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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08

~ IRIS can't do much, can they?' 4 said Junior with an air of conde- " H scension, as he handed his father ~ tool Junior, sometimes called Donald, was at his favorite job of helping his father make some adjust ments on the automobile in the pretty little garage at the end of the garden. Nothing any one could imagine ever and so very much a man as the task of helping his father with the car. And he never could understand why his sister Jane didn't like working in the garage every bit as well as he did.
 But Jane didn't-and that's all there was to it. She didn't like tools and she didn't like hammering and she didn't care a rap for standing around just in hope of seeing some- thing interesting. Even this morning when father did so many interesting things, Jane hadn't cared and had drifted off to the house in disgust when she found Junior didn't care to play in the yard.
 "Oh, I don't know" replied MT. Johnston, in that vague tone of voice grown folks use when they think they ought to answer children, but really can't quite remember what was asked, stvyhat makes you say that?"
 well" said Junior, glad of a chance to air his views on the subject, "she doesn't know lot of things and she doesn't care a bit about working with a car like you do.'
 His father laughed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08

Junior, dear, and don't bother us. And then as soon as the first jam is done and ready to put on some bread, we'll call you."
 That tempting promise should have made Junior very happy, but somehow it didn't satisfy him one bit. He started to go out to the roadway where his mobile waited for him and then he stopped in the doorway, thinking.
 Funny how he had thought Jane couldn't do anything and now when
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08
COLUMBUS

H CROSS the sea in a wooden / With sails most to the sky. Columbus sailed with his men SO bold A new short route to try. Oh. the sea was rough and the waves
 were high
 And the little vessel tossed. Till the sailors in the hold below
 Thought surely they were lost. But Columbus he was stout of heart And he did not finch nor quail, But stood on the lookout all the night Beside the wood deck rail. And when his men thought all was lost And formed mutinous band. Columbus heard the shout aloft:
 Land. we've sighted landI" And straight they landed on the shore Where white man ne CT had trod; Then knelt and with a reverent heart Gave thanks unto their God.
 THE TELL-TALE. BIRD I know the bird with yellow bill'' That 'hopped upon the windowsill; ;" But one I'd like as we'll to know Is that small bird
 I've often heard
 Ma say can tell her where l go.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08
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jobs, just to pretend to help, but really truly jobs that would count. There were glass jars to be brought up from the store room. and rubbers to be hunted out of the drawer in the Kitchen cabinet, and pans of peel ings, sweet, drippy peelings to be taken out to the garbage can. and. Oh every so many things to be done that a boy could do.
 T never knew" he remarked as he polished off spoonful of half
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08
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~ EAR mel" said Susie. "If his Mtory just didn't have so many
 Fl dates it would be quite all right. " But, goodnessI Everything any, body did has date to it, and I never can remember them!'
 "Oh, you'll get used to it," Brother Bob replied, from his side of the li- brary table. Wait until you have real ones like me to wrest1e with. Kings and battles and charters and treaties and things"
 Susie sighed. To be sure her little history book didn't look as terribly important as Brother Bob's, but it was quite big enough for a small girl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08
F '1ffeJunTor
LUNCHEON "swEETs


 Peel 1 large sweet potatoes Cor the equivalent).
 Cut into small pieces and put on to cook in boiling water. Cook till tender which will be about 15 minutes.
 Pour off the water and mash with a wire maSher.-
 Season with 1 tablespoonful butter,
 l teaspoonfuI salt.
 l tablespoonful cream. Beat till smooth and creamy. Pour into a shallow baking dish and smooth off the top till it is even and flat.
 Put about 12 marshma1lows here and there over the potatoes. Set in a moderate oven till the marshmallows are brown and puffed up. Serve immediately.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08

of eight. She bent over the pages again murmuring-"s s'covered 'merica, fourteen hundred and-and-and- dear me! Let me look again!"
 "Ninety-two," Brother Bob supplied promptly, before Susie had time to find the place. "October. fourteen
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08

My first are small insects. My sec ond is to send out. My third is a vegetable. My fourth is lack of cour- age. My fifth is wet. My six is bit ter. My seventh was the first man.
 ENIGMA
 I am composed of II letters My 6-4-11 do purchase
 My 2-3-9 note the passage of time My s-7-5-10-1 form a tree
 My whole is an American holiday THE VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS In the square below are hidden the names of various objects Colurdi Is and his sailors met and had to x<iSai with on their famous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1892 How many can you find? Take your pencil and move it from letter to letter, to the right, to the left, up or down, or on the diagonal in either direction, but do not jump over or skip any letters.
 D U I K R
 N O l. c A E
 ST P B NIT
 F H A l. A W
 P R O N D A
 B I D VI Some of the hidden objects are: Ship, water, wind. heron, pelican. dolphin, duck, land, fish, bird, Indian. oar. Can you find any others?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08
So there!"

so there!'
 Well" Bob laughed. 'If you are going to be a poet too, there is no chance for me, I see. You'd better stick to prose, Susie, until your mem ory bump develops"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08

THE FOOTBALL football grounds last nghte I'd like very Careless who looks after things that wayl EAD to lost and will be found. For there folks who love kick that ball around This morning break of day. where the football lay saw the and weasel and the squirrel think at play The light was cn but I am 1 saw that pigskin roll. And when the rabbit kicked think he made goal
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-08

Serve immediately.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
Eastern Star
 Delegates To
 Pick Officers
Five Hundred Hear Annual Reports, Then Are Served
 Luncheon

Ihe farty-seventh annual conven-
 1on Ct the Grand Chapter of the connecticut Order Of Eastern Star ;s m session in Bridgeport today. Miss M Louise Ginand, grand matron is presiding with Mrs. Ellie Lines Cha pln, worthy grand matron of tb. world, and Mrs Harriet L. Burxeii worthy grand warden of the world the guests of honor. Five hundred delegates, including all the grand otfi- cers. and 300 guests from the Sa chapters in the state are in attend- ance at Colonial hall.
 Frank M Garfield of Bridrenor+ opened the morning session win o, :, address of welcome and was foIInwed pS une annual reports of the grand officers of the state
 Lunchon was served the delegates aL clock in the Universalist ch urch by the ,women's club of fhs church. h 'he
 The afternoon session will be de- voted to the election of the State off cers. oih-
 The convention will come to a close tonight with an eIaborste han aunt and dance at the Stratfield
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
JURY COULD
 NOT AGREE

After six hours deliberation with out agreement Judge John E. HeeIer sooay orscharged the jury in the Sio,OOo suit of Julia Foley against Frank Laufer and ordered the cass called to the trial list for the next term of the court
 Ihe Jury was charged yesterday arfernoon at o'clock and reported a failure to agree before court ad Journed- Judge Keeler this morning requested the jury to make snecisi enort to reach a verdict and when more than three hours had nasssed without result he discharged fine Jury The court then proceeded to the trial of Charles V. Roth ara5nst William F. Chailos. an action result building operations -''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
Firenzen SnUe
 TsT0 C0naries

lynn. NaSs.-Three women, two dogs, a cat and two canaries were tal1ei, over ladders from the fourtl, f1oor. to the street dur Ing a fire which caused much excitement and little damage i'm tenement buildin@ The fire men carried the women to the streets. Smoke that rose from smtdge in the cellar filled the, house and drove everybody to windows and stairyxays and the fremen had to divide their time between rescue work and fire nghfinG only to find that the names had not gone above thc first floor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26

BerSdoH was accompanied bv an- other American named Stecher and the adventurous attempt to capture them landed the three Americans in Jail and one German in a hospitaI
 The Americans, learning of Berg dolls whereabouts, rented an auto mobile in Speyer and drove into Eberbach- They encountered Berg doll driving an automobile to inc Eberbach station to meet a party of wedding guests.
 One~-of the Americans shouted.
 Halt, or it will cost you your iifei''
 Instead of complying. BergdolI put on speed. and attempted to escape The Americans opened fire upon inc fleeing car woundirg one of the occu- pants in the arm. A crowd attracted by the shooting rushed into inc street and the pursuing car had 10 slow down.
 The police arrested the Americans who admitted that they had no of fcial warrant for Bergdou They said they had planned to kidnap the draft dodger and carry him into the American military zone of occupa- ton where he could be formally ar rested by the American military au- thorities. The captors hoped thus to get the S60,0O0 reward.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
GOOD HUSBAND
 BEFORE "DRYS"
 STOPPED BOOZE

Anti-saloon crusaders and "a. formers take notice,
 steve Hornsky of I9. Snruca street was a hard working man . kind husband and a devoted fa-hs- until prohibition,
 Iooay he was in court charged win, beating his wife because she refused to give him money 10 b1,y- Jz-.5o. sinser- This Jamaica ginger con aSlned VI per cent. alcohol
 Mrs Hornsky told the court that in the good old days before .Januarv ., Isls' when the Volstead act took enect. her husband would get a nail U ot peer or small bottle of whiskev at reasonable cost. bring eitbe- 1o,,-., ana enjoy himself without being ob- 1ectionable- Now 1t costs much I'd Set a orlnk and the stuff makes her nusoand wild She stated that he had been mixing his own cocktails of J Jamaica ginger and tea and after urInkinS them was violent
 The court suspended sentence -rfr1p a warning to Hornosly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
MUST PAY TO
 UTMOST PENNY

oon d - Germany possesses $500 100000 in gold at this time but o,,i,,- aoout per cent, of it is available for ihuennity payments to the Allies. if became known here today when inc Inter-Aliied conference was resumed of discussion.
 It is understood that corunIata agreement exists between Great Brit am and France to make Germany nss.- 70 the utmost penny, but the biz diff ncuIty IS how to recover reparaffons. which will consist mostly oT -ro1 o,-,.' erty. without injurihg Allied indus tries.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
Girls Disappearance Rec0LLs NFanaOus Case
 W Dorothy Arnold

New fork--Miss Blanche SpelI- mann, pretty 1s-year-oId Barnard college student who mysteriously dis appeared last Monday. bought hum drcds CT dollars worth of clothes and . su.t case on that day, it was learned Iouay With the Bureau of Missing Iersons centering all of its attention on Miss Spe,ir1ann's disappearanre anu with her description in the hands ol every policeman in Greater New York. her family believed she would soon be found The fact that she had purchased clothes on the day she disapepared was taken to mean that sne had vanished of her own account ana that no harm had befallcn her.
 IL was established that she took luncheon Monday at the Pennsv1xa-ss notei She was seen there late Mon day afternoon and detectives working
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
Coal Crisis
 Checked As Barges Dock
Tugs Haul 600 Tons of Fuel
 Here, First to Come In Ten Days

With the arrival of two barees in the local harbor last night, the first coal to reach Bridgeport distributors m m, nearly ten days was received Iugs with Nbarge of 500 tons of anthracite for a retail dealer and :, barge with 105O tons of bitnn,jDo,s coal for the Connecticut companv's power house on Seaview avenue. ar rived late last night. Another tup Wlth ooo tons of sand for the Crane ternoon.
 NO dlfilcultles in making the trin rom New Jersey to Bridgeport were encountered by the barge captains Who reported an open channel along Sey coast.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
Yates lnspects
 Bug Light Work

Supt. Thomas Yates, national head or the Lighthouse Department. visit cd the Bridgeport waterfront today on a trip of inspection. Supt. Yates examined the work of removine +bs Bug Light 300 feet inshore towards the plant of the LocomobiIe com pany. This has been practically com pieted by the Bridgeport Dredge X DOCK company. He also looked over the lights and lighthouses in the sur rounding waters.
 Before returning to the headouar- Iers or the Lighthouse Departure e1,t at Iompk1nsv1lle, l.. l., he conferred with several prominent mariners on the marine situation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26

!. While the AIerideu decision ,,,,-- not nave any direct effect on tine o,1-- Soihe or me Bridgeport fight mem, Eers or the league consider it a mors1 ont iTUorS , 1T nothing else. They point waged its battle against the rnefe- Chrse on plan very similar o their own, and if .'unreasona,,,e proht can be shown here there is noIHihS lc do but sit tight and au-,ir tne decision of the commission.
 tacts and figures are now hsi,,- S. ihpIIeu oy the company to show us net yearly income on moneS- s,,- , ros.eo, and 1t is expected that a re- Sttorno,. VIII pc De placed in the hands of ney Hugh J. Lavery, the lear,ez counsel within q very few days
 To Set Date Soon.
 As soon as this statement Is in Afr Ia. possession, a date will he SeC TOT another hearing b1fo-a .f- commission It is believed fbs+ .S4. near Ing, the second to be held o, -L- riuseport case. will result in 6a S.I.on ,h being made one way or inc
 Meridcn. in showing that .,,, den Gas Light company in fba- rs.- was making an unreasonable n-ofsS Mdsea its fight against the ne-e,. as ,E,a-o along the szr7e lines
 rta 1iiose or the Consumers league.
 the legal action which has hoe, laken IS not a direct sian a. SSa Iehtal charge but is prouo+ed T. tne express purpose of showing that tpo pn com panies would make more lnan a reasonable earning if sla - charge were continued 1 able profit was found in -bs Nra1sS-- Sdse, S1ie, ana the meter charge y-.- LII here1ore ordered discontinued
 Members of the local lear-,o .- bo l tdehI mat a similar decision vrsII oe handed down in Bridseporf-s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26

"e do not know these people. We know nothing about them," said Sew a!o,,,,, Rrice, secretary of Chamber of UonEineree. Sexcept that they wrote us Tor the locations of empty fac torres We furnished them the in formation. That is all We do not recommend them. We do not know
 elr resources, or anything else that tne Chamber of Commerce for refer. cnce' olrectly, or by Implication
 - Impudent Band
 ine same advertise impude e3,t- IF thanks" The Bridgeport ri4rrrs for the publicity'' which was given to the thousand per cent. lure of the Motorist Spring Wheel Corporation
 Thanks are unnecessary The facts were printed to warn and bene 1t the readers of The Times, and the nuohc generally. The Times makes it part of it's duty to the commun- itv to warn it against the wiles of promoters who. with cunning phrases attempt to induce the financially ig- norant to invest their money in blue sky.
 This organization, which has made according to its own story. but five scts of wheels, and has no means of quantity production. is attempting to sell S5,O00,O0O worth of stock in a type of article, which, according to the tale of the promoters, has failed 100 times.
 Skirts Fraud Law.
 The literature of this company is a set of cunning phrases, carefully designed to avoid the law of fraud
 The Times warns the people of Bridgeport to think carefully before they invest in this, or in any other organization, which sells stock bv cunning implications that profits of 2 1 thousand per cent. can be taken.
 Don't do itl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
E1ooch Car Ends Mad.
 Mad Dash
Springfield Police Locate Bullet Riddled Machine,
 But Owner Vanishes

springfield, Mass-The police to- day located in a garage here a. tour Ing car, the property of Mike Dreek or this city. which was identified by Ns registration plates as the caT. winch dashed through towns and cltles between Stamford, Conn. and th1s city last night In spite of efforts oL the authorities to stop it. Dreek's car bore six bullet holes, the result. if IS believed. Of shots fired at it bv off, cers Tn cities through which it passed. Ihe car is' supposed to Save been laden with liquor.
 Ihe police and prohibition officers are now seeking Dreek and his com Panlons and predict his arrest within a, few hours. No liquor was found in the car and it is the police theory mat It may have been unloaded in East LongneadCw after eluding po- ice and prohibition officers at the Connecticut state line.
 Dreek. the police say, has boasted that he would never be arrested alive lie has been convicted in police court several ulneS on charges ranging rom violations of the automobile laws To larceny and has served time Tn the reformatory. A VoIstead act Violation charge is now pending aSainst him in a Federal court
 Whizzed By City.
 Dreek led Prohibition enforcen,en+ agents a merry chase from Stamford to New Haven, yesterday afternoon The fedeTal men attempted to nab
 (Continued on Page sSix)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26

on the case declared they have req son to believe she took a train for Chicago Monday night
 Miss Speilman was a close friend of Mme- Tettranzini Friends said the i;lri had theatrical ambitions and the theory was advanced that she may have gone to ChicaSo to obtain an en- Sagement- N
 Miss Spellman was described as being about five feet. six inches tall. weighing about I60 pounds and hav-' ing dark hair and brown eyes. She wore blue tailored suit with white collar.
 The appearance recalled inc famous Dorothy Arnold case in that Miss Arnold was last seen when she went down. town on a shopping tour- No trace of her has ever been dis covered and sine was given up long ago as lost
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
Nice Red Cans WEI
 Soon Be O., Hand To
 Harbor Waste MQtter

Within a few days hrieh+ rea oemountaole waste receptacles will make their appearance on the streets or Br1dgeport to replace the old un- sanitary. dilapidated eyesores which for years have served as refuse cars Lermlss1on was secured from the Board Of Aldermen at a recent meet Ing by the Connecticut Sanitary street system to install and maintain one hundred cans will be used at nrst and more will be added from
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
NEW DIVORCE ACTIONS.

New divorce actions filed in in. superior Court today were:
 Charles Zsiros. of Bridrenorr Agnes Kopacsi Zsiros. now of TiIi,o,s Desertion is charged and the custody Of three children asked.
 Fannie Sheridan Blackburn vs thomas Fred Blackburn. both Of Srldgeport- The plaintiff charges assertion and asks for the right fo resume her maiden name.
 Howland A Clark vs Maude F. Ciark, both of Bridgeport DeSertio-I is ala ged and a divorce and tta r,,-> tory of two children are sought
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
500 VETERANS GIVEN AID VIA
 LEGION OFFICE

Approximately s7,5Oo has bea, uis'rlouted to ex-service men i, Bridgeport as allotments of state aid during the last ten days. More tban ooO World War veterans have bAe, assisted, and applications are increas- Ing each day Distribution of check. Is made each Wednesday and Satur- day in the Council chamber in tba City Hall under the direction of w Parker Seefey and corps of assist ants from the American Legion
 The appropriation of a s2.5oo ooo fund by the state supplied the nucIeuz Of perpetual fund. The income a mounting to nearly s1oO,oOo. is be- ing used to relieve many ex-servica men hard hit by the industrial de- presston. Offices were opened In tbe leading cities for the examination of applications and the distribution of 
 cheeks are given the service me, on the basis of SS for a single man SIP for married man with no de, pendents otker than his wife. and sl5 for married men with depend- ents.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
DANIELS URGES
 PREPARATION

Washington.-In the face of Gov Sresslonal movement toward disarm- ament, Secretary of the Navy Dan Iels today addressed a letter to inc NaVaI Genara1 Board directing thai a1l iiilfnedlate study be made of the most effective weapons of modern naval warfare A report on the strIdT IS 10 be made early in February
 secretary Daniels stated that if tba tinted States is 'to play a lone naho mat It must be prepared with fare. "ar
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26

Each receptac1e. or .'Kabinet" as It is termed. weighs PAS pounds and IS recommended by health authorities as sanitary and hygienic A gel vanized refuse can is deposited in the interior of the "Kabiet.' and an opening ir the top permits the dis possl Of paper, fruit and refuse
 The cans will be installed, main tanned, emptied and kept in repair by the conccra. which realizes on-its in vestinent by the use Of natioaaI :.1s- piay advertisements on the ,fIes of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
BLACK CROOK
 DANGER DIES

New ork.-Mrs. Marie Bonfarti. 1orner premier danseuse of the Met for her dancing nearly half a cen LurE ago in The Black Crook" died here late last night She was 70 years old. 4 native of Italy. Mrs. HoltanIl, as ballet and classical dancer. first appeared at Coyent Gar
 den London. She made her Amer IGdn debut in Niblos Garden in this city where The Black Crook" was
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
Sailors to Get
 Victory Medals

All ex-navy men who served in the World War and left their discharge nd application for Victory Medal at he local Navy recruiting station. which was recently closed. today were Svised that discharge papers we've
 awarded to recruiting station at
 CIV Haven Medals and discharges .sill be mailed to them in few days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
ATTEMPTED AssAssIN.rto~

Parls.-An unsuccessful atteror+ was made today to assa ssina4e Aya+is Ahroun1an, head of the Armenian n delegation in Paris. The attacI- ,
 cured near his residence. The .,< sassln used revolver, but failed tc hit his intended victim. The aIIeeai, assa1iant, who was arrested. gave hi name as Ale3andre Thezakarian. ,. wears old. ii' =
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
CHANBEK OF COMMERCE REPUDZATES
 THOUSAND PER CENT STOCK OIJTFTT
Price Denies Backing New
 Wheel Plant

And we negotiating with the Chamber of Com 1nerce for constructed building" - ~
 This statement is an adv sen,eDt ,r,fod 4 @ nens m of M the Moorf Spring Wheel people at prices which have ranged eight cents to fifty snare stocks which to return cent or as they put it in another way every S5 invested, profits of 1875 year '' " '' p"o
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-26
SUES NEIGHBoR FOR s1o,ooo.

As the result of an assault in Fair- held on Dec. 2S last, Gabor TraZv of that place has brought suit for S1o,0OO against Andrew verez. a. ne!shbor. Damages of $5,0O0 are claimed