British Renew Offensive With Crushing Blow
London reports that after a week’s pause British forces in northern France began a new phase of operations along the Scarpe and near Cambrai. Haig says gains are satisfactory, with Gavrelle and Gremappe captured and hundreds of prisoners taken. French artillery and German counterattacks are noted near Craonne and Lens. Berlin admits limited beachhead losses around Lens and ongoing drumfire and fighting on a wide front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agatn
Trecault
Havrincourt Wood
London
France
Sir Douglas Haig
Scarpe
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Cambrai-St. Quentin
Alene
Ane
Lens
Gavrelle
Hindenberg Line
Gremappe
Berlin
Bridgeport mobilizes seed drive for county food effort
Bridgeport and Stamford pledging to fund a seed stock aimed at 6 000 acres in Fairfield County as part of a wartime food mobilization. The campaign totals $26 000 with $10 000 raised so far, including a large anonymous gift. Edward K. Nicholson will lead the Bridgeport Home Garden effort coordinating school volunteers, space surveys, and plot assignments while tractor plows and hand labor mobilize for large and small plots. Transportation plans under Herman C. Freitman in Stamford advance for countywide cultivation and harvest logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Chamber of Commerce
Stamford
Fairfield County Resources Mobilization Committees
Edward K. Nicholson
Bridgeport Home Garden Committee
United Effort
Connecticut Agricultural College
George Gove
Benjamin H. Rastall
Transportation Committee
Herman C. Fieitman
Bridgeport Automobile Club
The
Red Cross Society
Funeral of Mrs. O Rourke Draws Large Attendees
Mary W., widow of Patrick O Rourke, died Saturday and was honored at a major funeral from St. Augustine's Church. The service featured a high mass of requiem with Rev. Edward V Hayes and a large clergy presence, followed by burial in St. Michael's cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine’s Church
Mary W
Patrick O'Rourke
Robert J. Bowen
William Fitzsimmons
New London
John McCabe
Jewett City
Edward Morrison
Naugatuck
Edward J. Pinakets
Michael Keating
Thomas RP
Mulcahy
T. J. Picker
John J. Conway
A. T. Brisebois
Elizabeth Stanton
Finton Kelly
A. J. Brisebois
J. J. Kennedy
Jerome
Schmidt
Rooke
God
John H. McMurray
James Donahue
Alexander Heaphy
Peter Hall
Charles Bierbaum
Emil Ziebold
St. Michael's Cemetery
After Home for Club Opens at Lyon Homestead
Work started today on altering the Lyon homestead in Golden Hill street for the University club to occupy. The club recently purchased the property and moves from its old quarters opposite on Golden Hill street. The front will be remodeled while most of the rest stays the same, with the Y W C A. remaining in the present quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon
Golden Hill Street
University Club
Club
Battleship New Mexico Launched at New York Navy Yard
The New Mexico, a battleship touted for strong offense and defense, was launched at the New York navy yard as a unit of United States sea power. Forecasts call for fair, cooler weather with moderate westerly and northwesterly winds in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
New York
New York Navy Yard
Deadline set for barred zone in wartime demarcation effort
Military and police join with the United States marshal to mark a half mile alien enemy zone around munitions works this week. Officials in Hartford and New Haven plan surveys and painted warnings on buildings with multilingual notices of the President’s proclamation. Local police await instructions but will cooperate in demarcating zones near Winchester and Marlin plants to prevent inadvertent crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
A. J. Middlebrook
Hartford
John H. Redgate
Smith
New Ha ‘Ven
Winchester
Giants Sell Jim Thorpe to Reds Cincinnati
Cincinnati manager Mathewson announced he acquired Jim Thorpe from the New York Nationals in a straight sale. The price was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giants
Jim Thorpe
REDS
Cincinnati
Manager Mathewson
Cincinnati Nationals
New York Nationals
Porto Rican troops bring here sailors of German vessels
Twenty eight officers and crew of the former German liner Odenwald land Praesedent, seized by the United States in a Porto Rican port, arrived in New York under guard of a Porto Rican regiment. They will be housed with other interned Germans at Ellis Island. Also thirty nine officials of the former Danish West Indies, now U S Virgin Islands, arrived en route to Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Ellis Island
Danish West Indies
United States Virgin Islands
Denmark
Special Policeman Defies Regular Cop
Theodore Schittan a special policeman invited by Edward Neill who rooms at 935 Broad Street to a card game at the lodging house landlady Mrs John Ryan objected and called police Policeman Crowley arrived and Schittan refused to leave showing his badge Then Crowley jailed him and Judge Frederic Bartlett fined the special policeman five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Schittan
Edward Neill
Broad Street
John Ryan
Crowley
Schittan
Frederic Bartlett
Atty Meltzer Sued for Office Rent Over $465 Claim
Joshua Meltzer proprietor of the Hotel Lorraine is sued for 500 by George Wakeman Danbury administrator of Levi J. Sturdevant estate. Meltzer occupied offices at the Sturdevant building and refused to pay a $465 rent bill. Papers filed in common pleas court. Two North avenue parcels owned by Meltzer were attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Meltzer
Lorraine
George Wakeman
Danbury
Levi J. Sturdevant
Meltzer
Sturdevant
Main and
Bank Streets
Common Pleas Court
North Avenue
More Guardsmen Are Called Into Federal Service
Washington April 23 The First regiment of infantry and battery A field artillery New Mexico National Guard were ordered into the federal service for purposes of police protection and duty duties in the nation during a period of heightened security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Field Artillery
New Mexico National Guard
British Foreign Minister Balfour Visits Washington in Cold War Era
British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour and the high commission arrive in Washington for talks on war conduct. Balfour meets Secretary Lansing at the State Department, then at the White House with President Wilson. A cheer from hundreds of officials greets him as press and military aides engage in a day of formal calls and private discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Balfour
High Commission
State Department
Cecil Spring-Rice
Lansing
Hugh L. Gibson
Mr. Lansing
White House
Wilson
Mr. Balfour
Executive Mansion
Army
Navy
War Department
Baker
Bridges
Scott
Naval
Admiral Benson
Roosevelt
War and Navy
Capitol
Marshall
Philips
Gibson
Baufour
Immunity Ends for Germans With Arms in US
Washington April 23 At noon today ended the immunity to Germans possessing arms or munitions and under instructions from the department of justice summary arrests will be made
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department, of Justice
Saugatuck R R Bridge Guards Fired Upon
Military sentinels on duty at the Saugatuck railroad bridges fired at by two pistol shots flashed from the darkness. Guards returned fire, and a patrol searched a wide area along and near the tracks. No arrests made, and an investigation continues. Six men sought in the Fourth company and 23 in the Second company are on duty. supplies and footwear issued to troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saugatuck
Westport
He. A. Beebe
Arthur C. Bennett
Camille Mazdau
Bermiett
Louis R. O'Neill
Locomobile Co
O’neill
State Armory
Hartford
Field Ambulance
John Johnson
Bullard Tool Company expands with new foundries
Bullard Machine Tool Co enlarges production capacity after acquiring Gray Iron Casting Co and Taylor Foundry Co at Black Rock. The deal adds nine acres of land and a small foundry with railroad sidings, adjacent to a planned housing site and Brewster street artery. A. H. Bullard says no immediate plant expansion. site will be used as needed. Purchase handled by T. B. Savoy real estate agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullard Machine Tool Co
Railroad Avenue
Broad
Lafayette Streets
Gray Iron Casting Co
Taylor Foundry Co
Black Rock
Bullard
Brewster Street
Bridgeport Housing Co
A. H. Bullard
T. B. Savoy, Ln
House Lacked Authority to Punish Marshall, Supreme Court Rules
Washington April 28 The house of representatives which left office March 4 last did not have authority to punish United States Attorney H Snowden Marshall of New York for alleged contempt. Marshall is exempt from further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
United States
H. Snowden Marshall
New York
Marshall
Turkey Breaks Relations With United States
Official notice from the Turkish government announced a break in diplomatic relations with the United States. The message originated in Constantinople and was relayed to the American legation in Berne, then forwarded to Secretary Lansing. Ambassador Elkus was indisposed, with Tarler acting for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
State Department
Stovall
Berne
Switzerland
G- Cornell Tarler
Constantinople
Elkus
Lansing
Export Trade in U S Rises Amid U-Boat Threat
Washington April 22 The German submarine campaign has not halted commerce as American exports surged in March to 551,278,000 dollars, a figure surpassed only by the previous January. Exports to American ports reached 270,484,000 dollars, setting a new record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soldiers Improve as Scarlet Fever Quarantine Continues
Privates William Algren and 8? Perry of the artillery at Seaside Park, ill with scarlet fever at the isolation hospital, are reported improving. Matron Cole notes they can sit up and may walk soon, with doctors advising against premature activity. No other cases reported. Health Officer Walter H. Brown inspected nearby camps, finding good sanitary conditions. Contacts are quarantined at the park camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Algren
Perry
Seaside Park
Cole
Walter H. Brown
Death of BR. C. Sprott Shocks Community
Radcliff Evans Sprott a Bridgeport gas exchange officer and Rifle Club member died Saturday night at Bridgeport hospital after six days of meningitis. He was 23 years in city, Yale Sheffield graduate, partner of Harry Sterrett, and active in Brooklawn and University clubs. Funeral 2:30 tomorrow at Road Memorial Chapel Mountain Grove cemetery conducted by Dr. William Horace Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliff Evans Sprott
Gas Appliance Exchange of
Bridgeport
Sprott
Bridgeport Rifle Club
Gas 'Appliance Exchange Co
John R. Sprott
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Harry L. Sterrett
Gas Appliance Exchange Co
Two Regiments of Home Guards Likely In Fairfield County
Fairfield County expects the muster of local Home Guard companies this week under Lieut.-Col. Cronan as mustering officer. Two regiments may form, with 65 enlisted men and three officers per unit, while transfers and assignments fill ranks. Companies A to D to drill at the armory tomorrow night and Company G to drill at St. John’s Hall Pembroke Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen P. Cronan
Wilson
Robinson
Fairfield
Third Barred Zone Established in East Bridgeport
Police and National Guard sweep Hallett and Wil lard streets in East Bridgeport establishing a half mile security ring around the American and British Co plant. The search covers Hallett street south of the viaduct to Goodwin and extends toward East Main, with Pembroke Street contested as a possible western limit. Armed houses yield fewer weapons than other districts, while residents include Italians Hungarians Poles Lithuanians Austrians and Jews as the operation continues from 7 this morning into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
American & British Co
East Washington Avenue
Hallet Street
Hallett and
Willard Streets
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Remington Arms
Hallett Street
Washington Avenue
Hallam Street
Willard
Goodwin Street
East Main Street
Pembroke Street
Bankers Confer With Secretary McAdoo on 7 Billion Bonds
Treasury department officials began today a series of conferences with financial institutions about the forthcoming 7 000 000 000 bond issue. Secretary McAdoo and Gov. Harting of the federal reserve board met with investment brokers and New York bond house representatives to discuss details. Delegations from Chicago Philadelphia and Boston are expected to confer this week. Banks subscribing to the first treasury certificates under the war finance measure were notified that the first call for proceeds would be made next Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Gov
Harting
Federal Reserve Board
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Treasury
Divorce petitions seek alimony and cruelty claims
Sylvia Mora of this city seeks a $2500 alimony in a divorce from Peter Mora alleging intolerable cruelty. They reportedly married May 28 1910 and Mora’s maiden name was Sylvia Mat. A second filing by Nellie Bogardus Bennett of Danbury seeks divorce from Harry Bennett of this city alleging intemperance and cruelty. they married July 29 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Mora
Peter Mora
Mora
Slyvia Mat
Nellie Bogardus Bennett
Danbury
Harry 8. Bennett
Australian pugilist Les Darcy enlists in U S Army air corps
In Memphis on April 23 Les Darcy the Australian boxer, barred from fighting in the United States due to being charged as a slacker, enlisted today in the United States Army Air Corps reserve at the Memphis training camp. A proposed Bashan harbor project drew input from multiple yacht clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Les Darcy
Reserve Aviation Corps
United States Army
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Paris
War Office
Hast
Craonne
C. OF C
O’rourke
Wiather
Atty. Meltzer
Saugatuck R. R
Bullard Tool Company
Taylor Foundry
House
Turkey
U.S
BR. C. Sprott Shocks
Home Guards
Fairfield County
Bashan Harbor
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