14 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1920
Page
1
London reports quote both sides in the MacSwiney hunger strike dispute as saying there is no bluffing. Home Office notes the Lord Mayor is weaker but not in physical pain while prison physicians limit statements to his medical condition.
German paper suits are to tour the United States beginning Wednesday. Examinations by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce will display the garments in Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Prices range from fifteen cents to 2.65 for manufacturers and clothing firms amid reports of foreign competition.
Milford board of police commissioners met in executive session last night and heard evidence in the case of policemen Clarence Douglas who last week shot at and wounded Spen car BH. Setely, 21, son of Dr Setely of Iron River, during the student pajama parade. The board will announce its finding later.
Philadelphia preacher Dr. Krauskopf condemns modern women’s dress and promiscuity, likening society’s worship of gold to moral decay. He laments rising divorces and asks if the institution of marriage should be discarded.
Paris dispatch describes Italian worker seizures of metal works with red flags for Socialists and black for anarchists. Companies guard plants while factories operate under worker control. Workers enforce long shifts, drill duties, and armed deterrents as plant defenses.
At 466 Spruce Street yesterday afternoon a barrel in a saloon exploded after three men struck a lit match inside. Saloon front was blown out, two men Frank Eremowski and Michael Zadrowicz suffered facial and hand burns. Owner Joseph Zadraniex explained the barrel was bought for inspection, contents unknown. Police and Emergency Hospital staff attended the injured.
A joint Franco Italian declaration issued at Aix les Bains after talks by Premiers Millerand and Giolitti emphasizes mutual respect for independence and restoration of normal economic conditions. It notes confidence and amiable spirit on European issues and economic relations and calls for no domination by any power.
Paris dispatch reports the Moscow wireless announcing the formation of a Polish Red guard civic militia, described as a necessary move amid shifting Allied attitudes. Leo Kaimeneff, chief of the Moscow Soviet, had earlier announced Russian peace terms in London, with Lloyd George stating the terms did not require creating a militia of workers in Poland.
The autopsy on Olive Thomas, the American actress who died in the American hospital at Neuilly last Friday, was performed in Paris today by Dr. Paul and five American doctors. They ruled death due to poisoning from rough intoxication with a substitute, taken accidentally. A permit was granted to ship the body to America on the first outgoing ship.
Friends declare Homer Cummings will accept the nomination for U S Senate after a Stratfield meeting. Governor Holcomb calls a special session to consider voting reforms to include all qualified electors, while women urge acceptance of suffrage and party harmony remains in focus ahead of the Bridgeport convention.
United States Senator Frank Brandegee, in a letter to Colonel I M Ultmann, urged Connecticut’s legislature to ratify the federal suffrage amendment at the special session opening in Hartford on Wednesday. He notes Tennessee’s ratification validity is questioned, and argues the nation has decided to grant women the vote, urging prompt ratification to ensure equality in the coming election.
In Portland on September 13, Governor Cox Democratic presidential candidate told a large Auditorium audience that the liquor question is dead as slavery and that the present issue is one of law enforcement. He recalled Ohio’s prohibition era when Sunday saloon doors were closed, linking the topic to budget and policy. (Continued on Page 19.)
Frederic H. Parkhurst Republican is elected Maine governor by a large plurality in a vote boosted by women’s participation. Republicans win all four congressional districts and gain state legislative strength. McIntire and Curtis trail. Coolidge calls Maine result a national trend indicating voter fatigue with the Democratic administration.
In Baltimore Maryland on September 12 Cardinal Gibbons reversed his earlier stance on woman suffrage urging all women to vote not for novelty but as a duty. He acknowledged previous opposition but said once the issue was settled women should use the ballot for the state's material and social progress.
New York leaders from both parties express confidence in organization-backed candidates in state wide races for tomorrow's primaries. They anticipate increased female voter turnout since 1917 and note women’s heightened interest, especially among Republicans, though non organized aspirants and local contests may affect overall results.
Senator Harding issued a statement after learning Maine election results show a sweeping Republican victory. He said the American people intend to return to representative government under the constitution through the Republican party, with Maine leading in a pledge to serve humanity with American conscience.
Three boys coasted down Central avenue when a frightened horse team bolted the express wagon, trapping and trampling them. Michael Lasky, 8, died en route to Bridgeport Hospital from a fractured skull. Injured are William Ixallan, 7, with leg lacerations, and Michael Polak, 2, with torso injuries. Driver Mlebag Yashynen faces a technical charge of manslaughter.
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