Wants Three M. V. M. Men for West Point
Adjutant General Cole received a telegram from the U S Army adjutant general requesting not more than three well qualified National Guard enlisted men to take a competitive examination for West Point on July 10. The exam, identical to the regular entrance test, will be at Fort Banks Boston at 9 a.m. on June 6 and tests mental and physical fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Adjutant General
United States Army
National Guard
West Point Military Academy
Fort Banks
Boston
Man credits home cure for liquor habit
Earl A. Smith of 615% St Grant Avenue Los Angeles claims he cured himself of drinking with a simple home recipe. He recites a mixture of water muriate of ammonia Vartex Compound and pepsin to be taken three times daily, saying it is harmless and tasteless.
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Earl A. Smith
St. Grant Avenue
Los Angeles
Calif
Mr. Smith
Army Will Be 180000 For Peace
May 10 conference on the army organization bill extended all day without final agreement. Senate and House members voiced optimism they would reconvene after more days of discussion to settle disputed phases.
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Washington
Army Organization
Senate
House
Army Size Debates Shape 180000 Peace Strength Plan
The discussion centered on a standing army of 250000 and the Senate volunteer reserve plan. Most attendees favored a regular army near 180000, with volunteers gradually yielding.
Training camp pay provision urged in House debate
Lawmakers press for perfection of the training camp section of the House bill and seek Lodge Senate amendments. A proposed pay scheme would match regular army enlistment rates for citizens in training camps, enabling financially constrained youths to attend the instruction camps.
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House
Senate
Senator Lodge
Harvard Hat Bands Adopt Distinct Colors for Varsity Teams
The Harvard Student Council yesterday set a color code for hat bands on straw lids to distinguish varsity teams. Varsity players in football baseball hockey track and crew will wear red and black bands, while minor sport teams such as lacrosse soccer and tennis will wear bands in red white and black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
University
State mediators to try to settle strike in Youngstown
Youngstown O May 10 According to word received here today by Mayor Carroll Thornton Governor Willis has ordered Fred C Croxton and Fred Miles mediators of the State Industrial Commission to this city on Thursday to assist in a settlement of the strike of machinists and sheet metal workers now in progress here The strike began over a week ago and has tied up eight plants in the city affecting over 4000 men.
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Youngstown
Carroll Thornton
Willis
Fred C. Croxton
Fred Miles
State Industrial Commission
Millions Needed to Build an American Dye Industry
E S Chapin told a conference of over fifty shoe and leather interests that establishing a satisfactory American dye industry is feasible but will require many millions in capital and protective duties to be permanent. A display of dye samples illustrated the high quality of products.
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E. S. Chapin
Birth of a Nation returns to Majestic Theatre Saturday
The Birth of a Nation resumes a limited stay at the Majestic Theatre with a matinee and twice daily showings. After an all-summer run at Tremont, the production moved to the Majestic, where it previously ran 30 weeks and 366 consecutive performances in this city before leaving for regular theatre bookings.
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Majestic Theatre
the Tremont
The
Majestic
City Council Delays Salary Cut Amid Vote Lineup
Councillor McDonald accuses secret meetings aimed at trimming the $23 million segregated budget to remove wage items and oust incumbents. The postponement of drastic salary changes sought to align Councillor Coleman with Good Government members who were away in the West.
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McDonald
Coleman
Council salary debate stalls budget session
Minutes after the council opened the salary phase of the budget, suspicions about collusion and postponement surfaced. Councillors McDonald Hagan Attridge and Coleman clashed over grounds for delay while Coulthurst was absent and others questioned legal authority to cut salaries.
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Kenny
Coulthurst
Coleman
McDonald
Ballantyne
Attridge
Annual sale by W C T U branch draws crowds
More than 10 people visited the home of Miss Mary Lee at 24 Newbury street yesterday afternoon and evening to attend the annual sale of the central branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. From 2 PM to 8 PM attendants at the tables were busy and receipts increased over previous years.
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Mary Lee
Newbury Street
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Settlement Reached in $10,000 Milton Auto Case
Agnes Casey of Brookline sued James H. Ferguson of Dedham for injuries from a May 30 1915 collision on Blue Hill Avenue Milton. The suit filed in Dedham clerk of courts was settled out of court for $400.
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James H. Ferguson
Dedham
Agnes Casey
Brookline
Blue Hill Avenue
Milton
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Federal Volunteer Reserve Army
Volunteer Reserve
Chapin
New England
Gaza
Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Company
Reed Furniture
Cretonne
Reed Hall
Art Reed
Reed
Crays
Victor
Columbia
Edison
White-Co
Hagan
Sotto Voce
City Club
Copley Plaza Hotel
Milk Street
Tremont Street
Commercial Department
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
George W. Conway
Hart : Schaffner
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner
Marx
the Continental Clothing House
Washington St
Cor. Boylston St
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