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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

NOMINATION of Allen E. Vincent with the coopera- ton of Senator George B. and Alderman John E. Cornell triumph party and municipal harmony.
 Mr. Vincent in closing of soutly contested primary admitted to be the best to effect at which the freenen of the city de- mandng of the party and his nomination com petely unanimous
 support the polls will from a harmonious party aided by the franchise of independents and independent Republicans
 Vincent will presently give his views the muni- cpa situation the form letter of acceptance, which will constitute the party platform.
 the Commission form of government, but this will not be the prime object of his candidacy.
 He will mind a deal for Bridgeport, and new administration will make the dollar of the city as good the dollar of the businessman.
 Mr. Vincent is successful man, but he is and long of public affairs He had been disturbed by growing budget the city, and by the comparatively small return that expenditure very great of money.
 The result analysis the of the cys dollar profoundly interesting to those who by of being rent payers OF by the they direct payers bear weight increasing taxation and swelling 
 Behind Mr. the forces of progress and right eousness may rally time years Bridgeport looks forward to victory people, and end of those matters which ranging from joint Baby Doll to the Bridge have given much occasion for shame at home and scandal abroad,
 predicts the election of MT. Vincent by large majority
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS

From the Farmer, Monday, October G. 1869
 Mrs Mary A. Senate of this place post age in the Hartford office
 platform at the depot ha: been wdened and enlarged which gives passengers much will be found very convenient arrangement.
 The junior ball club of this city the "Aantics to Sratford Saturday and defeated the Echo club by 67 to p This concludes the the Alantics having of three
 We regret to learn that Ar. Henry HalI we'll known merchants is lying dangerously sick his dence just beyond Division street Fairfield, grave fears are entertained that he cannot recover.
 The admission the German Fair will be 10 cents in stead of 15 cents at first
 On Saturday last the Seasides again defeated 1ales of New Haven The played in this city, grounds at Seaside Park where large number present to witness the national game good playing was exh bed both sides but were victor ous by of 3 to 7 Nr Curtis as umpire in a commendable manner
 The Hartford Post states the first paper in the state to fold it's papers by machinery
 Not quite fast Isaac! If will notice little closer will find that the Daily Weekly Farmer folded by of Forsaihs Folders if we mistake not ours the first introduced in the state. work spen ddy and Is almost necessity where there considerable edition to get off by mail We like to any make little noise in the world but seldom do blowing on o1r own horn For this and natural modesv have mentioned it, done so now but for the unounded assumption of the Hartford was much in advance of Bridgeport
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
THREE TAKEN IN RAID ARE HELD
 BY CITY COURT

Willie Hong, a Chinaman, May Burns of $40 Oakland street and Bes- sic LePree of 437 Hallett street, who were taken in raid which was con- ducted Sunday morning on an alleged opium den at 347 Spruce street, were arraigned in the City court this morn ing charged with breach of the peace. The case was continued until tomor- row morning, and bonds were fixed at $100 for each of the prisoners.
 The raiding party which was headed by Captain O'ConneI descended on the Spruce street house just before noon yesterday, and the officers ar rested the Chinaman and two white women who were found in the place. Yesterday the women were held under
 s1,000 bonds and Hong was detained without bail. The evidence presented in court this morning, however, was not sufficiently strong to warrant the continuance of such large bonds. Cash bail was furnished for the three pris- -azaatsS thiG uaazaiaa.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
GULF STREAMS SUMMERY AND
 READY TO BOIL

Norfolk, Oct 6.---A1arine men blame the Gulf Stream for the summer weather now prevailing along the At lantic Coast They say it is almost boiling. In Norfolk yesterday the temperature was S6; 100 miles out to sea it was 101.
 Marine men say it Is almost un- bearable to remain on deck during the day. Water dipped from the stream Is almost warm enough to poach an egg. It bubbles like water just on the point of boiling
 Reports that the stream was ten miles nearer the coast last week than 1t was in July have also been brought on. This is given as the reason why the weather is so hot along the coast. In Lynchburg Friday the temperature reached 94 degrees, the hottest on re- ord since 1874
 It was reported yesterday that a de- stroyer will go out to the stream with q party of experts to make obserya- tions.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
CONNECTICUT CD, GIVES OUTLINE OF ZONE SYSTEM Alleges Cost of Producing Service Have Greatly
 Increased. STATE SCHEME TO
 GET MORE MONEY Straight Six Cent Fare Has
 Not Brought In
 Enough.

That the zone system of fares on the trolley system of this state is a sure thing unless the patrons make too strenuous kick is assured ac- cording to the statement issued by the Connecticut Go. today. The state ment is as follows:
 Since the increase to six cent fares on Oct. l, 1917, the costs Of produc- ing service have been constantly in- creasing. Rates of pay alone have been increased 63 per cent, involving additional payroll expenditures of ap- proximately $2,70O.OOO per annum.
 IL is necessary to make a greater charge for the service in order to meet these increases and in deference to suggestions that have been made repeatedly the company proposes to inaugurate a system of charges that will increase with increasing dis tances traveled rather than make a further raise in the fiat rate charged to seven or eight cents.
 In this respect the method of ob- taining a larger revenue differs from plans which have been followed in many places such as:
 Boston, 10 cent fare.
 Pittsburgh, 10 cents, or ' F cents by tickets.
 St. Louis, cents.
 Chicago, cents on elevated, I cents on surface cars.
 Providence, 6 cents with short zones, and so other cities where the fare is now in excess of cents.
 The Conn ecticut Company will re- tain the base fare of six cents which will entitle a passenger to ride h fo a charge of two cents will be made The zones are to be so arranged that 1t will be possible to ride between any two points across the center of the city a distance of approximately three miles. this covering the most densely settled portions of the cities for the present fare. The rate in country areas will be approximately two and one-half cents per mile.
 In order to determine the proper charge to each passenger it will be necessary to enter the car at the front end and receive a check which will indicate the zone in which the jour ney was begun and leave the car by the rear end, presenting this check to the conductor and placing the correct fare, as indicated by the schedule, in the fare box.
 While this method is, of course, more complicated than that now in use, details are being worked out to make 1t as simple as possible and the company feels that the essential fairness Of the method of collecting charges varying with the length of ride will so appeal that any tempor- ary inconvenience will be overlooked
 This means a complete change in the customs of both the passengers and employees of the company, which may cause some confusion during the first few days, but familiarity with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
THE MINOR OFFICES.

@HE DEMOCRATIC ticket is strong in its minor nomina-
 tions. Francis P. Dunngan candidate for clerk,
 young widely known the East Side mechanical gnee well educated forceul and industrious He will make ideal city clerk Especially strong the nominations Board of Education. E. H. Dillon business widely known for the integrity and with which he has built up fortune. Dr. Edward F. McGovern physician had in practice, until recently known tain McGoyern He volunteer and service in where his work physician and gained commedation of his superiors and the friendship American boys who under his minrations. being older has service in the field but
 leader in the civilian life of Bridgeport in all the which contrived for the comfort happiness American soldier and of his time almost completely of his wealth with generosity,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
OBITUARY
RALPH G. wOOTTON.
In Italy.

Ralph G. Wootton, son of Frank M. and Ella Woottop, of 1o8 Still man street, died on Saturday at the Bridgeport hospital. He was stricken while at work at the Columbia Graphophone Co. where he is em- pIoyed as a tool maker and was taken to the hospital. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, Charles and Ray, and a sister, Mrs. Charles D. Bloss. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock from his late home Rev. G. H. Beard will officiate and the burial will be in Lakeview cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
Sixty Passengers Killed In Mexican
 Train Wreck

Mexico City, Oct. 6-Sixty persons are known to have been killed yester- day in the wreck of the Laredo-Mex- ico City passenger train which was derailed between Tenegas and SaItilIo. Belief is expressed that a complete survey of the wreckage will show at least 15 more were killed
 The train left Laredo Saturday and was very heavily loaded, especially with second class passengers, among whom all the deaths occurred The casualties among the first class pas sengers were limited to more or less serious injuries. The wreck occurred on the national lines and informa ton regarding it was given out here last night at the Mexican Central railway offices
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06

matters may be brought up, prin- cipally questions of past indus trial dispute.
 But the point never to be lost sight of this: 1t is our Country we are saving now just as much, yes and even more than during the war. President Wilson has said that the present situation holds more menace of danger to the country than even the war did.
 As a matter of fact, the war IS not over yet. The fighting may be done, but the war is not over, neither is the obligation Of the citizen to make his country's welfare his first care.
 During the war men had a choice. The popular slogan ex- pressed it: Work or Fight Men worked or fought according to their fitness.
 But now there is no such choice. There is only one duty confronting us.
 It is Work"
 There is no alternative. If a man would serve his country now there is but one way for him to do it, and that is by Work.
 The country once needed de- fense. It needs that no longer What it needs now is replenish- ment. Its mines are filled with the richest coal veins in the world, yet whole cities suffer scarcity of fuel, the cost of keep ing the home fire buring runs higher and higher, because something has happened to pre- vent miners from mining the coal. Doubtless there are matters which the miners could argue with us that would give a show of-justice to the stoppage of mine work. And yet when it becomes matter of keeping the women and children of this nation warm during the winter, then the mat ter of first importance is Coal, and the matter of second import ance is Coal, and the matter of third importance is Coal. We can no more refuse to mine coal and distribute it and do so at prices within reach of the peo- pie, than a soldier could refuse to obey a battle order because he did not like the tone of voice in which it was issued. And what is said about Coal may be duplicated with reference to every other necessity. The first thing is to produce. Because if we fail to produce. the whole sys- tenn coIlapses and every man. wo- man and child in the country feels the pinch of unnecessary and avoida bIe distress.
 We used to say, ''work will win the war" Well, 1t is true now that Work will save the country.
 Wages must be kept as high as possible. In many branches of industry wages ought to be in creased forthwith It is utterly foolish to think that a reduction of wages would be followed by a reduction of prices, because only an increase in production can bring a decrease in price, and a reduction of wages is one of the surest methods of preventing an increase in production. Men must be paid to work, they must be stimulated to work, and more than that they must be shown that today the country's whole welfare rests on their work ing.
 Men will not work with will if they believe that all their ef- fort is merely going to increase the dividends of idle stockhoId- CTS or the private fortunes of men already too rich for the good of society. But would they not work with a will if they
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06

knew that the country depended on their production?
 This appeal to patriotism cuts both ways. The employer who puts a damper on production by talking as if his employees and never himself should bear the burden of cuts in prices, is not a patriot. His duty is to stimulate production and the one way this can be done is to make it well worth while for the producer.
 The workingman himself must get rid of some very dangerous notions-dangerou that is, to the welfare of the country. It is sometimes said that the less 8 worker does the more jobs he creates for other men. The fallacy is that it assumes that idIeness is creative. Likeness never creat- ed a job. It always creates bur- dens and only burdens. The in dustrious man never runs his fel- low-Worker out of a job; indeed, it is the industrious man who Is partner of the industrious man. ager who creates more and more business and therefore more and more jobs.
 It is a great pity that the idea should have ever gone abroad among sensible men that by "soldiering" on the job they would be helping someone else. A moments thought will show the faults of such an idea. The healthy business, the business that is always making more and more opportunities for men to earn an ample and honorable living is the business where every man does a days work of which he is proud. And the country that stands most secure ly is the country where men work honestly and do not play tricks with the means of produc- ton.
 We cannot play fast and loose with economic laws, because if we do they mishandle us in very hard ways.
 It is a fact in the United States at this time that, man Il, what we did for several years previous to the war, not to men ton the speed-up of production that occurred during the war, This may be partly accounted for by the natural relaxation which follows a long period of strain. But the relaxation has lasted pretty long now, so long that the United States is more pinched regarding supplies and prices to- day than it was at the height Of the war scarcity.
 Why should we be suffering more now than we did then Simple because we are not mak- ing enough of the articles of livelihood, that is why.
 And the remedy for scarcity is equally simple; it may be given in one word---production. And production itself may be re- duced to a still simpler word Work. And there you have the cause and the cure of a situation which has startled every man by it's acuteness.
 Surely our country is as dear to us now as it was in 1917 and 1918.
 And it is a question of Our Country. You may inject capital and labor" "the social question" the industrial problem into the discussion as much as you please, 1t still remains a question of Our Country. For while we are vast ing time on those issues the Country and every individual In 1t Is suffering.
 The same kind of patriotism that won the war - patriotism with it's shoulder daily to the wheel-wiI win us de1iverance from this danger also.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
RECRUITS ACCEPTED.

The following named men were accepted at the army recruiting sta tion, 925 Main street, for the branches indicated on Saturday, Oct. 4, and forwarded to their destination:
 Frederick W. Gerhardt, previous service, West Haven, Conn, for Coast Artillery Corps William P. Cullen, 14S Black Rock avenue, for Ordnance department, Springfield ar morY Mass.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
MIR. FORD'S OWN PAGE

Americans have a very import ant lesson to learn from the dis appointment which the English people felt upon hearing Lloyd Georges reconstruction speech. This man had so marveIously led them through all the emer- gencies of war, had met with such conquering initiative all the sudden and Hateful problems which were thrust upon him, that when 1t came to the great task of reconstructing the life Of the nation the people expected that he would open a magic box and announce a new formula of progress.
 Of course he could not do that. No man could. All that Lloyd George had to tell the British people, and all that any sound leader can tell his people, is simply this: the only magic we can rely upon in these times is Work. The only reconstruction force is Work. The only cure for the troubles that are vexing the United States today is Work.
 We of the United States are in very much the same position as the people of Great Britain, at least in our expectancy that some remedy outside of our in divtdual responsibility may be found for the high cost of living, the scarcity of houses, the de- creased supply of raw materials and all the other hindrances to full and free development of our energies and industries.
 Some people have advised a wholesale reduction of wages. But that will not do it.
 Some people have advised a drastic and sweeping and forci- ble reduction of prices. But that will not do it either-unless you mean by price" criminal prof1teering in the necessities of life. All high prices are not profteering. Indeed, good prices is one of the signs and proofs of good times all round.
 Some people have advised the utter destruction of our present methods and the adoption of strange schemes which have never worked and never will, at least as long as human nature remains what it is.
 Indeed, the air is full of coun- sel today, inconsistent. confusing, impracticabIe; and every doc Urine which in ordinary times would be thrust aside as prepos- terous is nowadays seriously con sidered as if it were a negIected pearl of wisdom.
 Now, the whole trouble today is just a lack of things to use; A shortage of food to eat;a short age of materials which may be worked up into articles of use and commerce.; a scarcity of almost anything you care to name.
 And what is the remedy for any shortage of articles that can be made by the hands of man?
 Why, the answer is so simple that 1t seems frivolous even to make it. And yet in that answer lies all that the United States and the world needs to know for reconstruction. The answer is this: the labor of man can fill up any lack of those things which the labor of man produces.
 There is no scarcity of men. There is only a scarcity of men who believe that Work is a pa triotic duty now as it was during the war.
 There is no scarcity of labor. There is only a slump in the pro- ductiveness of labor Even for the higher wages, which it has a right to receive, labor is not produc- ing as much as it did for lower wages.
 It would be easy just at this point to steer this discussion off into side issues. Any number of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
FIRE DAMAGE S5, ,oOo.

Fire of unknown origin which par ually destroyed a garage owned by Henry Bresky, of 1902 Fairfield ave nue. Saturday afternoon, burned a touring car and a limousine and created damage estimated at S5,0OO. Bremen responded to an alarm turned in from Box No. 216, and quickly subdued the blaze
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
HELD FOR NoN-sUPPoRT.

William Mclaughlin, of ss6 Main street, arrested Saturday afternoon upon the complaint of his wife. was arraigned in the city court this morning charged with non-support. The case was continued until We'd nesday under bonds of $500.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
VIOLATED THAFFIC RULES.

Joseph Romeo, a jitney driver, of p Hallett street, who was arrested Saturday afternoon for violation of the traffic regulations, was fined s1o and costs in the City Court this morning. Romeo has been arrested number of times on similar charges.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06

the methods will shortly render the new plan acceptable.
 The exact date for the inauguration of this system cannot be announced as there are a great many details to be worked out in order to simplify the operation.
 Statement will be made ten days in advance of the date upon which the change will be made effective.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
WILLIAM PITT.

William Pitt. 27, died Saturday at Mansfield Depot. The deceased was a former resident of Bridgeport The funeral will be held tomorrow af- Bishops mortuary chapel, 274 Fair field avenue. Rev. A. F. Campbell will conduct the services and burial -uil1 hA in RaxA eanaterx.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
BRIEF NOTES

BlacE-''I know that man wanted to injure me. He looked at me so!''
 Gray-"But you can't prove any thing by a look. There must be in- tent''
 Black-"Wen, his look was intent"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
FARRI FINED. $500

James Farri, who gives his address as Bridgeport, was fined S5 and costs in the city court this morning for drunkenness. He was arrested Sat- urday night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
AUTOMOBILE STOLEN.

A Buick sedan, owned by F. A. Chaffe, of 291 Harriet street, was stolen in John street early Saturday evening. The police are searching for the missing machine
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06

The senators can cheer up the President a lot and help him get well, by gracefully limiting them selves to 96 hours speeches on the peace treaty.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06

Before accepting a bet Of S10,o0O on the worlds series ball games, it is always in order to ask the fellow if he can put up 50 cents of it in cash.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06
TIE OFFICIAL \. E.F. COMAUNIQUE
 ISSUED ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

October (No. 145).Our troops, have made slight ad- during the day Between the the Bois des Ogons there has been stubborn infantry fighting Further to the west machine gun and artillery combats con stant and heavy with everywhere increased artillery tivity by both sides
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06

Many people are manifesting their trust in Providence by waiting be- fore raking up any leaves, until the same blow over to their neighbors lawns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06

Mabel-"Do you know anything about Tom Hibsby?"
 Arthur-''Why, Hibsby is my first cousin!"
 Mabel-"I know that. But is he all right otherwise ?''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-06

"Your dog reminds me of my hus- band.'
 In what way?"
 "He growls with such evident. en- joyment whenever he has a bone to ninlx"
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