Police expect quick arrest in Shoemaker murder
Detectives chase unidentified killer who stabbed John DiRosa of 32 Hamilton Street on Berkshire shore. Police say net closes swiftly and an arrest is predicted before 3 p.m. today as witnesses and friends are questioned by Detective Sergeants Malone and Gerfity at headquarters.
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Hamilton Street
Yestery
Berkshire Pone
Flanagan
Malone
Ger- Fity
DiRosa
War hero Al Sperry faces assault charges in Waterbury
Al Sperry editor of the Sunday Herald and World War I veteran from Brass City is reported to have been assaulted after publishing an article. Charles Dillon and Frank Christy were brought to court to answer charges for the attack. Sperry, linked to the 60th Regiment border and the Royal Flying Corps, is credited with bringing down seven Roche planes.
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al Sperry
F. FE
Balwife
Bud
Waterbury
Sunday Herald
Heport
Charles FE. Ditton
Frank Christy
Sperry
Dillon
Christy
60Th Regiment
Ival Flying Corps
Canada
Roche
Sherlock Holmes Story to Begin in The Times Monday
The Adventures of the Three Students will start in The Times on Monday and run in three installments ending Wednesday afternoon. The Times has secured exclusive publication rights for 37 Conan Doyle Holmes stories, with The Adventure of the Three Students the first in order.
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Sherlock Holmes
Times
Arthur Conan Doyle
Wilson vetoes bill reducing army strength
President Wilson today vetoed the joint resolution directing the war department to halt army recruiting until the force is reduced to 175000 men. He returned the measure to the House saying no changes justify restricting the minimum enlisted strength of 289000 men under the army reorganization bill.
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Washington
Wilson
War Department
House
United States
Ogden Street Man 90th Birthday Details a Long Life
Wilbur A Gleason of 231 Os tree Manchester CT has lived through 90 years of American history. Born January 24 1831 he worked as wagon maker and silversmith before joining the 18th Connecticut in the Civil War. He later joined Wheeles Wilson Singer and retired in 1910. A longtime member and officer of Samuel H Harris lodge 1 OC and a former member of Bridgeport Common Council he recalls Polk campaign songs with fond memory.
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A. Gleason
Ostree
Manchester
Conn
Andrew Jackson
Madison
Monroe
Adams
Jefferson
Gleason
Cranchester
Surwax
Glastonbury
Hubbard
Spa
J. Curtis & Co
Willi- Mante Linen Company
Comny HH
Connecticut
Ried
Bridgeport
Wheeles & Wilson
Singer Company
Samuel H. Harris Lodge
Witth Ward
Polk
Africa ready to cut loose
London reports the South Africa general elections loom as the Union may remain in the British empire or become a self governing republic. Official circles fear loss of the Union, with Cape Town dispatches describing intense campaigning and rising sessionist feeling among farmers. Nationalist orators denounce Britain over the Boer war detentions.
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London
Union of South Africa
South Africa
Colonial Office
Cape Town
Pretoria
England
Klamath Steam Schooner Ashes Off Point Arena
Grave fears arose as the steam schooner Klamath ran aground two miles south of Fish Rock near Point Arena. The ship sent distress at 5 0S, but no word has come from the vessel since. Fifty three lives feared lost.
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San Francisco
Fish Rock
Point Arena
Klamath
Hermit and Years Found Dead on New York East Side
Police uncovered an improvised cave in a tenement room on Manhattan's East Side where Theodore Greesley, once a prosperous businessman, lay dead for weeks. A diary described failed ambitions, debt, his wife’s death, and decades of isolation after losing his shop and livelihood.
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New York
Theodore Greesley
Greesey
Greesley
Trist
Hope
Solimde
Young Girl Second Victim Of Sleeping Sickness In Bridgeport
Eleanor Robenelli age 11 of Bunnell street is the second Bridgeport child reported to have the dread disease known as sleeping sickness. She was first seen asleep at breakfast, then treated at Emergency Hospital and moved to Englewood Isolation Hospital. She remains semi conscious and can sometimes be awakened by shaking though she does not respond to questions. Her condition is not considered serious.
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Leanor Robenelli
Bunnell Street
Bridgeport
Katherine Ro Dbenelli
Englewood Isolation Hospital
Wade's Appeal Challenges Alienist Testimony
Wade's appeal seeks a stay of execution for Elwood Wade, convicted of murder, arguing that Dr John Lynch testified improperly about Wade's mentality and that the court erred in not allowing a second expert. The defense filed a seventy page special finding request in Superior Court, with State's Attorney given twenty days to reply. The case advances to the Supreme Court of Errors after Judge Hinman's findings, likely delaying the May 21 hanging into March.
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Elwood B
George B. N
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Supreme Court of Errors
Wade
Th Superior Court
State Attorney's
John ©. Lynch
Lynch
Fire damages Waterbury building at 214 Bank Street
A fire early this fore noon damaged the building at 214 Bank Street in Waterbury, home to White & Wells Co, L. C. White Co, button makers, and Book Binding Co. Loss estimated between eight and ten thousand dollars. Fire started on the top floor, burned through the roof. Weather outlook for New Haven region forecasts unsettled conditions with possible rain tonight and Sunday, warmer tonight and cooler Sunday afternoon.
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Waterbury
Bank Street
White & Wells Co
L. C. White Company
Button Manufacturers
Book Binding Co
New Haven
This Man Wins The Brown Derby
Workers at the tax collectors office faced many excuses as the rush ended last night. The Brown Derby winner was the Italian who arrived just before closing and tested over being compelled to surrender his $3.
War to knife on dont give adn girls
Brown University students mount a relentless campaign via publicity linking dancing attire to indecency. Editor William H. Hall says the Herald will keep hammering the issue, urging men to act as mothers fail to curb “popular indecency.”
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Brown University
William H. Hall
Brown Daily’ Herald Today
Slayer Braces for News as Prisoner Awaits Fate
Elwood Wade, Bridgeport youth condemned for the George Nott murder, shows resigned calm after three weeks in Wethersfield State Prison. He endures solitary confinement with daily walks and reading, his morale shaken but not broken, as he awaits counsel’s word on appeals or possible reprieve.
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Wethersfield
Elwood B. Wade
Bridgeport
George B. Nott
Connecticut
Wale
Wade
Freight Train Derails Near Westport Greens Farms
A freight derailment on the New Haven line between Westport and Greens Farms near noon halted passenger and freight traffic for over an hour. The northbound freight narrowly avoided a derailment, a truck striking a forward car assisted by a wrecking crew from New Haven. Traffic resumed just before 1 PM.
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New Haven
Westport
Greens Farms
Derby Woman Charged After Alleged Fire Kidnapping Attempt
Mrs Dominick Gaetano was arraigned on a charge of attempting to kill 3 year old Mary Gaetano by wrapping the child in rags soaked in gasoline and kerosene and building a nearby fire. Police found Mary bound in the cellar. a shavings fire burned nearby. Authorities say Gaetano may be partially demented and claim the child is from her husband’s other relationship.
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Derby
Mary Gaetano
Dominick Gaetano
Gaetano
Minerva Street
Mary
Ford Not In Need Of Assistance
New York bank syndicate proposed a 100 million dollar bond issue for Ford Motor Company and Blair & Company represented the plan. Henry Ford answered that Ford is not in need of outside financial help, after negotiations with Morgan interests ended and the group approached him with their offer in Detroit.
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New York
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Detroit
Blair and Company
Ford Company
Morgan
Mr. Ford
Plucky Fireman Brave Death at Norwalk School
The Times Norwalk reports a fire at the local high school caused by soft coal gas explosion. Captain Sylvester W. Brotherton and six men entered the boiler area to fight the blaze. Desks and chairs toppled, several crew injured. damage estimated at 7500 dollars.
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Times
Norwalk
Sylvester W. Brotherton
Little Squad
Imminent death inquiry held in accident case
Coroner Joan J. Pacian opened an imminent death inquiry into the Thursday night accident at Caroline and Arctic streets. Michael Wernecky, 32 Caroline Street, suffered a skull fracture when run down by a jitney driven by Chester H. Massoth of Weed Avenue. Massoth and witnesses testified. hearing continued as Wernecky remains in Bridgeport Hospital in serious condition.
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Joan J. Pacian
Caroline
Arctic Streets
Michael Wernocky
Caroline Street
Chester H. Massoth
Weed Avenue
Wernecky
Bridgeport Hospital
Ruth Gordon's leg cast removed after surgery
Chicago actress Ruth Gordon had plaster casts removed after leg surgery. Dr Edwin Ryerson said her legs are perfectly straight but she will remain in a wheelchair for a few weeks. The operation was done six weeks ago with consent to enable her to perform on stage again.
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Chicago
Ruth Gordon
Edwin Ryerson
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