Youths 21 May Serve Very Soon
Massachusetts authorities interpret selective service law to call 21 year olds who registered June 5 in several districts. Many Class 1 men remain to be called, but exhausted lists delay new calls until registrants are classified and ready for training camps.
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Massachusetts
Barnstable
Walcott
Acton
Ashby
Ayer
Agawam
East Longmeadow
Granby
Hadley
Hampden
Boston
Districts show low Class 1 percentages as new registrants loom
In Barnstable and across Massachusetts, many districts report small shares of men in Class 1. New registrants, mostly single, will join Class 1 and face expected calls. Provost Marshal Crowder clarifies that subdivisions guide classification only, with order numbers still determining liability. Blue certificates will be reused, and rules largely resemble last year's.
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Eli
Crowder
Washington
Uncle Sam
Roger Wolcott
Selective Draft Board
Patriotic Welcomes Private Pierce Back Home in Malden
Private Lewis Pierce returned home on a 12 hour furlough to 70 Wyoming Avenue Malden to a warm greeting from his wife and son Mrs Pierce serves as secretary of the Malden war chest fund and has prior work history with the Boston and Maine railroad freight terminal Following the fund campaign she will continue as secretary at the Malden Trust Company overseeing deposits of nearly 10 000 people during the war
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Lewis Pierce
Debarkation and Army Transport Service
Wyoming Avenue
Malden
Mrs. Pierce
Malden War Chest Fund
Pierce
Boston & Maine Railroad
Malden Trust Company
Arlington Woman Dies at Hospital
Sarah Spencer of Summerstreet Place Arlington died early yesterday afternoon at Haymarket Square Relief station at age 25. Police found her unconscious at a hotel Sunday night and she gave the names Sarah Spencer and Annie Noonan. Death attributed to natural causes.
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Sarah Spencer
Summerstreet Place
Arlington
Haymarket Square
Annie Noonan
Retail Trade Will Tell Exemptions Needed
The National Retail Dry Goods Association met in Chicago and authorized a committee to prepare a report for Provost Marshal General Crowder detailing exemptions the trade needs from the draft. Women will be employed where possible, but some roles require men.
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Chicago
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Crowder
Lloyd Attacks Reactionaries At Massachusetts Reform Meet
Demarest Lloyd, chair of the Massachusetts State committee, pressed reform aims at a Massachusetts Single Tax League gathering. He denounced Socialists and reactionaries in both parties while praising President Wilson's direction and noting opposition within the Democratic Party. Officers for the coming term were re-elected: Lewis J. Johnson, John S. Codman, Charles H. Porter, Edmund H. J. Burke, and Henry D. Nunn.
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Russia
Demarest Lloyd
Massachusetts
National Party
Single Tax League
Twentieth Century Club
Wilson
Democratic Party
America
Lewis J. Johnson
John S. Codman
Charles H. Porter
Edmund H. J. Burke
Henry D. Nunn
Young Boston Lawyer dies in France in aviation service
Richard Mortimer, a Harvard graduate and heir to a New York fortune, died May 22 while serving in the American flying service. He trained at Technology and received a commission after failing to enlist earlier for defective vision. He lived at 48 Beacon Street and worked at Stackpole & Bradlee, 84 State Street. His family remained prominent in New York society.
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Richard Mortimer
Boston
Harvard
France
New York City
Stackpole & Bradlee
State Street
Beacon Street
United States
Palm Beach
Tuxedo
N. Y
Mortimer
Opinion Attwill Finds Alien Tax Bill Unconstitutional
Attorney-General Attwill filed with the House an opinion asserting the registration portion of the alien tax bill is a valid police measure in wartime but the $5 fee is unconstitutional and inconsistent with treaties. The form of the bill suggests aims at penalties or possessions rights, a grave question the opinion notes may be neglected.
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Attwill
House
Ee Se
pSesses Paliies
United States
Protest M Adoo Orders by Railroad Employees Board
The executive board of the International Brotherhood of Station Employees representing over 15 000 workers in New England and New York plans to present their case to the Board of Railroad Wages and Working Conditions, challenging Director General McAdoo s wage and working condition orders.
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McAdoo
International Brotherhood of Station Employees
New England
New York
Board of Railroad
Brotherhood board to study wage inequalities in rail work
General Grand President P J Coyle and the executive board arrived in Boston to organize a new six member board in Washington on June 1. The group will review wage and working condition inequalities raised by the 1915 wage schedule and prepare data for the board to present.
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P. J. Coyle
The
Brotherhood
Boston
Washington
Wage Commission
J. J. Dermody
F. F. Gaines
C. BE. Lindsey
W. E. Morse
A. O. Wharton
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Arrested for Marrying Boy in South End Lodging House
Mrs Carrie A Gould 36 formerly of 115 Cross Street Somerville to be arraigned in Municipal Court on polygamy charges. Police say she lived with 19 year old Matthew Crawford at a Tremont Street lodging house and married him as Helen Gould. She left her husband Loring Gould in 1899 and has six children.
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Carrie A. Gould
Cross Street
Somerville
Gould
Tremont Street
South End
Matthew Crawford
Helen Gould
Crawford
Weeping Eczema Relief Promoted by Fruit-a-tives
A testimonial from G. W. Hall describes severe weeping eczema improved by Fruit-a-tives and Sootha Salva. He reports using three boxes of Sootha Salva and two of Fruit-a-tives, now entirely well. Products sold by FRUIT-A-TIVES, Limited in Ogdensburg New York at 50c per box six for $2.50 and a trial size for 25c.
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Wasing
G. W. Hall
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Wood Talks With Wilson Over Military Assignments
Washington May 28 Major General Leonard Wood former chief of staff and recently detached from command of the National Army division he trained for France conferred with President Wilson at the White House for about thirty minutes. Wood aims to serve in a capable post and likely would receive his old Camp Funston command with a new division to train. General Bell has also been detached after training his division for service and did not go to France due to not being named acceptable as a divisional commander by General Pershing.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
National Army Division
France
Wilson
White House
Baker
Western Department
Camp Funston
Bell
Wood
Pershing
Senator William Eustis Russell Leaves for Navy Ensign Commission
Cambridge senator William Eustis Russell of the Second Middlesex district will depart soon to receive his commission as an ensign in the United States Navy aviation section. He is the sole 1918 Senate member in active service. Russell, 32, son of the late Governor William E. Russell, won his seat last November by defeating James W. Bean. The enlistment was disclosed during a Cambridge bill debate in the State Senate.
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William Eustis Russell
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Middlesex
United States Navy
Senate
Russell
William BE. Russell
James W. Bean
State Senate
Diphtheria Outbreak Traced to Garbage Can Sanitation
A doctor revealed the diphtheria outbreak in a family was caused by unsanitary garbage can conditions. Bits of decayed vegetable matter in the can led to infection, traced by the family physician after inspecting the home. The ad promotes Sylpho Nathol disinfectant for waste pipes and can interiors, claiming strong germ-killing power and nationwide hospital usage.
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U. S
Whale sighting blamed for U-boat reports in Gulf
Off the Alabama coast a steamer crew reported sighting a large whale in the Gulf of Mexico. They said the whale’s presence convinced them recent enemy submarine sightings were false alarms caused by navigational misreadings.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Mob Fatally Strikes 12-Year-Old in Texas Near Woodville
In Beaumont Texas on May 28 Kirby Goolsee a 12 year old Black child was killed by a mob near Woodville after he was alleged to have confronted a white girl. Officials describe the incident as a fatal mob attack with no further details available.
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Beaumont
Texas
Kirby Goolsee
Woodville
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Boosts Hope for Stomach Ailments
A Boston man reports spending 1800 over seven years seeking medical help with doctors and specialists before trying Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He claims pains vanished and he stayed well for three years after using the product sold at Liggett Riker Jaynes' Drug Stores, promising relief from stomach liver and intestinal ailments.
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Mayr
Liggetts - Riker Jaynes
Hair removal paste promises vanish facial hair in minutes
A beauty specialist recommends delatone paste to banish facial hair. Mix water with a small amount of powdered delatone and apply for 2 to 3 minutes. After washing off the paste, hair disappears. Ensure you use real delatone.
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