Mexico Ignores Warning of Revolt Proclamation
Washington reports the Carranza government ignored a year of U S warnings about preparations for the current revolutionary campaign. General Felipe Angeles is proclaimed provisional president and Francisco Villa serves as secretary of war. The distant threat drew scant attention from Mexican authorities.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Felipe Angeles
Francisco Villa
Mexican Government Spends 60 Million Pesos Amid Troop Movements
Official figures show Mexico's first four months revenue at about 29 million pesos. Six weeks ago Carranza reportedly had 8000 men in Torreon with arms and ammo at Chihuahua. Officials question why troops did not move north before Villa's forces gathered.
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Torreon
Chihuahua
Villa
Warnings to Carranza on Villa Threat In Mexico
United States warned Carranza on October 15 and November 27 about Villa’s growing threat. Villa’s network collected arms and funds for a northern campaign, whileVillistas prepared crops to sustain fighters. Officials note Carranza’s hesitation to divert forces may reflect cost concerns from past Huerta era campaigns.
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United States
Mexico
Villa
Republic
Huerta
Madero
Orozco
Boy Drowns in Quarry near Gloucester
In Gloucester on May 30 the dangerous quarry pits at Lanesville claimed a child's life. John W. Sharp, nine, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sharp, drowned in a pit off Hickory Street while his father served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. The cause is not known as friends found the body an hour after he left for a ball game at 10:30.
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Lanesville
John W. Sharp
William
P. Sharp
Washington Street
Hickory Street
France
Drowning Woman Rescued During Woburn Reception
A reception for Lt. Harry Allan Dixon of the Canadian army was interrupted when a woman cried out from Horn Pond. Lieutenant Dixon and Dennis J. McLaughlin swam to shore and saved 28 year old Pansy Smith of Prospect Street, believed to have attempted suicide or been thrown into the water. No craft was seen capsizing.
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Woburn
James McLaughlin
Arlington Road
Tonght
Harry Allan Dixon
Horn Pond
Dixon
Dennis J. McLaughlin
Pansy Smith
Frospect Street
Boston Man Commands Troops on Saxonia
New York May 3 Captain Bartlett H Henderson of Boston commanding the Saxonia arrivals returned decorated with the Belgian Order of the Crown and the French Croix de Guerre for bravery in the Argonne. Among those of the Saxonia was Lieutenant William A Larned noted tennis player.
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New York
Bartlett H. Henderson
Boston
Saxonia
Argonne
William A. Larned
Fire at Graham Waste Paper Company destroys horses
A fire yesterday afternoon at the Graham Waste Paper Company rear on 51 D Street South Boston started from an unknown cause and quickly spread to the Johnson Co three story stable. Three horses burned to death and four firemen were overcome by smoke and gas, with property loss estimated at $35,000.
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D Street
Boston
Story Stable
Johnson & Co
Fire at Stable Building Endangers Horses and Man
A large blaze near S. A. Wood Machine Company and adjacent tenements triggered three alarms in South Boston. Firefighter Henry Enross collapsed from smoke on a third story ladder while comrades dragged him to safety. A motor ladder truck careened uncontrollably on E Street before John L Glynn halted it, saving Mrs. Sarah Taylor from disaster. Three of 34 horses perished in the fire.
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D Street
Old Colony Avenue
Chief McDonough
William Lydon
Henry Powers
John Regan
Henry Enross
Erross
Patrick Abton
Johnson & Co
Abton
Fred Jenkins
East Third Street
Frank L.,callan
West Fifth Street
Michael P. Carr
John L. Glynn
Pittsburg Street
Broadway
Fifth Street
Driver Injured As Ladder Truck Collides In Roslindale
A two and a half story wooden building front scene ended when a ladder truck’s quick stop threw its driver from the seat onto a brick sidewalk. He suffered bruises and cuts, no broken bones, and was treated at Carney Hospital before returning home on Metropolitan avenue. The ladder truck sustained heavy damage and will be out of service for days.
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Metropolitan Avenue
Roslindale
Memorial Exercises At Shaw Monument Aims Attack At Lynch Law
The Robert Bell Post G A R and Woman's Relief Corps held memorials at the Shaw Monument with hundreds in attendance. Prior to the address, graves of 110 Civil War heroes on Rainsford Island were decorated. Rev C A Ward criticized mob justice and warned that taking law into one's own hands erodes confidence in courts and endangers justice.
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Robert Bell
Robert Gould Shaw
St Angela's Church Dedication Sunday in Mattapan
At the dedication of St Angela's Church in Mattapan tomorrow a low mass will be held at 11 am with celebrant Rev Francis J Ryan and officiating Cardinal O'Connell. Interior decor by Baraldi Philadelphia features stained glass windows depicting scenes from Nativity to Mary Magdalene. The church uses Romanesque design with assistants Rev Edward J Campbell and Rev Edward D Madden.
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Mattapan
Francis J. Ryan
Cardinal O’connell
Baraldi
Philadelphia
Christ
Christ Before Pilate
Cana
Mary Magdalen
St. Angela’s
Edward J. Campbell
Edward D. Madden
The Defeat of Bolshevism article preview
Secretary of Labor Wilson will write in the Boston Sunday Post on Bolshevism and its relation to labor. He promises to discuss what Bolshevism means for workers and the best ways to counter its influence in the United States.
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Labor
Wilson
Boston Sunday Post
Colors 10 Come Back to State The 317th Field Signal Battalion Arrives
The 317th Field Signal Battalion adopted by the Massachusetts Senate will reach New York on June 7 aboard the transport Pannonia. About 200 New England men will be brought to Camp Devens for demobilization per a message to Governor Coolidge from Adjutant-General Harris.
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Massachusetts Senate
New York
Pannonia
New England
Camp Devens
Coolidge
Harris
Army
Massachusetts Units Demobilize After Signal Battalion Arrival
A Senate adopted order notes colors presented April 20 1918 by Governor McCall and plans to return colors to the State House before demobilization. Telegram states 317th Field Signal Battalion on transport Pannonia bound for New York June seventh with about 200 MA ME NH VT men to Camp Devens for demobilization. Other states’ personnel will not be sent to Camp Devens to avoid delay. Commanding officer to notify date of battalion arrival at Devens and arrange ceremony with the Camp Devens commanding general.
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McCall
State House
Pannonia
New York
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Camp Devens
Clerks Seek Minimum Salary and Promotions Reform
Worcester May 30 delegates at the Massachusetts branch of the National Association of Postoffice Clerks adopt a resolution urging a minimum salary of 1800 and adoption of the capability preference act to govern promotions. The resolution was sent to Burleson the Congress committee on post offices and post roads and to John H Bankhead. Another resolution expresses support to Burleson from the Massachusetts branch.
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Worcester
Massachusetts
National Association of Postoffice Clerks
Burleson
Congressional Committee On
John H. Bankhead
Dr Gallupe Appointed Resident Surgeon at City Hospital
Dr H Quimby Gallupe of Everett and Boston has been named resident surgeon at Boston City Hospital to fill the vacancy caused by Dr A C Collister resigning to practice in Salt Lake City Utah. Gallupe moves up from resident anesthetist and is a Boston native, Tufts and Harvard Medical School graduate.
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H. Quimby Gallupe
Everett
Boston
Boston City Hospital
A. C. Collister
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gallupe
Tufts College
Harvard Medical School
After Others in Barney Case
Police hunt for relatives and potential witnesses tied to the Barney case involve suspects including Attorney Thomas F. Murphy Mrs Lillian M Ashenden and Mrs Mary Collins. A June 1 hearing for Murphy may feature these individuals as witnesses rather than prisoners as arrests in Cambridge citizens connected to the case have not materialized.
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Barney
Thomas F. Murphy
Lillian M. Ashenden
Mary Collins
Murphy
Cambridge
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