Navy Reserve Eyes Transfers to Active Duty Classes
Navy yard advices say recruits in Class 4 of the submarine chaser coast patrol may transfer to active service. Reservists in Classes 2 3 and 4 may move into merchant marine and naval auxiliary reserve including service on freight steamers under federal orders. Commander Mitchell announced all reservists in these classes have been notified to await a call for individual notification.
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Navy
Coast Patrol
Navy Yard
Merchant Marine
Naval Auxiliary Reserve
Servie
Mitchell
Naval Reserves
Home Rule as Peace Feature
Representative Mason of Illinois proposes a joint resolution linking Irish freedom to the war effort. The measure would back Irish home rule in peace talks, authorize $100000 in Irish government bonds purchase, and create an American commission to Ireland if invited by the Irish.
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Washington
Mason
Illinois
United Tates
Unitedtates
Ireland
Guards Not To Go Upon War Basis
War Department orders to the Department of the Northeast declare authorization to recruit the regular army to 293000 fighting men. Early Boston reports said National Guard regiments called to federal service could fill war complements but a later notification specified only regular army units may enroll to the war figure.
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War Department
Department of the Northeast
Boston
National Guard
Guard recruitment for war strength halted by orders
National Guard units surged to recruit to war strength after Colonel Logan received initial authorization, with Sweetser and Hayes following. A departmental misinterpretation caused a sudden cancellation, leaving armories buzzing then empty as men returned to drills and patrols. War strength remains postponed.
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Edward L. Logan
Ninth Infantry
Warren EB. Sweetser
William C. Hayes
National Guard
T R Wants Col McCoy as Chief of Staff
Roosevelt asked Colonel Frank B. McCoy, head of the Boston army recruiting station, to be divisional chief of staff for his proposed expeditionary force. McCoy led the First Brigade at Plattsburg in 1915 and first met Roosevelt there.
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Roosevelt
Frank B. McCoy
Boston
Army and Navy Journal
McCoy
Plattsburg
Going It Too Hard Triggers Early Kidney Trouble Warned
Advert reads warning that overwork and lack of rest harm kidneys. It promotes Doan's Kidney Pills with testimonials from Boston residents including George Lee of 651 E Fourth St. The copy urges rest, air, exercise, and warns chronic disease is dangerous.
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Dean
Boston
Postal tax to be cut faces opposition in debate
Washington May 14 Opponents of the ways and means committee plan to raise postal rates on newspapers and magazines challenged the measure during war tax bill debates. Rep Sloan rebuked a punitive increase while others warned it would ruin national newspaper circulation and hit publishers hard.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Sloan
House
Madden and McCormick
Illinois
Meeker
Missouri
Moon
Tennessee
Senate
Longworth
Madden
McCormick
No New Styles During War Speech Urges Wardrobe Restraint
Mrs. James J. Storrow at the Women’s City Club annual meeting urged keeping fashion unchanged during the war. She outlined three wartime duties: conserve food clothing and health, avoid fashion changes, and wear practical clothes and shoes. Three cheers greeted her as her term expired.
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James J. Storrow
Women's City Club
Filene's
Say Its Wonderful How Quick Gas Disappears
An ad touts Neal’s Gas Tablets for quick relief from stomach gas. It claims one or two tablets suffice and encourages purchase from druggists.
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Neals
Seventeen French Merchantmen Sunk by Submarines
Paris May 14 Seventeen French merchant ships were sunk by German submarines in February March and April according to an official statement issued today The losses include vessels from several ports and trade routes signaling a harsh wartime toll for France’s merchant fleet.
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Paris
German U boat campaign shows few French losses in early 1917
During the period nine French vessels were attacked by submarines but all escaped. Armed merchantmen always escaped. French patrol boats fought submarines 12 times, hydro aircraft engaged 13 times, and armed merchantmen 16 times, totaling 41 engagements.
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Germany
New Haven man drowns after falling from wharf in Weymouth
Clifford J. Hawley of New Haven Connecticut drowned after noon yesterday when he fell overboard from the Bradley fertilizer plant wharf of the American Agricultural Chemical Company in North Weymouth. He had worked there six hours before the accident occurred.
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Clifford J. Hawley
New Haven
Conn
Bradley Fertilizer Plant
American Agricultural Chemical Company
North Weymouth
Jellicoe Named Chief of New Naval Staff in Commons
In London on May 14 the formation of a naval staff was announced in the House of Commons. Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, first sea lord, will serve as the chief. Sir Edward Carson, first lord of the admiralty, disclosed the plan.
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London
John R. Jellicoe
House of Commons
Edward Carson
Admiralty
Admiralty reshaped to speed naval war effort
Sir Edward Carson outlined a two fold aim to free the first sea lord and naval staff from routine duties to focus on naval conduct of the war and to strengthen shipping and shipbuilding by a munitions style organization. Sir Eric Campbell Geddes was named deputy director general of munitions supply to oversee shipbuilding needs for the admiralty war office and ministry of shipping.
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Edward Carson
Admiralty
Eric Campbell Geddes
Edward
War Office
Ministry of Shipping
Boston Bill Aids Family of Bomb Victim Brady
A bill favorably reported by the cities committee allows Boston to aid the Brady family with up to 1000 to cover tragedy costs from the Suffolk County courthouse bombing. The provision limits city spending to the stated amount.
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Boston
Daniel J. Brady
Suffolk County
Legislative Committee On
Senate rails against food supply gamblers in fervent debate
Washington May 14. The Senate floor erupted in vehement denunciation of speculation in food supplies. A remarkable debate revealed an overwhelming sentiment to stop gambling in the necessities of life.
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Washington
Senate
Colorado Senator’s Amendment on Trade Bans Fails
An amendment by Senator Thomas to suspend exchanges and chambers that permit food speculation failed as lawmakers argued it belonged with food control legislation. Several senators attacked grain price manipulators calling them pirates and robbers while some warned that halting all futures could choke legitimate commerce.
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Thomas
Colorado
Exchanges
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Congress
Senate
Decree Nisi Granted in Suffolk Divorce Case
Mrs Evelyn II Pierce received a decree nisi from Judge Lawton on grounds of cruel abuse by husband Charles T Pierce. She testified they married March 7 1914 in Chelsea and that he threw plates and crockery at her during meals, with other incidents reported during their unhappy married life.
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Evelyn II. Pierce
Lawton
Suffolk
Charles T. Pierce
Pierce
Chelsea
Untold Allegation of Domestic Altercation Reported
A woman describes a violent incident where a man dragged her by the hair from one room to another in their flat, then returned to a bonfire with another woman whom she claims he met at his own door. She remained at home.
Ice Mint Foot Soother Promises Quick Comfort
Ice Mint soothes tired swollen feet and relieves soreness from corns and callouses. The product shrinks hard and soft corns making them easy to pick out, prevents foot odors, and is sold in drug stores as a gentle Japanese secret for healthy feet.
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