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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
PUBLIC UTILITIES TAXES STAND
 AGAINST PHONE RATE SCHEDULE

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 30.---The pub lie utilities commission of Connecticut has, through it's chairman. Robert T. Higgins in letters to Connecticut sem ators and representatives in congress, taken a stand in opposition to the tel ephone rate schedule recently put into effect by the postmaster general
 ''War emergency as the great mov- ing cause for Federal intervention or control is no longer a dominent fea- ture and should no longer be used to accomplish an end not otherwise jus tified" MT. Higgins writes.
 He adds that the telephone service of Connecticut is 90 per cent. intra- state and has always been well han dled by the Southern New England Telephone company.
 The telephone system heretofore in force in Connecticut has worked very satisfactorily" says the commission, and with a slight increase in the base or rental charge affords the com pany sufficient revenue to pay fair dividend c per cent) on it's invest ment
 The system or zone rates, Ddseu oL distance. recently established by Post master General Burleson under Fed eral control, may theoretically be correct but the same schedule of 1 rates is not necessarily correct or equitable for all sections of the Uni ted States. 1 believe the zone sys- tenn recently installed materially in creases the tel iephone rates fc1 Con
 necticut -N is unnecessary for eff ficient nent of the company l. g that the properties
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30

! though. The slaughter was terrific.
 The German commanders hurled
 their shock troops at us time and
 time again in the hope of wearing us
 out, and our machine guns moved
 them down like so much wheat. De-
 spite their superior number, they
 didn't have chance. We routed
 them but we were saved by the main
 body of American troops just in time. ''Tbe French fairly hugged and kissed us, as they realized that this was the turning point in the war. The
 real climax came later at Chateau Thierry. and we sent them scurrying
 and kept right after them. It took
 us just 20 hours to reach the front
 when we first landed in France. and
 over eight days to get back after the
 armistice was signed You can judge
 by that how far we chased the Ger
 mans.'
 Private CIark's engagements, In
 addition to Seicheprey and a num-
 Der of raids included Chemin des Danes, Chateau Thierry. St. MihieI and Argonne Forest. He was hit three times by machine gun bullet in the Argonne Forest, and although he is still limping & bit, his ultimate re- covery is certain.
 Private Clark resides at 91e Madi- son avenue, and said that he was go- ing to take what he thinks is a well deserved rest.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
GOVT POLICY IN SHEPARD STRIKE LET JOB STAND" According to Assertion of Director of Emergency
 Fleet Corporation. YARDS NEEDED
 BREATHING SPELL Unwise for Workers Own Interests to Call Strikes
 at Existing Rates.

Washington, Jan. S0--It will be the policy of the government in shipyard strikes to let the job stand" Charles
 Piez, director-general of the Elmer
 gency Fleet Corporation, said today.
 He referred particularly to the situa-
 ton at Seattle, where he said men
 had been out for a week, and at San
 Francisco, where he said it was re-
 ported workers in two trades intend
 ed to go out shortly and tie up all the work in the district
 MT. Piez declared most of the yards
 needed a breathing spell, that he did not think the government would con
 tinue to furnish work at extremely
 high wages unless increased skill and
 output justified 1t, and that In his
 view 1t was highly unwise for ship yard workers in their own interests
 to call strikes at existing scales. Most Of the yards need a breath ing spell" said MT. Piez, land 1 opportunity to go over their organi- zation with a view to eliminating pro- duction factors which have tended to increase costs. How greatly the costs have been increased Is shown
 by the fact that in one Pacific coast yard. typical to some extent of the
 general situation, wages now give
 each worker $1.70 for putting In the
 same time that he would have been
 given $1 for year ago, while In the same period the average output of
 work per individual is only 70 per cent. of what it was q year ago.
 Tn an Atlantic coast yard that [ have in mind, workmen today receive $2 for putting in time that brought them $1 a year ago, and the average output per individual has dropped in the same period to 66 2-S per cent. of what it was q. year ago.
 "COmbining this decreased efficiency with the increased wage, the result has been to make ship construction costs entirely unreasonable. Some contracts for ships have been already cancelled by the government In my view, the present temper of congress and it's attitude toward ship construc- tiOn makes it highly unwise for ship
 bard workers in their own interests to call strikes against existing wage scales.
 Tn Seattle, where the men have been out a week, the demand is for
 $1 an hour pay as a minimum for all workers in the yards, skilled, semi skilled CT unskilleld. I do not think that the government will continue to furnish work at extremely high wages
 unless it is justified by the increased skill of the workers and the increased
 output per man that high wages ought to bring"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30

"At the Argonne, on November II. when the captain from our division ordered cease firing you cannot i'm agine how glad the boys were. The air had been full of roars of the can non, and was now full of joyful voices, cheering. and cheering. We knew what the order meant, of course. It could not have been anything else, but that the Allies had won"
 "The saddest scenes of the war one can see In the French villages. know of 8 little Belgian boy. about ten years old, who was adopted by one of our captains. The boys parents, sisnrs and brothers, have all been killed, and the boy made 8 cripple by the Germans"
 Private Rogan had been in the ser vice since December IS, 1917, and on the firing line since August, until the signing of the armistice. He had previously been employed at the Singer Manufacturing Co.
 William J. Murray, who was a mu- sician with the regimental band of the 56th Artillery. is home discharg- ed. He had been in the service for
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
Boys Of The Fifty=Sixth
 Glad To Be Home Again Battles Not Worst Sights
Their Experiences in the Great War Seem Like Bad Dream-Alderman Hamilton Welcomes the Heroes Home-Attorney Klein Addresses Them in
 Great Meeting At Arnory.

Away from the frightfu laundering noise of the cannon and world of dead mamed and wounded and faces crossed with and suering the boys of the 56h Artillery, regiment composed mostly of Connecticut derng the whole episode of terror had only been night Some of the boys when questioned regarding their perences their arrival to this city say that they do not
 know where to begin how to tell of of the things that occurred during the greatest drives of the which they had participated. All they want is time to think everything that happened and marvel at their bravery and spirits that brought them through this
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
WILSON'S CRITICS JUSTLY REBUkED
JAPAN INSISTS ON CLAIk1|OC ISLANDS
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BRIDGEPORT BREWERIES
 WILL MAKE NEAR" BEER

x The restrictions placed on the # manufacture of malt liquors by * the government early in the war x have been modified by order of ;: President Wilson. A few days * ago a cable was received from < the President ordering that malt * may be used in the manufacture ;: of "near'' beer. This concession * will have immediate effect in the * activity of local breweries.
 When interviewed today Peter x Wren, president of the Connecti-
 E cut Brcwerics Co.,, stated that his ss company is considering the mat ;: ter of manufacturing near beer < and that it is probable that the * plant will be operating within q * few weeks.
 * Mr.SigInund Loewith, president j: of the Home Brewing Co.,, says :: that his company will he making S' near beer in a very short time. ;; When asked as to just how soon * the plant would be in operation, j; he replied, "The government re- * quires that a seal be placed on * every order for near beer. Just * what arrangements have been * made for the placing of these * seals by government agents is not j: known. When this information * is acquired and the material en- * teriTig into the manufacture of * the beer is received the product < will be placed on the market.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
Private Clark One Of Eight
 Survivors Of Suicide Trench
 Tells Heroic Story Of Battle
Has Croix De Guerre and Was Wounded Twice-Was In First Nineteen Sent By Draft Boards From This
 City-Went Oyer Top Many Times.

Wearing the Croix de Guerre the breast of his jacket and bearing marks of three wounds Private James Clark Company R. 102nd Regiment 26th Division, came up smiling in spite of his narrowing experience when he regis tered with the WelcOme Home Committed at city hall today Private Clark has the honor and also the good fortune of the eight survivors of the famous band of $50 who occupied what known throughout the world the Sui eide Trench at Secheprey for this service that he hOnOred by the French government
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30

should be returned to private owner ship, and that the state, which is vi tally interested in her domestic en- terpriseS, should have jurisdiction over regulative problems, rather than the Federal government"
 Mir. Higgins thinks a schedule of rates should be based upon local or state conditions.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
MEMORIAL SERVICE

\ memorial service will be held in memory of the late Clifford Robarts formerly with The Times : and at tho time he left this city assistapt editor of the Morning : Telegram. on Sunday morning in St. Paurs Episcopal church. He was ono of the young men of this nar;sb and for years when boy
 sang in the choir. His favoritc hymps will be sung by the con arceation. special anthems will
 be rendered by the choir. His many friends and acquaintances
 : are invited to the service.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
BOSTON CLUB SOLD

Boston, Jan. 3O-The sale of the controlling interest in the Boston Na- tional league baseball club to George Washington Grant, for the past ten years the owner of 9 string of nov ing picture theatres in London, Eng land, was announced today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30

Senate Committee on Audit and Control oraered a favorable report on the resolution for an investigation of the Ford-Newberry senatorial cleo ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30

Five hundred .hogs suffering from cholera were slaughtered at Calgary, Alberta.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
ACCEPT WILSON'S PLAN CONCERNING "MANDATORIES" Premiers of New Zealand and Australia Reluctant
 to Discuss Plan. ONE INDEMNITY
 POINT SETTLED Germany and Associates Not to Be Called on to
 Pay Cost of War.


 principle President Wilson's plan concerning mandatories from the League of Nations for the administra- tion of captured territory, it was stated by Captain Andre Tardieu, of the French Peace Conference delega- ton today. The acceptance, however. is subject to learning under what conditions the plan will be carried out.
 Paris. Jan. 30-(via Montreal)- Premier Hughes of Australia and Premier Massey of New Zealand showed the greatest reluctance in dis cussing with interviewers the attitude of the Peace Conference toward the German colonies. MT. Hughes was asked:
 Are Prerniers Botha, Massey and yourself satisfied with the situation ?" T prefer not to answer" MT, Hughes replied after a pause.
 London. Jan. 3O-The Peace Con- ference has settled one important point with regard to the indemnity question. the Paris correspondent of the Evening Standard says he has reasons for reporting. The confer ence, he declares, has eliminated any intention of calling on Germany ana her associates to pay the Allied coun- tries the cost of the war, or to i'm pose heavy indemnities upon the en- emy nations.
 Great Britain's reported acceptance of President Wilson's theory of inter- standardization as applied to captured enemy colonies, says the Paris cor respondent of the Daily Mail in 6 late edition of that paper today, in wolves the admission that the treaties with Japan regarding the islands in the northern Pacific and with the Arabs regarding Syria and the un- derstanding with France as to the fu- ture status of the Kamerun must be arbitrarily modified, if not torn up.
 "The Japanese delegates are angry and alarmed and declare their un- alterable determination to claim the islands, as promised" the cores pondent says, and adds: "These islands are really the cruX of the whole situation"
 The Australians" the correspond ent continues, ''believe President Will sons firm stand in this matter is due to his fear that Japanese occupation of the islands would impair his pres tige i'll the United States, and that he fears to meet a hostile congress in March if he agrees to the absolute retention of the islands by Japan.
 Italian delegates frankly avoW their claims to Plume and insist thai the promise of part of the Dalma- tian coast stipulated in the pact ot London must be made good. They declare that President Wilson's atti tude regarding Plume directly con tradicts his declaration of the right. of peoples, outlined in his 'fourteeI points,"
 Paris, Jan. 30--As yet the Peac Conference has received no forma
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
PARTIAL RESULT FROM ELECTION spartacan Uprising At Will helmshaven is Put
 Down.

Berne, Wedneday, Jan. 29.-Partial results from the Prussian elections show that the Majority Socialists have won 9S seats in the new parliament: Independent Socialists, 2f; Demo- crats, 4; Christian Peoples party. for merly the Centrists, 49; National Lib eral. Ii, and Conservatives, 21. These results seem to indicate that there will not be .. Socialist majority in the par liament.
 There are still 150 districts to be heard from.
 Amsterdam, Jan. 30.-The Sparta can uprising at Wilhelmhayen has been put down according to Berlin ad- vices 10 the Hamburg Nachrichten.
 London, Jan. 30.-The German gov ernment cOntemplaes strong measures to combat the growing strike wave there and will soon bring forward bill compelling men to work and se- verely puntShing strikers, according to a Copenhagen despatch to the Ex- change Telegraph Co.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30
The Weather Report

Bridgeport and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-30

Paris Jan. 30-As yet the Peace Conference has received no formal
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-01-29

Hart Schaffner and Marx and Style
plus Clothing. A suit for every man.
Nothing high but the quality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

saving prices:
Black Pin Cubes, &c.
Kleinert's Warranted Dress
Shields, SIC to CSC.
Lightweight Dress Shields,
pair, loo.
Jiffy Lock Bathing Suit Bags,
$1.79 and $1.9S.
Human Hair Nets, cap or
fringe. SC.
De Long Hooks and Eyes,
card, &c.
Clark's Luster Cotton, spool. &c.
Sewing Needles, package, &c.
Machine Needles, all makes,
box, loo.
Tempered Steel Scissors, 81 to
S inches, &c.
Spring Tape Measures, 15c.
Featherstitch Braid, &c.
Embroidery, Edging, 8 H-yard
piece, Sc.
Liberty Bell Hairpins. eabi-
net, &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15

King Basting Cotton, Sc.
Dragon Spool Cotton, white and
black, 4 for 10c.
Clark's Mercerized Crochet
Cotton, 3 for Csc.
Silk Seam Binding, piece, z1c.
Kleinert's Baby Pants, z1c.
Women's Pad Hose Supporters,
29c.
Sanitary Napkins, IL in box, Sc.
Silk MILDLY Laces, SC.
Betting, ~ and 2 inches,
yard, SC.
Betting, ~ and 3 inches wide,
yard, &c.
Cushion Neckbands, each, SC.
Sc Snap Fasteners, 2 dozen
for Sc.
Sc Safety Pins, 8 dozen for loo.
4O0-count Pins, 3 papers for loo.
Shoe Trees, 2 pairs for 15c..
Bias Seam Binding, 6-yard
piece, 2 to 6 inches, piece, &c.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-16
Was Released From
The Pen Wednesday

Charles Songer. whose case has at
tracted far more attention than is usu-
ally accorded to prisoners. was re-
leased from the penitentiary here on
Wednesday under an order issued by
the supreme court of Colorado. Sonser
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
a term of from 80 to 100 years by
Judge Ben s. Lindsey of the juvenile
court in Denver on the charge of rape
Following the conviction of Songer
and after he was brought TO the peni-
tentiary his attorneys carried the case
to the supreme court on the ground
that Judge Lindsay had Eo jurisdic-
tion in such cases and that the con-
viction Of the defendant was Illegal
The appeal was sustained and an or
der issued releasing Songer from
further Imprisonment During the
time that elapsed from the arrest of
Songer TO the final determination of
his case by the supreme court, the
statute OF limitations expired and
he viii go scot free from punishment
for the offense for which he was taken
into custody.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-16
War Savings
Stamp Sales
In December

War Savings Stamps having ma
turity value OF 22.275.15 in 1923 were
sold in Fremont county during the
month of December, according to fig
ures compiled at the Caron City post
office through which all CT these Sc
curi.ies were handled b. the govern
ment. The sales were larger last
month thar during any similar period
since the War Savings Stamp cam
paign started IL months ago. The
purchases of War Savings Stamps in
the county during the calendar year
just closed is believed to have been in
excess of s325,C0o. butt the exact
amount is not available
The new 1919 issue of War Savings
Stamps and The cards to paste them
on have been received at the post
office. and may be had by purchasers
in any desired quantity The new
stamp differs from the old in size and
color. but is OF like value and attract
iveness as an investment. The Thrift
stamps OF the 1918 and 1919 series are
identical in appearance The 1919
issue OF War Savings Stamps mature
January l. 1924 This month they
will cost the purchaser S4I2.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-16
Has Returned To
Kansas City, Mo.


Bruce Houston left this morning for
his home at Kansas City. Mo, after
having spent few days with his
mother and other relatives here. He
was called to Canon City the first of
the week by the death OF his father,
David J. Houston. He is employed
in the engineering service of the gov
ernmeat. and for the last year or two
has been connected with the appraise-
ment being conducted by the Inter.
state Commerce Commission OF the
railroads OF the country. Dallas
Houston. who came down from Boul-
der a few days ago 10 attend the fun
eral of his father. left Thursday aft
ernoon to resume his studies at the
State University.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-16
My Soldier
Girr' Draws Ap-
preciative Crowd

My Solder Girl p roved itself a
musical comedy of real ability when
it showed at the Opera House last
night for one performance Be:ng
the first road show OF the season that
has visited Canon City, it was well at
tended and the audience demonstrated
its pleasure.
My Soldier Girl is a what might
be termed q musical spectacle. with a
military atmosphere. The curtain
rises on = scene where big -Foliies"
show is putting on its final rehearsal,
the draft forces the organization to
disband and the chorus offer their
services to Uncle Sam. The second
act feds them at an aviation field at
Miami. Fla The last act is tab
leau showing a battlefield somewhere
in France where a novel electrical
effect is produced,
The principals of the cast put over
their lines and songs in good style
and the chorus was large and well
trained. the military drill put on in the
second act showing their evident
painstaking effort Great amuse-
ment was afforded most OF the audi
ence when the chorus trouped cut
on the runway into the center of the
house singing Take Me Home With
You
Fourd in the names of the cast
were Billy Moore. Mae Marvis. James
Baber. Charles George and several
more OF ability Special mention
should be made of Billy Moore. who
took the part OF the Negro servant.
and who. throughout the play. kept
the action lively with his songs and
wit. Mae Marvis also greatly pleased
with her clever, well-executed dane
ing.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-16
Natural "Nest
Builder" Brought
In to The Pen

Charles Nefter, the Fort Collins SOL
der. who was recently convicted OF
a bigamy charge on the count OF hay-
ing five wives. and accordingly dubbed
natural nest builder" was brought
to the penitentiary last Saturday by
Officer Marshall Of the Denver West
Side Court
Yetter is about 81 years old. and
most women wouldn call him hand
some. Yet. he was regarded as a
model husband by five women. II is
interesting to wonder what would he
have been with Few years more rest
ing on his shoulders.
At this time Yetter has no gray hair,
though one divorce usually puts the
silver in most mems hair. However,
he will have is months to think over
his embarkations, behind high stone
walls, and the thought viii probably
always be with him that when he is
released there viii be Rose Yetter,
ard Hannah Yetter. and Cecile Yet
ter and Katherine Yetter who say
they, too. like the first Mrs Yetter,
are going TO have him arrested for
bigamy. Which added together means
more or less. eight years more for
Mr.. Yetter to study the contour of the
skyline.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-16
Snow Blocks
Many Pueblo
County Roads.

1t is claimed that the recert snow
storms have made the Pueblo county
motor highways almost impossible
aays the Peublo Chieftain. through
drifts of snow. These drifts are melt
ing as the weather warns up. but the
melting has nodded into ice during
early and late hours. and IS sltish for
few hours in midday. Such afe
the reports that have come into the
committee of good roads. of which G.
l.. l. Gam is chairman.
This report says that in many places
drifts cannot be negotiated by light
motor vehicles. That one truck came
in from Canon City yesterday, but
made the trip with much difficulty.
That the road TO Trinidad is blocked
to autos by the snow drifts. Between
Pueblo and Rye there is no posing
because OF this block of snow: and
the road TO Beulnh is very difficult
for traffic. in fact almost abandoned.
Tourists are warned to not attempt to
make Rye for some days.
While the main graveIed roads are
being used only in cases OF pressure.
the lateral roads are blocked too deep
for any traffic
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-16
Fremont County
Grange Organized

\ branch of the national grange
with about 80 members Was recently
organized here with W. S. Post as
master and Il. a Dilley as overseer
The purpose of the grange is frater-
ral. social. benevolent, financial and
beneficiary. II is conducted much
the same as other frstsYnai orders and
appeals strongly TO those eligible to
membership in the organization It
has an Insurance feature and carries
more than $4,000 worth of policies
among the farmers aud rarchmen OF
Colorado.
a special meeting OF the member Of
the new organization WIS held at
Pythian hall in the Apex block at .
o'clock this afternoon at which an ad-
dress was delivered by J. $. Morris
of Golden. state master The meeting
was well attended and was az inter
esting one in all respects. Sessions
of The grange will be held every two
weeks.