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The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Hooper Denies Board
Granted Pay Increase

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-Reports that
the United States Railroad Labor
Board had granted the maintenance
of way employees Scent increase
per hour in wages were fatty denied
today by Chairman Ben Hooper. of
the board.
The trackmen's wage hearing can
not possibly come up before the
board for discussion until Septem-
ber 10 or IL, Hooper said. Testi'
mony on the hearing was completed
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
WILL
WE'D MRS. DURANT
Retioent About Engagement to
Divorced Wife Of Auto
mobile Man.
TRIP ABROAD IS PLANNED
Romance Follows Ten-Year
Friendship, Renewed at
Atlantic City.
By International News Service.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. e.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, famous
American aviation "ace" in the
world war, will be married on
September IL in New York to Mrs.
r. C. Durant, divorced wife of r. c.
("Cliff") Durant, automobile man.
Rickenbacker made this announce
ment here today, adding that he
and his bride will leave for Europe
on the Majestic for their honey
moon September Is.
. 81, Divorce Caused . Stir.
The divorce some time ago Of Mrs.
Durant from Cliff Durant. who is
a son OF w. C. .Durant, former hesa
of the General Motors Corporation,
and giant figure in the automobile
world. caused a sensation In East
Bay society circles.
The engagement Of Mrs. Durant to
Captain Rickenbacker had been ru-
mored, but never confirmed. and
previously had been denied. Rick
enbacker arrived here today to at
tend a meeting of the Rickenbacker
Company, Of which he Is the head.
Following the meeting he made the
announcement OF his engagement.
The captain was loath to discuss
the engagement and did not confirm
Il until assured that the news had
already leaked out.
Friends For Ten Years.
He said he had known Mrs. Dur'nt
for ten years and that they had been
good friends for a long time. tiow'
ever, the love affair which culmi'
mated in their engagement dates back
about three or four months. during
which they saw much Of each other
in New York city. The wedding may
take place at the home Of w. c.
Durant, although that Is uncertain.
Rickenbacker declined to discuss
the detailed plans for the wedding.
The European trip will take the
newly.weds to London. Paris ana
Berlin. Rickenbacker will take IN
the automobile shows in each OF
those cities. They may be gone six
months.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Editor Held for Fraud
After Prize Contest

ORLANDO. Fla, Sept. al. H.
wendler. editor, publisher and gen.
erai manager of the short.,ived
Winter Park Post, a newspaper
which suspended publication here q
short time ago. was arrested today
on a Federal warrant.
The charge is use Of the mails to
defraud in connection with a prise
contest conducted by the Post In .
subscription campaign,
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Northcliffe's Brother
To Change Times Price

LONDON, Sept. 2.-Negotiations
leading to a settlement Of the suit
over the will Of Lord Northclifte have
reached an advanced stage, accord
ing to the Daily News today,
1t Is highly probable that as a
result of Northcliffe's death the
price of the Times will revert to 4
cents. 1t is also probable that Lord
Rothermere. brother Of the deceased,
will acquire Northcliffe's shares in
the control of the Daily Mail.
The question Of the control Of the
Times depends on whether the first
or the second of Northcliffe's wills
stands
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Fire Sweeping
Railroad Yards
In Texas Town

DALLAS, Tex; Sept. 2.
EIRE Of undetermined orr
= gin Is sweeping the yards
and adjacent property Of the
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas
Railway Company at Deni-
SON, Tex, tonight, according
to reports received at the
company's offices here.
The flames were raging
fiercely at 10 o'clock, and a
large number of box cars and
other property had been de-
stroyed, 1t was said.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Heat Wave Is Fatal
For Three In West

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-Three decd and
scores OF heat prostrsttitens were
the result tonight Of the heat wave
which had swept the middle West
with temperatures from 90 to o. de.
grees for the past two days.
In this city two succumbed to
the heat yesterday. and one died 10.
day,
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
so Frustrated by Heat
At Kansas CITY Picnic

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 2.-The
southwest sweitered tonight,
Exceptionally high temperatures
we're reported from cities in Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
At Wichita, Kan, the temperature
reached 1e5 during the day.
Fifty persons, most Of them
women and children, were prestra.
ted while attending a picnic in Kan
sas City. The temperature neru
reached a maximum Of %.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
HARD COAL WAR
ENDED BY PACT
BETWEEN UNION
ANDOPERATORS
x
Conference at Philadelphia
4, Brings Peace in Long
Standing Dispute.
HARDING URGES TRUCE
Senators Pepper and Reed, ds
Mediators, Succeed in
Pacifying Factions.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. g.
An agreement to end the anthra-
cite strike was reached here to-
night in q joint conference of
operators and miners. -.
The settlement was based upon
compromise proposals originally
put forth by Senators Pepper
and Reed that the men should
return to work at once on con-
dition that the old contract con-
tinue in force for another year.
In the meantime a Government
commission would be created
upon the joint request of oper-
ators and miners) to study every
phase Of the anthracite industry.
The subsequent contract would
be based upon the findings and
recommendations of this commits
sion.
Harding Has Hand.
Announcement of the settlement
of the strike was made by Senators
Pepper and Reed in a long state
ment.
Contained in the statement was a
letter from President Harding
written from the White House
under date Of September and ad.
dressed to the conferees of both
miners and operators.
The Presidents letter said:
ITO the Representatives of the
Anthracite Operators and Miners:
THE public interest transcends
any partisan advantage that you
might gain by further resistance.
I urge you in the name Of public.
welfare to accede to the proposals
that have been advanced by Sena.
tors Pepper and Reed.
Very truly yours,
WARREN G. HARDING"
There are four chief clauses in
the compromise proposals:
1. That the contract in force on
March 81. 1922 Cwhen the strike
began) shall be extended until
August 81, 1923.
2. Production Of coal shall start at
once-or as early as possible allow.
ing for ratification.
8. The operators and mine owners
shall Join In a request that Congress
enact legislation creating a Federal
commission empowered to investi.
gate all phases Of the anthracite in.
dustry and to make reports on it.
4. There shall be a continuance of
production after the extension date
to be fixed on the basis Of the report
of the Federal commission.
Both Sides Yield.
The subsequent contract will be
written in the light OF the re-
ported Recommendations of the com.
mission.
Following the receipt of the
Presidents letter, both sides re-
ported to Senators Pepper and
Reed that they were ready to yield
to the Presidents wishes.
Joint conference was then ar
ranged. said the Senators state.
ment. A tthe conference a memo
randum was made Incorporating tho
terms of the fepper.Reed proposals
and adopting the date Of August 81.
1923, as the expiration Of the ex.
tension agreement.
This agreement before actually
effective is subject TO ratification
Continued On Pare 4, Coiuma g.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Army Fliers Complete
Record-Breaking Trip

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 2.-Test'
ing a new army observation plane.
Major Frank H. Coleman and Lieut..
c. c. Moseley today had completed
a record breaking flight from McCook
Field, Dayton, Ohio. The actual fly.
ing time was 26 hours and 3S min.
utes for the 1850 miles. The new
machine will be cheaper to manutac.
ture and more efficient, It is said.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Debt of U. s. Increases
IS Millions In August

The public debt Of the United
States increased ss5, ,3S2,04s in Au-
gust, as a result of Treasury opera.
tions in retiring outstanding Ger.
tificates Of Indebtedness, the Treas.
ury Department announced last
night.
The public debt on septembss I
amounted to S3s.et2. .7ss,sts,
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

Chicago Countess.
Vanderbilt, Reporter.
Pruschinski, Chopped Up.
U. S. Shooting Plans.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. ls22,)

Copyright. is3a)
Labor, published at Wash
ington, owned by sixteen railroad
labor organizations, says:
"Any one who wants to know
why the people of Russia and
adjacent territories embraced the
doctrines of Lenin and Trotzky
would do well to read Countess
Eleanor Gizycka's story, "A Sen
timental Journey From Fifth
Avenue to Warsaw in the cur
rent Harper's Bazaar"
The Labor editor adds: "This
brilliant Polish woman Is no Red,
but she has eyes and understand
ing" She Is indeed no "Red,"
also no "Polish woman and no
bolshevik." Her name before she
met the Polish count that didn't
amount to much was Eleanor
Patterson. Her grandfather was
Joseph Medill, Of Chicago. Her
mother, Mrs. Patterson, gets at
least million a year from the
newspaper that Joseph Medill
started. There is no antidote for
bolshevism like mother with a
million a year. ~
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

Eleanor, Countess Gizycka,
neither "Red" nor Polish, re-
turned to look at Poland and
learn things about the "Red"
wave that swept over Russia
and part of Poland.
You may learn from her
story things interesting to this
country, including the fact that
the top is mistaken when it
thinks it knows how those. at
the bottom feel. The countess,
in her Sentimental Journey
From Fifth Avenue to War
saw" mixes up many men,
cries and philosophical refiec-
tions. She shows that the diff
ference between Polish women
md American women Is this:
THE Polish woman looks up to
the man, puts him on a pedes-
|tal, and says: The last thing
tc1ar, after my husband has
/en absent from me, is the
Whole truth of what he has
pne.'" Countess Gizycka re-
harks truly: "That is the first
thing > an American woman
would try to find out If she
possibly could" at
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

More important is this, show
ing how little we know our un-
derlings: "Frail old Prince San
gusko" thought that his peas
ants loved him. Some in
America think that their en-
ployes love them-and are mis-
taken. 1t is painful - let
Eleanor Gizycka tell it.
, "Frail old Prince Sangusko,
over eighty years of age, begged
to be judged by his own peas
ants, for he believed they would
save him. His own peasants
tore him down before he had
finished speaking, and beat and
kicked and stoped him to death
on the steps. Of his own castle"
And the countess also learned
about "poor Pruschinski"' Let
her tell that story:
"And poor Pruschinski, with
his pitiful, craven soul, his dyed
mustache and little, harmless
snobbisms-Ive often driven over
for tea, and he'd fly about and
rave all afternoon about every
thing" -.r
Pruschinski was cut in pieces
slowly bit by bit and tortured to
death by inches. "It's q long and
horrible list Of murdered people
once knew and Of beautiful
homes burned and pillaged, Of
prosperous farms and factories
rotting in ruins"
In her conversation with prin-
cesses and counts. all more or
less impoverished, although dear
old Count Potocki seemed to be
doing pretty well, the young
American countess distributed
this wise advice:
"Give your peasant more
land" I said, "land Of his, for
which he will fight and die, and
you make for a stronger Po-
land"
The young lady, elaborately
educated, knows that France
was powerful after the peas
ants got the land; that Charles
the Twelfth marched through
Russia, followed by $4,000 SOL
diers, every one a land owner;
and that what made the French
win in the last war was the
fact that France sent out an
army Of land owners,
When that young lady Is fif-
teen years older (women never
write their best as young as
she is----nsture wants them busy
with something else) she will
be a useful observer and writer
If her mothers million q year
doesn't spoil her ambition. A
Continued on Page 2, Column a
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
GET IT ALL

This newspaper consists OF
Main News, 16 pages; Society
and Drama, 10 pages; Part II,
8 pages; Editorial and City
Life, 8 pages; Magazine, II
pages; Comics, 4 pages; Edu-
cationai. I pages; Sports, 4
pages.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
By JULIAN H. STERLING

by fellow citizens when MT. Treat appeared in town or city meetings. He didn't seem to mind tt. however, which was all the more provoking. Gradually, as fast as the old cement pipes burst, new iron ones were in- stalled. During this long, tiresone proceeding, George Richardson, the superintendent, used to call at MT. Hughes grocery store in North Bridgeport, near the home of the Richardsons.
 Peeping at Art.
 MT. Hughes was an artist. as well as a grocer and among the many works of art which came from his gifted brush was series of oil paint ings Illustrating the war with MeXi- co. Included in these were the bat tie of Buena Vista, the battle of Cha pultepec, General Scott taking Mexi- co City, and many others. These pictures were mounted in re- volving order inside of a covered
 On General Training day. Fourth of July, and other holidays MT. Hughes, for the trifing sum of two cents, would invite children and oftentimes older folks, to view the glorious sue cess of our national army on can vas
 It was thought at first, when the immediate population of North Richardson's visits to MT. Hughes store, that it was to get free peeps at | these paintings. But the gosslps
 as usual, were wrong. As it devel-
 oped later, his calls were to win the heart and hand of Rosa, the beautiful daughter of MT. Hughes. He was finally successful, and they were hap
 oily married. Thus began the first romance of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Water company yet almost insignif1- cant in comparison to others that have followed.
 In 1886 the City Water company
 was cnristened, and Dr. I. DeVer Warner became it's president. The | Mill river was in Easton and it's pipes were a t once connected with the pipes | of the old Richardson company. The | water ssnce has been ample and un- | limited and the last source of con | taminat ton has been removed. ssSpite House" Begins Career. l After the consolidation of these two | water companies, Uncle Joe" moved | to New York. He built a house in | the upper part of Gotham on a street
 nine feet wide. very tall and very l deep. it was called the Spite House" | People used to think that the build 1 ing was built so peculiarly to spite ! neighbors against some of whom MT. | Richardson might have held a grudge. l unusual locking residence and wonder
 why the owner chose such a marrow | home when he was possessed of such | a substantial fortune
 | But "Unc1e Joe' refused to take the public into his confidence, and he died | in this house which had aroused the | curiosity of people all over the Unit i ed States.
 He was buried in his beloved coffin,
 made from the remains of the shat i tered pear tree which once grew in | the door yard of his home in good old 1 Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
BRIDGEPORT PAYS MORE THAN HALF
 COUNTY TAXES

Bridgeport pays $S7,39O.16, or con siderable more than half of the Fair field County tax, amounting to S162.- 592.50, which was apportioned among county towns by State Tax Commis- sioner William H. Blodgett- Fred w. Tracy, clerk of Superior court, to- day forwards to the several towns a statement of their quotas which are as follows:
 Bethel, S965.12; Bridgeport, SS7,- 39O.16; Brookfield, $131.32; Danbury, SS,055.19; Darien, $1,905.27: Easton, S225.41; Fairfield, $3.020.08; Green wich $14,152.O1; Monroe, s147-s1; New Canaan, $1,SS3.35; New Fairfield, $195.97; Newtown, $S60.65; Norwalk, S9,454.46. Bedding, $44S.59; Ridge field, $1,39S.76; Shelton, $3,00S.69; i; 96549; Stratford, $3,932.94; Trum- bull, $5S2.O7; Weston, SHAFT; West port, s134.70; Wilton, S460.7S.
 TEis amount, together with the amount expected as income from prison labor, board paid for orphans at the Norwa1k home, etc, est imated at S111, $40 gives the commissioners a total amount of $274,012.50, with which to administer the needs of Fairfield county for the next fiscal year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
HIbERNIkNS WILL HAVE PICNIC AND
 CIRCUS AUGUST 6

The Hibernians will hold another picnic and circus Sunday, August 6, at Forest Grove Tickets and an- nouncements for the affair were pub lished today and all the members of the order received their share.
 One of the features of the day will be a fat mans 50 yard dash, for mem bers only. The following have en- tered to date: Col. T. J. Murphy, James Small. Tom Spears, William Clifford and Dr. Monahan. Any Hi bernian weighing 230 pounds or over may enter.
 There will be other games, includ- ing real old game of 45. quofts, and tug -of-war between the Emmett club and the TIibernians.
 This club organized two months ago few weeks ago a picnic and circus was held and the members realized over S125. This affair promises tu be a bigger success than the form CT one and all the mem bers are requested to do their share in making it a SCOT ing. hit.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
SUBMARINE WORK
 GOING ON RAPIDLY

Submarine $50 recently delivered by the Lake Torpedo Boat company to the United States Navy is in Wash ington at the present time. Officials of the Navy Department who have had a greal deal of work to do in connection with the plans and other paper work, now are having the op- portunity of seeing, for the first time, the wonderful combination of that work with the work of the officers and men of the Lake Company under the supervision of Navy Department representatives stationed at the works of the company.
 An Excellent Submarine.
 That the $50 is considered one of the best, if not the best, submarines in the navy is shown by the fact that after it's stay at Washington and al the Naval Academy in Washington, it is to be sent to the Navy yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where it will take out navy officials for differ speed tests. torpedo firing.
 Submarines S-51 and S-49 are now at the works of the company, where some minor repair work is being done to bring the vessels up to the standard of the S-50- The S-49 is expected to be ready for sea in about a week and the S-51 will be ready in a few weeks.
 The work of reconditioning Sub marine S-4S is going forward by day and night Three shifts of men are
 
 completion. The S-4S is expected to be ready for Builders Trials about the end of the month. Build CTS Trials are those conducted by the Lake company before submitting it to the rigid tests of the Navy Depart ment.
 After successful completion of these ':builders'' or unofficial trials the Navy Department, through the offices of the Experimenting Constructor and Inspector of Machinery, U. S. N. will be notified that the vessel is ready for the Government or official trials, upon whose successful completion the ac- cep-ance of the vessel is dependant.
 Will Order Trial Board.
 The Navy Department upon notifi- cation that the vessel is ready for its final trials will order an official Trial Board' to Bridgeport. This board is usually headed by men of great technical and engineering skill The vessel when put through it's paces by such a body of men, must most certainly be a perfect piece of mech anism and structural construction in order to pass the tests
 With the acceptance of the S-4S, which will probably be about the middle of September, the Lake com pany will be without a submarine in any stage of construction at the yards.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
COME $500 MILES
 TO VISIT BUILDING

Visitors from far-away corners of the globe are beginning to come more frequently to visit the local welfare building with it's model health and charities department. Four persons, each coming a distance of at least $500 miles, have visited the building. A short time previous to this period, there were four visitors from Japan at the building.
 Dr. M. Hamano of Osak, Japan, was the latest visitor at the Welfare building. Yesterday, he made a very thorough inspection of the local health and charities buildings. He was par ticularly interested in the fine dental hygiene service.
 Osaka has g. population of over 100000 of people and Dr. Hamano has the tremendous responsibility of the work of the school hygiene of that city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
NEW GAPS GIVEN
 JITNEY DRIVERS

The Bridgeport Auto Transit co- composed of bus owners. who are op- erating the Barnum avenue and State street jitney bus line, have introduced an innovation in local jitney bus cir cles, by providing their drivers with numbered caps.
 Each cap is of very dark blue and has two cords of lighter shade run ming around the cap. They are very neat and attractive.
 The caps have a nickel plated ovat shaped plate on which is the inscrip- ton Operator No.-. The Bridgeport Auto Transit Co.,"
 A greater feeling of responsibility Is instilled into the drivers of the bdses Some of the men do not seem to like the caps They fear that uniform will next be forced upon them and as many of them arc eX-service men who were glad to slip into s.civies'' on their return from the army. navy and marine corps. they do not like the idea of again having f" wear tregs."
 proud of their new headgear and ap- parent1y enjoyed the attention which they received by people who stnred at | the new caps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
GIRL KEEPS MARRIAGE CEREMONY PROMISE TO
 MINISTER IN ALBANY

Albany, July 26.-FIfteen years ago Miss Ruth Weston, school teacher, boarded at the home of the Rev. J. H. Osterhout. then pastor of a church at Valley Falls and now located here.
 T suppose you will be getting mar ried one of these days,' the Rev. Os- terhout said to her.
 When I do I will have you per form the ceremony" she replied.
 Shortly afterward Miss Weston To- cated in Iowa. She took up the study of medicine and became a leading woman doctor. Then she met the right man, and she remembered her promise to her old friend. They were married here by the Rev. Osterhout.
 Miss Hattie Summers of Edge wood, R. l., has been spending the past week in this city the guest of It. and Mrs. John E. McGurr, of EAT Ellsworth street
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26

''If all the world was apple pie And all the seas were ink, And all the trees were bread and
 cheese
 What would we have to drink?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
ASH CREEK TO BE
 MADE INTO HARB0R

Rumors are current about town to the effect that Ash Creek will be de- veloped into a harbor large enough to admit freighters for the purpose of receiving and discharging supplies. The matter has been under consider ation for some time but only recently have rumors of any weight been heard.
 It is probable that if the rumors which emanate from various places are true that some enterprising Fair field resident will consider the matter and will organize new shipping com pany which will have boats ply be- tween Fairfield and the South.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
Do You Rem ember:?

a O the n
  Bridgeport By H.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26
SUES FOR DAMAGES
 IN DEATH CASE

William Krause administrator of the estate of Adolph Krause who died from injuries received when he fell down a flight of stairs at the Miramar Inn last February, has started pro- ceedings for suit of S1O,000 against Dominica Vetromile. the proprietor. The suit is returnable to the Septem- Der term of the Superior court.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-26

three noted society women have found that their pin money'' racing stable has turned them in a SS,OOO Robert L. Gerry and her sister, Mrs. R. Penn Smith, Jr., daughter of the late E. H. Hartman, and Mrs. F.
 aire turfman. They decided to buy a few horses, never paying more than S1,0OO, and arranged standard bets on every race. Their stable is the "Snydi- cate Stab1e,'' most of their horses having names that begin with an ''S.''