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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1925
Page
2
Berlin January 23 Associated Press The Prussian Diet led by Herr Von Braun resigned after a sensational session and a Socialist Democratic Centralist caucus. The Diet adjourned to February 3 as government support faltered in a near tie vote of 241 to 221 with 225 needed to oust the government.
A month old girl was found in a snow pile on the East Side by a street cleaner. Doctors at Ballerue hospital said the child would be fine. She wore thin clothing and appeared to have been laid in the snow only shortly before discovery.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list residents such as Henristta Benham 36, John J. Crowley, infant Gilbert Raymond Gaudin aged 35 months, Bridget Geoghegan, Pimochy Hartnett, Mary J Ives, Moses Warren Manwaring, Nellie Murphy, Mary Emma Birdseye, William F Wells, George Henry Wheatley and others. Services scheduled at Walker and Banks mortuary and various city churches with burials in St Michael's Cemetery, East Lyme Conn, and vaults in New York locations.
Deep thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness shown in the loss of our husband and father John Shanley Special thanks to Dr BD J McCarthy St Augustine's Holy Name Society Canfield Rubbar Co Loyal Order of Moosa and the Red Men of Fairfield Tribe No 60 for spiritual offerings and bouqueta
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy after the death of husband father and son. An Anniversary Mass at St Marys Church will be offered for the late Rev Matthew A Lavey.
Jerry Bruno and Everett C were found guilty of liquor law violations in City Court. Judge Buckley fined Bruno $200 plus costs and sentenced him to 80 days in jail with 20 days suspended for selling beer in excess of allowed limits. Colburn received the same costs and jail time.
State Tax Commissioner William Blodgett urges legislation to require separate valuation of land and improvements, criticizing current practice of valuing land and buildings together. He notes administrative difficulties and supports treating joint tenants as tenants in common to avoid a de facto succession tax burden.
Westport paid last respects to Franklin Merwin Raymond a local manufacturer and businessman who died after a heart attack in his office. Funeral services were held at Westport M. church with Rev. Kenneth MacKenzie and Fenton W. Mitchell officiating. Pallbearers included Percy Anderson Edward Hubbell E H Studdard Lee Gordon C N Dara and John Halliday. Interment followed at Willow Brook cemetery.
Mrs Catherine Kelly gave birth to four children at the Jewish hospital in Brooklyn. Two girls and two boys arrived. three are healthy while one boy is not doing well, though staff hope to save him. The family includes eight children after eight years of marriage to John Kelly, a $30-a-week clerk for a Brooklyn Gas company.
Frank Wells longtime Times Publishing employee dies suddenly at his home 6 George Street. He was a member of Samuel H Harrig Lodge No 92 Shields Encampment and Hebek Lodge and served as treasurer of Stratford Encampment. Survived by wife Lily Dentger Wells and several nephews and nieces.
In Fairfield County Superior Court a tense session featured clashes between State's Attorney Comley and defense lawyer Greenstein over beer seizure evidence. The judge charged the jury while debate raged on whether Levy was properly charged as a principal. the case centered on whether seized beer was intoxicating and the truck driver’s role.
Citizens and visitors flock to Bridgeport for the first total solar eclipse, straining hotels and prompting special transport. The Connecticut company runs Derby line service at 1:20 a.m. and then to Oronoque, trolley services pause, police deploy, and a guard is set for banks while many residents stay indoors.
The Jewish Welfare Bureau hosts its third annual meeting on Sunday afternoon February 1 in the vestry rooms of Park Avenue temple. Dr I M Rubinow will be principal speaker. reports on past year activities will be read and officers for the coming year elected. Current officers include Mrs C J Mintz president and Harry Schwartz vice president.
The Methodist Episcopal board of foreign missions received a cable from Bishop L. J. Birney of Shanghai stating all are safe. The bulletin follows earlier rumors that Bishop George R. Grose was missing.
Reuters report states that in Fukien province 200 Christian Chinese farmers were severely harmed by military authorities after they refused to grow opium. The missionary contacted Reuters to confirm the incident and the toll.
Leopard spotted fur dominates winter dress influencing coats and hat bands. Narrow fur trims on felt hats add color matching to coats, with designers using the bold pattern to create coordinated ensembles.
Bradford G. Warner is named chair of a Pequot Yacht Club committee to study privately funded harbor upgrades at Southport. Plans include shoal clearance inner harbor enlargement outer channel widening dredging to nine feet at MLW and possible breakwater. Commodore J A Schiper hosted a board dinner. aides are C B Sturges and George A Sherwood.
Yale University Observatory prepares for the total eclipse with extensive equipment and a dress rehearsal led by Professor Einest J. A. Miller of Swarthmore. The Sproul expedition aims to study coronium and the corona while using pendulum cameras and large spectrographs for precise solar observations.
Mayor F William Behrens says he will not appoint collectors of taxes until after a conference with City Attorney A T DeLaney. The issue concerns mayoral power to appoint collectors and supervise their work. The Board of Apportionment and Taxation will meet next Wednesday to discuss funds for salaries.
The official Soviet news agency reported the death of General Kuroatkin, commander in chief of the Russian armies in the Russo Japanese war, at age 80. He died in Shemahurine, Pskov district.
The Wynkoop led effort to open board processes shifts authority to two standing committees. Elmer H. Havens now holds full jurisdiction over financial matters while William Mariting chairs the schoolhouses and supplies committee overseeing property and building improvements. A joint meeting reorganized powers formerly held by Wynkoop and Kinacella.
New York actress Misa Mary Hall issued a statement through her representative saying she will not marry Urbain Ledoux known as Mr Zero. She noted Ledoux’s work is worthy but marriage is out of the question. Hall has known Ledoux and his family for years.
Bridgeport Gas Light Co announces plan to issue 550000 of new stock at par 100 on five shares per holder, with Rights on about March 16 and payment due May 1 to 15. A dividend of 2 per share payable March 1 plus an extra 1 per share is noted, amid notes maturing June 1.
The trial centers on a shipment of beer from New Haven to a Connecticut plant, with bottling and trucking to New York, paying drivers $100 per load. Levy faces a key issue over whether the liquids meet state malt and hops beverage definitions. Defense challenges the state's beer analyses while Judge Maltbie denies a dismissal and allows expert chemists to testify.
The article notes the surrender of Stecher, with Emma Berdoll and Grover Bergdoll context. Stecher traveled under Frank J. Johnson and claimed escape from Germany. Attorney Leroy Deiniger reports Stecher’s account of Bergdoll’s actions, a past kidnapping plot, and the Maryland hills search for a supposed gold stash. Stecher awaits further questioning tomorrow.
A listing shows Nathaniel Wheeler at 1087 Broad Street and Nutmeg encampment I O U Fa at 11087 Broad Street. Maintenance employees meet at 47 State Street. Scandia lodge A O U We gather at 327 Wood Avenue.
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