Devens Fugitive Disarmed After Back Bay Custody
Private Otto Chapman who fled Camp Devens hospital with an 88 calibre revolver threatened officers Mattey and Brett at Back Bay station yesterday morning. They overpowered and disarmed him. Central Court will hear the new charge this morning. He had been at large since the sensational departure. Some think mental caution involved.
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Devens
Otto Chapman
Camp Devens Hospital
Mattey
Brett
Back Bay Station
Central Court
Boston Bills Pledge City Role in Legislature
Boston plans a leading part in current legislative deliberations as numerous bills are filed with the House clerk. A voluminous housing committee report by Mayor Peters pushes for improved city housing conditions as a key measure.
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Boston
House of Representatives
Peters
Boston petitions seek wide reforms and city power shifts
Lawmakers hear requests from John L Donovan and others pushing city control over streetcars and licenses while probing the coal industry. Proposals cover council size, regional metropolitan schemes, transit consolidation, state ownership, hospital rules, judges’ salaries, and expanded commissions, with unique pleas on probation release, export labeling, and veterans’ benefits.
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William J. McDonald
Boston Rapid Transit Company
State House
D. F. Reardon
Public Service Commission
Boston
John I. Fitzgerald
Fifth Liberty Loan Set For April Sixth Drive
Washington officials weigh opening the fifth Liberty Loan campaign for April 6, the war’s second anniversary. The drive aims for three weeks and five to six million dollars, with bonds of about five years maturity. Ad posters, campaigns, and public speakers will back sales as market conditions influence interest rates.
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Washington
Germany
Treasury
Sunday School Heads Meet in Portland
Leaders of the International Sunday School Association began meetings in Portland with a mass meeting at Chestnut Street Methodist Church. Speakers included Marion Lawrence Maud J. Baldwin John F. Alexander and Hamilton L. Connant. Visiting workers preached in city churches as sessions continue Monday and Tuesday.
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Portland
International Sunday School Association
Chestnut Street Methodist Church
Marion Lawrence
Maud J. Baldwin
John F. Alexander
Hamilton L. Conant
Massachusetts
Boys Ask Jobs Not Pensions
Rev Thomas C Campbell of St John’s Jamaica Plain urged in Trinity Church that returning soldiers need jobs not pensions. He noted soldiers deserve a royal welcome and a new start in civilian life after serving as chaplain in Base Hospital No. 40 and aiding wounded in British hospitals near Salisbury.
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Thomas C. Campbell
St. John’s Church
Jamaica Plain
Mr. Campbell
Trinity Church
United States
No. 40
England
Salisbury
Campbell
Navy orders large discharge of second district sailors
Newport R I Jan 12 Orders for immediate discharge of a large portion of the second naval district personnel were issued by Rear Admiral Joseph W Oman. Twenty percent of naval reserve men to be released along with 2 percent of war duration enlistees, 10 percent of four year enlistees, and 5 percent of Hospital Corps. An additional 15 percent of Hospital Corps to return home before April. Preference given to men with dependents and those seeking education completion.
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Newport
R. I
Second Naval District
Joseph W. Oman
Naval Reserve
Boston police and canteens spark citywide debate
The article notes Commissioner Enwright of New York advocating a police canteen for his city with 200 to 300 officers patronizing at cost. It contrasts London bobbies with a police run bar and argues Boston would refuse due to regulations and dry laws while joking about patrolmen’ s hunger and lunchroom costs near the courthouse.
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Pemberton Square
Enwright
New York City
London
Army and Navy Men to View The Crowded Hour Tonight
More than 1000 uniformed Army and Navy personnel, many recently returnee with wounds and bravery honors, will attend Park Square Theatre in Boston to see The Crowded Hour free of charge. The event, sponsored by Selwyn & Co., uses invitations for the entire seating capacity with admission by invitation only. the play, a Selwyn Pollock collaboration, opened in Chicago and now comes to Boston, with Willette Kershaw leading a strong cast. The first public performance is tomorrow at 8 15 p m.
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United States Army
Park Square Theatre
Selwyn & Co
New York
Fred ©. Wright
Mer
Seasor
Edgar Selwyn
Channing Pollock
Boston
Chicago
Wilette Kershaw
Bolsheviks in Boston Meet Bolsheviks in Boston Meet
A mass meeting at the Grand Opera House in South End drew about two thousand Bolshevik and Spartacan sympathisers. Speakers included Frank Mack, Eadmann MacAlpine, and Steve Betcher as local socialists urged readiness for a broader Bolshevik influence while literature circulated for coins.
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Boston
Grand Opera House
South End
Spers
Rourke Cochran
New York
San Francisco
Mooney
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Francis A. Campbell
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League of Nations
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