Carmen in New York on Strike
New York police prepared for potential damage as 80 percent of about 3100 NY Railways motormen and conductors joined a strike at 2 am after a mass vote. A later vote by 1500 workers favored immediate strike for union recognition and other demands, threatening surface car paralysis in Manhattan before dawn.
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New York
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees
New York Railways Company
Manhattan
Borough of
Motor Boat Party Of Youths Arrested After Stealing
A 30 foot motor boat was pursued by harbor patrol near Castle and Governor's Island. Four men and four women were detained at Station 8 on suspicion of unlawfully appropriating the vessel. Names and ages of the occupants were provided during the arrest.
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Governor's Island
National Dock
Station 8
Peter Saldaine
Hanover Street
Albert Levine
Revere Street
John Groom
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Angelo Brandolo
London Street
Boston
Alice Labrie
Bulfinch Street
West End
Margaret Mackey
Beal Street
Flora Morton
Corey Street
Charlestown
Nellie Sullivan
Austin Street
Thiaumont in French Hands After Northeast Front Push
London report says French forces captured the Thiaumont work and much of Fleury after a three day offensive on the Ver dun northeast front.
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London
Verdun
Thiaumont
Fleury
French hold Thiaumont after back and forth fighting
The Thiaumont work alternated hands in 12 hours with German Crown Prince forces driving the French out once and then losing it again. Fleury switched hands Thursday and is now largely held by French troops. Fierce combat rages around the village and Verdun reports list 400 German unwounded prisoners taken.
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Paris
Fleury
Verdun
Near Panic at Lynn Blaze
A $10,000 fire in Lynn caused 1000 moviegoers in a central square theater to panic early last night with many patrons fleeing to the street from a restaurant above the blaze.
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Lynn
Central Square
Fire destroys basement of Central Cash Market building
Fire in the basement of the Central Cash Market at 408 Union Street Central Square damaged the store and basement while smoke wafted into the Central Square Theatre. Fireman Kenneth Beldin was overcome by smoke and rescued by fellow firefighter Arthur Mills.
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Central Square
Central Cash Market
Israel Kaufmean
Park Lobster Grill
Central Square Theatre
Kenneth Beldin
Arthur Mills
Memorial Tablet Dedicated to Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw
In West Barnstable Massachusetts the Massachusetts Bar Association dedicated a memorial tablet at Lemuel Shaw birthplace. Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg praised Shaw for pursuing justice without fear or favor. Herbert Parker recalled intimate incidents from Shaw's distinguished career.
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West Barnstable
Lemuel Shaw
Massachusetts Bar
Arthur P. Rugg
Herbert Parker
Shaw
Ice Cream Soda Leads to Missing Watch
A Hawthorne place man paid for his own ice cream soda after a stranger said my treat. He returned home to find his $30 watch missing and vowed to stop paying for others' sodas.
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Thomas Harkens
Hawthorne Place
Chelsea
Lynn Girl Drowned Off Yacht Near Quincy Coast
Miss Jennie Sherry of 183 Summer Street Lynn was drowned about 100 yards off Rock Island Beach Houghs Neck Quincy after being caught by the main sheet of Arthur J Ring's yacht and thrown overboard.
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Summer Street
Lynn
Rock Island Beach
Hough’s Neck
Quincy
Arthur J. Ring
Tragic Yacht Accident Claims Miss Sherry in Lynn
Miss Sherry a 20 year old clerk at Grant's 25 cent store in Lynn was drowned after a gust toppled the stern as she sat there. Ring a Tufts Medical student invited her to Rock Island camp and the pair planned a yachting trip and a Lynn return for a dance. Rescue efforts failed and the body was recovered later in eel grass near shore.
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Miss Sherry
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Market Street
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Mall Street
Tufts Medical School
Rock Island
William H. Reed
Daniel R. McKay
Quincy
Mary Sherry
Frank
Philip
Allen
Mazie
Salem Hospital
Keep the Babies Strong With Father John's Medicine Ad
Advertisement promoting Father John's Medicine claiming to keep babies strong with no drugs. Public health language used to reassure parents.
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John
Oath Not Forc ed on Militiamen
U S judge grants a habeas corpus writ for Alexander M. Emerson a former Massachusetts militia member held at Framingham for refusing the National Guard oath. The decision follows a hearing where Judge Dodge said a writ would issue for Emerson's release.
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Massachusetts Militia
Dodge
United States District Court
Militia Oath Ruling Conflicts With War Department
The court held that militia members who refuse the National Guard oath escape military authority and cannot be compelled for duty at Framingham or the Mexican border. The ruling clashes with the War Department and Major General Leonard A. Wood who orders all New England militiamen to report for duty.
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Framingham
United State War Department
Leonard A. Wood
Department
East
New England
Wood
Man Victim of Child Plague
Edgar B. Murdock, 39, of West Main Street Dudley, proprietor of the Webster shoe store, is in critical condition with infantile paralysis. Dr. L Robert Bragg reported to the Dudley Board of Health that Murdock has the disease after six days of illness with left foot and leg paralysis.
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Dudley
Edgar B. Murdock
West Main Street
Webster
L. Robert Bragg
Dudley Board of Health
Murdock
Senators Clash Over Child Labor Bill
Washington Aug 4 Constitutional arguments for and against the Administration Child Labor bills occupied the Senate today. Senator Borah Republican argued Congress can exclude products of child labor from interstate and foreign commerce. Senator Hardwick Democrat contended federal action of this kind infringes on state rights.
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Senate
Borah
Congress
Hardwick
Witness McCarthy Leaves City to Testify in Doherty Murder
Under Sheriff Harry T. Briggs leads Charles A. McCarthy 24 of Broadway and Harrison Ave South End back to New York to testify in the Doherty murder case. Doherty’s body was found in the Hudson River early last month in South Boston.
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Harry T. Briggs
Poughkeepsie
Charles A. McCarthy
Broadway
Harrison Avenue
South End
New York
John P. Doherty
South Boston
Hudson River
Missing Brockton girl Evelyn Packard linked to swamp traces
In Bridgewater Aug 4 the 1100 acre Bridgewater swamp yields new clues in the Evelyn E. Packard disappearance. A search party led by Constable Warren P. Lawton finds a woman's footprint matching the missing Brockton canoeist and shoe prints found earlier in Town River.
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Bridgewater
Evelyn E. Packard
Belmont Street
Brockton
Warren P. Lawton
Searchers Narrow Target as Swamp Mire Hinders Night Hunt
Searchers believe the girl lies somewhere in the swamp, alive or dead not yet stated. The morass is treacherous with mire sinks and cannot be fully probed in darkness. They plan to resume the effort at daybreak.
Bandits Flee With Pay Cash in Burroughs Payroll Heist
Five unmasked bandits stole the Burroughs Adding Machine payroll in Detroit. They seized five of six bags from the car carrying between $33,000 and $34,000, escaping before guards could react.
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Detroit
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Robbery on Burroughs Avenue Ends in Pursuit
A bandit car robbed $75,000 and fled along Burroughs Avenue as Rudolph Cooper, a Burroughs guard, was shot in the hip and head while attempting to intercept the vehicle. Deputized motorcycle police chased the car toward open country north of Detroit. bandits’ ages ranged 18 to 60.
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Burroughs Avenue
Rudolph Cooper
Burroughs
Cooper
Detroit
Man Kicks Head to Stop Runaway Horse at Roxbury Terminal
Richard Fitzgerald of Roxbury, 37, stopped a frightened express wagon horse near Dudley street terminal. He grabbed the head of the runaway animal and toppled the wagon, sustaining a severe scalp wound. The horse, owned by Welch's Express, caused crowding as it ran.
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Richard Fitzgerald
Lambert Avenue
Roxbury
Welch’s Express
Washington Street
Fitzgerald
Hospital Barred to Patients and Visitors Amid Diphtheria
Massachusetts General Hospital will not admit new patients and will bar visitors after 30 diphtheria cases among 27 nurses two house doctors and an ambulance driver. Two other suspected employee cases were quarantined. Cultures from all staff and patients are being analyzed and no patients have contracted the disease so far.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General
Contagious Illness Strikes City Hospital
The source of the disease remains unknown as Dr. Frederick A. Washburn and Dr. H. W. Hersey lead a strict investigation. Diphtheria first appeared last Wednesday with cases rising to a dozen on Thursday and nine more yesterday. All patients were moved to the South department except one nurse sent to a private hospital. No ward confinement pattern is evident.
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Frederick A. Washburn
H. W. Hersey
South Department
City Hospital
Not a Candidate for Senate Praises Gow's Work on Excise Board
Ex Governor Walsh will support General Charles H. Cole for the Democratic nomination for Governor against Frederick W. Mansfield. He may leave a free field to ex Mayor Fitzgerald for the nomination for United States Senator after talks with party leaders. After six months in the Orient he returned to Clinton and discussed plans with family.
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Gow
Walsh
Charles H. Cole
Frederick W. Mansfield
Fitzgerald
United States
Orient
Clinton
Tom
Charlie” Cole
Dave Walsh
Dave Walsh backs Cole for Democratic governor nomination
Governor Walsh confirms support for Cole in the Democratic gubernatorial race while signaling reluctance to seek any office. He notes Mansfield and Cole are capable Democrats and pledges party consultation before any final decision. He also discusses a possible Senatorship but remains noncommittal.
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Dave” Walsh
New York
Walsh
Beacon Hill
Philippines
Mike’ O'Leary
Dave
Mansfield
Cole
Boston Area Weekend Weather Outlook
Forecast for Boston and surrounding areas calls for fair Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change and moderate southerly winds. Washington reports New England also to see fair weather on Saturday and Sunday with stable temperatures.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Evers and Red Smith Make Up
John J. Evers of Boston expresses regret for Thursday incident and says back injury will delay return. He pledges best efforts on field and notes he and Red Smith have shaken hands and will be friends.
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Evers and
Red Smith
Boston
Braves baffle Reds with 5 2 victory at Braves Field
After the prior storm, harmony returned as the Braves defeated the Reds 5 to 2 at Braves Field yesterday afternoon. The game featured strong Braves pitching and timely hitting to calm tensions among fans and teams alike.
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Reds
Cincinnati
Braves Field
Braves
Braves Decide to Bury Incident After Altercation
Captain Pivers misses the game with a stiff neck and back, keeping him out for two days. President Haughton says no suspension will be imposed on the principals, and the matter will be settled quietly with friendship renewed between Evers and Smith.
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Braves
New York
Haughton
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