U S Mission May Leave Conference At Paris
Paris April 8 The International News Service reports the United States position at the peace conference is peaceful and nonbluff. President Wilson, nearly recovered from a cold, orders the liner George Washington to Brest amid European press attacks. US delegates may press for a principled peac e with no expediency, with a possible public statement in days.
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Big Four
George Washington
Brest
John Edwin Nevin
Pyright
International News Service
Paris
America
Wilson
United States
Tamable
Europe
Associated Nations
Associated Powers
United States Commission
Father Shot by Daughter in Newton Houseyard
In Newton Upper Falls Massachusetts Thomas O'Shaughnessy, 75, known as Grandfather by local children, was shot and killed by his daughter Norah, 37, near his yard outside the house. The elder was long time caretaker of Echobridge, a town institution built in 1876, with a famed role in the community. Norah, described as a young woman athlete, is in custody as the investigation unfolds.
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Mass
Thomasughnessy
Newton Upper
Norah
O’shaughnessy
Echobridge
May Attempt Atlantic Flight Next Week Proclaimed
A reported plan states the pro nlic flight with a Sop lane may be attempted the die TM of next week. The machine is being assembled here and will be equipped with additional features to support the flight.
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Atlantic
John’s. Mnf
Woolworth dies at 66 after long illness in Glen Cove
Frank Winfield Woolworth founder of the largest five and ten cent store chain dies at his Glen Cove country home. Born in Rodman New York he rose from an office boy to national prominence amassing a vast fortune. He was in his sixty seventh year and died after months of illness with his daughters and son-in-law at his side. Mrs Woolworth ill in New York residence.
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Glen Cove
L. I
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Mar
Mr. Woolworth
Rodman
N. Y
John H
Fannie McBriar Woolworth
Elore
Utica N. Y
Helena McCann
Jessie Donohue
James Donohue
Scranton
Woolworth
New York
Fifth Avenue
Americans Are Aliens at Camp Mills After War Department Rift
Twenty seven hundred Americans who fought with the British army were declared aliens after an eight hour dispute between the war department and immigration authorities and transported to Camp Mills. They arrived aboard the Mauretania yesterday. Among them is Sergeant John Hudson Merrill of Boston, Harvard graduate, who left a $10,000 salary to fight and whose wife is related to Susan B. Anthony. He had been rejected for American service due to age but returned as an orderly to Major H. A. A. Burns of Australia.
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New York
War Department
Camp Mills
England
Mauretania
John Hudson Merrill
Boston
Harvard
Susan B. Anthony
H. A. A. Burns
Australia
Bigamist Soldier Discharged by War Department
President Wilson remitted one year and a day of hard labor for First Lieutenant Floyd Carpenter of the 157th depot brigade after a court martial found him guilty of bigamy. He deserted his wife Mae Schlir Carpenter in San Francisco in 1913, then married Mattie Minix in 1915 and Grace Churchillford in 1918, claiming divorce.
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Washington
Floyd Carpenter
157Th Depot Brigade
War Department
Wilson
Carpenter
Mae Schlir Carpenter
San Fransieso
Mattie Minix
Lexington
Kan
Grace Churchelford
Campton
Great Naval Parade to Welcome Home Warships
New York announces a grand naval parade to honor American warships from European waters. The event, likely reviewed by President Wilson and Cabinet members, will occur after the fleet’s arrival next week and a two week stay for readiness, with the parade held at a later date.
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New York
Wilson
Roosevelt
Sims
Jail Committee Recommendations for New Haven County
Hartford April 8 special committee studying a county jail farm reported to the county legislature. They also reviewed the New Haven jail and endorsed several measures: no jail farm or land purchase, women prisoners to work at least 40 hours weekly, prisoners to perform county or town repair work, and the Metropolitan Chair Company contract not to be renewed.
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Hartford
New Haven
Metropolitan Chair Company
Senate broadens probe into Trolley bribe affair
Albany April 8 the state senate unanimously empowers its judiciary committee to conduct a full investigation of illegal or improper conduct related to a 500000 bribe fund used by traction interests for the Carson Martin six cent fare bill. The panel's powers cover any lobby on any legislation before the body this year or in prior years.
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Albany
N. Y
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Power Employees Threaten Montreal Strike
Montreal workers of the Montreal Light, Heat and Power Co threaten to paralyze street car service and plunge the city into darkness by going on strike. The action is planned to disrupt power and light services in Montreal.
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Montreal
Que
Montreal Light, Heat and Power C c
George Washington Leaves April 11 in Brest Voyage
The transport George Washington, ordered by President Wilson to sail for Brest, will depart April 11, advancing from April 14. Navy officials, including Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, say the move follows a message from Admiral Benson. Possible Brest hold until the president returns in Paris context.
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Washin
George Washington
Wilson
Brest
Navy Department
Navy
Roosevelt
William S. Benson
Naval Operations
France
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Admiral Benson
State Department
White House
Paris
International
If Germany Had Won Gustav Landauer Reveals Peace Memo
Copenhagen reports Gustav Landauer, Munich soviet figure, says Kurt Eisner claimed a September 1914 memorandum from Mathias Erzberger outlining German peace terms. It demanded annexations of Belgium and Normandy, British Isles, Russian frontier states, a colonial empire, and a war indemnity. Falkenhayn Moltke and Tirpitz allegedly supported the plan.
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Gustav Landauer
Copenhagen
Munich
Soviet
Kurt Eisner
Bavaria
Mathias Elzbereer
Germany
Belgium
Normandy
Norman Isles
Falkenhayn
von Moltke
Admiral von Tirpitz
Landauer
Amendment to Allow Beer and Light Wines Defeated
Detroit reports incomplete returns as yesterday's vote fails to pass the beer and wine amendment in Michigan by about 100000. Wayne county swings wet by 30000 in favor, while the Detroit United Street Railway purchase measure loses by roughly 15000. The entire Republican state ticket is elected.
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Detroit
Michigan
Wayne County
Detroit United Street Railway
Daniels to be Guest of England on Navy Inspect Tour
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels will be the guest of Britain during his inspection tour in London April 8. The U S embassy announced several exhibitions planned for his benefit. Former Attorney General Gregory will depart for Paris Sunday and is expected to sail home next week. he traveled to Europe with President Wilson.
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Daniels
England
London
Josephus Daniels
United States
Gregory
Paris
Europe
Wilson
Arrest of Ebert Officials Stuns Magdeburg
Copenhagen April 8 reports Dr Otto Landsberg minister of justice in the Ebert government and General von Kleist of the fourth army were arrested by troops in Magdeburg Prussian-Saxony on a conciliating trip. They are held as hostages as Magdeburg becomes a German storm center.
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Ebert
Copenhagen
Otto Landsberg
Germany
General von Kleist
Fourth Army
Magdeburg
Prussian- Saxony
English Restaurant Etiquette Quip From Vice Admiral Sims
Vice Admiral Sims, back from Europe, offers a sharp contrast between English and American dining manners. He notes an Englishman enters a restaurant as if he owns it while an American enters as if he doesn’t care who owns it.
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New York
Sims
Europe
Bavarian Government Moves Troops to Bromberg
Amsterdam reports the socialist Bavarian government now in Bromberg concentrates loyal troops to defend against Soviet forces. Advises from the government indicate hopes to curb Soviet authority in the area.
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Amsterdam
Bavaria
Munich
Bromberg
Yankee division returns to Camp Devens amid cheers and homecoming
The 5824 soldiers of the Yankee division arrive at Camp Devens Massachusetts after trains from Boston pass cheering crowds. Connecticut servicemen, factory whistles, cookies and flags accompany the procession as troops detrain and families converge at the cantonment. General Hale promises public review on April 21 and warns punishment for AWOLs while morale is sustained.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Boston
Commonwealth Pier
Dorchester
Morale to be kept high for 26th Division at Camp Devens
Camp Devens Massachusetts April 8 Major General Hale warned that high morale must be maintained and men who go out of camp without leave will be punished. He said desertions could not continue and urged the 26th division to leave with an unimpeachable record and to go out clean to the last man.
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Devens
Mass
Hale
Boston Only Parade For 26th Camp Devens
War department informed Major General Hale that the 26th division may parade only in Boston. A Lowell delegation asked about a Lowell parade. Hale said nearby towns may host at home but all men must be at camp by April 20. The 26th will be reviewed at Camp Devens April 21 or 22 with public visiting.
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Boston
Camp Devens
Mass
War Department Today
Harry C. Hale
Hale
Lowell
New England
Army
Navy
Generals Hale and Cole receive wartime orders
Boston April 8 two orders from Adjutant General Harris assign Major General Hale to command Camp Dix after demobilizing the Yankee division at Camp Devens and discharge Brig. Gen. Cole after duty with the Yankee divisional parade. The piece highlights decorations won by several New Haven and Waterbury soldiers and a daring raiding party rescue at Marcheville.
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Hale
Cole
Boston
Harry C. Hale
Charles H. Cole
62Nd
Army
Harris
Washington
Camp Devens
Camp Dix
N. J
Scott
102Nd Infantry
Charles William Comfort
New Haven
Conn
Comfort
Merase
Eant Frank
Kelley
Thomas Free
Winter wheat crop hits record high on favorable winter
Washington reports April 1 condition of winter wheat at 99.8 percent, the highest on record, on the nation’s largest planted acreage. Improved winter weather reduced winter kill, with April 1 prospects at 837,000,000 bushels, nearly double the prewar five year average and about 50 percent above wartime output. Yield per acre nears peak with 18.5 bushels in 1914 under similar conditions.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Yale War Mascot Stubby Returns Home From Front
Camp Devens Mass April 8 Stubby the Yale bulldog mascot of Company K 102nd infantry returns from World War I. He wore a mask and saw action at Seicheprey wounded there. Private Joseph Henebrey Waterbury Conn says farewell to his French wife abroad, awaiting her later arrival.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Yale
Seicheprey
102Nd Infantry
Yalefield
New Haven
Joseph Henebrey
Waterbury
Conn
G Company
Cotton Market Opens With Bearish Tone In New York
New York April 8 The cotton market opened with the south acting as a marked cellar amid poor selling and peace news. Old styles fell 20 to 25 points and new contracts 5 to 25 points. Trade interests absorbed most offerings while weather-induced caution kept commissions light. After 20 minutes, activity remained heavy with a net loss of 26 to 31 points on new style lots, influenced by liberal long account selling and Wall Street orders.
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New York
Wall Street
Red Doctrines Spread Roumania Claims From London
London dispatch says red propaganda is spread in Roumania but morale remains good. Bolshevik agents are said to be stirring unrest, though a Roumanian army faced Hungarians promptly after a Soviet government was proclaimed at Budapest.
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London
Roumania
Times
Budapest
Soldier escapes base hospital in bigamy case
Camp Devens Mass April 8 a soldier awaiting court martial for four counts of bigamy slipped from the base hospital evaded guards and is believed driven away in a high powered automobile by one of his wives Newberry is said to have married Martha Holland of Bayonne Mich and three others in Greater Boston
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Camp Devens
Mass
Vera G. Ne
Newberry
Martha Holland
Bay One
Mich
Boston
Strength of U S Army April 1 1919 Decline Since Armistice
The War Department announced the estimated U S Army on April 1 was 2,055,718, a 44 percent drop since November 11. Officers and men were stationed in Europe, Siberia, at sea, in the United States, and in western possessions, with counts of 1,366,000 in Europe, 8,893 in Siberia, 82,739 at sea, 562,064 in the United States, and 35,412 in western possessions.
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U. S. Army
Washington
War Department
Europe
Siberia
United States
Child Dies After Inhaling Kerosene in Oakville
In Waterbury on April 8, a sixteen month old named Raymond Parisot crawled under a table while his mother filled a lamp. He drank a half can of kerosene and was rushed to Water hospital but never regained consciousness, dying within hours.
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Waterbury
Raymond Parisot
Oakville
Water Hospital
Transport Patricia Sails for Boston from Brest
The transport Patricia sailed for Boston from Brest on April 6 carrying 323 officers 2455 men one field clerk one nurse and 32 civilians. There are no sick or wounded on board as reported to the first naval district headquarters.
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Patricia
Boston
Brest
First Naval District Headquarters
Sidney Drew Reported Critically Ill In New York Home
Sidney Drew, noted actor, was reported in a critical condition at his New York home after being taken ill in Detroit four days earlier.
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Sidney. Drew
New York
Sidney Drew
Detroit
Replacements in Regiment Discuss April Parade
A fragment notes that most replacements in the regiment have pledged not to attend the April 25 parade. It mentions the Aga memahon and a regiment strength around 1,700 with many from Connecti. The readable text shows broad troop and regional details but is incomplete for full clarity.
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Ment
Agamemahon
Peet
Wedding Guests Come to Grief in New London Route
A large New London wedding party of nine cars bound for a Springfield Jewish wedding on Madam Road Hubbard district faced a crash around 1 pm. Buick driver Sadie Hendel swerved into a ditch to avoid a pedestrian, causing a wreck. Mrs Frank Crowell suffered three broken ribs and a scalp wound. others had cuts. The party continued after aid was given.
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New London
Springfield
Mass
Maddam Road
Hubbard District
Frank 5. Crowell
Samuel T. Crowell
Sadie V. Hendel
Tilley Street
Baldwin
Miss Hendel
Philip J. Hendel
Teresa
Frank Crowedd
Assignment list for Superior Court by Judge Reed
Judge Joel H Reed begins civil trial assignments for this week in the superior court. The schedule lists Wednesday April 9 and Thursday April 10 as court dates with named plaintiffs, defendants, and counsel including Paul Koritkowski versus Wladyslaw Niemiec and Kitty Isadore Bissell’s probate appeal among others.
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Joel H. Reed
Superior Court
Paul Koritkowski
Wladyslaw Niemiec
Burke
Coulter
Gasper Mascaro
Andrew Budney
Donahoe
Kitty Isadore Bissell
Ryan
Flood
East Hampton
Joseph Cannata
Francesco Tuccio
Ryan_wand Donahoe
Ver
Ieil
George Co. Itngham
Jarvis B. Brooks
Inglis
George E. Beers
Lewis Sperry
Selden H. Clark
Goodrich
Markham
Spencer
Alexander Arnott
Samuel Thompson
Henry Isaacs
Perkins, Wells, Scott & Davis
Carlson
Governor Takes Hand In Strike In Lawrence
Boston April 8 Governor Coolidge urged Lawrence manufacturers to follow strikers by asking Henry Endicott to arbitrate. Endicott terms require workers return if there is work, employers take them back, and both sides accept and abide by his decision for a year. Girl Scout Entertainment A Success The Betty Wales Girls and Mr Kidd played at the high school raising about a hundred dollars for relief among Syrians and Armenians. Cast included Antoinette Burr Anita Welker Lois Beach Martha Carlson Gladys Ward Henrietta Spatcher Marjorie Smith Priscilla Losey Theodora Burr Ellen Johnson Janet Tucker.
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Boston
Endicott
Betty Wales
Mr. Kidd
Girl Scouts Troop 1
Fund For
Antoinette Burr
Anita Welker
Admiral Caperton Home From Patrols In Atlantic Pacific
After two years of service patrolling the south Atlantic and South Pacific waters in command of the Pacific fleet, Rear Admiral William B. Caperton returned home today on the battle cruiser Pittsburg from Rio de Janeiro. Caperton's fleet has been combined with the Atlantic fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Mayo.
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Admiral Caperton
New York
South Atlantic
South Pacific
William B. Caperton
Pittsburg
Rio de Janeiro
Mayo
White cross marked in Irish field for trans Atlantic flight
In Limerick Ireland on April 8 a large white cross is being painted on Bawnmore field to mark the landing and starting point for airplanes in the trans Atlantic flight. The first flight is set for April 15 with Major Wood among the contestants planning to fly a Shortt biplane powered by a Rolls Royce engine.
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Limerick
Ireland
Bawnmore Field
Major Wood
Two Soldiers Home in Boston Flight of Harold Hobson
Harold Hobson of the 102nd Regiment is on furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Hobson in Boston. He arrived recently from overseas and will stay until Thursday.
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Harold Hobson
102Nd Regiment
Harry Hobson
Boston
Rela
Saybrook Court Becomes Focal Point In Lower Middlesex Bill
Saybrook Court debates on an act creating a district, as the legislature considers a license measure and related amendments. The April vote failed to pass the bill, with procedural changes and widespread oath adjustments amid confusion over two thirds needed for passage. Confidence shifts and reports reflect licensing, taxes, and municipal provisions, including a state library and women’s franchise steps.
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Hartford
House
Fed
Saybrook
Mysti
Ce Meritage and Title Co
United Ployment
Board of
New Red Uprising Reported Gains and Casualties
fragmented OCR notes describe a disorderly advance with troops behind lines, a fatality, and further injuries amid fighting. No clear dates, locations, or organizations are identifiable in the readable text.
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Middlesex
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