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Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1920

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Mueller declines to form German cabinet amid talks

Vis March 27 Hermann Mueller foreign minister in Premier Bauer’s cabinet declines to accept task of forming a new German ministry. Advices mention Carl Legien Hue and Krueger as possible premiers. all are prominent in trades union circles. Wesel siege update reports government troops shelling and workers’ forces retreating. Death’s Head Hussars and Uhlans arrive as reinforcements.

Vis Hermann Mueller Bauer Carl Legien German Federation of Trades Unions Oo Hue Herr Krueger Wesel A. P

Hoover Not a Candidate for Presidency Says He Has No Campaign

Washington March 27 Herbert Hoover replied to inquiries from Labor and a railroad union weekly about campaign expenditures. He stated he has no campaign and is not a candidate for the presidency or seeking public office. He noted clubs advocating his nomination may exist with small resources and stressed support for full publicity and proper restrictions on expenditures.

Washington Herbert Hoover Railroad Union Mr. Hoover

Stamford Adopts Daylight Saving Law for City

Stamford Connecticut March 27 daylight saving was approved by the City Council at noon today and an ordinance making the change for city offices and employees was adopted effective at once. To avoid confusion clocks will not be changed until tomorrow and factory managements have signified their intention to conform to the new hours.

Stamford Conn

Solomon Is Jailed For Inciting a Riot

Philadelphia March 21 Charles Solomon socialist assemblyman unseated by New York legislature and three other New Yorkers were jailed charged with inciting to riot. They were arrested after police broke up a labor Lyceum mass meeting protesting the unseating. Also named are Joseph Cannon Royal France and J August Gerber. A large reserve force aided police as they cleared the hall and streets amid disorder.

Philadelphia Charles Solomon New York Legislature Labor Lyceum New York Assembly Joseph P. Cannon United Mine and Smelter Workers’ Union

Daylight Saving Time Set to Begin Monday in Hartford

Hartford March 27 The daylight saving schedule goes into effect Monday at 2 oclock. Most businesses and city departments will switch to daylight time including schools banks street railway factories stores and post office. The capitol courts United States offices and telegraph offices stay on standard time. Theaters undecided as railroad offices follow standard time.

Hartford Conn United States Startford

Glatz Garrison Seizes Officers in Prussian Silesia

Berlin reports the garrison at Glatz Hasen, a fortified town in Prussian Silesia, surrounded officers quarters and arrested them. Soldiers with machine guns and mine throwers were present. The captain reportedly shot himself.

Berlin Atz Prussian Silesia Breslau Vosusrhe Zeitung

Open campaign expenditures for Wood defended as legitimate

Chicago March 27 W C Procter national campaign manager says funds spent openly to present Major General Leonard Wood's merits are legitimate and not for indirect or corrupt purposes. He claims public support for open methods and vows to hold any guilty party accountable, framing Borah's attack as a last stand of the old guard.

Chicago Leonard Wood W. C. Procter National Senate Borah Old Guard

Doctor's Clamp Left in Body in Cambridge Case

An autopsy on Mrs. Jonnie Cholakisa at a Cambridge hospital revealed a five inch surgeon's clamp sewn inside her body and forgotten after a prior operation. District Attorney Nathan A Taft stated no evidence indicated where or by whom the operation occurred. London reports say Novorossisk, last Bolshevik control in southern Russia, has fallen to Soviet forces.

Cambridge Mass Jonnie Cholakisa Nathan A. Taft Haid London Novorossisk Russia Denikine Moscow

Prohibition Case Narrowly Targets Local Distiller

John Diderka of 589 Ogden Street was found distilling a 10 gallon whiskey still after midnight. Prohibition agents, led by Thomas McAuliffe, seized the still and detained Diderka at the Federal building. He appeared before U S Commissioner Hugh Lavery with potential bond set at $1,000 for U S court.

John Diderka Ogden Street Prohibition Thomas McAuliffe John Federal Building Diderka U. S Hugh 4 Dideria Lavery

Businessmen Back Daylight Saving Favor

City Clerk receives protest from E F Ladlow of Woodmont against the Daylight Saving Ordinance citing commuter disruption. Woodmont residents now ride 6 45 to Milford and 7 01 to Bridgeport arriving at 8 00. Milford Business Men's Association voices unanimous support for daylight saving in a March 23 meeting. Mayor Wilson expects the plan to pass.

E. F. Ladiow Woodmont Ladjow Milford Bridgeport Rndeeport Business Men's Association F. E. Morgan Wilson

Train wreck near Udine kills twelve and injures thirty

Rome reports a express train descending the incline at Pontebba crashed into trucks on the Fella Bridge. The collision at the 130 foot high bridge on the Austro-Italian frontier killed twelve people and injured thirty. Most victims were Egyptian medical students bound for Berlin.

Rome Pontebba Miniles Udine Vienna Fella Bridge Berlin

Marines Land at Kamkang in China Reported by State Department

Washington March 27 The American Legation at Peking and the consulate at Hankow were told by the State department to investigate reports that American marines had landed at Kamkang China at the request of the British consul there to protect foreigners from rioting coolies.

Washington Peking Hankow State Department Kiankang China

Arrests of Brokers Continue in Boston Silver Oil Probe

Boston March 27 arrests of brokers tied to the attorney general's probe into silver and oil stock operations on the local curb exchanges continued. James J Benelisha head of his namesake firm was charged in five counts for failing to file information recording properties the stock of which is advertised. He and the other nine brokers held on 2500 bonds each pleaded not guilty.

Boston James J. Benelisha

Railroad Men Strike at Genoa Over New School

Rome Genoa workers walkout after a school for military engineers opens in Genoa traffic halts 1000 travelers stranded in the city and port of Genoa tied up completely seasonal disruption reported in the transport hub awaiting authorities response

Genoa Rome

Allies Find Secreted Arms in Germany

Paris reports allied officers supervising the peace terms have discovered large stocks of arms in Brandenburg near Berlin. About 3500 three inch field guns were found, fueling French concerns that Germany intends to dodge treaty obligations.

Paris Germany Brandenburg Berlin

Property Owners Protest Valuations in Court Appeals

Three petitioners appealed to the Superior Court for reductions in assessments. Hawley Hardware seeks lower Main street and business valuations after a partial Board of Relief cut. Park City Lumber contests Harbor street values and autos listed at 400 and 500 dollars. Maurice S. Rosen Charles H Shapiro and J G Shapiro seek lower Broad Wade Main John Washington Fairfield Crescent properties valued at 15400 vs 2407 assessed.

Superior Court City Benk Hawley Hardware Company Park City Lumber Company Harbor Street Maurice S. Rosen Charles H J. G. Shapiro Broad, Wade, Main John Streets Washington Fairfield and Crescent Avenues

Illinois women to vote in presidential primary

Chicago, March 27. Illinois women will be allowed to vote in the presidential preference primary on April 12 even if national suffrage has not yet been ratified. Attorney General Brundage, acting on a suggestion from Frank O Lowden, reversed a prior ruling that had denied women the vote.

Chicago Brundaze Frank O. Lowden

Sam Lavit to Leave Bridgeport for New York City

Sam Lavit, chosen by Lodge No. 3 Amalgamated Metal Workers of America as a temporary executive board member, will relocate headquarters to New York City and leave Bridgeport Tuesday. The permanent executive board to be elected within a month may include Lavit. Bridgeport loses a key labor leader. Philip Demiaicts, business agent of Lodge No. 30, aided by Richard Monks, will organize Bridgeport metal workers.

Sam Lavit Bridgeport Lodge No. 3 Amalgamated Metal Workers of America New York City The Metal Workers Lavit

Fires damage Philadelphia liner 1 ship amid extensive repairs

Southampton March 2 Two fires on the American liner Philadelphia damaged the vessel so badly that her crew abandoned ship pending extensive repairs. Following fires on the steamer New York hers recently the manager suspects incendiary origin.

Southampton Philadelphia New York

Ukranians Occupy Odessa Says Paris Report

Paris reports Odessa, the great Russian port on the Black Sea, was occupied by Ukranians under General Pavlenko, commander of the Ukrainian nations army, according to information received by the Ukrainian mission in Paris.

Paris Odessa Black Sea Pavlenko

Driver testifies in Wall Street fatal truck crash

James Sylvester, driver of a truck owned by International Motors Co of New Brunswick NJ, told Coroner Phelan he did not know anyone had been struck near Wall Street and the Plaza. A tug crewman said a man raised his hands and tried to jump aside before the impact. The deceased remained unidentified as police gather details for the inquest.

Wall Street Plaza James Sylvester Phelan Sylvester George Bocotas George B. McWiliams International Motors Co New Brunswick N. J

Connecticut River Rising Threatens Flooded Connecticut Towns

Hartford March 27 The river stood near high water above the mark and rising over an inch per hour. Forecasters expect an excess of at least 2 feet, flooding lowlands around the city and forcing many families to leave ground floors of homes. Finnish forces burned a monastery at Patchenka in the Murmansk region and abandoned it to Soviet troops on March 22, with occupation confirmed by travelers arriving at Tromsoe.

Hartford Conn Connecticut Rver Christiania Norway Patchenka Murmansk Tromsoe

Our Troops Out Of Siberia By April 1

London reports that one hundred Russian officers sent to Germany by Lenin assist the German workers army near Wesel. The officer predicts Wesel’s evacuation to spare bloodshed. In Siberia, American withdrawal gains pace with ships Thomas and South Bend taking 1,590 and 2,000 soldiers respectively, Graves commanding the final force leaving later this month. Culebra Cut in the Panama Canal reopened after six days of obstructions.

London Germany Nicolai Lenine Workers’ Army Wesel Copenhagen London Times Ebert Muenster The Politiken Krupp Essen Khabarovsk Transbaientin Siberia Panama Culebra Panama Canal Great Waterway

Suffragists Call Legislature to Conve n e in Special Session

Bridgeport witnesses recalled a motor crash injuring William Jesche at Washington Avenue and Courtland Street on March 25 as Coroner Phelan opened an imminent death hearing. Witnesses Henrietta Bishop Ruth Fleming and others described speeds and actions before the crash. The hearing was continued to next Tuesday. Norwalk suffragists urge a special Connecticut General Assembly session to ratify the federal amendment. Alice Paul warns governors may be compelled to call a session or face a primary route to reform.

Bridgeport Phelan William Jesche Washington Arc Mic Courtland Street Henrietta Bishop Henry A. Bishop Helen Eames Nate E. Vincent Bishop Ruth Fleming Norman Street Jesche Norwalk Conn Connecticut General Assembly Alice Paul National Woman's Party Helen Hill Weed E. J. Hill Holcomb General Assembly

Four Die in Bus Train Crash in Philadelphia

Four employees of the Atlantic Refining Company are dead and ten others injured after a bus collided with a train on St Gibson avenue. The driver tried to brake but wheels did not grip. The bus crashed into a warning signal pole and overturned, with passengers tossed or trapped among wreckage.

Philadelpia Atiatic Refining Company Gibson Avenue

Public Utilities panel to issue trolley zone decision

Richard T. Higeims, chairman, said a rough draft of the two system decision is nearly finished and will be distributed in early April. The commission has digested hundreds of pages from hearings on Connecticut Co. trolley changes and will send printed copies to protesting towns and involved lawyers. Officials indicate the zone system will be upheld with several modifications statewide to address fairness gaps.

Richard T. Higeims Public Utilities Commission Connecticut Co Natural 4Y

Cleanup Campaign Meeting Set At Chamber Rooms

A Neighborhood Improvement committee plans a cleanup campaign meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms next Thursday at 3 30 PM. Capt Edward Mora Dr W H Coon S S Taylor E E Cartwright Leonard Asheim Mrs B H Havens and Mayor Wilson will discuss city wide plans and cooperation with the Health Department to finalize campaign details soon.

Chamber of Commerce Capt Edward Mora W. H. Coon S. S Taylor E. E. Cartwright Leonard Asheim B. H. Havens Wilson Health Department Coon

Fugitives Reach Dutch Frontier Amid Red Terror Claims

Rotterdam dispatch reports hundreds of Ruhr fugitives nearing the Dutch border with Steernbuis crews and rumors of Red terror. The Courant correspondent cites Spartacist driven armored cars and claims workers forces are led by Russians or other foreigners. Milk price cut set for April 1 across Providence Boston Willimantic Norwich Worcester routes.

Rotterdam Ruhr The Courant Steernbuis Plainfield Conn Providence Boston Willimantic Norwich Worcester

Heirs Sought in Stratford Property Title Suit

Elizabeth Leitzinger and Wilford R Miller sue in Superior Court to quiet title to property fronting Mitchells Lane claiming Adam Gaya and Phoebe Gorham heirs interests. Miller is a minor represented by Anne Bessant. Sale returnable to April term. several lots already sold.

Phoebe Gorham Stratford Miller Park Elizabeth Leitzinger WiSerd R. Miller Willan’ R. Miller Anne Bessant Hlimabeth Seite S Alma Hi Gaya Wide Miller Mitchell’s Lane

Missing French steamers in Mediterranean hurricane

Paris reports two steamers the Lax and the Vidauban missing since a Mediterranean hurricane. It is believed both ships were lost with all hands, 117 aboard the Lax and 25 on the Vidauban.

Paris Mediterranean

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Mueller Hoover Solomon Agan B. J. Coyle Glatz Bolshevike Kamkang Lowden City Connecticut River RUSS Holland
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