Bridgeport Woman Identified in Shelton Trolley Tragedy
Bridgeport woman Ida Upscher is identified as the victim in the Shelton trolley wreck that killed eight and injured many more. Conductor and motorman deny fault as coroner's inquest set for 9:20 AM to determine blame. officials say signals were functioning and a gasoline fire on the southbound car caused the deadly blaze. final responsibility to be determined by state and county investigators.
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Bridgeport
Shelton
Walch
Connecticut
Bridgeporter
Lewis
Derby
Ida Upecher
East Main Street
Acad
Griffin Hospital
George Robinson
Milton Cherttree
Arth
Main Street
Ansonia
Charles E. Sherman
Barnum Avenue
George Mills
Jackmor Avenue
Stratford
John J. Phelan
C- Elwell
Public Utilities Commission
Clothesignite in crash injures man at Yellow Mill Bridge
Clothing saturated with gasoline ignited when an automobile and a motor truck collided at the Yellow Mill bridge. Frank Dodgs of 1395 Boston Avenue suffered burns to his hands and legs and was taken to Bridgeport Hospital where doctors expect recovery.
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Yellow Mill Bridge
Frank Dodgs
Boston Avenue
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Bond Debate Shapes Hartford Hearings Today
Bridgeport officials and civic leaders travel to Hartford as committees take up a substitute bill to raise the citys bonded debt limit from five to seven percent of the grand list. Chamber of Commerce directors oppose the change while backing a lower bond issue. Also on today table are six Bridgeport bills and Senate measures affecting the Board of Education, tax commissioner, assessors, and retirement funds for city workers.
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Bridgeport
Capitol
Hartford
Chamber of Commerce
Mie Weanngel
Board of Adoration
Williamson
de Hien
Fairfield
Washington Bridge
Pairfield County Association
Ore
Board of Education
Oifice
Board of Assespora
Board of Assessors
Board of Aldermen
Challenger
Bridgeport Engineers’ and Janitors
Janitors’ Association
Treasury
A. L. DeLaney
Board of Educetion
Labor Leaders Say Unions Not in Co- Partnership Class
Labor leaders adopted a declaration demanding Congress enact a law to declare labor organizations as co partners and not to be treated unfavorably in law or equity. The AFL gathered Samuel Gompers to press for exemption from anti combination and conspiracy laws and to rally support for preserving wage and working standards amid ongoing labor struggles.
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Washington
Congress
Organized
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Federation
United States
Receiver Holcomb Assures Shelton Homes Shielded From Foreclosure
Former governor tells Shelton depositors that about 420000 of the bank assets are protected while Marcus Holcomb as receiver outlines a plan to float mortgages for savings accounts. He says within five weeks he paid 203000 of bank loans. Committee on bank affairs retains its six members amid thanks and expressions of support.
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Shelton
Holcomb
Savings Department
Superior Court of Approval
J. Fitinkelt
Walher Plunkett
Bandages Start Fire in Isolation Hospital
A fire started among discard bandages in an ante-room at the Isolation hospital on Raylim Street last night. The flames are thought to have arisen from spontaneous combustion. A RESTS alarm was rung, but hospital staff extinguished the blaze before firefighters arrived and before substantial woodwork damage occurred.
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Raylim Street
Woman sues man who saved her from death in Seine incident
Parle Feb 26 Junimine reports Simone Brewer survived a fall from a moving taxi after being caught by a passerby Rene Beton a lawyer helped pull her to safety at a police station she faces charges of attempted suicide while Simone sues her savior seeking 1000 francs for her gown damaged in the struggle with her skirt torn and arm sleeve ripped in the struggle on the Seine riverbank
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PARLE
Paris Mills
Simone Brewer
Rene Beton
Simone
Ator
Jeraj
Seine
Sng
Rue de la Paix
Yseton
Railroad Workers Protest Winslow Townsend Bill in Chicago
About 1.5 million railway workers telegraph President Wilson to oppose the Winslow Townsend bill allowing partial payments to railways under the wartime guarantees. They demand guaranteed human rights and equal treatment, warn against undermining collective bargaining and transportation act provisions. The labor message accuses rail executives of resisting conference and aiming to concentrate power.
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Chicago
Winslow-Townsend
Wilson
Ed M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Charle Hugo Levy
United States
Winslow Townsend
Railway Labor Board
Outbreaks of Disorder During Albany Car Strike
Disturbances erupted in Albany during a car strike as strikebreakers arrived. A head of the United Praction company was knocked unconscious by a missile hitting a cay window. Police opened fire as crowds grew and stones were thrown near Pearl Street. A man charged with smoking the assault was captured after a chase.
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Albany
Dak
United Praction Company
Doctor Says Caruso Sails for Italy Soon
New York report states tenor Caruso, hospitalized with illness, is improving and expected to sail for Europe around the end of March if his condition continues to improve. Specialists attending Emmics Curutso noted progress at Lenox Hill Hospital.
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Caruso
Italy
New York
Feo Toniolela
Emmics
Curutso
Leno
Europe
Maren
Lip To
Allemtie
Cargso
Hundreds Attend Hearing on School Grant Measures
State Education Commissioner Meredith urges rapid funding for two bills expanding teachers salaries and a general attendance grant, with over 260 educators and officials from across Connecticut present. George L. Fox of New Haven criticizes the measures as an “Arrangement of the Devil,” while supporters stress expediency and fair distribution among towns.
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George L. Fox
New Haven
Schol
A. B. Meredith
Scholola S. J. Slawson
Caroline DB. Merchant
House of Representatives
Pupi
Garrity
Naugetuck Valley Industrial Association
Shelton
Meredith
Auyport of Scholis
Board of Education
Harding to Use Washington Bible for Oath
President-elect Warren G. Harding plans to take the oath of office on March 4 with his hand on the Bible used at George Washington's inaugural. Records show a committee of Masons will bring a Bible to Washington for the ceremony, following a plan adopted by the Supreme Court clerk James D. Maher and African bishops.
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Washington
Fai
Harding
George Washineston
Winucord
Ate Harding
Eliott Woods
Capitol
Supreme Court
Veetana Das
James D. Maher
Batore
Hardine
Wishington
St. Jonna Lou
Wishi
Se Ceramonica
Ben Uraserved
Japan Refuses To Yield Mandate On Yap Amid US Warning
Washington February 8 The dispute over the Yap mandate continues as Japan refuses to relinquish control after a US warning that no agreement will be recognized. A leaked letter claims Secretary Lansing threatened war with Mexico to force compliance, prompting speculation the resignation of Lansing aides. The document recounts a December 1919 verbal note delivered to the Mexican ambassador and notes a related kidnapping incident in Puchta, Mexico.
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Washington
Dlen Vissal
Kober
Lansing
White House
State Department
Mexico
Presi Anak Wilson
A. C. Kirk
J. M. Ostrer
Tansing
Dodge
Nebraska
America
Transcontinental mail flight sets coast-to-coast record
Eight bags of mail flew from San Francisco to Hazlehurst in 83 hours 20 minutes, a coast-to-coast cross-country record. E M Alison piloted the relay, with two western and two eastern planes. one pilot died in a crash near Dubois, Pa, and another eastbound plane landed in Chicago after weather delays. The record attempt involved multiple crews and routes ending in Hazlehurst.
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Hazlehurst
San Francisco
Hazlehurst Field
Post Office Department
E. M. Alison
Flashhurst Field
FE. M. Leonhard
Dubois
Chicago
Elko
New Yes
W. F. Lewis
Allison
Cleveland
Heteh
Girl 15 Weeps as She Tells How She Killed Her Father
A 15 year old girl testified in court about stabbing her father during a fight with her parents at their home. Elizabeth Mabel Jance, once a girl scout, said to have defended her mother as authorities noted the incident and the family dynamics. Bail set at 2000, reduced to 1000, bond posted by uncle Thomas Kenny, with the girl released to relatives and leaving town briefly.
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Philadelpeta
Charles J. Brown
Trunielpal
Elizabeth Mabel Jance
Edgar MM. Lance
South Bannall Street
Father
Snothen
Fornia
Nurs
Lune
John A. Boyle
Thomas Kenny
Kenny
Elzabeth
Atvara
Mazuraon
East Side Businessmen Vote to Close Sundays
East Side merchants voted to close their stores at 8 pm each night with exceptions on legal holidays and Christmas week. They agreed to keep shops closed all day Sundays and to implement the eight o'clock closing starting Monday after a constitution was adopted at a recent meeting in Arian Hall.
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Eust
Susinese Alen
Cition
Japan Refuses Yap Mandate Reconsideration
Paris dispatch reports Japanese ambassador Wisemount Tahil informing the League that Japan will not consent to reconsider Yap's mandate. The note from Washington warning against recognizing the Yap mandate sparked U S surprise and a call to revoke December class C mandates. Viscount Ishii's statement prompted quiet in the council, press embargo urged.
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Bertelli
Paris
Wisemunt Tahil
League of ‘Salians
Japan
United States
League
Combassador
Wallace Hid
Berunha
Washington
Amerlex
Yap
Noetala Ine League
America
Viscount Ishii
Coacheii
Seven More to Be Indicted in Whitman Probe
Assistants to former Governor Whitman forecast indictments in a corruption probe targeting six police department members and an automobile thief. One pending charge references a police official described as an administrative officer accused of taking unlawful fees. A prisoner in the Tombs with connections to Whitman implicates three automobile squad members in car thefts.
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York
Whitman
Lodge Penrose Element Seeks Oust Hughes and Hoover
Norman Slapwood Vasaell reports political maneuvering as Lodge-Penrose figures press to remove Hughes and Hoover from cabinet consideration. Opposition cites delays and questionable wisdom of ideas, while supporters urge timely appointments and reassurance ahead of key decisions.
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Lodge
Penrose
Hughes
Hoover
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Ida Upscher
Wildcat Investments
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Jewell
Winslow-Townsend Bill
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Slawson
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U. S
Frisco
N.Y
Utah
House
EF Am
Secretary of Agriculture
Senator Smoot
Agricultural Deport
East Side
Sshii
Joni
Hooover
Norman Slapwood Vasell
Jolnya Hammond
Maeh Deepar Regson
Mus
Wimon
Hunhes
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