Bernstorff Spy Plot Ties Banks to Pasha Funds
New York authorities disclose German money routed to Bolo Pasha via Count von Bernstorff and Hugo Schmidt. Transfers totaled 1,683,500 dollars across Guaranty Trust Natl Dark Bank and National Park Bank between March and April. Attorney general Merton T. Lewis says full evidence will go to France.
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New York
Count von Bernstorff
Bolo Pasha
Paris
Merton T. Lewis
Bernstorff
Hugo Schmidt
Deutsches Bank of Berlin
Bolo
Guaranty Trust
Nat'l Dark Bank
National Park Bank
British Public Angers Over German Bombing Sparks Cabinet U-turn
Public fury at nightly German air raids on English cities pushes Lloyd George to concede and authorize British aviators to strike back in German targets. Public sentiment centers on damage, fear, and demand for retaliation as government policy shifts.
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Lloyd George
Attorney General cites documentary proof in Bolo Pasha case
The attorney-general says conclusions will rest on extensive documentary evidence including photographic reproductions of checks bank records and proofs of how German money given to Bolo Pasha was used in this country by Ambassador Bernstorff.
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Bolo Pasha
Jusserand
Washington
Paris
Bernstorff
MEN PROTEST LACK OF WORK IN LOCAL UNION
A committee of Electrical Workers Union 10 will meet New England Telephone and Telegraph executives to protest alleged indiscrimate lay offs. The action follows reports that several members were laid off this week and another group two weeks ago due to lack of work. The union board may call a special meeting next Sunday to hear the committee report if warranted.
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Electrical ‘Workers’ Union 10
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Everett Mayor Orders Discontinuance of Suspended Chief’s Phone
Mayor Mullen directed the city to cut the telephone line at the home of William E. Hill the suspended chief of police. The line had been kept by the city but was unused by Hill or his family since his suspension.
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Mullen
Everett
William E. Hill
Chief Hill
Liberty bonds need 13 to 14 billion by issue
Secretary McAdoo told Madison that after tax revenue for 1917-18 is accounted for the United States must raise 13 to 14 billion dollars more through Liberty bond issues. The Second Liberty Loan campaign in New England expanded rapidly on its third day as thousands of bond soldiers prepared to mobilize under national leadership.
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Madison
Wis
America
McAdoo
United States
New England
Boston
Toronto
Ont
England
Lord Northcliffe
Paris
Germany
Jitney Kills Hub Woman at North Andover Station
Mrs Alma S Wilmarth aged 59 of Boston was fatally struck at the North Andover railroad station by a jitney loaded with soldiers en route from Boxford camp to Lawrence. The accident occurred after she had stepped into the street in front of the vehicle owned by John Harnish of Methuen. Local police said the driver was not to blame.
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North Andover
Alma S. Wilmarth
Worcester Street
Boston
Boxford Camp Ground
Lawrence
John Harnish
Pleasant Valley Street
Methuen
Elders' Sanitarium Offers Free Tobacco Help Booklet
Elders' Sanitarium at 506 Main Street St. Joseph Missouri publishes a free booklet on tobacco habits and how to quit in three to five days at home. Requests should include name and address and be sent promptly.
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Elders’ Sanitarium
Main Street
St. Joseph
Adrt
Government seeks plan to end strikes hampering war work
The government moves to create a comprehensive system to address labor unrest threatening war production. It is concerned by rising wage levels that vary by industry and the challenge of stabilizing conditions without unfairness to workers or employers.
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Washington
War Wiring the Home Front Could Shape Labor Policy
Government officials study British methods as strikes and shifts in wartime production threaten unity. Secretary Wilson heads a commission and travels West to guide the policy, with wage boards expanding to more industries and arbitration with shipbuilding and cantonment work.
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Council of National Defence
Baker
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Defence Council
Felix Frankfurter
Nety Labor Investigation Commission
British Merchantmen Losses Hit Historic Low
London reports the weekly tally of British merchant ships sunk by mines or submarines, showing eleven vessels over 1600 tons and two under 1600 tons lost last week, marking the smallest weekly U boat toll in history according to the Admiralty.
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London
Record Uboat Casualties Highlight Sunk Vessels Toll
The report notes a sharp drop in U boat sinkings with February figures well below earlier hopes. It cites 55 vessels sunk in late April week, 40 over 1600 tons, and projected annual totals far under predictions. Arrivals totaled 5422 with sinkings under 0.24 percent.
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Germany
Socialist Leader Denied Mail Privilege in Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Leader, a Socialist party paper, was barred from using U S mails after a Washington hearing on September 22. The order, issued under the espionage act, denies postal privileges to the newspaper.
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Milwaukee
Socialist Party
United States
Washington
War Tax Now Law Changes U S Revenue Measures
The war tax bill became law after President Wilson signed it, adding more than two and a half billion dollars in new taxes for the year. It targets incomes, excess profits, liquor, tobacco, soft drinks, transportation, medicines, gum, amusements, instruments, records, and more, with prices rising for distilled spirits to $2.10 a gallon.
Interned Germans Oppose Transfer at Gallup Island
Officers and sailors from former German steamers at this port protest transfer from Gallup's Island to Hot Springs North Carolina. They plan a petition to Immigration Commissioner Skeffington insisting they would endure a winter on Gallup's Island rather than be sent south.
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Gallup's Island
Hot Springs
N. C
Commissioner of Immigration Skeffington
Sayre Returns to Camp Bridge Home After French Tour
Francis B. Sayre, son in law of the President, arrives at his Cambridge home after four months with American troops in France. He had been living in YMCA huts near the allied trenches and returns to civilian life.
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France
Francis B. Sayre
Wilson
Cambridge
Sayre Backs YMCA Effort for Homesick Soldiers
Mr Sayre representative of the war work council of the YMCA reports on comforting mothers and aiding soldiers in France Belgium and Italy. He describes building hut networks along battle lines forming the triangle emblem of the YMCA as a home away from home for fighting men in trenches and camps.
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Sayre
War Work Council
Young Men's Christian Association
France
Belgium
Italy
Mr. Sayre
Arlington Boy Wins French Decoration
Arthur Dallin of Arlington son of Cyrus Dallin the sculptor has been decorated with a French War Cross for bravery as an ambulance driver. He served under heavy fire during a gas attack and remained at the field hospital before returning to the battlefield as German forces bombarded.
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Arthur Dallin
Arlington
Cyrus Dallin
France
Cabinet Had Many Times Refused but Rage at Deaths Was Strong
French aviators begin actions with bombing Stuttgart and other towns as Britain pledges reprisal raids. Lloyd George announces a large air campaign to strike back at German targets with heavy bombardment, promising “compound interest” for the Allied death tolls.
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London
Lloyd George
World War I Headlines and Maritime Losses
A 1915 note places Allied action against Bulgaria under Wellington. A 1916 report records the steamship Franconia sunk by a U-boat. The brief reflects wartime events and naval losses from the era.
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Wellington
France
Bulgaria
Franconia
Rain Forecast For Boston And New England
Forecast shows rain for southern New England on Thursday and probably Friday with light southerly winds. For northern New England expect rain Thursday and Friday with partly cloudy conditions.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Yesterday’s Temperatures Reported by Thompson’s Spa
The record shows yesterday temperatures with a high near 80 and a low around 62 at Thompson’s Spa. An average yesterday was 57 and 28 slash 24, while the previous year’s average was 59 and 5 slash 24.
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Thompson
Spa
Baseball score summaries from early league games
American League games opened with Washington defeating Boston 6 to 0 and Philadelphia beating New York 3 to 1 in the first contest. In the second game New York won 3 to 2 over Philadelphia.
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Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
No More Draft Exams for the Present in Washington
Washington reports the proposal to examine all registered men for the draft was killed for the present as lawmakers removed funding from the war deficiency bill. Boston appeal boards freed over 200 draftees in the past two days to prevent hardship for families, with a planned selection of a second 40 percent for departure tomorrow except for Division 13.
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Washington
House
Senate
Boston
Boston Draft Sends Second Forty Farewell in Roxbury
Large number of colored men registered prevents certifying white draftees in time for tomorrow’s entrainment. Roxbury plans a farewell tonight with Mayor Curley and 2000 residents at Municipal Building. Winchester holds a townwide send off with Gov ernor addresses. soldiers to be ferried by trolley to station for 3 o clock troop trains.
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Boston
Roxbury
Tammany Club
Curley
Vine
Dudley
Winchester
Public Safety Committee
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