Monroe Pact Saved by Wilson Plea at Peace Conference
Paris April 11 The peace conference reached agreement on peace with Germany reparations indemnities and frontiers of the Rhine and Poland according to an interview with the secretary of Premier Lloyd George Details remain to be settled in two or three days German delegates to be summoned to Versailles in two or three weeks The discussion of the Monroe Doctrine amendment at the League of Nations commission ended with a dramatic speech by President Wilson deprecating opposition.
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Paris
Germany
Rhine
Poland
Lloyd George
Versailles
Associated Press
League of Nations Commission
Wilson
Si Operators at Faneuil Hall Vote to Quit Work
Union leaders at Faneuil Hall announce that Southern Institute operators will walk out at 7 AM Tuesday. The strike is expected to extend to all New England Telephone workers, potentially 8,000 operators, with about 12,000 more in other branches joining the motion.
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Faneuil Hall
New England
Telephone Operators Set 72 Hour Ultimatum Strike
William R. Driver declined comment as Boston union members at Faneuil Hall vote to issue a 72 hour ultimatum to New England Telephone and Telegraph and Providence Telephone and Telegraph. Miss Julia S. O Connor of the IBEW announces immediate action following the vote.
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William R. Driver
Telephone Company
Oliver Street
Milton
New England
Boston Telephone Operators’ Union
Faneuil Hall
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Providence Telephone and Telegraph Company
Julia S. O'Connor
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Couple Run Down by Auto in Quincy Incident
Edgar Bornell of Carruth Street Quincy lies in Quincy Hospital on the danger list with a fractured skull while his wife suffers serious bruises after an auto wreck at Adams and Harcock streets Quincy. The driver Hyman Jacobs of Westminster Roxbury says he did not know of the collision until hearing screams. Jacobs is charged with driving dangerously and with lacking his license registration card.
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Edgar Bornell
Carruth Street
Quincy
Quincy Hospital
Hyman Jacobs
Westminster Street
Roxbury
Adams
Jacobs
Child of 8 Kidnapped in Roxbury
Police search Roxbury for 8 year old Edward J. Greenan abducted three days ago by a man seen in the Bromley park area. The stranger offered money and a ride and has been approaching children near the school route and patrolling the park at night.
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Bromley Park
Roxbury
Edward J. Greenan
Missing Parker School Boy Seized By Stranger
The Parker School child vanished after being approached by a man who gave him change and asked to ride. Police across Boston and suburbs seek aid to locate the boy, whose mother fears kidnapping for immoral purposes. The description notes a short stocky build, brown eyes, brown hair, scar on the nose, and a corduroy outfit.
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Parker
Greenan
Boston
Geneva Chosen as League Seat With Wilson Backing
Paris April 11 Geneva was selected as the League of Nations seat despite Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Hymans urging Brussels. President Wilson supported Geneva, a stance joined by England and Italy.
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Paris
Geneva
League of Nations
Paul Hymans
Brussels
Wilson
England
Italy
Heroes of the 104th reviewed at Devens France Decorated
The 104th Infantry Regiment paraded at Camp Devens under Major General Henry P. McCain after returning from France. The unit colors were decorated and many soldiers stated that it would be their last march with comrades before many went home. Yankee Division loyalists from across the nation marched in review.
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Camp Devens
104Th Infantry
Henry P. McCain
104Th
Florida
Texas
California
Berkshires
Massachusetts
Regiment Stands Guard After Croix de Guerre Honor
The 26th Regiment led by Colonel B. Frank Cheatham returned from battle to a sober homecoming. The unit, first American troops to dock their regimental standard with the Croix de Guerre, wore a focused, relentless bearing as they greeted relatives and friends, replacing prior smiles with steady resolve. Continued on Page 4 First Column.
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New England
B. Frank Cheatham
Sherburne Praises Frontline Soldiers At Dinner
Brigadier General John H. Sherburne told a Copley Plaza audience that praise for victory belongs to the men in the ranks and the home front, not the officers, during a dinner honoring his service with Governor Coolidge in attendance.
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John H. Sherburne
Copley Plaza
Governor Coolidge
U S Irish Delegates Undaunted By Delayed Answer
The U S Irish delegates remain undaunted as they await the president's delayed reply. They state the matter has had time to be considered since New York meetings.
Delegates Arrive in Paris for Ireland Peace Conference
Three Irish American delegates Edward F. Dunne former Illinois governor Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia and Frank P. Walsh ex chairman of the National War Labor Board arrived in Paris to urge peace conference action for Ireland.
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Paris
Associated Press
United States
Ireland
Edward F. Dunne
Ilinois
Michael J. Ryan
Philadelphia
Frank P. Walsh
National War Labor Board
Delegates Seek Hearing Before City Council
Delegates urge council of four to hear their concerns, with continuation noted on Page 4 Eighth Column.
Cambridge Seeks 15000 Dollar Armory Welcome Home
The Cambridge welcome home committee met at City Hall and planned a two day celebration for returning soldiers and sailors on April 29 at the State Armory. They proposed a 15000 dollar city appropriation to cover entertainment including vaudeville acts boxing bouts and an athletic exhibition.
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Cambridge
State Armory
Cambridge City Hall
Sinn Fein debates League of Nations in Dublin talks
In Dublin on April 11 Sinn Fein议 parliament discussed the League of Nations. Edward DeValera called Ireland ready to join as a constitutional unit on equality with all nations and criticized Wilson’s covenant as undemocratic. A Monaghan member attacked Wilson as Machiavellian while Griffith defended supporting Wilson against old diplomacy.
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Associated Press
Sinn Fein
League of Nations
Edward DeValera
Ireland
Wilson
League
Monaghan
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Vein Organization
England
France
Italy
Anniversary List Recalled From Chelsea Fire to Haig Order
Continued on Page 10 Fifth Col. Today’s anniversaries recall Chelsea fire of 1908, the British steamer Warfare torpedoed but not sunk in 1915, and US troops clash with Mexicans in 1916 with fatalities. One year back Haig issued All positions must be held to the last man. Germans swept the British and Portuguese from the Lys line and attacked the English east coast air raid. US aid helped repulse a Toul sector attack.
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Chelsea
United States
Haig
River Lys
England
Toul
Forecast for Boston and New England This Weekend
Weather forecast indicates cloudy and rainy Saturday in southern New England with colder conditions, followed by fair Sunday. Northern New England sees rain Saturday with colder temperatures in New Hampshire Vermont and Maine at night, then fair Sunday. Winds along the Atlantic coasts shift to southwest or become strong, with rain in New England and cooler air moving through the region.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Middle Atlantic
Thompson's Spa Weather Log Fragments
Recorded observations show irregular times and numbers with temperatures noted. Average temperature yesterday is 59 with ranges 18 24 and 11 24. prior year averages listed as 36 11 24. The text is fragmented and references times, temperatures, and measurements.
President Urges Food For Russia In Paris
Hylamar Branting, Swedish Socialist leader Dr Fridtjoff Nansen head of the Norwegian food mission to the United States, and other Scandinavian and Swiss subjects confer with President Wilson, Herbert Hoover and the interallied relief council to feed Petrograd and other large Russian cities.
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Paris
Hylamar Branting
Fridtjoff Nansen
United States
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Interallied Relief
Interallied Relief Council
Russia
Petrograd
Food relief plan to Soviet Russia sparks Allied dispute
President Wilson proposed sending food via a neutral commission to Soviet Russia if hostilities ceased, but French opposition argued it would recognize the Bolshevik government. Dr. Nansen warned of massive starvation, while Hoover supported Council of Four oversight and Red Cross talks, with Denikin and Don Cossack leadership complicating stance.
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Council of Four
Soviet Russia
Denikine
Don Cossack
Dr. Nansen
Petrograd
Nansen
Hoover
Russia
M. Branting
American Red Cross
United States
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