Germans Back of Uprising and Irish Politics Talk
In Parliament on May 19 Mr. Birrell warned that without the home rule bill there would have been a major explosion in Ireland and possibly in the United States. He discussed Sinn Fein influence in Dublin and the need for military show of force to deter Sinn Feiners, noting prior discussions with Kitchener and French on deploying troops.
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London
Ireland
House of Commons
John Redmond
Birrell
Edward Carre
Arrell
Answering Birrell
Dublin
Kitchener
Berlin
Haucourt-Esnes
Verdun
Meuse
War Office
Duckswood
Trolleymen Reject Compromise Wage Offer in Ballot
Reports from New Haven indicate Connecticut trolley workers voted against a wage deal offering a maximum rate of two cents an hour. They sought a schedule with thirty five cents maximum. The conference board of trolley unions has not released final ballot figures. Also in New Haven, hod carriers and shovelers on excavation work showed ongoing strike with police stationed at active sites to keep peace.
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Mew Fiaven
Conference Board
Trolley Unions
New Haven
Charles P. Jockmus
Ansonia Manufacturing Co
Abraham Aaronson
Judge Munger
Aaronson
Jockmus
Boston
New York
Mayer Schumaker
Huge
Austrians Plan Record Drive to Albania Port
In Paris on May 19 150 steamers gathered at Fiume to carry ps munition and supplies under Austro Hungarian naval protection to Durazzo Albania. The move signals a possible Austrian attack on Aviong held by Italians.
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Albania
Paris
Fiume
Durazzo
Innesbruck
Aviong
Nurse Who May Be Queen Reveals Island Romance
Bridgeport nurse Miss Emily McCoy may rule Pitcairn Island after eight years away. She describes island life, marriage customs, and the danger of lockjaw, noting courtship, weddings, and a planned return with a graphophone and a five and ten cent store.
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Emily McCoy
Bridgeport
Pitcairn Island
Xaos Misa McCoy
Leonard Christian
Panama Canal
Christian
Miss McCoy
Secretary Lansing Out With Mild Cold Keeps Cabinet Busy
Washington May 19 President Wilson and the cabinet met without Secretary Lansing who has been at home since yesterday with slight soreness. Virtually all cabinet members said they had nothing of importance to bring up.
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Eid
Erty
City Court
Justice of the Peace
Edward J. McManus
Susan W. Bishop
George W. Smith
Philo C. Calhoun
J. Walter.Scheffer
Marsh, Stoddard & Day
Vincent L. Keating
Cullin
McManus
Justice Courts
Keating
Calhoun
Bishop
Wilder
J. Walter Scheffer
Wilders
Office of Cullinan & & Cullinan
Justice’s Court
Justice Court
Justice McManus
Farmer
Steiber
Scheffer
Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Weather Outlook Generally Fair Tonight and Tomorrow
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and tomorrow with light to moderate westerly winds. No precipitation is expected and temperatures will remain mild across the region.
Striker Shot During Ansonia Riots Faces Inquiry
In Ansonia Connecticut prosecutors opened an inquiry to identify orders to fire on strikers at the Ansonia Manufacturing plant after one man died from gunfire and another is dying. Guards, officials, and workers faced a tense scene as talks aimed at settling the strike continued amid scattered violence.
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Ansonia
A. R. McOrmon
Ansonia Manufacturing Company
Charles Lako
Griffen Hospital
Derby
Charles Molles
McOrmon
Fli Mix
New Haven
Lalo
Schumacher
Philip Hugo
Former Senator Burton Lunches With Hartford Republicans
Former Senator Burton of Ohio, seeking the Republican presidential nomination, dined at the Hartford club with J Henry Roraback Charles Hopkins Clark George S Klett Col Louis R Cheney and other Connecticut GOP leaders. He declined to rate his candidacy but urged that the country needs a change in administration.
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Hartford
Burton
Ohio
Noom
Hartford Club
Henry Roraback
Connecticut
Charles Hopkins Clark
George S. Klett
Louis R. Cheney
Clark
Urge Edwards as Successor to Dr. Ellis
The Charities Organization Society calls for George C. Edwards, president, to join the Board of Public Charities. Political interests resist, amid the resignation of Dr. T. S. Ellis. A physician is urged, with Dr. H. W. Fleck prominently mentioned as a candidate.
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Urge Edwards
DR. Ellis
Charities Orgentization Society
George C. Edwards
Board of Public Charities
Edwards
T. S. Ellis
Lous
Charities
Wilson
Charities Organization Society
H. W. Fleck
Dupont Company Forecloses on Local Bruce Avenue Property
The DuPont Powder Company files in superior court to foreclose its judgment lien on American Lacquer Co. property at Bruce Avenue. A November 18, 1915 judgment totaled 38,082.39 with costs 25.95. The 125 foot frontage near a pier makes the site valuable for manufacturing.
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BH. I. duPont-de Nemours Powder Co
American Lacquer Co
Bruce Avenue
duPont Company
Lacquer Company
Shapiro & Shapiro
Five Knights of Columbus Councils in Bridgeport to Merge
Consolidation of five Bridgeport Knights of Columbus councils into a single council with about 1100 members is to occur within weeks. Four councils have approved. the fifth votes next week. The merged body will operate from the Washington Avenue and Congress Street home and become the largest council in Connecticut. The five councils are Park City No. 16, John Rogers, Cordova, Cecil Calvert, and Aragon. John Rogers plans a farewell banquet for its 88 members before merging.
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Knights of Columbus
Washington Avenue
Congress Street
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Park City
Cordova
Cecil Calvert
John Rogers
Aragon
John &. Rogers
John Scanlon
John Tague
Mayor Mitchell Calls Thompson Treachery Over Phone Taps
New York May 19 Mayor Mitchell accuses Senator Thompson of treachery to the United States for moving to investigate the tapping of telephones at the Seymour and Seymour munitions firm.
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Mayor Mitchell
New York
Mitchel
Thompson
United States
Seymour & Seymour
Lewandowski Murder Trial resumes with Coroner witness
Litchfield Conn May 19 The trial of John Lewandowski charged with murder of George Meslanka in Tarryville resumed as Coroner 5 A Herman testified describing the wounds believed to cause death. Several doctors also testified.
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Litchfield
Conn
John Lewandowski
George Meslanka
Tarryville
A. Herman
Woman Drowns Self in Quinnipiac River
In New Haven on May 1 the body of Mrs. Patrick McCabe aged 71 of 3 Willard Street Weatyile was found in the Quinnipiac River. She left a note to her husband saying she was a burden and planned to take her own life.
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New Haven
Patrick McCabe
Willard Street
Weatyile
Quinnipiac River
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Sinn Fein
State
Elarish
Egypt
Palestine
Elar ‘Ish
Syria
M’manus
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America
Elder Rizzo
Angelo
Michael
Italan
Michael Rizzo
Niagara Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Michael Rizzo, Jr
Syracuse Central High School
Angelo Rizzo
Palermo
Italy
Rizzo
Geneva
Texas
Earl Robbins
Meelf
A. BR. Lemient
Ansonia Co
Simsbury
Ensign-Bickford Co
C.O. S
Dr. Fleck
Dupont CO
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