Boston & Maine Plans Mileage Increase Across State Line
Boston and Maine railroad officials say they would raise by the same distance the mileage between two nearest stations on opposite sides of the Massachusetts New Hampshire border if Maine and New Hampshire force abolition of timetable mileage on the Boston to Portland line. General Charles M Burt argues the constructive mileage lies in two states, making the road immune from state interference. Maine and New Hampshire officials promise immediate investigation.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Maine
New Hampshire
Post
Boston & Maine
Railroad official sides with immunity claim on mileage fee
Chairman Walter Perley Hall of the Massachusetts Railroad Commission concedes that Agent Burt is right that the road could be immune from state law if the mileage increase is collected at the two nearby stations across the state line. Hall adds that the Boston & Maine railroad would then become subject to ICC jurisdiction by its own action.
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Walter Perley Hall
Massachusetts Railroad Commission
Burt
Massachusetts State Line
Hall
Boston & Maine Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bolton Made Police Chief Bolton Made Police Chief
The Watertown Board of Selectmen elected Patrolman David A. Bolton of Somerville as chief of police to succeed Daniel H. Cooney who retired. Salary set at 1500 annually, up from 1200. Streets Superintendent Bartley Maloney and Town Engineer Wilbur T Learned were discharged and combined. Joseph H. White assumed charge. Minor appointments included Dr. C S Emerson town physician and George H White almshouse supervisor.
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Watertown Board of Selectmen
David A. Bolton
Somerville
Daniel H. Cooney
Chief Cooney
Bartley Maloney
Wilbur T. Learned
Joseph H. White
C. S. Emerson
William H. Benjamin
George H. White
John C. Ford
Baker University President Accepts Boston University Offer
Dr. L. H. Murlin, Baker University president, said he will accept the Boston University presidency if released by Baker trustees. His resignation becomes effective at the end of the current college year.
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Baldwin
Kan
L. H. Murlin
Baker University
Boston University
Baker
Red Sox Regulars Triumph. Boston Games Halted by Rain
Rain stops baseball action as the Red Sox Regulars beat Topeka. Speaker heads to Boston for medical consultation. Boston Nationals game canceled by storm. Peaches Graham unsigned. Red Sox Yannigans lose at Lincoln Nebraska. Boston men win in tennis tourney.
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Red Sox
Topeka
Boston
Boston Nationals
Peaches Graham
Yannigans
Lincoln
Neb
Reciprocity Fight Delays Treaty in Congress
President Taft urged adoption of the Canada reciprocity agreement as Congress met. The Senate adjourned while the Democratic House moved ahead with a new rules package, repeating historic provisions and curbing the speaker’s power to appoint committees and chairmen.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Canada
Senate
Democratic House
Harrisburg Elopement Ends in Police Court Ruling
Bessie L. Baker and Sidney Polk, aged 18 and 19, were found guilty on a statutory charge in Lynn Police Court but released after details were heard. Baker, from Harrisburg, is an author and playwright. Polk hails from Brockton and is linked to Boys Farm in Middleboro.
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Lynn
Bessie L. Baker
Sidney Polk
Miss Baker
Harrisburg
Penn
Clifford Baker
Polk
Bea
Bay Street
Brockton
Return to Former Democratic Practice On Permit Reform
The article notes a second reform aligning with a traditional Democratic approach to permit policy and indicates the discussion continues on Page 2 First Column.
Elopement and Arrest Stir Early 20th Century Tale
A couple elopes from Harrisburg to Philadelphia then travels to Boston and New York spending nearly all their $500. The girl is arrested in Boston after a harsh turn of events and writes to Polk for help. A police case reveals romantic letters as the tension rises amid a white slavery charge. In another note, Grand Army of the Republic veterans gather as Department Commander Fisk comments on recruiting limits.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Polk
Grand Army of the Republic
Fiske
Fisk
Chapplain George E. Lovejoy
George A. Hosley
Charles Thompson
Daniel Eldredge
G A R Leaders Blamed For Pension Defeat At Encampment
G A R Department Commander Granville C. Fiske blamed Senators Lodge and Crane for defeating the Sulloway pension bill during the annual State encampment at Faneuil Hall. Four hundred veterans attended as the death roll for last year added Commander J Willard Jones to the tally.
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Lodge
Crane
United States Senate
Union
G. A. R. Department
Granville C. Fiske
Faneuil Hall
J. Willard Jones
Continued on Page 14 Third Column HIGHS As
A brief item notes continued content on page 14 in the third column with high temperature details and a weather snapshot.
Confederate Memorial Day in Louisiana Observed
Today observes Confederate Memorial Day in Louisiana. The item lists anniversaries including Isaac Hill born 1788 and Thomas W. Gilmer born 1802. It notes Washington’s 1789 presidential selection and marks the Mormon church organization in history.
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Louisiana
Isaac Hill
Hampshire
Y Washington
United States
Thomas W. Gilmer
Virgin
Cloudy Boston Forecast Raises Winds and Warmer Temps
Weather bulletin for Boston area notes Thursday will be generally cloudy and warmer with moderate southwest winds. Friday turns unsettled with variable winds from the southwest to west as a weak low moves in.
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Boston
Washington
Weather and Temperature Entry From Thompson's Spa Note
A fractured weather excerpt notes average temperature yesterday and year ago with scattered times and obscure lines. The fragment mentions 88 degrees and 57 degrees with some times and misread terms likely from a daily weather table.
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Thompson's Spa
Messua Ae Ie
Cvoe
Woman Kills Infant Then Self in Whitsville
In Whitisville on April 5, Flora Briefly Blanchard, described as mentally unbalanced, strangled her one and a half year old son Harlow with a towel and then killed herself with the strap from the baby's high chair.
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Whitinsville
Flora
Blanchard
Harlow
Tragic double suicide shocks Whitinsville family
Mrs. Blanchard aged 42 and her step-daughter Lucy were found dead after Mrs. Blanchard ended her life with a strap. The bodies were discovered after Mr. Blanchard returned home for lunch. Funeral services are planned for tomorrow. Mrs. Blanchard was once a Northbridge schoolteacher and Whitinsville Woman's Club member.
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Mr. Blanchard
William B. Lair
Blanchard
John Brierly
Worcester
Whitinsville
Lorimer Fund Link Ties Slush Fund to Election
H H Kohlsaat testified before the Senate bribery committee that Clarence S Funk of International Harvester disclosed a 100000 dollar slush fund to elect Lorimer. Funk said Hines urged a 10000 dollar contribution to Edward Tilden of National Packing and a Chicago stock yards bank president.
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Springfield
Ill
H. H. Kohlsaat
Senate
Clarence S. Funk
International Harvester Company
Kohlsaar
Lorimer
Funk
Hines
Edward Tilden
National Packing Company
Stock Yards
Chicago
Mourning March for Washington Place Fire Victims Draws Thousands
In New York on April 5 rain reduced planned turnout but thousands of onlookers joined a somber procession honoring 144 fire victims. Unidentified eight coffins were moved to burial as workers from Triangle Waist Company and garment unions led the march along damp avenues toward Washington Square.
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New York
Washington Place
Uptown
Triangle Waist Company
Washington Square
Asch
Garment Workers’ Unions
Woman’s Trades Union League
The
Woman’s Political Party
Woman Suffrage Organizations
Mrs Powell Lectures On Trouser Costumes In Historic Fashion
Mrs Powell presented a lecture at Copley Hall on historic trouser costumes from harem to Bloomer reform, praising Orient styles as modest and noting how dress restricted women while men adopted practical attire in business and politics.
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Mme. Powell
Wopics
Nawar
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Murlin
Underwood & Underwood
House OF Representatives
É. Ta
Cannon
Middleboro
Daly
San Francisco
Court Street
Temple Place
Bessir
G. A. R. Head
Flora Blanchard
Lorimer’s
J. J. Healy
Kohlisaat
Helm
Colurwa
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