State to seek first degree murder in Nott case
State's Attorney Homer S. Cummings intends to press for a murder verdict against Mrs. Ethel Hutchins Nott for her husband's death last August after rejecting a manslaughter plea. Public Defender Robert DeForest confirms the move while Abe Geldulig joins as counsel. Johnston may serve as a key state witness in the trial.
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Homer
Cummings
Ethel Hutchins Nott
Robert DeForest
Mra. Nott
Abe Geldulig
County Court House
Nott
Edward B. Johnston
Johnston
Wade
Foresee Break Through Stand France Takes Paris
The Paris newspaper Riche De Paris, citing official sources, hints at a break between England and France. It claims Paris will not concede on the German war indemnity, signaling possible strain despite Prime Ministers Lloyd George and Triand endorsing unity.
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Paris
Premer Lloyd George
Triand
England
France
Supreme Council
The
Riche de Paris
London
Prance
Women Greet Free Hats Event At Salvation Army
More than 200 women's hats were distributed at Salvation Army headquarters on Elm Street. A crowd surged in as doors opened and shoppers selected hats donated by Howland Dry Goods and G. H. Dillon, with most premium styles claimed by ten o clock. Some hats included plumes and feathers.
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Salvation ‘Army
Elm Street
Salvation Army
Howland Dry Goods Company
G. H. Dillon
Mrs Burns Stricken By Sleeping Sickness in City
Mrs Spene Burns, 58, of 67 Bassick Avenue, is the citys second sleeping sickness patient. Dr Emanuel Brodsky of Westport treats her at home, hoping to halt progression before lethargy sets in.
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Spene Burns
Bassick “Avenue
Emanuel Brodsky
Westport
Danbury Robbery Ring Tied to Railroad Crime
Seven Danbury youths, aged about 20, were arraigned in Superior Court before Judge John P. Kellogg on eight counts of burglarizing New Haven and Hartford railroad cars. The group, led by Charles F. Cole, is linked to robberies across Danbury, Brookfield, Monroe, and Newtown with losses cited at 20 600 and up to 50 000. Cole’s arrest for selling tires triggered the investigation. sentencing to follow, with deferment in Cole’s case tied to his wife’s medical condition.
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Danbury
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
John P. Kellogg
Trockfield
Monroe
Newtown
Charles F. Cole
Mathew Donegan
Charles Simon
Patrick Lacava
Harold J. Keene
Walter Grunberg
Carmine Cappoch
Cole
Reddings Red Man Married Second Time in New York Reports
New York papers note Robert Minor has married again, his ex wife already remarried and owning a tiny bungalow near Putnam park in Redding. The four radicals, Minor and his wife van Vorst, and Mr and Mrs Isaac McBride, are the talk of the town for their socialist views and arrest in Germany after the armistice. Minor’s father is a Texas lawyer, his first wife a Russian Jewess who stayed with the Mc Brides and later left for a small domicile. The couple now reside in Virginia.
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New York
Robert Minor
Putnam Park
Redding
Isaac McBride
Minor
Germany
van Vorst
Virginia
Texas
St. Louis
McBrides
McBride
United States
Fordney Seeks Harding Backing on Tariff Plan
Washington chairman Fordney of the Ways and Means Committee left for St. Augustine Florida to obtain President elect Harding's approval for a plan to push through at the extra session a second emergency tariff. The bill would aim as a stopsgap and a scientific tariff law shaped by postwar conditions in other nations.
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Washington
Fordney
House
Ways and Means
St. Augustine
Fla
Hording
Congress
Foley Wins First Prize For Best Letter On Law To Kill Hopelessly Mad
The contest collected letters debating whether maniacs should be killed with strong arguments. Daniel Foley wins $5 for the negative view. Fred W Bull wins $2 for brevity and merit supporting the affirmative. Reproductions of other entries follow.
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Foley
Daniel Foley
Harral Avenue
Fred W. Bull
Fairfield Avenue
Bull
Pull
Francis Quinlan
Anson Sess
Frederick G. Wesche
Washington Terrace
Veronica Donahue
Central Agveny
Democrats Meet To Reorganize Party For Congressional Battle
Washington Democrats gather to plan reorganization of party machinery for the 1922 congressional campaign and 1924 presidential race. Chairman George White and an executive committee discuss whether changes should come from the committee or full National committee. White prefers action by the executive committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
George White
Democratic National Committee
Executive Committee
National Committee
White
Man Held After Whiskey Run From New York to Boston
Albert E. Wilbur of Newtown Massachusetts was arrested in Milford by Prohibition agents while transporting 399 quarts of whiskey from New York to Boston. He was held under 500 dollars bail for the next term of the U S court after arraignment before U S Commissioner Hugh J Lavery. He maintained he was carrying liquor to Boston under orders and did not know the recipient.
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Albert E. Wilbur
Ricker Road
Newtown
Mass
Prohibition
Milford
New York
Boston
United States Court
U. S
Hugh J. Lavery
Wilbur
Burglars Use Vestments as Pillow at Christ Church
Bridgeport burglars, after raiding grocery and cigar stores, entered Christ Church on Courtlandt Street near police HQ. The Rev. J G Stadner’s vestments were used as a pillow as the robber slept in the church overnight. Page Six has today's profile and identification.
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Bridgeport
Christchurch
Courtlandt Street
J. G. Stadner
Caruso Rally Follows Relapse Amid Critical Health Crisis
World famed tenor Enrico Caruso remained in critical condition in New York after a relapse. Doctors reported unsatisfactory progress though signs of slight improvement appeared as oxygen was administered and his son Enrico Jr arrived at the Vanderbilt Hotel. Messages from global admirers poured in, and a police guard managed crowds at the hospital entrance.
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New York
Enrico Garuso
Francis J. Murray
Caruso Apartments
Pasquale Amato
Metropolitan Opera Company
Caruso
Vanderbilt Hotel
London
Paris
Rome
Havana
Buenos Aires
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
Enrico, Jr
Italian Composer Paciini Nearing Death
Rome reports famed Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, renowned for operas including Madame Butterfly La Boheme and Tosca, is dangerously ill with doctors offering little hope for recovery.
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Rome
Giacomo Puccini
Dry beer for the sick may be allowed under doctors orders
Washington dry chiefs consider permitting beer with a kick for the ill upon a doctor's honest judgment. The plan hinges on the physician deciding dosage and frequency. Attorney General Palmer is expected to announce changes scrapping some prohibition bureau rules, arguing medical whiskey is allowed but beer is barred.
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Washington
Palmer
Prohibition Bureau
Depreciation Assessed On Shelton Bank Securities
Shelton Receiver Holcomb announced that a New York brokerage firm valuing the bank's securities due to price declines reported a depreciation of 106,689.31 dollars. Estimated losses from bad loans total about 146,000 dollars, making the combined shortage about 250,000 dollars, split roughly between savings and commercial departments.
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Shelton
Holcomb
Shelton Bank and Trust Co
New York
Oil magnate to present $200000 for Westport YMCA
Westport locals report Standart Oil magnate Edward T Bedford, who keeps a home here, has drawn plans for a new YMCA building and bought the land last year. The project costs $200,000. Ottawa MP Charles Murph says he will interpellate the Canadian government tomorrow on steps to appoint a Canadian ambassador to the United States.
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Westport
Edward T. Bedford
Standart Oil
Ottawa
Ont
Charles Murph
Gay
United States
Another Sinn Fein train ambush shocks Ireland
A third attack on a train since last Saturday was reported from Askeaton County Limerick. A girl passenger was wounded but no casualties among the military police were reported amid heavy gunfire. An Irish bulletin accuses the British constabulary of 214 murders and $25 million in property destruction in six months.
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Dublin
Askeaton
Limerick
Sinn
Toledo Post Office Robbery Strikes Registered Mail Sacks
Five bandits struck the Toledo Ohio post office at 2 am seizing 11 registered mail sacks with contents valued between 300000 and 400000 dollars. They fled in a stolen Studebaker. sheriff and inspectors chase the gang to Point Place and nearby resorts as a major manhunt unfolds.
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Toledo
Ohio
Union Station
Taylor
Point Place
Post Office
Diskig
Cincinnati
Waterforr
New London
Stamford
Peters
Studebaker
Mayor supports paying aldermen for city service
Hartford Mayor Gifford B. Wilson travels to the Committee on Cities and Boroughs to advocate a bill to establish salaries for aldermen. He argues compensation is due as duties grow and committee work adds significant time, ensuring all aldermen are paid if any are.
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Gifford B. Wilson
Hartford
Committee On Cities and Boroughs
Evidence Of Plans For Red Revolt In Europe
Belgian police found documents in Communist homes with an order from Moscow for a huge revolutionary movement to be launched in a few weeks in France Belgium Germany and Holland The Exchange Telegraph despatch from Brussels reports the seizure and its claim of Moscow directives for a Bolshevik uprising across Western Europe.
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London
France
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Brussels
Moscow
Will of Dr. Martin Leaves Heirs Large Estate
The will of the late Dr. Thomas F. Martin, who died in January, was offered for probate before Judge Paul L. Miller. He leaves his entire estate, about 300000 dollars, divided equally among his three children: Mrs. Frederik Wren, Mrs. John A. Hurley Sr., and Albert V. Martin. Thomas Morrissey named as trustee of Albert’s share to pay income on about 100000 during his life, with remainder to the sisters.
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Thomas F. Martin
Provate
Paul L. Miller
Martin
Frederik Wren
John A. Hurley
Albert V. Martin
Thomas Morrissey
Mori
Mis Son
Young Martin
Gas Fells Two Women in Near-Death Incident
Mrs Amelia Phelps and Florence of 610 Newsel avenue were nearly asphyxiated when a gas jet was left open. Mrs Phelps attempted to close it but collapsed. Dr B J Coyle of Emergency Hospital applied a pull motor to revive them.
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Amelia Phelps
Florence
Newsel Avenue
Phelps
B. J. Coyle
Police quell Albany riot after midnight clashes
An early morning disturbance in Albany prompted police to quell a riot as strikers and sympathizers clashed following taunts. Cars moved through Albany and nearby Troy without further incidents, while authorities contained the unrest.
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Albany
Troy
Beeatare
Ex Senator Lester Peck Near Death in New York Home
Ex Senator Lester QC Peck is reported very ill at his New York City home. He has been in poor health for two years, but his condition is now said to be critical.
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Lester QC
Peck
New York City
Two School Teachers Victims Of Brutal Murder In Parma Heights
In Cleveland area Parma Heights two Parma High School teachers Mises Maine Foote and Louise Wolf were found murdered on Bean Road. Witnesses say they left school around 4 15 pm and were last seen boarding a car for Brookline. Sheriff Stannard and deputies investigate a torn cloth, bloody plank fragment, and other clues as they search for the suspects in this brutal crime.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Mises Maine
Bel Foote
Louise Wolf
Parma High School
Bean Road
Parma Heights
Brookline
Ing
Stannard
Mur
Derers
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