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TUESDAY,
THE DANGEROUS UNION
A 'UNION between the proletarian leaders of Central Eu
rope and the proletarian government of Russia might
;be fraught with grave- consequences. Here would be some
; thing, like 300,000,000 souls, controlling among them vast ma
; tfcrial resources and vast industrial resources, which, combin
I ed, would be formidable beyond counting.
The attempt of Allied countries to discipline such a com
! bination would be difficult if not impossible, by reason of the
! working class sympathy with which each allied government
i. would have to contend.
It was not entirely a simple thing to obtain allied solidar
ity to 'fight the aristocracies of Germany, Austria-Hungary. It
& might be impossible to obtain the solidarity necessary to crush
i proletarian governments.
Why should a proletarian government be fraught with
! grave consequences? If such governments are to exist, they
J will come into being to improve the condition of the common
i people- of the lands where they exist. This would not in itself
' be evil.
There- is in the long run no evil in any improvement, how
rover greaVin. the material and political condition of the masses
: of -common people. Such improvement would be excellent and
thoughtful men and women would welcome it.
Indeed democracy has for its goal precisely such an aim
thfttgreatest good for the greatest number.
The peril consists in the speed of the change, with the con-ic"-.
sequent disarticulation and anarchy which unduly swift social
tude t. . . , ,
city arianff8 invariably causes.
'oat(heh Living men would prefer an orderof change under which
Tbsje 1Jying might continue in comfort, in the safety of their
decwa. stable, government, in a civilized country.
K The pains of revolution in Russia are as great to the mass-
ai
a es,- as to the classes. Executions do not spare radicals, ilor
iu$h!iiocialists. Assassination takes victims who are opposed to tne
regime of the moment, without much regard to the economic
sympathies of the slain.
It will be best to complete the League of Nations, giving
peace, and an opportunity for eacii people to arrange its own
J- affairs, and its own unions.
RO," The world still ha3 left perhaps it has left the chance
Esto make a choice between peace and tumult.
x'r' If the golden moment slips there is too much reason to
fear that most men of mature years will not see a settled world
during their- life times.
RIGHT AND
IF THE trolley company, by operating one man cars, or by
any other improvement in operation can drive the jit
neys out of business, that is fair and proper competition, which
everybody will welcome. The world moves by competition and
improvement. The best method is entitled to supplant inferior
methods, and will in the long run do so.
But efforts to put the trolley company in a better position
by making laws in its favor, and against the jitney are not to
be tolerated.
The jitney is paying its own way. It operates for a less
price, carries satisfied customers, and gets them to their desti
nation swiftly. There i3 no demand from these patrons for the
regulation of the jitney with respect to liability for damages,
or anything of this kind.
The best thing that can happen to the trollies, if they can
not do business with the great favors they have received, is that
they shall pass, under the hammer, if necessary, into the pos
session of public authority, or, if this cannot bo arranged, then
into the possession of individuals who will operate them intel
ligently, upon the basis of a rational investment.
WAS IT A
COLLEGE WOMEN have been handling the daily newspa
per of Governor Walter E. Edge, of New Jersey, Tiie
Evening Union of Atlantic City. The men, who have again tak
en hold of the paper send out a despatch, saying the regime of
the women was a failure, because they lacked the news sense?
Did they, or did they merely have a higher sense of values, so
that they put really important news ahead of news of little or
no importance? The men who run newspapers have been see
ing things differently since the war began. There is ten times
as much really solid and important news in the papers, as there
was before the war. The-little crime, the foolish murders, the
activities of the degenerate and the debased which used to get
bo much space are being steadily side tracked.
Judgment as to the editorial qualifications of the college
women would better be reserved. It may appear, four or five
vears hence, that the women set tomorrow's way.
IMPROVING TIIE ORDINANCE
IF MAINSTREET is to- afford
the movement-of traffic
ing cars between State and Golden Hill streets. It will not be a
J hardship to park cars on side streets. They should not be left
r IS IPQ way or moving vemcies,
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are. ciear sweet is me uesi street, wnen uie xnorougn
G5j carries as many burdens as Bridgeport's principle business
AMEry carries. This contemplated change in the proposed traf-12fiirdhmnce-ought
to help .a good-deaL
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4a'"3'' DEPARTMENT
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APRIL 1, 1919.
WRONG WAY
SUCCESS?
the necessary convenience for
it will be wise to forbid park
lor nours at a time, as tney onen
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Old clothes have found their day
and Spring purchases need not be
censured as an extreme extrava
gance this year, since every cast-oft
garment and piece of avorn wearing
apparel win find a welcome from the
American Red Cross which is collect
ing clothing for the helpless refugees
of Allied countries.
Westward, across the Atlantic, the
needy old men, women and children
of Koumania as well as of the Bal
kan States, the Near East, France,
Italy and Belgium are turning to the
people of the United "States for food
as they had turned to us for men and
munitions to shield them against the
onslaught of the enemy armies. The
fact that -with our help the armies
have been routed does not relieve us
of further responsibility. It is up to
us now to give them the decencies of
life, especially when to do so de
mands little or no sacriflce from us.
Nearly every American has found a
sympathetic interest in the peoples of
at least one of the war-torn coun
tries . The new campaign inaugurat
ed by the American Red Cross offers
an opportunity for help impartially to
all allied nationalties. those existing
before the war and those newly
created.
Konmania In Rags.
One of the countries sending an ur
gent appeal to the United States, and
which will be relieved by the Red
Cross campaign, is Roumania, a
country in which even the upper
classes, always accustomed to lux
uries of life, are suffering with the
poorer people for lack of the essen
tials of decent living.
"Women and children of once
wealthy families," said T. Tileston
Wells, the Roumanian Consul in Xew
York, are in tatters. Some people
are proud if they possess one gar
ment only. But they know what th
Red Cross has done for the sick and
wounded in battle, and for the civ
ilian population in war times, and so
TEXTILE WORKER
Announced Last Night Will
ingness to Submit De
mands to Endicott.
Lawrence, Mass., April 1 The
striking textile workers who last
night ' announced their readiness to
submit their demands to arbitration
by Henry B. Endicott, today resumed
the picketing: of mill gates and ap
proaches. Xone of the mill officials here to
day would say that he favored the
proposed reference to Mr. Endicott
as arbitrator of the demands of the
strikers for 5 4 hours' pay on the 4 8
hour schedule. The strike commit
tee was also without word from Mr.
Endicott as to whether he would
act.
Picketing this morning: was marked
by one arrest, that of a man charered
with loitering- The police received
receipts of two instances in which
the homes of mill workers were
stoned during- the night. No one
was hurt.
Extension of the strike in a. email
way to the building trades developed
when 160 men employed in the con
struction of an addition to the Wash
ington Mill quit work, demanding- a
wajffe increase of 0 per cent.
Bad as the I. W. W. agitators find
this sadly governed country, many cf
them strenuously object to beins
deported to their old homelands.
Bostoa Transcript,
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they feel confident that help will soon
1 bo forthcoming and that their hun-j
ger will be appeased.
"Roumania before the war had a
population of 7,000,000. The greater
part of this population, of which
700,000 were lost in battle, has been
driven into about one-third of their
former territory. The people have
been nearly isolated for a year, and
are now without food, clothing and
shelter. Starvation and disease have
taken thousands of victims."
A call has come to Dr. Wells direct
from Queen Marie of Roumania, tell
ing of the needs of her people. Under
garments especially are wanted and
abort 3,000,000 chemises for women
and children are needed. This is only
one piece of clothing that Americans
can contribute, but other things too
are wanted. An old dress, warm
woolen stockings that you do not
want to wear darned, a winter over
coat of which you have tired, sweat
ers whose color have faded, all are
essential and will be put to good use.
Even bedclothes and linens are need
ed, for many of the families have
been route! out of their homes and
have watched the Turks and Bulgara
ra.ze their homes with the entire
household contents.
I :ive in Crrnvtlo:! ITnts.
"The fact that Roumanians have
livfd with all the refinements of edu
cation and culture similar to ours,'
continued the Consul, "should make
the tragedy of the impoverished peo
ple, now living in crowded hut?,
sometimes without the most meagre
necessities, more poignant to the
Americans. We need only contem
plate what we ourselves would suffer
without clothes and food and homes
to realize the horror in which Rou
manians of our own type are living. "
reath in all forms has swept over
Roumania, says Katherine Olnistead, j
a Red Cross worker who has spent!
six months in Jassy up to the time)
the country was compelled to make'
WARNS AGAINST
STRIKE ACT
Gen. Dickman Forbids
Them in Occupied Area
Violations Punished.
Coblenz, April 1 Unable to obtain
Germans to- work voluntarily on sev
eral of the Third Army Bupply depots
wheih are under construction near
Bendorf. American military authori
ties requisitioned three hundred la
borers througrh the German civil of
ficials. The men will be paid nine
marks a day, with the privileges or
receiving1 half this amount in food, if
desired.
Owing" to the difficulties encounter
ed in obtaining- volunteer workmefi
and because of several minor labor
disturbances recently among civilians
employed under American supervis
ion, General Dickman, commander of
the American army of occupation, to
day issued a warning- against strikes.
This proclamation, which has been
circulated throughout the occupied
area, says that all laborers volun
tarily in the service of employers en
gaged in work for American, or
working for the army, under requisi
tion or otherwise, are "forbidden to
join in any conspiracy or plan to at
tempt or carry out any scheme to
artike or abandon work." It an
nounces that "any violation of thi
order will be punished by American
military tribunals."
THE WEATHElw
New Haven, April 1 For
Bridgeport mid vieinityl Fair to
nlBfet'and Wednesday.
peace, and who corroborates tho
statement of the Roumanian Consul.
"Everything was lacking drugs,
food and shelter, and above all
clothes," she said. "I saw the in
habitants of the invaded regions,
thousands of families, the old, the
helpless, the crippled and the 111.
The European relief commission is
sending food to satisfy their needs.
We must also send clothing and
household materials to protect them
from storms and cold and to permit
them to recreate their sense of self
respect. Orhpans Cry for Bread.
"Thousands of orphans were ramb
ling about, nearly naked, crying for
bread. I saw them lying in the
street, soaked to the skin. Roads
were churned into deep mud and
they were dying of sickness due to
lack of food and the scant clothing
they had. Many of these children had
mutilated faces and amputated hands,
caused by explosions of tiny grenades
the enemy had thrown in the fields
near the orphanges which the chil
dren had picked up for playthings."
It is not a new experience for the
people of the United States to be
sending materials and dresses the
coats and shoes they cannot use to
less fortunate folks who will glady re
novate them. The campaign for old
clothes for Belgium last fall was so
successful and the supplies so gen
erous that the local Red Cross chap
ter heads who will receive donations
of apparel have no doubt that the
community will contribute more
clothing than in either of the two
rrevious drives for apparel.
Householders have also learned the
Europeans and returned refugees are
not anxious for ball gowns or flimsy
materials that serve no utilitarian
purpose, but only remind them of the
nightmare of war through which they
have passed through. The main clear
ing house for the clothes is 9 Union
Square. Xew York.
SAIOAN CHIEFS
NOWmiSFIED
Withdraw Petition For
Transfer to American
Rule.
Tutuila, American Samoa, March
31 British Samoan chiefs withdrew
today their petition requesting trans
fer to American rule. They expessed
dissatisfaction only with conditions
unde Colonel Logan, fomer adminis
trator. Colonel Tate, his successor,
conciliated them and gained their
confidence.
Native chiefs of Western Samoa,
under British rule, were reported
early in March as dissatisfied with the
British administration. They were
represented as favoring transfer of the
islands of Opolu and Savall to Ameri
can jurisdiction. The agitation fol
lowed the influenza epidemic, which
exacted a heavy toll of lives In the
British section but did not reach the
American territory, which waa quar
antined against .it with great strict
ness. A French amure beautifully em
brlodered in a riot of color la used
for the waistcoat front of a
model and trimmed In a row of tiny
silver buttons all the way down the
front. Tricolette hf embroidered in
contrasting color allk in conven
tional designs, and a plain bason a of
white rajah has merely the round
neck and no decoration, Jabota of
cream laoe decorate the front of a
high collared modal of satin trimmed
with contrasting satin and tiny blank
atln bartons.
(From The Fanner April 2, 1S69)
In the list of vestrymen of St. Paul's Tarish. published in
The Farmer, yesterday, the name of -Mr. O. K. liuckmaster was,
by an indavertence of tlie copyist omitted.-
Two hundred and forty bummers were accommodated with
lodgings at the police station during the month of March.
FOUND A Gold Wnich. The owner can have the same
by proving property and paying charges on application to Peter
Doolan, Leverty street.
Messrs. J. & G. A. Staples have sold one of those eligible
building lots situated on Union avenue, on the "old Johnson .
farm to Mrs. Martha Mills, for 1.000. Tiiese lots are being
gradually bought up by wide awake people.
For the three months ending March 31st, 141.206 letters
have been received at the Post Office in this city, and 14S.057
dispatched.
The promenade concert to be given by the Library Asso
ciation, in Wheeler's new hall, on the Pth instant will be quite
a musical treat, and will afford our citizens an excellent op
portunity of listening to the really clever and artistic perform
ances of our two bands The Wheeler i W ilson and the City.
At the third annual meeting of the 'iieseue-' H. 6c L. Co.,
No. 4, held at their rooms on John street. Thursday evening,
the 1st, the following officers were elected for the coming year:
John W. Cordon, foreman: D. Holden. first assistant; William
Hunter, second assistant; F. II. May, secretary: illiam Yree
land, treasurer; John Killenbeck. steward. Ex-Foreman C. A.
H. Knight, was recommended as one of th? engineers.
During the evening a very pleasant surprise took place. F.
P. Beardsley, ex-foreman, presenting to Capt. Henry Biebel, in
behalf of the company a beautiful cane, mounted with silver,
bearing the inscription: ''Presented to Capt. Henry Biebel by
Rescue II. & L. Co., April 1st, 18i;'J." The worthy Captain was
completely surprised, but gracefully acknowledged the gift, and
invited the company to his residence, where the honors appro
priate to the occasion were tendered.
SCOUT'S DRUM CORPS WILL1
PARADE
Frank E. Maitland, sponsor for the Boy Scout's Fife and
Drum Corps, lias kindly consented to allow his organization to
parade next Friday night to herald the meeting of the World's
War Veterans to he held at 8 o'clock at the Elks club. It is the
purpose of the organizers of the Bridgeport Camp, World's War
Veterans to get every discharged soldier now in Bridgeport as
a member of Camp No. 1. All soldiers, sailors and marines
whether discharged or still in the service are strongly urged to
follow the band to the meeting. No fees are required. ,
All soldiers, sailors and marines should insist on becoming
members as it is the purpose of the organization to help em
barrassed sailors, soldiers and marines to obtain employment
and extend any possible temporary relief where it is needed.
This can be done only through a strong organization. Soldiers.
Sailors and Marines Get Together. See coupon on Page Nine.
IF WHAT IS COULD BUT BE
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
AX IXTERVIKW WITH SfflHIiKX MASON
Shirley Mason, the latest arrival at ! eomf where. Just think, one could
the Pacific Coast film colony, recent- jrtissruiso i?jies self as an old lady or a
ly made a, tour of discovery over the 1 boy or anything and go hunting des
Lasky studio lot, where she is work- ' porfli: criminals in their secret
ing on her forthcoming- Paramount : haunts.
pictures, and viewed with intense in- j "There's another thing- T believe
terest the various standing- set?, the ; I'd bnvo bprn a fine animal tamer. X
queer "props' and so on. j like animals so much. I can just pee
"Vhat would you have liked to ; myrrlf in a cxge of lions, cra-cking- a.
have been, if not a motion picture I whip and making the big- beasts play
star" someone asked Miss Mason. J dead r ivd roll over."
The tiny star smiled up at the in- "There's a puma over there in a
terlocutor. j care." uef?ted her friend, "why not
"What might have been, eh?" she: try it?"
laughed. "My goodness, I don't "X , thanks." responded the Para
know. I can't imagine I'd like to leirrcunt star, with a little shiver. "1
anything but an actress. All I -ivu.r.t
to do is act not all tho tinu, of
course, hut whenever I'm supposed to
do so.'
"But suppose you weren't an ac
tress, didn't know how to act, for ex-
tample what then?"
j They had reached a. country hotel
in the western street; Miss IvhtNon
Jumped up on the veranda
i.nd
ok ;
a position in the doorway. i
' Maybe I'd lil e to run a hotel in j
some peaceful village," she smilfd. '
They went on a little further and
came to a lunch wagon. ;
"Now, there." she ex.-Ia.lmed "is the
most wonderful occupation I ctuid
Imagine. An all night lunch coimier :
feeding hungry policemen and im-s- ,
eenger boys and the like." j
"Seriously?" implored the other. i
"Well," she pursed her lips j
thoughtfully, "I'd like to be a, detec- !
tive."
"A what?" :
"A sleuth o-o-oh! Regular Pher-
lock Holmes or Nick Carter delving ;
into mysteries and finding clues and .
so on. Wouldn't that be interest
ing?" "I daresay, but for a girl "
"Haven't you ever heard of a prirl
detective? I'm sure I've read of "no
SENATE INDORSES
TAX ON LUXURIES
Paris, Monday, March 31. By a
vote of 140 to SO, ithe senate tonight
endorsed, the government's demand for
the retention of the luxuries tax by
eliminating from the budget an arti
cle lnserteil by the chamber tf depu
ties abolishing It. Louis K. K'.otz,
minister of finance, who was prcnt
and who urged that the arti-.le be
stricken out of the till, motored to
the chamber later and asked that
branch of parliament to reverse its
action on the tax.
There were violent protests in ihe
chamber against the senate's action,
oepUities who advocated the uppro-
aion of the luxuries tax urg-dlng- Uia.t
it waa not wanted by merchants and
workmen. The eesadon continue! un
til late in the evcilnj.
THE A VAliAN CITE"
In the face of strong opposition,
practically every big motion picture
oompany being a bidder for the rights.
Famous Players-Laaky Corporation
has brought the screen rights to Ger
trude Atherton'a "The Avalanche."
This most recent book; of Mrs. Ath
erton has been pronounced as one
of her best contributions to literature.
The pioture will b released as an Art
crrft vshicle for Elsie Ferguson.
FOR WAR VETERi
just said 'what might have been." It
inkes practice, you know
she added
wisely
The tour was moFt interesting.
Ijss ?Tason climbed upon old stage-coM-hr-s.
prot into a "prop" well, had
a riie in a Sedan chair, climbed trees
and did all kinds of thing's even to
p!iiiiiK in the sand pile just like
th
very little girl she is.
' 'i-.-!! dear," phe remarked after
tho trip, "this is like going to the
circur:. I've worked a lot in studios,
l.nt this or.e is so bier and roomy and
there f.re !-o many thinccs to see and
do. I feel like a little girl on a holloa;,-.
Someday I'm going to put on
tho oldest drew? I have and go for a
r ir.p around the studio if they'll let
me."
Studio Manager Fred Kley over
heard the remark and nodded:
"Any time, ;llss Mapon; only we'll
l:nve to lake a guardian along so
; on won't get hurt."
"That'll be all rint," she respond
ed jraiiy. "Just so I can have all the
fun I want and net be hampered by
lil'ht skirt, and the fear of spoiling
;a perfectly pood suit."
Whoreu poii nho jumped into her
au !f iiiiooile and vanished in a cloud
f oust.
GOOD FRIDAY
PROCLAMATION
Governor Holronib in his annual
Good j- rida.y proclamation ueta asid
April 1H ii3 n. 4 iy to b obsevod ia
fiirsting" ami pt'.iytr:
A ViUH'l ,. MATI O X.
During- thu past year a.n army of
our young nun has b'cn in armed
eonlilct on foreit:i shores in our de
f n.-- -. At honn.- th-re has been a uni
v'tn.i! participation in everything
which v.'ouid contribute to our sue-
cos.s. The -arnii.s.i' is signed and the
reaction has come. We are still en
vironed with fii-.s rucilvo evil forces
which crr all the more dangerous be
ct;is; less r-anlly visualized.
The people of New upland have
bevn a groat f i irro licauab of the
Christian liiHurno whit-.h burrounded
them, duveiopii!? what has been
termed a Xew Kn gland conscience, "
We inuKt not drift from our moor
ings. We need to be aroused from
our indifirence.
I, Uir-ore, appoint the eighteenth ,
d;iy of April r.vit as a. day of
l"uttiii4f und lru.yvT
and earnestly enjain all who lelievo
in G'jd, love od government, Uelieva
!n the ttmcity of the New Eng!tnd
home and the Christian Bab bath to
pray to our God to forgive us for our
sins of indefferer.ee and to awaknu
us to a clear comprehension oX th
dang: era which threaten too.
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