Kansas City Lobbies For Conventions Amid Cash Offers
The arriving committeemen opened headquarters led by J. M Glen snning as Kansas City Chamber of Commerce promotes the city for the convention. Missouri members of Congress and committee members attend a dinner, with San Francisco and Chicago supporters planning a strong bid. Ambitious bids include funds for stadiums and entertainment, with Kansas City ready to match or exceed offers to secure the convention.
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J. M Glensnning
Kanasity Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri
Vic San
Yrancisco
Ermanses
San Francisco
Kansas City
New England Reds Favor Deportation
Boston January 6 400 alleged radicals captured in federal raids in New England last week vote to accept deportation without a legal battle. They are at Deer Island House of Correction where they discuss their plight and propose going to Russia. Attorney James A Keenan seeks habeas corpus for Peter Frank with a hearing set in federal court.
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Boston
New England
House of Correction
Deer Island i
Fellef
Lorig
Whiskey seized in carload of hay at Rouse Point
United States customs agents at Rouse Point seized 300 cases of Canadian whiskey hidden in a hay car from Montreal to Newark New Jersey. Inspectors became suspicious due to the car's unusual weight and the concealment.
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Ogdensburigh
N. J
United States
Rouse Point
Montreal
Newark
Miners Reach Surface After Two Miles of Smoke
Eighteen miners emerged from the Laughlin mine of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company near Martins Ferry Ohio after two miles of smoke filled underground workings. Three miners were near exhaustion and carried out by a rescue party at the mine mouth.
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Martins Ferry
Wny
Laughlin
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Bill to Bring Home War Dead From Europe
Senator Harris introduced a bill directing the secretary of war to arrange at government expense the return of bodies of soldiers sailors and marines buried in Europe upon next of kin request. The measure was referred to the military committee in the Senate.
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Washington
Jan
Secretary of War
Europe
Harris
Georgia
Bulgarian strikers blow up railway bridge near Sofia Varna
Bulgarian strikers blew up a railway bridge between Sofia and Varna. Advices say hundreds involved were arrested, and four were shot. Reports note similar attempts at several other points as authorities pursue the unrest.
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Salons
Sofia
Varna
Sofa
Connecticut Woman to Supervise Teddy's Birthplace Restore
New York January 6 The selection of Mrs John Wallace Riddie of Farmington Connecticut a woman architect to supervise the restoration of Theodore Roosevelts birthplace was announced at the Womens Roosevelt Memorial Association annual meeting The notice names the project and confirms her appointment.
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Connecticut
Teddy
New York
John Wallace Riddie
Farmington, Conn
Theodore Roose‘velt
Womens’ Roosevelt Memorial Association
Distillers Seek Right to Dispose of Whiskey In Bond
Delegates from distilleries across the country authorize George F. Deierle to appoint agents to press Congress in Washington on disposing of bonded whiskey. About 100 producers attended the closing meeting. 60 million gallons bonded nationwide, 5 million in Kentucky warehouses, with export potential and Dry Amendment effects looming after January 16.
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Bond
George F. Deierle
Ciucianiut
Willer
Avonmilles
Washington
United States
Deierle
Kentucky
Senators hear charges of Soviet influence and agent provocateurs
A Senate hearing was told that officials in the Soviet bureau and other groups spread radical plots as proven by alleged agent provocateurs. Secret service and Department of Justice officials denied the charges while a deportation plan involving the Ark was cited as evidence of leniency toward reds and anarchists.
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Nuovieva
Martens
Senate
Nuarteva
Department of Justices
Commuist Party of America
Senate Committee
Secret Service
Europe
Department’ of Justices
Ino
Department of Labor
Buford
United States
Siegel
New York
Congress
House Immigration Committee
Allies refuse to cut occupation troops in plebiscite zones
Paris dispatch says Allied note to German delegation declines troop reductions in occupied areas set for plebiscites. It cites U.S. participation already cutting force levels by about one quarter and notes Germany’s expenses would drop, making further cuts hard to justify. Ratification ceremonies may slip from Saturday to Monday January 13 due to expert commission issues.
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Paris
United States
Germany
Commission
Cars Plunge Off Bank Injuring Dozens Near Louisville
A Louisville to Nashville passenger train run from Knoxville derailed near Newhope Kentucky Jerbanion. Five cars left the track and plunged down an embankment. Ten persons were injured and several believed fatally hurt according to late reports.
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Touisvillille
Kya Jan Ti
Louisville
Nashvills
Knoxville
Tenn
Sinn Fein prisoners in Cork jail begin hunger strike
Forty Sinn Fein prisoners in Cork jail began a hunger strike to protest alleged discrimination and mistreatment by authorities. Some have been tried, others await trial, with the protest marking a bold challenge to policy.
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SINN
Cork
Sinn Fein
Commercial Telephone Council Talks Shop Dines and Dances
Bridgeport Commercial Council officials and company employees met in the telephone building business office on Fairfield Avenue last night. After a brief session a banquet and dance followed with cartoonist Steinke entertaining, music by Miss Totta Christiansen and Miss Rosa Christiansen, and a committee on arrangements led by Maud Newell. Local and out of town officials attended, including W. W. Knight of New Haven and Edward Porest, Norwalk manager, with a Stamford delegation of ten girls.
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Bridgeport Commercial Council
Fairfield Avenue
BNL
Totta Christiansen
Rosa, Christiansen
Maud Newell
Charlotte Fenne
Caroline Wagora
John M. Hearn
Charlotte ‘Fenno
Mr. Hearn
W. W. Knight
New Haven
A. A. Goodyear
Edward Porest
Morris Nutting
Norwalk
Hdward Smith
Stamford
Tha
Richard L Warney
Sues New York Lawyer for Breach of Promise
Elsie Eleanor Waldo of Nyack New York filed a breach of promise suit for 250000 against Frederick Melvin Brown a prominent New York lawyer. After seven years of courtship she alleges he promised to marry her in December 1907 but married Mabel Heloise Stokes in October 1913 while she believed he remained engaged.
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New York
Elsie Eleanor Waldo
Nyack, N. Y
Christmas for Orthodox Greeks Celebrations Across the City
The cosmopolitan population including Ruthenians and Bulgarians marks Orthodox Christmas on January 7 per the Justinian calendar. High masses, Vespers, and Te Deum will be observed in churches with greetings and exchanges of presents. Banquets and parties follow religious observances today.
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dAhose
Cold weather slows Birport building projects
Severe cold limits new construction as Birport reports no permit applications at last week’s board meeting and only two approvals last night. Mary Bracken gains a two family house on H M Kimner Street and Bertham Flatris a one family house on Clinton Avenue despite adverse conditions.
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Keel
Birport
Board of Building Commissioners
Kimner Street
Mary Bracken
Clinton ‘Avenue
Bertham Flatris
O P Women Conclude Conference at Chicago
Republican women from fourteen Midwest states closed their Chicago meeting with Q A sessions on campaigning tactics. National committee experts explained how to mobilize support, fund campaigns, and canvass precincts while leaders discussed state conditions and pre convention messaging amid a tone of satisfaction with the gathering.
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Chicago
Middle West
Thei Homes
National Committee
Leonard Wood
Frank
C. Lowden
Mlinois
Hardings
Ohio
Fred Wv. Upham
Jet Glover*Sauti
Mary Garrett Hay
Denver
FAKES AUTO MARKERS TO AVOID LONG WAIT
De orenzo Lucas of Benwick Avenue admitted in City court that he faked automobile markers to skip lines at the motor vehicle department. Judge Bartlett awed him to a $25 fine after an arrest on December 1 for reckless driving and evading responsibility. case to be revived by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Stoznickel at next hearing.
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Deorenzo Lucas
Benwick Ayvenue
Airfield
Motor Vehicle Department
Bartlett
Lucas
Stoz- Ott
Ak Ickel
Obituary notices of Casey Lambert Nichols and others
Multiple funeral services reported for Daniel J. Casey, Mrs. Nettie Lumber, Joseph Wright, Charles Fox, Elizabeth Horsfield, Tennie Hannibal, John Schmidt, William Nichols, Louis Wakeley, Julia Papp and others. Services held at St Patrick's and Sacred Heart New Haven, various chapels and cemeteries. attendees included Woodmen of the World delegation and multiple relatives. Burial sites include St. Michael's, Lakeview, Stepney, Park, and Long Hill cemeteries.
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Daniel J. Casey
Michael Casey
Grand Street
St.Patrick’s Church
Charles M.ixelly
John C. Tuthill Camp
Woodmen
Frederick ‘Miller
William Hawley
Trvank Hyle
Wile
Linkin’ McGrath
Edward, Langdon
Clifford Casey
Mm. St. Michael's Cemetery
Hather , Helly
Nettie D. Lumber
Nete D . Lumber
Mullins, Scott & Redgate
Golden Hill
Michael J. Lynch
St. Mary’s Church
Burlaly
St. Michael's Cemetery
Joseph F. Wright
Joseph Wy
Wright
Stepney
Hawley & Wilmot
Lafayette Street
Gerald
TI. Beard
Park Street
Congregational Clurch
Charles Fox
Charles: Fox
Main Street
Walker & Banks
Fairfield Avenue
Sacred Heart Church
New Haven
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
William M. Nichols
William AL. Nichols
Weston
John Cole
Charles Buth
William McGrath
Henry Greene
Conn
Nichols
Bridgeport ‘Hydraulic Co
Annie Jtued Nichols
Myrs
Frank Nichols
Ladie ‘Bears
Funeral service held at Keska parlors
The service took place this morning at 10 o'clock at the undertaking parlors of Frank Keska, 828 Hancock Avenue. Rev. Alex Ludman of Pine Street Reformed Church officiated. Burial will be in Morétain Grove Cemetery.
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Frank Keska
Hancock Avenue
Alex Ludman
Pine Street Reformed Church
Morétain Grove Cemetery
Steady Watchword urged to unite labor and capital
A speech stresses duty to provide a square deal for labor and capital, boost production, and Americanize immigrants. It warns of alien literature, deportation or legal action, and upholds law, property rights, and individual liberty within the constitution. It cautions from internal dangers and calls Americans to govern without fear or favor.
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Lmbor
Omaha
Gary
Ig T
Two Men Weld on Girls Charges In City Court
Joseph Carcipolo of 189 Clarence Street and Benjamin Crotto of 78 Green Street were arrested after accusations by 12 girls. They were arraigned in City Court, cases continued to Saturday, each held on 35000 bond on a breach of the peace charge.
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Joseph Carcipolo
Clarence Street
Benjamin Crotto
Green Street
Weather forecast notes cloudy warm day then precip overnight
A weather bulletin reports cloudiness and warmer conditions Wednesday with possible snow or rain by night and into Thursday. Winds off the Atlantic coast from Sandy Hook to Hatteras are mainly southwest moderate. Observations from New Haven and other stations show mostly cloudy skies with varying temperatures and some rain or snow in nearby coastal cities.
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Atlantic Coast
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
New Haven
Bar
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
Hartford
Jacksonvilla
Cloudyansas City
Nantucket
New Orleans
New York
Northfield
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis
St Paul
Hitchcock Drops Opposition to Bryan Delegates at Large
Washington report says Senator Hitchcock will not oppose naming William Jennings Bryan as Nebraska's delegates at large to the Democratic national convention. He indicated no objection to Bryan's possible instruction for the delegation, defusing a long standing feud with Bryan though no final stance on instructions was stated.
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Sen. Hitchcock
Bryan
Tustin McGra
Universal
cStat
sService
Washington
Lan
National Committee
Liteneeck
William OF. Bryan
Délegat
Nebraska
Bfr
Hitchcock
Mr. Bryan
United States Senate
Baltimore
Wilsons
Itchcock
Bridgeport Brass Firemen Hold Annual Banquet
The Bridgeport Brass company fire department held its annual banquet in the company cafeteria attended by about 150 members and guests from New London. Arthur Brewer retired as chief engineer after three years. E R Feicht became new president with H Johnson as secretary. The department answered 21 fires totaling notable damage, with remarks and a Bank of Boston insurer giving stereopticon views.
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Secon
Bridgeport Brass Company Fire Department
New London
Arthur Brewer
Fre
Frederick W.W. Kingsbury
Alvin C. Bearse
R. J. Neithercut
Bates
R. H. Booth
Million Asked to Fight Reds After Social Revolution
The government plans tighter surveillance over immigrants to curb undesirables. Permanent records will be kept for those sent away on the Buford transport, with deportations extended to prevent returns. Future entrants will face stricter checks, and passports will be issued by friendly governments, per Under Secretary Polk.
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Buford
Itj
United
United States
State Polk
Licenses for autos exceed former years in Bridgeport
Applications for automobile licenses run about 1000 daily in Bridgeport's motor vehicle office. Receipts exceed prior years by thousands of dollars as pleasure car registrations surge. More than 2500 pleasure cars have been registered, while commercial cars exceed 1500.
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W. H. Chapman
Bridgeport
Motor
Fraternal Lodge Installations Delayed to January Thirteen
Harmony Lodge B in B Rith No 711 postpones installation of officers from last night. Joseph Hun of New Haven, former district grand lodge president, to install. Charity ball committee to set annual ball date and arrangements soon. Ball expected at the Stratfield in February with proceeds shared by three local charities.
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Stratfield
Physicians Make Merry At Annual Bridgeport Gathering
Medical men of Bridgeport totaling 89 gathered at the Seaside club for the Bridgeport Medical association annual banquet and meeting. Doctors laid aside daily cares for a festive program with parodies sung by a doctor chorus, an orchestra provided music, and toastmaster Dr F He Coops presided. Responding to toasts were Dr S M Garlick Judge Delorest Dr George B Garlick and Dr H S Reich.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Medical Association
F. He. Coops
Association
S. M. Garlick
Delorest
George 3B Garlick
IF. S. Reich
Stop and Think Kidney Diseases Kill 100000 Last Year
An old advertisement warns of 100000 deaths from kidney diseases last year and urges health action. It promotes Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy, claiming 40 years of use and benefits for kidneys, including a testimonial from Florence E. Schmidt praising the product and offering a sample for ten cents.
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Wong
Warner
I Singh
Warners
Ilorence E. Schmidt
Dunkirk
Warner's Safe Relying Co
Rochester
N. Y-Ad
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