Carranza Opens Telegraph Lines In Mexican Expedition
San Antonio April 9 The Mexican military authorities offer the American punitive expedition use of Mexican telegraph and telephone lines. Pershing reports the offer via aero plane and wireless to Columbus. Cavarly under Colonels Brown and Dodd press south from Satevo toward Parral as Pershing directs pursuit of Villa. General Herrera visits Pershing to discuss joint efforts to defeat the common enemy.
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San Antonio
Texas
General Pershing
San Geronimo
Guerrero
Pershing
Luis Herrera
Carranza
Baker optimistic on Villa hunt despite silence from Mexico
In Washington on April 9 Secretary Baker reiterated optimism for early success against Villa. Officials say progress may have occurred unseen as advance columns reportedly near Satevo and the 13th Cavalry under Colonel Slocum, tied to the Columbus raid, leads pursuit. Baker denies moving the border base from Columbus to Presidio, Texas.
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Washington
Mexico
Baker
Villa
Pershing
War Department
Satevo
Thirteenth Cavalry
Slocum
Columbus
Presidio
Tex
Rangers in quarrel with colored troops
Tense clash reported between Twenty fourth Infantry soldiers and Texas Rangers at Del Rio Texas after a soldier was shot by a ranger A large group of Negro troops surrounded the ranger house firing volleys but no casualties were reported
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Washington
Twentyfourth Infantry
del Rio
Texas
Texas Rangers
Garner
Baker
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Rangers
Army to Shift Base Aimed at Faster Front Communications
General Funston has not urged a base move but officials say shifting the base would save miles in lines of communication. Presidio opposite Ojinaga Chihuahua lies about 150 miles closer to Chihuahua City than Columbus. The War Department hopes to send one or two new aeroplanes this week, with delivery of the first eight biplanes promised soon after.
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Funston
Mexico
Chihuahua
War Department
General Funston
Army
Presidio
Ojinaga
Chihuahua City
Columbus
Curtiss and Sturtevant
Where is Villa
April 9 report notes no confirmed sighting of Pancho Villa as Pershing’s expedition remains silent. Border officials say Villa whereabouts are unknown with rumors unverified. Army supplies move to Columbus for Mexican operations while Packard trucks deliver clothing and forage for horses and mules.
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U. S
Carranza
General Bell
Andres Garcia
George Carothers
State Department
Gabriel Gavira
Juaréz
Villa
Parral
Nasas
Torreon
Columbus
Presidio
Army
Mexico
Hebrew Young Men's Big Play Tonight and Tomorrow
The Boston Young Men’s Hebrew Association presents its second annual dramatic event The 1915 Town in Review with 150 cast members and scenery by the Around the Map and Follies artists. A fashion style review accompanies the show, featuring gowns from Keith’s Fashion Show.
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Boston Young Men's Hebrew Association
Boston
Ziegfeld
Keith
Edward J. Goodman
Rae Saphir
Susan Scheinfine
Rissan Zangwill
Helen Kerner
Pearl Morris
Tena Glaser
Bella Friedman
Rhoda Goldberg
Celia Rubin
Rose Benjamin
Leah Goldberg
Lillian Green
Jacob L. Wiseman
Pershing Column Shifts South as Juarez Garrison Holds
Reports say General Pershing's staff moved south from Colonia Dublan to bases near Santo Tomas or San Antonio to operate in the southern mountains. Juarez remains under General Gavira with no withdrawal or Hernandez relief arrival, and Carranza forces press farmers for corn for the front while denying harm to the American army.
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Villa
Carranza
Juarez
Hernandez
Gavira
Gaviras
United States
Germans Bombarding Rheims Resumes Rampant Shelling
Paris reports continued systematic bombardment of Rheims with increasing intensity. Three weeks into the renewed attack dangers prompt evacuation of elderly residents and other protective measures after a thousand shells struck Friday.
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Rheims
Paris
Abolish Death Penalty Backed by Brookline Cleric
Dr. D. D. Addison of All Saints Church in Brookline urged Governor McCall to push abolition of capital punishment in a sermon last night. He contrasted Western and New England murderers and cited Dr. Waite of New York as an example of a premeditated killer with a dangerous brain abnormality.
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D. D. Addison
All Saints’ Church
Brookline
McCall
Commonwealth
Addison
New England
Waite
New York
Victim Forgives Husband After Hammer Attack
Mrs Mary Martin forgave her husband after a hammer attack that left her dying and hospitalized. The Hyde Park couple, with three children, live at 63 Summit Street. Police hold the husband on an assault with intent to kill charge as he attempted suicide.
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Mary Martin
Summit Street
Hyde Park
Martin
Evelyn
Funeral Services for Chester C Rumrill
Springfield April 9 Funeral services for Chester Chapin Rumrill were held at the Church of the Unity. Rev A P Record conducted a Unitarian service with a quartet singing two selections and a poem recited by Dr Record. The body rested in state with six soldiers from the local arsenal bearing the casket to Springfield Cemetery for a graveside service.
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Springfield
Chester Chapin Rumrill
Church of the Unity
A. P. Reccord
Hungarian Red Cross regrets Portugal attack
The Hungarian Red Cross offers condolences over the sinking of the Russian hospital ship Portugal after a hostile submarine attack on March 30. The Hungarian body believes the incident arose from a previous misunderstanding and sent the message via a Reuters despatch from Petrograd.
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London
Russian Red Cross
Petrograd
Hungarian Red Cross
Portugal
German Theatrical Co. Plans Holland Tour From Berlin
Berlin April 9 by wireless to Sayville The German theatre company based in Berlin will start on April 29 a tour of Holland with performances in The Hague Amsterdam and Rotterdam The repertoire includes Macbeth and As You Like It along with tragedies by Puripides Schiller Lessing Strindberg and Hitmann
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Berlin
Sayville
Holland
Thes Hague
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Spere
Macbeth
Puripides
Schiller
Lessing
Strindberg
Hitmann
Labor group rejects 5 percent wage offer on railroad
More than 2500 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad met in lodges and rejected General Manager C. L. Bardow's five percent pay raise. The Old Colony Lodge representing over 500 Boston clerks voted to hold firm on original demands and authorize its committee to pursue maximum concessions.
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Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
C. L. Bardow
Old Colony
Brotherhood
Boston
Brotherhood wage demands rejected in Boston talks
President J J Clahane reported from New Haven after a Boston meeting. Representatives plan to present a 15 percent wage increase, overtime time and a half, half holiday, vacation after one year, and extended vacations for longer service, all of which management refused.
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J. J. Clahane
New Haven
Washington Street
Bardow
Boston
Brotherhood
Tague Pension Bill Endorsed by Postal Clerks Union
The National Federation of Post Office Clerks endorsed the Tague pension bill. President J. H. Waters was directed to go to Washington and press the measure before the congressional committee. The group also voted to endorse a hearing right of appeal bill for post office employees facing salary cuts or discharge.
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National Federation of Post Office Clerks
American Federation of Labour
J. H. Waters
Federation
Quincy House
Washington
Congressional Committee
Labor unions report upcoming wage talks and meetings
Labor notes from a Boston meeting bloc report another conference with coal trade representatives on the new wage and working agreement. Leather Handlers' Union approved a 1916 1917 wage plan. Sanitary and Street Cleaning Teamsters Local 149 names July 21 picnic at Caledonian Grove West Roxbury. Plumbers Union 112 shifts meeting date and HQ to Wells Memorial Building. Bartenders Local 77 settles a 12 year dispute with a Court Street firm admitting a bartender to membership. Ben Franklin Assembly plans for a large field day with city employees as amateur athletic events near completion. Rubber workers of Greater Boston organize under AFL led by Frank H. McCarthy aiming for 100 percent craft organization.
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Boot and Shoe Workers
Caledonian Grove
West Roxbury
Plumbers’ Union 112
Tremont Street
Wells Memorial Building
Local 77
Court Street
Ben Franklin Assembly
City of Boston
Rubber Workers of
Greater Boston
Wells Memorial Hal
American Federation of Labor
Frank H. McCarthy
New England
Five Thousand Gather at Opening of Catholic Retreat
Five thousand Catholic men of Boston gathered at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Harrison Avenue for the opening meeting of the annual retreat of the Boston Young Men's Catholic Association. Rev. Michael Jessup of Boston College and Rev. John C. Hart of Fordham University led sessions in the upper and lower churches with the theme Lifes Purpose.
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Boston
Real royalty lives in Cohasset
In Cohasset off Jerusalem Road a Great Dane named Prince, described as a monster, resides in a 15 room estate with a grand bed and a $1.50 daily meal allowance. A Japanese valet attends him day and night, signaling the town’s whimsical attention to a famed animal.
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Prince
Greater Boston
Cohasset
Jerusalem Road
Imperial
Toku Kobe
Prince and His Boston Benefactor A Royal Farce
An eccentric tale describes Prince living on an eminence with Ernest G Howes in Cohasset upholding a quid pro quo friendship. A reporter records the prince’s valet Toku Kobe detailing royal dining costs including meat dog biscuits and bone as the prince’s favorites before the interview ends with a hasty retreat to Hingham police headquarters.
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Prince
Ernest G. Howes
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Cohasset
Prince’s Palace
Toku Kobe
Prince's Privates Duties At Royal Residence Revealed
The Honorable Kobe describes daily care for Prince at the palace. He explains bathing, medicine, bed making, lighting, and awakening routines. The prince roams the 15 plus rooms, with Kobe guiding a morning tramp in the woods.
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Hon
Kobe
Pete
Hon. Kobe
Plant Juice Promises Health For Boston Women
An advertisement promotes Plant Juice as a cure for stomach trouble nervousness weakness and debility claiming it cleanses the blood stimulates liver action and aids digestion. It cites Mrs Anna Morgaine of Somerville praising relief from indigestion rheumatism and insomnia after using Plant Juice and notes an on site dealer at Houghton and Dutton Co. Drug Department.
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Anna Morgaine
Washington Street
Somerville
Houghton & Dutton Co
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