The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-30

Joseph G. Guffey, who was Di- rector of Sales for the Alien Property Custodian, under A. Mitchell Palmer and Francis F. Garvan, is charged by the Govern ment with enbezzlement of S406,- 900, acquired by him through property saized from Germans during the war. Guffey's attorney says that this sum is in the F'eder- al Treasury and that his client has a. receipt for 1t. In this case the indictment, to say the least, is highly technical. Let us see what happens.
 
 Henry Ford is said to have closed for the purchase of 28,OOO acres of coal mining land in Ken lucky. There are seven mines which produce 10000 tons a day. If Ford gets that coal, the min ing industry will get a lesson in how to mine coal. Watch this transaction.
 
 Woodrow Wilson is to enjoy a. distinction seldom accorded to living men. A great memorial will be raised to him, while he is in the flesh. Eight tenths of the million dollar fund, neces- sary for this purpose, is already in hand. The memorial will prob ably be an endowment of educa- ton, which is one of the best forms a memorial can take
 Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts. long head Of the International Reform Bu- reau, is dead, but he leaves two thirds of his estate to be devoted to '.uhe brotherhood of man." Dr. Crafts divided the brother hood into sheep end goats. He often made the goats very mis- erable and so. was not by them, considered brotherly.
 
 J. Cline of Emporia. Kansas, who says he Is a respectable wddower. aged 30 years. asks the Near East Relief to buy him one of the Sultan's 15o wives and sends a dollar. The offer is de- cltned with thanks. The Sultan's wives are not for sale. and if they were, the price is far too low, al- though in Eastern lands wives arc readily had for less than $1 and the purchaser does not keep them unless he wishes.
 Comes Dr. Brill of the Univer- sfty of New York. assuming to tell why women talk so much more than men. He says they do not have enough intellectual work to keep their minds busy. Not @ good guess for scientist. It is not proved that women do talk more than men. They live lone somer lives and may concentrate their talk in the comparatively brief periods when somebody is available to be talked to.
 
 The average woman has at least as much mental activity as the average man. Women sing. play musical instruments. sew, knit, emoroider. practice domestic science, deal in the chemistry of foods. take the larger share of the burden Of running complicat- ed households on limited budgets, and rear babies, all of which re- quires an intellectual develop ment, at least as high as that re- quired of a man who runs an au- tomatic machine or something of the kind. Women lack ex- perience of the world. This often makes them seem unintelligent to the male, who is unconscious of his profound lack of experi- ence of the things that women do.
 An analogy to this state of mind is discovered in the atti- tude of a person who listens to one speaking a foreign language. Such a speech. be 1t ever so in telligent, sounds like nonsense to the listener who usually has a feeling of superiority to which he is not entitled.
 J. Ogden Armour, retires soon as president of the great Armour company to become chairman of its board of directors. President once upon a time was the last word in promotion in great business institution. Now it Is the fashion to make promising young men president While the gray old boss. retires to a lofty elevation as chairman of the board.
 Washington. Dec. SO-Charges tha unk dealers in a number of cite lad conSpire6 to cheat the govern nent, in buying war supplies at que