Brill Sued for Slander by City Sheriff
August M Brill an interpreter in city court and local lawyer runner was arrested on a body writ in a slander suit brought by City Sheriff Kalafus. Brill released on $2000 bond. Kalafus alleges Brill claimed to a lawyer that Kalafus accused a man of skipping a writ and that the charge was false and malicious. Damages of 2000 are sought and the case is returned to the Common Pleas court in June.
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August M. Brill
Abricia
Kalafus
Brill
Frank Cohen
Focal
East
Bridgeport
Louis Kornbiut
Common Pleas Court
Commercialized Sunday Protest of L. W. Wilson
Hartford May 17 The indictment of the commercialized Sunday uttered against the Sunday bill by Representative Wilson of Bridgeport drew approval from older House members. He argued the measure would not legalize outdoor recreation but open the way for many secular businesses. He warned the bill would leave labor hours to a single mayor, harming workers especially women and children and undermining the Sabbath as a day for worship and rest.
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Palmer
Hartford
Wilson
Bridgeport
O Pen
Gundey
Church and Theabor Union
Segregation Urged for Aliens on California Trains
Sacramento May 17 report notes state branch of United Commercial Travellers urged California rail commission to segregate aliens on passenger trains. Speakers argued aliens affect health in first class coaches. The article cites a convention urging action and mentions a steamship passengers list from May 7, 1913.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
United Commercial
Reim
Council
State Rail Commission
Meon
Cincinnati Mayor calls for troops in trolley strike riots
Cincinnati May 17 Mayor Hunt asked Governor Cox and Adjutant General Wood to send militia after police said the situation was beyond control. Troops were declined as not yet warranted. Rioters attacked cars at Brighton Barns and Fourth and Vine, with missiles injuring conductors and a car wrecked. One crew in critical condition. About 100 company workers at Avondale barns negotiated leaving town with escort to a depot.
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Cincinnati
Hunt
Cox
Wood
Brighton
Fourth and Vine Streets
Central Union
Life Insurance Company
Jon
Elberon Avenue
Fifth and Central Avenues
Avondale
Mountain Grove Cemetery Association Bans Sunday Funerals
The Mountain Grove Cemetery Association announced that, starting June 1, there will be no Sunday funerals except in urgent cases of foul disease requiring immediate burial. The policy aligns with St Michael's and is expected to be echoed by Lakeview and Park cemeteries to grant Sabbath rest to cemetery staff.
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Monroe Cemetery
Mountain Grove Cemetery Association
St. Michael's R C
Mit
Lakeview
Park Cemetery
Strike Tieup For Paterson On Wednesday
Paterson New Jersey May 11 threats of a general tieup in Paterson from a silk mill strike were renewed with a tentative strike set for Wednesday on street car lines and in power houses. The city’s public service controlled facilities were under guard to curb migrant exhortations while employer sympathy remains uncertain.
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Paterson
N. J
Pattinier-Quinlan
Industrial Workers of the World
Public Service Corporation
Barbers Granted Strike Demands
New York May 17 Seven thousand Brooklyn barbers and spread to Manhattan. They return to chairs as bosses concede a new hours schedule. Weekdays 8 am to 3 am, Saturdays 8 am to 1 am, Sundays and holidays noon closing, one day off weekly. In Manhattan the strike remains unsettled.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manhatan
Manhattan
Brushed From Top of Extension Platform
Frank Thornhill of 727 Myrtle avenue fell about thirty feet from an extension platform car during electric cross wire work on New Haven electrification. He was rushed to the emergency hospital after a deep scalp wound was stitched by Dr. Davis. He is believed to suffer no lasting injuries and was sent home after treatment.
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New Haven
Frank Thornhill
Myrtle Avenue
Railroad
Fairfield Avenues
Davis
Unsettled Weather With Showers For New Haven Area
Forecast calls for unsettled conditions with showers tonight and Sunday, followed by clearing and cooler Sunday afternoon or night. Connecticut expects generally cloudy skies tonight and Sunday, slightly warmer in the interior, with moderate east to southeast winds.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Two Thousand New York City Employees Parade in City Show
May 17 Twelve thousand city employees turned out to display municipal efficiency in a long parade. Fire Department led with 1,495 men and 22 pieces of apparatus, police followed with 7,524 officers and 35 vehicles. Parks department added variety with small zoo cages and a trick elephant from Central Park Zoo. Other city departments showcased work tools and exhibits, including a prison goods float from Corrections and a defective scales float from Weights and Measures.
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New York
Department of Parks
Central Park Zoo
Catskill
Department of Correction
Bureau of Weighte and Measures
$25,000 Damage Suits Against Trolley Road
Suits aggregating $25,000 damages have been filed in Hartford Superior Court against the Connecticut Company. Theresa Duffy seeks $10,000 for injuries July 27, 1912 as she alighted a moving car. Bridget Griffin seeks $10,000 for injuries October 12, 1912 from a car collision. A Manchester man seeks $5,000 for injuries dating to last Labor Day when a wagon he rode in was struck.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Theresa Duffy
Bridget Griffin
Manchester
This Horse Sneezes When He Sees Fish
Winsted must contend with Bridgeport as the Board of Health investigates a fish day horse from the East Side. Horse No 26 sneezes all day Fridays when pulling fish wagons, puzzling officials over whether it can operate. Young Frank Thayer was knocked down by a car at State and Broad but is reported only practically injured after treatment by Dr. Frank W. Thayer.
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Winsted
Bridgeport
Board of Health
Frank Thayer
State and
Broad Streets
Miss Howe
William T. Howe
Frank W. Thayer
Cuban aviator Rosillo crosses Florida straits to Havana
Domingo Rosillo, a Cuban aviator, completed the first shore to shore flight across the Florida Straits. He covered about ninety miles in two hours and twenty five minutes, landing at Camp Columbia. He won a $10,000 prize from Havana City Council. The feat surpassed Canadian J A D McCurdy’s earlier, aborted crossing attempts.
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Havana
Domingo Rosillo
Florida Strait
Key West
Cabana Fort
Camp Columbia
Rosillo
J. A. D. McCurdy
Florida Straits
Bishop Doane Dies of Heart Attack in New York
New York May 17 Bishop William Creswell Doane of the Albany Episcopal diocese died here from heart trouble early today at age 81. Funeral will be held at All Saints Cathedral Albany next Tuesday at 2 15 p m with body returning to the bishop's residence after arriving in Albany. Doane had just arrived in New York to attend a missions board meeting and collapsed after two sessions.
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New York
William Creswell Doane
Albany
All Saints Cathedral
Doane
Board of Missions
Arson Squad Targets Cambridge In Suf fragette Action
London May 17 militant suffragettes altered tactics this morning, targeting a furnished Cambridge residence and damaging interior woodwork plus an adjacent university laboratory. A gunpowder canister was found at Boxmoor station on the London and Northwestern Railway. Police recovered alarm clock devices and clockwork parts in separate incidents at Hastbourne and Gravesend, while pranksters place so called suffragette bombs elsewhere.
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London
Cambridge
Boxmoor
Hartfordshire
London and Northwestern
Hast Bourne
Gravesend
McAdoo to Accept Bonds as Security for Bank Deposits
Treasury Secretary McAdoo announced a shift to accept temporary municipal bonds as security for National Bank deposits, starting with New York City where 30 percent of deposits may be secured by temporary certificates until new bonds are engraved. The change follows multiple inquiries and marks a revolutionary Treasury policy. The Fire Department annual report was approved by Fire Commissioners and sent to the Common Council for review.
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Washington
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Department
New York City
Fire Department
Foresters of America hold Grand Court in New Haven
Bridgeport delegates shone at the Grand Court meeting in New Haven with W T Meyer of Court Marina named Grand Recording Secretary and two Supreme Court delegates elected. The 320 delegates from 150 courts and 21,000 members heard speeches by Mayor Rice and Congressman Lonergan as Bridgeport plans a 1915 return to host in May with a royal welcome.
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Foresters of America
Grand Court of the Order
New Haven
W. T. Meyer
Marina
Supreme Court
Atlantic City
Sen
Bridgeport
John H. Grant
O'Brien
Grand Court
Music Hall
Rice
Supreme
Donnelly
Zone City
Foresters Journal
John Cosgrove
Hartford
Augustine Lonergan
Lonergan
M. J. Clabby
M. A. Clabby
The
Nathaniel Wheeler
John Mooney
Daniel Smith
Fred C. Mullins
T. J. Murphy
Joseph Co
Ivers
Court Marina
Dupe-Struck Freight Clerk Fires Self Near Heart
Edward Menken aged 26, a receiving clerk at State Street depot, was induced to join a strike and then shot himself in the heart region. He lies in critical condition at St. Vincent's Hospital as rescuers and family describe his distress over being duped by striking allies. Meanwhile a clash between strikers and strike breakers led to the arrest of John Willin, 22, at the Whiting Street depot. Shipments were disrupted but later resumed as temporary force provisions were arranged.
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New Haven
Frank Menken
St. Vincent's Hospital
Menken
State Street
Olga
St. Vincent's
John Willin
Allen«street
Whiting Street
Willin
Fendricks
New York
Puthore
Bridgeport
Ene Sr A
Meyer’s Old Quarry Again in the Toils
Irish Jimmy Dunn, lately jailed in Albany for burgling a post office safe and released, is to be re arrested for a similar job at a McAdenville NC plant. Known as the country’s most dangerous burglar, he targets post offices from Maine to Georgia. Inspector Meyer, involved in a prior arrest, now works as cashier of the local post office.
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Jimmy Dunn
Albany
McAdenville
North Carolina
Maine
Georgia
Dunn
Jacobs
James
W. T. Meyer
United States
Jimmy
Meyer
Unionist Victory in Newmarket Election Details
In Newmarket division Cambridge shire Unionists won the parliamentary election. Denison Pender received 5,251 votes to Liberal George Nicholls 4,400, a majority of 851. The seat was formerly held by Sir Charles Day Rose of Montreal who died April 20 after an aviation incident.
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Newmarket
Eng
Cambridgeshire
Denison Pender
George Nicholls
Sir Charles Day Rose
Montreal
Canada
Henddn
Bessie Dechazi Seeks Divorce On Two Grounds
Bessie Dechazi sues John Dethazi in this city for divorce on habitual intemperance and intolerable cruelty. They wed September 13, 1396. The actor is returnable to the June term of court.
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Bessie Dechazi
John Dethazi
Railroad Cases To Be Postponed Until June
A rumor says manslaughter cases against President Charlies 5. Mellen and Vico President McHenfty of the New Haven railroad may be postponed. Judge Joel H. Reed is set to be in Hartford on June 2, possibly delaying court. State's Attorney could not be reached for confirmation. he expects the case to continue through June.
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Charlies
Mellen
McHenfty
New Haven Railroad
Joel H. Reed
Criminal ‘Superior Court
Beartford
Jude
Teroy
Unidentified mute man near hospital faces grave risk
A man unable to speak, found at Lakeview home, was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. He can neither command strength nor intelligibly speak. The only clue is initials J 3 on his clothing, once thought to read W Smith. Police seek relatives or friends.
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Lakeview
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Ben
Mayor Urges Display of Colors on Flag Day
Mayor Wilson issued a governor’s proclamation designating Flag Day on June 1 to honor the flag and urged Frugéport citizens to display the nation’s colors prominently. A chimney fire at 143 Burroughe Street was fought by Chemical Company No. 1 at 11 this morning with no damage.
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Wilson
Frugéport
David W. Wileenw
Burroughe Street
Chemical Company No. 1
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