PLEA IN BEHALF OFRISH CLAIMS MEASURE IN HOUSE PROPOSES NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR LOWER MIDDLESEX COUNTY
In Hartford on January 28 the general assembly adopted measures including a proposed new judicial district for Lower Middlesex County and street railway control items. The Senate discussed raising chief and associate justices’ salaries, street railway maintenance duties, and civil penalties for nonpayment fines. A flood of petitions opposed Morrison school code and support for federal prohibition, with multiple measures and appropriations listed.
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Lower
Middlesex County
H. J
Hartford
General Assembly
America
Great Britain
Wilson
of State
Washington
Senate
Rogers
Manchester
House
Supreme Court
Public Utilities Commission
New Haven
Norwalk
New London
Plainville
Bristol
Huntington
Waterbury
William M. Cook
Hamdencourt
Ort Griswold
Groton
Fairfield
Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Wide Range of Budget and Charter Bills
The sequence of measures includes raising Wallingford court judge pay to 900 with 100 for clerical help, boosting Litchfield County State’s Attorney to 3000, allowing large towns seven selectmen, lifting succession tax on 250000 for Morton F Plant at Connecticut College for Women, plus 120000 for a Willimantic normal school dormitory. Other actions sanction armories in Middletown and Wallingford, set work limits for under 16 in factories to nine hours daily and fifty per week, and create Saybrook judicial district with a 2000 judge.
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Wallingford
Litcheld County
Morton F. Plant
Connecticut College For Women
Willimantic Normal School
Stamford Gas & Electric Co
Ding
Supreme and Court
Portland Building Co
Connecticut Hospital For
Middletown
Naugatuck
St. Mary’s Hospital
Waterbury Hospital
Waterbury
Washington Street
Norwalk
State Guardamien
Norwalk Hospital
Saybrok
Chester
Saybrook
Essex
Old Saybrook
West Ir Killingworth
Lyme
Wth
Martial Law Proclaimed in Clonmel and Cashel Ireland
Exclusive dispatch reports martial law in Clonmel South Tipperary and strengthened garrisons at Cashel. Killygoron raiders searched homes for arms as Sinn Fein faces internal divisions and a potential shift toward a moderate party within a year. The Daily Express notes church and Sinn Fein opposition to violence and a British policy seen as aiding Sinn Fein gains.
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International News Service
London Daily Express
London
Clonmel
Sinn Fein
Daily Express Today
Ireland
Sinn
Packers Inquiry highlights 1918 profits and surplus claim
Washington hearing on meat industry profits cites Senator Norris’s charge that 84 million dollars shown as surplus actually reflects excess profits. Swift testifies to 21 million in 1918 profits and 11.2 percent return on capital, opposing Kendrick bill centralizing meat regulation under the agriculture secretary.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Louis F. Swift
Francis J. Heney
Senate Agricultural Committee
Swift
Food Administration
House Committee
Swift & Co
Secretary of Agriculture
Bold Apache Trick in Paris Gas Raid Causes Deaths
Paris reports an Apache deception at Bolivar station during a 1918 air raid led to mass panic and trampling deaths. Authorities say 75 people mainly women and children died as stink bombs and gas cries drew crowds to exits while bandits robbed victims. Overall 206 killed and 392 wounded in Paris 1918 air raids.
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Paris
Bolivar
Germans Recapture Schoernlanke From Poles in Posen
German forces in Posen province reclaim Schoernlanke after a furious battle as Poles advance toward Riesengebirge on the Austrian frontier, according to a dispatch from a German source dated January 28.
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The
Hague
Posen
Prussia
Schoernlanke
Riesengebirge Mountain
Troop Transport Docks Arrive in New York City
New York on January 28 reports the United States transport Minnesota and the Galesburg docking today. The Minnesota carried nine officers of the American Expeditionary Force from Marseilles and the Galesburg brought one officer and twenty four Negro privates onboard.
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New York
United States
Minnesota
Galesburg
Marseilles
Royalists Fail In Portugal Uprising
London reports royalist forces in Portugal have failed completely as the Chronicle relays the latest news on the abortive uprising and its outcome.
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Portugal
London
Chronicle
Fairfield County Officials Elected and World War Memorial Bill
The record notes electing Frank E. Bullard and Charles H. Hart as Fairfield county commissioners. It lists multiple judgeship resolutions received in the house with named judges and deputies from cities including Stonington Bridgeport Rockville Berlin Wallingford and others. A bill was introduced to authorize the highway department to set out a memorial to World War deceased soldiers.
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Frank E. Bullard
Charles H. Hart
Fairfield County
House
F. J. Hinckley
L. B. Fairbrother
Stonington
Frederick Bartlett
F. L. Wilder
Bridgeport
J. E. Fisk
J. E. Fahey
Rockville
G. E. Griswold
E. M. Mildrum
Berlin
O. H. D. Fowler
H. L. Davis
Wallingford
F. E. Latimer
Highway Department
Tax Returns Date Set to April 1
Washington reports the final date for tax returns will be postponed to April 1 due to delays in enacting the 1919-20 revenue law. Conferees reached agreement on most disputed points, enabling rapid printing of forms, with minor issues to be resolved soon. Administrative guidance for taxpayers to follow after the law becomes effective is expected.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Government Printing Office
Senate
House
Thomas
District of Columbia
Canadian Soldiers Turn Aliens Out
Winnipeg report says troops just returned from the front chased aliens through the city smashed a labor agency and compelled many plants to promise alien displacement within three days. The Swift Canadian plant at Elmwood was visited after a near riot and a manager mayor and General Ketchen supported the pledge. Soldiers forced aliens to kiss the Union Jack.
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Winnipeg
Swift Canadian Co
Elmwood
Ketchen
Portsmouth girl Spirited Away May Be Kidnapped Again
Mrs. J E Zirkelbach of Waltham Mass reports her daughter Mary Cummings, once abducted from Portsmouth New Hampshire six years ago and later rescued from Greek captors, has vanished again. Her mother believes a new kidnapping occurred as searches from Ridgeway Illinois to Portsmouth failed to locate her.
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Waltham
Mass
J. E. Zirkelbach
Portsmouth
N. H
Laney Bridge
Ridgeway
Mary Cummings
Pollock Announces Ocean Freight Rates Cut on Cotton
Senator Pollock of South Carolina after a hearings with shipping board members said ocean freight rates to Europe from South Atlantic ports would fall from 22.50 to 6.50 per bale and from Gulf ports from 23.50 to 7.50. He added European buyers would pay more for the cotton, likely lifting cotton price by about three cents per pound.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Pollock
South Carolina
Europe
South Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Change of Venue in B R T Manslaughter Case
In New York on January 28 Justice Callaghan granted a change of venue to Nassau County for six Brooklyn Rapid Transit officials and employees indicted for manslaughter over the fatal wreck of November 1.
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B. R. T. Case
New York
Nassau County
Justice Callaghan
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Relief Mission Arrives in Hamburg via The Hague
An Anglo American relief commission arrived in Hamburg via The Hague. Germans were warned against profiteering in food supplies received by the Allies.
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Hamburg
Hague
Nationwide textile strike threats hit New England mills
Lawrence mass printers and textile workers plan a February 3 eight hour workday and then quit, demanding a 48 hour week with current wages. Thousands across New England and New York state anticipate action, with unions pressing for a conference and Massachusetts considering a 48 hour bill while mills oppose reductions.
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Lawrence
Mass
Lowell
Fall River Salem
Blackstone Valley
Rhode Island
Biddeford
Saco
New England
Manchester
N. H
New Bedford
American Federation of Labor
Textile Workers of America
New York State
Massachusetts
State
Senate
House
Northeast
United Textile Workers of America
German peace mission names Bernstorff and Lichnowsky
Berlin via Copenhagen January 28 reports that Count von Bernstorff and Prince Lichnowsky will join Germany's peace commission. Earlier notices claimed Bernstorff was blocked while Brockdorff-Rantzau would serve.
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Berli
Copenhagen
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Prince Lichnowsky
England
Germany
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Denmark
Bernstorff
Shipping Rates Cut To Britain By Board
The Shipping Board announced cuts in ocean freight to Great Britain averaging two thirds in many cases. Rates align with British levels and remain just above prewar figures. A further reduction to prewar bases is expected within weeks. Cotton waste is priced at one dollar per hundred pounds, signaling cotton itself may approach that level.
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Washington
Great Britain
Shipping Board
Gillespie dies in New York. Waterside mills proprietor
Frederick Richard Gillespie died this morning at his New York home on West 8th Street. He owned Waterside mills in Stamford and spent summers here. His brothers Richard, Kiam and Edward once owned the Weekly Advocate. Edward is now the sole surviving brother.
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Stamford
Frederick Richard Gillespie
New York
West 8Th Street
Waterside
Richard
Kiam
Edward
Weekly Advocate
Gillespie
New York Jan Treasury Debit Figures Released
New York report shows sub treasury debit figures with exchanges totaling 702 million and ancillary balances around 58.9 million. The statement lists 279,575 as a separate debit amount and notes other financial movements during the period.
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New York
Jan
Odenti House
165 000 Out In Belfast Strike
London reports 165000 non strikes on the Clyde in Wales and at Belfast as of today, reflecting widespread industrial action across key shipping and port areas. The tally covers shipyards and related sectors, with observers noting significant participation and regional disruption.
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Belfast
London
Clyde
Wales
Wadsworth lauds doughboy heroism amid equipment shortages
Senator Wadsworth of New York praised the American doughboy for winning the war during a Senate speech. He noted shortages and reliance on French and British equipment, with three of fourteen pursuit squadrons in the St Mihiel attack being American, and most tanks and guns supplied by France. He lauded allied support and the soldiers’ courage, patience, and initiative amid hardships.
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Washington
Wadsworth
York
Senate
France
Pershing
St. Mihiel Salient
White slave charge against Willimantic man in Hartford court
George H. Patnode of Willimantic faced a Mann White Slave Act charge in U S court in Hartford. Bonds set at 5000 dollars, case continued to Thursday for counsel. Patnode warned he may refrain from speaking. his wife and eldest son attended bail proceedings as Gladys Hansen, the alleged companion, is said recovering.
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Hartford
George H. Patnode
Willimantic
United States
Richard F. Carroll
United States Court
Patnode
Carroll
Crosby
Gladys Hansen
Pat Node
Pathode
Sinn Fein policy doomed, says Irish leader Dillon
London audience reports Irish nationalist John Dillon declares in a public letter that Sinn Fein faces defeat. He argues the recent general election does not reflect Irish will any more than Britain's vote shows a swing against Lloyd George’s Irish policy.
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London
Sinn
Market Quotes for Spelters and East St Louis Lead
New York reports lead and spelter price offers with East St Louis and spot January through April figures. Prices show January at 550 for lead and 665 for spelters, February around 540 and 66 respectively, March 535 and 655, April 650 for spelters.
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New York
East St. Louis
Reds Murder 300 At Libau in Baltic Bloodshed
Amsterdam dateline reports Bolsheviks killed about 300 civilians in Libau and a comparable number at Dorpat. The Berlin dispatch also says German volunteers aided in defeating the Reds at Wesenburg.
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Libau
Amsterdam
Dorpat
Berlin
Wesenburg
Six More Transports Sail for Home
Washington January 28 Roughly seven thousand American troops will return as six more transports sail for the United States General March chief of staff announced today.
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Washington
United States
General March
Anarchists Issue Threatening Circulars in New England
Circulars signed by The American Anarchists threaten deportation laws and dynamite if immigration measures pass. Across Bridgeport Brockton and Stamford police investigate widespread handbills calling for blood and fire and warning that deportation will not stop the coming storm.
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Bridgeport
New England
United States
Phonograph Wilson
Brockton
Mass
Conn
Stamford
Daily Advocate
Wilson Removes Near Beer Ban
Washington reports that restrictions on brewing near beer are lifted by a presidential proclamation issued in Paris dated January 23. The food administration cautions that the law takes effect only after the U.S. seal is affixed by the state department and manufacturers should not act until formal effectiveness. The prior near beer restrictions had been in place since December 1 as a food conservation measure.
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Washington
Wilson
Paris
Food Administration
United States
State Department
Pershing to Testify on Permanent Military Policy
Washington reports no decision will be made on permanent U S military policy before General Pershing and his aides return from abroad. Pershing and President Wilson travel to the United States next month and will be summoned to the senate military affairs committee to state their views on universal military training and a national general staff. Senator Wadsworth said Congress cannot best legislate on these issues until Pershing shares his experiences.
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Washington
United States
General Pershing
Senate
Pershing
Wilson
Senate Committee
Congress
Senator Wadsworth
Military Affairs Committee
Hurley Coming Home from Paris on Leviathan
Edward Nash Hurley, chairman of the American Shipping Board, says the United States will build and maintain a large merchant marine to avoid reliance on other nations. He notes near unanimity for a strong shipping program and plans to study conditions upon returning home aboard the Leviathan.
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Shipping Board
Paris
Edward Nash Hurley
American Shipping Board
America
Leviathan
United States
Hurley
Allies issue ultimatum to Turkey over Armenian and Greek terror
Saloniki dispatch reports the allies have urged Turkey to instantly end attacks on Armenians and Greeks. The Tewfik Pasha cabinet resigned following the entente move, and a reorganized ministry is promised. The allies demand restoration of seized Armenian and Greek property.
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Saloniki
Greece
Turkey
Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Entente
Lenine In Hamburg
Nicholas Lenine the Bolshevik premier in Russia has travelled to Hamburg where he ordered the Reds to recapture Narva and to massacre most of the populace according to a Reval report today.
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Copenhagen
Nicholas Lenine
Russia
Hamburg
Narva
Reval
Wilson plan 10 be announced in days Paris dispatch
Paris reports President Wilson will unveil a new league of nations plan within a day or two. The plan aims to reconcile European input with American ideas, with Col. E. B. House likely to outline details. Russia remains central to his peace strategy and Moscow's stance could trigger broader actions. The inter allied council met as committees push to finish preliminaries by mid March for a conference by April.
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Paris
Wilson
League of Nations
White House
EB. M. House
Europe
Thermore
Ah American Commission
United States
Wison
Russia
Moscow
Princes’ Island
Lloyd George
Tchicherin
Inter-Allied Council
Foreign Office
Germans With Big Airplanes Hit by New Gotha Craft
Paris reports Germany’s new feisenflugzeugen exceed the British Handley Page in size being over 160 feet wingspan. The giant biplane carries five motors and propellers, three front tractors and two pushers, with a 600 mile range and nine crew plus three tons of payload.
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Paris
Germany
Feisenflugzeugen
Berlin
Handley-Page
Portugal forms new cabinet after monarchist movement
Washington reports a new Portuguese cabinet formed today with Josse Relvas as premier and minister of public education Edgar Moniz as foreign affairs minister Albert Silvera as war minister Carlos Maya as colonies minister and George Nunes as minister of agriculture provisioning. The cabinet was created after the monarchist movement led to the resignation of the previous government.
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Washington
Portugal
Asa
Josse Relvas
Edgar Moniz
Albert Silvera
Carlos Maya
George Nunes
Coset
France to back Finland independence with Britain
From Helsingfors advices in Stockholm on January 28 Finland is to gain independence with support from Great Britain. The message notes Helsinki as Finland’s capital and mentions rapid transit as a train of thoughts rather than a real thing.
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Finland
Stockholm
France
Great Britain
Helsingfors
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U. S
Lichnowsky
Britain
Frederick R. Gillespie
Clearing House
U. S. Army
Willimantic Man
Dillon
K President
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