Woman caught placing bomb at Grand Hotel in London
A militant suffragette Ada Ward was caught at 2 30 am placing a bomb at the Grand Hotel Trafalgar Square crowded with American tourists. She faced Bow Street magistrate later that day and was remanded for further inquiry amid linked arson at St Catherine's church in southeast London.
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London
Grand Hotel
Bowstrett
Ada Ward
Trafalgar Square
Nelson
Ther
St Catherine's Church
Hartham
Souteast
Howard Truscott
Anna
le Park
Suffragists Plan Attack on Congress
Suffragists reached their offices to find a strong resolution demanding an immediate committee report to amend the Constitution for women’s suffrage. They promise a more formidable assault when Congress reconvenes and prepare for the National American Woman Suffrage Association annual convention next December.
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Congress
Lawrence Lewis, Jr
Philadelphis
Natonal American Woman Suffrage Association
Baltimore
National liquor dealers favor Ohio law session opens
Ohio's new license law and the federal Webb law are debated by the National Wholesale Liquor Association in Louisville as delegates from nearly every state begin a three day session. The convention includes plans to promote the Ohio framework to persuade other states to follow suit and stimulate reform across the industry.
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Ohio
Louisville
Tional Wholesale Liquor Association
Emperor of Japan Confers on California Land Bill
San Francisco May 6 dispatches from a Tokyo morning paper say the emperor is taking a personal interest in the anti alien land legislation. He granted an audience yesterday to Baron K Kaneko, head of the commission to select a site for the Japanese palace at the Pan Pacific Exposition.
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San Francisco
Tokio
The
New World
California
Baron K. Kaneko
Spondent
House Kills Direct Primaries Measure
Hartford May 2 The direct primaries bill that passed the Senate was rejected by the House 160 to 74. A motion to reconsider failed for lack of a quorum as adjournment was taken. When the House reconvened the quorum remained lacking and adjournment to tomorrow was taken. Tomorrow the reconsideration vote is expected to fail, ending legislation on the subject for now. Debate preceded the roll call with many small town members opposing the bill.
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Artford
Senate
House
Coughlin DeForest Seek Compromise in City Court Fight
Hartford May 6 Supporters of William W Begt for city court judgeship discuss a compromise with Coughlin DeForest backers Senators McNeil Newman and others The plan would have Bent followers back Bent as judge while backing Coughlin for deputy judge DeForest for prosecuting attorney and Gray as assistant prosecuting attorney Uncertain final result but current indications favor Bent Wilder coalition.
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Corres
Hartford
William W. Begt
Whitcomb
Wilson and
McMurray
Bent
McNeil
Newman
Coughlin-De- Forest
DeForest
Wilder
House
DeLaney
John P. Gray
Clitus King
Fairfield
Congress Street Bridge Stuck In Mid Air Again
Bridge over the Pedgennodt River on Congress Street locked in the up position twice within 24 hours causing traffic disruption and delays. Residents blamed the bridge keeper while Archibald Cameron cited burned electric cables as the fault, not his control. Traffic was diverted via Stratford Avenue, Barnum Avenue, and East Main Street.
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Congress Street
Connecticut Company
Stratford Avennus Bridge
Barnum Avenue
New Haven
East Main Street
East Main
Archibald Cameron
King Alfonso Leaves for Paris on Two Day Visit
Madrid reports King Alfonso of Spain and Premier Count Alvaro De Romanones departed for Paris with a large suite for a two day visit. Paris authorities cite rumors of anarchist plots against the king during the visit and have set comprehensive precautions to curb any outrage.
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Spain
Alfonso of Spain
Alvaro de Romanones
Paris
Alfonso of
Police Graft Cases Set for Trial Tonight
New York May 6 jurors may hear the cases of Martha Thompson Sweeney and Hussey, former police inspectors, charged with conspiracy to hush graft involving the system. Morning session assigned to summing up by Stanchfield and Gilbert for Thompson and Murtha. District attorney to present closing argument this afternoon.
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New York
Sweeney
Martha
Thompson
Hussey
John B. Stanchfield
A. S. Gilbert
Murtha
Son of Wealthy Sire Jailed for Auto Mishap
Chicago, May 6 Harold Bracken aged 19 was sent to the workhouse to serve a $200 fine after he struck a pedestrian with his car and attempted to flee the scene. His wealthy father refused to pay and said the imprisonment would teach him a lesson.
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Chicago
Harold Bracken
Bracken
Kennedy rites for father held in Rome church
Rome May 6 Mgr Thomas F Kennedy rector of the American College in Rome celebrated a pontifical requiem mass for his father Patrick Kennedy who lies dead in Philadelphia. American students sang. Present were Mer Sante Tamplett representing the papal secretary of State Prof C F Maksey of Boston and Catherine Peex at sipper superior in Philadelphia.
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Rome
Mgr
Thomas F. Kennedy
American College
Patrick Kennedy
Philadelphia
Mer. Sante Tamplett
C. F. Maksey
Boston
Catherine Peex
Sipper Superior
Railroads Seek Referendum to Set Aside Full Crew Law
In St Louis on May 6 a conference of railroad leaders decided to invoke the referendum to suspend the recent full crew law. Petition circulation will begin within a week, with five percent in 11 districts needed to suspend the act until a statewide vote in November 1914. The law requires two brakemen on passenger trains of six or more cars and three brakemen on freight trains of 49 or more cars, a cost to Missouri railroads of about $700,000 annually.
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St. Louis
Missouri
City Forecloses Delinquent Bridgeport Taxes
Bridgeport files foreclosure actions in the court of common pleas against four property owners for unpaid back taxes. Defendants include Henry E. Reilly on Housatonic Avenue Bridgeport Theatre Co. at 1426 Main Street Joseph and Theresa Fuse Serena Greene Thomas Musante Catherine Musante George A. Torrey Wheeler Avenue. Foreclosure sought on tax liens returnable at the June term.
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Bridgeport
Court of Common Pleas
Henry E. Reilly
Housatonic Avenue
Bridgeport Theatre Co
Main Street
Joseph Fuse
Theresa Fuse
Serena Greene
Thomas Musante
Caterina Musante
George A. Torrey
Wheeler Avenue
Tex
Common Pleas Court Hears Minor Cases In Greenwich
Judge James F. Walsh presided at a morning session of the criminal common pleas court settling several minor cases. Percy Chatfield was sentenced to five months in jail for assaulting Grace Little. Theresa Zipperer of South Norwalk paid a 75 dollar fine for violating the liquor law. Albert Davis of Stamford pleaded guilty to breach of the peace and was fined.
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Common Pleas Court
James F. Walsh
Greenwich
Criminal Common Pleas Court
Percy Chatfield
Grace Little
Theresa Zipperer
Norwalk
Albert Davis
Stamford
25 Wounded In Police Fight With Strikers In Syracuse
In Syracuse New York today a clash between policemen and Italian strikers left 25 wounded including one dead. Four policemen and eight Italians hospitalized. Militia called. city to be under martial law. Riots at multiple streets near cathedral and courthouse. reinforcements and firefighting efforts used as mob dispersed.
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Syracuse
N. J
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Schoeneck
Matthews
Assassin Killed King George in Greece Suicide at Salonika
Athens May 6 An assassin named Alexo Schin mean shot King George of Greece in Salonika on March 18 and killed himself by leaping from a station window. Schinas a resident of Volo Thessaly had claimed motive and said he had sought palace help in 1911. Doctors announced he recently suffered tuberculosis.
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Greece
Alexo Schinmean
King George
Salonika
Comoe
Flinimself
PeLninad
Volo
Thessaly
King’s Palace
Aide de Camp
Schinas
Yale burglars held for trial
New Haven May. Alexander Drummond and Henry P Wendland were arrested last week in the act of robbing a Yale student's room and confessed to others at Harvard Brown Williams and colleges. They were held for trial in the superior court after a city court hearing. Drummond bonds $1000 Wendland $1200. They remain jailed in default of bonds. Police are probing a Pittsfield Mass assault and attempted robbery link.
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New Haven
May
Alexander Drummond
Henry P. Wendland
Yale
Harvard
Brown
Williams
Drummond
Wendlande
Wendland
Pittsfield
Mass
Wells trial for poisoning two children in Vermont
In St Albans Vermont on May Julius Wells of Swanton was placed on trial charged with murder by poisoning two of his four children Louis six and Marie four. Mrs Wells faces a similar charge after his case ends. The children died last December after an illness raising suspicion on the parents. The family is in poor circumstances.
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St. Albans
Julius Wells
Swanton
Louis
Marie
Arizona would drive out Japs as land owners
Japanese residents in Phoenix voted at a mass meeting to marshal a state wide protest against anti alien land holding laws. A May 18 meeting will gather all Japanese in Arizona. few landowners exist but some Chinese have recently bought property. Arizona law allows aliens ineligible to citizenship five years to dispose of land titles, with exceptions for mining camps and lands needed for mines and smelters. Highway contract awarded in Trumbull for 5400 feet of macadam Telford road to B D Pierce Co of Bridgeport.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
State Highway Department
Trumbull
Telford
B. D. Pierce, Ur.,.& Co
Bridgeport
Macanoe
Call for federal health department conference urged
A committee of the American Medical Association urged President Wilson to convene a general conference on creating a federal department of public health and conservation of life. Yale's Prof. Irving Fisher and Drs. Murphy Ha Frangle Jacobi Wiley along with Sen. Owen and Reps. Foster Curley urged the idea. Fisher said Wilson listened and valued public health legislation but needs more information before stating a position.
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Washington
May
Wilson
American Medical Association
Department of Public Health
Irving Fisher
Yale
John Murphy
Chicago
G. Ha
J. K.frangle
Adam Jacobi
New York
Harvey W. Wiley
Owen
Foster
Ilinois
Curley
Massachusetts
Prof. Fisher
Party
Conspiracy to Commit Perjury Charges In Boston Case
On May six Mrs Nellie Grant Guerlin and J Addison Patton private detectives surrendered at the U S marshal office and were held on bonds of two thousand dollars each for a hearing May ten on charges of conspiracy to commit perjury Mrs Guerlin had sued Mason Sesmon Transportation Co of New York for seventy five thousand dollars for injuries alleged to have occurred in New York as a taxicab passenger The suit was decided against her Fred Lamz an artist of Worcester and Andrew Wynne of Boston arrested on perjury charges last Thursday
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Boston
Nellie Grant Guerlin
J. Addison Patton
United States Marshal’s Office
Fred Lamz
Worcester
Andrew Wynne
Italy condemned by arbiters for seizure of warships
The Hague ruled Italy at fault over seizures during the Turko Italian war. The Italian government was ordered to pay 32000 dollars plus 300 in various cases. The Carthage, seized January 16 1912 for contraband, was released after French request. The Manouba, seized January 19 1912 with a Turkish medical mission aboard, allowed to continue after landing passengers.
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Hague
Court of Arbitration
Carthage
Italy
Commission Memo Sparks Philippine Slavery Debate in Washington
Resident Commissioner Manuel Quezon and fellow Philippines official Karnstaw condemn Secretary Worcester for alleging slavery in the islands. They argue the Philippine Commission bears responsibility for weak legislation to punish the crime and urge relief for all commission members. Gov Forbes echoed similar remarks amid policy questions about incumbents’ removal.
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Washington
Worcester
Filpinos Commission
Down
Manuel Quezon
The
Philippines
Garrison
Karnstaw
Philippine Commision
Forbes
Weather Indications For New Haven May 6 Forecast
Warmer muggy weather likely followed by local showers tonight or Wednesday cooler Wednesday. For Connecticut cloudy tonight Wednesday fair and cooler with moderate variable winds becoming west. Extended high pressure bringing low temperatures with frosts from Montana to Minnesota and as far south as Nebraska.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Montana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Freight Car Smasher Fined Fifty Dollars in Meriden
Arthur Enigen of Albany was fined fifty dollars and costs in Meriden city court for breaking into a New Haven freight car and stealing tobacco. Enigen and a companion were caught offering tobacco for sale. the partner escaped. Most of the tobacco was recovered from woods where it had been hidden. Enigen was jailed unable to pay.
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Meriden
Arthur Enigen
Albany
New Haven
Enigen
Wilson Bests King In Warm Debate On Proposed Water Bill
Hartford reports a fiery House debate over Rep Lynn Wilson of Bridgeport proposed to extend existing power and gas franchise controls to privately owned waterworks. Rep Curus King opposed the amendment, urging rejection and signaling potential later study, while Wilson attacked lobby influence and pressed for enactment despite an adverse committee report. The House ultimately voted 96 in favor, 106 against, to accept the adverse report.
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Wilson
King
Corres
Hartford
Curus H. King
Fairfield
House
Lynn W. Wilson
Bridgeport
Tte
Common Council
SS Pgpecmaege
Representative Wilson
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co
Cities and Boroughs Committee
Col. Mc Murray
General Assembly
Republican House
Healy
Windsor Locka
Bank notes stolen from express sack in Oakland
Oakland Cal May The theft of a large sum of money in currency from an express sack sent from Washington DC to the Central West Bank of this city is engaging the efforts of a number of special agents. When the package reached the bank it was found to contain clipped magazine packages of the etc and weight of the missing bridge notes. The bank notes were addressed to the Oakland Bank from the National Bank Redemption office. Government officials of that office have notified the bank that the package was properly sealed and stamped before it was turned over to the United State Express Company.
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Oakland
Cal
Wihington
D. C
Centra Wast Bank
Thi City
Oakland Bank
National Bank Redemption Office
McMurray Bill For Review Of Council Acts Defeated
Hartford May 6 A House vote of 67 to 31 defeated Rep McMurray of Bridgeport bill proposing municipal initiative and referendum to review Bridgeport Common Council acts. Proponents cited nationwide use and public rights, while critics from Democratic and Republican council members opposed it. The committee report was sustained against the measure.
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Corres
Hartford
Representative McMurray
Bridgeport
Rep
Wilson
McMurray
Common Council
Common Council of
Zire
Jon House
Commitites
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