Siberia Proclaims Temporary Government Leader
Lieutenant General Horvath, vice president and GM of the Chinese Eastern Railway, proclaims himself premier of a temporary Siberian government with Vladivostok as seat. A new provisional regime claims unanimous public support and to continue fighting the central powers. It plans universal suffrage provincial councils land distribution and labor and economic controls.
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London
Horvath
Chinese Eastern Railway
Siberia
Harbin
Tokio
Vladivostok
Germans Sink a U S Launch Offshore
An American naval launch aiding a French destroyer to tow a disabled American seaplane was sunk by German shore batteries. Four crew died, two likely drowned and two taken prisoner. Surgeon Albert Stevens and Philip Goldman were captured after landing before the batteries. Seaman Charles Tatulinski and John Vogt are missing. Three others reached shore safely.
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Washington
Albert Mason Stevens
New York
Philip Goldman
Charles Joe Tatulinski
Cleveland
John Peter Vogt
New Orleans
German Freed in U S Court
Fritz Reckhess a German fugitive from Havana faced a serious charge of violating the criminal code but was discharged after a hearing before United States Commissioner Hayes. Reckliess a professional gymnast was captured June 9 in a West End theatre by Deputy Marshal Backus amid weeks of Cuban government pressure and letters alleging blackmail with money demanded under threat of prosecution.
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Fritz Reckhess
Havana
United States
Hayes
Reckliess
West End
Backus
W. E. Brownell
SICK WOMAN NOW WELL
Miss Hazel Chubbuck of Potterville Pennsylvania credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after long side pains weakness and inability to lift or work. The ad claims many women suffer displacements irregularities inflammation backache headaches and blues and encourages use of the root and herb remedy with continued testimonials from various locations.
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Potterville
Penn
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Miss Chubbuck
Lydia E. Pinkham
Beecha Bills Promoted for Women’s Health Benefits
An advertorial claims Beecha Bills aid women facing weight loss and low energy by improving vitality and overall health, presenting pale appearance and languor as conditions to address with the product.
O Leary Admits Contact With Casement in Treason Plot
Jeremiah A. O Leary Sinn Fein leader admitted in court that in September 1914 he sought Sir Roger Casement to head an Irish press bureau in the United States as part of a conspiracy to commit treason.
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New York
Jeremiah A. O’leary
Sinn Fein
Sir Roger Casement
Jeremiah O'Leary admits possible 1914 speech comparison
At the retrial of John J. O'Leary in New York, Jeremiah testifies he may have compared Casement to Franklin but recalls little of the topic. He denies endorsing Lusitania sinking or Belgian invasions, recalls meeting Dr Albert, and explains why the American Truth Society ceased records amid fear of German money.
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Jeremiah
John J. O'Leary
New York
John O'Leary
Casement
Berlin
Benjamin Franklin
France
Lusitania
Belgium
Count von Bernstorff
Heinrich Albert
Constantin Theodor Dumba
Dr. Albert
von Bernstorff
Dumba
American Truth Society
Department of Justice
Secret Service
Arthur Lyons
Washington
Orange Men Hold Outing at Pinehurst Park Billerica
The Orange men's annual field day celebrated the 228th anniversary of the Boyne with about 1000 attendees. War and current events talks were given by Rev. McDuffy, Rev. Evans, and A E Armstrong. Athletic winners included Laura Gray and Violet Vernes in girls events, Hazel Fay and Harold Gray in younger categories, and a married women tug of war won by Mrs. McDougall and Mrs. Marshall.
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Pinehurst Park
Billerica
Orangemen
Battle of the Boyne
Stevenson
Winchester
Charles McDuffy
Cliftondale
L. P. Evans
Quincy
A. E. Armstrong
Association
Camp Devens
Laura Gray
Ida Foster
Violet Vernes
Dorothy Lee
Hazel Fay
Charlestown
Harold Gray
William E. McDougall
E. E. Marshall
Chelsea
Marshall
Mary Dewdney
Lowell
Reginald Marshall
William J. Stevens
William HE. McDougall
Roxbury
John Marshall
Revere
C. B. Emery
Special Notice on Boston Post No-Return Policy
The Boston Post on a no-return basis since March 17 1917 urges readers to place advanced orders with news dealers to gauge demand and ensure regular receipt of the Post.
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Boston Post
Post
Hearing on Zone Rate Closes in Washington
The House Ways and Means Committee wrapped up hearings on the 8 billion revenue bill after reexamining Charles Johnson Post of magazine and periodical publishers and Jesse H. Neal representing trade paper publishers. They urged a flat rate of two cents a pound or any uniform rate that treats all publications equally and avoids discrimination against nationwide circulations.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Charles Johnson Post
Jesse H. Neal
Committee to Begin Sessions on Revenue Bill Framing
The committee will start executive sessions Monday to frame the revenue bill though essential income and excess profit data will not be ready until early August. Post of the publishers advisory board disclaimed speaking for publishers and denied lobbying.
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Treasury
Post
Publishers’ Advisory Board
Kitchin
EB. B. Stahlman
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Frank P. Glass
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Washington
Glass
Federal Trade Commission
Moore
Pennsylvania
Major Stahl
Bar Cameras on All Boats Regulated for Espionage Act
Federal officials announce strict enforcement of regulations prohibiting photography from excursion steamers ferries and other vessels. Rear Admiral Wood and Marshal Mitchell order clear signs and police to monitor harbor traffic noting innocent bystanders may aid real saboteurs.
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Wood
Marshal Mitchell
Charles Bancroft
United States
Ferres
Alden Kindred of America to Hold Reunion
The Alden Kindred of America will meet for its annual reunion next Wednesday at the Unitarian Church in Plymouth on the site of the John Alden home. President George F. Washburn of Brookline along with past presidents George W. Alden and Vernon A. Field will speak. Speakers include F. J. Bagocious on the Eastern Front and Russia revolted and Joe Mitchell Chapple on The Spirit of John Alden and Captain Myles Standish Today.
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Alden
America
John Alden
Unitarian Church
Plymouth
George F. Washburn
Brookline
George W. Alden
Vernon A. Field
F. J. Bagocious
Russia
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Myles Standish
Concord Tea Room Receives Sugar Penalty
The Green Arbor Tea Room in Concord is reprimanded by the food administration for buying sugar for canning and using it for tea room purposes. Fallon Brothers of Springfield retailers operating four stores must post a notice admitting the violation and promising future compliance.
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Green Arbor Tea Room
Concord
Food Administration
Fallon Brothers
Springfield
Gramat Named Chief of Greek General Staff
Paris July 12 General A Gramat of the French army has been commissioned chief of the General Staff of the Greek army in a formal appointment announced today.
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Paris
A. Gramat
Staf
Suspicion Over German Stock Sale In Postwar America
New York July 12 A Mitchell Palmer enemy property custodian suspects German interests used subterfuge in selling German owned chemical company stock in America to American buyers An inquiry by Merton E Lewis New York State Attorney General seeks whether the transfers were deception and if control remains with German interests Foremost holder Gold and Silver Refinery of Frankfurt aided the scheme
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New York
A. Mitchell Palmer
Germany
America
Merton E. Lewis
State of
Frankfort
United States
Allied Chemical
Navy Yard Chaplain James D. MacNair Assigned
Chaplain James D. MacNair U S Navy has been assigned as chaplain at Charlestown navy yard, returning from service with the Marine Corps in France. He succeeds Chaplain Arthur W. Stone.
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James D. MacNair
Marine Corps
France
Charlestown Navy Yard
Arthur W. Stone
Western Union Employees Form National Union
Sixteen delegates representing about 20 000 Western Union Telegraph Company operators met in Chicago to organize a national association not linked to the Commercial Telegraphers Union or the AFL. The group, likely to be named the Western Union Employees Association, will have local branches nationwide and pursue arbitration for wage disputes with no strikes in its constitution.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
American Federation of Labor
Western Union Employees’ Association
Drowns in clay pit near Somerville street
Charles H. Dupee six year old of 122 Heath Street Somerville drowned in an old clay pit on Mystic Avenue yesterday.
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Charles H. Dupee
Heath Street
Somerville
Mystic Avenue
United States Shipping Board seeks assistant marine engineers
The Shipping Board recruiting service announced it can place many first and second assistant marine engineers in immediate sea service. Qualified men should report to Harrington Pike Boston agent of the Free Sea Service Bureau at 173 Milk Street.
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United States Shipping Board
Sea Service
Harrington Pike
Boston
Free Sea Service Bureau
Milk Street
Aviator Dies In Training Flight Crash
Babylon New York July 13 A naval aviator Chief Quartermaster William Fraser Beham was killed when his hydro airplane fell 500 feet into Great South Bay during a final training flight. He was crushed under the wreckage.
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Babylon
N. Y
William Fraser Beham
Great South Bay
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