Dublin Rioters Being Tried in Courts Martial
Dublin May 4 Justice swift in the Sinn Fein rebellion case leaders. Pearse Mac Donagh and Thomas J Clark executed by field general court martial. Connolly wounded in prison. others in custody or at large being tried rapidly. Public sentiment mixed. measures strict, arms to be surrendered, food supplies requisitioned, and Dublin’s post office and key buildings secured as authorities restore order.
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Dublin
Beenowift
Sinn Fein
Fingleaders
Irish Repubiic
Patrick H. Pearse
Thomas MacDonagh
Thomas J. Clark
James Connolly
MacDiarmad
Eamonn
Enikett
Ireland
Associated Press
Raa
Amer Weng
Jon Maxwell
Liffey
Ee McNeill
Fenners
O'Reilley
Guaye
Jepots Opener
Northwest Spa
Rathmines
Senoc Lee
Colliseum
Sinn
Chelsea Man Sought By Family In Home Haste
Andrew Murphy of Chelsea Massachusetts is sought by relatives after leaving Chelsea last October for Torrington. He is believed to have come to this city after lying in Torrington for a short time. A telephone message to F. J. Thomas of 2754 Main Street requested help locating him.
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Andrew Murphy
Chelses
Mass
Vex
Murphy
Chelsea
Torrington
Ch¢ises
F. J. Thomas
Main Street
Mehyphy
Stratford Democrats Hold Local Caucus for Hartford Delegates
Stratford voters held a harmony filled caucus at the town hall naming delegates to the state convention in Hartford. Delegates include Relacane Wakelee Judge Howard Murtis Herbert C. Booth and Stiles Clark with alternates to be chosen if needed. Ephraim N. Wakeless presided and Herbert C. Booth was clerk.
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Stratford
Democrats
Town Hall
Hartford
Aamet Relacane Wakelee
Howard Murtis
Herbert C. Booth
Stiles Clark
Ephraim N. Wakeless
H. Léroy Lewis
Stratford Woman's Suffrage Association
Congregational Church
Bertha Hinckley
William B. Cogswell
Helen Uce
Marjorie Sammis
Mary Sherwood
Myra Curtis
Nellie Eaton
Marguerite Garry
Fred Taylor
Chauncey Mills
Cupheag Club
Charles H. Sillman
Harry A. Barnes
Frank Lcurtis
David I. Rhoades
Arno Walker
Edwin Spall
John Graham,Jr
Paul Goodell
Harold C. Lovell
Waterpower sites excite conservationists at congress
Washington, May 4 The national conservation congress voted 116 to 39 to back legislation allowing the government to grant waterpower sites to private interests The gathering focused on fish and game conservation health and education for preparedness Susanna Gocroft urged a federal health board and other speakers included Dr Harvey Wiley Miss Cora Stewart Prof Edward Orton and Dr P P Claxton
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Washington
National Conservation Congress
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
Susanna Gocroft
Chicago
R Health
Federal Board of ‘Health
Harvey Wiley
Cora W. Stewart
Jankfort
Edward Orton
Columbus
P. P.)claxton
United States
Commissioner of Education
Bridgeport Redmen Honored at New London Convention
At the Improved Order of Redmen convention in New London three Bridgeport men received offices. Gorge M. Barnes moved from chair to Great Senior Sagamore, D. A. Parker named to the finance committee, and James Holt named to the credentials and mileage committee. The next state great council was set for Bridgeport in May 1917.
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Improved Order
Redmen
New London
Bridgeport
Gorge M. Barnes
Sagamore
A. Parker
Sachem
James Holt
Connecticut
East
Housekeeper Receives Half Gould Estate
The will of Cassius Gould, who died after a hospital illness following injuries from an auto accident, leaves half the estate to his housekeeper Sarah M McCret ton of 692 Howard Avenue. His brothers Charles W Gould and Lucien N Gould inherit the remaining half. A $200 fund for Gould’s grave care and his parents’ graves in Mountain Grove cemetery supersedes these bequests. A Courtland and John Streets house in which he held a half interest is a major portion of the estate.
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Cassius Gould
Sarah M. MecCretton
Howard Avenue
Gould
Charles W. Gould
Lucien N. Gould
Mountain Grove
Courtland and
John Streets
Recital at Mrs Davis Home Highlighted by New York Pupils
Social and personal notes report Mrs Susan Hawley Davis hosting another pupils recital at her home this Saturday evening. Two of her pupils visiting from New York will perform. A daughter arrived Monday at Bridgeport hospital to Mr and Mrs Everett Ober of 632 Kossuth Street. Mrs Ober was Miss Isabel Shepherd before marriage, and the baby is the granddaughter of Dr and Mrs George E Ober.
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Susan Hawley Davis
Bridgeport Hospital
Everett Ober
Kossuth Street
Ober
Isabel Shepherd
George E. Ober
Sprain Ends Night for Holyoke Man Near Main Street
Louis Ray of Holyoke Massachusetts sprained his left ankle after a fall at South Avenue and Main Street at 7 15 last night. He received treatment at the emergency hospital. Distress reported aboard the schooner Rostellan sailing from Philadelphia to Lisbon about 700 miles east of Bermuda.
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Louis Ray
Holyoke
Mass
South Avenue
Main Street
Philadelphia
Lisbon
Bermuda
U S Navy rearm plan pages amid budget pressures
Secretary Daniels to Representative Butler reports General Board findings on naval rebuild, noting lack of data on European fleets since war began. Survey of 1914 fleets shows Britain added 150000 active sailors. U S could build five dreadnoughts, five battle cruisers, nine scout cruisers, 22 destroyers, and submarines, with private yards and three shifts boosting output but skilled labor limits and 40 percent cost rise.
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Washington
Daniels
Representative Butler
Pennsylvania
House Naval Committee
General Board of the Navy
United States
Butler
Benson
Naval Committee
Great Britain
Congress
Germany
Winter YMCA Boys to Close Season With Entertainment
The YMCA Boys' Division closes its winter and fall season with an event Friday at Warnerhall. An entertainment, readings, and a violin solo by Rudolph Huda will be featured, followed by a gym reception. About 700 invitations were issued, with Mrs. L. T. Warner and the Ladies' Auxiliary serving refreshments.
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Warnerhall
A. B. Lavery
Bertilson
M. B
Rudolph Huda
L. T. Warner
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Port Jefferson Official Dies By Own Action At Plant
Port Jefferson New York May 4 Williams G Wheeler secretary and general manager of the Port Jefferson Electric Co fatally electrocuted himself by placing his hands in two main switches at the plant. He was found dying by his nephew. Coroner Gibson said Wheeler 64 had been troubled recently by two damage suits against the company from relatives of men killed accidentally by electrocution. Wheeler also served as secretary and general manager of the Water Co and the Port Jefferson Milling Co.
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Port Jefferson
N. Y
William G. Wheeler
Port Jefferson Electric Co
Gibson
Wheeler
Port Jefferson Water Co
Port Jefferson Milling Co
Musterole relief for sore muscles and joints ad claim
A vintage Musterole advertisement touts mustard oil ointment for fast soothing relief of sore muscles stiff joints and back pain. It promises a gentle glow coolness no blisters and fast action with claims of use for throat bronchitis lumbago rheumatism and colds among others. Available in 25c 50c and hospital sizes from The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
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The
Musterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Mother dying. family seeks missing William Elliott
Marguerite Elliott of New York asks Acting Captain Cronan to find her son William Elliott known as Billy. He left New York around April 1 to seek work at the Remington plant in Bridgeport and has not been heard from since. His mother, ill with a fever, fears for her life, and Elliott bears a burn scar on his right hand. The Elliott family hopes Remington Arms Co. officials can help locate him.
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Billy
Marguerite
Edward O. Cronan
Marguerite Elliott
West 123Rd Street
New York
Billy” Elliott
New York City
Bridgeport
Remington
Elliott
Cronan
Remington Arms Co
Socialist Asks Liberation of Dr Liebknecht
In Berlin a Socialist deputy tabled a Reichstag resolution urging Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg to release Dr Karl Liebknecht and suspend charges until after the Reichstag adjourns. Reports from Berlin via Copenhagen say Liebknecht's May Day arrest sparked a fresh police crack down and may force government action to avert unrest. He was detained while speaking at a peace demonstration in civilian clothes, though he is a soldier.
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Berlin
Reichstag
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Karl Liebknecht
London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Co
Liebknecht
McAdoo Party Arrives Aboard Cruiser Tennessee
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo travels with his party aboard the cruiser Tennessee as it reaches Hampton Roads shortly before daybreak in Newport News on May 4.
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Newport News
Tennessee
McAdoo
Hampton Roads
Disavowal of Ship Seizure To Be Offered
London May 4 The belief runs in diplomatic circles that Britain will order the release of Austrians and Germans seized on the American steamer China en route from Shanghai to San Francisco on February 19 and will disavow the Lau rentic captain's seizure. The note argues the arrests could not reach Manila via Nagasaki and thus were unjustifiable and unnecessary, with the United States treating the incident as parallel to the Trent case.
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London
England
China
Shanghai
San Francisco
Laurentic
Manila
Nagazaki
Japan
United States
Trent
Prisoners' Pew witnesses misidentified men in court
In a city court a man named John L. Sullivan from Boston, a supposed pugilist, was jailed 30 days for intoxication. Frank Moran, from Summer Street, was fined 3 dollars for drunkenness and sent to county jail if unpaid. Spectators recognized the scene as a roped arena crowd. In Pittsburgh, May 4, steel plants operated with full forces as strikes subsided and troops patrolled Turtle Creek valley while infantry remained in barracks.
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Richard Swain
John L. Sullivan
Boston
John L
Frank L. Wilder
Swain
Frank Moran
Summer Street
Moran
Pittsburgh
Turtle Creek Valley
Child Hit By Train In New Canaan
Frederick Broadhurst three years old was struck by a slowly moving passenger train on the New York New Haven Hartford line in New Canaan Tuesday night. He suffered a scalp wound and internal injuries and was taken to a Stamford area hospital.
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New Canaan
Frederick Broadhurst
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Stamford
Zeppelin L-20 Wreck After Raid Off Norway Shore
May 4 report from Stavanger says Zeppelin L-20 ran aground on Hasso Firth shore after raid on northeast England. Crew of 16 captured. one wounded, one with broken leg, one with broken arm. Shortage of gasoline blamed. three men jettisoned key machinery before sinking. London adds L-20 driven ashore and destroyed at Hasso Firth after Tuesday night raid causing 36 casualties.
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Stavanger
Norway
Hasso Firth
London
England
Weldon Resigns from Bridgeport High School Staff
E. A. Weldon has retired from Bridgeport High School after two months in the English department and has gone to Philadelphia. No successor has been appointed. Reports say his retirement followed a sub-committee on schools meeting where charges were heard. Principal Simonds declined further discussion, directing inquiries to the superintendent.
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E. A. Weldon
Bridgeport High School
Weldon
Philadelphia
Mr. Weldon
Simonds
Weldon Resettles in Slawson After War Relocation
Mr Weldon, a former Liege manufacturer and fluent linguist, has returned to teaching in Slawson after arriving from France at the war's outbreak. His last salary was largely assigned to a hotel where he resided, with some of his former High School faculty and other workers among interested parties.
Compromise Averts Big Trolley Strike in Cleveland
Cleveland motormen and conductors voted 1123 to 496 to accept a company wage offer that includes a two cent hourly raise and a five hour minimum day, effective immediately. First year rates were 29 to 32 cents per hour. the city estimates a $552,000 cost over two years. Mayor Davis and company President John Stanley said fares would not rise from three cents if economies are kept.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Railway Co
Davis
John Stanley
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DR. Liebknecht
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