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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1920
Page
5
A Criminal Judge denied the request to nullify Jenkins release on bail. Jenkins alleges a statement aided by Saltor Hanger, another American, was given without his knowledge or consent during a case in Puebla Mexico.
Jenkins, arrested on charges of colluding with the ban dits who kidnapped him last October, declined to post bail himself and demanded unconditional release.
Anna Dunn widow of Michael F Dunn sues Ansonia saloon keeper James Lacey for 10000 alleging he sold the cognac that caused Dunn to drink and die after taking the bottle from the Lacey saloon on December 27. Dunn formerly ran a restaurant in Hartford and the Ansonia hotel on Savin Roads.
An announcement from Garrard reports the death of John D. White, former congressman from Kentucky's seventh district. White, once described as the "crest ed jay hawker," served several terms in Congress and passed away suddenly in Louisville.
A fire on the upper floor of a four story tenement at first avenue killed two residents, Mr and Mrs John T Sanderson who had just moved into the apartment yesterday. The blaze also caused extensive damage to the building and surrounding units as firefighters battled the flames.
Bridgeport architect Walter J. Skinner pleaded guilty in the New Haven Criminal Superior Court to assaulting Frank J. Downes on Mrs. Coll Clark’s Wheeler’s farm estate in Milford. Downes testified Skinner grabbed his shotgun, threatened to kill him, struck his hand and arm, and split his thumb as Clark and Downes’ father protected him. Sentencing was deferred and likely to be announced next week.
New York date January 6 public education officials from nine eastern states urge higher teacher salaries to relieve a growing shortage. The plan notes hundreds of schools closed as teachers lack qualifications and student losses in normal schools rise. Commercial and industrial jobs lure teachers away and away from supervisory roles in education.
Washington January 6 naval officials told the House appropriations committee that unless Congress makes 9 million dollars of navy department funds available for repairing ships, many yards will have to shut down on February 1. They offered no estimate of how many men might be affected.
Quingy Massachusetts January report shows New York and Milwaukee investors planning a fast steamer fleet between southern ports and Havana. The refitted former Steamer South Haven, renamed City of Miami, gains a brass mahogany bar on its after deck and rapid work to launch the service before month end.
Tokyo reports both Major General Polapov once military attache in Korea during the war and D Bantolev former Vladivostok publisher are ordered deported after a police inquiry into Russian activity in Japan. Polapov opposed the Omsk government while Bantolev’s paper was suppressed for opposing Kolchak.
Hartford obit notes Michael Martin, coachman for Col. Samuel Colt and driver for Colt family for twenty years, died at St Mary’s Home in Wartford. He was 88, born in Ireland in 1850, came to the United States in 1850 and served as public hack driver from 1871. He ferried presidents, governors, senators, and congressmen during a long career.
An advertisement claims Jad Salts, a lithia-water drink made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, relieves sluggish kidneys caused by heavy meat consumption. It advises four ounces in water before breakfast for several days to reduce backache headaches dizziness and urinary irritation.
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