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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
LOOKING BACK FIFTY YEARS.

CFrom The Farmer, Monday, March g, 187o)
 Seventy-two freemen appeared before the Board of Selecmen this afternoon and took the electors oath25 Of whom were from the Third Ward.
 Two fire alarms yesterday, one in the forenoon and in the evening" disturbed the usual quiet Sunday rest of remen and citizens generally The first alarm needless, and caused by cloud of steam from the boilers of the Howe Sewing Machine Go. The second barn occupied by Messrs, Munson Hawley, oyster dealers. The barn was entirely destroyed
 We notice that Hon. w. H. Barnm presented in the House few days ago petition of Charles ennngs and 1O3 others citizens of Fairfield praying Congress for appropriation of OOO0 repair the breakwater that pro- tects the harbor at Southport
 At a town meeting in Fairfield Capt John Gould and Col O. B. Hall appointed agents of that town to resist the application for portion of that town to be annexed to Brigideport
 Rev Father syrlnott ofcated yesterday in St. Angus tines and gave his people short account of his trip to Rome He has lost considerable flesh since he left hom but yet is in enjoyment of good health
 
 -Behold! what havoc the sythe of tne' is making with well ripened grain We are pained to hear of the death of of old citizens John Wilcox son. Esq., which unexpectedly took place at early hour on the morning of the 2Oth of dropsy of the heart
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
SIMS TESTFIES
 AS TO ORIGINATOR OF FAMOUS WORDS

Continued from Page one.) it has an unconscious. influence on him.
 The admiral told the committee he had always regarded the admonition as a personal prejudice on the part of Admiral Benson He declared the former chief of operations as ''an upstanding, honest man, who has strong convictions" and added he be- lieved everything that Admiral Ben son did during the war was done t'conscientious1y."
 It was due largely to Admiral Ben sons confidence in him that he was selected to the high post he occu- pied during the war, Admiral Sims said, adding that in urging his selec- ton Admiral Benson incurred the dislike of many officers senior to Ad- miral Sims who desired the post
 Senator Pittman. Democrat, Ne vada, asked if in view of the anti British sentiments of Admiral Benson that officer had not acted in a broad minded way in sending Admiral Sims to London.
 The witness replied that Admiral Benson had always been flair and square"
 Senator Pittman brought out that Admiral Sims had shown a copy of his letter of January to H. P. Davison of New York, while he was a guest at MT. .Davison's home about the mid dIe of January. The officer could not recall the date but said his aide thought it was on Jan. IA. He ad- mitted that showing the letter was 'tan indiscretion.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
LUXURY TRADES IN FRANCE ARE
 BEING REVIVED

The attempts to revive the luxury trades in France are interestingly de- scribed in recent correspondence in the Manchester (Eng.) Guardian" To give an idea of the extent of this trade before the war, the correspond ent says that in the years 190S-1913, the exports of articles amounted to over $70, 100000. The correspondent says in part:
 "Honeycombed through whole quar- ters of the Paris aera, many hun dredS of firms are active in produc- ing the small articles de luxe which form one of the greatest evidences of French artistic talent and techni- cal skill and one of the most import ant sources of wealth of the country There is nothing modern in the or
 ganization of this work; it is that of the beehive. Swarms of scattered workers are drawn toward each little 1 center. The only difference is that
 inst cad of gathering their materials from the flowers and bringing them ! into the hive they gather their mater ials from the hive, take them away and when their work is done the workers bring back the flowers. Artificial flowers in silk and vel vet; the thousand fancies into which feathers are worked; fans, of feath- | CTS, silk, spangles, beads and painted paper; those dainty boxes, pin cush- ! ions, lamp shades sofa cushions, handkerchief cases and a score of ! lovely trifles in oIc silks, brocades 1 and metal Iaces which are generally i grouped as articles de Paris; em- , broideries, whether they be on silk ! with metal threads and beads for i gowns, or in white on fine linens for i lingerie; real Iaces straws for hats, embroidered veils, bead necklaces and i many others of the products of the | 'petits metiers' of Paris are all pro- 1 duced under the rather primitive con- | ditions of what is known as the sen- i trepreneur' system.
 | This consists in giving out mater 1 ial to skilled home workers, who bring 1 back the finished product. Others ! of the articles of the luxury trades of Paris are made in small factories. ! under more CT less, but principally less, modern factory conditions
 Among them are found imitation
 jewelry, mourning jewelry, tooled
 leather work, leather hand bags, ar : ticles for the toilet table in metal or l in limitations of ivory, ornaments in ! metal, jet, and gaIalith, umbrellas
 and parasols, and canes. Bigger and
 better factories are used to produce
 handkerchiefs from the finest to or
 dinary grades, and veiIings by the
 yard; and from the biggest factories
 of all the great silk nnanufacturers.
 come the wonderful ribbons which for
 beauty and originality set the stand
 ard of the world. Manufactured lace
 have always had their center in
 Calais and the north; for the last five
 years they have not existed and they
 are only now coming slowly back to
 life.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
YOUNG BRAVES OBJECT
 TO 12-HOUR SERMONS.

Oklahoma City, Okla, March 22.- Sermons lasting from sunset until tho following sunrise are too much for the young Indians of today who are advocating cutting the hours of preaching of their aged orators to about one-tenth of the general re- ligious exhortation.
 The preachers themselves do not ask for a reduction of hours, but resent the seeming effort to curtall their oratory. In spite of this the young Indians say they want sermons approaching the white mans stand ard in length.
 In explanation of the loquacious- ness of these aged pulpiteers, 1t is said that Indian custom has dictated that a red man is not ready to preach until he has reached an age at which the majority of white clergymen are super-annuated-
 During the years preceding the reaching this fairly ripe old age the theological candidate is not allowed to speak in public, but spends his time listening to his elders, says the Inter church World Movement report. Years of sermons which he has com posed mentally are stored up in him by the time he is allowed to com mence preaching. With only a com parativeIy few years left in which to say it, the aged Indian pastor tries to do the preaching of a lifetime by g;v- ing long inistallments-fromS Sundown until the following dawn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
CLAIM MADE
 KING RAISED
 WOOD MONEY
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 According to the New York World the principal contributors are Ed ward L. Doheny, president of the Mexican Petroleum Go. and an officer and director in other corporations having an aggregate capital of $50O,- 00,O0o.
 Ambr4se Monel, officer and director in nickel, phosphate, motor and other corporations having a capital of s215,- 0oO,0O0.
 Harry F. Sinclair, head of the Sin clair Oil & Refining Go. and other corporations, baseball promoter and racing commissioner of New York in terests total $25o,o00,000.
 H. M. Byllesby, an officer and dfrec- tor in 29 corporations, light, heat, oil and steel with aggregate capital of s20o 00o, 900.
 W. B. Thompson, copper magnate and director in the Federal Reserve Bank and Metropolitan Life Insurance company.
 Dan R. Hanna capitalist Of C1eve- land, D. B. Smathers, New York cap italist, and A. A. Sprague, head of one of the largest wholesale grocery houses in Chicago and director il many corporations.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
FIJI BREWING CONSTITUTES X
 BIG CEREMONY

At the bidding of several chiefs who had described a circle on the mats, we entered one of these dark huts by way of low door. In a corner a woman tended the camp fire, and near an opening a girl sat munching. But they might as well have been absent, for all the luster they gave to the place or the at- tention paid them. The room was thick with smoke, the thin reeds sup porting the roof glistening with soot-
 Yet everything was in order and according to form. They were making kava Cor ava or yangana), the na- tive drink. Some time ago this was the work of the chieftain's daughter, who ground the root with her teeth and then mixed it with water. The law doesn't permit this now, so it is crushed in mortar (tona). Special ization has reached out it's tentacles even to this place, SO that now the captain of this industry is an In dian.
 The ava mixed, it was passed around in a well-shaped cocoanut shell cut in half. As guests we were offered the first drink. Extremely bitter, it is nevertheless clean and re- freshing After we drank of it, the bowl was passed to the chief With gracious se1f-restraint he declined i 'eIyhis is too full You have given me i too much Part of it was poured l back again. and he drank it with ! one breath.
 | He would really have liked twice as much. not half, but there is more modesty and decorum among savages 1 than we imagine. In fact our con- ventions are generally but atrophied ] taboos.
 ! But he women, not handsome nor as elegantly coiffured, were excluded. . They were not even of the lowest l rank The seyes seldom meet in any
 form of social intercourse. Once only did I notice anything done in com mon when a young man helped a
 girl carry an iron kettle. The boys
 never f1irt with, nor even seem to notice the girls. Tn public, there is
 a never diminishing distance between
 them. world without love mak-
 ing, primi i've life is outwardly not as
 romantic as is ours
 The male F'ijian is, however, ex tremely timid but for all that none the less fastidious. The care with l which he trains and curls his hair ; would put to shame any impatient | husband of the vainest of white wom- en. This does not mean that the Fijian man is girlish in his ways. but
 he is particular about his hair.
 ! The process of discolorine it is
 exact A mixture of burnt coral with
 water makes a fine substitute for
 soap. This is left on the hair for a
 day or two. When washed out and
 dried the hair is curIed and combed
 an annointed. From the point ot
 view of sanitation, it is excellent, and
 from that of art-iust watch the
 proud male pass down the road!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
PAYS FOR SALESNfF!N TO
 TRAVEL BY AUTOMOBILE

sOur salesmen are agreed that it is cheaper to travel by automobile than by railroad" says E. D. Voorhis in System for March. He is general sales manager of the H. D. Lee Mer- cantile Company.
 'tFor instance" he says, ''the mini mum mileage cost by train is three cents with the additional governme ent tax. The salesman has a heavy grip, and therefore uses a bus, from the station to his hotel, at an extra ex- pense of 25 or 35 cents.
 "On the other hand, when the salesman travels in an automobile he makes a mile on an expenditure of about 1 1-2 cents for gasoline and oil, this, together with the depreciation on his car, entails total expense Of no more than ? 1-2 cents a mile.
 When you stop to consider the loss of time in travelling by railroad, the saving of time and increase in num- Der of calls by automobile more than balance the depreciation and expense on the motor car"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
DIED,
BURNS

BURNS - A months mind requiem mass for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs. Mary A Burns at St. Augustine's church, Wednesday March A, at SIS a. m. S22b* CLINCH - In this city. March 21 1920,- Christopher C1inch.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, 31J East Washington avenue, on Tues day, March B, at 8:30 a. m. and from St. Mary's church at g a. n1- with solemn high mass
 Interment St. Michae1's cemetery Automobile cortege. a SCHULTZ - In this city, Saturday, March 20, 1920, Elizabeth, widow of Frederick J. Schultz. aged 59 years, II months, IT days
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, 907 Hancock avenue, on Wednesday, March 24, at S:3o a. m., and from St. Peters church at g o'clock.
 Burial in St MichaePs cemetery.
 S22b"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
CONDITIONS IN GERMANY ARE
 VERY SERIOUS
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 Two German officers have been sent by the Ebert government to acquaint the French authorities with the situa- ton in the Ruhr district. These of ficers are expected to reach Paris this evening.
 The foreign office advices regarding the composition of the Red army in the Ruhr region indicate that it was recruited mainly among the iron workers and not the miners. The military organization extends also to the civil services and the post office and the telegraph lines are under con trol of the communists.
 Stuttgart, March eo---A general strike has been declared in Munich and it is expected the movement will extend throughout Bavaria unless il sronped as a result of the negotia- tions now in progress to settle the demands of the workingmen for pay during the period they were on strike against the Kapp regime Meeting are to be held in the Wurttem'berg factor; es by the councils of workm CT to consider if similar actions should be taken throughout Wurttenjberg.
 Reports received here from Nurem- berg said that city was quiet on Sum day following some disorders the pre- vious nightt. Further disorders at Leipsic on Sunday were reported.
 Paris, March 22-Negotiations be- tween members of the Ebert govern ment and party leaders of the Ger man nationaL assembly and delegates : of workers. which have been going on at Berlin, are declared in an off cial British report to have been in terrupted because of an increase ir the claims of the workers.
 Spartacan forces still control Stet- tin, Dusseldorf, Elberfeld and Essen where great disorder prevails. The . situation in Kiel and in southwes 1 Germany is quiet but some agitation : is reported in agricultural sections o- Pomerania and Mecklenburg.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
IA CHINESE
 FORFEIT BONDS
 TO CITY COURT

Hong Tenn alleged proprietor of a ch'nese eN rnh ing house at 453 Water street which was raided by the police late Saturday nigh, forfeited s25 bonds on failing to appear for trial in the City court this morning Four teen Chinese who were arrested as frequenters also neglected to make an apL'eefa T 7-7 is morning, and thereby lost 5 bonds
 It is a..-e-ed that the police found a number of domino and fan tan games in progress when they broke into the Water street apartm erts Saturdac night. Local Chinese laundI-ymen are said to have been among those ar. rested as frequenters of the dive.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
THE PROOF OF SINCERITY

MEN and women who have from Lihuana to America proof of their sincere interest the Re publican form Of government when yesterday soldiers the American uniform had fouohf for America m he great received from those present meeting pledges to take $5OOO of the bonds by the pro- visionaI government of the Lithuanian Republic has been recognized by Italy France and Great Britain but not yet, by the United States
 The BFc@Hport colony is not comparatively speaking large ard Inc subscription represents very large deere O interest in the freedom of the fatherland
 The occasion was the presence of Major Paul Zadeikis
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
SHIPMENT OF CLANS.

Lovers of the luscious clans are awaiting pat3ently the arrival of the steamer Park City which will bring a large consignment Of these bivalves from Port Jefferson, tomorrow, ou her first trip of the season
 It is rumored that the steamer Nor land of the Bridgeport Port Jefferson ferry will also arrive in this city to- morrow in charge of Captain E. E Edwards a we'll known captain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our many kind friends, relatives and acquaintances for their many expressions of sym pathy extended to us in our sad be- reavement, in the loss of our beloved son. William M. Barrett, who was called to his reward March IT. Also those who sent beautiful floral offer ings. Especially do we appreciate the kindness of the members of the Harris post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and also United States sailors.
 MT. and Mrs. James Barrett,
 O 455 East Main St
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
Thnr.las P O.Rrien.

The funeral of Thomas P. O'Brien was held from the funeral parlors Of Mullins, Scott & Reigate at 8:30 this morning and from St. Augustine's church at a. m. with a solemn high rr,ass celebrated by Rev. Mathew Judge, assisted by Rev. R. J. Bowen as deacon, and Rev. Joseph A. Ganley as subdeacon. Schmidt's mass was sung by the church quartet compos- ed of Mrs. Harold You'd. Miss Mae Flaherty, John L.. Hanley and Fritz K. Weber. At the offertory Ave Maria" was sung by John L. Hanley and after mass Mrs. You'd sang Beautiful Land On Hfgh.'' The pallbearers were Dennis Murphy, Pat rick Sugrue, Jeremiah Burke, Tim othv Moran. Ja 7es Keegan and Will. jam Burley. The interment was in D. -AAl-naeI's cemetery vault where Rev. R. J. Bowen read the committal services
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
Rusaen Snganue.

The funeral of Russell Sprague, formerly employed at the winter quarters of the Ringling Brothers cir GUS who died Friday after a short ill., ness was held from the undertaking parIors of Mullins, Scott & Redgate at o'clock this afternoon. Inter
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
BRIDGE WHIST AND P1NoCHLE.

A bridge-whist and pinochle will be given by the Council of Jewish Women in the sun-parlOr of the Strat- field, Wednesday evening, March 24. The same prizes will be given at each table. Mrs. J. I. Spector is chairman of the committee of arrangem ents.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
FOX HELD UNDER BONDS.

Eshert Fox, of TO Central avenue proprietor of a pool room at 1,12s Bar mum avenue, at which place the hold ID. of solomon Cheshensky, the East Side grocer, is said to have been planned, was arrested this morning, charged with allowing minors to loiter in his establishment He furnished bonds of S and will be arraigned for trial in the City court tom orrow morn ing
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
THE ORATORIO CONCERT

TT oAIUltROW EVENING the Bridgeport Society is
 to give it's second of the season. It is dis
 nc departure from the usual type program given by this society that the members will by finely trained chorus of children This society has done raise the musical standard in this city and there organization more 'R public's hearty support
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22
(Continued From First Two Columns)

commissioners of the provisional government who seeking among his former counrymen in America funds for the
 Lhuana of the most ancient of nations The Ian of the oldest known to students The provisional government embraces three millions of those who speak the tongue The nation has been long divided between Aus tia and Russia Its freedom arrives of the results war; The government needs help and should have
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22

Lee de Forest has made an audion of such delicate quality that when a fly walks over the transmitter the anplffed sound hammers hard on the eardrum
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22

'fUpc1e Joe' Cannon is the only
 nan living whose name appeared on the same political ballot with that of Abraham Lincoln
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22

''The American soldier is an inn provisation, but it must be admitted he is a good one,'' says the forrner German Crown Prince
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22

Newfoundland railway train completed a 29-hour run in three weeks-snow.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-22

l4OST-A small silver pencil during the past week. Phone Bar. 35-5.
 S22S&
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

wxTEHHANGIN0 and painting done reason
sSis. p. brown. issi II. 10th 81 Pos. 5ssS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

IHREE-STORY conner, mode.ni ed ana 60
ya:ed; gRTage privilege: baths; best nS
heighborhoods. ''St OF
Thoroughly modern home. q rooms and hath
nCloscd porch; Sherwood section; also / withh
cut the inelo9uro for less money. WIN
GEORGE a. ROECKLE
T2h s hOh Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
SEWING MACHINES
STAMPS AND COINS

SEWING MACHINES. new. $40: easy nav
ments; Singer and other makes like ns9
% to sl2: fully guaranteed 1870 ". 10th at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

1910 CHESTNUT ST.-splcndld for apart
ments or boarding; s35, 900
w. 7. HARRIS, owner, Narberth Pa
$500; 1887 N. Allison, / rooms conyl,
$1,000. John J. Sharkey, 1911 jackson.
5000 cAsH-I3gO S. Paxon ST., 8 rooms and
bath, Dutch hail; s4tOO. MICHAEL Al
MAJ ONEY 1921 s GOth Ut. n
8b N. YEwDELL sT.-slx rooms and bath
norch. Laundry tubs. etc: Vacanti hnancee'|
CHAS. /. BROWN 4 CO.. 2l7 &. Broad
MIkLBOuRNE-2p overhill "a 86th 4 At!i.| w.
ket; 0 rms;, mod det. dwg. q garsss. ~
80 owner will sac. Ryan, b9th and Markst
4bTH ST. $40 to 10 NJ. rooms and bstl
O. G. sBIDEL q CO.. <th and Callowh''A
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

577S LARCHWOOD AVE,--Mod. porch.froa'
dwelling in good cond.; s rooms & bath
h.-w, heat, elec. light, gas kitchen, screenh
AWNINGS, storm sash, shades 10 IT, lott vi
Cunird n" owner; SNONn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
ROOMS WANTED
BOARDING
COUNTRY BOARD WANrE,

GERhiANTOWN--Tha GrPtnOr Idp 70 Wal
nut lane-A few delightful vacancies Tor
winter or permanent guests. Gtn. 62bT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
ROOMS Fob RENT

ARCH TT G125-L Y II C--NCwly fnrn.
double rooms; spot!css clean; phone.
CHESTNUT ST.. 2oOO-SinEle and double
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

STAMPS. ALBUMS AND SUPPLIES
for stamp collectors
PHILA. STAMP CO. 81 = nth ST.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

WANTED-To rent after Dee. or Jan. for
few months. furn apt. Of T. or, o
rooms. in god locality r.nt reasonable;
,.oknrnrrss 4 ilrcaa 3 42S [.pdgnr Offc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
pAINTING-PAPERRANGINo

OLD gold. silver. platinum. plated ware. oil
style jewelry, teeth pla ties borght for ca :
Ilst 1911, j. l., Clark reNnsr. RO7 Samson
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APARTMENTS WANTED
WEST PHILNDELPHIA

Furnished rooms and bath flr tef and
child with 0r without board, with private
p-.t r. ~N}v in ". Phila. y 2lS, Led. on.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

l4t7 N. HIRSr ST.-Two story. roop,.
bath and LAUNDRY; newly papered. wbiiss.
POS ession. '"'"Heuidte
5522 Race st,--Two story rooms and hath.
newly papered ard painted: $500 cash re-,
MARTIN McWILLIAMs, $40 8. 5od AZ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01

40, NALNLI 81 tine hetn. Allyn HAni
someIy appointed Broom suites, with -:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-01
PFNNSyLvAN,A srBURBAN

FOR business women or instructors. 3
rooms, bath. kfchenette. private porch;
squares from train and trolley; southern
exposure: now' yearly lease; $50. Owner
90 y. Larsl0wue. Lansdowne. Pa.
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NEW JERsEY-SEAsHOR
ATLANTIC CITY
FURNISHED APARTMENTS

ROOMS and bath, modem; Sarta-Mar!a,
W TTn'D0rN'-n aN0.. c-r Fuo'id ave.