Koenig Indicted Over Plot to Destroy Welland Canal
Indictments charge Paul Koenig chief detective of Hamburg America and Richard Emileen with conspiring to dynamite the Welland Canal. Edmund Justice also indicted with Koenig for seeking military information for Germany. Separate charges name a plot to destroy canal links Port Colborne to Port Dalhousie. Max Brie tungan, Robert Fay and others tied to munitions ship plot. Brie tungan admits buying chlorate of potash for Fay. Trial date set for January 3.
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New York
Paul Koenig
Richard Emileen
Welland Canal
Edmund Justice
Koenig
Deyendecker
United Siates
Dominion of Canada
Port Colborne
Lake Erie
Port Dalhousie
Onstaria
Max Brietung
Robert Fay
Herbert Kienzle
Walter Scholz
Paul Daeche
John B. Stanchfield
Fay
Stanchfield
Brietung
Clitus H King Hero Of County Jail Fire
Fairfield reports Clitus H King a jailed attorney turned hero amid a devastating jail fire. He warned inmates calmed others and guided firemen, risking smoke and flames while assisting evacuation before the blaze was contained. Authorities noted his quick action saved inmates from self harm and aided responders.
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Clitus H. King
Orger
Legfersiex
Fairfield County
Attorney King
King
Matthew W. Scott
Sherif Simeon B. Pease
Greenwich
Dennis O'Neill
William Kearns
Scott
Simeon Pease
Hook & Ladder Company
Medeciamesres
Dail
Villa Hustled to El Paso 10 Fow Attorneys
San Tex December 23 To fore see Se corps proceedings by CoL Hipolito Villa might have obtained his before documentary proof could have been obtained from El Paso Col Villa accompanied by a detective was started for El Paso this morning at 4 50 o clock Villa was arrested here last night on a Southern Pacific train from the west on a message from the El Paso chief of police charging Villa with swindling.
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San ‘Tex
Se Corps
Hipolito Villa
el Paso
Col Villa
Villa
Southern Pacific
Spanish Cortes Dissolved by Decree of King
Madrid December 23 King Afonso today signed decrees dissolving the Cortes new elections will be held thereafter and preparations for the vote begin nationwide as authorities outline the transition in the royal order.
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Madrid
Afonso
Cortes
Torpedo boat Allwyn sails as swell breaks tow lines
The torpedo boat Allwyn, fitted with new valves at Ashcroft, sailed from harbor toward the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Swell from its movement parted tow lines and set two mud scows adrift while other tugs brought in loaded boats. Robert Robinson entered with three barges and left for New York with five light barges as Howard Russell headed to New York.
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Allwyn
Ashcroft Manufacturing Co
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Success
Charles Henry McWilliams
Robert Robinson
George McCaffrey
New York
Howard Russell
Motor Boat Owners Must Kick In for The Administration
The city’s board of assessors billed several hundred motorboat owners on their craft value, a new revenue source amid four years of municipal extravagance. Yachtsmen, noting scant docking facilities, received notices with mixed feelings about the taxes now flowing into the city treasury.
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Board of Assessors
Weather forecast hints at rain with warmer temperatures
The report notes unsettled skies tonight with probable rain and a rise in temperatures into Friday. Forecasters expect a warm trend improving later, with scattered showers possible across areas served.
Train wreckers first planned bank robbery in Middletown
Middletown, Conn. court heard a confession from Antonio Vernale of Bridgeport and Paul Karuba of Ansonia that four men on trial for wrecking a 1911 train planned to rob a Middle town bank to fund travel to Italy. The quartet later switched to wrecking the train for loot. Vernale and Karuba received five to 15 years, while Nunzio Bushemo and Sebastian Lagana faced trial.
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Middletown
Conn
Trailex
Maromas
Antonio’ Vernale
Bridgeport
Paul Karuba
Ansonia
Nunzio Bushemo
Sebastian Lagana
Lagana
Bushemo
Vernale
Wethersfield
Conti
Maromnas
Wernale
Karuba
Case of Sheriff Russell Erased From Records
Former Deputy Daniel J. Russell of Stratford faced three counts of extortion while serving under Sheriff Vollmer. The charges were nolled by Stamford States Attorney Homer S. Cummings months ago, but records were removed from the criminal docket, delaying public knowledge.
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Daniel J. Russell
Stratford
Homer
Cummings
Stamford
Russell
Criminal Superior Court
Vollmer
Millwright Flung From Shafting in Factory Accident
In Suffield Conn on December 28 Frederic B Hathaway a 64 year old tobacco grower and packer died after a week of illness He leaves a wife and two children William A Saunders 34 a millwright from 615 Main street was injured at the Fer Co plant when a belt pulled his coat caught in a pulley and hurled him to the floor in Bridgport Hospital doctors stated his condition was doubtful after concussion and shoulder injuries
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Fer Co
William A. Saunders
Main Street
Bridgport Hospital
Suffield, Conn
Fréderick B. Hathaway
Suffield
Bridgeport Banks Boom On Giant Payroll Surge
Bridgeport sees banks swell as weekly payrolls top 1 million dollars driven by Remington Arms and U M Co. joining tens of thousands of workers. Savings institutions report deposits rising faster than loans as prosperity lingers and workers clock extended hours.
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Bridgeport
Remington Arms Ammunition Co
Ity
City building commissioners seek large funding increase
The board requests a total appropriation of 6,300 for salaries and services, plus 3 additional items including a new automobile and stenographer, citing booming building operations. They seek a council approved boost across departments, with specific line items for inspectors, assistants, and office expenses.
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Board of Building Commissioners
Stelp
Miss McGrath
Rowland
Mason
Common Council
Fairfield Avenue
Congress Street
Neff Sues for Separation in Local Divorce Case
George Neff files separation suit against Florence Neff of Meriden alleging intolerable cruelty. A second action filed today in superior court by Margaret Wheadon of this city against William H. Wheadon of Hartford cites desertion.
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George Neff
Florence Neff
Meriden
Margaret Wheadon
William H. Wheadon
Hartford
British Casualties in Dardanelles Campaign Top 112000
British casualties in the Dardanelles exceed 112,000 with 25,279 killed, 72,222 wounded, and 12,444 missing. Also noted are sick admissions totaling 96,683. officers and men names to be kept secret amid martial rule in Greece.
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Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Greece
London
Britain
House of Commons
M. Tennant
Buvia Bay
Hipeli Peninsely
Tennant
Riese oMice
Cambria Steel Companys Big Merger Ready
New York reports the proposed merger of Cambria Steel with Youngstown Sheet & Tube and two or three others is virtually assured per J A Campbell. Lackawanna Steel has not yet agreed but is deemed nearly settled. Plans aim for completion by Feb 1 with capitalization around 250 to 300 million.
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New York
Cambria Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
J. A. Campbell
Youngstown Company
Lackawanna Steel Company
Campbell
Chicago
Police Seek Spender Who Got Union Man Name On Bad Check
Police hunt a man who induced Harry Cunliffe president of Bridgeport Local United Textile Workers of America to endorse a worthless $300 check. The suspect, Joseph Morgan, posed as the son of a Montreal bank president, but investigators found his claims false.
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Joseph Morgan
Atlantic Hotel
Harry Cunliffe
Bridgeport
United Textile Workers of America
Morgan
Organ
Montreal
Post Office Sets New Records Across All Departments
A banner day at the local post office saw stamp sales reach 3968.81 and total postal sales 4153.81, far surpassing prior records. Parcel post volumes topped a thousand sacks, and 168 mail pouches were sent from central and branch offices, with a flood of outgoing post cards noted. In Long Beach California Judge A J Seay, former territorial governor of Oklahoma, died at 83. He had served as territorial governor starting in 1902 for two years.
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Parcel Post Department
East Side
West End
Long Beach
Cal
A. J. Seay
Oklahoma
Jealous husband shoots up his boarding house in Ansonia
Ansonia reports John Murphy held on $10 000 bond after shooting William Martin in a boarding house on Maple Street. Martin, seriously wounded, is at Griffin hospital with a bullet near the lungs after three shots were fired by Murphy who entered through a cellar window in a jealous dispute. Mrs Murphy and Neary fled as Martin was struck. Murphy, a Spanish American War veteran, was arrested after the incident last night.
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Ansonia
John Murphy
William Martin
Martin
Griffin Hospital
Murphys
New York State
Maple Street
Mar
Murphy
William Neary
Neary
Broker's Counsel Seeks Acquittal in New Haven Trial
Defense counsel resumed the motion to dismiss the antitrust case against 11 former New Haven directors. Goldthwaite H. Dorr pleaded for acquittal for Charles F. Brooker, president of American Brass and former Republican National committee member. Judge Hunt may strike testimony related to suppression of trolley line competition. Brooker joined the New Haven board in 1894, the longest serving director besides William Rockefeller.
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New York
New Haven Railroad
Charles F. Brooker
Goldthwaite H. Dorr
Hunt
Brooker
American Brass Company
Republican National Committee
New Haven
William Rockefeller
Mrs Roquette Hearing On Jan Six In City Court
The case of Mrs Roquette charged with keeping a house of ill fame at 331 Water Street was continued in city court today. The trial and a related hearing are set for January 6, with Ralph Borino's trial also slated for that date and sensational exposures reportedly anticipated.
Cornice falls on carpenter at 76 Elm Street
A falling cornice from the second story of a wrecked house at 76 Elm Street struck Willard Lyon, a carpenter residing at 313 Atlantic Street. He sustained lacerations and a possible skull fracture.
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Elm Street
Willard Lyon
Atlantic Street
Martial law near in Greece reports suggest imminent
London reports indicate martial law in Greece may be near though unconfirmed. Evidence of unease at Athens over possible Bulgarian cross-border action grows while Bulgaria’s officer in Epirus is punished to close that clash. Submarine activity rises with the sinking of the Japanese liner Yo Maru, though no lives lost. French forces claim gains with Germans retreating in portions of the Vosges.
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London
Greece
Athens
Epirus
Near East
Varna
Vosges
Kaiser Sends Condolence to Widow of General Hammich
Berlin December 23 Emperor William telegrammed condolence to the widow of General von Hammich whose death was announced yesterday in Hanover. The note says I have lost an officer whom I esteemed as a paragon of fidelity and resolution a soldier and a man his name will occupy one of the first places in history.
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Berlin
William
von Hammich
Hanover
Over
Bibi
Packers Will Seek Relief in England
Chicago Dec 23 Alfred Bru Urion Chicago packers attorney said he will sail for England to obtain an adjudication of 315000000 claim for cargoes of meat seized by the British and withheld from their destination. Twenty seven shiploads of American meat consigned to European markets were seized. seizures began in October last year and ended last June.
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Chicago
Alfred BR. Urion
Chicago Packers
England
Endergor
Horse meat praised as edible but costly and coarse
Health Officer McLellan says horse flesh is good eating though coarse and expensive. He has eaten it and doubts it suits regular diets. Hessils believes horse meat could spread disease more than beef and notes it would not be sold here without a special health permit.
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Board of Health
McLellan
Hessils
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Fairfield
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Bridgeporter
Fr. B. Hathaway
Remington
Vienna
Ancona
U. S
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Ambassador Penfield
America
Lusitania
Westminster Gazette
Austria
Manichester Guardian
Germany
United States
Sharp
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France
Descartes
Cambria Steel Company
Jealqus
Kaiser
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