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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-05-25
Get this booklet which tells
What Edison Likes in Music

THERE is a certain song which
holds a fascination for Mr..
Edison.
That song is I'll Take You Home
Again, Kathleen"
Mr.. Edison has his other favorites.
too. He listens to them in those mo-
ments ofrelaxation which he snatches
from his never-ceasing research work.
Wouldn't it be interesting to
know these tunes?
Get a copy of What Edison Likes
in Music" (use our Edison Requisi-
ton Blank. Know Mr.. Edison's Is
favorite selections. Note his personal
views on what is good and what is
bad in music. See the six selections
Evening star., 1921-12-05

how he had worked his own way up
In life to the House appropriations
committee, to point the moral that
former service men in training are
getting in 80 per cent of cases more
money than is paid by an outsider
for having his boy receive the same
character Of training. Col. Forbes
said:
Il can speak quite feelingly on this
boy is up against. l have personal
ly gone through it; / shipped before
the mast as boy ten years of age
at So a month: ! have driven wagon;
I have worked here and there, wher-
ever I could get work to do as a
youngster and without very much
encouragement. went to night
one of the heads of Il very large en-
gineering concern. a concern that has
employed as many as $4,000. men in
it's work. ] did it all without any as
sistance whatsoever, and If We are
not going to assist ourselves in get
ting along in this life we are not GO
ing to make our citizenship better
encouraged and properly educated
just SO long is this chaotic condition
going to exist in our so-called fed
eral training. I believe we ought to
do everything possible. train these
boys and as well make them under
stand their future responsibilities;
that they are looked upon as the com
ing American population. and that
they will be called on to direct our
affairs. If We teach them a little
Americanism in addition to the other
work we are teaching them, we VII
make better men out of them than we
are making out of them today"
Evening star., 1921-12-05
EXPECT ACTION SOON
IN DRAWBRIDGE CASE
War Department May Decide This
Week on Petition Of Citizens
of d. C. and Suburbs.

Action may be taken by the War
Department this week on the petit
tions of District and Virginia citizens
to close the draw In the Highway
bridge, the operation of which daily
causes much delay to traffic moving
over the bridge.
A pubic hearing in the matter was
conducted by the District engineer
office Of the War Department several
weeks ago. and it is understood re-
port and recommendations are now
ready for submission to the chief of
engineers of the Army. 1t was con-
tended at the hearing there would be
no necessity for operating the draw
if owners of tugboats would provide
them with collapsible smokestacks
and. where necessary, reduce the
height of the pilot houses. Boatmen,
however, claimed it is not practicable
to hinge the stacks, on account of
their weight. Careful investigation
has been made by War Department
officials for all the facts entering into
the case, and a full report Is under
stood to have been prepared, which
will definitely dispose of the problem.
Evening star., 1921-12-05

Unless you look for the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
may not get genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bay
er package for Colds. Headache. Neu-
Evening star., 1921-12-05

Attractive Turkish B h
Towels. with neat pink or
blue borders extra size; good
material.
Down Stairs Store.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
BARRETT TO LECTURE.
Will Open Entertainment Series by
GEORGETOWN Citizens.

The first of series of educational
and social entertainments. planned
by the Georgetown Citizens Associa-
tion during the present season, will
be held at Western High School We'd
nesday night at S:15 o'clock. John
Barrett, formerly director general of
the Pan-American Union, will lee
ture on "The Armament Congress and
It's Home, the Pan-American Build
ing" Many of the leading schools
Of Washington have accepted invita-
tiopS to have representatives at the
entertainment.
The entertainments will be in
formal. AT each 1t is proposed to
have prominent lecturers and mu-
sicians entertain the members of the
association and their guests.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT.
David D. Hedekin Appointed Cadet
to West Point.

David d. Hedekin of 1717 Goth
street has been appointed by Presi-
dent Harding a cadet at large at the
United States Military Academy.
John X. Burns of PIT 18th street
southeast has been appointed cadet
at the academy from the National
Guard of the District of Columbia
He is first sergeant. Company B, En-
gineer Regiment, N. G. d. C. Both
appointments are subject to exam
ination.
Evening star., 1921-12-05

derlog" in the Jungle Book. in that
they jump from tree to tree, throw
ing down trash, chattering and chat
tering all the time. but never com
plete any task to which they set
themselves. abandoning the end in
sight even before a real beginning
has been made"
X X X X
Col. c. R Forbes. director of the
Veterans Bureau, told the story OF
Evening star., 1921-12-05

The geisha girl Is to Japan what
the chorus girl is to Broadway.
Evening star., 1921-12-05

ralgia, rheumatism. Earache. Tooth:
ache. Lumbago and for Pain. All
druggists sell Bayer Tablets OF As
pirin in handy tin boxes of IL. and In
bottles of "a and 100. Aspirin Is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Of
Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid
Evening star., 1921-12-05

private benefactions. The letter
sMadden got shows that some people
at least think their Uncle Sam is
ready to spend hard cash to meet any
private need. This young man wrote
that he contemplated paying atten-
ton to and marrying a young lady"
but. he said. unfortunately / haven't
sufficient money" and so he wrote
to Representative Madden, saying he
thought the government would like
to help him out in appreciation of
his services for sixteen years and
adding, II am willing to leave 1t to
Congress to set the amount"
X y X X
When House. Leader Mondell sought
to set aside the regular order to
bring up the maternity bill under a
special rule Representative Finis J.
Garrett of Tennessee, acting demo-
cratic leader, had a little fun at his
expense, saying:
1T seems to me, Mr.. Speaker, that
the gentlemen of the majority side
resemble in their course of the con-
duct Of the business of the House,
and of the country, Kipling's monkey
people whom he designated as Ban
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
Itneys SaUe Day;
 7rolIeys FaHDo1Ur

first bus to Stratford at 5:45 o'clock this morning. People in that suburb depended almost entirely on the jit- neys for transportation to Bridgeport.
 Jitneymen were jubilant today over their success in the first severe test they have been called upon to make after the city ruled them from the main thoroughfares, The service giv- en yesterday seems to establish the fact that the jitneys can operate quite as we'll as the trolleys in heavy wealth CT, and not have to depend on the Connecticut company's cars to break the roads before they can travel
 Trolleys -waged a losing fight. against the blizzard. In spite of strenuous efforts of several heavy blows and sweepers and an extras corps of 200 men, service was sus-s pended, schedules shattered and traf-s fic demoralized.
 Frozen snow on rails severely hans dicapped all efforts to keep the tracks, open, and lessened the effectiveness of the blows and sweepers. Alls sorts of derailments were reported ina every section.
 Suburban lines were the hardese1 hit as such places could not be reach-s ed by the blows and shovelers w[1ic.s were kept in the center of the cstys Keeping the main lines open. Service on the Derby and New Haven lineas (Continued on Page Six.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
ATTEND METER CHARGE CONFAB

The Chamber of Commerce will hold a special conference in Stam- ford tomorrow on the Borchard bill, which would abolish the service charge on gas meters. Representa- tives will be present from the Brid ge- many other points in the state. The bill is scheduled for a hearing. iii Hartford on Friday, before the judi ciary committee and at this hearing many representatives will be present, including those of the newly formed lea que in Bridgeport. The Bridge port protest will not he heard until a later date, Or until the gas company has turned over figures that they have been asked to furnish.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21

Equipping their cars with chains and arming themselves with snow shovels, jitneurs gave the storm great battle yesterday. Machines were running on all lines, and fol- lowed schedules as closely as possi- ble under bad conditions Argu- ments that the jitneys are obliged to travel in trolley tracks when the roads are filled win snow were all shot to pieces, The jitneys plough ed through the banks on most routes, and on the New Haven and Norwalk lines were aided by blows of the State Highway department. Gangs of men employed by the state were out all day keeping the main roads open.
 Service on the Stratford avenue, Barnum and State, Ash Creek, North Main street, Brooklawn, New Ha- ven and Norwalk lines was kep up all day. Two Packard buses, one operated by Archie Mckee, ploughed their way to New Haven on regular trips. Machines were operated on
 half hour schedules to Norwalk early in the day, but shortly before noon started running every hour inasmuch
 as only a few people were travelling. These schedules were maintained until midnight.
 ] Stratford, Derby, Walnut Beach i and all other lines were open today. John Meir, local jitneur piloted the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
 DIG ON
 DRIFTS

With the blizzard's backbone broken, Bridgeport laboriously crawled forth from beneath it's dazzling blanket of snow today, and set in motion the wheels of commerce and traffic that had been temporarily suspended since the early hours of yester- day. The combined forces of the Street and Charities depart ment were set to work early clearing the principal streets, digging out crosswallzs and en- abling the snowbound popula-
 on to resume every day acti- rites. Ex-service men and un- employed found the only silver
 nlng in the snowy cloud that had enveloped the city for 24 hours, and readily grasped the opportunities offered them to enter the employ of the city at B. a day.
 Sup J. R. Carter of the Street
 
 forces at o'clock. and launched a vigorous crusade against the tons Of snow piled high on the streets. At press time he was meeting with sue cess With a corps of 300 men fanloed by a battery of 150 horses and 75 teams a concerted attack was made upon the snow piles and drifts.
 Before o'clock Main street from Cannon to Elm was cleared for traf- fife, and by noon the space had ex- tended norther1y as far as Congress street and souther1y to Wall street Thousands of tons of snow had been removed and dumped into the Pequonnock river at Wall street and Union avenue and piled high on Waterview avenue. The workers were constantly augmented by addi- Angus Thorne of the Charities De- partment and by a temporary enlist ment station that was conducted at Main and Cannon streets.
 At noon, Supt. Carter was fast opening the main arteries to traffic. l The constant additions to his forces | enabled him to prophecy that practi- cally all of the main streets in. the 1 center would be cleared by nightfau,
 as well as every main thoroughfare 1 in the city.
 Local shipping was not harmed by | the storm. No boats were due to arrive yesterday and two tugs which entered the harbor Saturday night put out before the snow started. One l tug attempted to tow a couple oe barges into the upper harbor, but ow- l ing to the fire in the United Illumin- adng companys plant, the Stratford avenue bridge could not be raised. A strong east wind which sprang up this morning kicked up the waters of | the Sound so that sailing was i'm possible. Many Sound vessels are weatherbound in nearby harbors. ! Trains ran from one to two hours late yesterday morning, but picked up later in the day, and were only | about half an hour behind the regu- | lar schedule during the evening. Regular service was established to- l day.
 l All electrical service which was in l terrupted by yesterdays fire at the United Illuminating plant, has been
 restored by repairs completed early 1 today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
ALL STATE HELPLESS
 IN STORM
But Weather Man Promises That Cold Snap Will
 End Tomorrow.

New Haven-With a. total snowfall of II inches. driven by a northerly wind that reached gale force, the storm which subsided during last night left Connecticut virtually snowb ound in the country districts today while traffic in the cities was ir- regular and badly impeded by drifts. According to the record of the the worst since 1904 when a total of Is inches fell during one storm.
 Steam trains derer unn1ng this morning. in many cases with two locomotives and Hangers and most of the New Haven road lines with the exception of some of the branch lines were reported clear.
 Local trolley lines, except in the center. were practically put out of business by the storm. During last that the line to West Haven and Savin Rock was running this morn ing. But no apparent attempt was made to open the lines to East Ha- ven and Branford and along the east shore No attempt was made by the Connecticut company to keep inter- urban service in operation, it having been abandoned early yesterday in most cases.
 Due to the fact that many factories were observing a. triple holiday bus mess was not seriously affected ex- cept for the temporary cessation o1 retail trade
 Schools were closed in almost al cities and towns until the streets and roads could be cleared of the tremen- dous drifts piled up by the gale.
 Wire service was not interrupted tc any extent, owing to the fact thai the storm was not accompanied by sieet. The traffic tieup as usual in. creased the use of the telephone and operators and others in the traffic department had plenty to do. Visions of an early spring were gen orally shattered by the arrival of the storm, although the cold snap whicE set in last night will break up by l Tuesday, according to the weather bureau.
 That all lines were open this morn ing with the exception of the Chat ham and HyanniS branches, on the eastern division which would b. broken out during the day. was tho announcement of tne New Haven roat with reference to storm conditions or 1 their lines.
 Freight service was discontinued with the exception of a few trains tt | handle perishable freight.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
ORIGIN OF BIG STAMFORD FIRE
 STILL UNKNOWN

Stratford police and fire officials today resumed their probe into the origin of the blaze which practically destroyed the Stratford High school early Saturday morning. A box of matches found on the second floor of the building is now in the hands of the police. but it has not yet been determined how the matches came to be in the schoolhouSe-
 Another fire broke out in the ruin ed belfry of the building, Saturday night, but was eXtinSuished without difficulty. The slamming of a door early Sunday morning led the police to believe that someone was in the building, but a search revealed no providers. The police are now malSin g half-hour patrols of the premises.
 Insurance carried on the building 2 and it's contents amounted in all to $3S,000. It is said that S2,0O0 dam- age was done to typewriters alone Many of the machines were practical ly brand new. They were entirely destroyed by the flames.
 Members of the Stratford school board met last night, and completed arrangements for the housing of pu- pills in public and church halls. All students who attended the school met in the Stratford theatre this morning and were assigned to classes which will resume Wednesday morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21

This was one of two certain results. The other was that ''open diplomacy" would receive the cold shoulder.
 The original order of the day pro- vided that the first business of the session should be the appointment of a committee to examine proposals for amendments to the League Covenant, virtually all of which had been sug- gested during the assembly meeting in Geneva.
 Drafts of mandates which, in each case, will have been prepared by tho
 interested mandatory powers, prob
 ably will be approved with little if any change, although Dr. Wellington Koo. the youthful Chinese ambassado dor to Great Britain who is representing China on the council, said he was go- ing to register some objections
 against this procedure.
 It is understood that Sir Robert Borden, delegate from Canada, has decided to accept the chairman nship of the committee on proposed changes in the covenant These amendments in clude some that were put forward by Canada at Geneva, notably one to kill Article 10.
 The other proposed amendments include one sponsored by the Scandi- navian countries for the democratiza- ton of the League and one proposed at Argentina to admit Germany to the League forthwith and to take conrol of the League out of the hands of the allies giving this control to the recognized powers of the earth The refusal of the assembly to con- sider Argentina'S amendments led to the withdrawal of that nation from l the League.
 Numerous delegates we. Sid to | favor the appointment of SEE/R obert Borden to head of the amendment | committee the ground ii would 1 convince the United States that he League is willing O accept important l changes.
 i Discussions on disarmament, block ade and the status of Armenia are likely to result in important decisions later in the week.
 The importance attached by the
 Allies to the program for pushing (Continued on Page Six.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21

With the exception of one mill and two or three local contractors who are continuing to pay their men S1 an hour, every carpenter in the city went off the job this morning. The largest building operation in Bridge port at present is the United 1lluml- mating Company's new plant at the foot of East Main street. The men quit work on this job.
 Timothy A. Flanagan, business agent of the Carpenters union, char atcterized the situation today as a lockout
 "I do not believe that there are more than 50 men hit by the lock- out" said Mir. Flanagan. Work has a,een stopped because of the trouble between the union and the contract ors and also on account of the snow. l think one mill and two or three con- tractors are keeping d few men busy. None of the carpenters are working ct the reduced scale.
 Asked whether the carpenters would remain firm in their stand for the $1 and hour wage, MT. Flanagan replied:
 We never quit yet, but if they are going to give us licking now is the time for them to do it-''
 John Schwartz, of the contracting firm of Schwartz brothers and prom inent in the Builders exchange, pre- dicted today that the carpenters will
 (Continued on Page SiX-)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
DID NOT PAY HIS WATER RENT So IA
 FAMILIES SUFFER

New Haven-That 14 families in the tenement block at 105 Haven St., this city, face eviction, because the water in the building has been shut off by the New Haven Water company for non-payment of the water rent. was made known in the police court today when John F. Sul1o, supposed to be the owner of the building, was arraigned in the police court charged with violation of the tenement house law. SulIo's arrest came at the in stance of the Board of Health offi- cials, to whom tenants in the building complained. Sullo said he was not the owner of the building, though the Health officials say he admitted to them that he is. The case was con- tinued in court today until Feb. 2S for further investigation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
CITY QUICK TO RECOVER
 AFTER FIRST BLIzzAR
Wirsted Fails
 To Make Good
 During Blizzard

Winsted--FolIxs who expect to read & weather yarn from this town today will be disappointed. True, about IS inches of snow fell, but that's nothinS-in Win Sted. Outgoing trains on both the New Haven and Central New England departed on time today and the trolley line to Torring- ton was running on schedule. A few rural schools have suspended, due to blocked roads and some rural mail carriers had to give up covering their routes, "and that's about aH,'' chirped the correspondent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
BLIZZARD'S DEATH TOLL
 REACHES z
Storm Sweeps Out to Sea Leaving Destruction
 In Its Wake.

Boston. - New England's worst blizzard in 22 years had swept out to sea today, leaving in it's wake a death toll of seven; scores of craft piled up on the coast, railroad and street car traffic demoralized and a mass of tangled telegraph wires and snow-clogged roads.
 Ten inches of snow fell, breaking all official records during a single "A hour period since the great blizzard of 1888. A 70-ni1e gale lashed the coast, driving helpless craft ashore. Outstanding features, of the bliz- gard. as disclosed in the bright sum- light today, follow:
 Four fishermen drowned when their small craft was driven ashore on the high surf at Gun Rock and Stony Beach, NantaSket.
 Members of coast guard on beach were powerless to aid the three mast ed schooner William Bisbee of Rock land, Me, rode out the gale off North Scituate coming to anchor today af- 1 ter drifting.
 1 Three aged men, overcome in storm 1 found dead in Milford and Stoneham 1 and Boston.
 Man killed in South Station while | shovel1ing snow.
 1 With mem DerS Of Coast Guard or 1 beach poWerless to aid, an unident. l fled three-masted schooner rode out the gale off North Scituate, drifting al l times close to shore and keeping 1 Coast Guard in all night vigil advised | of her position by signal rockets. 1 Barge Rutherford pounded te pieces on Peaked Hill Bar, Cape Cod and crew rescued by brooches buoy
 by Coast Guards. A sister barge, thu 1 Tuckahoe with five men aboard cas about by heavy seas but rode out th'
 gale. The barges were bound ron Philadelphia to Boston.
 Four powerboats ashore at Hull and crew of another in distress a
 Gloucester, rescued.
 Winthrop marooned by high tide ant
 snow drifts.
 Railroad and street car traffic de
 moralized. Several trains stalled il
 drifts on the New York, New HaYel & Hartford Railroad.
 l Mother and baby taken from on stalled train at Weymouth. Severa trolley lines in Greater Boston dis
 continued and number of Easter Ma Sachusetts railway lines blocked Many automobiles abandoned
 drifts were being dug out today. | F'irenen called out to fight SCOT
 of fires at height of the storm i
 Boston, one doing S50,000 damage, a
 B. F. Sturtevant company's store
 house in ReadviIle.
 1 Thousands of snow shovelers a work
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
ONLY ONE SHIP
 REPORTS DISTRESS

Washington. - Although Coast Guard stations have been ordered to keep a strict lookout for vessels wrecked during the storm that has ragged during the last S6 hours, but one report of a ship in distress had reached headquarters here today The shipping Board vessel Aowa was reported in distress off Fenwick 1sl- and near the Delaware hreakwator. The Coast Guard cutter Manning was sent to her relief but a dispatch to the Shipping Board stated that the mine sweeper Kalnlia had the vessel