Taft Urges Tireless War Effort At Camp Devens
At Camp Devens Taft addresses 3000 New England troops urging total effort to defeat Germany. He mocks pacifists and German militarism while praising bipartisan unity and American resolve. A music committee visits and previews official army songs for the coming conflict.
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William Howard Taft
New England
National Army
National Committee On Army and Navy
Harry F. Hodges
Modesto Alloo
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Walter R. Spaulding
Harvard
Wallace Goodrich
Sergeant Nimke Held In Guardhouse For Unpatriotic Remarks
Sergeant William Nimke of Company F 301st Engineers is confined in the guardhouse at Camp Devens pending inquiry into alleged unpatriotic utterances. Nimke, from Torrington Connecticut, was detained yesterday as relatives arrive with a letter from John M. Brooks Connecticut governor staff noting Nimke's German parentage and impulsive nature.
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William Nimke
301St Iengineers
Nimke
Torrington
Conn
Norman F. Harrower
John M. Brooks
Holcombe
Connecticut
Bryan Denounces Munitions Ministry In Formal Statement
William Jennings Bryan, former Secretary of State, declared at Union Station in Columbus that a munitions ministry is absolutely unnecessary. He spoke as his train halted to change engines, voicing support for President Wilson.
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Columbus
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Union Station
Waverley Folk Defend Beauty Against Curator Claim
Waverley residents challenge Boston museum curator FitzRoy Carrington who called the town “homeliest people on earth.” Seven Waverley girls from Belmont High School are presented to counter the remark while Carrington says beauty rests in charm intellect and magnetism. The townspeople ask for judgment on the seven.
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FitzRoy Carrington
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Carrington
Belmont
Earieen
Perret Cate
Savina McCarthy
Gertrude Patriquin
Jennie Davis
Diggie Olsen
Sy Vai En Weuwabetin
Guen
Dorothy Carey
Eliz
Ninth Regiment Anxious to Fight the Huns
Lieutenant Colonel John H. Dunn wrote to Joseph J. Nolan expressing the 101st United States Infantry belief that the former Ninth Regiment has trained to be as capable as any fighting unit. The letter was read at a John H. Dunn Club meeting at Clark's Hotel.
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101St United States Infantry
John H. Dunn
Joseph J. Nolan
Clark’s Hotel
Wartime letter depicts strong health and morale in regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Dunn reports excellent spirits after French soil training and readiness for action. He notes improved mail service, regular delivery of cigars and goods to friends, and high personal condition weighing 189 pounds. He predicts the American forces will form the best army and shorten the war, while addressing rumors of his return home.
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France
Joe
Bill Casey
Antilles
Boston Yacht Club Annual Meeting Plans Officials to Be Elected
The Boston Yacht Club will hold its annual meeting at Rowe's Wharf town house next Wednesday evening. Officers and standing committees for 1918 will be elected and a Rowe's Wharf associate membership is proposed to carry only privileges of the Rowe's Wharf house.
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Boston Yacht Club
Rowe’s Wharf
Rowe’s Wharf House
Kilonis Wins From Murray in Rough Wrestling Show
George Tuohey staged a two hour Grand Opera House wrestling event featuring a tense clash between John Kilonis and Frank Murray. Murray won the first fall but Kilonis swept the next two with the razzle dazzle swing, delivering two decisive pins as the crowd roared.
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Grand Opera House
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Johnny Poluous
Paddy Hehir
Johnny Lenn
Young Hackenschmidt
New York
Lenn
Hack
John Kilonis
Frank Murray
Murray
Kilonis
Maine Announce Baseball Schedule With Colby Bates Bowdoin
Monte Cross will coach the University of Maine baseball team for a third year. The board approved a Maine only schedule with eight games, including exhibitions with Colby and three Bowdoin meetings, Bates and Colby at various Maine locations.
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Monte Cross
University of Maine
Athletic Board
Colby
Waterville
Bates
Bowdoin
Brunswick
Lewiston
Pier Boys Win Bouts at Commonwealth Pier Boxing Night
Seven bouts staged on Commonwealth Pier featured Camp Devens and Naval Reserves. Frank Picato beat Abe Gray in three rounds, Paul Oberkoffer defeated John Kelly in two rounds, Dan OConnor defeated Paddy Moore in three rounds, Tom McFarland drew with pat Gallant in three, Joe Gibbs drew with Young Choto, Johnny Noonan beat Eddie Leonard in three, and Porky Brown drew with Nixie Searles in four. Officials were Ensign Hart timekeeper Chief Boatswain Lavan referee Steward Wolfie Jacobs announcer.
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Commonwealth Pier
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Boatswain Lavan
Wolfie Jacobs
Frank Picato
Abe Gray
Paul Oberkoffer
John Kelly
Dan O'Connor
Paddy Moore
Tommy McFarland
Pth Gallant
Commonwealth Plier
Joe Gibbs
Young Choto
Johnny Noonan
Eddie Leonard
Harvard Hockey Captain Injured In Practice
Bobby Gross Harvard varsity hockey captain is in Stillman Infirmary Cambridge with suspected concussion after a head injury from a puck during a practice at the Charlesbank rink. He serves as captain coach and manager of Harvard hockey.
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Bobby Gross
Harvard
Stillman
Cambridge
Charlesbank
Bobby
Windsor player suffers compound leg fracture in AC game
George Connell of Windsor Vermont broke his right leg in a fall while forward for Windsor AC against Fitton AC of East Boston. The 24 year old, a former Notre Dame athlete and Brockton baseball player, was taken to East Boston Relief Hospital as East Boston won 15 to 3.
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Tacks
Connell
Windsor
A. C
Fitton A. C
East Boston
Notre Dame University
Brockton
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