Lawrence Lawmakers Probe Arlington Mills Strike
In the House Representative Finn of Lawrence offered a bill to form an 11 member joint special committee, with Senate participation, to investigate the Arlington Mills strike in Lawrence. The panel would report possible measures for any Commonwealth board or officer to ease employer employee differences and could summon witnesses, demand papers, and hire a stenographer.
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Finn
Lawrence
Committee On Rules
House
Senate
Arlington Mills
General Court
Commonwealth
Johnny Bostonbean's Slate Opens Reader Inscriptions
Readers are invited to contribute inscriptions on general interest topics for Johnny's Slate in care of the Post. The paper notes the earlier freak headlines and war poems as bright ideas and offers a new chance for witty and poetic readers to gain newspaper fame.
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The
Post
Johnny
Catholics Lead Church Census in Boston
The religious census reports 241 651 people, 40 percent of Boston, 49 percent of canvassed wards, with Ward 20 most covered at 92.58 percent and Ward 9 only 1.60 percent. Roman Catholics number 4344. Baptists 21117. Congregationalists 20319. Protestant Episcopalians 17968. Methodists 14013. Hebrews 11399. Unitarians 57. Lutherans 5248. Universalists 4118. Presbyterians 4108. others 4344. no preference 8996. refused 2557. not given 8906. More than half attend their preferred church, led by Roman Catholics, though rugby-tals questions were poorly filled.
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Boston
Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Back Bay
Labor Day Sentiment Sought by Boston Trade Alliance
The Boston Structural Building Trades Alliance last night appointed a committee to gauge affiliated sentiment on Labor Day spending. The panel will visit Mayor Collins to request a share of the Labor Day apportionment for the alliance, whose estimated 17,000 members. A second committee was named to approach A. A. Elston about unionizing his workers.
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Boston Structural Building Trades Alliance
Collins
A. A. Elston
Lithographers Union Votes Sympathy For Locked-Out Men
The Lithographers' Union 8 voted sympathy and financial support for locked-out lithographers nationwide, expecting a quick end to the dispute that will not affect Boston. The Lithographers, Apprentices and Press Feeders' Union 4 also voted to provide financial assistance to the locked-out lithographers.
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Union 8
Boston
Union 4
Labor unions appoint officers and discuss charters in Boston
The core making branch of Tron Moulders Union 428 elected four applicants and officers for the Lawyers and Hangers Union. Officers include President H D Hunt and other posts. Judge Emmons will be guest at Boston Central Labor Union meeting. Nominations for six months ahead will be held. President Driscoll declines another term. A vote on an engineers union charter in Boston is set for a special Hoisting and Portable Engineers meeting. An accord ends wage and hour dispute between Wharf and Bridge Building Union and employers. a draft agreement is to be prepared.
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Tron Moulders’ Union
Sign Builders and Hangers’ Union
H. D. Hunt
IF. N. Wadley
C. R. Marston
EF. J. Hughes
J. A. Cotton
J. F. King
A. J. Fairbairn
Boston Metal Trades Council
Blacksmiths’ Union
Pattern Makers’ Association
Boston Central Labor Union
Judge Emmons
Boston Police Commission
Driscoll
Engineers’ Union
Boston
Engineers’ Hall
Wharf and Bridge Building Union
Nearly Cost Him His Life Fireman Mistakes House for Own
William C. Dean, 19, a Boston & Maine fireman, nearly lost his life last night after entering the wrong house at 83 Washington street Charlestown. He was shot at by William C. Clark of the State prison who fired from the stairs, the bullet lodging in a wall. Dean fled down stairs and fell, spraining his ankle, then returned with a patrolman to explain the mix up.
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William C. Dean
Boston & Maine Railroad
Dean
Washington Street
Charlestown
Willam C. Clark
State Prison
Clark
Dew
Curry
Chelsea Citizens Rally Against One-Cent Tunnel Tax
A mass meeting at Veteran Firemen's Hall in Chelsea protested a one cent tunnel toll tax. Pletcher Osgood of the Fast Side Improvement Association led with a strong attack, with business leaders pledging to oppose the tax and join broader efforts for cheaper Chelsea to Boston travel and an upgraded elevated railway line through Chelsea to Revere Beach.
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Chelsea
Pletcher Osgood
Fast Side Improvement Association
Osgood
Henry Palmer
J. G. Harvey
James Buchanan
Knowlton
Citizens’ Trade Association of
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway
Revere Beach
Patrolman Rescues Dozens of Horses in Fire
Patrolman Michael T. Barretta of Station 15 saved over a dozen horses from a blaze at a Charles Town stable area between 47 Dunstable Street and 219 Rutherford Avenue. He forced the Currier stable door amid thick smoke and led horses to safety from the second floor where about 25 were in Currier’s and 60 in Lombard’s stables.
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Michael T. Barretta
Charlestown
Dunstable Street
Rutherford Avenue
JL. C. Currier
S. & R. J. Lombard
Currier
Lombard
Barretta
Wakefield Resident Lyman J Tasker Dies at Home
Lyman J Tasker longtime Wakefield resident died at his Lindey Avenue Greenwood home this morning after昨日 illness heart failure was the cause.
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Wakefield
Lyman J. Tasker
Lindey Avenue
Greenwood
Tasker
Should the American People Sympathize with Russia or Japan
The Post invites readers to answer the question Should the American People Sympathize with Russia or Japan. Prizes of five dollars each will be awarded for the two best replies, one for Russia supporters and one for Japan supporters. Send your essay to the War Editor of the Post.
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Post
Russia
Japan
the Post
Russla
The
Japan and the East: Western values versus eastern despotism
In a letter from Hopedale, W Henry argues Japan represents Western civilization while Russia embodies eastern despotism. He claims a Russian victory would ruin Asia and China, while a Japanese victory would open trade and spread Western enlightenment across Asia.
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Sir
Japan
America
Europe
Russia
Asia
Hopedale
W. Henry
Readers urged to judge Russia by Rosy Garb and Barbarism
The letter to the editor from Joe Meltzer at 67 Salem Street accuses Russia of barbarism and breaking promises over Manchuria, urging readers of the Post to sympathize with the Romanoffs. He portrays Russia as a plain robber and cites Manchuria as a Chinese possession betrayed by Russia.
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The
Post
Sir
Russia
Manchuria
China
Salem Street
Joe Meltzer
Merits of the Case Toward Russia and Japan
Readers argue for sympathy to Russia on its merits and oppose Japan as progressive, praising Peter the Great and Tolstoi while accusing Japan of imitating Western manners. A correspondent from Lynn urges U S friendship with Russia, noting past European goodwill waned when the U S faced trouble.
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Russia
Japan
Peter the Great
Tolstoi
Hooker Tablet Controversy Sparks Humble Meeting
The Hooker Brigade indignation meeting at the American House criticized Secretary Olin for his stance on correcting Hooker tablet errors. Chairman Major Smith vowed to continue the fight, while Leatherbee and Gragg accused Olin of interference and erroneous statements. Other speakers included Hume Blaisdell Metcalf Mathews Simmons Canning.
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Hooker Brigade
Olin
William A. Smith
Beacon Hill
James D. Leatherbee
Edward Jenkins
Isaac P. Gragg
Smith
Vermont Association Sweets Sugaring-Off Event at Westminster
About 125 members of the Vermont Association attended an annual sugaring-off entertainment last night in the Hotel Westminster. Addison O. Denny and several others were on hand to assist with the event.
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The
Vermont Association
Westminster
Addison O. Denny
St Marks Church Ashmont Hosts Special Musical Programme
A special musical programme is arranged at St Mark's Church Ashmont tomorrow under the direction of organist Miss Mary O'Connell with Rev Father Fitzpatrick officiating.
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St. Mark’s Church
Ashmont
Mary €. O'Connell
Father Fitzpatrick
Threatened Bates Stark Arrested in Lynn
William Stark, who escaped from an insane asylum in Worcester last month, was arrested at the Lynn post office after a State police investigation led by Chief Shaw. Stark, who had threatened Governor Bates, will be sent back to Worcester tomorrow.
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Lynn
William Stark
Worcester
John Lt. Bates
Shaw
State Police
Stark
Discoveries by the Discovery Antarctic Expedition
The Discovery expedition arrives at Christchurch with major geographic and scientific results. Difficult ice entrapment nearly forced abandonment, Wilkesland declared nonexistent, and a vast region charted. Findings include emperor penguin life, lichens, fossils, and evidence of a former Antarctic–Australia continent. Magnetic observations near the pole and thousands of photographs complete the record.
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Christ Church
New Zealand
Discovery
Wilkesland
Ross
Antarctic
Australasia
Hearst Beaten in Trenton Democratic Primaries
In Trenton New Jersey on April 1 the Democratic primaries to pick delegates to the State convention and ultimately the national convention resulted in a decisive defeat for Hearst supporters. They carried only one of fourteen wards.
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Hearst
Trenton
N. J
St. Louis
William R. Hearst
C J Rand of Cambridge to celebrate 84th birthday
Oliver J Rand of Cambridge, hailed as one of the city’s best citizens, will observe his 84th birthday tomorrow at 35 Biglow Street. A former legislator in 1876 77 and 78 he has served as treasurer of the Cambridge Citizens Trade Association for 18 years.
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Oliver J. Rand
Cambridge
Cev
Biglow Street
Mr. Rand
Cambridge Citizens’ Trade Association
Boy's Long Ride in a Hog Car
A Roxbury youth about 15 years old rode from Chicago to Somerville in a car loaded with hogs. He refused to give his name, saying he belonged in Roxbury and wanted to go home. Railroad workers found him and paid his fare to ride back on a Roxbury car.
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Roxbury
Chicago
Somerville
Lyman School Boys Escape Toward Boston
Four Lyman School boys escaped at Westboro this afternoon and were last seen heading toward Newton. It is believed they passed through town en route to Boston.
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Newton
Lyman
Westboro
Boston
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