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Newspaper

The Evening Press

Location

Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1919

Page

5

Food shipments to Prague eased by rail through Hamburg

Treaty terms with Czecho Slovakia aim to move food held at Trieste by transport shortages. Germans consent to route supplies via Hamburg and the Elbe river. With rail capacity gains under Col. Ryan and Col. at Vienna, the sharpest phase of the Czecho Slovak food crisis is expected to pass this month.

Czecho-Slovakia Trieste Prague Hamburg Elbe Col Ryan Vienna

Obituary, Patrick McAuliffe and Margaret Kincaid

Funeral services for Patrick McAuliffe were held from 12 Flower street at 9:00 am and at St John’s Church at 9:30 am with a solemn high mass celebrated by multiple priests. Burial in St John’s cemetery followed. McAuliffe, a former Mfg Co. employee and Forest City Council Knights of Columbus member, leaves three sons and a daughter. Mrs Margaret Kincaid died at St Luke’s Home in her 79th year, survived by a son, two sisters, and a brother. Her funeral will be at St Luke’s Home with interment in Pine Grove cemetery.

Patrick McAuliffe Flower Street South Farms St. John's Church Francis A. Jordan Kearney Martin Father Jordan Maurice James Kelleher Thomas Dillon James Bellchamber Patrick Griffin Charles Pritchard St. John’s Cemetery McAuliffe Mfg. Co Forest City Knights of Columbus John Hartford Denis New York Patrick Nellie McAuliffe Margaret Kincaid Margaret John Kincaid St. Luke's J. Harvey Kincaid Cromwell Jane D. Smith Helen Perkins Middletown William Maitland St Luke’s EB. R. Hyde The Baptist Church Imterment Pine Grove Cemetery Stamford Lewis Provost New Canaan Locust Avenue Maron Joseph H. Provost Representative Provost 28Th Connecticut Infantry Connecticut

John F Westron Dies at 62 in Rockfall Home

John Fred Westron died Saturday at his Rockfall residence aged 62. He was born in Switzerland. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon with Rev. L O Schriver officiating and burial followed at Middlefield Cemetery.

John Fred Westron John F. Westron Rockfall Switzerland Rev. L. O. Schriver Middlefield Cemetery

Funeral for Mrs. Irene A. Clark Held Sunday

The funeral was held from her William Street home Sunday at 4 p.m. Rev. W. D. Beach of the First Methodist church conducted the services. Interment was in Higganum this morning.

Irene A. Clark William Street W. D. Beach First Methodist Church

Moodus man arraigned for drunken theft charge

In city court this morning George Troskos, arrested Saturday night for intoxication, faced a petty theft case after his wife Mary testified he took $10 to buy meat but spent it on drink. Judgment suspended on $2 costs, six months probation.

Moodus George Troskos Mary Troskos Troskos Woolworth Company

Grain Market Stock Quotations From Chicago Report

Grain quotations from Chicago show corn higher with March at 153 1 2 cents, oats up to 63 1 2. Provisions closed higher with pork May 45 3 4, lard May 27 55, ribs May 25 1 7. Ongoing gains reflect a rising grain and livestock sector on March 17.

Chicago

Chilean Fund Disbursed in Final Settlement

Boston on March 17 reports the final disposition of a 13 213 dollar balance from a 70 400 dollar Chilean government fund. The fund, established in 1821 to compensate owners of cargo seized by Chilean revolutionists, has now been placed with the federal government. William H. Gardiner, who died in 1882, identified all claimants except Paqua and Maqua, Chinese merchants, and two generations of the Gardiner family have since sought their heirs.

Boston United States William H. Gardiner Paqua Maqua Gardiner

Trans Caucasia faces dire food shortage in report

Washington reports from Tiflis describe severe hunger in Trans Caucasia with refugee women stripping flesh from dead horses. Deaths from starvation rise daily as 45,000 in Erivan lack bread and Igdir has no living beings nearby.

Trans-Caucasia Washington Naval State Department Tiflis Department Erivan Igdir

Settlement of Newark Car Strike Forecasted

Settlement of the strike of about 4,000 trolley workers in Newark New Jersey was forecast as voters began considering the terms of a settlement proposed by the national war labor board. The terms were kept secret.

Newark N. J New Jersey National War Labor Board

Demented Soldier Sought From Stamford Area

Stamford police seek Nathan Silberman, a Schenectady, New York soldier, described as demented. He left Norwalk hospital Saturday after two days of treatment for poison swallowed in the street.

Stamford Staveford Nathan Silberman Schenectady N. Y Norwalk Hospital

Stamford Painters Demand Raise in Stamford

Stamford workers in the painting trade demand a wage scale of 75 cents per hour starting April 1, an increase of about one dollar per day. They plan a conference tonight to decide on the issue.

Stamford

Japanese alienist on trial for Dr Wolff murder

Dr Nordu Ishida a Japanese alienist is tried at Towson Md for the murder of Dr George B Wolff of Lebanon County Pa a fellow physician at Shepard Pratt hospital The trial proceeds before a full court bench without a jury The slaying occurred December 21 after Ishida fired on Wolff declaring For the honor of a woman and was later ruled sane by a lunacy commission

Baltimore Nordu Ishida Towson, Md George B. Wolff Lebanon County Pennsylvania Shepard-Pratt Tokio Ishida Dr. Wolff

English Firm to Compete With Ford

London reports an English firm plans to rival Henry Ford by introducing a $250 automobile. The car is described as strong and durable with limited wood use and parts made from slag clinker and sawdust coated with metal.

Ford London Henry Ford

John McCormack Becomes U S Citizen in Federal Court

Irish tenor John McCormack was sworn in as a United States citizen today in a federal court in New York. He took the oath of allegiance becoming a naturalized American.

New York John McCormack United States

Sleeping Sickness Report Hits Local Hospital

Hartford reports sleeping sickness appears in a city hospital with several patients affected. The health chief said no cases had been reported to the board of health by Saturday. The physician in charge confirmed the hospital cases and urged vigilance.

Hartford Charles P. Botsgard City Health Department Board of Health

O Leary Espionage Trial Nearing Verdicts

In New York on March 17 summing up by counsel began in the federal court in the case of Jeremiah A. O Leary charged with violating the espionage act. Each side has nine hours to address the jury and deliberations likely begin after Wednesday.

O’leary New York Jeremiah A. O’leary O'Leary

Clearinghouse Debit and Exchange Totals Reported

New York Clearinghouse statement shows Sub-treasury debit of $56,071 and exchanges totaling $587,504,029 with balances at $129,586,086 as of March 17. The figures reflect daily flows and interbank net positions across the system.

New York Sub-treasury

Goldine Promises Health Gains From Personal Talks

A sales pitch invites readers to a personal discussion about Goldine, claiming it has solved rheumatic and health problems for thousands. It cites anecdotes from Rev J J Morris Delos Knapp H Reese and Ella Stack, urging a six day trial at Lincoln's Drug Store in Middletown with no obligation.

Middletown Goldine Lincoln J. J. Morris H. Reese Delos Knapp Elia Stack Ella Stack America

O Leary Trial Near End in Espionage Case

Counsel for both sides wrapped toward the close of the Jeremiah A. O Leary espionage case in federal court here as each side has nine hours to present arguments. Deliberations likely will begin Wednesday after both sides finish today.

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