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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
Stock Clearing House
 Might Prevent Tlleffs
Surety Company Official Suggests Plan to Stop Thefts
 Negotiable Paper By Messengers

'@'The master mind' of Arnstein, or whoever was the real instigator of the big bond robbery plot, did not cause the crimes. The main causes were the methods of handling secu- rites, which made such crimes not only possible but inevitable. And such crimes will continue as long as those methods are used''
 R. R. Brown, first president of the American Surety Company, spoke with the emphasis of personal con cern and intimate study of the sit uatfon. The American Surety Com pany had covered the losses sustained in the first big robbery discovered. In fact, it is common knowledge in the financial district that it was primarily the work of the surety company, and particularly of Bernard J. McGinn manager of the claim department that the conspiracy was first traced and the broker Sullivan arrested
 Tt is natural for popular interest to fasten on one spectacular charac- ter, especially if there are picturesque incidenta1s as in this case,'' said MT. Brown, ''but the unsensational is much more important. If the hazards of handling securities are to be re- duced and enormous losses avoided it would be well for the financial firms to turn their attention to the every day underlying causes. Further rob berries are not only likely, but some have actually occurred since the so- called tArstein gang was broken up.''
 ''There must be a more business like system of handling securities, if one can be devised. The routine might be centralized something like that ot handling checks. The proposed stock clearing house should be installed as soon as possible and the whole sys- tenn of messenger boys eliminated or minimized. Under all circumstances , there should be some positive method i of recording numbers of securities used by all financial houses.
 "But until such safe methods arc in operation there should be radica steps taken to strengthen the mes senger system at it's weakest points It is a problem of picking the righ boys and of giving them the righ
 conditions for working. Every boy who applies for a position as mes
 senger should be carefully anc
 thoroughly questioned as to his ante
 cedents, his home environment anC
 his education and training. Investiga tion should be made of his habits ant
 associates and a chronological recort
 of his past employment should bt checked up. A frequent practic among the boys caught in these rob berries has been the use of fictitiou names Every boy ought to be prop
 erly identified before being en
 ployed."
 '"The boys are not born dishonest
 But temptation is so constant that
 overwhe1n1s some of the boys. Tn F method of working makes it as eas to steal as not to steal. Boys wh have been employed by a firm only : few hours have been entrusted wit
 large amounts of negotiable securl ties. The use of special messenger
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
Grand Jury lndicts 125
 For Violating Lever Act

Indianapolis, Ind, March 12.-One hundred and twenty-five coal opera tors or miners of Indiana, Illinois. Ohio and Western Pennsylvania today are facing arrest as the result of an indictment returned yesterday after noon by a special federal grand jury here charging them with conspiracy in violation of the Lever fuel control act and the federal criminal code.
 No names of those indicted have been made public and their identities will not be known until cap1aseS are served on them. However, it is known that more than half of the number are operators and that many of the all legged violations of the federal statutes antedate the strike of bituminous miners which brought about the in- vestigation by the grand jury. The grand jury has been in session almost
 continuously since December II, 1919,
 and it is said examined more than 300
 witnesses.
 i Bond for those indicted was fixed lby United States District Judge A B. IAnderson at s1o,0O0 in some cases and 5000 in others.
 Penalty on conviction of the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12

is another practice which should be eliminated Every boy, even though he is mature and has been tried out, ought to have with him a companion on every errand of great responsi- bility and the boys ought to be paired up differently each trip as far as possible. The more mechanical weaknesses like these of the messen- ger system ought to be avoided.
 Then there is the inadequacy of compensation. How can a boy earn ing SIP a week be expected to stand the strain of handling thousands of dollars worth of negotiable securities every day? The parents of some of these boys cannot afford to give them an education and other advantages One of the things F'urey is said to have promised the messengers who were to steal the securities was a col lege education. More often, however, it is the promise of a good time on Broadway that corrupts the boys.
 "Of course many boys have with stood the temptations, but the strain must be tremendous and quite beyond the strength of some of the young boys and prematurely wise young men who work in the district. Then, of course, there are some who, as one of them who was caught put it, are crazy about money
 Better pay is one of the most i'm portant needs, more opportunity to improve their condition and assur- ance of better work in the future. There should be a better and more definite system of promotion. Boys cannot stay long as messengers. Yet the opportunity should prove attrac- tive to those ambitious of entering | the field of finance. If there were known prospects of advancement, for instance, many boys of high ca1ibre could probably be drawn on leaving i the high schools.
 While organized crooks could oc- l casionally get around most precau- | tfons surrounding a messenger Sys- l tenn, careful selection, better pay and ! brighter prospects would enable the boys to resist temptation either tc rnu off on their own account or tc steal for a gang. How strong the i temptation is can be seen from the
 fact that even the murder of young Binkowitz did not act as an absolute
 deterrent, although it probably dis
 couraged some boys.
 ''But the only way to prevent or ganized conspiracies from working is
 by the adopting of the proposed
 clearing house plan, and the sooner i
 is installed the safer will the fnan.
 cia1 district be-"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
DIED.

this city, March 10, 1920. John Riley, of S21 Housatonic ave nue.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. s. J. Hrdfna, S35 Housatonic avenue, on Saturday, at S:30 a. m., and from St Parick's church at a. m. Interment St. MichaeTs cemetery. Automobile cortege. S10s* KERRINS - In this city, March II, 1920, James Kerrins.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his daughter, Mrs Joseph McMahon, 1171 Noble avenue, on Saturday, March 13, at S:30 a. m-, and from St. Charles church, at a. m-. with solemn high mass.
 Interment St MichaePs cemetery. Automobile cortege. S11b~ WHEELER-In this city, Thursday, March II. 1920, Edward Dibble Wheeler, aged 7S years, months, 1 day.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at his late home, 479 Grand street, on Monday, 18th inst. at 2:3O p. m.
 Burial in Park cemetery.
 S12b%p
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12

charges, either of violation of the Lever law or that part of the crirra-- inaI code under which the indictment was brought-conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States provides for fine of not mora than $10, 900, imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
 The investigation which resulted in the indictment returned yesterday was ordered by Judge Anderson on Dec. 4, following an investigation against members of United Mine Workers of America alleged to have been insuu- mental in bringing about the miners strike, This information charged gross violation of the Lever act, and Judge Anderson in insuuctng the jury later said 1t had been reported that there was coIlusion between miners and operators to bring about interruptions of coal production to bring about increased prices
 Federal officials said today that ca phases would be served on those in dicted as soon as they could be pre- pared. No arrests, however, were expected before next week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12

out of all harmony with the laws of cause and effect if a world which has rejected so great an opportunity should not be re- quired to pay for it in some fashion
 There are men who tell us that we may expect hard times within a comparative few months. They say that a panic is surely coming. The Jererniahs have 1T emeo ,rBeG ueeL eq1 ueqM AQM from the prophetic seat
 And what are we to think of these foretellings of doom? Elk act1y what we think about the former prophecies of a good time coming; if we want the panic, we can have it; just as we might have had the new era far on it's way by this time, if the people had taken their opportunity.
 Let this be very clear in you1 mind: nothing will come, either good or bad, unless we want it. We have to make the conditions first; they do not come, they are created.
 A44S O111y SOONl I4ASAS OAAN Nc1AA see in these prophecies of gloom is that they might stir up the people to a sense Of their econ- omic responsibility. People who would not make the sacrifices and the compromises necessary for the opening up of the new era, may perhaps be induced to take the precautions which shall prevent the coming of economic distress. One need not say that distress is coming; one must, however, say that changes are coming of whose nature we are not wholly aware. And whether these changes are to weigh down upon us heavily, or are to be a side-path toward a better condi- ton, is absolutely for ourselves to determine. We can have it either way we wish. If the peo- pie could only root out of their minds the superstition that gov ernments regulate these matters, if they could only rid them selves of the false idea that some new and magical ideas are nec- essary, we should then have clear ground for action. Gov ernments are only the legisla tive clerks of the people, and as far as miraculous ideas are concern ed, the only sound ideas are those which have existed since the beginning of society, and which are as plain as A B Csc plain, in fact, that the people have overlooked their supreme importance.
 If you knew that famine was coming, what would you do? You would work hard so that you would have enough food to tide yourself and family over the per iod of want. You would advise everyone to produce the things that were needed to live. You would seek to make up in ad- vance the lacks which the needy time would bring.
 And what would be the result |? hy when the lean year came, it would be lean year in name only, because mans forsight and industry had discounted its worst qualities. That is exactly what we are to do now. New laws
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
LOOKING BACK FIFTY YEARS
(From The Farmer, Friday, March l2. 1s7Ol

(From The Farmer, Friday, March 12, 187O)
 The annual ball of the Hebrew Congregation will be given at Turner Hall next Wednesday.
 We are glad to hear that friend, Milo Richardson of Lime Rock who has been seriously and dangerously sick for months ore convalescent and able to be out again He has lost most of his embon point as the French would say, but time and exercise wi bring that all back.
 Mrs Hiram Lake, who died on the 9th and was buried the 10th at Brookfield has produced than usual gloom and mourning in the community she much esteemed by all who knew her.
 Ouratention has been called to the street lamp the of State and Main streets It is gas lamp unlike ordinary The consumed is obtained from what is called 'Puroline Oil which stored reser- vor in the top of the lanp and which informed is the cheapest and most brilliant fluid in use.
 Sidney Dillon, the Pacific railroad builder is looking the line of the proposed road from Winsted to Lee see he cannot make bid below the of $600O0O all ready made.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
BRINGS SUIT
 OF S1O,OOO FOR
 DEATH OF CHILD

To recover for the death Of eight year-oId Frank Coenan, who was killed while riding on the roller coaster at Roton Point, Norwalk, July last, a suit for $1o,O0o damages has been brought against the Gorge Scenic Water Ride Co. by Werner Coenan of New York, administrator on the boys estate. Papers in the action were filed today in the Superior court and are returnable to the April term of court
 The boy was riding on the roller coaster with two little girls when he was thrown over the rear seat of the car. He was so severely injured that he died soon afterward. It is alleged that there were no bars or straps on the car to prevent the occupants from being thrown out It is also claimed that there were no adult guards to protect the children from injury.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12

You cannot have failed to mo- tice the change which has come over the prophets since the end of the war. They began by as- suring us that we were on the eve of one of the most magnifi- cent developments of goodwill and prosperity which the world had ever seen. Everybody was scanning the horizon to see the sunrise of the Good Time Com ing. But gradually the tone of forecast changed. Disappoint- ment and disillusionment seized upon all the people. A poison ous unrest crept in everywhere. It Seemer that actual disintegra- ton was about to take apart all that mankind had built up, until, at the present time, the tone of the prophets is distinctly one of gloomy forboding.
 Can we interpret all this? Can we find it's meaning? Can we cast off our dependence on the prophets and see the signs of the times for ourselves?
 We may dismiss the prophets very easily. In fact, they were not prophets at all. They were merely reporters or the mood of the hour in which they spoke They did not really foresee what was about to come, they merely saw what the mood of the hour was and they saw to what high achievements it would lead if it were made continuous and pro- ductive. In their rosy outlooks at the end of the war they were right this far-what they fore saw could have taken place if the people had wished it. All the good things foretold might have been realized if the people had known their opportunity and grasped it. The new time was not impossible; it was right on the threshold waiting 10 come in; but we did not open the door to it. What the prophets saw was there undoubtedly, but we did not take it.
 And why? We'll, we were not big enough nor civilized enough. We have just the kind of world we arc big enough to have, and it %s quite possible that some ad- ditional discipline is necessary to enlarge our minds and our inner natures to the dimensions which shall be ample enough to let a new era come in.
 It is not amazing, when you stop to think of it, that at the height of the war when the en- ergies of the world were nar- messed to the task of killing, the people of this and every nation, and the nations themselves, were more united than they now are in time of peace?
 Is it not a serious indictment of human nature in the mass that we can be amalgamated for works of violence, and yet cannot be held together for works of construction, prosperity and peace? Is it not strange, when you consider it steadily, that you could get millions of meu to fight, where hardly hundreds would enlist in the equally pat iotic work of building up again what was destroyed?
 Yet so it is, and it would be
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
TO WAGE FIGHT ON
 CORN BORERFe''

Washington, March 1.-The enor- nous value of corn, the premier crop of the nation, has made it necessary for the government to take all possi- ble precaution to prevent further in festation from the European 'corn borer" which is supposed to have en- tered the country in shipmen of broom corn and has obtained a linn ited foothold in the eastern part of the country.
 Large sums are being spent in an ef- fort to control it and a ruling soon is expected from the Federal HorHcul- tural Board as to whether a quaran- tine shall be imposed against all for eign countries to prevent further en- trance of stalks and ears of Indian corn, broom corn or other plants that may bring the borers. It would not apply to shel1ed corn or to the threshed seeds of the other plants.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
SUBSTITUTE FOR . RESERVATION IS OFFERED TODAY

Washington, March PA subsd- ute for the Republican Article x re- servation to the Peace Treaty was in troduced in the Senate today by the Republican leader. Senator Lodge of massachusetts,. In general it follows the form of the draft agreed on sev- eral days ago in bipartisan com promise negotiations
 When the reservation was offered it was declared among the Republi- cans that the negotiations had lined up almost enough votes to ratify the treaty on that basis but that final agreement had not yet been reached. The Republican leaders planned to obtain a vote late today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
Starving Game Saved
 By Boy Volunteers

Harrisburg, Pa, March 12-Eighty- six boys in the schools of Lykens bor- ough saved the game in the state game preserve in the upper end of Dauphin county by helping to get food to them during the recent heavy snow.
 They volunteered to shovel snow from the road into the woodland where herds of deer and numbers of grouse, pheasants and quail, recently placed there by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, were in danger of starving. Though snow drifts three Or four feet high were piled in the roads the boys in one afternoon cut a path through them and enabled the keeper to save valuable game.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
RAN KILLED BY
 LIQUOR AGENT

New York, March 12-Henry Carl ton, 31, a chauffeur of 327 East S3rd street, is the first victim of the en- forcement of the prohibition law in New York. He was shot and killed at 234 East 76th street last night by Stewart Nelson McMullen. an Internal Revenue agent and veteran of the World War. Assistant Supervising Revenue Agent Quigley said early yesterday that McMullen only did his duty, and the department will stand by him. He is under arrest charged with homicide.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
Professional JOkesInith
 Bobs Up in England

London, Feb. 23-To the long list of odd means of earning a KveIihood to which out of work former service men have turned after vain search for employment has been added that ot the professional jokesmith.
 "A new smart dinner story sent nine consecutive weeks for one shilling six pence,'' reads the advertisement of one enterprising tale-teller which is appearing in London newspapers. Critics of the enterprise agree that the advertising joker can not be ac- cused of profiteering.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12

National Song Week was much en- joyed, but it was hardly necessary for the sporty crowds to start out celebrating it about midnight when all the neighbors had gone to bed.
 The country folks with those nice roomy old farm houses standing partly idle aren't opposing the ex- orbitant rent profiteering in the cities
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
South Africa Orders
 Lions From Ireland

Dublin, March 12-Dublin is now exporting lions to South Africa The Dublin Zoo has a famous lion house where the animals have been success fully bred. It has been able to supp ply lions on demand to other zoos in the United Kingdom, but this is the first time an order has been received from Africa.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to the many friends and ueighbors who manifested much kindness and sympathy in the loss of our dear husband. son and brother, and the many friends who sent beau tiful floral tokens, and all who helped lessen the burdens of sorrow in our sad bereavement
 MRS. MICHAEL J. FINNELL AND
 FAMILY asp
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
Proposals for Gasoline

Sealed bids will be received by the undersigned until 12 o'clock noon, Wednesday, March IT, 1920, for fur nishing 5000 gallons more or less per month, motor gasoline, tank de- livery, to the several departments of the city.
 Board of Contract and Supply, Room 2S. City Hall, Bridgeport Ct
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
Harry w. Herbert.

Harry W. HeFDert.
 The funeral of Harry W. Herbert of 100 Carroll street, who died at St. Vincent's hospital, was held from the undertaking parlors of M. J. Gan non. 315 John street, this afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock Rev. MT. Lewis of- ficiated. Burial was in Mountain Grove cemetery
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
TODAY'S WANTS

WANTED - Experienced stock salesman to organize in Bridgeport a department for the sale of preferred stock of large Coal Com pany. Splendid opportun- ity for man with necessary qualifications. Best of ref erences required. Address Goal Company, Box 473, Fairmont, West Va
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
German Firm Loses
 Property Through Theft

Berlin, March 12-Empfoyes at the analine dye works at Lrdwigshafen stole a0.000.000 marks worth of the company's property last year. accord ing to a despatch to the Rundschau. The thieving was going on so openly and in such a systematic manner that the company finally was obliged to call for 40 armed deputies When they arrived the workers attacked them and severely injured nine. The rest of the deputies fled.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12
MYRON A. MARINER
 Vs. Order of Notice. NICHOLAS BOZHI. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ss. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
 Bridgeport, March 5, A. D. 1920. Upon the complaint of the said Myron A Warriner praying, for req sons therein set forth, forecIosue of a cetain mortgage more particularly described in said compliant and pos session of said mortgaged premises now pending before this Court, hav- ing been returned thereto on the first Tuesday of February, 1920.
 It appearing to and being found by this Court that the said defendant is absent from this state and gone to parts unknown, and that notice of the pendency of the complaint was given as required by order of notice heretofore issued, and now the plain tiff asks for a further order of notice in the premises.
 Therefore Ordered. That notice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in The Bridgeport Times, a newspaper print ed in Bridgeport, Conn.,, once, on or before the 18th day of March, A. D. 1920.
 SIDNEY N. LOCKWOOD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
 for Fairfield County. a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12

Visit the New Haven and Bridgeport Dog Show, March 13, at Music Hall, Court St, New Haven. 400 dogs en- tered. a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12

ALL GOODS PLEDGED from Aug.
 20 to Sept. Il, 1919, the following ticket Nos. 1735S, 173s6. 1I446,
 17451, 17467, HIATT. 17492. 17516, 175S3, 17569, 17555. 175SO, 175ST. 17595, 17629, 17653. 1766O. 17662, 17666, 176S5. 176S6, 17707, 1770S, 17714, TITS, 17722. uncal1ed for will be sold. Collateral Loan Co.,, successor to D. Iitwor, Licensed Pawnbroker, 1O4 Congress St. a"p
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-12

P1eatings are very popular. Not only are they used for skirts and col lars, but also in such tricky ways as the graduated pleats which are used small in front of wide vests.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-11

of the federal court here. Action was
deferred until the court could learn
more of Sieg-