Death List Of Alaska May Mount To 48
Eureka California August 8 The steamer Alaska struck rocks at Blunt's Reef Saturday night with a probable death list of forty eight. The boat split in two as boilers exploded while sinking, survivors say. Seventeen dead were brought here including a woman and a child. Thirty one others missing believed dead. Names of Captain Harry Hobbey and Mrs Grace Campbell noted among the dead.|
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Alaska
Annox
Eureka
Cal
Blunt’s Reef
Anyox
Harry Hobbey
Grace Campbell
S Snodney
Anoyx
Hobbey
Jim
Arrest 16 Violators of Motor Laws Over Weekend
Local police arrested sixteen violators of motor vehicle laws over the weekend. Judge Arthur M. Comley arraigned most cases this morning in city court and released the accused upon nominal fines.
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Arthur M. Comley
Tony Carnavale
Pembroke Street
Edward Ryan
Norwalk
John Monroe
Fulton Street
F. C. Stanley
Hiarral Avenue
Frederick Stahl
Oak Street
Y Gabriel Bernard
Columbia Court
Fitney
Bdnard Dell
Laurel Avenue
Paul H. Beck
Lawrence Street
Chester
Walsh Gets His Passports
Frank Walsh of New York and Kansas City, a Sinn Fein sympathizer, received a passport to visit England from the British home office in London. Dudley Field Malone, former collector of the Port of New York, is said to have interceded after the passport had been originally refused.
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Paris
Frank Walsh
New York
Kansas City
Sinn Fein
England
London
Dudley Field Malone
Walsh
What England Really Thinks
Tomorrow's Times preview by Lynn Wilson reports from London. It surveys English views on postwar taxation, the coal strike, European attitudes toward America, labor leaders, Ireland conciliation, and Britain’s historic character. It notes Lloyd George meetings and the King’s Belfast visit with emphasis on conciliation and American friendship.
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Lynn Wilson
London
Times
America
England
Europe
King
Belfast
Lloyd George
de Valer
Ireland
Great Britain
Stepson Gave Aged Woman Brutal Beating
Isadore Belinsky a 21 year old of 275 Lexington avenue was charged with attacking his stepmother two weeks earlier. He received ten days in jail from Judge Arthur M. Comley in City Court and was on probation from a prior shoplifting conviction. The assault left the woman with blackened eyes and broken teeth amid a dispute over stolen goods in the home. Belinsky fled to New York after the incident and was arrested on his return Saturday.
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Isadore Belinsky
Lexington Avenue
Arthur M. Comley
Belinesky
Belinsky
New York
America Re Enters Council at Paris Meeting
Paris Aug 8 The inter allied supreme council opened to discuss Upper Silesia and other postwar issues. George Harvey attended as observer and conferred with Premier Lloyd George while Britain and France clashed over ongoing actions including Rhineland penalties and troop withdrawals from Dusseldorf.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Supreme Council
Rhineland
Near East
America
George Harvey
England
Harvey
Lloyd George
Upper Silesia
Dusseldorf
Payrolls Indicate Industrial Improvement in City
Banks report steady or rising factory pay rolls across major institutions including First National, City National, and Bridgeport Trust. Several plants show gains with two cases up 100 percent, fueling cautious optimism that production will grow within 60 days, aided by Columbia Graphophone confidence and modest local buying. Hugh Armour of Manchester NH was jailed five days for drunkenness but released on promise to leave town.
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First National Bank
City National Bank
Bridgeport Trust Company
City National
First National
Columbia Graphophone Company
Bis
West Side
Bridgeport
The
Christian Union
Hugh Armour
Manchester
N. H
Million And A Half Famished Refugees Pour Into White Russia
A relief update from London reports a flood of 1.5 million famine ridden Russian refugees streaming into the Pinsk and Brest-Litovsk district near the Polish frontiers. Arrival runs about 2,000 daily with dire conditions, especially among children. The British foreign office has sent an agent to Russia to study famine and cholera, while censoring sends from Moscow hinder dispatches. Government officials doubt a Lenine visit to Britain and await word from Riga on released American prisoners. Dennis Corway case adjourned to August 11 in city court with $1,000 bonds.
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London
Pinsk
Brest-Litovsk
White Russia
F. L. Thompson
British Foreign Office
Russia
Moscow
Lenine
Great Britain
Riga
Kameneff
Walter L. Brown
American Relief
Europe
Lloyd George Skips Far East Conference
Paris reports Premier Lloyd George will not attend the Far East and Disarmament Conference in Washington next November. He made the statement in Paris today. Banff body of Dr W E Stone Purdue University president recovered after mountaineering accident July 15. Wall Street reports bankers bought 50 million dollars of two year 7 percent Argentine bonds. Massachusetts AF of L state convention opens with about 400 delegates and 100 to 150 resolutions expected over four days.
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Lloyd George
Paris
Washington
DR. Stone
Banff
Alberta
W. E. Stone
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Mount Banon
Canadian Rockies
New York
Wall Street
Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Presint
Thomas H. Gerraughty
New Haven Ruling Vacates Jitney Restraining Order
Judge Edward S. Thomas vacates the week old restraining order shielding state peace officers from interfering with jitney operations. The decision sets midnight tonight as the revocation time. A three-judge panel will hear the case on August 16, with the status of the jitney-trolley dispute to revert to pre order conditions.
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New Haven
Edward S. Thomas
Thomas
State of
Connecticut
Connecticut Company
Portugee Joe Bound Over On Burglary Charge
Joseph Toney alias Portugee Joe of 65 Lexington Avenue was bound over to the September term of the Criminal Superior Court by Judge Arthur M. Comley after being charged with burglary. Bonds set at $2000. Police say he was arrested at 3:00 am in a store at 1896 Main Street by Patrolman Grossman, found with a loaded revolver, and alleged to have forced entry by cutting woodwork around a rear door and prying it open with a jimmy.
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Joseph Toney
Toney
Jock
Jimmy
Who Owns Automobile Registration 91 506
A driver at Woodmont blew his horn and passed a crosswalk, provoking a loud confrontation with a portly man and family nearby. The portly man chased the motorist and gave him a stern dressing down. In a separate incident Tony Orsini of 116 Lexington Avenue was fined $10 in city court for drunkenness and disturbance after assaulting several people at home.
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Woodmont
Lexington Avenue
Tony Orsini
Tony
Blackhand Plot Bomb Destroys Shoe Shop in Philadelphia
A bomb believed planted by Blackhanders destroyed David Sohnberg's shoe repair shop on Jackson Street in Philadelphia. No injuries occurred, though residents nearby were awakened by the blast. Sohnberg says he received many threatening money-demand letters.
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Philadelphia
David Sohnberg
Jckson
Sohnberg
Gerry and Lou Keep Silence as Separation Proceedings Continue
Jockeying for position in the Lou Tell egen Geraldine Farrar separation persists with both parties silent and counsel awaiting the other side to act. Harry Steinway, Tellegen's attorney, said papers for a suit in separation would be filed Wednesday in Westchester. Ierents, the opposing lawyer, anticipated a move from the opposition first.
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New York
Lou Tellegen
Geraldine Farrar
Harry Steinway
Tellegen
Westchester
Ten Violators Fined and Jailed in City Liquor Case
Ten liquor law violators faced City court Judge Arthur M. Comley with Assistant Prosecutor Vincent L. Keating. Five were fined 200 and given ten day jail terms, two suspended. Notable defendants Michael Kintor and John Fogarast received 200 fines and ten days in jail. Others included Adam Venesky fined 200 with ten days, Richard Cone fined 100 for illegal establishment and 100 for possessing whiskey, and Michael Mizie fined 206 with ten days, jail suspended. Contingent bonds set at 300 for Frank Haradosky John Drago Philip Baum Frank Gunnaro and Frank Cominisky.
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Arthur M. Comley
Vincent L. Keating
Weer
Michael Kintor
John Fogarast
Comley
Pembroke Street
Adam Venesky
Bradley Street
Water Street
Richard Cone
Cannon Street
Michael Mizie
Lesko Court
Frank Haradosky
Pine Street
John Drago
Lexington Avenue
Philip H. Baum
Park Avenue
Frank Gunnaro
Frank Cominisky
East Main Street
Five Hundred Police Stop East End Riots
Unemployment riots broke out in London's East End forcing 500 mounted policemen to disperse the rioters and restore order. Three thousand idle men, turned away from work, stormed a lumber yard, wrecking the office and burning timber as the unrest spread.
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London
East End
Spain May Lose Her Territories in Morocco Threats
Paris reports Spain faces loss of vast Moroccan possessions unless vigorous measures curb Moorish military gains. Rebellious tribesmen are said to have set fire to Melilla, a major city in Spanish Morocco, according to advices received today.
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Paris
Spain
Morocco
Melilla
Lightning Strike Causes Deaths and Madness in New York Area
Two people are dead after a severe storm in New York and New Jersey with lightning at Weequahic Park Newark killing a 15 year old caddy Arthur Schantz and Neale Sheehan. A young woman went insane from a lightning flash as damage hit Coney Island and surrounding areas while telephone service was crippled by conduit failures.
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New York
Arthur Schantz
Weequahic Park
Newark
Neale Sheehan
New Jersey
Coney Island
Lloyd George Act Preserves Irish Peace Talks
London reports Premier Lloyd George ordered the temporary release of John Mackeown, Sinn Fein Dail Eireann member, to attend the August 16 Sinn Fein parliament meeting. The move averts a break in Irish peace negotiations and possible resumption of hostilities, though some officials oppose the decision. Dublin Castle officials reportedly begin releasing other Sinn Fein parliamentarians. Paris awaiting reply from Lloyd George.
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Mackeown
Irish Republican Army
London
Ireland
Lloyd George
Paris
John Mackeown
Dail Eireann
Sinn Fein
Mackeown J
Sinn
Irish Republican Cabinet
Registration Reminder for Primary Vote in Bridgeport
Under local government rules a nominating vote precedes the election. Citizens must register by 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, to be eligible to vote in the primaries. The Times provides registration blanks at 179 Fairfield Avenue for Bridgeport voters to obtain them easily.
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Bridgeport
Times
Fairfield Avenue
Governor Small Arrives in Springfield from Kankakee
Governor Small and his party traveled by car from Kankakee to Springfield arriving late last night. He plans to visit the state house office around ten in the morning and had earlier said he would not return until Tuesday.
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Springfield
Small
Lester
Kankakee
State House
Chicago
Lindquist Held In 500 Dollar Bond After Tin Theft
Victor Lindquist of 21 Waldorf Avenue was arrested for prowling Crane Valve Co yards after police traced thefts of pig tin totaling about 2,500 dollars in the past month. $225 worth of pig tin was found with him. Judge Comley set bond at 500 dollars andcontinued the case to Thursday morning.
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Crane Valve Company
Victor Lindquist
Waldorf Avenue
Lindquist
Crane Company
Comley
Whiskey haul moves to private warehouse after seizure
Police seized nine barrels of whiskey at James McCann's Broad Street home then moved the liquor to a private warehouse. The $15,000 value marks the largest local haul so far this year.
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James McCann
Broad Street
Three Men Not Named in Milford Bond Theft Murder Theory
State Police officer Frank Virelli says John Worthington alias Whitehouse and Arthur Goldsmith alias Goldschmidt did not receive or know about bonds stolen by Bennie Binkowitz, the Milford boy bank messenger found murdered. The inquiry notes possible prisoner exposure and a locked room detail. investigation continues with federal agents reviewing links.
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Binkowitz
Virelli
John W. Worthington
Whitehouse
Arthur M. Goldsmith
Goldschmidt
Bennie Binkowitz
Milford
Frank Virellia
Tew
Worthington
Binkowyz
Milfred
Vitelli
Big Problem Is Fixation Of Tax Cuts
Washington August 8 The Ways and Means committee began revising the 1918 revenue law with hopes to finish a new bill for the House by next week. The main issue is deciding how much to cut in present taxes. Views differ among committee members, especially on the transportation levy. Some favor immediate repeal, others back partial cuts now with full repeal later. Treasury proposals for new or increased taxes drew little support, though some objectionable taxes might require new levies to ease repeal.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Treasury
Exchange Rates on Upward Turn
New York reporting an upward turn in exchange rates as demand sterling jumped 45 8 cents to 3 643 4 amid short covering in London. Authorities noted higher Saturday rates signaling nervousness in the short faction. Developments over the weekend did not clarify market strength and remittances improved with the London quotation along with gains in francs pesetas and rates on Switzerland Copenhagen Stockholm and Holland.
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New York
Aug. S
London
Switzerland
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Holland
Wet or Dry Question Looms Over Washington Disarmament Meet
Washington faces a pivotal issue as the upcoming disarmament conference nears in November. Prohibition supporters worry the foreign guests will clash with U S dry laws while diplomatic etiquette and the Volstead Act test the balance between international courtesy and domestic mandate. Officials note a large international turnout, including Britain France Italy Japan and China, with observers from many nations. The United States stands alone in prohibition among represented countries, raising questions about guests following local norms during their stay.
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Washington
Aug. S
Volstead
France
Italy
Japan
China
Belgium
Netherlands
Portugal
United States
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