Sims Charges to be Probed by Senate Panel
The Senate naval committee voted to investigate Rear Admiral Sims charges that the Navy Department did not fully aid allied efforts during World War I. A second subcommittee will decide on an inquiry into claims by John R. Ratham editor that, with Secretary Daniels knowledge, many seamen in the navy were involved in death traps.
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Sims
Navy Department
Senate
Naval Committee
John R. Ratham
Providence, R. I
Daniels
Weather Flurried New England Ending Today
Unsettled weather moves in with forecasts of rain and gusty winds across New England as the latest system departs while traffic congestion grows sharper from last night’s downpour. Forecasts suggest cooler air and lingering showers tomorrow across coastal towns and inland corridors.
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New England
Number System In Effect Today For Boston Readers
In the Boston postal district a new number system is in effect. Locate your city or branch station on the list and ask correspondents to include the opposite number on all addressed mail to speed delivery. The message urges adoption of the system for faster receiving.
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Boston
Post Office
Many Schools Closed but Steamship Reaches Nantucket
A Boston man faces widespread school closures amid travel disruptions as a steamer completes its passage to Nantucket. The event reflects ongoing weather or transport challenges affecting regional institutions and coastal travel. Details note local authorities coordinating safety and re openings.
Police Find Missing Girl
Catherine Denevan an 18 year old Somerville girl missing for two weeks from 67 Joy Street was taken into custody in the South End by Patrolman Lees. Her father Patrick Donovan retrieved her later that night and she would say little about her whereabouts except that she stayed at a lodging house in Roxbury Crossing with a friend and had a "good time."
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Catherine .Denevan
Somerville
Joy
South End
Lees
Suffolk County Divorce Case Details Abuse Claims
Mrs. Margaret Reed Freeman testified before Judge Fosdick that her husband Ernest B. Freeman, manager of the Sturtevant Blower Works, threatened that their ill daughter Ruth would bring death to her mother, and recounted many reports of verbal and physical abuse since 1904. She also said she continued writing daily letters of love while he was away on business. The testimony referenced events surrounding the birth of their baby boy.
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Margaret Reed Freeman
Fosdick
Suffolk County
Ernest B. Freeman
Sturtevant Blower Works
Ruth
Bill Allows Military Decorations By Lower Officers
Washington January 19 The Senate without debate approved a House bill to amend existing acts permitting military decorations to be awarded upon the recommendation of officers below the general grade.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ban On Liquor Advertisements Edict Issued
Supervisor McCarthy ordered immediate elimination of all liquor advertising materials including signs posters menus and literature. The prohibition directive warns former liquor dealers to remove every item promoting liquor with details continued on Page 22 First Col.
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McCarthy
Baby Found in Exchanged Bag at Grand Central
Bridgeport dispatch reports Robert Rohland, returning from New York City, found an eight week old infant inside a black leather bag he had brought home by mistake in a smoking car. The bag also contained two bottles of milk and talcum powder. The infant suffered no ill effects from the trip.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Robert IF. Rohland
New York City
Anniversaries and World News From Historic Page
Today's anniversaries list George D Robinson born 1834 and Thomas N Hart born 1829. German forces claimed an Argonne advance as a global summary notes events. a year ago Bombay strike of 100000 cotton workers and an attempted coup in Portugal seeking ex King Manuel's restoration.
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Massachusetts
Thomas N. Hart
Boston
Argonne
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India
Ton Opera
Portugal
Manuel
Clearing Forecast For Boston And Vicinity
Forecast for southern New England calls for clearing Tuesday and unsettled conditions with possible snow Wednesday. Fresh northwest winds shift to northeast by Wednesday. Northern New England remains cloudy with likely local snows, then snow tonight. Offshore winds along the Atlantic coast from Sandy Hook to Hatteras will be fresh to strong from the northwest, then clearing. After a low over the Rockies moves east, temperatures will fall further to reach the Atlantic coast by Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
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Sandy Hook
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United States
Alaska
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Coast
Boston postal district to number all stations
Postal officials warn delays may be caused by addressees omitting station numbers on envelopes. A new plan numbers every station in the Boston postal district, aimed at speeding delivery. The notice appears in today’s edition with continued details on Page 22 Third Column.
Heavy Weather Halts New England Transport Yesterday
Extreme cold and recent snows disrupted water steam rail and trolley traffic across New England with new snow flurries in the late afternoon hampering crews. Forecasts expect clearing today but continued cold and possible snow tomorrow as northwest winds shift to northeast.
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New England
J. W. Smith
United States Weather Bureau
Mercury
45 Minute Tie Up in East Boston Tunnel
A brake beam on a westbound trolley at Atlantic station caused a 45 minute tie up in the East Boston tunnel. More than forty passengers walked back to the station and were moved to surface cars to the ferry as stations along the line jammed.
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Boston
Lexington Street
Scollay Square
Atlantic Station
Temperature Peaks At Four O'clock Yesterday Afternoon
The report notes that yesterday at four o'clock the thermometer recorded its highest reading of the day. Details on the exact temperature or location are not provided in the readable text.
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