War highway plan circles Boston to aid troop moves
The War Department seeks a continuous macadam road around Boston to move troops artillery and supplies in an emergency. Colonel Sohier of the Massachusetts Highway Commission says Major General Leonard Wood requested a conference on the plan. The arc would span about 15 miles inland from coast to coast to keep units outside enemy range.
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Boston
Sohier
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Leonard Wood
Harvard Shuts Up Today for Spring Recess
Harvard University closes all departments for the spring recess this afternoon and will reopen for the final semester on April 23. The week’s vacation includes 1000 ROTC students who will enlist as a new battalion of 1000 men for intensive training beginning May 7.
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Harvard University
the University
Miss Holt Appeals for War Blind Fund At Baylies Home
Miss Winifred Holt spoke at the Bay Back home of Mrs. Walter C Baylies to a 200 person audience of social leaders. The appeal supported the Committee for Men Blinded in Battle and drew generous donations for French war-blinded servicemen.
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Walter C. Baylies
France
Committee For Men
Winifred Holt
Bay
Miss Holt
Committee For
Charles W. Eliot
Blind Training Work Shown Amid War Time Aid Efforts
Miss Holt describes a committee helping blinded veterans through education reading writing skating riding typing and games with stereopticon views. The group emphasizes "Out of the Darkness Light" and shares stories of improved lives and a lighthouse wedding.
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Holt
The Woman Thou Gavest Me opens at Shubert Theatre
After several postponements due to the vast scenery, Hall Caine's drama The Woman Thou Gavest Me premiered on stage at the Shubert Theatre. The play, adapted from Caine's novel, retains the central theme and main incidents while adding a new scene and reshaping events for dramatic purposes.
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Hall Caine
Shubert Theatre
Caine
Hold Germans for Plotting
Indictments in El Paso court name Mrs Amelia Toenniges Clarence Toenniges Josephine Toenniges her son and daughter and Henry Beach all Germans. They are charged with conspiring to levy war against the United States by inducing Mexican commanders to invade from Mexico. Arrests followed a provost guard raid. An additional indictment accuses them of trying to deter investigations by U S officers.
Grandmother of the Revolution returns to Petrograd
Mme Catherine Breshkovskaya, aged 73, returns from Siberia to Petrograd where a massive crowd greets her at the Nevsky Prospekt. The reception at the railway station marks a symbolic transfer from autocracy to democracy as veterans of the old revolutionary era join in the jubilant welcome.
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London
Mme
Catherine Breshkovskaya
Siberia
Nevsky Prospekt
Nikolaievsk
Mme. Breshkovskaya
Russia
Threats Sent to Boston Public Buildings Target Superintendant Crowley
An anonymous letter delivered yesterday to Boston police Superintendent Crowley threats to blow up the Custom House Suffolk County Courthouse and all city public buildings. It claims a man is ready to dynamite the Custom House and notes recent visits to the courthouse, but authorities deem the writer likely harmless and precautionary steps were taken with customs and buildings officials alerted.
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Police Department
Custom House
Suffolk County Court House
Boston
Girl Check Writer Put On Probation
Elsie Pearl Martin dressed in black satin with matching millinery and boots pleaded belief that bank funds awaited the small checks she passed at Boylston street stores and was placed on probation. Her mother attended the court appearance as detectives Finn and Flaherty had arrested her last week.
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Elsie Pearl Martin
Boylston Street
Finn and
Flaherty
Miss Martin
Central Court
Greek steamer Livatho torpedoed near Athens
An Athens dispatch reports the Greek cargo boat Livatho sailing to New York without cargo was torpedoed on Sunday. The 1904 ton Tivatho left New York December 2 bound for Piraeus.
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Saloniki
New York
Tivatho
Piraeus
Boston War Debate Sparks Secret Service Warning
In a Boston Elevated car two women argued against U S entry into the war. A man demanded their names and address and warned them to tell their husbands what they said, then left with a promise to return at 7 15 in Medford if the opinions persisted.
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Boston
United States
Great Britain
Medford
Secret Service
Convention of Daughters of the Revolution Postponed
Boston delegates to the annual national convention were notified that the gathering has been postponed indefinitely due to the war. The session, previously set for Raleigh North Carolina the week of April 23, is canceled.
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Boston
the Daughters of the Revolution
Raleigh
North Carolina
War Council to Advise United States on War Entry
Washington April 13 The international war council to assemble here within the next week will include eminent British and French statesmen soldiers and sailors. It aims to help the United States avoid mistakes and difficulties faced by the allies when they entered the war.
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Washington
International War Council
Great Britain
France
United States
United States to host foreign commissioners for war lessons
American officials will meet foreign commissioners to discuss war lessons and how to mobilize resources across military naval industrial and agricultural sectors. Entente leaders aim to align efforts while planning for peace terms as Balfour Viviani and Joffre head the visiting group.
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Balfour
Viviani
Marshal Joffre
Medford Girl Takes Poison
Edith Wheaton 24 attempted suicide in Medford by swallowing 1 grain bichloride of mercury. A housekeeper on Malin Street she had just learned she would be laid off. She said calmly I have taken that poison. She was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with an even chance of recovery. Her employer suspects she is married. she comes from Parrisboro Nova Scotia.
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Medford
Malin Street
Massachusett General Hospital
Post
France
Parrasoro
Nova Scotia
Recruitment Opens at New England Posts for Foreign Born
Recruitment stations across New England swung open to citizens of foreign birth or parentage to enlist men for the army regardless of literacy. The orders emphasize inclusivity for those who can serve despite not speaking or writing English.
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New England
New England recruitment swells as waivers boost enlistments
War Department waivers loosen reading and writing tests pushing thousands into infantry cavalry and artillery in New England. Colonel Frank B. McCoy cites 80 percent of district enlistments from foreign born or foreign-heritage youths. Navy and Marine recruiting surge with re enlistments and a striking armored car arrival at Tremont Row drawing crowds.
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Frank B. McCoy
Tra«mont Row
New England
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Fall River
Providence
Tremont Row
Philadelphia
City
Senate move to bar spy mail under espionage bill
The Senate judiciary committee approved an amendment granting the post master general power to refuse mail for publications containing seditious anarchistic or treasonous content. Nonmailable matter includes letters pamphlets and newspapers violating espionage provisions. Violations may be punished by up to five years imprisonment or a $5000 fine.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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