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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1914
Page
5
An eye witness reports shells raining on Scarborough and nearby areas. A gas tank exploded and fires started as roofs, windows, and chimneys were damaged or destroyed. One woman was killed and houses were ripped by shelling as residents fled in night clothes.
Desi-Scarborough identified as a fashionable northern seaside resort with a population over 40,000. Hartlepool and West Hartlepool are described as major dock towns with a 65,000 inhabitant, extensive docks, a promontory castle ruin, and a two mile marine drive. Whitby and Filey are noted as nearby resorts in Yorkshire with populations around 12,000 and 8,000 respectively.
Early dispatches describe German warships bombing English towns and coast raids near Hun, with unclear damage. Reports also note Allied successes in Belgium and repulsed German assaults in Alsace and the Woëvre, while Balkan conditions grow tense and rumors spread of Albania joining the war. The Ottoman sultan, Egyptian khadive, and Italian premier commentaries frame evolving neutrality and military moves.
The official press publish today a brief wartime update noting progress and actions by allied forces. Key names and locations are obscured by OCR, but the report confirms continued operations and strategic movements in a theater identified as The War.
Dispatches from Paris report a German assault near Nieuport repulsed with 450 prisoners. Across Poland and the western front gains include several hundred more prisoners and machine guns, while French lines near St Georges Klein Zill and Arras show progress amid artillery engagements. The Argonne and Mortmorit Forest areas saw no notable changes.
John H. Elwood testified in Westport superior court as the friendliest suit over Sherwood Island rights continued. The plaintiff Lillian Sherwood Newkirk seeks a determination of public access versus Aaron B and others. Elwood testified the road has long been used by the public and by himself, though he is not on good terms with Sherwood. Bernadus Bloomer, president of the Dutch Academy of Painters, died in Amsterdam.
William W. Cleary town clerk and political figure from Haverstraw New York stands trial near New City as his defense and prosecutors weigh unwritten law and motives in the murder of a son in law. The widow faces the ordeal with lingering shock while the prosecution contemplates its strategy.
John Ward a deckhand on the coal barge died after falling overboard near Cedar Vin and West End docks. The incident occurred as Captain Seeley and Joseph Doherty attempted to assist, Ward vanished in darkness before a rope was thrown. Medical examiner M Garlick pronounced death. Relatives being sought.
Hartford Dec 16 The Connecticut for Breeders Association held its tenth annual meeting and elected officers for the coming year President Chases? of West Cornwall Vice President Walter Yale of Meriden Treasurer B C Patterson of Torrington. An address urged that sheep farming will rebound as a profitable form of extensive agriculture in New England hill towns.
Beginning today a 50 percent tax penalty applies to anyone who failed to file the emergency war tax declaration. An Hartford collector order enforces the penalty, with longer delays treated as misdemeanor and harsher penalties possible. Dr. Herman Duesing remains at 1167 East Main after a recent operation, described as successful and the doctor convalescing. London plans New Year's Eve banquets as government lifts the ban for the occasion.
Bridgeport leads as the banner city for postal savings gains since the war began. From July 31 to November 20 deposits grew from 60 000 to a level driving the city from 73rd to 46th in deposits with 689 to 7382 new depositors, and per-depositor balances rising from 87 to 104 dollars. The surge is linked to Bridgeport’s high foreign-born population and shifts in saving habits during wartime.
The International Power company, parent of the American & British Manufacturing Co. in this city, appeals a court decision declaring it insolvent and directing a receiver be appointed. The case concerns the subsidiary's operation and production of shell components amid tax reductions and financial disputes.
The Elizabeth Seton Guild prepares for a January 4 holiday dance in the Stratfield ballroom. General committee members include Misses Margaret Poland, Katherine Poland, Alice Garvey, Jean Burles, Ethel Horan, Marcella Rickton, Katherine Bulkeley, Lenora Hefferman, and Catherine McElroy.
Early morning raid on a disorderly house at 39 Gilbert Street leads Ade Smith and seven women inmates to forfeit bonds. Samuel Rubens, former Kossuth Street cattle dealer from Detroit, held for superior court under 25000 bond on embezzlement charges tied to a cattle deal with Mark Sniffen and his New York brother. Attorneys Lawrence Finklestone and Henry Greenstein represented Rubens.
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed with Referee John W. Banks by the Gallagher Carburetor Company of Stamford, a manufacturing firm. The schedules list assets around 7,282.56 and liabilities of 15,440.43.
Acting Judge Wilder and a jury in the common pleas court heard evidence in the suit brought by the Home Pattern Co of New York against William P Beers of Norwalk. The action seeks 275 dollars for goods furnished and unpaid. Trial was unfinished at press time.
At the annual meeting of Ladies' Auxiliary No. 50 A O H officers were named: Ellen F Clark president Mary Butler vice president Jeanette Reh secretary Bessie Muldon financial secretary Mary Cotter treasurer Elsie Reh mistress at arms Belle Langham mer secretary Trustees Nora Welsh Kitty Devine M Lannon. After business a social session with entertainment and light repast followed. William G McGuire Chicago’s model policeman with 32 years service and worth over $100 000 resigned from the force.
Nicholas Negry of 45 Wade Terrace reported to police that a better box was stolen from his home perch last night. Aidi Madi remained hospitalized after being shot three times Friday night by Lizzie Ledo, who then killed herself. bullets not yet probed. Police traced two men who robbed the Button-Oliphant Co. display window on Wall and Main, who fled to Fairfield and boarded a freight train to New York. Fire chief responded to 92 Colorado Avenue for a chimney fire with no damage.
Governor Hall directs an investigation into a series of lynchings in Caddo parish where five Black men were hanged by mobs over ten days. Also noted are a NY police death, Navy submarine bids, rail layoffs in Toledo, and assorted year end items.
Easton Pa December 16 Dr Jon MacCracken chosen as president of Lafayette College succeeding resigning Dr B Warfield. MacCracken previously led Westminster College Missouri and served as Chancellor Henry M Meoordie at New York University. Records note Berlin Amsterdam telegrams on Kaiser Wilhelm returning to front and four rescued from fishing boat incident near Newark.
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