American Steamer Westover Sunk In War Zone Rescue Details Limited
The Westover, a U S Army supply steamer manned by navy crews, was torpedoed and sunk July 11 bound for Europe. Ten officers and 72 enlisted men are missing. Navy reports offer few specifics on rescue efforts or whether armed guards engaged the submarine. Meanwhile American forces in France claim rapid gains pushing German lines toward Belleau Courchamps Chouy Villers Helon Chaudun and the Soissons region with French cavalry advancing beyond the Soissons Chateau Thierry road.
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Westover
Europe
Navy
Navy Dept
Washington
Navy Department
Sims
Robert Herbert Halstead
Lansing
Mich
Ralph Dillingham Caldwell
Woodsford
Maine
Frank Willard Holloway
Washington, D. C
James Brown Estis
Hartwell
Austin Clyde Wilson
Muncie
Ind
Bryan Deal
London
Harvey Harrison
Nobiesville
Edward Lewis Griffin
Baltimore
John Cole
Brentwood
Wilfred Joseph Serey
Ashland
France
Associated Press
Belleau
Courchamps
Chouy
Villers Helon
Chaudun
Soissons
Soissons-Chateau Thierry
Citizens' ticket listed for Connecticut fall election
Connecticut voters face seven tickets in the fall. The Citizens party nominates Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford for governor and Clifford B. Wilson for lieutenant governor. Spellacy and Wilson align with the party in a cross slate, while other tickets include Democratic Republican Socialist Labor National Prohibition and Socialist. The National ticket replaces Mrs. H Cannon with Philip A. Desilets for Congress.
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Connecticut
Citizens’ Party
Thomas J. Spellacy
Hartford
Clifford B. Wilson
United States
Weather Forecast for New England and NYC Area
New England is expected to be fair on Friday and Saturday. East of New York the north portion will be fair, the south portion partly cloudy. Friday and Saturday overall should stay fair with no significant changes to temperatures or precipitation indicated.
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New England
New York
Flood of Data on Rents Ready for State Adjustors
The Rental Adjustment committee, to meet today, will review nearly 100 cases from the Department of Charities. Investigator William E. Burton and all assessor and apportionment records will aid the panel, as labor groups and charitable societies prepare lists over suspected rent profiteering and excessive charges.
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Department of Charities
Angus P. Thorne
Charities Department
William E. Burton
Board of Assessors
Board of Apportionment
Burton
Board of Health
Afr
Maury Grattan
Williston Street
Tennant
Graham
Owen Reynolds Appointed to Permanent Fire Department
Owen Reynolds of 1175 North Avenue was appointed a permanent member of the fire department at last night’s commissioners meeting. He will not report for active duty immediately to allow his present employer time to find a replacement.
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Owen Reynolds
North Avenue
Reynolds
Shipping Board Orders 67 New Merchant Ships
The Shipping board announced contracts for 67 ships totaling 439,800 dead weight tons, with 382,800 tons steel. Skinner and Eddy of Seattle received 44 steel cargo steamships totaling 292,800 tons. Sanford Stoddard, head chairman of local draft boards, was unexpectedly called to Canoon NL last night to assist his ill mother Mrs. Goodwin Stoddard.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Skinner and Eddy Corporation of
Seattle
Stoddard Tei Sanford Stoddard
Canoon NL
Goodwin Stoddard
Signal to Call All Firemen to Fight Blazes
The Board of Fire Commissioners approved a system of three six-bell signals from city factories to summon off duty firemen. Chief Daniel E. Johnson will coordinate with factory heads to ensure timely alarms during disasters like the Burritt lumber yard fire and potential night incidents.
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Daniel E. Johnson
Board of Fire Commissioners
Burritt
Johnson
Roosevelt Reported Unhurt By Major Derby
New York July 18 Lieut Quentin Roosevelt reported missing after an aerial engagement over Germany probably landed unhurt and is now a prisoner in German hands a cable received by Theodore Roosevelt. Colonel Roosevelt said he had just received a cable from his son in law Surgeon Major Richard Derby in Paris stating the companion aviator confident Quentin landed unhurt.
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New York
Quentin Roosevelt
Germannes
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Richard Derby
Paris
Quentin
Purvis
Cerman
Germans Cry for Truth About American Peril
Paris July 18 Several south German papers demand that German high officers publish facts about the American peril as it is evident they now hold the people in ignorance of the new danger to German military success. A majority of principal German papers ignore the American army in France and dismiss American successes with a few lines.
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Paris
France
War Labor Board Finishes Hearing On Disputes Here
The War Labor Board closed three weeks of hearings in Bridgeport on wage differences between local manufacturers and machinists and tool makers. An official decision is expected around August 1. Examiners led by W J Stoddard left for Washington with representatives of both sides, plus staff and press crew. The hearings were billed as the board's most important labor case, aiming to set a standard minimum wage for U S war workers nationwide.
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National War Labar Policies Board
Supreme Court
County Court House
War Libor Board
Washington
W. J. Stoddard
J. H. Welson
J. T. O'Brien
Stratfield Hotel
I. SK. Russell
I. N. Rice
War Board
Bridgeport
War Labor Board
United States
William Howard ‘Taft
Frank P. Walshaml
A. Osborne
Employers’ Group
William L. John
Taft
F. H. Judson
H. S. Hannon
Kettle of Tar Ignites Fire At Center Street Home
A tar pot started a fire at 720 Center Street, damaging the two and a half story dwelling owned by May Saler and occupied by J. C. Alaurphy. Damage estimated at $200. Alarm was reported and fire crews dispatched.
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Center Street
May Saler
J. C. Alaurphy
Bax Ani
Leonard Demands Lower Insurance Rates at Meeting
Bridgeport Fire Board President John A. Leonard blasted the National Board of Fire Underwriters at last night’s meeting. He urged lower insurance rates despite a two platoon system and expanded apparatus asserting Bridgeport pays for others’ losses. Board members criticized underwriters for minimal city benefits and endorsed the adequate 20 circuit Gamewell system amid concerns over inspectors’ scrutiny.
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Leonard
National Board of Fire Underwriters
City of
Bridgeport
John A. Leonard
Board of Fire Commissioners
Platt
John HW. Cassidy
Board of Fire Underwriters
Francis J. Brennan
Bendit
Roosevelt Nominated Influence in New York Governor Race
At the New York Republican state convention Colonel Theodore Roosevelt received an enthusiastic reception but no push to nominate him for governor. Attorney General Merton Lewis signaled he would withdraw if Roosevelt sought the post, while a Barnes backed round robin urged Roosevelt to enter primaries amid anti Whitman support.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Merton &. Lewis
Whitman
William Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Wadsworth and
Calder
Elihu Root
Will H. Hays
National Republican
Helen Varick Boswell
Organization of Republican Woomen
Theodore Roosevelt
Allies Drive Deep Into German Lines West of Soissons
AP reports a major Franco American offensive from Soissons to Chateau Thierry with rapid gains. 4000 American prisoners and vast war materiel seized as troops pushed along key supply roads and captured towns and guns. The advance threatens the German salient toward Rheims and Soissons, potentially forcing a retreat from occupied areas.
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Associated Press
Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Rheims
Chasteau Thierry
Refuse to Allow German Force to Enter Moscow
A Russian wireless dispatch reports that on July 14 the German chargé asked Russia to permit a German battalion to board the German embassy and guard detachment in Moscow. The Russian government rejected any foreign military presence in Moscow while expressing peaceable intent.
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Moscow
London
Peoples’ Commissary
Peoples’ Commissary For
Russia
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U. S. Oe
Team Wilson
Spellacy
New Citizens
Holcomb
Burnham O'Neill - Banks
Ssissons
Chateau ‘Thierry
Fire Dept
Ely
Lieut
Major Derby
Father
Companion
Fire Board
Cassidy
Lewis
Saratoga
Chae
Berlin
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