French battleship Suffren lost with 730 crew
Paris reports the French battleship Suffren, carrying 730 men and heavy armament, has likely been torpedoed and sunk after leaving port November 24. The vessel, 410 feet long and 70 feet beam, sailed from Brest to Lorient and last served at Dardanelles bombardments before damage and disappearance.
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Caledonia
Paris
Suffren
Minister of Marine
Jost
Lorient
Brittany
Dardanelles
Toulon
Anchor Line Caledonia Sunk in Government Service
London dispatches report the Anchor Line steamship Caledonia of 9223 tons, built in Glasgow in 1904, likely sunk after being commandeered for British government service in 1914. Lloyds agency notes Kelzer and Meteor sunk with crews landed. Kelzer not in records. Caledonia had operated New York Glasgow service. captain Blaikie commanded.
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London
Caledonia
Bross
Lloyds Shipping Agency
Glasgow
Lloyd's Shipping Agency
Kelzer
Meteor
Keltiur
Newcastle
N. B
Queenstown
Philadelphia
New York
Anchor Line
Line
Blaikie
Locomobile Co Plans Ten Building Addition in Ridgeport
Locomobile Co of America seeks about 20000 square feet more floor space in Ridgeport to handle rapidly rising domestic and foreign orders. Officials have discussed manufacture and space needs but have not finalized location. Army truck orders completed, lifting output and prompting plans for enlarged facilities in the near future.
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Locomobile O. of America
Ridgeport
Locomobile Co
New U-Boat Note Possible to Clarify Pledges
Washington reports a new note to Germany on submarine policy may be issued to resolve interpretive differences between Washington and Berlin regarding pledges in the Sussex case. Secretary Lansing says no final action yet. aims to ensure all merchant ships receive warning and crew safety. Affidavits are being gathered on the Palermo sinking with 23 Americans aboard.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
Lansing
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Arabia
Marina
Sussex
Palermo
New Cabinet To Take Up Irish Question At Once
London Dec 8 The Manchester Guardian says Premier Lloyd George may pursue an immediate Irish solution via an imperial conference. A. J. Balfour rumored Foreign Secretary. Lord Robert Cecil to stay as parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs. Reform Club backs Asquith and war effort. Evening News opposes Balfour Cecil pair.
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Lloyd George
London
The
Manchester Guardian
A. J. Balfour
Robert Cecil
Reform Club
Asquith
Evening News
Balfour
Foreign Office
Robert
Man Rescued From Burning Pine Street Bedroom
Snoring in bed as flames engulfed a room at 326 Pine Street, Jacob Cadzen was dragged to the sidewalk by Sergt. Anton Herb and Policeman Byrne before awakening unharmed. The blaze caused about $100 in damage to Cadzen’s residence.
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Pine ST. Man
Jacob Cadzen
Pine Street
Sergt
Anton Herb
Byrne
Girl Who Eloped at Seventeen Seeks Division of Marriage
Adeline Maiello files for annulment from Albert B. Meath in superior court alleging she was 17 when they wed in Darien on Oct 9 1916 and lacked parental consent. She seeks resumption of maiden name. Meath faces prior perjury charges over the license and the criminal case continues.
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Albert B. Meath
Adeline Maiello
G. Constantino Maiello
Meath
Criminal Superior Court
Central Powers Offer Greece Help Toward War Entry
A Rome forwarded despatch reports Germany and Austria offering to open land communications for Greece if it declares war on the Entente. The note comes via a Swiss dispatch to the Wireless Press on December 8. The proposal seeks Greek involvement in a wider conflict.
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London
Switzerland
Rome
Germany
Austria
Greece
Tailor Fights Off Three Robbers In Street Corner Skirmish
Giuseppe Agusta of 130 Willard Street, a small-town tailor known for helping others, repelled three armed youths who attempted to rob him at his shop. He knocked one in the eye and disarmed another, as the trio fled with the third escaping later. detectives seek the suspects.
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Giuseppe Agusta
Willard Street
Agusta
Gerrity
Kane
Heirs of Man of Aliases to Receive Insurance
James Szalapor, killed in a Bullard Machine Tool Co. factory fall, will be the first to receive insurance from the Welfare league. His estate gains about $500 from Bullard. he had bank deposits over $300 across Yonkers Rochester Albany New Haven and Bridgeport and used multiple aliases in various cities. His heirs are unknown and administrators are being sought by Frank Polke and Frank Smith.
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James Zsalapor
Bullard Machine Tool Co
Welfare League
Szalapor
Bullard Company
Frank Polke
Frank Smith
Yonkers
Rochester
Albany
New Haven
Bridgeport
James _ Sculpia
Dumayam Charper
Dominian Scharapo
Jim Fisher
Atlantic Street
Priest In Peril As Candle Fires Mass Vestment
At Sacred Heart Church Father Anselm Mayotte a curate saw his surplus catch fire from a candle during Mass An altar boy helped extinguish the flames as the priest removed the burning garment and returned to continue the service He was uninjured
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New Haven
Sacred Heart R. C
Anselm Mayotte
Mayotte
Revelations of Halliday Life Amaze Society
Detective Holbrook investigates contractor William Halliday and real estate operator Francis Romero over alleged murder attempt at 103 Garfield Ave. The men, prominent in Christian Science, Y M C A circles, and local politics, faced exposure of Halliday’s embezzlement and a fire at 105 Garfield Ave fueling the alleged fatal clash.
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Frank M. Holbrook
William Halliday
Francis Romero
Garfield Avenue
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Halliday
Christian Science Church
Romero
M. C
Main
Gilbert Streets
Hughes
Gilbert
Big Roads Impose Nationwide Rail Embargo on Shipments
Embargo orders ban freight exports from Atlantic ports and restrict eastward shipments beyond Pittsburgh and Marion Ohio. Chicago reports indicate commodities including staple foods wheat and building materials blocked, with congestion cited as the cause. Railroad officials note rampant over-shipments and partial success in reversing cars, while Esper H. Lorenzo Nickerson of New Haven comments on radical action reflecting Atlantic coast congestion.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Pennsylvania Lines
Erie Railroad
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Erie
Marion
Pittsburgh-Marion
Europe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lorenzo
Nickerson
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Bridgeport
Pennsylvania and Erie
Ohio
New England
New Haven
Pensylvania and Erie
Two Firemen Injured In Hose Truck Skid At City Intersection
Two firemen were badly hurt when a large hose truck skidded while rushing to a blaze at Brandegee building in George street. Hoseman James Neary aged 28 and Lieutenant Thomas Reilly aged 34 were thrown from the rear, later treated at hospital. Police and bystanders aided safety as Truck No 1 narrowly avoided a second crash near State and Main as it sped past City Hall.
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Main
Catherine Streets
Freman
James Neary
Sanford Avenue
Thomas Reilly
Lieutenant Engine Co. No. 5
Main and
Brandegee
George Street
Daniel Ryan
John J.halpin
Bank
George Rutherford
John Street
State
Main Streets
Main Street
Box 331
Nicholas Horan
Charles Waters
Middle Street
Congress
Catherine Street
Reilly
Neary
Waters
Capt. Horan
Horan
Daniel E. Johnson
George and
Oak Street
Main St
City Hall
Rutherford
Ryan and
Halpin
State Street
Electrician Rock Dies After Railway Shock in Norwalk
Frederick Rock 23, a rail road electrician, was fatally shocked while working on overhead cables east of Norwalk station. He died at Norwalk hospital after briefly regaining consciousness. his parents sisters and brothers mourn him. He leaves three brothers including William T Rock an electrical contractor.
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Frederick Rock
Norwalk
Rock
Patrick Rock
William Street
Annie Rock
James
Frank
William T. Rock
Rumanians Lose 18000 During Hasty Retreat
Berlin reports eighteen thousand Rumanians retreating from Bucharest region have surrendered to German forces within the last 48 hours. On December 6 a Romanian division capitulated with 8000 men and 26 guns after being forced into battle on the Alt river.
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Berlin
Bucharest
Teuton
War Office
Alt River
Rumania
Carpathians
Galicia
Verdun
Emery Wheel Co to Build New Stratford Factory
Emery Wheel Co plans a new Bridgeport Safety Emery Wheel Co facility on West Broad street Stratford. Work starts Monday. contract held by The Austin Co. Factory size will be 60 by 141 feet, one story high of brick and steel construction.
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Bridgeport Safety Emery Wheel Co
West Broad Street
Stratford
Austin Co
Weather outlook for Connecticut and western Massachusetts
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight followed by rain in Connecticut and western Massachusetts. Saturday brings rain with moderate winds shifting to southeast.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Nolle Bigamy Charge Against Mary Farkas
Judge Burpee in criminal superior court granted a nolle on the bigamy charge against Mary Farkas. She testified she believed her first husband John Farkas was dead when she remarried Stephen Schestyen after learning he was alive. Her son had learned Farkas was alive during a Passaic visit.
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Mary Farkas
Burpee
Criminal Superior Court
Nolle
John Farkas
Passaic
N. J
Stephen Schestyen
Farkas
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Naval Service of
England
Cadzen
Favors
Bullard Co
Christian Science Reader
R.R
East Fees
Verdun Front
Stravina
Trieste
Admiralty
Emery Wheel CO
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