New Light Sheds On Titanic Disaster In New Witness
New York on May 2 In an inspection of the White Star Olympic before sailing United States Genator Smith and Rear Admiral Watt secured a key deposition from Frederick Barrett Titanic chief stoker who stood near the iceberg wreckage. Barrett described engine stopping signals a white light indicating speed and noted boilers lit and stokers nearby. He testified about the flooding and escape routes near No 5 and 6 bulkheads and said Mrs Astor escaped in lifeboat No 5. Barrett also listed wireless messages to Carpathia and Haddock’s account. A separate accident left George Brandenberg with a fractured rib at Coulter McKenzie’s plant.
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New York
United States
Genator Smith
R. M. Watt
Frederick Barrett
Black Stoke Hole
Smith
Barrett
Olympic
Barnett
Hackjett
Ing
No. 5
Pilates
Mrs. Astor
Haddock
Moore
Tom
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindnesses
Card of thanks from the Tay lor family extends sincere thanks to friends and employees for kindness and floral tokens shown during their bereavement for their father.
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T. P. Taylor
Berkshire Mills Co
Metal Trades Meeting Draws 400 Craft Workers
A Park Theatre Assembly Hall gathering drew about 400 craftsmen representing all metal trades. National, regional and local union leaders spoke on solidarity, coordinated action, and future policy planning for machinists pattern makers moulders polishers and other metal trades workers. The next meeting is in two weeks with Frank Mulholland anticipated as lead speaker.
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Park Theatre Assembly Hall
Keppler
National Machinists’ Organization
Murphy
New England Moulders’ Organization
Watts
New York Pattern Make Union
John J. O'Neil
American Federation
Jasper McLevy
Central Labor Union
Larkin
Machinists
James H. Smith
Metal Trades Council
Tocat
Pegameet Metal Trades
Frank Mulholland
International Association of Machinists
United States
Tax Collector Cooney sees busy day as taxes pour in
Tax collector Bernard Cooney reported a bustling day with about half a million collected overall. He noted $21,000 from Singer Mfg. Co and $15,000 from United Illuminating Co as the first sizable sums today while promising extended hours except Memorial Day. A help-wanted notice and a PINOCHLE AND WHIST event are also listed.
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Bernard Cooney
Singer Mfg. Co
United Illuminating Co
Mr. Cooney
Rector Lewis Calls For $1000 Fountain At Prominent City Corner
Reverend William H. Lewis of St. John's Episcopal Church urges the Common Council to replace the planned $300 cement trough with a $1000 fountain at the corner of Fairfield Avenue and Park Avenue, arguing it would honor the city. City Engineer Alfred H. Terry designed the cheaper trough, but funding falls short. some residents offer private contributions while foundation work begins next week before a decision.
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Alfred H. Terry
Fairfield Avenue
Park Avenue
W William William H. Lewis
St. John's Episcopal Church
Lewis
Terry
Courtade
Mr. Lewis
St. John’s Church
Onsy City
Naugatuck Co to Build Plant in West End Distributing
Protests by Norman street residents against The Naugatuck Valley Ice and Coal Co plan for a storage and distributing plant at Norman street and Linwood avenue will be heard by the Building Commissioners next week. President Charles H. Botsford said no permit has been granted yet and an application is expected Monday. A public hearing is planned shortly afterward.
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Norman Street
Naugatuck Valley Ice & Coal Co
Linwood Avenue
Building Commissioners
Charles H. Botsford
Board of Building Commissioners
Auction Tonight At 129 State St And Various Ads
Classified items include bankrupt stock with tobacco and jewelry, car listings from A Kregling and others, a baby carriage for sale, a jobW WANTED for ironing and collars at Model Laundry, a two family house for sale on Denver Ave with over 20 percent net, and a dancing event by Maloney's orchestra at Park Theatre hall each Saturday night.
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Co. F
Hibernian Rifles
Young Emmets
Main and
Elm
Maloney
Father
Park Theatre Hall
Maloney’s
Winter St
Middle St. A
State St
D. P. Keane
A*p
A. Kregling
Carroll Ave
Denver Ave
West End
Taft Confident of Victory Without New Jersey
President Taft told an Arlington crowd he would win renomination regardless of New Jersey's next week's primaries. He claimed over 570 delegates pledged to him, needing 539, and dismissed Roosevelt's chances as impossible. He noted Cummins holds 10 delegates and LaFollette 36.
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Newark
New Jersey
Taft
Arlington
Roosevelt
Ean
Cummins
LaFollette
Roosevelt Urges New Jersey Rally to Secure Victory
Asbury Park May 25 Colonel Roosevelt pressed for delegates in New Jersey arguing that if everybody votes as they should New Jersey will double the victory which he says is already won. Long Branch May 28 from a temporary platform at the railway station he addressed about 3000 cheering supporters declaring the shouting was over but the right way and praising the crowd.
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Asbury Park
Colone Roosevelt
New Jersey
Long Branch
N. J
Roosevelt
Acid bath case shocks New Canaan court
In New Canaan on May 2 the trial of Mrs. David Jobe heats up as she is jailed for throwing carbolic acid at her brother in law Harry Jobe Fiate causing severe burns. Her motive stems from alleged marital separation with her husband. The assault occurred after she purchased the acid in Stamford and confronted the two men on a street. a large stone was tossed during the incident and is now in authorities' custody.
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New Canaan
David Jobe
Carbella Acia
Harry PobeFiate
Paneer
Jobe
Stamford
Aut
Harry
Deadlocked Chicago Newspaper Strike Fights on
Chicago presses remain paralyzed after 22 days as publishers and five striking unions vow to press the conflict. 1,200 police on duty in the Loop watch newspaper stands. total arrests reach 115 with four jailed for riot-related charges. Samuel Gompers attends as labor leaders prepare a more determined strategy.
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Chicago
Panners
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hartford Tragedy: Man Dies After Self Inflicted Shots
Walter DeWitt Steele, 35, a farmer living with his mother, shot himself twice in the kitchen of his Hartford home, dying after two hours. He had acted strangely and was described as deranged. His mother, nearby, could not prevent the second shot. Also reported is Mrs. Joseph E. Hyde undergoing surgery at Bridgeport hospital, condition serious.
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Hartford
Walter DeWitt Steele
Steele
Joseph E. Hyde
William Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Public Burning of Black Man in Tyler Texas
Thousands witnessed the public stake burning of Dan Davis a 21 year old Black man who confessed to attacking Miss Carrie Johnson 16 in Tyler Texas The mob overpowered sheriffs and set a wood piled pyre saturated with oil The incident follows a similar past public burning with no arrests noted and reflects violent racial crime in the town reported May 25.
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Tyler
Tex
Dan Davis
Carrie Johnson
Davis
Davies
Miss Johnson
Boners Strike Ends at Warner Bros Corset Plant
Eighty two workers at the Warner Bros Corset Co factory walked out Thursday at 9 am over pay for iroring Special 351 the dollar corset. Leaders said pay settled at three quarters of a cent per pair. strikers to return Monday. Any punishment of leaders could restart trouble.
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Warner Bros. Corset Co
Cuba Alarm Prompts Navy Mobilization At Key West
Washington reports the State Department asked the Navy to mobilize the battleship Nebraska and other ships at Key West in readiness for potential Cuba developments. In Havana the looted El Caney Del Sitio reports two released American prisoners as rebels retreated toward Bafacoa, destroying bridges to impede pursuit.
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Washington
Cuba
State Department
Navy Department
Nebraska
Key West
Havana
el Caney del Sitio
Bafacoa
Challenger On Roosevelt's Chances in Roosevelt era
A letter from H. & Challenger in Bridgeport Connecticut argues Republicans will not vote for Theodore Roosevelt, contrasting Taft's appeal as a “square deal” and presenting a Republican worker’s opinion in support of Taft. The note reflects intraparty debate in the East.
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Challenger
New York Press
Roosevelt
the Press
East
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
W. H. Taft
Bridgeport
Conn
Miss Libby Pupils Give Piano Recital at Home
Miss Bessie Libby’s pupils performed a piano recital this afternoon at 4 o’clock for relatives and friends at 95 Yale Street. They were assisted by soprano Ada Tuck baritone J Stebbins Clyne and reader Ruth Calhoun.
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Bessie Libby
Yale Street
Ada Tuck
J. Stebbins Clyne
Ruth Calhoun
Mother and man bound over in maltreatment case
In Danbury on May 25 a city court bound Charles T Kingsbury a middle aged man over to the Superior court for maltreating the 12 year old daughter of Mrs Ida Chase. The mother was bound over under 32000 as an accessory to the man's act.
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Danbury
Charles T. Kingsbury
Ida Chase
Neat youths confess big burglaries in rooming house raid
Detectives arrested two youths, William Good and Girard, after discovering a loaded .38 pistol and incriminating letters during a raid on a rooming house at 90 Courtland Street. The pair, described as 18 year old Good and an accomplice, were linked to burglaries in New Haven and Philadelphia with loot including silverware and jewelry valued at upwards of three thousand dollars.
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Frank L. Ames
Courtland Street
McAvoy
New Haven
Hackett
Good
Girard
William Good
Brooklyn
New York City
Whalley Avenue
Brooks
Brooke
Young Good
Orozco Defeat Seen Ending Mexican Rebellion
El Paso May 25 The crushing defeat of General Orozco s rebels at Bellano is viewed as likely to end the uprising against the Maderista government. Reports say Orozco s followers desert in large numbers and his army may be unable to muster real resistance to Huerta s federal advance. Mutiny in Ciudad Chihuahua and riots there are noted, while Orozco burns a railroad bridge south of Jiminez to hinder pursuit. Federal reports place rebel casualties around 800 to 1,000 with minimal federal losses.
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el Paso
Orozco
Bellano
Maderista
Mexico
Huerta
Juarez
Ciudad Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Jiminez
Federal Front
Tellez
Rabago
Darrow Bribery Trial Hears Key Testimony in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on May 25 the Darrow bribery case resumed with witness George E. Monroe, as District Attorney Fredericks outlined sensational plans to prove wholesale bribery. He claimed Darrow bribed Bert Franklin to influence jurors, that $4,000 reached Lockwood via Franklin, and that Darrow paid others to sway Arue McManigal from testifying truthfully. Also noted, Charles W. Davis of the Bridgeport Business Men's association plans to attend Boston city planning conference May 27 to 29 with several Bridgeporters.
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Los Angeles
George E. Monroe
Bordwell
Superior Court
Darrow
Hutton, Jony
Fredericks
Bert Franklin
McNamara
Georg N. Lockwood
State West
Franklin
Lockwood
Arue McManigal
Charles W. Davis
Business Men's Association
Boston
General Wood Fights For Military Chief Role
Washington May 25 The House faces a bitter clash over a staff and line feud in the war department as General Leonard Wood fights to keep his job as chief of staff against a conference provision. The rule would bar any officer from chief of staff unless he has served ten years with troops before brigadier general rank. Proponents argue the policy is political elsewise. If applied historically it would have barred Grant Lee McClellan and Sheridan.
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Washington
War Department
House
Leonard Wood
Ins
Senate
Wood
Hay
Inoue Army Committee
F. ¢.Ains- Worth
Woods
Prince
Ilinois
Joker
U. S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
George B
McClellan
Phil Sheridan
Shriners Return from Los Angeles Convention
Members of Pyramid Temple Shriners who attended the Imperial council convention in Los Angeles are expected to arrive in Bridgeport late tonight. They were scheduled to reach New York this afternoon and will take a late evening train to Bridgeport.
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Pyramid Temple
Los Angeles
The
Imperial Council
Bridgeport
New York
Fire at 178 Water Street Ends with Minor Damage
An occupant near 178 Water Street used a lighted match near a gasoline can at about 4 am, starting a small fire in the home. The individual sustained minor facial and hand burns and was treated. emergency responders arrived and contained the blaze with little damage to the building.
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Water Street
Dr C N Haskell Sues Capt Hunt Estate
Dr C N Haskell of State street sues Hattie B Hunt executrix of the estate of Capt Alvin S Hunt of the police department for a $169 medical bill and $200 damages. The defendant contends the bill is exorbitant and the case is returnable to the June term of court.
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C. N. Haskell
State Street
Hattie B. Hunt
Alvin S. Hunt
Police Department
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