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. Ml CAmd AmeH V y' r A , j . ; ' : Monday STAKT THE NEW YEAR RIGHTS Y .)-. - V ' I . i V f r )'. j ' i 4 L I V V ) ? J; ) 1 if - I 1 s J 'V . x -. i , - - By subscribing for The Bridgeport Times. Write or telephone The Bridgeport Times. Business Department: Barnum 1208.- SUBSCRIPTIOX RATES: 50 cents month; $6.00 a year.' VOLi 57 NO 1 5 "FIST -1 7Q0 ' -Entered as second class matter at "the post office VM. ,) I xsJ. -i XLhOX. -LiyU at Bridgeport, Conn., under the act of 1S79 Protest Ba rn d Residents Give Unanimous Vote for Trolleys Over Jit neys, But Kick Oil Transfer With Potter ' As Audience i In protest of the proposed action of the Connecticut Gom- pany in removing the Westport car barn, several hundred citi zens gathered at a mass meeting in the Wejtport Town Hall last night. Supt Potter, of the Bridgeport division of the com pany, addressed the meeting on, the proposed change and dis cussed general conditions. A strongly lavorea Uie-troiieys in prelerence -to jitneys, and while the removal of the carbarn, was discussed, no definite ac tion was taken. , For economical purposes, tlhe re moval of the Westport haxns and the consolidation of the Westport and Js'orwalk divisions had .been advocat ed by Supt. Potter. It had 'been defi nitely planned to use the Xorwalk barns for the housing and storage of the cars ,and to suspend entirely the operation of the Westport barn. A strong protest was registered and fh meeting waa more of a get-to-irether session to learn the views and jlans of the trolley officials. Hup. Potter declared today that while Immediate action on the closing of the barn would be deferred for a time he. was not ready to guarantee the suspension of original plans. He KtateiL that the Norwalk barns -are In a better position to care for the West port needs and that "the Westport $arns are of little, practical use. . 1 Lieut. Farrell Leading Actor At Naw Probe Rockaway, N. T. An atmosphere icf intense anxiety pervaded the ad ministration room of the United states Navatl Air station here this anorning when the Naval Court order ed by Secretary Daniels resumed its Qirohe Into the "Lost Balloon" ' case. Lieuts. A. T. Kloor; Jr., Stepben IFarrell and Walter Minton, were scheduled to testify today. Ovfr it all ihovered the human f nation with a big question mark. Vhere is Farrell? What will he say nn the ftand? What will they ask Jiim? Rumore were afloat that he w:is suffering from a. narons reac 1iin. but these were denied by his ruperkyra. His little daughter still Jit.s stricken with scarlet fever and he Us worried and does not feel like talk Ins. they "ex-plained. Kloor and Hinton were in evidence Kill day. almost always together laugh '.ins: and chatting. CARUSOWILL WARBLE SOON New York. Enrico Caruso, the jioted tenor who has been Seriously t411, has so far recovered that he is jilanning to sing again this season, it vas learned today Officials of the 3WeCrepolitan Opera company would Idiot discuss the matter but it was said cl special performance would be ar ranged if Caruso wantefd to make one ippearance on the stage before the jTesent season ended. iRAXDMOTnER OF REVOLT NEAR DEATH. Paris. Madame Catherine Bresh Jovskaya, "the little, grandmother of the Russian revolution," who came 1 to Paris recently from Ruthenia to Hitend the conference here of the remnant of the old Russian Duma, is periously ill in the Russian hospital at Boulogne near Paris. MUSIC TO BE USED TO DISPERSE CARES OF UNEMPLOYMENT Music will be used as a panacea for Jiibor troubles this afternoon at the Metal Trades Workers' soup kitchen headquarters in the . Park theatre tmildlng- The men in charge of the distribution of free meals to the needy tinemployed have arranged with the Musicians' union to send over a bat--t"ry of 1 5 string pieces to give a con cert' for the men, starting at 4 o'clock. "It will take their minds off their troubles for a while, at least," said one of the organizers today. "There won't be any special entertainments, but there will be some good music" a ers ange unanimous vote of the meeting U. EC. And Tube Co. To Open Again Partial Re-employment Will Be Effected at Two ! " Shops Monday ; Preliminary "announcement of the re-opening of the entire plant of the Union Metallic Cartridge company on next Monday w.s made today. The proposed action was confirmed by of ficials this morning, and, w-hile re ports of a wage reduction could not be substantiated, the re-employment of several hundred employes on next Monday was determined. One hundred employes of the American Tube and Stamping -company will also resume operations next Monday. It was stated today by officials of the concern that the partial resumption of operations does not indicate the entire re-opening of the plant. The company has but a week's work ahead and is recalling part of the factory force to fill a special order for steel. A wage reduction of 10 per cent., effective, when the plant closed more than four weeks ago, will be put in operation. BOY, AGED 3, KILLS SISTER Stamford - Margaret Fionto, a.ged two, of Cos Cob, died in the Stam ford hospital during last night of a bullet wound.,JUi the forehead. Her little brother. Antonio, a-ed 3, got hold of his father's revolver at their home late yesterday and discharged it accidentally, the shot striking his sister, who was lying on a couch. Car McCarthy and murphy handed mone y to fund Contributing to campaign funds is all right, but "it doesn't mean any thing" when a political factional figlit gets under way. Witness the case of two members of the Bridgeport Fire "department, who received the axe squarely in the center of the rubber region despite, the fact that they gave financial aid to the Republican party during last fall's election. From all indcatibns. " the men are accepting the situation philosophi cally, despite the sharpness of the weather. There are more than !f0 members who are -being fed regularly at headquarters. ClYlIj ACT! OX FOR $500. Royal W. and F. M- Raymond, of Westport. are made defendants in- a civil action for $500 filed in the Common Pleas Court today by Ed mund O. Hovey, of Xew TorU city. A note givento the plaintiff on April 25, 1919, has been unpaid. -.. , v-- City Bends Under First Icy Blasts Thermometer Rises Bit To ward Noon After Zero -" Start Bridgeport today bent and shiver I ed under tne first real blasts or win ter. With ' the thermometer regis tering only a few degrees above the zero mark, there was no immediate relief in sight, for the weather man this noon allowed as how the cold snap would continue for a while. And so all these stories we.'ve beend reading about roses blooming as in the summer time will be relegated to the discard from now on. It seemed twice as cold as it really I was because the weather had been so mild up to last night. Bub it didn't make any difference with the girls. While the men were running along with all the clothes they could put on, members of the supposedly weaker sex this morning came right out in the customary low shoes and silken hosiery. Their faces were buried in furs, but their skirts were as scant as ever. One had to look 'way down at the bottom of the thermometer to see the mercury. At eight o'clock- this morn ing, just as most of the working folks were nustling lo tn-eir iob, tne tner- mometw registered nine degrees! albove zero. During Ithe next two hours ithe mercury clainhercd up to 1 1 d-egrees, and at noon was riding at 16. A blustering northwest V-irtd seem ed to add several dearees of coldness to the atmosphere, and the breeze. nipped' the face or any other exposed portion ot tneo oay. outdoor work-1 ers found it almost impossible to stay I on their jobs, and many quit at noon or before. s If the. cold snap continues for any lengith of time, Ice dealers should iiave no" difficulty in harvesting a good crop this winter. Ice was re ported to be three inches thick last (Continued on Page Six.) JITNEY DRIVERS SCORE VICTORY Waterbury. Jitneymen may op Vlo not solicit or receive passengers therein. Such, in effect, is- the decis ion of JudKe William J. Larkin. Jr. in a test cas brought ,to the local city court. jitneymen startea run ning cars on East Main street yes terday, taking on passengers at pri vate parking spaces which they had leased. One driver' John Duffy, was placed under arrest, "to make a test case. Judge Larkin today ordered that the - case be nolled. " He rules that there was no violation of the or dinance as long as the driver had taken on his .passengers on private ground. He also ruled that once a jitneyman had secured his passen gers at a private parking space he could discharge them auwhere. The only violation of the ordinance, he said, was in soliciting or receiving passengers, or both, On one of the prohibited highways. He further ruled that in the case of a car taking on passengers- on private property public service markers would not .be required. .Jitney drivers are jubilant over- the outcome of the test case. The men referred to are Lieutenant John J. McCarthy and Ladderman G-eorge Murphy who suffered reduc tion in rank at the hands of the Fir Commissioners. even though no charges had been preferred against them and they had.no trial. Included in the long list of con tributors to the Republican party's fund are the names of "G. Murphy" and "J. J. McCarthy," and opposite each name is the' notation "S10." These contributions counted for noth ing, However, wnen Mayor Wilson's faction started to battle with the co horts of John "A. Ijeonard, ex-chair-manof the fipe board. McCarthy and Murnhv. with four other mpn Wire" objects of the Wilson faction-s J-wrath, and they had to .go. i iw iiojiim il iiMiiiiHs isly Jr.. Elmer Fitzgerald, Martin J. Ha'yden and Frank . I. Howgate. - who "also were reduced by the brd, do not aippear in' the list of contributors to either political party. These' four, al though demoted, have the satisfaction of. -being $10 richer than -MeCarthj or Murphy. . v AND ETEXTXG FARMER BRIDGEPORT, CONK, TUESDAY, JAN. 18, 1921 Russian Red Denies NICOLAI ' -: v : - ff w f . v n urn I . - - - r- m K'Cfftr. Jiiyt is -i Sk " " ' Moscow, by wireless to Berlin Nicolai'Lenine was much am used, to learn of the sensation created outside of Russia by rumors of bis death. Lenine walked the streets of this city today. He is alive and well. In commenting uppn the report of his death he borrowed the phrase made famous by Mark Twain, saying the news was "somewhat exaggerated." Kartov, the man who died, was founder of the Economic Council of the Soviet. Lenine onc used the pseudonym of Kartov birt dropped it ten years ago. ALL RECRUIT OFFICES HERE TO CLOSE UP Cutting down of the army to 175, 000 men will result in the closing of the recruiting station here. Accord ing to Recruitiing Sergeant Thomas O'Brien, the army now numbers 180, 000 and the officers are busy weeding out undesirables. There wasn't much elation- among the soldiers when they heard of Congress' action. The navy station was closed two weeks ago, that branch of the service having ibecn recruited up to the hilt. Business e.t the marines' offices is almost stagnant, as none but former membe.rs of the "Devil Dogs" are 'be ing accepted. Recruiting in all three brandies boomed in Bridgeport during the la three months, especially in .the navy Recruiting officers attributed Bridge port's big enlistments to the acute un employment situation. ARRESflTFOR BOMB OUTRAGE Philadelphia. Seventeen, men ar rested last night following the ex plosion of a bomb in the main gar age of the Quaker City Taxicab com pany wsich killed two men and in jured several others were to be given a hearing today. Chauffeurs of the company have been on strike for several weeks, and many acts of violence have occurred. This is the fourth. r'time bombers have attempted to destroy property belonging to 4he Quaker City , com pany. The entire murder squad has been , assigned to run them, down. Leader Death Report LEltlNE OIL SALES CO. BUSY BUILDING ONWATERFRONT Development of a two acre tract on the local waterfront by the Tidewater Oil Sales Corporation today is rapidly ncaring cOThpletlon. Three buildings and nine storage tanks are under con struction, and plans for dockage fa cilities accessible to harbor naviga tion areb eing considered. William ' J. McCarthy , divisional manager for Connecticut, said today that the new two-story office building will be ready for occupancy by March , and the garage, warehouse and storage tanks will be in use by early spring.,- The present office loca tion of the arm at Barnum and Cen tral avenue will be removed in its en tirety to the new site. Work on the project was started late ast fall with the purchase of the two-acre tract at the foot of Bostwick avenue from, the Bridgeport Hydraulic 'company." The new equipment will allow the Tidewater concern a storage capacity for gasolene.- and other oils of- approximate ly l.OOO.ftOO gallons. The garage will permit the hous ing of 12 automobile trucks The warehouse, which will be 140x30 feet, will be for the sole storage pur pose of lubricating oils. Several of the tanks are already In - partial ue. THE WEATHER Xew Haven. Forecast for Xew Ha ven and vicinity: Fair tonight: Tues day partly cloudy and slightly warmer. - . Conditions favor, for this" vlolnltv fair weather with continued low tem perature tonight followed by slowly rising temperature "on Wednesday. TODAY'S PUOFIIE. - Today's profile and Identificatio:. will be found on Page (V - Cwximings Gets Charges Kneen Violated Law Harlfortf That action would be brought against Edward Trust Company, was intimated in a statement by Bank, Com missioner Everett J. Sturges today that he would submit a re port to Homer S. Cummings, state's attorney for Fairfield coun ty, on the situation of the Shelton bank, which report "bears ou me jtiuu oi il iuc iiiipiiccLkiuu. iuciv l viuiaiion oi law is in volved." . In referring to his report the bank commissioner said that "so far the facts show that the treasurer of the bank was sole ly responsible for the $150,000 defiit, caused by making poor loans which he negotiated without the advice of the directors and trustees of the institution." ' Couldn't See Boy; He Lands in Jail " Ietcrmination of Joseph Sllco of SO Jones atenue, to see hts cliild mow in the custody of UU wire from whom he separtea week ago, laiKJedbim In iOj tort night on m. breach ot peace eborse. SUeo demanded an dicST with the child t JO Joncn avenue and when ne was refosod admRtance broke down a door. The caae was continued. $100,000 Sought for IState League . Heart Balmi 0f Jomrten Vo.terj Exclusive Greens Farms Colony Rocked By Mrs. ( MacKay's Charges Residents of the millionaire colony at Greens -Karma today were discuss ing the suit brought by Mrs. Olga Harding MacKay of -Brooklyn, X. S"., for $100,000. damages for alleged alienation-of the affection of her hus band. C. Tonald Francis MacKay. 38, a wealthy Xew Tork broker. Mrs. Beatrice Wright. Galloway, a wealthy divorcee of the Greens Farms section, is named as de"Xndant. Mrs. MacKay also claims that besides "enticing her husband away" from her that Mrs. Galloway "contracted with him a bigamous marriage." Papers In the suit were recorded in the town clerk's office in Westport. yesterday. the attachment having been made on January 3. The suit is returnable to the February terra of the Superior Court in this city. Mrs. Galloway lives neighbor to ex-Judge Joseph Marfan, the weal thy Bedfords and others in the Greens Farms colony. She It 34 years of age and is said to be strik ingly handsome. The writ recites that Mrs. Gallo way and . MacKay were married in Westport on Dec. 22, having secured a marriage license in Westport in which MacKay stated that he was a single man.' The marriage was per formed by Rev. George B. Hatch, a Congregational minister. Mrs.- MacKay claims that she mar ried MacKay May 15, 1915. in Xew-aa-k, N. J- that "they lived happily till such time as Ma-s. Galloway, well knowing tithe wrong. maliciously gained MacKay' affection and in duced him to marry her" and thai subsequently the defendant lived with MacKay as his wife in Westport. Mrs. MacKay further recites that her regard for her husband has been destroyed and that she has been held up to ridicule and scandal and de prived of the society and support of her husband. I XEW YORK XIPPED.' Xew Tork. This .city is today in the grip of the firwt real cold wave of the winter. The thermometer registered Ave degrees . above xero during the morning. What We Must Eat To Be Healthy yThe Times will print, beginning tomorrow, a scries of 15 article up on the relation between food and health. These articles hate bcesi care fully prepared by a Bridgeport professional'inan, wh fc widely known, but who, for ethical reasons, will not fclgn hfc articles. He fe an author- ty upon diet, and has given to recent discoveries in this area of sclcn- iic knowledge a deep and impartial study. " ' ' If yon wish tostart your baby right, ir ytu Lh to prolbus yonr " n . fe. If yon Irish for health and the Joy that good bcnlilt confers upon poMHCssdrs, read these articles on -What We Must Eat lo Be Healthy." CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS The commissioner said he would work In conjunction with ex-Gov. Holcomb, receiver for the Shelton bank, in Drenarinir th. wnnr Th report would not contain any rec ommendations r irrimrnal proce dure, he said, as the facts would speak for themselves and the decis ion to bringv action would rest en tirely with the state's attorney of Fairfield county. Ex-Governor Hol comb. took charge of the Shelton "Ic! "r today, having filed a HOO.ooo bond with the bank com missioner Monday. A hearing: by the senators and rep resentatives ot Fairfield county on the Shelton Hank and Trust com pany was slated immediately after adjournment of the legislature today. It was expected that Commissioner Sturges would be asked to report such facts as he thought wise. i intimation was given of what line of. action was planned by the lesisla tors. ixow urganized Xew Haven The Connecticut League of Women voters was organ ized at a meeting held at the Profes sional Women's club 'lere today, which was attended by prominent women of many Btatewide organisa tions, including a generous represen tation of the members of the Con necticut Women Suffrage Association, which initiated the formation of the new organisation Charter members of the organization were enrolled and members up to 500 will be considered among the charter members of the league. Miss Kathorlne Ludington. presi dent of the Connecticut Women Suf frage Association, who is regional di rector for Xew England of the Na tional league, outlined the plans for the new organization, after which Miss Mabel C, Washburn, chairman of the committee on organization made her report. The chief speaker was Mrs. Maud Wood Par. Xational league chairman, who congratulated 4 he women on Connect Icui-'n havincr ratified the Fed eral Suffrage amendment three times and the fact that the state leads all others in the number of women elect ed to its legislature. The purposes of the league, promotion of improved legislation and education in citizen ship were discussed at length and in detail by Mrs. Park. , 1 Ymin? Bandits Makft Ricr Haul Chiago. Working so quickly and quietly that more than a score ef per sona looking on were unaware of what had happened until the deed had been accomplished five youths held up a United Stales mail truck at the Union station here early-today and escaped in an automobile with 1 i sacks of mail.