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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
CONSIGNEES UNABLE
 TO GET OWN GOODS

The crew of the steamboat Nauga- tuck deny emphatically that they took any part in the loading ops unloading of that boat on any of her trips to this city since the strike of the freight clerks and freight handlers
 The cargoes brought Friday and Saturday nights were unfoaded by gang of coiored workmen who were brought to this city from New York by rail and who marched to the dock escorted by police.
 On Friday night thirty of these men were engaged in unloading and on Saturday night sixty arrived here They were taken back to New York on late trains and expressed great dissa tisfaction at the pay that waa given them for their work
 They were promised 45 cents an hour for eight hours work and 60 cents for all over eight hours, with transportation. The agreement was kept, but they had only seven hours work and the pay did not come up to expectations
 There is only 5 cents an hour diff ference between the freight clerks and the New England Steamship Com pany. The clerks have been receiving 45 cents an hour and are demanding g an increase of cents an hour.
 The raise was promised them some time ago and they were given to un-
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19

New York, April 1o.---v4rtER1fy nor nal passenger service and resumption of heavy freight traffic marked what railroad officials today safd was the end of the strike of railroad workers in the New York district
 Nearly all the men who went on strike were reported back at work and the railroads announced none of them had been refused resemlEoy- ment. Many of the men returned with the assertion they were not on strike but had been taking vacation. No questions were asked
 Freight congestion in terminals was serious today and railway officials think 1t will beSsexera1 days before t can be cleared.
 Railroad managers announced they would continue efforts to i'll places of employees who have not returned.
 The Pennsylvania, the Long Island, the Central of New Jersey, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford announced passenger service was 9G per cent normal The Iackawanna,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
TRYING TO CUT
 LIVING COST E. H. Gary Gives This Req son For Not Raising
 St el Prices.

New York April 1s-Elbert H Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, informed the stock holders at the annual meeting in Ho- boken today that the corporation was holding down the prices of its pro- ducts because of the high cost of living.
 Referring to Inquiries made by stockholders as to why, in view of the great demand, the cost of pro- duction and prices received by other manufacturers the prices of the cor poration's products had not been raised above those fixed by agree n2ent between the industrial board and steel manufacturers on March 21. 1919, he said:
 -<It seams to us the problem of high cost of living is Of convincing import ance- When the increasing tendency is to insist upon payment of unrea- sonable sums for every commodity and for every service, so that the vicious whirl of advancement seems to be intending, we think there is a moral obligation on the part of every one of us to use all reasonable efforts
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
Garry Your Lunch
 Is Newest Slogan

New York. April 1a-The cheese club. which introduced the South's overall campaign to New York last week. today started q brand new at ,ac ok on high prices by urging overaIls " vearerS and others to carry lunch boxes from home to work Dollar and rnore'' lunches are the reason for the .a+est move.
 Enthusiastic proponents Of the idea. claim that in addition to the value of eating a comparatively cheap, whole some homemade lunch considera ble time, now spent in crowded restaur- ants at the noon hour, will be saved. The club points out that this extra time. if spent in strolEng in the fresh 2 ir will be beneficial to the health.
 St Thomas, Ont, April 19 - The overall crusade in the United States has spread over the border to Canada and clubs have been organized here and at several nearby towns. More than 500 employees of the Michigan Central Railroad have joined the lac-. club The WaNaceburg, Ont, club was organized today with a large membership.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
MIERIDEN RAIDS
 BRING IN S4e0

Meriden, April 19-Following raids conducted over the week end by the ciy's new chief of pu1.-s James J. IIandrigan, the police court tlfs morning imposed fine amounting to S46O. The saloonkeepers and bartender, Frank SaaIow, Joseph Niezgoda and John Rallies, did no1 contest a charge of selling liquor without a license and were fined SITS and costs each. Charles Grimes, pro- prietor of an alleged gambling house in the Byxbee Block on Colony street, was fined $75 and nine frequenters S10 each.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
CONTINUE NEARLY ALL
 CASES AGAINST THOSE
 CAUGHT BY RAIDERS
Two Men Held on Ser ious Charge Under S2,- GOO Bonds-4O Cases NolIed- Others Closed by Calling Bonds Mayor Ring Leader in Cleanup.

Continuance of nearly all cases against alleged keep CTS of gambling and disor- derly houses, in the City court, and an expression of firm belief that @ great vice trust which has been operat~ ing in this city is about to be exposed, marked the devel- op1nents today of Bridge ports latest and greatest police scandal, which broke Saturday night when more than 100 detectives from the Burns agency in New York City stepped in over the heads of the local police, and acting under orders from Mayor Clifford B. Wilson and the Police Commission. CTS raided g dives in var 1ous sections of the city,
 Excitement was rife at police -heada7sarters this aEer@Aag, just be fore the opening of the City Court, ina asnauch ss 1t was expected that persons who were taken in Saturday y nights raids ProW4d present evidence which would fnap1icate ths~ police with a vice ring which Is alleged to have been Hour4shaas in this city The contfuTEaRce of most of the cases pastponed this action for the t1nze aoeing, however, and left nothing ex~ cept statements from the NeW York detectives to show that a vice trust ever existed here.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
BRING FOREIGN MARKETS CLOSER TO FACTORIES

Throagn the First Federal Foreign Banking association foreign markets wdI be brought closer to Bridgeport factories, and the exchange of Ameri- can goods for European cash and commodities wila be much facilitated
 The charter Is granted under the Edge Act Application for the first charter was made Jan Is, 1S7a. The Federal Reserve has approved and issued a permit
 Bridgeport is represented by Wal ter R- Lashar, president of the Amer inan Chain O., Weed Chain Tire Grip Co, and Pratt & Cady Co Also t,y Edmund S Wolfe, president First Bridgeport National Bank and secre- tary and treasurer of the American Fabrics O.
 Asscc1ated in this organize ton. the first of its kind in the United States are eleven of the leading financial or England and some of the best known men in fhec ounty-
 The Association will have a capital of $2,1e0- a90- consisting of 21- -oee shares with a par value of $1e0 8 share
 The facilities of the organization and participation in it's stock will be extended to Bridgeport manufactur- CTS through the FIrst-Bridgeport Ma tiona1 bank the member for thii city
 The scope and objects of the asso- ciation are sufficiently explained fl i the following letter, sent to those. in teTes1ed in foreign trade
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
STEAMER CALLS
 FOR ASSISTANCE:

New York, April 19-The steamer William O'Brien, which reported yes- terday she was iIi> distress 500 miles east of Philadelphia, is taking water rapidly. according to a radio mesSag received here today The meSa ge was relayed by the liner Baltic, which left here Saturday for Liverpool but there was nothing to indicate the Bal tic was near by.
 The coast guard cutter Seminole which left here today to aid the steamer F. A. Morse, has gone to the assistance of the O'Brien. The Morse which was returning to New York, now is heading for New London. ac- cording to message received by naval communication service.
 The O,Brien, operated by the France and Canada, Steamship Cor poration is an oil burner of 3,14S tons and carries q crew of 10. She left here last Thursday with $500 tons of coal for Rotterdam.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
FIRE THREATENING TO
 DESTROY BIG TERMINAL

New York. April 1s.---F4re startins on the steamship HaHried. which was loaded with nitrates, today threatened the destruction of the Bush Terminal, in Brooklyn, one of the largest steam ship terminals in the world. Two piers quickly caught fra and Grenen, attracted by foIr alarms, endeavored to prevent other piers burning.
 After two explosions were heard across the East river, annbuaanceS were sent to the terminal. Early re- ports were that at least five men had been seriously hurt Tugs from ali over New York harbor hurried to the scene to remove threatened ships to safety-
 Klepp Brothers, who operated the HaHTied on charter, said she was un- doubted9y a total loss
 The vessel arrived from ChT1stanaa last Wednesday, her cargo being mainly nitrate packed in casks. and newsIIrint paper. The fire started in the nitarte- The vessel, 660o tons was commanded by Captain O1aa Meyer and had a. crew of g.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19

which was seriously crippled by the walkout, posted a notice in it's ferry houses that 'taIl train service starh at a. m. today, strike oEa.''
 Train despatchers of the New York Central reported 95 per cent of the strikers had reported for work The Erie was still greatly handicapped and nearly all it's suburban trains operated today were manned by vol unteers. Normally 100 trains are run by the Erie for commuters but only thirty were reported operating today. The Pennsytvantafs 6:3o o'clock local for Philadelphia was run this morn ing for the first time since the strike began
 Increased fesTy service eznaREed commuters from New Jersey to reach their work in Manhattan, although the Hudson tubes, through which much of this uafnc normally flows remained closed. The Hadson and Manhattan railroad which operates the tubes, annoanced that Service eContnued on PGge SL9
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
 TO HEAR SUITS This Will Facilitate Action
 In All Plaza
 Cases.

In order to get quick action in the numerous suits brought against the city Of Bridgeport by taxpayers whose property was taken for the Plaza or who are aggrreved by other tax ass essmets, Judge Curtis of the Superior Court today appointed Attorney Jas. E. Wheeler Of New Haven, to act as a committee to hear all such cases
 The hearings will be started May 3 by Attorney Wheeler and 1t is ex- pected that they will continue for several months. Appeals by the filling Rubber Co, Rosa Reich and Swift 6 Co, were on the trial list two weeks ago, but Judge Curtis ssg- gested that as these cases would re- auire So much time it would be a good plan to submit them to a com nittee. The lawyers in the case did not agree to this plan at the time, however
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
NOTORIOUS
 RADICAL LEADER

Prague, April 19 There is no question in the minds of the Czecho- Slovak authorities that the man ar rested at Marienbad on Saturday is Max Hoelz, the notorious Communist leader. Although the prisoner re- fuses to make any statement, even concerning his identity, other Com munists who are under arrest declare positively that he is the much wanted Saxon outlaw who for several weeks past has been terrorizing the P1auen district by the raids of his band of several hundred men. The bandit, who had been closely pursued by Saxon government troops toward the Czecho-S1ovak frontier, was arrested after crossing into Czecho- -Slovak territory.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
HARD FIGHTING
 ON NPOLlSHFR0NT

London, April 1e-Hard fighting in several sectors of the Polish front is reported by the Russian Soviet gov ernment in it's communique issued at Moscow on Sunday. An advance by the Reds in the Black Sea region also is announced The statement reads:
 -t'In the Borisov region we have beaten off the enemy's advance. In the Mozir region we are f1erceIy en- gagged with the enemy on the River Beresina. In the region of Kame- netz-PodoIsk, northeast Of Uschitza, the Red troops are successfully en- gagged.
 Along the Black Sea coast we flung back the enemy seven miles to the southeast of Jaaerevskia
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
Find Missing Welfare
 Workers Dead Body

Paris, Aprn 19.---The body of Miss Mary Ellen Appel, of Allentown, Pa, a Society of Friends welfare worker who had been missing since April z. was found in a. clump of trees in the vicinity of Versailles last evening. Two boys made the discovery. The body was placed in the Versailles morgue to await an autopsy.
 A preliminary examination gave no evidence of violence. The body still bore a considerable sum of money and some articles of jewelry. Ths searchers also found several letters sealed and addressed to members of Miss AppeFs family She had been in France a year and had just returned from a, vacation
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
NOPE TO ELECT
 MRS. MIN0R

Washington. April 1e-Amerfcan- iaton and patriotic educational cam paigns were the chief subjects before the twenty-uinth annual continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution which convened here this morning Except for con tests for vice president, general Of whom seven are to be named, it was said the election of officers probably would consume little time as practi- cal agreement had been reached on all others. Delegates from her home state, Connecticut, predicted that Mrs. George Maynard Minor would be elected president general by acc1ama- ton to succeed Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
WILL NOT LISTEN ID
 STRIKERS
R.R. Labor Board Makes This Announcement
 Today.

Washington, April 19.---The railroad labor board announced today that it would not consider eoplaints from striking railroad men,
 The boards statement said 1t would not receive, entertain or consider" any application CT complaint from any parties who were not complying with the transportation act or who were not adopting every means to avoid interruption of the operation of the roads, growing out of any dis putes4
 Immediately after the statement was made public, spokes4nen from striking railroad men in New York, New Jersey, New England and the middle west were received by the board. They were accompanied b5 Representatives Eagan and McGlen- non of New Jersey,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
NECESSARY TO
 SHACKLE MAN Wakeman Proves Hard
 Case For Officer To ' Handle,

Becoming violent this morning about o'clock, Joseph Wakeman, S5, of HAY Wood avenue, who has been acting queer1y for some time, proved one of the worst eases the Elmer geney hospital staff has had to han dle in some time.
 A call was first sent h nom tho Wood avenue address for 8 policeman and by the time the Emergency am bu1ance arrived the paTo1rnan was perfectly willing to receive assist ance.
 Arrived at the Emergency hospital, Wakeman struggled, kicked and at tempted to bite and it was necessary to shackle him hand and foot to get him to Hillside home, where he will be held for observation
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
3O.OOO R. K. CLERKS
 THREATEN TO STRIKE
WITH 5000 FREIGHT HANDLERS WILL TAKE STRIKE VOTE ETONIGHT-LTTTLE CHANGE FOR COMPROMISE
 STRIKE ENDS IN N. f.
 DISTRICT.

Chicago, April 1e-Threat of strike among rail road employees in the Chicago district today confronted claims of railroad managers and brotherhood officials that the 'nsrgent sitchmens strike had been broken and the situation rapidly returning to normal
 Eight thousand freight handlers and 30OOo railroad clerks employed on all lines entering Chicago will take road heads George A. Worrel Chairman the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Clerks announced He said le had been empowered to speak for all the clerks and freight handlers.
 Worrell did not announce demands to be presented but said there see1ned little chance of compromise and the men probably would strike Tuesday, (
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
MRS. GAIT IS
 JOINT PRESIDENT

Geneva, April 19-MrS Carrie Chapman Gait of New York, presf- dent Of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance and Mrs. EEilhcent Garrett, Fawcett of London, Presf- dent of the National Union of woman Suffrage Societies of England, have been named as oant presidents of the eighth congress of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, which will be held here from June to June 1 g.
 v1scountess Astor, the only woman of the British parliament, is the latest delegate to the Congress to be named Among others who will attend as delegates will be Mrs JosePsus Danbsks, wife of the United States Secretary of the Navy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
MORE RIOTINC
 IN LONDONDERRY

Belfast, Ireland, April 1s-There was renewed riotiDg in Londonderry Sunday evening between unionists and Sim Feiners, the police clubbing both impartial1y. RevoIvers were Us- ed freely
 A youth named Mathew DeEhan was shot in the lung and lies in critical condition. The fighting was so fierce at Carlisle Bridge 144aE pcu- estrians were unable to return to their homes and were stranded for the night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
TWO INJURED
 IN COLLISION

George Greensp1n. of 62 Herkimer street, driving a Ford in which was Irene Fazekas, 21. of 104S Howar! avenue on Laurel avenue, this morn ing. turned suddenly into Norman street to avoid collision with a Wad ham ice cream company truck which was going along the latter street. The Ford failed to stand up under the strain and collapsed when Green spun had turned the corner. Green spun sustained a. confusion of the back and Miss F|azekas. thrown to the street, sustained contusions of the head and lacerations of the hands Both were treated by Dr. B. J. Burns and taken home.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
SERGT. vlRELLI
 IS DEFENDANT

SerZt Frank v3rezh of the State Police has been sued for divorce by Adr3anna Vire1H of Fairfield, who charges her husband with intoIerable cruelty. The wife claims her husband has property worth $5so00 and she asks the superior court to allow her aAmony. She also asks for the cus- tody of five minor children
 MT and Mrs Vire1h were married in 1Se6- It has been known that for the past few years the couple have not been living happily together. The di- 7orce action is returnabie to the May term of court
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
MORSE RETURNS
 10 NEW YORK

Boston, April 1e.---An intercepted message from the steamship E. A. Morse to the coast guard cutter Acushnet early today said that the Morse was not in urgent need of as- sistance, that the storm had abated and she was returning to New York with one boiler working.
 The steamship bound from New York for Genoa. sent out a, distress call yesterday when 25o miles east of New York, and the Ae1shnet was or dered to her aid from Woods Hole.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
IABOR'S DEMANDS

Paris, April 19.---Dennands for with drawal of French forces sent into German cities east of the Rhine, a;ban donTn ent of new colonial expedi- tons, such as that in Syria at pres ent, and reelase of the class of 1918, from the colors, are made in a, ma ni- festo issued by the general federation of labor in calling upon workmen to join in the May day stI;hae. These measures should be adopted, it is said, to show the world that France wishes for peace
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
MAYOR WON'T GIVE
 ANY AMMUNITION

dent give B. when operatives in raids. foxIaat ation" 8 be on O tn
 
  swilta is
  any situation wink may arse
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
USED BRICK AS
 A ''PERSUADER''

Caros Bogotch, 57, of 6 Leabia street, became engaged in a friendly fight with Victor AIecagfbich of the same address during the course of which Victor used a, large piece of fire brick as a ''persuadeTb'' CaTos receiving the full force of the argument in the re- zion of the right eye, raising what is technically known as a mousse with g. possible fracture of the frontal ridge. He was treated by DT. J. A Maxwell of the Emergency hospital
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
CAPTAIN HELD
 AFTER MUTINH

Havana, April fs.-Capta4n G B. vfstheqn of the United State Shipping Board steamer Lake Wilson has been arrested and lodged in the municipal jail at Matanzas, following a mIEtiriy on board the vessel in that port last night. The trouble is reported to have resulted from a quarrel among mem bers of the crew, and Captain Wis them is being heEd on a. charge of using firearms Three members of the crew were seriously injured dur ing the trouble, it is reported.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
INTER ALLIED COUNCIL OPENS Allied Occupation of Ruh1
 District Con
 sidered.

San Reno, April 1e-By The A. P.rThe interallied supreme council began it's formal session here today The meeting was opened punctually at the hour set, Il a. m, in the Villa Deyachan, on the hills to the north west of the main town.
 Paris, April 1e-A11ied occupation of the Rhur basin in western Ger many is being considered by allied prezniers gathered at San Reno for the meeting of the supreme allied council this week, says the Petit Parisien. Premiers Lloyd George, Millerand and Niti held a brief meet ing Sunday night and agreed, in prin- ciple, on the necessity of forcing Ger many to dfsarms the newspaper de clares, but were not agreed as to the best means of procedure
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
THE WEATHER.

Fair tonight: Tuesday increas ing cloudiness followed by show CTS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-19
THE WEATHER

For Bridgeport and vii cfnity: Fair tonight; Tues day increasing cioudiness fol- lowed by showers
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-01-22
NORTH CORNVILLE

Howard Rowell was in Ripley one
day recently where he purchased two
pure bred cows of Fred Tibbetts of
that place.
Mrs Elizabeth Foster is in Newport
substituting in a grade school this
week She will also visit with her
cousin. Mrs. Orie Small in that place
DR.. and Mrs. Harry Leighton are
in Boston visiting his sister, Mrs Jose
phine Watson, but are expected back
in a few days for a more extended
visit with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. II. Leighton.
Messrs. Fred Weeks and Reid Sher-
man of Bath were in town at Frank
Nights a few days last week on a
combined business and pleasure trip,
About forty neighbors and friends
of John Scott met at his home by in
vitaton of Mrs Scott last Friday
evening to observe his 50th birthday,
the affair being a surprise to him. A
social time was spent and refresh
ments of sandwiches, cake and hot
coffee were served
The Selectmen of Cornville will
moot at the Town House Satr lev
I'm orders and George w. F'Tg,
"1llector If Taxes will be ready to re-
ceive all taxes that can be paid.