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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
NAVY WILL
 NEED NEARLY HALF BILLION

washington-Nearly half a billion dollars will be required to complete the great naval building program em- parked upon in 1916, the House Ap- propriations committee estimated to- day in reporting the annual naval ap- propriation bill for the fiscal year 1922. The committee said that while the total cost of completing the pro- gram was originally placed at S544,- 100000, increased cost of materials and labor probably would increase the total cost to S972,931, 900 of which s538,2 900 has been appropriated.
 The bill reported today which car ries a total of S395, ,504, ,444, provides
 s9O, 100000 for continuing construc- ton next year.
 This amount" the accompanying report stated, will allow the work to be prosecuted during the coming fis- cal year about as rapidly as it has been possible to proceed thus far in | the current fiscal year."
 | IF Still Being Built. l The 1916 program authorized 156 ships. Many of these have been com ] pleted, but IT battleships and battle | cruisers and number of auxiliaries
 still are under construction The bill as it reached the Hous' (Continued on Page Six-)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02

a farm which surrounds the home
 Cheruiak is employed at the Co., lumbia Graphophone Company in Brid geport during the winter months but operates a truck farm in the sum
 ner. By their thrift they have be- come owners of their little home and have been happy family
 Four weeks ago the Cherniak household rejoiced at the arrival of the proverbiaI seventh ofFspring-not boy. but q blue eyed baby girl And 1t was arranged that when Mrs Cnerniak should be well enough the lines of such festivities as carried on in the European countries from which the mother and father mi grated Last Sunday was the day and many guests were invited. among wa ssa fellow worker of Cherniak at the GraDhophone plant
 Invited to Christening. The christening was held and
 kacerauskas attended He had been out of work for three weeks During the merrymaking the parcr+-
 were recipients of many congratula- tions upon their nicely furnished ' home and the happy family circle. < Cherniak. rightfully proud of his ac- < complishments- accepted the congrat- { ulations and even boasted that there
 was something over S100 in cash in | the house This was the tip for Eacerauskas that led to yesterdays l Ellastly murder
 i Kacerauskas returned 10 Bridgeport after the festivities and pondered over what he had learned He was out of \ money and had been notified that he must pay his room rent or vacate- He \ spent Monday planning the robbery and decided yesterday to carry out his plans.
 Waited for Chance He left his roominE house fin Orcan street early in the morning and walk
 ed to Milford except for d short diS-
 tance over which he was given a ride
 by passing automobilists. Arriving in Milford about noon he walked about the streets until he felt sure that the
 older of the Cherniak children would be gone to school and then he made
 his way to the home in old Gate Lane. The neighborhood is thiniy populated and only four houses are or CContinucd on Page Six)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02

The prompt arrest of Kacerauskas at his lodging house in Organ street at 3 o'clock this morning, after his es- cape from a posse of more than 100 Milford men. can be credited to De- tective Harry Futile. of States Attor- ney filings office of New Haven Operating upon clue, furnished by tissue paper found in the pocket of kacerauskas' coat. which the fleeing murderer discarded in his effort to snaloe haste in his flight, Futile inn mediately found Q foreman of the Columbia. Graphophone company in the department where the paper was used and through him obtained iden- tification of the coat
 Find Quarry in Bed
 With this fact Futile accompanied by Chief Maher of the Milford police and Sergeant washburn of the third street where KacerausSas roomed They found that he was in bed When | their repeated knocks at his doc, door brought no response they threat ened to break 1t down. With this ! kacerauskas, white with fear. admit He was at once accused of the mur der but stoutly denied any guilt Int | officers thereupon produced his over | coat and at the sight of it he col | lapsed- A search was made of th' room and as further supporting evi ! dence the officers found his trouser' which had been washed. but iron 1 which blood stains had not been com | pletely removed
 This was the last straw. Kaceraus l kas broke down completely and con | fesoed. declaring that he did not in | tend to iniure the woman At thl time he apparently did not knoy that Mrs. Cherniak was dead
 The little town of Milford has no been so excited in a long time as to day and upon every street corne ! there can be found groups of men O 1 women discussing the details of tn murder, the only parallel of which i this vicinity was the killing of Geors B. Mott in Bridgeport last August.
 Helped Little Homc-
 l Although the CherniakS were Sio vakians, they were well known Tn
 murd cred wife and mother was abou 35 years old and was known as
 hard working woman She care well for her children who are bright
 eyed, healthy boys and girls, an found time to help her husbnd abou
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02

It is understood this applies to: those who hold certificates of owner ship of record in bonded warehouses In many instances heavy loans have been obtained from banks based upon the value of the liquor.
 Data Returned Tonight
 All agents in the employ of MT. Stremlau, including Agent McTnnfs, of Bridgeport, received a telegram di recting them to obtain the informa- ton from dealers in their respectve territories and have the data in Di- rector Strem1au's hands before night fall in order that he might wire the result to Washington.
 While no explanation Is offered for this radical and unexpected action on the part of the authorities at Wash , ington, it is surmised that a move 1nent may be on foot to lay before the authorities these facts which will show exactly how much liquor has been withdrawn and not disposed of, and how much remains in bonded warehouses. in order that congress may consider the proposition which has been advocated in. some quarters of purchasing all of the liquor out right at an arbitrary figure to be fixed by the government.
 Holders of wholesale permits in Connecticut are anxiously awaitin g the next move.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
YALE ACCEPTS
 HUDSON TERMS

The will of the late Rbert NJ Jud- son, who died Dec 27, was accepted at a hearing today by Judge Paul L. Miller of the Probate court, who ap- pointed as appraisers D. FairchiId Wheeler, Samuel c. Shaw. and Ar thur NJ. Con1ey.
 The Yale Corporation. to whom the biggest proportion of the million dol lar estate was bequeathed, by vote at the hearing decided to accept the lega cies under the terms set forth Boardman as eXecutor- MT. Board mans appointment was confirmed by Judge Miller.
 The provisions of the Judson will named John W. Judson and Henry I Judson, relatives of the deceased. as executors of the estate. togeth her with one executor to be named by Yale Diversity, in the event the bequests to the university were accepted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
Ice Floes Jam
 New York Harbor

New York.-Traffic in New York harbor was demoraliZed early today when an immense field of ice foes flowed down from the North river. Dozens of motor boats anud other small craft were sunk at their moor ings. Scores of small craft were set adrift and several tug boats were dis abled by the ice foes. Ferry boats were delayed from ten minutes to two hours.
 Thick weather added to the dan ger. Ambrose Channel was report ed almost unnavigable- from the binding snow and the huge cakes of ice floating from the harbor- liar bor workers said the ice field was one of the biggest ever seen in New York harbor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02

In an effort to speed up the work of investigation, the committee has split up the various phases of the probe, and all loans made locally, in New York and in other cities are be- ing looked up It is expected that two or three weeks time. is neces- sary to determine whether or not these loans will be made good.
 Kneen was expected to secure ESQ., 900 in New York yesterday, but it was said in Shelton today that he was unsuccessful in raising this sum. He is still working on the matter, however, and the committee is going ahead convinced that the New York deal is secure.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
ADMITS SHAVING WIFE AFTER ROW
 OVER WAITRESS

New Brunswick, W. J. William Fitzsimmons confessed early today that he had killed his 19-year-o1d wife at their home at Woodbridge last Saturday Mrs Fitzsimmons, who was the mother of two children was found Saturday noon with her throat cut Fftzsimmons was taken into GUS tody immediately but had stoutly de- nied, until today, that he knew any thing about the murder
 Fitzsimmons' confession came a<- ter detectives had started to search for Miss Dollie Ryan, q waitress. De tectives charged that Fitzsimmons and his wife had ,quarrel.ed about Miss Ryan Fitzsimmons admitted that he had carried a picture of Miss
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
STORMY SCENE AT
 TOWN HALL AFTER
 KILLERS CAPTURE
BY THOMAS FTAHERTY. Bridgeport Times Staff Writcr)

Mord-While the cries of her month-od baby, who is indirectly important figure in the brutal murder here yeser day afternoon Of Mrs Anna Cerna shriek for the who hacked the mother to death the New Haven county officials here today completed inc last strands in of evidence that will perhaps drag to the gaow John kacerauskas> of los Organ street. Bridgeport
 kacerauska has confessed the murder of the comedy Slovak mother children ranging from month 13 and it remains for the police o guard him the Milford town jail and his trip to New Haven county jail for there have been threats from mob of Milford surrounded the town hall today that they would kill him.
 A prominent Milford woman, whose withheld the police of that place called at headquarters this and asked permission to shoot the murderer
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02

The first step in Investigating the excessive amount of deposits of the city's funds in the She,.on bank. will be taken Feb. 17, at which time City Treasurer George s. Willis will appear before the special aldermanic investi- gation committee. Willis will be called upon to present his books for inspection, and other city depart ments will be put through a. similar grilling, one at a time.
 Receiver Marcus H. Holcomb can not give any estimate on the loss in the commercial department of the banking institution until the loans are paid and a list of assets secured.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
Coolidge; s Coat
 Stolen From ::Y''

Atlanta, Ga.-Atlanta's police department admitted today that Calvin Coolidge's overcoat had here last week. and that the city's best sleuths could not find it. The public was asked to help.
 The coat was taken while the vice-president-ele was inspect ing the Y. NJ. c. A. building and because of civic pride the detec- tives wanted to return it without the world knowing that the theft had been committed here.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
Mccarthy Gets
 Garage Contract

Postmaster Charles F. Greene to- day notified George F. Mccarthy, of 1ranistan place. of the acceptance by the postof1ice department of his bid for providing garage and garage equipment for the fleet of motor vehicles now used by the local depart ynent. MT. McCarthy's was the lowest of live bids, and is reported to have named the contract price of $2,45O.
 The local service has now in use ten motor cars and two motorcycles but by June 1 the allotment is expect "d to be increased by two additional motorcycles and four new cars.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02

Ryan in his watch and that his wife had quarrelled with him about it only last Friday The police thought she might be able to throw some light on the murder but have been unable to find her.
 The husband was put through a severe srsllin- by the police. who suspected him from the start Ua- til early today he had answered all their questioning with den.als that he knew anything about the nrr- ider. He claimed that everything was all right when he left his home to go to work early Saturday morn ing. Mrs TitzSimI,ons' boty vyas found shortly before noon on S-t- urday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02

Der. visited her and presented her with a purse of $105.
 Mrs. Sanford, who is Democrat expressed her regret that she was unable to be made voter at the last election, having applied for the priv ilege but being unable because of in- disposition to get to the meeting of the registrars
 She has two sons, Frank, of New Canaan. and Charles. of Bridgeport; ten grandchildren and one great grandchild Shf> 4s a native of Bethel.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
NOR WALK WOMAN
 CELEBRAT TIES IO5H BZRZHDA YAT.HOzNE

Norwa1k-Mrs. Della A. Sanford, believed to be the, oldest woman in Connecticut, celebrated her 105th birthday at the home of her daugh- ter, Miss Della M. Sanford. at 49 Franklin street here today. Retaining practically all her faculties, Mrs. San ford conversed with many callers and was quite overcome when the mem bers of the Norwalk Methodist Epis- copal church. of which she is mem-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
Booze Dealers M Pdnic OUer
 Return Order
Rule Directing Facts On Liquor In Warehouses May 1nd cate Action By Government to Buy
 All Stocks

Hartford.-Ioder of liquor permits in Connecticut were
 thrown into consternaion today the result of information they called upon supply because of telegram received Prohibition Director Julius Sremau from Washington notl ascertain without delay from all partner Connecticut who have received permits withdraw bonded warehouses; exactly how their premises and how much bonded warehouses that they have not withdrawn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
Ben Legere h
 Big Union DriUe

Altoona. Pa.-Bcn LeCerc, So- ciaIist leader. formerly of Bridgeport. Conn.,. and Lawrence. Mass. is the spokesman for the executive committee of One Big Union, which intends to stage a bitter fight to prevent the Penn Sylvania railroad putting into cf- feet a retrcnchncnt plan. part of the nationwide effort to return to pre-war conditions
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
6 WEEKS MORE
 COLD WEATHER

Bridgeporters can look for six more weeks of winter, if the predictions of the ground hog can be taken as weather prophecies. The wise old owl of weather paid his annual visit today, saw his shadow cast by the reflection of Old Sol. and according g to ancient custom withdrew to his hiberantion for another six weeks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
ENLARGED MILFORD MOB
 WOULD LYNCH SLAYER:
 POLICE FEAR QuTbREA|
SHELTON BANK CERTAIN MONEY
 WILL RETURN

Valuation of securities loans made to New York parties Edward w. kneen of the defunc Shelton Bank Trust Company being estimated today by the committee charge of the Investigation The members of this committee feel that the New York work is well in hand and renewed
 this morning that Kneen will return to Shelton with SOO these loan probably before the end of the week
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
POULTRY GIVES
 ALARM OF FIRE

New York.-Two thousand geese ducks and chickens. awaiting. death
 in a poultry ship. chorused an alarm early this morning for fire that
 caused heavy property loss in eleven
 retail clothing and food stores in the Bronx.
 The unusual squawking awaken ed residents of the neighborhood and attracted policeman who teicphoned fire headquarters. The blaze was controlled by rifemen after two- , hour fight Its origin was not deter mined.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
DENY POPE TO
 MAKE PROTEST

Milan-Denia1 is made in Vatican circles that Pope Benedict XIV will send note to the British govern ment protesting against certain ac- tivities of British troops in Ireland, said a dispatch from Rome today
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
TODAYS PROFILE.

Today's profile and identification will be found on page 6.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT.

| Write or telephone The Bridgeport Times. II Business Department: Barnum 1908.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02

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Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-11-12
THR0NGS CHEER
FORMER CHIEF
IN WASHINGTON
Demonstration Follow First
Public Appearance of Will
son Since Presidency
VETERANS VISIT HOME
Former Executive, Assisted to
Carriage, Is Greeted With
Storm of Applause

WASHINGTON, Nov. IL. . (By the
Associated Press.) - Former Presi-
dent Wilson made his first public ap-
pearance today since he left the
White House, riding in the funeral
procession for the unknown oeau SOL
dier and later greeting a crowd gath
cred at his home.
Everywhere Wilson was given
demonstration. When his carriage
entered the funeral line q: the foot
of Capitol Hill, he was greeted with
a fluttering of handkerchiefs and
then with hand clapping and cheering
which continued until he left the line
after passing the White House,
where he exchanged salutes with
President Harding.
The demonstration at his nome was
of greater proportions. 1t was ar
ranged as non-partisan affair by a
committee of seven women for whom
Hamilton Holt, of New York, was the
spokesman.
I'VE congratulate you, a wounded
soldier of the world war, on your
regaining your health Holt said to
the former president, who had come
to the front portico of his home tC
receive the committee. I'VE pledge
you our honor and respecr. -FOUR
work shall not de-
When the cheering which greeted
this statement had subsidized, Wilson
made his first public utterance since
he was taken i'll more than two years
ago.
Shakes Hands With Wounded
II wish had voice enough to reply
to you," he said 81 can only thank
you from the bottom or my nearI.
God bless you"
The former presidents words
brought renewed applause
'Bood bye and thank you," Wilson
responded. Voice started up my
Country 'Tis of Thee" and at the end
of the first stanza, Wilson kissed his
hand to the crowd, while Mrs. Viii
son at his side wept silently. A NM
ute more and Wilson had re-entered
his home, but it was half an hour
before the crowd dispersed, the form
er president appearing at a window
on the second floor in response 20 re-
peated calls.
Half an hour before the committee
of women arrived, four wounded SOL
diers from Walter Reed hospital
drew up in front of the home Ill an au
tomCbile. A few minutes later the
former president appeared There
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-11-12
IN :
DENVER BRINGS
DEAT H, INJURY
Los Angeles Woman Killed ;
Several Wounded During
Frequent Alterations

-' DENVER, Nov. IL. ~ ouIiet
fired by an unknown person during
the Armistice Day celebration to-
night ended the life of Mrs. J. C.
Reed of Los Angeles. She was rid
ing in a motor Car to the Union to
take a train for home when a shot
rang out. F. B. Coulahan, driving
the car, paid no attention to the re-
port. as many persons fired revolvers
in the downtown district during the
day. a moment after the shot was
fired. Coulahan looked toward Mrs.
Reed and discovered her mortally
wounded.
The motor car was passing Twenty
Second and Larimer streets when the
shot was fired Occupants of anoth-
er car said man who stepped out
of cafe suddenly began firing "a
revolver. The police as5unie tais
man was responsible for Mrs. Reeds
death. He disappeared in the crowd
of celebrators.
Mrs. Reed was 80 years old Police
later took in custody a negro who
gave the name of William, Albright,
said TO have been seen discharging a
revolver near the scene of the shoot
ing. AS Albright was being lead into
police headquarters, he broke away
from a policeman, and was appre-
hended only after patrolnlan had
fired number of shots at him.
The police say that w. E. Tyson,
25 years old, a negro, arrested shortly
after Albright was taken into custody
admitted that he was firing a loaded
revolver near the scene Oh the snoot-
ing.
Mrs. Reed was shot through the
head. She is the wife of Joseph c.
Reed, city fireman of Los Angeles.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Reed is
survived by two children, Josephine,
IA years old, and George II.
Mrs. Bariball, 25 years Old, was
crushed in jam of youthful rowdies
at 18th and Curtis streets tonight and
rendered unconscious. Her husoanu,
an ex-service man, who accompanied
her and was in his uniform, was Sc
(CONTINfED ON PAGE FINED
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-11-12
Man Who Went To
Africa With I. r.
Is Called To Rest
Prominent Author and Scien-
tist Dies in Switzerland,
Brother Is Informed

WASHINGTON, Nov. IL. - Father
John A. Zahm, wh@> accompanied the
late Theodore Roosevelt on his trip
through the South African wilder
ness, died today in Munich, according
TO a cablegram recsTed here by his
brother, DIR. Albert Zahm.
Father Zahm was prominent as an
author, his works including many vol
umes dealing with South American
history, customs and geography. He
also was well known as an advance
evolutionist.
He was born at New Lexington,
Ohio. June IA, 1851. and following his
graduation at Notre Dame in 1871, en-
tered the Order Of Holy Cross. For
several years, he headed the scien-
tific department of Holy Cross Col
lege and maintained his connection
with that institution to his death.