Portland High School Destroyed By Early Fire
Portland Maine May 17 a blaze starting in the engine room destroyed Portland High School. Fire spread rapidly through four stories and the roof, threatening nearby frame buildings. Damage estimated near 100000. The school stood on Cumberland Street near Congress. Grand Jury Indicts Seven In Legislative Probe. Columbus May 17 seven legislators indicted as probe halts pending trials and potential confessions to aid further evidence and future cases.
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United Press
Portland
Portland High School
Cumberland Street
Congress
Columbus
Senate Investigating Committee
Grand Jury
Nye
Burns
Turner
Ansonia Teachers Win Salary Increases In New Schedule
Ansonia May 17 teachers in the public schools welcomed the board of education’s new pay plan. The schedule sets minimums and maximums from 450 to 700 dollars in grades one through seven and from 500 to 750 dollars in grade eight. Increases are 2 50 a year, higher than the prior 25 rate, with nearly all teachers expected to reach the top. The teachers presented their case to the board and to the schoolmaster.
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United Press
Ansonia
Board of Education
Educational Board
Friends Honor Mr and Mrs Emmons With Surprise Party
Forty friends gathered at 834 William Street to celebrate Mr and Mrs James H Emmons with a steel engraving gift from Alexander Fey as they prepare to move. The party featured a fine repast and included many named neighbors and friends.
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James H. Emmons
William Street
Alexander Fey
Thomas J. McNamara
D. B. McNamara
Arthur P. Smith
F.C. Mullins
J. H. Savard
Geo. T. Fisher
Andrew Domeer
F. C. Sanford
Local Company Seeks Adjudication of Bankruptcy in Hartford
Judge James P. Platt allowed amendments to a creditors petition against Bridgeport based company, adding new creditors including Walter M. Lowney Company of New York and Roberts & Co. of Philadelphia. Claims cited include $52.65 and $1,428.13, with earlier claims from Federal Sugar Refining and Southern New England Telephone.
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Hartford
James P. Platt
District Court of the United States
Cete Company, Incorporated
Federal Sugar Refining Company of
New York
Southern New England Telephone Company
Samuel Lipschitz
Oy Meteor
Jageport Corporation
Bridgeport Corporation
Iew
Platt
Walter M. Lowney Company
Kane Umezawa
Thomas
New Roberts Eff Co
Philadelphia
York School For Deaconnesses
Bomb Explosion Triggers Panic at New York Hotels
In New York on May 17 a bomb detonated near 152 West 44th Street, damaging the building housing Hymie Rosenthal’s parlor of chance. Guests at nearby Rector, Girard, Royal and other hotels panicked in nightwear, flooding corridors as officials investigated. No injuries reported.
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United Press
New York
Ins
Rector, Girard, Royal
42Nd Street
Broadway
West 44Th Street
Beansie" Rosenthal
of Chance
Rosenthal
Yale Scheff fair battle over athletic managers
At a student mass meeting in New Haven on May 17 the Yale Athletic Association amendments to split athletic manager ships between the college and Sheffield Scientific School failed. The measure drew 39 votes in favor and 786 against, with engineers unable to reach the required two thirds.
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United Press
New Haven
Yale Athletic Association
College
Sheffield Scientific Schools
Engineers
Children of Philip Snow Write to Evening Farmer
Easton Connecticut children appeal for fair treatment after their father, Philip Snow, is accused of horse cruelty. They defend his actions, note the horse sweats on a hot day, and recount his brief police detention and bail. They ask for relief for a family with seven children. The letter also includes a sensational jeweler offer incident from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania.
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Philip Snow
Evening Farmer
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Gardner
Wilkesbarre
Harry Fassene
Max Marcus
Marcus
Soldier Francesco Corda Executed for Killing Superior
Special from United Press Madrid May 17. Francesco Corda, a Trooper, was executed today at Valencia after appeals for clemency from his father and supporters failed. The case involved a court martial and a killing of a superior officer at Alcante ra. The father wrote to the King pleading mercy and pardon but the sentence stood.
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United Press
Madrid
Francesco Corda
Valencia
Sorda
Orda
Alcantera
Royal match to come from Kaiser's London visit
London gossip centers on a possible engagement between Princess Victoria Louise and Albert Edward Prince of Wales during the Kaiser's London visit. The proposed union would link Protestant royal lines and perhaps ease tensions, with Archduke Ferdinand of Austria once a favored alternative.
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United Press
London
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Princess Victoria Louise
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Prince
Albert Edward
Ferdinand of
Austria
England
Germany
Governor Baldwin honors ex Governor Chamberlain in Connecticut
Hartford May 17 In memory of the late ex Governor Abiram Chamberlain of Meriden Governor Simeon E Baldwin issued orders for half mast on public and school buildings until the funeral Thursday May 18 at 2 30 pm The governor also printed a notice in the General Assembly with similar half mast requests and the House adjourned in respect Ex Governor Chamberlain died after a long illness The report adds a separate incident where a highwayman was deterred by a conductor William Dunbar using his ticket punch during a holdup in Lowell.
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Hartford
Abiram Chamberlain
Meriden
Simeon E. Baldwin
Baldwin
General Assembly
First Congregational Church
Chamberlain
Connecticut
Simeon EB. Baldwin
Donovan
New Haven Road Exceeded Power, Court Rules
Massachusetts Supreme Court holds the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company overstepped its charter by conveying the old Boston and Providence terminal site in Park Square to trustees for long term development as a real estate scheme. Land valued over 5 million. court says the company lacked authority to speculate or alter nearby land, urging sale and quick cash realization.
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Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston and Providence Railroad
Park Square
Cpurts
Boston and Providence Company
Mrs Dodge avoids prison garb in Vermont
Windsor Vermont May 17 Mrs Florence M Dodge of Lunenburg sentenced to four to six years for murder of William Heath has begun her term as a prison housekeeper. She will not wear prison garb, allowed to use comfortable wrappers and on Sundays may wear a shirt waist and skirt. A separate notice from E B Bacon Bath Maine urges rail workers to try Foley Kidney Pills citing relief from ongoing kidney inflammation and general weakness.
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Windsor
Florence. M. Dodge
Lunenburg
William Heath
Bacon
East St
Bath
Foley
F. B. Brill
Curtis Pharmacy
All Star Cast For The Kaiser At Drury Lane
London May 17 The most brilliant all star cast will appear at the Drury Lane Theatre in Lord Lytton s Comedy. King George commanded the performance in honor of his guest the Emperor of Germany. Seats were brought as high as the audience will be the most fashionable ever seen. Stars include Fred Terry Sir John Hare Cyril Maude Sir Charles Wyndham Herbert Tree Arthur Bourshier George Alexander Lawrence Irving Alfred Bishop Louis Waller Edmund Maurice Charles Maulery Sidney Valentine Weedon Grossmith Norman Forbes Charles Rock Dion Boucicault Dennie Badie Winifred Emery Alexandria Carlisle Irene Vanbrugh
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United Press
London
England
Drury Lane Theatre
Lord Lytton
George
Germany
Fred Terry
John Hare
Cyril Maude
Charles Wyn
Polis Players Stage Western Saga Arizona at Poli's Theatre
Augustus Thomas's Western drama Arizona receives a strong Poli Players run with John E. Ince as Lieutenant Denton and Joseph Eggerton delivering career-best Captain Hodgeman performances. New leading woman Jane Tyrrell impresses, while director Gumio Socola and scenic artist Carnsand earn praise. Next week features George Broadhurst's The Man of the Hour with a larger company.
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Augustus Thomas
Poli’s
Poli
Ince
Eggenton
Gumio Socola
Carnsand
Polis Theatre
Arizona
Denton
John E. Ince
Hodgeman
Joseph Eggenton
Jane Tyrrell
Kyrle Bellew
Bonita
William J. Walsh
George Broadhurst
Obituary notices for Blackman Vansycke and Dimon
Funeral services for Mrs. Jane D. Blackman were held at 2 30 PM at her East Main home with interment in Lake View Cemetery. She died aged 78 or 79, survived by daughter Florence and son Charles Blackman. Harold Joseph Vansycke, three months old, was interred yesterday at St Michael's Cemetery. Kate T P Dimon widow of General Charles A R Dimon will be brought from Morristown to Fairfield for interment in Fairfield East Cemetery.
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Jane D. Blackman
East Main Street
Lakeview Cemetery
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Returns From World Trip
Ella Wheeler Wilcox arrived yesterday aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse after circumnavigating the globe. She spoke of writing a Coronation poem to be published later and noted Indian and Far East reactions to American missionaries as narrow minded toward other religions. A reception at the Hotel Martinque in New York is planned for tomorrow night with supper and entertainment to follow. Emma Friedman of Iranistan avenue departs today for Scranton to visit Mrs. David Levy, with the possibility of a future name change to Levy.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
India
China
Far East
New York
Emma Friedman
Iranistan Avenue
David Levy
Scranton
Miss Friedman
Levy
Coal and Iron
Hotel Fairfield guests served on short notice
Alfred Perry, manager, states meals were provided on short notice to hotels in Fairfield County. He notes the service was larger though for transient guests and asserts there is none better.
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Fairfield County
Alfred 5
Perry
By Laws of Health Board on Contagious Diseases
Notice outlines 1911 by laws declaring diseases dangerous to public health and requiring reporting to health officers. It details isolation rules for diphtheria scarlet fever measles and other illnesses, school exclusion times, household isolation, penalties up to 100 dollars, and related attestations. Also includes transfer request for liquor license from Drew Bros and endorsements by Bridgeport electors and taxpayers.
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Board of Health
City of
Popiageport
Meales
Board of County Commissioners of
Fairfield County
Drew Bros
Sterling Street
Bridgeport
A. D
William Drew
Henry C. Hoffman
Marshall E. Gray
Owen Light
David Rice
William Thomas
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