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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
SUITS FILED IN
THE COMMON PLEAS

In the Common Pleas court this
morning a number of suits were filed
for the September term of the court
In the case of Mrs. Florence Selleck
of the city, VS.. the Eastern Motor
Truck Co., the plaintiff claims dam
ages for 5000, in payment of an un-
paid debt of $150.75.
The Gulf Road Cooperative Dairy
Co., of Randolph, Vt,' claim $1,000
damages from the Vermont Dairy Co.
of this city. George L. Beitner & Son
VS.. Mrs. Mary Mooney, 412 Mt. Grove
street, damages 5000. Rings End
Fuel Co. of Darien VS.. Percival E.
Tansler, Darien, damages 5000. Isa-
dore Shanen of Stamford vs. Edwin
P. Brown of Stamford, damages $4O0.
John J. Flynn of Stamford VS.. Ed
ward T. Chute, damages $210. Thos.
L. Caskey VS.. W. Harold Casey, dam
ages $1,000. The Bridgeport Die &
Machine Co. VS.. Progressive Motor
Sales Co., damages $1,000. Bridgeport
Plumbing Supply Co. VS.. Frank Lu-
ciano, damages $500. A. L. Schavoir
Co. VS.. Vincent Coleman, $500 dam
ages.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
STILL DISCUSSING
VICE SQUAD shift

The merger of the vice squad into
a part of the detective bureau which
fhas been reported as being contem-
plated by the police commissioners is
still hanging fire and nothing definite
has been announced as yet according
to one of the commissioners seen this
lmorning.
1t is believed though in police
scircIes that Lieutenant John E. Bar
ton will be sent back on regular police
work, probably to one of the pre-
cincts and that the vice squad will
come under the supervision of Cap
tain Regan. of the Detective bureau.
Other changes in the personnel OF
tthe department will result if Lieut..
Barton is changed from the vice
squad. Announcement of other
changes in the building will be made
llater in the week by superintendent
Patrick Flanagan. With jitney t-af-
fee increased by the added number of
buses that have arrived in the city
since the trolleys ceased operation on
July Is it is believed that the traffic
personnel will be added to and addi-
tiona1 traffic posts in the city will be
established.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
WEATHER

For New Haven and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Wednesday moderate
temperatures.
For Connecticut: Fair tonight and
Wednesday,; moderate temperature;
gentle to moderate northwest winds
Weather conditions-An extended
area of high pressure continues cen
trail over the lower lake regions this
morning, attended by pleasant wealth
er and moderately cool weather.
Showers have occurred during the
last "a hours in northern New Eng
land the east gulf states and on the
middle and south Atlantic coasts. A
moderate area of low pressure over
lies the northern Rocky Mountain
region and the Canadian region.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
fair and moderately cool weather.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
MANY GO FROM HERE
TO MERRITT DINNER

Most Of the prominent Republicans
of Bridgeport will go to Danbury to-
morrow to the dinner in honor of
Schuyler Merritt and the meeting of
the Republican State Committee.
Among those who will go are Mayor
Wilson, Sheriff Pease, who aspires to
the leadership of the county accord
ing to his friends, Alec Robinson, city
clerk, and right hand man of John T.
King, Frank Ballard, representative
Of the up state Republican leaders
with a number of their satellites %and
henchmen.
The meeting of the State committee
will be held at 1890 o'clock and the
dinner to Congressman Merritt will
take place at 8 O'Clock.
The State committee will arrange
for the time and place for holding the
State convention which will nominate
candidates for State officers at the
November election and the dinner TO
Congressman Merritt is a boom to land
him in one of the higher political Of
fceS.
1t is said by some that he is being
groonled for United States Senator, by
others that his friends will insist that
he be given the nomination for Gov
ernor and still others say that the
Congr essman is simply trying to stave
off opposition to his denomination for
CONGRESS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
ONLY UNDERTAKEN
CAN MAKE HIM
LEAVE POSITION

Hartford, Conn, Aug. SIT was re-
ported at Boston today that Federal
Prohibition Enforcement Director for
New England William J. Mccarthy of
this city had refused the position of
assistant revenue deputy collector
rather than satisfy certain political
interests and former liquor dealers of
New England who have attempted,
through Washington it is said, to
have him removed from the Office he
now holds. The director of the dry"
forces in this section returned from
shington Monday.
New England is credited with be-
ing the cleanest district in the coun-
try, according to Chief Kramer at
Washington Mccarthy said, land
personally 1 intend to keep it so; and
with the allowance of fifty more oper-
ators next week 1 should be in a
position to increase my work here
and I assure you that, in spite of
great oppo,'ition we are now receiving
this departn N,t will cover every nook
and corner of New England.
"I am back here. and here to stay,
All the-rumors about my resigning
have no foundation whatever 1 am
not going to resign because certain
political interests are constantly en-
gagged in spreading rur1ors to my
being detained in sanatoriunls and in
sane hospitals and other rumorS of
malicious nature. John F. Kramer,
prohibition enforcement chief at
Washington, recently suggested that
take the position of assistant deputy
collector This 1 refused, not intend
ing to satisfy certain politicians and
former liquor men of New England
The appointment would have meant
considerable more money and ad
vancelnent.
"Thes safe of Rhode Island has not
complied with government prohibi
ton laws any too WE'LL he said. The
only man who will take me off this
job is the undertaken" he concluded.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
Planned To Steal
Child, Daring Arrest

care of Mrs. Moiseyeffs baby Leon
during her ten days in New York.
Leon is seven months old, has curly
yellow hair and blue eyes. He cried
when Mrs. Sokolowsky went away
with the detectives. She had been
singing strange Russian lullabies to
Leon and making much of him.
Mrs. Sokolowsky had nearly finish
ed making two pretty white coats for
Leon, when detectives caught her out
walking in a red suit which had been
mentioned in a circular about her.
''She had told me a joke that
she expected to be arrested in that
as a BoIshevik,'' Mrs. Moiseyeff said.
"She always went into a back room
when strangers called. She intend
ed to leave on Tuesday for the coun-
try, she said but I believe now Mrs.
Sokolowsky was going for her little
girl. She was very good to Leon. but
she was sic in bed for two days. Once
she came in looking death1y pale and
told me that she almost fell down.
Then Il said that she couldn't carry
~~ntinued on PAGE Sikh
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
MANY THEFTS OF
BICYCLES HERE

Three more thefts of bicycles were
reported to the detective bureau at
Police Headquarters today. The
epidemic of missing and stolen bicy-
cles is taking up a lot of the detec-
tives time these days.. It must be
that since the trolleys absented them
selves from the streets that the bicy-
Gle is doing a comeback and regain
ing it's old popularity. There are
eleven byc1es being held in the detec-
tive bureau at the present time which
have notSbeen claimed by the own
ers. The victims of the lost machines
that reported their losses yesterday
were Benjamin Harris of IS Beard
sley street; Anthony Fiore of 1105
Lind1ey street, and Clifford Fox of
$50 Black Rock avenue. There were
four machines reported lost, strayed
or stolen yesterday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
HAD $1,000, Sent
TO Jail FOR THEFT

Mrs. Carolina Senio of 3o2 Pequon-
mock street paid a fine of $50 and
costs and was sent to Jail for ten
days by Judge Bartlett when arraign-
ed in the City Court this morning on
a charge of shoplifting. The woman
was arrested Saturday night. It was
found on investigating that she had
$1,000 in bills on her person when
searched at Police Headquarters and
65 cents worth of small articles that
she had lifted" from the Kresge
store on Main street and IS cents
worth of stuff that she had taken
from the Woo1worth store. When
Mrs. Senio visited the store she had
a shawl hanging on her left arm
which she laid over the article she
wished and in this way escaped the
ca gle eye of the clerks. After max
ing her haul she would leave the
store and give the stuff to her ten
year old son who was waiting out
side.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
&. @. 2. WILL
BREAK IT TO
'EM GENTLY
Gathering at Danbury To
morrow Will Be the First
Lesson of the Campaign

The Republican clans gather tomor-
row in Danbury for the first chapter
of the state campaign of 1920. They'll
all be there from J. Henry Roraback
and his friend and associate, Major
John Buckley, to the man who hopes
to he counted in on the campaign.
They will hold their state meeting to
decide upon a place and time for the
state onvention-already decided upon
by J. Henry and they will allow the
other members of the committee to
talk about candidates for the state
ticket-also already decided upon.
They will honor Congressman Mer-
ritt by eating of the dinner provided
by the Republicans of the oath dis
trict and they may allow it to be in
tinrated that Cong essman Merritt can
have some other job than that of
congressman. But really the purpose
of the meeting will be to allow those
who are really in the game to know
what the leaders hope to do In the
matter of naming a state ticket and
how the campaign is to be run.
But it will be the first gathering OF
the clans of the campaign and most
everybody will be there.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
FURTHER HEARING
ON DEPORTATION

Habeas corpus proceedings against
Mrs. Antoinette Vitalae protesting
against her extradition to Albany, N.
Y, were heard this morning before
Judge John H. Keeler, and will be
resumed this afternoon.
The Vitalae family came here in
March, 1919, from Albany, N. Y The
husband died last March, and the
mother applied to the local charities
department for aid for her four chill
dren- The department notified the
state comptroller of the case, and he
issued a warrant to deport them on
the grounds that they were paupers,
and were not residents of the state.
Testimony was given by the counsel
for Mrs. Vitalae, that she is a resi-
dent of the state, and that she is not
q pauper. No decision in the matter
as yet has been reached by. the court.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03

New York. Aug. s-Today Mrs.
SokolowsAy meant to visit
New Haven, risk arrest on the charge
of killing her husband, find Adona,
her daughter. of five, and lead her
away into hiding.
Instead of that she sits in the
Tombs, forlo-n figure of an actual
Russian tragedy.
Frank Soko1owsky, the husband she
tried to keep from other women by
disfiguring him with carbolic acid on
June 26, is lost to her forever. She
faces the charge of murder. 1t is
probable that the little girl will never
be in her arms again.
The police received last night from
Mrs. Araham Moiseyeff, of SOL West
1921 Street, clothes which Mrs. Soko-
lowsky had hoped to use to capture
her child. They included a neat boys
suit of blue, intended as a disguise
for little Adona, and "a black veil, a
new hat and other bit of dress that
might have lSbdden Mrs. Sokolowsky's S
identity.
Mrs. Sokolowsky had been taking
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
POnzi Line
Fills Before
Break OF Day
.Today's Crowd of Creditors
Promised to Be the Big
gest Yet In Run

Boston, Aug. 3.-Anxious note hold
ers in the 80 per cent. in 80 days.
investment proposition of Charles
Ponzi began to form in line outside
his offices long before daylight today
clamoring for the return of their
money. The first claimant appeared
at the rear entrance at 8 m. He
had no chance to get lonesome for
soon after other noteholders began to
arrive A score were on hand by five
o'clock and as the usual opening hour
of o'clock approached the line grew
rapidly, giving indications of the big
gest crowd of creditors since Ponzi
began paying back money more than
a week ago.
Many of those in line were from
other New E;n gland cities where Ponzl
has maintained branch offices. Man
ayers of several branches had an
nounced that 4S hours notice was re-
quired before money could be with
drawn, explaining that the delay was
necessary in order that funds might
be obtained from the head office In
Boston, and many investors preferred
to come to Boston for their money
rather than wait
Ponn, in a statement again asserted
that h is buSin eSS was solvent and that
he was prepared to meet all demands.
He estim ated that up to last night he
had paid out about $3, 100000 since the
run began. He asserted that he would
"have millions left after meeting all
obligations and that he was "still con-
sidering the offer of a New York
banker" whom he did not name, to
hrv his business s"The banker and
his French partners" Ponzi said, will
have a conference with me today
Edwin L. Pride, federal auditor, said
it would require several days more to
complete his work. He announced he
had found no indication of criminality
Tins far
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
Rev. James B. Nihill
Gets Restraining Or
der From Judge Keel
er on Rourke and
Boucher, Who Intend
ed to Set Up An I'm
dertaking Establish
ment Near the arish
Rectory.

A temporary injunction restra lining
the firm of Rourke & Boucher from
maintaining or conducting or other
wise engaging in conducting the bust
ness of conducting funerals from the
premises recently purchased by them
at View street and Calhoun place,
was granted in the Superior Court to-
day by Judge John E. keeler on
the application of ST. Augustine
Roman Catholic Corporation.
The papers We're, drawn. by AAtor-
ney John A. Cornell for Father
James B. Nihil1, rector of the parish
and allege that the church owns near
ly the whole of the block bounded
by Peauonnock street, View street,
Calhoun place and Washington ave-
nue. and has constructed and main
tained thereon for a long term OF
years a costly church edif1ce, paro-
chial school, a convent for the occu-
pancy of teaching sisters and a rec
tory for the use of the rector and
several priests officiating in connection
with the several institutions.
He claims that the defendants
have acquired a portion of the piece
Of property included in thes block and
contemplate engaging in the business
of maintaining an undertaking es-
tablishment and public morgue there
on.
The church claims that the main
tenance Of that business will greatly
depreciate the value of its property
in view of the purpose for which it
| is used and that the locality is now
a Strictly residential section and to
permit the defendants to maintain an
Ia n establishment there
would be an invasion of the neigh
borhood and would work special and
| irreparable damage on the church.
He further claims that the immed1-
ate vicinity of the rectory, convent
and church is now devoid of distract
| ing elements and the conduct of the
undertaking business there would by
reason of the noises which usually at
| tend upon it's operation constitute
such distracting elements as would
! interfere with services and devotions
and the coming and going of ambul-
ances, morgue wagons and other
vehicles would interfere with the rest
and quiet which at present Is afford
| ed and is necessary for the occupants
| of the rectory and convent.
| Besides the injunction the petition
| er claims $4,000 damages.
| The temporary injunction which
| was issued to Philo G. Calhoun
against Rourke & Boucher to restrain
| the maintaining of the undertaking
| establishment on the property was
| withdrawn when the defendants pur-
| chased the Calhoun property.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
0BSERVE E
JITNEYS
HERE
Officials Of Other Cities
Seek Information AS
To Situation Here
Operation Of the Buses
Beeoming More Efhci-
ent.

The jitney officials; are in receipt of
for Information in regard to
the situation here from cities all over
the country where the trolley service
has fallen down and attempts are be-
ing made to eliminate the jitneys for
the benefit of the trolley companies. y
Special correspondents from papers
in Massa chusetts and New Jersey
have been in this city getting data for
their papers on the situation here and
Bridgeport seems to be making his
tory on transportation requirements.
The operation of the jitney buses
throughout the city and on suburban
routes is beeoning< more efficient
every day and-yer few complaints
are now being received by the jitney
officials of lack of transportation fa-
cilities.
The crowds during the rush hours
are being moved more quickly each
day of the trolley strike.
There seem to be no chance of the
trolleys resuming operation in the
near future and nothing was done by
the mayor or aldermen at the meet
ing last night and there seems to be
no prospect that the city will take any
action to comply with the demands of
President Storrs that the competition
Of the jitneys with the trol1eys in this
city be eliminated.
There was considerable anxiety at
the meeting on the part of both the
trolley company and the jitneymen
who attended the meeting. In the
audience last night were a number
of trolley inspectors and friends and
also the officials of the jitney associa-
9ions who believed that some resolu-
ton bearing on the situation would be
introduced.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
lO8 HURT
HERE IN
MONTH
268 Accidents in Traffic
During the Month Of
July-About the Same
AS the Record of Last
Year-61 Jitneys, SO
Trolley Cars Figured.

The monthly report OF the Traffic
Department given out this morning
at Police Headquarters shows that
there were 268 accidents occurring
during the month of July. OF this
number there were 10S injuries to
persons resulting and two persons
were killed. There were 81 jitney
buses Concerned in the accidents, SO
trolley cars and 364 other vehicles
figuring in the remainder of the acci
dents
Compared with the record for the
month of July in 1919 the records for
the same month this year show
slight increase. There were 230 ac-
cidents reported for July, 1919, with
as persons injured and four deaths
resulting.--There were 70 jitneys that
figured in the accidents, 81 trolleys
and 289 other vehicles.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
DENY
SMUGGLING CHARGE

San Francisco, Aug. 3.-The charge
of Representative Albert Johnson.
chairman of the House Committee on
Immigration and Naturalization, at
Tacoma, Wash, yesterday that jap
anese associations in Pacific coast
states have assisted in the smuggling Of
Japanese into the United States was
characterized in a statement issued
here today by K. Kansaki, secretary
of the japanese Association of Amer
lea, as being 'as astounding as it is
groundless.'
Not only have the Japanese associa-
tionS not given assistance to japanese
attempting to enter the United States
from Mexico or any other country -
but they have co-operated with immi-
grafton authorities in preventing
smuggling and in locating and ident1-
flying those who have entered the
country unlawfuIly, the statement de-
c1ared.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
RUSH
LAST POLE
FORTRESS
Brest-Litovsk Falls AS Boil
sheviki Line Arrives On
Crumbling Line

Warsaw, Aug. 3-Brest-Litovsk, the
last great fortress guarding Warsaw
from the east. apparently has fallen
before a tremendous assault by the
Russian Bolsheviki. North of that
place Soviet forces have smashed
their way forward in their drive west
ward to point only 60 miles east of
that city.
Over a front of 120 miles Polish
armies are being pounded to pieces
before the rush of Bolsheviki hordes,
hurled into battle in a desperate at
tempt to capture Warsaw before the
conclusion of the armistice confer
ence at Kobryn. Reinforcements are
everywhere being hurried to the front
by the Russians to complete the de-
feat of the Poles before$h ostilities are
halted.
An official statement issued late
last night showed the Soviet armies
had reached a line running from Kos
saki to Ciechanowicz, which is only so
miles from this city, with which it is
connected by an excellent automobile
highway.
Great masses of Bolsheviki have
been flung against the Polish breast
works defending the part of Brest-
Lftovsk east of the river Bug. Fugi-
tives who arrived here last night from
that city reported the Soviet forces
were in control of the eastern half
of the town. 1t is officially admitted
the Russians have reached Mielnika,
northeast of Brest-Litovsk.
Far to the southeast near Brody,
the Bolsheviki have rushed reinforce
ments into the line and it is expect
ed a terrific attack will be Launched ID
there to capture Lemberg before an
armistice is declared.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-08-03
SEVEN STITCHES
Ito CLOSE WOUND;
ASSA|LANT HELD

John Howard of 531 Housatonic
avenue and Clande Moore, of 102
South avenue, who were arrested last
might on a charge of breach of the
peace and assault were in the City
Court this morning before Judge
lF'rederic A. Bartlett. Howard was
bound over to the September term of
Fthe Criminal Superior Court under
bonds of $1,000 and Moore had his
case continued for two weeks under
bonds of $500.
The two men, both of whom are
scolored, are alleged to have assault
,ed George Nickel, white, of So George
.street, about 2 o'clock last night in
ia free for all fight that nearly caused
"a riot, but which was quelfed by the
prompt arrival of a squad of police.
Nickel who was sitting in an automo-
bile in front of the Connecticut Lunch
bon Congress street, when the fight
started, claims that he was slashed
ADn the neck by n sharp pointed in
lstrume ent but whether it was razor
tsor not was the chief point investigated
nn the City Court this morning. Nickel
twas treated at the Emergency hospital
.rby DIR. ]. A. Maxwell, who took seven
sstitches to close the cash in his head.
Zone witness testified in court this
EInorning that he saw an instrument
lin Towards hand but he could not
ssay what it was. When searched
there was no razor found on How
hard.
When the police arrived on the
tscene Howard and his companion fed
tbut were captured after a chase up
sMain street when they neared Wheel
ber's lot. Howard testified this
emornfng that Nickel called him names
AS he was passing. One of the men
FIN the fight hurled a chair from the
tdunch room which went through the
windshield of the car in which Nickel
was sitting.