Mmadoc Gives States A Say In Rail Rate Talks
Washington June 7 Director General McAdoo directs C C A Preuty to meet state railroad and utility commissioners and seek recommendations. Commissioners protest intrastate rate differentials prompting a plan to retain export import special rates and rescind the interstate rate order for intrastate shipments.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
CC. A. Preuty
Division of Accounts
Indictments Could Reach Beyond New York
Indications arose that other indictments may follow the New York case. Gaelic American issues edited by John Devoy were reviewed by officials who examined copies attacking the Post Office Department and Department of Justice over actions against Irish propaganda and the British government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
United States
John Devoy
Post Office Department
Department of Justice
Federation heads score Western Union action in war policy
In St Paul on June 7 AFL officials denounced Western Union Telegraph Company for not following National War Labor Board decisions. They cited labor solidarity with the government's war policy during pre convention meetings.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Western Union Telegraph Company
National War Labor Board
Labor
United
American Federation of Labor
Labor Leaders Warn Telegraph Action May Aid War Takeover
President Samuel Gompers and Secretary Frank Morrison say telegraph officials violate the board’s purpose and demoralize workers. Morrison predicts Wilson may seize Western Union and push wartime nationalization. Gompers pledges labor’s unity behind Wilson as the convention opens with 5000 delegates expected to attend two weeks.
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Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
Wilson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Congress
Morrison
Gompers
Mr. Gompers
America
Graves elected grand counsellor in New England Travellers
Leonard M. Graves of Providence was chosen grand counsellor at the United Commercial Travellers of America Grand Council in Portland Maine. Other officers include Grand junior counsellor Charles P. Doherty of Boston and Grand secretary Charles A. Haines of Boston. Next year’s convention to be held in Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Leonard M. Graves
Providence
New Eingland
United Commercial Travellers of America
Charles P. Doherty
Boston
Clinton B. Reynolds
Charles A. Haines
Frank L. True
Rutland
Charles A. Poole
Worcester
Everett Stacey
Lynn
Grand Sentinel
A. R. Knight
Lewiston
C. H. Wing
New Bedford
National Guard Units Prominent in Chateau Thierry Victory
Cable from Pittsfield shows National Guard units from Western states and New England fighting at Chateau Thierry with machine gunners. Lt John F Noxon Jr slightly wounded in base hospital. Casualties include Lynn Brockton Holyoke and Conn. men as 12 New England names appear on latest list.
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Chateau Thierry
Marne
Pittsfield
151St
New England
Cantigny
John F. Noxon, Jr
John F. Noxon
Noxon
Chateau Theorry
Lynn
South Street
Ibist
War Department
New England Boys On Casualty List
A long casualty list from World War I names soldiers from Massachusetts and neighboring states with statuses including killed in action died of wounds died of disease severely wounded and slightly wounded. It notes Lt Lynn H Harriman born 1892 in Warner NH and other mentions including Sgt Frank L Smith and Private Benjamin C Wood with details on their units and hometowns.
Casualty List Shows 48 Names Across Actions
Washington reports 48 army casualties including 17 killed in action and 32 dies of wounds with 6 dead from accidents, 7 from disease, 6 severely wounded and 5 previously reported missing. Officers Lt Henry W Clarke and Lt Lynn H Harriman are among those killed or wounded. The list names Lieutenants Anderson, Cather, Clarke, and others along with corporals Drabkin Evans Triplett and privates Boret Caw Cuthbertson Dean Hawk Olen among the fallen or missing.
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Washington
Henry W. Clarke
Foston
Lynn H. Harriman
Concord
N. H
Robert B. Anderson
Wilson
N. C
Grosvenor P. Cather
Bladen
Neb
Oliver Street
Boston
Mass
Joseph Drabkin
Lodi
Cal
Florman L. Evans
Lebanon Junction
Silas Triplett
Hunting Creek
N. E
Joe W. Boret
Sheyenne
Clarence Henry Caw
St. Joseph
Raymond E. Cuthbertson
Nebo
Charles Dean
Algert
Wash
Walter W. Hawk
Cincinnati
George Olen
Court Street
Brock
Holyoke Private Kennedy Killed in Action May 27
Private Martin P. Kennedy of Holyoke died in action in France on May 27 after receiving two letters from the front. He had joined the 101st Infantry from Camp Devens in October and later transferred to Camp Merritt before shipping to France in April. A Rosary High School graduate and Cheney Bag Company wire weaver, he served as Wire Weavers’ Union secretary and belonged to the Park Lyceum, Holyoke Council K of C, and other local groups.
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Martin P. Kennedy
East Street
Holyoke
Washington
Kennedy
C Company
101St Infantry
Camp Devens
Camp Merritt
N. J
France
the Rosary High School
Cheney Bigelow Company
Springfield
Wire Weavers’ Union
Park Lyceum and Holyoke Council
K. of C
Viscount Erleigh Receives Military Cross
News from the British embassy reports Captain the Viscount Erleigh son of Lord Reading has been awarded the Military Cross for bravery on March 21 in France with the Royal Fusiliers serving in the Fifth Army. He was a staff captain guiding a brigade during a heavy German attack.
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Washington
Viscount Erleigh
Royal Fusiliers
Lord Reading
Fifth Army
France
King to Take Part in Fourth of July Celebration
London June 7 This year for the first time in Anglo American history the King of England will attend an American Fourth of July celebration He has promised to attend a baseball game at Chelsea on July 4 between teams representing the United States army and navy.
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London
England
Chelsea
United States Army
Navy
Grigg Proved Innocent After Botany Research Detention
Frederick W. Grigg of Newtonville was detained aboard a train by naval provost guards as a German spy suspect but released with apologies. The Cambridge analyst was deemed innocent after testimony from Robert A. Ware and Harvard professor Merritt L. Fernald showing he carried botanical memoranda and government maps for field work.
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Frederick W. Grigg
Otis Street
Newtonville
West Barnstable
Sandwich
Naval Provost Guards
Grigg
Commonwealth Pier
Robert A. Ware
Walnut Street
Carter, Rice & Co
Merritt L. Fernald
Harvard
Cape
Mr. Ware
Brunswick Flier Promoted to Sergeant Aviator After Second Victory
Brunswick Me June 7 William E Wass of the Lafayette Escadrille who earned the Croix de Guerre for downing a German plane in flames has notched his second aerial victory and received a palm and a promotion to sergeant aviator. He is the son of Professor and Mrs Edward H Wass of Bowdoin College and has served in France 18 months first as an ambulance driver then as an aviator.
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Brunswick
Williaimn E. Wass
Lafayette Escadrille
Sergeant Wass
Edward H. Wass
Bowdoin College
France
80 Days in Trenches 3600 Men Endure Four Hour Bombardment
A front line correspondent describes an April bombardment lasting over four hours beginning at 2:50 am with heavy shelling and gas. He reports trench duty for 80 days, mud, gas injuries, disrupted communications, and religious services amid intense fighting. Colonel Logan remains in charge, slightly injured but active, as the unit steadies through continued exposure to combat.
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Logan
Dismasted Schooner James Young Burned Off Maine Coast
The three masted schooner James Young of Bath was wrecked by a heavy northeast gale off Portland and burned to the waterline after a galley fire started during a near hurricane. The captain and three crewmen escaped in the boat and were rescued by a coast guard launch after three hours. The coal laden vessel was en route from Elizabethport to Boothbay Harbor when stays failed and the spar fell, igniting forward.
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Portland
James Young
Bath
Young
Elizabethport
N. J
Boothbay Harbor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ening
Washington St
Winter St
Federation
W.A. Action
Sunday Post
National Guard
Noxon IN Hospital
Brockton
George Oleh
James K. Cosgrove
Washington Street
Ord
Fast Street
Revere
Frank Ll. Smith
South Avenue
Germany
Connecticut
101St
102D
First Company
First Division
Frank W. Cosgrove
Charles Pinta
Olen
Italy
Dominick Olen
9Th Infantry
Lynn Harold Harriman
First
New Hampshire Infantry
National Army
Plattsburg
NEW England Boys
Casualty
Court St
East St
101St Inf
R. C
Benjamin C. Wood
Acorn Et
E Batt
Walter J. Nugent
Vernon St
G Co
Robert O. Ruede
Oak St
Meriden
Conn
D Co
Joseph R. Nolan
Chestnut St
Hartford
C Co
Frank L. Smith
South Ave
B Co
South St
Harriman
Warner
Robert D. Ruede
Middletown
102D Infantry
Otto Ruede
Oak Street
Smith
Raymond L. Smith
McKinley Grammar School
Uncle Sam
I Company
Eighth
Mexico
Cavalry
Revere Rubber Company
Revere Lodge of Elks
John A. Wood
Acorn Street
Wood
Boxford
Lydia Pinkham
Welborn S. Priddy
Chicago
Otto G. Abbott
Newkirk
Okla
Robert Finnegan
Pittsburg
Herman Hansen
Edmore
Mich
William L. Baxter
St. Paul
Ind
Mike Christianson
San Pedro Cal
William W. Gosnell
Greenville
Louis C. Sayre
Vergas, Minn
Arville Scroggins
Visalia
Robert BE
Livingston L. Baker
San Francisco
Duncan A. Grant
New York City
Earl H. Neville
Winona
Minn
George EK. Finkle
Huron
S. C
George Jacob Frymire
Monmouth
Emanuel G. Williams
Morristown
Vester A. Benson
Creston
Tra M. Curtiss
Virginia
Bernhardt Bottolfson
Hartington
Vernon Street
Osca Olson
Wildwood
Joseph P. Nolan
Chestnut Street
Knox
Delano
School Street
G Company
William C. Sweeney
South Boston
Lynn Boy
E Battery
101St Field Artillery
Brunswick Flier
Bovinine
the Bovinine Coo
West
Houston St
Zondars
United Bhirt & Collar Co
Troy, ON
Parker
Schooner
Coast Patrol
Magrane Houston Coo
Boston Post
Telephone Main
Daily Post
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