New Police Ordinance Changes Protect Detective Force
A revised police ordinance aims to shield the current detective force with retaining and appointment powers for the police board. The draft allows promotions from uniformed ranks, sets caps on detective numbers, and ties compensation to sergeant level while preserving job security through the evening committee action.
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Geeerme H Arnold
Common Council
Police Board
Detective Bureau
Taft Offered Yale Kent Chair in Law at Yale
President Taft arrived from New York to attend Yale Corporation meeting in New Haven where the formal offer of the Kent chair of law at Yale Law School is expected. The chair funds an annual endowment of 305 02 dollars, membership in the Yale Law School faculty, and a professor’s salary of 5000 dollars. Taft and party traveled on January 20 and planned return to Washington that evening.
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New Haven
Ese
New York
Woolsey Bell
Yale Corporation
Corporation
Taft
Moore
Charles ‘Taft
Watertown
Kent
Yale Law School
Sih
James Kent
YaIe Lace School
Henry We. Taft
Washington
Court Gets Report in Danbury Hat Gases
Attorney Henry A Pity of Danbury presented evidence in the Superior Court in Danbury in the case by Associated Hat Manufacturers against 16 Danbury firms. The suit alleged a labor dispute and sought damages of 6000 dollars per firm. Several firms settled individually, and the case against the others moved forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury Hat
Henry A Pity
Danbury
Associated Hat Manufacturers
Orme
Corie
Mate
Susi
Onde
Purley
Pete Obi
Slander Suit Defendant Repents Arrested in Court
In Pommen Piew Arskela Kuberlian a Sepivre of Anite Mie Co was jailed by Deputy Sheriff Wieter after pleading to a slander charge. He offered a bank book as bond, claiming deposits and payments connected to the case.
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Cunabin
Pommen
Arskela
Kuberlian
Anite Mie Co
Wieter
Keele Hakelorian
Moberilan
Supreme Court Overrules Commerce Court on Freight Rates
The Supreme Court reversed a Commerce Court ruling nullifying the Interstate Commerce Commission order reducing freight rates on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad from New Orleans to Mobile and Pensacola. Justice Lamar noted the commission's order rested on substantial evidence and reaffirmed the Commerce Court's review rights.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Louisville & Nashville
New Orleans
Mobile
Pensacola
Robert W. Archbald
Commission
The
Lamar
Supreme Court
Ihs
Mrs Elwood Stokes Hand Dead at Southport Home
Margarita Campbell Carson wife of Elwood Stokes Hand of New York died in Southport yesterday from unforeseen complications after a June operation in New York. She was 47, born in New London Conn, daughter of John Carson and Susan Kinns, descendant of early settler Elk MacKinne, founder of Carson Hall. Survived by husband and brothers Charles D Carson of Chester and Duncan C Carson of Bridgeport.
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Southport
Margarita Campbell Carson
Elwood Stokes Hand
New York
Hand
New London
Conn
John Carson
U. S. RN
Susan Maria Kinns
Ea! MecKinne
Scotland
Connecticut
Carson Hall
Harrisburgh
Penna
Washington and Newport
Charles Duncan Carson
Chester
Duncan Campbell Carson
Bridgeport
Eggs Crack Safe at Ridgefield Railroad Station
Ridgefield reports robbers entered the station during the night and pried the safe, stealing money and several checks. Authorities note this is the third such break in the period, with links suspected to other recent local burglaries. A separate item mentions a memorial service for Chief Justice Mall as the Supreme Court convenes.
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Ridgefield
Loct Iks
Canaan
Ultimatum of Balkan Allies to the Porte
London reports outline a tense Balkan Turkish standoff as peace talks stall. Balkan allies reportedly deliver an ultimatum threatening end of armistice in 15 days unless a peace accord is reached, potentially demanding Adrianople. Turkish officials show divided views while Constantinople rumors hint at cession talks. Council of Ministers debates replies as the empire weighs possible concessions.
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London
Rechid Pasha
Daneff
M. Venizelos
Dark Bulgar
Constantinople
Noradunghitn Effendi
Turkey
Turkish Council
Athens
Dardanelles
Balkan
Adrianople
M. Daneff
Bulgaria
Council OF Ministers
Porte
Noradunghian Eiffendis
Aegean
Ising
Grand Council
Empire
Japanese Editor Refused U S Citizenship in Greenwich
Tamizo Watanabe editor of a Greenwich based Japanese paper was denied naturalization in superior court. Clerk M J Flanagan stated Mongolians are not eligible for citizenship under U S law. Watanabe, educated and established in Greenwich, vowed to stay and seek citizenship despite the ruling.
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Japan
Tamizo Watanabe
Japan ‘Se
Greenwich
Superior Court
M. J. Flanagan
United States
Watanabe
Bank President Sullivan Gets Two to Four Years
New York January 20 David A Sullivan convicted of appropriating $30000 for his own use while president of the Union Bank of Brooklyn was sentenced in Brooklyn Supreme Court to an indeterminate term of two to four years and three months. Judge Crane also sentenced B R Shepard, former president of Pe Borouen Bank, to three months for grand larceny.
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New York
David A. Sulliva
Definet
Union Bank of Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Crane
Brooklyn Supreme Court
B. R Shepard
Pe Borouen Bank
Jusce Crane
Sheperd
Successor to Judge Hall Faces Connecticut Debate
The death of Judge Frederic B. Hall leaves the chief justice seat vacant on the Connecticut Supreme Court, with candidates including J. H. Webb of New Haven, Thomas M. Cullinan of Bridgeport, and Yale professor George D. Watrous. Watrous, a Republican and Yale Law School professor, has held various local directorships. Webb is a leading Democrat advocate. Cullinan has long served as Bridgeport city attorney. Lawmakers discuss possible successors such as Judge Samuel O. Prentice or George W. Wheeler. party dynamics and past Senate votes loom large in the jockeying for the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W Reddy
Reddy
Detective Bureau
E. Garlick
Robert G. DeForest
Common Council
Republcan
S. O. Prentice
George W. Wheeler
Webb and Watrous
New Haven
T. M. Cullinan
Bridgeport
Frederic B. Hall
Supreme Court
Hall
Baldwin
J. H. Webb
Thomas M. Cullinan
George D. Watrous
Watrous
Yale Law School
Judge Baldwin
New Haven Water Company
New Haven Gas Company
City Bank of
Street Railway Company of
Connecticut
Samuel O. Prentice
Superior Court
Prenitice
Wheeler
Luzon B. Morris
State
Senate
Cady
House
Sam’ Fessenden
Supt Birmingham III Confined at Home in Ill Health
Superintendent of Police Eugene Birmingham is seriously ill with bronchial grip and confined to his home at 185 Washington Avenue since Friday. Doctors say bronchial grip may lead to pneumonia but his condition is not alarming today.
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Washington Avenue
Eugene Birmingham
Thomas F. Martin
Birmingham
Board of Health revises Bridgeport population rise to 110000
Bridgeport's population is now estimated at 110000 after revised statistics from the Board of Health. Corrections corrected misclassified stillbirths affecting births and deaths figures. 1912 births totaled 3257 and deaths 1513, yielding a small population increase and a 13.7 percent death rate.
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Bridgeport
Board of Health
State Department of Health
Scramble to Personal Tax Collector's Office
In a rush yesterday to settle personal taxes, 12 delinquents were arrested and required to pay tax plus court costs. Several defendants appeared in city court with some cases continued to January for tax warrants and further investigation of records.
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Sanitary
Thosaie
Laurel Avenue
Mathew Ryan
Clinton Harass Sasie Dizeno
Willard
Stephen Krie
Hallam Street
Guilno Russine
Charles Sethert
Joseph
Knauf
Barnum Avenue
Council For Community
Fierce Riot Between Strikers and Breakers in New York
Nearly 1,000 strikers and strikebreakers clashed outside a Spring Street garment factory in New York as guards tried to move through a protest crowd. Police battered crowds, eight strikers were hospitalized, about a dozen were arrested, and tensions rose as manufacturers hire more strikebreakers. Union leaders warned of worsening conditions and urged generous donations to stave off famine among 195,000 workers.
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New York
Jan
Spring Street
Gertrude Barnum
Youngster Runs Marathon From Doctor's Office
James Carroll ten years old living at 240 Pequonnock street endured a bean in his car yesterday. Swollen ear and drum caused great pain at the emergency hospital. His mother planned to take him to Dr. D C DeWolfe, but Jimmie dashed away from the station house in pursuit, and a ether anesthesia was contemplated once captured.
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James Carroll
Pequonnock Street
Jimmie
D. C. DeWolfe
South End Flooded Engine Room After Water Pipe Break
Early this morning South End residents woke to a loud Warner Bros whistle signaling a water pipe break in the engine room of the plant. Fire department responders rushed to the scene and pumped out the water, preventing major damage though the room was briefly flooded.
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South End
Slumberland
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Fire Department
Weather Indications and Temperatures for New Haven
Forecast shows rain and warmer tonight with Tuesday rain and colder afternoon. Brisk southwest winds. Low pressure trough extends from Texas to the St Lawrence Valley bringing unsettled weather and mild temps north to the lake region. High pressure over North Dakota brings zero and below temps. Conditions trend toward fair weather then increasing clouds with rain or snow tonight or Tuesday. President's name posted for local country club membership.
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New Haven
Texas
St. Lawrence Valley
Caveine
Tur Ouf
Lake Region
North Dakota
Seven anti trust bills fathered by Gov Wilson in New Jersey
In Trenton seven anti trust bills prepared by Governor Woodrow Wilson during his NJ governorship were set for introduction in the state legislature. supporters predicted swift passage with possible political support to push action. The measures target trusts and monopolies by restricting mergers and price fixing while aiming to curb competition reducing trade abuses.
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Gov. Wilson
New Jersey
Trenton
Woodrow Wilson
Jine
Washington
Edwin R. Walker
Chancery Court
Wilson
Farewell Reception for Father Dahme at St. Josephs
Parishioners of St. Joseph's German church held a farewell reception for retiring pastor Rev Hubert Dahme at Eagles hall Madison Avenue. Gifts from church and German societies totaled substantial gold and other offerings as Dahme prepares a European rest trip aboard Mauretania, escorted by visiting priests and the church choir.
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St. Joseph's
Tong
Hubert Dahme
Eagles' Hall
Madison Avenue
Father Dahme
Heaith
Mauretania
J. J. Witzgerald
Greenwich
Willibald Miller
Anthony Zehner
Father Zehner
la Salette College
Hartford
George H. C. Koshm
Fritz K. G. Weber
Thomas A. Zehnder
St. Michael's Society
Joseph Schietinger
St. Boniface Society
Peter Hummell
Alter Society
St. Joseph's Society
Schwasbenociety
Pantor
Garmanix Singing Society
Hilm
Father Fitzgerald
Salto Victims In Critical State After Attempted Murder
Steve Salto, in a personal crisis, remains in critical condition at St. Vincent's Hospital after allegedly shooting two women. Mrs. Lincoln, reportedly the wife of Salto, is severely wounded with a bullet route through the throat toward the left shoulder. Sophia Salto, his wife, is injured in the left arm with a breast-wound graze. Police note the shooting follows an unhappy marriage. Salto is 21, his wife 23, married February 1911 and later separated due to differences and illness.
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Steve Salto
Lincoln
Smlo
Sophia Salto
Salto
Tiny Babe Found In Manger Straw Case Involving Berintues
A fragmentary 19th century item describes a tiny babe found in manger straw and linked to Berintues. An officer traced the infant to Teele Jaid and a legal matter involved Mee Joseph Magorinn and nephew Jorsene Puller before Patrolman John Merton.
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Genenth
Olin
Teele
Joseph Magorinn
Jorsene Puller
Bagnatt
Vincenie
John Merton
Wheinby
Inaugural Ball Stand Draws Wilson Commendation
Trenton reports praise for Gouvernor Wilson over his stance on the inaugural ball. Letters from the country outline support for the fete, while discussion notes uncertainty about funding and decor. Washington coverage notes that a committee considered options for the reception amid mixed expectations.
Captain Phil Smith Named Police Chief of New Haven
Captain Phil Smith was today appointed as police chief of the New Haven force. The announcement confirmed his selection amid praise from city officials and residents.
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Phil, Smith
Chie
New Haven
T. Smith
Merci
Ted Mast
Cowie
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Yale
Wn Haven
BANK
Sullivan
Supt. Birmingham III
Warner’s
Wiley Self
Crete
Crea
Irtinnburtet
Pritte
Carsertan
Wwe
Wilrom Tedas
Cheirneau
Banas
Elizens
Brown, Crane
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