Police Lose Out In Long Thief Chase
Two young men suspected by Roxbury Crossing police of automobile theft fled as officers closed in at Notre Dame street. Patrolmen Riley and Sullivan came under fire after neighbors joined the pursuit, but the suspects escaped into the cold afternoon. The report details a mounted chase, a stolen touring car, and the occupants’ 26 mile plus southward landing after a desert flight described by Lieutenant Robertson and Colonel Bishop.
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Roxbury Crossing
Notre Dame Street
Roxbury
Charles J. Riley
Joseph F. Gallagher
Bragdon Street
South End
Riley
Daniel F. Sullivan
Sullivan
Robertson
Associated Press
San Diego
Calexico
Imperial Valley
Fliers Exhausted in Wilds of Mexico
Leaving Robertson in charge of two searchers other members pressed southward and found Bishop lying on the ground in a mountain pass. He was unable to talk and barely able to recognize the searchers.
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Robertson
Arizona
Bishop
Old Roxbury House Reveals Hidden Wealth Claim
A scrape of the Roxbury wooden house at 92 George Street uncovers bank books with $12 000 in deposits deeds to $4 000 in real estate watches jewelry and a cache of wrapped cigar butts paper bags string and unlisted wild cat stock certificates found by investigators on the Jakober property.
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George Street
Roxbury
Heinrich Jakober
Treasure hunt unfolds in Boston home of Jakober
Special Administrator Sughrue and Irish, aided by Health inspectors and police, begin a thorough search at 92 George Street for hidden wealth. They uncover bank books, deeds, stocks, jewelry, rings, and stocks in electric railway and mining ventures while seeking missing heirs and clues to Neukam and a sister in Walla Walla.
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A. Francis Wmarrington
Michael J. Sughrue
Jakober
Electric Railway Signal Company
Boston
NO FIREWORKS FOR FAT ICY CHINATOWN CELEBRATION
The Chinese of Boston will skip fireworks for New Year due to wartime shipping delays. The 4965 inauguration proceeds with pomp minus fireworks while Chinatown readies with cleaning, new clothes, baths, and calling-card visits. Sixty children in Chinatown will not attend school this week.
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Boston
Chinatown
Alaskan Held Up by Fear of Raider
Fear of German raiders now terrorizing allied shipping in the Atlantic is blamed for the Alaskan remaining in port. The vessel carries 150000 bushels oats, copper, steel, and general freight for France, to be delivered at St Nazaire. One thousand seven hundred fifty horses were booked but stay in stockyards at Brighton and Watertown.
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St. Nazaire
Brighton
Watertown
Governor reinstates annual reception for Legislature
Governor and Mrs McCall will renew the Bay State custom by hosting an annual reception for lawmakers their wives and relatives. The event is set for next Thursday at 8 PM in the executive offices of the State House.
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McCall
Bay State
State House
Boston to Welcome Judge Sanders With War Letter Mail
Judge Leon Sanders of New York, head of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, arrives in Boston with thousands of wartime letters to Jews here. A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall will distribute the letters and hear Isador Hershfield recount his war zone experiences.
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Leon Sanders
New York
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Immigrant Aid Society
Judge Sanders
South Station
Society
Parmenter Street
Isador Hershfield
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society
Hershfield
Hersfield
Henry J. Skellington
Hirsch Masliansky
Abraham Alpert
Isaac Heller
Leon Sandars
The
Man Fined $50 for Watered Milk in East Cambridge
Francis S. Cummings of Somerville was fined $50 in Middlesex Superior Court at East Cambridge for keeping for sale milk to which water had been added.
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Francis S. Cummings
Somerville
Middlesex Superior Court
East Cambridge
Books on the Great War Offer Wide View of Conflicts
A survey of wartime reading highlights several new titles and notable authors. Herbert Bayard Swope’s Within the German Empire 1916 presents an unprejudiced German view, while When the Prussians Came to Poland by Laura de Turczynowicz recounts Polish suffering. Other works profile the Russian advance, Serbian typhus, Nestorian Christians, and naval aviation, with vivid notes on battles, espionage, and political aims.
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German Empire
Century
Herbert Bayard Swope
New York World
Germany
United States
Swope
Belgium
France
Poland
Zimmermann
Ludendorf
Serbia
Putnam
Laura de Turczynowicz
von Hindenburg
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur
Mons
Marne
Aisne
Ypres
Spanish Steamer Manuel Sunk by Submarine
The Spanish steamer Manuel of Bilbao, 2419 tons, was sunk by a submarine near Madrid via Paris. The crew were rescued by the Swedish steamer Karl.
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Madrid
Paris
Manuel
Bilbao
Karl
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