German Cities Demand Peace Pressing Paris Meeting Tone
Amsterdam dispatch reports Social Democrats led peace demonstrations in Essen and Cologne with thousands attending. Berlin press claims American reply to Austria's note signals final destruction of Central powers, while Balfour's speech is seen as limiting progress to Belgium and Brest-Litovsk and possible future talks on colonies and Alsace Lorraine.
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Essen
Cologne
Press of Germany
Wilson
Amsterdam
Social Democrats
Saxony
Copenhagen
Balfour
Berlin
Jalfour
Mwaerts
Belgium
Brest-Litovsk
Alsace-Lorr
Robbe
Husband and wives worry over draft status in wartime work
Maj. John Buckley, state draft official in Hartford, reassures Bridgeport residents that a married woman's employment in a munition factory will not alter her husband's draft status. He notes questionnaires for men ages 19 to 36 are being distributed and will be returned to draft boards before work is found.
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John Buckley
Weather forecast notes increasing cloudiness and cooler temps
Weather report from Washington dated September 19 indicates increasing cloudiness southward, possible rain at night, followed by fair and cooler conditions. Daily almanac data appears amid garbled text with sunset listed as 6:15 p.m.
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Ecvesee
Hilfiaem
Guns Short Czechs Lose in Europe Near Volga
London reports Czecho-Slovak forces in European Prussia pressed by Bolshevik and German reinforcements. Over ten days Volsk Simbirsk and Kazan have fallen due to ammunition shortages. Germans gather at Wharkev and Bielogorod to block Don valley linkage with Samara forces.
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London
European
Prussia
Volsk
Simbirsk
Kagan
Kazan
Wharkev
Bielogorod
Volga
Alexieff
Don Valley
Samara
Two New Calls On Boards Hit Class 1 Hard
Draft boards yesterday announced two call dates for men to report to Fort Stocum on October 2 for en train, and October 10 for Camp Greenleaf Georgia for general service. Local boards must furnish quotas exhausting Class L registrants, listing Ray Beckett, Fernanda Pel fect Cardona, Guiseppe Vranelier, James Bentson among others from Newark Jersey City Philadelphia and Norfolk.
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Fort Stocum
Camp Greenleaf
Derens Largemency Board
Nota
Otto
Ray Beckett
Roush Street
Norefolk
Roselle Street
Bridgeport
Fernanda Pelfect Cardona
Lombard Street
Philadelphia
Charence Street
Guiseppe Vranelier
2Nd Broad Street
Newark
Main Street
James Bentson
Jackser Avenue
Jersey City
Nossuth Street
City Sends Seven Nurses to Fight Influenza in Boston
City dispatches seven nurses to Boston to assist in combating the Spanish influenza outbreak. They depart today in response to a formal call for medical aid as the city and region face rising cases.
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City
Boston
Call for nurses to aid Boston influenza relief
National appeal for nurses reaches the city as Red Cross volunteers from Bridgeport and St. Vincent's hospital graduates prepare to depart for Boston. About 6,090 cases reported among civilians and military, with some headed to Camp Devens.
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Boston
Redd Cross
Catherine Gardner
Georgina Graham
Anna Ihson
Bridgeport Hospital
Agnes Brennan
Margaret Tangley
Margaret Hart
Andrew Gar San
St. Vincent's Hospital
Devens
Imost
Camp Devens
Longman
Fairfield Avenue
Red Cross
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Divorce Action Traces Draft Dodger Across States
A Bridgeport divorce case led to the capture of Jarvis H. Hayward by the Department of Justice. Hayward, 24, a Presque Isle, Maine native and drill press operator, was found after a report of a missing person connected him to a departure from Bridgeport with a woman. He was inducted at Camp Devens to answer desertion charges.
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Atrs
Alice MacGrath
Bridgeport
Department of Justice
Worcester
Mass
Jarvis H. Hayward
Hayward
Camp Devens
Presque Isle
Abe
Jemington
East Main Street
Devens
Kailure
Hint
McGrath
Maynard
Taft Orders New Hearing On Eidiltz Award Suspension
War Labor board joint chairmen Taft and Walsh schedule a Monday afternoon rehearing in the Eidiltz case. The decision voids the previous award and bars further applications or interpretations while the board investigates costs of living impacts. Public notice by Alpheus Winter and W J Lanuck confirms proceedings.
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Bridgeport
Taft and Walsh
War Labor Board
France replies No to Vienna in Senate speech
An official note states Foreign Minister Pichon acknowledged receipt of AUSELI's Deacon proposal and sent the Official Journal with Premier Clemenceau's Senate speech. Clemenceau declared France would fight until the enemy sees that bargaining between crime and right is impossible.
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Alinister Pichon
Auseli
Cantaing
Clemeneeean
Senate
France
Vienna
M. Clemencoun
Selleck Resigns Over City Demand in Norwalk Scandal
Norwalk city officials demand Selleck resigns amid a vacancy and restructuring. Judge James Hubbell is appointed to fill the vacancy as a new clerk-treasurer role is installed. The district fund offers early cash draws under treasurer orders, with two of three commissioners countersigning. The misappropriation dates back to October 1, 1997, with Belleck previously backed by Royal Indemnity of New York for 312,000 and later bonded by Aetna of Hartford. Representatives from both insurers investigated liability as the net shortage is now put at 92,000.
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Norwalk
Tecolvarl
Recapta
James VT
Hubbell
Cirekiastem
Comr
Belleck
Royal Indemnity Company of
New York
Aetna Company
Hartford
e@xeh
Telegram Holding Up Eidlitz Decision Here
The War Labor Board announces a stay on action in Bridgeport pending a Monday hearing with Taft and Walsh. The notice directs postponement of rulings, elections, and convention tonight, with questions on the Bridgeport award to be submitted at the Monday meeting.
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Eidlitz
Taft
New York
Walsh
Bridgeport
W. Jett Lauck
Secretay
Nat. War Labor Board
Motorman Arrested Under Espionage Laws
Merry Cronan, 25, a Connecticut Company motorman from Brugert Milford area, was arrested by the Department of Justice on alleged violations of the espionage act. He testified before United States Commissioner Hugh J Lavery on charges under section 3 of the act with a two week hearing planned. Cronan claims American citizenship with no German ties, while a German enemy may be interned by presidential authority and the trial will be in civil militia courts.
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Merry Cronan
Connecticut
Bruggert
Milford
Department of Justice
Cronan
William Et
United States Army
Yvesterday
United States
Hugh J. Lavery
Cronat
Draft training drills rushed for 1A registrants in Bridgeport
Selective service men will soon get notices from Bridgeport board chair Robert Mantes to appear at the Armory for military life instructions. Local boards will forward registrant names to Ratty James for callups. Captain Footes notes training for Class 1A men must be hurried before October 24, with ages 19 to 28 covered, and the program aims to ease later training camp demands.
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Cansinin
Robert OF
Mantes
Bridgeport
Bratty Lames
Footes
Bridge Hold-ups Prompt Officials Meeting In Cry Hall
A Common Council session led by Col. F. W. Rosseler of the War Department discussed delays caused by Congress Street Loway bridges opening for boats. Attendees from the Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee, War Industries Board, Connecticut company and Ridgewort Towing exchanged ideas to ease congestion and will file suggestions for a future Chamber decision.
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Common Council
Cry
5. W. Rosseler
War Department
Congress Street
Loway
Nes
Traley
Col. Rosseler
R. O W. Miller
Transportation Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
B. D. Dherce
War Indues
J. &. Ciavdwin
Connecticut Company
Ridgewort Towing Company
Missing Lad Sought By Grief Stricken Mother
Mrs May Levy of 72 Knowlton Street appeals to police for help finding her 10 year old son who vanished after leaving for a day nursery on South Main Street Wednesday morning. Frantic over his disappearance she reports he wore a gray suit black shoes and stockings a dark cape and a white waist with a blue stripe.
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May Levy
Knowltonstronft
South Main Street
Germans Fight to Save Chemin des Dames Line
British and French armies in Picardy expanded plans to encircle St Quentin and Cambrai. More than 10,000 prisoners and over sixty large guns fell to the British during the Haig-led operation begun Wednesday northwest of St Quentin. French forces pressed the southeast of St Quentin, while Germans counterattacked near Soissons and along the Aisne. In Macedonia the Bulgars flee before Serbians. in European Russia the Bolsheviks and Germans gain ground over the Czecho-Slovaks. Inter Allied conference in London backs Wilson fourteen points as basis for peace. Haig reports updated total prisoners and guns captured.
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Associated Press
Picardy
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Gouzencourt
Epehy
Haig
Ercy
Gouzeaucourt
Hstless
European
Russia
Volsk
Simbirsk
Kazan
Transcaucasia
Baku
Persia
Labor Conference
London
Wilson
Austria
Alexander Kerensky
Brest-Litovsk
Bers
Constituent Assembly
Brewers put up $407 500 for Brisbane purchase fund
Documents released to the Senate judiciary committee show 15 brewers and the United States Brewers association supplied 407 500 dollars to a fund used by C W Feigenspan of Newark to loan Arthur Brisbane for buying the Washington Times. Funds came from many brewers and related groups, including Pabst, Ruppert, Huppen, and the United States Brewing Association.
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Washington
United States Brewers' Association
C. W. Feigenspan
Newark
N. J
Arthur Brisbane
Washington Times
Senate Judiciary Committee
A. Mitchell Palmer
Palmer
Germany
Alexander Ronta
Exchange Place
New York
Hans Tauscher
Bershard Dernburg
Dernburg
Brisbane
Felsenspan
Circulation Corporation
George Ehret
C. Keigensyuun
Julius Tliebmann
J. C. G. Huptel
Jacob Ruppert
Joseph EK. Cihletrn
Edward Landsberg
Reuter and Company
A. J. Houghton Company
William Hamm
G. Pabst
Fred Miller Brewing Company
Schmidt and Son
F. Poth and Son
Bergnery and Engel
Allied air raids terrorize German towns in Europe
Allied airmen bomb Cologne Coblenz and other German towns daily killing or injuring many. Het Volk says German casualty figures are understated and residents flee to Halvland for safety amid ongoing raids.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
Coblenz
Het Volk
Halvland
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Wilson Totay
Paul al. Warburg
Federal Reserve, Board
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Clemenceau
Selleck
City of
Alpheus Winter
Washington, D. C
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Examiner
National War Labor Board
Bridgeport, Conn
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Chemin Des Dames Line
Soissons
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