Italy Sends Gold Crown to Honor Miss Boardman
Miss Mabel Boardman, sister-in-law of Senator W. Murray Crane, received a gold crown from the Marquis de Montagliari in recognition of her Red Cross work for Italian earthquake sufferers. Taft had earlier presented a diamond watch and chain for her Philippines relief efforts. The crown, a solid gold reproduction of an ancient civic Roman crown, was placed in a leather box with royal arms.
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Manchester
Mabel Boardman
W. Murray Crane
Marquis de Montagliari
Taft
Philippines
de Mabel Rodtmat
American Red Cross
Senator Crane
Gang Raiders Hit Roxbury Candy Store on Washington Street
A group calling itself the Forty Thieves, about twenty men, stormed the Triantosel & Co. candy shop at 2241 Washington Street Roxbury around 1130 last night. A clerk locked one raider in the cellar before officers arrived. The mob scattered when police signal went out, then hurled stones as they looted the Lascaros fruit shop at 2237 and damaged Rosen Ludwig shoes at 2239 Washington Street before further police.
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Terminal
Washington Street
Roxbury
Triantosel & Co
Lascaros
Rosen & Ludwig
Night Attack On Big Fleet Off Provincetown
An imitation enemy fleet of 11 torpedo boats attacked 16 Atlantic fleet battleships outside Provincetown harbor tonight in a secret-feel exercise. It is unclear from shore if the torpedo boats scored a technical victory or were halted by battleship searchlights before entering the danger zone.
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Provincetown
Judge Barnes proposes rules to curb summer marriages
Chicago August second. Judge Albert C. Barnes says regulation and restriction could curb the summer danger of ill advised marriages. He notes more couples wed after impulsive lake trips or streetcar romance may face domestic trouble than a calm, lasting union.
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Chicago
Albert C. Barnes
Flo
Gretna Green
Navy Will Not Give Up Boxing Title
Navy officers lament the death of colored seaman Foster after a boxing blow aboard the battleship Vermont near Provincetown. They stress the incident will not halt self defense training in the military, noting officials like Rear Admiral Swift and Captains Niblack Bullard support boxing among service members.
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United States
Foster
Vermont
Provincetown
Swift
Niblack
Hartford
Bullard
Olympia
Navy Yard
Navy boxing on ships praised as healthy recreation
Captain Bullard of the Olympia defends boxing aboard ships as a long standing, beneficial practice for sailors. Officials claim officers and enlisted men spar weekly on most warships and that thorough medical exams precede bouts. A Provincetown reporter notes cautious officers refuse to be named in public print.
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United States Navy
Bullard
Olympia
Provincetown
Cape Cod Forest Fire Threatens Towns on Cape Cod
East Falmouth firefighters cope with a massive forest blaze aided by a northeast wind. About 300 men battle flames from one side, with roughly 1000 total workers and 10 square miles burned. Estimated damage reaches 90000 dollars as residents fear large losses and the destruction of Barnstable county woodlands.
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East Falmouth
Cape Cod
North
West Falmouth
Barnstable County
Fire Devastates Bay Shore Colonies Amid North Falmouth Sweep
Report from the Buz zard's Bay area describes a major fire feeding on brisk winds. The leading blaze threatens North Falmouth and Falmouth with a charred trail, while back fires fail to curb the spread. About 1000 volunteers organized into brigades under Fire Chief Ellis of Bourne man the defense along advantageous points.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Falmouth
Ellis
Bourne
White House tariff conference with Aldrich and Crane
The President and Senators Aldrich and Crane met at the White House to discuss the tariff sit uation. The session lasted nearly midnight without disclosure of details, with leather schedule thought to be the focus of the talks.
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Aldrich
White House
Washington
Crane
DARED DEATH SAVES GIRL IN RI TENEMENT FIRE
A Rhode Island fire at a tenement broke out around 3 a m. James Flanagan and four others were severely burned while rescuing his 13-year-old daughter from the burning building. The fire destroyed the house and a rear structure. origin unknown.
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Harrisville
R. I
James Flanagan
Susie Flanagan
Alabama House approves income tax constitutional amendment
The Alabama House passed a bill agreeing to an income tax amendment to the U S Constitution. The report notes Montgomery dateline and August 2 as the date of action.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
War game to be seen in Massachusetts Aug 14 21
Massachusetts prepares for a major war maneuvers drill with a Red army of 9000 led by Major-General Tasker H. Bliss and a blue Massachusetts force of 7000 under Brigadier-General William A. Pew Jr. The onshore invasion targets Boston with Cape Cod and Buzzards Bay landing sites.
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Germany
William
Massachusetts
Boston
Tasker H. Bliss
Army War College
Washington
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
District of Columbia
William A. Pew
Essex County
National Guard
Pew
William H. Brigham
State Militia
State House
North Adams
Springfield
Pittsfield
New York Harbor
Cape Cod Bay
Plymouth
Buzzards Bay
Ex-Gov Bates Opposes Lodge Stand In Tax Debate
Former Governor John L Bates tells the Post he opposes Senator Lodge on tariff and backs an income tax. He says the next Massachusetts Legislature will weigh the constitutional amendment required for the tax law and notes Lodge’s possible opposition as a 1911 Senate candidate. Bates denies being a candidate himself while acknowledging the election’s impact on the seat. He supports the income tax principle as sound despite objections.
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Gloucester
John L. Bates
The
Post Today
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Bates
United States Senate
Massachusetts
Congress
Aldrich
Denver
Seattle
Canadian Rockies
Revision momentum seen in fall sentiment
In a speaker’s remarks the public perceived revision as a downward change and now expects action. The advocate supports the principle as sound and believes the Legislature will likely recognize and enact it.
Sanity Test in Court Labels Nurse Mrs Harriet Berry
In New York a nurse, Mrs Harriet R Berry, was deemed not of sound mind after failing a simple nose touch test ordered by a police magistrate evaluating mental condition. She faces inquiry for persecutory delusion accusing a friend of selling her manuscript to Dr Eliot.
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New York
Harriet R. Berry
Berry
Bellevue
Eliot
Harvard
New Orders Require Independent Water Feed on Steamships
Washington August 2. All American steamship firms must fit boilers with an independent water feed by October 31 or risk license revocation. The directive comes from Assistant Secretary Mc Harg of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
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Washington
All American Steamship Companies
McHarg
Department of Commerce and Labor
Payne Bill Held Up Forces Senate to Redraft Tariff
In Washington on August 2 the Senate faced a stoppage as a Massachusetts joker disrupted the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. Leaders pressed to make a real 10 percent duty cut on boots and shoes, while President Taft defended the bill in a sharp letter. The episode triggered mutiny, accusations of trickery, and shifting party lines.
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Washington
D. C
Massachusetts
Senate
Payne-Aldrich
Lodge
Taft
Western Senators Clash Over Free List Boots and Shoes Duty
The conference row centers on tariff details for hides and footwear. Western Senators protest that 10 percent duty on boots and shoes and 20 percent on harness were not fully applied, citing calfskin uppers and calfskin-dominated harness as exceptions. They threaten doom of the bill without effective boot and shoe duties. The dispute highlights regional protectionism favoring New England led by Senator Lodge as tariff politics flare.
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New England
Bay State
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Mother Stops Ardent Wooer in Cambridge Juvenile Case
Ethel McClenegan of Belvedere place Cambridge was brought from New Haven after a warrant by her mother. In district court she was released on recognizance for a Juvenile Court hearing held Saturday. The case centers on a vaudeville suitor whose marriage proposal was blocked by the mother who relies on her daughter’s salary.
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Ethel McClenegan
Belvedere Place
Cambridge
New Haven
Almy
Michael Neilan
Elizabeth McClenegan
Ethel
Miss McClenegan
Boston and New England Fair Weather Forecast
Fair conditions expected for Boston vicinity Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate temperatures and light to moderate variable winds. New England forecast likewise calls for fair weather and moderate temperatures with variable winds, while ships to European ports should see similar winds. Yesterday's temperatures at Thompson's Spa ranged from 38 to 74 with an average of 69.
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Vicinity
Washington
New England
Grand Banks
Thompson’s Spa
Washington Street
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