De Valera Visit To Hear All Bridgeport Clergy
The reception committee plans a grand demonstration inviting every Bridgeport clergyman to hear President Eamonn De Valera plead for the Irish cause at the Casino Friday night. A complimentary dinner at Stratfield precedes the meeting, and a Gaelic address will be given by Bridgeport’s Gaelic society delegation.
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Bridgeport
Eamonn de Valera
Stratfield Hotel
Liai’. Mellow
Erin
New York
de Valera
Mellow
Mellon
da Valera
Stratfield
Bridgeport Gaelic Society
Twenty-Five Wounded as Police Clash at Rioter's Funeral
Havana on December 29 reports police clashed with spectators during the funeral procession for a laborer killed in Sunday anti‑cost‑of‑living demonstrations. Twenty‑five wounded, ten seriously, with five persons reported unharmed.
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Havana
Rail workers urge government control and oppose strikes
Leaders of four rail brotherhoods and affiliated trades press for government stewardship of rail lines for at least two years to test control, oppose penalties banning strikes, and back broad beneficial provisions for sleeping car and Pullman staff. Gompers leads meeting with Willard as legislative talks proceed.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Seaas
Raironda
Clauss
Pullmans Company
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Willard
Federation
Legion Objection to German Opera Endorsed
Indianapolis Dec 29 The executive committee of the American Legion endorses posts opposing German and Austrian opera and concert performances. The telegram to the Legion's Washington commissioner confirms the stand, part of a drive against all anti American activities and to educate immigrants as future citizens.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Legion
Washington
Minneapolis
Amine Owners Demand Higher Coal Prices
Coal operators from Illinois Indiana Ohio and Western Pennsylvania at a conference said they would seek no wage increase beyond the 14 percent agreed in the strike settlement. They warned that if the Wilson commission recommends more than 14 percent, they would have to raise coal prices to consumers.
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Chicago
Miinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wilson
American Line Wins George Washington Assignment
Washington December 29 The Shipping Board allocated the George Washington to the American Line for service between New York Brest Cherbourg and Southampton. The ship carried President Wilson to France on two prior voyages and will operate on the specified route for the line.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
George Washington
President Wilson
France
American Line
New York
Brest
Cherbourg
Southampton
Rebel troops seize railway station at Irkutsk
Peking Dec 29 report says social revolutionary troops have taken the railway station at Irkutsk near Lake Baikal. Admiral Kolchak’s soldiers are holding the town.
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Admiral Kolchak
Peking
Social Revolutionary
Irkutsk
Lake Baikal
Allies to Seek Kaiser Extradition Under Versailles
Paris reports the Heha de Paris says France and Britain will seek extradition of the former Kaiser once the Versailles treaty provisions take effect. Dispatches indicate the treaty becomes effective early in 1920. In a separate item, Mexican rebel leader Jose Suarez known as the Corporal was killed by a personal enemy around Jimenez and Parral in Chihuahua.
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Paris
Heha de Paris
Tuatest
Wiled
Tal. Paso
Tex
Jose Suarez
Jimenev
Parral
Chihuahua
Club Members Have Employes As Guests
Chicago club members invited their own employees as guests for a year end party and dinner. Waiters, porters, and bell staff arrived to find a doorman contractor, an elevator run by a steel firm executive, and coat checks handled by the club vice president. The employees staged pranks, tipping employers, and sending bell boys with brick filled suitcases to the top floor.
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Chicato
Chicago Automorile Club
Monumental trade faces 20 percent rise in gravestones
Granite and Marble Cutters' Union served notice that from April 1 stone cutters will demand one dollar per hour. Bridgeport and surrounding towns fear higher cemetery monuments as dealers halt new orders. Quarries in Barra Vermont Quincy and other sites will pay the raise, triggering a broad price hike in gravestones and statuary.
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Bridgeport Sani
Barra
Quincy
Bridgeport
Hapgood is no longer minister to Denmark
Washington reports Norman Hapgood no longer serves as American minister to Denmark. The Senate failed to confirm his nomination before the special session ended November 19, and without a recess appointment his commission expired. Officials did not address charges of sympathy toward Soviet authorities during his tenure.
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Washington
Norman Hapgood
Denmark
State Department
Senate
Wilson
Hapgood
All-Russian Council Hails British Trades Congress Support
The All-Russian council of trade unions issues a manifesto thanking the British Trades Congress for its resolution on Russia and welcoming the decision to send a deputation to Soviet Russia. The deputation would be met at the frontier and allowed to investigate the proletariat dictatorship.
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Copenitagien
Net
Condit
Trades Unions
British Trades Congress
Russia
Soviet Russia
Damaged American Steamer Jenny Returns After Storm
The American steamer Jenny, en route from New York to Antwerp, put in here tonight with her raider head damaged after a heavy storm. She had run through rough seas and made port for repairs.
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Toms
M. i
Dee
Jenny They
New York
Antwerp
City boards approve record budget with 25 percent teacher raise
Education board backs a $4,232,297.94 budget in executive session, approving a 25 percent raise for teachers pending funding from the city. Superintendent Samuel Slawson and assistant superintendent receive raises, with various staff pay increases and budget items itemized, while a separate $2.6 million for new schools and $16,916.69 for state trade school rent are noted. Mayor Wilson urged to secure funds from the board of apportionment.
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Wilson
Board of Education
Samuel d. Slawson
Cartright
T[first-Bridgeport National Bank
Avhich
Alfred C. Fones
Fones
Connecticut
Messrs
Challenger and
Heil
J. ‘Ay
Singelia
J. B. Wynkoop
J. J. Rooney
Mildred M. Peck
Evelyn L. Headberg
Helen i@rd
Lorence Hansan
Irena McDermott
David Ginand
Howkts
Manuel
Jntters
Kerensky Rumored Working in Cheap Lunchroom in London
New York December 28. Alexander Kerensky, former Russian leader, is said to work in a “beef and banana” shop in London, per Gregory Gilbert, who claims to have been Kerensky’s labor secretary and spoke at a socialist convention. He supposedly says Kerensky is “in the same boat.”
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New York
Alexander I. Kerensky
Russia
Tuondon
Gregory Gilberg
Hkeransky
Lero Tomblyt
Noor
Dawn
Heal
Senate Compromise Effort on Ratification Moves Forward
Democratic senators push for treaty compromise with King and Pomerene proposing reservations as substitutes. King’s changes target article X and XX, plus the Monroe Doctrine, while Wing tweaks the preamble. leaders split over initiative and acceptance of reservations.
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King
Pomerene
Lodge
Jams TL. Nourse
Star
Universal Service
Washington
Wing
Oftah
Ohio
Womerene
Pomarenue
Wilson
Hitchcock
McNary
Kelloge
Lenroot
United States
America
Henuth King
Congress
Coal Mine Wage Probe Gets Under Way in Washington
Preliminary arrangements for a wage and price investigation in the bituminous coal industry were made by a three member commission appointed by President Wilson. The panel, chaired by Henry M. Robinson with Hembrandt Peale and John P. White, established a permanent HQ in the Labor Department and weighed plan questions including hearings and field visits. Director General Hines lifted part of a coal export ban, allowing up to fifty percent of October export levels to ship from Baltimore and Newport News, as production rises with miners returning to work.
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Willson
Henry M. Robinson
Pasadena
Cal
Hembrandt Peale
John P. White
Fermi-Permanent
Department of Labor
Wilson
Hines
Baltimore
Newport News
Tepomaten
Helds
President
Coal Commission
Secretary of Labor
Joseph P. Tumulty
National War Labor Board
Poison liquor conspiracy nets six leaders in New York
New York authorities report six ringleaders detained in a widening scheme to flood New York New Jersey and New England with poisonous substitutes for whiskey. Deaths and illnesses mount as investigations continue and more suspects are arrested across New York Passaic Newark Elizabeth. The two principal figures Romanelli and Samuel Sateebrua face bail while others Panarelli Licenziato Deloma and Puca are questioned. Authorities say the drink taint spread through bars and illicit channels as federal and city agencies coordinate actions.
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New York
New Jersey
New England
Federal officers take and arrest alcohol case suspects
Federal authorities and Massachusetts officers left New Haven with five men in custody in a wood alcohol liquor case. The autos headed toward Springfield Massachusetts. Custody shifted as coroner released prisoners and Massachusetts officers withdrew. Federal Marshal Palmer took the five to police HQ and then northward. An attorney filed writs of habeas corpus asserting the men were no longer in police custody.
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New Haven
Meassachusetts
Springfield
Mass
Ushal
William TR. Palmer
A& Legal
Wil &Hat
Massachusetts
Marshal Palmer
Simpson
Court of Common Pleas
New Haven Men Held on Homicide Charge
Five New Haven men were arrested in Chicopee Mass for homicide in connection with whiskey sold as alleged wood alcohol causing deaths in the Connecticut valley. Held without bail, they face arraignment in New Haven court after warrants sworn by Westfield District Attorney Joseph B. Eby. Named: Dominick Perratte Frank Juneibelto John Pitto Harry Vincent and William Guang. Bednarz’s ante mortem statement prompted the warrants.
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Chicopee
Mass
New Haven
Connecticut Valley
Massachusetts
Michael Bednarz
Ibail
Joseph B. Eby
Westfield
Dominick Perratte
Westville
Conn
Frank Juneibelto
Howard Street
John Pitto
Wooster Street
Harry Vincent
Vincenzoe Casperini
William, Guang
Grand ~ Avenue
Bednarcz
Embargo Aims at Poison Concoctions in Tarbsville
In Tarbsville Pennsylvania a move to embargo poison mixtures targets alcohol preparations not listed in the U S pharmacopoeia. The state health official blend of attorney general and pharmacy boards orders manufacturers distributors and dealers to file by January 1 statements that their preparations do not contain wood alcohol. Failure to comply triggers an embargo on all such preparations in the state.
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Tarbishurg
United States
State Commissioner of Health
Pennsylvania Boards of Pharmacy
Jomnary
State Department of Health
Hotel man arrested in deadly wood alcohol poisoning case
Chicopee Mass Dec 2 Edward Lyons proprietor Hadley hotel was arrested on three warrants by state detective Joseph of Northampton. He is charged in connection with poison liquor deaths and was released on bond. The case involves wood alcohol in whiskey sold from Lyons liquor source. Several injured remain in hospitals with no deaths today. statewide death toll 57 in the Connecticut valley area is expected to rise.
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Chicopee
Mass
Edward Lyons
Hadley Hotel
Joseph
Northampton
Rhyons Ig
Michael Schinski
Hadley
Holley
John H. Schoonmaker
Lyons
Vander Perry
Connecticut Valley
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