
of the ice basking in the warm sun.
You see them here and there like small
black dots sprinkled over the vast
whiteness of the ocean. Each lies
beside q hole which he has kept open
all winter by gnawing for his supply
of fresh air and which he has now
tx,oh
sary to give air space to his nostrils
to perhaps a foot and half in diam
eter, so that he can haul himself out.
He lies on a slippery incline beside
this hole, and the least twitch of his
body will slide him into the water. He
must, therefore, be approached and
killed before he has suspicion OF dam
ger, and he must be killed instantly,
for the culver of a fiipper would be
almost as effective as the most ener-
getic movement in sliding his body into
the water.
This family differed not at all from
the generality Of their countrymen in
being more impressed with my COM
panion's skill in stalking, which they
thoroughly understood, than by the
performance OF his rifle, which to
them was miraculous and therefore no
more wonderful than ordinary mira
cles.
Proceeding south, we came in to a
small village at the mouth of the Rae
River, inhabited by tribe who should
have some knowledge of white men.
for records show that Dease and Simp-
son had visited them in the thirties
and Richardson and Rae in the forties
of the last century.
I asked them what they knew OF
white men. Oh, they knew a great
deal, they said. A few years ago a
single Eskimo family Of a tribe other
than theirs had seen white men on a
lake inland to the south. This I was