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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
REORGANIZATION
 OF FIELD FORCE
Collector Walsh Makes Five
 Divisions In State.

Hartford, May S@CoTlector of in terna1 revenue James J. Walsh has completed the reorganization of h.s field force under a plan which will be put in operation Immediately. The district of Connecticut will be divTd- ed into five divisions, with division chief in charge, and each division sub-divided into zones with one or more zone deputies in each zone Each division is to have a headquart- CTS office.
 Division headquarters, where of fees will be open during business hours every day, will be located in New Haven, Bridgeport Waterbury, and New London, and, of course, the main\ office in Hartford.
 The five divisions have been sub divided into zones Division number one, which comprises Hartford, Part of Holland and MiddIesex counties, has been divided into three zones, the headquarters of the zone being Hart ford, New Britain and MiddIetown. Division number two, which com prises the greater portion of New Haven county, is also divided into three zones, with zone headquarters at New Haven, Merfden and Ansonia. Division number three which com prises Fairfield county and part of Litchfield county, is also divided in to three zones with zone headquart- CTS at Bridgeport, Stamford and Danbury.
 Division number four which com prises part of New Haven county and l CContinued on Page Sjx)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
REPORT REBELS HAVE
 TAKEN MEXICO CITY

Fl Paso, Texas, May S-Three state capitals in Mexico fell into the hands of revolutionists today through the revolt of Carranza garrisons CO., incidentally with the unconfirmed re- port given out by revolutionists here that Mexico City, capital of the re- public, had been taken by General Benjamin Hill.
 From various parts of Mexico, especially immediately south of the Texas border, east of Ojinaga to the Gulf of Mexico, reports of revolution ary gains have come pouring into Fl Paso during the last 24 hours.
 Matamoras, opposite Brownsville, Texas, and Piedras Negras, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas, were wavering, according to claims made by agents of the liberal con- stitutfonaIist party here. Camargo, Tamauipas, already has fallen into the hands of President CaIranza' S enemies, and Neuvo Laredo, TamauH- pas, was seriously menaced. it was said.
 Victories also have been won farther south, revolutionist leaders here said. Tehuantepec Isthmus and Oaxam, both in the state of Oaxaca- and the railway junction of Cordoba Vera Cruz, have been lost by the fed erals, according to reports given ou1 at military headquarters in Juarei opposite here
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
ANOTHER GAR
 STRIKE POSSlBL- 2: 5:

New York. May - Possibility of another strike of Brooklyn Rapid ETansit Company employees tying up at least in part the Brooklyn subways, and elevated and surface lines, loom eJ today with the publication of a letter from Ldnd1ey NJ Garrison, re eeiver, to Mayor Hy1an, rejecting the latest demands of the An1a1gan1afed Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees. The unions ex- Fcutive committee called on MT Gar rison yesterday to post notices pro hibit4ng employees from seeking to organize a. rival union- A strike vote was threatened unless he acted.
 MT. Garrison, answering an appeal from Mayor Hy4an to avert trouble Said that go far as the management Is concerned the employees may join whatever organization they please, he only restriction being that such organization shall not be antd-socia In ifs ob5ecaE
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
18 BRIDCEPORT[S> CASES LISTED Three Murderers To Be Tried At May Term of
 Court.

Three murder cases, all from Stam- ford, are scheduled to come up at the May sitting of the criminal Su- perior Court which opens Tuesday morning at the County Court House. There are IS Bridgeport cases listed and the most important of these are the cases of Jose T. Villa, Frank Bal lista and George Maum. three men arrested in the recent vice raids. There are four cases of robbery, four of burglary, one theft and one big amy case. The list of prisoners fol- lows:
 At41ins Vergorakis, theft; Peter La Charity, bigarny; George Lesko, rob bery; Stephen Hrace, robbery; John Dush, robbery; Albert B. Gaborey robbery; Harry Chime, burglary
 Charles Lucas, burglary; Joseph Bar rick, burglary; Stephen Ropko, bur
 glary; Jose T. Villa, living off pros
 titute; Frank BalIista, living of
 prostitute; George Maum, living of
 prostitute, all of this city.
 Roman Howanice, murder; Beni Locfnjcfzf, murder; Charles Miels- l rarck, murder; Veni Bennett, high way robbery; Harry Rines, carrying weapons; Phillip, Cohen, carrying weapons; George Anderson, false pre- tense; Louis Devesto, living off pros
 itute; Matthew Gafney, indecent as sanlt; Fred Lockwood, indecent as- all of Stamford
 William H- Seymore, burglary, Nor | walk; Louis Lang, embeZzlem ent- Greenwich; George H. Ashton, bur g1ary, Greenwich; Charles Anderson robbery, New Canaan; Leonard l Chamber1a in seduction, Stratford Eugene Connolly, non-support, West port
 Albert Miles, burglary; Andrew Marsh, burglary; Thomas Smith. bur, glary; Michael B1awat, burglary, al of DaIlibuTiy-
 William HoI1eran, intent to ms7r- der; Peter Nagy. deserting family; George I6nehan, burglary; Johr Clark, burglary; Benny Simon, stat utory uape, all of Bridgeport Paul Veres, assault, Fairfield
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
BETTER ATTACK MADE
 ON ADMINISTRATION

New York, May S-An attack on the administration of President Will son and prediction that the Social ist party would poll more than D. 900, 600 votes in the 1920 presidential campaign were made today by Morris Hillauit, elected temporary chairman of the Socialist National Convention al its opening session here today
 In his speech, which was regarded as the keynote address of the conven- ton, MT Hi1lquit, one time candi date for the New York mayoraIity, pre- dieted that the party survive the concerted attack ''unparalleIed iH ferociousness and lawlessness made on it in the last year by "aIl the powers of darkness and oppression in the country
 Turning then to the present admin istration, MT. Hillquit declared that the last three years have furnished the most striking and abhorren; proof of the faIlacy of the good man. theory in politics.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
SILESIA
 EXPECTS TROUBLE: ]:

Berlin, May S---W9lateEer the out come Of the elections in upper Silesda
 there will be trouble, in the view of a large number of Upper STlesian Ger mans and Poles with whom an Asso- ciated Press correspondent talked during an extensive tour of the pie lyiScite zone. This also is the view of many neg4rafs who have studied the situation, which is regarded as one of the most interesting and complex in central Europe
 Entente officials in Upper SDesia were reluctant to discuss the question of the future of that great mining district, but it is said some believe that, f the Poles will undertake the removal of 50 of the most active Ger man agitators from the district would ensure peace
 The Inter-AEfed Commission now is the subject of sharp criticism by Pol i ish sympatfhzers who complain thai ] it failed to take the necessary meas
 ures Sunday last to protect the Pol ish demonstrators from German at tacks
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
PETTY kOBBERlES
 KEEP POLICE BUSY
No Sign of Let-Up-Four More Reported
 Today.


 Members of the Detective Bureau for some time past have been exceed ingly busy in running down petty thefts and burgiaries, and there is no sign of a 1et-up. More reports of robberies continue to pour in.
 The Lexington Pharmacy, at g Lexington avenue was entered by burglars recently and 100 grains of morphine pills and $10 in cash was taken.
 Mrs. Helen Starkey of 87 Summer field avenue, reported that thieves en- tered her home yesterday and stole $23 worth of jewelry and $3 in cash.
 Sneak thieves entered the room of Charles Tornigan, S72 Main street. and stole S160 from a trunk.
 Early this morning, Sergeant Po- land discovered a light burning in the Strand theatre. He investigated, and was just in time to see three men run from the building. The policemen fired a shot to halt the fugftives, but they made their escape.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
VERDICT
 IN STEEL SUIT

Judgment is reversed and the case remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield county by a decis- ion of the Supreme Court of Errors today in the case of the Crucible Steel Co. of America against the Pre- mier Manufacturing co. of Newtown. The Supreme Court finds there was error in the judgment. The decision is given with the direction to enter judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of S169.S2 with interest from the date of the writ.
 Action was brought in October, 1918, for s176. Judge Walsh in Com mon Pleas Court decided for the de- fendant company. The case came up over payment for some champion high speed steel and the defendant company claimed the material was not delivered in time to be of use.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
BREAKS HEAD OF
 FELLOW WORKER
Mas In Critical Condition From Fractured
 Skull.

As the result of being struck on the head this morning by an iron bar which was wiefded by Louis Rada, of BostWick avenue, John T. Mas, Of 5SS 1-2 Lafayette street, is in a critical condition at the Bridgeport hospital The man is suffering from a. fractured skull, and his recovery is doubtful
 Both men are employees of the American Tube & Stamping Co.,, and it was at this factory where the fight occurred Up until noon today the police had secured no Information as to what started the fracas. Rada was placed under arrest by Special Officer BIakesley, immediately after the fsA He was arraigned in the City (e Fprithis morning, on a, charge of assa:AS l 3 VI the case was continued until May7ae wending the outcome of Mas injurievisit Bonds were fixed at $2,0O0.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
FRED ENOS IS
 SERIOUSLY ILL

Fred Enos, head of the Union Bus mess college, is confined in the Bridgeport hospital with a serious at tack of illness. Mir Enos was for Is years collector of customs here when the district comprised only the Por. of Bridgeport He served as collector for Q short time after the district was extended to include the entire state and was succeeded by James L. Me Govern, the present collector. H+r. Enos was for many years head of the old Board of Trade, which consol- dated with the Chamber of Com merce.. His complete and speedy re- covery is hoped for.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
HIGH PRICES ON
 VEGETABLES

Fertilizer men and seed dealers agreed yesterday that high prices for vegetables next summer were ines- canabIe. A dealer on State street said that twice a week he was receiving from wholesalers new prices for their eoods and that customers who had already ordered were wise in the gen eration. According to his statement everything connected with the pro- duction of green vegetables is ascend ing. This included farm labor es- pecialfy. He argued that men till ing home gardens were sure to save heavily in the summer. Such would he able to raise their own vegetables and wo11Ld not be compelled to rely on market gardeners
 In some of the suburbs there is a call for either garden plots or land already plowed and narrowed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
klEv FALLS BEFORE
 ATTACK OF POLISH
 AND UKRAINE ARMY
Campaign For Posses sion of City Temporar- fly Successful BOl- sheviki Brought in Russian Marines and Chinese Troops.

London, May Polish and Ukrainian troops captured Kiev on Thursday night, ac- cording to an official state ment issued at Moscow yester- day and received here by wire less.
 The text of the statement says
 Tn the Kiev region during the night of May CT our, troops engaged superior enemy forces northwest and southwest of Kiev- Toward evening the enemy broke into the outskirts ts of the town but were held up by oul counter attacks. Later our troops in accordance with orders started tc withdraw in order to the left bank of the Dnieper river
 ''In the direction of Pyta1of cul troops repulsed an enemy advance 2( miles south of Krasny. In the direc- tion of Igumen (east of M1nsk) thf enemy attempted to cross the Beres- ina river near Beresina village bu, was driven back across the river
 Reports that Kiev had fallen wert current in Warsaw on Monday of thi: week but subsequent developInen showed these reports to have beer erroneous. Today's advices from tht Soviet side, however, seem to leave nt room for doubt that the Polish cam Paign for possession of the city ha; Ebeen at least temporarily successful
 The latest adVices from Warsaw oI the Kiev campaign are two days old the news received this morning having been filed on the Polfsh capital a S:30 D. m- on Thursday The report available in Warsaw at that time in dicated that the fight for the ap proacHaes to the city was stih in pro gress during the day, Thursday
 Kiev, a city of 25o,990 or mort population before the war, is the cap dtal of the Ukraine The town ha! changed hands several times durins Fhe fighting between contRndinF groups in Ukra1nfan territory and thi
 CContinuea on Page Six,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
TRY ID GET
 BEST APPEAL

Pontiac, Mich, May s.---Anson Best, convicted last night of the murder of Vera Schneider, a, telephone operator, and sentenced to life imprisonment at Marquette, will not be taken to the northern Michigan prison immediate dy. IA movement to finance an appeal by popular subscription, begun iTnme- diateIy after the verdict was being continued today.
 In his statement before sentence was pron ounced, Best asserted Vehe- mentEy that he was innocent, and a purse was immediately started It was said to contain $1 eco this morn- ing.
 The prisoner in his direct testimony and on cross examination maintained he had never known Miss Schneider and that the confession offered by the prosecution was obtained from hlm under 6res.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
90 TO WEDDING IN AN AIRPLANE

London, May S-King Albert and
 Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, who left Brussels for England by airplane at 10 o'clock this morning, landed at Farnborough, in Kent, at 1:57 o'clock this afternoon. The Belgian royal made the trip to attend the wedding of Lady Cynthia Curzon, daughter of Earl Curzon. the foreign secretary, and Lieutenant Oswald Erna1d Mos ley, coaIton-unionist member of the House of Commons for the Harrow division of MiddleseN. The wedding will be held in London. next Tuesday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
CAPTAIN DOUGHTY DEAD.

Noank, Conn, May 8-Captain Will liam Doughty, 64, former commander of the steam yacht Rosa1ie, owned by the late Senator Hooker of Hartford was found dead in his bed early to- day Death was caused by heart fail ure.
 Captain Doughty was born in Bay Shore, L. L. and came to Noank when a young man. He was well known along the eastern seabosrd as a, master sailor of excellent record. He was for some time in command of a steam yacht owned by Governo. Tippit of Rhode Island
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
GERMAN DELEGATES MAY NOT ATTEND
 SPA CONFERENCE
Must Be Assured They Will Be Given Hear ing-Gern1any is Far From Being Bankrupt Says Minister of Fin ance.

Berlin, May S-Germany's
 delegates to the Spa confer
 enee will refuse to attend that meeting if not assured they will be given a hearing, said Dr. Wirth, Minister of Finance. speaking at Dresden yesterday.
 They will be prepared to lay the true state of affairs before allied rep reserrtadves, he declared. and VIII ze able to demonstrate that the economtc
 poslClon of the continent depends
 upon that of Germany.
 'I will show the door to anyone | suggesting to me that Germany is banlaFUpH,'' he asserted 'sI.he fate of the German mark is also the fate of the French franc. We are going to Spa to give a straightforward. honest exp8anadon- We have nothing to hide If, however, we are only to listen to deliberations of others we will not eeo''
 | Paris, May s-Reports -of-a possible ! postponement of the Spa conference between allied and German delegates from May 25 to June 10 have caused | a universal protest from editors of
 newspapers here. They fear the l meeting may be deferred indefinitely. l Premier Mi11erand's visit to London
 next week for the purpose of con- | ferring with Premier Lloyd George as | to indemnity payments VIII be impor- i tant, it is indicated, as the British 1 premier is believed to favor the pay
 ment of a hump sum by Germany in i place of the present plan by which i the allies would be paid an indeter. 1 ninate amount.
 The Germans have not yet made any formal request for the postpone eCoutinued on Page SK1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
$2, 500 Yearly For
 Support Of Family

Washington, May s.---A minimum of $2,5O0 a year is necessary for the support Of an American family of five WI. Jett Iauck, consulting econ- ornist for the railroad brotherhoods asserted today before the railway la- bor board MT. La1ok, who yesterday charged corporate prohteers with be- ing chiefly responsible for present Ewing costs, presented today a de mand on behalf of the ? 800, 900 rail way employees for the establishment of a minimum wage throughout the industry. He presented to the board a compilation of budgets on the cost of living based on studies made under his supervision and by federal and state agencies
 'tIt is impossible,' he said. flor a family of five in the United States to maintain itself even in decent poverty
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
PLAN TO BUILD
 LARGEST HOTEL

Chicago, May 8.---Plans for the largest hotel in the world were made public today. The hotel will be in five units, with the present Edge water Beach Hotel as one unit, and will front three city blocks on Lake Michigan and Sheridan Road. The architects have planned 4,OO0 rooms. The cost is estimated at SIS, 100000
 A theatre seating 2,50o persons, 400 Izftchenettes for those who desire to cook their own meals and one sixteen story unit for bachelors are features
 A minimum charge of $15 a day in one of the units is contemplated.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08

under existing conditions for penny less than $2,50O a year."
 His estimate, he said, was support ed by government agencies and quot ed the estimate made by Professor Royal s. Meeker, commissioner of Labor Statistics, in August, 1919. The estimate was $2,262. The estimate for May. he insisted should be $2, 3.
 MT. Lauck in his statement declared that ''the fundamental cause of all economic instability, all industrial un- rest, all Interruptions of production and distribution has been high prices and profteering by organized capital and nidd1emen and retailers.
 In concluding, the brotherhood spokesman requested that the board curtaiI it's examination of wage data and proceed immediately to the deter imitation of the question of what con stitutes a living wage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
KILLED
 AND 4 INJURED

Baltimore, Md, May S-Charles Parks, a fireman, was killed and four other members of the fire depart ment were injured at a, blaze which wrecked the interior of a, retail clothing store in Baltimore street near Calvert early today. The Emerson Hotel, two doors away, was menaced for a time but there was no panic among the guests. The loss on the building and the stock of the cloth ing company was estimated at $780, 900.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
15O GO ON STRIKE.

New London, May 8-About 150 local men employed at the state pier in unloading fruit and loading flour went on strike this morning. The men have been getting 62 1-2 cents an hour and they demand so cents. Unless the strike is settled the steam CT Ciarksburg loaded with 1inseed from Rio Janiero, will be taken to some other port to be unIoaded
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
TUG BOAT MEN GOING BACK.

The harbor tug boat men who struck in sympathy with the railroad men are soon to go back. Their em- pIoyes have promised the captains and mates of these boats a twenty-five per cent. raise on their present sal aries. As two of the White Line tugs left here this morning with one of the Blue Line tugs there is a pos sibility of the ozllers following their action.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
HAVE MONTH TO
 CONSIDER PACT

Paris, May S---The council of am
 bassadors today decided to give Fur
 key a month to consider the peace treaty which will be presented to the Turkish plenipotentiaTies in the clock room at the foreign office next Tues
 day afternoon. The ceremonial Of
 presentation will be of a formal bus simple character.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
MINOR WANTS DIVORCE.

Earlene E. M Booth, a minor, by Raymond F. Dudley has brought suit against Howard E. Booth of this city for divorce, charging into1eralole cru city They have a one-year-old child and she asks for a divorce and the custody of the child. They were mar ried on June 26. 1918, and before she was married her maiden name was D,7d1av
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
PULLMAN MAY
 SUCCEED BISHOP

Teachers who will be engaged to teach in the public schools Tor the en- suing year will be elected at the meet Ing of the school board Monday night. Two assistant superintendents, John B. Wynkoop and F. E. Cortright, t7i1I also be elected as will the office assistants. It is expected that Attor- hey John S. Pullman will be chosen ! member of the board to succeed the late Nathaniel W. Bishop, de- ceased.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
MOTHERS DAY.

Tom morrow will be Mothers Day. All over the world Christian people. will specially and gratefully honor their mothers. In many of the To- cal churches the ministers will use the mother theme in their sermons and in practically every church ref erence at least will be made to the day and it's meaning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
ENIPLOYES TO ABSTAIN FROM
 USE OF SUGAR

East Palestine, O., May g. Five hundred employees of a tire and rubber company here have signed an agreement not to use sugar in their coffee or tea un- til the prevailing high price of the sweetening commodity declines
 The agreement is said to be the first of a number in an at tack against the high cost of Hv- ing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
oasD AGAINST RATHARTo.

Anthony Ratharto, of IT Reilly t+reet. the young man who was box tng with Louis SuIle, of State street. when the latter dropped dead from bver-exertion, was arraigned in the ritv Court this morning, on a charge bf rnanslaughter. The case was nolled h7asrnuch as the finding of Coroner iohn J. Phelan dissolved Ratharto rom all blame.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
CHILD DROWNED.

Ansonia, Conn.,, May S-Stephen the two year old son of MT. and Mrs John Martin, was drowned late yes terday afternoon in a small brook which runs through the yard of his home here. The child was last seen playing about the yard and later was found in the brook. \
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
LODGE 11s CHANGES NUMBER

According to reports the so called teinstatfng Of Lodge No. 80 has turn Id osrt to be fine old lodge 116 of the kr1exican Federation of Labor, which k changing its lodge number to Lodge No SC.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-08
RECEIVED 7,5oo TONS OF COAL.

The Bridgeport coal companies re- ceived 7,5oO tons of coal this morning. The tugboat James McWilliams of the Blue Line Towing Co. this morning brought in from New York two barges of coal from the New York ceal docks, and it is expected that within the next few days coal will be com- Sag in regularly.