Open mind shown by Gov Felker on Thaw case
Concord N H Sept 20 Gov Felker says his mind is open on the Thaw extradition matter and will assess federal court action. The case draws letters from Thaw supporters urging liberty and others urging surrender to New York authorities. Thaw asks to explain his choice of New Hampshire counsel and delays may hinge on family views and a Pennsylvania representative. Shaw reports readiness for legal work and precedents as counsel collaborates on the defense plan.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
George Lauder Carjenie
Thaw
New Hampshire
Stone
Pennsylvania
New York
Felker
Shaw
New Haven Road Stock Recovers At Opening Today
New York reports opening trading shows traders on the short side as the market slips. Union Pacific stays active but weak, Reading Southern Pacific Steel and Cana Pacific all fall, Rock Island drops to a new low before midday. New Haven opens unchanged at 37, market closes firm amid refinancing demand and bill pressures.
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New York
Union Pacific
Reading
Southern Pacific
Steel
Cana- Pacific
Rock Island
New Haven
London
Bears
Four Boys Held For Breaking Into Freight Car
New Haven September 20 Four Waterbury boys were arrested for breaking into a freight car at Sandy Hook and held by Federal Commissioner Wright in the district court under $1000 bonds each. The case goes to court next Tuesday under new federal law treating such property crimes as federal offenses. The youths named are Victor Birdsall Joseph Harp Joseph Rigauskas and Law Phelan.
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New Haven
Sandy Hook
Newwn
Wright
Victor Birdsall
Joseph Ha
Joseph Rigauskas
Law- Phelan
Batcheller, Rich Corset Man, Weds Newport Woman
Col George J Batcheller head of his namesake corset enterprises marries Miss Truenna Geddes of Newport aged thirty. The couple met in Palm Beach where Geddes worked for a Boston department store. They plan to reside in New York.
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George Jton Batcheller
Feunterprises
Mies Truenna Geddes
Newport
Palm Beach
Boston
New York
City risks $40,000 if Mooney closes condemned schools
Bridgeport faces a potential $40,000 loss from the state remuneration grant if Chief Mooney orders closures of schools lacking fire escapes. Maplewood McKinley and Kossuth are named as equipped, while board members seek a workaround and prepare for Monday discussions on permits and exemptions under the new law.
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Mooney
Bridgeport
Maplewood
McKinley
Kossuth
Board of Education
David Gimand
Ginand
State Board of Education
Field-Warner Nuptials Set for Next Tuesday
Large and fashionable congregation will witness the ceremony at Greenfield Hill Congregational church next Tuesday at 4 PM. Miss Margaret L Warner, daughter of DeVer H Warner, to Mr John W Field, Yale football star formerly of Washington DC now Bridgeport.
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Margaret L Warner
DeVer H. Warner
John W. Field
Yale
Washington, D. C
Bridgeport
Greenfield Hit Congregational Church
Henry Hallam Tweedy
South Congregational Church
Eagar H. Olmstead
Greenfield Hill Church
Ann Arbor
Mich
Hugh Porter
Porter
Locomobile Company
Miss Warner
Park City
Misses Masters
Dobbs Ferry
Hudson
Field
Warner Bros. Co
Yale University
Warner
The
Warners
Greenfield Hill
Mt Carmel Trolley Line to Mountain Planned by Incorportors
Hamden Conn Sept 20 The Mt Carmel Railway incorporators will file their certificate of organization next week The plan is to build a line to the mountain The incorporators are William M Cook Charles F Cook and Sereno P Cook Hirst Peak is noted as the high point and offers a magnificent view of the country
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Hamden
Conn
Mt. Carmel Railway
Hirst Peak
William M. Cook
Charles F. Cook
Sereno P. Cook
Soft Words End School Strike at Longfellow
The Longfellow school strike ends after Miss Mary Stapleton confronts 20 pupils about their act. Belligerent youths vented with chants toward Whittier students as the walkout ends and normal classes resume.
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Longfellow School
Mary Stapleton
Longfellow
Whittier
Roxey Rocco
Grace Anderson
Whittiers
Banker Dies After Racing Train in Cos Cob
Ralph Bullock a New York banker who lived in Cos Cob died of heart disease at Greenwich station after hurrying to catch a Cos Cob train. He collapsed in a coach and died in the arms of rescuers. The medical examiner cited heart trouble as the cause. He was unmarried.
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Greenwich, Conn
Ralph Bullock
New York City
Cos Cob
Greenwich Station
Fractures Wrist In Dredge Accident At Bayonne
Christopher Christ a 45 year old laborer aboard the J. 3. Packard Co dredge anchored off Bostwick avenue tripped on a plank this morning and sustained a fracture of the left wrist an ambulance was summoned his home is 216 Prospect avenue Bayonne New Jersey.
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Christopher Christ
J. 3. Packard Co
Bostwick Avenue
Prospect Avenue
Bayonne
N. J
More Trouble for Suspended Lawyer Merva
Attorney Joseph A. Merva, recently suspended for defrauding a client, faces new charges of extortion in Fairfield County. Grievance committee and State’s Attorney Stiles Judson allege he took 140 dollars from Mary Sturbach to fund her husband’s defense, while claiming a larger fee and threatening further costs. The matter, tied to February 21 1913 events and a pending October term, follows his prior suspension and reports he may soon leave the city.
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Joseph A. Merva
Superior Court
Fairfield County Bar
Stiles Judson
Mary Sturbach
Joseph Sturbach
Mary
Steven Galla
Sturbach
Merva
Jesse A. Stewart
DeForest
Klein
Train derailed as eight coaches leave tracks near Topeka
Eight cars left the rails of Chicago Rock Island line eastbound from Denver near Topeka Kansas. A steel baggage and smoking car rolled 20 feet down an embankment, landing upside down. Passengers were injured, with J P Baldy of Herrington Kansas likely fatally crushed, and conductor J O Thompson among those seriously injured. A defective rail is blamed as the cause.
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Topeka
Kas
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Denver
Colorado Springs
St. Louis
Here
J. P. Baldy
Herrington, Kas
J. O. Thompson
My Mother's Dying Plea Lets Speeder Go Free
John Kovak a 30 year old motorcyclist from South Norwalk was arrested near the Ash Creek Bridge for speeding and summoned to City Court. He allegedly pleaded he needed to reach a dying mother, a tale that led Fairfield deputies and Bridgeport authorities to release him, before learning the story was questioned and ordering him to appear before Justice Bacon Wakeman.
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John Kovak
Boutard Street
Norwalk
Ash Creek
Gorgas
Kovak
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Elwood
Bacon Wakeman
Torpedo Boat McCall Visits Harbor for Weekend Tour
The torpedo boat destroyer McCall anchored in the harbor last Saturday and Sunday returns this week. It will receive visitors today and tomorrow before leaving Monday at 80.
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McCall
Ouimet Wins American Open Golf Championship
Francis Ouimet of Brookline, a youthful amateur, defeats Harry Vardon and Edward Ray in a dramatic playoff at Brookline to win the American open championship. Ouimet claims the cup, a gold medal, and honors for Woodland Golf Club of Newton amid a crowd of more than 5,000 as Vardon and Ray finish strong for second and third place.
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Brookline
Mass
Francis Ouimet
Harry Vardon
Edward Ray
Woodland Golf Club
Newton
Feme
Veteras
Ouimet
Warden
John Reid, Jr
United States Golf Association
Vardon
Ray
Culmet
Wardon
Qouimet
Ohimet
Fair Green
V Vardon
W Vardon
Gov Sulzer Impeachment Testimony Looms as Ex Secretary Speaks
Albany reports nearly all key Sulzer impeachment figures were out of town as the impeachment court adjourned and the Legislature paused. Acting Gov Glynn plans to move into the governor’s quarters but will run state business from temporary HQ while Sulzer remains silent. James C. Garrison’s contempt charges failed, he stays jailed, and Louise A Baréecky, Sulzer’s former secretary, surfaced in Buffalo saying she would return.
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Albany
Sulzer
Kevin
Board of
Su Zer
Glynn
James C. Garrison
Garrison
Louise A Baréecky
Gov. Sulzer
Buffalo
Park Avenue Dirt Used for Seaside Park Improvement
Park Avenue dirt freed for permanent pavement is stored on Barnum estate land near Inglewide Avenue. Park Commissioners deny private use, stating manure and street sweepings from within a mile of Seaside Park have long been hauled to this spot to improve the park. Hundreds of loads have been dumped and the dirt will be used to restore the park dyke area by Iranistan Avenue, with the Board planning more fills and tree plantings as the project proceeds.
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Park Avenue
Seaside Park
Barnum
Inglewide Avenue
Park Commissioners
Burne Ca
C. Barnum
Seeley
Park Commission
Seeley Hughed
Park Board
Iranistan Avenue
Canfield
Wilson
Public Works
Pere Avenut
Barnum Estate
Iraniaten Avenue
Grand Masters Day at Wallingford Masonic Home
Gray skies did not dampen attendance at the 18th Grand Masters Day at the Masonic Home in Wallingford. Guests enjoyed noon exercises with choral music, a welcome address by Wallace S. Moyle, and remarks by Grand Master Wilbur S. Comstock on Fraternalism. Mrs. Bertha L. S. Gallup’s address was read, with Rev. Lewis delivering the oration and a singing finale of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
Masonic Home
A. T. Lewis
North Haven
Wallace S. Moyle
Masonic Charity Foundation
New Haven
Wilbur S. Comstock
East Haddam
Grand Lodge
Bertha L. S. Gallup
Eastern Star
Harriet I. Burwell
Winsted
Colorado
Mr. Lewis
Rena Barnes Fowler
America
Naturalization Hearings Early Next Month in County
Judge Burpee will preside over a county naturalization session next month. Naturalization Clerk M. J. Flanagan of the superior court holds a list of 214 applicants seeking U S citizenship. The previous sessions saw 192 in May and 190 in October 1912.
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Burpee
M. J. Flanagan
Superior Court
Uncle Sam
Woman Held On Charge Of Theft
Mrs Angialina D Amato of 61 Grand Street is held on her recognizance to answer a theft charge in city court. Neighbor Mrs Henry Pastor of the same building reported items missing valued at about 75 dollars after leaving her door unlocked. Detectives say D Amato confessed and returned most items though she denies taking them.
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Angialina D'Amato
Grand Street
Henry Pastor
Pastor
Congregation seeks rabbi to stay amid fallout
A meeting at Adath Sarael in East Waabingtos Avenue is set for tomorrow at 5 PM to persuade Rabbi Wittenstein to remain after he gave notice of accepting a call to Utica New York. The clash involved Edward Boland and Charles Austin with Austin allegedly striking Boland. Austin was arrested by Patrolman McBride for assault.
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Adath Sarael
East Waabingtos Avenue
Wittenstein
Utica
Edward Boland
Broad Street
Charles Austin
Boland
Asin
McBride
Fie
Water Street
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Harry
New Haven Road
Batcheller
Field-Warner
MT. Carmel
Mountain
Speeder
Yankee Boy
England
Mashie
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