Reichstag Peace Now Repudiated
Amsterdam April 14 The Taegliche Rundschau of Berlin reports Count von Hertling the German chancellor broke with Mathias Erzberger leader of the Catholic Centrists in the Reichstag and threatened to resign after leaders of the majority party said they would adhere to a peace without annexations or indemnities.
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Amsterdam
Taegliche Rundschau
Berlin
Count von Hertling
Mathias Erzberger
Reichstag
German party backs proGerman war aims and annexations
The majority faction accepts the government plan to incorporate French territory and the coast of Flanders into the German Empire and to impose large war indemnities on the western powers. Socialists also accept annexation aims. Erzberger allegedly offered peace at any price in 1917. Hertling refuses to meet Erzberger. The author notes actions speak louder than words as Liberty Bond buyers show belief in the government.
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Flanders
Taegliche Rundschau
Herr Erzberger
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Hertling
Former Boston Post pressman dies after 58 years of service
William F. Colbert former fire chief Charles S Marchant dies in Gloucester at 72. Colbert aged 15 joined the Boston Post, retiring two years ago after 58 years. Funeral at St William's Dorchester with many newspaper representatives. Burial Holyhood.
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William F. Colbert
St. William’s Church
Dorchester
Colbert
Boston Post
Post
Boston
Charles EK. Colbert
Holyhood Cemetery
Atherton Street
Roxbury
Gloucester
Charles S. Marchant
Mason Street
Marchant
New England
Gloucester Fire Department
National Fire Chiefs’ Club
United States
Canada
Massachusetts Fire Chiefs’ Club
Massachusetts State Firemen
Two Women Hurt In Medford Streetcar Crash
Two women, Mrs Frank Sheehy and Mrs Madeline Buckley, were injured when a car collided with a Boston Elevated street railway car at 845 pm near Fulton street and Fellsway West Medford. Five others in the car, including Buckley’s month old child, escaped injury.
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AUTO
Boston
Fulton Street
Fellsway West
Medford
Frank Sheehy
Madeline Buckley
Tufts Street
Buckley
Teuton Guns Active on the Italian Front
Rome reports on April 14 that hostile artillery shows desultory fire along the front. Allied and Italian forces conducted effective concentrations against enemy batteries on the Asiago plateau and Piave, while enemy patrols in the Lagarina valley were dispersed or repulsed by our forces and allies.
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Rome
War Office
Asiago Plateau
Piave
Lagarina
Asiago Basin
Poles Pay $2200 Cash For Bonds In Hyde Park Demonstration
A 600 strong Polish crowd in Liberty Hall Hyde Park heard the Liberty Loan committee announce $2200 in initial payments toward $5000 in Liberty bonds. Subscriptions varied by means but were widely distributed with at least 75 percent of the audience contributing their share.
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Liberty Hall
Cleary Square
Hyde Park
Liberty Loan Committee
War relief drive reaches six hundred thousand dollars
Bishop William Lawrence, head of the Episcopal war fund, announced that about $600,000 has been raised for troop support in camps and fields in 1918. He urged Episcopal members to subscribe to the third Liberty Loan.
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New York
William Lawrence
War Fund Commission
The
Episcopal Church
Camp and Field
Faithful Duty in Wartime Liberty Bond Appeal
A wartime message urges church members to support the Third Liberty Loan to back munitions, hospitals, ships, and supplies for soldiers. It calls for frugality in food and fuel, urging leadership in gardens, farms, and Red Cross service to aid allies and defend the nation.
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Christ’s Church
Red Cross
With Neatness and Dispatch film at Park Theatre
Kenneth L. Roberts, former Boston Post staffer, wrote the story used for the Metro Pictures feature at Park Theatre this week. The February Saturday Evening Post tale, adapted for film, follows Roberts' recent Life magazine work and public information efforts. The Shell Game, another Roberts story, was released March 4 as a second such film in six weeks.
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Park Theatre
Kenneth L. Roberts
Boston Post
Saturday Evening Post
Metro Pictures Corporation
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Post
Roberts
Life
Committee On Public Information
Liberty Loan Committee
Emmy Webblen
Funeral for Howard F Whipple Set for Tuesday
Brockton April 14 The funeral of Howard F Whipple who died Saturday from pneumonia will be held Tuesday afternoon from his sister Mrs F W Filton 256 Spring Street Rev Dudley Hays Ferrell former Unity Church pastor Brockton now in Montreal will conduct the service Bearers will include men who were ushers at his wedding about three months ago
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Brockton
Howard F. Whipple
F. W. Filton
Spring Street
Dudley Hays Ferrell
Church of the Unity
Montreal
Liberty Loan Rally At Milton Attended By Five Hundred
Five hundred people attended a Liberty Loan rally at East Congregational Church Milton last night with Representative Babcock presiding. Speakers included Rev John M Trout and Captain Louis Keene of the Canadian army and Dartmouth College military instructor. The item notes German forces forcing Belgian and French women to dig trenches and urges purchase of Liberty Bonds.
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Milton
East Congregational Church
Representative Babcock
John M. Trout
Louis Keene
Dartmouth College
Boston Man Mistaken For Douglas Fairbanks Daily
Charles F. Clewley a Boston shoe salesman is declared to resemble Douglas Fairbanks the noted movie star in appearance at least. He is mistaken for the screen idol many times daily and has faced amusement and occasional annoyance as reel fans insist he is Fairbanks.
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Charles F. Clewley
Boston
Doug” Fairbanks
Mr. Clewley
Reel
Douglas Fairbanks
Boston man fits shoes, not stars, in Path to Fame
A Boston resident named Doug spends his day fitting shoes rather than chasing film roles, despite multiple movie offers. The Hub’s protege mirrors a famous star in age and height, with Fairbanks and Clewley as connected relatives. The Post man’s visit to Clewley’s shop brings a familiar, film-era smile to the scene.
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Grand Canyon
Boston
Doug
Hub
Fairbanks
Clewley
Williams Pink Pills Bannered as Blood Builder Aid
Advertisement for Dr Williams Pink Pills claiming prevention and treatment of anemia and general weakness. Cites Mrs Ruth M of Spencerport sample recovery after two boxes. Notes pills are safe, non habit forming, sold by druggists or by mail 50 cents per box six boxes 2.50. Offers free booklet Building Up the Blood and a diet book.
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Williams
Ruth M. A
Spencerport
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Boston Star Douglas Mistaken Identity at Fairbanks Event
A Boston crowd praises the film star Douglas for his open carefree manner and athletic build from Oak Bluffs summers. A badge of humor appears as a shopper mistakes Clewley for Fairbanks and presses for gossip about his wife, prompting a laughing denial.
The Shoe Salesman Passes as Fairbanks at Station
At a Providence railroad platform a crowd mistook shoe salesman Mr Crowley for Douglas Fairbanks. He and his wife and child faced mistaken identity and a blocked exit as bystanders debated the ruse. Clewley, who lives at 84 Trowbridge street Arlington, avoids movie stardom amid gossip about marriage and divorce.
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Boston
Mr. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Clewley
Mr. Clewley
Italy Eyes Papal Letter Linked To Charles Peace Effort
The Italian press debates a supposed second letter from Emperor Charles to the Pope alongside the one to Prince Sixtus of Bourbon. The Idea Nazionale links both to shaping Italy France peace, while Tribuna calls it a broad pacific offensive by Austria and Germany to sway France and the Vatican. Some sources credit Empress Zita with the Pope letter.
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Rome
M. Clemenceau
Count Czernin
Charles
Sixtus of Bourbon
Idea Nazionale
Italy
France
Holy See
Tribuna
Austria
Germany
Vatican
Zita
Roosevelt Receives German Bullet From Son in France
Oyster Bay April 14 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt received a German bullet that wounded but did not kill his son Captain Archie Roosevelt during a No Man’s Land engagement in France. Archie sent a message to his father saying he hopes to leave the hospital soon and return to the American trenches. Dr O H L Mason delivered the bullet and the note, recalling his service with Roosevelt in the Spanish war, and explained Archie was wounded while aiding three comrades amid heavy fire.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Archie Roosevelt
No Man’s Land
France
Roosevelt
O. H. L. Mason
Dr. Mason
Liberty Loan
Archie
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Post Staff
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Doug’’ Fairbanks
Gainsborough Studios
Philo Hay Co
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Oak Bluffs
Nat Goodwin
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