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Be gs for burial beside girl chum murdered in jealous rage at boardinghouse on Hallett Street. Lizzie Bede 19 wrote notes to sister planning to kill her friend Madi 20 then end her own life. Two bullets intended for Madi hit Lizzie instead. she died as Madi lies hospitalized with head and neck injuries. Coroner to review police reports as neighbors discuss the tragedy and alleged threats.
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Ted Lizzie Bede
Hallett Street
Lizzie
Bridgeport
John J. Phelan
Aidi
Neigbers
Ati
Lléssie
Aldi Wan
Joe Bund
Ogden Street
Dead Girl Trunk Letters Spur Crime Plot
Fragmented diary style letters reveal a homicide plan involving Ida and Lizzie. An ante mortem statement describes Lizzie drawing a revolver and firing five shots at Aidi at Hallett Street, wounding her in the head and neck, while bystanders flee and police pursue. The scene shifts to a boarding house as the assailant vanishes.
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Lizzie
Aidi
Ovlant
Church Street
Hallam Street
Hallett Street
Kitchemvot House
Julius Klinko
Burr Knapp trustee to sue bank over $120000 mortgages
A legal action seeks recovery of $120000 in mortgages held by Burr & Knapp as security for loans. The estate contends transfers occurred while Burr & Knapp were insolvent and disputes the timing and value of assets. The day's proceedings covered sales, appraisals, and petitions to sell office fixtures, insurance business, lease, and a residence, with a plan to appoint an accountant to audit books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr & Knapp
BANK
Burr & Kmapp
Comppany
Ehietty
Mairfield
Stratford
Milord
H. M. Knapp
M.H. Burr
North End
Fairlawn
Riverhead
Bronday
Knapp
Knnapp
First Bridgeport National Bank
Banks
Frank T. Staples
D_ Fairchild Wheeler
Adolf Sherman
Weather Review: Colder Tonight Through Sunday
The forecast warns of colder temperatures tonight and Sunday with unsettled conditions possible by night. Moderate west winds are expected, bringing cooler air and a chance of precipitation as the weekend approaches.
Stock Market Reopens With Upward Swing
New York December 12 The New York Stock Exchange reopened for unrestricted trading in about 60 issues and restricted in others as traders crowded the floor. General Motors led gains with a rise of over 26 points, Texas Company up 18, while Southern Railway preferred fell. Cash trading resumed to curb speculation under the committee of five, with about 35,000 shares changing hands in the first 15 minutes amid brisk activity and high enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Exchange
Trinity Church
Reading
General Motors
Texas Company
Lehigh Valley
Tennessee Copper
Central
Southern Railway Pfd
United States Steel
Anaconda
Stock Exchange
Tlearing House
Committee of Five
Salesman Recovers Money After Nifty Stranger Scam
George B. Clark traveling salesman reports a New York trip ruse by a suave partner who drained nearly 360 after a day of visiting amusements. Clark, staying at Amazon Hotel, says the man pocketed a $20 bill, fled after a scuffle at the station, and police were summoned without success.
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George B. Clark
Amazon
Fairfield Avenue
Clark
Bridgeport
New York
Germans Lose Submarines in Raids on British Port
London Dec 12 The German cruiser Dresden has taken refuge in a Patagonia coast inlet per a Valparaiso Chile dispatch. The Dresden is the sole unaccounted cruiser from a squadron defeated by a British fleet in December. The Valparaiso dispatch ar rests rumors that Dresden met the fate of her sister ships.
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London
Dresden
Patagonia
Valparaiso
Chili
Russian Army Caucasus Brief Reports No Action
A dispatch from the Hayas Agency cites a statement by the Russian army staff in the Caucasus. It says there is no important action to report as having occurred on December 10.
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Paris
Petrograd
Hayas
Caucasus
France reports western Yser bank occupation and trench progress
The Paris official bulletin states French troops occupy the west bank of the Yser canal north of the ferryman’s house. Artillery actions occur around Arras, Nampoel, Aisne, Vailly, Perthes, and La Gruite, with French batteries silencing German guns and inflicting losses. Meuse Moselle and Vosges actions noted with consolidations near Senones.
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Paris
Yser Canal
Arras
Nampoel
Aisne
Vailly
Perthies
la Grurle
Meuse
Deuxmonds
Vigneulles-les-Hatton Chattel
Argonne
Moselle
Vosges
Senones
German Front Reports Cavalry Repulses and Prisoners
Berlin reports to London that on the east Prussian frontier German cavalry repulsed Russian horsemen and took 350 prisoners. It adds that operations are expanding south of the Vistula in northern Poland. The statement says Russian attacks in southern Poland were repulsed by Austro-Hungarian and German forces.
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Berlin
London
Vistula
Poland
Roll Gall Vote On Suffrage Sure
Washington December 12 The rules committee assured yea and nay votes on proposals to submit women s suffrage and prohibition to constitutional amendment. The prohibition measure goes to the House on December 22 then woman suffrage follows. The Mondell suffrage amendment rule was voted out four to three. A British cruiser landed 120 German prisoners at Kingston Jamaica for detention.
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Washington
House
Hobson
Kingston
Jamaica
War News Briefs From London Paris and Amsterdam
Reports detail a British seizure of a 7000 ton German oil laden steamer at Gibraltar en route to Italy from the United States. Geneva police say a naturalized Muller organized a German spy network with links to Lyons and eastern French cities. A Turkish fleet bombardment near Batum causes Russian casualties. Dutch authorities seize 15 river boats loaded with grain on the Scheldt in a suspected German smuggling scheme.
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London
Italy
United States
Gibraltar
Berlin
Paris
Geneva
Switzerland
Muller
Lyons
Fipal
France
Amsterdam
Hansweert
Netherlands
Amsterdam Telegraaf
Scheldt
Turbulent War News From Batum To Warsaw
Reports from Constantinople describe a daring Turkish naval raid on Batum with about one hundred Russians killed. The German cruiser Dresden seeks refuge on Patagonia, while French and British reports indicate no full scale Allied general offensive in France yet. Berlin weighs a possible wider push as eastern campaigns shift, with Petrograd saying Germans neared Warsaw but advances now checked. Paris notes Serbia’s reversal after King Peter’s frontline visit spurs a renewed assault leading to Austro-Hungarian setbacks.
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Batum
Baltic Sea
Constantinople
Dresden
Patagonia
France
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
Warsaw
Paris
Servia
Peter
London
Cracow
Galicia
Dimnitrieff
Lodz
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Mlawa
Prussian
War Office
Yig Day
Teutons
Thie
Belgium
Ypres
le Pretre
Mets
St. Minhiel
First Mission In U S For Hungarian Catholics
The first mission in the United States by a Roman Catholic Hungarian church begins tomorrow at 10 30 at St Stephen's Church Spruce Street and Bostwick Avenue with a solemn high mass led by Father Honorat of the Franciscan order. Rev S F Chernitzky notes the parish will later assign services to suit the parishioners. The two week mission serves 500 St Stephen's Sunday school children and will travel to other cities after opening.
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United States
St. Stephen's Church
Spruce Street
Bostwick Avenue
Father Honorat
Brooklyn
S. F. Chernitzky
St. Stephen’s
John J. Nilan
Father Cherniteky
Hungary
St. Stephen's
Two German Sub Attacks on Firth of Forth Repulsed
London reported Edinburgh dispatch says two German submarines attacked the Firth of Forth Wednesday morning but were repulsed and two enemy U boats were destroyed. The base at Rosyth near Fife is a key British naval facility guarding the approaches to the North Sea. The admiralty has not confirmed the submarine action.
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Firth of Forth
Rosythe
London
Edinburgh
Daily Mail
Admiralty
Scotland
North Sea
Fife
Forth Bridge
Germany
England
Barracks Near Kiel Mysteriously Burned
Copenhagen reports the Gotterp Barracks near Kiel were destroyed by fire with the cause undisclosed. The complex sits about 25 miles northwest of Kiel between the Schloss and Burg Bea, headed by the old Ducal Schloss Gottorp. London notes ongoing eastern theatre operations as World War I actions shift, with Austro German timing questioned and battles near Lodz, Mlawa, and Ypres showing mixed results and continued pressure on the German lines.
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Copenhagen
Gotterp
Kiel
Schloss
Schloss Gottorp
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General Motors Co
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Denmark
Stratfield
Atlantic
Wilder
Firth
Gottorp
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