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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-25

Singers of the Chicago Grand Opera Company have been advised by the management that it is quite un- necessary for them to pay the $20 to $50 a week of which, rumor said they had been muIcted in order to secure applause and ward off hisses
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-25
Odd Lots to Close Out.
Regular Bargains

Regular Bargains Bud Vases, s,silver plat ed holders with cut glass insets,regular price $1.O5.
 Special price 90 cts Glass Vases with sil- yer plated tops, regular price $1.O5.
 Special price 90 cts Sugar Shakers, Lemon Dishes and Radish Jars which were regularly priced at 65 cts.
 Special price 30 cts each
 Main floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-25

Upon Petition for Discharge.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Frank Klinard. of Bridgeport, in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut. has fled his application dated February A. 1920, for a dis charge from all his deb.s in bank 1uptcy, and that all his creditors and other persons interested, objecting to such discharge, may attend before John Keogh. IEcferee in Bankruptcy, acting as speciGl master, at the County Court House, Bridgeport Conn, on March 26, 1920. II a. In-. then and there to examine the bankrupt and to show cause. if any they have. why such discharge sou1d not be granted and to determine whether or not to authorize the trustee to interpose ob- icct1ons to such G:scharge-
 JOHN KECGH, Referee in Bankruptcy and Special
 Naste~.
 Bridgeport, Conn, Feb 25, 1920.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-25
CAN YOU STAND
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 of mystery and clues.

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-25
Klever Kraft Silver
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-25

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-25
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONN ECTICUT.

In the matter or FRANK hILlNATiD BanIzrupt-In Bankruptcy
 Upon Petition for Discharge.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-25
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 The store closes daily at o'clock Three Days Sale of Silver
The store closes daily at 6 o'clock

Special with bright Named the States At
 Thursday
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The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
The Federal Council Of Churches.

The quadrennial meeting of the Federal Council
OF Churches of Christ 10 America, which meets in
Boston this week. will be the most important IN the
history of the FIRST organization of the evangelical
Protestant churches that ever has succeeded hrs in
massing their collective strength for definite ends
and, second, in defining their attitude toward world
and nationalsprobems.
The federation does not include some of the.
liberal churches of the country. and to this extent
1t is handicapped; but it does marshal, in quasi
representative way. most of the largest and most
aggressive sects that go to create the American
Protestant type of religion which is conservative
in theology practical in its altrusm and emphatic
in its support Of missionary propaganda abroad and
education at home.
Latterly the federation has invaded the realm Of
social ethics and industrial reform its founders
would not have dared to suggest it should do, and
it has persisted in doing this against the protests OF
some OF its wealthiest and most powerful lay mem
bers. What it may have lost in pecuniary support
by this policy it has than offset by the respect
OF people who conceving of religion more and
more in terms of social justice.
The Boston conference has program outlined
for discussion which indicates that exceedingly live
topics of world import will be discussed. But in
addition to these, the council will have impor-
tant policies of internal adjustment to settle. In
all probability it will become the residuary legatee,
not of the debts but Of the data accumulated by the
Interchurch Movement which the rocks
through vaulting ambition and credulity to the
interest which the world has in paying the bills of
churchmen. Assumption of the responsibility which
this transfer of task will place upon the councils
officials quite justly can be made the chance by
them for clearer understanding of Just how repre-
sentative the council is of the Protestant churches
They will argue and rightly, that if they to do
the churches work of direction OF large cooperative
tasks, then they should have formal bonds
with the sectaran tribunals that can commit the
denominations to given courses of policy and ex-
penditure.
The labor to date and the task of financing the
council has been borne by a comparatively small
group OF pioneers with vision. They that for
lack of unity of purpose and action Professionalism
was suffering loss of prestige and power They
have given themselves TO creating bonds of unity,
and they have done fine work at home and abroad
during the war and since They had the mortifca-
ton of being dsregarded when grandiose plans
were conceived and money spent foolishy against
their advice. Now they rated ntelligently, and
are getting their reward and naturally are using
their advantage stabilize their future security as
organization.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
Signed With Reservations

"IE recently called attention to the fact that
w Switzerland entered the league of nations
u with reservation in accord with long,
established and cherished national tradition, namely
inviolable neutrality in peace and in war The con-
eesson, we also noted, made without due tech
nical authority. and as the price of Switzerland's
entering the league.
= To show that the habit of signing international
agreements with reservations is no new. fling it
would be necessary to go farther than our own
national archives and the reservations we made to
the compacts of the first and second Hague con-
ferences; but there is contempora-
neous event, just disclosed
For several weeks past the Universal Postal
Convention has been in session in Madrid, and
. Spanish hospitality has been profuse and sincere
On the whole, the sessions have been without
marked friction and substantial advances have been
made toward better service between the continents
and the. nations in form of internationalism that
the most extreme Nationalist cannot cavl at. A
distinct closer pan-Amercan union has emerged,
which will make the conference notable.
BU when 1t came to signing the formal COM
pact that had evolved from the debate and the con-
ferences. America divided from Europe, and the
seventeen republics the of the Atlantic
stood together in supporting reservation which is
important enough to be quoted verbatim The
United States and its sisters say:
Whereas, the Postal Congress cannot impose
on any country obligations affecting sovereignty
and domestic legislation; and, whereas, the consti-
tuted powers OF each country alone decide con-
eernlng the engagements contained in paragraph g.
OF the Third Article; and Whereas the influence of
the Postal Union cannot extend affairs affecting
port regulations other subjects outside of postal
matters; and, whereas it is necessary also in this
instance to be entirely in agreement with the ordi-
-pary principles OF -interhatiohaL law, the under
signed delegations formulate their formal reserva-
tons in connection with the paragraph mentioned"
With the merit or demerit of the stand taken
by the dissenting nations, are not now concerned
1t has to do with finance and with the fairness or
uniairness OF demand of European uail-carrying
vessels for exemption from general laws affecting
port charges, etc The point stressing at this
time is this, namely, that America has habit of
thinking and negotiating for herself on OCCASION
and that therefore ratification OF the Paris treaty
and the league covenant with reservations" by the
United States would not be CONTRARY to precedent
or excite surprise in the republics south OF us
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
New Demands on an Old Business With
Reduced CAPITAL.

An American tradition which no one challenges
is that OF providing an educated democracy But
the war has come to create greater difficulties than
ever before were faced in keeping the tradition alive
and authoritative. Few communities, and Wash
mgtOn Is not one OF them, have the capital in
hand to provide primary and secondary educational
facilities commensurate with the number of pupils
to be housed and taught and teachers to be paid
The public high schools and private preparatory
schools that in 1890 had 207894 pupils now have
Is estimated, not less than I9oo.ISo attendants in
1900 schools. The colleges and universities that in
1890 had 65Soo students. now have not less than
$4,000.
Such hgures hint at the present demand for
education, but they surely point to a diminished
supply, judged quaativey. Neither teaching staff
plant" keeping pace with the mounting
number OF students. coming, in many cases, from
a stratum OF society hitherto debarred from the
quest by economic handicaps that war wages and
profits have removed.
Where educational institutions are publicly sup
ported the way OF relief is by increased taxation
the advance being knowingly made by electorates
willing to make the addit tional sacrifices But where
in the of the smaller denominationaI colleges
OF the South interior and West, or in the ancient
and time -honored Eastern non-sectarian but pri-
vately endowed and supported colleges and universi
ties OF the East, the burden OF providing new capital
for the expansion OF facilities falls on alumni or
alunnnae, the future is not so easy to predict
Present forms of taxation hit hard at the surplus of
income above living expenses which these donors
have to give Families that for generations have
had traditions OF giving to these institutions are
dying out. These alumni and alumnae are of the
section OF the population that is open to bids for
gifts from innumerable agencies OF relief reforms.
religion and philanthropy, and they have been
emptying their pockets since 1914 into all sorts OF
measures.
The result is that the drives" from which many
of the Eastern colleges and universities have
planned tSget capital have fallen short-of the
hopes OF Nhsir projectots. But all the time the
plant of the underpad professor goes up to heaven
and students pour into cIassrooms and costs of ad-
ninstration rise. II relief is sought in increased
aiition fees, tjcan only be moderate A long period
ii giving to students for the sum OF 30 cents that
khich costs ST. has bred in the academic world
Srnper OF getting much as possible for nothing
shichSeannot suddenly be changed
y There are many important posts in the educa-
5iona world now vacant, and one reason is because
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
The Hand and the Voice of Esau.

The latest reported utterance OF Lenne is the
same old Esau voice, without any effort to make it
appear that it is the voice of jacob; and the Esau
hand is disclosed in Washington Vanderlip's extra
ordinary address to his countrymen, in which they
asked to glory in the fact that Russia proleta-
risnly ruled, is sweeping into and across Central
and Eastern Asia, and will soon affect a union with
China that will spell the doom of Japanese mon
archy and nilitariSm and belt the northern half of
the world with democracy" The only importance
the Eanderlip pronunciamento has it derives from
its echoing OF the mind Of Lenine, with whom Van
derlip has been visiting in Moscow, as we know
not only from his own claims, but from the recently
published diary of Mrs. Sheridan. n.
That it is the aim OF Lenine to deal thus with
Russa's active assaants. Great Britain, France and
Japan, in their Asatic continental possessions is
quite Obvious; and that he will get considerable
support from China, notably the South Chinese, is
also presumable. Sun Yat-Sen and his associates
who have just gone back to Canton to renew the
sectional against the north much in SYM
pathy with radical views and have been for years.
and cash from Moscow to aid their plans would not
be unwecome. Moreover, have Mrs. Sheridan's
evidence that she found Lenne in close relations
with important Chinese visitors who have found
their way to Moscow.
So much of the thinking and planning for the
Asia of Tomorrow has been centered on, the stages
by which repubIicanism would finally triumph where
absolute constitutional monarchy has rcigned
that it is rather staggering for envisage
a contest in which the issue will be representative
democracy the hand and communism on the
other. If both Russia and China should get back
of the communistic ideal at apprecably the same
time and combine their potential forces, it would be
of the most stupendous facts in history.
We note, however, that there are representatives
OF the nations at the Geneva assembly who still
cherish the hope that Russia will revert to
democratic representative form of government and
that therefore it is time to Share in any
partition OF her territory by extending rights within
the league nations that have split off from Russia
This, understand, is the answer OF the assembys
commission to the Baltic states 1t is the position
toward Russia which the United States has held
consistently
In the maze OF uncertainty about Europe's and
Asias future which exists, fact is clear, namely
that Russia now holds the key to solutions of some
Of the main political and military problems, but it
equally true that she does this nation with a
dominating, doctrnaire theory of society, to defeat
which will force all sorts of realignments within
other nations.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
" DO YOU KNOW
l OUR BIBLE?

And he sInote them hip and
high with a great slaughter: and
he went down and dwelt in the top
of the rock Etam.
Then he Phillstines went
up. and pitched in Judah. and
spread themselves in Lehi.
10 And the men Of Judah said.
Why are We come up against US:
And they answered. To bind Samson
are We come up, to do to him as
he hath done to US.
IL Then three thousand men of
Judah went to the top Of the rock
Etam, and said to Samson. Knowest
thou not that the Philistines arr.
rulers over u.s. what is this that
thou hast done unto u.s. And he
said unto them. As they did unto
me, so have / done unto them.
II And they said unto him, We
are come down to bind thee. that
we may deliver thee into the hand
or the PhilistineS. And Samson sa1d
unto them, Swear unto me. that We
VIII not fall upon me yourselves.
l3 Ard they spake unto him
saying, No: but we will bind the,
fast and deliver thee into their
hand: but surely we will not kill
thee. And they bound him with two
new cords. and brought him up from
the rock.
II And when he came unto
Lehi. the Philistines shouted against
him: and the Spirit of the Lord
came nightly upon him. and tn,
cords that. were upon his arms Ice
came as flax that was burnt with
fire, and his bands loosed from of
his hands.
10 And he found a new jawbone
OF an ass, and put forth his hand
and took it. and slew a thousand
men Herewith.
l6 And Samson said. with the
Jawbone of an ass. heaps uDan
heaps, with the jaw Of an ass have
l slain a thousand men.
Il And 1t came 20 pass. when he
had made an end Of speaking. that
he cast away the jawbone out OF
hls hand and called that place
Rsmath-lehi.
u And he was sore athirst,
and called on the Lord. and said
Thou hast given this great deliver
ance into the hand of thy servant
and now shall die for thirst. and
iall into the hand of the uncircum-
cised?
IL But God clave a hollow place
that was in the Jaw. and there
came water thereout and when he
rad drunk, his spirit came again.
and he revived: wherefore he called
the name thereof Enhakkore, which
is in Lehi unto this day.
20 And he judged Israel in the
days of the Philistines twenty
cro he Co,,,vcd,
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
SALE FUNDS TO GO
FOR CHILD WELFARE

The Christmas seal sale to pro-
mote Better Health for the Chill
dren" of Washington opens today.
The Washington tuberculosis AS
sociation, which will conduct the
sale, has mapped out an extensive
health program showing Just how
the proceeds will be used.
Tho cost of this program totals
$26,SOO divided into the following
items: For continuation of school
health crusade. $4,000; Day Camp
Preventorium. $3.5OO: nutritional
clinics, 81, 900: school luncheons for
fresh air classes. $500: open air
schools. s2.500; educational bulletins
and health literature, $4,000: medical
consultation service. $500: nursing
service. $1,000; expansion OF chill
dren's work, $4,000: general ex-
penses. $4,5OO: Christmas seal cam
paign. including cost of supplies,
$4,000; for National Tuberculosis
Association for it's country wide
educational program. per cent OF
seal sale, $1,000.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
DENIES DOPE USERS
INCREASE In NUMBER

Denial that there has been
marked increase in the number of
dope" users since the advent OF
prohibition was made by the mar
cotic division % the Internal Rev
enue Bureau in a report issued yes
trEday. The present situation is
ascribed to the fact that the vigilant
campaign which has been waged
against drug addicts has resulted in
many more arrests. thereby giving
the impression that the vice itself
is IN the increase.
Gel. l.. G. Mutt, in analyzing re-
ports from the various sections of
the country, declares that the kind
OF dope" most frequently in use
varies. In New York, for example.
the drug most commonly used is
heroin. a powerful drug manufac-
tured from cocaine and much more
injurious. Chicago addicts favor
morphine, which Is dispensed in tab.
let form or injected hypodermically.
In San Francisco and other cities
of the far West, opium is in most
common use. st. Louis, New Or
leans and other points in the South
report greater use of cocaine.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
TAFT SUPPORTS
LEAGUE COURT
Puzzled by Britain S Stand
Opposing Root-Phillimore
Commission Treaty Plan.
BY WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

Late league dispatches advise us
that the British delegateShave OBJ
jected to the obligatory jurisdiction
conferred on the international court
in the Root-Phillimore commission
plans. 1t is said that Great Britain
opposes the possible reference of
dispute over the construction of the
Versailles treaty 10 a court for
first decision. The Root-Philllmore
commission declared the construc-
ton of a treaty to be a justiciable
question. and undoubtedly it is.
1t is hard to see why. if Grea;
Britain objects to a reference of
such 4 question for decision to a
court. she consented in the present
league TO reference of such a ques-
tion to the council or to the assem-
bly, unless she was relying on the
required unanimity of the council. or
OF the countries constituting the
council in the assembly. to avoid an
adverse judgment. II shows an. un-
Willingness on. the part OF Great
Britain TO go a very reasonable way
toward judicial decisions of>judicial
questions.
We may infer from what MIR.
Harding has said in favor of a court
for the purpose of deciding justiCi-
able questions that he would be
likely to insist upon such a court. as
that proposed by the Root-Philli-
more commission: and If he did so.
and secured an amendment to the
league of this kind, il could well be
claimed that the United States was
greatly bettering the league. II
would be in decided contrast 10 the
attitude of Mr.. Wilson, who was
much opposed to such court al
in the Smuts plan.
1t is to be observed that article
XIV of the league only contemplatn -
court to which the two parties
may voluntarily resort: and it.
therefore, makes the court nothlnG
more than The Hague Tribunal or a ny
board of arbitration whose jurisdic-
tion must be agreed upon by the
parties. The objection that the
Root-Phillimore commission in
recommending a plan for a court
with obligatory jurisdiction went
beyond the provisions of Article NV
and exceeded the power which the
council is given in that article in the
framing of a court is well taken.
The, plan of the court suggested by
Mr.. Root and Sir Walter Phillimore.
IL adopted into the covenant, would
be an amendment of 1t, and therefore
should be adopted as any other
amendment. The issue will doubt
less recur when amendments are in
order.
1t Will certainly he a great dissp-
pointment to those who have sup
posed that Great Britain was
strongly in favor of a court for jus-
ticiable issues.if a plan for such a
court is ultimately defeated through
her objection.
Copyright, 1890, Public Ledger Co..
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
WIDOW SEEKS POLICY
LEFT TO 8 CHILDREN

Mrs. Nellie May Riley, widow of
Eli Riley, veteran of the Metropoli-
tan Police Department, who died
November 81. asked the District
Supreme Court yesterday to pre-
vent the Metropolitan Police Asso-
citation from paying over to her
husbands seven children the $1,000
due. him as insurance from the
association.
The widow claims that because
of his advanced age of so. her hug
band was incompetent to draw a
valid paper transferring this in
surance from her name as bene-
ficiary to. that of his children. The
couple were married In April, 1915.
Mrs.. Riley being nearly thirty years
her husbands junior. Since that
time their matrimonial difficulties
have had the attention of the Dis
trict Supreme Court. Attorney Will
lam II. DeLacey appears for Mrs.
Riley.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
Red Cross Gives 100000
To Aid Russian Refugees

In response to an urgent appeal
from Admiral Bristol at CONSTANT
nople, the American Red Cross yes
terday announced an appropriation
of 100000 for the relief of the l39.-
900 Russian refugees who are crowd
ing into Constantinople as a result
of the defeat of Gen. Wrangel's
forces in South Russia. The Rus
sian Embassy in Washington has
given s30e,a00. making a total of
100000, which is to be used for this
purpose.
Admiral Bristol in his cabled ap-
peal described the conditions in
Constantlnople as catastrophe"
every hospital being filled. and the
danger eof epidemic being very
great.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-01
NEWSFUL NEWS.

The news We get these days 10
read is very newsy news indeed.
There's naught OF dun monotony
in Items that We daily see.
A new revolt in Mexico foreign
massacre or so-a murder-and a
flock OF news designed To give a
guy the blues.
We read OF newly threatened wars
and boosted prices at the stor, 5.
and how In these United States some
have no coal upon their CRATES.
So goes the news-there's not n day
h"t has its thrillers 20 display. and
Should they ever disappear wss
Yell Tor more and shed O. t,sr
\. A. LUFBURROW
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