New Precinct Station Imperative Necessity Says Supt Birmingham
Superintendent Eugene Birmingham, long head of Bridgeport police, urged the city to press ahead with a modern West End precinct station. He warned that abandoning the plan would leave Bridgeport lagging among growing cities and emphasized the need for multiple precincts to rapidly respond to calls and improve policing. He noted the cosmopolitan population and the value of a dispersed police presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Eugene Birmingham
West End
Bridgeport
Supt
Birmin
New York
Boston
International Police Chiefs’ Association
Rochester
How Schools Compare in Class of 190
The class contains 112 seniors with students from Stratford Waterbury and Denver. Ninety one come from city public schools, seven parochial, one private, and three from outside town. Barnum leads in graduates with honors, Prospect also strong. Lincoln earns honorable mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teetafet
Stratford
Waterbury
Denver
Lorado
Sacred ‘Heart Parochial
St Dthford
Chase
Preparatory
City
Bartum School
Prospect
Barnum
Lincoln School
Kaiser's Critical Eye Inspects U S Battleship Fleet
The German Kaiser inspected the second division of the U S battleship fleet at Kiel, hosted by Rear Admiral Hedger aboard the flagship Louisiana. He toured the Kansas New Hampshire and South Carolina, praised the ships and personnel, and commended economical construction while his cheering hosts acknowledged his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Kiel
United States
Kaiser
Hedger
Louisiana
Kansas
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Soldiers Won't Face Reds In Lower California
A 1600 strong Mexican Federal force bound for Lower California, permitted to pass through U.S. territory, collapses before action. The column under General Gordilio Escudero remains at Juarez as soldiers desert upon proclaiming themselves free men. Other troops are being rounded up amid fears of widespread demoralization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Fi Paso
Lower
California
Gordilio
Escudero
Juarez
United States
Milford Aroused 10 Crusade Against Auto Speeders
Milford, June. Walter Scott Jarvis, a Trinity College student, was killed in a speeding crash on New Haven turnpike near Stephen Karl’s residence. The wreck tore fence posts, crushed the steering wheel, and left onlookers witness to the horror. Authorities say no investigation will occur, but residents vow a summer campaign against fast driving to prevent further tragedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Ittle
Walter Scott Jarvis
Trinity College
Jarvis
Clark
Stephen Karl
New Haven Turnpike
Hungarians Object To Being Ridiculed
Representatives of local Hungarian societies met at Rakoczi hall on Bostwick avenue to address unwarranted press misrepresentation. They rejected being labeled as Huntown and pledged a five member press committee to supply accurate Hungarian news and improve relations with American media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rakoczi
Bostwick Avenue
West End
Huntown
Bridgeport
Maxim predicts end of battle roar with rifle silencers
Boston June 24 inventor Hiram Maxim who created the rifle silencer told 86 Tech classmates that silencers for big arms will boost fighting efficiency and potentially revolutionize modern warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Boston
Hiram Maxim
Tech
Maxim
Hope for Minority Bill Seen in Legislature
New Haven June 24 Senator John F Shanley predicts the lower branch will abandon last week action on the Banks amendment to the utilities bill and pass the minority report when the House meets Tuesday Banks promised to back the minority if the Senate rejected the Banks Davenport bill If Banks withdraws opposition the minority bill should pass with little resistance The Senate yesterday sent the utilities bill to the House and a delay or conference committee could stall action The last week House vote on the Banks measure and minority report was a 118 to 118 tie Speaker Scott cast the deciding vote for the Banks measure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
House
John F. Shanley
Shanley
Banks
Senate
Minority Report
Scott
Army and Navy Club at Eastern Point annual reunion
At Griswold Hotel Eastern Point New London yesterday the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut held its reunion and banquet. Fine weather large attendance and about twenty ladies at a special banquet table marked the event. President Miller presided with officer nominations including Elisha J. Steele as President and Julian W. Knowlton as Secretary. A three-year executive member was John McGinley. A dead of nineteen members was read, including Alvin S. Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Army and Navy Club of Connecticut
Griswold Hotel
Eastern Point
Miller
Bridgeport
Edward Harland
Elisha J. Steele
Torrington
Andrew Gordon
Hazardville
Henry L. Wade
Waterbury
A. R. Crittenden
Middletown
John W. Thompson
Stratford
Julian W. Knowlton
George Q. Whitney
Hartford
Ienneen Weare H. Catlin
Merton
John McGinley
Newton
E. Harland
Norwich
B. S. Greeley
New Haven
C. L. Upham
Meriden
A. B. Beers
Charles H. Pine
Ansonia
Miller Read
Alvin
Hunt
Reciprocity Bill To Pass Without Amendments
Washington dispatch reports President Taft plans to veto any tariff measure this session but the Underwood tariff revision bill will move forward as a separate measure. Senator Gore asserts the reciprocity bill will pass without amendments and no report from the tariff board is needed to justify wool tariff reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Taft
Congress
Senate
Gore
Dem
Finance Committee
Tariff Board
St Augustine’s to Graduate 34 at B H S Commencement
St Augustine’s parochial school prepares 34 graduates in 1911, all passing Bridgeport High School entrance exams and earning Palmer penmanship certificates. Seventh graders receive 23 certificates. sixth graders 19. Commencement on June 27 features orchestral selections, salutatory by Anna Bertha Oliver, diplomas, and a class motto What I Am to Am Now Becoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine's Parochial School
Bridgeport High School
St. Augustine’s
Pequonnock Street
James A. O'Meara
John P. Horn Allen
Helen Veronica Bliss
Edward Leo Casey
John Francis Clancey
Vincent Ambrose Cogan
John Joseph Corrigan
Kathleen Mary Corrigan
Augus John Cunningham
Angelus Josephine Cunningham
Mary Ellen Fenton
Genevieve Angela Kelly
Robert Leroy Kelsey
Regina Elizabeth Kiely
Kathleen Lenguel
Walter Henry Levasseur
James Henry MacCullough
Ruth Imogen
Mary Gertrude McBride
Helen Elizabeth Shanley
John Augustine Sullivan
Mary Stewart Allen
Anna Regina Daley
William Joseph Daley
Stephen Joseph Dondero
Irene Gertrude Donnelly
Bernadette Mary Forest
Herbert John Hayes
Margaret Lucy Hurley
Helen Josephine Keenan
Catherine Cremin Lennon
Evelyn Josephine Maher
Catherine Lillian McCarthy
Harold Francis McCarthy
Anna Elizabeth Mulligan
James Francis Mulligan
Cornelius John O'Connor
John Joseph Rohlman
Marie Louise Sheridan
Fields
Wilson
Anna Bertha Oliver
la Baladine
Lysverg
Bregenz
A. l A. Proctor
Bendall
Anne Stanton Dargan
Elizabeth Irene Stanton
la Crepuscule
Guy
Paris
G. Godard
Ruth I. Macdonald
Pastor
Loretta C. O'Connor
Broker Davie Kicks On Bath In Boston Jail
Boston Mr Robert E Davie the boy broker now in Charles street jail on larceny charges complains to the prison commission that bath arrangements are crude He says prisoners should have showers as the morning rubbing is insufficient and not invigorating
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United Press
Boston
Robert E. Davie
Charles Street
Taft and Meyer to attend Yale-Harvard boat race
New London June 24 President Taft plans to attend the Yale Harvard rowing regatta June 30 with Mrs Taft his presence seen as likely Secretary of the Navy Meyer will watch the race to support his son who rows in Harvard varsity four boats Revenue boats Mohawk Seneca Acushnet and Gresham ordered to report at the course Wednesday night Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New London
Taft
Meyer
Harvard
Mohawk Seneca
Acushnet
Gresham
Manufacturers Review City Tax Lists for Inequities
Local manufacturers from major city industries form a group to study tax lists item by item. They compare their plants with neighbors to uncover possible discrimination or improper valuations. Assessors fault lack of powers and tangible values obscuring manufacturing property. Public results may follow if suspicions prove correct.
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Bridgeport
Buckingham
C T A U Holds Annual Parade In New Britain
New Britain June 24 Governor Baldwin Bishop Nilan Mayor Halloran and about 200 invited guests watched the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Connecticut parade. The 6000 marchers included many youth and parish groups from across the state with floats. A parade feature was city decorations by saloon and liquor dealers. A plant and field day program at Berlin Torting Park followed with leading athletes scheduled for field events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New Britain
Baldwin
Nilan
Halloran
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Connecticut
The
Young Emeralds
Portland
St. Francis T. A. B. Association
Naugatuck
St. Francis T. A. B. Society
Torrington
St. Peters Y. M. ©. L
Kennedy Guards
Danbury
Lithuanian Society
Waterbury
St. Patrick’s Tierney
New Haven
St. Joseph’s Society
Stamford
Cecilia Ladies Society of
Berlin Torting Park
Prosecutor brands Lee teachings as disguised free love
Chicago June 24 Evelyn Arthur Lee faces potential imprisonment for contributing to Mildred Bridges 17 perjury she testified that Absolute Life laws override State law Atty Burnham read Manususcript No 3 from Book of Truth showing sexual philosophy cloaked as religion and urging free love The prosecutor calls it the most palpable plea for free love disguised by religion The text is unprintable
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Woes Press
Chicago
Evelyn Arthur Lee
Mildred Bridges
Temple of the Absolute Life
Lee
Burnham
Evelyn
Publisher Brackett Dies From Accidental Poisoning
Philips Maine June 24 James W Brackett 44 chairman of the State Fish and Game commission and publisher of a weekly newspaper died at his home today from accidentally drinking poison. New Britain June 24 On a charge of violating the Sunday liquor laws Patrick G Maroney of this place was fined 30 and costs in police court today He was arrested last Sunday and pleaded not guilty. Brass moulders wanted Apply P J Denevan Brass Foundry Co 249 Builders Ave
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Philips
James W. Brackett
State Fish and Game Commission
New Britain
Patrick G. Maroney
P. J. Denevan Brass Foundry Co
Uuilrend Ave. A
Government loses in merger suit against Harriman railroads
In St Louis on June 24 the U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that pooling of Union Pacific Southern Pacific and five subsidiaries does not equal a merger controlling Western rail traffic. The government’s suit to dissolve the combination was dismissed. The decision marks a railroads victory after three years of litigation. Judge Hook dissented. Wilis H Vander vanter, later a Supreme Court justice, participated in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
St. Louis
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Harriman
Pacific Coast
Western Railroad Combine
William C. Hook
Leavenworth, Kas
Wilis H. Vandervanter
United States Supreme Court
Sin Pacific
Classified notices and ads fragment live inside panel
A jumble of classified items includes an engineer wanted for a stone plant placement at Bank Street, sale notices for Dayton scales and Stratford Avenue items, a lost pocketbook with a railroad pass and 5 percent reward, a furnished apartment for rent at a Myrtle Street location, and a garbled caption “Classified” on the inside panel. Numerous partial addresses and stray letters suggest a distressed OCR page with mixed notices and prices.
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U. S
Reds
Army and Navy Club
Griswold
ST. Augustine's
Palmer
Davie
Bath
Gov. Baldwin
Harriman Railroads
Supreme Court
Denver and
Rio Grande
Southern Pacific Company
Union Pacific Company
Santa Fe
Rio Grande Road
Union
Thas Read
Union Parifh Company
Stone Busher
Bank St
Dayton
Stratford Ave
Wearner
South Avenue
fFeward
Seaview Ave
Walter E. Marsh
Fairfield Ave
United States Whip Co
Westfield
Mars
Fairfield Printing Co
Fairfield
Conn
New England
Broadway
New York City
France
America
Southport
J. A. Richardson
Main Street
Fairfield Lawn
Clark Street
Burr & Knapp
Inquire
Lafayette St
North
Washington Ave
J. F. Selleck, Jr
Main St
Kline Bros
Myrtle Avenue
Park Place
Chas. S. Cole
State
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks
Elks
John W. O'Rourke
Co. J. Mercer
Myrtle
C. of F
Pembroke St. Cor Berkshire
Noble Ave
Summer Street
South Ave
Riéafsop
Fairfield Avenue
Farmer
P.O
Elmwood Ave
Main St. Central
J. F_ Selleck Jr. Co
Main St. Roos No
Southworth’s
Arcade
Diet
G. W. Church
Park Row
Somer
Wood Avenue
North Avenue
Pacific St
John M. Sears
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