Ivernia lands a record steerage port of 2093
The ocean liner Ivernia docked with 58 cabin 210 second cabin and 2003 steerage passengers totaling 2543 aboard. Immigrants, mainly Swedes Finns Irish and Jews, gathered at the pen as officials cleared 75 holdups due to funds papers or missing escorts. Families like Coffey from Fermanagh and Rosensky of Manchester were reunited or delayed, while others headed for Minnesota and Western farms.
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Massachusetts
Ivernia
Canada
New York
Ohio
Manchester
N. H
Morris Rosensky
Minnesota
Mildred Champagne
Liverpool
Jeffries
Stabbed at Card Table After Dispute
Elia Procopio aged 34 living at 366 North street is hospitalized at Relief Hospital with a knife wound to the abdomen after a card game dispute. He refuses to name a suspect, but says the incident occurred with other Italians at 11 Harris street. No arrests have been made.
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Elia Procopio
North Street
Relief Hospital
Harris Street
Craze Italian lodger in Lower Falls boarding house scare
Newton police arrested Gaetano Gracci at 200 Concord Street Lower Falls after he threatened to harm and frightened residents by wandering with a large carving knife. He will face alienists for a sanity examination tomorrow.
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Newton
Michelle Lombardi
Concord Street
Lower Falls
Gaetano Gracci
Graeci
Martin Neagle
Officer Neagle
Gracci
Jailbreak Escape From Bainbridge Prison
Neal Dutton serving 15 years for kidnapping and assault, Will Fish indicted for murder, and John Temples charged with bigamy escaped from Bainbridge jail with a steel saw. Will Dawson, a cellmate, refused to flee and raised the alarm after they left. An investigation is underway and rewards are offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge
Old Soldier Hangs Self at Groton
Groton April 6 Edward Howe died by hanging at the Soldiers Home area after a certificate dated March 8 showed a 30 day furlough from Togus Maine was in his pocket.
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Groton
Edward Howe
Togus
Wolves for Roosevelt Drive in Southern Oklahoma
President Roosevelt plans a grand wolf drive in Southern Oklahoma. A corralled pack of black wolves will be used for the hunt, aided by a carload of trained greyhounds from Amarillo. Hunters risk life tracking ferocious Lupines in rugged terrain for the spectacle.
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Lawton
O. J
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Corral
America
Indian Pasture
Amarillo
West Texas
Full-Blooded Horse for the President Arrives in Frederick
C. W. Marshburn a prominent Tennessee horse man arrives at Frederick with his favorite full-blood horse a noteworthy transfer reported from Lawton Oklahoma to Fort Worth Texas dated April 6 191?
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Fort Worth
Texas
Lawton
Okla
C. W. Marshburn
Tennessee
Frederick
Temple City Forces Train to Stop at Station
Temple officials passed an emergency ordinance forcing the train to halt at Temple station for three minutes after residents learned it would not stop there. The President telegrammed instructions ordering the stop, and the humorous response drew a large, cheering crowd.
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Temple
Texas
Lttle
King Edward Arrives in Paris and Leaves After Brief Meeting
King Edward arrives in Paris and meets President Loubet in a private hour long talk. The visit signals Anglo French cordiality amid Morocco tensions, with no political demonstrations planned before his departure for Marseilles to rejoin Queen Alexandra aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edward
Germany
Morocco
Loubet
Marseilles
Queen Alexandra
Victoria and Albert
Three Shot At West Virginia Election Fight
Huntington April 6. After an election conflict three men were shot and several others were beaten by policemen and deputy sheriffs. Numerous county and city officers were arrested and jailed.
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Huntington
W. Va
Discretionary pool in hands of law men accused
New York April 6 George H Bogert and Albert W Schoonmaker were arrested on a warrant issued by Justice Blanchard based on an affidavit by Parker Norton a lawyer. Norton accuses them of swindling clients in a discretionary pool operated as A Van Tassel Co with an alleged amount of about 40000 dollars.
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New York
George H. Bogert
Albert W. Schoonmaker
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Parker Norton
Norton
Bogert
Schoonmaker
A. van Tassel & Co
Back Bay Fire Scare Hits Marlboro Street
A blaze in Mme. Draper’s apartments at 21 Marlboro Street sent residents fleeing but all occupants escaped. The fire started in a third floor bedroom as a gas jet touched a lace curtain, causing minimal damage. George Inman aided Mrs. Draper as she descended smoke filled stairs.
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Back Bay
Mme. Draper
Marlboro Street
Mrs. Draper
George Inman
Carnegies Gift Lets Knox College Build Science Building
In Galesburg Illinois on April 6 authorities of Knox College announced a $50,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie for a new science building.
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Knox College
Carnegie
Methodists urged to sell Boston property for city mission
Melrose April 6 The Rev E J Helms of Morgan Memorial Mission urged using a Bromfield Street Church property to fund city evangelization work says resources exist in Boston but are underutilized. He noted improvements in police and licensing and urged bishops elders and the public to act. The conference reviewed admissions and future placements as Bishop Fowler addressed candidates for full relationship.
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Melrose
E. J. Helms
Morgan Memorial Mission
Boston
Bromfield Street
Mr. Helms
Fowler
G. R. Grose
Newton
A. P. George
St. Louis
Church Extension Society
City Evangelization Union
Earthquakes Feared Again on Saint Vincent Island
In Kingstown on April 6, police led a ascent of La Soufriere after shocks in nearby islands and heat waves. They found the crater area active with boiling green water near the lake, steam rising across the crater, and a redcolored lake, then fled as subterranean activity appeared to increase.
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Kingstown
Island of St. Vincent
St. Christopher
Dominica
Antigua
Pointe-a-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Jumping From Engines Evades Fatal Train Collision
Stoneham April 6 engineers Shepard and Drake firemen Mills and Murray leaped from their engines as a freight and a passenger train collided at Farm Hill. Conductor Fuller and about 20 passengers were bruised. six car freight wrecked and passenger engine disabled. An investigation to determine responsibility is begun.
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Stoneham
Farm Hill
Shepard
Drake
Mills
Murray
Fuller
Bancroft Guest of Honor at Elysium Club Meeting
General William A. Bancroft, president of the Boston Elevated railway, spoke at the Elysium Club last evening. Abraham Asher introduced him and he described street railways he had seen in the United States and Europe. About 100 attendees heard the talk, with thanks extended to Bancroft and Samuel Shuman who accompanied him.
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William A. Bancroft
Boston Elevated Railway
Elysium Club
General Bancroft
Abraham Asher
Europe
Samuel Shuman
Aged Maine Man Dies at Police Station
George H. Perry, 72, of North Lincoln, Maine, died of heart failure at Station 4 soon after being taken from the inbound Chicago train at the South Terminal station.
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Maine
George H. Perry
North Lincoln
Chicago
South Terminal
Labor Problem Acute Says Professor Commons at Club
Professor John R. Commons of the University of Wisconsin warned the Twentieth Century Club that the labor problem is acute and critical. He traced organized labor’s history from 1835 to 1899 and noted rising intensity due to recent conditions and the push to a minimum wage. His next lecture is set for April 14.
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John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
Twentieth Century Club
Commons
Ife
American Federation of Labor
Writers’ Union
Labor notes on union events and key wage actions
Labor notes summarize visits by organizers Miss Margaret Daly and others, elections of new union leaders, upcoming conventions in Detroit and Boston, speeches in Brookline and Wakefield, wage increases for Marble Workers and New London bricklayers, and scheduled union meetings and affiliations across Boston area unions.
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Boston Musicians’ Protective Association
Edwin A. Franklin
Timothy C. Keleher
Fred C. Kingman
the American Eperation of Musicians
Detroit
Boston
Walker
Brookline
Brookline Carpenters’ Union 438
Washington Street
Marble Workers’ Union 56
Hanover Street
William J. Shields
Brotherhood of Carpenters
George M. Gunther
Woodworkers’ International Union
Patrick Mahoney
Jack Lipp
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union
Wakefield
Wakefield Central Labor Union
National Granite Cutters’ Union
George Thornton
Boston Bricklayers’ Union
International Union
New London
Dennis F. O'Brien
Franklin Association
Daniel F. Sullivan
Hotel Langham
Boston Electrical Workers’ Union
Frank P. McNulty
Paine Memorial Building
Division 71
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Freight and Baggagemen
Boston & Maine Railroad
Union 612
Boyle O'Reilly Hall
Ust Coners’ Union
Canal Street
Boston Machinists’ Lodge 264
Building Trades Council
International Association of Machinists
Faneuil Hall
Spring suit sale with Morse guaranteed clothing
One of our Spring preparations shows an extremely large selection of $20 suits including single and double breasted sacks and the swagger English walking frock in gray worsteds and cheviots. Black and blue suits as well as other grades from $10 to $30 offer attractive styles. Rains are covered with raincoats, all Morse made. Open Saturday night until 10.
Oxford Bank Directors Meet Over Shortage and Missing Cashier
Oxford, April 6. President Allen L. Joslin said a meeting of bank directors will be held tomorrow at his brother’s house to determine the exact shortage. The books show a deficit of 6590 with irregularities suggesting a larger total. Missing cashier Frank E. Vinton has not been found since March 27, with a bond company reviewing the accounts and the town’s sympathy for his wife.
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Oxford
Allen L. Joslin
Oxford National Bank
Joslin
Frank E. Vinton
Grafton
Worcester
Vinton
George Z. Taft
Uxbridge
Harvard Union Elects James H Hyde to Office
Harvard Union elections in Cambridge yesterday named Major Henry Lee Higginson as president Bart Stephenson vice president A C Blagden football end beat by 11 votes N Kelly as secretary over F A Goodhue James Hazen Hyde re elected graduate library committee member C T Copeland English instructor polled second highest Hyde donated many valuable books to the Union library.
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Harvard Union
Cambridge
Henry Lee Higginson
Bart Stephenson
A. C. Blagden
N. Kelly
F. A. Goodhue
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Life Insurance
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Mystic Street
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Nora
Cunard
Michael Coffey
Fermanagh
Ireland
Begorra
Michael
Customs
Myra Rosensky
Carl Johnson
United States
Amoy
China
Johnson
Beresford
William Beresford
G. Lecesne
Kingston
Jam
J. D. Bell
J. F. Bentley
Charles J. Paine
G. C. Sherman
C.C
Meat Wolf
Merchants Legal
Wolf’s
Hanover and
Portland
Theodore
Keerfuu
Heo
Row Trody Witt
Nimrod
Coats
S. A. Isaacson
Haymarket Sq
Methodists
Charles F. Rice
St. Vincent
Gov. Bancroft
New England
Prof. Commons
20Th Century Club
LABOR
Margaret C. Daly
United Garment Workers of America
Boston Clothing Trades District Council
Joseph Harry
New Sheet Metal Workers’ Helpers’ Union
F. A. Kelley
Guy Flanders
W. L. Caulfield
James McDermott
J. J. Morrissey
John J. Hynes
Frank L. Faulkner
Eldon E. Fillmore
Edward I. X. McCarthy
Louis B. Harrington
John F. Kennedy
Union
Washington and Brattle Streets
Oxford Bank
James H. Hyde
Vorenberg
Eton
Buster Brown
Vorenbere
Washington, Hanover & Elm Sts
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