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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31

The span will be 1,8o2 feet, the longest single span bridge in the world. The present record for length is held by the canti1ever bridge at Quebec, which is 1900 feet long, or but two feet shorter than the one to be built here.
 Surveys to fix harbor lines will be started within a few days. Accurate measurement of the distance across the river also will be made to match street lines and permit engineers to fit the bride steel. Actual construction of the bridge will start with the com- ing of favorable weather in the spring, 1. is announced
 The bridge will carry vehicular and street car traffic and also afford walks for pedestrians.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
WOmen's sensible tweed knickers.

Sensible, and delightfully."- comfortable and with dis nct charm and fitness for the activities they design ed to make enjoyable.
 For golf for hiking, for ridng,-and source of real joy to the young woman who drives her Roomy, correct in model finished with belt and two pockets made with buttoned cuff bottom and buttoning at sides.
 Tweed in heather mixture in clear handsome gray mixture cheviot in attractive shade of blue $6.5O
 Secondh
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
GAVE BOOKS TO MEMBERS.

Attorney David S Bay. instructor of Y M c. A., presented each member with an excellently arranged booklet containing lis lecture for the evening at the close of the session last week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31

physics I do feel this emotional stu
 pidity. But If, on another occasion. am asked to play bridge I certainly l become emotionally stupid" l
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31

Piles Cured in 6 to A Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTM ENT fails to cure Itching. Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles. soc.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
Jackson Gregory's newest;
 The Everlasting Whisper.

story to bring fresh delight to every reader who knows Jackson Gregory.
 A fine story to get acquainted with, if you reader who does not yet know him. On par with his other splendid tales of the West; and with deeper finer feeling. An unusual man. An unusual maid. An unusual setting.
 The Everlasting Whisper-$1.75 Four other books to be enjoyed- The Man From the Wilds-Harold Bndloss-$1.75 Sleeping Fires-Gert1ude Atherton- 1.9O. Simon, called Peter-Robert Keable-$2 Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse-Blasco nbanez- $215
 floor, ,rear
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31

PARIS.-M. Gauddin. the French champion, defeated Nedo Nadi, the Italian champion, for the unofficial amateur foils championship of the world. Gaudfn Scored twenty points against eleven for Nadi.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
Boston Brown bread and baked beans 25c.

Wednesday order Boston baked beans and brown bread.
 They'll be ready Thursday at special price of 25c. delicious loaf of Brown bread pint of appetizing satisfying baked beans; genuine New England combna tion
 If you prefer Home bread instead of brown. Orders to be given Wednesdays special price 25c
 Basenn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
A special dinner Wednesday 35c.

In the Rowland lmchroom Wednesday. Choice of tatare brown poaoes - - ed BroIed fnnan haddt drawn but  sa Combination O. of tea cone
 
 35c.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31

neadache or sfck stornack and tho4 Asysr AAki SIX miilien used ysssiR
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
MAN AND AUSTRIAN TRADE
BRITISH IRON AND
STEEL EXPORTS INCREASE

According reports Department Of Commerce
British iron and steel in January amounted to z6 long
tons gain December OF 4s6S3 The outstanding
ron-Begum and France 1850 each and Italy osoo
ons plates and black under oneegh inch tkapsn
2oo tons galvanized plain and corrugated heetsAgenna
300 tons Japan and the Duch East Indies
TN paesapan the Netherlands France
200 TONS and China Including Hongong) rails
January tosed 8s223 decline of zSs3 from De
cebers hgure Exports for the month exceeded imports by
1923 tons.
Dutch Steel Imports Show Decided Decline.
The import trade in iron and steel in Holland during
unsatisfactory nearly all lines, Consul General George F.
Anderson in the Department of Commerce The trade
on the whole declined materially from that of the
edatey preceding and the decline tod heavily against the
United States German competition has nearly
but iron and steel has been especially KEN
The trade general has declined result Of depressed
dusa particularly the shpbuding and allied lines
which the chief foundation very steel
products during 1919 and 1920.
Belgian Steel Output Doubles.
The last of practically all lines Belgian
and steel marked continuation OF the
which hrst appeared August and September according
port TO the Department of Commerce Acting
iron production increased So while output
practically doubled: the situation
able with production figures July
neghborhood of monthly
fet as to the permanence Of the revival
slow ght blast furnaces that only fourteen
operation the in Hsinau (Char
ro)' tour about Liegc, and five scattering.
Despite this production
only 60 OF the monthly and slightly
80 OF the
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
Three Million
Silver Coins
For Colombia

Comment has been previously
made concerning the financial diff
cultics of Colombia and the scare
ity Of circulating media. The Co
lombian Congress on February 1.
1922. approved the issuance of Sc
100000 in paper money, in accord
ancc with the request of the acting
president. Jorge Holguin. to meet
the financial Embarrassment of the
national government. This issue.
II is reported to the Department of
Commerce by Consul f. c. Soulc. is
said to be for the purpose of pay
ing the salaries of public employees
which are heavily in arrears at
present. Another means of eX-
panding the currency was adopted
when. the Colombian ministry of
the treasury signed a contract with
the Equitable Trust ompany OF
New York by which the latter has
agreed to furnish the Colombian
government with 100000 silver
coins of the denomination of SO
centayos Colombian currency 0.9OO'
fine. According to the American
Legation at Bogota. these coins are
to be minted at the Philadelphia
Mint from silver furnished by the
trust company at current prices on
the New York market at the date
of delivery at the Mint
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
SUGAR MARKET.
DECLINE IN LEATHER
FOR UNITED KINGDOM

Both imports into and from the United Kingdom
leather and leather manufactures
parmcnt OF Commerce by the
Pcenced severe setbacks compared
did they amount to the value in 1913.
Imports fell by IL7786o5 pounds with
29o372 pounds with the and aggregated S6669
pounds. '
Great Btans of leather for AGO.
500 pounds setback compared with when the
ports II664944 pounds but par
when total exports amounted to 52764o principal
shnkage of dressed leather including patent
nshed apanned and enameled which
OF 1920 and So of 1913
Other late received by the textile division OF
Of Commerce
The Alden skin and hide market approaching height
its activity for the of The end of the always
and cattle order reduce the ocks
all find during the dry The
duced finding the of
continue until the begin
all OF the skins from Abyssnia and the
Red Sea which find market
OF Aden which received S876
pared with Io758o22 in and 65o3Sos Alden
exported to United States
400 shepskns Exports of goatskns the
OF the total goaskn exports
the northwest where
large OF sole leather domestic
Cousul Busse Corunna The SLOW tanning
most OF these Other kinds are also manu-
tactured this region but sufficient supply the
States Germany and France the Germany leads
the importation OF leather region pushing
other kinds
demand this territory hides
leather and tanned skins de luxe chiefly leather Russian
leather antelope ard goatskirs, all OF the quality
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
UNSETTLED TONE
IN WHEAT MARKET
Deferred Deliveries Stronger
With Disposition to Trade in
July at Expense of May.

CHICAGO. March ls.-wheat
market was unsettled with May
averaging lower while the deferred
deliveries were somewhat stronger
with the trade showing pro-
nounced disposition to get out Of
the May and into the July. The
market had a rather poor response
to the advance of 2k a2hd in Liver
pool as a majority of the pit ele-
ment were long overnight and took
advantage of the strength to sell
out at the inside fgur during the
first hour. May being off around l
cent from yesterdays finish, but on
the breaks local traders bought
freely, making numerous sharp
bulges with the May-July differ
enCe narrowed to around lSiE cents
against 19& cents at the finish yes
terday. Export demand was re-
ported as rather slow early. al
though il is expected that good
business will be done off and in new
crop hard winters via the Gulf.
sales yesterday being larger than
reported. The trade arc looking
for a fair decrease in the visible
supply Monday. hut for liberal
worlds shipments the aggregate
from Argentine and Australia be-
ing around 11.O00.o0O bushels
against 100000 bushels the
previous week Sentiment is de-
cidedIy mixed. Crop reports from
the Southwest continue favorable.
Wheat Grstys
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
Surplus Wheat
In Serbia Rated
At 100000 Tons

Consul Patton reports to the De-
partment of Commerce the ex-
istence of an exportable surplus
of 100000 metric tons of wheat
collected in Southern Serbia i'm the
regions Of Feles, Stip, Kumanov
and Mitrovitan. This year large
portion of the crop has been sold
within the region. Last .ear, a
considerable quantity was exported
via Saloniki. Much Of the barley
crop has been bought for export.
The bulk OF the oat crop has been
bought by the States, leaving only
$4,000 tons for expectation. Corn
exports may amount to 10000 tons.
The condition of the railway sys-
TEN, according to reports from Con
suls Patton ond Keblinger. is prob
ably the greatest single hindrance
to the economic progress of the S.
Il. S. Kingdom. The budgetary al
iowances for the railways seem to
have been hardly more than half
what has actually been expended
for operations, exclusive of normal
repairs and restoration. Efforts to
operate within the appropriations
are said to have resulted in the
use of inferior personnel. 1t is
further stated that about so per
cent OF the ties in Serbia and so
per cent OF the ties In the new
provinces must be replaced and
that on account of the defective
state of the ties the speed of the
trains has been reduced. without
however preventing frequent de-
railments. Rolling stock is inade-
quate and in bad repair.
According to the local press. an
agreement has been signed be-
tween the German and Jugo-Slav
governments for the sale to Jugo-
Slavia OF 100 express locomotives,
20 passenger locomotives and nifty
locomotives for other uses. and
1000 covered wagons" $500 cars
for coal. l.50O cars for heavy freight
and a large number of tank cars.
Since the first of the year. how
ever. the dinar has declined rather
steadily from sO.0153S on December
81. to sOO12633 on March 6. tNor-
NAL value SO.193) The tendency in
the matter OF exchange control
seems to be toward even greater
strictness. Even minor purchases
% foreign exchange. or purchases
by charitable institutions. are now
subject to control, and the amount
to be carried out OF the country by
travellers is regulated strictly.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
CURB ADJUSTMENT
DURING PAST WEEK
Important Changes Include
Liquidation in Many Issues
With Resultant Declines.

NEW YORK. March 1S-T'r
market on the New York curb -
change passed through period g.
adjustment OF market positions "
MANY stocks during the past No De-
which included liquidation in S"u.a
issues and forced some dSrIfu.
There was steady accumulation. h"E
ever Of other issues which carrr,r'
several stocks to new high record
strong feautre OF the market ~
Postum Cereal common. which al
vanced from 6lL TO the new hi-a
record OF 64L. Goldwyn Picture
was heavily traded in during u"oH
part Of the week moving Up fr"n
5-S TO IS. followed by a reaction
to 67-S. Gillette Safety Razor al /,
made a new high record aGvauc % ,
from 1856 &c ls0. Thee moVcm -Ul =
were partly offset by hcaviuCS> -
some OF the motor stocks. Duran.
Motors after advancing TO 81 had "a
sharp break 10 % SIS and the indiana
shares yielded from IL IA TO Il s.
Willys Corporation first pretcrrct
sold from to 3 and the certifcaic.
OF deposit werc traded in AT s. Good
year Tire came into prominence ad-
vsncing from lOl-2 10 1875.
Tobacco stocks were wIthou'
special feature. Philip Morris wa~
traded in at IL 3-S to IOl-2. British
American after selling down 20 10 -
moved back to IL 1-2. r. J. Reynolds
prior TO transfer to the stock OK
change rang-d from ~ 3-a 20 -.
There were wide movements in.
some OF the petroleum stocks C5ti"~'
Service first advanced fror 80 81
zoe l-2 and then droppsd e Iss -
Followed by a rally TO 49,. lnterna-
tional Petroleum was unusually ac-I
tive. ranging from IL TO lsSs Ma
rscaiba dropped from 25ss TO esd
and then rallied TO 2i%. Merr 4
OH on news OF new production r"s
from 81 to l2s. and Simms-P
trOleum rose from l0L to IS
Magma Copper rose from IS TO 3
and United Verde was traded in a 4
"a TO 2S. Southern Coal and tro1
became active and strong lstc Il
the week.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
PLANS ISSUE
OF slO,OOO,O0O LOAN

Reports from Australia that the Commonwealth government is
another 9ooooooo loan that
Western Australia has authorized loan
in Australian A. W. Fcrrn
lately American trade commissioner Melbourne in the forth
coming issue Of Commerce Reports.
On June the public debt OF the Commonwealth (Fed
eral government 94ooo and the combined debts OF the
states E466o33o OF 98657236
Eliminating Implications ome of the Federal loans raised for
the the debt OF Commonwealth
fSoS2 In September the Commonwealth issued
repatriation loan OF &Ioooooo In August the of Queensland
foaed loan New York In October New South
Wales borrowed GI3oooooo London In January the Common
wealth foated loan London and the South
Australia Of In February the state OF Queensland
hoaed another dollar loan New York. $ooooooo Converting
the Queensland loans into sterling the rough OF $500 the
pound makes The total debt Of Commonwealth and
therefore appears be f83I74oooo about
capita "a New South Wales issue OF 100000 included
OF old debt and does the oa
Debts OF the individual states on June 80,
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

strength Of the franc is considered
to be mainly due to the small vol
ume of transactions: the effect Of
the transfer OF the proceeds of the
Department of the Seine Loan from
New York and London TO Paris;
French railroad borrowings in Lon
don; and the expectation OF a heavy
tourist movement.
Coal Supplies Increase.
The general foreign trade figures
show imports Of 3.ls5.S73 tons;
exports, 1,554,OS4 tons. The values,
based on customs values as ar
bitrated in 1919. were 2,IOO, 900. 900
francs for imports and 500. 900 900
for exports. as compared with i'm
ports OF 3.l54.0Oo, 900 francs and ex-
ports of 2.lS2.OO0, 900 francs for De-
cember. Beginning with January,
the customs department has intro
duced a system OF import values
based on customs declarations. On
this basis general imports amount
ed to 100000. 900 francs. or 30 per
cent less than the figure obtained by
using the 1919 values. Exports will
continue on the basis OF the 1919
arbitrated values with no declara-
tion required. The falling of in
trade is regarded as being largely
seasonal.
Little change is shown in the ST
uation in key industries. Coal
prices for British coal on the
French market average from IS to
20 francs per ton at Rouen. show
ing an increase of from ? TO shiI-
lings during the past month with
the tendency upward.
Prices Move Downward-CroPs.
The Paris retail price index. based
on the average 1914 prices Of thir-
teen foodstuffs commodities, has
dropped from Sls in January to 3O7
for February. on February l. the
average condition Of French crops.
including winter wheat. meslin. rye.
winter barley. winter oats. stood at
63 per cent. or fairly good" a.
compared with 81 per cent on jan
uary /. and IS per cent a year ago.
The area Of wheat gown on January
!. 1922. was 1880 hectares less
than in 1921: oats. 5000 less; and
rye practically the same as IN
1921.
At an extraordinary stockholders
meeting Of the Compagnie Generate
Transatlantique held March 4. a
capital increase from S.0oo.Ooo {"
200. 900 600 francs was voted.
Railroad traffic is slightly re-
duced The number OF freight cars
loaded daily amount to arproNi-
mately 5000. including AlsaCs-
Lorraine. Important rate r6duC-
tions are expected on sugar b,ets.
lumber and certain agricultural and
metallurEicaI products.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
TRADERS DISPOSED
TO BUY In COTTON

NEW YORK. March 1s.-There
was much less selling pressure on
the local cotton contract market
from the opening today and more
disposition to buy than any day Of
the past week among traders and
commission houses. The further
sharp advance in foreign exchange
rates with sterling again going
above $40 after its recent reaction
to $4.26E caused considerable COM
ment as again materially improv-
ing the purchasing position here
Of foreign buyers.
other stimulating factors were
the hope the deadlock existing the
past fortnight between the manu-
facturers and the labor union lead
ers over the differences having
caused the cotton mill strikes in
New Hampshire and Rhode Island
will soon be broken and some COM
promise agreement reached for a
reopeninE of the mills. There was
also the reflection spreading to the
cotton market of the pronounced
bullish activity in the stock mar
ket and the renewed bullish senti-
ment on grain. These various fac
tors caused the development of
better class of buying of cotton
contracts from the opening today
noticed for any time the past two
weeks. While 1t was comparative
ly light in volume owing to the un-
certainties over the weekend in
the foreign situation it was still
Sufficiently effective to advance
prices IL to Is points from yester-
days closing. with most of this
Improvement held at the close
despite the usual evening up by the
local and Wall Street trading elc-
meut and a moderate amount Of
further scattered Southern selling.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
WASHINGTON PRODUCE

Strictly fresh eggs. higher under
light receipts; chickens firm un-
Ger light receipts; fowls, lower;
veal calves scarce and wanted.
EESs-Strictly fresh, 23c; average
receipts, 22c: Southern. 22c.
Live Poultry-Roosters. lb-. 1Sc,
spring chickens, lb.. 3Sa4Oc; hens,
lb.. &c: keats. young. 50a60c:
dressed fowls. 3oc. fresh killed
chickens. 3Sat0c: turkeys. lb.. 4Oa
45c: keats. old. 40c each.
Livestock - Calves, choice. lie;
calves. under grade. SaI0c: lambs.
top spring, 12a13c: under grades. "a
Sc: sheepp tops. 3a4c.
Dressed Pork--Surall to medium,
lSc: heavy. 11a12cs
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
FRANCE STILL IN THE MIRE
OF FINANCIAL. ADJUSTMENT
Expenses Recoverable from Germany Forms
1922 Special Budget Hypothetical Receipts.

Financial adjustments are still
in the foreground in France. ac-
cording to cable advices TO the De-
partment OF Commerce from Com
mercial Attache Huntington in
Paris. The 1922 special budget.
known as expenses recoverable
from Germany" has passed the
chamber of deputies. showing total
approved expenditures of l0,6OO.-
100000 francs. a reduction of TO-
100,00o,O00 from the same section
in the 1920 budget, and 4,70O, ,O0O, 900
from that of 1921. While hypo-
thetical receipts are enumerated,
including cash reparations pay
ments and the proceeds from ne
bonds, actual returns from these
sources are very doubtful, and the
major portion of the amount will
have to be raised by increasing
the floating debt or possibly a later
consoli idation loan. In addition to the
budget the credit national is to fur
nish 100000. 900 francs. and group
loans of war damage sufferers
1000. 100000 francs. There is no
early prospect of the termination
of loans previously fiOated or guar
anteed by the government and this
factor will continue TO make diff
cult the raising of capital for in
dustriSl enterprises.
The yield of indirect taxes and
revenues for February has just
been published and shows the de-
cidedly unfavorable total Of. ap-
proXimately. 1000. 1000 francs
This represents a deficit of 24l.0OO,-
900 francs. or 10 per cent below es-
Inmates as compared with previous
deficits of 9e.0OO.OO0 in January and
$4,000, 900 in December.
Bank Of France Reduces Interest
Rate.
On March II. the Bank Of France
lowered its interest rate to per
cent. the previous rate of 5k per
cent having been in effect since
July 2S. 1921. The total note cir
culatiOn Of tho bank on March 9
was 36.9O5. 200 francs as COM
pared with 36.7OI.223.OOO a month
previous Absorption of "cmmcr-
, cial paper is largely responsible
for the reduction. Advances Of the
bank to the government were 81
900. 600. 900 francs on March .. as
compared with 26.IOO. 600. 600 a year
ago.
From a quotation of SO.OS55 on
February l. the franc improved
steadily to s0O921 on March !. Since
the latter date there has been a
slight casying off to $0.OS93. The
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

CHICAGO. March Is. Cattle
Prime steers. sS.5Oa9: good to prime
steers, S7aS.5O: feeding steers, s475
as; heifers. Seas: yearlings, fair
to choice. sS.50a9.25; plain to good
steers. s5a7: ;air to choice cows. 81
a6.70; Gamers. S225a3.25.
Hogs-Choice light butchers. s1Oa
1880: medium weight butchers, $3.50
alO.20: fair to fancy light, S9.50a
1910: heavy butchers. $9a950: rough
packing. sS.75a9: pigs. sSa9.60.
Sheep-Good to choice lambs. s13
a15.S5: feeding lambs. s11a13.25;
clipped lambs. S12a13.25: Gull lambs,
s9.50a11: yearlings, sll.75a14; weth-
ers, s9a1150; ewes. $6.75a10
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
Washington Stock Exchange Transactions

following is a complete on Wash
q a h.
clos" business Friday. March IL
by nd
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 1s.-Thc coffee mar
ket closed unchanged TO points higher.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19
Millions
Of tons

o OF Apr I has acted strong u1u o he t% %
in in
&c ma m in % pcd the " strike o
sha icpahd the II rke in sim
o o
meanwhile up paga prices having weane anre
il nn n
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

u-rfshe5 ~ W. B. Hibbs 4 Co.. Members
Kew York Cotton Exehange.H
The Washington herald., 1922-03-19

Coal prices were raised on March
1 by between 1O6 and 159 marks per
ton, Ignite briquettes by between
II and 81 marks per ton: thus the
present minimum price of Ruhr pit
coal Is 500 marks per ton and of
Ignite briquettes. 200 marks per
ton. including 20 per cent coal tax
and is per cent turnover tax.
Evening journal., 1922-02-02
NAME RECEIVERS FOR
GROCERS' EXCHANGE

Upon petition OF Harry Cohen.
Chancellor wolcott yesterday after
noon. appointed Thomas f. Jefferis
receiver. and Harry r. Boynton and
Harry W. Frazer appraisers OF the
Retail Grocers' Exchange. Inc. and
issued a restraining order against
the exchange enjoining them from
conveying, disposing Of. selling. etc.
their property.
In his petition. Cohen sets forth
that he is a creditor Of the con-
cern in the sum OF ss6.50O; that he
is liable as an accommodation en-
dorser on a promissory note made
by the respondent for $4,000: that
he is the owner OF eight hundred
shares OF common stock OF a par
value OF 81 OF the corporation; that
he is the owner OF 5000 par value
buying privilege stock; that the cor
poration is the owner OF property OF
considerable value but that IL can
not meet its debts and obligations
The exchange. by Edwin F. Denney.
president admitted the allegations
Of the petitioner.
F. L. Speakman is solicitor for the
petitioner, and william T. Lyman
Tor the respondent.