The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-29
HEAVIEST STORM OF YEAR HITS
High Cost of Holiday
 Liquor-The Power
 Behind the Atom Objects Priceless, or Precious - Hart lords Hangar Falls.

lOOh 1UO 11VeS Tn the United States already report ed. and reports still coming in. Thousands are undergoing treat ment in their homes or in hospi- ta1s. Hundreds of others have been buried on false death certificates procured by those ashamed to have it known by what means their relatives died
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 In Manchester, Joseph Scar late, years old, Is boiled to death in a pan of wine, heated on the stove and set on the floor to cool. In Seattle, Emil Neuriter, half filled with moonshine and a half filled bottle in his pocket. shoots and kills Annie Engel, IT, Hans, II. and Lllie. years old. In New Britain, John Olive, 28, all "hopped" up with liquor and Jealousy shoots and wounds successful rival for the affections of a girl In Washington, Ralph Ruby. prohibition enforcement agent Is shot and perhaps mortal ly wounded as he attempts to make a liquor search in the home of Mrs. Minnie T. Tribby.
 We must have our liquor. These little happenings won't be per mitted to stand in the way.
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 In Chicago University they are studying the atoms. Six differ ent kinds, weighed in mercury, have six different weights. There couldn't be any doubt about there being more than one kind of atom, at least, not since the radium in vestigations. For some time the unsolved question has been, "how many kinds of eIectrons?" The electrons are the tinier particles of which atoms are composed. The hydrogen atom. invisible to the strongest microscope, holds some eight or nine hundred cleo irons whirling about an cleo tronic centre which, relatively, are as distant from each other as the several planets in the earth's system are from each other. Ultimately. there may be found the elemental substance from which all material things are constructed. Creative will might be the best guess at the nature of this substance.
 From the tomb of King TutanlS- hamen, lblack amber necklace and and robes of the Queen. Also an alabaster vase containing balm, the lid painted with a hunt ing scene done in natural colors. These objects are called priceless. This is a way of looking at things. Most American homes contain such objects which may not be priceless. but which are far more precious.
 At Port Arthur, Ontario. three men have been devoured by a rowing band of hungry timber wolves. Two were Indians; the other @ white man of 70 years. Carcasses of 16 dead wolves, some half eaten. lay stretched in a circle about the remains of the Indians. This is the past come back. Once upon time herds of wolves were almost every where on the American continent, and somewhat further back were common in European countries Nowadays flies and mosquitos plant larger graveyards than wolves do. Small evils last the longest
 Newspapers discuss reappoint- ment of Highway Commissioner Charles J. Bennett. Some rum OrS say that ne may not De Ie- appointed. Bennett is a Com missioner who builds good roads. There is no graft in the Highway Department. Bennett is a rare type of public servant. The State needs him and ought to keep him.
 Joseph Jones, 50 years old, was arrested. badly wounded, at Follansbee, W. Va, Wednesday after the police had riddled his house with bullets, machine guns and rifle shot A little gas would have done the work as effective ly and it's use would have given the sheriff a larger reputation as a man of progress and scientific quality of mind
 
 Hartford, with enterprise char acteristic of an insurance city with plenty of money to spend, established a flying field and built a. hangar Came snow, rain, sleet and freezing weather, until the hangar roof was coated with sev- eral inches of solid ice. The build ing collapsed all in huddle.