Boston Officials Defend Scow Purchase as Bargain
Mayor Fitzgerald and Superintendent Gillespie defend Boston scow buys from Daily & Ivans at 31 000 for two second-hand Barney dumpers. They say the vessels deliver full value, cost far less than new builds, and are essential to garbage disposal despite graft rumors at City Hall. Local scow dealers offer cautious support, noting market prices and use.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Daniel H. Gillespie
Sanitary Department
Daily & Ivans
New York
Gillespie
P. F. O'Keefe
Barney
City Hall
Henry
B. T. Wheeler
Hart
Benjamin Rose
John H. Gerrish
Eastern Dredging Company
William McKie
East
Head of State Police Chief Shaw Dies in Lynn
Chief Joseph E. Shaw of the State police died at his home in Lynn from bronchitis ending in heart failure. Deputy George C. Neal will fill the office until Governor Guild names a successor. Shaw served since 1904 after a long career in Lynn and state police, leaving a widow and daughter. The funeral is set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Lynn Congregational Church with district officers attending.
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Joseph E. Shaw
State Police
Beacon Hill Avenue
Lynn
Guild
George C. Neal
Chief Shaw
Yarmouth
N. S
17Th
Massachusetts Regiment
Mr. Shaw
Caroline A. Leavitt
Danvers
Kansas
Butler
Shaw
Rufus Wade
Congregational
Charles L. Tucker
Mabel Page
Weston
Bryan Fish
Edward Page
Edwards. Wood
Harvard
Edwin B. Hay
Ice Dealers Convene in Secret Session Meeting
Massachusetts Ice Dealers Association held its annual gathering at the American House with 300 members present. Reporters were barred, discussions focused on improved ice harvesting methods, and exhibitors from machinery firms displayed equipment while prices were not discussed. Officers elected include President H. H. Davenport, Vice-President James M. Gill, and Secretary Treasurer Charles W. Hallstram, with an executive committee listing members from several cities.
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Massachusetts Ice Dealers’ Association
American House
H. H
Davenport
Somerville
James M. Gill
Springfield
Charles W. Hallstram
Boston
W. H. Barney
Hopedale
Silas Boyes
Salem
M. S&s
Coolidge
Lynn
Louis A. Holt
Lawrence
J. B. Kimball
North Cambridge
George D. Miller
Newton Centre
J. Frank Pope
Mattapan
L. G. White
Worcester
Lang dies after crush at Duquesne Steel Mills
M. A. Lang uncle of Charles Schwab, employed in the Duquesne Steel Mills, was crushed today between cars and sustained injuries expected to prove fatal.
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Pittsburg
M. A. Lang
Charles Schwab
Duquesne
Novel light gray topcoat with velvet collar offered
The text advertises a light gray twill topcoat 43 inches long in size 38 with two patch pockets, triangular flap, no outside breast pocket, turned cuffs with two buttons, velvet collar and low rolling lapels. Price 20 dollars. Other men’s styles range from 10 to 35 dollars.
Barnett Resigns from Docks Board Amid Probe Rumors
Nathan Barnett, Bail Commissioner and member of the Municipal Preliminary Dock Commission, has resigned. The move follows rumors of an investigation into Ward 8 methods and padding of voting lists, with pressure mentioned from Nichols men to oust officials, though Barnett declined to discuss the matter.
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Municipal Preliminary Dock Commission
Nathan Barnett
Ward 8
Barnett
Lomasney
Believe Girl Lured Away From South Station
A Norwegian 19 year old, Ruth Stubbernd, who speaks no English, was lured from South station by a stranger under the guise of friendship. She arrived from New York at 7 am Monday and vanished after being promised help to Eustis street. Her friend Miss Lollie Sijold, 21, searches for her in distress.
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Ruth Stubbernd
New York
Lollie Sijold
Eustis Street
Farrar Meets Conservatory Pupils in Gardner Hall Reception
About 200 guests from the New England Conservatory of Music attended a reception in honor of Miss Geraldine Farrar at Gardner Hall. In the receiving line were Miss Farrar Mrs Farrar J W Chadwick Mrs Chadwick and Mr and Mrs R T Goodrich with Mrs Adeline Ferguson hosting. Prominent musicians included Mr and Mrs D M Babcock Mr and Mrs Ellington Brackett Mrs Grace Bonner Williams and Mr Stephen Townsend.
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New England Conservatory of Music
Gardner Hall
Geraldine Farrar
Conservatory
Miss Farrar
Farrar
J. W. Chadwick
Chadwick
R. T. Goodrich
Adeline Ferguson
D. M. Babcock
Ellington Brackett
Grace Bonner Williams
Stephen Townsend
President Charges Plot to Defeat His Policies
The President denounces a plotted opposition to his agenda, says he will fight the entire combination, and claims the movement is spreading from Ohio and Pennsylvania across the continent. White House sources say the scheme was exposed at a recent dinner and is fizzling.
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White House
Roosevelt
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Man Who Sold Harriman Letter Is Arrested
Frank W. Hill a 37 year old Brooklyn stenographer was arrested in New York charged with selling to a newspaper the personal Harriman letter that sparked the Roosevelt war. The warrant by Alexander Miller of Union Pacific was served by a district attorney detective and Hill was jailed at police headquarters. The letter to Sydney Webster was published last Tuesday prompting Roosevelt's response. Hill a former Harriman aide of 21 years recently left employment and entered a brokerage. He has a wife and two children and was placed in a cell for the night.
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New York
Frank W. Hill
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Roosevelt
Alexander Miller
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Hill
Sydney Webster
Brooklyn
Paul Krotel
de Copper & Doremus
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G. H. Breymann & Bros
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Fort Hill
Waniel Hi. Gillespie
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Chickering
Adams Square
Adams Washington
Nathan
Washington Street
Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Clothing CO
Broadway
South Boston
Summer St
Boyle
Men’s & Young Men’s
Children’s Reefers
Japan
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