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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
4
Disputed remarks by the Japanese foreign minister Uchide about emigration to Mexico are denied by Japanese officials. The legation asserts emigration continues without impediment and notes only limited actual migration to Mexico, arguing there is no prohibition on Japanese settlers anywhere.
Frank I Wilder presided over the civil side of the City court in the Immunity Court House. Only one of three yesterday cases was ready for trial though one was settled. Of 14 assigned for today seven were ready. The jury heard Abeormick of Newtown against Beardsley of Southfury over a $400 auto collision on the banks of the Housatonic River. after about an hour the jury returned no verdict in favor of McCormick to recover 100 and costs.
Inventory clearance sale of reliable fur scarfs and muffs offered at very low prices. Catalog shows varied items with prices ranging from under ten dollars to around fifty dollars, highlighting extensive stock and discounted values.
Paris dispatches report rapid repatriation of German prisoners from Valenciennes Cambrai Verdun and other points. Berlin and Vorwaerts say returning prisoners appear well fed and cared for as trains depart for home.
Testimony before a Congressional committee investigating the Nitro plant in West Virginia alleges waste and possible fraud in wartime construction by the Thompson-Starrett company. Witnesses described dumping materials, burned lumber, and destruction of property, with Representative Graham urging criminal action.
William QC Jenkins, American consul general agent in Puebla, plans to sell Mexican holdings and return to the United States. State prosecutor Puacho Tehell claims charges of conspiring with the bandits who kidnapped him last fall are already proved and will be further substantiated.
Reports from Harbin claim Nikolsk-Uus isuriesk in the Csuri river area has fallen to insurrectionary forces with little American opposition noted. West of Irkutsk Czech troops face Red forces on both sides as skirmishes continue and Admiral Kolchak is reported moved to Irkutsk.
Fire in the Lenox Till hospital main building confined to the operating room on the top floor. No injuries reported. About 260 patients were moved safely as staff including Miss Charlotte Boden and Elelen Kunstmatn stayed at their post aiding relatives and patients amid water pouring from upper floors. Building damage estimated at 50,000 dollars, mostly from water.
In Winsted on January 27 John M Stone faced charges after his wife reported an eight month old step child poisoned through cereal. He pled guilty locally and awaits superior court. In Hartford the board of control approved a 5000 dollar increase for public utilities and funded a deficit at the Connecticut School for Girls in Middletown.
Paris dispatch reports Stanislas Favek, Poland’s foreign minister, traveling to London for talks connected to Premier Livya George's demand that Polish forces withdraw from Russian-occupied territory not assigned by the peace conference.
Robert A. Ross of Stamford died today at 943, longtime probation officer of the local court. Born in Stamford, he spent boyhood in Ireland and later served in the U S Navy during the Civil War before joining the Brazilian navy. He made his home here in 1874.
MAYENCE January 27 German newspapers publish a letter from former Emperor Wilhelm to a personal friend in which he expresses absolute discouragement and says he does not want ever to return to Germany.
Paris January 27 The German government sent a note to Paris urging the Allies to renounce execution of article S28 of the peace treaty which covers surrender of persons accused of acts in violation of the laws and customs of war.
Jan Bedal, reportedly oldest resident of Bethel, died at about 104. She recalled being a girl during the 1833 star shower and described the event clearly. In Lynn Massachusetts five hundred union tradesmen quit work on contract jobs to support a wage case related to Geminids.
An old advertisement for Diamond Dyes promises rich fade resistant color on wool, silk, linen, cotton, and blends. It asserts the Weedon Book guides dyeing over any color and recommends checking the Diamond Dye Color Card at the druggist for color matching.
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