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REVOLUTION AGAI
NST SO V
The Weather Report
AXMAN'AC FOR TODAY
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Eridgeport and Yiolnity
Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; n-aimer Thursday.
VOL. 55 NO. 79 EST. 1790
IK: i-'j
Results of Agitation Carried
on by Independents and
Spartacides.
CRISIS RAPIDLY
APPROACHING
"Unadulterated Bolshevism
Preached Finds Thous
and of Listeners.
Zurich, Switzerland, April 2
In view of fresh negotiations
over the Danzig question, the
German Csbinet has decided to
yather the chiefs of all parties
of the National Assembly at
Uerlin tomorrow to reach an
wjreement as to the policy that
is to be followed, according to
an announcement by the Ger
man propaganda service.
BarMn. Tuesday, April 1 Almost
all the labor forces ot Germany are
cither atrlkln or threatening to
etrlke aa a result of agitation carried
on by Independent Socialists and
?partic1tea, who are succeeding In
their efforts to lrrf.uce -workers to
make Increasingly Impossible de
mands. They have eren partly per
suadod mine puards on duty In the
Also-let to protect the pits
against the 0parttcldes, to prevent
miners from dosoending.
The situation everywhere Is consid
ered serious and it Is said that the
elm of the Bpartlcldea is purely po-hh-.i
iairlTt as Its obloet the over
turning of the present government
and the establishment of Holshevwm.
fctanienlnary engaKements have occur
red at Kastrop. In "Westphalia. ac
cording to the Tageblatt. A pro
cession of minors which was on Its
(Continued On Pafre ElRht)
REPOnTflMlSH
GOV'T RESIGNED
Relieve This to Be Old
Regime and Not New
Landtag.
Copenhagen, April 2 The Finnish
rovernment has resigned in conse
quence of its defeat at the recent
elections, it Is announced in a des
patch received today from Helsins
f nrs.
Now Tork. April 2 A cablegram
of congratulation sent to the Finnish
government upon the assembling of
the newly elected Lantog in which
the hopo of "a united and democratic
Finland" was expressed, was made
public here today by IT. Montagu
Dinner, president of the Finland con
stitutional leafuo of America.
Mr. Donnpr declared that a Copen
1 acrn iles-pntch telling of the resigna
tion of the Finnish government doubt
less referred to the passing of the old
Svinhufud ministry under Premier
Jngman. Th La.ndtas. he said, now
i composed of 15 Ilepublicans and
-11 .monarchists.
"We have every reason to believe
thai (lenentl Mannorheim is sti'l r-f.-ent."
Fiid Mr. Honner. "and that
Finland is on the eve of the greatest
r-r.i in her history. There is no rea
son why the Vntrod States and other
.Miietl nnlirms Fhould withhold recog
nition. l:olshnvi:-m does nor thrive in
Finland, the eighty Socialists elected
to the r!ot having publicly denounc
ed it. Thrt resignation of Oeneral
Mantle rheim is incredible. Tf true, it
would be a disaster of the first mag
nitude." in "December General Mannerheim.
vho was leader of the Whits Guard
fnrces in Finland Ir.st year Hnd who j
left the country temporarily while j
lite Reds were !n the ascendant, re-
'timed to Finland from KnKlaud. !!
announced his ptirpes" to secure re- I
ensnitlr.n of the i mp!ete Independ
ence of Finland by a)l the powers and
establish a form of government there
based on the co-operation of all the
political rarties.
Reports of the Finnish election
mentioned In the foregoing despatch
'have not. reached this country.
Entered as second class matter at the post office
Bt Bridgeport, Conn., under the act of 1879
Officially Denies
and Sale To Japanese
States Department of Development Has Not Authorized
Anything Giving Foreigners Rights to Large Ex
tensions of Land in That Section.
Mexico City, Tuesday, April 1 (By the Associated Press)
Salvador Gomez, chief of staff of the department of agricul
ture and development, officially denied tonight reports that
Japanese subjects have bought
statement was issued on behalf of the department in absence of
Pastor Ronaix, the secretary of commerce, labor and agricul
ture. It reads as follows
"I can say that up to the present there has been no sale
of lands in Lower California tor Japanese subjects; neither has
the department of development authorized anything giving for
eigners rights to largo extensions of lands in that section.
"Moreover since our constitution
prohibits the sale of national lands this
department. In accord with President
Carranza, is giving special attention
to all matters referring to Lower Cal
ifornia, Concessions of territory in
that part of the republic which have
been authorized have been for a re
duced number of pectares. and to
residents of various small villages of
that territory, following1 the policy of
creating small land holdings with the
object of favoring the natives."
Baron Fugitaro Otori, Japanese
minister to Mexico, tonight issued the
following statement regarding the dis
cussion over alleged attempts by Jap
anese to purchase lands in Lower
California:
"A tempest in a teapot has been
created and I think the importance
the American press has given this
question Is due to some political
maneuver, caused by the nearness of
the next Presidential campaign. It
may be declared that there are no
concessions in Lower California that
favor the interests of my country.
Only near the town of Mexican exists
a small Japanese agricultural colony
that ctiltivates rice, but this is abso
lutely lacking in importance.
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Carvalho May Tell Of Changes
In Dorsen Inventory Sheets
When the hearing on the objections to the accounting of
(lie receivers of the Dorsen Dry Goods company was resum
ed this morning, before Referee Banks, Attorney Harry Wolf,
represenfing the creditors, offered David M. Carvalho the fa
mous hand writing expert from New York, to prove erasures
and insertions in the inventory sheets.
Attorney Leo Oppenheimer strenu
ously opposed the offer on the ground
that it was a waste of time to have
the experts go over the sheets when
the referee could do the same thing
and see for himself whether or not
changes had been made. Mr. Wolfe
claimed that there was no other way
in which he could prove the changes
and identify the persons who made
them. That the papers were changed
in so many places and In so many
v. s and that there was no case in
the history of bankruptcy more vital
of the honor of the court and to gen
eral commercial integrity than this,
and that ho should be allowed to
Trove the case by the testimony of ex
perts who could identify the persons
who made the question.-b'e entries in
the books. '":'S3
Referee Hanks ruled that he would
not allow the testimony at this time.
but that if later it developed that the
etitrios were disputed he would allow
the testimony.
Abraham Forsen was then called to
resume his testimony, lie said that
during the timo that the reeclvers
were in charge, the Abel company,
one of the Torsen eubss-'iiaries, owed
the Iorsen Dry Goods company $1.
:.12 for rent. tut that the receivers'
booke showed a charge f-r only $27.
and th. was wiped fvut by a credit of
$41887. although the Abet company
Jiad not paid th-rcelTsc a. cent.
lands in Lower California. His
SERIOUS REVOLT
AGAINST SOVIET
New Republic Has Also
Been Proclaimed in
Belgrade.
London, April 2. Reports that a
revolution against the Soviet govern
ment has broken out in Petrograd
are supported by an official Russian
wireless despatch received here which
says that there is a serious strike of
railroad men in the Petrograd dis
trict. The strike, it is said, was
prompted by the Menshevikl and the
social revolutionaries
The newspaper Vetcherni Listy of
Agram, Jugoslavia, according to a
wireless despatch from Rome, an
nounces that the dynasty of Kara
Georgevitch has been deposed and a
republic proclaimed in Belgrade, the
capital of Serbia and Jugo-Slavia.
HOUSE REJECTS
EDUCATION BILL
Fox Measure Provided That
Public School Expenses
Be Paid By State.
Hartford.' April 2 In a batch of
education bills unfavorably reported
to the House, were those on the so
called Fox bill, which called for just
and equitable distribution of money
raised by public taxation, among pub
lic schools, so that the amount ap
propriated for to provide control and
supervision of all schools receiving
state aid to be vested in the board of
education and all future expenses for
such schools to be paid from the
slate treasury; and require that towns
which do not provide free textbooks,
shall furnish them to pupils at cost. A
favorable report from this committee
increases from $4,000 to $8,000 the
clerical and expense allowance to the
public library commission.
KIXO AXiBKUT VISITS WIISOX.
Paris, April 2 King Albert of Bel
gium, who arrived from Brussels yes-
terday by airplane, visited President
Wilson Jtoqay.
and Evening Fanner
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., WEDNESDAY,
r "
HX1S H1.1, iUlK '1J ONE
Chicago, April 2. The pro
nounced wet vote in the electloiv
here yesterday was said by "per
Konil liberty" leaders to mark the
actual beginning of a campaign to
repudiate national prohibition.
The wet vote was 391,2 60; the
dry 144,032. Four out of every
five men oted wet, and three out
of every women did the same.
The Trades I'nion Liberty
; League issued the following state
ment:
"Through the overwhelming
defeat of the drys, Chicago has
spoken in tones that will ring in
the ears of those subservient law
makers who have so cravenly sur
rendered the liberty of American
citizens at the dictation of a clique
of paid prohibition lobbyists.
"There wll now be no let up in
the protest against prohibition ty
ranny until the freedom of the peo
ple has been fully restored to them.
This is the message Chicago sends
to Congress."
E. J. Davis, Chicago superintend
ent of the Anti-Saloon League.sald:
"I am not surprised at the result.
We made no fight and asked no
one to vote for a dry Chicago."
v
ML SPEED UP
BONINTS TRIAL
State's Attorney Confers
With Cororer About Man
Who Shot Callahan Boy.
Stating that he intends to speed the
prosecution of Edward Bonini, who
shot young Joseph L. Callahan in this
city last month. State's Attorney
Homer S. Cummings held a confer
ence with Coroner Phelan today re
garding the mattter. The state's at
torney came here from his office in
Stamford to Investigate the case. He
asK.ed That a copy of the testimony
taken before the coroner be sent to
him at once. "I intend to bring this
case before the grand jury which will
convene in this city just before the
May term of the Criminal Superior
court." declares Mr. Cummings.
The boy was shot by Bonini, who
became enraged because some young
sters in his neighborhood objected
when he took some wTood away from
them. Young Callahan was not im
plicated in this trouble but was an in
nocent bystander. The state's attor
ney desires to have the case disposed
of at the May term, for court will not
convene here again until September.
ALIEN INCOME
TAX IS 12 P.
Considerable dissatisfaction is ap
parent among the alien residents of
the city on account of the large per
centage of tax assessed on their in
comes. The government is collecting
3 2 per cent on all incomes earned by
aliens. They are allowed no exemp
tions while citizens are allowed ex
emptions running from $1,000 up
wards. If a person not naturalized is
earning $1,000 a year he must pay
an income tax of $120. There is,
therefore, some satisfaction and ad
vantage in becoming naturalized and
assuming the obligations of citizen
ship. WILSON AND
PREMIERS CALL
IN EXPERTS
Paris, April 2 Consideration ot
the question of reparations and the
disposition of the Rhine Valley was
continued by the Council of Four,
comprising President Wilson and the
premiers of France, Great Britain
and Italy, when the session of the
council was resumed today. It is
understood to be probable that at
least three more days will be occu
pied with these subjects.
American financial experts were
called into the session today.
GARBAGE COILECTTOX
VALUES SOAR SWIFTLY
For $2 3,000 Bridgeport has ac
quired the horses, wagons, har
nesses and minor equipment with
which John T. King formerly col
lected city barbage. The separate
items, according to announcement
by Mayor Clifford B. Wilson, were
taken over at the following prices.
The equipment consists of 38
horses at $10,900; 17 metal dump
carts, $7,450: 21 sets of double
harness. $1,050; six dump carts,
$1,050; blankets and collars. $270;
4 large carts, $1,400: 1 truck. $250;
100 bushels of oats. $2S0; 2 ia tons
new horse shoes, blacksmith tools
and stock. $370.
There has been a rapid rise In
the value of this property since tax
lists were filed in 1918. In the
191 S list the horses were valued at
$2,500 and the wagons imd other
paraphernalia n't J2.6O0, a total of
$5,000.
APRIL 2, 1919
Baker Informally Announces
Telegraphing Of lames
Reorganization
isolvency With Forced Sale
Alternatives That Conditions
Farmers Dairy Co. Heaviest Obligations To
Farmers Who Supplied Milk.
Redding. April 2 Reorganization or speedy insolvency
with a forced sale of assets yielding only from 20 to 25 cents
on the dollar is the alternative that conditions force upon the
creditors of the Farmer's Dairy Go. in which enterprise Redding
milkmen are interested to the extent of many thousands of
dollars. The plan for a readjustment designed to avert the im
pending bankruptcy has been worked out by the First National
Bank of Bridgeport, which holds the Dairy Co.'s paper to the
amount of $25,000, and was advanced at a meeting of creditors
held at Newtown last Thursdav.
REPORT NEW
BILL ON BOXING
Measure Provides for Eight
Round Contests in This
State.
Hartford, Conn., April 2. The reso
lution proposing a constitutional pro
hibition amendment, which has been
favorably reported was before the
House today, but as many matters
awaited action, it was not (touched.
The judiciary committee will again
report a boxing commission bill,
which will be like the one unfavor
ably reported, but amended to pro
vide for eight ounce gloves and not
longer than eight round contests. The
"ST. M. C. A. will be exempted from
paying license fees. All boxing con
tests will have to be licensed by the
commission, including those which
might be given at Yale, either as col
lege affairs, or as Intercollegiate con
tests. There will be a minority un
favorable report. The committee is
said to stand nine to three for the
revised bill.
Well Known Dentist Sued
For Divorce: Cruelty Charged
Dr. Robert H. W. Strang, one of the best known dentists
in this section uf the state, was sued for divorce today by
Mary E. Strang of Fairfield. Intolerable cruelty is the
ground. Because of the prominence of the couple the news
of the legal proceedings attracted considerable attention.
Their friends have known for some time that they were not
living happily together.
CHAMBERLAIN
SCORES BAKER
! Calls Baker and Crowder
f Exponents of "Prussian-
! ized Militarism.1
Xstchez, Miss., April 2. Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, in an address
here la?t nig-ht on ante-war, lnter
witr and post-war problems, reiterat
ed criticisms of the war department
in the conduct of the war and char-8-ctorized
Secretary Baker and Alajor
Creneral Crowder as exponents of a
"Prussianized militarism."
-Senator Chamberlain's speech was
devoted largrejy to criticism of tho
army court martial system ami he
said white he has "no quarrel with
President Wilson" ho intends to keep
up hie "quarrel 'witn the war iepaxt
msnt ji long as inefficiency conttcvu
thers."
Subscription rates by mail: Dally $5.00 per year. One
month. Daily 50 cents. 179 Falrneld Ave., Bridgeport
Or Speedy
Enforce on Creditors of
The company's heaviest obligations
are to the farmers who have been
supplying it with milk and who hold
notes representing arrears in pay
ment to the amount of about $9 0,000.
These notes mature on the 11th of
next month and. as their holders had
anticipated at least a partial cash li
quidation at that time the revelation
of the company's financial plight
comes to them with a rude shock.
They have the choice of exchanging
their " notes for an equal amount of
common stock in a reorganized con
cern or in realizing their share from
what a forced sale of the company's
property will bring. On their deci
sion rests the acceptance or rejection
of the reorganization scheme as the
other classes of creditors are ready
to accept the terms offered them. At
present the attitude of the milk sup
pliers is apparently one of indecision
with, howevere, a growing disposition
to accept common stock rather than
the one-fifth or one-fourth the face
value of their claims in cash which
a winding up of the company's af
fairs would realize.
There Is already outstanding about
$35,000 or paid-up common stock of
which local dairymen hold a consid
erable share. This ha3 never yielded
any dividends. At first sight the
prospect of dividends at any time in
the future on the proposed addition
to this of $90,000 In common and $75,
000 or more in preferrexl stock wotiM
(Continued On Page Seven)
The complaint states that the cou
ple were married in June, 1909, the
wife's maiden name having- been Mary
E. Dunlap. She claims Dr. Strang
owns property valued at $25,000 and
she asks the court to allow her ali
mony. She also eeeka the custody of
two minor children. Marjorie I.
Strang and Clinton W. Sirangr. 2nd.
An effort was made to get fur
ther details of the alleged cruelty
from Mrs. Strang- but she referred all
questions to her counsel, Judg-e Carl
Foster. Ho stated that he could not
mention specific acts at this time as
such testimony would not be made
publlo until the hearing-. Service was
accepted on behalf of Dr. Strang1 by
his counsel, Attorney Charles S. Can
field. The latter said his client would
not make a statement repmrdlng- the
charg-es at present. Dr. Strang's of-
; flee is at 88$ Main street but his resi
j dence is in Fairfield. The suit is re
j turnabls to ths April term of court.
, t .
I TWO MEN KIJ.LKIX
j Paterson, X. J., April 2 Two men
were reported killed today In an ex
; plosion which destroyed two uf the
J 20 mills which comprise the DuPont
I powder works at Wayne. The shock
felt tor mils around.
Sun rises 6:88 a. m.
Sun sets . 7:18 p. m.
Hlich water 12:50 p. m.
Moon seta . . 9:6A p. m.
low water 7:07 p. m.
TTTln7' rrrTrr lT?rT,C
rXllJj L KJ V-Lj-N J.O
Makes Statement That De
partment is Conscious of
Press' Assistance.
MOST RAPID AND
COMPLETE SERVICE
Approach End of American
Casualty List With Pro
found Gratuide.
Washinrrton, April 2 Infor
mally announcing today tho
discontinuonee of the war de
partment's system of tele
graphing casualty HjJts to San
Francisco and Chicago for mail
distribution by the press asso
ciations, Secretary Baker made
this statement :
"It is with profound grati
tude that we approach the end
of the American expeditionary
force casually lists grateful
that the price of victory in hu
man life and limb was? Hot
greater. "Tlie war department has been con
scious of the splendid public service
the newspaper press has been render
ing to the people by the prompt and
accurate publication of the casualty
lists, that the supreme sacrifices made
by officers and men of our forces
abroad might be known to their
friends and relatives at home.
(Continued On Page Seven)
BREEN IMES IT
TRIAL BY GOiBAT
(Medieval Custom Enlivens
j Judicial Proceedings Be
I fore Carpenters Union.
For an assault committed at th
Carpenters Union headquarters on
Kim s!reet Monday night when he
struck Charles II. Barnes full on the
nose, John Breen of f 3 TrumbuAi
Road was fined $100 and costa "by
Judge Wilder in the city court this
morning-.
Breen was one of a committee investigating-
charges against Barnes in
which it was alleg-ed that the latter
was working as foreman over a gang
of non-union carpenters for the
United States Housing- iorPoration at
a time when the union had ordered a
strike. Barnes was yummoned to ap
pear before the committee Monday
night and defend himself agninst the
charges.
On entering the committee room
and seating himself before Breen
and other memhers of tho committer,
Breen, as chaiVman, read the charges'
to Barnes. Barnes replied that h
had gone out on strike with other
carpenters according- to Instructions
of the union but had never received
strike pay from the union. Iater ho
was forced to accept employment on
account of lack of funds and that by
engaging himself to work for the
Housing Corporation he understood
that he was working- for tho govern
ment and that the union had no right
to 'Interfere with his labors.
During- the diutisinn, Breen said,
' Ton 're a liar." Ba rn es repll ed ,
"You're another," with which Breen
arose from hi chair, -wrtlked. around.
the table and ftruck Barnejs on th
nose between ths eyes.
One of Breen's witn esses 1 n court
this morning- testified that tho a
sauit coniHted of, "Only a light tap
on the hill." However. Barnes nse
appears to foe somewhat flattened aanT
dosoolored. Barnes says that he 1
compelled to breathn through his
mouth end that he fars his nose is
broken.
Barnes La an ex-fooldier. having been
discharged from Pamp 'Dtvpna Vhreo
mor-ths ago. "VVhiio in the army he
was a member of the 3fth Convpany,
Dfpot Brigade. Oamp levens. Ho I
now residing tt 240 Washington avs
nue. Brseii guvs bonds in the amouree rf
$200 and appealed the case to tha
Common Flea court,
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