Italians Scale Mont Tofano in Bold Alpine Assault
The Alpine troops storm Mont Tofano last Friday, using cliff climbing rather than valley defenses. Austrian forces on the opposite slope fled, leaving food, machine guns, rifles, and prisoners to the Italians, who now control the Travenantes valley route from Falzarego pass to Cortina.
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Verona
Paris
Mont Tofano
Travenantes
Dolomite
Falzarego Pass
Cortina
Uninvited Wedding Guest Stabbed at Polish Wedding
John Griffin, 21, of 39 West Seventh Street South Boston, is hospitalized in serious condition with stab wounds to the right forearm left side and back. He was part of a gang that tried to butt in at a Polish wedding at 36 West Sixth Street when friends of the bridegroom, Mike Nickolonis, attacked the intruders.
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John Griffin
West Seventh Street
Boston
City Hospital
Griffin
West Sixth Street
Mike Nickolonis
Cuban planter killed in accident in Utica
Ramon Serou of Santiago Cuba, a wealthy planter, was killed when his automobile overturned at Cassville. His wife was seriously hurt and one son injured as the car, traveling at high speed, struck a telephone pole and pinned the passengers beneath.
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Utica
N. Y
Ramon Serou
Santiago
Cuba
Cassville
Suffrage Meeting Threatened by Tree Limb on Common
Report from Brookline notes on an outdoor Boston Equal Suffrage Association gathering on the Charles Street Mall where a huge limb split and was held by a neighboring tree. About 100 people attended in danger of death or injury had the limb fallen during yesterday’s meeting.
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Boston Equal Suffrage Association
Charles Street
Suffragists clash with anti at Common meeting ending abruptly
A tree limb threatened collapse prompts quick removal after warning to John H. Dillon. At yesterday’s suffrage rally on the Common a man calling himself Frank H. Andrew disrupted the gathering, urging opposition to women voting, while Mabel Willard and other speakers condemned such tactics as underhanded.
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John H. Dillon
Park and Recreation Department
Dillon
Antis
Mabel Willard
Agnes H. Morey
Brookline
Edward F. McGrady
South Boston
American Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union
Anna Bowen
Cigar Strippers’ Union
Ignatius McNulty
Building Trades Union
Miss Willard
Frank H. Andrew
Washington Street
Suffrage Speakers Call For Equal Voting Rights
Miss Bowen and speakers denounce anti suffrage arguments as political scabs. They point to child labor and union label issues, urging equal suffrage to replace men who go to war with women at home. The crowd applauds the suffrage advocates.
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McNulty
McGrady
Massachusetts
Two Veterans Found Dead Near Togus Reservation
In Augusta Maine two National Soldiers Home veterans were found dead near the Togus reservation. John Drummey drowned after entering Togus stream. Frank Proctor Morse, missing since Wednesday, was found later on a woods road. Medical examiner rules both deaths accidents.
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Augusta
National Selters
Togus
John Drummey
Frank Proctor Morse
Pastors Back Strikers at Boston Mass Meeting
At Maverick Congregational Church East Boston hundreds of strikers from Suffolk Knitting Company in the front pews applauded clergy uniting with their leader condemning the employer and police. Rev Paul B Blanchard spoke after his arrest last Friday praising the cause of justice.
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Maverick Congregational
Boston
Suffolk Knitting Company
Paul B. Blanchard
Hhe
Clergy Leader Denounces Wage Injustice At East Boston Knit Factory
Reverend Edgar Park and Joseph Bearak address living wage protest at Suffolk Knitting Company. Speakers accuse police and press of bias toward wealth, demand fair pay as strikers face replacement by Brookly n workers and call for church support for workers’ rights.
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Suffolk Knitting Company
Brooklyn
Boston
J. P. Morgan
Vincent Astor
Edgar Park
Newton Congregational Church
Congregational
Joseph B. Bearak
East Boston
Body found floating in Lake Cochituate
The body of George C. Hays, a South End used car dealer, was found in Lake Cochituate Natick. Medical Examiner Bancroft ruled death by self action. No foul play suspected. Hays had not been seen since Wednesday and carried little money. His Framingham second hand car business tied to the South End store was noted.
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George C. Hays
Rae
Lake Cochituate
Natick
Bancroft
Hays
Mrs. Gates
Ashland Street
Roslindale
Northampton Street
Boston
South End
Framingham
Canada to Aid on Munitions
Canadian manufacturers met in Ottawa to outline an ammunition production programme for the British munitions committee. They aim to organize to efficiently produce gun ammunition and create assembling establishments in Canada for complete ready for use shells. David A. Thomas, new British munitions commissioner, plans to travel to Canada to confer with manufacturers.
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Ottawa
Ont
British Munitions Committee
England
Canada
New York
David A. Thomas
M. P
David Lloyd George
Train Wrecks Two Buildings in Ashland NH
A Boston and Maine freight wreck in Ashland near the sectionmen’s house caused two buildings to be partly wrecked and scattered freight over a half mile. Telegraph operators Harry Smith and John Cushing were injured. Smith with a leg fracture and internal injuries, Cushing with minor bruises. Damage estimated at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars.
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Ashland
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
Harry Smith
John Cushing
Smith
Cushing
Pastor Urges Prohibition as Nation’s Moral Turn
The Rev. Dr. William H. van Allen preached at the Church of the Advent urging a sober nation. He warned against joking about drunkenness and compared liquor to slavery, calling for a galoonless cities and a barless nation.
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United States
William H. van Allen
Church of the Advent
Dr. van Allen
Irish leader urges Ireland freedom after war ends
P. F. Hastings spoke at Hibernian Hall urging Ireland be the first nation to become free and independent after the war. J. J. Murray presided and Hastings called for elimination of religious and sectional differences during the meeting.
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Ireland
P. F. Hastings
Hibernian Hall
J. J. Murray
Hastings
Irish leaders urged unity and citizenship drive
Andrew Trahey former Limerick Club president urged Irish youths to become American citizens and shed shame about Irish birth. He recalled 50 years in the United States and noted few Irish names in a naturalization bureau. Owen McCabe supported recognizing Irish identity and boosting county clubs involvement.
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Hastings
Andrew Trahey
Limerick Club
Trahey
United States
Naturalization Bureau
Mr. Trahey
Owen McCabe
County Clubs
Allies Lose 136 Aircraft in War Air Casualties
Berlin report cites German figures up to June 2 showing 136 hostile aircraft downed. French losses lead at 57, followed by Britain with 47, and Russia with 26. Most incidents ended by ground fire. about one fifth of French losses came from air battles.
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Berlin
40 Ways to the California Expositions booklet from Chicago & North Western Ry
The Chicago and North Western Railway offers a booklet 40 Ways to the California Expositions showing forty routes from Chicago to California with outline maps. It promises to help plan trips to the Pacific Coast and Expositions, saving time and money. Mailed free with literature on rates and full train service. Address J. B. Brittain G A 322 Washington St Boston Mass
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Chicago & North Western Ry
Chicago
California
Pacific Coast
California Expositions
J. B. Brittain
G. A
Washington St
Boston
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UIT
Onchear
New England
Pera
Tremont St
Mary Jones
Labor Men
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Library Bureau
W. R. Washburn
Federal Street
Mandy
Sewellers
Waltham
New Waltham
Andrews
Frank A. Andrews, Inc
Cor
Union St
Washington St. Jefferson
Kirkman’s
Henfield
W. F
Sawyer’s
Borax
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