Return voyage of famed liner brings Baker to US
The article details Secretary of War Newton D. Baker returning from France aboard a liner that docked amid misty conditions. It notes his role in urging rapid American troop and munition deployment, coordinating with British and French leaders, and reporting allied war plans to President Wilson. Also mentioned are high officers aboard on leave and Baker’s swift transfer to a special train for Washington.
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Igland
France
Italy
Newton D. Baker
United States
Mt Wilson
Press- Wilson
Baker
Supreme War Council
Wilson
H. Bliss
Beling
Foch
Bag
Mr. Baker
Siican
Colonel
Sop Hie
Car Owners Fined After Southington Collision
In Siden on April 16, D E Sweet of Waterbury was fined for reckless driving after a midnight collision on Southington Mast. Lacey Cadwalla of Watertown was fined $10 at trial. The Sweet car, owned by Michael of the city, struck a vehicle returning passengers from a minstrel show. Separate report says Eric Ek in Tracy suffered a fractured left leg riding a motorcycle on Tracy road. A hotel note mentions black bellhops in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siden
Southington
D. E. Sweet
Waterbury
Reck
Lacey L. Cadwalla- Watertown
Sweet
Michael
Eric Ekin
Tracy
Meriden
Tracy Road
Havenman
Donated by R J Atwell and Liberty Loan Committee
A donation acknowledgment notes contributions from R J Atwell and the Liberty Loan Committee of Middletown for war bond drives. The item highlights local support and civic participation in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Atwell
E Liberty Loan Committee of
Middletown
Liberty Loan Committee
F. J. Blelefield & Co
War vision and turmoil cited in fragmented lines
Fragmentary lines reference Kaiser era aims and a sense of looming conflict. The garbled text mentions a dominion and an omen of collapse, with unclear subjects or events. No verifiable names, dates, or places are readable to identify a concrete news item.
Liberty Loan Hits First Billion Today
Unofficial estimates say the third Liberty Loan nears a one billion dollar total with official figures showing 691 million by Saturday and districts like St. Louis pushing toward oversubscription. Reports highlight strong farm and urban participation and campaigns across the nation. Secretary McAdoo is slated to speak in San Antonio today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Minneapolis
Federal Reserve District
Northwest
St. Louis
City of
Middlewestern Corm Belt
Rockies
Tacoma
Wash
Treasury Building
Pennsylvania Avenue
Liberty Loan
Allied Commission
McAdoo
San Antonio
Pastor Goes to Jail in Greeley Lynching Threat
In Greeley Colorado on April 16 the Rev H A Schmidt pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran church fled to the jail as a vigilance mobs threatened to lynch him over alleged sermons denouncing the Red Cross and urging against buying the third liberty loan bonds. A business men delegation warned him to leave and painted his house yellow.
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Greeley
H. A. Schmidt
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Red Cross
County Council of Defense
Schmidt
No Light on Cyclops Disappearance Probed at Sea
A British steamship arriving from West Indies ports found no new clues about the missing naval collier Cyclops. The voyage visited St Thomas and St Croix and did not pick up any wireless calls from government search stations.
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Atlantic
West Indies
Caribbean
Cyclops
St. Thomas
St. Croix
Fire Destroys Harris Abattoir Plant in West Toronto
Fire in Toronto Ontario on April 16 severely damages the Harris Abattoir Company plant valued at 1.5 million with 450000 in stated losses. Officials initially considered sabotage related to war work contracts but later ruled the blaze accidental. Additional items include a Pawnee Illinois note about a hen imprinting a Kaiser on an egg and a St. Louis appeal to raise hens to save meat.
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Toronto
Ananias
Pawnee, Lll
Gordon White
St. Louis
R. H. Wilkins
United States Department of Agriculture
Happenings in this Vicinity a Quarter Century Ago
25 years ago reports recount a temperance awakening in Portland sparked by Orator Spear lectures. Portland electric lights ran all night to daylight for patrons, while the Middlesex ferry retains late service. Edward Hunt becomes Carrier's night man in Cromwell as freshets cover the Cromwell road. Brownstone buyers arrive from New York. Y M C A plans emerged from 1886 organization and a Baptist church meeting cites a $20,000 shortage. George Sweet's steam launch toppled during launch. George Washington Pratt moves to Hartford, meteorology hints promised, a dime museum opens on Main Street, and Connecticut National Guard discipline tensions rise.
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Portland
Baptist Church
George Sweet
Ely
Middletown
Hartford
George Washington Pratt
Horace Johnson
Penny Press
Ray Davis
John Davis
Durham
Parmelee & Curtis
Connecticut National Guard
United States Casualty List Announces April Losses
Washington April 16 The casualty list shows forty four names with one killed in action three died of wounds one died cause unknown seven died of disease four severely wounded twenty seven slightly wounded and one missing. Col R C Bolling reported captured or missing. Eight officers named including Captain Hyman Green and Lt John Currin severely wounded. List lists multiple ranks and soldiers by name with causes and statuses.
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Washington
R. C. Bolling
Hyman Green
John Alexander Curring
Wakeman G. Gribbel
Arthur S. Bugbee
George W. Donnell
Hamon Gray
Thomas F. Hale
Reuben A. Moser
Ovila Case
Frank Stiles
Oscar Blanchette
Joseph L. Richards
John Dempsey
John B. Gremling
John E. Clark
Charles A. Costello
Arthur H. Robinson
Henry V. Troutman
Nevel Edward Wheeler
Charles J. Buell, Jr
John Alexander Currin
Hadley M. MacPherres
Donald A. Hildreth
Arthur 8. Bugbee
George W
Peter Perona
Carlton W. Potts
Edward Schmelzer
Wallenty Sculzki
Wilfred Co. Trabue
Frank A. Uffelman
Russell T. Walker
John J. West
Kuehlmann May Quit as German Foreign Minister
Amsterdam reports indicate German Foreign Minister Dr. von Kuehlmann may resign before month end following Count Czernin’s departure from Austro-Hungary. He heads to headquarters for a conference amid Paris peace overture concerns and mounting criticism from liberal and pan German factions.
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Czernin
Amsterdam
Count Czernin
von Kuehlmann
Paris
Charles of Austria
House Statement York April 16 Finance Totals
Sub Treasury reports show totals of 706656 in debts 1468782 in debi and 4702 in exchange with the overall figures reflecting tax and revenue activity for the period.
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Aman
York
Sub-treasury
Many Army Officers Receive Promotions
President Wilson sent nominations to the Senate naming numerous officers to brigadier general and colonel ranks in the national army. The list includes William P. Burnham, Willard A. Holbrook, James H. McRae, George B. Duncan, Ernest Hinds, and many more across infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, coast Artillery, and national guard.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
National Army
William P. Burnham
Willard A. Holbrook
James H. McRae
George B. Duncan
Ernest Hinds
Charles H. Martin
Charles
Field Artillery
Thomas W. Darrah
Infantry National Army
Johnson Hapgood
Coast Artillery
Corps
Lyttle Brown
Corps of Engineers
Alfred A. Starbird
Inspector General’s Department
Edward T. Donnelly
Field Artillery National Army
Augustine McIntyre
Fred T. Austin
William S. Westervelt
Richard W. Young
National Guard
George A. Wingate
Hugh 8. Johnson
Robert E. Wood
Disabled Soldiers Return From France Prompt Vocational Reeducation Plan
Disabled soldiers who have returned from France require special training to adapt to civilian life. A system of vocational rehabilitation is to be adopted soon. Charles A. Greathouse and Arthur E. Foster of the federal board for vocational education are in Washington to study the Canadian model and observe rehabilitation steps including medical therapy and education and industry.
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France
Washington
Charles A. Greathouse
Arthur E. Foster
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Therae Medical Department
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Megro
Giberty
Pastor
Colorado
Kuehlmann
New York
Liverpool
Wall Street
Nigger Hollow Mine No. 1
Amelia del City
America
Belgium
Russia
Q “Brewer Co
Connecticut
Mass
W. E. Huise
Broad Street
Bacon Bros
Germany
Court Street
Middletown War Bureau
Central National Bank Building
Herbert Knox Smith
Roosevelt
William North Rice
Wesleyan
Odd Fellows’ Rally
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Leonard B. Hough
Colt Factory
Hough
Liberty Loan Cottage
Thomas Smith
James H. Bunce Company
Berkeley Divinity School
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