Belfast Man Has Five Sons In Service
Belfast couple Mr. and Mrs. Michael Collins report five of their sons are serving in the armed forces with two more possibly called. Alphonzo left for Camp Devens, Elmer for Camp Upton, Henry overseas with the 51st Regiment Battery G C A C, Herbert overseas, Ralph at Camp Devens. John and Charles remain in Belfast. The family also has several daughters and celebrates the wartime service record.
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Michael Collins
Belfast
Aze
Alphonzo
Camp Devens
Elmer
Camp Upton
Henry
51St Regiment
Charles
Collins
War Camp at Boston College Named Under Colonel Parke
Colonel J. B. Parke of the U S A. has been placed in charge of military affairs at Boston College. Plans convert University Heights into a full war training camp for 1500 Student Officers' Training Corps cadets. St Marys Hall becomes a dormitory and recitation hall expansion accompanies record college registration as thousands more are expected to enroll. Parke is a West Point graduate with service in the Indian uprisings Spanish-American War and other early 20th century conflicts including a Balkan assignment.
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J. 8. Parke
War Department
Boston College
University Heights
St. Mary’s Hall
Colonel Parke
Brussels
Belgium
Baseball Stars Attend Theatre With Red Sox and Cubs
World series players relax like others as the Red Sox and Cubs visit Morris Gest tonight. They will sit in boxes at the Majestic Theatre to see Experi ence with club colors decorating the boxes, the Red Sox on one side and the Cubs on the other.
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Red Sox
Cubs
Morris Gest
Majestic Theatre
Turkish Grand Vizier Bets Peace Before Winter
Talaat Pasha, the Turkish grand vizier, told the Vienna Neuf Presse he believed peace would come before winter. He argued the war had exhausted itself and would be useless to continue. He said all enemies including America would soon recognize the futility of hostilities.
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Amsterdam
Talaat Pasha
Vienna
May Call Wife to Be Pastor
Mrs. Frederick Keyon Brown, an ordained minister, may succeed her husband as pastor of the Bethany Congregational Church in Worcester during his war service.
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Frederick Keyon Brown
Bethany Congregational Church
Worcester
Mrs Freder ick Keyon Brown as Bethany Church successor
Worcester report notes Mrs. Freder ick Keyon Brown, an ordained minister and Mt Holyoke graduate, is being favorably considered to succeed her husband Rev F K Brown at Bethany Congregational Church. He resigned to join War Camp Community Service and preached farewell last Sunday. She filled the pulpit for four Sundays in August. the Browns have five children.
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Worcester
Frederick Keyon Brown
F. K. Brown
Bethany Congregational Church
Brown
Bethany
District of Columbia in London mirrors American scene
London dispatch notes strong American presence with clubs and Mrs Walker at the linotype plant feeding soldiers. It details Ambassador Page's popularity, Lodge and Gompers visits, Irish figure Nunan, Roosevelt and home rule, and railroads salaries under government control amid war mobilization.
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London
District of Columbia
America
Lodge
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
J. Hamilton Lewis
Ambassador Page
Hughes
Page
Mrs Skeels to Face Arraignment in Murder Case
Mrs. Bessie May Skeels charged with the murder of Mrs. Gay will be arraigned in the District Court tomorrow in Lawrence.
Government order cuts and wage rises in WWI railroad report
The McAdoo report to President Wilson on seven months of railroad government operations shows salaries for railroad executives remain high while other officials see cuts. coal tonnage up 22 million year over year prompts a 2.5 percent rate hike. The document notes gains in traffic flow, equipment use, and on time trains, with caveats about motive power and skilled labor.
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McAdoo
Railroad Administration
Washington
Wilson
Mother kills eight year old daughter in Detroit hotel
Mrs Claire Madeleine Neinstedt of Brooklyn said to be the daughter of Lt William Manning U S N shot and killed her 8 year old daughter Wilma at a downtown hotel. Two older children were drugged but not fatally. Neinstedt recently divorced from Bernhardt Neinstedt. Police believe jealousy over a Detroit man's marriage to a Chicago woman sparked the shooting.
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Claire Madeleine Neinstedt
Brooklyn
N. Y
William Manning
Wilma
Neinstedt
Bernhardt Neinstedt
Chicago
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