Caillaux Joins Painleve Cabinet As Finance Minister
Paris dispatch reports Joseph Caillaux accepted the post of Finance Minister in Paul Painleve’s new cabinet. The move follows Painleve’s pledge to present a ministry for a confidence vote in the Chamber. Foreign Affairs will be handled by M. Poincare, with Caillaux’s appointment dominating cabinet talks. The Bank of France bill, raising liquidity, passed the Chamber and Senate. Socialist party council decision surprised deputies as to participation.
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Caillaux
Finance
Painleve
Paris
Associated Press
Joseph Caillaux
Paul Painleve
France
M. Painteve
Edouard Hertiot
Doumergue
M. Patniere
M. Caillaux
Cailaux
Bank of France
Chamber
Senate
M. de Menzle
Wil
Socialist Party
Socialista
Patt Bencour
Alexandre Verente
Partici
Thunderstorm Aids Milford Farmers in Drought
A recent Milford storm brought about three quarters of an inch of rain easing drought concerns. A separate lightning strike hit a Milford garage roof on Hillside Park and felled a tall elm on Green Street, severing a large limb and causing damage. The Myrtle Beach company responded to the fire, while unsettled seas followed the thunderstorm and roughened conditions near the harbor.
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Ail
Bridgeport
King
Milford
James Keegan
Hillside Park
Devon Tire Company
Myrtle Beach Fire Company
Suutone Od Lydin
Cireen Street
Judge Mead Warns Bootleggers With Stiffer Terms
Greenwich April 1 Judge Mead in police court fined seven men 31,750 and costs and gave one 30 days in jail. He vowed to enforce prohibition with jail terms and maximum fines for all transporting and selling liquor. First victims were men unloading fifty cages of Scotch whiskey from a power boat for Easter trade. Charles W. Carter of New York fined 259 and costs, 30 days, 10 suspended on waiver. Others fined. several escaped jail as accessories. Names include James Kenney White Plains NY Edward Green New Rochelle NY Harry Anderson New York John Wilson New Rochelle NY Edward Famith New Rochelle NY David Demaco New Rochelle NY. Attorneys Murville and Mancuso defended.
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Greenwich
Specelal
Senate
James R. Mead
Greenwich P
Mead
Charles W. Carter
New York
Carter
James Kenney
North Main Street
White Plains
Edwuard Green
Oak Street
New Rochelle
Harry Anderson
John Wilson
N. X
Edward Famith
Ardyle Avenue
David Demaco
New Rechalle
N. Y
Willam Murville
Joseph Mancuso
New Haven Road To Use Daylight Time On Trains
New Haven railroad announces daylight saving time schedules from April 26 to September 27 1923 affecting N Y N H & H I R and Central New England trains. All offices shops and depots shift ahead one hour with adjusted opening and closing times in Eastern Standard Time.
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New Haven Railroad
N. Y
Central New England Railway
Massachusetts
New York
Cunningham Confesses Poison Plot Against Three Children
Mrs Anna Cunningham, jailed in Crown Point Ind , admits poisoning three of her five relatives over six years. She says she also gave arsenic to herself and to her ill son David in Chicago hospital, while denying involvement with her husband or another child. Mae, her daughter, witnessed the confession as the sheriff recorded details of the case.
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Crown Point
Ind
Associated Press
Anna Cunningham
Benjamin
Strong
Mae
Gary
Cunningham
Harry
William D. McNally
John S Sargent Dies After Planning Trip Home
John Singer Sargent, famed painter and American by parentage born in Morence Italy, died in his Chels nne home near London after a peaceful sleep. He planned another U S trip and dined with his sister Miss Emily Laurent who was to accompany him on his voyage. Death appears from an apoplectic seizure. he was found dead in bed at 8 am after retiring at midnight. London mourns the master whose work hangs in the Nation gallery and who completed a portrait yesterday.
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Hondon
Associated Press
John Singer Sargent
Morence
Italy
Chels Nne
London
United States
Eves Ning Ie
Emily Lanrent
Sargenvs
Nation
Gai
Once Rated Millionaire Awaits Death Sentence
CHICAGO April 13 Russell Scott once a Detroit Windsor millionaire promoter is in the death cell awaiting execution for murder Friday. Governor Small refused reprieve and only Supreme Court or sentencing judge can save him. Scott’s petitions and appeals were pressed. the court postponed ruling to Thursday eve of the execution. He fears suicide and eyes a stay from the court. Scott and his brother robbed a drug store opposite City hall. both fled, Russell later traced after a rain cart. He pleaded guilty at first trial and again at the jury trial, both resulting in death.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Detroit
Windsor
Seatt
Supreme Court
Scott
Russell
Wealthy collector defends antiques purchase in New Haven case
Norwalk financier Mark M Henderson testified in Superior Court that he spent $9,000 with dealer Harry Arons to furnish his home in pure old New England style. He said he aimed to rival the George Ives collection and claimed Arons owed him about $450 while Henderson offered to return any unsatisfactory pieces. The trial focused on authenticity of several items including a trundle day bed claimed to be from the 4750 period, with many pieces shown as potential reproductions or misattributions.
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George Ivis
Danbury
Mark M. Henderson
Norwalk
Arthur ¥. Els
Superior Court
Harry Arons
New Haven
New England
Atyla
Henderson
Arons
Counge
Platoof
Defendant
Arena
Ives
Prandle
Arona
Ridgefield
Treéa
Deuler
Pennsylvania
Unfair Bus Competition Discussed by Railroad Leaders
At the New York New Haven and Hartford stockholders meeting in New Haven on April 15, officials labeled hourly bus service from Hotel Garde to New York as unfair. President Edward J. Pearson said railroads face competition and discussed seeking state relief via taxes on bus companies while committing to legislative influence. Directors were reelected and a lease was authorized for unused right of way in Tarchmont and Mamaroneck for tracks.
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New Haven
Garde
New York
New York, New Haven
Harford
Bua
Edward J. Pearson
Arthur T. Hadhey
Anguar
New York, West Chester
Boston
Tarchmont
Mamaroneck
Edward Milligan
Hartford
Racis T
Maxwell
Rockville
John Pratt
Howard Elnott
Arthur T. Hadley
James L. Richards
Bist
Horace Harding
New
Frank W. Matteson
Providence
Joseph B. Russell
Boson
Marry Whittemore
Naugatuak
Waller
Lashar
Bridgeport
Edward G
Buckland
Benjamin Campbell
New Have
Robert G. Hutchins
Charles F. Qheate, Jr
Southboro
Masa
Frederic C. Dumaine
Concord
George Dwight Pratt
Springfetd
Pearson
Beneit
Vada pyrhaCcuiy Uinhal Pt
Buckingham
Hagap Bogiglan
Bostond& Maine
Read
Boegigito
Mrs John F Dodge Engaged To Detroit Lumberman
Detroit April 15 The Detroit News reports Mrs John F Dodge widow of the Dodge Brothers founders is engaged to Alfred G Wilson a Detroit lumber dealer. A formal announcement is to be made Saturday though no date for the wedding is set.
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Detroit
Detroit News
John F. Dodge
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Alfred G. Wilson
Detroit Lumber Deaer
Meade
Matilda Jr. Dodge
Cine
John Duvall
Believe Brother Not Responsible for Cox's Death
Peter Cox fifty denies striking with a hammer amid a houseboat fight with brother Michael Cox who died hours after hospitalization in Bridgeport. Autopsy findings point to a bad heart and run down condition as the cause, with coroner to hear Friday.
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Peter Cox
Michael
Bridgeport
H. le Baron
Peter
Peters
John J. Phelan
Bonda
Pollot
Anna Cox
Michael Cox
Morris Plan Bank Convention in Bridgeport
Fifteen New England cities sent representatives to the annual Morris Plan Bank association meeting in Bridgeport. President Horace B Merwin of Bridgeport presided as reports on business conditions were read and a tour of the new Bridgeport building conducted. Clerks from Bridgeport Trust Company entertained at a Brooklawn club dinner with a minstrel show.
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New England
New England Morria Plan Bank Association
Horace B. Merwin
Bridgeport Morria Plan Bank
Bank Street Institution
Home Rule Army United. Chamber Backs Tax Measure
State Tax Commissioner William H. Blodgett urges a substitute bill to restore right of Superior Court redress for thousands who relied on certificates of error in tax abatements. The plan would prevent unjust collections and allow hearings for those whose certificates merit review, while bills proceed through Hartford.
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Superior Court
Supreme Court
William H. Blodgett
Trumbull
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Brass Company
Inerita
Blodgett
General Assembly
Hartford
Legislative Committee On
Brass‘ Company
Bridgeport Fights Blodgett Tax Overhaul At Capitol
Hartford April 15. Led by Mayor Behrens and City Attorney Delaney Bridgeport’s delegation urged a local tax plan before the Cities and Boroughs committee to thwart State Tax Commissioner Blodgett’s bill to take administration of the tax office from Bridgeport until 1932. The Bridgeport administration proposed a substitute bill expanding the board of apportionment and taxation, raising the tax commissioner’s salary, and allowing either local or out-of-town appointees, arguing the city must fix its own problems before state control.
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Hartford
F. W. Behrens
A. L. Delaney
Bridgeport
State Capitol
Willian H. Blodgett
Behrens
Bridgeport Chamber of Conmence
Chamber
Blodgett
William A. Redden
Board of Asressment and Taxation
Str
Bri Iport
Pronones
Board of Apportionment
Antiques case settles as solicitor testifies in Bridgeport court
In Bridgeport a wealthy solicitor described antiques as newly made. the case settled after testimony. A separate belief held that a brother bore no responsibility for tox deaths. a medical authority hinted the drunken brawl victim died of natural causes.
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Bridgeport
Solcdtor
Wedding Unites Steel and Oil Aristocracies in New York
Carnegie Rockefeller wedding links the steel and oil elites at Cumberland Island and off George Town. Nancy Carnegie, daughter of Andrew Carnegie II, wed a Rockefeller ally amid strict secrecy. society figures and bridesmaids from Pittsburgh and St. Louis joined a small, understated ceremony away from flash and press.
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New York
Carnegie-Rockefeller
Cumberland
George
Andrew Carnegie
James Stillman Rockefeler
Carnegies
Dungeness
Rockefells
Brig
Andrew Carn
Mttte Corthay
Smart
Pittburg
Boston
Dunenese
Nancy
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Homeland
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Morris Plan Bank Association
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Blodgatt
Ripper
Tox
Matt
Pyge
Parle Theatre
Fionterant Ariold
Morris Plan Bank Association of New England
Cagr
Tembuil'a
Fairfield County
Huntingtotk
Pape
Fairfield High School
Spongor
Geneva College
Mford
Paide la American Legion
Shelton
Stamford
Tratna
Milionaire
M. HB
Conferner
Nancy Carnegie
James Rockefeller
Borla
Talmuxe
John Shuger Sargent
Starka
Washington
Yanks
Sheely
White Sox
Alletics
Cleveland
St. Lonia
Reds
Cardinals
Fournier and Myers
Dodgers
Phillies
Pirates
Giants
Braves
Beara
Bridgsport High
Wayne Munn
Ila
Stanislaus
Philadelphia
Moach Gata
Bridgesport Trade School
Noah
Harterdean
Tlayrele Thane
Carrell
Healy Cr
Avinecton
Aristocracies
James Stillman Rockfeller
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