Thaw granted new trial on sanity in Matteawan case
Nyack New York Supreme Court Justice Tompkins rules Harry K Thaw shall have a new trial to determine his sanity with the trial to be held in New York County where the Stanford White shooting occurred The judge declines a jury trial and transfers back to New York County for proceedings while noting other questions about commitment validity remain undecided Supporters and officials react as Thaw expresses confidence in an eventual vindication and a possible end to his long imprisonment
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United Press
Nyack
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Stanford White
New York County
Thaw
Puid
Mills
Morschauser
Justice Mills
Jerome
Nna
Poughkeepsie
Harry Thaw Y
Tomp-kina
Hains
Pshaw
Het
Change in divorce law urged by Connecticut Bar Association
A Yale meeting of the Connecticut Bar Association's committee on jurisprudence recommended radical changes to divorce law. Proposals include judicial separation in lieu of divorce, state attorney duties in contested cases, higher salaries, and the addition of two Superior Court judges.
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United Press
New Haven
Connecticut Bar Association
Hendrie Hall
Yale
University
William H. Williams
Edward M.day
Hadlai A. Hull
William W. Hyde
James P. Pigott
Jurisprudence Committee
The
Bar Association
Eesey
General Assembly
No River and Harbor Bill at This Session Decided
Washington Jan 16 The House committee on Rivers and Harbors voted 15 to 2 that there will be no river and harbor bill this session It was agreed no bill would be tried this winter and a bill would be pressed next session
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United Press
Washington
House Committee On
Bodies of Consul Cheney and Wife Taken from Ruins
Washington reports the recovery of American Consul Arthur Cheney and his wife from the Messina legation ruins. Sailors from the Illinois found them on January 15 and Culgoa will ship them home. Rome notes a possible visit by King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena to thank the United States. A Messina court martial for looters is slated next week. Dr. Austin Cheney says funerals will be held at Trinity Church after arrival.
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Italy
America
United Press
Washington
Bureau of Navigation
Cheney
Messina
Admiral Spergy
Illinois
Culgoa
Naples
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Arthur Cheney
United States
New Haven
Austin Cheney
State Department
Trinity Church
Train Wreck Near Peoria Kills Four Injured Two
In Peoria Alabama last night two Northwestern freight trains collided at Limestone, killing four men and injuring two. Victims include engineer Joe Curtain and fireman E.M. Metayer, with brakemen J. R. Russell and D. A. Houchins. Curtain and Houchins were not recovered.
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United Press
Peoria
Northwestern
Limestones
Here
Joe Curtain
E.M. Metaer
J. R. Russell
D. A. Houchins
Curtain
Houchins
Local transfers and civic rolls mark quiet townday
Deeds filed for sale of Nauga tuck Valley Ice Co. property on Golden Hill street to George Berger with a $25,000 mortgage. Concrete Block & Construction Co. elects George H. Zak Jr as president and officers including E. P. Bullard and H. C. Bullard. board lists Clark Wicox. Marriage license issued to Howard Coulson and Maude Wreglesworth. Bridgeport Dental Society names officers led by Dr. A. C. Fones. Chief Rangers Association foresters to organize. Foresters committee to meet. Eintracht Society officers installed by Charles H. Shapiro. New officers: Jacob Burnstine president, Charles Cziller vice-president, S. Spielman recording secretary, L. A. Koernblut financial secretary, Jacob Goldberger treasurer. Continuous program of music planned and refreshments to be served.
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Naugatuck Valley Ice Co
Golden Hill Street
George Berger
George H. Zak Jr
E. P. Bullard
H. C. Bullard
C. M. Oeffinger
Clark Wicox
Howard Frederick Coulson
Bridgeport Enterprise
Maude Elizabeth
Francis
Caroline Wreglesworth
Sherman Street
Bridgeport Dental Society
A. C. Fones
W. T. van York
J. L. Egan
C. F. Gbbs
T. A. Garing
R. W. Strang
R. H. Tuthill
Chief Rangers’ Association
Local Foresters of America
Foresters Committee
Eintracht Society
Steuben Hall
Main
State Streets
Charles H. Shapiro
Jacob Burnstine
Charles Cziller
S. Spielman
L. A. Koernblut
Jacob Goldberger
Mrs Mix Mixes title dispute at Poli's Theatre
Miss Irwin’s sketch Mrs Mix Mixes or The Reformer played at Poli’s Theatre with the title shortened to Mrs Mix Mixes after Sheriff Doolan issued an injunction to Ben Roth. Attorneys Bartlett Keeler & Cohn, representing Walter Woods and Benjamin Legere, claim $5000 damages for infringing The Reformer. Roth defends copyright ownership of the sketch and title. The suit flies before Judge Carl Foster. the production continues with the abbreviated title.
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Sheriff Richards
Poli’s
Bridgeport
Miss Irwin
Flo Irwin
Mrs. Mix Mixes
the Reformer
Sheriff Doolan
Ben Roth
The
Bartlett, Keeler & Cohn
Walter Woods
Benjamin L. Legere
Reformer
Carl Foster
Benjamin Legere
Main Street
Roth
Henderson
Legere
Libel Prosecution Sought Against Panama Papers
Washington on January 16 two newspapers were summoned to appear before the grand jury and one before the New York grand jury in connection with a proposed libel prosecution over charges against Panama Canal administration. Grand juries also called for files of the newspapers editions.
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United Press
Washington
Grand Jury
New York
Elaborate Wedding at Washington Today
One of the season’s most elaborate weddings was held today in Washington at the New Willard Hotel. Miss Lena Hemmenway, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Hemmenway of Indiana, married Mr. A Bennett Gates of Indianapolis. The ceremony was conducted at noon by Rev. C Ernest Smith with many members of Congress present. Richard Fairbanks, son of the vice president, was best man. The bride’s attendants included Eleanor Wood of New York Martha Roce of Evansville Ind and Margaret Gray of Washington. A large wedding breakfast followed.
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United Press
Washington
Lena Hemmenway
Hemmenway
Indiana
A. Bennett Gates
Indianapolis
New Willard Hotel
C. Ernest Smith
St. Themis’ Church
Canito
Richard Fairbanks
Eleanor Wood
Ward
New York
Martha Roce
Evansville
Ind
Margaret, Gray
Mayor Presses Harbor Line Vote Amid Quick Committee Call
A heated Bridgeport dispute over discontinuing the city harbor line surfaces as Mayor Lee relies on Alderman John H. Tague to marshal Democratic votes. Harbor committee is summoned with scant notice, spurring questions about haste and political maneuvering to push a railroad favored plan.
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Tague
Lee
Harbor Committee
John H. Tague
Mahoney and
Cassidy
Bert
Bridgeport
Road Harbor
Plead Guilty to Arson Charge in Barber Shop Fire
Giuseppe Bellotti and Tomasso Scaglioni, aged 19 and 20, pleaded guilty in city court to arson. They were held to the Superior court in bonds of 31000 each by Judge Pullman after confessing to placing kerosene and setting fire to the Halleet street barber shop last Monday night. They admitted oiling the place for days and expected to claim $500 insurance.
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Guiseppe Bellotti
Tomasso Scaglioni
Pullman
Capt. Arnold
Halleet Street
Train Wreck at Dotsero Claims Twenty Dead
In Glenwood Springs Colorado on January 16 a collision between a Denver Rio Grande passenger train and an eastbound freight near Dotsero left about twenty dead and thirty injured, with the scene hard to access and officials faulting both crews. Snow quenched fires as relief trains and doctors rushed to the wreck, where chairs and coaches were telescoped and debris filled the tracks.
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United Press
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Dotsero
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver Rio Grande
Dorsero
Detsero
Gus Olsen
Salida
Old Man of 70 Freezes Under Tent in Woods
A 70 year old man and his son were found living in a lice infested tent near Wordin and Hancock avenues where three of James Dean’s stolen chickens were traced to. Patrolman Bulkley reported filthy conditions, a gasoline stove for heat, and a trail of blood from the hen roost to the tent. George, James, and their father claimed illness and poverty, with the elder man refusing Lakeview and asking for work as guards and support authorities prepared to move them to Lakeview and involve the Charities Department.
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James Dean
Wordin Avenue
Board of Health
Dean
John Rosa
Wordin
Hancock Avenues
Rosa
George
Bulkley
James
Police
Kershaw
Captain Arnold
Lakeview
Brennan
Lakevylew
Hatters Strike Involves About 18,000 Persons
Eighteen thousand workers across 75 hat factories controlled by the United Hat Manufacturers strike in a push to end the union label. War to the finish is the aim of both sides and dealers warn of a price rise for hats. Many nonunion shops unaffected. Union leader John A. Moffatt says the strike is historic in scope. A shooting incident is reported in Williamsburg as a foreman is wounded when a striker allegedly fires.
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Tinsted Press
New York
United Hat Manufacturers
John A. Moffatt
United Hatters’ Union of North America
Orange
N. J
Max Levy
Williamsburg
South Norwalk
Danbury
Death After Tooth Extraction Sends Leather Merchant to Grave
George Chauncey Bouton of Bridgeport, 80, a wholesale leather dealer in Plainfield, died of blood poisoning after a tooth was pulled. He suffered facial swelling and died at his son-in-law Ralph Tolles’s home in Plainfield. Survived by two daughters and a son, his body arrived in Bridgeport for funeral arrangements at 408 Warren Street.
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George Chauncey Bouton
George C. Bouton,Jr
Plainfield
N. J
Ralph S. Tolles
Ralph I. ‘Tolles
Miles Standisih
Wethersfield
George
Warren Street
Hains Confident of Peter's Freedom in New York
Thornton J Hains prepared to visit Captain Peter C Hains in Washington and to see his daughter Mollie as he asserted his brother's innocence. McIntyre predicted a request for an insanity commission, saying Captain Hains is insane beyond doubt and unlikely to stand trial.
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United Press
New York
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C Hains
William E. Annis
Hotel Astor
Washington
Mollie
Thornton
Peter
Annis
John F. McIntyre
Thornton Hains
Captain Hains
Funeral notices and camp meet for local fraternal groups
Members of Live Oak Camp No 99 and Port City Court F of A meet soon for funeral arrangements. The gathering at B of A Hall on State Street and Foresters Hall on Cannour Street calls all members to attend the funeral of the late John Griffin and late Brother Nels Nelson. Signed by officers John J. Ford Co, J. D. Bennett Clerk, Henry Gallbrosyer Chief Ranger and William H. Gallbronner Financial Secretary.
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Live Oak Camp
W O. W
B. of A. Hall
State Street
John Griffin
John J. Ford
Court Port City
F. of A
Foresters’ Hall
Cannour Street
Nels Nelson
Henry Gallbrosyer
Wm, H. Gallbronner
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Broad St. Ams
Frank Miller
Seaview Ave
East End
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Main St
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Bigler Co
Springfeld
Pring- Beckhoff & Bennett
Noble Ave
Noble Avenue
Aldea
the Philomat
John St
Selth
Matt Wieler
Taweat
the Liberty
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