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The Weather Report
New Haven, May 18 For
Bridgeport and vicinity: Fair
tonight; Sunday partly cloudy,
'probably thunder showers in
the afternoon.
VOL. 54 NO. 119 EST. 1790
RAISE
HA
Big Guns of Allies In
Action Rain Shells on
Hun Centers.
AERIAL ACTIVITY
OVER U. S. LINES
"No Infantry Fighting
Reported Today on
Western Front.
While the renewal of the
German offensive in the west
awaits completion of the ene
my's preparations and presum
ably weather conditions that
fit in with the German plans,
. events are in progress else
where with potentially import
ant bearing on the war as a
whole, namely, the decision of
the Allies in the Far East and
the Irish situation.
Fair weather daring the last few
Bays and a great increase In aerial
ttctivity have not yet resulted in a re
newal ot heavy infantry fighting. The
artillery contests go on, most violent
on Important sectors, .but neither the
German infantry nor artillery displays
the activity- that
coming of a blow against the Allied'
lines.
The enemy. It is (believed in Lon
don, Is preparing for a mighty attack
greater in force if possible than th
smash on "March 21 along the BO mile
front southward from Arras. The
Germans, however, are having diffi
culty In filling up their greatly de
puted ranks, some divisions having
lost more than 50 per cent. one 70 per
cent. of their effectives in the recent
fighUng. In addition, the Allied ar
tillery is causing havoc with German
(preparations near the front lines while
their railroad stations and billets be
hind the lines are under an almost
continuous rain of bombs dropped by
Allied airmen.
L.nemy artillery and man power
concentrations prcrbaiblv become
stronger as Field Marshal Von Hin
denbung delays a new advance, but
the Allied defenses gain strength in
the same ratio and a new source of
fighting power, the American army,
grows In power. Gen. Pershing's men
we now on both the Important battle
ironts, Flanders and Picardy, but in
iwhat numbers it is not disclosed.
Their coming, however, is having a
great moral effect on the British 'and
fTTrnoh find thfl lontarftr llio firm a no
delay, the greater will the American
Aid become. ,
Aerial activity la the most promi
nent feature of the news from the
fighting zones. French and British
airmen have dropped many more tons
tit explosives on enemy military tar
gets while the Germans are becoming
more active in attempts to get behind
the Allied lines. In aerial fighting the
British have brought down 35 German
machines, while British guns ac
counted for 10 more. Berlin claims
tTie destruction of 18 Allied aeroplanes.
Another attempt to raid Paris Friday
night failed.
On the American sectors west of
Montdtdler, northeast of Toul and in
(Lorraine, the aerial fighting also has
Increased. The American positions in
(Picardy and Lorraine are bombarded1
heavllv by the Germans. The artil
lery fire has fallen off In the Toul sec
tor, but American patrols are active
' there.
DEATH PENALTY
FOR ENEMY ALIENS
Paris, May 18 Deputy Bakanow
ski. In the chamber of deputies today,
esked for the passage of a law pro
viding the death penalty for enemy
aliens falling to register or guilty of
false registration in disguising then
nationality,
"Enemy aliens," he s aid, "enter
France for no good purpose. Pre
sumption of espionage should be suf
ficient to warrant the death sen
tence," CHAPLAIN OF
" WARSHIPS SHOT
Tokyo, Tuesday, May 14 (By the
Associated Press) The chaplain of a
.British warship In the port of Vladi
vostok has been found dead in the
suburbs, says a dispatch to the Asa
U Bhimbun from Vladivostok. Ho
kad been shot and the case is believed
t be one--' of murder, the advices
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PACT TO GUARD
AGAINST KAISER
German Penetration in Far
East Will Be Met By
Allied Action.
Paris, Friday, May . 17
Japan and China have been
informed by the Allied
governments that they
have arranged for Entente
military co-operation to
meet the dangers threaten
ing the . peace of the Far
East from German pene
tration. Washington, May 18
The Entente military co
operation arranged to meet
threats to the peace of the
Far East by German pene
tration as reported today
from Paris, is understood
here as a purely defensive
measure, in which partici
pation for the present will
be confined to Japan and
China. Its primary pur
pose is the safeguarding of
Manchuria with possibili
ties of its extension to Si
beria. BRIDGEPORT BOY
WINNER OF TWO
BRAVERY MEDALS
'Bridgeport may well feel rroud of
ner .boys if they live to come home
for they are doing a .big part in the
iei-riuie ngniing now going on," so
writes Corporal Al Lyons, eon of Mr.
and (Mrs. iMaurice Lyons of 148 Hough
avenue, in a letter to his mother,
written the early part of April. The
letter has Just come to her, toeing de
layed In transit . He has received two
medals for bravery.
Corporal Lyons Is with Battery F.
102nd Regiment, Heavy Artillery, and
is stationed In the southern part of
France. He enlisted over a year and
a half ago and for a while did guard
duty In London. ' Last December he
was sent to France for active service
and has been since that time in the
front line trenches.
He says the Bridgeport boye and
the Connecticut boys are doing a big
part 1n the fighting, with little losses.
The Germans, as he has found them,
have been very cowardly, for as soon
as the troops sweep idown upon them
they run, and, adds he, "our boys are
right after them hard."
Corporal Taylor has been made a
dispatch bearer and has made 27 trips
from where he is stationed to Paris.
His starting point was deleted ty the
censor. He has a great white horse
and is always accompanied on his
trips by two big St. Bernard: dogs.
One night when he was out in the
fields a German battery started to
shell an Allied position and the ani
mals heard the whine of the shells as
soon as he did and flattened them
selves out against the ground. They
have been trained to do this.
He says: "I have won two chev
rons and two medals, and if I live to
get home I will be able to tell some
thing that will make Bridgeport peo
ple proud." It Is thought his decora
tions have to do with the bombard
ment of Paris on Good Friday. The
Connecticut soldiers according to his
letter were in that section at that time.
Now the heavy artillery h"as been sent
to the South of France.
HELD FOB PHILADELPHIA.
John F. Masttn, 20. of Philadelphia,
who was arrested last night charged
with a $7,000 theft in Philadelphia,
was arraigned before Judge Wilder in
the City Court today and ordered held
for the Philadelphia authorities in
bonds of ?1,500.
and
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YELLOW MILL BRIDGE
ALBEKT LAP AN MEETS
HE IS CAUGHT LN GEARS OP DRAW MECHAN- .
ISM WHILE PAINTING IRON WORK.
Albert Lapan, 60 years of age,
Black Rock, was instantly killed, this morning by being ground
to death by the gears of the Yellow Mill bridge, which was
opened while he was painting part of the machinery operating
the west end of the draw.
Owing to the fact that he was in an
almost inaccessible place when the ac
cident happened it was some time be
fore it was discovered and a call sent
into the Emergency Hospital. Dr. J.
F. Keegan, accompanied by Captain
Wheeler, Sergeant Connery, Motor
cycle Officers Liggins, Beardsworth
and Byrnes rushed to the bridge, but
found it necessary to get a row' boat
to reach the body.
Apparently the man was whirled
around on the wheels several times
and it took the combined efforts of
Dr. Keegan, the police officers and
Chauffeur Bert Risley to extricate the
body from the cogwheels and it was
found necessary to sever parts of the
limbs which were almost amputated.
When the body . had been taken
from between the wheels, the parts
were lowered into the row boat un
derneath the machinery and rowed
ashore, where they were at once re
moved to an undertaking' establish
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PERSHING'S OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION FROM
AMERICAN SECTOR GIVEN OUT DETAILS
OF BRINGING DOWN GERMANS.
Wasington, May 18 Another official American communi
cation from Gen. Pershing was made public today by the war
department.
Gen. Pershing transmitted details
of the- bringing down of the
German planes by Capfc Peterson of
the American army while aviators
were waiting for a French general
coming to confer decorations.
The communication follows:
"Headquarters American Expedi
tionary Forces, May 16, 1918 "Sec
tion A In Lorraine patrolling was
active and there was again Increase
of artillery fire. Otherwise the day
was quiet at points occupied by our
troops. ' -
"Section B Particulars concerning
bringing down hostile aeroplanes at
about noon, May 15, previously re
ported, when aviator-3 were waiting
CLUNG FOR 80 HOURS
TO SEAPLANE PONTOON
THRILLING TALE OF ENSIGN STONE GIVEN UP
MONTH AGO AS DROWNED IN ENGLISH
CHANNEL RESCUED BY TRAWLER.
Washington, May 18 Ensign E. A.vStone, U. S.- N. R., of
Norfolk, Va., given up for drowned in'the English channel last
month, has safely arrived in London, according to information
received here today from the Londonxrepresfentative of the
committee on public information.
With a companion Stone clung for
80 hours without food or drink to
the under side of a seaplane pontoon
before he was saved.
Ensign Stone tells a thrilling story
of how he and a companion, Sub
Lieutenant Eric Moore, of the Royal
Naval Air service, drifted on the sea
from Saturday morning until Tuesday
night before reaching safety. His ac
count follows: -v
"I left our station in a British sea
plane as pilot, with Sub-Lieut. Eric
Moore of the Royal Naval Air service,
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residing in Courtland avenue,
ment.
Captain Wheeler declared it is
doubtful if anyone can be held re
sponsible for the accident. The
place where Lapari was working was
so inaccessible that a warning could
scarcely be heard by him, while his
screams of agony., as he was, whirled
to his death amidst the grinding
gears, failed to reach the men op
erating the levers of the bridge.
When Questioned aboW the matter
the men in charge of the bridge do
not remember seeing Lapan going to
his work this morning, and it is said
that the parts of the machinery
which he was painting would not
come into play when the bridge was
opened.
At noon, today the police were busy
in an effort to locate the relatives of
Lapan, and an investigation is being
instituted in order that the responsi
hility for the terrible accident may be
definitely fixed.
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RING DOWN
AN MACHINES
for. a French general who was com
ing to confer decorations, are as fol
lows: "While waiting, Capt. Peterson
made an ascent and encountered .two
German plane3 and shot down both
within one minute, firing 60 shots at
first and 15 at second. First pfone
burst to flame.3 before hitting ground
and wings of second were seen to
crumple u'p when nearing earth. No
definite information concerning third
hostile plane reported brought down.
"It is now determined that bur ae
roplane reported yesterday as having
accidentally fallen withlu our lines
north of Toul was shot down, proba
bly by hostile anti-aircraft guns."
as observer, at 9 a. m. Our duty was
to convoy patrols. When two hours
out, having met our ships coming
from the westward, we thought we
sighted a periscope ahead and turned
off in pursuit. We lost our course.
Our engine dropped dead and at 11:30
o'clock forced us to land o.n the sur
face in a rough sea. , ' ,
"We had -rib, kite rior wireless to
eal for-help, so we released our two
carrier pigeons. ;We tied a message
with our position and the word
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Wives, Mothers and Sisters
of Men in Service Take
Part in Event.
CITY OFFICIALS
REVIEW PARADE
Greatest Spectacle of Its
Nature in City Run Off
Very Smoothly.
Nearly one year agq the
American Red Gross made
their first drive to secure $100,
000,000 to carry on their won
derful work in the trenches
"over there" and in this coun
try making articles for the
Americans boys who will
eventually be on the other side.
This afternoon at 2:30, all Bridge
port was given the advance warning
of another call from the same organ
ization for the same amount of
money, to enable the millions of worn-,
en workers in the United States the
facilities with which to keep" up the
good work.
The greatest parade in the history
of Bridgeport moved from the corner
of Madison and Washington avenues
promptly at 2:30 o'clock upon the sig
nal of Grand Marshal Clifford B. Wil
son. No attempt waa ever made to
stage such an affair as that of today
when between 12,000 and 14,000 men,
women and schoool children, walked
for the sake of Democracy, Hundreds
of mothers who gave their all, whei
their sons heard the call of their
country, and left Bridgeport to com
mence training to fight the Huns,
walked with firm step as the parade
moved along its course. A few auto
mobiles were in this section of the
procession carrying mothers that were
physically unable to walk. Sisters and
wives of boys now in training and
"over there ' also marched m this part
which was known, as the Service Flag
section.
Division one, which was headed by
the Wheeler & Wilson band, followed
by the TJ. S. Naval Reserves, stationed
at Black Rock, Grand Marshal Clif
ford B. Wilson, Home Guard, and
Home Guard Ambulance Corps, a
sembled in Catherine street and moved!
over Washington avenue at the ap
pointed hour.
The second division formed on the
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IMMENSE PARADE
OF RED CROSS IN
NEW YORK CITY
- New York, May 18 A human Red
Cross, made up of hundreds of
marchers clad in red a living mov
ing emblem f the society of mercy
that has become known as "the great-
estm other in the world" held the
post of hpnor In the spectacular pa
rade of 75,000 Red Cross workers
down Fifth avenue this afternoon.
President Wilson, who as head of
the society, is to formally open the
national campaign for a war fund of
$100,000,000, with an address here to
night, was the principal reviewing of
ficer. Others invited to the reviewing
stand at 25th street Included Gov.
Whitman, Mayor Hylan. Rear Ad
miral Usher, commandant of the New
York navy yard, and prominent offi
cials of the Red Cross
Another picturesque feature of the
varied procession was a body of more
than 2,000 nurses, garbed in every
variefty of costume worn by nurses all
over the world. Some of the nurses
have seen service at the battle front
and othera are to sail overseas within
a few weeks.
Other noteworthy units Include
groups - of woman . workers who
knitted and sang as they marched;
contingents of mothers, sisters and
daughters of men in the service, all
carrying service flaga, Junior Red
Cross and other auxiliaries various
military and naval detachments and
numerous floats, which strikingly de
picted Red Cross activities through
out the world. More than 50 brass
bandd were in line " -. -
Sim!lar parades were held In ather
parts of the greater city, 25,000 per
sons marching in Brooklyn and 10,
000 In the Bronx. -
ALLEGE GER
COMUNICAT
LEADERS OF
LORD FRENCH ISSUES PROCLAMATION
CALLING ON IRISH TO ENLIST BE
LIEVE CONSCRIPTION IS TO BE
FI TRTHFP HPT AYPn
London, May 18 Ireland and
to the fore. Discovery of a German plot involving certain per
sons in Ireland was announced last night in Dublin by the is
suance of a proclamation signed by Edward Shortt, chief sec
retary for Ireland, in the name of the lord lieutenant, Viscount
French.
This announcement was followed by wholesale arrests in
both Dublin and Belfast as well
tricts of the island today.
Among those arrested were
acters in Irish affairs:
Joseph McGuinness, Sinn
the southern division of-County Longford; J. McGrath, Walter
Scoles, John M. Centes, a Sinn Feiner who was sentenced to
death in connection with the events at Dundalk during the re
bellion of 1916, and Denis McGullough, another Sinn Feiner,
All of the foregoing were placed
Additional arrests in Ireland reported in dispatches from
Dublin include Darrell Figgis,
Grath, Patrick O'Keefe, Prof.- De
Fein. Gountess Markievicz. Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn
Fein, William Cosgrave, Sinn
Thomas Dillon and Dr. Richard
The arrest of the Sinn Fein leaders and the issuance of
Lord French's proclamation came as a complete surprise here.
In Dublin the arrests were made
ation with the military, while
ried out by the royal Irish constabulary.
So far as has been ascertained, no formal charge has yet
been preferred against the prisoners. They were taken into
custody on warrants issued under the defense of the realm act.
The proclamation asserts
Ireland have entered treasonable communication with the Ger
man enemy ana calls for drastic measures to put down the
German plot. Voluntary recruiting is urged in order that com
pulsion may be avoided and that
down the conspiracy.
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Times says that a large number of persons already have been
arrested in Dublin and other parts of Ireland.
The reference to voluntary
appears to confirm predictions
changed their policy concerning
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to iauonausi ana diiiii rem uppusiuuii.
A oTM-vit tioramo onrwnt. in TrplanH THrirlav fhflt. fhf ffnvprn.
ment contemplated launching a recruiting scheme on the lines
of that formerly conducted by the Earl of Derby in England.
Another report is to the effect that several prominent Irish-
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men nave sunmiiiea to tremier ijiuyu-ueurge-u. request to ap
point Gen. Sir Bryan Mahon, who has just relinquished the
military command in Ireland, as director of recruiting in Ire
land. Gen. Mahon is popular witn large classes oi Irishmen
with whom he is regarded as having very active sympathies,
but whether the appointment would have practical results can
only be speculated on.
Although there have, been many rumors concerning events
in Ireland recently, the news received from Dublin early this
morning of the arrests made in Ireland and of Lord French's
proclamation that certain of the king's subjects "have entered
into treasonable communication with . the German enemy"
created a sensation. Some days ago Sir Edward Carson, the
Irish Unionist leader, .said in a letter to the government that
he knew certain persons in Ireland had been in communication
with the enemy, but it was generally taken to mean some un
important individuals connected with the man who was cap
tured after landing recently on the Irish coast in a collapsible
boat. The nature of the arrests, taken in connection with the
posting of Lord French's, communication, however, indicates
that the persons referred to are the heads of the Sinn Fein gov
ernment, and that the government possesses evidence against
them.
Prof. De Valera, -William Cosgrave and Countess Markie
vicz were arrested for' the parts they played in the Sinn Fein
rebellion In Dublin in 1916, when the short lived Irish republic
came into being. All were sentenced to death, but this was com
muted later to life imprisonment. Aftr several months in pris
on all were released.
. Prof. De Valera was elected member of parliament-for
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Irish affairs again have come
as in many of the remoter dis
the following prominent char
Fein member of parliament for
under arrest in Belefast.
Thomas Hunter, Joseph Mc
Valera, President of the Sinn
Fein, M., P. for Kilkenny, Dr.
Hayes.
by detectives acting in co-oper
in the provinces they were car
that British subjects resident in
the Irish may assist in putting
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enlistment in the proclamation
that the government have
conscription in Ireland, owing
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