Lindsay Confesses To Many Charges Of Fraud
New York reports Lindsay, accused of swindling society women out of nearly $1,000,000 in fake stock deals, confessed that many charges were true. He was arrested in Overbrook, Pa., after indictment for grand larceny, and admitted taking money from Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Atwood, and Mrs. Duke, while denying some amounts. He described payments to several women and cited press exposure, with his wife unaware of the affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. Paes E. Lindsay
Richard C. Murphy
Asant
Lindsay
Overbrook
Tie
Murphy
W. H. Arnold
Dorothy Atwood
Lillian N. Duke
Bjamin E G. Duke
Linksay
Atwood
Carlotte Nilsson
Florence James
Duke
George F. Baker
Thomas Lamont
Percy Rockefeller
Charles Sabin
Mr. Murphy
Sanger Warns United States Faces Overpopulation
Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate, lectured in Honolulu on February 28, predicting the United States would be over populated within two centuries unless birth control is adopted. She is en route to Tokio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanger
U.S
Honolulu
Margaret Sanger
United States
Tokio
February Term Of Superior Court Opened
The February term of Superior Court opened after 11 36 am with Rev Walter L Phillips presiding. Judge Kelloge led the session as several retained attorneys were absent and prisoners faced arraignment for burglaries and thefts from Dec and Dec 9.
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Walter L. Phillips
Shelton
Galen B. Carter
Homer S. Cummings
John P. Kelloge
Priners
Peter Bernas
Joseph Potter
Public Defender
DeForest
Edgar Loriner
Chester
Joseph
DePelice
Kalman Marchie
Joseph Zierman
James O'Donnell
Norwalk
Stratford Voters Call Mass Meeting in Town Hall
Stratford voters plan a mass meeting at the town hall tonight to demonstrate support for Town Manager R H Hunter and protest the council action. The event, expected to be heated, invites all districts to attend as part of the political dispute. Julius Moss of Cheshire dies at 91 after years on the Moss Farms grant. he served in the 1891 Cheshire general assembly.
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Tratford
R. H. Hunter
Sesson
Cheshire
Conn
Julius Moss
Moss Farms
John Moss
Moss
General Assembly
Strikers And Mill Owners Face Crisis
Striking textile workers and mill owners in the Pawtuxet and Blackstone valleys confront a deadline as the State Board of Mediation and Conciliation proposal for immediate work resumption under a tentative wage scale and arbiter is due to expire at 4 p m. Leaders meet while picket lines are inactive and tensions rise over the stalled settlement.
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Providence
Pawtuxet
Blackstone
State Board of Mediation
J. Jerome Hahn
Gilberto
Marquises
Vic
Rhode Island
Boston
Jose D'Assuncao
Pawtucket
Tudor royals wed in Westminster Abbey ceremony
Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary and Viscount Henry Lascelles united in a royal wedding at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony, attended by King George, Queen Mary, and the royal household, drew massive crowds as chimes proclaimed the marriage. The groom, a war veteran and heir to Harewood, drew praise for service and wealth.
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Viscount Lascelles
Princess Mary
English Abbey
Victoria Alexandria
Alice Mary
King George
Queen Mary
Sewi
Henry George Charles Lascelles
K. G
Car
Leutenant
Grenadier Guards
Hists
Lord
Harewood
Canada
London
A. P
Mary
Geor
Westminster Abbey
Westminster
Buckingham Palace
Gan
Man Held On Disorderly Ride In Blind Daydream
Charles L. Kelleher of Boston was arrested for riding public transit while blind and was sent to county jail for observation after claims of a Chicago torch plan and a Boston home. Judge Comley ordered mental observation as the case proceeded.
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Charles L. Kelleher
Rose Street
Boston
Chicago
Comley
NOD SUPRO CHARGE CONTINUED FOR ONE WEEK
Baward Sanford of 1785 Stratford Avenue had his case continued in City court for one week after his wife May alleged he did not contribute to her support. He was placed with the Probation Officer for further investigation. William Kanienski of 186 Railroad Avenue was fined $200 and given a ten day suspended jail sentence for keeping liquor with intent to sell.
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Baward Sanford
Stratford Avenue
May
William Kanienski
Railroad Avenue
Uquor
What They Think About Jaz Dance
Debates ripple through psychological, church, and terpsichorean circles as Paris dispatches label Jazz a hypocritical form of illicit pleasure. Dr A A Brill defends modern dance as soothing, while Rev Dr John Roach Stratton condemns Jazz as impurity. Others question age and etiquette, noting dance as a speed mania of the era.
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New York
Paris
A. A. Brill
Columbia University
Azz
John Roach Stratton
Calvary Bapist_ church
George Washington
Louis H. Clairp
William S. Chase
Laurette Taylor
Frank Thomas
Miss Taylor
Divorce suit reveals dispute over alleged boarders hug
In Superior court Anthony Rodriguez sues Juana Curto Rodriguez for cruelty claiming incidents of implied harassment by her and boarders at their home. The case reveals a strained marriage with differing accounts and language barriers.
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Anthony Rodriguez
Juana Curto Rodriguez
JL. P. Waldo Marvin
Cuba
United States
Amsterdam
N.Y
Anthony
Bridgeport
Barnard P. Laitman
Philo C. Calhoun
Special Committee To Find Slawson's Successor
The Board of Education at a special meeting yesterday afternoon by unanimous vote created a special committee headed by President William R. Webster to select a successor to Samuel J. Slawson whose term as superintendent expires on July 15 next.
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Board of Education
William R. Webster
Samuel J. Slawson
Changes in City Hall Clerks Shuffled Tonight
Three changes of personnel affect the offices of the City Clerk and Tax Collector will be made at City Hall tomorrow. Kenneth Griffin will succeed Richard Sheridan as assistant tax collector and Frank Finn will take over the duties of outside collector after the death of Thomas Smith. Robert M. Jonesty will be succeeded by James A. Whalen. The board also voted to raise an advisory committee of three teachers to advise the Board on staffing and to oversee the teaching force as the Slawson resignation affects the administration.
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Bridgeport
Stratfield Hotel
Blez
Benjamin F Morrison
George B. Clark Company
Merchar
Chamber of Comme
Morrison
City Hall
Kenneth Griffin
Third
Richard Sheridan
Frank Finn
Thomas Smith
Cay
Robert M. Jonesty
Jamies A. Whalen
Slaw- Son
Teachers’ Association
Normal School
Slawson
Arrest Six In Raid On Drug Dens
Six men were arrested in Los Angeles early today in a raid on a narcotic den connected to the William Desmond Taylor murder inquiry. Detectives questioning the suspects pursued a possible link to the motion picture director's Feb 1 death. Two other men were held for investigation in the Taylor case after a gang member’s alleged involvement surfaced. A third member remained at large.
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Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Cal
Hollywood
Taylor
Wilshire
Eight Norwalk Divorce Suits Filed as Residents Seek Breaks
Eight divorce petitions filed this morning involve Norwalk or Stamford residents. Cases include Abbie K. Young seeking a decree from Leon R. Young, with a 1911 wedding in Norwalk and alleged desertion since 1918, and Florence Sabtell seeking a decree from Edward Sabtell, married in Norwalk in 1907 with custody of minor children named. Other filings include Uloth versus Uloth over a Norwalk marriage, custody of Minnie Uloth, and Latimer versus Latimer with a Chicago husband and a Norwalk residence.
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Norwalk
Stamford
Abbie K. Young
Mecan
Leon R. Young
New York City
Norwich
Conn
Florence Sabtell
Anderson
Wilmena C. Uloth
Winterer
John G. Uloth
Minnie
Helen F. Latimer
Middlebrook
William J. Latimer
Chicago
Chage
Bloc Leader Sees War Profiteer Tax To Fund Soldiers Bonus
Washington February 28 The Senate Agriculture Bloc moves to back a plan to tax exclusive war profits to finance a soldiers bonus amid new government payments totaling 505 million to war contracts holders and railroads. Senator Norris Nebraska chairing the bloc argues the bonus should precede railroads and war profit bonuses.
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Washington
N. S
America
Senate Agriculture Bloc
War Claims Board
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Agricultural Committee
Protest Meeting Over Bridgeport Smallpox Treatment
A National Association for the Advancement of Colored People backed gathering at Messiah Baptist church on Arch Street will address alleged unequal smallpox hospital care for Bridgeport’s colored residents. Health officer Dr. William H. Coon notes a new Isolation Hospital ward exists with equal standards, and only a few of the 139 cases are colored.
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Bridgeport
Messiah Baptist Church
Arch Street
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Church of Witch
R. H. White
Isolation Hospital
Englewood Hospital
William H. Coon
Stratford Council Ousts R. M. Hunter as Manager
Stratford, Feb 27. In seven of nine districts voters opposed the council manager plan as the Stratford council ousted town manager R. H. Hunter by a 7 to 2 vote. The action followed a prearranged procedure amid disorder as police and deputies faced ongoing protests.
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Stratford
R. H. Hunter
Une
Hunter
Coun
Borrow Funds To Pay Charity Department Payroll
The Department of Charities faces a critical shortage of funds for this week’s payroll. Supt. Angus Py Thorne has briefed the Board of Apportionment and says oral promises may provide needed money, but $19,000 weekly is required through April 1. If funds aren’t provided, the department’s work for the poor and employed will cease, eight investigators were laid off, and the department remains cash strapped yet claims to be clean and solvent overall.
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Department of Charities
Angus Py Thorne
Board of Apportionment
Common Council
Department Charities
Thorne
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