Robbers demand money on East Boston wharf
Marshall Dobbin, a fireman on the tug Viking, fled two would-be holduppers near Border street East Boston after they demanded money or life. He warned them off with a pistol and they disappeared into the darkness. Similar incidents have occurred recently along the East Boston waterfront with one man escaping after a coat sleeve was torn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Dobbin
York’s Wharf
Border Street
East Boston
Dobbin
Viking
London Street
Boston
Guttermuth Fights Death by Drowning Attempt
Otto Guttermuth, 65, of 120 Elliott Street, drifted into the Charles River and swam ashore near Charles Street. He was found insensible, taken to Relief Hospital, and recalled a prior head wound from a suicide attempt. He now asked for release if he could still end his life. His brother J. H. Guttermuth, Boston firefighter, is listed at 4 Cottage Street, Roxbury. He is reportedly in fair health and will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles River
Otto Guttermuth
Eillot Street
Charles Street
Relief Hospital
City Hospital
Guttermuth
J. H. Guttermuth
Cottage Street
Roxbury
Boston
Otto
Claimed Man Attacked Woman At North Street Tenement
The wife of Siglisto Kunalo on the second floor of a North Street tenement reported being attacked last night after 10. Patrolman Foss and neighbors found her with torn dress and signs of rough handling. She said a man followed her to her room, threatened with a knife, then escaped before an alarm was raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siglisto Kunalo
North Street
Foss
Station 1
Girl Run Down by Automobile Injures 13-Year-Old
An automobile with official number 413 struck Lizzie Maranofsky at 24 Cherry Street near Washington and Asylum streets last night. The 13-year-old suffered a broken collarbone. five people were in the car at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Maranofsky
Cherry Street
Washington and
Asylum Streets
Longshoremen Union Votes to Hear Tuberculosis Talks
Longshoremen's Provident Union yesterday obliged 10 applicants and voted to give one half hour of the next meeting to speeches by Dr. E. O. Otis and Dr. A. M. Wilson of the Boston Association for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis. Some members charged with violating union rules, which require crews of nine sugar handlers and five general cargo workers. A stevedore has objected to the rule, and if he continues to disregard it the men plan to strike his next job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longshoremen’s Provident Union
E. O. Otis
A. M. Wilson
Boston Association For the Relief and Control
Bartenders Union 77 elects delegates to May Rochester meet
Martin J. Mattimoe Richard W Kennedy and M J Barry were yesterday elected delegates by Boston Bartenders Union 77 to the annual convention of Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance and Bartenders International League to be held at Rochester May 9. Secretary Mattimoe received the largest vote 221 General Organizer Kennedy 192 and M J Barry 135.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin J. Mattimoe
Richard W. Kennedy
M. J. Barry
Boston Bartenders’ Union 77
Rochester
Mattimoe
Kennedy
New General Teamsters Union 242 Formed in East Boston
The General Teamsters and Helpers Union 242 is chartered under the American Federation, formed mainly from 149 former Knights of Labor members. A Meridian Hall meeting in East Boston featured speeches by Frank P. Fall, Peter H. McNally, and Frank H. Brown. Officers were elected, delegates to the Team Drivers District Council chosen, and affiliation with the Boston Central Labor Union approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Teamsters and Helpers
Union
American Federation
Knights of Labor Assembly
Meridian Hall
Boston
Frank P. Fall
New England
Peter H. McNally
Frank H. Brown
Boston Central Labor Union
Former member welcomed by union after address
The Sanitary and Street Cleaning De partments Teamsters and Helpers Union 149 yesterday greeted Patrick H. Shaughnessy, a former member, as he spoke on unionism and loyalty to the union. Sixty-two applicants were admitted, including many former Knights of Labor members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters and Helpers Union
Patrick H. Shaughnessey
Knights of Labor
Japanese Ships Seen Near Port Arthur In Quiet Theater
St Petersburg April 10 reports say Japanese ships were sighted on the horizon but no attack occurred last night. Grand Duke Cyril telegraphs the sighting while precautions and military needs halted Easter observances. Vice Admiral Makaroff’s torpedo flotilla patrolled the open sea and ships held full steam outside Port Arthur as the war theater remained quiet elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Grand Duke
Cyril
Makaroff
Easter Revels In St Petersburg as City Basks in Joy
ST PETERSBURG April 10 This city today was en fete and given up to Easter rejoicing. The long Russian feasts began after midnight and lasted nearly to daylight. Easter visits followed, with open house and a latch string out for all. The Red Cross offered a $50 subscription to publish the donor in the Official Messenger and gain immunity from official calls, a scheme many embraced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Red Cross Society
Easter greetings go home from Russian troops
The Em peror's sailors and soldiers in the far east telegrammed Easter greetings to friends at home via Novoe Vremya. Messages from Port Arthur Vladivostok Dalny Mukden Liaoyang Harbin Tsitsihar express deep love of country and show religious bond uniting Russians worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Far East
Novoe Vremya
Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Dalny
Mukden
Liaoyang
Harbin
China
Tsitsihar
Kobe Missionary Describes War Enthusiasm in Kobe Japan
Rev J L Atkinson reports in Kobe that trains carry soldiers day and night amid lanterns and flags. Crowds cheer loudly as troops pass through without rests, while he notes Japanese fighters have begun well against Russia and wonders about potential impact on Christian interest if disaster occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kobe
Japan
J. L. Atkinson
Russia
Unlabeled refusal note to Boston building trades meeting
An unlabeled communication from the Anti Tuberculosis Association to the Boston Building Trades Council was left unread at a meeting at 13 Kneeland Street. Newly elected officers were installed and a vote urged delegates to buy only union labeled shoes. The council lists numerous affiliated unions and names several committee appointments across organizing, credential, finance, resolutions, legislative, and municipal groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Boston Building Trades Council
Kneeland Street
Newsboys Protest Against Evening Holiday Papers
Boston Newsboys' Protective Union yesterday voiced opposition to holiday afternoon editions and formed a three member committee to meet with all Boston newspaper managers. They cite lower holiday sales and moral grounds for workers' right to holiday recreation, planning talks with Allied Printing Trades Council unions. Samuel Levin was made an honorary member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Newsboys’ Protective Union
Boston
Newsboys’ Union
Allied Printing Trades Council
Samuel Levin
Freight Handlers' Assembly 628 denies solicitors for ads
The Freight Handlers' Assembly 628 K of L states it has not authorized ad solicitors and will issue commissions under seal when it does. Aimed at aliens, some members urged naturalization papers. Four hundred second quarter buttons distributed. forty Teamsters ball tickets bought. 19 applicants obligated and 16 accepted. Meeting set for 45 Filot street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
K. of L
Teamsters
L. Ball
Filtot Street
Kelley elected delegate to Boston Central Labor Union
James Kelley won a delegate seat for the Boston Central Labor Union representing the Bos ton Grocery and Provision Clerks' Union 160 to replace Al Neale. International Vice-President William A. Wheeler of Lynn and Frank Carr spoke. A committee including Arthur W. Clark Nicholas J. Nally James Kelliher Frank Mullaney Charles T. Scott P. Maguire and J. O'Connor was formed to confer with the new meat cutters and butchers union on jurisdiction. A second committee was named for the John Turner benefit meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kelley
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston Grocery and Provision Clerks’ Union
al Neale
International
William A. Wheeler
Lynn
Frank Carr
Cambridge Union
Arthur W. Clark
Nicholas J. Nally
James Kelliher
Frank Mullaney
Charles T. Scott
P. Maguire
J. O'Connor
New
Meat Cutters and Butchers’ Union
John Turner
Avert Strike of Carmen Avert Strike of Carmen
Bay State Lodge of Brotherhood Railroad Carmen reports favorable committee findings from talks with New York New Haven Hartford officials on a nine hour workday for five days and eight hours on Saturday with a 15 percent raise. Further conferences are set as the lodge upholds brotherhood independence with support from other unions. Affected workers are at Readville South Terminal yards and other inspection spots along the line. Eight applicants were obligated and 14 applications received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Readville
South Terminal
Coal Teamsters' Union votes on future conferences and ball
Definite instructions for future conferences with coal dealers and a vote of thanks were approved by Coal Teamsters' Union 68. The scale committee reported progress in settling disputed points. Twenty six applicants were admitted. The union will hold its annual ball at Odd Fellows Hall next Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Teamsters’ Union
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Boston Engineers Plan Smoke Talk and Endorsements
Engineers' Smoke Talk reports the delegation of Wesley A. Goodwin William Tornsburg and A W Daniels to the joint council of Boston engineers' unions. Whalen of Union 16 is endorsed for vice president of the Boston Central Labor Union. A smoke rain is scheduled Sunday afternoon April 24 at Engineers' Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley A. Goodwin
William Tornsburg
A. W. Daniels
Joint
Council of Boston Engineers’ Unions
William R. F. Whalen
Union 16
Boston Central Labor Union
Engineers’ Hall
Cocking Main at Pinkerton’s Brooklyn Stable
Police broke up a cockfight at Robert A. Pinkerton’s private Brooklyn stable early today and seized 32 prisoners, including several in evening attire. Twenty five gamecocks and six dead birds were recovered. most detainees were wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert A. Pinkerton
Brooklyn
Patrolman Driscoll Stricken On Train After Apoplexy
Patrolman J. J. Driscoll of Division 6 suffered apoplexy and a hemorrhage on an L train last night. He was removed to his Oakdale Street Jamaica Plain home. He had served 25 years in the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Driscoll
Division 6
Oakdale Street
Jamaica Plain
Tile Layers Organize New Union Affiliates With Builders
Mosaic and encaustic tile layers form a union, joining the Boston Building Trades Council. The executive board urges harmonious relations and asks employers to recognize the union and favor its members in hiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Building Trades Council
Carpenters Union to Host Ball for Sick Fund
The Carpenters Union 83 will hold a ball at Dexter Hall Wells Memorial building to raise funds for the union sick death and disability fund. Meat Cutters and Butchers Workers Union 397 plans a meeting tomorrow night at 103 Hanover Street. Tonight Paper Hangers Union 258 hosts a smoke talk at 724 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenters’ Union 83
Dexter Hall
Wells Memorial Building
Meat Cutters and Butchers Workers’ Union 397
Hanover Street
Washington Street
Russians evacuate Corea as Japanese chase Port Arthur
Despatches report Russia fully evacuated Corea. Chefoo dispatch notes a Japanese squadron of twenty steamers seen heading to Port Arthur. Another squadron under Admiral Vicentius departed Cherbourg yesterday bound for the Baltic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Corea
Port Arthur
Vicentius
Cherbourg
Baltic
Common Opens for Oratory on Charles Street Mall
Edward Doherty addressed about 100 people on the Charles street mall at 3 pm opening Sabbath open air meetings. He urged vigorous opposition to reciprocity issues and attacked the trusts, drawing approval from a small group while families and Little Italy residents enjoyed a spring day on the Common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Doherty
Charles Street
Doherty
Little
Italy
Czar awards decorations as Easter observance marked
On Easter, the Czar conferred numerous decorations and promotions on naval and military leaders involved in the war. Marquis Ito, head of the Japanese privy council, hosted a banquet in Tokyo Saturday and announced success in his mission to establish confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis Ito
Privy Council
Tokio
Confi
Pickpockets Pushed Man From Subway Car At Park Street
Joseph Gelfman of Summer street Maynard was pushed from a moving trolley in the Park Street subway by pickpockets trying to grab his money. He reported the incident to Station 16 Back Bay but offered few details about the assailants or their identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street
Joseph Gelfman
Summer Street
Maynard
Station 16
Gelfman
Somerville Man Struck Pole. May Die From Injuries
Daniel Rice attempted to board a swiftly moving car near Pearl and Walnut streets. He slipped, fell onto the curb and a pole, was knocked unconscious, and taken to 16 Bradley street in a precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl and
Walnut Streets
Somerville
Daniel Rice
Bradley Street
Japenese and Corean Relations Report Sparks Skepticism
A message notes diplomatic ties between the Japanese and Corean courts with an elaborate report on Corean political needs prepared at Tokyo's request. Japanese papers ridicule the Russian Baltic Sea squadron's distant reach to the far east and doubt any such attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corean
Far East
Boy Dragged Under Car After Street Crossing Incident
A 5 year old boy, Robert Schuerch of 5 Iowa street, was dragged under an Adams street electric car at the Dudley and Humphrey streets crosswalk last night. He suffered cuts and bruises but no broken bones after being pulled along the pavement for several yards before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Street
Dudley and
Humphrey Streets
Robert Schuerch
Iowa Street
East Boston couple wed in Immaculate Conception
Mr James Cashman and Miss Bridget Flynn of East Boston were married yesterday afternoon in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends. After the ceremony a reception was held at 30 Haynes street with Parker House employees among the guests. The couple will take a wedding trip to Ireland and then reside in East Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cashman
Bridget Flynn
East Boston
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Haynes Street
Parker House
Ireland
Child scald incident involving Hannah Rubin at home
Six year old Hannah Rubin of 27 Bower Street was accidentally scalded yesterday when a pot of coffee overturned. She received treatment for burns on her right leg at City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Rubin
Bower Street
City Hospital
Cambridge youths admit larcenies
Kenneth H Wade a 23 year old Boston banking house employee living at 209 Hamilton Cambridge and Thomas A J Hodgson 23 of 54A Broadway Cambridge were arrested by Cambridge police for breaking and entering and larceny from dormitory rooms. Hodgson confessed blaming Wade who allegedly led the theft ring. Both men wore clothing matching stolen items and were identified by Everett Hall janitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth H. Wade
Boston
Hamilton Street
Cambridge
Murray, Deehan, Hall and Gordon
Cambridge Police Department
Wade
Thomas A. J. Hodgson
Broadway
Hodgson
Harvard Square
Ftrest
Station 2
Brookline Street
Everett Hall
This Church Has Ball Team
Jamaica Plain church forms a baseball nine from its Bible School class of about 235 young men ages 18 to 20. Rev. Herbert A. Barker will coach. Frank B. Bridgman seeks games, prioritizing church and Y.M.C.A. teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston
Frank B. Bridgman
Copley Street
Roxbury
Church
Love Feast and Other Services at Springfield
The New England conference of Methodist churches held its love feast at Wesley Church in Springfield at 9 o clock. Delegates numbered 150 and Bishop Daniel A Goodsell preached to about 1500. Afternoon ordination and consecration ceremonies were led by Bishop Goodsell with deacons elders and deaconesses. The Preachers Aid Society anniversary occurred in the evening with Rev John Galbraith and Rev Lewis Bates speaking. A $1000 deficiency was announced for the year with a $500 collection taken to cover it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
New England Conference of Methodist Churches
Wesley Church
Daniel A. Goodsell
Goodsell
Preachers’ Aid Society
John Galbraith
Lewis B. Bates
Boston
Episcopalians To Meet Here In Boston Convention
The General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church will meet in Boston from Oct. 5 to 25 with opening services at Trinity Church on Oct. 6 and sessions at Emmanuel Church. Business headquarters will be in Copley Hall. Estimated attendance ranges from 5000 to 10000 with extensive preparations. The event includes sessions of the General Board of Missions, Wemeaux auxiliary meetings, and possible attendance by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protestant Episcopal Church
Boston
Trinity Church
Trinity
Emmanuel
Copley Hall
General Board of Missions
Wémeas
Archbishop of Canterbury
Despondent man dies after morphine dose in Providence
Despondent from financial troubles Christopher Lake drank morphine at his boarding house on 28 Common Street and was found dead in bed yesterday morning by roommate Walter Ham. Medical Examiner Draper ruled the death a self-inflicted act. Lake worked at a Carver Street Turkish bath establishment and leaves a wife at 298 Fountain Street Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Lake
Common Street
Walter Ham
Draper
Lake
Carver Street
Fountain Street
Providence
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Street Cleaners
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James Clancy
Edward A. McDonald
Wood
William J. Yitzgerald
Frank A. Oliver
John J. Brophy
Charles Egan
Fred J. Kneeland
David M. Chaisson
James Judge
the Sayers
Jeremiah A. Murray
Union 25
James H. Rodwill
L. Budtker
Geor
Comerford
J. J. Owens
John KE. O'Neil
James Trueland
Edward A. Doherty
Michael C. Burns
Hugh J. Sweeney
Wolfred H. Cushing
Frank P. McGrath
Joseph P. Roach
Art
William H. McCarthy
Nicholas J. Lannon
James J. Haley
George E. Flynn
John Brophy
Thomas J. Riley
James A. Healey
John T. Cashman
Council
Wiliam F. McCarthy
James A. Duffy
James H. Rehill
Frank A. Faulkner
Carmen
N. Y
N. B H. and
H. Con
Cocking Main
Pinkerton’s
Driscoll
LABOR
Cashman—Flynn
Foster
Lacing
Ptr
Eureka
Batiste
RSC
Pee Eis Koupen Cies
Walrus
S.c
Hera
Legal ‘Gali
Wilie
Ompany
Poston
Gale
Kent
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