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Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02
MISCELLANEOUS
Notice-Langdon's mill will be closed every Saturday.

To Rsnt-Furnished room with heat, electric lights and bath. Tele- phone 27-4.
Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02

For Sale-Seven weeks old pigs, $5 each. Tel. 103-12, Jarvis c. Ste vens, Canaan Valley.
Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02
WANTED

Cows Wanted-A few extra good fresh holstein COWS. Box 52, East Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02

For Sale-Sawed wood, two thirds hard, $10 cord delivered. J. P. Curtiss, Falls Village.
Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02
FOR SALE

For Sale-Overland roadster, good
 rubber and running condition, - $75.00. Telephone 1914.
Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02

s'Flowing Gold"-a real Rex Beach story of chance-just out For sale at The Canaan Printing Go.
Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02

CAnt-a-Word Advertisements Minimum Charge, 1st Insertion 25c
Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02

A. W. AROUSE, Managing Editor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Patrolman Curry Asks Connecticut Company
 to Pay Him $5O,O0O

Property to the amount of s5o,ooo and suit for the corresponding amount has been filed against the Connecticut company by William Curry, a patrolman of this city
 The suit is an outcome of an accf- dent which occurred Nov. 16, 1921, while Curry was doing traffic duty at the corner of Main street and Fair field avenue.
 Curry suffered a broken collar bone and several broken ribs. He was un- able to work and the result of the ac- cident is permanent injury. It is claimed that the defendants trolley car, which was proceeding in a westerly direction, was driven in a | careless manner and at an unsafe rate of speed It is alleged that the l car was not under proper control The suit which was brought by At l torney Thomas C.. Coughlin, is return able to the September term of the | Superior court.
 l Officer William Curry and Thomas | Burns sue Mrs. Paul Sacks of this city l for S7O0. damage to an automobile 1 which occurred by reason of an acci- l dent on the boulevard at Seaside Park | on June 10, last. Mrs. Curry, who | was a passenger in the car, has filed
 a suit for $500 damages for injuries alleged to have ben sustained.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Flames Says "Gives the People Chance
 to Express Selves

George Flames, who has charge ot he charter change petitions, head o1 the large non-partisan committee, ir which all phases of Bridgeport life are represented, said today:
 Petitions are being circulated asking the Mayor to give the voters a chance to express their opinion at the election in No vember next on the question of appointing a commission to re- wise the charter. Under the Home Rule Act of the Connecti- cut Legislature it requires a pe- t.tion to the Mayor by 10 per cent of the registered voters in order to bring the matter before the people. These petitions must he filed with the Mayor on or be- fore Sept. 2.
 In signing these petitiins you
 are not cimmitting yourself to any form of charter. If the char ter Is rewritten every voter under the law will receive a printed copy and have ample opportunity to know all about it and then vote a second time at another
 election to be held next year to accept or reject it.
 There are over 200 cities and town. in the United States that are now operating under modern charters Cities as large as Akron and Dayton Ohio, report very satisfactory result. under such a charter, and the city o Cleveland has just voted in favor, an6 this city will eventually, why not now This is a non-partisan movement originating with a citizens committee called together by the five leading civic organizations of the city whict are organized for civic betterment.
 It matters not whether you are Democrat. or Repuouean or and give the people a chance to ex press their opinion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Parting Shot is
 Fired by Cornell

Democratic Town Chairman John A. Cornell paid final respects to his sew eraI opponents today, on the eve of Democratic primaries, which will set tie all disputes, for the time being. He said:
 .sEither MT. Veness is suffer- ing from the heat, or is over come by the turmoil which he himself has created. While an I appropriation for s13,000 is made to the City Attorneys or- flee. he forgot to ascertain that I have thus far saved in office rent alone something like $500 this year. because I have used my own office and have not charged any office rent to the city; and there is no patronage whatsoever con- nected with the City Attorneys office.
 gives a great deal of time to the citv. as every alderman does. but the amount of time which he con- sunes in unnecessary talking far exceeds the time actually de- voted to business"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

The Liberty Ordnance plant, last occupied by the Morris Metal Pro- ducts company of Union avenue, this city, was sold this morning to Ken meth W. McNei1 for $220,50o.
 The Morris Metal Products com pany was adjudged bankrupt by Judge Thomas few months ago. After much litigation it was ordered sold to satisfy the creditors. Attor- ney Samuel Reich was appointed trustee.
 At the auction the firm of J. E. Conant of Lowell. Mass, was em- ployed to do the selling. There were three bidders in the field.
 The top figure for the first unit as bid by McNeil was ses,o00, second
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
NORWAIK WOMAN SLATED
 FOR G. O. P. COMMITTEE

Norwa1k, Aug. 31 - Mrs. Minerva M. Davis. a leading woman politician of Norwalk. will beyond doubt be a member of the State Republican Gen. tral committee, it was learned here today. The election of Mrs. Davis to menb ership in the committee will be the first time that woman has been chosen for this honor. Her election Is expected to take place when the Senatorial convention of this district meets on Sept. 12. She will succeed Charles s. Williamson of Darien, the present Roraback committee mem- Der. It is believed that Mrs. Davis will accept.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Experts Predict Sweeping
 Victory For Organization
 In Democratic Primaries

All's set for the big Democratic show tonight. Town Chairman Cor nell today appointed moderators as follows:
 First district, Harry Welch. 252 West avenue.
 Second district, Charles Ward. $50 Park avenue.
 Third district. Raymond Arnold, IA Martin terrace.
 Fourth district, James We1ch, 1158 Railroad avenue.
 Fifth district, William W. Bent, 14s Poplar street.
 Sixth district. Edward J. Healey, 36 Sedgwick street.
 Seventh district, Joseph J. Devine, 105 Sanford avenue.
 Eighth district, James J. Casey, SS Parallel street.
 Ninth district, Francis P. Dunigan, 546 Huntington road.
 Tenth district, John Gum, 162 Will lam street.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

Eleventh district, Thomas Prender- gast, 623 East Main street.
 Twelfth district, James O'Rourke, 549 Union avenue.
 The dominant opinion among politicians today is that the Demo- cratic organization will win swep- ing victory, and no more than one district is allowed to the opposition. Some observers will not admit that the insurgents can win even in one district. Those who pick the district disagree. The greatest number think he insurgents may win in the Twelfth; some pick the Sixth. where Alderman Hogan leads the 1nsurgenr-, and some the Fifth, where Alderman Veness leads.
 The appeal made by Mayor At water yesterday for support for Cor ell has had a powerful influence, it is asserted, in bringing support to the organization ticket
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Cuban Crisis Cloud
 Appears on Horizon

Havana. Cuba, Aug. 31-The zayas administration today was faced with 8 crisis following the receipt of an u1timatum yesterday from Major General Crowder, representative of the United States, giving the govern ment ten days in which to act on the legislative program submitted by him and approved by Secretary of State Hughes.
 The program calls for the enactment of five laws providing for the reforms in the governments accounting sys- tenn, suspension in part of the civil service law, the clearing up of cur rent indebtedness, judicial reforms and the f1otation of foreign loan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
McNeil Buys For $220, 800 Morris Products Property
 Taxed By City At $632, 566

s73, 300, and the third s4s.oo0, mak- ing a total of 220,500 on which a cash payment of sl0o,OO0 was made by McNeil.
 The Belknap Manufacturing com- pany, one of the other bidders, it is reported, made an offer to purchase one of the units from McNeil.
 An hour was taken up in the dis posal of the plant, after which the machinery, comprising lathess drills, etc.. listed for between $400 and $500 each, were sold in some instances as low as S10 to SIS.
 At the assessors office in the City Hall it was made known to The Times that the property is assessed at @ value of S32.566
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Births and Deaths
 Show Big Slump

Washington. Aug. 31-The birth rate is decilining and the death rate increasing according to statistics made public today by the Census Bureau, covering the first quarter of the year.
 The birth rate in the states from which comparative figures were avail able showed an average of 23.3 for each thousand of population in the first three roonths of 1922 against 253 in 1921 while the mortality average in the first quarter this year was 13.7 against 12.6 in the same period last year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Tube Trains Collide In Fog

New York, Aug. 31.-Twenty
 passengers were injured when
 two tube trains of the Hudson
 and Manhattan railroad collided
 on the Meadows, about two miles west of the Hackensack river to-
 day. AmbulanceS were sent from
 all Jersey City hospitals.
 Both trains were bound from New ark. N. J., to this city.
 Ambu1ances were summoned from Jersey City hospitals. Seven of the injured were placed upon a westbound train and taken to Newark for treat ment.
 Among those treated at the City hospital in Newark was John Burke, motorman of the train which ran into the one ahead.
 The Hudson and Manhattan rail- road operates the s'Ibways under the Hudson river.
 The accident was caused by a thick fog which obscured the view of the motorman. The trains had slowed down on account of the thick weather, otherwise the accident would have been more disastrous.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

of the house. Clad only in their night apparel with blanket thrown around their bodies to protect them from the flames they safely Aaade their way down the front stairs and to a nearby store where they were found to be suffering from no i'll effects from their inhalation of the smoke and flames.
 The flames in the meantime had eat their way from one end of the store te another anorwere shooting up throug' the ceiling and in the rooms overhead
 The blaze was stubborn one and due to the construction of the building could be fought from only one angl and that the front. Gallons and gal Hons of water were poured into tn. tContinued on Page 1o.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

The fire was discovered by Angelo
 Canevari and a clerk in the Olympia
 Restaurant who brokeSdown the front
 door leading to the apartment up
 stairs stairs John DeBarer, his
 grandmother, Mrs. c. DeBarberi, his back live. As they pushed the door ,pen a tongue of flames shot out and narrowly missed burning the face and lrrns of both men. A pedestrian pass ng by about~~this time rushed to Broad and State streets, where he ,ang in an alarm.
 Flee In Night Apparel. Tn the meantime Canevart and the Jerk had made their way up the taircase and aroused the occupants
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

All the bids submitted by the sew era1 companies on both the school construction and plumbing were close. The estimated cost of the school was placed at $50, ,000. The general con tract includes the mason, carpenter, painting, clock, gongs and electrical work. The Whittier school now stands on the old Gilman estate. The original building was erected in 1913 and it comprised eight rooms.
 It was built according to plans drawn by Architect Leonard Ashiem. In 1916 the. second unit of eight rooms was constructed on the north wing of the building.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Bids On Whittier Addition
 Prove Building Prices Have
 Gone Up Nearly to War Basis
Since Board of Education Sought Funds for Con- struction Building Labor and Materials Have Been Mounting-The Hewlett Company Gets Contract.

The lack of centralized government Bridgeport will the thousands additional for school construction
 This indicated, last night when The Hewlett Com bid in the addition Whittier School at SO and How ard F. Bryant incorporated the heating and plumbing contract a $s ,99O
 Board Education asked for funds early but it consult the Common Council the Advisory Com miee the Board of Apportoment and Taxaon and the The lacked authority, it centralized where He did his best members of the board but available prices got big start.
 the meantime labor went higher bricks increased nearly all building materials went and last nights bids closely approximate war prices.
 There three other schools and High coming along The additional cost to the city through the delay will ann xinlate S2C00OO
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Coal Mines
 Start Work; Sure

Pittsburgh, Aug. S1-Lights ffickercd this morning in the homes of thousands of miners in western Pennsylvania as they joyously started to the mines to work for the first time in six months. They grouped about the mine mouths and all expressed at the settlement of their strike which was made complete yester-
 day when the lone remaining pro-
 ducer-the Pittsburgh Coal Com
 pany-accepted the Cleveland
 agreement.
 Before dawn broke over the mining villages hundreds of mine 1aborer. were entering the pits to make wa, for the remainder of the 45,000 mer who are now assured emp1oym Five hundred mines were being clean. ed out today. Some of these will be hoisting coal next Monday miners be. lieved.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Three Booze Stills
 in NOrWalk Raid

Norwa1k, Aug. 31.-Federal and local offiiials raided the home of John A. Ger1, a silk weaver, here today and found three stills in operation. The officers found under an addition to the house a trap doCr leading to an underground passage which led to where the stills were located. About 25 gallons of liquor were found in the stills Ger1 will be tried in Bridgeport next Thursday
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
D. $. c. Decoration
 for Conn. Veteran

New Haven. Aug. 31-Presentation of the United States Distinguished Ser vice Medal has been made to Colonel H. M. Byl1esby, president of the H. M. Byllesby and company of this city, it was announced here today. The pre- sentation was made by Major General Bel,Jr., commanding the Sixth Corps Area, at the Chicago Club, August 21. The award was made on recommends ton of Major General John Riddle.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

Now the Board of Education has caused the addition of the third and fourth units ,tl1e third unit to com prise four rooms and the fourth unit the assembly hall and gymnasium. The assembly hall has been so con- structed that political meetings and civic gatherings may be held in the hall without interfering in any way with the school work. Exits and en- frances have been constructed dis tinct from the school children'S en- frances.
 (Continued on Page Two.>.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

Scientists who have been doing Thibet say that in this distant part of the world the human race was cradled, that thence went one common stock moving, like waves when a stone is thrown into the water. circularly in all directions. Those who got far enough north became Esqui- maux; those who got into the hot countries, dark-colored people; those who reached the land of pronounced winter, blond-haired, white people.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
NEW YORK COAL PRICE
 DOUBLE OVER LAST YEAR

coal is selling at S14 ton in New York, double the price of year ago. There is no anthracite on hand. deal CTS say. The last price for hard coal was $14 ton.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Normal Production Soon.

Washington, Aug. 31-Within two weeks, it was predicted today by Gov ernment officials, production of coal, in both bituninous and anthracite fields, will be virtually normal.
 Bituminous production has practi- cally reached that point now and there was every confidence manifested to- day in Government quarters that the anthracite strike will be settled this week in the joint conference between operators and miners in Pennsylvania.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

All these changes were made through the ages of time by the influence of a differing environ ment. Some. acquired straight hair like the American Indian, some kinky hair like the African negro, and some hair not straight nor kinky, like persons who have curly hair. In some parts of the world people make money by taking the kink out of kinlSy hair. in this part of the world they make money by putting the kink into straight hair. Dame Nature, CT satisfies her children.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
7iuo Bremen Injured; Four Narrou Escapes I11 Fire;
 Dog Is Saued; Cat Missing

Four escape from death by burning, injured Pomerainan dog heroicay is still missing the result of
 fire grocery and confectionery store of State street. about 6:3O this
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
R ail Bomb
 Sh akes All Wilmington
Delaware Police Place Suspicion on Strikers Explosive Timed for Wrecking E xpr e S s Train-Property Dam age Heavy - Explo- sives Also Wreck Four Cleveland Houses.

Wilmington, Del, Aug. 31-The Fourteenth Street Bridge of the Penn sylvania railroad was dynamited early today just before a passenger express train was due to pass over it.
 The police suspect }railroad strikers. Search is being made for the dyna- miters.
 So heavy was the charge that win dows in houses half a mile away were shattered and the whole city was aroused.
 The part of the bridge holding the northbound tracks was destroyed and the abutments were damaged.
 All trains were flagged and the po- lice threw a cordon about the bridge to keep all persons away. They fear ed that some of the charge of dyna- mite had not exploded and might go off any minute. The damage to prop erty was heavy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

Miss Paula Specific, 1s, has been selected by competent judges to be Miss Bridgeport in the National Beauty Show to be held at Atlantic City this week. In all ages search for the fairest of the fair has engaged mems attention, During all time wo- men will be prouder to be called beautiful than to be called wise or just. It is the beautiful wo- men who come down through the ages. The beautiful queens are long remembered and the home ly ones soon forgotten. America contains millions of queens and has more beautiful queens than any other country.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
Cleveland Bomb outrages.

Cleveland. O., Aug. 31-Four houses
 under construction were destroyed,
 foundations of many others were loosened, and windows in houses for an area of half mile were shattered early today as the result of four ex- plosions in the Garfield Heights sec- tion of the city. Police say the blasts were caused by bombs, and suspect labor troubles prompted their plant ing. Fire broke out and the shattered houses were burned to their founda- tionS.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

Dorothy Paldine, woman lawyer who lives in Reno, gays that more divorces are needed. Lawyers in Reno make their liv- ing by procuring divorces. This young lady means perhaps that she needs more dtvorces before she can be as prosperous as a young lady in the law would like to be. It is difficult to keep the economic factor out of tho indiv- idua1 judgment. Divorce views formulated outside Of tho great est divorce center in the world would be more conviucing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

Donald Tiffany Anthony Mo Avoy, Bridgeport boy. planned to wed Doris Ethel Bachman, 16 year s old, and changed this mind, since which his affair of the heart has been getting as much space on the front page of news papers as the coal strike and four or five times as much as the inn portant primaries in California, which proves whatever the read CT wishes it to prove.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

Goldie Palmer, who operates a telephone in a big Los Angeles hotel, has written a book telling the experiences of telephone girl, including the life story of the lounge lizard. This book ought to sell abreast with the memoirs of the former German Emperor and other high class biographies. It is sure to be more useful and very much more interesting.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

Hiram Johnson sores out very much on top in California. Wall Street gentlemen engaged in fi- nanciaI operations. processes of manipulation and intrigue. pro grams of speculation, gambling and piracy. are not in a position to understand the views of a so- ciety which takes it's wealth from the land by hard work. Had Johnson been friend of the League of Nations instead Of op- posed to it, his majority might have been much larger than it Is. Johnson knew this part of his record was a flaw in his armor, for he said in his speeches: 'T may have been mistaken in my opposition to the League of Ma tions."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31

Many soldiers were wounded in an all night battle which ragged between Free Staters and Irregu- lars at Cork, yesterday. It was thought that the death of Grif- filth might be the source of Irish reunion. then 1t was suggested that the death of Collins might be made the occasion of fratern- ity. These hopes did not make enough allowance for human na- ture, and especially for human nature in Europe. where the idea of killing the enemy has been studiously cultivated for thous- ands Of years and where whole nations devote themselves to re- venge. The deaths of Roland, Griffith and Collins are so much oil upon hateful fires.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-31
BRIDGE DYNAMITED: TRAIN INPERILE LE|
WEATHER.

Fair weather and moderate tenn perature tonight and Friday. light variable winds.