British mission leaves US for Canada after six weeks
The British war mission crossed into Canada after six weeks of conference that influenced American life. The visit clarified needs and resources for both nations, enabling closer alliance collaboration while avoiding any binding treaty. Foreign Secretary Balfour said the US would not abandon traditional policies or seek a separate peace.
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Washington
Canada
America
United States
Balfour
Congress
Seek More Coal for New England
The government general fuel board weighs a pooling plan for coal shipments to tide water in New England. The proposal will be discussed with railroads, which may form a cooperative arrangement to divert enough coal to New England states.
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New England
Washington
Tidewater
Goverment
General Fuel Board
Five potato shippers fined for interstate conspiracy
Judge Norton in the United States District Court fined five members of the Aroostook Potato Shippers Association 3500 total for conspiring to restrain interstate trade in potatoes under the Sherman Act. The blacklisting committee members faced 1000 each. agents 250 each. The court noted the crime stemmed from ignorance and selfishness, with no public harm shown.
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Norton
United States District Court
Aroostook Potato Shippers’ Association
Carl C. King
Caribou
John M. Hovey
Mars Hill
Clarence A. Powers
Maple Grove
Edward H. Doyle
New York
H. W. Sylvester
Boston
Morton
Qugee Morton
Belgian War Contribution Increase in Occupied Belgium
German telegram from Brussels says the Belgian war contribution to occupation costs will rise from 50,000,000 to 60,000,000 marks monthly starting June 15. The increase, raised by loan under Belgian territory guarantees, is not punitive but due to higher provisioning costs in the occupied region.
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Amsterdam
Brussels
State tax bill raises levy to record high
The Legislature passed an $11,000,000 State tax bill, the largest in history, $3,000,000 more than last year. Cities face heavier burdens as Boston alone must pay $954,710 more than in 1916, while statewide revenue on hand stands at 14,368,507.08 against a deficit of 10,949,192.46 and total appropriations of 25,317,699.54.
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Commonwealth
Boston
Attleboro
Beverly
Brockton
Lowell
Lynn Tas
Mahen
Marlboro
Medford
Melrose
New Bedford
Newburyport
Newton Serene
North Adams Oemane
Northampton
Peabody
Pittsfield
Quincy Ore
Euser
Revere
Salem Etwas
Somerville
Springfield Ee
Taunton
Waltham
Woburn Ee
Worcester Ett
Mobilization of Motion Picture Industry Planned for June First
New York May 2 The motion picture industry executives decided to mobilize the entire industry for a national convention in Washington on Friday June 1. William A Brady president of the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry issued the call. Several thousand men are to attend and efforts will be made to run spee ds from Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago Atlanta and other points.
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New York
Washington
William A. Brady
National Association of the
Motion Picture Industry
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Atlanta
Try to Evade Draft by Registering as Germans
United States Marshal McCarthy said many young men of German descent born in America were trying to register as alien enemies to dodge the draft. Officials will require applicants for entry permits to barred zones to prove they were not born in the United States.
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New York
United States
McCarthy
America
Literary Digest
Commonwealths
Boston Lawyer Ordered to Pay Wife After Court Ruling
William F. Delehanty of East Boston, longtime Boston city assessor and brother of Jane Wilson, was ordered to pay Mary Delehanty 36 dollars arrears plus 25 dollars in counsel fees and 8 dollars weekly until further order.
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William F. Delehanty
East Boston
City of
Boston
Jane Wilson
Charles Wilson
Mary
Delehanty Contempt Case Amid Marital Turmoil Details
Trial reveals claims of cruel treatment by Mrs Delehanty and disputes over alleged interference with the husband law clerk position. She says she pursued city aid to restore his job while he cites harassment driving him to substandard living quarters. Judge orders no interference with his affairs.
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Delehanty
Malden
New York
Boston
Curley
George
Books on war era prices and new releases in 1917
The review lists affordable war related books and poetry of the time. It highlights titles by Irving Cobb Mary Roberts Rinehart and Edward Everett Hale with reactions on their themes of war and civilization. It covers fiction poetry and essays from Doran Dutton Houghton Mifflin and Little Brown editions.
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Houghton, Mifflin
Mary Roberts Rinehart
America
Washington
Edward Everett Hale
Little, Brown
Richard Adington
Hf. D
John Gould Fletcher
F.S. Flint
D. H. Lawrence
Amy Lowell
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Bayer Cross
U.S
Serge
Kinghams
Junior
MILAN
Mary A. Delehanty
Gabardine
Irving. Cobb
Belgium
Doran
Wilson
Harper
Lippincott
James A. Moss
M. B. Stewart
Gray
Dutton
Horace Wyatt
Alice
Mr. Wyatt
Alfred W. McCann
Patrick MacGill
Donegal
Scribner
Meredith Nicholson
Sean
Maria Thompson Daviess
Tennessee
Owen Johnson
Boydom
McKay
E. Richard Schayer
W. C. Brownell
Brownell
Douglas Fairbanks
Shakspere
Elbert Hubbard
Mr. Fairbanks
By John Reed Scott
The
Red Hussars
Debonair
Putnam's New York
Boyd Cable
Action Front
E. P, Dutton & Company
Dry” States
Germany
Reims
Norway
France
Harry Wilkin Perry
All News-dealers
LAO 7 Oy
Funk & Wagnalls Company
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