Charities Dept Plans General Reorganization
The Charities Commission proposes a wide reorganization with two women to be hired as investigators under Morissey and a shift away from three city physicians to a single visiting doctor stationed at the police charities building. The Lakeview budget rises slightly for new facilities and workshops. The department faces an estimated end-year deficit of 3000 to 10000 and will keep 1915 requisition near last year’s 137,586 figure.
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Charities Commissioners
Department
Stema
Board of
Police Charities
Bief
Department of Investigation and Relief
Morissey
Bividtown
Lakeview
Iret
David B.wason
Charles J. Leverty
Arthur Imgeonur
Mrs Burgess Faithful Nurse Dies After Pneumonia
Mrs. Burgess a devoted nurse to her husband Tweedie Burgess dies after a brief illness with pneumonia at the family home on 22% East Main street. Tweedie Burgess, a 50 year old carpenter injured four years ago, survives with their son William and daughters Florence and a sisterhood of relatives. The obituary notes her devout church attendance and service as a stenographer for A W Burritt Co. and references a separate line about a police band and a governor-elect Wiltmen.
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East Main“street
Tweedie A. Burgess
Acme Shear Company
Tweedie
Easton
Eine’s
William
Plorence
A W. Burritt Co
Edward H
Charles B
Sullivan seeks full investigation of official record
American Minister Sullivan at Santo Domingo cables the White House offering to meet any definite charge. He asks for a rigid examination of all his public or private acts and denies any interest beyond serving his government amid sinister influences seeking to exploit him.
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Washington
Sullivan
Santo Domingo
White House
Bryan
Seven Horses Burned in $5,000 Stratford Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed James Nechols stables on Honey Spot road near Avon Avenue Stratford early today. Seven horses perished, with total losses around $5,000 including horses, harness, and a $2,000 building loss. Stratford Fire Department responded quickly after the blaze, discovered about 2 30 this morning.
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Stratford
James Nechols
Spot Road
Avon Avenue
Stratford Fire Department
Bie
Nechols
Stratford Op
Judson
Boy Ezra Dearborn Testifies In Brother's Divorce Case
An 11 year old Ezra Dearborn testified in the divorce suit of Bertha Dearborn vs Ervin Dearborn before Judge Burpee. Ezra, a Prospect street pupil, said he saw his brother with May Masden in Norman street and that Masden lived with them for months. The judge asked for more corroboration and adjourned the case for one week.
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Ezra Dearborn
Bertha Dearborn
Ervin Dearborn
May Masden
Mrs. Dearborn
Burpee
Dearborn
Burr and Knapp Case Set for Hearing Tomorrow
A hearing in the Burr and Knapp bankruptcy case will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the county courthouse before Referee John W. Banks. Trustee John C. Chamberlain will move to sell parts of the firm’s property and seek approval for agreements with Bridgeport Trust Co on building notes. Negative protests from minority creditors are not expected unless private sale is used. Washington weather predicts cold conditions with below freezing in many areas for the next 36 hours.
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Burr & Knapp
County Court House
John W. Banks
John C. Chamberlain
Trustes
Bridgeport Trust Company
Chamberlain
Washington
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Lane's Fortune Gone Relatives Seek Inquiry Into Death
The funeral of Harry Lane, a former New England pugilist and hotel operator, sparks a wider probe into his death and rumored wealth. Police and Elks officials in Bridgeport, Portland, and Alaska await clues as details of his perilous Alaska gamble, the sale of his hotel, and the fate of his fortune emerge from letters and reports.
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Harry Lane
New England
Northwest
Park Cemetery
Bridgeport
Birmingham
Lane
National Organization
San Francisco Examiner
Far Worth
Arctic Circle
Alaska
Portland
Oregon
Six Lane
Nome
Annaband
Clara
Chena Pass
Alaskia
East
Aly
San Francisco
Alaskan
Walker & Banks
Bridgeport Lodge
Earl H. Kenyon
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Hiks
Elks
Lodge
The
John Shea
Thomas J. Youngs
John Lynch
Anna Lane
New York City
Louis Beuhl
Jamaica
L. I
William Haberle
Adam Steinsbach
Hugo Heyse
Funeral Services for Representative Serena E Payne
Washington December 11 funeral services for the late Representative Serena E Payne will be held Sunday at 10 30 a m in the hall of the House of Representatives No such services have been held there since the death of Representative Nelson W Dingley
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Washington
Serena E. Payne
House of Representatives
Nelson W. Dingley
Weather Outlook Mostly Clear and Cold
The forecast calls for clear skies with a drop in temperature tonight and into Saturday. Pleasant daytime conditions give way to chilly nights, with frost possible in rural areas and light winds.
Czar Takes Front As German Army Reaches Near Warsaw
German forces push within 15 miles of Warsaw as Russian and Polish reports suggest possible evacuation. Emperor Nicholas and Petrograd sources weigh the city’s fate while British naval actions and global reactions unfold.
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Czar
Warsaw
Poland
Nicholas
Petrograd
Germany
Admiralty
Berlin
South Atlantic
Dresden
Straits of Magellan
William
France
Belgium
Dover
Norway
Sweden
War News Conflicting German and Allied Claims Across Fronts
Reports from Paris and Berlin show divergent statements on Belgian and French fronts. French sources claim several German attacks were repulsed near Ypres and trenches reclaimed, while Berlin notes gains in Flanders and progress near the Argonne. East Prussia and Cracow remain unchanged with no decisive news.
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Berlin
Argonne Forest
Postmen to Refuse Insecurely Wrapped Parcels
Postmaster General orders stricter parcel post control. Local post office warns the public that parcels with improper wrapping or contents likely to damage others will be refused or confiscated. Postmasters must judge wrap quality and cannot accept moisture stained or odorous packages.
Letters of Other Women Spark Divorce Cases in City Court
Hattie Armstrong was granted a divorce from William Armstrong by Judge Burpee on grounds of desertion alleged August 4, 1910. She found letters from other women and recalls his reply to her remonstrance. The couple married May 8, 1906. A separate case, Pancrazio Buccio versus Emily Bucolo, was dismissed for insufficient evidence despite witnesses about Mrs Bucolo's Madison Avenue apartment. Sophy Jacob obtained a divorce from Stephen Jacob on grounds of infidelity. they wed August 1912. A new Italian military biplane designed to lift 3,300 pounds and fly 25 hours was tested successfully at Milan.
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Hattie Armstrong
Wiliam Armstrong
Burpee
Emily Bucolo
Woman Accuses Husband in Night Furnace Fix Demands Divorce
Ervin E. Steinhart of New Haven wins divorce from Elsie Steinhart of Darien amid cruelty claims. He says she woke him at night to fix a furnace, while she accuses him of infidelity with Jessie Maybry of Fair Haven. Trial witnesses support temper and accusations of drugs and threats.
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Ervin E. Steinhart
New Haven
Elsie Steinhart
Darien
Steinhart
Jessie Maybry
Fair Haven
Vermont
Burglars Take $300 Jewelry From Stratford Home
Jewelry valued at $300 was stolen from Edwin J. Spall of 1765 Main Street Stratford. Entry gained through a rear window while family was absent and the house was ransacked. Spall and family refused comment.
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Stratford
Edwin J. Spall
Mainstreet
Mr. Spall
Serbs claim full rout of Austrians in war theatre
London dispatch reports the Serbs claim a complete rout of Austrian forces in Serbia as German center advances near Warsaw. Ledz occupation and northeast push threaten the Polish capital, with Petrograd dispatches split on Warsaw’s fall as a strategic Russian operation.
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London
Servie
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Ledz
Petrograd
Lodz
Germans Find Glory in Loss of Cruisers
A German semi official statement reports the Falkland Islands battle where Admiral Count Von Spee’s cruiser squadron was defeated by Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Doveton Sturdee. It concedes the loss of Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig with Dresden and Nurnberg possibly escaping.
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London
South Atlantic
Sturdee
Dresden
Mageslan
Spee
Scharnhorst
Falkland Islands
Berlin
Count von Spee
Frederick Doveton Sturdee
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Sir Christopher Cradock
Coronel
Santiago de Chili
Canopus
Glasgow
Particu
Official World War I Front Report From Western Front
The official dispatch notes German activity near Ypres with three French trench losses at one point while French forces push progress toward the enemy lines. Artillery duels continue around Arras Juvigny court Argonne Varennes and the Vosges with continued trench advances and fortifications.
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Paris
Des
Ypres
William
Tpres
Arras
Juvinicourt
Argonne
Varennes
Mbuse
le Pretrie
Thann
jAspach
Fromt
Vosges
German army says progress on fronts and repulsed French attacks
Berlin reports via wireless that the German army headquarters states progress on both sides of the Argonne in France and repulsed French attacks in the forest of Le Preter and west of Pont A Mousson. Attacks in northern Poland advance. no news from southern Poland. no change east of the Mazurian lakes.
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Berlin
London
Flanders
Pissiders
Argonne
France
le Preter
Pont-A-Mousson
East Prussia
Poland
Austro Hungarian Offense Pressed in West Galicia
Vienna reports continuation of the offensive in West Galicia with repulsed Russian assaults southeast of Lodz near Piotrkow. Despatch claims Austro-Hungarian German units captured 2,800 Russians last week and commends allied cooperation.
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Washington
Galicia
Lodz
Piotrkow
Viens
Servia
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