Overman Bill Goes To Wilson After House Passage
Washington May 14 The Overman bill to empower the President to reorganize government departments passed the House 295 to 2 and goes to President Wilson for signature. Opponents were minimal as amendments limiting presidential powers were defeated. The measure anticipates transferring various functions to war boards and agencies, with reorganization of the Quartermaster department and the army signal corps noted as contemplated steps.
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Washington
Congress
House
Wilson
Representative Sterling
Illinois
Gillett
Mass
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Walsh
Massachusetts
Longworth
Ohio
Republican
War Finance Corporation
Capital Issues Company
Joker
Moora
Pennsylvania
Towner
Town
War Trade Board
War Industries Board
Quartermaster Department
Signal Corps
Army
Crossley Pleads Not Guilty When Brought to Trial
J Harry Crossley appeared in criminal superior court without counsel and pleaded not guilty to forgery. Public Defender Robert G DeForest assigned to represent him. case expected to be disposed of this week. Crossley, a former real estate dealer, appeared in good health and spirits.
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J. Harry Crossley
Criminal Superior Court
Robert G. DeForest
Crossley
Fred Winning
J. A. Wills
Norwalk
Webb
Wills
Albert FE. Galarnoy
Bridgeport
Cummings
Galarney
National Army
Weather Report From Washington May 14
Weather update notes a coolerWednesday followed by fair and warmer conditions on Thursday. Moonrise and moonset times are noted amid garbled lines. overall reading is fragmented with unclear local details.
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Ruport
Washington
Tforenett
New York
Browning Gun Is Best Reilly Tells Movie Spectators
Sergeant Thomas J. Reilly, newly returned from Pershing's army in France, spoke at West End and Hippodrome theatres in Bridgeport. Introduced by Justice George W. Wheeler, he argued for the war proposition, praising American troops and noting the harsh trenches and mud faced by units on the Western Front.
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West End
State Street
Hippodrome Theatre
Stratford Avenue
Bridgeport
Thomas J. Reilly
New Haven
Pershing
France
George W. Wheeler
Sergeant Reilly
America
Bridgeport Man Named Consul to Moscow
Shelby F. Strother of 688 Park Avenue Bridgeport has been named consul to Russia with likely posting to Moscow. A journalist, author, and statistician, he previously worked at Remington Arms and studied at Harvard 1906, Kentucky, and Virginia. He leaves today for embarkation and is the second Connecticut man chosen for Russian consular service.
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Shelby F. Strdther
Park Avenue
Russia
Moscow
Mr. Strothers
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Washington, D. C
Louisville
Kentucky
Harvard College
Virginia
Harvard
Boston Daily Papers
Bridgeport Papers
Mr. Strother
Connecticut
Arthur Reilly
Thomas L. Reilly
Meriden
Dissolution of Prussian Diet to Be Delayed
Amsterdam dispatch reports Berlin sees no decision on dissolving the Prussian diet until the suffrage bill returns from the upper house in three weeks. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung notes the lower house must vote again then, but it is unclear if it will change its stance based on the upper house decision.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Norddeutsche Allegmeing Zeitung
Corrosive Elements Found In City Water Study
At the Board of Health meeting, officials discussed testing Bridgeport water to determine mineral content and corrosive effects on iron pipes. The plan includes possibly delaying $4,000 more for brass piping in the new hospital and inspecting delayed boiler shipments while staff vacations were approved.
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Health Board
Bridgeport
Board of Health
A. W. Treat
Cross and Cro
New York
Walter 2. Syownn
Worcester
Mass
Cowles
Walter TH. Brown
J. H W. Cullahan
Tre
Treat
Park Avenue Cat Like a Kangaroo Draws Attention
A five months old kitten owned by Henry Mitchell of 1114 Park Avenue astonishes observers by a rabbit tail and unusual growth. The cat stands upright on long hind legs, hops like a kangaroo, and shows signs that marsupial pouches may develop as it ages. The littermates had the short rabbit tail distinguishing them from ordinary cats.
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Henry Mitchell
Park Avenue
Waste Not, Yet Waste Cites April Rise in Garbage
Officials seek reasons for April rise in household waste after wartime conservation. Fealth Officer W H Brown notes first major weight increase since measures began. Businessmen debate causes with Cantwell citing fruit demand and home storage. Eddy denies improved collection in Black Rock.
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W. H. Brown
Frank A. Cantwell
Stratfield
Mr. Cantwell
Black Rock
Gymnast Loses Grip Injures Self in Street Fall
A gymnast, Minthow Wilk, 26, reportedly lost his grip on an iron bar on Willard Street near Vableié and fell, injuring his abdomen. He received emergency hospital aid and was later taken to Bridgeport Hospital where doctors suspect internal injuries.
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Willards
Ng Ona
Tae
Vableié Street
Minthow Wilk
Willard Street
Dhout Cour
Gavias
Isarik
Phns
Bridgeport Hospital
Soldier Vote by Mail Declared Impractical
Boston May 14 The War department ruled election commissioners could not be sent overseas to tally soldiers votes and now deems vote by mail impracticable. Secretary of War statements conveyed to Albert C Laingley in a poorly legible dispatch from Benadienrawell.
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Boston
War Department
Jelier
Benadienrawell
Albert C. Laingley
Tasgachin
Slolo
Totay
Teachers Protest Board Action Over Teacher Raises Plan
Indignation rose as the Board of Education approved a plan that mostly delays increases for most teachers. The first year salary rises to 700 dollars next September while the maximum climbs to 1400, with many not reaching the top for years. Clerical staff would gain flat raises, triggering protests from instructors demanding higher pay for teachers. The Teachers association plans to request reconsideration, focusing on present conditions rather than future promises.
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Board of Education
Teachers’ Association
Ntteases
Columbia
Crossley's Name Figures in German Plot Story
The article links James H. Crossley to a German arson hoarding plot amid forgery trials in Superior Court. Edgar A. Holmes testifies Crossley, via Jones TH Crossley, claimed rifles and a vast cartridge supply were smuggled from Essen to Germanize the United States if ports are captured. Gustav Lussing, a Schleswig Holstein native naturalized 30 years ago, appears in testimony and may testify later.
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James H. Crossley
Edgar A. Holmes
New York
J. Harry Crossley
Crossley
Bridgeport
State Attorney General's Office
United States
Jones TH. Crossley
Kyrupp
Essen
New Jersey
Lussing
Browning Gun Best Says Reilly in War Speech
Reilly lauds the Browning machine gun as the best, shown by his French front photo. The veteran, now at Bridgeport, wears full trench regalia and reflects the typical American in wartime. He notes Bridgeport plants produce the Browning guns for the war effort.
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Bridgeport
Amerieca
Name of Home Guard Is Officially Changed to Connecticut State Guard
The Military Emergency board in Hartford approved renaming the Connecticut Home Guard the Connecticut State Guard. Detachments will join regimental bodies, new buttons and insignia will mark the change, and units will be designated as First to Sixth Infantry Connecticut State Guard. Officers will attend camps at Niantic from July 6 to August 7 in scheduled detachments by regiment.
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Connecticut State Guard
Connecticut Home Guard
Military Emergency Board
Hartford
Bridgeport
Niantic
Gary Announces Limit Steel Delivery Price
A War Industries Board ruling limits invoicing of iron steel and products delivered after April 1 1918 under contracts made after December 28 1917 to the maximum prices in effect at delivery Albert H Carry chairman of the committee on steel and steel products of the American Iron and Steel Institute announced in New York on May 14.
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New York
War Industries Board
Albert H. Carry
American Iron & Steel Institute
Six Injured When Jitney Hit by Trolley on State Street
Six occupants of a jitney were injured yesterday afternoon when a Connecticut company trolley struck the rear of the jitney on State Street near Lee Avenue. Two passengers were seriously hurt and taken to St. Vincent's hospital, expected to live. Driver Stefan Kaosion and five others suffered various injuries. Kaosion was arrested for reckless driving after a hearing.
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Connecticut Company
Stata Street
Lee Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Stefan H. Kaosion
Seaview Avenue
W Kowlikowski
Colorado Avenue
St Vincent's Hospital
Benjamin Burger
State Street
Valerie Archanbalt
Tairfield Avenue
Flagel Archanbalt
Wus
Samuel Mechner
Clinton Avenue
Kaosion
Valley¢man
Liggins
Walker
Inv
AM. A. Moley
Capture of Rostov and Dom Gives Germans Control in Caucasus
Moscow reports a German victory in Rostov on the Don enabling control of Caucasus grain districts in the Donetz basin and coal, gas, and oil fields. Northern Russia cut off except a single rail through Tsaritsyn as German gains threaten the southern Saratov government. riots in Moscow and anarchy between Bolshevik troops and anarchists unfold amid Ukraine turmoil and fears of occupation.
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Caucasus
Moscow
Associated Press
Rostows on-Don
Donetz
Ruscis
Tzaritsin
Saratov
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T. J. Reilly
Home Guard
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Gary
Rostov
Dom
West Front
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