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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-12
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the home Chamber OF Commerce to hgh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-12
The Order OF the Parade
The order of parade follows:
POLICE ESCORT

Grand marshal. william 4 Mcconnell
- -Aides-Samuel Johnson, Robert Simps,n
Charles stewart Robert Hill John TyrnT
Grand Lodge officers in automobIIa,
Past s. q. Masters Alexander Mcc',intoc,
Eobert Macaw. Supreme Grand Mist rcs. ~.
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Mo Grand Master Of PennsvIvania Bnb.rr,,
4. Gilmore. Grand Treasurer Harry Ma S,,'rr
grand Chaplain Rev. George WorreIl
CupIeme Grand Secretary William J. kirk
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sstary Ladies Mrs. Anna W. Irwin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-12

Earlier In the morning the "dry'
lodges left Broad and Federal streets
and marched by way of Broad and
Chestnut streets TO the river. where
they got aboard boat which took
them TO Wilmington, There ceremonies
J, and festivities We're held on the grounds
a the Orange home.
In each parade banners were carried
showing the Prince of Orange. after.
ward William III Of England, at. tn,
moment of his great victory.
The Battle of the Boyne took plac,
July II, 1850. and was q decisive de
feat for the House of Stewart, undc,
the celebrated Irish General. PatricI
Sars6ed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Seretoff Died
After Writing
In Awful Agony

Seretoc's death was caused by a
combination of sUffocation and stran-
gulation, according to the medical
examiners report of the autopsy per-
formed yesterday.
This was one of the most gruesome
deaths possible, the bullet entering
the back of the man, and severing
the main artery and the blood flow
ing up to the pericardial sack which
encases the heart, causing the free
flow of blood to halt Immediately.
Part of the blood rushed to the mans
lungs, causing them to become flood
ed and forbidding the proper opera
ton of the breathing organs. This
caused strangulation. The man prob
ably writhed in horrible agony for
five minutes before life became ex-
tinct.
The body was identified yesterday
by Max Schine of New York City,
who said that he was the dead mans
uncle. He is 81 years of age and
according to the uncle had every OPP
portunity in the world to make good.
The uncle claimed that he had eau
toned him many times against the
life he was living and even told him
that if he would go to school and
take I'D mechanical dentistry he
would pay his way. The boy refused
to do it, however. The body will
probably be claimed by the parents
of the boy. who will ask for its re-
m oval to New York for burial
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Gang Bound
Over Until
Next Term
Judge Boardman Be-
lieves Cold Blooded
Plan Was Perpetrated
Without Thought of
Life.

81 believe that these men, de-
liberately planned this affair,
came here, and perpetrated the
act without any thought of life
and limb, and the sin they were
committing against society I do
not believe can be erased if |
were to fix their bonds at
$4,000 and | will therefore bind
them over to the September
term of the Criminal Superior
court under bonds of $40, 900
each.
This was the answer of City
Court Judge William b. Board
man this morning to the plea
of Attorney Robert Beecher of
this city, and Attorney Harry A.
Samberg of New York, who de-
Tended the three young men ar
rested here last Tuesday on a
charge of highway robbery.
Would Not Lessen Bond.
Attorney Beecher stated that the
CONTINUED from Page Six
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Parents Desert
Two Children

One of life's tragedies was enacted
at the Emergency hospital today
when Michael Levay of Berwick
street, Fairfield. accompanied by his
wife, brought in a little boy and girl.
their grandchildren. to be examined
for the Margaret NJ. Ford cottage.
The parents of the children have
deserted them and left them to shift
for themselves The grandparents
took the children and now have been
forced to turn them over to the Char
ity department becaus they them
selves are dependent on the town of
Fairfield for aid
The ch1ldrens names are Helen,
two years Old, and Lawrence. three
,-ears old. The mother disappeared
i've months ago and the father two
months age They formerly resided
on Wordin avenue where the two chill
dfen were born
They will be kent at the Ford cot
.age until the parents are located. If
the parents are not found they will
be committed to home.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Coroner's Hearing Opens;
Dunn s Cur, And Bandit Gun
Both OF .38 CaZibre Type
Police Records =.
OF Bandit Gang

The three men who We're ar
rested their dead pal, who was
identified. and their records are
as follows:
Herman Kraut, 81 wilIets street,
Registered in New Works
Rogues' Gallery, No. E51O9.
Arrested, November %, 1920,
grand larceny. Believed to have
embezzIed a sum of money from
a trucking firm by which he was
employed. Later produced re-
ceipts for the money and was
discharged.
April II, 1921. Homicide. An
auto he was driving struck and
killed a pedestrian. He was not
convicted.
Edward Kivat. Also known as
Jacob Kiviat, % Pike street, New
York. Registered in New York
Rogues' Gallery, Eo323.
Arrested, February %, 1922.
Violation of the Sullivan Act.
Discharged.
February %, 1922, next day.
Again arrested for violation of
the Sullivan Act. This case is
still pending in the New York
courts.
Harry Stone. Identified yester-
day as Hyman Seretof- $50
Broadway, Brooklyn. New York
police have no record of him,
but was arrested under the name
OF Harry Stone, on charge of
burglary and at the time of his
death was awaiting trial on that
charge under bonds of 81 900.
Max Becker. 321 Clinton street,
New York. New York police
have no record.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Harding Uses
Former [ tile
For Tourney

Washington, May 26-W Warren G..
Harding took his old title editor of
the Marion STAR today in order to
tee off with the three score Washing
ton newspaper men in the first annual
tournament of the Washington News
paper Golf Club.
The President some time ago Joined
the club, paying the annual dues of
one dollar, and after turning in his
average score was given handicap
of % strokes for play in today's tour
nament.
Prizes contested for by Mr.. Hard
ing and the golf playing newspaper
correspondents included a cup pre-
scented by Edward B. Mclean, pub
Usher of the Washington Post, and
other awards contributed by various
newspapers.
The ten men turning in the lowest
scores in today's tournament will
make up a team which will go to New
York June II to play the
Engineers Club course, a team Sc
lected from members of the New
York Newspaper Golf Club. Belief
was expressed by local club members
that should Mr.. Harding be among
the low ten in today's play he would
consent to go to New York as a
member of the Washington team.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Many Days When
Family Had No
Food, Says Wife

Maud G. Steen,, who married Lewis
Steen in New York State, March 81,
1907, told a tale of neglect, non-sup-
port, cruelty and hardship since COM
ing to Bridgeport eight years ago.
Raised amidst plenty, not used to
work, she was forced to take in wash
ing to support herself and little boy.
now IA years of age. Not satisfied
with mistreating his wife, being silent
for days at a time, only to burst out
with a TRADE, the husband, who was a
of the proceeds from the washing to
spend at cards.
The only time he contributed to the
child's support was for a period when
former Prosecuting Attorney Alex
ander Delaney was on the mans
heels. Deserted time after time, the
husband left finally December IL,
1918, went to a boarding house, later
skipped his board bill and left a large
unpaid account at the Caesar Misch
Department store.
The man has not been heard from
since and is believed to be drifting
around the world on a barge, working
in laundrieS and stores and now en-
ployed in the office of the Singer Man
ufacturing company, the plaintiff has
but there were days when we didn't
have anything to eat" This was when
little Mrs. Sarah E. Nichols who
needs a cane to get about, proved the
friend in need. She lived in the same
building, would stay with the young
ster, and divide what she had There
couldn't be a better mother than Mrs
Steen.' she said. A divorce and Gus
tidy of the child was granted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Becker Nav
Have Fired
F atal Shot
Dead Man So Badly
Torn, He May Have
Been Killed at Close
Range.

That one of the bandit gang,
probably Max Becker, riding in
the drivers seat with Herman
Kraut, killed stone now iden-
titled as Hyman SeretOff; rath-
er than the bullet from the gun
of William Dunn, Connecticut
company clerk, is a belief rap
idly gaining faith in police cir
cles; though nothing to this eff
feet has been brought out at the
coroner's hearing at noon to-
day.
Dunn's gun, now in the hands
of the police, was a .3S calibre
Colt. The gun found in the
bandit automobile by Chief Al
Ian JudSOn of the Stratford Fire
department, was also .3S and
had been discharged several
times. SeretOff died almost
instantly. Could he have
climbed into the car after Dunn
shot? Or did he receive a
shot i'm the back as he turned
On the running board to enter
the car, from the gun of excited
Becker?
CONTINUED on Page Six.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Ruth Declared
Ineligible By
Ban johnson

Chicago. May 26-(By The A.
P.)-'Babe'' Ruth of the New
York Yankees, was declared by
President Ban johnson of the
American League, to be ineligible
TO play until a complete inyesti-
CATION has been made of the ar
gument with Umpire HiIdebrand
which resulted in the home run
king being put out of the game
yesterday, and then climbing into
the stands when he became Of
Tended at thesDooing of fans
81 have received only the re-
port of Umpire Hfndebrand.- said
Mr. johnson. Il have started
gathering complete evidence in
the case and expect TO have this
m my hands by tomorrow. In
the meantime Babe Ruth will
not appear in the New York line
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26


: Mr.. Crane himself said he was con-
fident the report of his conviction was
an error.
In explaining his visit to Syria to
The Associated Press this morning
Mr.. Crane said:
My reception by the people Of
Damascus was entirely friendly. They
asked why their wishes, made known
to the committee on mandates in
Turkey three years ago, never had
been heard from. They said that
since that time, on account of severe
French censorship, they had not been
able to make their voice heard by the
outside world.
What ever demonstration they
made was to make me understand
that their feelings against the French
mandate were stronger than ever.
They hoped 1 could get their message
out.
There was no rioting, but such
demonstrations were of daily
occurrence on the streets in Cairo.
The British did not lose their heads
about it, The French chief of police
J However, native who has been ter
rorizing Damascus ever since thu
French occupied it. made capital out
| of suoa demonstrations and used ma
chine guHs on unarmed people, and
some of the leading men of Damascus
were sent TO long terms in prison
without trial.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26

Bail Bond Cancelled.
A bail bond of $4,000 accepted
SHORTLY after he had surrendered last
saturday. stating he had shot Peters
b?ackmaiIed by him. was can celled
Yesterday, after District Attorney
Weeks had told the court there were
certain discrepancies in his story.
A report that the wealthy young
defendant, brought to White Plains
about $50 last night and detained
at the sheriffs order until about IL
D. m. when lit became apparent he
would not be released on bail before
morning, had slfpped out of jail to
spend the night at home created
furore in White Plains this morning.
Efforts to reach county officials to
obtain information or denial of the
rumor had been unsuccessful when
the habeas corpus writ was issued.
Later. however. Sheriff Werner
said:
THAT is a lie. Ward didn't leave
the Jail after he was put in and he is
there now. 1 make a positive and
emphatic denial"
His Return Denied.
At the Ward home in New Rochelle
it also was denied that he returned
last night.
ing her husband home for dinner last
night. did not know of his arrest until
informed by reporters. She said she
would come here today to do what
she could for Ward.
Michael Sullivan of Salem, Mass,
an attorney representing the family
of Peters. was also expected here to-
day and it was reported he secuted
the b1acknlalI story as Impossible"
The discovery that Peters about a
month ago had climbed down from a
Ward Baking Companv truck in a
nearby town anu asked a tailor to
clean a coat became known, the tailor
came here and identified the marks
he had placed on Peters coat, the
one he wore when killed. This iden-
tification Strengthened the stories OF
Peters presence in the neighborhood
several DAYS before the time set fol
the flight and his subsequent death
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
VIM. McF arlane
Barely Escapes
rom Death

William T McFarlane. wife and ! 4
year old daughter of POI Algonquin
road. Bridgeport narrowly escaped
death at $3.50 yesterday afternoon,
when the sedan in which they were
driving enroute from Bridgeport to
Watch Hill, R. L, skidded and over
turned on Dead Mans curve at the
foot of Great Hill. in the town of
East Lyme The members of the Nc
Farlane party escaped without a
scratch The point where the acct
dent happened Las been a veritable
graveyard for MAJOR gehicles for sew
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Dali President
Outlines Policy
% Deaths Have Occur
red Since Last Satur-
day in Belfast.

London, May 26-(By The A P.)
Arthur Griffith. head of the Irish
delegation which is in London to dis
cuss the Irish situation with the Brit
ish cabinet, had a preliminary con-
versation today with Winston
Churchill, Secretary for the Colonies.
The Dali president is understood to
have outlined the policy OF himself
agreement with Eamonn DeValera,
which it has been stated in some
quarters NAV have the effect of nuld-
flying the Anglo-Irish treaty.
It is expected that the full confer
ence of Irish and British representa-
tives will begin at p. m. under the
Craftsmanship of Prime Minister Lloyd
George.
Mr.. Griffith was accompanied here
by cannon J. Duggan. another signer
of the treaty; Kelvin O'Higgins, min
lister of economics in the Dali cabinet,
and Hugh Kennedy, legal adviser.
Michael Collins has been sent a
pressing invita- ton and may cross the
real business of the conference would
begin tomorrow.
Later Mr.. Kennedy, Mr.. Duggan
and Mr.. O'Higgins joined Mr. Griffith
and Secretary Churchill.
Prime Minister Lloyd George, it is
understood, does not intend to par
ticipate in the deliberations at this
stage.
Belfast, May 26-(Bv The a. P.)-
Since Saturday last IS deaths from
violence have occurred in Belfast, in
Guiding six last evening and today.
The body of an unknown man was
discovered in the street this morning
with a bullet through the brain.
In East Belfast trenches were dug
in several street, the inhabitants
fearing an attack. During the sniping
in the east end four men Were ar
rested and numerous houses in the
district were searched. Several
rounds of ammunition for revolvers
were discovered.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26

Hands.
The task of experimenting
Howard Smith, missing former
tax collector continues with all
anxiety today.
A warrant for the arrest of
Howard Smith has not vet been
issued. Yesterday, as stated
In The Times, an application
for warrant had been made.
and today it became established
that Prosecuting Attorney e.
Earle Garlick viii not issue a
warrant until sufficient evid-
ence is brought forth which
would indicate that one should
be given for the apprehension
of Smith.
Company Agent Here.
Robert B. Cook. representative of
the Surety Claim department of the
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance
company. arrived in this city this
morning, and made his first call on
B. F. Cooney, local agent of the
company. to ascertain the names of
the persons, he wished 20 see and
where their offices We're located.
His second visit was to the office
of City Attorney John A. Cornell, Jr.,
Mr.. Cooney conducted the agent to
the office of Cornell where he left
Cook in conference with the city at
torney Cornell and Cook then CALI
ed upon Mayor Atwater and after a
brief interview with the executive
of the city went to the office of Audi
tor Bernard F. Heating, who was at
the time in conference with Prosecut-
ing Attorney Garlick.
Evidence Presented.
The evidence upon which the allie
cations against Smith have been
made were being presented to the
prosecuting attorney at the time of
the arrival of the city attorney and
the bonding cOmpany's agent A re-
port of the finding of the bonding
company's agent will be brought by
him to his home office in Boston to-
night, and upon his finding action
will be taken by the company. Cook
when interviewed this morning, stat
| ed that he was simply making the
| preliminary Investigations and that
| upon his findings action would be
| started.
Police Bulletin.
| In the meantime the police depart
CONTINUED on Page Six.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Banos Caught
Carrying Dope

Caught CARRYING dope. Frank De
Barros of Sc Lexington avenue, this
city, was arrested today and charged
with being dope peddler. He is said
to have worked between this city and
New Haven. Charged with selling
and transporting drugs. he is being
held in bonds of $4,000 He is at po-
lice HEADQUARTERS in default Of the
bond.
De Barros is said to be a go-be-
tween between New York and Con-
necticut dope agents. He will be
tried at the September term of the
Criminal Superior court
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Mary Farkas Gets
Divorce Decree

Mary Farkas, married in this city,
January 19, 1918, to Nicholas Farkas.
this morning obtained a decree of
divorce upon the grounds of intolera-
BILE cruelty. She was represented by
Attorney Jacob B. Klein. The plain
:iff has three minor children, ages
eight five and three. and told a tale
of cruelty that while brief and not
spectacular, was enough to satisfy
Judge Newell Jennings Anna Chogi
vas a witness and told of seeing the
defendant kick the plaintiff in the
stomach while the plaintiff was preg-
nant.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Ward Did Not Leave Jail
Habeas Corpus Writ Issued Today for Hearing to
Settle Whether He Will Be Again Re-
leased on Bail.

Plains, n Y, May 26-(By the A. P.)-Supreme
Court Justice today writ habeas
Ward vice president of the Ward Baking
Company rearrested last night charge OF killing
Clarence Peters, Haverhl Mass The writ served
Sheriff George Werner directing him to bring Ward into
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Board Will Not
Spend Money On
Old Buildings

The Board of Education met to
consider the report of the State Board
law authority, refusing to permit the
occupation of old buildings for other
than temporary school purposes.
The meeting was in the boards Of
fees, First National Bank building.
The attitude of the board is that
it will not eNpend money upon old
buildings which can be used only
ternnOrari ly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
PIERSON SUES IACRSEN.

Pero o. Pierson. this city, today
fled suit against Carl F. Laursen of
Trumbun asking foreclosure of
SYLVAN avenue property. The plain
tiff alleges that Laursen owned him
$1,000 and failed to pay an instalment
on the principal and the interest
when it fell due.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26

1t was also found that the front win
dow of the room was open. It is be-
lieved that members of the f1ouseho old
opened it upon the discovery of the
body 1t was hineed that the man was
Respondent. leading him to end his
life He was the only one that slept
in the attic room. the wife and son
sleeping in the second floor bedrooms.
Police are also investigating the
cause Of the mans DEATH
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Crane Confident of Error
French Foreign Office Has No knowledge Of For
mer Minister'S Conviction in Damascus

Paris, May 26(By the A. P-The French foreign
has knowledge of the reported conviction Charles
Crane, former American minister to China mill
tary court in Damascus charge of melting
in press dispatches morning
troubles Syria provoked by njudiciou talk by Mr.
foreign office officials said but the
had no information regarding any condemnation
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26

The Emergency ambulance re-
sponded but when DIR. F. J. O'Brien
arrived it was found that the man
had been dead five or more hours
Gas poisoning is given as the direct
result of death Medical Examiner
Samuel NJ Garlick is investigating
the death but up to press hour has
not made his finding
The call came in at S:45 this morn
ing DE- o'Brien examined the man.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
AGED MANS BODY FOUND

The lifeess body of William Dewitt Clinton Tilton 70
old, al Adams discovered today
when he sent to the attic where the slept
o awaken him. The in the turned full
the windows and doors of the closed and it
believed that the aged either the victim of
dent suici
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
$500 DAMAGES ASKED.

George w Yuengling of New
Canaan has filed suit against Emily
ton of q deed made between the two
parties 1t is also charged that a con-
trac3 made between the two was
broken and damages of $500 are