Women Denied Representation at Diocesan Convention
The Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts refused women representation at the diocesan convention. The move to permit women from parishes and missions to send lay delegates failed, with 42 clergy in favor and 64 against. Bishop Lawrence noted laity votes would be futile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Frederick B. Allen
Tle
Dean
Ousmaniere
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Iso
John W. Sutor
George S. Selfridge
David Fs. Matthews
Brockton
Simon B. Blunt
Ashmont
W. H. Lincoln
Joseph H. Beale
Babcock
Episcopalian Club Dinner Notes and War Efforts
At a Boston City Club dinner Bishop Lawrence announced Bishop Brent’s appointment as major and chief chaplain in Pershing’s army group, with Baker’s approval. The 25th annual address at Trinity Church covered convention business, women’s franchise debate, and rapid adjournment after a full agenda. The report highlighted war funds, chaplain staffing, clerical numbers, and early success of the Church Pension Fund with substantial parochial contributions and ongoing efforts to meet accrued liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopalian Club
Boston City Club
Lawrence
Brent
General Pershing
Baker
Pershing
Tinntington Hall
Trinity Church
Trinity
Huntington Hall
War Commission
Hunt for Navy Ship Cyclops Fails to Reveal Traces
Washington April 17 Naval and merchant ships failed to find any trace of the missing collier Cyclops on the forty fourth day since she sailed from Barbadoes for an Atlantic port. Officials fear she has been destroyed or captured by the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cyclops
Barbadoes
Atlantic
Beief
Navy Department
Navy officer Worley linked to Cyclops fate questioned
Publication of a despatch claiming the Cyclops commander was born in Germany and once named Worley’s adopted son spurs Navy inquiry. Officials say a sea disaster affecting 293 aboard without trace is almost impossible and see no significance in the name change or German birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien
San Francisco
A. M. Angermann
G. W. Worley
Cyclops
Wichtmann
Germany
America
Navy Department
Worley
Navy
Naval Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Naval Volunteers
United States
Norfolk
Port Orchard
Washington
Naval Service
George Wichtmann Worley
Boston Boy to Get War Cross
Sergeant George I. Dever of the 161st U S Infantry, a Charlestown boy and Boston's first sergeant to go over the top, is due to be awarded the Croix de Guerre. He describes the raid in which 22 prisoners were taken, and notes their advance from No Man's Land amid shelling with six French casualties and 18 wounded, while no American fatalities occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George I. Dever
H Company
161St U. S. Infantry
Charlestown
Boston
Dever
No Man’s Land
Open Season for Officers at Canadian Pacific Port
Twenty eight U S engineering Corps officers returning from Vladivostok report a hostile reception. They arrived on a trans Pacific liner and recall killing of Russian officers after a three day stay. The comment frames the period as open season for Russian officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Engineering Corps
Vladivostok
Japan
German prisoners reach Atlantic port aboard liner
An old German transatlantic liner now in US service arrived at an Atlantic port with about 40 German prisoners aboard. One man is said to be the captain of a German submarine. Several prisoners were reportedly captured by American troops on the French front. Details on total numbers were unclear. A suspected German submarine sighting prompted depth charges from destroyers, which then disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
United States
France
Dog Law Provisions Aid Dependents Of Service Members
The Ways and Means Committee examined a proposed dog law focused on finances, proposing a $25 000 annual appropriation to implement its provisions. It addressed confusion among dependents of service members about a $10 payment under Chapter 92 of the General Acts of 1918, with State Treasurer Burrill urging publication of the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Committee On Ways and Means
Warner
New Dog License Law Sparks Debate and Revenue Projections
Assistant Attorney General Seagrave cites gains from other states and an estimated $550,000 annual revenue in New York. Critics warn enforcement costs may exceed estimates, with concerns over taxpayer burden, perjury, and police funding. Some propose taxation of dogs or greater reliance on animal rescue groups to manage roaming dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Seagrave
Special Commission
Pennsylvania
New York
Wilfrid Wheeler
State Board of Agriculture
Colburn
Middlesex
Committee On Agriculture
Kurrill
James A. Devlin, Jr
Boston
Henry C. Merwin
Answers in $10,000 Suit Indicate Defendant’s Nonownership
Mrs Fannie M Came of Dorchester, defendant in a $10,000 damage suit by William Mayer of Roxbury, filed answers to interrogatories. Mayer claims on Dec 9 1917 water discharged from spouts at 70 Longwood Avenue froze on Phillips Street injuring him. Came says she did own the Longwood Avenue house on Dec 9 1917 and had owned it about seven months but declines to answer some questions as irrelevant or immaterial. She also says she does not know how many spouts or whether ice was on the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie M. Came
Dorchester
William Mayer
Roxbury
Mayer
Mr. Mayer
Phillips Street
Longwood Avenue
Mayo Made Acting Regent of Harvard
L. S. Mayo, assistant dean of Harvard University, is appointed acting regent for the college by the Harvard administrative board. He will serve during the absence of Edward D. Brandegee, regent, who has been granted an indefinite leave of absence. Brandegee has left Cambridge for Washington to join the home service department of the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Mayo
Harvard University
Harvard
Edward D. Brandegee
Brandegee
Cambridge
Washington
Home Service Department
The
Red Cross
Tank service enlistment draws sixty applications
Lieutenant T. W. Crosby at the army recruiting station reports 60 applications for the tank service yesterday. One applicant has been accepted and will soon be sent to Gettysburg for training. During the day the office recruited 46 men in various army branches for transfer to different stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Crosby
Army
Gettysburg
Mass. Treasurer Burill explains 1918 act 92 pay rules
In a statement to a Post reporter Burrill clarifies that Chapter 92 broadens eligibility for ten dollar monthly payments to soldiers sailors and yeomen who enlisted or were drafted since Feb 3 1917 and who resided in Massachusetts at entry. He notes the act legalizes allotment blanks for quicker payment and outlines penalties for false claims and overpayments. New military blanks under chapter 92 are ready on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Burrill
Boston
United States
German Empire
Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Treasury Department
Bond Drive Call to Show National Support
A call stresses that neutrality in the nation’s fight is impossible for Americans. It urges readers to prove loyalty by buying war bonds and contributing to the financing of the country’s efforts.
Autopsy In Death Of Misa Hall In Roxbury
Medical Examiner Leary performed an autopsy on 18 year old Misa Jessie M. Hall found dead in a gas filled room at 162 Centre street Roxbury on Tuesday afternoon. There was no evidence of foul play. Authorities believe she either intended death by own action or accidentally opened a gas valve and then fell asleep. Her parents accept the latter theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie M. Hall
Leary
Misa
Centre Street
Roxbury
Patriot’s Call to Support Bond Drive for Freedom
A message urging citizens to back government efforts for liberty through bond purchases. Officials describe the bond program as key to strengthening national defenses and preserving the rule of law, inviting broad public participation.
Corrected list on Cyclops crew and passengers
The Navy Department issued a revised list of those aboard the collier Cyclops after its disappearance. It names William Richard Douglass a Chicago baker and Robert Harry Cowles of Bridgeport among those not previously reported as voyaging, and Albert S Calhoun Jr of West Tisbury plus John William Cummings of Fall River and Russell Howard Cowles of Sacramento as crew or passengers with Cummings previously listed as aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department Today
William Richard Douglass
Baker
Chicago
Robert Harry Cowles
Carroll Avenue
Bridgeport
Conn
Albert S. Calhoun, Jr
West Tisbury
Mass
Albertus S. Cahoun, Jr
John William Cummings
Division Street
Fall River
Russell Howard Cowles
Sacramento
Cal
William Robert Dougilag, Jr
New Orleans
Cummings
Pasenger
Counsel Fees Ordered in Cuneo Divorce Case
Mrs Dora KE Cuneo of Boston notified the Suffolk Superior Court she will contest Louis KF Cuneo’s divorce in good faith. The court ordered Mr Cuneo to pay Mrs Cuneo 30 dollars for counsel fees and, by agreement, 3 dollars a week alimony until trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora KE. Cuneo
Boston
Suffolk Superior Court
Louis KF. Cuneo
Cuneo
U. S. to Close R. R.'s Offices
The government railroad administration plans to close thirty three local railroad passenger and freight and steamship offices in the city. A central joint ticket office will be established for Boston and Maine New Haven and Boston and Albany lines. Tickets will be moved from tourist offices to the central site and a committee will select the location staff and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Railroad Administration
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Boston & Albany
Railroad Administration
Central Joint Ticket Office
Murphy Funeral II Somerville Saturday
Funeral services for Joseph H. Murphy second exalted ruler of the Somerville Lodge of Elks and a prominent Mason will be held Saturday at 2 PM. He died suddenly at his home 4 Thurston Street Somerville. Born November 25 1846 in Halifax Nova Scotia he was long active in Boston New York and Brooklyn shoe trades. He was past master of Soley Lodge Masonry past high priest of Somerville Royal Arch Chapter and member of Orient Count and De Molay Commandery Knights Templars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Murphy
Somerville Lodge of Elks
Thurston Street
Somerville
Murphy
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Yanan & Sons
Halifax
Soley Lodge of Masons
Somerville Royal Arch
Orient Count and
de Molay Commandery
Knights Templars
Liberty Bonds as Real Weapons for Victory
A wartime call to oversubscribe the Third Liberty Loan. Citizens, workers, and families are urged to sacrifice and save to fund ships, food, guns, and transport for American forces in France. The message stresses that the war is won through national effort, not just military action.
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Episcopal Convention
Francis E. Webster
George J. Prescott
John McG. Foster
Charles I Jackson
Frederick W. Fitts
Arthur W. Moulton
Joseph H. Bezele
Joseph Grafton Minot
Philip S. Parker
William W Kellen
Diocesan Board of Missions
Reginald Howe
H. Wayes
Wvhile W. Sp
Church
Sergt. Dever
HMN
Burnll
United States Army
Charles L. Burrill
Mayo
CASCO
Clyde
U. S
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