Senators Frigid On World Court Debate Schedule
Washington Feb 25 The Administration's bid to join the International Court of Justice fails to gain momentum as Republican irreconcilables and reservationists line up in the Foreign Relations Committee. Debating Tuesday in Boston committee meeting, leaders foresee action delaying until the December session. Democratic leaders remain cautiously approving with reservations while some insist on independence from the League of Nations.
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California
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Missouri
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U. S
Shipping Board
Wah
14 000 Bills Still On Congress Calendar
Washington Feb 25 The sixty seventh Congress nears adjournment with more than 34 000 bills and resolutions on its calendars and about 100 expected to be enacted including farm credits legislation and the deficiency appropriation bill The House faces quick action on the deficiency bill and a Tuesday start for the farm credits bill Senate action influenced by the Administration Shipping bill with a likely defeat of a motion to recommit and possible replacement by the milk bill or another measure
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Detectives Seek Missing Lillian Gilmore in Kidnap Case
Philadelphia police arrest a man on kidnap charges for six year old Lillian Gilmore and five year old Dorothy. More than two hundred officers search the city tonight for the older girl, whom they fear may have been slain after Saturday afternoon kidnapping.
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Lillian Gilmore
Dorothy
French Seek Civil Rule in Rhineland Amid Seizure Plan
In Europe reporters note France moves to seize civil administration of the Rhineland with a Separatist German commission taking Bochum. Turkish Assembly demands rejection of the Lausanne Peace treaty. In Washington, senators fault the President’s League of Nations proposal and International Court plan. A fire in Stamford destroys a printing plant, $45,000 loss.
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Big Tim Murphy Goes To Prison In $500000 Mail Robbery
Timothy Big Tim Murphy a famed Chicago union labor figure begins a four year sentence at Leavenworth for taking part in the Dearborn station $500000 mail robbery. He left Chicago under custody of two deputy marshals, pale and caustic, after a career from street seller to state legislator and powerful union leader.
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Dearborn
Union Laabor
Keegan Named Head at New York Hospital
Dr Joseph F Keegan formerly practiced in this city and was appointed house surgeon at the New York Ear Nose and Throats hospital He served as day physician and surgeon for the Emergency hospital and as city physician for the Charities Department.
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New York Ear Nose and Throats Hospital
Charities Department
Luxor Discovery Not Tutankhamen Tomb Is New Glain
Paris February 25 Lord Carnarvon's claim to Tutankhamen's tomb is disputed by French Egyptologist M Benedite curator of the Tourre Museum He says the new tomb is a temporary sepulchre where Tut Ankh Amon's mummy was placed by his successor Horemheb and that the real tomb remains undiscovered. Luxor Egypt February 25 The tomb was closed to visitors as workers prepare to fill the shaft with heavy timber next morning and complete the task within two days.
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Robert Shackleton Dies in France Former Fairfield Writer
A cablegram from Mrs. Robert Shackleton to her brother J M Fleming reports the death of her husband in Heyerez on the French Mediterranean coast. Shackleton, sixty two, was an author magazine writer and former newspaper man. In recent years Mrs. Shackleton collaborated with him. before going abroad they lived in Fairfield Connecticut.
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Masked bandits rob distillery in York county raid
Masked men held up two guards at the Foust distillery near Glen Rock, York County, loading more than sixty barrels of whiskey onto motor trucks. Guards George A. Strine and Werner Mitzel were disarmed. entry was through a window and doors removed from hinges.
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Harding and Daugherty Plan Rest in Florida
Washington Feb 25 Friends of Attorney General Daugherty, recovering from illness, hope he will return to his desk at the Department of Justice this week though physicians may advise against a return to government duties before leaving with President Harding for a rest in Florida.
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Daugherty
Department of Justice
Harding
Florida
Anderson claims plot draws rebuke from J D IR
Albany Feb 25 William H Anderson state Superintendent of the New York anti saloon league declares he is victim of a vat conspiracy and attacks Raymond B Fosdick as Rockefellers legal rep alleging wet politicians and liquor interests conspired to ruin him He accuses a Rockefeller employee of leaking confidential info and vows to resist Rockefeller money pressure John D Rockefeller Jr responds reiterating no conspiracy and defending Fosdick and the anti saloon effort
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Turks Demand Rejection of Lausanne Treaty in Parliament
London Feb 25 dispatches from Constantinople report that a majority in the Grand National Assembly, backed by the army, urge rejecting the Lausanne Peace treaty. The extremists are said to be gaining influence as reports from Angora reach the capital.
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Sayr & Dispaten
Lodge's Senate seat contested by recall petition
Boston February 25 The right of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge to his seat was challenged as Conrad W Crocker representing John A Nicholls urged Governor Cox to recall and vacate the election certificate and order a new senatorial election The grounds cited include widespread violations of bi partisan appointment rules and ballot counting irregularities claimed in 107 towns and 13 cities including Boston with 100 percent law violations alleged all to deny lawful election outcomes
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Senate
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John A. Nicholls
Prohibition
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Lodge
William A. Gaston
Pat
Commonwealth
Radical stopped from speaking by Waterbury police
Carlo Tresca of New York an outspoken radical was barred from addressing an Italian mass meeting in Waterbury and advised to leave. Police escorted him from the hall as threats were made by some present. a later meeting at Our Lady of Lourdes parish hall heard Humano Maino of New York and a North American Italian Fascists group formed with over 150 members to oppose communism.
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Carlo Tresca
New York
Italy
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Treaca
Ine
Our Lady of Lourde
Hdmano Maino
Paselsii
North America
Chicagoan Killed in Fog Crash Near City Trains
Bert M. Clark of Chicago was killed and about a score of passengers injured when a Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee express rail car crashed into the rear of an elevated train in heavy fog. Three cars of the elevated were demolished.
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Chicago
Bert M. Clark
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Electric Railway
Threa Cary
President Plans Steps To Liquidate Ship Losses
President Harding and his advisers will craft a plan this week to end the government losses from operating the merchant fleet under the United States Shipping Board. With subsidy bills stalled in the Senate, the President seeks executive action to halt daily losses and the mounting $50,000,000 yearly burden, warning Congress failure may force decisive liquidation measures.
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Harding
United States Shipping Board
Kilt Ph Omed
Senate
Shipping Board
Thia
Congress
Milford Church Destroyed by Blaze at Walnut Beach
A fast moving fire gutted St Gabriel's Roman Catholic chapel at Walnut Beach and spread to a nearby cottage, leveling both. Strong winds sent embers to adjacent summer homes, threatening the area as firefighters and aid from Devon fought the blaze. One firefighter suffered facial burns, and damage is estimated at 29060 dollars. The furnace overheating is cited as a possible cause.
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FitzGerald Cottage
Walnut Beach
George W. Bogard
Ted
Clifford Hotel
Norwalk
Daniel Johnson
Board of Relief
C. EL Silcox
Fairfield Church
Milford
St. Gabriel's
Central Avene
Joseph Kavanaugh
Chemical Company No. 3
Devon
May C. Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Kate White
Fitzgerald
St. Mary’s Church
St. Gabriel’s Church
William Moe
Howard
Week of drinking caused death of man in Bridgeport
Frank Watson a 67 year old employee of Hydraulic company at Nichols died in a friend's room at 438 Main Street after about a week of alcohol use. Barney Kelly 42, a railroad worker, hosted the guest who collapsed during a drinking spree. Dr. Bellano found Watson dead. coroner Phelan ordered an inquest likely today.
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Frank Watson
Hydraulic Company
Nichols
Barney Kelly
Main Street
Kelly
Hillside
Bridgeport
George B. Bellano
Watson
John J. Phelan
Convicts Escape Penitentiary by Ice Floes on East River
Three convicts escaped Welfare Island last night by a skiff onto the East River ice floes. John Spot Leahy John Clinton and Daniel St John were pursued after the escape was spotted early today. The skiff was found abandoned at a Long Island City waterfront park as authorities hunted the men believed aided by confederates. St John had three months left in a year plus time served, Clinton a year remaining, and Leahy 18 months served facing up to seven years in Sing Sing.
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Willian
Wylie Morgan
Awa
Robert Gilmore
New York
Welfare Island
Long Island City
John “Spot” Leahy
John Clinton
Daniel St. John
St. John
Sarve
Clinton
Hag
Leahy
Sing Sing
French Readies Civil Rule for Ruhr Regions
Essen reports show France and Belgium to seize civil administration in the Ruhr within a month. Allied civil administrators will replace mayors, collect taxes, seize railroads and control banks, post and telegraph systems as German authorities lose power.
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Rhivelang
Ruhr
Dusseldorf
Rhineland
Civ
Ir. Dorten
Alles
Marshal Lyautey
Morocco
Grand list figures set by Relief Board reveal $236,609,734
Pridgeport's grand list for this year totals about $796,669,734 with Relief Board reductions of $1,288,633 and rebates totaling $2,347,313 approved by the Board of Assessors and Mayor Atwater. The list handed to the Relief Board by the assessors totals approximately $240,000,000 for tax rate preparation.
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Pridgeport
Board of Relief
City Hall
William E Burnham
Board of Apportionment and Taxation
George H. Wood
Board of Assessors
Wood
Board
Fred Atwater
Relief Board
Stamford Print Shop Destroyed in Sunday Fire
Fire gutted the R H Cunningham printing plant in Stamford causing about 45000 in losses. Two floors collapsed with presses and linotype machines plunging to the basement as the roof fell away. The Stamford fire department fought the blaze for hours. Samuel Cassel and his family escaped in night clothes via an inner stairway. Insurance covers losses.
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Stamford
R. H. Cunningham Company
Samuel Cassel
Aimes
Robber Escapes With Mail Pouch at Grand Central
A gunfight erupted as a bandit boarded a Chicago to New York mail train at Albany and escaped with a registered mail pouch from Grand Central. Guards and detectives chased along tracks and platforms, one pouch dropped, with the robber slipping away through a tunnel to the street. This marks the fifteenth mail robbery on the Chicago New York route in two months.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Chicago
Albany
Joseph H. King
Warmer Weather Forecast and Yesterday’s Temps
Weather outlook predicts warmer conditions with rain or snow possible today in Webiper reports. Yesterday’s high reached 39 degrees at 2 p.m., low 21 degrees at 6 a.m., and by 10 p.m. the thermometer stood at 32, as crowds enjoyed the springlike day.
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Wepiper
Mercury
Earthquake Felt in Hamburg After Long Seismic Shock
An intense earthquake shock lasting nearly three hours was registered Saturday morning by Hamburg’s main seismograph station. The centre is believed to be about 8,000 kilometers away, with the tremor impacting the area around Hamburg and prompting scientific interest.
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