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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1918

Page

2

U boat Sinks 14th Victim in Atlantic Raids

News from the Atlantic theater reports German U boats continuing raids along the coast. A Norwegian steamship Isidsvold was attacked near the Virginia Capes, with crew saved after five hours in small boats. Senate debates Navy readiness as requests for new balloon and airplane stations advance.

Senate Washington Lewis Illneis Lodge Massachusetts Brandesee Brandeseo Connecticut Navy Department Navy Congress Twila Baker Atlanticana Gulf Roosevelt Atlantic Virginia Capes Department Moosevelt Isidsvold New Jersey Rendegrvous Oreys Peutschland Acting

Expect Shooting Victim Will Die

Continued from The Oney ers smeared with provder is a true shorter and is stockly lilt, weighing about 130 pounds. Tie wore jack ane white checked suit and qt prir of dirty white sneaks ane fight eap. eth of the men the police are Hinting for were within the draft nee. The palses are if the opinion that they will be unipthren shortly. Ito is eadrk that Joseph Spatane worked by little as his wif was the support of the house. Patsy, however, wats ctl mmpyplaye at the Heidgeport brass company and it is skcial Une Tre wees retiring hone from work when tie assait took place. grease. Tis

Ito Joseph Spatane Patsy Heidgeport Brass Company

Obituary for May Eshell Widow of Oliver Eshell

May Eshell widow of Oliver Eshell died yesterday at age 77. A native of Ireland she lived in Wyoming and was seven years old. The funeral will be held at 1 20 o clock this afternoon from her home with burial at Mountain Graveyard Cemetery.

Mary Agnes Oliver Ishell Chland Mountain Grave

Lafayette Honors General March in Warm Town Welcome

General Peyton Conway March, U S Army, received a tremen dous ovation in Iston Pa as 4000 townspeople packed the square to honor his recent promotion. A militia company lined the street while Civil War veterans stood nearby as the distinguished guest spoke humbly to the crowd.

Peyton Conway United States Army Ute Iston Aston Bob Palitc Square Wilin

Marines Push Germans Back Near Chateau-Thierry

French and American forces break along a 2 1 2 mile front, driving Germans from high ground northwest of Chateau-Thierry. About 270 Germans captured. French also gain in the Veuilly-le-Poterie area. Marines report continued hard fighting as they press toward the Marne, while Germans reinforce and shell nearby regions.

Paris Ourcq Marne Veuilly-le- Poterie War Office Chateau-Thierry Rheims

Third Shooting Leads to Clues

The piece outlines a tangle of interethnic feuds in the city. Neapolitan, Sicilian, and Calabrese groups clash as a shooting leaves factions blaming each other and police struggle with a hidden Track Mandl network. Authorities fear further violence and seek to curb the secret gangs.

Aisne Front Reports Allied Gains and German Shortage

Allied forces improve positions in the Aisne area and capture prisoner batches showing fatigue and privation. A French escapee says hundreds of German bodies lie about, with guards subsisting on scarce rations since May 47. Berlin dispatches note ongoing artillery actions but tell of heavy battlefield losses and limited front activity.

Hig Berlin Lox Don General Headquarters Tuttle Chateau Thierry Ardre Yiver Sis London Gereman Éeatements

Naval Men Here to Hunt Plotters

Beachside nerves ripple after a blast near a naval base as police link a bomb plot to German espionage amid a cordon of guards. Officers recover fragments of a three inch steel bomb and determine dynamite filled charges could have wrecked the base if not confined. Authorities, including naval intelligence, pursue leads across Bridgeport.

Naval Base Brandegee Pyer Leonard H- Dyer WN iYesterday Poliee Bridgeport

Refuse to Obey Russellites Tell Drafted Soldier

New York June 6 Extracts from The Finished Mystery a posthumous book of Pastor Russell were read at the trial of J F Rutherford and eight associates charged with conspiring to oppose war policies. Witness Roy C Mee Henry testified two defendants admitted writing material for The Finished Mystery after war began. A letter Rutherford allegedly sent to Hans InSheer urged that those who refuse military service face persecution and possible prison or execution.

New York Russell Jofedoraseph FB. Rutherford Roy C. Mee Henry United States Scranton Clayton J. Woodworth George H. Fisher Sablier Rutherford Hans Inshers National Army Camp Devens Mask Boston Insheeg

American Planes Down Enemy Photographer in France

American forces in France report air battles northwest of Toul. An enemy photographer was shot down after a brief fight as his plane crashed inside German lines. Other American pilots pursued a German photographer near Nancy. A near miss occurred near Pont-a-Mousson when an American pilot misidentified an enemy biplane. Bullets pierced the American aircraft but did not cause damage.

France Associated Fress Toul Nancy Pont-a-Mousson Germany

Major Duell Falls Near Fort Worth In Plane Crash

Headquarters at Kelly Field received a message from Austin stating Major Thorne S. Duell, recently assigned to command Taliaferro Field at Fort Worth, had fallen in his airplane near there. It did not state whether he was injured, and it appears he was flying from Kelly Field to his new command.

Duell Falls San. Antonio Texas Kelly Field Austin Thorne Ts. Duell Taliaferro Field Fort Worth Duell

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