Creditors seek removal of receiver over mismanagement
In a Bridgeport hearing, creditors push for permanent trustee over J W Siegler & Co as referee Banks weighs appointing a permanent trustee after disputed handling of funds. Receiver Charles E Cleveland testifies he deposited trust funds into his own and private accounts, admitting improper use and failing to verify proper safeguards. Continued on page two.
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John W. Banks
United States Bankruptcy Court
J. W. Siegler & Company
Charles D. Cleveland
Cleveland
Attor- DeForest & Kiein
Beary Greenstein
Tilline Ee
Lucian Wurpes
J. W. Grocers
Charles EB. Cleveland
Bridgeport
and & Balt
Hershemala
Charles E Cleveland
Bridgeport Trust Comparre
Fresh Air Soon Revives Aspiration Victim
Morrie Geille, age 14 of 43 Tom Thweh atreet, was found partly con tou mt 4 o'clock this morning, bis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrie Geille
Tom
GOP deal with Bull Moose for U S Senators
Springfield March 15 With 71 of 75 Republicans in a joint conference the party pledged to vote for the Progressive caucus nominee Frank H Funk for Senator and for Sherman for the term ending 1919, while six Progressives declined to join any cross party pact.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Frank H. Funk
United States
Lawrence ¥. Sherman
Sherman
Funk
Destructive tools seized from militant suffragettes
London detectives from Scotland Yard unearthed a storehouse in Kensington housing destructive instruments used by militant suffragettes in attacks on private and public property. They found telegraph wire cutters, corrosive fluids, hammers, flints, window breaking tools, and false automobile plates. Exmeline Pankhurst has recovered and left for Scotland to resume campaigning.
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London
Kensington
Scotland Yard
Olive Hocken
Rothampton Golf Links
Lartist -Sinaie da Campden
Exmeline Pankhurst
Scotland
Public Park Proposal at Bantam Lake by Whites
Litehfeld Conn March 13 A large public park and pleasure ground around Bantam Lake is proposed by Alain C White and his sister May W White who own land on the lake and along the Pond River The project begins with the opening of the Polly a peninsula reaching into the lake They seek incorporation of a permanent trustees board and tax exemption for the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litehfeld
Conn
Bantam Lake
Alain C. White
May W. White
Pond River
Opposition members ejected from Hungarian parliament
Budapest March 13 Ten members of the opposition in the lower house were ejected by the police this morning and the sitting suspended amid turbulent interruptions. Julius Justh, former speaker, protested the force and said all acts of the current parliament were legal. The opposition then left the chamber as a bloc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Julius Justh
Army Aviators Collide In Flight At Rheims
Two sergeants of the army aviation corps were seriously injured at Rheims when their aeroplane collided with another during maneuvers by five air vessels. The incident occurred today and the men were thrown from the craft.
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Rheims
Army Aviation Corps
Unsettled Weather Forecast For New Haven
Weather indications from New Haven show unsettled conditions with rain likely through Friday. A broad low pressure area, now centered over Kansas after moving from Colorado, is driving the rain across the country including Philadelphia and areas east of the Rockies. Cloudy, rainy skies persist with moderate temperatures and freezing readings mainly along the northern border.Weather forecasts suggest little change in temperatures today.
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New Haven
Colorado
Kansas
Philadelphia
Rocky Mountains
Col Scott Responds to Governor Charges in Prison Service
Albany March 13 Col Joseph Scott superintendent of state prisons filed with Governor Sulzer his answer to charges. He defends his administration as conscientious honest and economical and says he has the best interests of the state. Scott disputes allegations about Matteawan Hospital and Thaw citing interviews allowed by written orders and committee inquiries. He notes he urged a thorough probe into Mills department and says he discharged Mills upon receipt of the report through the executive.
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Albany
Col
Joseph Scott
Sulzer
Col. Scott
Matteawan State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Alfred Henry Lewis
William Clark
John Nicholson Anhut
Scott
Clark
Anhut
Thaw
Hoffman
Committee of
Russell
Frederick H. Mills
Guv. Sulzer
Mills
Mille
Favor New Bridge at Stratford Ave
A public hearing will be held by the Common Council on a petition for a Stratford avenue bridge to replace the present structure. Advocates circulate petitions with hundreds of signers and argue the project would cost about 600000, reduce harbor damage, and not solve congestion at the east end where a wider bridge is preferred.
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Common Council
Stratford Avenue
Commons Council
State Street
Stratford
Stay Granted to Buonomo in Murder Case
Chicago Joe Buonomo, sentenced to die for the Stratford murder of Jennie Cavalleri, has obtained a stay of execution. Deputy Sheriff Joan W. Vollmer will travel to Wethersfield to serve notice on the state prison warden. Attorneys Cullinan & Cullinan appealed the December sentence. appeal heard in the supreme court on April 4. Cavalleri, a Chicago Tenderloin resident, was killed after a joy ride with Buonomo and companions. he faced charges as a white slaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joe Buonomo
Jennie Cavelleri
Joan W. Vollmer
Wethersfield
Cullinan
Supreme Court
Buonomo
Jennie Cavalleri
Chicago Tenderloin
Stratford
Raymond Gets 6 to 8 Years in Danbury Assault Case
Theodore Raymond, a Danbury church deacon, was found guilty in Superior Court of a serious assault on two boys. Judge Greene sentenced him to 6 to 8 years in state prison with a $2,500 bond for appeal. Prosecutor Beers urged a harsh sentence. defense urged mercy citing good conduct and lack of prior arrests. The court granted a stay of execution and adjourned to April.
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Criminal Superior Court
Theodore Raymond
Danbury
Greene
Raymond
Taylor
Supreme Court
Beers
Wilson Wants Men of Ability in Nominations
President Wilson sent to the Senate on March 13 a slate naming John Skelton Williams as assistant secretary of the treasury Franklin D Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the navy and Beverly T Galloway as assistant secretary of agriculture He discussed ambassadorial posts with Democratic leader William F McCombs urging openness until April 1 while considering options Olney may decline Britain post and McCombs likely to stay as party chair with limits on abroad tenure
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
John Skelton Williams
Richmond
the Treasury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Navy
Beverly T. Galloway
Agriculture
William F. BicCombs
Democratic National Committee
White House
France
National Committee
McCombs
Richard Olney
Great Britain
Olney
Mares
Swanson
Virginia
Robert M. Woolly
Final Bridgeport inquiry ends with $440 due bill
The Finance committee approved Peter White’s latest bill for professional and related services totaling 387.50 with extra costs, but deducting the remaining appropriation left 440.00 still due. The City, after scrutiny, found a 35.68 oversight in the original 20 000 appropriation and moved to settle the account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter White
Bridgeport
The
Common Council
White
Mr. White
Ei Tor
Wary Polsen Sues City for 300 Damages
Mary Polsen sues Bridgeport in Danbury court seeking 300 damages after her East Bridgeport store was twice attached by city sheriffs Cohen and Beck. The first shutdown closed the shop. the second removal occurred for other creditors. Attorneys McManus represented the city, Shannon represented Polsen.
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Mary Polsen
Yankee to Revise Chinese Constitution
Peking March 13 Frank Johnson Goodnow of Brooklyn New Jersey and Washington DC was named today by the Chinese government as adviser to reform the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee
Peking
China
Frank Johnson Goodnow
Brooklyn
N. J
Washington, D. C
Ehinese
Knights of St Patrick plan annual St Patrick day banquet
The Knights of St Patrick in Bridgeport will commemorate St Patrick's Day with an Atlantic hotel banquet on Monday March 17. About two hundred attend with notable guests including Congressman William Kennedy Attorney General John H Light Senator John F McDonough and William Tierney. Mayor Wilson will speak for the city and a strong singing program will accompany the dinner. The committee has arranged the menu and expects a highly successful event with Irish members urged to attend.
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St. Patrick's
Knights of St. Patrick
Atlantic Hotel
Ireland
William Kennedy
Waterbury
John H. Light
John F. McDonough
William Tierney
Greenwich
Wilson
Bridgeport
Final slate of police appointees at secret conferences
Mexico City reports unrest as rebel movements grow in Sinaloa and Sonora. Carranza struggles to solidify support while amnesty debates raise questions about governance and regional loyalties. Analysts note potential shifts toward Baja California Tepic corridor involvement.
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Police Dept
Mexico City
Sinaloa
Venustiano Carranza
Coahutla
Carranza
Sonora
California
Tepic
Jose M. Maytorens
Zapata
BULL MOOSE CONFERENCE IN PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia March 13 The annual Progressive conference of Pennsylvania opens in Philadelphia with over 400 delegates. Former President Roosevelt and Albert Beveridge will address sessions at the Opera House and discuss conservation social justice and progressive legislation. A banquet tomorrow features Beveridge as principal speaker.
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Philadelphia
Pemnsylvania
Roosevelt
Albert S. Beveridge
Indiana
Gifford Pinchot
Frances A. Keller
William Draper Lewis
National Progressive Party
Chicago
Iran Opera House
Pennsylvania
Opera House
All Yale Clubs Down South Federated
New Haven March 13 A southern federation of Yale clubs and associations is under way. It will include about eleven Yale organizations with total membership above 1 200. The move aims to complete Yale federations in New England central west leaving only New York Pennsylvania central eastern and Pacific regions unfederated. It is a preliminary step to placing a southern candidate on the Yale University Corporation to fill President Taft s vacancy.
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New Haven
Yale Clubs and Associations
Yale
New England
Central West
Central Eastern
New York
Pennsylvania
Pacific States
Yale University Corporation
Taft
Refuses Ride In Horse Drawn Ambulance
John Swaninske of 268 Church Street refused to ride in the horse drawn ambulance of the Department of Charities when it arrived at his home for a transfer to Bridgeport Hospital. Driver Dave Jack could not provide an auto ambulance, physician, and attendant, so the vehicle returned to Charities headquarters with Swaninske not moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swaninske
Church Street
Department of Charities
Dave Jack
Swaninska
Bridgeport
Jack
Charities
Party Leaders Meeting Over Division of Spoils
City Hall reports a last night clash among Democratic factions over appointments. Figures named include Mignin Dnvertet, William Wolly, John-Tare, Patrick Pisagen, and George Cowfeild with Berganee O’Connell opposing a promotion. Republicans show support for Emil Relbeld in the stronghold.
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Mignin
William Wolly
John
Tare
Catret
Jetes Cust
Patrick Pisagen
George Cow Feild
John O'Connell
Republican betrdWnen Agpatstines
Emil Relbeld
Sevevih
Givirtet
Oxford Wins Over Cambridge In Thrilling Boat Race
Putney, Ens March 15 Oxford defeated Cambridge by a quarter length in the annual boat race on the Thames from Putney to Mortlake. The race ran 4 miles 374 yards, starting at 4:38 p.m. Cambridge led early, with Oxford catching up to win by a quarter length after a long stretch, completing in 2 minutes 52.34 seconds.
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Putney
Ens
Rxtrera
Cambridge
Craven Steps
Cambri
Bammersmith Brides
Fron
Oxford
John Bull Watches U S Designs and Trade Policy
London dispatch notes British ambassador James Breet to report on proposed U S legislation for stronger protection of designs in manufacturing. Sir John D. Tew accuses textile design changes of hurting trade. Parliament member urges British government action and response by the Crown.
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London
James Breet
Weemiuri
A Foreign Office
Amersom
Gewiesen
Congress
John D. Tew
Treme
Nottingham
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CITY
Femgen
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Thames
Stert
John Bull
U.S
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