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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24
FATE OF CANAL MULES APPEARS
 TO BE SEALED
New Towing Steamers Tax . ing Places of Faithful
 Beasts.

Mules on the Erie Canal are now ranked among the "has-been's'. A sample of what has crowded them one side in the course of transpor- tation development lays alongside the dock just above the N. H. freight house. It is the canal steamer Wash 1ngton, government owned, repre- sents an entirely new departure in towing: The first of it's kind passed through the Erie Canal last April.
 Except for it's pilot house, about midway of its length, there is not much to distinguish it from the other six, all steel, barges which are tied up with it but as a matter of fact it has two five hundred horse power oil burning engines and twin screws.
 This combination barge and steam 6oat not only will carry three-fifths es much cargo as a barge but in ad- dition will tow as many as seven loaded bargeS, taking them as far as Providence and Boston if desired.
 In passing through the Canal these steamers only tow three bargeS as that is all that can lock through at one time. Steamer and barges when loaded draw eight feet which is the maximum amount possible in the Can York ordinarily occupses between four and five days. Most of the time the barges are loaded both ways, taking on grain and pig iron dL Bu1Ialo ana sugar ana IIaxSeeC from South America at New Yorl The latter for the manufacture 2. linseed oil.
 The carrying capacity of the barges is 500 tons. The Washington and the six barges witIS her have been unloading pig iron at Black Rock for the Gran Company. This afternoon the Albany, a companion boat to the Washington is expected in with four more barges.
 The Washington has something the matter with her engines which dis ables her temporarily and it is pos sible the Albany will tow her and the ten barges away together.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24
FIGHT ON OVER
 FEDERATION OF "VETS" SOCIETIES

Indianapolis, Sept. 24.-Facing the possibility of a fight on the proposed Federation of veterans organiza tions for the promotion of patriotism, the grand army of the Republic opened the final session of its 1920 encamp- ment here today. Election of officers and selection of the 1921 meeting place were the other important mat ters left for decision.
 The federation with the American legion and the Spanish American war veterans was recommended at Thursdays session by the committee which with similar committees from the other organiza tions drew up the plan. Some delegates, however, ob- jected to the plans as outlined in tho resolution, fearing, it was stated, that the G. A. R. would lose it's individu- hlity. Accordingly an amendment was prepared for action today setting forth plainly that the federation shall in no way be construed to conflict with the constitution of the organiza- tion.
 The veterans yesterday voted to in crease the per capita tax to ten cents per year and to change the ritual to read "One country, one language and one flag" instead of "One country and one flag"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24
BRAZIL DESIRES
 THANKSGIVING DAY CELEBRATION

Rio De Janerio, Sept. 24.-The proposal to institute an annual Thanksgiving Day in Brazil, as pro- rided for in a measure now before the National Senate, has resulted in many lively discussions in that that body and continues to be the subject of lengthy editorials in the local press. The measure names De- cember 25 as Thanksgiving Day. but an amendment has been presented making the date the fist Sunday in panuary. The bill was originally suggested by a Catholic archbishop. Dn first reading it, it was nomina1ly Approved by the Senate.
 Arguing that the constitution ex- pressly prohibited recognition of or Special favors to any one creed, the Db5ectors alleged that the measure had come from the Catholic church, that its passing into law would in some degree give recognition to that church, and that the date proposed as national festival was essentially of a religious significance.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24
 COURT TERM ENDS

: The present session of the a1atura1- ization court in Bridgeport closed to- day with close to 300 new citizens ready and anxious to cast their first vote for president of the United States. That is, those of them who find out by election day who the can didates are for the position. Today opinions on that score varied all the way from Clifford B. Wilson of Bridgeport to Marcus Holcomb of Hartford and other points. But all applicants have found out to a cer- tainty that they cannot put anything over on Uncle Sam or his agents when it comes to getting those final papers. And they have learned, many of them to their sorrow, that the man who was a stacker during the late un- pleasantness with the Hohenzollern family stands no show ate all of get ting by.
 Another point forcibly impressed upon applicants was that they must have a family here. The fact of a family in the old country calls for some rigid explanations and the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24
VIENNA RECORDS
 SHOW GAIN IN CRIMINAL CASES

Vienna, Sept. 24.-Ten thousand criminal vases were recorded in Vii enna during the year 1919 against 1,674 in 1910. The prisons are so crowded that it has become a scandal and the docketS are so extended as to lead the public prosecutor to re- commend that. all cases in which conviction would involve not more than five years Imprisonment be quashed. It is said that many of the cases cannot be reached for years.
 The judicial machinery of the state is wholly inadequate to cope with the situation. Burg1aries alone are stated to average 2,20O monthly
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24

would-be citizen must show without the shadow of a doubt that his fam fly IS en route to this country or that all arrangements have been made for their coming. Ruling on the ques- ton of the family yesterday, Allan F.
 Church, representing the Department of Labor of the United States, said
 that the government took the position that wherever a mans family was at there was his home or there he would
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24

at least eventually go, so that. the
 family of the applicant must be in America.
 A thorough knowledge of the Con- stitution of the United States is re- quired and yesterday several other
 wise desira ble applicants were con tinued over until the next term in or der that they might pursue their studies of the Constitution.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24
MacSWINEY IS BETTER; MAY LIVE
 SEVERAL DAYS

London, Sept. 24-Slight improve ment was shown today in the condi- tion of Terence MacSwiney, hunger striking Lord Mayor of Cork. It was announced at Brixton jail that Mac Swiney was conscious and that the pains in his head had abated The prison physician said that MacSwiney probably would live for several days more unless he suffered a heart at- tack.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24

It is announced from Washington by party leaders that President Wilson only awaits the "psychologicaP' mo- ment by before entering the cam paign for Gov. Cox to defend his policies on the League of Nations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-05

by Juvenal or Tacitus from the Roman
"omen OF their day. | am, as said at the
outset, not Il professional performer" or
meddler or Puritanical purist, forever go.
ahg around with a magnifying glass or tape
measure wherewith to estimate the quail
lilies or Feminine attire. In fact, ! am so
liberal In such sumptuary matters that |
am inclined 10 have a positive disgust for
such inquisitors. ] speak only as Il plain
man with Il chivalrous regard for all wo-
men,, and ! mention only what is so pain
fully obvious to any decent man. And 1
say, with the deepest regret, that woman's
attire today is but n sign that will cause
many good men to doubt if woman, after
all, has the innate desire or capacity to
be a moral force in the saving of our
Christian inheritance.
Therefore, it seems to me that 1t Is high
time for women to look at this debauch
CT flesh moro seriously than they now seem
to do. Womanhood Is on trial. Woman
now has complete emancipation, and men
are looking OH closely to see IL they were
justified in giving her such emancipation
to see whether or no female suffrage and all
the other manifestations of the new woman
hood are, after all, only n bluff and mean
ingless and Injurious to society, instead
OF being, as woman predicted, beneficial.
II she proves her predictions man will be
deeply grateful. But if she shows that.
after all. she knows only the same old
classic sex-game, then man, in his disgust,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-05

restrictions Of the past surely lay upon
her a grave responsibility. Lastly, her
very claims to such emancipation rested
upon her " demand for n share in social
betterment and upon her boast of being
both able and willing to assume such re-
sponsibility.
On the other hand, certain sinister AS.
poets Of feminine procedure are calculated
to cause serious doubts OF her Willingness
and capacity-at least, Judging from the
manners of leading women, especially
"feminists," as such. The rottenest kinds Of
doctrine affecting marriage emanate from
women. Birth control and such other new
names for old vices find their most ardent
advocates among them. Divorce. as we all
know, Is rampant. And so on down the
shameless litany OF lust. And, to cap it
all-or, rather, to make 1t visual to tho
eye as we'll as to tho mind-we witness an
indcccncy OF feminine attire that would
cause envy to a Salome or an inmate Of
the court Of Sebuchadnezzar.
And so the doubt arises II, after all, we
can look to the so.called modern" women
with any more hope than that entertained
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-05

"orke. And 80 we read the samo Nj
Hohotonous tale OF indecent DANCES
shameless theatres. brazen rougine and
easy divorces. which are 80 familiar IN ns
now. The home-lovlng Cornelius Of Sim.
pier days had given place to the new
woman or the type of an AgrIppina or n
foppea. In a word, woman then proved
49, taiinre as a moral force.
NOW. the point ] am making is thi,.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-05

IN favor OF holi.
days.
Politically things
we're rotten, even
though the system
was perhaps better
than ours. iNorrup.
tion was so universal
that then, as now, tho
average respectable
man did not enter in.
TO politics More and
more all civil admini.
STATIONS became cen
tered ut Rome, while
even there gradually
the Senate, /. e., the
representative branch
became more and
more shorn or its
power.
Religiously. the old
faith, strong in its
way oven though
pagan, gave way To
newer superBtitions
strikingly recalling
the spiritualism OF our
own day. Morality
sank in consequence
to it's lowest ebb.
And now, In such n
state OF affairs, what
were the women do.
Ing 10 help matters?
Well, the testimony
OF all. from satirists
like Jnvenal down to
historians like Taci.
tus. Is to the effect
that woman then was
playing the old gave
OF sex-appeal: that
SO far from lettering
man She made him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-05

man is really DESTROYS or capable of assist
Ing lis in saving civilization? Is she az tn.
ally capable of estimating the gravity of
tine crisis and her own responsibilities?
We have surely q right to so expect that
she does measure up. Surely some nine
teen centuries OF Christian molding ought
to have developed her far above her pagan
sisters of that other age. Her more recent
almost complete emancipation" from the
tc) 1870. International Feature Service. Inc.
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c o n d on,
perilous to
the very eX-
.iSienco of
civi %liZution,
II ow exists
W h c h 8
s I a + t n ely
alik @ that
leading up TO
the %periShing
or the same
in q past age.
In S II c n Il
crisis are we
men justified
in holding
IN ~ n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-05

lay as a babe in the manger at Bethlehem
the then known world wa highly civil.
lied. Artistically and intellectually Il was
undoubtedly superior to our civilization.
Politically it was equal, and almost equal
IN respect to physical wellbeing. Yet, in
a short while, that civilization persisted.
Why? Well. the causes assigned by his.
torians read like a repetition of the con.
ditions now obtaining with lis. The fla.
NOUS Italian historian, Ferrero, has re.
peatedly pointed out the amazing parity
between conditions In the decadent Roman
empire and our own. Really, one almost
laughs at seeing us In 1920 doing exactly
inc same fool things that men were doing
In A. d. 20 and after.
me farms were being abandoned. coun-
trymen leaving the land to seek higher
wages and more exciting life In the cities
production Of the necessaries of life was
no aiarmlngly decreased that the authors.
lies had to compel farmers to stay in tho
country. Food prices were soaring.
me cities, especially Rome. the capIteI
Increased enormously In size, Just as our
own. especially Washington. Apartment
relatively skyscrapers) sprang up as with
us TO the destruction Of the home. There
was a scarcity OF houses. Rents were o,,t
OF sight. Industrially there was the samJI.
lar disinclination to work, a cutting dow
or the hOura OF Ia hor VIVA
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Johnston Sounds a Warning Against
Fashions Present Trend and Appeals to

r EADERS Of Christianity have long been dsmayed by the spread
OF what has been aptly termed "he spirit OF undress" Within
recent months His Holiness. the Pope has voiced vigorous protes.
against the trend toward indecency in womcn's dress, and man OF the
lesser digntaries OF the church have Joined with him In urging Catholic
women to IeRudiate the eorrupting influence Of modern fashions. A New
Orleans priest, shocked by the tmmodesty of O brides garb, refused Il pr
form mrron IL eh sacrs I'M Of marriage until she was decenty clothed. In nu
communion omMG would b . refused to women no clothed with modesty and de-
cency; y thisp page today the Reverend LucMn Johnston, Of st. Thomas,
Church: baltimore. and a editor OF the Baltimore Catholic Review, dis
Gusest ne suo!ect OF indecency in feminine dress in a way which will prove
interesting and Instructive to all thinking men and women.
The Washington times., 1920-03-25
j. S. EXPORT TRADE
IS GIVEN STIMULUS.
New Regulations BY Federal
Reserve Board Favorable,
Says Harding.

American export trade is given a
stimulus under liberal regulations
promulgated by the Federal Reserve
Board governing Incorporation of
concerns which will engage in for
eign financial operations under the
Edge act. Fully a dozen corpora
tions soon will ask for incorpora-
ton.
Governor Harding stated the regu-
lations should go far TO rapidly de-
velop export trade.
Although II is true that the i'm
mediate effect may be greatly to aid
in extending much needed long term
credits TO Europe, that effect Is an
reality only an incident to the perma-
nent development OF the American
export market" Governor Harding
said.
Conservative and prudent manage
ment of concerns chartered under the
provisions OF the act is assured by
many safeguards which the Federol
Reserve Board has thrown about the
charters to protect the interests Of
the public. Concerning these restric
tons, Governor Harding said:
1.-The Federal Reserve Board, willis
realizing the Importance of making
it's regulations sufficiently liberal to
enable corporations operating under
them effectively to compete with for
eign institutions or State Institutions
doing foreign business, has been im-
PEELED by the ordinary principles Of
banking prudence to impose restrlc-
tons which 1t believes will ultimate
ly do much to command prestige and
public confidence upon which must
depend the success of every corpora
ton of this character"
Under the regulations, each cor
poration must have a capital stock
of at least 100000. In this stock,
national banks as well as individuals,
firms and other corporations, may in
vest.
The Washington times., 1920-03-25
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The Washington times., 1920-03-25
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81 had catarrh OF the stomach and
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Since taking Milks Emulsion, my
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The Washington times., 1920-03-25
$4,000 RANSOM ASKED
FOR RETURN OF CHILD
Twelve-Year-Old Boy Decoyed From
Home by 81 Tip to Run
Errand.

LEXINGTON. KY, March 25.-De-
coyed with the promise of a 81 tip to
run an errand, Paul Little, twelve
year-old son of e. T. Little. a Lexing-
ton capitalist, is held in $4,000 ran
som.
The boy was seen on one of the
principal streets Of Lexington about
p. m. yesterday with an unidentified
white man. Earlier in the day he had
told playmates that the man had
promised him 81 If he would deliver a
box of candy. Last night a note was
delivered at the Little home by
messenger boy. 1t said young Little
was being held for the payment of
$4,000. The messenger said ths note
had been given to him by man in
Main street.
Little told the police he would be
willing to pay the ransom IL assured
the safe return of his son. He re-
fused to make the contents of the
note public.
The Washington times., 1920-03-25
TWO GIRLS ARE HELD AS
BANDIT GANG MEMBERS
Var Widow and Preachers Daugh-
ter Suspected in Connection
With Robbery.

NEW YORK, March 25.-Two girls,
one OF whom says she is preachers
daughter, the other the widow of
soldier are being held by the police
on suspicion of having participated
with two men in the hold-up of a
Brooklyn drug store Sunday night.
Five alleged auto bandits were cap
tured by the police Monday night in
mile-a minute chase across Will
liamsburg Bridge.
The girls are Mary Baker and MIL
lrcd Dean, each twenty-five years
old. They lived in a furnished room
in Brooklyn. Mary Baker told the
police her father is the Rev. John
Baker. pastor of a Baptist church in
Fredericktown. Mo. Mildred Dean,
according to the detectives, is really
Mrs. Mildred Brazer. of Baltimore.
whose husband was killed in France.
Both women emphatically deny
knowing any of the men under arrest
or OF having taken part in the drug
store robbery. The store robbed is
that Of William T. Blair, Park place
and Bedford avenue. The girls de-
clare they were in a Brooklyn dance
hall at the time.
They, the five men arrested after
the Williamsburg Bridge chase and
two men apprehended subsequently,
were each held in $4,000 bail in
ing tomorrow.
Detectives say they found revolver
cartridges in the room occupied by
the Baker and Dean girls.
The discovery on the street by Cap
tain of Police Daniel Carey of a dis
carded letter led to the arrest Of the
two girls.
The Washington times., 1920-03-25
NO H. E. |. IN PANAMA;
STEAK 20 CTS. POUND

BOSTON. March 25.-Go to Panama
for low cost of living. Sirloin steak
sells for 20 cents a pound in a res
taurant, automobile rides all over
town costs only 10 cents and washer
women ask merely 10 cents an hour,
Thus does Army Field Clerk James
II. Hagan, of Cambridge, write to
his Boston friends, who are complain
ing OF the II. G. of l.. And they
have the six-hour day down In Pan
anna, adds Hagan.
The Washington times., 1920-03-25
VETERAN REPORTER FOR
CHICAGO MARKETS DIES

CHICAGO, March IS. go Joseph f.
Tritc hard veteran board OF trade re-
porter, who had reported the Chicago
grain markets for twenty-five years
- dead. He was sixty-seven years
o., ,rd was born in Indiana.
Death came during the night after
Mr. pritchard had completed his
York OF reviewing yesterdays grain
market. lie was noted grain mar
! ct authority. known to practically
every board OF trade operator and
grain Spectator in the country.
The Washington times., 1920-03-25

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The Washington times., 1920-03-25
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The Washington times., 1920-03-25

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