Mrs Archer Named in Local Suit over Windford Home
Amy Archer Gilligan faces a $600 suit from Albert W. Tremain as conservator for John H. Wright, an 84 year old Windford resident once at the Archer Gilligan Home. Attachments on the home follow creditors’ actions. Wright’s relatives feared poisoning though medical checks found no toxins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Archer Gilligan
Archer& Giligan
Windford
Albert W. Tremain
John H. Wright
Cormley & Comley
Windsor
Wright
Windaoro Pl
William H. Comiey
Gilligan
Americana & Trust Co
Conover Wright
Ee Se
New Protest on Seizures Is Complete
President Wilson sent a complete draft note to the State Department protesting interference with American mail by Great Britain. The cabinet read the terms and the note will be cabled to London with a duplicate to the French government for formal delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
State Department
Great Britain
London
Sanity inquiry ordered for William Rehak saloonkeeper
A police belief that William Rehak may be mentally unbalanced prompts a commission to examine his sanity. He was arrested after an attempted shooting at the saloon on 189 Willard Street and had fired at a patron. The case resumes May 37 in city court with physicians to observe him. His probate estate documents name T Erickson as executrix and list Lee Avenue property and bank cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rehak
Willard Street
Rehak
Bridgeport Man Fined for Traffic Violations
In New Haven on May 23 Peter Kossuth of Bridgeport was fined 10 dollars for failing to obey a traffic officer signal and 50 dollars for reckless driving a motorcycle. Albert Chernow, driver of a passenger car, was fined 50 dollars and costs for passing a standing trolley car at excessive speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Peter Kossuth
Bridgeport
Albert Chernow
Workmen Aid in Capture of Suspect in Assault Attempt
Stratford May 23 A carpenter Reinhold Persson and 15 workers pursued Frank Babosa a Black mason after he allegedly tried to molest Miss Susan Bennetto a Stratford teacher. Babosa was captured near West Broad street and remanded for further evidence as Miss Bennetto remained shocked.
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Stratford
Reinhold Persson
Frank Babosa
Stratford Avenue
West Broad Street
Susan Bennetto
Edward Bennetto
Broad Street
Nklin School
Persson
Sorretto
Capitol Avenue
Bridgeport
H. Briggs Barnum
Howard M. Curtis
Bennetto
Babosa
Miss Bennetto
Mr. Persson
Barnum
Miss Bennette
County Health Officer to Act in Local Cases
Bridgeport’s health board uses county health officer George E. Hill to seek injunctions against landlords who fail to address sanitation. The 2% Lenree family tenement at 18 Lafayette Street must add toilet facilities or be closed, with contempt of court as penalty. This new tactic, tried for first time here, aims to speed cleanups by moving from notices to high court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Common Pleas Court
Bridgeport Board, of Health
Lenree
Lafayette Street
George E. Hill
Health Board
Board of Health
Fire Truck Crank Shaft Breaks in Morning Response
A trolley collided with a milk wagon at Main and Fairview at 2 am causing a short circuit that broke a crank shaft on Truck No. 2. New parts ordered. the tractor truck remained under control. A second small fire at 5:05 am in the Public Market was caused by an overheated motor belt. Secretary Lansing sent the mails note to Great Britain to President Wilson for approval. Anniversary Week marks the 91st annual American Unitarian gathering in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Filynn
Main Street
Fairview Avenue
Daniel E. Johnson
Charities Board Orders Reform At Fairfield Fresh Air Home
The Bridgeport Charities Board moved to end boarding of non public charges at the Fairfield Fresh Air home for children under four. Seven older children were found boarded there and four and younger wards forced to Lakeview due to room limits. The board directed immediate notices to stop boarding and relocate affected children within three days.
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Bridgeport
Fairfield
Board of ‘Charities
Fair Geld
Lakeview
Fairfield House
Lakeview Home
Antil
Fairfield Institution
Charities
Almshouse
Board of Charities
M. H. Ford
Committee On Children
Gordon
Girl Loses Fingers Playing With Dynamite Cap
Helen Pulaski nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Pulpee is in Bridgeport hospital with both hands severely injured from a dynamite cap found Saturday in her yard The fore and second fingers of her left hand and the thumb of her right hand were so badly shattered that amputation was necessary She also suffered severe lacerations of both hands and other fingers Dr Frank Wales of Monroe performed the operation It is believed a laborer blasting rock near the Pulaski farm dropped the cap and the girl found it and attempted to drive a pin through it with a stone leading to the blast
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Stepney
Helen Pulaski
Pulaski Farm
Peron
Pulaski
Helen
Witnesses in Waite murder trial reveal connections
Mrs Dorothy Von Palmenberg, formerly of Bridgeport, appears in the Dr Arthur Warren Waite murder trial in New York. She is an ex intimate of Mrs Margaret Horton who shared a studio with Waite. Dr Victor C Vaughn testifies on the arsenic poisoning effects and Mrs Clara Louise Peck Waite may testify tomorrow.
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New York
Dorothy von Palmenberg
Bridgeport
Arthur Warren Waite
Clara Louise Peck Waite
Horton
Criminal Court
Percy Peck
John E. Peck
Bridgeport Molders Seek Better Conditions Campaign
The molders at Automatic Machine Co in Bridgeport will launch a union backed campaign next week led by International officer J R O Leary to demand improved conditions. Bridgeport molders lag behind other workers and may strike in sympathy with nearby machinists if the strike situation does not change this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Internatio
The
Automatic Machine Co
J. R. O'Leary
the Automatic Machine Co
Star Shirt Co. May Move Baltimore Plant and Hire Local Workers
Union officials report Star Shirt Manufacturing Co. offered jobs to non union workers in Baltimore as plans to move the plant are discussed. Some equipment may be sold while management keeps publicity minimal. The Ansonia plant will reopen Thursday and strike case hearings were continued. The Ensign Bickford textile strike ends with a five percent wage boost and fuse department changes deemed satisfactory.
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Star Shirt Co
Baltimore
Star Shirt Manufacturing Co
Ansonia
Ansonia Manufacturing Company
Koepler Saul
Mike Schmotsky
Simsbury
Conn
Ensign-Bickford Company
Bench Warrants Issued For Bridge Draw Opening Duties
May 23 Hartford district court opened its May term with Judge Thomas presiding. Fifteen indictments included drug and embezzlement cases, bogus money orders, and a bridge draw failure. Bench warrants were issued against the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad for not opening the Pequonnock River drawbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
United States District Court
Thomas
B. D. Senior
Waterbury
Edward A. Peck
Rocky Hill
James A. Crawford
Bridgeport
Leon Jim
Edward E. Wimber
Edward E. Burns
United States
Vermont
New York
New London
Arthur Beebee
Danielson
War Department
T. A. Scott Co
Shaw's Cove
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Pequonnock River
East Side Coal Co
Yellow Mill Pond Harbor
Arena Centerfreeze Co
New Haven
Roosevelt testifies as character witness in Riggs perjury case
Former President Roosevelt appears in Washington to testify for C C Glover in the Riggs National Bank perjury trial. He describes social and business ties, says Glover had high integrity, and notes Glover supported Wilson or Taft in 1912. He also states friends and Roosevelt children frequented Glover’s White House social circle.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Riggs National Bank
C. C. Glover
Glover
District of Columbia
Taft
Mr. Wilson
Roosevel
Mr. Glover
Universal Report
William J. Flather
Henry H. Flather
Porto Rican Bill Passes Without Suffrage Amendment
WashingtonMay 23 The House struck from the Porto Rican bill an amendment to grant woman suffrage to the island. The bill then passed without roll call, virtually as introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Weather Update Forecast Cloudy Tonight and Warmer Interior
The weather report notes cloudy conditions tonight with warmer temperatures inland. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with moderate south winds.
Body found near railroad track in Danbury area
A murdered man's body was found near Central New England tracks near Brewster eight miles from Danbury. The corpse bore a torn automobile wire ligature and was dragged to a bridge site then thrown onto the rails. Police seek identification, noting the victim may be a foreigner around 30 and possibly from Danbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Central New England
Brewster
Alae Elty
Greso Olan Automobile
Connecticut Line
Three Vessels Sunk by Submarines Reported
Lloyds shipping agency reports the sinking of three ships in the Mediterranean. The Greek steamship Adamantios Korais of 2947 tons was sunk by Austrians. the crew was saved. The Italian sailing vessel Fabbri ccotti F was also sunk. The British steamship Rhenass of 285 tons was sunk by a mine, with seven crew members killed.
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London
Lloyds Shipping Agency Today
Adamantios Korais
Mediterranean
Fabbriccotti F
Rhenass
Post mails to German war prisoners blocked by frontier rule
The Daily Bulletin of Orders warns postmasters not to accept articles addressed to war prisoners and internees in Germany as such mail is not admissible and will be returned. Dentists cheer as mercury price drops to 3.90 per pound, reversing long-run high costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Daily Bulletin
Postal Service
Mercury
Bridgeport
Passport sought by salesman for England and France
Bishop White applied to Naturalization Clerk Flanagan for a passport to England and France for a business trip representing the Bridgeport Chain Co. His application was forwarded to government officials in Washington.
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Bishop White
Flanagan
England
France
Bridgeport Chain Co
Washington
Carranza Dispatches 40 000 Troops South of Border
Washington reports the Carranza government has ordered 40,000 troops into the region south of the border to exterminate bandits. General Obregon’s force was increased to 16,000 to police territory, with movements via Saltillo hampered by a railway strike. Troops are marching toward the area as the effort expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carranza
State Department
Obregon
el Paso
Scott
Funston
Aew
Trevine
Chihawhaw
Saltillo
Preparedness Parade to Be Emulated inBridgeport
Mayor Clifton B. Wilson forms a committee to organize a Preparedness Parade similar to New York’s. He expects 10 000 participants including veterans, scouts, workers, and students with women on the committee. June 3 is proposed as the event date. local groups must supply bands as funds are not provided.
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Wilson
New York
Myer
Boys' Britude
Meyor
United States
Mmgee
Bridgeport
Frederick J. Adsram
F. L. Chapman
William N. Barnum
S. of
Cassius E. Deitz
RE. E. Cartwright
Hay C. Went
Clifford B. Welson
Destroyer Drops Anchor Off Park City on Naval Base Tour
The torpedo boat destroyer John O Brien arrived in port yesterday afternoon and will stay through Thursday. Other destroyers will also stop here on a voyage to New Zealand ports to seek suitable naval bases in case of war.
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Park City
Tohn = O Brien
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Will
Hill
Quwner
Lansing
American Unitarian Association and Allied Organizations
Boston
Waite
U. K
T.R
R.R
Slayers
Texas
U. S
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