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Bridgeport Standard Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1919

Page

2

Taxi Man Exonerated in Binkowitz Murder Case

Coroner Eli and Bridgeport police cleared local taxi and livery operators of suspicion in the Benjamin Binkowitz murder. William Brown, a driver for James V. Adley’s 4¢ Taxicab Co., was questioned after a touring car linked to the suspect night ride on Milford turnpike. Coroner Mix released all occupants after testimony including a youth injured in a prior fistfight.

Bridgeport Ocal Taxi Benjamin~ Binkowitz James V. Adley Timad Tional Developments William Brown Adley Brown Milford Mix

Boston Police Strike Crux in Mass public safety stand

The court will review the Boston police strike as officials refuse to reinstate the workers. Cur tis states the public safety remains at risk and 19 men were removed or declared vacant. Labor leaders plan ballots to decide a general sympathy strike as AFL organizers advise.

Massachusetts Massachuetts Pollce Policemen Curtis White House Central Labor Union Frank H. McCarthy New England American Federation of Labor Mr. Gompers New York

Physicians in Paris Fear More Influenza

Paris dispatch reports doctors in Paris anxious over worsening intestinal maladies linked to a chauffeur named Brown and his party. Police say the occupants had no involvement with a murder. An advertisement touts Taka Horaford's Acd Phosphate as nonalcoholic headache relief.

Paris

Elm City News Writers Strike Ordered For Today

New Haven reporters will strike at 8 a.m. tomorrow after the executives committee of the News Writers Equity association of New Haven ordered action at midnight. The walkout affects the three afternoon papers and the morning editions after members end their night shifts.

Elm City New Haven News Writers’ Equity Association of

Unveil Lincoln Statue Ceremony in Manchester

The George Grey Barnard statue of Lincoln will be unveiled in Manchester tomorrow by Judge Alton B. Parker on behalf of the Sulgrave Institution. British and American flags fly as a large crowd gathers. Ambassador Davis and Mrs. Davis, Sir Sidney Lee, Countess Sandwich, and other guests arrive. A procession to Platt Meld Park will follow Parker’s address, then a lord mayor led unveiling, with a post ceremony Anglo American society meeting.

Manchester Eng Associated Press George Grey Barnard Lincoln Alton B. Parker New York Sulgrave Judge Parker John W. Davis Sidney Lee Chapman-Hyeston Countess Sandwich William Sturgess London Davis Stoast Platt Meld Park

Weather and Almanac Notes From The Port Building

Weather details from The Post Building column show conditions for New England and New York along with barometer readings and temperatures across major cities. The Tropical Storm tracked along the Texas coast Sunday morning, with inland movement between Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande mouth, plus a daily almanac section noting sunrises, sunsets, and tide data.

New England New York Texas Corpus Christi The Rio Grande

Senate 10 Start Fight On Treaty In Congress

Senate and House debate focus on a treaty and miscellaneous measures this week. The Senate will tackle the treaty while the House advances tariff, licensing, cold storage, and a 14 million deficiency bill. Hearings continue on Mexican and coal price issues as railroad legislation progresses in both chambers.

House Senate Senate Interstate Commerce House Committee

War treaty ratification urged by 250 leaders across parties

A broad, multi party appeal to the Senate calls for ratification of the peace treaty without amendment or delay. Signers include Taft Wickersham Lowell Gompers Catt Grant Spargo and other prominent figures from 40 states. A Persian carpet has graced Teheran shah's palace hall for over two centuries.

New York United States Senate League Einforce Peace Taft George W. Wickersham A. Lawrence Lowell Harvard Samuel Golmpers Federation of Tabor Carrie Chapman Catt American Woman Suffrage Association Heber J. Grant Mormon Church John Spargo Teheran

Proves Worth Its Weight in Gold in CINOT Ad

Patient Thomas Mahan of Bridgeport recounts relief from indigestion aches sleepless nights and nervousness after using CINOT. He credits renewed energy and health to the remedy and mentions Mahoney's Drug Store and several other outlets selling CINOT in Shelton Derby Ansonia Waterbury Naugatuck Bridgeport.

Thomas Mahan East Avenue Bridgeport Cinot Mahoney's Drug Store Howe Avenue Shelton Derby Ansonia Harriott’s Drug Naugatuck Union City

Gospel for Industry program discussed at Bridgeport church

Byron C Platt lectured at First Presbyterian Bridgeport on applying the Gospel for Industry to local industry. The MA Overseas Quartet supported the event as church leaders spoke on the industrial movement and YMCA efforts. Rev Alexander Alison praised Y M C A work in industry and Rev W Horace Day closed with prayer.

Byron C. Platt First Presbyterians Church Platt Bridgeport M. A Alexander Alison W. Horace Day United Congregational Church

Robbery After Saloon Night Leaves Man Hospitalized

Joseph Ancroff, 27, was robbed after flashing several hundred dollars at a saloon on Hallatt Street run by Joseph Fedor. He suffered a lacerated scalp, possible skull fracture, and a badly cut nose and was taken by ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital for observation after claiming he was blackjacked and robbed of 400 to 500 dollars.

Josph Fedor Hallatt Street Joseph Ancroff Bridgeport Hospital Ancroff Thea Oevening J. H. Maxwell

Reverend Beard Returns to Park Street Church

Rev Dr Gerald H Beard resumed the pulpit at Park Street Congregational Church on Sunday morning for services held since August first. His sermon theme was The Gift of Life.

MR. Beard Gerald H. Beard Park Street Congregational Church

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