City Faces Severe Coal Shortage Prompting Washington Relief Mission
Bridgeport officials including Mayor and Fuel Administrator plan to go to Washington to demand 10 000 tons of hard coal to avert a famine as 20 000 city families face absolute coal shortages. Officials say no hard coal has reached Bridgesport by water in six days and lineups at fuel offices grow daily.
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Fuel Board
Garfield
Carl F. Siemon
Bridgeport
Gifford B. Wilson
Thomas W. Id
Washington
R Russell
Wenaniste Ioberty
Stratford
Sandlar
MPM
Hertford
Iemon
Kitchen Grove
William A. Lamond
Its Big Town $200 Disappears
Morris Branall of Waltham New York visited a central cafe and befriended three well dressed young men who invited him to join them. They soon led him away and robbed him of the $200 he carried, as he accompanied them on a rounds.
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Morris Branall
Waltham
N.Y
Epon
American Arrest Rumor Ties Charles H Smith in Russia
A St. Louis man identified as Charles H Smith formerly with Missouri Pacific is said to be detained in Petrograd during a dispatch from Russia. He accompanied the American railroad commission to Russia and officials expect a quick release if detained in error.
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Petrograd
Charles 5. Smith
St. Louis
John F. Stevens
American Railroad Commission
Russia
R| Smoiny Institute
Charles H. Smith
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Negotiations on Armistice Continue Amid Front Troop Talks
London reports a Petrograd dispatch stating Russo German armistice talks resume focusing on troop transport and fraternization terms. Russia holds that German forces must not move from the east to France and Belgium. Bolshevik disarmament in Kiev met with resistance and casualties. The 18th army corps seeks recall of Major Pichon for opposing army agitation against the Entente.
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London
Petrograd
Russia
France
Belgium
Aeemene
Kiev
18Th Army Corps
Pichon
Congressman Hurt During Monte Grappa Visit
An army automobile carrying Congressman George H. Tinkham of Boston and others slid down a 20 foot slope on Monte Grappa in northern Italy. The double roll crushed the vehicle. Tinkham and other passengers escaped with bruises while the chauffeurs were seriously injured but not fatally.
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Italy
Tiday
Associated Press
George H. Tinkham
Boston
Monte Grappa
German Officer Surrenders After Laundry Package Misstep
An American officer reports a German officer crawled to British lines after long hesitation, asked for a laundry package, and surrendered. The German had planned to surrender earlier but hid behind No Man's Land until finally giving up.
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France
No Man’s Land
Adequate Clothing Supplying Army Men, Sharpe Reports
Quartermaster General Sharpe releases figures showing large deliveries of blankets coats shirts drawers breeches coats woolen shirts shoes and hats to troops. Delays in material and transport slowed some deliveries but the current stock covers roughly half of orders to date.
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Washington
Sharpe
Coal Shortage Halts Cleveland Industry Citywide
One hundred thousand men are idle as Cleveland manufacturers suspend operations due to a coal shortage. Major plants, relying on Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co for power, halt electric current. shutdowns affect war material production. If coal delivery resumes promptly, idle plants expect to reopen Monday morning.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Illuminating Company
I Won't Work Members Come Before Landis
Chicago December 15 Extra detachments of police and secret service guarded the courtroom as 106 Industrial Workers of the World members were arraigned before Federal Judge Landis on a conspiracy against the government. Defendants include Elisabeth Gurley Flynn of New York and William D. Haywood, with 60 others still at liberty.
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Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
Landis
Elisabeth Gurley Flynn
New York
William D. Haywood
Liberty
Weather: Cold, Fair Skies Through Weekend for Bridgeport
The forecast calls for continued cold, clear conditions across Bridgeport and surrounding areas tonight and Sunday with no significant precipitation. Winds remain light, temperatures dipping into below freezing overnight and climbing modestly by day.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Men Drafted as City Boards Classify Power
Six local Draft Boards in Connecticut began classifying Bridgeport men for army service by sending out the first 40 percent of questionnaires. Many draft age men queued at Fort Slocum and local recruiting offices, while about 2,000 Connecticut men have been accepted for service in ten days, with Bridgeport men a substantial portion.
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Lowny
United States
Bridgeport
Fort Slocum
Connecticut
Army
Navy
Ferce
Fairfield jail officer indicted in money order forgery case
Dennis E. O Neil bookkeeper at Fairfield County Jail faces federal indictment and trial for conspiracy in a money order forgery. Co defendant William Banti, former prisoner at the jail, is charged as principal. O Neil denies involvement. Sheriff Pease backs him amid public support.
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Dennis E. O'Neil
Fairfield County
United States District Court
Hartford
William Banti
Stratford
John Baryiski
Jacob Weinstein
Greenwich
O’neil
O'Neil
Barylski
Banti
Weinstein
Pease
Local Girls Head to Malden to Make Red Cross Buttons
Eighteen Bridgeport young women departed by train to Malden Massachusetts to make buttons for the Red Cross membership drive. They are supervised by Miss E Finkle and housed at the Boston YWCA, with eight button presses provided to speed production. The group includes L Chagnon M Jepson A Massey M Gay E Zipf A Hameseder S Ziselins E Chapman Helen Pistey F Johnson A Christensen J Masek F Masek A Georges J Christensen M Walker L Lucas and M Wasco.
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Bridgeport
Malden
Mass
American Red Cross
Great Red Cross
Walter B. Lashar
Connecticut
National Red Cross
Mr. Lashar
American Chain Co
Lashar
Jaca Fo
Red Cross Button
E. Finkle
Boston Y. W. c
Kaiser’s Christmas Peace Offer Reported by Telegraph
London dispatch says Emperor William in a Christmas message proposes a final peace offer to his enemies. It warns that those who reject it will bear responsibility for bloodshed in 1918, per an official Berlin telegram relayed via Geneva and the Exchange Telegraph Co.
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Kaiser
London
William
Berlin
Geneva
Exchange Telegraph Co
Austro German Offensive Opens East of Brenta River
Italian Headquarters reports heavy mountain fighting east of the Brenta as Austro German forces push to open the plain. The battle sees large gun concentrations on the Piave front with Austro German strength around 60 divisions and major actions around Monte Spinie Monte Fontanel and Grappa as Italian and Allied defense holds.
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Brenta
Italy
Associated Press
of Plain
Nancino
Piave
Treviso
Diaz
Monte Spinie
Monte Fontanel
Ple
Monte Grappa
Grappa
M Beretta
American Engineers Wounded by Bursting Shell in France
A bursting shell wounded American railroad engineers behind the British front in France. The shell struck a pile of picks shovels and tools. Six U S food administration representatives arrived in the American army zone for a four day visit to meet Pershing and tour billets and headquarters.
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France
Associated Press
United States Food Administration
Gen. Pershing
United States
Verdict Awarded to Charlies Near in Meat Deliveries Case
Charlies W. Near won a $200 verdict against John R. Woodhull in Common Pleas Court over a failed meat delivery. Near claimed losses from disrupted supplies and customer losses, seeking $600. Attorneys Gould and Gould moved to set aside the verdict as against the evidence. Judge Booth set to rule Tuesday morning. London dispatch reports Norway losses of sailors and two more steamship sinkings.
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Charlies
W. Near
John R. Woodhull
Common Pleas Court
Woodhull
Near
Gould
Lost Barges Prove Menace to Navigation
South Norwalk December 15 coal barges loaded with fuel lost off Green's right during the storm Thursday night threaten navigation. The steamship Army of the Eastern Transportation stove a hole in her bow while attempting to reach the local bar, as Red Star tug Norwalk and Capt Archie G. Clark and crew rescued barges amid wreckage and heroism.
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Norwalk
Green
Army of the Eastern Transportation
Red Star
Archie G
Shots Firing Incident Near Washington Avenue
A man identified as Louis of Hallock street fired twice at a man and woman on Housal avenue near Washington noon today. The couple fled. no injuries reported as Patrolman Brennan arrived after being alerted. Authorities said the trouble started from a dispute and a shooting followed.
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Housal Avenue
Washington
Louis
Hallock Street
Dorio
Brennan
London council to tackle war purchases and finances
London reports the initial council will set up oversight of wartime purchases and finances. Oscar T. Y Mistant, secretary of the real treasury, was elected to lead the effort.
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London
Ini Council
Oscar T. Y Mistant
Eal Treasury
Elsoted
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Red Cross
Dedham
Harriet A. Varney
Pauline A. Keyes
Norway
Christiania Reperta
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