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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1922
Page
6
New York March Lavender attempts suicide at home in Candy Island. Her infant son William three months and daughter Lilian seven die from gas. Mrs Lavender and two children were found unconscious in a locked apartment, a man breaking in after smelling gas. Mrs Lavender may die in hospital.
New Haven and Hartford railroads issue notice that daylight saving time ends on September 24. Train schedules will switch to standard time to correct prior errors in quartering and timing across the system.
A dispatch via Central News from Copenhagen says rebels clashed with Soviet authorities in multiple districts of south Russia. Odessa Soviets claim control of the region as mutinies spread to warship crews stationed at Sebastopol.
New Haven Sept 8 Col Norris G Gshorn editor of the New Haven Journal Courier has been in hospital for weeks. A successful operation left him with the loss of a lower right limb but his recovery allows a possible return home tonight.
Weston Republicans seek voter turnout for town officers at the town hall on Norfield street Saturday September 9. The Westport Water Company extends electric service to Lyons Plains, promising savings as access widens. Local notes mention visitors, new car purchases, and residents aiding neighbors amid poor roads from recent rains.
City assessors warn that fewer than 3,576 of 22,000 property owners have filed lists this session. With time running short, only about one sixth have been filed and more than a quarter of the period has elapsed. Owners are urged to act now to avoid a closing rush at month's end.
New York federal prohibition agents Einstein Maosmith and Frank Reager were arrested by deputy sheriffs on trespass and assault warrants after Providence County Superior Court calls seeking 310,000 in damages against each agent. Commissioner Matteson called the actions high handed and said proceedings would be instituted. The trio was released on bail.
In Westport on September 8, town meeting opposed Sunday moving pictures, a petition was drawn up within 30 minutes, and about 230 attended while 148 voted. Attendance rare, yet 2060 townspeople were present, clerical leaders feared disruption to church services, Irene Moore urged legality and better citizenship among opponents.
Stratford residents debate the Fourth sewer district tax and demands for an audit after council opposition. Officials report earlier assessments were approved in Hartford, making changes impractical. A taxpaying meeting is set at the town hall to discuss sewer funds and future expenditures as petitions fade from view.
Pari Sept 8 Leon Banat director of the French school at Fine Arts died today at age 89. He was awarded the grand cross of the Legion d honneur for his distinguished work in painting. In Chicago bandits robbed jeweler Adolph Unstler of New York in a restaurant taking 50 000 dollars in diamonds and beating him. he was hospitalized.
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