Woodruff to Represent Connecticut at Slavonic Society Parade
Former Governor Rollin S Woodruff and delegates prepare for the triennial National Slavonic Society convention parade in Bridgeport. Gov Frank L Weeks plans travel and formal acceptance, with about 3000 visitors expected. the supplementary Property Committee will meet next Monday to finalize details.
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National Slavonic Society
Committee On
Bridgeport
Rollin S. Woodruff
State Armory
Frank L. Weeks
Genpard S. Alexovits
Lilley
Lee
Bng
Ven Svarc
Cleve
John F. Rybar
Braddock
Stephen Porac
Yonkers
Chice
Michael Wat Une
Girman
Whiting
Ind
Frank Frontenac
Kan
George
Local assemblies to host 500 delegates at convention
The secretary of the convention committee of the two local assemblies announced plans to entertain 500 delegates from parts of the country in Vachs, this city.
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Vachs
Mabee launches crusade against the Anti-Saloon League
Detroit May 14 C R Mabee backed by a Michigan lumber baron declares a letter from New York District Attorney Jerome supports immediate action against the Anti-Saloon League. Mabee says he sees embezzlement mismanagement and chicanery within the League and accuses it of using legislation to serve Rockefeller interests.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
C. R. Mabee
Michigan
Anti-Saloon League
Jerome
New York
Mabee
League
Story of Imprisoned Crew Lacks Truth
Caracas dispatch reports no foundation for claims that the Carrie D. Knowles crew is imprisoned in a Venezuelan prison. The vessel was believed lost at sea, and reports of imprisonment emerged from a man named Payne who claimed to be aboard. Telegraph service resumes after four years of disruption.
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United Press
Caracas
Venezuela
Carrie D. Knowles
Provincetown
Mass
William W. Russell
Payne
St. Vincent
Monopoly Blamed Over Unequal Electric Sales Law
A dispute over a restrictive electricity law targets only twelve towns while 156 others may sell power freely. Critics mock the measure as unfair, arguing it protects a monopoly and jeopardizes residents in towns barred from selling electricity to neighbors.
New Valued They Do Not Tra Property Of Others
A fragment notes concerns about property rights and road maintenance. The text mentions not harming or taking others property and avoiding unauthorized alterations on highways. Context is unclear but points to civic or legal warnings about property safety and public road use.
Proposed Change in School Laws
The Education Committee reports favorably a substitute to raise the State Board of Education to seven members and a substitute mandating towns spend at least 25 per pupil annually, plus provide transport or accommodations so every child ages 7 to 16 may attend. It also reports unfavorably on a bill to appoint a Superior Court commission to study school locations and transportation and on repealing acts governing attendance for 14 to 16 year olds.
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Committee On Education
State Board of Education
Superior Court
Three Bridgeport Women Elected to State Officers
The twelfth annual convention of the sister lodges of the Order of the Sons of Hermann met in Norwich on May 14. Reports showed 19 lodges with 951 members and capital of 32099.13. Per capita tax dropped from 40 to 30 cents. Officers elected included Grand President William Hohbein Collinsville and grand secretary Otto Berger Ansonia. Bridgeport members Emil y Hoffman Dina Spoering and Marie Gambel named grand trustees. Next state convention set for Torrington.
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Norwich
Order of the Sons of Hermann
William Hohbein
Collinsville
Katherine Hermann
Waterbury
Julia Walther
Danbury
No Family Man Was Mr Morgan in Divorce Case
Amelia Morgan testifies in Newtown divorce suit that Merwan D Morgan repeatedly deserted and married others from Reading to Denver and Salt Lake City, with a land fraud conviction noted. She recalls their first wedding in 1881, years of separation, and a final discovery in Hattertown Newtown in 1904, though she denies reconciliation.
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Merwin D. Morgan
Newtown
Amelia Morgan
Providence
R. IL
Thomas M. Cullinan
Morgan
Reading
Boston
Dodge City
Kaw
Denver
Salt Lake City
Utah
Solida
Col
Hattertown
Morgarbstantially Reported By Farmer Of Yesterday
A fragment notes a Morgarb statement heard by a Farmer of yesterday and the pap took the story yesterday afternoon.
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Farmer
Foresters Choose Representatives at Danbury Convention
The Grand Court Foresters of America closed its fifteenth biennial session in Danbury with a vote approving a $200 raise for the Grand Secretary from $1,000 to $1,200 while the proposal to double the Grand Chief Ranger’s pay to $600 failed by a small margin. Supreme Representatives and Alternates were chosen, led by James Roach, James Fitzgerald and others.
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Danbury
Grand Court Foresters of America
Foresters’ Hall
Esterday
Court Ericson
Hartford
J. C. Roach
Supreme
James C. Roach
Jas. Fitzgerald
M. Cole Kennedy
Willis Wilmot
Matthew Ryan
Fred E. Allard
Fred H. Furey
Thos. Magner
John Treat
John O'Callahan
Thos. Flynn
P. J. Cunningham
Geo. O*maley
J. W. O*mera
Frank J. Killian
Hugh Tole
Bart Collins
Michael Connerry
P. J. Meehan
August Parthenay
Jas
H. Cafferty
Stabbing Affray Sends Three to Hospital in Meriden
Meriden May 14 three men are hospitalized after a stabbing affray before nightfall. Salvatore 21 with a stomach wound, Tony Bombiese badly cut near the heart, John Metea stabbed near the spine. Salvatore underwent morning surgery. police seek two young Italians as possible participants. Salvatore previously involved in a shooting deemed accidental.
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United Press
Meriden
Salvatore
A& E
Tony Bombiese
John Metea
Missing Harvard Student Reappears In New York
Through a telegram from William T Williams the Harvard student who disappeared a few days ago was located. He had stopped at an uncle’s farm in Connecticut to recuperate from overwork and was en route to New York to visit his sister this afternoon.
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United Press
New York
William T. Williams
Harvard
Ester
New O Yan
Williams
Conn
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