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The Washington times., 1920-10-29
.ROBS BRANCH
OF FPOSTOFF|CE
Lone Bandit Gets Between
$500 and S400 at Dupont
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Fedora hat. long light tan raincoat'
and tortise shell glasses-
~ would never have taken hf1 Tor
q hiEhwsyman.v said Miss Toe@e-
"His appearance indicated that be was
a young business man aAd ] hsd no
suspicion OF him. even though ! was
alone In the postoffiee.
IL opened the postoffice at
o'clock. and II was few minutes
later that the man walked In. His
tone at first was not commAndtng'
but after he whipped the revolver
from his pocket l saw he meant bus
mess. He was nervous and worked
In q hurry. He was only In the post
office about three minutes.
81 would have followed him had he
attem pted "a make his escape on foot
but he Ieaped into an sutsnohiie and
made his getaway"
That the robber had two confeder-
ates, who were outside the postonice
building. Is the belief of the police.
According to Harry swayns, en-
pioye OF w. F. GUIDE. the florist who
had Just delivered bouquet OF
flowers to Miss Louise Peisser. In
the Chalfonte Apartment. he saw the
bandit leave the postoffice and with
two other men leap into an auto
mobile and disappear.
The postoffice. Is within a stones
throw OF the home OF Miss Mabel i.
Boardman. one OF the District Com
missioners, who lives at 1901 p
street northwest.
LABORERs SAW ROBBERS.
Two Distria. 4aborers who were
working in the streets OF Dupont
Circle saw the robber leave the
building. They were taken by de-
tectives to the Union Station in an
effort to Identify the robber should
he attempt to leave the city by
train, but the men could not pick out
any OF the hundreds OF persons In
the Terminal.
The laborers, however, gave descrip-
tions OF three men. They say that one
OF tho men was about eighteen or
twenty years old. wore a light felt
hat and blue suit. The other man.
they said, wore n dark hat, light tan
raincoat and carried a parcel under
his arm.
a short time after .he robbery. W.
6. Thompson, superintendent Of the
branch postoffice station, reached the
postoffice and stated that the money
stolen by tho robbery was tho re-
ceipts OF sales of stamps sold on
Thursday. II was said that II has
been customary for Miss Toomb to
place the days receipt in an envelope
in the safe and that the funds were
deposited at the city postoffice at
Massachusetts avenue and North
Capitol street each morning.
Postoffice Inspector s. w. Purdum
is directing the investigation being
The Washington times., 1920-10-29

London. was one OF the few papers
that failed to note anything deeply
impressive in the demonstration.
Advices from Cork this morning
said the city was "seething with in
dignation. but was quiet Extensive
military precautions were taken
throughout Cork to cope with any
disorders.
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
WILDCAT BAD ACTOR.

WHEELING, W. Va, Oct. 29.--A
wildcat brought here by a circus
wrecked camera when an effort
Was made TO take It's picture. After
the camera the wildcat
ran back into his cage and some oss
slammed the door on him.
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
NUEBEARD CONVICTED
ON SWRDLINC CHARGE
Nay Not Be Tried for Alleged
killinQ of Women.

PARIS. Oct. 29.-Judgment was
rendered yesterday convicting Henri
Landru on the charge OF swindling
and OF being an habitual criminal and
he was sentenced to four years i'm
prisonment and subsequent deporta-
tion.
The prosecutor announced that
Landru might not be tried on the
murder charges growing out OF the
disappearance of eleven women TO
whom he was said TO have promised
marriage. This will be denied short
ly. Since his arrest two years ago.
Landru has been alluded to as q
modern "Bluebeard."
The Washington times., 1920-10-29

building material manufacturers
and dealers In New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Testi-
mony of open demand for "rake-
offs" and ruined business in cases
Of refusal to pay this 'blood
money" destruction Of criminal
records and 100000 a year graft
collected from laboring men is to
be followed by even more amazing
developments in the building trades
council scandal, according to coun-
sci of the Lockwood joint legisla-
tive committee.
GRAND JURY TO ACT.
Although the hearing in the alder.
manic chamber at city hall has been
adjourned until next Thursday. there
Will be no let-up meanwhile in the
accumulation OF evidence looking to
immediate special grand jury prose-
cutions and indictments.
The Investigators expect to show
that even larger amounts than those
extorted from the workers themselves
were obtained from plant contrac-
tors, VINO REIMBURSED themselves by
charging higher prices to the build
ing public.
Painted as the sinister figure be-
hind tho whole orgy of graft and
bribery IL Robert L. Brindell. prcsi-
dent OF the Building Trades Council.
Say BRIyDELL DICTATOR.
After Brindell had frightened his
grip on the housewreCking business,
according to witnesses, he dictated to
building contractors which wreck in 2
bosses were to have the jobs and
aided in arranging bids sub nitted TO
the contractors for the work.
One man testified that Brindell had
frankly made him a cold cash propo-
sition for 81 500 as the price OF per-
mitting an excavating contractor TO
carry out his contract.
Men closely identified with sue h
large concerns in building and con-
tracing work as the George A Fuller
| Company and the HOlbrook. Cabot &;
Rollins Company testified that Brin-
| dell holds all the building contract =
| ing operations in the city in the
hollow OF his hand.
|
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-02

the track, and while driving as relief
for Bonnie Hill steering kuckle
broke and he crashed for the second
time.
Chevrolet drove consistent race
from the start and never was below
fourth place. Most Of the time he
was either second or third. He trailed
De Palma from the 350-mile point and
took the lead when De Palma had to
stop.
-Four winners of former races on
the speedway tried to repeat. Rene
Thomas and De Palma, 1914 and 1915
winners respectively, came in within
the money. Jane Goux, who won in
1918, was forced out after competing
345 miles. Howard Wilcox, last years
winner, had engine trouble and quit
after completing 165 miles.
OF The twenty-thrce cars starting
the grind only eleven finished. The
others were forced out by engine
trouble or accidents.
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acre planted this year to other crops
than cotton, produce the maximum of
food and feed. Unless this is done a
food famine will be the certain re-
suit
Corn will occupy a large acreage in
South Carolina this year as usual; but
corn planted alone does not produce
the lands maximum Of food and feed.
1t has been shown that when lcgumes
are grown with corn, larger total
amount Of food and feed can be pro-
duced than with corn alone. Velvet
beans surpass all other legumes for
this purpose, and therefore every
acre Of corn in the state this year
should be planted to this crop.
The greatest yield of velvet beans
is always secured by planting early
in the spring, but they interfere less
with the growth Of corn when planted
about one month after the corn. This
latter practice is advocated this year,
for in this way large amount of
forage for winter grazing will be
secured in addition to a good corn
crop. The corn should be gathered in
November and the cattle turned in as
soon q frost falls.
The velvet beans should be planted
in the corn rows unless the corn has
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-02
CHEVROLET Wins FIRST PLACE
BY CLOSE MARGIN
Captures More Than $25,e0 in Prizes
in Most Spectacular Finish Ever
Witnessed on Big Speed
way.
HARD LUCK FOR DE PALMA
After Overcoming an Accident and
Gaining Lead, Victory Is Snatch
ed From His Grasp by Flames.

Indianapolis, May 31.-In the most
spectacular finish ever witnessed on
the indianapolis speedway, CASTOR
Chevrolet, driving a car of American
design, rode to victory in the eighth
renewal of the 5O0-mile automobile
race today before a record breaking
crowd of 125,000 persons. Chevrolet's
time was 5:40:16.14, an average of
88.16 miles an hour the second best
time in the history of the event.
In addition to winning the 500, 900
first prize, Chevrolet also won ap-
pToximately $500 more in lap prizes,
competition and cash prizes offered by
accessory firms. Rene Thomas thun-
dered acros sthc finish in second place,
having covered the distance in
5:43:02.29. His average was 87.45
miles an hour. Tommy Milton pulled
up in third place, and Jimmy Murphy,
winner of the Santa Monica road race,
finished fourth.
Thrills in last Lap.
All of the thrills came in the last
thirty miles Of the race, when Ralph
De Palma, the favoritc with lead of
ten miles to his credit, seemed certain
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been planted far enough apart to al
low the beans to be planted in the
mlddles. Two seed planted to a place,
d feet apart in the rows, will require
about 10 pounds of the small seeded
varieties and about II pounds of the
large seeded varieties per acre. The
early maturing varieties, such as the
Yokahoma, Osceola, Wakulaa, Tracey
No. ], and Manatce, are advocated.
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and Rene Thomas. When half of the
race was over Boyer made his first
stop at the pits and De Palma shot
into the lead, which he maintained un-
til his car caught fire.
There were half dozen accidents,
but the drivers and their aids miracu-
lously escaped death. While speeding
around the treacherous north turn Ar
thur Klein crashed into the side wall,
damaging his car so badly that it was
withdrawn. Louis Chevrolet, designer
Of the car which his brother piloted to
victory, also was in smashup. His
car skidded off the course when a
steering connection broke. Chevrolet's
back was injured and he withdrew.
Roscoe Sarles had the misfortune to
smash up two cars. He wrecked his
own entry as result of skidding off
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-02

of winning. But with victory within
grasp De Palma's car burst into
flames on the north turn of the two
nd-a-half-mile course, an few min
utes later the car driven by Joe Boyer,
who led during the first $50 miles,
sl:idded, overturned and crashed into
brick retaining wall within a few
feet of the spot where De Palma's car
caught fire. Neither Boyer nor his
mechanician were seriously injured.
The accident which snatched victory
from De Palma was tragic. The noted
Italian was racing at breakneck speed
when sheet of flame licked its way
to his gasoline tank. While his mech
aician hcroically fought the flames,
De Palma, broken hearted over his
misfortune, ran to the pits mile
away for fresh supply Of gasoline,
staggering back under the weight of
the heavy cans.
Wrapped in Flames.
Undaunted, De Palma resumed the
grind, but after going another mile
his car was wrapped in flames for the
second time. With the aid of his
mechanician De Palma piuckiiy cx-
tinguished them and managed to finish
the race in fifth place. He was
given tremendous ovation whe nhe
thurdered across the finish line.
Misfortune trailed De Palma from
the start Of the race. He had the ia
vored position at the pole, but the
bomb of the starter caught him un-
awares, and he was among the last to
get away. Then on the very first lap
he was driven into the pits with a
flat tire.
Joe Boyer jumped into the lead and
held it for $50 miles closely pursued
by Jean Chassange, CASTOR Chevrolet
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-02
CITATION NOTICE
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of Clarendon

County of Clarendon
BY j. VI. Windham, Probate Judge:
Whereas, Ella Hunter made suit to
me to grant hen Letters of Admins
tration of the Estate and effects Of
Robert Hunter.
These are, therefore, to cite and adj
monish all and singular the Kindred
and Creditors Of the said Robert
Hunter deceased that they be and ap-
pear before me, in the Court Of Pro-
bate, to be held at Manning on the
7th day Of June next, after publication
hereof, at II o'clock in the forenoon,
to show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand this t7th day
Of May, Ammo Domini, 1920.
j. NJ Windham,
Judge Of Probate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-02
PLANT VELVET BEANS IN CORN

Clemson College, May 30.-The 38
per cent decrease in the wheat crop,
together with tremendous shortage
of other foods, makes it imperative
that the farmers shall make every
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04
HOOVER NOW
 GOVERNOR OF
 UNITED STATES

Hoover is the governor of the United States declared Michael Santello of this city when he appear ed in thessuperior court to obtain citi- zenship papers This reply provoked laughter among the spectators and the applicant added to the joys of the occasion when he was asked the name of Connecticut's governor. ''I got it in my mouth but I can't get it out" replied Santello. The applicant dis played considerable knowledge re- garding the workings of the govern ment, however. so he was admitted.
 In the case of Ferdinando Crisafulli of this city the court ordered a con tinuance in order that the applicants record may be investigated. There was some doubt expressed as to whether he had ever been arrested. Duri!1- the morning session 20 aplpli- cants were admitted to citizenship by Judge Keeler. United States Examiner Church questioned the applicants
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04
APPORTIONMENT
 BOARD HOLDS
 FIRST MEETING

The Board of Apportionment held it's first sitting in the Common Coun- cil chambers last night to consider the various departmental budgets. The board members listened to rep resentatives from the city treasurer s office, probate court, building com missioner's office and other depart ments tell why their respective bud gets should be granted
 Tonight representatives from the Recreation Commission, Department of Public Works, Streets and Side walks committee, and Park depart ment will make their plea to the board. Tomorrow night the Police Fire and Charities budgets will come up for consideration.
 On Friday night the Board oi Education, Health and Charities building, Municipal Garage, Public Library, Board of Health and Cits Dispensary budgets will be taken up
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04
SLIM PEACH PROSPECT.

The outlook for a peach crop in Connecticut this year is not at all hopeful, as indicated by study of the situation, made by S. P. Hollister professor of pomology at Connecticut Agricultural College at Storrs. Cold weather, particularly in December, is blamed.
 Mir. Hollister says that between December II and 19 was a cold pe- riod that caught the peach buds be- fore they were thoroughly hardened Tempera lures as low as eighteen de- grees below zero were reported on the night of December IT. Elbertas, especially, suffered during this period. A few varieties, particularly the Greensboro, continued to show upon examination January 10 a large num- Der of live buds It is probable that many of these have since succumbed.
 The way of the peach grower in Connecticut has been hard the past few years. Nevertheless, Prof Hollis ter is not ready to admit that Con- necticut has ceased to be a peach state. He says.
 ''In spite of the severe weather of the past three or four years which re- suited in our not having a good peach crop for four years still have faith in the peach industry of Con- necticut :. Anyone who has followed 1 the crop conditions knows that they ! are closely associated with the weath CT conditions, and although the pres 1 ent outlooks seems very dubious I be- 1 lieve that the grower who has 9 i peach orchard should take as mucf
 care of it as though he expected . crop this season, as he will win ou1
 in the long run"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04

department he is not the man who has seen longest service in the de-
 partment, this honor going to James
 L. Christy, at present superintendent
 of the Barnum station in State
 street.
 Mir. Christy, who is 70 years old
 and resides at T94 Norman street,
 has been in the Post Office service in
 Bridgeport for the past 37 years. When Christy first entered the Post
 Office service he was known as Carrier No. 10 and his route was practically the same as that later held by Casey, what is now known as the East End. Christy also made but . one delivery a day but in those days
 every other week he had to go on duty at the General Delivery window from six to eight every night and quite frequently he had to make a star collection from eight to 10:30. Needless to say there was no eight 1 hour laws in those days!
 There were but 10 employed in the Post Office at that time and these men had to work every other Sun day although the hours on that day were not as long as on week days. The Postmaster under whom MT. Christy first was appointed was J. w.
 Knowlton and since then Christy has
 seen five heads of the Bridgeport
 Post Office.
 Some time after covering the East 1 End MT. Christy was given the posi- tion of Mounted Carrier, using a high two-wheeled cart for the purpose of delivering and collecting the mail. This route was naturally much longer than the other and in cluded parts of State street, North avenue, what is now Wade street, Park avenue, the vicinity of the jail ] Old NH Green, Pembroke street and { Barnun avenue.
 ] After holding this position for 8 1 time the carrier having the center o1
 the city slipped one day and injured
 his leg and after he recovered MT that the injured man would have the 1 opportunity of riding about hi: l work.
 1 MT. Christy then delivered mail il l the center of the city for more thai 20 years, this route including part 1 of Main street, Golden Hill street
 John street, Cannon street, Fairfield
 avenue to Park avenue and Stat
 street to Courtland street.
 Bridgeport in those days, when MI Christy first started his duties at tn
 Post OH1ce, was not nearly the cit
 it now is. The population then a
 nearly as it could be estimated wa approximately 32,000 although eve at that time the city showed consid erabIe signs of growth and 1t wa 5 but comparatively a few years late ) that a large drive was inaugurate
 by the Bridgeport Board of Trade t get the population of the city to tn : 75,000 mark.
 In MT. Christy's first days tn = monthly magazines were just begir ? ming to be popular and the Ladie s Home Journal was just starting | ] make a frequent appearance in th f mails. While the volume of busine: 3 handled by the Post Office in thos r days was considerably lighter tha y today the pro rata amount handle y by each employee remains about th
 i same as with the increase in busine. r the force of employees has also natl t rally increased.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04
TWO DIVORCE PETITIONS.

Desertion is the ground in two di- vorce petitions filed in the superior court. Lillian Garter of Stamford wants a decree from Frank Garter of New York. The couple were married at Westport June IA, 1915, and it is claimed the husband left the plaintiff about a month afterward. The wife's maiden name was Lillian Hehernan.N
 In the other action Ivar L. Smith of this city wants a decree from Ger trude Smith of this city. Desertion on Dec. 1, 1912, is alleged. The wife, whose maiden name was Gertrude Clain, married the plaintiff Sept. 12, 1912.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04
John Casey, Letter Carrier Who Has Walked 178,O0O Miles Delivering Mail in Bridgeport.

Seven times around the world with g. few thousand miles left over would be considered quite a hike for one man in lifetime,-Edward Payson Weston notwithstanding, and yet this is what John Casey, Ii years old, a letter carrier in this city for the past B years, has walked delivering Un- cIe Sam's mail to Bridgeporters. {
 Casey, who today insists that he is almost as good as he ever was still takes out the first mail in the morn ing at the Post Office and covers his 12 or 15 miles a, day in a perfectly capable manner despite his advanced years.
 Why don't l quit and take it easy?" he asked in response to 0 query. ''Why, if stopped work now I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I've been hiking out with the mail summer and winter for the past 33 years and I suppose it's got to be habit with me now. l diG think at OBS time I'd quit, but the very thoughts of it made me dissatis- fled and I've never tried it."
 Casey, who lives at No. 120 Pe- quonnock street, has seen five post masters in the Bridgeport office since he has been a carrier, the first one being Edward Meeker.
 At that time there were about IA men on the Post Office staff this now having been increased to about 225. Casey's route in the "old days" was what was then called flower Strat- ford'' or what is now known as the East End. He started at the Yellow Mill bridge and delivered mail up Stratford avenue to very nearly the
 
 made but he managed to sandwich in l a couple of collections in his spare i time.
 l Casey started work at five o'clock l in the morning, winter and summer l got through for the day around 1:30 l although he admits that often it was 1 considerably later than this i When he was younger Casey was I one of the best known baseball um- 1 pires in this section of the country | and his services were always in de mand as an arbiter of the national pastime, both teams recognizing thai with Casey on the job each was as | sured of a square deal.
 Casey umpired many of the game: 1 at Seaside Park and gained a repu tation throughout the state for hi 1 sterling and impartial work on thu field A
 Not alone was Casey gooc l baseball umpire but he also was ac tive in outdoor sports himself an, was particularly noted for his stand ing and running broad jumping, De [ Ing among the topnotchers in thi |, part bf the country in those tw , sports.
 Casey conservatively estimates tha
 during his 33 years as a letter car
 rier, the longest continuous service c { any man employed in the depart ] ment, he has walked on the averag g
 of IS miles a day. Figuring 300 day
 to the year, for Casey has been
 steady worker, we get total C
 about IFS, ,O0O miles - considerabl
 stroll! Casey was appointed regula
 carrier by Postmaster Meeker Jul
 IA, 1887 and has been continuous
 lon the job" since theI
 \ Although Casey is the letter carrie , longest in service in the Bridgepol
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04
English to Wage Big
 Campaign Against Rats

London, Feb. 4.-The people of the United Kingdcm young and old, have embarked on another vigorous cam paign against rats with the begin ming of the new year, under the pro visions of the Rats and Mice Act. This law conpe1s occupants of land to keep their premises free of these re- dents, a penalty of pounds being provided for failure to do so. The law applies also to ships in port.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04
APPEALS DECISION

Aggrieved by a decision of a, Stam- ford judge who awarded damages of S112.94 against him, Nunziato Tam burri of Stamford, has appealed to the Common Pleas Court in the suit instituted against him by Robert Lessard, also of Stamford. Papers in the appeal were filed yesterday. Lessard claims he was riding mo- torcycle in Stamford on Oct. 15, 1918, when he was struck by Tam btrri's automobile. Lessard said he had to pay s100 for repairs to his motorcycle He asked for $175 dam ages,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-04
ROBBERS BODY
 BEING HELD
 FOR CLAIMANT

With the robber who was shot and killed by Joseph P. Strank. in the of flee of the United Bond company in Main street, on January fl, identified as Thomas Abraham Harrison, of Fairhaven, N. Y., the local police are now confronted with the task of To- eating the dead mans relatives. Officials of the dead mans home town have been unable to supply the police with any information, and the body is meanwhile being held until relatives can claim it.