Bostwick Sewer Threatens Viaduct Walls
Residents along Bostwick avenue seek damages from Leary and company over a deep sewer trench that endangers the north wall of the railroad viaduct and nearby foundations. Withheld final payments total about 76 thousand dollars amid lawsuits nearing four thousand dollars, as city officials monitor shifting walls and settled ground.
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Bostwick Avenue
Leary and Company
Brooklyn
Bernard Keating
Edly
Paving and Sewer Commission
Fort of Garden Street
Burgh
Avaitor Keating
Leary & Company
Leary Company
Edward Devoe Tompkins
3Fr McElroy
John Reachy
Postess
Boatwick Avenue
DeForest & Klein
Common Pleas Court
Samuel Greenbaum
John Renchy
Women in Bedford Reformatory Sub ject to Cold Water Cure
Inmates at the Bedford Women’s Reformatory faced harsh discipline described as the cold water cure, with some handcuffed to cell doors so toes barely touched the floor. During Ruth Carter’s trial for assaulting an attendant, superintendent Mrs. Cobb admitted only 15 of about a thousand inmates were subjected to such punishment in the past three years. Carter testified she endured two months in solitary confinement on bread and water after claiming temporary derangement.
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White Plains
Women's Reformatory
Bedford
Ruth Carter
Toledo Merchants Urge Mayor to Rush Return of Street Cars
Downtown merchants representing major firms urged Mayor Cornet Schreiber to speed settlement of Toledo traction woes. Cars have been off the streets since last Saturday midnight, cutting business. Mayor Schreiber named assistants to appraise Teledo Railways and Light for a municipal ownership ordinance to be voted on. Municipal lawyers study the Cleveland Taller plan as a basis, with both ownership and Taller proposals to be put to a vote after council passes the ordinance. Henry L. Doherty of New York says he will restore cars once ordinances are enacted.
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Toledo
Cornet! Schreiber
Schreiber
Teledo Railways and Light Company
Cleveland
Henry L. Doherty
New York
Colorado Coal Miners Order To Quit Work
Pueblo reports a Colorado coal miners strike to begin Friday morning after United Mine Workers District 16 president George C. Johnson called for action unless all striking union men are reinstated. The strike affects all operations under a union contract.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
George C. Johnson
United Mine Workers
All Things Jow
Mr. Johnson
Salaries of Methodist Ministers Rising Across the Nation
Reports from sixty five annual conferences show Methodist Episcopal ministers receiving higher pay in recent years. The average salary rose from 826 in 1907 to about 1111 in 1918, and this year falls between 1200 and 1500 dollars.
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Chicago
United States
City to build new high school urged for East Side
Bridgeport board backs urgent plan for a new high school facility to relieve crowding. A three year construction horizon is set with a committee led by Dr A C Jones to assess needs, costs, and site. East Side enrollment tops 800, with overall high school roll near 2,600 across two campuses.
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Samuel J. Slawson
Bridgeport
Board of Education
A. Cones
E. TI. Dillon
Howard
Challenger
East Side
Slawson
Believe Lake Steamer John Owen Found In Gale
OVELAND O Nov 17 All hope for the safety of the lake freighter John Owen of Cleveland and her crew of 2, missing four days after a terrific gale on Lake Superior last week, was given up today by W. H. Richardson and Company owners of the vessel on receipt of a message from Sault Ste. Marie Michigan that wreckage bearing the name John Owen had been found near Caribou Island.
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Oveland
John Owen
Cleveland
Lake Superior
W. 44
Richardson and Company
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan
Caribou Island
Mulvihill and Plotkin Named Members of Education Board
Denis Mulvihill former Bridgeport mayor and Samuel Plotkin, candidate for Probate Judge, were elected to the Board of Education. Mulvihill succeeds the resigning Joseph H. Whitcomb. Plotkin succeeds Dr. Clarence E. Caulkine. The vote count favored Mulvihill six to one, with one blank. The board also accepted Dr Gaulkin’s resignation after a reconsideration offer and absent members Bishop and Webster.
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Mulvihill
Plotkin
Education Board
Bar Caulkin
Denis Mulvihill
Bridgeport
Samuel
Paul L. Miller
Board of Education
Joseph H. Whitcomb
Clarence E. Caulkine
G. W. Osborn
Col
Elmer. Havens
McGovern
Haward KF. McGovern
Attorney Plotkin
Gaulkins
Democratic
Repubblican
Dr. Caulsting
Bishop and
Webster
Power 10 Crush Red Propaganda To Be Provided
Washington november 17 legisla tion to curb radicals will wait for the next regular session. Attorney General palmer outlined proposals and a senate bill by senator Poindexter would punish both written and spoken agitation for overthrow of the government by violence. penalties include death for killing during such acts and extend to owners of buildings used for meetings. the measure, referred to judiciary committees, faces no immediate action. justice department bill not yet introduced.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Palmer
Senate
Poindexter
Republica
House
Summers
Judiciary Committees
Department At Justice
Police Board Considers Zone Far System Fix
Police commissioners may act on blocking traffic caused by the zone system. After last night’s meeting Commissioner Anderson cited deplorable conditions at Main street and Fairfield avenue corners. Commissioner Stanley noted ongoing gridlock with 25 minutes needed to traverse Congress to State streets as trolleys blocked traffic.
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Police Commission
Trafic
Connecticut Company
Anderson
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Stanely
Congress Street
State Street
Two Boys Missing. Police Urged to Help Locate Them
Reports of two missing boys were made to the police last night. Bruno Fi linovicn, nine, of 21 Grandfield events, left home Sunday morning wearing a red overcoat. Walter Plash, fourteen, of Willard Street, disappeared early afternoon. parents were unable to locate him.
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June Filinovicn
Grandfield
Bruno
Walter Plash
Willard Street
Mines Idle Despite Union Forecast In West Virginia
Charleston Nov 47. Predations of United Mine Workers officials here said all mines closed by the strike would resume today but reports from Kanawha Coal association headquarters show little change in mining districts. Officials cited intimidation against union men and fears of fines by operators as reasons workers were reluctant to return. They also blamed slow progress in wage negotiations in Washington for the impasse.
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Charleston
W. van
United Mine Warlers
Kanawha Coal Association
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Thea
Siw
House Approves Esch Rail Bill For Private Carriers
The House passed the Esch railroad bill by 293 to 159 to permit private ownership and operation of rail carriers under broad federal supervision. It now moves to the Senate where action is delayed until December. Democratic opposition centered on rejecting a government revenue guaranty for six months of private operation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Derby Man Held in New Radical Roundup in N Y
New York November 17 detectives from the bomb squad raided a Fifth Street building with federal warrants arresting 22 men. Eighteen released after examination, five kept on charges. Names include Alay Slock Hartford Conn John Staresyk Derby Conn Mike Naranyak Weder Kushnarev Hyman Tedens all said to be Russian workers union members. Police say funds raised to defend friends in prior raids and to aid families. propaganda mass confiscated.
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New York
Fifth Street
Polion
CIA
Snare Ls
Alay Slock
Hartford
Conn
John Staresyk
Derby
Mike Naraneythak
Weder Kushnarev
Hyman Tedens
Union of Russian Workers
Wedera
Two Parliaments for Ireland Cabinet Plan
London Nov 18 A cabinet committee report on Ireland is nearly ready and will be shown in the House of Commons in about a fortnight. Chief Secretary for Ireland J McPherson says the scheme for two legislatures with a supreme council has been unanimously approved by the committee and accepted by the cabinet. The prior claim that the committee had issued majority and minority reports is denied.
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London
Ireland
T House of Commons
Daily Mail Jt
Wr. J. McPherson
Kansas Assumes Control Of Large Coal Fields
Kansas gains control of Crawford and Cherokee County coal properties as the state supreme court names receivers following quo warranto proceedings led by Attorney General Richard Flopkins.
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Kansas
TOP Ira
Crawford
Cherokee Counties
State of
State Supreme Court
Richard Flopkins
Trans Atlantic Flight in Six Hours Possible Says General Mitchell
New York reports Brigadier General William Mitchell predicts aeronautical advances could push speeds to 300 400 mph enabling Atlantic crossings in six to seven hours and world flights in about a day. He cites turbo booster carburetor, variable pitch propeller and armored airplanes as developing technologies.
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General Mitchell
New York
Atlantic
William Mitchell
American Air Service
United States
South orders coal curtailment hit cotton mill plants
Atlanta region issues curtailment orders that cut coal deliveries in the south to priority customers not including manufacturers. The move threatens to close cotton mill operations when current stock runs out, affecting plants and workers.
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Atlanta
Railroad Administration
Canada Imposes Embargo on Coal Trade
Sehatile Washington November 17 news states Canada has placed an embargo on coal. The measure will affect shipments to Alaska with much coal from Canadian mines going to southeastern Alaska, harming Alaskans.
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Sehatile
Wash
Canada
Threat to Take Pact From Senate and Lock It in White House
On the eve of a final Senate vote President Wilson warned he would withdraw the peace treaty to the White House and lock it in his desk if reservations already adopted were not modified. The remark sharpened Senate lines as Democrats pressed for compromises while Republicans split, leaving the treaty's fate in doubt.
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Senate
White House
Washington
Wilton
Wilson
Lodg
Marswall
Titchecock
Hitchcock
Tod
Poindexter Calls Palmer Inadequate Over Deportations
Senator Poindexter Republican Washington says Attorney General Palmer has not explained why the government fails to deport undesirable aliens and notes Martens offer to return Russians home. He urges active encouragement of departures and calls federal actions inadequate. Fire in a mattress triggers city alarm at night in Ritho avenue district within Mattres plant reporting area.
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Wreshington
Poindexter
Republican
Washington
Palmer
Martens
T. Derso On
Boxsas
Lloyd-George Warns Russia Proves Foggy Beset by Debt
Premier Lloyd-George told the House of Commons that Russia remains a complex problem and that any drive against Bolshevism risks failure. He said Britain cannot endlessly finance civil war, noted England’s heavy anti Bolshevist aid, and claimed France and Britain agreed to withhold further supplies due to French taxpayers.
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House of Commons
Bullitt
Russia
England
Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Fyor
France
Japan
America
Mgr. Lloyd-George
Pressmen President Accused of Misusing Union Funds
George S. Berry of Rogersville Tennessee, president of the International Pressmen and Assistant's Union, is accused by delegates from twenty seven cities of misappropriating more than two hundred thousand dollars. The convention in SP, LOUIS plans a new union, Newspaper Web Pressmen of the United States and Canada, with Old union locals urged to affiliate. A separate suit by Chicago pressmen against Berry in federal court Knoxville is set for December term.
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Louis
George S. Berry
Rogersville
International Pressmen's and
Union
Web Pressmen
United States
Canada
Priday
Chicago
Berry
Knoxville
Tenn
Bandits Loot Bank and Escape with $46,000
Bandits raided Randolph Savings Bank in Randolph Massachusetts on November 1, bound and gagged treasurer N. Trving Tolman, an assistant, and a customer, then emptied the safe. Authorities estimate the haul at about $40,000.
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Randolph
Mass
Randolph Savings Bank
N. Trving ‘Tolman
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