Killings Jitneys and Trolleys: Bridgeport Debate
Opinion harshly condemns city leaders and Mr. Storrs for an alleged failure to manage jitneys and trolley lines. It argues a real plan is needed to salvage transit, urging sale of waterlogged lines and adoption of frequent service, five cent fares, and one man cars per the Lashar report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Mr. Storrs
Wilson
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Consolidated Railway Company
Old
New Haven Steam Company
Connecticut Company
Harding critique as impractical visionary of world peace
The piece argues Mr. Harding favors a nonbinding league and peace by resolution, rejecting the actual wartime treaties. It warns that without a written enforceable agreement, international good will cannot prevent future wars and emphasizes need for organized international guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Harding
League of Nations
Harding
America
Union
States
Great Britain
Mexico
Mr. Harding
Market Improves Amid Foreign Pressure on Stocks
New York traders ignored abroad pessimism after a sharp foreign exchange decline and sent stocks higher. Oils and independent steels led gains with Houston up about six points, Mexican Petroleum up 23-4, and majors like Crucible Republic Vanadium Bethlehem Sloss Epemeld and Baldwin Locomotive rising 1 to 2 points. Rails remained in demand as daily openings hovered near 8 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fed
Houston
Crucible
Vanadium
Bethlehem
Sloss Epemeld
Baldwin
Bridgeport youth held on charges after court hearing
Timothy McMahon, 22, of 921 Maud avenue, was arrested after charges were preferred by two Bridgeport girls. He was released on a $1,000 bond for a Stratford Town Court hearing scheduled for Monday morning, and turned over to Stratford authorities today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy McMahon
Maud Avenue
Peynesday
Bridgeport
Stratford
Strattford Town Court
Montsy
Police raid Sinn Fein hall at Caltra and Tuam town sacked
London reports police and military raided Caltra near Ballinasloe Ireland. The Sinn Fein hall was burned as cries of Up Tuam followed. houses wrecked during the operation. The action came as reprisal for two constable murders by a mob amid much shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Caltra
Ballingsloe
Ireland
Sinn Fein
The
Press Association
Tuam
Lavits Case Continued By City Court
Samuel Lavit local business agent for the Amalgamated Metal Workers of America faced a continued case before the City Court this morning. Lavit was arrested last week after he tried to address an open air meeting of workers at the American Graphophone plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Lavit
Amalgamated Metal Workers of America
Lavit
American Graphophone Company
Stanley Denies Involvement In Cronan Case Again
A public denial from a board president asserts no truth to claims of ordering action against Captain Cronan. He recounts meetings with Assistant Superintendent Luckley and the mayor, notes written charges led to Cronan’s suspension and trial, and disputes details about witnesses and the Ella Miller affidavit. He says his stance is clear and supported by Mayor Wilson and Mr. Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cronan
Luckley
Suckley
Ella Miller
Mr. Meyers
Wilson
Coal Mines Face Shutdown Across Southern Illinois
Belleville July 23 Coal mines across southern Illinois face possible closure due to an unauthorized strike by day laborers started Wednesday and spreading. In Danville mines closed and about 20 000 men idle as day men walk out. Strikers demand daily wages rise from 5.50 to 7.50, affecting more than a dozen mining centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Ilinois
Danville
Rebel Troops Unopposed Move Toward Peking
July 23 dispatch reports Generals Tsao Kun and Wu Pei Fu poised to enter the capital as opposing forces collapse. Chihli commanders hold back after diplomat warnings of possible unrest. army units desert or retreat. In Dallas ice pricing, a judge notes ten dollars per pound as fines for underweight sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Tsao-Kun
Wu Pei Fu
Chihli
Dallas
Tex
Fcemen
Premier Says He Will Let Ireland Go A Long Way
London July 22 Premier Lieut George urges the parliamentary committee of the Trades Union Congress to help settle the Irish question. He says the government will go a long way to letting Ireland manage her own affairs if assurances are given while not tolerating outrages and murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lieut George
Trades Union Congress
Ireland
House of Commons
Hamar Greenwood
Lord Leutenant
Edward Carson
Ulster
Joseph Devlin
Carson
T. P. O'Connor
Germany
Freedman Sues For Furniture Detention In Replevin
Bernard Freedman using Freedman Bros. files action in replevin in the Court of Common Pleas seeking $400 value of furniture detained by Abe Cohen. Damages claimed at $500. Case returnable at the September term. William J. Shaugnessey celebrated birth of a baby girl in Derby with wife and child reported healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Cohen
Bernard Freedman
Freedman Bros
Replevin
Court of Common Pleas
French Soldier Attacked by Germans in Berlin Despatches
Despatches to Paris newspapers report a French soldier insulted and attacked by a crowd of Germans in Berlin. The soldier fled and took refuge in a hotel amid the incident reported July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Berlin
Resolute Dominates Light Wind Start in 30 Mile Yacht Race
Resolute led from the start in light southerly winds as Shamrock trailed. The 30 mile triangular course began near Ambrose Channel, with a 1 p.m. start after postponements due to fog. Resolute crossed the line at 1 01:33 and Shamrock at 1 01:56, then opened a clear lead down the Jersey shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Shemrock
Resolute
Ambrose Channel
Regatta Committee
Cours
Jersey
Ffor
Shamrock
Jersey Shore
Burton
Challenger
Lipton Aboard Victoria Sees Cup Ambition Near
Aboard the steam yacht Victoria on July 23 Sir Thomas Lipton expressed confidence in winning the America's Cup. He joked about a carpenter building a display box for the trophy and noted receiving many supportive cablegrams from British pilgrims, Marines, the Erin crew, Melbourne stock exchange, Royal Yacht Clubs of Australia and Jamaica, and World War veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
A. P
Thomas Lipton
H. M
Erin
Melbourne Stock Exchange
Royal Yacht Clubs
Australia
Jamaica
Fairfield Holds 18 Year Old Girl After Vice Squad Arrest
Pauline Lucas an 18 year old Fairfield girl was turned over to Fairfield authorities this morning. She is held on a technical charge of breach for the peace after an arrest by members of the vice squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Lucas
Fairfield
Special taxes raise millions for government revenue
The government will gain millions this month from special taxes due by July 31 1920. The list covers brokers pawnbrokers theaters circuses bowling alleys shooting galleries riding academies tobacco buses and related businesses. Returns filing forms are at internal revenue offices with penalties for late or willful noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
United States
Stock Exchange
Custom House
Obituary Vitline Benard Dies in New Haven Area
Funeral held for Vitline Benard wife of Stephen Benard from her daughter’s home 1644 Barnum Avenue at 8 15 then to St Anthony Church for a 9 am requiem mass Bearers John Maloney Vincent Coleman George Hughes William Dinon Sylvester J O Neil and Thomas Griffin Funeral in family plot St Michael's cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitline Benard
Vitline
Stephen Benard
Barnum Avenue
St. Anthony's Church
John Maloney
Vincent Coleman
George Hughes
William Dinon
Sylvester J. O'Neil
Thomas Grifin
St. Michael's Cemetery
American trap team posts 547 in Olympic shoot
Antwerp July 23 the American trap shooting team finished the Olympic team match with 547 of 600. Individual scores out of 100: Frank Treen 94 Mark Able 94 Horace Bonser 93 Forest McNier 93 Frank Wright 89 Jay Clark Jr 84. Troeh fired the first thirty targets with a severely trigger finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Frank M. Treen
van Couver
Washn
Mark Able
Champaign
Ill
Horace Bonser
Cincinnati
Forest W. McNier
Houston
Texas
Frank 5. Wright
Buffalo
Jay Clark, Jr
Worcester
Mass
Troeh
Theygast
30 Piece Band for His Funeral
San Jose California July 23 a thirty piece band will attend the funeral of Jose Castro aged inmate of the county hospital whose body was found today in a pond Five years ago Castro deposited in a bank money to cover his funeral expenses and contracted with an undertaker to provide a thirty piece band and a hearse drawn by six white horses Owing to the dearth of white horses the undertaker will be unable to comply with that part of his contract An automobile hearse will be substituted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
Jose Castro
Castro
Amd
Pictures by Telegraph from Shamrock Resolute Race
London July 23 Two photos of Tuesdays race between Shamrock and Resolute transmitted by photo telegraphy are printed by the Daily Mirror The paper admits the images are imperfect but expects future development to allow worldwide picture transmission once the experimental stage is passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shamrock
Resolute
The
Daily Mirror
Austria Excludes Communist Party Members From Reentry
London reports that Austria will refuse to allow Bela Kun and fellow Communists to re enter the country. Berlin dispatch says German authorities removed the group from a steamer en route to repatriated prisoners of war to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Austria
Party of Communists
Bela Kun
Berlin
Russia
Obituary notices list local deaths and funeral details
The passage records multiple death notices in the city for July 1920 with names Mary Augusta Laufer Joseph P Fitzsimmons Frances Cecela Tichy Jared E Gaylord Margaret C Deegan and Margaret Clapp plus a card of thanks and assorted classifieds. It notes ages, family references funeral times and locations mainly at St Joseph's Sacred Heart and St Michael's cemeteries with automobile cortege information and burial preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P
Patrick
Annie Fitzsimmons
Mullins, Scott & Redgate
Golden Hill Street
Sacred Heart Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Ae Tichy
Frances Cecela
Chas. T
Margaret Tichy
Hough Avenue
Gaylord
Jared E. Gaylord
Fairfeld Avenue
Waterbury
Clapp
Margaret C. Deegan
Dyer H. Clapp
Fairfield Avenue
Lakeview
Also Mentioned on This Page
Age Banks
Amiable
Temple
Stanley
William J. Shaugnessey
Eastern Engineering Company
Stork
Shaugnessey
Derby
Lipton
Bullard Machine & Tool Co
Geo. C. Batcheslor
Pioneer Camp No
Carl M. McDonald
Warren St
Broad
Main
Whiting Sts
Provident Development Corp
Broad St
Jacob Bros
Kossuth
J. P. Ler
River St
Golden Hill ST
Harvey Hubbell, Inc
Factory
Corner State Street
Bostwick Avenue
E. Conterno
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