British Subjects Draft Cards Placed Aside By Order
Cards of all British subjects registering today are to be set aside by Provost Marshal General Crowder until Oct. 12 the final date to enlist in British or Canadian forces Access to these cards will be given to the recruiting mission at 44 Bromfield Street Efforts will be made to persuade those without a U S preference to join British or Canadian services.
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Crowder
Bromfield Street
United States
British and Canadian recruiting mission in Massachusetts
Officials of the British and Canadian recruiting mission move through Massachusetts cities to reach British subjects seeking information. Provost Marshal General Crowder and Brigadier General White coordinate with draft boards to urge voluntary enlistment. Cards detailing rights and enlistment dates will be distributed to registrants today under a U S Great Britain and Canada treaty.
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Massachusetts
Provost Marchal
Crowder
White
United States
Draft Board
Great Britain
Canada
Diplomat Promoted at British Embassy in Washington
Colville Jay, long time first counsellor and acting head in Lord Reading's absence, is promoted to minister Plenipotentiary. He stays at the embassy, bringing three ministers alongside Ambassador Sir Richard Crawford and Sir Henry Babington Smith.
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Washington
Colville Jay
Lord Reading
Richard Crawford
Henry Babbington Smith
Bank petition opposed for Textile Trust Company in New Bedford
Mayor Charles S Ash ley and others faced strong opposition at a Board of Bank Incorporation hearing at the State House. The petition for authority to establish the Textile Trust Company in New Bedford was taken under advisement.
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Charles S. Ashley
New Bedford
Textile Trust Company
Board of Bank Incorporation
State House
Bolshevik Regime One of Terror
Stockholm dispatch from September details July and August horror as Bolsheviks attempted to shoot or imprison opponents in Petrograd and Moscow. The report notes September may bring greater strife as opposition parties gain strength amid chaos in crumbling European Russia.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Russia in Turmoil Under Bolshevik Rule and Executions
The article details widespread Bolshevik repression in Russia, describe executions by commissions, mass roundups by the Red Guards, and prophecies of continued civil conflict. It cites Leon Trotzky’s hard stance, Kerensky’s fate, and reports on Yaroslav and Vologda being burned for resisting Bolshevik control.
Bolshevik Brutality and Russian Turmoil Reported
The dispatch describes foreign relations with Soviet power and reports two assassination attempts on German ambassador Helfferich in Moscow. It details brutal street fighting, arrests of anti Bolsheviks, persecution of civilians, and a raging class war urged by Bolshevik press. Rioting against Jews is feared as interregnum looms. The Czecho Slovak movement near the Volga gains support for a constituent assembly amid reconstruction battles.
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Marie Spiridonova
Moscow
Karl Helfferich
Berlin
Helfferich
Russia
Count von Mirbach
Volga
Bolsheviks
Moses Uritzky
Petrograd
Deerzhinsky
Siberia
Prince Frederick Charles Open to Finnish Crown
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse has declared willingness to receive the crown of Finland with guard. He has conferred with political leaders in several cities as the Landtag is summoned to meet on September 26 for the election of a king. He is married to Emperor William's youngest sister.
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London
Frederick Charles of Hesse
Finland
Politi
Landtag
Frederick Charles
Emperor William
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Leon Trotzky
Kerensky
Soviet
Lenine
Trotzky
Sverdloff
Central Executive Committee
Yaroslav
Vologda
Red Guards
Boston
Boylston
Washington Street
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Franklin
Washington St
Continental
Charles OF Hesse
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