O Leary Flees as Hobo in Espionage Case Trial
New York lawyer Jeremiah A. O Leary, linked to German espionage plots, fled to St Louis on May 7 in worn clothes to look homeless. His brother John J. O Leary and Arthur L. Lyons face trial for obstructing justice by aiding the escape, with Lyons recently named in a secret indictment.
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New York
Jeremiah A. O’leary
Sinn Fein
St. Louis
Barnes
O’leary
John J. O'Leary
Arthur L. Lyons
Bull
Germany
Ireland
Phoenix
Ariz
Department of Justice
O'Leary
John J
Jeremiah
Glens Falls
N. Y
Jeremiah O'Leary
Peony Show Opens Today in Boston Horticultural Hall
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society hosts a four day peony rose and strawberry exhibition in Horticultural Hall raising funds for the Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross. Open daily noon to 10 pm with thousands of blooms on display and flower sales to support the Red Cross ongoing. notable performances by Mrs. Arthur B. Chapin with song recitals today and tomorrow in the lecture hall. Volunteers including Miss Lydia Storer and others sell flowers during the event. T Thurlow's Sons Company donated 10 000 peony blooms and other growers pledge further blooms and produce.
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Boston
American Red Cross
Horticultural Hall
Arthur B. Chapin
Somerset
Lydia Storer
Cornelia Fiske
Mary Hodges
Anna Wheeler
Red Cross
T. ©. Thurlow
Federal terms for $100000 cloth thieves
Four defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the theft of cloth from railroad cars in this state. Max Brooks and Nathan Kaplowitz of New York received two years and a year and a half in federal prison or jail respectively. Meyer Klain and Samuel Smith, Lowell junk dealers, were sentenced to two years in Plymouth county jail. Others await sentence for their role in the thefts.
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Johnson
United States District Court
Max Brooks
Nathan Kaplowitz
New York
Atlanta
Meyer Klain
Samuel Smith
Lowell
Plymouth County
Lodge Fund Nears 5000 With Auction Heat
A shell ring made by a Belgian prisoner in Holland was sold at a Volunteers of America musical auction on the Common. Proceeds fund clothes for prisoners and the Sailors and Soldiers Lodge Fund, with Newsboys Night drawing strong crowds and a Wilson autographed photo selling well. Sailor Ryan will speak this noon as the campaign aims to close tonight.
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Holland
Volunteers of America
Wilson
Moe Bernstein
Ryan
Loot Found in Bridgeport Rooming House Keeper Home
Police seized goods valued at about ten thousand dollars from Ellen Dailey a rooming house keeper at 35 Courtland street Bridgeport and say she is connected to a gang active in Boston Chicago Philadelphia New York and other cities. Two large dry goods cases were found in a neighbor's residence where Dailey had rented a room to store the material.
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Bridgeport
Ellen Dailey
Courtland Street
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
City Backs Padrones End and Raises Labor Wage
Mayor Peters announced the end of the padrone system and set a new minimum wage of $3 per day for future city contracts. The change, driven with public works commissioner Thomas I. Sullivan, aligns contract forms to ensure laborers are paid at least the higher rate, replacing the prior $2 minimum and reducing contractor gains from labor allowances. The wage for city payroll workers had already been $3 since June last year.
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Peters
Thomas I. Sullivan
Public Works
Flag Dedication Service at Trinity Newton Centre
At Trinity Church Newton Centre a flag dedication will occur next Sunday at 10 45 am. Two silk parade flags British and French will be placed in the chancel beside the national and State flags and remain through the war. Gifts from congregation members. A service for flag dedication with patriotic hymns. God Save the King sung for British flag. La Marseillaise in French and English for the French flag. Rector will give an address.
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Trinity Church
Newton Centre
Marseillaise
Boston Red Cross urges 30 000 sock supply for soldiers
Charles E. Mason of the Boston Metropolitan Chapter appeals to women in the Boston area to knit 30,000 pairs of socks in June and 90,900 by September 1. He cites current output of 322 pairs daily and urges steady knitting through the summer to meet urgent needs in France for American soldiers and refugees.
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Charles E. Mason
Boston
American Red Cross
France
Mr. Mason
Cadet Husband Sentenced After Wife Accuses Abuse
Vincent DeManbro, 21, of 89 Everett Street East Boston, was jailed three months in the House of Correction by Judge Barnes after his wife charged him with beating her when she refused to lead an immoral life. Special Officers Driscoll and Healey arrested him in his room early yesterday.
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Vincent DeManbro
Everett Street
East Boston
House of Correction
Barnes
DiManbro
Driscoll and Healey
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lOve Cleanser
Mo’ Keeffe
Woodsville
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Fifth Avenue
Trinity, Newton Centre
Mason
the Pops
Amitra
Naples
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Wagner
Katinka
Frimi
Mascagni -Leutenant Sons
Adam
Arditt
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Bell-Ans
Mens
Ipswich Hose
Boston Garters
Porosknit
Lawrence Mills
Bae Ave
A. New & Co
Hanover
Portland Streets
Washington ST
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