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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
TROLLEYMEN ASKING
 5OPER CENT INCREASE

Hartford, May 14-An increase of 50 per cent. in wages and a. flat rate rather than the present graduated schedule is understood to be ineorpor- ated in the demands made by the en- pIoyes of the Connecticut Co.,, sub mitted to the company officials by the union officials last week. Seventy five cents an hour is said to be the rate demanded. The contract with the company under which the men are now working terminates June 1.
 Included in the demands are regu- lations pertaining to the operation of "one-man'' trolley cars, a standard working day, and time and one-half for overtime.
 The present rate of pay for con ductors and motormen is from A to 90 cents an hour. the operators of ''one-man" cars being paid five cents an hour more than those employed on other cars.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
SIMS OWN TESTIMONY
 REFUTED FALLACI0US
 l)NFOUNDED CHARGE
ASSERTIONS MADE WITH RECKLESS DIS REGARD OF FACTS, SAYS DANIELS TONNAGE AT ALL TIMES AVAIL
 ABLE TO CARRY TROOPS.

Washington, May 44-Rear Admiral Sims ''fallacious and baseless" charges that the navy department delays prolonged the war for four months un- necessarily was practically the only charge of unmanufac- tured results from the many alleged sins of omission and commission" the officer has ascribed to the department, Secretary Daniels today told the Senate Naval Investigating Committee. It was fully refut- ed, he added by the Admiral s own testimony.
 The charge of prolongation of the war was a definite and serious one,'' said the secretary. "It was made with reckless disregard of the facts and the reasoning and statistics adduced in it's support are those which one might expect to find in the fantastic tales of Baron Munchausen."
 Admiral Sims based his estimate of an unnecessary loss of 50o,o0o lives on an average loss of the allies of
 
 The loss of 5000 men a day for four months falls short of half a mill lion but of course half a million sounds more impressive than the fig ure which would have been arrived at by correct arithmetic,'' the secretary declared.
 The admiral based the charge on the assump ption that had there been a million American soldiers in France by March, 1918, the war would have ended four months sooner, MT. Daniels said, and completed the reasoning by assuming the tonnage losses of 1917 prevented carrying that number of troops overseas by that date and that failure, of the American navy to CO., operate heartily in the first months of the war resulted in the heavy tonnage losses.
 Ut is not necessary to wander far into the realm of statistics or techni-
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
MILITARY POSTS ARE
 RESENTED BY IRISH

Dublin, May 1.-The plan of Gen eral Sir Nevil Macready, commander of the government forces in Ireland, looking to closer cooperation be- tween the police and the military in an effort to suppress the disorders in Ireland, involves the establishment of military posts in isolated districts where the police barracks had to be abandoned because of attacks upon them, it is stated here on apparently good authority.
 The opinion of the British authori- ties seem to be that the disorders in Ireland which they regard as acts of rebellion, call for the use of soldiers instead of the police Previously the police have been largeny occupied with work which is essentially of a military nature and the criticism from the popular side is that the police now are not really a civil force, as they ought to be-
 In line with this view, the military are always doing the patrol work, which is dan ngerous job and hitherto had been left mainty to the police. The military are ezndeavorine to check the eNcesses of the land agitation in the west of Ireland. Cavalry has been employed to prevent cattle. driving, and some of the western towns which have been the centeFs of this trouble have cavalry eontingents q4lartered in them.
 The proposal to establish military posts is resented by many of the Irish people who regard it as the setting up of the bfockhouse system which was first tried in South Africa in the Boer war.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
MEXICAN REVOLT APT 10 TAKE ON AN
 INTERNATIONAL TURN
BRITISH CONSUL IN CARRANZA'S CAMP MEXICAN REBELS APPARENTLY HAVE
 WON FIRST PHASE OF BATTLE
 WARSHIPS OFF VERA CRUZ
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
 Mexican rebel forces have apparently won the first phase of the battle against troops still loyal to President Carran- "a which have been fighting desperately north of San Mar cos, state of Puebfa, for the past four days. Advices from Vera Cruz indicate a break ino the Carranza lines and an eff fort of the presidents men to break through the rebel lines and march northward.
 The struggle continues and new rebel endorsements are reported to have reached the scene, coming up from the south
 An international incident may be foreshadowed by the fact that N. A. Body, British consul for Vera Cruz, is in the camp of President JCarranza. Advices give no details as to the req son for his presence there but it seems probable he accompanied the president in his flight from Mexico City. British and American authori- ties in Vera Cruz have arranged for a Mexican naval lieutenant to go by special train to the battlefield and try to rescue the imperiIEed English man.
 French and British warships have annR3rPd in the harfoY- of Vera CrY1z and four American fighting vessels are at anchor there
 Negotiations for the surrender of Matamoras, across the frontier from 1 Brownsville. Texas, are under way and it is expected the Carranza forces there will surrender without fighting l today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
Says BO1SheviSm
 Is Chastity Failure

Washington, May 14-Bokshevfsm as exemplihed by the Russian Soviet government, is characterized as a 'ghastly failure'' by Colonel Edward w. Ryan. Red Cross commissioner for north Russia and the Baltic states Colonel Ryan, after an ex- tended trip through the Soviet do- main as a private citizen with the Esthonian peace delegation, has re- turned recently to the United States bringing the first direct information of conditions there given to the American public in more than a year. His account of what he saw is con tained in a report forwarded to the State Department.
 Without outside aid Russia. will be a. chaos in six months, Colonel Ryan believed. Raw materials are not to be found in any of the centers, he said, and the people as a whole seemed to devote their whole tfHne to the one supreme object of getting sufficient nourishment to fend off ae- tual starvation. Officials of the gov ernment, according to Ryan, admitted that the transportation problem alone would result in the overthrow Of the present regime.
 Streets of Moscow and Petrogral were described as ''indescribably fl- thy" being at least ankle deep in dir: and refuse. They have not been
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
COUPLE MARRY
 CHARGE DROPPED

Joseph Phi1ipek and Katrine Da- vidosde, of 757 Gregory street, whd were arrested last night by members of the '-vice squad," were arraigned in the City Court this morning on technical charge of breach of the peace The couple have been living at the Gregory street address since they came here from Poughkeepsie- N. Y, about month ago. The man secured marriage license, and intended to marry the woman, untn he was told that it would cost him about s200. The prospective bride groom started to hedge on his prom ise but the bride-to-be insisted that the ceremony be carried out even if the police had to take a hand. The couple will be married today, and charges will probably be dropped by the police.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
POPE BENEDICT AT DENOMINATION Cardinal 0'Connell of Bos- ton Present At Cere-
 mony.

Rome, May 1HSolenn ceremonies for the canonization of Gabriel Pos senti and Marie Alacoque were held in St. Peters today. Pope Benedict was carried in the chair of state to the cathedral, being surrounded by q gorgeous retinue of ecclesiastics, of cials of the civil and military courts of the Vatican, members of the Sa- cred College, archbishops, bishops, Roman nobility and general officers of religious orders. Swiss guards preceded the procession as it went from the Vatican. After entering the cathedral Pope Benedict was seated in a throne erected in the 2pse behind the high altar and pre- ceded the canonization cerem onies by intoning a hymn.
 Later he celebrated mass and then with the same gorgeous procession re turned to his apartments in the Vati- can.
 Cardinal ~O'Connen of Boston, Mass. was present for the first time as a cardinal at a ceremony for canoniza tion- He received many greetings iron, his colleagues who expressed satis- faction they had with them a repre- sentative from America
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
POLICE CORNER AND
 SHOOT TRAIN ROBBER

Chicago, May 14.---A rifle squad of Chicago po7Tce early today cornered and shot a train rObber who had robbed an Illinois Central railroad mail car of currency estimated to to- tai $100, GOO.
 The train arrived at 63rd street sta ton about 1 o'clock, three hours late and the train robber left the mail car there A few blocks away two police men aocosted him and he shot one through the head
 According to reports received by the police the rotdber boarded a, car on the train at Gilman about 50 miles south of Chicago and worked his way forward to the mail car, where he compelled one of the five mail clerks to tie the hands and feet of the others. The shooting of the policeman at tracted a squad of patro1men who cornered the robber in an apartment building not far away A rifle squad was summoned and after two hours of sniping by both sides the robber was killed
 During the exchange of shots whicF. followed the attempt of the two po- licemen to search the robber he dropped the satche1 containing the Ooutinued on Page Sdx)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
CAMPAIGN FOR
 INCREASED PAY

New York. May 14-Navy yard civil service employees met here today to consider a plan of campaign for in creased pay. They also propose to es- tablish branches of the national as- sociation of U. S. Civil Service Elm ployes in all navy yards and stations throughout the country.
 The meeting which will last two days was attended by delegates rep resenting the Brooklyn navy yard, the fleet supply base in South Brooklyn, the naval torpedo stations at Newport and Alexandria, Va, the Philadelphia and Portsmouth navy yards, the naval air station at Pensacola. Fla, and the naval training station at Great Lakes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
Charge COnniVanCe
 I'm Ship Robbery

Ccns+antEnopEe- May 14-tBy A P-} that the French steamer Souirah could not have been robbed by Black Sea pirates on May with out con4fyance of persons employed on the ship were made by 300 indig- nant passengers of the craft who landed here today in a driving rain.
 Penniless and enraged, the passen- gers joined in denouncing the British pa sspoTt control officer at Baum, the failure of British authorities there to dfsarm the robbers before they board ed the SoufTah and the negligence of the steamship company in not main taining armed guard. Above all, the alleged alo5ect submission of the crew to the pirates was hotly criticized. An nouncement that the ship would have an armed guard on her voyage from here to Marseilies only intensified the anger of the people who, lost every thing. It seems the fact that the rob- bers did not moIest the ships safe aroused suspicion on the part of the passengers.
 The captain of the So1irah refused to discuss the matter with the cor rasoo16ent of The Associated Press saving he had made report to French naval authorities here. Nc light was thrown on his report al the French embassy but it was stated that in future all French ships on the Black Sea would carry , guards. All British and Italian shins there are carrying armed men hut French ships have been un- guarded for several months.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
WHERE DID SUM
 OF $1,264.4O 60

Democratic members of the Board of Aldermen will make an effort to find out what the S1,264.4o was spent bly, Police Commissioner John c. Stanley for when the bill comes be- fore the board Monday night in the report of the finance committee. This bill calling for that sum of money has been approved by Clerk Smith of the police department, Richard H. Mur- phy and William E. Primrose, finance committee of the police board, and Alderman Arthur A. Baker, chairman of the aldermanic finance committee The bill is listed as "cash advanced" Last month a bill for $3,S87-5S listed as +'cash advanced for tracing was approved and paid. That was ths only information ever given.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
THIEVES
 SEIZE LIQUOR

Boston, May 14.---Thirsty thieves have forced postponement of the openings set for the next few days of nearly 100 summer homes at beaches near Boston. In scores of cottages at Hull and Nantasket, household arti ckes have been stolen and damaged, and many of the houses will require refitting before they are ready for oc- cupancy. In addition, householders have reported their summers supply of alcoholic beverages missing. In homes where no liquor was found the thieves left evidence of their ddspleas- ure by destroying furniture and clothing with which they Uttered the floors
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
DARED OFFICER
 TO ARREST HIM

Joseph TImko of S2S Shelton street, who was arrested last night for drunkenness, was sentenced to 15 days in jail by the City court this morning, but the sentence was sUs- pended. Timko is a1lesed to have told the officer who arrested him, that he was afraid of no cops, and that no policeman would dare arrest him. Jo- aseph realized this morning that he had the wrong dope"
 Arthur Sutton of 5e7 Main street who was a1so arrested on a drunken ness charge last night, told Judge Bartlett in the City court this morn ing that he participated in a party in Stamford. Wednesday night, and that he swallowed some homemade stuff that knocked him unconscious Sut- ton didn't remember the trip from Stamford to Bridgeport Judgment was suspended
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
MARRIES, I HE N GOES TO JAIL.
 AS "LIFER"

New York, May 14-When Ja- cob Miller, a former salesman, boarded the train here today for Sing Sing prison to begin a life sentence following his conviction for burglary as a fifth offender, it was as the husband of few hours of Hannah Rosenbaum, the childhood sweetheart of the burglar. She married him after his conviction and despite his life sentence.
 This is the first time on record that a man sentenced to life inn prisonment has been married in this state.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
AMNESTY
 FOR OFFENDERS

New York, May 14---Consid eration of committee reports will conclude the business of the national convention of the Socoafist party today. The delegates will go to Washington to- night to participate in a demonstra- tion tomorrow in behalf of amnesty for political prisoners and the release from jail of all conscientious objec- tors. The party yesterday nominated Eugene V. Debs for president and Seymour Stedman for vice president.
 Joseph W. Sharts of Dayton, Ohio, was unanim ousIy selected chairman for today's sessions. Lazarus S. Da- widow of Detroit was elected as vice chairman.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
SUITS
 SELL FOR S38

New York, May 14.---E,ngland is ready to sell to American merchants mems clothing, all wool, than can be retailed at a 20 per cent, profit at prices little more than half those now being asked here, according to J. c. Shannonn, member of a, London man Ufacturing concern who arrived yes terday.
 We can produce suits, trasport them to America, pay the duty and sell them to the retailers for S32 each '' Shannon,a member of a, London man quality suits now are selling here for s60 to $50. Ours could be retaiIed at s3S. 40 and yieFd a 20 per cent profit
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
FORD MACHINE IS TWICE STOLEN
 BY THIEVES

The police were informed through telephone message from Charles Bouton, of 1s5 Cross street, last night, that Ford machine which was stolen in Stamford a few days ago was parked in Congress street. An of ficer was sent to recover the Car.
 When the policeman arrived in Congress street he saw no signs of the car, and was informed that a man had just driven the ma chine away toward Stratford. It is thought that the Ford was abandoned in Congress street by the first thief and again stolen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
OUT OF HOSPITAL
 ON THEFT CHARGE

Upon the complaint off Charles Lorngan of SIP Main street, William Boline of 982 Railroad avenue was brought back from the Norwich State hospital yesterday, and arraigned in the City Court this morning, charged with theft. The case was continued until May 22, in order that a further investigation may be made.
 Lorngan charges that on May ', BoIine entered his room and stole s169 from a trunk.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
PETTY THEFTS
 CONTINUING

Petty rof1berdes continue to occupy the attention of the local police. M. A Rasy42owsez of g Whiting street reported today that someone entered his home last aAght and made off with $1O0 w0ESA of jewelry, war savings stamps and cash. John Olsen, a con- tractor of 1S4 Alpine street, reported the theft of some tools from a new building in FIer4zimer street. A IA foot sl<if belonging to A. L. Bloomer was stolen from it's mooring place at Fayerweather Island yesterday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
CABINET WILL
 STUDY SITUATION

Paris, May 14-Employes of gas manufacturing companies will strike today in conformity with the order from the general federation of labor but all steps have been taken to pro vide the city with gas It is rumor- cd that postal employees will strike on Monday but the under secretary of posts declared today that in his opinion not more than ten per cent of the men would obey a call to quit work. The cabinet council has been summoned to study the situation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
HAVE DISCOVERED
 GOLD IN SIBERIA

Nome. Alaska May 14---Reports of the discovery of gold in northeastern Siberia have reached Nome and many boats are awaiting the opening of navigation in readiness to carry stamp eders'' to the new fields.
 Ice is reported broken five miles out in Boring Strait from Nome and the schooner Polar Bear has been hauled out a considerable distance. Holes are being cut in the ice for her launching so that she may get an early start for Siberia
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
PLAINTIFF GETS
 SUM OF S2,675

A verdict of s2,675 in favor of the plaintiff was render&d by the jury today in the action of Mary Loomis against Edward D. Beach, admins trator of the estate of Lydia s. Da- wis of South Norwalk.
 The plaintiff claimed s5,00o dam ages for services as nurse and care taker of Mrs. Davis before her death
 Cullinan X CulIinan appeared for the plaintiff and William B. Board man for the defendant.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
NO REPRESENTATIVES TO SPA

London, May 1.-The German cabinet, after a full discussion with the ministers of the federal states decided unanimously that Germany should not send representatives eith- CT to the Spa or Brussels conferences unless the French troops are entirely withdrawn from the Main district by May 16, according to a Central News dispatch from Berlin today
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
BELL BOY TANNED SUIT.

Harry Bowen, of the Atlantic ho- tel, complained to the police yester- day afternoon, that he gave bell boy in the hotel a suit to take to the tailor, and that the young man failed to return. Upon investigating the Report, the police discovered the suit in pawnshop in Congress street It later developed that the bell boy boarded the 11:10 o'clock train for New York city, yesterday morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
CONTINUE BURNING
 POLICE BARRACKS

Leitrin, Ireland, May 14.--Pohce barracks near this city and at Kesh- carrigan, Baalyfarrnon, Grevisk and Hill street were burned to the ground last night by bands5/ of disguised men. The barracks here, the finest in the county, were occupied by a sergeant and his w1fe, the former being ill. The couple was ordered out before the building was set affre.
 The customs offices at Carr1ck- on Shannon was broken into during the night and income tax papers were de stroyed.
 Dublin, May 14.---Several additional attacks on government property and other incidents occurred in various parts of Ireland last night but up to noon today the reports indicated that the continued activity of armed bands was nothing like the scale of We'd nesday nights demonstration The police baREackS, court house and post office at Bruree, County Limerick, were burned, while a, motor van con taining provisions for the police was burned near Sheyerie.
 Armed and masked men raided a motor garage in Dublin, overpowered the caretaker and took away an auto mobile
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
THOAIAS-MORGAN.

New Haven, Conn.,, May 14-An- nouncement' has been made here of the marriage in New York city, on April 2s. of Mrs Amos w. Morgan of Norwalk. Conn, and Judge Edwin E. Thomas of the United States Dis kEiat CazH>
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
COTTON CONSUMED.

Washington. May 14-Cotton con- sumed during April amounted to 567, ,839 bales of lint and .29,955 bales of Iinters, the census bureau an- nounced today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14

THE WEATHER. Fair and slightly cooler to- night: Saturday fair.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
THE WEATHER

For Bridgeport and vii cinity: Fair and slightly cooler tonight; Saturday fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-30
WEST LEADS IN TITLES
Leonard, Lightweight King, and
Tilden, Tennis Champion,
=. Keep East on Man

Only two big championships are held
in the east and it was only recently that
the boost from one took place.
Bill 1ilden Of Philadelphia raised the
casts titles TO two when he. beat Bill
Johnston Of, California for. the tennis
championship early this month. but.san
array of EASTERN STARS failed to prevent
Chick Evans OF Chicago from walking
away with the amateur golf crown.
Mid the wreck and ruin Of eastern
championships there remains one other.
Benny Leonard OF New York still has
the lightweight championship of the box
ing world. spiked down..
The east hasn't produced a heavy
weight champion since John l.. Sulli-
van went down to defeat at the skill
full hands. of Jim Cqrbett of Califor-
mia, in 1892, There is still wide-
spread disposition to consider the re-
cent dethroner1ent of Mike O'Dowd
from the mtdd1eweight championship
by Wilson. an easterner. as "fukey;
affair that viii have to be repeated
the last time the featherweight
championship changed hands Johnny
Kilbane took it to Cleveland. Kid
Herman of New Orleans took the ban
tamweight crown away from eastern
ports when his glove slugged the de-
cision away from Kid williams of
Baltimore, in 1917.
Chicago and Cincinnati hogged the
big league base ball championship
last october and so long as the east
and west refuse to ming1e on the foot
ball field the championship of the brid-
iron will remain in doubt.