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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
6
Washington reports reveal 10000 in government money allocated for the Fifteenth International Congress on Alcoholism, requested by former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan. The congress, planned for 1915, was never held due to the European war, yet funds and salaries for publicity were disbursed for over two years.
Rent paid for a room in the Bliss building served as one of the Anti-floor League offices. Officials noted the extraordinary appropriations for entertaining the Fifteenth International Congress on Alcoholism could have continued indefinitely, totaling about 40 000 dollars, if not for a State Department suggestion to halt expenses until the objective became feasible.
The former German steamship Bahia Blanca will sail for the United States March 21, per a semi official Argentine announcement. The vessel, purchased from Germany during the war, has been at the center of diplomatic exchanges as Allies never recognised the transfer of flats on the ship.
A list of obituaries notes Elizabeth Schultz widow of Patrolman Frederick J. Schultz dying at 907 Howard Avenue after a long illness. Survived by daughter Lillian and son William Schultz with funeral at 9 from St Peter's Church and burial in St Michael's cemetery. Also memorials for Marjorie May Jones infant, Marion May McGahay, Christopher Clinch, Minetta M. Deveny, Harriet Dixon, Caroline Christensen, Emma C. Anderson, George W. Wheeler, Joseph A. Treadwell, Miss Grace W. Cornell, and Mrs. Louise Thibodesu Thibodeau. Services held at private homes and churches with burials in Lakeview, Mountain Grove, St Michael's, Tashua, Union, or Mount Grove cemeteries.
New York March 22 news that ice prices rise due to higher costs. Delivery to residences now 60 cents per 100 pounds after last season’s severe winter. Stores may pay 40 to 50 cents, with household deliveries at 50 cents per hundred. The change follows a record snow and ice season and higher labor and material costs. Also noted, Navy Secretary Daniels remarks on Admiral Sims rare sea trips and wartime postings in Paris and London.
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