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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
3,114 SOLDIERS
 NIT NEW YORK George Washington Arrives With 944 Wounded
 Early Today.

New York, Jan. 21-Bringing home S,114 officers and men of the Ameri- can eXpeditionary force, the trans port George Washington arrived here today from France. The troops in cluded the headquarters personnel of the S3rd division and of the 165th brigade of infantry of the S3rd; the 30Sth Supply Train of the S3rd, and detachments of other units. These men are mostly from Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
 The transport De Kalb arrived with 621 troops. These include the 18th Sanitary Train of the SSth di- vision and the Headquarters com pany of the artillery detachment of the Second army, together with cas- uals from various branches of the service. The wounded and ill on the De kalb numbered 406.
 The arrivals on the George Wash ington include 944 wounded and sick 'of the army, navy and marine corps, 112 of these being litter cases.
 On the Italian steamship Guiseppi Verdi. In from Genoa. were 49S Of ficers and men of the American naval aviation service.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
REMINGTON PLANT AS
 ARSENAL
Advantages of Plan Appar ent and Favorable action
 Hoped For. GOLD NOTES TO
 BE PAID IN CASH Bridgeport May Soon Be come Center of Govern ment Manufactures.

It is said upon authority which is thought to be good, that the plant of the Remington Arms Co. in this city may soon become government arsenal. The advantages of the plant for such a purpose have been made apparent to the government and favorable action is hoped for.
 The s15, 100000 gold notes of the company, soon maturing, will be paid in cash, it is said, except a small sum which will be obtained by loan. Most of the necessary cash is said to be in the treasury of the company,
 It is asserted upon more doubtful authority that Bridgeport may be. come center of government manu- factures, and that this accounts fos the extraordinary interest Washing. ton has taken in Bridgeport.
 In this connection it will be re- znembered that Bridgeport is the clearing house for the postoff1ces oi Connecticut: its amusements are the subject of supervision by governmen, agents; government has established community centers, housing for work. CTS and other important activities,
 If the conjectured program is car. ried out the future of the city as an industrial center is soundly assur. ed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
TWO FACTORIES CONSOLIDATE
New Company to Be Capi- talked at Million and a
 Half.

The Hawthorne Mfg. Co.,, Inc, are the largest manufacturers in the coua- try of bicycle and motorcy1e lamps, spotlights and headlights, etc. Hamil- ton & DeLoss, Inc, manufacture spe- cial sheet metal goods, and hollow ware and spoon blanks in both nickel and sterling silver for the EaaDufac- turers of the above mentioned arti- cleS.
 The new company will be capitaIiz- ed at s1500,00e, and will be known as The Hawthorne Go. The new company will occupy the recently completed plant of Hamilton & De Loss, Inc, which comprises about seven acres of ground, with buildings thereon, and located in Fairfield. Conn. on Grassmere avenue, adjoin- ing the Bridgeport Housing Company development. The buildings are now, being of steel and concrete construc- ton, and fireproof.
 By consolidation of the two con cerns, their manufacturing facilities will be greatly increased. All the
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

'"The theories on which pending legislation is based are not construc- tive; they are not progressive. They are reactionary. They would disrupt the great manufacturing and market ing machinery which half q century of enterprise has evolved and the re- suits would be detrimental not alone to the leading industry of this nation, but even more so that portion of the public which produces. and to the en- tire public which consumes food"
 Regarding the possibility of govern ment owenrship of stock-yafds and other adjunets to the packing indus try, MT. Armour said:
 Ownership by the government im- plies red tape and restrictions which
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
'ESTKONIANS
 WIN VICTORY
Score Notable Success
 Against Bolsheviki.

London, Jan. 21-A notable success has been won against the Bolsheviki by Esthonian troops operating to the northeast of Lake Peipus, according to an Esthonian official statement re-; ceived by wireless at Stockholm to- day and transmitted here. They have taken the town of Narva, on the Reval-Petregrad railway line, tegeth- CT with a large number of prison ers
 Finnish troops co-operated with the Esthonians, the statement says, A quantity of booty fell into the hands of the victorious troops, including guns, provisions and armored trains, The prisoners included division and regimental stafs.
 Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik war minister, it is stated was present in Narva during the fighting and fled after the Bolshevik defeat.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
EXTRA SESSION
 FOR ALDERMEN
Meeting Next Monday Night to Appoint Legis-
 latiye Committee.

In order to bring to a head the many changes in civic government advocated by Mayor Clifford E. Will son in his communication to the Board of Aldermen, a special meet ing of the board has been called for Monday night, January 27 at s o'clock The entire subject will be presented to the aldermen and if their action is in accordance with the views of the mayor a legislative com mittee will be appointed to take steps to bring the matter before the state legislature. The committee after its appointment will attempt to gain permission from the General Assem- bly, to change the charter of the city of Bridgeport, through appeals that will necessarily have 10 be made. by the senators and representatives of Bridgeport in the Assembly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

Harold Scavenius, the Danish min- ister to Russia, who had been asked to give his views on the Russian sit uation to the council, arrived at the Foreign Office as the members as sembled and immediately went into the conference chamber. The min ister recited his experiences in Petro- grad, where he took charge of the French interests upon the withdrawal of M. Noulens. the French ambassa- dor, It is understood that M Sea- venius contended even more em- phatica1ly than did Ambassador Nou- lens yesterday. that intervention in Russia was necessary to check the regime of terrorism there,
 Premier CIemenceau. having ap- pealed to the Chamber of Deputies to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

sHe said: Carpenters are causing an anomalous situation, which 1t is difficult to believe their leaders ap- prec1ate. Soldiers and sailors are re- turning home and are looking for jobs. Every city and town has com- mittees of patriotic citizens who are endeavoring to find work for them. At this time g. single trade is trying to tie up 8 large part of the work for such men by sympathetic strike, on work being done by New York con- tractors with whom the National As sociatlon claims to have a grievance.
 ''The carpenters quit on govern men work here, and for this reason are preventing masonS and other
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
SENTENCED TO
 MONTHS IN JAIL

Charged with aggravated assault, Bastino Testano of l95 North Wash ington avenue. was fined $l and costs and sentenced to six months in jail hy- Judge Frank C. Wilder in the city court this morning.
 Testano was arrested on the night of January 16 for assault on Steve Schiato. of 147 North Washington ave- nue. On this charge he was found guilty. fined s5 and costs. in default of which he was remanded to jail td work out his fine.
 He was re-arrested on the charge of aggravated assault, following his fir } of $50, and will start serving the sem tence he received this morning IS soon as he finishes working out tho Zine imposed in the first case
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
Armour Asserts Legislation To Regulate Packing Industry lrnpairing and Unconstitutional
Declares to House Interstate Commerce Committee That Pending Legislation is "Reactionary' and If Mon key Wrench is Thrown Into Gears of This Business, It Would Be Felt in Other Industries.

Washington Jan. 2i-J Ogden Armour president of Ar mour and Company told the House Interstate Commerce Com mee today that pending legislation to regulate the meat pack ing industry reacionary and part of unconst ona and warned Congress that If monkey wrench thrown into the gears of this business it's effects would be felt many other lines of industry
 If the ability of the packing industry to function properly impaired he asserted it will affect the livestock industry and it in turn will affect prices Wheat will then be in and will bread and will labor and will everything that has for its basis the wealth produced by agriculture
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

mechan1es returning from overseas, from finding legitimate employment, which should be open to them.
 "In order to correct this situation, the U. S. Housing Corporation is em- ploying carpenters directly on the ernment payrolls. These men will take the oath of office required by all government payrolls. These men will nearly 100 men have applied for work, and this number will be in- creased rapidly as the men begin to realize that iR staying out they are harming the returning soldiers and sailors, and are preventing the gov ernment from carrying to completion the great undertaking which they have started.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
TO VIOLATE LAW

[ the solemnities of 1776 at Philadelphia
 They will be carried out in the Irish language, which Is virtually a dead tongue so dead that the Sim Feiners have been obliged to rehearse their parts and will be compelled to lapse occasionally into boycotted English times because they cannot find Irish
 words to fit modern parliamentary procedure.
 Three items are expected to eonsti-
 ute the body of the program-a | declaration of independence, a mes sage to the free nations of the i world" and the appointment of del | egates to the peace congress. 1 Ireland is 6 country of the unex- 1 pected. but no one predicts any trou- | ble or disorder, The revolutionary | flag floats quite freely over the homes
 of Sim Feiners in Dublin. Members of the party expect protection from the authorities of the nation whom ! they are defying, Once they would | have looked to the United States for sympathy and help. but now they think they do not command American l support.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
PRICE AGREEMENT STANDS

Washington, Jan. 21-Frank S. Snyder, head of the food ad1ninistra- tion's meat division, said today that despite hog surplus, he would not recommend abandonment of the price-agreement policy when the hog meets January 2S to con- slider the price for February.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
BURGLAR WAS SPRfNTER

s: Harry R. Smith, 1ineman. so * Ogden street, employed by the S. < N. E. T. Co.,, found a burglar in * his kitchen, last night, at S:3o, < and chased him through q kitch- ;; en window, three blocks down ]; the street Smith told the tale 10 ;: the police, this morning. Smith < heard a window raised, and
 * started the investigation in his * underclothing which was all he !; wore during his fruitless pursuit.
 * He describes the burglar as % short. stout,a2 wearing ] mack
 * innw coat. He was unrlasled, l; but kept his face turned away. < and Smith did not recognize him. $: The intruder showed no fight, but * displayed astounding agility, and
 <; smith thinks he can do the < hundred in ten fiat
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

cooperate in the task of making 100 deputies, has introduced a mo- ton in the Chamber for the appoint ment of a committee on the subject to give it's opinions on various mat ters and to prepare reports for sub mission to the Chamber.
 By this method, M. Damour points out. the parliament would be kept in close touch with the negotiations and would afford the negotiators needed moral support. The Cham Der thus also would be able to study the preliminaries of the peace be- fore they were submitted for ratifica- ton.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
no IMPROVE CONN. RIVER

Washington, Jan. t1-Appropria- ton of s1,s76,ooO for improving the Connecticut river between Hartford Conn. and Hoiyoke, Mass, was urg- ed today before the Senate Commerce Committee. considering the House Rivers and Harbors bill, by Senator Weeks and Representative Gillett oi Massachusetts. They said the i'm. provement was needed for transports ton of many products. especially coal, and for development of water power
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
MAYOR WILSON'S COMBINATION PLAN DEFEATED IN COMMITTEE
 ON MEMORIAL BUILDING PLAN

Mayor Wilson's plan to have a new library as 8 part of the Memorial building which is being discussed does not meet with the approval of the Committee of Plan and Scope. A meeting of the committee was held. The first vote taken, which was pTac- ticauy unanimous, was to the effect that it should not be combined with 9 public library. Tine second motion
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

provided for a building which would be for the use of the entire comma nifty, and not for any single enter prise or portion of Bridgeport citi- zens.
 A joint meeting between the PlaD and Scope committee and the commit tee appointed by the mayor will be called soon, probably Friday of this week
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

cannot help but add to the costs If the service, costs which must event. ually be borne either by the producer or the consumer. Government own ership implies, too, the abolition of the private initiative and enterprise which has made it possible to erect an eff1- cfent stock yards almost overnight when occasion justified it. The gov- ernment, you know, does not make up its mind very quickly on such mat ters, as is evidenced by the years-old Fcontrovirstes over the building or post offices or such comparatively
 trivial matters as to whether cities should have underground mail chutes."
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
IRELAND PROCLAIMED SEPARATE
 REPUBLIC; PARLIAMENT IS OPENED
&z x x %xx%**
 WANT JOBS, NOT STEAKS

< The committee to guard the ;
 < interest of returning soldiers and |:
 < sailors met at the Algonquin ::
 < club, this morning, and voted ] < against an orgy of beef steak ; < dinners, which has been suggest < ed as an appropriate means for x exhibiting gratitude to American : < heroes. What the boys want is ; * jobs, not steaks" said Col. T. J. : * Murphy,whO had two sons in the ; * army, and lost one in France, : * Capt Jeremiah Murphy. Then ; * Col. Murphy moved for per- ; * manent salaried secretary to get ; x the jobs for the boys, who should : * be a retired wounded soldier, and ;
 * under no circumstances a poll ;
 * tician. The motion was carried * with a rush. Applicants please : * make yourselves known. x
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

Buenos Aires. Jan.> >21.La Provin- cia says the Radical party is reorgan- .izing and is preparing to issue ( decla. ration that it will no longer be respon- 'sible for the acts of Dr. Hipolito Iri- goyen, the President of the republic.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

Paris, Jan. 21The Russian question again taken up by the Supreme Council of the conference when for tOdays session at 10:30 o'clock There full of the members of the council for this meeting Voro Orlando the Italian premier being present for the first time since his recent trip 10 Rome.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

Dublin Jan 21-(By the Associated Press)-Pobably country except Ireland could present episode remarkable as the assembly Irish Gaelic for "Irsh Parliament" which will be called to order in Dubln's this afternoon proclaim Ireland independent republic
 TO VIOLATE LAW
 About half the Sim Feiners elected membership in the will participate the other half being in vari English prisons charged with sedOn, merely held suspicion under the provisions of the Defense of the Realm Act Feiners will under the shadow Dublin presideS Field Marshal VscOt French the first to give Ireland purely military govern They will with full knowledge and acit consent to measures which purely sedous and in direct viola ton of explicit law.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
Oath Bound Carpenters Are
 To Take Places Of Strikers

w. S. Parker superintendent of construction of the gov ernment houses in Bridgeport said this morning. that 100 had been hired to do the work of the carpenters who out in sympathetic strike with New York carpenters
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
"Dai| Eireann" Convenes In DuhIin's Ancient
 Manor House; Gather With Full Knowledge To
 Take Seditous Steps In Defiance Of Law

No Other Country Except Ireland Gould Present So Re narkable An Episode Sim Feiners to Meet Under Shadow of Dublin Castle Occupy the Mansion House By Permission of Lord Mayor of Dublin To Draw Up Declaration of Independence
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
Further Discussion
 On Russian Question
 Al Peace Conference

M Scavenius Danish Minister to Russia Gave His Views Asserting Emphatically That Intervention in Russia is Necessary To Put Effectual Check on Reign of Terrorism.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

 MEET DEFEAT
Majority Socialists Likely
 to Get 40 Per Cent. of Votes.

Amsterdam, Jan. 21---The Inde- pendent Socialists generally were de- feated in the voting in Berlin, ae- cording to Berlin advices to the Han delsbiad: iR the Independent strong hold of Meu Koin the Independents boiled only 4S,750 votes against 72, 765 for the Majority Socialists.
 At Erfur+ the Independents boiled 24,600 to 18,508 for the Majority So- cialists The Independents, on the other hand, were beaten badly in Dresden, Cilemnitz, Hamburg. Nurem- burg and Munich.
 The Majority Socialists, the despatch adds, appear likely to get 40 per cent. | of all the votes, with the German Democrat party second. The National ; Liberals lost more than the Consery- 1 atives, and the Centrists lost more l than they gained
 At 1e o'clock Monday morning an
 incomplete count in Berlin gave five Majority Socialists, four Independent Socialists and two German Democrats
 elected.
 1 Copenhagen, Jan. 21.---Incomplete
 returns from the German elections showed last night that the Democrats
 boiled 1,234,o41 votes; Majority Social
 ists, 2,605,422; IndepenSent Socialists.
 4O1,1s7; Christian Peoples party, l. | 110,137; the German Peoples party,
 26S,157, and the Conservatives, 467, ,367, according to a,ivices received by the l Berlingslxe Tidende
 While the Majority Socialists will
 have the ascendancy over any other
 single party. the results indicate. the
 bourgeois parties together will have
 a majority in the National Assembly
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21

Receipts of grain at Chicago las, week were 5,S14.0O0 bushels.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
CREDIBLE REPORT ARMS PLANT TO BE GOVT ARSENAL
The Weather Report

For Bridgeport and vi- cinity: Fair tonight; We'd nesday increasing cloudiness.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-13
JAPANESE PRINT
is SOLD FOR 1915
Oriental Buyers at Sale of
Hunter Collection.

The sale OF the Japanese color prints
collected by the late Frederick w. Hunter
drew good crowd to the Walpole Gal
leries last night and resulted in excel
lent prices. The New York dealers In
Oriental art were conspicuous buyers.
doubtless for Japanese clients. There
has been marked tendency. partlcu-
larly since the outbreak of the war, for
the Japanese to buy back the japanese
prints which they sent here 80 prodigally
a generation or 80 ago.
The chief rarity, however Sharaku's
portrait Of the actor Sakata Hangoro in
THE RonIn's Revenge" did ncrN TO IN
Oriental, but to a Miss Osborne, who
paid 1915 for 1t. This, one OF the adj
had some writing on 1t, In the hand Of
the artist himself
Yamanaka g. Co. gave $3.50 for No.
2O2, Sharaku portrait of Iwai Hanshiro
In female part; 5000 for No. 90, a
diptych by Harunobu of a Girl Welcom-
ing Her Lover" and $500 for No. SO, a
triptych In which Kiyomitsu and Kiyot-
sumo elaborated with Harunoby. Otto
Fukus'hlma bought No. 200. Sharaku's
portrait OF Arash RiuZo. for $500; No.
81, Harunobu's "Musume and Her Maid d."
for s525, and No. 81, Harunobu's Flute
Players" for $500: l.. v. Redoux paid
s3S5 for No. l0S, a lacquer print by
Tori Kiyomasu X. MAtsuki gave 3S25
for No. 81, Hokusai's Great Wave"
and Miss Chandler paid sos for No. 81.
Buncho's portrait OF the actor Onoys.
The total for the collection was Si4,-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-13
JAS. A. FOWNES WEBS
A PITTSBURG CLERK
Wealthy Golfer Wins Bride
in WhirlUind Courtship.

PITTsBURG, March l2.-After a whirl.
wind courtship OF few weeks James
Alden Fownes, wealthy young Pitts
burger and golf player, married Miss
Anna Gay Bradley of this city, a clerk
In the Union National Bank. The mar
riage took place last Friday, but was
kept secret as far as the public Is con-
cerned until to-day. Announcement OF
the runaway marriage came from Mrs
Fownes's sister. Mrs. Walter II. Gather,
wife OF the former secretary to Gov. John
X. Tener, who still lives in HARRISBURG
When the young couple returned from
trip to Kittannlng about forty-hve miles
away. last Friday night young Fownes
confided in his mother. but withheld tn.
news from his father, Edwin S. Fownes,
wealthy steel Manufactured. The latter
heard the news from another source
later
The bridegroom is 20 years old and
is we'll known as a golfer, having won
many medals at Pipehurst. Palm Beach
and other courses His uncle. w G.
Fownes, was at one time n noted golf
player. and his sister. Miss Sarah Alice
Fownes, is socially prominent. being now
at Palm Beach
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-13
WELLESLEY HONORS
N. Y. AND N. J. GIRLS
College Announces Annual
Scholarship Awords.

Boston, March l2-With the publi-
cation of the names of the Durant and
Wellesley College scholars, Wellesley to-
day made formal announcement Of its
annual award OF academic honors.
The following New York and New
Jersey girls are named:
Senior Durant STANDARDIZATION Bell,
Montclair, N. j.. Elizabeth f. Freeman,
west Orange, n. ]. Evelyn Holt, Sum-
NIT, N. j. ; Eleanor -. Blodgett, Cort-
land N. Y; Dorothea Hazard Mount
Vernon; Edna Holtorf. Mount Vernon :
Anita kriegsman. New York Faith 3,
Lelacheur, Brooklyn. and Edith f. Pick
ard. Brooklyn
Senior Wellesley College honors-
Christina S. Breingan. Newark; Mar
garet II. Brown, Newark; Gladys IT.
Edwards, Malden-on- Hudson; Alva Il.
Hammerskold, Yonkers Irene Copper,
Westfeld. n. j.. Katherine l. Hindricks,
Glen Ridge, N. j.. Elizabeth S. Ireland,
Johnstown. N. Y; Marion Ingersoll,
East orange. n. j. Emma c. Schrieber
Newark: Marjorie F. Scudder. Athena,
n. j. and Esther l.. Worder, Montclair,
y. j.
Junior Durant scholars-Mary L. Aus
tin' summit. n. j.; Dorothy J.. Black,