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ALMANAC FOR TODAY
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The Weather Report
Bridgeport and vicinity:
Fair tonight and Saturday;
colder tonight
VOL. 55 NO. 21 EST. 179(5
205 Men and Four Officers
Mostly Soldiers From
This City.
OTHER TRANSPORTS
WILL SOON DOCK
Ship Had Been Kept Out
side of New York Because
of the Fog.
New York, Jan. 2i More
than 3,700 American troops ar
rived Iiere today on five xcs
sesf the battleships Louisiana
and New Hampshire, in service
as transports; the French Line
steamship Chicago; the Ameri
can transport (ioentoer, and
the American steamship Ac
comae. The froentoer brought home 40 offi
cers and 653 men of the 40th jesr'ment
of enrineers, headquarters detach
ment, medical detachment, -realquar-lers
detachment of First Battalion,
replacement detachment, arid' Compa
nies A, B, I, and K.
Also on the Ooentoer were four offi
cers and 205 men of Battery F, of the
66th Coast Artillery; four officers and
IS men of the 102nd Trench Mortar
Ijattalion; and three officers and 143
men of Casual Company No. 418.
On the iAtocomac "were 27 casuals
Irom various branches of the service.
On the , (Louisiana were the Head
quarters and tSupply companies, ai
Medical detachment and (Batteries A.
U, and part of C. of the 59th Coast
Artillery corps in aU 33 officers and;
SS7 men together with three casual
crfficers and five casual civilians,
itemibe-rs of the 59th ftlso were on the
New Hampshire 'Batteries (D, E. andi
part of C, comprising 24 officers andj
74 men, together with two officers
-and 16 men of a medical detachment)
of the 6dth, and 14 casual officers and
Civilians.
On the Ohlcago were the 814th Pi
oneer irifantry. made up of 17 white
officers and 814 colored men; casual
companies Nos. 15, 17, anS 18, com
prising six officers and 870 men; and
25 casual officers and men.
(Continued On Page Eleven)
iTROTZKY TAKEN
BY ESTHOI
Did Not Escape From
Narva After Defeat of
Bolshevik.
Basle, Jan. Z4 TLeon Trotzky, the
Bolshevist minister of war and ma
rine, did not escape from Nana at
ter the defeat of the Bolshevists by
the Bsthonians, but was taken pris
oner, according to despatches receiv
ed here from Libau. Advices from
the came source state that, owing to
the Intervention of Finnish troops in
northern Esthonla and Livonia, the
country has been completely cleared
of Bolshevist forces.
An Esthonian official report on the
capture of Narva by Esthonian and
Finnish troops, received on Tuesday,
announced that Leon Trotzky, who
had been present at Narva during the
fighting, had escajped from the city
'after the Bolshevik defeat. Dispatches
of January 23 from Copenhagen ap
peared to confirm this, announcing
mat iroizKy waa iraiisie rrjns 1113
headquarters as minister of war to
N'lzhnl-Novgorod. Communications
between Libau and Narva do not ap
pear to ho particularly pood at pres
ent The places aro nearly 300 miles
apart and Bolshevik forces have re
"eently been reported In the territory
between them.
IRISH CENTER
PARTY FORMED
Dublin, Jan. 24 A new political
association called the Irish center
party was formally constituted yester
day. Stephen Gwynn, former mem
ber of parliament, was appointed
chairman of the provisional- execu
tive committee of the new party.
which embraces the Constitutional
Nationalists and the southern Un- j
lonists. !
Its platform includes home rule for :
Ireland within the British empire on
lines similar to those followed by
the British dominions.
BACK TO NASHUA.
Frank Welcome of Nashua, N. H.,
who was arrested by Detective John
Gerrity. was taken ba-k to Nashua
today. He is said to have been a
member of a pang of burglars who
made a specialty of robbing freight
car of the Boston & Maine railroad
of cloth. The band succeeded in get- They have invited the houfe ser
ting away with about $1,500 worth vants. the soidii-r guards, an.; mo
ot" cloth before they were caught, tor corps chaut'eurs and everybody
Yelcome Is said to e the last mem
hr of Uw ar tr bo apreh"ddL
Entered as second class matter t the post office
at Bridgeport, Conn., under the act of 1879
Wilson
LEADS
TH ALDERME
In Party Caucus He Ex
plains Why He Ignored
Party Organization.
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson from all
indications has realized that his ac
tion in not letting the Republican
town committee and the Republican
aldermen in on his proposed charter
changes, was not strictly according to
Iloyle. Appearing at the executive
meeting of the ordinance committee
of the Board of Aldermen last night,
when the members discussed the pro
posed charter changes, the mayor
made every effort to placate his re
belious henchmoe. Mayor "Wilson
assured the committee, that the pro
posed charter changes was an or
ganization measure, but whether he
apologized for his neglect of the or
ganization is not known.
At any rate the meeting of the
committee last night, which by the
wa was entirely unannounced, seems
to indicate that this matter will be
brought before the aldermen at the
special meeting on Monday. It looks
like a busy session, as in addition 'o
this it is expected that the financial
advisory committee will make its re
port and the oommjittee appointed tt
investigate plumbing conditions will
also report.
As matters stand at the present
time, it Is generally believed that the
mayor's communication read at last
Monday's meeting of the board will
he presented in the form of a reso
lution and adopted, but not until af
ter a stiff fight.
The five Democratic members of
the board are sure to vote against a
change in the ordinance bringing a
one-man control to the po.ice an
fire departmentst, and at least one
Republican leader in the council Is
known to bo against a commissioner
of public safety, whether it be an or
ganization measure, or a product of
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson's own mind.
This one man haa power, and may
swing other Republicans to his way
of thinking. There is a gambler's
chance that the mayor's measure wilt
go down to defeat.
Members of the ordinance commit
tee today refused to discuss at any
length the happenings of last night's
meeting, but admitted that there were
a few stormy scenes.
it still looks as if the mayor Is
angling for a good spot to cast his
line In the direction of John Henry
Rorahnck and give John T. King the
cold shoulder In the hope of obtain
ing the gubernatorial nomlnatm In
iq
,
NT TO
VISIT THEATRE
Goes to Opera to Attend
Gala Night Arranged in
His Honor.
Paris. Jan. 24 (By the Associated
Press) President Wilson will to-
in make his first real visit to a
i ti.oatre since leaving Washington
! more than six weeks ago. He will go
to the opera to attend a gaji night,
which was speciailv arranged fori
him. and. after a strenuous week at
work in the Supreme Council of the
Peace Congress, he is looking forward
to the eve".t with great anticipation.
Mr. Wils.)n attended a motion pic
ture show and a theatrical production
managed by sailors on the ship com
ing over, and while in Milan saw one
act of "Aid; " a the celebrated
Scaia. but tonight's entertainment
will l'e the first real one he has at
tended. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will give a
tea at the Murat residence today for
j all the attaches of the. household
- I else o has anything to do with the
President's homA in Paris.
PRESIDE
I
Likely To Get
Commission
IB EXPLOSION
DEED OF REV
Police Expect to Arrest
Criminals Who Attempt
ed Life of Schiato.
Although the rear of the saloon
owned by John Schtato, 200 North
"Washington avenue, was blown out
by a -bomb, which was placed in the
saloon by persons as yet unidentified,
no one in the saloon was injured.
The police regard the escape of those
In the saloon as almost miraculous,
as the windows on the first and sec
ond floors of the building were taken
out by the force of' the conousslon,
a hole about three feet square was
blown in the floor, and the rear wall
'blown out of the saloon.
The explosion occurred last night,
and buildings within a block of the
Schiato establishment were shaken
by the blast. People living in the
Vicinity, were frightened and appeals
were sent to police headquarters for
protection.
Officials in the police department
believe that the attempt to blow up
the saloon of Schiato and incidentally
kill the proprietor, is the sequel of
an assault on Peter Schiato, the fath
er of John, for which Rastiano Tes-
tano and ArSiinio 'Botticello, both of
196 North Washington avenue, were
to be tried on January 16.
Botiticello was released on "bonds of
$50 at the time of his arrest, and he
ferfelted his bond. His partner in
the assault on the aged man fared not
so luckily, and was fined $50 and
costs. Testano Is now working out
the fine, In default of which he was
sent to Jail. He also has another
sentence of six months for an as
sault committed last May, hanging
over him, which he will start serving
as soon as he finishes working out
the fine.
John Schiato, the proprietor of the
saloon, told the police fhat he has no
means of telling with certainty who
placed the bomb In his store, but
that he believes the bomb was placed
there with the intention of killing
him.
The police state that Schiato has
been threatened several times since
the incarceration of Testano. The
threats have been in the form of
notes which have been found pushed
under the door of the saloon, between
the hours of closing and the time the
place was opened in the morning.
The bomb of last night was made
by filling a long tube, with some high
explosive, presumably dynamite, as
the greatest force of the explosion
was downward. A time fuss was at
tached to the bomb, which thus
might have been placed in the build
ing some time previous to the explo
sion. The detective bureau is investigat
ing the case, and arrests will proba
bly follow within the next 24 hours.
WILL HONOR
RICKENBACKER
:New York, Jan. 24. Captain "Ed
die" Riokenbacker, American ace who
accounted for 26 enemy airplanes dur
ing the war, will ibe greeted by the
whistles of all automobile, tire and
accessory manufacturing plants here
i when the steamship -Adriatic, on
which he is returning, docks here next
Saturday or Sunday, the . con-
j Ksc ooaru or tne American
Auxomomie association announc -
ed todav. At the Mme tim if:
was said, the whistles on the plants! above purpose; and do call upon tation strike was declared in Paris
of ail such concerns in the country i our citizens to aid and assist by this morning. The subway lines, sur
would blow for 15 minutes is recocni- I their conirihinious to this most : face cara and automobile buses are
tion o f Captain Riiokembacker. who
formerly was a driver of racing cars.
DKMAVD RECIPROCITY.
Kegina, Sask, Jan. 24 Immediate
substantial reductions in preferential
j and custom tariffs, and acceptance of
tne reciproci:y pact wiui tne Lniten
Siaiee were demanded of the Federal
government by the unanimous vota
of the Saskatchewan assembly yas
terday. Vhe conservatives of the
(province, for the first time on record
cast their votes with .tho government
on t tariff isu
and Evening Farmer
BK3DGEP0RT, CONN., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919
Presidency Of
Of League
A
No Party Now Has Abso
lute Majority in German
Assembly.
PLAN WOULD GIVE
VERY STRONG GOV'T
Power of the Soldiers' Coun
cil Is To Be Greatly
Diminished.
London, Jan. 24 Basing its
comment upon the final unoffi
cial figures on the results of
the German elections for the
National Assembly as received
yesterday from Basle, the
Times today points out that no
party has an absolute majority
in the assembly. 1 . -
It expresses the opinion that there
is every probability of a strong com
bination between the Majority Social
ists and the Democrats, (the former
radicals rehforced by some national
liberals), together with whatever re
cruits they may attract from the
other groups.
'Such an arrangement of parties,"
says the Times editorially, "would
produce the one result which con
cerns the Allies and the United
States. It would give Germany a
strong government with the indisput
able moral right to bind the German
state and people. The Allies
and America should hasten to recog
nize the state of things which the
election has created."
The original plan for the National
sembly calls for 433 embers, but
owing to the fact tht Alsace-Lorraine
did not vote, the total is reduc
ed by 12 and hence will be 421.
Berne, Jan. 24 Under the new
regulations which have been Issued
relative to the control of the German
army, the power of the Soldiers'
Councils will be greatly diminished.
The Prussian minister of war will,
through the army officers, 'be charged
with responsibility for the employ
ment and leadership of his men. He
will be supreme chief of the army
and he alone will have power to pro
mote officers and soldiers.
Soldiers' Councils will be formed by
all garrisons, regiments or battalions
to watch over the activities of officers
and see that military authority is not
used against the government. They
must be consulted as to permanent
regulations relative to feeding the
troops, the granting of leave and dis
cipline, but beyond that they are un
der strict limitation.
:
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ITALIAN TAG DAY
Italian Tag Day has been pro-
claimed by Mayor Wilson The
Connecticut quota is 840,000, of
which $23,000 is raised. Bridge-
port's quota is $8,000, of which
3,000 ia raised. Tho Connect!-
cut fund will be used to erect a
3D Ded hospital for Italian sol-
dierg suffering with tuberculosis,
on some beautiful glte in Italy,
and this building will be known
as the Connecticut Pavilion.
The proclamation follows:
"For the purpose of raisin'-
funds for the relief of Italian goi-
diers sufferimr from ruherculosis,
- I do Hereby proclaim Saturday, w i
1 January as, as a "s "aJ wnen
fniwU h .illeoted foj- tlio
I u-nnhc
worthy cause.
j "These soldiers, in common
i with those from r own and
! allied countries, have rendered
a wonderful and lasting service
j to humanity. Ixt us in return
; aid and assist them in their dis-
' tress.
i "CITFFORl B- WILSON.
."Mayor."
a
Hugh M. Morris was warned by
President Wilson to be Fedyral Judge
ten Tarf" aiuric '--..
Of Nations
Commission is Permanent
Executive Body to Con
duct League's Affairs.
PRESS ADMITTED
TO PEACE MEETING
First Subject For Tomor
row's Meeting is Legisla
tion on Labor.
Paris, Jan. 24 President
Wilson is likely to be offered
the presidency of the commis
sion of the League t Nations,
the Echo de Paris safys today.
By the commission of the
League of Nations is probably
meant the permanent execu
tive body Up the conduct of
the proposed league's affairs.
The second session of the Peace
Congress, to be held tomorrow, will
like the first, be open to the press.
The first subject on the order of
business, as was announced yester
dy by the Supreme Council, will.be
International legislation on labor. Un
der instructions given at the first ses
sion, -various national delegations
have been preparing written state
ments of their views on the subject,
and it is understood that, under a
Special order, these will be received
by the congress and referred to a
committee, which will give careful
study to the various reports and en
deavor to amalgamate them into a
general project to be recommended
to the congress for approval.
America's view has been crystallized
and Is believed to harmonize in many
respects with those held by the Brit
ish delegates. It is believed to be
based upon full recognition of the
principles of international protection
of labor by governmental agencies.
thus offsetting what is regarded as a
dangerous tendency toward class con
trol of governments.
(Continued On Page Eleven)
LIEUT, MERCER
SEEKS DIVORCE
Testifies to Telephone Con
versation Between His
Wife and Strangers.
Paul O. Mercer, of Norwalk, a sec
ond lieutenant in the U. S. Army, ap
peared in uniform before Judge
Greene of the Superior court this
morning and testified against his
wife in support of his petition for di.
vorce.
Lieut. Mercer stated that he mar
ried Margaret Strickler of Norwalk
on August 3, 1914, and that she lived
with him only five months when she
deserted him and went to Costa Rica
with a man. He stated that his first
suspicions of his wife's fidelity were
aroused by her many conversations
over the telephone with out of town
men. He stated that these calls were
a source of much embarrassment to
his wife. Further testimony showed
that the wife made many trips to
New York and that on her last visit
in January, 1915, 6he departed from
Norwalk In the usual manner but
never returned.
At the time of his marriage and
up to the time of the Declaration of
War Lieut. Mercer was attendant In
, charge of an insane person in Nor-
walk. Luch Agnew Jurna. nurse for
j fne same insane patient, also testl-
! fied in support of tho allegations of
Mercer.
rprr? A AJCPn?T A TIHV
, iiiwn
STRIKE IN PARIS
fans, -t s""" iiduopor-
affected.
The strike is apparently well or
ganized and not a wheel had turned
up to noon.
The strike of the automobile-bus
drivers was decided upon at a meet
ing Thursday under the presidency
ef Marcel Cachin, a Socialist deputy.
The surface car employes deliberated
until 1:30 o'clock this morning, when
they finally decided- to aro owt. Tiw
subway employes were unable to
agree upon a strike until 4:30 o'clock
this morning.
The strikers were to meet this af
ternoon at the Labor Exchange to dis
cus the aituatiea.
Subscription rates by mall: Dally $8.00 per year. One
moDth. Dally 60 cent. 179 Fairfield Ave.. Bridgeport
Battery C 56 Regt.
j f Garlic! h
LUFF DEFENDS
GOVT. PLUMBING
Says Back Venting is Gold
Bricking; Anti Syphon
True Foe of Sewer Gas.
H. J. Luff of Cleveland, sanitary
engineer in the employ of the United
States Housing Corporation, appeared
for the government at the Common
Council meeting, last evening. In
refutation of the claims of the Blaster
Plumbers' and the Journeymen
Plumbers' associations, regarding back
venting, Mr. Luff quoted ' the expres
sion used by David Craig of Boston
when he appeared -before the Massa
chusetts legislature as chairman of
the sanitation committee of the Na
tional Master -Plumbers' association.
"The public have been buying a
gold brick in the matter of back vent
ing. The system in use becomes non
efficient in a few years after installa
tion." Plumbing Inspector Walker of Wa
terbury also gave an adverse opinion
in the matter of back venting. He
claimed that vent pipes at the open
ing on the roofs often froze over
during protracted cold weather. And
he further stated at this time that the
only sure preventive against sewer
gas rising in the iplpes, and entering
houses through the outlets of sinks
and other fixtures, is the anti-siphon
or repealing trap which is being- in
stalled in the government houses.
"We claim that we are safeguard
ing the health of the community bet
ter than if we were corn-plying with
the Bridgeport code of building. And
as action speaks Jouder than words
we are going to prove conclusively
that our ideas are correct."
"In view of the diverse opinion
existing among plumbers themselves
in reference to the different meth
ods of installation, one city compels
what another city prohibits and we
have sought to hit the happy med
ium instead of either extreme.
"In regard to the use of iron pipe
in the installation of the plumbing,
which has been the subject of con
siderable discussion. Mr. Luff quot
ed the advertisement of a noted
plumbing fixture firm, in which is
stated that iron pipe was taken from
the Hotel Astor in New York city,
which had been in place for eighty
years, and was found to be in per
fect condition. This pipe, it is claim
ed. Is neither of unusual quality or
thickness.
"Even as a war measure," said
Mr. Luff, "our method of plumbing
is not unsanitary,- and we are going
to hold a public demonstration to
prove to the satisfaction of all pro
teeters that their claims in regard to
the anti-siphon traps aro without
foundation. We are going to use
three family apartment house, and
will show that traps of middle flats
will not siphon off.
TO ASK CONGR
FOR $700,000,0
Need to Add This to E. R.
Administration Revolv
ing Fund.
Washington, Jan. 24 The sum
which Congress will be asked soon to
appropriate as an addition to the rail
road administration revolving fund
may be as much as $700,000,000, it
was learned today.
The railroad administration tenta
tive program calls for expenditure of
about a billion dollars titf3 year for
extensions, improvements and new
equipment of the railroads under
government control, and a large part
of this must be financed from the re
: volving fund in loans to railroads. In
addition4, the railroad administration
t may be called on, as contracts with
I the individual roads are completed to
j furnish working capital and . credit
the companies with cash taken over
: by the administration when it assum
: ed control. The aggregate of these
Two items i3 calculated at $340, 0u0,
; 000.
I Under a new policy this year, the
j railroad administration will not ap
prove in advance an entire program
i of improvements for each road, but
j will authorize specific projects from
i time to tme.
BRASS CO. DECLARES DIVIDEND
New York, Jan. 24 The American
Brass company today declared an ex
tra dividend of 1 1-3 per cent and
regular quarterly dividend of 1 1-2
per cent., compared with the previous
extra dividend of 1 1-2 per cent.
Sun rises 7:13 a. m.
Sun sets 4:58 p. m.
High water 4:27 a. m.
Moon rises 12:42 a. m.
Low water 11:55 a, m.
PRICE TWO CENTS
Bridgeport Officer Tells!
Heroism of Connecti
National Guardsmen
Chateau Thierry, Verd"
in the Argonne and on
Other Famous Battle
Fields.
"It is the fears and' thrills of the
mar of the cannon, and the excite
ment of brittle that brought us
through the greatest war in the his
tory of the world,'' said lieutenant;
Ge o r g e IS. Garlick, son of Dr. a n d
Mirs. Georjre Garlif-k of State street,
who arrived in this country -with the
5Sth Artillery on Saturday -nlffht fronu
Brest, France. Lieut. Garlick is now
on a 24-hour furlough and is all en
thustiasm in telling of the marvelous
work the Tankee boys did with a gen
uine Yankee spirit that never failed
them until the Jast shot was fired.
"Battery C of the ofith regiment is
credited with having- firefl the last
shot from the "big suns at the cessa
tion of hofrti'lities on the day the ar
mistice was signed, and TJleut. Gar
lick relates how one section of the
regiment comprising; 235 men were bo
excited over the news that each one
of them wanted to put the finishing
touches to the war by firing the last
shot. The regiment consisted of 1,785
men, all from Connecticut cities, and
they had taken active .part on the bat
tle front ever cince they reached
France nine months ago
The regiment was continuous uff
der shell fire, but they suffered only
1 per cent, casualties. Very few. had
been wounded and a few killed.. TJie
boys are mostly from the National
Guard of Connecticut, and practi
cally all are volunteers.
"The boys of the 56th Regiment
deserve all the praise in the world."
stated Lieut. Garlick, "and they
earned the highest praise from all
with whom they came in contact over
, there for their great persistency in
overcoming; the greatest difficulties.
'(Continued On Page Twelve)
IOCLAIMED
Government Troops At
Vigo Join Royalist
Party.
Madrid, Jan. 24 The monaechy
has been proclaimed in Lisbon, the
Portuguese capital, according to a ,
telegram received here from Valenca,
on the Portuguese border.
Vigo, Spain, Jan. 4 Government
troops under Colonel Silveramos, sent
from Lisbon to aid in suppressing the
monarchist rebellion, aro reported to
have joined the royalists at Santarsvn,
4o miles northeast of Lisbon.
The greater part of tho Lisbon gar
rison has gone over to the monarch
ists, according to reports on the pro
gress of the I'ortiiiniese revolution .?
ceived here from Ooimbra, in north-
ern Portugal, and other localities.
The wireless station near Lisbon is
said to be in royalist hands.
London, Jan. 24 The widely cir
culated rilmor that former Kin
Manuel of Portugal was about to land
on Portuguese territory is at least
premature. .Ex-King Manuel was still
In London today.
Paris. Jan. 24 The Portuguese
navy has remained loyal to the gov
ernment , according to all accounts
received in Madrid. The Madrid 1
newspapers, however, have advices
reporting that the army is on the side
of the revolutionists.
NORWKGIAV CABINE7T
MAY RESKiN.
Copenhagen, Jan. 2i The resigna
tion of the Norwegian Cahinet is im
minent, according to reports received
here from apparently trustworthy
sources.
The present Norwegian Cabinet ta
headed by Gunnar Knudsen as pre
mier and minister of agriculture. It
was formed on January 29, 1913, but
has undergone numerous changes
among its personnel. The minister
for foreign affairs, M. Ihlen, how
ever, has retained his portfolio
throughout the period of M. Knud
sen's premiership.
'RESIDENT'S A I NT DIES.
Denver. Jan. 24 Mrs. Helen Sill
Woodrow, aunt of President Wilson,
died late last night at the home of,
her daughter. She was 77 years old.
Mrs. Woodrow was the flster of
General Joshua Sill, after whom Fori.
Sill. Ok la., was named.
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