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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS

- (From The Farmer, Saturday. August g. iS6o)
 The well of Union and Water was cleaned out yesterday.
 We are pleased to learn that Mr. John Buckley proprie tor o1 the refresment in the depot in this returned from his tour of Europe on We dnesday last is somewhat singular that the day hat Mr. Buckley this country Rev Father T. Synot arrived; the gentle men meeting at the depot in Cork
 barrel of clans to grief depot last night bv the head coming out and letting the gently the platform It good cammng ground for minutes Look out for your head" is good rule always.
 
 Todd, the sewer is pushing ahead the of the large tile for the Main street, having two three machines at work in his works take, learn about 11oo pieces of tile for that
 Conductor Thomas train his moring, broke bumper the baggage at the Junction. out to require to be chained order the to this city, where another substituted it's the rain causing little both
 
 We understand that the Seectmen considera- ton the grading fencing and laying of the public central public grounds in the city, the proposition would meet with the general approbaon of citizens If the idea carried into effect let us have suitable fence put that cannot be used seat by roWdes the present large sized water tank placed in the Superior yesterday for the benefit of the lawyers and urymen
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
UNREASONABLE MIR. GARRISON

INDLEY M GARRISON is receiver of the Brooklyn Rap A id Transit Company officer appointed by the courts to administer the affairs of that organization Unless the ntereres with him. he has complete and drastic than the owners of the property
 the B. R. T. organized into a unon which embraced te workers of the railway lines in the United States.
 The strike and desire bargain through the representatives of their union.
 Garrison very haughtily takes the position "ha vii; not deal with outside organzation'
 This unreasonable everybody else.
 process the friction between ial be admitted, among which thnt employers and employees have the right to unions the bargain collectively have the right to strike and lockout.
 been found in practice that there fewer strikes we'll organized and that those strikes easier 10 setle
 impossible to make agreements with unorganzed la strikes first and negoates aftervard With organized labor the attempt negotiate almost always strike bargain be made which will be kept
 taking up the question of railroad settlements the Pres requires the shop workers who ske against the union officers back to work He then Iroad broherhoods represent all the railroad workers
 Mr. ances himself wiser than his times; believes he cao conditions which the United States scceptv equitable and necessary.
 bfr Garrison a lebe He wants his way He is ono of both sides question: who prevent defey solutions
 This is the Mr. Garrison, who secretary fancied himself bigger than the President and left his office a huff his country to to smash,
 The why America in these difficult times is Europe to live in because the Amer
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
CARUS0 NOW HAS TO OBTAIN FOOD
 BY ALL0TMENTS
Italian Government Takes Singers Automobiles and
 Part of Food Supply.

Florence, Italy, July 15. tCorres- pondenoe of the Associated Press)- Food is now being allotted to Enrico Caruso, opera singer of the Metro
 politan Opera House of New York, whose picturesque Italian villa is sit uated on the heights of Signa-Lastra nine miles from here, on the same ration as to the peasants in this sec- tion.
 The new deluxe American limousine he imported was commandeered by the military authorities, while the Italian motor car he owned was req uisitioned by the prefect of the com mune of Siga Lastra. The work com mittees of the district had their eyes upon his villa for many days. and, when the outbreak against the high cost of living occurred here a few weeks ago, made an inventory of his cellar and pantry. told him that he had far too much for one man and his small family to live upon and seized some of the wine in his cellar. De- scrtbing the affair Signor Caruso said, to the Associated Press correspond ent:
 "I was visited by a distinquished commission of men and women. con- veyed up these hills in two luxurious automobiles decorated in red stream CTS. These read to me my moGe Of life In Italy and I have since been forced to live under their mandates.
 You know we have not starved here. though. We have had enough to eat, We have divided our supplies with the people in the red automo- piles and have managed to get along. 1 do not know just what l will do in the future. I pay the Italian gov ernment more than a million lire a year in taxes bIt can ask for little protection for my property I have given two years work during the war to the cause of the Allies and, there , fore, to the cause of Italy"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
WOMEN OF EAST
 AND WEST ARE
 FOR THE LEAGUE
Not Expecting Perfection They Are Pleased De-
 spite Protest.

There is absolutely TO doubt that the overwhe Inning majority of the wo- men of this country are in favor of the League of Nations. Mrs. George Bass, chairman of the Woman's Bu- reau of the Democratic National Committee. writes that everywhere throughout the West, where the Ma tional Committee has recently been making a tour, the sentiment has been almost unanimous Even Cali fornia, Senator Johnson to the con- trary notwithstanding, is for the League.
 In New Hampshire the women have been having a School of Civics," talk ing up some of the problems that confront the nation. It was admitted that at least 90 per cent. of the wo- men in attendance were Republican in tradition and tendency. and would be in fact when the ballot is theirs
 A leading Republican of the state Huntley Spalding, made a plea in be- half of the League of Nations, re- pudiating the idea that 1t was CT should ever be permitted to be a par tisan issue, and met with enthusiastic applause. In the evening another speaker attacked the League, wind Ing up terrific harangue with the announcement that he would "see hell freeze over" before he would sacrifice American principles upon the altar set mp by the League of Ma tiorA
 Well you know how 1t is," said a woman who was there. Men always expect a big hand when they say any of the words that are usually repre- scented by a dash, and they generally get 1t. too. So he made an impressive a inc fnr f1,a f, plause that he evidently expected would follow. But did 1t? Not so you'd notice 1t. That room was so still you could feel It. In fact it seemed to kind of take his breath away, like Q sudden douche of ice wa ter, and he drew his remarks to g. sudden close.
 There's no use talking to women about Article x, or article anything else. They don't expect perfection. but they do believe the League will very improbable, if not in- possible. They know that the war cost seven and half million lives of soldiers; nobody knows how many lives of women and children and old people it cost. They see not only battlehelds with their ghastly toll of dead and dying, but they see starving babies in the arms of half-mad mothers.
 To prevent such things they are willing to take a chance. Besides" she added, as if it were an after thought, "the women of America don't believe that Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft have enter ed into an alliance to bring discredi. upon the United States It isn't poIi- tics, it is just humaxaity with them and the women are for the League"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09

(Tomorrow's picture--Euxenes Re- ceiving the Cup of Gyptis)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
JAZZ BAND IS
 NOW PLAYED IN
 RUSSIA BY TANKS

The jazz music which enlivens the light wines and 2:75 beer has been hitting "it up'' among the American soldiers in Russia. In a report re- ceived by William P. Larllin, overseas director of the Knights of Colunl bus from the western department at San Francisco yesterday, mention was made of the fact that half a dozen cases containing jazz band instru- ments had been shipped to Vladivos- took. The shipment was made at the request of K. of c. Secretary Garry McGarry, a well-knoWn actor of New York City and a member of the Lambs Club. According to MT. Mo Garry, the jazz trombone and horn have been doing a "continuous cir cuit," at Vladivostoclk and Siberia where there are several thousand American soldiers commanded by Ma jor-Gen. Graves In plain English McGarry informed Director Larlsin that the jazz instruments had threat ened to break down under the con- stant grind.
 So in order to guarantee against any letup in the weird harmony of jazz in the land of Bolshevil,i, the in struments were imm ediateIy forward ed and ought to arrive within a few days. Other consignments to the Casey hotel at the Russian seaport were: Several tons of biscuits, beau- coup cigarettes and cigars, chewing gum, sporting goods, stationery and several automobiles of a we'll known Detroit brand
 There was also a large assortment Of motion pictures and several ma chimes in the shipment, stationery and other creature comforts. Checker boards, sets and cribbage boards were also included in the shipment, which is being carried to Russia by the U. $. army transport Thomas. Another large shipment is due to go on August 5. The Knights of Column bus intend to keep the work in Rus sia going until every American sol dier Is relieved in the country.
 There are two American Roman Catholic chsplains with the soldiers. They are Rev. Joseph Loughran and Rev. John Monahan. The troops are widely scattered and the two priests som netimes traverse some e.506 miles in making their visits to the seat tered units.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
DANA ENGAGED IN MANY MOVES
 WITH SUCCESS

Charles Anderson Dana was born 100 years ago yesterday-on August 8, 1S19- He studied at Harvard, but owing to defective eyesight, did not graduate. In 1S41 he joined the Brook Farm Association. This was a con- munistic experiment, founded in that year, at West Roxbury, Mass. The Brook Farm Association of Education and Agriculture, as it was officially styled, was an attempt to solve the social problem through the institu- tion of equality and rewards and adaptation of tasks to individual ca pacities, Ripley, Charming, Elm erson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Dwight, and Margaret Fuller were leading mem bers. All members, without distinction of sex, had to labor an allotted period each day, either on the farm or in the workshops attached to the main institution. All employments were paid substantially alike. All shared the same food at the same table, all owned a like portion of the prop erty belonging to the establishment. At the time of its organization the comm unity had twenty members In the first three years the number grew to about seventy. It attracted much dnu WAS SiSlleu by lfiOu ands of persons from all parts of the country. In 1S47, however, on account of the enth usiasm having waned, the society was dissolved.
 With Ripley, the founder of the so- ciety, Dana became associated with the New York Tribune. In 1862 dis agreement with Horace Greeley in war policies forced his resignation. Dana was assistant secretary of war in 1S63-4. After that he edited the Chicago Republican, which failed. He then returned to New York and be- came editor in chief of the New York Sun-a position which he held from 1868 to the time of his death on October IT, 1897.
 Mir. Dana had a brilliant intellect, a finished aud incisive style, and gift for irony which made him a dangerous enemy. He however was generally be- Iieved to be so intense in his preju- dices that he failed to acquire the authority to which his talents enti- tied him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09

Icould drink the most. Hans Sachs, CTS and wayfarers." says one modern authority
 The conquerors of Rome were. in fact, so given to alcoholic beverages that we find temperance organiza- toins springing up in Germany as early as the eighth century. Charle- magne, although credited with being the first to plant a vineyard on the Rhine, tried diligently to reform the hard drinkers among his subjects. He decreed that drunken witnesses should not appear in court, that earls should not sit in judgment if intox- icated, and that soldiers who were drunk in camp should be restricted to water as a beverage until they had publicly admitted their guilt and promised to do better in the future. The mere fact that these laws were issued shows how deep rooted must have become the taste for alcohol
 Apparently, however the edicts of Charlemagne did not have much eff feet, for similar laws were put into effect in generation after generation after his death. Charles W. even went so far as to state that drunk
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09

lahoma, and because the department is nearing the realization of the first stage in the preservation of the spe- cie-the acquisition of at least 1000 head of Buffalo by the Government.
 There are approximately 1000 buf- falo in North America. Canada rius something over $500. and the total number in the United States is more than 5000, This is about seven times the number in the United States in 1859, when the first buffalo census was taken, Individuals in the United States own approximately a.000 of the total number in this country, There are eight Governme herds, six of which are under the control of the Department of Agriculture. The largest herd in this country is in charge of the Interior Department and is located in the Yellowstone National Park. where there are about i50 bison. The Smithsonian Institute now has 6 herd of Is a. the National Geological Park, Washington. D, c.
 The first herd of buffalo under the department of Agriculture was estab- lished in 1906 on the Wichita Ma tionaI Forest and Game Preserve. The original herd consisted of 15 ami malls, the gift of the New York Zoo logical Society, and this has now i'm
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09

enness was so tremendously increas- ing that 1t had made the Germans whose manliness was so famous in olden times, despised and condemned of all foreign nations"
 Several rulers of the petty German states founded temperance societies, while others were formed by leaders of the church or by prominent citi- zens. The members bound themselves to pay fines for the relief of the poor for gross intoxication and swearing. Sometimes the guilty persons were compelled to go to jail but 1t Is char acteristic of medieval thought that such punishments applied only to serfs Gentlemen always escaped with fines.
 To counteract these orga anfzations there were many fourishing drink clubs, that might be termed intem- perance organizations. They had just as strict rules as the others, but they applied to those who failed to drink as much as was judged meritorioue. Tournaments were held to see who the beloved German poet of medieval times described one of these affairs in which 12 'tbeer heroes' managed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
BUFFAL0ES ARE INCREASING IN
 UNITED STATES

Provision is made in the current agricultural appropriation act for the Secretary of Agriculture to give buffalo to municipalities and puhiic institutions fro many surplus which may exist in the herds now under the control of the Department of Agriculture. In order to aid in tine propagation of the species the bill provides that animals may be lent to or exchanged with owners of the American bison. No provision is made to give them to individuals and only one may be given to each municipality of public institution This provision is made because of the surplus of bulls in some of bhs Department of Agricuiture's buffalo herds particu- iafIy the enc in the Wichita National Forest and Game Preserve, in Ok
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09

One Scandinavian ruler of the midL
 dle ages was so enthralled by alco- holic drinks that he chose as the pleasantest method of suicide, drown ing in a great tun of mead. The re- production of a centuries-old drawing
 in the space above gives a medieval
 artists conception of this dramatic
 happening.
 This monarch was King Hunding, who was sorely grieved by the death of his brother-in-law. He felt so very badly that he summoned all his mo-
 bles to a great feast in his palace. In the middle of the hall he had built an enormous cask which was filled with mead. At the height of the banquet when all the guests were more or less intoxicated, the King slipped from
 their midst, threw himself into the
 fermented honey and water and died
 happily.
 The German tribes of the middle ages made most of their important
 decisions at drinking bouts. Drink
 ing to excess soon gained a firm hold
 upon the whole nation, and took the
 form of healths and toasts, of drink
 Ing for wagers, and pledging strang-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
HARVARD HELD FIRST EXERCISES
 277 YEARS AGO

The first commencement of liar yard College, the first of the educa- tional institutions of the United States, was held PIT years ago today, August 9th, 1642. Nine young men comprised the first class of Graduates.
 In I636 the general court of AaSsa- chusetts agreed to give 400 pounds towards a school or college" and the next year ordered that the institu- ton be established at "Newetowne."
 In 1888 John Harvard, a preacher, lied and bequsathed about $7o0 to he college to be built at Newtown. In his honor the institution was named Harvard College, while the name of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09

to empty an enormous tun fin six hours
 Women attended many of the drink ing feasts of the middle ages and they were allowed to drink with the young men present. Numerous writ ings of the time warn them, however, against youths whom they do not know who cherished evil designs.
 The cheapness of liquors probably had much to do with the prevailing drunkenness. Sometimes the casks were worth more than the wine they contained.
 Scores of witnesses might be cited to prove the prevalence of drinking in medieval Germany. But there would be too great sameness about them all. Most of them agree with a clergyman of the ninth century, who wrote that 'feasting and drunkenness especially reign, since not only the rude and vulgar people but the noble and powerful of the land are given up to them. Both sexes and all ages have made intemperance into custom" (Tomorrow's picture---Euxenes Re- ceiving the Cup of Gyptis.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
11IE HIGH COST or LIVING

~ HERE IS but one world each part of which . most in tmately linked with each other part. In this world There Is neither peace America must support Europe until Europe again, there produce chaos here. Just certainly in Russia is communicated in degree to the United Staes must unrest in France England and Italy be communicated but in larger degree.
 Europe gain calm a certainty that the matter of and will back the council table to be fought all again.
 The which the industry of the United States usually controlled cannot function properly until the peace treaty is signed.
 The Senatorial partsans pickering week after week. doing their best to perpeuate threatening condition which no thoughtful man look without uneasiness.
 These facts conclusions made clear Pres dent Wilson's in which he advises Congress how to protect the public from the proeer the necessities of m
 Tho prices have in instances ncreas cd in the face large the quantity the ties hand Such increases the President believes due to hoarng and deliberate profiteerng and such criminal conduct Is not beyond the early reach of Congress.
 Tho weapon upon which the President will chiefly rely judging proposed remedies Is control, price fixing mends improved Food Control Act to include all the
 This legislation will suffice to stop hoarding permit government the therein concealed distribution the public
 For immediate remedy the government will distribute at the great holds supp sufficient to feed inc entre laon of the United States for about five day taking count of wheat which the government entirely controls.
 estimated storage very great quantities of food far beyond the immediate necessities of the sufficient when brought into distribution to drop prices sub santially
 Of retail the President says: be little doubt that retailers parsometiInes sponsible for exorbant prices."
 message will conclude they 1t with other fact that the entire business distribution under fire, and that the future for manufacur and middlemen will depend upon their ability dions to the satisfaction of the American people.
 The market cannot be left in the chaos of uncontrolled greed without disaster to all.
 The business of America will welcome, far IS they intelligent of time by through government which they unable themselves ercise.
 unresrained market is breeding revolution in reasonable doubt The discipline and ordered of trade which will violence immediately benefit the public and in the will benefit those who will find their immediate profits somewhat diminished
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09
ALMANAC FOR SUNDAY

creased to more than 100 animals without any outside additions. Two herds have been established in the past year, one at Sullys Hill Park, North Dakota. the other in the Pis- gah National Game Preserve, North Carolina The other herds supervts- ed by the Department of Agriculture are located in the Montana National Bison Range! the Niobrara Reser- vation. Nebraska and the Wind Cave Game Preserve, South Dakota. The plan of the department is to estab- ligh at least ten herds. widely dis tributed, in order to prevent the spread of conta gious diseases, should it become uncomfortable n any of the herds,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09

the town was changed to Cambridge. i'll honor of the great English uni sersity.
 @ It is doubtful if the original grant of S400 was ever actually paid, and. in any event. the college project re mained in abeyance until the bequest of Harvard initiated the necessary measures. The original fund was add ed to in various ways, and much money was raised by lotteries.
 Henry Dupster, a Hebrew scholar was chosen first president, and 8 class began a course of study iu 1888, and nine were graduated iH 1872
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-09

people reasonable They do not want to fight the ground twice. They seek methods accommodation when they differ with each other. They compromise dis agreements look pleasant when they and avoid ua tons that provoke unnecessary vexaOn.
 The B. R. T. who induging in violence doing the side they favor much injury he favOrs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-06-17
NO MONEY ALLOWED
TO BUY CAMP SITES

Washington, June 13.-Because of
the arbitrary and narrow policy
shown by the House, Republicans, in
putting a provision in the pending
military appropriation bill to prevent
the use for the purchase of land Of
any moneys carried by it, or Of any
unexpended previous balances, the
outlook for the purchase of the site
of Camp Jackson by the government
is very gloomy. Unless the Senate
shows more intelligence and fairness
the bill with its astonishing inhibi-
tion will be enacted.
Representative A. L. Lever of the
district in which Camp Jackson is sit
uated, led the flight today to amend
the bill by permitting "obligated"
balances to be used for the purchase
of land, but he was defeated by the
brute force Of the opposing majority
The South Carolinian declared that
to adopt the bill as it's stands is to
cause the government to violate its
solemn obligations to American citi-