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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1921
Page
3
William J Heineman, longtime newspaper owner and former noted athlete, died here yesterday of pernicious anaemia. Heineman competed in running events nationwide from 1882 to 1963.
In Manila officials and financiers met with Major General Wood and F. Cameron Forbes to discuss administration and finances. The mission heard complaints about slow court work with about 15 000 cases pending reported by the Justice department. Forbes denied claims the Igoriotes pressed independence at missions meetings.
June 14 Rutgers college conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws on John W. Weeks secretary of war at its 153rd commencement. One hundred twenty five undergraduate degrees were awarded, the largest class in Rutgers history.
Yale University issued extensive plans for the upcoming inauguration of Dr James Rowland Angell. The Taft Hotel dinner Tuesday will be chaired by Winistoy Walker with George H. Nettleton as toastmaster. Speakers include Alfred B. Stearns Emma Wooley W H Faunce Harry Woodburn Chase Edward Charales Elliott Sir Robert Jones. The day features an alumni meeting with Harvey Cushing presiding and Hadley delivering his final report. The events cap Woolsey Hall commencement on the 32nd with addresses by Angell Hadley Davis and William Howard Taft relations prior to the main exercise.
In Munich the union typesetters voted to bar articles or sentences that incite murder, denying any intent to censorship but pledging not to use papers as weapons. The move follows the killing of Socialist Deputy Gareis and the suppression of Kampf. The strike collapsed amid public indifference and worker resentment. In Hartford the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution formed a committee to reform the national organization, seeking broader democracy and contact with other states.
Heinie Poin notes that there is still more money in a base path than in pool, signaling a continued preference for base investments. The remark highlights funding priorities and potential shifts in resource allocation.
The 1920 census shows a marked decade long drop in draft animals in major cities. New York had 76,529 horses vs 28,924. Philadelphia 19,472 and 50,481. Boston 19,093 and 22,907. Philadelphia 8,932 and 12,845.
In Saybrook Connecticut on Monday Captain Benjamin C. Clark found a 10 foot sturgeon weighing over 500 pounds entangled in a shad net. It is the largest specimen in the area and is expected to bring about 206 in the New York market where it will be shipped.
Chicago June 194 A marriage license has been issued to John J Mitchell trustee son of John Z Mitchell chairman of the board of Butterotare or Winds Trust and Savings bank and Miss Lolita Qeden Armour daughter of J Ogden Armour president of Armour and Company They will be married Saturday.
A suspected hold up man fleeing with about 12000 dollars fled along an elevated structure in New York today. He jumped into a tree, then fell forty feet into Featherbed Lane when a branch broke. He was seriously injured and hospitalized. A card reading Games tarry was found on him.
Representative London a Socialist from New York submits a resolution to terminate the war with the central powers and calls for an international conference to work out a basis for world peace The measure proposes cancellation by all allied nations of their war debts and outlines steps toward broader cooperation to secure lasting peace.
In New York on June 14 immigrants arriving in the city sample ice cream for the first time. Many treat it as a novelty to play with and rub on each other’s faces while others compare it to butter and spread it on bread, marking an early American impression.
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