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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
BOYS COMPETE
 WITH SANTA CLAUS

Boston, Aug. 24.-Hundreds of boys and girls of the Mary Hemingway public school in the Dorchester dis trsct have gone into competition with Santa Claus in an open air workshop here and Christmas time will find their handiwork scattered in many gift packages.
 With work benches set up under fragrant fir trees in |. natural park on Lonsdale street. the youngsters whfttFe and saw away making toys furniture and unique gewgaws out of any material that comes to hand.
 Toy ducks, horses and pigs or tanks, soldiers, chairs, dolls, guns and airships-all are products of the ex- pert hands of these young enthusiasts Even the refuse heaps furnish mater ial. A sardine can becomes a cooky cruller cutter and beer bottle tops jig saw in the hands of a capable youngster produces a monkey on trapeze that rolls around like a per pOrmer in a circus
 Chair ca-ning is a fascinating job and mothers old arm chair gets many a new seat.
 Work is carried on from nine until four under the Supervision of Miss L. Gertrude Howes with two manual training teachers to show the student how to manipulate the tools A house that is used for a bad weather shop has been equipped with furni- ture made by the children.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
CIVIL SERVICE EMPL0YES ARE
 TO CONVENE
Standard Pay Scale and Adoption of Strictly Merit Basis for Workers Desired.

Washington, Aug. 24|The Nation al Federation of Federal Employees composed of Government employees, men and women, in every occupation, from the professions and sciences to charwomen and 1aborers, in every State and Territory of the United States, will hold it's fifth annual con- vention in New Orleans Septen Der 12-16.
 Every Government service is rep resented in the membership of the National Federation of Federal Elm ployes, which was organized ito ad- vance the social and economic wei fare and education of the employees of the United States and to aid in the perfection of systems that will make for greater efficiency in the various services of the United States.
 The outstanding feature of the Federal programme is it's campaign for the Lehlbach-Sterling bills, which provide for reclassificaiton of the en- tire Civil service on a strictly merit basis, the elimination of politics from appointments and promotions and a standardized pay scale fixed accord ing to the skill and training required for the job The salary scale now in effect is based on standards of 1854.
 Several hundred delegates are ex- pected to attend the convention, and there will be numbers of women among them. Three of the largest and most active organized groups are composed entirely of women while several of the mixed locals have won- en presidents and secretaries who will be in attendance.
 Preconvention sessions of the exc cutive council of the Federation will be held in New Orleans September 1 and IT.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24

Omaha, Neb, Aug. 24.-The wire less telephone newspaper is here. This project is backed by the United States government through the Post Office Depa ptTnent and the "trial' station will soon be opened in Omaha. If the premier tryout proves success similar stations will be established over. the entire continent at a distance of 400 miles apart.
 R. B. Howell, Republican National Committeeman from Nebrasna, is the man in whose mind this novel idea "budded.' He is an engineer, a grad uate of the United States Naval Acad- emy at Annapolis and was a lieuten- ant during the World War Howell is the head of the Omaha municipal water works, gas works and ice plant. Recently Howell preached his plans to Postmaster eneral Hays.
 Hays was well pleased with the idea and asked Howell to establish an experimental wireless newspaper in Omaha Also he appointed Howell to go to Europe and make invesdga- tions of certain phases of wireless re- ports which are being made over there. Howell will sail September 1.
 will Be Started at Once
 The wireless newspaper will not wait for HowelFs return, however, but will be started immediately.
 If present plans are carried out the wireless newspaper will furnish all sorts of news to farmers. ranchmen. small towns. city business men and to homes. It will be run from early morning until late at night. Certain classes of news will be carried over the wires at stipulated hours. we may find it necessary to change our plans and undoubtedly will make many changes said How
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
WIRELESS PHONE NEWSPAPER
 WILL BE ESTABLISHED

ell. ''We will add some features and eliminate others as we progress"
 The cost, as outlined by Howell in his report to PoStmaster-Gen- Hays is a minor item. The sending sta tions, equipped and ready for use, will receiving stations, to be paid for by the persons receiving the service, will cost not to exceed $65. The news itself will be free.
 '"The objects of the service is to extend the government functions, to increase the joy of living and to put the days news into the hands of all ing,' said Howell .'It is not intend ed, however, to usurp the position of the newspapers.
 Proposal Is Feasible
 Rear Admiral Bu1lard, chief of communications of the United States Navy. together with the officials of the Radia Corporation of America rest Radio Telephone and Telegram Company of New York have declared that, the proposal is wholly feasible from a technical point of view.
 The wireless connection will be operated in conjunction with the Post Office Department; Howell does not intend to devote his time to the new service, but only is assisting MT. Hays in getting the venture started.
 The exact date of the wireless te1e- phone newspaper opening has not been set yet and will depend largely upon the length of time required to get the instruments in place. line up snow flies it is hoped that the news of the world will be flashed by wire less direct into homes and offices within 200 miles of Omaha.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
DRY CHIEF IS RILED
 BY BRITISH JlBES ON
 AMERICAN PROHIBITION

fcauses in 1920 than from drunken ness alone in 1919. For the State of Massachusetts, at large the arrests for against 77,925 in 1919. '1n 1917 the arrests for drunken ness in New York were 14,1S2: in 1s2o the number had dropped to Decrease In Connecticut. ''Tn Connecticut drunkenness de- creased from S,777 in 1919 to s43 in 1920.
 'The arrests for drunkenness in Minneapolis decreased from 6,089 in 1913 to 1850 in 1919. Louisville, Ky, reports 3,624 ar year ending June 30, 1919, wet, and only 412 arrests for the same cause for the year ending June 30, 1920.
 t@The number of eases of intoxica- ton in Cincinnati decreased from 1,- 470 in 1918 to 325 in 1920. ''The number of arrests in Denver in 1915 fthe last wet year) for drunk enness was 3,227: in 1920, S99. Richmond Makes Showing.
 t'The population of Richmond, Va, has increased 27 per cent in the four years the State has been dry, but the arrests for drunkenness and disor- derly conduct have decreased 75 per cent.
 The number of arrests for drunk enness the last wet fiscal year in Grand Rapids, Mich, 1917-1S, was
  Der was 421.
 'tSt Louis reduced the number of cases of drunkenness from 2,6o5 in 1919 to 690 in 1920.
 Peoria, former whiskey center of Illinois, reduced the total arrests for drunkenness for the year ending July 1, 1920, to 295, as compared from 2,605 for the preceding year, A Final Broadside.
 Having relieved himsef of these figures, Wheeler delivers a final broadside:
 +The people of the United States have the greatest affection for their Allies and have no disposition to emtarrass any of them unduly in their financial obligation to this coun- try. But if Americans were to be as critical of England's drink policy as many visiting Britons are Of Ameri- can prohibition we could easily sug- gest that if England would only stop it's enormous drink waste of nearly two billion dollars annually it would not be so very difficult for her to meet interest payments upon her for eicn debts"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
FAMINE MORE
 TO BE FEARED
 THAN CAPITAL

Reval, Esthonia, August 24-(The Assee1ated Press result feared by the Communist dictators of Hassfa than any development of cap sltalism that might come from recent concessions toward free trade, ac- Sther Communist leaders, editorials m BolshevilS newspapers and other lnforn1atfon from Moscow reaching the Baltic states.
 Com mun1st, as reported by the off, clal Bolshevik telegraph agency, Ros- la, a few days ago. said: "There is nothing to fear in the rise of small farming and small industry It can not be dangerous to our big industry. Something else Is to be feared. In no diminishing in the crisis of the working classes.
 Mot the growth of petty bour- gHe!kde and capital Is dangerous, but stuffs that is continuing too long. That is why the proletariat becomes weak and cannot stand against the elements of petty bourgeoisie.''
 In this, as in other articles widely distributed throughout Russia in sup port of the new economic policy, Le- nine points out that. by holding firm iy to the retns of big industry, the wHyS control any situation that might develop with regard to smaller cap lrad1SttC advancement.
 ,- In a speech before the All-Russian Supply Conference, recently held at Moscow, Lenine, as reported in the official newspapers Pravda and Iz- -vestfa was extremely pessimistic about the famine possibilities.
 sThere has come to pass" he is re- ported as saying, 'tan unforeseen cir cumstance, which now, in the second year, subjects the country to extreme hardships. Whether we are in for a series of arid years, as has been proph these two years we do not know. But 1t has become per year in which we will again, over large areas, experience a failure of crops. and this pictures in our minds the inaminency of a great danger. tent of the arid affected by this ca 1amity, but the area is certainly very great. It is already quite clear that there will be large arrears in the pay ment of tax in kind in many districts; that in many districts the population, apart from this, will be doomed to unheard of sufferings; and that the supply organizations, instead of ob- taining in those districts a, surplus of products for the maintenance of the army, the labor classes and the in dustry will have to support the starv ing population"
 Further, Denine pointed out that the hardships entailed by the crop failures will be aggravated by the ldct IHaL III the lew OlSIr1cCS where the crops will be good. the Soviet sup ply apparatus is working worse than elsewhere.
 Tiff we look at the map illustrating the prospects of the harvest he said, i've find that in those districts of Soviet Russia and the allied sister republics where the harvest promises to be good, or above the average, the supply institutions are certainly not above the medium, but frequently below medium. We shall have to oc- cupy ourselves with the question of changing the personnel of the supply organizations, but we have few suit able and experienced candidates who might soon adopt themselves to their new tasks and successfully push the york;
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24

as the years ran on the state law makers forbade caging song birds, and recently the old man was arrested, fined and the birds set free.
 In one cage larger than the rest a brilliant Kentucky Cardinal finger ed, when a, recent visitor called. Its door was open.
 'He will never go," said the old man wiping his brow with a bandana as he gazed upon the row upon row of empty cages. ''He is the one friend I have left, because the law tells me that I am abusing my friends the birds. for whom I have always la bored and loved.
 ."There you see,'' and going to the window that over1ooks an orchard, meadow and strip of rolling hills, he pointed to a host of bird houses and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
STUDENTS LABOR
 AS REGULAR SEAMEN

Paris, Aug. 24-After 14 days labor as regular seamen on the United States Shipping Board freighter Me Keesport, four American college stu dents have arrived here to assist in the instruction at boy scout camps which the American Committee for evastated France. in conjunction
 th the three French organizations
 hold this summer for about l.
 French men and boys. The
 who have volunteered their
 .ses and who worked their way
 $ the ocean are Barrie Rich of
 and Paul North, Jack Danforth
 J. Woods, all juniors at Prince
 am sure we could all quality as <st class painters and deck scrub bers after serving that two weeks apprenticeship on the McKeesport. said Barrie Rich. We four were the only seamen on the ship who could understand English and as the off cers couldn't speak any of the foreign languages which the other seamen understood they concentrated all painted from dawn until sunset and guess we about painted the whole , sfap. At the end of the trip the cap tain gave us each one cetn in Ameri- can money as a reward for our good work! We all intend to frame it.
 The men who have just arrived are | part of contingent of 16 Americans who will assist in the direction of the two summer scout camps which Lorne w. Barclay National Director of Education of Boy Scouts in the United States has come to France to establish at the invitation of the French Government. They will teach swimming, first aid, tree study and American scout games to the French boy scouts.
 The two camps now open at La, Croix St Ouen, near Compiegne f (Oise) and at Corey (Aisne) are the largest ever held in France and will continue until September 6. Under the direction of Dr. D'Eliscu of Tenn ple University, Philadelphia, a model swimming pool has been formed at La Croix St. Ouen-
 About 500 boys from villages in the devastated area are being sent to the camps as guests of American boy scopts who are defraying the cost or se5 each for the maintenance of one boy for two weeks
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
(BY. l. N. S.l

New York, Aug. 24.-The absence of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who is on a threee months trip to the Far East, won't make Robert W. Gum bel his secretary, grieve overmuch. Gumbe1 admitted that today. Gum bel says he'll get a rest-up, which is scarcely possible when the son of the worlds richest man is on the job.
 Rockefeller is going to Pekin, Chi na to dedicate the Pelxin Union Med ica1 College, built by the Rockefel- Ter millions. He took his family along. It is his first "trip to the Orient.
 MT. Rockefeller, my boss is a very democratic man." said Gunbel. 'He is always kindness and consideration itself to all. I have been closely as- sociated with him for many years ever since put on long trousers.
 He has great capacity for keep ing me busy. I'm glad I'm 'staying g
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
By H. K. REYNOLDS, International News Service Staff Cor
 respondent.

 International News Service Staff Cor
 respondent.
 Washington, Aug. 24.-Eng1ish vfs- itors to the United States who smile wisely when prohibition is mentioned and ridicule our dry policy have aroused the ire of Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League. who believes that the Vol stead Act is "completely vindicated'' by comparison of records of drunk enness in this country and Great Brit ain.
 cial report recently presented to Par Hament giving statistics of drunken ness in England and Wales for the year 1920. This report showed the enness in England and Wales for that year to be 37.815, or 65.26 per cent. in advance of the number for 1919
 ''In spite of the difficulties of law enforcement and the organized effort to defy the law in this country" !" Wheeler declares, there has been a decrease of about 60 per cent. in the number of arrests for drunkenness under national prohibition
 Explanation Is Asked.
 English visitors who are r1dicu11ng our national prohibition policy would be more interesting and not so ridic- ulous if they would explain why ar rests for drunkenness are increasing in England and Wales at about the same rate they are decreasing in the United States
 As facts for our British friends to ponder over," Wheeler submits the following:
 'In 59 cities of the United States having a population of 300,000 or over and combined population of 100000 '(inc1uding New York Chi cego and Philadelphia) the official figures show decrease in arrests for drum nkennesS from 316S42 in 1917 to 26,069 in 1918, to 172,659 in 1919 to 10e,76s in 1920.
 s'Decrease In Arrests.'
 "Oficial statistics from the 39 larg- est cities in Indiana, with a combined population of 994,2S7. show de- crease of arrests for drunkenness of 7O.64 per cent. in 1920 as compared with 1917, the last year the State was wet.
 ''Detroit reduced the arrests for drunkenness from 19, 309 in the year 1917 to 6,244 in 1920.
 The Boston Police Department re- ported h.2S1 fewer arrests for all
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24

German people are grumbEng against the government again be- cause of taxation of capital program.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
English Woman Spurns Society to Make
 Money III U. $.
(By International News Sc


 Denver, Aug. 24-Forsaking the luxuries of a, social ''career,'' with it's accompanying display of rich gowns and rare jewels, and travel in upho1- stered liTnousines and palatia1 yachts, Mrs. Eufefa Isepriete Campbell, wid- ow of former member of the staff of the late Lord Kitchener, is now seeking contentment in the compet- tive marts of trade.
 Mrs. Campbell for years was so- cial favorite in several European capitals and has trave'led extensively in all parts of the world. During the World War she was member of the so-caIled ''probe section of the Brit ish Army, and, in her own words, has stood s'many a time ank1e-deep in human blood"
 Her husband was killed in the first Battle of the Marne-
 Mrs. Campbell has opened an en- broidery and lace work emporium" in Denver, where she personally cares for the wants of her custom CTS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
natural bathing pools.

natural bathing pools.
 If that is abusing the things I love-" he said, then am guilty, Squirrels, rabbits with young cats that refuse to bother the birds and two great mastiffs, held in leash by heavy log chains, completed the life of the little farm home
 The birds were his dearest posses sion. Hundreds more of them built in the vicinity of his home. Fearful of the law yet with a desire to aid the creatures he has ministered to so long, the old man still prepares food for the songsters and watches them lovingly they fly to him for the delicacies he always has.
 He does not fondle or caress them now. He is afraid of the law
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
NATURE LOVING
 HERMIT NOW
 CHANGED MAN

Dubuque, Iowa.. Aug. 24-Bereft of his wild bird pets, F. H. Rhomberg, Dubuque's nature loving hermit, is a changed man.
 For more than a score of years he has surrounded himself in his home on rolling bottom land of the Mississippi river with song birds that learned to love their captivity. But
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24

According to reports received at Norfolk, Va. 50 armed bootleggers aboard five fast motor schooners, carrying s25o,000 worth of Scotch whfskey, dashed up Chesapeake Bay toward Baltimore, evadinS pursuit of revenue cutters. It is believed they have secret landing place.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24
JOHN D., JR., IS ON WAY TO CHINA
 So HIS SECRET TARY MAY GET REST

here and not going to China. I'll get a rest.
 My admiration for MT. Rock kefe1ler is unlimited, and I never cease to marvel at his remarkable self-control and poise. I believe it is impossible to ruffIe him.
 Rockefeller said he hoped to learn omething about China first hand be- fore returning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-24

A British airp1ane making a prac- t1ce flight on Saturday was brought down within the Turkish lines at Ceiveh. 35 miles southeast of Ismid. The pilot and observer were made prisoners
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-11-16
M'Adoo Rule Upheld.

This newspaper has many times
held that William Gibbs McAdoo is
one of the most versatile~me in the
nation. Another proof that The Rec
ord knows man when it sees him
has just come to light. The order of
Mr.. McAdoo, as director-general, re-
quiring that damage suits against
railroads under federal control be
brought at the place Of accident or
residence Of the plaiitpff, was upheld
the past week in the United States
supreme court.
The court reversed Mississippi
State courts in holding that the di-
rector-general's order was improper
exercise of authority and in permit
ting suit to be brought at place 9TH
er than designated in the director
generals order. The decision was in
the case of Smith Journey against the
Alabama and Vicksburg Railway.
Journey was injured at Jackson in
October 1917, and $4,000 was
awarded him.
The versatility of Mr.. McAdoo, as
The Record has before pointed out,
is demonstrated by the fact that he
is one of the soundest expounders of
the law in the nation. On the other
hand, he is better railroad man
than the average railroad official. He
is better banker than the average
banker. He is better speaker than
the average speaker and he knows
more about engineering problems OF
the first class than two thirds of the
civil engineers of the country COM
bined.
We are>saying these few things
only in a general way. There is no
politics in it, either on our part OF
on the part of Mr.. McAdoo. He is
not aspiring to public Office, so far
as we know, or believe. Few big men
of the nation have ever reached the
presidency. The country doesn't sum.
mon it's bigger men to that Office, un.
|less it does it by accident. But Mr.
McAdoo would do more toward read
justing the affairs Of the country tc
normalcy, if he were called to the
White House, than any man we have
in mind just now.-Columbia Record
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-11-16
ing. The japanese are capable of the
highest type of Christianity, and we
now face new issue.

lilS. Liz ooPaiSoS e@S Ss1RstS " '
highest type of Christianity, and we
now face new issue.
Want to be Friends.
"We want to maintain friendly re-
lations with America. We sent our
young men and women to America
for instruction; our Princess Dynamo
lis, a church member. We translate
American literature into japanese,
and in our educational system we
make the study of Anglo-Saxon Eng
lish compulsory above the primary
grades. This is one Of our great
points of contact.
"America is Japan's best friend.
cloud applause.) Who opened our
closed doors? America. Who opened
our ports and brought US trade and
commerce? America. Who first sent
us great missionaries? America. We
admire American spirit, vivacity,
straight-forwardness, intellect. We
study your philosophy and political
economy, and our government is
shaped somewhat after mat of
America.
"Some western naSicas raisGnder-
stand japan. With all my stul | as
sure you that the unanimous desire
of my people is fer peace and the
correlation of the nations. japanese
women desire world peace. Young
people of Japan desire world peace.
And my earnest prayer to God is that
through His providence and the wis
dom of the representatives Of the ma
tions now gathered in Washington
some way may be devised whereby
the nations shall obey Jesus Christ.
"Since I left japan l have been
carrying in my breast pocket two
flags ,one of the Stars and Stripes
and the other of the Rising Sun. l
hold these flags before you, (The
congregation rose to its feet) and,
as believer in Jesus Christ and His
atoning blood and everlasting gospel,
pray that as the flags are thus to-
gether in my hand the two nations,
one. in the East and the other in the
West, may stand united for peaceful
international relations throughout
the world and the dominance of the
kingdom of Christ over ALL"
AS the bishop said his last SEN
tence some brother in the congrega-
ton started the song, "Blest Be the
Tie That Binds" which the audience
sang with great zeal. Bishop Usaki
dismissed the congregation with
prayer for the arms conference at
Washington and with the apostolic
benediction.