Derailment of Buffalo Express Wreck Claims Four
NY May 14 report on a Buffalo Central derailment near Landing. Four dead and eight injured as a baggage car and stock car toppled from the train. Injured include Richard Sherwood and Ian Alvin Joflin. cause blamed on engineer Sherwood not observing signals and taking a diverging track at high speed. Authorities place responsibility on the engineer.
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N.Y
Buffalo
New York Central
Richard Sherwood
Ian Alvin Joflin
Rensselaer
Hammond
Washington Sherwood
Drummond
Hudson Inver Litton
Eer
Buffalo Express
York Central
Landing
D. Sher
Gineman Sherwood
Believes Count Minotto Innocent in Boston Speech
Mrs. Louis F. Swift, wife of a Chicago packer and mother-in-law to Count Minotto, declares loyalty to America and belief in his innocence after his arrest in Chicago. She says she would intern him if guilty of disloyal acts, cites four children serving the allied cause, and notes Minotte’s friendship with disloyal figures was not his fault. Swift and her son William E. Swift are in Boston, where he studies at MIT.
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Boston
Count Minotte
Louis F. Swift
Chicago
Count Minotto
America
United States
Love
Minnette
Sugar Restrictions Begin Tomorrow As Rationing Starts
May 14 1919 Beginning tomorrow the food administration orders strict sugar rationing. Manufacturers must use sugar on designated des ued by the food administration with classifications of fines and apportionments. Cream will be placed in the pre class and essentials will be supplied to ice makers to support Connecticut's dairy industry. Most of the sugar will be restricted for non edible products and producers using sugar face limits over sixty days starting May 15. Some lines will receive full requirements while others get 80 percent of consumption for the first four months. No one may buy sugar without a new sugar certificate after examination of blanks at the food administration office 36 Main Street. Robert Scoville supports the certificate system to sustain sugar supply through summer and the upcoming farming season. Amnesty for Portugal noted in dispatches and an aerial scout’s death in France reported.
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Ford
Food Administration
Connecticut
S Street
Robert Scoville
West Front Muddy Ground Blocks Ypres Offensive
London reports that ground between Ypres and the North Sea is heavily muddy due to partial inundation, hindering offensive operations. The area near Poperinge Hazebrouck and Doullens remains a potential line of attack, while Austria allegedly holds 500,000 Tyrolean reserves for a western front drive.
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Ypres
London
North Sea
Exchange Telegraph Company
Flanders
Hazebrouern Franceck
Doullens
Morning Post
Austria
Tyrol
Kaiser
Four Navy Men Cited for Gallantry in Rescue Missions
Secretary Daniels commends four enlisted Navy men for extreme gallantry in saving shipmates from drowning. Charles P. Clark of San Diego and John S. Burke of Spokane dove in shark-infested waters off Cavite to rescue a man from a receiving ship. Millard F. Staton of Jacksonville and James F. Miller of Philadelphia also rescued crewmates in rough seas and from the U S S Iowa respectively. East Haven Mourns Death in France: Harry R. Bartlett, 23, son of Mansfield Grove House proprietors, killed April 27 while serving with the 103rd Machine Gun Battalion, Company D. former Hill House High School athlete.
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Navy
Washington
Daniels
Navy Department
Charles P. Clark
San Diego
Cal
John S. Burke
Spokane
Wash
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Millard F. Staton
Jacksonville
Fla
James F. Miller
Philadelphia
U. S. S. Iowa
East Haven
Harry R. Bartlett
France
Charles R. Bartlett
Mansfield Grove House
Bartlett
Niantic
Hill House High School
Annex
Boy Crushed By Elevator In Waterbury Store Shaft
John Carberry eleven year old son of Mrs Delia Caffrey was killed when an elevator shaft at the Mohican company store crushed him after he failed to return home from an errand. The elevator led to an alley near his home and was unguarded due to a broken door. This is the second elevator death in the city within weeks.
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Waterbury
John Carberry
Delia Caffrey
Mohican Company
Russians Executed by Guard Forces in Finland Report
May 14 dispatch claims 500 Russian ad men were executed in groups of fifty by pro-German Guard forces in Finland. Prisoners are said to be sent to Germany. Finland also reportedly plans to send Guard prisoners to work. Daily News notes 2 600,000 tons of low grade material used to prevent canine starvation.
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Moscow
Tamerfors
Finland
Dispatch
Germany
Ger
Daily News
Bristol Men Reported Missing in War Casualty List
Bristol May 14 Corporal Miles I Dunning Mechanic Joseph V Pratt and Private Edward M Green of Bristol reported missing in today's war department casualty list believed since April 21. All were former members of company D old First Connecticut regiment with 102nd regiment and were well known local athletes. Couple Held for Theft In New York Ignatz Donsievitch and wife Helen arrested in Massachusetts on a 440 theft charge from a servant's trunk arraigned in Brooklyn county court with 160 recovered. man admits gambling losses of 280 and wife spent the rest.
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Bristol
Miles I. Dunning
Joseph V. Pratt
Edward M. Green
War Department
First Connecticut Regiment
102Nd Regiment
New York
Ignatz Donsievitch
Helen
Mass
Sophie Kuzwa
Brooklyn
Donsievitch
Saugatuck Boy Missing in War Casualty List
Private William J. Chappe of Saugatuck is listed as missing in action. He belonged to Company D, 102nd Infantry, reported missing April 21. he enlisted in New Haven last summer and is son of John Chappe of the town.
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Saugatuck
William J. Chappe
War Department
John
Chappa
New Haven
Happenings in This GT 5 ENR Happenings
Smith and Harris received 19 head of draft and driving horses from the west. A Madison bakery opens, promising convenience. Woods south of Higganum and woods between Hubbard property and the railroad in Maromas burn. a breakwater rises at Duck Island. Wall Street drops five to twenty points. Columbia Quarry Co builds railroad tracks in Maromas. Edward Markham catches 15 shad in Pacausett pond. Wellington G Johnson & Sons take harrow agency. DeSoto Knights of Columbus bazaar opens for four days. Thomas P Bill to visit Lyme. Seventh coal cargo unloads at Pratt yard. Mrs William H Lewis opens road from Mill Street to Burr Avenue. County building sub-committee meets. Mehaffey returns to Portland. Rev. Edward deZong passes away at 74.
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Smith & Harris
Madison
Higganum
Duck Island
Westbrook
Samuel J. Hubbard
Maromas
Wall Street
Columbia Quarry Co
Edward Markham
Pacausett Pond
Wellington G. Johnson & Sons
DeSoto Council
Knights of Columbus
Thomas P. Bill
Lyme
Pratt Coal Yard
William H. Lewis
Mill Street
Burr Avenue
D. L. Briggs
W. K. Bacon
Samuel Russell
John Carroll
Charles R. Woodward
Alexander Mehaffey
Portland
Edward deZong
Federal farm loan totals for April reach 6,314 loans
The Federal Farm Loan Board said April loans to farmers total 13,988,000 across 6,314 closed loans. Applications totalled 13,388,000 with 10,724,000 approved. Land banks in St. Paul Omaha Spokane Houston New Orleans St. Louis Wichita Louisville Columbia Berkeley Baltimore Springfield and others report month figures. Since inception more than 40,000 loans have totaled 91,951,000 and applications reached nearly 300,000,000.
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Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Land Banks
St. Paul
Omaha
Spokane
Houston
New Orleans
St. Louis
Wichita
Louisville
Columbia
Berkeley
Baltimore
Springfield
Commandeering Power Killed In Oil Leasing Bill
Washington May 14 The public lands committee struck the commandeering section from the oil land leasing bill after advice from President Wilson via Rep Scott Ferris. The section aimed to empower the president to seize oil properties nationwide to meet a projected production shortfall.
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Washington
Public Lands Committee
Wilson
Scott Ferris
Requa
AIRSHIP FOR CAMP DEVENS BRINGS FLYING MACHINES TO MASS
May 14 at Camp Devens Massachusetts Aero planes will appear for a general staff school opening next Monday. About 75 officers from British and French missions will join Majors Day Hodsdon Rousseau to study modern warfare. A trench mortar proving ground will be built within weeks. Six Browning water cooled machine guns arrive for division schools. Private Alfred Sylvid of West Bridgewater dies at the base hospital from a disease complication.
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General Staff
Camp Devens
Mass
Conjun
M. F. Day
E. A. Hodsdon
Rousseau
Ull
Washington
Alfred Sylvid
Weat Bridgewater
Depot Brigade
Bavarian King Leaves Headquarters for German Front
Berne May 14 King Ludwig of Bavaria left for German great headquarters accompanied by Minister Dandler, according to a dispatch from the German frontier.
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Berne
Ludwig
Bavaria
Dandler
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Frank Baylies
New Bedford
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