Navy Balloon Men Tumble Near Canton
Six balloonists from the naval aviation station near Akron lost control after hitting an air pocket near Salem yesterday at noon. The group fell about 60 feet, with Murray Baldwin of Fargo, N D, suffering a fractured left ankle and Joseph Torrey of Worcester, Mass, a badly sprained right ankle. Two others were uninjured but shaken.
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Canton, CO
Salem
Naval Aviation Station
Akron
Murray Baldwin
Fargo
N. D
Joseph Torrey
Worcester
Mass
Serbian Mission Postponed to January 18 in Boston
The Royal War Mission of Serbia visit to Boston, set for today, is postponed to Friday January 18. The delay was ordered at the request of Breckenridge Long, third assistant secretary of state at Washington.
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Boston
Royal War Mission of
Serbia
Breckenridge Long
Washington
Feared Arrest Case Hearsay at Revere House Hearing
Witnesses at a Suffolk Superior Court equity session described a girl about 15 and two older youths roaming the Revere House corridor by lamplight. The Watch and Ward Society seeks an injunction against the hotel’s lessees for nuisance and public morals concerns. Miss Catherine McCarthy recalled lengthy bed-making shifts and repeated room turnovers during her tenure from 1912 to 1917.
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Revere House
Equity
Suffolk Superior Court
Watch and Ward Society
Catherine McCarthy
J. Frank Chase
Chase
Mary Elizabeth Brady
East Boston
Help’s Hall
Deny Pastor Waldron Faces Jury Over Seditious Claims
In Brattleboro Vermont on January 11 the trial of Rev. C. H. Waldron of Windsor continued with defense witnesses testifying they never heard him utter seditious or unpatriotic statements. The court said evidence would be completed tomorrow and arguments would follow Monday afternoon.
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Brattleboro
C. H. Waldron
Windsor
Baptist Church
Waldron
Miss Dai Buell Recital Features Varied Program
Miss Dai Buell gave a piano recital yesterday afternoon in Jordan Hall. The program included Nawratil Bach Gebhard Saint Saens Stcherbatcheff Lie MacDowell Kwast Liszt and Liapounow. She showed musical enthusiasm and a beautiful tone.
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Dai Buell
Jordan Hall
Nawratil
Bach
Gebhard
Saint-Saens
Stcherbatcheff
Lie
MacDowell
Kwast
Liszt
Liapounow
Patriotism through farm work sparks war garden drive
George L. Farley urges pig raising and war gardens as top tools to instill patriotism in youth at the Massachusetts conservation conference at Horticultural Hall. He notes 2800 pigs kept and plans for breeding, with thousands of children already cannning and in home economics clubs. A state-wide drive aims to boost home garden output by about a third next year.
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George L. Farley
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Horticultural Hall
Conservation Committee
John D. Mackay
Quincy
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
State youths and food aid drive referenced
The speaker argues that serving the country is best achieved by helping others and notes last year 2250 boys and girls across the state were involved in a feeding effort.
Senate bill to raise salaries for Suffolk DA staff
Senate introduces a bill authorizing the Suffolk county district attorney to hire four assistants and four deputies. The proposed salaries fix the district attorney at 9000 dollars, assistants at 5000 dollars each, and deputies at 4000 dollars each.
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Senate
Fitzgerald
Suffolk County
Mrs Shapley Sent Back to State Asylum
Mrs. Sarah C. Shapley was sent back to the State asylum at Westboro yesterday by order of Judge Braley of the Supreme Judicial Court who found she disobeyed a court order not to return to Massachusetts from Maine without leave of court.
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Sarah C. Shapley
Westboro
Braley
Supreme Judicial Court
Massachusetts
Maine
Friends Honor Mayor Curley at Symphony Hall
A testimonial and tea will honor Mayor Curley at Symphony Hall on Wednesday evening Web 6. Theodore A. Glynn chairs the press committee announcing plans. Friends from Washington Chicago New York Rochester Syracuse Buffalo Cleveland and others will attend. The banquet serves 2000 guests with women guests seated in the balconies.
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Curley
Symphony Hall
Theodore A. Glynn
Washington
Chicago
New York
Rochester
Syracuse
Buffalo
Cleveland
Carmen Threatens Strike Over Women Conductors
Kansas City street railway union leader says a strike will be called if the Kansas City Street Railways Company hires women conductors. The company is reportedly training 100 women to serve as conductors. Public Service Commission hearings were held on the issue.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Street Railways Company
Witness details underage girls at Revere House hotel
Testimony describes a pale girl about 15 in a short skirt with tasselled hat fearing arrest and possible whipping. A second girl, about 17 or 18, appeared in the hotel regularly. witnesses note intoxication and a dazed state in a woman asking for whiskey. Witnesses discuss affidavits and observations at the Revere House.
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Josephine E. Baldwin
Revere House
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Mackinaws
Hanover and
Portland Sts
Gil
Deny
U. S
Farley
Bill
Pelletier
Carmen
Union Street
Sally Mazda
Edie
Food Administration
Marks Rosenberg & Bros
Astor Place
Wolf’s
Hanover
Portland
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