McMurrays Rush Causes House to Break as Democrats Thwart
Bertford May 16 The House witnessed a stormy session with a marching attack by Democrats at 9 pm. Representative McMurray of Bridgeport led a loud rush, escaping the bar amid bruised shoulders and a party wedge, while the Speaker refused a quorum raise. Other actions included labor hour limits, hospital funding, and highway bills, with various committee reports and confirmations noted.
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Bertford
McMurray
Bridgeport
Treaty
Senate
Moon
Committee On Humane Institutions
Savings Bank
Norwich
New Haven
House
Woodruff
Comanen
Litchfeld County
John H. Hale
Publc
Himeesf
Cotton Consumption and Stocks Reported for April
The central bureau announced April figures showing cotton consumption during April at 502 million bales. Hand cotton in manufacturing establishments stood at 74,4411 bales, independent warehouses at 1.5 million 755 bales, imports at 732 bales, and ridning bales at 500,634,6 percent.
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Washington
Cotten
Bride in sensational runaway match seeks annulment
New York May 15 A Connecticut justice of the peace may void a marriage formed between midnight and dawn on March 31 in Bridgeport. Mariam E. McCann, age sixteen, sues via her mother guardian ad litem, alleging coercion and intent to evade New York law. Husband Elman Co. J. McCann, a former Yale student, is named. parents did not consent. The ceremony occurred at the residence of Assistant Town Clerk William T. Mullins. the couple returned to New York and did not reside in Connecticut. The suit cites unconsummated marriage and misrepresentation of age by the bride.
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New York
Connecticut
Einstein, Townsend & Gutterman
Mariam E. McCann
Elman Co. J. McCann
Bridgeport
McCann
William T. Mullins
Newburgh
N. Y
Miss MacDonald
Iroirmaster
Pittsburgh
Joseph P. Whitcomb
Yale College
New York City
Bridgeport Health Record Highlights Sewage and Typhoid Notes
Hartford reports Dr. Joseph H. Townsend secretary of the State Board of Health discusses sewage disposal and public health in the board bulletin. He praises Bridgeport for low typhoid death rates while urging central supervision, better sanitation laws, and updated measures to prevent outbreaks. April deaths total 1,493 with 219 from infectious diseases.
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Hartford
Joseph H. Townsend
State Board of Health
Osler
Yale
United Census Bureau
Bridgeport Comm
Townsend
Connecticut
Thoss
Iseaves
Freight Situation Tense Strike Breakers Coming
Bridgeport freight handling is largely at a standstill with Water Street depot nearly abandoned and little loading at Whit ing Street yards. Officials claim they can manage the situation and have sent workers back to Providence, while strikers say the move aims to trigger trouble and that the International Workers of the World may direct the strike with strikebreakers arriving from New England tonight bringing in experienced hands to clear the backlog and tie up traffic further.
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Harlem
New Haven Road
New Yor City
Providence
International Workers of the World
New York
New England
Militant Bomb Found Before National Gallery in London
A so called militant suffragette bomb was found overnight outside the National Gallery in central London on Trafalgar Square. Magistrate Henry Curtis Bennett, presiding at Bow Street, leads a high profile case against suffragette leaders on conspiracy under the Malicious Damage to Property Act. Police assign plainclothes protection detectives to Bennett amid threats.
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London
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
Henry Curtis Bennett
Bow Street
Scotland Yard
Hartford Woman Assault Case Tied to Duffy and Bomb Claim
May 15 Hartford man Michael Duffy of New Britain was bound over in Superior court on a charge of assaulting Mrs J C Beneway. The case involves a tin can device with live cartridges and a purportedly dangerous bomb action tied to a suffragette label. The woman testified she was struck twice with a horsewhip and saw no prior acquaintance with the man.
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Hartford
Michael Duffy
New Britain
National Gallery
C. Beneway
Ian
Duffy
Representation of Congressmen on Committees
Washington reports a conference among Representatives Underwood Mann and Murdock on initial committee assignments. Leaders from three parties back under a proportional plan with Ways and Means to set precedents. Burnett retains immigration chair. Clark vies for Public Buildings. Rivers and Harbors seats attract fights among Sparkman Murray Mahan Kittner Bathrick Konop Dupre McKellar. Leyes to lead Agriculture.
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Washington
Representative Underwood
Alabama
House
Representative Mann
Illinois
Murdock
Kansas
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Burnett
Clark
Florida
Public Buildings Committee
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Sparkman
Murray
Massachusetts
Mahan
Connecticut
New England
Kittner
California
Pacific Coast
Bathrick
Ohio
Konop
Wisconsin
Dupre
Louisiana
McKellar
Tennessee
U S Government Helpless to Aid Citizens Abroad
Washington May 15 A tragedy of the tropics shows the U S government unable to aid citizens abroad Detailing the death of Vice Consul Frank L Mc Kernan in Bogota from tropical fever the correspondence notes a widow a young daughter and an elderly destitute mother The State Department will pay to ship the body home but lacks funds for the family’s travel costs An American steamship line provided free passage to New York to relieve the family
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Washington
Tropics
U. S
James T. Dubois
United States
Columbia
Frank L. McKernan
Bogota
McKernan
State Department
Department
New York
Encampment of G A R to Be in New Haven
A large contingent of Connecticut G A R members will attend the Department encampment in New Haven on May 27 and 28. Department commander William H. Dougal issued orders and named Major Thomas Boudren to the resolutions committee. The event marks the department’s forty sixth annual meeting set for Court street locations and Hotel Davenport with a credentials group to form the encampment roll. Local leaders Commander-in-Chief A B Beers and adjutant Henry J Seeley will attend along with Admiral Foote Post hosts and Woman's Relief Corps members providing a closing dinner.
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G A. R
Department of Connecticut
New Haven
William H. Dougal
Thomas Boudren
Court Street
Davenport
Music Hall
A. B. Beers
Henry J. Seeley
Thomas Stoudren
Bridgeport
Christian Quien
Danbury
Richard J. Cutbill
South Norwalk
Selah G. Blakeman
Derby
Admiral Foote Post
Woman's Relief Corps
New London Residents Petition for Cheaper Gas and Power
Hartford and New Taatoe residents file with the Public Utilities Commission alleging Connecticut Power Company charges are unreasonable and seeking an investigation. A hearing on May 2 at the capitol will determine the case.
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Hartford
New Taatoe
Public Utilities Commission
Connecticut Power Company
Capitol
Woman's Protest Against Taxation Without the Vote
Chicago May 15 The fifth annual protest led by Mrs Belle Squire president of No Vote No Tax League targeted taxation without suffrage She refused to fill a personal property schedule decrying state classification of women as dependent She had the document sworn with a notarial seal reading Votes for Women The spinster plans to be known as Missus
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Chicago
Belle Squire
No Vote
No Tax League
Board of Assessors
Squire
Morgan Memorial Hospital Opens In France For Officer Keane
Aix les Bains France May 15 The Leon Blanc hospital funded by the late J B Morgan to Aix les Bains as a memorial to Dr Leon Blanc was formally opened by the Mayor with French Government Red Cross and medical groups present. Walter Burns and Henry P Davison accepted a great gold medal intended for Morgan. Before duty John P Keane newly appointed officer received gifts from his family a 100 dollar gift and a ring. John J Halpin gave 50. a rubber outfit. Bridgeport Brass workers gave a revolver and a night stick from Ben Finn. M F Fitzpatrick gave 5 in gold. Mr Lehane presented white gloves. Alderman Lyddy spoke and Keane expressed gratitude.
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Aixlésbaines
France
Leon Blanc
J. B. Morgan
Aixlesbaines
Red Cross Society
Mr. Morgan
Walter Burns
Henry P. Davison
John P. Keane
Word
John J. Halpin
Bridgeport Brass Co
Ben Finn
M. F
Fitzpatrick
Bfr
Lehane
Ex Governor Gosper Dies in Poverty in Los Angeles
John J. Gosper former territorial governor of Arizona and secretary of state of Nebraska and Civil War veteran died in poverty in Los Angeles aged 71. He was a county ward at the time of death.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John J. Gosper
Arizona
Nebraska
Gosper
Panama Canal April earth excavation figures
Advices from the canal zone state that excavation from the Panama Canal in April totaled 2,653,995 cubic yards, up from 2,625,038 in March. The average daily output for April was 102,077 cubic yards.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Gen Smith Retired After Long Army Service
Brig. Gen. Frederick A. Smith, commander of the fifth army brigade patrolling the Texas border, retires for age. Born in New York, he entered the military academy from there and became a brigadier general in 1908. He served on Western frontiers, in Cuba and the Philippines, remaining in the Islands until 1993 before joining the general staff. A Pacific Engine Co meeting at Bulls Head headquarters is urged for this evening.
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Wash
Frederick A. Smith
Fifth Army
Texas
New York
Military Academy
Cuba
Philippines
Islands
General Staff
Pacific Engine Co
Bulls Head
Hare
McGuire Keeps License If Saloon Moves From South End
Patrick J. McGuire may retain his liquor license on condition that he relocate his saloon from 447 Gregory Street. South End manufacturers had sought to keep new saloons out of the district for 25 years, arguing the area was unsuitable for a saloon and that workers might neglect duties for liquor. After his transfer proposal and prior court appeals, commissioners vice implied the license would be renewed if he moves, ending the dispute.
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Gregory Street
South End
Patrick J. McGuire
McGuire
Supreme Court
Fairfield
Wrenerty
Main
Congress Street
Samuel H. Wheeler
Malleable Iron Co
South
Tornado Toll in Three Towns Rips Omaha Region
Reports from Omaha Nebraska describe a tornado that formed southwest of McCool Junction and moved northeast striking Tampa Seward and McCool Junction. Eight killed in Seward and two in McCool Junction with dozens injured and property losses totaling about 350,000 dollars. Residents sought shelter in cellars as fears rose.
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Omaha
Neb
Seward
Tanpa
McCool Junction
Tomaro
Huge steamships for transporting Australian beef
San Francisco May 15 four large refrigerator steamships were announced by Trans Pacific Inc to carry frozen beef and mutton from Australia and New Zealand. The deal with an English firm will create a new refrigerated line between San Francisco and the Antipodes and a 400000 pound meat shipment arrives today.
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San Francisco
Cal
Australia
New Zealand
Trans Pacific Inc
Antipodes
School janitors to be made special policemen citywide
The Board of Education voted to have all school janitors apply to police commissioners to become special policemen with jurisdiction over school grounds. In Hartford on May 15, the Connecticut Company petition for reconstrucing double trolley tracks on Congress avenue New Haven was heard by the Public Utilities Commission. A continued hearing on the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad alterations between New Milford and Danbury raised objections over a dangerous grade crossing and proposed location.
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Board of Education
Hartford
Connecticut Company
Congress Avenue
New Haven
Public Utilities Commission
Capitol
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New Milford
Danbury
Parcel Post Packages in Mails for April
Washington reports show 59.5 million parcel post packages mailed in April. The list ranks cities with New York City leading, followed by Boston Philadelphia Chicago and Louisville in order.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
New York City
Boston
Ptyatephia
Cleyaigga Afi
Loule
Slashed skirt faces Chicago dressmaker backlash
May 15 report from Chicago notes local dressmakers condemn the slashed skirt as immodest and unpatriotic. The Chicago Dressmakers Club adopts a resolution opposing fashion deemed suggestive, while Alderman Coughlin’s proposed health committee ordinance to ban tight-fitting skirts is abandoned.
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Chicago
Ati Council
John Coughlin
John
Council On Ord
Alderman Pretael
Coughlin
Chicago Dresstankers
Chicago Crew
Fielf
W. H. Hosac
Stirt
America
France
Weather Indications for New Haven and Northeast
Weather forecast for New Haven and vicinity predicts unwettable conditions with rain at intervals today and Friday. Connecticut shows showers tonight and Friday with warmer interior temperatures and moderate east and southeast winds. A distant western storm moves northeast, bringing clouds and rain from Iowa to Pennsylvania, with sleet and low temperatures reported in Duluth, Minnesota, and a high pressure system expected to raise temperatures, though frost possible across northern New England.
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New Haven
Tonleho
Connecticut
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Duluth
New ‘England
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New London County
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Morgan Memorial Hospital
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