Sims Own Testimony Refuted Charge In Senate
Washington May 14 Secretary Daniels told the Senate Naval Investigating Committee that Rear Admiral Sims charges that the navy department delayed the war for four months were baseless and unmanufac tured. Daniels called the claim a reckless misreading of facts and statistics and said Sims own testimony fully refuted it. He argued the four month figure underestimates losses and ignores tonnage constraints and troop movements.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Daniels
Senate Naval Investigating Committee
Wald
Reckions
Baron Munchausen
Admirinl Sims
Daniele
France
Ford Machine Twice Stolen by Thieves
Police were alerted by Charles Bouton of 175 Cross Street that a Ford machine stolen in Stamford was found on Congress Street. An officer found no car, learning a man had just driven it away toward Stratford, suggesting it was abandoned and stolen again.
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Charles Bouton
Cross Street
Stamford
Congress Street
Stratford
Canonization rites in Rome as Pope Benedict presides
May 14 Rome solemly canonized Gabriel Posse Alacoque with Pope Benedict carried in state to the cathedral and a grand procession of dignitaries. Cardinal O Connell of Boston attended the ceremony as a cardinal for the first time. In Ireland bands burned police barracks and offices in several towns including Carrick on Shannon and Bruree amid continued attacks on government property.
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Rome
Gabriel Posse Alacoque
Peter's
Pope Benedict
Vatican
Sacred College
Benedict
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Mass
America
Lettrim
Ireland
Petee Carracks
Keshcannigan
Ballyfarmon
Grevick
Carrick-on- Shannon
Dublin
Baracks
Court House
Bruree
County Limerick
Sheverie
Police Corner and Shoot Train Robber
A Chicago life squad cornered and shot a train robber who had stolen about 200000 dollars from an Illinois Central mail car. He killed one officer before being killed in a two hour exchange at an apartment building near 64th Street. The robber forced clerks to bind others and fled after a long pursuit.
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Chiease
Ticago
Illinois Central Railroad
64Rd Street
Gilman
Chicago
Charge Connivance In Ship Robbery
May 14 Constantinople AP reports 300 passengers accuse French steamer Scullah crew of aiding Black Sea pirates on May 6. They condemn passport control at Fatum and British inaction, demand armed guards aboard Souirah to Marseilles, and criticize crew submission. French naval authorities and embassy provide limited details.
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Constantinople
A. P
Scullah
Passonsers
Brush
Fatum
Souirah
Steamship
Here
Marseilles
Associated Press
Black Sea
Gold Discovery Report Reaches Nome Alaska
Reports from Nome dated May 14 say gold has been found in northeastern Siberia. Boom boats await navigation opening to ferry stampeders to the fields. The polar Kear is hauled out, holes cut in the ice to ready for an early Siberia voyage five miles from Nome.
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Nome
Alaska
Siberia
Bering Strait
Polar Kear
Plaintiff awarded 2675 dollars in nurse case in Norwalk
A jury verdict grants Mary Loomis 2675 dollars against Edward D. Reach as administrator of Lydia Davis of South Norwalk for nursing and caretaker services prior to Mrs. Davis's death. Cullinan & Cullinan represented the plaintiff with William B. Bardsman for the defendant.
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Plaintif
Mary Loomis
Edward D. Reach
Lydia 5. Davis
South Norwalk
Davis
Cullinan & Cullinan
William B. Boardsman
Hope to Create 10 Million Dollar Unemployment Fund
Boston May 14 A resolution by Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America calls on employers to set aside profits for an idle worker fund during slack periods. The convention adopted a plan to create about 10.9 million dollars. They also plan a New York joint board to abolish the children’s clothing workers board within ninety days. The five day 40 hour week proposal failed. Debs candidacy not endorsed. no formal Socialist Party support. Warbass urged efforts toward cooperative education and Russia Soviet recognition.
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Boston
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
New York
Children’s Clothing Workers
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
Russia
James Peter Warbass
Co-operative League of America
Couple Marries as Charges Dropped by Police
Joseph Phillock and Katrine Davideskie of 257 Gregory Street were arraigned in City Court on a breach of the peace charge after a vice squad arrest. They had lived at the Gregory Street address since arriving from Poushkeep, N. J., a month ago. The man secured a marriage license but balked at a $200 fee. the bride insisted on the ceremony, even with police involvement. The couple is to be married today and police expect the charges to be dropped.
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Joseph Phillock
Katrine Davideskie
Gregory Street
Poushkeep
Campaign for Increased Pay Plan Discussed by Navy Yard Civil Servants
New York May 14 navy yard civil service employees met to consider two pay increase plans and to propose establishing branches of the National Association of U S Civil Service Employees in navy yards and stations across the country. Delegates from Brooklyn navy yard Newport News Philadelphia Portsmouth Pensacola Great Lakes and other locations attended the two day meeting.
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New York
Navy Yard Civil Service
National Association of U.S. Civil Service
Navy Yards
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Figeet
Brooklyn
Naval Torpedo Stations
Newport
Alexandria
Philadelphia
Portsmouth
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fis
Naval Training Station
Great,Lekes
Kemel Is Sentenced To Death In Constantinople
London May 14 Mustapha Kemal leader of Turkish nationalist forces in Asia Minor was condemned to death at an extraordinary court martial in Constantinople on Wednesday. He did not appear for trial and was found guilty by default. A separate report notes an assassination attempt on Damad Ferid the Grand Vizier at his residence by a policeman, who fired and wounded his armed attendant. A large unionist association was uncovered in Constantinople.
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London
Mustapha Kemal
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Mustapha
Deimad Ferid
Damad 'Perid
Lewis Wife Had Husband Hartfort Emmy Lewis Case Ends
Judge Howard J. Curtis in Superior Court annulled the marriage of Vincent Condinella known as Hartford Emmy Lewis to Georgiana Coutnoyer Dube on grounds she was married to Ernest Dube when she wed Condinella in 1814. Coutnoyer Dube testified to Paris birth and arrival in 1904, and that she married Ernest Dube in 1906 in Montreal after cruel treatment. She learned Dube was alive a year after her second marriage and has not lived with Condinella since learning the truth.
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Vincent Condinella
Hartford
Emmy” Lewis
Georgiana Coutnoyer Dube
Howard J. Curtis
Ernest Dube
Condinella
Jimmy
Paris
America
Montreal
Dube
Out of Hospital on Theft Charge
William Boline was brought back from Norwich State Hospital and arraigned in City Court on theft charges. The case was continued to May 22 for further investigation after Lonigan accused Boline of stealing 180 dollars from a trunk on May 7 at 872 Main Street, Norwich.
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Charles Lotrigan
Main Street
William Boline
Railroad Avenue
Norwich State Hospital
Lonigan
Bollne
English suits sell for 38 dollars in New York
A London buyer says England will export men's wool suits to the United States at roughly half the local prices. If shipped and taxed, the goods could be retailed for about 23.40 dollars with a 3 percent profit, says J. C. Shannon of a London firm. He notes American prices run 80 dollars per suit.
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New York
England
J. C.shannoan
London
Ullethrine Concern
America
Shannon
Cabinet to Study Strikes Amid Labor Tensions
Paris May 14 workers from east manufacturing firms plan a strike per general federation of labor order. Officials say city services will be provided. Postal staff may strike Monday but undersecretary predicts at most ten percent will quit. Cabinet to meet to assess the situation. The notice also reports a New York marriage of Mrs Amos W Morgan of Norwalk Conn to Judge Edwin E Thomas of the United States Circuit Court.
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Paris
Eas
General Federation of Labor
Sas
Lifelong inmate marries during prison sentence in New York
New York May 14 Jacob Miller, a former salesman, leaves for Sing Sing to begin a life term for burglary as a sixth offender. He wed Hannah Rosenbaum, his childhood sweetheart, just hours after his conviction. Officials note it is the first recorded case in the state of a man sentenced to life imprisonment marrying.
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New York
Jacob Miller
Sing Sing Prison
Hannah Rosenbaum
Mexican Revolt Likely to Take International Turn
Rebels appear to have won the first phase of their clash with Carranza loyalists near San Marcos Puebla. Vera Cruz reports a breach in Garranza lines as government troops press northward. international implications rise with British consul N A Ody among Carranza forces and ships from France Britain and the United States in Vera Cruz. Matamoros negotiations suggest surrender without combat today.
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Carranza
Vera Cruz
Associated Press
San Marcos
Puebla
N. A Ody
Mexico City
Matamoras
Brownsville
Texas
Trolleymen Seek 30 Percent Wage Increase in Hartford
In Hartford on May 14 union officials presented demands to Connecticut Co officials seeking a 50 percent wage rise and a flat rate, replacing the present graduated scale. A seventy five cent per hour target is cited, with a June 1 contract expiry and proposals covering one man trolley operation, standard workday, and overtime at time and a half. Current pay ranges from 44 to 80 cents for conductors and motormen, with one-man car operators earning five cents more.
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Hartford
The
Connecticut Co
No Inquisition on Jury Method
Connecticut judge rules against inquisition into jury deliberations after a verdict of 4 208 in favor of the plaintiff in a suit by Florence Valentine against Freda Pollak Norwalk The defense claims excessive damages and improper jury actions as Attorney Shannon presents foreman Hart testimony and juror notes were shown to the court with further details continued on page
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Connecticut
Frank D. Haines
Shannon
Fred I. Hart
Florence Valentine
Freda Pollak
Norwalk
Belialf
Pollak
Supreme Court of the State
John J. Cuneo
Valentine
Petty Thefts Continue In Local Reports
Police note ongoing petty thefts as residents report burglaries at homes and sheds. M A Rasykowses of 52 Whiting street says someone entered last night and stole jewelry savings stamps and cash. John Olsen of 16 Alpine street reports tools taken from a new building on Herkimer street. A 14 foot skiff owned by A I Bloomer was stolen from its mooring at Payerweather Island yesterday.
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M. ‘A. Rasykowses
Whiting Street
John Olsen
Alpine Street
Herkimer Street
A. I. Bloomer I
Payerweather Island
Thirsty Thieves Seize Liquor Near Boston Beaches
Thirsty thieves forced postponement of tapenines set for summer in cottage areas near Hull and Nantasket. In scores of cottages, household articles were stolen and damaged, with many houses needing refitting before occupancy. Some homes report liquor and safes missing while others show destroyed furniture and littered floors as evidence of the thieves' displeasure.
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Boston
Hull
Nantesker
Bell Boy Pawned Suit Incident At Atlantic Hotel
Harry Bowen of the Atlantic hotel reported a bell boy stole a suit after taking it to a tailor, prompting police to locate the garment in a Congress street pawnshop. The investigation showed the bell boy had boarded the streetcar, prompting further inquiry.
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Harry Bowen
Atlantic Hotel
Congress Street
Court orders Henry freed in New York acquittal
Police Inspector Dominic Henry formerly commander of Tendertown district was acquitted by Judge Malone of neglect of duty in the New York vice crusade. The jury found him not guilty after seven character witnesses testified. Henry was reinstated to command of his old inspection district.
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New York
Dominic Henry
Tendertown
Malone
New
Military posts resented as police-military alliance in Ireland
Dublin May 14 The plan by General Sir Nevil Macready to foster closer police military cooperation to quell disorders includes setting up military posts in isolated districts abandoned police barracks. British authorities view the unrest as rebellion requiring soldiers, not police, while locals resist a Stockhoe style system seen as reimposing martial rule. Cavalry supports western towns to curb cattle driving amid agitation.
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Dublin
Sir Nevil Macready
Ireland
Irekind
South Afrien
Lawmakers Probe Police Cash Advance at Aldermen Meeting
Democratic aldermen will examine a $1,264.40 cash advance charged by Police Commissioner John C. Stanley. The bill, approved by Police Clerk Smith, Finance Chairman Murphy, and Alderman Baker, appears as cash advanced. Previous similar cash advances were for tracing. In other news, Germany’s cabinet agrees not to send reps to Spa or Brussels unless French troops withdraw from the Main district by May 16.
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Board of Aldermen
John C. Stanley
Clerk Smith
Police Department
Richard H. Murphy
William E. Primrose
Police Board
Arthur A. Baker
Aldermanic Finance
London
Germany
Spa
Brussels
Berlin
Bolshevism Labeled Ghastly Failure and Amnesties Sought
National Socialist party convention ends with Debs as presidential nominee and Stedman as VP. Delegates will lobby Washington for amnesty and release of conscientious objectors. Cotton reports show April lint and seed bales. Col Edward W Ryan calls Bolshevism a failed regime and notes starvation, poor transit, and filthy streets in Soviet areas.
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New York
Seciafist Party
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Seymour Stedman
Joseph W. Shorts
Dayton
Ohio
Lazarus S. Daviden
Detroit
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Cardinal O’connell of
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Shelton Street
Gaye
Timko
Js- Ph
Jadee Tarnett
Stamfont
Sutton
Stanford
Bridgeport
Jadement
Debs
Kemel
Ferid
Lewis
Haines
Bell Boy
Henry
Edward W. Ryan
Red Cross
North Russia
Baltic States
Ryan
United States
State Department
Syan
Metron
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