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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
THE DEATH OF DECATUR.

Today is the anniversary of the
 death of stephen Decatur, one of the
 braVest officers in the history of the
 American navy, and his death forms one of the most tragic incidents in the annals of the history of the United States. Decatur was killed in a duel with Captain James Barron, fought on March p, 1920, and his remains lie in an old cemetery in Philadelphia, marked by an elaborate shaft.
 The cause of Decatur's death had it's inception about 13 years before the date he was killed. In the sum- mer of 1907 the United States frigate Chesa peake left Hampton Roads for sea, in command of Captain Barron. Lying outside the roads, in Lynn haven Bay, was a British squadron. The two countries were at peace but the British were then impressing
 American seamen, and trouble was in ] the air. The commander of the British squadron had claimed that on the Chesapeake were three deserters from the British navy, and had de- manded their surrender, which was refused on the ground that the men i were Americans, who had been ille- gauy impressed into the British Ser vice.
 As the Chesapeake went to sea the frigate Leopard was detached to fol- low her and demand the men. The demand was refused by Capt. Barron, and the Leopard attacked the Chesa- | peake. Barron fired but one gun in reply and surrendered his ship. After l the men had been taken from her she was permitted to go on her way 1 Barron was court-martialed, and De- ,.,- -I,,- | fenced him to five years suspension | from the navy. Decatur had pro- 1 tested against serving on the trial 1 board, as he had formed an unfavor- 1 able opinion of Barron's professional 1 capacity. When, at the end of the l var Barron returned to the navy and ! demanded an active command, De- | catur, who was then a member of the 1 Board of Naval Commissions. felt it | his duty to oppose his appointment | to any place of trust. Barron deeply l resented this. Meddling friends famed the flame of resentment. At
 last, on March 22, he challenged De- | catur who had no desire to fight him.
 and made every effort consistent with ! honor to avoid doing so. Barron per i sisted, and the men met at Bladens- | burg. When the word fire was gwen, Barron fell, wounded in the hip, where Decatur said he would | shoot him. Decatur was shot in the 1 abdomen and fell soon after Barron. | He was taken to his home, where he died that night, while Washington where he made his home, was stirred
 to it's depths by the tragedy. He was | followed to the grave by perha ps the
 largest assemblage of people that has l ever been seen in Wash in e-tor AFta~ 1 temporary interment in the capital, | his remains were removed to Phila- l delphia and buried in the church.
 yard of St. Peters, not far from where
 the hero had passed his happy early 1 days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS
CFrom the Farmer, March 26, 1S69)

The contract for the earhwork and pilng the bridge has been awarded to Wm s. Knowlton.
 
 Parties wishing their feather beds cleaned and purified must hurry up, the will remain the city only few days longer
 Mr. Henry Parrot for many years superintendent of the Adams Express in this city, retres this month from that concern and joins his father the Varnish business
 We hear that $50 veocipedes have been turned by the Wood Broher in this city, and that their present age is about forty week.
 By resolution of the Common Council Monday evening" the efficient City Clerk, William Barnett Esq, voted for extra labor performed during the year. fully earned the and pleased to know that of all parties acknowledge the efficiency and ability exhibited.
 The hair cutting saloon of C. M Schlds Golden Hill streets, has been much enlarged improved and beaued making it of the establishments in town The ladies department presided Mrs. repete with everything appertainng toilet while in the gentemens department four experienced constantly on hand to wait upon customers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
ANY OLD BLUNDER GOES

~ HE MODERN world differs from the ancient mainly "A quantity of it's accurate and precisely applied knowledge. the domain of materials accuracy has been brought almost to perfection Men work to the housandh inch in steel and count it wonderful thing to
 Certain finger the medieval period. scarcely better understood than they years Public administrators rule do thousandth of nch They chief tribe. Sassacus, had many Indians in his authority when the settlers first to New England under compulsion know his business than the of Bridgeport s Any defect in budget of Indian chief reflected in the starvation his people, who knew immediately that something wrong with the administration.
 civilization is strong the material side that administrators be concealed for that the administrators and those they with any expert knowledge municipal fairs.
 Some years ago Mayor Wilson placed city way large bonded indebtedness order sad obtain
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
COLLEGE GIRLS
 ID BAR KISSING
Form Society to Do Away With
 Great Indoor Sport.

Appleton, Wis, March 26.---''Io more kissing is the motto of Nu Ep- silon Sigma, secret society organized by three girls at Lawrence College.
 Seeing two fellows grip hands in greeting after an absence of q few years and then settle into 3. calm con- versation without osculatOry display of affection gave the girls an inspira- ton. They decided that if the boys could be perfectly happy with those away with the perpetual hug and kiss. Each member of the club will hereafter rush up to her dearest chum when she returns home and inIui5lge in a hearty hand clasp, perhaps a slap on the back, animated conversation and TO more.
 Results of the non-ldssing club on Lawrence College will be felt over the campus. Each group of bubbHng girls will be severely criticised by the members if any demonstration of lip- smack affection is made in public or private corners of the campus. Even a grouch cannot be removed by lightly kissing the grouchy ones brow, for that would forever bar the offender from membership to the. hOnored club.
 Strong will power, control over af- factions and heartstrings are a ne cessity for even consideration. If willingness to learn the art of hatred for kissing and embracing is cuIti- vated, the candidate may be accepted. Some boys are contemplating qualify ing for membership.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
MEN OF CANNON
 TYPE IN CHARGE

H. Hays chairman of the Republican National Committee.
 Representative MondeH of Wyom- ing is Republican floor leader. He voted against tabing the McLemore resolution and against the selective service bill. He charged that this measure was ''paIatabIe to those who imagine that by the working of this magic selection they and those they love may be excused and the burden may fall upon those without political, social or capitalistic influence"
 The Committee on Committees se- Iected Representative Knutson of Minnesota to be a party whip. He de- served this of his Republican fellows, apparently, for having voted against the war resolution.
 Representative Good of Iowa, who is to be chairman of the House Com mittee on Appropriations, gets this important post in spfte-or because of his vote against the tabling of the NIcLemore resolution and of his vote for the Cooper amendment to the armed neutrality bill.
 Recreant and Reactionary.
 In the person of Representative Fordney of Michigan is combined recreancy and reaction in about equal parts. He is an advocate. of the high est traff that can be devised. His economic principles are those of the standpat element of New England and Pennsylvania. His American ideals are indicated by his attitude at the outbreak of the war. He voted against tabHng the McLemore resolu- ton, against the shipping board bill
  ures.
 The chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee is the prize award ed to Representative Porter of Penn sylvania. He supported the Cooper amendment. The Republicans would like to eliminate him but don'a know how to accomplish it without friction.
 Representative Esch of Wisconsin is to head the Committee on Inter state Commerce and as such will have a big part in framing legislation af- fecting railroads. He voted against the tabling of the McLemore reslu- tin, the shipping bill and the war resolution. He cast his vote for the Cooper amendment.
 Representative Haugen of Iowa is to be chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. He fitted himself for this place, seemingly by voting against the tablings of the McL1emore resolution, the. war resolution, the shipping board bill and the espionage bill, and by trying hard to kill the food survey bill.
 Representative Campbell of Kansas has been named to the chairmanship of the Rules Committee. He voted against the espionage bill and the food survey bill, and for the Cooper amendment.
 Remarkable even among these se- 1ections Is that of Representative Mason of Illinois as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. His ap- pointnent is regarded as an insult to patriotic people. He voted against the war resolution the espionage bill, the se1ective service bill and the finance and corporation bill. It is believed he was assigned to this com mittee for some special purpose.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
DEMONSTRATION.

The forestry question is one of the problems forgotten during the war, that should now be taken up with energy. The country is short on building stock, fuel. paper pulp, and other material obtained from wood lands. Great forest tracts are needed to protect the water supply, and tree growth makes any neighborhood beautiful
 The New York State Conservation Commission shows what can be done by offering 10.000.000 trees at from S1-50 a thousand for seedlings up to $4.50 for larger ones. When you can get six sproutlings for a cent, there is no excuse for idle land
 Many people won't plant trees thinking they will die or move else where before the trees attain size. That is poor business and poor com munity spirit. Trees add to the re- sources of the state and town, and within a very few years make a property salable at a better price.
 If you can't wait for the more per manent trees, try the quick growers like catalpa. An Ohio man writes of 2,000 of these trees he planted ten years ago. Many of them are twenty feet high now.
 The need of reforestation applies not merely to wild tracts, but equally to little pieces of waste land near cities. Don't let al single quarter of an acre lie idle. If you can't culti- vate it and if it is not likely to be used for building purposes. plant .EAes. There is plenty of boy and
 Sd labor that can do it
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26

Washington, March 26- RepubH- san recreants and reactionaries-men who voted against war with Germany md against preparations for the war and veterans of the Old Guard. un- Ter the dominion of Senator Penrose md Uncle Joe Cannon are to share control of the next House of Repre- 5entatives.
 Nearly every member chosen for the chairmanship of an important committee is a Republican with a record of hostility and active op- position to the war or with a. reputa ton as the pIeader of special inter asts Many of them are in both cate gories.
 In making committee assignments the Republican leaders have promot- ed men who voted against tabling the McLemore resolution, the war resOlu- ton, and the seIective draft law and who supported the Cooper amend ment which sought to nullify the armed neutrality bill.
 The McLemore resolution vas a warning to Americans to stay off the high seas. The war resolution was that declaring a state of war to exist between this country and Germany The Cooper amendment was t&-end- ed to prevent the arming of merchant ships to protect them against German submarines. The selective service law was that under which was organ ized the great national army that con- tributed to the glorious victory over Germany and her allies.
 It is not surprising that the oppOn- ents of the war with Germany and ob- structionists of it's successful prescott ton should thus have been rewarded. The Mann Committee on Committees by whom they were selected was itself strong with the same taint
 Thirty-one of the SC members of this steering committee" were in the previous Congress. Eighteen of these 31 voted against tabling the NcLe- more resolution, whose defeat Presi- dent Wilson characterized as the acid test" of loyalty to American rights Seventeen Of the old mem hers of the committee supported the Cooper amendment.
 Record of the New Chairmen.
 If the choice of these leaders and chairmen of the Republican House
 
 their un-American performances, then that purpose has been successfully ac- compished.
 As Speaker of the House, Repre- sentative Gi1lett of Massa achusetts will have the chief post of honor. MT. G4llett's record is enough to have qualified him under the peculiar standards adopted by his Republican asso ciatos. He voted against the shipping board bill, which was to pro- vide the government with tonnage to transport supplies and equipment and soldiers to Europe, and against the food survey bill. He answered present to the roll call on the great war revenue bill of 1918, when the country was in the midst of the con fict with Germany. Two other Re- pubIicans and the only Socialist in the House answered present with him. MT. Gillett had the backing of Sena- tors Lodge and Penroes and of Will
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
BEAT H. C. L. WITH BEANS.

BeanS-plenty of them at prices much lower than last year-are ady to replace higher priced foods in Americas meals. Only last year the cartoonists were having fun with the humble bean, for it, too, was sky rocketing in price, but today it's down-way down below last years prices, and there's joy in other places than Boston.
 Reports on boan prices from the Bureau of Markets, Department Of Agriculture, show that beans have dropped 3 to cents a pound at wholesale since March last year, and in California growers are saying that they will not sell if beans go any lower at shipping points. Plentiful supplies are reported in producing sections, and retailers are already selling beans at reduced prices in many cities.
 If folks are really going to swat Old Man H. C. L. with low priced beans, officials say, 1t will result in the use of more catsup and chili sauce-which means more tomatoes and peppers, although some prefer 'em with molasses and others with vinegar. Of course. "Bcsion baked" will come into its own.
 It is always possible to arouse a discussion over baked beans, for some like them cooked fairly dry, while others like them moist; some like
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
IN
 NEW YORK BUSY
Many Watches Lost By Those in Crowd Looking
 At Parade.

New York, March 26-The veteran New York pickpocket, according to a veteran observer of the same. goes after cash and rarely tries to lift articles more betray{ng or requiring a visit to the pawnshop. Therefore most of the finger workers who play ed their game among the parade crowds must be novices or from out side the city, for their preferred loot was gold watches.
 As the tail of the parade vanished northward and the observers turned to struggle out of the press here and there a man or woman discovered that in the preceding moments of ex- citement pockets or handbags had been rif1ed.
 All the Manhattan police stations received such reports. The detective forces of all the boroughs were mob ilized in Manhattan and large num- Der of patrolmen in plain clothes joined them in sitting through the multitude and watching for 'suspic- ious persons
 One of the best known detectives, Frank McGee, of the Headquarters squad, says he was standing near a subway station in Union Square when he felt tug on his watch chain. lie glanced downward just in time to see a hand trying to remove his watch. McGee made a grab and arrested a young man who said he was Leo A. LowenthaI of 2940 West 18th street, Coney Island.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26


 molasses in them and some do not Each family should try different kinds and then stick to the one it likes best. To most New Englander3 Boston baked beans means beans cooked in a covered bean pot for a long time, which are very moist when done and which have been seasoned with little molasses.
 Here is a recipe which is such an old favorlte that 1t needs no recom- mendation.
 Boston Baked Beans.
 Soak one quart beans and cook Un- til tender. but not so. soft that they will fall apart. If desired, one-fourtn pound of salt pork may be cooked with them. When tender, add one half teaspoon mustard. one tablespoon sugar or two tablespoons nlolasses. and one tablespoon sal. Bake in a covered dish for one and one-half hours. leaving them uncovered for the last 5 minutes.
 If you have any beans left over why not make a loaf that you can sevre for dinner In place of meat?
 Instead-of-M Meat Loaf.
 Two cuos cooked beans, 1 cup cook ed rice. 1 cup bread crumbs. l egg, 1 tablespoon fat, 1-2 teaspoon salt or l teasp oon if the rice is unsalted, IS teaspoon paprika.
 Put Lhe beans through a sieve or grind in the meat grinder. Mix all the ingredients we'll. Form into a loaf and bake until brown. Or croquettes may be formed, rolled in bread crumbs and Drowned in the oven. Baste frequently with small amounts of liquid containing a tablespoon of fat to . c,,o of hot water
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
LAYAEEN'S LEAGUE OF ST. GEORGES HAS
 ANNUAL ELECTION

The IIaymen's league of St. Georges s parish held a meeting last night at league headquarters, Clinton avenue. The annual report submitted by Treasurer George F. Elwood indicat- ed a. satisfactory financial condition. The names of the standing commit tee will soon be announced and a con- tinuance of the various league activ- ities will be planned. Miss Mildred Watson's class served refreshments.
 The following officers were elected and installed:
 George Raifstanger. chancellor; Ar
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
THE WEATHER.

New Haven, March 26 - For Bridgeport and vicinity: Prob ably rain late tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26

thur Bradshaw, vice chancellor; Fred A. Barrow, recording secretary; AL fred Martin, corresponding secretary; George E. Elwood. treasurer; Joseph
 Wilkinson, chaplain; John Rosenbeck, sergeant at arms; Edward R. Hunt and Jacob Raifstranger, auditors.
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BOYS WANTED
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NEW CARDINALS
TO BE CREATED
Archbishop Dougherty May
Be Honored With
Red Hat

Rome, Sept. S.-The Pope has de-
cided to hold a consistory in No
vember or December, at which new
cardinals will be created. In Vati-
can circles it is stated that the
Pontiff has not yet made up his
mind whether Americans will be
included in the honor list, but that
if they are the prelates most likely
to receive the red hat will be Arch
bishop Dougherty, of Philadelphia,
and Archbishop Mundelein, of
Chicago.
The difficulty seemingly is that
If Pope Benedict appoints both
these archibishops. the United
States would. have four cardinals.
which is considered to be out of
proportion to the number of Catho-
lies there.
On the other hand. persons high
in Papal councils declare, the
Pontiff appears to be unwilling to
elevate only one of the archbishops,
and therefore the possibility is that
neither of them will, at present, re-
CeiVe the honor.