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c .ALMANAC FOB TODAX XHE WEATHER Sun rises ... .VTV-. . 6:12 a. m. Sun sets 7:36 p. m. Length of Day IS b. 27 m. Day'B Decrease ....... 3 m. High water ...10:11 p. m. Moon sets .... 3:26 a. m. . Losv water 4:18 a. m. Bridgeport and vicinity Fair tonight and Friday mod erate temperature; moderate rate to fresh northeast to north winds. r A-VD EVKNINC3 FARMER VOL. 56-m 20S-EST. 1790 rao : BRIDGEPORT, CONN., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1920 PRICE TWO CENTS W(0)MIEM F rrn H WW TP1T IIh tkWM r ft ' l " J i V s . v' N v .- " : Secretory Of-State Co JFMEY Trolley Cars Will Be Running Here Again Labor Day Council on Monday Night Will Request the Trol leys to Come Back and Will Pass Regulations on Jitneys Jitney men Say That They Are Perfectly Satisfied to Have the Trolleys Come Back Do Not Want To Be Eliminated. The Common Council at the special meeting called by the rmayor for Monday night will'probably request the trolley com ipany to resume service in Bridgeport. The Council will also Uass ordinances regulating the jitney in accordance with the recommendation of the mayor's committee. There will prob Lably also he a notice to the company that if it cannot see its way clear to renew the service under the conditions the city hvill be obliged to take steps to either tear up the tracks or seek & forfeiture of the company's charter. When asked relative to his attitude? iro the report of the Mayor's Lom i mission on the trolley-jitney situation President Storrs of the Connecticut Company said this morning: "I have ?tfhe report before me now and have not as yet had time to examine it I thoroughly. Until I have given It ; careful study I wfll not he ahle to give any definite statement as regama kettitude on the matter." I "If the trolley company does not t immediately resume its service in this J city now without waiting even for the "passage of an ordnance or ure hiuct men It will show that they do not in tend to cater to the wishes of the peo ml of this city and are not looking Lout for the hest Interests of the trolley company." said Percy T. IAtchfleld, chairman of the Mayor's Traffic Com mission, which eohmittea its prelimi nary report to Mayor Wilson y ester- Way. ! twflleve. however, fihat the trolleys 1 be (running in this city by leaner iay, as President Storrs has express ed to the commission, a desire to co operate with it and also to resume rvioe at once. "The report which we have mads itand my knowledge that the aldermen will pass an ordinance embodying the recommendations of the report are eufflceirt inducement to the Connect icut Company to resume." It will take about a week after the jorder Is issued by the trolley officials ftto get the cars and 'tracks in readi fenesn for the resumption of service and p. (believe that within a weekbut sure ty by Labor Day the people of the lMir will see trolleys on all the old routes." 1 "The fares at first win be the same nfl are now in force throughout the rest of the state, that is. seven cent3 rwlthln the city limits and six cents (for each additional two miles outside I -the city boundaries." "The traffic commission will be corn- spelled to defer making a report on the question or lares iot aooui month in order to go over reports and data which will enable them ito for mulate a scale of fares which will fee satisfactory o the traveling public (and at the same time give the com pany a fair return on money ln- M StlUl'll.' White the Jitney men are satisfied with the routes proposed in the pre liminary report of the traffic commis sion which was submitted to Mayor Wilson yesterday afternoon and they believe that both the trolleys and the Jitneys should be able to operate, if those routes are accepted by the al idermen and an ordinance passed pre scribing that these routes be used, ' there is considerable doubt as to I whether the trustees of the Connecti cut company will be satisfied, as the routes proposed will not eliminate the v Jitneys as was demanded by the ulti- ma turn served on the city before the htrolleys stopped. Harry Frank, president of the iJPark City Eos association, said today: ! "The committee has been very fair, lit has hetard all sides and has laid vat a plan under which both trolleys 'and Jitneys can operate and make ' 'moT.ey. "The Jitney men have always fa "rored the .operation of the trolleys in the city and hope that they come back. We believe that both services are needed by the people of Bridge !port, and as we have repeatedly stat ed, we were sorry that the trolleys tnn stopped running. "What we objected to and still ob ject to, is being eliminated. "We have invested our money in the buses. We have given such service (Continued on Page Six.) MOONSHINE FORCE IS SHAKEN UP Practically the Entire Staff In the State Transferred To Boston. DeFrpRe the story coming from New Haven that Chief Prohibition Enforce ment lAgent Thomas McAuliffe is still chief of the "dry" agents of the state it was learned on reliable authority this morning Iby a representative of The Times that a general shake uip in the entire Connecticut force has been mada by William McCarthy, chief en forcement agent of the New England district, which affects at the present time 12 of the 14 agents of the state and which sends McA.unffe to Boston and which brings Enforcement Age.nt Frank Lanagan from Boston to take over the New Haven office. Frank Cantillon, the local agent, has already been transferred to Boston and Harry Welch, the other local memtber of tflie staff, is expected to report at the Boston office in a few days. Ie is at the present time work ing in Greenwicn. witn the Boston force who recently supplanted the old rorce and has been neia in tms terri tory to testify at several cases that are scheduled to come up before United States Commissioner Hugh J. Lavery within the week.. Federal Enforcement Agent Brown of New London is the other member of the old force who is still working in local territory, being stationed at Greenwich at the present time with the Boston men. it SPECIAL SERVICE AT ST. AUGUSTINE'S St. Augustine a church will hold a special celebration on Sunday in honor of St. Augustine, A solemn high mass will be celebrated at 11:15 o'clock by Rev. Father James B. Ni- hill, pastor of the church. Rev. John Cotter, a Jesuit Missionary priest, will preach the sermon. Hall Holds 200 And 1,000 Are Expected Eight o'clock tonight is the zero best chance of winning. Hence the "hour over in Stratford, for that is the hour at which the Republicans will gather to name delegates to the various conventions. But Hhe prep arations for the battle and the laying in of ammunition and supplies is on with great vigor today. By 6 o'clock this evening it will probably be impossible to get a seat in the hall where the primary is held. The hall seats only two hun dred and there will probably be a thousand who will try to get into the hall. The side that gets the most peo Bla ia the hall will probably have the 'WOMAN AND HUSBAND SHE WOULD SELL I RBBFT IFSJ Tf f Mrs. Lillian Russell, the,Ro;klahd, Mass., woman, .'who would sell her husband at auction to the highest bidder, in' order to obtain' enough money to raise her family, photographed with is an accomplished musician,- and according to Mrs. Russell is everything a husband should be, only Carl cannot earn enough to support their seven children. Soviet Withdraws Demand 31 BUSMEN HELD FOR CROWDIN First Round-Up By Police Will Be Disposed of To morrow Morning. Under the direction of Captain James Walker,, of the traffic bureau, local motorcycle officers and patrol men started a vigorous campaign yes terday to enforce the state automobile law regarding the overcrowding of jitney lbuses. As a result, SI jitneymen received summonses to aippear in the City court to answer charges of over crowding . Every driver who received a summons yesterday, appeared at po lice headquarters this morning and was "booked" at the First precinct desk. All of he cases will be heard tomorrow morning. The sudden move on the part of the police against the jitneiyimen took place during the rush hours yesterday noon and last night. Regular patrol men took charge of the work at the various factories where the routes of some jitneys terminate, and others were stationed at the intersection of busy streets. Motorcycle policemen patrolled the suburban sections. In this manner the entire city was cov i (Continued on Page Six.) special cops and the militia if they are called out will have their hands full around the door between six and eight o'clock. The Democratic registrar was called upon this morning to appear at the caucus in order to give information as to voters on the lists several years ago but who are not now on the li3t. He doesn't now just what to do as he is somewhat in doubt as to the bus iness " of a Democratic registrar at a Republican caucus. But Stratford expects a lovely time tonight. Ihy Proclai 1 him and one of their children.. He On Poland Agrees That There Need Not Be a Proletariat In Poland ' London, Aug. 26 (By The A. P.) The Russian Soviet government re plying today to the note of Arthur J. Balfour concerning the Soviet peace term to Poland, agreed to withdraw its condition that the Poles provide arms for a workmen's militia of 200, 000 men in Poland. The wireless sa.ys this concession is made in -order to meet Premier Lloyd George's objection to the clause and try to arrive at a complete under standing! with Great Britain. The message insists that peace be discussed with Poland albne "without any outside intervention whatso ever." REUS MAKE A STAND. Warsaw, Aug. 25 Soviet .troops are concentrating in great numbers along the Beresina river where the recent offensive against Warsaw was begun, and military observers here ajre spec ulating as .to the possibility that they may launch an attack- against the cen tral Polish front. It is believed that the Bolsheviki will make a stand if the Poles con tinue their pursuit of the retreating Soviet armies eastward from, the Bug river on the south and Grodno on the north. . Reports received here .late today continued to tell f Polish forces closely pursuing the Bolsheviki on various fronts. Remnants of the Fourth Bolshevik army which were cut oijf by the Po lish advance in the region of Kolno have cut their way through to the eastward after a ba'ttle lasting ten hours. .They carried out a re grouping maneuver- and escaped a trap, but at last accounts "were sur rounded by more numerous forces of the Fourth Polish army. vThe Fifth Polish .army continues rounding up detachments of Bolshe viki in the region west of the rail road running from Modlin to Mlawa. On the central front the Poles have carried out a flanking movement on the north and have occupied Knyszyn, 15 miles northwest of Bialystok, and Stawiski, 12 . miles northeast of Ldmza. Occupation of these towns with the capture of Kolno completes the work of forging a ring around the Fifteenth Bolsheviki army. Other Soviet forces have reassem bled at various places and are making repeated attacks in their attempts to break the Polish cordon. Nine , at tacks were . made, in the . region of Kolno yesterdays bu all are said to have been repulsed with ; enormous" losses ' Among ' the captives is the (Continued on Pass Six.) ms Suffrage Lcgisl TROLLEYS TO ASK Seven Cent Fare Not ; Producing the Neces sary Revenue, Trustee . SaysIntimation That It1 May Be Necessary to Wind Up Com pany's Affairs. New Haven, Aug. 26. Indications that the Connecticut Company will ask the public utilities commission to au thorize a higher trolley fare than the present 7-cent rate, were given last night in a statement toy Leonard M. SDaggett, a trustee of the company. The public utilities commission has set October 1 as the. date for the final hearing in the trolley fare case and has directed the Connecticut Company to present its arguments at that time. "The present 7-cent fare .does not produce sufficient revenue," said Mr. IBaggett. "It is producing more than the zone system but the increased revenue is not sufficient to meet the expenses of operation. No decision lias been made in" regard to stopping trolley service in any city other than Bridgeport ibut if enough money is not taken in, the company cannot con tinue to pay wages to conductors and motormen." This was taken to mean that should the ibuses and jitneys continue to take Ibusiness a.way from the street cars the trustees may ask the court for an or der to wind up the affairs of the com pany. Trolley patrons living in small towns are complaining over the fares. In large cities one can travel six miles for seven cents, but in the rural sec tions, where no buses are operated, the riders are obliged to paj six cents for every two miles. "While a city man can ride six miles for seven cents it costs a rural man 12 cents for the same distance. Reports from many small towns indica'te that when the Public Utilities Commission takes up the trolley fare question again a few weeks hence, strong opposition will come from the small towns to the order of six cents for two miles. Some modifications In the fare have been made here in the case Of West Haven and Branford, where residents are now allowed to ride a distance for seven cents which formerly cos-t them 1"5. . ' " ' ' . - RK'S MAYOR BRIGHTER TODAY London, . Aug. 2 6 Terrence Mac Sweney, Lord Mayor of Cork, despite two serious collapses last night due to his critical condition resulting from his hunger strike in Brixton prison, was brighter today when visited by Father Dominic, his private chaplain. He was too weak to.epeak more than a few words, however. When told of King George's tele gram replying to the appeal of Red mond Howard, nephew of the late John Redmond, -urging clemency for "Irish hunger strikes. Father Dominic said : 'I am glad but I am afraid it is too late to hope for the lord mayor's re covery now. He is resigned to his fate." X ' . LOSES SIGHT OF EYE. Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 2fr Bain bridge Frothingham, a: member . of the; Harvard varsity baseball ,team. who was. stcuck by a pitched "ball in the game with "Yale at New Haven in June, has lost the use of an eie. aturc In This robably r The Making Suffragists at Washington Who Had Expected to Be Present at the Signing By Colby Are. Dis appointed Governor Will Consider the Mat ter of a Special Session As Soon As He Gets the Proclamation. s Washington, Aug. 26 The proclamation announcing officially that the suffrage amendment to the constitution has been ratified was signed today by Secretary of State Colby. The document was signed at 8 o'clock this morning' at' Mr. Colby's home when the certificate from Governor Roberts that the Tennessee legislature had ratified the amendment was re ceived. Secretary Colby announced his action on his arrival at his office later. The announcement disappointed a group of suffrage work-r ers who had gathered at the State Department hoping to be present when Mr. Colby signed. Miss Alice Paul, Chairman of the National Woman's Party, was among them. "We are confident that the signature of Secretary Colby completes the suffrage struggle in this country," she said. "The woman's party will not relax its vigilance, however, until it is satisfied that no further attempts will be made to wrest from the woman of the United States the political equity which thev have won. H0LC0MB TO CONSIDER SESSION (Special to The Times.) Hartford, Aug. 2 6 There will prob ably be a special session of the legis lature for the purpose of providing sufficient means and time for the reg istration of women voters. Governor Holcomb was not at his office this morning but this statement was given out toy Eexecutive Secretary, Major John Buckley: "When Governor Holcomb shall have received the offi cial notification from Secretary Colby that the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution" has been accepted he will consider the advisability of calling a special session of the legisla ture." - No intimation was given in this statement that a session would be called but it is known that Governor Holcomb has promised the friends of woman suffrage that nothing would be left undone to aid the women to' vote at the fall election, and the members of the . Woman's Suffrage Association are confident that in a few days the special . session will be called. If a spveial session is called it is probable that, this opportunity will be CITY SHERIFF IS CAUGHT BY GOP ! Eleven persons who either failed to read or heed yesterday's warning that" the police intended to start i. drive against automobile parking violations, found neat tags attached to their ma chines this noon. all cases " being where the cars had been allowed to stand within restricted parking zones for more than 20" minutes. On the tags were "directions informing the autoists to appear immediately at po lice headquarters, where they receiv ed summonses to appear in the City court tomorrow morning. It is ex pected that more drivers . will find their cars tagged before the day is out. s Those who were summoned this morning are: Peter J. DeRoso, qf 64 6 Beechwood avenue; I. W. Adams, of 233 Linwobd avenue; .Gustave Ga briel, of 526 Laurel avenue; Leslie Jennings, of 6 Jackson avenue; Ed ward Windt, of 50 Seaview avenue; Louis Benedict, of 76 Worth " street, and Mrs. E- E. Blackman, of 3 86 Fair field avenue. Nearly 11 of the offend ers complained that they were not aware of the new ordinance. City Sheriff . John J. Maloney was also among those who appeared with a tag at 'police headquarters shortly after noon. Thisrmakes the second time that the sheriff has been caught ud on the -parking regulations. Ti oday TTTTnTiTklni"iT rm Of Voters taken to ratify the amendment. This will be done in order to do away with any chance if that the ratification in Tennessee should be declared illegal Connecticut's ratification would save the situation. ' - - . PROMISED SESSION. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 26 "We shall wait for a few days to see what Gov. Holcomb will do," said Miss Kather ine Ludington, president of the Con necticut Woman Suffrage association, today, upon hearing that Secretary of State Colby had promulgated the fed eral suffrage amendment. "He has promised to call a special session if ratification was completed and fcthere now is certainly nothing for which to wait. He has promised a special session -and We assume he will keep his word." It was the opinion of suffragists that if the governor does not, within a few days, call a special session so that the period for enrolling women as voters may be lengthened, a for mal request for the calling of the general assembly will be made to him. SOME STILL ARf FIGHTING MAYOR Republicans around town were say ing this morning that there might " e some opposition to Mayor Wilson at the Republican city convention to morrow night but it is not expected that It will amount to much. ' But some of the opposition delegates are butter and some of them said that if Mayor Wilson came around to the caucus of the delegates to be held at 260 State street they'd throw him out. That is looked upon, however, as a little exercise of imagination. THE WEATHER New Haven, Aug. -26 Fair tonight! Friday partly cloudy. For Connecticut: Fair tonight and Friday moderate temperature; mod erate . to fresh nor.heast to north Winds. Weather conditions: A" long trough of low pressure extends from Utah northeastward to north Dakota. It is causing unsettled showery weather in the Rocky Mountain districts. Showers were also oeported from western Texas northeastward to Il linois and along the gulf and south Atlantic etfasts. Pleas-int weather prevails along the northern border from Minnesota to Maine. The press ure is above the normal in all dis tricts east of the Mississippi river. The temperature is rising slowly between the Rocky Mountains and the Missis sippi river. State e Called