Harvard Union Tax Protest Sparks Campaign
A Cambridge protest targets tax on Harvard Union building funded by Major Higginson. The Union on Harvard and Quincy streets is singled out as the only taxed college property, following a $4000 deficit reported this week.
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Harvard Union
Henry Lee Higgingon
University
Great Union
Harvard
Quincy Streets
A. Lawrence Lowell
College Yard
Benefit for Unemployed and for War Relief at Majestic Theatre
A benefit performance for the unemployed and the poor with part of proceeds aiding war relief will be held at the Majestic Theatre Sunday evening April 11. The event is organized by leading Jewish women with Nathan H. Gordon contributing moving picture reels and theatre professionals. The committee includes Mrs. Bessie Abrahams as chair, with Mrs. Harry Liebman Mrs. Felix Vorenberg Mrs. N. H. Gordon Mrs. J. Ackerman Mrs KE. Van Noorden Mrs. Isaac K. H. Praeger and Mrs. J. P. Morse.
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Olympia
Bessie Abrahams
Chatirman
Harry Liebman
Felix Vorenberg
N. H. Gordon
J. Ackerman
KE. van Noorden
J. P. Morse
Miss Slater to Wed Bostonian April 14 at Webster
The daughter of Mrs. Mabel Hunt Slater is to wed B Sumner Welles of Boston on April 14 in the Church of the Reconciliation at Webster.
Miss Esther Slater to wed B Sumner Welles in Webster
Miss Esther Slater daughter of Mrs Mabel Hunt Slater of Boston and Webster will marry B Sumner Welles of 193 Commonwealth Avenue Boston at the Church of the Reconciliation in Webster on Wednesday April 14. The marriage intention was filed yesterday with Town Clerk John E Hickey. Both Mc Slater and Mr Welles age 22. The couple plan to reside at the Hermitage in Webster where Mrs Slater and her children stay.
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Mabel Hunt Slater
Boston
Webster
B. Sumner Welles
Commonwealth Avenue
Church of the Reconciliation
John E. Hickey
Daniels to Select Class for Flying Training
Secretary Daniels will select a group of 10 naval and marine officers and men to be organized in June for instruction in naval aeronautics. They will spend six weeks at an aeroplane plant before beginning flight training at Pensacola Florida.
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Daniels
Marine Corps
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Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Station
Jail HoldUp Ends As Artillery Echoes From History
John A. King of the South End faced a midnight revolver thrust in Tremont near Pembroke Street. He described the weapon as resembling a War of 1812 era pistol while the assailant demanded valuables and fled.
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Tremont
Pembroke Street
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Gunman and King in confrontation at antique store
King steadied himself as a gunman appeared frightened. A struggle ensued over a revolver. Patrolman Hurley intervened, seizing the weapon and arresting the stranger, named Philip Sheehy of Montreal, for attempt to rob. The gun was an antique four chamber piece.
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Hurley
Philip Sheehy
Montreal
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Mutiny Breaks Out at Canadian Army Camp in Belleville
In Belleville Ontario 60 soldiers from the Third Contingent defected claiming poor camp management substandard sleeping quarters and unsatisfactory food. A sickness outbreak is feared with one death reported. 1200 men are in the camp and weapons are present but no violence has occurred.
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Belleville
Ont
Clerk foils burglary with loaded revolver threat
A South End jewelry clerk bravely triggered a burglar alarm while a loaded revolver was pointed at her by a young thief. She saved several hundred dollars worth of valuables and alerted authorities.
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Robber Holds Up Jewelry House Clerk Miss Florence Lawlor
A robber aimed a revolver at 20 year old clerk Miss Florence Lawlor during a hold up at the Franklin Supply Company's jewelry house on Washington Street. The thief fled after Lawlor sounded a burglar alarm, thwarting the robbery and prompting a police response.
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Franklin Supply Company
Robber shot pistol escapes after Miss Lawlor alarms store
Miss Lawlor of 53 Pem broke street faced a robber in her store alone. He demanded hands up but she calmly pressed the burglar alarm, triggering a loud gong as he fled. Several hundred dollars in diamonds remained and about $10 was in the open safe. Police were summoned promptly.
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Pembroke Street
Jobless Men Rally at Hotel de Jobless Front Lobby
Leo Lippa threatens police action to resist a hotel closure order. He says officers would have to jail him and Mr. Howard if they try to shut the Hotel de Jobless on April 10, while a crowd gathers in the lobby.
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Hotel de Jobless
Leo Lippa
Harvard Senior Returns Neutral After War Talks
Thomas K. Meloy, a Harvard senior, came back to Cambridge from four months in war torn Europe. He left with pro allied views but returned strictly neutral after hearing German arguments for the war.
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Cambridge
Europe
Meloy
United States
Germany
Jobless Protest Planned At Back Bay Hotel Closure
In Boston the unemployed announce a mass meeting at the Parkman bandstand on the Common to denounce a health board order closing the Hotel de Jobless. Speakers include Leo Lippo William Short and Morrison I Swift with Caleb F Howard presiding. A parade will follow through Back Bay streets to Essex Street quarters.
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Caleb F. Howard
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Harvard Man Meloy Witnessed German Front and Rescue Voyage
While in Germany Meloy visited an army and watched fighting from behind the line aided by his father’s business contacts. On returning to America he rode the Megantic to help rescue Denver passengers and crew, noting Germans’ growing anti American sentiment and his lasting impressions from the stay.
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Meloy
Europe
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Megantic
Denver
Harvard
Horn Secures Habeas Writ In Bridge Bomb Case
Former Congressman Joseph F. O Connell and his brother Daniel T. OConnell filed habeas corpus petitions in U S District Court for Werner Horn, the German army officer held over the Canada Maine bridge bombing. The writ challenges his commitment as due process void. a hearing is set for Monday.
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Joseph F. O’connell
Boston
United States District Court
Werner Horn
Canada
Maine
Horn
East Cambridge
Morton
United States
Mitchell
Admiral Fiske Seeks Relief From Navy Post
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske filed a written request with Secretary Daniels to be relieved as aide for operations. He has served as senior military adviser since just before Taft’s end. He gave no reason, declined comment, and his testimony had stirred belief he would not be chosen as the newly created chief of naval operations.
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Bradley A. Fiske
Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Taft
Fiske
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
United States Army
Officer Recovering After Eagle Wine Store Shooting
Patrolman Peter J. Corcoran of East Boston police was shot twice by a bandit in the Eagle Wine Company store on Columbus Avenue. He was reported resting comfortably at City Hospital with surgeons hopeful for a speedy recovery after improving conditions and a day of visits from his wife and relatives.
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Peter J. Corcoran
East Boston
Eagle Wine Company
Columbus Avenue
City Hospital
Meloy Reflects on Allied Nations and American Attitudes
Meloy argues hostility toward America by allied nations fuels hate against Americans. He ranks Germans as the next group most anti American after the English and Belgians, with the French and Russians following. Meloy plans to resume his senior year at Harvard and will graduate in June.
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Americans
Melcy
Meloy
Harvard
Fire Rips Paterson Silk Mill District Causing $100000 Loss
A blaze in Paterson New Jersey tonight caused about 100000 in damage to the Old Todd Mill building used by silk manufacturers. Three firemen were seriously injured when a ladder collapsing from the flames caused the fall.
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Paterson
N. J
Todd Mill
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