Five Million Dollars in Damage by Militant Suffragists
London reports property damage in the British Isles from militant suffragettes over three months totaling upwards of 5 million dollars. Scotland Yard assigns three detectives per cabinet member and boosts guard on public buildings amid threats of further violence.
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London
British Isles
Scotland Yard
House of Commons
Women's Social and Political Union
Pethick Lawrence
Tottenham
St. Paul's
Flora Drummond
Pheonere
Bow Street
Woman's Social & Political Union
Harriet Rebecca Kerr
Agnes Lake
Rachel Barrett
Beatrice Saunders
Annis Kenny
Laura Lewes
Treasury
House of Lords
Archibald Bodkin
Laura Lenox
Lawrence
Women's Social & Political Union
Chile expects big U. S. trade by Panama Canal
R H De Fer Tare of the South American Steamship Company arrives in the United States to plan six large vessels plying Valparaiso to New York via the Panama Canal. Trade between Chile and the U.S. has grown, with fertilizer and manufactured goods aiding a projected rise in shipments. A junior effort rally follows at Summerfield church.
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Washington
R.H. de Fer Tare
South American Steamship Company
Panama
United States
Valparaiso
New York
Panama Canal
Chili
South America
Colombia
Peru
Ecuador
McReynolds to Hea d New England Rail and Ship Inquiry
Attorney General McReynolds will appoint a special aide to lead a broad Department of Justice probe into the New England rail and steamship industry, focusing on the New York New Haven and Hartford system and possible Sherman antitrust law violations. The inquiry will examine if a monopoly has formed by suppressing competition.
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M’reynolds
New Haven
Washington
McReynolds
New England
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Mellen
Chamberlin
Smithers
Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department
Wilson and Bryan discuss California mission return
Washington May 3 Secretary Bryan returns from California after meeting Governor Johnson over anti alien land laws seen as offensive by Japan. Bryan to brief President Wilson and assess next steps before formal Japanese protest and possible Supreme Court test on treaty issues.
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Wilson
Bryan
Latter
California
Washington
Gov
Johnson
Japan
United States
Webb
Gov. Johnson
Supreme Court
Hague Tribunal
Railroad electrification requires street and private property trespass
The New Haven line plans to extend concrete and steel work over city streets and private property for electrification. The Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing May 14 in Hartford to grant land rights, with many local firms named as affected interests. City Engineer Terry sees minimal damage beyond sidewalk impact from small overhangs. Probate accepted for Paul Gefrovich with administration named.
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New Haven
Goucher
Public Utilities Commission
Public Divilities Commission
East Washington Avenue
Crescent Avenue
Railroad Avenue
South Railroad Avenue
Water Street
Singer Company
U. M. C. Company
Empire Trust Company of New York
The
International Silver Company
N. ¥. Trust Company
J. S. Fray Co
Thomasz Brophy
Frank J. Higgins
Mechanics and Farmers’ Savings Bank
Crane Valve Company
Aubrey de Wolfe
William L. Belknap
Charles Belknap
Belkna
Terry
Connecticut Company to rebuild Barnum Avenue tracks on 10-foot centers
The Public Utilities Commission approved relocating tracks on Barnum avenue between Seaview and Mill Hill avenues to 10-foot centers. City officials and property owners opposed the plan, but the commission granted permission. Curb setbacks of 18 inches on both sides will be installed at city expense.
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Public Utilities Commission
City of
Bridgeport
Connecticut Company
Barnum Avenue
Seaview Avenue
Mill Hill Avenue
Common Council
Connectut Company
Public Utilities
Seaview
Mills Hill
Labor leaders seek stay on contempt ruling in Bucks Stove case
Attorneys for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison asked the District Court of Appeals for a stay of its mandate sentencing Gompers to 230 days in jail and fines of 500 dollars for Mitchell and Morrison in the Bucks Stove and Range contempt case. They said they will appeal to the U S Supreme Court and the court granted renewal within 15 days if needed.
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Washington, May
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
District Court of Appeals
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Lans
Underwood tariff bill engrossed for House action
Washington reports the Underwood tariff bill was engrossed for presentation to the House at 2 p.m. with a 30 day recess possibility during Senate tariff consideration. In Buffalo three bodies are found after a fire at Crandall Horse Company barns. Christian Phole, 50, is confirmed dead and two others are believed buried. property loss estimated at $10,000.
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Washington
House
Senate
Buffalo
Christian Phole
Crandall Horse Company
Bond Issue of Five Million for Highways
Hartford reports a favorable Roads committee view on a bill authorizing a five million dollar bond issue to fund permanent pavement trunk highways. The plan allocates two million for main trunk lines, two million for other trunk lines, and one million for other roads with highway commissioner oversight. The report moves to the Appropriations committee.
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Hartford
Committee On
Good Roads Association
Appropriations Committee
Bennett
Highway Department
Local Postal Savings Passes $50,000 Mark
After ten months of the postal savings system in this city the total deposits exceed $50,000 and over 800 depositors are recorded. Most deposits are under $5, with many under $1, and the program is regarded as fairly successful in its short operation.
Police enforce health board rules for vehicle vendors and refuse dumping
Distribution of a new folder by the Board of Health, produced with police agreement, is being issued to patrolmen. Lieutenants brief officers to arrest violators. The folder lists ordinances on registering peddler vehicles, littering streets, and dumping papers or ashes in vacant lots, to be kept with the police manual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Marigold Goes To Shore To Recuperate
Postmaster W. H. Marigold and his family moved to Laurel Beach for the summer. Major Marigold is recovering from a severe illness and steadily improving. Officials expect sea air will hasten his recovery so he can soon resume postal duties.
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W.H. Marigold
Laurel Beach
Major Marigold
Arrest Expected in Local Dog Poisoning Case
Police anticipate filing a grave charge of spreading poison in public places today against a hotel employee. Several irate dog owners allege the suspect is responsible for multiple dog deaths, including three bull dogs from the Matthew Wieler saloon and Patrolman Patrick Corrigan's hound.
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Matthew Wieler
Patrick Corrigan
Giant in Stature Starved Man Sought Aid in Austria Roots
A man of extraordinary height named Frank Habllak from Austria, starving and exhausted, sought food and work across New Jersey towns. After 56 hours without aid, he received hospital care from Dr. Hale and was moved to Lakeview Home for ongoing treatment. He arrived with little English, had worked in Iron Mines near Manhope, and was driven from jobs by a strike and refusals at farms. The Charities department plans to assist with occupation arrangements.
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Frank Habllak
Austria
Hale
Lakeview
Manhope
N. J
Derby
New Britain
Hardware City
Charities Department
Foresters Await Grand Court Election With Much Interest
Foresters in Bridgeport and New Haven discuss the upcoming Grand Court of Connecticut meeting in New Haven on Wednesday and Thursday. Bridgeport’s delegation, unpledged, includes prominent men in business and politics who will vote for the organization’s best interests.
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Foresters
Grand Court of Connecticut
New Haven
Bridgeport
Ang
Grand Court
Bridge Port
Supreme Court of the Order
Executive Council
Order
Dr Mackay Joins Far North Expedition
Montreal May 8 Dr A Forbes Mackay former medical man with Shackleton's South Polar expedition has arrived en route to Esquimault to join Vilhjalmur Stefansson on his far north voyage. He will handle mace ling and other voyage preparations for the Karluk.
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DR. MacKay
Montreal
A. Forbes Mackay
Sir Ernést Shackleton
Esquimault
Vilhjalmar Steffansson
Far North
Watchman to Lock and Unlock Four Village Saloons
Genoa- Til May Gen oa took a step toward the municipal saloon as the village board ordered four locks for the four dram shops. The night watchman will lock doors at closing and unlock them in the morning. Keys to the locks shall be village property and returned to the town hall each morning.
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Genoa
Til
May
Fire destroys ten buildings in Roxbury blaze
A kitchen fat spill in Warren street Roxbury started a blaze that leveled ten buildings mostly tenements causing $75,000 in damage. One hundred twenty horses in a livery stable suffocated by smoke. Several residents had narrow escapes and a man was seriously injured needing hospital care. The local telephone exchange closed for two hours in memory of former manager George H Betts.
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Boston
Warren Street
Roxbury
George H. Betts
Judiciary Committee Endorses Bent Wilder for Bridgeport Judge
Hartford May 8 informally the Judiciary committee showed a substantial majority favoring William W. Bent and Frank L. Wilder for Bridgeport city court judge and deputy judge. Some members backed Judge Foster, former probate judge Thomas C. Coughlin, and Alderman R. G. DeForest.
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Gur
Corres
Hartford
William W. Bent
Bridgeport
Carl Foster
Frank L. Wilder
Judiciary Committees
Voi
Greenwich
Bent-Wilder
Foster
Thomas C. Coughlin
R. G. DeForest
Theo
Capitol
Toaas Ehat
Bent
Wilder
County Meeting Set In Hartford To Discuss Court House
County Commissioners along with Senators and Representatives meet in Hartford on May 13 to consider adding to the court house on Golden Hill Street. A larger building is favored by judges and the bar association, with possible acquisition of the Hall home property. Tax plans for the county, last year one fifteenth of a mill, are expected to be repeated with little anticipated expenditure.
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Hartford
Court House
Golden Hill Street
Superior Court
Bar Association
Hall
Hastings Jackson Sues to Recover on Note
Horace H Jackson, noted stationer and Bull Moose party figure, testifies in common pleas court against S A DeWaltoff of Savin Rock for $364 note from September 1910. DeWaltoff is treasurer of Babyland Amusement Co., which runs baby shows in amusement parks. L M Rich watches as trial continues at press time.
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Horace H Jackson
Bull Moose
Scott
Common Pleas Court
S. A. DeWaltoff
Savin Rock
Jackson
DeWaltoff
Babyland Amusement Co
Uncle Joe Cannon Forgets 77th Birthday In Illinois
Danville Illinois May 8 former Speaker of the House Joe Cannon forgot his birthday until late afternoon when he returned home and found messages of congratulations for his 77th anniversary. He drove and attended two church dedications. A monster cake and a vase of 77 American Beauties shared honors at dinner. A surprise party for him drew 20 prominent citizens.
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Danville
Ill
Joe” Cannon
House of Representatives
Mitchel Named for New York Port Collector Role
Washington reports vary on who proposed John Purroy Mitchel for New York port collector. A White House statement says Mitchel accepted the post at the President's request and will delay assuming office until June 4 to finish ongoing city projects.
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Washington
John Purroy Mitchel
New York
White Home
Wilson
Mitchel
Corman
McAdoo
White House
John Purrsy Mitchel Hoe
Cnllecter
Customs
Estinmite
Brooklyn
Sateen
Mitchell
Mellen Trial Set to Begin May 27
State's Attorney Stiles Judson Kee announced manslaughter trials of President Charles S. Mellen and Vice-President McHenry of the New Haven road will start May 27. The superior court calendar begins next Tuesday with two weeks needed for minor cases, while the railroad case is seen as a three week jury matter.
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Stiles Judson Kee
Charles 5. Mellen
McHenry
New Haven Road
Superior Court
Fire in Closet Sparks Quick Work at Local Shop
A small blaze started in a closet at 1307 State Street when matches in a pocket ignited clothes. Firefighters from the nearby station quickly contained the fire, preventing spread to the Deke shop and reducing damage to the building and adjoining State Chemicals.
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Peter Boretween
State Street
State Chemicals
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Chile
U. S
Epworth League
Summerfield
Paul Gefrovich
Paul Gefrovich Beineé
Barnum.ave
Conn. Co
Rules OF Health Board
Marigold
Judiciary Committee
Bent-Wilder State
Democratic
John H. Peery
Southport
Nats Publican
Bridie
Ronmalkadien
Judge Foster
Mhetbliican
Feritore Sen
Horage Jackson
Joe Gannon
R. T. Staples
Brooklawn Avenue
Emma Prentice
Chicago
Helen Lewis
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