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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
GENOA FARLEY FOREDOOMED
 TO FAILURE, IS U. s. BELIEF

I however, animated Administration of
 ficials in turning down the Genoa pro- | ject.
 The Administration feels, particu- | larly Charles D. Hughes and Herbert ! Hoover feel, that there never will be 1 any appreciable betterment of Eur l ope's economic situation until Europe
 disbands her armies, ceases her petty quarrels which form the excuse Tor
 maintaining those armies, and gets | back to productive work | Millions in Army Factories Rust | Russia maintains millions of men l under arms while thousands of her factories lie rusting and idle. Po- | land, dominated by France. is armed
 and ready while her industry stag mates. Czecho-SEovakia, Jugo-Slavia, Rumania and smaller independent | States that skirt the Baltic are all
 armed and idle
 1 Meanwhile their incomes do not | equal their outgoes, and the nations | of Europe are steadily going deeper | in debt-"comnitting economic sui eide" as one Administration official put it.
 In view of this condition officials of | the American Government do not be- | lieve that credit is what Russia and
 Eastern Europe need. They need to | they eat, balance their budgets, get their currency to the place where it
 means something again besides so
 much paper, and start their factories.
  also, that the separations schedule needs adjustment that too big a load has been put on Germany. They be- ieve Germany's economic recovery is inextricably woven with the economic | recovery of Europe, and so long as Germany's face is in the mud with the heel of France on her neck there can be no permanent economic bet i terment for all of Europe. Frances Position Also Thwarts Con- ference.
 France having expressly stipulated that she would attend the Genoa
 conference only if the reparations agre reements were NOT molested,
 Washington considered that all hope
 of relief On this score was dissipated. France also refused to set the exam pie for the rest of Europe in the
 matter of land disarmament ed, questions appear to have been
 excluded from consideration without the satisfactory determination of
 which the chief causes of economic ate.''
 Without the correction of these fundamental economic principles the United tates does not believe that the any real or lasting good. It is be- Iieved probable that some scheme of international credit and finance will be adopted at Genoa, if for no other reason than that the world statesmen n there will be unwilling to confess themselves unable to do anything. But | the efficacy of anything accomplished l is seriously questioned in Washing | ton.
 It is regarded as almost certain that 1 the quarre1s and pickering and secret | trading which have kept European | politics in a ferment for years will ! ence table. And the United States
 wants none of it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
Americans LiUe Too H0rd
 And Too Fast, Doctor Says

Columbia, Mo. April - 'tAmert- cans live too hard and to fast The chances of death after fifty years of life are increasing instead of decreas- ing. In the last twenty years the death rate during the first five years of life has been greatly lowered, but for the later years of life it has not. It is poor economy to educate and train business men and women only to lose their services to the commun- ity and State when they reach middle life"
 These are some of the deductions made by Dr. M. P. RaveneI Profes- sor of the Preventive Medicine, in charge of the Public Health Service Laboratories at the School of Medi- cine of the University of Missouri. gently sent advanced information on new life tables, which are soon to be issued. This will be the second of 1icial publication on life tables ever ures are now available for the last twenty years
 People are interested in health largely because they are afraid to die" Dr. Ravenel, who is also presi- dent of the National American Pub lie Health Association, continued. The true motive for health should be efficiency and not the mere pro-
 The results obtained by our Cen sus Bureau show that the death rate Et practically all ages is higher for men than for women, and the women showing the lowest death rate are those living in rural communities. For both sexes rural dwellers show a lower death rate, age for age, than for persons living in cities.
 While the average span of life has increased for both sexes there is no evidence that there has been any actual increase in the years of life. This is explained by the fact that practically all classes of people are living longer on the average, and the greatest cause of this average in crease is the saving of life in the first five years.
 Tn 1909 a white female was en- titled to expect three years longer life than white males, and in 1910
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06

this had increased to three and one half years. Except for negroes, there has been a general improvement for all classes up to the age of forty for men and fifty for women.
 There has been a decided i'm provement among all classes of pop ulation in the infant death rate. Again, we find that children born in the country show a considerably lower death rate than those born in the city. However, it is not as great as it was in 1901, which indicates that the widespread efforts which have been put forth to better condi- tions in our cities have met with success
 "Our Life Is Less"
 Comparing ourselves with the fol- lowing foreign countries. Australia, Denmark, England, France, Ger many, Holland, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, we find that, except for France, In- dia and Japan. our expectation of life both for men and women is less favorable than in any of the foreign countries mentioned.
 ''In Norway, for example. which shows the lowest annual death rate for the first year of life, for every thousand the rate is eighty-one deaths for males, and sixty-seven deaths for females, while for the cor rate is 127 for males and 105 for females. The most striking thing about these figures is the great inn provement in our death rate during the early years of life and the lack of improvement after fifty years of age-in fact, after fifty the condi- tions in regard to certain diseases have become worse instead of better '"The American lives too hard and too fast. It is poor economy to edu- cate and train business men and won only to lose their services tc the community and State just about A., -E, -- their best.
 ''This is the problem which con fronts physicians and sanitarians a the present day and one which de mands the closest consideration no only from professional persons bu from the community at large"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
Don't Neglect Kidney Troubles!
Dropsy, Diabetes and Apoplexy Most Dreaded Diseases

Neglect of any Arrangements of the kidneys is dangerous in the ex- treme. Kidney trouble Is Natures warning against the approach of Bright's disease, diabetes, dropsy and apoplexy-an diseases that are eventually fatal in their effects. Read what MT. A. Fillinger, R. F. D. No. 2, Wheeler, Ill, says:
 T was a great sufferer from kidney and liver Arrangements for several years The pains in the back were almost more than I could endure, and the whole digestive system was upset. Though many medicines were tried, never obtained perma- nent relief until I used pr. A. w. Chase's K-L Pills It is a pleasure to recommend so excellent medicine."
 You can buy Dr. A. W. Chase's remedies at all drug stores. To be sure of getting the genuine, seq that portrait and signature of A. W. Chase, M.D., are on every box. This trade mark is your protection against substitutes and limitations, p-Advertisement.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
Declares Soul Of Child Is CTOnaped M Tiny Apartment

of Kidnapping while she was taking the child to it's father In California.
 Nurse Is Arrested
 At Ogden, Utah, officers boarded the west bound train bearing Miss Mclean and the baby and took them off, locking the woman in the Ogden jail over night.
 In Chicag Mrs. Robbins made for nal application for extradttdon papers that Miss Mclean be tried in that city and the child brought back. On refusal of Illinois authorities to start proceedings the fair "abductor'' was released in Utah.
 Mrs. Robbins countered by att tempting to have her husband conn., mitted for contempt of court, assert ing he owed her two months al1mony and had violated the divorce decree by ordering the child taken from the State Of Illinois on such a long journey.
 When argument on this appnca,- ton was adjourned Mrs. Robbins de- cided to prepare the bill which she has just filed and which sets forth all her grievances
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
Much Oil Left In Old Wells
 Is Belief

Washington, April 6-Great quanti- ties of oil, perhaps as much as 60 or so per cent. of the original reservoirs, are left underground in the United States when wells are abandoned because no means have been de- termined whereby it is possible to re- of the oil, according to A W. Am prose, chief petroleum technoIogfst of the Bureau of Mines. This failure to effect a greater recovery of the underground oil, said Ambrose, is due to the exhaustion of the subterranean gas flow
 'FThe manner in which gas serves as an eNpulsive medium was recently shown by an experiment at the pe- tiroleum experiment station of the Bureau of Mnes," Ambrose asserted. "A steel container about three feet long and three inches in diameter was filled with sand which was then thoroughly saturated with oil The amount of oil introduced was known by weight and measurement. After the sand had been saturated, gas was forced into the oontainer under a pressure of 200 pounds to the square inch. Then a valve at one to escape, bringing with it perhaps IS per cent of the oil put into the container-
 "In other experiments" Ambrose continued. fthe amount of oil recov- cred varied from 15 to 25 per cent. depending on the pressure and other conditions. After the gas had fore ed out Is per cent. of the oil, the container was held in a vertical posi- ton for the purpose of determining how mlsch oil would drain out, but the capillary force exerted on the oil was so great that only a negligible quan- tity of oil drained from the sand. This simple experiment emphasiz- ed the fact that gas is the predomin-
 ant factor in moving oil to the we'll | and that when the gas is gone the 1 production is gone," declared Am | brose- 'In any event, it is unques- | tionable that large quantities of oil | are left underground, and, whether
 the figure is 60 per cent. or 80 per | cent. it is too large. In certain parts | of the Appalachian fields the H1ractice
 of forcing compressed air 'or gas into
 a central well, from where it goes to l adjoining wells and carries the oil l with it, has caused wells to produce 1 as much oil as they had up to the point when considered ready for | abandonment.
 | 'NThere are undoubtedly other | means of effecting a greater recovery D | Ambrose concluded, land these ques- | tions should be studied and applied
 before the wells are abandoned.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
Deacon Gets Out Warrant For His
 Basket-Passer

As the result of near-riot which took place in the First Baptist church at Reed Road and Oldfeld Road, Fairfield. last Saturday night. a war rant for the arrest or William Brad shaw, said to reside in Norwalk, was issued yesterday by Prosecuting At torney Bacon Wakeman. Joseph P. Berry. deacon of the church, is the complainant Bradshaw will be ar raigned in the town court tomorrow morning.
 According to what could be learned today money. which has long been known as the root of all evil. was the cause of the dispute. It seems that the services were progress nS nicely until the time came to pass the basket. It has long been the time honored custom for the deacon of the church o do the honOrs in this respect. For some unknown reason, however, Bradshaw decided that he on this night His right to pass the basket was questioned by the dea- con. One word led to another while the large congregation sat by in awe of the man who 2uld question the authority of the deacon in his own church.
 The verbal battle went on for some time until Bradshaw deciding that he had placed himself in a very precari- ous position, decided that he who fights and runs away will live to fight another day. He accordingly picked up the organists stool which for tunate1y for him, happened to be cl lose by. This he is alleged to have bounced off the head of the much be- wildered pastor a few times and then picking his coat and hat up walked nonchalantly from the edifce.
 The congregation which had sat by idly until this time now arose and were about to start after the cu1prit but the ca1med down considerabl after the pastor had uttered a few choice selections from the bible be- lieved to have centered about that we'll known proverb that if thine enemy snite thee on the right cheek, turn the left.
 The services were again resumed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06

Chicago. April 6-Can the soul ot a child properly develop in a tiny apartment of ont room, one sun par Gor and a bed? Mrs. Mary c. Rob bins, former 4president of Armour & Co.,, doesn't think so and has taken steps to stop it.
 She has asked the courts for abso- lute custody of her infant son, be- cause she believes such an environ ment harmful to him.
 Babby BobbinS, three who bears the name of George B. Robbins. IT., is now living, according to his moth CTS petition, in a. single room apart Chicago North Side under the care of a nurse.
 That may be his fathers idea of the proper home for a growing child,'' is the declaration of Mrs. Robbins; but it isn't mine. Just be- cause it happens to Gbe the period of the year when he has custody I can boy.
 T want the courts to give him back to me entirely so that I can give him the best of care the care that only a mother can give her he sees no one but his nurse, except for occasional visits from his father. It isn't right.''
 Charges, counter charges extraordi- tfOn proceedings, warrants and sub pOenas have fluttered about the head of the little millionaire baby in a storm of litigation since the divorce of his parents.
 The most recent court action oc- cured in January, when Mrs. Rob bins caused the arrest of Frances Mclean, pretty divorcee, on charge
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
By GEORGE R. HOLMES. International News Service Staff Cor

respondent.
 Washington, April - The highly advertised economic conference of thiI'ty-one nations which is scheduled to meet shortly in Genoa is fored oom- ed to failure, according to the we'll nigh unanimous opinion held by off, cialS of the American Goyernm ent who are familiar with the events .aading up to the barley.
 x2 was largely for this reason that the United States declined to paruci- parzs Iuraing down the Italian 1nvi- -=tion in such terms as to leave no doubt about what America thinks of the conference
 T regret to inform Your Excel Icncy," wrote Secretary of State Hughes, that it has been found inn possible to escape the conclusion that the proposed conference is not pri- JuariIy an economic conference, as cIuded from consideration without the satisfactory determination of which the chief causes of economic disturb Guce must continue to operate, but i5 rather Q conference of a political character in which the Government of the United States could not help fully participate"
 Seldom has a proposal of one friend ly government been turned down by another in such blunt language. Not content with merely sending polite regrets, the United States went to the length of calling world attention to the emptiness of the project and, by inference at least, stated that the whole unertaling was masquerad- ing under false coIors by pretending to be something it was not.
 Scheming and ConniVing for Credit.
 Back of the curt American note lies a considerable background of in- ternationaI pickering, scheming, con niving and planning, all politico-com- mercial in character, and aimed at establishing Eastern Europe's abil- ity to buy-'on credit. It was the realization that these facts formed the background for the conference that caused the United States so bluntly to decline the invitation to f'sit in."
 To put the matter boldly, and strip bed of all pretense, American officials consider the Genoa conference an arn- bilious scheme engineered by the as tute Lloyd George to open up the vast markets of Russia and Eastern Europe to British-manufacture goods through some sort of a system of international credits, the burden of which would be borne by Great Britain and the United States as the only two nations in the world finan- cialIy able to support such a project British trade being some 5000 miles nearer the markets, it would natural ly dominate the field.
 Italy, being dependent upon Great Britain for vitally essential coal, and being heavily in her debt, lent her. self to the scheme as a natural ally. self on the markets of Europe, and remembering the thirty billions of francs sunk in Russia is distrustful- so much so that she plainly stipulated that the Genoa conference is not to attept to deal; with separations or change existing treaties and agree ments under Ill of which French in- terests are fairly well secured.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
EnglanGs Economic Position at Stake

| Englands Economic Position at Stake | The economic position of Great l Britain, then, rather than the eco l homie position of the world generally, | lies in the background of the project. | And while the Administration has only | the kindlieSt consideration and sym | pathy for the British predicament | this sympathy does not go to the eX- | tent of being willing to further Brit ish trade at the expense of Americas own somewhat stagnant industry. Nor does it go to the extent of being will ing to undertake still further financ- ing for a Europe that owes us S11,- 900, 100000, a Europe that n1anifests no hurry about paying, and that manifests little inclination to disarn' and go to work.
 The industrial situation in Great Britain, according to American ob-
 servers abroad and reflected in their reports to Government sources, is lit tie short of desperate. As in the United States, the end of the war found Britain with greatly expanded means of production and no markets. Russia in chaos. Germany squeezed dry, so far as buying ability went, and the rest of Eastern Europe "broke" aorded little outlet for the great in-
 dustriaI concerns of Manchester,
 Sheffield, Leeds and Birmingham In the case of the United States and in the case of France the situa- ton was much the same as far as ab- sence of markets was concerned. But there was one vital difference France and the United States are in truth self-sufficient. Great Britain is not. Her case in this respect was eloquently pleaded in Washington a few weeks ago by Sir Arthur James Balfour in his now famous speech urging abolition of the submarine. Tn that speech he laid emphasis on the fact that Great Britain never has more than seven weeks food'' in Eng land proper.
 Foreign Commerce is Vital to Eng land.
 Foreign commerce, trade with the outside, is essential to the prosperity of France and the United States, but
 to Great Britain it is vital to her very life, for she produces but a fraction
 of the food she eats.
 Reluctantly Lloyd George has been forced to turn to Russia, Germany
 and Eastern Europe for British ma1
 kets- The United States is rich
 enough to buy but won't, because she is self-sufficient, producing every thing she needs. Ditto France. As
 are eager to buy but have nothing to
 buy with except inflated currency of little or no value.
 Therefore, the problem Of the har- assed Lloyd George evolved itself into one of finance and credit. His eyes
 naturally turned westward to the Unit
 ed States as the only nation able to
 shoulder with Great Britain the enor- ed to get Europe back on its feet, and
 incidentally get Britain's factories back to work.
 That the talk of credit and finance at Genoa woul lead inevitably Lo the separations muddle and the cancelIa- ton of war debts American officials felt sure. Not caring to be put in
 the position of defending the policy United States refused to attend. Another and far deeper reason
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
Patrons See Movie, Then Pay
 What They Think It Is Worth

Seaside, Ore, April - A motion picture theatre without a box office Is more than an innovation here; it is a. big success, after a trial of three months
 B. J. Callahan, the movie house owner. remodeled his front, uore out the ticket sellers cage and installed a glass box between the entrance and the exit, so that patrons could drop into it whatever money they thought the picture was worth on their way out
 Callahan had strong faith in human nature, and his three-month exper- fence proved it was justified and con- vIuced him that if old Diogenes should visit the local movie house he'd walk on down to the ocean beach after . Ihe show and heave his lantern into the sea
 My plan has been a success from the very first day. said Callahan. T thought the novelty might wear off, but 1t doesn't.
 Why did I start? Because I had decided slump in business last Fall l was losing moLey by keeping open after the Summer tourist season slowed down. l hated to close for the Winter. l liked the people and had confidence in them. They needed en- tertainment I was satisfied if I could just break even.
 But let me tell the world some thing. aF making more money than l1he people pay for what they get. When we show Q poor picture the re- Felpts fall down When a good picture Is Shown the receipts double.
 I know now that people are on khe square"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
WOMAN'S HARANGUE TIRES
 JUDGE, WHO FREES MAN
By International News service.)

(By International News Service.)
 San Diego, Cal, April 6-Take out your pencil and jOt this down in your notebook as another very odd thing:
 The wagging tongue of a woman has been found useful-to /Herbert Hayes, who stood before the bar of justice in City Court here. Hayes was charged with turning off the lights when he parked his car.
 For an hour a Salvation Army lass -testifvtng in his beha1f-detailed to the JuO se the beautitudes of love for a paralytic father on the part of young Hayes. She refused to be in terrupted with questions from the presiding official The courtroom spectators sighed. It was a languid sort of entertainment.
 "Thatn do,' finally interrupted the Judge. You've talked long enough. Give us a rest. Case dismissed"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
RECIPE FOR LONG LIFE
 GIVEN BY CE-NTEN ARIAN

Poplar Buff, Mo, April 6-There are three rules for longevity, according to William Huskey. one hundred years old, of SnelterYille. These reasons are: First, moderate habits: second work hard; and third, attend to your own business.
 A few days ago Huskey celebrated his one hundredth birthday. sitting in his "old favorite'' rocking chair by his ''hreplace' in the little farm home
 Huskey is married and his wife is eighty-four. He Is the father of eighteen children. He can neither read nor write, but is quite convers- ant with the questions of the day.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
FRENCH AGAINST WOMEN
 HOLDING PUBIIIC OFTYCE

Paris, April 6.-Returns of a ref erendum taken by all Chambers Of Commerce in France as regards the eligibility of women for election to Chambers show that the maorfty are not in favor of women holding such positions.
 The returns from Lyons state that the administration of justice In com- mercial tribunals demands qualities Of calm and impassibi1ity which arc rarely found together in the female character.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-06
QUAFFS HAST DRINK
 AND THEN FALLS DEAD
.rleston, H., April

CharlestOn, TIL, AprH 6.- Here's my last drink!'
 With this remark, L. E. Green. aged fifty-six, in the presence of friends lifted a glass of carbo1ic acid to his lips and drank the contents An instant later he plunged head1ong to the floor, dying in a few seconds.
 On a card in his pocket he had written his will.