New York and Virginia Leaders Arrive in San Francisco
San Francisco June 24 Preliminaries to the Democratic National Convention focus on prohibition and presidential candidates as Carter Glass and Charles Murphy arrive. Both leaders stay mum while privately assessing strategy and awaiting the convention, with debates over the 18th amendment and a potential anti prohibition plank mounting, and Ta m many Hall ties foregrounded in the chatter.
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San Francisco
Cal
Carter Glass
Virginia
Washington
Wilson
Charles ¥. Murphy
New York
Tammany Hall
Ind
Casey
Murphy
Prench Lick
Tammany
Suffrage Hope Fuels Tennessee Special Session Talk
Nashville reports Governor Roberts plans a special session to ratify the federal amendment after a Wilson telegram urged action. Assistant AG Frierson says Tennessee can ratify without a statewide vote. Factories fear shutdowns as Bridgeport plants cut hours and discuss halving workforces to lower wages. An Amalgamated Metal Workers of America organizing drive arrives from New York to push a 44 hour week and higher pay.
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Nashville
Tenn
Roberts
Wilson
Washington
Frierson
Tennessee
Bridgeport
Locomobile Co
Singer Co
Labor Party
Amalgamated Metal Workers of America
New York
Bryan ruling out third party candidacy in Montana
Great Falls Montana June 24 William J Bryan states he will not run for president under a third party. He comments on a Lincoln Nebraska dispatch that Nebraska members of the forty eight endorse him. He references the wet plank and says Democrats would rather survive in November than die by action in June.
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Great Falla
Mont
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Committee of Forty-Eight
San Francesco
San Francisco
Cardinal Logue declares time set for death warning
Dublin reports Cardinal Logue primate of Ireland said at Maynooth College he had received warning his time was set. He expressed gratitude for the warning as it gave him time to prepare stating he had always tried to do what he could for his country and never aimed to offend anyone regardless of religion or politics. The weather outlook mentions tonight and Friday.
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Dublin
Cardinal Logue
Ireland
Maynooth College
Child Run Down by Van in Boston Street Tragedy
In the inquest for three year old George Demas Mrs. Jane Welstead testified she saw the child run from a rear yard gate into State street near Howard avenue and into the van. Driver Edward Cavanagh claimed he did not see the child and only learned of the incident after the scream. The van, owned by Charles Cavanagh and driven by Edward Cavanagh, led to bail set at 1000 in City Court.
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Jane Welstead
Bell Street
Boston Terrace
John J. Phelan
George Demas
Howard Avenue
State Street
Edward Cavanagh
Charles Cavanagh
Railroad Avenue
Edward Cavanasa
Indictments for Oil Stock Fraud Shake U.S. Markets
A federal grand jury indicted four oil firms ten brokerage houses and about fifty individuals for using the mails to defraud investors of millions. The cases accuse gross misrepresentations of oil properties and paying dividends from stock proceeds. The Ranger Oil Company W P Williams Oil Company Great Western Petroleum Crownill Company and many brokers face federal action.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Ranger Oil Company
W. P. Williams OU Company
Great Western Petroleum Corporation
Crownill Company
Stickney, Rawlinson & Colclough
Boston
Curtis, Packer & Company
United Securities Company
H. Kentholmes & Company
H. Morgan Pollock & Company
Thompson, James & Company
Cross, Sherman & Company
George A. Lamb & Company
E. M. Fuller & Company
Greenbaum, Bigelow & Greenbaum
Five Injured in Hartford Express Collision
Hartford June 24 three passengers were slightly hurt and two railroad workers were sent to hospital after express No. 70 from New York to Boston collided with a freight car in New Haven and Hartford yards. Engineer R Gray was seriously burned and Fireman Daniel Bailey had a compound fracture of the left leg. Engine and coaches derailed blocking tracks and forcing detours to Waterbury for hours. Gray and Bailey were treated at St Francis hospital. both men live in Springfield Massachusetts.
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Hartford, Conn
New York
Boson
Boston and Albany
New York, New Flaven and Hartford
R. Gray
Daniel Bailey
Broad Street
State Armory
Waterbury
Gray
Bailey
St. Francis’ Hospital
Rittenaouss Terrace
Dwight Street
Springfield
Mass
Expel Ryan From Exchange Over Stutz Corner
New York June 24 Allan A Ryan chairman of the Stutz Motor Car Co has been expelled from the New York Stock Exchange following an executive session during which witnesses brokers involved in the alleged Stutz corner were questioned Ryan labeled the governors committee as unjust and did not attend sessions He resigned his seat but was not granted sale He was accused of charges against exchange officials and later settled with shorts for 550 a share. In a separate probate ruling Mrs Anna Camoda guilty of running a house of ill fame at 85 French Street was granted guardianship of her six year old daughter Minnie Gallo to Victoria A Larmour secretary of the Catholic Charitable Bureau with a hearing scheduled in the Court of Common Pleas
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New York
Allan A. Ryan
Stutz Motor Car Co
New York Stock Exchange
Stutz
Board of Governors
Ryan
Star Chamber
Exchange
Shorts
Paul L. Miller
Anna Camoda
French Street
Minnie Gallo
Victoria
Larmour
Catholic Charitable Bureau
Grants Increase And Cuts Down Lighting Prices
Boston June 24 The Boston Edison Co announced a ten percent raise for about 2,000 employees effective July 1. Simultaneously the company will cut electricity prices for lighting by five percent, benefiting approximately 115,000 retail customers.
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Boston
Mas
Boston Fglson Co
Tme
Seeley Wins His Match In State Golf Championship
Seeley of Brooklawn edged E. W. English of Waterbury one up in the morning round. Abbott defaulted to Fauseett, Dobbs and Bigelow lost, while Strong beat Ranney six and five and Miner beat MacDonald two up with one to go. Other results list numerous one up and five and four margins among Brooklawn, Wee Burn, Weatogue, Hartford and New Haven clubs.
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W. Parker Seeley
Brooklawn Country Club
E. W. English
Waterbury Country Club
Seeley
Robert Abbott
W. F. Fauseett
Abbott
Brooklawn
C. G. Waldo Ty R. . Bigelow
Wee Burn
H. D. Strong
A.E. Ranney
Greenwich
R .S. Miner
Weatogue
W. D MacDonald
Waterbury
J. H. Alcorn
New Haven Country Club
Artemus Holmes
Woodway Country Club
Hoge Gillian
H. N. French
C. P. Durfee
Jonathan Grant
W. H. Booth
Shuttle Meadow
W. J. Warner
Race Brook
R. C. Sargent
New Haven
E. Japp
G. B. Carhart
J. J. van Schaack
Hartford
P. Rothwell
W. Patterson
H. C. Irving
Tom McLoughlin
E. C. Sparso
Roy Youngs
C. Latham
Bridgeport Brass Co opens worker controlled Co op Store
Bridgeport Brass Co will open Brasco Co operative Store at East Main and Walters, run by employees who buy ten dollar shares. Shares are refundable on leaving, with 1000 total stockholders including 650 from the main plant and 350 from the union branch. Family members may shop there. a full groceries line will be offered. The Welfare Department will supervise the venture.
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Bridgeport Brass Co
East Main
Walters Streets
Old Village
Brasco Co-operative Store Association
Railway Wage Board Divided Three Ways In Fight
Chicago June 2 A report in circulation says the railway labor board is split into three camps over the wage controversy. Labor advocates seek a high award, the company resists, and public representatives push for a reasonable figure. President Wilson has not yet sent a message. G W Hanger says signs point away from deadlock though union leaders fear a wreck.
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Chicago
Railway -Labor Board
Wilson
Buried Alive But Not Hurt
John Forte of 436 North Avenue was buried alive in an excavation at the east end of Grand Street Bridge yesterday morning. He was dug out at 2:50 PM and rushed to St Vincent's Hospital, where he is greatly improved and to be discharged soon. He remained in the hole about four and a half hours with only a weakened condition from confinement. Dr Owen J Groark assisted and transported him to the hospital.
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John Forte
North Avenue
Grand Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Forte
Owen J. Groark
May Curtail Coal Shipments
Philadelphia reports the railroad yardmen strike halting hard coal production and shipments across anthracite regions. Readings from Pottsville and Reading note many join the strike. Harrisburg and Tamaqua report embargoes and union accessions. Baltimore district sees yard workers walk out at Hagerstown. overall freight movements constrained.
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Philadelphia
Pottsville
Reading
Reading Railway
Harrisburg
Tamaqua
Pennsylvania
The
Crown Prince Visits Mother in Doorn Holland
Former Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany leaves Doorn after a visit to his ailing mother. She suffered a severe heart attack but has improved though she remains an invalid.
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Doorn
Holland
Frederick William
Germany
Grim defense as Unionists brace Londonderry siege
June reports say British troops arrived improving safety in Londonderry as fierce gunfire and sniper attacks continued. At least 11 dead include a woman named Mills. 1,500 soldiers and 150 police tried to hold the city. Gas, fuel, and bread shortages worsened civilians’ plight while both sides patrol loyalist and nationalist sectors.
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Londonderry
Lough Foyle
Mills
William Rankin
Sinn Fein
Ulster Volunteers
McLaughlin
John McKinney
Bridgeport Students Sweep Yale Honors In 1919 20
Bridgeport youths won 22 of 98 Yale awards for the 1919 20 period including John M Comley who earned a Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude and a $50 prize as top alumni student. Other local prize winners included William Mend Paul L Green Arch F Rakatzky Carl F Dane Adelbert D Knox Philip C Pratt and Edmund A Anderson with degrees in Philosophy and overall scholastic distinction.
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Yale
Bridgeport
University
Collee
John M. Comley
Comley
William Mend
Park Avenue
Paul L. Green
Laurel Avenue
Arch F. Rakatzky
Carl F. Dane
Adelbert D. Knox
Alpine Avenue
Philip C. Pratt
Wentworth Street
Edmund A. Anderson
Stratford Town building line ruling voided by judge
Judge John J. Walsh ruled that Stratford town selectmen exceeded authority by setting a building line on Olare Christianson property, voiding the action and ordering costs. The decision follows 1913 legislation allowing lines only when damages do not exceed benefits. the court found damages greatly exceed benefits. Inquest set for Jennie Best on a fatal truck incident near Hancock Avenue. Jeannette Rankin declines Montana lieutenant governor bid after nonpartisan nomination.
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John J. Walsh
Court of Common Pleas
Stratford
Olare Christianson
Selectmen
Electmen
Christianson
Crazy Woman Tip Triggers Bridgeport Bank Bomb Scare
A dubious tip from an unknown woman claimed that 10 Mexican women arrived in Bridgeport to blow up banks, naming First Bridgeport National Bank as a target at midnight. Police, alerted at 4:54 PM, rushed to the center and urged vigilance while investigators doubt the threat’s credibility and suspect the caller may be demented.
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Bridgeport
Mexico
Arthur L. Prout
de Jude
Bridgeport National Bank
Main Street
Fairfield saloon owner tied to 200 gallon whiskey haul
Michael Ryan of Fairfield Avenue and Theodore Balban with Martin Eschbach of New York were arrested by federal agents in Stamford for attempting to move 200 gallons of whiskey from New York to Windeeport. The whiskey was seized and the trio held on $500 bonds each, with cases to Bridgeport. Police doubt a local counterfeit ring connection.
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Michael Ryan
Fairfield Avenue
Theodore Balban
Martin Chbach
New York City
Stamford
New York
Windeeport
Falban J
Eschbach
Ryan
Breustt
U. S
Hugh J. Lavery
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