Freight wreck inquiry in Fairfield by federal agents
Federal investigators from the Interstate Commerce Commission probe a June 6 freight disaster in Fairfield. Special agents T W Gibson of Syracuse and W E Weeks of Denver report hearings at the Arcade hotel, citing signals failures and possible lack of main signal lighting as factors in the wreck that killed five men and involved four trains.
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Fairfield
Federal Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
T. W. Gibson
Syracuse
N. Y
W. E. Weeks
Denver
Col
Arcade
Messrs. Gibson
Weeks
Federal Commission
Reoroner
Engineer Beach
Egineer Beach
Southport
Dune
Ciscuit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Father of Mabel Ross Demands Entry to Wife’s Home
Frank H. Ross, father of 13 year old Mabel Ross who drowned in Yellow Mill pond after his abandonment of the family, returned to his wife's Butler Street apartment seeking admission. Mrs. Lottie Ross refused entry, police summoned as he declared her responsible for the tragedy. The couple’s daughter’s death followed prior family strife and a prior Worcester and Detroit separations.
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Frank H. Ross
Mabel
Yellow Mill Pond
Bridgeport
Butler Street
Lottie &. Ross
Ira Edwards
Third Precinct
Ross
Wac. Bowers
Start
Worcester
Detroit
Morgan Line Strikers Threaten Broad Walkout
Special from United Press New York June 18 Crews of the freighters Creole and Sol de Serted Morgan Line frustrated by demands for higher pay and better conditions threaten a coastwise strike. Union Leader Griffin says 20 000 sailors firemen and stewards ready to strike unless demands are met while Morgan Line plans to deploy 6 000 strikebreakers by tonight. Captain Anderson III is ill at home and may require an operation.
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United Press
New York
Creole
No Prosecution Of The Little Boy Who Killed Niece
Four year old Natalie Donaldson died instantly when a 13 year old uncle, William C. Smith, discharged a shotgun at the Stratford home of her grandfather. Medical Examiner W B Cogswell ruled the death accidental. The children had been playing in a bedroom before a Bethany Mission Sunday school parade. The father is an engineer for the U M C Co. The family includes three sisters and one brother.
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Natalie Donaldson
Frederick Donaldson
William C. Smith
William Smith
North Avenue
King Street
Stratford
W. B. Cogswell
Bethany Mission
Federal Judge Denies Packers Rehearing Request
Chicago June 19 United Press report:Federal Judge Carpenter denied the motion of 10 indicted Packers for a rehearing on a demurrer to indictments charging criminal conspiracy in restraint of trade. There is no appeal from the order and the packers will go to trial.
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United Press
Chicago
Carpenter
City Clerk W F Russell Receives Cautionary Letter
Assistant City Clerk William F Russell gets a warning note from City Clerk Stephen F Boucher from the Prospect House Niagara Falls. The missive tells him to watch Alderman Walker for any State street moves at tonight’s council meeting and to keep Commissioner John F Brady and C F A Biltz in good humor until return. It also directs him not to issue painting contracts or appointive offices to Sam Dawe.
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William F. Russell
Stephen F. Boucher
Prospect House
Niagara Falls
Alderman Walker
State Street
John F. Brady
C. F. A. Biltz
Russell
Sam Dawe
LocalOfficials Pass Bar Exams In City List
President Hugh J. Lavery leads a batch of applicants who passed the bar examination as notices reached Clerk William T. Haviland of the Superior Court. Local names include Ernest Berger Francis J Breen John H Casey Lawrence S Finklestone Harry A Goldstein John T L Hubbard Hugh J Lavery Frederick Morgan Frank P Munich Benjamin J Weinstein and Arthur Wren. Weinstein and Hubbard are 21 and will take the oath once age is met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh J. Lavery
Board of Aldermen
William T. Haviland
Superior Court
Ernest Berger
Francis J. Breen
John H. Casey
Lawrence S. Finklestone
Harry A. Goldstein
John T. L. Hubbard
Frederick ©. Morgan
Frank P. Munich
Benjamin J. Weinstein
Arthur Wren
Weinstein
Hubbard
Boss Cox Tops Connecticut Prison Chair Firm Boss Cox Top Official in Cincinnati Chair Maker
Cincinnati dictator Boss George B Cox is named as a director and large stockholder in a chair company that uses Connecticut State prison labor at Wethersfield, paying convicts 34 cents a day. The American Magazine accuses similar setups in Indiana Kentucky Illinois and Wisconsin, claiming 1500 convicts are employed to undercut workers paying 1.50 daily. Cox denies further comment.
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Connecticut
Wethersfield
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
American
Joshua Meltzer
American Magazine
Julian Leavitt
Boss Cox
Indiana
Kentucky
Iinois
Wisconsin
Cincinnnati
Cox
Yale graduates honor YaleBridgeport students at Yale
Bridgeport Boys Take High Stand Honors at Yale Bridgeport students receive high honors across departments in Yale graduation exercises. Notable names include Shattuck of Columbus and Williams of Meriden for philosophical orations, Brown and Foster for high orations, Collins and Lowe among lisertations, Beardsley for second disputes, and Bishop Rowland Stedman Smith Arinsmade Van Sinderen among first colloquies. Sheffield Scientific School also recognizes O'Brien and Hal for two year and metallurgy honors respectively, plus Tucker prize in sanitary engineering and Goldschmidt for general honors.
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United Press
New Haven
Yale
Howard Francis Shattuck
Columbus
Stanley Thomas Williams
Meriden
Stanley Ernest Brown
Darien
Stanhope Foster
Westport
Robert Phillip Goldman
Cincinnati
Frederick Boughton Keppy
Brooklyn
Francis Fitz Randolph
Baltimore
John Francis Collins
Wallingford
Abbott Augustus Lowe
N. Y
Alexander Drummond Marks
Carl Isaac Stix
Samuel Birdseye Beardsley
Bridgeport
William Darius Bishop, Jr
John Tighman Rowland
Greenwich
Carlton Stedman Smith
Newtown
Harry Arinsmade van Sinderen
Sheffield Scientific School
Concert moved to Seaside Park for C A C band
A misannouncement had listed Washington Park for tomorrow night’s C A C band concert. The event will now be held at Seaside Park at 8 o clock, per Park board arrangements.
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Seaside
Washington Park
Seaside Park
At & O'Clock
Park Board
Barber fires five shots at carpenter in Torrington
In Torrington on June 19 Vincenzo Tedesco 24 a local carpenter was shot in the abdomen and taken to Litchfield County hospital in critical condition. Police seek Louis Lombardo 25 a Torrington barber who fired five shots at Tedesco yesterday after a quarrel.
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United Press
Torrington
Litchfield County Hospital
Winsted
Vincenzo Tedesco
Louis Lombardo
Vincenzo
Andrea de Andreade Dies in South Norwalk
Rear Admiral Cipriano Andreade USN retired dies in South Norwalk at 70. The body to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Milford authorities report Michel Zinto arrested for obtaining $200 under false pretenses and turned over to local constable.
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United Press
South Norwalk
Cipriano Andreade
National Cemetery
Arlington
Milford
Hackett
Harris Rahn
Michel Zinto
Mallory
Judge Banks Denies Pocketing Utilities Report
Judge Elmore S. Banks rejects Senator Judson’s charge that a majority Public Utilities bill originated from his pocket. He explains the bill came from a conference committee led by Messrs. Wells, Allen, and Robbins, and recounts a meeting at the Judiciary committee where Judson pushed the compromise report. Banks says Judson’s later claim of pocketing the report is false.
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Elmore S. Banks
Stiles Judson
Judiciairy Committee
Judge Banks
Judson
Allyn House
House
Rep. Huntington
Judiciary Committee
Wells
Allen
Roraback
State Association
Elks Plan Great Clambake for Aug 24 at Island
Bridgeport Elks Lodge announces a large clambake on August 24 at Steeple Chase Island. A parade will precede the island visit with delegations from New Haven Hartford Meriden Waterbury Derby Middletown Norwich Greenwich New London White Plains Peekskill Springfield and New York.
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Bridgeport Lodge
of Elks
Louis Brock
John Sexton
Edward Feeley
James Keegan
Sam Spellman
D. Keith
William Weidenhammer
Matthew Mahoney
William Hogan
James Mahoney
John Lannon
Frank Mills
Richard Dunn
Willam R. Hurley
John J. Reynolds
Frank Millls
Matthew Maloney
Italian man found dead from gas at Water Street home
An unidentified Italian man, about 33, died by illuminating gas in a room at Philip Sodas house 555 Water Street after seeking lodging. The body had not yet been identified. the death occurred Sunday morning due to an open gas jet.
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Philip Soda
Water St. Soda
Auto Gashses Into Danbury Train Today
Nor walk June 19 a Danbury train struck the auto carrying Dr Thomas A Fletcher of Wilton and Mrs Fletcher at the Winnipauk crossing at 9 am. Chauffeur Harold Schock is critically injured and in Norwalk hospital. Mrs Fletcher is badly cut but safely at home. The car was crushed beyond repair and the incident recalls a prior Worth Westport auto fatality.
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United Press
Norwalk
Winnipauk
Danbury
Harold Schock
Thomas A. Fletcher
Wilton
Fletcher
Eee
Westport Avenue
Dudley Fletcher
May Get a Big Gas Bell Buoy For Black Rock
Harbormaster Charles H Morris said the Department of Commerce and Labor may supply a combined gas and bell buoy for Black Rock harbor. He also seeks a buoy off the anchor basins. A visit to Staten Island with Alderman Eugene I Meyer yielded encouragement to obtain signatures from captains and large shippers to prompt government action. The reef east of the channel endangers navigation, currently marked only by a spar buoy.
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Charles H. Morris
Department of Commerce and Labor
Black Rock Harbor
Eugene I. Meyer
Harbor Committee
Common Council
Staten Island
C. D. Sterne
Addition To Court House Considered By County Officials
County commissioners plan to push for an addition to the present county courthouse when meeting Hartford lawmakers. The current building cannot handle the heavy caseload with four to five courts in session. Proposals include adding to the second and third floors on the western side for another courtroom and moved offices. Coroner Wilson’s office would shift to the third floor, with Judge George W. Wheeler and Judge Howard J. Curtis occupying the former coroner’s space, and Judge Hall receiving desk room. Superior court vaults and modern metal fittings are also discussed.
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County Court House
Hartford
Bar
Doctors Wrangle Over Ghastly Exhibit in Manslaughter Case
In city court Dr F B Downs and Clayton L Wrisley face trial. Attorneys for both sides stated they would submit no further defense evidence. Judge Booth adjourned to Friday noon for closing arguments as experts clashed over a macabre exhibit from a microscopical test, viewed in the judge’s room after a dispute over its custody.
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F. B. Downs
Clayton L. Wrisley
Homer
Cummings
Munger
Aoctor
Booth
J. Wright
Frencis Bacon
New Haven
Bacon
Ant
Th. Bartlett
Bartlette
Redden
Redden's Calling Him Up the Was Then Taken To Dr. J. W. Wrights Hospital
Galen
State
Defence
Havemeyer associate claims $10 million promoter profit
Washington reports James H. Post testified before the Hardwick Sugar Trust Investigating Committee that he arranged the National Sugar Refining Company for Henry O. Havemeyer. He said $20 million in preferred stock and $10 million in common stock were issued as promoter profit, with real assets minimal, and most funds used to acquire interests and finance the National venture.
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United Press
Washington
Henry O. Havemeyer
Hardwick Sugar Trust
House
James H. Post
Havemeyer
National Sugar Refining Company of
New Jersey
Sugar Trust
Henry ©. Havemeyer
National Company
Post
National of
Newark
Moirewee Pant
New York Sugar Refining Company
Prorata
Nersey
Hardwick
O. Havemeyer
Henry
McCahan Sugar Company
B. Bewellacn & Me
American Sugar Refining Co
Troops Fire On Mob In Galicia Election Riot
Vienna reports an election riot in Galicia where troops fired on a mob killing eight and wounding a score, marking a deadly clash during the June turmoil.
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Vienna
Galicia
WANTED and Lost and Found Classified Fragments
A jumble of classifieds lists requests for wanted items and rentals, a found money note, lost dog, and other notices. Listings include a Blue Bar Homers request at Wall Street, a tenement for rent at 173 Jane Street, a lost Boston bull puppy with a reward, and a stranger seeking a 5 room furnished flat. Also mentions engines for sale with a free trial and contact addresses.
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James St
Birdstore
Wall St
Noble Ave
Boston
D. J. Clifford
Cannon St
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Conn
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Meyer
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Jane St
L. A. Griswold
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Washington Ave
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Toomey
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P. O
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North Washington Ave
J. F. Selleck, Jr
Park City
Fairfield Ave
Bommes & Biltz
J. A. Tuthill Camp No
W. GO. W
Elliott Brown
A. F. Domser
Warner Company
Ruppert’s
Bocker
Clancy’s
Pall Bids
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M. Ridge
Pew
J. D. Shaw
Cane
J. F. Selleck Jr. Co
Roeng
Siete
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P. O. Box
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Warner Bros Co
West End
Railroad Ave
West Encomae
Wood Avenue
Majin St
Pacific
North Wea
Main
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