Memorial debate on Middletown park plan divided over taxation
Middletown officials and citizens debated memorial options for a park and bridge project in a mass meeting. Proposals split between voluntary subscriptions and taxation with funds to cover a bridge and boulevard. Speakers urged balance, recreation needs, and careful financing while postponing final decisions to later meetings.
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Caleb T. Winchester
Middletown
Connecticut
Pike’s Ravine
Sumner Creek
Winchester
Hubbard
John E. Loveland
Middlesex Hospital
Roy. A. Chamberlain
Wesleyan
William W. Wilcox
Rice
J. Vincent Dempsey
Chamber of Commerce
Dale D. Butler
Dale BP. Butler
Dempsey
Butler
George M. Dutcher
H. Lambertson
A. F. Campbell
Richard H. Bunce
South Farms
Westfield
Wilcox
Varied Proposals Forged For Wartime Memorial In Middletown
A town meeting of key figures including Professors Fife and Mead, selectmen Peck ard Gardi ner, and Representative Wilcox discussed memorial options for service members. The crowd rejected funding via taxation, favoring a free will offering plan and a community house shaping local Americanization and welfare efforts.
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Memorial Parks
Hospital
Wesleyan
FE. Kent Hubbard
Richard H. Bunce
Robert W. Rice
James F. Connery
Ernest
Davis
Howard
Peck
Ira L. Gardiner
Community Welfare League
Campbell
Dean Ladd
Graham
Hartford
Robert H. Fife
Middletown
Fife
Main Street
William E. Mead
White Rock
Lakeview Park
Austrian Steamship Arad Sunk by Mine En Route to Surrender
A dispatch reports the Austrian steamship Arad of 3927 tons was sunk by a mine while heading to surrender to the allies. Part of her crew is missing. The Arad was interned at the war's outbreak and hailed from Fiume.
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Amsterdam
Arad
Fiume
Press Reports Exagerated Clash In Tien Tsin Quiet In Concession
A brief dispatch from American Minister Reinsch at Peking received by the State Department says reports of a clash between American soldiers and Japanese police at Tien Tsin were exaggerated and the Japanese concession is quiet.
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Washington
Tien Tsin
Reinsch
Peking
State Department
Demand for Abdication of Charles in Vienna Press
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily Express reports Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna calls for the speedy and unconditional abdication of former Emperor Charles of Austria. It states a strong political faction is planning his return to the throne.
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Charles
London
Empero Charles
Austria
Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Fire at Boston Hotel Drives Guests Into Corridors
A rear passageway fire at a hotel on Huntington Avenue Boston today filled the passage with smoke and forced about 150 guests in various attire to flee into the corridors with their valuables. The blaze was extinguished before the main structure caught fire.
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Boston
Harvard
Huntington Avenue
Germany ships again carry food to save peace
Paris reports a turning point as Germany regains a role in global shipping, not as pirates but as carriers of American soldiers and food. The move aims to end bolshevism, stabilize war damages, and restore normal trade, with US and Allies urging Germany to repay harms while rebuilding trust.
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Paris
Wilson
France
Europe
Germany
Atlantic
America
Belgium
United States
Alles
Critical Week for Britain Emphasized by Daily Express
London reports a pivotal seven days begin as talks unfold affecting 1,900,000 miners railway workers and transport staff. J H Thomas union leader predicts a railway strike within a week amid demands for nationalization of mines and railways.
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Britain
London
Great Britain
Daily Express
J. H. Thomas
Railway Workers Union
Food ships reach Dantzig as Polish relief aid arrives
Fifteen American food ships have landed at Dantzig to aid Poles, reports to the Daily Express note the city as a dead business hub on the edge of a volcano. Spartacides threaten upheaval, endangering the American food commission’s work. A meagre meal costs 0 marks with no soap or tobacco. cigarettes and cigars are made from dried cabbage leaves.
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Dantzig
London
Daily Express
American Food Commission
Germans Accelerate Zeppelins and Planes for Commerce
Geneva March 17 German engineers move quickly to build both small Zeppelins and larger airplanes for commercial and postal use in Germany and allied countries. Friedrichshafen, home to Germany’s top air works, has long produced the earliest Zeppelins.
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Geneva
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Berlin battle toll and Saxony martial law rise
From Copenhagen a dispatch quotes the Lokal Anzeiger reporting six hundred Spartacists killed in a final clash with government troops in Berlin. Government headquarters shift from Weimar to Berlin as martial law is proclaimed across Saxony.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Weimar
Saxony
German News Controlled by Berlin Censors Protest Formed
Copenhagen dispatch reports that despite the abolition of German censorship the foreign office still controls all news from foreign correspondents. A League of Foreign Correspondents has been formed to protest the situation.
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Copenhagen
Foreign Office
Berlin
The
Politiken
League of
Villa Bandits Reported Active Near New Mexico Border
In Hachita New Mexico on March 17 a detachment of the 12th cavalry patrolled the border near Hermanus following reports that Villa adherents occupied the Palomas Land and Cattle Company land 18 miles south of the border and planned raids on border towns.
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Villa
Hachita
N. M
12Th Cavalry
Hermanus
Palomas Land and Cattle Co
Extra Session May Be Called
Washington reports Secretary Glass informed President Wilson in Paris that the government may need an extra session of Congress due to failure to pass key appropriations. Glass did not reveal any recommendation but noted the president asked for data to guide a possible call. He also said the war risk insurance bureau needs about 500 million dollars by May 1 and warned of potential disarray from funding gaps.
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Washington
Treasury
Glass
Wilson
Paris
Congress
War Risk Insurance Bureau
H. D. Lindsley
Police Charge Strikers in Lawrence Textile Dispute
Lawrence Mass March 17 A band of strike pickets led by a discharged overseas soldier in uniform was charged and dispersed by mounted police. Frank Ribaude arrested for disturbance after allegedly ordering officers from their horses. Tony Calley and Angelo Zeppa also arrested for weapon and intimidation offenses. A trolley wire was cut and found tied into a switch on Jackson street.
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Lawrence
Mass
Frank Ribaude
Carr
Ribaudo
Maurice Fitzgerald
Tony Calley
Angelo Zeppa
Jackson Street
Governor seeks funds for Yankee division welcome in Boston
Boston March 17 Governor Coob ridge sent a special message to the legislature urging a generous appropriation to welcome the 26th Yankee division, likely in April. He seeks between 200000 and 300000 with over a million anticipated war department costs for parade and celebration. Of 300000, 100000 funds warehouses in South Boston, 159000 for grand stands, and 90000 for incidentals.
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Boston
Coobridge
Ways and Means Committee
Publc
War Department
Bituminous Coal Output Falls vs Last Year in March Week
Bituminous coal production for the week ended March 8 is estimated at 8,058,000 net tons, down about 33 percent from 11,617,000 tons in the same period last year. Anthracite production is estimated at 989,000 net tons, compared with 2,099,000 tons a year earlier.
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Washington
Geological Survey
United States Fuel Administration
Potash Negotiations With Germany Break Off
London reports that Allied negotiations with Germany for the delivery of potash have been broken off. A Rotterdam dispatch notes potash was expected as a chief export from Germany when the embargo on German commerce was lifted.
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London
Germany
Rotterdam
Hands Off Heligoland Opposed by German Envoys
A Basel dispatch reports German envoys to Paris will strongly oppose any interference with Heligoland. They oppose destroying forests on the island, arguing German naval officers fear the Kiel canal would be rendered useless if the base is destroyed.
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Heligoland
London
Paris
Basle
Forst
Kiel Canal
Germany
Death From Sleeping Sickness In Boston
Boston reports first death from sleeping sickness as Mrs. Filippo Russo dies after eight days in coma. Her husband and two children remained unharmed, baffling physicians and prompting concern in the city.
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Boston
Filippo Russo
Fire destroys City of Gulfport auxiliary vessel
Washington March 17 The American auxiliary vessel The City of Gulfport was destroyed by fire on March 14 in the La Plata roadstead Buenos Aires Argentina Advices to the state department say an investigation to determine the cause is under way but no further details were provided
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Washington
Gulfport
la Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
State Department
6 000 Soldiers Arrive On Patria In Fog At New York Harbor
New York March 17 Three thousand American tank fighters who punched through the Hindenburg line arrive on the Patria and other transports with more than 3,000 veterans aboard. Dense fog delays landing as ships Patria Europa and Luckenbach dock and prepare for further movements to Camps Custer Devens Dix Dodge Funston Grant Jackson Meade Pike Sherman Taylor and Merritt.
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New York
Patria
Europa
W. A. Luckenbach
Luckenbach
304Th Brigade
Custer
Devens
Dix
Dodge
Funston
Grant
Jackson
Meade
Pike
Sherman
Taylor
Merritt
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Sifty
Air Service
Pordeaux
40Th Division
Fordcauz
Europea
Marseilles
306Th Brigade
Missouri
Harrisburg
Forest
Chareston
Brest
Argentina
No Beer No Work Strike Condemned in New Jersey
Newark march report says 400 delegates from New Jersey state federation of labor and state Building Trades Council condemned the proposed no beer no work strike set for July 1. Delegates urged Congress to repeal wartime and permanent prohibition and asked President Wilson for help. Henry F. Hilfers calls the plan ridiculous and notes a general strike would disrupt organized labor.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey State Federation of Labor and
State Building Trades Council
Congress
Wilson
Henry F. Hilfers
The
Labor Federation
Niblack to Lead Naval Intelligence in Washington
Rear Admiral Niblack, head of American naval forces in the eastern Mediterranean, returns to Washington to become director of the naval intelligence department. He will relieve Rear Admiral Wells, reassigned to sea duty. Admiral Andrews, commander of the American naval base at Cardiff, Wales, will take over in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Washington
Niblack
Mediterranean
Naval Intelligence Department
Navy Department
Wells
Andrews
Cardiff
Wales
Drum Corps Parade Before St Patrick's Dance
The T. M. Russell Drum Corps will parade before tonight's St Patrick's dance. All drum corps meet at the depot at 7 30 PM and the parade begins at 8 PM. March route goes up Rapallo Ave to Main St to South Green, back to St Aloysius hall. each corps plays one piece in front of the hall.
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T. M. Russell
St. Patrick’s
Rapallo Ave
Main Street
South Green
St. Aloysius Hall
Pershing assigns 82nd Division to early convoy
General Pershing announced at the war department that the 82nd division is assigned to early convoy. The unit is composed of National Army troops from Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Ambulance sections Nos 570 600 501 521 530 569 599 602 and 604 are also slated for early convoy.
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Washington
Pershing
82Nd
War Department
National Army
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Transport Carmania Arrives with Princess Pats battalions
Halifax reports the transport Carmania arrived with Princess Pats battalions including the 49th and elements of the 4th and 5th. The Princess Pats are named for Princess Patricia, recently married to Commander Nienander Ramsay. The original regiment was nearly wiped out by casualties.
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Carmania
Halifax
Pat
M.A
Patricia
Duke of Connaught
Nienander Ramsay
R.N
Kerwin predicts quick settlement of New York harbor strike
Washington hopes for a near-term settlement of the New York harbor strike after a long-distance call between Hugh L. Kerwin head of the labor department conciliation division and James E. Hughes the strike conciliator. A resolution could come before Wednesday.
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New York
Washington
New York Harbor
Hugh L. Kerwin
Conciliation Division
Department of Labor
James E. Hughes
Largest ship passes Panama Canal in historic transit
Washington reports the first class battleship North Dakota is the largest vessel to pass the Panama Canal. Governor Harding, canal zone, says eight locomotives were needed at each lock to complete the transit without accident.
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Washington
Panama Canal
North Dakota
Baker
Harding
Canal Zone
Mysterious May Hayes Key Witness at Inch Trial
In New York March 17 the witness known as May Hayes Benjamin testified briefly at the Betty Inch extortion trial. She said she knew Eugene Herrmann since April 1918 and spoke to him by long distance call three weeks ago for charges she claimed he paid. Herrmann testified he had never seen the witness before and disputed the May Hayes telephone claim.
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May Hayes
Stane
New York
Benjamin
Betty Inch
Eugene P. Herrmann
Inch
Mr. Herrmann
Tornado Toll Hits Seventeen in Mississippi Coast
A Mississippi cyclone from Louisiana cut a three quarter mile swath through Sharkey Washington and Issaquena counties yesterday leaving at least seventeen dead and between 154 and 200 injured. Vicksburg cotton planter J W Johnson was killed when his Panther Burn home collapsed. Eight Black plantation workers are reported dead on a Grace area estate. Wires down hinder damage estimates as telegraph lines fail.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi River
Sharkey
Washington
Issaquena
Mississippi
J. W. Johnson
Panther Burn
E. P. Green
J. B. Sinai
Grace
Louisiana
Monroe
Delhi
Faverly
Fire in Atlanta yards overwhelms freight stock
In Atlanta Inman yards a fire burned 80 loaded freight cars and 20 empty cars of Southern freight transfer offices. Hundreds of workers, many on strike, joined firefighting efforts as meetings weighed the situation. Loss was estimated at 1.5 million dollars, with origin still undetermined.
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Atlanta
Southern Freight Transfer
Inman Yards
W. W. Waits
Rockefeller Gave 350000 for Dry Cause Says Jr
John D. Rockefeller Jr. defended Prohibition support as rooted in inherited habit and principle. He said he and his father contributed about 850000 over the past twenty years to advance the temperance cause, countering claims of motive to exploit labor.
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Rockefellers
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Young Rockefeller
German Campaign to Split Allies Reported
London dispatch says Germany seeks to split the allies and discredit Paris figures. Berlin reactionaries vow Germany will not sign a peace treaty while indemnity talks pass calmly. Vorwaerts warns the allies amid aroused protests over disarmament.
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London
Paris
Daily Express
Germany
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Labor Commission Returns From Europe
The Gundlach labor commission, sent to Europe months ago by the department of labor to study reconstruction abroad, sailed today from Liverpool aboard the Olympia to return to the United States.
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Labor Commission
Washington
Gundlach Labor Commission
Europe
Department of Labor
United States
Liverpool
Department
Wool stocks to be sold at four day auctions
Washington March 17 surplus wool stocks totaling 16,085,000 pounds will go to the highest bidder at a four day auction sale beginning tomorrow in Philadelphia. A similar sale will be held in Boston starting March 25.
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Washington
Philadelphia
War Department
Boston
Germans Bombard Polish Frontier Despite Armistice Terms
Copenhagen reports German forces continue bombardment along the Polish frontier after balking at armistice terms set by the Allied commission. Dispatch from Posen today confirms ongoing shelling and tensions across the border.
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Copenhagen
Allied Commission
Posen
Metal Market News Lead and Spelter Prices Broadly Steady
New York March 17 lead eased with East St. Louis spot 520 to 535 and March 520 to 527 1 2, with April May and June at 517 1 2 to 525. Spelter held steady, East St. Louis spot and March 610 to 622, with April May and June 612 to 622.
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New York
Lead Easy
East St. Louis
St.Louis
Wilson Presses League Covenant With Final Treaty
Paris reports President Wilson will bind the League of Nations covenant to the peace treaty. French and British leaders weigh timing, fearing delay if the covenant and treaty are signed separately. Polish commissions favor Baltic ports and a plebiscite to determine Mazurian land alignment amid German transit rights.
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Paris
League of Nations
Pichon
Wilson
Supreme Court
Switzerland
Rhine
Picton
Germa
Lloyd George
London
Great Britain
Premer Lloyd Géorge
Clemenceau
United States
Germany
Council of Ten
East Prussia
Dary
Allenstein
Mazurian Lakes
Allen
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