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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08

with the plaintiff for the balance of the coal.
 The plaintiff then entered into a new contract with the United States Coal and Coke Company, and eXecut- ed its assignment of the remainder of the coal of the former contract, with the McNei1 Company and its claims there under to the karm Terminal Company, the company designated by the defendant.
 Later it appeared that the United States Coal and Coke Company was not as represented by the defendant and that it was, ard is not financially sound. The contract entered into by the plaintiff with the latter com pany was never carried out by them, and is now without substantial value
 The plaintiff claims that zMcNeil nnisrepresented the standing of the company and persued' the course he took, that the first company, the Archibald McNeI and Sons Company might not be obligated to keep its contract and the assignment of coa might be given to the Karm Terminal
 Roderick McNeiPs Statement.
 K. W. McNeil. according to a state ment made today by Roderick Mo Neil, is is no way connected with the local company now known as The Karm Terminal Coal company. This is not the same company which was formerly known as The Karm Ter mina1 company. The defendant, K W. McNei1, named in the proposed &C., ton, could not be located today to state what his part in the transac- tionS named in the complaint were.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
BOY, 14, HANGS
 HIMSELF IN SHED

Boston, Aug. S.-The body of 14. year-old Norman Morse, Of No. Barry Park, Dorchester, was found today by the lads father, hanging from a rafter of a shed near his home. The boys parents refuse to accept the suicide theory advanced by the police.
 The rope with which young Morse was strangIed was fastened about both his neck and waist.
 Young Morse had considerable of a reputation as an inventor. He Is credited with having perfected a fold ing canoe and was very adept in the his death he had orders for a number of kites from his youthful associates.
 The boy was last seen by his mother yesterday evening when he asked her what she would have for dessert at supper She told him apple pie, and he replied that he would be home early.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08

South Manchester, Conn, Aug. B. E. l.. G. Hohenthal, of this town, who is European International Sec retary for the Prohibition foundation
 Inc, which has undertaken a prohi- bition campaign in many of the coun- tries of Europe. said today that he was personally interested in the straw vote taken in Bielsfeld, Germany, and which the Associated Press, advices yesterday showed had been over whelmingly for prohibition. MT. Hohenthal said that by invitation he spoke in Bielefeld on May 30. In fhe hall was a bar in full operation and the man who ran it was paid 200
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08

According to Sergeant Wolfe the place has a reputation in the North
 End where a man can go in sober and come out fifteen minutes later drunk. In many cases he said men have been known to. go in there in the morning and not come out until late
 at night. This was due the sergeant said, to the system maintained by
 Massina whereby a man after he had become intoxicated may go to the eel
 lar of the establishment, where mat
 resses are provided, so that the GUS toner may sleep it off The officer testified that nearly every place you put your hand there is a buz0er to give the alarm in case the police en- ter.
 No trace of liquor was found on the premises but the accused was fineo s100> and sentenced to thirty days in jail on a charge of resisting an off, cer.
 Other cases disposed of this morn ling were as follows: Frank E. Skelly of ,2S4 Dover street. charged with al- lowing a minor to operate his auto, was fined S5 and costs.
 Samuel Lefsitz of 257 Beardsley street. charged with driving his car at the rate of 34 miles an hour on F,air-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
DOCK COMMITTEE
 MEETS THURSDAY

Mayor Fred Atwaer today issued a call for a meeting of the dock com mittee appointed at last nights meet ing of the Common Council to be held Thursday, when preliminary ar engagements. for an exhaustive iryesti- gation into the best available site for a city dock will be laid. The Wheeler & Howe property will be the first to be considered, Mayor Atwater declared today. After a survey is made oher propositions will be con sidered. The committee is headed by Mayor Atwater, assisted by Alder men Daniel J. Kenney, William J. Lavery, Ralph T. Beers and WiIbert Sanford.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
German StrazU Vote AgaiKast Booze PZeUses HOhenthOI

German marks About 66 cents then) to cease selling liquors while the speaking was going on.
 The straw vote, which gave 12.62 votes for prohibition, 416 against and 1,O22 declining to vote out of 14,069 qualified voters, was the first one taken in Germany. It was an entirely voluntary one, MT. Hohen- thai says. with the cooperation of the city authorities.
 The test vote, MT. Hohenthal says, will be followed by others in the 1rn- mediate future. Posters have been attention to the campaign in behalf of prohibition.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
PIG IRON SHORTAGE
 THREATENING BILLION . SAYS TO HIS COMPANY

The shortage of pig iron in this city is becoming more serious every day, according to c. NE. Bilton, pres ident of the BiIton Machine Tool Com pany, who stated today that his com pany has only a small amount of the iron on hand and that vigorous efforts are being made to avoid a shut down of the plant.
 President Bi1ton is not the only To- cal official who is anxious over the the shortage Officials of the East ern MaIleable' Iran Foundry and the Pequonnock Foundry state that ship ments of pig iron and soft coal re- gently have been very small The soon be empty.
 The shortage is due. it is stated, to the coal and rail strikes now in progress.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
Loses Footing; Grasps
 At Saw; Fingers Are Ripped From His Hand

Losing his footing while standing on a gable of house at the corner of North and Colorado this morning, Walter D. Couch,~a a carpenter living at 210 Johnson avenue, Stratford, employed by A. F. Persons, Ridge field avenue. this city, made a grab for something solid to stay his fall
 His hand came into contact with a saw. ripping several of his fingers.
 At the Emergency hospital where five stitches were taken in the 1acer- ations, Couch declared that he fell a distance of ten feet to a scaffold which prevented him from falling a much greater distance to the ground.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
Resisting Officer, Worse Than Selling
 Moonshine, Judge Comley Tells Massina
Culprit Fined $1OO For Resistance, After Officers Testify That Persons Enter His Place Sober And Come Out In Fifteen Minutes Dunk

resists officer when he attempts
 place liquor commits greater crime than selling liquor Deputy Judge Arthur Comey in the City Court this morning when Edward Massna 6 Grand street arragned the Sergeant the Fourth precinct who testified that when he went Massnas place yesterday armed with search and seizure ways hamD The arch
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
HOLBR0Ok HELD, BOND
 FIXED AT S1,OOO

Waiving examination, Robert Hol-
 brook, formerly cashier at the local
 office of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit com pany, was this morning bound over to the September term of the criminal Superior court under bonds of S1,0O0 He recently returned from South Bethlehem Junction. New Hamp-
 shire. and surrendered at police head quarters, yesterday. He was charged with the embezzlement of over s75O of the company's funds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08

After thorough investigation by Captain James Walker of the Traffic Department, of an accident on Sun day last when Edward wargo of 63 automobile driven by Charles Harris If 596 Newfield avenue, while driving Harris was placed under arrest this morning charged with reckless driv- ing Wargo is suffering from an in Jured hip which may cripple him for
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
$15O,OOO Suit Against K. W. McNeil, Commonwealth Coal Company Claims Loss
 By Failure to Take Delivers of Coal
 Statement By Roderick McNeil

Commonwealth Company of Pennsylvania by attached the property of K w McNe $5OOOO asking damages of 2OOo from inc nfenda
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08

War figures of health of Americas young men are not consoling, until you read that they are the best figures in the world. Rhode Island. with but 400 sound men in a thousand needs to take heed. Other states may profitably do the same. Much of the work of creating health must be done in schools. For this reason Bridgeport schools are to operate through a longer period. less intensively and with enormously more att tention to the health of children The healthy child makes the healthy adult.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
UP HARDINC'S 2ND PEACE PLAN
WEATHER:

For Connecticut: Fair tonight and to fresh northwest winds.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
REFLECTION IN ONES TRUST
oe'ief IN Anothers Goodness Well
Explained as the Sympathetic
Affection Of Our Own.

Trust Is the belief In another's good
ness on the inspiration of your own.
The moment you ask for other grounds
than this, and withhold your reliance
Till 1t can rest on external proof Won
cease to trust and stlpulate for knowl-
edge. On the other hand, If the con-
nding temper Is so dominant as to blind
you to opposing evidence and refuse
the correction of positive experience, II
becomes a weak credulity. In both
extremes the pure soul breaks with the
clear intellect, becoming its slave In
the one case, and Its tyrant I'm the
other. The genuine sphere Of trust Is
round In neutral instances, where out
ward proof Is absent or In equIpoise
and the prescriptions of right affec.
ton have the undisputed field to them
selves. And even then, 1t Is not a mere
arbitrary hypothesis, pleasantly flung
across the gap Of ignorance to veil It
with curtain of painted cloud: not
mere willingness to live In a happy
delusion till the rough winds of reality
shall dissipate it; but rather, the quick
instinct by which the pure heart
recognizes purity, and love catches
the eye of love. So that, in its true
exercise, trust Is the intultiye. appre-
hension Of anOther's goodness by the
sympathetic affection of our own
James Martineau.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
Manners OF the Married.

According to young man we know
one of the most difficult duties for q
bachelor to accomplish is to pass a
week end In the home Of married
friends. When he was questioned as to
the particular form of torture. he gave
the following list of invariable dis
comforts attendant upon such a visit !:
They ask you to admire impossible
children.
They both talk at once, on the same
or different subjects.
They take you for motor rides and
quarrel about the routes.
The baby invariably cries before
breakfast.
They ask a pretty girl to meet you
VINO hasn't spoonful Of brains.
Ihey talk about themselves and new
er give you chance.
Frequently the cook has lust left
ana you have to wash dishes.
They persist In talking old times
that you long to forget.
They say you ought to be married
ana they've lust the right girl"
They're glad when you're gone and
you're glad to go.-Putnam Patriot.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
HAVE A PURPOSE, AND STICK
ADMITTEDLY Hard Lesson to Learn, but
1t Means Success to Those
Who Master IL.

Dh you ever realize that Il Is not
an easy thing to concentrate? If YOU
don't believe this shut your eyes right
now and try to think for five minutes
absolutely on one subject. 1t NAV be
That you will choose dollars, or dough-
nuts, or ducks. But if at the end OF
nve minutes you can truthfully saw
that never once did your mind wander
from the definite subject which YOU
chose you're a wonder.
1t is just the same with our actions
IL Is the unusual person who can
stick to one purpose until it is fully
accomplished. So many other things
apparently just as important, inter
fere.
Those who have learned this hard
lesson are the most successful
Thomas Edison, Nine. Curie, Luther
Burbank, each show of what the hui
man mind is capable when il thinks on
one set Of facts.
We probably could not equal them
II we did think, for, along with their
power of concentration, are unusual
talents, but the point is this: We all
have some degree of possibility within.
We all feel an interest in some special
thing. Why not think seriously upon
itF We're a great deal richer than we
sometimes think we are. 1t pays to
mind our own possibilities.
AS man thinketh so is he," is no
mere figure of speech. 1t is a psy-
geological truism. A mans thoughts,
his ideas, are the great determinants
Of all his behavior.
That man who fears to use his own
mind is stumbling over an imaginary
obstacle on the road to making good.
Inc man who succeeds is the man who
lhlnks he can. Success comes in cans.
failures in can'ts."-Chicago Industrial
Research Laboratories.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
The Helpful Caddv.

At one Of the New England golf
clubs young lady who is very popu.
lar with her caddies arranged a match
with an old woman who is proud Of
her mediocre ability. The young lady
good player. wished to lose the game
out Of courtesy and for social reasons.
Her opponent was In even worse form
than usual and the girl grew desperate.
She seemed unable to prevent her on.
ponent from losing. Finally she told
her caddy that she would like to lose
the match. "Ah, MISS" he muttered
\ didn't know that. Here I've been
stamping on her ball every time II
gets In the long grass"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
CARGOES THAT SAILORS FEAR
Either Sugar, Coffee, or Cotton Are
Connidered Far More Dangerous
Than Dynamite.

AT first thought II would seem that
dynamite was cargo to be carefully
avoided but from a sailors point Of
view there are far more dangerous
cargOeS. He breads, for instance. q
cargo of sugar. Put hundreds of tons
or cane sugar In casks in the hold
OF vessel and let the ship steam
through a spell of hot weather. The
od0r Is sickening. The sailors cannot
get the sweet taste out of their
mouths. and crave vinegar or lemon
Juice-anything sour. They lose their
appetites and are always glad when
voyage on which the cargo was
sugar Is over. Coffee is as disagree
able as sugar, in addition to being
very dangerous.
Cotton Is really dangerous cargo.
Ii little oil happens to touch raw
cotton the result is spontaneous COM
bustion. A single bale Of cotton sat.
urated with such an oil as boiled lin
seed and lying at the bottom of the
Mold can be compared only to a slow
match attached to a bomb.
Acids and other chemicals form
dangerous cargoes. Carbide of cal
cium, for example, Is more dangerous
than dynamite. Acetylene gas Is
made from this chemical, and the
gas Is constantly given off II the
product Is exposed to air.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
Butterflies Eye-Spots.

What do the eye-spots on butter.
MES wings mean1 The naturallsts saw
frankly, I'VE do not know" II IA
thought that these eye-spots may have
some unitarian application. They form
one OF the most intricate of all mar.
ural designs. The fact that butter.
nies have been captured with their
eye-spots pierced, as If from the at.
tack of birds, has been used as an
argument In favor Of the view that
they must be protective markings"
Initiating eyes because birds strike at
the eyes of their victims. But this
suggestion is hardly regarded as salts
factory. Among butterflies the most
striking examples Of eye-spots are
found on the under surface of the
wings.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
VENEER QUICKLY WORE OFF
Habits Of Civilization Almost Irn..
diateIy Forgotten When Indian Chill.
dren Returned TO Tepees.

When General Hancock opened his
campaign In the Indian spring Of 1857
he was waited on at the outset by
some Cheyenne chiefs and asked 70
hold a council. Among other matters
brought up for REIMBURSEMENT was ono
OF two Indian children. supposed 10 ha
survivors Of the Chlvington massacre
at Sand Creek. Col. Taken rs waits
by the government, they were placed
In homes and educated. Because q,
their extreme youth IL seemed an easy
task to eradicate the "Injun" and
bring them up in the white mans
road
One Of the two, a boy. was taken
east. The other, girl. was placed
with family near Denver. They were
dressed and educated according TO
civilized standards. Then their peOple
demanded that they be returned. The
government had promised by treaty 70
return such, and the boy and girl
eight or nine years of age. we're or.
dered back to their people.
To all outward appearances. includ
Ing habits and mannerisms. the two
were like any white children. When
delivered to their people they showed
no desire to quit the white mans road.
inside OF a years residence with the
Indians the two lost their veneer, had
forgotten, or at least claimed to have
forgotten. all knowledge Of the Eng
lish language, and were quick to avoid
contact with the whites. The blood of
the Wild claimed Its own.-Adventure
Magazine.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
MARK LOVERS RESTING PLACE
Pretty Indian Legend Concerning
Trees OF Somewhat Peculiar Growth
at Athens, Tennessee.

About century and a quarter ago
near where Athens. Tenn. now stands
! lived a Cherokee chief and his beauti
1ui indian daughter, Nicolula Kowena
ohe was betrothed TO a young chief of
her tribe when white youth came
into the village, met her. won her love
and succeeded in getting her to break
her betrothal to the Indian brave and
promise to marry her white lover. re-
iates the Ladies' Home Journal. The
disappointment fred the heart OF the
discarded Indian sutton with a spirit
or revenge. Watching his opportunity,
ne stole upon the two lovers when
they were seated on fallen log In
secluded spot and plunged his knife
into the heart Of the white man who
mad robbed him of his sweetheart.
But NicOlula KOwena. rendered
frantic by the death Of her lover.
seized the knife, plunged il into her
own breast and fell dying across his
feet. Later their bodies were found
and buried where they fell. According
TO the tribal custom In burying the
unmarried, twig Of forest tree and
lts fruit was placed In one hand of
each.
Today there are two large trees
with roots and branches interlocked-
one a large black oak and the other
two aged trees with
their mingled roots and branches
which. legend says, sprang from the
hands Of the two forest lovers Of long
ago.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12

FINALLY our charming Women
l. folk have bowed to the inevitable
and given the gate to the short
skirt Soon sight OF tapered ankle
will be spoken Of as something that
existed in "the good old days"
Women of course will be chided
for their weakness. They have pro-
tested that the short skirt is healthy
and comfortable, and tried to keep
I in the mode, but what are the
poor things to do when the whole
sale dressmakers just won't make
short skirts. The girls must buy
what they are offered or nothing.
And where's the harm? The change
means more cloth used, more mill
hands at work, more business in
the . stores. The much derided
changing mood of our women folk
has kept the wheels of industry
moving many year.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12

Ask the Clerk-He knowaI

Last winter an association of col.
iege professors held a convention at
one OF the Chicago hotels. In one of
their meetings the discussion waxed
warm and they finally decided to set
tie the disputed point by referring to
the encyclopedia. Two Of them went
down to the desk to ask the clerk If
copy of the much-needed book was
available.
May l inquire II you have an ency.
ciopedia? said one of the professors
looking benevOlently over his glasses
mo, / am sorry we do not. But
solicitOusly-"what is it you want tn
knowT-Saturday Evening Post.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
Dog intelligence.

IN England a short time ago, saws
an exchange. medal was awarded a
Great Dane for saving his masters
lie. A roaring, deafening wind was
blowing, and the man was walking
along a dark Cheshire road with his
head down.
The dog was some distance behind
but presently he came up at racing
speed. took a jump at his master, and
sent his sprawllng into the hedge. The
dog himself could not escape the bon.
he' "f the car which, but for his in
ervt'Hp", would have killed his mas
81. an VAS badly injured.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
2O9W NEsK-
I f. UNCLE JOHN W. z=.a

used to mourn about the trials of my ancestral pio-
neerS,lve filled million twoquart walls with briny
pathetic I've wept because OF trbulatons through
which early settlers when would hear
Orations, about the old log-cabn gent I've
Dangers-Past sobbed how he slew the weasels and
and Present skinned his thumb an his toe-an' su
fered forty kinds of measles from wadin
miles OF heartleSs O, each insallment made
rivel and each recital fetched the brine, and | would
set around an SWIVEL about them old kinolks of mine
But-times has changed and I'm rehectin along the
lines of present dread I've things l weren't
expectinthat any hour could knock me-dead We've got
the crazy benzine fvver-Weve got the bunecked road
hog tooWeve got the that eat liver-weve got
the bug that the flu My days an nights spent
terror-Il reach hundred years-I1l swaler
my badface about them happy poneers I've studied
$: Is: e.: &
weep about!
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
WHY?

Why do you
Hken De Groke to
the busy bee? He
isn't particularly
industrious, Is
he?
oh, no; it isn't
that. But nearly
every o ne he
{ o u c b ss gets
stung.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12

Grand jurors who advise the sub
stltution Of electrocution for hanging
while Offering no consolation to those
who disapprove of capital punishment,
at least show they are In favor Of
modern improvements.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
SUSPICIOUS.

What Is peliti-
cal Q o n o m y,
dad?
To be perfectly
candid. my son. I
can't tell you.
Sometimes I think
there isn't any
such thing.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
Ii Wasn't Conseienn.

Tommy, when you were fighting the
little Smithers boy what did the sin
small voice say?"
1T said. Punch i'm in tn stum.
nick, ma. "-Birmingham kge-H.rald
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
FREMONT.
TON.

Hubby-well.
Julia / made ten
thousand dollars
In the market
today pretty
good for these
hard times. eh7
Wife, knew
my luck would
have to change
been los
ing terribly at
whist this week.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
IMAGINATION
DEFINED.

H ar d. can
you tell me what
imagination Is?
Imagination Is
what makes a fell
low think a bees
singer Is three
feet long after he
gets stung.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
GOT A VACA-

GOT A VACA-
TON.
Yes; my boy
graduated all
right.
Good! Is he
helping to do the
worlds work?
Not yet: he
persuaded me to
let him do the
W orl DIS resting
for a few months.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-10-12
FLATTERY.

FLATTERY.
What do you
consider the most
delicate form Of
fattery?
Telling a mar.
r1ed m a n he
look Il.