Bell System outlines multiplex telephony grow in long distance
In Washington on December 12 the postmaster general released a letter from Theodore N. Vail, head of the Bell System, describing a practical multiplex telephony and telegraphy system. The invention allows four telephone conversations over one wire pair plus the normal line, or forty telegraph messages. A Baltimore to Pittsburgh installation has been in service over a month, showcasing enhanced capacity without sacrificing quality.
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City
Vail
Baltimore
Composer Denies Intimacy With Wife's Sister
Bertram Shapleigh testified in a $40 suit by Mrs. Mabel Shapleigh denying any improper relationship with Florence Carpenter. He described a New York performance outing and denied pressure on his wife. The courtroom dramatics occurred amid a weather report section in the afternoon edition.
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Bertram Shaprh
Florence Carter
Shapleigh Yesterafternoon
Carpenter
Mabel Shapleigh
David Day
Pleigh
Shapleigh
Florence Carpenter
Wild Man May Be Hid In New York City
Captain Morris Hepston believes an African bushman seen on a New York bound train Wednesday may be hidden in the city. A Stamford resident who rode the same train reported hair stretching tricks, but the bushman appeared content among strangers before the report reached Bridgeport police.
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Frans Taaibosh
Morris Hepston
York City
Captain Hepston
New York
Stamford
Barnum & Bai Circus
Bridgeport
New
Bonjon Case to be heard this term in court
Judge Case of the criminal Superior court announced the Bonjon case and the Benson murder trial would proceed next Thursday. The Bevelagux murder case was also set for Thursday with State’s Attorney Cumming exploring jury availability. A physician commission will examine Benson’s mental condition and Attorney Coin considered witness and co counsel arrangements. An extra panel of jurors was ordered for the two cases.
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Ja J. Coin
Louis E. Benson
Daniel ©. Walker
Joseph Bevelagux
I.K Bradley
Ag State
Cumming
Certa
Bonson
Cohn
Carter
Banjon
Coin
Tice
Case
Benson
US soldier Sansone pleads guilty to manslaughter in street brawl
Antonio Sansone, a United States soldier, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal brawl on Filton Street last year. He was sentenced to state prison for not more than eight years and not less than five by Judge Case in Criminal Superior Court. Previously charged with murder, he accepted the lesser charge after a trial date had been set for December 4. Public Defender DeForest, with Attorney George F. Mara, aided Sansone. After the shooting, Sansone fled the city, enlisted in the Army, and was later captured in a Texas cantonment.
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Antonio Sansone
United States
Filton ‘Street
Math
Aleoves
Criminal Superior Court
Sansone
DeForest
George F. Mara
Taallo
Inaliea
Texas
Railroad chiefs oppose McAdoo plan to keep rails government run
Philadelphia December 12 railway executives representing 126 roads and 92 percent of U S mileage issued a formal statement opposing Director General McAdoo's suggestion that government control remain until January 1 1920. They argue such a move would cause delay and confuse operations and defer a satisfactory settlement of railroad practices. The association notes there is time under the act to study the railroad situation fully and reach a just plan for the country.
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Philadelphia
McAdno
Railroad Prauicii
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
Railway Executives Advisory
Association of Raiil
Guilty Plea in Manslaughter Case at Housatonic River
Joseph Rudy of Shelton pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge for pushing Cgestin Logenski into the Housatonic River. Judge Case sentenced him to jail for TY days in the Superior Court yesterday, with officials noting the drowning as accidental during a friendly scuffle. Aguchille Moretta died on October 16 in a separate case linked to Joseph BaresHona on Dane 29 last.
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Joseph Rudy
Shelton
Cgestin Logenski
Housatonic
Gaitty
Rudy
Logenski
Aguchille Moretta
Joseph BaresHona
Dane
Stafford woman and Bush fail to appear at Putnam Rod and Gun Club hearing
Esther Lawrence Stafford formerly of this city and M. D. Bush of Westport Conn were charged in a raid on the Putnam Rod and Gun Club. Both bonded at 1000 each but forfeited after failing to appear at a Brewster hearing set for 3:30 PM yesterday. Stafford had been warned after a previous disorderly house conviction to stay out of New York for ten months.
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Esther Lawrence Stafford
Putnam Rod and Gun Club
New York State Constabulary
M. D. Bush
Westport
Conn
Brewster
James Murty
Stafford
Bush
Strafford
York State
Bridgeport WWI Roll of Honor Lists 76 Names
Bridgeport City Clerk seeks corrections to a roll of 76 Bridgeport residents who died in World War I. The list, compiled by City Clerk Alex H. Robinson, honors long-to-die victims including Charles C. Hartman, William J. Cumming, Hector Napoleon Menard, and many others, to be inscribed on a bronze tablet.
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Bridgeport
Jy. Alex H. Robinson
Charles C. Hartman
President Wilson Plans Preconference Talks With Allies
President Wilson, learning by wireless from Colonel Flouse, awaits the peace conference start date. He will hold formal talks with Lloyd George, Clemenceau, and Orlando to smooth differences, avoid nonessential duties, and reserve time for battlefront and ally consultations before sessions begin.
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U. S
George Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
Edward M. Flouse
Italy
Lloyd-George
Great Britain
Clemenceau
France
Orlando
United States
Tealy
Welcome Arches Plan For Returning Soldiers In City
A city committee meets in council chambers to plan a welcome for returning soldiers and sailors from training camps and France. Mayor Wilson leads a discussion on arches or telegraphing a welcome, with public suggestions invited. A committee proposes arches as a temporary greeting until a final celebration when all are home.
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Common Council
Csailors
Gite B. Wilson
Dobn S. Pullen
Sanford Pean
Tow
Moxdinder Acuin Cher
Devens Expects 76th Vanguard Arrival Today
AYER Mass Dec p2 Word recailed at Camp Devens that a portion of the Town Division trained at the cantonment and spent five months in Orange would reach here early tomorrow morning from New York. Four hundred men and 27 other personnel landed in New York Wednesday. The administration arranged for rest stops and discharge was suspended today. By week’s end about 00 and 1400 New Hampshiremen are expected from Camp hitestis.
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Ayer
Mass
Camp Devens
Orange
New York
Sponmand
Rnvnds
Elville
Hitestis
Housing projects halted after Senate resolution
A senate resolution, adopted without recorded vote, halts or delays housing projects under construction. Senator Lennardt of Wisconsin chairs the investigating committee into housing practices and accuses the George A. Riker Construction Company of New York of improper conduct and unlawful awarding of contracts.
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Wastongyon
Dee I
Dhe Gepaeenett
Davbar
Tyowissnsy Corporating Sd
Peovidendt
Senate
Lennadt
Wiscorngin
Baltetings and
Dads
Canada Quarter And Gas Meter Rumpus At Gilbert Street
A Canadian quarter scheme ends in a brawl at 0 Gilbert Street as Mrs. Gertha Peyton is arrested after exchanging a dollar for four quarters with a gas company official. She is released on bond until a City court arraignment. Riots in Montreal amid a police strike add to city unrest.
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Canada
Gilbert Street
Gertha Peyton
Int
Trussell Bingham
Gepoart Gas Edeht 9
Miese
United States
Ttt
Foruin Montey
Serans Motor Hine
Jere Wil
Thomas Burns
Peyton
Montreal
Navy chief warns US must build big sea power by 1925
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger told the House naval affairs committee that the United States should match the world's strongest navies by 1925 and secure sufficient appropriations. He said navies will underpin future international policing and the merchant fleet, with sea power essential to national security and global influence. He emphasized continued naval growth despite hostilities and proposed steady year by year development.
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Washington
Ations
General Board of the Navy
Nony
Charles J. Badger
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Congress
United States
Admiral Badger
Germans Appeal to Churches for Relief
A Berlin professor urged the U S federal council of churches to petition the U S government to soften armistice terms. The message, read at the council's closing session via the Swedish Lutheran primate, asked for forgiveness and unity to curb war’s terrible consequences. A commission will be sent to the peace congress to push for a league of nations.
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Deissman
University of Berlin
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Atlantic
Adolf Deiman
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Lnited States
Armisticn
Council
Archbshop
Upsala
Sweden
Tov
Charles MacBarland
New ‘Yous
Scouncil
Mates Farland
New York
Canterbury
League of Nations
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Hamilet
Robinson
Wm. J. Cumming
Hector Napoleon Menard
Frank Wargo
Joseph C. Wellwood
Victor Howard Joinville
Edwin F. Stanton
Walter D. Frazier
Samuel Belinski
Kasimer Butkevich
Jeremiah E. Murphy
Viktor Marshall, Jr
James Hickey
John Sinele
Thomas Ellsmore
Edward Richards
Paul Ross
Stephen W. Galia
Edward J. Cook
Jacob Shinkamp
Domenico Laciand
Aloy Mastren
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Hanson
George Manuel
Adrian Slootmaker
Joseph Cassidy
Thomas M. Morrissey
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Arthur Fortin
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W. B. Prendergast
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