Rumor Buoyant Over Wire Commissioner Post
Rumor at City Hall ties D. J. Hern to the wire commissioner job once held by Kennedy. Hern says no offer has been made and predicts broader department changes before June 1. Possible Kennedy move to health commissioner could open the wire post, with Hern as a proposed fill. Hern’s背景 includes long service in telegraph and messenger firms and strong city connections.
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City Hall
Lion
BP. J. Kennedy
East Boston
D. J. Hern
Parker House
Hern
Kennedy
Robert Cox
South Boston
Health
Wiseacres
John H. Colby
Mutual District Messenger Company
Boston
Smuggling Officers Not to Be Prosecuted
The U S attorney in San Juan declined prosecutions for army and navy officers over alleged smuggling. Treasury approved a civil settlement with a fine double the duties, leading to dismissal of criminal cases. President ordered an investigation by Secretary Moody and Postmaster General Payne and cases to be discontinued.
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Washington
Department of Justice
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Army
Navy
Department
Treasury Department
the Treasury
Moody
Payne
Grand Jury Seeks Pardons For Smuggling Prisoners
The grand jury heard witnesses in navy linked smuggling cases and obtained court testimony. Prisoners in the penitentiary petition for pardon and release unless others guilty are punished. Two more officials were arrested at Mayaguez in municipal fraud probe.
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Juan. P. BR
Unite States Navy
Mayaguez
Division 1 A O H Holds Reunion and Ball
Division 1 A O H held its 35th reunion and ball in Roughan Hall Charles Town last evening with about 500 attendees including state leaders. The grand march was led by Martin E Joyce floor marshal escorting Mary A Canavan and others. Seventy five couples joined the march and dancing continued until late with a supper intermission. John F Fitzgerald chaired the reception committee and John E Breslin chaired arrangements.
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Roughan Hall
Charlestown
Martin E. Joyce
Mary A. Canavan
Andrew Trahey
O'Rourke
James D. Doherty
Davlin
Charles O’donnell
Miss Taylor Inherits $300000 After War Dept Fight
Rebecca J. Taylor, who fought Secretary Root over reinstatement after criticizing Philippine policy, inherits about $300,000 from an uncle in San Francisco. She planned to return to Washington in October for a Court of Appeals hearing on her district court case.
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Miss Taylor
Root
Washington
Rebecca J. Taylor
War Department
San Francisco
Court of Appeals
Tuberculosis Linked to Alcohol at Bremen Congress
The anti alcohol congress in Bremen elected Dr Delbrueck president and sent greetings to Emperor William. Professor Segraln of Paris argued that alcohol predisposes to tuberculosis and hinders cure, with supporting voices from Professor Hueppe of Prague and a call to ban luxuries in TB sanatoriums.
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Bremen
Delbrueck
William
Segrain
Paris
Hueppe
Prague
Segraln
Labsky
Cracow
Daumm
Cheauvan
Governor’s Tax Plan Meets Senate Pigeonhole
Governor Bates faced a Senate setback as the taxation committee tabled his recommendation to tax public franchises. The move aligns with lobbyists and corporations who opposed the plan, while the Davis bill taxing gross receipts for public service corporations faces likely resistance and a heated debate.
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Bates
Parker
Leahy
Committee On Taxation
Senate
Massachusetts
Wallace and
Appleton
Brewster
Springfield
Davis
Salem
Roxbury Ladies Minstrel Show at Dudley Street Opera House
Two score Roxbury young ladies present a minstrel show this evening at the Dudley Street Opera House. The group names itself Creole Belles after a lengthy vote and promises decidedly new hits and songs.
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Dudley Street Opera House
Roxbury
Melrose Minstrel Show Triumph After 19 Years
The Melrose Athletic Club presented its annual minstrel show at City Auditorium to a full house. The 19th edition featured an original act titled A Filipino Invete Day with cast members A B Sweezey W D Reidy C H Rockwood Victor A Vamont Frank D Adams Stephen White Frank W Abbott G A Bailey J F McGrath John Clahane Alfred Bickford A E Brophy Andy Leonard Jr and a large chorus of Filipinos and wenches led by W F Burdick F R Carr T P Connolly S Dearborn A L Danforth and others.
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Melrose
Melrose Athletic Club
City Auditorium
Mrs Breazeale Believed To Have Jumped Off Boat
New York April 15 Little doubt exists that Mrs Martha Hamilton Breazeale wife of William C Breazeale associate professor of mathematics at Rutgers College died by her own action leaping overboard from the toy line steamer Tremont in Long Island Sound Monday night. Professor Breazeale and his brother in law R W Prentiss identified the hat cloak and other articles left in the Tremont cabin.
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New York
Martha Hamilton Breazeale
William C. Breazeale
Rutgers College
Tremont
Long Island Sound
Breazeale
Inlaw
R. W. Prentiss
Mystery in Death of Hiram Adams in Chelsea
The death of Hiram R. Adams, reportedly of Chelsea, was found unconscious in front of 23 Travers street and died en route to relief station. He was believed to live at 134 Spencer Avenue, Chelsea, with Mrs. Matilda Burroughs noting he was not a current boarder though a man matching the description had stayed briefly three weeks earlier at her boarding house.
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Hiram R. Adams
Chelsea
Travers Street
Spencer Avenue
Matilda Burroughs
Banquet Honors Dr. Benjamin Tenney At Boston High School
Thirty Boston Evening High School teachers held a banquet at the Hotel Bellevue. Dr. Benjamin Tenney was the guest of honor. Toasters included Frank N. Copeland and H. H. Folsom along with several teachers.
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Boston Evening High School
Hotel Bellevue
Benjamin Tenney
Frank N. Copeland
H. H. Folsom
Lombard Nyman Wedding Draws Elite to Brookline Church
The Lombard Nyman wedding at Church of Our Saviour Brookline united Hazel Lombard daughter of Benjamin Lombard Jr and Nyman of Washington a customs collector with a prominent Washington family. Guests from Washington New York and Kansas City witnessed a luxe ceremony with Mendelssohn music and a reception at Corey Hill. The couple sails for an extended ocean trip before settling in Washington.
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Boston
Brookline
Washington
New York
Kansas City
Church of Our Saviour
Hazel Lombard
Benjamin Lombard
Beacon Street
America
National Capital
Reginald Heber Howe
Dr. Field
Winifred Lampard
Henry Davis
Mendelssohn
Corey Hill
William A. Lombard
Galen M. Harris
Portland
George Davis
William A. MckKenney
J. Harry McDowell
Frederick R. Estes
Lorenz Leaves for Chicago after Arriving from Europe
Dr. Adolf Lorenz, who arrived from Europe yesterday, departed today for Chicago.
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