Farmers Laud College Girls Farm Laborers in Berkshires
Girls from Boston University Radcliffe Sargent Smith Tufts and Lasalle are working as farmerettes in Alford Massachusetts. The camp overflowed with fourteen girls under Miss Grace Harriman supervision reported to County Agent F B Peck that farmers praise their help in cornfields hayfields and potato patches. They began discouraged but now prove valuable for light tasks such as loading hay.
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Pittsfield
Boston University
Radcliffe
Sargent, Smith
Tufts
Lasalle
Berkshires
Alford
Grace Harriman
F. B. Peck
Farm Bureau
Congressmen to Visit U S Fleet on European Tour
Fourteen members of the House naval affairs committee plan a tour of the American fleet in European waters. The inspection trip, approved by Secretary Daniels, includes Rep. Padgett of Tennessee as chairman and members Riordan New York Hensley Missouri Connelly Kansas Oliver Alabama Venable Mississippi Littlepage West Virginia Wilson Texas Butler Pennsylvania Browning New Jersey Farr Pennsylvania Mud Maryland Peters Maine and Hicks New York.
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Daniels
Padgett
Tennessee
Riordan
New York
Hensley
Missouri
Connelly
Kansas
Oliver
Alabama
Venable
Mississippi
Littlepage
West Virginia
Wilson
Texas
Butler
Pennsylvania
Browning
New Jersey
Farr
Mud
Maryland
Peters
Maine
Hicks
Woburn Man Kills Woman Then Himself in Providence
Arthur Malone of Woburn Massachusetts shot and mortally wounded Ida French known as Mrs Nettle Campbell or Ida Sullivan in her Empire Street flat and then shot himself in the mouth dying soon after at Rhode Island Hospital. The couple had quarreled after Malone resumed his trade as a machinist and had been drinking.
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Providence
Arthur Malone
Woburn
Mass
Ida French
Empire Street
Rhode Island Hospital
Nettle Campbell
Ida Sullivan
Beachmont
Malone
Scituate Residents Protest Water Rate Boost
Practically all inhabitants oppose a 49 percent water rate hike by the Scituate Water Company. A Supreme Court hearing before Judge Loring is planned on a bill in equity to restrain the company from shutting off water next Monday.
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Scituate
Scituate Water Company
Supreme Court
Loring
Think McCann Was Murdered in Belfast Case
The body of John McCann of Grand Falls New Brunswick, found in the Penobscot River, was exhumed and identified by his brother in law. Relatives suspect foul play since the body appeared 225 miles from where he was last seen in Limestone and no money was found on him.
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Belfast
Penobscot
John McCann
Grand Falls
N. B
McCann
Limestone
Aroostook
Cause of Major Mitchel's Death Reported
Official report from Gerstner Field Louisiana attributes Major John Purroy Mitchel's death to failure to buckle his safety belt and the plane's quick snap during a glide. The board says the death occurred in line of duty and not due to misconduct.
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Mitchel
Washington
John Purroy Mitchel
Gerstner Field
Louisiana
War Department
Doubts Baker's Million Doubts Baker's Million
Amsterdam July 12 AP report quotes Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung and Dusseldorf Nachrichten dismissing Secretary Baker's overseas troop figures as implausible. The German writers argue numbers are irrelevant, question American logistics and training, and say five million soldiers would not scare them.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Baker
von Ardenne
Dusseldorf Nachrichten
Secretary Baker
England
America
Moral Conquests Debate Hare in Reichstag
Amsterdam July 12. Dr Dernberg urged Moral conquests for Pyrussia to stay ahead while Oldenburg-Janulchau mocked the idea praising the Hohenzollerns. Dernberg retorted that Gerard was not a target for conquests and noted his attendance at a banquet.
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Amsterdam
Pyrussia
Dernberg
Reichstag
Junker
Oldenburg-Janulchau
House of Hohenzollern
Dr. Dernberg
Gerard
Red White and Blue Sea Suit at Revere Beach
Mrs Hattie De Carlo of West Lynn wore a red white and blue bathing suit with a service star on the breast at Revere Beach. She designed the outfit after visiting New York and Boston where ready made versions were unavailable. Her husband serves in the Navy.
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Revere Beach
Hattie de Carlo
South Elm Street
West Lynn
New York City
Boston
Senate plans vote on war controls and prohibition delay
Washington reports the Senate debated wartime telegraph and radio control while leaders proposed a plan to vote on the resolution, postpone prohibition legislation until late next month, and begin a mid summer recess through Aug 26, with veto risks from the agricultural bill. Prohibition supporters expected approval and a recess start tomorrow evening.
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Washington
Senate
House
Names Of 38 Americans Prisoners In Germany
War Department reports nine officers and 29 enlisted men of the American expeditionary forces are held prisoners in Germany. The list includes Patrick F. Meehan and William C. Sweeney among others with addresses in Massachusetts and nearby states.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
War Department Reports Transfers of Army Lieutenants to Villingen Camp
The American minister at Berne relayed that Lieutenants James Frank Crawford Downs, Louis M. Edens, Maurice Snowden Redmond, and others were listed with multiple camps including Bad Setver Langensalza Heidelberg and Karlsruhe. Edens and Redmond were reported transferred from Camp Karlsruhe to Villingen.
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James Frank Crawford
Warsaw
N. Y
Louis M. Edens
Caboot
Maurice Snowden Redmond
Pittsburg
John Joseph Meridith
Philadelphia
Fred Hickman
Loogootee
War Department
Berne
Edens
Redmond
Karlsruhe
Villingen
Boys of 1918 to fill Class 1 military calls
Under a ruling by Provost Marshal General Crowder the 1918 registrants in districts short of Class 1 men will be called to active service to fill the gap.
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Crowder
Induction Rules for 1918 Registrants Clarified by War Office
Telegrams from General Crowder outline that individual induction of June 5 1918 registrants is allowed and may proceed under voluntary calls or selective classifications. Allies confirm 1918 volunteers may be inducted under any active call, with involuntary induction possible after all class 1 registrants of the 1917 class have been inducted.
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Army
Crowder
Navy
Marine Corps
Washington
Local Draft Board weighs Catcher Henry case over Work or Fight rule
Washington has requested a quick decision from Local Draft Board 25 on John Henry of the Braves who filed an affidavit defending his occupation under Work or Fight. Springfield draft officials will receive the recommendation and may open their own inquiry before the district board. a unanimous district vote would settle the matter, else an appeal to the President via the provost marshal general.
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John Henry
Braves
Washington
Stevens
Draft Board
Henry
Springfield
District Draft Board
Cholera Ravages Petrograd Amid Food Shortage
A wireless despatch from London reports Petrograd faces a severe cholera outbreak as bread lines shrink. M Zinovieff appeals Russian provincial councils and railways to speed food shipments and provide corn and other essentials to avert further deaths and hunger before the next harvest.
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London
Petrograd
M. Zinovieff
Russian Council of Commissioners
Russia
Gold Watch Awarded to Kelly at Farewell Dinner
Police reporters and city officials presented Eric P. Kelly of the Boston Herald with a gold wrist watch at a downtown hotel dinner marking his farewell before sailing to France to do YMCA canteen work. Kelly, known in New England for Dartmouth and Springfield Union ties, has personal connections with many veteran officers.
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Eric P. Kelly
Boston Herald
Kelly
France
Kel
Boston
New England
Dartmouth College
Springfield Union
Police Department
Suffrage Attitude Toward Union Labor
Mrs Charles Sumner Bird chairing the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association explains the groups stance on organized labor. The association will not take sides for or against labor, maintaining a policy to pursue suffrage exclusively while members may as individuals support any cause, not as official representation.
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Charles Sumner Bird
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Clash at Long Island hospital as trustees confront Donlan
The Board of Infirmary Trustees led by Thomas Masterson plans to oust Dr Charles Donlan from supervision of the municipal hospital and almshouse at Long Island. Donlan, advised by attorney Joseph Lundy, will refuse to surrender authority, with police ready to back Masterson if needed.
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Charles E. Donlan
Board of Infirmary Trustees
Bose
Long Island
Thomas E .Masterson
Donlan
Joseph Lundy
Masterson Warns City Over Rights On Long Island
Attorney Lundy Masterson says the city law department ordered him to proceed and warn that if Masterson and police act to eject Da Donlan from Long Island, Boston will face full legal penalties. He cites a conference with Alexander Whiteside and assistants Lyons and Higgins and claims authority to call on police if force is needed Monday.
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Masterson
da Donlan
Long Island
Boston
Lundy Masterson
City Law Department
Obligation to Combine to Protect Themselves
Maurice P. Shaw and John F. O Hare testified in the Suffolk grand jury probe into Bay State Fishing Company influence over Boston fish trade. O Hare, tied to the fish pier firms, and Shaw, secretary of the New England Fish Exchange, said dealers formed a self defense alliance to counter Bay State Fishing Company power.
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Maurice P. Shaw
John F. O'Hare
Suffolk Grand Jury
Boston
Bay State Fishing Company
O’hare
Fish Pier
Shaw
New England Fish Exchange
EB. A. Rich & Co
Boston Fish Pier Company
Bay State
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Athens St
Arsene Bergeron
Turners Falls
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Union St
Lynn
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Centre St
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Alliston
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Lavane St
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Upland Road
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Paris
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Julien N. Dow
Neogen, Ill
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Madera
Penn
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Lakeville
Camp
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Portland, Oregon
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Robert Walker
Jersey City
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Jeffery
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Cincinnati
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Minneapolis
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Newark
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Woodberry
Conn
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Sonora
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Harrisburg
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Chicago
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Eddystone
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Schenectady
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Lavalle Street
Roy R. Mason
Gainesville
Fla
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Reading
James N. Muldoon
Camp Limberg
U. S. Marine
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Legion
U. S. Marine Corps
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U.S. Marines
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Brookside Creamery
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