Blackmail Charges Filed Against Telegraph Staff
Waterbury December 22 John H Curley editor of the Sunday Telegraph Samuel Applebaum business manager and George L Heron reporter were arraigned on blackmail charges. The case was continued until Tuesday. The complaint by Hugh P McLinden a druggist seeks 25 suppression of a story. Curley and Applebaum posted 2000 bonds each while Heron remains jailed.
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United Press
Waterbury
John H. Curley
Sunday Telegraph
Samuel Applebaum
George L. Heron
Hugh P. McLinden
Curley
Applebaum
Heron
Federal Jury Delays Dynamo Probe to Jan 13
United Press reports the Federal Grand Jury probing a dynamiting conspiracy adjourned to January 13 after hearing about the executive committee of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers and possible outside financing. Investigators aim to trace money sources and whether politicians or labor leaders used threats to influence arrests. Evidence presented covered men carrying high explosives across multiple states.
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United Press
Federal Grand Jury
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Executive Committee
Massachusetts
Ohio
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Nebraska
Prisons Reforms Promised After Hooper Self-Imprisonment
Nashville reports Gov. B W Hooper began a two day sentence in the state penitentiary to study conditions first hand but was released early. He forecasts strict reforms including ending stripes for most prisoners and new juvenile schooling, with earnings diverted to families.
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United Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
B. W. Hooper
State
Hooper
The Artisan Magazine from Bridgeport Trade School
The Artisan, a 16 page magazine published at Bridgeport Trade School, features essays from students and educational leaders. Frank T. Russell edits, Frank L. Glynn leads the school, and the publication marks a Christmas greeting from the school community.
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Artisan
Bridgeport Trade School
Frank T. Russell
Frank L. Glynn
Cyrus War Remover Ad from The Cyrus Pharmacy
An old advertisement touts Cyrus War Remover sold at The Cyrus Pharmacy 253 Fairfield Avenue and 18 Connor Street. It promises painless removal of warlike stains and claims to remove stove polish rust grease ink paint and dirt from skin or clothing with a large can priced ten cents. Manufactured by Wm R Winn Stratford Avenue.
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Cyrus
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Sverue
Connor St
Wm. R. Winn
Stratford Ave
Lynch Re-elected by Health Board Amid Boardroom Strife
David W. Lynch was re-elected sanitary inspector and Health department clerk for two years by the Board of Health in a three to one vote. The session featured multiple ballots to fill the garbage weigher post and a tied vote for slaughter house superintendent, prompting Mayor Wilson to call for harmony before adjournment.
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David W. Lynch
Health Department
Board of Health
G. W. Osborn
Joseph H. Whitcomb
John M. Lund
Lund
Lynch
Repubican
Stanley Hoyt
Slaughter House
F. M. Spitz
Osborn
Wilson
Hoyt
Blank
Dr. Osborne
Frank C.o’brien
Bogart
Lewis F. Pelton
Pelton
O’brien
Hussey
Harmony
William S. Smith
Frank M. Spitz
Smith
Spitz
Whitcomb
Anna M. Dargan
Patrick Sheehan
Common Council
Berkshire Pond
Maid Loses Suit Against Daughter Of A Millionaire
Theresa Hackhausen, a maid, failed to win $20,000 damages against Hope Kingsley, 14, daughter of Darwin Kingsley, president of New York Life. The court heard she was pulled from a kitchen sink as she tried to pull down a window shade and fell, with Kingsley saying she tried to catch her.
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United Press
New York
Theresa Hackhausen
Hope Kingsley
Darwin Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Miss Kingsley
Enes
Weather Outlook for New Haven Sees Cloudy and Snow Likely
Forecasts show rain tonight and tomorrow with moderate temperatures. Disturbances east of the Rockies move across Lake Superior to the Atlantic coast, bringing cloudy unsettled weather and light rain or snow east of the Mississippi. Wyoming and Montana reported warmer era temperatures, while this area expects little temperature change.
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United Press
New Haven
Rocky Mountains
Lake Superior
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Hatteras
N. C
Mississippi River
Wyoming
Montana
Express Employees to Work Sunday for Christmas Deliveries
Express employees will work Sunday with extra men horses and wagons in use by Henry S Curtis local agent to meet the Santa Claus schedule. The Christmas packages are expected to be the largest in the history of the local office and with the extra help deliveries should be completed by Monday afternoon.
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Henry S. Curtis
Adams Express Company
Express
Str
Westport Man Hurt When Trolley Strikes Wagon
Otto Christensen of Westport was seriously injured when his wagon was struck by a Compo Beach trolley car in Norwalk. His left leg and two ribs were broken and internal injuries reported. Mules pulling the wagon were killed, and the wagon owned by Gault Brothers demolished. Christensen was taken to Norwalk Hospital. The trolley was said to be traveling about 25 miles an hour around a curve.
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United Press
Norwalk
Otto Christensen
Westport
Gault Brothers
Bartenders Celebrate Tenth Anniversary With Banquet in Lincoln Hall
Bridgeport Local 256 Bartenders Union marks its tenth anniversary with a Christmas Eve banquet at Lincoln Hall on State Street and a public open house on Christmas Day. The souvenir book featuring officers and members is distributed to friends. banquet expects 400 covers.
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Bartenders’ Union of
Bridgeport
Lincoln Hall
State Street
David Miller
Frank Benson
George Egan
John M. Sears
Richard Falle
David Steele
Paul Nickerson
William Ryan
Frederick Smith
Thomas Lavery
Fred McGirr
James McDonough
James McCullough
Frank Vack
Edward Murphy
Edward Moriarty
James Murphy
Bartenders’ International League
James Cox
Telegram hoax claim on City charter rarity debunked
A corrected summary notes the 1906 city charter is worthless while the 1907 revision is rare. About 100 copies were found in the City Hall attic, prompting City Clerk Boucher to field copies as residents sought them after Telegram assertions. Mayor Buckingham is referenced in historical context of the editions.
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Bernard Keating
E. T. Buckingham
Boucher
Buckingham
Sudden Death of President Estrada in Ecuador
President Emilio Estrada died suddenly in Guayaquil while in office after illness since September. He was elected in 1910 and began his term January 1. A foiled assassination plot surfaced in Quito before his return.
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United Press
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Emilio Estrada
Quito
Estrada
Garvey Alleged Taxi Cab Slayer Freed By Jury
New York, Dec 22. Martin Garvey accused taxicab killer is freed by a jury under Justice Marcus after the state failed to remove reasonable doubt. Garvey allegedly drove to a jewelry store on Sixth Avenue July 22, smashed a window and stole diamonds while killing clerk Adolph Stein.
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United Press
New York
Martin Garvey
Justice Marcus
Garvey
Condition of Bishop Talbot Improving
The health of Bishop Ethelbert Talbot of Bethlehem in the Protestant Episcopal Church showed continued improvement after a recent operation in New York. Doctors could not yet predict when he might be discharged from the hospital.
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Bishop Talbot
United Press
New York
Ethelbert Talbot
Bethlehem
Protestant Episcopal Church
Mayor Fisher Plans Retirement From Public Life
Middletown on December 22 reports Mayor Fisher will retire at the end of his current term. He cites dissatisfaction with the results of his economy and law enforcement program and says a Republican nomination hopeful overcharged the city for public contract work in a circular to voters.
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Middletown
Fisher
Gifts For The Smoker And Huntsman At D. D. Smith's Shop
Daniel D. Smith's cigar store at 44 Fairfield avenue offers a large stock of imported and domestic cigars cigarettes tobaccos pipes and humidors along with a wide range of briar wood pipes meerschaum pipes and corncobs. The shop showcases guns rifles fishing tackle pistols revolvers air rifles and other sportsmen goods suitable as Christmas gifts for men.
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Daniel D. Smith
Fairfield Avenue
Smith
Dan” Smith's
Schoolboy Dies After Fall At Mill Plain Yard
Waterbury December 22. George Pierre 9 died from concussion of the brain believed caused by a fall while playing in the Mill Plain School yard. Medical Examiner Crane said the brain concussion was most probable though no head bruise was found.
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United Press
Waterbury
Mill Plain
George Pierre
Crane
Wall Street Today Opening Mixed Amid Heavy Denver Interest
New York December 22 markets show continued heavy outside interest in Denver shares and demand for Lehigh Valley despite no major early trading changes. By 11 a.m. price movements were irregular across bonds and stocks. At noon the market remained dull with few prices showing action.
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United Press
New York
Denver
Lehigh Valley
Counsel For Beef Barons Singing Praises Of Trust
Chicago December 22 The jury to try 19 beef packers for alleged frame up to dominate the packing industry heard more from the defense. Attorney M W Borders described a tremendous packing house complex and forensic agents as main witnesses for Morris Company and other defendants.
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United
Chicago
M. W. Borders
Morris of Packers
Louis H. Co
Ager
Morris & Company
Heart Sick Mother Of McNamaras Dies Reported
Mrs Mary McNamara mother of James and John McNamara, confined to her Cincinnati home, is gravely ill at the loss blamed on guilt and the shock of her sons imprisonment in San Quentin. Reverend Johnney and Reverend Hickey comment on the family strain and past hard work.
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McNamaras
United Prem
Cincinnati
Mary McNamara
James
John McNamara
San
McNamara
Ore ‘Coe
Johnney Church
Hickey
Funeral Of Author Bigelow Held Today
The funeral service for author John Bigelow was held at St. T e s church today attended by relatives and friends. Revered pallbearers included Dr Julian K and prominent figures J P Morgan and Joseph Scott Foster. The cortege departed for Falls for burial in the family plot.
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Author Bigelow
United Prey Dee
Men Newson
St. Tee's Church
John Bigelow
Age Head
Julian K. Tor
J. P. Morgan
Joseph Scott Foster
Military aid for Taft's private horses
A special United Press report from Washington notes War Department action assigning Mosiden Jose J. Callahan as an attendant to Taft's private horses. The piece mentions trips from Fort Sam to Washington and references a proposed barber shop setup with costs cited.
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Taft
United Press
Washington
Mosiden
Jose J. Callahan
Warment
St. John Grebbile
Fort, Samtom
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