Vatican Denies Gasparri Succeeds as Papal Secretary
Vatican officials denied reports that Monsignor Frederico Tedeschini had succeeded Cardinal Gasparri as Papal secretary of state. They stated Gasparri retains Benedict XV's full confidence and no change occurred. The French agency had circulated a Paris cable claiming Tedeschini became prime minister of the Vatican.
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Rome
Monsignor
Frederico Tedeschini
Cardinal Gasparri
Vatican
Pope Benedict
French Bureau of Information
New York
Paris
Tedeschini
Sailor Faces Pair of Wives in Polygamy Case
Russell P. Penniman, a sailor on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, is arrested in Holyoke on polygamy charges after a fake telegram claimed his mother was dying. He has a Syracuse wife and child and a July marriage to Blanche Frenier of Holyoke. Both women, living together, await arraignment and want justice.
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Holyoke
Russell P. Penniman
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Northampton
Penniman
Syracuse
Blanche Frenier
Taunted men in Taunton. fatal shooting near beer debts
Joseph Benvenuti, 24, shot Frank Lengo, 30, after being teased for not paying his share for drinks. Lengo died en route to the hospital. Benvenuti fled and is believed to be hidden in nearby woods. Both men were laborers. Benvenuti once lived in Chelsea.
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Taunton
Joseph Benvenuti
Frank Lengo
Benvenuti
Lengo
Chelsea
Detained Vermont Man Hoped Germany Would Win
Carl Heinrich Low, held as an enemy alien in Montpelier, was ordered detained after telling a U S exemption board he hoped Germany would win the war. He will stay in the county jail until further instructions.
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Montpelier
Washington
Carl Heinrich Low
Germany
Low
Beauty Depends Upon the Liver and Intestines
An advertisement argues that complexion problems stem from poisoned blood due to inactive liver and intestines. It claims daily Tetrasal drink cleanses the system, improves beauty, energy, and mood, and stresses natural organ action over external treatments.
Deadly gale claims many fishing crewmen along Cape Cod coast
A northern Atlantic storm crippled vessels off Cape Cod with at least 13 Santos crew and 6 Nelson crew deaths. Rescue efforts saved dozens while Gloucester and Provincetown crews reported missing boats and wreckage. Captain Santos described the hour of terror as 90 mph winds lashed by mountains of water.
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Natalie J. Nelson
Santos
Nelson
Cape Cod
Peter Santos
Mary C. Santos
Post
Highland Light
Daniel
James Diaz
Alice Stetson
James Cordez
Virginia
Gloucester
Provincetown
Cape Town
Joseph
Anthony
Manuel Gomes
Manuel
Jule Ferrire
Bees Attack Autoists injure woman and two men in Hanover
In Hanover Penn Aug 12 Mrs Theodore Houck of Pleasant Hill sustained a broken wrist and Mr and Mrs Martus Mummert of Pleasant Hill narrowly escaped serious injury when a swarm of bees attacked their automobile party. The stingers struck suddenly and the driver lost control before stopping the car.
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Hanover
Penn
Theodore Houck
Pleasant Hill
Martus Mummert
Majesties Burlesque at Waldron's Casino This Week
Fred Irwins Majesties billed as biggest breeziest burlesque bill on the circuit plays Waldron's Casino with updated features under Manager Charles H Waldron. Notable acts include Apache dancing by Tyson and Barbour rude act by LaPine and Emory musical act by Cunningham and Bennett and a mixed octet. The company stars Florence Bennett Paul Cunningham Lyle LaPine Roscoe Ails Filo as Doe Dell son and May Belmont.
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Fred Irwin
Tyson
Barbour
LaPine
Emory
Cunningham
Bennett
Florence Bennett
Paul Cunningham
Lyle LaPine
Roscoe Ails
Filo
Doe Dell
Son
May Belmont
Man Caught in Battery Tent Boxford Arrests Saloon Keeper
Aug 12 in Boxford Lieutenant W C McBrayne of F Battery Lowell Second Field Artillery arrested John Q Hawes a Salem driver and constable on charges of serving liquor to soldiers Hawes was apprehended in a tent in a New Bedford battery street while allegedly serving four privates.
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Boxford
W. C. McBrayne
Lowell
Second Field Artillery
John Q. Hawes
Prospect Street
Salem
McBrayne
Hawes
William Langdon
Brookline
New Bedford
Two Burned to Death In Auto Wagon Crash
Monticello New York August 12 Mrs Leon Bassoin and Max Kater both of New York City were burned to death when an automobile struck a wagon carrying five. A gasoline bottle shattered and spilled on them igniting in an unexplained fire.
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Monticello
N. Y
Leon Bassoin
Max Kater
New York City
Bassoin
Kater
300 Want 10 Be Officers
The aeronautical department of the Department of the Northeast announced that 300 men have applied for first lieutenant aviators and observation balloon pilots posts. New England’s air army quota is 1600, with a push to 2500 applicants. Pay starts at 33 dollars monthly during two months at colleges, then 100 dollars monthly at training camps. lieutenants earn 2000 dollars yearly. Balloon pilots get 210 dollars monthly in training and 200 dollars yearly when commissioned. Headquarters will take applications daily from 9 a.m. to p.m.
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Aeronautical Department
Department of the Northeast
New England
Air Army
Neconautical Department
Italian General to View War Pictures in Boston
General Guglielmotti will visit Boston as official Italian representative to open the Italian war picture The Italian Battle Front at the Tremont Theatre tomorrow evening. The general is the third highest ranking in the Italian army and chief aide to General Cadorna.
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Guglielmotti
Cadorna
Boston
Italy
Tremont Theatre
Missionary Alliance Collection Tops Sixty Six Thousand
At Old Orchard Missouri on August 12 the Christian Missionary Alliance convention raised 66400 dollars in its annual collection, the largest in years, surpassing last year’s 52000. Rev. A B Simpson of New York delivered the missionary sermon.
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Old Orchard
The
Christian Missionary Alliance
A. B. Simpson
New York
French Cross Three of One for Mrs Tuck Family in War
Mrs Edward Tuck wife of the former New York banker and Dartmouth College benefactor received the Cross of a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in Paris for her munificence in founding a hospital at Reuil and other benefactions. The award was presented by M Godart under secretary of state for health service. Mr and Mrs Tuck have lived in Paris for years and have engaged in philanthropy.
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Paris
Edward Tuck
New York
Dartmouth College
Legion of Honor
Crew Picked Up at Sea After Sinking Off Atlantic
The captain and six crewmen of the American schooner John Hays Hammond, sunk by a German submarine July 27 en route from England to Iceland, arrived at an Atlantic port aboard an American steamship. They were rescued by a British destroyer 860 miles northeast of the Irish coast after 24 hours in a lifeboat.
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Atlantic
John Hays Hammond
England
Iceland
Lovell Family Serves in World War I Through Three Sons
Mrs. W. D. Lovell of 6 Wood Street Concord reports her three sons are serving in the war. Walter, 82, works with an aeroplane in France after leaving the Curb Exchange in Boston. Endicott Remington, 25, earned a commission at Plattsburg as first lieutenant in the field artillery OC, with the Officers' Reserve Corps. Philip Gray, 21, formerly of the Second National Bank in Boston, was commissioned at Fort Oglethorpe Ga, as second lieutenant in the field artillery OC.
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W. D. Lovell
Wood Street
Concord
Second National Bank
Boston
Fort Oglethorpe
Field Artillery
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Two Men Rescued From Drowning by East Boston Police
Hugh Casey fell through a pier hole in East Boston yesterday afternoon. Frank Brausad leapt into the water to save him, and police arrived to pull both men into a boat as they struggled with the incident.
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East Boston
Hugh Casey
Frank Brausad
Body of East Boston Grocer Recovered After Lynn Harbor Drowning
The body of Henry Fenton of East Boston, who drowned August 3 while delivering groceries from a launch, was found yesterday by two men on the Lynn flats.
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Henry Fenton
East
Boston
Lynn Harbor
Lynn Flats
Fenton
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Reine, Aun
Amatal
FE. Fougera & Co., Inc
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Tess
OSTON
South Boston Fish Pier
Matalle J. Nelson
Anthony Silva
Bento Viega
Dories
Anthony White
Joseph Lopez
B. Ss. Ramos
John J. Alves
Manuel Rigo
Anna
Chatham
Louis Sears
Frank Henry
Priday 5 Staii
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Boston Harbor
Albert W. Willard
M. Thompson
Magnolia
Joseph Sousa
Sears
Waldron’s
Anthony A. White
B. 8. Ramos
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Concord Brothers
France
E. Boston
Goodyear
Secon
Ummer
Georgette
Veikings
Rogers’ al
Rogers’ Ai
Jesus
Sre
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