OLeary Defense Trial Focuses on Anti conscription Speech
Testimony at the O Leary espionage trial centers on a guarded anti conscription meeting behind paper covered windows. Mrs Manuel Gonzalez says the gathering aimed to attack the selective service law while O Leary claims it sought Irish relief funds.
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New York
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Manuel Gonzalez
O'Leary
Gonzalez
Wilson
Marie E. Durand
Sons of Irish Freedom
England
Ireland
Bernard H. Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
Coal in Portland Still $13 a Ton
Portland Maine February 7 Coal maintains a price of 13 dollars per ton as Mayor Charles B Clarke says the March 3 appropriation bill will cover initial expenses and supplies for a municipal fuel yard to the city government today.
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Portland
Charles B. Clarke
Post family holds 1846 legacy with daily New England Post
Frank Larrabee of Medford recalls a century and a half of daily Post readership. The paper has stayed in the family since 1846, with his father starting it in 1846 and Frank continuing the habit after marriage. His son Charles keeps a copy from 1849 as a birth souvenir. Lieutenant Edward A. Larrabee, a son, died in France in 1918. The Larrabees call themselves a 100 percent Post family.
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Frank Larrabee
Bowen Avenue
Medford
Mr. Larrabee
Salem
Frank
Charles A. Larrabee
Inrank
Edward A. Larrabee
France
Treadquarters
101St Infantry
Larrabee
Johnson Loses Vote on Army Withdrawal Resolution
Washington February 7. Senator Johnson of California fails to move Senate consideration of his resolution for immediate troop withdrawal from Russia. His substitute to the post office appropriation bill is defeated 37 to 32.
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Washington
Johnson
California
Senate
Russia
Capt Hayne Ellis Named Commander of U S S Salem
Washington Feb 7 naval orders assign Captain Hayne Ellis to command the U S S Salem with Captain Edward T Constien named administrator of harbor floating equipment in New York City.
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Washington
Edward T. Constien
New York
Hayne Ellis
Woman Wins Divorce Over Cruel Abusive Treatment
Matilda Vandine of Cambridge testified in East Cambridge Superior Court that her husband Jonas P. Vandine hurled a load of dishes at her and once threw snuff into her eyes. He grabbed her by the neck and tried to throw her from an open window. The husband did not contest. Judge Chase granted the divorce.
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East Cambridge
Divorces Granted in Varying Grounds Across Cities
The record shows divorces granted on grounds of desertion cruel and abusive treatment habitual intoxication and non-support. Names include Gertrude Carney Melrose and John Carney Northboro Ada Barron Malden William Barron Boston Dollena Miller Cambridge Raul Mendousea Boston Hazel Tenney Cambridge Geneva Webster Medford Estelle Wells Melrose Hebert Illsley Hudson and many others across Massachusetts cities.
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Gertrude A. Carney
Melrose
John F. Carney
Northboro
Henry FE. Price
Maynard
Gertrude M. Price
Hudson
Catherine EK. McCloskey
Malden
Walter T. McCloskey
Cambridge
Annie TY. Dyer
Edward E. Dyer
George A. Tilton
Everett
Elizabeth M. Tilton
Revere
George A. Drake
Natick
Grace II. Drake
Watertown
Medford
Earle R. Warren
Somerville
Ada Barron
William T. Barron
Boston
Dollena M. Miller
Albert H. Miller
Alizza Mendousea
Raul Mendousea
Florence E. Laycock
Lowell
John C. Laycock
Burleigh
Hazel A. Tenney
Joseph C Tenney
Geneva M. Webster
Daniel A. Webster
Estelle E. Wells
George F. Wells
Winchester
Elsie E. Isley
Hebert W. Illsley
Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Tale in Boston Post
A serialized narrative frame in the Boston Post style recounts Baron Munchausen’s voyage to the East Indies. The dog Troy reliably smells land and helps win a wager, leading to the capture of a shark with live partridge chicks and hens, and the tale promises further installments in the Daily and Sunday Post.
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Troy
Daily
Sunday Post
Army Board to Settle Contract Claims
The War Department creates a Claims Board to supervise and coordinate settlement of contracts terminated by armistice. Assistant Secretary Crowell chairs. members include C. H. Dorr Brig. Gen Burr Brig. Gen Lord and Lt Col Lehman. Special bureau members sit on matters affecting their units.
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Washington
Baker
War Department Claims Board
Department
Crowell
C. H. Dorr
George W.W. Burr
Herbert M. Lord
Herbert H. Lehman
Goethals
Naval War College Opens in Newport July Under Admiral Sims
Naval officials announced that the Naval War College will open its next course in Newport on July 1 with Admiral Sims as president. It is expected a large part of the Atlantic fleet will visit Narragansett Bay and Secretary Daniels may attend the opening ceremonies.
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Newport
R. I
Naval
Naval War College
Sims
Narragansett Bay
Daniels
Strikers Ordered Arrested in Belfast Conspiracy Warrants
Warrants were issued today for the arrest of leaders of the Belfast strikers. The warrants charge conspiracy to prejudice and injure public safety.
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Belfast
Foreman Union Question Triggers Bristol Strike
In Philadelphia on February 7 a dispute over whether a foreman may be in a labor union sparked a strike at Merchants' Shipbuilding Corporation in Bristol involving about 4000 metal workers. The company says foremen should withdraw from union activity but does not object to union membership. a War Labor Board appeal is reported.
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Philadelphia
Merchants’ Shipbuilding Corporation
Bristol
War Labor Board
Washington
Senate Advances 400 Million Post Office Bill Vote
The Senate agreed to a final vote tomorrow on the 400 million dollar annual post office appropriation bill. Amendments were largely rejected with Smoot’s bid to cut the 75 million 1991 good roads allocation failing, and Frelinghuysen’s tunnel funding for a Hudson river crossing defeated 46 to 1.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Frelinghuysen
New York
New Jersey
Hudson River
Jersey City
Doubted Authority to Rename West Boston Bridge
Cambridge Mayor Edward W. Quinn argues neither he nor Boston Mayor Peters can rename the West Boston Bridge to Longfellow Bridge. He cites legislative Act chapter 467 naming the bridge Cambridge Bridge and says the matter will be studied further for a possible renaming to honor the Cambridge poet.
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Edward W. Quinn
Cambridge
Peters
Boston
West
Longfellow Bridge
Cambridge Bridge
Brighton Girl Becomes a Lawyer after Bar Success
Miss Margaret Frances Lynch, 24, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Lynch of 101 Parsons Street Brighton, passed the Massachusetts bar exams. She studied law with Miss M Frances Brady at 101 Tremont Street and works with the Boston school committee offices. She is a Cambridge St Marys graduate and active in Catholic organizations.
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Margaret Frances Lynch
Massachusetts
William Lynch
Parsons Street
Brighton
M. Frances Brady
Tremont Street
Illinois Republican seeks Crowder reprimand documents
Representative McKenzie of Illinois introduced a resolution asking for all correspondence and papers on Provost Marshal General Crowder s training draft registrants. Referred to the military committee to uncover exchanges among Baker March and Crowder surrounding a report that Crowder was reprimanded.
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Washington
McKenzie
Illinois
House Military Committee
Baker
Crowder
Military Committee
General March
Robbery on Chauncy Street Targets Fire Extinguisher Chief
Police chase leads on Chauncy Street after two men robbed Superintendent Elijah H. Wilcox of the General Fire Extinguisher Co. payroll of 658 dollars. Wilcox, 69, recalls one assailant as about 30, 5 feet 6, 155 pounds, light complexion, light clothing, black shoes. Description of second man being gathered from witnesses. both wore caps.
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Elijah H. Wilcox
General Fire Extinguisher Company
Wilcox
Chauncy Street
Soldiers to Honor Roosevelt Sunday
Local troops prepare a ceremony honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt this Sunday. Details on time and location were not available in the accessible text, but service plans express gratitude for his leadership and wartime efforts.
Roosevelt Birthday Holiday Aimed By Pennsylvania Rep
Congressman Edmonds of Pennsylvania introduces a bill to set aside Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday on October 27 as a national holiday. American soldiers abroad and at home will participate in memorial ceremonies next Sunday, with Secretary Baker requesting General Pershing issue orders for observance in Europe.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Edmonds
Pennsylvania
Baker
McCormick
General Pershing
Europe
Pershing orders Roosevelt service honors across military camps
Baker notes Pershing arranged ex President Roosevelt's recognition by the American expeditionary forces and directs General Orders to organize similar services. He cites Senate and House actions designating February 5 for Washington services and calls for full mobilization of observances at camps nationwide.
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Illinois
Baker
General Pershing
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
Poles Seek Road to Danzig to Bring In Army and Supplies
General Sheptitsky says Poland may open a route to Danzig if Allies fail to act to bring General Haller's army and food into Poland. German troops arriving from Russia warn of a Bolshevik advance. Reports say General von Esterloff has captured Kharkov and pushes into Ukraine with the Ukraine campaign. The black plague is reported in Kovel, Ukraine.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Sheptitsky
Danzig
Poland
Haller
Russia
von Esterloff
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Star Chamber
Witness
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Larrabee Home
Capt. Hayne Ellis
U. S. S. Salem
R.a.white Co
Kirschbaum
Isterfield
R.h.white Co
Boston Post
Baron Munchausen
East Indies
Hamilton
Mr. Crawford
Dore
Army Board
WAR College
Scott & Bowne
Scott’s
Chauncy ST. Thieves
Baker's Cablegram
Hagans Oblast Shoes
Hagan’s
Oblast
Washington St
West St
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