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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1918
Page
7
A congressional committee weighs notes on taxing excess war profits in 1910s era bills. Questions focus on stopping profiteering at its source, defining capital, and potential refunds. A tobacco firm example shows advertising asset valuation. policy rides on limiting profits to sustain the war bill.
Mme Victorica III a declared key figure in a German spy network in this country is gravely ill with pneumonia at Ellis Island New York. Specialists from Johns Hopkins were brought to attend her as authorities review possible disclosures on German espionage. The case recalls the death of Mme Storch who died of pneumonia nearby as she was to reveal more on German activities.
Paris July 17 M Duval director of the Germanophile Bonnet Rouge newspaper was executed at Vincennes this morning following a treason conviction for aiding enemy propaganda in France. He was executed where Bolo Pasha fell before a firing squad. A note he filed after conviction was rejected July 11. Other linked Bonnet Rouge figures were sentenced to prison terms. Hakki Turkish minister to Berlin told Freie Press that even if France falls England will pursue Asia and peace will not come while England refuses recognition.
Ambu lancier Givee Brood: Alfred Peters, an ambulance driver, wounded in Chateau Thierry fighting, has received a transfusion and is recovering. He has endured eight hospital visits since January. Peters is from Maas. Two Canadian Fliers Burned: Lieut W B Tait and Ch Belford, Royal Air Force, burned to death when their machine fell at Leaside Camp during a test. The cause was a stalled engine and the machine bursting into flames. Mille Destroyed By Fire: The Shoe warehouse owned by Moore and Co. was destroyed by fire, fully insured, with several buildings extinguished.
In Essex on July 17 the M E church society meets at Frances Hayden's home. Miss Mary Miller called in Mr. on Monday. Johnstone and daughter of Nevelle visit Mr and Mrs James L. Local Hartford groups occupy Reynolds block on Main Street. New York papers arrived too late for Tuesday delivery. Literary club met at Mrs Ernest Bailey's. Mrs William Staples and daughter of Bridgeport visit Mrs E W Staples on Main Street. Mr and Mrs Joseph Garrity returned to Brooklyn after a week in town. Miss Rose Mahler visiting relatives in Brooklyn. Fred Swain works for A H Reynolds Co. Mr Hines of Brooklyn visiting Mr and Mrs Robert Ridgeway. Misses Smith of New London visiting Aunt Mrs Margaret Bushnell. Walter Page selling household effects and plans to live with his sister Mrs Joseph Luffy in Meriden. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Brooks Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Ruth Daniels caring for Mrs Brooks. Deep River town hall to host Giacoma Vaudeville Co Friday night with dancing after ensemble. Springfield orchestra. prices
Old Saybrook reports residents traveling to New York and New Britain for business and family visits. Notables such as Mrs Martha G Mitchell and Hon Morgan G Bulkeley are noted on trips. The Tuskegee Jubilee singers performed at First Congregational church and Captain Bates learns his son joined Camp Upton. Town hall cinema screens Charlie Chaplin in Easy Street with dancing after.
The New York World notes Bolshevist Russia began with a six hour work day and argues this led to a workless ideal. It suggests the six hour plank appears in New York state socialist platform as a logical extension.
Deep River items report William Wool ee with stomach trouble and Bessie Wimovsky traveling for dental work. Local figures attend Asbury Park outing. Miss Daphne Selden summering with Equal Suffrage workers. Miss Mary Judson joins Pratt Read & Co. staff. Congregational church plans July August closure. selectmen ban roller skating and bicycle riding on sidewalks to protect walks. Giacoma Vaudeville Co. field orchestra performs in town.
Centerbrook reports the death of Mrs. Tenant Bugbee at her West Willington home. She was formerly a resident here with many relatives and friends mourn her passing. Also noted: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis staying at Chalker Beach. Royal Neighbors held a reception. Mrs. G R Rathburn and daughter returned to Willimantic. Mrs. Belle Shailer hosting her Hartford-dwelling daughter. Mrs. Frederick Jeffries and daughter visiting her parents. Miss Louise Cutone returned from St Frances hospital much improved in health.
The New York Journal of Commerce reports the Australian minister’s warning that Australia seeks an Australasian Monroe doctrine in the southern Pacific to deter future aggression. It notes German designs across Asia, the Americas, and the Caribbean, including Manila Bay, Cuba, and Mexico, as ongoing threats beyond World War I.
Amusements note on the Dorothy Dalton film Tyrant Fear produced for Paramount under Thomas H. Ince, portraying Allaine Grandet who overcomes fear to escape peril in a northern setting.
The Middlesex shows a vivid program with Allaine’s story and a pianist’s aid, plus Burton Holmes travel and a Fatty Arbuckle comedy. At the Grand theatre William Fox presents a new play “Her One Mistake” with Brockwell and star, and “The Stolen Treaty” with Earle Williams. Also “A Broadway Scandal” and the Fourth of July parade images. Notable names include Miss Brockwell George Scarborough and Fannie Ward with Milton Sills and Warner Oland.
Hadlyme notes July 17 report Mr and Mrs J Frost of Brookline MA visiting Mrs A C Morgan. Mr and Mrs Edgar Warner and son Walter of Worcester MA were over Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Samuel Tooker. Mr Dart of New London was a Sunday guest of L J Brooks. Howard Rose of Hartford visited his parents Mr and Mrs Caleb F Rose. Mrs Walter Hanna of Bridgewater MA is spending weeks at home here.
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