U boats continue activity off coast in August reports
Navy reports multiple sinkings near Nantucket 100 miles east including the British steamer Ness the Swedish steamer Sydland and the American schooner Herman Winter. Penistone may have been sunk yesterday while Sydland’s crew landed safely after being picked up by a British steamer. Confusion over vessel names prompted an investigation and no loss of life reported.
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Ness
Sydd
Hernsi
Navy Partment
Allen
Ite
Navy
Nantucket
Marine Register
Herman Winter
Department
Navy Department
Atlantic
Winter
Sydland
Nine SCHOONERS Sunk Off New England Shores
Survivors report German undersea raiders sunk nine vessels off the Georges Bank area on Saturday including nine fishing schooners and a steamer. Five survivors were rescued. no loss of life reported yet. The Kate Palmer and others sighted many vessels as the submarine attacked from early afternoon into night, with the steamship unnamed and a boast about sinking the Allen.
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Atlantic
New England
Allen
Kate Palmer
Helen W. Murley
Boston
The
Georges
All Married Men May Be Exempted Draft Debate Reaches Senate
Washington reports the senate military affairs committee neared completion of a new army draft bill broadening Selective Service to 18 through 45. Debate included amendments by Thomas and Kirby, with Reed signaling a substitute tomorrow. Secretary of War Baker faced criticism as senators argued over exemptions and manpower projections amid upcoming registrations.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas
Reed
Kirby
Secretary of War
Senator Cummins
Cummins
Chamberlain
War Department
Congress
Baker
Thomas and Sherman
Belgian Relief Ship Sunk by Submarine Off Cape Sable
The Swedish Sydland bound for Hampton Roads to load Belgian relief cargo was sunk by a German submarine off Cape Sable on Thursday. Captain Alex Larsen and 22 crew members were rescued and brought to safety aboard the Sydland.
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Atlantic
Sydland
Hampton Roads
Cape Sable
Alex Larsen
Sydland Crew Landed After Submarine Heat
Captain Alex Lawson and 29 crew members of the Swedish steamer Sydland were landed by trawlers today 80 miles southeast of Island Light after surviving in open boats since Thursday at 3 p m when their ship was torpedoed 180 miles southwest of Cape Sable.
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Sydland
Atlantic
Alex Lawson
Island Light
Cape Sable
Herman Winter Safe at Atlantic Port
An Atlantic port reports the American freighter Herman Winter is discharging a cargo today while officials say the sunken vessel was a small fishing schooner. The August 12 note ties the ship to a prior list of submarined vessels.
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Herman Winter
Atlantic
Lenine In Kronstadt
London reports Trotzky arrival in Kronstadt awaiting confirmation from Helsingfors. Dispatch notes bolshevik leaders in flight and numerous counter revolutionaries arrested. German embassy relocated to Pskoff after Helfferich’s life was threatened.
Clearing House Summary York Sub treasury Aug 12
Sub treasury reports exchanges totaling 385157 dollars and balances at 37766269 dollars with overall figures including 3941587 dollars in exchanges and 941587 dollars in sub treasuries as of August 12 in York.
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York
Sub-treasury
Metal Prices
Lead firm in New York on August 12 with an 805 bid. Spelter firm and Nor spot rates cited for September and August.
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York
Septem Norspot
Blames Kuhlmann for German Defeat
Geneva reports Deutsche Tageszeitung blames former Foreign Minister von Kuhlmann for German defeat, saying his cant win speech discouraged Prince Rupprecht's Bavarian troops and demoralized the army. Badische Landeszeitung also notes a strategic retreat to prepared trenches, suggesting 1918 campaign collapse and fallback to fortified positions after the Marne.
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Geneva
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Rupprecht
von Kuhlmann
Reichem
Berlin
Germany
Badische Landzeitung
Reichstag
Badische Landeszeitung
Marne
Senate to reconvene Monday to consider man power bill
Under directions from party leaders the Senate sergeant at arms telegraphed all absentees to be present Thursday for a vote by Senator Chamberlain to vacate the unanimous consent agreement. This would allow the Senate to reconvene on Monday August 19 to take up the new man power bill.
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Washington
Senate
Chamberlain
Allies Take More Towns in Early August Advances
Paris August 12 French forces seized Canny-Sur-Matz and Gary while British troops captured Bray sur Somme. The official statement placed Bary sur Somme about five miles southeast of Albert, with Canny sur Matz roughly 10 miles southeast of Montdidier and Gary two and a half miles south of Canny sur Matz, west of the Oise river.
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Paris
Canny-Sur-Matz
Gary
Bray Sur Somme
Bary Sur Somme
Albert
Canny Sur Matz
British and French Capture Nearly Four German Divisions
With the British army on the Picardy battle front in August, German prisoners approximately nearly four divisions have been captured by the British and French in the Picardy drive. A German division is usually estimated at about 12,000 men.
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Picardy
Patrol Petrograd Streets Warned by Cavalry Patrol
Amsterdam reports Petrograd streets patrolled day and night by cavalry with identity cards required. A dispatch from Moscow cited by Weser Zeitung says authorities have placed troops to prevent a coup d etat and arrest anyone without proper identification.
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Amsterdam
Petrograd
Moscow
Weser Zeitung
New York Restaurateur Dies After Diabetes Operation
William H. Mendel of Mount Vernon proprietor of the Grand Central Station restaurant in New York City died here after an operation for diabetes. A motorcycle burst into flames in front of Middletown Gas Co on Main Street at three this afternoon. George Brazos, passing by, leaped from his car and helped extinguish the fire.
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New London
William H. Mendel
Mount Vernon
Grand Central Station
New York City
Middletown Gas Co
Main Street
George Brazos
Sre
Naval Encounter Off Frisian Coast Attacked by German Airplanes
London reports light British naval forces reconnoitering off the Frisian coast were attacked by German planes. A Zeppelin was shot down in flames and six British motor boats were missing. The communique notes British attack on a German airship north of Ariel with it felled into the sea.
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London
Frisian
Admiralty
Schleswig- Holstein
North Sea
Helgoland
Ariel
Rejoicing as Bennie Zywoczinski Alive in France Hospital
A Middletown family distraught by Bennie Zywoczinski's reported death learned he survived a wound in France. He writes he is recovering and hopes to visit relatives someday. His aunts, Mrs Novakowski Mrs Kulmacz and Mrs Sienko, confirm his status amid the community pride on South Street.
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Bennie Zywoczinski
No. 7
South Street
Bernie
France
Benny
Middletown
Selcheprey
Joseph Novakowski
St. Mary's
Bennie
Nowakowski
Novakowski
Kulmacz
William A. Sienko
William Street
To Reinstate Telegraphers in Seattle Union Labor Dispute
Seattle August 12 locked out Western Union telegraph workers will be rehired as soon as practical. Postmaster Burleson reports a careful Seattle investigation and action at the earliest practical moment, reinstating employees discharged solely for union membership.
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Seattle
Wash
Western Union Telegraph Cs
Burleson
Shipping Board Names Piez New VP and GM in Fleet Corp
Charles A. Piez was renamed vice president and general manager of the Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation with Howard Coonley also named vice president. Schwab became director general, leading to Piez briefly relinquishing and then reclaiming the GM title to handle the office end of Schwab's duties.
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E Shipping Board
Washington
Charles A. Piez
The
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
Howard Coonley
Charles A. Schwab
Piez
Schwab
Nineteen Year Old Wounded in War Casualty List
Waterbury August 12 Amadeo Alcorace listed as missing in action is a 19 year old Italian youth. He claimed to be 21 at registration on June 5 1917 and was drafted. He went to Camp Devens in 1917 and sailed for France three days after Christmas. He served in a machine gun battalion.
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Waterbury
Amadeo Alcorace
Alcorace
Camp Devens
France
Albanian Volunteers Sail From Waterbury for Albania
Forty Waterbury residents depart for New York to sail for Albania and join the fight for their homeland. They leave after a farewell at the station, each equipped with passports secured through local draft boards.
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Albania
Waterbury
New York
Naval Volunteers Leave Waterbury for Service
In Waterbury on August 12 John F. Teel ing and Walter J. Hobson, both of Meriden, enlisted as firemen third class and joined the group of naval volunteers departing today.
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Naval
Waterbury
John F. Teeling
Walter J. Hobson
Meriden
Spanish Ambassador To France
Madrid dispatch states Quimones de Leon has been appointed Spanish ambassador to France.
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France
Agence Radio
I. N
Paris
Madrid
Quimones de Leon
Sensational Aircraft Report Expected This Week
Washington is buzzing as a senate sub committee concludes its inquiry into the aircraft program. The forthcoming report, due this week, is said to condemn officials for halting production and reveal overseas outputs, with possible criminal prosecutions tied to Justice Hughes inquiries.
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Washington
Aus
Senate
Department of Justice
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Justice Hughes
Gregory
William Frierson
Foe Headquarters Moved to Germany
Rome reports field marshal von Hindenburg urges evacuation of the German western front to shorten and strengthen defenses. German high command and headquarters reportedly moved behind the Rhine, with multiple prior shifts cited. If French salients are evacuated, large parts of France may be relieved.
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Rome
Ypres
Montdidier
Verdun
Kaiser
von Hindenburg
Zurich
France
Germany
Rhine
Hindenburg
Belgium
Luxemburg
Aix la Chapelle
Mezieres-Charleville
Pless
Silesia
Bad Krueznach
Nahr Rive
Federal troops search for Villista band in Consuelo area
El Paso reports a strong detachments of Mexican federal troops hunting a band of Villistas led by Martin Lopez in Consuelo Chihuahua after a northbound train robbery on the Mexican Central railroad. The incident left 26 civilians and 40 soldiers wounded, with 70 more passengers hurt. several passengers and the dead were stripped of clothing and valuables.
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el Paso
Tex
Consuelo
Chihuahua
Martin Lopez
Millionaire Brewer Here on Atlantic liner visit
Atlantic port report notes George Ehret, millionaire brewer, among 473 passengers aboard the Norwegian American liner arriving today. Ehret, who left Berlin June 1, is recovering from a serious illness and is in port to supervise his properties.
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Millionaire Brewer
Atlantic
George Ehret
Ehret
Berlin
Rom
Son Dies From Shot By Mother in Lenox Mass
Allan Jr. Dunn, two year old son of J Allan Dunn, a short story writer and former magazine editor, died at Mercy hospital in Pittsfield after a mother shot him while attempting suicide yesterday. The mother, who took poison, will recover at the state hospital for the insane, officials said.
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Lenox
Mass
Allan Jr
Allan Dunn
Mercy Hospital
Pittsfield
State Hospital For the Insane
Held For Auto Homicide In New York Court
Jacob Faber, 25, of Waterbury Connecticut, a painter, was held for the grand jury in 2000 dollars bail after arraignment in police court on a charge of driving an automobile that struck and killed a person in a technical homicide case. The incident occurred August 12 in New York.
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New York
Jacob Faber
Waterbury
Conn
Big German air ship shot down by British forces
British aviators destroyed a German dreadnought air ship over the Pier ardy battle-front Aug 12. Seven crew members perished as bombs exploded. Americans buried them in the crater. The Gotha craft, carrying 250 pound torpedoes and bombs, was shot during maiden flight amid concentrated searchlight glare. Thirty Fokkers later attacked British aircraft. five German planes were destroyed and one forced down, while all British planes escaped.
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Bert Ford
Pierardy
Gotha
Paris
Britisliers
Gothas
Railroads Moved 7,900,000 Soldiers Since War Entry
Washington reports that more than 7,900,000 soldiers have been moved within the United States to the Atlantic seaboard from cantonments and concentration camps. Railways Director McAdoo, back in Washington after two months, described the civilian passenger curtailment and noted crops are excellent and most communities have cash on hand to handle them. The government will supply funds where needed.
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United States
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
America
McAdoo
Social disease crusade conference in Boston
Health department representatives from six New England states met at the state house to plan a joint crusade against social diseases. Under the Kahn Chamberlain law the government has 1,000,000 for the crusade and a New England allotment is sought instead of state-by-state funding. Attending were Massachusetts Health Commissioner Eugene R. Kelly, Connecticut’s John T. Black, Maine’s L. D. Bristol, Rhode Island Secretary Byron A. Richards, New Hampshire Acting Secretary D. N. Sullivan, and Vermont Secretary Charles F. Dutton.
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New England
Boston
Health Department
State House
Eugene R. Kelly
Massachusetts
John T. Black
Connecticut
L. D. Bristol
Maine
Byron A. Richards
Rhode Island Board
D. N. Sullivan
New Hampshire
Russell Firemen Outing to Beach Park by Packard Truck
The Russell Firemen's Outing section notes that twenty two firemen and guests attended a Sunday trip by the Russell Mige Company. The new Packard truck was used for the journey, followed by a shore dinner in Harmony Hall hosted by Landlord Blake of the Dew Drop Inn in Clinton. Charles A. Inger soll, plant engineer at Russell mills, toasted the group, and several new members were initiated during the afternoon. Return travel went via Saybrook.
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Russell
Russell Mige Company
Beach Park
Russell Company
Packard
Harmony Hall
Blake
Dew Drop Inn
Clinton
Charles A. Ingersoll
Russell Mills
Saybrook
Indictments in Raincoat Swindle Probe Rise
New York August 12 federal grand jury returns nineteen new indictments against nineteen men and two corporations in the army raincoat swindle case. Indictments accuse sabotage. earlier 17 indictments allege bribery and attempted bribery of government officials. If convicted, defendants face up to thirty years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Former High Official To Face Arrest In Graft Probe
Washington reports an imminent arrest of a former government department official tied to a graft scandal. A Justice Department warrant is expected soon, possibly tomorrow, with no official announcement yet and the official’s identity and resignation timing not disclosed.
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Washington
Government Department
Department of Justice
Tomorow
Commuters Delayed by Derailment Near Hartford Parkville
A freight train derailment just below Parkville, three miles from Hartford, halted northbound trains this morning. About 300 commuters from Meriden Berlin and Wallingford were unable to reach work and relied on friendly truck drivers and motorists to ferry around 100 Meriden girls to the city. Others walked or rode trolleys to finish the trip.
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Hartford
Parkville
Meriden
Berlin
Wallingford
Rev Barbour Enlists for Army Service
Hartford Aug 12 Reverend Paul R Barbour assistant minister of Christ Church enlisted as a private in the U S infantry and goes to a southern cantonment soon his church will grant him leave of absence.
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Barbour
Hartford
Paul R. Barbour
Christ’ Church
United States Infantry
Gloom in Germany Over Allied Victory
Amsterdam dispatch via Daily Express reports deep gloom in Germany after a string of Allied wins on the western front. German morale is said to be crushed as defeats mount and calls grow for a new leadership to restore resolve. The Cologne Gazette notes losses and mocks German leadership while criticizing a nonpublished British premier speech.
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London
Germany
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Cologne Gazette
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Stock Quotations From Richter & Company Hartford
Stock quotations from Richter and Company, Hartford bankers and brokers on Central Row appear in this listing. The firm, a member of the New York Stock Exchange, provides current bid and ask figures through its Hartford office, with contact by telephone Charter 2600.
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Richter & Company
Bankers
New York Stock Exchange
Central Row
Hartford
Con
Charter
Stock market swings and rail gains in late trading
New York opening shows strength but turns heavy as steel shares fall about one point with early gains for steel common and rail stocks. St Paul preferred rises, Canadian Pacific and Baltimore and Ohio advance, while overall market weakens except for railroad and steel issues amid renewed activity and McAdoo effect.
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New York
Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Republic Iron and Steel
St. Paul
Baltimore and Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Ohio Cities
General Motors
American Sumatra
Distillers Securities
Liberty
Steel Common
Midvale
Crucible
Washington
McAdoo
Westinghouse
Warine
Northern Russia Welcomes Allies in Anti Bolshevik Move
Washington reports a cable from Archangel stating the new northern government in Russia intends to fight external influence and defend the north with allied aid against starvation and economic pressure. The proclamation declares Bolshevik power collapsed and outlines plans for a revived all Russian government and local self rule in the north.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Archangel
England
America
France
Japan
Gover
Jaroslav
Kazan
Novrossisk
Ukraine
Kieff
Petrograd
Litovsk
Gera
Finland
Constituent Assembly
Semsters
Dumas
Unclaimed Letters for Week Ending August 10 1918
The acting post master lists uncalled letters for the week ending August 10 1918. Names include W McKinley Anderson J S Alvord Co James Brant Mrs Herbert Bentley Miss Marion Brown Carp Diem club George R Cook J H Hobeson Theresa M Kincaid Mrs M Klotz Prof George Philip Krapp Maria Leighton Miss Agnes Sen Michalina Marcsak Miss Florence McCloud Miss M A Metzer J B McArthur Miss A Mills Hazel Miller Mrs Boda Nylen Ottavio Neyroz G P Neilson Ogden E Marion Peckham St lawa Pancosa Mary Page Lt M Parker Lt Edw Redfield Marion J Smith Johanna Sue Cornelius O Shea Mrs John Torr Mrs Julia Reeves Torrey Miss Wilcox T H Thompson acting post master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W . McKinley Anderson
J. S. Alvord & Co
James Brant
Herbert Bentley
Marion Brown
Carp Diem Club
George R. Cook
J. H. Hobeson
Theresa M. Kincaid
M. Klotz
George Philip Krapp
Joel Leighton
Agnessen
Michalina Marcsak
Florenc McCloud
Wilcox
T. H. Thompson
Sale notes with mixed classified lines in old ad page
For other classified advertisements see page three. For sale a bicycle in good condition with cc brake and tires near new. Contact Goggin addam at Rapallo Ave. Also a Chalmers sedan 2 mobile with four nearly new tires recently in good condition. Price negotiable. Indian man.
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Goggin
Addam
Fe Tire
Rapallo Ave
Chalmers
Price
Guy
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F. Sagang
Blake Street
Cambridge
Social Disease Crusade
AtG&é
Alaska Gold
Amer Tel & Tel
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Am Loco
Am Car Foundry
AT &S Fe
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Bethlehem Steel
Butte & Sup
C&o
Erie
Elec
Gt Northern
Interboro
Kennecott
Lehigh Valley
Miami Copper
Norfolk & West
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NY Cen
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Perna
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