The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-20
DAILY NEWS LETTER
General News and Gossip From Staff Members at Home and Abroad.
By DAVID NJ. CHURCH.

itors in London are saying uncom- pfeimentary pf 11ea things about the friends Lord Robert Cecil and some of his associates started a movement among League supporters of writing per- sonal letters to editors asking them about the League. The movement grew into proportions alarming for she soe oed editors. One editor received printed 8 reply in his newspaper stat ing: "The reason we don't print pAore news about the League of Ma tons is that there isn't any moro news about the League of Nations te, print"
 Ex-Governor Cox, of Ohio has ere London. People just can't imagine a young man of his aggressive type hav., ing the courage to run for President of the United States.
 England is about ready to snelve it's cricket bats and take up football. In preparation for the cup-final. baseball worlds series. a new stadium Is being built at Wenbly, which will hold 1ao.ooo people. Rather a neat
 football seriously and every sat11rds- afternoon throughout the lfalI and winter thousands stand in the wet and cold and watch professional "footers'' at work.
 The British sporting world is con- S1aeraoly s,naia aroused by a recent out
 ''toughs'' of rival gangs following the races have declared open warfare and the result has been anything but pleasant for the orderly devotees of
 racing. The feuds break out at the fashionable race courses and the free
 for-alls which follow are unpleasant
 to say the least. There have been o1 fa hIrs Jra NSI-
 district which have been attributed 60 these race-gang feuds. The stew ards of the various courses and the
 police are using every effort to clean up the situation.
 A recent robbery in London was
 so, cleverly done that the police at trfbuted 1t to Americans. A firm of
 jewellers were called on the telephone and told that a rich American, giving the name of "Mr. Be1man, of New
 monds in his room at a we'll known hotel. Two salesmen. bearing a
 packet containing s5o.0oo worth of
 gen gems; ,raye went to the designated hotel Mfr. Re1man." The would-be pur-
 chaser examined the gems and then
 said he would like to take them into
 an adjoining room to show them to his wife, who was i'll in bed He stepped into the next room and closed the door after him. In a few min tues the JeWel SaIeSrnen became SuS ptcious. and upon trying all of the doors leading out of the room the knobs came off in their hands and the doors were locked with spring | lceks. They tried the telephone and l found the wires cut It was more than an hour before they were able
 10 attract sufficient attention to bring about their release. The police looked the situation over and thought the job so clever that they immediately aScrtbed it to an American
 The London dandies are threaten | ing to ditch the tall silk hat and the trick opera hat" for evening wear The gay young blades of the exclu- sfye clubs are now wearing soft black es't hats with evening dress. Of | course, the English gentlemen set the pace and all London is now casting l aside it's tall hats and wearing soft black felt. The style of a black
 double-breasted waistcoat, set by King Auphonso Of Spain, has already found considerable favor in London It seems that the matters and tailors
 can always find someone to aid them in their business.
 The Most Rev. Dr. Turner, Bishop of Buffalo, who is well known American prelate, has warmed the
 cookies of the English heart. Bishop Turner's recent denunciation of De
 Valera and his followers has brought
 forth great praise from the British
 press
 The Prince of Wales is resting and
 playing, and keeping out iof the public
 eye. All reports of his forthcoming engagement seem to have been er-
 soneous, but nevertheless there will
 soon be a new rumor crop, for the
 marriage of the Prince of Wales is
 always something to talk about in London.