Scotland Yard Keeps Card On Fake Marquis No. A 2472
New York a man calling himself Edmond Oussetot the self styled Marquis De Vastiot attracted New York society until police learned his record from London. He was jailed in Paris in 1909 for fraud and later convicted in London for theft and auto wheel burglary in 1912. He fled to the United States while posing as a French diplomat and was held for trial on passport forgery and theft charges. The London card No. A 2472 may be updated with any New York experiences.
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Russia Forced to Accept German Peace Terms Says Official
London February 19 Russian official statement received here asserts Russia is compelled to sign peace on the terms proposed by Germany, signaling a decisive shift in negotiations amid ongoing wartime diplomacy.
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London
Russia
Germany
Italian Red Cross Plans 5000 Member Drive in Bridgeport
Bridgeport branch of the Italian Red Cross will launch a campaign Saturday to boost membership to 5,000. The effort is directed by the Pro-Patria committee, the Italian Red Cross sub-committee, and the Red Cross women’s section with Dr Z Formichella chairing the general committee and Luigi Manzi and Anthony S Renzi leading the campaign.
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Italian Red Cross
Pro- Patria Committee
The
Red Cross
Z. Formichella
Luigi Manzi
Anthony S. Renzi
New cotton and grain exchange to open in New York
A new American Galton and Grain Exchange backed by southern capital will open in New York on May 4. It will trade cotton linters cotton oil grain sugar coffee wool silks on a spot basis with reasonable brokerage charges, per president Joseph Cooper of Atlanta.
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York
Americ Galton and Grain Exchange
New York
Joseph ©. Cooper
Atlanta
Tragedy in Columbus: Husband Kills Wife and Daughter then Self
In Columbus Ohio on February 29 Torest Bigelow aged 5 killed his wife and seven year old daughter with a hatchet at their home. He then went to his mother in law's home, fatally wounded her and killed his sister in law. He returned home and shot himself.
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Columbus
Torest Bigelow
Tie
Factory Built in Innsbruck to Repair Cannon
A new factory has been constructed in Innsbruck, capital of Tyrol, to repair cannons taken by the Austro-Hungarians from the Italians and to manufacture shells of corresponding calibers.
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Aresa
Innsbruck
Tyrol
Bill to return to party convention system defeated
Boston February 9 A senate defeat blocks a bill to restore the party convention system for nominating all state offices except governor and lieutenant governor. The rule change would have altered how candidates are chosen for state races. The action leaves nominations for top posts unchanged.
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Boston
Senate
Roumania Forms Alliance With Ukraine Against Bolsheviks
Petrograd reports Roumania has perfected an alliance with the Ukraine government opposing the Bolsheviki. Despatches indicate the pact strengthens eastern front against Soviet forces and signals regional diplomatic coordination amid wartime upheaval.
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Roumania
Ukraine
Petrograd
Postpone Naming of Three of Physical Reserve
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson has not yet named the committee of three Bridgeport residents to form a local branch of the Physical Reserve. It is probable the committee will be named this week. The group, appointed by Wilson, aims to form part of an organization begun by Walter Camp of Yale to study local conditions and promote a simple system of physical improvement for the city's youths.
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Clifford B. Wilson
Bridgeport
Physical Reserve
Walter Camp
Yale Football Authority
Imen
Deny Lithuanians Favor State Dependent on Huns
Vilmont, president of the Lithuanian national council in the United States, issued a statement after a council meeting denying German reports that Lithuanians support a monarchial state dependent on Germany. He deplored the lack of encouragement from allies in their fight for independence.
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New York
Villmiont
Germans Enter Minsk Reported From Front
Berlin reports German forces have entered Dvinsk and now move toward Minsk as the war office issues the official proclamation.
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Berlin
London
Dvinsk
Stratford Court Hears School and Firearm Cases
In Stratford town court Judge Frank J3iakemiin presided over multiple cases. Sentences included a suspended $35 fine for a parent whose sons must attend school, a $50 fine for carrying a revolver without a permit, and a $5 fine for a repeated school noncompliance. Other defendants, Fettergamy and Verrille, drew $10 each for stealing lumber from Aerodrome Park, with police noting fuel to burn at home and lumber storage.
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DePalma
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William Davenport
Michael Fertergamy
Avenue A
Michael Fettergamy
Toney Verrille
Airodrome Park
Andrew Bish
William T. Nichols
William B. Nichols
Wiliam HW
St. John
Merchant Marine
John
Peter Travors
Sedgewick Avenue
Marylizabeth
William A. Peck
North Carolina
A. Herbert Barrows
Cut Spring Road
E. Selden Barrows
Plan to Extend Spring Garden Work Plan
The Fairfield County Farm Bureau board of directors will meet this afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce rooms DC to discuss extending the spring garden work plan. Fairehill Wheeler, assistant federal food administrator Justice George W Wheeler head of the War Koreau and Mayor Clifford B K Wilson are expected to attend.
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Fairfield County Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce Rooms
Fairehill Wheeler
George W. Wheeler
War Koreau
Clifford BK. Wilson
Eight Injured in Cruiser Explosion at Sea
Washington Web reports a cartridge case explosion during target practice on the cruiser Montana injuring eight men. The incident occurred aboard the ship with the cause under investigation and no further details released.
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Washington
Web
Montana
Germans occupy Lutsk in Volhynia without fighting
Vienna reports that General Alexander Von Linsingen’s army group occupies the Russian town of Lutsk in Volhynia without a battle, according to an Austrian war office statement. The fragmentary text then diverges into an unrelated anecdote about a husband and wife and a snoring scene.
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Vouiyner
Vienna
London
Alexander von Linsingen
Austrian War Office
Lutsk
Volhynia
Officer Aids Cripple Is Wounded in Harlem Shooting
Police officer Thomas Gaffney of West Thirty-seventh Street station was shot twice and is in Bellevue Hospital in serious condition. A man calling himself John Collins, a janitor, is under arrest for felonious assault, while a crippled man named James Cleary and a woman identified as Mrs. Anna Ryan are held as material witnesses. Detectives say Cleary, while wheeled, asked Gaffney to carry him to Kohlepp’s apartment, leading to a confrontation and the janitor’s alleged theft of the revolver, followed by the shooting.
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New York
Thomas Gaffney
West Thirty-seventh Street
Bellevue Hospital
John Collins
West
Keliepp
Kohtepp
Kohlepp
Kohlep
McMaster Named to Canadian War Mission
Montreal Feb 19 Ross H Mc Master assistant general manager of the Steel Company of Canada is named a member of the Canadian War Mission at Washington and will serve in that capacity in the United States duties.
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McMaster
Montreal
Ross H. McMaster
The
Steel Company of Canada
Washington
Pine Based Cough Remedy You Can Make at Home
Readers are offered a quick pine cough remedy using Pinex and homemade sugar syrup. The ad claims fast relief for coughs, sore throats, bronchial issues, and asthma, praising pine extract and warning against substitutes. It promotes a pint mixture of Pinex and syrup and guarantees satisfaction with refunds from The Pinex Co. Fort Wayne Ind.
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Pinex Co
Ft Wayne
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