Endicott Refuses Reconsideration in Wage Case
Henry B. Endicott, executive manager of the State Committee on Public Safety, declines to reopen the wage case of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He cites a full hearing and testimony supporting his decision, noting Edison employees' high wages after a 10 percent increase. The Brotherhood plans a strike vote tonight if concessions are not made before the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Endicott
State Committee On Public Safety
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
T. F. Murphy
John A. McGarry
Brotherhood
Edison
Cat's Death Sparks $200 Suit Against Neighbor
Stanislaus Rodzraus sues Kostant Brink of 7 Parker Street Mattapan a baker in Boston Municipal Court for $200 damages alleging his prized angora cat died after two neighbor dogs harassed it. The case centers on the alleged cruelty and financial loss to Rodzraus from the felines demise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanislaus Rodzraus
Rodtraus
Boston
Kostant Brink
Parker Street
Mattapan
National Patriotic Council of Germans Disbands
The National Patriotic Council of Americans of German Origin ceased to exist in New York as organizers said Washington opposes loyalist groups of German descent except for the Friends of German democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Patriotic Council of Americans
Washington
Friends of German Democracy
Cambridge Council Approves 5000 Mosquito Campaign
Cambridge City Council unanimously adopted a 5000 appropriation after expert testimony from Tech Harvard and military officials warned of malaria risk from local mosquitoes. The hearing at City Hall featured demonstrations on breeding sites and control methods as leaders urged rapid action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Tech
Harvard
United States Army
Navy
Charles W. Illiot
Maclaurin
Lowell
Mr. Underwood
Underwood
Fresh Pond
Bird Pond
G. C. Whipple
Harvard and
Cambridge Sanitary Commission
Harvard Radio School
Allies' Food Up to Women at War Conservation Meeting
At the State House a food conservation meeting of telephone employees stressed female leadership in rationing and war work. Henry B. Endicott urged women to conserve food to boost ally rations, while Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer and other speakers praised women’s war effort and the telecommunication workers' crucial role. The event was chaired by L. C. Whitcher with Rev. Dr. Simon Blinn Blunt and Frank C. Hall among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Endicott
Telephone and Telegraph Society
State House
Nathaniel Thayer
Thayer
L. C. Whitcher
The
Telephone Company
Simon Blinn Blunt
Frank C. Hall
Hotel Men’s Food Conservation Committee
U-Boat Seen Off Jersey In Atlantic Sighting
A German submarine was spotted about 250 miles off the New Jersey coast by a British steamer early last night. The U boat appeared within 10 yards but did not launch torpedoes or fire. The steamer fled at full speed, zigzagging, and saw no further sign of the sub.
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Atlantic
New Jersey
Manpower Critical in War Says British General in Boston
Lieutenant General Thomas Bridges head of the British military mission in the United States declared during his Boston visit that manpower is the crisis of the war not ships or finance. He praised America for sending about a quarter of a million troops to France each month.
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Fritz
Thomas Bridges
United States
Boston
America
France
Kaiser
General Bridges Addresses Banquet in Brookline
General Bridges spoke at a Brookline Country Club banquet with Colonel Wilson and British Canadian Recruiting Mission officers in attendance. He noted the war’s manpower crisis and praised American resources and civilian resolve, recalling his Mons retreat and urging continued national effort.
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Brookline Country Club
General Bridges
W. C. Wilson
Boston
Ypres
G. M. Stuart
Cunard Steamship Company
Mons
Bridges
Victory for U S Troops In Belleau Wood Advance
American forces northwest of Chateau Thierry advanced into Belleau Wood and captured 250 prisoners including three officers. They seized machine guns and trench mortars as General Pershing reported, with batteries in the Woevre region conducting effective neutralization and harassing fire.
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Washington
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Pershing
Bouresches
Belleau
Chateau-Thierry
St Barnabas Guild Holds Feast Day Service at Trinity Church
The St Barnabas Guild for nurses held its annual feast day service at Trinity Church with Rev Dr Alexander Mann pastor and chaplain. Bishop Lawrence preached applauding nurses for their spirit and skill and the work they endure.
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St. Barnabas Guild
St. Barnabas
Trinity Church
Alexander Mann
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Boy rescued from the Charles River in Cambridge
Three year old Robert McKenna was rescued from drowning in the Charles River at the foot of Flagg Street Cambridge by Patrolman John T Mallaley and Frank Sullivan. The child was playing with other boys when he fell in and was saved late yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McKenna
Flagg Street
Cambridge
John T. Mallaley
Frank Sullivan
McKenna
Boston Man Denies Marriage Promise In $50,000 Suit
William T. Meek of South Boston aged 70 admitted knowing Miss Sarah Marsden of Roxbury for 47 years but denied promising to marry her, as she claims in a $50,000 damage suit. Marsden testified to mutual marriage talks in 1903 and 1904 and said Meek gave mixed signals and five or six letters. the case continued in Superior Court before Judge Hall.
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William Todd Meek
South Boston
Sarah Marsden
Roxbury
William T. Meek
Broadway
South
Boston
Atlantic
Meek
Marine Park
Patton
William A. Morse
Marsden
Washington Street
England
Bostonian Major Cole Leads French Front Assault
Major Edward B. Cole of the Marines, commander of the First Machine Gun Battalion and brother of Brigadier General Charles H. Cole, is cited as leading the attack against German forces northwest of Chateau Thierry. His family resides in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children at 24 Strathmore Road. A June 11 dispatch notes Germany planning to challenge the Allied fleet with its high seas forces.
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Boston
Edward B. Cole
Marines
France
Chateau Thierry
Cole
Charles H. Cole
26Th Division
Strathmore Road
Brookline
Beacon Street
National Machine Gun Board
Secretary of War
Washington
Germany
Switzerland
Braves to Join Naval Reserves Soon
War time reports indicate Rehg Powell and Fillingim from the Braves will enlist in the Naval Reserves in Newport in early next month. Joe Kelly has not decided yet but may join his brothers in service.
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Rehg
Powell
Fillingim
Second Naval District
Newport
Joe Kelly
Braves
Arlington Highs Romp Over Reading 15 to 1
Arlington High School defeated Reading High School 15 to 1 in Arlington. Keefe pitched seven innings no hit no run, and Captain Cadogan finished the eighth. Reading's lone hit came on Killam’s two bagger.
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Arlington
Reading High School
Keefe
Cadogan
Killam
Reading
German Naval Offensive Hinted as Fleet Readiness Grows
A telegram describes German admiralty plans for a major sea offensive with fleet readiness boosted and high ranking officers recalled. Reports from Kiefer Zeitung and Hamburger Post cite Tirpitz Meinungen while Washington and allied capitals expect a grand clash. American dreadnoughts and Admiral Gleaves' address note US forces in line with Britain for a decisive engagement against Germany.
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Germany
Switzerland
Kiefer Zeitung
Hamburger Post
von Tirpitz
Paris
Washington
North Sea
Gleaves
Hugh Rodman
Beatty
Grand Sea Forces
Harvard class day marshal called to active service
Harvard lost its class day marshal yesterday when Ensign Billy Murray received orders to report at once for active service. James W. Angell, chairman of the class day committee, will probably take the former football star's place at the exercises next week.
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Harvard
Billy Murray
James W. Angell
Newton Marine Officer Cited for Bravery
Lieutenant W. M. Leonard Jr of Newton, son of a Boston bookseller, received a bravery citation for action with the marines in the Bouresches drive. He helped lead a assault that killed crews of seven German guns, with only four of 43 Americans surviving. his uniform was bullet riddled but he was uninjured.
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W. M. Leonard, Jr
Newton
W. M. Leonard
Tremont Street
Boston
Bouresches
Leonard
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Rodzraus
German-American Society
William Fenwick Harris
William Lyman Underwood
Professor Whipple
School of Northern Birth
Whipple
Captain Bryan
First Naval District
Ayer
Radio School
Harris
Flynn
Harvard R. O. T. C
Dr. Eliot
John J. Ryan
St. Paul's Parish
Bryan
Revere
Joseph Lamb
Winthrop
Medford
Panama
Canal Zone
Bill
Quinn
A. O. Leonard
Leonard Ear Ol
Boston Druggs
Woodward Drug
Summer St
Morse-Winslow Drug Co
Tremont St
Gammon Drug Co
Dudley,, Cor
Warren L. P. Drury Corp
Dudley, Cor
Warren la Pierre Drug Stores
Billings & Stover
Harvard Sq
Leonard Ear Oil Agency
Fifth Ave
New York City
Franklin P. Winston
Devonshire St
Old State House
Jersey
Gen. Bridges
U. S
ST. Barnabas Guild Service
Charles River
Ruggles Street
Hub Man
Naval Reserves
Newton Marine
Newton Bey
Hades
Georgette
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