Merchant Attempts Invasion During Lodge Degree in New Haven
Startled by his sweetheart receiving a Masonry degree Charles Merchant, a New Haven businessman, tried to batter down Old Hiram Lodge. He knocked aside the tyler J. H. Goodwin as four lodge members rushed from the anteroom and restrained him, saving the lodge during a New Haven initiation.
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New Haven
Charles’ Merchant
Hiram Lodge
Tyler
J. H. Goodwin
Merchant
Manoverpowered After Entry Attempt At Mason Lodge
After a struggle lasting minutes Merchant was overpowered and taken to the police station charged with disturbing the peace. A commission will investigate his mental condition tomorrow. He believed a young woman he loves was made a member of Old Hiram, Connecticut's oldest Masonry body by 50 years, and he tried to enter the lodge room during an initiation.
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Merchant
Old Hiram
Connecticut
Officer Is Under Charges in East Boston Militia Scandal
Lieutenant John A. Dunn of H Company Ninth Infantry is charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and violations of National Guard regulations. Ex-Sergeant Thomas Marley accuses him of false payrolls and routing Francis Gillis as William R. Montgomery for rations and travel, and of excluding East Boston recruits.
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John A. Dunn
H Company
Ninth Infantry
Thomas J. Marley
East Boston
Marley
Dunn
National Guard
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Francis Gillis
William R. Montgomery
State Armory
East Newton Street
Derby
Conn
Commonwealth
United States
Foxboro Man Held on Larceny Charge
Jonas Winchester Powers, 46, of Foxboro, was arrested after a barber shove incident in Washington Street barbershop. He is charged with larceny of $50 worth of machinist tools believed stolen from an Attleboro shop.
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Foxboro
Jonas Winchester Powers
Cocasset Inn
Angel and
Egan
Washington Street
Powers
Attleboro
Girl Visits Bedside of Duellist in Love Duel
Miss Lillian Rounds was admitted to the bedside of her champion Herbert B. Larner who lay wounded from a stabbing in a love duel with her brother William J. Rounds Jr. at Cambridge Hospital. The mother had seen Larner on Thursday night.
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Lillian Rounds
Herbert B. Larner
William J. Rounds, Jr
Larner
Cambridge Hospital
Wounded sweetheart’s condition cheered by nurse report
Miss Rounds visited the hospital after dinner and learned her wounded companion Herbert Larner was out of danger and improving rapidly. The two school chums spoke briefly about the narrow escape and what the papers said, then Miss Rounds informed Mrs. Larner at the Larner home in Massachusetts avenue. She predicted his quick recovery and noted the sleepless nights since the Cambridge Parkway fray.
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Miss Rounds
Lillian
Larner
Massachusetts Avenue
Herbert
Clergy Abroad and Labor Topics Featured in City Church Notices
Protestant church leaders plan summer abroad and return in August. Sermons on labor problems cover Employee and Labor Problem Employer and Labor Problem and Public and Labor Strikes. Salvation Army speaker Miss Booth lectures on My Father. A Boston Brookline union service features Bishop Lawrence and others. Julia Seton Sears lectures on The Science of Success and related topics.
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C. F. Potter
Mattapan Baptist Church
Boston
Brookline
St. Paul's Cathedral
Lawrence
Robert A. Woods
Frederick W. Dallinger
Julia Seton Sears
M. D
New Thought Church
America
Europe
Poston
New Thought Church and School of
Huntington Chambers
Sears
Schools Celebrate Patriots Day with Recitations and Plays
Students across the state observed Patriots Day with recitations essays and plays recalling Paul Revere’s ride and the battles of Lexington and Concord. Hancock School led the principal observance with an all girls group from the North End marching to the Old Meeting House for an address by Miss Eleanor M Colleton.
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Paul Revere
Lexington and Concord
Hancock School
Old North Church
Old Meeting House
Washington Street
Eleanor M. Colleton
Hopedale Sets By Laws To Bar Strikers From Parades
Hopedale in a special meeting passed by-laws that will stop the Draper company strikers from parading or displaying red flags or placards once approved by the attorney general. About 200 votes were cast and the session lasted 12 minutes.
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Hopedale
Draper Company
Hopedale By Laws Ban Parades Without Permit
The by laws restrict any parade or demonstration in Hopedale streets without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen. Violations carry fines up to 20 dollars. Ex Governor Draper backed adoption, noting demonstrations lack reason unless beneficial. a large protest led by Strike Leader Coldwell was planned with a permit request but red flags barred.
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Hopedale
Board of Selectmen
Commonwealth
Draper
Coldwell
Lynn Holds First Official Clean-Up Day Across City
Lynn, April 18. All city schools closed as pupils join fire and street departments in a historic spring cleanup. Every house targeted, refuse burned at street corners, fire crews on standby, and a fly-swatting campaign launched to curb houseflies. John W. Tappan chairs Board of Trade.
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Lynn
John W. Tappan
Board of Trade
Fair Deal to Japs: Wilson’s Plan and Diplomatic Ties
The President seeks calm, protecting Japanese residents under the favored nation principle while avoiding direct interference with Congress and treaty rights. Diplomats report friendly White House relations with Japan as cabinets face public pressure, with ambassadors kept informed of actions.
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Wilson
California
Congress
Japan
Tokio
Italy
United States
Washington
White House
Stoneham Fire Department Ball Draws Large Crowd
Nearly 2000 people attended the 19th annual ball of the Stoneham fire department held last evening at the Stoneham armory attracting a festive crowd and community support.
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Stoneham Fire Department
Stoneham Armory
Cascarets Promised To Cleanse Stomach and Bowels
An old advertisement extols Cascarets as a superior cleanse for the stomach and intestines. It claims the product purges undigested food and poisons, reduces bile, and prevents headaches and indigestion with a nightly dose that requires no groaning or sickness and costs 10 cents a box. It asserts widespread use by men and women and even children.
Ice Dealers Banquet Ends With Warm Show Of Jokes
Ice merchants gathered for their two day annual convention at the American House amid lively entertainment including dance numbers and a cross dressed skit. Officers reelected include Josiah Bennett president and Oliver Hayward secretary treasurer.
Convicted of Police Graft In New York
The second trial of Patrolman Thomas F. Robinson resulted in a conviction for extorting protection money from a restaurant keeper. He is linked to former Inspector Dennis Sweeney, who faces 13 accusations, while another patrolman from Sweeney’s unit serves time for perjury during the vice crusade.
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New York
Thomas F. Robinson
Robinson
Dennis Sweeney
Sweeney
Sing Sing
Jury Awards $50,000 for Loss of Leg in Minnesota
In Minneapolis on April 18 a federal court jury awarded H. W. Otos of Willmar Minnesota $50,000 for the loss of a leg. Otos, formerly an employee of the Great Northern Railway, claimed violation of the federal safety appliance act due to using an old coupling pin rather than the automatic device prescribed by law.
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Minneapolis
Minn
H. W. Otos
Willmar
Great Northern Railway
Otos
Dentist Robbed by Patients in His Office
New York April 18. Bound and gagged in his chair, dentist Benjamin Frieman watched three men rifle his office and take gold and platinum worth $4000. The robbers gained entrance as patients.
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New York
Benjamin Frieman
Frieman
Through car line urged to connect east and west Boston
P Wise of 379 Boylston street reported at a meeting with Vice-President Brush of the Boston Elevated that a through car line from Boylston street to the South station averages eight minutes under the new arrangement begun March 31. The old route via the subway and Summer streets took 18 to 23 minutes. A longer through line avoiding the Church street transfer was discussed by the committee of Boylston street and Huntington avenue business men.
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Boylston Street
Huntington Avenue
Brush
Boston
Park Square
Eliot
Beach Streets
South Station
Washington and
Summer Streets
Back Bay
Church Street
Businessmen present at Huntington avenue meeting
Messrs Amos Whipple of the Copley Square Hotel J Linfield Damon of the Hotel Thorndike Otto J Piehler and Timothy Mooney Superintendent of the Mayor's information department City Hall attended the Huntington avenue meeting.
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Huntington Avenue
Messrs
Amos Whipple
Copley Square
J. Linfield Damon
Thorndike
Otto J. Piehler
Timothy Mooney
City Hall
Malden Milkman Fined for Watered Milk Practice
Edward P. Corrigan of Malden was fined in Malden District Court after two samples on March 19 and 21 showed milk contained water. He faced two counts for selling diluted milk, receiving a nominal penalty from Judge Bruce.
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Edward P. Corrigan
Malden
Bruce
Corrigan
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