Senate panel backs national prohibition amendment aid
The Senate judiciary committee voted 13 to 8 to favorably report the proposed national prohibition constitutional amendment. Senators Culberson Heed and Brandogee opposed. The measure would prohibit manufacture transportation importation and exportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes and authorize Congress to enforce by appropriate legislation. The process and timing remain unclear with a two thirds vote uncertain this session. A final Senate vote on the District of Columbia prohibition amendment is set for January 9.
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Washington
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Culberson
Heeds
Brandogee
United States
Congress
Shepard
City pays 18000 for North End welfare site
The city paid eighteen thousand dollars for the Madison and Washington lot selected for a proposed public welfare building to house charities and health departments. M Judson, owner of the lot, received a check today after site comparison. Plans are to be reviewed by the health department for presentation to the board of apportionment.
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Charities and Health Departments
Lik
M. Judson
Madison
Washington Avenues
Health Department
Board of Apportionment
Arguments Begin In Conspiracy Case Between Firms and Unions
Hartford December 21 The Colin & Roth Electrical Co sues the Bricklayers Union Electrical Workers Union and six other trades seeking 25000 damages for conspiracy and injunction Trial opened before Judge M A Shumway Ralph C Wells for the plaintiffs waived all damages and would seek only the injunction. Buffalo December 21 The Teiper murder trial jury retired at 1131 pm to judge whether John Edward Teiper killed his mother.
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Hartford
Colin & Roth Electrical Co
Bricklayers’ Union
Electrical ‘Workers’ Union
M. A. Shumway
Ralph C.wells
Buffalo
John Edward Teiper
Villa to Attack Torreon Reported by Americans
Five Americans and one other foreigner arrived from Parral via Torreon reporting that Villa forces were about to attack Torreon, signaling a tense moment in the region near Paso.
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Paso
Parral
Torreon
Villa
Halliday confidant predicts bond aid as $200,000 projects loom
William A. Halliday, a Bridgeport builder and Y M C A lecturer held on assault charges, says friends will post $2,000 bonds and clear his name. He bears three bullet wounds and is kept with other inmates in the county jail awaiting trial as creditors seek control of properties tied to his Bridgeport projects estimated at more than $200,000.
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William A. Halliday
Francis Romero
Bridgeport
Romero
Halliday
Moroto Death Blamed on Stale Food and Gas Poisoning
Coroner John J. Phelan will accept the medical examiner’s findings that Mrs Philip Moroto died from poisoning by stale food and coal gas. The three month old infant and father, removed from their basement home at 226 North Avenue, remain in critical condition at St Vincent's hospital. Relatives say they will bury the mother.
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John J. Phelan
Garlick
Philip Moroto
North Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Editor Sues for 10000 in Damages Over 1915 Car Crash
Samuel W. Taylor editor of Rider and Driver sues Herbert Kinner of Danbury for 10000 claiming a 1915 collision threw him from his carriage. Taylor, with Stamford residence and New York office, says he had right of way and was seriously injured. testimony finished in superior court before Judge Gager.
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Samuel W. Taylor
Herbert Kinner
Danbury
Gager
Taylor
Stamford
New York
Kinner
Lineman Killed by Fatal Electrical Error in East Berlin
Everett Carter, a Connecticut Co. lineman, was killed at work in East Berlin when a deenergized high tension line was reenergized after a coworker believed the job finished. Carter's home is listed as Berlin.
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Berlin
Conn
Everett Carter
Connecticut Co
East Berlin
Carter
Police set to add 65 patrolmen and 10 other positions
The police commissioners plan to request funding for 65 new patrolmen plus 10 department roles including a captain three lieutenants four sergeants and three doormen. They aim to fill these roles at a proposed fourth precinct station and seek approval from the board of apportionment during budget talks.
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Board of Police Commissioners
Board of Apportionment
George B. Coley
James Rashsey
James O'Neill
Thomas Flood
James Hanlon
John Cody
Joseph T. Coughlin
John Fox
Edward Wheeler
Fred Schultz
Alexander Hatch
John Corrigan
Beaten Russian robbed of 1025 after joy ride ends in crash
Michael Skirmint of Huntington road says two youths invited him for a joy ride, struck him in the car on State and Broad, then threw him into the street and stole his $1025 cash. witnesses saw the assault as Skirmint cried for help and headed to police. Police seek the two suspects as Skirmint is treated at an emergency hospital.
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Michael Skirmint
Huntington Road
Skirmint
Remington Arms Co
New York
Stata
Train Fatality Strikes Bristol Youth
Samuel Kelman an 18 year old from Wallingford was fatally injured when struck by a passenger train on the New Haven road in Bristol. His skull was fractured and death was imminent per the attending physician. He was taken to a Hartford hospital.
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Bristol
Conn
Samuel Kelman
Wallingford
New Haven Road
Hartford
Quartet of $50 Checks Exhibit in Fair Hearing
Four checks for 50 dollars each were presented as exhibits in the manslaughter trial of William F. Fair and Jack Deveraux. Witnesses named Olive Whirlow of Oklahoma and Harry Simmons of Albany as issuers. the checks payable to Grace Clifton were cashed after Mrs. Fair’s disappearance. Letters and prior statements tie the Clifton name to Grace Fair, and a witness recounted years of alias use by Mrs. Fair. The weather: Connecticut to see rain or snow tonight, then partly cloudy and cooler Friday.
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Cummings
William F. Fair
Jack Deveraux
Fudge Burpee
Jan C. Zwart
Glenbrook
Fair Homeq
Darien
Olive Whirlow
Oklahoma
London Silent on Receipt of Wilson's Note
London reports indicate the foreign office considers the US peace proposal but will not speak while the national service plan draws attention. Lloyd George's speech dominates the talk as Britain commits to mobilization with plans to fill war industry jobs and expand conscription within broad age ranges.
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London
Wilson
Expected Day to Accept Fortnight Post at United Church
The United Congregational church expects Rev. William Horace Day to answer within a week or ten days regarding a call extended by unanimous vote. If he accepts, Day would earn about $6,000 yearly plus $1,000 for a parsonage, eight weeks vacation, and a potential assistant salary of $1,600 to $2,000 to be finalized with his input.
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United Congregational Church
William Horace Day
D. D
Los Angeles
Day
First Congregational Church of
Extradition Fight For Bridgeport Gang Member
Morris Sagal alias Caruso trainer of Phil Bloom faces extradition battle after arrest in New York city linked to a Bridgeport burglary ring. Bonds set at 2000 dollars. attorney engaged. Three accomplices Frank Sager Samuel Rosenthal and Samuel Monashan jailed awaiting trial. Jack Mortis to be brought from Boston. Rosenthal and Sager admit involvement in looting Simon Klein’s clothing store on East Main Street worth 700 dollars.
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Morris Sagal
Caruso
Phil Bloom
New York City
E. 0
Cronan
Bridgeport
Frank Sager
New York
Samuel Rosenthal
Samuel Monashan
Addie
Stratford’ S Avenue
Jack Mortis
Boston
Rosenthal
Sager
Simon Klein
East Main Street
Workman Dies Sudden on Morning at Home
Andrew Arnat 60 of 551 Housatonic Avenue rose for work at 6 15 am felt ill after coffee his wife alerted doctors but he died before arrival. Medical Examiner Garlick ruled death due to heart failure in probable certainty.
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Andrew Arnat
Housatonic Avenue
Beach
Bhe
Arnat
Garlick
State Department Chief Warns of Impending War
The state department head says the nation stands near war and demands clarity on belligerents' aims to guide U S conduct. President Wilson remains silent as the United States’ position grows increasingly critical in the crisis.
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State Department
United States
Wilson
Wilson notes raise fears U S may enter war
President Wilson sent notes to all belligerents urging peace talks as diplomats gathered at the State Department. Secretary Lansing said the move protected American rights and warned the United States was drawing nearer the verge of war, not a peace offer, while German, British, Japanese and other envoys met in Washington.
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Washington
Wilson
Lansing
State Department
White House
Count von Bernstorff
Bassador
Secre Lansing
United States
America
Lloyd George
Middle West
Pittsburgh
Lstate Department
Coun von Bernstorff
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