Strike May Bring Out Painters With Bridgeport Trades
Trouble between the Bridgeport Master Builders Exchange and union carpenters over a 20 percent wage cut escalates Monday as builders enforce the reduction. Union painters and electricians may join. Carpenters call it a lockout. builders deny it. About 1400 Bridgeport carpenters could be affected, amid claims of contract violations and mixed willingness to accept new wages.
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Carpenters’ Union
Carenters
Carpenters. Is
Ridgeport Union
Master Builders’ Exchange
Caruso May Win Battle for Life Despite Relapse
World famous tenor Enrico Caruso shows hopeful signs after a critical relapse. Five doctors report he is holding improvement and stronger than since the relapse. He has lost significant weight and memory of recent events is hazy but clinicians see no immediate danger of further relapse. Mrs Caruso and Romeyn Benjamin provide updates as rumors of voice damage are denied.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Caruso
Francis Murray
Romeyn Benjamin
Leader’s Calm Assurance After Medical Remark
A source quotes a official saying there is nothing wrong with his throat, emphasizing reassurance over concern and downplaying potential health issues. The remark aims to calm public speculation about the leader’s condition and future duties.
France and Poland seal defensive pact amid war fears
An alliance to be signed between France and Poland commits France to aid Poland if Germany attacks, with war measures and mounted French forces to assist Poland. An economic agreement covers customs and Galician fields exploitation. Separate New Haven case: George Lewis arrested for forging a $55 check and bound over to court on $1,000 bond.
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Paris
France
Poland
New Haven
George Lewis
New Lowon
New Haven Road
New London
George Kane dies at home in city then prominent lawyer
Attorney George Kane died at midnight at 752 William Street. Funeral from home Monday at 8:30 am with services at St Charles church at 9 am and interment in St Michael's cemetery. Survived by wife Margaret Hamilton Kane two daughters Grace and Catherine. brother Patrick Kane. sister Eliza Hornby. brother John Kane. brother-in-law to Alderman Edward T. Hamilton. Yale Law School 1894 graduate. practiced at 1924 Main Street. active in Seventh District politics and Knights of Columbus.
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George Kane
William Street
Kane
St. Charles’ Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Margaret Hamilton Kane
Grace
Catherine
Thomas Hamilton
Edward T. Hamilton
Dstrict
Patrick Kane
John Kane
Eliza Hornby
Bank Receiver Sells Two City Properties in Shelton
The receiver of Shelton Bank & Trust Co. sold two pieces of bank property in the business district of Shelton. The parcels, bought last December for 2500 dollars, were sold to Wm. J. Hurley for 1100 dollars. The properties were rental properties in the city.
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Shelton
Shelton Bank & Trust Co
Wm. J. Hurley
Remington City Warranty Deed Filed for Four Lots
Town Clerk Winton records a new warranty deed noting Margaret R. Drew purchased four Remington City lots from East End Realty Company for 3300 dollars. Three lots sit on Remington Street and one on Dover Street.
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Remington City
Winton
Margaret R. Drew
East End Realty Company
Remington Street
Dover Street
Protesting Public Hearings For Lawyers In Fairfield County
Charges against attorney Charles A. Smythwick were to be heard publicly as the Fairfield County Bar Grievance Committee ended star chamber hearings. Details cited include a $142 War Department check to Vincenzo Cunisine, a former Bridgeport resident now in Trenton, and other alleged misappropriations. Smythwick requested counsel and a continuance but was denied due to prior notice and available preparation time.
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Charles A. Smythwick
Charles Stuart Canfield
Fairfield County Bar
Star Chamber
Smythwick
War Department
Vincenzo Cunisine
Bridgeport
Trenton
Cunisine
Red Cross
Harding Accepts Wilson Luncheon Offer for Inaugural Day
Washington report that President elect Harding thanked President Wilson for the health update and outlined inauguration plans. Harding accepted Wilsons offer of an inaugural luncheon but wished for a simple gathering with only immediate family present.
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Washington
Wilson
Harding
Serious disorders reported in Berlin in Mayence despatch
A Mayence despatch printed in the Matin this morning said serious disorders have occurred in Berlin. The report noted telephone and telegraph links between Mayence and Berlin are working badly and all communications from Berlin are to be subject to ship. The dispatch was timed 10 a.m. and came via the German capital today.
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Paris
Berlin
Mayence
London
Ure Forsene
Slacker Apology Personal Affair in Coblenz Dispatch
A Coblenz dispatch to the Paris Chicago Tribune says Major General Henry Tr. Allen apologized to Germany for the January arrest attempt on Grover Cleveland Berzdoll a draft evader. He acted on his own initiative and not by Washington order.
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Associated Press
Paris
Henry Tr. Allen
Germany
United States Department of Justices
Grover Cleveland Berzdoll
Eberbach
Washington
Coblenz
Chicago Tribune
Lloyd George Defends War Costs and Kaiser Policy
London Premier Lloyd George says no single nation can bear World War costs and rejects calls to trial the ex Kaiser. He notes England and France oppose risking war with Holland to seize Kaiser for trial and challenges opponents to pay Germany’s indemnity. He vows to press charges against German war criminals.
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London
Lloyd George
Bottom
M. P
Hotomley
England
France
Holland
Bottomiey
Wilhelmstrasse
Germany
Conference urged to tackle typhus crisis across eight states
Boston health officials Kelly and Woodward telegraphed Surgeon General Cumming urging a Monday conference in Washington of eight seaboard cities and adjacent states to review proper typhus control methods. The prompt asks whether current government regulations suffice to handle the outbreak.
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Boston
Kelly
Woodward
Cumming
Seaboard
Phus
Auto Fire Blamed on Short Circuit at Detroit Cadillac
A Detroit Cadillac Motor Car and Pawlett and Wilson showrooms at 532 Fairfield avenue suffered a major fire last night blamed on a short circuit in an electric motor. Building damage estimated at 3500 dollars. stock and tires destroyed, several cars damaged, and offices of Fletcher Thornton architects untouched. Two firemen slightly injured. two workers with finger lacerations treated at Emergency hospital.
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Detroit Cadillac Motor Car
Pawlett and Wilson Companies
Fairfield Avenue
Cadillac Company
Bames
Pawlett & Wilson Company
Fletcher-Thompson Company
John Dunn
Frank Street
Thomas Bowen
Gregory Street
Alfred Sornblut
Three Italian Children Stricken With Typhus Fever
In Cortland New York three children in an Italian family were diagnosed with typhus fever. Dr Edward S Godfrey head of the states division of communicable diseases reported the cases. In New York City seven vermin infested immigrants and a man with a non typhus disease were sent to a hospital for delousing and treatment.
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New York
Boston
Inauguration Day Declared Holiday in District of Columbia
President Wilson issues executive order declaring Friday March 4 a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. Per diem workers and day laborers in the federal service are excused from work as the order becomes public.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Federal Public Service
Wilton
Armored Cars and Machine Guns Cut Off Sinn Feiners
Dublin awoke to the most extensive raid yet, with 1000 troops, motor lorries, armored cars, and machine guns sealing off Mount Joy Square. Barricades, electric barbed wires, and a hotel used for reporters were secured as troops searched every house. Four civilians died in a Kilbrittain skirmish. Belfast saw Sinn Fein supporters clash with shipyard workers, rioting for an hour before dispersal.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Mount Joy Square
an_Esss
Kilbrittain
Count Cork
Belfast
Sinn Feihers
Coldest Winter Weather Forecast for Eastern U.S.
The weather bureau issued a bulletin predicting the coldest weather of the winter will strike east of the Rocky Mountains next week. Forecasters say freezing temperatures will push southward to the Gulf and South Atlantic states and reach coastal areas in the early part of the coming week.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Gulf
South Atlantic States
Spain seeks subs as visitors view Lake Torpedo Boat S-14 trials
Four Spanish government representatives toured Bridgeport to assess submarines for the Spanish navy. They witnessed Lake Torpedo Boat Company S-14 tests off Lone Island Sound, noting the even keeled, fully submerged capability. No contract decision was announced. a twenty sub order is expected later. Captain Barnett led the visitors, then returned to New York.
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Bridgeport
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Spain
United States
Europe
Philip B. Brill
The
Lake Company
Lone Island Sound
Barnett
New York
Man accused of non support prefers entertainment to family
In Sylvan avenue, Daniel Ryan reportedly chose to take women to Polls Lyric or Park venues and buy them candy rather than support his children. Mrs Ryan testified in city court, as did her sister, detailing visits to burlesque shows and sweet meats purchases. The case was continued for two weeks with a jail sentence if support is not provided.
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Daniel Ryan
Sylvan Avenue
Poll's
Lyric
Norwalk Men Again Losers
In Norwalk Superior Court Judge Edward M. Lockwood presided as Frank McGuirk faced felonious assault and attempted robbery charges. Assistant State’s Attorney Galen A. Carter urged acquittal, and the jury returned a verdict per that recommendation. Earlier Carter had challenged Norwalk officers to open fire on fleeing burglars. McGuirk and George Pease, a Norwalk teamster, were involved in an assault that left Pease with a broken jaw. Charles Manke, also from Norwalk, had pleaded guilty before the state withdrew that plea to proceed to trial this afternoon.
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Edward M. Lockwood
Norwalk
Frank McGuirk
Galen A. Carter
Criminal Court
Carter
McGuirk
George Pease
Charles Manke
Manke
Possible American withdrawal of Rhine occupation forces
An unconfirmed report from Paris says American forces of occupation on the Rhine may be withdrawn soon. The press despatch notes that the American representative on the Reparations Commission has been recalled.
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Paris
Rhine
Reparations Commission
Weather forecast for New Haven area winds and cold
Forecast for New Haven and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with slightly colder temperatures. Mild clear skies dominate with a minor drop in temperatures expected tonight and again on Saturday morning.
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New Haven
Operated On Thief But He Stole Again
Pittsburgh man Martin Hendel had been deemed cured after brain surgery to relieve alleged mania for stealing. He returned to crime, stealing an overcoat. A jury found him guilty and Judge John C. Haymaker sentenced him to six to nine years in the Western penitentiary.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Martin Hendel
Hendel
John C. Haymaker
Western Penitentiary
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