Thaw Testifies First In Final Sanity Trial
New York June 23 Harry K Thaw was the first witness called at the opening of the jury trial to determine his sanity in the supreme court. He spoke of his escape to Canada and his movements later while detailing acquaintances, marriages, and medical opinions of his sanity. He testified that he believed himself sane upon leaving Matteawan and that physicians had so advised. He named numerous names, dates, and places in Manchester and elsewhere as part of his account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry EK
Thaw
Supreme Court
John B. Stanchfield
Stanchfield
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
White
Matteawan Insane Asylum
Ilegally
Cook
Thawe
Stamford White
Manchester
Federal Commission
Pittsburgh
New Hampshire
Canada
Dr Martin and housekeeper held on accusations of illegal operation
Dr Robert Douglas Martin, Broad Street surgeon, and his housekeeper Anna Lennox were arrested on warrants charging advising an illegal operation on Ida Collett of Fairfield. Bonds set at 2500 each. Collett claimed Martin fathered her unborn child after meeting at his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert “Douglas Martin
Broad Street
Anna Lennox
Anna Ida Collett
Fair
Miss Lennox
George Miller
Stratford
Clitus H. King
Fairfield
Frank Virelli
William H. Gould
Jend
Fire on Colonial hall roof prompts rapid run for extinguisher
A tar pot used to paint Colonial hall roof caught fire this afternoon, threatening the hall and the Cartesen stables on Canmon street. A chauffeur sprinted to John Street station to fetch a small Pyrene extinguisher, venting frustration as fire crews from units 1 and 5 arrived on a still alarm. The blaze spread into the Cartesen building but was knocked down with chemical extinguishing agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Hall
Cartesen
Canmon Street
John Street Fire Department
Bridgeport Schools Close For Summer Vacation
Bridgeport's schools closed today with simple exercises in the first building. Pupils will have about two months off. High school pupils returned briefly for final reports. Closing exercises were held last night. The Carnegie Steel Co Columbus plant in Ohio closed for a year and a half and will reopen soon, likely employing around 800 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Columbus, Ohio
Warnegie Steel Co
Maplewood School Boy Wins Bridgeport Art Prize
Oakley Haight, eighth grade pupil at Maplewood School, wins the Frank Miller prize for excellence in drawing valued at 310 in gold. Judges Mrs. Philip Holzer Miss Banks and Miss Mary Jackson announced the award. Haight studies under Miss Harriet F. Lambert and received congratulations from the judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley Haight
Maplewood School
Frank Miller
Philip Holzer
Banks
Bridgeport Art League
Mary Jackson
Harriet F. Lambert
Ride With The Girls Costs Stanfer Twenty
Edward Stanfer of New York City, 32, refused to pay a three hours joy ride fare after a late night trip toward Bridgeport. The court case ended with a $20 cash payment this morning before Judge Bartlett. Driver Frank Richardson provided information leading to Stanfer’s arrest.
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Bridgeport
Edward Stanfer
New York City
Bartlett
Frank Richardson
Stanier
Police Blame Merchants for Robberies and City Wide Raids
Police officials blamed merchants and burglars amid a spate of break ins in Bridgeport. Captain George Arnold warned that harbor pirates remain a threat and that river craft thefts risk escape unless faster boats are available. Officials say floaters from other cities helped plan spree. further raids stretch across Main Street and State Street stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George S. Hill
Police Commission
Police
Eugene
Birmingham
George Arnold
Park City Yacht Club
Long Island
Main Street
Button Oliphant Jewelry
B.blumbers Shoe
Keller Bros
Arnold
Bridgeport
Boston
President Wilson Leaves for Cornish New Hampshire Tonight
Washington June 23 President Wilson will depart at midnight for the summer White House at Cornish New Hampshire and will not return until July 6 He will first go to Roslyn L I to spend tomorrow with Col E M House then proceed to Cornish by Friday afternoon Direct telegraphic links will keep him in touch with White House officials and Secretary Tumulty and a camp of stenographers will accompany him He aims for rest but will remain consulted on major decisions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss. Lennox
Miss Lennox
New York
Fairfield
C. A. Mears
Washington
Wilson
White House
Cornish
N. H
Roslyn
L. L
Col. E. M. House
Sensing
Tumulty
Weather forecast for tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy conditions expected tonight and Thursday. Winds will be variable, mostly moderate from the northwest.
Navy yard and arsenal at South Shields razed in air raid
Berlin reports Zeppelins dropped bombs on the Armstrong works at South Shields Eng destroying the navy yards and arsenal. Seventeen killed and forty injured, fires raged all night. Shields hosts vast docks and shipbuilding. Armstrong works at Elswick Yard employ about 25,000.
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Navy Yard
Arsenal
South Shields
Berlin
Overseas Agency Today
Christiana
Satum
Stavanger
Armstrong Works
Eng
Shields
London
Tyne
Elswick
Armstrong Co
Irate oysterman pursues wife and lover across sound
William E Brown of Patchogue pursues his wife Grace Brown and her lover Frank Leavendusky after she elopes. Brown and Leavendusky are involved in threats and pursuit across ports, with arrests made and both suspects held for trial in city court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irate Oysterman
Long Island
William E. Brown
Patchogue
Grace Brown
Frank Leavendusky
William Street
Brown
Superior Court
Express
Leavendusky
Bridgeport
New York
Port Jefferson
Hackett
Lynch
Rich Westport Youth Faces Speeding Charge
Yale student Carl V. Schlaet of a wealthy Westport family was arraigned before Judge Walsh and a jury on recklessly driving charges. He pleaded not guilty and will contest the case. He had been fined in Trumbull last month, and in 1914 was accused of speeding at 40 mph in Westport. The trial was not finished at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl V. Schlaet
Yale
Westport
Walsh
Criminal Common Pleas Court
Leo Davis
Norwalk
Schlaer
Trumbull
Rowe Wheeler
Building code discussion set for city officials meeting
Tonight at 8 o clock members of the Good Housing Association City Plan Commission Building Commissioners Common Council Fire Department committee the City Engineer and the Building Inspector will meet in the Common Council chamber to discuss plans for a building code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good *Housing Association
City Plan Commission
Building Commissioners
Common Council
Fire Department
City Engineer
British note on neutral shipping reaches State Dept
Washington June 28 Britain’s memorandum on the order in council and neutral shipping arrived at the State Department from Ambassador Page in London. Sir Edward Grey delivered the memo to the American ambassador yesterday. It was unclear if the memorandum is a reply or a new communication. Public release would depend on Britain unless the memorandum itself states. The note to be sent will reiterate the American protest against illegality of the order in council’s principles. The timing of dispatch remains undecided.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
State Department
Page
London
Edward Grey
Lansing
Tuniscana Torpedoed Off Lowestoft By German Submarine
The steamer Tuniscana was torpedoed off Lowestoft while en route from Montreal to Hull with 5,000 tons of wheat. The skipper managed to beach the vessel and the crew landed at Lowestoft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lowestoft
Montreal
Hull
Missing heir sparks suit to share in estate
Kate Gray Goddard of this city, widow of Walter Goddard, sues to recover Aaron Burr Gray's share in Barzilla Gray's estate, saying Aaron was dead since 1873. Barzilla Gray died Mar 8 1900, estate valued at 3688 dollars. Aaron appeared in Norwalk years ago, later died, Edward L. Gray now administers his estate. Judge Williams also issues capias for Josephine Tuck of Walwalk who declines to testify.
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Aaron Burr Gray
Kate Gray Goddard
Williams
Superior Court
Mr. Goodard
Walter Goddard
Barzilla Gray
Relatives Sought After Man Shot by Boy in Woodbury
Police seek relatives of Louis Knapp aged 32 who was killed by a bullet fired yesterday in Woodbury by 14 year old Louis Warner. A sister named Mrs. Smith is believed to live at 209 Hawley Avenue.
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Louis Knapp
Woodbury
Louis Warner
Knapp
Smith
Hawley Avenue
Lemburg Falls as Austro German Siege Ends
Berlin reports Lemburg capitulation after a three week assault by Austro German forces. Desperate fighting and heavy artillery marked the siege with large booty and prisoners taken. The victory follows a second success in the eastern theatre, with official details released from Galicia.
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Berlin
Lemburg
War Office
Galicia
Artillery Duel Preceded Fall of Lemberg in 1914
Lemberg the Galician capital fell to Russian forces on September 3 1914 as a lengthy Austro German artillery campaign crushed Russian defenses. The capture, following Przemysl recapture, shifted the war toward Cracow and Alexandra in Galicia, with hundreds of thousands reported killed or wounded across the fronts. Lvov, the renamed city, housed about 200000 residents.
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Cracow
Ients
Galicia
Przemysl
Venea
Lemberg
Grodek
Russia
Lvov
Lemberg Falls to Austro German Armies in Galicia
Lemberg, Galicia capital, fell after a severe battle to the Austro German second army. Austria reclaimed most of the Galician province as Russians withdrew from Lemberg. Petrograd reports a major victory along the Dniester while Russians claim successes near Rawa Ruska and the Bukowina border. Italian reinforcements arrive on the Isonzo front north of Triest and repelled in Montenero district. Unofficial Geneva dispatch says Italians capture Malborgeth positions. Five Swedish steamers bound for England were seized. Berlin reports Zeppelin raid on South Shields destroying navy yards and arsenal with 17 killed and 40 injured.
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Lemberg
Galicia
Austria
Galacia
Petrograd
Dneister
Rawa Ruska
Bukowina
Isonzo
Gulf of Triest
Montenero
Geneva
Malborgeth
England
Berlin
South Shields
French War Office Reports Daily World War I Actions
The French war office states fighting continued north of Arras with bombardments on both sides and near Labyrinth. German counter-attacks near Nueville cemetery and Labyrinth repulsed. West of the Argonne fighting persists with grenades in German trenches. German ammo expended but no infantry attack. In Fontenelle Vosges the enemy gained a footing after heavy shelling, but French counter-attacks retook almost all lost ground and captured 142 prisoners. Sondernach taken in Fecht region with advances east of the village.
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Paris
French War Office
Arras
Nueville
Hach
Argomne
Amarville
Vie
Fecht
Sondernach
Italian General Staff says Alpine troops repulse Galicia forces
The Italian general staff reports that on the front yesterday enemy long range artillery fire was followed by Alpine battalions engaging recently arrived forces likely from Galicia. The Alpine troops attacked and repulsed the unit. Continued on Page 3.
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Rome
Monte Nero Sone
Galicia
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Maplewood
Stanfer
Hill
Capital
Cornish, N. H
Mountains
Rich Westport
Will
State Dept
Przemyel
Balkans
Carpathian
Hungary
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