Americans Halt German Push Near Cantigny Front
Allied dispatches describe dawn assault by American forces storming Cantigny front in the Didier sector. Garrison resistance collapsed, prisoners taken, and German dead reported. Italian and broader European actions include Austro Italian front activity with advances and setbacks along the Piave and Masurian fronts.
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Montello
Venice
Zenson Loop
Fossalta
San Doni di Mayo
Wnofttefat
Capo Slle
Marsa
Mimy
Piave
Conegliano
Zenson
Vienna
Imperial Palace
France
Belgium
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Belleau Wood
Leideprey
Toul
St. Mihiel
Associated Press
Stratford Police Capture Santone
Stratford police report Santone claims to have hid in the woods since quitting a longtime UMC plant. He hid food by visiting a nearby store and says his brother was not with him, a tale police doubt. He claimed he shot Pi Nicola to protect his brother but gave no details. A man named Bunlons was arrested for assault. Police also hold a gold ring with a single pearl found by a jitney driver and turned in at headquarters.
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Santone
Santane
New York
di Nicol
Pi Nicola
Suntone
Piutsy Bunlons
Headquartges
Taft Urges Will To End the Kaiser in War Effort
Waterbury June 20 Wilfrd Taft told about 360 Waterbury citizens at the Hotel Elton that it may take 20 years and 20,000,000 men to wipe the German emperor off the map. He praised American resolve, blamed Germany for wartime cruelty, and cited the Chamber of Commerce as vital to morale, urging united support for expansion plans and victory. He contrasted Allied and German morale struggles and urged blunt, truthful critique of opponents.
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Waterbury
Wilfie Howard
Patt
Elton
Chamber of Commerce
Aishanov
Corman
England
France
Italy
Tatt
Lia Follette
Germany
Austria
English draft law foes to both sexes in Canada
Mrs Giroard, wife of an English subject, faces confiscation of English subjects estates in Canada under a wartime law. Canadian conscription threatens all male and female subjects aged 16 to 60, with English women potentially compelled to work in Britain. Mrs Bell reports frontier risks for English evacuees seeking U.S. entry, while Mrs Giroard lingers at Gardner, Massachusetts, awaiting papers.
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St. Mary's
Upper Boutouche Bay
New Brunswick
Canada
Britis Isles
Gardner
Mass
Bell
Tie
Great Stamp Drive Starts in Blackham District
Great Stamp Drive Starts continues as Blackham area leads the district with Minute women political clubs and insurance solicitors coordinating groups. Daily bulletins to captains outline progress and instructions for teams. Headquarters remain open through the campaign closing Friday June 28.
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Blackham
Bridgeport Man Among Blind Graduates
Burton Beavon of 104 Jefferson street is among four Connecticut blind men who graduated from Perkins Institution in Watertown Massachusetts this past week. His commencement essay was The Development of rail roads in the United States. Beavon previously attended the Connecticut blind children's school in Hartford. This summer he will assist with garden work at the Hartford state school, where large plots are maintained by blind pupils.
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Burton Beavon
Jefferson Street
Connecticut
Perkins Institution
Witlertown
Mass
Beavon
United States
Hartford
Aly. Beavon
Eight Russellites Guilty on Four Espionage Counts
New York June 20 Joseph Th Rutherford and seven followers of the latePastoe Russell were found guilty by a federal court jury of conspiring to violate the espionage law. They were convicted on all four counts including conspiracy in subordination disloyalty and resistance of the draft. Penalty can reach forty years per defendant with sentence set for tomorrow noon. The defendants named were Rutherford Williams Van Amburgh Robert J n Fred H Robinson George Isher Clayton J Woodworth A Hugh McMillan and Giovanni De Cecca. The trial began two weeks ago and drew large crowds amid warnings to avoid demonstrations.
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New York
Joseph Thutherford
Maximie
Howe
Rutherford
Williams
van Amburgh
Robert J. N
Fred H. Robinson
George Isher
Clayton J. Woodworth
A. Hugh McMillan
Giovanni de Cecca
Brussell
Giovanni Doe Cecca
Mary Campion Dies. Funeral Tomorrow at Pierpont Street
Mary Campion widow of George Campion died Wednesday night at her grandson George Hall’s home, 25 Pierpont St. She is survived by three grandchildren, George Hall, Charles Hall, and Wlovie Tall. Funeral 2:30 pm tomorrow from George Hall’s home. interment Lake View Cemetery. Ernesta Rinaldi, one year old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rinaldi, funeral held yesterday from 324 Benham Avenue and at Holy Rosary Church. interment St. Michaels Cemetery.
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Mary Campion
George Campion
George Hall
Pierpont Street
Eorge Hall
Charles Hall
Wlovie Tall
Clossk
Lakeview Cemetery
Ernesta Rinaldi
Wenssata Rinaldi
Mer
Arthur Rinaldi
Benham Avenue
Holy Ros Jary Church
St. Michaels Cemetery
Fraternal Knights Temple Confers Degree and Closes Season
Fraternal Knights Templar Hamilton commanders Ix Knights Templar conferred the order of the temple on three candidates and closed the season. Activities resume in September with Orient Chapter O E and entertained the grand matron and grand officers at Masonic Temple. About 280 attended a banquet closing the season. quotes on coal costs and Florida winter plans are noted.
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Knights ‘Templar
Hamilton
Templar
Order of the Temple
Septemer
Mystery woman linked to wartime blueprints case
A Worcester woman known as Mrs. Frederick M. Otis also Miss Lillian Bruneau is identified as the mysterious girl connected to Lindquist and Burt’s plot to smuggle U S wartime blueprints including Browning machine gun plans to Germany. Federal officials say she had no incriminating ties, though Lindquist traveled with her.
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New York
America
Remington Arms
Bridgeport
Mexico
Germany
Gustave L. Lindquist
Leo Burt
Franz Strohmeijer
Ernest Kaink
Taindgquist
Otis
Lillian Bruneau
Worcester
Lindquist
Lindqvist
Burt
Linquist
West Qith Street
Hun
Morris Company Next in Bad Meat Inquiry
New York June 20 The Special examiner for the federal trade commission adjourned the hearing into Wilson and company Chicago packers over alleged bad meat for the army and navy. Next the commission will probe Morris and company packers for selling old hens camoue framed as chickens to U S Army mess officers near San Antonio Texas.
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New York
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson and Company
Chicago Packers
Army
Navy
William T. Chantland
Morris and Company, Packers
U. S. Army
San Antonio
Texas
Try IP Picaresque Laundry Tricks Sailor Brother Taught
A sailor brother returns home and teaches laundry tricks. He brushes white trousers on a board with salt water or a salt solution to clean and stiffen them. The woman then applies the method to white shoes and is delighted. Excerpt notes shift from Darkest Russia to darkest Prussia.
Obituary notices for Afendelson Voigt and Curley deaths
Obituaries report the deaths of Harry Afendelson and Emma Eppler Voigt with survivors listed and funeral plans noted. Harry Mendelson of 79 Center alrect died yesterday at home. funeral from his home and interment at Adath Israeli Cemetery, Emm FV. Eppler of 26 Bunnell Street died yesterday. funeral Monday and interment Tark cemetery. Thomas J. Curley, 61, died Sunday night. funeral tomorrow from his home and St Augustine's church, burial at St Michael's. He is survived by wife Ida, daughter Miss Well A. Gurley, sister Mrs. Catherine Coles of New York, and two sons Ralph H. and Harold L. Curley.
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Harry Afendelson
Harry Mendelson
Center Alrect
Morris Mertelson
Adath Israeli Cemetery
Emm
Eppler
J. Voigt
George Tappler
Bunnell Street
Whindpen
Ol ' Voigt
William Wigley
Theodora Wolfram
Frederick Voigt
Hee
In Tark
Thomas J. Curley
Thomas T. Cur Jey
Lequonnodk Street
Well A. Gurley
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