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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-20
SECRET REPORT REVEALS HOW
 REDS PLAN TO DISRUPT ORIENT

erection of Bo1shevist radio station at Kabul.
 Tn Camarkland," the report con- tinues, I've have the best school for the training of propagandists and of nine months this school turned out $500 trained instructors. including $50 Hindus. 460 Talks, 150 Turko- and 25o Mongols, TTbetstans. Kurds and so forth. Chief attention was paid to the representatives of the Indian races, and only fully convert ed Socialists were sent to India.
 The propaganda school is not con- fined to TurkeStan, but has branches throughout Southern Asia, as far as China. The most valuable classes mares and Delhi, which are working splendidly under the eyes of the English, the report states. Pounded in July of last year, the organization 900 active members paying subscrip- tions, 120.000 pounds sterling had been collected. and the regular monthly subscriptions amounted to 15,000 pounds.
 Eliawa stated that propaganda work in the Caucasus was impeded by incessant revolts and because the Cossacks and peasants of the North the whites and Social Traitors" re- sisted all Soviet reforms. The Red army therefore decided to cut the Gordian knot by concentrating on Azerbaijan. The Turko-Tartar popu- | lation was quickly expelled by Turk | ish agents and Russian instructors who com pliment themselves upon | heving chosen the right moment to
 assault the prestige of the Entente 1 among the inhabitants. The Bol-
 shevist landing at EnzeH, the s1bse- | quent advance into Persian territory | and, the operations at Derbent and l Petrovsk are quoted as victories
 which led up to the formation of 8
 Soviet in BaSu and Red base in the | Caucasus.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-20
Department Store Side Line
Dislike Our Tariff

European reaction to the proposed
 American tariff legislation, MT. Hal sey reported as distinctly unfavorable. of what the average European busi- ness man would comment if request ed to give his attitude to the Amer
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-20
HORSE DRAWN PATROL PASSED

Boston. Aug. 20-The day of the ed. as far as the Boston police de- partment is concerned. The last specimen of the old Black Maria" long in service in the Hyde Park district, has been replaced by a mo- vehicle will not be cast entirely aside, however. police officials said but wild be held for possible service when winter snows make the motor patrols useless.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-20
By HARRY l.. ROGERS

r q. N. S. Staff Correspondent.) R Washington, Aug. Follow Soviet - s,ssia planned to conquer Turkestan use is ''as bridge to India" and
 progress they are making in the
 East, Persia and India itself is
 sed in reports reaching here of
 ork of Commissar Eliawa, of
 epartment for Eastern Propa-
 in Moscow and head of the
 fE-Commission to Asia Minor
 was also sent to Angora with
 Its from Moscow to the Turkish ,rA M 1niStS.
 ed of Great Britain character u e whole report of the Com
 Us The British soldiers in Baku
 Epoken of as 'impudent mercen-
 s" and predictions are made that Bolshevists will dispose, not of .ousands, but of millions of their -Asiatic felIow-combatants."
 shows his teeth, powerless in the sight of the bridle we shall throw over him in India." the report de- clares.
 Naturally neither Moscow nor we of the Turko Commission labored under the illusion that the Mohome- tans of Turkestan were prepared to 3inues. eve believed and knew however, that these same Mahome' tans, if even only an outward adop- ton of Bolshevism could be achieved  which the Soviet government could tries( and that it would thus be possi- tries, and that it would thus bep ossi- ble to create political difficulties fol the Entente,' and especially for Eng land.
 NOur network of agitation gradu ally sperad. and today it's branche: stretch to Afghanistan and from there to Northern India"
 ..- The first fortress of Mahometar Absolutism" claimed by the Sovie missionaries was Khiva- The Kha1 of Khiva fled and a local Commun ist regime was established whicl concluded a treaty with the Russian Com missars.
 sAttention was then directed towar, Afghanistan. All the Ameer's at tempts to combat the movemen failed and the renewal of friendl relations with the English on tn basis of a united front against Bol shevism only served to alienate tn sympathies of his entourage at court This delighted the agitators, who i, the autumn were abel to report tn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-20
OBSERVE ANIMAL LITE.

Yellowstone Park, Wyo.. August 20. wild animal life is going to be put under observation by Edmund Heller, who gained fame by accompa nying Colonel Theodore Roo sevelt into East Africa. Heller. who soon arrives in Yellwostone, will spend some of the earlier winter months studying chiefly the moose, elk. buffalo. deer and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-20
FIRE WORSHIPPERS.

London, Aug. 2O-Fire worshippers have inaugurated headquarters of their own in London. Generous do- nations from rich Indians have Se- cured for the "Parsee Association of Europe" a large house in the West End, where Zoroastrian religious ceremonies are to be conducted and where bodies of dead Parsees may find a resting place before burial
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-20

An amendment to the Townsend Federal Aid Good Roads bill was adopted by the Senate reducing the appropriation from S100,000,00o to xzk- k-no0- ono.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-10-27

mental authority made the last Wags
increase, the labor cost II the rafl-
roads was about s3o9S. 600 900 snnual-
ly. or. IL continued throughout he year
instead Of for the eight months during
which the wage increases were u e.
feet. the labor cost. on an annual basis,
would have been largely In excess Of
$3.S 90. 900. 000-an Increase, since the
government; took charge Of railroad
wages IN tie Adamson Act, Of approx
mately $3.50. 900. 900 annually.
In the light Of these figures, n ID
manifest that the recent reduction -
wages authorized b. the Labor Board.
estimated at from 10 to n per cent
l., no sense meets o. solves Tn prob
lem Of labor costs and IN ! : way makes
II possible for the railroads to aRsrd
q reduction IL their revenues.
Thsusands Of Rates Already Reduced
Indeed. during the past year there
have been between fsur and I've thou
sand individual reductions In freight
rates- On SEINE railroads tie reHve.
tions In rates have amounted b mere
than the reductions In wages - far
made, and On many ether railroads the
reductions In wages allowed ~ net -
turn On operations, kst merely prs-
vided against the further ascuuuisAisa
Of q deficit.
The point Is sften made that asrieul-
ture and ether industries are alss sSf-
ferinS the same Immediate difficulties
as the railroads, why, therefore. d net
the railroads take their medicine IKE
anybody else? The answer hes In sev-
sral facts:
1. The railroads were not permitted,
as were other industries, to make
charges during tAe years Of prosperity,
making possible the accumulation Of q
surplus to tide then svsr the present
extreme adversely. According to the
reports Of the Interstate Oonreree
Commission, the rate Of return On
property Investment Of de railroads Of
the United States fer the past several
years has been as fellows:
RATE OF RETURN EARNDD 1T
RAILROADS OF TIE UMTuD
STATES ON THEIR PROV.
ERTY INVHnTNfnN-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-10-27

Some persons do not consider THAT
they are taking their own part unless
they grab the whole works.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-10-27

THE speaker certainly put the
truth in a nutshell"
Forgetting that the truth in nut
shell is sometimes hard to crack"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-10-27

though he who woos and runs away
May be knavish churl-
Still, he may WOO another day,
And WOO another girl.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
'CUP|D'S own DAY
Fourteenth Of February Belongs
to Him Alone.
Anniversary Brightens the Drab Month
With Memories Of the Past and
Joy Of the Present.

Frightening the dull, drab month of
February and doing their very best
to cheer up and bring love into our
hearts, the valentines-the valentines
smile at us with their lace-and.forget-
lne-no daintiness from the. shop win
dOws
There are elaborate "lnilliOnaire"
valentines Of celluloid and blue ribbons
that come in big lace boxes. like
French dolls: there are valentines that
when pulled out like an accordion be-
come Cinderella coaches Of cardboard.
laden with Loves and Venuses and
Cupds. Others resolve themselves in
to airy pink-and-blue palaces-you
never knOw-peOpled with delightful
foddesses and doves.
But the best and most sincere. per-
haps. are the oldfashiOned valentines
-vistas of fOamy paper lace, through
which you look upon hearts redder
than lovers lips. in prospect Of vio-
let's and forget-me-nots. And hidden
away, like billet dou1 III a bouquet,
little verse:
This heart, sweet love, | send to you,
Together with these violets blue;
And II you like this heart Of mine.
! pray you be my valentine.
Could anything be more simple or
direct to the point? AS unerringly as
Cupid's darts or a beau's rapier. the
verse carries its message home. 1t
may be that the Elizabethan lyrics,
the love songs Of Herrick and Love-
lace and Sucking, survive today only
in the valentine.
And, all, what memories these har-
bingers Of love bring with them! They
lead US back along the cOlumbine-
bordered road to yesterday, over the
asphodel meadows of Youth and First
Love and Childhood Fancies and we
meet and kiss our first sweethearts
again-alas, they have gone out OF
our lives these many years.
And so, dear little Valentine, accept
these violets and forget-me-nots, and
hug this message close to your heart
for surely q sweetheart Is the Sweeter
for a valentine. and, as all wise men
know, it's love that makes the world
60 round.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
Cut Lincoln of His List.

General Huidekoper In 1862 detailed
two companies of his regiment to
guard President Lincoln's summer resi-
dence. He saw the President constant
ly aYd they became real friends.
The first time the general met the
President. Lincoln, who had heard that
the Huidekopers came from Holland,
inquired: What is the difference be-
tween an Amsterdam Dutchman and
any other damn Dutchman?"
And the general, who admired Lin
coin above all other Americans adds:
"If ! had had any awe of the Presi-
dent it was then and there forever
gone."-Girard. in Philadelphia Ledger.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
Why Lincoln Helped a Bug.

President Lincoln was walking with
a friend about Washington and turned
back for some distance to assist a
beetle that had got on Its back and
lay on the walk. legs sprawling in air.
vainly trying to turn itself over. The
friend expressed surprise that the
President, burdened with the cares of
a warning nation, should find time to
spare in assisting bug.
well" said Lincoln, with that
homely sincerity that touched the
hearts of millions Of his countrymen,
"do you know that II had left that
bug struggling there on his back l
wouldn't have felt just right? wanted
to put him on his feet and give him
an equal chance with all the other
bugs of his class"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY TO- 1921.
OLD LOVE TOKENS
Years Ago All Valentines Had a
Personal Touch.
Much Of the Romance Of the Day Has
Passed, Though Sentiment 10
the Same az Ever.

Three hundred years ago young men
and women wrote their own valen-
tines, which consisted then Unly Of
love notices. or declarations Of affec-
ton, written In verse from very full
heart and on plain paper. Many Of
our great-grandmothers saved these
old miSsives.
Perhaps our parents came across
such valentines, old and yellow and
decaying, packed away in lavender in
the bottom of dusty trunk up in the
attic Yet when these valentines were
first penned and put in her hand how
grandma's heart did palpitate and the
bushes rise to her cheeks No mat
ter how hating the sonnet, or ana
gram or triolet 1t was the music of
love to her. Heart" dart" and art
did rhyme sweetly!
The machlne-made valentines that
we buy nowadays have lost this per-
sonal touch, though perhaps some of
them have gained from an. artistic
point Of view. Today II is only the
school children and few open hearted
Interested grown-ups who find the GUS
tom Of valentine making and valen-
tine giving the fascination that It used
to be. Why. even Charles Lamb wrote
valentines, and loved to.
Now the modern young man drops
in c0nfectioner's or florists shop and
orders candy or flowers sent to Her.
He scorns the valentine sonnet
whereby the girls Of today are missing
a heap Of romance.
This was the day when a young man
might accuse some young woman he
admired of being coquette without
insulting her. In those days "co-
Quette" had just such naughty
meaning as "vamp" has today. 1t
meant heartless trifer.
II she thereupon sent him a hand
made valentine on which were two
bleeding hearts made as one, II was
her answer to his accusation. 1t meant
that conquering the hearts of other
men than he, meant nothing to her;
that only his heart and hers In all
the world counted that her heart was
bleeding for him just as much as his
was suffering for her.
The comic valentine 10 an outgrowth
or burlesQue Of the super-sentimental
valentine and has almost died out. In
stead Of pointing out the recipients
PROJECTIONS and charms 1t dwells vivid
ly and uncomplmentarily on his man
neriSms. clothes and appearance, In
cOlored caricature. Red hair, large
noses, blotched compilations, remark
able skinniness oy avoirdupois are u.s.
ually the jocular themes. Because
valentines are sent anonymously, It Is
possible with impunity to remark
scathingly on the physical character
istics or disposition of ones friends or
foes.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
Lincoln and Sumner,

Lincoln was modestly proud OF his
stature and of the effect of the physical
man, especially when acluated by
noble sentiments. He used to speak
of his height to every tall man he
met, and to propose meaSuring-an
other guileless habit of self-gratitica-
ton. The only refusal lie is known
to have received was from Charles
Sumner, who was also tall and proud
OF his height. Sumner was worrying
the President, as he often did. about
some pcrpexing matter, when Lincoln
abruptly challenged him to measure.
"Sunner declined" said Lincoln, max
ing fine speech about this being the
time for uniting our fronts against
the enemy, and not our backs. But |
guess he was afraid, though he Is a
good piece of man. ! have never
had much to do with bishops where |
live. but, do you know, Sumner is my
idea Of bishop. "-Harper's Weekly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10

o.raphers because of his high place,
is the most fully recorded Of them all
although there Is no single book
about him that seems so sure to per-
sist as the Life of Scott" by SCOTS
son-in-law, LOckhart.
1t is in the very variety and extent
of the studies Of LincolnS character
that the strength of his hold ON the
imagination OF the world Is shown.
Fifty-siX years have passed since
he met his tragic death. Through all
that period the interpretations OF MS
Observation-Disclosures analytical, pO-
etical-have steadily increased In num-
ber The bare facts of his unique
vet strangely typical and signlhcaht
career, arrange themselves In per-
s7ective like the acts Of great up
lifting tragedy. If he had lived III the
days when myths were MADE II Is
easy to imagine that In the process
of time he would have grown into
great mythical figure, King Arthur
of the New World, half-divine hero
like those that we associate with the
most distant antiquity.
But he belonged to no such period.
His age is one of the most amply re-
corded in all history, and the records
of his life are so intertwined with
those of men and events quite with
out puetic or heroic suggestion, that
his feet can never be wholly removed
from the earth. Indeed, 1t Is much
better that no such possibility exists.
We need to know that out OF our COM
mon life can spring so extraordinary
an example of the development or
which our human nature Is capable.
When all is said and done, when his
wisdom. his patience, his sacrifice are
fully remembered, we shall delight
pre-eminently to recall him as the
friendly, humorous. accessible lover OF
mankind.-Youth's Companion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10

A recent writer ON Lincoln as a
lover OF mankind has likened him
to two other great men who have he
come II common possession OF our
AnglO-SaXon race. Although they
seem almost as far separated from
each other as from Lincoln himself,
both Chaucer and Sir Walter Scott
reveal to the careful observer the
qualities thai provoked comparison
apparently $" remote. These are the
. qualities of lover of mankind.
Chnucer displayed them in depict
ing, with sympathy for all, the group
of widely various characters who made
their immortal Canterbury Pilgrimage
together Scott displayed them not
only through the creatures of his i'm
aginatiOn hu, also in his recorded re.
lations with all his fellow beings. In
that respect Chaucer Is at disad-
vantage. because he lived long before
biography had attained anything like
its modern abundance. Lincoln, later
thai. Scott, and more tempting to BIZ
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10

rounds
Is cedar of Lebanon, near the SUM
mer house, believed to have been plant,
ed In 1874 1t is the only exotic tree
On the grounds. The other is a soil.
tary (and symbolic) cherry tree on the
east lawn. Apparently it sprang from
a seed from one of Washington's gar
den cherry trees, dropped by bird.
Many trees mentioned by Washing
ton as being planted by him are no
longer to be found there; but of what
he did plant small forest remains, q
remarkable tribute to the painstaking
character of his attention to the es-
tate. 1t is interesting, and not with
out touch of sublimity, to behold
these splendid trees set forth by his
own hapd, now casting shadows over
the lawns he trod, their life spanning
the history of the nation.
The bowling green and it's circle of
trees bespeak intimacy. The east and
west lawns are inspirational. The very
shapes of the trees and their varied
shades form ever new vistas, in which
tranquility is the keynote.
Scarcely in the world Is there
shrine to equal this; scarcely could
there be finer, q more enduring mon.
ument, than these symbols Of eternity,
these ever living trees, preaching their
everlasting lessons Of birth, fruition,
decay and rehrth 1t is all so SIM
pie, so artlessly perfect. Not an orna-
ment is there, not an obelisk, not a
pile of bronze.
Velvet lawns, quiet shrubs low
hanging trees, perfumed gardens and
the gentle hum Of the summer air
reposeful, purifying-and unwinding
itself between the twin ranges of hills,
the Potomac and the everlasting enig-
ma Of the waters.
. 1t Is what 1t Is; the home Of q gen.
tleman who loved not only the world,
but the earth; In it he planted his in
hertance. We share 1t.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
As Lincoln Is Remembered.

deeds and their great fruitage, may
inspire the chronicler of our national
life and the recorder Of Gods nand-
writing in the annals Of His world /;
but to the rank and file, who know
but vaguely the details Of his heroic
achievements, the memory of Lincoln
takes the form of warming. loving,
saddening personal presence, latter
day reflection of the everlasting Man
~ Cprrov.c
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10

most continuous procession Of mourn.
ers attended the remains of the be-
loved President. There was no pag-
eantry save their presence. There
was no tribute but their tears. They
bowed before the bier Of him who had
been prophet. priest and king to his
people. who had struck the shackles
from the slave. who had taught high
err sense of duty to the free man. who
had raised the nation TO a lOftier con-
ception Of faith and hope and charity.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10

81. Valentine slyly
Put up his umbrella.
"This shower of hearts
Would embarrass . fellow.
"I'm glad that I manage IL
Once in a year
Exercise is the thing
Hearts are needing, fear.
"While many are beating,
They're all out of tune,
And cold as December
Instead OF warm juno.
80 I'll mix 'em and change 'em
And warm 'em up, too"
wonder II he'll fix q
Your heart up for your
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10

The splendor Of the ceremonials
which aggrandize living royalty as
much as they glorify dead heroism
was wholly wanting In the obsequies
Of Mr.. Lincoln. No part was taken
by the government except the provi-
sion Of suitable military escort. All
beyond was the spontaneous move
ment of the people. For seventeen
hundred miles, through eight great
states of the Union whose population
was not less than 10 million, an al
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
Valentine CHALLENGE,

One form which the observance Of
Valentines day took in England was
that Of a persons valentine being the
first young man or woman that person
saw on Valentines day. This devel-
oped into the custom Of challenging
ones valentine by saying, '"Good NOR
row, tits st. Valentines day" The
one who said 1t first upon meeting a
person Of the opposite sex received
q gift.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
First Public Birthday Celebration

The first recorded celebration Of
Washington's birthday was in Rich
mond, Va, February II Gold style),
1882. 1t was celebrated there and in
other places on February II of each
year until 1893. when February %
was adopted according to the new
styfG
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
Washinoton's Death Hour

Washington died at the beginning
Of the last hour Of the day. of the last
day>of the week, Of the last month Of
the year Of the last year of the CEN
fury.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
Interesting Valentine Reading

Interesting reading for Valentines
day is Dickens account Of Samivel
Weller's laborious writing Of valen-
tine to his housemaid love, signed
"Your lovesick Pickwick."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-02-10
Saw Governments Rea, Aim.

Saw Governments Real Aim.
The aggregate happiness of society,
which is best promoted by the prac-
tice Of virtuous policy, is or ought
to be the end Of all government.
George Washington.