Robbers attack post offices in three towns. chase ends in woods
A gang robbed post offices at Pedrickton Bridgeport and Freder, stealing 250 dollars and stamps and wrecking buildings. A gunfight with farmers ensued near Wennonah. two robbers wounded and captured while a third fled. William McCoy suffered fatal buckshot wounds. a second captured robber expected to die from injuries. A 44 calibre revolver was found on McCoy.
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Camden
N. J
Freder
Pedrickton
Bridgeport
Post Ofice
Postwtice
Brown
William Brown
Woodbury
Wennonah
William McCoy
McCoy
Three Months More Curtailed Cotton Production Stays
Boston March 7 principal New England cotton manufacturers announce continuation of 25 percent curtailment of normal production for another three months after careful market review. They believe extended curtailment prevents surplus rotten goods and avoids shutdowns that hurt stockholders and employees. Also notes secret marriage traditions and a Bristol high school basketball result 28 to 22 against New Haven.
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Boston
New England
Bristol
Marcus
New Haven High
Forecast for Connecticut Calls for Unsettled Weekend
Foreeast for Connecticut caution remarks on colder night and Sunday with fresh westerly winds. Storm earlier yesterday sweeps away east. High pressure moves in from St Lawrence valley bringing pleasant, moderate temperatures in central sections.
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Connecticut
St Lawrence Vailey
Lilley claims graft links in submarine vote inquiry
Washington hearings reveal Congressman George Lilley of Waterbury described pressure from Electric Boat and related attorneys to secure votes for submarine contracts. He implicated Kellogg and cited a Bridgeport manufacturer offering a $20,000 profit for a $3.5 million vote, while Lilley pressed for clarity and delayed action amid committee tensions.
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Washington
George L. Lilley
Rules
Waterbury
Layyer
Electric Boat Company
Lilley
Rules Committee
Dalzell
Congress
Kellogg
Mr Taylor
Tie
Congresman Lilley
Public hearing set for Lilley charges inquiry
The special house committee appointed yesterday to investigate Representative George L. Lilley charges will open to the public. Chairman Boutell said organization is complete and the inquiry will start Monday with daily sessions likely. The panel has no allegations yet and will largely be guided by Lilley’s presentation of his charges.
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Lilley
Williams
Cannon
Washington
Marea Tue Vafsion
House
George L. Lilley
Boutell
Four Die After Gas Incident In Rail Tunnel
Baltimore dispatch reports railroad laborers in a Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel were overcome by gas. Four men died. ten were badly affected and taken to hospitals. others were revived. Three of the dead were negroes.
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Baltimore
March
Pennsylvania
Train Over Embankment Injures Twenty Passengers
Burlington line derailed near Kearney after leaving Kansas City at 7 30 pm. The freight and passenger train plunged over a fifteen foot embankment. Twenty people were injured, four seriously. Russian minister dead. M D Pokouliof, a Russian agent and priestalist, active in China after the Russo Japanese war, influenced policy shifts and financial retrenchment plans in the Far East.
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Kansas City
Pad
Burlington
Chicago
Kearney
Bape
M. D. Pokouilof
Russia
China
Far East
M. Kokovent
Unknown four masted schooner grounds near Pollock Rip Channel
Catham Mass March 7 an unidentified four masted schooner heavily laden bound north went ashore at Beavers shoal near Pollock Rip Lighted channel. A strong south west wind blew as the vessel went too close to the north side of the channel and grounded. A tug with two barges boarded offshore was sent to assist.
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Schoomer
Catham
Mass
Beavers Shoal
Pollock
Anger at Kaiser as Britain accuses William of meddling navy
London reports a public outcry over Emperor William's alleged secret letter to Lord Tweedmouth about naval policy. Lord Tweedmouth, clarified as private, said the correspondence did not reach cabinet. The episode fuels Germanophobia and concern over Britain’s naval future amid wartime tensions.
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London
Emperor William
Kroger
William
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Great Britain
House of Commons
Herbert Henry Asquith
Campbell-Bannerman
Axquith
Foreign Office
Germany
England
Edward
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
Defamation charge against Chancellor Day sparks New York case
The Rev J R Day LL D chancellor of Syracuse University is accused by the Rev George A Cooke of Brandon Vt pastor of a Methodist church of defaming President Roosevelt in a recent book. The charge was presented to Rev Dr Watters Yonkers NY. Cooke claims Day violated church rules. Reports say Day does not view the matter as serious. Also notes a burglar who returned 1.50 and a military court sentence for General Wilhelm von Hebenat.
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York
J. R Day
Syracuse University
Roosevelt
George A. Cooke
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Brandon
Watters
Yonkers
New York
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Day
Cooke
New England
Hinckley G. Mitchell
Boston University
Mitchell
Tix
Syracuse
Prisoner by his wife ends desertion story
Ernest Le Dawson, disillusioned by low pay and caring for his mother, turns himself in at Mishawaka after marrying Bernice Hodges Dawson who urged him to seek forgiveness. He previously served in a Philippines cavalry, then deserted. he faces possible sentencing while a Chicago clergy group plans to attend. In New York, Patrick Mullin, a fire engine driver, sacrifices his own horses to save schoolchildren, swerving onto a sidewalk and toward an iron fence. he is injured but will recover while both horses die.
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Chicago
Russia
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Ross
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
Hull House
Rossauld
Hood
Ernest le Dawson
Port Sheridan
Mishawaka
Ind
Bernice Lodges Dawson
Lawson
Philippines
America
Lnt
Bryan
Obiefe
Miss Hodges
Indiana
Chicuzo
New York
Patrick Mullin
Mullin
Brooklyn
Local Knights of Columbus to Debate 1000 Dollar Mortuary Fund
East Main street hall hosts meeting of K of C councils tomorrow at 4 pm where Attorney John ONeill will argue over ownership of a 1000 dollar mortuary fund created by early members. The fund, once set aside to aid older members, has sparked debate after a Norfolk convention vote to pursue a friendly suit. Connecticut factions expect a victory, and a large turnout is anticipated.
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East Main Street
John O'Neill
Norfolk St
Cilt Haven
J. A. Hynes
O'Neill
Connecticut
Girl Typewriter's Feat for Prince of Wales at Olympia
London March 7 the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Olympia business exposition and watched Miss Rose Fritz of New York typewriter produce 113 words in a minute. The prince admired the sample and asked for her autograph, which she gave before he pocketed the page as a keepsake.
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Prince of Wales
London
Prince and Princess of Wales
Olympia
Rose Fritz
New York
Miss Fritz
Factory to shut for three weeks in Naugatuck
Naugatuck March 7 The Goods year Indian Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co today notified its employees that the factory would shut down for three weeks beginning March 14 for inventory and repairs. Two thousand hands are employed in the factory which has been running on full time for eighteen months.
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Naugatuck
Indian Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co
Wife discovers husband alive after twenty years in Bainbridge
Mrs Emma A Baker of Strawberry Hill Norfolk learns her husband Samuel B Baker is alive. Baker, long believed dead, is a prosperous Bainbridge Georgia businessman and engineer with a construction company. The two are now together.
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South Norwalx
Samuel B. Baker
Emma A. Baker
Strawberry Hill
Norfolk
Bainbridge
Send for a Hallock Fireless Cooker booklet
The ad touts a Hallock Fireless Cooker promising meals planned after supper with no odor or heat in the kitchen. It claims oatmeal ready in five minutes and tender roasts after hours, plus a boiled dinner on hot days without fuel or cooking time. The copy promises satisfaction with no expense or obligation.
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Anna Gould
Associated Press
Prince Helle de Saga
France
John P. Kellogg
Weist
Sherman
J Frost
Holland Or Electric Boat Company
New Willard
Manila
Stephen W. Kellogg
Slep
Taylor
Naval Affairs Committee
Kaiser
Tweedmouth
Henleys
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarsh
William Parker
Chancellor Day
Anderson
Tod
Maret
Joseph Vancamp
Vancamp
Herlin
Wihelm von Hebenat
Het
Bier
Willian
von Hohenee
Marie
Maxtret Harden
Harden-vee Moltke
Leowhet
Boner
Keene
Areh James
Amidon
Astrifle
X. C
Free Masons
Clothieg Basteess
Bat
Army Surreal
oOa
C. Fund
Hasband
Upson
Bank Street
Hampson-Sellen Furniture Co
Glenwood Range Agency
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