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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1918
Page
7
Margaret Thomson, 63, was found dead in a Lew Haven room with gas turned on. Police discovered the scene and are investigating the potential cause and circumstances surrounding the death.
A woman was found dead in her apartment tonight from gas in a heater left on. A daughter returning from work discovered the body and said the mother had been despondent recently.
A five day boycott by 3,000 motormen and conductors of the United Railways in St. Louis prompted widespread transit disruption. The walkout ended early, restoring transportation in the city.
New York police officer John Rutt 29 of Woodhaven was shot twice as he entered 23 West 52nd Street responding to cries that a man aimed to shoot a woman. He was hospitalized after two bullets were removed. A man named Henry Morris, 30, was arrested after the incident.
William Wittenstein receives a quit claim deed for property on Park Street from Eleanor B. Dolgoff per Town Clerk files. Other transfers include Leopold Weiss to Samuel Clark on Jefferson Street, J Monroe Blackman to Giuseppe and Theresa Fuse on Goodsell Street, Moses and Dora Dober to Warren Immer Company land on Hewitt Street, William Laughna to Ernest Huber and Frank Staples to Laughna on Eagle Street, Dinardo purchases on Charles Street from Angello Sparano, plus a land attachment against Louis G. and Annie Gall by West End Lumber. Damages of 500 cited. In Boston, a rail disruption notice is withdrawn as nine NYNH&H trains will run as usual.
Representatives of gas, electric and telegraph companies told the capital issues committee of the federal reserve board they face hard financial times since the war began. They must meet franchise service standards and cannot readily raise rates to cover higher operating costs, making external financial aid urgent amid protests against rate increases.
Amsterdam reports Berlin conference talks on peace terms to Roumania. Boersen Gazette cites an accord offering compensation in southwestern Bessarabia for Bulgaria’s annexation of Dobruja. The piece notes possible Roumania Ukraine cooperation against the Bolsheviks.
Military authorities prepare proceedings under martial law against certain Cacca regiments accused of treacherously conspiring against Austro-Hungarian troops last year. The charges center on alleged plots and disloyal acts within the occupied front. The outcome remains pending with no verdict announced.
Cereal chemists will teach bakers nationwide to bake Victory bread under a food administration program. Experts will lecture and guide millers on new milling requirements. Plans unfold at meetings in New York on February 12 and Chicago on February 15 with support from the American Society of Milling and Baking Technology and the American Society of Cereal Chemists.
Clarence V. Ashbaugh, a student aviator from Loungstown Ohio, died at the Lake Charles army aviation camp when his plane with a civilian instructor fell about 200 feet and struck a hangar. The camp announced the accident today. Patents
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