First Meeting of New Cabinet Sees Members Absent
London June 8 The first assembly of the coalition parliament opened with no striking features. Premier Asquith absent. Reginald McKenna exchequer chancellor busy with final authorities. Bonar Law and Balfour seated later as Unionists join the cabinet. Several junior ministers cheered as they took seats, others faced opposition benches and outside Unionist groups sought vantage points. Simon was noted as secretary of state for affairs. harmony and routine business marked the session.
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British Parlia
Asquith
Reginald McKenna
Nice
A. Bonar Law
Arthur J. Balfour
Admiralty
Sage Jettirn
Privy Council
Cabinet
Ceisis Natione
Yonn
Simon
Baboreh to Death in Berlin Laborer’s Funeral Notices
Death notices from New Britain dated June 6 report a laborer’s death in Berlin with unusual garbled text. The items mention family connections, burial details, and funeral times for William James Barty, Brtenda, and William H. Carroll, with addresses on Ocean and Atlantic streets and church services listed for early June 1915.
Przemysl Reclaimed by Austria in Galician Campaign
Vienna announces the Przemysl fortress has been retaken by Austrian and German forces after a lengthy siege. Russian reports acknowledge some successes, including two northern forts, as Austro German advances rely on heavy artillery across Galicia. Romania and Russia clash over boundary lines. Milan says Victor Emmanuel mediates. Italian progress into Austria disputed by Vienna.
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Austria
Vienna
Cracow
Petrograd
Galicia
Preemysi
Lemberg
Rumania
Russia
Milan
Victor Emmanuel
Austrian War Office
Russian War Office Reports Actions in Galicia and Przemysl
An official Russian general staff statement says on Monday in Shavil region repulsed several attacks and captured a redoubt east of Travliany. In Galicia between the Vistula and San left bank gains include taking villages and 1,200 prisoners near Kalukouve. Przemysl bombardment with 16 inch guns reported. enemy attacks repulsed on Narew and Vistula fronts. additional prisoners and eight quick firers seized.
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Shavil
Travliany
Narew
Vistula
Galicia
Przemysl
San
Kalukouve
French report on northern Arras fighting and Labyrinthe gains
Paris says artillery struggles continued near Arras and violent infantry actions east of Notre Dame De Lorette with no net position change. In The Labyrinthe area, French forces say they advanced and have netted 800 prisoners since May 31, including nine officers and about 60 subalterns, plus two machine guns.
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Paris
French War Office
Arras
Notre Dame de Lorette
the Labyrinthe
Clues Point to Mrs Clark as Serious Case Victim
The article notes Mrs. Clark, 35, light brown hair, missing for months after disputes with a coal barge captain she lived on. A torso clue links to Milford laundry marks B-25 found near the uncover site. Police examine Herbert Button records and possible transitions from Bridgeport to Hartford. Atlantic fleet plans change. Panama Canal allows battleships but fleet stays Atlantic.
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Spring Perch Company
Broad Street
Garlick
Bridgeport Hospital
Ambulance Corps
Clark
Herbert Button
Dean Street
Hartford
Onn
Milford
Conn
Coroner Holds Senator Pierson in Death of Boy
North Haven coroner finds State Senator Martin E Pierson criminally responsible for Kenneth N Doolittle's death after a May 25 accident. The vehicle carried Mrs Alice Kummel of Hartford, unnamed by the coroner, who denied involvement. Pierson, uninjured, faced prior accidents. no action yet from North Haven authorities.
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New Haven
Eli Mix
Martin E Pierson
Bristol
Kenneth N. Doolittle
North Haven
Senator Pierson
Alice Kummel
Hartford
Pierson
Middletown
Kenneth Doolittle
Mix
Martin HB. Piersen
Kenneth L. Doolittle
Martin E. Pierson
Martin FE. Pierson
Lenox Court
Ann and
Church Streets
Louis F. Kummel
Hartford Electric Light Company
Pearl Street
Kummel
Youth shoots father in self defense amid family fear
Lewis Katonah of South Norwalk declares he fired the revolver during a barn quarrel to frighten his father Frank Katonah who allegedly beat him. He says he did not intend to kill and was shielding himself as neighbors bound his wrists after the shot. Coroner Phelan records the statements of the boy and his mother and sister.
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Lewis Katonah
South Norwalk
Phelan
Frank Katonah
Katonah
Father
Young Katonah
Bridgeport
New Stratford Court Opens in Town Hall
The Stratford town court will start July 1 in the second floor courtroom of the town hall with modern equipment. Judge Soward Curtis will take the bench as the front area becomes the court and the rear houses town vaults and offices. Approval from the board of finance is needed before expenditures.
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Stratford Town Court
Soward Curtis
Board of Finance
Obituary for Joseph Durnin and others in local area
Deaths continue to mark the community with infant Joseph Durnin of 85 Calhoun avenue buried in Danbury at St. Peter's cemetery. George Ludwig Felix, 36, died at St Vincent's Hospital after days of treatment. survivors include widow, mother, two brothers and three sisters. Margaret Rogers Devine, 74, longtime St Patrick's member, died at 263 Charles Street. survived by two daughters, two sons, and two sisters. Anna McCaul funeral held at St Peter's Church with Requiem Mass and music. burial at St Michael's Cemetery among floral tributes and named bearers.
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Penviraa
Anteret
Anto Reat
Secane Jane
Margaret
Thomas Devine
Yeears
Brtenda
Te Pceidence No
Lduibx Avenue
St Peter's Church
St. Mich
Uai’s
Joseph Durnin
Joseph
John
Margaret Durnin
Calhoun Avenue
George Ludwig Felix
St. Vincent’s Hospital
George Felix
Felix
Adolph
Henry Felix
Jacob Herb
William Schutt
Clara Felix
Margaret Rogers
Charles Street
Thomas Finan
James McGuire
Wheeler & Co
Patrick McGuire
Crane Co
Anna Campbell
James Redden
Anna M'Caul
Anna McCaul
Mountain Grove Street
St. Peter’s Church
Thomas J. Kelly
John Hughes
Father Kelly
William B. Pendergast
God
George Black
Dennis Murphy
John McGee
Patrick McKane
Edward
Thomas Flanagan
St. Michael's Cemetery
Inquest to Probe Death of Battesta Dadona Alias Doine
Coroner J J Phelan will hold an inquest into the death of Giovanni Battesta Dadona known as Thomas Doine after a shovel strike in a laborer fight at Remington Arms U M C Co. He died at Bridgeport hospital Tuesday. Bridgeport city officials and Stratford Spee officials invited to Saturday trolley line opening on Hollister avenue from Stratford avenue to Lordship park with dinner after the inspection.
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J. J. Phelan
Giovanni Lbattesta Dadona
Thomas Doine
Remington Arms U. M. C. Co
Bridgeport
Spee
Stratford
Hollister Avenue
Stratford’ Avenue
Lordship Park
Local briefs report Peeping Tom case and various notices
Local items include a complaint by James E. Beach about a Peeping Tom now sought by police. Details cover marriage licenses for several residents, a horse rescue by Dr. R. D. Martin, a sudden apoplexy incident to Lorenzo D. Stone, nursing service departures to France, deaths and notes from various public figures, and social visits across Bridgeport and nearby towns.
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James E. Beach
Park Avenue
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