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Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
TWO FOR MORRISON

r MESS NEWSPAPERS like the Hartford Post are mis- O taken Assistant Secretary Morrison of the State Board Education speaking two for himself and for the schools when during his recent visit to Bridgeport he advo cated the Chamber of Commerce. certain educational programs then dmly defined which appear effort to create political obs of which Morrison might receive the best.
 Hartford quite enjoy the program of standardization Hartford wants to continue to its schools like feel ing exists in all the large communities
 it desirable give the small towns better schools it arranged without turning the city schools over to tralized management
 The beterment of education in the small mostly which the politicians in the State Board Education including the astue Ed Robbins plan several dozens of high aried obs with Morrison spoken of for the best one commissioner superintendent of education
 The teachers in the schools not looking with much favor upon the centrazng plan As shown by Morr Bridgeport is frankly plan to dspace with linen and pay the money than the women get
 Before the war there might have been some plausible gument of this change had been alleged that the of America being femnnized by instruc tors in the schools.
 The wiped that contention right off the map. The taught gentemanly humane and courteous American boys fought like wildcats In close quarters each of them good for two Germans
 There is no shadow of evidence of any kind that men teach CTS public schools would work any improvement the quality of the youth turned out It probable the other hand that the best teachers and that they get better results The presence in the community of many wom who have had teaching experience is at all times factor of value
 Teaching is one of the ablizing tasks The school inn parts what has learned the latest change improve fad fancy but the broad truths the things generally regarded as true.
 In this probably capable than men they have, class paence industry and sell denial.
 The capacity of women to acquire knowledge from books and to conform to the discipline Of educational institutions exhibited in the high schools of the country, where the girls do much better in their studies An educated mother an educated child It is the mother who the child sisted by the teacher The woman mother and the woman teacher all right Bridgeport will not be willing to rI its schools the state board and Ed Robbins that few can have better jobs.
 If salaries be raised the those who earned it.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
THE BRITISH ELECTIONS

Y LOYD GEORGE wins sweeping victory, triumph that A is almost entirely his gained by the votes of soldiers and all those who think him the who fought the and the most likely leader to determine what peace shall be.
 Nor has George delivered himself hands of the Tories as completely as some commentators seem to believe elected upon platform of social and economic change exceeding anything that the Liberals attempted in the way of sudden change. In this program included such and gigantic government housing scheme under which 5OOOOO dwellings to be built for workers.
 Tory England much afraid of the future when it scented program like th and for leader the most plished radical in Europe
 Nevertheless the victory of Lloyd George of the coalition power than the temporary manife aton of British political thought The thing is expeden purpose get the peace made and the country going again. for the work the leader who is thought to know most about it.
 The new government is thought by competent observ- ers like Northcffe will have short lease of life It lacks the support large elements of the British press which George has until had Among the Tories many will trust George who will be by habit and opinion opposed the drastic reforms he must seek to institute Nearly half the par lament is radical in its outlook and onehird of it extremely radical
 Here is not the setting long lived government though the genius of Lloyd George may give tenure far beyond what is expected
 The elements of the election really significant and not perhaps transient the overthrow of the Irish National par y by the Sim Feners the baotng by and the very large increase in the membership of the labor party.
 The B votes of the Sim Fen do not arise consequence of confidence in Mir George They represent the resentment rshmen at his failure to put home rue expression of opinion by the Irish electorate upon the ons that followed the Sim Fen rebellion.
 The defeat of candidates have been expect ed They had little time for organization; acquired political experiences and did not provide many candidates
 is certain most thing be that in time come British will organize will obtain representation will have their part in the organization of British voted at all is at the the startling and important thing
 More immediately significant if not important in the many years to than the voting women is uc cess of the labor party The astounding thing in British zaton is that there successful labor party all representatives of such party able themselves | elected to parliament
 The British labor party, at time opposition to pac
 cism at its height enormously increased its prestige botl in total votes cast for it. and in secured
 Here must be sought the economic sorce imme dately exercise profound influence which finav a Northcfe has suggested is destined to British poli tical and legislative counses The Unonss led by Loyt George will not backward They will hasten forward o their leader will permit them to lose sight party behind hem the goad in the rear.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
BROADEN OUT

D OBERT SCOVILLE Federal Food Administrator for Con IN nectcut who has done excellent work to have joined the class shallow He is going Spring
 field to oppose the reclamation of waste lands the theory that there such lands Connecticut that Connecticut would help pay for the work and would not be benefited
 He is reasonably correct upon point only. There is not much land in Connecticut that needs retaining But Con part the United States and the United States union and ndivsble. What deveopes part of the country in the long developes all What proper to be paid for from taxation must be paid for by a The theory that
 single the union not to contribute to federal ton except for something that will immediately and directly benefit its neighborhood is utterly and supdy anarchs tic The application of such theory would bring again to the state of isolated, savage tribes.
 What Connecticut makes goes West. What Connecticut eats from the West Nor is it probable that in the long anybody will have to pay for reclamation It will pay itself and create vast surplus
 Connecticut and Connecticut really must broaden out ttle and stop looking at the country from the dows of parochial selfishness
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
earned it.

~ HE DIFFICULTY which many willing and unwilling gentlemen find in reaching definition of freedom of the is precisely the difficulty in which any finds himself who is dealing with statute unwriten.
 The doctrine of freedom of the for the present mere y program for presentation the table after the rates the Allied powers have to meeting of minds.
 From the peace table presumably will emerge regua- on rue statute law treaty and in this will be defined expressed the freedom of the
 T process not unlike the process which attends upon the making of any statute Years before law made there were who believed in wOrkmen's compensation many minds about the method of approach At here and there agreed and the laws into be- ing and workmens compensation in government or ton is the precise thing described by these laws plus the facts of administration, whatever they may be,
 There usually many of arriving at similar re- suit There will be agreement the principle but difference regarding details The principle is the chief thing This being aimed the method of giving effect to the principle us lily be found.
 All persons who speak of freedom of the must be regarded advisory the table, They in the posi-
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
AMERICANIZATION MOVEMENTS
TT HE WAR has just proved that the foreigner is nc A. tn America ID nhtain this lnn11l ndu is s,,

TT HE WAR has just proved that the foreigner no threat 4 to America To obtain this knowledge it is sufficient read the casualty lists and the decorations given greater numbers of volunteers
 The cultures of modern very similar differ much less with respect 10 moral codes national customs than might be supposed
 The European who to America frequently has mill tary training is usually religious certain in his a citations made for valor .'.e
 There is nothing surprising in the circumstance that the foreign born coopeated with the America and that frequently foreign born groups furnished proporonately tendance at church than the native born He can usually read and write in his own tongue and very this tage the native born, that knows some English and one two, three other languages besides The danger of Americanizaon movement lies in their tendency to be too patronizng in their dealings with foreign elements, and in their failure understand the pete which the foreign groups have for instruction recreation and worship.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03

house in the block were shattered.
 Justice von Moschzisker said to- day: The force of the bomb is shown by the fact that a piece of the shell penetrated four partitions of my house, cut through the steel springs and heavy mattress of the bed in which my wife was sleeping and slightly injured her. She, wit.A our three children and two maids 1 were asleep when the explosion oc- cured"
 A lurge 5'ansa:e e. the circulars strewn about the scenes of the eXplo- sion was found early today. Superin- tendent Mills believes a meeting of the plot leaders was held somewhere 1 in the centre of the city last night and that about 10 o'clock the com i spirators scattered to place the 1 bombs He thinks the bundle was | thrown away after the blasts. l Announcement of an arrest was made this afternoon by superintend- ent Mills, who declined to make 1 known the mans name. | Superintendent Mills said the po- | lice will clamp down the lid tighter thar ever on meetings of radicals.
 There is no doubt these outrages i are due to a combination of Bolshe- vism and the I. W. W. because of the activity shown by the police and the courts in enforcing the laws against sedition during the war" he declared.
 My life has been threatened half a dozen times recently by unidenti- 1 fled persons who have called me on the telephone or sent me anonymous letters after I had prevented the | holding of meetings which I con- sidered would be seditious assem- blages"
 Officials in charge of the local army ordnance office who have charge of all government explosives made in this vicinity say there is no basis for a rumor that the bombs
 used were stolen from ordnance plants.
 The man under arrest is said to i have been the leader of a work mems revolutionary club in the mill l district of Philadelphia and to have
 been an active antt-draft agitator,
 Some of his associates are said to now be serving terms ranging from
 five to 20 yeags for anti-draft acttvi
 ties
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
Houses of Prominent
 Men In Philadelphia
 Bombed By Shrapne|

of the red flag of anarchy in this city the police officials say furnished the motive.
 The entire police force of the city Is working on the case, but the off, cials absolutely refuse to tell what clues they have, if any. All federal agencies are cooperating with the police. One theory Is that one party of men, using an automobile. had committed all three outrages.
 At the scenes of the explosions the police picked up circulars printed on yellow paper which contained the def of the bomb throwers. The head ing read:
 To the exploiters, the judges po- licemen, the priests the soldiers" ]" This was followed by 200 words of a harangue on the rights of the people
 From fragments of iron and steel gathered up after the explosion Superintendent Mills hopes to be able to ascertain the type of bomb used by the miscreants Twelve pieces of steel, believed to be from the inside of the bomb, were found near his home. Several are threaded on one side and are believed to be small pieces of pipe. Other pieces are in the shape of double triangle Two pieces Of pipe are believed to have been part Of the fuse.
 A large fragment of iron found at the home of Justice won Moschzisker is believed to be part of the outer shell of the bomb.
 l Superintendent Mills believes a shrapnel bomb of the same type was i used in all the explosions. He said today the explosive used was either nttroglycerine or T. N T.
 | Justice von Moschzisker today ex- pressed the belief that his home was attacked simply because he is the highest court officer in Philadelphia.
 The bombing outrage, to my mind" said the Justice, lis simply the work of misguided, .hysterical persons affected by conditions of the times. 1 do not believe there was any Der sonal ahimosity in the attack on my house. So far as I can recall, there has. been no case before me in whief a decision would have affected any ot the class of persons who apparently directed these efforts at frightful. ness"
 ] Since the outbreak of the war Jus tice von Moschzisker has been active in. securing relief for the distressed people in Po'anad. Early toda, Mayor Smith and Superintendent Mill visited the home of the justice. Thay found the entire front wrecked ant 1.-the drawing room with all it's furni ture in ruins. Windnwa f7 er~-~.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
Shells Loaded With Nitro glycerine or T. N. T. Do
 Great Damage. FORTUNATELY
 NO LIVES LOST Street Filled With Phamp- lets Setting Forth Anarch-
 istic Doctrines.

Philadelphia, Dec. 31 = Shrapnel shells loaded with nitro-glycerine or TINT. were exploded late last night at the homes of three men prominent in public life. There was con- siderable destruction of prop erty but fortunately no one was killed. ...... -.
 The houses attacked were those of Justice Robert von Moschzisker Of the Pennsylva- nia supreme court; Ernest T
 'Trigg, president of the Phila- delphia Chamber of Com merce, and William R. Mills
 acting superintendent of DO lice. -..
 Eight houses adjoining these resi-
 dences were damaged by the explos
 ions The three homes are in wide
 ly separated sections of the city. Tn first bombed was that of Mir TrIgl which is in the. extreme western sec
 ton of the city. Here the bomb wa
 exploded at 10:45 p. nj. Ten min utes later the home of MT Mills nearly three miles dis ant, was at tackled and fifteen minutes afterwar Judge von Moschzisker' house, nearl four miles from the Mills residenc.
 was visited by the bomb thrower; The authorities believe the Trig 1 bomb was intended for the home c Municipal Court Judge German, wh resides next door, Revenge against the judicial an l police authorities for enforcing tn 1 law against sedition and the displa
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
FAVORABLE NEWS
 FROM RUSSIA

Washington, Dec, 31 - Favorable reports on the situation in the Archangel region of Russia where some unofficial accounts have pictur- ed the north Russian, Allied and American forces as facing destruc- ton at the hands of Bolshevtki in overwhelming numbers, have been given to the State Department by G. A Martiuszine, representative here of the ArchangeI government.
 It was officially stated today that MT. Martiuszne had conferred with Acting Secretary Polk and that his information showed the situation we'll in hand from the viewpoint of the Allies,
 According to these reports, the Bolshevik soldiers are off1cered by Germans and consequently are able to make good use of their artillery and rapid fire guns, but they have no stomach for fighting that does not keep them at a distance from their oponents.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
l. ALMON FRENCH
 LEFT S25,OOO
Bequeaths $2,O00 to Easton Church-Many Relatives
 Benefit.

Probate Judge Paul Miller today set 1O:80 a. m.. January g, as the time for a hearing on the admittance of the will with codicil attached of the late I. Almon French. who died In this city on December 24 in his Seth year. Application for letters of administra- ton was made today by William Paul of this city, the executor. The estate is estimated at $25.0OO, all personal property.
 Many residents of Fairfield county in addition to the Flat Rock M. E. church of Baston benefit under the instrument. The will was drawn in April, 1910, and in 1t s1,0O0 was be- queathed to the Flat Rock church. In the codici1 drawn seven years later, an additional s1.COO was left to the church. The money is to be in vested by the trustees in a perma- nent fund, the interest of which is to be used for the preaching of the 6---S-ess Gzae hundred dollars is left ts Ehs EA65list Union cemetery of nsaGon.
 The remaining beGuesrs in the s-xs and codicil are divided as follows: 1 Hattie E. French of Trumbull, a niece, $1,OGO; Wilbert French of Bridgeport, nephew, S1 1,Co0 in the will and $500 in the codicil; Samuel Clark of Long Hill, nephew, s1.00o: Louis French, nephew, of St. Louis, s1000; Edward, Nellie and Bessie Clark, ali of Hartford, $1.o0o each; Louis F.. Wheeler and Arthur E. Wheeler Of Bridgeport. $1,o00 each. The remain der of the estate is to bs divided equally between the seven surviving children of his half sisters and broth CTS.
 In the codieil additional bequests are made to Ella Downs and Fannie Downs of Bridgeport and Mrs. Ar- thur Downs of New York. Each re- lae&sa e-an,
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03
PRINT SPEECHES
 SIDE BY SIDE

London, Dec. 31.---Morning news papers give great and equal promi- hence to the speech of Premier Clem- enceau before the French Chamber of Deputies and President Wilson's address at Manchester. By their headlines by placing in juxtaposition the striking passages, and by their comment the newspapers reveal a cer- tain uneasiness in consequence of the apparent divergence between M. Clemenceau and MT. Wilson.
 There is obvious endeavor, however, to avoid anything suggesting the ex- istence of a substantial disagreement or promoting anxiety. The desire seems mainly to show that M. Clem- enceau's standpoint is not so remote 1 from Mir. Wilson's as might appear at first sight and that any difference that exists ought to be arranged with pains and patience.
Republican farmer., 1919-01-03

ton of those who friends of the court This is rue even of Wilson, George and Cemenceau They speak with thority than others they will be potential than others in giving shape the principle of freedom of the but their than advisory until they formulated into the agreement treaty statute of whatever is that will from the peace table
New-York tribune., 1919-11-06
Long Strike Predicted
If injunction Stands

SPRINGFIELD, H., Nov. 5.-Frank
Harrington, chairman of the miners
scale committee, ISSUED tie following
statement here to-day in answer to the
statement at Washington of Assistant
Attorney General Ames, who declared
the government could not rocedc from
its position, because the strike was un-
lawful
"If Mr.. Ames bcspcaks the continued
position of the government, the strike
will be of long duration," harrington
sand "Such means may discourage and
defeat the mine workers in certain iso-
lated spots, bat so far as its effect on
the general situation is concerned the
means is bound to fail Of results and
will only make the mine workers in
strongly organized fields more deter
mined to carry on the strike
"Tho mine workers have no desire to
assume defiant attitude toward the
government. They are loyal Americans
The very fact that they are loyal Amer
leans Is the thing that will make them
resist to the last any attempt at wrong
full compuision, whether that compu-
sion may be employed by the govern
ment or by whomevcr it may be en-
ployed.'
New-York tribune., 1919-11-06

several states to-day marked the fifth
day of the miners strike SO far as
the strike itself was concerned there
was little change, although operators
in West Virginia and Colorado reported
gains in production.
Among the developments of the day
were:
Removal of six passenger trains from
service of the Chicago & Northwestern
end the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroads.
Appeals for coal by several Nebraska
towns to state railway commiss ons.
Iowa Fuel dminstrator's complaint
against railroad seizures of coal while
luxurious continental trains continue
running, sent to Washington.
Ca ifornia coal dealers requested
Governor Stephens to ask the Fuel Ad-
mlnlstrator to release confiscatcd coal
to prevent possible shortage in that
state
Release of coal seized in transit or
orders of fuel administration for relief
in some districts.
Report of coal operators Of in
creased production in West Virginia
whore thirty-one union mines were
said to be in operation, and in Colo
RADIO.
Topeka. Kan, schools to close to-
morrow for one week; brick factorv
closed; many coal dealers bins empty
and employees laid off
Missouri coal dealers asked revival
of the state fuel administration.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-06
NeaO Parley ASKED
BY Strife Leader
Green. Adrises That u. S.
''Command'' Operators
and Miners TO Agree

INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. William
Green, secrctary-trcasurer OF the
United Mine Workers OF America. to-
day suggested as means Of settling
the strike Of coal miners that the gov
ernment arrange for q conference CT
miners and operators and command
them to reach an agreements"
"Thc real way to settle the strike is
for' the government to bring al its
moral and legal influence toward bring
ing the operators and miners together
and command them to reach an agree
ment,' Mr.. Green's statement said.
This is the practical way to get the
mines started.'
Mr.. Green's plan, however. would not
include calling off the strike pending
settlement of the wage agreement, bur
was in line with statements made BY
President John l.. Lewis Of the miners
yesterday in which willingness OF the
miners to open negotiations without
reservation' was expressed
Earlier to-day Elias Searles. editor
of the miners official publication. "Tho
Mine Workers journal >" issued state
mcnt in which he declared the re-
straining order issued here last week
worked to prevent the miners from
giving the public their side of the con
troversy, and press reports consequent
ly were one-sided. He said because OF
the injunction numerous telegrams
from newspapers and periodicals ask
ing for information on the strike had
to remain unanswered.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-06

change from an cight-hour day to a six
hour day will compel the public to buy
its coal far il advance Of it's require
mcnts at tremendously advanced prices
made necessary by increased pay for
less work on the part of the miners
"The statements issued by Mr
Gompers, the American Federation of
Labor and officials of the United Mine
Workers Of America with respect to
hours OF work and earnings Of miners
have. IN their entirety, been grossly
inaccurate, misrepresentation and mis-
leading to the public.
"Statistica information of this sort
because Of its complcXity, cannot be
accurately presented or analyzed in the
public press. 1t can, however, be pre-
sented to, and accuratcl anaiyzed by
proper tribunal, which can call before
it proper representatives Of all inter
estcd parties in order to secure de-
tailed explanation of all the points at
issue. The operators stand ready to
present such information on these sub
jects at any place and at any time
before such proper tribunal as sug-
gested by President Wilson,