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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1918
Page
2
A Paris newspaper recounts rumors of Crown Prince William engaging with peasant girls in Charleville during 1917. It details his liaisons, a favored brunette, and a dramatic attempt to reunite with his mistress, including disguises, staff tensions, and a planned escape hindered by guards and police.
In New Haven a week long flu resurgence is reported with 366 of 419 orphans at St. Francis affected and 14 of 27 teachers ill. one child has died and another has pneumonia. The facility appealed to the mayor for immediate nurses and doctors.
A fragmented OCR item mentions a series and rites with uncertain names. The readable fragments hint at a discussion of value and money tied to a game or event, but specifics remain unclear. No definite people or organizations are identifiable from the legible text.
Copenhagen reports that the Spartacus congress in Berlin adopted unanimously a resolution to form a new German party named the revolutionary communist labor party of the German Spartacusbund. Karl Liebknecht attacked independent socialists, and Radek from the Russian Soviet government attended as comrade. Germany’s south sent an ultimatum demanding representation in Berlin.
Ernest Bottomley a 53 year old prominent shoe manufacturer from Haverhill Massachusetts and partner in Bottomley and Co was found dead on the Broadway Central hotel courtyard pavement after open sixth floor room windows led investigators to believe he fell or jumped a pistol shot was heard by hotel staff the day prior Bottomley had checked in from Boston as E Bottomley Officials of the Bank of the City of New York said he appeared in good spirits during a visit the day before the death remains under investigation
John F. Crosby of Hartford has been appointed United States attorney for the district, succeeding Thomas J. Spellacy whose resignation takes effect at close of business today. The appointment by Judge Edwin S. Thomas becomes effective tomorrow and lasts until a presidentially appointed replacement. Crosby, born in Fon du Lac Wisconsin, is Georgetown and Harvard Law School educated, with a year at Boston College and a master of philosophy. He has been a Hartford resident for about two years.
Charles Wildner his wife and 14 year old daughter and his brother narrowly escaped a fatal fire at the Unity Motor Boat and Canoe Club House at the foot of 200th Street in New York. They leaped twelve feet from a third story window to a motor launch deck. all escaped unharmed. Estimated loss 30000 dollars.
Berlin reports that Silesia, eastern Prussia, has been declared a bolshevik republic by coal miners. A Russia-like upheaval spreads in the coal fields of Silesia and Westphalia with bands forming, killings, and looting threatening serious consequences as the strike widens in Westphalia.
Report from Münster today says machine guns opened on striking German coal miners in Hamborn, Rhenish Prussia, killing several. The incident followed two days of rioting as miners armed themselves and sought to halt efforts to restore order.
Copenhagen reports that Field Marshal von Hindenburg still leading the German army has telegraphed Berlin that German industrial magnates support occupation of Berlin by a British force. The message arrives as the government reacts to the proposal.
London reports a compiled table by The Evening News showing killed totals at 6 296 604 and wounded at 16 238 270 across British Russian Italian French American German and Austrian forces in the war. The piece notes arrests of telegraph officials for aiding the Germans with en tente communications. The article mentions Parliament convening January 21 and a press want ad reference.
Chaplain Thomas H. Swan of Saginaw Michigan attached to the 125th Infantry is home aboard the transport Axonia after earning the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism on the Marne and Vesle battles from July 31 to August 6. He refused to leave front lines during heavy bombardment and twice exposed himself to danger to aid others.
Washington December 31 two army casualty lists announced today contained 705 names divided as follows Killed in action Died of wounds Died of accident and other causes Died of disease Wounded severely Missing in action Eleven Connecticut names were included Arthur Johnson Alfred M. Pease Harry Lindell Dominikas Stanikas Frederick W. Woodhouse John A Paton Peter Carlo Frank P Coligan Felix J Stiffen Phillip McKiernan Sam Rochlin John G Novak
Albany December 31 Alfred E Smith a birthday boy became New Yorks governor elect as Secretary of State delivered the official certificate announcing his selection for the next two years The oath of office was administered by Judge John W Hogan to prevent a vacancy from midnight until Whitmans term ends at noon Wednesday The governor elect marked the day as the greatest birthday of his life noting he is now 45 years old
Dr Harry Tanner aged 91 died at the county hospital in San Diego after nearly a year of illness. The longtime advocate of fasting for longevity attracted attention for his practical application of the theory that health and long life depend on long periods of fasting. No relatives have been located.
A home made cough syrup claims to rapidly ease chest soreness loosen phlegm ease breathing and stop throat tickling for coughs colds bronchitis hoarseness croup and asthma. It instructs mixing 2 1/2 ounces of Pinex with a pint of clarified honey or corn syrup and notes children enjoy the taste. The ad promises superior value and urges asking for Pinex by name from Ft Wayne Indiana.
Boston reports that U S Navy medical officers at Gallups Island halted influenza cause studies after weeks of work with 100 volunteers. Attempts to provoke illness failed as subjects remained healthy despite intranasal germs and exposure in close quarters. Some volunteers received preventative serums while others did not, yet appetite increased and no illness appeared.
The International Labor Court in London would regulate global labor conditions and target sweatshops as part of a League of Nations framework. Samuel Gompers supports the plan, with sympathy in France, and the British government plans to propose its establishment when the peace conference convenes.
Lieutenant Vincent Astor will command a yeoman guard forming part of the military guard on duty at the Palace of Versailles during the world peace conference. The news came in a letter from Yeoman L J Minton, U S N, of Baltimore, stationed at Rochefort, France. Astor turned his yacht over to the government after entry into the war and has since served abroad almost continually.
Local notices from December 29 1893 report John P Stack Jr elected band leader at Soldiers Home Muscatine Iowa after his father's death Rev H A Starks and family plan July voyage homeward for a stay through fall grippe outbreaks affect a quarter of the population night services at Methodist church and Holy Trinity banks and stores to be closed January 1 1894 local hunts pickerel weigh a half hundred pounds noted in Bow Lane Cromwell and Portland area scholars and clubs with growing concerns about illness and community events
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