Stores Open Six Hours Only in New England
Enforcement of drastic fuel conservation rules by National Fuel Administrator Garfield continues indefinitely in Boston and New England with no exceptions. James J. Storrow, state fuel administrator, says coal shortages prevent relief for department stores and other retailers. Beginning this morning, department stores, retail shops, drug stores, and food stores will operate only six hours daily.
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Garfield
Boston
New England
James J. Storrow
Mine Workers Vote to Accept Wilson Plan to End Strike
The conference votes to accept President Wilson’s plan to end the miners’ strike and orders miners to return to work immediately. A fuel shortage will persist for some time. Miners will receive a 14 percent wage increase and arbitration on remaining issues.
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Mine Workers’ Conference
Wilson
Murphy Confesses Killing Foley From Roxbury Store
Officials say the confession by Jesse Murphy, inmate of a Pennsylvania asylum, that he and not Charles Rollins killed Edward J. Foley, manager of an Atlantic & Pacific tea store in Roxbury three years ago, is not of immediate concern. Murphy, adjudged insane, reportedly confessed to his former associate in the Fairview Asylum for the Criminal Insane after being jailed for a Philadelphia paymaster holdup.
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Pelletier
Jesse Murphy
Pennsylvania
Charles Rollins
Edward J. Foley
Atlantic & Pacific
Roxbury
Murphy
Herby” McGlinchey
Scranton
Penn
Philadelphia
Detzer on trial for striking prisoners in France
Three witnesses testified at Governor's Island that Captain Karl W Detzer struck military prisoners in the Le Mans area and ordered sergeants to beat them to force confessions. The charges concern his time commanding the 308th Military Police Company during criminal investigations in France.
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New York
Karl W. Detzer
France
Governor’s Island
Detzer
le Mans
308Th Military Police
Coal Miners Accept Wilson Plan to Return to Work
The United Mine Workers vote with one dissent to return to work pending final wage settlement by a commission appointed by President Wilson. Telegrams instruct 4000 locals to resume immediately. Operators expect full production and shipments to start Monday and Friday as all parties anticipate a satisfactory long-term agreement.
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Indianapolis
Ind
General Committee
United Mine Workers of America
Wilson
Boston Department Stores and Retail Shops Affiliated
Continued on Page 14 Third Column. The article outlines affiliations among Boston department stores and various retail shops, noting consolidation trends and regional economic implications for the retail sector.
Episcopal Church Delivers New Form Statement From Bishop Lawrence
In New York City today the president and council of the Episcopal Church hold a meeting. Bishop William Lawrence of this city, unable to attend due to a severe cold, issued a statement regarding the new form.
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New York City
The
Episcopal Church
William Lawrence
Episcopal Church Leaders Chart Democratic Path in New Era
The meeting of the president and council of the Episcopal church in New York marks a new era. Slogans like American na al democratic and representative defined the church since the Revolution. Signers of the Declaration and writers of the federal Constitution had Episcopal ties. Diocesan and general conventions run parallel to state legislatures and Congress, with autocracy feared.
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The
Episcopal Church
New York
State
Congress
Advocates to Press Ireland Mission Bill Hearing
Advocates of Mason bill which would fund a US minister and consuls to Ireland will speak Friday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The hearing starts at 10 a.m. and will likely run into the afternoon, with continuation noted on page 12.
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Washington
United States
Republic of Ireland
Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Confession Follows Appeal to Murphy by McGlinchey
Murphy admits the crime after McGlinchey appeals to his old gang ethos to save an innocent youth from life imprisonment. Rollins began a life sentence yesterday for the crime. Continued on Page 12-Secona Col.
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Murphy
McGlinchey
Rollins
Secona Col
Discharged Private Accuses Officers of Beating Him
George E. Williams of Corning Indiana, a discharged private, said after a slap by Detzer the captain ordered Sergeants Madden and Hoyt to take him out in the yard and force him to confess. He testified Madden beat him until he feared serious harm.
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George E. Williams
Corning
Detzer
Madden
Frank Hoyt
Williams
Hoyt
End of Coal Industry Troop Marks Five Weeks
A long coal industry action concludes after more than five weeks of disruption. Details continue from page 28 on the south column and again on page 14 first column for full context.
Boston Cold Wave Forecast Promises Brief Dip
The Boston Weather Bureau predicts a short cold spell with a rising temperature tomorrow. Yesterday the temperature fell from 55 to 23 degrees, with today expected to be fair and colder and lows perhaps from 15 above to zero in outlying districts.
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Boston
Boston Weather Bureau
Historic World War I Highlights Marked On This Day
Chronology notes Plymouth Rock voyage in 1620 and Allied gains in Ypres trenches. Allenby enters Jerusalem in 1917. A year ago, McAdoo urged extending federal railroad control to Jan 1, 1924. German foreign minister Solf resigns. Lloyd George calls Germany to pay the war debt to the Allies.
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Plymouth Rock
Ypres
Ames Allenby
Jerusalem
McAdoo
Sims
W. 8
Solf
Lloyd George
Bristol
Germany
Forecast for Bronton and vicinity in midweek
The forecast calls for Thursday fair and colder then Friday fair with rising temperatures. Northwest winds will be fresh. Northern New England: fair and colder on Friday with partly cloudy skies and not so cold. Southern New England: fair and colder with Friday partly cloudy. Eastern New York: fair and continued cold Thursday then cloudy and not quite so cold Friday. Winds off the Atlantic coast from Sandy Hook northward: strong west winds and fair weather. From Sandy Hook to Hatteras: strong north and northwest winds with fair weather.
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Bronton
Washington
New England
New York
Atlantic Coast
Sandy Hook
Sandy
Hatteras
Temperature records at Thompson's Spa yesterday
Daily readings show daytime and evening temperatures with an average yesterday of 42.6 degrees. Comparisons note an average of 27.1 degrees for the same day last year.
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Thompson's Spa
Bock Ocala
Agus
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