Somerville Soldier Wins Croix de Guerre for Bravery
Sergeant James B. Casey of Somerville, attached to E Company 10th Infantry, led a five man counter raid into No Man’s Land in which his squad captured 19 German prisoners without a single American casualty. He resides at 102 Line Street, Somerville.
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Somerville
E& Company
104Th Infantry
France
James B. Casey
E Company
10Th Infantry
Casey
No Man's Land
Line Street
Representative Crisp Seeks Taxation of Officials’ Pay
Washington May 23 Representative Crisp of Georgia introduced a bill to make salaries of federal and state officials subject to income and excess profits tax laws.
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Washington
Crisp
Georgia
Will Fight Attacks on Patriotism in Suffrage Session
Two prominent suffragists Mrs Wenona O Pinkham and Mrs Susan W FitzGerald will speak in defense of Americanism. They are candidates for first vice president of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. Delegates from state districts meet behind closed doors at the New England Women's Club rooms 585 Boylston street before the annual officer election.
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Wenona O. Pinkham
Susan W. FitzGerald
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
New England Women’s Club Rooms
Boylston Street
Charles Sumner Bird
Congress
Finkham
Pinkham
War Service
Wilson
Red Cross
Suffrage Race Fuses Pacifism with Campaign Rivalry
Mrs Pinkham fights a bid for first vice presidency amid accusations over her pacifist ties and war stance. Support from Evelyn Peverley Coe and Miss Alice Stone Blackwell defends Pinkham as war work leader and loyal patriot while stressing democracy and allied aims.
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Alice Stone Blackwell
Massachusetts Woman’s Suffrage Association
Fitz- Gerald
Airship Tur tles During Landing of Katherine Stinson
Katherine Stinson piloting a government mail airship en route from Chicago to New York crashed while landing two miles north of Binghamton New York at 6 40 pm. The craft overturned damaging a wing and propeller but Stinson was uninjured. She had flown 783 miles in 10 hours beating Ruth Law’s 1916 record by about nine miles, aided by strong winds.
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Binghamton
WN. Y
Katherine Stinson
Chicago
New York
Ruth Jaw
Two Electric Cars Crash Injuring Fifteen in Rhode Island
In Westerly on May 23 two Norwich division Shoreline electric cars collided head on at Wheeler's Crossing injuring 15 passengers. Joseph A. Cloran of Boston, the most seriously hurt, suffered internal injuries and was in critical condition at Norwich Hospital. Other riders had minor cuts and bruises. Motormen escaped by jumping. The crash happened on a sharp curve and was blamed on a misunderstanding of orders.
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Westerly
R. I
Norwich
Shoreline Electric System
Wheeler’s Crossing
Joseph A. Cloran
Boston
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