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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-08
OBIT JAR Y

MORAN-The death of Catherine A, wife of William J. Moran, assist ant registrar of voters, and former alderman of the 9th district, occurred early this morning at her late resi- dence, 1464 North avenue She is survived by her parents, MT. and Mrs. James Dalton, her husband, two sis ters, Mrs. A. L. Hennessey and Mary Dalton, two brothers, Frank H. and John P. Dalton. She was a member of the L. c. B. A. The funeral will be held Monday, April 11th, from her late residence, 1464 North avenue, at S:3O a. m. and from St. Augustine's church at 9:00 a. m. with a solemn high mass. Interment in St. MichaePs cemetery.
 MARY A LYNCH-The funeral of Mary A Lynch, wife of Thomas Con ley was largely attended from her late residence, 9S5 Grand street at 9:30
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-08

this morning and from St. Augustine's church with a solemn high mass cele- brated by Rev. Joseph A. Ganley, as sisted by Rev James B. Nihi1l as deacon and Rev. George Donahue as sub-deacon- At the offertory John Hanley sang 'tAve Maria" and after mass Miss Mae F1aherty sang Some Sweet Day." The pail bearers were John Egan, Robert Egan, Harold Dougherty, Thomas Doyle, Cornelius Foley and Albert Jonnson. The in torment was held in St. Nichael's cemetery where the committal ser vices were read by Rev. R. J. Bowen.
 WILLIAM F. DE VOY was buried this morning, services were held at his late home, 2O9 Madison avenue and from St. Augustine's church at 500, where a solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev. George F. Donahue, assisted by Rev Robert Bowen and Rev. Joseph Gan ley The pallbearers were: James Fitzpatrick, Timothy J. Ryan, Ed ward Murray, Edward Reilly Joseph and Thomas Burns. Rev. Robert Bowen conducted the ceremonies at St. Michaers cemetery
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-08
Young Kingston Wins Prize For
 His Drawing

During the last exhibit of architec- tural drawings held in New York city George Kingston, -Stratford, won great praise for his startling and dar- ing exhibit of English architecture. fession and a great future is predict ed for him. At present he is en gagged on plans for an office and ad- ninistration building for three of the largest steel mills in the east, which are also to be combined It is ex- pected that this building and a fac tory building, for which he is also drawing plans, will be erected in Waterbury at a cost of $1,500,00O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-08
RAIN CANCELS GAME.

Philadelphia, April S.-The game scheduled here today between the Philadelphia Americans second team and the Hartford club of the Eastern League, was called off on account of rain.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-08
DIED,

NIORAN-In this city, Friday, April Sth, 1921. Catherine A. Dalton, wife of William J. Moran.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at her late residence, 1464 North avenue, on Monday, April 11th, 1921, at S:30 a.. m., and from St. Augustine's church at a. m., with a solemn high mass.
 Interment at St. Michae1's ceme- tery. U7b*
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-08
TODAX'S WANTS

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Evening star., 1921-09-18

part, of the worlds supply Of cotton
will depend on the growing crop in
this country. What such contingency
means to the prosperity Of the south
sounds too optimistic to put in cold
print.
1.-THE new phase of the situation
already finds expression not only in
widespread none cheerful feeling in
the south, but also in somewhat freer
buying. This is true likewise in the
grain regions, where farmers are lib
orally marketing hogs. wheat and
corn.
'"The commercial world, however,
will not reap as much benefit from
this as surface indications seem to
promise. A very considerable propor-
tion of the money the farmers receive
for their products win go to. settling
the obligations carried over. In some
sections when banks and dealers have
been satisfied there will not be much
left for the farmers for new pur-
chases. Yet when all has been said
the situation will be far better than
at present.,
Evening star., 1921-09-18
Mr., WEEKS EXPLAINS
BUREAU CHIEF POSITION
Denies His Request for Power to
Remove Is Based on Pending Air
Service Change.

Secretary Weeks made plain yester-
day that his action of several weeks ago
in urging Congress to repeal an ex-
listing statutory provision, under
which bureau chiefs of the War and
Navy departments may not be re-
moved by the President. except for
cause, had no connection with the
pending change in the air service.
due to the request of Maj. Gen. Men
oher to be relieved as chief of that
branch of the Army.
The War Secretary said that the re-
striction upon the authority of the
chief imposed by the
act in question was in his judgment
a violation of the constitutional pow
ers of the President.
Annoyance had been frequently
caused in the past by the fact that
where it was necessary to change a
bureau chief, under the act the Presi-
dent could only assign the officer 10
some other duty and appoint an act
ing chief in his stead. The man as
signed to other duties because he was
regarded as unfit to be head of the
bureau, Mr.. Weeks added. retains the
rank Of bureau chief until a new
is made and confirmed.
Evening star., 1921-09-18
Italian Statesman Upholds United States
In Refusing to Join League of Nations

only the illusions of democracy
can transform the wish in reality.
1t was possible to hope, however,
that at least for some time to come
Europe would not be again drench-
ed in blood. But as matter of fact
Greece and Turkey are actually at
war with each other. Poland, car
ried away by a crisis of megalo-
mania and following harmful sug-
gestions. is preparing for new
wars. Hungary and Bulgaria. as a
result of unjust peace. are await
ing war as the only means of liber-
alton. Germany is in a moral state
Of hatred not far removed from
war.
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The society Of nations, in spite of
Balfour's fine words, is rather a
ridiculous affair. The United
States of America did very well in
refusing to belong to it, and the
Argentine republic was even bet
ter advised in leaving it after l1av-
ing entered it. Beyond distribut-
ing large number of fat salaries to
Evening star., 1921-09-18
Formation Of 'Blocs'' in Congress
Is Deplored by President Harding

of world affairs. instead of London or Paris, or,
in former days. Berlin. Vienna or The Hague.
With the leading diplomatists of the world
assembled in the American capital. with world
problems up for discussion and with the great
press of the United States ready to disseminate
over the telegraph wire all available news of
the proceedings Of the conference, 1t Is said to
be expected that the average reader will find
new interest in the news of the day. and be
sible Of his own participation IN the considera-
tion Of subjects hitherto reegated largely to
the high brows."
The plain people had taste Of that expert
ence after the war when the treaty of peace
was being prepared and the league Of nations
was a-borning Later, when the league Of ma
tions became an issue which was brought home
to the remotest communities by the politicians
on the hustings they had more of 1t. But ver-
sailles and Paris and London were remote, at
best.
Now. the stage for the new world drama is
being erected at our very threshold, and the
personages figuring in 1t will be visible through
the illustrations in the daily press, while the
great mass Of the people observe and hear at
close range.
4 X X.
Visitors to Washington who bring reports
of the condition of public sentiment back
home" from Maine to California, agree that
the country is in a state of mind which will not
tolerate failure to agree upon some plan for
Limitation Of world armament. IT'S just got
to be done. and that's all there Is to it," is
what they all say. in substance. It is contend
ed that the average man and woman is con-
WINGED that limitation is q common-sense propo--
sition that can be worked out and must be
worked out
: 1t may be authortatively stated that this
view is also held in high official quarters here
and the country has nothing on Washington"
in its expectations. Secretary of State Hughes
would not express the sentiment SO colloquialIy,
but ii one were permitted to quote him direct
1y it would be said that he is sincerely con-
WINGED that failure of the conference to achieve
substantial results is impossible. The country
will not be disappointed.
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When Congress reassembles the returning
senator's and representatives will be gratifed
to note the progress which the Senate commit
tee on finance has made in the consideration of
the tax bill passed by the House. The early
enactment Of a perfected measure seems as
sured. for at this time it is not apparent that
differences between the House and Senate will
be OF a character unyielding to compromise
When the tax bill is signed another excuse
for retarded improvement in business will
have been removed. and industry will be called
upon to make good in its promises for better
ment Of the times
Copyright 1921. BY The Washington star)
Evening star., 1921-09-18

A deDanA fiat Ger, Pilsudski be
eE PolaKa. hasr begun. witkin tAree
days -of. the Witss eabinet's ressGna-
tfon. =. The A19tro-Pellsh niIitartst
partys - lSVh3cA DilsuAs1ki ID the header.
has been DlayfaG. for this nsnent
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Evening star., 1921-09-18
u. S. FARMERS BEGIN TO FEEL
NEW WAVE OF PROSPERITY

The true barometer Of the country's
volume of business and of its COM
mercial welfare in the future is to
be found in the demand for farm
products and their consequent prices,
according to Archer Wall Douglas,
chairman of the committee on statis-
tics of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States. All other indi-
Gators can be discarded, Mr.. Douglas
says.
'The story" says Mr.. Douglas, ".is
much the same everywhere. A par
tial and unequal harvest, plentiful
returns in close juxtaposition with
parched and burnt-up fields; prices
and demand for farm products that
are far. from satisfactory to the pro-.
ducers. Yet these same products are
seeking a market wherever they can
find it, that the obligations of the
farmers may be discharged. There
is an abundance of foodstufrs in the
country despite small yields IN gone
grains.
Sustained higher prices for cotton
mean an amount Of business in the
south that can come from no other
cause. Nor does it seem to be likely
that there will be that fa.a! and
futile holding of cotton for possibly
higher prices that characterized the
previous season. The memory Of that
desperate mistake and Its enduring
consequences are too rec IN. 20 bring
its repetition.
eff there IL demand Of any me-
ment, foreign and domestic, from now
on--and this at least seems likely
the greater portion of the carry-over
OF cotton in this country .Iill n4se
been practically used up by J,liy of
next year With general business and
readjastmsnt ON an ascending scale.
at home and abread. we shall be. fac.
Ing q situation where the greater
Evening star., 1921-09-18
BY N. O. MESSENGER.

~ RESIDENT HARDING deprecates the
- formation in Congress Of "bIocs' for
the protection Of special interests and
q the furtherance Of legislative demands
of groups and classes. The President regards
the system, which is rapidly taking q firm hold
In Congress- as infmical to the interest of the
public at large. How he can combat the grow
ing tendency to combination is a question which
interests public men and which is causing earn
est discussion in congressional and official
circles.
In the meantime. the members constituting
the several "blocs" insist upon standing pat,
and some of them openly declare they will not
yield to any kind of persuasion to wean them
away from participation in q policy which they
say produces results for their constituents.
their states and the industries Of their section.
X X X X
Political leaders look with disfavor on the
bloc system as being disruptive Of effective
party leadership and tending to break down
party lines. The ''bloc" Is the natural enemy
of the caucus, under which it has been possible
in the past to hold parties together on legisla-
tive policies and carry out platform pledges
and yet the caucus has not been unanimously
upheld by statesmen Of independent spirit
Many senator has complained Of that sinking
feeling when he entered the caucus room, and
IN fancy read legend over the door Of leave
independence behind all ye who enter here"
And In later years some Of them would not go
into caucus. II the meeting was labeled eau
Gus" The word has come to be sugar-coated
to conference"
Now the sign over the door Of the meeting
room of the bloc" Is 'leave your politics out
side." and senator's cheerfully do that same
going into the bloc" with an eye single to
the business of getting legislation desired.
The question is asked what is to become Of
steering committees" which now are supposed
to guide and direct legislation. and what will
be the use of attempting any kind Of systematic
direction of procedure in the Senate, If at any
moment a bloc" can come up like a thunder
storm out of the southwest sector and blow the
best laid plans away? The party leaders COM
plain that any time senator is dissatifed with
the way legislation is drifting he can halloo up
a bloc" and knock the most carefully prepared
policies Of his party into a cooked hat
President Harding's objection to the bloc"
however. is reported to be upon broader
grounds. He is said to view this latest out
growth Of legislative procedure from that lofty
coign Of vantage where he visions the welfare
of the entire nation. and the interlocking and
INTERVIEWING Of all interests into one great sys-
tenn. and cannot see the bloc" as fitting in.
Evening star., 1921-09-18

"(HE world war ended nearly
three years ago; on the 2Sth
of June, exactly two years
bod olo mad sinca fha atom
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persons who have nothing to do, it
Is difficult to understand the uses
Of the society of nations, which
has lost every moral prestige,
owing to the fact that the van
Quished peoples do not form part
of it. SO that it is nothing, but a
holy alliance of the victors. But as
the victors are now at loggerheads
among themselves. also the holy
alliance has become meaningless.
Not only has secret diplomacy
failed to disappear, but it has re-
doubled in activity and new secret
treaties are being prepared every
day. What has. happened in Po-
land? What treaty now regulates
the military foreign action Of the
Polish republic? In all the little
states which have emerged from
the war there is an effervescence
of intrigues and the cropping up Of
new aspirations which fnd or will
find their sanction in the treaties.
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AS to removing the barriers
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There are senators who share his feelings
and who hold that the Senate which was Gre
ated by the fathers as a conservative factor Of
the Congress- is not the place for "blocs" but
that the very spirit of the senate's origin and
existence should find the bloc obnoxious.
President Harding's vacation does not place
him out of touch with public affairs The wire
less. the telegraph. the mails and the long-dis-
tance telephone lessen the sense Of "goneness'
which official Washington would otherwise feel
in the Presidents absence. 1t has been told
heretofore that President Harding possesses
the happy faculty Of turning quickly from work
to play and back to work again. Those who
are with him on his periods of recreation say
that the big problems Of his office sit like pa
tient visitors in the anteroom of his subcon-
scious mind. awaiting audience and that some-
times in the midst Of seeming relaxation he
will suddenly drop the playtime mood and take
up some question which has been thus haunting
him.
Which leads to the suggestion whether any
President, even with that saving grace Of ca
pacity for the enjoyment Of life. which in Presi-
dent Harding Is highly developed. ever gets
tirely away from the great Office he holds. and
If it is. indeed. possible to do ....
X X \ X
President Harding's plan for a study of the
unemployment situation is working smoothly
toward being carried out, and is steadily grow
ing in scope and compass. Announcement has
been made in authoritative quarters that the
President has in mind the possible efIecting of
permanent policy Of keeping down unemploy.
ment. going far beyond the present emergency.
Naturally. such policy could only be carried
out by voluntary agreement. but his idea is said
to be that employers are interested in keep
ing their plants going the employees are con-
cerned over holding their means of earning a
livelihood; and that discussion. bringing out
helpful suggestions of a practical nature will
result.
From every quarter Of the country inquiries
are coming to Washington showing the exist
ence Of the most widespread interest in tho
coming conference The usual quota of fmprac-
tical theories are expected. but the fullest con-
idence is felt that there will be mass Of work.
able ideas presented The fullest publicity of
the proceedings Of the conference will be ex-
pected by the country, it is said, and means will
be found to make official documents Of the sue-
gestions worked out and distribute them under
frank to the people at large.
Citizens of the United States will find their
attention attracted to world affairs to q greater
extent than ever before after the armament
Limitation conference gets down to work, diplo-
mats and officials say. 1t Is to happen that for
space Of time Washington is to be the center
Evening star., 1921-09-18
BY FRANCISCO NITTI.
Former Premier Of Italy.

FOkmGH fHem1GE OF
"HE world war ended nearly
three years ago; on the 2Sth
of June, exactly two years
had elapsed since the sign
ing of the Versailles peace treaty.
During these three years the situa-
tion of Europe has changed con-
siderably. for the worse; the
policy of peace" has developed
into what can only be described as
series Of warlike maneuvers.
Increasing poverty and misery, q
growing spirit of violence, alarm
ing symptoms Of disgregation are
everywhere noticeable in Europe.
During the war, when it was the
fashion to raise the entente to the
skies as the champion Of the great
principles of democracy and
liberty, people continually assert
ed:
1st. That this was to be the last
great war.
I'd. That the society Of nations
was laying the basis of lasting
peace and good will among peoples
Sd. That secret diplomacy and
secret treaties were to be abolish
ed.
4th. That all international bar
riers and hindrances to free COM
merce among nations were to be
removed.
5th. That it was, necessary to
Immediately reduce all military ex-
penses. and subsequently standing
armies. Many other admirable ideas
were set forth in the official docu-
ments, and ex-President Wilson's
famous fourteen points contain
sentiments and aspirations which
now give one TIE impression of
visions or dreams, certainly all
things long surpassed and utterly
submerged by the grim reality Of
facts.
X 4 X + -,
But peace has been concluded in
so odious a manner, violence and
diffidence have SO manifestly pre-
vailed in all dealings. that not only
has it been impossible to attain the
progress which it was hoped to
reach. but hatred has famed forth,
quarrels are increasing and there
is difidence everywhere. The peace
treaties have been nothing but an
othr manner Of continuing. the
war. and Europe is In the throes Of
that horrible clash of spirits which
sewers peoples more and more,
hurling them against each other.
Between what peoples can 1t now
be said that cordiaHty exists? Not
even among those nations which
the war united in suffering and in
danger is there--any longer con-
fdence Of cordial friendship. Every
nation is intent on healing its
wounds and there Ia difference in
all. When the gospel Of violence
has been openly. proclaimed in the
treaties. who can have faith in JUS
tice? - =. ~.
Nothing has remained s. Of all the.
Things that had been afirmed. How :
can one believe, therefore, that the !,
last war has been fought? We do say
'the last war; in the historic sense;
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which hinder commerce betwaen
nations. nothing coul be more de-
plorable than what has actually
happened. The storing up of raw
materials has been followed by a
protectionist explosion; each of
the principal states tries to domi-
nate the situation and to place it's
rivals In the impossibilfty of COM
pettng with it, 1t is no longer d
case of commercial competition,
but organized exploitation. The
principal cause of this is to be
found in the peace treaties. but it
also derives from the psychological
state of the masses. -
is 1t, then, to be wondered at if,
in consequence of this; standing
armies. far from being reduced. ac-
tually tend to increase? 1t is the
new states which have emerged
from the war. or which have been
favored by the war, which are es-
pecially noticeable for increasing
their armaments. Czechoslovakia.
Jugoslavia, Rumania,. Greece, and.
above all. Poland, whose fmmod-
crate ambition and disorder con-
stitute the gravest menace to
peace, now possess larger armies
than those of the principal states
of Europe before the war. Taken
altogether. military expenditure is
now greater than before the war
and Germany is obliged to MAIN
tain, on behalf of the victors, an
army Of occupation which costs
more than a large standing army.
For the states OF the entente,
aided by America and, what is
more, upheld by the prestige of
fighting in the name of right and
justice, it has been easier to win
the war than to achieve peace.
The war spirit Is still in the souls
Of the masses, and foreign policy
is usually nothing but the express
sion of the internal situation of the
various states OF. Europe. Peace at
home will be first deserved by
those who achieve it abroad.
At present there is no peace, but
only the prevailing. of those prin-
ciples of violence which were de-
clared to be the prerogative of the
Germans and their allies, while
now they are, even in "a more
marked degree, the characteristic
Of the victors.
Who has won. In this immense
war? Perhaps no one. But the real
victor will be only he who will be
the first to proclaim the real gos-
pei Of peace to his own people and
to the other nations.
{ At present the balance Of peace
in Europe is, nothing but. 'col-
lection Of bad debts. We have not
yet reached bankruptcy. but we
are dangerously near it. II debtors
and creditors want to save them
selves, theirs iE only ONE way open
tot athem.- namely to enter. on =
friendly understandinS.s in. the
common, interest, to save wh3t It
is. still possible to rescue from
complete, ruin. ~.
to1yFsht. 1919. 70, !.