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he table to show that she Is so hard pressed there is little 1iklihood of her securing gold to meet the indemnity insTtallment due in January.
 The last Reichsbank report shows that there are nearly 99,000, ,Q0O,00 paper marks in circulation. Amerd- cans can get an idea of what this means by imagining that the dollar had dropped to less than two cents in value,
 Tt is a picture of our financial misery which the devil could well hand to he'll" said the Deutsche Allgemedne Zeitung in commenting on the finance minister's budget speech in the Reich9tag showing that the national deficit amounts to 53,o00,- 900, 900 marks.
 A striking fact Is that In the midst of all this misery there Is scarcely any unemployment in Germany. An off1dlal estimate of the maximum number of idle men throughout the country is 100000. The buying craze continues and everyone is converting all paper money into tangible goods. It is anticipated that prices will in- foreigners to buy up German goods. Taking advantage of the depreciation of German money is causing much dissatisfaction. Some stores refuse to sell to any customers who speak with a foreign accent. Other are planning a special tax on all goods sold to foreigners.
 There is much murmurtng of dis content below the surface and IheratS of trouble unless the situa- ton is ameIiOrated.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08
Women Make
 Better Jurors

Minneapolis. Minn., Nov, s.-wo- men jurors where they have been tri q have been found decidedly su- perlor 70 men in dispensing justice, A, F. Keilingly, deputy clerk of the Hennepin county district court. re- ported on his return from investigate ing records of women jurors for Hennepin county district judges.
 His chief investigation was at Cleveland, where women jurors have been acting for several months, AS a result of h.s investigations women will take a large part in jury work in Hennepin county during 1922.
 Among other things Mir. Wellington found thati
 Handsome men do not affect wom- en jurors judgment as much as pret- ty women do men jurors.
 Women jurors are not so prejudic- ed against corporations as are men.
 Women members of juries almost always agree with each other, but are frequently lined up against their male associates
 The judges in Clevenad courts re- ported they had found women jurors more generally satisfactory in every kind of case than men, MT. Killington said.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08
Bath in Which Great Greek Was
 Killed By Wife

Athens, Nov, 7-,Sorne very inter- esting discoveries have been made by the British School of Acheoiogy in this seasons work at Mycenae, the ancient Greek city which already has yielded some Of the most renarkabi bie finds bearing on the epic period which preceded the dawn of authentic his tory.
 One of these discoveries is of a tank bath in the palace of the Acro- polls at Mycenae, which suggests the possibility that it may have have been the legendary bath of Agamemnon in which he is reputed to have been murdered by his wife Clytemnestra.
 At all events, if AgamemnOn were an historical person, he should have lived in this palace for 1t was built about 1,400 years before Christ and was destroyed before the end of the 18th century D, c,
 Mycenae was one of the most im- portant cities of ancient Greeks and was the fabled seat of Agamemnon, son. of the king of that city and most powerful rules in Greece. It was Agamemnon who the Crock histor- ians credit with having led the Greek expedition against Troy. On hs re- slain. In the tragedy of Aeschylus, the scene of the murder is laid in the palace of Agamemnon at Argos, some miles distant from Mycenae.
 The bath uncovered by British in- vestigators Is lined with red stucco and it's sides are composed of steps,
 The palace, which was discovered in 1886, has now been completely cleared as the result of this season s efforts. One of the most interesting parts of 1t Is the great hall or Meg aron in which is a raised ceremonial circular hearth made of painted stuc- so and having floors of the same ma terial edged with slabs of gypsum.
 The walls of the hall were covered With painted fresco. which suffered much in the fire which destroyed the oP decorations were found. They rep resent elaborately dressed women with auburn bair.
 The domestic quarters of the pal ace were much destroyed but in them were found 8 row of jars and a shrine with the remains of painted stucco aItars.
 Under the floors of the palace have been found scanty remains of a yet earlier edihce, dating probably from 1.60O to 1,40O B. c. There probably lived the kings who were found by Schlieman .n 1876 buried with their of Mycenae.
 Below this again are the tombs ot still earlier periods, going back to about 1000 B. c.
 In addition, the British archeoIos- ists found several new chamber tombs in the Mycenae cemeteries. The two largest tonlbs just discovered have not yet been cleared. In the entrance tC one were found painted vases, gold and amethyst beads and five splendid tntaglio seal stones. On two of these are standing Hens and the figure ot the great mother goddess dressed IT the elaborately founced and gathered gown worn by Mycenean women Above her head is her secret symbol the double axe.
 One of these big tombs has an er- trance passage nearly 100 feet Ions and six feet wide. The tomb cham. Der is 21 feet square and lies 80 fee DS h hoped that they contain articles o, great historic value.
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YOUTHFUL
 VISITOR BROKE
 IN ON SENATOR'S

Washington. Nov, 7-The sacred Senate chamber. stamping ground of stafd, dignIfed solons, was invaded re- gently by one to whom tradition made no difference whatever.
 The intruder was a little four-year- old child, who strayed from his moth CT while she was absorbed In the in spection of the Capitol with a party of tourists
 The little boy. evincing no interest in the guides oratorical explanations, began a little inspection of his own and calmly toddled into the Senate Chamber in the midst of peace treaty discussion.
 He stood unconcerned1y in the sen- ter aisle for a moment, gazed around him wonderfully. and spying the door of the Republican cloak room open, he made a beedne for tt. He was soon surrounded by a group of sena- tors fir cr1 whom the cloak of dignity had completely disappeared. each try Ing his own method by baby lingo to ascertain the intruder's name. The tmpromptu reception was cut short by a messenger, who led the unan- nounced little visitor back to his mother. who had frantica1ly searched for him while he was on his explora- ton tour.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08
New York Is
 Much Stirred
 Over Election

New York, Nov. 8-The question to be answered by the ballots in the city election November is whether the Tammany Tiger shall purr con tentedly in City Hall for another four years, or whether his wouldIbe tam CTS, the Republicans and CoaGtfonists, will twist his tail and drive him to the sec1usion of the wigwam in Four teenth Street. It has agitated all New York since early summer.
 For the last few weeks the ears of the voters have been bombarded with all sorts of campaign argu- and on street corners. Seldom in the history of municipal elections here has there been such a flow of oratory, of charges and counter charges.
 William Travers Jerome, a reform district attorney, who stirred New York a number of years ago, -dramat- ically re-entered the political arena ncam Coalition cause. He breathed fire into the campaign and bitterly denounced Mayor Hylan and his ad- nlinistration.
 The newspapers in addition, have printed column after column of po- litical news and the fbewildered voter faces the problem of trying to dis sect the mass of claims and counter claims and cast his vote intelligently.
 The mator-ity of the daily papers in the greater. city editorial1y favor the candidacy of Major Henry H. Curran, the epubltcan-CoaMtion contender for mayor. Mayor John F. Hylan, a candidate for reelection on the Tam many ticket, has his principal editor ial backing from the papers controH- ed by W. R. Hearst. The conditions in this respect are nearly identical with those four years ago when Fly Ian won a sweeping victory over the late John Pur1,oy Mitchell.
 Political wiseacres figure that the women, who will vote for the first time fn mayora1ty election. hold the balance of power. Women show ed a keen interest in the primaries and registration and in many dis tricts, boiled nearly as many votes as the men. The total registration Is 1,26S, ,364, about 100, 900 short of the record registration in the last Presidential election,
 The city is considered Democratic under normal conditions. national party lines generally being discarded in municipal elections. As usual the rival managers predict victory The TamnDany chteftafns claim May or Hylan will be elected by major1- ties running all the way from 100000 up. = The claims of the Republican | Coaltionists, while made with equa | conffd ence are more modest.
 A1th ough the Socialists Prohfbi- l tionists, Single TaUers, Farmer-Labor | ties and Confmunfsts have tickets ir | the field, observers agree the main | fight will be between Hylan and Cur ran Socialist leaders predict the socialist vote will total 225,000,
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of any deserving ex-soldier toward making an honest living; in fact it is our desire and our duty to help such men in every way possible.
 sfWe simply v wish to inform the people of Stratford that no one Is connected with the Stratf ord Rost of the American Legion without a let ter of authority from its post com mander, who, at the present time, is the writer of this letter.
 'HThanking you in advance for any publicity you may give to this mat ter,
 Every truly yours.
 STRATFORD POST OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. "H. F. DeLacour, "Comm ander.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08
KENTUCKY BIRD WARREN O., LIKES
 HIS CIGARETTES.

Paris. Kentucky. Nov. s.-Parts boast of freaks of the animal king dom, including five legged calves and shree legged chickens. but for the present time 1t has as it's guest rooster that smokes cigarettes,
 Mr.: and Mrs. Earl B, Wilson and MT. and Mrs. Orion Srh e1e, of Colun. bus, Ohio, who stopped in Paris to- day. on their way to Florida, had wi In them two white wyandotte roos- ters "Warren G. Harding and Jim mic Cox, both of which have been trained to do $ few tricks
 Warren c. numbers among his ac- oomphShments the ability to smoke cigarettes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08
SERvIANS TAKE
 ALBANIAN CITY

Rome, Nov. S.-Capture of the inn portant Albanian city of Scutari by Servian troops is imminent, according to information from Jugo Slav sources aoday. Tf,e servians have already captured AieSio. isioating Scutari. Fighting between Albanian forces and Jugo Slavs continue.
 Scutari is 6n Lake Scutari which formed part of the northern boundary tenegro, now part of Jugo-SIavia- It is 20 miles north of Alessia. Capture of AIessia indicated today that the Jugo-Slavs have penetrated nearly 30 miles into Albania
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08
PARDoNED; GET BACK PAY.

Ieavenworth Kan. Nov. S-Five former American soldiers, convicted in Coblenz, Germany, by a court mar tia1 of the murder of Capt. Gilbert Lancefield of the British Army left the Federal prison here. pardoned by the President. Tn men were re-en- listed in the army and given honor able discharges and back pay from the time of their arrest in Germany
 The effect of the re-enlistnent and honorable discharge process. it was explained, was to restore fully their rights of citizenship
 The men then left for their homes They are James A OdeH Comanche, Okla; Roy TruebIood, Omaha, Neb.; George Van Glider. Toledo, O.: Carl J. Bryan, Mcconnell, Tex, and J. B. Richardson, Denton, Tex.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08

Alleging neglect and ignorance upon the part of the Board of Health nurse caused the death of their son, Harold w, from diphtheria. MT. and Mrs Walter J. Skinner, 2S9 West avenue, have filed a sui. in Superior court against the City of Bridgeport, dana ges of S10,000 being asked. The petition will come before the Board of Aldermen at an early cate.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08

According to an announcement made yesterday by Rev. M. J. O'Con- nor. Stratford will soon have a council of the Knights of Columbus A call for a meeting of those interested will be made in the near future,
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STAMFORD

The All-Stars managed to squeeze a victory out Sunday on the Windsor avenue grounds over the Hall Conn munity team, the score being 13 to G.. The defeated team came near scoring another touchdown late in the game, but couldn't put the ball over from they became so discouraged that they wauked off the field. They were using their ball. and their referee sim- ply picked up the ball and started for home.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08

Another important meeting of the council will be held this evening. The budget Is yet to be officially passed upon, and a public hearing wll be in order on the matter of negotiating a loan for $400,000 to carry on the ex- penses of the Town until next year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08

A small detachment of regular army infantry marched through Strat- ford this morning, enroute from Nor folk, Va., to Boston. The men have been in Bridgeport since Sunday. The detachment numbered just about enough for a platoon, war strength The men were slightly in advance o1 four mule wagons, carrying theil equipment, officers bringing up the rear, some on foot and some with mo. toroycles and side car equipment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08

In ease of nodces getting lost in the malls members of the Stratford pest of the American Legion are asked to immediately advise H. F DeLaeour, 256 King street, Stratford
 whe her he will attend the dinner whether he will be accompanied by his wife, mother or sweetheart. and whether he can aid In the Legion marching program Friday afternoon at the opening of Washington bridge
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-08

The water supply report of the past year shows an appropriation of $3,625. An amount of $3,36S.75 was expended. all to the Bridgeport lily draultc company. and a balance of s256.25, was turned over to the Char ity fund at critical time
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however, are lingering, although a few
are returning.
The United StateA Mail line, the
only one plying between American and
British ports under the American flag
is popular this season while as usual
the Cunard line. and the White Star
line are favorites. The fact that rail.
way fares are still so high is said to
have sent many of the casual travellers
OF the class that saves its money for
vacation trips on European tours,
since II costs as much to see ones own
country as IL costs to inspect foreign
lands. This Is not to be deplored from
the point of view of real patriotism
for the world is now so closely united
in common interests that 1t behooves
all of us to know the transatlantic
conditions, IL we hope to gain any.
thing like judicial point OF view or
wise outlook on our scrambled inter
national relations"
While the great volume of travel
has been toward Europe there IL more
and more interest in South America
and this year there has been an ap.
probable Increase of tourists. This
makes even more interesting the an.
nouncement that our embassy at
Buenos Aires is now quartered over a
mattress factory, because rents have
scared there, as they have scared here,
and the difference between the $50
pesos allowed by the State Depart.
ment for rent and the 1900 pesos de.
manded for adequate accommodations
makes the difference between a man.
sion and a mattress factory. This
must be particularly humiliating to
our proud Americans who happen 10
visit Buenos Aires, where the stand,
ard of living Is very high. the city
being often called the Paris OF South
America. Nowhere is greater, stress
laid on the dignity of social relations
and for that reason the juxtaposition
of the mattress factory must be es
pecially embarrassing to Francis
White who is now charge d'affaires
At least, hope that the mattresses
are first class and not of a variety
much advertised for cheapness and
wearing qualities.
This South American situation 4,
really worth while. II IT but arouses
the Government to the need OF pro
viding proper housing for Its diplo
mats sent to represent II in the 'vari
GUS capitals of the world. Since the
earliest days of our history our homo
less ambassadors and ministers have
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the farm. II looks now, however,
as II he might be able to Join her
sooner than he had expected and
be with her longer.
Mrs. George Barnett has also been
In town recently-another mighty Mt
tractive woman in a very different
way. But she spends one or two days
here each week, coming up from her
country home at Wakefield, where she
is having series of perfectly wonder
full house parties. She is planning to
go up north a little later to spend a
little while at Bar Harbor and make a
series of visits including one on Sen
ator and Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes. on
their mountain farm looking down on
two States. Mrs. Keyes VT mt up for
the Plymouth celebration and then
went on to her home for the rest of
the summer. III wager she was dis
appointed that with the President and
Mrs. Harding visiting as near as
Lancaster, right in her own State,
they did not come a bit nearer, and
let her have at least some sort OF q
party for them. You know. Mrs.
Reyes has been First Lady of New
Hampshire, - her husband having
been governor there before he was
Senator-and she takes the entertain
ing Of official folks very much as a
matter Of course. ,.s
1t is said, by the way, that General
Barnett is being seriously considered
for the presidency Of George Washing
ton University. And he would seem
to be an ideal person to succeed. DR..
William Miller Collier, who resigned
to become American Amba ssador 70
Spain-if he could be persuaded to &C.
cept the post. He will not be retired
under the age limit until 1928, but is
eligible for retirement at any time on
the strength of his thirty years
service. Anything which would bring
him to Washington az a permanent
resident would be an exceedingly well
come move, for General Barnett is ex.
ceedingly well liked and so is his wife.
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On the ocean homeward bound IL, 900
American tourists who have been
travelling in Europe within the last
week have had time to look backward
on their summer vacations passed
abroad. The returning stream OF
voyagers is moving rather earlier than
usual. partly on account Of unusual
heat in Europe and partly because the
expenses this season are still up near
the war lsvel. Washington tourists
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The Projected Con-
gressiOnal Club - A
Guest From Over
seasOther Imp0r-
tant Visitors.

lean Government ito this exhibition, II
is. perhaps, Just as well not to dwell
upon this subject. Presumably United
States of Americans will journey to
South America next summer In even
greater numbers to attend the
Brazilian centennial celebration in
Rio do Janeiro- n
This exposition is Being designed
on a much larger scalei than the ono
at Lima and preparations are already
well under way. Indeed, part of a
great ill has been pushed off into
the harbor to make a suitable site
for the handsome and well planned
buildings In which the exhibits are
to he housed. A commanding spot IN
this beautiful section has been set
aside for the monument which Is to
be set up by the American colony
in Rio. Surmounted by a Goddess
of Liberty somewhat but holding in
her hands the banners of Brazil and
the United States, the four corners
of the monument are occupied by
likeneWes Of Dom Pedro and Bon
afacio, Brazil's national heroes, ana
Of ouy own Washington and Lincoln.
Belgium and japan have already
arranged to participate In this great
exposition and undoubtedly the
United States will also take part as
well as other leading powers of the
old world and the new.
-
The unwilling of the monument
will, Of course, be the most important
event Of the exposition from our point
of view. Within the next few weeks.
by the way. another monument is to be
unveiled in South America--this time
a memorial to an American scientist.
tho late DR.. James orion. who lost his
life while exploring In the interior of
South America. DIR. Urton was for
years connected with Vassar College,
and the vassar Alumnae Association
has raised the funds to put up splen-
did monument i'm his honor.
OF pink New Hampshire granite, the
monument is designed from the
ancient tombs of the Incas. 1t will be
set up on the picturesque wooded
island in Lake Titicaca-the highest
steam navigable lake in the world.
which lies on the border line between
Peru and Bolivia-where DIR. Orion
is buried. and will replace the small
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amusing on the stage than they are
in real life. Long ago, when De
Lesseps was interested in building
the canal with French money II fur
nished many scandals. according TO
history, but since II has been Amer
icanized I believe IL has been so
moral that there is seldom any ma
terial for a first page headline.
am glad that the Postmaster Cen
eral does not NOPE in his hotel bed
room or linger to talk politics In the
hotel lobby. 1t is a relief in this
long, dull summer of hard work 10
know that now and then our Cabinet
ministers have bright spots to cheer
the tiresome, summer days. Secre-
tary Mellon has been playing golf,
Secretary Hoover has been motoring
I'm the White Mountains. Secretary
Fall is now inspecting Indians, and
Secretary Weeks has had a chance
to go fishing recently while entertain
ing the Presidential party. Among
the bulletins concerning the play
moments of the Cabinet members
none came from Mr.. Hays until this
announcement from New York, and
It makes one feel better about him.
He has a stupendous task In his Of
fetal position and he certainly must
need recreation.
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What Is the President
Going To Do NeItY

Nobody seems to know just what
the President is going to do next.
There's theory that when Congress
recesses next week he and Mrs. Hard
ing will slip away somewhere for a
month or six weeks. But nobody
seems to know where. lie is booked
to stay with Secretary Mellon some
time soon-but assuredly not for six
weeks. had supposed he would be
entertained at Barton Lodge at
Hot Springs. Va, which Mr.. Mel
lon has rented for the summer
and where he generally goes
from Saturday to Monday. But I
hear that Somerset, just over the
Maryland border In Pennsylvania, is
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been objects OF sympathy. but in mat
ters of this sort Uncle Sam Ia exceed
tngly careless. He has often been sat
isfied to choose men to represent him
who had plenty of money and so could
afford to pay immense rentals. In
deed, II is our national disgrace that
we who stand as the most prosperous
of nations-our fabulous wealth being
magnified by distance-hsve been so
Indifferent In this matter that means
so much in variety of ways. 1t is
not democratic to be parsimonious on
this subject of American embassies, for
we owe 1t to ourselves as well as to
the countries with which we maintain
diplomatic relations to conform to the
highest standards of life. Instead.
our policy is too often that of the
nliser content to live In a howell be-
cause of the knowledge that he has
plenty of gold to command a better
place. .ls
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The exposition at Lima, arranged
to celebrate the centennial of Peru.
Wan Independence, has been attended
by many Americans but. In view OF
the diplomatic incident" which seems
to have evolved from the utterances
Of the representatives by the Amer