Armory Memorial Proposal May Shape Middletown Bond Vote
Middletown discusses a proposed $250,000 armory memorial combining facility with a tribute to soldiers. Site at Watkinson Street likely, with funding via popular subscriptions and town bond. Proponents argue a single, tax free complex saves costs and widens public access, while critics fear continued bonding and rushed decision.
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Committee On Memorial
Tidge
Middletown
Elliott
S. Harris Warner
Colonel Elliott
E- Warner
Judge Warner
Watkinson
Main Street
Armory
Cnt
Ela
Commerce Chamber
Briedo
Sumner Creek
Chamber of Commerce
May hold doctor for killing wife in Nassau case
Mineola March 15 Dr Walter Keen Wilkins faced long questioning by District Attorney Weeks and investigators over discrepancies in his accounts of his wife’s murder by three robbers at their Long Beach home on February 27. Authorities seek a later will. autopsy notes hammer blows. dog deemed unharmed.
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Mrs. Wilkins
Wilkins
Lynn Brook
Mellen Marital Troubles Denial of Reconciliation
Stockbridge Massachusetts March 15 Charles S. Mellen former president of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad says there is no reconciliation with Katherine L. Mellen despite reports. The couple previously sought separation and probate court decisions remain appealed. Mrs Mellen also pursued a libel suit for divorce but was blocked by a technicality.
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New Haven
Stockbridge
Mass
Charles Ss. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Alison Vance Stewart Dies After Long Illness
Alison Vance Stewart of Brookline Massachusetts and Boston Massachusetts died here today after a long illness. The death was reported from Miami Florida on March 15. She is survived by relatives in Massachusetts.
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Alison Vance Stewart
Miami
Fla
Brookline
Boston
Mass
Town Meeting Debate Heats Over Bending Project
After a contentious meeting last Tuesday the town faces a March 25 adjourned session with opponents vowing heavy artillery to block the plan. Taxpayers fear further evenings without a vote while organizers raise funds to hire legal help and clarify procedures for a direct issue.
U S Must Point Way for Labor
Paris March 15 America must point the way for labor in the new world arising from the war. Samuel Gompers says the United States should host a first labor conference in Washington next October with delegates from League nations to promote global labor standards and prevent Bolshevik influence. Women will play a prominent role. a commission will work with the League of Nations to improve working conditions, alleviate distress, and reduce unemployment.
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John T. Parkerson
Paris
America
United States
Samuel Gompers
Commission On International Labor
Washington
League of Nations
Gompers
France
American Federation of Labor
Bureau
Last Chance to File Income Tax Before Midnight
Washington reports the last midnight deadline to file income tax returns with required one fourth payment. Collectors accept some postmarked schedules tonight. Officials estimate over four million filers and about one billion dollars in payments by closing time. Large incomes involve complex schedules and many use four quarterly installments. funds will help redeem last November’s $800 million certificates of indebtedness.
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Washington
Collector of Internal Revenue
Roper
Bigamist Bound Over In Waterbury Court
Fred Maynard was bound over to the superior court on a bigamy charge, bond set at 2500 dollars. Alleged to have married three times, his first wife testified she wed him in New York in 1911, with three children, while his second wife’s testimony was deemed unnecessary.
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Waterbury
Fred Maynard
Superior Court
Maynard
New York
Germany Accepts Food Terms Amid Fleet Surrenders
London March 15 The German armistice commission at Brussels has accepted the allies terms for feeding Germany. Germans expected to begin surrendering their mercantile fleet to the allies today. Allied parliementaries led by Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss decide to furnish Germany with 370000 tons of food monthly.
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Germany
London
Brussels
Rosslyn Wemyss
England
Meriden Woman Turns 1011 Born to Meriden’s Grand Old Lady
Meriden March 15 mayor H. T. King delivered city greetings to Mrs Julia Copperthite on her 1011th birthday. The longtime Meriden resident active in body and mind, with excellent eyesight, has survived two husbands and raised three children. She has lived in Meriden 85 years.
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Meriden
H. T. King
Julia Coppershite
Floods Cause Multi‑Million Damage in Florida
Damage from yesterday’s rains in southern Florida is estimated at three to four million dollars with about seventy five percent of the state’s winter tomato crop ruined. The figure reflects the broad impact on farms and communities across Miami and surrounding areas.
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Florida
Miami
Fla
Sub-treasury Loss Report From New York
Sub treasury report notes a Friday loss of 816000 dollars to banks in New York on March 15. The fragment reports a financial setback affecting the treasury operations and bank dealings. No further details are provided in the readable text.
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Sub-treasury
New York
German Union Worries Swiss Over German Austria Tie
Paris reports Switzerland fears a Germany and German Austria confederation would isolate its German speaking majority. Some Swiss statesmen warn the Swiss confederation could crumble if such a union proceeds. Vo ralberg annexation and Tyrol independence proposals stir mixed feelings in Berne as peace talks proceed. The supreme war council met again today.
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Robert J. Prew
Paris
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Berne
Voralberg
Tyrol
Supreme War Council
Strike Ties Up Atlantic Railroads in Atlanta
Five thousand clerks and office workers from railway stations yards and shops in Atlanta strike halting most freight and crippling passenger traffic. Union leaders call it a protest against government control while officials warn of broader action across the southeast. No freight moves today as travelers rush onto trains with few tickets.
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Atlanta
B. L. Winchell
Southern Region
Terms Ready April 1 For German Peace Treaty
Paris reports Marcel Hutin predicts the peace conference will finish terms for Germany by the first week in April and the preliminary treaty will be signed at Versailles a week later. German delegates must have full powers with no government delay, and ratification may follow Easter. Inter allied advisers urge limiting German civilian air power to prevent war industry use.
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Paris
Marcel Hutin
Germany
Versailles
Chamber of Deputies
Navy assigns Grant commandant at Washington yard
Vice Admiral A W Grant, formerly commander of battleship forces number one, is reassigned as commandant of the Washington navy yard, relieving Captain Arthur L Willard who will command the battleship New Mexico. Rear Admiral H A Wiley becomes commander of division four of battleship forces number one. Fechetler moves from Norfolk to lead the fifth naval district with HQ at Norfolk, Va.
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Washington
A. W. Grant
Washington Navy Yard
Arthur L. Willard
New Mexico
Navy Department
H. A. Wiley
Grant
Fechetler
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk, Va
Aliens To Be Deported From Northwest
The commissioner of immigration announces that twenty six of fifty four undesirable aliens recently rounded up in the northwest will be deported as shipping facilities permit and twelve will be paroled, disposing of all fifty four cases after sixteen radicals have already been deported.
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Washington
Northwest
Commissioner of Immigration
Department of Labor
Clemenceau’s Assailant To Die Soon
Paris reports Emil Cottin the young anarchist sentenced by court martial for attempting to assassinate Premier Clemenceau is under constant watch to prevent self harm. Authorities expect execution within a fortnight.
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Clemenceau
Paris
Emil Cottin
Premier Clemenceau
Cottin
Another Black Hand Victim In Chicago Store Slaying
Chicago march 15 Peter Colesan a wholesale grocer was found slain on the floor of his store police suspect the death stems from a black hand feud the crime follows earlier intimidation in the city during a wave of extortion and threats against merchants by the criminal group
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Chicago
Peter Colesan
New York Welcomes 27th Division Troops Transport Hollandia Arrives
The Hollandia brought 11 officers and 477 enlisted men of the 102nd field battalion signal corps of the 27th division, plus Mobile Hospital No. 101 with eight officers and 43 enlisted men, casual company No. 992 with 2 officers and 147 men, and other wounded, as it docked at Pier 8, Bush Terminal. The Tolon from Halifax sparked anger after delays and a near-sinking threat by returning sailors. Additional transports Patria and Moccasin, carrying thousands of troops and draftees, were reported en route for New York.
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New York
Hollandia
New York Own
France
Pier 8
Bush Terminal
Brooklyn
102Nd Field Battalion
Signal Corps
Hindenburg
Illinois
Brest
Sandy Hook
Patria
Marseilles
304Th Brigade Tank Corps
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Waterbury I W W Leaders Sentenced to Six Months
In Waterbury Judge John F Mc Grath sentenced six I W W leaders on trial to six months jail with three cases suspended and bonds set at 1500 each. He condemned the I W W tactics as seditious and warned that they will not be tolerated as local and federal warrants loom for possible re arrests. An immigration inspector arrived to pursue deportation. The other item reports the American steamship Yselhaven sunk by a mine near Hartlepool with ten dead and thirty five survivors. The ship was in US possession for war use, en route from Baltimore to Copenhagen.
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Waterbury
John F. McGrath
Joseph Guilfoile
McGrath
Bank Street
Max Bernow
Alexander Chernoff
Mark Zeitlein
Paul Malécky Vladimiar Rusak
Steve Kaminnsky
Immigration Office
Boston
I. W. Ww
London
Yselhaven
Lloyds
Hartlepool
Tayeraig
United States Shipping Board
Baltimore
Copenhagen
Bank Statement Shows Loan and Deposit Increases in New York
Bank report for New York dated March 15 notes average loans up 16.286 million and demand deposits rising 47.839 million with time deposits up 3.28 million and reserves up 3.012 million. Actual loans rose 113.009 million and demand deposits climbed 110.476 million while time deposits increased 3.736 million and reserves grew 8.872 million.
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New York
Explosion at Norwich State Hospital Kills Worker
Frederick Ladd aged 40 died from injuries after an explosion of a hot water heater at Norwich State Hospital where he and Thomas Dugan worked. Dugan was also injured but expected to recover. The incident occurred during work at the institution.
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Norwich
Frederick Ladd
Thomas Dugan
State Hospital
Fire damages warehouses in Corning N Y
Fire in Corning New York caused losses totaling about 25000 dollars. Several warehouses formerly part of the T H Symington company plant were destroyed with the Gorton Chocolate Co suffering the heaviest loss estimated at 15000 dollars.
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Corning
N. Y. Corning
N. Y
T. H. Symington Company
Gorton Chocolate Co
American delegates seek league in treaty amid New York harbor strike
New York March 15 The boat owners plan to use strike breakers in New York harbor risking serious trouble. Striking boatmen threaten force to block imported workers while unions seek police protection. Federal conciliator Hughes says end hinges on surrender but government may deploy equipment if needed. Seventy percent of original strikers have returned to work. Protests over possible commandeering private boats reach Daniels and Baker. Boat Owners Association offers equipment but denounces wage demands and seeks government clarification of intentions.
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New York
New York Harbor
Enright
James L. Hughes
Army
Navy
Daniels
Baker
Boat Owners’ Association
Advocates year s pay for soldiers
Washington reports Representative Baer plans to introduce a bill for an extra year's pay for all Americans who served in the late war. He cites delays in the $60 bonus and argues the nation owes veterans faster, direct relief and new vocational opportunities.
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Washington
Representative Baer
Republican
Oforth
Dakota
Baer
Exmarine
War Department
Congress
Germans Demand Immediate Credits At Berlin Meeting
Berlin march 14 via copenhagen and london march 15 at a meeting of financiers today with count vor bernstorff former German ambassador to the United States presiding a demand was made for application of president wilson s fourteen points to german economic problems and the immediate establishment of credits abroad protest was made against the setting up of a separate state in rhenish prussia
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Berlin
Copenhagen
London
Count Vor Bernstorff
United States
Wilson
Rhenish
Prussia
Landed Estates in Hungary Begin Redistribution
Geneva reports that under the socialist government a law cuts up noble estates and distributes lands to workers. The Court Karolyi estate, a noted Hungarian statesman’s property, was among the first divided, advices from Budapest say on March 15.
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Geneva
Hungary
Karolyi
Budapest
Typhus Epidemic Strikes Bulgaria Isolates Cities
An epidemic of spotted typhus has broken out in Bulgaria with Sofia reporting the outbreak. The cities of Philippopolis and Varna have been isolated from the rest of the country.
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Bulgaria
London
Sofia
Philoppolis
Varna
Wilson Handles War Council Work At Paris Conference
President Wilson in Paris to outline the peace terms with Germany and other states. The American delegation asserts the League of Nations is an integral part of any peace treaty. Wilson reviews terms for Germany Austria Turkey and Bulgaria and discusses topics with leaders of the Big Five. The Saar basin dispute and secret treaties loom as key issues while Orlando faces language gaps in negotiations.
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John Edwin Nevin
Paris
Wilson
League of Nations
Supreme War Council
Council
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Crillon
Son
Saar
Rhenish Prussia
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Orlando
Serbia
Italy
Tumulty Denies League of Nations Included in Treaty
Jos P. Tumulty secretary to the president issued a statement denying reports that the League of Nations would not be included in the peace treaty. He said a cable to Paris and a reply from the president confirmed there is no truth to the contrary.
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Tumulty
New York
League of Nations
Jos P. Tumulty
P I
Paris
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