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The citizen., 1920-10-21
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Hay and Grain.

Corn-No. white S1@1O1, No 3
white 99cGSl. No. 2 yellow 9Sc@$1,
No. 2 mixed 96Q97c.
Sound Hay-Timothy per ton s24@
81, clover mixed S22G27.
oats-No. 2 white 5sh059c, No.
white 57h q 5Sc, No. 2 mixed 561s q
5Sc.
wheat-No. 2 red s2.33h, No.
red S2.29q2.31.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
63hc; centralized extras 81 hc, firsts
5Shc.
Eggs-Extra hrsts 62c, firsts eOc,
ordinary tirsts 59c
Live POultry-BrOilers, 2 lbs and
over 24c; fowls. AZ lbs and over soc /;
under 3h lbs zoe; roosters lSc
Live Stock.
Cattle-Steers, good to choice SlOm
1850, fair to good $500 1850. com
mon to fair S5a7.5O heifers, good to
choice $S@ll, fair to good seas, com
mon 10 fair SlG6, Gamers $39375,
stock heifers, $546.JO
Calyes-Good TO choice Sl7Ql75O
fair TO good $llQ17, common and
large $5ql0.
Sheep-GOOd 10 choice $4.5O055O
fair TO good S3G4.50, common Sl.jOQ
3; lambs, good TO choice $ll75Ql2,
fair 10 good SliQ11.75.
HOgs-Heayy Sl6, chalce packers
and butchers $l0, medium s15.50016,
common 10 choice heavy fat sOws $40
Ql4.50, light shippers Sl5.25, pigs (il0
lbs and less) Sl0Ql3.
The citizen., 1920-10-21
MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE
Investigator

by Special
Invest
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
Away
 Commission Can Not Act

The East Washington Avenue Bridge Commission met in the may or's office this noon and as the may or failed to appear the meeting was postponed to some date this week which will be agreeable to him.
 The meeting was called by the mayor to pass on the bids which had been received for the removal and sale of the old bridge at East Wash. ington avenue.
 Secretary Charles H. Poland said that there were four bids submitted two from local contractors and two from out of town people, and while he did not believe that the mayor had any choice as to who should be given the contract, he thought that the whole matter should be left over to a meeting at which his honor be present
 The mayor is in New York and was expected to arrive in Bridgeport on the 12:30 train, but Maurice Me- Kenna, who went to the station to meet him, reported that he was not on the train and it was decided u adjourn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
yapanese WiZL Not
 Ask Racial EqUnlity

Geneva, Nov. 3o-(By the A. P.)- The Japanese delegation will not make any proposal for racial equality at this session of the assembly of the League of Nations, it was announced by Viscount Ishii at this morning S session of the assembly.
 Japan will patiently bide her ti1ne,' said Viscount Ishii. 'tunt1 an opportune moment shall present it. self"
 The Japanese delegation, he added, also had decided to withdraw it's pro test against annual meetings of the assembly, although it requires five months time for a delegation from Japan to make the long journey and return. He recon m ended that meet ings be held once in two years, with special meetings in emergencies, but said eh would not press this recom- mendation.
 The Japanese delegate made these declarations in speaking on the report of the committee on rules, which was read to the full assembly. The com mjttee based its report on the prin- cipae that the assembly is the sover- eign organism of the league but i'm ter1nittent, and that the executive council is the permanent power, with the secretariat as the continuous me- dium for the execution of the deci- sijors of both the assembly and the council.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
DEATH COMES TO
 MRS. McGUINNESS

After an illness extending over a l. If, period, Julia A. Butler, widow of , Imes A. McGuinness. died this Irorning at her home. 4SS Stratford ' .enuc. While her going has not been unexpected 1t comes as a great Ehock to her large circle of friends. Mrs. McGu;nness was a charter mem- Der of the Ladies of Charity St. Win cent de Paul. and one of it's most active and ardent workers.
 She was also member of the Queens Daughters and could always be depended upon to shoulder most cheerfu1ly her share in the many activities of the society. Mrs. Me tIuinness was also affiliated with Park rity Branch. L. c. B. A. She had been a member of St. Mary's parish Tor q long term of years and one of the most tireless workers for the, best interests of her church.
 Surviving her are four daughters, Miss Mary T.. Miss Catherine A.. Miss Agnes and Mrs Harold F.. Couch; and p1e son. William J.; also two sisters, Miss Catherine and Miss Elizabeth Butler Her birthplace was in Naug- . htuck- The sympathy of many friends is extended to the bereaved family who have lost a loving mother and a Iplendid yisioned friend.
 The funeral will take place from the home on Stratford avenue on 2 Thursday morning with services also from St Marys church. Burial will be In St 1ichaePs cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
Ponzi Pleads
 Guilty Given
 Five Years

Boston, Nov. 30-Charles Ponzi, promoter of the quick-rich scheme in which thousands of persons invest ed millions of dollars before it col lapsed last August. pleaded guilty to sing the mails in scheme to de- today.
 Sentence, Of five years fin the Ply mouth county Jail was imposed by Judge Hale. The courts took into consideration only the first count of one indictment of A counts in which 1t was charged that Ponzi had repre- sented falsely that he was able to pay interest at the rate of 50 per cent. in 45 days from profits made in in ternational postal coupons.
 In arguing on the question of sen- tence, Daniel H. Coak1ey senior counsel for Ponzi, told the court that it was only after strenuous advice from counsel and members of the dis credited financier's family that he guilty and plead guilty instead. "Mr Ponzie insisted. and still insists. that there was in his mind no intent to defraud any one," his counsel de- cleared.
 The little Italian, who, with prison sentences in Canada and this coun- | try behind him, developed his SUD-
 posed scheme of exchange in inter
 national postal reply coupons only to 1 have his house of easy money topple i over on him had an air of swagger
 when he faced the court.
 | As he faced another prison sent
 ence while his youthful wife sobbed
 mem orandum block his parting word | to the public 'tsic transit gloria mundi," (ThuS passes the glory of the world) and handed it to the press
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
DROPS DEAD AT
 FACTORY

Frank w. Richards. a foreman in
 the employ of the Burns x Bassick Company and living at 103 Atlantic street dropped dead shortly after '
 o'clock after he had begun his days
 duties at the factory this morning. Dr. J. A. Maxwell of the Emergency
 hospital answered to the hurried call
 for the ambulance but the man was
 dead when he got there. Death was attributed to heart failure. The de-
 ceased was 61 years of age.
 The body was taken to the City
 Morgue and later turned over to
 Haw1ey & WiImot, undertakers. Flu neral services will be held on Thurs day morning at the Washington ave nue Methodist church after which the body will be shipped to Wood bury where the burial will be made. Richards was born in Woodbury. He is survived by his wife.
 According to workers at the plant Richards worked all day yesterday and outside of minor complaint of l indigestion had been in apparent good health. Dr. Samuel B. Garlick, medical examiner, was notified
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
JUDGE NARROWLY
 ESCAPES DEATH

Hartford, Nov. 3o-Judge John P. Kellogg of Waterbury. while on his way to the Superior court in Hart ford today, had a narrow escape from serious injury on the Berlin turnpike, four miles north of Meriden. He was driving his car and a head of him in the road was a- large truck which attempted to pass a horse drawn ve- hic1e. At the same time Judge Ke1- logg tried to pass the truck. The sharp turn made by the truck pocket ed the judge between the truck and the railing at the side of the road. His automobile crashed through the railing and plunged down a 25 feet enrbanknent. He stuck to the wheel until the machine bumped into a tree
 He was uninjured. Scrambling back to the roadway, he hailed a passing jitney and returned to Meriden. where he made arrangements to have his car lowed back. Then he hired an automobile to bring him to Hart ford and arrived in the court room only a. few minutes late.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
COMPANY WINS CONVENTIONS

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 30-Some tCntentions made by the New Haven Dairy Co. in an appealed case heard before Judge James II. Webb of the Superior Court. which involved dis Agreements over rules for the pasteur- tzation of milk made by the State MIX Board, have been won by the company in a decision just handed Hown-
 The testimony of experts figured largely in this case. The Gourt re- moved the maximum of 145 degrees bf heat in pasteurization but heat must not drop below 142 degrees. Ex- perts for the company claimed that It was immaterial how high the heat Nas to pasteurize milk to stop incu- bation of germs. but it must not u:sp below 142. The company contention that it is difficult task tc hold heat during the process be- tween 142 and 145 degrees. admitted r. the state board. is recognized by the court.
 The decision also favors the com puny in it's claim that the maximum degree of heat is one of business policy to be settled between the com- pany and the customer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30

Immediately upon the imposition of sentence, Judge Jeremiah T. Ma honey of New York, Bozeman's att torney, filed an appeal and entered a motion was denied by Judge Walsh, and Bozeman was taken to the county .jag in North avenue, shortly before neon, to commence his term.
 Upon the opening of the court this morning. Judge Mahoney made a Nstrong plea for c1emency for his client. He produced petition signed by all of the jurors who sat on the ease, in which they asked that mercy be shown the accused. The petition is as follows:
 The undersigned jurors who sat in the case of the People vs. Fred c. Bozeman in the Court of Common Fleas criminal side, at Bridgeport Connecticut, on November 22 and 23, h92o, respectfully request your honor tu exercise cIemency towards the de- fendant when he comes up for sen tence before you In our opinion many of the facts in this case. while nst excusing the act of the defendant are worthy of consideration on a pe- ttion for, Ieniency. Were it not for tl,c fact that we were afraid it would be illegal to couple a recomm enda- tion for mercy with out verdict o1 guilty we would have done so at the Eue we rendered our verdict:
 Charles G. Meeker Sandy Hook Conn.; Charles O. Wheeler, New Ca pInn: William E. Cornton, Norotor BJ Jeights, Conn: Henry lilly. Soutt Norwalk; H. G. Thomson, Wilton Conn; Frank I. Bennett, Wilton: Al bred Clark. Stratford; George L. Burr Monroe; H. W. Keeler, Brookfield; E 5.- Walker, Monroe; Horace W Graves, Stamford; Samuel H. Futile D. ew Canaan.
 Continuing. Judge Mahoney gave { brief outline of Bozenlan's past ac hivities. and stated that he was { h1an of fine standing in his hom' town Of Mount Kisco, N Y- RoZcma1
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
THE WEATHER

For Bridgeport and vicinity: Un- settled. probably light rain, tonight and Wednesday.
 settled weather with occasional rains tonight and Wednesday; moderate variable winds.
 The western storm has moved but little during the last 24 hours and is still central over Missouri. It has de- creased somewhat in intensity. The front edge of the rain area has ad- vanced eastward from Illinois to Ohio. It is causing unsettled weather in nearly all districts east of the Rocky Mountains. Rain has occurred in the central districts from the Lake region southward to the Gulf. No lew temperatures were reported.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity unsettled weather and not much change in temperature.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
POLLING
 GOES ON STAND
Presidents Brother-in-Law Sharply Refutes Charge
 of Bribery
By Floyd MacGRIFF
L N & Staff Correspondent )

q. N s. Staff Correspondent.)
 New York, Nov. 30 - R. Winner Boiling. brother-in-law of President Wilson, denied on the stand before the Walsh Congressional committee here, today, that he had assisted in obtaining any shiplouf1ding contract. He further denied having knowledge received any part of the s4o,o00 flee" alleged to have been paid by Wallace Downey, of the Wallace Downey Shjpbuildtng Corporation, for such a contract, as charged by Tucker K. Sands.
 Boiling testified that Sands paid resented a profit Sands had agreed to pay him for building Sands house, that he had refused to accept part of s1,000 fee which Sands said he got from a shtpbuilding corporation, but that he did not know the source of this s600.
 Boiling testified that he had met "a MT. Craner'-who Sands prevs- ously had testified was the agent of Wallace Downey-and that he, Boil then secretary of the Shipping board, to aid =Craner in facilitating the ship ment of some bending rolP' machin- cry to Craner's company.
 Boiling characterized as absolute 1y false" the testimony of Benjamin F. Fuller that the latter has seen Sands giving a. check to Boiling. Boll- ing challenged Sands to produce inn mediately all of Sands checks made out to Boiling since January 1, 1913.
 Boiling read a, lengthy statement to the committee, which he had prepar- ed before leaving Washington Iu the main, this statement was g. reiter- ation of the denia1s he made to news papermen immediately after Sands had made, his sensational $40,O00 "bribe" charge.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
EMPLOYES TO CUT MELON

Chicago, Nov. 90 "A S12,500,o00 melon has been set before the 25,- 900 employees of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. today in the form of an opportunity to acquire that amount of stock on a fifty fifty" stock purchasing plan.
 Under this plan, as announced by R. w. Stewart, chairman of the Board Of Directors, each emp1oye who has been with the company one year or more. may subscribe for stock equal to the amount of his annual salary. Payments may \be made at the annual rate of 20 per cent. for five years. The emp1oye pays 50 per cent. of the price and the company pays the other 50 per cent.
 Stockholders Of the company will De asked to approve the plan on Dec. 9. It is expected that other units of the Standard oil Go. will adopt sinai- lar plana
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
ARE
 ' SUED FOR $15,OOO

Local Union No. no, International Moulders' Union of North America, and nine individuals were made de- fendants in a s15,ooo damage suit filed this morning, by the Pequonnock Foundry. Inc, of Bridgeport! The plaintiff company complains that the defendants conspired to compel the foundry to cancel contracts with the General Electric company. When a request of this nature was refused, the defendants participated in a strike which was called at the company's plant, and also intinidated and as saulted men who remained at work, according to the complaint The nine who have been made party defend ants in the action are: James Brown of Cincinnati John Dunn of New Ha- Mike Smith, Joe Kvaras, Julius Gro lock, Joseph Dudrick and John Mag arya all of BridReport,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
Chemical Warfare SerUice
 WiZZ Go Fur 70 ADert War

Washington. Nov. 3O-The knowl- edge among other countries that the United States has decided to continue e it's chemical warfare service to a point net surpassed by any nation. will go a long way toward deterring g the nffronl forcing hos ftities against this country, is the belief of Brig Gen. Amos A. F'ries. chief Of the Chemical Warfare Service. express ed i his annual report to the Secre- tary of War, made pubAc today.
 ''The United States said General Fries, with its ineo1npaTabie natural resources, and highly developed man ufacturing possibilities will be able to manufacture and deliver on the field of battle a greater quantity of chemicals than any other nation, or indeed any other group of natfonS''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
MENT
 CAUSES STIR

Republican politicians are incensed at the action of Mayor Wilson in ap- pointing Frederick Schrfeber, a. fore man in the Street Department, to the position of Superintendent of Streets, temporarily succeeding the late Thomas J. Cunningham.
 The main objection is that Schrei- ber is a Democrat and the politicians believe that the position should go to some good Republican.
 The new appointee is prominent member of the ElkS and some of the oibjectors see in the appointment an attempt to use political appoint m rents to further Mayor Wilson's as pirations to be elected Exalted Ruler of the Elks at the coming election.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
Princess Says She Married
 COn1z1Oz,er Husband for LOUe

ia1 Guard, now residing in New York state. Mrs. Schutz, who is convalesc- ing at the home of a friend here, from a nervous breakdown, would not dis cuss that angle of the case.
 Regarding my life with Captain schutz and his action, let him talk, 9 she said. "He will tell all. Surely I have sffered sufficiently
 The marriage of Captain Schutz and Princess Troubetzkoy was one of the social events at Washington last spring. Two years ago the Princess was one of the most feted and hon. ored women in America following the Russian revolution, in which many of her kin are said to have been massacred. The Princess fled to tke United States and became a nurse at a naval hospital at Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
RECEPTION FOR
 MRS. MAC SWINEY

New York. Nov. S0-E1aborate plans were being perfected here to-
 day for a fitting reception for Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney. widow of the late Lord Mayor of Cork. and his sister. Miss Mary MacSwiney. who will ar rive here Friday or Saturday. They are coming in response to an invita- ton from the American committee
 on Ireland to give testimony as to conditions in that country.
 The woman's committee. headed by ex-Congressman Jeanette Rankin, which will have leading part in the reception for the two Irish women, includes Miss Anna Wilmington, of Boston: Miss Julia Emery, of Wash ington, Mrs. William John s. Brown, | of Baltimore and Mrs. Toscan Ben nett, of Hartford. Conn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30

Shooting broke out in Cork while the firemen were returning from the Sim Fein club fire. There was a heavy fusilade in the streets.
 A band of men. armed and masked, burned the Sim Fefn bank in Har- court street, Dublin.
 Reprisal fires broke out in County Cork, following the killing of the police cadets. Nearly all of the houses at KilnichaeI and in the inn mediate district were destroyed. Bus mess is at a. standstiIl
 MacCoom, where the bodies of the dead police cadets were taken is un- der heavy guard of troops. The bulk of the population has fled, fearing re- prisa1s. Five of the victims of the ambuscade of two police lorries near Kilnichael, were officers. The death of a, constable has brought the total to 16. The dead include Major Hayes, of the auxiliary police, four captains and ten cadets.
 Soldiers are combing County Cork for the ambassadors, who killed the police cadets. There were nearly 100 men in the attacking party, accord ing to information received by Dub lin Castle. The attackers wore khaki uniforms and trench h1mets.
 Black and Tan policemen were ac- tive all night and during the early firing and bomb explosions. Many houses and shops were damaged and there was much footing.
 Part of the population became ter ror-stricken and fled from the city.
 The incendiary damage at Cork during the past week, including the loss of the destruction of the City Hall is estimated at s5,000,000.
 London, Nov. 30-A building was
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30

During the fiscal year. he reported 26 experimental projects were in pro- gress These included work on a chemical shell; boosters; burstin 2 charges: fuses: new designs of smoke shell; an assembly plant for fixed chemical smmunitton; exploders for Lfvens projectors: fashless propell- ants: mounts. prope1lant charges. and fuses for Stokes mortars. Thermit grenades; incendiary bombs and smoke generators for tanks.
 At Edgewood Arsenal. he said, there is stored approximately II, ,000,- 900 pounds of different substances of a toxic nature and 283,500 gas filled projectiles.
 In addition there is now in per- manent storage approximately 2,5OO,-
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30

Montreal. Que. Nov. so.-Declar- ing that she. a woman of noble birth, married to "commoner" because of her love for him, Mrs. Wallace S. Schutz, formerly Princess Troubetz- koy and called the most beautiful Russian Red Cross nurse, said today that she would not contest her huS- bands suit for divorce, filed at Green Bay, Wisconsin.
 eI married him because I loved him and because he declared I was the center of his anbiticns.'' the Prin- cess said. 'All life Is a tra E> iy, and who knows. I may not be here long"
 Captain Schutz alleges that the Princess has another husband living in victor-Turin. said to have been a former officer in the Russian Imper-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
$lo,oo0 SUIT AGAINST CITY

Ruben SekelsHy, through his attor- against the city of Bridgeport for $10,0O0 for the death of his son, Joseph. The boy was killed on Bar mum avenue on Oct. when he was thrown from his bicycle at the rail the Graphophone Company.
 The petition sets forth that the road bed at that place was negligent ly allowed by the city to be in bad repatr so that when an auto truck belonging to the Cudahy Packing Company passed over the track the track sprung and threw the boy off his wheel and that as a result Joseph died a short time afterwards.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
D'ANNUNZIO IS
 AGAINST TREATY

Fiume. Nov. 30-Gabrile DAnnun- zios legionaries have been greatly stirred up by the passionate appeals of the poet to save Fiume," which he has been issuing at frequent inter vals since the treaty of Rapallo set tied the Adriatic question between Italy and Jugo Slavia far from D'Annunzio's liking.
 Meanwhile D'Annunzio is sending nanifestos to Italy crying out against the Rapallo pact and preparations are in progress to conscript all citizens be- tween the ages of 1 s and 50 in Plume for "the defense of the city"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
DANIELS FILES ANSWER

Washington, Nov. S0-Secretary of the Navy Daniels today filed his an swer in the District Supreme Court to the suit of the Western Union Telegraph company, which has sought to enjoin him from interfering with the laying of certain cables across Biscayne Bay near Miami, Fla. Sec retary Daniels stated in his answer that it has always been the policy of the government to prevent the laying of any cables on the shores of the United States which connected with a foreign country in which the Gable company had monopoly of cable connections
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
MAY ATTEND IN
 PRIVATE CAPACITY

Washington. Nov 30-George T. Summer1in, Charge D'Afaires at Mex ico City, was instructed by the State Department that he might attend the Inauguration of President A1varo Obregon tomorrow, but only in an unofficial position. These instruc- tions were issued, it is said. in order to enable MT. Summerlin to answer the invita- ation of the Mexican gov ernment. He was instructed that he might say he would be delighted to attend in his private capacity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-30
NO CASE AGAINST MACHBaCK.

Louis Machback of R. F. D. No. 35, Westp1rt, charged with driving his automobile past a standing trolley car at the corner of Brewster street and Fairfield avenue. had his case nolled in the City court this morning. The motorman of tn etrolley testified that Machback had not passed the trolley and the slight injuries which resulted to one of the passengers on the car who was struck by the auto was due to his carelessness is not needing the warning of the motorman when he stepped from the trolley at that point