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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1918
Page
4
Severeenced notices for sub cases or timed matters appear in the Middletown Postoffice as second class matter. On sale at 298 Main St 188 St 652 Bt.
Mt Higby weather shows 24 hours ending noon with 71 high 45 low mean 50. Sunday 68 high 40 low 54. Reports discuss wartime issues including German peace proposals, US taxation, labor strife, and Pershing's movements. Notes mention Lenine, Trotsky, gas rationing, and trucks as war factors, with Maine potato crop data and a senator spending figure.
The piece critiques German aims in World War I, arguing that calls for peace are a pressure tactic for a “super-state” led by Germany. It denounces Prussian vanity, indemnity plots, and Vienna puppet rulers, insisting true justice requires Berlin’s acknowledgment rather than blank negotiations.
The piece laments the sinking of the Lusitania and condemns the naval atrocity as a crime against humanity. It argues that nations failed to unite early against the Kaiser's threat, allowing murderers to act with impunity while tallying victims by stock or nationality.
In Chicago, James Hamilton Lewis’s birthplace and birth date are debated between sources. The congressional directory lists birth in Virginia in 1866, while Who’s Who and other Chicago biographies confirm Danville Virginia on May 18 1866, prompting questions about biographical accuracy and time concepts.
The New York World reports that proposals for direct peace negotiations by Austria Hungary were rejected. Belligerents favor non-binding discussions, while German leaders including Solf and the Reichstag press seek a peace that vindicates Germany. The article cites statements from Eckstadt, Delbruck, and Erzberg amid ongoing autocratic aims.
The Syracuse Post Standard notes Potsdam New York is an old name shared with other Potsdams and argues Clarkson would honor a great New York family. The column says two Potsdams in one state are impossible and suggests Potsdam consider switching, even joking about spelling it backward if needed.
The editor of London Truth names three men Capt. Max Valentiner Oberleutnant Otto Steinbrink and Capt Lieut Schweiger as the Lusitania attacker. Reports midclaim a British capture a death by suicide or drowning or asphyxiation as the submarine foundered. The Lusitania destroyer mystery may never be solved after the war.
The article notes Smedley Butler has finally reached full colonel rank after a slow climb, recalling his wartime leadership in Haiti and a career marked by repeated combat since age seventeen. It mentions his past governorship on a troublesome island and a total of 45 firefights experienced by Butler.
Obituary notices recount multiple funeral services for William F. Ashton Hazel Catherine Burke William Bedford Read and Donald Woodrow Murray conducted at St John s church St John s cemetery and Pine Grove with Knights of Columbus Macabees rites and local clergy including Rev Dr James P Donovan Rev Father Kearney and Rev A W Hazen. William Hodgdon obituary notes his Springfield death with services set for Tuesday.
The funeral for Henry A Rand is set for Tuesday at 2 PM from A L Southmayd mortuary chapel with Rev Hall officiating, burial in Indian Hill cemetery soldiers plot. Walter C Miller of Middlesfield died this morning. funeral plans not yet arranged. St Johns Church notes announce regular masses and Ember day fasts, with a sermon by Rev Michael E Kearney on the Gospel of Matthew.
The Hamburg fair will be held Wednesday September 18 with a large premium list and attractive exhibits. If Wednesday is stormy the event will be postponed.
Plainville Rockwell Drake overcomes Russell Co in a ten inning ball game at Russell field. Al Oakes hurls for Plainville with nine strikeouts, Krauth adds nine strikeouts for the Weavers. Oakes belts two doubles and a single as Plainville wins with decisive hits in the tenth. Batteries Krauth E Johnson Oakes Firth. Also reports a farm accident causing a compound arm fracture to Armond McKendrick at Ridgewood east farm and transport to Middlesex hospital.
Apollo Lodge No 33 meets in C R parlor on Tuesday September 17 at 2 o clock p m to attend the funeral of our late brother Knight William Bedford Read Pythian services will be at Indian Hill chapel Per order Claire C Huse C C at test E R Chaffee K R S adv
A Riverside Garage service will operate a round trip boat from East Haddam to Hamburg Fair on Wednesday the 18th. The fare is 75 cents for advance tickets. The item notes a single round trip schedule and price.
A Topeka Capital remark notes that quacks appear in many fields, with few genuine healers among professions, warning readers to seek trustworthy practitioners. The quote emphasizes skepticism toward dubious expertise across occupations.
Comrade George T. Meech junior vice commander Dept of Conn G A R the Rev Percy M Binnington rector of Christchurch parish this city lately from England and the Rev H W Hildreth of Cromwell chaplain of the 6th Regiment C S G invited as guests of the association at the reunion on Thursday Col Maysfield unable to attend death on the 7th inst of President Wm H Watr ous and five other members within a year urge effort to be present Chaplain Adams.
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