District Attorney Rules Ball Players Not Liable
Chicago dispatch reports Cook County grand jury may pause as State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne returns from Newark. Hoyne doubts any crime by White Sox players who confessed to fixing games in 1919 world series. Indictments reportedly voted but not yet returned in court. Hoyne questions sufficiency of evidence for a criminal case.
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Chicago
Cook County
Grand Jury
Maclay
York
Newark
White Sox
Hoyne
Charles A. Comiskey
Sox
Wey
Illinois
Tloyne
Ite
Owens
Olwotte
Heston
Owen
White Box
Cleveland
Malle
Indians
St. Louis
Mans Gisason
Yale Open Day Officially Opens With Large Freshman Class
Yale University opened its 240th year with about 700 freshmen and an indication that the total student body would rise. Dean B. Ansier led the freshmen ceremony as first year men entered the Academic Department and the Scientific School. Courses in English and European history were noted, with all first year students attending chapel services together.
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News Haven
Yale University
Pezan
Fresheswell
B. Ansier
Anld Scientific School
Batty Chapel
High Winds Forecast Across East and Great Lakes
Washington reports gales sweeping the Atlantic coast from Hatteras to Maine this afternoon and extending to the Great Lakes region including Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. Forecasters predict gusty winds for the afternoon with rough seas and advisory conditions inland.
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Washington
Hatteras
Maingeb
Lake Vigron
Lake Erie
Dutaria
Brandegee Won't Meet Lonergan In Debate
Hartford Sept 30 Senator Frank Brandegee declined to meet his opponent in joint debate on his Senate record League of Nations and peace treaty He refused any conditions to debate preferring to run his own campaign and saying he is not interested in what Lonergan has to say He was at a Torrington rally and spoke by telephone this morning after spending the night at a Torrington hotel The second invitation was not accepted and Brandegee remained firm on not meeting Lonergan or anyone else in public debate
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Hartford
Frank II. Brandegee
Connecticut
Congress
League of Nations
Torrington
Mr. Lonergan
Senate
Willys-Overland Lays Off 4500 Workers in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio the Willys-Overland Company shut down its plants for a day after laying off 4,500 workers. Fewer than 2,000 employees remained to operate the plants with a planned reopening tomorrow. Normally 12,000 to 14,000 are employed at the facilities.
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Willys-Overland
Toledo
Willys-Overland Company
Sterdar
May Have To Pay Twice In Local Republican Rifts
The split in Bridgeport's Republican machine tightens as Mayor Wilson's faction clashes with Town Chairman Leonard's group over board control and campaign funds. Fire and police departments face pressure to contribute to both sides, raising fears of double contributions. A 36 member city convention will select minor delegates, while mining references and trap warnings mark the political intrigue and intrigue surrounding the leadership battle.
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Wilson
Leonard
Mayo Wilson
Bridgeport
Republican
Granita
Frank Ballard
John T. King
Henry T. Roraback
Connecticut Republican Mining Company
Everett J. Lake
Hartford
Benator Templeton
Waterbury
Million Dollar Galveston Blaze Destroys Docks Plant
A sulphur bin fire on the Galveston docks spread rapidly along the water front, destroying Pier and damaging the Qellen Concentration company plant with losses exceeding one million dollars. The Hina steamship and its wheat cargo burned thereafter while a worker on Main Street suffered leg and arm lacerations after being struck by debris.
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Galveston
Texas
Qellen Concentration Company
Islian
Hina
Canadian Tariff Talk Shapes Raybestos Plans
Raybestos Company president Sumner Simpson says U S manufacturers must set up branch plants in Canada to keep trade and tariff policies. He notes Canadians favor permanent high tariffs, cites war orders, and predicts a decade of industrial growth in Canada amid mixed business conditions. Continued on page six.
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United States
Canada
Sumner Simpson
Raybestos Company
Simpson
Pete Rotsh
Fannda
Fie
Winnipes
Who Is He Your Must Be In Writing Identity Request
A notice directs that identification must be submitted in writing or mailed to the Times Office. The person making the first identification will be paid under the stated rules.
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Times Office
Miss Lebowe Recognized Archie Heller
Archie Heller, manager of Slater's shoe store on Main Street, was not identified for a time. At 3 45 P M Miss Anna Lebowe of 83 DeForest Ave answered correctly, and at 3 50 P M John Culvanico of 376 Wood Ave made the second correct identification.
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Archie Heller
Slater's
Main Street
Anna Lebowe
DeForest Ave
John Culvanico
Wood Avenue
Riots Expected As 75 000 Families Move In New York
New York on September 30 faces mass moving day as 76 000 families prepare 150 000 loads on 2 000 moving vans. Tenants fear delays and crowding in newly occupied quarters while landlords seek eviction under rent laws. City officials counsel squatter sovereignty for those unable to find quarters, with hardships to many who signed leases for occupied buildings.
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New York
Arthur J. W. Hilly
Hylan
Cummings Plans Campaign Kickoff in Stamford and Westward Tour
State's Attorney Homer Cummings will open his campaign with a speech in Stamford and then proceed to New York for a conference with George W. White, manager of the Democratic campaign. He will speak in Detroit on Thursday and then deliver three speeches daily across the West and Midwest through the campaign’s end.
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Homer & Cummings
Stamford
New York
George W. White
Detroit
West
Middle West
Justice Wheeler to preside as chief in October term
Hartford reports the supreme court will open in the city next Tuesday for the October term. It marks the first session for the new court and the first time Justice George W. Wheeler will preside as chief justice.
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Hartford
Supreme Court
Women Apply For First Citizenship Papers
Alien women begin to apply for their first citizenship papers since the ratification of the women's suffrage act. Clerk Frank Munich of the naturalization court explained that under the law, all unmarried foreign born women must secure papers like foreign born men. If an alien husband has not filed, his wife remains an alien and must make the citizenship application.
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Frank Munich
Naturalization Court
Sill
Bim
Auto chase Ends in Arrest After Violent Road Rampage
A taxi driver, David R. Lloyd of 50 Boston Terrace, was slammed with blows by two men on a running board after a collision with a milk wagon at Maple and William streets. The trio shouted police and murder as Lloyd fled, eventually stopping on Boston Avenue Pembroke Street when a truck blocked the way. Lloyd, charged with reckless driving and evading responsibility, was jailed but released on $50 bond as the case was continued to tomorrow.
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Maple and
William Street
David R. Lloyd
Boston Terrace
Lloyd
Maple Street
Louis Ginsberg
Drew Place
Ginsberg
Second Precinct
Wiliam Street
Huntington Road
Pembroke Street
Boston Avenue
Wilder
Flanagan
Cour
MacSwiney Enters 49th Hunger Strike Day
London report states Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork began the 49th day of his hunger strike. A bulletin from the Irish Self Determination League notes he slept until early morning, showed slight deterioration yet appeared briefly refreshed, and remains in extremely weak condition with virtually unchanged overall health per Home Office report.
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London
MacSwiney
Cork
Irish Self Determination League
Home Office
Polish Troops Take Lida and Capture 4000 Rebels
Warsaw reports Polish General Staff says Polish troops occupied Lida on the northern front, taking 4,000 Russian prisoners. Russians retreating in panic along the front as Lida lies 15 miles northeast of Vilna on key railway lines to Vilna and Petrograd.
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Warsaw
London
Lida
Lidaig
Vilna
Petrograd
Bie
Busmen Hopeful as Ten Cent Fare Looms for Trolleys
At a postponed Public Utilities Commission session in Hartford tomorrow the Connecticut Company is expected to seek approval for a ten cent fare, ending the current six and seven cent charges. Bridgeport jitney operators predict a shift of riders to buses, with plans to buy twenty new buses from Rhode Island Omnibus Company, deliveries slated for October 3 and soon after. Mayor Wilson’s Traffic Commission has not finished its report, delaying formal action and adjournment for a month is anticipated.
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Public Utilities Commission
Hartford
Connecticut Company
Duliies Commission
Wilson
Traffic Commission
Utilities Commission
Fairfield
Devon
Bridgeport
New Haven
Bus Corporation
Rhode Island Omnibus Company
Harry Frank
Park Sity Tus Association
Storrs
Frank
Trafic Commission
Utilites Commission
George Bevans
Utilities Board
Will copy sought to prove doctor Woods estate
Judge Nobbs in Probate court today seeks to prove a missing original will for Dr. Eugene H. Woods who practiced on Fairfield avenue. A 1919 will drawn by Frank R. Munich is lost. a copy annexed to the petition asks destruction of medicines and containers and leaves $5 to stepson George B. Reed. Rest of estate goes to fiancée Mrs Emma K. Pinney, with Pinney and Munich named executors. Five months after the will was drawn Woods and Pinney married. Mrs Pinney seeks admission of the lost will via the boy introduced to court.
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E. P. Nobbs
Eugene H. Woods
Fairfield Avenue
Woods
Frank R. Munich
George B. Reed
Emma K. Pinney
Pinney
Frank P. Munich
New Haven Chamber Votes to Enforce Prohibition
New Haven Sept 30 The New Haven Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution to appoint a committee to advance an effective administration of the prohibition law. The session drew a large crowd including about 30 women and featured a speech by Robert I Deming Connecticut director of Americanization. Col Isaac M Ullman added remarks and the measure passed with amendments.
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New Haven
New Haven Chamber of Commerce
Robert I. Deming
Connecticut
Americanization
Isaac M. Ullman
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Women Attend Seventh Asstret Democrats Meeting In Lawrence
At a lively Main street gathering Gallagher chaired to educate city women Democrats on voting. He noted growing female interest in the coming election and discussion on the League of Nations, with Cornell and Kirk also speaking. A separate case shows Fred Williams charged with liquor DUI, continued by Judge Wilder to October. Ambulance driver Harry Kennedy testified about a disturbance during an ambulance call to Howard Avenue following an accident report.
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Seventh Asstret Democrats
Main Street
Lawrence ‘T. Gallagher
Gallagher
League of Nations
John A. Cornell
William P. Kirk
League
Fred Williams
Howard Avenas Hotel
Wilder
Harry Kennedy
City Ambulance
Williams
Kennedy
Dr. Maxwell
Howard Avenue
Seizures in Bridgeport Face Auto and Whiskey Disposition
The fate of half a million dollars worth of whiskey and other intoxicants seized by Prohibition officers awaits Judge J Ed win S Thomas guidance under the Volstead act. Prohibition Chief McAuliffe stated that judges may order the sale of autos used by bootleggers at public auction as cases proceed, with further disposition of seized vehicles and liquor to be examined in court.
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Haven
Soepity
Bridgeport
J Edwin S. Thomas
United States Court
McAuliffe
Thomas
Michael Ballantine
Sgis
Hartford
Istrict
Cottrell Held in $2,000 Bonds
Coroner John J. Phelan ruled Earl D. Cottrell criminally responsible for Olive Donavan’s death from septic poisoning after an alleged improvised operation. Cottrell was arraigned in City Court with bond set at $2,000. Judge Wilder continued the case to Saturday. Cottrell denies supplying the instrument.
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John J. Phelan
Earl D. Cottrell
Freemont Street
Olive Donavan
William Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Cottrell
Morgan
Wilder
Bonds
Phelan
Frank Holbrook
Weather Report For New Haven And Connecticut Update
Rain and cooler tonight with Friday fair and cooler conditions for New Haven and surrounding areas. Connecticut wide cooler tonight and easing winds as disturbances move southeast along the coast. Severe gales expected on southern and middle Atlantic coasts with high winds and rough seas for shipping.
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New York
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North Atlantic
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Florida
Atlantis
Tai
Ae Hain
Jay
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