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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1916
Page
10
We present a wide display of desirable hats including White Hemp Straw Braid, White Chip Straw, Natural and Colored Bangkok Braid, Open Lace Straw Braid, Genuine Panama, Natural and White Banded Sailor hats. Also White Wings, ribbons, and trimmings at whole prices. IT PAYS TO TRADE AT DILLON'S.
New York a June 12 The ship Bunker Hill with Tech men and wives en route to Boston for MIT dedication was challenged by a submarine near Hell Gate Its captain Julius Caesar demanded the passengers disembark and claimed to be the ship’s captor Engineers aboard noted wireless telephony demonstrations by the submarine crew and the incident concluded with a dramatic confrontation
Coni Co, Orville Wright, Alexander Graham Bell, Rear Admiral Capps, Alan R. Hawley and Representative Frederick P. Dallinger of Cambridge were guests of honor at the ceremony.
Policeman John Moran located a missing automobile at Golden Hill and Main streets shortly after the theft report at headquarters. The vehicle belonged to Benedict Hawley of 1459 Park Avenue and was taken from Broad Street and Fairfield Avenue.
Forecast for New Haven area calls for fair tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy spells. Light variable winds. Week ahead expected to be mild and mainly fair with rising temperatures midweek. Disturbances on the coast and unsettled conditions noted, with clearing in central districts anticipated. Greek coastwise trade resumes under Allied permission from Salonica.
St Louis June 12 preliminary opens for national convention. 1092 delegates to name the ticket. Contests over seats for DC Hawaii Texas and Hawaii delegate. possible selection of Homer S. Cummings as chairman. Wilson's choice to be asked. Trains bring visitors, convention hall shaping. suffrage note on golden lane silent protest by New York suffragists.
The article highlights General Brusiloff as the era’s foremost military figure in the Russian push against Austro Hungarian troops. It notes the recapture of Lutsk and the breakthrough along the old and new fronts, with lines showing progress and a Berlin-dated report of another fierce Russian attack near Kremenets. The map marks Czernowitz, Bukovina, and the Romanian border, detailing the Volhynian triangle’s strategic significance.
Washington June 12 The federal trade commission opened an inquiry into the rise in gasoline prices with top oil producers present to testify Harris presiding. Representatives of Standard Oil Company New Jersey New York and Ohio the independent refiners of Ohio New York and Pennsylvania and the Western Oil Jobbers Association explained their positions as part of the hearing. The commission planned to probe possible lack of competition among Standard Oil interests and why price variations were so wide across the country.
Petrograd reports a massive Russian drive on the southern front with over 36,000 prisoners taken in one day and more than 107,000 in seven days. Dubrovno fortress recaptured, Ikva River cleared, and Galician advances noted as Austrians retire and destroy railways. Justice Shearn grants Mrs Leah Larrabure a divorce from Norman Larrabure, former Peru VP.
The retrial of the New Haven directors for Sherman law violations was postponed until next fall. The Department of Justice states the government is reviewing the case, and if evidence is deemed too weak to secure a conviction, a retrial will likely be abandoned.
The first annual outing of the T. J. Pardy Construction Co. of Bridgeport at Roton Point drew about 100 foremen and employees. Despite showers, a hotel dinner preceded speeches by T. J. Pardy acting as toastmaster and anecdotes from S. T. Hewlett and C. L. Gellatly. Numerous games followed the meal.
Both St. Peters and St. James in Stratford filled beyond capacity for the first solemn high masses of newly ordained priests Rev. Jo E. Ryan and Rev. J. Wendell Hotz. Each church seated about 800, with over 1,000 present. Additional clergy from local seminaries attended and preached. A reception followed at the priests’ homes.
Archibald T. James aged 48, once a large theatrical agency operator, killed himself amid business reverses and large financial losses. His son reported the death. James was widely known among theatrical people nationwide.
In Ymuiden Netherlands on June 12 fifteen crew members of the Norwegian steamer Bur 1942 tons report their ship was sunk possibly by a mine or a torpedo.
Miss Caroline A. Phelps of 141 Bronx avenue wed Lyman A. Merwin of Camden New Jersey at Christ church Fairfield avenue and Courtland street in a quiet ceremony. Rev John G Saddler officiated with Miss Bessie M Phelps and Albert E Merion as attendants. The couple left for Washington and Niagara Falls and will reside in Camden New Jersey. Mrs Merwin worked in the Southern New England Telephone Co business office and Mr Merwin is a mechanical engineer.
An autonotile driven by Jacob Cohen of 21 Hallett Street on Pem Street broke street yesterday morning crashed into a telegraph pole near Ogden Street. One rear wheel was torn off and the occupants escaped with slight bruises.
London reports the Swedish steamer Emmy, a 496 ton vessel built in 1872, was destroyed by a mine off Falsterbo. A crew member was killed and four others drowned in the explosion per a Malmo Reuters despatch.
The national executive board of the United Mine Workers of America met in Indianapolis to consider appeals grievances and various special matters. National president John P. White presided the sessions which are expected to continue about a week.
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