Eight Hour Day Debate Labels Opponents as Traitors
Leicester textile maker Thomas Smith branded supporters of the eight hour day as traitors while testifying before a social welfare committee discussing an AFL backed bill for an eight hour workday for women and minors. An unrelated advertisement promotes Sanatived Brom Quinine tablets with E. W. Grove’s signature.
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Thomas Smith
Leicester
Committee On Social Welfare
American Federation of Labor
E. W. Grove
Plea For Baseball On Sunday Debated By Committee
A hearing before the committee on legal affairs opened the Sunday sports question to debate. Major Henry Lee Higginson urged Sunday athletic permission for soldiers and sailors while Mrs. Etta C. Willard of Cambridge pressed for year round Sunday sports for all.
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Committee On Legal Affairs
Henry Lee Higginson
Etta C. Willard
Cambridge
Army Navy committees back Higginson petition for charity receipts
Representatives from army and navy athletic committees urged the Higginson petition before the committee. The bill requires any admission receipts to go to a regularly constituted charity or relief fund for service members or their dependents. Mrs Willard’s bill would allow public golf tennis and baseball games on Sundays between 2 and 4 pm.
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Army and Navy Athletic Committees
Higginson
Willard
Sunday baseball debate stirs military recreation concerns
Major Higginson and Chaplain Stone pressed for Sunday recreation for soldiers and sailors arguing baseball offers healthy pastime after six days of duty. Opponents led by H. H. Newton warned of commercial influences, Catholic Federation and other speakers urged restrictions amid wartime service.
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Higginson
Stone
Charlestown Navy Yard
Europe
H. H. Newton
Lord’s Day League of
New England
Charles T. Daly
Federation of Catholic Churches
Lemuel H. Marlin
Boston University
Allen ©. Emery
Howard J. Chidley
Winchester
William McNair
Cambridge
Charles
Otto
Charles H. Jones
Newton
Women's Clubs
Massachusetts
Katherine L. Stevenson
W. Oedais
Raid on Clan-na-Gael HQ in Dublin Detains 28
Dublin authorities raided the Clan-na-Gael headquarters last night detaining 28 persons. No arms were found but maps and drawings were seized. The premises have been closed for over a year by military order.
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Dublin
Clan-na-Gael
Republicans Elect Will Hays Chairman of National Committee
The Republican National Committee elected Will Hays of Indiana as chairman at St Louis on February 13. J P Thayer was chosen sergeant at arms, Guy Howland assistant sergeant at arms, and James Reynolds re elected secretary. Fred Upham narrowly won the treasurer post over George Sheldon as the committee reorganized leadership and vowed unity for the war effort.
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ST. Louis
Republican National Committee
Will H. Hays
Indiana
John T. Adams
Iowa
King
Connecticut
J. P. Thayer
William Stone
Guy V. Howland
Minnesota
James B. Reynolds
Washington
Hays
Democratic
Hughes
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Fred W. Upham
Chicago
George RB. Sheldon
New York
Resignation of Executive Committee Accepted
The executive committee members resigned, and the body adopted a resolution declaring national committeemen as the party heads in their respective states. The committee then determined that the...
Boats Run to Block Island Again
Newport reporters note the return of steamboat service between Block Island and Newport after an eight day interruption. The restart restores passenger and cargo transport to the island, with schedules resuming and local commerce awaiting regular sailings tomorrow.
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Block Island
Newport
R. J
Ship Returns to Island with Provisions and Mail
The vessel resumed service today carrying provisions and a large amount of delayed mail as its cargo, sailing from the city to the island.
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Cece Ware
Ward
Seip
W. H. Hays
NEW & C. P. Chairman
National Committee
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South Athol
Morgan Memorial of Boston
Worcester County Farm Bureau
Worcester Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Agricultural College
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Edison
Aiomas Edison
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Edison Laboratories
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Eddison
Magazin
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