Stockholder meeting in New Haven eyed for lively clash
New Haven stockholders plan a fiery meeting next Tuesday to press management. Veteran participants include Clarence Venner and ex Senator Morgan Bulkeley with T DeWitt Cuyler noted in Philadelphia. Venner vows to attend and ask pointed questions, deeming it his duty as a shareholder.
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New York
New Haven
Wall Street
Clarence H. Venner
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Connecticut
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Philadelphia
Venner Predicts Courts May Decide on Dissolution Action
Venner states he does not expect to win on points at New Haven but may pursue court action to force directors to restitution from stockholders for allegedly misused funds. He says current directors won’t pursue it, claims entrenched interests still control the system, and calls for a genuine committee to press charges. He links past attempts to a future jail threat and cites Washington events as proof.
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Venner
New Haven
Massachusetts
Mellen
Davy Crocketts
Coon
Billard
Washington
Anti-Suffrage Parade Plans In Boston Stir Debate
In Boston anti-suffragists announce a May 2 protest using dark red roses pins and ribbons sold citywide through Milk Street rooms. They pledge a large showing but deny intent to cause disorder as April 28 meeting at Faneuil Hall, chaired by ex Governor Curtis Guild, considers concrete protest actions.
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Boston
Antis
Milk Street
Faneuil Hall
Curtis Guild
Business Men Push Repeal of Panama Canal Toll Exemption
Representatives of the New York Chamber of Commerce testified before the Senate canals committee in favor of repealing the tolls exemption clause of the Panama canals act. The session featured sharp exchanges with Senator Bristow and included letters and statements from Henry White and Richard Olney supporting U.S. commitments and potential subsidies without surrendering control.
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Washington
Senate Canals Committee
New York Chamber of Commerce
Bristow
Edward F. Page
Chamber
New York Merchants Association
Wilson
Richard Olney
Cleveland
Massachusett
Simmons
Henry White
London
White
United States
Great Britain
United Sttates
Goethals Asked to Testify on Panama Tolls Policy
Panama Canal Zone Governor Colonel George W. Goethals faces a Senate committee inquiry in Washington on the economics of tolls. He prefers remaining on the Isthmus but would travel next Wednesday if required, arguing revenue must come from every ship using the canal and that coastwise trade does not need protection.
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Panama
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Senate
Washington
Goethals
Colonel Goethals
Boy Hurt in Tumble From Wagon in Dorchester Accident
Andrew Martin a nine year old South Boston boy riding with driver John O Hara was thrown from a bundle wood wagon on Dorchester Avenue and sustained a fractured left arm and internal injuries after a rear wheel was struck by an outward bound car.
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Bundle Wood
John O'Hara
Andrew Martin
East Eighth Street
South Boston
Dorchester Avenue
Constantino to Greet Boston Art Club With Farewell
Florencio Constantino the Spanish lyric tenor will not be heard in the East in opera again soon as he has signed with the National Grand Opera Company of Los Angeles and San Francisco for next season. He will be given a farewell dinner and reception by the Boston Art Club this evening.
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Florencio Constantino
National Grand Opera Company (Inc
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston Art Club
Fire Damages Ford Branch YMCA Roxbury
A fire at the Ford branch of the Y M C A located at 1173 75 Tremont Street Roxbury caused about 400 in damage. The building is owned by Robert Treat Paine.
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Ford Branch
Tremont Street
Roxbury
Robert Treat Paine
Back Bay Pair Wed at Trinity Church Today
Miss Katherine L Amory daughter of Mrs. Robert Amory will wed James R Hooper Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. James R Hooper at Trinity Church. The ceremony is limited to family members of both households with several Amory sisters and a niece as bridesmaids and Roger F Hooper as best man. Hooper a Harvard graduate and club member. ceremony noted as fashionable for the season.
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Katherine L. .Amory
Robert Amory
Beacon Street
Trinity Church
James R. Hooper, Jr
James R. Hooper
Mary
Margery S. Amory
Miss Thorndike
Roger F. Hooper
Harvard
Miss Amory
Massachusetts Avenue
Leonore Cebl
New York
Mr. Hooper
Adeline D
Gertrude Hooper
Katherine LL. Amory
Early Days of Harvard Revealed in Found Records
Albert Matthews, a Harvard College history student, edits a colonial history project for the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. He gathers corporation records and works up to 1750, with a 1636 to 1750 history to be published. The 1642 first commencement featured Governor Winthrop, and Overseers banned plum cake and all outside activity after 9 p.m.
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Albert Matthews
Harvard College
Harvard
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Matthews
Winthrop
Board of Overseers
Couple performs New Castle Nova at Le Petit Trianon
Miss Lucille Perry Hall and William H. Chamberlain Junior win the fourth weekly New Castle Nova dance at Le Petit Trianon. The final competition is set for May 1 with Castle week and the Castle trophy to be displayed next week.
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Lucille Perry Hall
William H. Chamberlain, Jr
le Petit Trianon
le Petit Tranon
Inter Ocean Sale Postponed to April 28
Chicago April 17 The sale of the Inter Ocean newspaper, set for tomorrow, was postponed to April 28 at the request of counsel for the Central Trust Company, trustee for the bondholders.
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Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Central Trust Company
How to Measure Ships for Panama Canal Tolls
The article explains the Panama Canal ton as a unit of cubical capacity rather than weight. It notes Woodrow Wilson’s public rules for vessel measurement, drawn from Canal Record details and illustrated diagrams, and mentions Frederic J. Haskin’s book The Panama Canal distributed by Riker Jaynes.
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Woodrow Wilson
Panama Canal
Philadelphia
United States
England
Canal Record
Frederic J. Haskin
Boston Post
Riker- Jaynes
Adet
Express Cars To Park Square Begin Limited Stops
The Boston and Worcester Street Railway Co will operate between Chestnut Hill and Park Square with limited stops starting today. Inbound cars 7:55–10:25 am and 3:25–6:55 pm will stop to let off at regular stops but take passengers only at Brookline Village Massachusetts and Huntington avenues and at Dartmouth street and Columbus avenue.
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Boston & Worcester Street Railway Co
Chestnut Hill
Park Square
Brookline Village
Massachusetts and
Huntington Avenues
Dartmouth Street
Columbus Avenue
Boston and Worcester
Zinn's Flower Shop Bankrupts in U S District Court
Mrs Zinn's Flower Shop Inc of 4 West Street enters voluntary bankruptcy with liabilities of 9350.37 and assets of 1500. Olivia F Zinnn signs schedules as treasurer.
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Mrs
Baumgardt Lecture Explores Stars at Tremont Temple
B R Baumgardt presented An Evening with the Stars at Tremont Temple last evening. He narrated celestial bodies and Mars with accessible detail, using Mt Wilson telescope photographs to illuminate the heavens for a lay audience. The talk, blending science with storytelling, will be repeated this afternoon.
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B. R. Baumgardt
Tremont Temple
Baumgardt
Earth
Mars
Mt. Wilson
California
Fire at Melvin Apartment House Kills Eight
Spontaneous combustion in two basement lockers housing fixtures started the Melvin apartment fire that claimed eight lives early last Tuesday. Fire Marshal Neal led a secret inquest at the State House and promised further investigation to uncover the precise cause and explain delay in the fire alarm.
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Melvin
State House
Neal
Boston Fire Alarm Testimony At Inquest On Hazard Bill
Senators and others on metropolitan affairs committee heard testimony in the inquest into a hotel fire. Civil engineer Perry Barker said the alarm was sounded at 1 57 a m on direction of Janitor Mcliver, corroborated by fire records. Patrolman Shaughnessy described finding an open alarm box and then sounding another when the apparatus did not arrive promptly. Chief Operator Donahue presented box 820 records showing a 1 57 time that matched Barker, with initial information from a telephone at 1315 Commonwealth Avenue and subsequent calls from women confirming the fire. Mahoney testified the alarm began while he spoke on the telephone and the tape showed no delay in response.
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Lombard Williams
Dedham
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Henry E. Rothfeld
Newton
Herbert A. Wilson
Boston
Charles S. Lawler
Greater Boston
Perry Barker
Shaughnessy
Donahue
Fice
Barker
Commonwealth Avenue
Mahoney
Box 820
Accuracy in Stenography Emphasized at Chandler Event
Judge Charles Brown told Chandler shorthand writers that accuracy is the top goal in stenography. He urged high quality work, noted rising demand for skilled male stenographers in government, and stressed the growing need in business. Mrs. Mary L. Keelam shared global experiences, while Miss L A Webber received a gold watch and prepares to sail to Europe as Mrs. Atherton’s secretary.
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Charles Brown
East Boston
Chandler
Chandler Normal
Columbus Avenue
Brown
Mary L. Keelam
State Industrial Acccident Board
L. A. Webber
Mary Chandler Atherton
Miss Webber
Europe
Atherton
Gets 24 Years for Attack on a Nurse
Oscar Harrison, 27, was found guilty and sentenced to 24 years in the penitentiary for taking part in the assault on nurse Gertrude Shideler in Kansas City. Vic Gueringer, retried two weeks earlier, received a death sentence by hanging.
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Kansas City
Oscar Harrison
Gertrude Shideler
Vic Gueringer
Anti-Trust Bills Considered by Senate Subcommittee
Washington reporters note that the Senate interstate commerce sub-committee renewed deliberations on anti-trust legislation with the aim of completing a tentative bill for the full committee soon. The April 17 briefing ties the move to the President’s push for a completed program this session.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce
Proposed stock watering ban in interstate commerce bill
The committee notes stock watering as a major obstacle and considers a new provision by Senators Robinson and Newlands. The draft bars any newly organized corporation or joint stock company from engaging in interstate commerce unless its capital is fully paid in cash or in property.
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Robinson
Arkansas
Newlands
Interstate trade commission proposal outlines stock conduct rules
A draft urges fixed payment timing by subscribers and requires property offered for stock to meet or exceed par value as valued by a commission. It also plans future rules for existing firms, stock watering limits, and a full committee review. The plan seeks an Interstate Trade Commission with powers to investigate corporations and curb price discrimination and interlocking directorates.
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Interstate Trade Commission
Harvard to Aid Suffrage Parade Patriot in May Demonstration
Harvard Equal Suffrage League the first college group in the United States to back woman suffrage will lead the college men division in the May 2 suffrage demonstration. Gardiner Hale will preside as league president while Harvard students assemble for the march. Officials expect up to 6500 Harvard participants in the parade.
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Harvard
Harvard Equal Suffrage League
United States
Gardiner Hale
Dorchester Man to Wed Dana Hall Teacher in Quiet Ceremony
Daniel F. Knight, 71, of Dorchester, will marry Mrs. Sadie Petingell, 46, a Dana Hall School teacher, in a small, soon and private wedding planned after two weeks. Knight runs a paper business from 180 Congress Street and will reside in Brookline after a short wedding trip.
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Daniel F. Knight
Dorchester
Sadie Petingell
Dana Hall School
Wellesley
Mr. Knight
Post
Brookline
Knight
Congress Street
New England
Washington Street
Petingell
Dana Hall
Somerville Divorcée Wed Reading Man
Mrs Edna Moore Smith of Somerville, recently divorced from James Russell Smith on desertion grounds, married Chester T Clark a landscape gardener of Reading. The ceremony was held at her parents home 75 Wallace Street West Somerville officiated by Rev Joseph Kent. She is 23.
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Edna Moore Smith
Somerville
James Russell Smith
Indiana
Chester T. Clark
Reading
Joseph Kent
Northboro
Herbert W. Wood
Wallace Street
West
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