War Prisoner Stats Show 5 037 Enemies in Custody
Washington data disclose 29 interned German enemies escaped from U S camps with 14 recaptured and 5 drowned during the war up to June 30. Of 5 037 enemy aliens held, 1 411 were prisoners of war including crews of German auxiliary war craft seized at outbreak. Fingerprint ID aids fraud checks and identification of lost Tuscania sailors. Remains of American soldiers who died in France stay buried there until war’s end under US French accords.
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Wilson Directs Country Affairs With Wireless Dispatches
Wireless messages directing official business reach the White House from President Wilson aboard the George Washington. Secretary Tumulty returns from New York to handle first instructions and expects to coordinate with the President as freely as in the White House. The dispatches thus far concern routine legislative matters with no major issues presented for presidential action.
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the Treasury
Want Cambridge To be Taken Over by State
Boston December 6 public trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway Company notified the secretary of state of their plan to petition for the Cambridge subway and its connections to be taken over by the commonwealth The trustees also seek relief from financial obligations and ask that communities served by the company assume all or part of rentals and taxes payable by the company for lines owned leased or operated by it
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
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Commonwealth
Coroner's Finding Soon In Stabbing Case
Hearings in the deaths of George Serafino and Michael Finbonitch were conducted by Coroner John J. Phelan. Serafino, stabbed Monday night, is nearing a coroner’s finding. Finbonitch, who died after falling from an ice cream truck Tuesday noon, had hearings continued to Monday as of now. The new director general of railroads appointment is likely delayed until the first of the year.
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Naval Radio
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Refuses to Play Pinochle Triggers Domestic Dispute Case
Helena May McDonald seeks divorce from William McDonald after a pinochle quarrel led to him striking her in the eye and leaving her senseless. She testified in Superior Court. McDonald’s silence and noncommunication followed the 1902 Canada marriage. Judge Haines reserved decision. Louise Merritt of Norwalk wins divorce from Stoward C. Merritt after he deserted her for widow Mrs. O’Hara. sheriff Vollmer testified serving papers found Merritt at her home with Miss O’Hara present.
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William’ Mc.Donal
Waterbury
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McDonald
300000 Cases of Influenza in Massachusetts
Boston reports three hundred thousand influenza and pneumonia cases in the state during the recent epidemic, with about thirteen thousand deaths. Dr. John Hitchcock of the health department estimates the figure from reliable data, noting daily reports average around six hundred new influenza cases.
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