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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1918

Page

13

Weeps As She Tells of Father's Act in Court

Clarice Lasigotte, a 15 year old French girl, testifies in New York Supreme Court about her father Albert Lafotte's cruelty toward her mother in 1915. She recalls saving money to buy a birthday dinner and gifts, only for the father to accuse the mother of stealing. Her brother Charles, now an aviator, previously testified to past cruelty. case to resume Tuesday.

New York Clarice Lasigotte Sunshine Supreme Court Albert Lafotte West 14Th Street Lehman Charles

Japanese Send Message of Wilson Broadcast

President Wilson's message to Congress on February 10 was published widely in the Japanese empire. Afternoon Toky o papers carried it February 13 and morning papers February 14. Leading Tokyo newspapers greeted the message with favorable comment.

Tokio Wilson Congress

Eleven Die in London Air Raid Night Attacks

London February 18 official reports list eleven killed and four injured in Saturday night air raid. Earlier Sunday night raids killed sixteen and left thirty seven injured, according to official announcements this afternoon.

London

Arrest Man as He Steps from Jail Here

Stepping forth from the county jail after completing a six months' sentence Jacob Cohen of New Haven was placed under arrest by New Haven officers and taken to New Haven where he is wanted on forgery charges Cohen is also sought in New Britain on an embezzlement charge. The item also notes other unrelated dispatches about General Robertson taking eastern command and a battle at Odessa with hundreds killed.

Jacob Cohen New Haven Cohen New Britain

Question Hotel Men on Gambling Question

New York reporters on February 1 report district attorney Swann calling hotel owners to court to probe knowledge of gambling in their properties. The inquiry targets landlords as possible suppressors while Sobel and other officers face questions about vice in West 108th Street apartments.

New York Swann Massachusetts Leon Sobel West 108Th 100Th Streets Manhattan Street John Doe Wadhams Court of General Sessions Sobel James E. Smith Enright Hylan Detective Bureau Costigan Central Merchants’ Club Central Merchants Club James B. Smith District Attorney's Floyd Horton Fifth Avenue Station Brooklyn Mr. Swann Horton Bronx Mr. Enright

Trotzky withdraws Reed appointment in New York

Washington reports that Foreign Minister Trotzky of the Bolshevik government has withdrawn the appointment of John Reed as Russian consul general at New York. Ishii named ambassador to the United States for Japan and will soon reach Washington.

Washington Trotzky Russia John Reed New York Ishil

The Dot Red Cross Keepsake Story Segment

The convoy arrival brings safety as Mildred spends time with an army friend not the ship captain. He shares ambitions and hopes to see her after the haste fields. He asks to give a keepsake his father gave to his mother in the Civil War era.

Mildred

Laboring Man Is Too Busy to Cry

Ralph Henry Barbour writes on German propaganda and its aim to split America across labor and capital during World War I. He argues the war unites workers and capitalists against a common foe, despite deceptive German lies and the ongoing A Wall Street War myth. A Patriot rally is announced at Trumbull Town hall with Senator Williamson and Miss Griswold. An Iowa story notes German propaganda claims of famine and riots in the U S and Iowa.

Ralph Henry Barbour Avenue de l'Opera Paris Hindenburgstrasse Atlantic United-States Germany General Staff Wall Street Lusitania Belgium Alice Lberty Trumbull Town Hall State Council of Defense Charles E. Williamson Darien L. Griswold New Haven Liberty Chorus

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