Daylight saving plan deferred by Bridgeport council
Bridgeport city council postponed action on a daylight saving ordinance after Mayor Wilson said hearings could occur at the next regular meeting and the measure align with eastern states. Labor groups opposed it while Rotary, Manufacturers and others endorsed the plan. Public hearings set for the first Monday in April.
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Bridgeport
Common Counsil
Wilson
New York
Massachusetts
Rotary Club
al Labor Union
Eployes
Manufacturers’ Association
New York City
Magen
New York, Newen and Hartford Railroad Co
Stamford
New Canaan
Hartford
Rhode Island
Labor
John Egan
Central Labor Union
Martin Bluett
Agri
May Debar Enemy Aliens for Fifteen Years
Montreal march twenty five. Dominion government urged to bar enemy aliens from Canada entry for fifteen years in a resolution adopted by the Great War veterans association.
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Montreal
Dominion
Canada
Great War Veteran's Assolution
12 Year Old Boy Dead From Wood Alcohol Poisoning
Police investigate the death of a 12 year old at a school event in ET. JOSEPH. Local reports say the wood alcohol poisoning occurred around 2 am after a track meet. Suspected involvement of schoolmates is under inquiry.
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Wood Alcohel
ET. Joseph
Mo. Mat
Mond
Toikee
Wood leads Lowden in South Dakota primaries
Reports from the South Dakota presidential endorsement primary show Gen. Wood leading Lowden overall with 29 362 votes to 25 701 and 28 694 for Johnson in scattered precincts. Gerard leads among Democrats in several counties while Wood wins Sioux Falls by 77 votes and Minnehaha goes to Johnson.
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Gen. Wood
Lowden
South Dakota
Johnson
Minnehaha County
Wood
Sioux Falls
S. D
Lowdon
Miles Tomdexter
Prairies
Missouri River
James W. Gerard
New York
James
Monroe
Maywood
Ilinois
Gerard
Davison County
Mitchell
Norbeck
Haney
McMaster
Richards
Charles Christopherson
Wr. C. Cook
London
Minnshaha
Wu Vates
Sidi Falls
Wood Carié
Miss Bess ie Hanover 30 Years High School Teacher Dies
Miss Bessie B Hanover long time city teacher died after protracted illness at home age not stated She taught 30 years at the high school after earlier service in grade schools Funeral private burial at New Haven Spartac news brief follows about Berg imagery in Hesse region East of Wesel held in check according to undated reports
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Bersie H. Danover
Wade
Joous
Ilneas
Miss Hanover
Jullug
Annie Blackman Hanover
Bridgeport
New Taven
Spartac. NS
Tueberg
Hhenish
Russia
Wesel
Connecticut Next Hope For Ratification In Delaware Delay
Carrie Chapman Catt predicted Connecticut would be the next to move if Delaware fails to ratify the woman suffrage amendment. Hearings showed strategists eyeing future votes as suffrage advocates pressed for action while opponents urged caution.
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Senate
Soo
Delaware
House
Walker
Lyons
Townsend
Wilmington
Sid
Connecticut
Carrie Chanman Catt
Misa Charlotte Howe
National
Lloyd George explains Armenia policy and US role
British premier Lloyd George defended the Turkish settlement and urged the United States to accept a mandate before proceeding. He said America’s decision would have prevented suspicions of Allied manipulation and argued France should bear responsibility for protecting Armenia, while Britain could aid Armenians by equipment and officers for self defense. He urged clear German reparations and credits linked to Germany’s fulfillment of treaty obligations.
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London
Herbert H. Asquith
Paisley
Lloyd George
United States
Great Britain
France
Turkey
U.S
America
Armenia
Lioyd-George
England
Asia Minor
Junglend
Constantinople
Amienia
Livya-George
Tunis
Lloyd-George
Germany
Belgium
Arrest Made in Bridgeport Counterfeit Ring Case
Federal agents rounded up Joseph Amanoss of 600 Putnam Street on charges of altering and passing United States currency as part of a suspected counterfeit operation in Bridgeport and nearby towns. Authorities tie him to a recent attempt to pass a bogus $10 bill in a fruit dealer’s store on State Street.
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Bridgeport
Ring
Joseph Amanoss
Putnam Street
United States
Railroad Unions Urge Wisconsin Support for La Follette Ticket
Labor publication calls railroad workers in Wisconsin to back Senator La Follette and his presidential primary ticket. The March date appears misreported as March 35, reflecting OCR errors on the Washington timing.
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TABOR
DA Pollette
Washington
Labor
Wiscnsin
Senator la Follette
Physician and Patient Found Murdered in Brooklyn Tenement
New York report says Dr Vincent J Campisi a wealthy physician and a supposed patient were found murdered in a Brooklyn tenement. The physician stabbed and the patient strangled after a staged visit luring him to the room. A roominghouse keeper recalled a nameless man arrival and a hurried departure by a companion. A dirk and a rusty razor were found. motive appears robbery.
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Yor
Vincent J. Campist
Brooklyn
New Yor
Tir
Tran
Frank Ambrose
Dr. Camps
Ambrose
Ambr
Dorothy Lacker
Roominghouse
Dr. Campist
Samuel Campisi
Armenians Told Tartars Massacred Thousands in Armenia Frontiers
London reports Armenian Archbishop Kholm claims Tartars massacred 17,000 Armenians near the Armenian state frontier and 14,000 at Assoulis in Azerbaijan. He cites ongoing killings and says 3,000 people are being herded in Tartar villages while frontier lines remain ill defined.
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London
Azerbaijan
Kholn
Erivan
Aled
Armenia
Assoulis
Woman shoots self over stolen wealth in Bridgeport
Mrs. Anna Pirrello, 64, of 198 Gregory Street, shot herself twice yesterday driven by fear that her fortune had been stolen. She died or was dying at Bridgeport Hospital. Her son Dominick said she was obsessed by the belief her money had disappeared, though her mind was clear on other matters.
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Anna Pirrello
Gregory Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Mary Pirrello
Lvtioud
Dominick Pirrelro
Lexington Capitalist Son Held For Revenge Abduction
Police investigate the kidnapping of 11 year old Paul Little son of Lexington capitalist R Little. A ransom of 36000 is sought possibly by two men known to the family. Authorities consider the boy may be held in or near Lexington with another note expected within 34 hours. Also report notes a separate injury incident at a factory in Bridgeport where Michael Selisk suffered severed finger tips.
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Lexington
Marsh
Paul Little
R. Little
Taltie
Laittha
Inday
Shebet
Neas
Cox Urges Tax Reform After Senate Treaty Fight
Ohio Governor James M. Cox, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, denounced a partisan Senate plot that defeated the peace treaty. He urged repeal of the excess profits tax and inheritance taxes, proposing a small tax on business volume instead. He also criticized publication of the treaty before Senate delivery and warned against hysteria over Bolshevism.
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Grict
James M. Cox
Ohio
Senate
Cox
League of Nations
Microbes and Kisses The Dear Little Things
Dr. Lawson Brown told the New York State Medical Society that kissing is unsanitary until lips are sterilized by sunshine and fresh air. A kissing test at Saranac Lake used a tuberculosis patient to examine germ transmission, finding morning kisses carried fewer germs while afternoon and evening kisses posed higher risk.
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New York
Lawson Brown
Saranac Lake
New York State Medical Society
Brown
Saranac
Police Barracks in Kerry Blown Up
Cork reports a police barracks at Gortalea near Tralea in County Kerry was blown up and burned. Three guards were seriously injured as the building sustained extensive damage in the attack.
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Kerry
Cork
Gortalea
Tralea
Muteter
Golromoen
Belgians Threaten Fire If Workmen Fire Again
Belgians warn Workmen that Belgian forces will open fire immediately if shots are fired again in Belgian occupied territory. Colonel Pevonxy, commanding Belgian troops, reports sending officers to the workmen's headquarters at Wearl to formally notify them of the warning. No casualties have been reported among Belgians so far.
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Buderich
Rhenish
Prussia
Maren
Preas
Pevonxy
Ofiers
Wearl
Rhine
Tetdeneh
Reds Use Artillery in Bombarding Wesel
Coblenz March 25. Wists bombarded today as the Reds press advances in the Ruhr. Wesel reported taken. Dinslaken Dorsten and Krupp works at Essen cited as Reds targets. Additional government troops move north of Coesfeld as revolt spreads to Thuringia and Harz mountains.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Wists
Reichswehe
Dinslaken
Reds
Red
Friedrichsfeld
Dorsten
Muenster
Krupp
Essen
Ruhr
Coesfield
Thuringia
Harz
Workers Quell Military Strikes In Gotha Amid Turmoil
In Gotha Saxony Thuringia the last ten days of industrial unrest end as workmen capitulate military seize control. A vicious clash left casualties and several hundred wounded with armored cars and troops moving through towns. Some bands remain active in nearby districts as authorities press for order.
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Gotha
Saxe-Coburg- -Gotha
Associé Press
Sam
Dany
Germany
Habor
Yung Kapp
Berlin
Wigan
Arma
Urbe
Naumberg
Unifo
Nataigiuig
Pied
Uney
Fouther
Lilteen
Saumberg
Pal Os
Urel
Arfurt
Eefurt
Gun Running Plot Targeting Ireland Unfolds Across Ships
London reports a British government order to thoroughly search all ships between Germany and the United Kingdom after a vessel from a German port carried rifles and ammunition bound for Ireland. Secret services suspect a large gun running operation funded from New York as part of a potential uprising around Easter. The seizure at Grangemouth led to arrests including the ship master and a sister ship captain, with other vessels alleged to be involved.
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London
Mar
Germany
United Kingdom
Ireland
New York
Grangemouth
Hoke Smith Opposes League Pact in Presidential Bid
Atlanta Ga March 5 Senator Hoke Smith formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the Georgia primary April 20. He declared he was unmabbly opposed to the party committing itself to a national campaign on the proposition that the League of Nations should have been ratified by the Senate without any change.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Democratic Party
League of Nations
Senate
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Reichswehr
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