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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1925

Page

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Tax Employes To Miss Pay Until Ripper Board Funds Available

Thirteen municipal employees including tax assessor staff and ripper board appointees will not be paid today unless City Auditor Garrity is officially notified funds are available. A ripper board meeting is expected this afternoon to reallocate appropriations to cover salaries.

Ripper Board Tax Assessor Ripper’ Board Walter W. Garrity Board of Apportionment and Taxation A. L. DeLaney Garrity Edward L. Kelly Harry H. Pritchard Board of Apportionment William F. Connelly Lawrence J. Gill Connelly William E. Burnham Ripper”Board Board of Assessors Kelly Pritchard Richard Sheridan James Stevenson John Terricciano Ida Clough Bessie B Cohen Mildred Neary Antoinette Baker Agnes Corbally Betty

Yale Professor Believed Drowned at Chautauqua Lake

Yale education professor J Crosby Chapman is believed drowned after his motorboat was found adrift off Chautauqua Lake. Reported missing after leaving Chautauqua forenoon cruise, his clothes were recovered. none of his body found. He joined Yale in 1920 from Western Reserve and held a full professorship. Chapman, 36, a Nottingham England native, held degrees from London Cambridge and PhD from Columbia. He married Miss Dalay Rogers of Cleveland.

Chautauqua J. Crosby Chapman Yale University Chautauqua Lake Wan Pilotioas Chapman Chaprman Lft Chantauqua H. H. Stafford Hermendy Yale New Haven Take Chautauqua Western Reserve Nottingham Fing University of London Cambridge University Columbia University Columia College For Women Dalay Rogers Ue Cleveland

Padlocks Asked For 46 Gambling Places in Milford

Seven local law enforcement members and three Protestant churches pressed immediate action to close 46 gambling joints in Milford. They filed complaints with Town Prosecutor Judge Omar Wyatt, alleging gambling dens with weekly payments of about $100 to stay open six days. No final decision was made, but next meeting is expected to address the issue. Petitioners cited self-play evidence from gambling tables and named Stephen A. Libby, O. L. Nettleton, Frank J. Beach, Moe A. Harris, A. A. Baldwin, W. M. Boothby, and H. L. Hungerford.

Milivgrd Tee Omar Wyatt Fane Platt Stephen A. Libby O. L. Nettleton Frank J. Beach Mo O A. Harris A. A. Baldwin W. M. Boothby H L. Hungerford

Paving Firms Fight City Injunction Over Contracts

McElroy and Garrity must appear in court with records as Percy T. Litchfield seeks a temporary injunction to block city deals with Warren Bros and C. W. Blakeslee and Sons. Contractors say they acted in good faith. hearings before Judge Leonard J. Nickerson in Winsted set for tomorrow morning.

Warren Bros C. W. Blakeslee and Sons Warrenlte Percy T. Litchfield Litchfell Leonard J. Nickerson Winsted D. A. Blakeslee C. W. Blakeslee Camp Devens Counsil Blakeslee Merritt Albert J. Merritt A. L. DeLaney Warren Tiros Fain

Feud Flare Leaves Man Slashed At Corner Fight

Cosmos Degona is in Bridgeport hospital with a throat wound needing ten stitches after a noon knife fight at Crescent and Seaview. Pasquale Rauso, held on $1,007 bond for assault, allegedly slashed him. feud allegedly began from disparaging remarks about the other's wife. Motorcycle officers chased Rauso to Barnum and Central avenues.

Cosmos Degona Bunnell Street Bridgeport Pasquale Rauso Crescent and Seaview Avenues Yemercay Darters Degona Rauso O'Connell Kiernan Barnum Central Avenues

Auto wreck on New Haven turnpike injures driver

An auto driven by Reverend Dite Yon of Shelton collided with a New York registered vehicle on the New Haven turnpike one mile east of Milford. The Rev Yon was killed in the crash? No, the report says the driver was slightly injured and taken home by friends. The New York car, bearing registration 3 1 3683, went over a twenty foot embankment. both cars suffered damage.

Myrford Shelton New Haven Milford Treelerseman N. Y New York

Anthracite scale conferees speed up after charges

Atlantic City July 15 The anthracite scale negotiators move to daily meetings at 10 am with two sessions to speed proceedings. Wages renewals split miners and operators over increases or decreases before the August 31 contract expiry. Warriner defends pace amid accusations of leisure.

Atlantic City N. J Alvan Markle Wilkes- Barra Markle District 1 Scranton Wilkes-Barre Samuel D. Warriner Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

City officer injured as driver arrested after four crashes

Motorcycle Patrolman R M Ludwig was thrown from his bike and bruised near East Tram street when a car pulled out. Isidor Meirowls was arrested for failing to signal. Two trolley crashes injured no one. multiple cars damaged in collisions at Main Street and Broad Street.

R. M. Ludwig East Tram Street Isider Meirowls Clever Place New Haven Patraiman Lulwig Pobce Ashe Nnalice Teaky Cas Ethel R. Sicsting North Avenue Francis Cijlehooley White Street Ito Taday Sterling Mary FE Favory Noble Avenue Kai Main Street Sha Crescent Street H. Meyers Misa Lavery Statton Nichols Warren Red White Plains Edward Chapdemine Park Terrace Hartford Broad Street John Street

Waterbury Sells Bonds At Premium For City Projects

The Waterbury Board of Aldermen approved a bond issue bidding by George B. Gibbone and Company of New York. The $100,000 issue carries 4 percent interest on most bonds, with a premium noted for paving, storm water, bridges, and related improvements. The action funds water and street projects in the city.

Waterbury Board of Aldermen George BK Gibbone Campragy New York Iola Sey

American Flyers to Serve Under Sultan Against Moors

A group of about ten to twelve American veterans from the Lafayette Escadrille and Foreign Legion will join the Sultan of Morocco to fight Abd-El-Krim. They will enlist for short terms of two to three months as volunteers, serving as aviation pilots and machine-gunners under the Sultan, avoiding long French Foreign Legion enlistments. The War department aims to have them in French Morocco before a likely Riffian invasion is crushed.

Lafayette Escadrille Foreign Legion Abd-El-Krim Premier Painleve Paris Lafayette Escadrille and Morocco Nally French War Department War Department

Thirteen tax employees to mins pay only Ripper board

Abbreviated salary checks issued to tax officials today but protests noted. Other notes mention wage disputes, library site squabbles, a knife attack, and various state affairs across multiple pages.

Warrenite Fairfield County

Boston Man Held Here On Auto Theft Charge

Stephen Whalen of Roxbury Mass was arrested by police on auto theft charges. He allegedly stole a car from North Adams Mass last July 7 and fled to New York before returning to Boston where the vehicle was recovered. Whalen is held as a fugitive from North Adams authorities.

Boston Stephen Whalen Roxbury Mass North Adams Whalen Wus New York

Mill Hand Drowns in Quinebaug River at Putnam

Lam bert Tietmeier forty eight a Grosvenordale mill hand drowned in the Quinebaug river this afternoon while bathing with three non swimming boys. The body was recovered two hours later after the boys noticed his disappearance. Delmeter was not married.

Putnam Lambert Tietmeier Grosvenordale Guinebaug Delmeter

French Evacuate Bochum District Amid Ruhr Front Moves

French civilians connected to the Hattingen garrison leave Bochum district for Ludwigshafen as private lodgings are released. Commissariat depots close. evacuation of barracks planned Friday. A reinforced secret police unit arrives to protect the French delivery commission. Evacuation of private lodgings at Essen has begun.

Bochum Germany Hattingen Ruhr Ludwigshafen Commissariat Essen

Commissioner III Session Postponed

The semi monthly meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners was postponed due to the illness and recent operation of Commissioner William H. Ryan Jr and the absence of another member. No business was scheduled, though a report on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer against Sergeant Albert E. Watts is expected at the next meeting.

William H. Ryan, Jr Board of Police Commissioners Nory Albert E. Watts

Hughes Retained in Rail Rate Case

Receivers of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad announced they have retained former Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes to represent them at the rate inquiry before the Interstate Commerce Commission and to advocate a rate increase recently proposed by them.

New York Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Today Charles E. Hughes Interstate Commerce Commission

Stratford Boy Takes Rat Poison by Mistake

Edward Zehal three of Stratford was brought to the inference hospital by his father after swallowing rat poison at home. His condition did not appear serious but doctors advised observation in hospital.

Stratford Edward Zehal Dnfernescy Hospital

Burglary Suspect Clement Held in City

Clement, twenty eight, arrested on burglary charges in this city and sentenced previously to one to two years in state prison. Police seek to identify jewelry found on him as likely stolen from Newark. He gave his Newark address as 495 Falefians avenue.

Touts Clement Newark Bridgeport Drees Falefians Avenue

Baby Farm Woman Pleads Guilty to Substituting Child

Mrs Helen Augusta Giesen Volk pleaded guilty to substituting another child for a seven month old infant in her care at 285 East Eighty sixth Street. She faces 3 1 2 to 7 years and will be sentenced July 22. The case also involves manslaughter charges over another infant's death amid prior health department violations and abuse claims.

New York Helen Augusta Giesen-Volk Sesalona William Angerer William Winters Health Department East Eighty-sixth Street Children's Society

Contested Will of Millionaire McClintock Near Probate End

In Chicago on July 15 AP a fight over probate of William Nelson McClintock’s will subsided as his nine cousins refused to question beneficiary William Daring Shepherd within judge Henry Horner’s limits. The case paused until Friday morning with focus on undue influence and Shepherd’s role as principal beneficiary. Shepherd authorized an administrator to oversee the estate until the Supreme Court reaches a final decision.

Chicago William Nelson McClintock William Daring Shepherd McClintock Shepherd Horner Swerfierd Supreme Court

Defense Battles Over Evolution Story Tenants

In a disjointed dispatch, Nassau County police pursue Philip Knapp, the fugitive ex-collegian and army deserter linked to Louis Panella's murder near Mingola. A wrecked sedan near Romulus draws investigators toward Lake Cayuga country as state troopers tighten the search.

Connecticut Yes Scopes Yale Lake Chautauqua Foreign Affairs Mineola D. C Louis Panella Hempstead L. I Mingola Philip Knox Knapp Panella New York Westchester County Yonkers Weeks Nassau County Harold King Knapp Canada McCahill Nassau County Police Syracuse Mies Romulus Waterloo Rochester Harold Troutman Knupp Coverts Cove Lake Cayuga Fred Olschewaka William F. Knapp Hunter

Pope Delivers First English Address in Rome

The Pope spoke in English during a audience with 90 pilgrims from Metroland Chicago led by Father Claude Aln dorff of Cincinnati. In Boston James P. Jackson of the Boston Elevated Railroad resigned his post to Governor Pullman, declining further comment.

Pope Rome Metroland Chicago Claude Alndorff Cincinnati Ohio Boston James P. Jackson Tublle Teas Tees Boston Elevated Puller

SODA CLERK RETURNS HOME AFTER SUDDEN TRIP

Joseph Farrell of Maiden Lane 29 has returned home with his wife and two children after quitting Lane's Confectionery on June 13. He was a syrup maker and fountain expert at Lane's for years and plans to remain at home. Elizabeth Yates, a waitress at the same shop, vanished the same night.

Joseph Farrell Maiden Lane Bridgeport Lane Main Street Elizabeth Yates Farrell Lane's Archibald E. Smith Jame’s Miss Yates Hattie Farell Bin

Explosion Victim Remains On Danger List In New Haven

Nicholas Predello remains on the danger list at New Haven Hospital after injuries from a dynamite explosion at Trap Rock quarries operated by the New Haven Rock company and Totuket Mountains. His companion, Martin Forte, died en route to the hospital.

New Haven Nicholas Fredello New Haven Hospital New Haven Ap Rock Company Anther Martine Forte Predello

Briklayers Blame Plasterers in National Union Feud

Washington July 16 a jurisdictional dispute pits bricklayers against plasterers as threatened strikes halt construction in many cities. William Bowen, president of the Bricklayers and Plasterers International Union, accuses the plasterers of violating 1911 division by claiming Florida territory. Bowen says arbitration is refused while Florida locals exist, and he plans retirement as union activity winds down.

Washington Livers Bas Cites William Bowen Magona Bowen Brickievegl Union Operative Plastimd Cement Finishers Brica Ts Florida Phasteite WLL Roway Guiding Trades Bo Zaid

Mexico seeks damages for 1914 occupation losses at Vera Cruz

The Vera Cruz state department, acting with the municipality, seeks 1 645 000 pesos for damages from the American occupation of 1914. Most losses are claimed as mutalane public acts and other unspecified damages. The plea notes the sum equals about 822 500 dollars.

Vera Cruz

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