Comparative lull on the western front analysis by Frank Chariton
Frank Chariton reports a broad lull on the western front with heavy shelling along the Aisne Marne line from Villers Cotterets to Chateau Thierry and on the Picardy fronts near Amiens and Arras. He notes Allied reserves strengthened, fears a potential German fifth blow, and questions whether German offensives near Montdidier and the Oise achieved aims, leaving key targets like Hazebrouck and Amiens intact and Paris relatively unthreatened.
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Frank Chariton
I. N
Cable
Aisne-Marne
Villers-Cotterets
Chateau Thierry
Chateau-Thierry Terets
Picardys
Amiens
Scarpe Valley
Arras
Cerin
Compiegne
Montidier-Oise
Foch
Montdidier
Oise
Teutons
Picardy
Vandenburg
Ers
Tores
Hazebrouck
Auto Driver Held In Manslaughter Charge
Greenwich June 14 Benjamin Rorter seventeen, brother in law of candy maker Coulter D Huyler, held in five thousand dollar bail on manslaughter and license charges. Porter Yale student McLean Hoggson and Theodore Trinkhaus of Stamford drove Huyler’s car at Rock Ridge. collided with Alexander Ross Riddle’s car, driven by Harry Lipman, who died crushing between the car and telegraph pole. Mrs Riddle and Mrs H P Scuddemore escaped unharmed. Coroner Phelan to hold inquest tomorrow.
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Greenwich
Benjamin Rorter
Coulter D. Huyler
Huyler
Meade
Porter
McLean Hoggson
Yale
Theodore Trinkhaus
Stamford
Rock Ridge
Alexander Ross Riddle
Harry Lipman
Riddle
Lipman
H. P. Scuddemore
Phelan
Bridgeport
Smallpox Found in East Lyme Prompting Precautions
Smallpox has been discovered in East Lyme for the first time in forty years. The patient shows a very mild form and authorities say exposure to people in nearby New London, location of a U S submarine base, has raised concern. Precautionary measures are being taken to prevent spread.
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East Lyme
Hartford
State Department of Health
East Lyme i
New London
United States
Lieut Ernest F Sexton Killed In Action In France
Lieut Ernest F Sexton of Darien Conn reported killed in action in France today at age 22. He was the son of Patrick Sexton of Stamford. Four Sexton brothers are in the service. A Stamford High School graduate of 1914, he studied at Massachusetts Agricultural College before entering Plattsburg officers’ training. He went to France last September.
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Stamford
Ernest F. Sexton
Darien
Conn
France
Patrick Sexton
United States Army
Custer
Sexton
Stamford High School
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Plattsburg
Would Raise Three Million Men Amendment Proposed
Senator Fall of New Mexico offered an amendment to the army appropriation bill to draft 3,000,000 men in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919. All draftees would be called, equipped, trained and employed within the year. The plan also sought recruitment of three regiments of mounted volunteers from men not subject to further draft.
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Washington
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Secretary of War
Meriden Painters Strike For Flat Five Dollar Day
Meriden union painters from about 50 men at local house painting firms walked off the job this morning demanding a flat wage of 5 dollars per day starting July 1. They say employers have not responded and current wages range from 3.75 to 4 dollars daily.
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Meriden
Num
Pershing In France a Year Anniversary Praised
On the first anniversary of General Pershing arrival in France he was lauded by President Poincare Premier Clemenceau and General Foch and General Pec. The report notes high commendations from allied leaders marking a year since his arrival with the American expeditionary forces.
Secretary Daniels Eulogizes Flags at Lincoln Park Parade
Secretary Daniel s urged instant service to country as he spoke to thousands at Lincoln Park after a parade led by the Blue Devils of France and the Marine Band. He linked the flags of 21 nations to liberty and duties, praising united Americans and allies against tyranny. He warned democracy could waver if loyalty falters. další remarks noted by James W. Gerard, Governor Whitman, Governor Glynn and Justice William Riddle as a dinner followed.
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America
Secretary of the Navy
Lincoln Park
Blue Devils
France
John Phillip Sousa
Hohengollern
Daniels
Mr. Daniels
James W. Gerard
Germany
Charles S. Whitman
Glynn
Supreme Court
William Riddle
Canada
Law to Amend Draft Aims at Neutral Exemptions and Age Change
Washington June 14 Congress will immediately consider amendments to the draft law to implement provisions of the proposed treaty with Great Britain. Key changes seek automatic neutral exemptions and to empower the Provost Marshal General to draft British subjects in the 18 to 49 age range. Debate hinges on aligning U S draft age with British limits and on using registration data to regulate essential versus non essential wartime labor.
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Washington
Great Britain
Congress
War Department
Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Hitchcock
Baker
Crowder
British Freighter Keemun Attacked Off Virginia Capes
A British steamer near Virginia capes reported a German submarine attack last night at 7 PM and said the vessel Keemun of 9,074 net tons was sinking at 9 PM. The ship was en route from Manila and Yokohama to this Atlantic port. crew status unknown. Navy later confirmed receipt of a wireless alert about the attack but provided no further details.
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Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Keenum
Manila
Yokohama
Washington
Navy Department
Fire destroys grain elevator at Beech Grove Indiana
A large frame grain elevator of the Cleveland Grain Co at Beech Grove near Indianapolis was destroyed shortly after midnight by fire. Thousands of bushels of oats burned and losses approach $300000. Grain stored in 18 tanks surrounding the elevator was endangered. Incendiary origin is suspected after two men left the scene moments before the blaze.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cleveland Grain Company
Beech Grove
Arrest Warrant Issued for Colonel Hendrie in Stamford
A warrant was issued for Colonel Charles W. Hendrie for assaulting his wife. Mrs. Hendrie suffered a broken leg in a morning scuffle and is hospitalized in Stamford. Hendrie, once commander of the Fourth regiment C.N.G., has lost most of his fortune in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Charles W. Hendrie
C.N. G
Boy Injured By Auto in Stamford Incident
Andrew Martinalles, 10, of 45 Virgil Street Stamford, sustained a skull fracture and is in Stamford Hospital. He was rolling a hoop in West Stamford last night when he ran in front of a auto operated by Frank A Waite of 210 Hull Avenue Bronx New York, assistant in the New York Public Library.
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Stamford
Andrew Martinelles
Virgil Street
West Stamford
Frank A. Waite
Hull Avenue
Bronx
New York
New York Public Library
Waterbury Man Wounded in France Action
Waterbury official reports Lieut. George Muscio severely wounded during fighting in France. A member of the 151st field artillery, he is a Yale graduate class of 1916 and formerly served with the Yale battery after training at Tobyhanna.
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Waterbury
George Muscio
France
151St Field Artillery
Yale
Tobyhanna
Treasury figures from Clearinehouse report reveal 657 thousand
The report lists an amount of 657 329 dollars tied to the Four Sub Treasury and related allocations centered in York. Officials note the figure as a fiscal note within the department.
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Clearinehouse
Coat York
Treasury
Famous Jewel Case in Boston Trial of Dr Homer
Mrs Maud E Wilbur the wealthy Boston widow testified under cross examination in the Ho mer jewel theft trial at Boston’s Hotel Touraine. She identified a letter authorizing the California dentist to dispose of the jewels valued at 17500 and said he pressed a revolver to her head during a telephone plea to send the gems to her Touraine room. She said Homer claimed she owed him for dental work and alleged he took and then returned the jewels in Chicago before stealing them at the Touraine.
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Boston
Maud E. Wilbur
Joseph Homer
Hotel Touraine
California
Copley Plaza
Touraine
Los Angeles
Dr. Homer
Los Angles
Chicago
Wilson Seeks To Settle Telegraph Muddle
President Wilson urges cooperation from Clarence Mackay head of Postal Telegraph and Cable in averting a telegraphers strike. Letter dated June 11 shows a patriotic appeal to settle disputes with the National War Labor Board for justice in every case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
National War Labor Board
Clarence Mackay
Postal Telegraph & Cable Company
New Haven Speeders Arrested
New Haven June 14 Clinton L. Bardo general manager of the New Haven road and John B. Carrington Jr a wealthy local man in aviation service faced the local police court charged with racing automobiles in the city Two state automobile inspectors testified that Bardo and Carrington were traveling 40 miles an hour They denied the charge and were discharged by Judge Caplan who presided over the case
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New Haven
Clinton L. Bardo
New Haven Road
John B. Carrington, Jr
Aviation Service
Bardo
Carrington
Caplan
Valuable Watch Stolen in Stamford Case
Police search for a diamond studded Tiffany wristwatch with a platinum holder owned by Mrs. Walter A. Burke of 725 Park Avenue New York and Shippan Point Stamford. Burke wore it May 27, misplaced it earlier this week, and it was a wedding gift from the late John D Crimmins costing 2100 dollars.
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Stamford
New York
Walter A. Burke
Park Avenue
Shippan Point
Burke
John D. Crimmins
Crimmins
Crim
Germany Reinforces Eastern Front Amid Petrograd Defense Question
London dispatch reports Germany reinforcing troops along the northern eastern front and raises the issue of defending Petrograd from attack. The Moscow telegraph cites Exchange Telegraph as the source of today’s update.
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Germany
London
Petrograd
Moscow
Belgian Socialists Protest in Secret London Meeting
Belgian socialists held a secret meeting in London protesting against the campaign to bar their men from going to the United States. The report notes heightened tensions and international concern over where Belgian workers may travel.
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London
United
Informa
More Evidence of German Barbarity in Belgium
Washington reports detail Belgian testimony on German deportations and abuses in occupied Belgium. Witnesses describe forced labor, brutal punishments, and dire camp conditions for men, women, and children, with accounts from Holzminden of starvation, confinement, and removal of clothing and bedding.
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Washington
Belgium
State Department
Eye Witnss
Holzminden
Brussels
Obituary for Mrs Elizabeth M Hyland at Cooley Ave home
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth M Hyland will be held from her former home at 19 Cooley Avenue Saturday at 9 o'clock. A 9 30 mass will follow at St Francis Church, with burial in St Johns Cemetery. She leaves three brothers Michael of Buffalo New York Philip of East Hampton Massachusetts and William of this city.
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Elizabeth M. Hyland
Alte
Cooley Avenue
St. Francis’ Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Funeral for William Okeefe Planned on Saturday
The funeral for William O'Keefe will begin at his home on Hotchkiss Street Saturday morning at 8 15. Mass will be celebrated at St. John's Church at 9. Interment follows at St. John's Cemetery.
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William O'Keefe
Hotchkiss Street
St. John’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
City Briefs Cover Crops and Legal Reform Debate
Honeysuckle vines around the city are covered with bims despite expectations of a large fruit crop. Connecticut attorneys launch a petition opposing plans to publish revised statutes of 1918 in three volumes arguing a single volume with the index removed and placed separately would suffice.
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Connecticut
High School Notes on Finals and Shifts for Next Year
The High school closes Friday June 28 and exams determine final grades. Absentees after examinations receive zero. Double session will be used next year with shifts. Library closes until Friday June 21. Exam schedule lists June 17 at 9 for math and history and at 10:50 for French and German. Norwalk political fight: Edmund Crowe reelected town chairman after a 13 to 11 GOP convention vote. insurgents defeated. fall elections may spark a lively GOP contest leading to next year’s local elections.
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U. S
Norwalk
Edmund &. Crowe
Uptown
G. GO. P
Tonale Pass Assault Fails Despite Heavy Casualties
Rome reports Austro German forces opened an attack on Tonale pass in Trentino near the Italian front. The assault broke down with heavy losses and 180 prisoners taken. Earlier statements by the war office noted violent artillery action and ongoing operations in the sector.
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Rome
Tonale Pass
Italian War Office
Trentino
Downfall of Bolsheviks Imminent, London, Juste 14
The International News Service reports the Bolshevik regime in Russia faces imminent downfall as Lenine Trotsky leaders narrowly avoided being overthrown in Moscow last week.
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London
Russa
Moscow
Survivors Give U Boat Statistics From Atlantic Sighting
Passengers arriving on an American steamer from South America report a German U boat sighting off Florida. They relay details of U 151, its Kiel build in 1916, armament, and a seven week voyage, with prisoners describing poor food and conditions aboard.
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Atlantic
South America
Florida
Berlin
Kiel
Hattie Dunn
Edna
Hauppauge
Neustiet
Carolina
Jones bone dry prohibition rides Senate bill
Washington June 14 the Senate Agriculture committee recommended adoption of the Jones bone dry prohibition amendment as a rider to the agricultural extension bill despite President Wilson opposition. After the meeting absent members urged delaying the report to register views prompting acting chairman Senator Smith of South Carolina to call another session later this afternoon to hear those views.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Renew Fight on Shoe Machinery Trust
Washington reports the government resumes its antitrust action against United Shoe Machinery. DOJ appeals to the Supreme Court for a re hearing after a favorable high court decision. The petition argues the opinion shows misapprehensions about the government's position and could undermine the Sherman act and patent grant limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoe Machinery” Trust
Washington
United Shoe Machinery Company
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Two Complete American Divisions Face Germans on Front
Washington reports two complete American divisions under American commanders are facing the Germans on the western front. The House military affairs committee was told by war department officials that the remaining American troops in France stay with French and English units, with plans to form four or five separate divisions equipped with aviation and artillery units in action soon.
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U. S
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Warriment
France
Middlefield Delegates Elected at Republican Caucus
In Middlefield Wednesday evening W L Morgan, town committee chairman, and Representative E T Birdsey were elected delegates to the state convention. Delegates to the congressional and county conventions are A D Emmons, George W Treischmann, Fred W Terrel and Alfred Tucker. Senator Lyman is expected to be chosen as delegate at large from the 33d senatorial district.
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Middlefield
W. L. Morgan
E. T. Birdsey
A. D. Emmons
George W. Treischmann
Fred W. Terrel
Alfred Tucker
Lyman
Farm Hands Rob Oxford Couple in Waterbury Debacle
John Kudlaskas and his wife left their Oxford farm in the care of two recent arrivals from New York while they shopped in Waterbury. Upon return, the safe in the sitting room was missing and later found broken in nearby woods. The robbers took $300 in savings and discarded two $100 liberty bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
John Kudlaskas
Oxford
New York
Company C Men Decorated for Heroism in France
The list of American soldiers awarded the war cross by the French army includes Morry J. Shea and Arthur Bjoomberg. It is believed both men belong to Company C from this city. Morry J. met and battled Bombers at eight o clock in a conflict near Union Street. Deshler of Union Street is also mentioned. Both are well known locally.
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Company C
Morry J. Shea
Arthur Bjoomberg
Morry J. Met
Bnhat
Andrew
Deshler
Union ‘Street
Sporting News Thursday Results Eastern and National Leagues
Eastern League results include New Haven 6 0 over Bridgeport 1 2 Springfield 3 Worcester 2 Providence 4 Waterbury 3 and New London Hartford noting wet grounds. National League games Chicago 8 New York 4 Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 0 Boston 2 Pittsburgh 1 St Louis 8 Philadelphia 8 called after 19th due to darkness. American League matches Boston 6 Chicago 0 St Louis 2 Washington 0 New York 3 Cleveland 2 ten innings Detroit 10 Philadelphia 2 International League Buffalo 3 Baltimore 0 Toronto 3 Binghamton 0 other games postponed.
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New Haven
Bridgeport
Springfield
Worcester
Providence
Waterbury
New London-Hartford
Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Pitsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo
Baltimore
Toronto
Binghamton
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Steel Gains Lead In Early Stock Market Trading
Richter & Co quotes show steel common at 103 1 8 after opening brisk demand. Baldwin Locomotive and Midvale Steel rise, Read ing and Union Pacific advance, Westinghouse and United Cigar stores up early before profit taking trimmed gains near noon.
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New York
Steel Common
Baldwin Locomotive
Midvale Steel
Reading
Union Pacific
Pittsburg
West Virginia
Westinghouse
United Cigar
St Aloysius T. A. B. Society Plans Evening Dance
St Aloysius notes members will meet at the new club house at 7 o'clock to attend the Elks parade and Flag day exercises. After the parade the society will give a popular dance with Ford's orchestra providing music for an enjoyable evening.
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St. Aloysius
T. A. B. Society
Elks
Ford
Ultimatum to Western Union Demands Reinstatement
St Paul June 14 S J Konenkamp president of the Commercial Telegraphers union of America has sent an ultimatum to the Western Union Telegraph Company demanding that ousted employees be at once reinstated in line with the decision of the national war labor board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
St. Paul, Minn
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Ion of America
Western ‘Union Telegraph’ Company
National War Labor Board
Coming Wedding Announcement for Alice Mary Smith and J Herbert Dickerman
Wedding invitations are issued for Miss Alice Mary Smith daughter of Albert M Smith of 260 William Street to J Herbert Dickerman. The ceremony is set for June 29 at 4 30 p m with details elsewhere in the notice.
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Alice Mary
Albert M. Smith
William Street
J. Herbert Dickerman
Aviator Delivers Mail Amid Up In The Air Post Office
Airmail service faces uncertainty as aviation’s role in postal delivery remains unsettled. Officials weigh costs and routes while pilots continue essential mail runs under evolving federal policy. The debate centers on efficiency, safety, and national reach.
Americans Hold Line as German Assaults Peak at Belleau Wood
By H. G. Wales. On the Marne front June 14 American divisions faced a heavy German drive, with five enemy divisions opposing a single American unit. The 28th and 5th Guards, praised for Chemin des Dames assault, were to be shifted to other sectors. German artillery used mustard shells as they massed near Belleau Forest, while American patrols reported Germans organizing beyond the forest. In Middletown, sugar restrictions were announced by Federal Administrator Scoville, limiting purchases to two pounds per victual and five pounds for canning, with old forms withdrawn and distributors' approvals required. The note closes with an official hope that the situation will ease.
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H. G. Wales
Marne
Didier
von Ler
Baden
Chemin Dames
Belleau Forest
Esches
Triangle Farm
Middletown
Robert Scoville
For Sale 1917 Ford Touring with Furnished Rims
Classified ad notes a 1917 Ford touring with mountable rims and a spare for sale. Also mentions furnished rooms for contentaries and a contact for evenings at 313. Legal notices follow. Town of Middletown announces tar macadam pavement construction on Johnson Street from Spin Street to North Stack Street with assessments and deadline for objections by June 14, 1918. City Clerk James P. Stow signs the notices.
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Anu
Middletown
Johnson Street
Stack
James P. Stow
Local Firms Announce Early Closings in July and August
The undersigned firms pledge to close at 5 p.m. during July and August each weekday except Saturdays and the night before the Fourth. Participating names include Meech & Stoddard, Spear Brothers, James H. Bunce Co, Barton Clothing Co, Paris, Brainard & Logan, J. A. Broatch, T. D. Sullivan, Fountain Hazens Book Store, James Young Co, Clark & True, Pinsker, Atwell, Wilcox, Greaves, Murphy, Bacon Bros, Brown Bros, Lyman Mille Co, Hale & Kelsey, Wrubel’s, Leonard & Herrmann Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meech & Stoddard, Inc
Spear Brothers
James H. Bunce Co
Barton Clothing Co
Paris, Inc
Brainard & Logan J. A. Broatch
T. D. Sullivan C
Fountain Hazens
James Young Co
Clark & True J. Pinsker
R. J. Atwell
E. J.,wilcox & Co
Wm. Greaves
Wm. J. Murphy
Bacon Bros
Brown Bros
Lyman D. Mille Co
Hale & Kelsey Wrubel’g, Inc
Leonard & Herrmann Co
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Anaconda
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AT &S-Fe Am Car Foundry
Balt & Ohio
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Butte & Sup
Chile Copper
Col Fuel
C&o Can Pac
Lehigh Valley
Kennecott
Miami Copper
Norfolk & West
North Pacific N Y Cen
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Newfisia St
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