Fifty Americans cited by French at Cantigny victory
Washington June 28 fifty additional citations awarded American officers and men by the French army commander for heroism at Cantigny extend the Pershing communique dated June 26. Citations honor captains, lieutenants, sergeants and privates for gallantry in maintaining communications, leading patrols, repairing lines, carrying messages under shell fire, and aiding wounded amid artillery and gas bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cantigny
Pershing
William T. Crook
George C. Cox
Tom P. Walker
S. A. Baxter
Floyd Coulburn
H. Aug
Raymond Upton
George H. Flack
Jesse Hyden
John Norris
Roy Sage
Earl Arnold
Harry March
Sam Zingman
Charles D. Fair
Joseph Beck
Ernest A. Becker
Henry C. Franz
Edgar A. Hartman
Robert E. Carson
Mike Vujonvick
Robert W. Markus
Harry W. Endter
Paul Tereschenko
Lieut
Debrut
Daniel R. Edwards
Henry Krothe
Leon C. Kohnmann
W. P. Waltz
Gerwin D. Adair
Harrison H. Caswell
Miller S. Bond
John Jackson
Franklin P. Wesp
James A. Rice
Roy M. Bryant
Henry Milner
Leo Ernest Dubois
Leon Smith
Waldo Emerson
Canfield
Donald
Hartmann
Moore
War Department
Italian Commander Reports Great Victory Description
General Armando Diaz, Commander in-Chief of the Italian Armies, cables to the Italian Embassy in Washington detailing a major win. The report cites 40,000 prisoners taken and vast booty, with extensive Austrian casualties noted as proof of the defeat and the army's fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armando Diaz
Washington
World War II Officers and Soldiers Listed in Denver Area Dispatch
A compiled list names soldiers and officers tied to various U S locations including Private Clifford Cagle Horton Tex Sergeant Carl Theoete Parker Ave Cincinnati Ohio Lieut Moses E Cox Gray Court S Lieut Lee S Dillon Boulder Colo Col Lucius R Holbrook Boise Idaho Captain R Globesy Burchburg Va Corporal William Robbins Bloomingdale Ind Private John Fennesse Rochester Ni VY Private Benjamin F Lawson Latrobe Pa Private Harry E Schaefer Philadelphia Pa Lieut Frederick Hahn Savannah Ga Lieut Gilbert Lance Kenosha Wis Lieut Louis O Langston Monroe Fa Corporal Walter Coil Walton Ind Lieut Florian D Giles Campbellsville Ky Lieut Jack Coonan Watertown N Y Private John R Davidson Croswell Mich Private Leo F Brady Kermit N D Captain Amel Frey Langendorf Switzerland Lieut Wesley Fremlber San Antonio Tex Lieut G P Cather Bladen Neb Sergeant William L Kouns Curve Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr New York City listing of service members and their bases and a New York address notable for the senior rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
28Th Avenue
Denver
Col
Clifford Cagle
Horton
Tex
Carl Theoete
Parker Ave
Cincinnati
Ohio
Moses E. Cox
Gray Court
Lee S. Dillon
Boulder
Lucius R. Holbrook
Boise
Idaho
R. Globesy
Burchburg
William Robbins
Bloomingdale
Ind
John Fennesey
Rochester
Benjamin F. Lawson
Latrobe
Harry E. Schaefer
Philadelphia
Frederick Hahn
Savannah
Gilbert Lance
Kenosha
Wis
Louis O. Langston
Monroe
John R. Davidson
Croswell
Mich
Leo F. Brady
Kermit
N. D
Amel Frey
Langendorf
Switzerland
Wesley Fremlber
San Antonio
G. P. Cather
Bladen
Neb
William L. Kouns
Curve
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
East 74Th Street
New York
All Slavs Must Be Freed Says Lansing Policy
Secretary of State Lansing stated the United States position that all branches of the Slav race should be freed from German and Austrian rule. He reaffirmed the May 29 declaration on nationalist aspirations for freedom of Czecho-Slovaks and Jugoslavs and warned against misinterpretation of the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
United States
Washington
Soldiers to Celebrate Fourth of July in Paris Parades
French and American military authorities plan joint Fourth of July observances with American units that helped defend the Marne taking part alongside French troops in Paris. The French holiday falls on July 14 while the American front remains quiet aside from artillery. air activity is high. Pamphlets found on German prisoners allege a campaign of lies claiming a German regiment wiped out an American division on the Marne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Paris
London
Mericourt
British War Office
Rossingnol
Gommecourt
Arras
Moyenneville
Rossignol Wood
Gommicourt
Senecap Wood
Montdidier
War Office
Ourcg
Dammard
Picardy Front
Senecat Wood
Ourcy
Error Reverses Tube Service Vote
Washington reports an error in tallying the conference report on the postoffice appropriation bill. The corrected vote now stands 150 for and 149 against, meaning the conference’s recommendation to keep pneumatic tube service operating will become law unless vetoed by the president. The prior tally had shown rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Emerson Case Goes To Jury In Investors Fraud
New York June 28 the Emerson Motors case was placed in the hands of the jury this afternoon. Summing up for the men accused of defrauding investors by selling stock. Judd E Rush of Los Angeles counsel for one defendant contended his client believed it was the psychological moment to organize such a company to build cheap cars and that the venture would have succeeded if not for wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
New York
Emerson Motors
Judd E. Rush
Los Angeles
Cal
Rotary clubs elect Poole president in Kansas City
John Poole of Washington DC was elected president of the Rotary clubs association at a Kansas City gathering on June 28. Poole won 2 273 votes to 244 for Dowell of Louisville, with the final vote made unanimous for Poole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Clubs
Kansas City
John Poole
Washington, D. C
Association Rotary Clubs
Robinson A. Mewas
Poole
Dowell
Louisville
Germans Prepare for Another Drive
Front reports indicate military actions remain limited to minor enterprises while political turmoil grows. Rumors from Stockholm claim Lenin and Trotsky fled Moscow amid a possible overthrow, and former Grand Duke Nicholas is said to be elected emperor. Hungary faces a general strike in Budapest as socialists push for immediate peace. German foreign secretary von Kuehlmann and Chancellor von Hertling may be ousted due to agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Chariton
Stockholm
Russia
Lenine
Trotsky
Moscow
London
Nicholas
Austria-Hungary
Budapest
Germany
von Kuehlmann
von Hertling
Enormous preparations for new German offensive report
London reports indicate massive preparations for a new German push on the western front from Amiens to Ypres with air raids on Paris a possibility. British and French sources note daylight raids near Mericourt and Montdidier, prisoner captures, and ongoing artillery bombardments along the Flanders and Picardy fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amiens
Ypres
Flanders
Paris
Standards for auto tire sizes reduced to nine types
Washington reports the war industries board announced that by November 1, 1920 only nine standard tire types and sizes will be on the market. Voluntary manufacturer action has cut the number from 287 to 33, with further reductions planned to include plain and non skid 30 by 3 1-2, 32 by 3 1-2, clincher 31 by 4, and straight side and plain and non skid in sizes 33 by 4, 34 by 4 1-2, 35 by 5, 36 by 6, 38 by 7, and 40 by 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Industries Board
Sidney Lanier Son Dies in Maine at 48
Sidney Lanier, 48, son of the late poet Sidney Lanier, passed away in Elliott, Maine. A former Greenwich, Connecticut native, he had been running a Maine school for several years. He is survived by a widow, three sons, two brothers, and his mother. Funeral services will be held in Greenwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Lanier
Greenwich
Conn
Ward
Elliott
Maine
Churchman Sentenced In Brooklyn Board Scandal
John B. Shaw a prominent Brooklyn churchman and politician was sentenced to eleven months and twenty nine days in prison for soliciting sexual favors from the wife of a selective service man. He promised to place her husband in a lower selective service class if she yielded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John B. Shaw
Brooklyn
Democratic caucus names five to pick candidate
In Canaan on June 28 the thirty first democratic caucus faced no available candidate and voted to empower the chairman to appoint a five member committee to select a candidate. The move aims to resolve the impasse and establish a party contender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan
Thirty-First
Fiatetet
Nate Aan Masher
Death Report Claims Czar Nicholas of Russia Murdered
London reports from Amsterdam and Copenhagen indicate ex Czar Nicholas and his son the czarevitch are dead. Dispatches cite murder by Czetno Slovaks or illness, with Ukrainian sources mentioning Red Guard involvement and relocation of the czar’s family to Yekaterinburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Czarevitch
Exchange
Amsterdam
Wolff News Bureau
Germany
Ekateringberg
Red Guard
Peruz
Yekaterinburg
Woman Attacks Men at Inquest Into Stamford Auto Death
Mrs Lena Hymen of New York attacked Julius Aaldhouse and Joseph Burns just before an inquest into the death of her father Samuel Bodnoff, killed by an automobile operated by Waldhouse in Stamford. Burns was in the car. Waldhouse fled to police. Police escorted Hymen away as she lashed out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Lena Hymen
Henry Street
New York
Julius Aaldhouse
Parallel Street
Bridgeport
Joseph Burns
Maplewood Avenue
John J. Phelan
Samuel Bodnoff
Dryden Street
Waldhouse
Burns
Burnsa
Rotary Club Election Proceedings at Convention
Balloting for president of the International Association of Rotary clubs continued as none of the three candidates secured a majority. H. J. Brunnier of San Francisco withdrew after failing to gain a majority, leaving John Pople of Washington and Robinson A. McDowell of Louisville as the remaining contenders. Albert S. Adams of Atlanta was elected first vice president, Edward R. Kelsey of Toledo second vice president, Willard I. Lansing of Providence third vice president, Rufus F. Chapin of Chicago treasurer, and Alfred E. Rowlands of El Paso sergeant at arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
International Association of Rotary Clubs
H. J. Brunnier
San Francisco
John Pople
Washington, D. C
Robinson A. McDowell
Louisville
Albert S. Adams
Atlanta
Edward R. Kelsey
Toledo
Ohio
Willard I. Lansing
Providence
R. L
Rufus F. Chapin
Chicago
Alfred E. Rowlands
el Paso
Lyrch's Market Saturday Specials Ad
Lyrch's Market promotes Saturday spot cash specials withprices on smoked shoulders 3c lb Sperry & Barnes sausage 3c lb frankfurts 25c lb sugar cured hams 35c 2 lbs honeycomb tripe 25c 2 seeded raisins 25c 2 grape nuts 25c 2 mince meat 25c 2 condensed milk 25c 2 Golddust 25c 5 Climax soap 25c 3 spaghetti 25c 1 large tomato can 18c 1 corn 18c 1 peas 18c Spinach lettuce tomatoes beets peas wax beans etc J R Lynch 108 Main St adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyrch
Sperry & Barnes
J. R. Lynch
Main St
Shipyards ship more tonnage launched than sunk
Washington June 28 The Shipping Board announced that British and American shipyards are turning out more tonnage than is sunk for the first time since the start of ruthless submarine warfare May figures show launched 391,274 tons versus 355,694 sunk by submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shipping Board
Army Bill Stalled in Senate Over Draft Ages Debate
Washington June 28 The twelve billion dollar army appropriation bill remained before the senate when it resumed work today with Senator Fall New Mexico proposing a draft age amendment under special consideration. Little progress was made yesterday as efforts focused on pushing a woman suffrage resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Army officers report wormy meat from Wilson Packing at Camp Travis
Army officers testified before the federal trade commission that meat shipped to Camp Travis Texas by Wilson Packing company of Chicago was full of worms and unfit for use. They added that sausage from the same company also was rejected by mess sergeants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Camp Travis
Tex
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson Packing Company of
Chicago
Private Warren Thompson Prisoner of War in Germany
Private Warren Thompson of Company C 102nd U S Infantry is a prisoner in Germany. The Thompson family recently moved to this city from Portland. Thompson was noted for his boxing potential and had shown promise as a boxer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Thompson
Company C
102Nd U. S. Infantry
Germany
Thompson
Portland
Here
Victory For Czecho-Slovaks Reported Abroad
A German source claims counter revolutionaries in Russia captured Irkutsk Harborowsk and Blagowsthenk as Czech Slovak forces win. Red Guard soldiers killed their officers then surrendered, aiding the Czech victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Russia
Irkutsk
Haborowsk
Blagowsthenk
Red Guard
Paper Mill Workers Get Raise From War Labor Board
The National War Labor Board announced a final decision in the wage controversy affecting nine paper companies. Washington reports a ten cent per hour wage increase for mill workers as part of the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Juro Pere
National War Labor Board
Grand Duke Made Czar Amid Russian Turmoil
A Stockholm dispatch reports Grand Duke Nicholas proclaimed czar of Russia after prior refusals by Grand Duke Michael, who heads anti Bolshevik forces in Omsk. An Exchange Telegraph note says Michael declined the throne, leaving the decision to a Russian assembly amid ongoing upheaval. In Waterbury, Yale ambulance Private Harry Thorpe was captured by Germans on the Aisne front after his ambulance was caught in a barrage. his mother was informed by a German prisoner via a Yale unit lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Michael
London
Grand Duke
Russia
Stockholm
Helsingfors
Finland
Omsk
Yale
Germany
Waterbury
Harry Thorpe
Aisne
Harriet B. Thorpe
Thia City
Thorpe
George Brady
Counter-Revolution in Russia Reported in Vienna Dispatch
A Vienna dispatch to Central News quotes Neue Presse reporting a countrywide counter-revolution in Russia. The movement is described as monarchial in nature with revolutionaries well armed and supplied with munitions. The report is dated June 28 London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
London
Vienna
Neue le Presse
Weja
Soldier’s death ruled self-inflicted in New York baths
First Lieut Alexander McClintock U S A decorated for bravery at Ypres was found dead with a bullet wound in his head at Murray Hill baths in New York. A revolver lay in his hand and authorities deem the death a self-inflicted act. McClintock’s home was Lexington Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander McClintock
Ypres
Murray Hill
McClintock
Lexington
Poultry and Egg Licenses Issued Under Proclamation
Hartford announces that all country store keepers and poultry and egg purveyors must obtain licenses from the food administration. The ruling requires licenses for any sale of poultry or eggs other than direct retail to consumers under the president's May 14 proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Food Administration
Three Leagues To Suspend For War Effort
Roger Bresnahan, manager of the Toledo club, announced on June 28 that the Pacific Coast League Western League and Southern League will suspend play during the war period starting July 4. He said the International League can endure no more than two weeks of disruption. Fred Fulton accepts a July 3 bout with Porky Flynn in Atlanta and a July 4 soldier bout in Chattanooga, as his manager Mike Collins confirms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Roger Bresnahan
Todelo Club
American Association
Pacific Coast League
Western League
Southern League Association
International
Grand theatre vaudeville and Treasure Island showings
City briefs note Dr Scoville of Durham avenue is in Waterbury on business today. Grand theatre features four acts of vaudeville and pictures tonight and tomorrow. Also Treasure Island shown at the Grand on Monday and Tuesday. Mrs John Madon returns home to Hackensack N J. Hats on sale starting June 29 at J Wilcox & Co Washington Street. A son born to Mr and Mrs G C Fanska at 144 Main Street. Twenty five reels of barbed wire arrive at Smith and Bishel as government controls supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Scoville
Durham Avenue
Waterbury
Grand Theatre
Treasure Island
J. Wilcox & Co
Washington S
G. C. Fanska
Main Street
Adv
Richter & Company Stock Quotations
Stock quotations from Richter and Company bankers and brokers of New York Stock Exchange members, Central Row Hartford connect. Central Hartford firm provides daily market figures and closing prices for listed securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richter & Company
Bankers
New York Stock Exchange
Central Row
Hartford
Con
Charter
Stock Market Opens With Mixed Activity In New York
The market shows continued pressure on leading issues with steel common dropping to 108 1 4 from yesterday’s close while some specialties rise. Butte and Superior climb to 293 8, American Zinc gains to 193 8, and copper stocks gain as Anaconda reaches 67 3 4 and Utah Copper to 82 1 4 as steel remains the market governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Butte
Superior
American Zinc
Bethlehem Steel
Crucible Steel
Crucible
Anaconda
Utah Copper
Michigan Choices for Senator Are Ford or Smith
The piece argues the 1919 21 congress faces war and reconstruction beyond the current era. It notes Michigan has not shown a push for urgent action and names Henry Ford and William Alden Smith as possible senators. Ford is praised for philanthropy but critiqued for naivete on national affairs. Smith is praised for political nerve yet criticized for parochialism and bluntness. The author urges other states to take reconstruction duties seriously and leaves Michigan to its idols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford and Smith
New York Times
Michigan
Congress
Senate
Henry Ford
William Alden Smith
Ford
Smith
Thousands Strike in Bridgeport War Plants
Bridgeport clerks report 8000 to 10000 machinists and tool makers on strike in city war plants yesterday. Thousands of sympathizers joined the action. No definite steps toward agreement have been taken by either side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
U Boat Repair Pontoons Destroyed
A Belgian steamer destroyed two iron tank pontoons built in America when found drifting between Iceland and Scotland on June 19. The pontoons were used for repairing submarine chasers, officials reported on arrival. Henry L. Bunce Dead. Henry L. Bunce, 70, longtime president of the United States Bank in Hartford, died at his home. Many women are now employed for the first time in Japan's naval arsenal at Kure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Iceland
Scotland
Henry L. Bunce
Hartford
United States Bank
Japan
Kure
Austrians Blame Weather For Defeat At Piave
Washington reports the Austrian press admits the Piave defeat as Italian forces regain Sile and other positions. The German side questions the Austrian claim while discussing revenge and noting Italian patrols testing old lines to distract home front, with Austrians blamed for pretexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atrian
the Piave
Rome
Mans
Sile
At Piave
Patch
Aus
Soldier Gets 25 Years For Cantonment Escape
Private Robert Gowan of Manchester New Hampshire escaped from a cantonment house on April 22 stole a watch and nearly $60 from company members and others, fled to Boston hotels, was recaptured, and sentenced to 25 years at Atlanta Georgia. Three provost sergeants were tried for permitting the escape but found not guilty. Dennis Gallagher of Cambridge was sentenced to years in the disci barracks at Fort Jay New York for absence and related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devens
Mass
Hters
Robert Gowan
Manchester
N. H
United Statentiary
Atlanta
Gowan
McGowan
B, 303Rd Field Artillery
Aly 24
Boston
Thistonment
Dennis W. Gallagher
Cambridge
Com 301St Infantry
United States Disci
Fort Jay
N. Y
Ang
Funeral service for Annie Firlik held at St John’s Church
Funeral for Annie Firlik was held this morning from 9 Clay Avenue with services at 8 o’clock at St John’s Church conducted by Rev Father Soltysek. Pallbearers were Casimir Pieta Ja frey Rudolph Mijak and Firlik. flower bearers were Lorene and Stanley Winter. Interment followed at St. John’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Firlik
Clay Avenue
St. Church
Father Soltysek
Casimir Pieta
Jafrey
Rudolph Mijak
Firlik
Lorene
Stanley Winter
Ment
St. John’s
Winsted Man Wins $11,500 Damages in Trolley Case
Thomas F. Ryan of Litchfield gained a verdict for $11,500 from a Connecticut company after a trolley conductor dropped a 30 pound register on his head in a Middletown car. J H Leiferman and J H Fagan testified for Ryan as passengers from Rocky Hill and Park Place. The incident occurred last summer on the town Hartford line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted
Thomas F. Ryan
Litchfi
Connecticut Company
Reed
Ryan
Middletown
J. H. Leiferman
J. H. Fagan
Park Pla
Mr. . Head
Rocky Hill
Clearinghouse Statement Balance Report
New York on June 28 reports sub debit of 967 395 dollars, exchanges 0 84 dollars, balances 67 011 882 dollars. Figures reflect debit and credit movements for the period with totals and net position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
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General Pershing
U. S
Armando Tdiaz
Corporal Walter Coil
Walton
Florian D. Giles
Campbellsville
Jack Coonan
Watertown
Flanders Front
Son
Rotary Club
Wel Jackson
A. N. S. Jackson
Batlefield
Jackson
Czar
High Low Close
AtGé&é WI
Alaska Gold
Amer Tel & Tel
Am Smelter
Am Loco
Am Car Foundry
Butte & Sup
Chile Copper
Cal Fuel
Erie Ist
Gt Northern
Interboro
Interboro Pfd
Louis & Nash
Lehigh Valley
Kennecott
UN Pac
U 8S Steel
Westinghouse
Defeas
M. Stevens
M Town
Helen A. Stevens
Frank B. Ashton
Herrmann's Butter and Egg
Rapallo A
Clemens, Zoar
Highland
Overland Touring Cars
Bransfield, Jr
Ave
Overland J. H. Walsh
Marlborough St
East Haddam
Chester
Bile Casting
House of Ve of
South Farms
E. E. Bancroft
Care Burns Lace
Zou c May
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