No Trace Found Of Big Dirigible Off Cape Cod
The naval airship with a four man crew abandoned after engine trouble near Cape Cod drifted seaward in a 30 mile wind. Lieutenant Walter B. Griffin and three crewmen leaped to shore or water from heights as the balloon rode the sea, while warships and torpedo boats hunted for the 160 foot dirigible near Orleans and Nauset Beach.
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Karl Lang
Ipswich
Wallace N. Edwards
Sydney Hickox
New York
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Navy Department
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Max
Coast Guard
Orleans
Nauset Beach
Chatharmh
England
Bar Harbor
Avy Yard
Portland
Gem Machias
Italy’s Peace Aims Spark Wide Italian Outcry
Rome reports a Milan speech by Leonida Bissolati protests Italy should not claim Dalmatia or the Brenner Pass. A 1917 document with 3000 backers outlines Italian demands across Europe Africa and Asia Minor including Upper Adige Trentino Istria Fiume Dalmatia and Alexandrea. Bissolati resigned from cabinet in December in protest.
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Associated Press
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Tyrol
Leopoldo Franchetti
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England
France
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END EVIDENCE IN FISH CASE
The fish trust case has been before three judges in federal court since November 18. Arguments will begin March 4, with the trial noted as one of the most expensive in Massachusetts in recent years. Estimates place legal costs at about six hundred dollars per day, reflecting long-term retainer by many lawyers. Three circuit judges are expediting the decision, and an examiner has been used to shorten the proceedings.
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Fish Trust
Federal
United States
Massachusetts
Deficit of Elevated Road Still Piles Up
Councillors challenge the Elevated trustees over stock watering and dividend payments from the old West End line. Officials defend fixed dividends under anti watering laws while outlining burdens from city and state costs and potential fare changes.
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McDonald
Moriarty
West End
J. Henry Neal
Elevated
Prisoners to Come Here from War Camps
Washington reports thousands of Italian and Austrian war prisoners plan to come to the United States as soon as possible. John B. Densmore told the House immigration committee that about 750 000 Austrians in Italy and many Italian prisoners in Silesia expect to drift to the United States. A canvass in major cities shows a large share of alien residents intend to return home, in some places as high as eighty percent.
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America
John B. Densmore
Federal Employment Service
House Immigration Committee
Red Cross
Densmore
Italy
United States
Silesia
Credit Men Hear Mayor On Big City
The Rev. William H. van Allen of the Church of the Advent told the 22d annual Boston Credit Men's Association meeting at Young's Hotel that Bolshevism in Europe mirrors I W W doctrines in America and threatens with immediate danger beyond any despotism.
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America
William H. van Allen
Church of the Advent
Boston Credit Men’s Association
Young's Hotel
Greater Boston bill discussed at city meeting
More than half the 777 association members attended the gathering where Mayor Peters spoke in favor of absorbing adjacent towns into a larger city. William O'Brien urged cooperation between subscribers and the New England Telephone. He warned that party lines may be cut and warned talkers to keep conversations brief. Mayor Peters defended the Greater Boston bill as a natural expansion aligning municipal government with industrial growth.
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Mildred Malon
Peters
Boston
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New England Telephone & Telegraph Commission Department
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H. A. Whiting
Bill
Greater Boston
Paris
London
New York
Chicago
Roosevelt Gift to French Town After Death
Washington January 14 Theodor Roosevelt asked the American Red Cross to donate 6900 of his Nobel Peace Prize money to a French village near where his son Quentin is buried The Red Cross will consult the village population on how the gift is given and in what form
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
American
Red Cross
Quentin
Roosevelt
Red Cross Commission
France
Congress Agrees On War Revenue Tax Rates For Luxuries
Senate and House conferees finalized rates on luxuries amusements and club dues under the war revenue bill. The agreement adopts many Senate and House provisions including amusement admissions taxes and club dues plus varying luxury rates on vehicles pianos furs yachts and gum. The plan projects substantial annual revenue and leaves a few luxury tax decisions open for later consideration.
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Washington
Senate
House
Twins for adoption prompt wide interest in Taunton
Taunton resident Leon Lincoln offered his one year old twin boys for adoption after an ad in Boston drew many responses. Lincoln said the mother died soon after birth and he sought placement due to a caregiver’s illness in New Hampshire.
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Taunton
Leon Lincoln
Bay Street
Fire destroys large Goddard School in Brockton
A blaze in Brockton gutted the basement and first floor of the Goddard School on Union Street. Officials estimate damages around 5000 dollars, with the fire blamed on an overheated boiler. the building is among the city's largest schools.
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Brockton
Goddard
Union Street
Influenza Conditions Improve Across the State
Health officials report influenza cases dropping by half in a week and mortality down by a quarter as the state sees its best spell since the November lull. Dr. John H. Hitchcock, head of the bureau of communicable diseases, issued the update yesterday.
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John H. Hitchcock
State Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Boston Influenza Outlook Improves With 173 New Cases
Boston reports a continued fall in influenza with 173 new cases and 26 deaths for the day, 3 due to pneumonia. Weekend state totals show 1161 cases and 46 deaths, while 76 towns reported. Sherborn and Lowell lead with higher case counts. Six doctors will train in convalescent serum administration at Chelsea Naval Hospital and other hospitals to build a medical corps.
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Sherborn
Lowell
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
State Health Department
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