Nine railway engineer regiments to join WWI effort
Nine new army engineer regiments, composed entirely of railway men, will be sent to France to build and protect communication lines. Each unit will be led by a regular army engineer colonel with railway officers filling the remaining commands. Officers will be railway engineers or officials. The War Department announced the move is urgent but exact deployment details remain undisclosed due to submarine threats.
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Washington
Army Engineers
France
War Department
French mission train wreck shocks Illinois visit to Lincoln tomb
Envoys en route from Springfield after a Lincoln tomb visit were involved in a derailment near Arcola. Marshal Joffre and Viviani escaped serious harm. officials discount a plot and call the incident probably accidental. The mishap follows a fatal accident in Decatur earlier the same day.
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Springfield
Lincoln
Arcola
Marshal Joffre
Viviani
United States
William Nye
United States Secret Service
M. Viviani
Army Railway Expedition Draft To Be 11000 to 12000 Men
The expedition will total 11 000 to 12 000 men with each regiment having two battalions of three companies. Each railway discipline will be represented and the War Department seeks a prompt response to allow careful selection and a trained force of railway operation experts. The department’s statement follows.
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War Department
House OKs use of enemy ships in American ports
The House passed a joint resolution authorizing the President to press into service enemy vessels in U S ports after an all day debate with no recorded vote. German merchant ships in U S waters are covered except those tied to the Danish West Indies Virgin Islands purchase terms revealed in the session.
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Washington
Senate
House
Danish West Indies
Virgin Islands
Band Concerts At Noon Daily In Boston Park
The Ninth Regiment band will give daily concerts on the Parkman bandstand from 12 to 1 30 p m starting today. Martial and patriotic airs will form the major part of the program to boost patriotism among citizens. If bad weather, concerts will be canceled.
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Boston
Boston Common
France
Edward L. Logan
Parkman
Banks continue strong Liberty Loan subscriptions
Washington reports no decline in subscriptions as 35 leading cities offer to take 104,846,000 dollars worth of Liberty Bonds, adding to prior offers for a three day total of 326,976,000 dollars.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Estimates vs outright offers in subscription responses
The text distinguishes between estimates of what could be taken and actual subscription offers, noting that totals already received include both estimates and firm offers. It emphasizes that many responses were not definitive subscriptions but provisional figures.
Burglar Caught After Brookline Home Break-In
Everett Tarr and wife confront a burglar at 35 Stetson Street Brookline while a second man escapes. One suspect Joseph C Sutton 27 from West Sand later jailed after a struggle with Mr Tarr and neighbor John Macksey before police arrival.
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Everett
Tarr
Stetson Street
Brookline
Mr. Tarr
Trade Union Home Guard Formed in Tyler Street Drill
The first Home Guard unit in the United States formed entirely from labor union members was organized at the Tyler Street Municipal building as the Trade Union Home Guard. Ignatius McNulty of the Building Trades Department AFL was elected captain. Over 200 enrolled, more than 125 attended, with many having prior militia or Army service. McNulty believes the company could swell to battalion size with little effort.
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Home Guard
United States
Tyler Street
Trade Union
Ignatius McNulty
Building Trades Department
A. F
McNulty
Gompers Warns Russia Against Premature Peace
Labor chief Samuel Gompers sends a long cablegram to Petrograd urging against a premature peace for Russia. He pledges that American workers and the American people support the Russian democratic movement and a steadfast war effort to defeat Kaiserism.
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Washington
Russia
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Council of Workmen and Soldiers
Petrograd
Labor Leader Gompers Supports Russia War Mission
Speaking for organized labor in this country Mr Gompers expresses confidence in the purposes and opinions of the American war mission soon to go to Russia. He denounces attacks on Elihu Root while not naming the mission head.
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Gompers
Russia
Elihu Root
Train Kills Guardsman in Quincy Incident
Private Wilbert Bertrand aged 22 of the Sixth Regiment National Guard was killed near Quincy Adams station on New Haven tracks. Returning from a furlough and with cousin Private Terrance MacMannus, Bertrand stepped onto a live track as an approaching train struck him, crushing his head and hurling his body.
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Wilbert Bertrand
Sixth Regiment
National Guard
New Haven
Quincy Adams Station
Bertrand
Filbert Street
Guincy
Terrance Mac-Mannus
Kidder Street
Quincy
Seed Department Closed For 95 Years War Strain
Our city seed department will shut for the first time in 95 years to serve existing orders for seeds fertilizers and insecticides. The brief closure aims to speed fulfillment when it reopens later this week as war related crop delays and freight slowdowns hinder trade.
Fierce Battle for Bullecourt Rages in Somme Region
British and German forces fought for the town of Bullecourt midway between Arras and Cambrai. Intense fighting also occurred around Roeux and between Fontaine and Reincourt as the battle for northern France continued.
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Bullecourt
Arras
Cambrai
Roeux
Fontaine
Reincourt
British Forces Close In On Bullecourt In World War I
British troops push into the northern western and eastern outskirts of Bullecourt leaving the southern area for German retreat. Unofficial reports say British forces entered the town and engaged in close combat. North of the sector German claims note heavy British attacks at Roeux and between Fontaine and Reincourt were repulsed.
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Bullecourt
Roeux
Fontaine
Reincourt
U S Officials Expect Three Years of War
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker said in Cleveland that the War Department is preparing for at least a three year war and that there is little hope for an early peace. He and Mrs. Baker will depart for Washington tonight.
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Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Baker
War Department
British repulse German counter attacks near Souchez
Reports from the Lens region describe sanguinary fighting with heavy British losses as the British lines hold against a third German counter attack south of the Souchez river. Further details are continued on Page 2.
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Lens
Souchez River
Conferees Split Over Roosevelt Draft Debate
Washington May 7 Conferees on the war army bill spent four hours in debate failing to reconcile Senate and House differences. A key dispute centered on a Roosevelt expeditionary force to France with Senate approval urging that the matter be smoothed out or the bill return to both houses for action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
France
Senate House clash over draft age limits and Roosevelt amendment
Senate conferees favor keeping Roosevelt volunteer draft idea while House backs 21 to 40 limits. The roosevelt amendment is opposed by House proponents of volunteer service. Negotiations continue with no firm agreement, likely days of talks before a new instruction.
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Senate
House
Dent
Senate Itelf
Judge Fox denies injunction against labor officers
Judge Fox in the Superior Court chamber yesterday dismissed the bill filed by Joseph A. Nash former business agent of Boston Engineers Union 16. The action sought to restrain Herman M. Comerford Arthur M. Huddell and other officers of the International Union of Steam Engineers from expelling Nash as a member and as business agent of local 16.
Baseball results from yesterday in the National and American leagues
In the National League Boston defeated Brooklyn 7 to 0. Newark beat Philadelphia 2 to 1. Chicago beat Fitzhughust St. Louis Cincinnati Cold. In the American League Boston defeated Washington 1 to 0. New York defeated Philadelphia 4. Cleveland beat Detroit. St. Louis Chicago rain affected results.
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Brook
Newark
Phiadelphia
Chicago
Fittehurst
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Cincinnati
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New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Yesterday's Temperature Report From Thompson's Spa
The record shows yesterday's high and low temperatures with hourly readings and an average of 46 degrees. A comparison notes yesterday's average was 46 and the previous year 62 degrees, with evening values around the mid-60s.
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Thompson
Today’s Anniversaries Highlight Historic Disasters and Battles
A roundup marks key anniversaries: the 1846 Battle of Palo Alto opening the Mexican War, the 1909 eruption of Mount Pelee with massive casualties, and the sinking of the White Star liner Cymric torpedoed off the Irish coast one year ago.
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Palo Alto
Irish
Unsettled Boston Forecast With Rain In Weathermen Outlook
The forecast covers Boston and vicinity with unsettled Tuesday followed by rain and a Wednesday clearing. Winds shift from easterly to westerly, temperatures remain steady. Washington reports southern New England cloudy Tuesday then rain, northern New England partly cloudy Tuesday with rain tonight and Wednesday.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Mayor Curley Urges Draft for Farm Work
Mayor Curley asks President Wilson to conscript aliens aged 21 to 40 without dependents who have lived in the United States five years or more and have not naturalized. He also seeks a one billion dollar appropriation to fund broad agricultural operations.
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Curley
Wilson
United States
Mayor's plea for food supply and conscription plan
The mayor urges the President to fund a billion dollars for food production and to conscript aliens aged 21 to 40 without dependents to work on farms. He argues rapid action is needed to prevent famine for Americans and allies this winter.
Man Blown From Factory Exits Window In Explosion
Brockton May 7 Aobert Cromb 58 an employee in the chemical building of the George E Keith Shoe Company was blown from his bench through a large plate glass window to freight tracks 100 feet away by an explosion. He suffered a fractured skull and is at Brockton Hospital likely to die. Fellow worker Daniel Doherty suffered fractures of both arms and many bruises. All 20 large windows were blown out and the damage is slight. The accident is attributed to a mistake in compounding a chemical used in shoe manufacture.
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Brockton
Aobert Cromb
George E. Keith Shoe Company
Brockton Hospital
Daniel Doherty
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