England Indorses U. S. Note in Neutral Ally Unity
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, endorses President Wilson's note to Pope Benedict and questions need for further Allied reply. He calls the note magnificent and says it aligns with Allied economic policy from Paris. He warns that prolonged war risks global arming against the Central Powers.
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London
Robert Cecil
Wilson
Pope Benedict
Associated Press
United States
Germany
Pope Will Still Work for Peace
The Pope said he would continue efforts for peace despite the Vatican’s proposals being rejected by the President. He noted the lofty sentiments and humane spirit in the rejection but expressed disappointment that his efforts have not yet stopped the war.
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Vatican
Pope Considers Peace Notes as Cerretti Reports
Monsignor Cerretti translated the document this afternoon and the Pope will review it at leisure. He may answer immediately on some points or wait for all powers to reply before a general reply. The Pope is assembling extensive documentary testimony to support his key points agreed by belligerents. Wilson’s note stresses German rulers’ honor and signatures, guiding the Pontiff’s aim. He plans to continue peace discussions for months, seeking a preliminary ground for discussion among nations.
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Monsignor Cerretti
Wilson
Cambridge Men Receive War Crosses for Bravery
Paris reports William H. Wallace of New York a Columbia graduate and Robert Scannell of Cambridge Mass a Princeton student and American Field Ambulance members earned war crosses for bravery after removing wounded soldiers under heavy fire. This is Wallace's second citation.
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Paris
William H. Wallace
New York
Columbia
Robert Scannell
Cambridge
Mass
Princeton
American Field Ambulance Service
Walace
Plattsburg Officers Joined Edwards Division Overseas
War Department orders yesterday assign 179 Plattsburg reserve officers to General Edwards' overseas division of former New England National Guardsmen. Most are second lieutenants with a few captains and a first lieutenant. The batch marks the administration's push to ready the Yankee division for combat, while other units begin packing for mobilization or training camps.
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War Department
Plattsburg
General Edwards
New England National
26Th Division
Ayer
76Th Division
1101St Infantry
Logan
103D Infantry
Hume
104Th Infantry
Hayes
Edwards
New England
One
George F. Davis
Harold K. Davison
Ray E. Decker
Walter W. Demelman
Robert M. Driver
Wallace E. Coughlin
Edgar E. Erickson
Neal H. Fisher
William Co. Harbane
Erle R. Holmes
Malcolm L. King
Alberts. Lane
Robert I. Maloon
Dwight V. Baldwin
Roger W. Bennett
Robert N. Lovett
George W Foster
Walter L. Francis
George I. Goodrich
Ernest K. Hammond
Robert P. Holmes
Ralph Gohn
John W. Cousius
James A. Evans
Edward W. Guile
Lynn H. Harriman
Norman P. Johnson
William L. Cobb
Ralph W. Lame
Frederick W. Linton
Lee Adams
Charles T. Barnard
Arnold Brewer
J. Grandgent
Alfred J. LI. Ware
One Hundred and Second Infantry
Horace ©. Bright
Frank T. Ssobst
Martin A. Chambers
Ralph L. Dame
Alfred J. Geoffrion
Orlando G. Hills, Jr
Nolan Kroll
Joseph R. Brown
Walter FE. Boyd
Gregory L. Connolly
Frank W. Davis
Ralph W. Howzard
Paul H. Hines
John 38. Bruse
Peter L. Cannon
Georgel. Craig
John A. Flemming
Royal G. Higgins, Jr
Edward A. Johnson
Arthur E
Herbert G. Bissell
N. A
William Boynton
John T. J. Clunk
Carl M. Blish
Edwin
Call
Sidney A. Cook
Harold I. Hacie
Huntington W. Frothingham
Joseph A. Clover
Mahlon T. Hill
Charles J. Kalpatrick
Floyd H. Blackman
Bernard S. Carter
Herbert
Coar
Charles H. Evans
D. S. Dinsmore
Henry H. Fay
C. Balch
R. A. Clapp
Sjr
Bisphane H. Emerson
Robert Baldwin
Mario M. de Vitalis
Leroy G. Erskins
102A Artillery
Dwight Foster
Perrin C. Galpin
Prentiss French
Floyd H. Alport
Rufus
Thompson Dean
Lawrence Brown
Rayman M. Atherton
Harry R. Burdick
Harris J. Brearley
Clifford S. F. Burns
Norman D. Baker
Roland T. Fenton
Charles W. W. Field
Martin J. Flood
Jerome A. O. Franks
Edward H. Gardner
Martin H. Gleason
Earl F. Grimwood
Sumner S. Gordon
Lieut Charles Winston Arrives Safely in France
The Winston family of East Boston received word that Lieutenant Charles Winston has arrived safely in France. The message added a request for cigarettes and noted he previously served with the Post Stall.
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Winston
France
Charles Winston
East Boston
Control of New England coal fleet urged by council
The New England coal committee of the Council of National Defense, chaired by James J. Storrow, advocates consolidating control and operation of all tugs and barges in the New England coal service.
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New England Coal Service
New England Coal Committee
Council of National Defence
James J. Storrow
Federal Board hears plan to boost tug coal trade capacity
Announcement to the Federal Shipping Board outlines a program to raise coast wise tug capacity for coal transport. A chief director would oversee tugs and barges, enabling longer voyages and reduced mid voyage tow breaks toward New England. Unit control could reroute ships to avoid Cape Cod shoals and Vineyard Haven delays.
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Coal Committee
New England
Vineyard Haven
Shoals
Cape Cod
Boston
Cape Cod Canal
Five Lowell men arrested for street robbery of Boston resident
Five men, three from Boston, were arrested in Lowell on charges of robbing Harry Kittredge as he Dexter entered his home at 61 Gates street. The raiders took $250, later recovered, and the suspects gave addresses on Hale street Lowell Sheldon street Lowell Boston South Boston and Boston.
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Lowell
Boston
Harry Kittredge
Gates Street
Max Greenberg
Hale Street
Sidney Bernstein
Sheldon Street
Joseph J. Carlson
Edward Wallace
South Boston
Peter Schwartz
Milk Price Cut by Brockton Dairy to Two Cents
In Brockton on August 31 the Producers' Dairy Milk Company announced an immediate drop from 14 to 12 cents a quart. The move is seen as a win for housewives after city officials launched a milk price inquiry. The firm notes they may have erred in the previous 14 cent rise.
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Brockton
Dairy Milk Company Today
Girl Runs Away With Fund and Daughter Vanishes
A Chelsea family begs for the return of 1 year old Jen and $150 saved by Valery Soroka for his daughter's college dreams. Police probe Chelsea and Boston into the missing money and girl who packed two bags and left while her mother shopped.
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Poplar Street
Chelsea
Valery Soroka
Jen
Soroka
Boston
Jennie
Burglars in Cambridge Loot Six Apartments
Burglars visited six Cambridge apartments yesterday taking a Shakespeare set a suitcase silverware and jewelry. The theft suggests a coordinated raid with multiple targets in the neighborhood. Police ask residents to report any information or suspicious activity.
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Cambridge
Charlestown Opens Public Market With Bargain Prices
Crowds gathered in Monument Square for Charlestown’s public market opening with seven tons of produce sold. Deputy superintendent Peter Connolly directed sales as cucumbers six for five cents and corn ten cents a dozen led a list of low prices from regional trucks. Another market is planned for next Friday.
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Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Monument Square
Peter Connolly
Tewksbury
Lowell
Arlington
West Concord
Concord Junction
St Ambrose Parish Day At Fields Corner Draws Praise
St Ambrose parish Fields' Corner held a field day and garden party Saturday last. Committees thank district business people for donations and attendance. The Catholic Benevolent Association table netted nearly $250 for the building fund.
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St. Ambrose Parish
Fields’ Corner
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association
Arrested at pistol point in Cambridge car theft chase
Leo N. Ronca of 8 Oak Circle Cambridge was captured at pistol point after a chase from Boylston street to Charlesgate West. He is charged with larceny of Edwin J. Ginsberg’s car from 595 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, seized as the owner appeared. Patrolman Daniel L. Conlon stopped the thief after leaping onto the running board.
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Leo N. Ronca
Oak Circle
Cambridge
Boylston Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Charlesgate West
Ronca
Edwin J. Ginsberg
Ginzberg
Daniel L. Conlon
Back Bay
Conlon
Gerard charges rebutted by German chancellor
Berlin via London August 31 Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg said he believed James W. Gerard, former U S ambassador to Germany, used his imagination in recounting a January conversation about Germanys war aims. He read Gerard's London newspaper account and found it somewhat fanciful.
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Berlin
London
von Bethmann-Hollweg
James W. Gerard
Germany
Gerard
Von Bethmann Hollweg rebuts Gerard on war aims and Belgium
The former chancellor rejects Gerard's attribution of Germany's aims in Belgium and the Baltics. He says he never spoke of seizure of Liege Namur or Belgian ports and railways and that Gerard misrepresented his remarks. He accuses diplomats of fabricating quotes for journalism and warns such memory can be faulty.
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
Associated Press Today
Gerard
Germany
Belgium
Mr. Gerard
Russia
United States
Romania
Serbia
Lafayette Service in the Cathedral Lafayette
Tomorrow evening at 7 30 in St Pauls Cathedral a special Lafayette memorial service will be held. French consul J C Flammand will attend and his flag will be displayed in the chancel. Rev Jh T Sullivan will speak on What America Owes to France and a Lafayette portrait will be in the printed order.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
Lafayette
Boston
J. Cc. Flammand
Jh. T. Sullivan
America
France
Doctor Gives Up Federal Post for City Position
Mayor Curley announced Dr. M Victor Safford will become Boston health department epidemiologist at 22000 yearly, leaving his head of the medical division role at the federal focus inspectors bureau to settle permanently in Boston.
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M. Victor Safford
Health Department
Curley
Safford
Foci Inateors Bureau
Boston
Great U S Army Field Headquarters in France Revealed
An AP report from August 30 describes American lines of communication from sea to field HQ in France. It highlights immense plans to support a large U S army and the reliance on French cooperation and capacity to aid the effort.
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France
Associated Press
United States
American Aviators In France Study French Flight Schools
American army and navy pilots in France study at French schools using French aircraft. Many will join the French flying service or be transferred to the American army, bringing trained experience. Casualties have occurred, but pilots who survive early combat gain prestige and morale. French support includes large quartermaster stores, field buildings, and trained staff. Medical reserve bases and well supplied convalescent care exist. A field bakery provides white bread from American flour for U S troops while French prefer brown loaf.
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Navy
France
Longtime SPCA activist Thomas Langlan dies at Roxbury home
Thomas Langlan, a 45 year veteran worker for the Society for the Prevention of Clarity to Ant mals, died yesterday at his home on Westerly Street in Roxbury. The funeral is set for tomorrow.
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Thomas Langlan
Society For the Prevention of
Westerly Street
Roxbury
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