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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1922
Page
4
A British note discusses possible modifications to royal arms with no parliamentary action required. Experts warn alterations are costly, citing historic precedents such as changing the blue or gold ground and removing Ireland references, with estimates reaching millions.
In Constantinople a statue of Pope Benedict XV was unveiled in the Basilica of the Holy Ghost as a war gratitude gesture. Subscriptions to the effort included Abdul Mejid Ef fendi and other imperial figures, amid discussions in London on whether to alter the Union Jack flag.
Jan 14 reports from Jerusalem that Vrance gains prestige in Near East talks after surrendering Chickana plunder to Turkish forces and securing French backing. Observers say France seals a dramatic victory, signaling a possible end to Allied cooperation in Turkish affairs as Angora influence grows.
Chicago reports a 58 percent drop in foreign language study across eighteen colleges and universities from 1912 to 1919 with major declines at Wisconsin Yale Columbia Smith and Holyoke. The study notes shifts toward economics and sciences, while Greek Latin mathematics and astronomy continue to fall. educators expect German to fade after the war.
Mrs Wrarices Lawson Harbaugh 29 wife of Carl Le Harbaugh Fox Film Corporation executive and Lambs Club member died instantly in a toasting accident at her parents Baltimore home. Guest Clara Engle 21 of Buffalo injured at Mercy hospital and unaware of the death. A sled ride down a steep suburban hill ended when the sled struck a stone wall and the telephone pole. Harbaugh suffered a broken back fractured collar bone and likely internal injuries.
A freight train derailed at Agby junction in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania wrecking a storehouse. The crash collapsed the structure trapping about 20 workers. Rescue teams recovered some victims and two men More Hoffman and Joseph Ogle were missing and presumed dead.
Chicago January reports say railroad shop workers and union officials announced no strike vote at present over working rules recently transmitted by the United States Railroad Labor Board. The new rules replace the rational agreement under federal control and face objections from shop crafts. They may seek a rehearing before the board.
Jan 18 Pine Grove cemetery at Derby. Charles Pickhart, 68, after failing to kill his wife at her grave, shot himself near the temple, the bullet destroying his eyelid. He is in Griffin Hospital tonight, night blind and likely to die.
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