Labor Leaders Plan Peace Terms To End War Work Strikes
Reports from Boston say President Wilson and the labor movement plan that strikes on war related building operations will not be countenanced by the American Federation of Labor. Samuel Gompers directs the plan to have unions perform work at district wage rates with qualified trades registered and duplicate lists held by the Council of National Defence and AFL officers.
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Labor
Wilson
Labor Movement
Victory
Squantrum
Boston
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
A. F
Isaid
A. F. of L. Tt
Gompers
Council of National Defence
Senator James H. Brady Dies in Washington
Senator James H. Brady of Idaho died at his Washington home from heart disease after an acute attack en route from Idaho. His wife and relatives were at the bedside. his two sons S. BE. Brady and J. Robb Brady were traveling from the West but delayed by weather. Brady served on military and agriculture committees.
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Washington
James H. Brady
Idaho
S. BE. Brady
Chandler
Okla
J. Robb Brady
Kansas
Brady
Battleship Florida Wins Defence Cup For Training Score
The U S battleship Florida earned the American Defence Society cup for the highest score in 1917 short range target practice. The annual presentation was canceled this year due to the war.
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New York
United States
Florida
American Defence Society
Labor notes of unions install new officers and meetings
John W. Conley and labor leaders oversee installations as the Wholesale and Retail Wine Clerks Union names Thomas Desmond as president and William Doyle as vice-president. Boston clerks and sheet metal workers report wage talks, local shortages, and upcoming conventions at Quincy House with officers installed by A. F. Choate.
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John W. Conley
Thomas Desmond
William M. Doyle
Patrick J. Barry
Walter J. Duis- Goll
Ayandal Decretat
Patrick &. Raapinge
Busin O Derati
Boston Postoffice
Legal 101
Quincy House
Waters
Washington
Massachusetts
Li Sefon
Faneuil Mall
Old Golony
Brotherhood
Troad Clarks
New Haven
Heswang Place
A. F. Choate
R. WH. J. Harper
James W. Fitzgerald
F. A. Giles
Financial Secry
C. K. Cram
Edward Grady
Italian Sacred Heart Unfurls Service Flag
The Sacred Heart Church in Italian section raised a service flag for 360 parish volunteers to Uncle Sam. Rev. Vittorio Gregori blessed the flag as Alma and Joseph Levis pulled the ropes. A large North Square crowd braved the cold as band music and speeches followed with flags released into the air.
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Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Church
Uncle Bam
Vittorio Gregori
North Square
Alma
Joseph Levis
Albert Levis
Dorchester
Vittori Gregori
C.S.C.B
Louis Berti
Francisco Alluzzi
Commonwealth Pict
John Scanga
Edward J. Slattery
Curley
Andrew Badaracco
Sacred Heart Parish
French War Cross for American Aviator in French Front
Corporal Benjamin Stuart Walcott of Washington received the French War Cross as part of a famed air squadron. He has been missing since December 12 after attacking an enemy aircraft, pursuing it behind German lines, and being attacked by three other planes. The medal was accepted on his behalf by squadron members and will be sent to his father.
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Groupe de Combat
Benjamin Stuart Walcott
Washington
Walcott
Effect of Big Winds on Rivers and Seas
Letter to the editor citing historical examples of winds reversing river and sea waters. Mentions the Red Sea, Sea of Azov, Rhone in 164, and a Boston reader signature M. J. Jordan dated January 12.
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Post
Sir
Shannon
Ireland
Red Sea
Sea of Azof
Rhone
Boston
M. J. Jordan
Grove's Quinine Tablets Ad: Prevent Grip
Ad promotes E GROVE'S signature Quinine Tablets as a preventive for grip with timing. Mentions price 30 cents and box labeling. Historical product notice reflects early 20th century medicine advertising tone.
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E. Grove
Bolshevik Cheers Stir Bronxville Socialist Rally
A mass meeting of Socialists and Workingmen's Councils at the People's Temple drew 2500 to hear A Shiplakoff of the New York Assembly and other speakers. Resolutions praised the Russian Revolution and mocked Czarist rulers with calls to join Bolshevik spirit.
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Bronxville
Boston
A. Shiplakoff
New York Assembly
People’s Temple
James Onenl
Czar
Siberia
Nicholas Romanoff
Billie Hohenzollern
Hiere
Teddy Roosevelt
Harvard Men Urged to Remember Religion During War
Brewer Eddy, secretary of the International YMCA, urged Harvard men at Phillips Brooks House to keep Christianity alive during wartime. He called for "whole souled devotion" as a great need of the era.
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Harvard
Brewer Eddy
International Y. M. C. A
Phillips Brooks
Lexington Centre Churches to Unite for Coal
Four Lexington Centre churches Hancock Congregational First Parish Unitarian First Baptist and Episcopal join in joint services to save coal amid the energy crisis. The plan centers on shared worship and community action to promote conservation targets.
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Lexington Centre Churches
Lexington Centre
Hancock Congregational
First Parish Unitarian
First Baptist
Episcopal
No Frivolity at Weddings at St Charles Parish
Rev John Poern of St Charles Catholic Church in Woburn urged quiet weddings at yesterday mass. He banned rice confetti and wedding paraphernalia and warned against gaudy dress. He said no bridal party should resemble a circus parade and urged praying for couples as the proper gesture.
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St. Charles Catholic Church
Woburn
John Poern
Brilliant concert by Gabrilowitsch and May Peterson at Symphony Hall
Yesterday afternoon Ossip Gabrilowitsch, pianist, and May Peterson, soprano, gave an uncommonly brilliant concert in Symphony Hall. Gabrilowitsch played Schumann, Chopin, and Debussy with eloquence and precision while Peterson sang Ciampi, Caccini, Mozart, Chausson, Debussy, and others. she stood in for Louise Homer at short notice, impressing with sensitivity and intelligence.
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Symphony Hall
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
May Peterson
Gabrilowitsch
Schuman Gaitnor
Chopin
Debussy
Miss Peterson
Ciampi
Caccini
Mozart
Chausson
Rhedée-Baton
Fourdrain
Campbell-Tipton
Bainbridge Crist
Schumann
Miss Paterson
Louise Homer
Notable vocalists shape a diverse concert program
The report highlights a performance featuring artistic enthusiasm and a singer who conveyed wide emotional styles across the program. She entered into the moods of songs and moved the audience with expressiveness. Miss Petersen contributed a further segment to the program.
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Miss Petersen
Bartenders Protest Over Early Opening Order
Members of Bartenders' Union Ti gathered at 386 Harrison Avenue to oppose an order cutting three morning hours from business. The 2000 strong union urged keeping 6 am openings, preferring to endure a one hour night curtailment and seeking a fuel committee hearing after the next assessment of layoff effects.
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Union Ti
Harrison Avenue
Coal Teamsters Too Busy To Meet In Boston
Coal Teamsters and Helpers Union Local 68 elected officers but a very small gathering witnessed the installation as workers labored day and night to meet the city needs for coal.
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Boston
Coal Teamsters’ and Helpers’ Union
Local 68
Baby Badly Scalded In East Boston Bath Accident
Three month old Floward Critch, son of Mrs. Catherine Critch of 141 Knceton street East Boston, was badly scalded when a kettle of boiling water was overturned during a bath last night.
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Floward Critch
Catherine Critch
Knceton Street
Boston
Arrested in Church in Somerville
Lawrence Gaylord of 157 Somerset Street Boston was found acting suspiciously in the First M E Church Somerville yesterday morning and arrested by Special Officer Daniel G Sims. He claimed Ontario Til as home and said he worked as a fireman on a steamship engaged in foreign trade. The church had been keeping a strict watch after a minister’s overcoat and a congregant’s hat vanished two weeks earlier.
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Lawrence Gaylord
Somerset Street
Boston
M. E
Somerville
Daniel G. Simons
Gaylord
Ontario
Til
Ernest Lyman Mills
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