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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20
FOREIGNERS ARE
PROSPEROUS IN
CONSTANTIN0PL.E:

Constantinople, Sept. 2O.-Foreign-
ers, or so-called foreigners, are en-
joying great commercial prosperity
in Turkish cities especially in Con-
stantinople. Turkish officials have
been easily corrupted. Business men
who were not too scrupulous in their
methods have found Turkey profit
able field.
In spite sof all the propa ganda
which has been circulated about the
appropriation of Christian property
by Mohammedans, the stubborn fact
remains that Greeks and Armenians
own d disproportionate part of the
best business property on the prom
inent streets in Constantinople and
many of them have been more sue
cessful at war profiteering than
Turks.
The leading hotel of Constantinople
is owned by a Greek who made
man army He invested his money
in hotels in various parts of Europe.
The Constantinople hotel cost him
1000 a year ago. In a single
charges So a day for a single room
without bath and the cost OF meals
is in proportion. The only other no.
tel run on European lines is owned
by an Arm enian, and his prices are
equally high.
Turkish officials are not permitted
to regulate prices The Germans did
it when they we're IN control of Con
.
commissions make little attempt to
check profiteering because such eff
forts only intensity the friction
which exists between the various
missions.
Constantinople is really a group of
religious municipalities, which are
more political than religious, and
acknowledge the authority of no gov
eminent. The Greeks are under their
patriarch, the various religious faiths
of the Armenians have their patri-
archs and the Jews have a -:grand
rabbi All these races hate each
other nearly as much, apparently, as
they do the Turks. Westerners are
unable to comprehend the hatred in
which the rival nationalities of the
Levant have. stewed for, centuries
Entente high commissioners now
have some appreciation of the task
Turkish officials had in trying to ad-
minister such mixed populations.
Every nationality has to have its
own churches, its own schools, or
phanages and hospitals. Even small
children of different nationalities
cannot be put together without ser
ious friction. American relief work
ers who have been trying to assist
religion, find the task almost inpos-
sib1e. Armenians complain if Turks
are fed Greeks alIega favoritism to
Armenians and the liefscommittee
of the various races and religious
heads take up the of individuals
and waste. the time of relief admin
istrators in considering petty quar-
rels
Broadly speaking, foreign relief
workers have little to say for the
pin their faith to the children and
urge child welfare work and educa--
lion as the most helpful fields in this
land Of hate. Foreign relief workers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20
WEST END.

A most absorbing story is unfolded
N the new Observation-Disclosures pic
ture, 1.-THE Miracle Man." which will
BE the attraction at the West End the
atre tonight. This picture, which was
adapted from George M. Coha MS
striking Broadway success by the
same name, is declared to be one of
the really great screen dramas of
modern times. The original story
was written by Frank L. Packard.
The plot of s'The Miracle Man.
deals with the mira1 transformation
of a gang OF New York crooks under
the benificent influence OF. deaf and
blind patriarch, who is a healer of
proven powers. Coming to him orig
inally with the idea of making money
out of his gift, these four products of
the metropolis slunls are made mir
aculous1y to realize their better selves.
Thomas Meighan, Elinor Fair, Betty
Compson, and other screen players of
unusueI ability interpret the fascinat-
ing story in manner that leaves
Inothing to be desired.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20
..UNCLE TOMS CABIN AT TEE,
PARK TO-DAY. MAT. AND EVENING

There is no lack of love interest
in "The Soul of Youth Realart's
first big special release now playing
at the Plaza Theatre. Lewis Sergeant
who played the lead in "Huckleberry
Finn is starred in this great photo
drama by Julia Crawford lives and
among the other stars appearing are
Betty Schade, Lila Lee of "Male' and
Female" fame, William Collier Jr.,
and Judge Ben Lindsay himself This
feature proved a sensation at the big
Capitol Theatre, New York and it is
bound to be as enjoyable to loca:
audiences. It appeals to every nina
and sends you away with the thought
that it is really one of the year
great pictures. William Desmond
Taylor directed the production.
The vaudeville headliner rs Jack
L.evey and his Symphony Girls Of
fering "a Study in Melody, Moore
and Gray, two very clever girls pre-
sent ttAt the Club, Ferris and Bell,
inimitable italian comedians, can Ar
tistic Treat in posings of world ia
nous statues, together with others
will be shown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20
LYRIC.

Beginning with the matinee this
afternoon the Poll Players will pre-
sent that wonderful dramatic sensa-
ton, Branded at the Lyric theatre,
to continue for the balance of the
week. "Branded'' is a story of the
love of a mother for her daughter
through which she makes every sac
rifice of which a woman is capable to
protect the good name of the girl de-
spite the fact that she has acquired
"a bad reputation through her own
mother.
The play calls for many dramttic
situations in which Miss Ruth Amos,
the Players leading lady, will be
given opportunities to display her
versatility of talent and her powers
of dramatic fervor. Opposite her Ar
thur Chatterdon will be seen in the
who are familiar with his work in
of what they may expect.
All of the players have been as
signed to parts particularly apropos
to their personality and g. good series
| of performances is anticipated. The
Lyric theater has been the center OF
attraction this season and its reputa-
! ton as a place to see first class pro-
| auctions is growing fast. In addition
| to the many good productions seer
| here so far this season Manager
! George Arvine promises a repertoire
growing in excellepce and value
| There has already been a large ad.
! vance sale of seats for the season, bu
there are still a few choice spots lief
| which can be had for, the asking a
| the box office
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20

who came to Turkey expecting to
find gentle Christian minorities had
a rude, awakening. The Greek and
Armenian bandits and outlaws are
just as wild as the MohaElmedan
bands. Relief workers have learned
that christian" means man who
is not a MosIen. 1t is political
term, and does not necessarily imply
that the man so designated practices
the ten commandments.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20
0o0. soma shares being allotted te
Bolivian shareholders.

Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 20.-Ger-
many, it is understood, plans to OPP
pose any increase in postal rates, at
the International Postal Union con
gress to hs held at Madrid. On the
contrary, Germany is expected to urge
greater postal facilities by the estat-
lishment of an international postal
check.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20

VALPARAISO. Sept. 20.-Advices from
La Paz, Bolivia, announce the orga n
ization there of the Pan-Amerioan
bank an American institution backed
largely by New Orleans capitalists
The initial capital is given as $3.50
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20

The State Board of Charities, the
Connecticut Prison Association and
Widows pension department may be
cobined into one single department. if
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20
1ou Money

plans which are now in the works go
through DR.. Herbert NJ. Diamond
is slated for head of the new com
bination.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-20
PARK.

Adam and Eva" a rollicking 'ro-
nance of hilarity, typically American
in wit and humor. direct from its Ions
run of over a year at the Longacre
theatre, New York. will be the at
| traction at the Park theatre Tuesday
and Wednesday, Sept. 81 and p,
Wednesday Being the popular mati
nee!
Adam and Eva the queen of this
seasons crop of comedies, is the joint
work of Guy Bolton and George Mid
delton. F. Ray Comstock and Morris
Gest, the producers of adam and
Eva" will send here a special organi-
cation in keeping with the high stand
ard Of excellence maintained by all
their productions. The company is
made up of a cast of players, many
favorites, including Miss Lois Bolton,
the we'll known coincidence; Mr..
Coates Gwynne, Me. Charles E. Bird,
Mr. Charles Horn, Miss Rosemary
Hilton, Mr.. Frank H. knight. Miss
Adelyn Wesley, Mr.. Fred G. Palmer,
Miss Ramona Weaver and Mr.. Paul
Bell.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
FIGURES SEEM TO LIE.

New York World: A wage increase
iof IS week to Chicago garment
workers to be followed by a raise of
$3.50 in the price of suits is reported.
There is no chance for a drop in
prices until labor realizes the neces-
Isity for giving the manufacturer a
fair days work for a fair days pay.
Where workman formerly produced
six agrments day he is now produc-
ing three"
The quotation is from an explana-
tion by M. Tobias, an official of the
Chicago Cloak and Suit Manufac-
turers' association.
Let's call the class in mental arith.
metic.
Assume that workman produces
only three garments a day That is
eighteen in a week. Allow coat, vest
and trousers, three garments, in each
suit. Then a workman produces six
suits a week
Dividing SIS by six, the mental arith-
metic quotient is 83 and fraction,
not $3.50. Then, why the triple in
crease?
Perhaps our mental arithmetic is
wrong. but the results check on the
adding machine in the business office.
Will some one be so kind as to
point out the error in this seemingly
simple computation?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
BAKER REJECTS OVERSEAS MEN.

| Secretary of War Baker takes the attitude
that the officers of the American army who led
our troops into battle in France, winning dis
Itinction and honor and, as Mr. Baker probably
would put it, s.made the world safe for democ-
Iracy,'' are not entitled to hold the advanced
rank they held overseas as much are the Off
Gers who served at home and only held emerg-
iency rank. His defense is that their appoint
ments were for the emergency and when their
work overseas ceased the emergency was over
lso far as they were concerned He also attempts
Ito place the blame congress for not mcreas-
ing the size of the army and therefore making
lit possible for him to hand out advanced rank
commissions wholesale. Of course he will not
ladmit that injustices have been committed In
the free-for all demotion of the officers who did
the real fighting. Neither would he discuss
the question as to whether General Pershing
had had special interview with Chief of Staff
March regarding the matter of demotion OF
overseas men. Secretary of War Baker is rum
ming a race with Secretary of the Navy Daniels
for unpopularity. The one destroys the morale
of the army by unfair distribution of perma-
nent high ranks and the others tears the heart
out of the navy by distributing medals accord
ing to his personal whims instead of upon the
war records of the men. Could the administra-
ton of our fighting forces be in a much worse
lnuddlea
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
FURY
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty
for an uncertainty-Dr. Johnson.
SLAUGHTER OF THE INNocENTs

Il All over the world or in those countries of it
which are classified as civilized, the pitiless
i, pursuit OF fur-bearing animals of every kind
threatens their early extinction. Never before
was there such concerted attack on the lower
forms of life the joint inheritors with man of
the world in which they live The humber
species, 'the little brothers. of the field and
forest, as the lovable St. Francis of Assist call
ed them, tiny, harmless creatures whose furry
coats are hardly bigger than a woman's hand,
are being hunted to death with ferocious re-
lentlessness. For the decree of fashion, the
craze of feminity for furs and the boundless ex-
trayagance of this epoch, have put a heavy
price upon the head of every little animal whom
nature has given q glossy, warm, attractive
coat.
In his need of land for his own uses, man has
crowded out or recklessly destroyed the resi-
dent animals All over America this has been
true; and human necessities may be held in
many cases to have justified their dspossession
or extirpation. But the smaller species who
made the woodland or the waste land their
habitat were tolerated to a certain extent and
permitted to remain. But now their skins are
worth SO much money that war to the bitter end
is waged upon them. Every device and appl-
ance for their destruction which man has been
able to invent is turned against them: and if
the unequal, unchivalrous, unchrstian contest
goes on, the land will be denuded of many
beautiful, useful harmless forms of life that
man should cherish and protect and teach to re-
gard him as friend
The raccoon, marten, fisher weasel, mink,
fox, skunk, muskrat, squirrel, rabbit, wood
chuck and many other species are being re-
1norselessly pursued. The large animals have
vanished from the far west and middle west
The northwest has lost heavily in deer and elk
within the last few years, and the slaughter of
big game near the Yellowstone national park
has been terrific of late. The sea otter was once
incredibly abundant in our Pacific waters and
was the most valuable fur-bearing animal in the
world. In one year eighteen thousand of them
We're collected on the California coast for the
Chinese trade; and the skins at about that time
brought from one to seven dollars In in 1880
the average skin brought eighty dollars In
1910 the London average price was one thou
sand, seven hundred and three dollars: and no.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

body knows to what it has risen now that the
otter has practically disappeared. But for at
tempts at protection more or less successful, the
seal would have followed the buffalo into mem
DRY land; and the beaver also would have be-
come extinct.
What the annihilation of our minor land
mammals will mean for the country nobody
knows. 1t may be that they keep, as the birds
do, pestiferous lesser forms of life in check.
There are some people who feel SO deeply the IN
justice of slaughtering our animal innocerts
that they will not sanction it by wearing furs
But these are too few to have any appreclable
effect; and it looks just now as though various
species of which our state has remnant left
were about to be hunted, poisoned, trapped and
shot to determination.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
JUDGE wlTHRow.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Des MONIES
county looks with pleasure upon the
endorsement of Hon. w. S. Withrow
for the supreme bench by the Henry
County Bar association
Although resident Of Henry
county Judge Withrow, through his
long service on the bench of the
twentieth judicial district of which
Des Moines and Louisa counties are a
part, is particularly well known and
highly esteemed throughout south
eastern Iowa. He left the district
bench to accept an appointment by
Governor Clarke to the supreme court
and served with distinction for about
two years. In 1914, under the non.
partisan judiciary law, Judge Withrow
failed of reelection although he re-
|ceiyed the hearty support OF and a
large vote in the first congressional
|ditsrict.
In the election of 1919 which is un-
der the new law, nominations are
made in convention, each party nam
ing its own candidates Three nomin-
Iations are to be made
1t is an excellent opportunity for
southeastern Iowa to unite upon a can
ldidate as, aside from Judge Withrow' s
own short service on the supreme
bench. this section of the state has
not been represented since 1891. Judge
Withrow is the only candidate at pres
ent from this part of the state and,
with the excellent record he has made,
there is no doubt that southeastern
Iowans generally will heartily endorse
the resolutions of the Henry County
Bar association urging his candidacy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
BREAKS 4 COLD
IN 4 FEW HOURS
"PAPE'S COLD COMPOUND" IN
STANTLY RELIEVES STUFFl-
NESS AND DISTRESS.

Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow
ing and snuffling! A dose of "Pape's
Cold Compound" taken every two
hours until three doses are taken
usually breaks up severe cold and
ends all grippe misery
The very first dose opens yoar
clogged-up nostrils and the air pas
sages of the head; stops nose run
ming; relieves the headache, dull
ness, feverishness, sneezing, sore
ness and stiffness.
'Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and
costs only few cents at drug stores.
1t acts without assistance, tastes
nice. contains no quinine Insist
upon Paps'si
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
LADY IN EuRs.

LADY IN FURS
You look fine in your furs, my lady;
# you only knew what they cost,
I You'd value them greatly
They fit snug next to your smooth warm white skin
I'll tell you their cost:
All night long, freezing in the snow,
With my right paw in cruel trap,
Pang after pang racking my frame,
Mangled / waited the dawn and the trapper
To end my pain with bullet
And take my beautiful coat to you
T. Red Fox, out hunting for food
AS any other good father should,
Trying to find nice, fat partridge
For my six little red foxes
The cutest babies you saw
You say you love babies, wish you'd seen mine.
But you envied my hide
They will starve.
The dawn came, but with it the storm
And snow, snow,
The trapper not.
For three days fingered,
Then died.
My lady, wear my hide
And display it with pride
As you think OF the six baby foxes
You killed
Henry Fury.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

company are ladies and gentlemen,
and tho shows presented by the Man
haitian Girls are q clean, wholesome
comedy that ploases everybody
III aidition to the milsfcal comedy
feature pictures have been added.
Therefore giving You big double
program for ti,e same price OF admis-
sion. Tho theatre is kept nice. clean
and warm. If you want to spend q
pleasant afternoon or evening. in a
comfortable, cosy theatre, then como
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Marshalltown Times-Repuhlican;
General Wood filed his papers in
South Dakota and is thus definitely
ever. paying an entrance fee doesn't
always mean taking down share Of
the purse.
Rolfe Arrow. Press reports say
that Senator Kenyon will support
Johnson. of California, for president
Now let us suggest that he add Sen.
ator LaFNollette for vice president
and then take himself and the whole
menagerie out of the party that was
never organized for the purpose ci
putting on monkey shows.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil This
fayorite son business doesn't so with
Senator Kenyon. He is for Hiram
Johnson for president.
Knoxville Express: Attorney Gen
eral Palmer says he is going to re.
duce the cost of living. That is what
we're all crying for-but when it be-
gins to lower, hear the boys squeal,
High prices for all we sell and low
prices Tor all we buy is an irideScent
dream, like perpetual motion.
Des Moines Register: To most of
us the expression. Money is easier"
merely means that it goes easier.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: People
will pay $3.50 per pound for candy
and then complain about the high
cost OF pound of sugar.
Burlington HawkEye: Yeast avail
able to raise" prices is about ex-
When the yeast gives out
we may all have to resort to hard
tack and parched corn. But it is I'M
likely that the price eagle will fly
higher. He is beginning to glance
around for mountain ledge upon
which to rest his weary wings. Even
a tall tree would not lack in attrac-
tiveness.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

A new telephone makes it possible for ten
people to talk at one and the same time over
the same wire. But it is not yet apparent that
it helps any in getting central or getting the
right number from the operator.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Manic md Vaudeville.

DO you still remember your eager.
youthful impatience for the rising cur
tain, when you sat UP close to see
how ii was done" at your very first
magical performance? How awesome
it was when eggs changed to dollars,
dollars to kerchiefs. when bird cages
disappeared in the air, empty boxes,
presents? You were momentarily in
"a land q dreams. far away from
earth
Felix Hermann is professional
born. Of 4 race of conjurors. The
early family history is meagre, but
well known from the time OF Compars
(CarD Hermann, the Oldest brother
of Alexander Hermann and his in
structor, the greatest magician of his
time, Felix is nephew of Alexander
the great Hermann, the last OF the
family, and is completing the family
history as the great and only Herr
mann can do.
Hermann comes to the Grand this
evening assisted by Miller's band and
orchestra. the dancing DuBrowns, the
Ferraros, Mile. Dazza and Jessie
Smith who, as the most beautiful OF
all American beauties, won the Winter
Garden prize medal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

to the Orpheum theatre A two ra..
comedy "Phonoy Photos" and tW,
reel racing story complete the bin
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

Conan Doyle says he ''believes there may be
alcohol in the next world" but we'd like to
know particularly which one he refers to-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

Indians at one time used butter
solely as an ointment for wounds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

Secretary Daniels having announced that it
is his policy to give a distinguished service
medal to every naval officer of ship that has
been torpedoed and sunk, naval officers who de-
sire medals in the future will know how to get
them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

cheerful frame of mind Gghtens the days
labor and sweetens the days existence.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
Orpheum Theatre.

The Manhattan Girls company, I'M
der the personal direction Of Bobby
Hagan. have certainly made good and
are popular favorites with the
theatre goers. And Mr.. Shannon is
retaining this company by popular re-
quest. Several new members have
joil,ed the company. The comedies as
presented by this clever company are
all up to the minute and sure cure
for the blues. All members OF the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06
MTho Smarter Set

The ever popular colored organiza-
ton The Smarter Set" better known
as THE Smart Set" with Salem Tut
Whitney and J. Homer Tut, will be
the attraction at the Grand, Friday,
Jan. 8, appearing in a new musical
creation entitled THE Children of the
Sun" adapted from the historical
book of the same title by Geo. Wells
Parker, and is a combination of song.
melody and mirth. in two acts with
ten scenes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-06

Honor something else than notoriety, which in turn
"a something very different from fame character No
ibrety is current familiarity with mans name which
given BY much mention of it arising from kind OF
conduct Reputation favorable notoriey distinguish
I'd from fame which Is permanent approval OF great
leeds noble thoughts the best intelligence OF man.
lind But honor is absolutely Individual and personal
& conscious willing loyalty to fhe highest inward
tadinq.--WiIsm Dean HoweIls.