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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
1
A reflective essay contrasts Montaigne and Sheridan with modern times, urging calm optimism tempered by precaution. It discusses the limits of optimism, social progress, and healing from irritation, noting gender rights, the Lords, and cultural views from China to Russia, ending with money as a value measure.
The annual Hart ter William A. Lamond harbor report will be discussed at the Common Council meeting Monday night. City Ball today notes there is nothing startling in the harbor master’s report.
The New Haven statement by the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks protests US Railroad Labor Board decision 1074. Signed by R. G. Stearns, the document argues wage reductions are unjustified given prior cuts and reduced payroll, urging increased pay instead of further decreases amid high living costs and reduced clerical staffing.
Judge Edwin Thomas orders Referee Keogh to appoint a new trustee and a new attorney for the Saltman Dick bankruptcy case. The dispute concerns the legality of Norman S Leede's prior trusteeship and alleged improper transfers to relatives.
Washington reports Mexico rebels seized the Aguada camp of Cortez Oil Company in the Tampico area on Sunday, taking forty American employees hostage for fifteen thousand pesos. They withdrew without harm but threatened to return. A later message said rebels seized a LaCorna Oil camp, holding about eighty five workers including six Americans, with no clear ransom information. The State Department urged Mexico City to protect American employees of the Dutch British concern.
Judge Newell H Jennings issues findings on the Quinn custody dispute. Dorothy Quinn remains with her father John Francis Quinn while Shirley stays with her mother Elizabeth G Quinn. Each parent may see both children every two weeks or as the court directs, with future scheduling to be settled by the judge if needed.
City Treasurer John H Williams released a report showing 999 640 52 paid on bonds coupons and notes due between November 14 1921 and June 1 this year reducing bonded indebtedness to a record low. At a future ceremony July 15 bonds and coupons will be burned in City Hall basement with Mayor Atwater City Clerk Dunigan City Auditor Keating and Williams in attendance.
Chicago June 29 central press reports Mildred Hauser earned the epithet of a scorned wife after her husband Lee Hauser, arrested on forgery charges, was found with expensive dresses at the Plaza hotel. She claimed the garments were not hers, illustrating the fury Dante described.
Mayor Atwater lauds Bridgeport Fire Department after figures show per capita fire loss at 1.09 dollars, lowest in state and among the nation's lowest for city size. Officials compare favorably to New Haven Hartford and Stamford, citing National Board of Fire Underwriters ranking and department cooperation. Continued in next page.
Joseph C. Pelletier of Boston resigns after fifteen years as supreme advocate of the Knights of Columbus. In his letter to Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty he cites internal opposition and personal matters, expresses loyalty to the order, and offers to aid his successor while awaiting pending duties.
Attorney Theodore Steiber, administrator of Christopher B. Yule's estate, found looted valises from the Paris London crash victims containing jewels worth thousands after customs examined them in New York. Yule Sr. mourns, and Steiber reports to the probate court as authorities suspect an international jewel thief gang. In Dublin, Rory O Connors insurgents hold Four Courts against Free State troops amid heavy sniping and troop movements.
The Wisner Manufacturing Company of New York sues Alfred S Edwards Stepney to recover 200 dollars for merchandise sold to the Pinehurst Dairy Company. The suit alleges Edwards acted as proprietor, credit extended to the Pinehurst Dairy, and records show Edwards as owner at the time of sale.
A Norwalk man accuses a city official and a police officer of protecting liquor makers and handling stolen booze. Officials met with Federal agents to pursue the case, while a raid by Norwalk police and Federal agents seized mash and a working still at a home tied to Mrs. Fannie Capuano.
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