Senate Probe of Coal Field Begins Today
Charleston West Virginia June 11 With the basis of their inquiry laid the Senate commission investigating the West Virginia coal situation began today to lay bare how civil courts were stripped of power and more than 150 square miles placed under martial law Former Representative Joseph Gaines explained the state’s judicial institutions while Mother Jones watched and was later to be called as a witness in the inquiry The commission is probing alleged rights suppression under the constitution and the strike disaster
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate Commission
West Virginia
Borsh
Idaho
Senate
Joseph Gaines
Frank 5. Monnet
Ohi
Mtittary Court
Police riot disrupts silk weavers in New London
New London June 1 There was a riot this morning near the Brainard and Armstrong Silk Mill when police ordered discharged silk weavers to disperse. Most workers were Syrians who turned on officers and threw stones. Officer Bethee was knocked down and several disturbers were restrained for transport by patrol wagon.
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New London
Brainard & Armstrong Silk Mi
Bethee
Progressives Weigh Full Municipal Ticket Strategy
Progressives consider fielding a complete municipal ticket amid pressure from special interests. The party forms a committee with former State Senator William Stowe to explore leadership, while Attorney Theo Heiber will address members urging reform. The meeting at Plaza building club rooms is open to the public.
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Wiliam Stowe
Progressive Club
Theo HE. Heiber
Plaza Building Club
Mrr. Steiber
Byrne Beating Follows Strike Sequel at New Haven Wharf
Michael Byrne 98 Gem Avenue was beaten late at night after a confrontation tied to a strike. He was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital for several days of recovery with injuries to head and body. Alonzo C. Childs and Patrick J. Keating were bound over in 500 bonds each to await further action in city court. The fray also involved Michael Breen and a car washer, both said to be connected to the altercation.
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New Haven Railroad
Michael Byrne
Gem Avenue
St Vincent's Hospital
Alonso C. Childs
Patrick J. Keating
Byrne
Michael Breen
Barnum Avenue
Stolen Car Suspect Arrested After Attempted Sale
Charlies Bricson of 98 Sixth Avenue N was arrested this morning for possession of a stolen automobile. He allegedly tried to sell a seven passenger Stearns for 50. Grievous license not on the vehicle. owner notified police and the suspect was detained.
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Charlies Bricson
Sixth Avenue
Assassination of Turkish Grand Vizier in Motor Car
Constantinople June 11. The Turkish grand vizier Mahmoud Shefket Pasha was assassinated today by two men with revolvers as he rode in a motor car to the Sublime Porte at noon. Nazim Pasha, commander of the Turkish army at Tchaldja Imes, was shot dead in a demonstration the same day. Ibraham Bey, aide-de-camp to Shefket Pasha, also died. The attackers are believed to be civilians.
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Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Sublime Porte
Mahmoud Shefket
Kiamil Pasha
Nazim Pasha
Abdul Hamid
Germany
Commissariat
Turkish War Office
Grand Council of the Empire
Ibraham Bey
Shefket Pasha
Pretty Stratford Woman Testifies in Assault Case
Alma Miller Caprillian, a Stratford woman, testified in the criminal court that her Turkish husband Ellia Caprillian assaulted her on September 23, 1912. She described being grabbed by the arm, called vile names, and showed a bruise, while noting their ongoing divorce case and ill health.
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Alma Miller Caprillian
Stratford
Criminal Court of Common Pleas
Bey
Ellia Caprillian
Mysterious Spanish Girl Found In Bridgeport Hospital
A young woman claiming various identities was found in Wall and Water streets and taken to St Vincent's hospital. She says she was in an automobile party from New York and was abandoned, but she remains silent. Two unnamed women visited the hospital and asked to take her away, then disappeared. Police have no automobile trace or hotel sightings and seek to solve the case.
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St Vincent's Hospital
Josephine Matl Moreno
West 10Th Street
New York
Union Hill Street
Jamaica
I.L
E. Begley
Wall
Water Streets
Peter Hall
George Arnold
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Bridgeport
Flour Bombs at Asquith Speech in Commons
A bag of flour was hurled from the strangers' gallery as Premier Asquith spoke in the House of Commons. It burst near the speaker's chair, covering seats, while leaflets targeting Miss Emily Wilding Davison were dropped by a young man. The miscellaneous committee meeting of the Common Council was postponed to Friday evening to discuss the municipal ice plant.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Emily Wilding Davison
Common Council
Short Weights Seized By County Sealer in Tour
County Sealer Thomas J. Cunningham returns from a circuit with an automobile load of weights and measures seized as false. In Fairfield a store scale and a church deacon's weights were found false, and wet measures used to sell vegetables were discovered. Cunningham tested equipment, using a portable outfit to reach towns without officials. He visited Easton, Long Hill, Stepney, Redding Ridge, Fairfield, Stratford, Southport and Weston.
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Thomas J. Cunningham
Fairfield
Sealer Cunningham
County Court House
Sealer
Easton
Long Hill
Stepney
Redding Ridge
Stratford
Southport
Weston
Dr and Mrs Blank Return From Two Week Auto Tour
Dr Elmer F Blank and wife return from a two week auto tour covering 1500 miles through Connecticut New York Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland New Jersey and Virginia. They visited Rev William J Stanton Judge Camiller and John Dalton in Washington and Mark McGillis in Philadelphia. Bunce Arrested for Deserting Wife
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Elmer F. Blank
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Virginia
William J. Stanton
Camiller
Supreme Court of Maryland
Washington
John Dalton
Massachusetts Avenue
Philadelphia
Mark McGillis
19Th Street
Auto driven by Miss Beach injures butcher on Main St
Joseph Stohr, a butcher, was knocked unconscious by an automobile driven by Miss Mary F Beach daughter of florist James H Beach today. Stohr was en route to the bank when the crash occurred at Main and Cannon Streets. He was taken to St Vincent's hospital with two broken ribs and he is reported to have a fighting chance for recovery. Miss Beach and two companions were not detained by police and will appear if summoned. Stohr operates a market at 3719 Main St.
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Joseph Stohr
Mary F. Beach
James H. Beach
Park Avenue
Stohr
Main
Cannon Streets
St. Vincent's Hospital
Comptroller Dunn declines free railroad pass
Hartford June 11 Comptroller Daniel F Dunn returned a railroad pass from the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad with a letter stating as a city and state official he does not accept free transport and should not receive extra consideration, citing Connecticut law and his duty to the state and its people.
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Hartford
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Daniel P
Dunn
New Haven
Edwin Robbins
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Conn
Connecticut
Daniel F. Dunn
Four Die In Steam Barge Boiler Explosion
Four dead two injured and five missing after the boiler on the steam barge E. M. Peck of Duluth exploded while unloading coal at Pugh Coal Docks Racine harbor. The stern is blown away and a stubborn fire menaces total loss. officials provided casualty figures only.
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Racine, Wis
E. M. Peck
Duluth
Pugh
Racine Harbor
Women held for destructive blaze at Hurst Park stadium
London June 11 Kitty Marion an actress and Clara Elizabeth Giveen a noted militant suffragette were arraigned at Kingston police court on suspicion of setting fire to the Hurst Park race course stadium Monday causing about 70000 in damage. They were remanded on bail of 15000 each.
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London
Kitty Marion
Clara Elizabeth Giveen
Kingston
Hurst Park
Mary Barkers Mistake at Bridgeport Court Hearing
Mary Barker a young woman testified before Judge Scott in the civil court alleging Louis Izzo caused her condition. Louis Izzo denied the charge while Anthony Aurillo a known basketball player testified for the defense. A second man corroborated encounters at local venues in East Bridgeport and nearby resorts.
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Mary Barker
Scott
Civil Court of Common Pleas
Louis Izzo
Louis
Anthony Aurillo
Bridgeport
New Haven Diocesan Division Debated at Convention
June 11 New Haven voices reshadow a proposed split of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut into two: eastern and western divisions. Debates center on cost, need for additional bishops or a suffragan, and possible parishes and missions impacts.
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New Haven
Connecticut
L. O. Howell
St. Paul's Church
Norwalk
Fairfield
Litchfield
Hartford
Middlesex
New London
Mr. Howell
Robertson
Bishop Brewster
Thade
John F. Plumb
Diocess
Fairfield County Clerical Association
Williams
Brewster
James Goodwin
Alvision
George W. Davenport
Danbury
New England Department
Charles H. Tibbetts
Wallingford
MRE Peter White Marries in Wagoner Arizona
Peter White and Miss May Cole wed in Wagoner Arizona on June 4. Mayor C. B. Wilson received the announcement this morning. The bridegroom is a Bridgeport accountant now joining the ranks of the benedicted in local circles.
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Peter White
Wagoner
Arizona
May Cole
C. B. Wilson
White
Bridgeport
Benedict
Centenary of Bridgeport Ladies' Charitable Society
A centennial observance at Mrs. Walter B Lashar's home on Clinton avenue marks a century of Bridgeport's Ladies Charitable Society. Judge M B Beardsley recounts 1813 origins, early misuse of funds, and the role of reform needed to aid Golden Hill Indians and War of 1812 families, detailing founders, early officers, and meeting customs.
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Walter B. Lashar
Clinton Avenue
Ladies’ Charitable Society
Herbert D. Galladaut
First Congregational Church
George E. Somers
State Irs
Fairfield
State Street
Berkshire
Golden Hill
Tin
Bridgeport
Abijah Hawley
Noted foreign engineers visit Locomobile on tour
About thirty members of the Institute and Society of Automobile Engineers from England arrive by special Pullman train from Indianapolis tomorrow morning. They breakfast at The Stratford, tour the Locomobile factory, inspect manufacturing methods, take an afternoon city trip, and proceed to New Haven. Receiving committee includes A. G. Riker W. F. Rivesell J. T. Roche A. N. Rubinton and J. A. Kingman of Locomobile.
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Institute and Society of Automobile Engineers
England
Indianapolis
Locormobile Company
Stratfield
New Haven
A. G. Riker
WF. Rivesell
J. T. Roche
A. N. Rubinton
J. A. Kingman
Lotu Mobile Company
Osborne Appointed to Local Pension Board
Dr. George W. Osborne has been appointed to the local board of examiners of pension applicants through Congressman Jeremiah Donovan. He will replace Dr. George S. Ford and join Drs. C. C. Godier and W. C. Powers on the examining panel.
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George W. Osborne
Jeremiah Donovan
Board of Examiners of
George S&s. Ford
C. C. Godier
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Mrs. Blank
Bunce
Henry Bunce
United Dlominating Company
Marion Street
N.Y
Miss Beach
MR. Stohr
James E. Beach
Park Avenue Florist
Dan Dunn
Episcopal Convention
A. P. Greenleaf
Sunday School Commission
E. de F. Miel
Baldwin
Mr. Miel
Burton A. Mansfield
Missionary Society of the Diocese
Missionary Society
G. T. Linsey
Church Scholarship Society
W. C. Powell
F. W. Harriman
Windsor
O. H. Raftlery
Portland
John Binney
G. T. Linstey
F. S. Luther
Messrs
F. W. Bone
Redding
Centenary of Ladies’ Charitable Society
M. B. Beardsley
Bridgeport Ladies’ Charitable Society
Isaac Burroughs
James Staples
Reuben Tweedy
Beaver Street
Fairfield Avenue
Mein Street
D. M. Read Company
Cantain Deniel Steriin
Gallern
Frederick W. Parrott
Mr. Parrott
Corti
Malin
Wall Streets
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The
Bridgeport Female Benevolent Society
Hawiey
Sht
Elijah Waterman
North Congregational Church
Olivia A. Sturdevant
Samuel B. Ferguson
John Brooks
L. H. Nortom
Polly Hawley
Main Street
William Peet
W. W
B. W. Harrall
Bank Street
Isaac Hinman
Wall Street
Old City Hall
Sylvanus Sterling
First Church
Mra
Plant of Locomobile Co
DR. Osborne
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