Boy Hurt In Moody Street Sand Cave-In
Lowell March 11 Henry Forsette 16 of 244 Cumberland Street is in critical condition at Lowell Operation Hospital after a 500 pound frozen sand section collapsed on him while he and others loaded a general truck on Moody Street. He was freed by coworkers and taken to hospital with internal injuries.
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Lowell
Henry Forsette
Cumberland Street
Lowell Operation Hospital
Moody Street
Forsette
Patrick Dogger
Mate of Schooner Believed Drowned After Missing
Thomas W. Carey mate of the schooner Alice May Davenport is missing at anchor in the lower harbor. He was last seen on the afterdeck talking with his wife and headed toward the yawl to repair it. Despite a thorough search, he has not been found and it is believed he fell overboard and drowned on Wednesday afternoon.
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Thomas W. Carey
Alice May Davenport
Carey
All Are Safe On Esperanza
Wireless messages from Captain Curtis reported by Ward Line indicate 151 people aboard the steamer Esperanza stranded off Progreso Yucatan are not in immediate danger and relief is expected within hours. Tugs from Progreso began moving to assist as the vessel remains stuck near Madagascar reef.
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New York
Ward Line Company
Curtis
Progreso
Yucatan
Madagascar Reef
Progresso
Armenian Villages Besieged by Turks in Cilicia
London dispatches report Zeitun Humit and several Cilician Armenian villages besieged by Turkish bands for ten days. Armenians have defended the settlements, with Zeitun located in the Vilayet of Aleppo about 20 miles northwest of Marash, near reported massacres.
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London
Zeitun
Humit
Cilicia
Vilayet
Aleppo
Marash
Cheaper Eggs Expected As Market Fluctuates
Market report notes egg prices easing with yesterday's fresh eggs at 72 cents per dozen, Eastern at 65 cents, Western at 60 cents. Lettuce at 10 cents, greens to 1 per peck, peas 45 cents per pound, cucumbers 30 cents each, rhubarb 20 cents per pound, radishes 6 cents per bunch, oranges 75 cents to $1 per dozen, bananas 40 to 60 cents per dozen, berries 8% cents a quart, figs 50 cents per pound, apples $1 to $1.15 per quart.
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California
Florida
Market Prices Show Mixed Shifts Across Meat and Produce
Fresh-made tub butter 75 cents a pound, wholesale butter firmer on light receipts. Cheddar and mild cheeses drop to 38 cents, pork roasts at 88 cents, pork chops 40 cents, lamb legs 40–42 cents with loins 88 cents and forequarters 25–28. Beef steady, hams and sausages unchanged. Fish cheaper as weather warms. shad at 75 cents roe and 60 cents jack in NC, flounder, haddock, cod 12 cents, other seafood 2% cents to 50 cents. Lobster 8 cents. Root vegetables 10 cents. potatoes $1.05 per peck. head lettuce Texas 12 cents. Market brightens with spring-like produce outlook.
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North Carolina
Texas
Pershing Out of Army Chief of Staff Bill Debate
The House refused a record vote on amending the army reorganization bill to name General Pershing permanent chief of staff. It approved preserving the secretary of war’s power to select. Debates cited risk of Pershing’s experience being lost and concerns staff control. A separate bid to overhaul military justice via the Chamberlain-Johnson courts-martial measure failed 74 to 66.
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Washington
House
Pershing
Representative Strong
Kansas
Greene
Vermont
Caldwell
New York
War Department
Army
Johnson
South Dakota
Will Investigate Rents in Lawrence
A five member citizens committee was appointed by Mayor William P. White to review local complaints of exorbitant rents in Lawrence. The panel includes Walter Rochefort as chair, Daniel J. Murphy, Joseph Harris, James K. Tangburn, and George Pollard. The group will meet soon and may refer unresolved issues to the State commission.
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Board of Health
Joseph Harris
James K. Tangburn
Labor
George Pollard
Sims cites Navy policy failure over fleet readiness
Rear Admiral Sims testified before the Senate committee that the Atlantic fleet was not kept in readiness for battle during the war. He charged that Navy Department policy contributed to this shortfall, detailing the administration's wartime decisions and preparedness shortcomings.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Senate
Admiral Sims accuses Navy delays in sending ships and subs
Admiral Sims told the committee American pleas for more warships were ignored delaying a four-ship squadron abroad and hindering naval support to the allies. He cited dock delays, late tug deployment, and slow submarine requests, urging Hoover to testify on 1917 food conditions and the submarine threat.
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Navy Department
Sims
United States
Department
Admiral Sims
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
City Laborers Receive 40 Cent Daily Wages Hike
PITCHBURG March 11 An increase of 40 cents per day was granted to city department laborers raising the minimum wage to 4.40 dollars daily. The move affects all regular street and municipal workers across departments.
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Pitchburg
City Department
Congressmen abuse rights in telegraph usage probe
Washington March 11. The House accounts committee finds widespread abuse of telegram privileges by members. Data show large unpaid bills to Uncle Sam, with examples including a seven foot long telegram costing 67.40 and messages to constituents about a newborn, plus clipping editorials to distribute to state newspapers.
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Washington
Congress
Committee On Accounts of
House
Treland
Illinois
Sam
Wilson
Lieutenant Colonel Tompkins Awarded Distinguished Service Medal
Lieutenant-Colonel Frank M. Tompkins, who commanded the 301st Infantry of the 76th Division, was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal by General Edwards at the Northeastern Department. He returned to his prewar rank of lieutenant-colonel after over six months overseas and had been recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre. He has three prior decorations for service in Mexico and the Philippines.
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Frank M. Tompkins
301St Infantry
Edwards
Tompkins
Mexico
Philippines
One Barge of Hard Coal Reaches Port in Boston
A single barge delivered 1100 tons of anthracite from New Jersey to Boston yesterday, the first port arrival day with no steam colliers. The New England sub coal committee reported 34 cars of bituminous coal received at gateways and 253 cars forwarded into New England, along with 205 cars of anthracite coal.
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Boston
New Jersey
New Fingland Sub-Coal Committee
New England
Shoes Larceny Suspect Bound Over In Central Court
Joseph Hotze, arrested for the larceny of a case of shoes valued at 120 dollars, was bound over one week by Judge Dowd in Central Court to locate the owner. Inspector Cronin trailed him to his room and found the shoes after noting suspicious actions.
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Joseph Hotze
New Brunswick Eyes Liquor Import Ban And Referendum
In Fredericton March 11 the speech from the throne announced measures to bar liquor imports by referendum. The government also called for higher teacher salaries and a hydroelectric development plan.
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Fredericton
N. B
New Brunswick
Pugsley
Smoking barred in Mechanics' Building during exhibitions
Fire Commissioner John R. Murphy ordered no smoking in the Mechanics' Building during exhibitions. A fire department detail of one officer and six men will staff the area, approved by Mayor Peters after fire danger from smoking at the hardware show prompted complaints.
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Mechanics
Fire Department
John R. Murphy
Peters
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