Great Navy plans cost 43 percent more
Washington Jan 2 Admiral Taylor told the House naval committee that war conditions have driven up ship costs. He estimated ten battleships and six battle cruisers authorized in 1916 now cost about 150 million dollars more, a rise near 50 percent. He cited the battleship Mississippi built under contract at 7.118 million and noted bids for California and Tennessee exceeded estimates, prompting construction in navy yards at about 11.252 million each, a 43 percent increase.
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Washington
Taylor
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Hause Naval Committee
Mississippi
California
Tennessee
Berger Denies Advising Violence in 1909 Article
Chicago Jan 2 Congressmen elect Victor L Berger of Milwaukee faced cross examination in the espionage trial of five socialist leaders. A Milwaukee Socialist Democratic Herald article from July 31 1909 was read showing Berger urging workers to keep rifles ready to back ballots with bullets. Berger said he was conservative and constructive socialist and never urged violence. The questioning probed his intended meaning if ballots failed to yield results.
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Chicago
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
Socialist Democratic Herald
Berger
Atier Berger
Paye Wa
Weather report for Southern New England and maritime timing
Fore cast notes snow Friday in Southern New England with clearing by Sunday and colder temperatures. Includes daily Almanac data and heliacal timing details, mentioning tides and moon phases.
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New England
Alan
R. Wigh
Two Thousand French Enter Budapest in Cold War Telegram
Paris Jan 2 two thousand French soldiers have entered Budapest according to a Zurich telegram to the Temps. One detachment occupied the castle of Count Karolyi where Field Marshal von Mackensen is interned. Other reports from Budapest note brawls between Roumanians and Magyars.
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Paris
Budapest
Zurich
Temps
Count Karolyi
von Mackensen
First county suit against McAdoo over Berkshire crossing
The county’s first lawsuit against William G. McAdoo as director general of railroads seeks $10,000 from Carl R. Nelson estate administrator for Anders Nealson killed at the North Avenue Berkshire division crossing on October 23. Nelson, on a motorcycle, could not cross. gates and tender absent and a freight line blocked view. The New Haven Railroad is named in negligence claims. Meanwhile, coast guard and naval crews fought gales to save personnel from the Northern Pacific, with 17 Navy nurses and 237 soldiers brought ashore by nightfall after the ship capsized near Fire Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. McAdoo
Carl R. Nelson
Anders Nealson
North Avenue
Berkshire Division
Nelson
New Haven Railroad Company
McAdoo
New York
United States
Northern Pacific
Fire Island Light
Bakers Elect Delegates to International Bakers Meeting
Pas Willsieger G Clark and W J Travis were elected delegates by the Master Bakers association last evening to attend the international meeting of bakers in Chicago Illinois on January 6. Other routine matters were acted upon.
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Pas Willsieger
G. Clark
W. J. Travis
Master Bakers’ Association
Bakers
Chicago
Til
Mayor Urges Report on Wharf Property for City Dock
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson seeks evaluation of land at the Farist Steel works site and adjacent waters for a municipal dock and warehouse. A committee appointed in 1918 by King and Warner has not reported, despite a message urging study and possible dredging aid and a bridge link to relieve Main Street congestion.
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John T. King
de Ver H. Warner
Farist
Hager
Clifford B. Wilson
Iarist Steel van Pary
Board of Aldermen
John J. King
DeVer H. Warner
Major
Bridgeport
Farist Steel Cormpans
Narbar
Macaxden
Papiet Steed Works
Conneil
Wilkongala
State Alienists Find Bonjon Is Not Unbalanced
Dr. Max Mailhouse of New Haven testifies Bonjon is not insane, amid a court-ordered alienist panel's findings. The defense calls Dr. A F Diefendar to argue Bonjon is insane, while Remington Arms coworkers testify no abnormal behavior was seen. The trial resumes after a brief adjournment as testimony continues.
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Louis E. Bonjon
Max Mailhouse
New Haven
Mailhouse
Criminal Superior Court
Benson
John C. Lynch
Gonjon
Bonjon
Marlier
Cummings
Remington Arms
Daniel EB. Walker
Archie Scott
John Stewart
Ile
Charles B. Blake
J. W. Cole
Wiliam Dolan
Hugh O'Rourke
A. F. Diefendar
Maine
Comley
Shipping Inquiry Broadens to Survey of All Building
Washington January 2 only four ships have been delivered by three government shipyards. Charles Piez director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation testified before the Senate Commerce Committee. Delays were due to yard construction and material shortages. Hog Island yard supplied three ships, Port Newark Submarine Boat Corp produced one. Bristol Mills has not yet delivered.
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Washington
Charles Piez
Wleét Corporation
Senate Conmerce Committee
Hog Island
Pie
Submarine Boat Corporation
Port Newark
N. d
Minenosoti
Colt Plant Cuts Handful of Jobs After Armistice
Hartfort Jan 2 One half of Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company plant workers have been discharged since the armistice. Samuel M Stone vice president says the plant now employs 4 000 people, down from 8 000 two months ago. Main output has shifted to Browning machine guns.
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Hartfort
Jan
Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company
Samuel M. Stone
Milk Famine Threatens Public Health In New York
Health Commissioner Copeland told the John Doe inquiry the milk shortage caused by the Dairymen's League strike could imperil every family in the city. He said 11 000 poor children could not be served, risking hunger for thousands of wounded soldiers in hospitals and prompting an appeal to conserve the supply. Dr Josephine Baker noted 140 000 children under one and 1 000 000 under ten may suffer if the shortage endures. Albert Manning, secretary of the Dairymen's League, testified that circulars urged producers to push milk at 4.01 per 100 pounds, higher than distributor offers, and that members were ready to sell to any distributor at that price.
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New York
Dairymn
Copeland
John Doe
Josephine Baker
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Albert Manning
Dairymen’s League
League
Deater
McAdoo
Manning
New Haven Road Faces Embargo From Strike
New Haven Road escapes embargo on Treyrht shipments to New York terminals due to a strike by peer laborers. All railroads except New York, New Haven and Hartford and Long Island affected. Workers demanded eight hour day, time and a half for overtime. About 2,000 men idle pending settlement. return to work expected soon.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
New Haven
Hartford
Long Island
John FP. Filey
Tha Ntecreational Longshoremens’ Union
the Park of New York
Allroad Wage Adjustment Board
Bridgeport Eye Injury Suit Over 1917 Keystone Club Raid
William Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Horace Thomas sues Patrolman Harry Green and Sergeant Burns for $10,000 claiming Green shot through a Keystone club window during the December 15 1917 raid, injuring his right eye and leaving him permanently disabled. case set for February term.
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Thomas Horace
Baker
Optic
Patrolman
Green
Sergt
Burns
Harry G. Green
Keystone Club
William
Thomas
Morris Pannill
James Burns
Solomon Badesch
Horace
Superior Court
Badesch
Bridgeport
Fairfield
State of
Connecticut
Keystone, Club
Octogenarian loses third wife and holds property in divorce suit
Greenwich January 2 Special Louis Mendelson an aged wealthy tailor filed for divorce in Bridgeport Superior Court alleging his third wife left him two days after their New York wedding and refused to return unless he surrendered his property. He claims cruelty and deception by the matrimonial agent and the bride. He says his second wife died of influenza five weeks earlier and he was directed to Mrs Weinstein through an intermediary. Mendelson says he paid $25 to the agent and that the wife left to return to New York after a dispute over property. He refuses to surrender his assets and only allows his wife’s name on his bank boots. Mendelson, 80, runs a tailoring business and an office for stammering cure and also works as a court interpreter. The third wife, 48, is described as a widow seeking security.
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Greenwich
Louis Mendelson
Bridgeport
William C. Rungee
Mendelson
Cilinton Avenue
New York
Reading
Brown Ends Work At Housatonic First Ship Launch
Brown resigns as resident director at Housatonic shipyard as the first boat of the series is launched. May Grown departs after a strong tenure, while John Hammam becomes plant superintendent with the shipping board’s confidence. More boats are expected to follow this season, weather permitting, with Liberty Bonds and Gen Wy Davis noted in the closing lines.
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Brown
Housatonic
Paul Brown
May Grown
John Hammam
President Wilson Tours Paris Amid Warm Welcome
Paris and Rome report President Wilson arrives in Paris aboard a special train met by officials and locals waving Stars and Stripes and Italian colors. Crowds cheer as the reception unfolds, with optimism about peace talks and Allied coordination shaping the mood for the forthcoming conference in London and Rome.
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Turin
Thesociated Press
Pres. Wilson
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House Naval Committee
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Diefendorf
Broaden
Shipping Inquiry
Piez
Senate
Renae Vast
Tavis
Colt
New York Health
New Haven Road
Lot Liu
UUUL
Hammann
Stratford Shipyard
Wy Davis
Sterican
Rome
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W Son
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Moutain
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