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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
14
Dr. R F Moore presided over the Hayes Heart parish graduation for 14 pupils of the Sacred Heart school. He urged graduates to carry Christian culture into life, praised teachers and parents, and stressed virtue as the path to happiness.
New York World reports District Attorney Swann warns perjury is widespread in New York courts. Judges estimate many civil suits and criminal trials hinge on false testimony. Swann cites a lack of perjury prosecutions in New York County last year and calls for an assistant to specialize in perjury cases to protect the court’s integrity.
The page highlights fashion, health tips for women, and remedies that have aided many readers. It references Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and notes the value of women sharing health recoveries to help others. Graduation diplomas were awarded to 17 officers at the Naval War College in Newport. Funeral bouquets and designs by John C. Kennedy are noted.
Washington reports mediation with Mexico is dead and 12,000 national guard members are ready to deploy to the border. Secretary Lansing blocked any formal mediation and Mexico’s Carranza indicated possible future action while Latin American messages denounce U S aggression claims. Rio de Janeiro notes Brasilian debate over U S Mexico crisis, with officials defending sovereignty and continental solidarity. Refined sugar prices rose to 7.66 per pound in Philadelphia refinery reports.
An official notice from New York announces Major W G Penfield remains with Remington Arms Co. in Bridgeport area as H H Pinney takes full control of the Bridgeport plant. A corps of efficiency engineers will classify forces and equipment to remove nonproficient work, with high pay for export parts. Major Penfield has moved to Greenwich and is assigned to New York office duties.
Coroner John J. Phelan will hold that Antone Toulla of 553 East End Street New York died in Stamford on a moving freight train after attempting to steal a ride. He fell under the train and was killed Thursday afternoon. Inquest to follow at the county courthouse. Also to hold inquest into Patrick Howard death, Dowling and Lottamley employee, who fell from a scaffold during county courthouse addition work and died at Bridgeport hospital.
Edgar Famundi, 23, of Beranton Pa., was arrested in Scranton on abduction charges and to be arraigned in New York courts. He allegedly abducted a 19 year old girl with help from Edmunds, a married man, who was arrested at the post office after applying for a package to Graes George. They were returned to New York with extradition papers waived.
The June 7 ceremony at Newtown High School featured prayers by Charles A. T. Chais and Rev. James H. George, salutatorian Anna M. Corbett, valedictorian Herman C. Jr., and a declamation by Miss Mallie Goinstein. Diplomas were presented to 15 graduates, prizes awarded for academics and temperance essays, and Principal I. M. Johnson honored as he retires while Irene Warren also received a clock. The body of John Riordan, killed in a recent auto accident, was brought from Danbury for funeral services at St Rose’s church. The Sandy Hook district holds its annual meeting June 29.
The National German American Alliance demands a congressional investigation of itself. It argues the Democratic Party should abandon its platform plank drawn up at St Louis. It cites secrecy, wide national reach, and alleged German fomenting of conflict in Mexico and overseas as reasons to investigate.
Maurice Leon warns Congress of a Wehrmacht influence in a Bridgeport Connecticut plant operating under a German agent. He claims 40 ships were built for Mexico, fearing German influence and urging a national investigation under the National Arata Alliance charter, citing the 1807 Act.
Marseilles June 27 reports French and British ships engaging U boats in the Mediterranean. The freighter Fournel and Cardi steamer were attacked, Ville Dba Marid carried nine passengers before being shelled. Two British steamers, one a 2,600 ton vessel and a trawler, were mined near Cardiff.
Vineyard Haven reports the steamer Itasca from New York and her barge went aground near Hawton at about 1 30 this afternoon. Weather was smooth with light southerly wind. crews stayed aboard and are not in immediate danger. The French moratorium has been extended another three months.
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