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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-22
HOOVER, DAVIS AND DENBY SELECTED TO
 COMPLETE CABINET

St. Augustine, FlaPresident- elect Harding completed his today virtual selection of Edwin Denby Oetr secretary of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-22
THE WEATHER

THE WEA'THE,R
 hington.-F'oreeast for South ern New England: Snow this af ternoon and generally cloudy tonight and Wednesday; rising temperature Wednesday,: strong northeast and north winds, diminishing tonight
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-22

. Decision to act in this question not- withstanding the early change of ad-s miniStrations was predicated upon the understanding that the council con temp1ated immediate action on man. plates such those in Mesopotania and Palestine.
 Great Britain never has replied to. Secretary Colbys note of protest last November nor has the United States received the official drafts of the mans dates which it requested.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-22

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-22
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The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Did You
See This?

Long lines stood in front of the
various windows in one of the old
est and best t-established banks.
Heading one of the lines was a
smartly gowned young lady. who
was charmingly Indifferent to the
admiring glances of the banks
clients.
She pushed a slip of paper under
the grating to the man at the win
dow.
Just a moment, madam" the
young man said. and disappeared
mysteriously through one of the
doors.
While the young lady waited, a
sudden fright seemed to grip her.
As the seconds stretched themselves
into possibly one or two minutes.
she became aCutely conscious or
the people behind her and at her
side. She watched the door nerv-
Ously through which the young
man had disappeared, and when she
saw him at last emerge, she called
out in a high, anxious key: Don't
you dare speak it aloud"
The young man smilingly slipped
the white piece of paper through
the window-blank side up. In the
young woman's eagerness, the paper
fell from her fingers and fiuttered
with half a dozen turns to the floor
blank side up. Hastily she re-
covered it-and none of the amused
and curious clients knew whether
the young lady's bank balance
stood on the right or the left side
Of the decimal.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
LIEALTH TIPS
ii For Nation

Bleeding from the arteries is 5r-
dicated by bright red blood that
comes In spurts Have the Da-..r n.
lie down with his head low. t-r.v
pressure directly 10 the l-eal.nE
part or above the wound between
the wound and the hearrD with 'he
thumb and fingers Then subsIl-
tute for this t0UrniquerrC or COM
press and bind il firmly.
A tourniQuettc Can INSTRUMENT
which forms a band around an arm
or leE) can be mad, h1 twisting
bandage or handk, ?. hsef until u
is rOpelike. or a r...e a rubber
tubing, or sUspendsrs AN be- used.
Insert a stick under the loop and
twist the Ioop tight
II tourniqueJie il h,r. .r place
an hour il should be- l.u>.u,I ,al-
tously 70 permit m, .-.--ar n
Of the blood in the inquired rar. r
no further bleeding occurs III r...--
niQuette should be a'-.ur# .. rr-
main loose, but il should 0 ...
ly frightened should 'r.
reCOmmenCe. II the I-~
crushed. put the Urrssl-. .... p .p
than the injured spot.
Bleeding from the E..rs is tndi-
Gated by dark blood that f.ws in
steady stream Ira. the same
as for bleeding from the arteries,
except that the pr,sss-' s..l.. be
applied directly over III, Va u0d.
in all kinds Of hl-cd.rE keep 'ra
patient warm. Never VA. away
the blood -clots. bind them .T To
wash them away would star. r.a
| bleeding afresh. Il the '....z. -r rs
| from any OF the blood ves-..~ .s .'a
/ leg, raise the leg hy Dut:.1E pie
low, box. valise. or som, .-rr- .h-
Ject under il; or II from a Hood
vessel in the arm elevate o., a-rn
as much as possible by using -..-E.
This will not only help To ,h. rra
hemOrrhaEe. but will ais. IND ,o
relieve the pain caused IE rho
wound
As stimulants inCreaso tre a.-trn
/ OF the heart, they should r..r- .a
given until the bleeding has IS. .r-. d..
unless the patient beCom,~ S. s..ak
that it is necessary to EiN, r.r~ 70
| prevent him from dying
When the bleeding has -.-.s. 4.
give hot drinks, as coffee. It'd. ~
milk.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
GOODM MORNING, JUDGE!
BY RUDOLPH PERKINS.
LII, Pistol Big Enough for Ftn..

LIT Pistol Big Enough for Pine.
Ramon Ponze, a Filipino student,
went out for a stroll one afternoon.
He carried with him a cute little
automatic pistol
He fiirted with a girl on Pennsyl-
vanla avenue and began to talk 70
her
Detective Guy Walsh saw the af-
fair and kept a close eye on Ponze.
and few minutes later took him
in charge and sent him to the lock-
up.
When Policeman LEIGH searched
the student he found the gun. al
though POnze tried TO hide il by
covering it with his hand.
that could not hurt a flea.
Judge Hardison looked the weapon
over and found il in perfect WORK
ing order and enough Of a shooting
iron to Kill II held close enough to
the victim.
He fined Ponze s25 for flirting
and an additional $50 for carrying
the gun.
A Natural UrEe.
Drat that graphophone!
1t was an antique instrument dat
ing back TO the Spanish war, be
cause the only record it played was
"A Hot Time in the Old Town To-
night"
1t belonged to Susan Bulingsley.
and she made it earn its living
much to the discontinue of Han
nah Thompson. a neighbor.
One night a healthy sized brick
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
The Horoscope
For Today
January 23, 1871.

January 23, 1871.
Although Saturn is in beneic as
pect today, Mars, Jupiter and the
Sun are strongly adverse, according
to astrology.
1t is a rule under which. to con-
slider only those plans that relate to
land and its products. Real estate
is subject to a promising rule.
During this planetary govern
ment there may be a tendency to
stress the creature comforts and to
desire pleasant physical conditions
to such an extent that spiritual as
pirations are subOrdinated.
It is not a favorable sway for
churches or the clergy, since the
cares of this world will be too
prominent to permit of religious
contemplation.
Aged persons and those who rep
resent retrospectiOn should easily
dominate while this confguration
prevails. Reactionary forces are
powerful today.
1t is not an auspicious time for
visits to persons whose favor is de-
sired. Relatives and those who can
confer benefits may be exceedingly
captious.
Selfshness, which will be more
than ever apparent in human rela-
tionships, will be recognized as a
factor in preventing the prevalence
of peace in the world and will be
the subject Of widespread discus
sion.
Cases Of cruelty to children will
be numerous and will hasten reme-
dial legislation. The seers foretell
a new sense of responsibility to-
ward the young of the nation.
Temptation to discuss business
conditions in pessimistic tone
should be resisted today. for Jupiter
is in evil place.
While thrift and saving have
been, much preached since the war,
the seers prophesy that there will
be new impetus that will sober
even the most careless spenders Of
money.
Persons whose birthdate it is may
have rather a trying year in busi-
ness. They should not lend money.
Children born on this day may
find industry obligatory, but they
will be inclined toward Incidence.
They should be taught to abhor ex-
traYagance.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Cable Company
Asks $1,000 Hour
For Wire Tie-Up

The Postal Telegraph-CabIe Com
pany yesterday made a demand 1or
$1,000 an hour for a five-hour tie-up
of its lines leading out of Washing
ton to the South which is alleged to
have occurred in this city on August
20 last by the driving or a grading
stake into a terra Gotta conduit
containing a telegraph cable.
The demand is in the form of a
damage suit filed in the District Su-
preme Court against the Crawford
Paving Company which is alleged
to have been directly responsible
for the tie-up. The paving COM
pany, it is claimed, was resurfacinE
K street northwest between Thir-
tieth and Thirty-first, and allowed
the stake to be driven into the con-
duit and short -circuiting operations
in that vicinity. Attorneys MILAN
and Smith appeared for the tele-
graph company.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
DAVIS TO DEFEND
ALIENATION SUIT

John T. Davis, railroad and min
ing capitalist, and son of the late
Henry Gassaway Davis, once candi-
date for Vice President, will appear
in the District Supreme Court to-
morrow morning to defend a suit
for S5OO,0O0 damages for alleged
alienation of the wife of David W
sullivan. one of the defendants in
the Jules (Nicky) Arnstein bond
case.
Sullivan sued his wife, who was
Miss Anne Marie Stock. OF Phila-
delphia, Pa, for an absolute d.
vorce and named Davis as CO.
respondent, but Chief Justice Mccoy
threw the case out Of court for. al
legged collusion o. Sullivan's part
Mrs. Sullivan in her answer alleged
that the acts complained of were
consented to and connived at by her
husband The case is now in the
Court of Appeals.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

hope that the actor possesses
when he is living in the hall bed
room and cutting his own hair.
AT Liberty for the Present" reads
one but will soon be knocking
'em over on the big time. Regards
to all my friends, including Al
Hermanthal."
The following sign is nailed on
the boarded-up window of a cloth
ing store on lower Broadway: The
burglars who broke my window and
stole my overcoats will kindly re-
turn same and get the right sizes"
To those who are still writing It
1920 this may serve as a warning.
Last week the president of an insur-
ance company noticed that all of
his letters were dated the year
1920. He fired thirteen of his office
staff and his private secretary the
same day he noticed il. ANY one
in my employ a year behind the
times" he wrote. deserves a less
important job"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
By BRIGGS

rate item on the return, and must
be explained by showing separately
each class of property, its cost or
fair market value on March l, 1913,
If acquired prior thereto. value at
the date of acquisition if acquired
by gift, devise, or descent. esti-
mated life, depreciation charged for
the year 1920, and total deDreciation
charged for all taxable years.
No Specihc Rate.
As the rate at which depreciation
may be claimed is dependent upon
local conditions, the use to which
the property is put, and its probable
lifetime under normal conditions, no
SPECIFIC rate is established by the
law and regulations. While each
taxpayer must compute the proba-
Bile lifetime of his property without
regard to the following figures, ii
has been estimated that the proba-
BILE lifetime of a frame building is
twenty-five years, brick building
thirty-five years, a stone, steel or
concrete building fifty to one hun
dred years.
To compute the proper amount OF
depreciation the taxpayer should de-
termine the probable lifetime OF the
property. then divide the fair mar
ket value as of March l, 1918, or the
cost If acquired subsequent thereto
by the number of years so deter
mined. This will give the annual
depreciation allowable. For exam
pie, frame building, the probable
lifetime of which is twenty-five
years, cost $4,000. Divide 1000 by
rs and claim s120 each year as de-
probation.
DEDUCTIONS for depreciation are
limited strictly to business proper
ty. which includes not only build
ings but machinery, automobiles,
farm tractors, mine and mill equip
ment office furniture. instruments
used by professional men, and
books.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Blue Law Advocates Would
Jail Saviour, Seton Charges
Naturalist Quotes Scripture to Prove AS
sertion Sabbath Reformers Are
"Abomination." 50

Jesus Christ fought blue laws all
His life and would call their hackers
hypocrites were he alive today"
Ernest Thompson Seton, naturalist,
writer and lecturer, declared with
emphasis last night when asked his
opinion of the blue laws which re-
formers are urging on the District
Of Columbia
Jesus and His disciples would
spend their days in jail were they
alive today and in the power Of the
blue law extremists" Seton said
with the same intensity with which
he condemns prudes and anti-vivi-
sectionists.
scriPturaI Evidence.
And he cites Scripture to support
his statements.
Jesus damned these people every
time they came to Him" he con
tinued
Woe unto you. scribes and
Pharisees. hypOcrites" He said to
them in Luke I1:44. for ye are as
graves which appear not, and the
men that walk over them are not
aware OF them
And 10 those who would legislate
morality into people. in Luke 1l:46.
He replied, Woe unto you also. ye
lawyers for We Iade men with bur
dens grievOus to be borne, and ye
yourselves touch not the burdens
with one Of your fingers
Folly-sheer folly, An abomina-
tion in the land" Sfon termed the
blue laws and their supporters with
shake Of his shaggy locks that
would do credit TO his own Mon
arch, the Big Bear"
Jesus gave the final answer TO
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Income Tax Facts
You Should Know

Increased rentals added largely to
The profits of the landlords last
ear, every dollar of which must be
included in the taxpayers return OF
income. Gross income includes all
amounts received as rents. Both
landlord and tenant are allowed GER
tain deductions.
Where property is held for rent
ing purposes, the owner may deduct
the cost of securing tenants, such as
advertising, and the maintenance
expenses. such as light, fuel, jani-
tor service, insurance, and ordinary
repairs. A tenant may deduct the
rent paid for business premises, but
not for his home, which is a per-
sonal or living expense Interest
and taxes paid by the tenant on be.
half of the landlord are deductible
by the tenant as additional rental,
provided the property is business
property. Such items represent in
come to the landlord and must be
included in his return of gross in
come, but are deductible by him
also.
Frequently a tenant agrees to
erect building or make other per-
manent improvements for the BEN
eft Of the landlord. The most of
such Improvement is a capital ex-
penditure, and in order to return
to the tenant his investment of cap
ital, an annual deduction may be
made from gross income of an
amount equal to the total cost of
such improvements divided by the
number Of years of the term of the
lease, and such deduction shall be
in lieu of deduction for deprecia-
ton. - Fl -. .s.
Under the head Of depreciation
owners are allowed a reasonable
amount for exhaustion, wear and
tear of property used in trade or
business, including q reasonable al
lowance for iobsolescence.' This
reduction must be made as a sepa-
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Test Ballot FaUors
Private ODnership

solution OF street railway prob
lens Of the nation through private
ownership and operation is recon-
mended by big majority in a
referendum vote recently conducted
by the United states Chamber OF
Commerce and announced yesterday.
The vote on the question OF owner
snip showed 1880 for private owner
ship and lo7 opposed The referendum
included votes on other railway
problems looking toward the better
ment Of the systems through regu-
lation and the fixing of RESPONSE
biltty. II is the thirty-thfrd refer
endum conducted by the Chamber of
Commercs.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

the Pharisees on this subject I,
Mark 5:27." he added, when after
the Phgrisees had reproached the
disciples for pluckinR grains OF
corn on the Sabbath, Jesus replied.
The Sabbath was made for man. and
not man tor the Sabbath"
Seton also quotes Scripture I'm de-
Tense Of his theories on clothing
or rather the lack OF Il. which met
with such criticism in some circles
here
A. 20 Clothing.
Jesus himself wore only breerb
clout and a pair Of sandals vhUe
at work in His carpenter shop in
Nazareth" he asserted. "Prudes to-
day would hale Him before a Judge
for indeCency," he added.
Both Christ and the disciples
dressed for comfort. Seton said
wearing a cloak when the Vesfra-
was cold, a tUrban to protect them
from the heat OF the sun. and
clothes only when comfort REQUIRED
"MoIality has nothing 70 do with
clothing" Seton declared. The most
dressed periods in history were the
most immoral"
He cited the age OF Louis N ~
France and the Stuarts in England
when men and women were encssad
from head to foot in pads and ruiz
files. even wearing patches and paint
on their faces and wigs on fr.r-
heads. Their morals were rotten 90
he said.
The world is more moral frdsv
than IT ever has been in history
Seton believes. and the tendency TO-
ward less clothes is responsible for
this condition.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
BEGYOUR
PARDON!

Readers Of The Herald are
requested TO address the BEG
Your Pardon" department for
the correction of any errors
t0htch they find in the columns
OF this ne1Vspdber.
Miss N. Holland, GoVcrn-
mcHt Hotel E-F, 1crites to the
editor in regard TO an article
GPPcdring in The Herald on
January IS, setting forth that
q broncc statue of George
Washington, cxecuted by the
French sculptor, Hoadon, 1UdS
to be rcmOTcd from the Cor
o0rdn Art Gallery. Miss Hol-
land declared she had been told
at the gallery that the statue
"hdd neUer been there as
stated"
4 transcript of a clause iH
the 1tItL of DR.. Samuel SPdtr
LGars, recently brobdfed, reads
as fOllOuS:
Il gile and bequcGth unto
the trustee of MiGni UnfVer-
sity at Oxford, Ohio, the
statue of George Washington
nO1U m the COrcOrdn Gallery
of Art at Washington, D. C."
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
WILL REGISTRAR -.
HIRED WOMEN BACK INIT
JAMES CORPORAL" TANNER

7 IAMEs CORPORAL" TANNER,
who registers the report OF
y what worldly goods you are
forced to leave behind when it's
time to change to the spirit form,
has occasion to chuckle in this, his
18th year.
Back in 1877 his business asso-
ciates had a laugh on him when, in
answer to their complaints about
shortage of office help, he suggested
employing women. A woman in an
office was then almost as much a
novelty as were the first automo-
biles and airplanes in their early
days.
why don't you employ women"
asked Tanner. 81 just passed a
group of them strolling around with
nothing to do. They look healthy
and strong and competent enough
to me-"
What do you think we are?" was
their comeback to Tanner, then
Collector of Taxes for the city gov
ernment OF Brooklyn. rShall we de-
strcy the bloom of the peach? Shall
we ruin pretty faces by office and
factory work."
The next day Tanner advertised
in the want columns of a newspaper
for a woman stenographer in his Of
fee. The editor of the paper visited
Tanner and asked the purpose OF
the foolish advertisement.
THE same brains, the same
hands, the same energy" said Tan
ner, that it takes to make the home
go round can make this office go
round. And none of us will get
dizzy. either. If 1t doesn't hurt a
womn to scrub a floor, nurse and
raise. children, it won't injure her
to do a little office or factory work" :"
Editorial columns throughout the
country thereupon argued for and
against Tanners idea. The clergy.
refOrmers. social workers, lecturers
and government officials all had
opinions which had to be expressed.
Several months later S. S. Spin
ner, then register of the Treasury,
whose name appeared on the Shin
plasters" OF that time. wrote to COL
lector Tanner and announced that
thereafter women applicants for
clerical positions in the Treasury
Department would receive the same
consideration as applications from
men.
Three -fourths of the working
force under Register Tanner today
farc women.
Tile bloom of the peach is still
thcrn,' he says. There may be a
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

sailed into the parlor window OF
the Billingsl,y home, and the
graphophone received a mortal
wound
It gave one last gasp and forever
after kept its peace. Not a.. the
mourning Of the whole R.u.rrsIey
family could bring Il back 10 life.
Hannah swore that she DID not
throw the brick. hut hiuted tina,
she knew but would not teIl-not
even to save herself from a charge
OF destroying private property.
There was no real evidence that
She was guilty. and the court could
do nothing but Ter her 60.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
BeQueGthS Residence
Property to Daughter

Mrs. Mary Holland. dalCr'.- Of
Mrs. Eliza Edwards who die. Jaw
uary Il, is to Inherit tho ~.- ..- e
property at ISL EiEhTrrr-r sf-..I
northwest, according to h,r m .l'-s
will filed for probate YESTERDAY.
Two beQuCsts OF 500 'a.r are
made to Lavinia Cats ard .....-
Jackson, nieCes. The haIar.. n. '.e
estate is given to the dauEht,r 81.
is named eNeCUtriN.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

put in charge OF the industrial work
in Erivsn where he contracted ty-
phus fever. Before he had COM
pletely convslesced, he found a new
job, that of sUb-district commando
at GamerlOu. He returned 20 tho
United States in May. 1890. ana
went TO work Immediately in -he
personnel department OF the Mar
East relief.
Mr.. Perry was born in Hartford,
Conn. He is q graduate Of WILL
Jams College, in the class OF 1918,
and member OF Phi Beta Kappa,
At present he is a resident Of West
field, n. J. He will deliver an az
dress az the First Presbyterian
Church on experiences in the Near
East A reception will be given for
him ia College WOmeR's Club this
afternoon
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Visiting Realtors Will
Be Guests of Local Men

Several prominent realtors from
various parts of the country will be
the guests OF the Real Estate
Brokers' Association, Of Washing
ton, at a business and social meet
ing to be held Tuesday evening at
wardman Park Inn.
The out-of-town realtors ara en-
route home from the mid-whter
conference Of the National Associa-
tion of Real Estate Boards recently
held In Atlanta, Ga. Following the
business meeting there will be an
entertainment after which a buffet
supper will be served.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
What's Going
On tt d a Y

Meeting. Padraic H. Pearse COun-
Gil, American Association for the
Recognition of the Irish Republic
GOnzaga Hall, p. m.
Meeting. Washington Secular
League, Perpetual Hall, 3 p. m.
Open house, Young Women's
Christian Association. 614 E street
northwest, p. m.
Meeting, Mems Club committee
Trinity Community House, 1890 p
m.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Tanner Was Early
Feniinisnt Advocate

James Tanner, Register Of
Wills for the District for the
last seventeen years, was
once kidded by associates In
1877 when he was Collector
of Taxes for the city govern
ment of Brooklyn, because
he gave women positions in
his Office. Tanner said this
dope about place is in the
home" was all bunk. He had
the right idea, ms thousands
of business men have since
agreed. He said then, and
now repeats in his 18th year,
that peach cheeks can bloom
elsewhere than over n
kitchen stove.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Brings Succor
To Near East

When an American boy wants
anything badly, it's hard TO bsrfIe
him. At the time when Edward
T. Perry was a second loot. his pur-
pose was to fight the Germans and
to seek adventure. They let him
fight the war all the way from
Ohio to Alabama, but he wasn't
downhearted. He joined the Near
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Mine Fire to Last Three .
Weeks, Report States

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 22.-The full
extent of the fire which is raging
in the abandoned workings of the
central mine in West Scranton has
not yet been determined, according
to the report made today to Seward
Button, chief of the State Bureau Of
Mines.
ITO the best Of our opinion at this
time" says the commissioners, the
fire may be extinguished in three
weeks"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Parcel Post 10 Latvia.

Commencing at once. pare, pos
packages, ordinary and reElst,',a b.
up 70 a weight limit Of twenty V'
pounds, will be accepted for it--
patch to Latvia at the postage rate
Of II cents a pound or fraction n' 8
pound. IL was announced yesterday
by the Post once Department.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

lot of people who say 1t is all arti-
ficiaL but most of us know differ
emily. Work never hurt a woman.
A woman who cannot take an inter
est in something else beside a kitch-
en- stove needs TO be educated"