Germans Lose Lutzow and Hindenburg in Jutland Battle
London reports confirm the German warships Lutzow and Hindenburg sunk in the Jutland clash. Lutzow, a 26000 ton battle cruiser, built at Danzig and completed in 1915, carried eight 19 inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, and twelve 24 pounders with a 13 inch armor belt amidships. Hindenburg is not in current naval lists but is described as a large dreadnought battleship from late 1915.
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London
Jutland
Hindenburg
Danzic
Roosevelt boom setback in Chicago GOP race as Hughes gains appeal
In Chicago on June 5 the Hughes boom grows with Old Guard delegates leaning toward him as a harmonizer to unite Progressives. Roosevelt is seen by leaders as unlikely to exceed 200 delegates, possibly 150, with 750 to 800 unlikely to defect. The campaign favors Hughes who would issue a national questions stance if nominated. Whitman’s HQ signals continued momentum.
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Chicago
Justice Hughes
Old Guard
Republican Party
del Es
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Whitman
Commissioners to Hear Appeal of Prof Atlas
A hearing in the superior court is set tomorrow on Professor James Atlas appeal from the county commissioners. A settlement may be reached before the hearing. Atlas has sought goodwill from Universalist Church members who remonstrated against renewing his hotel liquor license. the church remains opposed. The concession would be to permit selling the license to another party and moving it from Hotel Atlas. The hotel proprietor appealed after the commissioners refused renewal following witness testimony at the remonstrance.
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Prof
James
Atlas
Universalist Church
Bridgeport Musical Union Objects to Non Union Band Concerts
Bridgeport Local No 63 of the Musical Protective Union will protest to the park commissioners over two Bridgeport Marine band concerts at Lafayette park on June 15 and Old Mill Green on June 23. Union members criticize non union music for public concerts while the Olympic band with 150 members seeks fair treatment and canvasses support for future shows.
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Bridgeport Musical Protective Union
Bull’s Head
Golden Valley
Progressives Await GOP Action on Hatin Candidacy
Chicago on June 5 reports the Progressive national committee will withhold Lee Hatin as a candidate at the Progressive convention until next Saturday while awaiting action from the Republican convention. The move focuses on timing and party alignment ahead of major gatherings.
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Chicago
Progressive National Committee
Lee Hatin
Marine Officer Fatally Wounded at Puerto Plata
Washington reports Dominican rebels fled from Puerto Plata and Monte Christi as American marines landed on June 1. Capt. Herbert J. Hirshinger of the Rhode Island detachment was shot through the head directing the landings and died at Puerto Plata. Rebels entrenched outside Monte Christi, fort at Puerto Plata captured after two hours’ resistance.
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Washington
Puerto Plata
Monte Christi
State Department
Russell
Santo Domingo
Herbert J. Hirshinger
Rhode Island
Weather Outlook: Showers This Afternoon Then Cooler
Local showers are forecast this afternoon with generally fair conditions tonight. Tuesday will be cooler with a drop in temperatures overnight. Temperatures lower tonight are expected across the area.
East Bridgeport Eyes Separation as New City
East Bridgeport residents Samuel Dawe and John H. Colgan plan to petition the General Assembly to create a separate municipality on the Pequonnock river, arguing East Side neglect and rapid growth justify a new city perhaps to be named East Bridgeport or Remington City. They cite calls for East Main street improvements and a push to extend the White Way, asserting East Side population and tax payments merit fair funding and district redrawing may follow.
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Samuel Dawe
East Main Street
John H. Colgan
Arctic Street
East Bridgeport
General Assembly
Pequonnock River
Remington City
East Side
Hartford
Common Council
Stratford Avenue
Mr. Dawe
Julius Caesar
Twelfth District
Bridgeport
State Street
Connecticut Co
Danbury
Abe
Denis Mulvihill
Marcus L. Reynolds
Rosedale
West Stratford
Great Fighting Ships of England in Battle
Berlin officials report a North Sea duel in which Admiral Jellicoe’s fleet engaged the German high sea force. The account notes 26 British battleships and battle cruisers in action, with German ships maneuvering skillfully at eight miles or closer, and lists the decisive factors in the intense exchange while withholding many tactical details.
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England
Berlin
Associated Press
Sayville
Jellicoe
Rman
Scheer
Whipper
Armstrong
Whiteworth
Germany
Nurses risk death to save wounded sailors in naval battle
London reports five British sailors from the destroyer Shark survived after their commander fired his last shot as the ship sank. Danish captain O Christiansen of the Virar and Danish and Norwegian nurses on board aided the rescue amid mines and wreckage. Survivors clung to a buoy as bodies floated nearby and two sailors died from exhaustion. The nurses, among the few women who witnessed the battle, helped drag men from the sea and tended them aboard the Virar.
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London
O. ©. Christiansen
Virar
Copenhagen
Russians claim big win on Romania front amid 13 000 prisoners
Petrograd reports successful action along the front from the Pripat Marshes to the Romanian border. Officials say Russians captured 13 000 prisoners. Paris notes intensified German assaults near Verdun east of the Meuse but French positions hold at Fort Vaux and nearby Douaumont amid heavy artillery duels.
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Petrograd
Pripat Marshes
Rumanian
Paris
Verdun
Meuse
War Office
Vaux and
Damloupe
Fort Vaux
Douaumont
Submarine G-3 Arrives in Bridgeport for Minor Changes
The G3 submarine, commanded by Lieut Gygax, arrived in Bridgeport from Newport to undergo minor construction changes by Lake Torpedo Boat Co. The vessel, built at Bridgeport, has not yet undergone official government tests despite earlier builder tests. Changes are expected to be radical improvements before government trials.
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Gygax
Bridgeport
Lake Torpedo Boat Co
Newport
R.th
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Long Island Sound
Desperate Rent Seekers Invade Homes of Death
Desperate rent seekers in this city crowd around grieving households after a death as crepe marks the door and five applicants gather at one doorway. The common question is whether the death will prompt a family to change location amid housing shortages.
American Mail Seized by British Authorities
A Hague report states the Holland America Noordam, arriving Rotterdam May 28 from New York, was forced to leave its mail at Falmouth by British authorities.
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Berlin
Hague
Noordam
Rotterdam
New York
Falmouth
British Lose 333 Officers in Jutland Battle
The Admiralty lists 333 officers killed in the Jutland engagement. Most losses occurred on cruisers Queen Mary Invincible Indefatigable Defence and Black Prince and on destroyers Tipperary Turbulent Fortune Ardent Nomad Nestor and Sharp. Only one Warrior officer survived and all Sparrowhawk officers were saved. Across other ships 23 officers were killed and 22 wounded.
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Jutland
Admiralty
Queen Mary
Invincible
Indefatigable
Defence
Black Prince
Tipperary
Turbulent
Fortune
Ardent
Nomad
Nestor
Sharp
Warrior
Sparrowhawk
Sunk battle cruiser report unsettled by Danish paper
Copenhagen reports the Stifts-Tidende claims Seydlitz may have been sunk after a Thursday sighting off Fano Island and British forces reportedly ruined a cruiser. Despatches from Ribe say Schleswig residents heard relatives aboard the Seydlitz were killed. German Admiralty claims British cruiser Layus was set afire and sank off the Humber after the battle of Shagerak.
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Copenhagen
Stifts-Tidende
Aalborg
Fano Island
Ribe
Jutland
Schleswigsee
Berlin
Flur
Layus
Shagerak
Humber
Hindenburg Sunk by Four Torpedoes Says British Survivors
Edinburgh reports survivors arriving on British destroyers from a massed action near Jutland. They claim the German battleship Hindenburg was struck by four torpedoes and torn apart as destroyers closed in. Descriptions portray chaotic battle, heavy gunfire, smoke, and sinking ships, with casualties and missing wireless communications noted. The account highlights a destroyer sinking a German battleship and a bridge crew wiped out by a shell.
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Edinburgh
Jutland
Ora
Blode
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Kaiser
Musical Guild
Park ‘Commissioners
G.O.P
San Domingo
Capt
Hirshinger
John Colgan
Rumania
Park City
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