Colonel Roosevelt First Civilian in Liberty Engine Flight
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt became the first civilian to fly in a Liberty motor airplane at Hempstead field. Piloted by army instructor H J Blakely, the flight reached 5000 feet after a half hour and included passes over Camp Mills and Garden City. Roosevelt insisted on joining the test flight and praised Blakely after landing.
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Mineola
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hempstead
H. J. Blakely
Blakely
Roosevelt
Archibald Hoxsey
St. Louis
Camp Mills
Rainbow
Garden City
Army
Navy
Central powers to reply to Pope Benedict proposal next week
Advices from Vienna quoted Politische Rundschau saying the central powers will present their reply to Pope Benedict's peace proposal next week. Germany and Austria reportedly agree on the date of the note and its contents.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Politische Rundschau
Benedict
Germany
Austria
The German Reply to the Pope’s Note
The report says the reply will be friendly and conciliatory and thank the Pope. It will stress willingness to seek lasting peace and protect all states and peoples. Details of proposals will be given, with Belgium terms clarified but not expanding beyond prior limits.
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Berliner Tageblatt
Germany
Belgium
Graduation Exercises for 24 Cadets Aboard Ranger
Graduation exercises were held aboard the Ranger, the Massachusetts nautical schoolship, as she rested at anchor in the harbor. About 100 parents and friends attended to witness the completion of navigation and marine engineering two year courses.
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Massachusetts Nautical
Ranger
Platform Statement by Cushing for Governor
Grafton D. Cushing, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, issued a statement last night defining as a campaign issue the rehabilitation of the New England transportation systems. The remark frames transit restoration as a central plank of his platform.
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Grafton D. Cushing
New England
Cushing and McCall intransportation debate signals term prospects
The exchange centers on a one term pledge versus a longer tenure with a record of efficiency. Cushing argues the New England transport system is the crisis, needing intelligent regulation and strong public commissions to restore essential facilities, fair wages, and capital return.
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Coolidge
McCall
Cushing
New England
Daniel H O Connell Dies in Dorchester
Daniel H O Connell of Mather Street Dorchester after a lingering illness. He was a son of the late Timothy O Connell of Somerville and leaves a wife and six children. Survived by a brother Dennis of Worcester and four sisters Mrs Hannah Cotter Arlington Mrs Mary McAuley Dorchester Mrs Ellen Coughlin Revere and Mrs Katherine Baker Dorchester. He directed much of the Washington Street subway construction as foreman and superintendent for several contractors. He had lived in Dorchester for many years.
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Daniel H. O'Connell
Mather Street
Dorchester
O'Connell
Timothy O'Connell
Somerville
Dennis
Worcester
Hannah Cotter
Arlington
Mary McAuley
Ellen Coughlin
Revere
Katherine Baker
Washington Street
Army to move 40 percent of Boston draft to Ayer camp
Army authorities have decided that 40 percent of Boston's draft quota will depart for Ayer Cantonment on Sunday September 23 at 3 p m. Colonel Thomas Barrell announced the mobilization plan to local boards yesterday.
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Boston
Ayer
Thomas Barrell
Draft Exemption Issues and Sept 19 Ayer Departure
The article covers the New England Association of Railroads routing 440 drafted men from multiple districts to Framingham for the Fifth Regiment, with aliens and local boards facing difficulties. It notes examinations at Division 4, calls for 600 more, and Governor McCall urging Secretary Baker to delay departures until after the September 26 primary voting deadline.
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Ayer
New England Association of Railroads
Newton
Brookline
Revere
Winthrop
Belmont
Lexington
Watertown
Framingham
McCall
Baker
Washington
Commonwealth
Bakers Delegates View Boston Sightseeing Route
Delegates to the 16th annual convention of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union of America toured the Paul Revere route by auto after a morning session. They were hosted by the Massachusetts State Branch and then by local unions 45, 7 and 125 at Wells Memorial Hall. Robert C. Schneider of Salem and Jacob Goldstein of New York gave addresses during a smoke talk and buffet lunch.
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Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ International Union of America
Paul Revere
Massachusetts
Bakers
Wells Memorial Hall
Washington Street
Joint Board of Local Unions
Robert C. Schneider
Salem
the International
Jacob Goldstein
New York
Joint action in war laws proposed by allied parliaments
Henry Franklyn Bouillon, vice-president of the Paris Chamber of Deputies, asks the US House to appoint a 25 Senator and 18 Representative interparliamentary delegation to meet quarterly with Britain France Italy and Russia. The body would act in an advisory capacity only.
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Washington
United States
France
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
House
Henry Franklyn Bouillon
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
M. Bouillon
English Lord Chief Justice Viscount Reading Meets McAdoo
Viscount Reading, lord chief justice of England, met Secretary McAdoo in Washington on a special mission and discussed international finance for an hour. Further talks were planned for the near future.
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Washington
Viscount Reading
England
McAdoo
Daughter born to Prince Adalbert in Kiel
Amsterdam Sept 13 A daughter has been born to Prince Adalbert the German Emperor's third son and Princess Adelaide at Kiel signaling a dynastic addition.
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Wilhelm
Amsterdam
Prince Adalbert
Adelaide
Kiel
Dorchester Man Identified by Daughter at City Hospital
Mrs. Henry Marsh of 11 Mynott Place Dorchester identified the body of her father Patrick McDonald at City Hospital He had been missing from home and died after being taken ill opposite 417 Cardman Street Dorchester He was 70 years old.
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Henry Marsh
Mynott Place
Dorchester
Patrick McDonald
City Hospital
Cardman Street
McDonald
Nearing denounces raid on his Toledo home
Professor Scott Nearing, whose home was raided by federal agents seizing papers, issued a statement in New York defending his war writings as open to inspection. He criticized the government for invading a private residence as evidence of nervous governmental reaction.
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New York
Scott Nearing
Toledo
Professor Nearing urges careful handling of papers
Professor Nearing said he wrote the Department of Justice asking that his papers be disarranged as little as possible to protect years of data on economic and sociological problems and keep it in useful shape.
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Nearing
Department of Justice
Crucible Steel counter-claims $813000 in rifle contract suit
In Jersey City on September 13, Crucible Steel Company of America answered a $120,000 suit by New England Westinghouse Company over 1,000,000 rifles for the Russian government. The firm asserted a counter-claim for $813,000.
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Jersey City
N. J
New England Westinghouse Company
Springfield
Mass
Crucible Steel Company of America
Park Superintendents Close Big Convention
The American Association of Park Superintendents closed its convention in St. Louis after selecting Hartford Connecticut as the next meeting site J F Foster of Chicago was elected president.
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ST. Louis
American Association of Park Superintendents
Hartford
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