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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
FECDAL POLITICS

HE QUARREL between Roraback and King is chiefly in V terestng to thoughtful men example Of the sackened political Connecticut. The condi ons feuda people, voting and thinking about public affairs each citizen for himself Rorabac and King sposmen each with his follows each with patron to each occupying the position cansmen Of the mid dle with his For political support they give shelter board lodging and proecon that IS to they give jobs, contracts other modern equivalents.
 These very ordinary men. There is little superior about them, morals achievements If they thought necessary the oper alton of a sound commonwealth.
 a condition which confronts the people of Connecticut condition upon which they will do well to fleet They may smile little, when they think of young Mr. Davis of Danbury appealing fer reconciliation between the chiefains that the state may be saved
 The smile will be misplaced The occasion calls for tears
 The world is in fux The old order changes. Nobody knows what will happen Faith things they has become a vanishing quantity.
 who talk with bated breath about Bolshevism; about the radcaism look this perlous situation the sordid bosses of Conncc cu their sord quarre and that growing spirit change which appears terribly in the background of events.
 banquet the Straied is nothing to smile at. The quarrel is not joke It is sign of the party politics, something make intelligent most thoughtful.
 How foreigners the aliens among respect system that Americans do not respects system that deteabe and dangerous beyond computation because it typical The poison of eudal politics and boss peculiar to Connecticut is universal throughout eastern United
 King and Roabacl merely outward expressions disease boils to speak the neck of the Gommonveah; manifestation of deep seated constitutional disorder.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS
CFrom the Farmer, April 15, 1S69)

We hear that seighng is still good in the portion of the Housatonic valley.
 copartnership has formed between A. IT. Wheeler and G A. MaEne to carry on the drug business in this city,
 The telegraph reports the thermometer at Pittsburg Pa at 33 degrees at o'clock this morning We thought we were having it cold here in Connecticut but Ptsburg takes the palm for cold weather In fact it is about cool Grants reception of Senator Ross or Gen Sickles
 Bridgeport have leased the lower mill and other buildings to Messrs Lord Wane for the manufacture of felt cloths The upper mill IS still and will tue to be) run by the propre- tors Dean Lamont in the manufacturing of casslneres
 At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Mountain Grove Cemetery Association the following named gentlemen elected Directors for the James Loom Cornwall; F. Birdsey, Thomas Lord Wm Leigh and w. R. Hgby At subsequent meeting of the Directors anes c. boonis elected President and w. R. gby Secretary and Treasurer
 young lady of Augusta, Ga has become insane unScr of political excitement and her friends have been compelled to send her to the luna!lc Asylum
 society held the Wooster house Danbury, Thurs day April Samuel Moves NJ. D. of New Canaan elect President and George l. Beers NJ D. of Bridgeport clerk
 The not all dead yet A photographer in New photograph the spirits of the departed and immediately his crowded with anxious seekers after spirit had the efrontery to his dpes that money object but that the price fixed to exclude the vulsr
 The spirits like throng, Notwithstanding absurdy of the thing and the eNhorbant price charged medium" in fair to amass speedy fortune whs the police swoGPed down upon hm and sqbDed m hm up, @ e strong, with faint shadow outline of mans womans d eu @ race 6 n f w oE defeaed reIative or friend The
 is well understood by practical photographers and 1t the dupes of this photographic knave anonymously $500 United States bonds to the Treas contribution 10 allay the bangs of conscience See Boutwell, sold the bonds for $i75 and credited conscience with that amount.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
THE PROGRESS OF REVOLT

"A SOLDIER is He is before he is a soldier N Governments exist the faith of the people. The Czar survived while enough Russians believed in him, fell when they ceased to believe in him.
 There various which point to the time which the people beginning to lose faith in their political nstu tions There is sign however which is unang msakable- The under special oath support its superiors These the for the time being Whenever the soldiers refuse to obey their government there revoluon which may be general only with respect that thing, which is immediately involved.
 Soldiers took Herr Neuring the Saxon minister, and threw him into the Fbe. While he struggling the water they shot him tO death. The soldiers soldiers refused to fire the crowd hey arms the current report
 Germany like Russia is state anarchy Of the Russia perhaps in the stable condition Russia eral governments each of which has it's ritory, and each of which has army that obeys
 The Ebert government must find troops depend- ed upon it will be overwhelmed the yet socialists of the independent groups.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
FRENCH FIANCEE
 IS STOWAWAY
Soldiers Intended, Dressed As Man, Struggled Herself
 on Board Steamer.

New York, April IA romance that outdoes the oId-time novels, when it comes to the incognito ad- ventures of the heroine, was revealed yesterday when the steamship K. L. Luckenbach made this port from Brest, a squad of hefty stevedores were taken aboard to remove the cargo. One "stevedore" stood out from all the rest His" dainty man ner, "his" tiny feet, the short little steps he took caused immediate comment among the ships officers.
 Several voiced their suspicious at mess and in the mems quarters. Boat swain's Mate Michael Black, seafaring American man, was quick to assure his comrades the youth who arous- ed So much talk was just a plain col ored stevedore.
 Several others who were in the con- idence of Black and knew of his ef- forts to bring Mile. Boyer back to America to face a marrying parson with him tried to divert attention from the ''stevedore"
 But unkind Fate stepped in. The second day out the blackfaced "stevedore'' became seasick The ships doctor made a, hurried exam ination. It was such that the youth was placed Immediately in an isola- ton ward and Mate Black was slapped in jail
 Officers and men aboard the Luckenbach testified to the vain at tempts that Mate Black had made in France to marry Mile. Boyer. Each time stern laws stood in the way. While still in the service of Uncle Sam, Black obtained a fur tough and hastened to Marseilles to wed the girl. Just as his furlough was about up. and after he had ob tained at considerable expense and much trouble half of the necessary papers, he learned he would have to become a resident of the city for if teen days to make. the wedding le- gal.
 This. of course, was impossible. In a second attempt'he became hopeless ly entangled in French red tape a gain. Finally, he arranged to have his bride-eIect accompany him to Ameri- ca on the Lukenbach. where 1t is much easier for man to wed the girl he loves. He blacked her face with burnt cork. of came her wealth of curls. Her dainty frock was replaced by baggy overalls. In this array she boarded the ship as a. stevedore and began the eveutfuI voyage.
 Yesterday Mile. Boyer was taken in custody by the immigration off cials She is confronted with de- portation. However, many of Mate Blacks friends are going to make determined attempt to have her eX empted for an American ceremony here. She says she is twenty years old. but looks seventeen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
ADVANTAGES OF UNION

r OEN BARRETT, director general American O calls attention to the operation ths organization of which the American people know too little. The Union the 2 American Republics, the United States Latin American republics The Union organized and its scope has been three times
 chief governing consisting secretary of state and the diplomatic representatives of the other Republics Washington.
 Since the Union formed there has been according Mr. Barrett, actual of consequences of these peoples and the direct mediation of the vented at least $ among them.
 Whereupon Mr. Barrett proposes that power given to the union to initiate and effect mediation adjudication arbitration disputes and to conclusions the interference of the old world powers.
 This would solid American front against the and would not considerable degree decrease the nu of the League of Nations, which, suggests would have relation somewhat similar that American state and the national
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
COMMENT UPON
 HULL ELECTION

London, Sunday, April 13-(via MontreaD-In commenting upon the result of the Hull by-election last week in which the coalition, or gov ernment, candidate was defeated, the Daily Express remarks:
 We have faith in David Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Lar as heads of the governments, but no be- lief whatever in the abilities of sev- eraI of their colleagues or in the pol icies these gentlemen are forcing on an unwilling people The country is crying out against the men who want to carry the spirit and methods of the war administration into an era of peace"
 The Daily News finds in the result a definite pronouncement against Conscrpuon.
 The Manchester Guardian declares "the electors think they have been fooled and don't like it. There was a great deal of humhug and pure dema gogy at the general election and unhappily our versatile prime min ister was in more ways than one re- sponsibIe for these things. Ger many. which was to pay all, will pay something if we are lucky and the German state holds together, but nos a tithe of what the electors were en- couraged to think she wouei be made to pay.'
 The Guardian also asCribes the de- feat of the disillusionment over the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
STATE AMERICANIzATION DEPT.
 IS GREAT AID TO FOREIGNERS

Hartford, April 14.---PreSsure brought to bear by the State Department of America nization upon a New York steamship ticket agency has saved Kastantin Zacharovich, a Russian of No. B Pleasant street, Hartford, the necessity of paying the agency a p per cent. cancellation fee upon a de- posit of $50 which he made early in 1918 toward a ticket to Russia. The agency, in attempting to extort such a high cancellation fee from Zacharo- vich. appeared to be taking advan- tage of the latter's total ignorance of the English language. In making this announcement today the Amer icaniza ton Department aG6ed that it had succeeded in reducing the cancel latiOn fee to S69S, the percentage cus- tomarily charged by reputable agen- cies. A check for the balance of Zacharovich's deposit, or $73.02, has been returned to him by the Amer ization Department.
 Among several hundred other cases of exploitation arising out Of the war, the Department further announced that it was Investigating the claim of 8 Russian, likewise totally ignorant of English, who seems to have been de- frauded by a mutual benefit associa- ton and two lawyers. Both these cases, according 10 Department off, cials, were typically illustrative of an important phase of Americanization work now being vigorously prosecuted by the Americanization department. The handling of such cases can only be done through a specially created organization and methods such as are used by the department
 Zacharovich wished to return to Russia so that he might bring his family to the United States. After he paid his $S0' deposit on his ticket he found he would be unable to re- init the remainder, and he accord ingly asked the agency to remit his deposit. The agency informed him that only $60 was due him, since the cancellation fee would be S2O, or 25 per cent. Because he knew no Eng fish Zacharovich did not know to whom to turn in this difficulty.
 The State Americanization Depart
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
WHAT PRIVATE
 ABE JOHNSON DID.

Waterbury, April 14.-With the Homecoming of the heroes of the Yankee Division occupying the Main track during the past week, every thing else in the way of news events in the Brass City has been side tracked" by mutual consent. The first of the returned members of the 1O2d Infa atry to reach town from Camp De~"1s coming home on 72-hour pass es, arrived Wednesday night, with many more following the mon Thurs day and Friday. They were given hero's welcome everywhere and noth- ing in the town was any too good for them. And, as proof of their he roisn. were any proof needed, several Waterbury ns9l bers of the now-fa.- nous regiment wore either the Dis tinguished Service Croix or the Croix de Guerre and at least one Water bury soldier, returning on the Aga memnon wore both. Private Abe Johnson of Company c, little fellow hardly bigger than a pint of peanuts, charged a German machine gun nest single-handed and brought in eleven prisoners. for which trif1ing feat both the D. g. C. and the French war cross were awarded 10 him, after which he received the biggest honor of all. the French palm, awarded for having been cited four times.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
KOREANS WANT
 HELP FROM U. s.

Philadelphia, April 14-One hun dred delegates, including several women, and representing the three million Koreans outside Korea, as sembIed in congress here today. Their mission is to assist the independence movement in Korea and secure free dom from Japanese rule.
 The facts of Japanese oppression of Korea" said Dr. Syngman Rhee, secretary of state of the Korean pro visional government in Manchuria, who is a delegate to the ngress, ''are not known to the American people. America for her own sake, as well as for the sake of the peace of the world and the principle of justice to strong and weak alike for which she fought the war, should know the kind of ally she has in Japan.
 ''The Korean congress will do a great service to America by publish ing the truth about Japan, whose clever publicity bureau, on which millions are spent a. year, has camou- faged the imperiaIistic ambitions and under-hand diplomacy employed by the Prussia of Asia
 Eighteen million people. of whom two million are Christian, including all the enlightened and influential among Koreans, aspire to establish d Christian democracy in Asia; Ameri- can Christian missionaries have been our teachers; and some of them, un- known to the American public. are suffering jail with their fiocks, whose sufferings can no longer be concealed. The struggle is on until Korea is free or the last Korean dead.
 Will America help us?"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14

ment heard of the case and at once sent to Zacharovich. and, through it's interpreter, secured his story. One of it's officials, in taking up a large num- bebr of cases in New York city, inter- viewed the agency, prevailed upon it to reduce the cancella ton fee and se- cured the balance due zacharovich.
 The other Russian reported that for several years he has been a member of a mutual benefit society of Rus sians and has paid his dues regu- larly. Over a year ago he had an ac-
 cident and last fall had the influenza, but the association would not pay his benefits, which amounted to only $7.5O per week while he was disabled.
 To collect the claim from the so- ciety he sent to a lawyer. He said he gave this lawyer a deposit of $10 on a 80 fee. The lawyer promised to write the Russian when the case was to come up in court, but, said the
 Russian, every time he asked when
 the case would come up. the lawyer
 told him to call again. Three months
 passed and the lawyer dropped the case. Meanwhile the Russion had spent $54 for interpreters and time lost The Russian added that to get
 an interview with the lawyer was now
 impossible. He accordingly went to la second lawyer, paid him S20 and still owes him $1O more. this being
 the alleged situation when the Amer icanization Department began to in
 vestigate.
 With all of the misfortunes which this man has suffered including an accident which has partially disabled him, and loss of money, caused by those who have taken advantage of him, he has been able to buy United States Liberty Bonds and War Saw ings Stamps, subscribe to the Red Cross, and to send to his wife and family and orphaned relatives in Rus sia about S1,400, but this money was sent through an official of the Rus sian government in New York city and he has no means of ascertaining whether it was ever actually deliv- cred to the needy ones on the other side from whom he has not heard for over a year and a half
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
E:DUCATIONALISTS
 ID MEET HERE

Hartford, April 14 - Educational interests of the State will be repre- sented at a series of conferences to be held at four different cities of the State during the coming week at which school superintendents anI su- pervisors will confer with Mrs. Rich ard M. Bissen, state director of gov ernment savings, and with c. T. c. Whitcomb of Boston, field secretary for schools in New England.
 Plans will be discussed for the extension of war saving work in the schools, and a practical plan will be presented for. increasing sales of thrift and war savings stamps among the children of the State.
 The conferences and their places of meeting will be as follows: Mon day, Hotel Stratfeld. Bridgeport, at one D. n1.; Tuesday, Hotel Elton. Wa terbury. at twelve a. m; Wednesday, University Club, Hartford, at twelve a. m.; Thursday, Wauregan Hotel, Norwich, at twelve a. m.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
PRINCE REGENT
 CONFERS DECORATION

Saloniki, Sunday. April 13-Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia has con ferred upon General Paraskeyopoulos. cormander-in- chief Of the Greek armies and leader of the Allied armies in Macedonia, the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle. The decoration was formally presented to the general here today by NJ. Coun- douriotis. Greek minister at Belgrade. In talking with newspaper cores pondents. N. Coundouriotis said that the relations between Greco" and Ser bia are most cordial.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
CLEAN UP MINES.

London, April 14-The seas are be- ing cleared of mines at the rate of about 100 a day. according 10 the British Admiralty. Operations are chiefly confined 10 the North Sea where great minef1elds were laid dur ing the war and which will be I menace to navigation until they are removed. If a sufficient force can be obtained on the work, fishing grounds md trade routes. 1t is officially ex- 0ected, will be cleared by the early 1utumn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
HELPLESS IN CELLAR.

After lying helpless in an open eel lar at Hallam and HaIlett streets for two days. his leg broken as a result of falling into the hole David Hughes, age 53. of JOS Union avenue, was discovered by a passerby Saturday night The Emergency ambulance was called and Hughes was taken to Hillside Home
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14
Deaths From Flu
 1O,199 In Conn.

Hartford. Conn, April 14.-James P. Balfe. statistIcan of the state
 health department, has prepared map showing the progress of infiu- enza since the outbreak of the disease last September. The total number of cases reported is 12S. TEA. It Is be- lieved, however. by the officials of the department that this 'n only ! about one-third of the actual cases. Theenumber of deaths reported from
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14

influenza and pneumonia in the state from September. 1918, to March was 10.199 or about three per cent of the cases reported.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14

Ernie Shore has been nursing his arm carefully and. under orders from Huggins, has taken all the time he desired, as the Yankee manager fig ures on the big fellow taking his turn in the box from the beginning of the season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-14

the punishment of the Kaiser and the a abolition of conscription-
The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-30
COMMISSIONERS SALE

Notice is hereby given, That in pur- suance of the authority and directions contained in the decreta order of the Chaneery Court of Lonoke County, made and entered on the 4th day of Au gust, \. D. 1919 in certain cause tNo. 32211 then pending therein between ]. <. Savage, complainant. and Lillie May Campbell, Sarah Emily Campbell, Law renee Woodrow Campbell and Charles Author Campbell defendants, the un- dersigned, as Commissioner of said Court, will offer for sale at public ven- due to the highest bidder, at the west door or entrance of the County Court house, in which said Court is held, ill the County of Lonoke within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, on Friday the 14th day of November, \. D. 1919 the following described real estate to-wit:
 The Northeast Quarter (NE14l of the Southwest Quarter fSW1-4) of Sec tion Thity-siX t36l, Township Two t2l North, Range Seven t71 West, Lonoke, County, Arkansas, containing forty f40l acres more or less, in Lonoke Coun- ty Arkansas.
 TERMS OF SALE: On a credit of three months, the purchaser being re- quired to execute bond as required by law and the order and decree of said Court in said cause, with approved se- eurity, bearing interest at the rate of
The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-30
Merciful, Gentle and Tender

A gentleman is full of tonside- ration for others. a foe to violence of opinion or expression; an ene- my at the same time of restraint. suspicion. gloom and resentment. He is mereiful. gentle and tender avoids unreasonable alIusions or topics never makes himself prom inent in conversation and sup presses his own egotism. He makes light of the favors which he does and seems to receive while he confers. He k scrupulous in imputing motives. is never mean or little, never takes unfair ad- vantage and never mistakes per sonalities or abuse for arguent.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-30
Memphis-Cuba Water Traffic

Memphis, Tenn.-Direet water transportation between Memphis and Havana, Cuba, will be inau- gurated December l, according to an announcement today by local agents of the Sugar Products Company of New York, who have been advised that 15 vessels have been assigned to ply between this city to convey black strap mo- lasses from the Cuban sugar plan tati0ns and return with miscella- ne0us carg0es.
 The molasses will be used in the manufacture of stock food. Ter minals will be constructed here at cost of approximately $100,000.