Admiral Plunkett Tests Navy Personnel At Jutland Hearing
Washington March 26 Rear Admiral Plunkett testified at a Senate Navy hearing that German gunnery turned the British on their heads at Jutland while arguing for full strength of the navy personnel for adequate training. He avoided battle details and focused on staffing as part of Rear Admiral Sims' charges of limited cooperation with allies. Captain Taussis alleged the 1914 and 1915 reports understated manpower needs despite existing projections.
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Washington
Jutland
Plunkett
Senate
Sims
Navy Department
United States
Joseph K. Taussis
Naval War College
Newport
Taussis
Soverseas
Daniels Jobik
Mnusl
Navy General Board
Repatriate 2000 Poles Arrive as Red Cross Aids Return Plan
Report notes 2000 Polish refugees repatriated from southern Sigsnia by the American Red Cross arriving this week. Treparstons receive 5000 weekly until midsummer while two million Poles remain missing from the country. Real Press officials say conditions for labor, though deplorable last winter, are expected to improve soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigsnia
Red Cros
Treparstons
Clergy Seek Removal of Sultan from European Rule
More than 200 clergymen sign a resolution urging President Wilson to use all influence to remove the Sultan from any governmental control in Europe. The document, delivered to the White House, names Rev. Dr Handolph McKim as the messenger and lists signers including Bishops Rhine Adder and Garland and Chauncey Brewster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilzon
Europe
White House
Protestant Episcopal Church
Handolph McKim
Washington
Philip M. Rhineader
Thomas J. Garland
Schooner Dorothy Palmer Fares Distress Call Near Boston
The schooner Dorothy Palmer sent a wireless call for help from Great Round Shoals channel reporting a dangerous leak with pumps out of commission due to boiler trouble. With seven feet of water in the hold, she warned she would sink in about twelve hours unless a coast guard cutter or tug arrived. the Acushnet was distant at New London and the Nouahnet was dispatched from Norfolk.
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Boston
Dorothy Palmer
Great Round Bhoals Channel
Coast Guard
Acushnet
New Loon
Leweh
Scrooner
Norfolk
Soldiers Seek Large Bonus for Veterans
Montreal March 26 Canadian ex service men push for a government bonus ranging from 1000 to 2500 dollars. The Great War Veterans Association of Canada adopted resolutions urging immediate Parliament action to aid soldiers reestablish themselves. Dominion Secretary Treasurer Mac Neill says the proposal would cost about 219 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Great War Veterans’ Association of Canada
Dominion
MacNeill
Chile replies to U S note on Peru Bolivia tensions
The State Department received Chile's reply to a U S note urging influence to curb hostilities arising from incidents in Taxas. The full texts will be published later. discussants declined. Earlier Peru's ambassador urged intervention and notes were sent to Bolivia seeking deescalation.
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Washington
Chile
Nots
Peru
Bolivia
Taxas
State Department
Ambesusdor Rick
Valparaten
Federico Alfonso Peset
Schulte Cigar Stores Plan Move Into Bridgeport Corner
Rumer Schulte Co plans to lease the Main and Fairfield avenue corner previously held by United Cigar Stores Co to expand its chain in Bridgeport. The deal would shift the United Cigar Stores to make room for Schulte including adjacent downtown properties up to Warner building and Warner-Bishop holdings. The corner buildings sit on estate property of John D. Budau heirs including Mrs A D Moutton Mrs Anna Budau and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schulte Cigar Stores
New York City
United Cigar Stores
Bridgeport
Main and
Congress Street
Water and Wall Street
Schulte
Fairfield Avenue
United Clear Stores Co
Schulte Company
Dougjass
Main Street
Warner
Western Union Telegraph
Warner-Bishop Holdings
Middle Street
Rundall
Fairfield and
Main
Warner Properties
Coustass
John 1D. Budau
A. 1D. Moutton
Anna Budau
Piitward T. Buchinsham
J. H. Bodew
Pasha Cabinet Resigns in Constantinople
In Constantinople on March 26 the Turkish cabinet led by Sali Pasha resigned after forming on March 9. The sultan asked Damad Ferid Pasha to form a new government. Ferid had been appointed grand vizier and foreign minister on March 7 1919 and led the Turkish delegation to the peace conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Sali Pasha
Damad Ferid Pasha
Paris
Damad Ferid
Council of Ten
M. Clemenceau
Peace, Conference
Turkey
Kidnapped boy found locked in hotel room
Lexington Kentucky police recovered 13 year old Paul Littis, son of E R Littis, held for ransom since Wednesday. The boy telephoned from the hotel room to say he had been imprisoned there since Wednesday night. The room was reserved by J C Cox of Cincinnati. The ransom demand was reportedly around 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Pami Littis
E.R Little
Cincinnati
Paul
Fire destroys shoe factory in Brooklyn blaze
A fire at the Adler Shoe Company factory in Brooklyn partly destroyed the plant early today. Investigators suspect incendiary origin tied to labor troubles. Five firefighters were overcome by smoke, the damage is estimated at 150000 dollars, and over 30 workers are temporarily jobless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adler Shoe Company
Brooklyn
Willam Feris
Ampire
Students arrested after Penn basketball victory riot
Philadelphia reports 22 students arrested after four police raids near the University of Pennsylvania during a celebration of a basketball win over Chicago. Shots were fired at officers. arrests were made with options of ten days in jail or a 12.50 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Penn
Chicago University
Teachers to receive 1921 contracts in New Haven
New Haven residents learn contracts for 1921 will be mailed to public school teachers to give them time to consider offers elsewhere. Miss Carolyn Merchant of the Teachers' League outlined proposed salary increases for late 1920 and 1921 to the board of finance and Mayor FitzGerald. She noted teachers may discuss the 1922 diary in December 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Carolyn Merchant
Teachers’ League
Inst Mieht
Board of Finance
Fitzgerald
Escape from State Farm Girls Flee East Lyme
Elizabeth Horan of Bishop Avenue and Leona Bellevine of 1294 Howard Avenue escaped from the State Farm for Women at East Lyme yesterday noon. Police notified. Horan was sent to the State Farm on January 14 after being found guilty of stealing money from her roommate. Bellevine was committed about a month ago on a breach of the peace charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Horan
Bishop Avenues
Leona Bellevine
Howard Avenue
State Farm
East Lyme
Bishop Avenue
Bellevue
Armenian Counterfeiter Amanoff Arrested in Connecticut
United States Secret Service agents arrested Armenian immigrant Joseph Amanoff of 600 Putnam Street as the last identified member of a long running eastern counterfeit ring. Investigators traced his scheme from passing two dollar notes altered to ten and later raising five to twenty dollar bills. He operated across Connecticut cities including Waterbury Derby Shelton and Bridersport and carried activity into Boston New York Jersey City Hoboken and Brooklyn. Continued on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Amanoff
Putnam St
United States Secret Service
Amanoff
Amanof
Secret Service
Bridesport
Connecticut
Ooston
New York
New Jersey
Waterbury
Lowell
Derby
Shelton
Boston
Jersey City
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Mrs Kupfer Receives Degree and Divorce Recommendation
State Referee Rora recommended a divorce for Ruth Baker Kupfer against Walker S Kupfer of Lafayette citing intolerable cruelty. Judge Keeler accepted the referee reports in this and two other cases, with outcomes including a divorce for the wife on cross-complaint and a decree for the husband on a cross-complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roraback
Ruth Baker Kupfer
Walker S Kupfer
Lafayette
Keeler
Kupfer
William P. Taylor
Julia May Taylor
Milford
Ross Miller
Bernard Miller
Taylor
Federal officers arrest four saloon keepers in Stamford
Federal officers of the prohibition enforcement department arrested three saloon keepers and one bartender in Stamford. Each was held in $1,000 bail for hearings before the federal commissioner in Bridgeport on April 2. A quantity of liquor was seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
Prohibition Enforcement Department
Bridgeport
Magistrate Shot Dead Outside Dublin Club
London reports that Alan Bell a magistrate who presided over Sinn Fein inquiries was shot dead this morning outside the Masonic Club in Dublin. The dispatch confirms the fatal attack on a judge involved in Irish affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alan Bell
rear_dent
Hanks
Masonic Club
Dublin
Central News
Injured Man Seeks Weak Recovery After City Crash
William Jesche of 116 Courtland Street, injured in an auto crash at Washington Avenue and Golden Hill Street, faces slim chances of recovery. His condition prompted a coroner's inquiry after the collision involving Mrs. R. P. Fleming of 985 Norman Street and Joseph Lesnick of 431 King's Way, with Lesnick under arrest for reckless driving and license violation.
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William Jesche
Courtland Street
Washington Avenue
Golfen Hi Street
R. P. Fleming
Norman Street
Joseph Lesnick
King’s Sway
Jesche
St. Vincent's
Corsoner
Lesnick
Armistead Held as Responsible in Pollino Death
Armistead held responsible for the death of Antonio Pollino, 109 George street, after a March 16 accident. Pollino, a laborer for Bridgeport Gas Light Co, was struck on Stratford avenue by Armistead’s truck and died after sustaining a skull fracture. Coroner J. J. Phelan's finding announced. Armistead, of River Road Yonkers, to be arraigned in City Court on manslaughter charges.
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Antonio Pollino
George Street
Richard Armistead
Min River Road
Yonkers N. C
Pollino
Dridgeport Gas Light Co
Armistead
Stratford Avenue
Rinarisa
Kossuth
Bridgeport Hospital
John J. Phelan
Habershaw Electric Co
Yonkers
N. Eze
Trustee to Sell Campus Lunch Assets at Auction
John McNamara as trustee for Campus Lunch was ordered to sell the bankrupt estate at public auction on Monday at 11 AM. Sealed bids with an upset price of 9000 were to be opened in court, but the trustee reported a cash offer of 7000 and that landlord John Keane would not accept the bidder as tenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McNamara
Mate
John Keane
Ex Kaiser sent cash to Berlin from Zurich bank
Former German Emperor William withdrew 250000 Swiss francs from a Zurich bank in early March and sent the money to Berlin before the Kapp Luettwitz reaction. The German mark stood at ten centimes, making the withdrawn sum a sizable fortune in Germany.
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Geneva
William of
Germany
Zurich
Berlin
Wolfgang Kapp
Luettwitz
Voluntary Agreement Considered in Daylight Saving Debate
Prominent Bridgeport lawyers questioned the legality of a city Daylight Saving ordinance. They noted the city as a chartered corporation lacks inherent powers beyond stated authority and discussed potential injunctions. A public hearing is set for next Thursday to hear arguments for and against the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Council
Reds Claim to Have Captured Several Villages
London report says workers forces along the Lippe river near Wesel threaten to destroy western Germany factories and mines if Wesel falls. Reds claim to have taken villages and over 200 prisoners, while government troops hold and await orders. Continued details referenced from Muenster and Cologne to Duesseldorf front.
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London
Lippe
Wesel
Germany
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Reds
Muenster
Hamm
Hagen
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Robbers Take Jewelry Worth 50000 At Waterbury Residence
Police confirm a burglary at 30 Church Street in Waterbury during a 24 hour window. A jewelry box containing diamonds and pearls valued at 50000 plus 500 in cash was stolen from Mrs. Gorm's room. Pinkerton detectives join the investigation. no description released. The home is temporarily occupied by Mr and Mrs George A Goss and Mr Burratt. Goss is Scoville Manufacturing Co. supervisor.
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Waterbury
Church Street
George A. Goss
John Booth Burratt
Mr. Goss
Goss
Scoville Manufacturing Co
Pant
Miss Purrel
Ansonia
Remove Case Fixtures Owners Get Injunction
Adena Ohio March 21 authorities report continued search for 11 year old Francis South’s killer as a miner posse and local citizens converge. Ramsay officers move suspects from Shermxdsville to Canton Harty amid crowd unrest and a separate injunction blocks Bullen’s Cafe owners from removing fixtures under bonds of 16000.
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Adena
Ohio
Francis South
Wood
Here
Gherrodsville
Carroll County
Shermxdsville
Carranton Harty
Ram
Adena Oa
Ramsay
Bullen
P. W. Wren
Stephen P. Cronan
Bullen's
Cafe, Inc
Pauline S. Haviland
Isaac F. Haviland
Bank Street
Superior Court
Croman
Curtis
Attorney Stewart Seeks Return to France After War Service
Attorney Jesse A. Stewart, who left Bridgeport years ago to practice law in the west, visited in May before a trip to Europe on government work. He served in the First Observation Group U S A and in France, remained abroad after the armistice, and was mustered out in Seattle. He plans to return to France and hopes a government post will allow continued foreign service. Bridgeport noted as having grown since his last visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse A. Stewart
Europe
Stewart
Montana
U. SA
France
Seattle
Wash
Bridgeport
Husband leaves wife three times then deserts for good
Margaret Stunkel of Stamford testified in Superior Court that after marrying Fred A. Stunkel in 1915 he repeatedly left and returned. She described his irritability and periodic desertions, leading to a divorce decree on the grounds of desertion. She has since moved to Connecticut and works as a nurse at Stamford sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Stunkel
Margaret Stunkel
Stamford
Superior Court
Stunkel
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Force to Clean Streets Announced by Public Works
Director of Public Works Jacob A Courtade said a force of about 100 men would be dispatched soon to clean city streets. He cited heavy winter snowfall leaving streets dirty and inches of refuse, aiming to start early and finish ahead of summer street cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob A Courtade
No Permission to Enter Zone Paris March 26
Allies have not granted or refused Germany entry to the allied or neutral zones east of Versailles. Semi official information says guarantees to Germany's demand for military use depend on prior acceptance of conditions. No further interallied intervention in the Ruhr district is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Rukr
Law Prohibits Booze in Bags in Brooklyn Court Ruling
New York March 26 a U S Commissioner McGoldrick ruled that liquor containers carried in bags may be searched on sight by dry act enforcers overruling defense claims of rights violation. The decision involved Robert Walsh of Kings Park facing action by a federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
U. S
McGoldrick
Robert Walsh
Kings Park
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Sultan
Delaware
Dever
Del
Aimax
Representative McNabb
House
Armanoff
Mrs. Kupfer
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