Boy Struck by Auto in South Boston Suffered Skull Fracture
James McDonald of 46 West Third street South Boston is hospitalized with a fractured skull and shattered left ribs after being struck by an auto owned by Taxi Service Company and driven by Patrick J. Gayne of 256 Dorchester street. The injury is listed as dangerous.
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James McDonald
West Third Street
South Boston
City Hospital
Taxi Service Company
Patrick J. Gayne
Dorchester Street
Nieuw Amsterdam Freed for Return Voyage to Holland
The War Trade Board releases the Dutch liner Nieuw Amsterdam for a return Atlantic voyage carrying packed freight for Holland, 10 000 tons of corn for Belgian relief, and several hundred Dutch refugees. The ship sails from an American port after assurances against internment on arrival. Refugees from the Dutch East Indies and the Orient travel aboard seeking safe passage home.
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Washington
United States
Holland
War Trade Board
Nieuw Amsterdam
Atlantic
Dutch East Indies
Orient
Russian workers strike hits Ivano Voznesensk textile industry
Three hundred thousand workers in the Ivano-Voznesensk district are on strike. The city is a major center for Russian cotton production with several large textile factories.
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Petrograd
Ivano-Voznesensk
Red Cross Fast Tracks Italy Relief Funds
American Red Cross War Council authorizes Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page to draw up to 250000 dollars for emergency relief in Italy. Action follows Italian army retreat and civilian displacement before German offensives across the Carnic Alps.
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Washington
Thomas Nelson Page
Rome
American
Red Cross War Council
Italy
Carnic Alps
Stop Canning of Dried Beans and Peas Ordered
Washington date line reports the food administration halting the canning of dried beans and dried peas without a government permit to conserve tinplate. Dealers must obtain licenses to sell for canning and can makers must refuse cans to unpermitted canners. The move follows a seed and dried peas shortage prompting a complete ban on soaked pea canning.
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Washington
Food Administration
Massachusetts King’s Daughters and Sons Convention Opens
The Massachusetts Branch International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons opened its annual convention at the Morgan Memorial with nearly 150 delegates. State President Mrs. M Wheatie Farley of Waltham was re elected president and Miss Susan R Brokenshire of Waltham was re elected state treasurer. Farley re appointed Mrs. C W Wrightington auditor and Mrs. Clara L Mather chairman of the finance committee. Today's sessions will introduce resolutions on war, peace, and the group’s stance toward war ridden nations.
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Massachusetts
International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons
Morgan Memorial
M. Wheatie Farley
Waltham
Susan R. Brokenshire
Farley
C. W. Wrightington
Clara JL. Mather
Deer Dodges Head-On Crash On Maine Highway
A large doe darted onto a state highway two miles from Portland, Maine, causing two cars to swerve. The deer slipped on the slick concrete and fell, with both drivers narrowly avoiding a collision. The doe fled unhurt after the scare near the city.
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Portland
N. A. Smith
Congress Party Tranches with the American Army in France
The American Congressional party visited the troop billets in the French zone and observed war instruction. They toured headquarters in the town but did not meet General Pershing, who was then in Paris.
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France
Associated Press
American Congressional Party
Pershing
Paris
Congressmen Observe American Troops In Verdun Training
They visited Major General Sibert's headquarters and viewed American troops practicing going over the top and bayonet work on dummy Germans. The party watched sniping, hand and rifle grenades, mortars, and smoke barrage, gave three cheers, and congratulated the energy and fitness of the soldiers. They toured trenches near Verdun and met French commanders who hosted the visit.
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Sibert
Verdun
German envoy kept isolated at Atlantic port
Wilhelm Erythropel, former German consul general at San Jose Costa Rica, arrived on an American steamship with his wife and two children and was taken into DOJ custody. Officials plan to move him with other German diplomats from severed relations toward home. He was immediately isolated and baggage checked with communication blocked.
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Atlantic
Wilhelm Erythropel
Germany
San Jose
Costa Rica
Department of Justice
United States
Erythropes
Sugar quota reduced for Louisiana planters
New Orleans report states Louisiana planters will supply 26 000 tons of the 100 000 tons pledged for the American Sugar Refining Company after a Washington conference. The American Cane Growers Association announced the revised total after tallying pledges. Refiners in the East are expected to begin receiving the sugar, with substantial deliveries slated for New Orleans on November 15.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
American Cane Growers’ Association
American Refining Company
Hast
Women camouflage workers sought for training camp near Washington
Mrs. Clara Lathrop Strong leads a Marshfield Hills group to form a volunteer corps of women camouflage artists and sculptors for government service in low visibility manufacturing. A training camp near Washington is proposed with a $50 monthly cost. government to provide an officer instructor.
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Clara Lathrop Strong
Marshfield Hills
War Department
Washington
Marion Monks Chase
Brattle Street
Cambridge
New England
Ex Mayor French Returned To Office In Concord Victory
Former Concord mayor Charles J. French defeated incumbent Nathaniel W. Hobbs 1774 to 1704 to reclaim the office. French had served four consecutive terms before losing in 1915.
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French
Concord
N. H
Charles J. French
Nathaniel W. Hobbs
Hobbs
Autocracy Giving Way in Germany
Berlin dispatch quotes Mathias Erzberger leader of the Centrist party. He says Germany changed from autocracy to democracy in five days as central allies push across the Tagliamento. Interview with AP correspondent notes dramatic political shift at home.
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Berlin
London
Tagliamento
Germany
Mathias Erzberger
Associated Press
German crisis talks yield planned cohesive government
Erzberger described a week of decisive talks among leaders and ministers that led to a coordinated policy approach. He noted Crown approval and interlocked roles for the chancellorship and Prussian presidency were discussed and refined with party guidance. Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann joined the conferences.
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Empire
Herr Erzberger
Reichstag
Count von Hertling
Erzberger Urges Parliamentary Reform In German Crisis
Erzberger calls for a parliamentary procedure as the sole solution to the crisis and to improve foreign impression. He notes Kuehlmann seeks a new political era with parliamentarians in responsible posts, and says the Emperor sanctions a harmony among leaders.
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Werr Erzberger
von Kuehlmann
Germany
Erzberger
von Hertling
Count von Hertling
Rubber arctics for army to be supplied nationwide
Washington Nov 6 every rubber overshoe maker in the country met with a Council of National Defence auxiliary committee and agreed to turn over the entire output of four buckle arctics from now until Jan 6. About 300 000 pairs will be provided to the army. Rubber hip boots orders had been placed earlier.
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Washington
Council of National Defence
Elixir Advertisement Claims Life Saved by Dr True's Elixir
A Bel fast Maine reader Henry C Hanley reports feeling much better and credits Dr True's Elixir as lifesaving. The ad touts Dr True's Elixir as a family laxative and worm expeller, listing worm symptoms and promising relief and restored health at a low cost.
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Henry C. Hanley
Cross Street
Belfast
Maine
Dr. True
Auburn
Sickness at Army Camps Extremely Low
Colonel Weston H. Chamberlain reports extremely little serious illness at five National Army camps and four aviation camps in the Middle West. Sick rates range from below 1 percent to just under 2 percent, with Camp Pike Little Rock Ark higher due to measles among the troops.
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Washington
Weston H. Chamberlain
Surgeon General's Office
National Army
Middle West
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
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