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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-19
WILL BUILD AIRPLANES
100000 Company to Establish Lurre
Airship Plant mt Charlotte.
NOrthcrn (rnnIfnl

CHARLOTTE. y. c.. Sept. ia
company 10 be known as the Morrow
Aircraft Corporation has been orpon.
lied here by Charlotte and Northern
capitalists with authorized capital
stock or 100000. a plant for the
llShed here.
w: II: Clark. of Washington, y. T..
W. r. Bruton. Of Seaford, Del. ana
leaders in the enterprise II is cx-
pccted that suitable building will
be secured and the plant will he put
IN operation without having to wait
for the erection OF one.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-19
NEGROES TO HAVE BANK
Raleigh Coiored Folks obtain Charter
ana Subscriptions to Capital Stock
Arc Pouring In.

RALEIGH, y. c.. Sept Isl. NJ
Cheek. editor. OF the Independent. a
negro Journal, - at the head OF
mere Il negro bank. a charter has
been obtained authorizing $4,000 Of
capital stock.
The well-to-do colQred people OF
taking considerable blocks Of stock,
and many negroes OF limited means
are becoming subscribers to the cap
ital stock in more or less small
amounts. There seems to be no doubt
OF The SUCCESS of tho movement.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-19
BUILDING BIG BRIDGES
Costly Structures Over YadkiD md
Roanoke Rivers in North Caro-
linn Vital tn Trn(0c.

The Raleigh correspondent Of the
Record calls attention
and being finished by the North Caro-
Ira Highway Commission. The COM
mission has just let the contract for
a $4,000 bridge across the Yadkin
River. between Stanley and Montgom-
cry Counties. on the Charlotte Raleigh
highway. the builder 10 be the Cor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-19
RAILWAY WORK AHEAD
Norfolk and FLAMING Heavy
expenditures for improvements
Mt ROanoke md I.IsexSh.r.

ROANOKE. VA. Sept. ls.-'rhe i'm
proEnHiehtS the norfolk and West
ern hallway plans In and about Ron
noke viii. it Is announced. include an
ADDITION to the West End round :
house that Will cost 100000.
me creosoting plant that is to be
established at Radford is IN 80,
$4,000 Other improvements both at
Roanoke and Radford are In CON
temptation. and IL Is understood that
PIE work viii be in progress all the
fall and winter
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-19
FINEST FRUIT OF VIRGINIA
IS NEW INTERPRETATION
Virginia Fruit Growers' AssocintIon
SucceHsfui and Looks Forward to
Greater Things Next Yenr

STAUNTON. VA. Sept lS.-B. C..
Moomaw. president OF the Virginia
FRUIT Growers Association, csti-
this year 200 carloads OF apples or
10000 barrels. The bulk Of the fruit
VIII go South. although fair ship
to the Middle West
The association. which Is now en-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-19
Small Farms to lie p.y.,on.a.

c, SALISBURY. N. c.. Sept. iS.NThe
t S Mountain Farms Corporation
capital stock to develop small farms
In this Immediate section. The com
pany VIII cut up large tracts into
the right kind of farmers on easy
terms. North Carolina and Chicago
capital Is Interested in this deyelono
mcnt movement
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-19
VIII Operate rnr Er,,-h,,,

=, WASHINGTON. y. c., Sept. is
with Ncwbcrn capitalists and Tniscd
IN. necessary money to buy siy or
more tugs and barges To be operated
In carrying freight between the two
points ana Northern ports. This traf
nc WI! be by the inland wniermar
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-19
BETTER SCHOOLHOUsES
One District In Wise County yo,..
Hood Nancy for Three First
CLAIM SchooIs

WISE: VA. Sept 1s.-Richmond
school District OF Wise County has
voted $4,000 OF school bonds. the
proceeds from the sale of which Will
The fund Will be divided as fol-
lows: for Appalachia. $4,000; for
East Stone Gap. $4,000. and for Buf-
ia!o, Sr5oO 1T is not yet known
what Will be the character Of the
buildings 10 be erected OF when CON
tracts viii be made.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
LEGAL RIGHTS
 WERE EXCEEDED

Judge John J. Walsh of the Court of Common Pleas has decided that the Selectmen of the Town of Stratford exceeded their legal authority in es- ta blishing a building line on the prop erty of Olafo Christianson and de- ciared the act Of the Selectmen null and void and awarded the plaintiffs costs of the action.
 The Judge states in his memoran- dunn of decision, that by an act of the Legislature in 1913 the Selectmen were authorized to fix building lines on property in the town only when the damages to the owners do not eX- ceed the benefits derived from the fixing of the building lines, and that where the damages exceed the ben efits they have no authority to fix building lines.
 The electmen reported that the damages and benefits were equal ill the matter of the building line on Christianson's property but the Judge finds that the damages in fact greatly exceed the benefits and therefor de- clares the action of the Selectmen void.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
ALLEGE
 MISUSE
 OF MAIL
Oil Companies, Il Brokerage Houses
 Are Indicted.

New York, June 24-Four oil com panies, ten brokerage houses and about fifty individuals have been in- dicted by the federal grand jury on a charge of using the mails to de- fraud investors out of millions of dollars, it was learned today when seals on the indictment were ordered broken.
 Federal agents in cities throughout the country are now engaged in rounding up the men indicted. They are charged with having made gross misrepresentations regarding oil prop critics and with paying dividends out of money sobtained from the sale of stock.
 The companies involved are the Ranger Oil Company. W. P. Williams Oil Company, Great Western Pero- leum Corporation and Crown Oil Company.
 Brokerage concerns indicted are Stickney, Rawlinson & Colclough, Boston; Curtis, Packer & Company, United Securities Company, H. Ken thoImes & Company, H. Morgan Pol lock & Company. Thompson. James & Company, Cross, Sherman 6, Com pany, George A. Lamb & Company, E. M Fuller & Company, and Green baum, Bigelow & Greenbaum, nearly all of tn em with headquarters this city,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24

 DIV IDED
 } WAYS
According to Report Current in Labor
 Circles.

Chicago, June 24.---A report in cir culation in labor circles today said the railway labor board was divided three ways on the wage controversy, the labor group holding out for an award which both the company and public representative thought exor- bitant. and the company group re- fusing to concede an award that the public group held reasonable
 No message from President Wilscsl asked an immediate decision on the wage question had been received when the board resumed deliberations to- day.
 While conceding that each group held its own ideas and that there was naturally a wide divergence of opinion, G. w. Hanger, member of the board, declared today that there was nothing in the present sit uation to warrant the assumption that the board faced a deadlock. There was every indication, he said. that satisfactory agreement would be reached within reasonable length of time.
 Union leaders here, however, were not so optimistic. The Brotherhood men who adopted a stand of passive neutrality when the board was creat- ed and later became openly hostile when the decison was delayed, de- clared they believed the board would be wrecked on the same deadlock
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
BRIDGEPORT BOYS GET
 HIGH HONORS AT YALE

High awards at Yale were won by Bridgeport students, the list of uni versity and college prizes for 1919-2S indicates. Of the 9S awards, 22 were taken by local students.
 John M. Comley was awarded his degree of Bachelor of Laws, magma cum 1aude, which is the highest honor a graduate may receive. He also won prize of $50 for being the alumni student, who received the highest marks in his annual exami- nations. MT. Conley has recently been admitted to the bar in this state.
 Among the other local prize win ners who received degrees of Bache- Tor of Philosophy. were William Men del of 1908 Park avenue, summa cum 1aude; Paul L. Green, 649 Laurel av- enue, magma cum 1aude; Arch F. Ra- katzky, magma cum laude; Carl F. Dane, cum laude; Adelbert~ D. Knox, 77 Alpine avenue, cum laude.
 Philip C.. Platt of 105 Wentworth street, received the honors for having general two-year honors for excel lence in all studies. Excellency. in all studies for one year was received by Edmund A. Anderson of this city.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
ExPEL RYAN
 FROM EXCHANGE

New York, June 24-A1lan A. Ryan, chairman of the Stutz Motor Car Co.,, who became involved in a controversy with officials of the New York Stock Exchange over an all legged corner in Stutz, has. been ex- pelied from the Exchange, according to an announcement today by the board of governors.
 The announcement followed a protracted executive session yester- day, when the board quizzed many witnesses, chiefly brokers, who fig ured in the alleged corner last March. Ryan was charged with principles inconsistent with just principles of trade.'' He charac. terized the attitude of the governor ing committee as unjust and did not attend the sessions which he de- nounced as "star chamber proceed ings.
 After the Stutz controversy deveI- oped he resigned from the exchange and asked that his seat be sold, but the request was not granted
 The exchange suspended trading in Stutz in March after rapid jumps ip it's price. Ryan later settled with the shorts for $55o a share and made a large profit
 It was said at the exchange that no member of the governoring com mittee who was interested in Stutz stock voted on the expulsion. Ryan had made charges against some of the governors during the controversy over the corner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
WORKERS WORRY OVER
 POSSIBLE SHUTDOWN

Workers in the various factories throughout the city are becoming worried over the report that Bridge port is facing a possible shut down of a number of their factories and the laying off of hundreds of their workers.
 The Locomobile Co. employees were notified this morning that on Mon day the entire factory would be closed down for two weeks to take inventory. The night force has been laid off permanently and reports coming from other factory workers show that most of them are slack The Singer Co., who are at present working nine hours a day will short ly go back to the old schedule of eight hours.
 Labor party organizers in the city are the authority for the statement that there is a movement on foot by the manufacturers to cut their working forces in half in order to reduce wages. They also hint that this is the first stsp in .. general movement that may possibly result from the lay off of large percentage of the working forces. As a counter move against the manufacturers an organizing party of 12 men represent ing the Ama1gamated Metal Workers of America were recently brought to this city from New York and will try and unionize the metal workers of the city and advocate a 44-hour week with an increase of 25 per cent. in wages
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
WILL
 CONTROL STORE
1000 Workers At Brass Company Form As
 sociation.

Another step in the battle against the high cost of living will be taken on Monday when the Bridgeport store in the building at the corner of East Main and Walters streets that was formerly occupied by the old Village Store.
 Following a meeting last week of the foremen and executives of the company, a plan whereby the store is to be operated and controlled by the employees was put into effect. Each em- ploye of the company who wishes to trade at the store must buy one share of stock in the store at $10 per share. The $10 may be paid in weekly insta1lments. If the employe is discharged or leaves the company's s employ he is refunded the amount of his investment. This plan differs from that carried >out by the othet factories in the city where these stores are operated, as the capital has been furnished by the company. The store will come under the supervision of the Welfare Department and will be known as the Brasco Co-operativ Store Association.
 Six hundred fifty employey of the Main plant and $50 members of the Union branch have subscribed to shares, making a total of 1000 stock holders. Any member of the share holders family may buy at the store full line of groceries will be car ried.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
CHILD RAN
 INTO STREET.

Mrs. Jane We1stead of 68 Bell street, Boston Terrace, told Coroner John J. Phelan this morning at the inquest on the death of three year old George Demas, that she was com ing along Howard avenue towards State street yesterday noon, when she saw the little boy running out of the gate of the yard in the rear of the drug store on the corner of State street and Howard avenue when the automobile van was passing. Mrs Welstead said that she made grab for the child, trying to stop it from running into the truck, but missed and the child ran between the wheels and was run over and killed. She screamed and the van was stopped in a very short space.
 The driver, Edward Cavanagh, said that he did not see the child and did not know anything was wrong until he hear the scream. He had felt a slight shock and though he had run over a stone. He did not know he had run over the child until he got off the van.
 The van was owned by Charles Cavanagh of 1927 Railroad avenue and was. driven by his son, Edwar d Cavanagh-
 = In the City Court Edward Cavan- agh was held in $1.000 bail till July
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
FIVE INJURED
 IN COLLISION
Express Train Hits Freight Car in Hartford
 Yards.

Hartford, Conn.,, June 2E---Three passengers were slightly hurt and two railroad employees were sent to the hospital early today after an express train, No. 70, from New York to Bos- ton, by way of the Boston and Albany road, was in collision with a freight car in the yards of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad here.
 Engineer R. Gray was seriously burned and Fireman Daniel Bailey had a compound fracture of the left leg. The names of the passengers hurt were not available here. It is understood they proceeded
 The express was running into the yards at the Broad street crossing near the state armory when a lone freight car, which was standing in the track, was hit The express engine. mail and baggage cars were derailed and the engine tipped over, blocking tracks numbers one and two which compelled a detour of trains south and to Waterbury for a number of hours.
 Engineer Gray has but slight chance of recovery. Both he and Bailey are at St. Francis hospital Gray's home is at 25 RittenSouse Terrace, and Bailey's at 257 Dwight street extension, both in Springfield Mass.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24

Terror held sway yesterday and last night, rifle and machine gunflre sweeping the streets in the fiercest fighting to deveIope thus far in the civil war which began last Friday between Unionist and Nationalist forces.
 It is believed that there were scores of victims. Hospitals are being taxed to their capacity in caring for those struck down by bullets fired by the opposing factions.
 Nationalist forces are said to be gathering to the northwest of the city preparatory to an attack. while Unionist adherents are entering town and are being collected for a grim defense of the place. A British de- stroyer is lying in Lough Foyle. north of the city.
 The men engaged in the actual fighting are the extremists of the con- tending factions and probably num- Der only a few hundred. They alb. solutely terrorized the city yesterday however, as they fired volleys down the streets from barricades they had erected, or. posted on roofs or in windows, shoot at almost everyone who dared to appear.
 The number of known dead is II.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
SHELBY WINS
 HIS MATCH Robert Abbott Defaults and R. $. Miner and Strong
 Win.

The match between w. Parker See ley of the Brooklawn Country Club and E. w. English of the Waterbury Country Club was the closest of the morning round in the golf tourna- ment for the state championship now being played over the Brooklayn Country Club links Seeley was given d hard battle by his opponent, the final score being one up in Seeley's favor Robert Abbott, an ex-state
 champion, defaulted to w. F. Faussett of Racebrook.
 The withdrawal of Abbott cuts down Brooklawn's chances for winning tho championship to some extent as does the defeat of c. G. Waldo by R. C.. Bigelow of Wee Burn, 3 up. H. ID. Strong disposed of A. D. Ranney of Greenwich, and 5, and R. s. Miner
 of Weatogue continued to play the
 same steady game, beating out W. D
 Macdonald of Waterbury two up and one to go.
 match:
 J. H. A1corn of the New Haven
 Country club, defeated Artemus
 Holmes of the Woodway Country club, six to five.
 Bunker Cup match-Hoge Gillian of Wee Burn defeated H. N. French of the New Haven Country club. one up. c. P. Durfee defeated Jonathan Grant of the Brooklawn Country club, one up. A. D. Dodge of Hart ford defeated F. l.. Mills of Brook lawn, five and four w. L. Weedon of BrookIawn defeated W. H. Booth 1. of Shuttle Meadow, six to five. w. J. Warner of Race Brook defeated R. c. | Sargent of New Haven. one up. B. Japp of Weatogue defeated G. B. Car hart of Greenwich, one up. J. J. Van Schaack of Hartford defeated P. Rothwen of Hartford, one up. Fourth Sixteen-W. Patterson, o1 l Race Brook, defeated H. c. Irving, o1 l Weatogue, two up.
 | Fifth Sixteen-Tom Mclaughlin, o1 | Weatogue, defeated B. c. Spargo, o1 1 Brooklawn, five and three. l Roy Youngs, of Weatogue, defeat l ed c. Latham, of Breoklawn, oni !
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
BRYAN WILL NOT
 BE A CANDIDATE

Great Halls, Mont. June 24-wil- liam T. Bryan will not be candidate of a third party for the presidency, he declared here in commenting on a despatch from Lincoln, Neb., telling of his indorsement for the presi- dency by Nebraska members of the committee of forty-eight.
 Referring to a wet plank, he said. in an address from the rear platform of the train on which ne was bound for San Francesca:
 ~f the Democrats are going to die I would rather see them die in Mo- vember than commit suicide in June am going to ask for a dry plank There may be fight on a dry plank but there is not a chance for a wet plank to be adopted at San Fran cisco.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
HAD BIG LOAD
 OF WHISKEY

Michael Ryan, proprietor of Fairfield avenue saloon, and Theodore Balban and Martin Eschbach, both of New York city, were arrested by Federal agents in Stamford last night charged with attempting to transport 200 gallons of whiskey from New York to Bridgeport. Balban and Eschbach were on q motor truck which was loaded with whiskey, and Ryan is said to have been short distance ahead of them in a pleasure car. The whiskey was confiscated by the prohibition Endorsement agents. and {. the shreea men were broug}1 to Bridgeport.
 The cases were brought before U. S. Commissioner Hugh J. Lavery this morning. and continued under $500 bonds until July s. Each man furnished the necessary bonds
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
CRAZY WOMAN
 HANDS OUT TIP

That 10 women had arrived in Bridgeport from Mexico last night for he purpose of blowing up aN the eanks in the city, was the gist of a telephone message received by Lieu enant Arthur L. Prout at police head luarters about 9:50 last night.
 The mysterious telephone call was made by woman whose identity is unknown to the police, and according to her ''tip,'' the banks were to be dy- namited at F o'clock midnight. The F>5rst-Bridgeport National bank in Main street was picked as the first banking institution to be wrecked. The detective department and police men on duty in the center of he city weer notified of the message and were ordered to arrest anyone who was act ing suspiciously in the neighborhood of the banks. It is believed that the woman who sent the message to the police is demented.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24

Not only the Tammany chief but all of his heutenantS refused SteadfaStly to discuss that subject or to say whether any anttprohibition move ment really had been launched at the French Lick conference. Thomas Taggart of Indiana, another principal in the conference, was expected to ar rive here late today or early tomor- row but it generally was predicted that the lines of division on the pro- hibition issue would not be clearly drawn until the convention actually gets under way on Monday.
 One element which tended to keeF the problem in Aux was the uncer- tainty of many of those here regard ing the position of President Wilson. The Virginia state platform which has been given the presidents un- qualified approval and which the na- tional platform is expected to be modelled after, is silent on the sub ject. Some of President Wilson's closest political friends in the admin istration, however, are known to have prepared a liberalization plank for which they are ready to make a fight in the convention
 This plank, said to have been drafted after conferences in Wash
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
BURIED ALIVE BUT NOT HURT Forte Will Probably Be Able To Leave Hospital
 Today.

John Forte of 436 North avenue, who was buried alive in an excavation at the east end of the Grand street bridge yesterday morning, was re- ported at St. Vincent's hospital this morning as being greatly improved. He will probably be discharged from the hospital today.
 Forte was none the worse for his experience after being dug out of the hole with the exception of weaken ed condition from his long imprison- ment in the hole. He was in the hole from 1O:20 in the morning until 2:50 o'clock in the afternoon. pr. Owen J. Groark of the Emergency hospital removed the man to the hospital in the ambulance after he had been dug out,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24
SUFFRAGE HOPES
 RAISED HlCH

Nashville, Tenn, June 24-Suf- nage hopes rallied today when it was learned Governor Roberts planned to call a, special session of the legislature to act on the federal suffrage amendment. He received a telegram from President Wilson urging such action in the interests of real service to the party and to the~nation-''
 Washington. June >24-Assistant At torney General Frierson has advised Governor Roberts of Tennessee that the legislature of that state can ratify the suffrage amendment without sub uniting the issue to the people.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-24

Two figures newly arrived on the scene attracted particular attention. One was Senator Carter Glass of Vir- ginia, fresh from Washington and generally reported to have brought President Wilson's own draft of the platform. The other was Charles F. Murphy of New York, the leader of Tammany Hall, who came direct from the widely heralded conference of old line party strategists at French Lick, Ind
 Both ofZthem were as busy as beavers but as silent and cagey as mice. Privately they took careful stock of the situation and conferred earnestly with other leaders from far and wide Publicly they refused to talk politics, outline what they hoped to accomplish or predict what the convention finally would bring forth MT. eMurphy was the new center of speculation on the subject of prohibi- ton The declaration of the New York state convention for repeal of the 18th amendment and widely cir ruIated reports of the patching of an anti-bone dry plan at French Lick helped to bolster the impression among delegates that Tamnany would lead in the effort to write such a plank into the platform