France and Britain at naval talks over submarines
Washington reports France will present detailed submarine tonnage requests to the naval committee as part of a five power pact. Britain plans to push for a sizable reduction or abolition of submarines while awaiting Tokyo guidance, with Shantung talks remaining in suspension amid signs of potential agreement.
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Washington
A.P
France
Naval Committees
Great Britain
Shantung
Tokio
Brandegee To Lift Watsons A F Charges
Washington December 23 additional witnesses were summoned to appear January 4 before the Senate committee investigating charges by Senator Watson of Georgia that American soldiers were hanged or mistreated in France without trials. Brandegee the committee chairman said he would stay in Washington during the holidays to sift documentary evidence. Army officers accused before the committee will be given a chance to appear in their own behalf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Watson
Georgia
France
Brand«see
Connecticut
Special
Brandegee
Claims of discharge without cause spark seven suits
Seven claims filed in Common Pleas by Louis Greenberg & Brother Inc allege workers violated a working agreement and left posts. Judge John R. Booth ordered Eashay v Stumfora Wel ing Bag Co to pay $1,885.25 compensation plus interest for alleged improper discharge after a March 8, 1920 agreement. Eashay claimed Nov 1, 1920 firing lacked cause. defense failed to prove other NY city employment offered. court kept original agreement terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Louis Greenberg & Brother, Inc
Oppost
John R. Booth
Exceediny Intresting
Dock Eahay
New York
Stumfora Weling Bag Company
Eshay
New York City
Eahay
Marie Henry's Death Shocks Capitol Friends In Washington
Washington telegram reports the death of Colonel Henry Watterson, famed for his editorial pen and likened to a Tam many figure, sending shock and sorrow through Washington society as news reaches the White House and ex president Wilson's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colonel Henry Watterson
White House
Wilson
Adding Names of Women to Cost 2400 Dollars
The addition of the names of several thousand women voters to the personal tax list during the past year will cost the city about 2400 dollars. Tax Collector Edward A. Drew will seek this amount in the next fiscal year's budget. The budget is estimated to total nearly 24000 dollars next year, up from 21414 dollars this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Drew
It Io
Foreign War Vets Greet City Fathers In Christmas Message
Veterans of Foreign Wars Raymond W. Harris Post sent hearty Christmas and New Year wishes to City Hall officials in a letter from Adjutant Elwin B. Findlay. The dispatch from Warsaw cites English Rede involvement in the 1920 Wall Street plot, with Wolfe Zindenfeld under arrest in Warsaw providing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond W. Harris
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elwin B. Findlay
English Rede
New York
Warsaw
Wolfe Zindenfeld
Board of Education faces quo warranto drama
The board prepared for a writ trial after four Republican members acted as a separate board. The Democrat led action seeks to restore proper authority while work continues. Mrs Cutting, finance chair, criticized the tableau as vaudeville and said she was tired of signing checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Plains
Cutting
Finance Committee
Ciato Given 15 Days Extra in Fairfield Court
Frank Ciato, inmate at Fairfield County jail, received an additional 15 days from the City court after an assault on fellow prisoner Louis Forse. Ciato already faced aggravated assault charges while serving a narcotics violation sentence. The incident occurred December 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ciato
Fairfield County
Louis Forse
Ciato
Forte
Health Department Budget Cuts Save Bridgeport in 1922
Bridgeport health budget for 1922 aims to shave about 21,000 from 1921 costs with reductions in garbage collection ash handling and ongoing municipal plant expenses. The total appropriation stands at 448,325.40, down about 8,500 from last year, amid adjustments for hospital needs equipment and salaries.
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Bridgeport
Department of Health
Med
Bernard Keating
William Hall Coon
Coon
Englewood
Isolation Hospitals
Isolation Hospital
Soon
Board of Appropriation
Memorial Day Plans Start Early in City
City officials consider memorial day arrangements and a large budget for the municipal celebration. Last year costs reached 2291.25 with music the largest expense. Officials expected to request about 2500 next year and discuss venues, bands, markers, and decorations with patriotic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devessea
United Patriotic Societies, I Incorporated
Main St Suit for 6000 Filed Today
The case in Superior Court involves Amato Garfinkel suing J J Denning of Denning Manufacturing Co. for 6000 alleged after a pedestrian collision on August 29 on Main Street near Hawthorne. Garfinkel claims serious injuries, hospital confinement, loss of employment, and ruined clothing.
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Eng
Uct Superior Court
Philp Garfinkel
J. J. Denning
Denning
AU Partier Srsmford
Manin Street
Hawthorne
Stamford
Wowan Killed at Stamford
At Springdale grade crossing in Stamford Connecticut Miss Minnie Ulrich was killed instantly when an outward bound electric train on the New Haven branch struck and demolished a passenger automobile carrying six Stamford Rolling Mills employees. Four were seriously injured and one less seriously hurt. The severely injured were Fred Griffin Joseph Wilson William Hill and James M Lawler all from Stamford. Charles Tynans was less seriously hurt and driven home. The car was thrown about 100 feet with the passengers, except Griffin, leaving the vehicle. Engineer Harry Livingston Fireman Willem H Smith and Conductor James Keeton were in charge of the train.
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Stamford
Conn
Den
Minnie Ulrich
New Haven
New Haven Road
Ulrich
Springale
Spring- Qale
Fred Griffin
Joseph Wilson
William Hill
James M. Lawler
Charles Tynans
Griffin
Lawlor
Connecticut
Harry Livingston
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Willem H. Smith
Norwalk
James Keeton
Cost to Run Local Schools Higher in 1922
The Board of Education reviewed the budget with a committee of the whole. Costs will rise from 1921 due to more pupils and teachers while frugality remains. The plan seeks efficient government and intensified use of school facilities with no excess tax burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Major Atwater
Saweon
Cortright
Fea
Hall Committee Organized With Veness as Chairman
President Alfred E. Veness of the Board of Aldermen is elected chairman of the City Hall Committee with Francis P. Dunigen as secretary. Bernard Keating is named auditor and tenison member, as the committee shapes the annual budget and arranges a slight salary increase by transferring the city hall telephone operator’s salary from Public Works to the committee’s account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Veness
Board of Aldermen
Francis P. Dunigen
Veness
Ty Clerk Dunigan
Bernard Keating Tenison
City Mall
Department of Public Works
Public Works Department
J. A. Courtade
Goldy Pleads Ignorance of Motor Laws
City court in Gay continued the case of Harry Goldy an automobile dealer 220 Union Avenue to Saturday after his arrest on charges for failing to notify the Motor Vehicle Department of car sales He claimed he bought the cars from Ames Halas New York and did not know of notification requirements He posted bonds of 150 and the police investigation in New Haven was mentioned but not verified by local police today.
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Gay
Harry Goldy
Union Avenue
Motor Vehicle Department
Goldy
Ames Halas
New York City
Los
New Haven
Ktal
Strong Plea For Trumbull Plaza Jitney
A public hearing at the courthouse on a proposed jitney route from Trumbull center to the Plaza drew support from Senator Howard Challenger and Trumbull officials. With no opposition, the plan would offer 10 to 15 cent fares as an express service, start January 1, and save the Bridgeport Board of Education about $1,200 yearly.
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Howard Challenger
Bridgeport Board of Education
Seward Price
Chamber of Commerce
Attorn Whram W. Bent
Albert H. Christy
Trumbull Board of Education
Christopher , Wells
Plaza
Long Hill
Nichols
Wells
Trumbull
Bridgeport
Potter
Supt
Kibling
Connecticut Company
Trumbull Center
Elwell
Sile
Public Utilities Commission
Challenger
Trumbull Road
Sylvan Avenue
Percy T. Alterfield
Dail Debates Turn as Treaty Vote Faces Uncertain Path
Dublin reports Richard Mulcahy warned of no real choice but to accept the Anglo Irish treaty while optimism waned and the expected vote grew murkier. London dispatches note mixed views, with a near split in favor and opposition, while Miss Mary MacSwiney denounced Lloyd George as an unscrupulous scoundrel and urged continued resistance to British control.
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Erin
Miss MacSwiney
Lloyd George
Collins
Dublin
A. P
Richard Mulcahy
Irish Republican Army
Nall Eireann
Dail
London
Dail Eireann
Patrick McCartan
United States
Mary Mi
Times
Joubtror
Winston Churchill
Ireland
Griffith
Republi
England
America
WAVY Experts to Consider French Request
Washington reports the naval committee and its experts will study the French appeal for more submarines and auxiliary craft. The talks focus on defense value of auxiliary ships, with battleship disputes settled among five powers, aiming to reduce aggressive naval warfare risks.
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WAVY
Washington
A. P.J
Mpm
Six Mill Tax Bills Issued By January First
Tax collector Edward A. Drew reports completion of the special six mill tax bills and prepares to mail about 25,009 pills to taxpayers by January first. New clerks have been hired to aid in the workload, which includes regular tax bills and collections along with nearly 75,000 general personal tax bills.
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Edward A. Drew É
Collectr
Drew
Saloon owner jailed after liquor charge hearing
Joseph Gosuzy owner of a saloon at 702 Pembroke Street was fined £899 and sentenced to ten years by the City Court on liquor violations. A man identified as James Smecslevt found with a bottle of liquor in his pocket was sentenced to five days in jail as an alleged runner for the saloon keeper.
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Joseph Gosuzy
Pembroke Street
James Smesclvkt
Open Fire on Profiteers Across Nation
Washington December 32 Attorney General Daugherty inaugurated a countrywide investigation of profiteering by retailers in foods clothing and fuel. He ordered William Jurna head of the Bureau of Investigation to pursue coordinated reports nationwide for a thorough study of the retail prices situation and to provide data for future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daugherty
Rel
William J.urna
Bureau of Investigation
Genersl
Tuxedo Robber Held In 1500 Bond In Boston Man
Edger Lorimer of Boston was arrested in Chester for attempting to steal two suits from Chester Clothing Co on Main Street. He waived examination and was bound over to the February term of the Superior Court on 1500 bond. Frederick Johnson, the store manager, suffered a fracture of the right arm in the scuffle.
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Edger Lorimer
Boston
Chester Clothing Company
Main Street
Frederick Johnson
Lorimer
Courts Put Over Cases To Next Term In Superior Court
All cases set for today could not finish in one day and were ordered continued to the next term by Judge Frank D. Haines. Today marked the term’s last regular court day with a brief calendar session planned for tomorrow at 10 a m and an extra session on the last Friday of the year. The court will also hear divorces at 11 a m. New ambassador John Riddle of Connecticut sails for Buenos Aires aboard the steamship American Legion departing January 5.
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Frank D. Haines
Haines
New York
John Riddle
Sonnecticut
Aventina
Buenos Aires
American Legion
Allied Premiers to Meet in Supreme Council
London reports the supreme Council will decide on forming a new body and may address January and February reparations payments. American Ambassador Harvey will attend Cannes as observer and possibly participant. Council faces Turkish Greek issues and other urgent items, with Washington decisions and Irish outlook shaping the mood. City court convicted Floginski of selling goods with intent to sell at 160 Main steel.
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London
Supreme Council
Harvey
Cannes
Afecussion
America
United States
Connel
Washington
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Marie Henry
Capitol
Giash Reds
Wall ST
Mrs. Cutting
Health Dept
Lake
Lake Company
Union Street
New London
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Merritt and Chapman Company
Secon
New Lemdan
Redawk
Hte
Wowan
Trumbull Plaza
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