Fight On Pay For Guards In Massachusetts House
A House session yesterday signaled a battle today over amending Governor bills for extra pay for Massachusetts National Guardsmen in state service and for dependent support. Debates touched on monthly $10 vs potential $30 or $40 payments, and provisions about savings accounts and dependents. The day also moved toward a milk producers association measure to bypass certain corporate rules and a drastic food and drug law, with bread amendments and three shift bills postponed to today.
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House of Representatives
Massachusetts National
Potter
North Adams
Foley
Boston
Lomasney
Curley
Quing- Jey
Chelsea
Loynasney
New England Milk Producers’ Association
Milk Trust
Young
Weston
State Board of Health
Senate
Threeshift
French Officers to Instruct Harvard Cadets in War Training
Six disabled French army officers sail from France and head to Cambridge to serve as military instructors at Harvard University. They will train about 1200 Harvard students now preparing for U S Army posts, with Major Azan Captain Dupont Captain de Jarny Lieutenant Morize and Second Lieutenant Giraudoux among those assigned.
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France
Harvard University
Cambridge
Harvard
United States Army
Azan
de Reviers de Mauny
Dupont
de Jarny
Morize
Giraudoux
Civilians invited to officer training camps nationwide
Washington reports civilian training camps for officers to supplement Army building plans. The War Department will adopt the Plattsburg model with three months of drill and lectures. Commissions will follow for those accepted, with age limits raised to 40 due to the war with Germany.
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Washington
War Department
Plattsburg
Regular Army
National Guard
Doubts His Wedding Legal
Edward E. Dearborn proprietor of the Dartmouth Inn seeks an annulment from Mrs. Mary Griffin claiming she was legally married to Michael Griffin on Jan 3, 1884 and that her marriage to him in 1887 was invalid. He says she used the name Mary White at their marriage and that he lived with her as husband until March 19, 1917 when he learned the marriage was void.
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Edward E. Dearborn
Dartmouth Inn
Dartmouth Street
Suffelk County Superior Court
Mary Griffin
Dearborn
West Brookfield
Michael Griffin
Griffin
Prisoners in Charlestown Sing Nation as Flag Is Raised
Six hundred seventy two inmates at the Charlestown State Prison stood bareheaded in the yard yesterday noon and sang The Star Spangled Banner as a large American flag was raised over the war den's office. They pledged allegiance to the United States in a striking, somber ceremony described as the strangest in Greater Boston.
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Charlestown
United States
Boston
Denny Heads Massachusetts G A R at Faneuil Hall
The List encampment of Massachusetts G A R Veterans adopted a resolution endorsing the President and offering aid. Commander-in-Chief William J Patterson praised the Massachusetts department for adopting the measure and urged unity. Officers elected include Daniel E. Denny Worcester as department commander Edwin F P Stanley Manchester senior vice commander George W Wilder Boston junior vice commander Seth M Hall Brockton chaplain John Gilbert Fall River medical director
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Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
William J. Patterson
Pittsburg
Penn
Massachusetts Department
Daniel E. Denny
Worcester
Edwin FP. Stanley
Manchester
George W. Wilder
Boston
Seth M. Hall
Brockton
John Gilbert
Fall River
Women of Massachusetts Relief Corps Lend Aid in Crisis
In Tremont Street South End the 677 delegates from 167 corps pass a resolution offering services to Governor McCall during the crisis. National officers greet attendees, and Anna Stark Weather is elected president with Flora Chapin, Agnes Parker, Annie Day, and Fannie Jones in key offices as the convention closes with a camp fire reception.
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Anna Poole Atwood
Woman’s Relief Corps of Massachusetts
Shawmut Congregational Church
Tremont Street
South End
Woman's Relief Corps of Massachusetts
Samuel W. McCall
Pittsfield
Flora Chapin
Worcester
Agnes H. Parker
Watertown
Annie K. Day
Groveland
Fannie M. Jones
Somerville
Tufts Military Squad to Receive Uniforms from Shuman
A. Shuman notified Tufts President Bumpus of plans to equip seven Tufts men in the new military tactics course with khaki uniforms. The squad may visit Shuman store for measurements, and uniforms will be presented by the company.
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Shuman
Tufts
Bumpus
Tufts College
Child Saved From Worms Wins Family Health Promise
A mother of six from West Newbury Massachusetts praises Dr True s Worm Elixir in an advertisement. She notes her baby recovered and urges others to start treatment immediately if a child shows symptoms such as deranged stomach swollen lip sour breath and other worm related signs. The notice invites orders and payments of one dollar plus postage.
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Dr. True
West Newbury
Mass
Auburn
Manie
German Submarines Sink 686 Neutral Vessels Report
State Department tally through April 3 shows 686 neutral ships sunk by German submarines since the war began, including 19 American vessels, with 79 others attacked but not breached. The losses include 250 Americans on neutral and belligerent steamers combined, and many neutrals terrorized into port.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Armory Plan for East Boston and Militia Compensation Bill
A bill approved by the legislative committee on military affairs provides a new armory for East Boston and a battalion of infantry. East Boston residents have long fought for the armory. Another bill offers compensation to horse owners whose animals were killed or injured while serving in the militia.
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East Boston
Legislative Committee On Military Affairs
Five Fishermen Drowned In Southeast Gale at Liverpool
In a heavy southeast gale last night five fishermen from Liverpool were drowned. The drowned are Charles Conrad 39, Duncan Conrad 20, Frederick Duncan 28, Thomas Muse, and George Theriau.
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Liverpool
N. S
Charles Conrad
Duncan Conrad
Frederick Duncan
Thomas Muse
George Theriau
Harvard votes for new corps and expanded training
Harvard faculty approved a plan to launch an intensified reserve officers training corps from May 7 with 10 hours daily of drill and study for up to 2000 men. Enlistment opens immediately, exams shortened to two hours during the first week of May, and no strict cap on corps membership is set, with more than 600 expected.
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Germany
Congress
Harvard
Harvard Law
Law
Indignant at License Rush in New York
City Clerk Scully denounces a surge of marriage license applicants as cowards and slackers. He links the rush to a draft announcement affecting single men aged 19 to 25 and condemns men marrying to avoid conscription as immoral.
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New York
Scully
City Plans for Patriots Day Observance in Boston
Mayor Curley issued a statement denying any harmony issue between the State and Boston Public Safety committees. Boston arranged Patriots Day events including a Paul Revere ride reproduction, Roxbury planned celebrations with $1500 for local patriots, and playground dedications. The city will proceed with traditional observances while awaiting state guidance on Patriots Day as Recruiting Day.
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Curley
State Committee On Public Safety
Boston Committee On Public Safety
State Committee
Boston
Paul Revere
Concord
Roxbury
Edward A. Horton
Ward 19
Parker Hill
Roxbury High Fort
Committee On Public Safety
New York
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Massachusetts Committee
John P. Pierce
Smoking Cars Face Hearing At Public Service Commission
A Public Service Commission hearing on smoking cars drew only censure and criticism. The panel left to the commission the decision whether to continue sm for service, with opponents branding them un hygienic, dirty, nasty, filthy, rotten, immoral and no supporters present.
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Public Service Commission
Commission
The
Marriages Rise As War Message Sparks License Rush
The Marriage Bureau in Boston and other cities reports a large increase in marriage license applications after President Wilson’s war message to Congress. City Registrar McGlewen denies that Boston men are marrying to dodge conscription into military service.
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Boston
Chicago
New York
Wilson
Congress
McGlewen
Boston Marriage Rush Reflects Patriotism Amid War Call
The Boston registrar said many applicants are enlisting or about to. Some wear khaki and belong to the National Guard or Naval Reserve. Archie Roosevelt among applicants signals broad public support as daily counts rise from 7 to 92 in a week.
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National Guard
Naval Reserve
Army
Navy
Chicago
New York
Boston
Archie Roosevelt
Duffy Defeats Wells in Ten Rounds in Buffalo
In Buffalo on April 10 English veteran Matt Wells was defeated by Jimmy Duffy of Lockport in ten rounds. Duffy pressed the action from the start and held the advantage throughout the bout.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Matt Wells
Jimmy Duffy
Lockport
Duffy
London Hails Old Glory At Entente Flag Ceremony
The American flag was unfurled beside entente colors at the London Bridge Cafe for soldiers and sailors run by the Countess of Limerick. Mrs. Walter Ilines Page presented the flags in the Lord Mayor Sir William Dunn and noble guests attended, with cheers for the Stars and Stripes and for Lady Haig.
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London
London Bridge
Countess of Limerick
Walter Ilines Page
Tondon
William Henry Dunn
Francis Lloyd
Jellicoe
Haig
Lady Haig
Sir Douglas Haig
More Boats Needed for Coast Patrol and Patrol Work
The first district section of the Joint Army and Navy Board for the Survey of Merchant Vessels moved to Building 39 at the navy yard. All motor boats yachts and other craft available for inspection or sale should be offered there. The joint board will meet anyone with business to conduct.
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Joint
Army and Navy Board
Custom House
Navy Yard
Joint Board
Corega Helps Denture Fit For All Mouth Types
Corega powder relieves denture problems by evenly coating the plate to hold it firmly in place and improve mouth hygiene. A 25 cent drug store item with free samples from Corega Chemical Co. Cleveland Ohio available through pharmacists and wholesalers.
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Corega Chemical Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Penfield and Party Reach Geneva in Paris Dispatch
Frederic C. Penfield former American ambassador to Austria Hungary and his wife with a secretary arrived in Geneva this morning per a Temps despatch from Geneva dated April 10.
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Paris
Frederic C. Penfield
Austria-Hungary
Geneva
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