Officers Training Camps Open May Fifteenth Across Divisions
Washington April 17 The fourth officers training camps will open May 15 at divisional camps and cantonments. Two percent of enlisted personnel across regular army National Guard and national army excluding coast artillery will be designated to attend schools. Graduating senior division members reserve officers training corps and those meeting advanced course requirements by May 15 will be admitted. Applications due May 1. Quotas assigned to recognized educational institutions. Finish with commissions as second lieutenants as vacancies arise in infantry cavalry and field artillery.
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Washington
Baker
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Coast Artillery
War Department
Lusitania Case Up In Admiralty Court
The Cunard Steamship Company asks to be relieved from all liability for 6,000,000 in damage suits over the Lusitania sinking. The admiralty court in New York held a hearing on whether negligence was involved. The hearing will resume tomorrow.
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New York
Admiralty Branch
Federal Court
Cunard Steamship Company
Lusitania
Bond Drive Call Amid World War II Debate
A call urges citizens to prove loyalty by purchasing war bonds rather than staying neutral. The message frames neutrality as unpatriotic and stresses financial support for the nation’s war effort. It targets readers to demonstrate commitment through bond buying.
Boston Sun Seeks Irish Reform, Opposes Physical Force
The Boston Sun debuts as a monthly Irish American paper at 122 Pearl Street edited by F. Dever. It argues physical force in Ireland is harmful, praises constitutional reforms, and cites Redmond volunteers while condemning Dublin unrest of 1916 and noting Dever's career as a life insurance broker.
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Boston Sun
Pearl Street
Ireland
F. Dever
the Sun
Dever
Sir Edward Carson
Dublin
Redmond Volunteers
House of Commons
The
Erie Canal Taken Over by Railroad Administration
Washington April 17 Director General McAdoo ordered the Erie and New York State barge canal system to be taken over by the railroad administration. A fleet of barges will be built and run under G A Tomlinson of Duluth Minnesota to relieve freight traffic. The move marks the first inland waterway placed under rail administration and other canal systems and navigable rivers are expected to follow.
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Washington
McAdoo
Erie
New York State
Railroad Administration
G. A. Tomlinson
Duluth
Minn
Committee On Inland Waterways of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Black Warrior River
Alabama
Be Kind to Animals Week Plea on Beacon Street Gutters
Mary E. Hann an of Dorchester requests drivers to keep autos out of Beacon street gutters during Be Kind to Animals Week April 15 20 1918. Gutters were built for horses to walk and protect from wooden pavement so aut o mobiles should refrain from using them between Charles and Park streets.
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Beacon Street
Park Street
Charles
Park Streets
Mary EE. Hannan
Westmoreland Street
Dorchester
Mass
Catholics in the United States Reach 17 Million Mark
The 1918 Official Catholic Directory reports 17,416,303 Catholics in the United States excluding territories. The 1917 year saw a net increase of 393,424 Catholics, with 59 dioceses up, four down, and 38 unchanged due to no new census.
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United States
Our Island
P. J. Kennedy & Sons
Barclay Street
New York
Catholic Population Rise Cited in New Census Figures
A 10 year rise in American Catholic numbers totals 3 538 877. Including Alaska Canal Zone Virgin Islands Guam Samoa Hawaii Porto Rico Philippine Islands and other U S possessions the Catholic under U S flag reaches 26 266 642. The Kenedy publication reports 20 477 priests in the United States.
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United States
Alaska
Canal Zone
Virgin Islands
Guam
Samoa
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Stars and Stripes
New Kenedy
United
My Clothier Wolf's Boston Ad on Hanover and Portland
Advertisement claims the best clothing values in Boston with legal stamps available at Wolf's My Clothier located at the corner of Hanover and Portland Streets near Washington Street, suggesting Hanover or Tremont Streets would be costlier options.
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Boylston Street
Tremont Street
Tlanover Street
Boston
Wolf's
Hanover
Portland Streets
Washington Street
Catholic Directory Stats Show Strength in Priests and Parishes
The new official Catholic directory lists 14,922 secular priests and 6,355 priests in religious orders, with 10,269 churches and 5,448 missions. It notes 1,593,407 children attend parochial schools and ranks states by Catholic population, led by New York at 2,688,406 and Pennsylvania at 1,885,000, with California rising to 10th and Indiana overtaking Iowa.
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Union
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Badger State
California
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Hoosier State
Towa
Senedy
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Michigan
Connecticut
Minnesota
Texas
Maryland
District of Columbia
Rhode Island
Kentucky
New Mexico
New Hampshire
Maine
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
North Dakota
Montana
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Kennedy
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Madras
O. D
Erie Canal
Neal
U. S
U.S
House
Conference
Senate
Plattsburg
Jon JolHars DE and
Cy United Hirt & Collar CO
Troy, N
Herbert M’kenney
Golden Cross
Augusta
United Order of the Golden Cross
Herbert McKenney
Portland
Horace Mitchell
Kittery
Charles W. Carll
Westbrook
William P. Varnum
Iamond Distributors
Diamond Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
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