Draft Reinforcements Arrive at Devens Camp August Draft
At Devens Camp 1698 draftees arrive to swell the depot brigade before assignment to division or overseas units. Maine sent 841, Massachusetts 492, and Vermont 365. First September call includes 425 Massachusetts Negroes to the 13th battalion. Tuesday 859 white draftees from Massachusetts districts and 700 from Maine plus 252 from Vermont arrive next.
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Camp Devens
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
Conscientious objectors moved and furloughs granted amid war policy
Seventeen objectors refused to serve as combatants have been transferred from camp and nine with investigations by a Washington commission are granted furloughs to work on farms through the war’s end. Those not investigated go to Fort Leavenworth for status interviews. Jacob Schneider remains in camp at guardhouse for disobeying farm labor orders. Robert Wertz, civilian for the quartermaster corps, was held by military police after the death of Acting Corporal Adam Bock in a base hospital. Edward Blood, from Kalamazoo and Seattle registered, joined the Reach-Winthrop delegation, moved from South Boston to a shore town after employment.
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Special Commission
Washington
Fort Leavenworth
Jacob Schneider
Robert FE. Weitz
Quartermaster’s Corps
Adam H. Bock
245Th Ambulance Company
Wertz
Edward W. Blood
Kalamazoo
Mich
Seattle
Wash
Revere-Winthrop
Boston
Liberty Loan Committee Relocates To Milk Street Quarters
The Liberty Loan committee of New England moves operations to the Mutual Life building at 95 Milk Street, recently purchased by the Federal Reserve Bank. Main 7840 remains the contact. Executive offices occupy the third floor, publicity and foreign language committees the basement, and the women's committee part of the second floor for the first time, enabling consolidated operations.
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Liberty Loan Committee of New England
Mutual Life
Milk Street
Federal Reserve Bank
Publicity Committee
Foreign Language Committee
Woman’s Committee
Carter Babcock wedding in Newtonville home
Miss Esther M Babcock daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank E Babcock Cambridge and Lieutenant Manson H Carter son of Horace A Carter Needham were married yesterday in the bride’s brother Chester L Babcock’s Newtonville home. Rev William Wick officiated.
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Esther M. Babcock
Frank E. Babcock
Cambridge
Manson H. Carter
Horace A. Carter
Needham
Chester L. Babcock
Newtonville
William Wick
Men Warn to Confirm Age for Draft Extension
Washington dispatch reports Provost Marshal General Crowder urging men to verify their ages before the new 18 to 45 draft limit applies. Registration dates are under consideration for September 10, 11, or 12, with penalties for those who fail to register.
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Washington
Crowder
Congress
War Time Echoes From Many War Fronts And Figures
A Brooklyn boy Eugene Andrew MacCarthy, aged 12, earns a Presidential commendation for aiding War Savings Stamps sales. Henry Ford’s peace ship prompts MacCarthy to write, earning praise. A 21 by 15 foot Goeblin tapestry will be gifted to Philadelphia, bearing Wilson’s lines and defense of democracy. Tom Longboat asks Toronto authorities to forward his Boston Marathon prize to France. Czarist ex-official Sovkhomlinoff now works as a portier in Petrograd. Ty Cobb joins the war effort, while Fernand Kellerman predicts a long conflict. Captain William Harrigan, son of Edward Harrigan, nets 14 German captures. Fireflies gifted to the Mikado and other notes from the world scene fill this page. William A. Hazard attends Grand Circuit meeting at Readville, praising polo revival.
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Eugene Andrew MacCarthy
Brooklyn
Wilson
Henry Ford
Europe
Young MacCarthy
Navy Balks at Putting Aviation Under Ryan
Navy officials oppose consolidating naval aviation with the army under Assistant Secretary of War John D. Ryan. They argue it would disrupt the Navy’s ongoing aircraft construction program delivering large numbers of planes weekly.
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Navy
Ryan
Washington
Naval
Naval Aviation Service
Army
John D. Ryan
New Trial Denied for 100 I W W Leaders
Federal Judge K M Landis denied a new trial for the 100 I W W leaders found guilty in an anti war conspiracy case in Chicago. He granted continuances for three defendants and said the remaining 97 would be sentenced tomorrow afternoon after hearing each defendant's individual story. The judge showed sympathy and sought to give each person the benefit of doubt.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
Haywood Denies Guilt as IWW Leaders Face Verdict
After nearly three and a half hours of defense speeches Judge Landis delays ruling to review new evidence. William D. Haywood, IWW secretary treasurer, declares the verdict a great mistake and insists no IWW member acted against the United States while vowing to uphold the union’s constitution.
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Landis
the Republic
William D
Big Bill
Haywood
The
Bar
Middlesex Boston Struck by Major Transit Strike
Union leaders in Hibernian Hall Waltham warned no car wheels will turn under the strike order as lines of the Middlesex Boston system clash with the Boston Elevated Street Railway at Lake street Newton Corner and Arlington Heights. The affected zone covers about 20 towns including Newton Waltham and surrounding areas within bounds of Westboro Needham Watertown Billerica and Concord.
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Hibernian Hall
Waltham
Boston Elevated Street Railway Company
Lake Street
Newton Corner
Arlington Heights
Newton
Westboro
Needham
Watertown
Billerica
Concord
Girl's Photo Lost in France Returns to Boston Girl
A worn photograph of Ena Parker of Wellington, Boston, lost on the Chateau Thierry battlefield with Sergeant Harry Anderson of Dorchester and the 101st Company, has been recovered by a French interpreter and delivered back to its owner. Anderson writes he is unhurt and resting behind the lines.
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Boston
France
Chateau Thierry
Harry Anderson
Dorchester
101St
Purdy
BE. G. Coulon
101st Regiment Fund Drive Planned at Youngs Hotel
The 101st Regiment Associates led by James J. Phelan plan a statewide fund drive launching next Saturday to raise at least $50,000. Speakers include Henry B. Endicott and A C Ratshesky. events span Boston and 31 towns with performances on Boston Common by Vivian Segal.
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Young’s Hotel
James J. Phelan
Phelan
101St Regiment Associates
Henry B. Endicott
A. C. Ratshesky
Massachusetts Public Safety Committee
John F E. Gilman
Grand Army
James A. Gallivan
Bernard J. Rothwell
Chamber of Commerce
101St Regiment
Boston
Commonwealth
Boston Common
Vivian Segal
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Esta Mae Barr
W. W. Taff
Elizabeth Logan
Christopher J. Lee
John C. Heyer
Joseph H. O'Neill
Comfort Rooms Opened in Brookline for Returned Soldiers
The Khaki Social League opened the first comfort and recreation room in Brookline at 14 Harvard street. The aim is to provide rest and recreation for wounded soldiers and homeless army and navy men stationed in and around Brookline.
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Brookline
Khaki Social League
Harvard Street
Army and Navy
Canton Tops State War Saving Stamp Per Capita Goal
Canton reports it is the first town in the state to pay its per capita War Saving Stamp allotment of 20.70 dollars in full, leaders announced tonight from Canton.
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Canton
Three Tragic Deaths Reported in Brockton Day Three
In Brockton three deaths occurred this day two by despondency and one by accident. Charles L. Chapin 59 of 22 Allen street a Unity Church member and Mason died by inhaling gas after leaving a note and two checks. Mrs Nellie L Grace 54 of 119 Newbury street was found with a gas tube in her mouth and gas poisoning noted as the cause. Miss Alice M Cole 47 of 10% Main street fell from a height while hanging clothes and died at Brockton Hospital.
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Brockton
Charles L. Chapin
Allen Street
The
Unity Church
Commercial Club
Chapin
Pine
Nellie L. Grace
Newbury Street
Grace
Alice M. Cole
Main Street
Brockton Hospital
Allies Take 120000 Prisoners on Western Front
London reports the Entente has captured nearly 120,000 prisoners and about 600 guns on the western front since July 18, with 21,000 prisoners taken between August 21 and 26 and British losses only slightly higher. Observers say Germany plans a shorter defensive line to economize manpower amid mounting pressure.
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London
Western Front
Arsenic Found In Miss Gay’s Stomach Case Heats Up
Bayonne investigators and New Jersey officials press the case against Mrs. Skeels as arsenic is found in Miss Florence Gay. DA Henry Wells and State Police Officer Richard Griffin say evidence links Skeels to a web of circumstances. Skeels remains hospitalized after an attempted death sentence while plans for Saturday arraignment proceed. Alfred Lundgren remains convinced of her innocence, visiting the hospital and awaiting legal steps.
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New Jersey
Bayonne
Henry G. Wells
Richard Griffin
Skeels
Lawrence General Hospital
Florence Gay
Natural Causes in Wilkins Deaths at Bayonne Case
County Prosecutor Garven said four Wilkins deaths in Bayonne from 1916 to 1919 are natural causes and no exhumation will occur until criminal inquiry data from Andover arrives. The family linked to Mrs. Skeels includes Amos Wilkins, mother, Nellie, Albert. all nursed by Skeels. Detective Griffin found a bottle labeled poison in Skeels’s residence.
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Bayonne
N. J
Garven
Lawrence
Mass
Wilkins
Andover
Amos Wilkins
Bessie May Skeels
East Twenty-second Street
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Liberty Loan Committee
Carter—Babcock
Fine Waltham
Dept. Benox Jive
Washington St
Pop
Willie
Tim
Sue
DEA
Jam
King Features Syndicate
Philadelphia
Tom Longboat
Toronto
Ence
W. A. Sovkhomlinoff
Petrograd
Ty” Cobb
Fernard Kellerman
America
William Harrigan
Edward Harrigan
Lambs and Friars
Dorothy Langdon
Japan
Nakaga
Hikawa
Omiya
William A. Hazard
New York
American Polo Association
Readville
Labor Day
Cammall Badge Co
W.W
Haywood Defiant
Middlesex
Jason Weiler & Sons
Tiffany
Men’s Belcher
Tooth Mountains
Washington St. Cor, Pranklin
Wellington
Ena W. Parker
Associates
HMS
Morse’s
Morse
Sam
Col. Brattle
Adams St
Mrs. Skeels
Mrs Skeels
Haverhill Street
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