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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1919
Page
5
Miss Lucy B Morton of Washington wed Frank M Eliot, ending the famous old maids club in the capital. The group once numbered many members and supplied ample newspaper copy. Mrs. Eliot is thirty one.
Washington July 15 Senator Underwood Democrat of Alabama urged Senate acceptance of the League of Nations without amendment as a practical step toward world peace. He argued that eliminating selfish nationalism is needed and that the treaty offers a framework for arbitration to avoid future wars.
Two inquiries opened into yesterday’s wreck at Muomtowese siding when a work train derailed into the ears injuring six and killing two. Coroner Mi Galled and railroad officials pursue facts as the N N WH & Ho railroad company funds its investigation.
Washington July 16 The statement by President Wilson that railroads would be returned to their owners at the end of this year prompted Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman to say it would be useless to consider any first extension of government control. He warned against lengthy debate as sentiment favors private ownership and the return of carriers is already being laid out in the current bill.
George B Pooley of New York a chauffeur for John Mock a Bowman New York hotel proprietor was bound over to the Superior Court yesterday in bonds of 2500 by Todge Bacon Wakeman in the Fairfield town court charged with manslaughter Coroner Phelan recant findings that the driver was responsible for the death of John Goria of the Fairfield post office July Bowman furnished the necessary hands
Judge Bartlett ruled on a tense case involving Arthur Hamilton 26 of 281 Fairfield Avenue and Victor Anderson 80, both arrested on Monday. Hamilton was ordered to the Superior Court in bonds of 3300 with fines assessed on Anderson who faced $7 and costs after a charge was revoked in City Court.
Coroner John J. Phelan exonerates John Wilson Morris of 149 Fillmore Road Staten Island in the July 8 death of Frank Mayka 80 of Bramford. Mayka endured a bicycle collision with a trolley and a car, sustaining a fractured skull and internal injuries.
Coroner John J. Phelan finds the death of 25 year old Joseph Wisnis wekie of 380 Myrtle Avenue the result of an accident at North and Clinton Avenues two days prior. He sustained a fractured skull, according to the finding filed yesterday.
Feast Bay reports the Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel will be celebrated at Holy Rosary Catholic church today with two masses. No parade will take place in this city, as in past years, the practice having been omitted for the last four years.
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