Rumor of Edwin A Curtis Port Collector Resignation
Boston politicians spread word that Edwin A Curtis has allegedly submitted his resignation as port collector to President Wilson. Curtis denied resigning, but the rumor stirred activity among would-be successors with Joseph A Maynard seen as a likely Democratic favorite.
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Boston
Edwin A. Curtis
Wilson
Curtis
Joseph A. Maynard
Democratic City Committee
Democratic
Tariff on Raw Wool to Be Removed in Free List Plan
President Wilson and the House ways and means committee agreed to remove all tariffs from raw wool. The plan, endorsed by Democratic members, places wool on the free list after two years of Free Wool Democrats led by Representative Underwood pushing for this change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Buck
Oscar W. Underwood
House OF Representatives
Wilson
Washington
House Committee of Ways and Means
House
Representative Underwood
Free Wool Plan Gains Backing In Congress Debates
The concession to President Wilson and free wool advocates replaces a 15 percent duty, down from 20 percent in the previous Democratic bill. Democrats say the agreement will gain Secretary Bryan’s full accord with the tariff revision. The Ways and Means Committee plans to report with the free wool provision and a Democratic majority. Wilson to meet Senate leaders and finance committee members to gauge support. Abolishing the duty could cut government revenue by about 20 million dollars, offset by an income tax, while prices on woolen goods may fall.
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Wilson
House
Bryan
Harrison
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committee
Hoke Smith
Stone
You Can Afford to Go to California Now
Very low fares in comfortable Tourist Sleeping Cars via Rock Island Lines. Fast trains with dining cars. Choice of three best routes. For information call on 85. L. Parrott, 288 Washington street, Boston. advt.
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California
Rock Island
L. Parrott
Washington Street
Boston
Wife Dies in Heinze Arms After Mortal Illness
Mrs Ber nice Golden Heinze, wife of F Augustine Heinze, whose divorce case is pending, asked her physician on Tuesday if she would die. The doctor told her the end was near as she lay in her sick bed in New York.
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New York
Bernice Golden Heinze
F. Augustus Heinze
Mrs Heinze Seeks Divorce Reversal Before Death
Mrs. Heinze expressed desire to reconcile with Fritz and have a divorce wiped away for their son. After Fritz arrived and she hugged him, she asked Attorney Spellman to restore their marriage. She grew weaker and died at 3 20 p.m. while holding her husband’s hands.
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Fritz
Lodgers saved from blaze by quick action of Miss Joyce
Miss Maude Joyce aged 22 awakened ten boarders on the second floor of a boarding house on East Howard Street Quincy after discovering a dining room fire. She and her mother had just returned from Boston. the fire was extinguished with little material loss.
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Maude Joyce
William M. Joyce
East Howard Street
Quincy
Miss Joyce
Boston
Bancroft Leads Car Union Ball
William A. Bancroft of the Boston Elevated Company and Matthew J. Higgins of the Street Carmen's Union led the grand march at the first annual ball of the elevated employees held at Mechanics' Hall. Company reps and workers, once bitter rivals, mingled fraternally at the festival.
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William A. Bancroft
Boston Elevated Company
Matthew J. Higgins
Carmen’s Union
Union Elevated
Mechanics’ Hall
Elevated Dance Promoted by Local 589 Leaders
About 15 000 attendees watched the union dance under Local 589 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America. Elevated chief officers led by President Higgins and General Bancroft escorted labor leaders wives as Vice-President Matthew Brush joined Mrs Mulvey. Lieutenant-Governor David I Walsh attended as guest.
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Elevated
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
Elevated Company
Matthew Brush
Mulvey
General Bancroft
Higgins
Earmen
Bancroft
David I. Walsh
Seek Woman In Duty Fraud
The government hunted a woman tied to Mr and Mrs Terrence L Shevlin after a port smuggling exposure. Employed in a confidential city position, she vanished and did not report for duty, believed to have left town. Authorities say she may know details about diamonds linked to Honey Mellody’s abroad import.
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Terrence L. Shevlin
Mellody
New York
Boston
Mayor sanctions sending Boston police to Hopedale
Mayor Fitzgerald stated he sanctioned Police Commissioner O Meara to deploy 30 Boston officers to Hopedale. The move raised questions in official circles whether the law allowed a city police chief to authorize officers for another municipality under current statutes.
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Fitzgerald
O’meara
Boston
Hopedale
O'Meara
Draper Works
Relative of the Shevlins linked to Mellody romance
The text says Mellody, once tied to a romance with a Shevlin relative, showered gifts. Estrangement spurred fears she would reveal facts, but she cannot be found when sought. Frequent New York trips and possible arrest loom as testimony in government records suggests. If she does not appear for interrogation, the grand jury may indict based on existing evidence. The longstanding friendship between Mellody and the subject is noted.
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Mellody
Shevlins
New York
Grand
City Authority Enables Police Officers as Constables
The statute grants the mayor power to requisition police officers from another city or town who shall exercise rights of constables and police officers. This legal framework authorizes cross jurisdictional policing upon city or town requests.
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Twn
Draper Company Strike Prep Sets Security at Hopedale
The Draper Company plans to break up picket lines with a surge of 150 police officers from multiple cities, boosting the protecting force to 300 plus 175 Draper employees' special officers. Demonstrations have occurred near the Hopedale shops for two mornings as tensions build ahead of a 5 am crisis.
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Hopedale
Draper Company
Boston
Worcester
Fitchburg
Framingham
Clinton
Milford
Draper
Hopecale
Guarded Shops Under Heavy Patrol Amid Company Interests
Two hundred loyal armed operators guard the shops tonight and Burns and Pinkerton detectives are in the interests of the company. Late tonight it leaked that police would confine their efforts to the area as tensions rise.
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Burns
Pinkerton
Moon and star events noted with anniversaries listed
Continued column lists moon phase new in three days and the year’s 14th day plus rise/set times for Venus Jupiter and Saturn. Also notes Washington Irving Edward Everett Hale and Reginald De Koven birthdays and recalls last year’s capture of an automobile bandit and aviator Rodgers death by fall.
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Venus
Mary
Jupiter
Saturn
Washington Irving
Edward Everett Hale
Reginald de Koven
Robin Hood
Paris
Rodgers
Unsettled Boston Forecast With Showers Expected
Forecasts indicate unsettled weather for Boston and vicinity with possible showers on Thursday and Friday. Winds will be moderate and variable, turning east, with rising temperatures across North and South New England and rain likely in both regions.
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Boston
Washington
North New England
South New England
Weather data snippet from Thompson's Spa report
Report notes average temperatures and weather conditions with scattered digits and partial dates. It records yesterday’s average 46 and 24 hours, compares to the previous year’s 37 and 24, and notes that a year ago today was cloudy and cold.
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Thompson's Spa
Boy Os Wei
Ten-Year Fight For Daughter Ends In Reunion At Pier
Wanda Hanke an 11 year old Polish girl arrived from Antwerp Belgium aboard the Red Star steamer Manitou and was met at the pier by her father Alexander Hanke a 50 year old Polish carpenter who had settled in Scranton Penn ten years ago after being barred from joining him in the United States due to an eye disease immigration officers had cited.
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Wanda Hanke
Antwerp
Belgium
Alexander Hanke
Scranton
Penn
Hanke
United States
Europe
Holland
America
Pennsylvania
Hawke
Father wrestles ten year quest to unite with daughter in America
Polish immigrant Alexander Hanke endured repeated U S entry denials for his daughter, born in Warsaw, who suffered an eye disease. After years in Holland for treatment, she now speaks Dutch while he seeks a cure and a final immigration chance for them to reunite in Scranton.
Harro Tailored Suits Offered at 12 1 2 Dollars
Strictly hand tailored suits made from American Woolen Company fabrics. Every fibre is pure wool and the best $25 suit in the universe is offered for $12.50. S. H. Harrison Co. advertises at 662 to 672 Washington Street, corner of B.
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American Woolen Company
S. H. Harrison Co
Washington Street
Cor
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