Austro-Hungarian Victory on Armentara Ridge
Berlin reports Austro-Hungarian forces captured over 3,000 Italian soldiers and several villages on Armentara ridge in Tyrol. They seized 25 cannons and eight machine guns and pushed into Lafraun Highlands after heavy fighting. A Baltic sea battle is rumored with cannonade near Kalmar reported from Copenhagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armentara
Baltic
Berlin
Tyrol
Lafraun
London
Kalmar
Sweden
Copenhagen
Teleraph Co
Police plan investigation in case of Rehick shooting
William Rehick of 189 William Street is detained after denying an attack on John Kubick of 168 Stillman Street while admitting he shot at John Petro of 58 Crescent Avenue last December. Police say Rehick carried a concealed weapon and faced assault with intent to kill charges amid claims of threats and recent incident at Sadler's dance hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kubick
Stillman Street
William Rehick
Wilam Street
Rehick
Kubick
John Petro
Crescent Avenue
Petro
Aeat Stillman
Hallet E Kubick
Sadler's Dance Hall
Vermont Sheriff Seeks Bridgeport Plain Clothes Job
Artemas Jason Thatcher Huckins Run police chief notes a Vermont deputy sheriff applying for a plain clothes man post in Bridgeport. His background includes gambling raids and saloon work, with city clerk receiving several outsiders’ applications amid Bridgeport’s advertised industrial growth. The police commissioners will review the file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemas Jason Thatcher
Huckins’ Run
Vermont
Bridgeport
Remington Guards
Meriden Man Celebrates 102nd Birthday At Home
William G Atwater of Meriden celebrated his 102nd birthday with a family reunion. He credits a simple life and abstinence from liquor and tobacco. He was married twice and survives three children. In Rochester Miss Helen E Farren died after her sister's wedding, grieving separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden
William G
Water
Helen E Farren
Rochester
Coroner Orders Second Arrest In Fatal Ansonia Riot
Ansonia May 22 Coroner Eli Mix ordered a second arrest in the fatal clash at the Ansonia Manufacturing Co. plant. Michael Schmotsky about 23 is held without bond alongside Saul Koople the strike leader. Police had sought Schmotsky since Friday. Strike conditions remained quiet as repairs continued at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia
Eli Mix
New Haven
Charles Lako
Ansonia Manufacturing Co
Michael Schmotsky
Saul Koople
Iene
Hirsch Family In Peril When Auto Overturns
Norwalk May 22 Henry Scott of 1597 Park avenue is in Norwalk hospital with concussion and head wounds after an automobile overturned on Winfield street. Six Bridgeport passengers including Marcus Hirsch his wife and four children Ebien Pauline Robert and Zalmon were also injured. Hirsch, pinned beneath the car, and the others were treated by a physician and taken home later by train. The seven passenger vehicle was damaged and taken to a Norwick garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Henry Scott
Park Avenue
Winfield Street
Scott
Marcus Hirsch
East Main Street
Bridgeport
Hirsch
Ebien
Pauline
Robert
Zalmon
Norwick
Elm Auto Co
Embargo Lifted on New Haven Road Carload Freight
New York May 22 The embargo on carload freight on the New Haven road to Bridgeport Waterbury Hartford Torrington Conn was lifted by the eastern freight accumulation committee. The embargo on anthracite coal was modified and the New Haven road will accept half of the average daily May 1915 receipts from all connecting railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Haven
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Hartford
Torrington
Conn
Eastern
New Haven Road
Arguments in Donovan Hill Seat Contest in Washington
A House subcommittee heard Donovan and Hill contesting the Fourth Connecticut district seat. Donovan claims Federal election law violations in Hills campaign. Cum mings and Henney argued for Donovan and Hill respectively. briefs filed. testimony had been taken in Stamford months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Selections
Todgy
Jeremiah Donovan
Ebeer J. Hill
Connecticut
Donovan
Hill
Homer .S. Cummings
W. F. Henney
Hartford
Stamford
U S to Send Protest to Britain Over Mail Seizures
Washington May 22 The new note to Great Britain protest interference with American mails was laid before President Wilson today and will likely be sent to London tomorrow. The terms were drafted at the state department with some of the President's own language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
Wilson
London
State Department
Contract Board Cites Savings in City Coal Purchases
Dr. Robert J. Lynch leads a contract and supply board committee in urging cost cuts for Bridgeport with coal bids for city departments and public schools. The plan halves to allow the school board separate bids if cheaper, amid labor and freight disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Robert J. Lynch
Board of Education
John A. Hurley
Robert D. Goddard
Louis F. Schwertdle
Contract Board
School Board
Henc
Baldwin
Lynch
Patrick McGee
Charities Department
Goddard
Dr. Lynch
McGee
Kelly
Hurley
Schweidtle
Schwerdtle
Board of Contract and Supply
Border anxieties over troops near Boquillas
San Antonio May 22 officials report no hostile movement near Col Sibley’s Fourthteenth cavalry. Major Langhorne with two troops of the Eighth cavalry moves north to join Sibley. Sixth cavalry reinforcements may be sent from Big Bend. Marathon May 22 two Sixth cavalry troops trained to move south to Boquillas to reinforce the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Boquillas
Big Bend
Marathon
Sixth Cavalry
Col. Sibley
Groton Man Dies on Sound Voyage
James D. Williams of Groton brought the body of Arthur V. Dobson ashore at Falmouth Mass after a voyage from Boston. Both men belonged to the Masonic order. Dobson, who worked at the Groton post office, left a widow and one child. The two were reported to have traveled about 18 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groton, Conn
James D. Williams
Falmouth
Mass
Arthur V. Dobson
Dobson
Williams
James
Boston
Newport
Groton
Tungsten mill fire prompts rebuild plan and $300000 loss
Investigation at the Long Hill Quarries tungsten plant, destroyed by a weekend fire, seeks the cause but finds no clear evidence of arson. Thomas Edwards and Thomas A. Kirkham report $300000 in losses covered by insurance. wooden buildings will be replaced with concrete as nearly 60 workers are laid off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Hill Quarries Co
Thomas Edwards
Thomas A. Kirkham
Berkshire Fertilizer Co
Edwards
Kirkham
Esses
American Electric Specialty Co
Fred C. Beach
Stratford
Motorman Held for Theft of Motorcycle
Anthony Rollins aged 25 a Fairfield resident and motorman for the Connecticut Co is held by city police on a theft charge relating to a motorcycle taken from Daniel Francesco of Devon The motorcycle was recovered in a cellar at Rollins home with Deputy Sheriff Gould assisting Fairfield authorities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Rollins
Fairfield
The
Connecticut Co
Daniel Francesco
Devon
Gould
Kollings’ Homa
Alienists to Play Big Role in Waite Murder Trial
In New York on May 22 the Dr Arthur Warren Waite murder case opened with four alienists and other witnesses present. The prosecution cites insanity as a defense risk while the state and defense each call medical experts. Waite’s wife and a studio partner figure among notable attendees as 115 witnesses are summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Arthur Warren Waite
John E. Peck
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clara Peck Waite
Margaret Horton
Waite
Detroit
Mr. Peck
Walter R. Deuel
Joseph F. Crater
Criminal Courts
Robert Neill
Talesman
Deuel
Peck
George N. Rothers
Scotland Yard sleuths arrive to get Lincoln
Chief Inspector Alfred Ward and an assistant from Scotland Yard arrived in New York aboard the Cameronia to escort Ignatius T T Lincoln back to England. Lincoln, a self confessed German spy and former British MP, is wanted for forgery. His extradition follows a US Supreme Court order after habeas corpus challenges. He was arrested here in August, escaped in November, and was re-arrested in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred Ward
Scotland Yard
England
Cameronia
Liverpool
Ignatius T.T. Lincoln
Lincoln
Supreme Court of the United States
County Meeting Eyes Parsonage Property Purchase Next Month
County commissioners plan a meeting early next month with state Senators and Representatives to discuss buying the First Congregational parsonage property adjoining the county courthouse addition. The session will also address the county tax, which will be set under a new law linking the rate to each town’s proposed final-year spending. The old rate stood at three-twentieths of a mill, but the new rate remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational
County Court House
Samuel H. Wheeler
Woman killed crossing tracks in Bar Harbor express tragedy
Mary Hopko aged 31 of 209 Pine street died instantly when the Bar Harbor express struck her at Burr Road crossing as she and husband Andrew attempted to cross. Andrew Hopko suffered severe injuries including loss of arm and leg. Engineer says the woman stood on the rails waving. investigation pending coroner review.
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Mary Hopke
Pine Street
Bar Harbor
Burr Road
Andrew
Hopke
West End
En Gineer
Mary
Andrew Mopko
Drew
Second Precinct
Politn
Cullinan & Mulline
St. Vincent’s Hospital
S. M. Garlick
J. J. Phelan
Strike Ends as Girls Return to Work at Corset Plants
About 1,200 female strikers from George C. Batcheller Co and Crown Corset Co returned to work after addressing objections to working conditions. A mass meeting at Machinists Hall led to a quiet parade to the factories, with workers resuming duties at 7 30. The Crown strike began when a nonunion girl refused to join. Batcheller workers joined in sympathy a week later, amid disputed claims of Crown work in Batcheller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George c& Batcheller
Crown Corset Cos
Cannon Street
Crown Corset Co
Garment
George C. Batcheller Co
Crown
Batcheller
Moulders May Strike At Automatic Factory
Moulders at the Automatic Machine Co. may join the striking machinists at the plant. A Molders union conference with Machinists union officers will meet this evening to discuss a possible sympathetic strike. Machinists have not reported any change in their strike today. No conference with plant officials has occurred since last week when a prior meeting yielded no favorable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automatic Machine Co
Molders’ Union
Machinists’ Union
Pierce In Stamford To Assist Strikers
Organizer John Pigree of the International Ladies Garment Workers is in Stamford to aid girl strikers. He led negotiations with Crown Corset Co. and George C Batcheller Co. Factories in Stamford supply goods for New York plants where garment workers strike. Police reportedly restrict picketing in Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pigree
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Crown Corset Co
George C. Batcheller Co
Stamford
New York
Fairfield Rubber Co Grants Nine Hour Day
Fairfield Rubber Co granted the nine hour day after workers demanded it. E. W. Harral, company president, implemented the schedule and F. D. Hotchkiss told workers they must complete nine hours. A Lake Torpedo Boat Co machinists meeting was set for 27 Cannon Street to discuss factory conditions. In Simsbury, Ensign Bickford fuse makers warned strikers who did not return were no longer employed, but no one returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Rubber Co
E. W. Harral
F. D. Hotchkiss
Lake Torpedo Boat Co
Machinists’ Union
Cannon Street
Simsbury, Conn
Ensign- Bickford Company
Court orders destruction of $700 in liquor
Judge Scott of the common pleas court civil side orders the destruction of champagne apricot brandy whiskey and 614 bottles of beer seized at the Elm Country Club Westport during a state police raid on June 27 1915 at 3 am The total liquor value is $700 Jennings president of the club pleaded guilty to liquor law violation and was fined $75 The court also costs Jennings had sought a liquor license earlier but the county commissioners denied the application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Common Pleas Court
Elm Country Club
Westport
George S. Jennings
Criminal Superior Court
Jennings
Trolley Crew Not Negligent in Damages Suit
Acting Judge Wilder rules for Connecticut Co in Isaacs v. trolley line over loss of horse after collision at Main and Grand Streets on February 15 1915. Court finds no negligence by trolley crew and awards nothing to Isaacs. Separate foreclosure judgment of 1572.65 against Minot H Sammis et al in Stamford note case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Isaacs
Connecticut Co
Wilder
Civil Common Pleas Court
Isaacs
Main
Grand Streets
Effie Banta
Darian
Minot
Bequest to Improve Grounds Near Gaylord Farm
Hartford may 22 Dr John T Black secretary of the state board of health elected to the Gaylord Farm Tuberculosis Sanatorium board of directors at Wallingford replacing the deceased Dr Joseph Townsend. Miss Whittemore of Naugatuck gives 10000 to improve the roadway to the private institution. Governor Holcomb praised the effort and the state efforts for tuberculosis relief. Yale class of 1906 member Thomas H Shelvin will have a memorial dormitory or track house at the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
John T Black
State Board of Health
Gaylord Farm
Wallingford
Joseph H. Townsend
Lyman
Gaylord Park Association
Yale
Thomas H. Shelvin
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Donovan-Hill
U.S
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Border
Langhorne
Texas
Sound
Long Hill
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Hopko
Batcheller and Crown Shops
Pierce
LAKE
Isacs
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