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The Little River news., 1919-11-29
FARMERS ARE AGAINST
 THE NEW LABOR PARTY
Only One Organization, and That Ultra
 Radical, Will Affiliate With the Labor Party.

Washington, Nov. 25.-Agricultural organizations maintaining headquar ters at the national capital with sin gle exception will not join the move ment for Labor party as lauunched yesterday at Chicago.
 lhia exception is the Farmers Na tional Council with which is affiliated the Nonpartisan League of the Dako- taS and other northwestern states, and which is known as the most radical Of the agricultural organizations. Representatives of the Farmers Ma tional Council are reported to have paI icipated in the Chicago labor meet ing.
 The more conservative agricultural organizations, the National Grange and the group which have joined forces in the National Board of Farming Organi cations have rejected overtures made by organized labor tor an alliance. The Farmers National Council has | issuing the call for the Chicago con- ference of the past few weeks, said
 that it was intended to take action which could be reported to a confer
 ference of all the chiefs of organized labor set for next month in Washing ton.
 Not in Good Standing.
 That the Farmers National Council is not in good standing with the ad- ministration is indicated by the fact that it was ignored by President VII son, who, in selecting representatives of agriculture for the recent confer ence, recognized the National Grange,
 the National Board of Faarm Organi- zations and the American Society of Equity
 l Government ownership is the cause which Farmers National Council and organized labor advocate in common, The Farmers National Council is for government ownership of railroads and Oi the morCldHt llldIluG It D SIiCi tI- tipathy is Wall street
 The other agricultural organizations are opposed to government ownership, Beniamin c. Marsh, secretary and di
 rector of legislation of the Farmers National Council, has been practical ly the only spokesman of agriculture to appear before Congressional com mittee in advance of either govern ment ownership of railroads or mer- chant marine His appearance invar- iaply has enraged members of Con- eress, who have challenged his right
 to speak for the farmers of the coun- try.
 The printed hearings of merchant marine legislation before the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, which have just been pub lished, show that Representative Ed mcnds of Pennsylvalia told Mir. Marsh that his actions in New York did not sneak anything but l. w. w. ism" re falring to an occasion early in the
 war when Mr Marsh was accused of obstructing conscription,
 What happened in New York; asked Mr. Edmonds. You are not a farmer; you are a New Yorker. What happened in New York during the var with you? There was some episode in connection with soap box, Ter! Us about that
 Oh, sec" replied Mir Marsh. "So you nave ressurrected Wal! street ties and they are absolutely lies. When l come nele to try to prevent Wal
 street from gambling the merchant marine in behalf of the farmers then the question is raised that l an, not taln.er
The Little River news., 1919-11-29
Expect Iie-ID SGon.

The union officials in Chicago, rom whom the Information was obtained, said that so far as they were aware tl.e secret conlcrence in Cleveland had no. yet reached the point where reso~ lUtions or motions for the strike had sion concerning it today was favoca ole to the project and that the tje~uD could be expected within three days. A similar announcement was made late today at the convention of the newly organized Labor party here
 Buffalo, Detroit, Pittsburgh and St. Louis were declared to have been among the cities whose locals are in sisting that a strike be called in view of recent governmental statements to the effect that general advances in the pay of railway workers could not be considered at this time The IA locals Of the Chicago railwaymen, it was said. voted unanimously in favor of the strike, and that a resolution asking for a strike decision had been sent to W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
 In some union quarters it was said tonight that the real reason why the national officers now in Cleveland hesitated to announce the strike or to be placed in the position of directing the proposed strike call, is their fear of strike injUnctions, and that it is their purpose to await the crisis which is expected from the action of the rank and file of railway men.
The Little River news., 1919-11-29
RAIL WAY UNION THREATEN
 4 GENERAL STRIKE NOW
Locals Demand Nationwide WalkOut December is Report; Big
 Tie-Up Is Favored.

Chicago, Nov 25.-National leaders of the four great railway brotherhoods held secret session today, at which the insistence of many local unions that general strike of all railway workers in the United States be called by December 1 to enforce demands for a general increase in pay was given serious consideration. One union of ficial said that many of the delegates who are now in Cleveland went there "ith the purpose of forcing the gen eral committee to call the nation wide strike.
The Little River news., 1919-11-29
THINK MEXICO HAS PLAN
 To ANTAGONIZE THE U. $.
Washington Officials Thus COnstrue Delay in Reply to NOte-Jenkins
 Still Held.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Some officials ican governments delay in replying to the American rfote, sent more than a week ago, demanding release of Wm. 0. Jenkins, consular agent at Puebla, is part of a deliberate plan to still fur ther antagonize the United States.
 This belief was based largely on official Information from Mexico City that officials there were endeavorinS lc sore2d the report that this countr" was on the verge of a revolution and that by holding up the reply Mexicans would offer substantial aid to the re volutionists
 Mexican agents in the United States the adviees said, had been sending home highly colored and widely eX- ageerated reports cncerning domestic conditions. The steel and ccal strikes are cited as glaring evidence of indus trial unrest
 There was no report from the em- bassy at the Mexican capital to add anything to those received heretofore, ali of which showed that Jenkins was still held in the penitentiary on charg- es of having been implicated with the bandits who took $150,000 from him af- ter he had been kidnapped One dis patch from Mexico City said the Msxi- can Senate had decided to ask Presl- dent Carranza for full information on the Jenkins case, and this was taken to mean that no reply might be expected until the Senate lad given it some con sideration.
 1he principal effect here of Mexico s faiidre to answer promptly the Ameri- can demands has been to make the al ready strained relations a little more strained.
The Little River news., 1919-11-29

The gravel ard some lumber is now on the ground for the construction of the new Baptist church.
The Little River news., 1919-11-29

Miller Joh nson of Little Rock spent at home.
The Little River news., 1919-11-29
Seek to DiScredit Jenkins.

Herorts are being circulated through official channels regarding efforts to discre,lit Jenkins Today advices tell of the refusal of the court at Puebla to hear witnesses who volunteered to refute the report that Jenkins had been seen conferring with members Of the rebel band, on which, it is said, was based the charge that he was in cOllu- sion with them Additional informa- ton regarding the pressure brought to bear on peons to secure testimony icle in Fl Universal, Mexico City Newspaper, copy of which has just reached the State Department.
 Under Puebla date this paper says that the Jenkins case is becoming more complicated daily and that public sen- tment in Puebla is divided. The com plications in the case, the paper says, have been increased by the silence of the judicial authorities
 All information given out by the court for publication is alleged to be contradictory to that presented by Jen- kins in court under oath. The paper tells of the arrest by the secret police of Jose de Jesus Large, Florentino Anayah, and Julio Gomez peons on Jenkins hacienda, where they ap- peared for their pay checks and of the "cupture" on the following day of five more poems, all of whom were lodged in jail until they gave their testimony.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
NO STATEMENT ON EXTENSIONS
 FORTHCOMING

No information could be secured to- day as to the reasons for the proposed extension of the harbor lines on which there Is to be a hearing at the coun- ell chamber next Wednesday after noon at o'clock. Efforts to locate the harbor matser were without avail nor coult statement be secured from the City Engineers office or the Chamber of Comm cree, interested in the harbor development.
 The extensions are purported to be for the purpose of connecting parts Of existing lines, but informatnlion as to effects are vague in the notice of the hearing. It is stated by some that the anchorage basin in the 1larbor will be diminished by the proposed exten- sions if they are made and this fea- ture meets with objection from a number of men interested in inprov- ing the harbor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
SNEAK THIEVES STILL WORKING
 THROUGH CITY

Reports which were received at po- lice headquarters this morning show that sneak thieves are still operating in Bridgeport despite the campaign being waged by the auth critics.
 Thieves entered the residence of John J. McDonough, 4SS Wilmo avenue, last night and stole s85 from McDonough's trousers, and SIP from a kitchen table.
 The Pardy Construction company officials reported today, that someone broke into one of their tool houses in Seaview avenue last night, and made off with a quantity of boots, shovels, overalls and jumpers.
 Burglars gained an entrance to the clothing store of Abraham Sturman, 1084 East Main street some time last night and removed a quantity of clothing and S35 in cash. The total loss is estimated at approximately $500.
 Key workers entered the home of Mrs. Louis Papik, 355 Hancock ave nue, yesterday afternoon and secured s23. The police are Investigating.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16

Washington, Oct 6-Reiteration of the claim that the five big packing companies of Chicago bid fair to dominate the wholesale grocery trade and already handle more than 200 foods unrelated to the meat packing industry, many of them directly com petitives as meat substitutes is made in Part " of the Federal Trade Com missions report on the industry, pub ushed today.
 Included in the list of comm odities said to be falling under control of the 'ebig five" are poultry and game, dairy products, lard and butter sub stitutes canned and dried vegetables and fruit, canned, cured and frozen fish, cocoa, coffee, moIasses and cane corn and maple syrups. In addition Armour & Co.,, one of the five, Is said to be handling extensively soda. fountain preparations and utensils.
 The extent of packer control varies with the locality and commodity ''and the dealer whose business Is being ab- sorbed," the report asserts.
 There is sufficient evidence, the re- port continues. that the 'Fbig five" are dividing the field among them selves
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
GENERAL WOOD MAKES STARTLING STATEMENT
 WITH REGARD ID CITY
Widespread Plot Set on Foot to Capture Civil Government of Steel Git ies In Strike Area-Ivan
 off Said to Be Implicated.

Gary, Ind, Oct. 16-Investigation of radical bomb and anti-government plots and surveillance of suspected army intelligence officers and federal operatives already have uncovered a number of alleged plots and arrested a score or more agitators. Seven men taken in a series of raids Tuesday night are held on deportation war rants, 1t was stated today and three others remain in custody.
 An official report by Colonel W. S. Mapes, commanding the Federal troops sent here when the situation growing out of the steel strike got beyond the power of state authorities, presenting g what was said to be docum entary evi- dence of the connection radical lead CTS with the steel strike in Gary and Major General Leonard Wood, com mander of the Central Army Depart ment. General Wood declared Gary 'is a hotbed of anarchy"
 The evidence submitted in the re- port is said to contain proof of the alleged radical plot to capture the civil government of Gary and other steel cities in the strike area.
 Anton Gorsko, detained and Ques- toned by the military authorities in connection with the bomb plot of last June, denied conapHcity in the conspir- acy and also disclaimed information that Alex Ivanoff, for whom the auth critics are searching, had taken part in it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
OWNER CONTESTS
 SUIT BROUGHT ID
 GET COMMISSION

D. E. McNamara, who conducts a chain of stores in this city appeared in the common pleas court today to contest the suit brought against him by Jack Illzowitz, a local real estate agent, who claims $200 commission. The agent claimed McNamara agreed to sell his Black Rock store for S3,000 and that he found a buyer at that figure only to have McNamara refuse to carry out the agreement
 McNamara denied making any such agreement. He stated that Ill., kowitz came to his house and said he had a customer who wished to buy the Black Rock store. McNa- mara says he told Iukowitz the store was not for sale. He promised to let the agent know in a few days If he changed his mind but later he told Illkowitz that he would not sell.
 Paul Herrick, the man who wanted to buy the store, testified that Illko- witz told him McNamara would sell for s3,000 but he could not recall that McNamara offered to sell for that figure. The hearing was resum- ed this afternoon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
CR0SS-EXAMINE
 BENHAM ABOUT RENT AGREEMENT

Receiver Frank N. Benham of the Dorsen Dry Goods company. was still under cross examination today at the hearing before Referee Banks.
 The so-caIed DeForest agreement which was dated September 4, 1918, and which adjusted the accounts be- tween the Dorsen Dry Goods company and it's subsidiary corporation, the Abel company, and which changed the rent of the Abel company from $1,250 a month to 10 per cent. of the gross receipts, took up most of the time at the morning session.
 MT. Benham testified that he was in Attorney DeForest's office twice, once when the agreement was brought there after it had been drawn and left it with Judge DeForest in escrow about August 5, and again when he went after the paper on September 4, the day it was signed.
 He said that the agreement was the consumatio1 of a number of con- versations between MT. Willet and him. self and that the arrangements they arrived at were amplified by the law yers who drew the agreement.
 He could not place the exact date at which he had agreed to change the rent of the Abel company, but he said the change was agreed to before the paper said that discussions were to take place between the Abel company for that purpose.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
bITUMIN0US GOAL MINERS
 PLAN STRIKE
Hold Conference At India, napolis and Are Planning
 to Strike Nov. 1.

Indianapolis, Oct. 16.---Plans for strike of biturninous coal miners of the country on November 1 were con ttnued today at international head quarters of the United Mine Workers of America here, the officials proceed ing on the assumption that nothing would come of the conference in Washington called by Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson in an effort to avert the threatened walkout.
 The official strike call, issued by Acting President John L. Lewis, was sent out yesterday afternoon to the more than 4,00O local unions and plans for making the strike effective are taking form at headquarters.
 0 MT. Lewis left late yesterday after noon for Washington in response to the request of Secretary Wilson for a conference. MT. Wilson announced last night that Thomas T. Brewster president of the Coal Operators As sections, would represent the en- ployers at the conference.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
LAW
 TO COME BEFORE
 COMMON COUNCIL

Daylight saving will probably be brought before the council Monday night it was said at the City hall to- day. It is expected that an ordinance will be offerzl and passed. Legal au- thorities pointed out today that such an act could not have effect except through it's acceptance by the public, since the council has no authority to enact such an ordinance. Officials take the view that the passage of such a law for the city while beyond the councils power, would really have the desired result without raising a question of legality.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
FORTY SAFETY
 CARS FOR USE
 IN THIS STATE
Main Part of Them Will Run on Bridgeport
 Lines.

The date at which the zone system of fares will be put into effect on the trolley roads has not yet been deter mined, according to information re- cetved by The Times from the local office of the Connecticut Company.
 Manager Goodwin is at present working out the number of zones to surrounding towns and the amount of fare that will be charged between those towns and this city and these will be announced in a few days.
 Forty safety cars. most of which will be put in service on lines in Bridgeport, have been bought by the Connecticut Company and are now being built at the Bradley Car Works in Worcester, Mass.
 In addition to these cars, the Con neoticut Company is rebuilding in it's own shops 50 single truck cars which will be distributed over the com pany's property. The cars which are being rebuilt will be equipped with safety devices for one-man operation.
 The safety cars have given much satisfaction since they were put in operation last February in Bridge port, New Haven and Hartford. The public like the cars, because they are so speedy and furnish more ire quent service than is possible with the heavy double-truck cars.
 The company has not yet decided just how many Of the forty new cars will be placed in Bridgeport, but most of them will go to that city, although a few will be placed in New Haven and Hartford.
 The cost of the forty new cars is approximately $240,ooo.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
STRANGERS GET
 DURFEE'S CASH BY CLEVER RUsE


 Albert Durfee of 2S Fairfield ave nue took 2 fling at the diamond buy ing business yesterday afternoon. He came out of the deal with plenty of experience, two white sapphires val ued at 8 each and his pocketboek lowered $100.
 Durfee says two men called at his home yesterday afternoon. telling him that they were sent there by his sister. Being friends of the family, they offered to sell him two very val uabie unset diamonds for s2Oe. The strangers lamented the fact that they had to dispose Of the precious stones so cheap1y, but their financial condi- tion made the sacrifice imperative.
 Durfee swallowed the bait, giving them s100 Liberty bond in part payment for the stones. The men left both diamonds in his posses sion, declaring they would return lass night for the other S10o.
 When the bargain oTerers failed to return for their cash this morning. Durfee became suspicious. He took the wonderful sacrifice stones to a jeweIer< who informed him the alleged diamonds were not diamonds at all Merely white sapphires worth aoout S5 apiece.
 The police are searching for the. clever finn -Aa1nmers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
COMMUTERS ARE
 GETTING n'RATHY
 OVER NEW ZONES
Many Taking Rents Here Others Will Use
 Railroad.

Trolley commuters who live in out lying sections and work in Bridge port are looking for some way to es- cape paying the exorbitant fares which they will have to pay under the new zone system which is to be inaugurated by the Connecticut Go.
 Some of them have already taken rents in this city although they had put in their winters coal and had no intention of moving until the an- nouncement was made that the zone system was to be put into effect.
 In Milford a number of men who have used the trolley to go to and from their work in this city have purchased communication books on the New Haven railroad and will here after use that means of travel.
 Residents from Walnut Beach say that as soon as the zone system is put into effect they will ride only as far as the Devon railroad station and commute from there to Bridge port.
 Trolley patrons on the road between. this city through Devon, Walnut Beach and Milford to New Haven are particularly wrathy at the thought of increasing the fare on this line, as the last report of the Connecticut company showed that the line be- tween Bridgeport and New Haven was one of the few lines in the state that was earning a surplus.
 With this stretch of road earning money they cannot see the justice of raising the fares to what will amount to 150 per cent. in some cases.
 Demand for real estate and rents in these sections have fallen off since the announcement of the zone sys- tenn, and property owners and real estate men see the end of the boom which was just developing and which had promised to do much towards building up these suburbs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
FORCE WAY ACROSS
 DUNA RIVER

Copenhagen, Oct. 16-Lettish forces lave fought their way across the Duna river at Riga and operations there are now developing favorably according to a despatch received from Libau last night by the Lettish press bureau here.
 A state of siege has been declared throughout all Lithuania and the mobilization of three classes of soldiers has been ordered, 1t is announced in a telegram received here from Kovno. Russian troops, under command of Colonel VierkoIitc11, have been con- centrated in Lithuanta,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
MAKE FIUME FREE PORT, ASKS
 D'ANNUNCIO
Poet Writes to Clemenceau Suggesting That Latter Take Initiative to Bring
 This About.

Paris, Oct 1e-Captain Gabrielle OAnnunzto, whose forces are now holding the city of Plume, has sent q message to Premier Clemenceau asking that the latter take the initia- tive in securing a declaration from inc Allied governments making Plume 8 free port Captain D'Annunzio says he has drafted a manifesto inviting $5erbians and Italians to recognize mutual national rights. The mani festo, which will be delivered by air plane, will call upon the two nations to maintain the bonds of brother hood which have been sealed by b1ood.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
MORE MILLS OPENING IN
 CHICAGO Conflict of Testimony Be tween Strikers and
 Operators.

Chicago, Oct. 16-The industrial situation at the steel plants in the Chicago districts today was reported better than any time since the steel workers strike was called nearly four weeks ago. Many of the mills were said by company officials to be run ming at fifty per cent. or more of their usual capacity, while virtually every plant affected by the walkout was operating on at least reduced scale.
 On the other hand, the labor lead CTS stated that the unsktlled workers were the only ones returning to their places in appreciabIe numbers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
President Wilson Zs Greatly ReIieUed Soy Doctors
FOOD CONTROL PACKERS AIM|
NAMING THE POST.

An important meeting of the American Legion is to be held at 8 o'clock tonight at the High school auditorium, for the pur- pose of selecting a name for the local post. The committee will present a list of names to include the most prominent Bridgeporters killed in action during the war. From these the name for the post will be selected by ballot. 4 re- port of the results of the recent membership drive will also be read as well as a statement from the delegates to the convention at Hartford. Every member is urged tO be present.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-16
AUSTRIA ID CONSIDER PEACE
 TREATY TODAY

Vienna, Wednesday, Oct. 15-Aus- tria's national assembly met today for consideration of the peace treaty framed by the peace conference at Paris and signed at St. Germain on September 10 last. The treaty was referred to a special committee, the government program being carried out in an uneventful session.
 The treaty committee will probably make its report by the end of the week, when 1t is expected that the ratification of the instrument will take placa.