Electric cars crash head on in North Branford killing many
A high speed trolley collision on a straight track in North Branford Connecticut leaves 18 dead and many more injured. Victims died instantly as cars struck with deadly force. Passengers had no chance to escape. Authorities call it one of New England’s worst trolley disasters.
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Branford
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New England
Shore Line Electric Railway
Boston
Antonio de Nardi
Tileston Street
North End
Angelina Nini
Leete’s Island
Two Trolley Cars Crash in Connecticut Killing Eighteen
Eighteen people die and more than forty are injured in a high speed collision near North Branford Connecticut. Motorman admits drowsiness and passing a signal while conductor was asleep. Victims include Antonio De Nardi and cousin Angelina Nini.
Labor names Barnes to War Cabinet amid Stockholm clash
In London George Nicoll Barnes was appointed to replace Arthur Henderson as labor member of the war cabinet with broad support from fellow Labour ministers. Henderson defended his stance in the Commons after resigning from the war cabinet and backing a delegation to the Stockholm socialist congress, a move opposed by Prime Minister Lloyd George.
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London
George Nicoll Barnes
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Stockholm
David Lloyd George
Henderson Attacks Press Campaign Over Resignation Details
Mr Henderson condemned what he called an unprecedented press campaign against him. He said his resignation was first learned of via the Pall Mall Gazette and that a Paris visit led to a special cabinet meeting. He noted his role in the labor party conflicted with remaining on the war council. He recounted interviewing the prime minister who explained the incompatibility.
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Henderson
Mr. Henderson
Pall Mall Gazette
Labor Conference
Labor Party
War Council
Paris
State boards to decide on marriage exemptions
State officials continue to deliberate on marriage exemption claims with six appeal board chairmen to meet in executive session at 10 this morning. Officials expect to announce local board positions on exemptions for married men with families after today’s session.
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State House
Appeal Board
Boards uphold limits on blanket employee exemptions
Appeal boards ruled that draft rules do not permit large firms to file blanket exemptions for all staff. Exemption claims will be decided individually, regardless of any government contracts the firm may hold. No blanket exemptions filed by large corporations will be allowed.
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Oer Corporation
Callahan Named to Probation Committee Vacancy
Judge Callahan has been selected to fill the vacancy on the probation committee created by Judge Stevens resigning from the superior bench of Stoneham. The other members remain as before with Judge Brown as chairman and Judge Sanderson serving alongside.
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Callahan
Stevens
Stoneham
Brown
Sanderson
First Draft Arrests in Boston for Draft Refusal
The first arrests in Boston for failure to comply with the draft regulations were made in Division 17 yesterday. Thomas J. McKeown, a car inspector, and Kiernan Murray, a brakeman for the New Haven road, refused to submit to a physical examination by draft physicians.
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Boston
Division 17
Thomas J. McKeown
Kiernan Murray
New Haven Road
Dorchester Irishmen Refuse English Draft Examinations
In Dorchester at draft headquarters on Columbia Road Elias Saklad reports two Irish born men aged 26 and 24 refused English doctors’ examinations and declared they would not fight for England. Deputy Marshals arrested Murray and McKeown after a tense stand, with both local residents pledging to become American citizens.
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Dorchester
Elias Saklad
United States
Mitchell
Bradley
McGrath
McKeown
England
Uncle Sam
Ireland
Murray
Dewey Street
Young Woman in Battalion of Death Equipped for Poison
A member of the regiment known as the Battalion of Death is described as a typical young woman who fears capture more than death. Her gear includes a deadly poison she would swallow if she is captured, highlighting the brutal rituals of the force.
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New Republic
Russian retreat and German drive in Romania
The Russians and Rumanians fell back from the Fokshan i Maras echti line to the Sereth River. Von Mackensen’s forces seized Pantzien, a railway town west of Marasechti, as they press a strong advance elsewhere along the front.
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Rumania
Sereth
Pantzien
Marasechti
Teutons Cut Rail Line North Impacting Eastern Front
Reported advance by Teutons threatens supply route to Russian and Romanian forces in western Moldavia around Ocna. The northern rail line from Marasechti, a key supply and reinforcement corridor, may be cut.
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Teutons
Moldavia
Ocna
Marasechti
Somerville Woman Dies By Gas Asphyxiation At Home
Miss Mary N. Doris 34 of 44 Berkeley Street Somerville is believed to have killed herself yesterday by gas asphyxiation after months of ill health. The gas was fully turned on with doors and windows blocked with cotton.
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Mary N. Doris
Berkeley Street
Somerville
Autopiano Trade Offer From Chas S Norris Ad
Music lovers invited to trade in idle pianos for the Autopiano the world's best player piano. Catalogue requests available from Chas S Norris 181 Tremont Street. Redraft notes show address as Tre mont St. adrt.
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Chas. S. Norris
Tremont St
Mayor Curley Visits Boston Boys at 236th Overseas Battalion
Valcartier Camp Quebec hosts an international historical event as Mayor Curley of Boston and his secretary Charles O Power tour the Maclean Kitties of America unit the 236th Overseas Battalion.
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Valcartier Camp
Que
Canada
Curley
Boston
Charles O. Power
America
Mayor Curley Visits Camp Beside Jacques Broad River
Mayor Curley is met in Quebec by Lt. Col. Guthrie and Maj. H. H. MacLean and driven 18 miles to a camp where the Kiltie band greets him with cheers. He reviews the battalion, attends a bonfire sing song and concert, inspects tents at 5 50 a m, and joins a luncheon with Brigadier General Fages before an evening demonstration of gas and smoke bombs.
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Quebec
Guthrie
H. H. MacLean
Boston
Jacques Broad River
Boston Boys
Mayor Curley
Reveille
Fages
War tax bill debate signals four more years of conflict
In Washington on August 13 General de bate in the Senate on the war tax bill nears closure with two speakers left. Senator McCumber forecast a four year war and spending of 40 billion dollars, urging that future generations bear most costs while the current generation furnishes men and materials to defeat Germany.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committee
Penrose
McCumber
Moonlight Drives All Vehicles Tonight
A terse public notice urges all vehicles to move at 4 30 PM prompting orderly shutdown. Details unclear due to damaged text but indicates time based traffic control or clearance.
British transport Royal Edward sunk in Aegean Sea
Today’s anniversaries recall the sinking of the British transport Royal Edward by a German submarine in the Aegean Sea in 1915 with about 1000 troops lost. The entry notes times and dates of related events.
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Royal Edward
Aegean Sea
Showers Expected for Boston Area and New England
Forecast calls for occasional showers and thunder storms in Boston and vicinity Tuesday and possibly Wednesday. Gentle southerly winds. Northern New England: fair Tuesday with possible thunder showers in Vermont. Wednesday likely thunder showers. Southern New England and Eastern New York: occasional thunder showers Tuesday and Wednesday likely.
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Washington
New England
Vermont
New York
Fragmentary sports score snippet from Thompson’s Spa page
Reported at Thompson's Spa shows scattered numbers including averages and scores. The readable items include figures like 64 76 and 85 72 with mentions of temperatures such as an average yesterday of 72 and a year ago 64.
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Thompson's Spa
Rese
Acons CP Galea
Iaare
Yesterday's Baseball Results Across Leagues
National League results include Philadelphia 3 Boston 6 and New York 4 Brooklyn 38 in the first game. Brooklyn 2 New York 1 in the second. Chicago 7 Pittsburg 3 St Louis 6 Cincinnati 5 12 innings. American League Boston 5 Philadelphia 1 Washington 9 New York 5. St Louis 10 Detroit 5 in the first game. Detroit 7 St Louis 6 in the second. Chicago Cleveland Rain.
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Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Washington
Detroit
Identified dead listed in New Haven tragedy toll
Twelve victims identified by midnight in a disaster report. Names include Leonard F. Hotchkiss banker and broker of New Haven John H. Cannon insurance broker New Haven Henry D. Morrey of New York City and Madison Conn Antonio De Nardi of Boston Mass Mrs Ella D. Chapman widow of ex Senator Chapman Westbrook Conn Mrs Grace Day of New Haven wife of manufacturer Mrs Edna Howell East River Saybrook Conn widow Dr Grannis John Grannis Sachem's Head Conn E L Shepard and spouse Sachem's Head Conn Angelina Ninfi Leete Island Conn and Harry Morris motorman New Haven Conn.
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New Haven
Conn
Johnh. Cannon
John Grannis
Dr. Grannis
Saybrook
E. L. Shepard
Sachem’s Head
Angelina Ninfi
Leete’s Island
Harry Morris
Injured Yale Professor’s Wife in Serious Accident
Mrs Harriett Wheeler wife of Professor Arthur M Wheeler head of Yale history department was severely injured with a broken arm and rib. Miss Ruth Grannis 25 of Saybrook cousin of a dead woman was taken to St Raphael's Hospital New Haven with injuries to both thighs.
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Arthur M. Wheeler
Yale University
Ruth Grannis
Saybrook
St. Raphael's Hospital
New Haven
Malone Dies of Injuries After Horse Incident
Former Attorney General Dana Malone died at Franklin County Hospital from a fractured skull after being thrown from his horse near his Heath summer home. The Aug 13 report places the incident near Greenfield.
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Dana Malone
Franklin County
Heath
Noted Massachusetts Attorney General Malone Dies After Assault
Mr. Malone, a prominent attorney and Republican figure, was found unconscious on Heath Road by Maurice Hosmer and Henry Hammond after his riderless horse returned. He died at 2:20 a.m. following surgery. Survived by his wife Margaret Bradford Robbins and three children Helen Frances Dana Jr., plus a sister. Born Arcade New York Oct 8 1857 he studied law at Harvard and Boston universities, served in the Legislature and Senate, was district attorney of the northwestern district and attorney general from 19%.
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Maurice Hosmer
Henry Hammond
Malone
Margaret Bradford Robbins
Philadelphia
Childre
Helen
Frances
Dana
H. Malone
Brookline
Republican Party
Arcade
New York
Amherst
Greenfield
Gorham D. Williams
Harvard Law School
Franklin County
Senate
Northwestern
Massachusetts
Republican State Committee
Farm at Each Camp in Major General Wood's Plan
Charleston August 13 Major General Wood recommended to the War Department that a tract of 120 to 150 acres at each cantonment be set aside for vegetable cultivation to supply soldiers tables. His plan has Hoover endorsement.
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S. C
Wood
War Department
Herbert Hoover
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