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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27
H. C, |, HTS EMBASSY

Constantinople, Sept 27.-The es-
 tablisahment of Admiral Mark L. Bris- to1, the United States High Commis-
 sioner here, which is still referred
 to as the American Embassy" has
 just missed being closed as a result
 of the cost of living and an effort by
 the State Department to introduce
 economies.
 Admiral Bristol has had an extra
 allowance of S125 a month and s15,-
 900 a year for the maintenance of the
 ''embassy'' The former sum had to cover the cost of social entertainments
 and the latter paid for clerk hire servants, messengers, telephones, cabling, repairS and other expenses connected with a large office and res idence Sometimes Admiral Bristol has had to use his salary to meet the bills. Recently the s15,ooo was reduced by the State Department to 5000. It
 seemed that the closing of the lem
 bassy'' was the only solution. Many | devices were suggested for increasing | the embassy income so it might keep open. One jocular suggestion was that a charity benefit be held After a good deal of correspond ence with the State Department showing that the pre-war $15,0o had I lost much of it's value due to the high cost of living here, an increase of $5,- | 900 was allowed and the embassy | is siu open
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27
ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY

Advertise In The Times
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27
VITAL INDUSTRY IN
 OBSCURE COUNTY
Source of Essential Element in Optical Instruments and Kitchen Enamelware Far From Beaten Path.

Elizabethtown, ILL, Sept. 27.-Hid- den here in Hardin county, off the beaten path of transportation, the oldest f1uorSpar mine in America, and likewise the largest in the world, was recently discovered" by the rest of the country when strike disorders brought newspapermen to this south- eastern corner of Illinois.
 Not since the James boys rode Ohia river near here has this quaint little county seat village-the second oldest settlement in Illinois-experi- enced so much excitement, unless it was during the hectic days of recon struction when night riders, the Ku Klux Klan and border whitecappers
 kept southern Illinois and northern
 Kentucky in a ferment.
 The Hardin county f1uorspar veins
 are the largest in the United States.
 The main vein, running northeast and
 southwest, across a portion of the county, ranges from six to 30 feet
 level, and diamond drills which have
 penetrated 1900 feet have failed to
 find the bottom. RoSiclare mine, in operation more than 40 years, holds a worlds record for tonnage produc- ed- Unlike coal veins in the neigh boring counties, which lie flat in ''bed' or ''blanket" formation, the Nmain huorSpar vein stands on edge, and is mined under the same conditions as it's sister hard rock minerals in Col orado and the West. In the eastern tain, near Cave-tn Rock. there is a blanket vein of spar which is mined much like coal
 ) Fuorspar is used in industry for a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27

wide range of purposes The finest grade found. optical spar. goes into the making of optical instruments. The opalescent glass industry and the enameling works making kitchen utensils and bath room fixtures use a coarser grade, only 99 per cent pure. Other grades go into the mak- ing of hydrochloric acid, aluminium and steel. Ten pounds of spar are used as 1ux in the making of each ton of steel, and 85 per cent of all spar mined goes into the steel indus try. Optical spar sold dring the war at $50 an ounce and the grade used in steel making at $50 a ton.
 While EEzabethtown has been the center of the strike trouble, there are no mines here, the center of the in- duStry being at Rosiclare, five miles away, where the strike was called on September II, 1920. Union head quarters were established here, how ever, and various picnics, conventions and mass meetings held, until citizens took a hand September 3 of this year and drove 150 union men from the town.
 James A. Watson. Hardin county representative, Mayor George Wall, Sheriff D. N. Cox and States Attor- ney Clarence Seward say the union men were driven out because they pa- troled the streets at night with armed guards, stopping citizens under the gufse of protecting the life of Ed Car bine, union organizer.
 The present strike is the second in the history of the huorspar field, the first having occurred in 1916. when an attempt to unionize the mines failed. The spar mines have been worked for more than 40 years, and prior to that time the diggings yielded lead and zinc, while the spar was thrown aside as worthless. During Civil War days furnace was erected on the Ohio river bank to make bull lets from the lead found in the f1uor- spar veins. The ruined foundations of the old furnace still stand.
 Lead and zinc are now by-products of the spar mines, along with calcite a rocky crystal and limestone. The calcite is crushed for road building purposes or ground fine and sacked as chicken grit, while the limestone is ground up and sold to farmers foI agriculture use.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27
WOOD FOR PENCILS
 GROWING SCARCER

Washington, Sept 27.-Where do all the lead pencils come from and where do they go? Although almost everybody has one, many folk never buy one, but even so, more than 750,- 900, 900 are manufactured for use in the United States every year, using up many thousands of cords of wood.
 But woods suitable for lead pencils are becoming scarcer and many man ufacturerS are turning to paper. Red Cedar and Red Juniper, says the American Forestry Assocoation, are the woods chiefly used in making lead pencils A hunt is on for other kinds of wood that will take the place of these. In East Africa a kind of cedar has been found with which experi- ments are being made. The produc- ton in the United States is about So,- 900 cases of pencil slats per year. From each case 100 gross of pencils is made. This results in about one billion pencils of American grown cedar Since one-fourth of this mum Der is sent to foreign countries that leaves 75O, 100000 pencils for the home market, which means an aver age of seven pencils per person, fig uring on the last census.
 As far back as history goes man has tried to make things to mark with and to set down his thoughts. The Aztecs and the Pharoahs had 1750 Kahn a Swedish naturalist, mad e experiments with American cedar. In 1872 William Monroe made 500 pen els at Concord and sold them in Bos- ton, but the war stopped his plans. In 1861 Eberhard Faber began mak- ing pencils on large scale in this country.
 The graphite, which makes the mark, is of course the important part in the manufacture of the pencil. Cey- Ion has furnished much of the graph ite used in this country. Graphite is also found in Mada gascar and in Mexico. Czechoslovakia contains deposits of both the amphorous and crystalline graphite. In the United States the chief deposits are in Ala hama Nau Work and PeOnSvIVaDja
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27
-PosT-sfAssACRE INFECTIONS

From different parts of the Turkish
 battlefront, where the recent terrible massacres took place, comes the news of the outbreak and spread of different
 infectious diseases among the desti- ute victims, says the Bucharest cor
 respondent of the Journal of the
 American Medical Association. In view of the excessive heat that has prevailed in the Balkans, it is prob able that the sanitary prospects are
 not at all satisfactory. Among the
 diseases most prevalent are dysentery
 and typhoid.
 The Greek troops fighting 6Ae Turks are carrying means for steriliz-
 ing drinking water, and, therefore in
 the lines of the fighting Greek army infectious diseases, conveyed by con-
 taminated drinking water. are reIa- lively scarce.
 Not so with the Turks, who do not have sufficient means to bury their dead soldiers promptly. Sometime es corpses remain in heaps for weeks, says the correspondent, the pestilen- tial odor being carried by the wind | miles distant. To this is added the excessive heat, in consequence of which water s~very scarce, the wells are dried out, and there is generally
 want of water even in hospitals and other sanitary institutions. The sol dierS do not get water for washing.
 The drinking water IS taken from l lakes and rivers. which are polluted. | From these unhygienic condh ons | not only the fighting troops, but also the population behind the front, are | suffering Measles and smallpox are | claiming hudreds of victims among the children. These conditions are | geons and skilled nurses. The cen | tral authorities and the charitable or | ganizations in Turkey are doing ev- | erything possible to help the suffer- | send them medicines, foods, Red | Cross physicians and nurses.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27

Bombs twice as large as those dropped by the Germans in the world war, the heaviest mobile piece of ar tillery yet built in this country, and a machine gun which fires bullets fur of big demonstration of the newest developments in United States ord- nance before American engineers. oany are Army officers at the Aber-
 cen Proving Grounds, Oct 2.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27

George Palmer Boyce, senior mem
 ber of George P. Boyce & Co.,, whole sale linen merchants of New York died at his home in Upper Montclair N. J.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27

Greek forces withdrawing from
 the battlefield along the Sakaria
 river in Asia Minor, have begun to occupy defensive positions 60 kilome- tres east of Eski-Shehr.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-27

Count Emmanuel de Poret and Ca- mille Ia Farge, who fought a. duel in France, Friday, in which both were several times injured, will be prose cuted for tentative murder"
 Several workmen are reported to have been killed and considerable damage caused by an explosion in the saltpetre works at Gleinlaufenburg, near Karlsruhe, Germany.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
(By Thomson & McKinnon)


Mexican Petroleum is still in the lime
light. Ii was, in times gone by, a source
OF strength to he market, just as 1t has
been recently a source of weakness.
The announcement that the congress
sional committee has provided an import
duty on crude petroleum was the i'm
mediate cause for renewed liquidation,
which resulted not only in a tremendous
loss in this particular stock. hut was a
controlling factor in undermining the sta
bilitv of the entire stock market.
Aside from this there was nothing in
the news today that could be called par
ticularly helpful to the market. with the
exception Of the reiteration of the sug-
gestiOn that the present Administration
is strenuOusly engaged in trying to set
lie railroad claims, aand to that extent
help business. But in the channels of
trade we are still unable TO detect any
changes that would indicate material
progress.
The reports from trade circles covering
our basic industries are discouraging
and il is now claimed that in the verv
near future several steel companies will
announce a new scale of cut prices. to
be followed by reductions in wages. and
this. of course. means that there is still
no encouraging signs of improved bust
ness.
At the same time we have had Iiaui-
dation to such an extent as to warrant
the belief that the technical position is
sound. and would therefore warrant a
fair recovery even though it prove to be
but temporary.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
STOCK MARKET
CLOSES STEADY
Issues Reach High Marks for
lay in Final Hour.

NEW YORK. June S0.-The stock mar
ket closed steady. most OF the leading
issues being in good demand in the last
hour and moving up to new high levels
for the day.
United States Steel advanced over l
point to T45s and Baldwin rose points
to 70L
The railroad shares continued in large
demand Northern Pacific moving up
from 6S5s to rs and Great Northern
showing a gain OF nearly 3 points at 6Sss
The oil shares recovered from l to 5
points. Mexican Petroleum moving up
from 9SA to 1019s and General Asphalt
from 4Sla TO 505s.
Chandler Motors, after dropping over
8 points TO SOS, rose 10 80 and Stude-
baker recovered from 15I2 to 76%.
Total sales Of stock were T35, 700 shares
bonds 50 500 600
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
Other Livestock

CHICAGO. June Hogs-Receipts.
2S. 0O0: market active, 10d l5c up bulk.
SS.60d915; butchers. IS 75Q9; packers. s.
0s.60 lights, S9a020 pigs, Ss.35s - ;
roughs, S775dS Cettle-Receipts. 5000 :
market 15d2Jc up; beeves, SS4o4S 10 +:
butchers, S4.25ds; Gamers and cutters.
81 50d370; stockers and feeders, SO I50
Z 50; cows, 50 1916 80; calves. S7.j0d925.
Sheep-Receipts 1000: market steady
lambs, $s@1j6o; ewes, Sl02
CINCINNATI. June 80. Hogs Re
ceiptS. 300; market steady TO lOc lower
heavy hogs. $SjOG9; mixed and me
diums S9@910; lights and pigs, 50 - :
roaghs, SI2J; stays. $50. Cattle Re
ceipts, 500: market steady bulls st>--g
calves. s Sheep and lambs Receipts.
1000 market steady.
CLEVELAND, June SO-Hogs Re
ceipts, $500; market steady workers.,
50 so: mixed $3.50; mediums, $3.50; pigs,
50 % roughs. $3.50; stays. $50. Cat
tle-Receipts. $50; market slow. Sheep
and lambs Receipts, 300; market steady (;
top. Sill Calves Receipts, 2uOi market
SOC IN; top. Sll.
PITTSBURGH, June 30.-Cattle Re
CENTS. light: market steady: Choice,
s.. 5sd : so: good. SS0SJ0. fair. S605a
725 veal calves. S9.jOM10. Sheep and
lambs-Receipts. light; market. steady
prime weathers, $4,000; good, S4.25Gp
40: mixed. fair, S3G4; spring lambs. 50
a 1000 HOES--RecelptS. 20 ~ . market,
steady: prime heavies, S90H0; mediums,
s.. 35d $50; heavy Workers, SS35MS.JO
light Workers. S. 35GS50; pigs, $3.50
$50; roughs. S6.50M7.25; stays $iM5.
EAST ST LOUIS, June 30-CattIe-R Re
ceipts, 1900; market, steady; native beef
steers, S675G710; yearling beef steers
end heifers, $sM9: cows. S3M5 70: $40. k-
ers and feeders, S4.5Od5.75; calves, $3.50
0S.25; canncrs and cutters. $1.2JM3. Hogs
Receipts. 5000; market, Zoe up;
mixed and butchers, SSS5mS00: good
heavies, $S.7j0S9j: rough heavies S6.50d
$50; lights, $S.S5@G.95; pigs, SS.J0MS.75
bulk Of sales, SS.S0G895. Sheep--Re-
ceipts, 200: market prospects lower
ewes, So 5004; lambs, S7.J09S; Gamers
and cutters, S2d250.
EAST BUFFALO, June Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 1,150; market slow and weak
shipping steers, S775d535; butcher
grades, S7d 80; cows, S2d $50 Calves
Receipts. 400: market, slow, steady: bulls.
choice, 81 5OG10. Sheep and lambs-Re-
ceipts, 500; mlrket, dull lower; choice
lambs. S10m1050; culls fair. S5nD -
yearhngs, SGdS50; sheep, S166. Hogs
Receipts, 1900; market. slow steadv
Workers. S965; pigs. $9J0db.1o: mixed,
S965; heavies, 1865; roughs, s1d7.5O;
stays, S5d6
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
WHOLESALE FEED PRICES.

FBUUR AND MEAL.
E-H-Bake bakers -four, in 9S-lb. cot
ton bags OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50
Corn meal, in 100-lb. cotton bags. 200
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
Treaty
to Hold No Menace

WASHINGTON, June 3O.-The Anglo
japanese alliance. IN which the United
States is vitality interested, will be re-
newed but renewed in such a way that
ell the teeth win be taken out Of It, ac-
cording to reliable Information which
reached Washington from tie Imperial
conference now going on In London.
In well informed diplomatic quarters
today the opinion was expressed that
when the treaty is revamped and signed
by Great Britain and Japan, it will be
little more than a treaty of amity and
commerce between the two great powers
and one that will hold forth no military
or naval menace against the United
States.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
BUCK PASSED ON
DISARMAMENT
Japan and England Want
U. S. to Act First.

WASHINGTON, June 3o.-Great Bri-
tain and Japan will leave to the United
States the first step toward disarmament
according to a statement in diplomatic
circles here today.
This attitude of the first and third ne
val powers Of the world is said to have
been made plain to this Government In
the response to the diplomatic ieelers
President Harding put forth.
Friends Of disarmament were cheered
today as the result Of the two important
developments during the last twenty -four
hours on the disarmament question These
were the adoption by the House yesterday
of the Borah resolution for a disarmament
conference between the United States.
Great Britain and Japan to be called By
the President and Harding's letter to
House Leader AIondell showing that the
executive is favorably inclined toward
disarment.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
Government Moves
Against Cement Assn

WASHINGTON. June 3o-Anotsar
step in the Governments action agaipst
business combinations was takes todav
when Attorney General Daughertv an
nounced that he had instructed the dis
trlct attorney in New York to Immediate
~ bring suit under the Anti Trnst
statutes against the Cement Manufae-
turers' Association, its officers and Nom.
bers. = co
Inc members of the association produce
"VoVO,OOO barrels Of cement year. con
shutting 80 per cent Of the total national
production. "a
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
Contractor Loses
on Ferris Wheel

PARIS, June So-The great Ferris
wheel, duplicate of the great attrac-
ton of the Chicago exposition, erected
near the Champ de Mars for the exposi-
ton of 1900, and long since condemned
to destruction now stands like partially
dislocated skeleton in midair. minus its,
cars and lacking part of the huge rim. /
1t Is propped by system of scaffoldins II
that cost nearly $4,000 and, after an ex
pense to the demolisher of the equivaleuA
OF nearly 100000 more in labor and hff 8 e
Der, promises to remain indefinitaIv i, e
present partial dilapidation. M
The contractor who invested the Iark w
sums for dismounting it expected TO ma
profit out of the old steel, but findi#
no buyers are willing to stand his 10
and let any one else try.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
TROOPS MUTINY
ALL OVER CHINA
Thousands Killed and Foreign
Residents Leave HankOw.

HANKOW, China, June 30.-The for
eign population of Hankow was fleeing
for safety today, fearing impending mutt
MES of Chinese troops.
One thousand japanese troops were re-
ported to be planning to remain 10 the
city Other concessions, however, were
being evacuated.
Taking advantage OF the situation
created by the presence OF two govern
ments in China, various provincial gov
ernors are reported putting armies IN
the field for the purpose Of looting Re
ports here indicated thousands were
killed in mutinies recently.
One report described how mutineers
were alleged to have turned machine guns
on a train carrying refugees. Fifteen
hundred of the refugees were said to
have been killed
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
(By Thomson & McKinnon.)
Lima So


Wheat-Some rain in western Canada,
prediction of showers in Montana and
Wyoming and rather free offerings Of
new wheat for nearby shipment colored
the early market for wheat. Crop news
from the northwest has, again, been of
an unfavoruble nature, in fact some of
1t quite pessmistic, but 1t seems to have
been ignored because Of the offerings
Of the new crop from south. Price
changes are wider than the volume of
trade, or the news, warrant. This is due
to the lack of broad interest in the mar
ket. The rally in values at the last was
under demand from former sellers and
was not any revival Of new interest.
Germany is taking moderate quantities
on long time credits, but otherwise, the
foreign demand Is slow. Minneapolis re-
ports a considerable improvement In the
milling demand. The expected strike OF
elevator labor is not a market influence
as elevator operators believe they can
handle grain with new employees. All
advices from the northwest cover the
necessity of immediate rain and OF a
soaking nature. Hot weather is forcing
the growth and heads are not filling be
cause OF the drouth. AT the present
moment, the trade IS more impressed with
the offerings of winter wheat than with
spring wheat outlook, but we feel that
unless widespread and heavy rains occur
over the coming holiday market viii sell
higher
Corn and Oats-The seton Of wheat has
had considerable to do with the changes
In corn and oats, but the very slow cash
demand for coarse grains underlies prices.
Corn news remains favorable, although
rains will be necessary within short
time. In the event fhigher wheat prices,
believe coarse grains will sympathize.
Provisions-Packing interests have been
buyers Of July lard and there has been
a little better general demand for Sep
TENDER lard Strength In hogs is helpin <
prices. There is no weakness in the mar
ket except the comparative narrowness
Of new demand.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30

~sns. Inc 9 street crowo'S -
here to bust up the place!"
That night the street crowd, eight
cen strong, burst into the clubhouse Door
without the formality of ringing the ben,
DR.. Nell was in the hall to act as re-
ception committee. The intruders' faces
dared him to put them out They were
at loss when he shook hands around
and smiled and said he was glad to see
them. By the time he had showed them
the sights Of the club and invited them
to membership, they were still more puz-1
zled, though rather pleased at the atten-
uon show them. They ended by join
ing, Of course, and DR.. Neil clinched
successful encounter by singing out the
leader Of the gang and appointing him
to temporary Office in the club.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
Smith Is HOnOred
by Veterans Post

Harry r. Smith. adjntant general OF
Indiana, has been made an honorary
member Of the Hoosier Post No. 624.
Veterans OF Foreign Wars. Adjutant
General Smith is the frst person in In
diana TO receive this honor Several
others were accepted into membership in
the order last night Talks were made by
General Smith and others
Members Of Hoosier Post are requested
to report at the post headquarters. 1O2
South Illinois street at s;45 o'clock on
Monday morning, TO participate IN the
Fourth of July parade.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
Money and Exchange

NEW YORK, June sO-Foreign ex-
change opened weak today. with demand
sterling &c lower at S372R. Francs
yielded AZ confines TO 797I5c for cables
and 1850 for checks. Lire were IL
for checks. Belgians declined I confines
TO 1850 for cables and 794c for checks
Guilder cables were $1,000: checks, 50 $50
Sweden kronen ca bles were % 1Sc: checks
? 13c. Marks were 1.S2Lc.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
French Bride Was
Violently HOmesick

CHICAGO, June So.-Chicago's street
cars broke up an International war ro-
nance. according to Louis A. Trough =
ton. war bridegroom, WHO won q dil
vorce here in Judge Sabath's Court.
Troughton married Gabrielle d,ops
member Of French titled family and
daughter of the Mayor of Bourges
France while overseas in 1918. He
brought his bride back to Chicago after
the armistice.
When she got here she wasn't salts
ned Iroughton testified. "She finally
threatened to kill me if I didn't 90 back
70 france with her. When refused, she
twice tried to commit suicide and ia
ally had to send her back She bIanred
Yankee cooking and the street cars hers
in Chicago"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-30
Japan Promises to
Leave Siberia Soon

PEKING. China, June 30-Japan has
entered into an agreement with the Chita
Government in Siberia to evacuate ST.
IBERIA within four months, according to
apparently authenthis reports received
here.
The Chita Government in return has
promised Japan additional fishery, forest
and mine concessions and the choice OF
all concessions on Saghalien Islands or
coastwise and river navigation privileges,
the report said.