Senate to Take Up Colombian Pact This Week
Washington dispatch reports the Senate will briefly adjourn next week for the Colombian treaty consideration while maintaining focus on the peace treaty with the League of Nations. President Wilson outlines his stance on ratification and the Shantung provision as diplomatic talks continue. The Foreign Relations Committee plans a preliminary reading and to assist experts from the Paris Peace Conference after completing the Colombian treaty review.
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Senate
Washington
League of Nations
Ausuay
Wilson
Fons
Givin
Shantung
Yohio
Japan
Paris
Directors of the Y M C A Submit Account of Stewardship
New York July 2 reports detail receipts and expenditures of the Young Men's Christian Association through March 31, 1918. The total amounted to 97,817,005 with a balance estimated to sustain work at home and abroad until December 31. The audit shows over 2 percent for religious purposes, about 80 percent for canteen supplies and entertainment, education and sports, and distributions including boxing gloves and athletic gear for U.S. camps.
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New York
Young Men's Christian ‘Association
National War Work Council
Fina Rommittee
ArTae
Leevng
Georf W. Perkins
Cleveland H. Dodge
War Work Council
H.W. Wilmot
United States
Sechandi
Mrs Jaspar Ward Injured In Collision
Mrs Jasper Ward of 44 Fayette Street Fairfield suffers a left wrist injury when a car rear ended a motorcycle sidecar. She was treated by hospital staff after the collision near Bridgeport.
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Jaspar Ward
General Nivelle Returns to France After North Africa Service
General Nivelle, former commander in chief of French forces in North Africa and on the French front, arrived here yesterday. This marks his first visit to France since being sent to Algiers following the Chemin-des-Dames affair in 1917.
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Shington
Jiy
Henrl
Robert George Nivelle
Vreteh Ceoaps
North
Africa
France
Alsiers
Chemin
Our Plight. Ford Case Testimony Reveals Money Woes
After reviewing testimony on the Ford case, the writers lament knowing history but lacking a clear path to obtain funds. The note frames financial frustration and the difficulty of financing historical pursuits.
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Ford
How to Meet Heat With Home Cooling Methods
During extreme summer heat the article advises housewives on cooling strategies. It recommends turning fabrics to beds, keeping the cooler part of the house ventilated, closing east-facing windows and drawing shades, opening western windows to bring in cooler air, and adjusting airflow by front or back openings as temperatures shift, especially at sundown.
Oversubscribed Ish Fund Quota Reaches Record Total
The Ish fund drive reports a statewide oversubscription with a total of $28,701 in contributions plus pledges, and Bourgepert's quota alone at $20,000, exceeding its target by over 100 percent. Campaign teams across districts tallied weekly and daily returns, with combined totals from general and district units reflecting strong public support and substantial local donations.
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Bourgepert
New Haventsnery
Lagoas
George Greenspun
Ion A
General Hamilton
Wogan
O'Hara
Generague
William » Charman
P. J. Lynch
William Honan
Flanagan
Catherine Sullivan
Henry Lee
M. H. Ford
A . Thourke
Clarence Jennings
Edward Vilagerald
A. L. Krause
Stratford
Fairfeld
Aed
Mak
Michaelis Denies Spurning Offer Amid Secrecy Over Vatican Talks
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Michaelis denies rejecting an offer amid economic war tensions and secret Vatican negotiations to avoid indiscretion by Hraber. The piece then shifts to practical home cooling tips, advising stone houses be kept shut during the day and cooled with air flow and cold water for comfort.
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Vatican
Hraberger
Philadelphia Inquirer
West Cornwall Farmer Injured by His Own Trap for Thieves
West Cornwall, July. Henry Soehler, a farmer, rigged dynamite over his barn door to deter looters. He forgot the safety step and opened the door, the blast causing painful lacerations to his legs and thighs. The incident highlights dangers of improvised traps on private property.
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West Cornwall
Henry Soehler
Clemenceau Says Kun Government Blocks Peace with Hungary
Premier Clemenceau announced that peace with Hungary and food relief are impossible while Bela Kun's government remains in power. He cited armistice violations and continued Allied occupation, urging a Hungarian government that honors commitments before reconstruction or lifting blockades can occur.
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Clemenceau
Hungary
Béla Kun
Europe
Theer
Kun
Bela
Associated
De Valera Plans Nationwide Tour of United States
Eamonn de Valera, president of the Irish republic, will begin a nationwide tour of every state in the Union within days. The announcement was made at the Waldorf by his secretary B J Boland, who said the trip responds to broad popular demand. De Valera is en route from the Far West and will reach New York on Tuesday.
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New York
Eamonn de Valera
the Waldorf
B. J. Boland
de Valera
Far West
Women Flee in Panic as Police Raid Alleged Gambling Den
Nearly 40 women in Cedarhurst fled a residence during a raid on an alleged gambling operation in Mineola Illinois. Rain fell as officers and special police pursued and blocked exits, with Nassau County residents long irritated by reports of society gambling.
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Mineola
Mineqola
Il.l
Cedarhurst
Poar
Intruuse
Site Constabulary
Nassau Association
Nassau County
Rhode Island Strikers Await Court Action
Providence R I July 37 The Rhode Island shestear strike grips business as both sides await a Superior Court hearing tomorrow. North Providence town solicitors seek receivers to arbitrate. Governor Mackman says arbitration may resolve the dispute and hopes the court will order it.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Superior Cour
North Providence
Mackman
Woman Found Dead In Room On Wallace Street
Margaret Galnur and Ian Wegress were found dead in her room on Wallace Street last night. A jet was left open when she returned early Sunday morning, leading to the fatal incident.
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Margaret Galnur
Ian Wegress
We Wallace Street
Membership Drive Splits Unions Across Local Plants
Meetings for Bryant Electric Hawthorne Remington-Voseur and Graphophone workers address return terms and demands. A split deepens between AL of L and the W L unions amid accusations of radicalism, sabotage, and leadership politics in a turbulent labor drive.
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Bryant Electric
Hawthorne Manufacturing Company
Remington-Vasi
Graphophone Companies
Colonial Hall
Machinists’ Hall
Broad Street
Remington-Voseurplayes
Colonial Fail
Graphophone Company
Machinists
Singer Fewing Machine Company
West End
The
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W. L
Ted. On
Labor
Ugh Sia
M. Ornburn
Wortars
International Industrial Union
W. It
Carornia
A. “Ho
Sam Parks
Istatement
A. FP
L. Sleaders
Castle
Clydesdale
Ma[shindatat Union
A. PF
Clemenceau May Run Again In French Presidency
Paris July 27 The Associated Press reports that Clemenceau’s remark on renewing presidential powers has stirred talk he might seek a second term. Poincare intends to remain active in politics and not retire, possibly returning to the senate and his law practice. Other possible candidates include Alexandre Millerand and Edouard Herriot.
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Paris
Associated Press
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Republic
Poincare
M. Poincare
M. Pomeare
Muni
Palheres
Loubet
Senate
Congress Plans Honors for General Pershing on Return
Washington July 4 Preparations for General Pershing’s homecoming are under way by Congress and the War Department though plans are not final. A congressional program envisions a sword, a vote of thanks, and brevet or increased rank for the commander of the expeditionary forces. War Department plans await confirmation of details as to honors for distinguished wartime service.
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Waseington
General Pershing
Congress
War Department
Genery
Fershirg
Japan plans return of Shantung after treaty ratification
Kenkichi Yoshizawa former Councillor of the Japanese Legation at Peking left Orio for the Shantung Peninsula to study conditions ahead of negotiations with China over sovereignty. Officials say talks would begin after the peace treaty is ratified by the Privy Council, expected before September 1.
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ORIO
Associated Press
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Peking
Shantung Peninsula
China
Stary
Japan
Privy Counnil
Beatty to Succeed Wemyss as First Sea Lord
London July 27 Sir Rosslyn Wemyss to retire as First Sea Lord and Admiral Sir David Beatty will succeed him. Beatty, commander of Britain's high seas fleet, will take charge of shaping the navy along postwar lines. He is regarded as the most progressive force in the service.
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London
Rosslyn Wemyss
Firet
David Beatty
Britain
Beatty
Davi
Fire at New York New Haven shops causes $800000 loss
A blaze at the New York New Haven & Hartford railroad car shops in Valley Palls burned two of three buildings, raged over three hours, and caused about $800000 in damage. Lightning strike suspected as the cause during a severe electrical storm.
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New York
New Haven
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Weather notes show scattered storms and warmer temps ahead
Bridgeport area reports a mix of sun and clouds with possible local thunderstorms on Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures rise from Sunday conditions, bringing warm weather to the middle Atlantic states. Winds along the coast shift with fresh southeasterly and westerly flows.
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Washington
New England
New York
Great Lakes
New Wrgland
East Gull
Corgia
Auambio
Sandy Hook
Shaw Sandy Hook
Brooklawn Club Ice Machine Accident Injures Maher
John Maher, 41, was seriously hurt last night at Brooklawn County Club when caught in a belt of an ice making machine. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital after being examined by Dr B C Pasulh of Emergency Teal.
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Brooklawn County Club
Bridgeport Hospital
B.C. Pasulh
Fairfield County Pomona Field Day Held in Suwlton
Fairfield County Pomona will hold field day with the event organized by Walal Rivar Grange. Hundreds of Granger members from towns across the county and state attend the event for entertainment and community gathering.
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Fairfield County
Pomona
Suwlton
Franklin Blakeman
Connecticut
Soba Eurdae Bey
Lenntington
Ginsu
Waalul Rivar Grange
Obituary Notices of Morris Porter Laurin Kennedy
Obituaries report Elizabeth P Morris widow of James Morris and James W Porter of Danbury with services at St Johns Episcopal Danbury and burial at Newtown followed by Ruth A Laurin Frye death at 67 French Street with services at 2 40 PM Rev Archibald Campbell officiating. Addison Kennedy a plumber dies and burial planned in Brooklyn Evergreen cemetery. multiple survivors listed.
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Elizabeth Heck Morris
James Asninun Morris
L. Me
Washington Avenue
Morrin
3. John's Episcopal
Miner
St. John's Episcopal Church
Newtown
Ames W. Porter
James WW. Porter
Danbury
Mayonte Tempe
Porter
Pyramid Temple
Mystic Shrine
The
Algonquin Glub
Ron A. Frye
Ruth A.rye
Carge A. Frye
J. Laurin
French Street
Asband
Gerritude
Alive Laurin
Miss Laurin
August Westron
Braokly
Elen Lind
New York City
Carl
Olof
Addison B. Kennedy
State Street
Briggeport Hospital
Lemuel Larris
Odd Fellows
Walker & Banks
Fairfield Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Evergreen Cemetery
Hitchcock Plans Retirement After 1920 Term
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, a leading advocate for the peace treaty on the Senate floor and a frequent presidential possibility, says he will likely retire from public life when his term ends in 1920. In Boston he told Union Club members he seeks quiet private life, while endorsing Ireland aid and the League of Nations and predicting Senate ratification without turmoil.
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Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Union Club
Thas
Ireland
League of Nations
Shantung
Yale seeks new air for college song Bright College Years
Yale plans a prize of 1000 dollars for a new tune to replace The Watch on the Rhine for the song Bright College Years. The class of 1999 through secretary Murray Dodge offers the award and the alumni committee will select the tune.
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New. Haven
Yale
Bright College
Murray Dodge
Prudential Committee
Mrs Bessie Lundgren May Die Say Doctors Andover
July 27. Mrs Bessie Mae Skeets Lundgren in very serious condition at home. Dr. Fr in charge says she is conscious but extremely weak and can take little nourishment. Her husband Alfred J Lundgren and her brother William Lundgren of Bayonne, N J are at her bedside.
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Andover
Bessie Mae
Skeets) Lundgren
Lundgren
Alfred J. Lundgren
Wiliam
Bayonne
N. Jre
Shipping unions brace for joint meeting after seamen strike
NEW YORK July 27 Differences between the National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association United States Shipping Board and the American Steamship Association, as 40 000 striking seamen and stewards compromised, were set for joint discussion tomorrow. William Brown said a normal Atlantic shipping movement is expected by tomorrow night after wage gains for chief engineers. The talks aim to resolve remaining demands of licensed crew and assistants, including a $35 flat increase in overtime pay. A field day report from Bridgeport notes Jewish youth groups attending events in New Haven and surrounding towns.
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New York
National Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
United States Shipping Board
American Steamship Association
William & Brown
Engineers’ Union
Atlantic
Steamship Association
Cinot Saved His Life Says That Cinot Saved His Life
Fred Smith a Baltimore auto mechanic narrates a personal health recovery claiming CINOT cured his crippling back pain after headaches and fainting spells. He credits a swift turnaround to two CINOT bottles and promotes Hartgan's Drug Store in Bridgeport for the remedy.
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Fred Smith
Baltimore
Smith
Fua
Hartgan
Fairfield Avnue
Bridgeport
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