Conventions for League Nations Ratification Planned
The League to Enforce Peace announced conventions to win popular ratification of the League covenant in 16 states during late May and early June. William H. Taft and Harvard's A Lowell will speak to show Senate support for ratification. States include Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Indiana Illinois Kansas Iowa Michigan.
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New York
League
William H. Taft
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
United States Senate
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kansas
Iowa
Michigan
Discrimination Claims Over Medals Rise Among Yankee Division
CAMP DEVENS May 1 Officers and men of the Yankee Division charge that the 26th Division has been under rewarded for bravery. They claim Croix de Guerre and Distinguished Service Crosses awarded to 26th troops equal or exceed honors given to other divisions for similar deeds.
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Camp Devens
Socialists Fail to Rally as Police Break Parade Crowd
In Indiana Pennsylvania May 1 a planned Socialist demonstration was halted when state police and 180 deputies charged a crowd with red ribbons. The city had been patrolled since last night after a dynamite explosion radicals are believed to have set off. The scene ends with a call to buy bonds.
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Indiana
Penn
Western Massachusetts officers press for recognition of heroism in France
Deliberations at army general headquarters France delayed awards for several deeds by Yankee Division members. Sergeant James J. Carty and Private Harold F. Proctor earned Distinguished Service Crosses for silencing a machine gun nest at St Mihiel after a perilous advance. An ambulance driver, wounded, received a DSC after initial denial. Delegates plan to oppose certain convention measures and note alleged bias against Yankee Division in awards. A six week Officer Candidate School starts June 21 in New England, with 15 civilian applicants through the War Department.
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France
Massachusetts
James J. Carty
New York
Harold F. Proctor
Allston
Boston
Carty
K Company
102D Infantry
Proctor
St. Mihiel
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Ater
D.S. C
American Legion
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Officers’ Reserve Corps
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Notary Faces Sentence for False Affidavit in Questionnaire
Julius Latkowitch, an insurance adjuster and notary public, appeared in Federal District Court after noon on the matter of sentence for making a false affidavit on Joseph Solomon’s questionnaire over a year ago. Judge Morton indicated a term of one year and one day but granted two weeks to arrange his affairs.
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Julius Latkowitch
Old South
Federal District Court
Joseph Solomon
Morton
Conductor Daniel Barnes Barrett Enters Pension Rolls
Conductor Daniel Barnes Barrett a Palmer native and Springfield resident was added to the Boston & Albany Railroad pension rolls for over 49 years of continuous service. Barrett aged 70 is a member of the De Soto Lodge of Odd Fellows.
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Daniel Barnes Barrett
Palmer
Springfield
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Barrett
de Soto Lodge of Odd Fellows
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