Gun practice postponed after guard injuries
Adjutant General Pearson will order an investigation of recent accidents at rifle practice by Massachusetts National Guard units not on the border. Two men were seriously injured in the last week and the annual Coast Artillery rifle competition was halted pending the inquiry. Corporal Fallon may lose sight in his right eye from a cartridge burst and Private Thomas suffered a similar accident.
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Pearson
Massachusetts National Guard
Coast Artillery Corps
Thomas E. Fallon
Thomas
First Corps
Release of Mutiny Suspects Reaches Caracas Route
Senor Aranguren former temporary president of Zulia and several followers, arrested in May for mutiny against General Garcia, are released from Maracaibo prison and travel to Caracas via Willemstad Curacao en route to Venezuela.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Senor Aranguren
Zulia
Venezuela
Garcia
Maracaibo
Caracas
Plant Juice Promises Cure For Stomach Trouble
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a cure for indigestion and stomach distress based on a Boston woman's testimony. The Plant Juice Man staffs Houghton & Dutton Drug Department daily to explain the remedy and its alleged health benefits.
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Joseph Plaff
St. Germain Street
Boston
Houghton & Dutton
Record year on elevated lines for Boston Elevated
The Boston Elevated Railway reports 1915 16 year ended June 30 with 4.96 percent more revenue passengers than 1914 15. Dividends at 5 percent totaled 1 193 970 and surplus rose by 9 799 73. The report notes 363 477 041 revenue passengers and 58 572 808 miles of service across 523 miles of track including 487 surface and 36 rapid transit miles. President Matthew C Brush urges employees for efficiency and teamwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Matthew C. Brush
Brush
Aes
Mothers' Meeting Relocated for Health Concern in Worcester
Due to infantile paralysis in Holyoke, the annual State convention of the Massachusetts Branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers Association is moved to Worcester. The convention opens October 4 and runs through October 7.
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Holyoke
Massachusetts
National Congress of Mothers’ and
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Worcester
Britain builds eighteen inch guns for battleships
Washington reports unofficial advices say Great Britain is constructing battleships with eighteen inch guns three inches larger than any current afloat and two inches larger than planned for new American battleships and battle cruisers, according to naval officials.
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Washington
Great Britain
Armaments emphasis on 16 inch naval guns for battleships
Officials say the prime purpose of the large weapons is against land fortifications while 16 inch guns slated for four battleships will have sufficient range to engage visible targets at sea. They doubt larger, unwieldy guns are practical for open sea targets though they excel against fixed fortifications. Fourteen and sixteen inch guns can be more numerous and fired rapidly.
Finnerty Not Guilty in Eddie Mack Shooting Case
Suffolk county jury acquits John Finnerty of the charge he fired the shots that wounded Eddie Mack at Braves Field last June. Finnerty testified he was not at the ball game and did not know Mack, admitting poor eyesight and a past confrontation on the Common.
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John Finnerty
Suffolk County
Edward McManus
Eddie Mack
Braves Field
Finnerty
Mack
Reichstag Convenes as Bethmann-Hollweg Speaks
Berlin reports the Reichstag reassembling today with Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg opening his speech. He outlines the sequence of events leading to Italy and Romania declaring war.
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Berlin
Reichstag
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Italy Declares War Pressure Forces Italian Surrender
The speaker recalls the German ambassador leaving Rome after Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary and Germany’s pledge to fight alongside Austro Hungarians on the Italian frontier. He says British coercion and English coal and money drove Italy into Sarrail’s expedition, ending with clash between Italian and German troops in Macedonia.
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Rome
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Germany
England
Balkans
Balkan
Sarrail
Saloniki
Macedonia
Abrahams Enters Boston School Committee Race
Henry Abrahams of Cigarmakers Union 97 will run for the Boston school committee as labor’s candidate. A 380‑member Boston Central Labor Union committee directs the campaign led by P. Harry Jennings. Subcommittees plan union meetings across Greater Boston starting Monday with rallies and labor speakers.
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Henry Abrahams
Cigarmakers' Union 97
School Committee of
Boston
Boston Central Labor Union
P. Harry Jennings
Abrahams
Wells Memorial Building
Greater
Boston's Opportunity at Pilgrim Tercentenary Exposition
John H. Fahey urged Boston to host an industrial exposition linking international business relations with the Pilgrim tercentenary in 1920 during the Pilgrim Publicity Association dinner at the Harvard Club. Edward James Cattell of Philadelphia predicted postwar prosperity for America if businessmen stay bold, large, and hopeful.
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Boston
John H. Fahey
United States Chamber of Commerce
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Harvard Club
Edward James Cattell
Philadelphia
Cattell
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