High Rail Rates Close Coal Mines in Hearings
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard testimony on coal rail rates that have shut 300 mines in southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky. James J. Francis of Inland Creel Coal urged reductions, while witnesses argued current rates are essential to prevent financial disaster. decisions set for next spring with briefs due December 15 and oral arguments to follow in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Virginia
Kentucky
James J. Francis
Inland Creel Coal Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
I. Ll. Koch
J. B Campbell
Washington
New England
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hampton
Fastern
Commission
West
Hall Defendants Prepare to Charge Others in Twin Murder
Four defendants in the Hall double murder case in Somerville New Jersey say they will offer evidence implicating others beyond the slain Reverend Edward Wheeter Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills. Lawyers state they are not yet revealing specifics though they claim substantial evidence against additional persons. The defendants Weary Hall Willie Hall and Henry Carpender remain jailed while Frances Stevens Hall is free on bail.
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Somerville
N. J
Edward Wheeter Hall
Wleanor Mills
Timothy N. Pfeiffer
New York
Frances Stevens Hall
Clarence Fef
Russell E. J. Watson
Defense
Hall
Weary
Willie
Henry Carpender
Justice Dept Studies Sui Tain Suit Impact
Washington reports the Supreme Court's adverse ruling on the government's sui tainst the sale of parents to the Chemical Formation by the alien property custodian is being studied to gauge effects on other war fraud suits. Attorney General Sargent reviews potential impact on proceedings seeking damages from Camps Lee and Sherman cases and on the sale of the Beseh Magneto patents with witnesses subpoenaed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Sargent
Department of Justice
Lee
Sherman
Winning Skipper Defies Canadians in Gloucester Race
Gloucester Mass October 12 Captain Ren Pine skipper of Columba, winner of the Gloucester fishing net championship by a second decisive victory over Henry Ford, issued a challenge to the Canadian tidghing Meet winner to meet off Halifax Saturday. Pine’s challenge was accepted, with plans for an international fishermen's race off Gloucester the week of October 25.
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Jloucester
Mass
Halifax
Tallifax
Ren Pine
Shhooter Columba
Gloucester
Henry Ford
Pine
Stratford Obituary Highlights From Area Church Services
Obituaries recall Michael Mitola home address 623 Pembroke street and St. Marys church mass led by Rev J Foley with offertory singing. Other notices detail Mary A Reddy Londons funeral at St James church and Mary Kiernan and Miss Lorraine Jraffics musical selections. William Peck, 85, buried at Mountain Grove following services. Arthur Barschow infant buried at St Michael cemetery. veterans rites by G A R.
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Michael Mitola
Pembroke — Street
St. Mary's Church
J. Foley
Josephine Alviola
Anthony Petrcchhio
Louis Carifielo
Louis Musante
Angelo LaConte
Daniel Palizzoe
Mary A. Reddy London
Daniel W. London
Jata
Nichols Avenue
Stratford
St James' Church
James I. Tolnn
Joseph W. Hughes
New York City
D. F. Sullivan
Mary Kiernan
Ava Maria
Mary Lord
Lorraine Jraffic
God
William Nolan
Henry Brown
John Hennessey
John McQuillian
Michael Saley
William London
St. Michael's Cemetery
Father Dolan
Father Hughes
Sullivan
William Peck Eishty-Five
Roseie Street
Finneral
Wilmot and
West
Lafayette Street
Mountain Grove
J. W. Dav's
Elias Howe, Jr
Minnie EB. Moran Peek
Lere
Mire
Duncan Carson
Fle
Arthur Barschow
Broad Street
Hugh King
Funeral notices from Stratford and area obituaries
Obituary notices list Wil'am Hughes aged 50 of Stratford who died Sunday in Bridgewort hospital and whose funeral will be at 112 Drome avenue and St umes church with a requiem, burial at St. Michael's cemetery. Also listed are Flora Lennox Mac Luckie eight, Carmine Lombardi, Emily Freeman, Alice Jane Northrop nineteen, and other local funeral details with relatives and burial locations.
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Wiliam H. Hughes
Drome Avenue
Stratford
Bridgewort Hospital
Tekla Elvira Gertrude Hughes
Arles Evans
William H. Huges
Henrietta
Martha
Anna
Charlotte
Gertrude J. Hughes
St. Umes
Burlil
St. Michael's Cemetery
Flora Lennox Mac Luckie
St. Vincent's Hospital
John Mae Tackle
Staples Street
Mare Jaret
Mary
Alexander Alison
First Presbyterian Church
Lakeview Cemetery
Clementine Stander
Park Avenue
Lieberum and Teaphy
Lafayette Street
Ernest J, Craft
Christ Episcopal Church
Burlat
John Smith
John Wartmouth
John Nordstrom
Richard Gay
Carmine Lombardi
Kag
Harral Avenue
Stephael
Emily Freeman
George Freeman
Boucher, Ward and Rolly
Washington Avenue
Lakesliw Cemetery
Northrop
Alice Jane Northrop
Earl Northrop
Boston Avenue
St Prami's Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Evergiven
Thousand Detectives Pounce on Bandit Pair in San Francisco
More than 1000 detectives natives and deputized citizens with shotgun and machine gun squads patrolled strategic points after two bandits shot three men and slugged five others. Federal narcotics and prohibition agents joined the hunt fearing drug influence and hi jacking links as four suspects from Kansas City were identified and split up among cities.
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San Francisco
Thin City
King
Pro-Hibition Department
Kansan
Gas poisoning ends factory worker life in accident
Joe Drewjok, 38, of 211 Howard Avenue was found dead by gas in his apartment after drinking and fighting with finances. Investigators state a broom near the gas cock may have unintentionally started the leak after he returned intoxicated. Medical examiner H. Tt. De Luca ruled death accidental. Drewjok worked at Zeppensstall Forge Company and had a troubled marriage with his second wife.
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St. Stephene
Olock
Joe Drewok
Howard Avenue
Clara Zever
John
Drewick
C. EB. Habertin
Drewiok
H. Tt. de Luca
Wits
Drewjak
Europe
Bryant Electric Co
Jet
Dreywjok
Drewjok
U S Should Quit Shipping Plea Sparks Shipping Board Meet
Speakers at a United States Shipping Board session urged liquidating government holdings in merchant marine, granting subsidies, and letting private firms own and run sea carriers without restraint. The gathering sought the nation’s stance on government relinquishment of commercial shipping interests. A separate note cites Japan's population figures for 1921 and 1924 increase.
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San Francisco
Cap
United States Shipping Board
Trust Company Suit Is Settled in Hartford
The interurban Finance company of West Haven settled the Hartford Connecticut Trust company suit to recover 50,000 shares of Public Gas of Delaware stock for the Pratt estate. Terms were not disclosed. The case, tied to Pratt's 1928 conservatorship filing, ended after a short recess with a settlement. Joseph F. Barry and FH Tl. Isbell appeared for the trust and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Interurban Finance Company of
West Haven
Hartford-Connecticut Trust Company
Public Gas Corporation of Delaware
James C. Pratt
West Hartford
Caunsal
Pratt
Minanes Co
Joseph F. Barry
Pratt Estate
FH. Tl. Isbell
New Haven
Plans to reduce cotton planting in the South
A regional conference of the United States Chamber of Commerce approved a resolution calling for immediate retirement of 4,000,000 bales of the current cotton crop under a long time pool system and a 25 percent cut in next year’s acreage. The plan, backed by Alabama Farm Bureau and ten Alabama bankers, seeks endorsement at the southwide cotton meeting in Memphis.
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Montgomery, Alu
United States Chamber At Commerce
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Alabar Bankers’ Association
Memphis
Piel Claverke
Claverbe Oussey
Texas State Farming Association
South
Quiley
Wall Street
Former school faculty member dies by own action in London
London reporting confirms Lady Elizabeth Dimsdale, longtime Greenwich private school house mistress known as Lady Elizabeth Dimesdale, died in a London hotel after taking poison. coroners ruled death by own action amid unsound mind.
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Elizabeth Dimsdale
Greenwich
London
Elzabeth Dimsdale
a_ girls
Conn
John Dimadale
John
Elizabeth
Whitstable
Connecticut
Dimesdale
Rosemary Wall
England
Jace Dlmesdale
Elmesdale
Wizabeth Dimesdale
Grace Dimesdale
Sehoa
Convict Offers Hall Testimony in New Brunswick Case
Ossining New York AP reports Frank Kendall a Sing Sing inmate, serving a grand larceny sentence, told officials he knows the gun’s history and that a weapon sold to a man resembling Wille Stevens was linked to the 192? murder of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills in New Brunswick.
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Ossining
Wille Stevens
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Mills
New Brunswick
Pris An
Frank Kendall
Central Valley
Prigen
Follow-Up Crucial After Ad Campaign Stressed by Club Leader
Ed Win J. Enoch of the Advertising club urged a strong follow-up after ads at a Stratfield luncheon. He warned many firms, especially smaller ones, rely on the ad alone and cite inefficient follow-up letters as killers of sales. A discussion followed with members sharing experiences and the need for deliberate post-ad actions.
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Tha
Ed Win J. Enoch
Stratfield Hotel
Dassie MM. Barr
Arnold Constable and Company
Enoch
Amon
William Griffin
Ilolmex and Edwards Company
Fooch
Furhiss
Eight Strikers Held At Hartford
Eight men picketing the B Dworkin furniture company at 555 Capitol avenue Hartford were arrested by Supernumerary Policeman George Damroth. Prosecutor John L Bones sal tonight charges of intimidation would be preferred at arraignment in police court tomorrow. Damreth alleged the men made a bad impression on shop workers and scared them from coming to work. The injunction restraining interference with the business was issued by Judge L P Waldo Marvin. The arrest followed service of the injunction on Morris Wolberg. The eight men were charged with violating the injunction and breach of peace and released in custody of their counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
B. Dworkin and Companys
Capitol Avenue
George Damroth
John L. Bones Sal
Damreth
Schatz
Dworkin Company
L. P. Waldo Marvin
Superior Court
Comnp
Tenstable
Charles Fine
Morris Wolberg
Kennedy Stry
International Woolsterers Union
Shipping News Arrivals and Departures Oct 12
Shipping reports from Vineyard Haven Portlands and nearby ports show vessels arriving and sailing. Vessels Charles J. Klack and Georgia D Jenkins arrived for Vineyard Haven and Calais while Georgia D and Bessie M Dustin sailed to seasport. other lines include Transylvania from Glasgow and ships to New York and Copenhagen.
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Western World
New York
Buenos Aires
Dante
Kenya
Agquania
Cherbourg
Georgia D
Seyliitz
Bremen
Transylvania
Glasgow
Tituania
Copenhagen
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Georgia D. Jenkins
Calais
Bessie M. Dustin
Newport News
Seasport
Charles J. Klack
Diesel electric ferries to launch for New York harbor routes
Two of six diesels under construction at Camden New Jersey for Mine Railway service between Manhattan and New Jersey terminals will be launched this ninth. They are billed as the first electric ferries to operate in New York harbor designed for motor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NW York
Camden, N. J
American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation
Manhattan
New Jersey
Mine Railroad
New York Harbor
English trades unions unable to help coal miners
British trade union leaders admitted limited aid for coal miners amid the May general strike. Many faced unemployment and financial losses, with 45 000 railway workers idle since May 1 and 206 000 working three days weekly. The miners urged nationalization of mines as a solution.
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Margath
Eng
Sittke
Labor Party
Hamsay MacDonald
J. H. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Ben Tillett
Transport Workers Union
Pariamentary Labor Party
MacDonald
Tie
Coal Commission
Rhys Davies
Wartament
Seascout Troop Goes On Cruise to Cockenoe Island
The David G. Farragut Seascout troop from this city sailed last Saturday to Cockenoe Island under Captain George Frost. Members aboard included coxswain Henry Svertesky, yeoman Frank Wilkingogg, Douglas Cann, Phillip Hawley the pharmacist, and bugler Joseph Williams. Meetings are held Mondays at 7:30 PM at the Miamogue Yacht Club on Seaview Avenue.
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David G. Farragut
Vital c Ruia
Cock-enoe Island
Tienry Svertesky
Coxawain
Frank Wilkingogg Yeuman
Douglas Cann
Phillip Hawley
Joseph Williams Bugler
George Frost
Miamogue
Seaview Avenue
Civitan club debates field secretary plan at luncheon
Delegates to the New England Civitan convention in New Haven were told to keep current fees, opposing a field secretary to expand clubs. Robert Crosby of the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce eyed as honorary member. Many members to attend Yale Dartmouth game. Bridgeport Civitan arranging tickets.
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New England
Civitan Cluba
Nepy Iaven
Stratfield Hotel
Civitan
Citles
Columbus
Robert A.,crogby
Chamber of Commerce
Lylawa
Rome
Crosby
Milton W. Hobby
Britain Saves by Converting Bonds
London October 12 AP The British Treasury plans to save 340,009 pounds yearly by converting 110,182,037 five percent Treasury bonds maturing February 1927 into 4 1/2 percent bonds 1934 at par with a cash payment of 1 pound per 100 pounds surrendered. The conversion costs the Treasury about one million pounds in cash but yields a half percent annual interest saving on the remaining 110,132,087 pounds, roughly 500,000 pounds.
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London
Treasury
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Bridgeport First Mortgages
Guaranty & Trust CO
Dat National Bank
Mary A. London
Wiliam Peck
Wil'am
Hughes
West End Ledger
U.S
Japan
Formosa
Kori
Trust Company
CLUB
Shipping News
Portlans
Maine
Kila W
Nor
Ruysdael
Bylayl
Norfolk
France
Bankers Trust Company of New York
Chicago
Pure Old
Pure Oi Company
Pure Oil
General Electric Company
Seascout Troop
Britain
Oct
U. S. TF
Cail_and
Teel
Bar
the Mutual System
Bank Street
State of Connecticut
United Loan Corp
Fairfield Ave
Cor
Beyreste
Pius
Actus
Pitereat
Loan Corp
John Bet
John & Wall Sts
Bridgeport Gas Light Co. Capital Stock
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. Capital Stock
United Illuminating Co
State Street
It Reist Company
Investment Department
Noble
Motor Mart Trust
Park Square
Boston
Atols
E. H. Rollins & Sons
Wallace C. Kamens
Meigs
Bridgeport
Seaton
Denver
Toy Angeles
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