Justice in Little Russia Paterson’s silk mill dispute
Alexander Scott editor of the Weekly Issue, backed by silk mill strikers, was sentenced in Paterson New Jersey to an indeterminate term not less than one year nor more than fifteen years and fined 250 dollars for inciting hostility against the government. He plans to appeal and seeks bail. Sentencing for 38 others convicted of unlawful assemblage was deferred, likely until near term end.
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Paterson
N. J
Alexander Scott
Scott
Japs Contend New Law Won't Stand
Washington notes that Tokyo's latest note argues the anti alien land law violates the Fourteenth Amendment by denying due process and equal protection. Officials say the government views this as a new point opened for negotiations, with a reply possibly weeks away.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
John Bassett Moore
Wilson
Miss Marion Hollins Wins Metropolitan Golf Title
Miss Marion Hollins of Westbrook defeated Miss Georgiana Bishop of Brooklawn two up and one to play to win the women’s Metropolitan championship at Nassau Country Club. Hollins led at the turn, the match stayed tied at 11, then she captured the 13th and 16th holes to seal the victory. Bishop had never led.
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Glen Cove
Marion Hollins
Westbrook
Georgiana M. Bishop
Brooklawn
Nassau Country Club
Hollins
Miss Bishop
Miss Hollins
Miss Holmns
Englehardt Widow Dies in Middletown at 50
Julia M Lieberg Englehardt wife of Henry L Englehardt of 15 Gilmore Street Middletown Conn died June 4 1913 aged 50. Funeral from H A Remington Funeral Chapel 459 East Main Street on Saturday June 7 at 2 PM Interment Lakeview Cemetery.
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Hughes
Charles H. Hughes
Julius A. Ford
Ann Street
Lakeview Cemetery
Baseball Probe Resolution Set for House Hearing
Washington June 6 Representative Gallagher of Illinois announced plans for an investigation into the base ball trust. He will present a resolution and hold a hearing within a week before the House rules committee. He said a half dozen witnesses would suffice to support charges of monopoly, naming Horace Fogel and men from New York St Louis Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh and Buffalo.
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Washington
Baseball Trust
Gallagher
Illinois
House Rules Committee
Horace Fogel
Philadelphia National Baseball Club
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Gompers Under Knife For Abscess Surgery
Washington June Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor underwent surgery here shortly before noon today for a mastoid abscess. Surgeons announced his physical condition would likely allow a speedy recovery.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Obituary Denis Jordan Resident of West End Dies Today
Denis Jordan a well known West End resident died at his sister in law’s home on Fairfield Avenue this morning. He was a widower and survived by six children, one brother Daniel Jordan, and two sisters Mrs James Dalton and Mrs Patrick ONeil. He belonged to Division No. 1 A. O. H and St Peters Church. Funeral services will be held Sunday. Mine Struck Near Belgian Steamer Kurland Off Athens Inland. The Belgian steamer Kurland from Antwerp struck a mine near Rhive Island in the Gulf of Athens and was towed to Phalerum and beached after sustaining serious damage.
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Orby
Arthur McGee
Hancock Avenue
Catherine Josephine Corby
Wlynn
Bridget
Eo Flynn
Mary Quire
Hurd Avenues
St. Patrick's Church
St. Michael's
Jordan
Dennis Jorden
John Foley
Fairfield Avenue
St Peter's Church
Mary Quilty
J. Quilty
Frank Street
St Patrick's Church
St Augustine's Cemetery
Weldon
Kent
Thomas J. Weldon
Stamford
Perris
Nathaniel K. Ferris
Rooney
Martin Rooney
Denis Jordan
West End
Daniel Jordan
James Dalton
Patrick O'Neil
St. Peter's R. C. Church
Athens
Greece
Kurland
Antwerp
Rhlave
Gulf of Athens
Phalerum
Five Automobiles For Sale At Reasonable Prices
John J. O Neill advertises five automobiles for sale in good running order at Park Theatre Building. Also notices rental listings for a six room flat at 97 Washington Terrace and a small tenement for rent at 57 Henry Street with inquiries at 232 Main Street.
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Henry Street
Main Street
John J. O'Neill
Park Theatre
Washington Terrace
See These $15 to $25 Suits At The Men's Store
We invite men to come and view the latest summer suits priced at 15, 20, and 25 dollars. The store offers sizes from 34 regular to 52 stout with patterns and colors for every taste. Compared with typical prices, these suits would fetch five to ten dollars more elsewhere.
Panama hats captivate women in light summer style
Women favor panama hats for informal wear noting lightness and weather resilience. The season’s shapes offer broad brims for sun protection and a jaunty, attractive air. An excellent collection has arrived on the second floor with varied styles and prices from 2.50 to 10 dollars.
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Panama
Pillow-tops and Crex matting at Carpet Hall
Unusual pillow-tops described in silk and cotton blends with drawn-work borders and gold tinsel gleam, offered at 25c yard, plus white cream Arabian colors. Crex matting praised for durability in swarm weather. Rugs range 29c to $7, with third floor display and Peacock Oriental patterns shown.
Little curtains at little cost advertised
An ad describes small curtains priced at 50 cents pair for Crips curtains of white canal with five tucks and ruffle and white scrim curtains finished with inserting of late white for Arabian at one dollar per pair, located on the third floor.
Darien Trains Fatality Claims The Meaney Son
William Meaney a 17 year old son of Mr and Mrs Patrick Meaney of 691 Howard avenue is dead in Darien. He presumably rode a freight train to visit a friend, slipped or was struck by a passing train and died. The body was and turned over to Undertaker Andrew Taylor for a medical examiner. William worked at a local factory and left home shortly before 5 pm. The death shocked his parents. In Washington President Wilson did not interfere with Nathaniel Green’s death sentence for felonious assault, the first under a new case.
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William Meaney
Patrick Meaney
Howard Avenue
Darien
Andrew Taylor
William
Wilson
Nathaniel Green
Washington
Ipswich Strikers Stand With IWW Demanding Wages
L W W Gains recruits Ipswich Massachusetts. Six hundred workers had returned to the Ipswich Hosiery Mills but many again failed to report after an appeal by Joseph Schiller organizer of the I W W who spoke to Greek and Polish operatives. Those remaining out pledged support to the I W W in a fight for a twenty percent wage increase. The plant reportedly operated with about six hundred hands.
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Ipswich
Mass
Joseph Schiller
Foreclosure Granted on McElroy Property in Superior Court
Foreclosure action brought by Stiles E Goodsell and others trustees against McElroy Bros and others before Judge Greene resulted in foreclosure by sale of the Water street property. Unpaid note totals 13038 dollars and 13 cents. Sale date set for the first Monday in February 1914. In a separate divorce case Edith May Turney versus Dr Byron H Turney Judge Thomas C Coughlin appointed a committee to hear evidence.
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Stiles E. Goodsell
McElroy Bros
Greene
McElroy
Water Street
Edith May Turney
Byron H. Turney
East End
Thomas C. Coughlin
Paeage Greene
Keating Day Arrangements Rally Planned in Bridgeport
City events begin at noon with Wheeler & Wilson band and Keating family guests assembling at city hall. A two section special train to New York departs at 12 55 PM, with return overnight. Mayor Wilson and Mr. Keating to be honored with a diamond ring and silver bat. Tickets priced 1 50 for round trip, no sales on train.
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Wheeler & Wilson
City Hall
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Railroad Station
Wilson
Keating
Bridgeport
125 Street
New York
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Station
145Th Street
New York Americans
126Th Street
8Th Avenue
Polo Grounds
Grandstand
Boucher
Bridgeport Board of Trade
James J. Callahan
White Sox
Ed Walsh
Harry Quinn
Fairfield Arena
Grant
M. F. O’connor
East Main Street
David Brolley
Oxford Club
Maple Street
Hallett
Galvin
Michael O’connor
East Bridge- Port
Common Council
Frederick Cederholm
Divorce Granted to Mrs Clarke Cooke in Hartford
In Hartford on June 6 a special civil session of the superior court granted Miranda Clarke Cooke a divorce from Jere Enode Cooke of New York City on desertion dating from April 25 1907 and adultery with Floretta Whaley of Hempstead L I. Mrs Cooke may resume her maiden name Clarke. The couple married February 8 1898 in Hartford.
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Hartford
Mirands Clarke Cooke
Jere Enodé Cooke
New York City
Superior Court
Joel H. Reed
Floretta Whaley
Hempstead
L. L
Cooke
Clarke
Jere Enode Cooke
Miranda Clarke
Christchurch
St. George's Church
Pair Held as Vagrants After Shoe Theft
Charles Campbell and George W. Jones were arrested on Water street by patrolman Barton charged with stealing two pairs of shoes from Lois Grossman. Both men faced drunkenness and vagrancy charges. The report notes a separate social event in Nashville attended by Vice President and Mrs. Marshall at a YMCA celebration.
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Charles Campbell
Bank Street
George W. Jones
Water Street
Barton
Lois Grossman
Marshall
Nashville
Ticket agent killed by angered clerk in Union Station
Pittsburgh report tells of ticket agent James B McNair shot and killed at noon in Union Station. Chief clerk Ralph Parilly was fatally wounded by the same clerk, D. B Sage, who reportedly angered over a failure. The incident marks a violent disruption inside the ticket office.
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Pittsburgh
James Bmcnair
Hert
Ralph Parilly
Sage
Estate bill stalls over Morie B Beth mystery
Hartford June 6 one unsettled matter in the legislature is a bill to settle the Marie E Beth estate of Fairfield county. The record notes the heirs’ disagreement keeps the estate undistributed as lawmakers repeatedly question who Morie B Beth was. Elmore and Banks of Fairfield supported legislation.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Marie E. Beth
Judiciary Committee
Morie B. Beth
Fairfield County
Elmore &. Banks
Fairfield
Charles F. Hoberts
Pirates Attack French Steamer in the West River Trade
Reports from Hong Kong say pirates attacked the French steamer Robert Lebeaudy seizing $30000. A passenger was killed and the engineer and several crew wounded in the fight. Further reports indicate piracy growing along the southern routes.
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Hong Kong
Robert Lebeaudy
Wee
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