Senate caucus rejects Corbin bid for tax chief post
March 20 in Baertferd: Democratic Senate votes 16 to 8 to reject Governor Baldwin’s nomination of William M. Corbin as state tax commissioner. Caucus action declares the nomination a party matter, with some members signaling possible opposition from the floor. Other business included health and barbers, mosquito control, excise reforms, and a state armory appropriation.
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Hhis
Miner
New London
Senate
Ivery
Landers
State Board of Health
Lordship Park Association
Henry Whitfield
Guilford
Danbury& Bethel Street Railway Company
Gedora
Capitol Comment of Interest From Our Staff Corres
Sartford March 20 Hearing before the Ap Propriations committee on 78000 for Bridgeport and St Vincent hospitals. Bridgeport speakers Supt Jones A E Lavery. St Vincent reps F A Bartlett F Mara and others. Labor leader Timothy Flanagan attended the workmen compensation hearing. Bridgeport Clapp Spooner estate zoning postponed. Bridgeport Health Officer salary raised to 2000 pending governor sign. Senate approves mine ownership study resolution 16 to 14. McDonough criticizes meddling. Excise panel to report against closing saloons on Good Friday and Thanksgiving Day.
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Corres
Sartford
ApPropriations Committee
Bridgeport and St. Vincente Hospital
Bridgeport Hospital
Supt. Jones
A. E. Lavery
St. Vincent's
F. A. Bartlett
Bridgeport
Clapp- Spooner
Fairfield
Committee On New
Judiciary Committee
McNeil
Senate
Connecticut
Congress
McDonough
Excise
Whelan Seeks House Back in Property Suit
Martin Whelan sues Etta L. Heery for $1,000 damages and reconveyance of Wheeler avenue property claiming an Oct 12 1911 agreement promised a home, food, clothing, and medical care for himself and deceased wife. He says Heery failed to provide and he was forced to leave. Case to April term. Athens report notes King Constantine's arrival in Greek capital.
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Martin Whelan
Ette L. Heery
Wheeler Avenue
Whelan
Etta Heery
Bitta Heery
Suffragettes Burn Mansion in London and Weston- Superb-Mare
Militants set fire to Lady Amy White's Englefield Green mansion and to golf pavilion buildings at Weston-Super-Mare. Two women on bicycles were seen nearby. Olive Hocken faces remand as authorities display militant arsenal and a letter from Emmeline Pankhurst urging acts of lawlessness.
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London
Amy White
Sir George White
Ladysmith
Weston-Super-Mare
Somersetshire
Lady White
Englefield Green
River Thames
Charles Hobhouse
Hobhouse
Duchy of Lancaster
Viscount Haldane
Olive Hocken
Roshampton
Treasury
Miss Hocken
Kensington
Roehampton
Camden Hill Gardens
One Bidder for City’s Jobs on Culvert and Dock Work
Co. A. Sibley of New Haven submitted the sole bid for a Third street culvert and replanking of the city dock at Wall street. Sibley offered $1,165 for the culvert and $1,175 for the clock work. no meeting was held and Clerk George Catlin opened the bid.
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Co. A. Sibley
New Haven
Third Street
Wall Street
Sibley
George Catlin
Five Bodies Recovered in Alberta Factory Fire Blast
In Medicine Hat Alberta workmen recovered five bodies from the Malcolm Canning Company building wreckage after a fire and gas explosion late yesterday. Officials say persistent rumors of 30 missing have not been confirmed. Property loss is estimated at $100 000.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Malcolm Canning Companys
Train derailment disrupts Northampton line in Hamden
New Haven report says a flange broke on a wheel causing three freight cars to derail on the Northampton line at the Hamden stockyard. Several rail lengths torn up but no injuries. tracks relaid and line reopened early today.
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New Haven
Northampton
New Haven Road
Hamden
Widow of Rear Admiral Eaton Charged With Murder
Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton died of poisoning and his widow Mrs. Eaton was arrested in Norwell and arraigned in Hingham before Judge Pratt. She pled not guilty and was jailed without bail for a March 28 hearing as Harvard Medical School analyst Prof. Whitney reported poison in the admiral’s stomach.
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Hingham
Mass
Joseph G. Eaton
Barker
Prof. Whitney
Harvard Medical School
Eaton
Eatons
Admiral Eaton
Dracut
Navy
Resolute
Santiago
Greenville
Ala
D. A. Ainsworth
United States Senate
George Harrison
Alexandria
Trustees Elect Officers At Odd Fellows Home Meeting
New Haven March 20 Officers were elected at the annual meeting of the board of trustees of the Odd Fellows Home yesterday. Selected are Selah G. Blakeman president Frank R. Upson and Theodore Kassenbrook Marcus I Reynolds secretary Wallace R. Johnson treasurer Rev Charles H Smith chaplain and a full board of managers from multiple cities. It was voted to lay a tax of 15 cents per capita.
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New Haven
Board of Trustees
The
Odd Fellows
Selah G. Blakeman
Shelton
Frank R. Up Son
Southington
Theodore Kassenbrook
Marcus I. Reynolds
Wallace R. Johnson
New London
Leopold de Leeuw
Hartford
Charles H. Smith
Barre
Mass
William S. Hutchinson
Loren Davis
Cattlemen Seek Hearing on Revised Tariff Rates
A joint request for a hearing on Matland cattle rates for the proposed tariff was signed and sent to Senator Simmons by National Livestock Association President Jastro A L McFadden of the Cattleraisers Association of Texas and W B Slaughter of the Panhandle and Southwestern Cattlemen's Association during a joint convention in El Paso.
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el Paso
Simmons
Finance Committee
Senate
Jastro
National Livestock Association
A. L. McFadden
Cattleraisers’ Association of Texas
W. B. Slaughter
Panhandle & Southwestern Cattlemen's Association
Stratford Inn license at risk as Stafford faces trial
Stratford authorities will seek revocation of Dudley J. Stafford of the Stratford Inn by county commissioners. Stafford, charged with selling liquor after hours, is to be tried before Judge Walsh and a jury in the Court of Common Pleas next Monday. If found guilty, officials will urge the court to deny a certificate and the commissioners will revoke the license.
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Stratford
Dudley J. Stafford
Stratford Inn
Stafford
Walsh
Court of Common Pleas
Wilson resigns as assistant secretary of state in policy clash
Washington March 20 Wilson assistant and acting secretary of state resigns over radical difference with administration on Chinese policy. President Wilson accepts. Postmasters resigns flood civil service changes prompt mass exits as about 2000 fourth class postmasters leave since order. Moore eyed as counsellor to act as secretary under recess. Reciproc ity clause in dispute over Canada pulp duties and MFN rights. Tariff debate to be analyzed by experts as Ways and Means drafts income tax features. (Continued on Page Two)
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Huntington Wilson
Wilson
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Europe
White House
John Bassett Moore
Department of State
United States
Canada
Cliff Paper Company
Buffalo
Congress
Dominion
Collector of Customs
Board of General Appraisers
Customs Court
House
Ways and Means Committee
Statistical and Customs
Hull
Tennessee
Peters
Massachusetts
Appropriations Committee
Underwood
Fitzgerald
Mulvihill Gets Senate Election For County Posts
The Connecticut Senate by party vote elected Denis Mulvihill and four other caucus nominees to county commissioners for four-year terms starting October 1. The nominees include Denis Mulvihill of Fairfield, James Cloonan of New Haven, Charles Gunning of Hartford, and Albert Lanphere of New London. The House, Republican, is expected to act likely late next week.
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Corres
Hartford
Senate
Denis Mulvihill
Fairfield County
James F. Cloonan
New Haven
Charles J. Gunning
Hartford County
Albert L. Lanphere
New London County
John H. Perry
Southport
McDonough
Perry
Joseph H. Whitcomb
Bridgeport
Weed
26Th
Jeremiah Donovan
Mulvihill
House
Veteran editor dies in Chicago at 88
Paul Selby aged 88, veteran editor, died last night at the home of his son in River Forest near Chicago. He was the last Illinois editor who called for the Decatur meeting that led to the Republican party's formation in the state. Hartford reports hearings on workmen's compensation closed today with a sub committee to draft a bill and propose enactable form by early April.
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Chicago
Paul Selby
Harmon Johnson
River Forest
Illinois
Decatur
Hartford
Judiciary
Bequest From Late Deacon Marsh Totals About 125000
The will of the late Deacon Edward W. Marsh awards Bridgeport Hospital Association about 125000 after widow’s death. The inventory filed in Probate shows Marsh valued at over 531000, with 350000 to his widow and 61000 to public institutions. The remainder supports 44 shares to Bridgeport Hospital and benefactions to area churches.
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Edward W. Marsh
People’ Savings Bank
Bridgeport Hospital Association
Deacon Marsh
Fannie F. Marsh
Deacon ‘Marsh
Apprainer
M. B. Beardsley
W. H. Lyon
D. Fairchild Wheeler
Descon Marsh
Deacon Marah
Western Railways
New York
Lackawantsa Western
Morris & Essex Railway
United New Jersey Railway and Cane Company
Albany & Susquehanna
Connecticut Railway & Lighting
Spring Perch Company
Pullman Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
General Electric Company
New York State
Bridgeport Trust Company
First Bridgeport National Bank
Bridgeport
First Bridgeport Nations?bank
Fairfield hunts demented man after beach scare
Fairfield citizens formed a posse to locate a reportedly demented man who frightened Catherine Pages and other girls near the town center. Mayor John E. Boyle said a Bayside cottage was broken into and that the suspect may have spent the night there as searches continued.
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Fairfield
Catherine Pages
John E. Boyle
Bayside
City Hall Offices to Close Tomorrow
City Hall offices will close tomorrow in observance of Good Friday. All city departments will suspend regular services and reopen on the following business day.
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City Hall
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