Coal Ships Reach Harbor After Storms in Bridgeport
About 300 tons of coal expected today as several loaded vessels depart New York bound for Bridgeport Newland and New London. The two masted schooner William L Beck was towed to New Haven for overhaul after being blown ashore off Steeplechase Island. Temporary repairs kept the deck clear while dock planks were damaged but no serious harm to ships or waterfront property reported.
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Steeplechase Island
New Haven
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Conrad
Connecticut Transportation Company
Bridgeport
Inner Lighthouse Lighter Moves to New Shoreward Position
The Wardyall company lighter from Stamford arrived off the inner breakwater to shift the lighthouse closer to shore as Bridgeport harbor upgrades proceed. Plans call cutting 275 feet of inner wall and dredging about 400000 yards from the lower bay and channel, with a new foundation for the light to be laid and the conical tower reset. Dredging expected to start in spring under a $100,009 contract awarded to Bridgenort Dredge & Dock company.
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Bridgeport
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President Wilson to See Prince of Wales
President Wilson will receive the Prince of Wales on a visit to Washington. The prince is due in the morning and is scheduled to meet Mrs. Wilson at 3 p.m. in the White House before possibly visiting the President in his sick room.
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Navy
Wilson
Wales
Admit Grayson
White House
Coroner Probes Riley Girl Death Continues Inquest
Coroner J J Phelan has continued the inquest into seven year old Dorothy Riley’s death at Picketts coroner. Airfield authorities hold Francis Gilhooley and Jacob Brandt motorman and conductor on $2000 bail. Their case to be continued until Thursday morning. Manwaring’s term as city treasurer ends with $220000 in cancelled bonds burned as his last act before handing to successor William J Garrity.
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Dorothy Riley
Picketts
Francis Gilhooley
Jacob Brandt
Ploth
Manwaring
Moses W- Manwaring
William J. Garrity
Bids Open for Sewage Plant at Cassier Homestead Site
Bids will be received until noon on November 15 at the office of B W Cooney clerk of the Board of Park Commissioners Security building for the construction of four small sewage disposal plants on the old Cassier homestead at the Trumbull Line. The city bought a tract for 800 dollars to round out the park property and agreed to build the plant for the old Cassier site.
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Board of Park Commissioners
Cassier Homestead
Trumbull Line
Derby Man Recalled After Vatican Audience
Mov. 10. Word recalls Talrick As Miscen, former coirector and repre sentative from this city, who has arrived in Paris after a Rome visit where he met Pope Benedict. Aberren has been engaged in K of C war work as overseas secretary since last April.
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K. of C. War Worl
Spy Law Upheld by Supreme Court Dissented
Leighton New York Nov reports the espionage act upheld for five self described Russian agents including Jacob Abrams who manipulated radical literature. Justice Holmes joined by Brandeis dissented on the ruling in a controversial decision.
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Nov
Lunvielfons
New York
Jacob Abrams
Supreme Court Upholds New York Workmen's Comp Awards
The Supreme Court today upheld the act's awards under the 1916 New York Workmen's Compensation law, in appeals brought by three companies challenging disfigurement and factual awards. The decision centers on the constitutionality of the act's compensation provisions and the relief granted to workers.
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New York
Supreme Court
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