davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

Tom Moore's next picture, MIR.
Barnes Of New York." has just gone
into production at the Goldwyn stu
/ do.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

B.aethoyen's 150th birthday is be
ing celebrated this week.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

There is yet plenty Of time to buy
toys for the children. and let me tell
you at Blanchette a Brodenr's store
they have reduced the price on toys
so they are now selling their fine line
at practically cost prices.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

The leading Paris dressmakers con-
tinue to evinee marked taste for
white and black; singly, in eombina-
ton, and sometimes relieved by bright
bits of color. The evening dress IA
vored for the winter season is Of white
velvet.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

MISS Zctta HILLS, one OF England's
best-known women swimmers, recent
iy made a daring, but unsuccessful,
attempt to cross the English Channel
On water bicycle.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

Fine cabinet talking machine and
good assortment Of records at a sac
rifce- Just the thing for fine Xmas
gift Address Box LAG, Putnam.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

1t will be worth your while to read
A. Gilman & Co.'S advertisement. 1t
is on page B-l.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

leaves home again for the theatre,
gives her performance and reaches
home once more st i1.45; then she
has some fruit and goes to bed.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

The famous Bridge OF Signs" was
filmed for the first time for use in
Thomas Mcighan's latest picture,
1.-The Quarry" Tommy is seen on
the bridge, feat which few perform
voluntarily.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-12-17

Mrs. Charles Chaplin has resumed
her maiden name of Mildred Harris
for the screen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
PROPERTY TITLE. IS UNDER CLOUD Action Brought to Settle
 Ownership of
 Land.

Claiming that there is a cloud on the title of property on High street, this city, which she bought from the Aug. IS, 1885, Ellen G. Lush has brought to the June term of the Su- perior Court an action to quiet the title to the property and asking the Court to pass an order declaring that the defendants have no title to the property.
 xThe complaint alleges that when John Leverty bought the property in 1876 the grantor signed the deed individually and not as guardian of the party who actually owned the property.
 The plaintiff also alleges that the title is further cIouded by a provision in the will of John Leverty, in which he devised the property to his widow for life, and after her death to a trus- tee, who was to hold the. property for friS son, Edward Leverty, who was to get it when lie arrived at the age of 50 years, and that in case he did not among such of his heirs as should be then living.
 This provision the complaint alleges was void as it violated the statute e against perpetuities. The complaint alleges that when in case that it finds that any of the defendants are interested in the title that it order a partition of the prop erty so that each party may get his share
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
MADE SEVERAL.
 PUBLIC REQUESTS
Aunt Gives Mayor $500 and Camphor Wood
 Trunk

Under the will of Miss Uunice $. Wilson, aunt of Mayor Wilson, filed in Probate Court today, several public bequests are made. These include $250 to the Fairfield Cemetery asso- citation for the care of the lot; $1,o00 to the Peoples Presbyterian church; s700 to the Bridgeport Christian Union, and $500 to the Stratfield Bap- tist society. Mayor Wilson is given $500 and a camphor-wood, leather covered trunk bearing a silver plate on which is engraved the name of his eat-grandfather, John S. Wilson.
 To Dr. N. V. B. Durham of Green field Hill is given $1,000, while neigh bors come in for the following be- quests: Captain Harlan P. Rugg and his wife. $500; Mrs. Catherine Wis ner, $500; Mrs. Clementine Bidnead, $500; Mary M. Miller of Fairfield, $500; Ivan Rowland Benedict, $500; Eric w. Benedict, $500; Eunice Ben edict, for her name. gold beads and bracelet; Charles c Lacy, $500; Charles w. Burritt, $500. A condi- tiona1 bequest is given Catherine w Warehouse of S100 and the residue is given to Ann L. Burton.
 A codicil, made after the will was drawn on July 25. 1918, appoints At torney Henry c. Mallett as executor The estate is valued at approXimately ss,00O and consists chiefly of persona property.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
ANNOYED WOMEN
 | GET HEAVY FINES
Judge Comments Caustical. ly When Passing
 Sentence.

Arrested last night upon the com plaint of Mrs. Walter Balie and Miss Marian Balie, both of Grover avenue, seven young men were arraigned in the City Court this morning on a charge of breach of the peace. The girls claimed that the young men in suited them in Seaside park last night.
 Lawrence Horsey of 85 Burr road, one of the members of the gang, was fined SIS by Judge Frank L. Wilder when he refused to tell the court this morning, the names of the young men who spoke to the women. In spite of much questioning, Horsey failed to disclose the information which was sought by the court. He claimed ig- norance of the affair. Three young men, Andrew Wargo of IA Orland street, James Maken of 118 Andover street, and Michael Stafen of 265 Orland street, were fined $25 for their parts in the affair. Charges against George Petrician of 115 Whittier street, Steve Egerssey of 91 Davis street, and John Hurzdk of Grover avenue were nol1ed.
 In imposing fines upon the young men this morning, Judge Wilder de- clared that it was high time a woman could pass through the streets o1 Bridgeport at night without being in- suited.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
SHOOTS WIFE THEN
 TAXES OWN LIFE
THREE MORE MEMBERS
 OF HOLDUP GANG TAKEN

With the arrest of Joseph Retter, S15 Broad street, Arthur O'Conner, Gilbert street, and George Prince, of the same address, the police believe they have rounded up the members of hold-up gang which has been oper- ating in the West End in conjunction with, the men who were arrested Tuesday for fold-ups and rofbberies in the East Side.
 The arrest of Retter, O'Conner and Prince was made by local detectives yesterday, and the men have already been identified by two persons whom they are alleged to have robbed. Frank Wintzer of l,249 Fairfield ave nue. who was set upon by three men on the night of May Is at the corner of Yale street and Fairfield avenue, has identified Price as one of the men who attacked him.
 Wintzer suffered a broken jaw and the loss of a. gold watch and chain Tn the mix-up. A watch chain found on Prices person has been identified as Winters. The second victim to
 identify the alleged highway robbers,
 is Rev. Gerassnes Elias, of 430 State street. who was held up on the night of May 5, at the corner of Warren and Liberty streets, by two men. The priest received a beating and was robbed of s1S5 in cash.
 (Continued on Page SlA.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
MAY INCREASE
 PRICE OF GAS

It is said that the Bridgeport Gas Light Co. will presently increase the price of gas. The increase may be from $1 to $1.30 per thousand feet, net, and is predicated upon a large increase in the cost of oil, which is a substantial element in the manufac- ture of water gas.
 The Bridgeport company is one of eleven hundred gas companies which have joined in a request to the Fed era1 government for priority rights in the use of the gas oil supply.
 At Washington yesterday at a con ference of National Gas men, it was voted to asl- the government to allot a certain portion of crude oil for the manufacture of gas. The government through it's confiScation of crude oil fo~ the navy has not only restricted the supply but doubled the price as we'll and as oil is one of the basic fac tors ir gas production, prices for gas are on the increase all over the coun- try.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
BANK TELLER TOOK
 $24,OOO OF FIRM'S CASH

Hartford, Conn.,, May 27-Charged with misrepresentation of $24,00O of the funds of the Phoenix National Bank, of which he was a teller, Au- gustus H. Schumacher, of 34 Will lard street, was arrested today on a federal warrant by Deputy U. S. Marshal Mccarthy. It is expected Schumacher will be brought before Commissioner Frederic H. Corbett, this afternoon, for preliminary hearing.
 Schumacher had been under sus- picion nearly a week and had been closely watched by detectives while the bank officials tried to get admiS- sionS from him. These were secured last night, according to l.. P. Broad hurst, president of the bank, and the man was placed under arrest by the police.
 The sum specifically charged against Schumacher is s24,7o0. He told MT. Broadhurst, it is alleged that he didn't know where it went 'i1 just dribbled away" Schumacher had been a bank em- ploye 3 years and with the Phoeniz about six years. His system of GOV | ering his alleged misappropriations is said to have been very complicated | The bank is protected by a blanket ] bond.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
HIT WORKMAN WITH HAMMER Liddle Unconscious and in Serious Condi-
 tion.

As a result of a heated argument at the Lake Torpedo Boat company shortly after 1 o'clock this noon, George Liddle of 241 Beacon street is in the Bridgeport hospital suffer ing from fractured skull sustained when he was hit on the head with a hammer by P. J. Bleutt a fellow worker at the plant with whom he was arguing. B1eutt was arrested and is being held by the police on a charge of assault. Liddle had not regaine ed consciousness up to press time and was reported as being in a serious condition.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27

The probabilities of an increase in the price of gas in Bridgeport was taken up with an official of the Bridgeport Gas Light Go. and the re. porter advised that it was expected that an increase would have to be made at the expiration of the com pany's present oil contract.
 'fWe are giving the public the ben eft of existing rates just as long as possible and any increase made will be predicated on the increased cost of oil. We were one of the companies fortunate to have been provided with a good supply of oil, but we are ad- vised that gas oil now costs about twice the amount we have been pay ing and naturally we will be compel1- ed to make an advance to meet, al least, a portion of this increase. In nearly all cities where oil is used as d basis for gas production, the ratei have been advanced. Public Utilities Commissions are keeping in close
 (Continued on Page Six)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
CLAIM WOOD RECEIVED
 ENORMOUS SALARIES

New York, May 27-Wi1liam M Wood, president of the American Woolen Co. of New York and of the American Woolen Co. of Massachu- setts, will face arraignment before Federal Judge Hand tomorrow on in- dictments charging profteering in woolen cloth. A federal grand jury yesterday indicted MT. Wood and both companies on 14 counts. Her. bert c. Smyth, special Assistant U. S Attorney General in charge of the prosecution, declared MT. Wood was receiving enormous salaries from the concerns, in addition to commis- sions, which in 1919 amounted to s515,4s2. This, MT. Smyth said, was charged as part of the manufacturing g and selling expenses.
 MT. Smyth asserted the company was receiving 55 per cent profit above cost and said the companies this year increased their profits more than 300 per cent. over last year.
 In addition to the regular attor- neys of the woolen compa nies, MT Wood engaged Charles E. Hughes as counsel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
BUTLERhAD A SMALL
 FUND
$113,1O9 Raised to Fin ance Campaign of
 Harding.

Washington, May E7-Dr. Nicholas Murray Buffers candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, has been financed to the extent of s40.550, Judge John R. Davies of New York testified today before the Senate committee of inquiry.
 Five men gave $5,0o0 each, the wit ness said They were Gano Dunn. w. c. Demorest, Benjamin B. Lawrence and c. F. Aston of New York and w. c. Butler of Everett Wash. Judge Davis told the committee that he and Henry M Butler of Paterson, N. J., gave S2.5OO each while Arthur T. Hardy gave s2,0O0, and J. Inman Barrett, John P. Prince, A. w. Sam uels and Edward Marshall, all of New York. gave $1.OO0 each. In addition, he said H. B. Rosen save $1,200 and Archibald Douglas and Charles A. Moore $500 each. The entire fund was spent on general publicity, the witness testified.
 Judge Davis was questioned as to the possibility of laws limiting ex- penditures for candidates before na- tional conventions.
 (Continued on Page Six)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
COUNTERFEITER HAD
 $14,0OO IN BAD BILLS

R. E. Grimberg, alias Robbie Her. man." was arrested in Lowell, Mass, at o'clock yesterday morning by the Federal auth horities as one of the gang of alleged counterfeiters that have been flooding this section of the country with bogus $50 and $20 bills. When seized Grimberg had s14,0OO in counterfeit bills on his person, all of the $50 and S20 denomina tion.
 Grimberg is 34 years old and the alleged leader of the gang of which Paul Duland was member Duland was arrested here by the local police on May after he had shot and wounded Traffic Officer John Halpin at Main and State streets after the latter had given chase to Duland who had attempted to pass a bogus s20 bill in a local store. Duland is at present serving a term of from three to five years at the state prison in Wethersfield, being convicted in the Superior Court on a charge of shoot ing Officer Halpin with intent to kill.
 (Continued on Page 16.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
k0LCHAk WAS
 PLACED IN CAGE

Van Couver, B. C., May 21-Admir' al Kolchak former head of the All Russian government, after his cap- ture by revolutionists, was placed in a cage at Irkutsk and exhibited for a nominal change, according to N. De- berg, former member of the Ad- miraFs staff, who arrived yesterday from the Orient on the steamer Man ila Maru.
 Crowds surrounded the cage, ac- cording to Deberg. heaping epithets upon kolchak and jeering' at him.
 Previous to Admiral Kolchal1' $ capture, Deberg said he had journey ed toward the seacoast in an auto- mobile, supposedly under the protec- tion of the allied governments. De- berg escaped at night in a steam CT on which all lights were masked and reached Tokio.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
WOOD NOW HAS 153
 VOTES
Contests May Upset Campaign Managers
 Predictions.

Chicago, May 27-Candidates for the Republican nomination for the presidency today open ed their final drive to capture the 493 votes that spell victory in the convention which opens here one week from next Tues day.
 The last of the 9S4 delegates who will sit in the convention were selected yesterday when Vermont Republicans met and chose eight uninstructed dele gates.
 Major General Wood, present re- turns show, will enter the convention with more instructed votes than any other candidate but his total of 153 is less than one-third of the number necessary to win the nomination.
 The division of strength among the large field of "favorite sons" practi- cally preciudes any possibility of a nomination on the first ballot. Ever the most optimistic campaign man. agers here are not claiming victory before the third ballot and the more conservative party leaders predict the break will not come before the fiftf or sixth at the earliest.
 One big factor which may upse campaign managers predictions is ye to be dealt with. One hundred ant forty-five contests have been or vii be filed, more than one-seventh O he in, he at stake, and the national committe' which meets here Monday to decide these contests and prepare the tenn porary roll may materially alter thu prospects of several candidates.
 (Continued on Page Two-)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
ARMENIANS 10
 GO TO MOSCOW

Paris. May 27-The Armenians have accepted an invitation from the Russian Bolsheviki to send delegates to Moscow, according to information received by the French Foreign Of fee.
 A Tif1is despatch to the Foreign Of fee says the Georgians have already reported an agreement with Moscow under which the Tifis government undertakes to prevent Georgian terri tory being used for as base of at tackS of BolSheviki.
 The reported willingness of the Armenians to negotiate with the Bol- sheviki is explained in official circles here by the fact that they are ex- posed to attacks by the Turkish nationalists on one side and by the Bolsheviki on the other, and probably have in view an arrangement assur- ing them tranquility on their north ern boundary.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
R. R.
 MEN ON STRIKE

London, May 27.---Twelve thousand workers on the Great Indian Penin- sula Railway have struck, demanding increased wages, says Bombay des- patch to the Exchange Telegraph Company Yesterday afternoon the men adopted a threatening attitude. stoned workshop windows and d1sor- ganized traffic in Bombay, the des- hatch says while some entered the principal signal towers and compelled the men employed there to raise or lower signals at their pleasure. Trains
 wereb oarded by the strikers, who snta shed windows, insulted passengers and held lap traffic for an hour, it IS said When trains resumed running their shutters were closed and they
 were again stoned Military detach- ,,atos were called out but the strikers had dispersed before the troops ar r
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
ALLEGED THIEF
 IS CAPTURED

Charles M. Goodwin, of State street, Portland, Me, alleged bank blower and fugitive from justice, was apprehended here this morning by Detective George A. Washburn, and is now being held without bail, for the auth critics of Augusta, Me.
 A circular received some time ago ago by the local police department, describes Goodwin as one of a group of four men who entered the Tre- ont Savings Bank, Mount Desert IsI- and, Me, sometime last December, and blew the vault. The quartet es- caped with considerable amount of money at the time.
 After the daring robbery, the coun- try was flooded with circulars bear ing Goodwin's description and a story of the crime alleged to have been committed by him. He is thought to have been in Bridgeport for some time and his arrest was brought about only through information which Detective Washburn secured from the circular.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
MORE DIVORCE
 ACTIONS FILED

Three more divorce actions were returned to the June term of the Superior Court today.
 Anna Lambert of Norwalk, wants a divorce from Frank Lambert or New Britain on the, ground of intol- erab1e cruelty, which she alleges, were inflicted on her from Dec, 1917, to the date of the writ. They were married Nov. 6, 1916. and have two children aged 3 and 3 years.
 The plaintiff also asks the custody of the children.
 Oscar Lindblonr of Wilton, asks the court to grant him divorce from Eleanor Van A. Lndblom, whose maiden name he alleges was Munger, on the ground of intolerable cruelty and assertion. They were married Dec. 23, 1912, and the plaintiff alleges that she deserted him Dec g, 1916.
 Emily Augusta Olsen, whose resi- dence is not stated, wishes a divorce from Axe1 Wilhelm Olsen of New York city, on the ground that he de- serted her Nov. A, 1910. They were married Nov. IT, 1910, and the plaintiff also asks that she be given the right to resume her maiden name of Emily Aguata Nelson.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
Daniels Evidence
 Is Severe Criticism

Washington May 27.---Rear Admi- ra1 Sims, appearing !before the Senate Investigating Committee today in re- buttal testimony, declared that the navy departments witness had re- vealed a condition in the navy teven more distressing that I could have imagined, and constitutes a much more severe criticism of the deplor- able conditions referred to than I my self have submitted
 "A very careful review of the evil dence submitted by the navy depart ment's witnesses,'' said the admiral, shows that in no single instance were the Is points raised by me in criticism disproved. On the contrary most, of them were freely admitted. The tes- timony of the departm ment's witness seems to be designed not to disprove but to explain them away or to ob- serve them by the raising of extra n~ OuS issues.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
SMALL DETAILS
 KEPT ON DUTY

Hartford, May 27-Small details of state guardsmen were kept on duty throughout the night as the result of a bomb" explosion in the cellar kitchen of the state armory and arsenal last night. The capitol and the Connecticut river bridge to East Hartford were kept under guard until daylight.
 Experts had opportunity to examine the fra agmentS of the "bomb." Its outside casing was apparently a 15- inch section of brass tubing. The ends may have been plugged with lead. Some examiners believe that an acid was used to accomplish de. tonation but they could not tell the nature of the explosive itself. The material damage to the kitchen was not great.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
Driven By Dependency Jacob Halpert Com mits Murder and Sui cide-Eight Children Survive Parents.

While in a fit of despond- ency believed to have been brought on by ill health, Jacob a jewelry peddler, shot and killed his wife Fannie, and then took his own life by shooting, in the bedroom of their apartment at 1913 State street about 1O:2O o'clock this morning.
 The murder and suicide was report ed to the police by Boris Resnikoff, proprietor of the Boston Furniture and Supply store, which occupies the ground floor at 1913 State street. Res- nikoff heard the sounds of the shots, and was the first to discover the dead couple. The sadness of the double killing is accentuated by the fact that the man and wife are survived by eight children, ranging in age from four to 25 years
 According to the story told the po- lice, Resnlkof was at work in his store at 10:20 o'clock this morning, when he heard five shots fired in the apartment above. The man dashed up the stairs and discovered Halpert and his wife covered with blood and lying dead across the bed. The police were notified imm ediately, and Officer Frederick H. Marco was the first to arrive on the scene. He was followed by Sergeant Thomas Connery, Traffic Officer A. l.. Salmon, Detectives Burns, Kane and Derrick and Medi- cal Examiner pr. Samuel M Garlick. Halpert evidently fired five shots from a .32 calibre revolver in complet- ing his desperate work. The wife. Fannie, was shot through the jaw and the heart, and Halpert ended his own
 (Continued on Page Six)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
L0NCSHOREMEN
 TIE UP FREIGHT

Philadelphia, May 27-An deep sea freight, incoming and outgoing, is tied up at the port here as a result of the strike of the 1ongshoremen to- day. More than 5000 members of the Marine Transport Workers voted to walk out last night following the refusal of employers to grant an in crease of 20 cents an hour. The men are now paid so cents but ask $1. In shipping circles here it is regarded by many as the longshoremen's oppor- tunity to take advantage of the con- gested condition at the port of New York, which is resulting in a great deal of freight being diverted here.