New Haven Railroad Monopoly Probe Moves in House
A House resolution by Rep. Lynn W. Wilzen of Bridgeport orders a nine member investigating committee to probe the New Haven Company's monopoly links with its subsidiaries and mergers since 1907. The panel will examine control shifts, stock shifts, tax effects, and railway line wrecks, with witnesses, records, and legal aid to be compelled. costs paid from the House contingency fund.
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Bartfort
New Maven Road
New Haven
Lynn W. Wilzen
Bridgeport
Wilson
House
New York
NJ Haven
Hartford Mallres@ Co
Graven
New New Haven A Company
Consolidated Railway Company
New Haven Railroad
Hraven
Sala
House of Representatives
Boy Injured by Belt at Bridgeport Factory
A 16 year old worker, Steve Zealeigh, was pulled into a fast moving belt at the Bridgeport Pattern and Model Company, injuring his right arm. He was carried a short distance before his jumper tore and he escaped with a laceration. Dr. W Curley treated him at his home on Hancock Street.
Marigold Seeks Extra Carriers for Eight Hour Law
Postmaster W H Marigold filed with the post office at Waspington for several additional letter carriers as West End and East Side routes prepare for the Reilly eight hour law. The law limits a postal employee day to ten hours and takes effect March 4, with operations possibly starting March 1 if manpower is approved. Captain Breckbill maps routes to fit the new order as carriers welcome the shift. The request follows three-year no new hires and centers on improving efficiency under the eight hour rule championed by Congressman Thomas L Reilly.
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Pstmaster
W. H. Marigold
Post Office Department
Waspington
Marigold
Breckbill
West End
East Side
Lee
Thomas L. Reilly
Meriden
Committee On
Bombardment of Adrianople Reported. 800 Feared Dead
Constantinople wireless dispatch reports 800 people killed in the Adrianople bombardment today, most noncombatants, with about fifty buildings destroyed.
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Adrianople
Constantinople
Bridgeport Day Planned at Capitol Hearing set for Feb 13
Hartford reports Bridgeport day at the capitol to hear Bridgeport matters including charter amendment proposals. Representative Clitus H. King of Fairfield chairs the Committee of Cities and Boroughs. The event aims to streamline Bridgeport related legislation and charter changes.
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Corres
Hartford
Bridgeport
Capitol
Committee of Cities and Borough
Clitus H. King
Fairfield
House
Milford dairyman first to seek right to sell certified milk
Grinnell Martin of Milford appeared at Bridgeport Health Department seeking the right to sell certified milk under rules set by the Milk Commission of the Bridgeport Medical Association. He outlined a 50 cow herd, sanitary barns, and milking devices, ready for inspection. The commission requires butter fat minimums, 24 hour freshness, bottle cap labeling, weekly inspections, clean barns with wash facilities, tuberculosis testing, strict feeding, and proper cow grooming. If inspectors find conditions meet standards, a permit will be issued.
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Bridgeport
Health Department
Grinnell Martin
Milford
Bridgeport Medical Association
Martin
Guernsey
Milk Commission
Commission
Board of Health
Final Chapter Near for Belle Pearson in Desperate Plight
Belle Pearson, 39, once a known figure, is in critical condition at St. Vincent's hospital after being found near freezing in a dark recess of the H. O. Canfield Co. on Housatonic avenue. A watchman located her after midnight. she was hatless with one shoe, suffering from alcohol abuse and exposure, with no clues on how she reached the spot.
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Belle Pearson
H. O. Canfield Co
Housatonic Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Suffragists Plan Good Entertainment at Stratfield
Suffragists announce a private entertainment at Stratfield ballroom tomorrow evening. The organizing committee keeps the act secret but promises a very enjoyable show. Mrs. Agnes Haviland, contralto, and Miss Marjorie Cook of New York will perform.
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Stratfield
Agnes Haviland
Marjorie Cook
New York
Dissolution of Shoe Last Trust in Detroit
Detroit February 7 government dissolves the shoe last trust with 18 firms and numerous defendants agreeing to a final decree. The Krentler & Arnold patents headed by the Arnold Hinge Co. dominated licenses and carry club agreements in restraint of trade, affecting about 75 percent of last production and keeping prices high for unpatented and patented lasts alike.
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Detroit
Shoe Last Trust
Department of Justice
United States District Court
Xkrender-Arould Hinge Co
Carry Club
Krentler & Arnold
Tuttle
Main St Property Owners Seek Relief From Assessments
Main street property owners ask relief as 20 to 40 percent reductions are sought from the Board of Assessors. Several appellants seek substantial abatements, including a large owner asking about 45 000 off the front foot value. The regular session ends tonight at 9.00, with expected clashes between owners and assessors as calls for redress continue.
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Main Street
Board of Relief
Enero
Indictments Target New Haven Railroad Officials
New York February 7. More indictments in the government probe of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad will be returned next Wednesday. Charges target minor officials of the railroad and allied steamboat and trolley lines. DeWitt Cuyler director of the New Haven C J Pierce of Boston and Vice President McHenry of Boston and Maine testified before the grand jury. Timothy E Byrnes vice president of the New Haven was recalled.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
United States District Attorney
DeWitt Cuyler
New Haven
C. J. Pierce
Boston
McHenry
Boston & Maine
Grand Jury
Timothy E Byrnes
$50 000 Fines For Owners Of Bucketshops
Washington February 7 fines totaling 50000 were imposed by Justice Stafford in criminal court on eight bucketshop proprietors indicted through the department of justice in April 1910. Louis Cella Angelo Cella C A Tillis of St Louis and Samuel W Adier of New York were fined 10000 each Oscar J Rappel of Jersey City was fined 5000 and Charles R Alley of Washington and William Fox of Jersey City each 2500. Charges against Robert Hall Samuel Raymond E M Browning Henry C Stumpf Henry R Duryea and Edward W Artemus were nailed Edward S Boggs of Jersey City who pleaded guilty two years ago was fined 8100.
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Washington
Justice Stafford
Department of Justice
Louis ‘Cella
Angelo Cella
C. A. Tillis
St. Louis
Samuel W. Adier
New York
Oscar J. Rappel
William Fox
Jersey City
Robert Hall
Samuel Raymond
E. M. Browning
Henry C. Stumpf
Henry R. Duryea
Edward W. Artemus
Edward S. Boggs
Two Estates Probate For Walsh Families In City
Estates of William M. Walsh and Georgiana Walsh were offered for probate today. William A. Walsh was named executor and administrator. Appraisers Floyd House, Washington I. Porter, and Ralph T. Beers were listed. William L. Brown 33 died by self inflicted strychnine poisoning after a health decline.
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William M. Walsh
Georgiana Walsh
William A. Walsh
Floyd House
Washington I. Porter
Ralph T. Beers
William L. Brown
Bank President Peter Wren Returns From World Trip
President Peter Wren of the Pequnook National Bank returns home with daughter Irene after a world tour aboard the Hamburg American Line. He praised the time treatment, enjoyed varied stops from Madeira to Cairo and Calcutta, and noted prosperity in U S possessions seen in Manila while contrasting conditions in other islands. They sailed from New York last October aboard the Cleveland and arrived after six days at sea.
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Peter W. Wren
Pequonnock National Bank
Wiren
Harmburg-American Line
Mr. Wren
Irene Wren
San Francisco
California
Globe Trotters
New York
Cleveland
Madeira
Gibraltar
Nice
Monte Carlo
Cairo
Bombay
Calcutta
Ceylon
India
Singapore
Java
China
Philippine Islands
Wren
United States Islands
Manila
Japan
Hawaiin Islands
Connecticut General Assembly Highlights Feb 7
Hartford reports from the House and Senate feature bills on hospital funding for Pita and Bridgeport, Cathedral incorporation for a Hartford church, ratifying the income tax, and a direct primary bill. Other measures set mileage limits, no more oyster grants, Sunday work pay, and bank loan security rules. A Bridgeport bond plan for a harbor bridge is advanced by outsiders amid debate.
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Hartford
Wilson
Aimilar
aJincenta Hospital
Bridgeport Hospital Board of Directors
Episcopal Cathedral
Diocese of
Connecticut
Pardee
New Haven
Chauncey B. Brewster
Bridgeport
Perry
Southport
Committee On Railroads
Quinn
Purcel
Hertford
New York Exchange
Senate
Neebe
Meriden
Police Remonstrances Hearings On Water Street Saloons
County commissioners heard two remonstrances filed against Water street resorts by Mayor Wilson. Applicants John Lynch and Pasquale Richards, both on Water street, faced police testimony alleging saloons with bad repute. Decision reserved by the commission.
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Water Street
Wilson
John Lynch
Pasquale Richards
Sergt. Prout
Treasury Order No. 5 reshapes banks used by treasury
Washington reports Assistant Secretary Robert O. Bailey defended Treasury Order No. 5 and said it expands depositories from 450 to 550 while raising the fixed balance from 48.0 million to about 50.0 million. He argued the plan lowers per-bank balances and speeds disbursements through depositories and sub-treasuries.
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Washington
Treasury
Rudolph Spreckels
San Francisco
the Treasury
Robert O. Bailey
Spreckles
New York
Battey
Eee
Treasury Department
Bailey
Macveagh
Young
House Committee On
Rockefeller waives star chamber probe at Jekyll Island
Brunswick Ga February 7 By order of William Rockefeller star chamber features of the money trust investigators examination were waived today He admitted newspaper men to Jekyll Island and provided access to the Millionaires Club private launch He planned to accompany the Pujo party Rockefeller met with Dr Walter Chappelle and appeared in good spirits despite a tremor of palsy and a strained throat after a late night and morning examination
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Brunswick
William Rockefeller
Star Chamber
Money Trust
Jeky Island
Millionaires’ Club
Rockefeller
Walter Chappelle
New York
Dr. Chappelle
City orders new survey after map errors in business district
The Farmer reported errors in the city maps for Main Street properties in the business center. City Engineer A B Terry says a complete new survey is underway to correct overstated frontages and misaligned street lines, with several property owners claiming overcharges.
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Grosa
A. B. Terry
Main
Sian Eee
Ein Ee Terry
Canetlath Paneer
SheSii
Terry
Frank EH. Lalley
Graft money and police corruption in New York headlines
New York reports reveal James Purcell, a top gambler, paid over 100000 in protection to police over a decade. Graft to higher police officials estimated at about 200000 monthly. district attorney Whitman to present findings to a special grand jury as indictments of Captain Walsh and Inspector Sweeney loom.
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New York
James Purcell
Muoney
Purcell
Whitman
Becker
Walsh
Sraff
Captain Walsh
Inspector Sweeney
Danbury Hotel Fire and Fatal Assault Case
Danbury reports a deadly incident where John Curtie died from injuries police say were caused by a fight two weeks earlier with Darius Galberg. Curtie was struck and knocked down fracturing his skull. Galberg admits a hand strike but denies causing fatal injuries.
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Danbury
John Curtie
Darius Galberg
Galberg
Curtis
thePolice
Girls Wanted in Classified Want Ads
Daily reading of classified ads reveals merchants and manufacturers offering opportunities for improvement to all classes. Watch your chance as listings invite women to explore potential employment or training.
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Manu
Delaney Files 24 Delinquent Names for Warrants
Twenty four delinquents were filed today with Prosecutor A L DeLaney by the personal tax collectors. The prosecutor began preparing warrants to be served by police, with the possibility of future requests from the prosecutor. The process includes pasting and interlining to fit charges into standard warrant form. East Hampton and other names appear garbled in the source text.
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A. L. DeLaney
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