Faults in New Destroyers Criticism by Naval Officers
Naval officers criticize recent US destroyers for numerous defects and rushed completion. They blame government insistence on quick delivery and stubborn plans, noting one ship finished in three weeks faced multiple drydock faults and could not depart until May next year. One destroyer bound for convoy with the George Washington and President Wilson was forced to retreat after 28 hours at sea.
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United States
George Washington
Wilson
Soldiers, Sailors Fill Boston Theatre for War Service Event
French sailors wounded soldiers and about 3000 servicemen filled the Boston Theatre yesterday for the fifth Sunday afternoon entertainment under the Boston War Camp Community Service auspices.
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Boston
Boston War Camp
Turkish wife ash dumper and Turkish women outline
Mrs. Ralph Harlow, a Smyrna returned missionary, spoke at the YWCA about life for Turkish women. She described a wife as the dumper of ashes, noted there is no Turkish word for home or daughter, and cited women’s lack of freedom and education. She warned about high tuberculosis rates and gender inequities in Turkey.
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Ralph 8. Harlow
Smyrna
Beacon Street
Turkey
Japanese Withdraw Reserves From Siberia
Vladivostok dispatch reports Japanese forces plan withdrawal of reserve units from Manchuria and Siberia. Three regiments will concentrate from February 10 to 20, affecting about 20,000 men.
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Vladivostok
Manchuria
Siberia
Nourishing Imperial Gras nam Food Advertisement
During convalescence from illness or weakness it nourishes and strengthens with a delicious flavor and no sickly sweetness. A druggist offers this product for 25 cents.
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Sete
National Prohibition Sparks Spy System Opposition
National Prohibition will compel a spy system like the old czarist and Kaiser regimes. Prohibition leaders admit this and plan a bureau to aid the Secret Service. Taft opposes national prohibition, urging citizens to contact their state legislators to vote against ratification.
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National Prohibition
Secret Service
John Mason Dies at 60 Bright stage star passes after Bright's disease
Noted American actor John Mason died in a Stamford Connecticut sanitarium from Bright's disease with complications. Born in Orange New Jersey, he rose from Walnut Street Theatre to London stage, starred with Marion Manola, and led roles with Elsie De Wolf and Mrs. Fiske. Funeral arrangements were set in New York.
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Stamford
Conn
John Mason
Bright
Mr. Mason
Providence
R. L
A. H. Woods
New York
Orange
N. J
Walnut Street Theatre
Philadelphia
Boston
London
Marion Manola
Old Boston Museum Stock Company
Elsie de Wolf
Annie Russell
Mrs. Fiske
Jack Brookfield
Columbia University
Italy
Boston Museum
Robert Mantell
Laertes
Edwin Booth
Barry to Succeed Bell as Eastern Department Chief
Major General Thomas H. Barry, commander of the Central Department with HQ in Chicago, is ordered to New York to assume command of the Eastern Department, succeeding Major General B Franklin Bell who died days ago. Leonard Wood has been selected for the Chicago post but will decide before orders are issued.
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Washington
Thomas H. Barry
Central Department
Chicago
New York
B. Franklin Bell
Barry
War Department
Leonard Wood
Camp Funston
Kan
Posture Advice Sparks Girls Club Talk
Miss Mabel Todd spoke to the Girls' City Club on posture and energy conservation. She advised against bending from the chest and warned that lifting shoulders and standing on tiptoe, as well as wearing high heels, are poor practices.
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City Club
Mabel Todd
Right Posture and Heels Savour Poise for Business Women
Miss Todd teaches posture for efficiency and energy, stressing parallel feet and three body blocks the pelvis thoracic cavity and skull. She warns against high heels especially French and Cuban styles, urges muscular development first, and says moderate heels may be worn on special occasions after perfect poise is achieved.
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Miss Todd
Tug Lehigh Sails to Quest Lost Barges Off Boon Island
The tug Lehigh departed Portland with three light barges bound for Port Reading. In rough seas the tow broke apart near Boon Island. It returned yesterday with the barge Robesonia, while the Rutherford and No. 783 remained separated.
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Boon Island
Portland
Lehigh
Port Reading
Robesonia
Rutherford
Deaths in war casualty list top line shows 156 fatalities
The War Department release tallies 339 total casualties for the country with 156 deaths from various causes. New England accounts include 22 mortalities among 36 names, noting Lt Eugene W. Everett of Marshfield Hills and Capt George Edwin Kirk of Bar Harbor as the officers who died.
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War Department
New England
Eugene W. Everett
Marshfield Hills
George Edwin Kirk
Bar Harbor
New England Boys on Casualty List Official List
A compiled casualty roster lists numerous New England service members with home towns across Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Names include Corporals Buxton and Karzomarouk, Privates Lefrancois and Mikenezonis, and Lieutenants Everett and Edmands, among others, with multiple addresses and hometowns.
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New England
Noted Russian Revolutionist Sails From Japan
Friends in this city have learned that Catherine Breshkovsky the famed Russian revolutionary has sailed from Japan. Boston publisher H F Jenkins said she would reach Seattle around January 18 and may travel to Paris during the peace conference.
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Catherine Breshkovsky
United States
Japan
H.F. Jenkins
Boston
Seattle
Paris
Lecture on Ireland's Claims by Father Treacy at Bowton College High
Under the Philo matheia Club the Rev. Gerald T. Treacy will lecture on The Logic of Ireland's Claims next Sunday at 7 45 in Bowton College High School Hall James Street. He will review Ireland's home rule struggle and its independence agitation for Bostonians. Preparations aim for a large crowd, recalling the Symphony Hall overflow event.
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Father Treacy
Ireland
Philomatheia Club
Boyton College High School
James Street
Gerald T. Treacy
Men Who Pay the Family Shoebills Discover Nedlin Soles
Allentown mail carrier H M Foreman reports Nedlin-soled shoes outlast ordinary pairs by nine months, walking over 4 000 tiles in a single day. Nedlin soles, made by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, fit any shoe and carry cost similar to standard wear. Wingfoot Heels are also advertised as outwearing other heels.
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H.M. Foreman
Allentown
Aber Chice Cain Duane Weel
Haan
Neélin
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
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Taft
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Fifth Avenue
New York City
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Gen. Barry
Bell
Kornfeld
Georgette
Taupe Navy
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Kernfelds
Summer St
Vernon C. Buxton
Green St
Burlington
Marion Karzomarouk
Colony St
Ansonta
Joseph J. Shanse
Willow St
Torrington
Rowell J. Lefrancois
Pleasant St
Turland
John P. Medeiros
Felton St
New Bedford
Stanley Mikenezonis
Warren St
Bridgeport
Salvatore Moscheiro
Dunstable St
Charlestown
John 8
Murad
Congress St
Michael L. Sullivan
Adams St
Henry E. Ware
Cedar St
Gardiner
Carlo J. Calderara
Myrtle St
Milford
N. H
William Degroot
Newburn St
Medford
Michael ¥. Plaherty
Thatcher St
Milton
Augustus A. la Forge
Blanford St
Huntington
Charles M. Lawrence
Kenny St
Lawrenc
Carl E. Burrill
Lincoln Centre
John. J. Flaherty
Franklin St
Bath
Joseph LeClair
Parker St
Lawrence
William Ss. Brittain
W. Park St
Dorchester. Corp
Charles W. Er
Aeneanes
Swift St
R. I
Horton Edmands
Nashobard
Concord
Arthur BE. Whittemore
No. Main St
South Hadley Falls
Colin B. Jo
Hoepseve
HAST
Milton. Corp
Stefano Armadori
McKinley St
Bristol
Worcester
Pat A. Frangello
Moon St
Charles W. Lee
George St
Burlington, Vt
Maurice A. Bresnahan
Him St
Valley Falis
William Gratchen
Berlin St
Clinton
Kenneth Waldo
Willimantic
Henry Marcotte
Claremont, N. H
Edward F. Fraher
Lombard St
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Tiffany
Washington St
Winter St
Connor
Double Legal
Brookside Creamery
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Henfield
Northfield
Santa Clara Prunes
California
Sunkist
Touraine
Armour’s
John T. Connorco
Food Administration
Neslin
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