German Warnings On Western Offensive News Story
London reports German press cautions readers against overestimating western battles. Cologne Gazette notes rumors of a false German victory spread by the enemy to depress morale, while Frankfurter Zeitung questions losses and cites rain hindering progress. It criticizes Von Hindenburg for political intervention and warns of pan German annexationists seeking to shift war aims.
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Cologne
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von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Heo
Eee
Americans Help at British Airdromes in France
AP dispatch reports American mechanics assigned to the British air force in France performing vital services at multiple airdromes during ongoing battles. They aided British pilots amid heavy air warfare, with crews making frequent night sorties and one squadron delivering six tons of bombs in a single night. An American aviator reportedly downed six German planes in one day.
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France
Associated Press
Bay State Street Railway Fare Plan Urged for Relief
Receiver Wallace B. Denham told the Public Service Commission that the six cent fare and zone system proposed by the Bay State Street Railway would create needed revenue but warned it is an eleventh hour appeal for help. He said without rapid relief the railway risks discontinuing operation entirely.
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Bay State Street Railway Company
Wallace B. Denham
Public Service Commission
Remonstrants urge delay on six-cent street railway decision
Chelsea Senator Beck led critics urging the Legislature’s action before approving the Bay State Street Railway Company’s new six-cent schedule. Receiver Denham and Bay State counsel Pillsbury pressed for rapid action. Denham cited coal, wage, and tax strains, forecasting line losses and possible discontinuations without relief. Stearns called prior fare hikes only modestly affecting revenues.
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Arthur G Wadleigh
Lynn
John IF. Meaney
Bay State Street Railway Company
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Pillsbury
Councillor Broadhead
Salem
E. Gerry Brown
Brockton
Bay
Hie
Baker arrives in Paris after Rome trip
Secretary Baker, returning from a visit to Rome and the Italian front, arrived in Paris this afternoon marking the completion of his European tour.
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Sec’y Baker
Paris
Italy
Baker
Rome
Wedded Four Months Ago Revealed in Society Note
Miss Louise G. Jewett of 51 Lorraine street West Roxbury wed Ensign George S. Silsbee U S N four months ago in New York. Silsbee a Boston clubman and Arctic explorer lives at 512 Beacon street. Jewett at 137 Peterboro street. He is currently "somewhere in the navy" while she resides apart. The couple married at City Clerk Michael J Cruise's office after a shopping trip with her mother in New York.
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Louise G. Jewett
Lorraine Street
West Roxbury
George S. Silsbee
New York
Mr. Silsbee
Navy
Peterboro Street
Ensign Silsbee
Boston
Beacon Street
Suing for damages over a void marriage contract
Miss Evelyn A. Sawyer of Saugus sues Albert J. Samp son of Amherst in Essex County Superior Court for 5000 claiming her 1891 marriage was procured by false representation. She alleges Samp was legally incapable of marriage and she suffered great damage upon learning the contract was void around 1917.
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Evelyn A. Sawyer
Saugus
Albert J. Sampson
Amherst
Essex County
Miss Sawyer
Call for Greater Display of Italian Flag in War Parade
A letter to the Boston Post by Pasquale Galassi urges more Italian emblem display alongside American British and French flags. He ties Italy’s involvement in World War I to allied principles, asking for visible Italian banners at the Liberty Loan parade next Saturday to honor Italy and bolster morale of Italian-born soldiers.
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Britain
France
Italy
America
England
Pasquale Galassi
Massachusetts Bureau of Immigration
Boston
Pensions Fund Boost From New England Methodist Conference
The New England conference of the Methodist Episcopal church reports $420,000 raised toward its $550,000 ministers pension apportionment. Rev Charles W Blackett announced the total at the conference session held at First Methodist Church on Temple Street.
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New England
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ministers’ Pension Fund
Charles W. Blackett
First Methodist Church
Temple Street
Conference aims to expand church extension drive
Boston Worcester Lynn and Springfield districts contribute over 150000 and subscriptions push total above allotment. National five year church extension plan targets 80 million with 15000000 secured. Rev Appleton Bush warns Methodism retrograding in cities. 80 Ohio churches closed in five years. Conference flags raised for Red Cross Y M C A and navy personnel. Army-Navy enlistment parade details arranged. Boston University enrollment peaks as courses modernize Morgan Memorial Church noted as cathedral with 800 Sunday school students awaiting expansion. Bishop Henderson denounces Prussian influence, urges removal of pro German elements. J Walter W Athearn urges graded Sunday school curricula. Rural church focus urged by Rev Morse. selfless community service and evangelism emphasized.
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Worcester
Lynn
Springfield
Appleton Bush
Pittsburg
Ohio
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Liberty Loan
George H. Spencer
D. D
Bishop Hughes
Willis O. Odell
Greater Boston
Boston University
Morgan Memorial Church
Theodore
Henderson
Methodist War Council
Germany
United States
J. Walter W. Athearn
Herbert W. Morse
Mystery over dazed soldier found in Scollay Square
Army officers investigate Martyn Anderson, a private, after he was found dazed in Scollay Square. Identified by papers, he cannot explain his presence in Boston and is taken to Fort Banks hospital. Papers show prior discharge from US Army, recent discharge from British Royal Flying Corps, and a ticket from St Louis to Jefferson Barracks.
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Martyn Anderson
United States Army
Scollay Square
Harrison
Boston
Fort Banks
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Jefferson Barracks
Waltham Woman Fatally Burned Near Gas Stove
Mrs. Ella Grierson of 22 Crescent Street Waltham was badly burned yesterday afternoon while seated with her infant in her arms near a gas stove. She is at Waltham Hospital with severe burns to head and body and not expected to recover. Her husband William Grierson rescued the child and is hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Ella Grierson
Crescent Street
Waltham
Waltham Hospital
William Grierson
Drastic Spy Bill Proposed in Senate Rush
Washington April 4 German spies propagandists and persons making disloyal utterances were denounced in the Senate as an effort moved to pass a House bill. The measure would impose 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for interfering with government bond sales, hindering the draft, or making disloyal statements.
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Washington
Senate
Senate opposition heats up over espionage bill
Senators from North Carolina Massachusetts Montana Colorado California and Pennsylvania clash over a proposed espionage measure arguing it would curb civil liberties threaten press freedom and fail to catch spies while supporters say it broadens law and aids national security. The debate stalls until tomorrow. Panama April 4 Lieutenant Sir Ernest H Shackleton arrives from Chile on a diplomatic mission.
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Senator Overman
North Carolina
Congress
Lodge
Massachusetts
Walsh
Montana
Thomas
Colorado
Senator Lodge
Knox
Pennsylvania
Johnson
California
Panama
Sir Ernest H. Shackleton
Chili
Auto Upsets Claim One Elks Member In Ipswich Crash
Ipswich April 4 A Revere plumber and Elks member Alexander Fraser was killed when a car carrying five Elks to a Gloucester lodge meeting overturned at Brown's corner Essex road Gasper Blasi was seriously hurt Five others Edward J O Har driver Augustus Downing and Thomas Lucas all from Revere suffered minor injuries with cuts and bruises
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Alexander Fraser
Revere
The
Elks
Gloucester
Elks’ Lodge
Brown’s Corner
Essex Road
Gasper Blasi
Edward J. O’har
Walden Street
Augustus Downing
Janvrin Avenue
Thomas Lucas
Shirley Avenue
Prisoners May Work on Farms in Massachusetts
Massachusetts inmates in prisons and houses of correction could help solve the summer food production problem if a bill favored by the counties committee becomes law. It would let farmers arrange for prison laborers and pay the county for their services, with custody by sheriffs and compensation decisions by county commissioners.
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Massachusetts
Houses of Correction
Legislative Committee On Counties
Adventists reelect leaders at San Francisco session
A. G. Daniells W. A. Spicer and W. T. Knox all of Washington DC were re elected today as president secretary and treasurer of the General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists in session in San Francisco April 4.
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San Francisco
A. G. Daniells
W. A. Spicer
W. T. Knox
Washington, D. C
General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists
Poslam Skin Remedy Ad Targets Eczema Relief
An advertisement touts Poslam as a concentrated healing remedy for eczema and skin diseases. It promises rapid soothing relief for raw, itchy skin and claims quick eradication of pimples rashes and inflammation. Free samples offered by Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
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New York City
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