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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
5
Premier Clemenceau of France travels from Paris to the battle front amid the German advance. The dispatch says he is likely headed to the Aisne front, the current focal point of heavy fighting.
London dispatch reports French reserves thrown into the battle of the Vesle along the Aisne front to halt a German offensive aimed at Paris. Allies maintain positions around Soissons and Rheims, with 35 German divisions engaged and British forces contesting River Aisne canal heights while Americans fight near Cantigny.
London May 29 British war office reports renewed artillery activity on the Flanders Front and raids east of Arras capturing some men and a machine gun. Prisoners taken west of Merville. A Lens LaBassee raid was repulsed. Hostile attack near Ypres Comines area broken up. Enemy artillery active around Albert Robecq and Melville with limited local fighting between Ar and Lens.
Washington May 29 Striking drug into custody under the espion act.
In San Francisco on May 29 Thomas J was convicted of murder in the Preparedness Day bombing of 1916 and was yesterday ordered hanged. The case centers on his alleged involvement and the penalty follows years of legal battles the city records show.
Lieutenant George E. Butler of Kansas City, formerly a lawyer in Indianapolis, was wounded in the hip by a machine gun during the Cantigny battle. He praised the American soldiers and recalled the zero hour, the three-wave advance, and the disciplined fighting as they cleared the village. Butler, a Wesleyan University graduate, played football there.
Army Lieutenant E J Cardavelli marries Helen A Maloney at St Johns Church in a morning ceremony. Bride wears white georgette, bouquet of roses and lillies of the valley. sister Alice Maloney as bridesmaid. Daniel J Goulding of Boston as groomsman. Guests from Hartford Boston Springfield Bridgeport attend. Trip to Martha’s Vineyard. they will reside at Ayer where husband is stationed.
Washington May 29 a tentative recess plan was agreed by the house ways and means committee for a break from mid June lasting two weeks to a month. Majority Leader Kitchin will present the proposal to senate leaders and hearings on the new revenue bill begin June 6 with initial testimony then experts and financiers.
Washington May 28 Secretary of War Baker told correspondents the War Department is receiving constant reports of splendid valor and successful operations by American troops in Picardy He did not discuss the overall battle but expressed pride in the soldiers role and said details would come in Pershing's communique This marks his first public comment on current operations.
Eight hundred fifty New England college men will depart for the third Plattsburgh camp on June 3. Lieut. Colonel Albert S Williams, acting chief of staff in the northeast, said the participants include Trinity, Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Maine, Amherst, Mass Agricultural, Harvard, MIT, Williams, Rhode Island State, Brown, Vermont, and Norwich. Yale is not included.
Waukesha Wisconsin May 29 final plea to jury in case of Dr David Roberts accused of killing Mrs Roberts. Attorney James M Clancy argued motive linked to Miss Grace Lusk who acted under pressure to preserve her honor amid accusations of a diseased influence.
Rome May 29 British aircraft attacked Durazzo and sank an Austrian ship, according to an official announcement.
The North ae Bod Social Club announced a hurried meeting amid wage disputes and internal tensions unscheduled as organizers seek a quick resolution. Authorities confirmed potential changes to agenda and venue pending member attendance.
Washington states that the nationalistic aims of Czecho-Slovaks and Jugo-Slavs seek freedom with earnest sympathy from the United States. The Rome congress resolutions call for each people to establish its own nationality and state, unite for liberation, and resolve territorial issues by nationality while preserving language and culture.
In Boston on May 29, a pale, gray haired woman named Agnes J. Newman entered the office of Assistant U.S. Attorney James Hatton and applied to take out her first naturalization papers. She declared she is the sister of Sir Roger Casement, asserting Ireland’s fate under British rule makes America her true land.
Mineola Long Island May 29 Sent. Gar diner C Means of Brookline Mass had a miraculous escape when his plane plunged from eighteen hundred feet over Hazelhurst field He was unconscious with facial cuts and concussions but not believed to be seriously hurt He was thrown clear of the wreckage, a factor in his survival.
Announcement from the Christian Science war relief and camp welfare committee of the First Church of Christ Scientist Boston states that a party of workers has arrived in Paris. They will be stationed in various parts of France to extend the war relief work conducted by Christian Scientists in France since the start of hostilities.
Paris reports two German counter attacks against American forces that captured Cantigny on the Picardy front were broken up. The French war office stated the assaults failed to eject the Americans and ended in German withdrawal.
Actress Miss Elsie Janis tours the front to entertain The Idiers with storytelling songs and dancing not far from shell bursts. Several hundred American troops just back from the trenches enjoyed the show amid ongoing artillery fire.
Pauline Person aged 8 years 10 months and 23 days daughter of Mrs Frank Kelly of 110 Mainstreet died at Middlesex hospital last night Funeral at St Johns church Friday morning at 9 interment in St Johns cemetery George H Hulbert son of the late George and Henrietta Russell Hulbert died suddenly in New Haven on Tuesday May 28 He was a member of the First Congregational church Funeral services Friday at 4 pm in Indian Hill chapel with interment in Indian Hill cemetery
A striking wartime memorial in the North window of F. Brewer Co. features a central banner quilt made by the Mansfield Relief Corps and presented to Mansfield Post No. 53 in 1890. Surrounding panels list veterans and officers, with U S flags and bayoneted muskets flanking the piece. A bound record book, gifted in 1890, completes the exhibit.
A four to eight Supreme Court decision in the United Shoe Machinery anti trust suit marked a rare corporate triumph after years of litigation. The peculiar cast included Justice Brandeis’ absence and conservative dissents by Day and Pitney, with speculation that different appointments might have yielded a 5 to 4 adverse ruling had Brandeis participated.
Washington May 29 A United States navy medical director Captain Francis S Nash the first man indicted for hoarding food. The grand jury indicted Nash and his wife Caroline for possession of nearly $2 worth of food and liquors contravening the food laws in the fashionable north section of the city.
A fragment from the Atchison Globe notes tension between local talent and critics. It laments critics failing to elevate every musician to famed standards and questions the impact of press praise on artistic atmosphere.
By Bert Ford. In a 35 minute assault the Americans captured Cantigny village and took 200 German prisoners aided by 12 French tanks and flame throwers. They advanced 175 yards east of Cantigny, destroyed a German counterattack, and took two officers and six NCOs prisoners while observers coordinated with French artillery. Morale and bravery praised.
Portland Oregonian notes a social trend from England where marriageable widows are marrying at higher rates postwar. The Pall Mall Gazette analysis shows bachelors widowers and spinsters hesitant, while widows of marriageable age marry more than ever, shrinking the pool of available husbands and likely increasing the number of old maids.
Two men who asked for a ride with meat dealer Frank Hertz forced his Ford delivery truck into a stone wall. He was assaulted and left unconscious in the road after the robbery, with money scattered near the wreck. Authorities searched for the two suspects after Hertz was found and reporting the incident.
Alberto C. France Mexican charge d'affaires in Havana arrived in Laredo presenting passports for himself and wife he then went to the Mexican side and entrained for Mexico City He said he had been recalled from Cuba by the Mexican government and would not talk further
The North End Social Club plans a meeting and dinner tomorrow afternoon at Crystal Lake. The notice notes a casual gathering with fellowship and food for members and attendees.
Stock market opens higher with Steel common Baldwin Locomotive and marine preferred leading gains. Reading St Paul New Haven UP advance while government bonds hold. profit taking and holiday ahead steady oscillations follow. Anna Held remains unchanged as doctors plan a further update.
In Hartford on May 29, graduation exercises for the Theological School of Religious and the Kennedy School of were held this morning in nary chapel. Professor Alexander J. W. Myers led a key address on religious education in the Hehe bay crisis. Degrees awarded include Bachelor of Pedagogy to Lucille Hastings and several Bachelor of Divinity, Master of Sacred Theology, and other honors to graduates from Hartford and partner institutions.
Middletown High notes show a reduction in class periods with an assembly held for students. Mr Sellen delivered an address while Green read Gettysburg and A S Losey spoke to pupils. The school choir, led by Miss Bailey, sang.
City is set for Memorial Day with flags and bunting up across buildings. The Eclectic Clubhouse held its annual meeting where Prof. Hedrick was elected press address, and Prof. John Mason Tyler spoke for the evening. Red Cross and Philathea meetings have been postponed to observe the holiday. Local clubs hold a Lake meeting and dinner for Tuesday afternoon while weather plans note a possible rain tonight.
Portland Hemlock grange of Port holds an open meeting at Hemlock hall Friday. Patriotic exercises will be featured and all are invited. Rev. Hyde of Middletown, bound for France to do war work with the Y M C A, will speak about his army camp experiences over the past months.
The young people's choir will rehearse in the church this evening rather than at the home of E. W. Johnson as previously announced.
Word received at Camp Devens that Sylvester B. Butler of Cromwell has been promoted to the rank of captain and assigned to the 301st supply corps.
A short ad style statement questions if women deserve sympathy for daily housework and notes its toll on kidneys. Written by R R Wells from Rocky Moon, it praises Foley products for benefits and claims availability everywhere.
Legal notice: Hill Cemetery Association stockholders meet on Thursday June 6 1918 forenoon at the office of Rankin Dietowr Conn to elect officers for the coming year and address other business. ad includes sale of a 1917 Buick touring car and rental/storage notices. contact Stephen B Davis Middletown Conn May 2.
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