Democrats Face Uncertain Nominees At New Haven Convention
Delegates arrive in New Haven as the Democratic State convention opens at Munro Hall. With Homer Cummings withdrawn, candidates for senator and governor remain uncertain. Names discussed include Connossman Augustinn Lowers and Mayor David K. Wits, while others like Judge Joseph P. Tuttle and Judge Henry Wade Bogers are floated but unlikely. A woman candidate for secretary or lieutenant governor may surface. sessions begin with Thomas J. Spoliacy’s address and adjournment to decide ticket and platform tomorrow.
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Munro Hall
New Haven
Homer
Cummings
Stamford
Feld
Con
Ossman Augustinn Lowers
Hartford
David KE
Wits
Lonergan
Frank H. Brandesee
May BG Sherald
Joseph P. Tuttle
United Tates
Henry Wade Bogers
Demfcratic Party
George W. Wheater
Joseph T. Dutton
Pristol
Everett J. Lake
Finten
United Attorney
Thomas J. F Spoliacy
Eaporrow
Fear of violence in London if Mac Swiney dies
London reports Terence MacSwiney of Cork remains conscious with a worsening headache. Scotland Yard readies to quell any disorder, secret police bolster Ireland patrols, and Sinn Fein withdraws from talks as Lloyd George blocks intervention. Five hunger strikers in Cork jail are said to be dying, with US citizen Joseph Murphy possibly to be released.
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London
Terence Macwiney
Sinn É Roin Lons
Cork
Ireland
Scotland Yard
United Kingdom
Macswiney
Secret Services
Sinn
Sinn Fein
Trix
Joseph Murphy
United States
Murphy
Harding Works On Friday Speech In Ohio
Marion Ohio September 15 Senator Harding spent a quiet morning at home preparing his Friday address aimed at denouncing Democratic plans and advancing a call for limited constitutional government. Local expectations center on a nationally themed speech addressing Ohio voters and party commitments.
Six Day Agents in on Bribes
New York Sept 15 Arrest of four prohibition enforcement agents two attached to Washington headquarters and two on the New York staff was confirmed here today by United States Prohibition Enforcement Agent Kevtin. The prisoners were Anthony Campbell and Frederick W. White of the New York bureau and Frederick Be Boardway and David McManus of Washington headquarters. Mr Shev tin returned from a business trip and said no detailed report was available yet.
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New York
Prohibition Enforcement
Washington
United States Prohibition Enforcement
Kevtin
Anthony Campbell
Frederick W. White
Frederick BE. Boardway
David McManus
Shevtin
33 Years as Letter Carrier Honored at Post Office
John Casey of 120 Pequonnock Street received a surprise retirement tribute after 33 years with the local Post Office main station. Postmaster Greene presented a smoking outfit engraved with Casey’s name and service date as colleagues praised his long career and miles walked delivering mail since 1887.
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John Casey
Pequonnock
Greene
Casey
Gifts to Yale Are Announced
New Haven Conn Sept 15 At Yale corp meeting the treasurer disclosed major gifts including an Egyptian antiquities collection from Ludlow S Bull a 1907 graduate and two $10,000 endowments from William M Grinnell 1881 and from Mrs Emeline Reed Bedell creating two $5 000 funds named the Charles Henry Reed Fund and the Bradbury Bedell Fund plus a new $10,000 endowment in the School of Fine Arts from estate funds.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Yale Corporation
Ludlow S. Bull
School of Fine Arts
William M. Grinnell
Emeline Reed Bedell
Charles Henry Reed
Bradbury Bedell
Lithuanians and Poles in renewed hostilities
Warsaw reports that Lithuanians and Poles are again fighting with hostilities resumed. An official Polish statement confirms ongoing conflict between the two nations as of tonight.
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Warsaw
A. P
Russia jewels sold in London for Soviet propaganda use
London reports Scotland Yard estimates that Russian jewels valued at 10,000 pounds have been sold in Britain. The money would be used by the Soviets for propaganda in England the United States Egypt and India. The estimate reflects concerns over covert influence operations during the period.
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London
Scotland Yard
England
United States
Heypt
India
Preparations Completed for US Soldier Burials in France
In wuerbours France on September 15 preparations to ship American soldiers' bodies to the United States are underway. Carpenters build coffins and seamstresses craft funeral ornaments for the coffins. The American transport Antigone with a lumber cargo for coffins arrived today.
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Wuerbours
France
United States
Antigone
Police Crack Down on Loiterers in Mercantile District
Evening papers reported strict enforcement of loitering laws on main streets. Police said offenders would be taken into custody as examples to deter harassment of women pedestrians with insulting remarks.
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Mercantile
Identification Reward for First Accurate Name
A local notice invites written identification of a person described only as “he” with instructions to bring or mail the answer to the Times Office. The author promises payment to the first correct identification under the rules.
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Times Office
Bill Steinke Identified In public guessing game
The article notes Bill Steinke was the easy target for guessers as readers submitted identifications from across the region. It mentions several misidentifications and correct guesses including Denis Mulvihill and Daniel M. Jones, with readers such as Robert J. Emmons and M. J. O'Reilly participating from Boston and local addresses.
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Bill Steinke
Bill
John Fischer
Loren Delbridge
Robert J. H. Emmons
Noble Avenue
William J. Garrity
William D. Dorus
M. J. O'Reilly
James Street
J. ©. Peck
Redding Ridge
Denis Mulvihill
Ethel Kean
Tremont Street
Boston
John D. Rockefeller
Daniel M. Jones
Jones
Two Jewel Robbers Escape After Looting Mrs McLanahan Home
Police searched Sept 15 for two bandits who looted the Watch Hill summer home of Mrs George X McLanahan in Washington DC. Jewelry valued at 50000, including a 20000 pearl necklace, was stolen. The robbers fled in a car with Connecticut plates whose exact number was not obtained.
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Weterly
R. L
Watch Hill
George X. McLanahan
Street
Washington, D. C
Connecticut
Patrolman John Callahan Suspended From Duty
Policeman John Callahan of the Fourth precinct faced suspension after alleged liquor influence while on post. He was given ten days notice and will appear before the police board's disciplinary committee. Callahan joined the force in 1916.
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John Callahan
Fourth Precinct
Callahan
Men Detained For Possession Of Found Truck
Fred Cordova of 138 Lexington Avenue and Isaac Richardson of 268 Main Street were taken into custody by the Traffic Division after being found in possession of a truck not belonging to them. Arraigned in City Court, they produced evidence claiming owner permission and Judge Wilder nolled the case.
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Fred Cordova
Lexington Avenue
Isaac Richardson
Main Street
Traffic Division
Wilder
Jitney Driver Fined for No Public Service Markers
Steve Fidor of 1052 State Street paid $5 in City Court this morning as the case against him was naited for operating his bus yesterday without any public service markers.
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Steve Fidor
State Street
Smith Renominated in South Carolina Democratic Primary
Columbia Sept 15 Senator Ellison D Smith was renominated by South Carolina Democrats in yesterday's primary. Unofficial returns from 44 of 46 counties show Smith leading George Warren by about 17000 votes. The State's figures indicate a comfortable majority as early results came in.
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Columbia
S. C
U. S
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Smith
George Warren
Connecticut bill would let nonresidents vote in state elections
Special to The Times Hartford Sept. 15 Representative Robert O Eaton of North Haven introduced a resolution to permit students and teachers temporarily residing in Connecticut to vote in the state. The measure aims to let Yale students over age 21 vote in New Haven elections. Democratic officials opposed arguing Republicans would flood the rolls with out of state or nonresident students. Support came from Alfred Baldwin Derby William Leete Enfield Emil Hohenthal Manchester and J Frederick Baker. Democrats preferred making election day a state holiday but Republicans objected citing factory shifts.
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Times
Hartford
Robert O. Eaton
North Haven
Connecticut
Yale
New Haven
Committee On Judiciary
Democratic State Committee
David EB. Fitzgerald
Edward P. Keating
John E. Doughan
A.S. Lynch
Sherif Thomas L. Reilly
Fitzgerald
Stade
Alfred C. Baldwin
Derby
William H. Leete
Enfield
Emil
Italians Seize Farm Lands Now
Paris reports Italian peasants have begun seizing farm lands on estates owned by Prince Torlonia and other properties in the Albano district. About 400 laborers took over a large farm and began digging up land. Boldiere actions and church property seizures are noted as part of the unrest. A Milan dispatch notes plans for collaboration of workers in industrial management being prepared for Parliament.
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Paris
Rome
Prince Torlonia
Boldiere
Albano
Milan
House of Deputies
Jewish Democrats to Meet Tomorrow in City Sheriff Office
A meeting of the Home Men’s Jewish Democratic Club will be held at 8 o’clock tomorrow night in Room 401 at the Newfield building, with City Sheriff Oscar A. H. Dannenberg presiding. Topics include upcoming campaign issues. Six men arrested yesterday in a daylight State Street raid for playing cards for money appeared in City Court. Judge Wilder continued the cages until tomorrow. Named defendants: George Forbes, Joseph Goldstein, Thomas Carey, Albert Kent, Hyman Snyder, and David Bender.
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Home Men's Jewish Democratic Club
Oscar A. H. Dannenberg
Newfield Building
State Street
Judge Wilder
George Forbes
Main Street
Joseph Goldstein
Thomas Carey
Min Hill Avenue
Albert Kent
South Avenue
Hyman Snyder
Wheeler Avenue
David Bender
Howard Avenue
Traces of Poisoning Case In City Court
Ethel McElwee, 24 Church Street, jailed for keeping a disorderly house and fined 75 dollars. After a new drunken spree she was again jailed and sentenced to ten days. Suspected stomach poisoning led to ambulance transport and observation at Hillside Home. Dr. Burns found probable poisoning but noted possible fakery.
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Ethel McElwee
Church Street
Wilder
Ethel
Theeourt
B. J. Burns
Hillside
Homes for Girls Planned From Bryne Estate
Rev David S. Bryne, heir to W. G. Bryne's Baltimore fortune, says after cashing assets totaling about 20 million dollars under the will, funds will finance maternity hospitals and homes for wayward girls including a new facility in New York. Bryne, once David S. Kidd, received 425000 on saving Bryne's daughter and becomes trustee of the remainder.
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W. G. Bryne
Baltimore
David SK. Bryne
Hotel Imperial
Bryne
New York
Rev. Bryne
David 8. Kidd
Chicago
Twelfth District Club Demands Connor Retain Chair
Leonard rejects ultimatum as twist in local politics. The Twelfth District Republican club votes to bar any successor to Arthur F. Connor and warns the town chairman to keep Connor in place. The group also pledges independent work for governor candidate Everett J. Lake.
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Twelfth District Republican Club
John A. Leonard
Arthur F. Connor
Twelfth District
Mr. Leonard
Leonard
Connor
Everett J. Lake
Lake
Police Seek Kidnapped Child in New York Search
New York police sought Clarag month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Cireti from Union Hill New Jersey after she vanished near her home last night. Neighbors reported a gray clad man seen carrying a baby in a carriage while the mother visited a friend. The tailor Mr Cirelis is described as affluent. The child is believed held for ransom.
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New York
Clarag
Emil Cireti
Union Hil
N. J
Cirelis
American Gets Polish Cross
Major Cedric Fauntleroy of Chicago, commander of the Kosciuszko Squadron and air forces chief on the southern front, was decorated with Poland's highest military cross by President Pilsudski. He was arrested two weeks ago on charges of assaulting a coworker with an ice pick while the man slept in Spraszue Ice and Coal barn. William Witcowski, also a barn employee, faced the city court as the witness failed to identify him.
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Warsaw
A. P
Cedric Fauntleroy
Chicago
Kosciuszko
Pilsudski
Spraszue Ice and Coal Company
William Witcowski
Witcowski
Holcomb Refuses To Certify On Suffrage Vote
In Hartford the suffrage ratification fallout continues as Governor Holcomb plans to ignore yesterday's legislative action until next Tuesday's special session. Key figures Catherine M. Flanagan and Attorney General Healy join a tense battle over whether laws outside election matters can be acted upon. Debate centers on legality of ratification and potential vetoes shaping the national amendment's path.
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Washington
Times
Hartford
Catherine M. Flanagan
Connecticut
Colby
Holcomb
Connectiut
Sesson
Storr’s Agricultural College
Healy
Legislaure
Tate
Tennessee
Senate
House of Representatives
Playgrounds to Stop Tragedies Bridgeport Court Hearing
Coroner Phelan urged more playgrounds after the manslaughter case of Michael Jacycusyzk related to a street accident that killed Michael Lasky. Eye witnesses supported the driver’s claim the coast wagon became unmanageable and struck a horse, with City Court set for September 21.
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Phelan
Michael Jacycusyzk
Michael Lasky
Bridgeport
Enforcement Up To People In Prohibition Fight
Washington, Sept. 14. Anti-saloon leaders opened a conference to oppose changes to enforcement of the national prohibition amendment. Speakers including prohibition commissioner Kramer and Wayne B. Wheeler argued that both state and federal power enforce prohibition and urged removal of officials who evade duty.
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Washington
Congress
Kramer
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Roosevelt Speech Planned During Auto Tour Through Connecticut
Democratic vice presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt travels by car from Hartford with speeches scheduled in Willimantic and Shelton. A reception at The Stratfield precedes a parade to Seaside Park for a 2 PM address, weather permitting. indoor alternative at Eagles Hall.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hartford
Willimantic
Shelton
Stratfela
Seaside Park
Main Street
Stratfield
State Street
State
Park Avenue
Roosevelt
Eagles’ Hall
Colby Gets State Vote On Suffrage Ratification
Miss Catherine Flannagan of Hartford, a National Woman's party messenger, deposited with Secretary Colby the Connecticut legislature’s ratification of the suffrage amendment. Partly cloudy weather to tonight and Thursday with slight warming for Bridgeport and Connecticut, and unsettled conditions due to distant disturbances across Montana to Michigan and South Carolina.
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Washington
Catherine Flannagan
Hartford
Conn
National Woman's Party
Connecticut
Colby
Bridgeport
Montana
Upper Michigan
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
South Carolina
Atlantic
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Bednar
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