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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
Flood In Massachusetts
 Now Receding
rom Page One. J

Continued from Page One.J Ontario Sunday reached tens or thousands of dollars.
 The torTential rains which in some cases resembled cloud bursts hatten- ed whole fields of growing grain in western Ontario and barns and farm houses stood out like islands on the waters which at some of the lower points flooded the land to depth of eight feet. No loss of life was re- ported.
 In London, Ont, it was reported that low lying land adjoining the Canadian Pacific Railway was 2 feet under water. A bolt of lightning swept the press room of the London Free Press, setting fire to the build ing, destroying ten tons of paper and melting every roller.
 On the Grand Trunk Railway near Pottersburg 50 feet of track was washed away and a big hole e2cavat- ed by the rush of water.
 Heavy damage was done in the various railway yards. Telephone and telegraph communications throughout the storm area was great ly impaired
 Boston. July 11-Train service on the South Shore lines of the New York New Haven & Hartford R. R. was still crippled today by washouts and signal trouble due to the storms branch lines between Whitman and East Bridgewater and between Mid dleboro and Lakeville was suspended and in other sections long detours were necessary.
 Wire disturbances caused by the storms necessitated hand signalling over part of the system and fagmen and at other points near the terminal
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
 Procession Around School
Copyright. eRroadbrook
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pose of building pa.e:cfsAa 1Bh ools and churches Never once have the Cath
 plies complained about the double tax imposed upon them by the state and by the church for the maintenance of Ithe public and Catholic schools said Father Ripple. In closing he said that his blessing would always be with Father Blake and with the res idents of Fairfield.
 Father Ripple was followed by a
 short address from the Right Rev erend Bishop Murray The bishop conveyed greetings to the clergy and people present from Bishop Milan who was unable to he present. He also
 told of the historical significance of Fairfield in the church and in the state and said Fairfield played a great part in the building up of the church in this part of the country and also the building up of the state of Con necticut. In closing he thanked the people for the great work they had done for the children and for Father Blake.
 The last speaker was Father Blake who thanked the people for their CO., operation in making the affair yester- day a success.
 After the ceremony was over Bishop Murray gave his blessing to all those present. The playing of the Star Spangled Banner by the band and singing by the entire asSem bla SC closed the days program.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
A STEP FORWARD

Events have at last begun with considerable rapid ny In the disarmament matter Without waiting for the sage of the Naval Appropriation bill the Borah amend ent authorizing the President to invite Great Britain and Ja pan to conference with this country concerning the navy ducton the President has oresaed him the matter by let ting 1t be known that already informally matter not only with the countries but and Italy and China
 This information public yesterday the follow Ing official statement from the State Department:
 "Fhe President, in view of the far-reaching inn
 Portance of the question of limitation of armanlents
 lied and Associated PoxVers is is W Great Bpitain
 France, Italy whether it would
 be agreeable to them take part in conference this
 tuaily agreed upon. proposal is found be ac-
 eepiable, formal invitations for such conference will
 "It is manifest that the question of limitation of
 ern problems and the President has suggested that the
 powers especially interested in these problems should
 undertake in connection with this conference the
 sideration of all matters bearing upon their soution
 with view to reaching a common understanding with respect to principles and policy in the Far East.
 '1This has been communicated to the powers
 eerned and China has also been invited to take
 It will be noted at that this of the Presidents is considerably at plan the conference to other besides the United States Whether this is altogether good thing to On the face of it of the nations which could be brought into agreement the better the hand the countries involved the greater the difficulty of reaching ground understanding to which all the interested parties would If the matter of reducing land armament included is quite possible that France would be given mme- dae aid the other to such n attack she subjected to in 491i
 the question in still further compicaes the matter though should delay the final consummaton of the plans which quite probable it will do
 By thus announcing his position populations way the President avoids possible embarrassment by either fusing placed a posi- which might like obeyng the Senate Taken whole, however it large encourag forward the road to disarmament and should be hailed such by the enemies of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11

copy of the Catholic Transcript, The Times for Saturday. the only local paper which was placed in the corner stone. The iron case was locked and put in the stone and the stone was then sealed by the bishop with ce- ment. The Litany of the Saints was sung in Latin by the bishop and the responses were sung by the clergy present. After the cemerony had been performed the bishop followed by the priests walked around the new school and blessed it with holy water while the priests chanted the divine office-
 The first sermon was 8, stirring one given by the Rev. J. M. Ripple, O. P, a priest of the Dominican order. Fa- ther Ripple told briefly of the great benefits derived by the children from attending the parochial schools. He said the religious instruction in the schools is very essential and if a man knew his religion and knew nothing else he would be a good loyal citizen to his country. On the other hand Father Ripple said that if a, man had all the knowledge possible and knew no God he would be a citizen of the poorest type.
 As an illustration of this last state ment he pointed out the slackers in the recent war and said they were the ones with learning and no God. Fur ther he told of how willing the Cath olicS were to give money for the pur-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
Old Lenoir.
 Now Ready
 For Junk Man

A steel shell of a boat with a. fire warped boiler rests on the beach in
 "The Gut on Pleasure Beach a mute reminder to hundreds of Bridgeport CTS of ro1licking excursions to the is land fifteen and twenty years ago. It is the remains of the steamer Lenoir which in bygone days carried thous- ands of Bridgeporters to the old Steeplechase Island before the me- morable conflagration wiped out the old resort.
 The old steamer after being in the derelict class and out of service for several years-an eyeSore to the new fy made Pleasure Park-waS recently stripped of it's metal and va1uables and consigned to the flames The an- cient craft was saturated with oil and the match applied, and the re- mains new awaits the pleasure of the junk man.
 According to John Debe1e, a vet eran boatman on the island, the craft was one of the neatest and saf- est excursion Eats on the sound It was always kept in Spick and span shape and was a big favorite with excursion parties of the olden days. It was in active service for nearly thirty years, plying between the Stratford avenue dock and SteepIechase Island, for a dozen years or more after be- ing acquired by local transportation interests. | The Corsair, sister boat of the Lenoir, used as extra boat Is now housed in the Erie Basin, said De- heIe.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
DEATH LIST FROM
 CRASH IS NOW SIX

cContinued from Page One) piles parked along the bank. But 40 halt was g. shed containing 5000 pounds of dynamite.
 e Sixteen automobiles were burned. The dead were trapped in the auto mobiles.
 The airmen were rescued from their wrecked machine
 The plane was bound from Cleve- land to Washington and had laid over here Saturday night.
 Just after the hopof yesterday the plane which had risen but a short distance swerved suddenly and crashed into line of automobiles on the Ohio river bank Then one of the gasoline tanks of the plane blew up. A minute later several automo- bIe tanks let go. Two more of the scattering the burning fluid about for considerable distance. Lieut.. MacIver and Lieut.. E. H. Dunton were in the plane at the time of the crash. .\ Lieut.. Dunton'S s eX- planation of the mishap follows: '.As we went north and the plane left the ground the left motor stop ped, causing the plane to swerve to the left The velocity made it inn possible to figure on the plane com ing to a stop if the other motor had been shut off.
 'Iieut. MacIver leaned over to steer the plane toward the OhiC river. The control levers did no work properly or the distance wa: l too short to swing the plane to the left to clear the crowd The crasf | followed
 | Cleveland, Ohio, July II - The | Martin bomber winch crashed a | Moundsville, w. Va, causing si2 | deaths to bystanders. had recent! | undergone some repairs and was no
 in charge of regular Martin plant
 school aviators, Glenn Martin. aero plane manufacturer, said today. 'The1 | were not regular Martin bombe plane pilots,' he said. but they were
 good men. I think. The ship had
 been at our factory about 80 day | for minor repairs. The machine Wa! | being taken to Washington
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
LLOYD GEORGE
 PLEDGES ENGLAND
Continued from Page One.

Washington, July II -. President Harding's inquiry among the world powers as to whether they will con- cider coming to Washington and dis cussing limitation of armaments and the settlement of affairs in the Far East, was hailed today as the great est single step that has been taken in the direction of international peace since conference at Versailles failed to establish it.
 If the powers, Great Britain, France. Italy and Japan see fit to accept the American invitation, it is likely that the coming autumn or winter will see a peace conference held in Washing ton which will seek to accomplish what the Paris conference failed to bring abOut-a clear understanding 2 among the great nations of the world that will aim at prevention of 'fthe next war"
 Stripped of diplomatic verbage and speaking in poker terms President Hardings actions regarded today as constituting a ''calP' The responses that will have to be made to the American invitation will reveal whether the great powers have been sincere in their professed desire for an armament understanding or where the disarmament and the pace of the last year has only been so much international bluff.
 Paris, July 11-Sheldon White house, counsellor of the American em- bassy, called at the French Foreign | Office, just before noon today and | talked with M. DePeretti De La Roc ca, director of political affairs, on the possibility of holding a conference on disarmament.
 MT. whitehouse delivered no docu- ment in this connection, merely en- gazing in a tentative conversation on the subject.
 Official comment on President Harding's initiative for a conference on the limitation of armamentS is withheld pending receipt of the official invitation, but unofficial opinions, gathered in official circles, are to the ] effect that France certainly will ac- | cept the invitation.
 | The attitude of the French govern ment, however, is said to be un- changed since it was set forth in the assembly of the League of Nations ' last December by Leon BourgoiS France, it is explained, is ready and would be glad to reduce her arma- ments and save the heavy expense in- | volved as soon as she can safely dc so, but any decision on this question must depend upon absolute security l from the east.
 It is declared in responsible quar-
 ters that while France would discuss | limitation of navies she would no1 consider land disarmament unless the l United States arbitrates and signs the | C1emenceau pact agreeing to alo | France with her full strength in the l event France is alta cked. While
 all expressions of opinion today were entirely unofficial they were accepted 1 as indicating the trend of the gov ernm entS incinations.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
INSURANCE MEN ENJOY OUTING
 AT "THE FARM"

One of the most brilliant field days in the history of the Travellers In surance Co. was held on Saturday at .1The Farm." formerly the Black Rock Country club, when over 100 agents of the life and accident branches of the state gathered to- gether for an outing.
 The chief event of the day was the delicious shore dinner served by the manager, B. F. Champion During the day athletic events, such as ten his, swimming in the large salt water pool, baseball, standing broad jump, 50 yard dashes. hurdling. races and the large field nearby the club which made an ideal spot for such an af- fair.
 The committee In charge of the ar credit for the delightful days pro- gram are: Frederick w. Harrison, ". c. EEiseman and F. H. Orego.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
LEGION POST DID NOT REFUSE
 TO PARTICIPATE

Through an inadvertance. The Times printed an item concerning the Fourth of July exercises at Fair. source from which the news was ob- tained was supposedly dependable The Times therefore prints the fol- ton:
 The Times Publishing Go, 179 Fairfield Avenue. Bridgeport, Conn.,,
 GentIemen:-In Thursday evenings paper you mention in the Fairfield news about the exercises held on Fourth of July in this town In behalf of the, American Legion Post never refused to participate in these exercises on account of the English flag being flown, which was stated in your paper
 1 These exercises were held under
 the auspices of Daughters of Ameri- can Revolution and our Post received an invitation to attend | At the regular meeting of our Post
 on June 14th, 1921, after considerable
 discussion it was voted not to attend these exercises as a body in uniform
 as most of our members were going
 to be out of town over the holidays | Therefore, we hope that you will
 explain to the people through your
 paper our position in this matter so
 we may avoid any more unjust cr1ti- cisn to our members and organiza- | ton.
 | Very truly yours,
 GEORGE W. ANDERSON, l Post Commander. | A recent issue of The Times (F'ri- | day evening. July 8. in Fairfield | items, contained absolute mis- | statement of facts concerning the | Fourth of July exercises on Fairfield Green. It is reported that the Amer ican Legion refused to take part in | the program because Q. British flag
 was flying with those of our other al- | lies. This is not true. The American
 Legion took the part in the exercises 1 which had been previously assigned
 to it. They had not intended to
 march The British flag was not | taken down during the exercises, but | remained floating with the others, i without a single protest from any l one. After the exercises were con- | cluded and the audience had dispers- | ed it, with the other dags-our own | American flag among them was | taken down and packed away with
 all the other decorations. for future | use-it left the Green when the plat | form did.
 The Daughters of the American l Revolution had charge of the exer-
 cises and decorations, as they have had annually. for the last twenty five years.
 MRS. FREDERICK A. BURR, | Regent of the Eunice Donnie Burr Chapter, Daughters American | Revolution, Fairfield.
 July g, 1921
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
MILFORD COPS
 CONSERVATIV
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Continued from Page One) cottages, and just far from the water. Joy riding while attired thus ly may also cause bathers to take a premature trip to the showers, but yesterday many flivver loads of 'sbathers'' f1ivvered around as usual.
 Some of the higher class resorts, and concesSionaires are in accord with the new regulations, for it will give them backing when they want to refuse to serve people not exactly garbed in refreshrn ent booth raiment. Now they have the necessary author ity to shoo, what they term undesira- ble trade, at some stores, out on the hot pavement.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
Gather In
 } Motorists

Five out-of-town motorists were arrested here yesterday for violating g the automobile laws Their cases were disposed of in the City court to- day as follows:
 M. J. Druyer. New York City, reck- less driving, continued until July 12; Louis R. Hine, Danbury, violation of the parking ordinance, nolled on pay ment of S1; Charles S. Freedman, New Haven. speeding, continued until tomorrow; Edward R. Masker. Pel- ham Manor, N. T., speeding, con tinued until July It, and Paul R. Andrine, Stratford, speeding. nolled on payment of S10
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
TONETLE BETTER.

The condition of Popio Tonetli, of 177s Main street, who dove off a raft into three feet of water at Fairfield beach yesterday and struck his head, was reported as good this morning at the Columbus Hospital on Washing ton avenue where he was taken yes terday by Dr. George B. Thielcke, of SouthDort.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
Small Lay-on at Gen. Electric.

A small lay-off took place Satur- day at the plant, of the General Elec- tric company, a flew of the men af- fected being sonlS that were origi- naIly listed as office workers, but who have been engaged for some months in the factory, in the endeavor to keep them busy during the depres- sion. It is understood that the men laid off were employed in the pro- duction and motor branch of the big fa ct0
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
CoLLAPsEs ON STREET.

Gus Pagan, 30 of 93 James street, collapsed on the street last night about 9:30 and was taken to St. Yin cents hospital by Dr. Walsh in the Emergency ambulance. His collapse is said to have come from overvo-k and his condition was reported as bet ter at the hospital this morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
125 SEEK JOBS.

About 125 persons applied for jobs from Superintendent Angus Thorne, of the Board of Charities, at the Well fare building this morning. Two po-
 Hcemen were on duty to prevent any trouble due to rushing. About half
 the number will be provided with a weeks work repairing roads about
 Hillside Home.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
POLICE TO QUESTION TIERNEY

As soon as official permission is given by Dr. Daniel T. Banks, the po- lice vail question .Patrolman Thomas domen by an unidentified gunman, on the night of June IS. No attempt has been made as yet to secure the wounded policeman's version of the affair, but on Saturday morning he had a, short informal talk with Cap tain Peter H. Hall of the Third pre- cinct-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
THE BOTTLE

We used the gres kick by how although always made sick kicking But the ek of vintage cannot find anywhere and pretty sow We're told of hppers much should but that thing that they would just gOod but been reading the that tong round the booze the blues they should Wrist bottles adon the of doll where watches formerly hold alcohol OsenIy they hold fool coppe alhough there's little Such things should have of a much small hold wig; wouldn't half ball unless they're big. girls be they all be slapped the No would dare Ienig
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
HAD TO USE TELESCOPE
 TO MAKE HARBOE

The pilot of the steamer Park City that plies between Bridgeport and Port Jefferson was forced to use a telescope to find his way into the Long Island town harbor yesterday afternoon. The heavy fog prevented seeing the breakwater that guards both sides of the harbor and the Park City was delayed about half an hour The fog did not hit this side of the Sound until the early evening.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11

Mayor Wilson, John c. Stanley and 40 members of the Bridgeport Traf- ic squad enjoyed an outing yesterday at HemEchss grove in Long Hill The good time is~anr rannual-affair-o the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11

Dublin, July 11-A1l available members of the Dail Eireann, or
 Irish Republican Parliament, return
 ed at the last election, met privately in the Mansion House today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11

Belfast, July 1.-The curfew was reimposed here today as a result of the disorders of Sunday. Belfast now is the only place in Ireland under the curfew regulation, despite the truce terms by which the curfew was raised generally.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11

Cork, July 11-There was a flare up of violence in the Cork district just before the armistice became eff fective. Four British soldiers who had been kidnapped yesterday were found dead today on the outskirts of the town. A retired British major was taken from his bed and shot to death.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11

Italy and Japan have had about --earthquakes in the past fifty
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11

ary Hull, rioting again broke out here just before noon today. Six persons were wounded and taken to hos pitaIs. A revised casualty list this afternoon put the dead at 16.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-11
IRISH TRUCE GOES
 IN EFFECT AT NOON

(Continued from Page One) merly a noted Unionist politician and candidate for parliament in Dublin but more recently had been promi- nently identified with the Southern Unionist moves for an Irish settle ment.
 At Castle Island. county Kerry. a military patrol was attacked last night. Three soldiers were killed and seven others wounded. Four mem bers of the attacking party are be- lieved to have been killed.
 According to the official reports there were 24 deaths, all told from violence in Ireland over the week end. These figures included 14 killed in Belfast, where eighty-six persons also were wounded and eighty houses were burned. \
 London, July 11-Eamonn de Va lera, president of the Irish Republic will come to London Thursday for a 1 conference with Premier Lloyd George on Irish peace, it was offici- l ally announced this afternoon.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
Nnt Out. Finished.

The most embarrassing moment Of
my life was when a new stenographer
came 10 work for my boss About
noon of her first day with US ! wrote
to the old stenographer and ] left the
note in the typewriter when my boss
called me in. Just then the new ste
nographer came back from lunch and
she read the note.
When / came out of my bOss's office
she said. There is a note of yours
in the typewriter. Do you want TO
finish it?'
The note read: Dear Peggie-l am
writing to let you know Of our new
stenographer She is dead from the
neck up and as slow as molasses. she
has a face like a-."-Chicago Trlb-
une.