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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1918
Page
15
A Telegram Want Ad urges homeowners to lease vacant spare rooms by describing their rooms as worn cheerful and well furnished. It promises quick rent due to high demand and provides the Barntun 6100 telephone number to Belay the Want Ad Taker.
Anna B. Nichols wife of Charles Blyth died December 15 1918 in this city funeral at her late home 207 Barnum avenue Wednesday 18th inst at 2 30 p m burial Mountain Grove cemetery.
Brooklyn police brought taxi driver George McCullough and John Mulligan before Magistrate Alo Caire on a murder and robbery case tied to the East Brooklyn Livings Bank hold up on Friday. McCullough and Mulligan face no bail until Tuesday for examination. Witnesses describe McCullough driving the getaway car from Navarre hotel to the crime scene, while Mulligan allegedly directed the bandits to the vehicle. Police identified two men, Wellington and Klingman from Delaware Water Gap, Pa., who registered at Navarre and are believed to be the robbers. The investigation tracks the car and telephone booth sightings, with authorities seeking to connect the Navarre pair to the crime.
A chaotic excerpt recounts a dispute over gas coins and a safety protest by youths. It describes a shopkeeper or worker named Whitin refusing coins and claiming their value. A triangle of gossip centers on a cry of “No, good” as workers explain coins’ new blackened state after fumes.
New York December 14 A singular mix of confidence and perplexity grips business circles. Confidence remains strong as postwar courage boosts sentiment in the United States and Britain, while demobilization, reconstruction and labor pose the chief challenges. Government action to reorganize, control inflation, and adapt banking to postwar needs dominate discourse, with railroads and steel policy under close scrutiny as markets adjust to peace.
A British steamer named the Morinthin struck Northwest Ledge near Grandy Bay at night. After 87 aboard, including captain Towneek, were landed. The ship carried wheat and other cargo under British orders. Some crew reached Westport and a seaport. patrolmen reported taking the captain and other men. The wreck site remained under watch as the vessel broke apart.
Dr David Hughes former Welsh Fusiliers spoke to about 3000 Bridgeporters at the Gate Armory warning against German propagandists and slander of the Red Cross. He praised American Red Cross help, noted Allied forces’ advances, and recalled his service as a chaplain who was born in Wales and later became an American citizen.
Muskegon Michigan December 15. Milo H. Piper a local insurance man is charged with killing his newly wed wife to conceal a prior marriage. Police say Piper fled Muskegon as murder details emerged and the body of a young woman identified as Frieda Welchman later found near a Grand Trunk line. Police trace the marriage to Crown Point Indiana on March 21 1926 and say Piper and the victim traveled through southern states before the disappearance.
A protest meeting will be held in this city on January 5 to press for the release of all political prisoners jailed during the war by the Department of Justice. Tridgeport is one of 100 cities chosen by the Socialist party's national executive committee for these meetings, with many notable figures and hundreds of supporters expected.
The 1919 American campaign in France faced cancellations of 40 000 car orders and 180 locomotives late in the month. About 200 000 tons of rails for Pershing could be unused, with many sentenced to long prison terms. With the war ended, Socialists seek a general amnesty. A Bridgeport meeting is planned in a large hall or theatre.
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