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ALMANAC FOR TODAS
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For Bridgeport and vi
cinity: Fair tonight and
Wednesday.
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before Traffic Committee'
Bridgeport Manufacturer
Advocates Better Trolley
Service, or Means to Im
prove the Service Provid
ed by Jitneys,
Strongly advocating the in
creased use of the Bimey or
one-man type of trolley car in
Bridgeport, so as they should
run on all lines going parallel
lo jitney lines, Walter Ii. Lash
ar at a hearing of the report
of the traffic commission before
the Streets and Sidewalks, Or
dinance and Miscellaneous
committees of the Common
Council, last night said he
knew of several men who
would bo willing to finance a
municipal car trust and that ho
himself would give $50,000 to
bring cars to Bridgeport.
Mr. Dashar at the. meeting lMBd In
'the Common Council chambers de
nounced ttM Otmnectt'Ont oomp&hy,
nnd elx-oont fare rate, and placed
JiimaeSf on record: aa toelns heartily In
favor of the five cent rtde ytem.
One Important change was) mart1 In
ith now traffic regnlatkma ,ln adWS
'tlon to SOTeral minor amendments
lThe neur Insertion lo regwrdinw the
Sjparidn-s; of atrtorooMlea and will do
fbway wttfli the nuisance mow In vogtw
In both corn era of (Main street and
IFnirtfeM armm It provides that no
n.atomolMleB should bo parked on
tFadrfleld avenue between Harrison
and Water street or on Main street
between State and Golden! Hill street.
31tneys and other automcfoUea will be
allowed to atop lomg enough "to let pas
tmmg&m off or teJke them on and must
"then proceed on their way.
ZSr. Lashar said It was through the
I efforts of the traffic commission that
' the one man trolleys had been sent
Lto this city by the government. He
tenJd more of the care were needed but
they should not be allowed on one
Continned On Page Bight)
SUBMITTED BILL
FOR S513,000
President of Land Co.
Denies Dealings With
Japanese.
tLtn AmreJea. Co.!- April 1. Sup
lttaraentin Ills tonfel Haet night that
ihe Ca!fornte.-Meiioo land and cattle
company, which owns and operates a
Struct of 80,000 acres In 'Lower Cali
fornia, contemplated any leases or
other orransremerets with Japanese
that wenr not first approved by the
Htate department at Washington,
Harry Ohandlor, president of the
loomnuiy. said today that Ms com-
pasty had ulbmdtiteUI a bill of 513.000
for Iom or cattle, mouses ana outer
tcnippldo In the Madero revolution.
"We have had' no difficulty with the
tpoveirament of Lower California since
Estoban Cantu came the real military
i ohdef and remained In civil author
itDM." said Mr. Chandler,
'but In rev-
; ohsUonary days It
waa a different
story. After the
Madero revolution,
i numiber of email
! iwoen there were
evoWtlonlst oMofs through that eeo-
Aoa, the cavalry was mounted on our
-uonsea, the cavalrymen wero rising: on
nor saddles, the wajron trains were
using our wnxona. and generally they
i itoolc Whs they fancied. We pubmit-
'tod a lfl of 51S,000 Var loss of cattle,
horses and other supplies in the Ma
dero rerolutlon, and the bill is still
In process of adjustment with the
i Mexican government."
SPAIN'S PREMIER
EXPECTED TO
RESIGN SOON
Madrid. April 1 With the lndus-
t trial situation Improving everywhere.
It Is understood, that as soon as qulel
Is restored Premier liomanones will
hand his resignation to the King. It
Is believed probable that the Kintf
will asic ths promir to remain In of
fice In view of the success wtth which
I ho settled the strikes throughout ths
( country without serious disorders.
I The Industrial nituation in Bpain
I dCipears to be lti.provlns. except In
n Allcanta, where a state of siege has
I been proclaimed. The strike of
mall carriers In Madrid has ended
1 land several factories reopened yes
i Vrdav In Barcelona.
Workmen also
k K4 rsturolnf In other provinces, .
Logan Brothers Acquire Union
Pacific Stores In Connecticut
Deal Involves About $100,000 U. & P. Have
Operating Large Chain of Stores in United
States For Many Years.
Logan Brothers who operate a chain of twenty retail gro
cery stores in Bridgeport have taken oyer all the stores in Con
necticut which have been run by the Union Pacific Tea Com
pany. The Union Pacific Tea Company hae operated a large
number of retail stores all over the United States for a number
of years and was considered the largest dealer in groceries, at
retail, that there was in the country.,
The selling of the Connecticut stores to Logan Brothers is
in keeping with their policy of ceasing to operate in the East.
There were eight Union Pacific Stores in Bridgeport. The
deal involves about $100,000.
Absolves Shipbuilding
Co. From Responsibility
Accident At Launching of Cargo Carrier Waukau Due to
"Violation of Company's Rules Believe
,- Only Four Lost Lives.
Bristol, April 1 Accordin g to the coroner of Bucks coun
ty the accident yesterday at lh e launching at Harriman, Pa.,
of the cargo carrier, Waukau resulted in the death of four
workmen. The Delaware rive r in the vicinity of the Merchant
Shipbuilding Company's plant is being searched today but the
coroner stated that he had no-r eason to believe that more than
four had been drowned.
ARREST TWO
FOR BURLARY
Trumbull Justice Binds
Over Young Men Accused
of Housebreaking.
Two new arrests were made by
l'P onemi urawa yesruay i.i
the numerous burglaries that have
taken place in Trumbull recently,
Edward
Koda and John uabor were
taken into custody a.nd bound over to
the Criminal Superior court yesterday
by Justice Piatt in Trumbull. Bonds
of ?2,000 were furnished by the ac
cused, both of whom are minors.
The deputy sheriff had previously
arrested Harold Higglns and Leslie
Dralis in connection with the burg
laries and these two young men were
also bound v over yesterday. They did
not secure ball. Over 12 burglaries
were reported in Trumbull and vicin
ity within the past month. The au
thorities saiy they have recovered
some of the goods stolen and expect
to secure more In the near future.
PEACE APRIL
FOOL JOKE
ROUSES PARIS
Paris. April 1 Somebody started
story this morning that Colonel E. M.
I itise had announced that the Peace
Treaty had been signed. The report
rapidly spread all over rarfs and the
telephone wires to the American
headquarters in the Hotel De Crlilon
became hot with inquiries as to the
truth of the rumor.
It did not take long, however, for
inquirers to realize the character of
the report when they were reminded
that today was April 1.
NINK BII.IJ4 I'RKSFIVTF.D.
Hartford. April 1 Nine bills to
meet recommendations of the special
trolley investigating commission,
which reported its findings to the
General Assembly today, were offered
in the Senate b Senator Dillion. the
commission chairman. There was a
debate over the request to have the
hills printed in the files and it was
ordered that the bill- and the report
,'of the commission be printed in the
fljouraak
the post office
1 1
Been
Aibout 50 workmen had olamibered
upon the platform near a vacant ehip
way in order to get a good view of
the launching'. This toppled over anfll
all the men fell in the river.
As far as known all were rescued
ex cerpt four, three of them being
foreigners employed in the laboring
gang.
The coroner today absolved the
shipbuilding company from blame for
the accident. He said, the men were
on the platform In violation of the
rules of the company forbidding any
employe from, using U.
Estimates early) today of the num
ber of persons drowned or killed in
the collaipse of a lightly constructed
patrol Ibricige fronting the ship ways
of the Merchants Shipbuilding Cor
poration at Harriman, near here, Hlur
ing the launching" of a freighter yes-
terdayy
ranged ibetween five and
twenty. Aibout a score were injured,
none of them seriously.
(Continued On Page Eight)
SENATE AGREES
ON MOVIE BILL
Measure Now Goes to Hoi
comb J. R. Booth
Confirmed.
Hartford. April 1 The Senate to
day receded from its amendment to
the local option Sunday moving pic
ture bill and agreed with the House
in adoption of the bill. This meas
ure will now go to the governors.
The Senate amendment which the
House refused to accept was that
which would have permitted Sunday
concerts and lectures.
The Senate confirmed 29 to 0 the
nomination of Christopher L. Avery
to be a superior court judge and
John R. Booth as common pleas
court judge at INew Haven.
BAKER GRANTS
ENGLISH REQUEST
TO TAKE SPY
Washington, April 1 Secretary
Baker has approved a request of the j
British military authorities in Tur
key that they be permitted to arrest
on charges of treason James Spohr, a I
naturalised American captain and hisj
wife, decelared officially to have i
been "closely associated with the head
of tr.e German spy system in Palestine (
and imong the British Indian sub-:
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and Evening Farmer
BRIDGEPORT, CONjSt., TUESDAY. .APRIL 1. 1919
MILK DROPS ONE CENT
Milk has dropped one cent a
quart In the local markets. The
Borden and Mitchell companies
informed an investigator this
morning that Grade "A" milk has
dropped from IS cents to 17 cents
and Grade "B" milk from IS cents
to 15 cents a quart. These prices
now prevail In Bridgeport.
The Milk Producers' Association
of Connecticut, the members of
which supply the retail milk deal
ers, claim milk can '.be sold to the
consumer at a profit if the price
were reduced to 14 cents a quart.
They maintain that the retailers
are exploiting1 the public in charg
ing over 14 cents r. ouart for milk.
President Willing to Take
Share of Blame For
Delay.
Paris, April 1 President Wilson
today explained that he was willing
to accept hia share of responsibility
for the Peace Conference delays. He
was careful to point out that the slow
ness of the negotiations was not due
to any single country or its represen
tatives. $
He declared emphatically, how
ever, that the time for talk was vir
tually finished and that now was the
time to show results.
Notwithstanding the delay in
reaching an agreement on the pre
liminary peace treaty. Premier Lloyd
George, the Paris edition of the Lon
don Daily Mail says, "does not in
tend to return to England before the
the questions are adjusted in spite of
his desire to attend the closing meet
ing of the British labor conference."
Commenting on the six amend
ments to the covenant of the League
of Nations suggested by Elihu Root,
it was stated today by ' one of the
legal specialists associated .with the
American Peace Conference delegates
that he believed all the amendments
were acceptable to the American
delegation.
Tech Leaves Paris Tonight
to Meet Ersberger
At Spa.
London. April 1 Regarding a re-
ort published in the morning news
apers that the blockade of the Cen
ral Powers had been raised general
ly last week, the blockade department
of the foreign office explains that the
blockade was lifted from German
Austria, but not Hungary. In the
case of the Adriatic, the Allies rais
ed the blockade sometime ago, but
the Italian naval hlockade remained
in force until a few days ago.
As far as Germany is concerned, it
was added, the blockade has been
changed to the extent of sending food
supplies there under Allied control.
Paris, April 1 Documents in pos
session of the Krench and Rumanian
governments. the newspapers say,
prove that the advent of the Com
munist regime in Hungary was due
largely to a maneuver of Count Kar
olyi in collaboration with the Ger
man government. The movement was
aimed directly at the Allied powers,
it is added.
Marshal Foch will leave Paris to
night for Spa to meet Mathias Erz
berger to discuss with him the Allied
demand that Polish troops be per
mitted to use the port of Danzig. The
marshal has received full powers to
negotiate with the German represen
tatives. He will be in constant com
munication with the Council of Four.
The Inter-Allied shipping commis
sion has completed preparations to
transport the Polish troops to Danzig.
John ileaphy Sued
For Auto Accident
Declaring that his automobile was
damaged in a collision with Johv
Healphy's limousine, Charles Lomniv
zer of this city started suit agair.s
Tieaphy in the Common Pleas co'ir
today for $1,100. Me says the colli
sion was due to Heaphy's negligent
driving.
MAY BRING SCTT
Samuel Lavit, business agent for
the Machinists of Bridgeport, and
labor member of the Board of
Mediation and Conciliation, an
nounced that the labor members
of the board have consulted with
Frank P. Walsh and Dudley Field
Malone. the first former chairman
of the IT. S. War Labor Board, and
the latter former collector of tae
Port of Xew York, to get an opin
ion If a suit for damages will lie
against the manufacturers, who are
a party to the War Ijibor Board
award, for alleged breach of con
tract. If a favorable oplnicn Is ren
dered, said Iavit, the labor men of
Bridgeport will bring suit for an
expropriate amount.
NOW IS THE
FOR RESULTS
BLOCKADE HAS
NOT BEEN LIFTED
f OMAN DENIES
SHE LURED MAN
Fannie Sachosky Before
Coroner on Reopening of
Hotel Shooting Cass.
Denial of the charge that she had
lured Xicholas Dickovisky to the Al
pine hotel with Intent to kill him, Tvas
made by .Fannie Sachosky when, the
3 year old murder suspect was
brought before Coroner Phelan. to
day on the reopening of the Dicko
visky inquest. The young: woman
also branded as false the charge that
she attempted to get money from
-Dickovsky. She repeated her pre
vious testimony to the effect that the
victim of the hotel shooting: and John
Xewar, a witness at the inquest, were
members of a local Bolshevist or
ganization. This statement prompt
ed Newar to arise and deny he be
longed to the BoJsheviki.
The accused admitted she and her
husband had not been, on friendly
terms and that they went to Attorney
J. Walter Scheffer of this city to see
about securing a divorce. The law
yer said it would cost $100, but as
the woman's husband refused to pay i
for the suit, nothing further was
done about it.
John Dewar, who instigated the re
opening of the inquest by telling
Judge Thomas C. Coughlin of alleged
new evidence, did not appear when
the hearing was resumed today. Cor
oner Phelan sent Detective John J.
Curry after the witness. He explain
ed his delay by saying he was afraid
he would lose his job in a local fac
tory if he stayed out again.
Newar had no proof of his state
ments that the accused lured Dicko
vosky to the hotel. He admitted the
statements were based only on his
own opinion. Xewar gave a long ac
count of a talk he had with Constan
tine Sachosky a short time before the
murder. In this conversation the hus
band is alleged to have said he was
feling sad because his wvfe was go
ing out nights and He suspected she
was going with another man.
The coroner reserved decision in
the case.
ON WIFE'S FACi
She Says Hugh Aitken Tried
to Revive Her After
Cruel Treatment.
That her fausiband threw water on
her face to restore her to conscious
ness after he had beaten her was the
charge made by Signe Aitken of
Stratford when she appeared in the
Superior court this morning to testify
in divorce proceedings a.'gainst Hugh
Aitken of Stratford. The wife said
she was in.. bail! physical condition as
a result of Aitken's cruel treatment
that she had to be carried from tho
house when she decided to leave her
husband.
Mrs. Aitken testified that on several
occasions her husband had thrown her
across the room. She said that he
cause of tile disputes between the
couple other occupants of the house
were called in to settle the trouble.
She declared that in the past seven
years Aitken had contiihuted only $25
toward the support of their children.
Aitken denies his wife's charges. His
testimony was scheduled to be heard
this afternoon.
KUBAN REPUBLIC
SEEKS HELP OF
ALLIED GOV'TS
Paris, Monday, March 31. (By The
Associated Press.) M. Du'cavitch,
former premier of the Kuban repub
lic, formed immediately after the first
revolution" and consisting of seven
states in the Ciscaucasian region, is in
Paris with a delegation an'il has pre
pTted a memorandum to the Peace
Conference asking Allied support to
prevent the republic "being deprived
of Independence by Bolshevism."
M. Ducavitch stated today that the
Josses of t& Kuban Cossack's in the
fighting a sain st the Bolshevik! dur
ing the past year had been four times
as heavy as during three years of war
against Germany. He said that one
third of the population of military
age had been killfi and that? not
enough men were left to cultivate the
son.
The memorandum appeals especially
for the aesistance of "the republic's
great sister, the Lmted States.
CLOSE ATX. MILLS
Manchester, England, April 1 The
employers and peratives in .this re
gion market reports say have decided
to close all millr using American cot
ton for a full f o -tnleht from April 10.
Subscription rates by mall: Dally $6.00 per year. One
month, Daily 50 cents. 179 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport
Revenues of $900,000 Per Year to Be Diverted From Jit
neys by So Called "Regulation" Taxes to Remain
As Credit for Two Years Bridge and Pavement
Assessments to Be Remitted Mr. Shaw
Opposes Remission of Contributions
for Bridges.
Hartford., April 1 The trolley lines of Connecticut are tot
tcring on the verge of bankruptcy, according to a report of the
Street Railway Investigating Commission, sent to the General
Assembly today. -
In a report which measures with the calendar, this being
April fool's day, the majority of the committee recommends the
remission of taxes for two years, the removal entirely for two
years of the obligation to pay paving assessments, or to build .
bridges, and such "regulation" of the jitney's as will deprive
them of an annual revenue estimated at $900,000, and put an
equal revenue into the coffers of the decrepit and rotting trol
ley companies.
EVERTYS ARE
ENJOINED AGAIN
Joseph Martin Secures New
Injunction in North Ave.
Building Dispute.
After Martin Kelly and Mary Kelly
had withdrawn their names es peti
tioners for an injunction restraining
J. A. Leverty and James Leverty from
building an addition to their North
avenue store, Attorney Robert H.
Gould this morning obtained a new
injunction On behalf of Joseph Mar
tin, a Narth avenue property owner.
Judge Booth of the common pleas
court granted the temporary injunc
tion. Twelve other North avenue res
idents joined with Martin in asking
for the second injunction.
The case has attracted considerable
interest in the North End. Residents
on North avenue between Main street
and Hurd avenue claim Leverty Bros,
have no right to erect an addition
over the buildine line. The druggists
say they obtained a permit to proceed
with the work and are therefore act
ing with their rights. No date has
been set for a hearing on the second
injunction.
I BONDS TO
PROVIDE FUNDS
War Finance Corporation
After Money to Meet
Obligation.
Wit-Bhington, April 1 To provide
funds for railroads and to meet ob
ligations arising from th war, the
War Finance Corporation acting un
der authority of the act creating it,
wrill off&r for sale tomorrow $200,000,
000 in bonds. Th issue is the first
to be offered under the war finance
corporation act which authorizes a
total bond issue of $2,100,000,000.
The bonds. which will be sold
through. Federal Reserve and agent
banks will bear Interest at five per
cent, mature one year from today
and will be exempt from all state and
federal taxes except excess profits, in
h e ri ta,nce estate an d surtaxes. The
bonds will bo In denominations of
$1,000.
UPSTATE MILK
PRODUCERS MAY
GO ON STRIKE
Plainfield. April 1. Milk producers
r eastern Connecticut Whb have been
supplying 60,000 quarts a day to the
Providence market.yesterday declined
to accept the offer of the dairymen
for the summer scale, which carries a
drop of three-eights of a cent a quart
There is the possibility of a ntrike of
the producernr
DENIES PLAN OF
PROTEST STRIKE OF
MINERS FOR DEBS
Terre Haute, Ind., April 1 William
Mitch, secretary-treasurer of IDistrict
No. 11, United Mine Workers, gave
out a statement this morning, denying
any plans for a protest strike by min
ers of this district against the Impri
sonment of Eugene V. Debs. The mat
ter has not been before the executive
board, according to Mitch, and any
report of a contemplated strike is
wltfhout authority of the mine work
en' official.
nn rtes - - . 6:38 a. m.
Sun sets .......... 7:17 p. m.
High water ... li:O0 a. m.
Moon sets 8:55 p. in.
Ijow water ........ 6:19 p. m.
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Thewe spensiT measure for ima- ,
opoiy. rescue are recommemiwi fax a I I
report signed: "by John It. Ofilon, C3f- !
ford E. Hough, Oliver OR. BecfcwMh, i
John T. MacKndght, Arthur Ml Waitt,
Ira M. Orntnirn. and. Francis R. Coo- ,
ley. '
Amon the payments from which,
the company would (be relieved under
this report is a payment, of $300,000 for
the construction of a new ibridg at
Stratford!, to take the place of the
present structiure, which would Ibe suf
ficient for all traffic, excepting trolley
In an additional rwnort Oliver :r.
Beckwath says the releases from
bridge anldl paving- assessments Is
positive for two years, arid is emutv-
alent to an aid of $700,000.
I he company owes the state aihoirat
$300,000 in tares. The total remission
would amount by July, 1921. to $1,-,
200,000. Thee3 taxes would stand; ,aa .
a lien and draw 5 per cent.
uhe trolley companies cannot bor
row from banks. They have no cred
it. Mr. Beckwlth calmly discusses
means for crippling the jitney's until;
the trolley companies are able to take ;
an annual revenue of $900,000 by rea
son of the jitney regulation.
Not rinding these means sufficient
to put the trolleys into sound financial'
condition, Beckwith recommends a.
state loan of $2,000,000 at one-half;
of one per cent greater than the state
obliged to pay for the money.
xne Connecticut company is a regu
lar Pandora's box of troubles. It owes
the state for taxes $318,000. At the
end of June it will owe $400,000;
more, without a cent to pay with. It'
owes Conn, banks $2,021,474, owes the
New Haven company $1,000,000, upon ;
which payments of $250,000 are due;;
owes for cars $175,000; owes the TT.
S. government for advances for caret
and extensions in Bridgeport, inter-:
est per annum $75,000. The total of
the above debt is $3,263,127.
The committee claims that
unless substantial relief Is Klv-:
en through legislative action
(Continued On Page Eight)
NTROL
President Signs Proclama
tion Releasing Them from
Food Eulings. .
PACKERS FREED
FROM CO
' Washington, April 1 All meat ;
packers were released today from
food administration control. Under a
proclamation signed by President Wil
son at Paris, effective today, "all per-'
.sons, firms, corporations or associa
tions engaged in Importing manufac-' rl
turing. Including packing-, storing or
distribution of fresh, canned or cured! tit
beef, pork, mutton or lard," are re
leased from license by the food ad-"
ministration.
It was slated at the food adminis
tration that the President's action re.
j leased packers from supervision o
every kind exercised by the food ad
I ministration, including restrictions
i upon margins of profit.
A cablegram from Herbert Hoover 'g
a- rans noimea iooa aammisiranop
; officials of the proclamation.
TAX COLLECTORS
BEGIN WORK ON
LARGEST LIST
I
With the collection of $4,777,998.12
j as t;ie wor'c jihad of him for th'n
j month. Tax Collector Howard SmitH
and his K::tff:' aj-isUMttu i;l t..-
i f'.tv Thi i- Thr- rin.jf::nr thjsf mt;vT.
I be raised by taxation under the new , j Y
necessary for the city to make theid S
appropriations necessary to run the.,
various departments. Of course al.Af J
this will be holpnd along bv a huso ' g
bond issue when Governor Marcus H. ?
Holcomb signs the bill in hs j
liar.ds.
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