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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-21
STAR THEATRE TONIGHT

Irene Castle in the Firing Line" also
Al jennings in the Unexpected shot"
and Larry semon in Dew Drop Inn
i-2I-f
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-21

Meeting 70 complete Organization
OF whiting Commercial Club Will be
held Thursday evening at 8 O'Clock
in banquet ROOM Slovenski Dom.
Banquet will be served by Jack
o'Keefe. All business and profess
sional men OF whiting cordially tn
vtted. 1-l9-4t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-21
HOBART

MIR and Mrs. F. Hannah and son who
have heen in Florida during the past
couple OF months returned here 10
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-21
PRINCESS rHEArRE TONIGHT.

Tom Moore in "Toby's vow. Also
Pathe News and comedy. Tomorrow
Bessie Love In "Pageen." lei
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-21
Whiting
Advertisements
Are Winners

and are scceDfed by The Wbifin& News
&c. az. 1ISth ST.. Phone l3S-W-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-01-21

FOR SALE OR TRADE New Modern
SIX Room House IN West Park Add.
for sale or trade for and in White Co,
Arh.. Address r o. Box 76l Whiting,
Ind l-90-2
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
FITZGERALD, AN
HONOR MAN OF
POLICE, IS dead

The flag at police headquarters is
draped at half most today for Patrol
man George A. Fitzgerald of the
First Precinct, who died at his home
at so Cedar street at o'clock this
morning following a long illness.
E'itzgerald was appointed to the po-
lice force on June 1, 1916 and dur
ing his term of service on the force
had been held always in the highes
esteem by hisvSe1low officers: Fitz-
gerald was cofsesended for bravery
on September 17sAwhen at the risk
,of his life he entered a burning
l11ouse at 17s Church street and was
instrumental in. the saving of the
lives of six children who had become
trapped in the building when the
fire broke out.
On December 80 this act of valor
was acknowledged by the Board OF
Police Commissioners when they pre-
scented the officer with a star as a
mark of d4ty well done The SYM
pathy of Che entire police force was
sent to the officers mother this
morning in the form of a letter
which stated the loss of Patrolman
Fitzgerald would be keenly felt
among the members and executives
of the force in the same manner a.
the loss of a son to his mother. Su-
perintendent Flanagan personally
went to the home of the officer TO
express the regret of the force at the
death of a brother officer. A pla-
toon Of police will accompany the
funeral procession on Thursday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
Army OF Tenants
Seek New Rents
ASRcntalSSOar
Prices Jumped Here
From $5 to $40 a
M o n t h - Property
Owners Say That the
Value of H S e S
Makes the Increase
Necessary.

Hundreds of Bridgeport rent pay
ers are seeking new locations for
October I, and the change is caused
principally by rent raises which
range from SIS to $40 and in nearly
all cases the tenant wants to change
itheir places of residence, but they
tcannot find places to go and many of
them will be forced to pay the toll
exacted by profiteering landlords, ac-
men.
Property owners realize there is
tgreat shortage of houses and by bas-
ting their expenses higher call for
moro rent from their tenants. One
case reported within a few days is a
rent payer on Savoy street who had
been paying $45 a month was told
that beginning the first of the month
the rental price of the house would
be $65.
Other houses that were getting $35
and $40 a month rent last year are
exacting $50 and $55 dollars month
this year. Owners of property say
they have to pay high prices for
houses and must get the rent to meet
current expenses. Houses in thc
North End that sold for $500 and
from $4,000 to $13,5O0, and some
hwo-family houses in that section
shave sold for as high as $4,000.
Builders say they cannot construct
ia two-family house now with the
high cost of material for less than
$4,000. There has been little
building in this city during the past
year which may make the rent pay
ters look around for more changes.
against each other for a place to
live
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
MURPHY CHARGED
WITH NEGLECT

Patro1man John F. Murphy of the
Third precinct, has been temporarily
suspended from the police force by
Superintendent Flanagan and is
charged with neglect of duty. His
case will be heard at a. meeting of the
Board of Police Commissioners in the
near future.
Murphy was one of the two officers
who had been detailed to guard the
home of Dwight c. Wheeler on Brook
lawn avenue, president of the Acme
Shear Company, for fear that friends
of the seven men who were recently
convicted in the Superior court on
charge of blackmai1 and intimidation
and who were sentenced to serve
term of Is years in the state prison
concurrently on the two charges,
would seek to take revenge on Mr..
Wheeler and blow up his home.
Murphy is alleged to have gone to
sleep while OIL duty at the Wheeler
home presumably from the effects of
Intoxicating liquor. The guard at the
Wheeler home is still being maintain
ed by the police.
The local police were not inclined
to take the threats of the Norwalk
Reds in serious vein this morn
ing, superintendent Flanagan an
nouncing that no extra details Of po-
lice had been sent out this morning
to guard city property.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25

WORKERS
SCARED
Bomb Letter Keeps Many
Away From the R. & G..
l. Corset Company.
Especial to the Timeso

Norwa1k, Sept. 25-A1though no
bomb was exploded in Norwa1k up
until II o'clock this morning, the
this city was not without it's effect
today.
At the plant of the r. & G. Corset
ployed, only $50 appeared for work
this morning. Attendance was also
slim at the Cluett, Peabody and COM
pany's factory, although this plant
was not named in the RED letter.
At the City Hall, where the anony-
nous communication warned a bomb
would be planted. complete force
of employees was on hand except IN
the town clerks office. A number of
workers in this department took a
vacation today. Banks reported
that all their employees were at work
at the usual time.
Although the police are inclined to
regard the bomb warning as the work
of some fanatic or practical joker,
they are taking no changes. Plain
clothes men are patrolling the pr1n-
cipal streets of the city, and factory
property. Members of the Norwalk
State Guard companies assembled at
the armory last night, but no formal
call for mobilization was issued.
Three guardsmen remained on duty
patrolled the states property this
morning.
Deputy sheriffs on duty under Ed
ward B. Doulens, of Norwalk. are:
Robert F. Nichols, Patrick j. Riley
and Frank Mclean of Bridgeport
William Gould, of Fairfield and Fred
erick Hibbard, of Bethel A strict
watch will be maintained all day to-
day for the purpose of forestallins
any possible outrage which may he
contemplated.
According to the letter received g
few days ago by. the Norwalk police
department., the&tate armory, the R
& G. corset factory, the city hall an6
a number of banks were to be blowr
up this morning at 10 O'Clock. The
communication was written on a piece
| of brown wrapping paper, and was
found in letter box in Franklin
street. downtown. 1t was signed
| yours for He'll. Reds"
| A rumor that a. truck load of dyna
mite had been seized and was beins
held by the police in the rear of th'
City hall, caused a near panic earl!
this morning. Investigation. proved
| however, that the truck in question
| had been wrecked on the Post road
and was loaded only with empt.
boxes. The machine was held by the
police.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
YERS
REJECT
SCALE
New Haven County Bar.
Association Debates
Fees on a Minimum
Basis of $25 a Day and
Larger Fees for Court
Work - Long Argu-
ments at Meeting Yes
terday.

New Haven, Sept. 25-The New
Haven County Bar Association at a
meeting yesterday rejected a scale OF
fees recommended by committee ap-
pointed some time ago by the asso-
citation. The minimum of the scale
was on a basis of $25 a day for any
kind of legal work outside of appear
ances in court, for which much larger
bers OF the bar argued the matter for
some time and finally decided that
they didn't want any scale of prices.
Here was the report:
To the Members of the New Haven
County Bar Association:
Your committee appointed to draft
a schedule of minimum fees to be
charged by attorneys in New Haven
county, herewith submits the follow
ing Schedule for minimum fees:
In the Supreme Court of Errors -
Retainer in appeal from superior
court, 500; retainer in appeal from
common pleas. $50; preparatien~4el
brief, a reasonable sum; argument in
appeal from superior court, 800; ar
gument in appeal from common pleas
$50.
In the Superior Court-Retain, $50;
trial fee, for first day, SIS, and for
each subsequent day. $50; preparation
s25; procuring divorce where no de-
tainer; procuring foreclosure whre
no defense is made, 800. including
retainer.
In the Common Pleas Court. and
Probate Courts $25; tria
fee, $25 per day; procuring foreclo.
sure where no defense is made, $50
| including retainer.
In cases where less than 500 is in.
volved-Tria1 fee. $40; for summar,
process without TRIAL, $40; for sum
mary process with trial, SIS; for jury
| trials, $40.
Collection fees-15 per cent on frs
| 500; 8 per cent. on excess to 81, 900
i 4 per cent. on excess of $1,000; mini
mum fee. $5; on collections of $40 ol
| less, SO per cent; if collected b!
| Continued on Page Six.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
ANOTHER H0LD-UP
IS REPORTED

While patrol1ing his ''beat" on
North Washington avenue early this
morning Officer Corcoran found the
body of Nick Coco, address unknown
lying in the road suffering from the
effects of bad beating which he
charges was given to him when three
colored men held him up and reiev-
ed him of $50 and a gold watch. Coco
told the detective bureau this morn
ing that he came here from Water
bury two days ago but could not fur
nish a description of his assailants. AS
near as he could remember the time
of the assault was about 1920 o'clock.
He was in dazed condition when the
officer picked him up but after treat
ment was able to present himself at
the detective bureau this morning.
This is the second. hold up alleged
to have been made in that neighbor-
hood withip the week, the other hap
pening last Saturday night when Os-
car Safer of 146 George street was
approached by two negroes and after
asking him the time assaulted and
robbed him of sS in cash. Safer was
taken to the hospital following the
hold-up but was discharged a couple
Of days ago. The police are investi-
eating both complaints.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
TO INDICT
PLAYERS
in FRAUD
More Than Enough Evi-
dence," Foreman of the
u Jury Says.

Chicago. Sept. Establishments
based on charges of conspiracy to de-
fraud may result from the Cook
county grand jury Investigation of al
legged crookedness by the players in
last falls world series, it was indi-
Gated today by Henry H. Brigham,
foreman of the jury.
There seems to be more than suf-
hcient evidence to support such
charges" he declared.
In connection with Rrigham's an
|nouncement that Arnold Rothstefn,
New York turfman and chief owner of
the Havre de Grace track had been
subpoenaed. it was learned today that
President B. B. Johnson of the Amer
lean League has been in New York
for two days Investigating reports in
volving New York men in the alleged
plan to fix the 1919 worlds series
so Cincinnati would win and enable
the gamblers on the inside to win
Eight members of the White sox
team whose shares in the World
series money were held up by Presi-
| dent Charles A. Comiskey for several
months, probably will not be sum-
mohed, Brigham said. adding that the
grand jury was getting plenty of
| evidence elsewhere"
Among the leading witnesses ex-
pected to appear when the grand jury
| resumes its investigation next Tues
day are Presidents johnson and
| Heydler. The latter was in Detroit
yesterday tracing reports of an al
| legged attempt to fig a recent game
here between Chicago and Philadel-
/ phia National league teams. Heyd1er
said he expected to go to Cleveland
! and Cincinnati in search of evidence
| and expected to arrive here Tuesday
| Members of the grand jury, it was
| indicated, wish to question him abour
| the true reasons for the discharge
i last fall Of "Heinie'' Zimmerman and
Hal Chase from the New York Giants
| Giants.
| The attention of the jury has beer
| directed to the names of Arnold
Rothstein, Well known New York.
| er, who owens a controlling intereS
| in the champions, bill" Burns, for
mer White Sox and Cincinnati pitch
er, and Hal Chase, former first base
man for the Yankees, White Sox ant
New York Giants.
| entha1 are mentioned as having pro
fitted by the operations of the alleged
| ring.
! The story of the plot as revealed
here from supposedly authentic
zources is that Hal Chase approached
Abe Attell asking. him if he coult
find any one who would pay $1oO,
900 to have the series fixed.
| Attell is said to have approached
Rothstein who declined, according t.
!reports, to consider the proposition
AtteH is alleged, however to hav
reported to Chase that the deal hat
been made.
/ The members of the White So:
who involved were to be paid 81 5 200
balance in regular installments unit
the series ended 1t is said.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
MASKED YECCS
ROB mail train
NEAR CHICAGO

I Chicago, Sept 25-Railroad and
postoffice officials today were check
Ding up their records to determine the
value of registered mail taken from
lthe northbound Illinois Central New
Orleans limited, which was held up
last night by two masked bandits.
Estimates placed the value at from
"a few thousand dollars to 100000
The bandits boarded the train at
Trucker, Ill, fifty miles south of Chi
rcago, when it was stopped on a block
lsignal, entered the mail coach, bound
the five clerks and rode almost into
'Riverda1e, just outside the city.
There they pulled the bell cord, stop
ping the train and leaped into the
.idarRneSs.
Police said they were working on
the theory that at least one of the men
was an accomplice of Horace Walton
OF st. Joseph, Mo-, who was killed by
the police after he had taken nearly
100000 from the same train and the
same clerks last May.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
CITY COURT FINES
IN A LIQUOR CASE

The first case tried in the City
court for violation of the Volstead
Act was heard this morning when
John Economore, who conducts Il
restaurant at A Railroad avenue was
arraigned and charged with having
liquor in his place of business on
September II when Captain O'Con-
nell and Lieutenant Prout of the
First Precinct searched the place and
found a quart of "hooch' stored
away in the ice box. Judge Wilde
imposed a flat fine of s35 on Econo-
more The arrest of EconomdSe OH
September II was the first arrest
made by the local police for alleged
violation of the Volstead Act ali
previous arrests having been made by
Federal Enforcement agents.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
OVER 1000
WOMEN ON
THE LISTS
Registrars Expect That Not
Over 5000 Will Be Made
in This City.

Over 1000 women have already
registered to be made voters at the
office of the General Registrars in
the CITY hall and over 1 800 men also
have had their names put on the 70
Be Made lists this year.
The General Registrars White ana
Lounsbury expect that there viii be
only about 5000 women registered
this year instead of the estimate of
10000 that has been given out as the
probable registration.
The number of men who are regis
tering falls below what was expected
for a presidential year. Four years
ago over 5000 men were placed on
the lists and 1T looks as there would
be only about 1000 this year:
The Registrars office will be open
daily until October 4th, from IN
the morning until 5 in the afternoon
and every evening from to 9.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
THE WEATHER

Forecast from p. m. Saturday to.
p m. Sunday:
For New Haven and vicinity.
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. =
For Connecticut: Generally fair
and continued warm weather tonight
and Sunday; gentle variable winds.
The pressure is decreasing in the
eastern districts but is still above the
normal along the Atlantic coast north
Of Florida 1t is very much below
normal in the western districts be-
tween the Rocky Mountains and the
Mississippi river. SUNNI ertime tenn
peratures prevail along the northern
border from North Dakota to Maine.
Cloudy and foggy weather with light
local showers prevails in the eastern
portion of the lake region and the
northern portion of New Engfand-
Key West, Fla, reported S.Ss inches
of rain during the last "a hours.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
partly cloudy weather with light fog
followed by cloudy weather with To-
cal showers and not much change in
temperature.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
FREE DRIVER OF
RESPONSIBILITY

Phe1an returned this morning COM
pletely exonerated Redfeld L. For
rest, driver of the Cadillac car of
Cultur D. Huyler, millionaire candy
man of New York, of any criminal
responsibility in the accident in
which Charles N. w. Bates of Har
rison. N. Y, lost his life on Septem-
Der 20. Bates was passenger in a
side car vehicle driven by Samuel
Coupe and was thrown from the car
sustaining a fractured skull when it
was hit by the Huyler auto at the
junction of the Round Hill Road and
Clacken street, Greenwich.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
LAZY THEN BUT
NOT THAT WAY NOW

Especial to The Times)
Hartford, Sept. 25-The
Courant of this city raised
the general average of
smiles today when it ap-
peared with an editorial
substantially as follows:
The Hartford Times
points out gleefully that
fifteen years ago we re-
ferred to Mr.. Brandegee as
Lazy" We did and he
was. but the fact stands
proven that he has chang
ed from those days and is
no longer ElaZy.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
DEMOCRATS ARE
POLLING WOMEN

John A Cornell, Democratic Town
Chairman. reports the house to house
canvass for the registration of women
voters proceeding vigorously and that
the results are encouraging. There
seems to be considerable enthusiasm
among the women engaged in the
work.
At a meeting held at the house of
Miss Lombard in the Fifth district. so
women were present and 21 were
electd captains. These captains will
form teams and make a drive through
the district to enroll as many women
as possible.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
BOWN FOR ALDERMAN
IN THE SEVENTH

At a meeting held last night at the
Democratic headquarters, 1,206 Main
street. Lawrence T. Gallagher acted
as chairman. The meeting was called
for the purpose of nominating officers
for the Seventh district. The follow
ing were nominated for offices: Fred
Bown, for alderman; Mrs. William P.
Kirk, for chairman of the Ladies'
Auxiliary; and David A. Fitzgerald,
for Department registrar. The next
meeting of the Democrats of the Sew
enth district will be held Sept. 29, at
p. m, at the headquarters on Main
street.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
Sheriff Pease
Not Difficult
TO Recognize

Everybody recognized the profile
picture of Simeon E. Pease, high
sheriff of Fairfield county, farmer,
and grower of excellent peaches. j.
H Cook of "a Sanford avenue solved
the problem first. He came at 1904
p. m yesterday. Others in their or
der were Robert J. H EmmonS, M. j.
O'Reilly, T. H. Downs, 1854 Noble
avenue; G. H. Garfield, 323 Maple
street; Joseph Siso, rs Hallett street;
Charles P. Coe, The Stratfield; j. r.
Monahan, SIS James street; Helen r.
Keane 1776 North avenue.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
10000 TAX LISTS
-' ALREADY FILED

The rush is on at the Tax Com
missioners office by property owners
who are filing their Tax Lists for this
year. Over 10000 lists have already
been filed and Tax Commissions
Arthur Connor expects that 5000
more will be filed before October 1st
the last day allowed by law for fling
without the penalty being added to
the amount of the taxable assets.
The Tax Commissioners Office will
be open all next week from in the
morning until in the afternoon and
from to 9 each evening
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
MAC SWINEY Is
BRIGHTER TODAY

London, Sept. 25.-Terence Mac
Swiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, passed
a better night at Brixton prison last
night and consequently was more re-
freshed this morning, said a bulletin
issued by the Irish Self-Determina-
ton League this forenoon. Mac
Swinty had a few hours of sleep, but
was said to be in state of extreme
weakness, and able to whisper only a
couple of words to relatives who vis-
tied him. The severity of the pains
in his head from which he suffered
Yesterday was decreased. it was said.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
GIRJ, OPERATOR
HURT IN ELEVATOR

While opera ting an elevator in the
First Bridgeport National Bank build
ing this morning, Gertrude Keast OF
81 Courtland street caught both OF
her feet between the elevator and the
floor. She was rushed to the Bridge
port Hospital, where it was found
that her right ankle was sfractuIed
and a possible confusion of her left.
The elevator in the building was
without guards when the accident oc-
CURED.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
Wilson Patronage to-
His Own Committee

Mayor Wilson. carrying out his
therat to appoint only friends to Of
fees and to disregard the recommen-
dations of Chairman Leonard and his
district committeeman has appointed
Arthur Brown, Thomas Corners and
John Foord to the Voting Machine
Commission. Cornelius j. Healy and
John Wirth have been again appoint
ed as the mechanics who will assem-
BILE and put into shape the 80 ma
chimes now owned by the city in pre-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
POLES DEFEAT
LITHUANIANS

Warsaw, Sept. 25, via London, Sept
25.-The Poles have defeated the
LithuaniansNin battle between Su-
wallhi and the Grodno-Vilna railway,
said dispatches from the front to-
night. The Polish government ac-
cuses the Lithuanians of beginning
hostiiltieS.
According to the Polish General
Staff the Poles captured the towns of
two batteries of field artillery, one
battery of heavy guns and 26 ma
chine guns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25

paration for the November election.
Town Clerk Winton says that he
will have machines set up in the diff
ferent school houses where voters may
become accustomed to the working Of
the voting machines.
Notices will be sent Monday to all
district chairmen announcing that the
machines will be opened some day
next week and that wi k of assem-
bling them will be commenced.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
FIRST DISTRICT
DEMOCRATS ELECT

The First District Democratic Club
met in their rooms at 80 State street,
Saltman building, last night. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: DIR.
George w. Osborn, president; Lionel
Levy vice PRESIDENT; James Skane,
secretary, andeJ. P. Murphy, treasurer
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-25
TO CHEAPEN EATS.

Cleveland, Sept 25 = Cleveland
restaurant owners will decide today
whether they will comply with the
order of/the Cuyhoga County Fair
Price Commission, ordering a reduc-
ton in the price Of all meat orders
10 per cent. and vegetables and other
foods Is Der cent on Oct I.