Up to Japan for next step in land case
Washington May 20 With the answer of the United States to its protest in hand it is now up to the Japanese foreign office to take the next step in negotiations over the California alien land act It is expected the forthcoming rejoinder to Secretary Bryan will be strongly argumentative and aimed at legal grounds The State Department looks to the Japanese government or its citizens to test the new law by recourse to U S courts Japan’s reluctance to begin such action signals extending the contention that the Federal government must insure fair treatment for its subjects
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Washington
United States
Japa Mese Foreign Office
California
Bryan
State Department
Japan
Farrenkopf
Vernon
Socialistic Party
Peterbury
New Haven
Ian
State Park
Savin Rock
Npon
Bis
Shell Fisheries Committee
Ryce
House
Senate
Cor
New Haven Mortgage Company
Geveral
Arrests in strike zone of Paterson today
Paterson New Jersey May 20 fifty seven arrests were made this morning as 1200 or more strikers and supporters gathered near the Price Silk Mill to jeer returning workers. Three prisoners were women one with a baby later paroled. Police plan to contest closures of turn hall gathering sites in court while open air meetings continue.
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Police Commission
Oheringe
Fire Claims Life Of New York Malt Manufacturer In Massachusetts
Matthew White, 75, a retired malt manufacturer from New York City, died in a fire at the family summer home in Monterey Massachusetts. His daughter and her husband escaped after jumping from a second story window as flames spread quickly. five minutes later the floor collapsed. White, head of a business founded by his father in Albany, also held Salt Lake City real estate and western mining interests. He arrived at the May 1 retreat. his son Matthew White Jr. is in London. The body will be buried in a local cemetery.
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Monterery
Mass
Matthew Wwhite
New York City
Matthew White, Jr
I. T. Withington
White
London
Withington
Mr. White
Albany
N.Y
Salt Lake City
Ten Automobiles Carry Delegates to Odd Fellows Convention
Ten large automobiles with streamers left Bridgeport this morning bearing delegates for the Odd Fellows convention in New London. The cars, festooned and ready for today and tomorrow's sessions, will be joined later by friends aboard the 4:23 train for additional attendance.
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Bridgeport
New London
Streamere
Jodees
Kirby Attacks Labor Leaders and Statesmen Alike
Chicago May 20 John Kirby Jr Dayton Ohio pres president of the National Association of Manufacturers denounces organized labor for violence and lawlessness and attacks tariff and anti labor legislation warning that labor trust influence and certain congress members threaten free enterprise He cites the Sundry civil appropriation bill and taft veto while urging firm stand for law and order against radical tariff effects and left wing forces
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Chicago
John Kirby, Jr
Dayton
National Association of Manufacturers
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
American Federation of Labor
Labor Trust
Congress
Sentries to guard St Andrews golf links under suffragette threat
May 20 St Andrews Scotland militant suffragettes threaten to attack the world's amateur golf championship. Townspeople guard greens at night with 5000 volunteers and umbrellas. A vigilance committee monitors River Tay routes with a searchlight on the railroad bridge to deter damage before next week's play.
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St. Andrews
Scotland
Greens
Railroad Cases Postponed to September Term
State's Attorney Stiles Judson announced manslaughter cases against New Haven Railroad officers will be postponed until the September term of the criminal superior court. He cited limited June term time and judge assignments that prevent finishing the cases before summer adjournment. The schedule remains unsettled as judge assignments are not finalized until next month.
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Stiles Judson
Mellen
McHenry
New Haven Railroad
Criminal Superior Court
Farmer
Prentice
Supreme Court
Joel H. Reed
Hartford
Howard
Curtis
Horace M. Gray
Norwalk
Albert Mossman
6Th Co., Coast Artillery
Judson
Bridge Bond Plans Move Toward Voter Approval
Hartford May 20. House action by Clitus H. King and Lynn W. Wilson removes the 20 percent referendum clause from bills authorizing 1 000 900 and 500 000 bonds for City Street and Stratford Avenue bridges in Bridgeport. Amended reports replace Clifford B. Wilson with mayor of Bridgeport. Bonds go to a compulsory referendum at the next general election and require voter approval to take effect. The next Bridgeport mayor would name the bridge commission if approved.
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Corres
Hartford
Clitus H. King
Fairfield
Lynn W. Wilson
Bridgeport
State Street
Stratford Avenue
Clifford B. Wilson
Wilson Calls for Deep Probe of Fire Insurance
Hartford May 20 Representative L W Wilson of Bridgeport in the House filed the minority report urging an investigation of fire insurance companies in Connecticut. He cites rate fixing by a suspected monopsony and notes years of high premiums despite large city fire department spending. Witnesses from Hartford and New Haven describe rate making schemes and noncompetitive pricing harming consumers. The report contends that 59 cents of every dollar spent by 1908 to 1912 went to profits and expenses, with 41 cents returned as losses.
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Hartford
L. W. Wilson
Bridgeport
House
Joint
Connecticut
Connéctigut
Winsted
Winstead
General Assembly
Waterbury
South W Nolwalk
R. M. Bissell
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
New England
John 8. Alling
Security Insurance Company of
New Haven
New England Fire Exchange
Suit started in dissolution of shoe trust
Boston May 20 The government suit to dissolve the United Shoe Machinery Company began in federal court with judges Putnam Dodge and Brown presiding Eleven corporations and 23 individuals are named as defendants accused of contracts combinations and conspiracies to restrain trade and create a shoe machinery monopoly The case centers on lease arrangements rather than outright sales and features prosecutors from Washington and local defense counsel led by Charles F Choate Jr and H J Dunham Names of several defendant companies and numerous individuals across Boston New York and other cities are listed in the docket.
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Boston
United Shoe Machinery Company
Putnam, Dodge and Brown
United States District Court
James A. Fowler
United States
McReynolds
Washington
Iliam S. Gregg
Asa P. French
Edwin H.abbott
Charles F. Choate, Jr
H. J. Dunham
Walter Bates Barr
United Shoe Machine Company
New Jersey
Maine
United Shoe Machine Corporation
United Shoe Repairing Machine Company
United X-Pedite Finishing Company
Bills Lacquer Company
O. A. Miller Dreeing Machine Company
Brockton
W. W. Cross & Company, Int
Ross My
Brookline
Edwin P. Brown
Newton
Frank D. Babbott
New York
Henry B. Endicott
Dedham
Edmund de B. Gardner
Passagc
N. J
John H. Hanan
Harold G. Denham
Medford
Elmer P. Howe
Joseph C. Milham
Beverly
Joe E. Keith
Rudolph Matz
Chicago
Charles F
Where to See Circus Parade Tomorrow Forenoon
The circus parade route maps from the lot in the West End through Fairfield avenue to State street then Main street back to Fairfield avenue and to the lot. Arrangements have been made to clear Fairfield avenue to permit the passage of the pageant.
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Fairfield Avenue
State Street
Main Street
New Haven Road States Cylinder Did Not Explode
New Haven May 20 In a statement issued today and carried in yesterday s dispatches the operating department of the New Haven road says that in the killing of two section hands at Woodmont yesterday the cylinder of a passing engine did not explode The men stood along the track as the train neared and the presumption is they did not retreat far enough and were either struck by a car or drawn under by suction
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New Haven
New Haven Road
Woodmont
Murder of Essad Pasha Reported in Vendetta
Vienna reports the murder of Essad Pasha, who led the Turks at Scutari during the siege. The assassination allegedly occurred at Tirana after he led Turkish forces to form a provisional Albanian government. Authorities speculate a blood vendetta linked to General Hassan Riza Pasha’s death, with relatives accused.
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Vienna
Essad Pasha
Scutari
Trieste
Reichpost
Tirana
Eesad Pasha
Hassan Riza Pasha
Essad
Connecticut House passes workmen compensation bill unanimously
Hartford May 20 The Connecticut House approved the workmen's compensation act by a unanimous, rising vote after brief debate. Speakers Healy Thoms Storrs Lawlor and Wilson touted the measure as essential reform to aid workers while benefiting industry. The Senate later discussed armory bill amendments and other measures as part of a broad session agenda.
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Corres
Hartford
House
Healy
Windsor Locks
Thoms
Waterbury
Storrs
Ansonia
Lawlor
Wilson
Bridgeport
Senate
Connecticut General Assembly
Koppleman
Ublican
Connecticut
Hyde
Manchester
Neebe
Meriden
Laper
General Assembly
Baldwin
Representative Storrs
Representative Lawler
Mr. Storrs
Isbell
New Haven
Adjt Gen Cole and Schulze Testify in Gray Suit
The $15,000 suit by Horace M. Gray of Nor walk against Capt Albert Mossman of the 6th Coast Artillery was resumed in superior court before Judge Greene. Adjt Gen Cole and Inspector General Schulze of Hartford testified for Mossman as the IG report on 40 charges including hiring an extra cook and locker keys was read. charges were dismissed and the trial continued at press time.
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Horace M. Gray
Norwalk
Albert Mossman
6Th Co., Coast Artillery
Greene
Adjt
George M. Colé
Edward Schulze
Hartford
Mosman
Graf
Mossman
Cole
Gray
Fth Co
Capt
Police Chiefs Convention Feasts Planned in Washington
In Washington on May 20 the chamber of commerce will feed up to 400 chiefs of police for the International Association of Police Chiefs convention. A grand Potomac bake is planned with one thousand fish ordered, two per delegate, as part of the event set for June.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
International Association of Police Chiefs
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ODD Fellows
Kirby
National Manufacturers’ Association
Department of Justice
William Howard Taft
Industrial Workers of the World
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Shoe Trust
U. S. District Court
Col. Schulze
Police
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