Europe Longing for Peace Says Dr Scheidemann
Berlin dispatch reports Dr. Scheidemann Socialist and Reichstag speaker urging peace while praising troops. He warned war grows sanguinary, nations seek end, called for peace negotiations and unity to secure victory and necessary territorial extents, with faith in God and nation’s strength.
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Europe
DR. Scheidemann
Reichstag
Germany
Berlin
Scheidemann
Rethmann-Hollweg
Jonger
Peter Systn
Ne Relea
Ua Fe
Admiraate
Hoke Smith Urges Congress to Stop British Ship Seizures
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia urged Congress to act against British seizures of neutral ships. He argued Britain violates neutral rights and that the United States must uphold freedom of the seas. He cited Bermuda and Springbok cases, insisting the U S is not Britain’s dependency and must press for true neutrality.
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Hoke Smith
Congress
Washington
Georgia
Senate
Great Britain
United Tes
Smith
United States
United States Supreme
Bermuda
Springbok
Great
Ben
Anid Sen
Allies to Withdraw in Serbia Reported
Berlin reports the Anglo French Balkan expedition has retreated and fully evacuated Serbian territory. A Reuters despatch via Salonika quotes the French general staff on the Balkans. Also notes Grey and Kitchener meeting President Poincare in Paris. A Danish vessel Minsk has been sunk off London with crew saved. ship gross 1,229 tons, Copenhagen owned.
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Berlin
Balkans
London
Saloniki
Balkan
Kitchener
Poincare
Paris
Sir Edward Grey
Earl Kitchener
Cabiinet
Minsk
Copenhagen
Blythe
Eng
French cruiser fires on U S ship in Puerto Rico incident
In San Juan Porto Rico on December 10 the French cruiser Des cartes fired four blank shots and two solid shots at the American steamship Coama. A French lieutenant said orders were issued to remove Germany and allied ships crews from passengers starting December 13 after December 9.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Descartes
Coama
Alleae
Germany
Aloe
Methodists to Sell Church for Major Hotel Project
Trustees signed options to convey the First Methodist Church at Fairfield avenue and Broad street to a large hotel syndicate. A ten story fireproof hotel is planned on the site, while the church, a longtime New England Methodist center since 1822, will be torn down. The deal centers on a roughly $125,000 property value with hotel groups seeking multiple nearby parcels and frontage along Fairfield avenue.
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Methodist
Fairfield Avenue
Broad Street
United States
Methodist Church
Methodist Society
New England
T. C. Wordin
Edward Spargo
Wilson
McGahey
Robert D. Martin
Broad
Elm Streets
Bntry Field Avenue
Mance
Chinen Spees
Jesse Lee
Stratfeld
Errodist Sociey
Aoden Black
Main
State Streets
John Newtown Maffett
Bridgeport
Nathaniel Ruggles
Benjamin Penfield
Agur. Bassett
Richard Fuller
Stephen Duran
Red Tape in Sale of Seeleys' Tract to Joseph Frisbie
Joseph P. Frisbie, president and treasurer of Frisbie Pie Co., bought part of the Seeley tract in Brooklawn with frontage on Brooklawn avenue, Sterling place and Dewey street. Deed stamps show $7,000 paid. building must be residential only with a minimum cost of $18,000 and a 20 foot setback from the sidewalk on Sterling place. He plans a home near the parade grounds but a start date is not known. The Seeley heirs are Gertrude B., Robert C., and Frank E. Seeley of Bridgeport and Harry S. Seeley of Waterbury.
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Joseph P. Frisbie
Frisbie Pie
Seeley
Brooklawn
Avenue
Frisbié
Brooklawn Avenue
Sterling Place
Dewey Street
Gertrude B
Robert C
Frank E. Seeley
Bridgeport
Harry S. Seeley
Waterbury
Frisbie
Government printing office work presses on bills
Washington reports the government printing office is running day and night to complete printing the flood of bills from the House. The task is expected to finish tomorrow.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
Bridgeport Savings Bank to Replace Five Story Block
Bridgeport Savings Bank announced plans to raze its five story brick building at State and Main and the adjoining 150 61 State Street property to construct a one story banking edifice. The bank expects completion and occupancy by summer 1916, with temporary quarters in the Court Exchange building during reconstruction.
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Samuel M. Hawley
Bridgeport Savings Bank
State
Court Exchange
Broad
State Street
Main Street
Platt-Ritch
Baer Brothers
Bank Y
Savings Bank Grone
Western
Connecticut
George Sterling
Water Street
Water
Max Blumberg
Shore
Wall Street
State and
Main Streets
Joseph Banks
Poll Sterling
Sherman
Sterling
Smith Tweedy
David O
Wheeler
Lemuel Coleman
Thomas Sterling
Higby
Edmund S. Hawley
Bridgeport's Yearly Building Boom Tops Eight Million
Bridgeport records show building permits totaling 8,177,220 dollars through early December 1915. Most is factory construction by Remington plants, with expectations the year may near nine million as December permits are issued. The year’s total already surpasses all prior Bridgeport building activity.
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Bridgeport
Office
the Board of Building Commissioners
Remington
Three Die As Flames Raze Home In Tylerville Conn
In Tylerville Connecticut a family of three, Joseph Ball, his wife, and their 18 year old son Jacob, died in a house fire near the Tylerville Camp Ground. The bodies were found in the ruins hours later the man near the door the wife farther away and the son in the cellar after the floor collapsed. Medical Examiner L J Loewe said Ball seemed to have tried reaching the door but was suffocated by smoke. It is believed the fire started from a wood fire left burning in the stove overnight.
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Tylerville
Conn
Joseph Ball
Jacob
Ball
L. J. Loewe
Haddam
President Wilson Welcomed by Columbus Crowd
President Wilson arrived in Columbus at 8 45 p m to deliver two addresses and attend a public reception in the state capitol rotunda He was greeted by a cheering gathering at the railroad station and along the route To the hotel he was escorted by guards soldiers and National Guardsmen A negro footman opened his car door at the hotel lobby and bouquets were presented The day included lunch with the Columbus Chamber of Commerce a capitol reception by Franklin County Democrats and a Church of Christ in America meeting He plans to depart for Washington later in the day.
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Columbus
Wilson
State Capitol
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forester
William P. Tracy
Senator Pomerone
Representative Brumbaugh
President
Ohio
Tumulty
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Temple
Franklin County Democratic Orgaization
Church of Christ In America
Washington
Rockville Judge Fahey to Address AOUW Reception
Judge John E. Fahey of Rockville will speak as grand master workman of the Connecticut and New York jurisdiction at a reception in this city on Tuesday December 14. The event marks his first official visit in the role, with an entertainment and banquet planned. Committee members include Thomas D. Reid Felix S. Meigs Harry Nichols D W DeLaney Walter R. Dorr and Charles J. O Neil. England spent sixty million dollars on horses in the United States from the start of the war to July.
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John B. Fahey
Rockville
Connecticut
New York
Order of
United Workmen
Farrenledge
Fahey
Hartford
Thomas D. Reid
Felix S. Meigs
Harry Nichols
D. W. DeLaney
Walter R. Dorr
Charles J. O'Neil
Romance on High Seas Leads to Bridgeport Marriage
The romance began on an Atlantic liner when Heinrich Froemke, fourth officer on the Hamburg-American Pennsylvan ia, fell ill and was forced to return to the United States. He secured Miss Bertha Klagges of 1485 Park Avenue as his bride after their long courtship. Froemke, a Hamburg native, has a history of ocean liner service and wed in Bridgeport about three weeks ago. His gastric illness required surgery at Galen Hospital, with Dr. J. W. Wright and friend Herman Duesing overseeing the care.
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Heinrich Froemke
Froemke
Bertha Glagges
Park Avenue
United States
Galen Hospital
Fréoemke
Hamburg
Atlantic
Bridgeport
J. W. Wright
Hermann Duesing
Husband Accused Wife Cruelty Leads to Divorce
In Superior Court Clarm Bell Gloyd testified that Augustus H. Gloyd kicked her into a cellar for coal and shouted the fatal line I wish to God you were dead. She said cruelty began after their 1910 marriage and included an incident on stairs and repeated abuse forcing two surgeries. She left in 1914 and Judge Case granted the divorce.
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Augustus H. Gloyd
Clarm Bell Gloyd
Gloyd
Spile Slips Strikes Workman at Bridgeport Brass Dock
John Tassi aged 40 of 639 Housatonic Avenue narrowly escaped serious injury when a 60 foot spile slipped from a groove at the Bridgeport Brass Co Union branch on Housatonic Avenue just before noon. It struck his forehead causing a scalp laceration and possible concussion.
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John Tassi
Housatonic Avenue
Sound Steamer Disabled After Propeller Blade Stroke
The Colonial line steamer Concord parted from New York for Boston when a propeller blade was struck and damaged, forcing a return to port. Passengers will sail on another line ship later today.
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New York
Colonial Line
Concord
Boston
Bridgeport Building Permits Exceed Previous Two Years
The calendar year shows permits for buildings estimated to cost over 3.7 million in 1914, with total estimates for the year far surpassing 1913 and 1914 combined. Weekly and monthly totals detail the fluctuating numbers, including a peak week of April with 1.1 million in permits. The building department anticipates upwards of eight and a half million dollars in permits by year’s end, reflecting major factory additions and new business blocks in Bridgeport.
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Busic
Bridgeport Brass Co
Tte
Harvey Hubbell
Dersen Co
Main Street
Bridgeport
Wwe
Weather Summary Forecast for Saturday
The forecast calls for fair and continued clear skies, with increasing cloudiness and possible snow later Saturday. Strong northwest winds are expected, decreasing later. Temperatures remain mild into the day with a chance of light accumulations if precipitation occurs.
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Lake Yards
Robert McAllister
Clara Williams
Tillman
Naval Affairs Committee
John E. Fahey
A.O.U.W
England
Bertha Klagges
Spile
Groove
Workman
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