Wakiva Sinking Claims Two Sailors From Attleboro
The US Navy reports the Wakiva, a converted yacht, sank in European waters after colliding May 22 with a Navy cargo carrier. Two men are confirmed dead: Attleboro, Massachusetts resident W. B. Hoyt and Chicago fireman Joseph M. Farley. The vessel, formerly H. S. Harkness ownership, was about 863 tons and likely served in a patrol squadron.
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Washington
United States
W. B. Hoyt
Attleboro
Mass
Joseph M. Farley
Chicago
Navy Department
H. S. Harkness
Will Pay Homage to American Dead in France
The American army in France will observe Memorial Day by honoring the war dead buried in French soil. Many fallen soldiers lie in graves near the sites of their sacrifice as shells and bullets still fly nearby, yet comrades will remember and pay tribute wherever they rest.
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France
Suffrage Leaders Cleared in Pacifism Clash Turbulence
After a motion vindicating Mrs Wenona O Pinkham and Mrs Susan W FitzGerald passed, Carrie Chapman Catt assumed leadership of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association to navigate a patriotism versus pacifism dispute.
Suffrage Fight Sparks Party Battle At Massachusetts Meet
Amid stormy sessions Mrs. Catt pushes for unity as two candidates for first vice presidency of the Massachusetts suffrage association face loyalty charges from seven members. Mrs. Pinkham and Mrs. FitzGerald weigh decisions as debate over war platform and nominations continues.
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Massachusetts Association
Massachusetts
Prince Arthur Arrives to Lead British Mission to United States
Prince Arthur of Connaught, son of the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and cousin of King George, arrived at an Atlantic port today to head a British mission to the United States. The voyage was aboard a British cruiser.
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Atlantic
Prince Arthur of
Anti loafing bill debate includes women change
Representative Sawyer proposed amending the anti loafing bill to include women and restrict to manual labor, arguing idle young women threaten idle youths. Mr Greenwood opposed the amendments as hostile to the bill.
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Sawyer of
Ware
United States
Greenwood
Everett
Senate Passes Street Railway Service-at-Cost Bill
The Senate met twice yesterday and passed to be engrossed a bill providing service-at-cost for all street railways in the Commonwealth, with amendments allowing company appeals to the Supreme Judicial Court. Other actions included denying Endicott surtax petition and bills on medical examiners, dependent relatives of soldiers, and removal of electric car tracks in East Boston.
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Quigley
Chelsea
Underhill
Somerville
Bitzer
Arlington
Sawyer
Boston Transit Commission
Committee On Ways and Means
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
City of
Boston
Transit Commission
Senate
Bay State
Supreme Judicial Court
Henry B. Endicott
Suffolk County
Saratoga Street
Frank Bartlett
Three Sailors Lost In Rockefeller Sinking
Washington May 24 Ensign W W Lovell of Brooklyn NY Navy Fireman Bernard F Stiefwater of Everett WA and Water Tender Charles R Moore of Somerset PA were lost in the sinking of the American steamer William Rockefeller torpedoed in the war zone.
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W. W. Lovell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Navy
Bernard F. Stiefwater
Everett
Wash
Charles R. Moore
Somerset
Penn
William Rockefeller
War time cloth exhibits offer suits at thirteen ninety nine
Samples of war time cloth for British civilians are shown at the U S Bureau of Domestic and Foreign Commerce. Prices range from 12.17 for youths to 13.99 for men. overcoats cost 15.33. The British government does not manufacture the cloth but controls material distribution and exports are blocked.
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United States Bureau
Customs House
New England
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