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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
INDUSTRY TO HAVE
PLACE IN LETTER

Dayton, Ohio, July 31-In addition
to the League of Nations the Ameri-
can industrial problem and other do
mestic questions are to have a prom
inent place in the address of Cover
nor Cox accepting the Democratic
nomination according to men here in
close touch with the campaign
1t was said that large portion of
the address might be expected to
deal with Industrial affairs, with a
view to bringing capital and labor
closer together. The governor bent
all efforts toward completing the ac-
ceptance address today. So engross-
ed was he that he offered no com
ment on the statement of Senator
Harding charging that powerful in
ternationa1 interests favoring the
League Of Nations were behind
Democrats would seek to minimize
Democratic financing and that the
the league issue.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
ENEMIES OF 2.75
BEER ARRIVE

The Mayf1ower' Auto team No. 1
arrived in the city last evening. The
team is composed of DR.. Wilbur F.
Crafts of Washington, D. c., super
intendent of the International Re-
form Bureau and David Reid, cornet-
ist and singer. The menl are touring
and appearing at various meetings
speaking in OPPOSITION tpo the proposal
that the next Congress shall declare
PTS per cent beer Notwithstanding by
amendment of the Vustead Act
The Mayflower Auto team No. 2
composed of DR.. Robert Watson and
George Ackerly arrived in the city
several days ago and are now with
DR.. Crafts. The first meeting will
take place this evening in the Wash
ington Park church. Tomorrow the
men will speak at the bible class
meetings at the First M. E. church,
the United Church, the Newfield M.
Es church and the First Presbyterian n
church. There will be shop meetings
on Monday noon.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31

DEPUTY
HERE
National Board of Fire
Underwriters Also Re-
commends That Fire
men Be Relieved From
Duty at the Age of 62
Years Other Recon-
mendations.

Chief among the recomm enda tionS
of the National Board of Fire Under
writer's in their report on Bridgeport
is that a deputy fire chief be appoint
ed who will act assistant to the
chief and be the acting head of the
department during the latter's absence
The Board also points out that it
would be advisable to retire members
from active fire duty who have
reached the age of 81 years unless at
that time they are unusually efficient
1t is also thought desirable that the
strength of the department be in
creased so that five men shall be on
duty at all times with Engines II and
II and Ladders 4 and 5.
1t is also recommended that boxes
be installed so that no valuable group
of buildings shall be over 800 feet from
a box drill tower and school should
be established where all members CT
the department including probadoners
shall he trained in the use of appl-
ances, drills to be in .the hands of a
competent instructor
The board finds that the conf1agra-
ton hazard is still severe. This is due
to prevailing weak construction, many
large to excessive areas and conf1a-
grafton areas make serious group fires
possible in most blocks of the con-
gested value district. Narrow streets
are also a serious menace.
1t is suggested that more rigid in
spections be made by the members
of the fire department with a view tc
correcting present. hazardous condl-
tions as to rubbish, bon fires and stor.
age of inf1ammab1e substances. The
adoption of the National Electr1ca
Code is urged. Also that all overhead
| wires except trolley wires be placee
under ground. Owners of existing de-
fectively constructed buildings whlcf
are so located as to form conf1agra
| ton areas be required to suitably pro
| tect roof party wall and exposed win
| dow openings
| The board recommends that th'
various laws and ordinances requiring
fire escapes on buildings be rigidl.
| enforced. That competent inspecto
| be placed in charge of the buildin'
| department appointed for an indeh
! mite term and subject to remova
only for cause. That enforcement p
| rigid and impartial and that the is
suance of special privilege permit
by council be discontinued.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
WEATHER

For Bridgeport and vicinity: Partly
cloudy, possibly local showers tonight
or Sunday.
For Connecticut: Local showers
probably tonight and Sunday; moder-
ate to fresh south and southw est
winds.
Weather conditions: Areas of high
pressure are central this morning
over the south Atlantic coast and the
upper Mississippi valley with Ions
trough of low pressure between them
extending from Kansas northeast
ward to the lower ST. Lawrence val
ley. Warm suitry weather with thun-
der storms prevails IN the Lake region
and New England. The t-mpera u e
is slightly lower in the northwestern
districts.
Conditions favor for this vicinity:
Partly cloudy weather and not much
change in temperature.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
Held For Pulling
DOwn-ChurCh Sheds

century ago and have been used by
the Congregational church. The
charge was made that following the
destruction of the buildings the men
went to Triangle Park, dedicated to,
the memory of World War veterans,
and with shovels scooped up earth
and threw it into the main highway.
The act followed a dispute several
months ago concerning the ownership
of land on which the buildings stood.
Lawyer J. Clinton Roraback has bee4
retained as counse. for the Ecclesias-
tical Society. 1t is probable that civil,
not criminal action, will be brought
against the men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
MAY RUN
TRAIN FOR
CITY WARES
Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee Recommends That
Local Factories Use the
Merchants and Miners
Line At Providence For
Shipments.

At a meeting of the Transportation
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce held yesterday afternoon it was
resolved that the secretary of the
committee be authorized to send a
circular letter to the members of the
Chamber of Commerce recommending
that they use the Merchants and
Miners line for southern shipments
and that if the tonnage can be devel-
oped to warrant it, that a through
train be made from Bridgeport to
Providence.
This resolve followed the two mo-
tions offered that the committee CO.
operate with representatives from
other cities by attending conference
with J. o. Halliday, superintendent of
transportation of the New Haven road
at New Haven on Tuesday, August 8,
for the. purpose of exempting rail en-
bargoes on coal and that a sub-com-
mittee consisting of R w. Miller, W.
H. Pease and P. I. Litchfield be del
egated. to confer with Mr.. Hedderly
of the New Haven road at Bridgeport
relative to the securing of restoration
of previous method of loading L. c. L.
freight through Whiting street and
the loading of ferry cars, and in lieu
of the committee being unable to ac-
Mr.. Motsett and Mr.. Dodge to attend
the meeting of the Transportation
Committee to be held on Friday
August 6.
The committe suggested that the
members of the chamber use the Mer
chants and Miners line and that the
line be requested to send a represent
ative here to interview the smallel
shippers and get some assurance from
the New Haven road that they car
make delivery in reasonable time.
Hereafter the Transportation com
| mittee will hold weekly meetings tt
| discuss current transportation pro
blems and for the benefit of shipper
who do not employ traffic manager
the committee will be pleased to as
sist them in the solution of their traf
fic matters.
The executive committee of the
chamber will hold meeting Monda!
afternoon in the rooms in the First
Bridgeport National Bank building
! Routine matters will be taken up a
j this meeting.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
MAYOR TO DO
SOME FISHING

Mayor Wilson will foregather with
the upstate leaders Monday at the
200th anniversary celebration of the
town of Litchfeld and will there re-
new his angling for the Republican
nomination for governor.
It is understood that the mayor
b1ames the bait that he has been
using in the past for his failure to
land this prize and has decided on a
change of bait.
His old bait was King fish. The
new bait will be provided by the up
state leaders and is the same that
has been used by them on previous
successful fishing trips.
There will be another fishing ex-
pedition Wednesday at Danbury when
the state committee and the Merritt
boomers meet. The mayor will at
tend with fishermen from all parts OF
the state and a grand time is ex-
pected.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
s165 AMbULA LANCE
CALLS IN MONTH

During the month of July ended
today the three city ambulances have
answered to a total of 165 calls. OF
! the number there were 50 patients
taken to st. Vincent's hospital, Sc to
the Bridgeport hospital and IL taken
to Hillside Home. The records show
! that DIR. Owen J. Groark and DR..
A. Maxwell was the most active of
the physicians on duty, each doctor
having answered to As calls for the
ambulance. DIR. B. J. Burns, the day
physician, was third with Sc calls to
mis- credit and DR.. Bruce ]. Coy1e, the
relief doctor attended to Is patients
on ambulance calls.
The past month record is excep-
tionally high in comparison with 9th.
er months so far this year but has
been explained by the physicians of
the Emergency that during the hot
weather of July and August there is
always an exceptionally high rate of
accidents due to the increased traffic
of autom obiles, bathing mishaps and
other accidents Incidental to the ex-
tregne hot weather.
! The records show that the past
month was high in the number of
alcoholic cases that were treated and
taken to Hillside Home where the
patient is kept for a day or two
while he rtds his or her system OF
the forbidden "hooeh."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
Wild SCENES AS
MANNIX. SAILS

New York, July 31-The widest
scene observed on the New York
water front in many day today
marked arrival at the White Star
piers of. Archbishop Mannix of Aus
tralia, who planned to sail on the
steamship Baltic in the face of noti-
fication from Premier Lloyd George
that he would not be allowed to land
in Ireland.
Men shouted and waved flags of the
Irish republic; women screamed hys-
terically and it took the entire force
of pier guards, augmented by police
reserves to get the prelate aboard
the shin
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
HOLD-UP MEN
TOOK HIS $65

The police today are investigating
the story of John Chesers, of So High
street, who reported early this morn
ing that he had been held up and
robbed of $65 by three young men
in Water street near Fairfield ave-
nue.. Chesers first reported the af-
fair to an officer al the corner of
Water street and Fairfield~ avenue.
The alleged victim was without a
hat at the time, and upon being ques-
toned as to the whereabouts of his
headgear, replied that he lost it in
the South End during a scuffle. He
refused to tell where the fight oc-
cured. Chesers claims that he shout
ed for help while the hold.up men
were aSsa u1ting him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
Wife WHO WAS
LOST IS FOUND

The mysterious Mrs. Otto Bondy of
Brooklyn, n. Y, who gave the news
sleuths and the police a great deal of
worry for the past few days, was Off
cially erased off the books this morn
ing when Assistant Superintendent
Alex Morrissey passed out the infor-
nation that Mrs. Bondy had been put
on a train late yesterday afternoon
and sent to her home in Brooklyn.
Her car fare was .chaked up against
the Charities Department so it needs
must be concluded that Mrs. Otto got
rid of the $50 her husband gave her
just before she strayed away from
his side in Polls theatre on Wednes-
day.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
Carter Refuses To Issue
Warrant For Man Who Is
Wanted By Local Police
Assistant States Attorney
Says Manipulating Ma
chine Case is Federal.

Assistant States Attorney Galen A.
Carter and the Bridgeport police
have reached a deadlock on the ques-
ton of extraditing Peter Kulesza, al
legged fake money machine salesman.
from Brooklyn, N. Y, to this city.
The police demand that the man be
returned here for trial on charges of
swindling, but the state official has
refused to issue the nece-asry papers
on the grounds that the affair is
Federal matter, and the parties who
bought the machine are as much at
fault as the man who sold it.
1t became known today, that Ku-
lesza, who was arrested in Brooklyn
last Saturday in company with STAN
ley Waitkus, an alleged confederate,
swindled four local residents to the
tune of $1,000 by selling them his
"phoney" money making contraption.
The police have thoroughly investi-
gated the case, and are persistent in
their demands that Kulesza be re-
turned here for trial. They offset
Carriers Federal claim with the charge
that no counterfeit money was made
with the machines, or was an at
tempt made to manufacture bad bills.
Up to the present time however, Car
ter has declined to extradite the man
back to Connecticut.
According to the police, the Mas
sachusetts authorities will take the
man to Boston, where he is wanted
for a similar offense, unless the of
ficials of this state take immediate
action. KulesZa has been identified
by a Boston woman as the man who
sold her money making machine
and the neighboring states officials
are hot on the alleged swindler's
trail. Watkins who was arrested
with Kulesza is wanted only in Mas
sachuSetts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
Cases OF
JitncyS
:NOllcd
Eight Men Arrested For
Overlooking B u S e S
Pay So Each in the
City Court - Judge
Bartlett Ordered That
Pleas of Not Guilty Be
Entered.

Advising that a plea of mot guilty.
be entered in each case, Judge Fred
eric A. Bartlett, in the City Court, this
morning nol1ed upon the payment of
81. charges against eight jitneymen
who were served with summons on
Thursday afternoon by inspectors of
the State Motor Vehicle Department.
All of the men were charged with
overlooking their machines.
Attorney Jacob B. Klein, in defend
ang the jitneymen this morning, de-
tclared that in view of the present
emergency, it was some times neceS
rsary to overload the buses to a GER
tain extent or discomode the public.
He also pointed out. that there is no
more danger to passengers or pedes-
Hrians whether six or two persons are
standing in the machines.
Judge Bartlett adopted the view
that the jitneymen are serving the
public in all instances, and advised
that a plea of mot guilty. be enter
led in each case. He then nolled the
Scharges against each man on the
payment of 81.
y Jitneymen who were served with
lsummonses were: Joseph Caserta, of
i62 Vesper street, Fairfield; George
Rosenfield, of 16O Worcester street,
kHartford; Edward Kelley, of 40 But
Her avenue; Robert Manthey, of A
sHawkins street, Waterbury; George
sSweitzer, of 121 Wordin avenue:
Joseph Sydiskis, of 123 Columbia
street Herman Gussenhoven, of
ssTrunbull and Robert T. Young, of
26O Madison avenue.
All of the jitneurs who appeared
an court this morning were warned
i1hat the law against overcrowding
unjust be observed in the future
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31

Canaan, July 31-James Tierney,
sr., section foreman at East Canaan
forthe C. n. E. Railway, his five sons
and five other men, were before JUS
tice George W. Ford here last night
on charges of destruction of property
and breach of the peace, following
the demolition of horse sheds of the
Second Ecclesia stica1 Society yester-
day afternoon by the II men. Their
cases were continued until Monday
under bonds of $500 in order that
Lawyer Benedict M. Holden of Hart
ford, their counsel, could have op-
portunity to be present
The buildings were erected a half
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
CHILD BITTEN BY RAT.

Little Annie Oakley, nine months
old, of SIS Frank street, was the VIC
tim of a peculiar accident last night
The child was asleep in her crib
along about II o'clock when in some
manner unknown rat on a hunt
for food picked on the child's left
eyelid as the substance for a good
meal which resulted in much pain
to the infant. The distracted moth
er awakened by the screams of the
child rushed to the Emergency hos
pital where the little patient was
treated by DR.. J. A. Maxwell. The
eye was not invoked and after the
treatment the child was none the
worse for the experience.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31

The new seven cent fare on
the trolley road ordered yes
terday by the Public Utilities
board takes in the entire city
of Bridgeport. The zone with
a diameter of six miles and its
center at Fairfield avenue in
cludes all Of, the city except
very small portions of the Ash
Creek section and another very
small portion of the North End.
The result, therefore, will be
that seven cents will be charged
where five cents was charged
in the old days before the six
cent fare and the zone systems
went into effect.
: On the, suburban runs out
side. the city the fare will be
six cents a ride for two miles.
While no table has yet worked out
the fares from Bridgeport to Milford
and intervening places the distance
shows that for a ride to Stratford
town hall the fare under the new
plan will be 10 cents. Stratford center
is just beyond the two mile limit from
the Bridgeport line. To Devon the
fare also would be 10 cents while to
most of; the Milford beaches the fare
would be 25 cents and to Milford cen
| ter 81 cents
Authorization was given in the
| form of an order which suspended
| the rates now in force under the
| commissions order of March 20 The
| order declared, however, that the
| commission is not satisfied that the
| II q mr. ora f.
| that it will produce the revenues
needed and expected by the Connec-
ticut company, and that, in conform
| lty with suggestions at Thursdays
| hearing, the case is continued until
| October L for further considera-
! ton.
1t is stipulated in the interlocutory
! order that uQder the Z cent fare sys-
/ tenn the zones in cities be approx
mately three miles long, radiating
| from traffic centers and corresponding
substantially to the present three one
| mile zones, and that all other zones
| be substantially two miles long, cor
| responding approximately in length
| to, and including, two of the present
mile zones. Free transfers are to be
| given at all transfer points.
| The temporary cent rate was al
| lowed by the public utilities commits
|
! the Connecticut company is confront
| ed with an Immediate critical finan-
cial situation, demanding prompt re-
| lief. The interlocutory order fol-
| lows in full:
1T appearing at the hearing on
| the above entitled action, on Thurs
| day, July %, 1920, that the Connect
| cut company is confronted with an
immediate, critical financial condition,
| demanding prompt relief
| 1T is therefore deemed advisable to
| issue a temporary order, pending the
! final hearing, order and decree on the
instant case.
| Wherefore, it is hereby ordered
| that the rates now in force under
| commissions order dated March 80.
1920, issued under docket No. 3,243,
be and the same are hereby suspend
ed from on and after Saturday, Aug.
z, 1920, and the petitioner, the said
Connecticut company. is hereby au-
thorized and permitted until further
order of the commission in the prem
Continued on Page Six)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
MARKET CHEERFUL.

New York. July 81 - Trading di-
minished in the stock market today
although the tone was cheerful and
there was no temperance of the
steady pressure to which the list was
subjected during the previous session.
After slow and uncertain opening g
the market rose slowly and the clos
ing quotations of most issues showed
light gains Railroad stocks were in
best demand. st. Louis Southwestern
made a new high record for the year
at 21. Inquiry for industrials was
more1 United. The closing was steady
Sales approximated 10000 shares.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
CUPID STILL
ON VACATION

Figures cleaned from the records at
the Bureau of Vital Statistics in the
Welfare building this morning show
that there were 165 marriage licenses
issued during the month of July.
The figures for this month show that
Cupid probably got in his summer va
cation during the month as he was
not as active in leading prospective
brides and grooms to Bureau as in
last month when there were 215 Ii
censeS issued. In comparison with
July of last year the present month
shows that there was an increase of
Is Newlyweds, there having been $50
who took the vital step in July, 1919.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
Seven Cent Fare
Will Include. All
Bridgeport City

New Haven, July 31-President Storrs of the
Connecticut Company, said to Times reporter
today that the company had no intention OF re-
Stunning service in Bridgeport. He said the cars
would not go back until the city made some move
to curb the jitneys. .
''The old proposition stands without change"
he said. s'When the city decides to put the J1t-
neys out Of competition with the trolley cars the
latter will return to Bridgeport"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
Democrats Will Hold
State Gathering Here

The Democratic state convention
will probably be held in Bridgeport
on September 9 and 10, according to
a statement of Chairman Fitzgerald
of the state committee.
He is reported to have said that
T. fRgeport, because of its prominence
anG size is worthy of more considera-
ton than it has received in the mat
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31
81, 100000 LOSS BY
NEW ORLEANS FIRE

New Orleans, July 31.-Nearly one
and a half million dollars is estimated
as the loss resulting from the fire
which last night destroyed one sec
ton of the mammoth warehouse Of
the Appalachian Corporation of
Louisiana. Thirty thousand bales of
sisal were burned
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31

ter of holding political conventions
and says that Bridgeport, which
hasn't had a convention since 1898 is
entitled to the meeting this year.
In 1898 Daniel n. Morgan was
nominated for governor by the Dem
ocrats at a meeting held at the Plaza
theater.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31

Zone With a Radius of
Six Miles Takes. in
Practically Every Foot
of Ground in This City
Prices Outside the
City Will Be Six Cents
for Two Miles New
. Plan in Effect Till
October 1.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-31

A black cat-on a fence
on a quiet night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-25
EBERT !: And \ REDS I: SIGN 4 PACT 4
Mr.. Fred Fulton
W. K. Plasterer
Here for Bout

Followed up tho street By a gaping
throng OF boys. who wondered who
"ths big guy" was. and surrounded
by group of admiring adults. Pred
Fulton. a prominent member % tho
Piastrrrrn union. Of Minnesota. 9
feet. Inches tall. aud carrying a "a
foot cane. crouch~d thru the door
leading into Tho Star sporting edi.
tors officc at noon today.
Fulton has dropped the titls or
"fishting heavyweight champion of
the world since his disput. with
Jack Dempsey. a year or - ago. but
he still has his eyes on the crown of
Kingdom.
"pcmpsry'a sot into bad mess
down South. haHut hoF' was his
first remark. Hes got a lot of In.
fiusntlal friends and may keep out
~ jaH. but the worry and everything
viii probably tell on him.
The big Minnssotan said he was
somewhat tired. after the long train
ride from New York. but workout
In the Arena gym. At o'clock. he
said. should put him IN condition
again. lie said he probably would
b. able 10 handle himself gracefully
In his fourrouud match. Friday
night. with Young Hector