Elton Testimony Highlights Timidity in New Haven Board
Washington June 3 National timidity cited by 4. E. Elton director of the New Haven road to the Interstate Commerce Commission as a reason for not opposing financial arrangements with J. P. Morgan and Charles S. Mellen. Elton testified other directors avoided opposing Morgan in meetings or to Mellen face. He described confusion over trolley acquisitions and noted reliance on auditors for asset figures, with little independent inquiry into subsidiaries and steamship deals.
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New Haven
Byard
Washington
E. Elton
New Haven Road
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. P. Morgan
Charles S. Mellen
Mellen
Rhode Island
Westchester
Dirpornors
Morgan
Mr.an
J. & Eilten
New ‘Saven Road
Interstate Commerce
Joseph W. Folk
Morgan R Rockefeller
Miller
New York
Boston
Mr. Folk
Rockeana Mu
Ellen
Acaire
Westchester Teck
Transacions
Byrnes
Rhode i |Ace
Elton
William Skinney
Bilton
The
New England Navigationpany
New Ha Meeting
Neviom Company
D.wethione
Eltom
Conian
Diton
John U. Bulara Company
Billara Company
New “Haven
Boston & Maine
Billard
Folk
Massachusetts
New England Investment & Security Company
Merchants' & Miners’ Transportation Company
Mayor Greets Electric Engine On First City Run
Stamford man leads party into Bridgeport as first New Haven electric locomotive enters city at 11 22 am. Officials praise faster service, with the electric motor capable of 55 mph and 11 000 volt supply. Schedule expected to start June 15 with limited trips already tested.
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New Haven
Bridgeport
Stamford
Burr Road
Charles Peyne
Eee
Conn
Harry Rassue
Portchester
H. Gilliam
W. H. Dellert
Larchmont
New York
Boston
Westine
Fifmal Tower
Clifford B
Alex Robinson
Birésetor
Public Works
J. A. Courtade
J. A. Dronge
L. P. Bristol
Peter H. Hunt
Tower 58
Wall Street
Droege
Sugar Laden Ship Siezed By Mexicans
Wireless report from Mazatlan says the Mexican schooner Gearibaldi carrying a sugar cargo ran aground on Piedras Island and was seized by the constitutionalists. The vessel is breaking up in the surf as officials seek to negociate for the return of the sugar.
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California
Mazatlan
San Diego
Cal
Gearibaldi
Piedras Island
United Sugar Company
Pet dog saves eleven from burning building
Happy the pet dog sounded an alarm as fire broke out in Robert Graham’s Queen Street home in Southington Connecticut. He woke the family, kept guard over the ruined house all day, and prevented strangers from approaching within fifty feet after the blaze, which started while Happy slept on the back porch.
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Southington
Conn
Happy
Robert Graham
Queen Street
Mr. Graham
Senate urged to arbitrate Panama tolls dispute
Washington June 3 Senate foreign relations committee adopted the Sutherland Resolution directing President Wilson to open negotiations with Great Britain for arbitration of the Panama tolls dispute. The resolution now goes to the senate.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sutherland
Wilson
Great Britain
Panama
Senate
Militant suffragette attacks gallery and guard with hatchet
A young militant suffragette attacked at the Dore Gallery in New Bond Street London. She damaged two paintings and attempted a third before attendant Bourlet restrained her, receiving severe blows. Other staff overpowered her and she was handed to police. The woman appeared educated and well dressed.
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London
Dore
Alaes
New Bond Street
Bourlet
Arrests Planned for Sunday Ball in Bridgeport
State policemen have asked Prosecuting Attorney A. L. DeLaney for warrants over professional Sunday baseball in Bridgeport. Warrants may be issued this week and served on Bridgeport players returning Saturday from an upstate trip, with six Bridgeport teams and three Pittfield players cited for a game played May 17. Police witnesses Virelli and Wheeler were seen observing at Newfield park to identify players.
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Bridgeport
A. L. DeLaney
DeLaney
Pittefield
Frank Virelli
Rowe Wheeler
Newfield Park
Ice Prices Cut By Dealers Amid Cheaper Winter Ice
Local ice dealers announce a twenty cent per hundred pounds cut from last year for the same amount with winter weather justifying a forty cent reduction per hundred. The change targets the average housekeeper buying twenty to one hundred pounds, and special twenty cent rates apply to purchases over two hundred pounds. No price increase is planned for the summer. Jacob Saphirstein, founder of the Jewish Morning Journal, died in Brooklyn.
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Jacob Saphirstein
The
Jewish Morning Journal
Brooklyn
Cummings Appointment Pleases Garter in Fairfield County
Galen A. Carter, Stamford State's Attorney, welcomes Homer B. Cummings to the State's Attorneyship for Fairfield County, saying the office will not suffer. Carter notes his own term runs to July 1915 and he cannot say if he will seek reappointment. Carter says he was not a candidate for the office and had no interest in pursuing the position.
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Galen A. Carter
Stamford
Homer 8
Cummings
Fairfield County
Carter
Stamford Advocate
Samuel Fessenden
Mr. Car
Elmore S. Banks
Fairfield
John S. Pullman
Bridgeport
John H. Light
Norwalk
Jacob B. Klein
Wiliam B. Boardman
Mr. Cummings
Wife says husband choked her to deed land in court
Signe Aitkin of Stratford testified in Superior Court that Hugh Aitkin choked her into signing deeds giving him a half interest in $4,000 worth of real estate. She said repeated abuse left her insensible and she feared for her life as she seeks divorce from intolerable cruelty, action pending.
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Signe Aitkin
Stratford
Tuttle
Superior Court
Hugh Aitkin
Aitkin
Bank President Dies By Own Action In San Francisco
George H. Luchsinger, president of Humboldt Savings Bank, committed death by own action by inhaling gas on June 3 in San Francisco. Financial worry was cited as the cause. Bank officers stated the bank's accounts were in good condition after examination.
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San Francisco
George H. Luchsinger
Humboldt Savings Bank
City facing garnishee suits over Bridgeport high school project
Garnishee proceedings against the city of Bridgeport for about 750 dollars were filed by contractors Robertson and Giovanne, with liens totaling roughly 1,500 and an additional 38,000 in process. The action stems from disputed payments for high school site excavation and Kelly house foundations, as Warsaw stone and other work faced formal rejection and ongoing delays.
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Bridgeport
Moses W. Manwaring
Edward Walsh
Durkin & Lass
Kelly
Miss Durkin
New York
Warsaw
Gedree Nichols
James Gamble Rogers
Board of Educcation
Aeit
William Robertson
Pasquale Giovanne
Robertson & Giovanne
Fallon & Greenstein
Scofield & Ford
Palmer & Goodell
Charles P. S. Garwood
Board of Education
Robertson & Giovanni
Garwood
Housatonic
Robertson
Kelly House
Coughlin
Electrician Dies From Hard Fall On New York Bridge Route
An electrician, Oliver Lundy, 38, died after a severe fall during the electrification project from New York to New Haven. He lived with his wife and two children at 625 St Annis Street, New York, and died at Bridgeport Hospital. A misidentification led an ambulance surgeon to treat him as J f Tierney, a gang foreman, delaying correct care. The death involved skull fracture, electrical shock, and facial burns. Dr. Garlick will refer the case to Coroner Phelan for possible negligence inquiry.
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New Haven
New York
Oliver Lundy
St. Annis Street
Bridgeport Hospital
J. F. Tierney
Tierney
Garlick
Phelan
Education Board Resents General Criticism
N W Bishop, a leading board member, said the board resents generic criticism and welcomes specific, constructive suggestions. He spoke after a private meeting with the mayor and a separate corridor discussion about the mayor's message reference to the board. Bishop plans an extended business trip.
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Board of Education
N. W. Bishop
Bishop
Questerday
Farmer
Langdon to wed Curtis amid Middletown scandal
Margaret Langdon, an Industrial School inmate since age 11 and released two weeks ago, plans to marry John Curtis of 421 East Main Street this evening. Curtis failed to secure a license as Langdon is 18. police briefly detained her this morning, then released with presumed parental consent. Peter Rawley and James Hines argued politically on Water Street, ending in a punch and arrests by Police.
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Margaret Langdon
Middletown
John Curtis
East Main Street
The
Connecticut Co
Ron Fairbanks
Hall
Margaret
Peter Rawley
Central House
James Hines
Strathford
Water Street
Petr
Murphy
Cellast
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Luis Barron
Panfilo Natera
War Department
Mexico City
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Natera
Aguas Calientes
Blanquet
Saltillo
Lizzie Dancy
Cannon Street
Foreign Relations Committee
Pittsfield
CITY
NEW High School
Education Board
Curtis
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