Suffrage Protesters Convicted In British Gallery Attacks
London reports describe sentences for suffrage activists involved in vandalism at the National Gallery and Royal Academy. Six months imprisonment for the main picture destroyers and four months for the window smashers were handed down amid a tense court scene.
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London
National Gallery
Royal Academy
West End
Lye Mars
Freda Graham
George
Gesen
Mary
Vaterland Sinks Coal Barges After Maiden Voyage
In New York on her maiden voyage the Vaterland collided with two coal barges. The steamship backed off under her own power but momentum drove her across the quay, snapping lines and causing damage to Morgan liners as the barges sank and buckled against the ship.
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New York
Vaterland
Abies
Spaen Eens Sven He
Waterland
Body of Empress Buried With All Ancient Rites
Kyote Japan May 26 ancient rites marked the burial of Empress Dowager Haruko in a mausoleum at Monoyama. The coffin lay in state as thousands prayed. Four guardian figures, in armor, were interred with the coffin to guard the imperial body.
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Kyote
Japan
Haruko
Monoyama
Barts
Ferguson's former wife seeks alimony from Ferguson
Mary White Carstairs, member of Philadelphia Gistillers family, sues Stamford heir Walton Ferguson Jr. for $2000 claiming an October 1913 agreement obliged him to pay Emilie Carstairs Ferguson $300 monthly for life. She alleges four months' installment fell due but was not paid. The divorce trial had featured accusations of cruelty and trips to Maine with a guide.
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Walton Ferguson, Jr
Stamford
Maine
Emilie Carstairs Ferguson
Superior
Mary White Carstairs
Philadelphia
Gistillers
Ferguson
HmiNe Carstairs Ferguson
Maine Woods
George Graham
Cablegram of Condolence to Hungary
A cablegram sent today to leaders of the Independent party in Budapest and the Mazyar Independent club of Bridgeport expresses sorrow at the death of Ferencz Lajosith. Bridgeport hosts about 10,000 Hungarians with several churches and schools. many belong to the Independent movement or admire Louis Kossuth. A future meeting of Hungarian societies is planned to adopt sorrowful resolutions as flags hang at half mast on society buildings.
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Buda- Pesth
Hungary
Bridg Rt
Ferencz Lajosith
Wrch
Mt of
Bridgeport
Francis Kossuth
Louis Kossuth
Washington Park
Kossuth
America
United Hungarian Societies
Hungarian Confederation of Sick'Benefit
United States
Local auto dealer jailed for fatal manslaughter verdict
Fred Larson proprietor of Bridgeport Garage was sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter for striking and killing Pauline Balors in Fairfield last month. Judge Gager condemned reckless driving noting the instrumentality is dangerous. Balors was struck after alighting from a trolley near Benson road. Larson claimed he did not see her until ten feet away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Larson
Bridgeport Garage & Equipment Co
Pauline Balors
Fairfield
Gager
Criminal Superior Court
Benson's Road Crossing
Larson
Fred Mills
Yale Professor Heads Federal Grand Jury to Probe Shoe Thefts
Hartford May 26 federal grand jury sits in US district court with Carmine A imolife Salvatore DeLucia and others accused of stealing shoes from railway cars. Prof. Thomas R. Lounsbury of Sheffield Scientific School is foreman. Judge Edwin H. Thomas assigns conspiracy case of Mrs. Elizabeth C Holman against her husband Prof. Cranston Brenton and Dr. O C Smith and Dr. Paul Waterman for $50 000 trial on June 2.
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Hartford
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Court
Carmine A
O. C. Smith
Paul Waterman
Woman Accuses Policeman of Rough Usage in Bridgeport
Mrs Susie Bubkeo alleges a Bridgeport police officer assaulted her after a milk and bread dispute at her Church street home. She shows bruises at emergency hospital. Superintendent Birmingham orders investigation as Officer O F Bakley denies the charge.
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Bridgeport Police Department
Birmingham
Church Street
Susie Bubkeo
Itas
Udry
P:t
O.F. Bakley
Bubko
Julia Mazeak
SILLIMAN SAFE ARRIVES IN MEXICO CITY
May 26 report says normal conditions prevail in Monterey. Mrs. John R. Silliman learns of her husband’s safe arrival in Mexico City from the state department and Consul General Hanna. The plan to resume passengers on the Saltillo railroad is noted. the wife recounts his May 12 arrest, three weeks imprisonment, and departure for Mexico City. Mrs. Silliman plans to leave Saltillo later with other American women and a Mr. Wheeler of the British consulate.
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Washington
Monterey
Hannah
State Department
Saltillo
John R. Silliman
Mexico City
Hanna
Silliman
Wheeler
Wretch Who Slew Man and Wife May Be Insane
Michael Farkasti charged with killing Julius and Rose Csoszi on April 22 may be found sane by the criminal superior court. Judge Gager ordered a medical commission to examine him and recommend admission to the State Hospital for observation. No disposition will be made until he has treatment for several weeks. William Stone, 16, pleaded guilty to assault on Alma House, 16, of Huntington and was placed on probation. Court adjourned until June 9.
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Michael Farkasti
Julius
Rose Csoszi
City
Criminal Superior Court
Gager
State Hospital
William Stone
Alma House
Huntington
Juune 9
Land Statement Postponed by Mexican Envoys
Niagara Falls Ont May 2 The Mexican delegates postponed indefinitely the issuance of any statement on the land question. We will not let the agrarian question disrupt the mediation proceedings. There is a way to reach common accord so that we may complete our work shortly. American delegates and mediators went into conference shortly before noon.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Soft Hands Help In Repair of Highways
Ten thousand volunteers worked on 2,100 miles of highway in Washington county for Good Roads Day.Participants included professionals, merchants, manufacturers, and 500 students from Washington and Jefferson College and the local high school. A new canal of the bubonic plague was discovered at Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington County
Washington and Jefferson College
Havana
Redmond Foresees Dawn of Brighter Era for the Irish
John Redmond declares the era of famine and insurrection is ending and a new union based on peace and loyalty will emerge. He calls for Irish nationalists in all regions to join in making Home Rule a settled reality and reflects on prior prophecies of doom.
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Redmond
Ireland
John Redmond
Ominous Calm Signals Ulster Rise After Home Rule Bill
Eeondon May 26 ominous calm follows passage of Home Rule bill in Ulster. Police in Londonderry Belfast doubled. troops held in readiness to quell demonstrations. Carsonites hold secret meetings and Carson boasts of 100,000 men, though figures likely exaggerated. Provisional government threats loom. Tyrone elections may spark violence. Cork celebrates while northern quiet unsettles authorities.
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Eeondon
Ulster
Sir Howard Carson
Bonar Law
Londonderry
Belfast
Dublin
Carsonites
Cork
Erin
Carson
Howard Carson
Edward Carson
Stamford Doctor Fined For Failure To Report Diphtheria
Dr. Jacob S. Nemoiton of Stamford was fined 25 dollars and costs in city court for failing to report a contagious disease case. Health authorities had complained he neglected to report diphtheria, though he said in court he diagnosed it as nephritis.
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Stamford
Jacob S. Nemoiton
Nemoiton
Colonial Dames Elect Officers in Connecticut Meeting
Westchester Conn May 26 Mrs Williston Walker of New Haven was chosen president of the Connecticut Society of Colonial Dames at its annual meeting held today at the Hartford summer home of Mrs Daniel A Markham Other officers include Vice presidents Mrs L H English and Mrs Franklin G Whitmore genealogist Miss Mary J Talcott board of managers Mrs F F Brewster Mrs Thomas B Chapman Miss C C Gilman Miss E M Holcombe and Mrs H S Hotchkies recording secretary Mrs L M Daggett corresponding secretary Miss Edith Kingsbury treasurer Mrs Arthur Perkins historian Mrs John A Porter registrar Miss Mary J Talcott
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Westchester
Conn
Williston Walker
New Haven
Connecticut Society of Colonial Dames
Daniel A. Markham
Hartford
L. H. English
Franklin G. Whitmore
Pomfret
Mary J. Talcott
Days Call Convention In South Manchester
The Prohibition State convention call was issued by State Chairman E. L. G. Hohenthal for June 23 and 24 in South Manchester Conn. The event will nominate state officers and for the first time select a candidate for Penatap.
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Manchester
Conn
E. L. G. Hohenthal
Penatar
Liquor Licenses Worth $2,500 in Bridgeport
A Bridgeport hearing before county commissioners addressed a remonstrance against Alphonsa H. Gosch of 1784 Main Street over a liquor license transfer from John B. McDermott. John D. Smarto and Robert Fitzroy, brewery agents, testified to prior promises and payments totaling $500 and to related transfer arrangements. The remonstrance was filed and the commissioners reserved decision.
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Alphonsa H. Gosch
Main Street
John D. Smarto
Gesch
John B. McDermott
Smarto
McDermott
Robert Fitzroy
Madison Avenue
Home Brewing Co
Gosch
State Board plans $1.5 million rise in Bridgeport grand list
The State Board of Tax Equalization notified Mayor Clifford B. Wilson of intent to increase Bridgeport’s grand list by 1.5 million, raising state taxable base from 111,221,703 to 12,721,703. Hearing set for Thursday at 11 a.m. in Hartford. Wilson will attend to oppose the increase. The board includes Treasurer Edward S. Roberts, Tax Collector William H. Corbin, and Comptroller Daniel B. Dunn.
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State Board of Tax Equalization
Clifford B. Wilson
Bridgeport
Board of Equalization
Edward S. Roberts
William H. Corbin
Daniel B. Dunn
Hartford
Wilson
Equalization Board
Veteran mail clerk dies of apoplexy in Norwalk
Simeon Royal Keith a famed railroad mail clerk died at his Norwalk home from a paralytic stroke. He had suffered for a year after a derailment near Harrison N Y and had not returned to work. Keith was active in Railway Mail Clerks associations and Elks Masons and Odd Fellows. Survived by his mother sister and brother, he never married with funeral plans pending. The Rev Jerome Dougherty, former Georgetown University president, died in New York aged 45.
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Simeon Royal Keith
Norwalk
Keith
Green Mountain Express
Harrison
Railway Mail Service
New England
Railway Mail Clerks Mutual Benefit Association
New Haven
Norwalk Lodge of Elks
The
Elks
Masons
Odd Fellows
Springdale
New York
Springfield
Albany
Green Mountain
Charles E. Keith
Bradley
Harriet Keith
West Avenue
Bridgeport
Una Keith
Cottage Street
Jerome Dougherty
Georgetown University
High School Contract Dispute Triggers Board Crisis
The Bridgeport Board of Education faces a split over the Durkin & Laas high school contract with reports that work on excavation and a gym site halted. Disputes over cubic yard measures, material quality, and inspector appointments have led to heated meetings, possible contractor changes, and threats of legal action as Architect Rogers and sub-contractors navigate mounting tensions.
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Board of Education
Durkin & Laas
Gibson & Co
New York
Con Board of Education
Plumbean
Education
Robertson& Giovanni
Dimer H. Havens
Nathaniel W. Bishop
Howard W. Chal’ I
James Gamble Rogers
Education Board
Messrs
Bishop
Havens
Durkin & Loas
Durkin
Robertson & Giovanni
Laas
Hoss
Ducation
Dietat
Rogers
Oncom
Beechen
Secon Joe
Bridgeport
Gibson & Cin
Bownd
Gibson & Co. Pele
Efter Mestiae
Architec
Witt
Mias Durkin
Erin
Elmer
Sreen Totes
Williams& Boardman
Parmer
Miew Durkin
Rowers
Iids
Fevir
Nichola
Boardman
Crom
Dog Clue Uncovers Family Drowning Near North Bay
North Bay Ont May 26 A dog’s frantic actions led to discovery of a drowning accident in which a family was lost. The dog tracked the sea shore to where three bodies lay, identified as Mrs Arthur Mansbridge and her children. A search continues for Mr Mansbridge, who had taken his wife and children picnicking in a canoe on Victoria Day.
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North Bay
Ont
Arthur Mansbridge
Mansbridge
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Sons of Kossuth
East Bridgeport
YALE
Colonial Dames
Dutch Deckers' Union
Lee
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Balland
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