Welcome Home Relatives Rally At Camp Devens For 26th Infantry
Relatives flood Camp Devens to greet New England's 26th Infantry division with tears and cheers. Women rush trains, officers struggle to maintain order as fathers mothers and sweethearts kiss and embrace the arriving troops amid rain and cold. Guards fail to contain the joyous crowd as the battalions march to billets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quartermeeter
New England
E. C. Clarke
Newton
T. M. Noyes
John
Simple Home Remedy Promises Relief From Catarrh Deafness
An advertisement promotes Parmint as a low cost home treatment for catarrh affecting hearing, head noises, and breathing. It claims 90 percent of ear troubles stem from catarrh and suggests mixing Parmint with water and sugar, taking a teaspoon four times daily, with improvement often seen after the first day.
Smileage Appeal To Help Yankee Division Soldiers At Devens
Captain Clarence B. McNeil at Devens Cantonment Headquarters asks New England residents to send smileage funds worth between 200 000 and 250 000 dollars to aid soldiers. Money will first aid wounded at base hospital then convalescents and others unable to pay theatre admission.
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Devens
Liberty Theatre
New England
Clarence B. McNeil
United States Army
Smileage
Homecoming Drenches Camp as 26th Division Welcomes Regiments
Troops of the 26th Division return to camp in a cheerful scene as wives, mothers, and sweethearts greet soldiers. A crowd cheers, bands play, and ceremonies honor Private Timothy Leary, the first division death since returning from the VC. Reviews proceed for 104th Infantry and other outfits. Public marches set for April 22 grand review with plans for Quincy and other cities to host homecomings.
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102D
France
Timothy Leary
Sehoo Street
Waltham
F Company
101St Engineers
Leary
George ‘W. Bonnell
H. C. Thomas
Edwards
104Th Infantry
Western Massachusetts Infantry
Hale
104Th
New England
Ayer
Quincy
War Department
Boston
Springfield
Worcester
Lawrence
Lowell
Celene] Cheatham
04Th Infantry
John D. Murphy
A. W.O.L
101St Innfantry
Doctor seeks Bertillon test in mistaken identity case
Dr Harm on trial in federal court insists he never served at Ohio penitentiary. He was identified as Hiram P McKnight by former deputies in 1888 and won an adjournment for a Bertillon examination at police headquarters to prove his claim.
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Ohio
Harmon P. MacKnight
Western Prison
Hiram P McKnight
Maine timber fraud case hinges on fingerprint evidence
Gustave Gustafson of the Boston police admits ear measurements differ but fingerprints link the defendant to the fraud allegations. Dr. MacKnight faces charges of using the mails in a vast timber land scheme in Maine tied to the late John Cassidy. A government photo from the State prison records is shown as MacKnight contends the image is not his.
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Gustave Gustafson
Boston
MacKnight
Maine
John Cassidy
Bangor
Columbus
Hiram P. McKnight
Rainbow Girl matinee offered free for soldiers at Tremont
The 26th Division and the Sith C A C present a special free matinee of The Rainbow Girl at Tremont Theatre this afternoon. Admission for uniformed men only, no war tax, under Mayor's committee for soldiers reception chaired by former Lt. Governor Howard P. Barry. Ticket office opened in Little Building Room 20% yesterday.
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Eoward P. Barry
Rainbow Girl’ Company
Somerville Runaway Girl Brought Back From Portland
Margaret McMullen, 14, of 12 Morton Street Somerville was returned from Portland Missouri last night by Lieutenant Michael P Kennedy. She and a 17 year old South Boston boy Joseph Kearney of 923 Broadway were arrested after riding bumpers between two cars on a fast freight to Portland where trainmen turned them over to police. The girl said they planned to find work in Portland.
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Margaret McMullen
Morton Street
Somerville
Portland
Michael P. Kennedy
South Boston
Joseph Kearney
Broadway
Gillett Speaks at City Club on Government Spending
Frederick H. Gillett, next Speaker of the House, addressed over 1000 Boston City Club members at their clubhouse last evening. He condemned the national government's appropriation system as extremely extravagant.
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Frederick H. Gillett
National House of Representatives
Boston City Club
Congressional critique on lavish appropriations and reform
A speaker condemns the spending of four billion dollars annually for a decade, attacks the Senate as extravagant, and urges public pressure on Congress to cut appropriations. He favors returning to Speaker appointments, explains the seniority rule, and cites war debts and projected next year’s 4 billion in appropriations to curb excess.
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Senate
United States
Congress
House
Washington
Paulist Choristers of Chicago Sing in Boston Symphony Hall
The Paulist Choristers conducted by Father Finn gave their sole Boston concert in Symphony Hall. The hall was packed and soloists and chorus added encores responding to applause. Proceeds benefit the 2%th Division home coming entertainment.
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Chicago
Father Finn
Boston
Symphony Hall
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Kyrie
Terry
Benedictus
Solist
Master McManus
Palmgren
Sechue
Back Bay Council
Knights of Columbus
British Labor Demands Peace and Troop Withdrawal
The Labor Party national executive committee called for Paris peace talks to end protracted discussions and follow Wilson's 14 points. It also urged scrapping the conscription bill, ending military interference in Russia, and a rapid British troop withdrawal from that country.
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London
Associated Press
Labor Party
Paris
Wilson
Russia
U S Troops Refuse to Fight Bolsheviks
A company of infantry in Archangel refused orders to the front until urged by Colonel George E. Stewart. They warned of mutiny without a Washington promise to withdraw troops from Russia. Official notes say morale fell after armistice, with no clear war aim in Archangel for continued fighting.
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George E. Stewart
Washington
Stewart
Obozerskaya
Russia
Ironsides
339Th Infantry
Archangel
Michigan
Alaska
War Department
Unrest Among Troops Over Fighting in Russia Lettered by AP
In Archangel, American soldiers express reluctance to return to the front in North Russia. They interpret Washington notes as relief possible by June 1 and question why they fight a war they believe is over. A recent unit hesitated, claiming the war with Germany is over and the U.S. is not at war with the Bolsheviks.
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Archangel
Germany
America
United States
North
Russia
Associated Press
Washington
Ill-Starred Murmansk Expedition Aired By Allied Officials
Paris reports the Murmansk coast expedition faced inevitable failure from the start due to extreme cold lack of support hostile terrain and strong Bolshevik resistance. The article notes hopes to block Germanized Finnish forces protect the Petrograd railway and prevent Bolshevik seizure of supplies with Archangel anti Bolshevik support but morale wavered as Bolshevik strength grew and commanders pressed for reinforcements or recall.
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Paris
Murmansk
Kola
Petrograd
Archangel
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
England
France
Russia
Allied forces suffer Bolshevik defeat in Ukraine
The article notes a serious defeat of allied troops against Bolsheviks in Ukraine due to low morale and effective Bolshevik propaganda. It claims British and French reluctance to offensive warfare shows the folly of sending armies into Russia and that the Murmansk mission was abandoned too late.
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Ukraine
Russia
Murmansk
President and Congress Face Early Action on Appropriations
Analysis notes possible early congressional action on funding before June. It discusses new factors like the European trip of the military committee, the shift from war to peace budgets, and the question of President Wilson's presence in Washington for an extra session. The outcome hinges on the peace conference and Allied talks.
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Congress For Europe
Congress
United States
George Washington
Brest
Europe
Wilson
America
Washington
Paris
Cambridge Mothers Plan Tag Day for 101st Supply Train
Cambridge residents organize a tag day on April 12 to raise funds for the 101st Supply Train boys arriving April 16 aboard the Winifredian. Mrs. Joseph J. Avery chairs the committee. Mayor Quinn approved the event to aid the troops at Camp Devens.
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Cambridge
Joseph J. Avery
William J. Avery
Quinn
Camp Devens
Free Lodging for Yankee Division Boys in Boston Hotels
Yankee Division boys visiting Boston overnight will be hosted by local hotels. Each night hotels will accommodate five to ten men with a room and breakfast. Participating houses include the American House Boston Tavern Bellevue Breuster Brunswick Copley Plaza Commonwealth Essex Georgian Healy's Kitterer Lenox Parker House Quincy House Somerset Thorndike Touraisag United States Hotel and Young's.
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Yankee Division
Boston
American House
Boston Tavern
Bellevue
Brewster
Brunswick
Copley Plaza
Commonwealth
Essex
Georgian
Healy's
Kitterer
Lenox
Parker House
Quincy House
Somerset
Thorndike
Touraisag
United States Hotel
Young's
General Edwards To Command Parade
Washington April 10 Major General Clarence R Edwards now commands the Northeastern Department. Harry C Hale returns to his regular rank of brigadier general as the 26th Division prepares to parade under its former leader.
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Washington
Harry C. Hale
France
Clarence R. Edwards
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102D Artillery
Gibbs
Gibbs Underwear Co
Philadelphia
Tenic
William B. Cherrington
John E. Davis
Cherrington
MackKnight
Federal Building
Foreman
Gillett
City Club
League of Nations
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U. S
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Maroh
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