Campaign committees named for Wilson re election
New York August 10 Vance McCormick chairman of the Democratic national committee announced the personnel of the Democratic campaign committee and the associate Progressive campaign committee which will direct the fight for President Wilsons re election The Democratic committee has 20 members and the Progressive seven members The announced lists specify the members of each body
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New York
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Campaign Committee
Wilson
Democratic campaign committees outlined with Progressive cooperation
Democratic chairman Vance McCormick and officers listed for the national committee include Homer Cummings and Wilbur Marsh with national and state representatives. An associate Progressives committee led by Bainbridge Colby plans active cooperation while rejecting absorption, aiming for shared progressive aims and Wilson era support. A Wilson meeting with Democrats is set for Aug. 15 in Washington and Aug. 17 with Progressive associates.
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Democratic Campaign Committee
Vance McCormick
Homer 8. Cummings
Connecticut
Wilbur W. Marsh
Iowa
Carter Glass
Virginia
Henry Morgenthau
New York
Judge R. S. Hudspeth
New Jersey
Hugh C. Wallace
Washington
Fred B. Lynch
Minnesota
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Albert Sahm
Indiana
Simeon M. Johnson
Ohio
William F. Benson
Sas
W. L. Saunders
Ole Hanson
Henry M. Wallace
Michigan
McCormick
Progressives
Mr McCormick
Progressive Party
Democratic Party
Wilson
Forest Service Sees Print Paper Shortage Temporary
Secretary Houston reports to President Wilson that forest service investigations into the print paper shortage suggest the condition may be temporary. A study of sulphite pulp manufacturing is well advanced and being pushed with available resources.
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Washington
Houston
Wilson
Forest Service
Government plans to sell national forest timber for pulp plants
The Forest Service notes postwar markets may resemble prewar conditions with Eastern demand tied to American mills and cheap Western timber. It discusses selling timber from national forests in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska for pulp operations, aided by water power, to expand Western mills into foreign markets when economics allow.
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Forest Service
Pacific Northwest
Alaska
Pa Van Loon Dodges Guests in Hilarious Sunday Post Page
Pa Van Loon attempts to dodge his visitors in a scene that readers will find riotously funny on the next Sunday Post page. The event is portrayed with comic timing and a lively, humorous frame.
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Pa van Loon
Sunday Post
Violent Arrests Spark West End Turmoil at Joy Street
A brawl with police at 66 Green Street ends with Sokol subdued after officers use clubs and his son Hy man is captured for assaulting Patrolman Donnelly. Esther Goodman reports a separate assault warrant. Luchnick jailed for lar ceny and awaiting Superior Court trial as ships Cape Finisterre and Prath dock for cargo.
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Donnelly
Joy Street
Esther Goodman
Green Street
Sokol
West End
Luchnick
House of Correction
Water Front Calendar and Fishery Report for August 11
The calendar notes tides sun and moon with full moons on Aug 18 Sept 11 and Oct 11. Fishermen reported 18 arrivals at the fish pier with groundfish halibut swordfish and price trends. Vessel movements include steam trawlers tied up due to labor, ships departing and cargo like bananas coconuts limes and sugar arriving. A six masted schooner Ruth B Merrill and schooner J. S. Glove r are among vessels noted with port statuses and towing updates.
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Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Haddock
A. B. Willard
Rita A. Vintor
E. Benner
Mildred J
Harry and
Thelma
Hester
Rita
Fannie Reed
Ethel
Marion
East
Boston
Edmund Billings
United States
Thomas 8. Gorton
Race Point
Pallas
Gloucester
Glover
Brooksville
Ram Head Bar
T Wharf
Ruth BF. Merrill
Newport News
United Fruit
San Mateo
Port Morant
Jamaica
Ulrik Holm
Jucaro
Cuba
Delaware
Lloyds Shipping Register
United Kingdom
Fore River
Shipping Movements Reported From Port and Sea
United States battleship Kearsarge and a convoy of steamers arrive and depart with numerous destinations. Vessels include Cape Finisterre Lockhead Glasgow Pruth Pickworth San Mateo Robbins Port Antonio Malden Brown George Hawley Carver Sewall's Point Crow ell New York City of Rockland Linscott Bath governor Dingley Ingalls via Eastport Portland Gloucester Norfolk and more. A coast guard cutter and tugs accompany towing barges to Philadelphia and other ports.
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United States
Kearsarge
Germ
Cape Finisterre
Lockhead
Glasgow
Pruth
Pickworth
Liverpool
San Mateo
Robbins
Port Antonio
Malden
Brown
Baltimore
George Hawley
Carver
Sewall’s Point
Massachusetts
Crowell
New York
Bay State
Strout
Portland
City of Rockland
Linscott
Bath
Dingley
Ingalls
St. John
Eastport
Gloucester
Hatch
Norfolk
Katahdin
Macbeth
Jacksonville
Charleston
United States Coast Guard
Gresham
Camden
E. WL. Pillsbury
Swimm
Lynn
H. A. Allyn
Philadelphia
Nottingham
Quinn
Port Johnson
William EH. Yerkes
Perkins
Sandwich
Panther Creek
Hazelton
Bertsche
Pallas
Breckenridge
Ruth E. Merrill
Creighton
Newport News
Mary B. Wellington
Martin
Sullivan
Norton
Pierce
Rockport
Marguerite
Geyer
Plum Island
Orizimbo
White
Alma
Fannie F. Hall
Hutchinson
Bangor
Boston Street Car Men's Union Levies Back Pay Assessment
Members of the Boston Street Car men's Union vote to levy a pro rata back pay assessment to cover $15,000 in wage committee conference costs and distribute about $100,000 in back wages over the next three years. The decision followed a meeting at 724 Washington Street.
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Boston Street Carmen’s Union
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Washington Street
Miss Royce Engaged to Haverford Professor
Miss Royce to wed Edward Douglas Snyder a professor at Haverford College in Pennsylvania in an early autumn ceremony. The engagement announcement notes their plans for a fall nuptial.
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Edward Douglas Snyder
Haverford
Penn.) College
Cambridge Bride-Elect Edith Royce to Wed Edward Snyder
Miss Edith Royce of Cambridge will marry Edward Douglass Snyder of Haverford Penn in early autumn. The couple announced their engagement as Miss Royce spends the summer in Maine and Mr Snyder serves on the Haverford College faculty.
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Edith Royce
Hawthorn Street
Cambridge
Edward Douglass Snyder
Haverford
Penn
Royce
Maine
Snyder
Haverford College
Flood in West Virginia Subside Destructive Cabin Creek Toll Rises
Charleston West Virginia August 10 flood waters from Cabin Creek have receded to its bed but casualties rise with at least fifty dead confirmed and counts likely to grow as relief crews survey the devastated mountain valleys across Eskdale United Ferndale Miami Dawes Dry Branch Holly Giles and surrounding coal country areas. A lineman reports forty bodies along a 13 mile stretch.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cabin Creek
Ronda
Kanawha River
Eskdale
United
Ferndale
Miami
Dawes
Dry Branch
Holly
Giles
Coal River
Mrs Lambert Dead at 73 Widow of Boston Police Captain
Mrs James F. Lambert died at her home 155 Dorchester Street South Boston at age 73. She was known in South and East Boston where her husband served as captain of Police Station 7. She is survived by son Ambrose Lambert formerly with the Boston Post and later head of the London bureau for the New York Sun.
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James F. Lambert
Boston Police
Dorchester Street
South
Boston
Obituaries Listed From City Area Aug 8 9 10
Daily notices include deaths from Boston Dorchester Watertown Roxbury and Somerville. Names include Frank Barrows Axel Brodin Mary Dunphy George Fenner Carl Hasle Margaret Rose Thomas Ryan and Mary Morrison with funeral details and burial plans at local churches and cemeteries.
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Barrows
City Hospital
Frank
Emily (Nee Boulter) Barrows
Massachusetts Ave
Binford
Boothbay
D. N Binford
Rae
Brodin
Axel G. Brooa
Ilberg’s
Tremont St
Mary T
P. J
Catherine Tatphy
Doggett
Grenville Rd
St. Pat
Aia Fenndr
South Boston
George We
James
Eliza Fenner
Dorchester St
Finneran
Jamaica Plain
Marcel
Wiktar Finsocked
Burroughs
St. Thomas’ Church
South St
Cootlegger Fa
Pelham
N. H
Iaie
Etta Gately
Boston
Gordon
Suikan Waton Sand McGrath Gordon
East Newton St
Immaculate Conception Church
Calvary Cemetery
Grant
Glens Falls
Dana Grant
River Rd
Winthrop
Harland
Dorchester
Catherine
George Harland
EB. F. Gleason
Hype St
Hasle
Watertown
Carl J. Hasle
School St
Heaton
Mary Heaton
Chapel of Mass
Walk Hill St
Forest Hills
Lambert
J. H
J. H. Lambert
Lucier
Sadie
Edward
Freda Lucier
Kantrovitz
Lawn St
Roxbury
Earl Oj’ Lyon
Henry EF
Frances G. Lyon
Montfern Ave
Brighton
Leominster
Mass
Morrison
Arlington
Mary P
Joseph Morrison
Broadway
St. Agnes’ Church
Newark
N. J
O’sullivan
Margaret
Parks
Taura
Fred H. Parks
Magnolia St
Margaretville
Powelis
Grafton
Suddently
A. Earle Powell
Montrose St
St. James Episcopal Church
St. James St
Purtelis
Annie J
Nee Killian
Thomas Purtell
Anson St
Rose
Somerville
Margaret B
Charles F
Margaret (Lane) Rose
Brastow Ave
Spring Hill
St. Catherine’s Church
Ryan
Thomas
Johanna Ryan
Fitzgerald
James F. Ryan
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Sullivan
Denis. O'Sullivan
Haynes St
Church of the Assumption
Thompson
Ane
Walter
Norfolk St
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Boy
Hyman
Morgan
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Duvalley
Allan Line
Cunard
Prath
Landsman
Majestic Theatre
David Goldstein
van K. Allison
Margaret Sanger
Murray
Pelletier
Allison
Goldstein
Boston Photo Play CO
Edw. A. Golden
Water Front
Shipping News
United Sates
Duncan
Newport
Esparta
Havana
Port Limon
Maeskinonge
Sydney
C. B
Prince George
Bre
Yarmouth
Kershaw
Quantico
H. MM. Whitney
Patience
Elk Garden
Salem
Germantown
Skipnack
Clark's Point
Buckidge
Dutch Island
Molino
Petrel
Carmen
Miss Royce
Edith Roych
W. Virginia
Cabin Creek Valley
Wilburne Office
Lillian Walker
Charlie Chaplin
Raymond Hitchcock
Mary Pickford
Haydn
Borden & Haydn
Frankie Heath
Northlane & Ward
Stewart
Curley
Bowdoin SQ
Violet
Paul Armstrong
Jimmy Valentine
Robert Warwick
Orpheum
Jas. Morrison
Keystone
Pathe News
Copley Square
Exeter
Harold Lockwood
May Allison
Donald Brian
Od A R Theatre
Alice Brady
Lionel Barrymore
Grace Valentine
Dorian
Billie Burke
Gloria
Max Figman
Loew's
WM. Farnum
Harry D. Carey
Love
Fox & Paramount
Gail Kane
Medeo Malaleee
Antonio Moreno
Kennedy Square
Cape Ann
Central Wharf
Sta @t
Atlantic Ave
State St
Merchant
G. Mer. B
Cape Cod
Dorothy Bradford
Atlantic Avenue
Cape Acop
Fort Hill
Copley-Plaza Orchestra
Andre Maquarie
Copley-Plaza
B. B
Ponstants
Kew
W. Dixon
Tempest & Sunshine
Frances William Nordstrom
Pinkham
Clarke & Verdi
Willie Solar
Ronair
Ward & Farren
Folies D'Amour
Boothby & Everdean
Dupree
Bert Melrose
Meistersingers
Braves Field
Pittsburg
Wm. Read & Sons, Inc
Washington St
Tremont Temple
Flo’s Millions
All Boston
Revere Beach
Norumbega
Whitcoma
Big Wee EK
Gick
Ea Plymouth Boat NG
TR Busse Ena Mn Nada
Bay Line
Otis Wharf
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
College of Arts and Letters
College of Engineering
Law
Union
School For Minims
The
University
Boylston
Oxford
School OF Practical Electricity
Hawley Electrical School
Huntington Ave
Franklin Academy
Boylston St
Ferry St. Everett
Tel
Everett
Scituate Boat
Long Wharf
Tel. Wort Mill
Mbendlow Bros. & CO
Ethod St
American Tooth CO
Winter St
Filene’s
Allen & Daggett
Old South
Allen’s
Reliable
Office, Appliance CO
Onshire St
American Writing Achine CO
Franklin St
Main
Vederal St
Fort
Devonshire St
Helens & Swenby
Fenway
Condit’s
Revere
Wash
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