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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09


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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-09
STATE OF MAINE

STATE OF MAINE.
AsISSsOsCOGGIN, So.
Hl ''''Oed and sworn 10 before me. July II
wM. II. NEWELL,
Justice OF the Peace.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Tragedy!

A dog a cat and a Ford were the principals in little tragedy at Pros pect street and Park avenue, yester- day afternoon. In the first act the comedy was supplied by the meeting of the canine Adam and the feline Eve The second act dramatized the proverbiaI pursuit of the female by the male. Tragedy entered into the final act, disguised as a Ford, and snuffed out the life of the unfortunate dog.
 It all started when small dog owned by Dr. Eli B. Ives of 2S6 West avenue, discovered strange cat while sauntering along Park avenue. The susceptible canine fell heavily for the charms of the opposite sex, and immediately opened his advances. He was not so satisfactory to Miss Pussy however and she repel1ed his every attempt to make her acquaint- ance
 Finally, when the dog became too persistent Pussy hiked and hiked fast and darted across the street with Doggie a few feet behind Here Fate intervened and projected Ford runabout in the path of the animals. Nothing daunted Pussy and she darted under the moving car, and so did the pursuer. The cat emerged cathed. but Doggie did not He was not as fast as the feline and had been run over by the wheels of the Ford
 The dog was so badly injured that 1t died within . few minutes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Lawyer Asks
 all Sentence For lis Client

A precedent was established in thea city court this morning when a law yer asked Judge Arthur Nj. Con1ley for a jail sentence for his client. He also asked that the usual fine Se re- nitted. Judge Comley compromised by giving the prisoner little of both
 Julius tBodnar of 211 Spruce street: was arraigned for violating the liquor laws. He pleaded guilty, and his at torney asked that a jail sentence be imposed.
 t'If it would please the court,'' he ], said. ttI would like to have the usual, procedure of a fine and suspend d. jail sentence reverted. My client has pleaded guilty, and I suppose you will impose the usual fine and suS-, pended sentence. In this case, how ever, I am sure the ends of justices would be fulfilled if the fine was sus-j pended and the execution of the jaiE sentence ordered
 Judge Comley answered by saying court to give a prisoner everythtE3 he asked for, but in view of the fact that the law called for the imposition of a. fine and that Bodnar apparently was anxious for a jail sentence. he would satisfy with both.
 He fined Bodnar $50 and costs and sentenced him to ten days in jaiT1 The costs in the case amounted to9 S10.02, and Bodnar will have total sentence of about TO days to serve.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Outlaws Prepare to Throw Transportation
 Into Chaos By Strikes

Washington, Aug. 17-The "out- law railroad workers have become active again.
 Under the d3 c5;sS leadership tRs of o,t 5ohn workers are making preparations to throw transportation into chaos through sporadic strikes, and to bring about a nationwide secession move Four'' brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor railroad unions, according to information received here today in official labor circles.
 Their goal is said to be one big union movement of all railroad work CTS. They have sent agitators, ac- cording to advices, into railroad dis tricts, particularly in New York, New West, to stir up the already dissatis- fled and restless railroad workers, to revolt against the leaders of the unions.
 Their operations, it is claimed, are part of a widespread movement to incite revolt until the lone big union' idea has swept the great mass of or ganized labor. They are said to be linked in their activities with elements in the American Federation of Labor, boring from within under the in spiration of William z Foster, leading spirit in last years steel strike. Be- | fore his departure for Russia. to at tend the third internationa1e'' and confer with Lenine and other Bol- 1 shevist leaders, Foster laid the seed | for a campaign to organize all the railroad crafts into one union along | lines of the Federation of Railroad | labor circles here.
 Gruneau has declared that 15,0oo members of the American Federation of Labor Railroad Unions, on the volt against their leadership and join | (Continued on Page Twelve.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17

Congressional action may also be taken with a view to speeding up the economic readjustment which / it is believed is essential to the correction of unemployment.
 Unemployment is the result of poor national economic management, ac- cording to Eugene Meyer, Jr., direc- tor of the War Finance Corporation, who stated today that unless the gov ernment acts there would be a most serious situation for it to confront next winter.
 Comptroller of the Currency Cris- singer, today also urged immediate steps to alleviate the condition of idle ness so widespread in this country.
 'tAs an American citizen, I should feel ashamed to go through next win ter with five million men idle,'' Direc- tor Meyer said. There is work for these men in this country, if we will only manage our affairs with a req sonab1e degree of intelligence.
 q am not one of those who. believe that unemployment over a long period is necessary to work out cer- tain economic theories. I think un- employment is a thing about which
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Irish Crisis
 Reviewed
 ByCabinet

London, Aug. 1.-The critical Irish situation was reviewed by the Briti- ish cabinet just before noon- It was understood that Premier Lloyd George decided to make a statement to the House of Commons later in the day. Official circles are pessimistic over the latest developments at Dublin.
 The probability that De Valera's s verbal rejection of the English peace terms would be followed by a formal message to London, was indicated by Sir William Sutherland, who made the following statement to the Inter national News Service:
 ''The cabinet met just before noon and can state that, as the result of new intimations from Dublin, the Premier is in a position to announce the ministry's attitude toward the House of Commons late this after noon."
 Officials of the Irish Office are loath to believe that the road to fur ther peace negotiations has been tightly closed They admit that the situation is most critical, but say that regardless of the Sim Fein re- lection, the British government will not adopt an aggressive attitude in Ireland.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17

something should be done, and can be. done.
 ''It will be a distinct economic asset to the country and of the great inn portant to restore labor to a full de- gree of employment"
 The Administrations plan for using the War Finance Corporation to aid the railroads and the farmers will contribute to a reduction in unem- ployment, Meyer said.
 we want to help agriculture '' Meyer said. s'The farmer is a great factor in our national prosperity. The nation cannot be prosperous unless the farmer is prosperous.''
 Industries which are idle must be put in operation" said Comptroller of the Currency Crissinger. we must restore some of the credit in- strum mentalities between the employer and the unemp1oyed.'
 The whole situation regarding un- employment probably will be again taken up by the Cabinet on Friday, it was said today, and at that time it is possible that members of the Cabinet may offer a definite program for the Administration to carry out.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17

According to this neighbor a naur- der was prevented about two o'clock yesterday afternoon only by the con fession of Mrs. Joseph J. Wolfe, 859 Stratford avenue. to her husband, who was inf1icting a terrible beating on the naked body of John Lamb, be- Ieved to reside in rooming house on South Main street, that she had made Lamb believe that she was an unmarried woman, acting as house. keeper for Wolfe
 Trouble at the Stratford avenue nome of the wolfes culminated in the believed suicide of Mrs Wolfe immediately after her husband had administed a beating to the man who had wrecked his home The woman, believed to have been ashamed to face the world after the disgraceful predicament in which she found her self, is saL sN have taken a large amount of ca=b ,lic acid, from the eff fectS of wA1ch she immediately De- came unconscious, dying less than two hours la CT after being rushed away from the scene of the tragedy' in an Emergency hospital ambulance
 The Wolfe apartment Is the upper g half of a. two family house, and Lamb had made regular visits to Wolte's home, when Wolfe, an employee of the Singer Sewing Machine company, was away at work
 An unknown informer yesterday afternoon telephoned Wolfe and told him that someone was in his house. ' The infuriated man, who is about 6S years old, and who could not be To- cated this morning, hurried home in his Ford roadster, and armed, it is believed, with a tool from the ma chine, crept up the stairs. but was met by his wife, said to be in night attire. Her excuses for being so dressed were unsatisfactory and Wolfe is said to have pushed her aside, and on ap- preaching his bedroom to have found a pile of strange male clothes, not his own. piled on the floor.
 He found his quarry hiding in the bath rom, and then commenced a one-sided battle, Wolfe using the au- tomobue tool and his fists, and in- ficting terrible body and head injur- ies on the trespasser, whose life was saved by interference of the wife who took the blame. Neighbors who overheard the battle say that Wolfe then forced his wife and Lamb to write and sign confessions. evidently intending to use them in a later di- vorce action. Shortly after. he Jeff the house and made apparently flu tile efforts at stores and houses 1T the neighborhood to find who hat
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Directs Detectives to
 Men Responsible for
 51 Recent Killings

New York, Aug. 17.-Doomed by the American branch of the Sicilian Camorra to be roasted to death," be- Fontano, safe in prison, was today men he claims are responsible for 51 secret killings on the Atlantic sea- board, and as far west as Detroit Fontano himself admits several mur- ders, including one on July 30, at Avon, New Jersey.
 Six men, alleged leaders of the Bonventre gang, which Fantano claims is the American branch of the Camorra, which has it's headquarters in Palermo, Italy, are in custody and more arrests are expected momen- tarily.
 At the command of a chief in Pal ermo, Fontano says he murdered Car mililo Caiozzo, on July 30. He was told that unless he killed Caiozzo, ac- cused of the murder of the brother of one of the Camorra chieftains, he would be killed himself, he says.
 Following the death of Caiozzo, Fontano was told by a fellow mem- Der of the same mysterious fifteen" that he had been marked for death, as one who knew too much and that he was to be roasted alive in a Brooklyn bakeshop. Hoping for safe ty only in some "good prison,' Fon- tano notified Captain Fiaschetti, head of the New York Italian squad, that he had important Information to communicate. Captain FiaSchetti met Fontano on a Broadway corner where the seIf-confesSed murderer gave himself up. Immediately following the arrest of Fontana, telegrams were sent by police to the scenes of many unsoIved murders. The first arrest came at Avon, New Jersey, where
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
 : With Soviet
 Near finish

Rome, Aug. 17-Negotiations for an economic agreement with the Russian Soviet delegation here, the Messaggero says today, have almost been com pleted. The agreement, which is to be signed in the near future, contains four points. the newspaper asserts. as follows:
 IA mutual understanding to open negotiations immediately for an economic and commercial agreement of the widest kind between the two countries.
 2-Russia is to afford Italy the same facilities and advantages as those granted other countries.
 3-Rusia is to give equitable con- sideration to Italian claims for credits with regard to Russia
 An understanding by the Soviet government that it's delegates in Italy will abstain from any attempt at pro- paganda in the kingdom.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
MiZZer'S s WZZ Is
 Filed
Appraisers Value Estate
 at About $1, ,5OO,OO - Charitable Organiza- tions Beneft-WidoW
 Gets Bulk of Property.

According to the will of Frank Miller, which was filed this morning ities, most of the bequests being to Bridgeport institutions. Contrary ito most estimates of his wealth his to- tai estate as judged by the appraisers is estimated at about S1,500,00O.
 1t is probable, however. that when the appraisers have gone over all the securities 1t will be found to come slightly above that figure. Popular around the s5 100000 mark. Besides what he left to charity, the principal beneficiaries are relatives. the widow of the deceased inheriting the largest
 Those charitable institutions which were remembered in the will and the share of each are: Bridgeport As sociated Charities s25, Protestant Protestant Widows Society and Sterl- ing Home s25,O0O. Burroughs Home s25,0o0; Bridgeport Ladies ~Charita able Socoety $1O,o00; Bridgeport Protec- Christian Chr Union s1o,ooo; Salvation Army s1o,ooo; George Junior Repub- lie $1o,ooo.
 To his wife, Mrs Anne Drew Mil on Brooklawn avenue with all the contents thereof together with $200,- 900 and in addition s3o0,000 is placed in trust from which she is to derive
 
 To Susan Jarvis Miller of Cornwall. Conn, the widow of the only son of MT. Miller who was married, is left certain real estate in Cornwall and the income from s25,o00- Ada M. Clinton of Stratford receives Slo< 900, Dewitt Clinton of Worcester s5,0oO, Emma N. Ba1lock of Bridge port s1o,ooO, Constance Tansley of Bridgeport s5,0O0, and to Cora M ives of Chicago the insone of S25,- 900 for the period of her life.
 The residue of the estate is to be held in trust by the City National Bank of Bridgeport for the three grandchildren of the deceased. Frank. Darius, and Charles Miller, the in come to be devided equally among them for the period of their lives At the death of>these three the principle of the estate goes outright to their heirs.
 Mrs. Anne Drew Miller is made exc cutrix and Charles F. Hough executor. The appraisers are Richard Murphy, Angus Mackenzie and Ciarance E. Bilton. The will was drawn up by Judge Carl Foster and is dated June 21, 1919-
 Mrs Miller today expressed her ap- preciation of the way the press of the city had handled the news of her l husbands death
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
S Pen
 Disappears

Chicago, Aug. 17.-To the quill pen with which President Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation and long list of other exhibits which dis appeared during the pageant of pro- gress, police today added Bing, the only dog parachute jumper in the country.
 Bing, who made daily leaps from an afrplane into Lake Michigan during the pageant, disappeared Sunday night. The dog was trained at Ran tou1 Field, Illinois, by Lieutenant J. L. Stromme, his owner, who is now stationed at Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
To GiUe Aid To
 Er-SerUice Men

The officers of the Stratford Red Cross wish to call attention to the fact that Stratford ex-service men, in any difficulty regarding allotments, war insurance, dis ability, compensation, or voca- iona1 training, should report at the Red Cross rooms in the Fair field county court house, on Gold en Hill street, tomorrow and Thursday, August IS and 19, from 10:30 a. m. to D. m., at which time government experts will be on hand to offer a golden oppor- tunity'' for ex-service men to per sona1ly present their claims. It was at first hoped to have a ses- sion in Stratford but it is found that Stratford men will have to appear in Bridgeport
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Drive Against Delinquent Tax
 Payers Beginning To Show Results;
 Fifteen Writs Have Been Filed

The drive against delinquent tax payers is beginning to bring good re- suits. In a quiet way Assistant City Attorney W. Parker SeeIey has been sending out notices at the rate of about twenty a. day to those who owe the city money, warning them that they must pay up within a week come to some satisfa ctory settlement or face suit. To date about 1 5 writs have been filed already, and four cases have been placed in the hands of the sheriff.
 MT. Seeley stated yesterday that most of the delinQuents were honest business men who had been so hard hit that it was impossible for them to pay all their taxes at once. With these he said that he came to an ar rangement whereby they could pay up in series of weekly payments. He stated that he did not believe that a
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Receivers
 For Mcclure S

New York, Aug. 17-Recefvers in equity were appointed today for Mo Clure's Magazine, Inc, on complaint of Marcus B. Behrman, who claims $12,956 due on notes.
 Federal Judge Manton appointed John B. Johnston and Myles D.. Walsh under bond of $20,000. The complaint stated that the company'S S liabilities exceeded $25o.00O. that as sets were in excess of this amount but that the company was short of funds for expenses and that a re- cefvershfp was necessary for the pro tection of creditors.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17

very large number of cases would have to be handled through the courts, but that any man or firm which did not make a reasonable arrangement for paying would be sued.
 At the tax collectors office it was said that the drive for back co1lec- tions is going to the full satisfaction of that office. No check has been made on how much money has been brought in since the first of August when the intensive campaign began, but it is known that a large sum has been collected already.
 According to the laws governing taxes taxes are a lien upon real estate in preference to any other 1ien. which may be sold for the taxes and cost .of collection, within one year after3 the same become Gue.'' tAb- straet of Statue Laws. chapter ?, sec-, tionf 13.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Derbiies Get 'Weidner, New
 Outfielder

weidner, an outdelder from the Newark International League Club, reported this morning to Manager Eugene McCann7 of the Brown Der bies. Weidner was sent here by Roy Mack, owner of the Newark Club, and is slated to fill Dick LoftuS' place in the outhefd, owing to the later injury. Weidner is said to be a fast man.
 Weidner was taken along with the team to New Haven today, but Mo Cam stated he was uncertain as to whether or not he would play him today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Family Pressure
 Ended War Plan

Springfield, Ill., Aug. IT The sudden collapse of the 'fwar" plans of Governor Len Small, of Illinois, was due to family ''pressure,' it was learned here today
 The governor. it was reported, has abandoned all plans to delay his trial on charges of misusing S2,50O,O0O in state interest funds and to test the legality of his arrest In this deci- sion, the governor entirely ignored the wishes of his legal advisers He finally surrendered. his intinates said, to the plans of Mrs. Small and mem berS of the family.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Divorce Suits To Be Public

New York. Augl 17.-Publicity in divorce suits hereafter has been ap- proved by the supreme court justices of the Ninth district, comprising the Westchester, Putnam, Duchess, also Orange and Rockland. Announce ment was made today that they had decided not to order papers sealed in divorce cases referred to a referee as was done in the Stillman case Trials before justices themselves will chambers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17

"We cannot and will not accept the English peace termS,'' said De Valera, in an address to the members. ''The Irish people are not going to be fool offered dominion status. The AL mighty placed Ireland as the neighbor of Britain, and the Irish desired to-, be neighborly, and if Britain were wise she would be friendly. We do not desire to close up England's routes to the sea-
 De Valera continued:
 NWe are prepared to make any sacrifices towards Ulster to make Ire iand one whole nation and to prevent partition
 De Valera, Michael Collins, com mander-in-chief of the Irish Repub- lican army, and Arthur Griffith, foun- ministerial bench" in the front row of the meeting.
 A general order was read to the Irish Republican army today, to pre- pare for any contingency. The order forecast that the Irish Republican soldiers would be called upon to make greater sacrifices than at any time in the past
 There is every prospect that the armistice will be broken off and hos tilities will open in Ireland before an other week has elapsed Leaders Of the Irish Republican army declared at the opening of Dai1 Eireann, that they would not attack the English un- til they were attacked first, but it is known that the radical Republicans in the Cork area have been clamoring for a reopening of warfare aga1nSt the British and the Sim F,ein chief tains have had a hard time restrain ing them.
 (Continued on Page Nine.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Name Receivers
 For Mail Company

New York, Aug. 17-Emmet Mo Cormick and Herbert Noble were appointed today by Judge Manton in the Federal court. joint receivers for the United States Mail Steamship Company, in a joint bond of s'5o,o00.
 Mccormick is member of the shipping firm of Moore & Mccormick Noble belongs to the law firm of Noble, Estabrook & Mcharg.
 Their appointment followed the re- fusal of Arthur J. Baldwin to serve as receiver.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Thomas Will
 Confer With
 Other Judges

Norwalk, Conn.,, Aug. 1T--Judge Edwin S. Thomas, left for New York today, where he will arrange for a conference with Judges Manton and Knox, who heard the argu- ments on the appeal of the jitneymen in New Haven, yesterday. The decision in the case will not be handed down until after this conference and when completed, will be filed with the clerk of the United States court in New Haven.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
BERGDoLL STILL MISSING.

Berlin, Aug. 17-Grover CleveInnd Bergdou, the millionaire American draft dodger, who disappeared from his home in Eberbach, Baden, last week, was still missing today, and his friends and relatives said they had received no word from him. It is believed at Eberbach that Berg doll has fled the country. He was last seen in a high-powered autorno- bile, riding towards the Swiss from tier
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-17
Ireland Is Proclaimed
 4 Republic

Dublin, Aug. 17-Ireland was formally proclaimed a republic, in a general order issued to the Irish Republican Army today. 'NThe (Irish) Republic exists now and always will exist" said one sentence of the general order, which was addressed to the Sim Fein military forces