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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
N. 2 PHONE SERVICE IS TIED UP Completely Suspended By Strike of Operators This
 Morning. OPERATORS QUIT
 AT 7 O'CLOCK Arrange For Little Interfer- ence With Army and
 Navy Business.
OPERATORS QUIT
 AT 7 O'CLOCK

Boston, April 15-A strike of more than 5000 young women operators in the employ of the New England Telephone and
 Telegraph Company and the Providence Telephone Com pany for wage increases tied up the telephone service today in the greater part of New
 England, except in Connecticut. At a. m. 1t was announced ora ders issued by union leaders, virtu- ally all the night operators in the ! larger cities and towss quit work and, accompanied by the day operators, reported at union headquarters for picket duty.
 1 From that hour telephone sub scribers found their instrument useless, as the thousands of calls that l lighted up the various switchboards went unanswered. Only chief opera tors remained at work, the supervisors Igoing out with the operators. In some of the smaller exchanges ef- 1 forts were made to give some sort o1 service by the help of the chiefs and such other employees as could be ob- tained for the work, but they were 1 able to handle only a small frac' | ton of the business.
 1 At the main office of the New Eng
 land company here early in the day 1 1t was announced that first reports 1 indicated "a. pretty complete t1eup o1 ' the system, but with some local ser vice being given in small palces."
 Plans were being made 1t was
 added, flor restoration of service.' 1 Strike headquarters here reported
 all of the five thousand operators ir
 the Boston district idle, with an Enouncements coming in constantly that the strike order had been gener-
 ally observed iu outside cities. Pick cts were established in front of all the
 exchanges and at railroad stations, the union leaders saying they anticipated Ithat the company would endeavor tc l operate the lines with men and wo- l men from outside New England.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
OPERATORS ID VOTE THURSDAY Local Phone Girls Will Then Decide About
 Strike.

The Telephone Operators union at their meeting last night decided to wait until Thursday night before talk ing any further action on their dis pute with the Southern New England Telephone Co.,.
 At the Thursday night meeting a strike vote will be taken and the re- suit of that vote will dictate the course of the operators.
 The demands of the local operators are the same as those of the Hart ford operators. The instatement of seven employees affiliated with the union, who were discharged by the company; a seven-hour day; a mini mum wage of $1O a week, and after six years service, a minimum wage of $22.
 There are now about 220 operators employed in the Bridgeport exchanges and the majority of these are mem- bers Of the union.
 Should the company refuse to grant the demands. the question of an ac- tive strike will he placed in the hands of Miss Julia O'Connor, president of the Operators Department of the In ternationai Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
 Miss Teresa M. Sullivan will be in this city tomorrow to advise with the officers of the local union.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
WOMAN SUING FOR LOST TEETH Claims Four Molars Were Knocked Out in Auto
 Collision.

Alleging that four teeth were Knocked out when she was thrown from an automobile which collided with another car, Esther Binkof- sky, 65 years old, appeared before Judge Walsh and a jury in the Common Pleas Court today to testify in her $2,00O suit against Arthur Gerstel of this city. The elderly woman also claimed she was severely bruised about the body.
 The accident happened on the Bos- ton Post road in Fairfield on Jun4 27, 1918. It is believed that the Gerstel car was being driven at reck- less speed but this is denied by Ger stel. Another suit resulting from the same collision was brought bS Harry Binkofsky, son of Esther Bin kofsky. He claims $1.O00 damages. He owned the car and says it was so badly damaged by the collision that he had to pay $500 for repairs. He also said he suffered financial loss because he was deprived of the use of the car. This suit will be tried this afternoon when testimony in tht first action Is closed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
ALL READY FOR
 CLEANUP DRIVE
Committees in Meeting Pre-. pare Plans for Campaign
 Next Week.

Practically all plans have been completed for the inauguration of the city's Cleanup Week" and the Chamber of Commerce's "Neighbor- hood Improvement Campaign
 At a meeting yesterday afternoon of the Cleanup Week" committee it was announced that all city depart ments had announced their intention or cooperating in the work and 1t is confidentially expected that the 1919 campaign will be the best in the his tory of the city
 Due notice will be given when the inspectors of city departments will visit the various districts and one plan conceived for this announce ment is to have the boy scouts go through the city streets supplied with bugles, heralding the coming of the inspectors.
 This afternoon at 3:45 o'clock the iNeighborhood Improvement commit tee will start district organization in the following schools:
 -Summerfield, Hall. Bryant, Whit .tier. Garfield, Washington and Read. This is to be a permanent organiza- tion which will look after the welfare Of each district Other meetings will be held during the week.
 In conjunction with the Cleanup campaign. the Associated Charities will hold a drive for the collection of all articles that can be salvaged.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
U. s. OFFICERS WIN DECORATIONS Great Britain Confers Her
 High Honors on
 Americans.

Cologne, Sunday, April 13.---By The Associated Press.) Jo- seph T. Diokman, commander of the Third United States Army, wasStoday made Knight Commander of the Or der of the Bs+h by General Sir Her bert Plumer, commander of the Brit ish army of occupation, on behalf of King George. Mrs. Dickman is now in Cologne and will visit England In that country she will be known as Lady Dickman. an honor bestowed on but few American women.
 The following general officers of the American army were made Knight Commanders of the Order of St. Mi chael and St. George: Brigadier Gen eral George Bell, IT, commanding the 33rd Division; Major General William Lassiter, chief artillery of ficer of the Third Army; Briga dier General John L. Hines, commander of the Third Army corps, and Briga- dier General Charles H. Muir, con- mander of the 2Sth division.
 The following were made com manders of the Order of the Bath: Brigadier General Malin Craig, chief of staff of the Third Army. and Bri- gadier General Harry A. Smith. in charge of civil affairs in the Amer ican occupied zone.
 Colonel John Montgomery, assistant chief of staff for General DiCknan ; Colonel David H. Biddell. Iaison off, cer for the Third Army with the Brit isfl: Colonel William P. Wooten. chief engineer of the Third Army, and Col onel Horace Ste-bbins. assistant chief of staff of the Third Army corps, were made commanders of the Order of St Michael and s. George
 The distinguished service order was conferred upon Colonel R. H Will Hams assistant chief of stan to Gen. erol Dickman.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
SAND ANNUAL
 ENCAMPMENT C.. A. R. Meets in Danbury W. A. Barnum
 Reports.

Danbury, April 15-The 52nd an nual encampmcnt of the Departme ent of Connecticut Grand Army of the Republic, opened in. this city at l o'clock this afternoon, Colonel Chris tian Quien of this city. department commander, presiding. General Clar- endon F. Adams, of Omaha, Neb-., commander-in-ch chief of the G. A. R., is the guest of the encampment.
 The report of William A. Barnum, of Bridgeprt, assistant adjutant gen eraI, showed a, total loss in member ship of 211 during the year ending Dee. 31. Of this number 173 were deaths. There are 57 posts in the staIe. with a total membership of 164O. The loss of members in 31 years has heen 4.842. The financial report shows receipts of $1.o27 dur ing the year and the disbursene of s1.875. The balance in the treasury is s1O27
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15

'"The ice dealers tell us they have no Ice because the winter was so mild that they could harvest none. That in order to supply the consumers they are obliged to buy ice and have 1t shipped to New Haven. That the freight charges are high and that there are so many bidders for the ice that has been harvested further north that the price cannot and will not be lower than so cents a hundred
 Tt seems to me as a business prop osition that the ice dealers are fool asr. They are killing the goose that laid the golden egg. They are com polling the people to see that the only way in which they can free them selves from extor;ion is by building municipal fee plants.
 "In the southern cities which rely entirely on manufactured ice, the charge Is nowhere more than 50 cents. The cities in this latitude will eventually have to build and operate their own plant"
 Mayor Fitzgerald is a live wire and when he was informed of the pur- pose of the ice trust to raise the price to so cents a hundred pounds he im- mediately got busy and tried to have the dealers act reasonable in the mat ter and at the same time started in vestiEation as to the price in other localities; the prospect of getting a supply from some other source. the cost of freight: handling. overhead and shrinkage so that at the present lime he has the data necessary to ad- . wise the city just what relief can he had
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
Local Veterans Near Boston
 2 Days Ahead Of Schedule
102nd Ambulance Train Probably on American Soil By Now-City Officials Make Hurried
 Trip to Hub.

Lae Associated Press ssages this afternoon the Win probably alse and that word had been received from saying the vessel had reported by wireless and would harbor until Thursday.)
 Sadly disappointed at the miscarriage of plans give the boys of the 1O2nd Ambulance Train Brdgepors the TWentySixh Division, rousing welcome harbor Mayor Clifford today was prob ably his to the Hub to greet the local White Star liner Wlnfredan which had carried them Nassa setts capital they had already set foot American there definite information whether or the transport had docked
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
BROWN CASSED AND BLINDED
Private Who Fought at ziv- ray Will Work Again Un-
 der Postmaster Greene.

John J. Brown, R. F. D. No. 4, East Main street, a, former post office employe, is enjoying a short furlough from Camp Devens. Brown saw ser- vice with the 26th Division as a mem Der of Company I of the 1O3rd h. fantry. He left Camp Merritt and en- tered the Tou1 sector about a year ago. During his French campaign he was engaged in the battles of Ziv- ray, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel and the Tryan sector.
 At least on two occasions his Bridgeport friends were notified that he had been severely wounded. One rumor had it that he had lost leg. The truth is-he was badly burned with mustard gas on the Tryan sec tor and taken to the base hospital at Contreville last September. He has been in the several hospitals ever since. Private Brown is now feeling fine and he expects to be discharged in the best of health in a few weeks.
 When asked what he considere41 his hardest fought enga cement, Brown replied, At Zivray the Germans at tackled us six to one. It was a bay onet charge and every Heiney had three days rations with instructions to take our position and hold it until relieved. It was a hard battle for our boys but we repulsed the attack Of the best German shock troops
 Along with severe burns from mus tard gas, Private Brown was blinded for a period of over seven weeks. His sight is now fully regained. When asked what he intended to do after returning to Bridgeport after being discharged, Brown said, Postmaster Green has informed me that my for mer position in the post office is wait ing for me any time I decide to go back to work"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
MRS. PATCHEN
 NOT TO BLAME
Coroner Makes Finding in Case of Seven Year Old
 Boys Death.

Mrs. Augusta Patchen of Colorado avenue is exonerated of blame for the death of seven year old John Me Doweu of this city by a finding given today by Coroner PheIan. He de- clares Mrs. Patchen Is an experienc- ed driver and that she exercised due care at the time her automobile struck and fatally injured the boy.
 The fatality happened on North Main street on March 22 last. The boy was playing on the sidewalk as the machine approached and he ran into the street in front of the car. Mrs. Patchen claimed she did not see the youngster in time to avoid hitting him. She said her car was going al a speed of 12 miles an/hour at the time The boy was taken to St. Vim cents hospital where he died on April II. .
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15

The first intimation that the Bridgeport boys were in sight of the American continent came this morn ing from Mrs. Fannie Crosby, presi- dent of the Bridgeport Comfort club. who 'phoned the mayors office and said she had a telegram from Richard Barlow of this city, a member of the 102nd Ambulance Train. The mes sage was dated at Boston, April Is. 2:30 a. m. and read "Al safe and well aboard the Winifredian."
 Closely following on the heels of the first report, Assistant Superin- tendent Charles SuckIey was notified of the arrival. and with the aid of the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce, flashed the news to various factories in the city, and the whistles were set going.
 All this time the mayor was on his way to the session of the General As sembly at Hartford, having returned from Boston last night, after having chauered the r. g. s. Admiral 2D and made arrangements for a band to board it with 9 large contingent of Bridgeporters to meet the transport at sea. The mayor had brought tickets of admission for the ship to this city, and said he had been in- formed in Boston that the vessel car rying the Bridgeport boys would not
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
Heirs of Wealthy
 Brewer Opposed To
 Paying Lawyers Fee

An allowance of $500 for counsel fees for handling legal affairs of the estate of Constantine Moeller. n wealthy New Haven brewer. caused n dispute which was argued before the Supreme Court of Errors in this city today. The claim was dlsallowed when the matter came before the New Haven Probate court and an appeal was taken to the Superior court where Judge Curtis ai-o ruled that the amount claimed was too much. Other heirs of the Moeller estate opposed the allowance of the claim. The pres ent appeal is taken by Clara T. John ston and others of New Haven from the Superior courts decisie fR -
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
Garcia Claims He
 Did Not Carry Any
 Concealed Weapons

Raymond Garcia of this city
 charged with carrying concealed
 weapons. pleaded not guilty when ar raigned before Judge Booth in the
 Criminal Common Pleas court this
 moring. His case came before the court on an appea! from the City court where he was fined S1O0 and sentenced to jail for six months The court announced that the case will be passed upon later. Charles Roberts of Greenwich, charged with resisting a traffic officer in that borough ard using abusive language to him, was also brought before the court today He pleaded not guilty and the case was con-
 tinued until late this afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
ALLEGE ARCHDUKE KILLED

London. April 15-A Copenhagen despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that the Acht Uhr Blatt and the Abendblatt of Berlin print reports received from travellers to the effect that Communists at Bud apest have executed Archduke Joseph, Dr. Alexander Wekerle. former prem- fer. and Baron Joseph Szteprenyi. minister of commerce. The report. the despatch says. has not been con- drmed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
PEACE PROSPECTS ARE MUCH BRIGHTER
FIVE ''CATEGORIES" FOR PREPARATIONS
Adopted in Tentative Scheme Put Forward By Great Britain and France-Question of Distribution of
 mdemnities Not Definitely Settled.

Paris, April 45(By the Associated Press)The problem of reparation settlements still has trobous times before connection with the question of the distribution the nifty to be paid by Germany. Smaller which suffered under German invasion and devastation still relave to their shares of the reparaon fund.- particularly Belgium the which entitled under various pre-cOnferenee pledges
 No has been made regarding this pre- definition of the "categores of reparations words, definition which Germany is required to pay.
 be stated however that the five categores adopt cOmprise:-
 Preparation for actual damage to life and property.
 Pensions for cTippleS and the families soldiers Compensation for enforced labor inhabitants occupied regions, including done depOred BeganS Remuneration for illegally exaced labor by prisoners German acquisitions in occupied tories
 0 be v1th
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
HARTFoRD's LOAN QUOTA.

Hartford. April 15-Chairman Leon ?. Broa adhUrst of the local Victory Loan committee announced today that Hartfords quota had been fixed at s12.353.000. This is about 75 per cent. of the Fourth loan quota.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
How New Haven Is Solving
 Problem Of 80 Cent Ice
Mayor Fitzgerald Finds Plant May Erected by June 1 at a Cost of $25 5OO0-M Manufactured Ice
 Sold for 50 Gents 100 Everywhere, He Says

T have ice delivered to ice stations to be located in he deney populated sections of the city to be sold for fifty cents hundred pounds, have municipal ice plant built and ready to deliver fifty tons of ice day by June said Mayor David Fitzgerald of New Haven, when steps taking combat the exorbitant prices the ice barons had placed on their goods.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
EX-GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC DEAD

Montreal, April 15-Sir Auguste Real fingers, K. C., Lieutenant Cox ernor of Quebec from 1887 to 1892. died here last night of pneumonia. He was s1 years old
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15

The tentative scheme of distrfbu- tion which Great Britain and France have advanced apportions between 80 and 90 per cent, probably S5. of the total sum realized to these big pow ers, leaving. SperhapS, Is per cent. to Ssatiafy the demands of Belgium Italy, lSSerSb1s, Runnania- RnISssia anl5 others iTvhis Is a. smaller proportion than the Ixecondary powers expected and they
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15

gre almost sure to be dissatisfied with 1t. It has been suggested among the experts on the separations comrnis- sion that Ruma mia, Serbia and other nations have received repaxations through the acquisition of territory, hut this reasoning will scarcely ap- peal to Belgium.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
WILSON TO SAIL APRIL 27 OR 28
Will Be Present At Opening Session of Conference
 Only.

Paris, April 15-President Wilson intends to sail for the United States on April 27 or 28, after being present at the opening meeting of the Peace Congress at Versailles, the Echo de Paris says today. After his departure Colonel E. M. House will act for him, the newspaper adds.
 Washington April 15-Four des- troyers, the Manley, Rathburne, Tal- bot and Dorsey, have left for the Azores to escort the Presidential ship George Washington when she returns from overseas. Acting Secretary Roosevelt said today that the trans port was due at Brest on the even ing of April 19.
 Announcement also was made that the super-dreadnaugh Arizona had replaced the Mississippi as the escort flagship for the George Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
TOTAL ] INDEMNITY
 $23,OOO,OOO,OOO
April 9 German Allied Delegates Will Gather at Versailles For Opening Session of Peace Con
 gress-Treaty Finished Soon.
tBy the Associated Press)

Prospects of peace have suddenly become brighter the result of agreements reached by the Council of Four at Paris announcements of which to indicate that within short time the world will begin return to something like normal international conditions
 On April 25 which will be 165 days after the gun great fired Allied and German delegates gather at Versailles, the historic place where treaties which modelled empires and signaled the been framed
 statement given out by President Wilson Paris night indicated that the treaty with Germany would be pleed in very short time and that in the meanwhile problems involved the conflicting Italy JugoSava territory the Adriatc would be given preferential consideration. It is probable that the Allies of Germany will o Versailles also immediately aer tho German delegates received the Allied terms and have will be miles ank of the
 
 
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
The Weather Report

For Bridgeport and vi- cinityi Probably rain late tonight and Wednesday.
The sun., 1919-10-28
WEST s4TH STREET SALE.

Interest reverted yesterday to the
p,unvlvania Terminal zone, where l..
J. Philiips q Co. closed another big deal
Affecting the group OF three and four
story buildings at 2o2 to 212 West
Tnirty-tourth street, adjoining the south
west corner Of Seventh avenue. The
property has a frontage of los feet on
the south side Of the street and is about
200 feet east of the Thirty-fourth street
entrance to the Pennsylvania station. 1t
was sold by the Phillips company on be-
half of the Hartford Realty Company to
the Mercantile Holding Company, Jacob
Wolf, president
II required a number of years for the
selling company to accumulate the prop
sty. The buildings, which have been
altered and now have stores on the
ground floor. adjoin two modernized
structures at 2l4 and 216 West Thirty
fourth street, leased by the Phillips COM
pany last week to the c. and l.. Lunch
Company for twenty-one years at a net
rental OF s350,000 The plot concerned
in the transaction represents the largest
single holding on the south side of
Thirty-fourth street in this block, with
the exception of the holdings of the
Pennsylvania Railroad running through
from Thirty-fourth to Thirty-third
street, and comprising about twenty
eight city blocks whereon the railroad Is
contemplating the erection of a large
hotel in the near future.