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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1925
Page
2
The event centers on Mayor Behrens and allies amid corruption accusations. Cornell, Cullinan, and other candidates rally voters addressing bids, school contracts, and city debt. Speakers press for reform, transparency, and staffing changes to cut waste and restore public trust.
In a heated exchange, Cullinan attacks Mayor Behrens and the home rule stance while criticizing the current administration's influence from New York. He argues the ripper bill is a Democratic issue, urges a new Board of Apportionment and Taxation, and warns reelecting Behrens would keep city departments in discord. Atwater touts earlier administrations and criticizes current policy, praising penetration pavement and questioning municipal insurance, while Bent supports Cullinan and defends Cornell ties.
Secretary Mellon outlines a three tier tax cut proposal with one percent on the first three thousand of taxable income, three percent on the next four thousand, and five percent on the remainder. Lawmakers from both parties discuss larger reductions, but no commitment is made until hearings and study are completed. The actuary prepared two schedules, and Mellon chose this scheme.
Ambulance log item details a.m. for Jonn Seaeah aged sixty five from Auburn street area, taken from Nome for treatment after a stab wound. Patient transferred to hospital with unfueled injury claims and listed transfers involving Vargas Moss and others.
Rogers halts the state department audit and defers findings after closeted talks with the attorney general and the governor. Treas. Rogers asks auditors to suspend work until state officials decide the proper course, while outside auditors consider legality of securities handling and Liberty bond transactions from Gilpatric era. Judge Arthur Howard notes Gilpatric’s letters from Atlanta Penitentiary seeking help untangling past deals.
The Athens government demands adequate reparation after Greek officer death and three blockhouse seizures by Bulgaria, while Bulgarian diplomats push for League of Nations inquiry and indemnity. Greek forces evacuate portions of Greek territory but hold positions as Sofia considers response, with Greece insisting on adherence to agreed terms.
Body found Wednesday morning identified as urban resident near Charles’ Timber’s farm. The person, a farmer, was fatally attacked. authorities state a friend habitually helped. Police pursue leads and urge witnesses to come forward.
New York Ort 22 AP A convoluted theft tale describes a thief slipping through the Grand Central area in the subway network. A rider was robbed of $500 with a wire engraving inside an elevator car. Police stations denied jurisdiction, saying boundaries met at 42nd Street, complicating the report.
A small girl Vera Cocchini ten of 437 Inousatonic Avenue was cut on the scalp when struck by an automobile near Meadow Street. Driver William Robinson thirty six of Shekton took her to the Emergency Hospital. she walked home later refusing a ride. Four accidents were reported to the police that day.
Reising, once a pistol champion, testified Thursday that he supplied silencers to the cowboy gang and sold five automobiles from them. He claimed no awareness of wrongdoing, doubted the cars were stolen, and called the transfers insurance jobs. He denied any trolley involvement.
A seaplane from the cruiser crashed near Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, killing two enlisted sailors. Sidney Sithenet, an aviation pilot from Norfolk, Virginia, and A. M. Summer, aviation machinist's mate first class from Burberton, Ohio, were named in the official dispatch.
Greenwich to build a $25,000 World War memorial will be designed by Charles M. Slatt of New York. Colonel James H Perkins presented the plan to the Chamber of Commerce last night as coordinators seek state-wide cooperation in recognizing veterans.
A late October Attleboro gathering saw veteran newspapermen from the district introduced at the Attleboro Chamber of Commerce meeting. Eday Messernen, superintendent of the eastern division, spoke in defense of the press and its role, stressing attention to news accuracy.
London October twenty two The wedding of Senator Peter Goelet Gerry of Rhode Island and Mrs. Adith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt unfolds after a canceled U S air voyage The ceremony at the registrar's office then the Savoy chapel is followed by a two minute address by Rev Percy Young A Ham and leg wedding breakfast at the Savoy hotel precedes an automobile trip for the Continental journey
Counsel General Robert P. Shine ner at Paris declares Countess Karolyi an undesirable under strict immigration law. The State Department supports the decision, though Karolyi canceled her lecture tour and will only visit friends at the Strassburger estate near Norristown, Pa. Strassburger vows a fight, calling the ruling un American.
Connecticut ranks fourteenth among the 85 states represented in Smith College freshmen registration this year. Read lists include Matjorei Banks Fairfield Hillis Frown Greenwich Frances Bullard Fairfield Elizabeth Edwards Greenwich Frances Gaines Greenwich Alice Hatch Stamford Susan Jennings Bridgeport Isabel Keller Bridgeport Rose Kornblut Bridgeport Eugenia Ling Stamford Mary Manor New Canaan Marion Neligon Darien Eleanor Pier Greenwich Adele Pyle Bridgeport Lora Radel Bridgeport Margaret Srelt New Canaan Hildegarde Willman Derby and Alice Winchester Fairfield.
A list of meetings and halls for local groups including Pride of Bridgeport Connell, Daughters of America at 62 Cannon Street, Joseph Dowdall lodge K of P at 1026 Main Street, Arcanum lodge I C O F at 1087 Broad Street, Women’s Christian Temperance union at 29 Golbert Street, Scandinavian Sick Benefit at 150 Lee Avenue, Oronoque lodge LO O F Town Hall Stratford, Golden Hill council American Insurance union 181 State Street, Ashlur Lodge FL and A AF Masonle Temple, Harmony Rebekah lodge EO F State and Main Streets, Golden Gate lodge OU B of B 125 Main Street Bridgeport, and related groups.
Small blaze in a Berkshire street bedroom prompted emergency response from No 2 and No 10 engines No 3 chemical and No 3 truck. Damage described as slight.
Stamford October 22 special report: at Thursday night’s board session appropriations and resolutions for police fire and city improvements were shelved or vetoed as fast as introduced. Only $937.28 for detective headquarters remodeling at SL Banks street passed. Vetoed were police and fire salaries totaling about $4,019, and a deputy free chief salary proposal. A city records index and old machinery removal funds were postponed, with November 5 session set to revisit.
The Remington Arms club will select a prettiest young lady from its workers at a dance in the Ritz Tuesday evening. Three judges will decide the Miss Remington title and a week on Poll's Theatre stage awaits the winner. Numerous prizes from merchants include gold awards silver loving cups and other gifts such as vanity sets and gloves.
New Orleans Oct 22 AP Failure to reach the joint commission report on the ministry of Christian healing delayed action at the Episcopal convention. The House of Deputies tabbed the minority report six years after it first appeared, as the bishops group met to resume study of prayer book religion and discuss marriage, burial services, and the definition of obedience in responses.
The Ku Klux Klan leases two floors of a remodeled building at Seventeenth and I streets NW in Washington. The site once housed a dwelling where Senator Frank Brandegee of Connecticut ended his life, and where Anthony Pollock and his wives perished in a ship disaster in the 1930s. The Klan legal staff led by W. H. Zumbrunn will occupy the third floor, with Hiram W. Evans and others on the fourth. The move signals plans connected with activities near the White House and the Department of Justice.
More than 200 Red Men members gathered in Newfield building last night for the twenty third anniversary of the Wowempon tribe. The event featured 14 vaudeville performers, a banquet, speeches by state officers including Edward J. Wilson and William F. Newport, and a large birthday cake.
H G Crocker of Scoville Wellington Co urged manufacturers to educate themselves about products and markets and to build a smooth sales force to narrow the gap between production cost and retail price. He spoke to 400 at University Club during a joint Management Week event with four organizations led by William Breetz E P Dodge O S Tye and J H Chasmat.
Pasquale Panteo and Edne Polsum, described as clever glass diamond workers, were given a hearing in Criminal Superior Court on bench warrants. Bail: $10,000 for the man, $5,000 for the woman, after pleading not guilty to conspiring to swindle Alfonso Indozz of Derby out $1,800. Travelers note eastward price changes while comments on European travel trends accompany the report.
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