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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-18

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And away from the hunger and storms
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Also answered hy rh"o1ur, !. Green. Riv-
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27

country that recessy wastes its natural faces
 mate poverty and decadence. . " . .,,
 is this lesson United States does not need heed. which should be- driven home win already far the road o ward an amount of little less than disastrous The clearing forest lands for purposes of a each by the lumbernen and the great amount of land burn toaed together makes lack Of forest many sections which great as to be very serious matter. :,
 There a point beyond which only disturb the nature his peril In many sections this point has actually passed The steady eatng through season or the work ot fire for few hours will forests which it will take generations to replace. l., things in prevention the other planting available spot and No um anything but full closely following the lumbeman and the fire should be one to repant the barred area
 evils of deforestaion before they upon us and prevent while there is still opportunity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27

whose signature is anticipated as a matter of course.
 Whatever this bill may pretend to be as a protective measure, it Is in fact a declaration of war against the country's outside markets and Is so accepted by those markets, and par ticu1arly by those markets in the Western Hemisphere of which Gam ada is the principal one. Our ex-
 ports to Canada were amounting to some s4O0,OOO.c9O a. year before the
 great war. and last year had risen al
 most to $900,o00,000. But a recent letter to The World from the Secre-
 tary of the Sales Managers Associa-
 ton of Canada spoke of the prepara- l tions being made to strike back in
 case this bill shdEId be enacted. Its only effect up that way, he said | would be to "antagonize the Cana | dian people against United States goods"
 1 As other outside markets for United l States goods are made up only of hu- l man beings, their response to the Emergency Tariff Bill can be expect | ed to resemble that of Canada. They
 will not be disposed to patronize mar kets which are trying to block the
 way to a patronage of their own, and
 many of them are already taking ac- ton accordingly. It is a bill not tc protect the home market but to in- jure tt and increase the range of un- employment already disturbingly large.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
A THICK HEAD
(From the Boston Glohel

F'rom the Boston Globe)
 What ails the person who spits in a public place?
 More often than not he-for men are the chief offenders-is well dress ed and gives evidence of having some regard Tor the unwritten rules of conduct. He is not the sort of per. son who would drink soup from a plate Or convey food to his mouth by means Of a table knife. The corner, Of a pocket handkerchief may be seen stlcklns out of his breast pocket; therefore, the reason for his strange conduct may not be laid to lack of haperdashery. But there seems to De blind spot in his brain, and when ne wants to expectorate he acts like a savage in the wilderness.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
FIRST AID FOR THE WHEAT
 SPECUIIATOR
(From the New York Herald ]

(Fron the New York Herald !
 That was a pretty turn the grain spectators made on the emergency tariff which Congress put through for the benefit of the farmer after he had disposed of his crop.
 The spring wheat of 1921 being due to go to market and being at the same time an enormous crop-630,- 100000 bushels against 7S,000,0o0 estimated at the corresponding date a year ago-the farmer naturally had to get rid of all his old wheat that at the bottom price. On Jan. 1 the price received by producers of wheat, if they would take 1t, was S1.49 a bushel. On March it was S1.47 a bushel. On April 1 it was s1.33 a bushel. But the farmer, waiting for the promised emergency tariff. had not been anxious to sell on those dates.
 On May 1, however, when the farmer had to take what was offered
 
 paration for the new bumper crop coming in and. needing all the bin room. the price he could get for the old wheat was $1.1o.
 Saturday the same May wheat, worth on the first of the month s1.1O to the producer, was worth to the Chicago grain pit speculator $1.65. It was an emergency measure all right. and it hit the bullseye. Ask any honest grain speculator if he knows of a better way for Congress to meet a crisis than with a special tariff for the farmer-a special re- lief tariff which waits till May wheat falls out of the hands of the farmer into the lap of the speculator at S1.1O, and then goes into effect SC that within three weeks the same May wheat turns into coin in the pocket of the speculator at s1.65
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
WILL HOLD EXHIBIT
 OF MANUAL ARTS

through the courtesy of the Bridge. port Chamber of Commerce, it is pos siDIe 10 hold a Manual Arts Exhibit llls year under the auspices of the Board Of Education. The large and at'ractlVe rooms of the Chamber have peen donated for this exhibit which VIII include all phases of Manual Arts in the public schools.
 The schools are doing many com mendable thingsc which are practical " unknown to the adult citizen. ow- ing to the lack of space in previous years, necessary to display the skillful work or the young talented students
 opening on June 1st until the 4th. inclusive. se1Nng work made by the girls will be displayed. From June 1th to 11th, the Manual Training stu dents Will show some of their handi- craft and June 18th includes the In dustrial and Fine Arts.
 Miss Grace A. Cook will have charge of the sewing, Frank S. Whit man. manual training. Miss Mary Jackson and Miss Virginia Ives. the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
THE ROBUSTNESS OF FOLKS
CFrom the Hartford Courant)

(From the Hartford Courant)
 A week ago this morning EIwood Wade, once of Bridgeport, was executed in the prison at Wethers- field. His body was claimed by rela- tives in his home city and was taken there for burial and, because the funeral was public, it came near establishing a record for attendance so far as Bridgeport is concerned if we may judge by the reports in the papers of that city.
 Police kept the crowd in order when at the house but they did not proceed to the cemetery where the officiating clergyman, relatives and friends were surrounded and nearly swept off their feet by a crowd of 5000 or upwards. That the proceed ing was shameful is evident to all except those who formed the crowd and that crowd it is safe to say was made up of those who surrounded the courthouse when Wade was put on trial for his life,
 
 opportunity to hear the story of lust and b1oodshed told by the various witnesses and they reassembIed to see the burial of the man who was found guilty of committing the murder. Why they did this they might not be able to explain. II was not through any feeling of compas- sion for the man who was executed nor for his victim who has been in his grave for nine months or so, of | this we may feel certain.
 Even animals would not have Bridgeport is not at the end of its l troubles in this line for woman is now on trial for her part in the mur- l der for which Wade has already paid his cost. Men and women Hooked | to the court room to watch the pro- l cess of selecting a jury, which work | is most uninteresting to a spectator and the court officials already realize that they will face a crowd when the hearing of testimony begins. That testimony must of necessity be that which was heard in wade's trial and yet the same crowd is anxious to hear 1 the filthy story repeated
 A like murder case in this city or in New Haven would draw like crowd, we fear, yet why humans care for the details which they must hear remains a mystery to decent men and 1 women.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
WHAT DEMONSTRATION DOES
a EOPLES sympathes all the world have been E ed by the famine conditions in China 1here lack

D EOPLES sympaies all the been touch ed by the famine conditions in China where food enabling death to take toll running into the millions The Immediate of this famne which extends the prov disastrous floods followed by periods drought which resulted in the failure of three
 But back of this is an older greater These plains occupied by the first Chinese of whom history tells were pateaus Central China have also within few hundred been utterly devastated of tree growth and result the water ushes off the naked slopes in verabe floods eulyne the mountain sides causing to muddy with yellow soil and enormous masses of fertile earth to the
 mountains formerly absorbed a consider able portion of the annual rainfall and let by slow regular during the dry season Now that there are no shrubs to restrain the rainfall the streams that formerly and deep and supplied abundance the round have become broad and shallow with slender currents of muddy water which, when it rains swell roaring torrents that bring disaster and destruction
 Some the rapidity this runoff the ain be gathered from the records of the 1angtze River level week and then fall sixeiGht feet in less than three weeks.
 changed; uncontrolIabe water level of the country lowered pereepby. In die for want it n many parts of factors, sad combined with uncertain conditions make out of every ten more or less famine years.
 The Fwang Ho River, drains a large part district, records show flowed through it year, but when the floods the whole face of the landscape changed In 1886 this river, which known flooded twenty thousand miles most densey populated lands wiped out thousands ot villages and towns and drowned two million people.
 sightedness have thus made
 a where man mustever be haunted by fear of Starvation practced naked soil floods and erosion follow and when the soil is gone must go also.
 which learned long from the amples which have occurred at different times in history
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
A THIRD UNFIT

Dr. Harvey ". Wiley declares that at least 3S per cent of those who reach maturity are not physically able to perform military service for their country. He based his estimate up- on figures compiled during the war In his interesting article in June Good Housekeeping he says:
 'In round numbers, 24,O0O,O0O men in the United States were enrolled as candidates for recruiting the armies in the war against Germany. Of this vast number 5,719.152 were call ed for physical examination, and the records of these examinations are in the office of the Adjutant- General Of the Army. Already the records of approximately 100000 of these men have been compiled. We have par t1aI records of a much larger number about 100000 men, who were pass ed by the local Boards and sent to
 he camps for further examination. Five hundred thousand additional men were rejected by the local Boards. These boards reflected. for physical defects 29.59 per cent of the men examined by them. Of the men who were passed by the local Boards and sent to the camps for further physical examination, S.1 per cent were rejected on re-examination. In other words, more than one-third of all the men called for examination were found to be physically unfit for military service"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
Che. Read Hn1eX

field, last evening at her home. by several of her frieids who came and completely surprised her. Miss Lud gis Is to become the bride of Thomas Luddy, son of William B. Luddy Of 424 Gregory street, on June 7th, at St Georges church.
 Throughout the house spring flow CTS, oroques, snow balls and pansies were effectively arranged developing a color scheme of gold and white. Musical selections were rendered dur ing the evening and a dainty colla- ton served. The prospective bride was presented with many useful gifts.
 Numbered among those present were: Miss Norma Pierce. Miss Bes- sic Carlson, Miss Margarete McFar- land. Miss Margaret Anderson, Miss Molly Luddy. Mrs. Edward Pryor. Miss Marion Pryor, Mrs. Frederick Rose, Miss Gertrude Rose. Misses Lena. Julie and Dell Fuse, Miss Frances Walsh, Miss Anna Ludgis. Miss Minnie Butkiss Miss Ann Blu kowsky, Mrs. Charles Donnelly, Miss Helen Donnelly. Mir and Mrs Waiter c. Bartlett, Mir. and Mrs. F. J. Lud- gis, Mrs. Florence Davis. Mrs Henry Lockwood, and Mrs. Albert Edwards.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27

child Wheeler, the condition of the roads leading to the city were dis cussed.
 It was planned to arrange for a Hthering of representatives and sen ators from Bridgeport, Trumbull, Stratford, Milford, Bedding. Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Newtown, Wilton, Weston and Ridgeeld and to invite Commissioner Bennett to this confer ence. In all probability this meet ing will be held at an early date.
 That little had been done for the roads around Bridgeport in the past few years while there has been much repairing and road building in other portions of the state. was agreed up on by the members present at the meeting yesterday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
WANT MORE
 ATTENTION PUT
 ON OUR ROADS

4 move has been started on the part of the local Chamber of Com merce to induce Highway Commis- sioner Bennett to carry out his 191 s program, which provided for consid- erable more attention to roads lead ing to and from Bridgeport than has been given them by the Highways Department
 At a meeting of the Highway Com mittee of the local Chamber of Com merce yesterday, at which were Sam ueI Senior chairman; w s. Mills. Jo- seph Stagg, Frank Bells, George C. Waldo, Harvey Hubbell and ID. Fair
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
AN OPPORTUNITY. MISSED

e IGNFICANT encouraging the unanimous passage S "Wednesday of the Borah proposition re- questng President call conference to dis reductions in naval armamens and expenditures
 The vote sevenyfour to nothing; forty-sx Repub- and eneight Democrats being present and voting Tn to the roll call.
 amendment has consistently fighting is almost identical with proposed last session and reads as follows
 The President is authorized and requested to invite
 the Governments Great Britain and Japan to send rep resenatves to conference, which shall be charged
 n sgpeenent p by Winch naval expenditures and
 S 9n teG Gra sSba Ba M and d He 7eP a be be
 upon which h understanding or agreement d is to be re-
 1t predicted in Washington the House accept disposition anagonize much did the leaders in the Sen ate early in the present session.
 Before and at his inauguration President Harding sentiments which would promote conference of the great powers further of disarmament he did actually the movement It generally supposed that this position less acquesced Republicans generally
 Strange to say, however, when the amendment pro posed by Borah at the beginning of this Congress, Republican leaders, supposedly acting under suggestions from the Pre dent declared the amendment must not be adopted It became evident that bitter fight would follow this attitude, and per haps the factions would win in the end changed front and instructed all Republican their convictions when the time The unanimous the result
 all this it of course only possible to at There several questions which suggest selves in connection with inc mailer If inc prent bnfore election and up to the in of conference and disarmament why did he suddenly leaders on the Republican side attempt to kill the Why withdrawal of that oppos tion? Or there withdrawal of it the Republican leaders simply the White giving permission to vote his convictions?
 While these questions will undoubtedly at least 1t evident most unusual unanimity the members and 1t quite reasonable to that this den realization of the strong sentiment favor of conference and disarmament This the very couraging feature of the situation. people have reached the point where with these will find a 0 reduce them.
 In addition to inc other features of the marks an opportunity lost by the President Had he positive stand for disarmament probably had the support of Congress and could have capitalized part ot public for disarmament the movement increased much his prestige y This opportunity he has allowed TOT leadership the fight disarmament Senator Boal However much the President the cause now the fact will remain that he the wheel after lnsent demand the first and hardest battle had been leader ship.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
MARKING UPON OUR OWN
 MARKETS

(From the New York wor1d)
 The Emergency Tariff Bill has fin ally passed both branches of Con- gress and now goes to the President,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27
MISS JUDGES IS
 FITTED WITH SURPRISE SHOWER

Another shower was given in honor of Miss Mary Helen Ludgis. daughter of Mir and Mrs. F. J. Ludgis of Fair
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-27

industrial and fine arts and James C. Moore, the high sch hool
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
- From The Argus Files Of 1895 --

Feb. 6-Mrs. Mary H. Wadsworth
is visiting relatives at Indianapolis,
Ind.
Miss Mary Comegys entertained
a number Of tri-city friends at her
home on Seventeenth street yes
terday afternoon.
Feb. MIR. and Mrs. Carl RO-
chow and Gus RochOw of this city
contemplate trip to the father
land. They will be accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Denkmann of
Davenport
Tomorrow afternoon the ". c. T..
L. gives temple tea at W. B. Fer
guson's residence.
Feb. S.-LOthar Harms and c.
F. Gaetjer spent Yesterday cunning
in the vicinity OF preemptiOn and
! brought home about a dozen rab-
bits.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Sturgeon
have returned from their southern
trip.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12

Dear Mrs. Thompson. MY dear
mother died when l was a child Of
seven. My sister raised me until I
was IA and then death took her
away. I was left to faceythe world
alone and earn my living. ! went
to city, as | knew l would be able
to earn a living there better than
in small town.
worked in factory there and
then came a period Of darkness
which / would like to forget. l
loved q young man who lied and
a few months later my daughter
wss born.
Then at the age Of Is was left
| to face the world with child in my
/ arms. | meant to do right by my
child and so | worked hard so that
she might be clothed and fed al
though saw hunger at times
When the child was six months
old | met the man l thought would
be kind to me and my child. He
promised he would care for her as
well as for me. l told him would
never part with my child.
We married and all went vel
until our own child was born. also
q little girl. Now my husband doe:
not care for my Oldest child ant
wants me to give her up. That Is {
very hard thing to do after all
suffered for her when she wa'
young. He says don't care for NJ.
second child, but really l love he
as much as the other.
Now l shall be mother agail
and he Gays l must part with tn
oldest child. I am afraid it woul,
kill me. If say l can't. he quar-
rels and says a lot of nasty thing
, about me.
. l am only q and don't know
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12

Miss Ella Mitchell entertained
company of friends at her home,
1919 Third avenue. last evening.
Mrs. A. Mosenfelder entertains
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. T. B. Davis entertained a
company OF tri-city lady friends at
luncheon Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Marshall en-
terrain the East End Progressive
Euchre club this evening.
Feb. 11-Mrs. Frank Mixter en-
tertains lady friends Friday after
nooon.
Miss Bessie George gives Thin
BILE party at her horne at 719 TWEEN
ty-second street Friday afternoon.
Louis Mosenfelder has gone to
Chicago on business.
. DR.. and Mrs. George E. Barth
! entertained number OF friends
last evening.
( John Corken is recovering from
a severe attack OF bronchitis.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
FREE from DREAD OF
CANCER NOW
leSi1ent Of Pleasant Hill. ILL., Says
he Was Cured by DR.. Johnson,
Kansas City Specialist.

The cure of cancer without the
use Of the knife is reported by
Samuel Kelly, Pleasant Hill. Ill.
He was treated by DR.. o. A. John
con, eminent cancer specialist Of
Kansas City. Mo. In letter to
Dr.. Johnson. Mr.. Kelly says:
Il am glad to say that the can
Ger on my lip was cured before l
left your institution. and is still
cured. with no indication Of its
returning, and am free from
that constant dread OF knowing
that | had a cancer. My health
is good. and | will always feel
grateful for the kind treatment 1
received while under your treat
ment and will always feel CRATE
full to the kind nurses. 1t was
Oct 3, 1916, that l came to you
for treatment.
you have my consent to pub
fish my letter. and ! will gladly
answer anyone that wants to in
quire Of me in regard to your
treatment and my cure
DR.. Johnson is today one of tn,
foremost in the study Of cancer HI
conducts in Kansas City, Mo-,
large. fully equipped Research Lab
oratory, and has treated many sui
ferers in the past twenty years
This treatment, l., entirely non
surgical. as the knife is not used a
any stage. Purely medicinal meas
ures only are employed; that il
external applications to destroy tn
cancer and internal medication 4
purify the blood. Hundreds of pa
tents testify to the success Of tn
Johnson Laboratory.
Cancer Truths" DR.. Johnson
book, vii lie sent free to any SUI
ferer or friend. Delay should b
avoided. Address. o. A. johnson
Suite Sos, 1924 Main street, kansa
City, Mo.-(Adv.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12
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,a.Whst do you think Of Moon
fsrf.' is probably the most fire.
mt question. with the possible
'sleeption Of isn't this remarkable
I-,ather we're havingr being ask
n throughout the country at the
~.sent time. Not since This Side Of
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- and comment excited by Moon
an" written by Floyd Dell. and
sshlished by Alfred A. Knopf. New
york. by far the most distin-
ssished and significant first novel
~ An American that has ever been
sSered me for publication" Mr..
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srtnting proves what the public at
hrse thinks Of it. "MoOn-Calf' is
! striking Interpretation Of the
younger generation in America. 1t
4 the story OF one Felix Fay, q
fype OF young man well known in
American life, but seldom dealt
With adequately in American fic-
tion-a young man absorbed In
IDEAS and dreams Of things as they
susht to be. totally and wilfully
Indifferent to the real facts OF life
Ne is wholly loYaEle and ,c0nsist-