Assistant Claims Fall Acted Alone in Oil Contracts
In Los Angeles Oct 28 Albert B Fall then Secretary of the Interior was testified to have acted alone without the usual advice of Edward C Finney First Assistant Secretary in the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills oil lease matter now charged as part of a conspiracy to defraud. Finney testified that he generally did not participate in preparation of contracts prior to December 1 1922 except for a Pan American supplemental contract. He said the only lease he did not participate in was the Sinclair lease in Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Albert B. Fall
Edward C Finney
Qvirst
Interior Department
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
Finney
Lowen J. Roberts
Fatl
Whinney
Hilk Wiltz
Pearl Harbor
Sinclair
Wyoming
Denies Smuggling Charge Says He Was Only Fishing
Captain Iver Carlberg and son Axel of North Wildwood and A A Woolman of Atlantic City faced U S Commissioner Earl Mathewson after the two masted schooner Johan Leonard was seized by the coastguard destroyer Jouett in Rum Row off Montauk Point. The men were charged with leaving port without clearance papers. Carlberg testified he was fishing and sought directions from the Nieuw Cappello after losing bearings. The cap tain was ordered to appear at a later hearing. the other two men were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Iver Carlberg
Axel
North Wildwood
N. 7
A. A Woolman
Atlantic City
Johan Leonard
Coastguard
Jouett
Rum Row
Montauk Point
United States
Earl Mathewson
John Leonard
Nieuw Cappello
Antwerp
Rumstow
Carlberg
Souett
Postmasters Told 10 Rush Ballots Through the Mail
Washington Oct 28 postmasters were instructed to ensure prompt forwarding of election ballots by mail. Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett urged care to prevent underpaid ballots and to contact local election officials to arrange prompt payment. Ballots by mail should receive utmost speed and no discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bartlett
Mob Kills Man After Nighttime Seizure in Wayland
Shannon, a 28 year old black man, was shot 18 times by a mob estimated at 205 men Sunday night at Wayland and died from wounds. He had been charged with killing a white man. Fifteen guards kept watch at the jail when the seizure occurred, according to Chief of Police Vernon Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priestonburg
Keia” Shannon
Negro
Wayland
Shanon
Po- Nee Vernon Castle
Actress robbed of handbag and watch at theater
Miss Jennie Osborne of the Lyric Theatre cast was robbed last night when a burglar pried open a dressing room window and took a black handbag containing valuable papers a wrist watch and other articles from the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Osborne
Lyric Theatre
Chinese Quarter Quiet as Teng War Fears Ease
Police reported no special precautions in the Chinese quarter last night. State and Water streets remained calm with only the regular patrol on duty, mirroring typical nightly routine during the Teng war concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aight
Danbury Man Dies After Railroad Station Incident
Homer Odell, 60, of 36 White Street, was found unconscious on the Hawkeyville station platform Saturday at midnight and died at Danbury Hospital. The skull fracture listed as the cause. it is unclear if he fell from a train or was struck by one.
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Danbury
Homer Odell
White Street
Hawkeyville
Danbury Hospital
Administrator settles $10,000 accident suit in Stamford
Ralph Laurelli administrator of Nicola Laurell estate settles a $10,000 damages suit against Samuel Kuaifman over a December automobile death in Stamford. Settlement reported at $4,000. case was ready for trial before Judge Avery and a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Laurelli
Nicola, Laurell
Stamford
Superio
Samuel Kuaifman
Nicola Laurel Hin
Samford
Juige Avery
Square Deal Promises and Rail Talk at Bridgeport Rally
A Bridgeport rally featured King calling for state tax reductions and bus-trolley cost reforms to aid Bridgeport New Haven and other towns. Colonel Bingham praised home rule, criticized La Follette rail plans, and vowed a square deal if elected. Comptroller Salmon outlined finances and welfare programs while A In DeLaney led the proceedings with cheers for Coolidge and Bingham.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
New London
Danbury
King
Stratford
Coolidge
Bingham
Salmon
Bureau of Child Welfare
Widows’ Pension Fund
Republican Party
DeLaney
State Park Plan Debated at Greens Farms Meeting
About 400 voters attended last night as a motion to oppose state land acquisition for a park was ruled out of order. The meeting favored deferring action and placing the issue on the December 16 special election ballot to inform residents before voting.Attorney Howard Grout argued for delaying. George W. Gair favored a formal town record against further state land seizure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Bears
Howard MM. Grout
George W. Gair
Grout
Greens Farms
Sherwood's Island
British Election Today to Choose New Parliament
London Oct 28 Associated Press The British electorate goes to polls tomorrow to choose a new Parliament in a race marked by uncertainty. Labor faces a potential decline from its current government, Conservatives seek a majority, and Liberals wait in third position with postwar confusion over the so-called Russian issue influencing campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Great Britain
Polihearan
House of Commons
Westminster
Labor
Tiberals
Governor Prepares to Publish Audit of State Accounts
Hartford Oct 28 The governor in conference with State Treasurer Anson T McCook and two others disclosed plans to announce the results of an independent audit of the State Treasury books ordered after the Harold Gilpatric defalcation. Public accountants Milter Ozkey and Searles completed the thorough audit and found state funds intact. A preliminary audit already confirmed the prior state auditors William P Bailey and Lewis W Phalgs.
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Hartfoad
Templeton
Anson T McCook
Captain McCook
State Treasury
Harold Gilpatric
First National Bank of Putnam
Milter
Ozkey
Searles
Stolen Materials Spark Police Build-Block Suspicion
Police believe stolen goods are being used to construct a building after reports from William H H Nichols of Midland Avenue and Jetland Place of a yard theft, Angelo Sparano of 22 Ives Court noting stones taken from an empty house, City Lumber Company reporting lumber thefts, and a contractor reporting a missing cement machine.
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William HH. Michols
Midland Avenue
Jetland Place
Detective Bureau
Angelo Sparano
Ives Court
City Lumber Company
Silent throngs honor Lew Dockstader at simple funeral
Several hundred mourners gathered at Riverside Drive and All Angels church to pay tribute to Lew Dockstader a long time comedian and minstrel performer. Notables from the Lambs Friars and Itks clubs attended alongside old stage colleagues including George Meehan and Tos Norcross as silent processions and a brief service closed with Lead Kindly Light.
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New York
Lew Dockstader
Riverside Drive
Dockstader
Carter
All Angels Protestant- Episcopal Church
Stuart
Waynen
George Meéghan
Tos Norcross
Minatre
Dockstader Norcross
The
Lambs Friars
Itks
Republicans of 9th Hold Rally Tonight at St John’s Hall
Ninth district Republicans will hold a rally in St John’s a school hall Pembroke and Jane streets tonight to hear Congressman Schuyler Merritt Senator John H Trumbull candidate for lieutenant governor Comptroller Iederick M Salmon and Miss Grace N Murray assistant director of the speakers' bureau Music will be furnished by the Wheeler and Wilson band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John's
Pembroke
Jane Streets
Schuyler Merritt
John H. Trumbull
Iederick M Salmon
Grace N. Murray
Wheeler and Wilson Band
Fifth District Republicans to Meet on Aldermanic Campaign
Albert J. Merritt, Republican chairman of the Fifth district, has called a meeting tonight of the Fifth District Republican to consider an aldermanic campaign program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Merritt
Fifth District
Republian
Lass o' Laughter-Lyric Review at Lyric Theatre
Flora Le Breton made her American debut in the London comedy Lass o' Laughter at the Lyric Theatre. The production by Henry W. Savage drew praise for the cast and staging with notable turns by Alma Tell and J Br Tozer among others. The plot centers on a Glasgow boarding house and a runaway heiress who inherits an Earl estate, culminating in a cheerful denouement.
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Jean Gordon
Jean Ster Ung
Lass
Alma Tell
Leslie Austin
J. BR. Tozer
St. Clair Bayfield
Barlows Borland
Lorna Lawrence
Anthony Kemble Cooper
Kurt Stell
Lewis Sealy
Austin
Misa Tell
Lady Weyman
Bayfield
New York
Woman Sues After Gun Threat in Bed Amid Ill Health
Mia Anna Daurka of Wairfield sues Joseph Schwartzkoff for 2000 dollars in the Court of Common Pleas, alleging shock and serious health impairment after being confronted in her bed while in delicate health and threatened with a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Schwartzkof
Wairfeld
Mia
Anna Daurka
Schwartzkoff
Court of Common Pleas
Marines Guarding Foreign Section Amid Chinese Tensions
Troop trains from Chinwangtao arrive as Gen Wu moves toward Peking to challenge the government in Beijing. U S Marines leave Tientsin for Peking to reinforce the legation area, amid anxious foreign officials and a military train reaching Peking without incident.
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Tientsin
Chinwangtao
Yangsun
Teking
Eng
Peking
United Sates
Pking
Tentsin
Legation Aard
O Sullivan and League Expenditures in Congressional Race
Washington dispatches correct an erroneous report that the Anti-Saloon League spent money against Patrick B. O’Sullivan of Connecticut and J Scott Wolff of Missouri. In fact, $100 against O’Sullivan and $200 against Wolff were for postage, literature and organization work. No cash contributions were reported. expenditures covered postage, printing, and travel for workers in the districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O'Sullivan
Anti-Saloon League
Winte
Nhe Anti-Saloon League
Ala
Anti-Baloon League
House of Representatives
Patrick B. O'Sullivan
Connecticut
J Scott Wolff
Missouri
O'Sullivan and Wolff
Debtors Report Show Bridgeport Iron and Metal Co in Bankruptcy
The Bridgeport Iron and Metal Company of this city was declared involuntarily bankrupt with liabilities totaling 651,211.06 and assets listed at 226,816.99. Earlier hearings showed debts at 140,000 and assets of 80,060, while unsecured creditors amounted to 410,394.48 and notes held 102.60. Also listed: William Murray insolvent with assets 1,402.25 and liabilities 2,795.38 and Charles Lophere butcher in Stamford with liabilities 2,911.49 and assets 598.18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Iron and Isletal Company
John Keogh
William Murray
Billy Murray
Charlies Lophere
Stamford
CUMMINGS Continued from Page One Biography of Homer Stille Cummings
Homer Stille Cummings born in Chicago April 30 1870 rose through Yale to a long public career. He served as Bridgeport judge city attorney Stamford mayor and New York political organizer. He was Democratic national figure 1920 keynote speaker and 1929 30 presidential prospect with roles in resolutions platform drafting and Connecticut Mayors Association presidency. He began as state attorney for Fairfield County July 1 1914 succeeding Stiles Judson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilam Kearns
Comley
Bridgeport
Yale University
Founer
Homer Stille Cummings
Chicago
Uriah C and
Audie Schuyler Cummings
Cummings
Stamford
Connecticut
Hea
Congress
United States
San Francisco
New York City
Mr. Cummings
Mayors’ Association of
Tairflaid County
Stiles Judson
Charged With Assault On Father In Law After Elopement
Stamford reports Chester Waters 22 and Jeannette Caroline Purdy wed after elopement at Carmel NY. Waters arrested on assault charge after alleged fight with Purdy’s father over board money. The couple tied the knot with a Justice of the Peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Chester Waters
Jeannette Caroline Purdy
John Purdy
Dennstrast
Carmel NY
Wates
Waters
Purdy
Carmel
Mean Little Yankee Attack At Norwalk Rally
Don Seitz publisher of the New York World headlines a Democratic rally in Norwalk describing Calvin Coolidge as a mean little Yankee. He attacks the national administration and blasts state banking laws as lax. Seitz urges voting while Greenwich’s William Walling and William Meany speak on the Gil Patric case and local race stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Don Seitz
The
New York World
Town Assembly
Seitz
Calvin Coolidge
William Walling
Greenwich
Willeam Meany
Gilpatric Casa
Foreign Voters Hear Republican Speeches Across Districts
In Hallett and Shelton streets Ninth District rally drew over 200 Russians at a club house with Senator Howard Challenger Joseph Cubelli and George W Finklestone as speakers. Swedish voters in Lee avenue club rooms heard John T King and other Republicans at the Fogh school rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallett
Shelton
Howard Challenger
Joseph Cubelli
George W. Finklestone
Lee Avenue
John T King
Fogh School
Devine declines to comment on criticism from patriots
Attorney Joseph J. Devine refused to discuss his accusation that Calvin Coolidge as vice president charged a 250 fee for delivering a patriotic address in Bridgeport and would not comment on Hen I W Davis's claim the Jersey City speech was dirty politics. A Halloween dance at the Casino Friday night is hosted by the Obed Grotto M O V P FR. Prophet Paul Dietz will decorate the interior and Prophet John Austin leads the Harvey Hubbell band for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Senate
Congress
Ernest B. Rogers
John Ii. Trumbull
Lafollette
Theodore Roosevelt
Davis
John W. Davis
Charles W. Bryan
Joseph J. Devine
Calvin Coolidre
Bridgeport
Hen. I. W Davis
United Patriotic Societies
Devine
Jersey City
Obeh Grotto M
P & FR
Paul Dietz
John Austin
Harvey Hubbell Band
Walling to Address La Follette Club Rally at Germania Hall
The La Follette-Wheeler club will hold a rally tonight at Germania hall with speakers including William English Walling Democratic candidate from the Fourth district J W Tator Latollette state campaign headquaters Professor Wilbert A Snow Wesleyan University Daniel J Tobin treasurer AFL Milton MacDonald Central Labor Union president and John Omell Democratic alderman candidate Sixth district.
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la Follette-Wheeler Club
Germania Hall
William English ‘Walling
W. Tator
Latollette State
Wilbert A Snow
Wesleyan University
Daniel J. Tobin
American Federation of Labor
Milton MacDonald
Central Labor Union
John O'mell
Campaign Fund Contributions From Diverse Givers Listed
The campaign fund section lists numerous donors from Philadelphia New York Boston Merion Hopedale Los Angeles and other places. Major names include Ty Stotesbury Bernarr McFadden Owen F Roberts Chauncey Depew and Henry Walters with multiple contributions ranging from 500 to 10000 dollars. Hawaii and other locales contribute totaling six thousand seven hundred thirty six dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
William H. Bliss
Frank J. Godsol
Elizabeth Milla Reid
M. J. Carney
Hlihu Root
W. Everett Macy
George Q. Knapp
J. F. Price
Bef Watton & Co
Henry Walters
Peter Hamilton Rice
J Ti. Bartlett
Winthrop M. Crane, Jr
Boston
Stotesbury
Philadelphia
Hidward W. Bok
Merion
Samuel M. Curven
Haverford
H ZT Bowles
Springfield
Alask
Nathaniel Ayer
Rush C. Draper
Hopedale
Mass
Charles Sumner Bird
Walpole
T. R. Barnes
Mansfield
Ohio
Theonard Hanna
Cleveland
J. J. Storrow
Irwin R. Kirkwood
Kansas City
John &, Maxwell
Villanova
W. P. Gage
Pure Oil
Pipe Line F Company
M. Cudahy
Milwaukee
William EE. Hull
Peoria
David C. Whitney
Grosse Pointe’ Farms
Mich
Hawaii
J WV. Horn
Stamford Suit Opens Over Stamford Transit Damage Claim
The evidence began yesterday afternoon before Judge Christopher I Avery and a jury in Superior court in the $2 500 damage suit brought by Joseph D Lassen of Stamford against Stamford Transit company. Lassen was injured in an automobile collision last November. The trial will continue this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher I. Avery
Superior
Joseph D Lassen
Stamford
Stamford Transit Company
BUSINESS FIRMS PREPARING FOR CHEST CAMPAIGN
Twenty seven concerns gathered at the Stratfield hotel for a Community Chest Commercial division meeting. Sumner Simpson outlined plans for a November 17 to November 24 subscription drive and urged strong effort by workers. A follow up meeting will set formal campus plans. Participants included Bridgeport Gas Light, Public Market, Mohican Co, St Vincent's Hospital, Arcada Barbas Shop, American Railway Express, Post Publishing, Southern New England Telephone, Crawford Laundry, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratfield
Communi Cheat
Sumner Simpson
Community Chest
Bridgepot Gas Light Company
Bridgeport Pub
Mohican Company
St. Vincent's Hospital
Arcada Barbas Shop
American Railway Xpres. Company
Post Publishing Company
Southern New England Telephon Company
Crawford Laundry
Sheffield Lunch
Smith Comstock Company
Hadley
State Property Row Worth $64 728 944
Hartford Oct 28 State owned property has a present valuation of 64 728 944 64 according to inventories by departments to the comptroller This is 4 621 454 more than last year and over 7 000 000 above 1922 The largest item is state highways and improvement roads at 35 962 000 about 8 000 000 higher than 1923 There are no same bottoms or panel sites to the Baker Flavoring Extracts bottle Quality and quantity but standardized at all grocers Adver tisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
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Naval Oil Lease
Square Deal
Bigham
Criterion
Yale
Hiram Bingham
rColonel Bingham
Frank B Brandegee
Telegram
Q’sullivan
Congressional Record
Derby
Wwe
Muskrat
Men’s & Young
Men’s Suits & O’coats
Aesarlilisch Idpeporis Credit Department Store
Golden Hill
Middle Sts
Cheerful Credit
Newspar
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