Versailles peace talks discuss Italy and Japan shifts
Delegates at Versailles review a B C treaty clause on Shantung with Japan while Italy's Orlando Sonnino and Orlando von Gonnino push for formal reentry into the talks. The racial issue and final settlement with the League of Nations loom as the plenary session proceeds.
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Japan
Shantung
Trea
China
League of
Crispi
Orland von Gonnino
Versailles
Orlando
Sonnino
Selden Property Sold In Wetmore Place Trust Sale
Middletown Trust Co trustees real estate of Emily A Selden by order of the Court dated April 29 1919 sells parcels on Wetmore Place Lot No 1 with two tenement house Lot No 2 with two dwelling houses Lot No 4 with two tenement houses and improvements to Leslie Boughton Mary Lawton and Ellen C Com et al finalizes transfers of parcels on Wetmore Place including two dwelling houses and adjacent improvements on each lot. legal action cited.
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Middletown Trust Co
Emily A. Selden
Wetmore Place
Leslie Boughton
Best No
Wetmore
Mary Lawton
Ellen C
Wetse
William J
Middletown Girls Club to Meet at High School Hall
The Middletown Girls Club will hold an organization meeting Thursday at 8 oclock in the high school hall. All business girls are invited and the event is for members only. A fire report from Rhode Island notes a forest fire near Valley Falls as of May 7.
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Middletown Girls’ Club
Rhode Island
Lusitania Sinking and Allied Peace Terms Four Years On
Four years after the U-39 torpedoed the Lusitania off the Irish coast with no warning, 1154 lives were lost including 114 Americans. This afternoon allied governments delivered terms of a dictated peace in which the United States, drawn into the war by German submarine warfare, played a leading role.
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Germany
United States
National Conference Urges Federal Laws Against Lynching
New York May 7 resolutions urged federal anti lynching laws and the creation of white and colored committees across the South to fight mob murders. Moorfield Storey denounced lynching as a national disgrace and called for immediate action beyond politics or religion. William Nickerson of Houston said appeals to state legislatures are futile as officials fear losing office. pastors avoid opposing lynching to protect congregations.
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New York
South
National Conference On
Moorfield Storey
William Nickerson
American Mutual Benefit Association
Houston
Texas
Wilson message hints at delaying July dry law
President Wilson, amid protests from private channels, says if home sentiment against Prohibition on July 1 is strong he will use his authority to suspend or override the July 1 dry law. Frederick Lawrence reports in the New York Evening World.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Paris
Frederick Lawrence
New York Evening World
Wilson
25 GET WAR CROSSES AWARDED TO US FORCES
The War Department announced on May 7 that 25 officers and enlisted men of the American Expeditionary Forces received the Distinguished Service Crosses. Recipients include Sergeant Thomas P. O'Hagan of the 165th Infantry from Belfast Ireland Corporal Wallis H. Sturtevant of the 12th Machine Gun Battalion Fitchburg Massachusetts Corporal Anthony M Wallace of the 60th Infantry Bridgeport Connecticut Private Daniel T Bresnahan of the 326th Infantry Holyoke Massachusetts Private Walter D White (deceased) of the 039th Infantry from Byron Georgia area.
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War Department
Thomas P. O’hagan
165Th Infantry
Belfast
Ireland
Wallis H. Sturtevant
12Th Machine Gun Battalion
Fitchburg
Mass
Anthony M. Wallace
60Th Infantry
Jetland Place
Bridgeport
Army assigns units to early convoy from Washington
The War Department announced an early convoy assignment listing units including sales commissary unit 131 butchery company 310 veterinary evacuation section 8 and multiple engineer, medical, and hospital detachments. It names headquarter Third Battalion Medical Detachment Third Battalion and the 7th 8th and Lth companies of the 20th engineers along with evacuation hospitals 21 and 23 and sanitary squad 54.
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Washington
War Department
20Th Engineers
Woman in New Canaan mystery implication noted
Stamford reports Indications point to an other woman’s involvement in the New Canaan death case. Authorities hold a line of inquiry after a unidentified swamp body was found a week earlier. A separate incident sees Mrs Annie Maxfield leap from a moving picture house lobby and throw carbolic acid at Mrs Rothwell of 12 Stanley Street amid a slander claim.
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New Canaan
Stamford
Moving Picture House
Annie Maxfield
Rothwell
Stanley
Maxfield
General Assembly Centennial Observed in Hartford on May Day
Hartford May 7 The centennial gathering drew upwards of 2000 people including current and former state officials from across Connecticut. Weather forced indoor ceremonies in the state capitol with reunions, concerts, and a commemorative program featuring Governor Holcomb, ex Governor Baldwin, Senator House, and other leaders.
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Hartford
Connecticut General Assembly
State Capitol
Capitol
Albert H. House
Holcomb
Orders for three warships continue battleship work
Acting Secretary Roosevelt announced orders have been placed by the navy department for structural steel to continue work on three battleships whose keels are laid. The price will depend on the lowest bid when bids are received for the remaining steel needed, with the figure to be decided later.
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Washington
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Woman Overcome by Gas in Derby Home
Mrs Pauline Morke a 28 year old woman lies in Griffin hospital after being found unconscious in her Derby home. Despondent since her mother’s death she has been unconscious since yesterday following gas exposure.
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Derby
Pauline Morke
Griffin Hospital
Express Co Employes Strike Briefly Tied Up Freight
New York May 7 2500 employees of the American Railway Express Co struck causing large freight delays. The strike affected government operated railway administration services and tied up shipments nationwide. Lusitania memorial services observed in New York marking the fourth anniversary at St Johns Cathedral with relatives of victims in attendance.
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New York
St. John’s
Local notices and ads mark season items and municipal actions
Advertisements show Wachusett blue flannel suits six forty seven and conductors’ suits nine ninety seven. Amos Jones of Portland owns a notable Indian relic collection. May 15 strawberry festival at Middlefield M E church. Sweden steerage tickets eighteen dollars. Genl Sheridan schooner arrives with coal and to load brownstone for New York. Cromwell selectmen vote to refund one dollar sixteen on dogs three months old. Shad catch larger than usual. Common council met at Universalist church. Joseph Kincaid A D T Chapman Patrick Ghent and John Inglis named policemen for good behavior. E W Decker visits Middletown. Knights of Pythias meet at Castle Hall. souvenirs mark one thousandth lodge meeting.
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Middlefield M. E
Sweden
Genl. Sheridan
New York
Cromwell Selectmen
Common Council
Universalist Church
Joseph Kincaid
A. D. T. Chapman
Patrick Ghent
John Inglis
E. W. Decker
Middletown Horse Railroad
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Portland
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Brooklyn
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Navnssook
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Brainard & Logan
George F. Redford
Arthur B. Jenking
Reem
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