Senator Lodge Default Removed in $20,000 Suit
United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge avoids default in the $20,000 damages suit brought by Dorchester man Alexander Bannwart. Bannwart accuses Lodge of assault in the Capitol on April 2, 1917 and of having Bannwart arrested without cause. Lodge denies all allegations and seeks a jury trial. his answer and removal of default were filed with Charl es F Choate Jr as counsel.
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United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Alexander Bannwart
Dorchester
Charles F. Choate, Jr
Bannwart
Mr. Lodge
Washington
Lodge
Ford Hall
John P. Weeney
Italian American Youth Seeks Marines Enlistment
A 16 year old Italian American, Tony Bevilacqua of 16 Margaret Street in the North End, visited a Marine Corps recruiting station seeking enlistment as a water boy. Officer said no, noting he is underweight and underage. told to return in a few years.
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Marine Corps
Tony Bevilacqua
Doherty
Marines
Margaret Street
North End
Martine Corps
Leutenant
Tony
Antonio Bevilacqua
Open Statement in Hampden Suit Against Boston & Maine
In Springfield, June 7, the Boston and Maine Railroad opened its defense in a $3,798,000 breach of contract case brought by Hampden Railroad Corp. over a lease for the Bondsville to Athol Junction line. Attorney William H. MacLintock argued the promoters did not follow the agreed route from Bondsville to Chicopee Falls and that the chosen route and costs were unreasonably high.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Superior Court
Hampden Railroad Corporation
Bondsville
Athol Junction
William H. Maclintock
Boston & Maine
Chicopee Falls
Holyoke
Wheat crop forecasted near billion-bushel mark for spring wheat
The Department of Agriculture on June 1 forecasts a spring wheat output of 931 million bushels, aiming toward a two billon bushel goal to aid allied forces. Acreage reaches a record 22.489 million, with June conditions at 95.2 percent of normal and oats and rye also set for record or near-record production.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Red Cross Aids Returned Soldiers in Boston District
A Red Cross sub committee in the Boston Metropolitan Chapter handles discharged soldiers problems. Russell G. Fessen den chairs the group as federal plans for care and rehabilitation proceed. The government offers medical services artificial limbs workshops and training. The Red Cross will mobilize employers public support and family guidance to help veterans seize opportunities provided by the government.
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Home Service Section
Boston
American Red Cross
Russell G. Fessenden
Home Service
America
Red Cross
May enlist from prisons plan urged by Mrs Booth
New York June 7 A proposal to enlist carefully selected inmates from state prisons into the U S Army and Navy has been submitted to President Wilson by Mrs Ballington Booth. The plan cites daily drills and 400 prisoners in one prison practicing bugle calls with about 40 percent fit for service per wardens’ returns.
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Army
Navy
United States
Wilson
Ballington Booth
Prison League of the Volunteers of America
White House
Call of the Bugle
Bay State Carmen Accept Pay Raise
The Bay State Street Railway Company raises pay by five cents per hour. Street Carmen's Union approves with 55 dissenters, bringing wages to 40 1 2 cents per hour. The union reserves right to seek higher pay when the new board of control assumes management. Original demand was a 10 cent increase.
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Bay State Street Railway
Street Carmen
Board of Control
Crane Named Boston Western Union Manager
Charles A. Crane of St. Paul Minnesota was appointed manager of the Boston office yesterday succeeding H B Simons who moves to another branch. Crane has thirty years with the Western Union Telegraph Company beginning as a messenger boy.
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Charles A. Crane
St. Paul, Minn
Boston
Western Union Telegraph Company
H. B. Simons
Crane
American Woolen Co raises wages ten percent
The American Woolen Company announced a ten percent wage increase in its nearly five woolen and worsted factories nationwide, following a 12 percent rise recently in New Bedford. Patrolman Henry A. Petit of Roxbury Crossing station, who was injured during a difficult arrest, was retired at his own request after nearly ten years of service. Reserve man John F. Lydon of Hanover Street station resigned to take effect last night. The first naval district seeks pharmacists and nurses for candidates aged 18 to 28, with Room 1210 Little Building Boston serving as the application point.
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American Woolen CO
American Woolen Company
Henry A. Petit
Roxbury Crossing
John F. Lydon
Hanover Street
First Naval District
Little Building
Boston
Two Aviators Picked Up At Sea After Plane Disabled
A Danish steamer berthed at Atlantic Fort with Ensign J R Clements and Chief Gunner's Mate V Stevens, both stationed at Miami Florida, rescued Wednesday about 35 miles offshore. President Maclaurin announced MIT received a $400 000 anonymous gift yesterday.
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J. R. Clements
V. ©. Stevens
Miami, Fla
Maclaurin
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