Altens in U S Must Register
Washington November 19. Drastic regulations to let government agents surveil thousands of Germans in the United States and curb treasonable activities will be promulgated in a few days by Attorney General Gregory to enforce Wilsons proclamation restricting movement of alien enemies. The department expects to round up Germans believed to direct sabotage and propaganda campaigns to embarrass the United States in the war.
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Washington
United States
Gregory
Wilson
Department of Justice
Philippines
Porto Rico
Alaska
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
District of Columbia
John Lord O’brien
New Government Order Strictures on Unnaturalized German Males
A wartime proclamation imposes registration and travel bans on unnaturalized German males aged 14 and up. Restrictions include 100 yard dock zones, prohibition of ocean travel, and bans on residing in Washington DC or the Panama Canal Zone. Enforcement lies with John Lord O'Brien and DOJ agents amid pressure to intern violators.
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United States
Ocean
Great Lakes
District of Columbia
Panama Canal Zone
Department of Justice
Germany
Post Santa Claus Returns to Help New England Children
The Boston Post announces the Post Santa is back and will run a charity program from the Post building. Readers send letters from needy children with hopes for gifts. reporters verify names and ages and funds buy toys books candy mittens stockings and caps for delivery at Christmas. The fund total shows last year’s balance plus new gifts as donations rise to meet higher prices.
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Santa Claus
Post
New England
Santa
The
Bomb placed near workers in 11 story loft building
A bomb with eight sticks of dynamite was found near the elevator shaft on the 10th floor of an 11 story loft in West Twenty Fifth street New York endangering over 1000 women working overtime. The fuse had burned out before the cap. Secret service linked the scene to a factory on the fifth and sixth floors making army and navy uniforms.
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New York
West Twenty-Fifth Street
Secret Service
Army
Navy
Too Many Divisions in Church Phrase War Outlook
Bishop Charles B. Mitchell of St Paul says progress in this war exceeds 1000 years of prior effort. Speaking to the Boston Methodist Social Union at Convention Hall he asserts the conflict will empower the people, though he calls the era no Armageddon and notes some deny the devil.
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Charles B. Mitchell
St. Paul
Methodist Bishop Denounces Denominational Bloat in Speech
In Boston Bishop Mitchell voices support for all Protestant denominations and warns against excessive church splits. He cites 17 kinds of Methodists and 24 Lutherans as examples of division, urging a council of churches to unite on vital questions.
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United States Senate
Mitchell
Boston
Matthew 8
Hughes
Baptist Church
Congregational Church
Episcopal Church
Unions Stay on Jobs After Arsenal Conference
A Breach in tensions eased as union mechanics at the Watertown arsenal will remain at work while grievances are settled. The conference, chaired by Colonel Dickson and attended by six Building Trades reps from Boston and Quincy, left negotiations to Dickson and Stone & Webster official Knights. Navy Dept officials and Endicott were expected to join discussions on wage and open shop disputes in Quincy and Squantum.
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Dickson
Watertown Arsenal
Boston
Quincy
Arsenal
Knights
Stone & Webster
Harrison Avenue
Harris
Navy Department
Henry B. Endicott
State Committee On Public Safety
Named receiver for munitions concern in New Jersey
Hardie R. Walmsley of New York City was appointed by United States District Judge Hand as ancillary receiver of the Federal Primer Corporation's plant at North Arlington New Jersey. The firm works on large munitions contracts for the government and Walmsley is authorized to continue the business.
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New York
Hardie R. Walmsley
United States
Hand
Federal Primer Corporation
North Arlington
N.J
Boston Safety Committee to report on $70,000 appropriation
The Boston Public Safety Committee is to detail how it spent a $70,000 appropriation. The City Council unanimously passed the order yesterday directing a full report on expenditures and activities.
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Boston Public Safety Committee
Council orders report on public safety committee spending
Councilor Ford announced an order directing the public safety committee to report on its expenditures. He cited misgivings over a failing farming enterprise and a bad potato crop at Olmstead Park and Franklin field while noting 1918 budget planning and transfers in the Public Works Department.
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Ford
Olmstead Park
Franklin Field
Public Works Department
Public Works
Edward F. Murphy
Public Safety Committee
Council
Massachusetts State Guard
City Council
Great Choral Work Tonight by Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Ninth Symphony performance with a 350-voice chorus under Dr. Karl Muck starts at 8 15 in Symphony Hall. It opens with the National Anthem and lasts over an hour with no other pieces. Soloists at final rehearsal included Madame Frieda Hempel, Miss Margaret Keyes, Arthur Hackett, and Arthur Middleton. many distinguished visitors are attending from Smith College Springfield Hartford New York Philadelphia and Ossip Gabrilowitsch and his wife.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karl Muck
Symphony Hall
Frieda Hempel
Margaret Keyes
Arthur Hackett
Arthur Middleton
Smith College
Springfield
Hartford
New York
J. J. V. Lanter
Samuel Untermyer
Philadelphia
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Women Want Pickets Freed
Philadelphia November 19 The Pennsylvania branch of the National Woman's Party adopted a resolution urging President Wilson to include the federal suffrage amendment in war legislation and to release suffragist pickets jailed at the White House. Copies were sent to the President and to national and state party leaders.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
White House
Panneylvania
National Woman's Party
Bay State Fare Plan Attacked by Lynn Official
A. G. Wadleigh Lynn city solicitor told the Public Service Commission that Bay State Street Railway’s mileage based fares are a strategy to unite country districts against urban centers to raise fares. He argued the plan was designed to push higher prices on city riders and rural customers alike.
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Bay State Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
A. G. Wadleigh
Lynn
Peters Geis On Ticket for Boston Mayor
Andrew J. Peters is assured a place on the official ballot for mayor of Boston after 3300 nomination signatures were certified by the Election Commissioners. So far Mayor Curley and Peters lead, with Congressmen Gallivan and Tague filing large numbers of names.
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Andrew J. Peters
Boston
Curley
Peters
Gallivan
Tague
Gallivan Attacks Boston Mayor Over War Loyalty
Congressman Gallivan brands Mayor Curley as seditious and attacks his loyalty to the President. Tague replies defending U S policy on aliens and draft. Gallivan vows a municipal campaign but shifts to national politics over wartime loyalty and Boston’s democracy.
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James A. Gallivan
Boston
Thompson
Chicago
City Hall
Gallivan
Curley
Peter F. Tague
Tague
Pemberton Square
France
Congress
United States
Wilson
Lansing
Committee On
Committee
Bay State rate case hearing contends over fare increase
Vice President Robert Stearns testifies the present fare rise would yield about $550,000, far short of the $1,618,151 needed. James E. Riley questions why the increase cannot be requested all at once as towns incur costs to send representatives. The hearing focuses on a proposed zone system to adjust fares with flexible city and suburban bands.
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Robert Stearns
James E. Riley
Stougnton
Bay State
Wadleigh
Powers-That-Be
State Street
Mr. Stearns
Pillsbury
Macleod
Samuel H. Pillsbury
Ex Councillor Harnest Smith in mayoral bid conflict
Ex councillor Harnest Smith faces a formal call to decide entry into the mayoral race after a conference between attorneys representing Peters and his possible bid. The process allows a third mediator if not agreed, with the majority deciding Smith's candidacy.
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Harnest BH. Smith
Alexander Whiteside
Peters
Leo M. Friedman
Smith
Mayor Curley Spearheads Campaign Rally Drive in 11th District
Mayor Curley pressed his re election bid in the 11th Congressional district once the stronghold of former Congressman Peters. Political workers from Roxbury wards joined big turnouts at mayoral meetings in Scollay Building Scollay Square. Citizens from Roxbury wards planned four week program before election. The mayor met representatives from several organizations who pledged support.
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Curley
11Th
Peters
Congress
Roxbury
Scollay Building
Scollay Square
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Federal Street
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Devil
Kaiser
Kaiser Devil Enough
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Paris
George William Roberts
Saloniki
Schaefer
Aylward
Dorchester
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Mary M. (Hagan
Columbia Rd
St. Margaret's Church
Dorchester Court
Morrissey
Patrick Morrissey
Reardon
Brighton
Novanes Murphy
John Reardon
St. James’ Parish
James J. Hayes
Turner
St. Columbkille
Charlestown
Massachusetts
Trade Association of South Boston
South Boston
Russia
Thayer McNeil
Thayer McNeil Company
Temple Place
West Street
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