British Hospital Ship Asturias Fired Upon by Submarine
In London the parliamentary secretary of the admiralty told the House of Commons a German submarine fired a torpedo at the hospital ship Asturias on February 1 at 5 p m but missed. The ship bore a white hull with a green band and red crosses and was to be immune under Hague rules. The first signatory to the Hague convention was the German Emperor. Neutral powers will be notified of the incident.
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London
Thomas J. MacNamara
Admiralty
House of Commons
Asturias
Ministry of Marine
MacNamara
The
Commons
Hague
the Hague
The Stenographer and The Hobo by Ball
A note informs readers to see The Stenographer and The Hobo by Walter S. Ball in the upcoming Sunday Post Magazine.
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Walter S. Ball
Next Sunday Post
Fitzgerald Raps Mayor On Finances
Former mayor Fitzgerald attacked Mayor Curley at a United Improvement Association meeting claiming Curley misstates city finances and criticizing him for not truthfully presenting conditions left by his administration.
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Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald Challenges Curley to Public Finance Debate
Former Mayor Fitz gerald accuses Mayor Curley of a 70000 deficit despite Parkman fund use and cuts to Columbus Day and other holidays. He invites a friendly debate before the United Improvement Association about city finances and the Fitzgerald administration. He refutes Curley’s claims about a 531000 balance and tax collection timing.
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Curley
Parkman
Fitzgerald
United Improvement Association
Evans Memorial Wing of Museum Dedication
The Evans Memorial Wing in Boston showcased paintings by world masters in a profusion new to the city, highlighting a grand museum expansion and public display.
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Boston
Mrs Evans Gifts Boston Gallery Wing to Public Memorial
Mrs Evans widow of the man honored by the gift presides over a grand Boston opening. Arthur Fairbanks and Morris Gray attend as gallery crowds flood the halls with fashionable society, artists, and scholars. More than 100 paintings by masters including Rubens and Rembrandt are on display across 20 rooms with exquisite lighting and architecture.
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Evans
Boston
Arthur Fairbanks
Museum
Morris Gray
Board of Trustees
Hauteville
Evans Memorial and Art Museum Wing Opens Free Week
The inscription honors Robert Dawson Evans 1843 1909 merchant financier and art patron who funded a museum built by his wife Maria Antoinette Evans. The Bacchante sculpture draws crowds while the new wing opens to the public for one week free of charge and Mrs Evans loan collection stays on.
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Robert D. Evans
Robert Dawson Evans
Maria Antoinette Evans
Bacchante
Patriotism a Superstition in a Tremont Temple Talk
Professor Ellen Hayes of Wellesley argued that internationalism opposes patriotism in a Tremont Temple lecture titled Five Deadly Superstitions. She claimed two million men were recently shot in Europe in the name of patriotism and urged ruling by reason rather than superstition.
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Tremont Temple
Ellen Hayes
Wellesley
Europe
Blizzard Moves Out to Sea With Mild Forecast Ahead
A heavy storm from Monday and Tuesday has moved offshore and fair weather is forecast. Temperatures rose from a low of 1 degree near midnight to a high of 17 degrees by late evening.
Plan to seek royal women to press for war end
Mrs Angelica Post plans a proposal to the Women’s Peace Society urging Queen of England Empress of Germany Czarina of Russia and leading women of France and Austria to act as spokesmen for women worldwide in an appeal to wartime leaders to halt carnage.
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England
Germany
Czarina
Russia
France
Austria
Women's Peace Society
Angelica Post
Russian Girl Fights in Nineteen Battles
Olga Krasilnikoff, a 19 year old girl, arrived in Moscow wounded in the foot after taking part in 19 battles in Poland. She enlisted under a man's name and the deception was uncovered. She was awarded the cross of St. George fourth degree.
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Moscow
Olga Krasilnikoff
Poland
Dory Believed Found For Missing Boy Hunter
Frail dory caught in ice with one oar and a shotgun found on Woodbridge Island as footprints mark the search for 18 year old Nicholas Woodward swept away in the Merrimac while attempting to recover a shelldrake.
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Newburyport
Woodbridge Island
Nicholas Woodward
Fisherman Boy Missing as Ice Threatens Search
Mrs Henry Woodward waits on Kings Island shore as Merrimack ice halts Plum Island rescuers. Captain Swain finds only the boy's empty dory while brothers Henry and Harry search Woodbridge Island for Nicholas, feared dead from cold.
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Merrimack Towing Company
Swain
Young Woodward
Henry
Harry
Woodbridge Island
Nicholas
Woodward
Boston Divorce Suit Seeks 25000 Over Alienation of Affections
Charles Cutter of Beacon Street sues Dr. Almon Cooper of Brookline in Suffolk Superior Court for 25000 alleging alienation of his wife’s affections. The action follows a divorce obtained five years ago. Prominent Boston society figures are involved in the tangle.
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Suffolk Superior Court
Charles
Beacon Street
Almon Cooper
Brookline
Boston Society Watchful as Divorce Case Unfolds
The Cutter divorce case draws Boston social interest. Architect Cutter and Myra F. divorced in 189 on desertion. Myra F. then wed Dr. Cooper of Brookline who vacationed at Sister Island Maine. Cooper had earlier divorced Elizabeth Bigelow Cooper for desertion in Norfolk County.
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Cutter
Myra F
Cooper
Brookline
Sister Island
Elizabeth Twitchell Bigelow Cooper
Sunday Baseball Arguments Before Legislature
A legislative committee heard a verbal clash on Sunday baseball. Representative James J. Twohig and Mrs. Carrie G. Barr of Boston argued for the bill during the session yesterday.
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Legislative Committee On Legal Affairs
James J. Twohig
Carrie G. Barr
Boston
Public parks to host Sunday sports from Memorial Day to Labor Day
The measure permits baseball and other sports in all public parks on Sunday afternoons between 2 and 6 o'clock from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Opposition figures name during Massachusetts bond disclosure hearing
Key opponents listed include Charles D. Daly of Medford secretary of the Catholic Federation Robert H. Maywood of the Massachusetts Christian Endeavor Union J M Foster of the National Reform Association W D Williams of the Lord's Day League of New England and Martin D Kneeland As the hearing continued a broad set of counsel appeared opposing a bill that would force corporations to file their bond holder lists with the tax commissioner and require banks and collecting agents to provide names of Commonwealth owners of detached bond coupons.
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Charles D. Daly
Medford
Catholic Federation
Robert H. Maywood
Massachusetts Christian Endeavor Union
J. M. Foster
National Reform Association
W. D. Williams
Lord's Day League of
New England
Martin D. Kneeland
Committee Upon Taxation
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
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