davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
THE COMMISSION PLAN

.h CAMPAIGN for commIsslon ( A government IS agaIn at hand. This is. not the first time that the electors of Bridgeport have con sidered this method of improving the management of their city. There are some who assert that no form Of government is any better than those who administer it.
 The maxim does contain truth but not the whole truth.
 Every municipality is reac- ton between its people and the sys- tenn of government which they em- ploy.
 The situation is as between work man and his tools. A good work man can do good work with poor tools. But a good workman can do better work with the best tools.
 There is one chief reason why Bridgeport has lacked the commis- sion plan This reason does not lie in any omission of the people which can reasonably be charged to neglect on their part.
 The legislature passed a home rule bill.
 The purpose of the bill is to en- able cities to make their own char ters. What the legislature gave with one hand, it took away with the other. While it granted the right to make the charter, it demanded that before any such instrument should be effec- tive, it must be voted upon-in the case of special election-by 60 per cent of the registered voters of the given community.
 Such requirement looks innocent enough, but is in fact prohibitive of successful action. Never, under any circumstances, do GO per cent of the people of a city vote in a special elec- ton upon a special question.
 To make such demand is equiva- lent to denying the right
 The general assembly meets aga1n early in January. A natural result of the renewed agitation must be that one of the home rule charters with which ~ the city is already familiar will be taken to Hartford and offered at one of the early days of the session. The natural course of such bill will be to the commit tee on cities and boroughs from which it might be reported at ar early date and passed with the con. sent of Bridgeport's representatives at an early time. There is no sound reason why such solution should not be accomplished.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
Something Yo1 Want? l
 Tir,,oc Wn,,+ Ads
DIED.

JoRDAN-Dec: ', 1920 Walter Jordan, nephew of Mrs. Mary Gavan of 6S4 Washington avenue, aged 30 years, Il months.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his aunt at 634 Washington avenue, on Friday, Dec 10. at S:30 a. m, and from St. Augustine's church at g a. m with a solemn high mass.
 Interment at St. MichaePs cemetery. Automobile cortege. Tsb@ Hartford, Conn, Dec T. 1920, Catherine O'Donnell, aged 30 years, 6 months, 1 day.
 Fr1endS are invited to attend the funeral from parlors of M. J, Cannon, 415 John street. on Friday morning, Dec. 10, at s:30 o'clock, and from St. Peters s church at g o'clock.
 Tsb* CHATF1ELD-In this city. Wednesday, Dec. s, 1920, Louis H. Chatfield, aged 31 years, months, 15 days.
 Funeral services will be held at the home of his niece, Mrs. Lillian Barns ley, 1073 Pembroke street, on Friday. 10th inst, at 2:30 o'clock.
 Burial Mountain Grove cemetery. a FLYNN-In this city, Wednesday, Dec. 8. 1920, Johanna, widow of Patrick Flynn, aged "A years, g months.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, 1912 Pembroke street, on Saturday morn ing, Dec. Il, at s:30,. and from St. Charles church where a solemn high mass of requiem will be offered for the repose of her soul at o'clock.
 Burial in St. MichaePs cemetery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
BOTULISM

T VERY ONCE in awhile we dis which immediately takes the center of the stage so to speak. It becomes a sort of fad and one feels almosl chagrined to admit not having had it. Oftentimes it developes later that it was not a new disease at all but an old one masquerading under a new name, or a forgotten one which sud- denly seems to have become ubiquit- ous.
 During the last eighteen months have received considerable notoriety at times in the press. Much was written about them which was not true and many of the facts were dis torted. They were cases of Botulisn.
 Botulism is not a new poison. The first recorded outbreak of it was in 1735 and there have been many since. The name is derived from a Latin word, meaning sausa ge, and in some of the early works on medicine it was used synonymously with long German word meaning sausage poi soning. For long time it was sup posed to be developed only from meats but it has since been found to occur, even more often, from fruits and vegetables which have be- gun to spoil. especially canned ones.
 In 1894 a German scientist was able nf violent poison is toxin produced by a spore-bearing bacillus-Bacillus botulimus-a toxin that is not only extremely poisonous to man, but also to various animals and fowls and is not destroyed by the action of the digestive ferments.
 At present there are four states which have made it a reportable dis ease; California, Oregon, Arizona, and New York. There are on record in this country some fifty or more out breaks in the last eleven years and in which between two and three hun dred persons are known to have been affected. These were undoubtedly the most severe cases there being nc record of the milder ones. This would probably account for the higt mortality-67.9s per cent-among the recorded cases.
 Eighty per cent of the cases 1T the United States have been due te the presence of toxins in foods O fruit or vegetable origin. and almos -Yr of +base have been caused by pre- served foods which were served a salad, or desert without being cooked after they were removed from th'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
RESCUE THRILLS
 CROWD AT FIRE

(Conunued from Page One) had just reached the street when the extension ladder snapped Thomp- sons letf leg was broken and he suf- fered severe contusions of the hip.
 Dr. B. J. Burns of the Emergency staff and Driver Patsy O'ConneIl were kept busy giving first aid to the sev- eral f.remen who suffered more or less injuries.
 The fire broke out shortly before one o'clock. The fact that most of the employees of the Connecticut com- pany, which occupies the upper floors, were at lunch undoubtedly prevented a dreadful holocaust.
 The Logan Brothers store and warehouse occupying the first floor and basement is badly damaged and f1remen estimated the loss at prob ably $70,00O.
 The manager of Logan Brothers rerused to talk to newspaper men and was indignant when pressed for a statement of the loss. MISS Mccarthy was working on the thlfo floor as telephone operator She says the fire started in the basement and swept up the elevator shaft. Her story is corroborated by others.
 Goods stored in the basement burned rapidly and packing stuff there created a. dense smoks which Illled Main street and Congress ave- hue so that traffic was for a while suspended.
 Thousands of people on their way 10 work made it difficult at first for the t1remen to work but the quick ar rival of the police speedily solved that difficulty. Women fought with | men for places of vantage and when a hose broke loose from the firemen on one of the ladders scores were drenched under the cascade which | ensLed.
 l Flying glass imperilled the firemen | at every step and many slight in- Juries were received which were not even treated until after the fire was | out.
 | Stores and restaurants adjoinins the building were compelled to sus. | pend business on account of the water coming through and the dense smoke which stif1ed all breathing
 Fortunately the lines of hose were not compelled to be laid across Mair street and traffic in that direction was kept moving fairly well. At Congress and Middle streets it was badly inter | rupted.
 At 1920 the police had stretched ropes completely about the dangel zone, corraling the eager crowd O. sightseers far back from danger.
 At press hour the fire was wei
 under control and the f1remen are searching the building for some wht are feared to be in the ruins
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
Hartford Bank
 Defaulter Held
 In $5O,OOO Bond

Hartford, Dec Charged with the embezzlement of S150,00O of the funds of the Hartford Connecticut Trust Company, Raymond J. Porter, 26 years old, head of the proof de- partment of the bank. was bound over to the Superior court by Judge Francis A. Pallotti in the Hartford police court this morning under a bond of $5o,000. Through his attor- ney, Edward w. Broder, he filed a plea of not guilty 5@ The shortage in the bank funds be- came apparent through the annual ants who had been at work on the | books since last Saturday, and the | discrepancy were noted Tuesday.
 Porter's defa1cations came as a thunderbolt to the officials of the bank, for his conduct had been such as to make him appear more than unlikely to inappropriate funds. The | fact that he handled absolutely no i funds in the bank made it all the | more surprising. The actual loss to the bank will be comparatively small, according to Meigs H. Whaples, chairman of the board of trustees. who said that the l protection of a blanket bond held
 Indemnity Co. and the Aetna Casual ty & Surety Co.,, would reduce the shortage S100.0oO. In addition, se- | curities held by Porter in a brokerage |
 the proceeds will bring the actual
 monetary loss down to well within
 $10,0O0.
 | As clerk in charge of the proof de 1 handling of all deposit slips which | are by him distributed to the clerks | in the department for record, and the method by which he covered up his
 day to day such deposits slips as would successfully cover up his own personal shortage, this money in: stead of then becoming an over bal
 to his own personal account and
 checked out accordingly. As the
 amount of the shortage grew from day to day it was necessary that the amount represented by deposit slips
 be increased, and to accomplish this
 successfully it was necessary for Por-
 ter to be at the bank every day dur.
 ing the last year, the period of the
 defalcat tions, otherwise the shortage
 would have been detected sooner. | Speculation in stocks was the cause
 of Porter's financial troubles. Hi
 operations were carried on in Nev
 pany with which he did business Wa. not member of the stock exchange it was said today.
 ' Joseph D. Barry, counsel for tn
 bank, went to New York this morn ing authorized to take such steps a may be deemed advisable for the dis
 posal of the securities purchased b Porter with the banks funds. Porter lived in an apartment at 5
 Shu1tas Place, where he went fol
 lowing his marriage two years age His home and social life is said t , have been all that could be desired
 His wife was in court with him thi m orning. Porter was born in Hart ford and is a graduate of the Hart , ford High school, class of 1912. H
 went at once to the Connecticut Trus & Safe Drposit Company, which late l merged with the Hartford Trust Com . DanV
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
AMNEsIA VICTIM TAKEN IN PROVIDENCE

Providence R. l., Dec. 9--A man who said he did not know his name or his home was under treatment at the Rhode Island hospital today as victim of amnesia. In his pockets were a check book of the State Bank, Williamsburg branch, Brooklyn; a souvenir box marked Supreme Coun- cil, Order of the Amaranth," and an envelope addressed to F. w. Wood vS.rd, 515 North Vermont avenue Los Angeles. His hat bore the ini- tials IS. A. IT. and a match safe was marked "B. H. C."
 The man first accosted a policeman on the street with the question
 He is n apparently s years of age, is about feet 10 inches in height, weighs about ITO pounds, has blue eyes, fair complexion and smooth shaven. His overcoat was bought on Broadway, New oYrk.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
MRS. M'SWINEY TELLS OF 
 POVERTY

Washington, Dec. e-Dressed in deep mourning. which accentuated her palor, Mrs. Muriel MaeSwiney, widow of the Lord Mayor of Cork, day before the commission on condi- tions in reland, to testify concerning British government in reland. The hearing room was packed to the point of suffocation and many per- sons were unable to secure entrance.
 Mrs. McSwiney began her narrative by telling the commission of her childhood in Ireland. Always. she said, she had been impressed even as a child, by the intense poverty exist ing in Ireland,
 always had Republican ideals she told the Commission. 'I was sent to England to school and yet the Irish would come out even over there.' Charges that the British govern ment has kept alive and continuously stirred religious hatred in Ireland and has sought through a reign of ter ror'' to starVe that country into sub mission, brought to conclusion eight hours of testimony by Miss Mary Mac l SWiney. sister of the late Lord Mayor Iof2 Cork, before the commission in vestigating the rish question.
 I Miss MacSwiney made the predic- tion that Ireland would gain its free dom even though England had te 1 be beaten to the ground
 Miss MacSwiney punctuated hel | dom with the assertion that the Unit l ed States had not lived up to it's idea | of making the world safe for democ
 racy."
 l "We are not disturbers,' the. wit ness said. We want just to be lief
 alone. We are not using coercion l and we will not be .coerced. w
 simply want England to clear out
 we'll. forgive her for everything if sh' 1 will only leave us alone.
 . we are going to get our freedom That every Irish republican knows
 for you cannot keep in continua
 slavery people every one of whom is ready to die for his country
 Miss MacSwiney recounted instance which she said proved that the Brit ish government was deliberately firin'
 religious hatreds and added tha
 there would be no religious difference If the Protestants and Catholic
 were left without outside interfer ence' The Irish have not perse
 cuted anybody, she asserted. addin that the. peace and prosperity of tn large Jewish quarters in Cork an Dublin attested to that fact. Tn
 witness said that where there are Il l Black and Tan police there reign
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09

Britain did terminate slavery by pur-l chase. For lack of intelligence to receive the advice of an intelligent slave at enormous expenditure of blood and treasure.
 To read the summary winch our contemporary makes of the policies it has supported is a liberal education in most of the past and in some of the future.
 Sam Houston, the hero or San Ja cinto, visited Hartford in 1s4s. To the French uprising of 1S4s the Times gave the overthrow of Louis Philippe local application. It said, ''The Democrats in France have glor- iously pulled down a tyrant and burned his throne. Let them here in the same way burn and pull down the Federals in old Connecticut The Federals were pulled. down. The first Free Soil convention was held in Hartford.
 by those who didn't like its attitude towards the Know Nothing party. ''T'he injury done to us so far amounts to nothing. Eighteen persons and no more have withdrawn, their subscrip- tions from our daily list; three and no ! persons and no more have discon- tinued their advertising with us-all on account of the Know Nothing res olution." Then, as now, the citizens i of Connecticut loved sturdy oppon. | ent.
 So, through the decades, the Times went its even way, printing the news giving advice, sometimes sound and occasionally unsound; a friend of its 1 neighbors, a supporter of righteous. ness and an asset to the country ir which it existed.
 of the longest.
 The Times is one of the oldest bus mess institutions in America, I is not so old as the Bridgeport Time in its origin, nor as old as the Cour ant, nor as old as the New Havei
 
 enough to prove that among huma, institutions of business the newspape approaches most closely to 1mmor tality. In Connecticut the oldest in stitutions are the churches News papers next, proof perhaps that newspaper in it's nature partake more of altruistic than of bushes character. Institutions of altruisn survive longest in a world in whic competition constantly tears dow, that it may build new institution out of the debris of old ones.
 This newspaper extends it's hearti est organizations to The Times. t it's distinguished editors; desires fo them long careers of useful effor and that The Times may be hale an hearty, a hundred years from toda as it is at this moment Why not thousand years of life and growth A thousand years is not so much
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
OF
 BULGARIA MAY
 BREAK LEAGUE

Vienna, Dec. 9-Jugo-Slavia, Rou. mania and Czecho-Slovakia, hay. threatened to withdraw from the League of Nations if Bulgaria is ad nitted to nem bership, according to Geneva dispatch to the Nueu Freit Presse, today.
 Indications are mounting that new European alliances will throw ser1ou! obstacles in the way of the League of Nations. Dr. Benes, head of the Czecho-Slavia delegation to tht League of Nations, frankly admitted tc day that he regards all chances o1 European nations as having superior oblieations to those of the League
 Austria. probably will be thrown into the separations cauldron as the Allies recognize the necessity of as- sisting Austria's industries This ac- ton, it was pointed out. does not re- suit from charity so much as from
 Canada's victory in the fight against European domination of the League was strengthened today when the assembly adopted a revised re- port of the committee on technical orga anizations which had been 4mod1- | fled to meet the Canadian objection. i DENIES HUN LEANINGS. Paris, Dec. 9-Suggestions that he | is Germanophile in tendency were re-
 futed here last night by Honorio | Pueyrredon, head of the Argentine delegation which has withdrawn from | he assembly of the League of Ma | tions at Geneva.
 My resolution in reference to the 1 action of the Argentine mission al l Geneva was formed in complete lrr dependence" he said. "I and ru~ l war and to ward off, if possible | fnrtber djSa terS''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
DENIES HUN LEANINGs.
FINED FOR OVERLOOKING.

Two jitneymen were arraigned in the City court today on charges Of overlooking their machines. The case of Joseph Fouget, of IFS Clarence street was nolled upon the payment of $a. Charges against Joseph Dagostino, of 29S Grand street were nolled upon the payment of 50. street was fined S15 and costs for speeding. All three were arrested yesterday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09

peace and prosperity and a satisfied population
 '.The British government Miss MacSwiney continued, "has instituted a, reign of terror in Ireland. It seeks to destroy property and to throw peo- pie out Of work. It wants to starve us into submission. The Irish people don't want war. If England will get out we VII esta blish prosperity in our republic We. will keep our ports open and promise to let none use them as a war baSe.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
HYDRoPLANEs FOR PHILIPPINES

Washington, Dec. e-The Bureau of Insular Affairs has purchased five flying boats from the Navy for the Philippine government, it was an nounced today. The flying boats will be used to establish a aerial mail and passenger service from Manila to other Philippine ports. The boats will be manned by officers of the Philippine National Guard.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
FIRED THROUGH WINDOW.

Joseph Adiletta, of Al Centre street, reported to the Detective Bur eau this morning that someone had fired a ,3S calibre bullet through his bedroom window last night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09

ANNIVERSARY MASS.
 Friends are invited to attend a solemn requiem high mass at St. Patrick s church, North avenue, Saturday, Dec. Il, at a. n1., for the late Charity Com missioner, Margaret M. Ford. T9b*p
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
Che Read Annex
300 Embroidered Pillow Cases To Be Sold Friday
 At 75 cts. each,

Many bargains offered to Christmas trade ana hemsitched pillow very quality Embroidered five different designs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
Outing Flannel

A material that is very well come during the cold winter days. This outing flannel is one yard wide and is just the quail ity necessary for making skirts, nightgowns, pajamas and other undergarments. The exact quail ity which so many persons pur- chased during our last sale, but in new and most attractive pat
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
NainsOOk A 59 ct. grade to go on sale Friday 10 yards for $3.OO

You readily that this is real saving, and will be convinced when the nice grade of material | up in accommodate Christmas shoppers As there limited quantity advise early visit
 so that your order be flied.
The Crittenden press., 1920-03-12
4 WORD or EXPLANATION.

''''' '''"' ol "' TOSS was so''ell out ulloef
extreme dHicuItleS. AS our readers all know,
we nave JSol moved Ih'o our new quarters on
"'''' H''''" second ooof hofth ol the new Ma
ron DUNK NuiIuilg' ana are really not IN shape
VoPf'h'" paper t"II thlS week We were unable
~ E'' cur lower connected up uh'll E'te wed
The Crittenden press., 1920-03-12
Common Law Reference Docket.
Second Day.
Coleman Clark Grocery Co.. vs.
W. W. Pogue, Jr.
SHERlrF"S SALE

BY virtue of attachment and
order Of sale directed to me,
which issued from the Clerks
office of the Crittendon Circuit
Court. in favor of Annie Patton
against Mason Patton, | or one
of my Deputies, will on Sat.
the Goth day Of March 1920
between the hours of 10 o'clock
A. NJ. and 2 o'clock p. NJ, at the
residence Of John Patton in
Crittendon County near Mexico
Ky. expose to public sale to the
highest bidder, the following
property to-wit; two pitch.forks,
| two saws, one wood beam break.
ing plow. l one-horse steel
plow, | double shovel. l laying
off plow, 1 hay rake, saddle
| pair of plow gear, l pair Of
wagon harness, 2 collars, 3 bri'
dies, 1 pair check lines, l halter
about | ton red ton hay, one
The Crittenden press., 1920-03-12
S. PER MONTH
FEEDS ORPHAN
Cleveland H. Dodge Shows What
Near East Relief Can Do In
Efficient Purchasing.

Buying In wholesale lots and under,
the most favorable market conditions,
Near East Relief Of Madison avenue,
New York city, with repre- entatives in
every state Of the Union, has been able
to baffie the high cost Of living W far
as relief supplies for the suffe ring mil
lions Of the Near East are concerned.
Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer. IN .
staten shows that the committee II
able to provide food for the suffering
people Of the Near East at prices much
lower than the average charge here.
A donation Of IS per month will pro-
vide food for one orphan. $40 pss
month provides not only food. but alss
clothes and shelter for one orphan.
and for SIS per month attendance q
school Is assured to each orphan In a..
dition to food. clothing andsaAsatsr.
In the appeal for funds to save tAs
starving remnants Of the Armsaianl
and other western Asia peoples, Neal
East Relief Is inviting the Americas
public to adopt" IN orphan ct ~
rates given here. Over 250.000 home
less children are In need Of help In tA<
Near East. Women's organisauoas
lodges, churches and social clubs an
responding to the appeal BY adoptiAl
quotas Of orphans for support ever {
definite period.
The Crittenden press., 1920-03-12
Equity Reference Docket.

Florence llMpending VS. John
Harpending.
Rosie MeckS vs. John V. Meeks.
Cora Bardin VS. Marshall Hardin.
U. &. Hughes, Admr.. VS. Mrs.
Nettie Humphrey, etc.
Mrs, Ella c, Pierce & etc VS.
Kentucky Fluor Spar Co.
Nina Wells 4 etc VS. Clara Belle
Bennett 4 etc.
Earl Crider VS. +. S. Conger.
Mary l.. Gray VS. Gipp Watkins
a. etc,
l.ora f.. Yates, Admx,, VS. j. c.
Bourlaud 4 etc.
l.. s. Rahb, n etc w B. T., Babh,
Blue Grass l'luor Spar Co., vs.
Thomas u. Prosser.
Mrs. A. NJ. Russell VS. Chari,
Donaldson Il etc.
W. K. Spence vs. Al Millikan 4
etc.
Ollie Flanary VS. Walter McCon'
nell 4 etc,
N. M. Humphrey VS. Callie Hum
phrey 4 etc.