4000 Pack All as Irish Drive Is Opened Here
More than 4,000 persons packed Poli's theater to back a drive for funds aiding the creation of an autonomous Irish government. Mayor Wilson and speakers urged liberal support while denouncing a pastors’ protest against flying the Irish republic flag over City hall. Richard O’Troup of New Haven criticized the slur on Irish American patriotism, recalling Irish aid to American independence and the 693rd regiment in Flanders.
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Poli
Ireland
Wilson
Irish People For Freedom
Pastors’ Association
Philip Troup
New Haven
Troup
United States
England
George Washington
John F. Cooney
Providence
R. A
Madison Square Garden
George J. Donahue
St. Augustine's R. C
Father Donahue
Rome
Domestic sugar crop will be bumper one
Washington July 26. The Department of Agriculture forecasts a domestic sugar crop far above the past six years average. Based on July 1 crop conditions, the Department estimates a crop of 2,216,000 pounds, about 147,000,000 pounds more than the six year average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Woman 86 Dies After Falling Down Stairs
Miss Emily E. Warner aged 86 of 195 Seeley Street died Saturday at Bridgeport Hospital after a fall on July 6 that caused a fractured hip. Complications led to death. Funeral is today at Hawley and Wilnot, 866 Lafayette Street, 10:30 a.m., with burial in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven.
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Emily E. Warner
Seeley Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Hawley and Wilnot
Lafayette Street
Evergreen Cemetery
New Haven
Cost of Automobiling Derby Forces Dadors to Raise Fees
Derby scene reports doctors raising house call charges from 2 dollars to 2.50 dollars due to higher auto costs and rising living costs. Omen calls similarly affected as auto accessories tires and fuel add to doctors expenses blamed on the high cost of automobiling and the cost of living.
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Derby
Dadors
Ansonian Derby
H. C. of L
Sinn Fein urged as treachery by Bridgeport pastor
Rev Gerald Beard of Park Street Congregational denounces Sinn Fein as treachery and malice and condemns the Bridgeport Aldermen for recognizing the Irish republic. He cites U S Senate action and warns against hyphenated loyalties while urging Americanization and unity. He criticizes Irish Catholics as bigoted abroad and questions Sinn Fein’s true aims.
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Aldermen
United State Senate
New Irish Republic
Gerald HH. Beard
Park Street Congregational Church
Sinn Fein
Bridgeport Pastors’ Association
Mr. Beard
United States Senate
Ireland
Board of Aldermen of
Bridgeport
National Congress
Irish Republic
Edward Carson
America
Russia
Protestants support Irish flag protest at city hall
The Bridgeport Pastors Association denounces flying the flag of the Irish republic beside the Stars and Stripes. Clergy members urge community funds for Irish educational efforts, arguing the act will rally greater support than the current drive. The piece recalls 1776 Tory views and cites renewed “No Irish Need Apply” symbolism.
Connecticut Labor Party Denounces the League
Meriden July 20. At the Connecticut branch convention of the American Labor Party delegates were chosen for Chicago and a national convention next year. The group condemned the League of Nations as a mere name, likening it to a Holy Alliance that could spark further world conflict.
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Meriden
Connecticut
American Labor Party
M. ‘Toscan Bennett
Hartford
Timothy Crowley
D. Foley
New Britwain
Chicago
League of Nations
Grain Corp and Dealers Reach Wheat Price Agreement
New York July 20 announces that United States Grain Corporation has contracted with buyers to properly reflect to producers the government guaranteed price for various grades of wheat, settling a long standing dispute over price basis for farmers and grain buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New, York
United States Grain Corporation
Buycers
Boston Strike Ends As Workers Accept Offer
Boston Union car men on the Elevated Railway vote to accept the arbitration award and return to work at 4 o clock tomorrow after four days of idle labor. The action ends a strike that began Thursday morning and will resume service as the Boston Elevated Times reports.
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Boston
Board of Arbitration
Tey
Peace Terms Set for Austria in Allied Pact
Paris July 20 Allied powers present full peace terms to Austria at Saint Germain. Provisions include reparations, financial arrangements, and a military cap of 30,000 troops within three months. Austria to apportion prewar debt among former parts of Austria and redeem war bonds. Universal service to be abolished.
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Associated Press
Paris
Associated Powers
St. Germain
M. Dutasta
Austria
Germany
Chinese delegate denounces Shantung decision at peace talks
nw york july 20 Chinese technical delegate Quo Tai Chi says the Shantung award is a flagrant injustice to China. He argues Japan will keep rail control and a Japanese settlement to dominate the region, warning that with fortified Darien Port Arthur and Manchuria Japan would control China’s approaches and the Beijing-Tsingtao line. Japanese advisor Yamikawa says Tokyo accepts the terms and cannot understand China’s stance.
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NW York
Shantung
Quo Tai-Chi
China
Japan
Darien
Port Arthur
Manchuria
la Pekin
Tsing ‘Au
Yamikawa
Adnachi
Teader
House of Commons
Debate on League of Nations to run in Standard Telegram
Senators Hitchcock and McCormick will discuss the League covenant from every angle in a six part series carried exclusively by the Standard Telegram starting tomorrow and ending in the Sunday Post on July 27. McCormick leads the Senate opposition while Hitchcock speaks for the President. Order from your dealer today.
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Hitchcock
McCormick
Standard Telegram
Senate
Sunday Post
Expect Flood of Oratory on Peace Treaty in Senate Today
Washington July 20 A flood of speechmaking on the peace treaty and League of Nations is planned in the Senate tomorrow with daily addresses except Saturday and several impromptu talks expected. White House invites resume conferences between Republican senators and President Wilson next week. The Senate foreign relations committee will renew its study of the treaty and a reply on the Shantung clause is anticipated during the week. Daylight saving repeal controversy may surface as the agricultural committee considers the House bill. Hearings on the employment service bill will close with James A. Emery as final witness. Nomination confirmations face further Senate inquiry into Palmer as attorney general Williams as comptroller Payne on the shipping board and Gonzales as ambassador to Peru.
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Washington
Treaty
League of Nations
Senate
Wilson
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Shantung
Senate Agricultural Committee
House
Uwwo House
United States Employment Service
House Labor Committee
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Mitchell Palmer
John Skelton ‘Williams
John Barton Payne
Shipping Board
Wiliam E. Gonzales
South Carolin
Peru
Strike Vote Ordered by AFO L Steel Workers Panel
The National Committee for Organizing Iron and Steel Workers ordered a strike vote for 150 000 organized employees in U S Steel and allied industries. Voting starts immediately and will finish in days. The committee aims to unite organized and unorganized workers under demand for collective bargaining and an eight hour day with higher wages and end to company unions. John J Fitzpatrick of Chicago affirmed the move saying action follows words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
American Federation of T Labor
National “ Committee For
Iron and ‘Steel Workers
United States Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel and Allied
National Committee
Lst
Remington Arms Denies Sale Rumor
OmMelalg of the Remington Arms company denied last night the rumor that Willys-Overland of Toledo had sent accountants to examine the plant records ahead of a purchase. Edward I. Ryan, general works manager, said the deal was not close and remained as far from consummation as when Willys-Overland officials visited for an inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OmMelalg
Remington Arms Company
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
Ohio
Edward I. Ryan
Wilys-Overland
Wrenches Heel From Shoe On Wood Pavement Mishap
A young woman walking with an escort on Malin street had her high heel snag in a wood block paving crack near Golden Hill Street tearing air as she tried to free it. The incident ended with the couple leaving, while the pavement remained splintered and torn from heavy traffic. A separate note mentions Larry Felton, 4, of 681 Broad Street, treated at Emergency Hospital for a forehead rash after playing.
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Malin Street
Golden Hill Street
Public Service
Larry Felton
Broad Street
Man Drowns After Hearty Meal At Meriden Beach
Myrtle Brach reports Earl Roys 4 of 51 Hooper Street East Meriden died after a hearty meal then entering about three feet of water 22 feet from shore. Friends found him unconscious on the beach and he died at the scene despite efforts by George Spencer and Dr J L Godsen. The death was ruled due to acute indigestion and cramps. Roys had finished a supper around 6:30 p.m. and planned a swim with companions at a Meriden cottage weekend.
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Myrtle Brach
Snorn
Earl Roys
Hooper Street
East Meriden
George Spencer
Meriden
Wo Cottage Hare
Roys
Pope Advises Germans to Rebuild and Spare Europe
Cologne July 20 The People's Gazette reports Pope Benedict sent a message to German bishops urging Germany to repair wartime devastation at once and to avoid actions that would ruin Europe as well as Germany He asks farmers to be generous in supplying essential foodstuffs to residents of villages.
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Cologne
People's Gazette
Benedict
Germany
Villaes
Sea Girt launched at New York Shipyard
The 21,000 ton Sea Girt cargo and passenger liner, halted on the ways since June 21, was launched today at the New York Shipyard. Miss Elizabeth Thompson of Red Bank New Jersey sponsored the ceremony. The vessel departed the ways without hydraulic rams, initially designed as a trosp slip.
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Gamden
New York
Elizabeth Thompson
Red Bank
N. J
Mexican government silent on full probe of Tampico attack
In Washington July 20 Associated Press reports the Mexican government replies to US representations over the murder of American John W. Correll and the attack on his wife near Tampico. Mexico offers no new information and notes will await further details from US State and Navy departments as officials push for apprehension and punishment of those responsible. The incident, which involved US sailors from the USS Pensacola near Tampico, dominates official attention and may trigger a diplomatic request for disavowal of the attack by Carranza authorities.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
John W. Correll
Tampico
Navy
Enne
Temesi
Mexico
State Department
Navy Department
Sal
Reece
Daniels
Earl Finney
Tope Tampico
Topekas
Gulf of M
Ssage
Galveston
Texas
Winntey
Che
Carr
Wnab
Corvellia
Colonia
Drys in House to Strike Private Hoarding Clause
Washington July 20 A fight to strike from the prohibition enforcement bill the clause that it shall not be unlawful to possess liquors in one's own dwelling will be made tomorrow in the House by prohibition forces. Members say the bill as framed permits wholesale hoarding by those who have stored away wines and liquors. The general view is the House has gone as far as conservatives deem wise with drastic provisions. Republican Leader Mondell said the measure would be taken up tomorrow and kept before the House until passed, though votes timing remains uncertain.
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Washington
Prohibition Enforcement
Mondell
Terrorism Begins Anew In Budapest
An Associated Press dispatch from Berlin reports a new reign of terror in Budapest with self styled terror troops in control. The telegram says the capital is stormed and troops are disarmed, signaling the worst terror phase yet. Continued on Page Two.
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Budapest
Associated Press
Berlin
Tageblatt
All Corset Workers to Strike At 10 A. M.
The International Ladies Garment Workers Union executive committee calls a general strike of corset workers in Bridgeport at 10 AM. Firms Crown Batchellor La Tesista may see mass walkouts in support of demands for a 44 hour week wage increases and union recognition. Company officials report most workers unorganized and wary of during Warner disputes.
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Tor Ottowk
International Ladies' Garment Workers’ Union
Garnet
Bridgeport
Ofients
Hon
Crown
la Tesista
Warner Brothers’ Company
Crown and Bateheller
Warner
Col. M. Moody Downer
la Resist Company
Patem
Parma Prtetree Tana Stereses
Mystery Shrouds Girl Found in Despondent State
A 210 West 12nd Street resident, Marjorie, was found unconscious on Harmony Street after a suspected suicide attempt involving alcohol. She was rushed to St Vincent Hospital in critical condition but is expected to recover. Maxwell of Emergency reported she had been despondent for weeks and declined to discuss the cause.
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Marjorie
Sint
West 12Nd Street
Harmony Street
Tray Br Maxwell
St Vince Hospital
Miso Smith
White
Harmo
Bridgeport
Do Not Leave Town This Summer Publicity Note
Do not leave town this summer without arranging to have The Standard Telegram follow you to your vacation home. Daily subscription rate by mail is 50 cents per month.
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Dr. Beard
Qinn Fainerg
Great Britain
Simn Len
Europe
George Donahue
Rev. M
O’connor
Thal
Father O’connor
New Republic
Hisiberty
State Labor Convention
League
Allance
Pekin
Tsing Tao
Rf Wilson
National Committee OF A. F. O. L
U. S. Steel Corporation
Remington Arms CO
Willys-Overland
Syquaree
SEA Girt
Deman Carranza
Correll
M. M. Downer
Coumpais Frama Airec
Wyseche
Mystery Shrouds
Marjorie Smith
West Street
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