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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12

would naturally ask what was the matter with the small profit man and bCSin steps to weed him out, be- cause lie was not doing his share of the production.
 Another plan Is praeticed which the manager believes makes for better work. The cost of defective work re- turned during that month is deducted from the profits of fhe department causing the loss and all departments following it which have to do with the product. For instance, if the grinding department is at fault, then the traveling inspection department as veil loses. Monthly the employees are called together in convention. Here the books oe the company arc laid open t6 the inspection of every one, sd tirat each rmpioSe knows where the firm stands financially.
 Tho plant itself is no less interest ing than the people who run t. As che alIghts from the train at the llt= tle weatnrr-beaten station in Bantam Ee notices nearby a clean symmetri- cal building studded with windows IN fact, Eo many that the concrete structure leoise like chlhks In be- tween. You step mp to the place, and arc fttEatNtu alASt bE ttli tlA tttt dllAAllH caa4tvar,1 entrance, where Numbers of tho ennployes' automobiles are parked The walled sides of the court are GOV cred with flowers, Just how the Eor- upous saIvla predoninates and makes brilliant setting against the whito valls of the factory building. If you have travelled abroad you notice a strange resemblance in the courtyard 10 that of an old English castle, and Mir Rogers tells you with a great doal cf pride that the court Is model ed for Warwick Castle,
 Stepping to the doorway one ts at iractp1 by q curious bronze plate over tha entrance with this Inscription; This industry. plant and compliment was planned, built and financed with | out rnortuag ge or bond by ", s, RoE- . CTS and NcJlie NT, Scott with a cash 1 car4;al Of s1Ae5.'
 on cnterine the office [ WIS pre- 1 acrfe6 to the president oS the com ! panv. Misc Scott, pleasaut-faccd l pretty woman in the early thirjies, ] 4vN> rlaco seemed a'led with vouns ! uoonIe. having n good time at work, | There was a lack of restraint a froc- | dom of action and speech among | sNrr,, absent from the offices of most l concerns and one mieht fancy at first That they were all playing at business.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
CLAIMS LEAGUE MUST CONSIDER
 TREATY CLAIMS

Paris; Sept. 12 - The Rumanian delegaion to the peace conference in explaining its attitude in refusing to sign the treaty with Austria yesterday holds that, since Rumania acquired membership in the Lea que of Nations through signing the treaty with Ger many, the league must be the tribunal which will eventually consider it's claims and decide whether Rumania can be forced to accept a treaty pro viding for foreign interference In her domestic affairs"
 Rumania's objection to signing the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12

tally wrecked. The harbor presented a tangled mass of fishing vessels and ether small craft, but latest reports failed 70 show deaths other than those on the dredge Grampus
 Of the 14 men on this craft ten were rescued Wednesday night, one body was recovered and three are missing. The British tanker Tonawonda, which had 70 be scuttled to save the liner COmal after that vessel had broken her moorings and gone aground, was reported not in a bad position. The steamer St. Gougal also broke loose.
 No vessels had left port early yes tcrday, nor had any trains come in over the Florida East Coast Railway. In addition 10 the temporary stop page of gas and electricity, the, tele- phone service was suspended and newspapers were forced to suspend publication.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12

treaty was based on the eiause pro- viding that nations receiving territory from the former Austrian-Hungaria empire must provide for the protec- tion of racial and religious miRorl- ties residing there.
 Rumania might have acquired Blu kowina under the Austrian treaty, but as her delegation failed to sign, the supreme council holds that the sig nature of other powers does not make the transfer possible until Ru- mania accepts the treaty. Under the proposed treaty with Hungaria, Ru- mania would acquire Pennsylvania, but under the same terms relative tO minorities in that region, Rumania, for this reason, Is expected to refuse 50 sign that convention.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
HAD wONFAN-s CLOTHES,

George Guhlke, of 34 Franklin street, was arrested last night charg- el with breach of the peace, after he sold a number of pieces of women's clothing to Mrs. Meyer, of 419 East Main street, owner of a second hand store, The case was nolled in the City Court this morning. after Gohllle proved that he came rightfully by the wearing apparel, Gohlke served with the American army in Panama during the war,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
SERBS WAIT
 FOR WORD BEFORE SIGNING

Paris, Sept 1.-The Serbian dele sation here advised the peace con ference today that because of the fail of the government in Belgrade it was unable to obtain instructions concerning the signing of inc Aus trian treaty, The delegation said it would have to wait for such instruc- tons until a new cabinet was formed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12
NO KEY WEST HOUSE ESCAPED
 IN HURRICANE
All Damaged and Many Made Total Wrecks By
 Storm.

Key West. Fla. Sept. l2---With daylight yesterday the people of Key West and surrounding territory were able for tLe first time to survey the destruction wrought by the hurricane that swept through here Tuesday night Not house in tho city had escaped damage and many were to-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12

The folks who find fault because so many people act ignorantly in these times of unrest, are often the same ones who were unwilling 70 pay fair taxes for popular education.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12

The people who live along the lead ing highways are finding out that ad- vertfsiug signs make excellent kindl- Ing wood,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
Federal Forest Service Is Making
Experiments With Army
Machines.
FORESTER TELLS ABOUT TRIP
Gives Interesting Account Of Expert
enees Together with Observations
as to Feasibility of This
Method of Fire Detection.

Washington, D. C.-Airplane fire pa
troll of the national forests by army
machines was begun as an experiment
for the forest service recently. The
first report from a forester has just
come to headquarters here after an
exciting observation fight from Mather
Field made over the southern patrol
route in California, covering portions
of the Eldorado and Stanislaus forest
preserves.
The trip was taken by Assistant Dis
trict Forester How for the collection Of
data as to the feasibility of this novel
method of fire detection; what should
be done to fight the flames, if pos
sible from the plane; how alarms may
promptly be given; what style Of plane
or balloon is best adapted, and what
additional apparatus may be necessary
tc make successful this attempt at
lore effectually safeguarding remote
snd inaccessible stretches of practi-
cally unexplored country from the
scourge which annually destroys thou
sands upon thousands of acres of tim
Der rapidly becoming well nigh price
less.
Tells. Stirring Tale.
Forester How not only covers all
these interesting points, but tells a
stirring tale Of adventure in doing so.
After describing his preparations for
the trip, he continues:
my pilot was Sergeant Mckee, who
is n Of the army flying instructors.
The plane we used was a Curtiss JM-1
with an OX-5 motor. There are no con-
trolls in front, so all I had to do was
to sit strapped to my seat. We start
ed about nine o'clock. 1 had heard so
much Of persons becoming nauseated
that I vas expecting to feel funny, but
I eve had that kind Of a symptom.
My impression was that we were stand
ing still, when in fact we were going
70 miles an hour. We flew up the
American valley to Placerville; thence
to Chinese, ten miles southeast of So
nora.
con the trip we saw five fires, all Of
which were outside Of the forest boun-
daries. The largest was near Placer
vile and had been burning a week.
1.-THE country is so rugged that a
landing could not have been made to
fight a fire without a crash. The pilot
agreed to this and steered to the west
of the peak instead of to the east, and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
Airplane Patrol
for Forest Fires

by doing this, we missed seeing some
of the country the patrol is expected
to over. A forest patrol by aircraft
is more hazardous than the flying that
Is usually done.
MY pilot made me understand that
our trip scared him more than any
ether trip he had ever made, simply
because he could not make his plane
attain the elevation necessary for rela-
tive safety. He said he would take no
riore passengers in the future. To
&c so would mean that he could cover
only portions of the forest which could
be seen from the lookout points.
Getaway Extremely Difficult.
"In landing at Chinese for luncheon
we broke u tail skid, but were able
to replace it. Our getaway was ex-
tremely difficult, and l did a heap of
thinking. Returning, we made q d.
rect fight to Mather Field at an ele-
walton Of 5000 feet. When about half
way the pilot said he was going to
make a straight dip. He had made
q series in the morning of so to 70 feet
on an angle. This time he shot down
for 500 feet.
"This was quite thrilling, but moth
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

ing to the tail spin he put the ma
chine through in descending 10 Mather
Field. / had no warning ana %elt as
If we were going down a series OF
corkscrew curves at a terrific rate. The
earth looked like an ocean during a
heavy sea. We dropped 1900 feet in
this name and then gracefully vol
planned to the field within a hundred
feet Of the hangar. Our total flight
timewas about four hours and the dis
lance covered go miles.
"Fires have already been detected
from airplanes that have not been
picked up by the lookout man There
is no question in my mind that it Is
the most feasible method of prompt
fire detection. / believe, however, that
the expense of establishing such q pa
troll would be prohibitive for the for
est service.
Il am convinced more than ever that
the dirigible with helium gas will be
the type of ship we shall s in the fu-
ture. I predict that within five years
our present system of lookout patrol
will practically be a thing of the past
and also that the suppression of forest
fires will commence Immediately after
discovery. IN other words, the fire
fighting forces will accompany the OBJ
server in a dirigible. When a fire is
discovered n or two men will climb
down and put it out. There will then
be different methods of fire suppress
sion than we nov use. 1t will be pos
sible to carry large tanks of water and
motors to pump it on a fire. Chemi-
Gals, perhaps, may also be used"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
United States Army Perfects Fine
Telephone System in Oc-
Cupied Territory.
HANDLE $4,000 CALLS DAILY
Enables Commanding General to Keep
Hand on Pulse of Army-opera-
tors Speak English, French
and German.

Coblenz.-At the time the Ameri.
cans began Withdrawing from Ger
many the United States army had per.
fected one of the finest telephone sys-
tens in Europe. From the headquar-
tiers of the third army in Coblenz fifty
long-distance lines had been set up
and it is possible for the command
ing general to sit in his Office and
talk with American officers in London,
Berlin, Vienna, Rotterdam, Brussels,
Antwerp, Paris and various other
European points.
The army of occupation has a tele-
phone system closely resembling the
best commercial system in the United
States. On the top floor of the head
quarters building in Coblenz a nine
position switchboard was installed
o after the Americans reached the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

come from $4,000 until she is twentyone and then the residue of his estate,
amounting to $1250000. Miss Carroll lives with her mother and attends the
Ogontz school of Philadelphia.
In June, 1916, Surrogate Fowler permitted her mother to spend $12500 a
year o the daughter, instead of $500 Since that time her allowance has
been increased to $4,000. A schedule of Miss Carrols expenses shows:
Rent $1,000; clothing, including sport coats, evening dresses, auto COATS
1ewery, fus, toilet articles, manicuring, shampooing, $4,000; household ex
penses, $4,000; insurance, $3.50; automobile operation, $1,000; education and
church, $1,000; summer cottage, railroad fares, hotel bills, dances and amuse-
ment parties, $4,000; physicians, opticians, dentists, drugs and medicines,
$1,000. Total $2OS0.
Dr. Royal Meeker, commissioner of labor statistics, investigated S4S
families in Chicago in the winter of 1888. Their incomes ranged from
under 5000 a year to more than $500 a year.
Sixyfour per cent of these families save something; 282 per cent showed
a deficit, and SO per cent broke even.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
Fairly BRIGHT Prospect.

Il understand that Petunia is to
have a brass band this summerf" said
the patent churn man.
1T amt settled yet" replied the
landlord of the tavern. We've hired
a leader from yer at Willersville to
instruct the boys, but most every prac-
tice night he has from one to FIVE
fights with such members as wish to
play something else in preference to
notes set before 'em. If the professor
holds out we'll have a band, but there
is NJ telling how long he will LAST
Kansas City Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
HEROIC WAR PIGEONS

E. that the transport brought home.
General Muir's exploits are MANY.
On n occasion, having been rs
signed to deliver a message of great
Importance to a post IS miles awav
ne flew through shrapnel and gas and
past a squadron Of Germans that had
been sent out to intercept carrier
pigeons and delivered the message in
just 33 minutes.
With his breast torn open, with his
wings singed by fire, and eyes hind
ed with blood, he kept on till he had
reached his objective.
King Cole, another pigeon. Is ~
nearest rival Of General Muir for
fame. He was a messenger in tbo
last Argonne drive and flying throrgb
q cloud Of gas fell int = apandoned
trench. There he lay In the mud for
two days, and gathering strength
arose, and came home with the mes
sage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

part OF the naval officers equipment the following articles of clothing: Se-
cal ful-dress coat; mess jacket; fuldress trousers; mess trousers; a cooked
hat; epaulets and fun-dress belts.
1.-THE following prescribed uniforms are abolished by the order:
Special full dress; white special full dress; full dress; white full dress;
dress; evening full dress; dinner dress and mess DRESS.
T. action will result n q great saving to the officers of the service in the
future, as they are required to purchase all articles of uniforms at their own
expense. The only uniforms now authorized to be worn are; Undress, service
dress, white service dress, and evening dress, but only the service dress can
be worn until the presidents proclamation that the war has closed. Epaulets
will not be worn with evening dress hereafter"
The cooked hat of ancient and honorable memory is now reegated to the
museum. 1t never will be missed.
Every midshipman graduated last month from Annapolis is in poke
about $500 as the result of this order.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
Flock That Did Wonderful Deeds
Returns Home.
General Muir" Comes With Breast
Shattered as Result Of Many
Exploits. +.

New York.-With breast shattered,
but still alive, General Muir, one of
the greatest war heroes, returned re-
Gently. As the steamer pulled into
New York harbor, General Muir sat
on the deck wrapped in a blanket
that bore several wound and service
stripes. There was no p~erceptible
sign that he realized where he was.
He made no comment.
Reporters tried in vain to interview
him. Sergt. Fred J. Hermann, his
commander, did all the talking. You
see-General Muir Is d carrier pigeon.
He was p Of the seven birds or
the intelligence service Of the a. FL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
Gas Woodchucks

Winsted, Conn.-Gassing wood.
chucks is the latest method Of exter-
minating them in Massachusetts. The
idea was tried out on the farm Of Ell
bert 1. Fargo, near Marlboro, and
proved a success.
A hose was attached to the exhaust
OF an automobile engine and extended
down the hole. BY use of a liberal
mixture of gas the rodents were killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

All cannon, gun carriages, machine guns, minenwerfers, mortars, bomb throw
ers, flame throwers, gas projectors and other war devices captured from the
armed forces of Germany and allied nations" with the exception Of those
required for experimental purposes or actual use by the United States and
for national museums, cemeteries and parks.
The apportonment and distribution to towns and cities that have pre-
ferred requests win be made by the governor Of each state.
Transportation charges to the point. Of delivery will be borne by the
federal government, S1O00O00 being made available under the resolution for
the purpose, but not the costs incident to erection Of the trophies in the vo
Ytous communities
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

eMl Petan has already expressed his intention of visiting the United States
mo a invitation to do 81 will be extended to Marshal Foch.
The first session of the League of Nations Is to be held in Washington in
october and will bring to the capital Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and
practically all of the distinguished statesmen who have taken part in the peace
negotiations in Paris.
Visits of royal personages and distinguished European statesmen to the
United States in the past were few and far between. In the future they
promise to be frequent. The great of the world have conceived a new idea
OF the Importance Of the United States since the world war.
Moreover, since it is diplomatic courtesy to repay the visit of a chief of
state, the rulers of the countries visited by President Wilson will feel obligated
to visit the United States, wen if they should not be prompted to do s. by
personal interest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

that $40 q week Is about enough to
keep an American girl sufficiently well
fed, dressed and housed.
Yet in New York Miss Lorena
Carroll, nineteen, has petitioned the
surrogate's court to increase her an
nual allowance from $4,000 to $4,000.
She says the increased cost of living
makes it impossible for her to keep
up her social position on the $4,000.
Miss Carroll is the only daughter
Of Joseph D. Carroll, millionaire horse
man. Her father Willed her the in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

cult problem presented by the fact
that the requests for trophies so far
received from several thousand cities,
towns, villages, counties, parks,
schools, organizations, etc., ETC., are
considerably in Excess of the supply.
Under Senator Wadsworth's plan
the secretary of war will apportion to
the states and territories and the Dis
trict of Columbia in the same proper
tton as that borne by the number Of
men serving from each state to the
total armed force of the United States
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

work is apleasure. ! tell all my TRENDS
who have any trouble of this kind what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn.
pound has done for me. "-NELLIE b.
BRITTMGHAM, 500 C~alverton Rd., Balsti-
more, Nc.
1t is only natural for any womsnt to
dread the thought Of an operation. {S9
many women. have been restored to
health by this famous remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
an operation has been advised that It
will pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying it be-
fore submitting to such a trying ordeal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

VouSneSS and heads
aches and every
month would havet to
stay in bed most Of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me for q time but
my doctor was ale
ways urging me to
an operation.
My sister asked me
to try Lydia E. Pink
h q ms Vegetable
Compound before
c~onsenting to IN
I took
FIVE bottles of it land
1t has completely
cured me and my
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24

UtIlS dISO are IOrDIuu6n. The Oruer
reads:
e|"As a result of the lessons learned
during the war, during which officers
of the navy were only required to
wear the ordinary service uniform, as
the result of which this uniform was
found to meet the requirements for
both formal and informal occasions,
to effect economy and space on ship
board and facilitate ease in travelling
from n station to another, a general
order has been issued abolishing as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
Navy Dress Uniform Knocked Into a Cooked Hat

CECRETARY DANIELS has issued an order cutting down the wardrobes Of
~ naval officers to a minimum. Gone ire the special fuldress outfits which
ate up a large portion of the officers pay. Cooked hats epauets and fundress
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
Ideas Of Living Expenses Seem to Vary Widely

AUTHORITIES of the United States government have decided that a young
a woman, to live respectfully in the District of Columbia, must have SIS a
week. Different states, establishing a minimum wage, have decided a s a rule
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
Marine Rockies Shocked
by Customs of Cubans.

\ Guantanamo, Cuba. - Some
I newly arrived marines at this
I place are getting their first in
J sight into Cuban customs.
\ 1t is not uncommon to see
\ naked children in the towns
( about here playing in the
J streets.
] Another novel sight Is the
\ municipal graveyard. Cubans
( have to pay taxes on the graves
I Of their relatives, and when the
] taxpayer becomes delinquent the
\ body or bones are exhumed and
I thrown In q common heap in one
[ corner Of the burying ground.
! The marines are rapidly ac-
\ curing the notion that Cubnns
I are fresh air fiends.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
Demand for Captured Hun Cannon Exceeds Supply

DISTRIBUTION of the German cannon, machine guns and other war devices
- captured by Americans in the world war is provided for by the Wadsworh
resolution passed by the senate which neatly transfers to the states the diff.