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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-22
DINNER STORIES

The chief of detectives was raiding an Illicit still. Above the shoulders of the motley crowd of onfookers pro truded the ebony head of 3. huge ne-
 gro. who watched the scene with q helpless, sad expression. The chief proceeded to smash everything in sight, and then had the various coils and kettles loaded on a truck to be conveyed to headquarters. Say chief wait a minute" said
 the negro. as the auto was about to
 depart. I'll give you ten bucks for | that truckIoad of junk" Why" asked the officer, tocase1y.
 Are you figuring on starting still, tool"
 Nav, boss" replied the negro, I'm aimin' to enlarge mine" | The bus was starting in the rain. when the conductor put his head 1n- side and inquired: will any gentle man get outside to oblige a Iady?"
 She can sit on my knees if she | likes said a passenger joculariy. I To his surprise, buxom woman bounced in and accepted his offer. After a time the man asked where she was going. On hearing her des- 1 tination he exclaimed:
 "BIesss my soufi That's my house."
 Yes she said. blusfing. I'm the new cook.
 1 You don't approve of sIans?"
 "No," said the pur:st- "It is offen.
 sive to the ear of a cultivated per- | son and is also misleading" l s.In what way2'
 The man whose favorite observa-
 ton is. I'll tell the world could not. l as a. rule. persuade half dozen peo- l pie to hesitate on street corner long l enough to hear what he has to say" l scf1eid emann former chancellor ! 1-..z +i,s faIa nnk. fnr the War on the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-22
By NORMAN E. BROWN
ND TT TO PETE.

Referring to MT. Herman. the bah tam wizard. the ordinary ones of holding the ban tam title two different times and los ing it to two different banties Her man is credited with having amassed bigger fortune in his ring career than any other man who ever fought in his class.
 In 1921, while Herman was losing prestigeas 8. boxer and losing the title at the same time he collected $20o,- 900 Pete received $35. GOO the night Lynch collected the bantam title from the New Orleans boo6b1ack Three weeks after that English fans paid him about s25,oOo to battle Jim my Wilde. Herman knocked Jimmy out. He collected $16.800 for knock ing out another Britfsher, Jimmy Higgins, and then came back to America to collect s37,000 while re- gaining his title from Lynch.
 Herman was s1S.Ooo to the good although minus the tile when f1e left the ring the night he met Buff. Added to these fat purses were two dozen other Juicy ones in the same year.
 And Herman had sa1ted away a good many grand before last year came. He won the title from Kid Williams in New Orleans in the win ter of 1917. It was a point verdict after 20 rounds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-22

scFeid enaann, former chancellor lays the blame for the war on the kaiser. Queer nobody ever. thauEht
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-22

Referring to MT. Herman. the bah tam wizard.
Evening star., 1922-05-31
LEADERS IN HOUSE
RESENT CRITICISM
Declare Country Should
Blame Senate for Log
Jam in Congress.

House leaders are growing resent
Congress which is being indulged in
throughout the country appears to be
leveled particularly against the
House of Representatives. House
leaders claim that In point of fact the
House has passed Legislation Of great
Importance with unusual expedition
and that the log jam in Congress ex-
lists in the Senate. They point out
that the House passed the tariff bill
months ago and also acted upon the
soldiers bonus bill. together with a
number of other important measures
which are now hung up in Senate
committees.
Despite this state of affairs. 1t Is
asserted that all of the adverse COM
piled to the House and the leaders are
getting restive under it. One prop
osition under consideration is that
the House shall take three-day re-
cesses in order to focus attention up
on the Senate and draw the fire
of the adverse commentators.
In high administration circles the
word has gone forth that it is the
desire Of the administration that the
merchant marine bill shall be put
through as speedily as possible
House leaders point out that they are
willing to expedite action upon this
measure if there Is any prospect OF
the Senate being able to take it up
but that the outlook in the upper
chamber is dubious on account OF
the tendency of the tariff and the
bonus bills.
Legislative conditions in the House
for the next fortnight are therefore
uncertain and will be governed to a
degree by conference reports on ap-
preparation bills and the minor legis-
lativer propositions coming in from
time to time from the various COM
mittees.
Evening star., 1922-05-31
ENGINEERS AS GUESTS.
Ambassador Jusserand Chief
Speaker at Dinner.

Inaugurating a bond of co-opera-
tion of significant Importance from
an international engineering stand
point. members of the societe des In
genieurs Civils de France were hosts
to members of the deputation of
American Engineers to FraAce in
1921, and to officers of the National
American Engineering Societies at a
dinner held Monday night at the Uni
versity. Club.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, who
is honorary president of the Amer
lean section of the Societe des In
genieurs Civils de France, presided
at the dinner. Ambassador Jusserand
! was guest of honor and principal
speaker.
Among the guests were Ambrose
Swasey, Cleveland. Ohio; John r.
Freeman of Providence, r. l., presi-
dent of the American Society of Civil
Engineers; Arthur S. Dwight, presi-
dent of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers. New York; L. P.
Afford. vice president American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers. New
York; Maj: Gen.t George o. squier.
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers; J. vipond Davies. president
United Engineers Society, New York !;
dation. New York; Aime Dumaine.
president American section of the
Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de
France; R. A. Cummings, American
Society Civil Engineers; William
Kelly, American Institute of Me-
chanical Engineers; E. NJ. Chandler.
secretary American Society of Civil
Engineers; Calvin w. Rice. secretary
American Society Mechanical Engi-
neers; Alfred D. Finn, secretary
United Engineering Society; F. F.
Sharpless, Secretary American Insti-
tute Mining Engineers; w. L. Wal
lace, secretary Federated American
Engineering Societies, and H. D.
Woods, Henry Harrison Suplee, r.
Ingouf, Harrington Emerson and
Starr Truscott. all members Of the
Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de
France.
The officers and members thus
gathered together represented body
of nearly fifty thousand members of
the engineering profession in the
United States and France.
Evening star., 1922-05-31
POLICE RADIO SUCCEEDS.
Chicago Asked to Appropriate $6s,
600 to Equip Entire Force.

CHICAGO. May 31.-Experiments in
the use Of radio for the transmission
OF police messages have proved sue
cessful. George E. Carlson, city COM
missioner of electricity, said in re-
questing an appropriation of $4,000
for radio equipment and personnel. II
the appropriation Is granted autos
used by the detective bureau will be
equipped with both sending and re-
ceiving sets, he said. He said he is
also experimenting with plan to
extend the use of radio to every po-
liceman by equippinE him with a
miniature receiving set.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21

THE PEOPLE of lower Kent and upper Sussex coun-
ties have responded to the movement to restore the former
nopulartv of Slaughter Beach, bayshOre resort
few individuals recognizing the splendid opportunities Oh
this bavshore point the old hotel property and
rehabitated it as real public shore hotel where all the
fine things that come the waters of the Delaware Bay
and the marshes the low lands served to the gues
who take delight in a service of this kind New board
walks have been built the water; bathing houses
new conveniences for automobile parties to store ma
chimes have been placed at the disposal of the public
Then several cottages with white coated walls cleo
ric lights and running water in each with comforts OF
modern home have been built and occupied at old
Slaughter Beach The dancing pavilion was opened
last week on a stormy night-but notwithstanding the
storm twenty-five couples present and enjoyed the
dancing and music made by the excellent jazz band en-
ployed for Last Sunday the crowd at Saus
ter Beach was again surprising and the bathing was de-
ghtfu For dirt roads, the drive to Slaughter Beach is
very comfortable and it is purposed to keep the road IN
good condition during the entire season. 1t is pleasant
drive of miles to this bayshore from Milford ana Wn
good table at the hotel there will be renewal OF its
great popularity it enjoyed fifteen years or more
ago. It's great come back for the resorbut with peo-
pie backing it who the to make success OF any
thing they undertake. is secret that SaughteI
Beach is due many of popularity with all he
people "Big Thursday" which is in August VIII see
thousands again Slaughter Beach 1t is salt water "asn
day.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21

CREDIT is DUE to the present Town Council of
Milford for carrying into effect oftepeated suggestion
which has for several years been made through the col
of The Chronicle to meet the requirements of the
public with department of public comfort in the town
of Milford In the rear of the Municipal Building
North Walnut street. Town Council has caused to be con-
structed concrete block building with concrete foors
stands toilets concrete walks leading to the
public convenience. The walls whte-coated and
every comfort needed is supplied both and
This a public service station which since its opening
week. accepted by visitors and shoppers in
Milford extent that has been surprising to the mem
bers Council This is the first effort to meet the
the people who built the business of Mill
ford with their patronage of stores and banks and
time passes it will be recognized and appreciated for
it's public comfort service The janor will for the
service station; but it is hoped that the public will
observe decency at all times and maintain the
sanitary and cleany conditions of the convennces opened
to them by courtesy of the Town Council of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21

MILFORD WILL HAVE A ROTARY CLUB "llnn us
vid within the very near future if plans now being
formulated properly to head delegauon OF NIL
ford business men were the guests of the Dover ROTARY
1ub at their regular weekly luncheon on Tuesoay even
in and at that time suggested that such an O-
sanitation be formed Milford The purpose OF Rotary
Club is to boost town. to promote more numaue anu
friendly relations among the business people OF the o"n
and to create cooperative spirit such as can be gotten
in no other manner These clubs are composed OF one
member from any branch of business In other WORDS
bt one clothing merchant, eweer, one grocer ana
thence down the line become members OF the organ
zation The Dover Rotary Club now has waiting hsI
of forty-one business men, all of whom are anNousy
awaiting their turn to join the organization 1t is con-
eeded by the residents of the state capitol that 1t was
very largely through efforts of the RoaTans that the
people of that city induced to vote for the recenV
authorized bond issue their schools At their weekly
ncheons the business talk the needs OF tneI
town have speakers of prominence address thenn ana
spend profitable evening generally. Milford woulu uo
well to organize such organization of men interested
in the towns welfare While Chambers of Commerce. OF
Trade Boards do excellent work when operated for the
communities where they exist yet the Rotary CluD loea
practically eliminate factions jealouses through business
interests and gets the entire community pulling togethei
for the common good Milford needs this very thing now
to start real progress.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21

ExrERIENCE is A FINE TEACHER, but it is well to
remember that experience bea costly way to learn
the rules of ordinary business Those people Of Kent
county pay taxes personal and real prop
ery who accustomed to let the tax OF the curren
year. hang over until the next have learned that they
nav dear for the neglect to pay debt to the county,
which should have been met promptly and settled when
the statement was them by the tax receiver from
Dover The tax receiver is obliged by law to send out the
of assessment showing the rate
for taxation fixed by the Levy Court to meet the annual
budget county purposes well as for the schools
On these notices cean-cut statement that the tax is
due without further notice and that it must be paid on
or before certain date when penalty is added to the
amount of the tax payment is not made, then the
bill is handed to the Sheriff for collection without fur
ther notice to the taxable the receiver Just at
this point is where cost of failure to the tax,
Jumps to very serious problem in cash as well as time
to make settlement The mileage the advertising the cost
of the Sheriff other penalties, frequently exceed the
tax several times over. The people of Sussex county
learned this considerable personal cost after
the first year the tax receiving laws went into ERECT
and now the people of learning that it to
attend to bills when due. Putting off until another day
that which should performed today is the policy OF
the unthrifty and unsuccessful men or women It's habit
that will grow upon the individual quickly if permitted to
xet THAT the taxes have all been paid up thous-
and dollars in Kent county for 1921 under new law,
sneaks well for the system. It seems that all the
new svsems of county government for Kent county are
working vellar better than the old aws-even if they
were introduced and advocated by Republicans Ihere
were scient honorable Democrats to admit and join
with the Republicans in the legislature TO enact tne re-
forms into laws-regardess of the opposition by the poll
ticans of the Democratic party who fought by fair OF
fol means to kill the laws When the people got the po-
ca camahouge erected by the district politicians scat
tered the socaed ripper bills" went through for the
benefit of all the people of Kent county.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21

THERE MUST BE ONE PERSON capable, who is suf-
hciently interested in conducting kindergarten in Mil
ford the many little folks who will be old enough
to enter the public schools next fall casual survey of
the field indicates that there opening for school of
this character to train the children of Milford in
this preparatory which would make easy
for the child to progress in the public schools; when is
years old and of age such schools Aside from
this there is the financial end of the problem, which
should be attractive to the lady starting the kindergarten
The parents of children in school of this kind would
bring the child at the beginning of each session and be
present to for it enroue to the homeso that there
would be very little responsibility to be assumed in that
direction The child with kindergarten experience would
be likely to be advanced through the lower grades of
the public school, than those who had not the train
ing 1t has been said that the most important duty of any
people for it's children In the schools of today
the future of the nation is written And to the kinder
garten all higher schools must look for the initiative of
their work All other forms of national Defense dwnde
into comparative nsgnifcance when compared with the
training of the children The children for kindergarten
Milford, is the woman here to recognize the job
and reap the financial reward for her work?
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
TILE PROBLEM OF TRANSPORTATION for children

111E PROBLEM OF TRANSPORTATION for children
I'D from the public schools outside children attenuns
schools or special districts and VINO are
the grammar school grades, is stumbling DlooA
will have to be removed by the next legislature III
ware In several it has been pron'Dio 60
action for parents to transport tnelr boos
~ are certain lines of transportation proVldeu Oy inc
state under the school Wherever there mas %
consolidation and bus routes are maintained So tso
children to and from the school for them 10 a1.enu
law provides money meet the cost OF 'eii i t
iO. C+to Roard of Education found it necessary
to eliminate pay for taking the children to ana IRON
b1o1 the ninth grade It appears to most tolKs'
4t tho narents should shoulder this responslDly VI
Getting their children and from the better sue u
schools
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21

Leisure should be used, not wasted
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-23
ENDORSEMENT FOR
MRS. ADAR BY ONE
OF BITTER CRITICS
Secretary of Taxpayers Ass0-
citation Compliments the
Work Of Deputy Who is
Candidate

/ T. D. Mccall, secretary of the lmper'
ial County Tax Payers Association, has
been making an investigation of county
offices. Mostof the officers have come
in for a roasting, but Mr.. Mccall finds
at least one bright spot in the court
house. He has the, following to say OF
Mrs. j. M. Adair, deputy treasurer, who
is candidate for the office of County
Treasurer:
"Mrs. Josephine M. Adair, candidate
for treasurer--Believing that at least
three Of the nine elective Officers Of
the county should be women and fully
believing your fitness for the office you
ask for to be second to none, to, put II
mildly, the writer has verified this view
by personal inspection of your office
and work, as. deputy treasurer, and sub
nit my findings for the benefit of the
taxpayers. 1t is common knowledge
that you are in full charge of the office
of treasurer to, all intents and purposes.
"Your, office is as shipshape as a
bank Every detail appears to be i'm
mediately available. The supervisor,
records show you were appointed t.
assist Mr. Burton after the said board
had considered an expense of some $l0,-
600 per annum attendant on the regis
tering Of warrants attendant on the
system used by the former treasurer
and the saving that would accrue by
your employment and the installation of
a certain bookkeeping system and ma
chine. So the plan of Mr.. Barton was
adopted and you were employed, but -
there appears to have been no provision
for a clerk or assistant for the treasur
er you were employed as deputy pur-
chasing agent and put to work at this
john July, 19l9,and that your pay
was not increased at the time the herd
of deputies were added to the purchas-
ing agent s staff and for which they
did no work. The records of the trea-
surers office show since July l, 1920,
YOUR office has earned as interest on
public funds:
On certificates of indebtedness, $74,-
6O5.71; on deposits with valley banks,
$47, ,593.78; on Liberty Bonds, $4,000;
OH state highway bonds, $4,000, or .
total in two years of $142, ,301.4 40.
''The easy way wou;d have been to
keep the money in the strong box as
your predecessor did and avoided the
extra bookkeeping for which You were
needed. You have grown with this sys,
tenn from its inception and have it at
your fingers ends, have You not Mrs.
Adair9 But voters do some fool thing
and if they throw you ont and put in a
bungler to mess the job, it is politics.
but women are voters now and have .
say.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-23
U. S. SEES NEED
OF PREPAREDNESS
PERSHlNC BELIEVES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Amer:can
manhood is rising to the necessity for
military preparedness, in the opinion
of General John j. Pershing, general of
the armies of the United States. The
people of the country are displaying a
greater interest now in military train
ing than at any time since the armis-
tice, the general declared in an exclus-
i've interview, with the United Press.
General Pershing's statements are
regarded as particularly significant,
coming as they do Immediately after
President Harding's address Monday
to 900 "citizen soldiers who were
told by the executive that America
wants no more war, but wants to be
prepared if another war comes.
"The work being done in the cit
izens military training camps is most
satisfactory, General Pershing declar-
ed. "The practical courses of in
structions have been worked out so
that the boys time is always profit
ably and interestingly occupied.
Improvement in their physical ap-
pearance is most marked. AT the same
time, they are given some idea of dis
ciplinc respect for authority and their
obligations to their country.
81 would like to see, as President
Harding says, 100000 boys throughout
the country receiving such training an
nually.'
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-23
Latest Sport Events
YANKEE CHAMPIONS
FIGHT FOR CUP

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.--America,
holding the classic Davis cup, is now
the tennis champion of the world.
Fourteen scattered natoins played for
the cup last year and the United States
team established the only clear cut
world s championship in all sports.
Next week at Forest Hills the Aus
tralian team which survived the battle
of IA challengcrs this year, viii meet
the American cup holders in four
singles and one doubles match for the
championship.
America is confident of winning. All
the dope points to decisive victory for
Tilden, johnson, Williams and Richards.
Too much confidence, however, may
cause a big upset.
Gerald Patterson, the veteran ace of
the Australian trio, is bothered with a
bad ankle. James Q. Anderson, the
next best player is just away from the
verge of pneumonia and Pat O'Hara
Wood has a touch of neuritis in his
arm. The Australians are all a little
bit worn from very hard campaign
in the last two weeks against French
aud Spanish teams.
In the nine days remaining before
the challenge round starts, Patterson
and his teammates will have fine
chance to get back on their feet and
they are bound to give the Americans a
harder fight for the cup than the Jap
anese did last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-23
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CITY ASSESSMENT
KICKS ARE SCARCE

Business was "'bum'' with the city
council sitting as a board of equaliza-
tion last night. Fifty notices were
sent out notifying people of an in
crease in their assessment and request
ing them to appear and show cause, if
any existed, why the raise should not
be made effective. Only one person
appeared and in his case the board had
already discovered the mistake and re-
duced the assessment. Another party
who had asked for an appointment
was got out of bed and in this case also
an adjustment was made which was sat
isfactory to everyone concerned.
Notices were sent out summoning 90
for each night but in view of the fact
that there is no evidence of any inten-
tion to storm the city hall, City Clerk
Loofbourow announces that those who
have received notices may come at
any time,s the more the merrier and
the sooner the thing will be over.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-08-23
WATCHING THE scoREBoARD

Yesterdays hero, Larry Gardner,
hit double and two singles, drove in
three runs and scored one, giving the
Indians a to victory over the Yanks.
Uhle let New York down with two hits.
Bert Griffith s double in the tenth
inning drove in the run that enabled
the Robins to beat the Cubs to A.
Vance won his sixteenth game.
Three runs each in the first and
third innings gave the Pirates an easy
victory over the Reds, to 3.
Carey S single in the sixth inning
drove in the run that gave the Pirates
a 4 to 3 victory over the Phillies.
Two homers by Veach, Heilman s
10Th and ore by Blue helped the Tigers
take double header from the Athletics
at "a and 17-3.
Stubby Mack, the White Sox rookie
pitcher, shut out Washington, 3 to in
the second game after Sox had dropped
the first, to 2.
Sixteen hits and four errors, helped
the Browns beat the Red Sox, 8 to 4
and close up within half a game of the
lead.