Girl Prevents Looting of Safe at Lang & Jacobs Co
Miss Beulah Hixon and George L. Stocks chased a thief through the streets leading to the capture of Robert J. Hanna after he attempted to loot the Lang & Jacobs Co offices at 24 India Square. Hanna, 24, of 49 Pierce Street Cambridge, has a long police record.
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Beulah Hixon
George L. Stocks
Robert J. Hanna
Lang & Jacobs Co
India Square
Hanna
Pierce Street
Cambridge
Hanna and accomplice charged with attempted larceny at Lang & Jacobs
Hanna and a young man entered Lang and Jacobs, asked to see keys, and as Stocks and the other stranger left for the basement, Hanna allegedly crept into an inner office and tried a safe. Miss Hixon confronted him, he fled, Stocks chased and captured him at Atlantic and Central. He was booked at City Hall Avenue station with a prior record to be presented in court.
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Hanna
Lang & Jacobs
Stocks
Miss Hixon
Atlantic Avenue
Central Street
Gould
Tie
City Hall Avenue
Palmer's Beer Ruling Stands
Washington, March 18. Attorney-General Daugherty said Palmer's opinion allowing physicians to prescribe beer for medical purposes would stand unless a review is requested by a department head. He noted the department could not issue reviews of its opinions except on request, and commented on possible Bureau transfer from Treasury to Justice without seeking extra authority.
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Washington
Palmer
Mellon
Daugherty
Exept
Department of Justice
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Treasury
Congress
Lenine Abandons Bolshevik Program in Speech
March 18 Riga dispatch to the London Times reports a Russo-Polish treaty signed at 9:30 pm and to be ratified at Minsk within thirty days. In a speech before the 10th Communist congress Nikolai Lenine said the Bolshevik programme is abandoned and urged agreement with bourgeois governments and concessions to capitalists and landowners.
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London
London Times
Riga
Minsk
Francis McCullagh Reval
Nikolai Lenine
Lenin Warns on Private Artisans in Russia Trade Talks
Lenin advocates limited private artisan enterprises for ten years while big Socialist firms are built, urges free trade with capitalist nations as essential for progress. Delegates from Japan, Germany, and Italy echo the gain, noting Russian orders from Estonia and incoming English consuls. He jests about becoming respectable after leaving congress and abolishing Bolshevism.
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Kron- Stadt
Congress
Lenine
Boston Post
Herald
Coolidges Made Lions by Society Presence Required
Washington report on Vice President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge detailing nonstop social events as part of official duties, including expectations for a first reception to diplomats and a busy schedule in the capital.
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Coolidges
Washington
Passamaquoddy Indian Village Planned at Plymouth
Eastport Maine March 18. Thirty Passamaquoddy Indians led by William Neptune former governor will establish an Indian village at Plymouth Massachusetts in June as part of the Plymouth tercentenary celebrations. They will bring wigwams birch bark canoes baskets costumes and war and peace dances and participate in pageants while manufacturing baskets. They will travel by steamer from Eastport to Massachusetts.
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Eastport
Passamaquoddy
William Neptune
Plymouth
Mass
Plymouth Committee
Massachusetts
Woman Awarded 7500 in Breach of Promise Suit
Miss Flora A. Irish of Winthrop Mass sued George Owen of East Orange for breach of promise claiming he vowed to marry her on November 2 1918. A jury awarded her 7500 after evidence showed a woman answered his bachelor apartment line and said the number belonged to Mrs Owen.
Escape From Gasolene Explosion at Atlantic Rubber Works
Two men narrowly escaped serious injury in a gasolene explosion in the mixing room of the Atlantic Rubber Works in Atlantic. They were knocked down by the blast but escaped uninjured.
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Atlantic Rubber Works
Atlantic
Stillman divorce case cites second beauty linked to husband
In New York on March 18 Mrs. James A. Stillman known as Mrs. Florence H. Leeds is challenged by her lawyers who reveal a second young woman named as a former intimate of Mr. Stillman. The description notes the second woman is described as a beauty.
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Stillman
Florence Leeds
James A. Stillman
National City Bank of New York
Big” Potter
New York
Fifi” Potter
Florence H. Leeds
Return of Seized Liquor Begins in New York
Thousands of cases of liquor seized by prohibition agents are being returned in New York after a conference between Percy Vize special counsel to the Prohibition Commissioner and State Prohibition Director O Connor. The move follows protests against seizures by the enforcement branch and an advisory from Vize.
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New York
Prohibition
Percy Vize
Kramer
Washington
O'Connor
O’connor
Enforcement
Coal Miners vow wage resistance in nationwide action
Indianapolis March 18 United Mine Workers of America pledges to resist any attempts to cut coal miners' wages with full force of the union. International president John J. Lewis announced the stance in a public statement.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
John J. Lewis
Blaze at Charlestown Navy Yard Endangers Records
A fire in the blind cellar of the pay office building at Charlestown Navy Yard last night caused a stir as officers and ship crews rushed to the scene. Total damage estimated under $1000 but threatened government funds and historical documents. Rear Admiral Robinson and several captains, including Captain A. Cl Watson and Captain H. C. Cage, were among those present.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy’ Yard
Marine Guard
Robinson
A. Cl Watson
H. C. Cage
Irwin
Jury Convicts Crew After Whisky Seizure Trial
In Tampa on March 18 the jury in a federal court viewed evidence from the Cuban schooner Ramplazo case. District Attorney Phillips offered bottles of whiskey brandy and wine to the jurors as part of 3000 quarts seized onboard the vessel. Jurors, except one who sniffed, found the captain mate and two deck hands guilty.
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Tampa
Fla
Ramplazo
Phillips
Brookline Clerk John Daley Dies Suddenly at Relief Hospital
John Daley a 65 year old clerk at the Fourth National Bank of Brookline, living at 15 Auburn street, was taken ill suddenly near the corner of High and Federal streets last night. He was moved to the Relief Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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John Daley
Auburn Street
Brookline
Fourth National Bank
High
Federal Streets
Relief Hospital
Taxes Not Enough to Pay War Debt
Chandler and Co head says the American people will have to pay more taxes soon due to income tax shortfalls. A sales tax is favored by many as the simplest solution, with the Post planning reader interviews offering arguments for and against a sales tax from prominent Boston citizens.
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the Post
Boston
First man approached yesterday is Charles F Bacon
Charles F Bacon vice-president of Chandler & Company dealers in women's wearing apparel Tremont street. He chairs the tax committee of the Massachusetts Retail Merchants Association which includes 3000 of the State's leading business men.
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Charles F. Bacon
Chandler & Company
Tremont Street
Bacon
Massachusetts Retail Merchants’ Association
Satisfied with Court Decree In Suffolk Divorce Case
Mrs. Lucilic Mitchell Lawson told Judge Thayer she loves her four children and wants them with her, though she has no funds to care for them. She said the custody decree granting custody to Arnold Lawson was her own free act and that she was treated fairly. The decree will be made public later.
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Luci¢ Mitchell Lawson
Thayer
Suffolk County
Arnold Lawson
Man Beaten and Robbed in Belmont
Louis Arone a 37 year old tailor of 131A Belmont Street Belmont was last night assaulted and robbed in what police believe was revenge for his exposure of the Black Hand a year ago. He lies in Cambridge Hospital with severe slash wounds to the face after a razor attack intended for his throat.
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Black Hand
Louis Arone
Belmont Street
Belmont
Cambridge
Assault on Watertown tailor shocks Belmont Cambridge police hunt two suspects
Late at night two armed men attacked tailor Arone in his Watertown shop beating him with a blackjack and a revolver. A razor caused facial wounds as police identify two gang members exposed last year and seek them after the brutal assault in a downtown square.
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Belmont
Cambridge
Watertown
Arone
Pershing Address Sparks 14,000 in Madison Square Garden
New York March 18 14 000 Americans packed Madison Square Garden to oppose the Horror on the Rhine talk and protest foreign propaganda. American Legion speakers assailed those favoring non American ideals, drawing shouts and cheers from the crowd.
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New York
Legion to appeal to Postmaster General over discrimination
Lemuel Bolles national adjutant of the American Legion said in Indianapolis that the group will file a protest with Postmaster General Hays alleging discrimination against postal employees who served in World War I. A committee including Theodore Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy and region executives Dela ware and Maryland members Thomas Miller and D. John Markey will present the protest.
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Indianapolis
Lemuel Bolles
The
American Legion
Legion
Hays
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Thomas W. Miller
D. John Markey
Delaware
Maryland
Bolles
Anniversary notes and historic events listed
William Jennings Bryan born in 1860. Massachusetts approves 1,000,000 to deploy state troops for war voting in 1917. League of Nations debate continues. Wireless telephoning linked Ireland and Canada in 1919. One year ago today Cork’s lord mayor was assassinated. Senate foreign relations committee reports favorably on Colby nomination as Secretary of State.
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William Jennings Bryan
Massachusetts
League of Nations
Ireland
Canada
Cork
Senate Foreign Relations
Mmittee
Bridge Colby
Fair Warm Weather Outlook for New England and Mid Atlantic
Fair and warmer Saturday with increasing cloudiness Sunday in Boston and vicinity. Moderate variable winds becoming fresh southeast and south. Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday in eastern New York with unsettled, warmer Sunday. Southern New England: fair Saturday, cloudy and warmer Sunday. Strongest note is much warmer weather expected Saturday and Sunday across Middle Atlantic and New England states. Winds north of Sandy Hook shift to southeast and south.
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Boston
New York
New England
Middle Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Weather Outlook for Warm Day and Night
A bright fair day follows a cold morning with temperatures rising. Expect warm conditions to persist through the day and into the night with comfortable evenings and continued mild temperatures.
Weather Record From Thompson's Spa Note
Yesterday's temperature figures from Thompson's Spa show readings across times of day with values around mid 30s to mid 40s. The excerpt lists multiple timestamps including 3 pm and 6 am with temperatures varying roughly from 35 to 45 degrees, indicating a cool day with minor fluctuations.
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Dual Life
Stillvan
Leeds
Gold Star
Intruder
L’eads
Palmer’s Beer
Shawsheen Village
Andover, Mass
Mall
Gordon Mfg. Co
Foxboro 2
Guar Tire Co
Gotcnis Ave
Plaza Rathskeller
Columbus Avenue
Russia
Robert L. Norton
Winthrop
Newark
Navy Yard
Jefferson Johnson
Achestra Mincy
Bird Cage
John J. Pershing
Cambridge Hospital
Warren
Park &T
Pershing
America
R. M
Thompson's Spa
Bam
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