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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-12
PILGRIMAGES TO
 WARDS GRAVE

Shanghai, Aug. 12-As a part of future observances of Memorial Day by Americans in China, annual pill grimages are to be made to the grave of Gen. Frederick Ward, the Ameri- can who while the Civil Was was be- ing fought in America conceived and put into execution the plans which suppressed the great Taiping rebel lion.
 The custom was instituted this year by the Shanghai branch of the Ameri- can Legion, the General Frederick War Post.
 It was when the Taiping rebellion, in which it is estimated 10000 per sons were killed, was at it's height that Ii Hung Change, foremost Chinese of that day. recruited the ser
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-12

that one of the largest Republican States in the Union would be slip ping away from the Grand Old Party, and this is no small item when you begin to calculate it's effect on na- uona1 politics.
 Illinois has long been a Republican State, and never in the memory of the old politicians has the Demo- cratic party ever had the opportunity 1t Is now afforded to grasp the reins of political power.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-12
HORSE LEISURE ENDS.

Los Angeles, Aug. 12-The Board of Public Works has recommended that s retired fire horses be put to work In the city engineering depart ment. When motor-driven apparatus was installed at all of the local fire houses 1t had been planned to let the veteran horses spend the rest of thetr dayH-sin-parlks- and -onpastzzre.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-12

ornate language of old Cathay they have thus immortaIized him: "A wonderful hero from beyond the
 seas, The fame of whose deserving loyalty
 encircles the world Has poured out his azure blood upon
 the soil of China A happy seat among the clouds and
 temples last for thousand
 springs Commemorate his faithful heart.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-12

Advertise In The Times
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07

Flat creek. a tributary of Otter creek, in Otter precinct, Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska, the location cer- tlticate of which is found of record ia Nolume~l5 of Locations, at page l92, in the office of the Recorder in said Otter precinct, in order to hold said claim under the provisions of Section 2324 of the revised statutes of the United States, and the amendment thereto ap- proved January 2, jS60,, concerning annual laborrupon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said placer mining claim for the period from .Ianu- ary.ist, 1916, to December 3lst, 1920.
 Andif. within ninety days from the personal service of this notice, or within ninety days after the publica- tlon thereof, you fail or refuse to con- tribute your proportion of such ex- peDditure as co-owner, which amounts to one hundred and three dollars and twenty-five cents {sl03 25), your inter est in the said claim will become the property of the subscriber your CO., owner, who has made the required ex- penditure. by the terms of said sec ten. T. NJ. DEAN.
 Date of first publication, Sept. "A. 1921. f'ate of fnahea biieatiee, Dec -r3l 1921
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07
GUARDING
 : BOUNDARY
Rebels of Lower Cali fOrnia Would Attack
 Mexican City.

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 5.-A de- tachmenG of fifteen men of the Thirty second infantry, With ma chine guns, left Yuma today for duty along the international boundary line.
 The indications are that rebels from Lower California are pre- parlng to cross the Colorado river at a point between And rade, a headgate of the Imperial valley irrigation project, and San Luis, in Sonora, 24 miles south of here, for the purpose of attacking San Louis
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07
Guardians Sale of Mining ClaiW

In the Probate Court for the fnnoko precinct, Fourth judicial division, Territory of Alaska.
 Pursuant to an order of the Probate Court for the Innoko precinct, l will sell at public auction in front of tba Commissioners otfice at Ophir, Alaska Saturday, December 4, 1921. at 10 o'clock a. h., the following described placer mining claims, belonging to the estate of Charles Ansio, missing per- son:
 Claims Mo- and Spaulding creek, d tributary of Canes creek. 1nnoko mining precinct. Territory of Alaska. No bid of lese than $75O cash will be considered.
 CHAS. ISAACSON,
 Guardian of the Estate
 of Charles AnsiO.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07
WAVING OF
 RED FLAGS
Vienna BOlsheyiks Loot Hotels and Shops
 of City.

Vienna, Dec. 5.-Rolsheviks are parading the streets, waving red flags. while hotels and shops all over the city are being loot ed. Constant ,ioting is going on before the parliament build ings, and the bolshevik ranks are being recruited at an alarm ing rate.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07
CONGRESS
 CONFINES
Coming Budget Calls for Three and Quar-
 ter Billions.

Washington, Dec. ,. = The Sixty-eighth Congress, which convened at noon today, merely adopted a resolution for a joint session to hear President Hard- 9ngg,s message tomorrow.
 The budget calls for three and one-half billion dollars, one-half billion less than the first esti- mates, and includes S455, 900 for a veterans bureau, s. .97e, ,OO0 for completion of the Alaska rail- road, this latter carrying S1, 867,- 232 for bridge across the Tan ana; for Alaska roads, trails and bridges. S435, 900; new cable, S1, ,500,00 for continuing A las- kan boundary work, S4. 400.
 Nine hundred and twenty nine thousand dollars will te avail able for road building in Alaska S national forests under the Fed eral road aid appropriation law.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07
Forfeiture Notice.
To W lillian Detteriae:

To William Detteriag:
 You are hereby notified that Iahave expended during the years 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920 the sum of two hundred and six dollars and fifty cents { S206.50) in labor aud improy emenes upon the Gold Hill Placer Association mining claim, sltuaGe at the zhead of
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07

Pete Carlson, of the firm of Carlson X Hounan. well known Ophir mer- chants. arrived here this afternoon on what Mr. Carlson refers to as his an- nual visit. He will return to Ophir tomorrow.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07
Bids for 100000 Feet of Logs.

Wanted-Bids for 100. GOO feet of logs. Right to reject any or all bids is here by reserved. . INNOKO LUMBER COMPANY.
 For particulars and specifications of above call at Kusko Times office.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07

Roy Anderson, for many months eu- ploysd at the Nixon mine, arrived here yesterday. and is scheduled to leave for Anchorage within the next couple of days
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07

Frank Dawson and Dan s. McDouen were Sunday arrivals, having come from Flat.
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07

Billy Jones arrived today with the Yukon mail
The Kusko times., 1921-12-07

Louis Susan left Sunday for Ophir. Al Goslaw left Sunday for Tacotna.
The daily times., 1921-11-02
INVENTOR ALMOST DIES
IN TESTING SAFE.

Baltimore, Oct 31-Twelve thou
sand persons here Yesterday cheered
as Menotti Nanni, Chicago inventor
use aboard ships, arose from the bot
tom of the harbor ut the mouth Of
Jones Falls after allowing himself
to be placed in his invention and
thrown overheard. Whistles footed
and the whole waterfront seemed
aroused, for to the casual spectator,
200 feet away from the scene of the
The daily times., 1921-11-02

p. Q. Foy, editor of The New York
Market Report, sis much larger than
ever before. The weather conditions
vAre favorable, and a larger per-
centage of the birds hatched.
Grain has been plentiful and
cheap and vegetation in Texas better
than for the last ten years. Another
thing, the price of cotton and other
stuff caused more attention to be
paid this year to the raising of tur-
keys.
THE young Toms in Texas now
weigh II to Is pounds, and some
have been sent to this market weigh
ing as high as l and Is pounds. Cr-
dinarily they weigh II to IL POUNDS.
Formerly young hens weighed to
Z pounds. while this year they weigh
z to 8 pounds.
The farmers in Texas receive now
from Is to 20 cents pound for live
turkeys, depending upon the distance
from the railroad. The turkeys are
driven on foot for SO to 100 miles
along the road to the nearest railroad
The daily times., 1921-11-02

which had coagreGated for the pur-
pose of urging INN not to resign his
office. declared that he would retain
the post of Chief Executive of the
nation. He exhorted everybody to
stand by him aud aid in upholding
Portugal. The Presidents speech was
hailed with great enthusiasm
The procession which traversed the
streets OF the city on the way to the
palace included several thousand
tatives, and persons from all OF the
municipal councils and parishes of
the Country
The daily times., 1921-11-02

demonstration. everything had APP
parently turned out we'll
But those aboard the scow from
which the inventor was dropped over
board saw u different scene. They saw
Nanni go into the steel cylinder smil-
ing, confident and waving his hand
those about him. They saw him kiss
his wife goodbye and saw her wait
stoically while her husand rema ined
under water. Five minutes later,
when Nanni came from the bottom
of the harbor. they saw him taken
from the cylinder in a state of ex-
haus.ion, with nearly two feet OF wa
ter surrounding him in his temporary
prison. and knew that had he re-
manned under water a few moments
longer he would have perished
The descent today was the third he
had made. the other two being en-
tirely successful. The safe used was
a new one and not that which he had
previously used. 1t was about five feet
in diameter and ten feet tall. built In
the form OF a cylinder which enclos-
ed Il smaller cylinder AS it was low
cred into the water the small cylinder
was released and shot to the surface
amid great commotion. caused by a
chemical compound used in the safe.
The daily times., 1921-11-02

station.
.-.u board tie refrigerator cars a;
the railroad stations tie turkeys cos
80 cents a pound. The freight to New
York IS 8 cents a pound. The dealer
will be able to sell at wholesale at
35 cents a pound. This means the re-
tail price will be around AZ to As
cents a pound. Last year the same
grade of turkeys sold for 65 to q;
cents a round. The average price fol
Texas turkeys last year was 65 cents
Indiana and Missouri turkeys 7t
cents a pound Some of the dealer.
clar-ed as high as IS cents.
"Maryland Virginia and Southern
PENNSYLVANIA turkeys brought fame
prices last year. Tney Will be cheaper
this year. The crop is about the same
as former years. but the birds are il
excellent condition.
Mr. Foy said that so few Gran
berries had been received that The
market had not been fairly establis'
ed, but that they doubtless woulf
reach the consumer at lower price:
The daily times., 1921-11-02
KEYS MORE PLENTIFUL
AND PRICES LOWER.

ew York, Nov. 1.-New Workers
be gratified to learn that Thanks
ing turkeys this year probably will
from Is to 20 cents pound cheap
,r than last year, retailing in most
sections at from AZ to As cents
ound. Because of the large number
Il. turkeys this year they are said to
be selling for less than it cost to
raise them.
Besides the large number of tur-
keys now ready for market there was
on Oct 1 a total of 2,437, 900 pounds
of turkey in cold storage. which is
about 1000 900 pounds more than
a year ago. In other years consider
able fresh turkey las been used, but
this year the cold storage supply is
still being drawn from This means
that the turkeys will have more time
in which to fatten and WI be in
good condition for the holiday trade.
''The crop of Texas turkeys. which
has become the turkey State" said
The daily times., 1921-11-02
WILSON HAD ATTACK
OF ACUTE INDIGESTION

Washington, Oct 3O.-Former
President Wilson, who was unable to
receive Marshal Foch yesterday be-
cause of illness, continues to i'm
rove, according to reports tonight
Dir. Wilson was confined to his bed
I'll day, but is in no serious condition.
Mr.. Wilson is suffering from "a
slight attack of indigestion, which
occurs frequently by reason of the
act that he is unable to take any
xercise. Reports that he had an
ther attack of apoplexy were de-
MED, and his physician, Rear Admiral
irayson. said that the ex-President
would be able to take his customary
drives shortly and attend the burying
of the unknown American hero at Ar
nStOn on Nov IL.
The daily times., 1921-11-02
ALMEDA AGREES TO REMAIN
AS PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL.

Lisbon, Oct. 3O.-President AL
media, speaking from a window in
the palace today to a greet throns
The daily times., 1921-11-02

Pviace Albert IL
sold in toppy red
bags, tidy red tins,
handsome pound
and half pound tin
hunlidors and in the
pound crystal glass
h u m id or With
sponge n,oistener
top.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30
Especial Cable 10 The Times
Dispatch

CALCUTTA. Oct. 2?.-Thc question,
What DO missionaries do?" Is an
swcrcd In somewhat surprising FASH
Tor b" n woman visitor to one Of the
stations OF the Methodist Episcopal
Mission (Woman's Foreign Mission
AIRY Society, whose headquarters Is
In 4 L. :. a. The mission in
question Is h n or Sironcha. situated
In Il wild jungle district at the june
lion vi the Ciodavery and Pranhiia
thvcrs in the Indian Central Prov
inccS AS is the case with all the
Methodist Episcopal mission stations
the STAFF NJ Sironchu is
wholly VI me There are four
OF them. AMI they look after 40
;;irls. 100 boys. numerous babies and
f"riy-iive widows. many of them fam
IN" victims. N'rk oc such IL kind is
the rnison d'ctrc of the mission, hut
in addition the woinen have lately
had added to their duties the espon-
sibility Of preserving themselves and
their charges from attacks by Wild
beasts.
Six persons have been killed and
twenty seriously injured. in. addition
to many animals. during the last
month. by panthors and leopards in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30

h beast had not been disturbed by
the sudden movement OF the mission
airy. who awokc and immcdiatcly
missed the child. and called out as
she jumped from her bed. feeling that
something was wrong. The girl says
the beast was sitting on her when
MISS F:tlcs cried out. and II moved
away at the sound Of her voice. The
child's throat and chest were badly
injured by tooth and claw. and her
recovery Is considered wonderful.
Another night a little dog was car
cicd away during dinner. II VAS
playing about on the vcrauaa one
moment. The ncXt-a little cry and
II was gone. The servants moving to
and fro had seen nothing.
The suD-ussistant At tho
Government hospital at Sironcha
could tell OF many tragedies, writes
the lady. who contributes particulars
To the Statesman. He has had az
many as nine patients at one time in
the hospital who had been attacked.
Many Of his patients are mothers who
have been defending their children.
The people never all sleep at the
same ~tiirc-thcy dare not-and at in
tervals through the night sounds OF
shouting, beating OF toms-toms and
shrill calls tell the whole district
that danger is abroad.
a pathetic appeal IL Issued to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30
GREEKS FACE BIG PROBLEM
IN RETAINING IN TERRITORY
Leaders of Hellenic Army Declare. Unless They Can
b"lld BARRACKS to Shield Men From Heavy Rains
and Snow. Ground Won viii Be LOST.

prisoners taken by the Greeks num-
otred approximately 1900.
Inc exhaustion OF the Greek trans
a!ter their several hundreds OF miles
% marchinG II their s;xteen-day
Quite was another vital reason, that
prompted the Greek general star Ia
nait IN" struggle against the Renal
ISIS. IL was clear the Greek troous
S"u!d not nave gone on much longer
,r"' oh!y were they greatly c~nervate1
ny their long. hard marches over
"eSer,-!ike land, but they had in
SUFFICIENT food. water ana sleep.
IL IS also undeniablc that some of
them We're badly shaken hy the fierce
u~nrelcntinE fighting of their rocn,cn
anu the heavy losses among their
comrades and officers. IN some in
stances they refused openly to 20
forward until assured Of ndcuuate
protection or their TANKS and proper
artillery support. All his was per-
maps perfectly natural in Il struggle
against an enemy in his own country,
and who had so many points in his
favor.
II necessity OF shortening their
li1o0 of communication. embracinr
hundreds of kilometerS Of sandy, hilly
roads. constituted the fourth impo. l.
ant factor which made i; seem wise
To stop the 4 paign. The Greeks
had sufficient !notor trucks and other
vehicles. but il OF days for NUM-
tons and supplies to reach the front.
And their supply trains were con
s;antly mcnaccd by bands OF Turkish
irrcRuiarS which infested the noun
tain sides. 1T was found extremely
difficult TO move the heavy guns and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30
lny Asseelatea prcss.l

L ASIA MINOR. oct. n9.-The
problem OF holding. throughout the
autumn and winter. the lhrgc area in
HAato!Ii the Greeks occupy since
their advance on Anircra has been
ChccNeo appears TO be Il serious one.
In the Judgment OF competent mill
tIry critics II will not be possible un-
less the Greeks are able to cree,
barracks or .:!cr shelters suitable
for the rains and heavy SHOWS which
are bound TO ensuo.
y great part of this territory is
devoid OF living abodes OF any Kind.
To shelter the troops in tents during
he cold months Will be out OF tho
question. The making OF earth dug
outs might solve the problem. but the
country furnishes absolutely no woDl
OF other fuel.
some observers so as far as 20
predict iha; If the Hellenic forces
attcmpt 10 hold this vast area dur
Ing the winter. they will repeat Ma
poIcon'S disastrous retreat from Mos
COW.
When the Greeks set themselves
the task OF reaching Angora through
4 long detour south OF the Sakar!a
River. they had 4 very Imperfect
conception oc the real topographical
featured of the country. They de-
pcndeo almost entirely upon maps
Which had been made Twenty-Five
years ago and which in many cases
gave no indication OF the mountain
Gus character and physical obstacles
OF the country.
Once they drove the Turks east of
tho Saharia. they believed their way
would be relatively easy. But they
found their anniversaries en-
trenched In commanding ridges o!
the hills and mountains which were
all but i~mpregnabic. 1t was from
these dominant positions that the
Turks poured down upon the Greeks
on the plains and valleys II whitening
machine-gun n artillery fire which
only s~upevhuman effort could have
overcome.
The Greek losses in lead en-,
wounded are estimated At moro thar
IL 600. The Turkish casualties are
bcli'1ed to be somewhat less. The
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30
WILD BEASTS KILL SIX AND
INJURIES 2OAT MISSIONW INDIA
Women Of Methodist Episcopal Staff in Jungle Dis,ric,
Compelled to Fight Off Animals Which Steal
Into Houses at Nigh,-Child Carried Away.

S%!ronciia. Every day lately brings it's
taic of visitation, attack n loss of
some kind. The Villagers. and their
children especially. are never safe.
The beasts tear down the mat doors
@: the village houses and get inside
heforc the occupants arc even aware
~ their ncarncss. they are so
stealthy.
How silently and how little they.
disturb the places they glide into
writes u lady visitor to the mission.
can only be realized ty those Wit
nessrs who have seen them stcalthtiy
in"vinS hither and thither amid
GROWING corn without causing II sin
Gle cornstaik to move"
beast Cnrri-n Away Roy.
one night Il little hoy Of 6 years
old was carried away from his moth
ers side in the middle of the uight.
and the following morning the only
traces left were parts of the body.
\ man who had left his house and
gone into the underground was killed
ana half eaten before he Was found.
.\nother man. Il lcpcr. who lives alone.
mas been attacked by one or more OF
these beasts on three separate occa-
sionS In his own house.
That there were several punthers
sf>H -
prowling the district is certain. for
ono was killed in Il cornpatch in the
mission compound, after "A most cx-
citing and anxious beat. n the same
evening the men VITO stay out In the
zelda all night to guard the peanut
crop. which is one of the mission In
dustrics. saw one pass through the
field they were in; it just s~.irtcd the
huge fires that they always keep a
light TO scare off the wild animals.
Two others were seen in the police
lines on the same night.
on the night Of August n girl
twelve years old was ragged from
her bed. As is tho custom (Which,
however. in the lace Of recent hap
pcninHs has had Ia be diScont!nued)
she was sleeping on the vcrania Of
one OF the mission bungalows. and
one of the missionaries had her bed
within hands reach OF the girl: Il
lantern was burning close al hand In
III, doorway OF tho bungalow. within
which were several babies and more
girls who are in training rs chill
Gren's nursea.
That girl undoubtedly would have
been killed and eaten on the spot II
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-30
AUSTRALIA IS WONDERING
where ITS PENNIES co
Iny Associated rress.1

SYDNEY, SKEW SOUTH WALES,
oct. 80. Australia now is in the
lnids, Of one Of It's periodical mys-
FERROUS shortages Of copper coins,
which have hatflcd treasury officials.
childron's banks were held
slbic at arSt fOr the shortage, and nh
! appeal from the treasury resulted In
the exchange OF many coppers for
silver n Despite this and the
assistance OF certain clumsy coun-
torfcitcrs. coppcr coins arc exceed
lnsly scarce. In some quarters the
app.oach OF Christmas was hla med
as. daring the annual busy shopping
period. large retail houses have
heavy demands Tor change. and i,
was thought that some OF the corpo-
Taiionh had accumulated Il surplus OF
corpctH against these demands.
We arc coming $500 worth Of pen
MES ard about E3nO worth Of half
tpcmn!"H every week." j.. K. collinp.
Secretary "f the Treasury, said to-
dIE. "NYc are ar a loss to explain
how there can ne a shortage.