Mayor to Act on Coal Question in Boston
Mayor Peters signals intervention in the coal supply crisis by seeking federal help and proposing 15 000 tons for 10 distribution sites. Council members accuse local dealers of profiteering and press for city fuel yards to aid the poor, with James J. Storrow pledging to assist once city needs are defined.
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Peters
Washington
Boston
James J. Storrow
New England
Storrow
Frow
Frank Ford
Ford
Henry RE. Hagan
Minipal
Massachusetts
Gasmed and Sent Home Private Herbert F Frederick
Private Herbert F Frederick of Roxbury Massachusetts a member of the 66th Company Fifth Regiment U S M C has been sent home to recover from mustard gas exposure in France He sailed with the regiment June 28 1917 landed in St Nazaire July 12 1917 and fought in the trenches before being gassed He is son of Mr and Mrs Frank J Fredericks and formerly served in the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry
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5Th Regiment, U. 8S. M. C
Marcella Street
Roxbury
France
Herbert F. Frederick
Fifth Regiment
Fredericks
Frank J. Fredericks
Eighth Massachusetts Infantry
Mexico
United States
Philadelphia Navy Yard
St. Nazaire
Atlantic
Naix
No Man's Land
James Coughlin
101St Infantry
Bank Officer Wilfrid Ball Ends Life in Boston Visit
Wilfrid S. Ball treasurer of the Shelburne Falls Saving Bank killed himself by hanging in Crawford House yesterday afternoon. A letter in his effects described prior suicide attempts and life insurance as motive. His daughter, Mrs. Edwin R. Smith of Lynn, said business troubles weighed on him during a Boston trip. Hotel Seymour was named as the Lynn hotel.
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Wilfrid S. Ball
Shelburne Falls
Proclamation Seizes Cape Cod Canal for War Use
President Wilson proclaims takeover of the Cape Cod Canal and orders the railroad administration to operate it. Dredging to 25 feet will begin, towage restored, and the canal to move up to 10 million tons of coal a year for New England within two months. Ocean Steamship Company Clyde line Merchants and Miners Liner Eastern vessels to be routed through the canal. Smaller naval craft and other shipping may use the waterway.
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Washington Fuel Administration
Boston
Washington
Wilson
Cape Cod Canal
Railroad Administration
New England
Ocean Steamship Company
Clyde Line
Merchants & Miners Transportation Company
Eastern Steamship Company
Raider Action Off Mexican Coast Prompts Naval Precautions
San Diego July 23 Following a British consul report at La Paz that a German raider is cruising off the Mexican coast all vessels in the 2th naval district have been advised to observe precautions of the submarine zone. Aircraft from nearby stations and warships have been sent in search for the prowler, according to navy authorities.
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San Diego
Cal
la Paz
Mexican
2Th Naval District
Call
Finland to stay with allies says constitutional league leader
H Montagu Donner president of the Finland Constitutional League of America says Finland will remain aligned with the allies after the war. He notes based on Helsingfors reports that German propagandists failed to persuade Finns to support a constitutional monarchy and hopes President Wilson will back Finland’s independence.
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Finland
New York
Wilson
H. Montagu Donner
Finland Constitutional League of America
Helsingfors
Donner
STILL HUNT FOR CLUES TO MURDER IN TAUNTON RIVER
Investigators from state city and town police continue to piece together the Taunton River murder case. The focus rests on a lightless automobile possibly carrying remains to the Somerset shore on June 30, a missing girl report, a vacant box-barge unlikely to be involved, and a frightened whaleboat that disappeared at dusk after being questioned.
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Fall River
Taunton River
Somerset
Fall River Mystery: Police Seek Car After Vicious Discarded Body Clue
Police intensify manhunt for a missing girl victim damaged by brutal dismemberment. Investigators canvass Fall River area, with state police covering Somerset and Swansea districts while harbor watchers monitor the bridge. Forensic details describe the victim’s teeth and facial features as authorities outline possible disposal methods.
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Fahey
Fall River
Somerset
Swansea
Messenger
Gaston Family Members Enter Military Service
John Gaston has sailed to Paris Island to join the United States Marines in training. His brother Ensign William Gaston serves in the American aviation corps in France after Harvard and Squantum training. Their brother in law Captain John Kenneth Howard fights in France with a machine gun battery.
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William A. Gaston
John Gaston
Paris Island
South Carolina
United States Marines
Ensign William Gaston
American Aviation Corps
France
John Kenneth Howard
Princeton Regiment
Princeton University
Plattsburg
New York
Marines
William Gaston
Harvard
United States Navy
Squantum
Fort Worth
Texas
England
North Sea
Love suit settled in Norfolk county breach of promise case
Isabel Smith known as Isabel Gray sued William F. Gray of Wellesley for sixty thousand dollars claiming a lifelong promise to marry and acknowledgment of children. The case, filed 1916, ended yesterday by mutual settlement the terms not disclosed.
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Norfolk County
Isabel Smith
Isabel 8
Gray
Miss Smith
Wilson's Plan for Ireland Motion to be Discussed in Commons
Irish Nationalist leader John Dillon announced in the House of Commons that he will seek government time tomorrow to debate a motion on Ireland. The plan signals a formal push for parliamentary discussion of Irish affairs in Parliament.
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John Dillon
House of Commons
London
Parliament backs Wilson on Irish question and law based settlement
The House condemns Ireland policy as inconsistent with allied aims and urges immediate application of Wilson's principles. It emphasizes the reign of law, consent of the governed, and global opinion as essential to a just settlement between Britain and Ireland.
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Ireland
Wilson
George Washington
America
Hyde Park School Gardeners Sell Produce at Market
Hyde Park school gardeners part of the United States School Gardens Association sold home grown lettuce eggs and other vegetables at the Henry Grew playground market. Under Miss Margaret E. O Connor district Hyde Park garden instructor the event drew over 200 buyers and raised about 10 dollars in one hour.
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Hyde Park
Maine
Henry Grew
United States
School Gardens’ Association
Margaret E. O'Connor
General De Goutte Among Victors in World War I
General De Goutte, crowned victor of Chateau Thierry, heads a victorious French force alongside Mangin Gouraud Petain. The colonial officer rose from Tunis to Madagascar China Morocco and led troops including Americans in the Ourcq to Marne advance, capturing thousands of prisoners and matériel in a swift breakthrough.
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New York
de Goutte
Chateau Thierry
Mangin
le Mutry
Berthelot
Tunis
Madagascar
China
Morocco
Petain
Ailette
Ourcq
Marne
Jamaica Plain Boy Hit by Automobile
Frank J. Horan Jr., 12, son of Mr and Mrs Frank J Horan of 32 Custer Street Jamaica Plain was seriously injured shortly before 6 last night when struck and knocked down by an automobile owned and operated by Robert B Sproule of Winthrop at the junction of Francis Parkman road Jamaicaway while crossing the street.
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Frank J. Horan, Jr
Frank J. Horan
Custer Street
Jamaica Plain
Robert B. Sproule
Winthrop
Francis Parkman Road
Jamaicaway
Liberty Mass Meeting by Boston Delegates Tonight
The 10 Greater Boston delegates from the National Colored Liberty Congress in Washington will speak at a Liberty mass meeting at Twelfth Baptist Church Shawmut Avenue and Madison Street. BE Morris will preside with soloists Mrs Alice Bailey and Mrs Catherine Elliott. Admission is free to the public.
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Boston
National Colored Liberty Congress
Washington
Twelfth Baptist Church
Shawmut Avenue
Madison Street
BE. T. Morris
Alice Bailey
Catherine Elliott
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