H S SOLDIERS GET DIPLOMAS FOR SERVICE
Pupils who left high school to join U S or Allied forces will receive diplomas. The School Committee authorized issuance at their discretion. The retirement of Miss Martha W Hanley is approved with a pension of 456 dollars. Six hires are approved for the Boston School Cadets parade on May 29 and English High School graduation will be held June 26 at the Grand Opera House.
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United States
Martha W. Hanley
Charles Sumner
Grand Opera House
Britishers Renew Offer for IMMC Ships Assets
New York May 1 Negotiations for a British syndicate to buy the British owned ships and assets of the International Mercantile Marine Company have been renewed. The board was told the British offer is virtually the same as the one pending when talks paused last November with the United States Shipping Board. P A 8 S Franklin president of the Marine company announced at a special meeting.
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New York
International Mercantile Marine Company
United States Shipping Board
P. A. 8S. Franklin
The
Marine Company
Double Wedding for Sturgis Sisters in Pittsfield
In Pittsfield on May 19 a double wedding is planned at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Miss Madeline Eletha Sturgis will marry Ralph Stevens Spooner, and her sister Miss Annabelle Marie Sturgis will wed Allen Muirhead Fay, sons of Boston couples. Both sisters are graduates of Boston schools.
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Pittsfield
Boston
Harvard
Amherst
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Madeline Eletha Sturgis
Ralph Stevens Spooner
Annabelle Marie Sturgis
Allen Muirhead Fay
Charles Fay
Dorchester Couple Party Conflict Over Alienation Case
Dorchester resident Mrs. Douse testified in a $25,000 alienation of affections suit against her husband, describing quarrels at Draper streets and Homes avenue. She denied coordinating with Mrs. Wileen Fisher, said son Carl was upset by the suit, and recounted earnings and travel proposals amid illness and gambling concerns.
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Mr. Douse
Carl
Everett
South Bend
New Mexico
Dorchester Contractor Threatened to Cut Wife in Pieces
Lillian A. Douse testified before Judge John F. Brown in Superior Court divorce proceedings that Arthur H. Douse, a Dorchester contractor, threatened to kill and mutilate his wife, then smashed bevelled mirrors, cut glass, and china until there wasn’t a dish left in the house.
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Arthur H. Douse
Dorchester
Lillian A. Douse
John F. Brown
Superior Court
Douse accused wife of cruelty and gambling amid abuse claims
The wife testifies that after their July 27 1900 marriage her husband Douse beat her, followed her to shops, tore her hat, knocked her unconscious, cut phone lines and threatened murder. She describes frequent abuse and fear, with rumors of gambling and violence across Virginia locales.
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Virginia
Bay Staters Frolic Promises High Vaudeville Stunts
The Bay State Automobile Association hosts a spring frolic tomorrow night at the Hotel Victoria starting at 8. A high grade vaudeville act opens, followed by stag party features. An intermission offers refreshments, then star acts finish the evening.
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Bay State Automobile Association
Hotel Victoria
Sophomores Win the B A Title Debate at BU
Boston University College of Business Administration sophomores Alice Selian Herman Kersten and John H. MacAuliffe won the year’s championship debate on organized labor’s closed shop, receiving a loving cup donated by the sophomore class and Twenty Club. The event drew the full student body in the assembly hall with Professors Wilson Center and Simpson judging and Dean Lord presiding.
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Alice Selian
Herman Kersten
John H. MacAuliffe
College of Business Administration
Boston University
Ralph B. Wilson
Harry B. Center
Frank Simpson
Everett W. Lord
the College
Four Divisions Sail for Home in June
Washington May 19 The fourth fifth sixth and seventh regular divisions have been released for return to the United States. General Pershing notified the War Department today. The four divisions are to sail from France in June. The 9th and 81st divisions also will embark that month.
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Washington
United States
Pershing
War Department
France
Boston Today: Senior Outing and City Events Across Marlboro to Jamaica Plain
Today lists a full slate of events including the Senior Class outing to Lake Boone Marlboro a Foresters convention in Dover NH Boston Chamber of Commerce director elections and a hearing on the Cripples and Blind Bill at the State House Cardinal O Connell confirms students at Blessed Sacrament Jamaica Plain Pilgrim Publicity luncheon with L Hanson the Road to India General Edwards honors heroes mother at the Salvation Army on the Boston Common and a series of meetings and receptions in city venues including Jordan Hall Vendome Hotel Brunswick Parkman Hall and the Museum of Fine Arts with dignitaries such as Taft Endicott and Mayor Peters scheduled for the evening.
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Boston College
Lake Boone
Marlboro
State of New Hampshire
Jamaica Plain
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Daniel L. Hanson
India
General Edwards
Heroe
Salvation Army
Boston Common
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
The
College of the Spoken Word
Jordan Hall
Boston Browning Society
Hotel Vendome
Massachusetts
Sherburne
Brunswick
C. B. and I. Union
Parkman Hall
Boylston Place
Ward 7
Kathleen Ennis
West
Springfield Street
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Magnolia Council
Knights of Columbus
Hyde Park
Oak Street
Tremont Temple
William Howard Taft
Henry B. Endicott
Peters
German delegate warns of mass murder if treaty not signed
At Versailles on May 18 the German councillor of legation said the Berlin mission’s return without a signed peace would lead to massacre. He cited German hunger for peace and impatience, noting anxiety over commercial openings needed to fulfill treaty clauses.
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Versailles
Legation
Berlin
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H. S
Britishers After Marine Company
Live Store
Kuppenheimer
New England
Kennedy
Summer & Hawley Sts
W. J. Patton
Lake Placid
Ind
Douse
Joseph F. O’connell
W.W. J. Patton
Chinatown
BAY Staters
the Shepard Restaurants
Shepard Service
Rajah Shantung
Pussy Willow Satin
Georgette Crepe
Tremont Street
Priscilla
Gov. Winthrop
Paine Furniture Company
Arlington Street
Boylston Street
Pass-Kremer Hatband Mfg. Company
Francis P. Garvan
Mill St
Paterson
New Jersey
Pass-Kremer Hatband Manufacturing Company
Joseph F. Guffey
Bureau of Sales
West 42d Street
New York City
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