Mellen to reopen Council Grove estate with daughter this summer
Charles Mellen former NY NH Hartford president arrives to reopen his Council Grove estate after illness among servants and a quarantine. His eldest daughter Katherine will stay for the summer as settlement of a Pittsfield Probate Court domestic case is reached. The divorce libel against Mellen was abandoned and he is to live apart from his wife.
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Pittsfield
Council Grove
Mellen
Katherine IL. Mellen
Supreme Court
Slocum
Mr.Mellen
Miss Katherine
Mellen Suit for Separate Living Reported Settled
The long probate court battle in Pittsfield over Mr Mellen seeking the right to live apart from his wife and to dispose of his property as if single appears settled though confirmation only came with a brief visit by Mr Mellen to the area.
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Mr. Mellen
Pittsfield
Mellen
Woman Named Not His Wife Trial Set for Turner Case
CAMP DEVENS May 2. A nationwide test case will be tried here Tuesday. The prosecution will argue James W. Turner of Hartford alias James W. Banks obtained government aid as a married man sending funds to a supposed wife. The defense cites New York law recognizing common law wives for inheritance. Discharges proceed for the 301st Field Signal Battalion and 401st Telegraph Battalion ahead of muster out. Brigadier General Palmer Pierce to retire June 1.
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Camp Devens
James W. Turner
Hartford
James W. T. Banks
New York State
301St Field Signal Battalion
401St Telephone and Telegraph Battalion
Palmer Pierce
New York National Guardsmen
General Strike Starts in Toronto Over Metal Workers’ 44-Hour Week
In Toronto May 30 a citywide general strike begins at 10 a m in sympathy with metal workers. The central strike committee of 15 rejected employers’ proposal to arbitrate a 44 hour week, triggering the walkout shortly after midnight.
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Toronto
Central Strike Committee of 15
Winnipeg moves to halt sympathy strikes with oath rule
The city police chief announced that all workers wishing to stay employed must sign an oath not to join sympathy strikes in the future. A larger police force and new recruits, including discharged soldiers, were planned. Iron works warned they would accept mediators from railway brotherhoods, while central strike leaders resisted conciliation. Citizens’ committee prepared for a city cleanup.
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Winnipeg
Police Commission
Charles F. Gray
Norris
Canadian Railway Brotherhoods
Central Strike Committee
Iron Works
Citizens’ Committee
Tinkham Editor Letter Endorsement debate in Post
A constituent defends Congressman Tinkham against alleged shifts toward opposition politics over his request for a copy of the League of Nations proposal. The letter asserts the House cannot handle treaties and counters claims of an English led plot, noting France Britain and others had varied views on the league.
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Tinkham
State Department
League of Nations
Senate
Congress
Paris
League
Great Britain
England
Wilson
Europe
France
Clemenceau
Italy
Japan
Boston Cadets Parade in Khaki Regiments on City Streets
Eight regiments of 8000 Boston School Cadets marched through the city in a yearly parade reviewed on Boston Common. Veterans in high schools displayed wound stripes while the High School of Commerce introduced regimental drum corps under Lt. Walter Thomas. Mayor Peters and Gov. Coolidge reviewed the parade, with Major Ramlett and a civic committee in attendance.
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Boston
Gilbert Armstrong
English High School
Weisenberger
High School of Commerce
Walter Thomas
Peters
City Hall
Hotel Brunswick
George H. Benyon
George H. Penny
104Th Regiment
Joseph McK. Driscoll
101St Infantry
Plan for League of Nations Born from Allied Drafts
In Pars, three drafts by Lord Cecil, Leon Bourgeois, and the American delegation shaped the League constitution. Wilson favored not pushing an American draft to avoid appearing to force a plan on Europe. The final covenant is a composite, with substantial American influence, built over weeks by many powers. Back Bay, May 29.
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League of Nations
Lord Robert Cecil
Leon Bourgeois
Wilson
Europe
Back Bay
Army Airplanes on Way to Boston from Dallas
Six Army planes on a recruiting flight arrived in Indianapolis from Love Field Dallas after departing Kansas City at 11 AM they stopped at Scott Field Illinois at 1 30 PM and reached Indianapolis at 6 10 PM Lieutenant Colonel Henry N Clagett led the group reporting no trouble and plans to depart Sunday for Boston or the next leg of their trip
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Indianapolis
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
Boston
Henry N. Clagett
Kansas City
Scott Field
Belleville
Ill
Clagett
Air Taxi Service For Flying Recruits At Camp Devens
Lawrence May 29 Next week an airplane will run between the local Common and Camp Devens carrying recruits for the air service who enlist at the recruiting station on the Common. Colonel A L Parmenter commander of the 26th Division visited the station and complimented the men on results. Since establishment 1650 recruits have been secured.
Moris Gest Praises Broken Blossoms and Griffith’s Genius
The theatrical producer Morris Gest declares that the creation of Broken Blossoms is more important to America and the world than an Atlantic flight. He says Griffith’s work equals the Russian ballet in artistic impact to his native land, referencing a Colonial Theatre presentation.
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Morris Gest
America
Atlantic
Griffith
City discusses uniform attire rules for theatre burlesque
Mayor Peters and Municipal Censor Casey chaired a conference with theater reps and officials to craft uniform East Coast regulations on attire and propriety. A follow up report by a special committee will seek manager input, with proposed rules excluding vulgar dances and exposed figures and limiting performances to stage shows.
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Peters
John M. Casey
Casey
James H. Lambert, Jr
Department of Public Safety
Philadelphia
Richard H. Gamble
Providence
George H. Hill
Worcester
Boston
Lubomirski Named Polish Minister to United States
Paris dispatch reports Prince Casimir Lubomirski appointed Polish minister to the United States. Other Polish ministers listed include RR. Y. Duowski in Paris M. Sowiek in London M. Kowalski at the Vatican M. Piltz in Bucharest and Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow in Tokio.
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Paris
Casimir Lubomirski
United States
Warsaw
RR. Y. Duowski
M. Sowbek
London
M. Kowalski
Vatican
M. Piltz
Bucharest
Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow
Tokio
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Kist
Georgette Dress
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Ette Navy
George
Wallace
Georg
Meyer Jonasson & CO
Boston School
Boston Latin School Regiment
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