Anarchist Suspect Salsedo Dies by Own Action in City
New York on May 3 In a startling development Andrae Salsedo known as Tony Tasio printed anarchist circulars linked to nationwide bomb plots. He leaped from a fourth floor Park Row office building killing himself rather than testify. Authorities confirmed several arrests and that others would become government witnesses.
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New York
Andrae Salsedo
Park Row
Department of Justice
Wiliam J. Flynn
Salonde
Tony ‘Tasio
Flynn
N. C. Donfio
Salcedo
Prooklyn
Salsedo
Accordion
Donato
Salento
New Bedford Strike Sends 20000 Operatives Off Jobs
A May 3 strike in New Hedford Massachusetts involved about 20000 workers across 37 cotton cloth mills. Loom fixers protested heavier loom workloads prompting the textile council to call the general walkout. Early reports show low attendance with few disorder incidents and police oversight.
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New Hedford
Mas
Textile Council
Nashawena
Passaic
Heacon
Barges Deliver Coal and Cement to Relieve Shortage
Two barges of coal arrived to ease the city fuel shortage. One barge for the Connecticut Company, the other for the New York New Haven Hartford line, with 1 000 tons expected to last engines a week. A 400 ton cement barge for Wheeler & Howes addresses scarce cement delaying building contracts.
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Coment
Connecticut Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Wheeler& Howes
Judge Sustains Brown Claim in Superior Court
In New Haven on May 3 1916 Judge Howard J Curtis ruled in James J Brown v Charles Fox Fox receives 50 on a counter claim while Brown gets 2100 sustaining Browns claim of nervous trouble Fox had claimed Brown assaulted him over a bill for an automobile and sought 3000 in damages both parties were involved in alleged assaults and a weather note of increasing clouds and possible rain is included in the report
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James J. Brown
Charles
Fox
Howard J. Curtis
Brown
Curtis
Boy Confesses to Derailed Passenger Train
Charles LaPatowsky fifteen from Torrington confessed to opening a railroad switch that sent passenger train 1255 off the main track and into an empty cattle car. The incident occurred about 6 30 am and wrecked three cars with the locomotive stuck on the rails. Local police traced prior switch tampering and recovered a switch key not found.
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Torrington
Charles LaPatowsky
East Hartford
LaPatowsky
Norwalk Contractor Timothy Foley Dies Suddenl
Special to The Times Norwalk May 3 Timothy Foley a well known contractor in Norwalk dropped dead on the street this morning from heart disease. He had worked in the contracting business for many years and seemed in good health when he left home early.
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Times
Norwalk
Timothy Foley
Foley
Pershing Motor Evacuated as Panama Mob Protests Canal Fortifications
Thousands of Payamans marched through the streets in a torchlight protest against the U S acquisition of major Tahega Island for Pacific defense of the Panama Canal. An auto carrying General Pershing was halted and sent back to Tivoli hotel amid stone throwing at Panama officials and clashes with mounted police. Major General Kennedy ordered American officers to depart the trial area after rock throwing, while Pershing attended a reception earlier and planned canal inspections the next day.
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Panama
United States
Tahega Island
Panama Canal
John JeFshin
Tivoli Hotel
Mohs
Froyd
Chase W. Kennedy
Canal Zone
Tria
Pershing
Finton Adminisration Bldg
Atlantic Canal
Prank Sparks Bradt's Arrest in City Court
George Bradt of 652 Dewey Street appeared in City Court after a late night prank on a visiting Special Officer DeLemos led to an assault charge. Bradt was fined 10 dollars plus costs, with dispute over who struck first as the officer confronted the boy Bradt’s son.
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George Bradt
Dewey Street
DeLemos
Bradt
Ald
Sensation Afoot as Agents Probe Hidden Liquor Tonight
Reported raids and guard patrols surround Mayor Wilson amid speculation of an assassination plot and a bid to appoint Bob Davies to lead the detective force. Prohibition agents tighten baggage checks at Bridgeport stations as gin containers are seized and shipments traced from Scranton to the city. Local officials, including Commissioner Stanley, weigh political motives behind the crackdown and guard details.
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Burns
Wilson
Meyers
Burns Force
Philadelphia
Stanley
Bob Davies
Bob
Secret Service
Prohibition Enforcement
Bridgeport
Baggass Department of the Railroad
Scranton
Fight It Out in Maryland Primary Fight
Maryland voters head to the polls May 3 as Senator Hiram Johnson and General Leonard Wood vie for Maryland's sixteen Republican convention votes. Democrats contest nominations in three districts while incumbents face no opposition in the Senate race. Weather is clear and cool.
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Baltimore
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Leonard Wood
Maryland
San Francisco
United States
John Walter Sraith
Jovington E. Weller
Baltimore County
Arraigned on Drunkenness Cases in City Court
Three men charged with drunkenness appeared in City court this morning. Iver Anderson paid a $15 fine for overindulgence. Thomas Gaffney was fined $5 and costs. Howard Anson’s case was continued as he seeks locations of liquor outlets along Water street with Court Officer Thomas Gerrity to accompany him this afternoon.
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Iver Anderson
Howard Avenue
Thomas Gaffney
Harmony Street
Howard Anson
Milford
Frank L. Wilder
Water Street
Anson
Thomas Gerrity
Germans and Poles Clash in Ratibor on Polish Festival
A violent clash broke out in Ratibor Silesia between Poles and Germans during the Polish festival. Several thousand Poles paraded with Polish flags and emblems, the Germans demanded removal of emblems deemed prohibited by the Allied Commission, and both sides suffered injuries.
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Berlin
Ratibor
Silesia
Allied Commission
Naturalization Court Schedule Details for Morning Sessions
The naturalization court opens tomorrow at 10 o clock with Tudee Howard J Curtiss presiding and Allan F Shorch of Boston as examiner. Sessions run Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday with additional sessions on the 19th and 20th. soldier cases slated for consideration on the 20th.
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Naturalization Court
Tudee Howard J. Curtiss
Allan F. Shorch
Boston
Acquit Youth of Matricide in Long Murder Trial
John Edward Teiper was acquitted of murdering his mother Mrs. Agnes M Teiper after a trial that stretched from November to December 1916. The jury returned a verdict of guilty earlier, but the acquittal released him with possible further action by the district attorney. The slaying occurred near Orchard Park Buffalo on January 30 1916 after a Telper family visit.
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Rogae
John Edward Teiper
Agnes M. Teper
Remington Yost Typewriter Plant Moves to Flushing
The Remington Yost factory moves its plant to Flushing New York. Screw machine and press departments already moved and other departments will shift by month end. Few longtime workers will transfer. the plant will open with an entirely new force.
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Remington-Yost
Wlushing
Flushing
Burglars Active in Bridgeport City
Three burglaries were reported to police this morning in Bridgeport. The largest theft occurred at Hyman Fyllison’s auto supply on Main Street with 15 tires and seven inner tubes taken valued at 709 dollars after entry through a rear window. A second break in at Doherty Brothers garage on Waterview Avenue saw gasoline stolen. Here, a third incident at Herei Manufacturing Co on Third Street yielded no valuables. police suspect juvenile involvement.
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Bridgeport
Hyman Fyllson
Main Street
Fylison
Doherty Brothers
Waterview Avenue
Herei Manufacturing Co
TS Third
Waterbury Strike Inches Toward Settlement Talks Fail
Waterbury May 3 efforts to settle the 9000 worker strike failed today as meetings between manufacturers and the central strike committee did not materialize. Lancaster P. Clark president of the Chamber of Commerce and mayoral representative will meet a strike delegation this afternoon to seek alternatives to prior approaches.
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Waterbury
Lancaster P. Clark
Chamber of Commerce
Iabor
Atria
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Steel Trust Case
The Supreme Court refused to grant the government's request for a rehearing of the antitrust suit against United States Steel Corporation. The move argued the March 1 steel case conflicted with an April 26 decision dissolving the Reading Company and some of its rail and coal subsidiaries. Both decisions were 4 to 0.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States Steel Corporation
Reading Company
Star Witness Ill in Illness Halts Shelton Testimony
Mary Wilson seventeen year old girl arrested by Burns men during their raid in this city on April 7 cannot appear in Shelton City Court tomorrow to testify against Anselo Muallista alleged keeper of a disorderly house. Muallista, alleged cousin to Frank Fallista, is to be arraigned and may be implicated in local cases. The Wilson girl was to be a star witness for the state.
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Mary Wilson
Burns
Shelton
Anselo Muallista
Frank Fallista
Wilson
Maintaining a Strict Silence in Bridgeport Vice Crusade
Burns men and police officials kept silent amid Bridgeport vice investigations. No court raids were listed in City court this morning and Mayor Wilson plus Burns operatives were absent from police headquarters. New York sleuths hope to expose a vice trust, with major information expected in Superior court if at all. Four City court cases remain for disposition, to be considered tomorrow morning.
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Burns
Bridgeport
Wilson
New York
Vice Trust
Superior Court
Youngest girl on Missouri murder charge faces third trial
In St Louis on May 3 Ursula Broderick, sixteen, went on trial for the third time for the murder of her stepfather Joseph F Woodlock. Attorneys said she was the youngest girl ever to face a first degree murder charge in Missouri. A continuance was granted at the first call and the second trial ended with a hung jury.
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St. Louis
Ursula Broderick
Joseph F. Woodlock
Missouri
Deegan to address aldermen on relief for ex service men
Joseph F Deegan of the Wet Risk Insurance Bureau Washington will speak at the aldermen meeting this evening outlining a plan to relieve ex service men whose insurance has lapsed and urging action to save the program.
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Joseph F. Deegan
Wet Risk Insurance Bureau
Washington, D. C
Board of Aldermen
Town wrecked by a tornado in Muskogee area
Seventy seven bodies recovered in Peres after a tornado devastates the town. A special train with doctors and nurses departed Muskogee to assist, while wires to Peers ttl were down hindering initial reports. Dead and injured pour in from Losust Grove and Tahlequah as residents report no houses standing.
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Muskoges
Ola
Peres
Tahlequah
Muskogee
Munkosee
Peess
Muscogee Times
Democrat
Losust Grove
Tablequah
Teges
Destroyers to Vera Cruz and Tampico After American Killings
Washington reports American destroyers ordered to Vera Cruz and Tampico to protect citizens. The Sas Tamento remains on the east coast. no disturbances confirmed at ports though revolutions nearby. Two Americans, Eben Francis Greenlaw and his son, were killed by Mexican bandits near Mexico City area. The State Department seeks punishment of the assassins and asks Mexico for immediate action.
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Vera Cruz
Tampico
Washington
Tamico
Navy Department
State Department
Sas
Tamento
Mexico
Mexico City
Vera
Cruz
Eben Francis Greenlaw
Palazadan
Greenlaw
Frm
Murder Plot Tied to Arnstein in Binkowitz Killing
Secret hearings before United States Commissioner Alexander Gilchrist in bankruptcy cases against Nicky Arnstein and Sullivan & Co. allege Arnstein associates plotted Benjamin Binkowitz's murder after he vanished with 178000 in securities. Investigators link the theft to 175000 in bonds and a Cleveland gambler as the scheme’s hub.
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United States
Alexander Gilchrist
Nicky” Arnstein
Justice
David M. Sullivan
Sullivan & Co
New York
Washington, D. C
Arnstein
Nicky” Cohen
Benjamin Einkowitz
Post Road
Milford
Binkowitz
Binkowits
Cohen
Gilchrist
Cleveland
New York East Side
Supreme Court Recess Without Prohibition Decision
Washington May 3 The Supreme Court recessed today until May 17 without ruling on the constitutionality of the prohibition amendment or the enforcement act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Man Fights For Pay After Carnival Work
Joseph Roberto claims he worked a week at a local carnival and received no pay. He was jailed for breach of the peace after a Saturday night incident. George Milo allegedly cursed an arresting officer and was jailed for interfering with an officer. Roberto was fined ten dollars and given a fifteen day probation jail term, with time served if the fine isn’t paid. Milo was fined two dollars and released.
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Joseph Roberto
Carroll Avenue
George Milo
Garfield Avenue
Roberto
Milo
Five Women Slay Confession Tied to Ax Murders
In Los Angeles a second confession cites Andrew Watson alias James Huirt admitting killing a wife he cannot name and five women total. Separate report from East Haven says Roberto Fiero 88 was slain with an axe. Alfredo Matigno 37 held on homicide charges after a quarrel over money. Coroner's inquiry opened.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Andrew Watson
James R. Huirt
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Haven
Roberto Fiero
East Haven
Alredo Matigno
Louis Taracco
Malleno
Mix
Burroughs Perry Sues For Commission On Maplewood Property
Burroughs F Perry files in Common Pleas seeking commission for the sale of 120 feet on Maplewood Avenue. He claims Morris Schwartz bought the property and Perry is entitled to a commission from Lucy and West.
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Maplewood Avenue
Burroushs F_ Perry
Lucy & West
Perry
Morris Schwartz
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Wrzcaw
Pilsudeid
Pershine
Common Council
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Rem-Yost
Steel Corporation
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Chopper
Man
Fairfield Avenue
Fox Street
Charles Ticke
Anthony Macy
Barnum Avenue
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