Richest Boy Killed by an Automobile
A famed heir of wealth died after being struck by a Ford car on Wisconsin avenue part of the old Trails road system. Lost guardians and attendants rushed him to the mansion where he died after a compound skull fracture. Two unidentified women in the car aided him before fleeing as authorities traced the license.
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Wisconsin Avenue
Georgetown Pike
America
McLean
Louisville
Washington
West Virginia
George Dewey
Admiral
John R. McLean
Cincinnati
Vinson McLean
Shirley Carter, Jr
Shirley Carter
Warrenton
Shirley
Heir to 100 Million Baby McLean Shaped for Finance
The $100,000,000 baby Vinson Walsh McLean lived nine years in Luxury, watched by private attendants and detectives. He learned English and four other languages, travelled with a private entourage, and enjoyed toys valued at $60,000. Guards and armored nursery carriage protected him from kidnapping while his fortune funded investments in Japan and South America.
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Vinson Walsh McLean
Baby McLean
Bar Harbor
Palm Beach
Orient
Japan
South America
Europe
John R. McLean
Washington
Cincinnati
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Leopold
Belgium
United States
McLeans
Kron Prinz Wilhelm
McLean
Two Die in Kingston Motorcycle Crash
Kingston reporting John Jesse aged 2 was killed when the motorcycle he owned and drove crashed head on into a telegraph pole. Manus Borcardo aged 22, a passenger in the side car, died two hours later from injuries. Both residents of Plymouth with Jesse recently returning from service in France.
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Kingston
John Jesse
Manus Borcardo
Plymouth
Jesse
France
Mie
Borcardo
Austrians to Present Credentials Today in France
Paris May 18 The Austrian peace delegation will have its credentials verified tomorrow at St. Germain in the room where Louis XIV was born.
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Paris
Associated Press
St. Germain
Louis XIV
Irish delegates to press for hearing at peace conference
Frank Walsh former Governor Dunne and Thomas Ryan who arrived in Paris from Ireland last night will insist on immediate action on the request filed with Secretary Lansing asking Great Britain to permit the Irish republic delegates to come to Paris and state their case before the peace conference.
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Paris
Frank Walsh
Dunne
Thomas Ryan
Ireland
Lansing
Great Britain
Irish questions at Versailles threaten Irish republic plan
Irish American delegates push for immediate hearing on Ireland before the peace treaty is signed. They seek passports for De Valera Plunkett and Griffiths and reject handing Ireland to a League of Nations subcommittee. Washington and Paris discussions forecast wider commissions and a hard line on Article 10.
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League of Nations
League
Lansing
Paris
Balfour
de Valera
Plunkett
Griffiths
Ireland
Messrs
Walsh
Dunne
Ryan
United States
Wilson
Lloyd George
America
Egypt
India
German Proposals for Peace Treaty
Germany outlines counter proposals for the peace congress. Some measures may already be cabinet adopted while others remain under study. Berlin treats President Wilsons 14 points as binding international law, aligning with notes exchanged with Washington in 1918.
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Peace Congress
Germany
Wilson
Washington
Provisional treaty view on peace basis and plebiscite plan
The document argues that the proposed peace framework acts as a provisional treaty between the Allied powers and Germany, creating international status and rights to negotiations and obligations. It calls for German return to the initial basis, seeks an impartial court on war guilt, and proposes a plebiscite to determine eastern frontiers affecting about four million people in Danzig and West Prussia, with further western implications.
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Germany
League of Nations
League
Rhine
America
Wilson
Danzig
West Prussia
Keen Desires and Mixed Signals in a Young Romance
A reader seeks advice about a 20 year old suitor who canceled visits but kept friendly contact. The columnist warns the narrator appeared eager, possibly scaring him off, and advises not to push for calls. Instead accept the other admirer and let the first man seek an invitation.
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Misa Champagne
Germany's Proposed Treaty Terms Include League Entry and Reparations Plan
The plan envisions an International Court to investigate guilt for the war, plebiscites for Danzig and West Prussia, rejection of Saar Valley annexation with coal aid to France, a commission to set reparations, a two year period to cut forces to 100,000, immediate League of Nations entry, and rejection of occupying the left bank of the Rhine.
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Germany
Saar Valley
France
International Court
Danzig
West Prussia
League of Nations
Rhine
Salvation Army campaign kicks off in Quincy hall
Pledges totaling several thousand dollars opened the Salvation Army service fund drive in Kincaide Hall Quincy yesterday afternoon before more than 2000 attendees. The Quincy Lodge of Elks led with a $500 pledge followed by $100 pledges from the Quincy Council K of C, Quincy Lodge of Moose, and Rural Lodge of Masons, among numerous individual subscriptions.
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Salvation Army
Kincaide Hall
Quincy
Quincy Lodge of Elks
Quincy Council K. of
Quincy Lodge of Moose
Rural Lodge of Masons
Jury Rejects Flies Claim in Ogunquit Inn Board Case
Alfred, Me May 17 A Worcester man was ordered to pay 128.53 to Lucius Williams, owner of the Colonial Inn at Ogunquit, after a Supreme Court jury found the defendant liable for a board bill despite claiming flies spoiled his meals. Williams produced letters showing satisfaction with the sea view meals and hotel arrangements.
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Alfred
Supreme Court
Frederick A. Sweet
Worcester
Mass
Lucius R. Williams
Colonial Inn
Ogunquit
Sweet
Williams
Memorial Service Honors World War Sacrifice Guests at Union Church
Young servicemen returning from the war sat in the front as guests of honor at a memorial service in Union Church Concord Junction yesterday morning. The Rev. Alfred Wheeler Stone preached an appropriate sermon acknowledging those who gave their lives in the world war.
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Union Church
Concord Junction
Alfred Wheeler Stone
New England Methodists Reach One Fifth of Centenary Fund
On day one of the centenary fund drive New England Methodist churches in the Boston area subscribed one fifth of the $5,404,630 goal. About $1,000,000 was reported to area headquarters with Boston leading at $400,041 of its $700,000 quota. Lynn district had eight churches over the top and Boston five. Danielson First Methodist Church, Conn., was first to report its quota.
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New England
Boston
R. A. Cassidy
Lynn
First Methodist Church
Danielson
Conn
Hebrew Convention Opens at Temple Israel
The three day Union of American Hebrew Congregations convention opens at Temple Israel on Commonwealth Avenue this evening and continues May 20 to 22 at Copley Plaza Hotel. The event is described as one of the most important affairs in American Judaism, with a combination of events highlighting its significance.
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Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Temple Israel
Commonwealth Avenue
Copley Plaza Hotel
End of World War and Reconstruction Era Highlighted
The passage notes the war’s end marking a new chapter of reconstruction, followed by a centennial birth anniversary of Isaac Mayer Wise, a pivotal leader and reformer in American Judaism, commemorated in the period's context.
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Isaac Mayer Wise
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Versailles
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