Strike vote to be known by midnight
By midnight or early tomorrow morning it will be known if the shopmen of New England railroads will continue striking or return to work. The vote results will be announced after a meeting of the executive boards of the system federations for Boston and Maine New Haven and Boston and Albany at the Quincy House at 8 o clock tonight.
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New England
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Boston & Albany
Quincy House
Treaty to be Ratified by Republican Votes
Senate plan shows break as enough Republicans will join Democrats to push a two thirds passage. Reservations cover Monroe Doctrine and congressional participation in Article X decisions.
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Senate
Senate Moves Toward Executive Treaty Action
The Senate faces mounting pressure for swift action on the peace treaty and the League of Nations. A majority of the foreign relations committee favors ending open hearings and considering the treaty in executive session.
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Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Committee On Foreign Relations
Prince of Wales Arrives in Canada on British Battleship
The British battleship Renown with the Prince of Wales is due in St John New Brunswick in the morning after a noon departure from St John's Newfoundland. A large reception is planned with Governor Milliken of Maine among the notable guests greeting the heir to the throne on his first Canadian visit.
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ST. John
N. B
Renown
St. John’s
N. F
Milliken
Maine
Accountancy Training Offer With Six Hours Weekly Study
To take up accountancy training by falling into a program requiring six hours per week for study with aim to qualify for auditing work by fall and winter. Selected applicants may earn 2200 to 3500 dollars in the first year and more subsequently. Bookkeeping knowledge helps but is not essential. Some prior office experience required. Training under an organizational umbrella of CPAs and efficiency experts. A reasonable training charge. For interview, provide age present position salary and contact numbers. Letters confidential. Address "V 4" the Post.
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Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Accountants
Actors Not to Strike in Boston
Hal Forde, English comedian in Oh My Dear at the Wilbur Theatre, announced that court orders restraining Equity Association actors from striking would be observed. Forde, leader of Boston Equity actors, spoke to assure theatre owners and audiences that a strike is not expected.
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Actors’ Equity Association
Hal Forde
Wilbur Theatre
Forde
Equity Association
Forde Leads Union Meeting in Boston Over Injunction
Mr Forde presided at a meeting of Actors Union members in Boston just before midnight. He issued a daytime notice urging attendance and said the purpose was to enforce the injunction order. He promised to tell Equity Association members to honor the injunction and their contracts at the Wilbur Theatre.
National League results and Eastern League scores recap
Baseball scores from a delayed box: Pittsburg edges Boston 3–2 in 14 innings, Cincinnati takes two from New York 4–3 and 2–1, Chio and Brooklyn split games, 8–3 in favor of Brooklyn’s first, 3–2 in Chicago, 13 innings. Eastern League Worcester dominates Waterbury 14–2 and 11–4, Providence beats Sexfield 7–2, New Haven 2–0 over Hartford, Pittwfield 6–5 over Bridgeport.
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Boston
Cincinnati
New York
Chio
Brooklyn
Chicago
Worcester
Waterbury
Providence
Sexfield
New Haven
Hartford
Pittwfield
Bridgeport
Government action tightens grip on wartime costs
Attorney General Palmer announced the first federal conviction for profiteering amid wartime price controls. A Binghamton grocer was fined $500 for selling sugar at 15 cents a pound, as governors report strong stockpiles and efforts to extend the Food Control Act continue.
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Washington
Palmer
Lucey
Binghamton
N. Y
War Food Prices Cut Under Retail Marks
The War Department reduced surplus food prices to stay below retailer rates. Roast beef drops to 1.90 per six pound can, bacon to 31 cents per pound, No 3 beans to 9 cents, with other items reduced proportionally. The policy aims to revise quotations to remain cheaper than retailers.
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Washington
War Department
Giants Fall to Reds in Two Dramatic Polo Grounds Games
The Giants were outplayed by Pat Moran and Cincinnati as they dropped two tight games at the Polo Grounds. The first ended 4 to 3 and the second 2 to 1, leaving New York six and a half games behind. An estimated 40,000 spectators witnessed the record attendance.
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New York
Pat Moran
Cincinnati Reds
Giants
Polo Grounds
Heinie Groh Delivers Reds Win Over Former Giants
Castoffs from the Giants seized revenge as Heinie Groh, once with the Giants, scored the decisive run for the Reds in the opener. The decisive play gave Cincinnati the lead, staking the Reds to an early advantage.
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Giants
Heinie Groh
Reds
Coolidge Predicted To Win By Fifty Thousand Votes
Lieutenant Governor Cox Congressman Fuller Frank B Hall of Worcester and about 500 GOP loyalists predicted Calvin Coolidge would win a second term by roughly 50 900 at the Suntang Lake Inn outing held by the Somerville Republican city committee marking the campaign start continued on page six four.
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Cox
Fuller
Frank B. Hall
Worcester
Republican State Committee
G.O. P
Suntang Lake Inn
Somerville
Republican City Committee
Calvin Coolidge
Patrolmen Threaten Unified Union Over Coercion Claims
Police officials face potential legal action as Curtis and others are accused of pressuring officers to abandon a new Patrolmen’s Union. The group argues lawful rights allow union formation and the pursuit of indictments against officials who interfere with organizing efforts.
Law strengthens police action against coercion of unionists
James H. Vahey argues a revised law allows police to enjoin a commissioner in cases of coercion by officers. Indictments once failed to curb officials of the Boston Elevated, but amendments now provide stronger safeguards for union members against threats or demotion to suppress organizing.
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James H. Vahey
Boston Elevated Road
Vahey
Shot at home of his fiancee in Pittsfield
James Despeto aged 23 was killed by a shot through a window at the home of his fiancee Miss Anna Filomina in Pittsfield. Bruno Mazzoto aged 30 was arrested charged with the crime. he admitted being nearby but claimed no knowledge of the shooting. Police say he was a rejected suitor who had threatened Despeto after his overseas service.
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Pittsfield
James Despeto
Anna Filomeina
Bruno Mazzoto
Despeto
Senator Lodge urges swift action on stalemate
Senator Lodge says dragging the matter is useless and calls for rapid progress. The brief note appears in A. M. with no further context provided.
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Lodge
World War I Memorial Snippets and Naval Losses
Today's anniversaries list Royal Edward sunk by German submarine in the Aegean with 1000 troops lost in 1915 and Baron Gauth blown up by a mine off Dalmatia in 1914. China declares war on Germany and Austria in 1917 as Allies push at the Somme. Schooner Doroth Barrett attacked by a submarine near Cape May, New Jersey.
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Royal Edward
Aegean Sea
Baron Gauth
Dalmatia
China
Germany
Austria
Somme Salient
Doroth
Arrett
Cape May
N. J
Showers Forecast for Boston and Nearby Areas
The forecast predicts showers in Boston and vicinity with likely showers Thursday and Friday. Temperatures remain largely unchanged and winds turn easterly. An Atlantic coast disturbance intensifies off New Jersey with storm warnings from Delaware Breakwater to Eastport and northwest warnings issued for New England.
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Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Atlantic Coast
New Jersey
Atlantic
Delaware
Eastport
Atlantic States
Marblehead
Campaign to raise five million for British seamen fund
In London on August 13 W H Appleton opened a campaign to raise five million dollars from Americans in England for the American Fund for Seamen of Britain. The effort aims to reach a total of fifty million from Americans worldwide, with a luncheon featuring Havelock Wilson and Sir Edward Nicholl, heads of the British Merchants and Seamen's League.
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London
W. H. Appleton
America
England
Havelock Wilson
Sir Edward Nicholl
British Merchants and Seamen's League
Americans and British seamen honored in wartime greeting
Mr. Appleton explained the project citing a Wilson endorsement. J Havelock Wilson framed the effort as a test of mutual spirit between nations and the world’s gratitude to British seamen. Sir Edward Nicholl noted American shipping gains while lamenting Britain’s shrinking mercantile marine. Admiral Beresford praised American appreciation of British seamen’s war service.
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Mr. Appleton
Wilson
J. Havelock Wilson
America
Great Britain
Sir Edward Nicholl
Sir Edward
Appleton
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