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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1918
Page
2
Observers in Washington gauge Allied air power and manpower expanding under General Foch. Reports say recent hard hitting strikes by American British and Italian units signal a new phase of the war, enabling Allied pressure along the front and potentially delaying a renewed German push.
London dispatches quote Dutch sources claiming the Sultan of Turkey Mohammed V died Wednesday night not from natural causes and possibly linked to a revolutionary movement within the Ottoman Empire.
Meriden July 3 Rev A T Randall reports his son Lieutenant Jon Randall fell during aerial patrol duty resulting in a compound fracture of the leg below the knee and another above the ankle. He is hospitalized somewhere in the country. A second incident notes a colored man taken to Bridge Street hospital after artemic poisoning from a fall from a garbage wagon near Huntington Road and Noble Avenue. He remained unconscious early this morning.
Washington reports the Covington, formerly a Hamburg American liner, sank after the war seized ship was sent to sea. At 608 feet and 16,829 gross tons she moved 14 12 knots. It is the second German liner seized at outbreak and the third American troopship sunk, all homeward bound.
Four American aviators Lieutenants Rhodes Thompson Honeoye Falls New York Waldo Dotmvehs Gratville Ohio Mitchell Manchester Mass engaged in a battle northwest of Chifen Thiewsy this morning. One German machine was shot down. four Americans patrolled five to six kilometres inside the German front, altitude 4200 to 3200 metres, battle lasting 20 minutes. An hour later eight Americans fought fifteen enemy machines at 4700 metres. German planes were higher but Americans maneuvered well. A German plane dived earth and was brought down by Lieutenants Ralph O Neill Nogales Ariz and J C Saible New York City, likely out of control.
John Balint of 498 Bostwick Avenue was brought to Bridgeport Trout New York by Detective Malone. He faces a theft charge from a $207 robbery of a West Jind butcher several months ago while the butcher slept. Balint was later arrested in New York City and tracked through Philadelphia and Boston before being brought here for arraignment.
In a civil case in Gammaen Pleas Court Judge John J. Walsh ordered eviction of an elderly woman after she failed to answer summons about her property. Sheriff Goined and a trio moved in, and the shack by Ash Creek bridge was torched, destroying most belongings. The woman, Jil Jeff, watched in grief as her home burned, aided by her dog, with furniture scattered and few possessions saved. Neighbors described her as respectable, and residents discussed aid from Selectman HH.2 Ebwood to find shelter for her, though no plan was decided.
British and American units advance near Hamel and Amiens in heavy July fighting. Germans repulsed with heavy losses as Allied artillery and infantry pressure continues along the Somme and Avre fronts. Paris notes success in Ypres region with enemy probes halted and prisoners taken.
The House approved a joint resolution authorizing the President to seize and operate all telegraph, telephone, cable, and radio systems in the United States through the war's end. Passed 221 to 4, it moves to the Senate with expected delay after the summer recess. The vote pleased allies amid ongoing war front actions in France.
Undergraduate Yale and Virginia Military Institute artillery units will report to New Haven on Monday for three weeks of training followed by a four week course at Camp Jackson Columbia. The program features strict military discipline with officers from Yale and the Canadian Field Artillery assisting, and a heavy daily schedule from morning to taps with a midday rest.
A Philadelphia report notes the mint has melting pot bullion valued at about $7,000 from gold and silver. The government paid $26.07 per ounce for gold and $1 per ounce for silver, with a small melting charge.
Camp Jackson will host Yale ROTC members under Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Danford for field artillery training. Barracks on campus and at other town sites will house men by battalion, with guard duty at the armory. Training aims to provide top instruction and hands on artillery practice in a healthful location.
Edwin Samuel Montagu proposes limited home rule and a legislative system for India in a 300 page report presented to Parliament. Signed in Simla on April 22 by Montagu and Chelmsford, with Indian government concurrence, the document outlines constitutional reforms after Montagu’s India visit.
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