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GRANVILLE

Myron Thompson has moved from his
house on Childs hill into part OF A. b.
Wilber's house.--Miss Ruby WILDER Of
Rochester spent part of last week In
town visiting old friends.-An automobile
driven by Horace Taylor and Myron
Thompson's team driven by Mrs. Thomp-
son collidcd last Wednesday evening and
the result was a badly smashed wagon
and injured horse. Mrs. Thompson had
no light and Mr.. Taylor was using a
lantern for his light. None Of the &C.
cupants was injured.-Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Kinsella have closed their home here
and left Monday morning for Boston.
1t Is understood they will not return
until spring,-Clinord Slater. who has
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
TURKEY MAY
LOSE TERRITORY
BY MASSACRE
Proposed Western Bound
ary May Be Aban-
doned.

London, March 6-The Cilician
massacre may cost Turkey much of
what the treaty of peace would 9TH
erwise have left her, according toeev-
pressionS heard in inner circles al
Whitehall, where allied foreign min
listers continue framing the Turkish
settlement. 1t is believed, among
other things, the proposed western
boundary from Enos, on the Aegean
Sea to Midia, on the Black Sea, may
be abandoned and the line may be
drawn much farther east This would
limit Turkish possessions in Europe to
the narrow peninsula north of the Sea
of Marmora.
France and Great Britain are cred
tied with being in agreement in this
respect, but less certainty is expressed
as to Italy's attitude and the matter is
yet to be settled definitely. Another
effect of the Chician outrage is said to
be unanimous sentiment among men,
bers of the foreign ministers council
toward totally depriving Turkey of an
army, and permitting her to maintain
only a force of gendar1nes- This
scheme, which has been discussed for
some time, seemed recently to be
doomed to abandonment but it is now
said to be the most probable solution
of the question.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
DERClyM SAYS
BERGDOLI IS
NORMAL MAN
Further Testimony BY Wit
nesses For Army
Board.

New York. March 6-The court
martial of Grover Cleveland Bergdo1l
of PhiIa delphia on a charge of evad
ing the draft, which he tried unsuc-
cnssfully to prevent by habeas corpus
proceedings was resumed at Governors S
Island today. Further testimony Of
witnesses before the army medical
board which examined him and found
him sane was put in evidence. DR.
limos T Baker. an alienist and a
1nemDer of the board, testified as to
his examination of Bergdoll.
The opinion of DIR. Francis X. Der
cum, a Philadelphia neurologist who
treated President Wilson, that Berg
doll in 1915 was ''in ordinary health
and without doubt a normal young
Il ar without sign of nervousness was
re-
br. Dercum testified for the defense
in the court of common pleas in Phil
adelphia when Charles Bergdon
:.ougflt to have guardian appointed
Tor his brother Grover on the ground
.hat he was of unsound mind. The
Doctors testimony was incorporated
in the report of the medical board
which examined Grover.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
Eastern Pennsylvania
Overwhelmed By Flood
Many Driven From Homes Philadelphia Elevated Only
Line Running Bridges and Houses Swept Away
at Lancaster-Entre Blocks Submerged
in Wilmington.

Philadelphia, March 6-(By Asso-
ciated Press)-Freezing temperatures
which came on the heels of a raging
snow, wind and rain storm, were ex-
pected today to check the floods
which last night broke over Eastern
Pennsylvania and Delaware, causing
heavy damage and driving many per-
sons from their homes. The storm
which ragged from 8 o'clock last night
until shortly before daylight, was one
of the most severe of the winter.
Driven by a strong northwest gale,
the snow piled up in big drifts and
brought the trolley service in this city
to a standsti1l.
After midnight. the Market street
elevated was the only line operated.
Hundreds of night workers living in
outlying sections were forced to spend
the night at hotels. Shipping on the
Delaware river was also impeded.
Virtually every stream in this sec
ton OF the state overfiowed it's banks
and ice gorges swept away bridges
and railroad tracks. Telegraph and
telephone service was put out of com
mission in many places and a number
of towns and cities were in darkness
last night by the flooding of power
plants.
Trolley service was badly crippled
and several lines were forced to cease
operations entirely because of wash
outs. Scores of houses along the
banks of the swollen streams were
washed away and many mills and fac
tories had to shut down because of
flooded boiler rooms Men, women
and children, marooned in their homes
were rescued in boats, some of them
being taken from second story win
dows.
Towns along the Schuyfl1ill and Sus-
quehanna rivers appeared to be the
heaviest sufferers. Reaoing, Lancaster,
lIIarrisburgh, Wdilfansporr and Wilkes
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
WILSON'S REPLY
TO ALLIES NOT
plain ENOUGH
Errors in Transmission
Cause Doubt NO With
drawal Of u. S.

London, March 6-Important pass
! ages in President Wilson's reply to
the note of the allied premiers re1a-
tive to the Adriatic are obscure, ow-
ing to errors Of transmission which
have necessitated cabled repetition,
and it is understood that for this
reason the American presidents COM
rnunication has not been made public
here.
Some newspapers which have learn
ed unofficia1ly as to the nature Of
the contents of the reply remark with
evident satisfaction that it does not
imply withdrawal of the United States
from the peace conference, and indi-
Gates compliance with two or three
, of the Anglo-French suggestions.
Paris, March 6.---President Wilson's
reply to the note sent him by the al
lied premiers relative to the Adriatic
was not discussed by members of the
supreme allied council at London yes
terday because of obscurities in the
text, the cable company beisg asked
for a repetition, says "PertinaX,' in
the Echo de Paris. AS far as can be
lascertained, however, he says, Mr..
Wilson does not show any desire to
| withdraw from European concerns and
accepts French and English sugges-
tions that efforts be made to reach a
direct understanding between Italy
and Jugo Slavia relative to the Adri-
attic problem.
| 1t is said that, should this step fail,
Mr.. Wilson would he ready to sane
| ton any agreement satisfactory to the
italians and Jugo Slavs, but that he
I lets it be understood he regards the
/ tentative agreement of December 9 the
most equitable solution of the prob
lem and most consistent with the pre-
vious allied policy. The American
president is understood to reject the
treaty Of London as a means of set
ting the controversy, while carefully
refraining from offering any other
method for consideration.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
ARRESTED FOR
BANK FAILURE;
KILLS HIMSELF
Released On Bail Accused
Man Ends His
Life

Newport News, Va, March 6-R. D.
Holloway, president of the Vassar-
Abbott Company, who was arrested
last night on charges in connection
with the recent failure of the Colonial
Stare Bank here, shot and killed him
self here today after he had been re-
leased on bail.
Holloway and Frank R. Bartlett
cashier of the bank, were arrested on
a warrant sworn out by Common
wealth's Attorney Berkeley, charging
them with the larceny of $150,o0C
from the bank. They furnished bond
in the sum of $15,000 each.
The bank was declared insotven'
and failed to open its doors on Feb
IL. A report of the state corporation
commission declared that credits OF
more than 100000 extended to the
Vassar- Abbott Company were respon'
sib1e for the failure.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
PEASANT STRIKE
IN ITALY NOW
LOOKS SERIOUS

Rome, March 4-Sporadic strikes
among peasants in northern Italy
have come at a most inopportune
time, as this is the sowing season
which is exceptionally favorable this
y.;.r. In some .E:"ta 1ces the strIll" 5
DR.. said to haze d distinct po>rtica1
ch:.rsl cter, and in scne places acts Of
vandalism have been committed. Au-
thorities have taken measures 10
prevent serious disorders by concen-
trating troops, with machine guns and
armored cars, along railway lines.
So far public officials have done
their utmost to prevent the situation
from becoming more bitter, and have
been materially assisted by the ami
mostly which is growing up between
anarchists and socialists. Both de-
cry the peasant strikes as suicidal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
LOOT
FAIRFIELD AVE.
STORE WINDOW

Unable to cut through the thick
plate glass with glass cutter thieves
last night hurled a brick through the
window of the Metropolitan Jewelry
Company, 21 Fairfield avenue, and es.
capped unseen with watches and
bracelets worth in the neighborhood
of 5000. Two men passing the win
dow notified the patrolrnan on duty
at Fairfield avenue and Water street
and although search was Immediately
made no trace of the thieves was un-
earthed.
Marks on the window indicated that
the thieves first attempted to use a
glass cutter but failing in this had
recourse to the brick. Many valuable
articles in the window were left un-
touched because the fragments of the
window falling inward so impeded the
| thieves that in their hurry they could
not separate the glass from the
! jewelry.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06

Everybody but the piutocrats who
owned autom obiles walked to work
this morning. At or a. m. the
streets in the outlying districts were
not the most inviting place for a
stroll. The wind piled the snow in
drifts and those who were walking
against the gale found that it beat
sharply against their faces. The fail
of snow was not so heavy as in the
February storm but the wind made
walking more difficult
Although the stores in the shopping
district had greatly depleted sales
forces this morning most of them
were open on time and there were
enough clerks to serve those who
had braved the storm.
When the weather started to clear
about noon and the sun came out
more of the women employees ventur-
ed out and the stores were doing
business as usual this afternoon
When Bridgeporters went to bed
last night the rain was coming down
in the style the old timers call pour
ing pitchforks" But after the gut
ters had been flooded and household
ers had visions of their sidewalks
becoming clear again, the rain chang
ed to sleet and then to snow.
The wind howled its sinister refrain
and many a citizen, hearing the
blinds rattle and the house shake,
thought the old homestead was going
to fall down on his head. Limbs were
shaken from trees throughout the
city and in the residential districts
the streets today were streWen with
branches Of all sizes.
To add to the general gloom sev-
era1 sewers in East Bridgeport ana
in the East End overflowed as a re-
suit Of the heavy rainfall which pre-
ceded the snow. Bond street, near the
Remington Arms plant, was flooded
as a result of a sewer overfIowing
There was also sewer trouble in Bish-
op street. The deluge caused the
space under the railroad viaduct at
Park avenue and at South Main street
to be inundated. Floods also prevail
ed in the Black Rock section in the
vicinity of Gilman and CIarkson
streets. The side streets which run
into Main street from the west
brought rushing streams of water in
to Main street last night
The Connecticut Co. kept Snow
p1ows running but the drifts were too
much for them and there were no
cars on the horizon when the weary
worke<s stood on corners this morn
ing. Supt. Kib1ing of the Connecticut
Co. said this morning: 1--WE did not
Continued on Page Sx)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06

barre reported heavy damage Parts
of all these towns were inundated and
much of the surrounding IowIands was
under water. Most of them were
without suburban trolley service.
The breaking OF two ice gorges in
the SchuylkilI river above Reading
caused all the industries in that city
using electric power to close down.
Bridgs and houses were swept away
at Lancaster and the city filtration
plant was threatened All the
streams in the Wyoming valley over
flowed and lowlying sections of Wilkes
barre and suburban towns were IN
der water. At South Wil1esbarre
all traffic, except by boats was sus.
pended, and scores of families were
marooned in their homes. The pump
ing station at Allentown was flooded
and the city was without water for
several hours. The Lehigh river was
packed with ice brought down from
bridges at Bethlehem were closed
throughout the night. Entire blocks
were inundated to the second story
at Wilmington when the Brandywine
overfowed its banks.
Occupants of the houses were res
cued by police, fire department and
volunteer workers. The refugees
spent the night at the fire houses and
police stations. The power plant was
under water and the city was in dark
ness.
| Nearly all the mills in the north
west section of Philadelphia had
their Easements or lower floors flood.
ed and many of them were forced tc
! close. Parts of the driveways in Fair.
mount park, were also under water
The Schuylkill river rose a foot an
hour and early today was % feet
above normal in the Manayunk Sec
ion. Fifty feet of a new bridge that
| pans the river at Conshohocken, Pa,
was torn away by the flood.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
northwestern
PART OF STATE
HIT HARD TODAY
Central New England Trains
Tied Up-Tempera
ture Dropping

winsted, Conn, March 6.---An north
western Connecticut was under a
blanket of snow today. The wind
howled at 20 miles an hour and the
temperatures at nid-forenoon were
dropping to the zero mark. Not a
train had been moved over any of the
lines of the Central New England rail-
road and the prospects were not good
for any rail communication today.
The New Haven road sent train
with two locomotives from here
southbound over the Bridgeport-W1n-
sted division and it took two hours to
cover the ten miles to Torrington-
The Southern New England Tele-
phone company had its service greatly
c11rtailed as the sleet storm which
followed last nights rain and was just
ahead of the snow carried down poles
and prostrated cross country lines in
all directions There was at one time
only two circuits working out of this
place.
WAsted was without electric current
for light and motive purposes owing
to broken poles and wires. The Win
sted Citizen suspended publication
owing to conditions.
Word from Norfolk, the Canaans
Colebrook and other LAtchffeld county
towns agreed that the storm, the snow
fall and the wind together made this
the worst day of the season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. BASSICK
AT ACE OF 83
Prominent Representative
of Old Family Died
Early Today.

The death of Rebecca E. Webb,
widow of the late Edmund c. Bas-
sick, occurred at her residence, HI
Fairfield avenue, this morning.
Mrs. Basscik was the daughter of
Frederick Cleveland Webb and Gym,
thia Davidson Webb and was born in
Americus, Indiana, August II, 1886.
She was married twice, her first hus-
band being Josiah M. Walter After
the death of her first husband she
married Mr.. Edmund c. Bassick and
lived in the middle west for several
years. With her husban she came
to Bridgeport in 1880, and soon after
making their home here Mr.. Bassick
became largely interested in the de-
yelopment and upbuilding of property
and homes in the west end of the city
Mrs. Bassick leaves three daughters:
Mrs. Charles H. Fleming and Miss
Minnie A. Walter of Bridgeport, and
Mrs. William H. Parks of Spring
field, Mass; also three sons, Edgar
w, Frederick c., and w. Roscoe Bas-
sick, all of this city, as well as eleven
grandchildren and three great-grand-
children. A sister, Mrs. Eben A.
Snow of Colorado, also survives her.
Mrs. Bassick was a devoted mem
Der of st. Johns Episcopal Church, a
LleIIlpeT u the 1@AC1eS Cnar1table So
ciety since 1880 and of the Mary Sill
iman Chapter, D. A. r., and of rnaffy
other philanthropic organization.
The dominant characteristic OF
Mrs. Bassick was her love and
thoughtfuIness for others, and while
she was compelled during the last few
years of her life to give UP many
of her activities, she remained at
home under the devoted care of her
children. Her loss will be severely
felt not only by her family, but by a
large circle of dear friends made dur
ing her long and useful life.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
LITTLE DAMAGE
TO SHIPPING IS
REPORTED TODAY

New York, March GA drop of 80
degrees in temperature between 8 p.
m. yesterday and the same this morn
ing, was recorded here by the wealth
er bureau. The lowest temperature
reached was Is degrees above zero
The wind from the northwest reached
a velocity of 4S miles an hour.
Probably due to observance of
storm warnings sent broadcast by
wireless little damage has so far been
reported by shipping. In the harbor
two Shipping Board steamers dragged
their anchors and bumped together,
but without serious damage to either
ship. The steamer Orient, outbound
! from Baltimore, was reported by
wireless aground outside the Virginia
Canes
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
TO RAT|FY
MEANS BIGGER NAVY
SAYS sec. DANIELS
VIII Recommend Larger
Building Program If
Treaty is Not Ratified
At This Session of
Congress He Tells the
House Naval Commit
tee.

Washington, March - Secretary
Daniels told the House Naval COM
nittee today he would recommend a
naval building program for the next
fiasca1 year larger than that proposed
by the general board eff the peace
treaty is not ratified at this session of
Congress- Withholding final recon-
mendation, however. the secretary
added that if this country in the end
rejected membership in the League
of Nations he would feel impeIled to
renew his recommendation for anoth er
three year program of construction.
Reiterating his statement of last
year that 1--WE must have a League of
Nations by which every nation will
help preserve the peace of the world
without competitive naval building, or
we must have incomparab1y the big
gest navy in the world" Mr.. Daniels
declared there was not middle
ground"
II had hoped to appear before this
committee today" the secretary con-
tinued, with a final recommendation
to a building program but as the sem
ate has not yet acted upon the peace
treaty, there are uncertainties in the
situation. If the covenant had been
ratified our duty would have been
plain. With the league in opera
tion, composed at first of all the
nations allied or associated in the
world war and with provision for ad-
mittance of all other nations opposed
to conquest and militarism, it would
not be necessary to impose on the
taxpayers of America the assessment
necessary for building more capita.
ships"
The program which the secretary
recommended be authorized in even
the treaty is not ratified, agreed witt
the general boards proposal as tt
capital ships-two battleships ant
one battle cruiser-but added to thai
proposal 20 light cruisers and IA flo.
tflIa leaders, or super -destroyers. Nc
light cruisers and only six super-cle
stroyers were recommended by the
board.
1t had been his intention, if th<
peace treaty were ratified with the
possibility of armaments being cur.
tailed and regulated the secretary
declared, to recommend definitely
only such a moderate building pro
gram necessary to round out the
fleet No capital ships would have
been included in this program, h
added, but in the unsettled condition
of the world today he declared. tn
American navy must be prepared 70
any emergency"
The question for you to decide,
the secretary told the committee, 81
whether the United States in futur
building shall undertake simply t
round out it's navy by building unit
of types in which we are now short o
shall embark on further expansion il
addition
CONTINUED on Page Six.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
LIGHTING co.
HOPES TO FIX
BREAK TONIGHT
Power Lacking in East
Bridgeport, East End and
Stratford.

The United Illuminating compan6
reported this morning that power in
East Bridgeport, the East End and
Stratford had gone off this morning
about Z o'clock because of break
down in the transformer house.
Repair men of the company started
work on the broken apparatus imme-
dately and it was hoped by the com
pany officials that the break would
be repaired by tonight although they
admitted there was a probability that
the work would not b completed be-
fore tomorrow night or Monday morn
ing.
Aside from several lines torn down
by breaking tree limbs the company
stated that this was the only ill-effect
of the storm.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
DEFENDANT IN .:-
ELECTION CASE
WINS DECISION

Jennie T. and John S. Mcnamara
won the suit brought against them
by John Kurcf1az Of this city, when
a jury yesterday afternoon in a justice
court found that McNamara and his
wife could not be elected from a
garage at "a Hanover street The
garage was leased from Kurchaz for
three years with the provision that
1T should not be subIet without con-
sent of the owner. It was claimed
that it was sublet to a man named
Rock but testimony showed that
Rock told the owner who accepted
part OF the rent
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06

The who spread the report that spring just around
the pulled his horns today and admitted he spoke out
of his turn for spring hurled back with great slaughter just
Bridgeporers trying to snatch few wnk of sleep
early this morning The business of that blizzard which
folks have been reading about cavorted through the
struck Bridgeport cruel blow and the city tied all
respects this morning.
The heavy fall of which whirled about by the
high wind blocked all trolley traffic in the city and suburbs
trains from three to four hours ate tneys able
make little progress and quite few telephones put
of commission
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
BRITAIN WON'T SELL ISLANDS.

London, March 6-Neither. the
British government nor any one in
official circles here is seriously con-
sidering the suggestion of the cession
of British West Indian islands to the
United States in payment of Great
Britain's debt in America. The Daily
Mail says the government does not
intend, either now or at any future
date, to enter into any negotiations
on this subject.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
SWITCH ENGINE
CRUSHES Man IN
FREIGHT YARDS

While checking freight cars in the
rear OF the Union street freight office
yesterday afternoon Michael ]. Fin
nell, a clerk at the freight station and
living at 50 Caroline avenue, was run
down and instantly killed by a switch
engine.
No one witnessed the accident and
it was several minutes before the crew
of the engine discovered FinneIPs
body on the tracks.
F1nnel1 was wen known in railroad
circle in the city and was a member
of Railway Clerks and Loyal Order OF
Moose, 269. He is survived by his wife
and two SONS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
NO SESSION OF CITY COURT.

There were no new cases in the
City Court this morning and all con-
tinued cases were again ordered con-
tinued by Judge Frederic A. Bartlett
Storm conditions throughout the city
made it impossible for witnesses and
those out on bond to make their ap,
pearance in court.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
STORM DELAYS
THE OPENING OF
STOCK EXCHANGE

New York, March - The Stock
Exchange opened at 10 o'clock this
morning and then adjourned until
10;30 because of the absence of clerks
and members delayed in reaching
their offices by the storm.
Similar action was taken br the
curb and Consolidated Exchanges.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
FOUR ARRESTED FOR
RONTR OTpTR CT,

Berne, March 5-Four men have
been arrested at the frontier station
of Buchs by the police who have
spread a dragnet for suspicious char
acters since the American consulate
at Zurich was damaged by a bomb on
Wednesday night. They were at
tempting to cross the border into Aus
tria when arrested, and are being re-
turned to Zurich.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-06
CORRECTION OF DATE.

Theodore r. johnson of this city,
who recently started divorce pro-
ceedings against Elizabeth Flanagan
johnson, says. the date of his mar
riage was September so, 1901, instead
of 1918, as was stated in local pub
lication.