Loss of life on transport as war adds dangers
Antilles homeward bound with 237 aboard suffers its first fatality of the war. The vessel, convoyed by destroyers, split in two and sank within five minutes after being hit. No submarine or torpedo sighted. Army men drowned estimated at 16. names not yet released as list is unavailable.
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Antilles
Pershing
United States Army
New York
New Orleans
United States
Washington
Army
Navy
Government acts to ease New England coal shortages
The Shipping Board orders coal carrying steamers to stay in service and sets a uniform $2.50 per cargo ton rate to Boston with regional differentials. A fuel board plan to bunker coal midstream involves Chesapeake & Ohio Norfolk & Western and Virginia railroads. New England still faces coal shortages despite shipments running a million tons ahead, with docking limits cited.
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Washington
New England
Shipping Board
Hampton Roads
Philadelphia
Boston
The
Fuel Administration
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
J. J. Storrow
Baltimore
Portland
Portsmouth
Searsport
Providence
Our boys are offering their LIVES-Why do YOU hesi tate about your MONEY
A wartime appeal urges readers to support the war effort financially, stressing sacrifice and patriotism. It contrasts boys serving with civilian hesitation to donate. The message frames contributions as crucial to victory and national defense.
New England Reaches 26 Million in Liberty Loan Subscriptions
The Boston Federal Reserve Bank reports 26 million dollars in Liberty Loan subscriptions yesterday, bringing New England's total to 141 million. To meet the minimum allotment, the region must raise 158.5 million in the next seven days.
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New England
Boston Federal Reserve Bank
Simmons' Head Takes Bride
Henry Lefavour president of Simmons College will marry Miss Anna Burgess of Cleveland in Cleveland. Lefavour, Williams College 1883 graduate, taught physics at Williston Seminary 1884–1902 before becoming Simmons president. He serves as Williams trustee since 1903 and holds multiple civic and scholarly memberships.
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Henry Lefavour
Simmons College
Anna Burgess
Cleveland
Lefavour
Williams College
University of Berlin
Williston Seminary
Simmons
Boston State Hospital
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Woman's Educational and Industrial Union
New England Historic- Genealogical Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
St. Botolph Club of
Boston
City Club of
New York
Explosion damages Whitemore Hamm biplane at Saugus field
An early morning blast at the Saugus aviation field seriously damages a Whitemore-Hamm Company military biplane used for government testing. The hangar roof is blown off and two watchmen cannot explain the explosion. Authorities have increased field watch.
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Saugus
Whittemore-Hamm Company
Jamaica Plain
Arrest of Vincenzo Faro for Albany Murder
After a three month search, Inspectors Crawford and Cavagnaro arrested Vincenzo Faro of East Boston on Atlantic Avenue as a fugitive from justice wanted in Albany New York for the December 26 murder of Albert Valento. Faro allegedly shot Valento during a two day Christmas season celebration.
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Crawford
Cavagnaro
Atlantic Avenue
Vincenzo Faro
Winthrop Street
Boston
Albany
N. Y
Albert Valento
Faro
Valento
Manhunt Traced From Albany to Boston in Murder Case
Police followed a three month search from Albany to New York and Bridgeport to Boston. Information from Rutland Vermont led to a suspected address. After three nights of surveillance at a lodging house he was seen on Atlantic Avenue. Faro denies the charge though officers say evidence in his East Boston belongings proves the capture request. Albany police notified.
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Albany
New York
Bridgeport
Boston
Rutland
Atlantic Avenue
Faro
James Fiaro
East Boston
Zeppelins Target Riga Gulf Coast Pernau Bombing
Zeppelin air ships appeared in the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland Thursday night according to an official communication. Twenty bombs were dropped on Pernau killing ten persons.
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Petrograd
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Finland
Pernau
Stockholm peace plan issued by conference committee
The Stockholm conference organizers issued a manifesto arguing that three years of war experience justifies the belief that a peace solution is achievable. The document outlines the committee’s conclusions and calls for renewed negotiations and international cooperation to end hostilities.
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Stockholm
Boy Shot During Wild West Playhold Up Incident
Nine year old Harry Leavitt is on the danger list at Quincy Hospital with a bullet wound in the abdomen after a field play hold up. The incident involved Harry and his brother Fred, Charles Shaw aged 9, and another unnamed boy. Shaw says he did not shoot and blames the unknown boy.
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Harry Leavitt
Fred A. Leavitt
Take Street
East Weymouth
Quincy Hospital
Young Leavitt
Fred
Charles Shaw
Middle Street
Shaw
Leavitt
Young Shaw
Hoover Charge Denied Sparks mixed grocer reaction
Food administrator Hoover said potato and bean prices are too high drawing backing from Boston grocers while grocers accused him of accusing retailers of gouging. Meat flour and sugar prospects look dim with experts noting meat prices await supplies, flour pinned at twelve dollars per barrel, and sugar potential after new crops harvest.
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Hoover
Boston
Retailers’ tale and Boston market notes clash
President Walter K. Hutchinson voices the retailers’ view noting some are profitable, many just survive, and a few fail while the Boston produce market reports farmers are holding up po.
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Walter K. Hutchinson
Massachusetts Retail Grocers’ Association
Pew
Boston Produce Market
Fitzsimmons in same critical condition at hospital
Chicago Oct 19 Robert Fitzsimmons former heavyweight champion remains in danger from lobar pneumonia after days in hospital. Mrs Fitzsimmons, exhausted by constant vigil, was ordered to bed but later returned to the bedside as he stayed in critical condition.
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Chicago
Robert Fitzsimmons
Country Crisis Warning Risks Total Money Loss
A stark warning claims that if the nation fails the entire economy could collapse and citizens would lose all value in their money. It emphasizes broad financial ruin and personal stakes for residents.
Rutland Bay Radio Operator Among Missing in Antilles
Navy lists those certain to have died on the torpedoed transport Antilles. Names include H. F. Watson of Rutland Massachusetts radio electrician and C. L. Ausburn of New Orleans radio electrician along with several engineers and seamen from Water Valley Mississippi Mountain Grove Missouri.
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Rutland Bay
Antilles
Navy Department
H. F. Watson
Radio Electrician
Rutland
Mass
E. L. Kinzey
Water Valley
Miss
J. W. Hunt
Mountain Grove
C. L. Ausburn
New Orleans
Walker
O’rourke
Boyle
Rutland youth Watson lost on Antilles torpedoed voyage
Herbert F. Watson 23, a Worcester trained radio electrician, was lost when the army transport Antilles was torpedoed and sunk near the war zone. He had enlisted April 8 and had spent evenings studying for his chosen career in Worcester. He leaves his mother Mrs. Walter L. Seger and a brother Ernest J. Watson.
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East Rutland
Herbert F. Watson
Antilles
Transport Service
Worcester
Watson
Walter L. Seger
Ernest J. Watson
Rutland
Germany
Young Watson
Norwich
Conn
Airships Raid Eastern England Bombs Drop in Night
At midnight six or seven airships raided eastern and north eastern England dropping bombs at various points including London area. Official statement confirms the raid and timing.
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England
London
Anniversaries of Military Actions Across 1847 and 187?
I drove back Germans from Warsaw and American forces captured Guaymas in 1847. One year ago today a Lake Erie storm sank four steamers with over 70 lives lost. A Russian battleship Imperatriza Marin was reported blown up.
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Warsaw
Guaymas
Mexico
Lake Erie
Imperatriza Marin
Clearing Colder Forecast for Boston Area
A weather note shows rain Saturday morning then clearing, turn much colder with Sunday fair skies and fresh northwest winds across Boston and surrounds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
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Liberty Fund
Simmons’ Head Takes
Bride
Riga
Finland
South Shore
Arthur E. Dorr
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Ort Boston
Uptown
Washington St
Europe
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Maio
C. G. Maguire
Tor, Devonshire and Water Sts
Rutland Boy
U. S
Fitzsimmons
Thompson's Spa
Ati
Bordelaise
Mnother
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