The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-24
ADMIRAL GONNA WILL BE GUEST
 OF BRIDGEPO ORT
Famous Italian Naval Com mander Due in City Sat
 urday or Monday
ORPHAN DRIVE TOTAL
 REACHES $2,74O.95
Block Party Will Be Held Tomorrow Night to Swell
 Donation Fund.

Bridgeport is to be honored by
 having as its guest Admiral Conza of the Italian navy, who is commanding
 the Italian fleet now in American
 waters. The coming here of this fa-
 nous naval commander is due to the
 efforts of a committee which has
 waited upon him several times and
 only yesterday succeeded in obtain
 ing the admiraTs assent.
 The visit of Admiral Conza will be
 in connection with the Italian
 Orphans relief fund. Mayor Clifford
 ?. Wilson and Louis Cocozza, field
 marshal in the relief fund drive. en- deavored to get the Italian battleship
 Conte di Cavour brought to this city,
 but several difficulties arose which
 made this impracticable.
 A motor trip to New York was
 made yesterday by Mayor Wilson and wife, Field Marshal Cocozza and wife, anu GcOrg- Grecuspun, campaign manager, for the purpose of going aboard the big man-o'-war and get ! ting the admiraTs promise that he i would come to Bridgeport. The vis- ] itors had dinner on the ship and were l escorted through all its compart- meuts.
 1 Admiral Ccuza will advise the com mirtoo whether he will arrive here ] this Saturday or Monday. but mean | WhiLc arrangements for a big public reception are being made by city off, cials and executives in the drive. A check for the entire amount of con- ! t-i1uttous received here during the week in the Italian orphan drive will be given to the admiral by the com
 mittee during his stay here, he in turn to deliver the check 10 the Italian am bassa1or in Washington.
 The total of the drive up to yester- day was S2.740.95. Tuesdays subscrip- tions received by the executive com mittee amounted to S250. the district teams reported S659.GO, for a days to- tai of Sg09. 90.
 The district totals as reported last l night were as follows: l, General , Frank FassanelIo, $117.65; ?, General D. MarottoG. S43.25; 9, General A Antignani. S5o.25; 5, General NJ. De lacCa, S3l.55; 6, Generals Patrizio and Deferari, $70.4t; ', General J. Reilly, S33-21; 8, Generals Fassaneuo and Tonasetti. SSH.H0; g, Generals Pastine and Iassogna. S35; 10, Generals Ric- cio and AItieri S12372; II, General 1 Clara Lasher, s3471: 12, Generals Ferrente and Paolett, s35.72 Generals Charles Rtccto and Jos eph Altieri won first place honors yesterday, nosing out Sheriff Frank Fassanello who won Monday and who
 was an extremely close second yester- day.
 A big block party will be held to- | morrow night on the new extension
 of John street through the plaza site between Main and Water streets. Miss Clara Lasher, general of the Eleventh district who is in charge of | the arrangements, has enlisted the cooperation Of the Recreation Blu re7u, police and fire departments. Her committee has plans for some excellent entertainment in addition to the dancing.
 A meeting of all generals, captains and workers who are to assist Mrs.
 Frank Meyers in the tag day sales on Saturday will be held tomorrow night in headquarters at the Strat- field. In addition to those workers already procured, Mrs. Meyers is de- sirOus of getting some more women and girls who can be either captains
 or workers in some of her districts.
 All are asked to report to room il,
 Stratfeld hotel