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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
Additional Sports STATE GROSS COUNTRY
 RUN FOR STAMFORD

Entries are now being received for the first A. A. U. cross-country cham plonships ever held within the bor- ders of Connecticut Award of the running of both the individual and team cross-country championships of the state has been made by the Con necticut Association of the A. A. U. to the St. Mary's Athletic Associa- ships will be decided in a race over four and a half mile course Now being laid out at Halloween Park, Stamford. Saturday, Oct. 22nd has event and the race will commence promptly at 2 D. m-
 Before the formation of the Con necticut Association of the A. A. U. this state was part of the eMtropoli- tan District and the cross-country championships were invariably held under the auspices of one of the big New York clubs. Under the new arrangement Connecticut champion ships will be run off annually in all track and field events under the aus pices of organizations affiliated with the Connecticut Association.
 The rules adopted for the running of the cross-country championships are simple. Medals emplematic of the individual championship will be awarded to the first three men who finish, gold medal to the first man. silver to ;the second and bronze to the third.
 Any registered athlete may eom- pete for the individual championship and need not represent a club. For the team championship five gold A. A. U. medals will be given the win ming team, five silver medals to the team finishing second and five bronze medals to the team finishing third. Each club is permitted to enter eight men in the team race, the first five to finish to be counted for points. First place counts one point, second two points, third three points and so on, each contestant having scored against his team the number of points represented by the place in which he finishes, the championship being awarded to the team with the small est number of points scored against | it's first five men. For example, a team whose first five men finished 1st, 4th, 9th, sth and 10th, would have a score of 29, and if no other organization had a lower score il would be awarded the team cham 1 pionship and it's members the medals. i Entries close October 10th and should be forwarded as soon as pos sible to W. J. OConnen, P. O. Box 196, Stamford, Conn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
LOCAL MAN WILL HEAD
 JR. Q. U. A. M.

| The 18th annual session of the Ju-
 nor Order United American Mechan-
 Tuesday. Sept a7. Following the
 usual custom State Vice Councillor Clayton Barrett of Bridgeport, will
 be advanced to the office of state Sta amford. will open the session with
 an address of welcome, after which
 the delegates will convene in execu-
 tive. session: In addition. to the much business to be enacted upon | at this session
 1 State Councillor William Harris will
 submit his annual report, showing
 that the organization has had most successful year, having instituted new
 councils in Waterbury. New London
 and Norwich. State Organizer T. S.
 Walbridge of Danbury. has a new | in Derby and organizers are working in Manchester, Meriden. Putnam, Willimantic and Milford and those places will be organized by January 1st.
 When the new state councillor as-
 sumes his Noff1ce he plans to secure a set of motion pictures of the Nation
 al Orphans Home, located at Fiffin,
 O., to be exhibited in continuation
 has in mind.
 The order is now caring for over TOO children Of our deceased brothers
 at this home several of them being from Bridgeport council of Bridge port. The members of the order are justly proud of their home. which was established 23 years ago on small plot Of ground presented to the National Council by the Ohio Coun- cils, but since then more land has been secured, until now the Home oc- cupies more than 300 acres, upon
 which are erected 27 brick buildings, including cottages, trade schools
 hospital. laundry, green houses, school building, barn and in fact ev- cry building required to make kt- tie village. The order rears the children until. they are Is years of age and each child receives an edu- cation and a trade training so that
 when they graduate from the Home i they are able to take care of them
 selves.
 | State Organizer T. S. Walbridge
 will be present at the meeting of | Bridgeport Council tonight and the | delegates to the state session will re- l ceive their final instructions. N. B. l SpIaine, William Crossman, L. E. | Wildman, T. E. Larsen, Clarence Fur
 man and C. s. Burt will represent the l local council Capt E. F. Brown is | reorga nizing the degree team for the i winter cam paign which will start on l October 1st. The team is to be equipped with new uniforms and will l Sunday morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
BLACK ROCK NINE
 IS TO THE FRONT

The Black Rocks won the first game of the series with the North Ends for the city baseball champion ship. Nhe game was very exciting at times The Rocks out hit the North Ends and kept their opponents guess ing all the dme.t Augustus, the terrible left handed swat king. knocked the ball for a circuit clout with one on. Hayes pitched superb ball by retiring IA Rock men to the bench via the strike out route Gallagher was in fine shape, allowing but five scattered hits.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
POSToL, MANAGER

The r. M. H. A. Jrs. held first grid iron practice yesterday afternoon at Seaside Park, which included some scrimma ges, passing and signaling Johnny Postol was elected manager, and Harry Schwartz, captain. The Juniors record last year was ten wins and two defeats and have fond expec- tations of performing with. better re- suits this season. The Hebrew boys will play their initial game of the season in two weeks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE.

Toronto. Sept 1s.-The sovereign
 grand lodge of the Independent Or der of Odd Fellows opened here to- day with delegates present from
 every state in the United States and every province in Canada. The moring program was marked by reception given the delegates by the Provincial government in the Parliament buildings and a recep-
 ton in City Hall by the city authori-
 ties. Meetings of the patriarch mil itant council and the association of
 the Rebekah Assemblies were also held.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
CONDUCTING RETREAT.

About 1,40o women were present at the first meeting yesterday in the retreat which is being conducted this week at St. Charles church by Rev. James McCarten, O. M. l. The ser vices will be held each evening and will consist of a. sermon by Father McCarten and benedhction of the leBSSed Sacra m ent.
 The retreat for women will close at the mass on Wednesday morning and the services for men will start On that evening and continue until Saturday morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
KRUGER IN SWIM

New York, Sept. 19-"Stubby'' Kruger, the Hawaiian champion, will be John weismu1ler's opporent in q 1OO-yard swimming match next Sat urday- afternoon in the open-air pool of the Brighton Beach Baths. The occasion will mark the seventeen year-oId Chicago 'phenom's'' only ap- pearance in the East this year. On a 44o-yard match in the Brighton pool.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
FRACTURED SMALL BONES.

A small stick in the roadway trip ped eight-year-o1d Edward Nelson of 15S Burnsford avenue while he was roller skating yesterday afternoon. He was thrown heavily to the ground, and landed on his arm. Dr. J. F. Walsh of the Emergency Hospital was called, and after an examination found that young Nelson had frac- tured several of the small bones in his right arm.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
ADhlN,sTERIhG OATH oT ALLEGIANCE

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
MISS STIRLING AN ENTRANT.

Ottawa, Sept. 19.-Miss Alexa Stir ling, American woman's golf cham pion, and Miss Cecil 1eitch, British champion, weer among 104 entrants in the Canadian ladies open tourna- ment, starting today at the River mead Course. Miss Stirling is de-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
ny" GIRLS HAVE LUNCHEON FOR
 CATHERINE TREAT

A welcome home luncheon was given at the Read tearoom on Sat urday, by number of Y. W. c. A. girls and secretaries ia honor of Miss Catherine Treat, formerly a ''Y'' sec retary in this city, who has just re- turned from France where she has
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

Railroads east of the Mississippi River have declined to join with transcontinental lines in reduction. of rates recently announced for tran sportation of carload shipments of vegeta bles and certain fruits from them the Pacific coast.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

Japan's exports for August totaIed s52, 100000, compared with s40,0oo,- 900 in July, against s55,00O,0O0 in previous months.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

Twepty-one persons were injured when a Smith street car crashed in to the rear of a Bergen street car on an incline on the BrookIyn Bridge,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

lending her title and the experts be- Heve she is likely to meet Miss Ledtch in the final round.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

French notes calling for 50 cen times, 1 franc-and francs will be retired and be replaced by silver coins
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19
SPORT SNAPSHOTS

JOPLIN, Mo.-Bob Connery, New York American League scout, has announced the purchase of Oscar Roetger, pitcher. from the Joplin club of the Western League.
 PHHlADELPHIA -. Connie Mack. manager of the Philadelphia Ameri- can League Baseball Club, announ- ces he has traded William Styles, a catcher, for James R. Sullivan, who pitched this year on the Moline team of the Three I League.
 NEWARK, N. J-Ceci1 Walker in the 1o0-ki1ometer team race at the VeIodrome in Newark, beating out Frank Kramer and Alfred Goul- let.
 CAMP FERRY, Ohio.-Scoring T. 735, the United States team was leading the English team by 152 rifle team match for the Lord Dewar trophy: the English teams score, T. sos, is the only one received. Can ada and Australia also are competi- tors. Virgil Richards of New Haven Conn.,, was high man the team with a total of 393 over the 50 and 100 yard ranges.
 NEW YORK-Commod Arthur Pettftt's Viva won the annual fifty mile ocean race of the Tamaqua Yacht Club. On corrected time the craft defeated a fleet of fifteen starters over a course that would motorboat enthusiast Throughout a good 35-knot breeze was blowing which whipped the Atlantic into mass of rolling whitecaps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

Canadian revenue cutters are CO., operating with American cutters in an effort to run down rum snug glers on the Atlantic coast
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

heen engaged in social work-
 The guests at the luncheon were Miss Lena Johnson, Miss Jennie Dickey, Miss Catherine Treat, Miss Helen Robson. Miss Irene O'Brfen, Miss Mary Hoadley, Miss Josephine Black, Miss Florence Bradley, Miss Jeannette Kiskaddon. Miss Elma Gromberg. Miss Mary Sherwood, Miss Cynthia Moore, Miss Hazel Frey and Mrs. Ellsworth Bernard
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

President and Mrs. Harding re- turned to the White House, ending a vacation of eight days
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

Monthly statement of the Treasury shows expenditures of the Govern iaent declined s30.6Oo, 1000 during August, as compared with July. To- tai running expenses were s291, ,157- SAY last month.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-19

According to the American Legion more than 500 900 veterans of the World War are out of work
Evening journal., 1921-01-06
GROWERS
PEACEFUL TODAY

LOUISVILLE. KY, Jan. UNITED
Press. l-Goyernor Morrow, Of Ken
lucky, will keep hands on the tobacco
situation In the Blue Grass country.
he indicated today. unless dlnlculties
between planters and warehouse own
ers develop into violence.
Morrow has under consideration
plans for a Statewide conference OF
growers OF Burley tobacco and buy
ers. in the hope OF avoiding a repetl-
ton of might riders warfare.
No definite course has been deter
mined Morrow snd.
Il don't look for a repetition OF
night rider terrorism Morrow said.
."I believe tobacco growers will be
patient and that The situation will
adjust itself
$50 far there have been no out
breaks Of laWlessness and ] see no
need OF special measures for prOtec-
ton"
At the same time Morrow indicated
an effort 90 revive the old days Of
guerilla warfare would be- met by
strict action OF State officials.
Evening journal., 1921-01-06
SAYS HIS Wife
IS BIGAMIST
Buzenski Fights Support
Order That Sends Him
to Jail
CITY JUDGE WANTS
MORE INFORMATION

That the woman whom Prank Blu
zensH Is serving six months. imprls-
onment for falling 20 support had
husband living at the time OF her
marriage 10 Buzenski was shown in
testimony produced by Philip l.. Gar
rett, counsel for the man, I'm Munic-
ipal Court, this morning. Judge Hast
ings however, continued the case for
one week for further consideration.
A marriage certificate was produced
by Mr. GarreN today showing that
Mrs. Buzenskl was married to a man
in 1912 by former Mayor II. w.
Howell after hearing OF a charge pre-
ferred against the man by the woman
in Municipal Court At that time she
gave the name Of her first husband,
who had died When she was married
10 BuZenski in 1917 she also gave the
name Of her first husband, apparently
ignoring her alleged marriage In 1912
One witness testified that Mrs. Bu-
zenskis second husband, the one she
married in 1912, was known 10 be
living as late as year and a half
ago. some time after the wOman's
marriage to Buzenski. Witness said
the wOman's marriage In 1912 result
ed from a case heard in City Court.
The witness said that the woman's
second husband left her, upon advice
sfter the woman had had the man
before the court several times.
Buzensk, alleged third husband
of the woman, was sentenced 10 six
months In the workhouse about two
weeks ago for falling 20 comply with
an order against him for the sopport
OF his wife.
Mrs. Buzenski denied that she was
married TO any man In 1912.
Judge Hastings remarked that what
most Impressed him was that Buzen-
skis non-siipport Of mis- wife was not
because Of an alleged bigamOus mar
riaee on the part OF his wife. but a
refusal 20 support the woman who
ne believed 10 be his lawful wife.
Mr.. Garrett c0ntended that the mar
riage was void and that Buzenski
could not be held responsible for the
wOman's support.
Buzonski did not know OF his
"wife's" alleged b.gamy until about a
week ago, ne said.
Evening journal., 1921-01-06
BLOND ESKIMOS
ARE NOT BLOND

NOME. Ian. i.-Apaktawana. a lone
male member OF the Far Northern
mysterious tribe OF Blond Eskim0s. 70
the discovery OF which has been cred.
ilcd 10 Nilhialmur Stefalsson. Canad-
ian explorer. recently was brought by
traders 10 NOmp from his home on tho
southern shore of Coronation Gulf,
located on Canada's northern RIM
Nome residents thought that only in
his dress did ne differ from the Eski-
mo OF this region.
Joe Bernard Nome trader. who
brought The blond" Eskimo out. said
ne intended TO take him 10 the United
states TO show outsiders what sort OF
people the strange EskimOs are. The
native was Of stout build, with cop
per-colored skin, straight black hair
and dark brown eyes Bernard said
he was an example OF the males OF the
"blOnd" tribe
Some members Of the tribe. Bcr-
nard asserted. have reddish brown
hair and light eyes. They are scarcely
lirht enough, however, The thinks. Ia
be described as blond. II was recalled
here when Apuktawana arrived that
StefaassOn never described ihe tribe
as blond" and always said news
paper men exaggerated his story and
gave this mysterious tribe the name.
StefanssOns description was similar
10 that OF Bernard's.
Evening journal., 1921-01-06
SAYS TOMAHAWK
Is HARDEST WOOD
n. E. A. SIAN Specially

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, Jan. 5.-Toma-
hawk is the hardest word TO spell in
the English language. says young
Dallas Hill.
lie spelled 10 "tomohawk," thereby
losing out as champion grade-school
speller OF Illinois. This was at the
official state spellin' bee.
Its an Indian word, not English,
anyway says Dallas.
The gold championship badge was
carried home 90 Benton, Ill.,, by Vel
ma Rhodes, -.
Other hardest words 10 spell at the
contest We're: Sassafras, assassinate.
niche, gizzard, calli0pe gazetteer. qui
viVe, renaissance. caldrOn. ruminant,
prOteid, cayenne. abh0rrence, pleurisy.
plebian, nantomime. archipelago.
All easy words said the judges.
DO you agree,
Evening journal., 1921-01-06

preston OF my interest, enthusiasm
and love for my adopted State. am
not one Of YOU by birth. an honor or
which you are so justly proud. ] am
Just a Delawarcan, by choice. The
State has signally hunored me and l
feel Il far more deeply than you per
haps realize. 10 has been by personal
and civic ambition 20 live up 10 the
duties imposed by the oath OF that
honor
These four years have been hard,
strains OF the war. have tested the
strength OF US all. / have felt the re-
spOnsibility with a keenness known
10 but few. This STATE. with such a
glorious record in a natiOa's history,
was expected 10 measure up. You
expected 10. The nation expected It.
The inspiration OF the past bed nc
on. yet at the same time startled me
with duties ! was called upon 10 per-
form. With thought at high tension
under the strain OF war, criticism
some fair, no doubt, and some un-
fair. / think-Was OfNn severe aud
hurt But again, when almost at the
breaking point the spirit OF Della
ware called. and differences, political,
religious and sectional were swept
away. You came 60 my aid. No adj
minisiration in our day has had the
problems that were ours. No man
ever had. 10 seems to me. the loyalty
OF friends that has been mine With
out this ! should have failed utterly.
With this / hope ! have not entirely
misrepresented them. Al every call,
and they have been many and seri-
ous, Delaware has responded. No sac
rifle seemed too great AZ times as
I Look back YOU reflected well and
! truly the heroic age which your
! fathers made by their blood To have
| lived with you and been a part OF
| 10 an has been q wonderful expert
cnct. Again, and I must speak OF b.,
our success. yours and mine, has
/ been guided bv a controlling destiny,
/ higher than human thought and
/ power. That Divine Providence. %
when In stress We must all appeal.
/ has been the strength 10 mo that
makes this day possible. Without %
! ] coaid not have endured. am
i through. gentlemen ! have given OF
my thOughi time and energy TO serve
. the Slate and the truth in the light
that was given me TO see truth.
Standing here four years ago in the
Shadow Of the History OF Dover
| Green. there came 10 me realiza-
ton Of The great work OF those who
made this stale possible. Today, !
am dreaming OF the Delaware OF to-
morrow. Facing the futurr-l pres
eni its responsibilities TO you.
Evening journal., 1921-01-06
30 slain BY
death RING
Many Girl Tourists Are
Victims of Alexandria
ASSaSSinS
GEM THEORY
is ABANDONED
n r A. stan speclal)

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt Jan. 3. -
Twenty-one persons, including six
women, are under arrest here in con-
neciion with the worst murder orgy
Egypt has had in a century.
Thirty bodies and many barrels OF
human skeletons have been eXhumed
bv police under buildings In the Leb-
nan district As che search continues,
the murder list grows daily, The total
passing fifty.
Most of the victims were young
women. Detectives believe That many
were tourists trapped during slum-
ming trips: others slain afler hash
eesh smoking parties.
Police headquarters is crowded
with distracted parents who fear that
ihe discovery of the Lehban murders
will clear up the disappearance OF
scores Of Alexandria girls during re-
cent years.
police are searching for a woman
known as "Fatima, the One-eyed Ser
pent Agent" 10 is alleged that she
holds key-information in the murder
The original theory was that the
victims were murdered for their jew
elrv. This theory has been virtually
abandoned since goldsmilhs al pre-
liminary hearings testified that the
accused persons were accustomed TO
nurchase instead Of sell. iewelry.
Cairo police inspectors have been
called i'm 20 assist the Alexandria au-
fhorlties, who believe that the muir
ders so FAR discovered are only The
herinning OF the unearthing OF mur-
dor hand with headquarters In Alex
andria and a net all over hsypt.
Evening journal., 1921-01-06
BARBARY COAST
NOLONGER WET
End Comes on New Years
Day With Riot and
Revelry
CRUSADES AT
LAST TRIUMPH
II. f. A. STAFF Specially

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5.-lts taps
and twilight for san Francisco's his
toric Barbary Coast.
With the new year passed from ex-
islence the "sea dogs paradise" the
goal OF the summer and tourist, the
setting OF a thousand aud one dramas
of real life-One OF the cOuntry's Wild
est known underworld show places
But, true 10 ITS traditions, the
coast went down fighting. on the
eve Of the end. a riot was staged, in
which 300 persons were arrested.
Vice centered about The coast
That was It's attraction for the men
who follow The seven seas In tho
silent places, when storms whipped
sails into a song OF fury or calm
brought lazy days, the rough sea dogs
would tell tales of adventures with
the women of the coast" and count
the days 'til they arrived In port with
fat purses 10 squander.
Crusade after crusade was wdgcd
10 close "the coast" and then prOh-
billion came 10 hil 10 as strong 4 wall
lOp as ever was suffered by a seaman
in the process OF being bounced"
after his last dime was gone. Within
the past three months, three Of the
remaining nine resorts have had TO
close their doors.
The coast was In It's heydey In
the year 1910 when Mayor u. II. Me-
Carihy set a policy that earned for
San Francisco the title OF "the Paris
OF America" 70 was then that tho
fame-or the nOtorielv. 10 you please
of the coast travelled from New
York 10 Singapore.
TO the uninltiaied. n might be OK
planned that the coast" consisted of
some 300 saloons and dance halls.
Each had a long bar 10 the front a
dance HAN in the middle, and tables
in the rear.
To-day. six s0ft-drink saloons are
crowded together on one block. with
eight policemen on guard around
them.
A few dance halls remain in "liltle
Italy" where music is furnished The
dancers by a single. screeching
"acordeen.'
The fcw real. old-time sea dogs who
are left gather IN sad clusters close
10 the musician. and think OF Tho
times when a solid fountain OF gin
lent wings 10 their hohnalled shoes.
Evening journal., 1921-01-06
The Little Shoes lifted n
WHAT HAPPENED ~ THE NIGHT. !

When Nancy and Nick wakened the
next morning. they didn't know
the shadowy figure that had slipped
down Santas great chimney and
across the big room 90 the sioreroOm
beyond. nor about the great sacks
that the same figure had carried
away one by one.
What the twins did know. was that
santa Claus. their dear fairy friend,
seemed TO be In trouble.
"Everythngs gone" he was say
ing Every doll, drum ana hotb
horse Every kiddy-kar and skoolcr
That scamp. Blue Santa Claus. from
The South Pole has stolen everything
20. dear he sighed. What will
I do for TOYS this year when AN the
good little boys and girls birthdays
come round
Nick Jumped out OF his bed and ran