Wilson Receives Bridgeport Machinists Appeal
President Wilson took up the machinists appeal for fair pay and classification with the War Labor Board War Department and Labor Department for swift action. He warned Cabinet of a threatened strike across Bridgeport and other war plants and indicated possible decisive steps this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Labor Board
War Dept
Labor Dept
Alpheus Winter
Hidlitz
George H. Manning
Washington
Wilson
Bridgeport
War Department and Labor Department
Wil Speed
Hartford
Springfield
Philadelphia
New York
Heroic Death of Aviator Crombie Reported in Letter
Lieutenant William Crombie died in action near Lens after losing his right leg from a shell discharged by German sharpshooters in No Man's Land. He had served with the British Royal Flying Corps for six months and recently joined aviation duties after a hospital furlough. His brother Edwin 19 serves with the US 11th Field Artillery in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Flying Corps
William 7. Crombie
Lens
Fred C. Crombie
Capitol Avenue
Crombie
Bridgeport
Nved
Fairfield Avenue
Cambrai
Areillery
Crombin
No Man's Land
England
Aviation Service
Edwin S. Crombie
11Th Field Artillery
France
Fred G. Crombie
New York
Crobie
Fred G
Remington Arms
Private Luciano Killed in Action in City
The city mourns Dominicko Luciano, listed as Private Luciano of 128 North Washington avenue, reported killed in action. A boarding house keeper Tony Tozzi said a trunk in the house may hold papers revealing the soldier’s home address and family, with permission sought to open it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominicko Luciano
Washington Avenue
Luciano
Prince Juiciano
Bridgeport
Tony Tozzi
Tozzi
Registrars Called For Draft Guard Meeting
Registrars of Draft Guard No. 5 will meet tonight at o'clock in Barnum School. It is very important that everyone attend as actions will be given. This meeting will be held so those with questions may be enlightened on the methods. Weather report notes fair weather in Washington and New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum School
Thrilled Crowd at Lafayette Park Hears Coyle Speak on War
Four thousand attendees gathered in Lafayette Park under the Bridgeport War Bureau to hear Dr. John S. Coyle of New York on the eve of Lafayette- Marne Day. Thomas M. Cullinan introduced him, and Miss Tysther Berg led the Marseillaise as Coyle urged continued munitions production and unity in support of America’s war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Park
Bridgeport War Bureau
John S. Coyle
New York
Thomas M. Cullinan
George W. Wheeler
Tysther Berg
Coyle
Train wreck near Alliance kills 12 and injures 18
In ALLIANCE Nebraska twelve people were killed and eighteen injured when a west bound Burlington passenger train collided head on with a work train seven miles west of Alliance. The force telescoped the first two cars and all casualties were in the second coach.
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Alliance
Neb
Burlington
Here
American Ship Reports Submarine Sinking Claim
Washington reports the sinking of an enemy submarine off the Atlantic coast by two gun hits from the American steamer Frank H. Buck after a credited exchange of fire. The Navy awaits fuller reports while commending Chief Gunner’s Mate Joseph Steffens and the armed guard.
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Washington
Atlantic
Frank HW
Buck
Navy Department
Joseph Steffens
Clemency plea in case of youth submarined five times
George Brown A Stamford youth 19 pleads clemency in Criminal Superior court after being charged with stealing an automobile to reach New York while desertion fears loom He and friend Kellen Benner had served five Merchant Marine ships sunk by German subs and Brown was sentenced to one year with suspended execution pending enlistment papers discovery Benner case continued as papers missing Embezzlement case against William Plaatze from Stratford shipyard ends with guilty plea but no sentence pending.
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Stamford Lad
Brown
George Brown
New London
Criminal Superior Court
Stamford
Gov
Benner
Boston
New York
Alan 1 Automobile
Grown
Reed
William ‘Plaatze
Housatonic Shipbuilding Company
Stratford
Capt Glen Collins Faces Extradition in Bombay Jewelry Theft
Captain Charles Glen Collins once married to Theodora Wheeler is sought by India for alleged pearl theft in Bombay. British representatives to pursue extradition in New York on Monday. The case ties to a California breach of promise suit by Olga Olsen against ex husband Captain Fritz Olsen of the Norway Pacific Steamship Company.
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Charles Glen Collins
Theodora Wheeler
Samuel H. Wheeler
India
New York
Bombay
San Francisco
Olga Olsen
Fritz Olsen
Norway Pacific Steamship Company
Olsen
Allied Socialist And Labor Bodies Called to London
Samuel Gompers announces a meeting in London of labor and socialist groups from allied nations to discuss war aims and alignment with the British labor memorandum. He reiterates America's stance of not meeting enemy representatives until victory, emphasizing the goal to win the war and then negotiate while opposing imperialism and autocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Samuel Gompers
American Adorations of Labor
Gompers
American Gamcheon Club
Chauffeur Defies Order In Stamford German Pig Encounter
In Stamford on September 10 a chauffeur named George Coxon, 41, British, refused to drive Ernest Roentgen to a New Canaan drug store and declared he would not work for Mrs. Henry K. McHarg who ordered the trip. The confrontation, on the McHarg farm, saw Roentgen call Coxon a liar as Coxon grabbed a steel hammer and a struggle ensued before the scene continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
George Coxon
Henrys K. Mcflarg
New England
Inter Han
Afra
Roentgen
Roent
Grabs Steel Mrummer
Coson
Coxon
Mest Roentgen
Bonjon Purchased Revolver In Street Gunshop Tale
Louis Bonjon, accused murderer of Daniel E. Walker, bought a revolver at 1 pm Saturday from Edwin Smith and Company on Wall Street. Smith says a dozen cartridges were given. the weapon was not loaded at purchase and Bonjon claimed it for home protection. Bonjon, held at North Avenue jail, did not speak at the coroner's hearing as his attorney declined comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Bonjon
Daniel E. Walker
Wall Street
Edwin Smith and Company
Benson
North Avenue
Mr. Smith
State Street
Bonjon
Israel Cohn
Smith
Bonson
Allied Push Near Cambrai Deepens Frontlines Amid Storms
Allied forces press toward Cambrai as heavy rains turn Lowlands into quagmires. British and French advance from Gouzeaucourt Havincourt toward Cambrai while Franco American units push east of Soissons toward St Gobain forest. St Quentin and La Fere loom close as Armentieres nears.
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Cambrai
St. Gobain
Artois
Flanders
Gouzeaucourt
Havincourt
St. Quentin
Soissons
Champagne
Havrinecourt
St. Gobain Forest
Oise River
Vesle
Aisne
Armentieres
Three Years for Cotew Slasher at Jail
The September term of the Criminal superior court heard Stonewall Cotew arraigned before Judge Reed on assault with intent to kill. Cotew was sentenced to prison in Wethersfield for one to three years for slashing a prisoner at the county jail after remarks provoked the attack. Also, Thomas Brennan and William Murphy of Danbury pleaded guilty to burglarizing John Jordan's store and each received four months in jail. Arkanas, 21, was sent to the Cheshire Reformation after pleading guilty to stealing $71, a gold watch, and clothes from a local rooming house. investigators noted no prior arrests.
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Criminal Superior Court
Stonewall Cotew
Reed
Wethersfield
Cotew
Arkanas
Wyoming
Hel
First American shell fired in World War I by Arch of South Bend
Substantial account of the first U S. shot in the German war, fired by Sergeant Alex Arch of Battery C, 6th Field Artillery, at five minutes past six on October 23, 1917. Captain Idus B. McLendon disputes earlier claims, asserting Arch was the shooter and that witnesses corroborate his action in France.
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New York
Germany
Associated Press
Indiana
Alex Arch
South Bend
Ind
6Th Field Artillery
United States
France
Idus B. McLendon
Alex .Arch
Serge
McLendon
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F. C. Crombie
No. Wash. Ave
Cas
Lafayette-Marie
Dr. J. F. Coyle
America
Says Orator
Nebraska
Frank H. Buck
Navy Dept
Naval
Salsbrierry
Norwich
Samuel 4. Salsberry
Preston
Wiliam Kinney
Salsberry
Herman Chapman
Chapman
Triminal
Glen Collins
Eaglish
Stamford Society
Slayer
Superior Court
Arch
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