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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-05
DOWNS RESUMES STAGE WORK
"king Of koins" Mystifying Mason
CITY This Weak

City This Week.
T. Nelson Downs. the king of
koins." this week is appearing as
headliner on the Palace theater bill
at Mason City, having resumed his
stage work temporarily. in contem-
plation of a permanent return to
vaudeville this fall. Downs has had
offers from the booking agents and
has about decided to accept a con-
tract for few months at least, play
ing only the larger cities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-05
Dill Pickles.

Now is the time to make dill pickles
There has been such a demand for
dill that we have purchased cask
OF 400 pounds and can supply you
with any amount at Is cents per
pound, SO that you can. make your
own dill pickles. Myers & Norland
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-05

at present, has broken up her home
and will go in about two weeks to
Braintree, Mass, where she will live
with her daughter, Mrs. Walter Hap
good and family.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-05

Hewitt's Garage has a new stock
or Macbeth lenses, those you have
been waiting for. Don't forget we
guarantee our auto repair work. Ser
vice cars day or night. Phone 393.-
Advertisement
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-05

ST. Elizabeth society of ST. Mary's
church will hold an ice cream social
this evening on the church lawn. In
case of rain will be postponed until
Friday evening. Committee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
MEXICO CITY'S POLICE FORM
 SYNDICATE

Mexico City. Mexico, Dec. 1s:- Gendarmes. or policemen. of the Mexican capital have formed syndicate,'' with strongly socialistic other cities to take the same action.
 No effort has been made to resist this movement. although it is admit ted that the syndicate" may weaken discipline and make this arm of the government less dependable in an hour of stress.
 It has ben rumored for some time that radicals were secretly at work among the policemen here and also the scIuiers stationed in the vicinity of the capital.
 The recent increase in wages grant ed the Mexico City policemen. it is ing unrest and defeating the schemes of agitators. The steps were sue cessful, While there were police mems strikes in a number of cities, wave of labor trouble a short time ago.
 But it is now said that the Mexico City policemen are not satisfied. al Mexico. Before they received their advance they were getting two and a half pesos a day, or $1.25 in Amer h iean oh money; Their salaries hean have have vided with new and ornate uniforms. Stirred by Radicals. Agftators have told them that they have gained their concessions through fear of a strike and because of the police strikes in other places. Rad | icals have also told them of the much higher pay received by policemen in American cities, the New York scale | of police earnings being q favorite theme.
 1 As the police ''syndicate'' has taken
 steps to become affiliated with la l Dor federation of extremely radical | leadership. there is uneasiness as to the future. It is feared that if there l is radical or Bolshevistic outbreak the police cannot be depended upon | to maintain order.
 Owing to the present situation in i Mexico, it would be difficult and haz- | ardous for the government to take
 action to discourage police 'syndi- Ieates.' The country is full of wild radical ideas and agitators keep viz liant watch for opportunity to raise
 an outcry in furtherance of their dream of social revolution
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
TWO BIG BANKS WILL CONSOLIDATE
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tContnued from Page One) port a bank fully equipped to satis- factorily handle the future growth in our manufacturing and mercantile life, the directors of the First-Bridge- port National Bank and the Connecti- cut National Bank have voted to consolidate the two institutions, this decision being arrived at after a long period of careful negotiation and consid deration of all the various phases presented by such a step.
 ''The consolidated bank will oper- ate under the title of The First Ma tiona1 Bank of Bridgeport, the pro- posed capital being $2,000,000, with a surplus and undivided profit account of equal amount. The present mod ern and excellent quarters of the F'irst-Bridgeport National Bank will be used, and such changes will be made as will properly care for the en- | larged bank.
 | Notices are being sent to share holders of both institutions giving de- tssGs of the proposed merger, and i calling for a special meeting on Jan | IS, 1921, to vote upon the plan ot 1 consolidation. and it is expected thai all details will be completed and the new bank in operation before Febru.
 ary 1, 1921. l Having in mind the commercial
 development and future growth o | this city, the best interests of our de | positors, and desiring to perfect al
 organization which will properly care for these interests, we feel the SteI that has been decided upon is a wis. one.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
EDITORIAL NOTES

The fifteenth of the month caught some of the largest income tax pay CTS in the country pleading for ex- tensions and unable to make their payments. Depreciation in inven- tories and inability to borrow had a great deal to do with their trouble. In the second Internal Revenue Dis trict in New York payments were forty million dollars behind. It Is far from a pleasant thing not to be able to meet these payments for Uncle Sam demands an extra five per cent. of the amount of the tax plus one per cent. month for interest from delinquents,
 
 An echo of the prohibition act was the vote of the House at Washington the other day authorizing the pur- chase of a plot of land in California to be used as an experiment station for the Agricultural Department, ir it's efforts to find new uses for wine grapes and new products into wflicE they may be manufactured. This is a very important work and the value of many thousands of acres of vim yards depends on the success of the experiments.
 
 The difference between thought 1T the East and West is shown in the result of two recent city elections. A whole city government composed eIi- tirely Of women was reported from the West nc long since and the othe
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
HOW MANY HAS BRIDGEPORT?

T HER SINCE it was determined
 0 that the rat was the carrier of :he dreaded bubonic plague, he has assumed an importance not even dreamed of before. He used to be a rat and nothing more. NOW ne is the lively possibility of terrible epi- 1emic at almost any time.
 Not only has it been proven that the rat. is dangerous carrier of a deadly disease, but l the studs of his habits It has been discovered that the annual loss due to his depreda- tions runs into a great many dollars. pr. Victor J. Heisler. of the Rocks are in New York not less than s,00o,- 900 of the animals, and that they cause that city a loss of at least $se.- O00,00o every year.
 It is certainly impractical to allow the existence of such a menace al the cost of such an economic loss. The possibility of it's being done away with is indicated by the fact that New York's health commissioner Is trying to get an amendment to the building code making imperative the rat-proofing of every building within 500 feet of the waterfront Also that the windows of the buildings within this area shall be screened.
 The commissioners enorrs to have the New York waterfront ratproofe6 is one of the steps in the nght he is | waging to keep out the plague which | IS raging in Southern Europe, a figh which should have the encourage
 ment and support of every membe | of the community, even if, as has beer l estimated, the cost should amount tt l $100, 100000. This would be cheape l than an epidemic of the rlague. l While Brtdreport, not beng a DOT
 of arrival for boats from f.,r e1gn coun
 tries, may not need to take the pre- | cautions that are imperative for Ney
 York at the same time it would b well to declare the rat an outlaw here
 to be killed on sight
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
SURELY RETURNING

ID aPoRTs COMING from Ohio N \ are to the effect that Harry M. Daugherty, pre-convention man ager of President-elect Harding, has acquired the stature of a real poli- tical boss No one would feel like disputmg this after knowing some thing of the way he sat in with at just the right moment, forced the nomination of Harding on the Re publican convention.
 These reports also relate that in spite of the fact that a year ago the Ohio Republican organization tried to freeze Daugherty out his hold on the state is now firm and that he can dispose as he sees fit of the political fortunes of many of those who were anxious to get rid of him. That he l "keenly enjoys this power is not so unnatural state of mind as to | occasion surprise. Doubtless the sit | uation furnishes him more satisfac- tion than it does those politicians | who have been guilty of trying to | curb his influence.
 | Mark Hanna died in 1904. Since | then, until Daugherty recently proved his prowess along that line. onio has been without a political boss of the first magnitude. Daugherty is said to make his place good. This fact can be taken as one more indica- | ton of the return of 'norma1cy.'' 1 Another one is seen in the state ment of Daugherty to Republican leaders in New York that Tn ms op1n- ion Republican organization leaders | should be permitted to dictate ap- pointments under the new regime at Washington, a statement which, com. ing as it did from a man holding dent-elect, created no end of jo, among the faithful.
 It is said that Daugherty does no
 desire to rule arbitrarily. but rather
 his aim is the conciI.ation of hit political foes. Probably cancellation 7 is as good a word as any sp Gescrib'
 the means used by a "boss" of Daugh erty's skill and ability to determin whether any particular individual 1 flor" or against him, and If tn test shows the latter, to relegate hin
 to a condition of "innocuous desue tude."
 This Is also an indication of "nor , maicy'' as is also his desire to go t
 the senate when the term of Atle
 Pomerene expires two years rror
 now, an ambition which he was de
 nied four years ago.
 Taken altogether. there is satfs
 factory evidence that things are raT
 idly approaching a condition of "nol
 nalcy."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
VETERAN BRUTALLY SLAIN.

Rockaway. N. J.. Dec. 1s-An- other brutal murder today was added to New Jerseys mounting list of crimes. William M Lewis. S5 years old, civil war veteran, was found in his little home here, his head beaten in with an axe and cudgel by an as- his monthly pension As far as could be determined. a child's bank con taining three dollars was the only article taken.
 Walter Hedding, neighbor, was held for examination because of bloodstains alleged to have been found on his clothes, after the police had been notified by his mother that she had found Lewis body when she went to his house to borrow some kerosene,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
FIVE MILLION TREES FOR XMAS

Washington, Dec. 1S-Between four and five million Christmas trees will be felled this year to brighten Amer ican homes, churches and community centers and delight the hearts of the children. This is the estimate of the Forest Service. which says that the total of trees used in this country each Yuletide season equals approx1- England, Scotland and Wales, and is about 25 per cent greater than that of Germany.
 Forest Service officials are opposed to any movement to discourage the use of these trees for Christmas pur- poses. To the argument that the cut ting and use of the trees is great waste they say that the custom is so old, so well grounded and so ven erated that even if 1t were econom- ically somewhat indefensible these aspects will and should continue to outweigh economic considerations. Placed all together, the four or five millions of trees used annually would make a mighty forest. but Forest Service officials point out that many of them come from fields which are being cleared for farming purposes or from forests which need thinning to protect the more sturdy trees. They | also argue that trees are for use, and | that there is no other use to which 1 they could be put that would con- l tribute so much to the joy of man. kind as their use by children on this | one great nOI1Oay. Of the total of Christmas trees con sumed in thAs country, I.ouv,oo0 are
 used in New York State and New | England, the Forest Service says: | Black and red spruce are commonly
 seen in New England Christmas cele-
 brations and in New York and Phil
 adelphia. In Illinois and Ohio the | local demand is supplied partly with
 nursery grown Norway spruce. Pines | are in great demand for Christmas l trees when fir and spruce are not l available. Throughout Maryland 1 Virginia and in Washington, D. c.
 the scrub pine find a way Into many | homes. while in southern Wyoming l the Lodge Pole pine is almost the l only species available.
 l Hemlock is often used, but only ir the 8 absence of other varieties. Rec cedar, says the Forest Service, is no l despised where better trees cannot bs | had, as in the treeless states and ofter | in Tennessee and Pennsylvania IT California red cedar and incense cedar
 are not uncommo. The swanps O. | Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota
 furnish the markets of Chicago, St
 Paul, Minneapolis and thee ities O
 the plainse states, while Maine, New
 Hampshire, Vermont. the Berkshir
 Hills of Massachusetts and the Adj
 rondacks and Catskiils an New Yorl
 are the sources of supply for Nev
 York. Philadelphia and Boston ant
 even Baltimore and Washington,
 Christmas trees, the Forest Servic says, vary in size from to s5 feet and prices run from 25 cents to s3
 or $50. Where the 25 cent trees ar | {1eh la iS cfo fod
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
CAN'T CHASE POLICEMEN.

Alleged to have been "doggfng' policemen who were gathering evil dence against vio1ators of the Vol stead act Emanuel Giamara. of 12S Thursday afternoon by Patrolman John Kelly in a Lexington avenue saloon, was fined $50 and sentenced to 10 days in Jail when arraigned in the City Court today. Giamara was charged with carrying concealed wea pons ,inasmuch as a loaded .32 calibre revolver was found on his person at the time or the arrest. Jail sentence was suspended because of Inc mans previous good reputation. Giamara claimed that he carried the revolver to protect himself against ho1d-up men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
HERMANN RECOVERING.

John Hermann who lives at 80 Brown street is in Columbus hospital recovering from severe injuries re- ceived yesterday evening when he working at the Bridgeport Metal Goods Mfg. Go. Hospital authorities reported at noon that he was getting along comfortably,
 Frank 10th of Fairfield Is In the same hospital suffering from a badly Iaeerated hand received while at his work yesterday. an ax falling from a bench upon 1t,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
REPORT AMERICAN
 KILLED IN MEXICO

Washington, Dec. 1s-John Berens an American citizen. was killed in the Temasga1tepec district, state of Mex ico, on Nov. 24, according to a report of the State Department today from a private citizen.
 The American embassy at Mexico City has asked the Mexican Foreign office to investigate and if the re- port is correct to take steps to pun ish those responsible for the death of Berens.
 A John Berens. of San Francisco. was given a passport to Mexico in June 16, 1920.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
LOCAL BOY RANKS
 SECOND IN SCHOOL,

A letter received from the Aviation Mechanics school at the Great Lakes Naval Training station, informs the recruiting officer of the Navy in CTS graduated from the school, stand ing second in his class. Bowers en- listed here. His mother is Mrs. Myr- tia l.. Bowers, 2,S25 Fairfield avenue.
 The Navy is filling up so fast that a chance to join Is going to be a thing of the past. Practically every day brings some new restrictions in re- gards to enliStmentS
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
DECEMBE1E IS, 1920

less careless habits in connection with
 everything which has in it the pos sibiiity of fire. All persons in this city should ask themselves if they are as careful about such matters as their own interests and those or the community at large demand. In the light of the above figures it is up to the individual to stamp out the waste from fires by prevention at the source. by the exercise of commonplace care.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
ACCUSED OF MAIL THEETS,

Derby, Conn.,. Dec. fS.-Gharles Zera, s4, mail carrier employed at the local post office for about one year, was arrested here today and taken to New Haven on the charge o ftheft from the mails. Investiga- ton of missing mail matter had dis closed the fact it is charged, that some of it had been opened and thrown into the woods Zera had motorcycle and has been collecting as we'll as delivering it. He is mar ried and has two small children
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
YANKEE FLYER
 KILLS DANGER
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 Kelly had told friends that his father was a wealthy merchant. He had been friendly with Miss Taylor and was frequent visitor at her flat. He had been engaged in ad- vertising work at one time and for a while was manager Of the Palais Dang, popular cabaret, Recently he had been out of work and was understood to be in straightened fi- nancial circumstances
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
EN1REzzI4ER BOUND OVER.

Hartford, Feb. 18-fn the Police Court today, Raymond R, Heaiev, former vice president of the United States Bank of this city, charged with em bezzlement of s8,o75.3s from the institution, waived examination and was bound over to the Superior Court under bonds of s5,oe0, which were furnished.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18

day & woman candidate for Mayor of a Massa sachusetts' town received only eightF-feur votes out of over five thousand cast.
 Desirable as it is for Uncle Sam to know the size, age and wealth, of his family, and various other mat ters concernins its welfare. it is nevertheless an expensive job to gather the information. The cost of the field work in connection with the enumeration of population and agri- culture for the 1920 census will this amount about s4,6bo,e0o was for commentators and s1.6s5,6oo for sal aries and travelling expenses or the supervisors and special agents:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
coNsUI.s LEAVE TABRIz

.Constantinepie. Dec, i5-Owing to the threatening Boishevik invasion the foreigners in Tabr;z, northwest have left that city. according to ad- vices from the region received here today,
 The American relief workers have removed the refugee camp to Hama dan
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
SUES wADEs FATHER

Pasquaie Feraco has filed suit for damages against Ebert B. Wade, father of Blwood B. Wade, defendant in the Mott murder affair, claiming damages for breach of contract relat- ing to the sale by Wade to Feraco of the Wade home on Hillside ave-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
ROYAL FAMILY sEAsICK,

Athens, Dec. 1s-The cabinet yes terday received a. wireless messa ge from the cruiser Averof, on which Constantine is returning to Athens, saying that rough sens had been en- eountered and that all members of the royal family including Constan- tine, were seasick. Because of this, the message said, the vessel had slackened speed and the arrival at Phaleron, on the coast four miles from Athens. would be delayed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
MITCHELL DAIRY co. SUED.

The Mitchell Dairy company of this city is defendant in three suits growing out Of 8 collision between one of their trucks and an automo- bile owned and driven by Edward Detroit of Bridgeport. The crash occurred on the New Milford turn pike four miles north of Danbury on Novemb Der 26. DeGroff asks 2,o0o for the car, John Detroit Of Chatham, N Y, and William DeGroff of Stratford each ask $700 for clothes and in- juries.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
ARRANGE MATHEWS
SERRENnER

Washington, Dec, 4s-The Depart ment of Labor today called upon counsel for l.. C. A. K. Martens, So- viet Russian representative in the United States, to confer with Cff~tals here on Monday to arrange g- aa surrender of Martens under ie- nortation order issued by Sec1 eta Wilson. The Labor Department ex- poets court action and habeas corDu proceedings to delay deportation
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
CITED FOR NoN-sUPPoRT.

George Sf. Brush is cited ta appear in the Superior court on the first Tuesday in January and show why he does. not comply with the order of the court issued on January 30, 1920, to pay to his divorced wife, Alma Brush, $10 per week for the support of two minor children. The couple were married on September 6, 1909 and divorced on February 1, 1918.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
TAYLOR COLE GUILTY

Williamson. w, Va, Dec. 1s-Tay- Tor Cole was found guilty this morn ing of voluntary nanslaughter in connection with the death of sta te policeman E. L.. Ripley November Is, and sentenced to five years at hard labor in the state penitentiary by Judge R, D. Bailey. The sentence was the maximum penalty,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
TAKE BANK PRESIDENT.

Barre, Vt, Dec, 1s-Frank c. How land was arrested today charged with embezslement of sa5,9S0 from the Barre Savings Bank and Trust Com pany of which he is president, The bank was closed November 23 by the state bank commissioner,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
FORTY ARRESTS MADE.

London, Dec. 18-A conspiracy has been discovered at Seoul, Korea, for the assa ssination of Japanese officers, said a Central News dispatch from Tokio today:
 Forty arrests have been made and arms and bombs were seized:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
NEW YORK FIGHTS
 EPIDEMIC OF CRIME
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Wilmington, Del, Dec. 1S-Smash- ing the front door of the postofhee at Elsmere, near here, burglars early to- day forced an entrance, secured S3,- 900 from the safe, and made their eSca pc.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
BLOW POST OFFICE SAFE.

Collinsvil1e. Ills, Dec. 18-Bandits early today blew the safe of the post office here and escaped with
 stamps estimated at from s02,0Oo to
 $25, 1000. A passing pedestrian who heard the explosion, summoned the police, but the bandits made off in
 an automobile at high speed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
BRIGHTER TONED IN

New York, Dec. 1S-The heavily laden, outward bound shipping board freighter, Riverside Bridge. whae be- came disabled 800 miles eff Boston, when he engines broke down, was lowed into this port today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
100 PIER CENT. STOCK DIVIDEND.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 4s-The trustees meeting here today ordered paid on December 2s the sso,ooo,o0o author ized capital stock increase, heretofore
 unissued, to the stockholders Of the com pany as a 100 per cent stock dividend.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
STOCK NfARKEr STEADY

New York, Dec. 1S-The stock mar ket opened steady today with frac- tiona1 gains and losses being about equally divided.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
woN.T sEND ARMY

Geneva, Dec. 18-Rumania's pro posaI to send an international army to the relief Of Armenia was rejected by the assembly of the Leagu of Nations today.