New Traffic Rules Cause Widespread Confusion in City
An unheralded change in city traffic regulations by police today caused great confusion at central city intersections and led to disputes between motorists and officers. The order, effective this morning, changes signals, officer positions, and rules for left and right turns, with drivers struggling to learn new signaling requirements and facing penalties for parking within 50 feet of intersections.
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Charles A. Wheeler
Anda
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Fairfield Avenues
Tee Leer Srem
Traffic Signals and Officer Training Across Main Street
Traffic officers learn signals to guide moving traffic with palm gestures for stop actions. A bulletin at police headquarters outlines rules while Main Street officers use indicators to measure vehicle flow. Pol officer William R. Wolff resigns from the traffic squad to patrol a beat again.
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Main Street
William R. Wolff
Men Who Distributed Handbills Are Fined
Stanley Boylower of 238 Columbia street and Antonio Bhekner of 83 Clinton avenue were fined $1 and costs in city court after pleading guilty to distributing handbills without a permit. They were arrested yesterday by Sergeant Isaac Williams on Sterling street following a complaint from the Polish church pastor, in front of which the circulars were distributed. The notices advertised a meeting to raise funds for a foreign cause.
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Stanley Boylower
Columbia Street
Antonio Bhekner
Clinton Avenue
Isaac Williams
Sterling Street
Woman Hurt In Collision Of Two Trolleys
A trolley collision on East Street near Stratford Avenue shortly after 7 am left Mrs. Eugene Edwards 39 of 717 Laurel Avenue with a fractured left elbow and contusions. She jumped to the street from the second car as an ambulance took her to Bridgeport Hospital. The cars themselves were undamaged.
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Peers
Stratford Avenue
Eugene Edwards
Laurel Avenue
Edwards
Bridgeport
Workman Severely Injured At Coal Yard Accident
Stephen Lyons, a Wheeler & Howes employee, nearly lost a finger when his left hand was caught in a chain on a naptha engine. The amputation was completed at the emergency hospital by Dr. J. H. Powers.
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Stephen Lyons
Wheeler & Howes’Co
J. H. Powers
Loaned cash suit filed in common pleas court
George Korian sues Peter Savoth for 900 dollars claiming work done and money loaned to Savoth not repaid. The case filed today in common pleas court is returnable at the June term.
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Common Pleas Court
George Korian
Peter Savoth
Savoth
Port Moody Deputy Regulate Motor Boats Visits Off Harbor
Deputy Collectors of Port Moody and Morris spent Friday to Sunday regulating motor boats taking parties to visit stations off the harbor. The event marred the calendar portion of the celebration with restrictions and local oversight noted.
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Port Moody
Morris
Stamford
Two Men Charged Over Marriage Scheme Involving Friendless Girl
Samuel Steinman and Gostes Hictes faced continued cases in city court as the investigation into a scheme to marry an 18 year old Springfield girl continued. The woman, seeking work, accepted offers leading to a forged or misused license. Hiotes claimed the license was taken, while Steinman offered a musician position. The girl says she sought food and work, not marriage, and authorities pursued licensing and abduction questions.
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Broadstreet
Isabelle Young
Springfield
Mass
Tomorow
Steinman
J. A. Barnes
Gostes Hictes
Waller Place
Hictes
Stein- Man
Water Street
Hiotes
President Wilson Discusses Politics With Visitors
President Wilson spoke on political matters with several Congressional callers in Washington and communicated by telegraph with Democratic leaders in St. Louis regarding the upcoming national convention.
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Washington
Wilson
St. Louis
Bankruptcy hearings held for Knapp and Kaufman discharge
Two bankruptcy discharge hearings were conducted before Referee John W. Banks. W. H. Knapp of Norwalk faced no opposition and was recommended for discharge. Gustave Kaufman of Stamford saw objections from creditor Mary Myer, with ten days granted to file specifications of objection.
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W. H. Knapp
Norwalk
Banks
Knapp
Gustave Kaufman
Stamford
John A. Walsh
Mary Myer
Bids Open on Huntington Fairview Summit Sewer Project
At a paving and sewer commission meeting Thursday night bids will be opened for the Hanson avenue sewer Huntington avenue to Summit street Gordon street Fairview avenue and Summit street sewers. The session starts at 7 30 in the city auditor’s office. The common council finance committee meets Wednesday evening to audit last month’s bills.
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Hanson Avenue
Huntington Avenue
Summit Street
Gordon Street
Fairview Avenue
Common Council
City Auditor
Youth Stole $502 from Boot Shop Clerk Sent To Reformatory
Walter Seidler sixteen, a clerk at Walk Over boot shop, stole 502 dollars from the cash drawer while the manager was at lunch. Deputy Judge Wil der sentenced him to Cheshire reformatory for up to two years. Seidler fled via trolley routes from Norwalk to Hartford, Fairfield, Westport, and Norwalk after the theft. He claimed hunger drove the crime and that he had traveled with his grips checked and a railroad ticket bought to mislead police.
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Cheshire Reformatory
Wilder
Seidler
Norwalk
West Avenue
Wilson Street
Hartford
Fairfield Avenue
State Street
Fairfield
Westport
Widow Griffin Wins Estate After Fatal Memorial Day Crash
In a probate filing Emma E. Griffin inherits all of the late Hicks Griffin estate. Griffin, 67, of 524 Huntington Avenue, died from a skull fracture after a Memorial Day car crash at Allington Hill Milford near West Haven. His widow and daughters were injured. He was a retired merchant with two Huntington Avenue houses and another residence. Executors named include sons Spencer C. Griffin of Tampa and son-in-law William P. Landon. alternate executor A Hovey of Ridgefield, N J. Bonds are required.
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Emma E. Griffin
Griffin
Huntington Avenue
Mr. Griffin
Grace
Sara
Freda Hanson
Norwich
Allington Hill
Milford
West Haven
New Haven
Spencer C. Griffin
Tampa
Fla
William P. Landon
Death Halts Plans Of Dismissed Missioner
Fragmentary text states that the death of a missioner stops the execution of his intended plans, preventing their completion and altering ensuing actions or investigations.
Unidentified Body Found Near Tracks in Stamford
The body of an unidentified man about 25 was found beside the New Haven railroad tracks in Stamford. Believed connected to Danbury, the man had a crushed head, a Danbury firm name on his clothing, and a laundry tag G 17. He may have fallen and been run over by a rain. identification is pending.
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Stamford
Danbury
New Haven
Price of Colonel's Book Is Reduced at NPL HQ Block
There was no activity at the Non-Partisan League headquarters on Vanderbilt avenue New York opposite the Biltmore. Rooms were empty and doors locked. A window notice featuring Theodore Roosevelt's name was the only sign of life amid placards. Public notice reads Advertise in The Farmer.
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Non-Partisan
League
Vanderbilt Avenue
New York
Biltmore
Theodore Roosevelt
Bedford Reformatory Board Rebuffs Superintendent Resignation
A Bedford Reformatory board in White Plains refused to accept the resignation of Sir Mary R Moore as superintendent. The 7000 plus notes cover a range of brief items from jailer incidents to jokes about authorship and a lighter physics fact about weight at the equator.
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Bedford Reformatory
White Plains
Mary R. Moore
America
Newark
N. J
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